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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-12
TO COTTON GROWERS
AND BUSINESS MEN

The cotton growing industry of the
South is facing a serious crisis on &C
count of the war in Europe and it be-
comes the duty Of the growers, bank
ers, merchants and business men OF
the South to get together through some
concert of action and save the situation
The cotton conference held at New
Orleans, La, on August 9th and 18th
passed a resolution asking the Southern
Cotton Association to proceed to hold
both county and state meetings to pre-
pare the farmers to meet the war
crisis in cotton and that these meet
ings be called by state presidents as
follows: Parish or county meetings
to be held Saturday, Sept. 18th; state
meetings Tuesday, Sept. 22nd; central
meeting at New Orleans Sept Goth.
Therefore meeting is called to be
held at every parish seat in Louisiana
On Saturday, Sept. 10th, 1914, to or
ganize the different parish associations
and elect one delegate to attend the
state meeting which is called to meet
at Alexandria, La, on Tuesday, Sept.
22nd, 1914, said meeting to organize
the state association and elect state
officers and elect delegates to attend
the central meeting to be held in the
city Of New Orleans on Tuesday, Sept.
10Th, 1914, at which time the central
organization will be perfected and off.
GERS elected.
Let everybody show his loyalty 70
this cause by getting the people to-
gether in the different parishes and
holding good meetings, raise sufficient
funds to pay your delegates expenses
to the state meeting and elect good
men as your parish officers who will be
workers in the cause.
We earnestly desire and request the
loyal cooperation of the Farmers
Union, the Southern Cotton Congress,
Farmers Institute and other organiza-
lions and we also earnestly request all
state newspapers to publish this call
for these various meetings.
PAUL M. POTTS,
Pres. La. Div. Southern Cotton Assn
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-12
A NEW GAME LAW.
(Exchange.)

(Exchange.)
Book agents and magazine solicitors
and collectors may be killed from Oc-
tober l to September l, spring poets
from March l to June /, scandal mon
gers from April to February /, UNI
brella borrowers from August to
November l and from February to
May l, while every man who accepts
paper two years but when the bill is
presented says Il never ordered it,"
may be killed on sight without reserve
or relief from valuation or appraise-
ment laws, and buried face downward
without benefit of clergy.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-12
SALUTE TO THE DEAD.

Editors Note:-The following i!
taken from the Times-Picayune O
Sunday, August 2Sth. 1t is a transla
ton of a poem, that appeared in {
Belgian paper of date August 7th, ant
is "in memoriam of the soldiers they
have lost during the present European
war. If you did not read it in the
Times-Picayune, read it now. If YOU
did read it, read it again: it is classic
and will live for all time.l
Bow low!
The first soldiers to fall for the cause
of civilization are Belgians; they are
our children; they are our little ones
They have fallen facing the enemy
defending their motherland. But they
were defending more than her; they
were defending more than our hearths
more than our ancient liberties: They
were defending the sacred rights OF
the individual against subjugation.
They are the first martyrs, and the
first martyrs are our children. Salute
them!
Let there be no tears, but a fierce
pride.
We have heard their last words;
they are those of the Spartans at
Thermopylae, but with a tragic breadth
not before attained: go tell the world
we are dead by obedience to the laws
of civilization"
They did not die with fury in their
hearts. They did not struggle in bit.
terness against hereditary enemies
They died as heroes, TRANQUILITY, for
the honor of humanity.
No, force will not crush right! The
idea for which they were sacrificed
is a living one. 1t will survive the
death Of some 1t is the more ardent
in the souls of those who. at this mo.
ment, stand watch over these stricken
remains. 1t will triumph; we will
triumph.
But ere we bury the bodies of our
little ones beneath the sacred soil of
the motherland, let us bow before their
dead glory, before their blood-stained
glory.
Their name shall be written upon
tablets of bronze.
We have right to the respect of the
civilized world. 1--WE are the honor OF
peoples"
Adieu, dear little ones. The Mother
land will not forget you.
And you, disconsolate mothers, be
proud of your children.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-12
NONE IN PRISON.
brentwood Commercially


