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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
TOLD IN A FEW LINES.

Baton Rouge. Another step towards
ne organization of the state branch
u the Southern Commercial Congress
vas made when It was announced that
~ "A Waterman of Baton Rouge had
zen named temporary secretary to
.ssist Scion Farrinbacher, state pres
hent. and Col A. T. Prescott, chair
man OF the executive committee. in
completing the organization of the ex-
bsra
ville Platte-The cost of ginning
Ron during the war was W Genus q
nsnared. Last year it was 70 cents
oet que to the great amount of cotton
sentersd here the ginners announced
uat they would reduce the price to Sc
h1 = hundred. This reduction viii.
NJ ahsct many growers as most O,
tns cotton has been picked and ginned
eut It established pre-war prices.
Den'coer-Cattle dipping has been
.esamed In Beauregard parish. and
~, continue as late as the weather
vii permit
lake Charles.-Mayor J. A Trot,, &c
sanitarium and thought to be N
Serious condition as a result Of an
.0unter recently with H. A. Knspp
me neart Of the business district. I,
~ ssio taat the mayor had ordered
Anspp to appear in police court on
enarse Of vagrancy and that this va,
'ns cause Of the trouble.
-. r..aeport-Govsrnor John N. Par.
i,v.. accepted an invitation to de.
s.r-.n 80 - annual address October q.
s...s.. sy epsning he sixteenth annual
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

CONFERENCES IN WASHINGTON
INDICATE FAVORABLE ACTION
BY RAIL AUTHORITIES.
FAVOR A WAGE REDUCTION
Officials Say Practical Way to Cut
Rates Is to Reduce Employees
Pay-Would Have Wage-Fix-
ing Powers Changed.

Washington. - Developments which
were declared to presage early reduc'
tion in railroad freight rates and
clearing of the railroad situation gen.
orally came here from several quar-
ters
A group of railroad executives con-
ferred with President Harding and
Senator Cummins, Republican, Iowa,
chairman of the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee, and discussed
steps toward freight rate reductions
preliminary to the executives meet
ing at Chicago.
Rate reductions also formed the
principal topic on the program at a
meeting Of Democratic and Republi'
can senators comprising the unoffi'
cial agricultural bloc" Senators at.
tending the meeting said there was
wide and vigorous demand for rate
cuts as imperative to the agricultural
interests.
Senator Cummins, after his confer
ence with the railway executives, said
he believed that they would adopt at
their Chicago meeting his suggestions
for an immediate reduction of freight
rates.
The railway executives in the con-
ference included T. d. Guyler, repre-
senting a railway securities holders
organization; Samuel Rea, president
of the Pennsylvania system; President
Smith of the New York Central; Pres
ident Holden of the Burlington sys-
tenn; Julius Kruttschnitt. chairman OF
teh Southern Pacific.
THE railway executives" said Sen
ator Cummins, after the conference,
feel that the only substantial way to
reduce rates is to reduce wages. They
also feel that the wage-fxing func-
tions of the Railroad Labor Board
should be transferred to the Inter
state Commerce Commission, which
has the rate making. or return pow
ers."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Farmers To Be Reimbursed.

Baton Rouge, La.-Cotton planters
in the non-crop zone are to be REIN
bursed for the loss of their crop in
1920-21, when they were quarantined
on account of the pink boil worm.
The state will assume the obligation
Of payment il the special tax levied on
the cotton interests is held unconsti-
tutional.
Assurance Of prompt payment was
given a delegation representing Cam
eron parish cotton planters, at con-
ference held in Governor Parker's Of
flee.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

