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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11
THE CONGRESSIONAL SITUA-
TION.

1t Is plain that the congress
sional fight is simplitied by the
withdrawal of one Richmond
from the field, namely, Col. Rob
ertson. 1t narroWs the hght
from five to four. 1t gives the
voters a less perplexing choice
However, while simplifying the
situation, it does not make the
campaign less heated or Vigor'
Gus, but rather more so.
Col. Robertson in his farewell
speech disclaimed any wish to
influence others, but left them
free to do as they chose, but as
it is known that he is supporting
Fayrot, as is also his brother,
Marshall P. Robertson, state
engineer, it appears that for
East Baton Rouge to maintain us
prestige in naming the congress-
man is the motive of such sup
port, made without reference tc
the respective merits and deserts
of the candidates.
East Baton Rouge has an Ole
Man of the Sea grip on this
place and it would seem that hel
politicians are determined t.
keep it at any cost to the district
But we cannot believe that tn
whole body of the people in tina
parish will hold so selfish a view
but will show o spirit OF falrnes
and receptiyity to the Otlle
candidates.
However, should Baton Rou9
insist on keeping intact her gri
on this place, the other parishe
of the district should arouS
themselves to this inequality
representation and determir
that the time has come for son
other parish to have q chanc
AS she has not a monopoly OF Il
brains and high character in Il
district, neither should she ha
a monopoly of place and powe
The time has come for
change. Let it be made.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11
W.M j. BRYAN NOMINATED.

1t is Bryan.
Notwithstanding the careful
incubation by the opposition to
the distinguished Nebraskan,
the birdlings did not hatch.
EARLY in the day at the National
Democratic Convention in Den
yer it was seen that he would be
chosen. The failure of New
York to join the mal-contents
made this certain.
The names of John A. Johnson
and George Gray were also
placed in nomination, but Bryan
was the choice on the first ballot
The platform adopted is truly
Democratic and is based on the
keynote, Shall the People
rule?:" The adoption of this
platform had delayed the nomi
nation. There was the wildes
demonstration on the announce
ment of Bryan's selection as tn
Democratic standard bearer.
Certain it is that if the Dem
ocracy cannot win with Bryal
at their head, they could not d
so without him. The platfOrr
is u grand one and appeals to tn
people. Whether the people ar
stronger than the money powe
will be determined in the con
ing election.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11
Teach Patriotism.

The True Democrat office, the
Bank of West Feliclana ana
Mumford's drugstore all dis
played the flag of our country on
the Fourth of July. Perhaps
there were others. There GER
tainly should have been.
DR.. A. F. BarroW's residence
showed a Confederate flag, and
thereby hangs a tale. 1t was
not that our respected mayor is
an unreconstructed rebel that
the colors of the Lost Cause
were thus sported but because
his small son, Frank, wanted to
be patriotic and could find no
flag in town to do it with. In
his childish ignorance he hoisted
the stars and bars.
There is a certain pathos IN
this. So many things that are
beautiful and right children are
so easily taught. In the mat
ter of reverence and love fol-
the United States flag, theil
minds would open to it like {
flower. Parents and teachers
should not be negligent in this
) matter. Every child should b'
: taught to salute his country
, flag wherever seen, as a mer
v matter of good manners, llk
i rising when Yankee Doodle
e America" or Dixie" is played
+ These are outward manifesto
J. tons of an inner patrlotlsl
a which in turn feed the spirit, a
, water rises from the sea to r.
>. turn to earth in lifegiving rail-
He is indeed a man without
IS country who does not love h
> country's flag. Therefore beg
a with the boys and girls by teac
II ing them the proper reverend
IL therefor.
is And there are not enous
Of flags displayed on the -Four
We or any other day. We repe'
ia it was pathetic for this SIN
u boy to be unable in the two tow
to find q flag on sale OF loa
es Let us remedy this another yes
re The True Democrat for one {
poets to do it's share to this Ell
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11
THE PASSING or UNCLE RE-
MUS.

