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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-19

Mrs. Gardner F. Goodwin. who is al present in Missouri at the bedside oi her mother. writes that her mother is somewhat improved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-19

The Aseeting of the Junior Matrons' club been postponed until November 26. at whoch time Mrs. Ed DeShazo will be hostess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-19
Reese A. Manning

The body of Reese Manning, age 26. formerly manager of the United Cigar store. who died very suddenly Wednes-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-19

Mrs Manly Pritchard left this morn- ing for New Point, Va, where she will join MT. Pritchard,- and they wfn make theeir home there in Ehe future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-19

News has been received from the local ladies now in attendance at the Fedora ton of Women's Clubs being held in Selma and they state that they are be- ing royalty entertained. Last evening brilliant reception was given in honor of the visitors and this evening a musi- cale has been arranged for their benefit. Mrs. G. B. Hollingsworth of this city will participate in the concert.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27
DESERVED COMPLIMENT.

Under the above caption appear the
following paragraphs in the editorial
columns Of the Baton Rouge State
Times. Needless to say these express
sions by good Judge of newspaper
matters are very gratifying to us. Our
brother editor says:
"As the result of questionable con-
Quoted by western university, The
st. Francisville True Democrat was Sc
lected as one of the first weekly publ.
cations in the United States.
1.-THE selection is well justified. The
True Democrat, in both quality and
typographical arrangement, deserves
to rank among the best weekly papers
of the country. 1t Is one Of the papers
of the state to whose appearance on
our exchange table on Saturday night
we look forward with pleasure. Its
editorials are we'll thought out and
well written, and in a news way Il
covers thoroughly its little town ant
Surrounding territory.
"Mr. and Mrs. Robinson we'll deserve
the tribute paid them by the selection
The product they issue justifies 1t be
ing placed among the best countr!
weeklies in America"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27
ORIGIN OF COL. COCKTAILS NAME.

whats in a manner" A good deal,
it appears, when we read in Scribner's
Magazine about the origin of Colonel
Cocktails name. Joseph Bucklin Bishop,
who was for nine years Secretary OF
the Isthmian Canal Commission, tells
us that one of Colonel Cocktails an
cestors, Honorius, left Italy under the
banner of the Duke of Burgundy. In
fight with Saracens, Honorius receiv-
ed a blow on the neck which would
have proved fatal but for the fine
quality Of his armor. The incident won
him the title of Boni Coli; and when
he was given certain lands in the
north of France now forming Holland
and Belgium, his nickname was trans
lated into the native tongue, as Goet
Hals-"good neck" or stiff neck"
The descendant of Honorius has
amply proved his right to the title Of
"stiff neck" in the sense of firmness.
Yet Mr.. Bishop says that the Colonel
is not q martinez, and no complaint OF
militarism has ever been made under
his rule at Panama, though "strict
obedience to orders" has always been
enforced.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27
CORN CLUB WORK IN LOUISIANA.

An average of 45.7 bushels of corn
per acre was produced by the members
of the Louisiana Boys Corn Club in
1914. The average cost per bushel
was 1872 cents. This average Is about
ten bushels per acre lower than that
of 1913 which Is due to unfavorable
weather conditions during the summer
months. The highest yield by corn
club boy in the state was made by
Master Walter Willis of Rapides par
ish who produced 1T bushels, at cost
of twenty cents per bushel. Other boys
making more than one hundred bushels
were Mallard Beasley, Catahoula par
ish, 1925, at a cost Of 1873 cents per
bushel; Tullie Hatcher, of East Felici-
ana parish, ILL bushels at cost OF
1923 cents per bushel; and Willie Ward
law Of Red River parish, 100.98 bushels
at cost of 1876 cents per bushel.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27
OBSTACLES TO THE SPLIT-LoG
DRAG.

