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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1909-04-30
&ie man i'm Qcbcn lcrnt.
Bon gu 10 4 q angb-oie

Gor Dem 9eidtitubl bate id, eilen
ber5betlenlneuoeu MeIpcft. oblpohl
Der quite Gidrrer Sortmo.ln anger.
balb Ger stride eiu ieljt i%ternolid)sr
Ncrr luar. Tod niS ihh 5lnn crlten
Mol mem @Gpfiien Dor linn erlcid)-
tcrte. luolltc CT lpobl er5ieberild) ol,f
lllld) lulrfet nn0 OaS tritN mir eli
ltcll Ihrcdlidcn lfudnlittag elm. Nnd
monhcrlci tleinen SiiHocn bate i'd
ldlicBlld, aud, befnmlt, buB id) aui
Dem GroBen Seubooen Der yHouerinir.
thin" ldott piele Gicr ,%.geiunoen" H..
o~ltSgetrurfen bate. SGttlid) lit mir
IN Grinnerln9 geblieben, iuic Ger
Ftorrer hlntcr Dem Sitter nidte lwlo
nit iciner Tliiiteritinmc iuate:
p@funOe? So, 10? @iunbe? Neiuid)t
net. oo miicBte liler .~9ltoblc" iage?"
Nd) bate bn3 8ciiibl, uls m0rr oid)t
Dor mcinem @eiid)t ciu 1Iiibenocr
Diem. Ger Giorrer irugtt mid riad)
Dem liebeutcu @ebot. ieBte mir red)t
ariinolid) ben llnicridieo 5piiden
Mein ullo Gein ailSeinailoer mo ers
tlarte. boB ser Iicbe @ptt mir oicic
abld)euIid)e Siinbc crit per9cbcn mir
DC, mcnn ldl Die oHoatuirtbiu" lue.
gen oeo Shooelts, ocu id) ibr 5itge-
'ilqt, nm @er5eihnug aebcten bate.
Sm @cmiitbS5ilItonbc zines gcfnid.
ten Wcnidentinhes pcrlieB ih BIZ
Stride. Sci'm Witto9elien brod]tc id)
tullm cincn NiIien binuntcr. Ton Ger
W%ebllpciie. Die mad, GierIl id)mcdte.
ipl,roc mir i0it libel. lluo iiini Wi.
mlten ip0ier itono ih otbemlos ulb
nit flop'ch0cm ScrSen oilI Der iiei-
nerncn, nit cinem Giicngcllnocr pcrs
lebcl,cn Scritrcppc otS oNollcpirs
Tics" Meitcr tnnI id) nidt. 0ci'ni
Nllblld 0e3 oiIcncu SulisilurS bate
id) ell @eiiibl. OILS ioglte ih III Ole
pollc iprinAeu. Stutc tonlcn nno
Sel,te Gln9cl. sdl blieb ulti |oer
{reppr ltcbNl ODER t%lirittc, INN iIrlpcr-
o0d)tla 5lt criheincn, anl @clGnbcr
bin mo Der, Irinnca i'm !Snuailllr
taud)tc Die rlnhe ,GuIclplrtbin" mi.
nlrr luicocr Nuiid)eu Sd]1nfitilbe wnb
acleriticGc ouf. go oft ih lie &C.
Ddhrtc, wuroc mir fnlt ober bciB.-
Gnolidl iiH Is ibr ali. bab id) "a
INNER oiiI Der Greppe itanS. Sin
fam u1O iraAte freunSlid): nSubmi1.
lc. miaid)t cbbes?" Nbcr i'd brnad,tc
teltcn Cant bcrans, id)iittcltc tnlr Der,
Nopl uro turtle lpieotr. Stunot
n!t' Stinoe pcrging. Is luitrec filnl
llbr Nadlmlittags, luio Die &crrcn ia.
men sum- Sorod. einer lad Dem an
ocren. Der Goftor. Der Iufld)l1ger
oor Scbrcr, Ger T0ritcr Hnnidmepci
mo Eapo. ,Scocr ifagtc 10 mas
Ichnlldlc5: p2uomigl iuaS treibit q
oem oo?" I'd, battc in'nncr bic elci
dye Nlltlport: .&ir!" mo tnrntc I'M
MGR ouiScrceter. llno iast nil
Iianb an$ Scrj eroben i'll &aalic it'll
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1909-04-30

