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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-01
WINNERS AT EXCLAMATION.

Middlctown, April AT the declama-
tion contest held in the Opera House,
Wednesday evening the contestants were
Dorothy Caulk, Edith Cochran, Gladys
Gabriel. Laura Fogel, Marie Records,
June johnson, Walter Beasten, Harmon
Money. Harris Mcdowell, Rogers Four
acre. Burton Williams, Edward Hart and
john Pool The prize winners were:
Girls First Gladys Gabriel; second.
Dorothy Caulk.
Bows First. Rogers Fouracre; second.
Burton Williams
The winners will probably try for prizes
IN the county contest.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-01
WINNERS OF PRIZES.

Seaford april / "Wednesday evening
Mr. and Mrs Harry G. Darbce delight
fullv entertained their friends at five
hundred. NJ thor home corner High and
Pine streets Punch was served through
out the evening
The ladies first prge 4 beautiful or
gand, collar and cuff set was won by
ii Annie {. Shlplcv. second prize. q
silver pencil. went 10 Mrs. J Emery
Miles
Dr r NJ Kaufman showed his skill
bv winning every game except the last
one and he easily captured the frs;
gentlemen prIze handsome silk tie.
manuel t;rcenahaum. Who was n close
second. was awarded pack 81 cards.
Nftcr play. rovrrs we're laid and dainty
retrc- hnlruts were served.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-01
FUNERAL or GEORGE STATS.

I'm, rna Aprh Funeral services OF
George Staa's who dIed LAST Friday in
phlladelphla at the age Of 65 wears were
held n Friendship " j. Church here,
! uesdAv. N charge OF Rev J NJ L
Ickerd. and interment was made ia
Friendship cemetery
Mr.. Staats WAS s native Of TAYLOR :
hfidCe tut left there To live in Phila-
delphla many wears ago He leaves two
sstcrs Ms anne ~taats ot Phlladel-
rhia. and Mrs Thomas FARRELL of smvrna
aud one brother Harry ~taats Of Taylor 5
BudR,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-01
Licensed IL Va

Magistrate Lawrence J. Bronan has
issued three marriage licenses as fol
lows: Lewis f. Myrick and Gertrude
HUT "f Richardson Park; Frank
Calarese, 1902 West Seventh street ana
Guieywinc Duiesfa sos Cqavtop et,.aot
New Castle. Leonard Di Iin xn4 W.
Eighth street ana jos.pbiu,. s,,aroco
oil Lincoln street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-01

party, last night, in honor of the 3oth
birthday anniversary of her husband
Reuben Steward. Dainty refreshments
were served during the evening.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs,
s. p Fields, DIR. and Mrs. c. Nj. Hollis,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Allen, Mrs. Anna
Allen, Mrs. p. I. Adams, Miss Blanche
Culver. Edwin James.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-01
DEATH OP ELI W. WILKINS.

Georgetown. April Eli Wesley vii
klns, aged - wears. : months and 10
d.,ys. died ~ las home 90 East Cedar
street this city. "Wednesday, following
an illness OF many weeks Of heart trouble
Funeral services were conducted in
First NJ = Church. this afternoon At 2
a clock IN charge Of Rev. John T. Bailey
interment az sand Hill Cemetery, four
miles from here
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11
TOWNSVILLE SCHOOL NAMED
BLOCK.
New Building Will be Made Memorial
To Former Citizen ~ Expression
of Appreciation.
(Natchez Democrat.)

(Natchez Democrat.)
The following from the ofici;
proceedings of the Catahoula parish
school board, published in the Jones-
willie Booster, will be Of great intere I
to the friends of the late Sam Bloch,
and the Block family throughout tn 8
section:
An Ordinance.
Whereas, a suitable site and loca
ton for the new high school buildil
now being erected at Jonesvilles. La.
and additional fairgrounds therefor
were all greatly needed, and 2
Whereas, Mrs. Matilda Block and
children, the respective wife and chill
dren Of Mr.. Sam Block, now deceased
all of whom were former residents Of
Jonesville, and while here as well q
since their moving away, have al
ways manifested a splendid interes
in the upbuilding Of all institutions
whose purpose is the promotion Of
intellecutual, moral and civic training
of citizens, both young and old, and
Whereas, Mrs. Matilda Block and
children have learned Of the need Of
additional grounds for the school sit
at Jonesville and at the same tint
fowning and possessing sixteen (16l
town lots in the town, and adjacent
did, in manifestation Of their SINGER
interest and kind feeling for TIL
children of Jonesville and vicinit,
very generously donate to the Gaia
houla parish School Board the said II
lots to be used as a school site 10
the new school building referred u
herein, now, therefore, upon motio'
LOT D. H. Gibson, seconded by ]. N
Tlisler,
Be it ordained by the Parish Schoc
, Board of the parish of Catahoula, il
lawful session convened on this, tn
. fourth day Of October, Of the yea
1891, That The name u The higl
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11

