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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE (Continued from page 1) peace, she threw them away, to es tablish in their stead what the world will no longer permit to be estab lished, military and political domi nation by amrs, by which to oust where she could not excel the rivals she most feared and hated. The peace we make must remedy that wrong. It must deliver the once fair lands and happy peoples of Belgium and northern France from the Prussian conquest and the Prus sian menace, but it must also deliver the peoples of Austro.HIungary, the peoples of the Balkans and the peo Sles of Turkey, alike in Europe and In Asia, from the impudent and alien domination of the Prussian military and commercial autocracy. We owe it, however, to ourselves to say that we do not wish n any way to impair or to rearrange the Austro-Hungarian empire. It is no affair of ours what they do with their own life, either industrially or po litically. We do not purpose or de sire to dictate to them in any may. We only desire to see that their af fairs are left in their own hands, in all matters, great or small. We shall hope to secure for the peoples of the Balkan peninsula and for the people of the Turkish empire the right and opportunity to make their own lives safe, their own for tunes secure against oppression or injustice and from the dictation of foreign courts or parties. And our attitude and purpose with regard to Germany herself are of a like kind. We intend PKo wrong against the German empire, no in terference with her internal affairs. We should deem either the one or the other absolutely unjustifiable, absolutely contrary to the principles we have professed to live by and to hold most sacred throughout our life as a nation. The people of Germany are bing told by the men whom they now permit to deceive them to act as their masters that they are tighting for the very life and exist mnce of their empire, a war of desper t> silt defense against dhPliberate aggres sion. Nothing could ,e if0!0 :'; ly or wantonly fai e, ,.i l seek by the utmost opet'lns ail candor as to our real aims to con vince them of its falsene(s. \\e a: in fact lighting for their em:ancip-e tion from fear, along witih our o0. -from the fear as well as from the, fact of unju.:t attack by neighbors or rivals or schemers after worll empire. No one is threatening the er istence or the independence or the peaceful enterprise of the German empire. The worst that can happen to the detriment of the German people is this, that if they should still, after the war is over, continue to be oblig ed to live under ambitious and in triguing masters interested to dis turb the peace of the world, men or classes of men whom the other peo ples of the world could not trust, it might be impocsible to admit them to the partnership of nations which must henceforth guarantee the world peace. That partnership must he a part nership of peoples, not a mere part nership of governments. It might be impossible, also, in such untoward circumstances, to admit Germany to the free economic intercourse *hich must inevitably spring out of the other partnerships of a real peace. At there would be no aggression in that; and such a situation, inevitable because of distrust, would in the very nature of things s 'oner or later cure itself, by processes which would assuredly set in. The wrongs, the very deep wrongs, St. Tammany Farm Lands Need Lime The Is manufacturing a . FrmSour:- thern Mineral & Ground Limestone for Do you know that the use of soil betterment (with L d t nparticular reference to GROUND LDtESTONE for better- an Improvement . Louisiana soils.) menrit of the soil is one of the A. B. Cs. of modern farming? There was on exhibit at the St. Tammany Do you know that there is hardly a flrm in the State of l.ouiiana, Parish Fair a sack of Ground Limestone from either lowland or upland, but what is suflering for want of GROUND this company, which operates its plant near I.IMESTO.E? Winnfield, Winn Parish, La., that caused Do you know that when the soil is defident in limo , the application of considerable comment among farmers who fertilizers will do it no good? oilizer ill do it no goodricultul know the value of lime in St. Tammany soils. l)o you know tlat the Agricultural Department of the United States, the The value of this lime in increasing the pro Agricultural Departments of every single State in the United States, and ductivity of the soil and its help during drouth the ag.cultural experts of the whole make it a profitable investment for the farmer. world recognize the uses of Lime and recommend its extensive application If a full car load is not wanted, several farm to the soil? Do you know that there is a Lime- ers may cll b together and buy a car load be stone Quarry near Winnfeld, Winn twe 3 tt Parish, Louisiana, where the best quality of Limestone is quarried, whore it is pulverized to the degree I' to'te to of fineness recommended by these experts, and where it may be pur- I ., chased by Louisiana Farmers at a Or the Quarry NEW ORLEANS reasonable cost of $3.00 per ton in ar load lots f. o. b. at Winnfield, La. ;L · I-_ $100,0,0.0 TO'LOAN ON St. Tammany Farms Improved and Unimproved. 