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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-08
Police Jury Proceedings.
(OFFICIAL)

FRANKLIN. LA July 5, 1916.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Police Jury was held this
day, with c. N. Frost presiding,
and the following members
present: T. B. Kimbrough. Cab
rIel Hay del, Arthur Olivier. Sid
ney j Wolford. Oscar Boudrrsux.
w. n. Gooch. John R. Dracka,t.
T. Aucoin, A. E Calm aud John
A. Pharr.
The minutes OF the previous
regular meeting. with the excep.
ton Of report Of Insp ctor Of Lii
cenees, Engineers E-timate No
10. Finatc, Committees report,
Treasurer's report, Clerks report
aud Tax Collectors report. the
reading of which was by resolu-
ton of the Police Jury dispensed
with. were received a. d approved
Roll call on this motion resulted
as follows:
Yeas: Kimbrough. Haydel,
! Olivier, Woliord, Boudreaux,
Gooch, Calm, Pharr.
Nays: Drackttt ard Aucoin.
The minutes Of the meeting of
June 7,h. when the Police Jury
sat as Board Of kt ewcrs, were
read and approx, d
The following Communication
from MIR. E L. Saucier. Demon
stration Agent. was read, AID or
molten Of A. E. Calm, second d
by Gabriel H4ydel, was received
and filed:
FRANKLIN, La, June 30tb, 1916.
To the Honorable Members of the
Police Jury, St. Mary Parish, La.
GENTLEMEN:-I will respectfully
submit the following work done during
the month of June
devoted 26 days to the work. 20 days
to field work visiting farmers planters
and business men, making Sc official
visits and days to Office work.
Travelled by auto 1852 miles.
Vaccinated and showed people how
to vaccinate so head of live stock at
their request.
Refiled and tested solution 10 six
dipping watts.
Another dipping vat has been built
at Patterson
Instrumental in the purchasing of
very fine Mammoth Jack at Patterson !
by Norman Bros.
The planters in general are begin
ming 10 realize that raising their own
mules will be economy and very profit |
able.
| had six emergency calls, and was
called on at my office by nine farmers
wanting information.
Yours very truly.
Ed. l.. SAUCER,
County Agent.
The reading Of the report of the
Parrish Treasurer, as we'll as the |
reports of the Clerk CT Court and |
Tax Collector were dispensed with
on motion Of T. Aucoin, seconded
by T. B. Kimbrough.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
FRANKLIN, La, July 5th, 1916.
To the Honorable Police Jury, Parish |
OF st. Mary:
beg to submit the following report
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s3- So -
July 4lh, csh ha' " rSpCo 80 90
GOOD Roads
fund II o. 3
July 4th, csh bal General fund 1.l19 o.
S.. sos 81
'une 9th, c,h bal : " / II poo 800 o.
p" " Good Roads
fund tar =
June Sth. Cit of DEPOSIT NJ.
o264. Int 7 X SIX 30 5000 o.
June slh. eft 81 Deposit SO.
2.26j. Int I & bk 90 5000 %
June >th eft of Deposit No.
2266, lot 7 4 Six Go 5000 o.
June Sth, Gift of Deposit No.
226., Int + X Blk 90 5 900 %
June Sth. Gift Of Deposit No.
226S, LIT + & Bk co 5000 OF
June Sih. Gift Of Deposit No.
1863, Int I e Six Go 5000 90
} une Sth. ctft of Deposit No.
900, Int I & Blk Co 5000 90
June Sth. ctft Of Deposit No.
227l, Int + & Bk Co 5000 oc
y ule lftH. own OF bdIuNl0,
trea,u er check L. 5G |
June 18th. Check, Hampton
Reynolds, reinbursem't
for gravel - oG
June 9th, Ca sh bal General fund ,465 81
June Sth. Interest On daily
balances 3S4 %
J uue Goth, Chas Pecot, Sheriff.
Parish tax % l,2o5 IL
J une 10Th, Chas Pecot, Sheriff,
Parish license 95
RECEIPTS SPECIAL FUND.
