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The St. Mary banner., 1921-10-01
Office Reminder No.
4-11-44.

For the following reasons. | an
inable to send you the cheque askel
or:
Il have been held up, held down
'andbagged. walked on, sat on. flat
.ened out and squeezed, first by the
Government for War Tax, Income
Tax, the Excess Profit Tax, Victory
Bends, Thrift Stamps, Capital Stock
Tax, Merchants License and Auto
TAX, and by every society and organi-
alton that the inventive mind of
ran can invent to extract what
..ay or may not possess.
From the Society of John the
'aptist,' all Orphan Asylums, Unit
ID Veterans League, the Woman's
Relief, Navy League, the Red Cross,
he Black Cross, the Purple Cross'
md the Double Cross, the Children's
Home, the Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, Society for Pre-
'ention of Cruelty to Animals, the
7. NJ. c. A., Y. W. C. A., Saliva
ion Army, the Boy Scouts, Jewish
Relief, and Belgian Relief.
"The Government has so governed
my business that don't know who
owns it. | am inspected, suspected,
examined and re-examined, inform
I'd, required and commanded, so l
lon't know who | am, where | am.
)r why am here. All | know is that
am supposed to be an inexhaustabe
supply of money for every known
leed, desire or hope of the human
ace; and because | will not sell all l
have and go out and beg, borrow or
teal money to give away, have
,een cussed, discussed, boycotted,
salked to, talked about, lied to, lied
lbout, held up, hung up, robbed and
learly ruined; and the only reason I
I'M clinging to life is to see what in
= is coming next"
The St. Mary banner., 1921-10-01

At the initial meeting of the
La Press Association, which was
disbanded prior to the war, held
in New Orleans recently, State
Fire Marshal Conrad Lecoco. own.
er OF the Pointe Coupee Banner,
was elected president; Albert G
Cook, editor of the News.Star at
Monroe, was elected vice.presi.
dent. and M. G. Osborn of Baton
Rouge, was elected treasurer
Baton Rouge was chosen as the
next meeting place in April next
year. when a large attendance of
the newspaper men of the State
are expected to be present.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-10-01
Let The
Children Suffer :

Many parents who have their eves
examined regularly and keep their
eyesight keen by wearing carefnllv
made and properly fitted glasses. neg.
lect to have their children's ewes nro.
tected as they protect their own.
Regular examinations of children,s s
eyes, especially when the children are
10 school-is of the utmost import.
ance. Little eye defects become bic
defects when neglected. e
Lev US examine your youngsters
WILLIAM BLUMBERG.
Optometrist and Optician.
Office: Opposite Court House.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-10-01
UNITED STATES OFAMERICA
District Cour, IF the United States
Eastern District If Louia-
lana, New Orleans Divis.

ion.
In the Matter of William T. Pregeant,
Bank upt No. 1892 In Bank
ruptcy.
Notice to Creditors on Petition for
Discharge.
Application for discharge having
teen made by the above-named bank
rnpt on September 10th, 1921, aying
that he may be decreed by the court
to have a full discharge from all
debts prCvab'e against his estate un-
der the acts of Congress relating to
bankruptcy, except such debts as are
excepted by law from such discharge;
You are hereby notified to show
cause on the llth day of October,
92l, at ii O'Clock a m.. before said
court. at New Orleans. La, WIN the
prayer of the said petitioner should
not be granted.
New Orleans, Louisiana, Septem-
Der 10th, 1921.
81. J. CARTER, Clerk.
By HY j. LOISEL.
Deputy lork.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-10-01

