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.. JOrCOMUNRCIAL - THE MADISON JOURNA mlWRPRINTIIND " M/" Jomgs=" o0 faDun PIAý VUC AMr Oa L 1OLM" 1( TH ImIfURCT LEVEE BOARD OIACIAL JOURNAL OP MADISON PARISH SCHOOL DOARD OFFPAL JOURNAL O0 THr VILLAEB O ?ALUIJ W. L. ROUNTREE, Publisher ` ~i TALLULAH, MADISON PARISH. LOUISIANA.SATURDAY, OCT. 15, 1921. NEW SERIES, VOLUME 9. NO. 4 TEON SOUND HNANCIAL BASIS TREASURY SUBMITS REPORT TO LEGISLATURE SHOWING FI NANCIAL CONDITION. W .ILL AVE SMALL BALANCE A- Obligation To Be Mt-b-RvenMe i Atocipated--.Statement Contains Many Interesting Figures On State Finances. Bat m Rouge. - The state treasury not In such a straightened lnancial I . ton as has been reported, ac eerding to a statement furnished tc I o Legislature by A. . Smith o> 1 Vermillion, chairman of the House ap 1 propriations committee. He sate teae the treasury net only will meet all I ebligations, but may have a small bal I mee at the ad of the year. His I .tatemeat follows: k "With the approval of the commit I am a pproprlattos I have the aeor to submit the fllowig state. u-at showlng the estimated aoal. ssltism of the state at the 'Aas a December, 1921, li 'Apgrpdrations ad expenases: ; Apprpriatios yet to be paid an In the gendral appropriatlob ef 1921. $1.S41,272; cost of the session of the Legislature ; additional salaries provided C the now stitution to be paid e0 Yar 1'21, nst leass ea Stotal $1544,70T 3 alqaee of receipts for ysar 1921: 'ims tr year 1921 being 15.40 ofi -N as asesesed valbutlon of the manasted $15@,000oo; $600, ' t o be treasrrld from the r fund beafg 140 of, a mill esa'ssmet, estimated $1,6, ,7,e. ls ees interests and " .e.lr 710.011, 41.0TnMo. " emha b" laoes, a. to Im to becolcted $, ;tt $1, 5,M;ý le3 oveidraft as 1 811, $421,00, $1831," agep o Iations and expeanses Iabove $1,S , total $1, r I or aih'rem 1920, apt 1,01, less obligatIons 1 Us8dam , aeprodimate o Net talacea $300.0o0. ao to rrent school o abeas, ts seem o general b S id`t , $110,1. 0 " r blsaee dsdstted from over 11 show above, $10,000: appa I sh at ed of year, 1921, $60, i prbably be reduced from tes various sources, lear a the Smasnl afnd of the state with e baeise which will show aI liS. ilareHtins began to take re wha Jules Dreyfos, of the ways and means com fit1eesd far bills in the ea s st te h fical policy of SIts general bill tax that is t] I berry tote operation the i to the constitation 'fixing , ~5em pepaprtyat5 1 4 mils p i Wqita is She bill to impose II. g II clauses of business. reamleoms. This bill slevsions of the old p Ir fatures. One of tl is a prorvisio to S IBme ralroad ticket P o the state branch a p serstary to 0 A. . Presco, cha.r. 4 em m or s tso I moaat o atttom , the prie to 3te *wlL1 tob, pt ot lad ed I he l as agents. This will affect e ery rail road in the State. The third bill proposes to tax inher itances, legacies and other donations mortis causa or gifts in contemplation of death. Thi bill proposes to tax inheritances by relatives at 3 per cent, and bequests to others at 10 per cent. The bill stipulates that all inheritance taxes shall go into the general fund. It is estimated that the inheritance taxes will yield a total of about $00, 000 a year. The fourth bill proposes to place a license tax on the sale of pistols, blank cartridges and riles, except rifles of twenty-two and twenty-five caliber. The tax is to be -based on gross sales. There is a 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. It y is a clause that proposes to impose a , license tax on editors. A provision of that sort was written into the revenue c law passed about twenty years ago, but it was declared unconstitutional . by the Supreme Court. After that de Scision no attempt was made to collect J the tax. In revising the license bill tat 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. Sellers of beverages containing wood alcohol or other poisoning ingredients till be liable to a term in the penl. tentiary if the Legislature passes a bill introduced in the House by 8. 