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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
Base BAH

Last Sunday the Parker
Blakes came up from New Or.
leans and gave the Felicianss
their second defeat, score D to |.
The Felicianas ought not feel one
bit bad over the loss Of this game
as the Parker. Blakes are at the
top of the list in Semi.professiOn-
al base ball teams in this state
and when il is considered that
our boys were playing without
our regular catcher, Mr.. TOuSet,
IL must be admitted that We we're
at considerable disadvantage.
The Felicianas feel though that
they can beat the Parker lakes
and the management Is now ar.
ranging another grme with them
for little later on in the season,
and it is safe to say that there
will be something doing" next
time the p. BIS play ball at Fell.
ciana Park. The Fellcianas take
their first trip away from here
on June 10, going TO Gsryyille
to try it out with the good team
there. A big crowd will 60 with
the team and a first class time
ought to be had. This trip can
easily be made in one day. To.
morrow, the Bienvenues will
come up from New Orleans and
be the attraction at our park.
They have been strengthened
up considerably and a first-clsss
game is promised. X X X
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
Public Education
DOnaldsOnville Chief.

DOnaldsonville Chief.
The Chief is greatly interested
in and exercised over the subject
of public education, and is per-
suaded that a large proportion of
our people do not realize the stu
alton in Louisiana today.
The illiteracy of the whites,
leaving the blacks out of view, is
a shame and a reproach to the
commonwealth, The number of
white children now growing up
in ignorance is a disgrace, to put
it mildly.
Those who are Informed say
that there are not less than 5000
white children in the city of New
Orleans wholly without school
facilities. How many of the
country schools ran a full term,
and in how many parishes do APP
proximately all the white chill
dren attend school? We dread
to contemplate the answer.
Experience elsewhere shows
that the only remedy for the de-
plorable conditions that confront
US is the total separation of the
educational organization from the
other political organizations OF
the community. The school
boards ought to be chosen al
elections separate and apart from
those at which other officers are
elected. Not more than one
third of the board ought to be
elected at once, and there ought
TO be some women on every
board.
The school board should have
power to levy and receive and ex
pend its own taxes.
When these things are brought
about we will be on the road Il
an educational system that vii
be worth while.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
False and True Economy.

We all know the people who
save the bits of string, who burn
their fingers regularly trying to
light three lamps with one match,
who walk to save carfare until
they are worn out, who make
doilies out of old sugar sacks,
and whose best clothes are al.
ways a season behind the styles,
because they simply couldn't
bear to wear them while they
were newt seemed so extrava.
CANT
If you have a person like this
in your family, try to cure him
or her-right now. Point out
that there are lots of big, beauti,
full things waiting to be done,
that there are so many good
times to be enjoyed, that styles
are so changeable-in short, that
an economy which wearies your
body and wastes your time or
affects your appearance is not an
economy at all, but a first-class
fOolishness-with a large capital
F.
Economy lies in using all your
time to the best advantage, in
buying nothing for which you
have not some definite use at
the time of purchase, in using
your belongings when they are
most appropriate, and in discard.
ing them or passing them on to
some one who can use them,
when they are of no more use tO
you. And if you think for one
moment that it is easy to do all
these things, just try them. The
rarest bird of the human species
is the person who is a true econ
omist.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
Death of a LittIe Child.

The little daughter of Rev. G.
p. and Mrs. White, Amy, aged
two years, died at the family
home in New Roads, Monday.
The body was brought TO st.
Francisville and Inferred in the
plat belonging to the Town family
in Grace Cemetery. Their many
friends here sympathize with the
parents in their sorrow.
Quite a number of persons
from New Roads came over to
the funeral. Mr.. White was not
able to come as a new baby had
been born in the bereayed house
hold a few hours after the soul OF
little Amy had taken its fight
The young brothers and sisters
attended the funeral and were in
the tender care of Mrs. Conrad
Lecoq. Rev. and Mrs. Rigg,
had gone over as soon as the!
heard of the bereavement, ant
they returned for the funeral.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
Will Try MarStOn's Destroyer.

