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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-10-30

Always an uncertainty. All the
writer's crops have been made with
sixteen inch discs and he is now mt.
tlng IN his present crop with these.
\ larger disc, eighteen and twenty
Inches in diameter, is now generally
used throughout the United States
ana we have bought twenty inch
ior trlal but We know the sixteen inch
Is satisfactory and is proper load
for two of our plantation mules.
THE BEST TINE TO PLANT
Is from November 9TH to December
18th Planted after Christmas an oat
crop is about as certain as MAY corn,
We began our planting this wear ON
October 10Th. II We have "A very 80.
we're freeze in late January or Febru-
AIRY we shall not be surprised if some
OF our earliest planting is winter-kill.
ed especially if We have warm win
ter and the oats should by then have
become jOinted.
While not absolutely necessary. we.
consider ii important To plant the oats
z TO 2l-4 bushels to the acre. right
behind the plowS, before the ground
has been packed 10y rain. That gives
lar better seeded and OF course a
larger yield and that is what we are
here for. Last year the crop lcare.
fully weighed averaged 26 3-S bushels
TO the acre on ITO acres of sod that
was ten years old, ordinary hill land
with no manure.
We break the ground "solidly,"
not in LANDS" and SOW right behind
the plows as stated. Then we disc
thoroughly. II the ground has been
under cultivation within year, pass
ing over it twice with a harrow COM |
posed of twelve sixteen inch discs. cuts
1t up thoroughly. Immediately after
that we follow with a two-section
smoothing harrow with inclined teeth,
till the ground is sufficiently level to
make fair travelling for the binder.
but not bit more. A billiard table
field looks pretty but will winter-kill,
while the plants in a rougher neigh
borhood, protected by the uneven clods
and ridges on its surface, escape in
jury. That is the first reason for all
Northern farmers using spouted
seed drill. 1t leaves the grain grow.
ing in a water furrow about half an
inch deep, diminutive but sufficient for
protection. Oats should be covered
one to two inches deep.
If the land is sod, simply run the
iisc harrow and smoothing harrow
'ftener. If it breaks up very rough,
'un the disc over before sowing.
1t is important not to plant more
han eighty acres for each binder that
lne expects to use. Sixty is better.
Two men with four mules ia a binder
md a woman and boy to shuck, are
LONG well when they harvest 8 acres
n June day.
Disc harrOws cost about $25 in Bay
~ Sara, twO-sectiOn steel smoothing
larrowS about Sl2 and thoroughly ser.
'iceable binders about 1925.
Threshing should be done by coop
ration. Where crop amounts to as
much as 1000 bushels, threshing
should never cost over three cents per
'uShel. But of this more at the prop
n season.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-10-30

And we must ever bear in mind
that to attain this success, although
surely within our reach, certain pre-
liminary steps are essential. First
and most difficult of all is
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-10-30

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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-10-30

Respectfully submitted,
5. L. LAvERGNE,
THoS. w. RAYNHAM,
w. II. RICHARDSON.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-10-30
PARISH BUDGET.

ST. Francisville, La, Sept. %, 1909.
Budget for the Parish of West
Feliciana for the year 1910;
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
CENTR And THE PRESI
DENf|

