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Thbe cQra=1.eriber,
.PUBLISIIED WEEKLY.
Mrs. J. VOL BROCK, Editor.
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Franklinton, La., April 15, 1915
Announcements
For Clerk of court
The Era-Leader is authorizcd to
announce
CARTER C. WELt I1
as a candidate for (Clerlk of Ccurt suh
ject to the action of the Dcrnucrrtl(
Primaries.
The Era-Leader is aulthorized to anu
nlounce
ROBIERT BAliNCTO()N
as a candidate for Clerk of Court sub
ject to the action of the dlcimocratiu
primaries.
Some people use their brains N
in getting ahead in the world. a
Others merely use their mouths, a
and that is the reason death findc
them still whittling chunks from
the same old box.
A few use their hrain. for the e
advancement of their own mate- h
rial interests and elevation of
their fellowmen-and themselves.
MIany use them in an overpow-
ering effort to strangle Competi- g
tion, to hog everything in sight, i;
to make of the world a plaything v
for them and theirs. V
But if all brains and mouths
could unite in an effort to safe.
guard honor, to p)rotect virtue, a
and civilize our vaunted civiliza
tion, what a world it would be!
But 'tis only a dream-and E
dreams seldom con' true.
American Generals.
The following is taken from an
article written about an interview
with General French, commander f
of the English forces in France:
"Pew Americans probably are
as familiar with the campaigns of
the American Civil War as is Sir \
John. He has made a thorough
study of thenm and from them he i
has drawn lessons which he has I
found helpful in France. He E
mentioned Stonewall Jackson.
"To me Gen. Jackson was a
more of a Cromwell than any s
other leader of history," said tie a
British commandei. "A lhroic, t
martial figure whose wonderful e
career came to the happy close a s
seldier desires, in the hour of g
victory. I hAive followed all his l
marches and battles with unflag- e
ing admiration. He had the re- n
ligious exaltation of Cromwell, v
his dash and determination and r
his ready strategy and the geni. I
us of inspiring his troops with T
his own indomitable spirit of r
energy. ot
"But ofall your cormuianders, a
Robt. E. Lee, in his patience, his g
resource, his poise, his sound- v
ness of judgement and his pos- e
session of the qualities of high t
command in all emergencies is I
foremost, in my opinion."''
It will be remembered that Gen. a
Wolsey, the commander of the I
English army at the time of our t
Civil war, was a great admirer of
Gen, Forrest, the man who never z
lost a battle. Gen. Wolsey said j
that Forrest's tactics at the cap
ture of Fort Pillow were perfect, r
Forrest was a West Tennessee(
fox hunter and had no military <
experience before the war.
All should be taught to honor I
the names of these generals and <
in as great a degree to revere the <
memory of the private soldiers 1
who wore the gray 'and whose <
matchless daring .achieved . thb
results that brought mihitary
fame to theirpomman ders.
April 6, has been desigr'ated as
-; Confederate Decoration Day and
on that day the grave of every
soldier of the civil war should
wear its wreath of flowers; a tok
eiq that though their bravery
b navailing, our love for I
ivPs-1oalues Amer
3. -; 1
Being r:emote fronm the Posi E
ffice I never received my paper s
11 last night Mr. Editor and this u
-ticle may not iach you in time If
)r publication this week. I had a
niot heard of the matters mention- d
od by Mr. Tax Payer but thor- u
oughly agree with him. lie is a
man after my ownl ideas only he u
knows how to say it and I don't. n
After wading through the piece
written by my young friend
"Citizen," spelling out the long- lI
est words and finally locating h
Ssome of them in Webster's School I h
l)ictionary without an engineer, t
I feel very greatly squelehed. I c
refer to the writer as young for
I know it was not penned by L a
man not many years from his
teens. lie is fresh from his col
lege books and fairly grius at me ii
in every line, which my boy says q
is called sarcasm, and hlie roars at
me with a sort of know it all tone
that I've heard calledl bombast. t:
At any rate he has scrunched me
some. S
The only thing my friend does
not understand or fully know and
at which hlie is at all puzzled is
why I ventured to write the article t
which was published. I know it
was a very serious offense in the
eyes of those who believe in the
old saying, "The King can do no c
wrong," but I will offer no other
excuse than my right as a free r
born American Citizen and 'prop- t
erty tax payer of this Parish. I s
said then and I i:epeat.now that a t
great number of other.tax payers I
in this neck of the woods agree
with me and are in accord with
what I said, and when my friend
lives a little longer and becomes
a property tax payer himself he
will not be so harsh with us farm"
ers, If he will even wait till next
election and they have a chance
he will see how,the voters of his E
wardl as well as mine regard this t
road business. . .
