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The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30

Monroe.-The Mansfield Railway
ana transportation Company the
Louisiana and Pine Bluff Railway
Company and the Arkansas and Louis.
lana Missouri Railway Company ac.
counting departments have all been
removed to Shreveport.
Nonroe.-The Major Stave Com.
pany of Arkansas has sold all its Ark.
ansas and Louisiana lumber mills and
important timber holdings to the Ma.
1or Stave Company of Louisiana,
which is domiciled at Monroe,
new Orleans.-Butchers of this citv
are unanimous that charges made nv
everett c. Brown, president Of the
Nauonal Live Stock Exchange, at Tn.
thirty'thlrd convention in Cleveland
d. to the effect that the respons,p,l.
IVY ol hlgh meat prices is laid on
retail dealers, are groundless 50 far
as this city is concerned.
Observation-Disclosures c. NJ
Chambon, pastor Of the Catholic
Churhc here has left for New York
to sail next Saturday for France for
a three-month visit to his parents
-Plaquemine. 49, The Australia p,,n.
tatlon, together with all implemen,s
and stock, was sold recently by tba
sheriff to NJ. Lanier. trustee, for q
Of $4,000. The planta.
ton contains 1900 acres, and has sev.
eral hundred acres in rice cultivation
This place was owned by the ]. Nh.
Williams Planting Company and was
[oreclosed on mortgage notes of mora
than sl9S,OOO.
fatterson.-The Arcade Theater
gave benefit performance recent,v
or the Irish sufferers.
Crowley'-At the meeting of Acadia
'ost' American Legion Captain Des.
atte' who represents Adjutant Gen.
'ral Toombs, addressed the ex.ser.
ice men on plans under which tho
NATIONAL Guard is being formed in
louisiana, He urged the legion to
cad In the work Of getting up a com.
any in this city.
Ponchatoula.-Work has started m
ne building Of neutral ground and
le surfacing Of Pine street. When
lls work is completed, Ponchatoula
III begin to look quite Gifted.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30

New Orleans.-All local Methodist
pastors and many laymen attended
the Divinity School sessions held this
week at the Seashore Camp Grounds
the attendance including also many
pastors OF Methodist Churches
throughout Louisiana and Mississippi
Fonchatoula. A large wooden
building owned by A. NJ. Edwards Is
being moved from its former location
to make way for the erection of
modern brick structure to be used as
bank building.
Crowley City Manager Harpin as.
sisted by women's organizations, tina
Chamber Of Commerce, Rotary Club
and other business bodies, will put
on campaign against ants. It ia
proposed to use the government for.
mula and the traps to attract the
pests.
Ponchatoula.-The gravel road be.
Ing constructed by the State Highway
Department between here and Ham.
mond Is nearing completion, there re.
naming but about one mile to be con.
structed.
Crowley.-Acadia parish is much
interested in the report which has
Just been issued by NJ. Hull, sweet DO.
tato specialist, who says the 1921
crop Will set a record. This section
OF Louisiana Is going in for diversi.
ncation now. 1t is practically as.
sured that a storage house will be-
erected here by company of bust.
ness men with the assistance Of tho
government.
Baton Rouge.-James Costello was
almost instantly killed when struck
by an L. R. & N. train.
Napoleonville.-The camphor scale
IS IN full blast in this parish and al.
'eady the foliage on pear trees, DER.
summon trees and young pecan trees
las been destroyed. On a small SCALE
ome people have been trying to get
ID OF the pest by burning, but this
work is slow and was started too late ,
0 De OF much advantage to the in. r
ected trees,
Alexandria, campaign has been
iunched here to raise a fund Of s22.. !.
w for the support of the Chamber :
commerce during the coming yesr. =
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30

