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GALLIE WIT SAVES
 SOME FRENCH SOLDIERS. Pretended They Were Going to Charge
 When Ready to Retreat
lRy The Assoeiated Press.l ]

HAVRE, Dec. 24.-How a single company of French infantry, told off to cover a retreat, withstood a large force of Germans for several hours during a battle at night and then es- capped through a ruse is related by a wounded officer.
 The entire division had been ordered to withdraw during a sharp counter .ttack at Charleroi. One company was selected to check the German ad- vance. This lot fell to the company of which the officer, now in a local hospi- tai, had command.
 It was 8 o'clock in the evening when the company was ordered out. The men ran through a heavy rifle and machine gun fire to farmhouse, in which they barricaded themselves, stuiing the walls. Every time the enemy tried to approach, they were stopped by vOlley firing. This lasted nearly three hours.
 Twenty times the enemy's bugles announced a bavonet charge, and twenty times the rush was repulsed, But the defenders began to run short of ammunition.
 The vigor of the German attacks was now broken. This the Fren:h commander quickly took advantage of. He ordered a bugler to sound the French charge. The Germans stopped firing and braced themselves to meet it. During the pause, so as not to break the still of the night with sus- picious sounds, the French stole out of the house, man by man, and ran for the rear. When the German, tir- ing of the strain of awaiting the at tack, took the house by rush, they fund in it nothing but empty shells.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-26

mon River roadhouse, is cutting a road from his place to meet the Gieger party Tom Boyd, who has Q sub contract from Col. Revelle for carry ing the mails over long stretch of the Iditarod Seward trail, is contri- outing substantially toward the new road building in that section,
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-26

Brooks chief of the United States geological survey in Alaska, that an annual market for approximately B. 100000 tons of coal from the Matan- uska fields will be developed as soon as it can be mined.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-26

Regardless of the sea test, how ever, it is regarded by Thomas Riggs Jr.. a member of the Alaska Engineer ing commission, and by Alfred H
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-26

The Gateway Job Printing Depart ment has just received the very latest in new type and machinery. Don't send outside for your job printing Patronize the paper that is helping to build up your city.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-26

Letterheads, envelopes, billheats, cards, posters, announcements of Ill kinds at The Gateway Job Printery.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-26

New shipment of Kerosene Gas Lamps just arrived. Brown & Hawkins. Quality first"
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-26

You get local Ranch Eggs with your Ham and Bacon at Gamble's Res taurant.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-26

Finch's Golden Wedding Rye at The Branch.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-26

The name "Gamble's" is a trade mark and wherever seen is guaran- tee of wholesomeness and cleanliness.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-26

Long distance telephone booth at The Branch.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
A LAPSE OF THE PRooF-READER.

1t used to be the fashion to settle all
errors on the printer, and he, in turn,
would lay it upon the saucy devils that
Turk in the type, but since the linotype
machines have changed all that, the
proof-reader now gets the blame. And
it takes omniscience almost to be a
good proof-reader.
Still, rather unexpected error, not
requiring omniscience, but simple ev-
cry day knowledge of the Bible which
any Sunday School boy or girl should
have, has recently been passed by the
proof-readers of Eyerybody's Magazine.
1t is joke on Elijah's bald head, when
it was Elisha, not Elijah .that needed
a skull-cap. The joke has been copied
into other high class periodicals, show
ing that hazy condition of mind ex.
lists on the part of both editors and
proof-readers as to the identity of the
hairless prophet.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
AS TO GAME LAWS.

With the object of having Louisiana
adopt laws in conformity with the ma
tional game laws for the protection of
migratory birds, Colonel Joseph Ack-
len, chief game warden of the United
States, arrived in New Orleans Tues
day night. He will confer with the LOU
isiana Conservation Commission and
local sportsmen regarding the legisla.
ton which the federal game wardens
will ask that the legislature adopt al
it's next session in order to avoid con-
fusion as to the open and closed sea-
sons for migratory birds.
Louisiana is regarded the country
over as one of the foremost states with
respect to game conservation" said
Colonel Asklen, land the state authori.
ties are working in perfect harmony
with the federal authorities in this
matter. During my stay l would be
pleased to answer any questions that
sportsmen may wish to ask me-"
Col. Acklen formerly owned Angola
plantation in West Feliciana parish.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
OWN YOUR HOME.