Mr. Citizen seems to fall out
with me because 1 referred to the
rfact that the man selected is a
new comer to this Parish, but he E
f at once tures around and makes i
r up with me for he says that had 2
MI r. Willis cone from Vermont
instead of Tangipahoa he would
ahave given it to a home man. I
submit that the principle is the c
same. I referred to the matter t
as one of the reasons why he
should not have been elected not a
as the sole reason. I am nowI
told that it was the vast experi.
ence as a road builder and. his
superior skill as an engineer that
gave the job to Mr-. Willis. Where
let me ask, did he get the experi
ence as a road builder? I live
C
near the Parish line and have
watched Tangipohoa make her
roads, but never .before have J
heard of Willis, the roa(1 builder-.
No my son it was not experience
nor the engineering knowledge
that caused his election, As Ia
stated before it is the opinion of a
good many of us that his name
was brought forward by an out
sider, a party with whom he has a
been associated or for whom he
has worked, and some of our
good Police Jurors were unable to
see it. And you would, of course
been an "easy mark" as well as a
r'they. 9
Oh no, I've applied for no job
r at notime and expect none. I'm 0
i just a plain farmer and tax payer "
who would like to see our tax e
money give us the best returns. a
Of course we need a man as road a
r overseer "of the highest ability,"
as stated by Citizen. We need
r him to get a mud hole filled, a
I ditch dug, a creek bridged, or a C
culvert put down, all in the best C
s way for the least money. But
considering the condition our
roads are in to begin with, this
mafi needs no compass, no tele- C
scope, no flagman or chain. He t
s needs to know the roads, he needs
l to know the best men to whom he
cain go to get this work done.
HI ie needs to be on the roads daily
having theseimprovemets made,
The roads air built or at least
r they ought to be, and whatever
ervicss an engineer could have
4don oughbt o hve been uour4d
when they were laid out and con
structed. He can do no good now.
Engineers lay out. railroads,
po
stake it off for the dumps, .write
up the plans and speciicatiaous5 r
for the bridges trestles; etc. but be
after the road is built sjplain or
·thi
dinary Section Foreman keeps it
up. Our roads are built and all na
we need is a hustler to keep them pa
de
up so far as our means will per- L.
mit. R.
J.
As 1 above stated, Tax Payer is Di
level headed. The Pollee Jury til
handle all of our taxes, and why fo
haven't we a right to know why M
they do a thing and how it is done. c,
Citizen will learn later in life that C(
I represent the view (of the aver- L
age farmer in this Parish, and if R.
he will hang around the store, the NI
postoffice and other public gather. C(
ings where they discuss public m
questions he will hear enough to p,
convince him now. Di
In conclusion I want to say st
that I didn't write the article to an
create a row with anybody, and m
since Citizen seems to know so Di
little about the matter under dis
cussion and thinks he knows so m
much, so far as I am concerned, t
the matter is now a closed case. H
"HILL BILLIE."
The above article was mailed
ot the Editor imediately after di
"Citizen's" reply to the tirst com th
munication from '-Hiil Billy, but st
the Iletter went astray, did not eC
show up at the Franklir t'n P. 0. in
till Thursday last-hceinc the d'.
lay in its publicatin. ar
cc
D)ined In State.c
In
''he Domestic Science Depart- 1
meat of F. H. S, under the direc
tion of Miss Julia MacNiel, on o
Thursday of last week, banquet- in
ed the Parish School Board and ly
the local School Directors with o0
a few other representative gi
guests. The dining room was
very attractive with violets for
decorations and favors, while the
w
food was specially well prepared m
and attractively served, Follow- or
ing is the menu: A
of
Cream of tomato soup, wafers, e1
olives, roast beef, mashed pota- te
toes and gravy, biscuit, rice, bi
bread, corn' fritters, macar!oni d4
and cheese, waidrof sal &d, apple tr
pie and coffee. tF
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Ordinuuice.
Franklinton, L-., Api' ii 6. ,.