Baton Rouge .0uisiana's constitu
tiOnal convention is now matter o
history, having been in session 1l(
days, It's cost to the tax payers being
$3O2,5 800
The on standing features Of the
new constitution are:
!. Judiciary system was reOrgan
lied from the Supreme Court down.
This probably is the most important
act Of the convention The Supreme
Court was enlarged from five to seven
Judges, with authority to sit in divi-
slOns and given supervisory powers
over all inferior courts Jurisdiction
OF the Courts OF Appeal was broaden
ed The number OF district Judges
was reduced and their salaries in.
creased
Z. A greater state university and
agricultural college vas set in the
constitution, with a S7,OOO,OOO rchabi-
!ltation fund, and a tax of half mill
ret aside for the support of the insti-
tuition after January T., 1925
3. Suffrage and election regula.
tons were revised with the adoption
OK the Mississippi understanding"
cause, the Connecticut and Georgia
good character" clause, and proyis.
ions disfranchising bride givers and
bride takers and political sush fund
contributors and dispensers. Regis.
trars OF voters outside of Orleans par.
sih were made appointiye by police
jurscs. State elections and New Or.
leans city elections were placed two
years apart
A. Construction and maintenance
OF a state system Of highways on the
pay as you 60" plan, were provided
without the issuance OF bonds or the
mourning Of any. debt. This is to
be done by segregating into a state
highway fund all taxes and licenses
on vehicles OF every description, in
Guiding motor cars, and by imposing
a sales tax OF two cents per gallon
on gasoline.
5, The Legislature was authorized
to Impose severance taxes on natural
resources and was required to allo.
cate one.fifth of such taxes up to
100000 a year to the parishes where
oil and gas are produced.
s. The Legislature was permitted
to impose flat tax of per cent on
net incomes after 1924.
7. State tax rate was limited to
5 IA mills, but with authority given
the Legislature by a two,thirds vote
to Increase the rate to 5 81 mills.
q. Enterprises located or the In.
dustrial canal at New Orleans were
exempted from taxation for fifteen
years.
y. New Orleans and Shreveport
were authorized to exempt from mu-
nlcipal taxation for four years all
dwelling houses valued at $4,000 or
less, constructed prior to December
81. 1926.
H. Legislature was empowered to
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30

And where are the foes that 80 vaunt~
ingly swore
That the havoc Of war and the bat.
ties confusion
A home and country should leave Us
no more?
Their blood has washed out their
foul footsteps pollution.
No refuge could save the hireIing and
slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom
of the grave;
And the star.spangled banner in tri.
umph doth wave
Der the land of the free and the
home of the brave.
Oh, thus be it ever when freemen
shall stand
Between their loved homes and the
wars desolation,
Blest with victory and peace, may
the heaven rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made
and preserved US a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our
cause it is just,
And this be our motto-"In God is
our trustw
And the star.spangled banner in tri.
umph shall wave
Ger the land of the free and the
home of the brave.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30
The Spirit
Of 1776 G

Some l4O years ago, in what was
then the nucleus Of the United States
every man and boy owned a musket
and knew how to use it.
They were skilled In woodcraft
knew their own country and could
bring down any game within range
with one shot.
Yet in all the terrible years of the
Revolutionary war it took 100000 Of
them to defeat 10000 invaders.
The British could not shoot as we'll
and neither did they possess the spirit
OF the American colonist, who was
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30
FURNISH DUCKS WITH SHADE
Protection Must Be Given to eou,.
During Warm Summer Weather
-Avoid Cold Water

, Ducks should have plenty Of shade
curing the warm summer weather, DO
not give very cold water. Remove tho
cornmea' from their feed. Bran is
good; bran and potatoes make an ov
ee'lent mixture. Provide an abun.
aance OF green material, such as yege.
'ao'es' green grass and such feeds
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30
CONSERVING MAN|jRr)
HELPS CROP YIFIn
Efficient Method Used By Penn
syNania Farmers.
Walled Enclosures Adjacent n 4.
b'es, Often Paved With FIao.
stones, Save Valuable EI..
rnents Needed by Soil.

Prepared by the United States no,,
ment OF Agricultural Oepa'a
Farmers in som" parts of easto,
pennsylvania, notably in Cbps,s'
county, have been saving barnva,,
manure in walled enclosures adi,oa,'
to the stables, often paved with a.a
stones, for more than a century, Tb5
value Of this efficiency has been shoas
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30
VARIETY OF FOOD EssEN1IA,
Hens viii Not Thrive and law MAJ,
unless Furnished With Differ.
ent Kinds Of Feed

Hens, to thrive and lay we'll must
nave "a a. variety of food, and they must
NAY. nave IT t, clean and in sanitary condj.
t 1T Inc Idea Of shutting poultry IN
IN small quarters and SCATTERING t hp
1eed around in dirty places, then tne
pectlng good results, is simply ridjcn
Ions ''u1cu'
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30
0|SINFECT|0N OF HENH0vsE
Woodwork and Roosts Should Be-
Gone Over Occasionally With
Some Good Lice Killer,

The roosts and nearby woodwork
OF the poultry house should be painted
occasionally with some good liquid
lice killer (Which can be bought from
poultry supply dealers) or with kero-
sene, to kill the little mites which live
there during the day and at night tor.
ment the fowls.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30
MAKING PROFIT WITH GEESE
Cheap Shed Is All Shelter Necessary
and Feed Need Not Be Of
Expensive Variety.

