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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11
TO THE CoLoRED PEOPLE OF
THE TOWN AND PARISH.

On last Wednesday morning at 8
o'clock, was at the colored school
building in st. Francisville. There
were present at that time fewer than
dozen pupils and the principal was
Tot ready to open school because Of
his late arrival and the condition Of
the house. The assistant teacher ar
rived afr time for opening school
and when | left the building there
were about twenty pupils present.
told the teachers what is required Of
them and | shall see that they meet
these requirement.
/ take this means Of telling you
that the law requires every public
school to open not later than 8 a.
M. every school morning, and if you
do not take sufficient interest in the
schools to get your children to the
same on time, their doors will be
closed and the states money which
we are spending to operate them
will be put to better use. An ad-
joining parish is giving the colored
people a school term of five weeks,
while schools Of four months have al
ready been taught in different por-
tons of this parish, and now we are
opening for you other four months
schools. The Parish School Board
is unwilling to squander the funds at
It's disposal, and, therefore, insists
upon all the schools being conducted
strictly in accordance with the law. II
you want the schools, you must send
the children to them regularly and
punctually. Very little good can be
secured from a four months school,
except by the pupils that attend ev.
cry day.
The law requires an incidental fee
OF fifty cent per pupil to be paid each
session, except by APPARENT that has
more than three children in school,
an he must pay a dollar and a half.
This fee should be sent with the pu-
pills the first day they enter school.
The teachers are put to more trouble
than is necessary to collect these
fees.
A. NJ. HENDON,
Parish superintendent, West Felici.
ana Parish.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

Napoleon Houston, II years old, who
carried a shotgun.
Circumstantial evidence points tt
Jacobs having met the negress AMI
her son in the woods, and for some
reason had been shot by the boy
This was the view taken by the cor
oner's jury, which was impaneled by
DR.. Harry Johnson, coroner of East
Feliciana parish, who returned YER
dict, after investigation, that Jacobs
had come to his death from gun
shot wound probably inflicted by Ma
poleon Houston, aided and abetted
by May Ellen Houston"
The two Houstons are now con-
fined in the parish Jail at Clinton.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11
BETTER LIBRARY NEEDED.

One of the progressive teachers of
the high school, Miss Latane, is much
| concerned about the imperfect libra
~ facilities of the high school. Be-
yOnd some good reference books,
and the standard poets and travels,
there are comparatively few other
volumes, and even these kept in an
open bookcase are subject to mystic
rlOus disappearances. Children, who
have drawn books in former years,
have failed to return them, and SO
Oh. Naturally, Miss ,Latane, who
was named librarian, is exercised
over such conditions, and is casting
about for some ways and means to
add the necessary volumes and to
make the library worth while in ev-
cry respect. She says that on Mr..
Leo FaVrot's inspection last year he
threatened to have this high school
omitted from the list Of approved
high schools if the library were not
improved.
All of this is important, and every
one will agree that something should
be done, if only in small way for
the library. We would suggest some
thing on the style of penny read
ings", that is, little social affairs
where the children provide liter
airy program and charge 5 or 10 cents
admission. Refreshments could also
be sold. The benefits of such a
plan are obvious, apart from the mon
ey returns. We feel sure that the
patrons of the school will cooperate
gladly in making such a plan sue
cess.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11
AS TO ALARM CLOCKS.

mother pithy statement recently
de by Gov. Hall was that the farm
were throwing away their alma
Is and buying alarm clocks. 1t
,'s little but it means much. Most
us know homes where HOstetter's
nanac has hung by a string to the
mney corner through the years and
disemboweled man on the front
3 as closely consulted, and more
~ obeyed, than the family Bible.
and the moons phases guided the
time farmer. We shall not pre-
ne to say that those old farmers
70 entirely wrong, for We have OBJ
we'd that even the queerest Odd
toms brought results, not for the
son usually attributed but for
le cause unknown to the unlearn-
dwellers near to Natures heart.
! example, Old-time people used
say that making a smoke around
Is dwelling was a preventive Of
low fever. In the light Of later
lWledge, it readily seen that
idea was not absurd, as smoke
We away the yellow fever mos
toes. So, we shall not dare say
I there is nothing in the old farm
signs" but we believe that the
entific knowledge of agriculture
ay is surer and therefore safer.
} Governor, in suggesting that
m clocks were growing in favor
mates that the gentleman farm
is passing, he who lies in bed
sends out hands alone to start
days work on the plantation as
II unguided fancy suggests. The
weevil has had much to do with
ngtng all that, but the more wide
AXE methods of today have, let us
Q, even more to do with accom-.
hing redical changes along that
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11
RINGING COUNTRY SCHOOL
CHILDREN TO TOWN.

