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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13
GREEKS BEARING GIFTS.

A boom is now started to make
the Hon. Jas. L. Ransdell candi-
date for governor next time. 1t
seems to proceed from Baton
Rouge, which in itself is a suspi-
ciOuS circumstance. Mr.. Rams
dell's splendid record in Con.
greSS as representative from the
Fourth District, certainly entities
him to promotion when he wants
it, but it should proceed along
the line of his personal achieve
mentS. Of late he has been men
toned frequently as logically in
line for the United States Sen
ate, and it is is there that his ad-
mirers wish to see him some
day.
The present boom seems to be
inspired by the fact that some
one is exceedingly anxious to
keep off all trespassers fran the
senatorship. Once governor, Mr..
Ransdell might chance upon the
same fate that retired the Hon.
N. G. Blanchard to private life,
when he had hoped to wear the
toga Of a senator. An executive
officer must antagonize many,
where a legislative one need not,
We should counsel Mr.. RanSdell
to beware of the Greeks bearing
gifts.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13
Pecan Planting.

J. NJ. st. Paul, of Port Hudson
has sold to the Southern Nut
Nursury Company, of Kansas
City, Mo-, his Holloway place
which will be laid out in ten-acre
lots and planted in pecan trees at
once. This company has options
on several other adjoining places,
but may not purchase any more
till next fall. 1t owns several
pecan groves between here and
Shreveport and near Lafayette,
also one at Ocean Springs, Miss,
and wants about 10000 acres in
this section. This new industry
here will help to solve the boil
weevil problem, which has para
lyzed the farming interests. The
Holloway place contains about
600 acres and it will be planted
about fourteen trees to the acre
There is many a nOn-protitable
piece of land that could be made
valuable property by conversion
into a pecan grove.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13
Alice Notes.

is. Griffin went to st. Fran
cisville last Thursday.
Miss Irene Ryder went to visit
her parents last week.
Mr.. Garner Smith and family
spent last Sunday with Mrs. r.
Th0ms.
Miss Maggie Smith has &C.
copied a position at the Asylum.
Miss Sallie Fleming spent
Sunday at Mr.. Steven Smiths
We are having cloudy weather
this week, cloudy and warm.
The trees are budding very
rapidly.
Mrs. Mary G. Lee is spending
a few days with her sister, Mrs
Andrew Norris.
Mrs. John Newton and baby
spent Sunday with her parents
SERvIA.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13
PUNISH THE MURDERERS.

Dr.. Henry Dickson Bruins,
of New Orleans, always in the
lead in what tends to the best in
human thought and action, has
written a stirring communica-
ton to the daily press on the
Tangipahoa matter. He says
most fOrcefully;
Nov that Mardi Gras is over
and Mr.. Taft has passed from US
into the Presidency, might it not
be permissible to ask what the
law officers, the Executive and
the people of Louisiana intend to
do about the murder of the man
and the two women who were not
long ago Waylaid and shot to
death in the neighboring parish
ofTangipahoa?
According to our latest infOr.
nation the chief murderer, in,
dicted by the dying words of his
victim, was still at large and no
extraordinary efforts were being
made to capture him; the execu'
tive had offered no reward for his
apprehension in the name of the
State. Yet this was a deed that
would have disgraced a commun'
ity of Sioux. A being who could
take from the arms of its mother
an infant, and laying it by the
side of the road, return and shoot
her to death with a shotgun al
close range, is unspeakable
Even the language of Shake,
speare and Milton falls impo
tent. Are our people laudins
prosperity, rejoicing in wealth
and ACKNOWLEDGMENT, absorbed
by business and the pursuit o
pleasure, about to pass on, de
handing no vengeance for tin
deep damnatlon of their taking
off,"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13
THE COOPER CASE.

The Cooper case at Nashville
continues the choicest news of
the daily press. The taking of
testimony having been cOnclud-
ed, the speeches of the defense
and Of the prosecution have taken
up the greater part of the week.
Capt. Fitzhugh opened for the
state making a speech full of az
gument and strong with inyec-
tive. He denounced Cooper as
an embezzler and a railroad lob
byist, and said that the killing of
CarmaCk was a deliberate aSSaS-
sinatiOn. His speech seemed to
make the most noticeable effect
on the jury, while that of the
young attorney for the state,
Gen. Garner, has aroused the
greatest interest in general. His
el0quence and the yigOr and
succinctueSS with which he pre-
Sented the case commands admi-
ration. We wish all of our
readers could read the verbatim
reports Of all these speeches, or
better, that we had the faciIi-
ties for giving them out.
Gen. Meeks for the defense
has gained by his speech less
favorable comment, especially
outside OF Nashville, by two re-
markable positions he took with
regard to the case. The one was
in effect that the unwritten law
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13
WHY THIS APATHY?