Home ownership is one of the most
worthy objects for which you can work
and save, because, when that aim is
realized, you have taken a long step
towards becoming really independent
If you are not sufficiently master of
yourself to curb your inclination to
spend your income foolishly you can
never be independent of others. You
always will be paying somebody rent,
interest or tribute of some kind. One
of the truest things Shakespeare ever
wrote is this: mo man is free who is
not master of himself" and you can
not be genuinely master of yourself
when you pay rent for the privilege
of using, as living space, a portion
of the earths surface or even por-
ton of the tenth floor above the earths
surface. Every mans house is his
castle
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
LUCKY TANGIPAHoA.

Some of our contemporaries wonder
how it comes about that old Tangipa-
hoa secures so many homeseekers. An
easy problem to solve: Lumber COM
panies spending money iudiciously for
advertising purposes; lands that are
attractive; a prolific soil; very few
knockers in the parish; newspapers
deVoting much space to exploit this
section; the "glad-u-kum" greeting to
all strangers. Surely, such induce
ments are very encouraging. At any
rate this grand old parish is increasing
in population very raridly-Poncha-
toula Democrat
Perhaps the greatest secret is that
there are few knockers. When men
complain loudly of "how dull'' it is in
their community, can it be wondered
at that strangers are frightened away
from even the richest of soils and the
best of climates-such as ours for in
stance? 1t is possible that the knock
ers cause the dullness.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
MISTAKES OF sUFFRAeIsTs.

1t is almost an axiom that war crit
les can fight battle ten times better
than the real combatants. Therefore
one overlooking the suffrage fight can
see all the mistakes that the suffra-
gists are making.
The attempt to make it a national
issue,f for instance, was tactical blum
der since it would raise the vexed
question of states rights, and in any
case would revert to the states for
settlement in the end. 1t is therefore
more natural sequence to make the
fight in each state, as it comes up.
The attempt to induce President Will
son to transcend the tenets and the
policy of his party was not wise, nor
is criticism of him, just. The Demo-
cratic party has not shown itself ready
for the suffrage question, but quite the
contrary. Therefore the President was
entirely right in refusing to use his
position in favor of his private opinion
A Theodore Roosevelt might do such
a thing but not Woodrow Wilson.
1t can not but be mistake to appeal
to state legislature, as was done in
Mississippi and in South Carolina, be-
fore vigorous campaign OF education
is first carried on. Legislators are
sensitive to popular appeal when it is
outspoken, but they must hear it plain
ly. Therefore the women should go
first to the people, then to the law
makers.
So much for the mistakes. But one
sign of hope is in the eastern sky, like
a rainbow of promise, and that is, the
sentiment growing among the English
suffragettes to drop militant methods.
Although such tactics we're never en-
dorsed by American women, the gen
eral effect was to throw discredit on
woman suffrage everywhere; to make
suffragists apologize where they would
otherwise have been outspoken, to
throw odium and ridicule on the wo-
mans cause.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
SHERiFF'S SALE.
State of Louisiana, Parish of West
Feliciana, oath Judicial District


Freidberg & Kahn VS.. c. S. Miller.
BY virtue of writ of Fieri Facias to
the Sheriff directed by the Hon. the
Oath Judicial District Court, in the
above entitled cause, | have seized and
will offer for sale to the highest bidder
at the front door of the Court House
in the town of st. Francisville, La, at
the hour of II o'clock a. m, on
Saturday, March q, 1914,
the following described property, to-
wit:
rs acres of land with all improve
ments thereon, situated in the 9Th
ward of the Parish of West Feliciana,
La, bounded as follows: North by
lands of Mrs. Alex Henderson, East
by Thompsons Creek, South by lands
of heirs of Chambers, and West by
lands of 0. L. Bennett, and being the
same land upon which the bar room
of c. S. Miller was situated; 4 cases
of Bloomfield Whiskey, case of Fish
erman Whiskey, and / bbl of Ashwood
Whiskey.
Terms of sale-Cash, with benefit of
appraisement.
j. II. CLACK, Sheriff.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
BY THE Way