Icbenocn SbiereS bcsogen. Man bolt
oft entgegen, oob bas neueite erfolg.
reihe allltllrpolt, Die Supanet. mn
beiteioene Wengeu GiipeiB coniltmi-
relL man red)net i'm IurdIhnitt ets
lpa 80 @ramm. 9erehnet mani 0ieie
Summe aili 6aS erbeblid gr0Bere
0ltrdidnittlide &orpergelpid)t Der
gerntaniiden, ilopiiden, ienlitiiden
&oiien, 10 erbobt lie lid pbne neite.
res ollf 50 bis 70 @ramm. Won fam
gclpiB nidt la9en, oaB Die 5aponer
init ibrcnt Ourd) Sobrtallicn0e iunege-
haltenen uie0rigen @imciBitunoaro
oas Soditlnob Der torperIifen Gut.
lpidCIung, ociien Der Mienid) iobig lit,
erreiht bobetl. Scit etno 80 Sobren
miro in Sopon nod)0riitlid) 0nrolti
bin genrbeitet, ben GiipeiBconilm Ser
gcp6lferlng 5t Iteigern; Dies &c.
idiebt %nonentlid 0urd) ltartcn Slid.
transport bon Den aiiitcn in ooS Siu-
uCnIono. I'D meme, Die on0eren
&ulturItaotcn iolten lid odron Gin
UciIpiel ncbntcu obtuobl GilUciB
5lueiIelloS oaS tbcueritc inter oel
@olptn1briteiicn lit - ~unitott ans
ioIid)cr Sp~arionlfcit ODER i'm 9citrc.
bcrL Dem uelcIten Observation-Disclosures
SdIogluort Ncred)t 3t mcrocL in cine
cutQeNengcieBtc SciucAut0 ein5utrc.
ten.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1909-04-30
Our 0auDncH 9ebun6em.

