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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07
Police Jury PROCEEDINGS

IT. FlTWciSville, La, Sept. 4th, 1901.
The Police Jury met in regular
session with. President Lavcrgne : 4
INC CaEa''o and the following u, EN-.
0ers present: II. Lotion, &. w,
Summers, S. G. Stirling, c. +.
Howell, w. r. Pl,ares, J. d. Sad
''cn, JnO, LeSasSier, N. II. Barrow
aud I. 0. Hamilton.
Minutes of last meeting were
read and approved.
Bills as follows were ortlcrd
paid
W Is Smith, administrator, magis-
hatc's salary, laS6 quarter 1900, s. 80
Y o lIaEaA+eH, haAling lnn,bsr.... So,
n Harvey, wDTk OF calvert special
tax 9Th Il.,.,,.,....... M
AZ Irvino & Son, lumber. ....... ~ 40
% p Worthy, lum ber......... II
) h ClacR, maintaining prisoners. 70 OO
Percy & FORESTER, inS OH house. 100 90
J Freybon & Go, sr.ndrcs. .... %
III kilbOurne, Lundrics. . q0
y h Golsan, Introduction papers,. 5 90
1 W Raynham, lumber. $50
Or W IL Taylor inqbrst and view
ing body of II Thornton. . Is 90
Tom Hall, coroner's jury.......... 2OO|
Harry Carney, toroner's inry...... 2 col
JnO Broaden, COrUner's iury.... . O0I
Leon WickIiffC, cormer's jury. 90
1no WALTON, CnronsrS jury ..... 200
y Daniel, Snn'lrics. .... o 70 |
/ TOrrce, cleaning closet. ...... m
''hO " Ard, care Of court house.. 2 30
Irvine d Son, lumber. .......... 10 o.
) II ClaCk, serving road overaeor
"O'''O''''''''''' ''''''........ % col
81 Lotion, att police jury aud com. 10 90
Summons, att police Jury. 3 IOl
Stirling, att police jury...... 3 20
or Howell, att police jury...... 4 10
W X PhareS, att 20 ice jury...... 4 10
d ID Sadden, att pc ice jury...... 4 90
Jno LeSassier, att police jury. 40
IL Barrow, att police jury. 4 90
. Hamilton, att jury and COM. 6 20
IL Lavergne, att jury and CON-. IL SC
x NJ Lcake, 5 committees. .., T 10
Matt Gilmore, assessor. .... ,4Ss Il
Mrs II Is Perkins, returned taxes. % 90
Irvine & SON, account ofOld Louis. 9 90
Total expenditures 1881 70
The committee on revision of
Police Jury Code madsstlle follow
ing report, which was approved {.
and committee discharged:
St. Francisvllle, La, 9.4Ol.
70 the Hon. Police Jury of the
parish ofWest FeIiciana.
Ne, your committee duly chosen on
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the revision OF the Police jury
Code of West Feliciana. having
made careful study of the compiIa.
ton OF the laws and ordinances of
this parish, deem it advisable to
make several changes, amendments
and new ordinances before the
publication in book form of the
;POIice Jury Code.
The changes which we advocate
are appended hel cto in full d, u
part of this report.
We respectfully ask that our
report be adopted, and lie same
having been adopted we suggest
tho following:
That i'll accordance with the re.
guest of Robert c. Wicklifc, the
amendments and new ordinances
passed here to-day, be turned over
to him i'll order that they may be
inserted in their proper places in
the code compiled by him, and that
final action in promuIgating the
code and ordering it published be
deferred until October.
S. L. Lavergnc.
II. Loftcn.
X. NJ. Leakc.
Committee
On motion, duly seconded, tie
code as compiled by II. c. Wick
Lille was unanimously adopted.
Moved and carried,' that al
bands subject to road duty be re.
lnied to work on public roads.
Mrs II. B. Perkins requested
The return of $92 on personal props
erty which is not i'll her possession,
md on motion a warrant was issued ,
Tor same.
The following communication was
cad:
St. Francisvillc, La., 94OI
70 the Hon. President and men,
oers of the Police Jury, Parish of t
West Fcliciana, I
Gentlemen +,
AT a meeting of West Feliciana =
amp 1888 U. Z. V. held Aug. LIST,
9O1, VIC the undersigned committee
we're appointed to petition your
honorable body for permission to "
rect a monument in the court h
lOuse square in memory of West II
'eIIciana's Confederate dead, and =
ve were authorized tOcolIect funds,
'OtaIn plans and specifications and +
IL necessary information, and re. :
'ort at the next meeting of the
amp to be held on Monday, Nov.
tn, 1901. The old veterans of
vest FeIiciana have had this objectl :
4 view for many years, aud hope u
the near future to see conspm 4
latlon Of this sacred duty, who n Z
due to our loved comrades roIn :.
ave passed into eternity.
