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The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-09-22
PROCLAMATION

Pursuant to a resolution passed by
the Natchitoches parish school board
of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, at
q meeting held on the 18th day Of Aug
ust, 1921. l, z. T. Gallon, president of
the Natchitoches parish school board,
do hereby give notice that in compli-
ance with said resolution, a special
election will be held in school district
number eleven, parish of Natchitoches,
state Of Louisiana, on the Fourth day
of October, A. D. 1921, for the purpose
of submitting to the property taxpay-
ers qualified under the constitution and
laws of the state of Louisiana, to vote
at said election the following PROPOSE
ton, to-wit:
To levy q special tax of two and one
half mills on the dollar on all property
in school district number Eleven, par
subject to state taxation, annually,
for period of one year. for the pur-
pose of giving additional aid to the
public schools of the said school dis
trict. For the purpose Of the said
election, the polling places will be,
Precinct Number One, Grand Jury
Room; Precinct Number Two, Police
Jury Room, and the following COM
missioners and clerks of e.ection of
each polling place have been appointed
to serve at this election, all of whom
shall serve without compensation:
Precinct Number One, Grand Jury
Room: Miss Addie Tauzin, J. H. Key
ser, Miss Miriam Carver, Geo. Pole
man.
Precinct Number Two, Police Jury
Room: Miss Carmen Breazeale, Paul
A. Ducournau. P. V. B. Prudhomme,
D. ]. Hyams.
At said special election the polls
shall open at Seven o'clock A. NJ. and
close at Five o'clock P. M, and the
election shall be conducted in accord
ance with the laws of the state of
Louisiana applicable thereto.
Notice is hereby given that at Twelve
0 o'clock M. of the 9th day of October,
1921, the Parish school Board of the
parish of Natchitoches, Louisiana, will
meet at the Office of the said board at
Natchitoches. Louisiana, and in open
session proceed to open the ballot
boxes, examine and count the ballots
in number and amount and canvass the |
and declare the result of said
special election.
This Twenty Ninth day of August,
1921.
z. T. GALLON. JR.
President of Natchitoches |
Parish School Board.
Section z. Be it further ordained,
etc., that the special election herein |
and hereby provided for shall be held
and conducted and the returns thereon
shall be made under the provisions of |
Act 256 of 1910 and amendments, and
such other laws as may be applicable.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-09-22
our. Parish Of Natchitoches. Lou,s.

Four, Parish Of Natchitoches, Louis.
lana, on the fourth day of October,
1921, for the purpose of submitting to
the property taxpayers qualified un-
der the Constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana to vote at said
election, the following proposition, to-
wit:
To levy a special tax of six mills
(.O06) on the dollar on all the prop
erty in School District Number Four,
Parish of NatchitOches, Louisiana, sub
| ject to state taxation, annually, for
period Of one year for the purpose of
giving additional aid to the public
schools.
For the purpose of said special cleo
ton the polling places will be Vowells
Mill, and the following commissioners
and clerks OF election, of each polling
place have been appointed to serve at
this election, all OF whom will serve
without compensation: John Canady,
Dan Rhodes, Marvin Noteworthy, A. G.
Etheredge.
At said special election the polls
will open at seven o'clock a. M. and
close at five o'clock p. M, and the
election will be conducted in accord
ance with the laws of Louisiana appli-
cable thereto.
Notice is also given that at twelve
o'clock NJ, of the 9Th day of October,
1921, the said Parish School Board
of the Parish of Natchitoches, Louis
lana, will meet at Natchitoches, Louis
lana, and in open session proceed to
open the ballot boxes, examine and
count the ballots in number and
amount, examine and canvass the re
turns, and declare the result of said
special election.
This 10th day of August, 1921.
q. T. GALLON, JR.,
President of Natchitoches Parish
School Board.
Section 7. Be it further ordained,
etc., That the special election herein
and hereby provided for shall be held
and conducted and the returns there
OF shall be made under the provisions
of Act 256 of 1910 and amendments
thereof and such other laws as may
be applicable.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-09-22
q. T. GALLON. JR.
President of Natchitoches
Parish School Board.