Ger Gnir bon N~lgb0ntItan lolItc,
Tic id!1a genelOet, an Is. Mur5 CT.
ucr mCitDer5lucigtcu &crld)ru0rmg
ylm Gtier folen. Gttrd] Serratb jc-
bod fam Der Elan }nr &cnntnlB Der
BcbGroen, uuO 10 lrur0c Der Nnlhla9
ucreitcIt. Wi0cr GriuortCn lieB Der
Gmir gegen bic Eerldnu0rcr 0noOc
iuultcn MIR nit 5luci MG0cl9Ilib-
rern mrlroe cine MuSlobme gennudt,
iuOcm man iie oili iiird)terlld)e @cile
bonn Scbcn 5llH So0e b%ei0r0ertc. Sic
tpitrocn nn cine &unone 0erart geici.
iclt Dob Der l~o61ebcnoe SduuB ocn
a0rpcr Der llnglildIid)eu it Der
ihrcdIifItcn 0ciic 5erriB. 0icic @rt
Der Ninridtrmg lit nidtS 9tcilc5 mo
aus Der engliid)eu aolonioI0eld)id)te
bcfomnt. Sm Sabre 1857 bate Scr
aus pcrid)ieOcncn Rumuncu alld) met
icrcp &rcilen bCtannte Hcan-S obib
ollgCn1cincl NllIltdn0 gcgcn Die eng.
Iiidcn Grobcrcr 0oourh eingeleitct,
boB CT it &onpur ocll ubnuugSloieu
General Wbeeler nit lciner Sanlillc,
100 engliidlc Sffi5icre, 2lO Solootcn
uno 800 Gipililtcn alii binterliltige
@ciie iiberiicl ulo Nroulum nicoer-
meBcln lieB. God tonnte er nid)t
lan9e lid) leinc3 SriunlpbeS crireucll.
General SoDelod - bon Dem, llebens
bel bemcrft, 0oS befunnte mnntelors
tige &le%ionngSItiid lcincn Nonlen
entlchnt bat gelailg ca, Den Nlll'
.it1noiid)cl mcbrerc Sd)loppcn bci5lt-
bringeu. 81 ipiirbcn Ole GnglGnOer
bulo @err Der 9eiueglilG nomcntlid)
nnd)ocm Ncna-S nbib. Der befGbigite
sSilbrcr ser Nillber, nad) Hcpul cello.
ben mar. lin ober Den G%ingeborcncn
Ole Hult 5u lueitereu Hepolten 81 be-
ncbn1cll. lieB man Die 8%efnlaenen
Dor Die Wiinoirhgen ser @eidilbe bins
ben mo oielc burul obfeiieril. 4ir
@irfltug mar iiirhterlid). @Gbrellb
Der ~5erltiifelte Sberforper melt FORT
aeidIeuoert lpilrbe, iiel Der llltere
Sbeil Dor Die &alloie nieoer, 10 bob
bic ein5elnen Sbcilc nid)t nlebr i'll
u~erciniaen iuorclt. 8erabc ooS luoll-
ten oic 9ritcn. Tltr oori man niht
ettpo annebnlcn Dab lic lid aus blin'
Der @ilth uber mubInier 8rdillomtcit
81 eir,em ipld,en @erfobreu binrciBen
lieBcu, oaS lag linen fern. Nit
8rllilo ibrer 2cnnltrtiB Der rellgloleil
Slnid)ammgen Der Snoer Iltd)ten lie
ourd) ieue SoOeSort Gllrt)t mo
Shrctcn III pcrbrcitcn. % aleu- i'll
oiid)cn Observation-Disclosures
onl 9ruhmoucn. 9iibobiIten mo
Soiniitcn - Der Wlaubc on Die Sec.
l%clnponocrrng acn,tfniom lpor, l,ad)
Dem Ole Seele nod, manri91od)cl
S~totionch IN onbcrcn Srgallismen
luicocr in oel, nriprilnelid)cn aorpcr
plriidfcbrt. 10 mnBtc natilrlid) oa-
rol,i acbolten meroerL ooB Die irrcltoc
/ Scelc ibr olteS @cin1 aud nieocrfllt.
ocn tonrtc. GnS ipuroe onrd) jelc
SootSnrt pcrciiclt, mo 10 gcloilg rs
Sen %GheI1nocrm bic illrd)tborc Or
bcblrng in nod nid)t 5wci Sabrcn ME
oer5nihlugcll.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1909-04-30
@crtb ciiuciRBaltigsr Wabrnng.