We respectfully ask r,at our
quest be granted and ,.oat 'D YOU" ",'
onorabIe body also .hnnroprio'e
'e sum of one humid. cd dollars to o
om N tue erection Of this mona il
ent' Respectfully submitted, >
e. NJ. Mumford, !,
0. D. Brooks, :.
ThOs. Butler,
Committee. 4
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W. ""Ieed, That the petition lffom
w est FeIiciana Camp 79S U. CIV.
DC received, acknowledged sand
spread upon the miuutos.
And be it resolved, That the re,
quest of the pGtition be and the
same is hereby granted.
BE 1t also Resolved, That the sam
OF one h!mdrcd dollars is hereby
appropriated to aid in the erection
of tbs monument.
Also resolved, That a committee
OF three be appointed by the presi.
cent to confer with the Veteran
Committee in regard to the exact
location of the monument, and aid
them in any way that may he deem,
cd necessary.
Committee as follows:
DIR. Lotion,
J. LeSaSsier,
VIM. Phares.
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-09

she had planted in her breast came Il
be found on the lawn outside. When
| came to myself. and that must have
been very soon. found that the blow
| had been such horritied witness io
had not yet proved fatal The eyes
had seen close. Us had supposed. for.
ever. We're how open. and she was look.
ing at ME with smile that has never
left my memory and never will.
"'There Is no blood on you.' she muir.
INJURED. You did not strike the blow.
Was II money only that you wanted,
Frederick? If so. you could have had
1t without crime. There are $1,000 on
that table and half as much again il,
the closet over yonder. Take them and
let them pave your way to q better
life. My death will help you to remem-
ber.' DO these words. this action of
hers. seem Incredible TO you. sirs? Alas,
alas! they will not when | tell YOU
and here he cast one anxious. deeply
anxious. glance at the room in which
MIR. Sutherland was hidden-"that, un.
known to me. unknown TO any one liv-
ing but herself. unknown to that good
man from whom II can no longer be
kept hidden. Agatha Webb was my
mother. am Pliilemon's son and not
the offspring of Charles and Marietta
Suthprlandw
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-09
DIXIE COTTON is THE BEST.
England Could Not Do Without the American
Product.

There Is no practical sympathy here
with the agitation that England free
itself from dependence on American
cotton. While the British newspapers
are insisting that relief must be found
from the danger Of starvation at the
hands of foreign gamblers by securing
a source Of supply within the empires
control" trade authorities view such
talk with ridicule. They declare that
John Bull can never do without the
cotton that Is grown in Dixie.
]. r. Hume, prominent member Of
the London Cotton Exchange, and an
Anglo-American dealer of thirty years
standing, said to The Daily News cor
respondent today:
Its all "tommyrot," that talk about
planting India, the Soudan and Cape
Colony with cotton to take the place Of
the staple now imported from the Unit
ed States. 1t has been often tried and
just as often has proved failure. For
cleanliness, strength and brilliant
whiteness, the Yankee product cannot
be duplicated. We are yearly becoming
more dependent than ever on it.
I'm such countries as Egypt, China,
Japan and India, where more or less
cotton is grown, mills have gone up
which have completely absorbed the
local crop. Even in the United States
the extension Of the manufacturing in
dustry has operated to curtail the
amount available for export.
I'VE must simply live in the hope
that between Providence and the Amer
lean planters the annual yields will be
sufficient to supply the demands of the
English market. We do not desire to
look elsewhere. for our supply, and we
could not If we would."-London Cable
to Chicago News.
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600. That is, while the North was prac-
tically stationary between 1891 and 1S9!
in the amount Of cotton which II
manufactured, the South much more
than doubled its own manufactures Of
that staple. And the South has only
just made beginning in this branch Of
industry.
In the production Of coal and the
manufacture of iron and steel the
South has made great advances in the
last few years, and here, too, only a
beginning has been made. Birming-
ham, Admission and Chattanooga are
getting to be known all over the world
for the quality and the quantity of
their iron and steel manufactures, and
the South is making the worlds prices
for iron and steel.
Socially, too, the South Is making ex-
ceedingly creditable gains. Since 1866
the Southern States have expended
over $40O,0O0,0O0 for the public school
education of her children, blacks and
whites alike, although the white popu-
lation pay four-fifths of the taxes. Illi-
teracy among whites and blacks Is de-
clining in the South. The attractions
of that section to settlers from the
Northern States and from Europe are
steadily Increasing. That section will
undoubtedly make a greater growth in
population, in industries, and in gen.
eral social advancement in the next 10
years than it has scored in the last TO-
Horace Greeley's injunction Of 40 years
ago needs some notifications: go
South, young man; go South. LES
lies Weekly.