1t transpires that Paul Mortimer,
clerk of the Supreme Court, is the man
holding that $4,000 job, of which some
budding Alvin Hebert recently gave
the alarm.
God Furnishes us frequently by giving
us what we want.
A Baton Rouge man is running for
office who has spent only $4,000 for
campaign expenses. This is such an
improvement on the usual procedure
Candy, coffee and rolls are said to
be succeeding liquor as vote-getters in
Chicago Who says it is not an i'm
provement?
The country press has an awful
example" of how spatting between
newspapers looks, in the case of the
Picayune and the Item. And the
friends of both, and most likely the
public, sigh, Let us have peace!"
When every lane is a lovers lane,
what happy world this will be!
The poet sings that a sorrows crown
Of sorrow is remembering happier
things, but soul that can not rejoice
in happy past, deserves all the mis-
fortune that the present brings.
The great drawback is that the
croakers take so long to "croak"
An appreciative smile is as good ap-
plause as loud hand-clapping
One can but regret the tendency ito
bunch" that the present fashion of
woman's dress has Were it more
evenly distributed it might go round
Talk about December and May! A
fur collar and thin hose is it's type.
Somehow there is no pleasure in
seeing neighbours chickens destroy
even the unwanted bugs in your gar
den.
One good thing about st. Valen-
tines Day. Its mail comes in the mid
die of the month and can not be mis-
taken for a bill.
The express companies are trying
to beat Uncle Sans parcel post rates.
AT any rate, the public profits by both.
Now if Uncle Sam will tackle the tel.
ephone and telegraph
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
UNWRITTEN STORY WANTED.

The New Orleans Daily States still
grayely argues about what is Gin the
records" concerning the justice of it's
charge that Louisiana got poor deal
in the bond-sale and that Gov. Hall is
to blame for it. The point made by
The True Democrat was that the I'M
written story would show that Gov.
Hall had done the best that could be
done in the circumstances. But it is
manifest that the States has no mind
to write that story. If it did, and it is
doubtless well able to do so, it's entire
occupation as Pathfinder extraordi-
nary of the Hall administration would
be gone.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
WANTS TO CHANGE SCHOOL
TERM.

Declaring that about one-half of the
public school fund is being wasted I'M
der the present system of operating
the schools during months when a
large number of the country children
are unable to attend, Superintendent
of Education T. H. Harris recommends
that the school session be broken up
into two terms, with the intermediate
vacations corresponding to the busiest
seasons on the farms, in circular is
sued Tuesday to parish superintend-
ents and members of parish school
boards.
"In arranging for the school session"
states Mr. Harris in his letter. 1--WE
lose sight of two facts 81 In the
farming communities parents need the
services of their children on the farm
during certain seasons, and GU it is a
fine thing for the children that such
service is required"
Mr.. Harris goes on to show that the
need of the children on the farm dur
ing certain seasons results in their be-
ing taken out of the schools for sew
eral months of the session, causing
the children to fall behind in their
studies and become discouraged in
their school work. He believes his
proposed plan of dividing the school
term will remedy this situation by civ.
ing the children or 8 months of
schooling where they now get only
four or five in session of seven or
eight months; enable the farmers to
use their children during the busiest
| farm seasons; give the country schools
a more permanent corps of teachers,
and prevent the waste of energy and
money that now characterizes the coun-
| try schools.
From the foregoing, it will be seen
that Supt. Harris has considerably re-
vised = and improved = his original
proposition on this subject, as his first
plan had many flaws, notably a short
er period for school work, and home
demands only partly arranged for 1t
is possible that his now plan has some
thing in it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY TO BE
NEAR BATON ROUGE.