llcber 0cn Wertb cilueiBboltiger
H0brullg fiir 0en lnenid)lid)en aorper
bot iid) Der betunntc @icner alinifer
Erof. u. Rporoelt III ci1tcn1 fiirjlid)
in Stuttgart geboltenen Gortragc
iiber nIi1teiilhe Belt. unb Streits
frngelL" Der inn Ipril . Seit Der
.Gcutitcu Reuue", Stuttgart, Gcut.
lhe 0erlagS - 4nitolt, pcroifcutlift
miro, in bemcrfen5lperthcrgSeilc aus.
gelprod)eil. Sn letter Belt, lo9t Der
@elcbrte II. a., bobfl lid) EroriS rulo
t nqmeutlid) Shforie eingeben0 nit Der
oltcn Sruae %beid)dftigt, luie picl Gi-
mciBiubitoll5 Der mcnidli6e 3orper
it'd, taglit 5ltIilbrcn mntB, ltnl buS
Sptinnmn ieiner Sciitunl9sfabi9tett
i'll crrcid)clL bc5lp. SIT bcbollptcl. Scr
pcriiorbenc Ybpiioloae Soit, Den mir
nod mcbr oils :, y. 2iebig ulS Be
grilnoer Der mober1eu Gr%nGbringSs
miiienlhoit dniebelt miliclL Ioroerte
1t5 bis 12O 8rnllml trofeneS GimeiB
iiir Die G%rnGbrnHg beS crluddlelcll
Wutnes BON mittlercr ,a0rpergroBc
rltb nit mittlerer notwithstanding.
Sieie 3nbl lit cntldieoen 81 bod Sc
g%riiicll, mon fam lie oble Seoenfct
oili 80 bis 100 @ronnt reoil5ircu.
Wuldc lteliercr Sorid)cr, oorllntcr
Dor 9llem Scr Gciitrcid)e Gbittcuoen
IN Nnlerifo, troten 0ufiir eii,, Dob
oildl Dies nod lucit llcbr ols notb-
pcnoig lei mo haB man obnc ge.
berfen alii Die Soller Den GiiueiB.
Stonbnro oui GO bis 20 @ronlm or
mGBigen fGnne. Nlln lit cS lreilid)
| Null5 rid)tia oaB man olli furje Belt.
.. y. nui Gage obcr Wod)er, cbnc @e-
i~Ibrbung otS 3rultcluitouocS Ole Gis
luciB5uluhr lo1or oif 40 bis 80 @r.
berlulteroriiden fam. Sebr erottc
Stoiilued,Ielucriude aus ben 0Ocr
Sabrcn bobcn Dies burgctbon; bnS
iparcn 2uborotoriumS Terlid)c, lcbr
intereiiont mo mihtig fiir 9epiIie
@rumOiro9en Der Stpitpchiellehrc,
abcr obne WcjlchrnlN jlinl proftllden
Ecbcn. Ter ncil nuIgciteultcS tonoorO
bon 60 bis 70 @romm GirpciB bcur+
lpr,ld)t obcr, Gin Hornnoliuertb iiir Die
ToltSernubrumg i'll lcin. 9urin cr.
blldc Ib Gin groBc @ciobr. Sni inbl'
pIouCllcll Gcbcn mag cine onucrnoc
Neid)rGnfune Observation-Disclosures ailf 10
nicorigc Mertbc nid)t ldldoeu, uto cS
lit ai,d) 9elpiB oonfbor onSucrfcrmen,
oaB mir 0urd) Gbiticnheu'S 'fole
Tcrllid,sreibcn Die 9ere1tignng CT.
longt babcll. bel ntntd)en &runfbct'
ten 81 tberapeutiidcn 3lpefen Die gi.
ipeiB Snflibr oilf LANCE 3eitcn bttaia
tart Su bcidr1nfer. Sb abcr bel
lold)cr GrnGbrillg cill 8olfsItanlnl
oitf Die Saiter bnrd) 8enerntiolieit
olf hsn Sptinmm ieincr forperlihen
Gntuifclung mo 2ciitingsinbigfcit
9cboltcn iuerocn fam, liz lebr Tro9'
LID. Soit anc GoltsitGmme, Die III
Der @cltgeid)id)te ourd) Musoaucr II.
Gitcraie Notwithstanding @roBes &C.
lciltet Bobcn, Dor fallem idlnnttlid)c
oriihenS tGmnlc i,no Cit grnBcrS bell
Der Slauen nnb Scnriten, iino bon
ieher Iturfe Giipcib . Gpuiuncntell
gcueier, lei ca, Dob lie bic Giipei6-
Silbitan5cn pom actooteten Ibier, lei
es. bab tic tic aus bcu Vroouftcn ocS
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1909-04-30

EdHe smr Ieiie in's AnsIanS 81.
iorst 6. &aine, vi. Ala, Cit-Valti'
uoreitraie safe gsitpm 6sxis Nse-
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1909-04-30
ySdUn lit Gin Gplinbcrbnt