"The split-log drag has contributed
more toward the economic mainten-
ance of public highways than any i'm
plement of modern usage. 1t does not
require special acts of legislature, bond
issues nor expensive educational cam
paigns to make it available as usually
precedes construction work. A drag
can be built or purchased for twenty
dollars and is easily operated by any
one who can drive team. We need
more drags In this state" says a recent
bulletin of the Farmers Union, a ma
tional organization. The trouble with
the split-log drag is that 1t ID too cheap.
If it cost as much as road machine,
police juries would be found graVely
celebrating on it's merits, raising
funds to buy one, and planning snug
little salaries for the men to run it.
But since one can be made for consid-
erably less than twenty dollars, re-
quires no special equipment of horse
or man-power to run it, its merits are
ignored by the easy-going Southerner.
The above, though true, is an idle
sheer. The real reason, the deep, un-
DERIVING cause Of the split-log drag's
failure to get next to the farming COM
munity in general, is because 1t re-
quires cooperation. Yes, cooperation
and constant vigilance. And both Of
these the happy-go-lucky have not. 1t
will do small good If Farmer A drags
his share of the road, If Farmers B
and c and D, etc., fail to drag theirs;
or if all these farmers by some won
drous chance do drag at the same time,
then 1t will be of equally unsatisfactory
result If they do not drag their respec-
TIVE bits of road at the proper time, as
we'll as in unison. The work-the-roads-
in-August idea must be uprooted be-
fore the split-log drag can accomplish
anything.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27
WHY, INDEED?

why do we stay away from school
on Washington's birthday? l 60 to
school on Grandpa's birthday" said a
little West Felicianian. Was there ever
a more naive and eloquent tribute to
the importance of grandfather?
Some of the rest of US for another
reason are asking why should there be
no school on Washington's birthday?
Is the running at large Of the school
children fitting observance Of this
noble anniversary? Could not the &C.
casion be more appropriately and prof.
itably celebrated by school program
than by the loss Of days lessons?
When it is considered how important
each day of school is to the average
child, whose school days are admitted
to be too short in most cases, 1t is as
tonishing that there should be any holi-
days, except those required for re-
Iligious observance. AS it Is in some
communities of this State, including
the city of New Orleans, the children
had holiday from Saturday, Feb. g.
through Ash Wednesday - five days
then two days of school, then three
more days out of school. This was
surely three days too much. 1t justifies
the suspicion that schools are not
operated primarily for the benefit Of
the child, but for the convenience Of
the teachers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

In private letter from DR.. Oscar
Bowling, president Of the State Board
of Health, he compliments The True
Democrat for refusing the advertising
Of a man, claiming to be an optometrist
who was without proper credentials.
The public cannot be too careful in
permitting the practice upon their eyes
by these travelling opticians unless
properly known and recommended. A
local physician says that the public
would be more careful of such indis-
criminate patronage, if 1t were only
realized that the ordinary practitioner
sends his patients to an oculist for
troubles Of the eye, for two reasons,
first because he does not have enough
practice of the sort to render him
expert, and second because the neces-
sary instruments and appliances are
too expensive for limited use. How
then can it be expected that these
ltinerants are properly equipped, either
by training or with the proper ap-
planes, for the work that they under
take to do? Were they properly equip
ped they would not need to travel, but
could have city Offices done in new art
mahogany.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27
AS TO JURY SERVICE.
(Lake Charles American-Press.)

Uake Charles Americana ress.)
The Alexandria Town Talk recently
said:
1.-THE man who reads his parish news.
paper and knows what is going on
throughout the parish, will make
better juror than the ignoramus who
never picks up paper, and who is not
informed on the things that are trans
piring around him. Even if the pros
pective juror has read an account Of
the murder in the newspapers, If he
has any mind at all, he can agree to
abide by the evidence that is presented
by the court to the jury and cast from
his mind anything that might have ap-
peared in the papers. If fellow says
that he cannot do this, and that he will
be biased by the newspaper account of
the tragedy, well, then that juror, in
our opinion, would not make good
juror, even If he had not read the
paper"
The juror who has read nothing
about case, who is not accustomed to
weigh the pros and cons of any matter
submitted to him is the most likely to
be governed by his prejudices. Lawyers
make the mistake of assuming that
the man who reads is likely to be pre-.
JUDGED by what he reads, ignoring the
fact that reputable newspapers never
present stories of an occurrence as be
| ing absolute truth, and exclude all
tittle-tattle, exaggerations and irrele
want rumors. The man who does moi
read, on the other hand, has a mind al
the mercy Of gossip and street rumors
which expand every mole-hill Of fact
into a mountain Of imagination. A little
nearer approach to the English prac
tice of selecting a jury would render
going outside of the regular panel I'm
necessary in most cases.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

