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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20
The WORLD OVER
Interesting Items Of Present
Important Happenings.
EVERY ITEM A NEWS ITEM
Relating to the Latest Happen
ings of Interest Just Now
Throughout the World.
WASHINGTON NEWs.

The state highway officials OF Texas
have joined those of other states in
appealing to congress to pass the
to the states quantity of the sur
plus road building equipment used
during the war and now in possession
of the war department.
The nomination of Major General
Leonard Wood to be governor general
of the Philippines was confirmed We'd
nesday by the senate, thereby permit
ting his retirement from active service
in the army and immediate assump-
ton of the governorship.
The house Thursday passed the bill
by Representative Hudspeth extending
the time for three years in which the
international bridge at FL Paso may
be constructed, the authority Of con-
gress having before been given for the
venture The house also passed the
Sheppard bill authorizing construction
of bridge by Bowie and Cass Coun-
ties over Sulphur River at or near the
Pettis bridge on state highway No. 8.
Active armies of the fourteen most
important nations of the world today
include approximately 100000 men,
according to figures obtained at
Washington and regarded as reason
ably correct. With the inclusion Of
land ornaments in the general
forthcoming conference on limitation
of ornaments, these are the figures
which it is expected the assembled
commissioners will have to deal.
Totaling almost $4,000, 100000, the
value of the products of the nations
manufacturing industries in 1920 we're
three times as great as they were in
1910 and five and half times what
they were in 1900, according to the
census bureaus announcement this
week of results of last years manufac-
turers' census.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20
GUARD AGAINST HOG CHOLERA
Dread Disease Most Likely to Appear
In Herds During Months Of oc-
tober and November.
Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
October and November are the
months when the dread disease, hog
cholera, is most likely to appear. Dur
ing those months and until snow COW
ers the ground swine raisers are urged
by the United States Department of
Agriculture to be especially observing
when feeding hogs in the morning.
Any animals in the herd which fail to
come to their feed, and particularly
those having arched backs and rough
coats, should be removed promptly
from the rest of the herd.
In some cases hogs sick with chol-
era die within a few days; in others
the disease may assume a chronic
form and linger for several weeks. If
cholera is suspected swine growers
should Immediately call a competent
veterinarian to make a proper dag
nosis and to apply the preventive Sc
rum treatment If they are found to
be affected with cholera. A post-mor-
TEN examination Of swine that have
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20
CHAPTER u.

Two miles across the ridges, Dan
and SnOwbird saw a faint mist blow
ing between the trees. They didn't
recognize it at first. 1t might be fine
snow, blown by the wind, or even one
of those mysterious fogs that some
times sweep over the snow.
'But it looks like smoke" Snowbird
said.
But it couldn't be. The trees are
too wet TO burn"
But then sound that at first was
just the faintest whisper in which
neither Of them would let themselves
believe, became distinct past all deny
ing. 1t was that menacing crackle Of
a great fire, that In the whole world Of
sounds is perhaps the most terrible.
''It's our house." Snowbird told him.
"And father can't get out"
She spoke very quietly. Perhaps
the most terrible truths Of life are al
ways spoken in that same quiet voice
Then both of them started across the
snow as fast as their unwieldy snow
shoes would permit.
"He can crawl little" Dan called
to her. Don't give up, Snowbird
mine. / think he'll be safe"
They mounted to the top Of the
ridge; and the long sweep of the for
est was revealed to them. The house
was singular tall pillar Of fame, al
ready glowing that dreadful red from
which firemen, despairing, turn away
Then the girl seized his hands and
danced about him in a mad circle.
Hes alive!" she cried. "YOu can
see him-just a dot on the snow. He
crawled out to safety"
She turned and sped at a breakneck
pace down the ridge. Dan had to race
to keep up with her But 1t wasn't en-
tirely wise to try to mush so fast, A
dead log lay beneath the snow with a
broken limb stretched almost to it's
surface, and 1t caught her snowshOe
The wood cracked sharply, and she fell
forward In the snow. But she wasn't
hurt, and the snowshoe itself, in spite
Of a small crack in the wood. was still!
serviceable.
Haste makes waste" he told her
keep your feet on the ground, Snow.
bird; the house is gone already and
your father is safe Remember VIVA
lies before u.s."
(To BE CoNTINUED)
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20
FOREIGN NEWS.

