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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-02-10
Breaks Back Diving; Dies.

william Fitzgerald. the Scranton.
Pa. life guard a; Lake Lincoln. IN
Nay Aug park. who fractured his
spinal column while diving ex-
hibItions nj thea >eks aga
died IN o hosnifaI
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-02-10
MaeFarIand 10 Ole March f7.

Allison NJ. MacI'arland. who last
week was convicted OF having muir
dered his wife with cyanide Of po as
stun. was sen;ene ed to die In the cleo
tric chair at the Trenton. n. j.. state
prison In the week beginning March
II. The execution VIII not take place
then. however. as the case will now
70 to the higher courts for review.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-02-10

There were born on Tuesday TO
the wife OF J. T. vivens. In West
Hickman. KY. four children, three
girls and one boy. all being good-sized,
strong children. two larger and two
smaller. but all perfect. The mother IL
doing nicely.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-02-10

Vernon. a suburb Of Los Angeles.
Cal. and believed to be the only In.
rorporated city in the United States
that has not single church. has va cd
for wet Sundays. There are three
saloons. Fr'sy women voted, Most VI
them voted wet"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-02-10
POLITICAL Developments
Of the WEEK,

flcation clause of the Constitution of
this State, is not proof, in itself, that
such voter is able to prepare his bal
lot without assistance, for | can we'll
imagine an instance where an litter
ate person may have been placed up
on the registration rolls as having
registered under the educational quail
ification clause of the Constitution of
this State, who, although his name
might be erased from the registra-
ton rolls under the doctrine laid
down by our Supreme Court in the
case OF Smith vs.. Police Jury, 1875
La, 724, would not violate the pro-
visions of Act No. 240 of 1910 by call
ing upon a commissioner, a watcher
or clerk of election for assistance
in preparing his ballot, for in call
ing for assistance he would be swear
ing to the truth.
However, if | am to prosecute
these cases, | will present them to
the court regardless Of the evidence
upon which they have been founded,
and leave to the court the entire
question of the guilt or innocence of
the persons chaged with violations
of law. Respectfully yours,
WALTER GUION,
Attorney General.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-02-10
D. |. NORWOOD,
Cashier.

enforced in one set of parishes and
absolutely disregarded in another set.
When al supposed ambiguity is TAX
en- out of the law, there will be no
difficulty in enforcing it.
There is still another consideration
which weighs with me. Let us have
peace within the party Let u.s.
strive to forget the bitterness of the
campaign just closed. We all belong
to the asme political faith and the
same political household, and We
must join hands to work out the
many important questions that must
be solved, and solved right.
| am authorized to say that Judge
Hall approves the sentiments ex-
pressed in this letter.
EDGAR HOWARD FARRAR,
Mr.. Farrar's position is considered
unexplicable, in view of the fact
that he was heavy contributor to
the fund raised among Good Govern
ment League men in New Orleans to
purge the registration roll and in
sure a clean election. The City EX-
ecutive Committee Of the League
does not hold with Mr.. Farrar as
may be seen by the following state
ment of it's position:
Those who believe the proseCu-
lions of election law viOlators spring
from a spirit of vengeance, know lit
tie of the principles which have guild
ed our course, as we do not harbor
the slightest malice against those
whose prosecution is demanded for
the welfare of Louisiana. Before the
election there was no material dill
| ference respecting the voters right
to assistance. The District Attorney,
the Attorney-general and the fore
most lawyers of the State agreed.
The Governor and his interested al
lies in the city sought to becloud
the issue.
No effort was spared by the League
to advise every voter of the risk ne
would incur in asking assistance
Cautions were published in the news
papers. and speakers in every ward
pledged their word for the sanctlty
Of the ballot or punishment for often
ders A large sum was expended III
sending a personal warning to each
| of the $4,000 names on the regIstfa'
tion rolls. A final verbal warning
was given TO the voters at the polls
Every man who illegally asked assf'-
lance. did it with the full knowledge
he would be prosecuted. His actlon
constituted a deliberate defiance OIL
the law.
i The people of New Orleans mus
not underestimate the gravity OF tniS
charge It is as serious as ballot
J; hoy stuffing or miscounting the votes
and more dangerous, because more III
sidious It is the final weapon o.
} the boss, who uses it to bully MI
way into the poll, and there cruSl
: out the independence of the cltizei
in the very moment of preparing MI
D vote It is the last desperate as
: sault of dying tyranny on the secrec'
t Of the ballot and the independence
: of the electorate.
|. This committee has made all VI
}, compromising struggle for the purl'
f If our elections. If others weaken
= if others, generous in the houf Q
s victory, falter through compasSioi
e this committee does not forget Ia
S stern duty which it has set before
/ self. It feels deeply its respohslpll'.
e It has meditated long upon it's courS
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-02-10