A writer in a Northwestern periodical
writes some verse about "Natchez on
the Hill," purporting to be Southern
er, who says:
"Once again l cuddle close within my
fathers arm
And single out the Southern Cross,
and watch the firehies swarm"
1t would take good deal of Singing
out" to find the Southern Cross in the
heavens of these ATTITUDES, and Natchez
is rather high and dry for firefiies in
any great number. Such verse does
not carry conviction as being truly
Southern.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27
THE DIGNITY OF TRADES.

An exchange remarks that there are
more young men in the penitentiary
learning trades than there are those
similarly engaged outside, and that the
latter are educated for the more "gen-
tlemanly" employments: the law, medi-
cine, and the Office rather than the
mill. While such is the case it is not
nearly so bad as formerly, because "the
trades" are Offering young men much
better careers, and afford greater de-
mands for brains and education than
in the past. There can be no doubt great
good will follow the modern trend to
educate the farmer, and to show that
though there is much manual labor con-
nected with farming that nowhere else
Is both knowledge and experience 80
necessary as in this great calling AS the
farmer Is seen in his true light as the
most important factor in the worlds
economics, SO do other occupations
where hands must be used in close al.
lance with brains, rise in importance,
Young men of the future will seek the
trades more frequently, and thus de-
crease the liability Of having to learn
one behind prison doors. They will
depend less on their wits, and be freel
to follow their natural inclinations and
tastes in the choice of their life-work
undeterred by false standards Of gen
tility.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27
EARLY IRISH POTATOES DO WELL
IN LOUISIANA AND BRING
GOOD PRICES.

From press dispatches, It appears
that large acreage in Irish potatoes
will be planted this season. This Is
we'll; for the Irish potato is standard
and popular truck and food crop, and
the indications are that the early crop
will command good prices this season.
1t is the early crop that we are espe-
cially interested in, and in this our soil
and climate in Louisiana give us an
advantage.
The leading early varieties are the
Triumph red potato-popular on the
market, and the Irish Cobbler-a white
potato-not so popular, but equally as
early as the Triumph and more pro-
|lifc. A good fertilizer formula for
potatoes is equal parts of cotton seed
meal and acid phosphate, and 1-3 Ger
man kainit, 500 to 1000 pounds of mix
ture per acre.
An additional value Of the potato as
truck crop, Is that 1t fits into any ro-
tation system admirably, whether truck
or field crops. 1t means two or more
crops on the same land in the same
year. For example, fall crop Of Irish
potatoes may follow the spring crop,
with a renovating COW pea crop inter-
vening. A crop of sweet potatoes may
follow the spring crop Of Irish pota-
toes. Likewise, fall crop of cabbage,
cauliflower, turnips, etc.
In field crops late corn and peas or
even cotton, may follow spring pota-
toes, for these should be out of the
way by the first to the middle Of May.
Again, If the spring potato crop has
been properly and literally fortified,
additional fertilizer need not be given
the succeeding crop or crops.
The plan herein outlined means rota-
ton, intensification, clean culture and
continuous occupancy of the soil-an
important consideration in our mild
climate and under our humid condi.
lions.
Both the L. s. U. classes and the
allied City Public School classes in
school garden work have just planted
their Irish potato crops. They have
observed the principles and practices
herein laid down and the fight is on
flor a maximum of Scab-free, quality
, potatoes and soil free from infection
of this serious, imported potato disease
j May all who are planting potatoes
, join the crusade against Scab infection
of both the potato and the soil.-Prof
J. G. Lee, Department of Forestry ant
Horticulture, Louisiana State Univer
sity.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