Mexico is following the lead of the
United States in setting aside areas
for national park purposes. Due to
the number of relics and picturesque
forests in Mexico, reserves of great
interest and beauty will be made pos
sible to future generations through
this policy.
The catastrophe to the giant ZR-2
over the Humber River on Aug. "a,
in which more than forty persons, in
Guiding sixteen Americans, lost their
lives, was due to accident, according
to the verdict reached by the coroner's
jury at the resumed inquest in Hull,
England, Wednesday. There is no evil
dence as to the actual cause of the
disaster, the verdict said.
After years passed in studying chem
ical traces in ancient Egyptian mum
mics, DR.. Edmond Bartha of the Paris
School of Practical Medicine, has just
announced the discovery Of new en-
balming fluid which he asserts will
maintain a lifelike appearance in
corpses for a period of between twenty
and fifty years.
What the police characterize as the
biggest demonstration of unemployed
ever known in London took place
Tuesday when 10000 workers, includ-
ing hundreds of women, some of them
carrying babies, assembled on the
Thames embankment and marched to
Trafalgar Square.
The death list in the st. Lazare tun-
mel disaster in France probably viii
approximate AZ. Burned bodies were
recovered Friday when the last Of the
wreckage was removed. The bodies
recovered number 80 and 10 persons
are missing.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.

Trading in grain for future delivery
was approved in resolution adopted
at the closing session of the Grain
Dealers National Association at Chi
cago, Ill, Thursday. B. c. Clement,
Waco, Tex, was elected president
Pierced by rs knife wounds, the
body of Janet Lawrence, - years old,
school girl, was found Friday conceal
ed behind log in Kluxen woods, near
Madison, N. J. Her throat had been
slashed and her heart stabbed.
Forty-four thousand men have gone
back to work on four railroads.&c.
Pennsylvania, New York Central, New
York, New Haven & Hartford, and
the Erie, since July l.
Bond issues in large amounts for
road building purposes, and to aid in
relieving unemployment, are being
urged in different sections of the
country.
There are approximately four hun
dred thousand acres of land under ir-
rigation on the coastal plain of Texas,
depending for their water supply prin-
cipally on the Rio GrGnde, Nueces,
Guadalupe, Colorado, San Jacinto,
Trinity, Neches and Sabine rivers.
This acreage represents only small
portion of the ten or more millions of
acres available for irrigation on the
coastal plains of Texas; but, due to
the fact that under the present meth
DDS employed irrigation is dependent
solely on the ordinary flow, the limit
of development on many of our streams
has practically been reached.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20

Piled. Il hope, unknown to me, that
Dan has already dispatched those let
tiers. The arm OF the law is long,
Cranston. It's easy to forget that fact
up here. 1t will reach you in the
end"
Cranston turned through the door,
into the Kitchen. He was gone long
time. Lennox heard him at work !;
the crinkle of paper and then a pour
ing sound around the walls. Then he
heard the sharp crack of a match. An
instant later the first wisp of smoke.
came curling, pungent with burning
oil, through the corridor.
"You crawled from your couch to
reach that gum" Cranston told him
when be came in. Lets see you crawl
out now"
LennOX's answer was a curse-the
last, dread outpouring of an unbroken
will. He didn't look again at the gilt
tering eyes. He scarcely watched
CranstOn's further preparations: the
oil poured on the rugs and furnishings,
the kindling placed at the base of the
curtains. Cranston was trained in this
work. He was taking no chances on
the fire being extinguished. And Len
nOx began to crawl toward the door.
He managed to grasp the corner Of
the blanket on the divan as he went,
and he dragged it behind him. Pain
wracked him, and smoke half-blinded
him. But he made. 1t at last. And by
the time he had crawled one hundred
feet over the snow crust the whole
structure was in flames. The red
tongues spoke with a roar.
Cranston, the fire-madness on his
face, hurried to the Outbuildings.
There he repeated the work, He
touched a match IN the hay in the
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20

