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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27
AN UNNECESSARY EVIL.

Crowley Signal:
When a person takes the position
that immoral houses and red-light dis
tricts of segregated vice are "neces-
sary evils" it is only necessary to ask
one question to batter such an argu-
ment into a million fragments-ask
the advocate of segregated vice if he
knows of any fathers, mothers or
brothers, who are willing to furnish
these resorts with their own flesh and
blood in order to meet this necessary
evil" The necessary evil" part of
the argument stops right there.
The movement which is on foot to-
day to suppress the segregated dis
tricts wherein fallen women, hayward
girls, or victims of slavers are forced
to reside, is nationwide Houston,
Beaumont and Shreveport are among
the Southern cities which are institut-
ing crusades to prohibit "legalized
vice." while Kansas City, Minneapolis,
st. Paul and Los Angeles have just
cleaned up such spots.
1t is a big undertaking, but it can
and will be done, everywhere. And
after they are cleaned up a campaign
of education is going to be necessary
to keep them cleaned up. In speaking
of this particular phase of the big
problem, Arthur N. Somers, the great
red-light crusader, states that moral
training is the solution. He says:
"You have got to make boys and
girls see that it pays to be moral, and
you have got to make them under
stand that fact at an early age. 1t is
largely question of health and ideals.
A healthy boy or girl with an ideal Of
health and strength and goodness
doesn't go wrong. We have discover
ed that much by experiments in the
schools Give the boys and girls some
thing to do with their muscles and
their minds, at the same time give
them some incentive to be strong and
clean, and they'll not only be that, but
they'll stay that way. l agree with
Charles Taylor of Philadelphia, who
says that sex hygiene is not subject
for pupils younger than those in the
high schools.
Zone thing more we must do. We
must make country life less isolated
and more attractive. We've got to
make the boys and girls want to stay
in the country and they will want to
stay there when scientific farming is
generally practiced and the farm is
kept in close touch with the city.
Loneliness, long hours and lack of So
ciety is what drives boys and girls to
the cities and as long as the unsophis-
ticated children from the country
throng to the cities, there will be I'M
manageable vice."
Mr.. Somers is only one of the hun
dreds of Americans who are now fight
ing the great evil from scientific
and practical standpoint. His idea is
to to reach the origin with a remedy,
and it is the only way
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27

1t has become a matter of definite
knowledge-susceptible of proof by
plain, honest figures-that it is cheap
er to build good roads than to use bad
ones, and that the men who pay, most
for their roads are the men who try to
get along with the poorest roads. Some
readers may doubt this, but it will be
only because they have not studied the
question, If they will get right down
to the actual facts as to what bad
road costs, they will soon see that,
strange as it may seem, it is perfectly
true that the most expensive road is
the unkept road, and that good roads
actually do pay for themselves, and a
profit besides.-The Progressive Farm
er.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27
srRAYED OR STOLEN.

Strayed or stolen from Loeb Lomond
plantation in West Feliciana parish,
of girtho-.
La, Dec. IL, 1913,
One sorrel horse, 6 years old, foot
evil in right hind foot, star in face,
141s hands high;
One sorrel mare, years old, brand
ed circle with G in center on knot on
belly, back of girth;
One bay mare, years old, reached
name, branded circle with C in center
on shoulder, has sorrel horse colt, 6
months old
Any information leading to the re-
covery of this stock will be literally
rewarded.
E. R. DAVIS. Angola, La
,20D3t.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27

In plain language, nationally, woman
suffrage in the United States is not a
live political issue. That is what the
President politely told the women who
called upon him. That is the undenia-
BILE fact, which the sooner the suffra.
gists admit, the sooner, if they SO de-
sire, will they be able to bring their
cause actually into the arena of ma
tional politics.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27
BUY PAID UP sToc

The Mutual Building 6 Loan Asso.
citation takes this means of OFFERING to
those wishing to invest their savings
or money in local financial lnstitu.
ton limited amount of Paid Tn
Stock.
A Cash Dividend of Five Per Cent,
payable at intervals of six months.
can be realized on such an investment
and as we deal in nothing except First
Mortgages on REAL ESTATE we con-
slider it to be GILT EDGE SECURITY.
Those wishing to go into details or
look into the merits of this PROPOSE.
ton can either call upon or write to
the Secretary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27
HOW ADVERTISING LOWERS
PRICES.

