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The herald., 1922-06-01
MORALITY LEAGUE GROWING
RAPIDLY

The Morality League. organized
for the sole purpose of fighting the
indecent, modern dance, is growing
rapidly and today there are several
hundred members in Algiers alone. No
members are allowed to ask a per-
son to join this league, as you must
Join of your own free will. Before
joining one must first fill out an ap-
plication upon which there are fifty
questions that must be answered in
diligently. Upon becoming a mem
Der of the Morality League one must
take this oath:
ION my honor l will do my best
to do my duty to God. my mother
and sister; to help other fellows
sisters at all times: to fight with all
my might the evils that are running
our boys and girls"
Our motto: Virtue, sweetness.
modesty, and purity"
The herald., 1922-06-01
LEVEE MAY BREAK
Doubtful u II Can Be Held Hundreds
OF Men At Work.

At the time of going to press, it was
very doubtful whether the levee at
Stanton Plantation could be held
against the rapidly caving banks and
the strong current at that point Of
the river. The President of the Levee
Board, Mr.. Frank Hymel, who has
been on the scene of the disaster day
and night since the new cave, stated
early Wednesday morning that If they
could be given thirty-six hours, they
felt reasonably sure that the levee
could be held with the cribbing that is
being put up in this section.
The first cribbing put up was fine
piece of work, and would have held
back the water, but an additional cave
took place about one hundred and
fifty feet down the river, making it
necessary to put up a new earthwork
in that direction.
Some three hundred men with
teams and wagons are working day
and night in hopes of saving a loss
that would run into the millions
should the cave occur now. Inc ulI
ference between the level Of the river
and the level of the land behind the
levee is about six feet, which would
mean that this section would b.
! flooded to a depth of about six feet.
ALGIERS SAFE.
! There have been a good many ru
mors that Algiers would get a con
siderable amount Of this back water
but such is not the case for the fac
that Algiers has back levee, tn
lower boundary of which is the tracI
of the Southern Pacific near Hende
street. All that section, however, o.
the other side Of Hendee street, II
Guiding the Naval Station, would ge
some of this water.
The herald., 1922-06-01
TENTATIVE FRANCHISE
BE|NG DRAWN

.,e mast weeks there have
Dqr,ns srv conferences between the
ven . ~ Ferry Committee and TN! .he
nes ai..ion Council regarding the
c'nn', onsrations of the Canal Street
Stale e. Op Third District Ferries.
sd '1 T,,day night the Algiers Ferry
% s met with the Commission
C S'1aeil At which time "a general ,. dis.
C0aa on was had relative TO iran
r'sOn also the matter of going
s s,,'r. the legislature to ASK nor "a, an
'sl0ls smspt to the constitution that
.nsN give the city right i to issue Se
ran' .sIs conference there were at
nne hundred Algiers people
~ ~ represented both factions, namely s;s
' s''icipally owned and franchlseaole
,ror McShane stated that he was
A - vote for and to assist the
, ',Tsrs people in what the majority
A ga He stated that if the Al
Va. ~. people wanted municipality
s nod ferries he was for municipality
' '.,sd ferries, and he would give
d. -.
.,.,y assistance to the committee In
w. ~. direction. Commissioner Ray
~. Commissioner MaIoney also stated
A., thew we're in favor of municipal
-, provided a way could be
''.,d 10 either legally accept the
~, which was offered by two OF
=, heal banks or that the city
.,uN legally appoint a commission
,s,t could issue bonds for that pur'
pose.
A, this meeting it was decided that
A, city engineer would prepare a
s,,chise and that this franchise
,ould be merely tentative. and would
\ presented to the council only after
vas found that the relief desired
,orld not be secured through legis-
stiye enactment.
There we're several subsequent
meetings with Commissioner Maloney
~ the ferry committee for going
aver the tentative franchise so as to
n, n in order should it be necessary
"a offer for sale such a contract.
The people of Algiers are united
n their condemnation of the present
ferry system now operating at the
Canal street and the Third District
and they have now gotten to a point
when they want relief.-and relief al
the earliest possible moment.
The herald., 1922-06-01
CROWNED QUEEN OF MAY.