barn, and the wind flung the flame
through it in an instant. The sheds
and other Outbuildings were treated
with oil. And seeing that his work
was done. he called once to the prone
body of Lennox on the snow and
mushed away into the silences.
Lennox's answer was not a curse
this time. Rather it was prayer I'M
uttered, and in his long years Lennon
had not prayed often. When he
prayed at all, the words were burning
fire. His prayer was that of Samson
that for a moment his strength
might come back to him.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20

recommended Lydia u. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and / have found great
relief since using it. My back is much
better and can sleep well. keep
house and have the care of five children
so my work is very trying and / lam very
thankful have found the Compound
such a help. / recommend it to my
friends and if you wish to use this letter
/ am very glad to help any woman suf-
fering as was until used Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. -
Mrs. MAUDE E. TAYLOR, st. James
Place, Roxbury, Mass.
Backache is one of the most common
symptoms of displacement or derange-
ment Of the female system. No woman
should make the mistake of trying to
overcome it by heroic endurance, but
profit by Mrs. Taylor sexperience and try
LydiaE. Pinkham' egetableC Compound
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20

lift its arms, I'd get up or this couch,
unarmed as am, and stamp on your
Tying lips"
But Cranston only laughed and tied
Lennox's feet with a cord from the
window shade.
He went to work very systematical-
ly. First he rified LennOx's desk in
the living room. Then he looked on
all the maRtels and ransacked the
cupboards and the drawers. He was
tanning and calm at first. But as the
moments passed. his passion grew up
on him. lie no longer smiled. The
rodent fgc lures became intent; the
eyes narrowed TO curious. bright slits
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20
WORK HORSES REQUIRE CARE
Animals That Have Had Their Teeth
Looked After Are Usually
Most Efficient.

Horses working in the fields not only
require good care and feed but they
will eat better.
Horses that have had their teeth
looked after are usually more efficient
workers than those which have not,
especially horses with some age.
Horses with poor teeth cannot digest
their feed efficiently. A little time
spent In rasping the teeth down level
is often well spent.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20
CHAPTER Continued.

He came stealing across the snow
"a musher Of the first degree. Very
silently and swiftly he slipped off his
snowshOes at the door. The door it.
self was unlocked, just as he had sup
posed. In an instant more he was tip
toeing, a dark, silent figure, through
the corridors of the house. He held
his rife ready in his hands.
He peered into Lennox's bedroom
first. The room was unoccupied.
Then the floor Of the corridor creaked
beneath his step; and he knew moth
ing further was to be gained by wait
ing. If Lennox suspected his pres
'ence, he might be waiting with aimed
rifle as he opened the door Of the liv-
ing room.
He glided faster. He halted once
mOre-a moment at the living-rOOm
door 10 see if LennOx had been dis
turbed. He was lying still, however,
so Cranston pushed through.
LennoX glanced up from his maya
zine to find that unmistakable thing,
the barrel of a rife, pointed at his
breast. Cranston was one of those
rare marksmen who Shoot with both
eyes open-and that meant that he
kept his full visual powers to the last
instant before the hammer fell.
Il can't raise my arms" Lennox
said simply, zone of 'em won't work
at all-besides, against the doctors
orders"
Cranston stole over toward him,
looking closely for weapons. He pulled
aside the wooden blanket that LennOx
had drawn up over his body and he
pushed his hand into the cushions of
the couch. A few deft pats, holding
his rifle through the fork Of his arm,
finger cOiled into the trigger guard,
assured him that Lennon was not
"heeled" at all. Then he laughed and
went to work.
II thought told you once" Len
nOx began with perfect cOldness, "that
the doors of my house were no longer
open to you"
"You did say that" was Cranston's
cultural reply. "But you see I'm here
just the same, don't you? And what
are you going to do about it?"
81 probably felt that sooner or later
you would come to steal-just as you
and your crowd stole the supplies
from the forest station last winter
and that probably Influenced me to
give the orders. didn't want thieves
around my house, and / don't want
them now. / don't want coyotes,
either"
"And don't want any such remarks
out of you, either" Cranston an
gwered him. "You lie still and shut
up, and I suspect that sissy boarder
of yours will come back, after he's
through embracing your daughter in
the snow. and find you in one piece.
Otherwise not"
IF l were in one piece" Lennox an
Bwered him very quietly, 'instead of
a bundle Of broken bones that can't
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20
HOGS ARE HARVEST HELPERS
In Most Cases It Will Pay to Let
Them Take Care Of Part Of
Small Grain Crops.

