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The true Democrat., 1916-12-09
FOR THE VETERANS

Mrs j f. Irvine Sr, 800, Miss
Louise Butler. $500 for outing. T.
quarts of Jelly. Misses Sarah and
Mamie Butler. 81 80 Mrs ) II Harrow.
g. go, Mrs Thos Butler 81 90. Misses
Lucy and ida Matthews, 81 %, Mrs
W II Richardson 81 90, the Misses
Bow man, 81 eo. Mrs. Schobcr aud Miss
l.ora May Schobcr. 15c. Miss Oriana
PiIIet 80. Mrs " + Wood. 5pc, Mrs
Burruss NcGeheo. Slo0. Mrs A II.
MHmlord. 81 oo. Mrs ] F. Irvine, 81 go
worth of outing
Ntss Mary Town | at preserves.
! pl chowchuw Mrs Il rillol. ~ ats
preserves. large jar Of Jelly Mrs c NJ
Barrow, = gallons syrup, Mrs Hga
Leopold tobacco. Nrs and
daughter pt preserves = packages
tobacco Mrs t. ! Davis, | at Jelly.
at chow chow
Miss y II Smith, s. for Mr. Riley
Mrs ] u Wood bottles of wine
aud - utghtshIrt for Mr. Riley, Mrs
Nicola at of Jam for Mr. Riley,
Mrs : T Allaiu, pt mushrooms.
glass Irlly. Mrs T. Robinson. pair
Of slippers, Mrs \. + harrow. pts
preserves, Mrs. NJ. O Daniel, Misses
tlIlda aud Lois Simmons, 2 pts pre-.
serves Lorna and Rita Daniel. glasses
Jelly Mrs , pts. figs,
Mrs Max Mann, ! pt jam; Mrs, IL l.
Barrow, jar jam, qt preserves,
box butter for Mr. Riley; Mrs q u
Brooks, bottles catsup, jar bell
pepper Mrs Ellis and daughters. at
Jam, glaases, ] pt sausage, ! pi
preserves, Mrs J. : Gore, lig qts
preserves, pt ptcklod onions, Mrs
Sidney Powell, pts. jelly, W, II,
Daniel. sl00. Veterans Son si0O.
This list Is now closed Three large
boxes wera shipped this week, to the
Soldiers Home Some garments yet
remain 10 be- forwarded later 4 full
report will be- given next week
The true Democrat., 1916-12-09
WAY HE COMPLAINS.

\ home merchant Peter rTocehiaHo,
says that IA reading an editorial IA last
weeks paper on the high cost Of living.
he vas forced 90 smilp. ~ the light OF
letters received from his brother 40
Italy Th high cost In America ~
nothing tu what the people face Ia that
country Here every one grnmbles be.
cause sugar ts . or 10 cents per pound
In Italy they pay 30 cents for the SAME
quantity For fresh beef they pas g.
cents a pound. and Il cents q dozen fer
eggs. Wine which formerly cost
cents a quart now sells for - cents
His brothers child vas ia and The
physician. with thai impraeticality of
the proiesHi ion. ordered eggs and beef
soup The situation WAS acute Ia
addition tu this his brother is nov
callrd 20 the colore FOR tho honor Of
the nation" he may meet death
I'm the face of such conditions not
alone IN Italy bat all over Europe. II
appears an Idle grumblcr's part that
the Americans are playing ia making
any complaint at all Aud so II would
b. II other conditions IN America worc
like those in Europe II devastating
var prevailed In this country the
American would rise 20 the occasion
and braycly meet all OF the demands
made upon him In every shape and
form nut America is not at war but
IL In a state of profound peace, The
country has been blessed with abun-
aant harypsts Ia every section, hcnco
the leyel.headed American who instinct
lively detests oppression, In whatever
form il appears. complains, because
he believes that some evil agency is at
work, and not the natural Law Of supply
and demand, 20 make prices SO high In
a land OF plenty he knows that he Ia
either being taken advantage Of be,
cause Of conditions abroad or through
some failure In the distribution Of
products at home
II is probably a mixture ~ both
reasons Commercial greed IN always
standing on tipioe waiting for an op.
portunity of extoriion II Is equally
true that the industrial economists
have never been able 10 devise q PER-.
feet system Of markets whereby slip
Div wilt he ready al all times and all
places for the demand a supply evenly
Distributed and never Ia excess of the
demand, end never below except IN
actual shortage Of production II lH
this feeling We repeat, Of being either
'fickod or mIsgoyerHnd that makes
rhp American grumbie He has cause
The true Democrat., 1916-12-09