The convicts of Joliet, ILL.,, are issu.
ing a newspaper called "The Prison
Post" the material of which is con.
tributed by prisoners. They have to
get 1t printed outside of the peniten-
tiary. however, as a search among the
|2,190 convicts in the pen failed to re.
veal a single printer. Editors were
minus also, and they had to get a real
estate man to edit the paper. There
were bankers, doctors, preachers and
merchants among the convicts, but no
editors or printers.
The same conditions exist in the
Louisiana State penitentiary to-day,
not single editor or printer there,
according to a statement made to
members of the Louisiana Press AS.
ISOLATION in New Orleans recently by
the warden of the state penitentiary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-12
A WORD TO THE FARMERS.
(Baton Rouge State-Times.)

(Baton Rouge State-T imes.)
The conditions caused by the Euro
pean war make it all the more sensible
and even imperative for the farmers
OF this section to raise winter crops
There are several important food
supply crops they can raise, and there
is no reason why they should not cult
yate plenty of forage for their live
stock.
The farmer with barns full of corn
plenty of swine, a sugar cane patch, a
pea field and barnyard can turn up
his nose at the high cost of living.
The farmers should heed the advice
of the agricultural demonstrators who
are urging them to develop winter
crops. And, no doubt, many of them
will
Our soil and climate are especially
adapted to winter crops, and it should
not be said that farmers are lacking in
thrift, energy and precaution, the other
prerequisites necessary for the making
of double crops every year.
The farmers should know, if they do
not already, that all the money in
farming for the next wear or so will he
in foodstuffs and not in textiles. Go a
little slow on your cotton for a while
and give more time to your corn, wheat
and vegetables and to the calves and
pigs.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-12
EGGS BY PARCEL POST.

(Farmers Union News Service)
Officials of the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture have been testing
out the parcel post as a means of mar
Getting eggs and have found 1t highly
satisfactory. The department has ship
ped 466 lots consisting of 9,131 eggs to
various parts OF the country and upon
arrival at destination only 327 eggs, or
3k per cent of the total, we're broken.
Ten dozen eggs can be shipped in one
container distance of $50 miles at a
cost of 4.7c per dozen. This includes
the cost of transportation and con.
tainer.
Louisiana postal authorities advise
that the farmers and their wives are
utilizing the parcel post extensively in
selling farm produce direct to the con.
sumers and excellent results have been
obtained.
Last winter when eggs were being
sold by retailers at from SOC to CSC to
the consumers, the farmers were only
receiving zoe to 25c per dozen for their
product, giving the middleman from
soc to 4Oc on each dozen eggs he
handled. The parcel post system of
marketing entirely eliminates the mid
dleman's profit, and divides the profit
of the middleman between producer
and consumer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-12
EVERY ONE MUST DO HIS PART
(Donaldsonville .Chief.)

"Patronize home industry" is a
slogan that looks we'll in print, sounds
well In a public address and is a fine
thing if carried into actual practice,
but the man who advises his neighbors
to patronize home industry, then buys
practically all of his needs in some
other town or city, is setting a mighty
poor example and falls far short OF
being good citizen.
The home printer, the home furni-
ture dealer, the home clothing mer.
chant, all have their eyes on the citizen
who advises his neighbors to patronize
home industry, but spends his own
money elsewhere.
We are dependent upon one another,
and if our town is to be made the best
town every one must do his part
toward patronizing home industry and
keeping at home the money needed
for town and community development
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-12
VALUE OF DIPPING CATTLE.
(Woodville Republican

(Woodville Republican,
The man who has tried the dipping
vat is the man who will testify as to
the benefit to his cattle that is derived
from clearing them of ticks A gentle
man, living near Woodville, who owns
about dozen head of cattle that he
has been dipping regularly through the
summer, said to the writer that the
improvement in his stock over those of
his neighbor that had been using the
same range, but had not been dipped,
was SO apparent that it should convert
any man to the cattle-dipping move
|ment.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-12
\ 49, ~ ~ .a...@*Aa
THE CALL TO THE coLoRs.