Section z. Be it further ordained,
etc., that the special election herein
and hereby provided for shall be held
and conducted and the returns thereon
shall be made under the provisions of
Act 256 of 1910 and amendments, and
such other laws as may be applicable.
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ON THE SIDE OF PROGRESS

DISHOp BERRN'S Wow Of the proposed
ID removal Of 81. Georges Methodist
Church to make room for the bridge at
Franklin Square is likely to be- shared by
an overwhelming ma aiority of the Mcthodists
of the city.
IIc regrets tho necessity for removing tho
church. None appreciates more than he the
historic significance Of the structure. But
he recognizes that the bridge will benefit two
great cities for generations to como. and de
clarcs that mo sentimental or selfish reason
should be permitted TO stand in the way Of
general progress.
The Bishop has thus set worthy example
10 every one owning or interested in thr
property that will have to bc taken to mako
way for the approaches to the proposed
bridge in this city and in Camden.
It may be difficult for some to take so
broad minded n view. but II is worth while
making tho effort. The public interest is Of
supreme Importance. II is easy to admit
this when il does not involve trPspass upon
ones private interests. The construction Of
the bridge will iniurC the financial interests
Of no one whose property is taken. for IN
adequate and equitable sum will be paid for
everything 1t is only sentimental interests
that will have to be sacrificed. but they al
ways have to give way in the long run to
moro practical considerations
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THOSE MACHINE-CUNS

TNIIE discovery of 900 machine guns hidden
i on board the steamship East Side while
at her pier in Hobokcn cannot be ignored by
the Government, The ship was to 60 to a
Southern port and take on n cargo Of coal
for ireland.
IL looks as If an attempt had been made
to smugglc the guns into ireland. Tho
United States Government cannot permit
anything of this kind not because Ireland
is ireland. but because of its obligations to
prevent its territory from being used rs
source of supplies or as n base of operations
against friendly country.
There is nothing in national or interna
tional law to prevent Americans from selling
guns to any one who has the money to buy
them. But II those guns are 70 be shipped
ont OF the country they must 60 openly in
tho same manner as any other commodity.
II mon engaged in resisting the Government
Of Great Britain in ireland choose to buy
weapons here mud run tho risk Of getting
them past tn" british officials when they
arrive on thc othCr side. there would be no
ground for British objection to the American
end of tho transaction provided tho weapons
were properly listed on the manifest Of the
ship. The transaction would be merely an
incident in international trade.
We sold munitions Of warfare to the
British and the French. and in the carly
days of the war we would have sold them to
the Germans II the Germans could have got
them across the ocean. The right Of bel
ligprcnts to deal with n neutral nation Is
universally admitted
But. as already inimntcd tho right Of n
nation or the right of insurgents in any
nation to use neutral territory rs base Of
operations is denied. We have had much
experience with this sort of thing. When
th" Mexican insurgents have bought arms in
this country the Government has intcrfered
with their shipment. II has put an embargo
on the sale Of all war material to Mexico.
not only 70 tho insurgents but TO the dc
facto Government, in order that It's neu-
trality might be more effectively asserted.
Tho Southern and Gulf ports were used by
the Cuban insurgents as bases Of operation
against tho Spanish Government IN Cuba.
and tho Government in Washington was put
10 heavy cxNrns" to break ur tho flibuster
ing expeditions. II took this course not
because il did not sympathzc with tho Cuban
insurgents but because II could not tolerate
the smuggling of weapons out Of this coun
try to be used in making war upon another
friendly Power. The time came when we
had to make war on Spain ourselves. Then
the necessity for smuggling guns on board
ships bound for Cuba disappeared.
However great tho sympathy Of tho Ameri
can people with the Irish mas he. the
American Government cannot wink at nny
plots entered into hero 10 mako war on the
British Government or on any other Gov
Crnmcnt.
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Answers to Yesterday. Quiz