there will b. a shortage next year II
@ also suggested that farmers having
exceptionally good seed may end il
"a save moro than enough
go GII rbw.f own needs since there
huHld br a reads sale for the surplus
r h. mtug 70 other planters The
farmer planning Ia save Just enough
fog his uwn needs should take into
rursd ration possible rcplantlnR re-.
ulrrmau.. +. s L Press Bulletin
The true Democrat., 1916-12-09

Bayou Sara Lodge No t. knights
Of pythIas and West Feliciana Camp
No 49,. Woodmen Of the World. are
In receipt of a beautiful letter from the
Little Sisters of the Poor thanking the
donors for ia sacks of sweet potatoes.
ah pppd them for their charges
The true Democrat., 1916-12-09
SAVE COTTON SEED
For SPRING PLANTING

Inst because cotton seed are bringing
aisout tvice as much as thcy usually
du. farmers must not usprIuuk the fact
that next years planting seed should
BE- saved Tho high prizes now tend
90 cause . much larger proportion of
thr al,d crop to be placed nu the
market thgs fall. and - consequence
The true Democrat., 1916-12-09
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1917.

the following described property towtt
\ certain pierc or pared ot ground with
an buildings and improvements thereon,
known as the Hflicf Store, situated iu the
Town 81 ~ FraH,IsyjIls Ia, being part
of Lot Ne ~ south Range. running back
fronting siNtE feet eu Ferdinand 81. and
running hasa iuH feet. the entire front IS
sfiI Lot No ~ nud all of No -. on
Ferdinand ~ together ta make front
4sp af au tr.l au said street
TrrHs uI Sale rash. wiih benefit II
HIPrH#eu3ehi
n FIAPk sheriff
The true Democrat., 1916-12-09
sHERIFF's SALE.

State Of Louisiana. Parish Of West fe.
lIciana, 2lth Judicial District Court
Mrs Hattie Harrison Ys. No. ii26
F. q Hamilton # ais
rs virtue of writ o1 Ficrl Facias 60 the
sheriff directed hy the liouorahIe the 9th
Judicial District Court fof The Parish of
West Felciana, IN the above entitled and
numbered cause I have apizrd and viii
uf'rl for sale tn the highest bidder a the
front auuf at the court House in the Town
uf ~ Fruuytssiltr. la, 8t thr hour of
IL ..-.-I..-L u m -
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-28
PENNY POSTAGE

A bill has 2been proposed in Congress
making the letter rate for mail sent
q from one to another part of the same
city one cent.
For years there have been men ad-
vocating national penny postage for
fist class mail to all parts of the Unit
ed States. Leagues have been formed
to carry on the propaganda.
The penny postage is a just adjust
ment of the postal system within the
cities. Why should more be charged
when the expense of handling is less
than that of inter-city or interstate
mail?
For two cents, at present, you can
send a letter from New York to San
Francisco and it takes two cents to
send a letter to your neighbor who
lives Just four blocks away. 1t is
equitable that a two cent postage
should be maintained for interstate
and inter-city mail and the charge is
comparatively small
The penny postage will cut down
the expense of the merchant who
mails out his statements of indebted
ness each month. There are hundreds
of people who will be helped and hun
dreds of dollars that will be saved to
the big and the small producer.
We will welcome the new postage
child, the penny city letter.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-28
By United Press

