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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30
VALUE OF COURSES IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.

"The best investment in this town."
said prominent man of this State, sis
the salary paid our home economics
teacher in the high school," Evidently,
that business man realizes fully the
value of this sort of training. He
realizes that the schoolgirls of to-day
will be the home-makers of tomorrow
with the home-makers' possibilities
If we understand the Importance of
woalan's position in the home we can
not fail to see the necessity of having
some. economics as part of our school
system. 1t is true that it costs some
thing to maintain these departments,
but If the girls are imbued with love
for home-making and are rendered
more capable of performing their
duties in life, surely no better invest
ment could be made. Every morning
the world wakes up hungry" and in
every home some one must plan the
meals for the day. Some do it in a
haphazard manner-just any way and
any thing; and others, who have
studied foods, can plan intelligently,
and realize, too, that health and happi-
ness depend, in a great measure, on
the wholesomeness of the meals served
in the home. No one can work to best
advantage who is underfed, overfed, or
fed on poorly selected foods; and it is
the duty Of every school to offer such
training that will enable the girls to
plan and prepare meals intelligently.
Girls have right to an education that
will fit them for their life-work. A
doctor or lawyer cannot enter pro-
fession without having had proper
training, yet the majority of women
who enter the profession of home
making have had no preparation for
the varied responsibilities of the home
and must learn by experience. This
experience usually means great
waste of time, energy and money
which could easily have been avoided
had opportunity been given them, as
girls in the public schools, to study
home problems in the light of the ex-
nerience of others
Home economics aims to teach the
value of foods and lessons in food
preparation to teach systematic
management of the home which will
avoid unnecessary waste in time and
materials; and to encourage economy,
simplicity and suitability in Dress The
teacher of home economics has won
derful opportunity to inculcate in her
pupils habits of neatness, accuracy and
system. These habits, formed from
daily practice, will be lasting, and will
affect the standards of the future
homes of these pupils because of the
ideals which have been held before
them daily in the school.-Miss R. M.
Billings, State Supervisor of Home
Economics, Louisiana State University.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

His Worship-What we want you to
tell us is the exact words used by the
prisoner when he spoke to you.
Witness-He said, your Worship,
that he stole the pig.
His Worship-No, no; he would not
have used the third person.
Witness-But your Worship, there
was no third person.
His Worship-Then he must have
said, 81 stole the pig"
Witness-Well, maybe you did, your
Worship, but he did not tell on you
Sacred Heart Review.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

The only sort of constitutional con-
Vention, warranted to do any good,
would be one pledged to find the short
est, simplest, most direct form of state
constitution extant, and model one for
Louisiana as nearly like it as possible.
But constitution like the present one,
embodying many features purely legis-
lative, would soon be subject for
patches.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30
JONES' PRIVATE ARGUMENT.

That air same Jones, which lived in
Jones,
He had this pint about him:
He'd swear with a hundred signs and
groans,
That farmers must stop gittin' loans,
And git along without 'em.
That bankers, warehousemen, and SIGH
Was fattenin' on the planter.
And Tennessy was rotten rich
A-raisin' meat and corn, all which
Draws money to Atlanta.
And the only thing (says Jones) to do
Is eat no meat that's boughten;
But tear up every |. o. U.
And plant all corn and swear for true
To quit a-raisin' cotton!
Thus spouted Jones (whar folks could
hear,
At court and other gatherin's.)
And thus KEEP spoutin' many year
Proclaimin' loudly far and near,
Such fiddlesticks and blatherin's.
But one alfred sweatin' day,
1t happened | was hoein'
My lower corn field, which it lay
Longside the road that runs my way
Whar | can see what's goin'.
And alter twelve o'clock had come
l felt kinder faggin',
And layed myself un-neath a plum
To let my dinner settle sum,
When long comes Joness Vaughn.
And Jones was settin' in it, SO;
A-readin' of a paper,
His mules was goin' powerful slow,
For he had tied the lines onto
The staple of the craper.
The mules they stopped about rod
From me, and went to feedin'
'Longside the road, upon the sod,
But Jones (Which he had tuck a "tod")
Not KNOWN, KEEP a-readin',
And presently say he: Hits true,
That Clisby's head is level.
Thars one thing farmers all must do;
To keep themselves from goin' to
Bankruptcy and the devil"
More corn, more corn, must plant less
ground,
And mustn't eat what's boughten.
Next year they'll do it; reasonin's
sound
(And cotton will fetch bout dollar a
pound.)
Tharfore, I'll plant all cotton" ,
Sidney Lanier.
Macon, Ga, 1870.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30
INDIAN NOT A MoNeoLIAN.

