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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
Cave Man Lover Scares Mexican Beauty

Mrs. Owen charges that Levi tried
to kill her by causing her automobile
TO run into an obstruction after having
beaten her into semi-unconsciousne
while she sat at the wheel. She alleges
the assault was made because she
refused to become a party to scheme
to smuggle narcotics into this country
from Mexico. Levi jumped just before
the crash, she. says, left her in the car.
stole her keys. went to her apartments.
and there cut her 81 900 wardrobe into
ribbons with knife.
Levi IS now, in the county TAI, in
default of $1,000 bail, on a charge of
grand larceny also preferred by the
young woman.
A more completely ruined wardrobe
than Mrs. Owens after the systemat.
ic destruction is impossible to imag.
Inc. Furs hacked and sliced with p
knife, shoes with one of each paIr
riddled; dainty underwear torn I'm
shreds; dresses and gowns slashed &c
ribbons; hats with the crowns torn
from the brims, kimonos left in rags.
with the charred remnants of 80 pairs
Of fine hose.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
sWhy Lillian Geraldine Is Off Romance

20 AN FRANCISCO.-Ltllia Gerald
- inc Leitch-as was-doesn't be-
lieye in fairy stories-any more. Back
/. In her old Virginia home not so long
ago. for Lillian Geraldine is only sew
enteen now, she was more credulous.
Now the establishment Of Lillian
Geraldine is on record In the Superior
court In the form of a marriage an
uulment suit.
They met-she and James Robert
Van DLoye. Any girl might throw
ND her hands In surrender to a name
like that. To Lillian Geraldine 1t
sounded like a poem. Van D'Loye was
an expert kidder-wooer that Is. A
rich man he was. Was not his father
multi-millionaire in New York, one
of the famous Knickerbocker fam
( ilies? She believed him, and so they
were married. Her letters home
giowed. Her dreams had come true.
At first 1t was lovely; 1t always is.
After a while Lillian Geraldine got
to noticing and then to wondering.
One day she dug out Of his pocket q
uttle thumb-marked card. 1t read:
Il am deaf and dumb;
"Alms, for PHYS sake, aims"
3 And that's where Lillian Geraldine's
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
ST0R|ES z%sHsss
Navy Man After Commission on S. 900, 900

sci without any payment claim.
MY claim for a commission" said
Commander Phillips here, "is In &C.
cordance with naval regulations au-
thorizing such a charge in such cases.
My lawyers tell me this regulation is
mandatory and cannot be waived by
the secretary of the navy or anyone but
congress. There are precedents for
such payments.
I'm the fall of 1919 the grain cor
poration had this gold on the cruiser
Galveston in the harbor of CONSTANT
nople. They were afraid to bank 1t In
Constantinople on account of bandits.
Secretary Daniels said he would
waive that part of the regulations al
lowing naval officer doing this rea-
sonable commission based upon the
rate which would have been charged by
a merchant vessel. The grain corpora
ton, while thus having the money
transported free from ship and insur-
ance charges, had to release the Navy
department from all responsibility.
Before the gold was put on board
my ship l Informed the grain firm 1
would be responsible for 1t and woulr
collect my commission"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
.F|REWOOD MAKES
GOOD CASH CROP
Farmer Can Make His Farm Pay
Substantial Profits by
Producing Fuel.
USEFULNESS OF MACHINERY
Modern Apparatus Not Only Cuts
Wood and Standing Trees, but Is
Used for Various Other Pur-
poses About the Farm.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The farmers problems appear, all
If sudden, to have become the lead
ing national problem. Congress is
talking of little else than legislation
aimed to help the agricultural inter-
ests. The bankers are busy explain
ing why they can't lend the farmer
the cash he needs. The plight of the
farmer is the chief topic of discussion
In railroad circles and among business
men at all the big markets. Farmers
themselves are organizing everywhere
to force the prices of their products
up to a point where selling will not
mean a loss to them.
Meanwhile what the individual
farmer needs is not talk. but cash.
Certain things he must buy right
along for himself and his family. He
can't wait for the national debate to
run down.
In this situation farmers who are
hard pressed for cash may be over
looking the fact that all around them
money is growing on the trees" and
the crop is just waiting to be picked.
This is almost literally true. In 9TH
er words the farmer can harvest an
other crOp-his timber. All over the
country thousands of farmers are
turning to this immediate source of
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
Two Low Fences Across the Gateway
Will Stop the Hogs, but Allow
Horses and Cattle to Pass.