1t is better to have an honest enc
my than a false friend.
1t would be we'll, too, if some screen
stars were screened from the public.
We used to save money for rainy
day, and now we save it for tax pay
ing time.
1t is not clear just what we got out
of the war, but we are paying dearly
for it.
And it will soon be time to begin
to wonder if Mr.. Bryan will run for
president again.
Cole Blease says he does not hank
er for any more political jobs. Oh,
let's make him take something.
Prices on Dining Cars to be Re-
duced," says headline. Yes: but few
of us can afford to travel when we
want to eat.
Robert Quillen defines hard times
as a season during which it is diff
cult to borrow money to buy things
you don't need
Geraldine Farrar has started suit
for divorce, and there are those who
wonder why Mr.. Farrar did not beat
her to it.
Mr.. Mellon. secretary of the treas
ury, says congress must reduce ap-
preparations on increase taxes. And |
congress breads to do either.
Some people, instead of cussing
Henry Ford, might do we'll to study
his business methods more closely
Not long ago he bought railroad,
24O miles long. and now he is asking
permission to reduce freight and pas
senger fares on it.
Prices of food products increased
. ID per cent during the month of
August, over what they were in july.
That is not relished by the laborinp
man of today; but when we consider
hat the prices of food stuffs have
declined AZ per cent since August of
year ago We feel better, and are
'rone to recognize the present slight
'dvance as a revival of business.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-10-01
Some Business Facts.

A close student Of business cOndi-
tions, writing in trade magazine OF
price movements and changing vol
ume of business, remarks that "ths
line of demand, which varies as peo-
pie are economical or extravagtnt, is
rarely more than ten per cent above
or below normal"
Another business expert remark cd
recently that the actual difference in
the volume of goods handled, or bust
ness done, between boom times and
dull times, was only about Is per
cent.
SJch figures sound incredible at
frs. but they are probably near the
truth.
The difference between good times
and bad times is greatly exaggerated.
Certain industries may be affected
very seriously, but others are affect
ed lightly. Some classes of merchants
may have their trade cut in two, but
merchants in general suffer far less
than that.
Even in the present admittedly Sc
rious pit of depression, figures show
that the volume of goods passing ov
er the counters of retail stores
throughout the country is almost as
great as usual, and in some cities it
is greater The big drop is not in
volume of goods but in volume of
prices
The employment situation, too, is
distorted by imagination. From wide
spread reports of unemployment, one
might suppose that nobody had a
job
The fact is that there is concentrate
ed idleness in certain communities
which specialize in certain industries
that happen to be hard hit, but the
big majority of working people are
working about as usual.
And. too, there is the great farm
population and the professional peo-
pie and nearly all the business peo-
pie who are working right along pret-
ty much as usual.
By the same token, most people.
whether busy or idle, imagine they !
are worse off in dull times than they
are.
1t is not the bulk of business, but
the margin of business, that makes,
what we call prosperity or depres
sion. The tail may sometimes seem to
wag the dog, but still the tail is not
the dog.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-10-01
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd Judicial District Court-Par.
ish of St. Mary.
Joseph F. Kramer va. Lucien

Joseph F. Kramer va. Lucien
Bourgeois. No. is. .13O.
Under and by virtue of an order OF
seizure and sale, issued out of the
honorable Twenty-third Judicial Dis
trict Court of the State of Louisiana
ln and for the Parish of St. Mary.
and to me directed. in the above en-.
titled and numbered suit, have seiz-
ed and shall expose and sell at public
auction, for cash, without appraise-
ment, to the last and highest bidder.
at the principal front door of The
Court House 10 Franklin, st Mary
Parish, Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, A. D., 1921,
between the hours of Ii O'Clock a. m. .
and 4 O'Clock p. M, the following des-
crlbed property, to-wit:
That lot or portion of land contain.
Ing fifteen acres, more or less. &C.
qulred by Frank Shelton and Antoine
beasly at succession sale of Tobe
shelton, situated in St. Mary Parish,
Louisiana, and being a portion of
lots three and four on a sketch made
OF said lands and adjoining the lands
OF Antoine Beasly, bounded on the
north by land of Antoine Beasly,
east by land of Antoine Beaslv. south
0y land of Alexander Achille or
Phlllp Jones and west by land for
merly of Beasly now of Henry Elzv.
with all the improvements thereon
situated and all rights, ways, privi-
leges thereto belonging and apper.
tanning.
:, CHARLES PECoT, Sheriff.
>herlH's Office. Parish of St. Mary,
La, Sept. 24th, 1921.
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Methodist Church.

