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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-11

English line and fell near 1t. The blind king of
Bohemia, with a party of devoted knights, sue
ceeded In penetrating the English line, and the
king was killed among the ranks of the prince of
Wales men-at-arms. The tablet in the illustra-
ton marks the spot where he fell, as near as
can be told at the present time.
WHERE WALLACE GATHERED HIS HOSTS.
Wallace tower, Stirling, Scotland, marks a
spot famous In Scottish history. 1t was here
Wallace gathered the Scots for his greatest bat
tie. Six centuries ago, when Robert Bruce was
fighting for the throne of Scotland. the patriotic
William Wallace led a royal army of Scots to the
hill in preparation for a battle with the English
under Surrey and Cressingham. Here they
camped one September night in 1897 and the next
day utterly defeated the English In an encounter
at a bridge over the river. Up to that time the
English forces OF Edward / had had the advan-
tage; Wallace's victory here turned the tide of
fortune. and though he himself was afterward
taken prisoner and put to death (1305), the splen-
did triumph of the Scots a few years later at
Bannockburn (only three or four miles from here
at the other side Of Stirling) did secure the In
dependence of the land. The memory of Wallace
is dear to every lover OF Scotland.
while the great rock he watched from shall
endure,
His monument is sure,
Build low-build high,
The great name cannot die"
GRAVE OF E HERoEs.
The Soros Is the mound erected over the
graves of 1872 Athenians who fell in the battle OF
Marathon, August IL, B. c.. 400. The mound is
about forty feet high and 800 yards in circum-
ference. Underneath the mound lie the heroes
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Fruit-

Cereal. Cream.
Creamed' chopped beef.
Lyonnaise potatoes, cream.
Toast. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Spiced salmon.
Potato and cucumber salad.
Raisin bread. Iced tea
DINNER.
Fried veal outlets, tomato sauce.
Boiled rice. Spinach, with egg.
Rhubarb and raisin pie. Cheese.
Coffee.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-11

RECY, a town Of northern France,
is famous in history for the great
victory gained near by on August
26, 1916, by the English, under Ed
ward III, over the French of King
Philip of Valois. The first attack
resulted in disaster for the French,
who were driven back. The sec
ond attack was made by a large
body of French knights who had
arrived, and served only to in
crease the number of casualties Of
the French forces. A few of the
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF PARISH
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The annual conference of parish sup.
erintendents of public education will
be held in Alumni Hall, Louisiana State
University, January rs and 26, 1915
Addresses will be delivered by DR.. J. L.
McBrian, Rural School Specialist in
the National Department Of Education
and by members Of the faculty of the
University Winter Short Course, which
will be in session at that time.
The following are among the topics
that will be discussed at this confer.
ence: A Campaign for Better Country
Conditions, Agriculture and Domestic
Science in the Public Schools, and
Industrial Work in the Schools.
Automobile trips will be taken to the
HARRISON and Seventh Ward schools
East Baton Rouge parish. Those
schools have good faculties, and splen
did equipment and work in domestic
science.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26
NOVEL SIGHTS ON JACKSON DAY

The very battle drum, whose RAJ
Ting staccatto notes called Andrew
Jackson's sleeping handful of Tennes-
seeans, Kentuckians and Creoles to
the low-lying mud earthworks Just be-
fore daybreak, Jan. 8, 1915, to repel
the attack of the invading British hosts
under Gen. Pakenham, Is to be used in
the realistic reproduction of that great
American triumph of arms that is to
be given exactly one hundred years
after on the very battle-ground by the
Louisiana Historical Society.
Descendants of the old pirate band
who swore fealty to the cause Of Jean
LATTE, pirate leader and hero Of
Byron's "Corsair," are to impersonate
their ancestors in the coming Battle
of New Orleans" reproduction. Hun
dreds from the Barbarian section Of
the lowlands of Louisiana are to stand
shoulder to shoulder with those who
will impersonate the brave Creoles,
the Kentucky and Tennessee rif1emen,
free men of color, convicts and others.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26
PLANT FRUITS.