The question is asked more frequent
ly: why should a four-bit Office be
filled with expensive primaries, follow
ed by an election just as expensive?"
In the effort to deprive Governors Of
their appointive powers, the people are
forced into heavy expense to fill va
cancies. Is it worth it? To elect a
ward magistrate is it wise to expend
more than the full term of Office would
bring the successful candidate? Some
penny whistles cost entirely too much.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27
LOUISIANA.

ella Bentley Arthur In Louisiana" y
II molten sunlight we're my ink,
And If my pen, star,
'Twere in my power then, l think,
To write you as you are;
To mirror all your magic ways
In loneliness Of words
Contrived from matchless nights and
days
And songs Of hooking birds.
Queen-mother Of the royal cane
Whose rich, productive soil
Rewards with fertile fruit and grain
The lightest touch Of toll;
All, surely Nature sought to bless
The grey old world she knew.
When prodigal Of loneliness
She paused to fashion you.
AS II her splendid dreams had merged
Into q splendid whole
To typify the love that surged 4
In her voluptuous soil.
If sunlight were my ink my pen
A warm and living star,
|'Twere only in my power then
To write you as you are!
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

A New Orleans debater against
woman-suffrage cited the Scriptures In
proof that female judges would cause
nations to retrogTade.
1.-THE female Deborah judged Israel
for forty years." he said, "and three
years after she died what happened?
Israel was delivered into the hands Of
the Gideonites."
"She was dead" came a voice from
the audience.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27
THE OLD ORDER cHANGETH.

Possibly Baton Rouge has failed at
some time in the past to celebrate
Washington's birthday by parade of
the local fire companies. In fact, we
dimly recall such lapse as having
occurred at least once, but it was &C
companied by more or less lurid dis
cussion of the pity Of such an evigen.
cy. This year the time-honored annual
celebration was omitted without the
sound of dirge or the public appear
ance of tears, though Baton Rouge
without its February Twenty-second
looks strange indeed. The old order
changeth. With the expenditure OF
much effort and force on its monthly
market days, perhaps strength was
lacking to push the celebration through.
From a utilitarian standpoint there
can be no doubt of the relative value
of the two public observances. To-day,
the probabilities of life are very press
ing, and the market days will do far
more towards the development of bus
mess and industrial and agricultural
education of the people than would the
fremen's pageant.
Both have their uses, however. The
people need holidays, and in happier
days to come, we trust that Baton
Rouge will resume it's yearly memo
rial of the birth of the immortal George
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27
COOPERATIVE SEED SELECTION.

The best test that one can give seeds,
after observing due precautions over
what must be bought, is to test them
in the field. One should try number
Of varieties of corn and cotton, for in.
stance, in a limited area, and select
from one or two varieties the best
stalks for further trial, until each
farmer has determined approximately
the strain of field crop that will give
him the largest yield of the best
quality. Then there should be one or
two men in every community who will
give especial attention to the further
development Of that variety by observ-
ing strictly scientific principles in in
tensifying good characters and elimi-
mating undesirable ones. One or two
illustrations of the possibilities Of i'm
proving plants will emphasize this.
Less than seventy-6ve years ago, the
tomato was not recognized as a vege-
table. In three-quarters of century
the "love APPLE" about an inch In
diameter and considered worthless ex.
cept as an ornament, has been modified
| by careful selection and breeding into
one of the most highly priced vege'
tables now cultivated and it is adapt.
able to every climate that has as much
as two and a half to three months Of
favorable growing weather.
The forerunner Of the Irish potato
was poisonous plant of the night
shade family during the Colonial his
tory of the United States. In very
short time it was transformed by Sc
Election and care to highly prizet
vegetable, and there are at present
several hundred varieties Of widely
different characters, adaptable to ever!
|section of the world that has any az
lriculture at all.
Only few years ago, oats could no
be raised in the South, but we have
found strains that are resistant to thu
lgrain rust, and of which we are now pro
ducing larger yields than they do IL
the North when we have the right kint
of seed, give them right kind of carr
land proper cultivation.
Illustrations might be multiplied, bu
these will emphasize the fact tina
plants respond to the efforts of man
kind to modify their characters, to i'm
prove the quality Of the produce ant
Increase their productiveness. What {
flew men have done in making sucl
strides in the improvement of plant
may be accomplished in small de
gree by almost any farmer by littl
labor wisely directed
The State Experiment Station a
Baton Rouge, in cooperation with tn
Federal government, maintains see'
Laboratory for making purity and ger
limitation tests of seeds for the farme
without charge, but field tests shoul'
lbe carried on by every farmer.-W. r
lDodson, Director of Experiment Sta
Iticns, Louisiana State University.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