Gin rci5enoeS @eid)idtd)cn erS1bIt
Eroi. Or. 9ernboft in ieillcn Hcd)t3.
,frogcn pes tGglit)en 9ebells: Gin al.
fer Shul,3 ireftor, pom Dem man be-
ballptete, OnB er Quf Die gIeeun5 iei.
ner Site teinen iiberrndBieell @ertb
lege, farlo nad) elmer 8eieuihoft, bie
CT bei,dt bate, leine oltebrlpiiroiac
Milgitrobre nid)t llebr Dor, nllr eill
lltntelnopclneler Gplinoer hing nod)
am SitItunber. Is blieb Inn id)IieBs
lid nid)tS dnocrcs ilbrig ais bieieII
uli5uieben lnlb nit ibnl nod &ailic
5it fobrcn. Iln onoerenMorgen brod)-
te Elm 0ienltlnolm icinen peridipun-
bellell SUIT; ein Stiibent, Der oieielbe
@eiellidait belldt bate, lieB piel.
mails nm Grtidluloiauug bitten, ooB
er periebcntlid) ben Slit oeS Serrll
FrolcllorS 9enonulnen battc, lu,o bot
Iid) Den lellligell ipicocr ants. Ger
Nerr Eircftor bot llie bcgreiicn f0it-
nelL iuic Die &er,pcdl3llung m0glid)
ipar. Scr Stuocnt bot ober geIegrnte
lid) IN Scr &ncipe ocS HGtbiclS 21-
lung gcgcben. Nn oenl @eicllit,oitSs
gbeno lpor ploelid) @egeu ciilaetre-
ten. mo CT botte nid)t einnlal cineu
Sd)irnL bogc9en iuuBte or. bob Der
Iircftor cine 9roidlfe bcltcllt bate.
Sc0hulb iibcrlieB CT linn pertroliens-
bon leineu neilel Splinoer mo ging
init Dem oltei, 0i,t oes SircftorS int
ltrolncnoen Hcgen itdh Souic. goS-
halter @eiic iiigte CT bin5ll. Der Gts
reftorS ut lei ~nad Der guiiriidme"
beoenteno it)oncr 9eipcien alS oor-
Der.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1909-04-30

6orontic. - Sn cincm &C.
ld)ditslaoen III Yoieu l1Bt lid, eill
&llnoe &cactld)irne 5cigcn. Gen
FAM id) Shicn iebr cmpicblcrL 5ehn
Worf - iebr %preismertb =. Sir bic
Seioc leiitc id, 8orautic. Sd
mod)tc ober eiiien biuiaeren ShirllI
bobcr, &err 9omberger," meii,t Der
@ube. rNebmcn Sic oer - audi
lehr. id)on alld) ie6r prcisipcrtb
fuitet 5 Morf." .gtd) 8armltie?"
.Aild) @arontie!" = r8arantiren
sic Die Seioe. Serr 9ambcrser
yNee, Scioe nitt.r n@u3 en-
raniircn Sic oem?"- .HiL oaB cs
Elm Hegenihirm it'll"
Rain. -aatbi: oIrL 2icie, id) ba-
be icbt eiilcl ifaeibiacn Sd)at. CT
lit bel Den Sdgern 81, 9fcroc."
Yiele: uIber aatbi III bit ,pobl nidt
red,t gcidcit, bait Oil benn 10 biel
@elo, Oab Gil aud Sen Hno Strob
iiir oas Eierb fa,ifcn fannIt?"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-24
Educate the Farmer Boy.

For years our public school
system has been manufacturing
orators, preachers, statesmen
and universal geniuses. We are
educating ourchildren away from
the life around us. The time has
come when this system must
change.
1.-THE boy who is to remain on
the farm has every right to as
thorough an education as the one
who enters a profession, and it is
the duty of the state to see that
such training is provided. Edu
cation is not given only that We
may earn dollars and cents, but
rather to strengthen the moral
fiber, expand the mind and ele
vate the soul of man.
Nov that farm lands are ap
preciating in value, it becomes
our duty to put some of this
value into the struggling child
hood of our state, rather thar
the childhood into the farm. This
is a day of brain, not muscle
This is a day of ideas, not force.
S. n. POWERS,
State Sup't. Education Missis
sippi.-LOuisiana Review.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-24
Advantage of Small Towns.
BaStrOr Enterprise