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persons steps down hill This Is very
likely true. and those steps were prob.
ably mine. for after leaving the house
by the garden door l came directly
down the main road to the corner of
the lane running past Mrs. Webb's cot
tage. Having already seen from the
hillside the light burning In her upper
windows. / felt encouraged to proceed
| and so hastened on till came to the
! gate on High street. Here had mo-
ment of hesitation, and thoughts bitter
enough for me to recall them at this
moment came into my mind, making
that instant perhaps the very worst in
my life. But they passed, thank God,
and with nothing more desperate In
mind than a sullen intention Of having
my own way about this money lifted
the latch of the front door and stepped
in.
81 had expected to find jovial group
Of friends in her little ground parlor or
at least hear the sound Of merry voices
and laughter In the rooms above, but
no sounds Of any sort awaited me. In
deed the house seemed strangely silent
for one so fully lighted, and. astonish-
ed at this. | pushed the door ajar at
my left and looked In. An unexpected
and pitiful sight awaited me. Seated
at q table set with abundance of uI-
tasted food. saw the master of The
house. with his head sunk forward on
his arms. asleep. The expected guests
had failed to arrive. and he. tired out
with waiting, had fallen into a doze at
the board.
"This was a condition of things for
which was not prepared. Mrs. Webb.
whom | wished to see. was probably
up stairs. and while | might summon
her by sturdy rap on the door. be-
side which stood. I had so little desire
to wake her husband. of whose mental
condition | was we'll aware. that I
could not bring myself to make any
loud noise within his hearing. Yet I
had not the courage to retreat. All my
hope Of relief from the many difficult
ties that menaced me lay in the gen.
erosity Of this great hearted woman,
and If out of pusillanimity let this
hour go by without making my appeal.
nothing but shame and disaster await
ed me- Yet how could hope to lure
her down stairs without noise? could
not. and so yielding to the impulse Of
the moment. without any realization,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-09
A TEMPERANCE MEASURE"
Can Good People Give Their Support To Such
an Iniquity7

Can Good People Give Their Support To Such
an Inlquity2
A month or two ago, we mentioned
the record breaking sales at the Ches-
ter dispensary, amounting to $3.50 in
one day. Last Monday those figures
were just doubled, we have learned, the
sales amounting to $1,000. On Satur-
day the filthy lucre handed in was $940,
making $4,000 for two consecutive days.
On Monday, we have been told, the
sales would have been considerably
greater had not the larger packages
been exhausted, so that the money TAX
en- in was limited by the capacity for
handing out liquor in the smaller pack
ages to the crowds that were pressing
and clamoring for it. Thus the dispen-
sary is fulfilling it's mission; it Is rak-
| ing in the shekels, and furnishing IL
quor to everybody that wants 1t, either
to drink or resell. Surely good people
who were deluded into the belief that
the institution was temperance meas
ure can no longer fail to see their eyre
gious mistake When about one-third
Of the profits of three dispensaries
bring to city more revenue than a
score Of high license saloons, where is
the advantage in the dispensary, ex-
cept as money maker?
Good people who persist in giving
fhoir fa int y1yi1
probably not open their eyes to the
ruinous tendency Of the traffic until
they are aroused some night by
youthful son falling into their door
drunk, one, perhaps, whom they had
never suspected of tasting liquor. The.
day will come when many a father,
standing at the grave Of a drunken
son, will take up the lamentation Of
David over Absalom; when the mother
will lament with bitter and useless
tears that she did not protest more
positively against the course Of her
short sighted husband in accepting a
by lifelong liquor men; when thou
sands of sisters, then perhaps the
wives Of drunkards, and doomed to
lives of sorrow, will bemoan their lost
opportunities to make their condemna-
tion Of the liquor business heard by
every young man of their acquaint-
ance.
Reader, If you do not wish to re-
proach yourself for giving aid to the
increase of drunkenness, hear warn
ing voice. Does some one tell you that
this writer is prejudiced against the
dispensary? If you think that Is suf-
ficient reason for rejecting the truth
we tell you, we can only regret that it
will furnish you no comfort when the
evil day comes and sorrow worse than
death enters your home.-Chester Ian
tern.
