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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-17
The Preliminary Contest.

The Freyhan High School I'm.
prOvement League has decided
to open a preliminary contest for
pupils who would like to partici-
pate in the Rally Day exercises
at Baton Rouge. The contest
will be given April % at the
school-hOuse. The following is
the list of prizes assigned:
/. English cOntest-B Below
eleventh grade, $3.50 prize.
2. Defamation cOnteSt-Par'
asOl, prize.
3. Spelling conteSt-A bOve
sixth grade, orations, 10 volumes,
prize.
4. Spelling contest-4th, 9th
and 9th grades, Kipling's Indiar
Tales, prize.
5. Spelling cOntest-BeloV
fourth grade, book prize.
6. Foot race--100 yard dash
above 9th grade, book.
Z. Foot race-50 yard dash
below eth grade, baseball.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-17
Notice

,ods of every 2
Pharnls
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-17
Standard Oil In Louisiana.

With an authorized capital
capital stock of $5,OOO,OOO, the
Standard Oil Company of Louisi-
ana began it's legal existence in |
its domicile of Baton Rouge April
Is, it's charter being filed in the
court house, and Unpublished in the
daily papers of the city. Opera
ton will beginas soon as material
car be brought in, on the con-
struction of a 81, 100000 refinery
and distributing plant, which is
intended to serve the Standard
interests for all their holdings
and activities in Louisiana, east
ern Texas and southwestern OK
llahoma. This plant will be erect
ed on the tract of land purchased
some weeks ago for $4,000 from
Messrs. Dougherty, Hummel
and Herman, located on the high
lands Immediately above the l
lC. property north Of the city O
Baton Rouge. BY pipe line i
will be connected with the oil
fields in Louisiana, while barg'
lines will ply between BatO1
Rouge and Port Arthur. Event
ually it is intended to erec
wharyes and landings here, an
from this point handle the STAND
ards export trade from tn
, United States to all the world
Baton Rouge being the hsSur'
e transfer point on the water higl
! way from Pennsylvania, indiana
! Ohio and Missouri to all trans-se
ports.
G The officers of this new bran6
of the Standard Oil are: Pres
n dent, E. W. Weller, of New Yor'
g yice-president, P. S. NORRIS,
% New Orleans; secretary al
treasurer, R. G. Remiss, OF Nc
10 Orleans; assistan mt secretar
20 Charles r. White, of New foi
Of assistant treasurer, W. P. HOV
m of New York.
90 Hunter c. Leake drafted I
a corporation papers of the co
in pany and has been its legal r.
resentative both in the purch;
of the land near Baton Ror
lc- and in the organization oil
Ia company. With him has b'
ma associated Johnston Armstro
ty, of New Orleans. T. M. fowl
IN New York, was the gentler
u who, with Mr.. Weller, hand
O ,.o, the negotiations for the site n
INV Baton Rouge. He and Mr.. '
to Ter had been concerned IN
land transactions in Oklah'
20. and in Texas, and the Prairie
tor. Company of Oklahoma was
and corporation most closely i'd
ms fed hitherto with their "
tTp this being a branch of the 81
ard.-Baton Rouge Staten
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-17
Report Of Grand Jury,

State of Louisiana, Parish of
West Feliciana, April u, 1909.
To the Hon. Judge of the oath
Judicial Court
We the Grand Jury empanell.
ed for the April term of the oath
Judicial District Court, do here.
by beg to submit this, our final
report.
We have examined forty cases,
and have found y true bills, and
Is no true bills.
We have examined the Jail and
other public buildings, and find
them in a fairly good condition.
The president of the Parish
Board of Health, appeared be-
4
fore us, and called our attention
to the unsanitary condition Of
the Jail. which is very evident
| We recommend that the atten
ton of the proper authorities b'
lcalled to the matter at once.
| We have inquired into the mat
ter of gambling in the parish
have had some of the most prOmi
nent men of the parish befor
us, and from the evidence tina
came before us, we are unable t
| fndjany bills for same.
Respectfully submitted,
G. H. ARGUE,
81 Foreman
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-17
A Problem in Ethics.