The following article, published in
the N. o. Item, shows that advertising
lowers the cost:
Does the consumer pay the adver-
Using bills? Many economists lave
maintained that he does, and that in
the large sums which manufacturers,
wholesale houses and retail dealers
are spending for advertising lies one
of the chief reasons for the present
high cost of living. There Is, howey.
er, much convincing evidence to show
that the right kind of advertising pro.
duces exactly the opposite effect and
that, instead of raising prices, it low.
ers them and improves the quality of
the goods into the bargain. In other
words, you get a better article at a
lower price when it is intelligently adj
vertised than when it is not.
To understand why this is so, con.
slider the two functions of all advertis.
ing-frst, to individualize the pro.
duct; and, second, to increase the de.
mand for it. The Importance of the
first function is apparent to all who
have even a superficial knowledge Of
modern trade conditions. A nationally
known and nationally advertised trade.
mark is an asset that market fluctua-
tons cannot dissipate. 1t has at all
times a fixed, marketable value.
Whether advertising raises the sell.
ing price or cheapens the quality is a
matter concerned entirely with the Sec
ond function. Can the demand be in
creased without the consumer having
to foot the bills? That is the question.
1t has been proved again and again
that the saving in manufacturing costs
per unit between maximum sale per
thousand on an unadvertised brand
and like sale on an advertised brand
is far greater than the cost of adver-
Using. Those who do not advertise do
not get the reduced cost of manufac-
ture that comes from large volume
of sales or the decreased selling costs
which come with trademarking and
advertising. Advertising, then, by re-
ducing the cost of production, and
also the cost of selling makes it pos
sible to give the consumer either a
lower price or better product or both
without lessening the manufacturers
profit
Certain silk manufacturers inaugu-
rated some time ago an advertising
campaign in the interest of a trade
marked line of silks. Within fixed
period 100000 was spent in this cam
paign The sales made in this period
amounted to 100000; or $50 in sales
for every dollar in advertising. Be-
cause of the volume of business the
manufacturers were able to produce
their goods at the lowest possible ratio
of cost, and to sell on the same basis.
The consumers, therefore, were di-
rect beneficiary.
Another manufacturer was selling
his line through statesmen on a 10 per
cent commission basis. He began a
countrywide advertising campaign,
and soon found that the demand for
the line was so great that he was able
to cut his salesmen's commission to
per cent. To-day the statesmen are
making more money at per cent than
they formerly made at 10 per cent.
Not only that, but the manufacturer
has sliced 3 per cent from selling
costs, as the advertising averages only
per cent of the sales.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27
COMPRESS STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.

A meeting of the Stockholders of the
Bayou Sara Compress Company is
called for Thursday, the 2sth day OIL
January, 1914, at the Office of M. &c E.
Wolf in ST. Francisville, La, at II
o'clock a. m. Business of greatest
Importance in connection with the af
fairs of the Company will be transact
ed and all parties interested are urg
ed to attend.
A. H. MOSES, Secretary.
Bayou Sara, La, Dec. "a, 1913.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27
RANGERS SALE.

l will offer for sale to the highest
bidder, at the front door of the court
house in st. Francisville, La, at II
o'clock a. M, on
Saturday, January 8, 1914,
One COW, estrayed before Bennett I.
Barrow, magistrate of the 9Th ward,
on Sept IL, 1913.
R. M. LEAKE,
Parish Ranger.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27
COLDS & LaGRIPPE

8 or 6 doses 666 will break
any case of Chills & Fever, Colds
& LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Calomel and does NOT
sripe or Sicken. Price Csc.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27
PROTECT THE DEPosIroRs.
oberlln News:

Oberlin News;
Eight banks have failed in eighteen
months in this State. Wake up, you
depositors, and see to it that the State
guarantees you against loss. Other
States are doing it-why not Louis
lana?
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27

WANTED TO BUY FARM LAND.
Those wishing to sell, state num-
Der Of acres, improvements, and
terms of sale. Address p. o. Box
500, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27

FOR SALE-4-wheel trap, good as
new. Apply to S. McC. Lawrason.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27

FOR SALE-L. c. Smith gun. A
bargain. F, care True Democrat.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27

Fine line of Christmas Candies at
Freeland's.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27
LITTLE ADS.''