school at Jonesville, Catahoula parish
Louisiana, be and il hereby changed
from the name Of the Jonesville High
School to the name Of the Sam Block
High School Of Jonesville, same Ia
take effect ct the completion Of the
new school building now being erect.
ed at Jonesville, and tablet bearing
the name Of the "Sam Block High
School Of Jenesville" be placed on the
new building: thus done in honor m
memory Of Sam Block.
Members Of the school board vot'
ing for the adoption Of the above or
dinance.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11
BIG DRAMATIC FESTIVAL ON
WORLDS TOUR COMING TO
VlCKSBURC THEATRE,
NOVEMBER 18th

Guy Bates Post and his excelle t !
company included this season az
pearing in "The Masquerader" one
of the few really worth while plays
of the decade. The unusual com
pany-the one that will make al
worlds tour by the way-with its
wealth of scenery, electrical effects
and novel revolving stages.
This well-known representative &C
tor has never had better vehicle
than this. His manager Mr.. Richard
Wslton Tplly has gone to absolute
extremes in providing a production
both ronderous and unique. Two
crews of mechanics are carried by
the company to insure proper stage
effects. The management of the Wal
nut Street Theatre is giving special
attention to out-of-town patrons in
order that automobile and excursion
parties may have seats reserved will
as much care as though the purchaser
were at the ticket office window.
Mr.. Post has played "The Masquer
ader" in Australia and Europe where
he scored the greatest hit ever made
by an American actor.
The story is Of two men, John
Chilcote and John Londer. The
first is a man born to wealth, society
and nolitica1 leadership Unfortunate
ly drugs have secured hold on him
and when the craving comes he is
FESTIVE under the need for caring fer
his many important interests.
While Chilcote is in one of these
resentful moods he encounters job
Loder. Loder is, in every respect hi
double, except that he has a notice
able scar on his fingers. Loder is a
man we'll read, well travelled and am
bilious to take a place among the
leaders of his race.
Chilcote, in the frenzy of morphia
seeks out Loder and proposes that
they exchange places. Loder refuses
Chilcote collapses and his man Brocs
pleads with Loder to represent hin
as the speaker on an important issue
in parliament that night. Lured by
the opportunity Loder consents and
carried away by the cause for which
he pleads scores a National sensa
ton.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11

BY local applications, - they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
Catarrhal Deafness requires eonstiru-
tional treatment. HALLS CATARR4
MEDICINE II . constitutional rene
dy. Catarrhal Deafness b caused BY
an inflamed condition Of the mucous
lining Of the Eustachian Tuba. When
this tube 10 inflamed you have .
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing.
and when It IL entirely closed. Deaf
ness ID tAe result. Unless the inflam-
nation can be reduced, your hearing
may be destroyed forever. Hal us
CATARRH MEDICINE acts through
the blood on the mucous surfaces II
the system, thus reducing the m
flammation and restoring normal en-
diti0ns.
Circulars free. All Drugs1sts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11

1921.
H. GenI Inspector, Nov----$ 1888
!" &c " CamnheIl Salary Secretary 10000
W Cen,nhei Office expenses forN 750
r Crecorv weed cutting Concorda $4,000
r. ciesne salary INSPECTOR BourGere 10000
CrrH Teie0 nhone 1921
Eorast ConsrncHon A. 4,72295
&rnileap meetinp
e
= Yonno diem MILEAGE meeting lib
Nal q mileaee 1920
s1s.on Bros Int on note S5OOOO.0O-----.-- 100000
& Bourgere 4515
labor coalbox---- 636
S.hre;der traven9 64t0
p".rJ crnsssno timber board.--..---- Bills
G. Goldman, cutting Tensas parish---- S000
Junkin final estimate Bourgere levee Z7O66z
W. A. Beard. Assessors for 1921---- 1S246
s11 5ss5s
s.r,;.nnu. Interest due Oct 49, 1S75000
---------------------$ 30,S39.5s
Receipts.
1884, ,,.,
On
0oV4.S'
s1e2sss5
Me- Ort..rd;no warrants 2l0.83
al -.
IosOIc9o
An estimate the Har6ed eyee under contract
Fed amounts to $6462sS which will have to be pd
w - Respectfully submitted,
O.. CAMPBELL, Secretary
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11