Sara Beaumont Kennedy, in Memphis Commercial Appeal
Like the seeds of wind-fowers, lightly blown
On yagrant gypsying breeze,
They scattered wide throughout our land
Aliens from the seas.
They from the crowded fatherands
To share in broader sphere,
And they built their nests and reared their broods
Through many a changing year
But vibrant cry comes unaware
From the crested
The voicing of the warning netherlands
Calling their children to save:
con gran-grown fields War plants its guns
And lights its torch on the crag;
We need you, in the Other Lands
Come back and fight for the fag!"
And deep in each listeners heart there strs
memory that has slept
Meath blush of blossom and palor of SHOWS
While the years have onward crept;
And he sees in a flash his native hut
Where the foeman's banners float
And he's German again. French or Slav
At thrill of bugle note
For man may wander across the world
And dwell meath strangers sky,
But the call of the blood will ceave all space
When it in battle cry;
And the nest he built and the brood he reared
Are left to an alien flag
While he turns him home, with his soul afame
To die for siken rag.
). >.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-12

The new law requiring that the net
weight of the contents shall be marked
on all food packages went into effect
last Thursday.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-12

If farmer has waterworks in the
house; screened doors and windows;
a fireless cooker in the kitchen; a
hammock on an ample porch for his
resting-time by day; and a bed prac-
tically or quite outdoors at night; fried
apples or peaches and cream for break
fast, plenty of fruit and vegetables and
buttermilk for dinner, and watermelons
and cantaloupes at all hours of the day
we'll, if a king can beat that for
living, let him tell US how he does it
The Progressive Farmer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13
SIMPLE HAIR ARRANeEMDNr.


 It has long been conceded that the hair arranged becomingly plays most important part in a woman's appear ance-
 Her toilette may be complete in every detail yet her coiffure may be so unbecomins that she fails in being the attractive woman she otherwise would. be.
 The aim of the fashionable woman this season is to dress the hair as sirn- ply as possible either. when a hat is to be worn or when she is to go with out one, for evening attire.
 Some of the smartest dressed wom- en have been dressing their hair in a series of knots, that is to say, where the locks are parted on one side or evenly divided through the center to the crown of the head, the strands nearest the face are brought down closely to. and slightly above, the ears, not in the Dutch wheel fashion of two years ago, but closely knotted and pin ned in soft coil and then brought to the nape of the neck and coiied across the back of the head in a the psyche twist
 I hope this description. together with my photographic illustration, will tell you exactly how to adapt this coif- fure for your very own If you fancy 1t. It is almost universally becoming and is a youthful manner of dressing the hair
 In selecting the correct combs, one should not take those which are too nashy or unsuited to the color of the hair or gowns, as nothing is so 11nbe- coming as lack of } armony in hair decoration.
 If your hair Is dark use dark combs either of tortoise-slieII or Of a good imitation. If your hair is light, use the light bone combs Jet c1rnbs are 44rs7 i<,17f hair making definite contrast The rhinestone combs have been so cheap ened that they are not as much worn by the best dressed people as they for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13
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as found necessary, without in any way changing the lines of the hat.
 The ruchings. also the frills, of net and tul1e so popular in millinery just now can be made use of in the same way with very happy results. Es- pecially does this apply to the type that requires a softenfng influence.
 Not all elderly women require this. Indeed, there are any number of wom- en nowadays who can wear all kinds Of anguIarities in shape and trimmings and look smarter still for such lines. These are the well-groomed. well-set- up women often met with in business or professional fife. The tall slender middle-aged woman will look pictur- esdue in a fairly large and medium flat hat
 Now, the short or the stout elderly woman must choose her hat on de- cided1y opposite lines. It must not be too large, neither must it be too
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13