Almost any farmer might raise 4
flock of geese with profit. A cheap
shed is all the shelter needed BY the
breeders. Even in winter they are not
costly to feed, as they do well on en-.
silage, clover and chopped vegetables
with some grain
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30
Should Be Commemorate

independence day lives in tbe hoo ~,
Of the people, rather than in specto.
cles. 1t is recognized and observed IN
spirit, whether there are parades or
fireworks or pageants of anv kind T.
requires no noisy demonstration tn
keep it active as an influence for pood
citizenship And yet it is good for thp
people to get together on that dav and
commemorate it in some fashion to
utilize 1t as stimulus to their hest
sentiment. ''
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30

| ri nr$, g tn1
:, .u,,.. o.
.,:,-
~ va
H. Legislature was oAFc'eu 10
pTOhiDlI the use OF any process Dy any
court 10 restrain 'he cOleclIch OF any
jd3' his IS lhieHded dS d cohS'lIu'
tlonai club to be held over large IN
tefeStS mat resist the paymen, OF
taxes
-. The Board OF State Affairs was
| converted mo the state tax cOmmlS-
sion, with supervisory powers over all
matters affecting taxation and assess
/ men'S.
"A Farm improvements were ex'
empted from taxation.
IL. Tax on open accounts was re-
moved,
10. New Orleans was authorized TO
vote a tax of One,ffth Of mill TOR
the support OF zoo.
II. a limit of % mills was placed
on all special taxes in parishes and
municipalities,
IL, me State Board or EoI'ca''on
was ordered reolganHed' 10 De COM
posed OF eleven members one elect
ed from each congressional dIStrlct'
'hree appointed by 'he governor
~ o'"'e superintendent o' eooc1'
''oh was hl"ue appoNl'l'e ny 'he SAFE
'oa'0 Vi Ho"'"''o"
w. All STATE euucd'loil"' lhsll'u'
'lonS we've p'"ceu uhoe' 'ne SupeF'f
''"n u '"e ''"'e oo",u Vi huoca''on'
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'"0 '"pp0'' u p"'''' S'"oo'9' "S at |
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80 ''' Aesls'''o'e was oloefeo 10
'lo''ue c''ll service system Tor
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'"n' 'n.oosi 0od' Us VI colllhllSS'ols' d
w. Inv 'ee ''"''"ie ""s e'ilpo"'
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~ Inc ne" orleans sewerage
'u a'e' poalu was au'hor'zeo 10 fl
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90 INC i''p''c De'' hal'roau was
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'0.'Ssoance oi oohos ana 'he IN lie
VI "5 VI "e0' ny 'ne Ne" orleans W
'ooA no"io was resu'ated cl
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-. ~. '''',.u w.. " 'o'e Spe''"' taxes
:, p' u., u''''''eS' at
% ii''o' W ldiiuH duJuulcated 10 LIT
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80 - .n. WV '"'' ''o' oeco'l'e c''l- or
'"' VI ''''' 'oun'iF were prohlDlted er
o o. o""'ns 'a''u III LOUISIANA tn
90 O,e"'' le'ee Doaru was au-
W 'A1u ~ 'ons''uc' d sea wall along to
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The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30
MOST TURKEYS ARE 0vERfEO
GOOD Plan to Follow Is to Feed Very
Light Grain at Start-Give
PouIts Milk.

Turkeys on most farms are over.
fed. The best plan to follow is to
feed very light grain at the start and
give all the milk that the young pouItS
can drink. Experienced turkey rails.
ers tell US that the abundant use Of
milk is the best method of feeding
pOults.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30
LOUISIANA HIS A
NEW CONSTITUTION
AFTER BEING IN SESSION ITO
DAYS THE CONVENTION
ADJOURNS.
IMPORTANT FEATURES GIVEN
judiciary System Recognized From
Supreme Court DoWn-Many Other
Changes in the States New
Constitution.

s.sf $50 =
Cost OF the convention.
Appropriation by the Legisla-
ture, $500 600 first loan, 100000; i
second loan, $500.
Total, $780,, 800 s
ssst 4 =
Evening star., 1921-05-10

Your choice Of Satin or
Shoulder strap models,
trimmed with white or ecru
lace. Just the thing to
wear under sheer summer
Evening star., 1921-05-10
WORKED WITH CARE
FOR CORRECT LISTS
Gen. Harris Says War De-
partment Strove to Get
Draft Deserters' Names.

