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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12

The Baton Rouge correspond
ent of the Times-DemOcrat as
serts that the State Board of
Education, at its meeting, June
10, will take steps to put an end
for all time to the school rows,
which have disturbed the State,
This assertion is modified by the
statement that it is not known
exactly how the Board will pro
coed to effect this but it will be
done. This is q cOnsummatiOr
so devOutly to be wished that il
| is a pity that it stands such poor
chance of accomplishment, fol
the State Board is composed o
wise men of affairs and the.
know too much of human natur
to make even such claim. Tn
rows now on the tapis will prOba
bly, be disposed of, but other
will crop up from time to time
so long as men are men.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12

the Delineator not only shows
fairness but breadth of view IL
is perhaps too much to eXpecV
that it should recognize the high
est purpose of the organization
and that is to battle for the truth
of history so that justice may De
done the Southern people; but
what has been said is gratifying
Speaking of fraternal organlza-
tions, for men as well as women
their name is legion and their
number fairly bewildering, until
sometimes one is tempted tC
question their utility. But only
for a moment, as by a little re
Election it will be seen that thes'
various societies reach IN incl
several spheres every range U
human thought and incite I
every phase of useful human er
deayor. Some appeal to on
man, some to another, with III
result that nearly all good peopl
are enlisted in one or other o.
SANITATION working for a goo
cause, and subscribing the ben
y fcient purpose over all. 1t
e too much to expect that the san
. work shall appeal to all, Mt
- would it be well if it could be S
since one branch of work won
i be over crowded, while all 9th
- kinds suffered. Thus the q
- persion of Babel is justine
~ Let none despise the vocation
y, his brother. Each hears a d
81 ferent call, and thus all OF t
!, worlds work finds it's Varlo
70 workers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12

The N. O. States, looked upon
as primarily the organ OF the
Democratic powers that be, dis
approves of the tariff votes OF
Louisiana congressman, censur'
ing Senators McEnery and Fos'
ter, particularly. Whether this
means anything in particular is a
perplexing question. The bulk
of the party gives no clue to
what they think on the subject,
but as they have never hereto
fore punished with their dis
pleasure their representatives
for such lapses from good Demo
cratic doctrine, it is not probable
that they will do so now. But i
looks a little like some one was
trying to make the plain people
dissatisfied with their senators
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12
FITTING PUNISHMENT TO
CRIME.

A chauffeur.in New York, Who'
while speeding an auto through
the residential streets, ran down
and killed a boy, has been con-
victed of manslaughter in the
first degree, which brings with
it a penalty of from seven to
twelve years Imprisonment.
Commenting on this the N. y.
Picayune observes that while
seemingly severe, at first BLUSH
it will in all probability have a
wholesome effect" This is a
good sample of the Picayune S
logic. which from time to time
proyokes Levequian diatribes'
One naturally expects from the
beginning OF the sentence Vlle
conclusion to be that the punish
ment is not too severe. For it Is
not. Not only at first blush, bu'
at every other blush, fair-mindet
people who do not ditferentiatt
between a taker of human life
! whether he reeks with gasoline
or the odor of the common tolleF
V will not think the court too Sc
4 we're. The auto as a juggernau
:, is as dangerous as the man VIII
!, runs amuck with a knife in hi
l. hand. And it is we'll for tn
f, courts to begin to fit the punlsl
$ ment to a crime, which occur
Vt all too frequently.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12
Laurel Hill Notes.

Miss Hazel Barrow OF Bayou
Sara is spending the summer
near Laurel Hill.
Mrs. L. Argue has gone of Tor
a summer trip.
Quite a number of young peo-
pie from Laurel Hill attended the
dance at Ellerslie "Wednesday.
Mrs. H. B. Morgan and Miss
Touise Howell were charming
guest of Mrs, W Woods, We'd
nesday.
Mrs, Max Dampf and daugh'
, tiers are visiting friends in Wood
Vile. Her sister from New YORK
Joins her shortly for the sum-
, mer.
t Misses Florence and Mary
}. Hamilton are visiting relatives IN
i Pinckneyville.
!, Capt. Ed, Enderle of New vi, vi.
o leans was a visitor to Laurel I'LL
+ this week on business.
il W. Barrow passed through
=. Laurel Hill enroute to Jackson
h The house party has broker
<, I'D after a delightful week.
d Harry Woods was a vlslto
d. here last week.
ee Miss Louise Howell conclude
e, on Monday a pleasant visit
o. Wakefield.
Il. Smell those orange blossoms
IS, Mr.. Henriques, the well-know
n. lawyer of New Orleans was
ly our neighbOrh0od thls Weeh'
err It is hard to tell whether TN
,e. noise be boil weevils "chawine
w. cotton or the distant chimes
it wedding bells.
lot A slight wreck on the Ill
sh Wednesday made the local ira
all late.
in Miss Elizabeth Norwood Is e
es- pected to visit Mrs. M. E. Ham
en- tons soon.
zen Mr.. Fred Woods spent a II
on. DAYS this week at his fathers
od FREAK
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12
The Sinister Thirteen.