It is related of the two women who
are members of the Arizona legisla-
ture, that the Senator lady does not
object to the use of tobacco in the
Senate chamber by her compeers,
while the Representative lady does
object. The facts illustrate well how
erroneous it is to presume exactly
what women will do concerning any
given premise. They are quite, as
diverse in their opinions as men, pos
sibly more so.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

The New Orleans Item sneers at the
American women, who stumble over
the one-legged beggar in their way in
order to rush help to the Belgians. 1t
is noteworthy that there should be no
one-legged beggars in the way. If these
charity-at home people would practice
what they preach, they would have the
needy of every description properly
cared for-and out of sight.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

Miss Christabel Pankhurst admits In
a recent interview that English suffra-
gettes have gained less for their cause
by militant methods than their Ameri-
can sisters have by milder means. 1t
is the old fable over again of the sun.
beams making the traveller take OF
his cloak when the wind made him
only cling more closely to it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

Ex-Governor Heard gets Federal
plum" we read. Glory be, but these
are the wild celery days for the lame
ducks! Blanchard is now the only
living ex-governor Of Louisiana out of
captivity to Federal John. o. Item.
They guessed right on Wilson.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

An exchange speaks of candidate
that it favors as taking like wildfire. ("
Substitute the word "foxf1re," always
remembering that this shiny substance
is nothing but dead wood after all.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

Ignoring the obvious jokes, there is
q heroic quality shown by Sarah Bern
hardt in submitting to have her right
leg amputated, at her advanced age,
rather than lie idle for FIVE months.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

Mr.. Manley-Well, my dear, I've had
my life insured for $4,000.
Mrs. Manley-How very sensible OF
you! Now shan't have to keep tell
ing you to be so careful every place
you go.-Pathfinder
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

Were all the sugar required by the
United States grown from its own soil
the consumers of the country at present
would be saving at least half a cent
pound on their purchases of sugar.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

Jim Bailey will run for secretary of
state. There is no doubt that Mr., Bailey
is fully persuaded of his own versatility
as q candidate.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

Willie-Paw, why Is the way OF the
transgressor hard?
Paw-Beeause SO many people have
tramped on it, my son. - Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

There are weeds In the work OF
nearly every one; the extent OF the
harvest depends on how the weeds are
kept out.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

The garden should be near the house
so as to make the gathering Of vege-
tables convenient
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

Ones good opinion Of ones self
should be maintained in silence.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-02-27

FOR SALE-One thoroughbred Irish
setter, three months old. w. K. Doug
las, Wilcox P. O., La.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
Work Alaskan Railroad May Be
 Delayed Cold Winter Months Arrive

the scores of creeks flowing to the Susitna river, which parallels the line. There are great deposits of copper along Resurrection bay, Lynx creek and on the Kaswitna river. Locked in the bosoms of the many mountains of the Alaskan range along the line are other stores of the richest ore, as copper stains and outcroppings plainly indicate to the experienced eye.
 Panama is as big as Iowa, and rich enough for a great state is the splendid valley 300 miles long and fifty miles wide. Aside from it's vast mineral wealth it has a rich black soil where everything suitable to northern states will grow. Berries attain huge size. and other garden truck waxes wonder fully because of the long Alaskan sum- mer day-eighteen to twenty hours of sunshine.
 Some of the mountain coluses of the