Herring from the minutes of the
DOL, Board that the board is pay
5000 per month merely for con-
ing the pupils of Solitude school
and from the high school, we IN.
led of DR.. Brooks, a member of
executive committee of the board,
10 the inner facts of the case. He
. that the Board instead of pay
fifty dollars to a teacher for Sol
e school turns that amount over
ar. DeGrummOnd and he expends
n the rent, board, etc., for the
dren's staying in town during the
Dol days OF the week, as Well as
lging them back and forth. As
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11
IN UNION, STRENGTH.

The consolidation of the two local
inks Is not a "step backward as
me few people seem to think, but
real advance in financial economics
NO banks in q small town, or sparse
settled community like ours pro-
ice the same situation that two
,wspapers would The one will
oSper only at the expense of the
her, the field not being large
Ough to divide between them. Be-
les one strong big bank is better
an two smaller ones. The inCreas-
capital stock makes bigger show,
d one bank can keep a better eye
credits than two competitive
nks.
These observations occur even to
e most unlearned in finance. How
er most of us are saddened to see
Peoples Bank go out of exist.
ce. Its career was short but hon
able, and in the hard times
rough which this section has been
SSing, that bank and its officials
! their part nobly, manfully, to re-
We the situation and help the pe0-
j out OF their financial distresSes.
eSe men will continue in the larg-
institution to act as public-spirit-
ly, the Bank of West Feliciana
wing always shown this wide Wis
} and policy.
The lessons have all been learned,
1 the public, being convinced that
} new arrangement is best for all
accrued, will unite and work for
ter times for us ALL For such a
lFSe OF action, good speed and God
led!
The board Of directors Of the Bank
Jackson held its regular monthly
citing Wednesday and received al
BORT from the committee appointed
make the usual semi-annual exami-
ion of the books. This report
owed the affairs to be in sound
! profitable condition. A dividend
10 per cent On the capital stock
3 declared.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11
NEGRO ASYLUM INMATE KILLED.
Feliciana Record:

Feliciana Record:
A tragedy occurred Monday at the
farm Colony near McManus station
by which one of the patients of the
East Louisiana Hospital for the In
sane lost his life and a negro laun-
dress and her young son were con-
signed to the parish jail, suspected
OF having been the cause of his
death.
The patient killed was Hilarie ia
cobS, negro, who was sent to the in
stituti0n from AvOyelles parish. He
was considered one of the most
harmless inmates of the asylum, and
was detailed to the farm colony at
McManuS, where the most trusted
Of the patients are used as farm la.
borers.
On Monday at noon Jacobs ate his
dinner with the balance of the colo
ny patients in the dormitory building
about a mile from McManus station.
1t is customary to allow the patients
an hour Of recreation after dinner
before returning to work, and usual
~ they spend this time in a skirt of
woods in the rear Of the dormitory,
where they amuse themselves by
trapping and otherwise.
Jacobs went from the building to
the woods at about 1890, and when
the call was made to return to work
an hour later he did not come. Al.
most Immediately a message was
brought in that a man was found dead
in the woods. Jacobs body was
found with load of birdshot in the
right breast, which evidently caused
Instant death.
May Ellen Houston, a negress who
does laundry for some of the en-
ployees at the colony, had just been
to the dormitory to get clothing, and
returning to her home had passed
through the woods where the body
was found. With her was her on,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

harold B. Newman, Commissioner
O Fuolic Safety, of New Orleans,
'eeihs disposed to take up his duties
very earnestly. He served notice on
'ne ponce force. that it's member
must show better results Or The
''fst result is that the cops are alert
az Argus.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

The Baton Rouge Hammond .Coying.
ton road association, formed for the
purpose of building a permanent road
way between Baton Rouge and Gov.
ins.on has been permanently organ
lzed' Governor Hall promised his co.
operation IN securing the Federal aid
when carried an appropriation of SO
10000. - T'''
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