hereby empower Commissioner
have the
evee cutting Tensas
paid
Mr. Schoen
for same. berger, Engineer in charge.
On following ordered paid:
Contradiction Co 6;4629S
Cu,mh Teorhone 70 office service $40
ct E.tI RarL cksinro teeorar. BOARD
HSscr;re S.hre;dor nj; for
r Fl Schne;dar travcfn0 eYnense nresident $50
" e q ID Bland repairs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $4,000
S674332
being before it, the Board adjourned sine
die.
F. H SCHNEIDER, President,
10. W. CAMPBELL, Secretary
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11
WANTED TO BUY.

! An extension dining room table,
long enough to accommodate IA
Ipeople comfortably. Address: Gazette
Office.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11

Send your orders for job work to
the Tensas Gazette, St Joseph, La
We do the better Kind and do It
figAx newt
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11

Cotton Census reports 2,3s2 bales
ginned in Tensas parish to October
IS, 1921, q against 1881 bales to
same date last year; difference ILL
bales to date this year over last year
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11

Mr.. w. A. Cooper, assistant SUI
pervisor Of Public Accounts for Louis
lana, was . visitor to st. Joseph this
w>sk "a business fer his Department
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11
PROCEEDINGS FIFTH LOUISIANA
LEVEE BOARD.
Office Board Of Commissioners Fifth
Louisiana Levee District, Tai
lulah, La, Nov. 9th, 1921.

Office Board Of Commissioners Fifth
Louisiana Levee District, Tai
lulah, La, Nov. 9th, 1921.
The Board Of Commissioners for
the Fifth Louisiana Levee District
met in regular session, at Tallulah,
La, its domicile, on this day.
The Board was called to order by
the President at IL O'clock A. M.
There being present At roll call the
following Commissioners who an
swered to their names
F. H. Schneider, President, Leo
Shields East Carroll.
R. K. Madison
s. T. Shaw---------------T ensas
]. D. Neal---.-------Concordia
Absent: ]. h. Lambdin, Concordia
A. E. Kell, Madison and B. F. Young
Tensas.
A quorum being present, the fol
lowing business was taken up ant
disposed Of, to-wit@
On motion reading Of minutes o,
previous meeting was dispensed with
Capt. E. C. Tollinger, Of the thirt
U. S. District appeared before thu
board, for the purpose Of getting
an appropriation in order to keel
the levee machines in his district Qp
Grating for at least a month longer
the Government having exhausted
its funds from the regular allotment
After discussion, the matter was de
ferred until later date.
Mr.. Hatten Of the Bunches Bend
East Carroll drainage district, ap
peared from his Board with reques
that this Board appropriate fifteel
hundred dollars toward the project
as the canal it was shown would b
Of great benefit to the levee system
by draining the barrow pits alon,
the line.
On motion Of Comr. Shaw, sec
onded by Conn. Shields, the abov
matter was deferred, until the reg
ular meeting in January, 1922.
\ On motion Of Comr. Boney, sec
onded by Comr. Shaw, the followin,
resolution was adopted
/ Resolved, that the salary due tn
Assessors for the respective parishe
Of the district, for making the a
sessment for the district, shall b
paid at the regular meeting of thi
Board in January, 1922.
/ On motion Of Comr. Shields, sec
onded by Comr. Boney, the follow
ing resolution was adopted -
Resolved, That this Board doe
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11

: Miss Kate Smith has succeeded
Mn. Shofner, resigned. - member
Of faculty Of Watsrpsoof High
Dshsst .A:.z..,.-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11
REPORT OF SECRETARY.


President Members Board Of Commissioners 5tn
Ia. Districts: 49,
Gentlemen:-
the honor submit the following report Of receipts
this Board for the month of October 1S2
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11

Members voting against the above
ordinance: None.
Members absent and not voting f
o. Wright and II. s.. Couillard.
And the ordinances was declared
adopted.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-11-11

All work given prompt attention
and all work guaranteed.
Bring me your old shoes aid l
will make them look like new.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-27
AGREEMENT SIGNED
Board of Directors to Have Charge
 of Light Plant