Sunday School. 9:45 a. m,
Morning Service, ii a. m.
Evening Service. 500 p. m.
Mid-Week Service, Bible Study
Glass, Wednesdays, 7:15 D. m.
JNo. F. FOSTER,
Pastor.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-10-01

Send us your printing.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-10-01

1t is better to have an honest enc
my than a false friend.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
WOMEN GIVE OUT.

Housework is hard enough when healthy. Every Mena woman who is having backache, blue and nervous spells. dizzy headaches and kidney or bladder troubles. should be glad to heed this Mena woman's experience.
 Mrs Lizzie King 1901 Jansen Ave, says: T caught cold and 1t seemed to settle In my kidneys several years ago. When I stopped over something would seem to catch me and could hardly straighten up again. My hnd. neys acted irreguiariy and caused me 8 great deal of suffering fek tired all the time and had no ambition to do anything. A friend told me of Deans Kidney Pills and began using them. Alter I had taken two boxes l was free from the trouble. My back was strong and my kidneys were regular fin action"
 Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy-get Deans Kidney Pilis-th same that Mrs. King had. Foster-Milburn Co., .Afts.. hnacio. \. Y.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
SECOND NOTE IS SENT TO
 PANAMA AND COSTA RIGA

Washington, March 14-A new basis of negotiations, believed by of ficials of the state department to be acceptable to both Panama and Costa Rica, in settlement of their boundary dispute, was outlined in d note dis patched to Panama today.
 Replying to Panama's vigorous pro- test against Secretary Hughes an- nouncement that the arbitral award of Chief Justice White must be put in effect in it's entirety, the latest com munication while adhering to the previous declaration regarding the Pacific end of the boundary, opens the door to amicable settlement.
 The note is considered by diplomats here to have dealt deathblow to any possibility that the league of nations might be called on to act on the ques- tion, by citing provisions of treaty drawn in 1915 whereby Panama and Costa Rica agreed to submit disputes to the United States as mediator. This treaty, signed by the three powers, was negotiated by William Jennings Bryan, then secretary of state, as means OI sdIe BudfulnB AHieIlcdn H. terests in Panama.
 Today's note was interpreted as from Panama until the latter part of the week. Dispatches at the Panaman legation today indicated that complete tranquility had been restored in the disputed territories. Latest advices reported the repatriation of several hundred prisoners captured by Pana- man forces, as well as more than 40 wounded.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
NOT ALL GOOD. NOR BAD.

Most of us are inclined to very much want to see spouting oil wells and noisy, blowing gassers near at hand, but certainly such are far from all gain to community. They actually become hardship to many citizens of town where they exist, both physic- ally, mentally and morally. Uusually such places are hardly considered fit for women and children, and the effect on the menfolks cannot be the best.
 This is not case of "sour grapes" !" elther-~just few reflections. a And if, some day, these great pro- ducers of wealth and other things come to Mena, we'll all join in the glad shouting, and each grab for his or her part of the profits.
 Sure thing.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
THE GROWING CANkER IN
 AMERICA.

Arc you paying any attention ta the immigration situation? Do you lsnow that nine-tenths of the bolshe- wiki and anarchists in the United States can hardly speak English. have hardly any knowledge of this country beyond that region that their legs and eyes can take them7
 Ellis Island is the New York entry point of most of the immigrants. When they land they find beautiful buildings all ready for their recep- ton. These buildings are kept spot lessly clean. There are playgrounds for the children, a nursery for the smaller ones, nurses and doctors for the sick and magnificent hospital for those that need it.
 Despite this welcome, the minute they land on the mainland from the Ellis Island paradise they receive and imbibe ''the poison of anarchy and revolution" Before they have gone block each one has been given pamphlet or card, printed in half nozen languages. containing the fol- lowing statements:
 Immigrants. remember that this is . capitalistic government. Remember II is dirty and rotten government, here your life will be exploited Join some revolutionary society and help us overthrow this wicked gov. erument."
 Here are hundreds of thousands oi simple minds arriving every year ane receiving this creed as the very firs1
 impression to tuck away in theil brains. Simple minds that know nsthing about America or America ms Is it to be wondered at if they join , revolutionary society where they vii
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
KILLED THE GOOSE.