Dr.. Bruins letter, reproduced
in another column from a daily
paper, incidentally conveys a
startling bit of information, and
that is, that though the assassins
in TangipahOa, who carried their
damnable hatred into the murder
of unOtfending women, is still at
large, the Chief Executive of the
State has offered no reward for
their apprehension for this foul
murder.
AS we observed last week, it is
not surprising, although hardly
COmmendatOry, that the press
and people Of Tangipah0a are not
so active as would be desirable,
in this matter. Their apathy can
be understood at least. The PEG
pie are paralyzed, are intimidat-
ed by an all-pOwerful fear, that
action on their part, would be
followed by an immediate and
dire vengeance. The local press
is silent. 1t does not see it's OBJ
pOrtunity, but is blinded by pru-
dental motives. 1t is inglOrious
but true to average human ma
Iture.
But why should not the ordi-
nary routine, when murder has
been committed, be followed at
the State House? If the answer
be, that no reward offered would
bring results, it is no reason for
the stOppage, and is only another
plea for extraordinary methods
in ferreting the assassin, or as,
sassins, and accomplishing their
punishment.
As Dr.. Bruins suggests, the
junketingS are over, let the pow,
ers that be set the machinery to
work which will remove from our
fair states escutcheon, the bloody
blot that Tangipahoa puts on it.
Surely the whole state cannot be
terrorized by a handful Of muir.
dererS, unworthy to breathe the
free air Of Louisiana and whose
souls are as craven as their meth,
DDS of vengeance.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13
Notice.

Visitors to Gods Acre at LO'
Gust Grove plantation, will please
in future spare tombs and shrub
berry. Among the latter a cen
tury plant bears the sign manual
of parties, whose idle scribbling
can only be effaced by pruning
and disfguring said plant, de-
signed for ornament, not as q
register for visitors.
Mamie Davis Smith.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13
PUSH TIL. GOOD ROADS QtEH'
TTON.

Tho rood naonIp along the road
,t,oan W;iboIm and Pinckney-
.,' 49,. ao,on+b and eighth
,of chic narish. are very
.;,~ 20 ,ocnrp the establish
~,o,,+ Of rural free delivery of
u.1onr 4,,is ron+e Butat the
4 lso,, o,.o confronted with
G Wv ohston,o Of had roads. and
Wv ,,ronor provision for the i'm,
~ &c +bom and these
s. u,o ,,ovorrmpnt will not
i''>'1 49,, Wv
wv C3 .,,a, , 40 roonirpd as a
,,,o nan 70 rrr,l free deliv
~ Tn, u,i,s+ no
gn., ol,oyo mont;onpd section
-, :, ,,robobIv the most
=, .ho ,,oriSb from dailv
0"' va ..: -;.h +ho world
S'' 1oo.iool noint At
''I ,.L w. a,,.ol froo delivery
hoo;r
y 49, boo;ooino ran be
--,;tlo,,t oood roads, we
~ +hn pol;co Jurv 70
49, o,,,ost;o, Of GOOD
r, 49, ,.noe+ and No better
i;;ano ho ,oado than one
L:Ir;I1 i,+rod,oo tba bless
B. :atu an ;nto the Darisb
,.,nhoo +hi, oroetion beer
.,.aoJ ,nitb rrdor IN inadeouatt
sr,atoro Too long has it beer
,e..o,,>oi,, r,,,riIlino ,arvice
~ Ionr boo i bpon left TO IN
aoiontifo ovnr.aprs and ignorant
1obor A secret Of civil engineer.
;rc droiraoo which takes the
ooHof,,l o4rdT Of +rainod minds tc
discover is loft for the most part
70 mon who make no pretense Of
knowing ANYTHING on the sab
loot hovo,d what observation
ord ovnorioncp both nepligently
connpd have tanqht them,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13