New Orleans States
Under the above caption Dr.
Fred ]. Mayer has prepared a
number of sanitary and hygiene
hints to housewives, and the
Mississippi State Board OF
Health has had them printed in
attractive pamphlet form Tor
public distribution. The thir-
teen sisters so ominOusly intro
duced to the public in this book
let by DR.. Mayer are consump'
ton, diphtheria, dysentery, hook
worms, Influenza, malarial fever
measles, pneumonia, scarlet few.
err, smallpox, tetanus, typholo
fever and whOoping cough.
These complaints constitute
the principal ills that disturb the
household, the rayages OF all o.
; which may be greatly lessenet
by the adoption of simple SAM
: tary precautions, ana the Oh
servance by families of certain
I easily learned hygienic princi
pies.
Among the dangers agains
y which the housewife is most elC
U quently warned by DR.. Mayer i
the unspeakably deadly housetiy
which carries germs of diseas
n and death into the household an
e is responsible for more huma
suffering than any other sing
agency.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12
crat.

May p, 1909. Notice is here
by given that l, Ada Drew, con,
victed of shooting at with intent
to kill, at the 1903 April term of
Court of the Parish of West Fe.
liciana, and sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary, am ap
plying for a full pardon.
ADA DREW.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12
ONE STAR DIFFERETH FROM
ANOTHER.

In behalf of our fellow South
ern women, we took particular
pride and pleasure, in making
the clipping from the Delineator'
which is published elsewhere in
these columns. Praise from a
Northern periodical is like the
appreciation of Sir Hubert Stan
lev, praise indeed. In commend
ing the work of the United
Daughters of the COnfederacy
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12
Respectfully,
NJ. COHEN & co.

Messrs. A. M. and H. II. Nc
Gehee were before the Board of
Supervisors on Monday in be-
half of the people of the Pinck'
NEVILLE section who desire an
iron bridge to be built in place Of
the one carried away by the re
cent storms. -WoOdville Demo
crat.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12

Five million bushels of corn
will be exported from Louisiana
this year, according to the view
of Commissioner of Agriculture
Schuler. This corn has mostly
been raised in the Red River
Valley, where the boil weevil has
made cotton raising improbable.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12

Some unkind person suggests
that the good roads project is to
further locomotion in the next
campaign. For automobiles?
An auto became famous in 1907.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12

Forty more patients can now
be cared for by the State asylum
for the insane at Jackson, wher
the new building has been com
pleted. The new building viii
be filled with patients capable o
working in the fields.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12

The Texas and Pacific railroad
will use the |. G.. station as a
terminus in New Orleans, a
change which will be welcome to
travellers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12
GOING BACKWARD.

