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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-12-21

upon to stand the pressure they will
stand ninety days dry and hold until
the flood receeds. Let not the peo-
pie think for one moment that the
government can build levees that will
be free from crevasses as long as
outlets are closed, imposing hardships
on the levees they cannot stand.
A few questions may be in order:
If the outlets were closed how high
would the levees have to be to hold
the flood waters Of 1912? If the levees
should hold, how long would it take
the flood waters to go through the
mouth Of the river into the Gulf
flowing at the rate of three miles
per hour? 1t would require about
eleven months for the flood Of 1912
to reach the Gulf. A great howl rent
the air for the closing of Old river
in order to prevent the flood wat.
ers going down the Atchafalaya. Had
it been closed the flood waters would
have devastated the country from
Red river to the Gulf of Mexico. It
was my pleasure to state to the Riv.
er Commission that more water Vas
passing from the Mississippi river
through Oldsriver down Atchafalaya,
then passed through the Jetties to
the Gulf Each pass is supposed o
carry thirty feet of water making a
discharge equal to sixty feet in depth
at the average rate of three miles
per hour. The Mississippi flood wat
ers discharge through Old river down
the Atchafalaya u tc Y mile in width
20 feet through Old Fver, at the rate
Of nine miles per hour, carrying off
Twice as much wafer as passed
through the Jetties Unto the Gulf.
This fact should OPEL the eyes Of the
people and cause them to calculate
"hot "oulu I"o mSFe SuCil ouCicts
have saved for the people of the Val
ley. Let the people avoid extrava-
CANT propositions. Levees and out
lets will protect the Valley. Try mex
pensive plans first; do not brighten
the Government by wild cat pro-
pOsals.
Violate natural laws-a penalty will
surely follow.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-12-21

, May 10, rs; June Is, 20; July 7, H.
q; all of August and September;
Oct. 1; all of November and Deem
ber
1901-Nov. 80.
19O2-Feb. 8; July 5; Aug. 8, &c;
Sept. 20; Oct. 25; Dec. 20. Our pa
pers for this year are in bad condi
ton, and we will welcome all papers
Of this year, whether of the dates
enumerated or not.
19OS-Feb. z, IA, 21; March q, %;
all Of April and May; June s. 20, q;
July 4; Sept. ~, 10; all of Oct; Dec
II. Our papers of this year are also
in very bad condition, and We will
welcome any papers of this year.
1sO4-July 16;/Aug. 10; Nov. S, ~
19O5-Jan IA; Feb. II, Is; March
II; April 22;June "a; July /, 8; Aug
8, IL, 10; Dec. 9, %.
1SO6-Jan. q; April z; June 2, 80;
July Z; Aug. II; Nov. 3; Dec. 20.
1SO7-March 2; June Is; July 90
81.
190S-Aug. S.
1909--May Is; Sept. IL; Oct. 2.
1910-July 2, 8, 16; Sept. II; Oct
90.
1911-June 10; Oct. 81, 20: Nov. 4
il.
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LOOK over YOUR Old PAPERS and
SEE If YOU have ANY TRUE Demo.
Gratis NECESSARY TO FINISH FILES

The True Democrat has received
no old copies Of this paper other
than the copies mentioned last week.
However, We have not given up
hopes Of securing many more of the
missing copies necessary to complete
our files. We are Of the opinion
that there may be many persons who
have one or more of these old pa.
pers who will gladly give same to US
when they realize what we want
them for.
We would like to hear from any
Cne who has even one of these pa.
pers. as each one is valuable miss
ing link Joining the past with the fu-
ture These old papers are to be
bound in book form by us, and will
be EASY of access to all interested
parties.
We need papers OF the following
datTs:
1S92--Dec. II.
1S93-Dec. 16, 30.
1S95-Dec. 7, IA.
1S97-May 20; July II; Aug 7;Sept
Z, II, Is, Is; Oct. 2; Dec. II, %.
1S9S-April %; Aug. 6.
1899-Jan. %; May 6; Oct. 7:Nov.
4, 25.
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-12-21
Cause Of Present Agitation.