The railroads of the nation, it now is said, have reached the conclusion that the wartime wages of employees must be reduced as preliminary to the reduction of freight and passen- ger rates.
 Tn other words, the roads have found the rates are so high as to be prohibitive to degree the public can- not afford to travel, and only uses the freight facilities when it is impossi- ble to avoid such use.
 |. Passenger trains are practically empty, only three or four passengers to a car being common occurrence, it is said.
 Thousands and even hundreds of thousands of idle freight ears cum bcring the railroad Yards--all because industry is tied up by excessive charges for handling freight.
 The goose that, for the railroad em- ployes and the railroad owners, has been laying the golden eggs,s has oeen killed.
 It was inevitable
 1t is characteristic of the human kind that, whenever any body of men obtain what appears to be unlimited power to exact it's desires. the de sires become excessive and unreason- able, the power is abused-and then comes the fall.
 As water seeks it's level, so does this rule govern the affairs of men and nations.
 But the contest never ceases, and will not while human nature remains with it's element of self-seeking greed
 And when, after time this big railroad controversy, that has it's eff feet on every man, woman and child every home and every business, has been adjusted, similar problems vii arise in other lines to plague us.
 Of such is life.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
STOLE IDOL AND
 FOUND BAD LUCK
Was Taken from Temple in Japan and Brought to Portland, Ore, on Tramp Steamer, but It Is Again en
 Its Altar.
dBy International News service.l

Rt ANt v c H7tt ff'Cst
 Portland, Ore, March 14.-In far off Nagasaki the street lights burn dim where there may chance to be such a thing as a street light. Down on Ma gasaki's waterfront, where the scum of fifty nations stirs restlessly, Abe Franklin, able seaman, accosted and bargained with an Oriental vandal.
 No richshas disturbed the deserted alley where Franklin counted out one thousand yen and received for this small fortune a priceless gold-lac- quered Buddha. Abe, the able sea- man, asked no questions of the vendor as to the place from whence the sacred miniature statue had been taken. Un- til the greedy fingers of the Nipponese Judas, itching for the feel of foreign gold, filched the blase little god, this gold Buddha had sat undisturbed in it's sacred shrine and watched over the fortunes of many worshipping chil- dren of the Rising Sun.
 While the bearded priests of the temple slept and the almond-eyed, gold god was unprotected, the vandal of Nagasaki violated the shrine. Bud aha moved in accents disconsolate, and by some telepathic message the cas- socked priests of the temple were stirred, were up and after the vandal. But the sacreligious pilferer of the mystic shrine chose those streets of Nagasaki where there were no lights.
 And here's where Abe, the able sea- man, came to the rescue of the holy scapegrace of cherry-blossom land. Abe just had about thousand yen on his person, enough for ricksha ride and a Japanese tea cake, and the deal was forthwith consummated.
 A fusillade of shots warned of the coming of the priests of the temple, rustling thru the murky alleys of the waterfront of Nagasaki, some of them in danger of tripping over their boards. A mad chase and a dash by Abe for the dory which lay by the wharf, peacefully rocking from side to side in the gentle swell.
 Escape to Steamer,
 One jump, oars in hand, and Abe showed away from the wharf. The muttering priests drew nearer, the dis tance of water between the dory and the dock spread wider, the firing of the Orientals went wild. Far out in the harbor Franklin found his tramp steamer and clambered safely aboard. His captain did not learn of the es- capade. But the curse of an empty altar hung heavy over Abe, the able seaman,
 Months later the tramp steamer put into Portland. Abe had kept his Buddha treasure a secret from his messmates. The forecastle folk knew naught of the ominous presence of the yellow mans god. Abe sought out curio dealer and again tried to bar gain. But the curio dealer was indeed curious. This was no ordinary Bud dha's gone home to it's altar and the pon mystics. The curio dealer tenn porized and told Franklin to call the next day. Abe called the next after noon and completed his arrangements with Inspectors Coleman and Collins. Franklin is in the city jail awaiting tral on a charge of vagrancy. Bud dba's done home to its altar and the priests of the temple in Nagasaki are no longer tearing their hair,
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
REPORTS HE HAS FOUND
 CURE FOR EPILIPTIC CASES