/. -Four countries in which the existence Of
oil has raised international problems
are Mexico, Mesopotamia, the Dutch
East Indies and Colombia.
2. Europa In Greek mythology was the
daughter of Phoenix or Agenor, sister
Minos and Rhadamanthus Of Crete.
She was borne over the sea from
Greece TO Crete by Zeus who assumed
the form of white bull. A painting
entitled Europa and the Bull" Ia one
OF the famous works Of the Italian
artist Titan.
s. Oppeln is one Of the chief cities in the
, disputed territory of Upper Silesia,
4. Rimsky-Korsakoff was n noted Russian
musical composer, especially cele.
hrated for his orchestral suite, "Schs.
herazade." a vivid musical picture Of
the atmosphere and spirit Of THE Ara.
btan Nights" Rimsky- -Korsakof died
IN 1908 He was born in Novgorod,
Russia. in 1914.
o. A gnomon Is the pillar, rod pin or plate
OF sundial showing time by Its shad
column used in observing the suns
meridian altitude
e. John Quincy Adams succeeded James
Monroe as President of the United
~ States
:. The ken, a hawk-like green parrot OF
New Zealand. has learned to kill sheep
and hold Its ground.
g. peccadilo is triflng offensc. The
word Is a dminutive of the Spanish
'pecado," sin.
?. a tombola Ia a kind Of lottery with fancy
articles for prizes.
10. A hookah is a smoking pipe with a lorg
neX'blo tube, smoke being drawn
through water In a vase to which the
tube and bowl are attached.
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HANDK ERCHlEFS

NJORD comes from Paris thai tho ladies
w there are now carrying hamdkcrchicfs II
yard square in place of tho Silv litlo lace
confrctions commonly used. Tho now ar
rangcmpnt is of the same color rs tho veil,
and is worn in a side pocket in the skirt in
such way that six or eight inches Of it
hang out in sight
This is merely a return to the custom Of
the days when ladies took snuff, though the
Paris modistes may not know it. What
happened then is illustrated in story they
tell IT Dolly Madison, wife of President
Madison. When Henry clay paid his re
spPctS to her at reception at the White
House she offered him n pinch Of snuff,
which he grarously accepted. Then she took
n pinch herself, and Immediately drew ont
from pocket . large handanun with the
remark t. Mr.. Clnv. "This Is for rough
work" when the bnndanna had served H.,
DurpoSp she produced, fine lace handkcr
chief from another ipocket and explained,
This Is my pOlishcr
We gather from tb3 Paris dispatches that
the modern handkercl| ief is more for orna :
ment than for use nd that even Dolly
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WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED

THE award Of contracts for 81 900. 900
J. worth Of work on the highways. for
which bids were opened this week. ought to
relieve the unemployment situation some
what.
That contractors are anxious to get their
plants into operation was proved by tho
large number of bids submitted and by tho
scaling down Of prices below those offered
at the last opening of bids.
For example. the Department Of Public
Works estimated that concrete would cost
20 cubic yard. Contractors offered to do
1t for as low as SO. They could not do this
IL prices for labor and material were not
coming down. This reduction in cost will
make it possible for the city to do more work
than was contemplated and to bring about
the employment Of more men than if the
prices had remained al their old figure
This condition ought to be encouraging to
private business. Much building has been
held up because it could not be done at a
reasonable price. If prices for public work
are to come down, prices for private work
will follow suit and activity will take the
place of starvation
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THE NOVEL NOTE OF PRAISE

DAD deeds seldom need press ugrut
- War plays are often popular. Peace
dramas are rare and almost invariably
failures. Progress and performance rpgu-
iarly lack publicity. They are too uuscn-
sational and unnxciting. The fall Of Rome
has been well advertised. There is com
lIaratively little publicity for tho age Of the
Antoniues, when tho empire was we'll gov.
erned and prosperous.
Realizing, perhaps, the prcyaIcnco and
Significance of these dispr"purtionatc est.
mates, the Bureau of Municipal Research
has seen fit to inject n note Of praise in its
survey Of the Legislative accomplishments of
1821 in this State Certain of the laws
passed receive merely n dispassOnate men
tion, but there is premeditated commcndatIon
for the progress made toward unfettered
self government in Philadelphia.
This city, declares the report, "has had
two needs with respect to her government
which surpass all others. One Is an oppor-
hnity 10 revise out Of the State Consttu
tion the provisions which bind her to the
strait jacketcd county government and 10 the
system Tho second Is the y ,wcr
to amend her own Charter without having 10
iun TO Harrisburg to accomplish purely local
ends. The Legislature of 1921 has gone as
far as Legislature can goin supplying both
hese needs"
The possible relief provided is, Of course,
at which niG be FURNISHED by the Consti.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-17
HUMANISMS
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU pUy

