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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1915-03-05
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1915-03-05
EdVV. "
Hermann, Mo.

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bakte uno besablt baiir burd an'
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
PARISH JUDGES NOT NEEDED.

1t Is suggested in reforming the ju-
dietary system of Louisiana that the
Office of justice of the peace be abolish
ed and that parish courts, with both
civil and criminal Jurisdiction, be sub
stituted therefor. This would distinctly
be progressing backward" and would,
most emphatically not be in the inter-
ests Of economy The parish courts
fourished in the days of reconstruc-
ton, being authorized under the con-
stitution of 1868, and went out under
the reform constitution Of 1879, and
effective in 1880. They were then rec
ognized as sinecures in many cases,
and conditions have not so materially
changed since then, as to warrant the
restoration. In fact, only few par
ishes are sufficiently large to need a
parish court, and such instances are
already provided for by allowing a
single parish, like East Baton Rouge,
to be named also as district.
Far better would it be to amplify the
Jurisdiction of ward magistrates, so
that minor offenses could be tried by
them, relieving the district court Of
many trivial cases. On the other hand,
districts should be made larger SO that
district judges would give at least half
Of their time to the public service. 1t
is admitted by candid lawyers that this
would be real reform, but it is safe to
say that it will not be instituted so long
as the legislature is largely composed
Of lawyers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
THE CARE OF BROOD sows.

The vitality Of the pigs depends upon
the vitality of the mother; therefore it
is very important that the brood sows
be strong, vigorous and in good flesh
at the time Of narrowing. 1t is true
that sow that Is fat is more likely to
overlay a large number of pigs than
otherwise, but it is also true that Q
sow in this condition will have the nee
essary amount of reserve food stored in
her body, in the form of fat, to manufac-
ture milk to keep the litter growing.
The pregnant sows should be kept
away from other hogs to avoid the
heavy losses in still born pigs. Her
food during the weeks preceding far
rowing should be rich in mineral mat
ter for the supply of bone for the
young, and should contain an abund-
ance of matchmaking food. There is
probably no single feed stuff so uni
versally used as hog food than corn |;
and there are very few feed stuffs so
poor in mineral matter and muscle
making material as corn. Some feed
that is rich in protein must be added
to the corn for the brood sow if good
results are to follow The best single
feed for this purpose is probably a
high-grade digester tankage. The pro-
portion of corn to tankage should be
about eight parts corn to one of tank
age. During the last two weeks before
narrowing there is no better feed for
the SOW than wheat bran or mixture
of bran and shorts
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
Mr.. WILSON ON SOCIETY.
New Orleans Item.)


What America has INDICATED above
all things else is that native ability
has nothing to do with social origin. 1t
is very amusing to see the airs that
high society gives itself. The world
could dispense with high society and
never miss it. High society is for those
who have stopped working and no
longer have anything important to do"
These tender sentiments are taken
from recent address by President
Wilson. What he says about the su-
periority of Unborn ability over social
origin has been vindicated substantial
ly-if not so generally-in the most
backward monarchies of Europe as
well as in this newer republic Many
of the old worlds greatest figures have
sprung from the "humblest ranks"
The philosophy of the president is
well taken however, even if it makes
him unpopular with some of those in
this country who love dearest to zen
terrain" Democratic royalty.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
TERMINATION TEST FOR
SEED CORN.