Hogs can be Of great assistance in
harvesting small grain crops. In most
cases when hogs are paying propo-
sitlOn at all it win be found profitable
to let them take care of part of the
crops In this way, whether labor is
scarce or not.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20
MINERAL MIXTURE FOR HOGS
Animals Crave Something in Addition
70 Feeds Given Them to Meet
Growth Requirements. .

Hogs need certain minerals to meet
their growth requirements. One such
mixture that has proved satisfactory
is composed of: Charcoal, so pounds;
wood ashes, so; epson salts, 8
pounds, Partly burned ccrncobs and
soft coal are good. It is well to keep
mineral mixture before the hogs all
the time.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20

I8pOuuehAls uttu NAAA
spells and at my
monthly periods It
was almost iInpos
|sible to keep around
lat my work. Since
my last baby came
two years ago my
back has been worse
and no position 1
could get in would
relieve il, and doc
tors medicine did
uothalnno AfPiand
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20

died from cholera generally will show
one or more Of the following symp-
toms: Purple blotches on the skin;
bloOd-colored spots on the surfaces Of
the lungs and heart, on the kidneys,
and on both the outer surface and in
ner Innings Of the intestines, stomach,
and bladder; reddening of Emphatic
glands; enlargement Of the spleen, in
acute cases: an liberation Of the inner
lining Of the large intestine.
In the lingering or chronic cases Of
hog cholera it is usual to find intes-
final buttOn-like ulcers on the intes-
tines
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20
DISPOsING OF DEAD ANIMALS
All Careasses Should Be Burned or
Covered With ouleklime and
Buried Quite Deeply.

Burn to ashes or cover with quick
lime and bury under four feet Of
aarth all dead animals at butchering
time, because they attract buzzards,
dogs, etc, which may carry hOg-chOl-
era infection.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20
TAKES CARE
OF 5 CHILDREN
Mrs. TayIor's Sickness Ended
BY Lydia z. Pinkham,s
Vegetable Compound

Roxbury, Mass. ~ suffered c0ntin-
ually with backache and was often de-
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20

new
J, to thd
and I'd
has bed
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-20

II truth is stranger than fiction. =
y because fact outruns Imagination
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-02-10

ceeded with ex parte as to him.
This the 18th day of January, 1921.
]. j. MANN,
Justice Of the Peace for Upton
County, Tennessee. 2Oian4w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-02-10
ATTACHMENT NOTICE

w. H. Deverell and E. p Cole VS.. G.
w. Observation-Disclosures before j.
]. Mann. Order Of Publication Of
Notice of Attachment.
It appearing to me that a writ Of
attachment heretofore issued in this
cause against the defendant, G. w.
Baxter, who, under oath, is alleged
to have absconded, to have removed
himself from the State Of Tennessee,
and to be a nonresident of the State
of Tennessee, for the recovery Of the
sum of $490.4O, alleged by the plant
ifs to be justly owed to them from
said G.. w. Baxter by note, has been
duly executed BY seizure of property
of defendant and due return thereof
made to me, it is ordered that pub
lication of notice be therefore made
for four consecutive weeks in the
Covington Leader, newspaper pub
lished in Upton County, Tennessee,
recurring the defendant, G. w. Bax-
ter, to annear at nv office in the
10th Civil District of said county, at
II o'clock a. m, on February 10,
1921. before me. TIE Justice having
eognizance of said case, and then and
there defend the action thus COM
neneed AGAINST him BY attachment,
or otherwise the case viii be pro-
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-02-10

dormitory have been taken down and
one large room was made.
The entire building can be well
heated, Furnace heat can be had in
all the rooms down stairs and stoves
and CRATES are used in the rooms Of
the second story. The home is
equipped with water and acetylene
lights. Since>the coming Of the pres
ent superintendent laundry has
been built and equipped with machin-
cry The power is had from the en-
CINE which runs the pump. The
laundry work for the entire home can
be done in two hours each week.
Last year a new barn was erected.
The new barn and the Old barn
furnish shelter for the stock and
space for the hay and corn. A meat
house has recently been erected and
in this house there is a sufficient
amount Of meat for the year, There
is enough of hay and corn stored
away for the year and the cows are
furnishing an abundant supply Of
milk and butter,
The home owns $40 acres of land.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-02-10

