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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the District Court of the United States,
For the Eastern District OF Louisiana,
Baton Rouge Division.
In the matter of Nee & Hooper, and
Claude r. Nee and Geo. Fl. Hooper,
Bankrupt No. 2S6 in Bankruptcy
To the Creditors of Said Bankrupt:
You are hereby notified that the above
party of Solitude, Louisiana, was, on
Oct r. 1915 adjudged Bankrupt in the
District Court of the United States, for
the Eastern District of Louisiana; and
that the first meeting of the creditors of
the said Bankrupt will be held before the
undersigned referee, at his office, Room
Is. Raymond Building, in the City of
Baton Rouge, La, on Oct. &c, 1915, at
10 o'clock a. n1., whereat said creditors
shall present and prove their claims: shall
elect Trustee and fix the amount of his
bond shall determine in what manner
and at what time the property of the
Bankrupts estate shall be sold, and shall
do such other things as may be necessary
for the promotion and the best interests
of said estate, and shall transact such
other business as may properly come
before said meeting
BENZ. B. TAYLOR, Referee
Baton Rouge, La. Oct. IL. 1915.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

Statement of the ownership, manage
ment, circulation, ETC., required by
the Act of August "a, 1912, of The
True Democrat, published weekly
at st. Francsville, La, for Octo
Der l, 1915:
Name Of Post-office Address
Editors, e. & M. e. Robinson,
st. Francisville, La
Managing Editors, E. & M. E. Robinson
st. Francisville. La
Business Mgrs., E. & M. e. Robinson
st. Francisville, La
Publishers, E. & M. e. Robinson,
st. Francisville, La
Owners: OF corporation, give its
name and the names and addresses OF
stockholders holding per cent or more
of total amount of stock. If not cor
poration, give names and addresses OF
individual owners. )--E. & M. E. Robin.
son, st. Francisville, La
Known bondholders, mortgages. and
other security holders, holding / per
cent or more of total amount of bonds,
mortgages, or other securities: None.
(Signed) ELRIE ROBINSON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 18th day of October, 1915.
C. L. MUNSON, Notay Public.
My commission is contingent upon
good behavior and renewal Of my bond
every five years.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
FATE OF OLD PLANTATION
HOMES.

In another column is news note of
the passing of another ante-bellum
mansion = the old Semple home in
Wilkinson County. It's destruction is
due, like that of so many other of it's
fellows, to fire. Each year one at least
of these fine old houses is destroyed,
bringing fast the time when all of them
will have vanished from the earth. 1t
involves tremendous loss not only in
pecuniary values but in the priceless
ness of old associations, both histori-
Cal and social. When they are gone no
more like them will arise, as present
day needs, or rather modern ideas, will
prevent rebuilding by the old models,
Hence the pity of their needless de-
struction.
For it is indeed needless destruction,
which, foresight in many instances,
could easily prevent. These impress
sive houses, seemingly so strong, are
however very old. The ancient timbers
of their construction are dried out by
the heat of many summers. The bricks
of their huge old chimneys are touched
with the decay incident to all things
earthly. They are weak in places. They
are crumbling here and there. And so,
in some evil hour, the chimneys fire
the woodwork, and the building, utter
ly without equipment to quench con-
Migration, is eaten up by the flames.
Would it not be better for the own
ers of any one of these old houses to
use the ounce of prevention? Renew
the chimneys, and supply reader
means of fighting fire, and not yield to
what is otherwise inevitable: the some
day when the old house will vanish in
devouring flame and smoke Other
countries preserve their old houses
So should America keep hers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
sENsELEss CARTOONS.