1t has made a pledge to the people
of Louisiana, and no consideration
will move it from the path it has
marked out.
The ring, insultingly proclaiming
It's contempt of the law, has adVis-
ed its dupes into these offenses and
promised them immunity. Shall We
hold up the hands of the enemies of
the law by walking guilelessly into
their trap, or shall we support that
fearless official who has made him
self the champion of the law? To
help the ringsters in carrying out
their promise of immunity is to
bring the law into contempt. This
committee will not pause until the
ballot box and polling booth are
made as sacred in the eyes of all
the people as our very affairs,
(Signed:)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, CITY
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, DEM
OCRATIC GOOD GOVERNMENT
LEAGUE.
Charles A. Duchamp, Chairman; Fred
S. Weis, G. R. Westfeldt, Jr., S.
S. Labouisse, Edward F. Henri
ques, D. w. Pipes, Jr., Esmond
Phelps, Thomas D. Flynn, Henry
Dickson Bruins, NJ. d., John M.
Parker.
At the same time, as the commit
tee thus expressed itself, Judge Hall,
having been implicated as it were in
the Farrar letter made this state
ment: Il sustain no relation what
ever to the situation in New Orleans
with respect to prosecutions for vi
olations of election laws. The views
expressed by me with reference to
prosecutions for alleged violations OF
laws by persons calling for assistance
in preparations of ballots were stat
ed before any prosecutions has been
to my knowledge instituted. Since
they have been instituted, it would
be obviously improper for me to seek
in any way to influence their course
in the courts, and it has not been
my purpose or wish to do so.
"(Signed} L. E. HALL"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-02-10

The next sensation politically was
also on election matters, and proceed
ed from Hon. Edgar H. Farrar, who
in publishing a letter in the Plea
yune, and which he asserted that the
Times Democrat had withheld from
publication. In reply, the Times
Democrat shows that on the medi-
alton of Mr.. Frank B. Hayne, Mr..
Farrar withdrew his letter though
the. Times-Democrat already had it
in type. In this letter, Mr.. Farrar
urges clemency for the culprits of
the election law, saying:
New Orleans, La, Jan. %, 1912.
To the Editor Of the Times-Democrat
Will you kindly permit me to ex-
press through your columns my res
pectful dissent as a member Of the
executive committee of the Good
Government League from your edito-
rial of this morning demanding Wig
orous prosecution of all violations of
the primary law. AS far as this slo-
gan calls for us to prosecute Vio-
lence at the polls, or those viola
tons of the law which involve moral
turpitude, such as miscounting votes
or stuffing ballot boxes, am will
ing to go as far as you demand; but
l am not willing to follow you in res
pect to prosecutions for the much
discussed and much disputed right OF
the voter to demand assistance in
marking his ballot. While my opln'
ion of the law of the case is per-
fectly clear, the question as it was
put up to the mind Of the average
| layman was so much beclouded by
the assertions of some of the lawyer
friends Of the ring, by the Delphlc
utterances of the encouragement
and by the proclamation of the gov
ernor, that it would be great mis-
take in morals and in politics to pun
| ish large numbers OF those who ask
! ed for assistance in a certain gooo
foith which left them free from
criminal intent
It is Of the highest Importance
however, that this veXed question
should be judicially determined be
| fore the next primary, and there are
| those among them who asked for ane
Ireceived assistance who Wantonll
and wilfully violated the law for the
! purpose of inducing others to VIC
/ late it, and who deserve no consld
Grafton from any body. 1t appears
!, to me, therefore, that several o
4 these persons should be singled OUT
, and test cases made and carried u
, the supreme court. but that no pros
, ecutions should be instituted or pros
) ecuted against the helpless rank AM
81 file of the rings followers, WI
. had not the brains or the moral cot
D rage to resist the pressure brough
+ upon them. There is another Col
ri sideration which must be weighed
al In several of the country parishes
Q notably St. Landry, this provision
Il the law was by consent Of both fa'
!, tons not enforced, and the follower
t Of each factionwere assisted at Tn
e polls at their request. II the law
II to be enforced-and believe it ougl
l. to be enforced-it ought not to c
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-02-10

