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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-08-11
The Destructive Folly And
Economic Loss of Armament

All weapons of war are intended
made and used for destructive pur-
poses. Every war since the dawn of
human history has been caused and
carried on for the purpose of spolia-
ton, robbery, and murder. These all
have their source in the human mind
and will. by coveting the lands, homes
and goods of other people. Robbery
is always the motive. The last world
war was no exception in this respect,
as ex-President Wilson himself admit
ted in his address delivered at St.
Louis. Mo-, in September, 1919, by
owning up that it was a commercial
war, and not war to make the world
safe for democracy.
Kings, aristocrats, and plutocrats
have always looked down upon the
mass of mankind as mere animals, sim
liar to other beasts Of burden. that
might be utilized and exploited by
them like any other animal, as their
own selfishness and arbitrary willful-
ness determined. To their face they
fIattered and now fIatter the workers
and farmers; behind their backs, how
ever, they call them dolts and mudsiIIs
of humanity. The slave owners of the
South before the Civil War, called
their white fellow citizens who did not
own slaves. poor white trash" Jesus
of Nazareth recognized the solidarity
of the human race and looked upon a
wrong committed on even the least In
telligent human being as a wrong done
to himself. And Thomas Jefferson, in
the American Declaration of Independ-
ence, affirmed that all men are Gre
ated free and equal, and are endow-
ed by their creator with certain inal.
ienable rights, and that among these
are the right to life, liberty, and the
pursuit Of happiness. He fully saw
that they were not all of the same size
form or weight, nor had developed tc
the same plane of intelligence. and he
did not refer to that at all. But thai
they were all without exception equal
ly human beings, entitled to be con
sidered and dealt with as such. Any
other kind of treatment is 1000 trea
son to humanity.
There never was any adequate pre-
paredness or armament by any natior
in the history of the world. All warlikt
nations in the past have finally me
their Waterloo and decisive defeat. A.
Congressman Huddleston of AIabam;
said recently in a debate in the U. S
Congress:
Germany was not adequately pre-
pared when she entered the Work
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-08-11

War. Great Britain has been mistress
of the seas for 300 years, yet was not
adequately prepared on the sea when
she entered the war. To be adequate
ly prepared is to be prepared against
any reasonable possible contingency.
1t means to be armed against any rea-
sonably possible combination of ma
tions which may be formed. 1t means
in short to assume such a burden of
militarism as to make it poor choice
between bearing its evils and SUBMIT
ing to defeat by foreign power. No
nation can afford to be adequately pre-
pared - its pay and cost will exceed
any possible benefit. Hence it may
be said that any nation that it ade-
quately prepared is governed by fools.
That is plain language, but | mean it. "
Charging that the plea Of the tax
burdened people for economy had been
answered by appropriations of $742,-
100000 for the army and navy for
one year, Congressman Huddleston
declared war on further extension of
our military program as proposed by
the militarists in congress.
The great majority of the people
believe that we should disarm and re-
turn to our prewar forces and the pol
ititians know ii" Huddleston said. Il
deny that we are bound to compete
with England and Japan. America is
not an empire, it is not new Rome
grasping for the hegemony of the
world"
Competition with Japan and Eng
land, Huddleston explained, in expan-
sion, in exploitation, in imperialism
would inevitably bring us in conflict
with these countries.
Sooner or later" he declared
such course will bring war with them
If it is to be the policy of America tc
seize upon the territory of weak anc
undeveloped people and to spread oul
possessions over the face of the world
then there will be a clash; there vii
be robbers quarrels over loot; there
will be wal"
The Disarmament Committee of the
British League of Nations Union, o.
which men like Generals Seely, HUI
bert Cough, and Frederick Maurice
are members, reports in favor of abol
ishing the private manufacture of ar
maments and munition.
Lord Northcliffe, owner of the Lon
don Times, who is at present in thi
country, says that England is disarm
ing as fast as she can, because sh,
has been studying Germany. She see
that Germany, liberated from the arm
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-08-11
WAMPUS CAT ASSAILED
BY MONROE VETERANS