0NE day up at Albany Charles Evans
- Hughes was working busly at being
Governor Of the Empire State when
stranger was admitted by his efficient sec
retary and drew up q chair to the other
side OF his desk
This man stated that he had been an In
mate OF Sing Sing until three days earlier
and that he WAS there to advise the Gov.
ern0r as to the manner in which that penal
institution should be conducted.
1t was all right. The Governor wanted
the information. But he wondered how this
man got 10 him so easily. His secretary
had evidently slipped cog. He called him
on the carpet.
How he wanted to know, did this
nounced?"
'Why, sir, stammercd the secretary. "he
told me he was member Of the Iegisla-
ture.'
When the New York Commercial the old
est business newspaper in the United States
recently celebrated its 18th anniversary by
ulhnor an amusing situation arose.
An invitation was extended to Mayor John
r. Hylan, of New York. and he declined
because ot the pressure of other engage
nents' Mayors have so many invitations
to dinner.
But 1t turned out that President Harding
was to be in New York that night and that
he mad accepted the invitation of the Com
merCiai' In fact the Vice President was to
De ther" also and two or three members of
the 'ablhet. IL was one of the dinners Of
greatest distinction that was to mark the
cSrIe OF tho year in the whole Nation.
And the Chief Executive Of the citv hod
inadvertently barred himself from partici.
patton.
=, Here Is thing have been encountcrinr
that VIII seem quite odd to the mass Of
people in the United States, migratory ss
they have shown themselves TO be-
Senator Bert NJ. FernaId, of Maine wben
ne Is at home, lives on farm that has come
down to him through five generations, from
father to son. lie intends to hand II on to
MS SON and he in turn has n son who will
come to possess it. The FrrnaIds would
h"Nef thlnk Of parting with this farm
Secretary Weeks of the War Dcnnrtmsrt
not long ago tod mo n story Of nm oil
stone house in Greenland. y. H.. in wIirh
resides man by the name of Lain W
Weeks relative Of his. PcopIn Of this
name have lived in this house in an unbroknu
line for 230' years. "'o' oA'h
This kind of thing is done in Now ErpIord
feople up there sort Of stay put Tber
seem TO have escaped the itch 10 movo
state or two further West each pennrotion
winch mas possessed many Americans, '"'
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Today's Anniversaries

l776-Battle of Bunker Ill., the first
notable engagement of the American RCvoIn-
ton.
1S1s-Charlcs Francois Gounod, famous
as the composer of the opera Faust" born
m Paris. Died at st. Cloud. October 49,
lS2l-The Danish Missionary Society was
formed by the priest, Bone Falck Rome.
1S6O-Republican National Convention
nominated Abraham Lincoln for President
1s61-An international conference con.
cerning coinage and monetary currency
opened in Paris.
lSS9-John G.. Gilbert. one Of the most
famous comedians of the American stage
died in Boston. Born there. February ~
1910.
lSol.-Ohio Republicans nominated VIII
liam Mckinley for Governor.
lS'2-Duke Of York lnow King George
W took his seat in the House of Lords
102O--Amcrican Federation of Labor Gee'
clared for Government ownership OF rau'
roads
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13 ASHCART STATESMEN

TT WILL cost 500, 900 less than the
lowest contractors bid for the city to
clean the streets in the two districts in
which it is doing the work this year.
Director CavCn and Mayor Moore arc
planning to have all the streets cleaned by
the city beginning on October l. TO do this
they must secure an appropriation from the
City Council, and they must take over the
contracts from the contractors under
provision in the contracts which permits
them to do this on thrcc months notice.
Notice must be given not later than July
1. Thirteen members of the Council yes
terday afternoon lined up in opposition TO
the plans Of the Mayor and the Director Of
Public Works aud in support of the con
tractors and against efficiency aud economy
Here are their names and their districts
Edwin Il. Cox. Charles J. Pommsr,
Joseph +. Gaffney. First Council District.
Charles r. Hall William McCoach
: Second District.
Isaac y. Hctzell Third District
David g. FranEenneld. Fourth District.
I Eduarl Buchhoz, Simon Walter. Fifth
District
A. J. Limcburner. Hugh L. Montgom-
err, Richard Weglein. Seventh District
John J. Mckinley, Jr.. Eighth District.
Some of these men were elected on plat
form pledged to do away with contractor
domination in local politics. They nave
broken their pledges and are doing their
best to rivet the old pcrniciouS and waste
ful contractor system upon the city,
Let the public observe and remember the
brand of the ashcart statesmen which their
own action yesterday places upon them.
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A MATTER OF COURSE