Southern University, the negro
school which has been problem in
location, is to be moved from New Or
leans to what is known as the Shaffer
property, four miles out of Baton
Rouge This decision was made We'd
|nesday at a meeting of the trustees.
"The trustees decided to purchase
the Shaffer property provided the title
can be cleared" the governor said af
ter the meeting. Investigation of the
title will be made at once and the
work of transferring the institution
will be begun as soon as the title has
been cleal ed
"The property to which we propose
to move the school is 500 acres in
size. We are buying it at $42.5O an
acre"
There is no hint either that the
other residents of the parish made any
effort to prevent the Shaffer owners
from selling their property.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
BIRTHDAY GRADUATION.

Through stress of circumstance, no
mention was made in last weeks issue
Of this paper of the fact that Feb. Sd,
1914, was the twenty-second anniver-
sary of The True Democrats existence,
although there was, as usual, an exul-
tation of spirit in realizing that thus
far the dauntless home journal has
safely come. 1t has weathered the
storms and enjoyed the sunshine of
that long period of years, but, even as
a young man feels at the age of TWEEN
ty-tWo that he has but entered into his
birthrght, and that he is strong to do
and to endure, so The True Democrat
feels.
It's endeavor is to serve it's people,
and looking back over the years with
their errors and shortcomings, The
True Democrat still feels that what.
ever its failures of accomplishment
have been, it has kept it's ideal-an
aim to serve-pure and unsullied from
unworthy motive. The material sup
port The True Democrat receives is a
proof that West Feliciana appreciates
this fact, and gives return according
to ability, while the moral support is
unfailing.
With this backing, it is natural that
The True Democrat feels like a young
man in his first strength.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
TWO HEROES.

The burning of the steamboat Gem"
at HahnVille, Tuesday night, developed
two heroes+the pilot, Capt William
3. Barre, and Edward Comeaux, son
of the captain, Robert ]. Comeaux. In
his efforts to save the old negro pan
tryman, young Comeaux was lost.
Capt. Barre, pilot of the boat, whose
heroism in sticking at his wheel while
the flames scorched and the smoke
choked him, saved so many lives, but
not his own, was the noblest figure of
the disaster At his post high up ON
the quarterback, Drawing the fire that
roared beneath and around him, he
put his wheel hard a-port and ran the
mass of fire head on upon the shore.
Most of the crew were on the long
stage planks that extended ahead
shoreward, and when the boat struck
the cables which upheld the stages,
weakened by the flames, broke and
precipitated the men on the sandy
bank. The thirty-one lives saves are
credited to Captain Barre.
Capt. Barre's course is almost iden
tical with that of Jim Bludso" of the
celebrated poem;
"He seen his duty, dead-sure thing
And went for it thar and them
And Christ amt a-going to be too hard
On man that died for men,"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14

Statistics show that the ratio of mar
riage and divorce in New Orleans is
3 to 1, which might lead one to believe
that the marital bond is held lightly
there. But when one recalls that the
big city has Gretna-Green-so near,
offering premium as it we're to rash
and unconsidered marriages, and that
besides the riff-raff from all parts of
the world drift to New Orleans, at one
time or another and that these marry
or unmarry by impulse, the wonder is
that the ratio is not less.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
ABILITY TO ORGANIZE LACKING

In a pamphlet on Modern Methods"
this is told of Ebert Hubbard by C. r.
Trowbridge:
Not long ago Ebert Hubbard had
occasion to visit a state hospital for
the insane.
Walking over the beautiful grounds
half mile from the main buildings
one morning, he came across an at
tendant in charge of Is patients.
"The attendant was little chap, a
sort of half portion. Many of the pa
tents looked and weighed twice as
much.
1.-THE comparison aroused the Fra's
curiosity. He joined the attendant in
his stroll and walked with him for
some distance. In the course of the
conversation, and Hubbard was all
questions, he asked: What is to hinder
half dozen of these big fellows be-
hind you getting togethed and setting
up a job on you and fleeing to the
woods? If they should get at you all
at once, you wouldn't stand ghost of
a show. There is no help within half
mile at least, and you are not armed.
"The attendant looked at his ques-
toner in severe rebuke, then smiled
and replied: You belong right here
all right, friend. What is to hinder
these men from getting together and
setting up job on me? Why the
fact is if they could get together with
anybody or anything, they would not
be here. That's their trouble" &
The inference to be drawn from this
| is scathing, excoriating, if indeed "the
badge of sanity is the ability to organ
ize." How many towns and villages,
cities also, fall wholly or partly under
the ban! How many businesses lag
because their proprietors have no abil-
ity to organize, to mass forces or facts!
And yet there is so much truth in
the inference that communities, dis
organized and disgruntled, should Sc
riously question their own real sanity
since they can not get together and
accomplish something worth while.
The thought should be taken in all
seriousness and inner questioning. Are
a people really sane that merely drift
and can plan no concerted action?
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14