(Uncle Ed in Crowley Signal.)
How about some fruit trees this year?
The season is at hand to plant oranges,
pears, figs, peaches, pecans, mulber-
rles, grapes, and plums. If the farmer
will plant a few trees every year he
will soon have all the fruit he wants
without buying any at the stands. Our
great fault is that we always put off
TIL next year, which never comes.
Let us therefore commence the new
year right, not only with good resolu-
tons but actual work.
AS for myself, was like many of us,
! waited too long. However two years
ago | started to plant trees on my
small place, which is situated in a
small town in Acadia parish on six lots
12Ox1OO. On this small place have a
good house and barn for ornament,
have two date palms, twelve rose
bushes, one honeysuckle and many
other smaller plants and bulbs. In the
way OF fruit trees | have LOG satsuma
orange trees, so of which will bear
next year; % fig trees, Is grape vines,
IA pecan trees, IL peach trees, and S
plum trees, besides which I intend to
plant some more in the near future.
If every farmer would do the same;
plant a few trees every year and take
care of them, they would yield good
returns. All the attention they need
is to keep all the stock out and keep
the grass down.
When you plant tree, never put
any manure in the hole, as 1t makes
the roots sour and will kill the tree.
However, the second year after it has
been planted, you may sprinkle manure
around the tree and not too near the
trunk and notice the good results.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26
VARIETY OF SUBJECTS ON
PROGRAM

at the sixth annual short course of
the Louisiana State University College
of Agriculture, which begins January
is and runs through January 20, the
lectures and demonstrations will, be Of
practical nature and will embrace all
!. shases of agricultural activity, and live
stock raising. The lectures will in
clude the following subjects: Feeding
Farm Animals, Forage Crops for Hogs,
The Marketing Problem, Hog Cholera,
Lessening the Production Cost, Mar
kets for Hay, Poultry on the Farm,
Egg Production and Marketing, Lee
gumes, Oats and Lespedeza, Beef
Cattle, Control of Cattle Diseases,
Pecans, Vegetable Gardens for the
Farm, Increasing Corn Yields, Com.
mercial Grades of Corn, Agricultural
Possibilities of Cut-over Pine Lands of
the South, The New Orleans Corn
Market, Fertilizers for Corn, Livestock
Problems of the South, Modern Market
ing, Adult Extension Work, The Agri-
cultural College and the Farm, How
Demonstration Agents Can Assist the
Farmers, The Work of the Rice Exper-
iment Station, Forestry, Louisiana Soil
Types and Development, Systems of
Crop Rotations, Farm Machinery, and
Horses and Mules
Demonstrations will be made in Silo
Construction, Breed Types of Hogs,
Farm Butter-making, Practice in Judg-
ing Hogs, Commercial Grading of Corn
and Oats, Breeds of Poultry, Tubercu-
losis, Hay-making Machinery, Dairy
Cattle, Glasses of Hay, Caponizing,
Corn Judging, Farm Machinery, and
Judging Beef Cattle.
The lectures and demonstrations will
be given by the faculty of the College
of Agriculture, the scientists of the
Experiment stations and Extension de-
partments, Representatives from the
United States Department of Agricul.
ture and other state institutions, and
prominent farmers of Louisiana.
A bulletin, containing full announce
ments, is being printed and will be
ready for distribution within few
days.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26
PERMANENT PASTURE GRASSES

The best permanent grazing grass
that we can get is Bermuda. Bermuda
may be combined with white clover and
lespedeza so as to make as near a per.
manent pasture as you will be able to
secure. There is no grass that you can
plant that will perpetuate itself on the
soil without attention under severe
grazing and at the same time be readily
destroyed when you want to cultivate
the land ] think you can handle Ber-
muda grass with moderate satisfaction,
in spite of the bad reputation that it
has for the cotton fields ana other
fields where clean cultivation is de-
sired
Red Top does fairly we'll if planted
in the fall, and will thrive best in soils
that are decidedly wet, but it will give
you neither the grazing nor the hay
that Bermuda grass will.
Orchard grass is only moderately
satisfactory. If planted in the fall it
makes very good winter and spring
growth, but languishes in the summer,
and much of it dies out during August.
! think it is nothing like as desirable
as Bermuda grass.
There are some cultivated grasses
that do well during the period Of
growth, but they mature the seed and
die out in the early summer; these
include Rescue grass, Italian rye grass
and others of this class. They could
be planted in the fall and would fur
nish grazing during the winter and If
not pastured too closely will re-seed
the land in May. Then you will have
to have some other grass to provide
summer growth.
Carpet grass is one of the native
grasses that makes good pasture, but
it doesn't combine well with anything
else; it soon crowds out anything else
that is put with it. 1t is fairly easy to
get rid Of under cultivation. Practi-
cally all of the other cultivated grasses
become short period crops here.-W. r.
Dodson, Director of Experiment Sta
tons, Louisiana State University.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26

