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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13
BOARD or ALpEaarn PROCEEDINGS

-. Francisyille La, May Z. 1915
Al regular meeting 81 the BOARD OF
Aldermen Of the Town Of NJ. Francisville,
Louisiana. held this day. the following
members we're present; A, D, BsIani,
Mayor, a. ", Newman, Rudolph Yunses,
tloara Of ailetmen George Rettig. T. q.
Hamilton, l.. IS, Rogers. absent,
Motion made by Newman. seconded by
Yunkes, That meeting adjourn until
Thursday night, May 4. Carried
A. n. BRiANT. Mayor.
a. l.. pLETTiNgER. Clerk.
81. Franeissiiie. La. May e. 1915,
Az nm adjourned meeting Of the Board
Of Aldermen. held this day, the following
members were present: A, -, fTtant,
Mayor. a. W Newman l., W, Rogers
George Retttg. Rudolph Yunkes, Beard Of
Aldermen.
Minutes Of regular and special meeting
read and adopted.
MayuF and Marshal reported t2l eases
Engineers repert read and filed
Letter from snDi r. H. Cramp Ia refer
ehee To Interest ON school donation was
read
Motion msae by Rogers seconded By
Yunkes. That a warrant be drawn In
favor Of School Beard for II months
interest at per cent, amount st5.ss.
Carried.
Motion made by Newman. seconded by
Rogers. That the following bills, salaries,
he "A
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

FROM ANA after this date al bunting OF
any kind on Amhrgsia and Independence
plantation is positively prohibited uhass
penalty oG ireapaHsiag, Aag ons found on
these places without permission wlll be
considered tFaspasKlng. and prosecuted 70
the full extent OF the Iaw,
Mrs 5. III. HARROW.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

An hunting with dos OF gun, or driving
through or CIT Of aug cattle, on isAs
Resale plantation without special per
uilasion, IL positively prohibited. All such
acts alll be- regarded az lreApass.ng and
prosecuted as such,
MRss {. a. BARROW.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

The ridlcalously low price at which
cow peas are now selling throughout
the country affords an opportunity for
the farmers TO plant large aereages In
these legumes al very low cost for
seed. by doing this the farmers not
only get. the best variety OF hay but
are enabled to build up their lands at
the same time Woodyilie Republican.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

From and after thls date ali hunting VI
any Kind Oh The Greenwood plantation ~
positively prohibited under penalty oi Tres
passing, Aag ole found oar this place
without perinssloa viii bs considered
,respaasing and prosecuted ~ the suh
extent 0f the law
ARs. ]. A. VENTREsss
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

We regret We have 10 forbid ali tres.
passing OF every kind, iaeiadiag passins
through Nooalawn Farm.
j. B. MeuEtIEE.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

DeEendanttin a loud yoleel -Jusiieel
Justice. | demand Justice!
Judge gllencel The defendant viii
please remember that he In In court
ruon. -peaa. State froth.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

Tsespasslng vi all kinda 10 hereby pro-
hibitea, under penalty Of thu las. ca my
lands la the ninth ward. recently puff
chased Gum Dr W. Ii. Taylor'
ALBERT L. sOuL.E.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

Al hunting of ans Mind on Pauline, Lave
oak ana CLANCY places, cutting win
fences. hauling across fields, and cattin1
oF selling weol buying or hauling eors
and buying cattle or any Of the above
places will be considered as tfospaKslns
ad viii be prosecuted 10 the fish extent
( the law. regardless Of color
l.23-l5.-t yrD y. q. HAMILTON.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

Hunting Of any Mnd. eattle driving o.
fishing on Aft. Vernon plantation 10 post
lively prohibited under penalty Of the Asw
Of tfezpaas. No exceptions.
&. W, BALL,
Mrs. e. HAMILTON,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

My cattle mark is w. N. on hip and
tag In one ear Public Is requested 40,
to purchase or drive OF any cattle SO
marked. LUCY L. MATTHEWS.
(Uct, 23--eml
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