GOING bdCh w anu
The proposed change in tram
service on the Louisiana Railway
g. Navigation road, to 60 into 81,
feet, June 20, is met with storm
Of protest, not to say indlgna'
tion, from the people here. true
the change will give our people
train which will put them ln,o
New Orleans at an hour as carry
as large towns on the Y. & NJ v
afford, and giving them even
longer period in which to atteno
70 business in the city during the
day and return at night. Under
ordinary circumstances this ser
vice would be greeted with en-
: thusiam, but when, with IT,
comes the announcement Vii"V
D the morning train up, which ar.
+ rives at Bayou Sara at 11;O6' will
e only come as far as Baton Rouge
e the gratulations are changed TO
e oroans of disappointment. For
: this change means that the mali
d will not reach here until the ar
= rival of the Y. & M. V. branch
is train at 2:3O p. m, a setback
Ie which cannot be contemplated
" calmly after having had the al
o, vantage of getting mail over three
Id hours earlier. This convenience
er even luxury, affects all the PEG
s. pie, and the complaint is general
d. Now, the people of our towns
of both Bayou Sara and st. Fran
if cisville have been very klndl.
he DISPOSED to the L. r. q n. eve
US since it's building, and even be
fore: at it's very inception. Bay
on Sara especially has made
notable concessions and has nc
been disposed to make hars
10 requirements, giving the ral
oh way company it's own time
~n putting in promised and nece
m. sary improvements. The ge'
-bo eral attitude locally has bee
it'll friendly, conciliatory. Patro
70 age of the road has been goo
Mt And now the road by one II
O. stroke puts US back where '
lilo we're before we had the road
Oh The changed runs merely 81
o q us two rival railroad lines
q choose between. 1t gives US
,o,s extra facilities worth mentlOni
mo compared with what we lose.
,ps The management says that t
the tt ain, which will run ITO Bat
the Rouge, only, would ndp pay
isb. run on to Angola, where tn
# is have a "Y." The company ha'
hut " takes into account either
dod travel over the road betwt
;ato Bayou Sara and Wilhelm, alo
lifn not to mention other points, &
line, certainly does not consider {
iIpr moral obligation to give the
90. proved train service we were
oaut to expect, commensurate "
who our needs, social and industl
his To lose the early mai. moth
tho can be comparative, and
,ish. urge the railway company to
curs consider this plan which will
only make their road unpop'
in this section, but will be a
,ond, tinct retrogression in their
t as. iect to assist in the developn
ID of of this country.
June -
end The N. 0. States, looked U
----- .---..l-. Ll.n nnnrn u of
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12
THE AYES HAVE II.

The school trouble in Mlnden, Il
Ia has been settled by State '
Supt. Harris but in a surprising )
way. For while it was done &c,
cording to the principles of home
rule and the will of the majority
if was not done in strict accord
ancp with the new law. Briefly
the trouble was this; Prof Z. A.
Ives, principal of the Mlnden
high school, was reelected by
the local trustees, but the parish
superintendent, on account OF
some slight personal differences
with Prof. Ives, would not agree
70 the selection, although the ma
jority of the parish School Board
did. A deadlock arose, because
the parish superintendent, one
man, was more powerful in law
than the combined local trustees
and school board, for the school
law of 1908 says that the parish
superintendent shall nominate
all teachers.
Mr.. Harris hurried to the
scene, adjusted the differences
between the principal and the
superintendent, and the election
If Prof Ives was allowed to stand
This is first blood for home
rule and the Democratic prlncl-
ple Of the will of the majority.
1t is a good precedent for future
cases, which are sure to arise
For however excellent a parish
superintendent may be, he Is
subject to prejudiCes and errors
of Judgment like all other men,
and to make him higher than the
powers that created him-and
such the new law dOes-is to IN
yite trouble. The case at MIN
den is a good example. Prof
Ives reputation as an educator
is state wide. He was once preSl
dent of the state teachers asso
citation. And yet this parlsI
superintendent, armed with
little brief authority, would haV
set Mr.. Ives aside on account @
some petty differences in tn
schOOl-rOOm.
We saw the danger in this la
when it came up for paSSage-l
the legislature and gave warning
but ton no purpose. The peopl
in due course, will see many /
stances, where it operates to e
feet the overriding of the WiSh'
of the majority. Granted, tn
by virtue of his office, the paris
superintendent is in position
Judge of the competency OF
teacher, but so long as he h
like passions and prejudices
other men, he is liable to laps
in Judgment which an emit
board would be unlikely to ma
in arriving at selection of tea(
ers. For there is no great art
selecting teachers. People W
are competent to select tn
governor, Judges, sherltfs, sch
directors, merchants, laWy
and physician must be equa
capable of selecting a teach
The whole aim of the pres
dav cult of education is to "a
a pretence that the pedagoE
has a shibboleth known only
the initiated. This is absu
The average teacher speaks
binary American and is ea'
understood by any one.
To repeat, home rule has '
first blood. 1t is circumsta
for rejoicing.
ONE STAR DIFFERETH FL
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12

One Louisiana veteran from
the French country succumbed
to the deadly ice water on arriv'
ing at Memphis for the reunion.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12

Printing that pleases is our
pass word, to be convinced send
us your order.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12
Notice.