A new feature has been added to
the May Day festivities. 1t has been
the custom for the president of the
Holy Angels to crown the Blessed
Mother of God. Like the grown
ups" the children elect their own
officers, who with fifteen of the
presidents chums form her court.
This year, Court of Mary No. 391,
c. d. of A, entertained little Fran
els Labit and her court, browning
her Queen of May.
Did it rain? The May Day pro-
cession was postponed. Was the
browning of the queen postponed?
Not with our Mrs. Walters on hand
with her ever alert, ever eager Court
of Mary and our staunch true friends
and co-workers who improvised a
throne in the rectory. Mrs. Walters
in her own sweet manner received the
president of the Holy Angels and her
court in real regal form and crowned
Frances Claire Labit, Queen Of May,
The newly made queen thanked Mrs
Walters in a few childish words.
The members of her court present
were Lucille Chestnut. Ruth Aycock
Elise Walters, Charlesia Webert, Lea
Casey, Floris Fox, Norman Nell Hig
gins, Grace Martinez, Helen Koler
Rita Cummings, Mary Huff, and Ira
May Gaffney.
To-day, Frances is looking forward
to the time when she as Grand Regent
of the Court of Mary will crown the
president of the Holy Angels.
The herald., 1922-06-01
No. 4
DARES COURT TO TAKE
HER BOY

Testifyng from a cot in the court
room, and although quite ill, hold
ing in her arms the two-year-old
child whose custody is being battled
for. Mrs. Curtis c. Green wOrsted
her husband, formerly of New Or
leans, in the first days proceedings
in their divorce suit Saturday in the
Houston courts.
The hysterical cries of the wife
and mother brought tense moments
in the court room, dispatches stated.
Recently Mrs. Green was injured in
an automobile accident, and has been
in the hospital for some days. Also.
she testified, she is to become a
mother again soon.
With the fury of mother battling
for her young, she leveled cutting
assaults at her husband and his
counsel in the court. the reports stat
ed. At one time she cried out:
They'll never hear another case
over me if they take my baby away"
There were lighter episodes to
break the tragedy of the proceedings.
Peering over at her husbands attOr-
ney. who was chewing gum while
she was fighting for her boy, Mrs.
Green said:
81 hope you enjoy that gum"
Green is a travelling representative
for the Baldwin Locomotive Works,
with headquarters in Houston. He
filed the divorce suit on May 3, the
couple being welded in September.
1919. Further proceedings in the
case will be had in September.
Curtis j. Green, New Orleans in.
surance operator and owner of much
property in Algiers and in st. James
parish, is the father of the husband.
The herald., 1922-06-01
ALGIERS TEAM
DIRECTS INITIATION OF
PLAQUEMINE CANDIDATES

The degree team Of Santa Maria
Council No. 1924, Knights of Column
bus, has returned from Plaquemine,
La, where Sunday it performed the
'exemplification work in the initiation
of seventy-two candidates for the
first three Knights of Columbus de-
grees. Peter E. Muntz, grand knight
Of the council had charge of the first
and second degree work.
The herald., 1922-06-01
OBITUARY

