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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
THE WAY OF THE HoRNsiLL.

For an example of "standpatism" in
the the animal kingdom, in the art of
keeping the female in her place, we
are indebted to the Detroit Free Press:
For an example of the wisest of all
male creatures in dealing with the friv-
olities Of the weaker sex, the hornbill,
an uncouth bird of Africa and India, is
the most striking. The hornbill drills
itself hole into the hollow of some
old tree when it is nesting time. There
1t builds comfortable nest and in due
course the eggs are deposited therein
by its mate. When they are all in
place and the necessity arises of sit
ting on them for the necessary week,
the male hornbill drives it's mate into
the nest and proceeds to erect wall
OF perfectly good masonry across the
aperture to keep her there. In this
wall is left one small slit. 1t it just
large enough for the female to put her
bill out through it. The male bird does
not forget his responsibility and gath
ers food for his captive. This he
brings to the nest. The captive puts
her bill through the slit and the food
is deposited therein"
OF course if the male hornbill should
die or suffer from a loss of memory.
the party of the second part would be
in rather awkward position. Like
wise if his human prototype, under the
Louisiana community law, takes a no.
ton to drink or gamble away the COM
munlty property, or to buy chips and
Whetstones with it, the other half of
the community is helpless, and, though
not at all at fault, an equal sufferer.
II the theory Of the law that husband
and wife are equal partners in what
they have accumulated during their
married life, why not give them equal
control, or joint control? Or if the
present injustice is to continue, why
not haul down the pelican, the symbol
OF self-sacrifice, and substitute there
for the uncouth hornbill who knows so
well how to keep the female of the
species in subsection lake Charles
American-Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
He WAS A NoN.ApvERrlsER.

The old storekeeper down in the
country, who gave up keeping turkey
red because the women insisted on
buying all he had as fast as he got it,
must be related to the New Hampshire
merchant.
There was nothing he liked so well
to do as to lie. back in an old arm.
chair on the elm-shaded porch of his
store and white a green willow stick
One very hot afternoon, just as he got
his jackknife out, boy appeared on
the scene with gallon jug.
Can l get gallon of molasses?" he
inquired.
20, hum" growled the storekeeper,
showing considerable temper. Con
found it! Nobody else in towns got
molasses to sell but me, l suppose. "
With this singing rebuke he went in
and filled the jug.-Boston Globe.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
A MODERN CASSANDRA.

Miss Helen Keller says these words,
which we fear are cover true" "Pres-
ident Wilson is, to my mind, a great
man and sincere man, and he is 60
ing to do everything in his power to
remedy the present conditions, but his
party will not stand back of him. Mem
bers Of it are already falling out on the
tariff question, and soon he will be
very much alone. The trusts are too
powerful for one man to cope with,
and although President Wilson is 60
ing to make the greatest fight of his
life he will ultimately be beaten"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
Waving all other suggestions of in

Waving all other suggestions of i'm
proVement in the New Orleans Chari
ty Hospital, there can be no question
that the most needed change is
to isolate cases with contagious dis
eases. That any patient under treat.
ment for one ailment should be expos.
ed, say to diptheria, is unspeakably
backward, not to say uncivilized; and
while every one concerned with the in
stitution is patting his colleague on the
back over the hospitals great reputa
ton, all should realize this defect over
shadows all the good done. If the pub
lie had any data by which to trace the
mortality from these conditions, there
would be a great outcry, but in the
absence of concrete proof, the average
mind fails to sense the danger.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
STARVED ROCK.