A prominent citizen of More.
house parish writes from Baton
Rouge to the Mer Rouge Demo.
crat thus:
Il have just spent one hour
talking to Fix, Governor w. w.
Heard, who is the head of the
Board of Control, State Convict
Farms. He showed me a bottle
full OF captured boil weevils sent
him from the Angola State Farm.
The report that he received is,
that the cotton that is not vet
chopped out, is covered with the
weevils. This is a surprise to
him, because he had done every.
thing that the State Crop Pest
Commission told him to do, which
was, to pull and burn all cotton
stalks, remove all grasses and
weeds, set fire TO and burn all
stumps, logs and dead trees on
the farm, and fall pillow the land.
After doing all these it turns out
that it has done no good. AS a
last resort and unwilling to sur
render the crop without effort to
save it, he told me that he had
ordered from b. w. Marston,
Shreveport enough of his pre-,
pared boil well destroyer to put
on sixty acres of cotton.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
XIII Them Al Night.

The DOdson Times states that
a singular method of destroying
the boil weevil has been adopted
in st. Landry parish.
1t is well known that most
bugs will come to a light when
shown at night. Acting upon
this theory the farmers put out
a torch in a field and placed IN
derneath it a tub of water. While
they found the weeyil readily
fiocked to the torch and fell into
the water, they would crawl out.
Then it was they tried Beaumont
oil, and the morning after the
first experiment with oil "a wee.
wills were found in the tub.
Now it is said a general expe.
riment will be made on this line.
The farmers throughout that
section will put out torches, and
they believe if one torch can
catch "a in a night. the scatter
lag of torches throughout the
fields will 20 a long way towards
catching the bulk of the pests.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
SureSt Preyentiyes of Divorce.

Prof. E. A. Ross, the sOciOlO.
gist of the University of Wiscon.
sin, lays down seven propositions
which he advocates as the surest
preventiyes of the divorce evil.
These are:
instruction of girls in dOmes.
tic science, housekeeping, etc.
Systematic instruction of the
youth of both sexes in the ethics
and ideals of the marriage rela-
ton.
Safeguards in custom, perhaps
in law, against the marriage of
pure women to tainted men.
Reputation of the common
law marriage.
A filing of declaration of inten.
ton to marry not less than six
weeks before the issuance of a
marriage license.
Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf of
Philadelphia strongly maintains
that the standard of morality
that applies to woman must also
be applied TO man. Once this
fact is recognized, he declares,
the great proportion of divorces
will be things of the past.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
knights Of Pyihiss Ledge Doing Good
Work

The members of this Order
here were treated to quite an
agreeable surprise on Tuesday
evening when the officers of the
Lodge here conferred two Ranks
of Page without the use Of the
Rituals, some OF the officers did
use the rituals but they were not
the regular officers, but il Is q
long step forward and shows
what can be done when an effort
is made in that direction, and IL
is hoped that from now on, that
every officer will be able to con.
fer any rank without the use of
the ritual. On Tuesday next
Messrs. W. H. Richardson and
Henry GRADER viii receive the
Rank of Esquire and a large
crowd win be on hand 10 see 10
well done. Several new appli.
cants will also be acted upon and
light refreshments served. Bay,
GU Sara No. Is always makes IL
pleasant for the members who
attend the meetings.
pYTHIAN
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
State Supt. of Education, II. H.

State Supt. of Education, 7. Ii.
Harris, in an interview states
that after he has taken off the
crop of school closing exercises
he will bend his energies anew
to the better training of home
girls for teachers, consolidation
of schools, and agricultural in,
struction in the schools: a trio OF
objects worthy his best efforts.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
The Fly Nuisance,

Shreveport Times.
Keep the flies away from the
i'll, especially those i'll with con-
tagious diseases. Kill every fly
that strays into the sick room.
His body is covered with disease
germs.
Do not allow decaying material
of any sort to accumulate on or
near your premises.
All refuse which tends in any
way to fermentation, such as bed.
ding straw, paper waste and
vegetable matter, should be dis
posed of or covered with lime OF
kerosene.
Screen all food.
Keep all receptacles for garb
age carefully covered and the
cans covered or sprinkled with
oil or lime.
Keep all stable manure in vault
or pit, screened or sprinkled witt
lime, oil or other cheap prepare
ton.
See that your sewerage sys
TEN is in good order; that it does
not leak, is up to date, and no
exposed to flies.
Pour kerosene into the drains
Cover food after a meal; burr
or bury all stable refuse.
Screen all food exposed fo1
sale.
Screen all windows and doors
especially the kitchen and dining
room.
Burn pyrethrum powder il
the house to kill the flies.
Don't forget if you see flies
their breeding place is in nearb,
filth. 1t may be behind the door
under the tableor in the cuspidOr
If there is no dirt and filth
there will be no flies.
If there is a nuisance in tn
neighborhood, write or telephon
to the city authorities.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
The Lady in the KimOnO.