be applied to editors, who defam-
ed public men, since the latter
had no recourse in law against
men without property. y king
warmer he said that the streets
of Nashville had before this run
red with the blood of men VINO.
improperly used other men S
names in public prints. Inc
gjst of his statement all rests III
the work improperly" and yet
Gen, Mecks himself admitted
that the Carmack editorials did
not Justify the murder. Incl
dentally il shows how hard this
LAWYER for the defense was put
70 it to find arguments. He has
not endeaIed himself to the news
paper men by his unfortunate
remark for he becomes Il target
for criticism from Maine to
Alaska; and he did not help his
case surely, for even the non
newspaper reading jury must
see that if public mems names
and regulations were not touch
ed upon By the press that mis-
rule would soon RIM riot.
But an even more remarkable
y statement was that made by Cen
Meeks when he said, You are
not trying common thieves OF
murderers now, gentlemen; you
are trying men who come from
l as fine stock as ever human flesh
was made Of-the best people Of
the South" Thus he voices al
idea, all too prevalent, that birth
and position can protect a man
from the punishment OF his
crimes: that aristocracy Is i'm
mune from answering for it:
: misdeeds. Such ideas continued
, through a long train of years
brought about the fearful retri
buttons of the French RevOlu
2 ton; it held up the head of Hen
/. ~ VIII of England in naughty
!. insolence and pride of power bu
y it laid low upon the block tn
head of Charles |. Even in re
publican America, wherever TIN
L feeling has OBTAINED, IL mas CduS
;. ed many miscarriages of justice
!. for which future generations ma!
+ yet suffer. Law is perfect Onl.
when justice is blindfolded. Gen
Meeks does no service to tn
2 progress of humanity when h
advances such an outworn an,
pernicious theory. 1t will no
f appeal to the jury, whom W
Judge are Indifferent to the claim
of long descent. Nor will it al
l peal to the best blood of tn
South" which is best" by clea
living and high thought.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13
Notice.

The annual meeting of the
stockholders of The Peoples
Bank of st. Francisville, La, for
the purpose of electing eleven
directors to serve for the ensuing
year will be held at the Office OF
the Bank on Wednesday after
noon, April Z, 1909 at four o'clock.
K. G. SMITH,
Cashier.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13

The court in Scotland that gave
the children in cross divorcesuitS
to the father, instead of themoth-
err, illustrates the usual attitude
to male and female virtue. How
can guilty father be more fitted
for the care of the children than
a guilty mother? True justice
would have given themto neither.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13
Wayside News.

Mrs. l.. E. Beckham is at her
daughters, Mrs. A. j. Cox, nurs'
ing her son, Wilbur, and grand.
son, Clarence Leon, who are
quite i'll.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. A. Thoms
visited Norwood Saturday.
Misses Florence and Carrie
Smith and Messrs Jack Gore
and Palmer Smith visited Jack
son on Sunday.
Mrs. N. A. Palmer visited her
brother, L. S. Beckham, on Mon
day.
The young men of the neigh
borhood engaged in a rabbit
chase Saturday evening without
guns. 1t was amusing to see
Jack" the greyhound, pick up
the rabbit.
Farmers are busy planting
corn, increasing the acreage
from fifty to seVenty.fve per
cent.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13
FOR AND AGAiNT BtlfN| AT
HOME.

+ Il
HOME.
The buy at,home plea is so OBJ
yiouS il. its advantages for theI
general god that it is amazing
to have an intelligent person az
cue against it. 1t is so plain that
the money spent at home has in
creased capacity for benetiting
the comm unity as many times as
it is spent at home. The person
with an atom of local pride will
bny at home, even if the price be
a little in excess of what may be
asked elsewhere, How else is
the home merchant to live
The h0nc merchants are OF
necessity pubIic-spirited to a de-
gree. Tley are arlled to con-
contribute to every charity, to
every church or school enter
prise, to every scheme for priv
ate or public good, and business
policy makes them respond more
or less literally, according to
their disposition or means. But
they respond. A tax is assessed
upon them and though they are
privileged to decide the amount,
something must be paid. And
yet all too frequently, the per.
sons, who have benefited by this
liberality send their orders to
Pears, SaWbuck & Co. or some
such place, counting it as a priv
ilge to pay expressage and to for
felt the non-examinatiOn of goods
beforehand, Every one to his
taste to be sure, but it does not
say much for mans judgment
or home loyalty when he prefers
to get the same goods from a dis
lance because of a slight differ
ence in price.
Not to be too sweeping in
structures upon away-frOm-hOme
buying it may be well to note
that there are circumstances
which justify the mail order;
1st. Or course when the an
ticle wanted cannot be procured
at home in proper quality, or al
all.
End, When there Is too great
a difference in price, In these
days, a hundred per cent prof
is obsolete, and the buyer SHOULD
not be expected to pay it.
3rd. When there is an absence
of reciprocity between merchan
, and buyer, that is, when tn
merchant does not give that sup
port to the customers business
that he expects the customer t.
give him. To illustrate: the mer
| chant, whose wife does not bu,
the milliner's hats, cannot eX
pect the milliner to patrOniz
| him. The merchant who has hi
5 printing done away from home
r or who fails to support the HON
r paper, has no argument coming
t for lack Of reciprocity there
e The main fact is however, tina
+ the seller, whether printer o
i merchant, must keep his meth
DDS, and his stock up to date
$ meet modern requirements i
order to keep trade at home
$ Otherwise it will pass like tn
It rushing winds, he knows nj
!, whittier.
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13