AS we 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.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12
EXCURSION RATES 10 ALExArp''
VIA
Lsaisiana Railway 4 AavigasOd Wa1
1,....Ar. n.x MsnAAA ~ "
@nm naalDe

Mr.. Hochenedel, that w =
approved bills bepaid proT1
the funds on hand, ailsl M
sufficient to pay regular nov
for 3 months, balance Of 10 y
with note, bearing Spe, ~ ,.i,|
c weydert, 500; JnO' + - 4
Ltd. sl722.47; Bayou ~
ICo.. s29.OS. Motion cars -,
Motion by Geo. Baisr'
HocbenedeI, that Mayor a sl..,
or pro TEN to act in bis ''''
ried. - $50
Motion by HOcheneu J, .,ve
cbas. Weydert, that Olll = ID
tromp for feed Of pri'O'''
DC per day, carried i. %
The Mayor appOlni'a Y n.
n n aglff, "
committees; g. NJ = D'I = Hss
dert, Drainage T. - y SIS
Geo. Baier, NJ. C. Lew .''!, u,
'g There being no further
meeting adjourned, 30 ,. IBII
En-, c. LEE, JSo
Secretary.
} Guy West, a nesrss, ' ~
! ming in big Bayou Ss' 4
/, L. R, & N. bridge r, w. b
D Thursday II evening ~
5 was recovered and az I /.
8 m"' 49,, ,,orish coroner, I
Friday morning y V -. i
. quest. The body :"
. TO town later. -.
e Advertise your w.,
y columns nr1 Of this paper
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-12

In the next
Sanders will
road cOnstru
ID LOuisian
foads. Their
working at A
parish, build
Alexandria t,
nent ground
diers of the
Guard will
month. Thi
shed. Two
gngs, made
Of trusty con .
Penitentiary
by the BOart
diferent Pc
The organic
additional C
will give the
Of cOnvicts,
will devote a
building of
Jet lessons
squad of co
At Alexand
Mansfield to
De SOtopari
sent b.Shl
model road i
Tie third q
Monroe TO
highway fc
| opschita p.
mad squads
| bhe plans
| Board OfEn
|thrhich tn
| nishes the
V&d, and =.
hno sIS '
/ 49, me
ha Qanossa
|lnishess i
Il Gparishes
Il IONS Mons for On
|~a''N.
| III An
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-06
HOLD EXAMINATION
STATE ExA-.s-.. ialks MET HERE
= aerr az SYESTHRDA9kFs A..
Twelve Applicants Were Put Through
q Difficult Writers Test---NfobiIe
Man Reelected President
Of the Organization.

The Alabama state Board OF En-
balmers, consisting OF p. B. Dixon Of
Mobile, President; T. f. Leak. Jr.. Of
Montgomery, Secretary and Treasure;
Isham J. Dorsey of opelika: John
Angwin of Ensley, assembled in their
fourteenth annual session yesterday
morning shortly after 8 o'clock, In the
library of the Masonic Temple. ALI
members Of the Board were present,
with the exception Of J. h. Corsby OF
Hartselle.
The meeting was called to order by
the President. after which the roll was
called and the minutes of the last
meeting were read and adopaed. The
report OF the Secretary and Treasurer
followed, showing the Board was in q
healthy and iourishing condition. 1t
was then turned over to the auditing
committee, composed OF Messrs. Dixon.
Angwin and Dorsey.
The Board received twelve applica-
lions from candidates for examination,
and the applicants were put through q
diffiealt written test. The standard OF
the examination is higher this year
than 1t was last year, and IT requires
about three years careful medical
study on the art OF embalming, the
anatomy of the body, and sanitary
science, before a candidate can be sue
cessful. In fact, the professors at the
Chicago College of Embalming say that
the examination given by the Alabama
Board Is the hardest In the whole
United States to pass. Candidates are
required to make percentage OF sew
enty-five before they are given a certi-
ncate Of graduation,
The following are the twelve appii-
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-06

By Robert Loui.

BY Robert Louis Stevenson.
Give us courage and gaiety and 4
} the quiet mind. Give us to labor 4
smiling. Give us health. food. 4
bright weather and light hearts.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-06

FATHER OF HOYs WHO KILLED
AL0NzO JOHNSON.
indignation I'm Calhoun County I'd
Tragedy I'm Jacksonville. and
Both Young Men
Have Fled.