MI. VIM. H. Dunlap contributed $50
acres Of this amount, and his sister,
Mrs. F. P, Spain, contributed the re-
naming portion. Mr. Taylor does
not undertake to work all this land
with the children. The most Of it is
rented and the children work the
balance. The boys have done we'll
this year with their crops. They Gull
tivated and gathered nine bales Of
cotton and harvested good amount
of other products which they Gull
tivated.
1t is not all work and no play
with the children. The superinten-
dent and his assistants personally
direct the games that the children
play, 1t is a common sight to see
all together engaged in games on
the Fairgrounds. AS we looked upon
them in their play recently it was
a happy and pleasant sight to US.
We thought Of the comforts and
pleasures that were being enjoyed
by these children, who have no Ia
theirs and mothers to care for them.
We thought of the different institu-
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-02-10

be grown profitably on poor land.
1t takes ten-barrels-of-c per- acre
land to make a good crop of straw
Berries say, 100 crates per acre.
And in addition to a fertile soil, the
strawberry, like the corn, must have
good cultivation to produce a profit
able crop There is no money in five
barrels of corn per acre., neither is
there profit in so crates of straw
berries at average prices. So the
farmer who is planting strawberries
for the first time should start right.
Give it good soil and good tillage.
The growing of perishable fruits
has become an extensive business
throughout the country. With the
development of transportation facili-
ties no center Of population is mac
cessible. Every city is possible
market for any grower This fact
has been demonstrated in an unusual
degree in the growing and distribu-
ton of the strawberry, which has
become a commercial fruit from
Florida to the northern limits Of the
United States. The Florida crop is
on the market in January, and the
local grower in Northern Minnesota
puts his fruit on the market in july.
A citizen Of Duluth, if he has the
price. can have fresh strawberries on
his table five or six months of the
year, Of course, the large cities are
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-02-10

the principal market centers, and
they are supplied in turn by the
several producing districts from
Florida to the local field. From the
most southern region northward
each district in turn commands the
market, except where the fruit
ripens in two or more regions at the
same time. In such cases thew are
competitors.
The amount of strawberries grown
by Florida is Of little interest to
Tennessee, but Arkansas and Ten
nessee reach the market at the same
time, and hence are competitors.
Throughout the country locally-grown
fruit commands a higher price than
fruit that is shipped in. For this
season, commercial shippers today
do not find it to their advantage to
grow varieties covering long sea-
son. The later grown fruits of Ten
nessee, for instance, would compete
in the Cincinnati or Columbus mar
,kets with locally-grown fruit to the
disadvantage Of the former, but
the main season varieties in Tennes-
see. such as the Klondike and the
Aroma, would reach these markets
before the early locally-grown fruits
would ripen.
The Bureau of Markets, United
States Department Of Agriculture,
gives the following data Of pro-
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-02-10

1918 For few months following
the home was under the care Of Mrs,
NJ. L. Wellons, of Bolivar, Tenn,
whose faithful life came to an end in
the home, dying Of influenza in No
vember, 1918.
The orphanage is now under the
direction Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. l..
Taylor, of Nashville, Tenn, and their
assistants, Miss Beech and Miss An
derson. Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor came to
the home in January, 1919, from the
Industrial School at Nashville, where
they had been rendering valuable
service. The present board Of
executors consists Of the following:
Rev R. w. Carson. Of Rosemark;
Rev, c. B. Belts, Messrs. R. l..
Strong, H. H. Mccain, Earl Hill and
A. NJ. Moose, Of This county. Under
the present management considerable
improvements have been made. The
orphanage is incorporated and has
its place in the list Of like institu-
ticns Of the state
While the home is under the d.
rection Of The Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church, and is supported
almost entirely by this denomination,
vet the orphanage is non-denonaina-
tional in the service it renders to
homeless children. There are at
present 81 children in the home.
The majority Of this number came
from West Tennessee and many Of
them from this county The group
shows a pleasing and attractive APP