" you are a millionaire you do
not need our assistance. If you are
paying rent we can interest you.-
The Mutual Building & Loan Associ.
alton.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

An exchange is so unfair as to say
that Gov. Hall has been undulv mar.
tisan in his appointments, when so
many instances to the contrary immc.
dlately occur to even the most for.
getful.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

On motion meeting adjourned.
A. B. BRIANT, Mayor.
G. L. PLETTNGER. Clerk.
l hereby certify that the foregoing
Is true and correct copy of the
original minutes as they appear on
pages 237 and 2SS, minute book "4"
G. L. PLETTINGER, Clerk.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

our FUNDS are invested in first
mortgage securities; no second mort.
cages taken.-The Mutual BUILDING
q Loan Association.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

The streets. and presumably the
roads, look like a making of soft
soap. The merciful man hesitates 10
put his beast into such a mess
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11
sHERIFF's SALE.
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of West
FeIIciana, oath Jud. Dist. Court.

Chas. Weydert VS.. J. S. & f. T. Nj
nor No. 853.
John F. Irvine Co. Ltd, VS.. J. S. &
E. T. Minor No. $50.
Bank of West Feliciana VS.. ]. S. &
E. T. Minor No. 851.
By virtue of writs of Fieri Ficias
to the Sheriff directed by the Hon.
Court aforesaid, in the above EMIT,
led causes, have seized and will Of
fer for sale to the highest bidder at
the front door of the Court House in
the town of st. Francisville, La, at
the hour of II O'Clock a. m. on
Saturday, February IS, 1918,
the following property Of defendants.
towit:
l wagon.
l boiler.
l 20 horsepower engine.
6 pumps. ~
lot OF piping.
l lot Of burned copper.
l lot Of metal junk.
2 buildings complete.
1 building not complete.
l anvil.
Terms Of sale-Cash, with benefit
Of appraisement.
]. H. CLACK. Sheriff.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

We accept monthly payments as
low as $1.0o per month.-The MI.
s"a' suildlns G Loan Association.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11
TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

st. Francisyille, La, Jan. Z, 1918
At a regular meeting Of the Boar'
OF Aldermen held this day, the FOL
lowing members were present:
A. B. Briant, Mayor; G. W. New
laan, o. Lejeune, Geo. Rettig, II
Yunkes, Board.
Minutes of last meeting were reat
and adopted.
Mayor and Marshal reported Il
eases.
Engineers report read and filed
Clerk of Board submitted statement
of receipts and disbursements for
the month of December.
St. Francisville, La, Jan. l, 1918
Statement of receipts and disburse
ments for the month of Dec, 1912:
Cash on hand. Corporation
Dec. l, 1912. $3.50
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11
FOR SALE-Grade Hereford Cattls,
Lespedeza Hay and Seed.
EDWARD BUTLER,
st. Francisville, La

A cold snap predicted came on wit
rain and WIND, Tuesday afternoon
bu' Wednesday was clear and bright
though cold.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

When David said in his haste tina,
all men were liars, he probably con
fIrmed it. in his leisure.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11
LITTLE ADS"

FOR SALE-Pine and Oak Wood:
cord and stove lengths-MISS LUCY
MA HEWS. 11J4t.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

Cash on hand, Corporation. 81, 573. Is
G. L. PLETTINGER, Clerk
Motion made, seconded and carried.
That Mr.. bennett make an inspec-
ton Of the electric light wires once
every week and keep them in tho
rough repeir. Also, keep the Mayor
and Marshal advised as to the condi-
ton Of the telephone wires.
Motion made, seconded and carried,
That the following salaries and COM
missions be paid:
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