inches from each gatepOst, inside the
lot where the hogs were confined, a
short post was driven. Long boards
nailed from one to the other of these
posts made another panel of board
fence, Is inches high and parallel with
the bOarded-up gate, with an 1S-inch
space between the two low walls.
When a hog comes TO this detached
panel, it will go to the end and pass
round into the narrow passage be-
tween the two board walls, continuing
on through and out at the other end
till 1t tires of the performance. One
that is short enough to turn in the IS
inch passage is too small to jump or
climb over the boards before it, and
one that cannot turn is unable to face
the wall and make the attempt to
climb.
All other stock, except small calves
or colts, will step over the low walls.
No wide cracks, offering fOothOlds,
should be left between the boards
III. F. Grinstead. Columbia. Mo-, In
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
witch" Appeals for Police Protection

CLLwOOD CITY, PA.-Branded as
y witch, blamed for sickness. death
and misfortune In her neighborhoOd.
and threatened with burning. Mrs. Au-
gustino Catario, aged seventy-five
years, and living alone, has appealed to
the law for protection.
So intense is the feeling over the
case In the Italian quarter that the
police say they fear serious trouble be-
tween two factions. One Is composed
OF persons convinced that the aged
woman really is witch and that she
ought to be dealt with accordingly. The
other declares she Is victim of super
stition and persecution.
In the meantime Antonio Capriano.
accused by Mrs. Catario Of starting the
vitchcraft story, is under arrest on a
technical charge of disorderly conduct.
At preliminary hearing Mrs. Ca
ario trembling with terror and with
tears streaming down her cheeks. told
Justice Swick Of the Sights, insults
and threats to which she had been. sub
tected.
according to the testimony of Mrs.
Catario and others, Capriano first cir
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05

A1OW that sales of white goods and
IN wash fabrics are under way In
all well-regulated dry goods stores,
making of undermuslins, sewing for
the house and for the children goes
merrily forward. The annual sales
make 1t easy to systematic the work
of the seamstress who counts upon
maintaining her house furnishings at
least, and occasionally takes up the
pleasant task of preparing to furnish
up her home with new curtains
and draperies when spring comes. But
with every spring the wardrobes of
the children need replenishing and
pretty, new wash fabrics invite their
elders attention to this fact.
For girls from seven to twelve there
are some cleverly designed new mod
els In which plain cotton materials, Sc
lected in two colors that combine
well, are made up together. Such
frocks need very little in the way of
trimming; some simple stitching In
floss usually provides the finishing
touches. A dress of this kind appears
az the left of the two shown in the
picture above The body Of the dress
is in the lighter Of two colors, with
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
FARM SELECTION PERPLEXlNG
Study Of Several Intricate Points
Called For-knowIedge Of Basic
Principles Needed.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
In choosing a farm one has the op-
lions of buying with the intention Of
operating the place as his entire Lusi-
ness, buying small farm and, renting
enough additional land to meet his
needs, or renting a farm either on the
share or cash basis. Ones choice in
the matter is usually determined by
the funds available.
If one has only a small amount Of
capital and wishes to undertake farm
ing as q business from which to de-
rive his entire income, he should, in
nearly all cases, begin as renter
However, If he wishes to buy a farm
on which to live, deriving part of his
income from other sources. then, pos
sibly. purchasing is desirable, even If
capital is limited.
Whatever course Is followed, II is
highly desirable that one thoroughly
understand the basic principles gov
erning the farm business before de-
Gliding some of the finer points. A dis
regard of these basic principles is re-
sponsible for a large proportion of
farm failures.
A man may unconsciously work all
his life against some economic barrier
when success would have been COM
paratively easy if he had selected a
farm where the economic principle
would aid him instead of working
against him.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05

