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S'T. MARTINV4iLLE, - LA.
ALBERT BIENVENU p
LAIZAIRE BIENVENU ( EDITORS (
School Board Official Journal
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Subscription $ 1,oo a year in advance
Saturday, Oct. I1, 1919.
r)-LOCAL NEWS.
-Mrs. .John Hanly of Lockport b
was here several days this week. t
D)r. Earl Eastin of New Orleans
was here several days this week U
- Mr. Frank Patin of New Or- '
leans was in town this week on a b
short visit.
Ne Varietur and plain blank
notes for sale at this oflice.
Mr. Al,,rt Stockstill of the se
.0,,iid ward was attending to busi
ness here this week.
Mr. (;eorge Livingston aInd fami- L
ily have movetld back to.town from tl
thle Sniede jlantatio1 n. w
Thle ladies are invited to look k
over our Fall stck ,f Tailor mtade ,
suits. K. Schwartz. b
Mrs A. (i.rnaind anid daughter,
Mrs. J. S. Martin are ill New ()r
leans spentlin., a few days.
-- Mr. ('laud 'lhoiias returned
heire this wetek from I'Port Artlhur.
Mr. Thmnas widl retlurn to Port
Arthur.
Ladies attention is ('called to our
Fall tailor made suit. c,,le' anti see
them. K. Schwartz.
-Mr. l)io Vorhies. son of Mr.
1)an. W'. Voorhies. who was inl the t
navy for several years, is here vis. -
iting his parents. L
For sale - An ( liver Typewriter. d
very cheap, Laizaire Biienvenu. p
Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Mestayer w
of New lheria spent the day at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan De- at
Blanc Wednesday.
--Miss Aspasie Martin of New 1o
Orleans is here spending a few pt
days at the home of her brother, t
Mr. Robert Martin.
-Mr. Clarence LeBlanc of the *d
United States navy was here Tues- m
day on a short visit to his aunt, an
Mrs. Albert Bienvenu. ly
Men's and boy's suits, we have ha
a fine line and the last in fashion, pe
come and see thorn - K. Schwartz pr
Mr. E. A. Davis has just return. tt
ed from a business trip to Cedar it
Rapides, Michigan, and says his 1
visit there was very su('cessful.
FOR SALE-A grits mill outtit 0
f(or $200, Fairlbanks 8 I. p). engine.
mills 2 lurrels per hi,)ur. - E A.
Marnaist.
-A new grand jury was drawn a
M ontlday and coincuncced worki inn- C
mediately. 'The grand jury is cli- tox
posed of the following ult-lmlbhers:
thi
A. B. Whitlow, ftornman, ('ha. as
(iauthier, Homer ('hamp-gu,, ,. no
J. (hinsioulin, ('eza ire LeBlanc,
le'
Eugene (;lirarLd, SuNuma Chaulf'f. t
Fernaid I)upuis i. (. .ienveinu. Ma
Jl. B. Cole Ben l)ugus, Jos. 'cns- lu
chier.
Coi
For sals - ()1t, Sttumieiak,,r. 7 iisieNl- m
ger autohnlobih. . KgoI tt ia. 7 iiulc the
tubes, &itif- Laizark Bitenvitu. te
Ladies coats and suits, we have the
a fine assortment, coeiie and see tor
them K. Schwartz.
the
THIS OFFICE is the place to the
have your PRINTING done, no
matter what kind it may be. I r
I WILSON'S WORDS
SCLEAR UP DOUBT
3S CALIFORNIA THROWS OVER ITS
LEADER, JOHNSON, AND
RALLIES TO LEAGUE.
al
WEST GIVES HIM OVATION
All Doubtful Features of Pact Are
Explained Away By President, and
Peomer Doubters Hasten to Give
Him Their Support.
Independent News Buresa, forU
t. Clemens News Bureau.)
Aboard President Wilson's Speeial
Train-A continuous ovation along the
Pactic coast and then on his eastward
way beck toward the capital was given
,rt to President Wilson as he came
toward the end of his month daylong
speaking tour in behalf of the League
Seof Nations. California, particularly
the delightful city of Los Angeles, went
wild in its enthusiasm for him and his
advocacy of the League, and it was
a in that state, perhaps, that he did his
most successful missionary work.
k Hiram Johnson, California's former
governor, now her United States sena
tor, and considered by her as the most
, likely Republican candidate for the
presidency in 1920, had before the ax.
rival of President Wilson, convinced
a great number of citisens that the
League as at present formulated was
not a good thing. He had told them
' that the United States, because of it,
would be drawn into every petty
k European quarrel; he argued that we
would lose our sovereignty by Joining
with the European nations. He had
blamed the president for assenting to
the possession by Japan of the Penin
r sula of Shan Tung in China.