A careful study of the above table
will reveal the fact that the Cat Island
school is the only school which sue
ceeded in scoring an average attend.
ance for one month of 1000. While
Beech Grove apparently should be
credited with a 1000 attendance for
the first month, an examination of the
teachers report shows that few days
were missed by certain pupils.
julius Freyhan, Wakefield and Ninth
Ward were close contestants for first
place in the general average ON at
tendance. julius Freyhan won out by
one-third of one per cent. Wakefield
and Ninth Ward then tied for second
place with Beech Grove a close third.
Grange Hall shows the greatest in
crease in attendance, jumping from "a
the first month to 48 the third month,
making an increase in the enrolment
of 41%. This, of course, was due to
the abnormal conditions existing in
this school at the opening of the school
term. All the other schools show only
a slight increase or a stationary enroll
ment. This indicates that practically
all who intended entering school the
first term entered the first month
which is highly desirable.
Ranking the schools according to
their standing in the matter of attend
ance, they come as follows:
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26
SUPERNTENDENT'S REPORT ON THE SCHOOLS
Of WEST FELICIANA FOR FIRST THREE MONTHS

not supplied with horses and some
have to walk long way. Moreover,
nine large window panes are out at
Wilhelm and the cold weather proba-
| bly, deferred many. The window panes
have arrived and will be put in imme-
diately and it is hoped that Wilhelm
will make better attendance record
for the next three months.
The average attendance for all the
schools for the entire three months is
$3.50 of the enrolment. If any school
falls below $3.50, the teacherand pupils
may know that their school is helping
to pull down the general average for
the parish. If your school shows a
rating above 500 you may know that
your school is helping to pull UP the
general average for the parish. We
want you to pull up and not drag
down.
In order to help the teachers bring
up the attendance average which in
some instances is entirely too low am
authorizing the principals of the vari-
GUS schools to give to each student
who is neither absent nor tardy for one
month Perfect Attendance Certifi-
cate. Four of these monthly Perfect
Attendance Certificates will entitle the
holder to larger and more attractive
certificate. Eight monthly certificates
will entitle the holder to a large
Diploma of Award. For the students
who attend the full nine months with
out missing day when school keeps
and without being tardy, a beautiful
diploma will be given.
The following improvements have
been made: Cat Island, none; Grange
Hall, floor and cistern repaired, brooms
and water buckets added; New Hope,
none; Star Hill, new stove, blackboard,
erasers, maps, window flowers, window
panes put in, and school garden; Wake
field, new desks and basketball; Julius
Freyhan, new desks, 500 worth of new
tools, basketball, window panes, kitch-
en-sink, etc.; Poplar Spring, none;
Freeland, new fence, steps repaired;
Wilhelm, two desks repaired, five new
desks added, hole in floor repaired,
blackboard added, also maps and globe;
Ninth Ward, none, but new cistern will
be put in soon; Beech Grove, erasers.
All the schools of the parish are now
running smoothly with minimum
of friction and showing satisfactory
progress.
r. E. CRUMP,
Parish Superintendent.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26
NOT ALL GLOOM
IN THE SOUTH