Admission. April Especial FIRED
walker, sr., father OF Charlie and Fred
walker, who are charged with the muir
der Of Alonzo Johnson at Jacksonville
was arrested Monday afternoon ana
brought to Admission, where he 10 in
the Calhoun County Jail on charge
Of being an accessory before the tact.
/ 1t ts said there had been some diff
flcuIty between the walker boys and
johnson over o girl they were visiting
and who favored Johnson.
Jim Lilfey. the brother OF the girl.
was with Johnson when he was shot.
He said he and johnson were on their
way home when they met the Walker
hoys, and II Is said Charlie remarked:
"Oh, yes, / have you now. take that"
and shot four times with pistol, but
did not hit anyone.
After shooting they returned home
and both got shotguns and began
shooting again. The first shot went
wild, but the second brought Johnson
To the ground. Another shot was put
In him after he hit the ground, II 10
said.
johnson was taken homo and a ply
stefan was summoned. but he said that
he could not do the patient any good,
as the shots lodged in his lungs, stom-
ach. thigh, face and eye.
The remains Of Johnson were In
TERED at Royville, Ga, today. He was
popular at Jacksonville and his assassf-
nation has aroused great Indignation.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-06

csnts VINO toex the examinations yss-
ssrdAy. and Of this number four are
). 4. Esoshss. Troy; G. n. MsNsir,
oxar.. =. - Conner. ruaksgss: =. u.
Doud. shsfasid; z. W. Harry. Ensisy;
.. o.. Walton. Montgomsry: l.. g..
sasaley, Cspslika; A. u cnancsy. Troy.
are: w. r. Aurpny, Tuscaloosa: A. n.
johnson. Jr.. Nashville. Tenn: n. N.
aykts. Decatur, and J. H. Lovelacs Of
Mputgomsry.
Bsiors Adjournment yesterday. the
election Of oficers for the ensuing year
was held and p. B. Dixon of Mobile
was reelected President and T. +.
Leak. Jr. OF this city was reelected
Hecrstary and Treasurer.
Yesterday afternoon the candidates
were put through course of instruc-
uons and lectures at Leaks Chapel.
Embalming has become an important
avocAtion and profession, and bodies
must be prepared for shipment In y
most sanitary manner. 80 as not to
spread diseases In transit. especially
in 1.-THE case where death was caused
by contagious disease.
During the past year the Board re-
ceived sixty-dve burial certificates
from all parts Of the United states.
which 10 about one-third Of the mum.
Der OF bodies sent out Of the State for
interment. These certifcstes need not
be returned. but they simply show that
the bodies embalmed and sent out OF
this State for interment arrived at
their destinations In perfect condi-
ton.
The Funeral Directors Association
OF Alabama will hold q meeting this
morning at o'clock In the library
Of the Masonic Temple for the purpose
Of discussing how funerals should be
conducted and giving advanced theo-
rten
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-06
BODY WA,NOT FOUND
NO TRUTH AS TO RECOVERY Oh
BILLIARDS REMAINS.
Undertaken and Relatives Return
From Lowndesboro, Where 1t
Was Reported That the Body
Had Been Located.

The report circulated around the
city yesterday that a body. supposed to
be, that of WIN billiard, son of Cap
tain w. b. T. billiard. who was
drowned In company with four
other men during the recent high wa.
tiers of the Alabama river. was found
on the plantation Of DIR. w. b. Hall.
near Lowndesboro. twenty miles below
this city, 10 untrue. according to the
statements Of the men who investigat-
ed the matter yesterday.
It seems that Captain billiard receiv-
ed a long distance telephone message
from Mr.. Meadows OF Lowndesboro
early yesterday morning. informing
him that negro had reported discov-
ering q body on the Hall place. With
this information, Captain Billiards
brother, John billiard. and his brother
in-law. Ed Ellison, accompanied by
Fred Moore, Of Coroner W, H. Tice's
undertaking establishment. left the
city early yesterday morning for
that the negro had seen q body float
ing in the river last Saturday about
noon. but he was so badly frightened
that he did not report 1t until yes
terday morning.
After o futile search. the party re-
turned last evening to Montgomery
with the exception Of Ed Ellison, who
remained in-Lowndesboro. Frank Dill
lard. another brother OF Captain Dill
lard, went down the river yesterday at
ternoon In gasoline launch, intend
ing to meet Ed Ellison at the Autauga
Landing, and these two will make o
more thorough search Of the river be
low Lowndesboro.