June It'll, Check, Geo .Ander-
S IN, & ~ NJ Org 552 IS
June 26ih, Chas Pecot, Sheriff,
Parish tax. ID Coz Il
June Goth, Chas I'ecot, Sheriff,
Cypremort Dig POI 90
June 10Th. Cha Pecot. Sheriff
Franklin Drainage lS7 81
June Goth, Chas tecOt, Sheriff,
Bird ward school tax 225 Al
June Goth, Chas Pecot, Sheriff,
Yellow Bayou Org Al -
June 26th, Chas Pecot Sheriff,
oh ward school tax IS 80
June ooh. thts Pecot, sheriff,
yellow BY Acrge Dry o.
June 26rh Chas Pecot, Sheriff,
| & ST u + Rtax s67 g.
June 10Th. Chas Pecot. sheriff,
Cvpremort Sab Dry s 81
June 2eth has recot, Sheriff,
9TH ward schooI tax ll2 "a
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Of the receipts AMI disbursements OF
ny office since June 9th, 1916; his re
nprt is up to and Including July 4th,
1916:
DISBURSEMENTS FOR GOOD ROADS
542 Tom Black, labor ! 50
go ACT VI l. x i l. Il CO.
1T on gravel 3o9 80
SO Hampton Reynolds, pay
ment in tut of 10 per
cent reserved l9,4.' Us
500 + & y Il Il Co FIT on
gravel l62 oo
524Gus ThorgusOn, In pect-
or, etc l25 90
53- Gus Thorguson. stamps 3 50
5lS Dyer 4 { hotin. - per
cent reserved due them 2.349 l3
553 Walter $. Berwick. bug
gy hire IL w
$50 Marvin Morris, buggy
hire 10 w
525 Marion Olivier inspect
or, etc ~ w
$50 Hampton Reynolds, fl
ma settlement ,33S 80
54l L a LoustaiUt expense
account VI w
523 l. y LouStaiOt. engi-
neers salary May 100 W
$50 Jerry Wilkinson, uu-
loading gravel 20
52l J W Thompson pipe etc 3l2 10
552 Cumberland Tel. Co.
telegrams and messag'S ~
so G Kramer buggy hire - Oo
554 Eugene Leblanc, tel.
message L IL
$40 NJ L Harrison, Baldwin
model road S0l 81
55l Kyle Lumbr Co lumber 90
$40 . 4" b" % "a
534 Lagonda Plantation
moving house. etc l47 40
544 Robert Williams, labor 80
SOL " X Wilson, auto hire 90
$40 w S Verdun ditchiDg l %
533 A Tamporello unload
ing gravel % -
535 G G McCargle hire TENS 90
500 Tioga Gravel Co. clay
binder 1873 10
555 Berwick Mercantile Co
rent of house 80
$50 Tioga Gravel Co. pit
run gravel net 1889 -
otJ James ltZpi tfich DOT w
5to w alter Fields 0O
$40 Gilbert SuthOn, - 90
56l Hampton Reynolds. l
White motor truck, A
On 1880 90
53S Romero & Leblanc, auto
hiie 375
SOB Tom Deponia, roads So
$50 II 5 Wilkinson teams
and labor 80 SO
5i7 L Z Robichaux, labor 90
5o2 Iioga Gravel Co. final
settlement 266 o6
$50 Wilson McKerall. sand 80
$50 Luke Combs, work on
track y %
5iS Tom Adams unloading
cars 600
532 Shadyside Co unloading
gravel. etc 3s 50
J67 Ed Laddie, labor 80
51l Mitch Douglas = SO
500 Dave Butler 50
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S33. 500 %
DISBURSEMENTS FOR GENERAL FUND
5]34 Robert White, witness 3 90
1888 f l. Breaux, ; 90
1886 John Harris. ; 90
1888 Louis Blackwell IS ; 20
1862 Julia Morey Dreibholz
vital statistics 90
1886 Geo. Pecot con pris'ns -
1925 Geo. Pecot, Constable Is 90
1905 Robt H Collins. Coro.
ner's inquest 4 &C
1908 W I Peterman, jaLitor As %
1905 Alyre Robichaux. Off
GERS salary ) 80
1897 W I Peterman, officers
salary l2s 90
1898 w L Peterman con. prs 80 so
1899 : g - 80 20