KEENAN-On Monday at Gas
o'clock p. m, Mrs. William keenan,.
nee Dora L. Sutherland, died at the
age of sixty years. Deceased was
born in McDonoghville, La, but had
resided here for many years. The
funeral took place Tuesday at $3.50
o'clock from her late residence 627
Elmira avenue. Interment was in
McDonoghville Cemetery.
BREAUX-On Monday at 7:15
o'clock p. m, Felix ]. Breaux, hus-
band of Louise Aycock died. De-
ceased was born in Terrebonne par
ish fifty-four years ago, and had re-
sided here for the past seventeen
years. The funeral took place We'd
nesday morning at 10 o'clock from her
late residence, 631 Slidell avenue. In
terment was in st. Mary's Cemetery.
Besides his widow who was Miss
Louise Aycock he leaves four sons,
Rene, Ralph, Aaron and Louis. and
one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Broderick.
YOKUM-On Friday at o'clock
D. m, Louisa Kline, wife Of Fred
erick Yokum, died at the age OF
sixty-one years. Deceased was a
native of Algiers. The funeral took
place Sunday at o'clock from her
late residence, 1928 Bouny street. In
terment was in st. Mary's Cemetery.
KEENAN-On Monday, May 30
1922, at 6:45 p. m, Dora Sutherland
keenan,. Burial Tuesday at $3.50 p
m. Interment in McDonogh Gene
terry.
Morton-On Tuesday, May 30, 1922
at a. m, Mathilda Morton. Buria
Wednesday at $3.50 a. m. Intermen
in McDonogh Cemetery.
CONKLIN-On Tuesday, May 80
at 2 o'clock a. m, Virginia Camus
wife of William Conklin aged thirty
three years and a native Of Algiers
died. The funeral took place Wed
nesday at $3.50 o'clock from the lat
residence of the deceased 1905 Pat
Bartholomew Cemetery.
The herald., 1922-06-01
HEAT HITS FIRST VICTIM

Patrick O'Hara, 35-year-old sea-
man aboard the steamship Tulsagas'
moored at the Lavergne street docks,
is said to have been overcome by
heat at noon Friday. O'Hara had
been at work on the decks Of the
vessel for some time when he col
lapsed.
The seaman was taken to Charity
Hospital and his condition is said to
be not serious. O'Hara, the police
say, is the first heat victom this
season.
The herald., 1922-06-01
LOUIS w. PETERSON AGAIN NOM
MATED DISTRICT MANAGER
OF X. OF c.

The district assembly of the fourth
degree of Louisiana. Mississippi and
Alabama convened in the Grunewald
Hotel and nominated Louis w. Pet
erson, district master, for another
two-year term, beginning July 1, his
nomination being the first choice of
every assembly in the district. Mr..
Peterson has been master for the
last four years.
H. L. Hammett and Frank ]. Loo
ney were nominated as second and
third choice, respectively. They an
nounced they would withdraw their
names, which virtually assures the
reappointment of Master Peterson by
the supreme assembly a few weeks
hence.
The herald., 1922-06-01

New Orleans, La, May 20. 1922.
TO The Honorable Mayor and Com
mission Council.
City Of New Orleans, La,
Gentlemen:
In the interest Of those citizens Of
Aeen. who presented your honor
able body with a petition, in which 1t
M most urgently requested, that an
additional Ferry Landing and Service
v Installed at Opelousas avenue, on
ne Alsiers side Of the river, we wish
again bring this matter to your
meution so that our request may
aa be overlooked and our welfare
ncrinced.
VIII be recalled that our petition
W signed by a much larger
Majority than is represented by any
aaef requests for similar purposes.
we feel that this petition cannot
ignored at this time. regardless
snetner the Ferry Systems are to
separated by franchise or Municipal
ownership. What is wanted by those,
saose welfare we seek to further,
= "A FERRY AT OPELOUSAS
"hNuE," and this is supported
The herald., 1922-06-01
MAKE PRESENTATION IN HONOR
OF MOTHER

At the IL o'clock service Sunday
at the Algiers M. E. Church TWO
silver vases were presented to the
church in memory Of the late Mrs.
Mary Bevan by her daughters, Mines
Kinkaid, Mohr and McEckron. A
marble stand for the vases was do
mated by Miss Mary Harvey.
The herald., 1922-06-01
Mention
And General News
SHORT ITEMS CONCERNING
WEST SIDE PEOPLE.