WHY should any on" be surprised at the
w appointment of Benton :. Bum as
Deputy Prothonotary of tho Common Pleas
Court by his father. who is Prothonotary?
The father was appointed in accordance
with the old custom Of giving the job to a
man as reward for his past services to
the politicians. The appointment goes by
favor. Now If the prothOnotary himself
is selected in this way, why should not he
select his subordinatps in accordance with
tho same principle? Tho sou could use the
salary of the job and tho father gives it to
him, just as when it was known that the
father could use the salary Of tho bigger job
the Judges gave it t" him.
1t Is not a pretty situation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-17
THE WORLD DO MOVE

ICEBERGS have Travelled further south
this year than at any time since 1912.
when the Titanic disaster occurred
The United States Navy has two cutters
on patrol duty in the danger zone They
search for bergs ms they looked for enemy
submarines during the war. Radio messages
are sent ont daily informing shipping Of the
location Of tn" various wanderers from tho
ice foes
One Of tho most striking instance, of
world progress is here illustrated. If the
system had been in existence in 1912 the
Titanic might be- still nnoat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-17
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Phndelphians Subjects They
KnO,U Best

overseas. 1t might be considered offhand to
be impossible, that a fellow wounded In the
leg or arm or gassed should be able to play
a fast game of tennis or baseball or basket
ball. Yet that IL regular thing. In fact,
We have established regular league of
basketball players among these boys who can
give any of them run for the honors.
''All this work may be justly classed as
extension work. the kind that brings no
direct return. except the satisfaction of serv-
ice to humanity and the ideal of the sound
body to house the sound mind.
But such field is infinitely worth while,
and one can feel that he has accomplished
much If he has been instrumental in adding
who have learned little more about living
and achieving than they did before"
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SOUTH Wind

EROM out the South a messenger,
Il Running from the South;
Strange words and laughter
In his mouth.
Silver heels and wings Of silver
And a star to swing
Who sent the birds,
Who made them sing?
Tho field is like n river
Swaying, lifted green
Down like rCapcrs
Th" tall trees lean.
Now crimson petal falls,
A silver buglc blows
/ have the message,
A red rose ....
Abigail W. Cresson, in the n. Y. Herald
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tutional Convention. upon the calling of
which the people will vote in the fall, and
In the amendment to the present Constitu
tion providing home rule for cities. This
provision will also go before the voters.
It is courageous Of The Bureau of Mu-
nicipal Research to remind the public Of
these facts. They do not presage the mil
lennium, but IL fairly examined they are
cheerful.
And for this reason they are all too likely
to be ignored. II il the dcmnitioD bow vows
which win unfailing audiences.
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Today's Birthdays

Adolphus Frederick. former Grand Dum
OF Mecklenburg Strelitz. born thirty nine
years ago.
Edward j. Rorwind. ono of the foremoN
of American financors. born in Philadelpha'
seventy three years ago.
Hon. Thomas a. Crerar, leading hslte
IN Canadian politics, born at MoleNwor'n'
Ont. forty-ivc years ago.
Tommy Burns. former champion hgavIa
weight puGiIist, now residing in Ehgi"h''
born in Canada. forty years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-17
A Kansas ki!lioy

From tho Top va CapttnL -,
CoGncil Grove Republican. \ wedding .Sa %
course, We do not wish to appear ~ ,;ns ;"s
relation Of deaths head nj II wraaii"ss wra.iTs
feast, but whenever We see the nlsernuMlst
caption to wedding writeup we recal nss .ns
old couplet of grim foreboding,. '"I9 cnaSss cnrs
the name and not the letter Is for the wo'T
and not the better |" A4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-17
What DO You Kno,U?
QUIZ

J. OF what American statesman was Il said
that when the spotess ernine Of the
judicial robe fell on him 'it touched
nothing less spotless than itself?
e What is an ohm
g. What animal uulatcs?
4. Of what State Is Lincoln the capital?
8. Who gave the Pacific Ocean its name?
G. Who Is Henry Arthur Jones?
Z What was the Gordian knot?
8. What is the sacred book of the Moham-
medans?
O. What Is meant by tho RisorgimentoY
10. What is a sennight?