Uncle Remus is dead! Gentle,
kindly, bashful Uncle Remus Is
dead. The world of letters IS the
poorer, the Southland is indeed
bereft since Jo,i J1@ndler Har-
ris passed forth to see what he
had always been curious to see
the other side" (his last Words,)
Would that he could come : back
to tell US in his inimitable way
how they do things in that other
sphere. But the dead are dunno
because the living are so DEAL
and so we shall never know, on
this side, what Uncle Remus
thinks of the other side.
But he has left US a legacy OF
rich thought in his books. Not
only has he depicted Uncle he
mus and other negro characters:
true to life, and with the touch OF
that genius which also creates
but he has presented other char
acters in their way as worthy o
j. fame as Uncle Remus. Who tina
e knows Mr.. Billy Sanders doe
d not love him, part Georgia crack
}, err, wholly gentleman? Indeed
It one feels that Mr.. Billy come
le near to being Mr.. Harris himsel
e, with only the folklore and qule
re fun of Uncle Remus to be added
le The latter amuses US, for til
T. former any one would draw
chair to the hearth side.
I'll Mr.. Billy, Uncle Remus, a
to disappear with their creator o'
m con the other side" we may
as sure that they will come to the
ng own again when Joel Chandl'
II, Harris tells his stories to u
Ite children who died young, and
or the waiting angels.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

The Democratic platform en-
braces approval of laws helpful
to labor and against government
by injunction, immediate revision
of the tariff, deprivation OF the
Speaker of the House Of arbltra-
ry power, publicity of campaign
contributions demanded, railroad
regulation, home rule, the rights
of the states, postal savings bank,
other banking improvements,
economy in public administra-
ton, imperialism in the Philip
pines condemned, income tax
improvements in waterways, con
servation of natural resources
popular election of senator's, Wig
F orous prosecution of guilty trus
magnates, adequate navy, disap
nroval of Asiatic immigration
pensions, completion of Panam
f canal, regulation of telegraph an
:: telephone companies, admisslo
= of Arizona and New Mexico a
f states, recognition of the right
t of the people of Alaska and Port
s Rico, besides several minor i
2 sues,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11

For a legislature said to be con-
trolled by Gov. Sanders, the
great enemy of lobbies and lob
bvists. it is very strange that no
anti-lobby bill could be passed,
and the State House has been
the scene of the most active and
aggressive lobby in years.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11

The city fathers have passed a
dog tax ordinance. So far, so
good. But merely because a dog
is tagged does not prevent INN
from going mad, biting, or being
merely a nuisance. The muzzle
is the only true protection. Tags
only reduce number of dogs, moi
the danger of them, and pet dogs
90 mad as frequently as any,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11
Stolen!

Stolen from my place about
June 1st, one bay horse about 10
hands high, 9years old. Branded
with figure 8 on jaw and white
ring around one ear made by
string being tied too tight. Any
information leading to the recov'
erv of this animal will be liberal
ly rewarded.
r. E. THOMPSON,
Wilson, La
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11
Rill - is going to be elected

Bill is going to be elected
president of the United States
in November. The blank will De
filled in on the day after the
election.
Nine Gould has taken her sec
ond risk in matrimony. ADiue
with Me" was played during tle
ceremony. Rather too apropos
for a Divorce.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11
POLITICS IN SCHOOL MATT
TIERS.

It is claimed that partisan poll
tics is responsiblefor the changes
in the State Normal School at
Natchitoches, and this has not
been denied. President B. Z.
Caldwell, who has brought the
school to q high stage of efficlen-
CIV. and against whom no open
charge is made, was so placed
that he resigned. Large delega-
tons from Natchitoches and else
where have labored at Baton
Rouge in his behalf. But the
fiat had gone forth for 4 change.
It was memorable.
For ourselves, we cannot at
tempt to express an opinion up,
on the merits of q case, the de
tails of which are kept so myS
teriously secret. The powers
that be may be altogether right
but if so, they should not leave
the people uniformed. Certain
ly the slur of partisan politics
should be resented if untrue.
: Partisan politics should b.
kept out of the schools. The in
terests of education should neve
need to bow to the yoke of fax
ton. The teacher who serve
should get clean pay, the schoo
i house should be built from III
U subsidized funds.
i But we view with apprehel
l. sion and alarm that school ma
u tiers are IN pOlltlcS. LII tLilS SUD-
l. where a concerted endeavor hi
e been made by the best Of ht
" statesmen to restore to her pc
y pie the power, wrestling it fro
the governor and other official
III the last stronghold Of power
70 seen to be in the government
N the schools and this has be-
IT, duly taken advantage of. Z
ly autocratic system is bell
le strengthened daily, and he
le but a poor observer who Won
is deny it. The personnel OF t
10 new State Board of Educatl
IL confirms this view as there a
st not enough on that board in fl
e. or of home ruln for schools
no make a noticeable minority.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11

The Locke bin excepted, the
child labor bill has been the hard
est fought bill in the Legislature,
but it has pulled through with
just sufficient votes to save it,
The subject of much argument
and bitterness, and weakened by
compromises it is the best bill
for the protection of child labor
that could be carried at this time,
Miss Gordon, factory Inspector
energies from the smoke OF con
flict, at least partly victorious, {
pleasing fact to those who have
watched her gallant fight during
these past weeks.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11
Had the same amoul's .