Pure Barred Rock eggs $1.0O for Is,
MRS. ARTHUR MADDEN, st. Fran
cisville, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-12-27

FOR SALE.
Red Rust Proof Seed Oats and Pea.
vine Hay. JAS. P. BOWMAN.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-30

old keystone rivals, Eddie Collins of
the Athletics and Larry Doyle of the
Giants, will face each other as they
did two years ago.
1t would be hard to find two great
second baseman so1nalike as Doyle
and Collins. The latter is the whirl-
wind style; loose jointed, careless
looking, he gives no indication of his
effectiveness until he is galvanized
into action as the play starts. Then
he is the epitOme of speed and eff
cheney. He pOunces upon the ball
like a cat upon mouse and just as
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-30

surely. He gets the ball away with
out lost motion, or covers second
to take throw and retire a base
runner without the loss of a fraction
of time. No player in either league
is the superior Of Collins when it
comes to putting the ball upon a base
runner.
Doyle, for all he is Irish, lacks the
temperament of Collins. He is a
great second baseman and a great
player, but he has neither the speed
nor the dash. of the Athletics marvel.
Doyle is more of a plugger, although
he rises to brilliance in times Of great
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-30

stress. Both Collins and Doyle are
grand batsmen, the Philadelphia
having it on his rival in this respect
to a considerable extent, although in
the 1911 series Doyle outhit Collins
and also cutfielded him.
':.Your sign language is beautiful"
said Uncle John Rockefeller, as he
stood at his church door in Cleveland
and shook hands with 200 deaf and
dumb people, with tears in his eyes.
Any language that can't be devoted
to loud kicking on the price of gaso-
line is apt to touch Johns heart.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-05
DEEP CRACKS ON JOINTS

p. o. Box 37S, Ell Paso, Texas.-"My
trouble began December, 1911. 1t COM
menced on me by causing a scurf-like
skin and my toe joints. finger joints
and lips commenced to crack and
split open. My finger cracks would
bleed all day long; the cracks were
very deep and my thumb seemed to
be cracked to the bone. My hands
were so bad that / had to sleep with
gloves on. The cracks in my lips
would bleed often during the day and
! used to put adhesive plaster across
them to try to keep them closed. My
toes would bleed, and / would find
blood in my socks when the days
work was done. The skin around the
cracks was red and inf1amed. l wore
shoes one size too large on account Of
my feet being SO sore. / used to be-
come frantic with pain at times. My
hands and feet used to smart.
81 suffered agony for four months.
went to town and got some Cuticura
Soap and Ointment From the time l
commenced with the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment until completely cured
was just nineteen days" (Signed)
Jack Harrison, Nov. 10, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston. ADV.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-05
DREW THE LINE AT SPURS
One Thing Frederic Remington Insist
ed on While Undergoing Medi-
cal Treatment.

Augustus Thomas in his recollec-
tons of Frederic Remington, relates
the following: "One Sunday morning
in those later days / went with him
to the Office Of an osteopathic physi.
clan who was treating him. The os-
,eopath was slight man and not tall
Remington, lying face downward on
the operating table, presented sky
line SO much higher than that of the
average patient that the doctor stand
ing on the floor lacked the angle of
pressure necessary to his treatment
The doctor, therefore, mounted a
chair, from which he stepped to the
table, and finally sat astride of Rem
ington, applying his full weight to the
manipulation which he was giving to
the spinal column. hope I'm not hurt
ing you, Mr.. Remington said the doc
tor. Remington answered. It's, all
right, doctor, as long as you don't use
your spurs.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-05
Testing Hardness Of Steel.