baSlfOp enterprise
Some one attempted to improve
on CowpeT's God made the
country, ant man made the
town." by saying that the devil
made the small town. OF course
that is an exaggeration and in
the main does an iniusticeto the
small towns and cities. And set
it indicates a danger that turks
in the smaller places of our land,
that of parents not exercising
sufficient oversight with their
children when they are out of the
house. The temptations of large
cities are so generally recogniz,
ed that a yigilant watch is kept
over the children, but in the
small towns, where nearly every
body is acquainted and where
temptations are supposed not
to exist to. any extent, parental
WatchfulnesS is too often re
Taxed, and frequently bad re
suits follow. Although tempta
tons may differ as to form, they
are found in one place as in an
other, and the wise parent vii
be careful as to the whereabOut.
of his children when out of al
eyening, and as to the character
of the company they keep.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-24
Willie Wanted Three Eyes.

"Oh, mamma, mamma sigh.
ed Willie, wouldn't you just
give anything to have three
eyes?"
"If you like, dear" answered
mamma, going on with her sew
ing.
"Where'd you have the other
eye if you cOuld:'
"Well, | think I'd have it a
the back of my head" replied
mamma, giving the easiest an
swer.
"You would. | wouldn't"
"Where would you have yours
them"
"Why, I'd have it on the en-
of my thumb, so ] could poke
through a knOthOle in the FEM
, and see the base ball game
free!"-New York World.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-24

ms for gp'S
les andN'''
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-24
The Best Law And Order League,

Aberdeen Examiner.
The best law and order league
that any city can have, and the
only kind of a one worth the snap
of a finger, is a combination OF
all the respectable men in town
in an agreement to serve on
juries whenever summoned, I'M
less sick, exempted by special
statute or excluded by objections
of counsel or bench. That kind
of a league will command respect
and exert a powerful influence
for good; any other combination
will meet with strong local an
tagonism and be regarded in the
light of a mob or lynch-law party
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-24
Doesn't Mean A Life Sentence Any More.
BrOOkhaven Leader.

Brookhayen Leader.
After all. the most discourag.
ing and demoralizing fact about
the verdict and all others like it
is that a life sentence in the peni-
Tertiary doesn't mean a life sen
tence any more. The Leader
here makes the prediction that
within five years from now, sey-
en- at most, Sorsby will be a free
man and frequenting his old
hauIrtS by reason of the much
abusedSardOning power and a
weak, maudlin public sentiment
that appeals To and encourages il.
That is the way law and justice
are far too often cheated in Mis-.
sissippi to-day. When a muir
derer or rapist is sentenced TO
hang his sentence is COMMITTED
to life Imprisonment, and life i'm
prisOnment in these cases and
others is followed in a few years
sometimes very few-by a full
pardon.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-24

Joan of Arc, the Maid of Or
leans has been formally proclaim
ed a saint with splendor of cere'
mony and pOmp of ritual. The
only thing for which Joan of Arc
asked after she had secured the
coronation of the King at Rheims.
was that her native village of
Domremy should be exempt from
taxation forever. This request
was observed for a while. bu'
only for a while. Never is per
manent escape made from dealt
and taxes.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-24
Self Betrayal
pardon.