1t transpires that the Game and
Oyster Commission is out of funds.
The game wardens were so busy
looking after the political game OF
the state that such little matter as
hunting licenses was overlooked. In
other words, it was not deemed po-
litically wise to be too solicitous
about the authenticity of a good vot-
er's hunting license, consequently as
an anticlimax to the election it was
found that the treasury had run low
and there was nothing with which
to pay the game wardens, after all
their liberal expenditure of time
and money. There was talk OF dis
charging the game wardens, but Gov.
Sanders would not agree to thls'
Nothing can be definitely known till
afte tribe Commission meets next
week.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-02-10

Justice Land will run for the place
on the Supreme Bench left open by
the election of Judge Hall to the
goyernorship.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-02-10

1t is recalled that Congressman
Broussard could make another term
before entering upon his senatorial
duties in 1915. He is urged to run
for this term.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
BY WINIFRED BLACK.

Artistic temperament! Yes, there
is such a thing but the people who.
have it never know it themselves.
The one sure sign that ei1l is alb
soiutely without what we call tenn
permanent for want Of better
name. is when she starts talking
about it,
And your work. poor little girl
,ha1 artistic" work you do so de-
lishtfully, what is it, tatting or wool
work? Perhaps you make doilies
with marguerites on them, or tray
cloths with. pond lilies all over the
part whore the unoffending cups
ought to sit, or maybe you paint
panels or decorate china all nice
work but how can YOU think that
there is anything serious about it?
They praise You at home and tell
you you are $50 artistic" Wen.
SO you are. no doubt. within the
limits. Why don't you stay in the
limits and be happy?
Some day some nice young man
viii see YOU sitting on the porch
emhroidering a bureau scarf and
he'll think, There, she is the right
kind Of a girl No tennis for her,
ne golf, no running around all
hours of the twenty four, but Just
nice, quiet. neat. gentle, little soul
who'll love to darn socks and look
pleasant while she's doing it," And
he'll speak 10 you with new note
in his voice. and all at once you'A
see what nice ewes he has and how
broad his shoulders are, and youn
forget all about the artistic tenn
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
Letters From the People
DOROTHY DIX AND FLESH POTS.

DOROTHY DIX AND FLESH POTS
Editor The Georgian:
The vegetarian is always IA
vorite butt for tile wit and the
joker. His superior diet enables
him to receive the prods of the
Philistine without an attack of
choler. So, while enjoying the
laugh, I ask permission to correct
some of the errors of your clever
contributor.
A vegetarian is not a vegetable
arian. The former term is derived
from the Latin word vegetus-vig-
or, strength, vitality. The diet of
vegetarianism consists of fruits
nuts, grains, roots, vegeta bIes. eggs.
milk, cheese and butter. Some
omit the animal products, but that
is optional
Delicious nut meats are now
made from all kinds Of nuts and
almonds which contain no skin.
bone and fat to throw away. and
whose handling and cooking give
no offense.
Your contributors ideal husband
is an epicure. But in vegetarian
ism there is much more scope for
palate tickling dishes, the variety
being greater, more refined esthet-
ic and subtle. And the reformed
diet creates a more sensitive sense
Of taste and finer discrimination
of flavor.
The commanding husband. with
his drinks, dopes and smokes,
loliing in his easy chair too OBJ
fuscated to think beyond his ami
NAL appetites, is not a pretty pic
ture. He is only one type, and
not likely to aid the world in get
ting forrader in the things that
matter A more likely type to sur
Viye Is the one that refuses to turn
the stomach into a cemetery bv
eating scorched corpses and avoids
all dangerous dopes. poisonss and
stimulants, including the unfra-
grant weed extolled by Dorothy
Dix.
am sure that in Atlanta there
are many ladies' who have higher
ideals of q husband than nice
fat gentleman, With a pink skin.
who can digest steak yard
square"
If "a well cooked dinner" is the
main thing to keep a man in the
strait and narrow path" then.
Lord help all such matrimonial
ventures. JAMES MELDRUM.
Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05