At a regular meeting .f tt.il
Board of Alderman of !. e Tru .
of Franklinton, the following or- 01
dinance was proposed and unani
mously adopted: th
Be it ordained, that on the a
day of 1915, all dogs whose
owners reside within the corpor- a
ate limits of the Town of Frank. a
linton, are required to be muzzled te
if allowed on the streets.
It is furthar ordained, That i; m
any dog, whose owner reiides ar
within the corporate limits of the "
Town of Frankliw n, is Lound on
the streets of said T "vn of Frauk- )
linton without a mn.u!e, the M ar
shal is hereby directed to im- (
pounl said dog add before the *
said dog can be reclaimed by its
owner a payment of $1 shall be
made to the Marshal in order to
effect the release of said dog, and
after the said dog is impounded
and not claimed for a period of
three days then the Marshal is
directed to kill said dog.
Be it further ordained that any
owner, residing within the
corporate limits of the /Town of
Franklinton, of a dog, allows
same to roam the streets without
a muzzie, shall be deemed guilty *
of a misdemeanor and on convic
tion there of, before the Mayor's
o ourt, shall be punished by a fine :
of not less than $5 or not more *
than $10 or imprisonment for a
period not less than one or more
than five days, or both at the dis
Oretioni of thie Mayor.
A true Qupy, April 6, 1915.
J. E. Bateman, Mayor,
8, E. Morris, Clerk,
'air. same templeraturel a the first.
The p 6. Wash and scald the sepa
position fair and ex- rator bowl and tinware after
ington p of Wash- each separation.
berhand Id in Otto- 7. Separate as thiek c(Te1rem as
kud wove ýing men possible, preferably 3- t ( 40 per
the associa olrgaiz d cent htitt'r Iat i'hick cream
named oftic( f (llIw inl kep9j )ltt 'r thaii tbin, ant m1V1e
partments: an id e- ki.mil k is 1i-t rl thi younig~
L.W. Mc Dou tat;ry: twro ar serni oheap and
R. H. Hiatemari V'ilkies, efficient me'I hods oºf (( auln 7and(1
J. W. Knight a livan, holding swcLt creamll. If finan(es
Directofs repr 1rooth, will not permit one of the more
tively the first, pec- expensive coolers, got an ordi.
fourth, ifth an ird, nary molasses barrel aind saw it
Mrs. J. Vol ro in two about midway. making a
Carter and M rs.: tub iii which can libe placed five
Committee in ellt l gallon milk cut. C 'nncect this
Ladies Department e tub with the pump so that the
R. Johnson, M isses , fresh cold water is carried to the
Neil and Margaret bottom. Provide alln o)verflow I
Committee in charge boring a hole a few ireches belowv
mestic Science D the top edge of the tlt). i coul the
Professors J. F. Peter ream by e )nstai tiy changing
Dunn, C. A. Mathews, J. e water and stirring the cream
ston. J. E. Does, J. A. casionalllly. Insu;l!ing lie tub
and Supt. D. II. Stringtie b dry sawdust or coot jn seed
mittee in charge of the s will assist in Iholdilc! the
Department; C. Dorem erature low during the ho:
charge of the Poultry Dc easorln. In case it is nec
ment; E. A. Burris in .har, y to haul the (roam any
the Live-stock Department; e when the weather is hot,
H. Humbnle in charge of the 11 to wrap in a wet cloth or
partment of Farm Products. . .. Cadwallader, Dairy
Mr. W. H.Sullivan, one of ti ent, Louisiana State
directors, has agreed to furnis
the lumber to be used in con
structing the new and spacious
exposition hall, delivering the
ainmuer on May 15th. Mr. L. L,
LLOmpton will donate the grounds
and every person residing within
the Parish will be expected to
contribute materially towards
improving the Fair Grounds and
permarontly establishing the
Fair Association. Argument is
not necessary to prove the value
of this enterprise but notes of
interest will be published week
ly by 'The Era-Leader to inform
our readers of developments, pro.
gress and prospects.
Marketing Sweet Creanm.
The season is almost at hand
when there will be a great de
marnd for 'eweet cream for ice
cream and other frozen products.
As a rule the demand for sweet
creamis greatet than the supply
even at the increased prices of
ten to fifteen cents per pound
butter fat.
One reason why more farmers
do not take advantage of the ex
tra prices for sweet cream is
that they consider it too much
trouble to deliver sweet cream
daily. In most eases it is niot
nPcessarF to do this if the milk
n"il cream are properly handled
'1eom the time it is produced un
til it is delivered.