A FEW cheerful pipings of spring
Aprecede its full chorus In the dis
play Of blouses and separate skirts
that make their initial appearance in
January. They are the straws that
tell the direction of the winds of
fashion and likely to be the very best
efforts Of designers, working with new
fabrics. Just now the shops are stag
ing the new styles in skirts and
blouses, and already some of them
have made a fine success. A fayorite
In separate skirts has been chosen
for illustration here, made of a fabric
that has been developed in a variety
Of ways, and designers show them
selves ingenious In the use of these
striped goods.
In this particular wool fabric there
are stripes of black and white shep-
herds check alternating with plain
black stripes, but there are several
combinations In different colors, show
ing the checked stripe alternating
with stripes that are barred with al
ternating colors also. In the skirt
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05

cash. In money value, firewood ranks
as Americas sixth crop. Government
statistics show rank of crops In this
order: Wheat, corn, cotton, hay,
oats, firewood.
Money IN Producing Fuel.
With one of the practical, lOw-priced
power log saws now on the market,
the farmer can make his farm pay
substantial profits by producing fuel
| "a commodity that has held up well
In price and for which there is an al
most unlimited demand. Then, too,
there is always steady market for
| ties, fence posts and timbers that
can easily and quickly be cut with
these lightweight, portable machines.
In this way the farmer, with little
work or expenses, can realize good
profits and still hang on to his grain
and live stock If he wants to, until
prices get better.
On nearly every farm in most Sec
I.tions of the country there is timber
in more than sufficient quantities for
home use. There are live trees that
need to be taken out to give room for
younger ones to grow, or to clear the
land for cultivation; there are dead
trees that are allowed to decay; and
on thousands of farms. the banks of
rivers and creeks are lined with great
logs and other drift wood.
For many years the farmer has been
interested in, and has readily accept
ed, machinery that would save him
time, labor and money. Now he is
seizing upon machine that actually
makes money for him-as well as saw
ing him time and labor. Those who
have used the 1921 improved model
log saws say these machines come
near to being perfect saving outfits.
They do the work Of ten to fifteen
able-bOdied men-cut down trees and
saw up logs and branches of any size
at an average cost of about IL
cents a cord. Cutting 80 cords of
wood is an easy days work, and 1t Is
possible to cut as much as so cords
in that time.
Machine Cuts Standing Trees.
One of the most popular log saws
makes over 300 strokes a minute, and
its engine pulls over four horsepow-
er. This particular machine cuts
down standing trees, too. BY attach
ing this clever device, trees can be
cut down with the level Of the
ground. so there will be no stump, or
higher up, as desired. BY attaching
circular saw the outfit is quickly
turned into buzz saw, which rapid
~ tips up limbs and branches. those
parts of the tree which usually go to
waste, yet which produce fully one
third Of the wood.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05

romance broke into little pieces at her
feet. The dashing prince she had
married was a beggar-a professional
beggar, and nothing more.
She ran away from him then like a
scared rabbit and fed to the Somer-
ton hotel. Her beggar prince pur-
sued her there, climbed fire escapes
even to persuade her; but Lillian Ger
aldine was off romance for good. She
hired Attorney ]. G: Reisner, who
wasn't q bit romantic.
His real name, she found. was ].
Leslie Sheldon and his business was
pretending to be deaf and dumb and
deserving so that the tender-hearted
would give him money to get back
to his home In Kansas.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05

WAUKEGAN, ILL.-Married men of
" the North Shore towns, headed by
Mayor ]. F. Bidinger of Waukegan. are
organizing Husbands Protective and
Mutual Welfare association through
which the Chicago Telephone company
win be attacked.
Recently the telephone company or
dered that phones in the North Shore
towns can be used only by the renters
thereof. Though John Jones has tele-
phone In his own house. he cannot use
the phone In James Smiths home.
This ruling, the embattled husbands
say. restricts the liberties and compli-
Gates the lives Of married men. For
getful husbands. sent to the grocer's,
cannot telephone from the store to find
out whether they were told to purchase
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
FAMED FOR GIANT POTATOES
tabIished Its Reputation Tor the
SuccuIen nj Vegetable.