permanent" and the things that so
with it.
You1l find yourself walking up
the aisle of quiet little church
some day to the old, old song the
organ sings. and your little head
will be whrling around and around
with happiness, and you viii have
found your vocation and the best
vocation it is on earth, too.
Don't envy the girl with the real
artistic temperament, pity her
She'n fly farther than you, but oh.
how her wings win ache some
times!
Shell see the world, she'll be
part of it, and half the time she'll
be envying you, lust simple, con-
tented, little Wholesome YOU, with
all her poor hungry heart
oh, yes, they're all right, the
studio teas, and the Bohemian dim
ners, and the art for Arts sake
jargon, for a while, but any one
who really. grOWs up, grows away
from all that sort of thing some
day and then What9
GU uon DttOilG lHefe, niue girl,
at all. Be content In your com
fy'' home, with your mother the
best and dearest friend youll ever
have.
And remember that HE is COM
ing down the road some time, may
be today, perhaps next week, 10
round out and fill 10 your life
Artistic temperament" "e1quis-
itely nodded FORM forget these
foolish words, my dea little girl,
and some day ycu'll be quite, quite
happy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
The Artistic Temperament

CHE wants to be an artists
model. and she has written to
me asking me how to get TO
work at being one.
Il have an exquisitely nodded
form" she says in the letter and
an artistic temperament l am
very talented and have done artis-
tic work. My work has been ac-
cepted and highly praised in va
rious stores. and l would like to
60 ON with it. but they offer me
such ridiculous prices that I can not
do it. How shah l get into my
proper sphefe?'
My dear sweet. foolish little girl,
your proper sphere is right at home
with your good, sensible mother
who worries about you" you say.
| don't blame her
If a daughter of mine ever got
the idea into her little head that
she had IAN exquisitely nodded
form" I'd never give her rest or
peace night or day. till / got that
notion out of her brain If | had to
discharge the laundress and give
daughter the family washing to do
TO make her realize that there is
only one thing ON earth worth hay
ing. and that is rest
Artistic temperament!-If | ever
caught amy girl Of mine thinking
herself "temner9mental' ia shut
her up in convent with a wall six
feet high all around the place. and
I'd keep her there till she came to
her senses.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05

ever uttered: 80 let the gods do
to me, and more also, if l make
not thy life as the life Of one of
them by tomorrow. about this
time"
Elijah, who had just performed a
marvellous meteorological feat by
putting an end to three-year
drouth, quaiIed at that threat, and,
in the language of the scriptural
writer, when he saw that (the
queens message), he arose and
went for his life."
But the full anger of the Lord
was not excited against Ahab and
Jezebel until the incident of the
vineyard occurred. When Ahab
told his relentless wife that Ma
both refused absolutely to sell his
inheritance to suit the royal pleas
ure, Jezebel took charge of the
affair herself. She trumped up false
charges against Naboth, got some
rascals to swear to them and then
had the unfortunate man stoned to
death, by due process of law.
Then back came Elijah with a
message to Ahab from the Lord
God of Israel: TN the place where
the dogs licked the blood of Ma
both shall dogs lick thy blood, even
thine!"
1t ali came out according to the
words of Eliiah's message, but the
wicked queen, strangely enough.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
To Kiss or Not to Kiss

Ladies and gentlemen kissing crime9 Echo 'No
And echo must be right for DR. George Bowling organ
lied the Oklahoma society do away with kissing admits that the
practice is nice albeit insanitary.
Homes have been wrecked nations destroyed thrones
all because of that thing declares still that
is not am enthusiastic on the subject simply
sanitary standpoint believe that when people they
will eliminate kissing
Now this is all very WELL but DR. Bowling may if he
for office kissing platform would 60 down
voted for himself
In this scientific age, when shadows contain
menace let in might and defy the anhssers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
SUCCESS OF NEW GAME LAW.