1850 I" 60 - s. % 80 20
l60Ol w T Peterman, board
Of prisoners 204 40
1902 w L Peterman, opening
court 60 90
1902 Hugh Frere, Constable Is 90
1887 am Bulge, witness 3 90
l60s5 H Todd, cor. jury 4oO
l6o42 Oliver Lee, pauper 400
5000 a z Daisle, officers sal 50 90
l5oSS 8 - - cor jary CO.
3l39 Dr. " } Mcclellan. wits 10 90
3l35 ChaS ' Chase. witness 3 90
l6O43 Louis Carter. pauper 4 90
l600S W II Latham. officers
salary so 90
l60lO 0 l. Alpha off. salary IS 90
1921 W H Latham inspecting
licenses 100 90
1901 NJ l. Harris son road w'k Is so
I6llS BouGre4ux Furniture Co
Office supplies so
1922 E l. Saucer, salary
dem onstration agent IS 90 |
1917 w II Latham Off. sup. 25
l6OS7 Gabe Pecot, cor, jury 90 !
1919 st Nary Banner, off. sup 2 90
1915 + l. CLANCY, reg birth
certificates Is Is
1900 N Gautreaux road w'k 81 so
1907 Town of Franklin water 2l TO
1906 water
and lights "a 10
5000 Foster Drug Co build
ing and grounds S GO
1859 w N Gooch, off. salary 60
1912 N & NJ Silverman,
building and grounds 200
l605S + E Robertson Off. sal ; 90
1908 Chas n Frost. - g 800
1864 50 . - I" 3 90
1857 Jno Il Drackett 6 " go
1911 st Mary Hardware Co.,
building and grounds 3 25
1908 JnO r Bracket, officers
salary 60
1908 Louis Griffin, road work II IS
l6l0S NJ Bell Son, Ltd, build
ing and grounds 9 30
5000 A Gibbon, jury COM
missioner 3 90
1902 Paul Mortimer, criminal
clerk 10 90
1868 Sidney Wolford, officers
salary 4 90
1907 DR. w J Mcclellan, par
ish physician 50 33
l6029 Albert Auensen, constable Is 90
1925 Robt Maitland, constable Is 90
l6095 e w Ab-l, witness jury !
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DISBURSEMENT FOR SPECIAL Flu.
- Geo Henderson, Iberia e. St
Mary Drge 552
"A d N Foster, Supt., Parish
tax, l-3 6U2
"A d N Foster, Supt., 3rd ward
School tax 225
"a D N Foster, Supt., 9th ward
school tax 50
"A D N Foster. Supt 9Th ward
school tax H.
Is s j Richard, treasurer.
Cypremort Dfge 22l
IS J d Bell, treasurer, Frank
lin Drge 1877
II IS Wooster, treasurer, Vel.
low Bayou a
IS S Wooster, treasurer, Yel-
low Bayou acreage
10 Ihas pecot, Sheriff. | & St
Mary r ktax SCI
30 J Richard, Cy Sub Drge s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-03

vately. Why refuse to hire the samc
kind for public service?
Public money Is wasted. statutes
lodged or denied where private capital
is conserved and the rules Of private
establishments adhered to with strict
ness That's the reason public busl-
ness costs so much more than private
business. That's the reason for taxes
that bring little and cost much.
Let's put men in office that demand
a dollars worth of work of material
for dollar; not public shortlegs and
penny pinchers but men who consider
a public dollar as full legal tender as
a private dollar. Who are ready to
purchase necessities but who demand
the moneys worth, full weight and
thirty-sX inches to the yard, broad
enough to see a public need and wise
enough to see day ahead and busi-
nesslike enough to supply it and hon
est enough to see that every dollar of
public money buys 100 cents worth?