1t was said Investigations into
the natural gas situation in va
rious States would be made by
local commercial exchanges be-
fore action would be taken on
the ordinance now pending in
New Orleans.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13

At Washington, Taft came in
like q lion. Roosevelt went out
like a lamb.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-03-13

Boston calls Dr.. Edward Ev-
erett Hale the "chaperon of the
Senate"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-09
$500, 900, 900 WASTED EVERY
YEAR BY BAD SANITATION
Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, Famous Health Expert, Shows How Fortunes
Are Lost Annually Through Sickness and Death.

Sw@ HAT $5OoM 100000 is lost to the country annually through unsaniary living
& expert, in a volume just issued by John Wiley & Sons, New York. The
bok contains som startling acts relative to sources OF contagion and the cost
of living Clearly. She estimates the costo of keeping a family dwelling in a city
or thicky settled village III to the sanitary standard of cleanliness al a sum
equal 20 onehaf the rent of the house, while to keep it Just above he diph-
iberia level'-which she thinks is the morec customary ideal-costs about n
quartrt the sum paid for rem
muchm more han a mere mattero of plenty of bathing AM c1an linen. An outlay
of $3.50 per veal in money or ise equivalent in time and labor she thinks is lot
too high a n estimate for the cost of keeping ones self ordinarily clear in person
and rament. But it is in the preparation Of food tina tthereis greatest ned of
Mrs. Richards thinks that the lack of these standards in the ordinary restau-
ant is a fruitful source If unnumbered slight illnesses which reduce the margin
of efficiency among women shoppers and clerks To provide he clear city neces-
States the expenditure Of large sums for the perfect disposal of waste and
garbage, the cleaning of the streets and alleys and the furnishing of clean air
and water. he taxpayer accepts the necessity Off municipal outlay for part
of this. Clean schoohouses IN public buildings will soon follow" she hopes,
Mrs. Richards makes a rough estimate that in the United States there is
ZACH year $5OO000O0 100 in unnecessary sickness due to unclean ways be-
tn loss n earning capacity due to Iesened efficiency where there has been
no actual illness. This os in efficiency, due to mclean air, unchanf food and
low ideals of personal n municipal cleanliness she insists is n of the most
important factors of the question.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-09
BRIDGING THE KILL Won KULL.

A tunnel under the Kill o KuI to connect Nw Jersey with Staten Island
at Bayonne and Port Richmond would be desirable. A bridge acrosst the Kill
yn Kn is nut of the question. This waterway is most important. 1t is the
link connecting Newark bay and New York bay, and through it must pass the
future commerce of Newark and all the region bordering or Newark bay. A
bridge spanning the Kill Won Kn would be IN obstruction. 1t could To- be
built high enough to clear the masts of large vessels, and, consequently, many
vesslsUth atw would otherwise discharge and take on cargos at Newark wharves
would ito other ports. A tunnel will meet al actual needs The greatd eHd-
and make a belt line to include a tunnel under the Narrows, making connection
with Brooklyn n Manhattan. 1t would b. as sensible Ito talk of bridging the
Narrows as of bridging the XIII on Kl with the structure that would be
erected there The project of a XIII von Kun bridge naturally commends itself
to communities that have no interest in Newark bay commerce n that, Also,
will not be called pom to pay the coto Of erection. The State treasures of New
Jersey and New York are expected to render that necessary service. But New
Jersey will do nothing of the kind, if Essex an Union and Passaica and some
Other counties car prevent.
Newarks contributions to American aid to Italy on account of thu calamity
by earthquake promise to aggregate more h a n previous fud of III kind
THE STARS contributions have reached nearly six thousand dollars. In
other cities and towns of New Jersey the funds arr gradually mounting ID. while
that will soon be greatly increased. Newark and the State at large will fully
uphold the character of the New Jersey community for its phianthropic syn
pathy with nations anf -~nles overcome by great misfortune
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-09
SATURDAY, JANUARY ., 1909.