Whenever excessive power ha!
been assumed by any department Of
a government it is always very diff
cult for the people to retake it. Sci
dom has the thing been done without
violence. There Is resistance, an(
as the pressure Of public opinion in
creases it cannot always be confinet
within temperate channel. There
will be outbursts of public indigna
ton and often unfair and intemper
ate denunications.
On the other hand, it is the habit
Of sovereignty to hedge itself about
with a delicate and sensitive dignity
1t is in the nature of it to insist
upon an infallibility which no human
intelligence can justify. Those, there
fore, who exercise sovereign power
in a state do not permit criticism oil
their acts.
This is logical. The sovereign pow
er in state is an ultimate authority
There can be no higher authority
than this, consequently it's decisions
must be final. They must also be
right! To deny this would be to pos
tulate further authority superior Ie
the sovereign power--a thing not
logically permissible,
Now when the sovereign power oil
state resides in the whole body Of
the people these Attributes are ev
eryWhere equally exerted and invis
ible; but when the right Of sover
eighty is assumed by any one depart
ment of a government these attrl
butes become localized and visible.
When in the course Of events the
judiciary in our government establish
ed itself as superior to the other de-
partments, with revisionary authority
over them, and with the right ulti
mately to say by what laws the PEG
pie should be governed, it thereby
assumed certain rights of sovereignty
with the attributes attending sover
eighty attached. And it is, therefore
| n ho nynoctod %bo% oft o};0p M 4bs
part OF the people looking to the re
sumption Of this sovereignty by then
will be resented and misconstrued in
to attacks on the Judiciary.
This is an unfortunate situation
fcH the judiciary is intrusted with tn,
very highest office. It must have
the confidence Of the whole people
and it must command unquestionet
respect.
Have you ever heard it said of L.
curgus, the Lacedaemonian, then,
said Socrates, that he would no
have made Sparta at all differen
from 3'her states if he had not estah
lished in it beyond others a spirit o
obedience to the laws? Do you no
know, too, that of magistrates il
states, those are thought the bes
who are most efficient in producing
obedience to the laws, and that tina
state in which the citizens pay mos
respect to the laws is In the best col
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-12-21
our COURTS STRUGGLE FOR
SUPREMACY and CRITICS
Defense Of the Recall Of the Judiciary and Judicial De-
csions Movement, by Melville Davidson Post
in Saturday Evening Post.

! ulLloH IN peace and lnVlnclDle IN war
The greatest blessing to states
moreover, is concord, and the sen
ates and principle men in them Of
ten exhort the citizens to unanimity
And everywhere throughout Greece II
IS law that the citizen shall take
an oath to observe concord-an OATH
which they everywhere do take. But
conceive that this Is done not that
the citizens may approve Of the same
choruses, or that they may praise the
same flute-player. or that they may
prefer the same poets, or that they
may take delight in the same spec
tacles, but that they may obey the
laws. For while the citizens adhere
to these, states will be powerful and
happy"
1t Is strange how quickly the for.
mallties of sovereignty spring up
round the exercise of it. In the ear.
ly struggle of the judiciary for SUI
premacy the efforts OF the judges
were met with what We should now
consider disgraceful violence. In New
! YORK and Rhode Island when they un
dertook to annul acts of the legisla-
ture they We're not only criticised,
but summoned to appear before the
legislature and required to answer
FOR what was considered an assump.
ton Of tyrannical power. Their course
was considered revolutionary. They
were severely condemned and doubt.
less would have been punished but
that their acts contained no criminal
element.
In Ohio two judges who had de.
clared an act unconstitutional were
lmpeached by the legislature. In
Kentucky, in similar case, the leg.
lslature reaffirmed the validity OF
the statute the court had annulled
and proceeded to legislate the judges
out Of office.
With the Federal judiciary, the re.
slstance to it's exercise of excessive
power was less violent but no less
firm. Jefferson denounced and de-
fled the efforts of Chief Justice Mar.
shall to establish the supreme court
az the sovereign governing authority
Andrew Jackson followed, and after
him Abraham Lincoln, and finally
Theodore Roosevelt. No one Of these
four executives hesitated to criticise
the course and to resist the theory
that the courts could, by a final decis
ion, forever remove from the people
the right to rid themselves of the CD
Grafton Of law that did not please
them or to reenact law that they
considered useful and wise. The def
n:tion Of law in republic, adhered
to by these executives, is the Oldest
in the world.
What then, Pericles," asked AL
cibiades, lis force and lawlessness:
Is 1t not when the stronger obliges
the weaker, not by persuasion but by
compulsion, to do what he pleases?'
Continued on page four.)
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-12-21
SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
NORMAL.