(By International News Service.l
 Worcester, Mass, March i4.--Mich- ael Nicholson, formerly medical student in Greece, says he has dis covered cure for epilepsy, of which he was at one time a victim. He came to this country three years ago from Sparta.
 So confident are local men in the efficacy of Nicholson's remedy that a fourteen-room summer residence is be- ing transformed into a sanitarium to administer the treatment Dr. Steph- en A Bergin, a Worcester physician, is president of the sanitarium com pany, William K Patterson is treas urer and Nicholson is secretary. The institution has been named Fernrest.
 The treatment of epilepsy will be revolutionized if the medical students tests are successful, Dr. Bergin said.
 The sanitarium has it's first patient. A man who was taken there has been suffering from the disease for thirty two years and for the past three has been patient in a state institution.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

was the highway attorney, who drew a salary of $5, 900 per year.
 While it is true that the legislature omitted to appropriate funds for the state hotel inspecor, the state mines inspector and for the boiler inspector, I had not made their abolishment an issue, unless it be true that they come within the scope of useless offices against which so many of us have de- clared ourselves. Perhaps the legis- lature so classified them.
 q was glad to attach my approval to the bills for equal rights of women to hold office and for equal guardian ship, measures which the good women of the state demanded.
 Many Important Measures Passed.
 Many important and useful meas ures were originated and passed by the General Assembly. l was greatly in terested in some measures which were not actually declared for in the Demo- cratic platform, like abolishment of the State Tax Commission, creation of a central purchasing agency, etc., but all in all, have been permitted to witness the success of substantial portion of the measures declared for by the platform of the dominant poli- tical party of our state, and contended for by myself. Perhaps 50 per cent of the program asked for by me was passed.
 q am determined to use the veto to harmonize appropriations with an- revenues.
 There are scores of unimportant local measures yet unenrolled. There are some important general bills to be presented to me yet.
 ''The educational program was un- occasionally advanced, and am glad of this. It wilb be remembered that I have publicly declared that the needs of education would be considered by me the only good excuse for an in- crease of taxation"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
HONEYMOON ABOVE CLOUDS.
MT. and Mrs. l. L, sSrner of Texar
 kama, Climb Mountain Here.

A honeymoon above the clouds was among the experiences of Mir. and Mrs. J. l.. Thrfer, who were married at Texarkana March 4, and who were Mena visitors for a few hours Friday. Mir. and Mrs. Turner stopped in Mena while returning from Rich Mountain, where they went immediately after their marriage ceremony They found the top of the mountain an ideal place for newlyweds and plan to come back to Mena some day and live so as to be closer to the wonderful sights they saw on the summit. Mrs. Tur- ner was formerly Miss Ora McCauley member of the well known family at Baker Springs. The young groom is a former service man, and was wounded and gassed while fighting overseas in the world war It was while recup- erating at Baker Springs that he met his young bride. Mir. Turner's home is at Topeka, Tex, at which place they will visit for a while after first
 going to the brides home at Baker l Springs.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
Abraham Lincoln's Religion.

The following, regarding Lineoln's religion. is found in "The True Abra- ham Lincoln" by William Eleroy Cur tis; "Lincoln declined to join church because of conscientious scruples. He would not confess faith that was not in him. His reason forbade him to accept some of the doctrines taught by the Baptist and Christian churches, to which his parents belonged, and the Presbyterian denomination, of which the wife was a member Neverther less; he was regular and reverential in his attendance upon worship. Shortly after his marriage he rented a pew in the First Presbyterian church of Springfield and occupied it with his wife and children at the services each Sunday morning unless detained by illness. In Washington he was hab- itual attendant of the New York ave- nue Presbyterian church and his pas tor, the Rev. Dr. Gurley, who was also his intimate friend said that he was a true believer and entirely without guile"