(The Country Gentleman.)
South Carolina has at least one opti-
mist who cannot see anything bearing
the slightest resemblance to calamity
in the present war crisis in cotton.
His viewpoint is interesting and
cheering:
Cotton represents less than one
third of the South's agricultural pro-
ducts. The South's agricultural products
are quite equaled by her manufacturing
products and are equaled again by the
products Of her interest in numbering,
fisheries, transportation, mining, and
SO forth. Altogether the South's nor
NAL income exceeds nine billions of
dollars a year. The reduction in the
price OF cotton involves loss of about
three hundred and seyenty-fve million
dollars, or only about four per cent of
her total income.
Several states--Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky
and Missouri-are absolutely unhurt,
or practically unhurt, by the fall in the
price OF cotton, for the reason that
they produce very little of the staple.
Louisiana and Florida are immensely
benefited by the war, which has in
creased the price of their cereals,
sugar, fruits and livestock. The injury
to cotton is more than Offset by the
benefits from other sources.
1.-THE Cotton Belt is injured, and here
the loss will run perhaps as high as
ten per cent of the normal income from
all sources. But what is loss to the
farmer is gain to the manufacturer to
certain degree, because the South
buys from herself three million bales
of cotton a year, or one-ffth of the
crop. Very likely this year the South
will take from twenty-five to twenty
three per cent of her cotton crop.
"One other thing: The war has In
creased the prices of commodities rails
ed in the Cotton Belt other than cotton,
and to such a degree that the losses
on cotton are quite largely reduced by
the gaips on other commodities.
For the last ten years the South has
been immensely paid for raising cotton
and there has been large accumula-
ton of money, putting the farmers in
excellent position, so that large per-
centage of them can hold their crops
through till next season If they desire
to do SO. There have been too many
extravagant statements concerning the
danger to the South"
This is rather crisp summing I'D,
logically presented. 1t may not bring
much cheer to the man who is sorely
Ipinched, but it should enable those who
have been misled by hysterical state
ments to get view of actual conditions
in the South, taking all economic pro-
ducing factors into consideration.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26

Farmers in the same neighborhood
ought, just as far as possible, to grow
the same varieties of crops. This is
especially true of cotton. There are,
for example, many places where good
grade of long staple cotton can be
grown, but it will not pay for two or
three farmers alone to attempt its
culture. Enough must grow it to get
a good market for it and to insure its
being properly graded. Moreover, If
all the farmers in a neighborhood grow
the same variety of cotton or corn,
they can soon make that neighborhood
noted as a place for getting seed of
that variety-just as in some parts of
the West now, one county is known as
the place to buy Jersey cows, another
county as the Holstein county, and SO
on. In almost every phase of farm
work you will find places where men
will be rewarded for working together,
or CORRESPONDENCE punished if they
are too indolent or selfish to cooper.
|ate.-The Progressive Farmer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26

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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26

1t thus appears that julius Freyhan
gets the first prize (if one had been
offered, which was not the case) and
that Wilhelm gets the BOBBY prize.
The teacher at Wilhelm doubtless will
contend that it is not quite fair to COM
pare small one-room country school
with a big, first-class, state approved
high school like julius Freyhan. And
there are some extenuating circum-
stances. The children at Wilhelm are
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26

Fond Mother {proudly)-"An' do We
no think e looks like is faither?"
Sympathetic Neighbor (cheerfully)
An niver ye mind thot, Mrs. Nc
Carly, so long as 'e's 'ealthy."-Har-
ward Lampoon.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26

Prof. Humphrey put powerful les.
son before the farmers who visited the
dairy show and looked over the Wis
consin exhibit. He showed the annual
value of the dairy products of Wiscon.
sin exceeded by $16,OO0,OOO the gold
output of Alaska, Nevada, California,
and Colorado. What was more to the
point was that the gold crop is mined
but once, whereas the dairy COW yields
crop each year and there is the COW
left. Added to this is her fertilizing
value to the farm.-Hoard's Dairyman.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26
WOODLAND FARM
]. b. McGEHEE
1836-1913
7. r McCEHEE

The dafodils are green our seniors grave but
the WOODLAND IDEA is still alive and active Hands that
work. brains that think hearts that love- are still making
the face of Nature smile with abundant crops while her
hilsides are animated with kindly herds Our labor is
ample, satisfied and efficient and debts all paid We
have an abiding faith in Creator and feowan
and in ourselves.
SUCCESS LIES IN MUTUAL SERVICE
And earnestly desire to see every acre in West Feciana
made beautifully productive and every citizen happy and
prosperous It has been proven that all this is possible
if we would only try.
Shall we try?
All serious enquirers welcome.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26

Who takes one Stroke in turn at every
Tree
Fells none, however sharp his Axe
may be.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26

Complete knowledge is the key to
efficiency.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26
THE NAZARETH SHOP,

1.-THE following striking Bishop
his in ahoma
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-26

Turn on the backbiter, and say 1t
to his face.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-04-02
ROCHE STER.