Mrs. Mary Smith has returned to
her home in Cuba, Ala, after a six
weeks visit to her sister, Mrs. B. c.
Glider.
Mrs. A. Schlumbrecht and Miss
Hildreth Hotard were visitors to-
Abita Springs Sunday.
Mrs. J. c. Labit returned from
Houma Friday an account of the i'll
ness of her son Justus, who under
went an operation for appendicitis.
Miss Marian Morse was rendered
miscellaneous shower by the fac
ulty and Mothers Club of McDonogh
No School. The shower was given
at the home of Mrs. L. Acker.
Mr.. Martin Behrman was visitor
to Baton Rouge this week.
Miss Hafkesbring spent the week
end at Pass Christian.
Mrs. E. Nelson will leave today for
Raceland to visit her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Nelson.
Little Rhoades Marschall fell last
Sunday and sustained painful cuts
on the forehead.
Mr.. Edgar E. Cayard was visitor
to Slidell this week.
There will be a lawn party given
Saturday evening at o'clock at the
home of Miss Blanche Vanderlinden
349 Belleville street for the benefit Of
the Esplanade Avenue High School
Swimming Tank fund. A good time
is assured all.
Mr.. C. Herbert and daughters, Mae
and Nellie, have returned from Cali
fornia, where they spent severa
weeks.
Mr.. E. T. Clark left Saturday fol
his home in Preston, Cuba. His wife
and children will remain here some
time longer with her mother, Mrs. j
r. Richards of Bermuda street.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. M. Clancy lef
for Chicago, Niagara Falls and To
ronto, Canada. They will return by
way of New York, where they will bt
Joined by Miss Gwendolyn Clancy
who is spending some time there
They expect to be gone until late II
the summer.
Rev. and Mrs. Nicholas Righto
returned to Jonesboro, Ark, Monda!
evening.
Mrs. Mckinley Vezien entertained
, the Matrons' Club. The successful
, players were Mrs. P. o. Cafiero, Mis-
Clairia Richards and Mrs. T. U. Buch
holz. Mrs. G. w. Pollock received tn
consolation. The next meeting will
! be at the home of Mrs. R. ]. Williams
: The many friends of little Fay
Clark will regret to learn of her Ill
ness.
Mrs. Jolly has returned to her HON
in Plaquemine after spending tw
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Heunel
Capt. Paul G. Kopp of the S. S
Cudahy spent the weekend in Ne'
York and has now left for Mexico.
Mr.. Thos. Cavanaugh of 1874 Belle
Vile street, left for Constantinoplt
Turkey and Batum, Russia. He e,
poets to be gone about six months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Fourtnet spen
the weekend in Algiers with relative:
Misses Irene and Florence Dorse
entertained a few of their friend
last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Malone an
baby spent the weekend with Nj
and Mrs. H. T. Malone.
There will be a euchre, lotto an
five hundred party given to-nigh
Thursday at the home of Mrs. {
w. McDuff, 145 Alix street. for tn
benefit of the new parochial schoo
There will be twenty handsome prize
given.
The graduation exercises OF tn
Belleville School will take place ne1
Thursday at one-thirty at the Foil
Theatre.
Miss Martha Adams entertained
large number of her friends at tn
Pythian Hall last Friday evening. tn
occasion being the anniversary Of he
birth.
The herald., 1922-06-01
BIRTHS.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. r. ]. Fav-
alora of 909 Brooklyn Avenue-a girl
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Man.
ming, of 1888 Pacific avenue, a boy.
Born to MIR. and Mrs. CLAY AZ.
Primer (nee Della Killeen) Of Del
aronde street, a girl.
The herald., 1922-06-01
SUES FERRY COMPANY FOR
DAMAGES

Suit was filed Thursday in the fed
eral court by the owners Of the
steamship Jacques Cartier against
the ferryboat Thomas Pickles. alleg-
ing that on May IA, at s p. m, the
Pickles rammed the Jacques Cartier
as she was lying at the Louisa street
dock and caused $500 damage.
The herald., 1922-06-01
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
nsisrs Herald.

klgsn. Herald,
Alten, La,
Gentlemen:
Feeling assured that you will not
hil to assist US in securing the de-
sired object, we herewith enclose a
copy Of letter that is this day being
presented to the Commission Coun'
el Of this City in our behalf.
Thanking you for attention which
feel sure its object merits.
Beg to remain.
Respectfully,
F. w. BENNECKE.
The herald., 1922-06-01