5 to 20 years to repay loan. Only 5 per cent interest. I"' W. B. Lancaster, Covington, La. Office with Miller & Burns, Attorneys-at-Law, Covington Bank Building committed in this war will have to be righted. That of course. But they cannot and must not be righted by the commission of similar wrongs against Germany and her allies. The world will not permit the commis sion of similar wrongs as a means o f reparation a n d settlement. Statesmen must by this time have learned the opinion of the world is everywhere wide awake and fully comprehends the issues involved. No representative of any self-governed nation will dare disregard it by at tempting any such covenants of self ishness and compromise as were en tered into at the congress of Vienna. The thought of the plain people here and everywhere throughout the world, the people who enjoy no privi leges and have very simple and un sophisticated standards of right ant wrong, is the air all governnlteiuS must breathe if they would live. It is in the full disclosing light of that thought that all poi;cie.· m: to conceived and exec.utrd in ;i! mid-day hour of the wi i ld' ' ecrman rulers have benau able to uo :et the peace of the world only .bc c.lse the (;erman peop:e were n, suffered under the tutelage to sha;' the comrade hip of the otier -!,- r of the world either in thought r i. purpose. They were allowed to , no opinions of their own h" ih might be set up as a rule (of cod,!.. for those who exercised auth,:.it.y over them. But the congress that concludes this war will feel tl.' f~il' strength of the tides that run no,' in the hearts and consciences of f:,e' men , everywhere. Its conc:usioni will run with those tides. All these things have been true from the very beginning of this stu pendous war, and I cannot he:p thinking that if they had been made plain at the very outset the 'sympa thy and enthusiasm of the Russian people might have been once for all enlisted on the side of the allies, sus picion and distrust swept away, and a real and lasting union of purpose effected. Had they believed these things at the very moment of their revolution and had they been con firmed in that belief since, the sad reverses which have recently marked the progress of their affairs tow;ard an ordered and stable government might have been avoided. The Russian people have been poisoned by the very falsehoods that have kept the German peo ple in the dark, and the poison has been administered by the very same hands. The only possible antidote is the truth. It cannot be uttered too plainly or too often. From every point of view, there fore, it has seemed to be my duty to speak these declarations of purpose, to add these specific interpretations to what I took the liberty of saying to the Senate in January. Our en trance into the war has not altered our attitude toward the settlement that must come when it is over. When I said in January that the na tions of the world were entitled not only to free pathways upon the sea but also to assured and unmolested access to those pathways, I was thinking, and am thinking now, not of the smaller and weaker nations alone, which need our countenance and support, but also of the great and powerful nations, and of our pre-ent enemies as well as our pres ent associates in the war. I was thinking, and am thinking now, of Austria herself, among the rest, as well as of Serbia and of Poland. Justice and equality of rights can be had only at a great price. We are seeking permanent, not tempu r: ry, foundations for the peace of the world and must seek them can dliily and fearlessly. As always. the right will prove to be the e ;,edient. What shall we do, then, to push this great war of freedom and jue ti.:e to its righteous conclusion? We must clear away with a thorough hand all impediments to success and we must make every adjustment of law that will facilitate the full and free use of our whole capacity and force as a fighting unit. One very embarassing ob .tacle that