| ITtSS
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-With yester
days announcement that Billy Sunda
would invade st. Louis in 1917, Mis-
sourians will have a special interes
i'm the evangelist's campaign in New
York City, which Sunday starts earl!
in the new year.
Already it is said that powerful fore
es, both sinister and benign, are lin
ing up on Broadway for the case Of
Billy Sunday versus Broadway. Wal
street, Bohemia, ct al. Whether the
same methods will be used to combat
Billy Sundays crusade against sin
and sinners and booze and Doodle
when he comes to Missouris metrop-
oils, the present stronghold of booze
and the one-time citadel of boodlers in
the state, remains to be seen.
New York Is wondering.
Just what sort of reception the Rev.
Mr.. Sunday and his camp meeting
style of religious demonstrations will
get in New York, the worlds gayest,
richest, wickedest, most material city.
is the subject of much speculation
among the residents. He will be the
biggest attraction the Old Town has
seen for years, and it is predicted that
great mobs will literally fight to get
near his giant tabernacle.
1t will be battle royal and prep
arations are being made accordingly.
Billy and Broadway have been spar
ring for position or several years, and
now at last the Evangelist is coming
to fight the Devil in his own home
town.
Broadway, as Broadway, seems to
have paid little heed to Sundays plans.
But scratch the surface and you find
what Cyclone Davis calls THE Boys of
Booze and Bo'odle' are not asleep.
Sunday Watches Gotham.
The belligerent Billy, although busy
with Boston, is watching carefully ev-
cry move in his preliminary campaign
here. Already small army of Sum
1ayites are organizing the Big Town.
On January "a brigade of the evan
selist's most remarkable trail hitters
rom every city he has invaded, will
march on the metropolis and take it
~ storm. This is one of the many of |
he preliminaries calculated to create
for Billy's coming.
Billy Sunday, Incorporated" with
ohn ID. Rockefeller, Jr., as one of the
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-28

wire-traps, smoked to eliminate the
odor OF human hands and placed in
the run-ways or near rat holes, will
soon exterminate the animals.
And this is why Columbia citizens
should cooperate in a campaign
against the rat. 1t is no respector of
property. One hundred and sixty mil
lion dollars worth of property in the
United States was destroyed by rats
last year. 1t disseminates bubonic
plague, and carries tapeworms, trich-
mae, f1ukes, roundwOrms and other
parasites.
The rat is menace to both health
and property and should be system
atically exterminated.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-28
FUTILE FIGHTING

Thirty months of war have passed
and the first hint of peace has but nov
come. Millions of men, whose eco
nomic value alone Is thousand times
their number and millions in wealth
has been wasted, to say nothing of the
potential power of the enormous loss
No settlement thus far offered can ev-
er compensate for this loss and the
succeeding losses occasioned by it.
Pain, suffering and despair may or
may not be compensated by the glory
of self-sacrifice, fortitude and patience
which the war has demonstrated.
England's organization may or may
not be robbed of its significance by the
disorganization of France. Russia's
integration may or may not be worth
the price of the further disingetration
of Belgium, Greece and the Balkans.
Germanys unexampled efficiency may
or may not be as valuable as the in
tellectual freedom of her people.
No bright side of the war but has
its dark diverse, but the dark side of
destroyed life and property has no
bright side. Nothing can replace or
compensate.
The place in the sun or the place on
the sea will still be in doubt when
peace comes. France will have her
old boundaries, Germany hers, Rus
sia will lose some outer provinces
from her unwieldy bulk, the Balkans
will still seethe with fighting.
The futility of thirty months of the
greatest fighting in the world is so
apparent that economist, diplomat and
cannot soberly and convinc-
ingly defend it.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-28
SUNDAY WILL BATTLE BROADWAY
Evangelist After Downing the Gay White Lights
of Gotham, Will Move On to St. Louis for
Next Work.