IIdd VIZ -, aElj
been applied to pass II ahe !
cegenation law ,o ~ O. d
suffragists emplo hoy asIfrsg
lorn hope, fema Nc MIDI
school officers, We tbal, d
now a better law = IN Mid
that was enac l, ,soddest
effort is one Of ' 1ile o@
in the worlds hlsp'
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11

How the old gentleman from
Plaquemines must smile over
this economical legislature.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11

The appropriation bills aggre
gate S7,747,525.96.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11
The True Democrat.

Onicial Journal of the Parish OF Wes' I'LL = On
ciano. the Towns of Bayou Sara ana 81 f'"n
a;,,,;,1a and Of the School Board.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-11

sues.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-16

Frank Grace, Z brakeman. was IN.
stantly killed in the Milwaukee rail.
road yards In Chamberlain. He was
attempting to couple on the Black
Hills sleeper. which had just arrived
from the west. and his head waa
crushed between the cars. death re-
sulting instantly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-16
FARMERs' MEETlNcs

Dates Assigned ser Farmsrs' lnstitstss
e De HsId This Wiuter.
Th> So1,orin~ 6.tea 49, hoan -
....,-.. - $500. $1,000. -. 49,.
.'e'S- - s. - . .'s 80 -
ing season. Inc local committees are
expected 70 furnish hall light and
heat. and have II ready Tor the meet
ings promptly. II they win furnish
some music for the evening program
II win be much appreciated. The
meetings 81 only one iav vim begin Il
1880 !. ID. and lao B. ID. The two
day meetings VIII begin 81 1850 D. n.
TIE nrst day. 1880 !. u. md $50 ).
ia. tie second day. ana there Win IS
one evening session. particulars 81
which win be announced later. Ex-
celIent assistants have been secured
for the winters work, ana we hone the
attendance and interest viIl b
equally good. The dates - = fol-
lows:
Desmet. January IL ana u.
IroQu0js, January il ma II
Carfhnxe. January ~
Canovn, January 80.
Canistofa. January -.
Hnrtford, January ~.
Fnlton, Janunry - ~ q.
Gnepcer. Jenuary q and q.
6iopx tHIIs, January 81 - =.
aad.s 3. 5ss ~ = "a Y.
Vn11ov 6nrf,ea Ian,,er~ ~
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-16

| ss ~140 ~ eIOoe fo1oeIoDpulpN VIII
!, ~ eloux Indians - agent on the Pine
Rtdso observation n ths northern
IN X south Dakota. IN disproved !
popular failacy. according To MAJ. John
II Brennan Maj. Brennan Il one d
re Old eu6fd of Indian fighters q the
Wont md during the past quarter oE !
century hns had simple opportunity 70
/. observe The dominant characteristics
N ne redSkin 81 var and 1t peace.
His v1eWe ~ interesting 81 ths light
~ nt1rnefous incipient Indian troubles
during ~ past year n various parts
O ths West.
The belief II prevalent that Indians
NiIl moi work ana that particularly the
Dipux \ inclined to Be- unruly ana
Wafsjke o. the sliehteet pretext. This
q false. says the major. The Indian
Will work II offered II It mir remuner-
n1ion, and experienco has shown. at
Tooef n GOuth DaIrota, that he usually
occomplfnhoS Il ii satisfactory fashion.
When MI. Brennan took charge of
~ Pine Ridge reservation four years
80, Az abrOgnted the ration system
lok every Indian On the reservation be-
tween NJ ages of An and rs. Az frxt
There Wore Indications " truuble, but
Whsn they saw TINT ~ was u earnest.
~ redo1EJno accepted without mur1nur
~ nm order. All repairing cf roads,
dnnns. irsisation bitches ana tho IKE
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-16
South Dakota
ossssal sl.as Hsvs Pssa6nDasA