stands in our way is that we are at war with Ger mnany but not with her allies. I therefore very earnestly rec ommend that the Congress im mediately declare the United States in a state of war with Austria-Hungary. Does it seenf strange to you that this should be the conclusion of the argument I have just addressed to you? It is not. It is in fact thu. inevitable logic of what I have said. Austria-Hungary is for the time be ing not her own mistress, but simp ly the vassal of the German govern ment. We must face the facts as they are and act upon them without senti ment in this stern business. The government of Austria-Hungary is not acting upon its own initiative or in response to the wishes and feel ings of its own peoples, but as the instrument of another nation. We must meet its force with our own and regard the central powers as but: one. The war can be successfuly conduoted In no other way. The same logic would lead also to a declaration of war against Turkey I and Gulgaria. They are also the tools of Germany. But they are mere tools and do not yet stand in the direct path of our necessary ac tion. We shall go wherever the ne cessities of this war carry us, but it seems to me that we should go only where immediate and practical con siderations lead us, and not heel any others. The financial and military meas ures which must be adoptol will sug gest themselves as the war and its undertaking develop, but I will take the liberty of proposing to you cer tain other acts of legislation which seem to me to be needel for the support of the war and for the re lease of our whole force and energy. It will be necessary to extend hi certain particulars the legislation of the last session with regard to alien enemies; and also necessary. I be 'lieve, to create a vbry definite aitd particular control over the entrance and departure of all persons into and from the United State:. Legislation should be enacted de fining as a criminal offence every wilful violation of the presidential proclamations relating to alien ene mies promulgated under Section 4,067 of the revised statutes and providing appropriate punishments; and women as well as men should be included under the terms of the acts placing restrictions upon alien ene mies. It is likely that as time goes on many alien enemies will be will ing to be fed and 'housed at the ex pense of the government in the de tention camps and it would be the purpose of the legislation I have sug gested to confine offenders among them in ipenitentiaries and other similar institutions where they could be made to work as other criminals do. Recent experience has convinced me that the Congress must go fur ther in authorizing the government to set limits to prices. The law of supply and demand, I am sorry to say, has been replaced by the law of unrestricted selfishness. While we have eliminated profiteering in sev eral branches of industry it still runs impudently rampant in others. The farmers, for example, complain with .t great deal of justice that, while the regulation of food prices restricts their ipcomes, no restraints are placed upon the prices of most of ne things they must themselves pur chase; and simt'ar inequities obtain on all sides. It is. imperatively necessary that the consideration of the full use of the water power of the country and also the consideration of the system atic and yet economical develop ment of such of the natural resourc es of the country as are still under the control of the Federal Govern ment should be immediately resum ed and affirmatively and construc tively dealt with at the earliest pos sible moment. The pressing need of such legislation is daily becoming more obvious. The legislation proposed at the last session with regard to regulated combinations among our exporters, in order to provide for our foreign trade a more effective organization and method of co-operation, ought by all means to be completed at this session. And I beg that the members of the Houes of Representatives will permit me to express the opinion that it 'will 'be impossible to deal in any but a very wasteful and extravagant fashion with the enormous appro priations of the public moneys which must continue to be made, if the war is to 'be properly sustained, unless the House will consent to return to its former practice of initiating and preparing all appropriation bills through a single committee, in order that responsibility may be centered, expenditures standardized and made uniform, and -aste and dupliatlion as much as possible avoig 4d. Additional legislation mky also bo come neceseary before the present Congress