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SCHOOL CHILDREN FREE

Section 10 OF Act 120 of 1916 pro
hibits Ferry Companies from charging
school children fare during school hours.
But why are we still paying the fare?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-03-31

But one glimpse Of the overseers face
as he peeped out the back kitchen
door told us our offense was proba-
bly, not so bad after all.
He laughed and we laughed, and
then we felt better. But to our as
constituent We found that, even after
the others told them we had said we
we're going to stay all night they we're
quite uneasy about us and the cops
had suggested a search party. OF
course that made us feel more badly
than ever and only half our burden
was lifted for the manager was to
be interviewed yet. The overseer
was a great encouragement though,
and probably IL II had not been for
him we would never have been able
to carry it out. He told us the best
plan was to take barrel-stave along
with us and tell him TO Ego to it,"
And indeed we would not have been
surprised If either OF them had adj
ministered punishment in that man
ner. After having found one so gen.
erous we were far less afraid to meet
the other. So, after having gone to
Church, we made our way toward
the managers home. AS we passed
through town every eye was turned
our way and we knew not with what
comment. But such brave hearts as
our heads high and stopped at the
ice-cream parlor for a refreshing
drink to steady our nerves.
AS we approached the managers
home something like dizziness crept
over us and our hearts almost stop
ped. but there as before we were met
with a forty-pound smile and we be-
gan to see it was not to be SO bad
after all. What happened or what
was said while We were there neither
of us ever remembered. Only that we
had nothing to worry about. That
we were ahead of the others and we
had something over them all and best
of all that he, the manager, said he
admire our nerve.
oh! oh! was anybody ever so hap
py? If we held our heads high as
we went we held them higher as we
returned and met the Cop and enjoy
ed hearty laugh with him.
That is all, nothing remains to be
told only that we have developed just
tiny bit of conceit.
School will close here April IA and
we are all anxiously awaiting the de-
parting hour. But though we are
DESTROYS for the end to come we will
NEST it with more or less regret, for
the pleasure we have had this year
can never be forgotten:
"You may break, you may shatter
The vase If you will, but the scent
of the roses
Hangs round there STILL"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-03-31
PRINCE OF WALES IN
WILD ELEPHANT HUNT

Mysore, India, March 25.-The
wild elephant hunt witnessed here by
the Prince of Wales was one of the
most picturesque and exciting of the
numerous events arranged for his
entertainment while on his tour of
India. He saw only the final stage of
it, but that was the most exciting
part of the hunt.
Mounted on an elephant and ac-
companied by the Maharajah, the
Prince was an interested spectator
when twenty-eight wild inhabitants
of the jungle were rounded up and
driven into an Enclosure to be fet-
tered.
The herd was captured by the
kheddah system, the usual method
followed in this part of the country.
1t involves relays of thousands of
heaters who force the herd selected
for capture to follow a particular
course, generally lying on the usual
line of march, until the elephants are
driven into an Enclosure about 400
yards in diameter.
There, surrounded by ten-foot
trench, the animals can be kept in
definitely. Fires are lighted on the
outside to prevent them from cross
ing the trench. Finally, the herd is
driven into a small inclosure. only
forty feet wide, where they are fet-
terld.
The whole operation, from the time
the herd is first sighted and tracked
until it is finally impounded in the
kheddah, takes several weeks.
The wild herd of twenty-eight in
cluded bulls and cows and four
calves. The leader was a heavy tusk-
er who gave fierce resistance to cap
ture. Two of the animals had been
in captivity before and were still
wearing parts of the shackles they
bore when they escaped. These also
gave considerable trouble. When the
captives had been securely bound,
they were led out and picketed in the
forcss.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-03-31
COUNTY's LAST
TOLL GATE is DOOMED