School books which classify the In
dian as a Monaghan or refer to him in
any way than as member of dis
tinct race will be barred hereafter
from Indian schools conducted by the
government. The Indians are correct
ly classed by anthropoligists as a dis
tinct race-the red or red men-in
contra-distinction to the white (cau-
casian), yellow (mongolian), brown
(malayan) and black (negro) races.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

Less happy in its significance is the
action of the New Orleans School Board
in throwing out the spelling-books, and
preparing list of only three thousand
words to be taught in the city schools.
This is step in the wrong direction.
The vocabulary of average people, both
young and old, is painfully limited, as
any one who listens to everyday con-
Versation observes. To decrease the
number of words taught, not in single
days test like Spelling Day, but as
routine work, is a mistake.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30
Saturday, January 80, 1915.

There is much of the boomerang in
the results Of the Tensas levee lands
probe. 1t was shown that Gov. Hall
did not sanction the compromise, while
Attorney General Pleasant failed to
act, when it was put up to him.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

The Chalmette Refinery, belonging
to the Sugar Trust, will resume opera
tons, Monday. 1t has already been
buying Louisiana sugar at New York
prices. And while you're laying, lay
this also at the door of Gov. Hall.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

When your subscription to the Daily
Times-Picayune expires, renew through
The True Democrat. We send both
papers for the price Of the daily, $3.50
one year or $3.75 for six months.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30
FOR SALE-Grade Hereford Cattle.
Lespedeza Hay and Seed.
EDWARD BUTLER,
st. Francisville. La.
NOTICE.
Automobiles will not be permitted
in the Rosedown field.
tt JAS. P. BOWMAN.
TREsPAss NOTICE.

All hunting of any kind on Pauline.
Live Oak and CLANCY places, cutting
wire fences, hauling across fields, and
cutting or selling wood, buying or haul
ing corn and buying cattle on any of
the above places will be considered as
trespassing and will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law, regardless
of color. F. o. HAMILTON.
(1-23-15-1 yr)
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30
LITTLE ADS"

WANTED-One Of the large maya
zine publishing houses desires to EN-.
ploy an active man or woman In this
community to handle a special plan
which has proven unusually profitable.
Good opening for right party. Address
with two references, Publisher, Box
155, Times So. Sta, New York City.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

State Superintendent of Education,
T. H. Harris says that Gov. Hall has
done everything that he possibly could
in the interests of public education,
during his administration. Praise from
Sir Hubert Stanley
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

FOR SALE-Fine strain s. C. Rhode
Island Red Eggs for Matching from
fine stock. Apply to Mrs ]. G. Perkins,
Star Hill, La. Phone 63-A. (1-23-4
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

WANTED-Lespedeza seed and hay.
yellow yams, cabbage and other pro-
duce. List with me. l will get you
more. c. M. BROOKS. 212 Laurel st.,
Baton Rouge, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

Be not too optimistic. One spelling
day does not make up for the daily
drill, any more than one swallow makes
a summer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

FOR SALE-Pure Barred Rock Eggs,
setting Of Is for $1.00. Mrs. A. Hidden.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

Many a so-called strong minded
person is merely stubborn.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

FOR SALE-Red Rust Proof Seed
Oats, Pea Vine and Lespedeza Hay
and seed. JAS. P. BOWMAN.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

Sweet potatoes were shipped this
week.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

FOR SALE-A few fine Duroc-Jersey
pigs. PARKER STOCK FARM. #
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-01-30

|
December 18th. The Northern winters
are so long and the summers so short
that weevils there cannot develop in
Ijuriously. If we pull our corn in the
shuck and put it through a shucker and
shelter combined, it will contain broken
grains, as our shuck in this latitude is
thick and close and hard to remove.
Besides, no machine has so far been
manufactured that would do this work
and last reasonably. SO our corn ought
to be shucked and the most economical
time to do this is in the field when the
puller has both hands on it to pull it
from the stalk.
In short If we are going to raise
corn (and we can and ought and sell
it, it is imperative that we put it in
good condition for the trade and then
sell it at the proper time when there
is no other great pressure on the
market. Selling corn in the shuck, ex-
cept in local and exceptional cases, is
not the most profitable way. Undoubt-
edly the best way is the usually accept
ed way, shelled.
The pedagogues were down here to-
day with their school boards, etc., but
the farmers meetings were so cordial
and attractive that the former had to
give banquet in order to keep
quorum. VULCAN.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-25
$25, ,OOO, 900 a Mere Penny.