A very simple and effective method
of testing the germinative quality of
seed corn, and one that does not re-
Quire great deal Of time, is described
by A. F. Kidder, Professor of Agronomy,
L. S. u, as follows: The corn to be
terminated should be laid out on a
table where it will not be disturbed.
The ears can be very easily numbered
by pinning pieces of paper about one
half inch square to the soft part of the
cob at the butt. Then one need have
nc trouble in getting the ears placed
in the wrong position when handling
to remove the kernels. Remove six
kernels from each ear by beginning
about one inch from the butt end, turn
the ear one-fourth way around and
remove another kernel two inches
from the butt, again turn the ear one
fourth way around, and finally turn
another one-fourth way around and
remove the fourth kernal about one
inch from the top. One of the other
two kernels may be taken from the
portion of the tip end of the ear that
has not been sampled, and the last
kernel from the portion of the butt end
on the side opposite to where the first
was taken. In this way all of the ear
will be well represented.
A germinator for this purpose may
be made in the following way:
First, with some one-half inch boards
four inches wide make box, say, two
feet square and three and one-half
inches deep. Bore small holes one inch
apart In all the sides of the box one
half inch below the top. Weave small
wire each way SO as to make divisions
one inch square. After this has been
done fill the box with moist sawdust,
sand, or loose soil. Beginning in the
upper left-hand corner, give these
squares imaginary numbers as the sec
tons of land in a township are num-
bered, then the six kernels from Ear
can be put in Square /, the kernels
from Ear 2 in Square 2, and so on
until the germinator is filled. No other
numbering is necessary to keep trace
of the kernels from each ear. These
kernels should be covered with moist
cloth to prevent too rapid evaporation.
Place the filled germinator where the
temperature will not become low at
any time.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
ALVIN HEsERT PASSES.

The death of Alvin e. Hebert, secre.
tary Of state, resulted Tuesday after
noon in relapse from pneumonia, con-
tracted from exposure while viewing
the carnival parade in New Orleans.
Mr.. Hebert was only thirty-seVen years
old, and had administered his high
Office with efficiency and fidelity. His
name should be indissolubly connected
with the fact that it was he, who In.
formed the people Of Louisiana that
the secretary Of state was receiv-
ing, through the fee system, royal
wage, or at least disproportionate to
that Of the other state officials, and his
eloquent stump speeches greatly as
sisted in bringing about the reform in
that direction. He introduced other
economies into the administration Of
his Office, which should be appreciated
and continued. Recently there were
indications that the bosses had been
singing their siren song to him in re
the Board of Appraisers, and this alone
detracts from his fair fame. He fought
his first battles with great singleness
of purpose, and this The True Demo
crat remembers with pleasure, also his
gift of oratory and his other talents.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE.

A valued exchange gathers under
one head, "The Horrors Of Peace"
instances of oppressive sentences
by courts, namely; two men in Fresno,
California, snatched lady's purse, con.
tanning 81, and ran. The money was
recovered but the men got three years
in state prison. At Houston, Texas,
one man robbed another of a dime, and
was given fifteen years. The court Of
appeals declined to interfere.
But our friend need not look in out
of-state papers for such items as these.
They would not be remarkable in Lou
isiana except that these dreadful (D
criminals were white men. Negroes,
nearly every time court sits, are re-
ceiving sentences, disproportionate to
the crime which the State, in it's
majesty of law and reputed justice
seeks to punish. Such sentences are
lCAOWOluS InS otdtS LdlA l5S dl1O uuOuIy
increasing the States criminal popu.
lation.
For example, a negro boy in West
Feliciana, some years ago, entered a
house in the nighttime to pilfer most
evidently, as no indignity was offered
any one therein. He stole nothing, but
the court took ten years Of his life.
Another negro, aping the white man,
embezzled a small amount, and was
condemned to seven years in the peni-
Tertiary. Such happenings are indeed
the horrors of peace, and no doubt
every parish in Louisiana can furnish
it's quota. If country be indeed pun
ished for unrighteous judgments, as
the Bible warns, then it is small won
der that our state groans under it's
frequent reverses of fortune: its foods,
pests, and pestilences. The God, who
knows when even a sparrow falls to
the ground, surely disapproves and
Furnishes mans inhumanity to his
weaker brother.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
PROCLAMATION OF ELECTION.

BY virtue of the authority vested in
me as Mayor of the Town of Bayou
Safa, Louisiana, l hereby order an
election to be held on Monday, April S,
1915, for the purpose of selecting the
following officers, to-wit: One mayor,
five councilmen, one secretary and col
lector, one assessor, and one marshal;
election to be held at the City Hall,
Town of Bayou Sara, La, between the
hours of a. m. and s p. m. The fol-
lowing are commissioned to serve at
said election: H. A. Binning, G. e.
Thibodaux, Jas. Aubic, commissioners.
(Signed ]. H. LOGAN, Mayor.
Bayou Sara, La, March s, 1915.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

Foresighted farmers will not neglect
to inoculate their live stock, at once,
against Charlton. In view of the pre-
valence of this dreaded disease In 1914,
and the likelihood of its temperance
again in a dry season (also likely as
following wet winter), it is wise
precaution. incubation is more sue.
cessful and safe, if accomplished be-
fore warm weather sets in, and our
people should not fail in this particu.
lar It may stand between them and
the loss Of hundreds of dollars.
Mr.. W. H. Richardson informs us
that he has already completed the
incubation Of his live stock. Possibly
others have also done so.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
REPEATING THE PUN.