ears back and show her teeth. and look cross.
 When he asked her if she liked little girls she would bow her head again and again.
 One day her master Gid not take Daisy out of the barn but gave her a nice breakfast and a piece of sugar. While she was eating she heard some one come in the barn.
 She looked around and saw little baby creeping toward her on the floor. The child on the floor crept into the stall and around Daisy's feet
 Now Daisy knew she must not move for she did. she might step on the baby and hurt her with her heavy feet, so she just stood as quiet as pos sible and did not move even when the baby climbed up and patted her.
 When the baby's mother rushed into the barn and found the little one in the horses stall Daisy was standing g very still and looking as much as to say: tI didn't hurt her"
 Daisy paid no attention to her breakfast but just watched that notfl- ing harmed the baby. I am sure baby s mother never forgot Daisy after that.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13
Music, Art,
 Literature

small, and black-that is, an blac<- should not be worn except from neceH- sity. As has before been explained. the broad brfn. also the somber hue. have both a tendency to reduce heiEnt- In combination the III result ls cCu- bled So as the short, stout Wor1au needs every fraction Of her height ano must avoid black. On the contrary the over-ta1I, thin, elderly woman win wish to reduce her height so ss to give the impression of breedth: tberefors. 1t will be seen she gs4ould wear hntg with wide or droopfng brims. IT ths face is quite thin and long. then Che defect may be offset by arranging tho trimming to give as broad an effect as possible. This could be accom- plished by allowing soft tips tO fan over the brim in a way that they pro- vide background for the face. 1he ostrich feather trimming for mllIin- cry known as the lobster will sult this type if the plume at the end ss made to nod low and gracefully no- stand up aggressive1y- A lace velt draped about the brim is another EuN- gestion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13

And, pl00g1ng art 10 meet aEa1n, ssWe tore oursels asunder.''
 One should not take it for granted that all men are fckle and therefore false. Nor should it be presumed that all true love is of a certain standard or quality. that it is stronger than adamant, that 1t was never meant to be bruised, uaimed, cracked brok- en. Yet it is strange to- say that not one love affair in a, million exists but some one of the fatalities will hap pen.
 ,, It is hard for a woman to believe that a mans love which is apparently as strong as the rock of Gibraltar to- day can fade away by tomorrow and crumble into dust as it were A man may be very much enamoFed of a. young woman, think seriously of pro- posing to her. when some careless word she utters can turn the tide as completely as the broken branch of q tree may change the course of a mighty river
 He had dreamed of her as being do- mesticated, one who would love hus- band and Httel ones. Tn an unguard- ed moment, she exc1ainns hippantly that the woman is foolish that ties herself down to domesticity: that the happiest wives are care free. There are no babies tugging at their skirts to come between them and pleasures < Of the ball, golfng and autoanobi1ing. and ali the delights wealthy welded young matrons should be heir to.
 Tn an instant, his beautiful air cas- ties tl1n1bled; broke into fragments upon the rock of disappointment. Love instantly took wing. He saw that he had been enanored Of an ideal creature The real girl was as heart1ess as she was nercenary. They had not one hope in common.
 It is by no means easy for such 5 man to forget. But when he looks the matter square1y in the face, req sons out it is for the best, he plunges into his task, takes a. strong grip on his heart strings, breaking off with her without ado. He knows too many men who have argued the matter over with lust such girls. Rather than lose them as husbands. the girls have quieted their fears, promising to be all they could wish or care for in wo- mankind, only to sheer and laugh at the man when the marriage ceremony was over and the law gave them a right to their wealth
 No man should marry girl whom he has reason to think might not
 make a god wife and mother. Gdone may be the dearest spot on earth to man if there is a wife in it to well come him with love and joy, or it may be the dreariest of spots if there are only servants whose faces he sees. There must be a unity Of purpose to build love in two hearts to last.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13
Feminism Finally Means Adjustment and
 Readjustment
B. GEORGE MIDDLETON. Dramad.t

AeiTA f- se ADJUSTMENT FEM qfskA A cRiNoLiNE \ ATTl- THAI A OF THE STUFF PLACES ABOVE BIOLOGICAL Bosl4y
 
 educated ACCORDING asks be ated FOR WORK AND NOT FOR SEX Fnm seeks to change relation eense recognize liberty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13
6dcu g. raeneal Home Drecc NdMnq
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Pyepayed Especially For This Neqv5pape,
 ky Pictorial ReVse10
IN YELLOW AND BLUE.