The State Board of Health, through
DR.. Seeman, gives scathing report on
conditions at the State Normal. He
says:
"TO review the situation, | have
come to the conclusion that there
has been some malaria, some para
! typhoid and, possibly, some true ty.
phoid among the students at the
State Normal School, In all, have
been informed, there have been near
4 ly one hundred and fifty cases of i'll
ness since the opening of the school.
81 believe that the confidence Of
the nurse who had charge of the
sick patients, in her own ability to
treat and conquer the disease, was
secondarily the cause of it's spread.
This was facilitated by the lack CT
medical inspection in the school, and
by the allowed intermingling OF the
sick and well.
"The original source of infection
was probably the surface privy near
the dining hall.
"The fish pond, through which the
COWS were accustomed to wade, may
easily have contributed to the infec-
ton, as the udders and bellies Of
the COWS could have easily become
infected.
"In this way the milk could have
been contaminated.
an addition, l believe that many
cases were contracted by the inter.
mingling of pupils and the common
Use Of the same utensils, etc.
A lack of supervision of a criti-
cal character of the morbidity among
the students led to dangerous in.
crease in the number Of cases of
sickness, which resulted In a chaotic
and panicky inaptitude to handle thu
situation.
Many Of the patients, even UP to
the day of their leaving, were with
cut medical attention, and many were
allowed to leave on train without
adequate provision having been made
for their comfort or necessities on The
journey"
The recommendation submitted By
DR.. Bowling for the improvement of
the permanent arrangements in the
school are, among other things, for
the creating of the office Of santa
riano and medical director, with the
requirement that the office be filled
by physician who shall have his res.
idence in Natchitoches, or on Nor
NAL Hill. His duties shall be to give
all students medical inspection, to
give class instruction in hygiene, to
make analysis of milk and water once
a month, to direct nurses and to
maintain sanitary supervision Of the
Continued on page fonr)
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Continued on page tour,)
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Continued on page four.)
Evening journal., 1912-04-19

or passively After It is too late they |
may see where their shortsightedness /
has led them and the rest of the com !
munity There are many persons who |
at FIRST opposed General DUPONT and /
his road who are now their strongest /
advocates. and who are heartily sorry /
that work on the road has stopped.
1T is common knowledge here that.
there is one man, az least. along the |
line of the road who tried hard to
sell his property for $3.50 an acre some |
time ago, and who could not get It, It
is equally certain that he has re-
fused an offer OF $500 an acre for the
same property after It became known |
that the road would pass through IL /
This am telling you as an indication
Of the advance of property values
along the road, and because of the
road
Farmers for miles around come
in here and practically all OF them are
strong advocates OF the road. Once
in a while one strikes an old crank
who cannot see farther than the end
of his nose, and he cannot see any
benefit for anybody from construc-
tion OF the road
IL know Of no case where persons
whose property was taken for road
purposes who did not receive adequate
and satisfactory payment for IT, We
have heard of no such cases down
here. The general aud unanimous
opinion is that much more than ade-
quate return was made in each case"
Views of a Farmer.
E Walter Bunting, prominent
farmer residing some miles from Sell
/ byville, and whose farm is at least
three miles from the proposed road,
said from his wagon this morning
you cannot express too strongly
my faith in the road and what IL will
do in the way Of improving the con-
ditions OF roadg, property and poo-
pie here. I cannot express myself
because my feeling in the matter Is
so great. The hearts OF the whole
people are for It. aud there is not
one single reason why anyone should
be against f. l live three miles from
the line of the road, but my property
would be advanced greatly in value
II the road were built Every prop
orty IN the entire community would
be advanced, whether on or of the
line Of tho road Build it, and build
IL quickly That Is my sentiment.
Captain Charles S. Hammond Jus
tice OF the Peace OF Selhyville. a
widely-known and active member Of
the Democratic party. made himself
clear as TO his opinion Of the boule-
ward IN the following interview:
Just the prospect OF the building
OF that road has caused an increase in
property values about here. I know OF
one particular case can call to mind
now where the owner OF a small lo
could not sell il for 500, but after
tho road was decided upon, he held q
, higher than $500. because the roa'
will run right alongside OF it HI
, was offered $500 for the property
which is just small lot, and refuses
! IT,
THE fourteen-foot experimental roa
4 Is responsible for some opposition t
: the general project, because som
I, people believed that the main roa
a would be that width. only As SOC
y as the general public comes 10 tho
I. oughly understand the matter, an
:. learns that the road will be forty To-
= IN width instead Of fourteen. this ol
- position will be entirely eliminated.
"The farmers generally think II wi
Evening journal., 1912-04-19