Zone of the most romantic and his
toric spots in Illinois is Starved Rock,
around which many events of interest
have taken place since first visited by
white men. In September, 1873, Mar
juette, Joliet, five oarsmen and two In
dian interpreters sailed up the Illinois
river, being the first time a white man
had ever seen the waters Of the Lone
and sluggish Illinois,
"The first use made of the Rock was
by La Sale, who, with Tonti, came to
this section in 1877, and resolved to
build fort on LIE Rocher' as he nam.
ed it. He and Tonti spent some time
at the great town of the Illini Indians
situated about one mile west OF the
Rock on the north bank of the river
"The French, at that time, intended
to build chain of forts from Canada
to Louisiana and found mighty en-
pire in the Mississippi valley and La
Sale intended the fort at LIE Rocher,
to be one of the principal forts in the
chain. In December, 1852, the French
soldiers dragged the logs up the steep
sides of lie Rocher' and constructed
Fort st. Louis on it's summit. Shortly
after La Sale returned to France and
never returned to this region, as he
was assassinated while on an eXpedi-
ton in Texas. Tonti remained in COM
mand, but the forces and defenses
melted away and in 1900 all that re-
NAMED was a few stakes of the stock
ade.
about the year ITO occurred the
melancholy event which gave to the
cliff it's present name. During coun-
| Gil of war, Pontiac, an Ottawa chief,
but holding great power over the Pot
tawatomies, was killed by an Illini
brave. The Pottawatomies determin-
ed to destroy the Illini, who fled to the
cliff now called Starved Rock and the
Pottawatomies camped below to starve
them out, and, after weary days of
watching, succeeded; the Inflated In
dams plunged headlong down among
the enemy, one after another, singing
the death song. A small remnant
which tried to escape was massacred
without mercy.
"'Starved Rock is on the south bank
of the Illinois river in La Sale coun-
ty, and upon the river front it rises
one hundred and fifty-seven feet above
the river. 1t is nearly circular in form
with a level top containing half an
acre. A deep gorge on the east, val
ley on the south and west isolates it
from neighboring bluffs, and it's sum-
nit can only be reached by climbing
up a series of lodges on the south side.
Biologists assert that the valley of the
Illinois was once the bed of mighty
prehistoric food which has left it's &C.
ton on the soft sandstone in this val
ley, and that Starved Rock is a mon
ument of that grinding and buffetnig
flood"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
THE LOST CHILD.

We have the Saviour's word for it
that there is Joy in heaven over one
sinner that repenteth, but oh, what Joy
in heaven or earth can surpass the
feeling that sweeps over a mother
when she finds again the little child
that has been lost to her for weeks and
months. The little one, hitherto so
helpless, so dependent upon her for
constant care and attention, has been
where she knows not, nor could reach
him, his little daily wants unheeded,
unsupplied perhaps, his soft, tender
flesh that has not yet lost the curves
of babyhood, bruised and neglected.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
DIR. BOWLING WANTS co-oPERA.
TON.
April II, 1913.
To Health Officers,

ApiI L. 401o'
To Health Officers,
Municipal and Parish.
Dear Doctor:
Yesterday the Supreme Court rem
dered a decision in the case of Suss-
lin versus the State Board Of Health.
This Court last year declared the San
itary Code, State of Louisiana, to be
constitutional Yesterdays ruling es-
tablishes beyond doubt the authority
of the State Board in all matters affect
ing the public health.
1t is the desire of this Board to work
in harmony with every officer in the
State. In the future, as in the past,
we shall depend upon the local board
to execute the regulations of the San
itary Code. Where on the part of the
local officials Indifference exists, we
shall endeavor, to the best of our abil-
ity, to see that all regulations are com
piled with.
To be more specific, the rules of the
Code relating to the essentials of pro-
lection will be enforced. These in
clude water supply, sewage disposal,
cleaning of places where flies breed
(stables, etc), conditions (stagnant
water, etc) conducive to propagation
of mosquitoes, wrapping of bread and
protection of other food products, dali
ries, markets, slaughter houses, res
taurants, hotels, soda fountains, soft
drink stands, barrooms, railway sta
tons, cars, street cars, public build
ings-especially theatres and picture
shows-prisons, as we'll as practices
detrimental to public health, for ex-
ample, splitting, use Of common drink
ing cup and common towel.
Let us have your cordial co-opera-
ton for cleaner, healthier, and there
fore, happier Louisiana.
With assurances of best wishes, I
am,
Yours very truly,
OSCAR BOWLING,
President Louisiana State Board of
Health.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26

The reader may think that the write
up on page l, describing our new limo.
type is Munchauseny, as regards the
price of our limo being equal to sever.
al automobiles. Such a disbeliever
will be in the position of the lady, who
was told by church-goer, and was
highly scandalized on hearing, that
the clergyman appeared in a rose-col-
ored soutane and cherry-colored sur
plice, until reminded that there were
white roses and black cherries. SINH.
larly some autos are very cheap.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26