again adjourns in order to effect more efficient co-ordination and operation of the railway and other transportation systems of the country; but to that I shall, if cir oumstances' should demand, call the attention of the Congress upon an other occasion. If I have overlooked anything that ought to be done for the more effect ive conduct of the war, your own counsels will supply the omission. What I am perfectly clear about is that in the present session of the Congress our whole attention and en ergy should be concentrated on the vigorous, rapid and successful prose cution of the great task of winning the war. We can do this with all the great er zeal and e'nthusiasm because we know that for us this is a war of high principle debased by no selfish ambition of conquest or spoilation; because we know, and all the world knows, that we have been forced in to it to save the very institutions we live under from corruption and de struction. The purposes of *the central pow ers strike straight at the very heart of everything we believe in; their methods of warfare outrage every principle of humanity and of knight ly honor; their intrigue has corrupt ed the very thought and spirit of many of our people; their sinister and secret diplomacy has sought to take our very territory from us and disrupt the union of the States. Our safety would be at an end our honor forever sullied and brought into contempt were we to permit their triumph. They are striking at the very exist ence of democracy and liberty. It is because it is for us a war of high, disinterested purpose, in which all the free peoples of the world are banded together for the vindication of right, a war for the reservation of our nation and of all that ,it has held dear of principle and of (purpose, that we feel ourselves doubly con strained to purpose for its outcome only that which is righteous and of irreproachable intention, and our foes as well as for our friends. The cause being just and holy, the settle ment must be of like motive and quality. For this we can fight, but for noth ing less noble or less worthy of our traditions. For this cause we en tered the war and for this cause will we battle until the last gun is fired. I have spoken plainly because this seems to me the time when it is most necessary to speak plainly, in order that all the world may know that even in the heat and ardour of the struggle and when our whole thought is of carrying the war through to its end we have not for gotten any ideal or principle for which the name of America has been held in honor among the nations and for which it has been our glory to contend in the great generations that went -before us. A supreme moment of history has come. The eyes of the people have been opened and they see. The hand of God is laid upon the nations. We will show them favor, I devoutly believe, only if they rise to the clear heights of His own justice and mercy. -0 NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. By reason of changes In the law under which taxes have heretofore been collected by the Sheriff and. the lateness of the filing of the tax rolls, I have been prevented from smaking my usual visits to towns to facilitate collections and for the convenience of taxpayers. I am further prevent ed from making these visits because of instructions from the State Audior that I shall for the present discon tinue the collection of taxes. T. E. BREWSTER, Sheriff and Tax Collector. PROC4IAMATION. . State of Louisialia, Txecutive De-. partment, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The American Red Cross consti tutes the great humanitarian arm of the Federal Government. The Pres ident of the American Red Cross is Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. The national organization has on its rolls 6,000,000 members repre senting 3,000 chapters spread over the country. Under the authority of President Wilson and (by virtue of the decision of the War Council of the Red Cross, it has been decided to add 10,000,000 new members to the American Red Cross before Christ mas. The campaign for new members will be vigorously. prosecuted in the Gulf Division, which seeks to add 500,000 new members to the Red Cross organizations in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. .Appreciating the fact that the American Red.Cross has been consti tuted by Congress and recognized by our President as the one relief or ganization upon which the people of the United States depend for the prompt extending relief to our armed forces, to the governments of our allies, and to the people of the devas tated countries, and