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ham was read at the Labor union din
ner in New York on New Years eve:
We stand here at the end of mighty
years,
And a great wonder rushes on oul
hearts,
Where cities rose and blossomed into
dust,
While shadowy lines Of kings were
blown to air
What was the purpose brooding on the
world,
Through the large leisure Of the GEN.
turies?
And what the end-Faiure or Victory?
II.
Lo, man has laid his sceptre on the
stars,
And sent his spell upon the continent.
The heavens confess their secrets, and
the stones,
Silent as God, publish their mystery.
Man calls the lightnings from their
secret place
To crumple up the spaces Of the world,
And snatch the jewels from the flying
hours.
The wild white smoking horses of the
sea,
Are startled by his thunders. The
world Powers
Crowd round to be the lackeys Of the
king.
His hand has torn the veil Of the Great
Law,
The law that was made before the
World's-before,
That far first whisper on the ancient
deep;
The law that swings Arcturus on the
North
And hurls the soul of man upon the
way.
But what avail, O builders Of the
world,
Unless ye build a safety for the soul?
Man has put harness on Leviathan
And looks in his incorrigible jaws;
And yet the perils Of the street re-
main.
Out of the whirlwind of the cities rise
Lean Hunger and the Worm Of Misery
The heart break and the cry of mortal
tears.
But mark, the bugles blowing on the
peaks;
And hark, a murmur as Of many feet,
The cry Of captains, the divine alarm.
Look-the last son of Time comes hur-
rytng on,
The strong young Titan Of Democracy:
With swinging step he takes the open
road,
In love with the winds that beat his
hairy breast,
Barring his sunburnt strength to all the
world,
He casts his eyes around with Jovian
glance
Searches the tracks Of old tradition;
scans
With rebel heart the books Of pedigree;
Peers into the face Of Privilege and
cries,
why are you halting in the path of
man?
Is it your shoulder bears the human
load?
Do you draw down the rains Of the
sweet heaven,
And keep the green things growing?-
Back to hell"
V.
We know at last the future Is secure;
God is descending from Eternity,
And all things, good and evil, build the
road.
Yes, down in the thick Of things, the
men Of greed.
Are humping the inhospitable clay.
BY wondrous tolls the men without the
dream,
Led onward by a something unawares,
Are laying the foundation Of the
dream,
The kingdom Of fraternity foretold.
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TO SlDETRACK BRYAN.
Executive Committee Is In Favor of a New
Candidate.

The anti-Bryan movement in the
Democratic party is gaining momen-
tum and will probably gain more after
the Democratic senator's and represen-
tatives in congress have returned from
their holiday vacation. After the elec-
ton there was a disposition to let Mr..
Bryan drop without further consider
alton. 1t was supposed that he was
buried so deep under the adverse ma
jority that he would not be able to
crawl out; but 1t appears that his
speech at the recent dinner at Lincoln
and the announcement Of his newspa-
per have excited considerable alarm
among Democratic leaders throughout
the country, who suspect that he in
tends to secure a third nomination If
possible, and they would like to put
stop to his plans and extinguish his
hopes before he goes any farther.
A carefully prepared statement and
an analysis Of the vote for presidential
electors at the last November election,
Will De SUBMITTED 10 tne DeInOCTdtlC
national committee at its meeting next
month for the purpose Of convincing
the Bryan idolators that their candl-
date is weaker than his party, and that
instead Of Strengthening it, he dragged
it down at the last election, and is like
ly to be an even heavier weight at the
next. The vote in each state is shown
in detail to prove that he ran behind
the rest of the ticket almost every
where, in the few states and congress-
ional districts that gave Democratic
majorities, as well as in the Republi-
can strongholds. 1t Is also contended
that a candidate who cannot carry his
own precinct, ward, town, county, con-
gressional district, or state, ought not
to be renominated.
A majority of the Democratic ma
tional committeeman are opposed to
the denomination Of Mr.. Bryan. They
were opposed to his denomination last
year, but advocated it because they be-
Iieved he was strong with the people.
These figures are expected to convince
them of their error in that particular
and persuade them that he ought to be
turned DOWN.. e. Curtis in Chica-
go Record.
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eating, and I won't trouble anybody
with my misfortunes," he replied. But
the conductor got him something and
also saw him taken care Of to the end
or his run. The same self-reliance has
sustained Bowling throughout his life.
he got the artificial limbs, educated
himself, taught school, ran newspa-
per, became politician of prominence,
and has been secretary Of the Nation
al League Of Republican clubs. He
gets along without cane or crutches,
writes with his artificial hand, makes
no complaint on the score Of being
crippled, and asks no favor because he
Is short the average allotment Of hands
and feet. Mike" Bowling is on this
account one Of the most interesting
men in this country.-Washingto Post.