tentiona d interest Of the country. One is the action by the Housed adopting
the resolutions which, fguratvey5 threw ntot he waste-basket hat part of tn
Presidents annual message relating to the secret service IN rejecting poh
ongress and which also rejected the Presidents explanation of that part II
his message. The other is the Presidents communication tic the Senate embody-
I'M te charge that Senator Tinman Of South Carolina, had been personally IN
terested in a land deal in the West; that he had introduced legislation to pro-
mote the interests of this deal and that he had made a false declaration in the
senat last February when he stated that he had engaged in n o such trans
actions m that a published statement to that effect had no warrant whatever.
Senator Tilman himself it appears caused to be instituted the investigate by
secret service officers which brought nut the alleged facts Facshmles OF letters
by Tilnan and other papers are produced as evidence. This is on side of
the STORY. Senator Tilman may claim a suspension of he public Judgment until
his side of III case can be fully heard. The transactions alleged are capable of
explanation. The people of the United States who have ways liked the South
Carolina enator and have had confidence in his integrity OF character, are n
willing to Loo upon him o in the light of the Presidents discriminating com
municaton
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-09

some people, Mr.. Niblo declared, put
ting aside his grin; there are few
things in the world l care for so much.
Travelling is one of the greatest educa-
tors in the world. You see a place and
learn all it can give you, and imme-
diately you wan to see another. Just
now I'm perfectly happy, for my life
long ambition is being gratifed. I've
always wanted to do this, n l only
hope my illustrated talks are half as
good as I try to make them.
zone of my pet talks is the one on
Russia" this interesting man went on,
Il was there last summer, and OBJ
tanned some Wonderful views, if I do
say 1t as shouldn't I think I got
some that no one else ever obtained.
It's partly pride of accomplishment
that makes m love my Russian talk"
he began to smooth his hair, for the
ten minutes were nearly over.
What is you greatest trouble in
getting views, and how much appa-
ratus do you carry" 1 asked.
Curiosity" he declared promptly;
"the natives in most places We're never
tired of trying to find out what was
inside of my camera. There's no use
saying please to them. They never
heard of politeness. My dragoman had
to flourish a stick, and even then they
wouldn't move unless he whacked
them. / had three cameras and a NOV
ing picture machine, and of course /
had a man to help me. We a man
called to Mr.. Niblo to hurry, and in a
second he was out in front, starting
his audience on its trip up the Nile.
Mr.. Niblo is funny because he cam
not help it. Following are a few
specimens of his lively monologue:
Here you zoe Cairo in motion; /
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-09
Fred Mbo, Explorer and Lecturer, Tells
of african Terrors-Q umine and Bugs
Permeates His Travelogues
with Wit and Humor That
Gets the Crowd.

might say that this is the Broadway
of Cairo. You see they have electric
cars-in New York they're still using
horse cars. Their motormen are
savages-so are ours. Now, ladies and
gentlemen, if you'll kindly take your
shoes off, We'll go into the mosque.
Don't worry, n~obody'n steal them,
They are too small. You have no idea
what big feet Egyptians have"
Their will follow a few serious mo-
ments during which the history of the
mosque will be impressively told, after
which Mr.. Niblo will become himself
again; you see that dog; well, he's
n of the public scavengers. Dogs
are protected by the law in Cairo.
They're allowed to roam the streets
and eat everything they find. They're
nice, kind little dogs; howl and yelp
all night"
Women don't count for much in
Cairo. Every man has at least four
wives, and they're not eligible to
heaven. Se~venty-five per cent, of the
people are cross-eyed or partially blind,
4 per cent. are totally blind, Inc it's
all their own fault. Sometimes you'll
see a mother carrying a baby that Is
completely covered by flies. It's against
the teaching of the Koran to brush
them away.
Truly Mr.. Niblo gives us interesting
human" facts that ordinary lecturers
usually fail to get. You have indeed
missed something worth while if you
did not hear him yesterday. And he's
going to be here for four more Fri
days.