Isn't it strange that we listen to idle
and calculated tales told of efficient
public servants when we'd start the
talebearer on his way if he came
private employee?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-03
Suffrage in Idaho

women and children, you must know
the women's clubs Of Idaho have not
been idle, for it is thru women's clubs
that the ballot is made effective and
the suffrage counts.
Methods Of Women.
How do our women work? AS men
do thru organization. A club takes up
some measure it wants passed by the
legislature. and acts upon it. The
proposition is then passed up to every
club in the city, fully. discussed and
acted upon; II endorsed by all the
clubs. it goes to the district and state
federation for like action and en-
dorsement. Then a legislative COM
mittee, with local representative
from every club is appointed to take
charge OF it, and when the legis-
lature is in session, these committees
take turn in watching for the bill to
be reported out of committee, at
which time they appear before the
house and senate and ask for a hear
ing.
The legislative and other candidates
for office are also asked to appear be-
fore these clubs and tell how they
stand upon the women's measure and
rest assured the candidates are al
ways anxious to stand right.
Yet even here, women do not work
independently OF men who also have a
legislative league composed of rep
resentatives from business and COM
mercial clubs. This league employs
q lawyer to look into the measures
J and draft their bills. 1t opens wide
the door to women, asking for a rep
resentative from every womans' club
to cooperate with them in the pass
age of bills, extending to the women's
: measures the same fair and courteous
treatment asked for their own. After
these bills are all discussed and cor
rectly drawn. their committee along
with the women's committee watch
their course thru the house and senate,
What Suffrage Has Done For Women.
However much suffrage has done
for Idaho, we treasure more highly
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-03
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.


To the Pella Chronicle (dem.) sit
looks now like the republican party Ia
soing to play the fool and nominate
Harding for governor. That will prob
ably make Meredith governor, SO we
are not going to worry over it. We are
glad. however. that, for this time at
least, it is republican and not the dem
ocratic party that is using the brains
of jackass in Iowa politics"
In its last issue before the primary
the Eldora Herald desires to state that
the nomination of Lieutenant Cover
nor Harding for the office Of governor
would mean the elimination Of thou
sands Of republican votes in the fall
election. Harding will be supported by
the saloon forces and Iowa can not af-
ford to select governor in sympathy
with the outlawed saloon"
If the people Of Iowa want an at
torney general of mans size, real
lawyer and a man who is sound to the
core on law enforcement, his name is
Havner," says the Mason City Gloze-
Gazette.
"One thing is sure, the people have
had ample opportunity to know all
about the campaign. They know that
Lieutenant Governor Harding stands
for the vets; they know that his nomi-
nation would metn in great degree,
the Reputation of prohibition" says
the Des Moines Capital. Therefore, il
they vote for Harding, they must know
just what they are doing"
School is out The boys and girls
who will do nothing but loaf until the
school bell rings again in September
will have acquired habit that will be
worth as little as fur coat is to a
man living on the equator" says the
Grundy Democrat
AS the Usage News sees it the
question before the voters who decide
the republican governorship candidacy
Monday is this: Does the state of Iowa.
progressive. dry, agricultural, want to
elect to the highest office in the state
a man who is standpat wet. liberal
and the friend Of the railroads, the
and the insurance COM
panies? If Iowa does wish to make
this radical revolution, it will elect
Harding. For the Mitchell county men
who have worked with him in the as
sembly will testify and his record will
prove that the above characterization
of him is true
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-03

moral issues. With sweet smile she
says to her husband. Il am going to
vote for so and So And he-if he.
IL built on broad generous lines al
our Idaho raen are-jocosely remarks.
"fire away as you please. but I shall
vote agin'yo
The little timid stay at home lady.
probably votes with her husband, but
even here, unexpected opposition
sometimes develops.
Do Al Women Vote?
No, there are some women wholly
Indifferent II not actively opposed.