On a present, very live subject
the Saturday Evening Post
makes the following just observa-
tons:
THE 'unwritten law was in.
vented by lawyers and hOurishes
by their support 1t is common
enough for the barrister to APP
peal by every art to the iury's
passions and preiudices, per,
suading them, ifhe can, TO ignore
and override the law, thus reduc-
ing criminal Jurisprudence, IN
| fact. for men of means, TO a con
test of wits between opposing
, lawyers.
but. ethically considered
:. what is the true position of the
] servant of the law who pleads
the 'unwritten law eloquently
o suggesting, with greater or less
h directness, that it is all right for
,. one man whose feelings have hean
d sufficiently hurt to kill another
: What must be the effect upon the
! public. especially the youthful
h public, of his implied or express
le ed argument that shooting IN
a such a course is the manly and
- honorable one:
20 $40 mere lay wisdom it must
t. seem that the stronghold of the
ne 'unwritten law is precisely II
ne the courts of law: that there, by
Officers of the court, IL is pleaded
ba applauded and given effect d
re course. the Judge. in a tWo'lnln
ve ute talk, will charge the iurE tina
nj there isn't any 'unw"ltten law
=, az that it must cast the notion o
such a code ont of its mind
E.. Rut when evidence and argu
,is ments throughout the trial hav
lis. constituted ar appeal to tina
ma. code. the jury ISM likely to fol
~. get it because the judge asi'
Isl it TO-
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-17
u. D. c. Meeting.

West Feliciana Chapter, U. ID.
C. had a small meeting, Monday,
in response to the call, but those
present showed undated inter-
est in the work. Others were
heard from to the same effect.
The secretary went Immediately
to work to collect the dues for
mortal day, June 3, was decided
upon, and a committee, composed
of Mrs. A. F. Barrow, Mrs. o. d.
Brooks and Mrs. l.. P. Kilbourne,
1909. The celebration of me-
cor. Sec, was appointed to obtain
an orator for the occasion. The
chapter hopes to renew the IN
terest and make the commemora'
ton a memorable one. The
president, Mrs. Elrie Robinson
will appoint delegates to the
state convention, May Al anC
their names will be announced
llater.
| Mrs. E. S. Bates will act az
treasurer, instead of Mrs. Jas
Kilbourne, till the latter's tern
expires. All the other officer
will serve until the stated tim
for election.
All members, who intend t
remain in good standing, al
! hereby reminded that they mus
} send in their dues to Mrs. BE
: Leopold, the secretary, at onc
: that she may be able to give
{ correct list of the membersh
: at the May meeting.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-17
The ROYAL Pharmacy.

The Drug Stores in most oil
the cities are adopting SUNDAY
EouRs. Our Store will be closed
Oh sundays from 1 to q p. m.
Our patrons will please supply ply
their ordinary wants before one
O'Clock, but will also understand
that we are ready at any time
during these hours, or "a at any
time DAY or NIGHT to I'LL pre-
scriptions or answer any emer
gency call. ,,r,opn
F. NJ. MUMFORD,
o. Proprietor
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-17
IS at Plettingal

notice the tendai
.ect the means /
lrse it is dance
.ad the motives 4
Il it is possible q
something Of n''
a man, and II
deal of then !
: business ~
thing to-day
d, and that is c,s'a
int because y !.
{ men can blow u
Il you what b. y
he woulddO aS
on" until you Z
nmyrOt; he thI,l
and he thinks
nd he thinks b |
man because Z
,er, curse hssIss
I'd joke with 2,
it comes 70 d0
lse it is noI ny
ing to do . VI
,orally wrong /
!, is a coward \
look, and T0ns
srs' or the eroI'
= and then be Y
st talker % L.
will call hinsess
oen! God tof1'|
Grace Cnus
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-17
F. NJ. MUMFORD,
Proprietor.

William asked his grandmotn'
or do glasses magnify, grand.
nothery" "A little, my boy.
"Weil. when you are packing my
lunch for school | wish you would
take them of, please" he an
swered. The Delineator foI
MAY.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-17

Insurance Commissioner Nc
Giyney to-day issued a proclama-
ton reinstating the Louisiana
National Life Assurance Society,
authorizing it to do business in
the State, on condition that il
ceases issuing the coupon poll
cies, the object of his former re
straining order. The company
will institute a friendly suit Il
settle this matter.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-17

