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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-22
RELIEF in TIME OF NEED

The committee in charge of ar
rangements for the Fortieth Annual
Encampment of the Iowa G. A. r.
which was held in Burlington, June
1918, upon settling up its affairs
found balance in hand of $345.3S.
Believing 1t would please the Grand
Army men of Iowa who know through
bitter experience the suffering hard
ship which war entails, the commit
tee has sent this balance to Miss
Mabel Boardman, President of the
Red Cross for the United States, for
use in relieving the suffering now
devastating Europe.
Thus ends an enterprise which was
of great instruction to the citizens OF
Burlington, and of pleasure to all the
friends from the outside who attend
ed the reunion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-22
THE pRoGREssIvE MEETING

Tuesday evening a good sized
crowd attended the Progressive meet
ing at the court house and heard s.
II. Bashor who delivered very sple-
did address. On account of the first
number of the lecture course holding
forth at the Presbyterian church the
crowd was not as large as 1t otherwise
would have been. Those who heard
Mr.. Bashor say he made a splendid
talk and presented facts that could
not be disputed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-22
ANOTHER BUSINESS CHANGE

w. G. Olson, who has been doing a
good business in Audubon the past
year disposed of his photograph
studio yesterday to Miss Katherine
Sorensen, who takes full charge this
morning. Miss Sorensen has been
and is thorough in all work pertain
ing to photography, and will, no
doubt make decided success in her
new venture.
Mr.. Olson will start business soon
at Parkersburg, Iowa and his brother
G. E., who has been working here
with him, will start studio else
where. While we regret the depart
ure of the Olson brothers from Aud
ubon, we wish Miss Sorensen abund-
ant success.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-22
WE'RE MARRIED YESTERDAY

Stanley Griffith of Extra and Miss
We've College, of Abel, were married
by Rev. Clinton f. Smith, of the
Evangelical church at the parsonage
Tuesday evening at o'clock. The
newly welded couple will make their
home at Extra where the groom is
engaged in the automobile business.
The announcement of the wedding
will come as surprise to their many
friends who learned that marriage
license had been issued to them last
September, but no returns having
been made on the instrument, they
naturally supposed the happy event
had been indefinitely postponed. The
Republican joins host of friends in
wishing them an abundance OF hap
piness and prosperity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. ,Stirup, living
one and half miles west of Hamlin,
celebrated their 25th wedding ami
versary last Sunday. number of
the immediate relatives were pres
emit and enjoyed sumptuous dinner
that was prepared for this suspicious
OCCASION. The day was passed in So
cial pastime and visitation. Before
leaving the guests presented Mr.. and
Mrs. Stirup purse of money, besides
other useful presents
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-22
NOW GRANDPA CURRIER

A. M. Currier received telephone
message from Newton this morning
announcing the arrival of a ga
pound girl at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. F. l.. Drake. Mrs. Currier
went to Newton Tuesday and in tell
ing her husband over the telephone.
she said it was just the sweetest little
baby she had ever seen, And who is
there that would contradict her
statement?
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04
SPARE THE BIRDS.

DR.. w. T. Hornaday, one of the lead
ing naturalists of the world, head of
New York's famous geological park,
says: 'The American people must
awake to. realizing sense of certain
facts that seriously affect the cost of
living. The 100000 men and boys
who are slaughtering our birds are
levying tribute on every American
pocket-book. He says the codling
moth and curculio apple pests cost us
about $S,250,O00 year for spraying
operations, and $12,000,00O a year in
shrinkage of value in the apple crop.
The cotton boil weevil costs the cotton
planters $2O,OOO,OOO year. Other pests
cost $12O,OO0,OOO annually He urges
with all his ability, backed by thous-
ands of enthusiastic followers, the en-
actment of legislation that will put a
stop to the ruthless killing of robins
blackbirds, doves, the quail, and insect
eating shore birds.
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04
THE cHAR6oN SITUATION in
WILKINSON COUNTY.
Woodville Republican:

Woodville Republican:
The charbon situation in the western
portion of this county is still very dis.
tressing as animals are dying despite
the fact of having been inoculated, and
the area of infection is spreading at an
alarming rate. Two mules are reported
to have developed charbon after having
been vaccinated 28 days, which appears
to verify the contention of the veteri-
marian from Louisiana that an animal
is not free from infection under 30
days. Several planters of the second
district have lost all of their stock and
the county has lost four fine mules,
the last of which died on Wednesday.
1t is imperative that the people living
outside of the infected district take
greater caution in future than they
have in the past to prevent further
spread of the disease, for unless siren
uouO CiSi W olC put lOI WdIu IL Will
spread to every section of the county.
While the assistant state veterinarian
has paid couple of visits to the county
at the request of the State Live Stock
Sanitary Board, and at the expense to
the county of $500 per day and ex-
penses, and quarantine of the second
district has been established, there ap-
pears to be an absence of concert of
action among the people owing to the
fact that they are in the dark as to
what steps are necessary to be taken
We would suggest that a meeting be
held at an early date in order that
plans may be perfected for the better
protection of the non-infected districts
of the county.
While the State Live Stock Sanitary
Board has the authority to do every
thing necessary 1t has no money with
which to operate, hence we can see no
good to be secured from this direction,
other than the authority to carry out
any quarantine that we may desire to
establish.
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04
THE BOTTLE SHELF.

Every house should have a shelf con-
veniently located for bottles, and on
this such liquids kept as are most use.
full. in cases of emergencies, and for
every day use.
A bottle of linseed oil and lime
water, mixed in equal parts, should
always be ready to hand for use in
case of burns. A bottle of turpentine
Is another necessity in the household.
1t can be used for removing rust from
metal, paint from clothes, setting deli
cate colors and to mix with linseed oil
for polishing furniture.
The bottle that will be oftenest used
is that containing ammonia. Purchase
this from the druggist if you wish to
get the best grade. Two tablespoon
fuls of it will soften pail of the hard
est water, and thus saves soap, brushes
and paint. Indeed the uses for am
monia are innumerable.
Nickel objects, always hard to polish,
can be kept bright by rubbing with a
wooden cloth saturated with ammonia,
and there is nothing better than it for
cleaning mirrors, silver, and unvar.
nished woods. But it's uses are mum
berless. as every housekeeper already
knows.
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
TO MEET At STAR HILL CHURCH

The West Feliciana Parish Sunday
School Convention to be held in the
Methodist Church in Star Hill, La on
July Il and %, 1914, is a meeting for
all Sunday School workers of all de-
nominations in the parish. Its purpose
if the cooperation of all Christian
churches for the encouragement and
stimulation of Sunday School work.
The Association stands for better
teachers through teachers meetings,
teacher training classes, teachers read
ing courses, Institutes, elementary
graded unions and summer schools. 1t
stands for the very best in equipment,
management Bible instruction, archi-
lecture and for everything helpful and
hopeful in Sunday School work. In a
word, it stands for the extending to all,
no matter how old or how young, the
benefits of the Sunday School and the
house of God through house to house
visitation, home department, cradle
roll, organized adult Bible classes, etc.,
and for carrying the open word of God
by the hand of competent, conse-
Grated teacher to every man, woman
and child in this parish.
The chairman of the entertainment
committee in Star Hill is Mr.. T. D.
Bickham, to whom all delegates should
send their names that entertainment
may be provided for them during the
convention.
w. R. CAMPBELL,
Parish Secretary.
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04
PRACTISE THINKING,

Everybody can sing little Tie
man who wants to make a living as
singer practises singing.
Everybody can run and jump lit
tie. He who wants to win the hurdle
race practises day after day, taking his
hurdles in his stride. The best man,
without practise, would be beaten by a
second-rate man practising conscien-
tiously.
Every young man practises some
thing billiards, athletics, foolishness,
memorizing. How many actually prac-
tise thinking?
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04

Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to
the Austfo-Hungarian throne, and his
morganatic wife, the Duchess of Hohen-
berg, were assassinated Sunday while
driving through the streets of Sara
jevo, the Bosnian capital. A youthful
Servian student fred the shots which
added another to the long list of trag-
edies that has darkened the reign of
Emperor Francis Joseph.
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04


ing" is a most interesting write-up of
Woodlawn Farm, the McGehee place
at Laurel Hill in this parish. 1t is also
highly instructive as it gives a detail
ed account of how the immense oats
and lespedeza crops are handled on
the place. We regret that it is too
long for publication in these columns
at this time, but the following pas
sages are to be noted especially:
"In growing lespedeza for seed, 6 to
8 bushels can be considered as a good
average in the two Felicianas, where
grown in connection with oats. The
first several seed crops from fields
solid in lespedeza, however, may go 8
to 10 bushels average, though higher
returns have been heard of in small
areas. If grown for hay the yield will
range between 11a and tons per acre,
but the Woodlawn practice is not to
grow hay for other than the work stock
on the farm Where raising lespedeza
for seed, the remaining stuff, that is
little more than straw, is either used
for stable bedding or piled up in the
field for the cattle to eat during winter.
Working on the above conservative
figures it may be safely stated that
the average West Feliciana Parish
land can be counted on to average
about 80 bushels, with a minimum
value as feed of $500, to which add
six bushels of lespedeza seed of $500
value, or $500. The cost of handling
the seed from field to the sack totals
about $100 a bushel and seed for
planting is placed at $100 Zone plant
ing of bushel to the acre lasting over
three years.; adding so cents for other
expenses, the cost of lespedeza seed
production is placed at $3.50 an acre.
Not considering interest on the land
investment or rental value, and recall
ing that $3.50 was given as the cat
production cost per acre, the apparent
profit is $500 an acre on oats and les
pedeza when grown together. And
when it is considered that there is a
great deal of land in both the Feliciana
parishes that can be bought at little
more than $4,000 an acre, the attrac-
tiyeness of these two crops Is readily
understood to the farmers of that part
of Louisiana.
I'm the barns and warehouses on
Woodlawn, where the oats and lespe-
deza seed are stored after brought in
from the field, the utmost care is exer-
cised to have strictly clean premises.
Twice a year, before the oat harvest
and prior to the lespedeza harvest, the
buildings are thoroughly cleansed of
any sweepings of the preceding crop,
and the walls, ceiling and floors are
literally sprayed with a 10 per cent
solution of coal oil and water which
drives out all vermin, insects and mice.
"It should prove interesting to men,
ton, in passing, that a peep into the
'Woodlawn corn crib at the time of our
visit to the farm brought to light how
Mr.. McGehee is saving the remnant of
his 1913 corn crop from weevil destruc-
ton. The crib in question, not being
regarded sufficiently alright to justify
trying to hold weevil in check with
carbon bi-sulphid he decided to try an
experiment of grinding the corn the
first of May, when the weevils were
showing most decidedly in the grain.
He put the corn, shuck, cob and all,
through mill, reducing to coarse grits
tineness, and this grinding process
seemed to do away with the weevil
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04
WEST FEL|C|ANA BOY DESCRIBES
HIS VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA

Mr.. Z. L. ToOraen Is in receipt OF a
letter from his son, C. T. Jr, who has
gone to Brazil to work in the sugar
industry. Inasmuch as the letter
throws some interesting sidelights
upon his trip, we reproduce the fol.
lowing excerpts:
I'VE caught sight of land to-day, the
first seen since passing Sandy Hook
Tomorrow we will reach Bahia, the
Oldest town in Brazil. 1t is about the
size of New Orleans, not so beautiful
and clean as Rio, and about ninety
per cent of the population is negro.
From there to Rio is journey of
three days. Haven't been seasick a
particle and haven't felt at all restless
at being out of sight of land for nearly
two weeks. The weather has been
good and the trip has been pretty
smooth except when we were crossing
the gulf stream and when passing
through the zone swept by the trade
winds.
Crossed the equator yesterday at
lis p. M, and found it surprisingly
comfortable instead of very hot as one
would expect, the temperature being
not higher than S6 degrees F. Just
before crossing the equator there was
quite an initiation of every one guilty
of never having before crossed the
earth's 'bellyband.' At dinner the
lights were turned low and the Red
Devil came in to invite every one to
take part and to announce that Nep-
tune, king of the high seas, was about
to visit the ship. After dinner every
one assembled near the swimming
pool, dressed in old clothes and bath
ing suits. After going through lot of
ceremony before the gorgeous court,
the victims were given a "sea sham
poo and shaved with an immense
wooden razor, after which they were
dumped into the swimming pool. The
ladies were also initiated, but to a
much milder extent.
"The ship is regular palace and
there are stewards at every turn to
wait on one. They are real Britishers,
like you read about, and say thank
you, sir whenever you tell them to do
anything Everything, especially in
the first-class department, is kept as
clean and shining as preachers bald
head.
"The voyage has been very pleasant
and it is something like large house
party in bad weather when every one
has to stay indoors. only the guests
come from all corners of the earth.
To give some idea of the Heterogeneous.
ness of the outfit, for instance, at my
table are represented Ecuador, New
Jersey, Argentine and Louisiana. The
surgeon is from Ecuador, the man from
New Jersey is going down to open an
agency for the Singer Sewing Machine
Company. The young Englishman is
going down to cattle ranch, and he is
certainly peach. All he lacks is his
monacle. His as are so broad and
hard that they sound painful to a
Southerner's ears. During the day
when we are not eating we play deck
games of various kinds and at night
there is dancing. There are several
Brazilians and Argentinians aboard,
and they can dance the Maxixe and
Tango to perfection. These dances
originated in those countries. They
have about five meals day on this
ship"
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04