The Thibodaux Commercial-Jour
commenced its twelfth yearly volume
February 20 and signalized the ami
versary by changing Its publication day
from Wednesday to Saturday. Although
threatened with strangulation from the
time of drawing it's first breath-to use
the esteemed contemporaries own sim.
ile-the paper has continued to breathe,
move and have its being, and its course
has been onward and upward. II Pub
Usher C. N. Dupre and Editor Francis
L. Knobloch will pardon the puns, we
du pray there will be no block to the
continued progress of the Commercial
Journal In the same direction. Donald.
sonville Chief.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
st. Francisville, La, Mar. 8, 1915.

st. Francisville, La, Mar. 8, 1915.
At an adjourned meeting of the
Board of Aldermen held this day, the
following members were present: A. 3.
Briant, Mayor; George Rettig, F. O.
Hamilton, Rudolph Yunkes, L. w. Rog-
ers, CIV. Newman, Board of Aldermen
Reservoir Certificate No. l, amount
in principal and interest $1,339.11, was
burned by the Clerk in presence of
Board.
Santo Vinci appeared before the
Board relative to culvert running
through his property.
Motion made by Yunkes, seconded
by Hamilton, That the Mayor, Mr..
Newman and Mr.. Davidson be a COM
mittee to purchase lumber of J. B.
Brooks. Carried.
Petition from citizens in upper St..
Francisville, asking for the reappoint-
ment of special Marshal for that part
of town presented.
Motion made by Yunkes, seconded
by Rettig, That Mr.. R. w. Tempel be
|reappointed in upper ST. Francisville.
Vote: Yes-Rettig, Yunkes; No-New-
man, Hamilton, Rogers.
ST. Francisville, La, Mar. 8, 1915.
Hon. Mayor and Town Council,
st. Francisville, La.
Gentlemen:-Where it seems to be
necessary and the will of the people
that we keep day man at power house
to answer necessary calls, and as we
would like to make permanent improve
ments in our town, therefore ask to
make the following reductions in sala-
ries: Mr.. Muller, $95.OO;M Plettinger,
$500; Mr.. Davidson, $4,000; Henry
Anderson, $47.50. This to take effect
April 1, 1915. F. @. HAMILTON.
Motion made by Hamilton, seconded
by Newman, That the following reduc-
tions in salaries be made: Mr.. j. G.
Muller to $500 per month; Mr. G. L.
Plettinger to $500 per month; Mr.. G.
S. Davidson to $4,000 per month; Henry
Anderson to $47.5O per month; to take
effect April l, 1915. Vote: Yes-Hamil-
ton and Newman; No-Rettig, Rogers
and Yunkes.
Motion made by Hamilton seconded
by Rettig, That special Marshal in up
per st. Francisville be reappointed.
Carried.
Upon petition of citizens of the town
it was unanimously agreed that day
man be kept at the plant.
On motion, meeting adjourned.
A. B. BRIANT, Mayor.
G. L. PLETTINGER, Clerk.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
''LITTLE ADS y
TOLD ONCE MORE.

And now we shall tell it again. Our
little ads cost cents a line each inser-
ton, counting six words, If paid in
advance. Count the number of words
in your little ad, divide total by s, then
multiply by 5 and again by the number
of insertions, and send us the money
with the order. Otherwise we shall
charge 10 cents line, each tissue, and
we will positively not take ads for the
lower price unless paid in advance. II
you want the cheaper price send cash
with order.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
INTEREST IN SlLoS FOR LOUIS
lama is GROWING RAPIDLY.