~, w. Item.
Now it came to pass, one even.
ing as We came home from work,
shortly before the usual hour,
that one of the ladies inhabiting
the domicile where we reside,
happened to be coming down the
stairs attired in a gorgeous
kimonO just as the door opened
to let US in. After some trepida-
ton and scurrying to and fro,
the lady marched down the stairs
past us, her head held high and
her cheeks ahame, and with un.
mistakable wrath in her eyes.
Subsequently she inveighed bit
terly against US for happening
along at that moment, just when
she was not prepared to be seen
of men.
1t was useless to explain that
we could not help it, and that the
fault lay with her for not being
ready to be seen at any hour a
stranger might happen in. No
indeed. 1t was all the crime OF
the hapless bachelor who came
when he was not expected.
Now it is in this same light
that many persons regard the
coming of Opportunity. That
ancient person happens along
at all hours of the day and night
None can tell when or how OPP
pOrtunity will dawn; for she
comes as a thief in the night
The secret of success lies in be
ing ready to meet and recognize
her when her football is heard up
on the steps. It's long odds that
| if one is in the habit of walking
about the house in unmilitary at
tire, she will come at the mos
inopportune moment.
Kipling tells a story of county
sheriff who halted a sOrchint
party in an auto, and demanded
that they convey him to his sta
ton, where he had left his badge
so that he could arrest then
with the due fOrmality of TIN
law He seemed amazed and OF
Tended when they jeered at him
and scOOped wildly over hill ant
| dale with the terrified miniOn o
the law crOuching in a front sea
and begging to be let out. Tn
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05
Notice.

As ne are closing up our bust
ness here, we will thank every
one indebted to US TO call and
settle same, within the next ten
days.
Respectfully,
NJ. COHEN 4 90.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05

What a blessing this special
session has been. 1t is going to
give the people a chance to pay
increased taxes sooner than they
would have done if tariff revision
had been delayed until the regu'
lar session. -COmmOner.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05

Job Work neatly and promptly
by The True Democrat.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05

III 81 recent speech, Mr.. Taft
'Gsn ~ e expression, "the patri.
AA. 0en' Lee" in reference
D w. surrender at Appomattox.
|ARs, d patriotism to surrender
|StdSiaal 70 subject the rem
10 army to destruction.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-05

A special meeting of West Fell
ciana Game and Fish Protective
Association will be held at the
Court House on Saturday, June
Il. 1909.
r. II. STIRLING, Pres.
K. G.. SMITH, Sec.
Pyro Denatured Alcohol, sixty
cents a gallon at
Mumford's Drug Store
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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVEl,