Lower Sussex county practically unit the DUPONT
That revealed cOncusive by Investigations
being there by staff correspondent for THE EVENING
JOURNAL asceraned hand that bankers manuac
merchants farmers and aborng regard the boulevard
a the enrichment of section
which they live.
Much information of mendacous and misrepresentation nature
sentiment in county given the public
by the and agents of those who trying to throttle the bOu
project 1t the mendacy and unfaness of such
attacks that THE EVENING JOURNAL correspondent directly
the field His hearsay testimony
but to interview all walks of life and to obtain their honest
and unbiased opinions.
What has been the result of the first days work that behalf
following made by of good Judgment
the local conditions and the imperative need for good roads
and realty stimulation THE EVENING JOURNAL
cheeu lets those speak for themselves to the Delaware pub
c incidentally they speak the American public which
there should exist in this State conspiracy defeat
$2OOO0OO gift.
Evening journal., 1912-04-19

be wonderful thing for them. True.
there arc few who oppose il, saying
that they believe the road will be de-
trimental TO their property interests
can find however. no well-grounded
reason for that belief Neither can
most Of the persons in this section.
The man who has been the strongest
opponent to the road project will re-
ceive for that portion of his land
which will be used for road purposes.
what he has admitted is more than
the land is worth. This instance.
think, will dispose OF any idea that
people here are not being treated
squarely in the matter OF land adj
iustments."
George E. Long. prominent farm
Evening journal., 1912-04-19

er Of near selbyyllle stated his opin-
ion as follows:
Believing that the Boulevard would
be great benefit, not only to the par
ties across whose lands It goes but
TO the whole adjoining country, you
may say that I do not believe that
two per cent Of those opposing 1t are
antagonistic to the road but simply
think that It will come, and that they
will be getting a greater damage as
well as the direct benefit Of the road
too, by kicking. ] own one farm one
mile away and ! consider that II will
be benefited at least $500 by The road
coming through this neighborhood.
Evening journal., 1912-04-19

Many Others Also Join in Saying Thai the
Construction of the Great Stone Highway From
Maryland on the South TO the Pennsylvania State
in Increasing Really Values, Stimulating Trade and
Serving the Public Convenience Motives of the
Conspirafors Who Are Trying TO Defeat the BouIe-
ward Project Characterized as Selfish and Un-
worthy of DeIaWareans
Evening journal., 1912-04-19
FiENDIsH PATN or PILES
Done Away With by a Pleasant In.
ternaI Medicine.

All the worst tortures Of human life,
rolled into one. can hardly compare
with the fiendish pain of piles. The
victim eagerly buys anything that will
bring a moments ease. but the trouble
usually comes back Get HEM-ROID
"a scientific inward pile cure. that
frees the stagnant blood and dries up
the piles.
HEM -ROID (tablets). sold by y. b
Danforth, Wilmington. Del, and all
druggists, under guaranty. DR.. Leon
hardt Co. Station B, Buffalo, n. Y
Write for booklet.
Evening journal., 1912-04-19

soc Heavy Cork LinoIeum 90.
Remnants. 81. I'd. - 0S
About 1000 yards in this lot. full
rolls. Bring measurements and
come rs early as possible. Heavy
cork and oil back. Bright. new
patterns. two yards wide. An sn-
usual value for this sale. Floor Oh
Cloth. bright. snappy patterns. NIL
ed back 19l2c.
Evening journal., 1912-04-19

Rooms, Com Rooms Com
pletely Furnish pletely Furnish.
ed. 1925 ed, $3.50
S22 quartcred $3.50 double
Oak finish Side door WardrobeS.
boards. Si7.9s , drawers, S9.9s
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-04-05

Died-Mr. w. A. Higgins, OF
near this place, was found dead
in his bed last Saturday night by
his sister, He seemed in the best
Of health and went OF Atlanta last
Saturday. His mother had Just
been dead three weeks when he died
He leaves two sisters and three
brothers.
Mr.. Higgins was true Chris
tian, kind and agreeable man and
loved by all who knew him. The
bereaved family has the communi-
tvs sympathy.
Mr.. S. p, Hunnicut, of Atlanta,
visited this place Saturday ana
Sunday.
Mr.. James Carroll, of Atlanta,
visited w. B. Carroll last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Howell Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. Clara Howell,
near Lithia Springs, last Sunday.
Mr.. Hugh Queen, of Cedartown,
was the guest of his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Queen. Satur-
day and Sunday.
Miss Lille Cannon, who is on the
sick list. is reported no better this
week.
Mrs. Easter Buckner and little
daughter, Arthur Lee, of Atlanta
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Warren, Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Naomi Holbrooke anC
brother, Louie, visited the Misses
Cannon last Sunday.
Miss Mamie Carroll was the
guest OF Miss Lizzie Mae Howell
Sunday.
Mr.. Charlie Howell and his SIS.
ter, Ettic. visited their uncle, Mr.
J.. 9. Howell and family, of neal
Middleton, Sunday VIOLET.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-04-05
DUE WEST.