A favored cartoon Of anti-suffragists
depicts the husband coming home to
find the empty house and the INTENDED
baby 1t is sad picture, but homes
are sometimes empty and the children
cared for by the neighbors when the
wife and mother is off at card games,
morning and evening, or In simpler
rank of society when she is out CAD
ding, or talking gossip over the back
fence. At this stage of suffrage, at
least, suffragists are women OF thought
and action, and are too shreWd, il they
have no higher reason, to neglect their
homes. Many church worker neg
lects her home, like the woman in Bleak
House, far more than any suffragist
could.
Still another picture in high favor
shows the bachelor girl-suffragist of
course smoking cigarette and with
d suspicious array VI uoCtieS az uoi
side, while the companion picture shows
the non-voting mother lowering over
| her little ones cradle If merely vot-
| ing gives one taste for tobacco and
liquor, it would possibly be wise to
deprive the men of the franchise!
Such pictures weaken, not strength.
en-, the anti-suffrage cause.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
ALL ELSE A GLlMMER.

Statewide prohibition can only come
to Louisiana through a constitutional
amendment, and an amendment can
only be submitted by a two-thirds vote
Of each house of the legislature The
governor has no authority to veto such
a submission resolution-and the legis.
lature has no authority to pass state
wide statute. The constitution gives
the legislature the right to regulate the
sale of liquor, not the right to suppress
it. Moreover, prohibition is one issue
on which no governor can whip into
or out of line, the members Of either
house. The issue touches too closely
upon the relations of the assemblymen
with their own constituents.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
BEWARE OF THE LISTENER
OUTSIDE.

Candidate Pleasant came in for
some deservedly severe criticism from
Horace Wilkinson, chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
on account Of the attacks the former
has been making against the present
state administration of which Mr.. Pleas
ant is himself part. by way of re-
joinder, Mr.. Pleasant said that he had
done so only when his own course was
attacked, and that in criticizing Gov
Halls administration, he had done no
more than Gov. Hall had done in his
campaign when he scored the admin
istration of Gov. Sanders
Mr.. Pleasant should remember that
while he may be excused for answer
ing attacks upon his own course, the
loyalty that he owes the administration
Of which he is part should prevent
him from abiding to the head of the
administration in an Objectionable man.
ner. There are certain decencies even
in politics, and Mr.. Pleasant, by such
remarks, is making it very hard for
many Democrats, as good as himself,
to support him, should he become the
nominee.
In the second place, the cases are
not identical. Gov. Hall had not form
ed a part of Gov Sanders cabinet,
and was under no obligation of that
sort. But most important considera-
ton Of all is that in the 1912 campaign,
there were no outside opponents. The
discussion was strictly in the family.
Now the circumstances are exactly the
opposite A wide-awake, virile opposi-
ton is just outside the party, and what
is said in the heat Of family quarrel,
is duly noted for other purposes by the
opposition. The warning given to a
man arrested by the police that what
you say may be used against you" is
very pertinent at this juncture, as APP
piled to Democratic factionalists.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
LIVING UP TO ONES oRDEALs.

A modern Mrs. Malaprop is credited
with saying that she "had always tried
to live up to her ordeals." 1t provokes
a smile when it is understood that the
old lady had in mind, ideals striy-
ing towards which is a wholesome as
piration. But giving the words second
thought it Is readily seen that living
up to ones ordeals" is quite as fine a
thing, and productive of that strength
Of character which prepares one for
the highest idealism in life.
Ordeals fall to the lot of all mortals
and the way that they are borne is a
supreme test of character The fair
weather qualities will not do we'll in
time of storm, but if from under the
weaknesses there energies a bravery
that faces the storm, then indeed is
ideal the living up to an ordeal.
Sometimes, the apparently weakest
of mortals displays this bravery He
or she, may falter in the ordinary
course of daily living and appear un.
equal to it's tasks, but meets the ordeal
when it comes with a surprising BRAY.
cry. While the days tasks should be
met, and are in fact a gauge of human
ability, yet it is we'll, if there be a
reserve force to cope with the out-of.
the-ordinary events, which form lifes
ordeals.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
QUOTATION AND COMMENT.