What could be more ridiculous than a
condition of government under which
the President of the United States must
waste his time and energy in deciding
such question as What is Whisley?"
The New York World.
What could he more ridiculous? Why
we should say The Worlds" argument
that because Mr Taft had personally
determined how the pure food law ap-
piled 10 whskey the federal government
was already i'm danger of breaking
down" We suspect that the government
Will stand the strain of several more
such decisions
The Executive is charged with seeing
that the laws are faithfully executed
Thousands cf questions arise every year
regarding the application Of the law TO
special cases. The disposition of these
questions iS in The hands of the Presi-
dents SubordinatcS in the various de-
partInentS Only the more important of
them reach ahe heads of the depart
mpntS. Only tie most important ur
those which are regarded as the most
lGportant. 90 10 tie President himself
fOr final action. Presumably Mr. Taft
=
enough consequence because Of the
enormous financial interests involved. to
deserve his personal attention. Instead
of proving that the government is
breaking down because of the multi
pliciiy OF details now thrust upon il bv
recent legislation Mr.. Taft's personal de-
cision of the whiskey controversy proves
that the President still has time to give
10 questions like that
Presidents have always had TO attend
10 questions relating 10 the enforcement
Of the law. That is a duty of their Of
fee. And instead Of their being now re-
quired 10 give time 10 more trivial mat
fers than formerly the contrary is true.
If an examination If the records were
made IL would be found that the early
preSiGenls-thOse. for example. of the
time when the legal adviser 10 the Ex-
ecutjvc. the attorney General was not
even required - BE- in Washington
had 10 devote their hours to petty de-
tails which to-day are handled by Subor-
dimatcs If q President allows himself
10 lee >wamped by details involved IN
row leg station il viii be because he has
rc talent for or@aniZin" his office and
icc;.use he insists on attending person
ally IL details that should be left 30
clerks or 10 members Of his Cabinet
The objection TO Increased centraliza-
iion is no. that il compels the President
10 settle personally such questions as
"Nhaf is Whiskey?" but that il would
make il impossible for him 10 do 50.
Decentralization 4 tva4ld NOT hur,lat, thu Ev
eisiiiye with triyiaiities. hut would force
him 10 relegate more and more impor-
fant matters 10 the bureaucracy which il
would inevitably create. THE World"
should rejoice that the President him.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
4nluSenentS.

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-s:I5-The Easiest
AIHAMBRA- -2-s-vaudevine.
ASrOR-S :15--SeVen Days
BELASCO-s:l5-ls Matrimony Failure?
BERKELEY-s:3 -s:3O-Know Thyself.
BiJOU-S:i5-The Lottery Man.
CARNEGIE IIALL-2:i5-The Messiah.
CASlNo-s:I3-The Chocolate Soldier.
AL.3-s-.Nandev
S:i5-The Bachelors Baby.
DALH'S-s.l5-TheB Belle of Brittany.
EDEN ACsEE-The World in Wax
IMPiR f.-.S:l l:,-What Every Woman Knows
GAIETY-s s:i5-The Fortune Hunter.
GARDEN: :2O-dis Name on the Door
ADMINISTRATIONS Harvest Moon
rKETT-s s-l5-Cameo Kirby.
HAMMERSTEIN'S-9 -9:15-S: -S:15--Naudeville.
HERALD SoTARE-S:I5-Old Dutch.
HIPPoDRoME-2-s-A Trip to Japan Inside
she Earth: the Ballet OF Jewels
s:15-The Next OF Kin.
IRVING PLACE-2:30-Das Munder- Baeumchen
-s:l5-Dor Zigeunerbaron
hNI''k Err BOOK KER-S-The Dollar Princess
IIBERTY-S:I5-The Fires of Fate.
IYCEiM--S S:30-Penelope.
S-I5-The city .o
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-3 a m 10 1880 $50
p New York Poultry. Pigeon and ret
Stock Association.
MAAINE EILIoTTS :So-The
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUsE-a-Hansel
NATIoNaI ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-l0 TO 6-s
10 I0-Winter Exhibition.
NEW AMsTERDAM-s:15- Silver Star
NEW THEATRE E-S-Cavalleria Rusticana.
NEW YoRK-s:15-The Man who owns
:I5-The commanding, ofnesr
st NICHOLAS RINK-S:15-Tce Hockey.
STI-YVES ANTS 1.-THE Lily
wAILACH'S-s:15-A Little Broiher ol 'he
wERFR-s-s s:i5-Thc Goddess OF Liberty.
WEST END -s:I5-The Girl and the Wizard.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
FREDERIC REMINGTON.