Meridian, Miss, December 26.- Special. )-The contract agreement for the operation of the Meridian Light and. Railway companys prop erty here, electric light and power plant, gas plant and street railway, by board of directors, authorized by a majority vote of the qualified cleo tors at a recent election, has been duly signed by the company repre- sentatives and the mayor and mem- bers of the city council and will be put into force at the earliest possible time. The board of directors Is to be composed of three men appointed by the city council and three by the utility company, the mayor of Me- ridian to be the presiding officer. The three men to represent the city on the board have been nominated by the council. They are John T. Lyle, member of the firm of the Tom Lyle Grocery company, one of the largest wholesale concerns of the city; Louis Threefoot, member of the well-known wholesale grocery firm of Threefoot Brothers and company, and Cylde Soule, of the Soule Steam Feed and Foundry works, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the south. All three nominees are among Me ridian's most progressive younger business men. The three representa- tives of the company have not as yet been named. but 1t Is thought they will be G. M. Luce, Albert P. Bush and A. B. Patterson of Mobile, repre- sentatives of the bond holders of the company, with H. c. Benner continued as general manager of the company. However, this is not given out of- ficially
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-27
& STARLIGHT II l.!.: M N - By the Noted Author ~ 1rA4aGM Z lDAH McLoNE GIBSON ssssssN
 The Thrilling Experience Virginia the
By the Noted Autho1

Virginia Fairfax, daughter of the against the puritanicaI rule of her grandfather and, iurcd by FiImlnnd, runs away to become n motion picture actress. Arriving in Los Angeles, she movies. They become warm friends. Gloria-Rfa to her friends-takes Vir- ginin to find work in the movies. At the service bureau they see Herbert richardson, n wealthy young man who has been interested in Gloria. Virginia registered for work and the girls return to their kitchenette apartment. There Gloria tells Virginia ths. story of Herbert Richardson and the ring he gave her. Gloria shows Virginia some beautiful Jewels given her by Herbert Richardson. Virginia Is amazed. especially when she learns that they are not engaged. Gloria cxp.nins that it's the game among the people of her world. Virginia cannot grasp the Idea.
 In the Movie World
 T had never seen Gloria's face so sad. The wistfulnes of her eyes made mine smart with tears. l seemed to realize all the hard knocks, all the loneliness. all the despair that had gone into the teaching of the phi losophy which she had just voiced to me in talking about the Jewels that Mir. Richardson had given her. wanted to put my arms around her and tell her I was beginning to understand, but some way l had an intuition that she would not like this at all So instead asked: "This, Gloria, Is the ring given to MT. Richardson?" I held up the plat mum diamond ring which she usually wore.
 "Yes, 1t was given to him by a | woman old enough to be his mother Was she moving picture actress Ria?"
 smart society woman with money to burn"
 l "Its very mixed up affair. isn't | 1t? I don't understand 1t cS all. Why should woman old enough to be his mother make presents of this kind tc young man who has money enough to buy them himself?"
 You saw Herbert Richardson to- | " | handsome he Is. He Is the mos l courted man in Los Angeles. To, must know, Virgie, that to this grea playground of the world come wom 1 en. as we'll as men, of unlimited wealth and leisure.
 These women have reached the ag' when they find youth slipping iron them, but they. hate to feel-just al men hate to feel--that their days O romance are over. They put fortl | every effort to attract young men tt themselves, just as men buy the com panionship of young girls with din ners, jewels. theatres and gifts of al kinds. For these women fondly i'm agine that if they are seen at the diff ferent country clubs, hotels, restau rants, etc, the ordinary person wll not see the wrinkles through thei makeup, but will conclude, from tn three or four nice looking young me- in their train, that they are st'l great belles.
 .The young men are flattered witt the notice of these women. who dres magnificently. and who have the so phistication and fascination that the have gained in the social centers o levery great capital in the world.
 T sometimes wonder that girls lik
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-27