Sunday November Il.
Stlnr Norwood, Martin, 81 hours from Grays
Harbor; bound south, put in for fuel.
Strnr City of Sydney. Fisher, "a days % hours
SO minutes from Ancon. via Ma5atan days l
hour II minutes passengers and merchandise to
Pacific Mail steamship company.
Stmr President. Thomas. 81 hours from Seat
tie: passengers and merchandise to Pacific Coast
stmr North Fork. Nelson. 2S hours from Eu-
reka; $4,000 feet lumber to the Charles Nelson
stmr Acme olsen "a hours from Eureka
100000 feet lumber to the Charles Nelson COM
pany.
stmr Tahoe. Paulsen. 70 hours. from Grays
Harbor; 73o, 900 feet lumber to Pollard & Co.
Stmr J. B. Stetson, Bonifeld, 45 hours from
San Pedro; ballast to Ira ]. Harmon.
Br stmr 0beron. Prouse. 81 days from New
castle, Eng, via Punta Arenas % days; ballast
to Bowring & Co.
Arena; 160 cords bark and 10000 feet lumber
to FL. Templeman.
Stmr National city, Higgins. 1915 hours from
Mendoeino; 100000 feet lumber to Mendocino
lumber company.
stmr Mariposa Hayward. 11ls days from Ia
hiti; passengers and merchandise to j. ID. Spreck-
els & Bros. company
stmr San Pedro, Benedktson. % hours from
Eureka; $4,000 feet lumber to Metropolitan
lumber company.
stmr Wasp. Wehman. 50 hours from Coos bay;
100000 feet lumber to Charles Nelson Co..
Stmr Fifeld, Jensen 30 hours from Bandon;
passengers and merchandise to A. F. Estnbrook.
Stmr Brunswick. Ellefsen 10 hours from Fort
Bragg; 400 900 feet lumber to Union lumber COM
pany.
Bktn Retriever, Dent. days from Port Lud-
low; 620, 600 feet lumber to Pope & Talbot.
Barge 81, Monroe, hours from Port San
Luis: oil TO Standard oil company; in tow tug
Dauntless; UP river direct.
OUTSIDE BOUND IN, 10 F. NJ.
Fr ship.
SAILED
Sunday. November IA.
Stmr Excelsior. Mason, Coos bay.
Br stmr Pectan, Carrick, Aneon via Port San
Luis.
Stmr Fulton. Maloney. Mendocino.
Stmr Mandalay, Lofstrom San Pedro
Stmr Arctic, Linder, Fort Bragg.
Ger stmr Arcona. Schrader. San Pedro.
Bktn Amazon, Jacobsen, west coast South
America via Puget sound:
Schr Santiago, Mcdonald, Monterey. in tow tug
Navigator
Pow schr Ida A. Campbell. Point Reyes.
BY UNITED WIRELESS
Stmr Senator, Nov "A, p. m.-0n Cape Men
docino; light northwest wind; smooth sea; will
arrive at Monday.
Stmr Governor, Nov IA, p. m.--0f Umpqua
river: moderate northeast wind; fine weather.
Barge 91 arrived at Point Richmond at $40
.. M, Nov IA.
Stmr Alameda from Honolulu for San Fran
eisco-Nov 13. S p. m, 1000 miles out.
Stmr Col. e. l.. Drake, with barge in tow,
from Seattle for San Francisco-Passed Tatoosh
Nov 13, 10 p.
Stmr Enterprise from San Francisco for Hilo-
Nov Is, p. M. IS5 miles out.
Stmr Mann Smith, from San Francisco Nov IL
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific

ASTORIA, Nov. 14.-Steamer Alliance arrived
from Portland this morning and proceeded at
once for Coos bay with freight and passengers
United states revenue cutter Manning arrived
today from Port Angeles and viii make this
port its headquarters during the present winter.
Steamer Majestic arrived today from Coos bay
with freight and passengers and proceeded 10
Portland 70 discharge.
British steamer Finisterre arrived today from
Union Bay. B. e. in ballast. and proceeded to
Portland TO losd lumber for Australia.
Oil tank steamer Argyll arrived down the
river early this morning in ballast and pro-
ceeded TO San Francisco.
Steamer Falcon arrived down the river today
from Portland with a general cargo and took
on 20. 600 cases Of salmon here. after which IL
proceeded to sea, bound for New York, the
freight going via the Mexican route
British steamer Puritan arrived down the
river today with a fun cargo Of grain and pro-
ceeded at once 10 sea, bound for St Vincent
LOS ANGELES, Nov 14.-Arrived: Steamer
Santa Rosa from San Francisco: schooner Sa-
mar. from Everett; schooner Shasta from Bel
lingham schooner Chehalis. from Aberdeen. via
Santa Barbara and Redondo
Ssiled-Steamer City Of Topeka, for San
Diego: steamer st. Croix. for San Francisco
PORTLAND, Nov. 14.-Arrived: Steamship
Argo, from Tillamook; steamship Breakwater
from Coos bay; steamship Majestic, from San
Francisco
Sailed-Steamship Casco. for San Francisco
SEATTLE, Nov I4.-Arrived: Steamer Jeffer-
son. from Skagway; steamer Farallon, from
southeastern Alaska.
Sailed-steamer A C. Lindsay. for south
western Alaska.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15
Town Marshal Hurt in Near
Football Serum