u
|
| Gov. Crawford has appointed - "a
ditional delegates to the dry farmma
convsntion at Salt Lake City Peter
Miller Of Belle Fourche ana Hans
Grimsho Of Walls.
Thomas Dixon, aged sixty years. z
pioneer settler Of the Black Hills. 4
dead At Rapid City. He was one q
| the flrst freighters between Fort
Pierre and the Black Hills.
George Hardwick. who disappeared
! last July. returned to Miller last
week to see Z baby daughter that had
come into the family, and immediately
was arrested on q charge Of illegally
selling liquor.
-Four men In jail bound over 70 the
spring term Of the circuit court on q
charge Of robbery and one on the
charge Of perjury Ii the result Of 9
h0Id-up In one Of the alleys Of Water
town recently.
There have been two h0ld-ups b.
tween Fort Meade and the town Of
Sturgis during the past week. The
victims were two soldiers. Nothing
was secured from one and only 81
from the other.
Frank Grace, Z brakeman. was IN
stantly killed in the Milwaukee rail
road yards IN Chamberlain. He was
attempting to couple on the Black
Hills sleeper, which had just arrived
from the west, and his head was
crushed between the cars, death re.
sulting instantly.
Nels B. Peterson. : pioneer OF Min.
nshaha county. II dead at the family
home near Rennef. north Of Sioux
F11ls. He was among the flfst settler1
% locate n that part Of tho North.
west, and the homestead taken ~
him at that time Wa his constant
home Up q the tims Of his death.
On invitation Of the men Ct the
head 81 the Missouri river navigation
convention. to 30 held 1t sioux City
Mayor Albright u Pierre has selected
fonr men Mho With himself. win nlak1
he delegation from that city It th(
convcntion. They aro G. II. Anders0p
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-26
A Chinese Dinner.

"E. T. Snuggs, of Shiu Hing, mis-
sionary of Southern convention, and
dined with P. P. Wong, a wealthy
business man of Shanghai" said the
Rev. DR.. N. r. Pittman, one of the
two Missouri representatives to the
great centenary missionary conference
in China and the only representative
from Kansas City.
He invited to dine with US four
Chinese gentlemen of learning and
wealth. They spoke English with &C.
curacy. The dinner was a feast. The
course consumed two hours. When
we had been dining almost an hour
asked Sinsing Wong how many more
courses. He said Sixteen Every Is
minutes a servant brought to each
one of US a hot cloth with which he
wiped our hands and faces. We sure
ly had a hundred different dishes. We
had birds nest soup. We had things
from the air and earth and sea and
brook. That dinner must have cost
Sinsing Wong 800 in gold"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-26

SPRINGFIELD his Aug 2T he be although
the rioters the impressive oquence of their numbers and from
their the punishment Of those who
be
a
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-26

ployed. God forbid that we should
compel the wage-earners of the ma
ton to address their petitions to trust
magnates, and ask for their daily
bread. Already we have seen how
prone the mOnOpolist is to make EN-
ployment depend upon the willingness
of the employe to prostitute his bal
lot to the service of his corporate
master.
This question should be settled now;
we cannot afford to bequeath it as
legacy of woe to a succeeding gen.
Grafton. The conscience of the peo-
pie Is already awakened, and the con-
science is the most potent force of
which man has knowledge. Where
law makes one righteous, conscience
controls an hundred; where one is
kept from wrong doing by fear of pris-
on doors. thousand are restrained by
those invisible walls which conscience
rears about us-barriers which are
stronger than walls OF granite. 1t is
upon the conscience that human in
stitution rest, and without a stirring
of the conscience of no great reform is
possible. To a national conscience
already aroused we appeal, with the
pledge that a democratic victory will
mean the ringing out of industrial des-
potism and the ringing in of a new era
in which business will be built upon its
merits, and in which men will sue
ceed, not in proportion to the coercion
they may be able to practice, but in
proportion to their industry, their abil-
ity and their fidelity.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-12-04
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-12-04
Count General Carr 0ut.

y almost vowed once before
that l would never again vote for
Bryan for President, but this
year | not only voted for him,
but contributed money to his
campaign fund. ] will never do
so again. | am disappointed
with the interview Mr.. Bryan
gave out in Texas a few days ago
and | think it is now time that
the Democracy look to the South
for her presidential candidate"
Th:se are the words of Gen.
Julian s. Carr. cf Durham. who
was in Greensboro Las night on
his way to New York.
Continuing, Gen. Carr sail.
after being asked what Sou,a-
erner in his opinion the Demo-
Gratis should nominate in 1912:
Before Carmack's death he
was my choice; nos hardly
kno& who would be the best man.
S-A+tor Daniel. If Virginia,
woI0d make good President.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-12-04
.'''sss''..
IlIay Gives Bond.