When our own genial side-stepping
Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable
Thos. C. Barrett, solemnly declares him
self for prohibition is to laugh
Bogalusa Enterprise
Yes, like every one did when Hire-a-
hall Sanders did the same thing.
We hope to see the day when persons
who refer to children as "kiddies" will
be given baths in boiling oil or some
thing equally lingering and pleasant.
-American-Press.
While you will probably never live
to see that day. Bro Krebs, to call the
dear little darlings "kiddies," as if they
we're the offspring Of goats" is GER
tainly an insult to humanity.-Southern
indicator.
And stamps the father or mother
using the term as distinctly the goat.
The anti-Wilson newspapers use to
tell us how poor the country was, but
recently they have become too ingross-
ed with the subject of the half-blllion
dollar loan which this country Is max
ing to enable the European countries
to continue the war. - Assumption
Pioneer.
In other words, from too poor to
too rich.
Why should not the law provide for
the payment out of the state treasury
of the campaign expenses of all candi-
dates for office? Why should Colonel
Pleasant and Mr.. Barrett be given such
an advantage over the other candi-
dates? Particularly does this apply to
Col. Pleasant, who is drawing salary
of nearly $14 per day, including Sun
day, from the state for service he is
not rendering News.
This is nothing new He has been
campaigning for good part Of the
past three years.
The home paper is the mirror in
which those at distance see u.s.
Rayne Tribune
And very blurred images some of
these newspapers reflect. II we be
mirrors let us improve the medium.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
GOV. HALLS DEFIANCE.

1t is gratifying to his friends to see
that Gov. Hall has thrown off the reti-
cence, which has characterized him
heretofore, and is bidding bold defiance
to his critics, as is evidenced by his
speech at the Franklinton Fair. Indeed
the Governor threatens to hire hall, "
and give New Orleans some informa-
ton, which either through the failure,
or the deceit of it's daily press has
never reached the city. 1t is badly
needed
Last week, the writer complained
that Gov. Hall was not a good adver-
tiser. And 10, while we were still talk
ing, he put on more aggressive atti-
tude. In his talk at Franklinton, he
showed that he had kept his campaign
promises, in so far as an individual
could. He showed that he had done
more for the levees and schools, than
any governor preceding him, and this
without any blaring of trumpets and
blowing of horns.
In whatever he has apparently failed,
it has invariably been due to the failure
of the legislature, or the people them
selves, to second his efforts. Let the
fault be laid at the door to which it
belongs. We are glad to see that
Gov. Hall refuses to be any longer the
scapegoat.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
A GOOD ISSUE FOR DEMOCRATS.

1t would seem that while the fee
system sucks the very life-blood of the
body polite and of the proletariat as
WELL there would be needed no better
tissue" with which candidates might
campaign for votes Possibly because
the aggregate cost of the fee system
has never been estimated, and has
therefore not been presented concrete
ly before the public eye, it fails to be
convincing. 1t would be difficult, no
doubt, to make even a conservative
estimate, as so much that is collected
In this way is not easily known to the
man outside. Indirect taxation is al
ways subtle, whether by the payment
of fees or import duty in the increased
cost of goods, hence it is that both are
80 strongly intrenched. Could the sum
total be arrived at which the public
pays in fees alone, no official power
could restrain the destruction of the
system. An amazing sum is spent in
the parishes alone. But it is all unseen,
and so flourishes. Doubtless if all taxa
ton could be similarly concealed, the
taxpayers would pay cheerfully and
freely.
1t will be interesting campaign stuff
when facts are furnished and figures
tabulated, showing what the fee system
costs in the parishes alone.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

The Southern Medical Association
meets at Dallas, Texas, November 81
1915 Facts pertaining to health condi
tons will be presented by some Of the
ablest physicians of the South. These
conferences direct attention to the
achievements of Southern physicians
and the methods employed in control
of problems peculiar to this section
Facts are also presented which help
to refute the popular misconception
that the Southern states are relatively
unhealthy. The Association is doing a
great work.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
OH, YOU EDITORS!