Everything that is humanity pos
ISible has been done by the War De-
rartment to insure the correctness Of
the lists of draft deserters." declared
Gen. Peter c. Harris, adjutant general
of the Army. today. The original lists,
he said, contained 4S9,o0 names which
number by careful revisions has been
reduced to approximately $4,000
names.
| The statement was inspired by sug-
| gestions that the War Department
should have eXerted more care in pre-
pairing the lists to avoid every pos
sible error.
Many Men With Same Name.
'It must be realized" said the state
ment, that in an army Of more than
!, four million men it is a common oc-
, ,currence to find many men bearing
i exactly the same name. There were
/ over 210O John Johnstons, over 1000
/ William JohnStons. and more than
5000 John Smiths with a variety of
middle initials. In many cases men
of the same name entered the service
from the same locality and oftentlmes
, even their physical descriptions do
not serve to distinguish them; fre,
quently their wives have Identical
! given names. Under these conditions
=: the War Department very naturally
found it impossible at times to ldentl1y
a registrant charged with deser'ion
on account of having failed to respond
+ to the call of his local board with a
man of exactly the same name VINO
voluntarily enlisted, say, In the Navy
! in some other state. Yet the RECORDS
| themselves are as complete as 1t was
humanity possible to make them dur.
ing the abnormal conditions incident
| to the prosecution of warfare on d
gigantic scale.
but the difficulty was consider
ably enhanced in those cases, Wnlcn
were very numerous. where the man
registered under one name and AFTER
! ward was enlisted or inducted in some
other locality under another name.
! This was sometimes Intentionally
/ done; in other cases it resulted from
misunderstanding, long foreign names
being especially susceptible TO mis-
spelling.
When the Records Failed.
ut thus becomes evident that, not
Withstanding all the effort expended
by the War Department in checking
the lists of alleged draft deserters, 1t
was impossible to determine IN every
case from the records alone Wnetner
or not any Individual named thereln
actually performed military service
In such contingency no other
course was open than to call upon the
individuals themselves. This was ac-
corlingly done repeatedly through
every available source.
at should be borne in mind that
the action of the War Department in
publishing these lists is based upon
a widespread demand that the onense
of those men who failed to meet their
obligation to do military duty curing
the nations time of peril be not con-
doned and that steps be taken to ap-
prehend and bring to trial every man
who was guilty of willful desertion.
Evening star., 1921-05-10

fuctuate and always have fuctuated
widely. Acute minds have long
known this need not be so. Dur
ing and since the recent war tho dol
lar has danced so wildly uphin and
down that business men, housewives.
wage-earners, statesmen-all are now
aroused about the why Of it and how
to stop it. We all want a dollar
which will buy dollars worth of
the necessaries of life at all times
that is. we want stable purchasing
unit. The Stable Money League is
the first organized attempt to define
and secure such a unit
Members Of the organizing commit
tee are: Mrs. F. l. Ransome Of this
city. William T. Foster of Cambridge,
Mass; Norman Lombard of San Fran
cisco. Eugene Pomeroy of this city.
William II. Short. New York; Philip
Evening star., 1921-05-10
WOULD EXPOSE SLACKERS
Rainbow Division Men Favor Pub
fishing List of War Dodgers.

The local chapter Of the Rainbow
Division organization went on record
at it's meeting last night at the Dug
Out" as being unanimously in favor
of the printing of the Stacker list by
the newspapers
Brown of Columbus, Ohio, national
secretary of the organization. He
in this city for giving aid to the dis
abled veterans. and stated that the
local chapter should set high mark
in this matter that the other chapters
of the country could aim at. 1t was
stated that more than $4,000 was
raised for the benefit of the disabled
veterans during the two weeks the ex-
position of the Rainbow Division on
Union Station plaza was in progress.
Arrangements are being made for
the sending of delegates to the second
annual convention and reunion of the
Rainbow Division, to be held July IA
to Is, inclusive, at Cleveland, Ohio.
where it is estimated more than 5000
veterans will attend.
Evening star., 1921-05-10

years. The National Federation Of
Post Office Clerks. for instance. has
been urging mail early program
for long time.
officers of such organizations have
long realized the gain which would
result to members through an in
tensive mail early" movement. one to
get the mailers of the large cities in
terested in putting their letters into
the mails in the morning and early
afternoon hours.
They know it would mean less night
work for hundreds of postal employees
throughout the nation. and the cam
pagn to date seems to be bringing
just that result. Already the Washing
ton city post office has been able to
place a score of it's night workers on
daytime work. and expects to place
still more at daylight work shortly.
Evening star., 1921-05-10
STABLE MONEY LEAGUE
TO ORGANIZE HERE SOON
Will Formulate Plans to Keep
Purchasing Power Of Dol
lar Steady.