Monroe The Wampus Cat and
the 'Whizz Bang, two publications
which have been circulated at Mon
roe. are vulgar and indecent" too
much SO, apparently. for the decorous
and modest young doughboys Of Qua
chita parish.
We were willing to tackle almosl
anything in the fighting zone, said
one of the doughboys. I'VE have b
accustomed to the risque and the h
zarre, but, mark you. we draw the li
on some of the publications that a
being circulated at Monroe"
Leonidas Barkdull Faux Post Of
American Legion Of Monroe therei
held special meeting and adopted
solutions condemning The Wamp
Cat and the Whizz Bang as "v
and indecent" claiming that the
culation of these publications is
lation of Act III Of 1894 Of the gene
ASSEMBLY of the State Of Louisis
which was designed to prevent an
person from selling or offering "a s'
or give away or offer to give awa
any indecent pictorial newspaper. bo
pamphlet, or paper.
In the resolution, the district siior
lney and the city commissioners
asked to thoroughly investigate
publications.
Il will" said District Attorney D
vid |. Garrett, who is membes
Leonidas BarkduIl Post. and ons
the fighting United States mar b
having fought at BeIIeau Wood
the Argonne. pn
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-08-11
HOT DRY WEATHER
IS AGAIN RECORDED

In spite Of Weatherman W. A.
Dougherty's indications Of rain pub
lisbed last week, the rain failed to ma
terialize. and the records this week
show a week Of warm dry weather.
Clouds have crossed the sky on one
occasion. which looks good for rain.
but none materialized.
This week. indications Tuesday were
again favorable for rain, said Wealth
.erman Dougherty. Rain is needed
now it being thirteen days since the last
rainfall.
Following are the temperatures re-
corded at the Newllano Station Of the
IU. S. Weather Bureau:
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-08-11

lg Germany continues ito unde
the world, the industrialized
probably viii have to lick her
to make the world safe for
ciencyl
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-06-18
bs sss T@7 ami XVI NNHTTl
4665E$E yRl D A ! 'N[

YER" she promised. "Watch patient
~ and he will come"
When Daddy heard the news of q
stranger among them, he FASTENED
down to greet him. At the first glance
the newcomer seemed so tiny and
odd-lOoking that Daddy was rather
disappointed. Strangest of all, he had
four leaves instead of three. But
when he saw what a smile Four
leaf had, he likcl him very much and
gave him cOi,,ill welcome.
Not so with the clover children.
They whispered and laughed among
themselves ut the queer dress. OF
course this made Four-leaf very I'M
comfortable, and he pretended not to
hear. Pretty soon. however, when
they saw how glad he was to help
them look their best and never tried
to be admired himself, they became
more friendly. Four-leaf was just
bubbling over with jolly tales and
soon had them waving over in laugh
ter.
Then the honey bees who liked
good time came over to share in the
fun, and the patch grew livelier every
day.
When Four-leaf saw how much they
had changed for the better, he knew
his work in the patch was over and
called all the Glover Children to hiii.
II must leave you all soon," lie said,
"and before ! go I will tell y5ii Il
secret AS long as YOU love one ain
other you will be beautiful. Anyone
who is cross and bad tempered will
soon grow ugly"
1--WE will remember, Four-leaf," they
promised him, and waved their pretty
heads in farewell as little girl with
Il Cry of delight stopped and picked
him up.
(Copyright.)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-06-18
"What'S in a Name?"
By MILDRED MARSHALL
Facts aboutyour name; its history; mean.
ing; whence it was derived; significance;
your lucky day and lucky jewel.
VIRGINIA

THE renl origin of Virginia is Gu
riOus and somewhat unexpected.
1t means "fourishing" and comes from
an old Latin gems who called them
selves Verginius. Their name was de-
rived in turn from vireo meaning to
flourish, and was connected to the
word "ver" translated as spring. Vir-
girio was the name of the far-famed
Orsini family
The more popular and prevalent be-
lief regarding the origin of Virginia
has always been that she came from
the Latin virgo, meaning "a virgin"
Indeed, the first instance of her use
in England was in the time of Queen
Elizabeth when Sir Walter Raleigh,
named his American colony Virginia
in honor of the Virgin Queen.
1t was under a similar belief that
Bernadin de ST. Pierre called the hero
Inc of his tropical Arcudian romance,
Virgirie. The widespread popularity
of this story in England, France and
Germany brought Virginia into enor-
nous vogue throughout Europe.
France still adores her Virginie, and
her popularity in England is assured
forever out of sentimental memory of
the famous queen.
The first American colony estab-
lished the haine in this country. Like
wise the first white child born on
American soil, and named Virginia
Dare did much to spread its vogue
The South has always abouhded iii
virginias, which, unfortunately has
been contracted to unmusical "virgies"
and "Jinnys."
The emerald Is Virgnia's tails
manic stone. 1t promises her wisdom,
prophetic vision, long youth, and
charm. The hawthorne bud, England's
spring flower, is Virginia's flower.
Wednesday is her lucky day and 3
her lucky number,
tCopyright)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-06-18
IN INV HI6ttaf M
"coW boys"