Clara and Daisy Church called on
Mrs. Chas. COryell near Olivet, last
Monday.
Stella Taylor is home from Oska.
loosa after a weeks vacation.
Mrs Jane Pugh and Mrs. Cora
Williamson and Mrs. Clarence John
son, each have a new incubator.
James Hayes, of Oskaloosa, was in
called on old friends.
A monument was erected at the
grave OF Miss Mary Thompson in Ro-
chester cemetery.
Miss Florence Oswandle has a fine
new piano, purchased of A. J. Convey,
of Oskaloosa.
Mrs. Anna Oswandle came out from
Oskalcosa TO help Mr. and Mrs. Chas
Oswandle celebrate their fifteenth
wedding anniversary with number
OF invited guests. A pleasant even
ing was spent and refreshments were
served
Mrs. Jane Pugh is home from a
several days visit with relatives in
Oskaloosa.
Raymond Johnson is enjoying the
chicken-poX at present, and several
children OF Thomas johnson, Sr., have
the same.
. Geo. Harris and family are located
on the Anna Scott place for the COM
ing year.
Thomas Johnson, Sr., has been
quite Ill the past week. DR.. Abbott
of 0skaloosa, in attendance.
Sunday school was reorganized at
the Rochester school house.
We were sorry to learn of the death
CT Willard Hatfield at his home near
Cricket. Mr.. Hatfield was a resident
of this neighborhood for a number OF
years, and was well liked Our sym.
pathy goes out to the wife and child.
rem, and the lonely mother.
March 81 VS. JOE.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-04-02

.ertainment of the evening Dainty
refreshments were served.
AIRS. Clyde Hartman and children,
of Des MOineS, are visiting this week
at the &. c. Palmer home. Mrs
Hanna Hammond, of Superior. Neb.
- also a guest OF MI and Mrs. Pal
mer.
Mrs c. STANLEY and children went
to New Sharon Monday to spend the
week visiting relatives.
Clarence Jones stopped off in Eddy
Vile Monday on his way from Tain
tor, Ia. to Missouri, and visited, his
aunt, Mrs. Geo. Chord.
Mrs. James Fisher. OF Lacey, is
visiting this week with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Werner.
Mrs. Belle Quick and children, Ma
bel and Grace, Mrs. II. B. Lucas, Mrs
Ruth Chord, Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderpol
Mrs. Cloe Cawley, Mrs. Anna Foster
and Miss Emma Nye were OskaloOsa
passengers Monday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-04-02
GIVlN.

Elmer Seaman, our store man, has
started q wagon through the commune
ity once week to deliver goods and
gather eggs and butter.
Mrs George Brown is feeling very
poorly at this writing. E." 3d.,
4 The !. o. o. F. lodge at Givin last
Wednesday night conferred the dini'
tiatory degree upon George Myers
and will confer the first upon him
this week. W.
y Werner Ruggles after spending a
few months in Missouri. has returned
TO his friends and relatives at Givin,
Emlyn c. Parry, of OskaloOsa, is
spending weeks vacation at the
home Of mis- grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. d. Thomas. .>.'
VIM NJ. Parry, of Monroe county,
was in this neighborhoOd lately and
bought several head of cattle, paying
good prices for the same.
Milton Harris is building a new
hen house. 32x14, with a cement foun.
dation. VIM. Peters is doing the
work
ALL farmers in this community
are busy these days hauling manure,
narrowing stalks and blowing for
spring wheat.
Aaron Mitts is a proud owner of a
new Maxwell automobile.
The Northwestern company has
built nice four.room cottage south
of the, tank for the pump man. They
have the pump going night and day
The gravel men of the Northwest
ern have arrived. They have twenty
aiohf head Of mules Mr. CnDOpr is
foreman OF the gang. They unloaded
a car of hay a car of corn. also pro,
visions. They have a cook car with
them and expect to be here most of
the summer.
Several concrete piers have been
placed in the Des MOines river to
prevent the water from washing of
the bank on the McRea farm in East
Des MoineS township.
March 81. NlNlG.