To know, or imagine all this has been
agony for her.
Often she has said, "Oh, if l knew
he was in his grave, secure from fur
Their suffering or Wretchedness, could
bear it better, but not to know! My
little, little child"
But when the grief, the anxiety, the
uncertainty are over, the child safe ir
her loving arms, then the very angels
in heaven must look down and know
there is no fuller JOY than this.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
$1,413.O0
Income
S 632.85
Here is net profit of $632.85 on 80

UOGIOO
Here is a net profit of $632.85 on 80
head of our native steers in 80 days.
But this is not all. These animals
were fed in large barn with a suit
able pen, or yard, by which the valua-
BILE manure could be saved for use on
the land. The fertilizer from the 30
head in 80 days would approximately
be 80 to 100 tons. Manure of this kind
varies in fertilizing value according to
the kind of feed used, cotton-seed meal
especially nehancing it's value, accord
ing to some of the best authorities, and
to the amount of nitrogen, phosphoric
acid, and potash contained in it, one
ton Of manure from the COW is worth
1925.
However, the manure from the steer
is even more valuable than that from
the COW, because considerable of the
nitrogen goes for the elaboration of
the milk, so that as an approximate
estimate, it would be safe to place a
value on the, say, 100 tons of the ma
nure from the Connell steers at $3.50
per ton, or $25O.0O, which when added
to the net profit of $632.S5, would bring
the gross profit up to $S82.85 in 80 days.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
Yours very truly,
OSCAR BOWLING,
President Louisiana State Board of
Health.

Gov. Brewer will not honor reQuisi-
ton papers for Walters, the alleged
k1dnaper of the supposed Dunbar child,
as witnesses aver that the man was
seen with a child prior to the kidnap-
ing. Walters will be held at Columbia,
Miss, until a thorough investigation
is made.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
AS TO PRESS CONVENTIONS.

The cordial personal invitation which
the genial editor of the Shreveport
Journal sends to his brethre:. CT the
PISS to come to the Press CorYcn-
ton in his home city, warns the heart
even Of those who, like the editor of
these lines, after mature deliberation,
have decided to "cut out" this annual
gathering with their kind. 1t is not
that the writer does not enjoy meet
ing fell0w.editors and publishers. 1t is
not from lack of appreciation of the
hospitality of the city or town enter
tanning the convention.
But as things now are, what editor
can rightly spare several days out of
the busy spring-time to hear speeches
on everything under the sun but what
properly pertains to his business? DR..
Bowling, for instance, will talk at
Shreveport. 1t is a matter of record
that this paper and nearly every other
paper in Louisiana is standing by DR..
Bowling and his work, with which they
are entirely conversant. Then why
should he need to address the editors
in convention assembled? 1t incor.
TeCtly implies that they need informa-
ton, which they do not! do mott! do
not!!! But DR.. Bowling is only one
among many others, who bring their
pet projects to the convention, essay.
ing to teach the already taught.
What is needed at press gatherings
is discussion of subjects germane to
the newspaper business and that alone,
Sanitation, ETC., can be read up on, but
only the real worker can tell another
brother the things which should right
ly be disseminated at gatherings of
this kind. Nine out Of ten of the
speakers at past meetings of the Lou
isiana Press Conventions would not
know the difference between type lice
and a glue pot; an equally large NUM-
Der of them could be pursuaded that
ttaiic quads are a necessary adjunct
to any well-regulated printing office;
and a very large percentage of them
would fall for the old gag of lifting
the stones"
In the days Of modern progress the
printing business has evoluted just as
any other well.cOnducted business
should, and the newspaper and job.
printing of every little town forms a
share of that community's growing en-
terprises.
To get down to the principles for
which 1t was organized speakers at
the press meetings should talk shop,
shop and more shop. Business meth
DDS should be discussed; efficiency ex-
perts should be heard and some plan
devised and followed whereby the craft
as whole might be benefited. Of
what assistance can DR.. Bowling, lob
bying members of the Era Club, and
all other people with axes to grind be
to people whose time is worth money?
Practical help is what the editors
must get to make these conventions
attractive to them: not to be specta-
tors while outsiders ride their hobby
horses on parade.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26