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 a beverage containing wood alcohol, fusel oil or any other ingredient which is poisonous." The penalty is im posed in this provision: "Any per son guilty of violating the provisions of this act shall, on conviction, be im priiosed at hard labor not exceeding five years." Certain portions ot salaries and wages would be exempt from garaish 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 seised, or sub jected to garnishment process, such amount, or portion of the wages or salary of a salaried employes, as may be absolutely necessary for the month ly subsistence of such employe aad 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 J. J. Copellar san J. Pi udllIot of Natchitoches introduced a bill in the House to amend the con stitution so as to repeal the provision in the new organic lpw permitting po lice juries to select registrars of voters outside of Orleans parish and to rest on the action of the old consti tution requiring clerks of courts to serve as registrars of voters. The bill drafted by L. I. Boykin of the Federal Highway Department, in tended 's a compromise measure ia the road fight In t Le gislature, was introduced in the House by J. W. Alexander of Rapides. The bill proposes to create a highway commis sion of three men, appointive by the governor from the state-st-largte. By unanimous vote the House ap propriations committee recommended the passage of a bill to appropriate $25.008 to fight the citrus conaker in Plaquemine parish. Monroe. - Morehose parish has decided to support the Arkansas Lanouisiana Tourists' Way Association of Monroe, 8. M. Collins, secretary oe the Tourists' Way, has been addised. Hammond.-The Ladies' Improve meat League held theb- monthly meet i8a at the Hammond Studio. The treasurer's report was read and show. e a balance of $129 in the gneral fund and $517 in the community bouse fund. The women realised something ihke $1,o in solictita advertlg as the air catalc. Alandrla.-J. Bomer Carter o1 Rustn, secretary o the Lolosiana Comneral Secretaries' Association was hee to coaer with Secretary A T. Felt f, the Alemandria Chamber oi oammeree, who J a member of the eansttive esmuitte of the Natieua iSeetarjs' Amloseen, wldhich will hold it eesaventlen in New Orles Otobe ib.4 t S. rated on the darge of asing ta. Iary, a freshman of Bernles. De ildder.--Trh $100 mail rob bery here September 7, es of whichb is been kept quiet b rweqult ef post. Two arests are regerted In the ise lit pat ew hers. n s e Uglngite., yang autembine ass *i this est,. lote hiee a by da at ' the, iT s g. ,n the i rln~C~$ 3(~· FREIGHT RATES SMAY BE LOWERED s CONFERENCES IN WASHINGTON INDICATE FAVORADLE ACTION BY RAIL AUTHORITIES. ' FAVOR A WAGE REDUCTION Officials Say Practical Way to Cut Rates Is to Reduce Employes' Pay-Would Have Wage-Fix ing Powers Changed. i Washington. - Developments which wI ere declared to presage early reduc mtion in railroad freight rates and a clearing of the railroad situation gen I erally came here from several quar ters. t A group of railroad executives con. ferred with President Harding and Senator Cummins, Republican, Iowa. chairman of the Senate Interstate r 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 a wide and vigorous demand for rate cuts as imperative to the agricultural interests. Senator Cummins, after his confer r ence with the railway executives, said he believed that they would adopt at their Chicago meeting his suggestions Sfo an immediate reduction of freight rates. The railway executives in the con ference included T. D. Guyler, repre senting a railway securities holders' ' organisation; Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania system; President I Smith of the New York Central; Pres ident Holden of the Burlington sys tem; Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of I teh Southern Pacific. "The railway executives," said Sen - ator Cummins, after the conference, P "feel that the only substantial way to . reduce rates is to reduce wages. They I also feel that the wage-fixing func tions of the Railroad Labor Board should be transferred to the Inter i state Commerce Commission, which r has the rate making, or return pow r ers." Farmers To Be Reimbursed. r Baton Rouge, La.-Cotton planters in the non-crop zone are to be reim - bursed for the loss of their crop in 0 1920-21, when they were quarantined Son account of the pink boll worm. The dtate will assume the obligation of payment if the special tax levied on . the cotton interests is held 'nconsti I tutional. Assurance of prompt payment was a given a delegation representing Cam . eron parish cotton planters, at a con f ference held in Governor Parker's of I ice. 3 Stock Deals Cause Indictments. Omaha, Neb.- Fifty-eight indict meats were returned by a special f Grand Jury called by the attorney general to investigate stock transac I tions in the state. Ninety-seven per Ssons were named. Samuel H. Grace of Omaha, secretary and treasurer of I Division No. 1 of the Railway Em - ployes' Society of Labor, charged J with embessling a $20,000 certificate of deposit, was among those indicted. SReduced Fares To Legion Conventlon. I Kansas City. ,- Certifcates entt Sliag the holder to purchase a round trip ticket from his h6me to Kansas City to attbnd the national convention o fthe American Legion October 31 November 2 will be distributed to American Legion posts throughout the country, it was announced here at the convention headquarters. Germany To Deliver Building Material Wiesbaden. - An agreement where by the German government is to de lver to Prance within three years 7,. 