A very simple device has recently
been invented for testing the hard
ness of steel by impact. 1t consists
of tubular standard fitted with a
hardened steel ball at the lower end,
which is placed upon the steel to be
tested. At the upper end of the stand
ard is spirit level by which the
standard may be brought to true YER
tical position. Mounted on the standard
is cylindrical drop weight. This is
raised to the top of the standard and
then dropped, striking weight-re-
ceiving block at the bottom of the
standard, which communicates the i'm
pact to the steel ball, and makes an
indentation in the steel that is being
tested. BY measuring the diameter
of the indentation with a celluloid
scale the hardness Of the steel may
be determined.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-05
BITING CRAB CAUSES WRECK
Fighting crustacean Pinches Motor
cyclist and Near Causes His
Death az Result.

Philadelphia carrying has.
ket of live crabs from Wildwood on
the tandem seat of his motorcycle,
Herold Wilson, twenty-three years old,
of 1T Westmoreland street, was seri.
ously injured at Kensington and Lee
high avenues when one OF the crusta.
ceans pinehed him In the back and
caused him to lose control of his ma
chine. Wilson made desperate eff.
fort to sweep the crab from his back
and guide his motorcycle at the same
time, but finally landed with his ma
chine in the street. In the morning
Wilson set out to Wildwood to visit
friends. After spending part of the
day with them he strapped basket
of crabs on the rear seat of his motor.
cycle and started for Philadelphia. He
made the journey without mishap
until he reached Kensington and Lee.
high avenues. Here one of the crabs
managed to get loose and applied his
nippers to Wilson's back. The motor
cycle was wrecked and Wilson was re-
moved to the Episcopal hospital. with
conclusion Of the brain and probable
internal injuries.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-05
REALLY FRIENDS OF FARMER
Sparrow, by Its Consumption of Weed
Seeds, Saves Aericulturists I'M
mense Sums yearly.

One of the most useful groups of ma
tive birds is the sparrow family.
While some of the tribe wear gay
suits of many hues, most Of the spar
rows are clad in modest brown tints,
and as they spend much of the time
in grass and weeds are commonly
overlooked. Unobtrusive as they are,
they lay the farmer under a heavy
debt of gratitude by their food habits,
since their chosen fare consists large
ly Of the seeds of the weeds, Selecting
typical member of the group, the
tree sparrow for instance, one-fourth
ounce of weed seed per day is con-
sentative estimate of the food of an
adult. On this basis, in large agricul-
tural state like Iowa tree sparrows an
nually eat approximately S75 tons of
weed seed.
Some idea of the money value of
this group of birds to the country may
be gained from the statement that the
total value of the farm products in the
United States in 1910 reached the
amazing sum of 1926, 100000. If we
estimate that the total consumption OF
weed seed by the combined members
of the sparrow family resulted in a
saving of only one per cent Of the
crops-not violent assumption-the
sum saved to farmers by these birds
in 1910 was $2a,260,00O.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-05
LEADING in pefalcations.

Once more Europe has demonstrate
ed that when 1t comes to defalcation
this country shrinks from its magni6-
cent dimensions. Our natural re-
sources, our private fortunes, our
railroad accidents, and murder Stats
tics may be unapproachable, but we
rarely produce colossal embezzlers
like the French citizen which is ac-
cused of making away with more than
six million of other peoples dollars.
Nor is the case of M. Deperdussin an
isolated instance. There is the re-
cent affair of the Belgian railway d.
rector whose stealings ran into many
millions, and not long before him
Hungary produced a confidence man
of splendid proportions. No need to
go back to the Humbert case and
Panama. We have produced the Wal
lingford, but Europe seems to furnish
the most interesting examples.-New
York Evening Post.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-05
Appeal Sustained.

A mouse being chased by cat in
Mr.. Joe's brewery, fell into vat OF
beer. The cat sprang to the edge of
the vat and called: AHA, Mrs.
Mouse, you had better have let me eat
you, than to drown"
YES" replied the mouse, IF you
will save me from this, you may eat
me-"
The cat went to the edge of the
tank and extended his paw, and the
mouse landed and ran hastily into it's
hole.
Come out" demanded the angry
cat, redeem your promise and let me
devour you"
"Oh, no." said the mouse, when |
made it was in liquor"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-05
IN THE H|NALAYAS
Wilds Where Peasant Eats at
Peril of His Life.
Naked Peaks of the Mountains Glitter
Hundred Miles Away and In
Their Unfathomabe Ravine
Even Sun Has Little Effect.