The following points should be
observed:
1. Use a covered milk pail.
2, Previous t gmilking wipe
the cow's adder aN flanks with
a damp cloth.
3. Use a hand separator and
separate the milk immediately
after milking.
4. Cool the cream to as low a
temperature as possible.
5. Do not mix night and
morning cream until the last sep
aration has been cooled to the
y 11
THE MLLION ARTICLE STORE
M. MARX
COLUM I ROAD n C0GAU SA, LA.
* BUILDING MATERIAL
SSash, Doors, Transoms, Brick, Lime, Cement, :
Paints, Oils, Glass, Lead, Shingles,
Corrugated and Paper Roofing
BIcycles and Supplis General Merchandise.
A Complete Lino 4
SBLACKSMITH SUPPLIES and SADDLERY
Telephone No. 150
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TWe keep everythlngfrom a needl Ato an elephant
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W hUR MOTT:.e
We have itiwill ltatr itis "merl
LLO'
le who till the
erwise, you that
ir work of any
w horse shoeing,
, gy and wheel
ly kind, prompt
like n workman
reas cash prices,
guar satisfaction
work want your
right. treat you
at th m located
'r Stand.
H. ming
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Cci1
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CHURCH DIRECTORY
Baptist Church
Rev. J. J. Walker, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday at 11 a. m and 7 p.
ti
iundat y echool at 9.15 a. m. every unday.
'Prayer imeeting at 7 p in. In Wednesdays.
\\ om)en1 Missionary Union at 4 p. m. Thurs
days.
II. Y. P. 1'. at 6 t. m. iSttd5r.
'-untt eatls at a p. ii. every2d and sad i 3tar
Methodist Church
Rev .I .\ Mi( 'ormnack. Pastor,
1'criachin' , try 2nd and 4th Sundpj at 11 a,
sn. an+I 7 ir na.
ýuniy i hIntoit 9.1 weekly.
l'r;iver ilc'! lni ant In Ew«orth League alter
'naton Tr hur~I.r" at 7 p. nm.
om iai'i Mis't nart Society Wednes*
daisat 1p. 1t .
LODGE DIRECTORY
Masonic F. & A. M., No. 101.
I. II Carter, \. NI.
II. 11 I taitinan. Secret,.
MI'. nrl --First Saturdays at 10 a. m.: third
Sa ,irtI l itL 7:1 p. In.
Eastern Star.
Mr,. II. I'ieree. \\. M.
a . a . Welh'h ý,eret ary.
Mtjtinr2 I'itrst IF'ridays at EEo p. m.; gird
Woodme n of the World.
r 11 If . II ºtbo. a'. r.
1 L. l'opt I letrk.
M1t"i.! tn. trx 2nd Saturday Nightland 4th
Tiue.ldayi N ihtis.
M Woodmen Circle
Mrs. J. N. Magi e. (;uardian.
( Mr,. Fll.r Welch, Seeretary.
Miteti.n.. Secontl and Fourth Tuesdays at t
- 11t I ,
i' Term"s of Court.
CIVIL TERMS
r Fourth M1onday in February
y Second Monday in May
e Fiirst Monday in July
First Monday in December
CRIMINAL TEMS
- Fourth Monday in March
Second Monday in November.
I XCURSION.
EVERY SUNDAY
From
Bogue Chitto Branch Statlons
To
New Orleans
Via
New Orleans
Great Northern
Railroad.
SUNDAY EXCURI1N and Wealt-Ell Fars,
Sunday Weel
From Fare ;nd
PSI.
Tylertown, A......$ 1.00 9 4.3
Lexie ......... ... 2.04 4.
Warnerton......... 7I6S I *
Clifton...........1. 5 S
Franklinton........ 1.5. 1.41
1Zona.... ........ 1.50 3.11
Isabel................. 1.50 2.64
Rio.................... 1.25 .50
Week end fares from above points
to New Orleans and return, gooi g;o i
Saturdiy or Sunday returning Mon*
X9y.
vor further particulars callon ager.s
write- M. J. McMahon G. . A.,
l ew Orleans
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* pro'is ursuant to the
: Town e Charter of the
Sby virt inton, La., and
*Y f ed ii. in authority vest
this pro I hereby issue j
* to be hel for an electW dyt
*datY, Mlay town onP
* pose of for the
nt : Board of A May
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Scommissioners
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