TIME term Cowboy" is not, as
Il many think, of origin in the
Wild and woody West" 1t was first
applied during the American RevOlu-
ton to band of Tories who operated
around Westchester county, New
York, stealing cattle from both par
ties impartially. The application to
the men who herded cattle on the
western plains came LATER but was
derived from the same origin.
(Copyright)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-06-18
HOW DO YOU SAY 1T?
By c. N. LURE
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
lawful, AWFuLLY."

e EW words that go to make up the
l. long list of abused terms in COM
mon usage of English are employed
so frequently and so enormously, as
the two cited Everything is lawful"
us IN the following example; "Do yoii
like that calie?" one asks of the school
boy. "Yes,' he replies, tits awful
good" And hot alone school boys
and school girls, but grown men
and women, fall into this error. OF
course the word to be substituted for
awful or lawfully" is very"
The adjective 'awfiil' and the adj
verb ''awfully,' are derived from the
word awe" which means fear or
dread, mingled with reverence and VEN
cration.' The words awful and Jaw
fully have their proper place in the
language, but 1t is not that of a sub.
stitute for Every"
Very is what is known as an inten-
sive; a word used to give emphasis.
(Copyright)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-06-18
GOOD LUCK CLOVER

NNE cool morning in spring. know
els were coming out in their bright
summer dresses, a strange little clover
appeared In the velvety clover patch
Now this particular clover patch had
been rather quarrelsome each spring
and each seemed afraid his neighboi
would attract more attention than him
self. On that very morning there had
been the greatest dispute as to the
prettiest clover in the patch. Pink
clover had turned up her pretty little
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-06-18

new dress, and poor Daddy Glover was
trying his best to make peace among
the naughty children. He knew his
children were the pfettiest in the
meatlow, bit if they did not stop be-
ihg SO vain and disagreeable their
dresses would soon fade and wilt. So
one night he called on the busy
Fairy Queen to help.
II will SEND you the Good-luck Clio
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-06-18
on Top.

II don't care what you say about the
De Styles, they are certainly the cream
Of society"
II guess you're right. At any rate,
the milk Of human kindness appears
to be beneath thenl,"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-06-18
A Good score.

"What is considered good score
on these links?"
swell, sir" replied the youthful cad
die solemnly. most of the gents tries
to do 1t in as few strokes as they can,
but 1t gin'r'lly takes some MORE"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-06-18
A LINE O. CHEER
BY John kendrick Bangs.
A HIGH STANDARD.

N, HE highest standard man can
raise
. When face to face with evil ways
Is just to try with all his might
To be the thing both day and night
That Boy of his
Is SURE he is.
(Copyright)
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21
GOMPERS HURTS HIS CAUSE

The declaration Of Mr.. Gomper>
That the United States supreme court
has Joined forces With the anti-lmiOn
shop movement" is another misstate
mcnt that is likely to iniure the lcgiti
mate purposes Of union labor. Mr.
GomperS seems incapable Of diStin-
gushing between his own ideas and the
principles ON which labor unionism is
founded He assumes that whatever
he wants is what union labor wants
and must have in order to succeed. AS
Il matter of fact union labor will be
lYrttrr off when it formally rejects
many Of the teachings Of Mr.. G0mperS.
1LEl10p lOU PIP lLu01 3uI0JduS OIL
against the union shop or against any
Of the legitimate activities of union la
bOr All it did was declare that the
CLAYTON Act does not lcgaliZc illegal
acts injurious to the rights of others.
So far as the decision of the court is
concerned, union aborer> are at full
liberty now as in the past TO maintain
their union membership. to negotiate
with employers. to shut non-uniOn men
taiE strikes and 10 boycott the prod
nets Of the shops from which they have
withdrawn. The giSt of the decision
is that men who have Il dispute With
one concern have no right to boycott
another concern with which they have
no difference in order 10 cocrce the
company with which they are al outs.
II is the injury to the innocent third
party that the court holds illegal and
the country will approve the decision
Of the court. The secondary boycott
is unjust. For temporary purposes. it
might he Il weapon that would aid un-
ion labor in a particular instance. but
il is 50 manifeStly unfair that it will
receive popular disapproval and react
against the labor organization that
resorts to it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21
PAYS TRIBUTE TO WINNER