Rev. Father Holtgreve has re-
tired from the owner and editor.
shin of the Iberville Sentinel and
of the Daily Champion. This
act was required by Archbishop
Blenk to preserve peace in the
priests congregation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17

state house, state institutions and the
judiciary.
such a bill Is as sure of passage
through this economical, businesslike
democratic legislature as a freeze-up in
August.
II will be recalled that nepotism was
one of the big cards Of the democrats in
the last campaign, and so thoroughly was
it discussed and so thoroughly did the
democratic candidates for the legislature
learu OF the details OF the system that
now II is almost possible for a bill to get
through one house without leaving the
hands OF a family,
Republicans and democrats alike have
condemned the practice Of nepotism,
which has reached such proportions that
state government has become a family
affair
But the obstacles in the way of the pas
sage of such a bill are insurmountable.
Take IL in the house alone and the death
knell of the bill is already sounded.
Nepotism runs rampant through this leg
i~slaturo. Here are a few of the obsta-
Giles In the way Of the enactment Of the
bill into law. Henry and son. Snyder and
son, Brown and son, Bates and daugh-
ter, and nephews and nieces and other
relatives too numerous to mention.
During the last campaign the republi-
can party had to pay the penalty for the
employment of relatives by state officers,
as this was made one Of the issues Of the
fight. On their pledges 10 wipe out
nepotism the democratic legislature has
builded a system which makes the EN-
ployment of relatives by republicans seem
amateurish.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
SHELDON WHITES TO AUDITOR
Considers Himself Entitled to seven
Days Pay.

Considers Himself EntftIed to seven
Days Pay.
LINCOLN, Jan. 1G-(Special Telesram.)-
Ex-Governor Sheldon today sent a letter to
Auditor Barton defending his claim to
seven and a half days extra pay during the
first OF the present ear. He holds his
term begins when he qualities and con-
tinues while he Is entitled TO hold the
office. He quotes the constitution as limit
ing his term to two years from the first
Thursday after the first Tuesday in Janu-
airy next after his election"
Governor Sheldon holds Governor Shallen-
berger did not become governor until late
in the afternoon January 7 and cannot be
legally paid for services rendered before
that time. Governor Sheldon sent a check
for Se0.s2 20 Governor Mickey for a similar
time for which he was paid early in his
own term. He declares because 1t has been
the practice to pay The governor for his
services from January l OF the year in
which he WAS -inAusurated 10 the last day
Of the year preceding that In which hts
office terminates he does not think suffiS
cient reason for continuing IN unoonstitu-
uonAl practice.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
WILL FORCE BRYAN INTO OPEN
option m May Address Him an
Open Letter.

From a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Jan. 16.-(apecial )-Slowly but
surely the web is being frightened around
William ]. Bryan. The indications are now
he will for the first time be forced to take
a stand upon a local question about which
democracy is divided.
Mr.. Bryan will either be sent a letter
asking him to state definitely whether he
is for or against county option, or perhaps
he may be asked to answer that question
when he addresses the legislature.
Incidentally. no date has yet been set for
that event, though the invitation. has been
extended to the presidential candidate.
Some there are who wonder IL the Peerless
One is afraid to address the legislature and
run the risk of answering embarrassing
questions.
TIL fact that Mr.. Bryan gave his aid to
the anti-option crowd in the organization
of the house, since which time he has been
keeping under cover as much as possible,
has stirred up the other side and they wan
either his help or his public opposition.
Several county option advocates this
morning discussed the matter and one of
the leading members Of the house, a demo-
crat, decided that the best thing to do under
the circumstances would be to address an
open letter to the presidential candidate
and ask for a definite and final decision In
the matter. The whole question of the
propriety Of this action was gone over at
this conference this morning and It was
the opinion of those interested that it would
be perfectly proper for Mr.. Bryan to make
his ideas on this question known to the
legislature. AS he Is the leader of his
party not only in the state but the nation,
@~.-l-A- - e ~ "
lieve that he owes It to his party to take
a stand one way or the other. There seems
no doubt now that Mr.. Bryan will be given
an opportunity to express himself-that is
If the interested parties do not lose their
nerve over Sunday.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
JERRY HOWARD ON wARPATH
south Omaha City Charter Bill the
Occasion.
(From a Staff Correspondent