More than 400 silos were constructed
in the State during 1914, and judging
from the inquiries that the Experiment
Station is receiving, many more will
be constructed during 1915. We be-
lieve it is safe to say that at least
1000 will be built during the year.
The Experiment Station has receiv-
ed only the most favorable reports
from farmers who are using the silos,
and this is sufficient proof to warrant
the use of the silo on every live stock
farm.-C. H. Staples, Dairy Specialist,
Extension Service. L. s. u.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
QUOTATION AND CONNIE TENT.

The modern daughter may not know
enough about cooking to tell corn meal
from corn starch. But you can't fool
her on any of the pictures of the pho
toplay here.-Florida Parishes.
That may have been true ten years
ago, but the daughter of to-day, how
ever much she knows about photoplay
heroes, is learned in the mysteries of
bread-making. She learns it in her
domestic science class at school.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

In paying his subscription recently,
a colored subscriber Of ours remarked
that he had made enough to pay for
the paper four years from a single ad
therein. Some one advertised for some
strayed cattle, offering q reward. He
knew about the cattle and collected the
reward. Had he not been subscriber,
the probabilities are that he would
never have known of the OFFER and
some one else would have got it, as the
cattle-owner did not live in the same
part of the parish.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA
CENSUS STATISTICS.
(Times-P icayune.)

Louisiana and Mississippi are max
ing remarkable strides in manufacture
ing. Louisiana is now in nineteenth
place among the states with regard to
the value of manufactured products.
This is an increase Of two places since
1900. Mississippi ranks thirty-fourth,
having climbed to that place from thir-
ty-ninth. The per capita value of man.
ufactured products in Louisiana in 1900
was $S1. This has increased to $135.
In Mississippi the gain has been from
SIS to $S2 The value of manufactured
products has increased from Sill, 397,-
919 to 1928, 948,638 or practically dou-
bled in Louisiana, and from $33,718,517
to $SO,555,41O, more than doubled in
Mississippi. These facts are contained
in statistics made public last week by
the Bureau of the Census.
Louisiana has fallen from twenty
third to twenty.fourth place among the
states with regard to population. Mis-
sissippi also lost one place. It now
ranks as the twenty-first state.
With regard to the value of crops
Mississippi has fallen one place to
seventeenth. Louisiana fell from twen-
ty-flrst to ewenty-eighth place with re-
gard to crop values. The value Of the
crops, per capita, however, increased
from S45 to SAT. In Mississippi the
per capita value increased decidedly,
from $55 TO SS2.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

Mayor Harrison of Chicago tried to
make political capital out of the fact
that he refused to enter the race for
denomination until his wife gave her
consent. It was nothing new so to do,
as few men have the temerity to run
for Office without the consent of their
wives. And the consent of an ambi-
tious woman Is not hard to obtain. At
any rate, the female vote of Chicago
thought so. and voted him out.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

Some persons have difficulty in dis
tinguishing between leaf buds and bios
som buds upon fruit trees. There is an
old rule that leaf Dude are pointed, but
blossom buds are rounded, and found
only on short stalks.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

The salary and fees of the district
attorney of New Orleans net over
$4,000 per annum. Such a situation
raises powerful opposition to the aboli-
ton of the fee system.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

No wonder attorneys and judges are
getting FESTIVE under some of the reve-
latlons-which they call gossip-educed
by the Probe Commission. They don't
know what is coming next.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

Next Monday, the Supreme Court
will pass on the State Bank Examiner
case. 1t is of special interest as relat-
ing to recess appointments by the
governor.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

The slogan for the farmers, suggest
ed by, DR.. Dalrymple, is Swat the fly,
shoot the buzzard and kill the tick"
Good, only adding do it now.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

1.-THE Caddo Candidates" in the New
Orleans Item of Monday is amusing
reading, except to the aforesaid candi-
dates. It tells the truth In pure
doggerel.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
NOTICE.

