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The Washington times., 1915-05-06
ACCUSE GIRL OF
LEADING OHIO GANG
Detectives Arrest Mamie Unger,
Nineteen, Charged with Rob-
bing Railroad Employe.


ALLENTOWN. Pa, May Ga de-
tainer from the local police has been
lodged against Mamie Unger. nineteen
years old. in Jail in Warren. Ohio, on
charge of having been the leader of a
gang of desperadoes who robbed IL rail-
road detective of several hundred dol
lars, taking his revolver and leaving
him unconscious. One of her companions
was brought here today on charge Of
burglary.
Mamie Unger wore mems clothes, and
It was by the merest accident that the
Ohio towns detectives discovered that
their prisoner was young woman. A
few years ago she married a man named
1anzer. and started on career of ad-
venture.
She left here on a freight train with
Edgar Seibcrt and joe and Harry
Long: Before their departure they
bought an outfit that disguised her
completely as man. Mamie Unger
tod the detectives she did not care to
return to Allentown, but wished to go
West and become a cowboy.
The Washington times., 1915-05-06
Emotional Negotiations
War on Animal Life

PHILADELPHIA, May 6.-Blue rock
cts show fear and the deadly night
shade is full Of hatred. Both Of these
are plants. but that does not prevent
them from declaring merciless war on
all animal life. The blue rocket per-
fume carries one Of the deadliest pol
sons. One-sixteenth Of a grain shot
from its poison pistil has proved fatal
to man
Give this plant the semi-muscular
system possessed by the carnivorous
plants and it would be more dangerous
than the cholera said Prof Henry G.
Walters, head OF the plant research
bureau at LanghIrne.
The professor. .ho maintains that
plants have memo les and are capable
OF love. believes also that there are
plants which exercise all the emotions
Of cnmity.
The Washington times., 1915-05-06
PRESIDENT MEXICO
ENVOY DUE SUNDAY
Duval West to Confer With
Secretary Bryan Monday.
Carranza Taxes SisaI.

Duval West. Of San Antonio, Presi-
dent Wilson's personal envoy to Mexico
will arrive in Washington next Sunday
according to on announcement made
today by Secretary OF state Bryan. The
interview probably will take place next
Monday. he indicated.
In their efforts to impose all the taxes
the traffic will bear, the Carranza au-
thorities In Yucatan, according to a dis
patch received at the Navy Depart
ment today from Rear Admiral Caper-
ton at Progreso, have levied an addi-
tional tax Of three-sixteenths gold cent
per pound on the export Of sisSl fiber.
The steamer Windemere. Admiral Ca
pcrton reported, sailed from Progreso
April 90 with $50 bales of sisal. Since
the first Of the year total Of $4,000
bales have been received by rail at the
Mexican port, 36. 600 in January, II 900 in
February, 1900 In March, and 1000 in
April
The Carranza agency here issued to-
day the text of a telegram from Cen
eral Carranza denying reports that Cen
eral Obrngon has been cut off from
communication with Vera Cruz. The
telegram states that not only are the
lines open between Obrcgon's camp,
| near Leon, and Vera Cruz, but that the
latter city is also In direct communica-
ton with Guadalnjara and Manzanillo.
Adviccs dated MAY from Laredo
state that a battle was being fought
at Morales on MaN s.
Reports dated May ) from Vera Cruz
state that all Govcrnm ent offices were
closed during the day. May is an an
niversary connected with the struggles
Of the Mexicans against the forces of
| the Emperor Macmillan.
! It Is also stated in these adviccs from
| Vera Cruz that the attack on Aguas
| Calientes began on May 4.
The Washington times., 1915-05-06
The MorningAft

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The Washington times., 1915-05-06
Raised as Girl, Man
Comes Back in Trousers