000,000,000 sold marks worth of build I ng materials, was signed here re cently by Louis Louiheur, nance I minister of the liberated regions, and Walter Rathenau, German minister oe reconstruction, Gee. Dlokman Retires. Sea Antonio, Tex.-MaJ. Geai Jos eph T. Dickmasn, commander 4 the SEighth Army Corps Area, with d quarters at oFrt Sam Houston, se re tired from active service li the U/ted state. Ari r. WIII Resume Whilway Probe Washtbgton.---..eral inquiry into railroad conditias and problem, will be resumed October 18 by the Sea ate Interstate Commerce Committee, according to annoncement today. Taft for More Judges WashasintoB-Cbef Justlee Taft, srg bafore the Senate Jdiciary crommittee, rged creati of t18 ad Sduesa disatrtet gdes as a measeo at e qsag g stion t* feril ernet - _ _ · fI c Sb*I~rI r~rr INCY OF THE YOSEMITE" Old Incy, an Indian woman from whom Dr. John C. Merriam of the Car. negie Institute obtains a vast amount of Indian lore, is a member of the Yosemite tribe and is somewhere be. tween 100 and 148 years old. DISABLED VETS VICTIMS OF GREED STATEMENT MADE THAT VOCA TIONAL STUDENTS WORK UN. DER ADVERSE CONDITIONS. Chicago.-Statements by CoL Chas R. Forbes, director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, that condi tions in private vocational establish ments for disabled soldiers are "crim inal and approximate slavery," wen denied and confirmed here. Vigorous denial came from Charle, W. Sylvester, director of v.cations training in Chicago, who said there was no basis for including local con ditions in the sensational charges "Men taking federal vocational edu cation in Chicago are not being en slaved, to my knowledge," said Mr Sylvester. "'However, representatives of sol diers' organizations substantiated the assertion by Colonel Forbes ,thai greedy , employers-foreign-born foi the mast part-have exploited the "learners" turned over to them tfo instruction. In the small West Side shops and factories, it is said, disabled soldiers, paid by the government have worked out their terms of in struction without being taught any thing. Mr. Sylvester said the "farming out" policy, under which disasled men are assigned to industrial plants as apprentices, has made it necessary to put uneducated, foreign-born vet erans in plants run by, men of tghel own nationalities, where exploitatiol is not unlikely. Removal of all veterans fiom un satisfactory plants probably will bs the first consequence of the charges made by Colonel Forbes. There have been many instances of men taking training in shops where they were a distinct liability. Before the war they were unskilled laborers. They do nol use the English language and they spoil materials and damage machinery through ignorance and clumsiness. In spite of this, however, many of the employers keep them until they reict a point where they are worth some thing and then put them on the pay rolls. Kukhux Klan Denied Charter. Charleston, W. Va. - Informal ap pliation for a charter of Incorpora tion was made by the realm of Wesa Virgtinia, Knights of the Kuklux Klan Secretary of State Houston G. Young declined to aissue the charter but said he made it plain to the applicant, whc did not live his name, that the organ isatiod "will not be granted a charte. in this state." Rhilromeds Need the Money. Washington. - Financial inability to reduce freight rates was pleaded by railtoad witnesses, appearing at he.:. a-gs before the Interstate Commerce Commission to oppose applications ol Eastern, Southern and Northern hard wood producqrs for qeneral reductis of tarlfs on their products. Alabama Prehibits Near er. Montgomery, Ala.-In his message to the Alabama legislature, Governor Kirby urged the passage of a cereal beverage bill, dediarltng that Alabama was the only state in the Union which prohibited this class of drink. Chicage Reports Lees Drunkeeme. Chicao.-There was less dremake -es, fewer murders and fewer arrests a Chicago in Ifl than in the previows ear, accordiaS to the annunal report .f the police department. Russa..a Chauging School SysteM, Rig--The decentraliation of Ru s's schools, ad desntl.alstion as the theaters and meilE pture - yas sauonaced by K. La mar-ra, forr luaan bMale Seeshasme SENATE PASSES CANAL MEASURE BILL EXEMPTS AMERICAN SHIPS FROM PAYMENT OF TOLL CHARGES. WINS BY MAJORITY OF TEN Party Lines Forgotten-House Will Be Scene of Real Contest-No Action Probable Until Af ter Conference. Washington.