For a safe and conservative invest
ment purchase lots with the Mutual
Oil and Gas Company owning holdings
in the heart of the famous Caddo Oil
Fields. First we'll down 1140 feet.
Write for particulars at our offices in
the Commercial National Bank Build
ing, Shreveport, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26

Waters at
Mineral Wells

There's life anew for you at
Mineral Wells. The waters
there have cured multitudes-
they will help you. They are
good for such as are afflicted
with stomach troubles, rheu-
matism, nervousness, indiges-
ton, and a hundred other ills
that flesh is heir to.
The railroad rates are very
reasonable from any part of
the country, and round trip
tickets are on sale daily, limit
80 days.
Good hotels and boarding
houses are available and you
will enjoy the outing. Why
not try Mineral Wells?
Complete information will be
cheerfully furnished by
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
LITTLE ADS"
=. ]. DAVIS,
Star Hill, La.

FOR SALE-First-class canning out
fit, capacity 1000 or more cans per day,
with 300 to 400 BIB cans and about 200
2lb cans. Gaping iron and solder
irons all complete. Price, $50, cost
about SIS. V. NJ. JACKSON, Laurel
Hill, La (A26tf
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
PROFIT IN FEEDING STEERS

w. P. Cornell of Baton Rouge has
given to the Country Review the fol-
lowing figures concerning his recent
experience in feeding steers for the
market:
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26

Read our Little Ads" every week
You may find something that will in
terest you.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26
WANTED
WEYANokE, Ia.

By engineering company selling all
kinds of machinery and building Ice,
Light and Power Plants, Gins, Saw
Mills. Highway Bridges, ETC., an en-
ergetic young man to look after bus
mess in the Feliciana parishes. Pref
Crence will be given young man now
employed, who is able to give small
cash bond and who wishes to become
a first,class structural mechanical en-
sineer. In answering, give present &C.
cupation, age and references.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26

ANY ONE finding cattle branded P
Or JP will please notify ]. G. Per-
kins. m22-8t
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26

STRAYED-FrOm near Fort Adams
Miss, one lot of cattle branded Blk;
another lot branded with a cross. In.
formation leading to recovery of any
of these cattle will be rewarded by
Britton & Koontz Bank, S. H. Lem
On, manager, Shaw, La. 454
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26

FOR SALE - Single-comb Brown
I,eghorn Eggs from choice stock at
following prices: $1.OO for Is; $500
for so; $500 for 100. MRS. BERTA
C. HEATH, Clinton, La. (22mSt.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-04-26

FOR SALE--One 10-h. p. Alamo
Gasoline Engine, latest model 1873
Friction Clutch Pulley. One 6 bbls.
per day capacity Cane Mill, with 2
Strike Pans. Every thing in excel
lent condition, comparatively new,
just bought. Will sell on easy terms
or cash. CAPT. ]. L. ROW, Angola,
La.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-12-19
A STEADY GROWTH.

The city of Union is manifesting
the best of all evidences of real ma
terial advancement, steady growth.
One of our advertisers this week hits
the nail on the head when he saws:
Thousands of dollars will be made
in Union real estate within the next
two years" That is our own opinion
and we have before this time express
ed it, also. We believe the next two or
three years will witness great ad-
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-12-19
We Have Prepared
For This Cold Snap!

And can fit you up in all kinds of winte.
Underwear, Suits, Overcoats, and Shoes.
We have 16 more of those all wool Suits,
worth $1,000 that we are selling at $685.
and ID more all wool Overcoats, $1,000 val
ue, that are going for $6.S5. You had bet
ter come early if you want Suit or Over
coat for one half price. The balance of
this month we will offer our entire stock Of
Clothing at greatly reduced prices. Can
and ask the price, if not cheaper than you
can buy anywhere else-Dont buy. You
are welcome to look, and we are always
glad to show you.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-12-19