BUREAU CHANGES NAME
The Mount Clemens News
r. Bureau, which has been furnishing
rt reports on President Wilson's tour
in behalf of the League of Nations
to 5.,500 papers, has adopted a new
r name and will hereafter be known
as The Independent News Bureau.
But Mr. Wilson, with clear logic and
", with compelling eloquence, answered
to the entire satisfaction of Califor
aln's people every objection which
Senator Johnson had made to the
League. And thousands of the state's
citizens deserted the Johnson stand.
ard immediately and rallied to the sup
port of the president More than that,
they came forward and said, "We
were against you, Mr. President, but
you have cleared everything up and
- now we are with you heart and soul."
Still more than that, they let Senator
Johnson know that they were no
w longer with him and that they disap.
w proved of the speaking tour which he
r, himself was making in opposition to
the League and so powerful was the
volume of public opinion which reach
e ed him, that the senator almost Im
mediately abandoned his tour. The
Shan Tung question, because of the
anti-Japanese feeling which undoubted
ly exists along the Pacific coast was
the most serious which the president
had to answer. He explained to the
1, people that he had been powerless to
prevent the rich peninsula from being
given to Japan. England and France,
through a secret treaty, had promised
r it to Japan for entering the war and
remaining in it That treaty had to a
be carried out Anyway it was not
China that was losing Shan Tang, but
Germany, which had seized the terri
tory from China in 1898 and held it
ever siance. Japan had promised, the
president explained, to return Shan B
Tung as soon as the peace treaty was
ratified and it was only through the
ratification of the treaty with the
League of Nations inclusion, that
China could ever expect to get her
former property back. And she suearely
would get it back, he declared, through "
the ratification of the League. There
fore, through the same instrumentality
no other nation could again prey upon
the "Great, patient, dlligent, but help.
less kingdom." As to our being drawn
into any European conflict The pres
ident pointed out that no direct action
such as the sending of troops to any
part of the world to maintain or re
store order could be taken by the
Council of the League without a unani
mous vote of the council members,
therefore our vote could at once negs
tve any such proposition as sending
our soldiers where we did not want
them sent Besides, Mr. Wilson argued,
"It you have to quench a fire in Cali
fornia you don't send for the fire de
pertment of Utah." But, he argued,
there probably never will be another
war, if the League is established, for
the members promise either to arbi
trate their difference and accept the
decision of the arbitrator, lay the dit
f~renes for digussiona 4 Iblces
Son before the Council of the League
for a period of six months, and then.
If pobible, accept the council's advice.
That failing, they agree to refrain from
war for a further period of three
months and nine months of "cooling
off," the president contended, would
prevent any armed conflict. These clear
explanations satisfied every reasonable
hearer and destroyed the "Bugaboos"
which Senator Johnson and others had
raised against the League. Through
I rugged Nevada into Utah, the land of
IMormons, the president swept to find
that those fine people were heartily
e with him for the League and a per
id nemaanv of peace.
Statement of the Corporation of
St. lartinville.
Month ending Sept. 0., 1919.
Sept. I By Balance ...................282.19
he ('orporation Tax ................. 19.43
,rd Special Water anti Light tax..... 1.34
en School Tarx ................. 8.
De Inmproement Tax ................ .
(' orp. ~pecial Road Tax.......... 6.38
e arket Ievenues ........... ........47.50
.lil.e. ....... ......... 1.00
rly rainge Tax ..... .... 3.00
nt lutereet and cot ........21.t14
is -
'as $416.62
ets ExLenditur,- h) Salariee:
r. ;ia)or.. ................. . 83.33
e Chief of l'Police .............. 00
g. S.cretary and Treasurer ..... 10.1E
Market Keeplr 2 lmonths . 40.00
he (ouncilmen ... ............. 21.00
(tart Hire ................ ...499
Ily Maintenance and Rlepair Expenses:
he George Greig & Co 7.20
I)uschamp Hardware 'o 11.50
Ily Maintenance ald ltepais Expenses:
I A lewetler Sr 53.K
(Cha. l'inaud 2..
w y Administration Expenses:
Mg ('onberlaud Tel and Tel Co 5.40
d tizaire Bienvenu 8.50
SPost office Ibox rouent .45
u1 ndries:
Water and light special tax 16.56
l't,ool tax 9.92
I4Imprtvement tax 3.50
Koiel tax 6.9,
Drainage tax 3 87
11) Ianlanee 142,2.