realizing that the Christmas- time is singularly adapted to the national expression of our devotion to our common coun try and its armed forces through the American Red Cross, I, Ruffin G. Pleasant, Governor of the State of Louisiana, most earnestly commend the Red Cross Christmas dMember ship Campaign to the esrious con sideration of our people, strongly recommend that each home be rep resented in the American Red Cross, that our people join the movement to place the State of Louisiana to the forefront in the Membership -Campaign of this highly deserving relief organization and that they seize the opportunity thus afforded to give their Christmas present to humanity by becoming members of the organization, and thus assisting in its great undenominational work. In faith whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be afmxed the seal of the Executive Department at Baton Rouge, La., this third day of December, A. D. 1917. (Signed) RUFFIN G. PIlEASANT. Day Phone 79 Night Phone 102 ' J. E. STANGA UNDERTAKER & EMBALMER.n. AUTOS AND CARRIAGES TO HIRE &uwt eai es"ait t COVINGTON, LA. uteM of New Odmu s F. B. TRENCHARD STPERIOR Electrical and Plumbing Contractor Repairs of All Kinds. Phone Connections 26TH AND JEFFERSON AVENUE, COVINGTON, LA, Phone 124 Aveid Dangerousi !us Don't dose urself av.. s .;nous drugs that destroy the delicate lining of the stomach and the Lntesti. l tract, when you can stirrulae y. - sluggish livr cby us:in Granger Liter Regultor. This standard ;ncdicinf conltuos n a: oison O' calomeL I. contains no ln-rious alcohol. It does not cause oun asdt after effects. A dose or so will soon relieve sick head. ache, indig.stion, cons'ipaticn, de pression, ±la.-uor ead all other ail ments causdby a torpid liver. Gran ger Liver rlegu:lator is cmr.osed en tirely of selected rooie barks and herbs of special medicin::l value. It. may be freely taen by any member of the family. Just try a few dose:;, and see for yourself what a splendid medicine thi: ºs and bow thoroly it cleanses the -ystem of Impurities. Price, 25c a box. SoldCby alldruggists. Demand Granger Liver iegulator and accept no subctlute, How New War-Savngs Stamps Will Help the Thrifty to Save and at the Same Time Lend Assist ance to Goverament. The war-savings p~.an provided for in the last bond, act of Sept. 24. 1917, has been formulated and an nounced by the Treasury Department and went into operation on Monday, December 3. The plan puts it easily in reach of every American citisen to save money and at the same time aid the Gov ernment by supplying it with t'he sinews of war. Stamps, which are the Govern ment's certificates of Indebtedness, are to be sol@in two denominations -thrift stamps, which cost 25-cents each, and war-savings stamps, which cost from $4.12 to $4.23 each, ac cording to the month in which they are purchased. Card Given Each Purchaser. With the first thrift stamp the purchasers is given a thrift card witlj space for 16 stamps. When 16 thrift samps have been purchased and af fixed the thrift card can be exchang ed for a war-savings stamp by pay ing the difference between the $4 the thrift stamps represent and the current value of a war-savings stamp which in, December, 1917, and Janu ary, 1918~,will be $4.12, and there after 1 cent for each succeeding month during the year 1918. With the first war-savinge stamp obtained ,by purchase or exchange the owner is given a war-savings certifi cate containing spaces for 20 war are filled during December, 1917, or January, 1418, the cost to the pur chaser will be $4.12 for each stamp, or $82.40 for the full certificate, and on the 1st day of January, 1923, the Government will redeem the certifi cate at $100, giving the holder a net profit of $17.60 for the use of his money. May Be Redeemed At Any Time. Although these investments do not mature until January 1, 1923, pro vision is made whereby upon 10 days, written notice after January 1, 1918, such certificates will be redeemed by postmasters at their cost to the pur chasers plus 1 cent a month on each war-savings stamp on the certificate. The thrift stamps do not bear in terest, but the war-savings stamps bear 4 per cent, compounded quar terly. The certificates will be dated January 2, 1918, and mature Janu ary 1, 1923. Under the plan an amount as small as 25 cents can be invested in a Government security, and as soon as $4 has been thus invested an In terest-bearing certificate of the Unit ed States Government can be se cured. On Sale at many Places. The stamps and certificates can be obtained from .postoflices, banks, or trust companies, at most railroad stations, stores, factories, and many other public places. Having the entire wealth of the United States 'back of them, and be ing redeemable as above stated, there is no danger of any depreciation in value of the certificates. SPUUTUAL L ImýEA-LU EAnI. 1. BiMe Clams; Inormal, instruc tive, comforting. Our draft includes your number, so come and bring your little Bible, every Friday even ing at 7 o'elock to 'the little white church In AblMa. We'll sing some. too. . 