vance in Union dirt. The cold crouch"
the "knocker" and such unfortunate
residents of our city have no eyes to
see the real conditions. But the OBJ
servant man, the man with eyes to
see, cannot fail to note the steady
growth of our city.
A gentleman who formerly lived
here, but for the past year has re-
sided in neighboring city, came over
few weeks ago on a visit. When
asked about the city to which he had
moved, he said: eyes is a
fine town, but in business way Un-
ion is far, far ahead. Your stores
here, your postoffice, court house, Ii
brary and your handsome residences
are far and away ahead of those in
---." If we were to mention the
name of this city, our citizens would
be most agreeably surprised. The
gentleman of whom we are writing
is an observant man, a man of super
ior intelligence. He went further:
he said, "Union is far more like 3
city; there is permanence and the
appearance of steady growth in I'm
ion that I have not found anywhere
in city of its size" Come to think
or tor<ttvwe'Ihdy agree with this gen :
tleman. There is steady growth
here. Our stores will compare favor
ably with any city in the state. And
we venture the assertion that goods
are sold at as reasonable a price here
as in any city or town in South Caro-
lpa.
We join with our advertiser in this
weeks Times, "Union, the City of
Opportunities"-" -"Watch her grow"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-12-19
Time-After Christmas
Soene-A Department Store.

Girl Clerk-Mame, where's the poetry
books? A lady here wants to ex-
change a cookbook her husband gave
her for book Of poetry
Nervous Uncle-Here's a toy trumpet
my nephew got Christmas. Sure 1t
blows. That's the trouble. Gimme
rubber ball for 1t.
Floorwalker-They can't keep that
old chap home nights by giving him
smoking jacket and slippers He's
brought them back to exchange for a
corkscrew. a dress shirt and patent
leather shoes.
Miss Gramma gimme set Of Miss
Alcott's improvin' books fer girls.
wanna know If I can't exchange 'em
fer silver vanity box.
Bald Man Here's a pair Of military
hairbrushes ! got
Father-Some one gave me pink silk
pa jamas for Christmas. I want to ex-
change them for something a self re-
specting man can wear without blush
ing
Mamma-My little boy got this set Of
tools for Christmas. want to ex-
change them for new center table
he sawed the legs of the one I had.
Willie. stop your crying.-Puck.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-12-19

The charges filed by Mayor John
P. Grace against Richard S. Whaley,
who was declared the Democratic
nominee to Congress last Septem-
ber have been dismissed by the com.
mittee of investigation. The conf
mittee stood z to 2 in favor Of this
action. 1t is to be hoped that we will
now have an end of this disgraceful
war of ugly charges and counter
charges. If Mayor Grace acknowl-
edged that he had spent $4,000 to
secure his election to te office of
mayor of Charleston, as it is said he
testified, his charges of money-spend-
ing on the part of Mr.. Whaley to get
the nomination to congress comes
with poor grace.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-12-19
We stated last week that so far a.

We stated last week that so far a.
we could find out there was not 8
-1ivuA. y 1t,- rZnrr- In Onion. Since that
time we learned of one, and the own
er told US to advertise it for rent.
But before the advertisement appear
ed we found a man who was seeking
a house and it was rented to him lust
ten days after it was vacated by the
former occupant. Union dirt is, as
one gentleman expressed it, "com-
ing"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-12-19

A circle of friends, be it large or
small, is necessary to real enjoyment
in this glad Christmas season. 1t is
wonderful to think how utterly de-
pendent one is upon the ties of
friendship, anyway. We do loud talk
ing sometimes about our independ
ence, but after all, we are very de-
pendent.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-12-19

The price of cotton has been good
this season. 1t has lowered around
13 cents. The average has been above
that figure. If this county is not in
better shape than it was, it is no use
to argue in favor of high priced cot
ton. If there is not more ready mon
ey, better conditions generally than
formerly, then there is nothing in a
higher price for cotton. AS a matter
of fact, conditions are better. There
is more money in circulation and it
is felt in every line of activity.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-12-19

Since Saturday noon the postoffice
has been operating in the new build
ing. The equipment is excellent and
the building is all that one could ask.
The removal was made so rapidly
and so carefully that there was little
if any inconvenience to the public.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-12-19
COTTON GINNED PRIOR
TO DECEMBER FIRST
Crops of 1913 and 1912, in South Car
olina.

The preliminary total for the state
was made public by the Bureau of
the Census at 10 a. m. on Monday,
December 8. The corrected total and
the amounts for the different coun
ties for the crops of 1913 and 1919
are furnished for publication in the
local papers. Quantities are in run
ming bales, counting round as half
bales. Linters are not included.)