MARLINGTON w. Va, May GA
strange case of dual personality was re-
vealed in the conviction of Max Curry
a merchant, on the charge Of setting
fire to his store for the purpose Of
collecting the insurance. He was SEN
fenced to six years in the penitentiary.
The fire is said to have been but one
of many in which Curry figured.
Curry, who is we'll connected, was
brought up in Lincoln county as a girl
and was known as Matte" Curry. AS
Matte" Curry he went to school at
Hamlin and after he was grown he
taught school, associated with women
as one of them and excited no susDi-
cion. After teaching school for sew
eral years Matte" Curry went away
and after spending some time in the
West returned to Hamln. But the in
dividual who went away in skirts and
corsets came back in trousers and as
Max Curry, and he declared he should
ssyer have worn anything else.
The Washington times., 1915-05-06
GAVE "MOVIES" FIRST:
FIRST TO SCORE 'EM
West Orange So Cold to Pictures
That One House Closes and
Others Plead Poverty.

WEST ORANGE. N j.. May G.-The
birthplace of the moving picture is turn
ing against its child. For the last few
years there have been three moving pic
ture theaters here
Last week the largest movie" house
closed it doors because of lack of pa
tronage. and then the owners of the Two
remaining houses sent a joint letter to
the mayor and town council, asking that
their license fees he reduced from 5000
to $75 apiece. Unless the decrease is
granted the owners say they must close
II was in his laborator in West
Orange that Thomas A. Edison per-
fected the modern moving picture ma
chine.
The Washington times., 1915-05-06

40 we'll thought Of by women that most
drug stores throughout the. United
States carry Mothers Friend as one
II is applied to the abdominal muscles
TO relieve the strain on ligaments and
tcndons.
suliv the many reasons why Mothers
Friend has been a friend indeed to
woman for more than two generations.
This book was prepared not only to aid
women TO have at hand the timely
hints. suggestions and helps in concise
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most any druggist, but II you fail to
find 1t write us direct and also write
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The Washington times., 1915-05-06
Italy and Serbia Agree
On Adriatic Outlet

ROME. May cit is announced to-
day that Italy and Serbia have reached
an agreement regarding an outlet for
Serbia on the Adratic The terms Of
the agreement are not known, but
Serbian hopes have been centered on an
outlet on the Dalmation coast
Spalato Is considered the natural outlet
for commerce with Bosnia and Herze-
govina and Serbia has insisted In the
negotiations onher claim to Dalmatia
since in 1900 it was found to contain
$4,000 Serbo-Croats and $1,000 Ital-
ians.
The Washington times., 1915-05-06
War on Speeders.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6.-War on
speeders Is declared today by the mem
bers Of the Women's Pacific Coast Good
Roads Association, representing Cali
fornia, Washington. and Oregon, in ses-
sion at the Inside Inn. within the
Panama Pacific Exposition grounds.
Safety on the Highways is one OF the
main topics under discussion.
The Washington times., 1915-05-06
Killed Woman Neighbor,
She Is Freed at Hearing

MORGAN, Ga, May S.-Mrs Lilly
Mcdonald. who admits shooting Miss
Mamie Reed in a boundary dispute, was
freed on preliminary hearing today, on
grounds Of self-defense.
The Washington times., 1915-05-06
FLAMED ECZEMA
ON WHOLE BODY
Red and UnsightIy. Terrible Burn
ug. Could Not Sleep. Clothing
Aggravated. Cutcura Soap and
Ointment Healed in One Month.

Colgate. Marylaud.-"M My eczema began
with severe itching. My whole body was
affected with the exception OF my face and
hands. 1t then took the form OF watery
pimples which were red, innamed and un-
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could not sleep. could not help scratch
inS which irritated them. My clothing
aggravated the trouble.
Il tried remedies and liquid sulphur.
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Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The trouble
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They Afforded relief in one week after using.
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The Washington times., 1915-05-06
ITALY AND AUSTRIA
At WAR, TICKER SAYS
No Confirmation That Any
Declaration Has Been Re-
ceived at State Department.

Reports carried on the ticker service
that Italy had declared war on Austria
caused astfr here this morning
Tho State Department had no con-
firmation. and Secretary of state Bryan
said that neither Italy nor Austria had
requested American diplomats to repre-
sent it's interests.
Recent advices from high official
sources in Europe have indicated ItalY's
possible alliance with the powers against
Germany,
The Washington times., 1915-05-06

brighter. And what
ever there In to en-
hance its ar rival
and to ease and
comfort the expec-
tant mother should
be given attention,
Among the real
helpful things In
an external All
nominal application
known as Moth
are ErtAn<I - n.
The Washington times., 1915-05-06
The Greater Need.