2. Church Services - Evenins., 7 o'cloek, overy Sunday. Mornings, 10:30, the first, third and fifth Sun day of each month. 3. Sunday School-Every Sun day morning at 9:30. R.V. O. W. LUECKE, Pastor. Sunday Sehool every runday, 9:301 a. m. Preahing on first and third Sundays, 11 a . an d T:45 p. m. Prayer meetan Taesday. 1:456 p. m. We eaetr agey m all· ehllU • • ,. WORKING FO BIG THINGS (Continued from page '1) Poole, John Ragan, Fred Blos Frederick Trenchard, Henry Thou% James Bradley, John Hectrest, Domergue, Melner Martin, O'Leary, Hebert Frederick, Fra Ellis, Elwood Nilson, Victor Bad, bly, Will Duplantis. To raise an acre of corn: F? Planche, Alden Beaucoudray. To raise poultry: Emile Men Chas Sheffield, Alvin Biggio (Abit.) John Sharp, August Planche, e Thomes, 'Ellis Jones, Will James Thomas, Logn Belknap, W Reeder, Lewis 'Morgan, Nicholas 8 ler, Jr., Christian Bittel, John R gan. Folsom School. * To raise a pig to maturity: Stephens, Frank Bruhl, Hulen ers, Dewey Wallis, Odis Brady, Ud say Stephens, Beryle Whittingtoug Edward Rogers, Hollis Samford. To raise an acre of corn: Nei McLain, Olen Blackman, Slyde Wal lis, Hulen Rogers. To raise poultry: Alton Rogers.. Each week we will publish tbt honor roll until our quota is reaeh from all schools of the parish. Slidell School. To raise a pig to maturity: Liddle, Pinckney Guzman, Mar Thompson, Marion Newman, E Rist, James Olivier, Francis May phy, Arch Peterson, Clarence Far er (Pearl River), Angelo Sans Arthur McCann,. Archie Rist, F1 Pendey, Chas. Usannaz, SterUing 4M turn, Jerod Salassi, Ralph Said Roy Taylor, Peter Pravata, Wm. Mahon, Vernon 'Wharton, T Miles, Julius Duckworth, .l Wall, Robbie Mayfield, The. Oirti' To raise an acre of corn: Grover (Moore, Fritz Oswald. Lafayette 8n der. To raise poultry: B'erbe Fa Fred Richardson, Elwood Reddn, Allen Woodruff, Robert Whitfiel Chas. Caraldo, Victor Tinder, Ba. Dufour, Harry Hoover, Paul Basiet' Loyd Vial, Chris Gray, J. B. owse; Jr., Alon-o O'Brian, Rowman Brow; Harrison Eddins, Chris. Gardu, Geo." Sonlberger, Clarence Howie. Tom Taylor, John Mayfleld, Kend Hilckman, Albert IBuckley, Wilbar Crews, Hal Simmons, Robert Sledge, Beale Minturn, Edmond Salassi, Sam Vaughah, Guy MeCCan, Miller Red' s Rdbert Jacques, Glenn Miles, Lloyd" lsuch. Chas. Fritchie, August 1 ary, Ired Johnson (TaMisheek), Jao. Smith, Sidney Tabary, Chas. Do four, George Swetman, Clyde Plk, John Moore Redden, Julius Lem Charlie Morris, Phlegie Vial: R~e Beusquet. Robert School. To raise a pig to maturity: E. PI Robert, Jennings Luther, Mattie Tran sok, Marshal Evans. To raise an acre of corn: Wa. Brooks, Wi. Powe. To raise (poultry: Seth Luthei, - Shelly Foy. Pearl River School. To raise a pig to maturity: LoyC Henley, Akere Hartman. To raise an acre of corn: Cornet. ius Strode, Manuel Boss, Earl Davisl to co-operate with us as fhr a.i possible. Every Sunday night there well eo a special mus!eal program. F. H. BANCROPT, ml? Pastor. SOUR STOMACH. Eat solwly, masticate your food thoroughly, abstain from meat fora. few days and in most cases the sour stomach will disappear. If it does. not, take one of Chamberlain's Ts. lets immediately after supper. Red meats are most likely to cause souI; stomach and you may find it best toe cut them out. CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH BillED. DY THE MOST RELIABLE. After many years' experience I. the use of it and other cough medE cines, there are many who prefer Chamberlain's to any other. 'MIrs A. C. Kirstein, Greenville, Ill., write5 "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy hasI been used in my mother's home aUd mine for years, and we always fou.d it a quick cure for colds and broa-" chial troubles. We find it to be the most reliable cough medicine we have used." MRS P. O. STUCHELL TELLS HOW SHE CURED HER SON OF A COLD. "When my son Ell!s was sick with a cold last winter I gave him Oham-: berlain's Cough Remedy. It helped him at once and quiokly broke .P his cold," writes Mrs. P. O. Studhee . Homer City, Pa. This remedy has been in use for many years. Its good Qualitied have been fully prov en 1b ymany thousands of people. is.g *easant and safe to take.