'Martn'S Hobby" is the name of II
very crcditable little magazine issued
by the a. j. Martin Lumber CO.. of
Bloompr one of the leading features
Of the New Years number. :, copy Of
which was received by the NeWs-Bud-
get, was il Write-Up Of the winners of
The RuSk County Million Dollar Land
Clearing Contest Of last year Pub
fishing picture of Vincent Was and
family and introducing him to the
readers Of the Hobby" with portions
of an article from the News Budget Of
October 20. the little paper goes on to
give Mr. Was and family IL fine trib-
utc for their thrift and industry.
The following is from the article IN
the Hobby:
We commend Mr. Was achievement
80 our readers as ii supreme example
of what clear reasoning and headwork.
accompanied by tirrleSS industry. and
actuatcd by Il phenomenal fXpdncsS Of
purpose can accomplish. and it should
be source of cheer and encouragement
10 all our northern Wisconsin settlers.
very few Of whom are labOring under
greater difficulties than those confront
ing the Was family at the beginning of
ANA during the contest.
With Il mortgage on the farm. no
funds in the family treasury. a family
Of seven children to feed and clothe.
hut little feed for their farm animals.
they entered the contest. fully aware
shat the hreadwinncr of the family
would have no time to devote to labor
away from the farm. to help defray eX-
pcn>cS one thing they did have-an
unbeatable determination to win the
SwccpStakc prize This last feature
is what impressed the writer and has
been IL revelation to him. During the
summer. | had Oh several occasions Wis
itcd their farm. Always | found Mr..
and Mrs. Was hard at work in the
clearing Always found them cheer
ful and smiling. and always suprcmely
confident of their ability To win the
contest
Nothing can stop a man or family 50
equipped. They are just naturally
bound TO win. be it Il land clearing con-
test. or some other battle of life.
1t is easy for MS TO picture the sequel
to their achievement. Mr.. Was but a
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21

few years hence proudly showing us
his modern barn with all it's Labor say
ing devices. and full of contented COWS
and horses. From there We 90 TO the
house. the pride of Mrs Was heart be-
cause she has played such an active and
honest part in its creation. and it is Il
model of convenience and comfort.
They are satisfied III the knowledge
that their hardest work and trials are
over and in a position. while yet com
paratively young. to enjoy many of the
pleasures and recreations in life. that
they have earned by honest toll III their
beloved adopted country.
We are also supremely confident that
Il man and woman of their caliber are
going to find way to educate. at least
to the extent of Il highSchOOl education.
those seven fine children. thereby en-
abling them to come into their full
heritage Of true American citizenship,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21
Waiting

The colored cook had a night off be-
cause Of the wedding Of her niece. She
was relating the event to the wife:
First. the eatables. how good they
were: then the people. such Il crowd ;
and the bride. ma am. you should +
Seeen the bride. I'LL in white. long veil
she looked beautiful.
And the groom" asked the wife.
what did he wear"
With great disgust Mandy answered
You know ma am. that no count Mig
ger never showed up.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21
Tit For Tat

4 Schoolboy who is overweight was
being weighed by the city health nurse.
You are much too heavy" she said !;
YOU must be more careful about eat
ing: don't eat so much. The nurse.
herself is considerable overweight. and
children are keen observers The kid
replied why don't YOU do that your
self"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21
RED CROSS NOTES
by Marie Dresden, Executive Sec