F. B. bennett, salary. 800 OF
H. r. Anderson. salary ...... $500
G. l.. Plettinger, salary. ..... 5000
G. 8. Davidson. salary. ....... $500
G. Rettig. attending meeting LOT
G. w. Newman, same ...... LOO
o. Le5eune, same ......... 100
K. Yunkes, same ........ 100
A. B. Briant, commission. 49,. 5000
G. s. Davidson, commission. 1900
Motion made, seconded and carried
That the following appropriations BE-
made:
noao Iund ..,...$ 70.0e
Plant fund ................... $4,000
Motion made, seconded and carried,
That the contract with the True Dem
ocrat be renewed, at $4,000 per an.
mum for the publishing of minutes,
etc.
Motion made, seconded and carried,
That the following bills be paid:
j.. Newman, supplies. ......$ lao
Chas. Weydert, supplies. ..... 7.44
A. M. Lockett & Co., supplies 1855
Standard Oil Co., fuel oil. 231.l7
Fort Wayne Electrical Co., re-
pair meters ............... 1882
A. M. Lockett & Co., supplies 1881
r. c. Brasseaux, maintaining
prisoners ................ 1910
j. Sansoni, oyster shells. 49,. so
Frank Sansoni, oyster shells. $40
NJ. & E. Wolf, oats. ...... 1850
Chas. Weydert, wagon. ..... $3.50
Jno. F. Irvine Co., oats. 49,. u.25
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

WATCH LOST-No. 4,379,3 1867 Elgin
movement; solid gold double case;
ladies size. On fob of black velvet
was an Odd Fellow charm; a square
inch of pearl or ivory with enam?led
letters IF. L. T." diagonally across.
MITE F. FUGLER.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

Moreover, parents should see to
it that the children return the library
books now in their possession.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-01-11

$1,4S9.7S
Add Plant o. D., Jan. L.. 939.G4
$2,429.42
Less Plant o. D. Dec. H.. 856.27
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-13
On styie.


Idiosyncrasies of character tell eve4
more than variety of subjects In their
influence on style. No two persons
are cast in the same mould. Clearly,
therefore, the dress which is very be-
coming to one writer or speaker may
be very unbecoming to another. Yet,
to the end of time, in defiance of this
truism, packs of imitators dog the
steps of genius, as the courtiers OF
Alexander copied the conqueror's wry
neck, or the courtiers of George ~.
his bullying cravats, or as the under
carter apes the SLOUGH and shamble
of the wagner. This peculiar style
in which Carlyle clothed his oracular
utterances suited him and them, the
ierkiness and holiness of his SEN
fences startling the world into atten-
ton, and the difficulty Of unwrapping
the mummy from the cerecloths ne
cessitating the effort Of Will, without
which the thought cannot be grasped.
In fact, the style of Carlyle is part
Of the man and of his temperament,
But it was good advice of the dying
critic to his friend, avoid Carlylese."
And what is true of Carlyle and his
copyists is true widely. Can any
great writer be named who has not
had a herd of servile imitators at his
heels? Is not the old saying doubly,
trebly true in this application, "The
best, If corrupted, becomes the
worst ?"-I. Gregory Smith, in the Ok
ford and Cambridge Review.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-13
SOMETHING NEW IN CUSHIONS
Well Not to Pile Them UP IN 100
Much Profusion, but Some Are
indispensable.

The fad for having divshs piled up
with cushions of promiscuons nues is
fortunately out of vogue but an occa-
sional cushion in the more formal
drawing room. when it Is really beau
tifuI and artistic, Is still a possession
to be priced and is indeed thing of
beauty, and makes a most acceptable
gift Such cushion, instead of being
conspicuous and startling, should rath-
er tone in with the general color
scheme of the room, and none are
more splendid than those made from
harmonious pieces of tapestry which
can now be gotten in such exquisite
colors and designs.
To buy them made up ready for use.
Is rather an impossibility for those of
moderate means, but they are within
the reach of almost every woman
who Is handy with her needle. and
possesses the necessary patience. Odd
ends of tapestry, or small remnants
can be picked up very cheaply, and to
make their beauty more pronounced
as though the tapestry is woven by
hand outline the flowers or conven-
tional designs or the pattern of which
1t is composed with a furnished boul-
lion braid in gold, which is round
rather than fat, and couch this Oh
with gold thread.
To make the pillow the new oblong
shape, add a strip of velvet to each
end of the tapestry, and this velvet
should match or tone In with the pre-
dominating shade in the tapestry
Where the velvet and tapestry meet
may be finished with furnished gold
lace, and the same sort of cord in
gold is used around the cushion when
It is complete. The back of the cush.
on is made of the plain velvet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-13
| BUT CINE SCENT PERMITTED
Fastidlous Woman Knows Better Than
to Overdo This Essential of the
Toilet Table.