The late rains will cause the
farmers to be late about preparing
their land We believe it will paw
you to prepare your land before
YOU plant.
Mr.. W. 7. Kelley tells us he
bedded out sweet potato and in
one week he had bed full of po-
tato slips. Who can beat that for
early slips
Mr.. c. J. Billiard sold 10 bales
OF cotton Saturday for III cents
ia pound.
Mr.. w. NJ. Hamilton made a
business trip to Atlanta Saturday..
Mr.. {. L. Meeks and family
spent Saturday and Sunday with
relatives in atlanta.
MIR. ]. d. Wigley, of near Mari
eta, spent Friday night with Mr..
+. G.. Wardlaw.
There will be a singing at this
place next Sunday afternoon. Come
and bring your books.
The pound supper at Mr.. Harvey
Reds Saturday night proved a
very enjoyable occasion to all pres
emf.
We believe our representatives
from Cobb, the banner county of
Georgia, could put a feather in
their hats by introducing a meas
ure in the Georgia Legislature for
the State of Georgia to issue bonds
to take all the cotton off the mar
ket below a minimum price, say II
cents per pound. By this you would
help the farmer and when you do
that YOU help veery other business.
YES.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-04-05
WEST MT. ZION.

Mr.. d. \. Hubbard, of Oxford,
Ala, spent the weekend with his
brother, Dr. Virgil Hubbard, of At
lanta, who is very sick at the home
of his sister, Mrs. c. T. Edwards,
here.
Mr., Dave Poison is quite sick
with grippe.
Mrs. w. r. Haney, of Mountain
View, spent last Monday with Mrs
]. NJ. Davis.
Mr. Gober {. Dyson has been
quite sick with fever for some time
Mrs. f. T. Greer, who has been
indisposed with a cold, is improv-
ing
Mr., William Hardage and family
of Kinks Chapel, spent Sunday here
with his brother !. d. Hardage
and family
Mrs. Guy Norman and little
daughter Eva, vino were sick sew
eral days. have recovered.
Mrs. w. ]. Dar'a spent tire,
days last week with friends and
relatives at this place.
Mr.. II. T. Grog&n's family. ol
near Macland. spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee C,rogan here.
Mr.. J. \. New, who is living on
!. NJ. Davis farm. visited hi>
father, in PauldinG county. las.
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben IIardagc
and little son Rufus. of KRIS
Chapel, spent last Sunday nigh
with ]. d. Hardage and family.
Mr., and Mrs. ]. NJ. Davis visit
ed Mountain View last Sunday.
Messrs. d. p. Kirk and +. j.
Greer made a business trip to At
lanta last Monday. SISTER.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-04-05
LOST MOUNTAIN.

Robt. l. Watson has gone to
San Francisco, Calf. We regret
very much to lose Bob. He was a
heightened, Christian young man
and promised to be one of our most
successful farmers. We wish him
success in the faraway west.
Mr.. John S. Thackston, another
one OF our aged citizens, passed
away last Sunday morning. He
originally came from South Carroll
ma to Georgia, but had had been a
resident of this state number of
years. He was a consistent member
of the church. He leaves a wife
and nine children. r., Sam, and
Iihnan Thackston, and Mrs. Web
Ster Dunton, Mrs. Robert Miller, of
Walhalla, S. c.; Mrs. D. A. Craven
and Henry Thackston, Of Atlanta !;
Robert Thackston, Griffin, Ga. Gus
Thackston, Macon, Ga. Rev. f. D..
Patton conducted the funeral
Many hearts so out in sympathy to
the family.
Yes, you see, glad you have been
testing the road drag and found out
what kind of work it will do. If
the farmers of Cobb county each
had a road drag the roads in the
county could be worked in one hour.
The benefit and pleasure of riding
over these roads after being drag
ged would pay. Talking about good
roads, and "cussing" the commits
sioners will never make good roads.
Let's help them and they will help
us.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brinkley, of Ken
nesaw, spent Sunday with the fam
lily of c. P. Scott. ALLEN.