Newport. KY, March 25.-Formal
transfer Of the Alexandria and the
Grand Avenue Turnpikes will be
made early nsxt week at Frankfort,
and will mark the elimination Of toll
gates in Campbell County. A dele
cation will go TO Frankfort and re-
ceive 100000 from the State road
fund in recognition of having raised
a like amount in Campbell County for
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-03-31
CLARA HAMON Is
PICTURE RSfsx<,szxu

Ruling that the motion pictaselsaz2-
turing Clara Smith Hamon. Nakas&ifsE-
ed Jake L. Hamon, her snstkxur<
over year ago, is an offeusec agzirnxt
public morals, Judge Weftss az hA~<E-
ton, Okla, Clara lannon's Garx~ee-
home, issued a permanent inspzxssza
against its exhibition there
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-03-31
VAN LEAR ADVENTURES
OF OHIO COUNTY BUNCH
Chapter IL.

Chapter ii.
Has anyone scanned the colnmns
OF the Republican for the express
purpose Of finding another account
of the Ohio County bunch in Van
Lear? i am going to pretend some
one has. and say Thank you"
Probably that someone is wonder
ing Just why nothing more thrilling
than the trip over here has never
happened. 1t is impossible to give a
decent account of II in a space less
small than the twenty-nine volumes
of an encyclopedia. condansed, IT
|. would mean scarcely anything.
studied for hours to make that
beginning and now as l am fully
started l will merely jot down the
incidents as they come 10 my mind
and l trust you will be interested If
. not thrilled over some of our excit-
ing adventures. You know this is
lust a little hard to write as II will
be read not only by Ohio Couutians
but by the residents of Van Lear al
so, and it has to please each side OF
course.
First shall mention our school
year. II Is generally always adven-
turous but doubt II any more so
elsewhere than here. We certainly
have enjoyed the year a great deal
and found teaching in the mountains
TO be more than we expected.
For the first month of our resi-
dence here we took our meals at the
hotel a short distance away, after
this first month we decided TO do our
own housekeeping and cooking. So
we had the School Board to purchase
our cooking utensils and dining fur
niture and began to make gravy,
and we have lived on gravy ever
since for breakfast. dinner and sup
per, it is all the same. II has been
impossible TO keep on hands suf-
ficient amount of bread with which
to sop gravy. At first We would
generally forget to order our weeks
supply of food and 1t would take four
of us to carry up our groceries for
three days, yet, we've gained lot
THE MOUNTAINS ARE HEALTHY
When it began 10 get cold we con-
verted our only sleeping room sup
piled with a fireplace into dressing
room and formed sleeping rooms in
the other two. This arrangement
threw No. and 4 in a somewhat
absent" room from the remaining
four, and so for several nights after
they were absent" from their rooms
and we slept three to bed, however,
that soon wore off and no one has
thought of being afraid since.
Since the water of the Big Sandy
became too cold to afford swimming
and the tennis court to airish for play
ing we have been engaged solely In
hikes, and horseback rides and we
found this indeed so much pleasure
we scarcely 1ulSScu Tue oho" ohu W.
Several times we have taken the
school in a body to places OF extreme
interest and Importance and spent
enjoyable half holidays roaming
among rocks and cliffs, innumerable
mountain streams and viewing some
of natures miraculous freaks.
About February the first, No. and
SIS Lexington friends arrived. dur
ing their stay very interesting trip
was planned through the mines by
the mining overseer. We started in
about dusk. a company OF about
twenty-five persons loaded down with
huge baskets of sandwiches, cake
homemade candy pickles-and every
thing. There were five cars pro-
vided for us and with a shout and a
boom we were off. Back. back into
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-03-31
the purchase and improvement of the
roads.
ARE RAPIDLY
QUITTING WEST POLAND

Warsaw, March 25.-The German
population is rapidly evacuating
Western Poland, new census figures
show. Poznania, formerly in Ger
man POLAND with a pre-war German
population of $4,000, has now only
$4,000. Pomerania's former 420,-
600 population is reduced TO 200 zoe.