If q man had 80 cents in his pocket
and some one gave him a penny we
should not expect the recipient to
go into Mysteries over his sudden &C,
QUESTION of wealth. Adding one cent
to 80 wouldn't seem to make much
difference,
And if the man in addition to the
SO cents had $50 in property of va
ri0us kinds, that extra penny would
be like putting one more leaf upon a
i tree ;
Well, gentle reader, that is what
25,000, 600 of gold from Europe ac-
Z tually means to the people of the
United States. 1t adds an eightieth
sto our available gold supply and an
eight-thousandth tolour wealth.
Under such circumstances, you are
surprised to learn that the authori-
8 ties are tearing their hair devising
means to store that metal. 1tBut, .
8 You protest, IF that's all it means,
put it in the street or send it to the
Belgians.
Ny reply is that an individual is
always more Wasteful than an insti-
! tuition. Any one Of us having 80
cents might drop that other cent in
q church contribution box or give it
to newsboy. An Institution, such
as the American people collectively,
saves the cent, which in this case
stands for s25,000, Philadel-
phia Ledger
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-25
Why He Waited.

Speechless with wrath, a little mar
was ushered into the police court the
other day. An ornament of the police
force had found him lettering about
and had arrested him as suspicious
character.
what were you doing at the time
of your arrest?" asked the weary
magistrate.
"Simply waiting!" spluttered the
prisoner.
What were you waiting for?''
"My money"
"Who owed you the money!"
'The man I had been waiting for?'
What did he owe it to you for?'
For waiting
The magistrate took his glasses OF
and glared at the prisoner.
''Do you jest with ne,' he said
"Now tell me, have you trader
''Of course I have
"Then what is it?"
"I'm a waiter"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-25
JAMES G. BLAINE's TACT.
How He Outwitted Late King Ed
ward i'm Repartee.

A man long in the diplomatic SER
vice OF the United States tells this
story, according to the New York
Herald.
One of the qualities for which the
late King Edward was most admired
was his tact, a quality also possessed
in no slight degree by James G..
Blaine, who was once the guest of
Edward, then Prince of Wales.
Edward had, both as prince and as
king, always insisted upon showing
his friendship for AMERICANS and
things American. One incident that
particularly impressed. the man who
tells the story was that. which took
place at a dinner to which Blaine had
been invited as the guest of the
prince. 1t was prior. to Blaine's nom
ination for the presidency. Knowing
that the prince took special delight
in honoring Americans, the other
guests were generally most gracious
to Blaine. The one exception was a
duke of the royal house, who had a
reputation for boorishness and lack
OF tact. During lull in the conver-
sation after the coffee this nobleman
blurted out:
The greatest outrage in history
was the revolt of your people against
King George III. There was no JUS
tification for it then and there is no
excuse now
The prince was visibly embarrassed.
Perhaps no man but Blaine could
have carried off the situation. While
the entire gathering sat in silence
Blaine replied, in his carefully modu-
lated voice:
Perhaps, my dear sir, if George
III had had as much diplomacy and
as wide knowledge of his people as
! his great-grandsen possesses America
might still be English
The prince at once turned the sub
5 ject to the relief Of all present, but
the teller of the story saw him grip
4 B1aine's hand with a twinkle of ad-
smiration In his eye at the end of that
function.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-25
CENTENARY OF TROUSERS.
London Tailor Who First introduced
Them Was Mobbed.