One of the favored com binations for summer is yellow and blue These shades are used effectively in carrying out the dress illustrated here. Yellow cotton crepe is used for the frocl and the embroidery is done in Chinese blue, being distributed about the skirt and neck of the waist. The sectional skirt Is made in three pieces and has high waist line. Nothing could be simpler than the waist with it's v-shaped neck outlined with embroidery and edgsd with fri1led net.
 Four and three quarter yards of 3e- inch or A yards of 44-inch material
 will make the dress. and yards of ern- broidery insertion will be needed for the trimming.
 After cutting out the design, which can be done without difficulty by this time by readers who have followed these home dressmaking lessons, atten- tion should be devoted to the construc- ton Begin with the waist and tuck the front. creasing on slot pereo-ations; stitch A inch from folds. Close under arm seam as notched. close shoulder seam. Center front indicated by large 70" perforations. Sew stay to lower edge. centers even. small 70" perfora- ton at under-arm seam. Form box pleat in right shield. turning under front edge at notches and taking up a tuck on slot perfo-ations; stitch both sides of box-pleat 7k inch from folds. catching free edge in with tuck. Turn under front edge of left shield x inch and then 1 inch for hem. Adjust to po- sition, Tapping front edge of front to small 70, perforations. bringing double "oo'' perforations together Sew stand ing collar to neck edge, ccnters even If made open neck, close seam of large collar as notchcd. sew to neck edge. center-backs even and along double 'too' perferations in shield. Finish sleeves and skirt. then join to waist.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13

When run down with kidney tror- ble. backacfle. Rheumatism or bial- der weakness. turn quickly for help to Foley Kidney Pills. You cannot take them into your systen Without having good results. Chas. 11- Eor. Himrod, N. Y., says: Foley EIGnev Pills have done me more good thnn $15O.00 worth of medicine They give you good results. HfndIe's Drug Store.-Ady.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13

New York, April 11-Ars. FaymonG Brown of 294 West Ninety-sec0rl street. New York city. fs taking aa means of increasing interest fn 8crl- ems suffrage She has written Gov ernor Martin IF. Glynn urging hfn1 t1 declare women's day a state holiday in New York. Mrs. Brown fs pred dent of the New York Sts4e vFonar Suffrage association A monster suf- frage parade will be held May g. which falls on a Saturday
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13
DAISY.
By Virginia Vale.o

Once upon a time there was a horse by the name of Daisy Her master had taught her to tell how old she was and bow when her name was called
 He thought he would teach her sorne other tricks for he was very fond of her and liked to hear people tell how smart his horse was
 So he taught her to hold up one foot and then the other and wher he asked her if she liked bovs.. to lay her
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13
WHY TT SUITS PARTICULAR
 PEOPLE.

FoIey's Honey and Tar Compound is prompt and effective for coughs colds. croup hoarseness, bronchial coughs and throat troubles. Thomas Verron. Hancock, Mich, writes: ssF'o- ley,s Honey and Tar quickly relieves tickling throat and stops the coughs with no bad after effect" It con- tains no opiates and is pure. That's why it suits particular people. Hin dle's Drug Store.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13
X DANGEROUS GUsHER.

'swhat is a gusher in an oil f1e1d?''
 The man who writes the prospec- tus.' replied he who had been stung. the Birmingham A Age-Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13
Little Beauty Chats
BY BLANCHE BEACON

rnerly were. The other night I was in a large office building when the
 force of scrub women came in to clean and each and every woman wore 9 flashing comb of rhinestone If you have a good rhinestone comb, wear it in the evening or even during the day if you are dressed. Wearing it at other times simply chea pens it for dress-up occasions.