That the bloodhound is an obsolete
instrument of justice has long been
our opinion. The Supreme Court of
Mississippi, the other day, refused to
confirm the conviction of negro,
whom the bloodhounds had trailed
from store, which had been robbed,
to his home. There was no human
testimony against him, and the negro
bore good character, hence the courts
decision. A trail" in this day and
time, can never be fresh enough to
give undoubted evidence, and in most
cases, fails to afford proof. The blood
hound belongs to the dayss when all
out-of-doors was untracked woods.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14
SHERiFF'S SALE.
State of Louisiana, Parish of West
FeIiciana, oath judicial District

FeIcidna, E4tn judicial UlStriCt
Court.
Mrs. l.. w. Newsham individually and
as tutrix, VS.. William G. Wade.
By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias
to the Sheriff directed by the Hon. the
oath Judicial District Court, in the
above entitled cause, have seized and
will offer for sale to the highest bidder
at the front door of the Court House
in the town of ST. Francisville, La,
at the hour of II o'clock a. M, on
Saturday, March q, 1914,
the following described property, to-
wit:
975 acres of land with all improve
ments thereon, situated in the Parish
of West Feliciana, and bounded as fol-
lows: North by lands of Winn, East
by Little Bayou Sara Creek, South by
lands of Miss Wade, West by lands
of Peyton and Row.
Terms of sale--Cash, with benefit OF
appraisement.
J. H. CLACK, Sheriff.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14

Many man will tell you that the
things you learn from books are less
valuable than the things you find out
for yourself. If he simply means that
the facts you have learned from books
are less valuable than the facts you
have learned from experience, he is
probably right. But if he means the
power you get by knowing how to use
books is less than the power that you
get by finding things out for yourself,
he is wrong. The man who finds things
out for himself has simply the results
of his own experience at command.
The man who find them out from books
has access to the accumulated exper-
fence of the whole world, and can
choose therefrom what best serves his
purpose.-President Arthur T. Hadley,
Yale University.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14

A Kansas paper says: Mrs. Matt
Cox desires to thank her kind friends
who assisted her SO materially in the
death of her husband" His name is
not mentioned, but we suppose that
the doctor is included in the list of
friends.-N. O. States.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14

A more hopeful spirit is shown in
the sugar districts. Plantation owners
that had determined not to plant cane,
have reconsidered, and are making
another trial.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14

Bishop Hamilton of the Methodist
church says "our public schools are
not producing good morals or good
manners" The good churchman must
acknowledge, however, that the same
institutions are turning out some
mighty fine tango dancers and base.
ball players.-N. o. Item.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14

A determined spirit is shown to pros.
ecute vigorously the men, responsible
for the recent accidents from auto
mobiles in New Orleans. Death result
ing from this source shas been too
lightly treated heretofore.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14

A full pardon with pay for time lost
was granted by President Wilson to
Private Clarence L. George, who has
served four months of a years SEN
tence at the Leavenworth penitentiary.
Georges offense had been writing a
letter to the Presidents private secre-
tary, Mr.. Tumulty, complaining of hav-
ing been denied a furlough. The let
ter never reached Mr.. Tumulty, but
George was oourt-martialed for COM
planning over the head of his superior.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14

New Orleans chances of getting a
regional bank are reported to be very
encouraging. When one considers
New Orleans in point of geographical
position and commercial importance,
it seems that there should not be even
a question of its selection, any more
than of New Yorks.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-02-14

A New Orleans paper advertises it.
self as Fit for Girls and Boys" It's
a newsy paper, no mistake, but should
be considerably expurgated before be-
ing set as dish before the very young