"Yes," said the fat man with the
gold watch-chain spread across his
ample waistcoat, 81 have two and
half-dozen children"
The other men gasped. Then one of
them said:
"Surely-two and a"
Quite so" said the fat man. 1.-TWO,
and halfdozen, which is six, makes
eight. Two and half-dozen. Tit
Bits.
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04

The Supreme Court suspended John
D. Nix, Jr, an attorney charged with
unethical treatment of client, from
practice two years, and Fernand and
Louis Teissier one year each.
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04

Turpentine dealers and producers of
this territory took steps to put New
Orleans In the place of Savannah as
the worlds market for turpentine and
naval stores.
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04
w. R. CAMPBELL,
Parish Secretary.

ment for local purposes as it chooses,
irrespective of the basis of assessment
for state purposes. At the same time,
it cures one of the most fragrant and
widespread and irritating, and one of
the most complained of injustices of
the present law, to which | shall refer
again in a moment.
"This change is to be accomplished
by House bill No. 318, by Mr.. Clayton,
which proposes an amendment to strike
out the requirement in article 225 Of
the present Constitution, that The
valuations put upon property for pur-
poses of state taxation shall be taken
as the proper valuation for purposes of
local taxation, in every subdivision of
the state; and by House bill No. 300,
by Mr.. Butler, which does not become
effective until the above amendment is
adopted.
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04

The Senate urged by 1t. Gov. Barret
to be good loser increased its appro-
priation from $4,000 to 100000 for an
exhibit at the Panama Exposition.
Senator Barrow made the motion.
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04
Handling Oats and Lespedeza on
McGehee's Woodlawn Farm

completely, no sign whatever of it in
the pile of corn when observed by the
writer month after crushing"
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04
Fixing Basis.

"This House bill, No. 3O9, gives the
local authorities of each municipality,
parish and levee and other taxing dis
trict the right to fix the basis of assess
ment for local purposes at whatever
ratio of the actual cash market value
they may deem wise-provided, of
course, that this basis of assessment
shall not exceed 100 per cent of the
actual cash market value. Under this
provision, each local taxing authority
becomes free to fix it's basis of local
assessment without reference to the
basis of assessment for state purposes
OF to the basis of assessment of other
local units. At present, under article
225 of the Constitution, the basis of
assessment for local purposes must be
the same as that for state purposes:
Another section of this act does
away, once and for all, with the gross
injustice and hardship of the present
law, under which your property may
be assessed twice as high as other
properties of equal value in the same
city or parish, and yet the courts will
not order your assessment reduced
unless you can prove that your prop
erty is assessed for more than 100 per
cent of it's value. This section pro-
vides that any taxpayer can secure
from the courts reduction in his as
sessment for local purposes, by show
ing that his property is assessed on
a higher basis than the basis estab.
lished for local taxation"
The true Democrat., 1914-07-04