There is a value in perfumes as a
safeguard against contagion, but most
woman of refinement never overdo
this use, but confine 1t to delicate
fragrance that never offends, as do
gross common scents. The dainty
woman selects a special perfume and
uses this only in all her toilet articles,
and it is a fad to select the fragrance
of some flower that corresponds with
the favorite color. She also has her
satchets, perfume, toilet water, pow
der and soap to correspond.
If any change is made it includes
everything on the dressing table. for
good taste DEGREES that only one ia
vored scent is permissible for each in
dividual While a little really fine
essence is delightful, thimbleful OF
coarse alcoholic mixtures is disgust
ing to any sensitive nostril. Satchets
of all sorts are very much used, from
large padded Innings for shelf, drawer
or wardrobe, to smaller and more per-
sonal satchets that are tucked into
the bodice or hidden in the leaf of the
satin corsage flower so generally
worn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-13
Shopping Instinct.


A rural postmaster tells this story
of one of the patrons of his office, a
boy of thrifty, not to say penurious'
stock. When the lad comes into the
postofIice he will thrust his wizened
face up close to the window and, in
his slow, Yankee drawl, inquire most
earnestly:
"Hev ye got ony postal cards?"
Eyes," the postmaster replies
"Haow much be they t'day?"
"A cent apiece"
Then the boy, screwing up his eyes
in the intensity of his thought over
the question he has to decide, always
stops for a while to weigh the con
sequences. Finally, he will reply sol
EMMY:
oval, I'll take one."-Youth's Com
DaniOn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-13
kissino Was the Style Then.

kissing is almost a lost art in Eng
land. It's universal prevalence in the
seventeenth century was the wonder
Of the foreigner. Nicolaus de Beth
len. who visited this country in 1868,
relates that my brother AID l be-
haved very rudely on one occasion.
being unaware that 1t was customary
in that country to kiss the corner OF
the mouth of women, instead OF shak-
ing hands as we do in Hungary. We
were invited to dine at the house OF a
man of high rank, and found his wife
and three daughters (none of them
married) ready to receive us. We
kissed the girls, but not the married
women, and thereby greatly offended
the latter. Duval apologized for our
blunder, and told us when saluting we
must always kiss the senior women
frs. and leave the girls to the last"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-13
Peqtop Coat.

One of the most graceful forms taxi
en- by the fur coat of the moment Ia
that In which the garment is made
seven or eight inches too long. The
extra length Is then caught up IN a
series of festoons down each side
seam. This is distinctly due to the
pannier idea. 1t has the advantage
of not making the figure too much like
the fashionable pegtop
A typical coat of the moment in tail
less ermine has Vatican pleat Of
the fur at the back held down IN
pleats between the shoulders. The
fullness is again caught in at the
level of the knees by a broad band Of
lace fringed with ermine tails, which
draws the Vatican pleat out to its
fullest and holds it tightly In to the
figure p"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-13
LIFE'S STRUGGLE
WITH ILLNESS
Mrs. Stewart Tells How She
Suffered from 16to45 years
old-E1ow Finally Cured.

Eupheuis, Ohio" Because of total
ignorance of how to care for myself
when verging into womanhood, and from
taking cold when going to school, suf-
Tered from q displacement, and each
month / had severe pains end nausea
which always meant lay-of from work
for two to four days from the time l
was 16 years old.
''Iwent to Kansas to live with my SIS
ter and while there doctor told me OF
the Pinkham remedies but did not use
them then as my faith in patent medi-
cines was limited. After my sister died
I came home to Ohio to live and that
has been my home for the last 18 years.
''l'he Change of Life came when was
AZ years old and about this time l saw
my physical condition plainly described
in one OF your advertisements. Then
began using Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and | cannot tell you
or any one the relief it gave me in the
first three months. 1t put me right
where need not lay off every month
and during the last 18 years | have not
paid out two dollars to doctor, and have
been blest with excellent b ealth for a o-
woman Of my age and can thank Lydia
E. Pinkham 'sVegetable Compound forit.
"Since the Change of Life is over
have been a maternity nurse and being
wholly self-supporting I cannot over
estimate the value of good health. I
have now earned comfortable little
home just by sewing and nursing since
I was 81 years old. have recommended
the Compound to many with good re-
suits, as it is excellent to take before
and after childbirth. miss EVELYN
ADELA STEWART, Eupheiria, Ohio.
If You want special advice write to
Lydia E. PinkhaIn Medicine Go. (c0ntL-
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woman and held in strict confidence.