Mirror
Ex.Mayor Guthrie, at a din
ner in Pittsburg, said of the
grafters whom he had exposed:
1t was not such q difficult
work to catch them as some peo-
pie think. Guilty men, you see,
always betray themselye
through their continual efforts
to appear innocent.
"ThuS a Philadelphia professor
from the University of Oxford,
at a banquet here one night,
drank several glasses of port.
The Professor did not know this
wines extraordinary strength,
and in all innocence he took too
much. When he rose TO leave
the table, his legs, to his dismay,
tottered, and the room seemed "a
sway slightly.
The Mortified Professor got tc
the parlOr in safety. He sal
down in the most distant corner
But soon his young hostess
leading a maid, who carried heI
two twin babies, came to him for
his appreciation.
'The Professor sat up very
erect. de gazed at the twins
classify. Then he articulatet
carefully, in a hOarse, thick voice
what a bonny little child"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-24

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your order to The True Demo
crat, and you'll get satisfaction.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-24

The Louisiana State Board OF
Appraisers have added consider
ably more TO their assessment OF
the railroad, telegraph and tele.
phone property of the State than
had been expected, the increase
amounting TO 100000, as
against S2,574,l42 for last year,
bringing the total up TO about
$50. 100000. The Board made
one large reduction in the ap.
praisement, S3OO,0OOin the valua'
ton of the Cumberland Tele-
phone Company on its showing
that it was assessed relatively
higher here than in neighboring
states. The increase was mainly
in the assessment Oh TdllTOdus'
due to two causes the expira'
ton of the ten years exemption
from taxation allowed by the
Constitution to new lines on a
considerable mileage. notably OF
the Texas Pacific and Louisiana
and Arkansas railroads; and
, secondly, the improvements
made by the railroads, their bet
! ter trackage, terminal facilities
etc, have considerably enhanced
their value.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-04-24
Communication frnm Supt. A. NJ. fiendOn.
st. Francisvllle, La,
April 20, 1909.
THE TRUE DEMOCRAT:


April 20, 1909.
THE TRUE DEMOCRAT:
Your editorial last week on
TOO Many Holidays" was time
ly, and | desire to emphasize
what was said and to add the
statement that no one realizes
the evil effects of so many inter-
ruptiOns upon the work of the
school quite so much as do the
teachers themselves. The faith
full teachers all over the state
gladly forego the pleasure and
rest to which they are entitled
on legal holidays and continue
their work wherever the senti-
ment of the communities will up
hold them in so doing.
The following have been made
holidays by the Legislature of
Louisiana; Jan. /, Jan. 8, Feb.
%, Good Friday, June 3, July 4,
Nov. /, Thanksgiving Day, Dec.
%, Sept. /, and all general cleo
ton days. The schools of this
parish did not observe this SEES
sion Nov. /, Jan. 8, Feb. %,
and three election days, and the
teachers did not demand any ex-
ira pay for teaching on those
days, but were willing to do the
extra work for the general good
of their schools and the benefit
of all the pupils that were willing
to attend school on those days.
In addition to the above, Mardi
| Gras and a number of other days
are demanded by the people in q
large portion of the state, and
even here the High School was
closed for a half day on Mard
Gras to enable the children Il
Ihave a little fun on the streets
which could easily have beer
postponed until after schoo
| hours.
Some of the schools were clos
ed two days this months to en-
able the teachers to attend tn
State Teachers Association, ant
some of the pupils will take
day next week to go to the HigI
School Rally in Baton Rouge
If these days were really los
to the pupils, they would hav
been made up by the three hel
days on which the schools wer
taught, but it is conceded tina
these days are the most protitf
BILE to the children and to tn
state of all the days of the schOC
year.
Not only do the numerous hol
days greatly interfere with tn
teachers work, but the willins
ness of parents to keep the
|. children at home when the
should be in school. Any thin
I will do for an excuse, and ofte
I Inc excuse at all is needed. III
! reports of the teachers of Il
I High School and one or two cou
I try schools show that they ha'
I no cause for complaining, for
I have never seen a school in Whit
I the attendance was more regul
I and the percentage of absen
I smaller than in these, but a m
I iority of the schools in the pa
Slish are as bad in this respect
I any | know of. | learned OF o
I man in the fifth ward last we
I who took his wagon on a raj
{ day and carried his children
: school. | wish more would t
u low his example. Very little eI
s can be done on the farm in b
5 weather, and why should t
& children lose a whole day!
: wish that we could get all
. ,onts 70 realize that going