Occasion.
From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Jan. l6.-(Special. )-Jeremiah
Howard is mad, awful mad, and he is down
in this dear old Lincoln all by his lonesome
tearing his hair and doubling up his fists
for one Senator Tanner from South Omaha
Between explosions he is penning a few
amendments to the South Omaha charter
bill. The publication this morning that
Tanner had the charter bill ready for in
PRODUCTION Monday and the substance of
WI at it contains is what upset the Dom
Paul of Nebraska Bcreft of its liberal
Irish accent, Jeremiah said:
THE trusts and the business men have
gotten together and squeezed labor out of
the charter. Al! right, all right, but / will
catch it when 1t gets in here. They nave
cut out the double shift firemen. I'll see
to that. too. That is the work Of Lawyer
Sears and the city attorney. Sears is the
packing house attorney. That's all right,
but they shan't murder labor that way.
II am preparing an amendment that will
fix them. 1 will provide that no lawyer
who has q case against the city shall be
eligible for city attorney. Seer What win
that do to Mr.. Williams, the city attorney?
He had to hire another lawyer to defend
the city against a $4,000 law suit because
he was the attorney for the plaintiff"
Then jeremiah went on to tell how he
called a meeting and selected a committee
to get up charter amendment and Sears
and Williams took charge of the matter.
IT called the meeting at the city hall
and by that you see they had to let me in
at the meeting. When the people all got
there 1 thanked the laboring people for
electing me and promised them I would
stand by them. Then 1 called on Mr.. Sears
to speak. and I said. I am glad the corpor-
ations are here by their representative, Mr..
Sears You see. I put him right on record
Then Sears and City Attorney Williams
got busy and they fixed up a committee to
make the charter amendments, I got my
labor people together and at another meet.
ms We threw them over the transom on
a vote. Now here comes Tanner with a
new charter. All right, let him come. III
get the double shift for the firemen just
the same and they won't raise any salaries
that I don't want raised"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17

feet south to the edge OF the curb, while
the desperate ran into the street somewhat
farther than hat distance, and then the
second shot was fired at Smith when he
was down, after which the officer fired
twice.
Going to the wounded officer. Barry
asked where he was shot, but received no
answer A number OF women had gath
cred at the corner and were shouting for
the police, who arrived in short order from
the city Jail, only two blocks away. They
had heard the shots, as had Drs. Fitzglb-
bon and Barbour.
Men carried the wounded policeman into
the corner house, 11 North Ninth street,
run by Mamie Startling, where he died soon
after without regaining consciousness or
saying anything.
Death Due to HemOrrhnEe.
Death was due to h~emorrhage caused by
the severing OF lilac artery and vein,
which supplies blood to the right leg, ac-
oording" to DR.. Dunn, the coroner's physi-
clan, who took the stand at the inquest
and told of conducting the examination Of
the body. He declared that Smith was
shot only once instead of twice, the bull
let entering the body an inch and a quarter
below and to the left of the navel and TAX
ing a downward transversal course. com
ing out through the bones of the pelvis.
1t was not found. Before entering the
body the bullet cut off and battered a
brass coat button. Three quarts of blood
were found in the abdomen in the post
mortem examination and the intestines
were perforated in several places.
Curtain was caught on the Douglas street
bridge by Detectives Devereese and Heit-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
DONEGAL TO Be SOLD
CONTINUED from First Page.)
the meantime the jewel theft remains as
much a mystery as ever.
Insanity on Increaae.

IluCH u III bNtTy dS GNeTs
Insanity on Increase.
Quite a number of terrible murders have
recently occurred in Ireland. and several
of these crimes turned out to have been
perpetrated by people of unsound mind.
Statisticians say that insanity is on the
Increase in ttis country. and there has
been some talk of calling a royal commits
sion to deal with the whole subject Of in
sanity within the United Kingdom. Irish
man take a certain amount of saving
grace to their souls over this point, how
ever, by the fact that the increase of in
sanity is not confined to Ireland. but that
it is making Its ravages in Scotland, Eng
land and Wales as well. Mental experts
claim tina the reason Hes in the terrible
amount of unemployment In all sections
of the country. In this particular respect,
however, ireland is no worse off than Eng
land; in fact, her position is somewhat bet
ter, owing to the great revival in Irish
farm industries, and the spread of the
cooperative movement. There are upwards
OF 900 cooperative farming societies In
Ireland, giving employment to more than
$4,000 people, and this great movement
conducted under the auspices of Sir Horace
Piunkett-has certainly saved ireland from
the acute unemployed crisis which con-
fronts England. OF course, in the larger
towns, such as Belfast and Londonderry,
there is much depression. Ireland's IN
sanity is due more perhaps to the meager
standard of living throughout the country
and this can only be improved by funda-
mental legislation made by the Irish peo-
rle themselves. who know their W needs
better than anyone else in the world This
is only another way, Of course, of saying
that nothing will serve Ireland in her need
but home rule, pure and unadulterated
F. X. CULLEN.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17