J. g. Muller, salary .,...,...,.,,,,,ai 800, 90
H. Il. Anderson, salary ,....,.,,.... 50o0
]. Butler. salary .................... i0.oa
q, l.. plestinger. salary .........,.. en,o0
@ II Davidson, salary ..,,.,,,.,... bS.Do
II, W Ttempel, salary .,,..,,.,..., 1900
A. b. irlant, fees and fer paaper 6.5a
q. y. Davidson. fees q afrestsD 49,. eco
Marx Neustaater, election commits
steiner. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a.so
j a Tempel, election commissioner 800
% Leonard. election commissioner 3.o0
-, A. Lawson. deputy sheriff ,.,..., SOC
j u Murphy. . tens hay, less rght 80 20
Frank Paul. oyster shells ,,.,... a.Se
McSeai Stationery Co, index i25
~ 4 b. Wolf, oats .....,.,........ ta.00
crandell Packing Co. packing go. 1919
W. r. Forester, insurance. ,..,,,. 1879
Miss l. X. villa. election supplies zee
Abe Stern, livery ....,,.t,.,t,...,,, aeo
Anthony sansoni, 90 barrels shells eco
Martin Paul, . bbIs. oyster shells. 30
The True Democrat, printing ballots 400
D. A. Lawson, shoelng sauies, ,..,, 400
q, L. piettlnger, cash expended zoe
Df w. II Taylor one years salary
as President Heard al Health, 5000
Southern Coal Co. on account ~ zee, 90
Motion made hy Yunkes, seconded by
Rogers, That t7500 be appropriated to
Road fund and ss75.e 90 TO Plant contingent
Carried.
The tails sheet and list Of persons
voting Ia the Town General Election was
promulgated, and on molten Of Newman,
seconded by Rogers, the following officers
we're declared eieetesi MayoF--A - Briant;
Alslermea~-Jas. H. kiIbourne, Max Mann.
George Rettig. /. w. Rogers, Rudolph
funkes, Marshai-G. = Davidson
Motion made by Rogers. seconded hy
Rettig, That ewing To- the esisofganized
condition 81 the Fire tloari, that the
Beard ~ Aldermen accept the resignation
of Fire Chief Abe Mann, Carried.
oH notion meeting adjourned
A. n. BRiAST. Mayor.
q, I. pLETTINGFsR. Clerk.
hereby certify that the foregoing ls "a
trpe and oefrac, copy ef the original
minutes Of the proceedings OF the Heard
Of Aldermen Of the Town Of 50. Francis.
Vile, louisiana as they appear ON pages
a1e. 81 and 372 OF minute hook -"
q. L. pLETTiSGER, Clerk
The ridicalousiy iow price at which
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

The public is hereby notified that hunt
lag GA. crossing over, on amy other foTfa
Of trekpass Is prohibited on a piece Of
ground sest Of the Y. d NJ. v. Railroad,
beginning at the north boundary Of II. IL.
gtitllHg and extending To Whitman plat
form. GA the property Of Mrs. 4. T, Al
lain, Also on all property Of Mrs. c. H.
Lewis, Mrs. g. 4. Mhooa, and H. H. Stir
ling. r. ~. STIRLING. Agent
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13
cHAs. wEYDERT. Agent

FROM and after this date all hunting Of
any Kind on Bench drove and Cedar plan.
iationa Estate Of b. r. MeTiek. liz POSI-
lively prohibited under penalty Of tree
passing Any oRe Ietad on thuse places
without permission will be considered
tFespassiag, and prosecuted 30 the fuil
extent II The aw.
EDWARD r. MERRICk. Attorney.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

win appreciate any Information lead
Ing to the recovery Of eastie branded
that mag have slrayed from the pastures
near Iiettenhstg
r. 3. PERCY. Agent.
riettenheFE. Ia.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

Hunting and iFespasaing " all kinds
are hereby prohibited. under penalty Of
the hW, Oh Magnolia Plantation y"
exceptions.
The public II warned against huysng
Gre uood. posts or crops from tenants Of
Magnolia without permission,
clRAg. W, MACRlE, DR.. Manager.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-05-13

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-07
SAD REMINDERS.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. N NICE the St. Gaudens gold coins N came in for criticism. and official E> disapproval because they would not stack, there has been no chance for the great American public to become numis- nautical connoisseurs and to pass on the lapidary art of the medalists until the minting of the new small silver coinage. The new dime is however, now before the court of public opinion, and While the earliest objections seem to center about the use of the initial "W'' of the de- signer, MT. Weinman, on the obverse un- der the head of the Goddess of Liberty, this is small detail compared with some of the other features of the coin which are far from happy; through one would suppose that, with all the tremen- dous are advance in our schools and academies, the department of the treas ury ought to have been able to get some one who could design a coin that would command immediate and universal ad- miration.
 For one thing, if the notices, "In God we IruSl, ana E flur1DuS OHuIu nave any historic or symboical significance it is strange that the medalsts seem to take pleasure in making them so minute as to ke practically unreadable, if not illegible, dents in the coing; while if the date of coin has any determining value, why 1916 should be so obscure is also not clear. But if one accepts the unnecs- sary subordination of motto and date on the obverse in order to get the liberty head alone in it's glory, as it were. when one turns to the reverse surely the elon-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-07
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