Organization Of the Stable Money
League, whose ultimate object is the
establishment of a dollar which will
buy a dollars worth of the neces-
saries of life at all times is sched-
uled for May %, at the Raleigh Hotel
when a group Of proponents of stab
:lization of the purchasing unit will
form a league to advocate and ad-
vance such principles.
A recent dinner meeting was held
here to discuss plans for the forma-
tion of a national organization: 1t
resulted in the appointment Of an
organizing committee. This commit
tee, according to an announcement,
has enlisted a large number of pro-
ponents of the plan, drawn from COM
merciaI, banking, economic, profess
sional and general public welfare en-
terprises.
The meeting will open on the 2sth.
at 10 O'Clock. and continue until noon.
1t will be devoted to organization:
During the afternoon from 2 to
papers on the subject will be read
and discussed.
Under plans of the organizing COM
mittee various grades of membership
will be established to eft every size
Of pocketboOk and every degree OF
interest"
A circular Of the organization COM
mittee says 'the committee believes
that this is the most effective way
to further stabilizaton and is an op-
portunity which may not occur again
for many years"
"It is your privilege" says the
circular, ITO help achieve a standard
Of value which will give to the en-
tire business world stability never
before possible and thereby remove
large part of existing and con-
stantly recurring social injustice, in
efficiency and discontent."
The circular also calls attention
to the fact that for 100 years scien-
tifc criticism has centered upon civ
ilization's greatest tool-money."
EVERY standard has been stabfl-
lied except the standard of money! it
says. Dollars. pounds, francs-all
Evening star., 1921-05-10
POSTAL EMPLOYEES HELP
D. c. MAILING CAMPAIGN
Organizations Aid Drive Which
They Have Favored as Less
Night Labor for Workers.

Postal employees organizations are
helping the mail early-mail often
campaign to the limit of their ability.
Organizations of postal clerks and
carriers are cooperating in the move
ment.
Officers of such organizations were
only too glOd to get on the band
wagon" when the movement was in
augurated by Postmaster General
Hays and imm mediateiy put into effect
here by City Postmaster Chance.
AS a matter of fact. such employe
organizations were among the first to
start the movement, it having been
one of their cardinal principles for
Evening star., 1921-05-10
BOTH DIVISION REUNION.

Former officers Of the soth, or ''Blue
Ridge" Division. L. S A.. many of
whom are residents of the District.
Virginia and West Virginia, have
been invited to attend the fourth
reunion and dinner to be held in New
York, Friday, May 20.
The event is announced by the New
York Association of Officers of the
S0th. OF which Maj. John d. Harrison
is president and Capt. A. n. La Porte,
25 w. 45th street, New York, is sec
retary-treasurer. Notice of reserva-
tions is asked by Capt. La Porte for
those who expect to attend.
Evening star., 1921-05-10
CLERKS STATUS IN DOUBT
P. O. Workers Wonder Who Will
Be Transferred to Budget.

Employees Of the office of the auditor
for the Post Office Department are
wondering what their status will be
under the amendment to the budget
bill offered last week by Representa-
tive Good.
Under the terms Of the amendment,
employees believe, part of them will
be transferred directly under the ju-
risdiction of the Post Office Depart
ment, and a portion will be under the
bureau of the budget to be estab-
liShed.
Which Of the 500 employees will go
with the department and which will
go with the bureau of the budget is
what is puzzling the workers. At pres
ent the entire force occupies the sixth
seventh and eighth floors of the Post
Office Department building.
Evening star., 1921-05-10

Because she had hurt her foot and
found novel writing too hard for the
time being. Miss Clemence Dame
started to write play. In six weeks
she had finished it and in one night
ii made her famous
Evening star., 1921-05-10

Troup Of New Haven. Conn. and
Ralph w. Westcott of New York.
Evening star., 1921-05-10

Black and navy. in very
effects. These PetticoatS
are in the same styles as
many Silk Taffeta Petit
coats, but they are Cotton
Taffeta and superior quail
tiles at the price.