When Horace Greeley gave the
young men of America a loose foot by
saying, some decades ago: Go West,
young man." he incidentally succeeded
in getting a very fine brand of po-
tatoeS named for himself, writes VIII
liam G. Shepherd in the Saturday Eve
ming Post. A group of men who went
TO the West at that time settled in
a district north of Denver and east
Of the Rocky mountains, and perhaps,
because they thought of nothing else
TO raise, they planted potatoes. About
them, in the highlands, the only wild
potatoes in the United States were
growing luXuriantly. This district is
similar climatically and otherwise to
the highland district in Chile, where
explorers are believed TO have come
across the potato for the first time.
These Colorado wild potatoes prop
agated themselves by means Of seeds,
and ii is from the pods Of these seeds
that the Colorado potato experts get
the material by means Of which they
have produced the GreeleyvilIe potato
Eastern railroads, on which huge
baked potatoes, served in the dining
cars, have come to be strong allies Of
the passenger agent and heavy draw
erS of patronage, send to the Colorado
district for the potato giants. Trans
continental railroads which use the
northern route send men into the Mon
tana and Dakota fields to pick out. al
most by hand, huge potatoes which
have been grown from the Colorado
seed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
Sheep shearins In Australia.

Shearers in Australia are paid by
the number of sheep they shear, but
the ranch helpers are. paid by the
week. Averaging everything. from
young wethers, which are hard. to old
ewes, which are easy, good man Will
shear about 90 to 100 sheep a dag,
The actual record is 327 sheep shorn
by Queensland shearer in nine hours.
And other big records have been made.
But that was probably years back
with the BLADES, when the fieeces were
five-pound and six-pOund, and not nine
pound and ten-pound, as they are to-
day.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05

culated the story that she was witch
shortly before sailing for Italy, eighteen
months ago. He told friends, 1t was
testified, that she was in league with
evil spirits and had supernatural pow.
ers, enabling her to cast spells over
others that she had caused the illness
and death Of several children. He re-
turned from Italy recently.
Mrs. Catario said women avoided
her in the streets, children fled In
fright, and she was ostracized by
neighbors. Threats had been made.
she said, that unless she left Ellwood
City she would be tied to a stake and
burned to death.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05

sOHILADELPHIA,-In spite Of court
j decision denying him a commission
for transporting S5,O0O,0O0 in gold from
Constantinople, Lieutenant Commander
Wallace b. Phillips. wireless expert at
the Philadelphia navy yard, will carry
the fight to higher tribunal. The
money was brought to this country in
1919 on the destroyer Lamb, of which
he was then in command. 1t was in
payment for flour sold by the United
States Grain corporation to Bulgaria.
j. The adverse decision was given by
I Federal Judge Hand in New York. He
held that Secretary Of the Navy Dan
,ieIs was within his rights in ordering
the money transported on a navy ves-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
AGRICULTURE A NATIONAL
PROBLEM

A sober national thought with
regard to the Importance, the
absolute necessity, of a sus-
tanned agriculture in this coun-
try is imperative. There Is,
perhaps, no single solution for
the situation which the farmers
are now facing, but there are
many steps which can be and
should be taken to place our ag-
riculture on a more satisfactory
basis and to stabilize the bust
ness of farming, not in the in
terest of the farmers alone but
in the interest Of the nation as
q whole. The matter is of such E
tremendous importance to our
entire population that II should
he recognized everywhere as q
national problem and dealt with
as such.-Annual Report of the
Secretary of Agriculture.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05

collar, cuffs, belt, pockets and band
about the skirt in the darker color.
The elbow sleeves have their cuffs
slashed in accordance with the mode
and the collar follows their lead In
this particular. AS for the pockets.
they are both pockets and drapery,
but a panel of the light-colored ma
terial at the front Of the skirt is an
entirely new feature which distracts
ones attention from the unusual pock-
cts. On the belt and above 1t little
stitchery outlines points in the SIM
plest of finishing touches.
The white dress shown at the right
might be made in organdy or other
sheer fabrics and in light colors. 1t
has a fiounced skirt, elbow sleeves
finished with frill and round neck
with rundown collar. The bodice is
shirred across the front and the full
sash tied at the back Is made of the
material.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05