r Liabilities: Hills payable $12.379 15
Implrovenmnt 'lax Statement
mouth ending Sept. 30. 19:9
I Sept. 1 To Balance 420.84
S.ept. 30 B) Taxes 3.68
4d 0.x2
Commission .18
By Balance 4*0.34
430.52
ot',rporatlon Special Water and Light State
ment month ending Slpt. 0. 1919
Sept. I To Italalce 3965.45
" 'eopt. 3V By Taxes 17.43
It,
lt ('cmmissi,,n .87
14 By Balanoe 39$8201
Dr 398.88
10 Corporation (Good Road Tax Statenment
p month ending Sept. 30. 1919.
le Sept. let To Halance $3182.06
to Sept. 30Tu TTaxes 7.11
le
h- .89.37
EXPENDITUREES
(Commission .36
Duchamp Hardware Co 1.40
ie J. 11. Duchamp 3.58
d- ('aldwell Prade 15.70
s (Chas. Gardener Jr 37.70
Arthur Gilbert 30.30
Manufacturers Record 35.25
By Balance 8425.0b
Lg 3589.37
WATER AND LIGHT STATEMENT
Month ending Sept. 30. 1919.
Sept. 1 By Balance.................. 87.59
)t Outside lights .............. 14.40
To Water ............ ...... 112..50)
Lights.............. .......378..55
Bondries ................... 13.10
605.74
a By Expenditorese iSalarie:
C('hief Engine r .......... .. 90.00
S Assistant Engineer &'.. 5 8.50
e lIeair Man.................. 45.00
t ec and Trea ........... ..... 00
Fuel 103.71
Freight and dran 110 9
General Expernellea:
S Leonce Pellerin 1.95
H. L. Fournet a.(4
Duchamp lHardware ('o 7 55
C'umberland Tel and Tel to'u 3.2
S General Electric (C 11.94
J Theogene Delahouseaye 2.30
. Albert Martin 5.0j
p Alphoose Delahonsacre i.()
Martin Ieuaeanu .73
Armand Clement j.oU
SBy llalauce 17.'7
60.7;
Liablltiea:
A. M. Locket & o 1211.29
iSouthern (',al ('o 11.941
Joe. W. Fournet 269.50
$168.471
Water and Light Lot collected 45.O00
Warrants n hand 47.77
Fuel on hand 64U.00
$1252.77
StIDlxv E. DAt.A.Truwe . lecretary.
" Try Us On Job Printing
Bank of St. lartinville,
Located at
St. Martinville, La.
Parish of St. Martin
Report falushed to the State Bxarmlner of State
Banks by the above Bank at the close of
business on Sept. 23, 1919.
HESOUR(CES:
Demand loans - - - 8.04,60
Loans seeeurd by mortgage - - 1.5168.00
Other loa~l, and discounts . - Z8,9.18
Overoafts unsecured -" 45.82
I1ifbd States bonds and Treasury Certificates 12,600.00
Other bonds, stocks, securities. etc . - 80,000.00
Banking house and fixtures . . 8,130.9
Other reel estate owned . . 1.1.
Checks and other cash items - . - I.o0.29
Due from Banks and Bankers. . 51,68.61- 51,68.61
Gold ('ertificatee . - 517.50
Bilver. nickel and copper coin - - . 3,12.48
National bank notes etc . 16,597.00 0,387.98
Total $144.385.72
LIABILITIES :
Capital stock paid in 40.000.00
HS rplus . 10.000.00
Undividld profits, lees expenses and Taxs paid . 20,667.16
Dividends unpaid . . 4.00
(ashier', checks outstauding - 8,568.78
Individual deposit subject to checks - 248448.49- 25 ,021.27
Individual saving deposits 2. 12,171.20
Time certificates of deposit . - 118.479.09
Total $464.388.72
5TATN O LoUINIANA -
PAIAH OF BT. MARTIN I
I. IRobert Martin. Presilqut an I1. Albert lienveun, Cashier of the above
named Bank. do solemuly,-wear that the above statement is truodo the best of my
knowledge and belief K. MARTIN. President
Ai.naaT BIsNVmNU, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to I efore me this 2 day of Oct. 1919.
JAxua J. MARTIN. Notary Public
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Ladies Attention!
The ladies are most
cordially invited to vis.
it our store and see our
New and Fall Line of
Tailor Made Suits.
K. Schawrtz.
No Doubt You Contemplate Buying
A VICTROLA, .*
. Good Musicians Say The Victor Is The Best Machine In
S The World. Do not delay, place your order. *
Every-Body should have music in their home.
Sii Call or write for prices, " "
A. P. TALIAFIRRO,
Watch maker and Jeweler, Successor to 8. B. Biossat. *
LAFAYETTE. LA.
FRANK F. FOTI
AGENT FOR
SINGER SEWING MACHINE,
Sold on easy monthly or yearly payments.
Wii" Let me put one on a Free Trial in your home
Phone 32 at my expense
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