Monroe. Morehouse parish has
decided to support the Arkansas.
Louisiana Tourists Way Association
of Monroe, S. Nj. Collins, secretary OF
the Tourists Way, has been advised.
Hammond.-The Ladies' Improve
ment League held their monthly meet
ing at the Hammond Studio. The
treasurer's report was read and show
ed a balance of S129 in the general
fund and s517 in the community house
fund. The women realized something
like $1,000 in soliciting advertising fol
the fair catalog.
Alexandria,. Boatner Carter OF
Ruston, secretary of the Louisiana
Commercial Secretaries Association
was here to confer with Secretary A
T. Felt OF, the Alexandria Chamber OF
Commerce, who is member of the
executive committee of the Nationa.
Secretaries Association, which will
hold its convention in New Orleans
October "a to rs.
Baton Rouge.-five students Of the
Louisiana State University were ar.
rested on the charge of hazing X. =.
Lowry, freshman Of Berniee.
De Ridder.-Ths $4,000 mail rob.
berry here September z. facts Of which
has been kept quiet by request Of post.
al authorities, is now nearing solution.
Two arrests are reported in the case
In the past few hours. One is Ben
Singleton, young automobile man o.
this city, who left here few days af
ter the robbery to engage in the auto
business in Ell Paso, Tex. and the 9th.
er Gilmore Young. driver Of the mail
car from which the pouch containing
the $4,000 disappeared between the
postoffce and Kansas City Southern
train
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

agents. This will affect every rail-
road in the State.
The third bill proposes to tax inner.
itances, legacies and other donations
mortis causa or gifts in contemplation
Of death. The bill proposes to tax
inheritances by relatives at per cent,
and bequests to others at 10 per cent
The bill stipulates that all inheritance
taxes shall go into the general fund.
II is estimated that the inheritance
taxes will yield total of about $780,
900 a year.
The fourth bill proposes to place a
license tax on the sale of pistols,
blank cartridges and rifles, except
rifles Of twenty-five and twenty-five
caliber. The tax is to be based on
gross sales.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
KukIux KIan Denied Charter.

Charleston, w. Va. - Informal ap
plication for a charter of incorpora
tion was made by the realm of West
Virginia, knights of the Kuklux Klan
Secretary of State Houston G. Young
declined to issue the charter but said
he made it plain to the applicant, who
did not give his name, that the organ.
ization will not be granted charter
in this state"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

There is provision in the general
license tax bill introduced in the
House by Jules Dreyfous of Iberia,
that is expected to arouse resentment
from editors throughout the State. 1t
is clause that proposes to impose a
license tax on editors. A provision of
that sort was written into the revenue
law passed about twenty years ago,
but it was declared unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court. After that de-
cision no attempt was made to collect
the tax. In revising the license bill
at this session the tax on editors was
again inserted. This was done, too, in
the face Of the objection of Governor
Parker. School teachers, bookkeepers
and college professors would not be
taxed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Booze Bandits Make Rich HauI

Washington.-The loss by Joseph E.
Letter of 100000 worth of choice
wines and liquors to secure which rob.
bers bored the three-inch steel door
OF the wine cellar of his country home
In Virginia, removed the cases to wait
ing trucks and escaped in the absence
OF the caretaker of the estate, has
been reported to the police depart.
ment here.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Brazil and Italy Sian Treaty.

Rome.-The Brazilian ambassador
to Italy, DR.. de Souza Dantas, signed
the Italo-Brazilian treaty of labor and
emigration. The press considers the
treaty as meaning virtually the aboli-
tion OF the Prinetti decree. Senior de
Michelis. commissioner of emigration,
has authorized the departure of a
large number Of selected agricultural
families for Brazil.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
American Woman Awarded Medal

New Orleans.-For her concerts at
the front during the war, Miss Nina
May Alciatore, daughter Of Ferdinand
Alciatore of New Orleans and a prom
inent soprano Of the last French opera
season here, has been awarded the
Croix de Guerre, according to a cable
received here.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Railroads Need the Money.

Washington. - Financial inability
to reduce freight rates was pleaded by
railroad witnesses, appearing at hea:
ings before the Interstate Commerce
Commission to oppose applications OF
Eastern, Southern and Northern hard
wood producers for general reductions
of tariffs on their products.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Federal Ban Against Arkansas Lifted

Washington.-The ban on federal
aid funds for Arkansas highway con-
struction imposed early in the sum-
mer by Secretary Of Agriculture Wal
lace have been lifted, officials of the
Bureau Of Public Roads announced,
and no restrictions will be placed on
federal aid for Arkansas unless fur.
ther- complications arise. The five
projects, failure to provide mainte-
nance for which was responsible for
the federal ban. now are in good
Shape.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Reduced Fares To Legion Convention.