Book Agent-This book will teach YOU
the wav to economize.
The Nictim-That's no good to me-
What I need Is a book TO teach me how
to live without economizing.-Phi
phia Public Ledger.
The Washington times., 1915-05-06
The New Baby
Is Worlds Wonder

Every tiny infant makes LIES per-
spectiye wider and brighter. And what
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02
SEARCHING OUT POVERTY.

Supt. Crump's report of barefoot
children in this parish, although it may
cast damper over Christmas joy, will
also be salutary food for thought,
which in the greater leisure of the
holidays, may be properly digested for
putting an end to such conditions.
1t is only an instance of how abuses
may occur from facts not being gener-
ally known, for it is certain that there
are sufficient well-to-do and kind-heart-
ed people in this parish to prevent any
ones going cold and hungry. What is
needed therefore is some clearing
house for information on such matters.
Our lodges do a great deal of charity,
and there are many private persons
whose hands are ever ready to dis
pense help to the poor, but too many
charitable persons act upon the admo-
milton not to let the left hand know
what the right hand does, and thus fail
to mention cases of poverty and dis
tress. Such knowledge should be pass
ed on in quick way that all may have
a hand in doing good to the poor.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02
FOR WHICH, THANKS.

Christmas is over, The happy little
ones have broken their toys. The
young people have had their fun, and
the older folk have recovered from in
digestion caused by the unwontedly
rich food of the Christmas season.
Christmas has meant something of
pleasure, even in homes where there has
been poverty or sorrow, since simple
gifts and loving messages from friends
can brighten life wonderfully. We
take it that though hard times has
been stalking abroad in the land that
there was no actual suffering in West
Feliciana, that every home had some
vestige of Christmas cheer. The ne
groes, whom we have questioned, say
that they had a good Christmas.
From this review, let all take heart
for the future, giving thanks to the
great Gift-giver of what has been
enjoyed.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02
FOR THE HONOR OF LOUISIANA

AS will be seen by the communica-
ton published in another column from
Mr.. Walter Parker of the New Orleans
Association of Commerce, there is some
danger of Louisiana's failing in the
plan to provide a state building at the
San Francisco Exposition. Mr.. Parker
has given a strong outline OF the
reasons why Louisiana should not fail,
and they will appeal to the common
sense as well as the commercial in
stinct and State pride of every son of
Louisiana.
There is still another reason, per-
haps the most obvious, because the
most natural one that can be offered,
and that is, were Louisiana to fail it
would seem to be the result Of pique
at losing the exposition. 1t would GER
tainly be laid to that cause alone.
From such smallness of spirit, good
Lord delives us, will be the unspoken
thought of every true Louisianian, but
as it will take more than mere thinking
to raise the funds necessary for the
erection of a suitable building, it is
proper that every one do what he can
to help in this crisis.
West Feliciana has done it's part.
Although pressed by debt at home, it
has responded by donation of one
hundred dollars, a generous gift in all
the circumstances. East Feliciana has
not contributed so far as we know, but
as this is one of the cases, where a
parish or state must feel the force of
noblesse oblige, it is incumbent upon
East Feliciana to answer the call of
Louisiana for help, regardless of how
hardly help must come.
The project of buying medallions at
one dollar each will appeal to individ-
uals, as these articles can be passed
down as relics for future generations.
Many public-spirited women are en-
gagged in trying to sell these medal
lions. Buy one if you can.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02
PLANTING A HEDGE.