MI G. :. KeiS and Mrs. Grace VI.
Ground from the central division office.
American Red Cross. were in this coun-
ty last week Mr. KciS brought with
him IL portable moving picture machine
and several films. In the morning of
Jan. II, both Mr.. KeiS and Mrs Ground
spoke to the pupils of the training
school and in the afternoon Nh Keis
spoke at the highschool. They spoke
of the value Of Red Cross community
social work and the work of the
lTniOr Red Cross Through the cOur-
tesy of NJ. G. Martin, Mr.. Keis was able
to show the films to $50 school children
1T the Unique at 4 o'clock. Miss Mary
G. Shorna of the training school gave IA
talk on the Junior Red Cross program
ut that meeting Mrs. Ground adj
dressed the woman'S club on the sub
iect Of Red Cross Auxiliary Service at
| their regular meeting that afternoon
showing kit of garments made from
"caSt-0tfS.
In the evening. at the highSch0Ol
gymnasium. Mr.. keiS showed Il differ
cnt group of films to about 400 people.
he ma jority of whom were children.
The Junior Red CrosSerS placed the
seats. passed out pamphlets, and fur
niShed an orchestra for the evening.
Mr.. Clark. county chairman, opened
the meeting Miss Thomas and Miss
Lewis spoke Of their experiences with
the Red CroSS-MiSS Lewis in Serbia,
and Miss Thomas in France. Mrs.
Ground talked concerning the various
lines Of activity the Red Cross is carry
ing on. Mr.. Keis gave. with the aid
of two Junior Red Cross boys. IL first
aid demonstration.
Through the kindness of Mr.. Drake.
the films were shown at the various
branches Wednesday and Thursday.
\ small generator was fastened to Il
back wheel of the Ford and cord con-
nectiOn made through an open window
in the Sch0olhouses between the gem
orator and the movie machine. The
pictures were thrown upon the white
wall in Wcyerhaeuser and on maps i'll
the other schools.
Wednesday morning the films were
shown to 200 children. 80 Of whom had
never before seen Il movie. III Weyer-
hacuscr Wednesday afternoon they
were shown to 125 school children in
Bruce.
Wednesday evening program was
held in Bruce. fifty people attending.
Films. were shown. DR.. Johnson.
branch chairman opened the meeting.
and the speakers were Mrs. Ground.
Mr.. Duckart. an cX-Servicc man. and
Miss Thomas.
Thursday the films were shown in all
the branches who were willing to pre-
pare by having the school windows
darkened. One hundred and sixty chill
drcn saw the films in Glen Flora. 20
had never seen movies before. Ninety
one children saw them in lngram-ten
never having seen films before. At all
these meetings Mrs. Ground. Mr.. KeiS.
and the executive secretary spoke. one
school did not made the preparation
50 1S5 children were disappointed and
the Red Cross workers drove ten extra
miles over bad roads.
The subject of the films were:
America Junior (Imior Red Cross
fiIm). Heroes All (ShOWing the Walter
Reed hospital) Apple Blossom Time in
Normandy (SceneS of rural Franco.
and the Red Cross i'm Disaster Relief.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21
Do You Blame Him?

1t was in Il country store in WomelS-
dOrf some years back.
\ olIc-galluS customer drifted in
Gimme Il nickle'S worth of aSafetida.
The clerk poured some aSafetida III
4 paper bag and pushed it across the
counter.
Charge it," draWled the customer.
"What's your name asked the
clerk.
"Hmcyfmkel.
Take it, said the clerk. Il woul'ln' t
write aSafctida and HoneyfunkeI for
five cents.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21

Ii is an axiom in business to buy
Wien the price is at or near the bot
tom. This will apply TO the farmer as
well as 10 the merchant. Some success
ful farmers and county agents advise
fllat this is the time 70 purchase dairy
stock and sheep.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21

The Shadow of the Sheltering
Pines The opening chapters of which
appeared in this paper last week is
one of the best serials ever published
iu the News-Budget. Start it now, if
You didn't do 50 last week.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21
WOODMEN TO GIVE DANCE

The Modern WOOdmen of America
will give dance at Odd Fellows, hall.
Saturday evening. Jan -. Refresh
ments will be furnished by the Royal
NeighhorS Of America. Everyone is
invited.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21
CONGREGATIONAL

Anthems duets and solos constitute
the special music given from Sunday to
Sunday at the Congregational church
at II O'Clock
Sunday school convenes at 10 o'clock.
GRANT V. CLARK. Pastor.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21
No Matter

Shall we have the play in three
acts on four acts
1T doesn't matter now.
Huh"
''There's nothing TO go out between
the acts for. Louisville Courier-Jour
nal