But no more than you will find among
men. Let me tell you this: II to-
morrow measure was proposed to,
disfranchise the women OF Idaho,
firmly believe every woman in the
state would put aside everything else,
and go to the polls with grim de-
termination to defeat the proposition.
Do Women Seek oHieef
Decidedly not. A real politician
among women. Is rare. At first, inn
pressed with the novelty and inn
portance of their new freedom and
power, they will ask for things and
expect to do wonders. But with
further experience. he viii fall back
content to move slow but sure. filing
only offices for which their ex-
perience qualities them. such as state
and county treasurer and school
superintendents. city clerks, deputies.
etc. Once in while our political
parties put up woman for the legis-
lature, but these women do not seek
the office.
A Word to Iowa Voters.
To you Iowa voters would say, do
not vote for suffrage expecting per-
lection in the new voters. They will
inevitably, at first, blunder and make
mistakes but no more than men, new
" enfranchised and under like con-
ditions. Later. in proportion to their
training and experience. you may ex-
pect an honest intelligent vote which
on the whole, will De on the side OF
civic righteousness in the city, state
and nation.
In closing you will not go far astray
in following the advice Of one whom
you Iowa people love and trust-Pro-.
lessor Macy, of Grinnell College
"vote for Suffrage and Make 1t Unani.
nous Anna ]. Norris
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-03

Editor Times Republicans: AS a
former resident of Iowa, and student
at Grinnell College. I have been re-
quested by the suffrage forces to aid
the cause of suffrage in Iowa with a
personal or press letter to my old
friends, advising them to vote for
suffrage in your June election.
The women of Idaho have so long
regarded the exercise Of suffrage as
a simple obvious right based upon
common justice. that it seems pre-
posterous to us that any argument
should be necessary for the electors
Of a progressive state like Iowa. Nor
will the space Of this letter permit OF
argument. All we can do here Is to
show briefly what women, thru SUI
frage, have won for Idaho, and what
the exercise Of suffrage has done for
women themselves.
First, then, what has suffrage done
for Idaho? During the twenty years
our women have enjoyed the right OF
suffrage, Idaho has taken front rank
among the progressive states of the
union. On all moral questions and
matters of civic interest, women's
DETERMINATIONS DdCheu ny thC ''uA'Ss
have been a controlling factor in de-
Gliding the issue. You eastern people
are acquainted with the moral stand
ards of the mining camp, the lumber
camp. the cattle and sheep camps.
When you consider these, the chief
industries Of Idaho in it's early days,
and today. mark how far removed
we are from those standards OF early
life. you will admit the change Is
little short of the marvellous. We now
have statewide prohibition, no
gambling, lotteries or other games OF
chance. Even the penny slot ma
chimes are out Of business. We have
the mothers pension, child labor law,
the minimum wage. decent age OF
consent, womans' equal property ana
dover rights. equal custody OF the
children, and a children's home finding
society maintained by the state. With
all these measures in the interest OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-03

William Penn, who at one time
owned the entire city of Philadelphia,
was a British subject who got away
as soon as possible and came to this
country in order to enjoy our rich,
unfettered brand of free speech. Will
liam was sincere Christian man and
so was his father, who had the same
name. but they enjoyed different re-
ligions and belonged to different
churches. and 1t was great relief to
William when he came here and found
an almost total absence of the involved
Episcopalian ritual,
William Penn was one Of the few
foreigners who came to this country
in an early day without trying to coin
the American Indian into real money.
He treated the Indian with the ut
most respect, but refused to smoke the
pipe of peace with him for fear OF
contracting hydrophobia. Whenever
William Penn bought few hundred
square miles Of gently rolling prairie
land from the Indian, he always paid
cash In the form Of bead necklace
or pouch Of tobacco from which the
premium tag had been carefully ex-
tracted. Whenever the Indian would
go out and tomahawk a few of Penn's
personal friends, he would not punish
the offender but would seek to con-
vert him. Some OF these conversions
lasted fully as long as those obtained
under the hectic influences Of camp
meeting and cost less money.