Kansas City. - Certificates emit
ling the holder to purchase round
trip ticket from his home to Kansas
City to attend the national convention
O fthe American Legion October 81
November will be distributed to
American Legion posts throughout the
country. it was announced here at the
convention headquarters.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Stock Deals Cause Indictments.

Omaha, Neb.- Fifty-eight indict-
ments were returned by special
Grand Jury called by the attorney
general to investigate stock transac-
tions in the state. Ninety-seven per-
sons were named. Samuel H. Grace
of Omaha, secretary and treasurer of
Division No. 1 Of the Railway EN-
ployes' Society of Labor, charged
with embezzling a $4,000 certificate
of deposit, was among those indicted.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Gen. Dickman Retires.

San Antonio, Tex.-Maj. Gen. JOS
eph T. Dickman, commander Of the
Eighth Army Corps Area, with head
quarters at oFrt Sam Houston, has re-
tired from active service in the United
States Army.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Large Diamond Found in Arkansas.

Murfreesboro, Ark.-The biggest
md OF the Arkansas Diamond Corpo-
ration's mine here recently was a 20.
carat white stone, which was among
4S carats of diamonds in 100 loads of
earth moved by small hand washing
operations during two week period
OF operation. A second period of op-
Grafton yielded 33 carats in 100 loads
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

Woman Named For Arkansas Office
Washington.-The Senate has con
frmed the presidents nomination oi
Della e. Penick to be postmaster at
Lake City to succeed A. B. Couch
whose commission has expired.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Germany To Deliver Building Material

Wiesbaden. - An agreement where.
by the German government is to de.
liver to France within three years T.
OO0, 100000 gold marks worth of build
ing materials, was signed here re
Gently by Louis Loucheur, finance
minister of the liberated regions, and
Walter Rathenau, German minister OF
reconstruction,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

Russians Changing School System.
Riga.-The decentralization of Rus.
sia's schools, and denationaliation OF
the theaters and moving picture
houses, was announced by M. Lu
narcharski, former Russian minister
Of education.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Alabama Prohibits Near Beer.

Montgomery. Ala.-In his message
to the Alabama legislature, Governor
Kirby urged the passage of a cereal
beverage bill, declaring that Alabama
was the only state in the Union which
prohibited this class of drink.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Taft for More Judges.

Washington-Chief Justice Taft,
anpearing before the Senate Judiciary
Committee, urged creation Of Is ad-
ditional district judges as means of
relieving congestion in federal court
dockets.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Several Lives Lost In Ocean Wreck.

Belfast.-Damaged by one vessel in
a dense fog off the southwest coast
OF Scotland, and then sunk by another
coming to its aid, was the fate Of the
Laird Line steaner Rowan, plying be-
tween Glasgow and Dublin. Thirteen
of the Rowan's crew and three pas
sengers are missing.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Jugo-sIavs Said to Be MobiIizinu.

Vienna.-All Jugo-Slavs Of military
age are ordered by advertisements ap-
pearing in the newspapers to report
Immediately to their consulate. 1t is
believed here that this means mobil-
ization by the Jugo-Slavs.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Will, Resume Railway Probe.

Washington.-General inquiry into
railroad conditions and problems will
be resumed October 13 by the Sen
ate Interstate Commerce Committee,
according to announcement today.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Woman Liberal Elected.

Stockholm.-MllsK Kerstein Hosseis.
rem has been elected to the Swedish
rigsdag on the liberal ticket and will
be the first woman to hold such an
office.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
LEAGUE Council Reflects.

Geneva.-The four temperament
members of the Council Of the League
of China. Belgium, Brazil
and Spain-have been reelected by
The Assembly on the flrst ballot
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
CHICAGO Reports Less Drunkenness.