Get the Little Ad" habit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-13

raiden-cach OF them wanted the
maiden to ask him TO come and live
AT her house. Each OF them came to
stand in front of the maidens house
and sing his best songs; and the poor
maiden could not make up her mind
which of them she liked the best
One day. after both the hooking bird
and the rooster had been singing to the
maiden a long time. the rooster went
away under the shade Of a tree TO
study about how he could get ahead of
the hooking bird. And before the sun
got halfway up in the Sky the rooster
set out to visit the Yunwi Tsunsdi Uhe
Little People of the Woods) And
when he got there he told the YunwI
Tsunsdi that he loved the maiden who
would not ask him to come to her
house and be her husband. He wanted
the Yunwi Tsunsdi to tell him how TO
win the maiden; and he showed the
Yunwi Tsunsdi how well he could sing
Wasn't it 4 good song?
Yes" said the chief OF tho Yunwi
Taunsdi. 'but 1t is only n song. The
Young woman wants ornc'hing more
than song" So the chief OF The
wood fairies sat down to think about
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-13
New Indian Animal Stories
Who Brings the DauLight2
by John NJ. oskl.on.

Long time ago. In the villages Of the
Indians who lived on the edge OF the
mesa which stands up from tho nat
plain like n great bench miles and
miles across. the little Indian boys
used to watch the sun rise from the
roofs of their fiat houses. Sometimes
they would get up there early enough
to see the first breaking of daylight,
and II they did they would hear two
different sounds.
One of these sounds was the crow
Ing Of the roosters down Mt tho edge
OF the melon fields, and the other was
the wonderful first sony in tho morn
ing of the moclting bird And both
OF these sounds would begin just be-
fore the daylight came creeping across
the long plain.
why do these two fellows sing at
the same time every morning? the
Ittle boys would ask, and then some
old man would tell them tho story Of
the old quarrel between the rooster
and the mociing bird.
1t was in the time when the birds
and the animals and the people all
lived together as one people And In
that time both the mocking bird and
the rooster fell In love with the same
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-13

The attempt OF Thomas Blood, who
| was generally called Colonel Blood.
I TO steal the crown jewels of Englan !
! has led 10 q considerable amount Of
controversy in an effort TO show that
! King Charles IL had some hand in
| Monarch and was frequently In
need OF money, and In order to re.
plenish his treasury ii has been sup
posed by some that he fell in with
the scheme advanced by Colonel
Blood TO seize the Jewels and divide
with the King tho proceeds of their
sale abroad.
The fact that Blood. though caught.
was pardoned by Charles and reward
ed for crime that would have cost
any common thief his head gives color
TO the theory of the Kings connivance
in the attempt. But Blood was well
suited 10 such an undertaking and
his trial created no end of interest
throughout the Kingdom.
Blood was n soldier of fortune and
had spent a rather adventurous life
up to the time OF the jewels episode
He was now forty-two years of age.
and he and his desperate companions
were badly in need Of money He pro-
posed to these fellows tho theft OF
the crown jewels and they readily
accepted the proposal
Blood devised the scheme of putting
himself into the habit OF doctor of
divinity. Thus clad. and with woman
he called his wife, he went TO see the
curiositics in the Tower, and while
they were viewing the regalia the
supposed Mrs Blood was suddenly
taken i'll and Blood requested Mr.. Ed
wards the keeper of the regalia. TO
assist her with some refreshments.
Edwards complied with her request
and the pair took their leave with
many expressions OF gratitude
y few days after Blood returned
and presented Mrs. Edwards. the keep
ers Wife with four pairs of white
gloves in return for her kindness. This
brought on an acquaintance and Blood
was ready to carry out his scheme
Although the Tower had many guards,
Edwards was the only one in charge
OF the jewel-room. Blood soon came
arain with some friends TIC whom he
wished to show tho jewels. Under his
clergyman's dress he carried arms
Ills acquaintance were also armed
they seized the old man when his back
was turned, and, throwing cloak over
ms head, they gagged and bound him
on his resisting they stabbed him.
They then seized tn. crown. the
jcweied orb representing the world,
and the sceptcr This was so long
they were obliged TO flo IT, to break
II into two parts before concealing it,
The work took so long they were