F. ", TilI~y, who spaa. s"ycr,a
G:.y< Ii jri. o.a;rg u Lis future
IT, gl.r b9nd :Dr Threatening
Mis- J. hey, Las given bod and
been released.
The case attracted considerable
attention and most people are
about evenly divided as regards
the seriousness of the charge,
some taking the position that it
was a practical joke and others
maintaining that it was purely a
threat. However, there is little
doubt expressed that we have
heard but the peace bond of $500
will have the desired effect and
there will be no more trouble.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-12-04
TWO MORE ARRESTS.
Police Think they Have All Connected
With Smith Murder.

A Raleigh Special of December
/, says:
The police to-day made two
more arrests in connection with
the murder of E. W. Smith, of
Richmond, one being a white
man known as Tom Holderfeld
and the other a negro hack driver
Ed Chavis. No information can
be secured about these arrests
beyond the fact that they were
made. So far the coroner has
arrested two people. He and the
police are making separate lines
of inquiry and neither tells the
other of his work. The coroner
does not know why the police ar
rested Earl Cotton, the white de-
generate who is said to have been
concerned in a number of often
ces here. 1t is said that Smith
was at Cotton's place early on
the fatal Sunday morning and
that he went amay from there in
a carriage.
Including today's arrests, the
police think they rounded up all
the principals and accessories in
the Smith murder. 1t is rot
known when the hearing will be
held, but perhaps Friday. 1t is
said that Smith was taken to the
stone quarry rather early on the
fatal night and that Cotton was
certainly implicated. 1t is init
mated that insanity will be plead
ed in Corthn's case so as to get
him, if possible, into the criminal
insane department of the peni-
Tertiary. 1t is asserted that the
result of the trial of persons
charged with the crime will show
that the police have done well and
that the sl0Wness in handling the
h., a,,~o no, -. +I,o ,>,,.no-, u, :
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-12-04
Making Good.

There is no way of making TASTING
friends like Making Good" and Doctor
Piercp'S medicines well eXemplify this,
and their friends, after more than two
decades of popularity. are numbered by
the hundreds of thousands. They have
",made good" and they have not made
druhkards.
\ guod. honest, squarc-dcal medicine of
known composition is Dr.. pierce'S Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t still enjoys an i'm.
menSe sale, While most OF the prepara-
tons that have come into prominence in
the earlier period of its popularity have
gone by the board and are never more
heard of. There must be some reason for
this longtime popularity and that is TO
be- found in its superior merits. When
once given Il fair trial for weak stomach,
or for liver and blood affections, its Supe.
rl0r curative qualities are soon manifest:
hence il has survived and grown in pop
ullr favor. while scores of less mrritorous
articles have suddenly flashed into favor
for brief period aud then been as soon
forgotten.
For torpid liver with its attendant
Indigestion. dyspepsia, headache. per
hapS dizziness. foul breath. nasty coated
tongue. with bitter taste. loss uf ap,n.titc,
with distress after eating, nervousness
and debility nothing II 81 good a> nr
P"rre'S Golden Medical Discovery. Its
an honest. ~luar''-tipat mpIirlut with all
It's ingredients printed on hottIe.wrapper
- M >s*'r"t, no hucU~-potus humi Ng,
therefore DON'T dcrrpt "a substitute that
tht dealer NAV puSSinir MAKE "a little hIg.
ger profit. IGSiSt ON your right to have
wilt' Won cali for.
Don't buy Dr.. Pierce's Favorite preserip.
tion expecting it 10 prove a "curr-alI.7 II
Il uH3t' advised for NtulHn'~ ~ FftJ4 all
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-12-04

There is a probability of a
military school for High Point
and business men of that city
are interesting themselves in the
project. A gentleman from a
distant State has the matter in
hand and writes that he has three
places in view, High Point being
one of them.