The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-20
PRAISES WEST FEL|C|ANA|
Missouri Man Visits Louisiana and is
"ShoWn" That the Pelican State
Is An Admirable One in Which
To Live.

here with Mrs Mayhall some week!
ago, as guests CT Mr. and Mrs. Aus
tin Daniel. He sends us a copy OF
a late issue of his paper. 1t contains
an article, describing his Southern
trip, and that part relating to West
Feliciana is subjoined. The friends
that Mr.. Mayhall made here viii
sympathiZe with him in the loss OIL
his mother, a loss he has suffered
since his return home.
Of West Feliciana he says:
"On the 5th day of March the
Times editor, wife and boy left foG
the Southland on a pleasure trip
to visit Mr.. Austin Daniel and fam.
lily at Star Hill, Louisiana, friends
of the better half of the editor and
to put in every lick possible for Hon
Champ Clark.
''In this home we spent almost
two weeks so pleasantly that we
were loath to leave. The southern
hospitality was displayed to the full.
est measure. Mr.. Daniel has two
brothers boarding in his home CDR.
j. NJ. and Roughly who added much
TO the pleasure of our stay. And
surrounding the large plantation are
several other brothers, in fact, 50
many Dan. els that We would not
hike to guess at the number. They
are generous hospitable people
and to them we are indebted for
many courtesies.
"We were surprised at the con.
dition of affairs, the soil, ETC., in
that part of Louisiana. Instead OF
swamps and alligators, We found
rolling hills and swift streams of
water. Two years of boil weevil have
forced many farmers to raise 9th,
err crops beside cotton. On Mr.. Dan,
iePs farm we saw 1875 head of as
pretty Poland-C China hogs as can be
produced in any state. The change
that will make that section is com,
ing. This season Sc cars of corn
and so cars of hogs have been ship,
ped out of the little town of ST.
FraIcis9ille, La. Cattle have gone
through the most severe winter eX
p@rirnced in many years without a
single particle of food. They lived
II the cane brakes. 80
This was strictly a cotton raising
country up to the past year or so
Cation was king. Little else was
raised Feed and provisions came
from other states. The boil weevi
almost put blight upon the country
But, these people had gone through
the horrors of war and been left in
condition that was almost beyond
description, and had mastered the
situation. They will do the same in
this hour of seeming affliction. Crops
diversified and then they will shiE
the cotton they raise and keep the
money at home by raising their own
feed, etc.
This is the place now to make
money in the real estate business
and investors are swarming south by
the hundreds.
Cow peas, velvet beans, etc.
bring the land back to fertility and
land put in crops one year will be
covered with a heavy coating o.
grass in two years.
"The winters are mild and there
is little malaria Ono more than there
is in this or any other section) az
the land drains well and is some
distance from the river. OF course
land can be secured in the bottom
along the Mississippi and is protect
ed by the levees.
''The negro question: grea
scare crow in the north-is in a bet
ter condition than in many of the
states that have only few of thai
race to deal with. The whites ant
blacks have little trouble. The col
ored people do not attempt to vote
though they are largely in the ma
jority. They recognize the fact tina
the whites can control affairs bette
than they can, and accept the situa
ton. AS a gentleman said to thu
writer, the black men of the commu
nifty must be protected; they ar
here with us, and it is our duty Il
protect them. They have schools
kept up by the white taxpayers, ana
churches on almost every hilltop