-Despite the most sol. esn warnings that it was voting to violate the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, the Senate passed the Borah bill exempt Ing American coastwise shipping from payment of Panama canal tolls. The n vote was 47 ayes and 37 noes. r. The House, to which the measure now goes, will be the scene of the N real battle over this proposed dis crimination contrary to the treaty agreement to give the ships of all nations the use of the great canal on equal terms. In the House, however, the bill probably will be permitted to sleep until after the conclusion of the conference on the limitation of arm ament, In which the United States de sires the support of Great Britain A and other nations which protested in 1912, and are prepared to protest again against the violation of the treaty. Party lines were obliterated and some curious political paradoxes were is revealed in the final roll call. Sena id tor Lodge, Republican leader, voted it against the measure, despite the Re h" publican ,platform declaration and a. President Harding's warm approval re of the free toll plank. Senator Under wood, Democratic leader, voted in ia. t veor of the bill. The Republicans di al vided 35 in favor of the bill and 17 reagainst it. The Democrats cast 12 u votes for the bill and 20 against it. a Passage of the bill, so far as the u Senate is concerned, complete;y un . does what President Wilson accom Lr plished in 1914, when he repudiated the free tolls plank of the Demo 1). cratic platform of 1912, and after one hi of the most spectacular parliamentary at contests ever waged in the capital Dt obtained the repeal of the free tolls he clause of the Panama canal act. e Large Diamond Found In Arkansas. Md Murfreesboro, Ark.-The biggest it find of the Arkansas Diamond Corpo n ration's mine here recenty was a 201 y carat white stone, which was among 48 carats of diamonds in 100 loads of g earth- moved by small hand washing id operations during a two week period ti of operation. A second period of op ry eration yielded 33 carats in 100 loads. It. it Booze Bandits Make Rich HauL )a Washington.-The loss by Joseph E. Leiter of $300,000 worth of choice a wines and liquors to secure which rob. w bers bored the three-inch steel door n of the wine cellar of his country home re in Virginia, removed the cases to wait g ing trucks and escaped in the absence a of the caretaker ,of the estate, has iy been reported to the police depart t meat here. Brazil and Italy Sign Treaty. Rome--The Brazilian ambassador In to Italy, Dr. de Sousa Dantasi signed the Italo-Brasilian treaty of labor and emigration. The press considers the treaty as meaning virtually the aboal yo a of the Prinetti decree. Senor de Michelis, commissioner of emigration, has authorised the departure of a large number of selected agricultunral P families for Brazil. st American Woman Awarded Medal. a New Orleuas.-For her concerts at a the front during the war, Miss Nina Id May Aiciatore, daughter of Ferdinand ac Alciadtore of New Orleans and a prom. n Inent sop-ano of the last French opera a season here, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre, accordinS to a cable received here. Several Lives Lest In Ocean Wreck. Belfast-Damage by one vessel in a dense fog of the southwest coast of 8cotland, ad then sunk by another Scoming to its aid, was the fate of the d Lard Line steamer Rowan, plying be tween Oluasgow and Dublin. Thirteem aof the Rowhan's crew and three pe sengers are missing. SJugeo4va Said to Be Mobilisnh, V Vle.mas-All Jugo-Slavs of miiary d age are ordered by advertisemels ap Spearlng in the newspapers to report h immediately to their consulat, It is believed here that this meam mobl Isatmon by the Julo-lars. Woman Liberanl lted. atockholm.-Mlls. Kr Hoeseg sre has been elected q'the Swedish Srlsdagy on the lberal Iket and will be the rst wema t hold such a Federal Ban Agalnst Arkansas Lifted, WashLnstom--The ban om feaal ai tfunds for ArkaNas highway oee streatian iapose early In the m mar by Secretary of Ariculture Was Lae ay be h le ita feidals of the ames of Puis lomes sannmeoed, ans ds satreeams w be placesd n lm t aed st amns anee r m emigaes sale sta M Icp r aigu HARDWARE AND FARM *- IMPLEMENTS If you are in the market for dependable Hardware or Farming Implements, it will be to your interest to get our s before buying elsewhere for what yot need in this Stoves, Ranges, Charcoal Burners, Garden Hoes, Ralies, and Plows Tallulah Hardware & Furniture Company Select What You Want! Come in and see our stock before going somewhere else to buy your goods. Outr stock is full all the time, and we are al ways glad to show it to you. You can get just as good material and prices here as from any mail order house. 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