The dates Of the next examination
for teachers certificates have been
changed from April /, 2, 3, (white)
S, 6, Z, (negro), to April s, 6. z, (white);
8, 9, 10. (p}egro).
This change has been made because
of the fact that previous dates selected
for the examination conficted with
religious holidays.
R. e. CRUMP,
Parish SUPERINTENDENT
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

Secretary McAdoo is having 500 mil
ions in federal reserve notes printed
and ready for emergencies.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

The State tuberculosis Hospital will
be located at James's Bluff on Red
River, a few miles above Alexandria.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
CHANGES IN TRAIN SCHEDULE.

The following changes in schedule
of trains of the L. R. & N. Co., arriv-
ing at Bayou Sara, goes into effect
Sunday, March IA:
No. 1-3:48 a. m.
No. 29:08 p. m.
No. 5-2:49 p. m.
No. 6-11:09 a. m, (no change).
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

will appreciate any information
leading to the recovery of cattle brand
ed N 5 that may have strayed from
the pastures near Plettenberg.
F. s. PERCY, Agent,
Plettenberg, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
SCHOOL NOTES.
,erase Attendance for Sixth Month

f1H1V11 w VI VI N]10 *OPofe, V0U011O1 D1oHhI
Wilhelm (no report, teacher moying)
Average for all schools reporting $40
New Hope.
(Rosa Lee Johnson, teacher.)
The attendance has improved as
have tried to work it up, but on &C.
count of the creek only four have come
every day. They are jamie, Kenneth
and Lelena Smith, and Willie Car
penter. The interest In spelling in.
creases and the children are certainly
improving.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13

A dear little girl always calls the
district attorney the prosecuting at
torney. It looks that way perhaps to
the person on trial.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
Sebastopoi.
(Lelia Ball, teacher.)

The interest in spelling is still grow
ing on all sides. We are only a few,
but mean to be heard. gave written
test Friday covering the entire list of
words and am sending the grades for
publication: Second grade, Ivy Bour-
geois 1000, Corinne Bourgeois 9S.4;
third grade, Mabel Bourgeois 100, Lloyd
Bourgeois 99.2; fifth grade, O'Donnell
Bourgeois 99.9.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-13
Beech Grove.

isabelle Stockett, teacher.)
The children took a written test on
the first three hundred words yester-
day: Eighth grade, Sarah Percy 100
per cent, Harry Woods 996; seventh
grade, Joe Wade 1915; sixth grade,
Evelyn Wade 100, John Percy 100,
Frances Percy 100.
An Example of Cooperation.
Frequently the School Board has diff
ficulty in having coal hauled out to
remote country schools. But this
trouble is never experienced at Star
Hill. Here the neutrality-suspicious. of
the school-take it turn about in haul.
ing coal to the school house. When
in town the patron whose turn it is to
haul coal loads it on his wagon and
then forgets to turn in any bill for his
work to the Board. This is seeming
ly small matter, but it is an instance
of the kind of cooperation that our
parish is in crying need of. 1t forms
pleasant contrast to the neighborhood
which will do nothing for the school
without pay-and high prices at that.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-08-05
THURSDAY, AUGUST S, 1915.

The one best seller" among books
continues to be the Bible. If it were
true, as asserted by some discouraged
ones, that the war proves the outwon
nature of Scriptural teachings, this
would scarcely be the case. The sales
of the Bible are not merely holding
their own; they are increasing at
marvellous rate. At the annual meet
ing of the American Bible society a
total sale of 6,370.465 volumes was re-
ported. This was a gain of 1,119,2S9
for the year. Hitherto Turkey and
Mexico have been leading fields for
distribution. They have been closed
for a considerable period to the So
ciety's representatives. But an i'm
mense number of copies of the Bible
have been furnished to soldiers on the
European firing line. The distributors
have been especially active in China.
Japan, India and the Philippines. A
mere sentimental interest would not
produce such an enduring, widespread
popularity for the Book Of Books. Pub
fishers at a recent meeting In New
York had much to say on the value
of artificial booming in making book
take" with the public. The vogue
of many best seller was laid in clev-
er, systematic exploiting rather than
to any inherent merit or even the
quality of sensationalism in plot or
style, says Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
But there is a far deeper foundation
for the demand for the Scriptures.
Those who buy the Bible. or eagerly
receive it without price at the hands
of distributors, do so in order to read
It and profit by the counsel and in
spiration 1t affords.