holds. II seems 20 me the best solution to
make no choice as between the two.
In any event I trust that the legal de-
partmcnt of tho state and the court as
well will do everything that may be done
70 brng this question to an immediate and
satisfactory decision. So far as 1 am con-
cened 1 have refused to TAX any action
or to pass an opinion while the Legislature
was acting upon II which would in the
slightest manner inject into the matter any
political conflict. Since the legislature has
seen lit to raise the question It seems to
me that the action 1 have taken is de-
manded OF me and should lead to an i'm
mediate settlement"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17

year: President, Charles p Young OF
Beadle; vice PRECEDENT, ]. w. Laughlin Of
Hughes; secretary, l.. w. Plotner of Davi-
son; treasurer, John Anderson Of Brown.
The state treasury today made a call for
$1,000 Of registered warrants for the Goth
of this month.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
BODIES OF CHENEYS FOUND
American Sailors Find American Con.
SUI and Wife At MeaGina.
DEATH ESTIMATE Is NOW 10000
Vice Consul Lupton Believes Thas f.
Number VIVA. Pprtshed In Single
cIty-Plaas for Rebund-
ing Messina-

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1S-The bodies Of
the American consul. Arthur 9. Cheney,
and Mrs. Cheney, were found in the ruins
Of the American consulate at Messina yes
terday afternoon by the sailors OF the
American battleship Illinois. which arrived
at Messina yesterday from SueE. Captain
Bowyer Of the Illinois had been Instructed
by Admiral sperTy, while enroute from
Suez to Malta. to proceed to Messtna and
cndeavor to recover the bodies of the
American consul and his wife. who per-
ished when the earthquake devastated Mes
Eina, destroying the building Of the Ameri-
can consulate. When Captain BowyeT
reached Messina yesterday he sent a num-
ter OF sailors ashore for the purpose Of
excavatlng the ruins in search for the
bodies. They were successful In finding
them during the morning. The bodies were
prepared for shipment and taken aboard
the American supply ship Culgoa, which
viii carry them to Naples. Admiral Sperry.
to whom Captain Bowyer telegraphed the
news. informs the Navy department by
table that arrangements are being made
Tor the shipment of the bodies to the
United States. Having accomplished It's
mission TO Messina, the Illinois mas re-
turned to Malta
NAhNNs hG~A ~ hhGaAAhAs
MEssINA, Jan. 16.-An official estlmate
Of the dead in Messjna as a result OF the
catastrophe of December q, made by
Stuart K. Lupton, the American vice con-
rul. on behalf OF the American embassy
at Rome, places the number at 5000. Mr..
Lupton estimates also that there are today
still 1000 people in the city. The work OF
getting information concerning individuals
who were in Messina at the time of the
earthquake 10 extremely difficult, as there
are undoubtedly still tens of thousands
rrder the ruins, and other tens of thous.
ands have scattered themselves through
out Sicily and the peninsula. The people
still in .Messina are can ping out In the
outskirts and It has been quite impossible
to take any censu OF them.
Eishty-two persons have been arrested
up to the present time for stealing during
the confusion incident to the earthquake
disaster. They will be tried by martial
lew.
aye IL at Palermo.
TALERMo. jar. lathe chartered
steamer Bayern, carrying relief supplies
purchased with money subscribed in the
United States. arrived here this morning
and was received by the American consular
and local authorities. A big crowd, COM
posed chiefly Of refugees from the earth
quake district expecting relief. gathered
on the water front to see it come into port.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17

- IContinued from First Page.)
Sheldon In order to be fair between the
parties, whose endorsements of these
amendments was absolutely necessary to
their being carried. L felt compelled to
appoint another judge OF the opposite
political party from that which Judge
Root and Judge Fawcett have ligned
themselves. Having determined this
much as a course of action. | have made
the measure of requirement for both the
selections made by myself that they
sh ould have the greatest possible amount
OF judicial experience. together with high
standing In their profession. Both Judge
Sullivan and Judge Holcomb have served
with distinguished ability as district and
supreme Judges and chief Justice of our
state. The one received the highest en-
dorsement by the members of the bar
when they expressed themselves by ballot
at their late annual meeting, and the
other one was twice honored by being
made governor of his state.
Hop for. Prompt Settlement.
II win say thai 1 do not mean in the
slightest manner to reflect upon the ability
or eminence OF either Judge Rose or Judge
Dean. but having determined that the legal
situation demanded that 1 appoint another
person to the place which one OF them