DR.. H. M. Blain, professor of the
chair of journalism, at the Louisiana
State University, is sending out Ques
tionnaire to the newspapers of Louis
lana relative to their respective equip
ment, management of newspaper and
job plants, use of cost system, prices
of job-work and advertising, and q
hundred and one other matters, relat
/ ing to the management of the printing
business. With no desire to discourage
DR.. Blain, who is entirely single-minded
in his efforts to get at facts, which
will be illuminative of actual condi
tons in the newspaper business in
Louisiana, we must hint - and thus
prepare his mind for disappointment
that it is long way to Tipperary, be
fore he will get the answers. The
leverage owner and publisher of the
country newspaper couldn't answer all
of these questions to save his life. And
lit is because he does not know. And
he is too-busy to find out.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

Had either Mr.. Pleasant or Mr.. Barrett
played less politics in their official acts
during the past three years, there
would be enthusiasm over their re-
spective candidates. today. But both
of these officers have so persistently
played to the galleries that they have
wore out their parts, They should
each get new piece to say that will
make the public forget the old.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

The middle of the tongue and the
hard palate have no sense of taste at
all, and that is the reason why, if we
are to take a bitter powder and it is
carefully placed at the center of the
tongue it can be washed down quickly
by gulp of water, leaving no taste
in the mouth.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
WOMEN AS VOTERS.

The Literary Digest in its Issue &
| Oct. 8, contains reports of poll of the
press taken throughout the United
States, on equal suffrage The report
is largely favorable, though many are
! Indifferent
/ Most significant is it in those states
where suffrage is no longer an expert
ment. For example, says the Digest:
wyoming, which accorded the suf-
frage to women as far back as 1869, is
jso settled in it's convictions that we
| have received no editorial replies Op-
posing it, and the community has come
to regard it as a matter Of course, al
most the entirety of its native voters
never having known any other system:
| After almost half a century of votes
for women the Laramie Daily Boone
| rang declares the state is free of cor
rupt politics., and says that this is
probably due as much to the refined
influence exerted by the women voters
as to any other single cause. Other
states, held back by graft among Off
Gals they have elected might well
follow the example of Wyoming And
this view is concurred in by every
other editor who has expressed an
opinion.
Colorado, the first to follow Wyom-
| ing's example, twenty-four years later,
expresses the same satisfied attitude
on the part of the vast majority of
voters, though only three claim that it
has had any uplifting influence in poll
tics. The Herald-Democrat, of Lead
ville declaring that there are occa-
sionally objections, generally from
professional politicians, because the
woman vote is an uncertain quantity,
adds that they are, nevertheless, di-
vided, even on this question, though
the anti-prohibitionists place the blame
for Colorado voting dry on the women
and Billy Sunday However, while
woman suffrage may not move noun
tains, the Colorado Springs Evening
Telegraph admits that ON the whole
it's influence is for the betterment of
politics and for cleaner officials This
opinion seems to be shared by most
other papers of the state.
idaho editors seem agreed that it
gives healthy atmosphere even
though women are about as suscepti-
BILE to political influence as men While
the Boise Evening Capital News says
that only those oppose it privately who
oppose the progressive measures usual
! ly supported by women, The States
man, of the same city, retorts that
neither for the women nor for the
state has it demonstrated itself to be
what was claimed for it. The Caid-
well Tribune opposes it because it is
necessary to get out carriages and au-
tomobiles on election day in order to
get out the woman vote
"On the other hand, the editor of
The neutrality-suspicious., of Salt Lake
City, Utah, speaking for Utah, has
nothing but good to say: The partici-
patton of women in the elections has
SO improved the conditions in the cleo
ton booths, has so bettered the atmos-
[phere at the primaries and conven-
tons, has so improved the condition of
women and children that l, who was so
emphatically opposed to woman suf-
Ifrage until l came to Utah, am an en-
thusiastic convert"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