A man who hasn't gumption enough to save a dollar week out of his sal- ary always gets mad every time he fig ures what a blamed idiot his great-grand- father was for not buying real estate when four-bits would have purchased what is now the busiest corner in town.
 Another thing we like about corn fed girl is the way she can fill sweater without leaving any wrinkles.
 It pleases a woman as much to hear the doctor tell her that she has nervous prostration as it does a man to hear the doctor tell him that there is nothing the matter with him.
 When a man does his work with the
 idea that he isn't being paid what hesis worth it is a sign that he isn't worth what he is being paid.
 What has become of the old Fashioned woman who used to wear overshoes made out of buffalo hide?
 Leave it to any old maid and she will tell you that she is that way because of her inability to choose from her host oi admirers.
 You never saw a reformer who advo- |cated anything that Is going to cost him more than he is going to get out of 1t. If some of the new books were as tire some to write as they are to read, the authors have suffered we'll deserved pun ishment.
 You see lot of jokes ab out the hus- | band tearing his hair every week or two when he gets the bill for wifeys new $50 | hat. But as a matter of fact, mighty few | married women have ever owned a hat l that cost as much as $15, much less $50. The average wife is well content with n l $6 or $7 hat and even then she makes a new one out of it later on by sewing on new trimmings that do not cost her hus- I band dollar.
 l If all the pests were in the pesthouse. | the place would have to be about 10 miles 1 long and 50 stories high. Another wall-eyed liar is the man who tells you that he isn't afraid of lightning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-07
UNDER SIX FLAGS

From the New York Telegram.
 Six flags have flown over Texas, in- ciuding the banners of three foreign pow ers-France, Spain and Mexico. First came the French flag, which was carried down the Mississippi river to the Gulf of Mexico by the intrepid La Sale: fol-
 lowing this was the Spanish emblem. first thrown to the breeze under the di- rection of the Franciscan priests; then came in succession the Mexican flag and the Lone Star emblem of the republic of Texas.
 The Stars and Stripes followed the
 Lone Star, but was supplanted for a time by the Stars and Bars of the Con-
 federacy.
 In the struggle for ascendancy amonG these various groups, it is needless to say
 that much blood has been spilled and countless tragedies have taken their places on the pages of history. The history of the republic of Texas is one of the most unique examples of national sovereignty that the world has ever seen. %
 A province of 5000 people won inde- pendence from a nation of several mil Dons But these 5000 were generally men of sturdy Anglo-American stock ] Agfew years later these same fearless ard independent Texans voluntarily gave up their sovereignty to become one of the galaxy of stars under the banner of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-07
THE NEW DIME

gated ticker-tape wicker basket and the bunch of loose celery effect which one sees hardly conveys to the mind either the Roman fasces, the lictors rods and the ax, ancient symbols of authority, or the classical laurel, the symbol of fame. And this is because, though archeologic- ally correct, the medalist has not modelled the fasces with the ax sticking out of the top, a design not known to the Ro- mans, though it grew up in later sym bolism, but has placed the ax on the side in way that makes it practically in- visible and therefore confusing, giving the bundle of rods a narrow eel-basket or a ticker-tape- basket aspect; while the lau- rel hardly seems to be the classical lau- rus nobilis, which is a very sturdy plant. but rather the taurus gracilis, or Alex andrinus which is more loose and may justify the design as to botanical accu- racy while defeating the purpose of an easily recognizable symbol. Instead, the fuzzy laurel branch suggests something else than laurel, namely, celery or as- paragus tops, just as you please.
 We'll, celery and the ticker basket have their uses and their places, but as they are not yet symbolical of the agricultural wealth or the financial strength of Amer ica, the designer would have done better had he stuck more nearly to the older symbolism, and also had not been so afraid of his lettering as he seems to have been when it comes to the national notices. Freshly minted. however, the new dime has clean-cut aspect, is a great improvement over the old coin, which is somewhat heavy and crowded, but might be more official without being less artistic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-07