AS hedge is to endure for genera
lions, the preparatory work cannot be
done too thoroughly. Prepare the soil
by digging a trench about two feet
with depth of three feet. Where the
original soil is of fair quality, plenty
|of fertilizer will be needed, which
should be mixed into the soil as tho
roughly and nj much the same manner
As cement is mixed into sand for con-
crete work. Where the ground is very
clayey, it will positively have to be re-
placed with prepared soil. In setting
out the material always do with the
aid Of tightly stretched line, and
never trust to the eye alone for exact
alignment. The distances apart will
vary according to the plant.
In trimming, the experienced garden
er will discard the hedge shears as far
too cumbersome and slow; he will use
a corn knife or have long knife made
from an old, wornout file. By means
of this with deft strokes, he trims the
sides of his hedge, while the top he
cuts, moving the knife from him. 1t is
easier to keep true to the lime with a
knife than with shears.
Whether water be applied or not,
cultivation should on no account be
neglected for at least the first three
years of the hedges growth. Weeds or
grass among the shrubs must not be
tolerated.
Be advised that to start hedge is a
matter of patience; five years, at least,
will be consumed from the time you
set out your bushes, until the hedge as
sumes it's true character. But what is
worth while is worth working and
waiting for.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02

Now is the time when the farmers
should begin to plan how they can
spend awhile, if not the entire ten
days, taking the Farmers Short Course
at the Louisiana State University Jan
uary 1929. Board and lodging can be
obtained. at the barracks and the ex-
pense is thereby reduced to minimum.
Apart from the actual instruction, this
taste of student life will have broad
ening effect upon the farmer, besides
rejuVenating him, -making him feel as
if he were a boy again.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02
CHARITY SHOULD BEGIN
AT HOME.

How familiar the adage with which
this article is headed! Who has not
heard it at some time or another, u.s.
ually coming to kill generous impulse
or to discourage some unselfsh effort
even as a dash of cold water eXtin-
guishes the live embers upon the
hearth! And who does not know the
sort of person who uses the words as
kill-ioy, as a weapon of defense, as a
means of attack? For it is always he,
who gives neither at home nor abroad,
who is quickest to use the words as an
excuse for his own lack of charitable
ness. The charity, which he says,
should begin at home is seldom found
there.
But of a truth can real charity begin
at home. When one gives to his own
that is not charity. eff we love those,
who love us, what reward have we, do
not even the publicans the same?"
were the words of the gentlest but
keenest analyst of human motive and
deed that ever lived: the Christ. There
fore if we do good to those whom we
love, or who have claim upon us, that
is not charity but natural love and
justice. 1t is only when one goes be-
yond the confines of his home-Wheth-
er home is defined as habitation, city,
state or country, that what he does out
of true pity and brotherly love for
another's woes, becomes charity
Charity should begin at home" No
more pernicious expression was ever
uttered. 1t bears deceit and unkind-
ness upon it's face. 1t is a cloak for
doing nothing. 1t retards those who
would do something for their brothers
in other lands. 1t is being used now
against the Belgians, whose sufferings
have reached the heights of human
suffering. Can any deprivation that is
undergone in America compare with
that they experience. Poverty in the
midst of peace and plenty is only COM
parative, poverty in land running red
with blood, swept clean of harvest and
granary is the superlative. Sweet
human charity, beginning at home in
the heart of man, Dungeons into deeds
for the sufferers from war, knowing
well that no need in America compares
with this supreme demand.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02

William ]. Griffin CT West Feliciana
was united in marriage to Miss Mi
nerva A. Carpenter of Deerford, La,
J. A. J. Griffin performing the cere-
mony The marriage took place in
the afternoon of Dec. 23rd, at the home
|of Mrs. Shaffette, an aunt of the bride.
Mrs. Shaffette resides west of and near
Zachary The company consisted of
Mrs. Shaffette and family, four broth.
ers of the bride, Mr.. R. T. G. Loudon,
all of East Baton Rouge parish, and
Mr.. c. e. Griffin and Mr.. l.. w. Morris
of West Feliciana, brother and brother
in-law~ of the groom. The room was
decorated with holly and mistletoe,
and the bride looked charming in a
dress OF 1awless white. Mr.. Griffin
will remain in West Feliciana, resi- J.
ing on what is known as the J. @.
Austin homestead near Alice postoffice.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02