American art can i'll spare man
possessed of such gifts as were Cxer-
cised by the late Frederic Remington. 1t
NAV be said of his work, and said with
peculiar emphasis, that it was racy OF
the soil. In interpreting to us that life
Of the Western plains which VIII. soon
be no more than Il memory he performed
a service of high value. AS was noted
in the account of his life printed yester-
day in The Tribune. he came TO know,
while still a young man. the frontiers 10
which he was ultimately to dedicate his
art. He drew their spirit into his veins,
and when the time arrived for him 10
make pictures out of the life he had
lived he made them with rare viyidnesS
and sincerity. 1t is, perhaps, no eXaS-
geration TO say that thousands of Amer
leans to whom Indians and cowboys are
thoroughly familiar types owe their ac-
quaintance with them altogether to
Remington's drawings and paintings. He
was kind of popular historian. preserv-
ing in his work figures and scenes for
whose pictureSqueness he had an artists
eve but whose essential characteristics
he strove to record. above all things,
with simple truth.
The fate that has cut him off in his
prime seems cruelty ruthless For years
his career had been almost exclusively
that of an illustrator. Then without
abandoning black and white. he interest
ed himself in color. until little by little
he achieved a proficiency with the brush
equal 10 that which had marked his
work with the pen. Latterly he had de-
veloped new powers as a painter. and
two or three wears ago began 10 aStoniSh
and 10 delight his admirers by can
ress. cordially noted in our columns,
was steadily toward "a greater breadth
of style and finer quality in respect to
color Pouring into his work a kindlng
sympathy alike for the red man and the
white, delineating the Indian, the soldier
and the rancher against backgrounds
whose wild charm was by itself slim
ulus 10 him. flooding his work with light
and air and giving to il an eXhilarating
effect of power and movement, he en-
riched his art with that last quality
which springs just from the painters
enthusiasm for the medium ne employs
The problems of technique Were absorb
ing him and h" was mastering them
with positive joy in the task when he
died. a man Of strong physical ha bit,
hrimming over with humor, Il lovable
companion bCyishly happy in hard won
success. his loss is one to cause peculiar
grief. Every one who knew him re-
ioiced in him and counted on his hav-
ing many wear more of rich achieve
ment. TO his friends. and. we are sure.
70 Il wide public also. the news of his
untimely death must bring III bitter
shock
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau.

tFroHi Inc bureau
Washington, Dec 2L-The Italian Am
bassador and Baroness Mayor des Planches
entertained several of the officers of the
Etruria at dinner at the embassy last
night, and this morning the ship left
Washington after a stay dating from the
Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York
The British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce
left here to-day for New York, in COM
pany with Mrs. Amman Bryce and Miss
Marjorie Bryce. of England. The Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Bryce will return on Fri
day, but Mrs. Amman Bryce and her datgh-
ter will remain in New York for three
weeks as the guests OF Mrs. Martin w
Littleton. at the end OF which time they
will sail for England Many engagements
have been made for them In New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Esmond Ovey, OF the Brit
ish Embassy staff. will return to Washing
ton tomorrow. accompanied by Miss Ovey.
of England. the sister OF the former. who
will spend the winter here.
MIR Won Prlttwitz und Gaffron. German
attache, who sails from New York jan
uary for Germany, was entertained at
dinner tonight at the New Willard by a
number of his colleagues. His hosts were
Baron Ambrozy, Austrian COUNSELLOR
Count Felix Won Brusselle- Scha Ibeck. Aus
trian first secretary: Baron Demeter Hye.
Austrian second secretary; Signor Roberto
Centaro. Italian second secretary. and Mr.
Won Stumm, third secretary. and Baron
Won Harden5roek. Lieutenant Won Ernst
Lieutenant Won Bruening and A. c. Horst
mann. attaches of the German embassy
Sfa
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
THE BRITISH FRANCHISE

The approach of another general elec-
tion in the United Kingdom recalls at
tention 10 some Of the anomalies of the
electoral system in that country which
mar its character as true democracy
and to the need of further reforms in Il
franchise system which is the result of
irregular historic growth and is there
fore largely patchwork of inequalities
and Inconsistencies Nearly four wears
ago the Liberal government undertook
Ia revise the system. or at least to cor
rect one of its most serious faults and
passed a bill 10 that end through the
House of Commons. But as the fault
which was to be corrected was supposed
10 operate 10 the advantage Of the
t'nionlsf party. and as The government
declined at the same time 10 make other
amendments which it was supposed
would cause the political effects of the
legislation TO balance. the Lords rejected
The bilI-a performance which will be
reckoned against that house if the Lib
erals control the new House of Com
mons.
The Liberal demand has long been
epitomiZed in the phrase "one man. one
vote" That means partly that every
nan shall have n vote, but still more
that no man shall have more than one
vote. The former end is not yet at
tanned, but it is appIoximated. Success
sive acts of Parliament have extended
the franchise until now the ratio of quail
itied voters to the total population is
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28