SUCCESS OF NEW GAME LAW.
Editor TIE Georgian;
The new game law of Georgia
has proved a success. Jesse Mer-
Ger, the state game warden, de-
serves the honor for this good re-
suit. Not only has the law pro-
tected the game and fish, resulting
in the greatest abundance of both,
but the protecting machinery has
made it's own expenses and has
$13,S01.7S in the bank to the states
credit.
Mr.. Mercer asserts. and the facts
bear out his assertion, that The ad-
ministration of the office has been
definitely economical, not nearly
half of the revenues having
been expended for putting the law
into effect and for it's execution.
For this splendid result the state
has not been taxed one cent and
the department will be able to con-
tribute to the school fund, whence
the excess of the collected funds
goes.
Mr.. Mercer calls attention to the
tact that the law has been popu-
lar generally with the people, and
that only one clause has been much
cfttlcised-that for the protection
Of field laIks He claims that the
farmers do not like the field larks
and want to have the privilege of
shooting them out Of their crops.
lie also says the people in general
want TO shoot robins about Christ
mas time, whereas the law finds
no open season for robins
The state warden stresses the
fact that while Georgia has gem
el rally been in the forefront of
other reforms for the people, she
has Jagged behind in the respect
70 the protection of her game and
hsh until now and that Georgia
VIII soon be abreast Of the times
and Of those states which have for
years been giving time and thought
ana money for this great reform.
the protection of her game and fish.
While the state does not require
a report from the warden, he is
compiling an interesting and in
structive report for the aid of the
legislature in strengthening and
perfecting the law With the re-
suits thus attained in less than
two YEATS of his administration Of
this department, it may be said of
Jesse Mercer that he has proved
himself a moss efficient, tactful
and worthy public servant and is
entitled to the thanks of the state.
JOHN W. GREER
Triton, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05

w TIE all ike TO see the stories
w of the Bible, which In our
youth, at least, we read
with wonder and veneration, con-
firmed. in some of their most in
teresting details. by the results of
modern exploration, which seeks
only for hard facts, and often OBJ
tains them In unexpected and sur
prising ways. Most of us, no
doubt, have been better pleased
with the thrilling stories of the
earliest adventures around the
Dead Sea, who thought that they
had seen the very pillar of salt into
which Lots wife was changed, and
had caught sight, deep beneath the
tremulous water. of the walls of
Sodom,
old palaces and towers
Quivering within the waves in
tenser day."
than with the more scientific rela-
lions of later travellers, who find
only indications of great geologi-
cal catastrophe there Yet even
these, in a manner confirm the
Scriptures, for they show how the
legend of the destruction Of Sodom
may have originated
But lately there has been made a
discovery which offers a more d.
rect, II only partial, confirmation
of one of the most fascinating of
the Bible narratives. that which
tells of the wickedness and woes of
King Ahah and queen Jezebel, and
the adventures of the Prophet Eli
jah
Explorers, digging on the site of
the ancient royal city Of Samaria,
have uncovered what are believed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05

to be foundations of Ahabs palace,
or ivory house, containing He
brew inscriptions, with familiar
Hebrew names, and, what seems
especially significant, references to
vineyard" This, it is thought.
can be nothing other than the
vineyard of Naboth, which the BIZ
Bile says lie near Ahab's palace,
and the coveting of which by the
king, who wished to turn it into a
royal park or garden, brought
about terrible example of the
wrath OF God.
The owner of the palace, some
of whose walls are shown in the
photographs. and which occupied
about two acres of ground, with its
many chambers grouped around
inner courts, did more says the
Bible itself. ito provoke the Lord
God of Israel TO anger than all the
kings of Israel that We're before
him"
His fundamental offense was in
marrying Jezebel, the daughter of
an idolatrous king, and herself a
Worshipper of Baal, who steam
rollered the enemies Of her religion
with a cold nerve that would have
made even national committee
mans teeth chatter 1t is true
that the other side had set her
some examples. for Elijah took her
prophets, and brought them down
to the brook Kishon, and slew
them there" When Jezebel heard
Of this she sent to Elijah mes
sage which, from the point Of
view of literary effectiveness of ex-
preston, must be regarded as one
of the most blood -curdling threats