When William Penn came to Am
erica the king gave him everything
north OF the state of Maryland, in
Guiding the climate. He soon became
land poor and much Of his property
was sold for the taxes, reverting to the
original owners in chunks the size OF a
congressional district. About this
time he was accused Of treason and
was taken home by one Of the longest
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-03
NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING.

ICOuncil BluftS NOnparell.J
1t begins to look as If it would re-
-quire an autopsy to convince certain
parties that the saloon issue in Iowa is
really ,dead.-Sioux City Journal.
That is apparently the only string on
Mr.. Harding's temperance fiddle and
his advocates are finding 1t difficult to
present an acceptable concert under
their manifest handicap.
Doesn't the Journal know that the
liquor people didn't quit trying to do
booze business in Iowa when the sa-
looms ceased to exist?
Don't the editors OF that newspaper
know that 1t makes difference
whether they have a city administra-
ton which maintains friendly relations
with crooks or one which maintains its
most intimate relations with people
who stand for law and order?
Didn't Oscar Rock, one Of Cossons
state agents come to Sioux City and
get the goods" on gang of crooks
whom the local officials had failed for
some reason to corral?
Didn't Rock make the evidence SO
strong that Mr.. Harding, the able at
torney for the crooks, was literally
AoiSSu ~ duNiSe tueNi " eIlleT plea
of guilty?
The Journal knows that it's plea in
behalf Of Harding. based on the prem
Use that the saloon Is dead in Iowa,
it utterly absurd The saloon is only
one of many instrumentalities used by
liquor men in pushing their business.
There are numerous other methods.
The Journal knows that if the citi-
zens OF that city want good law en-
forcement, they must choose officials
IN sympathy with this purpose. The
old form OF municipal government is
dead in Sioux City. The place is now
governed under the commission form.
Vice can thrive as we'll under the new
form as under the old If public Of
fcials permit 1t. In similar manner
liquor can be sold in Iowa without the
irlstrumentality of the saloon If public
officials will stand for such conditions.
The vets in Iowa are looking with
hope and expectation upon Harding.
II they can put him over they believe
the liquor lid will not be held down
SO tightly and business in their line
will pick up in the state.
The saloon will not be surely dead
in Iowa until it's doom is written into
the constitution. AS the case now
stands. simple enactment by the leg
islature and signed by the governor
would bring this institution back to the
state. The saloon is not dead: 1t is only
sleeping. 1t is simply down for
count.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-03
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Whatever party you belong to.
whatever your station or business, this
should appeal first when you balance
the qualities Of candidates with your
vote to be bestowed-the integrity of
the candidate.
The basic qualification of any candl
daet for office is his honesty. Next
comes his ability. But integrity comes
first 1t is the foundation of all trust.
If a man has been honest and ca
pable in office he ought to get the
vote of those who desire honest and
able administration and expenditure
Of public funds. Such men make
enemies. They fail TO swerve a little
here and there to let somebody get by
where somebody ought not. They re-
fuse advantage to persons and demand
advantage for the people they serve.
The man who does his duty in office
sacrifices popularity. Certain interests
and purposes are thus interfered with.
He is not amenda Bile. Sometimes he
isn't even amiable: but when he goes
out OF office he leaves a stra light record
as an officer. His accounts are right.
All men look alike to him while he IS
in office. He has no favors to bestow
and few to ask. Often we curse him in
office and regret him when he out of
office and his place filed by a weak
ling or worse.
The public service ought to be as
clean and businesslike as private
business. We ought to appreciate the
official who makes a good bargain for
the county or the state precisely as
We do the employee who saves expense
ing efficiency and who drives good
bargains for private business. No
body has claim on public money
except as he completes for it and offers
return for it. And the official who
conducts his office along these lines
is as valuable to the public as the
keen manager who succeeds in making
profit for a wholesale house or a farm.
Why not elect an official as we hire
hand-for the work>he is to do? Why
listen to those he may have offended
IN the course of his duty, Il he has
done his work and done it well with
one thought in mind-the public SER
vice. That's the way we hire men pr!-