has been allotted to her as civil reraration. and 50,000 francs have been similarly allotted to the father of Lieutenant Militant.
 The letter of the Minister says that the evidence given in a recent action that Madame Herduin had taken against a Paris newspaper for libel had made him re-eXamine the petitions that she had sent to him aud his predecessors at the war of flee.
 If this grievous event Is to be judged impartially" the letter says, "it cannot be separated from the gic hours when the fate of France was bound up in victory before Verdun but it can only have been brought about by a mistaken appli- cation of the regulations. Your husband. very well noted and dee- orated with the military medal dur ing the war, was courageous offi- cer whose name you and your little son can bear with honor. The law does not permit revision of his case but the government on my proposition has decided to award you civil reparation,"
 Madame Herduin and the elder Militant have accepted the govern ment's offer and so far as they are concerned this painful affair is now closed.
 When Herduin faced the firing corps, he refused to have his eyes covered and said a few words to the squad, that it was their duty to obey orders without questioning their jus tice. Then he, himself. gave the or der to fire.
 It was later proved that mistake had been made and that neither of ficer had abandoned his post but as the order to execute them had been given summarily without the process of military law, the authorities al ways insisted there was no means to revise the judgment or eXonerate the victims of the error.
 Last June Paris newspaper pub lished an article on the case of the two officers. declaring that Herduin had abandoned his post and was an alcoholic. Madame Herduin brought an action for defamation, alleging that such charges were untrue. She won a verdict for 5000 francs, where upon the government utilized the oc- casion to compensate the officers widow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-27
MARINE NEWS

Mobile, December 26.-Arrived: :: Explicite, Br., Georgetown, British Guiana; Vibao, Nor. Truxillo: Dan New Orleans; Medina. New York.
 Sailed: Hilda M. Stark, Br. schoon- CT, Santiago, Cuba; Ciaboa, Nor, New Orleans.
 Port Eads. La, December 26.-Ar- rived: Abangarez, Bocas Del Toro; Houston Chalmette, Havana, Glenn ent Smith, Mexico; Dannedaike, Cuba, Hollandia CDu) Vera Cruz; (Br), Tampico; Lord Londonderry (Br), Tampico; Muskogee New York; 4; Olancho (Hond) Port Cortez, Polar inc, Tampico; Surinanme, Port Bar rios; Antilla.
 Sailed: Andalusia (Swed), Valpa- riso; Gholuteca tHond). Port Cortez Jamica (Nic) Vera Cruz; Pearl Don Tampico; Riinsburg CDuD Rotter- dam; Saugerties. Huelva; Schoodic. Havre; w. J. Hanna. Beaumon. Senon, tFrl Rotterdam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-27

Carrollton, December 26.--(Special)
 A marriage that came as a surprise to many friends of the contracting
 parties was solemnized in Reform Sunday afternoon at l o'clock when Erie Ferguson of this place and Miss Juanita Howell of Reform were quiet ly married at the home of MT. and Mrs. W. T. Murphy in the presence of a few relatives and intimate friends. The couple are very popular among a large circle of friends Tn the younger set of the county, and they will be heartily congratulated when they re- turn from Birmingham, where they went for short stay immediately following the ceremony. On their re- turn they will be pleasantly domiciled in the home of the groom's mother. Mrs. Vera Ferguson. near Carroilton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-27

us have the slightest chance beside them. &
 "Oh, you need not look so mortified. These women are respectable as the world goes It is only their pride that they are pampering. They are, In their selfishness, incapable of even. shining greatly for love. They're in- capable of making any sacrifice-for it is no sacrifice for them to spend their money; they are doing it pure 9y because they want to. Any one. of them would draw her skirts away from you and me, If by any possibility we should overstep in the slightest the bounds of the social code, or con ventional morality
 q shouldn't think these women would even think of us, Gloria
 "oh, yes they do. They know that we are their deadly rivals-and that we hold the master card"
 And what is that?"
 Youth. And that Is why I say that while we are young there is no reason why we should not get all that is coming to us. Some day. Virgie, when you and I are great motion picture actresses. we will probably be wish ing tor some of that youth we have now. One of the great tragedies of this business is that 1t takes so long for a woman to reach the light of the stars that she has very little time to enjoy her success. "At the first wrinkle, the first sagging of the form-out she goes, and Gloria gestured dramatically. "Oh, Rial Do you suppose we can make it?" I asked tremblingly, for the first time realizing how long and hard the climb was to be.
 "Of course, you will make 1t, Vir- | gie. with your beauty and person. ality; but I'm not so sure about my self"
 l Again a look of wistfulness came into her merry eyes.
 was almost discouraged before began. But even kat night when got my first inkling that all was not ! happiness for the woman who would succeed in a profession I did not real l ize Just what I would have to go through with before I reached the summit of my ambition.
 Looking back upon that night. l | feel rather sorry for the little girl who was sitting there. all unconscious of the future, and yet I believe if had it all to do over again would do it just the same. For I have found that the greatest joy in all the world Is the joy of overcoming obstacles and the greatest satisfaction is in Knowing that by your own unaided efforts you have reached the height of your desire.
 l. Tomorrow-Strange Philosophy. Copyright, National Newspaper
 Service.)