From the New York World.
 SN UROPE has already slaughtered A.
 5OO,0OO of its strongest and best men. S MT. Hughes says that after the war American labor cannot compete with these corpses.
 Europe has crippled for life another f.. 500,0 900 of its strongest and best men.
 MT. Hughes says that after the war American labor cannot compete with these maimed and blind and helpless
 Before peace is declared it is probable that the total death losses of the belliger- ents will aggregate 6,0OO,00O, with 6,o0o.0Oo more who are armless or legless or sight less or otherwise physically incapacitated. MT. Hughes says that when the war ends, the developed energies" of these 12,000,000 dead and maimed will so stim- ulate European production that "our na- ton will face a competition such as it never kaew.''
 The entire membership of the American Federation of Labor is only 2,0OOOOo, and Europe has already destroyed the lives Of two and half times that number of pro- ducers. The entire industrial population of the United States at the last census was only 10,6S5,SS1. By the time the war ends, Europe will have killed or perma- nently crippled more workers than are employed in all the industries of the United States Yet MT. Hughes pretends to be terrified lest the remnants of these
 war-shattered populations become so enl' cient that they will overwhelm American 1 labor.
 | eff we are to save our laboring men l from catastrophe, we must plan tariff protection along sound, just and economic l lines" he says. This is his way of say l ing that we must go back to Dingleyisn 1 and Aldrichism and all the tariff extor- l tion under swhich the American people
 were robbed. for the profit of few r,lanu- 1 facturers.
 MT. Hughes does not believe what he
 says. He is talking for the pockets oi l the tariff nlonopolist who stun the re- publican campaign coffers every foul years and without whose contributions the republican party would not know how te conduct a campaign. He is talking fol men who want to charge the American consumer war prices after the restoration Il of peace. He is talking for heskind o1 men who produced the economic condi
 tions of Lawrence and Paterson ant ] Homestead and called it the American standard of living He is talking for tn, 1 species of American manufacturer whs
 turns every community upon which h. kfastens himself into an industrial slum I and gets rich off the underpaid labor O
 children and girls or the underpaid la bor of immigrants.
 These are the gentlemen for whom MT Hughes is speaking. and it is highly sig 4 nificant that in the closing days of tn
 contest the republican campaign shoul'
 swing back to Hughes and the protectiv tarif."
 The worst industrial conditions in tn
 country have always been found amonl the most highly protected industries. Tn lowest wages are paid by the most highl
 protected industries The highest wage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-07
THE TWO PARTIES IN GERMANY

The two bitterly contested views about the war in German politics are described in the New Republic by William E. Bull lit, who has just returned from the cen tral empires.
 ''The supporters of the chancellor still
 see in the war the same conflict which
 existed before England came in. To them, this is essentially struggle be- tween Russia and the Austro- Hungarian German bloc for predominance in the Bal kans and Asia Minor. Their hope is to
 establish a confederation of central Eu-
 rope stretching from Hamburg to Bag
 dad. As they see it. the war is deciding,
 chiefly, how wide shall be the boundaries
 of central Europe. They are almost
 ready to give up northern France and
 the whole of Belgium. They are ready
 to pay Belgium an indemnity of 1000, ,00O,-
 000 marks, if Belgium will pretend that
 it is part of the purchase price of a | section of Belgian Congo. Their eyes
 are on the east. They hope to annex
 Courland and to create an inpendent Po-
 land from Russias Polish territories.
 which they expect to take into the Ger
 pASSS of territory to them is northeastern Servia, which they call The dry Suez canal For across it, by way of Bel grade and Nish, runs the railway from Budapest to Constantinople, control of which they must have if the Hamburg to Bagdad confederation is to become a reality.
 ''ro the supporters of Won Tirptz, the war essentially is a struggle between England and Germany for control of the sea. They wish to purchase peace with 1 Russia at any price, even at the cost of abandoning their ally, Turkey. and to I fight on until France and England are | crushed. They believe that Germany should annex every foot of French and l Belgium territory she can occupy: French | territory so that France can never again | offer serious resistance; Belgian terri | tory so that she may have a springboard 1 from which to dive at England Won l Tirpitz's notorious postal card puts mat l ters thus: We must hold the coast of 1 Belgium as base from which to operate | against our Anglo-Amercan enemies '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-07
HUGHES' FEAR OF DEAD MEN