Men have worn various forms of
bifurcated neither garments since the
beginning of recorded history, but it
is asserted upon reliable authority
that the first trousers of modern cut
were worn by a London tailor in
1915. Aided and abetted by the
Duke of Wellington, this enemy of
his sex and of the human race made
the unspeakable garment fashionable
and men have been in bondage to
trousers ever since.
If there is something the direct op-
posite of a monument it ought to be
erected-or dug-to that London
tailor 1t is recorded that he was
mobbed upon his first appearance in
public wearing his diabolical inven-
ton. 1t is difficult to understand the
leniency of the Britisher of that day
in permitting the fellow to escape
with his life 1t is even more dlttl-
cult to understand how the wretched
garment was allowed to come into
general use.
It is chronicled that the Duke of
Wellington himself was refused ad-
mittance to ball when he appeared
in long trousers. Thus is awakened
suspicion that the pugnacious hero
of Waterloo thereupon used all his
power and prestige to make the men
of Europe, which he claimed to have
saved, wear the sartorial abomina-
ton. The Duke, one fancies, was a
convert to what is now called "ef-
fciency.' He was mad about the
saving of time, motion and energy.
And the sole appeal of long trousers
was in the fact that they enabled a
man to dress-or rather to cover
himself about half the time re-
quired by knee breeches and stock
ings.
Dut LuS buhS was o. pun AOSASAe"AA'
at that. If the saving of time and
energy were the sole desideratum,
the kimono has trousers beaten. AS
matter of fact, there has never been
any reasonable excuse for trousers.
They offend art and utility. Per-
haps the reason of their being is that
man, despairing of rivaling woman
in loveliness, determined to make
himself so ugly as to fascinate by the
weird horror of his ensemble.
Any man who suggests that the
centenary OF. long trousers be cele-
brated will, of course, be shot at sun
rise. However, on second thought,
it is clear that the only ADEQUATE
way to punish the inventor of the
garment is to represent him by
means of a statue of horoic size in
the act of wearing trousers. Imagine
with what glee any self-respecting,
long-suffering and revengeful sculp-
tor would create such statue OF the
enemy of man and of the sacred art
of Phidias and Michael Angelo
Chicago News.
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MASTERS SALE.

By virtue of an order in the court
Of common pleas in the case of Ada
Rice, ct al, plaintiffs, against Leila
Patrick, ct al, defendants, I, H. c..
Folk, Master for Bamberg county,
will sell at public auction to the high
est bidder, in front of the court house
door, Bamberg, South Carolina, on
the 9Th day of December, 1915, be-
tween the legal hours of sale on said
day, the following described proper
ty, to wit:
Lot No. 1. All those certain lots
of land situate in the town of Den
mark, county of Bamberg, State of
South Carolina, DESIGNATED as lots
Nos. 8, 4 and 5 in block No. sc, as
shown by map or plat of said town of
Denmark made by G. W. Gooding,
Jr., bearing date December 22nd,
1896.
Lot No. 2. All that certain lot or
parcel of land situate in the town Of
Orangeburg, county Of Orangeburg,
State of South Carolina, measuring
on the North and South lines One
Hundred (100) feet respectively; on
the East and West lines Two Hun
dred (200) feet respectively; said lot
being described as lot No. Al on plat
made by Edward Hayes, Jr., Decem-
Der 30th, 1910, and recorded in the
office of the clerk of court for Orange
burg county. Said lot is more par
ticularly described in deed of con-
veyance executed by Lila V. Wan
namaker, ct al, to TAYLOR Walker.
b.or;,r doto Arouct 10Th 1910 on6
recorded in the Office Of the clerk of
court for Orangeburg county, in book
E., mage 172.
Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to
pay for papers.
H. g. FoLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
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NOTICE.

State of South Carolina, County OF
Bamberg.
Notice is hereby given that on the
9Th CT December, 1915, in front OF
the Lanking house of the Bank of
Lodge, at Lodge, S. c., the Bank of
Lodge will sell to the highest bidder
for cash ten (l0) shares of stock
represented by Stock Certificate No.
81, issued by the Bank of Lodge to
w. D. Bennett on the End day Of
February, 1914; the Par value of
each share of stock being Fifty
(s50.00) Dollars.
That the said stock will be sold to
satisfy the unpaid portion of the pur-
chase price therefor, and also to sat-
isfy a Collateral Note of the said w.
D. Bennett, dated May IS, 1915, for
Four Hundred and Sixteen ($416.00)
Dollars to the Bank of Lodge, due the
18th of November, 1915, with inter-
est after maturity; the said certifi-
cate of stock being pledged as Sc
curity.
BANK OF LODGE,
BY DR.. w. NJ. Moorer, President.
President.
Lodge, S. c., November 18th,
1915. 1t.
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MASTERS SALE.