about one TO six. In the United States
the number of actual voters is about one
in five OF the whole population. Prac-
tically in Great Britain all adult males
are voters excepting domestic servants,
bachelors who live with relatives and
have no independent homes and those
persons whose changes of abode deprive
them of fixed residence for a year; anu
of course the criminals paupers, idiots
and others who in all lands are regard
ed rs proper subjects of exclusion from
the franchise. There is thus close ap-
Proclamation to manhood suffrage, anu
the exceptions probably affect the two
parties pretty equally.
The other phase of the 'one man, one
vote principle is more important. Plu-
raj voting still exists in the United
Kingdom TO considerable extent, and
to an extent which is probably far more
to the advantage of one party than the
other There are many voters of whom
residence qualification is not required,
such as those in the universities and the
county divisions. All such may be plu-
raj voters, each voting In at least two
constituencies Even in the bOrOughS
where residence qualification Is re-
quired a man may legally have two or
more residences Moreover, all that is
required is residence within seven miles
of the borough, so that q suburban COM
muter living in a county few miles
out of city may have one vote in the
city because Of his office or workshop
and another in the country because Of
his domicle. There are probably more
than two hundred thousand plural voters
in the kingdom. or between and per
cent of the total electorate, and there
are enough of them in some constituent
cies to turn the scale in a close election.
1t would be difficult for any fair minded
person to deny that reforms of the fran
chise in these and perhaps some other
respects would be in accord with justice
and with true democratic principles and
would therefore tend to strengthen the
whole system of popular government.
Probably they would at first operate
to the advantage of one party above
the other, and that would now be
the Liberal party. But that is no argu-
ment against the doing of justice. More
over. the experience of the past has
amply shown that such advantages are
shortlived and that after q few years
the results of such changes are bound
TO be equaliZed between the parties. And
since the reforms are doubtless certain
to he made soon or late, 1t would ap-
peal to be shrewd policy for neither
party to resist them, since resistance
would bring upon it the odium of having
delayed a consummatiOn which the
masses of the people desired.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
lFrom The Tribune Bureau.I


Washington. Dec N.-The President aban-
doned his trip to New York to attend the
meeting of the American Economic Asso-
citation in Carnegie Hall this evening Mr.
Taft was scheduled to leave Washington at
IL o'clock but because of the serious de-
lays on all railroads caused by the severe
storm he was obliged to cancel the engage
ment. Unless something unforeseen hap
pens. Mr. Taft will go TO New YORK
Thursday to attend the wedding OF his
niece, returning TO the White House In time
for Cabinet meeting Friday morning
The President and Senator Nelson dis
cussed Alaskan affairs and probable Iegls-
lation for the territory to-day
Seth Bullock. known as a personal friend
of ex-President Roosevelt. will be reap
pointed United States Marshal for South
Dakota.
The Presidents callers included the Sec
retary OF the Interior. Representatives En-
glebright. Sherley, Gillespie. Wickliffe
Campbell. Foster and Woods. ex-Repre-
sentative J. Adam Bede. Major Judson and
ex-Delegate Dennis Flynn. of Oklahoma.
who is a candidate for the Senate from
Oklahoma.
The President and Mrs. Taft are enter
tanning house guests Miss Elizabeth Par
sons. of Columbus, Ohio. the niece Of
Mrs. Tart: Miss Rocker. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William c. Rocker, of New York,
and c. p. Franchot, member of the Yale
Dramatic Club.
Mrs. Taft with her daughter and son.
Miss Helen and Robert. and some of their
friends, occupied box at the New Ma
tional Theatre this afternoon to see the
Yale Dramatic Club in London Assur-
ance."
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
THE CABINET.
TFrom Tire TrIbune Bureau.


Washington, Dec. N.-The Secretary OF
State and Mrs. Knox will make a depart
ure in their New Years reception from
the plan pursued by Mrs. Hay and Mrs.
Root, as they will have with them at their
diplomatic breakfast all the higher officers
of the State Department and their wives.
Mrs. Dickinson entertained a party OF
young people at dinner tonight. most OF
the young men being Yale students. the
friends OF j. McGavock Dickinson. jr., and
an equal number of schoolgirls
Mrs. Dickinson will make material de-
parture from the old New Years Cabinet
reception. Secretary Dickinson is in Porto
Rico and will not return here until jan
uary TO- Mrs Dickinson plans to hold her
New Years Day reception for the army
officers in and about Washington without
him. She will have Lieutenant L. s.
Grant. Sd. and another White House aid
to make the introductions and assist her,
and will also have with her a large party
of young girls. including Miss Oliver
daughter of the Assistant Secretary OF
War. and the daughters of prominent army
officers
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
IN THE 6ERKSHlRES.
rpv Tal.granh 70 TIE Tr,bune. ,

IBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune.l
Ienox. Dec 21.-Mr. and Mrs Hamilton
Fish Benjamin have opened the Bacon
villa. They will entertain a large house
party tor New Years.
Cortlandt Field Bishop gave lecture on
aviation in Trinity Parish House this
evening.
David Wolfe Bishop. OF Paris. is guest
of Mr. and Mrs Cortlandt Field Bishop al
The Naples He has not visited Ar'eriea
for five years.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl de Gersdorf have ar
rived in Stockbridge for the holidays.
MI and Mrs Charles s. Meilen and ther
family are at Council Grove. in STOCK
bridge
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. sloane. VINO
have been at Elm Court, have returned 10
New York
Miss Josephine Wells. OF New York, - .
guest OF Miss Kate Cary.
Mrs. Newman II. Perry has gone 70
TompkinsviIle, y. Y. for the holidays
Mr., and Mrs. Cheston SimORs, OK Ne"
York. are at the Curtis Hotel
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Delaneid' o'
Noroton. Conn. are with MI ana MIS-
George Winthrop Folsom
MIR. and Mrs. Samuel rockingham gave
a Christmas tree entertainment for mem
bers OF the Lenox colony at Overlee TINS
afternoon.
Miss Kate Cary had the snow shovelied
from the highway. on Church HiA' tiIS
afternoon. 10 provide cOaSt!ng for the hoH-
day guests in I.enox. and a big coaStins
party was on the course tonight
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
NOT YET, NOR soon.

II Is matter of only few weeks since
an eminent performer. vouched for by
many leaders in the psychical research
cult, caused a fiutter in the hearts of
Americans by leaving her Italian home
for America. On the way over, IL we
may believe the reports that came to
the pier with her. she displayed wonder
ful capacity for calling spirits from the
Vasty deep and many persons imagined
that before she left our shores believers
would be as plentiful as skeptics had
been. She came and went, and so raDidiy
did the public lose interest thai few noted
her departure, beyond the little circle
which. believing in her when she came
carried the same conviction when she
went. But no schools. so far as we know
have been established to teach the means
of communicating with other worlds. and
only the old demonstrations of table lift
ing and bell ringing which somehow fail
to carry conviction TO the practical, were
presented. Human beings can ran on
walls and write on states with as great
facility as any of the spirits conjured
forth at the behest of Paladno
Now, in the happy Christmas time.
comes to DR.. Quackenbos the report OF
the London Psychical Research Society,
In which its secretary says he has 40
faith in the genuineness Of Paladino's
performances, and suggests that they con-
sist largely in sleight of hand. AS might
be expected the supporters of the me
dium" have plenty of things to say in her
1afpnea an i'm -
scme demonstrations which will convince
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-M. Pichon. French Min
istcr OF Foreign Affairs. in a speech in
the Chamber of Deputies. said that the
political situation in Europe thanks to
the policy Of ententes. was better than
II had been for years. == King Albert
Of Belgium accepted the resignation of
Ieopold's Grand Marshal of the Court,
thus indicating an entire change in his
encourage. == China formally COM
planned 10 Japan that the latter country
Was violating the ManChurian telegraph
convention. == Ex-President Zelaya,
with some members Of his former Cabi-
Mt. arrived in Mexico on the Mexican
gunhoat General Guerrero. and says he
viii remain six months in that country.
wife back
DOMESTIC.-The United States Dis
trict Court for the Southern District of
Texas decided that the Interstate Com
merce Commission had jurisdiction over
the Southern Pacific terminals at CAL
weston. == Indications at Washington
point 10 a record breaking year in the
amount Of internal revenue taxes COL
lected by the government
CITY.-Early losses in stocks were fol-
lowed by firmer tone. == A sensational
furry in Rock Island common stock led
to an investigation by the Stock Ex-
change. -= Andrew Carnegie slipped
ON the ice in Central Park. injuring his
knee painfully. == The city was busy
in removing the traces Of the storm, and
another was predicted. -= Mayor Nc
tleilan laid the cornerstone Of the new
Municipal Building W. Gould
Brokaw withdrew his offer TO take his
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-
day. Cloudy. The Uempera ture yes
terGay: Highest. % degrees; lowest, %.