Chicago Reports Less Drunkenness.
Chicago.-There was less dreunken.
ness. fewer murders and fewer arrests
in Chicago in 1920 than in the previous
year, according to the annual report
of the police department.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

Revenue legislation began to take
definite form when Jules Dreyfous,
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee, introduced four bills in the
House that affect the fiscal policy of
the State.
One is the general bill tax that is
designed to carry into operation the
provision In the constitution fixing
the rate on all property at IA mills
on the dollar.
The second is the bill to impose IL
cense taxes on all classes CT business,
occupations and professions. This bill
contains many provisions of the old
law and several new features. One of
me new sections is a provision to
place . license tax on railroad ticket
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

! Sellers of beverages containing wood
alcohol or other poisoning ingredients
will be liable to a term in the peni.
tentiary If the Legislature passes a
bill introduced in the House by S. E.
Tobin Of Natchitoches. The bill de-
clares that 'it shall be unlawful for
any person to sell or give to another,
or offer to sell or give to another, or
have in possession for sale or give
to another, any beverage or any fluid
or liquid intended to be used as q
beverage containing wood alcohol,
fusel oil or any other ingredient which
is poisonous" The penalty is i'm
posed in this provision: ANY per-
son guilty of violating the provisions
Of this act shall, on conviction, be i'm
prisoned at hard labor not exceeding
five years"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
STATE ON SOUND
FINANCIAL BASIS
TREASURY SUBMITS REPORT TO
LEGISLATURE SHOWING r.
NANcIAl CONDITION.
WILL lIAVE SMALL BALANCE
All Obligations To Be Met-Revenue
10 Anticipated-statement Contains
Many Interesting Figures On
State Finances.

Baton Rouge. - The state treasury
Is not in such a Strengthened financia
condition as has been reported, &C
cording to a statement furnished tt
the Legislature by A. NJ. Smith o.
Vermillion, chairman Of the House ap
proprfations committee. He SAID tna'
the treasury not only will meet al
obligations, but may have a small bal
ance at the end Of the year. His
statement follows:
\ with the approval Of the commit
tee on appropriations, I have the
honor to submit the following state
ment showing the estimated financia.
condition of the state at the close 9,
business in December, 1921, as fol
lows:
Appropriation and expenses:
Appropriations yet to be paid as
carried in the general appropriation
bill Of 1921, s1.241,270; cost Of the
present session Of the Legislature
5000 additional salaries provided
BY the new constitution to be paid
curing the year 1921, not less t,an
e105, 900, total $1.546.27o.
Balance of receipts for year 1921:
"Taxes for year 1871 being 15-40 OF
enc mill as assessed valuation of the
state estimated s1,s5O, 900, 900; 5000.
900.
Amount to be transferred from the
interest tax fund being 13-40 Of mill
q state assessment, estimated $1,65O,.
100000, $1,775,00o. less interests and
beads to pay 100000, s1.o76.o00.
Back licenses to be collected $780,
90; interest on bank balances, s50..
800: total $1,775, 900; less overdraft az
ef September 1, 1921, S439, 900, 1885,.
900 less appropriations and expenses
a. listed above s1,54S,27o; total $780,
30.
~Overdrafts:
sss"Balance left over from 1920, ap
Fortunately 100000, less obligations
Of Board of Liquidation, approximate
ly 100000 Net balance 100000.
/. "0ne-half to go to current school
fund $4,000.
Net balance to accrue to general
fund from 1920, $150,00o.
This balance deducted from over
draft, shown above, $150,000; appar.
ent overdraft at end Of year, 1921, $780,.
170.
This will probably be reduced from
revenues from various sources, leav,
ing the general fund of the state with
Q small balance which will show q
good condition"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