BY virtue of a decree of the court
of common pleas for Bamberg coun-
.ty, S. c., heretofore made in the case
of Mrs. NJ. A. Bamberg against Louise
Bennett ct al, I, H. c. Folk, Master for
Bamberg county, will sell on Mon
day, December the 9Th, 1915, during
the usual hours of sale, before the
court house door in the town OF
Bamberg, to the highest bidder for
cash, purchaser to pay for papers:
All that certain piece, parcel, or. lot
of land, with buildings thereon, sit
uate, lying and being in the town OF
Bamberg, county of Bambcrg, State
of South Carolina, containing one and
three-fourths acres, more or less, and
bounded on the North and East by
lands of the estate of Margaret Lee,
on the South by lands of Thomas
Black, and on the West by Cox ave-
nue., being the lot whereon A. J. Ben
nett resided.
H. G. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
Bamberg, S. c., November 10Th,
1915.
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Tapioca is poisonous in it's raw
state, but is purified by roasting.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-25
A Sabbatarian Nut.

Orville L. Kiplinger, chaplain OF
the Michigan City. Cnd.) reforma-
tory, tells the following instance OF
q scrupulous conscience:
Some years ago an insane patient
was given to the immodest, not to
say expensive, habit of tearing his
clothing from him and converting
jeans, ticking, denim or whatever the
clothes were made of, into carpet
rags.
The prison physician remonstrat-
ed with the shredding nut as fol-
lows:
8 Say, old man, you're certainly
making lot of unnecessary trouble
for us. We don't think it's fair.
Wouldn't You like to make money!
The insane man emphatically aver
red his willingness to earn ready
cash.
Wei, I'll tell you what I'll do,
resumed the doctor. I will give you
10 cents for every day you don't tear
your clothes off. Eh?'
.'The offender assented eagerly,
and started in to make good. Tues
day his clothes remained intact; Wed
nesday, ditto; Friday and Saturday
the same. His reformation was the
talk of the institution.
"But on Sunday morning the gar
ments the crazy man had worn all
week were torn into strips and
thrown to the four winds of his cell.
What does this mean,' asked the
indignant physician. I thought /
had you hired to keep your clothes
on and be good!"
Well said the prisoner, inno-
Gently, you didn't suppose I was go
ing to work on Sunday, did your -
Judge.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-25
TAX SALE.

S.: tie of South Carolina, County of
Bamberg.
By virtue of an execution to me di-
rected by G.. A. Jennings, treasurer
of Bamberg county, have levied up
on and will sell at public auction be-
fore the court house door in Bam-
berg, S. c., on Monday, the 9Th day
of December, 1915, the same being
legal salesday in said month, during
the legal hours of sale, the real es-
tate described below, to the highest
bidder for cash, the said sale being
for non-payment of taxes due and
owing the State of South Carolina
and the county of Bamberg:
All that lot or parcel of land sit
uate, lying and being in the town of
Ehrhardt, county and State aforesaid, l,
bounded West by Broadway street;
East by lands of J. Dave Dannelly;
North and South lands of j. H.
Roberts. To be SOIL as the property
of G.. Boyd Bishop.
Terms cash.
S. G.. RAY,
Sheriff for Bamberg County. !.
Bamberg, S. c., November 18th,
1915.
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BIDS WANTED.

Notice is hereby given that the
Bamberg County Dispensary Board
will receive sealed bids for the sale
of the articles below mentioned. Bids
to be opened on December 18th, wher
sale will be awarded to the highest
responsible bidder:
At the Office of the Bamberg Coun
ty Dispensary Board, Bamberg, S. c.:
l Iron Safe.
1 Remington Typewriter.
1 Burroughs Adding Machine.
1 Oak Table.
Oak Desk.
Z Chairs.
1 Letter Press.
At the Bamberg dispensary:
2 Ice Boxes.
At the Denmark dispensary:
1 Ice Box.
At the Olar dispensary:
/ Ice Box.
At the Ehrhardt dispensary:
2 Ice Boxes.
Bids will also be received for the
sale of 1 block and tackle.
BAMBERG COUNTY DIS. 3D.,
J. S. Walker, Clerk.
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Read The Herald, $3.50 year.
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lnvigorating to the Pale and Slckly
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria enriches the blood and builds up the sys.
ten true tonic. For adults and children. SOC