The True Democrat is authorized to
announce John H. Clack as a candidate
for reelection for Sheriff of West
Feliciana parish, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

The True Democrat is authorized to
lannounce Willis r. Daniel as candi-
date for sheriff of the Parish of West
Feliciana, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

The Caldwell Waterman wants Muir.
ply ]. Foster to run for governor. All
no! With John M. Parker in the race
too, history might repeat itself-with a
different ending.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

The True Democrat is authorized to
announce Bat HARRISON as candidate
for reelection as Assessor for the
Parish of West Feliciana, subject to
the Democratic primary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

The True Democrat is authorized to
announce Ike Cutrer as candidate for
the office of Assessor of the Parish of
West Feliciana, subject to the Demo
cratic primary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

The True Democrat is authorized to
announce Dr. W. H. Taylor as candi-
date for reelection to the office of
Coroner, subject to the action Of the
Democratic primary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

The True Democrat is authorized to
announce DR.. E. M. Levert as candi-
date for the Office of Coroner for the
Parish of West Feliciana, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

The True Democrat is authorized to
announce the name of R, F. Walker
as a candidate for the State Senate
from the 18th Senatorial District, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
TREsPAss NOTICE.

Hunting and trespassing of all
kinds are hereby prohibited, under
penalty of the law, on Magnolia
Plantation. No exceptions.
The public is warned against
buying fire wood, posts or crops
from tenants of Magnolia without
permission
CHAS. w. MACKIE, JR., Mgr.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

Representative Thomas Heflin of Ala
bamapredicts that cotton will go to
500 bale, and cotton seed to $50
a ton.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

The State department put the gaff in
John Gaffney, consul at Munich, for un'
neutral leanings to his German friends.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

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This paper is authorized to announce
GIL Caulfeld as candidate for the
State Senate from the 18th Senatorial
District, composed of the parishes of
East and West Feliciana, subject to
the Democratic primary
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

This paper is authorized to announce
the name of D. M. Pipes as candidate
for the State Senate for this, the 18th
Senatorial District, subject to the
Democratic primary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

A few fire brick for sale. Apply at
this Office.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23
LITTLE ADS"

l am in the market for pecans.
M. Neustadter, Bayou Sara, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-10-23

LOST-Small diamond pin with pearl
bangle. Suitable reward will be paid
if returned to The True Democrat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18
Luke MeLuke Says.

A woman may have sense Of hu- nor, but mother who has raised sew eraI children is always willing to pay to hear an old maid lecture on how children should be raised.
 The war has boosted the price of dyes and other coloring stuffs. But you can still get two samples of nose paint for two bits.
 It is mighty hard to make girl un- derstand that keeping a husband is a tougher job than getting one.
 The old fashioned woman who used to pound a round steak in the kitchen now has married daughter who pounds piano 1n the parlor.
 Every now and then you come across a man who can eat as much as a boy.
 The reason a girl doesn't mind hay ing red hair is because she would like to have it some other color.
 The fellow with the horse and buggy may appear slow to the lad in the mo torcar, but the fellow in the buggy doesn't have to climb out into the snow and change tire every now and then, and he doesn't have to stall around and freeze because one of old Dob bins cylinders is missing fire.
 Every girl knows that if she were a man she wouldn't let other girls fool her the way they fool other men.
 What has become of the old fashion ed big Bible that had a page contain ing the births, marriages and deaths in the family, and which used to rest on the marble topped table in the front parlor?
 The fact that a man can afford 1t does not fit his son for a college ca reer. You can't make one story brain carry a four story education
 If man has appendicitis and bank account it is a cinch that he has appen- dicitis
 If every day will be Sunday by and by the boot1eggers are going to have all the money in the country.
 It ts a mighty rare family tree that hasn't a few monkeys in It's branches.