are paid by the low protected industries and by those that are not protected at all. Mr. Hughes is the hope of the tariff extortionists in this campaign. They are all with him. He is their can didate for President. They are furnishing money to elect him. Men who are squeez- ing every dollar they can out of the American consumer while the war lasts are determined to retain their power of extortion after peace is established. They count upon MT. Hughes for legislation that will enable them to standardize their war profits as peace profits. That is the meaning of Hughes and the protective tariff.''
 It Is in their sordid interest that MT. Hughes warns the country that unless he is elected American labor will be inn proverished by Europes cripples and cOrpSes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-07
CURIOSITIES OF NOSTALGIA

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Nothing peculiar or unusual is the sui- eide of several soldiers of the National Guard now on the Mexican border. The incentive is easily traced to homesick- ness, scientifically called nostalgia. It is an affection primarily provoked by emotional disturbances induced by altera- tioss of organized or routine habits, and often aggravated by inaction and lack of anything that can divert the mind from distasteful monotony.
 It is an old story in connection with armies that homesicllEess occasionally leads to suicide, especially in tle case of mountaineers or those who have been in- habitants of fascinating islands. The in- trospection which attacks them in the fife of the military camp Is extreme. Their minds inevitably turn to the appealing quetness and segregation of the home life. It is not the soldier of really strong mind who succumbS to this emotion. IL may almost be added that neither is he of strong stomach. Voyagers on the ocean have cast themselves into the in viting waves on account of nostalgia, but always they were at the same time vic- tins of nal de mere or seasickness, rather than homesicknes. One is bad enough, but both at the same time are enough to recall General Sherman's cpl gram descriptive of war
 Many animals other than the anima man are awfully afflicted by homesick
 ness, and it is even asserted that there are cases of animal suicide in such cir cumstances. This had led cynica writer to say that 'evolutionally consid cred homesickness may be regarded al the emotional limit of the common phe nomenon shown in the cats love of place and the tendency of the dog and man, other animals to return home" In mar 1t demands Hong drawn faces and con tinual sighs," and in fey lnstaneel to urge the victim to the aEfenity o' suicide. regardless of the ret4nS say ing that anything is better lisn feAtn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-07
SPIRITUAL TRAGEDY OF WAR

Israel Zangwill, in the Metropolitan.
 Wordsworth said he could write Shake speare If he had mind to, and Charles Lamb retorted that it was just the mind that was lacking. Granted the poets, see no inherent reason why the raw stuff of today should be transfigured into tragic poetry in "the grand style" The war certainly, as M. Giraud says, offers us matter enough. Nor is 1t want ing in suggestions of manner.
 For the man in the street the grand tragedy of the war was to be the fate of the Kaiser, passing in punishment for his hubris from the apex of an empire to St. Helena, or Devils Island, or a cage, or even, according to Punch, a gibbet. This concept of tragedy by decline and falI' is the conventional one It is the tragedy of Agamemnon in Aeschylus, of Wolsey and Richard II in Shakespeare.
 For Gods sake let us sit upon the
 ground
 And tell sad stories of the death of
 kings.
 But who cannot see that this isolation oI all iHulViuuaI IS utterly ulSpTOpOrIlOI- ate to the gigantic scale and issues of the war? Already, in fact, the Kaiser has rescinded to the background even in Germany, where Von Hindenburg and three or four others take precedence in the popular imagination. The fall of the Kaiser would be almost anecdotal in relation to the real theme of the world tragedy.
 The young German students who in de- fense of their state concept advanced in close formation under a helliSh British fire, singing Die Yacht am Rhein,' saw themselves fighting for a modern Athens, menaced by all the worlds devils and by barbarians of every hue. To the flower of England fresh from the public schools who freely and in the cause of freedom had thrown up their careers with a gall lant gesture, it was those very students who were barbarians and devils. Here is the true tragedy of the war, here the core of its pathos. For the masses" writes a Times correspondent, 'it IS a purely defensive war brought about by a wanton attack of jealous foes upon the most peaceful country in the world" !" He happens to be writing of Germany, but the description will fit any of the spired by faith that their cause is abso- lutely justified. They take their losses as kind of religious sacrifice" There lies the spiritual tragedy of our mutual murderings.