Certain portions OF salaries and
wages would be exempt from garnish-
ment under provisions of a bill in
troduced in the House by Phil Arras
of the Ninth Ward. In imposing pro-
hibition against garnishment the bill
reads:
Nor shall there be seized, or sub
amount, or portion of the wages or
salary of salaried employees, as may
be absolutely necessary for the month
" subsistence of such employe and
for the subsistence and alimony for
his wife and children, or members of
his household, dependent on his earn
ings, which sum or portion shall be
limited and determined by the court
whenever contested"
Representative ]. ]. Copellar ana ].
Ps Guillot of Natchitoches Introduced
a bill in the House to amend the con-
stitution so as to repeal the provision
in the new organic law permitting po-
lice juries to select registrars of
voters outside of Orleans parish and
to rest on the action OF the old consti-
tuition requiring clerks of courts to
serve as registrars of voters.
The bill drafted by L. E. Boykin Of
the Federal Highway Department in
tended as a compromise measure in
the road fight in the Legislature, was
introduced in the House by j. w.
Alexander Of Rapides. The bill
proposes to create highway commits
sion of three men, appointive by the
governor from the state-at-large.
BY unanimous vote the House ap-
propriations committee recommended
the passage of bill to appropriate
S25 900 to fight the citru5 conker in
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

BY unanimous vote the House ap-
propriations committee recommended
the passage of a bill to appropriate
$4,000 to fight the citrus conker in
Plaquemine parish.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-04-08

PuIl.a-part Cuff Links 35c -
ROGERS.
Fertilizer costs you $3.25 per
100 pound sack at the st. Johns
Hardware Co.
Get TO This in a Hurry-I6o acre
ranch. Will let II to any good man
for the taking care OF H. 10 TO 90
acres cleared, house, barn, fenced,
ell kinds fruit, pears, apples, cher
ries, plums, grapes, berries, wal.
nuts aud such. Want some little
land cleared. Will pay for same.
See w. T. Hartford. 403 n Jer-
sey street. ST. Johns. opposite post.
Office. Call Columbia 400. Land
Is close In.
Work PANTS Sl.5O-ROG.
EkS.
For Sales. C. White Leg
horn Matching eggs. 81 80 for 10;
$3.50 per 100. Cockerel head
ing this pen direct from Taner.
ed Farm. Eggs from other pen
at 81 for l6. or So per hundred.
Columbia 64S. %
Brand new cottage for sale 10y
owner. kitchen aud dining alcove,
with latest built,ins. basement, ce-
ment walk and steps; 60xl00 OF
l00xl00 lot. two blocks east from
RaSt school, 500 Calhoun street,
viii be at house Friday. Saturday
and Sunday afternoons.
For Sale-Your choice OF as
fine building lots in 1910 Addi-
tion. st. Johns. The smallest
lots are 60xl00 each; price from
$50 10 $3.50. small payment
down. For sale by any agent in
Sc. Johns.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-04-08
Y. w. c. A. Notes

Make your Spring hat at the
Y. w. G. A. millinery class on
Thursday afternoon and evening.
All the girls clubs and parents
are invited to a costume party
at the Y. w. c. A. club rooms
Saturday April 9th from 1880
to 10 D. m. Be sure to come.
.The Dependable Club with
Miss Nelson leader held a slum-
ber party at the club rooms
Wednesday evening and hot
waffles and syrup were served
to seventeen. before they went
to school.
Great interest is shown in the
gym. class. A volley ball team
is practicing to play with the
Peninsula school team in three
weeks. Reported.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-04-08

At the meeting of the Frater-
nal Boosters last Wednesday
evening at the Moose Hall it was
clearly shown that a larger hall
Is a real necessity, as the Boos-
ters and their friends filed the
hall. The representatives Of
the Maxam Shirt and Garment
company gave the Boosters their
assurance that the site showed
them was satisfactory and that
arrangements were being made
to get the factory in operation
in st. Johns as soon as possible.
They will employ about 80 wom-
on at the start and expect To- in
crease their force by at least
that many more within six
months. The Boosters are get
ting a glove factory interested
in locating in st. Johns. The
subject Of a Fraternity Building
was endorsed by every one pres.
ent and a committee is out at
present 10 get out plans and
specifications. About 20 of the
visitors joined the Boosters at
this meeting. After the bust
ness meeting those present
spent the rest Of the evening
dancing and getting acquainted.
Are you a booster? Boost for
the best part Of Portland, your
own community. and see how
much good you can do for the
other fellow. We meet next
Wednesday evening at the
Moose Hall at 3 p. m. Every.
body cordially invited 20 attend.
A business meeting followed by
an entertainment of some kind
which we hope will please all who
attend. Publicity Manager of
the Fraternal Boosters.