SAN ANSEEATO. Nov. IA number
of well known citizens of this town
organized a football team here today
TO gain q little Sunday exercise. with
the result that Town Marshal George
Martin has a black eye, Arthur Studley
a deep cash on the forehead and Ray
m0nd Farrell a cut on the head.
Many Of the players knew little or
nothing Of the rules OF the game, but
they engaged IN practice this after
noon with vigOr as surprising as it
was disastrous.
DR. J 3. Humid was fortunately on
tie ground when the accidents Oc-
CURED and il is expected that the VIC
tims VIII completely recover.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15
average snow on ground Al inches
GXNOPGIS

average snow on ground Al inches.
SYNOPSIS
The storm has moved rapidly southeastward
and is now over the valley Of the Colorado
1t has caused heavy snow in the Sierra and
rain in southern California. The pressure is
rising rapidly over northern California and con-
ditions are favorable for fair weather Monday
and probably Tuesday with heavy frosts Monday
morning in the interior.
The temperature is about 10 degrees below the
normal in the great valley and in southern
California.
The relative humidity at Red Bluff was so
degrees and at Fresno 76 degrees.
Forecast made at San Francisco for so hours
ending midnight MondaE:
San Francisco and vicinity-Fair Monday: pos
sibly light frost in the morning; light north
wind changing TO west.
Santa Clara valey-Fair Monday with heavy
frost in the morning; light north winds.
Sacramento valley-Far Monday with heavy
frosts in the morning; light north winds.
San Joaquin valley-Fair Monday with heavy
frosts in the morning: light north winds.
Los Angeles and vicinity-Fair Monday; frost
in the morning; light north winds.
A. G.. McADIE, District Forecaster.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15
Fast Games Are Played In
HandbaII Tourney

The handbal tournament AT the
olympic club started last night and
some fast playing was witnessed by a
good gallery during the evening. Six
games were contested and another went
by default. The majority Of the games
went the three sets before the winner
was named, which goes to show that
The players were well matched
Tn tho second class +. Sherry defeated II. A.
CaVanauCii by the score 81 p to and p 70 II.
In the same class ]. Covert won by default from
D.. ID. Fowler
IN the third class Clarence Fay defeated NJ
III Rapp hy the following scores. p 10 Z. 10
q. u 10 10.
The fourth game resulted follows: L.
Serrari defeated E. J. Dawson. p TO .. to u.
O.nard IS 10 q p 70 u, p 10 H. Henry
stern defeated J. johnson, q 10 and q TO IS.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15
- CHECK RACING
Runner Breaks Twenty Mile
Amateur Record

NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-AlI American
amateur track records from 1055 TO 20
miles We're lowered today at Celtic
park in the 20 mile run. the main event
in the annual games Of the Shamrock
athletic club. James Clark of the
Xavier athletic club won in 1892 SIS,
against the spld record Of 2:07 IL, made
by James Crowley Of the Irish -Ameri-
can athletic club last January.
The leader at 101a miles was Crow
icy, his time for that distance being
$500. almost one minute better than
The record which has stood since 1883
crowley led up TO the seventeenth mile,
lowering ali intermediate records.
Then lie stopped almost to a walk
and Clark took the lead. which he held
no the end, making new marks for
every mile.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15
Dan A. Stuart, Fight Pro-
mOter and Turfman, Dead

NEW YORK. Nov. 14-Dan A. Stuart.
one Of the best known sporting men
g the country. died at his home here
today Of BriEhts disease and heart
failure Born . years ago in Vermont,
TIE made his name in the west.
While in Dallas Tex. he sought to
secure permission for the Corbett- -Fitz-
simmons fight and carried his arrange
1ueuts so far that Governor Culberson
sailed 4 special session OF the lesis-
iature TO prohibit prize lighting in
tie state.
Later Stuart secured permission from
tte Nevada legislature 10 hold fights
1 that state. and as q result Of has
cforts the battle was finally brought
= aoTu in Carson City on March i,
NAY CHECK RACING
BOT SPRINGS. Ark. Nov. 14.-It is
said that the death Of Dan A Stuart
viii prove a death blow 10 racing here.
lie and Blind John Condor Of Chi
.csRo owned the Oaklawn racetrack
and he has been the principal hacker Of
the effort TO repeal the anti-racing law
in this state.