DEATH FROM Assessed TEETH
A particularly pathetic death oc.
curing during the Christmas holidays
was that of Mrs. Reynolds, wife of the
station agent at Angola. Mrs. Rey.
nolds was suffering from large mum.
Der of abscessed teeth, which produced
septicemia, the cause of her death
Parish Coroner Taylor was on Angola
on official business last Friday and was
called in to see the sick lady. DR..
Taylor administered temporary relief
and advised that a dentist be called
in at once Efforts were made to Sc.
cure the attendance of dentist. Fail.
ing in this Mr.. Reynolds took his wife
to Baton Rouge, death resulting short.
ly after that place was reached.
The family has been at Angola but
a short time and little is known of
them there Besides her husband, the
stricken woman leaves five little chill.
dren to mourn her loss.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02
FEEDING COWS IN WINTER.

1t would seem that there is no need
to urge upon the owner Of a COW the
necessity of feeding her during the
winter if the direct contrary were not
too often the custom, namely, leaving
her to forage for herself in the native
range. The existence of any range
during the usual mild winters betrays
farmers into this improvidence, al
though the losses each spring should
have taught them the folly of it, long
ago. We are constantly struck by this
mistaken course on the part Of too
many Southern stock-owners. The
COWS, even the ones depended upon to
give milk and butter for the family,
are turned out in the fields and the
cane-brakes. They do not return regu-
larly to their calves, and discomfort
to man and beast follows; no milk, ma
butter, scrawny, ill-fed calves.
How much better it would be to raise
feed for the cattle, and keep them up
to their best, rather than lose large
per cent of them from semi-starvation.
And good barns would save the feed.
How many of you have suitable barns
and provender for your cattle?
The fact that Nature does so much
for the farmer in the South is no
reason that it should be required to
do all.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02
sHERlFF's SALE.

State of Louisiana, Parish of West
Feliciana, oath judicial District
Court-Mrs. Ella M. Harrell ct ais.
VS.. No. 1868 Mrs. Nellie Loesa
Woods.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale to the Sheriff directed by the Hon.
oath Judicial District Court, in the
above entitled and numbered 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 IL
o'clock a. M, on
Saturday, February 6, 1915,
the following described property, to-
wit:
A certain piece or parcel of land,
with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon, situated in the Third
Ward of the Parish of West Feliciana,
La, on the Woodville road, about five
miles from the Town of St Francis
vile, La, containing Forty (40) acres
more or less, bounded on the North
by T. w. Butler, East by the Wood
vile road, and on the South and West
by lands of Mrs S. NJ. Ventress, and
being portion of Lot Three in the par
tition of the estate of Mrs. Emily
Baines.
Terms of Sale-With benefit of ap-
praisement and for cash to pay and
satisfy claim of petitioners, to-with:
Two hundred dollars with eight per
cent interest per annum from October
8, 1913, together with ten per cent
attorney fees and Five dollars costs of
protest, taxes, and all costs; and the
balance on terms of credit payable
October 8, 1915, with interest and at
torney fees, the purchaser to assume
the payment of one certain note for
the sum of Two hundred dollars due
October s, 1915, with, eight per cent
interest per annum from October 8,
1913, and attorney fees in case of
forced collection.
]. H. CLACK, Sheriff.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02
LEADS PARISH DAiRYMEN.

G. L. Plettinger is receiving the con-
CALCULATIONS of his friends over the
fact that his dairy received the high
est score given to dairy in this parish
after an inspection recently made by
representatives of the State Board of
Health. While highly appreciative of
this distinction, Mr.. Plettinger expects
to redouble his efforts until he brings
his dairy up to a standard that will
enable it to rank with any in the sur.
rounding parishes.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-02
ST. LUKE. 2:15-2o.

And it came to pass, as the angels
were gone away from them into heaven,
the shepherds said one to another, Let
us now go even unto Bethlehem, and
see this thing which is come to pass,
which the Lord hath made known
unto US.
And they came with haste, and found
Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying
in a manager.
And when they had seen it, they
made known abroad the saying which
was told them concerning this child.
And all they that heard it wondered
at those things which were told them
by the shepherds.
But Mary kept all these things, and
pondered them in her heart.
And the shepherds returned, glorify-
ing and praising God for all the things
that they had heard and seen, as it was
told unto them.