London.-I have just finished jour.
hey which must ever be memorable
to me. For of many appealing parts
of the world few held such lure for
me as the Himalayas, which lair In
their recesses of snow and forest some
Of the fiercest of earths creatures.
Their naked peaks glitter a hundred
miles away, and their unfathomable ra-
vines and forests even the Indian sun
leaves damp and cold. The trees are
sublime In their profusion and in
their beardings of MOSES and creeper
drapery, and they throw out wildly
contorted arms across immense CULTS
In which the eagles swim. Amid 1t all
the narrow paths go twining, now
cir sing to some precipitous ledge,
now caving deeply into hillside, then
coming out suddenly upon a corner
that dominates a depth of immense
profundity in which the very air seems
to assume tint of blue. At these
corners cold winds come rushing by,
edging along the cliffs, and salute one
with the tang Of the far-off snow. Else
where the track winds into the re-en.
trant of a ravine, the air Is still, the
sun is hot, and from the depths below
creeps up, as through the mouth OF
some alchemist's funnel, the subtle
odor Of the pines. You may see hut
far down, with it's row of terraces of
cultivated land cut out of the steep
above 1t, and COW or buffalo grazing
there, while a semi-naked urchin Tolls
beside it, -
The forest Is full of citizens, fur
tive, busy, and watchful. You know
not what strange, wild creature sinks
from your path as it hears your foot
fall, nor If there be not panther
watching you with stealthy eyes from
the shadow of an overhanging rock.
AS | have been walking have twice
started khakur Barking deer) in the
thicket beside me, and seen them leap
forth and away like arrows, with a
noise of crashing boughs. The mag
nifcent hill pheasants, pecking on the
track among the droppings Of the pack
ponies, slide like shadows into the un.
dergrowth as you draw near. To a
stranger this is all romance, but to
the poor peasant it is sadly workaday.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-05
PREPARING SEED
BED FOR WHEAT
"Heaving" Is Due to Looseness
and Goodness of Lower
Layer of Bed.

Careful farmers are already prepar-
ing the seed bed for the wheat that
goes in this fall. One of the greatest
factors that limits the production Of
wheat ordinarily is the poorly pre-
pared seed bed
Prof. M. F. Miller of the Agron-
omy Department of the University of
Missouri describes the "heaving' of
wheat to the looseness and Goodness
of the lower layer of the bed. If the
surface is plowed and allowed to
stand quite while, then is har-
rowed, the top will appear to be
smooth and in good condition, while
the part few inches underneath will
be made of large clods and openings.
These openings not only cut off the
supply of water which should rise
from the subsoil, but In a wet time
they will fill with and lift when a
freeze comes.
The simplest remedy. and the most
effective one, for this coarseness in
the lower part of the seeded, is to
disk the ground thoroughly before
blowing it, Then there will be no
clods that cannot be reached and
dealt with. Furthermore, the disked
surface will pillow with less horse
power, and the weeds will turn under
better
Two things then, are extremely i'm
portant in preparing wheat land One
is to disk before breaking; the other
is to do it soon enough so that the
seedbed will be started up and the
seeded will have time to settle well
before seeding time. The moisture
will be started up and the seed will
have the best kind of start.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-05

Some alternating Places OF Leaf
Hoppers.
ally seek the under sides and there
do practically all their feeding.
While immature the insects are
called nymphs. The adults are more
conspicuous than the nymphs and are
especially noticeable at the time the
grapes are being harvested They are
then very annoying because they get
into the mouths, ears and noses of
the pickers. At this time they fly
about especially on warm and calm
days during the latter part of the sea-
son, and drift to other vines or to
grass fields, brush land and thickets.
In fact, they seek any place that will
shelter them during the winter.
The leaf-hopper survives the winter
in greatest numbers in dry localities
and is absent from low-lying lands,
such as clay and some of the loan
soils. On the higher soils there is
no winter flooding and the rains soon
drain away, thus offering the most
desirable winter quarters. Here the
leaf-hopper abounds.
That certain vineyards are more
susceptible to attacks by the leaf
hopper is common observation The
degree of infestation of vineyards Is,
however, not matter of chance.
Situations in which dead weeds or