pictured, the material is arranged In
box plaits with the checked stripe
folded uppermost and the plain stripe
under, so that the plaiRy-tripe does not
show except when thaiislaits spread
apart. This arrangement is reversed
in other skirts of the atios or similar
material. especially Meivetthe alter
mating stripe is not plsrdlnst none of
the models out-rank II Sictured
for trim, neatness ans or
for all-round usefulnes "'o on Aws
the trend of new style! oA I'm Jaw
belt fastened with bone ny MI the
front and the same butt d. MA ted
prim rows on each side. oreo d its
The well-tailored sell .he the
fully established In Niulhe tods
women as tailored sum nns u mai
most as Indispensable lure
very welcome chanhis Naval onl,
character of clothess General r
tured, in light weight fostering to
spring garment thati1' and I'M 81.
all summer. waanpered ~,
IS aid dis llDe
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
ESSENTIAL TO SPRAY TREES
Have Been Slow in Realizing
In the Past.

Spraying fruit trees Is one of the
things farmers generally have refused
to take hold Of in the past. Now
many farm bureaus have held spray
ing demonstrations and all have been
so successful that 1t will not be long
before the average farmer will con-
cider 1t just as essential to spray his
fruit trees as to cultivate his corn.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05

VI ANGELES--A warrant charg-
ing assault with intent to CON-
mt murder has been issued against
Eneas Levi, former manager of the
,ore'gn trade department of the Amer.
,ean Latin league and son of Manuel
Lew, former governor and treasurer
VI the state of Vera Cruz. Mexico.
Inc complaining witness is Mrs. Ma.
,s owen ex-fiancee Of Levi, daughter
81 tne late Jacobo Valdez, Mexican cap
a'ist' and sister Of Jacobo Valdez
-, presidente municipale of the fed
lal district of Coyoacan and con-
FRESHMAN from the district of Car.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
H0G-PR00F GATE is
HANDY ARRANGEMENT
Cattle and Horses Permitted to
Pass at Win.
Two Low Fences, About 10 Inches
High, Serve to Keep Swine in
Their Own Pasture - Other
Animals Can Step Over.

A farmer uses this arrangement to
keep the hogs in one lot. while allow
ing his cattle and horses to pass I'M
restrained into another pasture. The
gate was removed from the hinges
and the space from post to post was
boarded up sOlidly to height of IS
inches from the ground. About IS
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
Value of MASSAGE.

Massage is good because 1t restores
the circulation. 1t is like system of
irrigation for waste land. Creases are
caused by lack of circulation. The
muscles that hold the mouth In firm
line are thread-ike, one Just above and
at the side of the lips. 1t is highly
important to keep these taut by mas.
sage.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
Lay Tile Drain In Winter.

Tile drain those places where wheat,
alfalfa and clover were heaved out
last winter by frost. This work can
be done. during the winter months
when general farm work has Stacked
up somewhat.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
DRY PLACE FOR SEED BEANS
MoIds Will Quickly Attack Crop II
Moisture Gets to Them, Killing
terminating Qualities.

Beans for seed should be kept in
dry place or molds will readily attack
them. Beans will heat If the least
bit of moisture gets to them and de-
stroys their terminating qualities
Shoveling them over will help keep
them dry.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
He Wondered.

"Hang it, man; If your fiivver has
been stolen, why don't you ring up the
police?'
I'm not worrying about the car
Tn wondering how they made the
blamed thing go."-Harper's Maya
zine.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
Trim With RaveIIed Ribbons.

Ravelling ribbons is popular meth
cd of making trimmings. Interesting
little ornaments are made of ribbon.
The ribbon is travelled and rolled into
fluffy pompons that look almost like
fur. 1t may be treated In this way to
form roll around the crown or the
edge of hat brim.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
Poor Place for Poultry

A poultry house which is so situated
that the sun does not strike Its east,
south and west sides during the day Is
not a proper place to keep the poultry
In winter.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
A BAD Beoinnino-

Mother (discouraged)-That boy OF
ours doesn't seem to learn anything
as he grows older.
Father-The trouble is he knew 10
oil at the start.-Boston Transcript