principal stockholders, is officially in
existence in New York City. Plans for
the erection of the mammoth taber-
nacle, the great pine and sawdust
temple for the spiritually unwashed
are well under way. Soon it will rear
its rough-hewn dome above the Upper
Manhattan hinterland of that Great
and Gay White Way, whose cleaning
searchlights ever beckon the pleasure
lOrn from the four corners Of the
earth. Committeeman and women
have divided the city into sections and
the population into classes for organ
ization on a house to house and man
to man basis. Mrs. William Asher,
for instance. has charge of all work
among New York scrubwomen, domes-
tics, factory girls and hospital nurses.
No One Is Neglected.
No one has been neglected Bible
meetings and song services will be
held daily on the New York Curb and
at the portals of the New York Stock
Exchange. Wall street will be combed
for the spiritually unwashed. That
work is even now under way.
Unquestionably. Sunday faces the
chance of a lifetime in New York.
Here will be Broadway, Citadel of
Champagne and home of the Sinful
Supper; Wall street. whose hall mark
is Midas shearing Lamb; Bohemia.
with its loose-leaf ledger weddings, its
lavender souls and sun-god cults; the
slums, STEPPED in squalor and degra-
dation. from which uptown respecta-
bility distills pure gold; the home of
the gunman, with his regular scale of
murder prices, and of the painted lady
who drives her limousine and reckons
her income in six figures.
All these and more are here for Sun /
day to deal with.
Extra Big Choir Planned.
Homer Rodeheaver, Sundays choir
director, expects to organize a double
choir of 5000 to 10000 voices.
George c. Dowie will lead the prize .
trail hitters from Philadelphia and
some of them having been /
converted seven years ago. These
will be usd to prove that Sunday con-
versions are not flash-in-the-pan" /:
work.
Nothing is being left undone to pave
he way for Sundays triumphant ad- :
rance upon New York, nor, on the 9TH
II hand, is anything being left undone
o circumvent his efforts.
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THE NEW BOOKS
elementary Agriculture"

Elementary Agriculture" is a high
school textbook by James S. Grim, in
an attempt to utilize the social values
of farm life as educative material 1t
aims to make country boys and girls
love farm life not only because this
life is worthy and wholesome but be-
cause farming if directed by trained
mind is a most interesting and profit
able calling. The book places the en-
phasis on doing something as home
exercise and project both for an edu-
cational and a material value. 1t aims
to correlate with farm life when pos
sible such related subjects as arith-
metic, history, literature, geography,
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-28
A Pied Piper Wanted.

Editor the Missourian: Columbia
needs a Pied Piper. The city is over
run with rats. A concerted war on
the rodents should be begun.
Driven from one home the animals
will seek another. A few citizens pro-
tecting themselves against the pests
will not safeguard others. A united
war on rats in the only effectual way
OF driving them from Columbia homes.
Rat-proof building construction is
named by experts as the most ade-
quate means of combating the rod
ents. Concrete floors and partitions
VIII eliminate them from their favorite
haunts in the Easements. In those
buildings where wooden construction
allows rats to over-run the premises
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-28
The Aldine Spoilers.

The Aldine Spoilers are designed to
do for the teaching of spelling what
the Aldine Readers sought to do for
the teaching of reading, that is to pre-
sent the subject by method. 1t seeks
to teach children to spell. The books
are not encumbered with useless rules.
They are artistically illustrated, partly
in color
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-28

and the sciences generally. and it
gives pointed SUGGESTIONS at the end
of each chapter for practical and pro-
ductive work.
(Allyn & Bacon, Chicago; cloth; 4SS
pages; illustrated)
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-28
THE OPEN COLUMN

public forum for the discussion Of
things worthwhile. Articles should be
short and signed by the writer. as proof
to the editor Of good faith. Signatures
VIII not necessarily be published.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-28

Chicago Heiress Banqueted.
By United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 2S-Brilliance such
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-28

be on parade at the elaborate Yule- m
tide ball in the crystal room of the dc
Blackstone Hotel here tonight, in hon by
or of Miss Lolita Armour, heiress to ar
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many millions, and a IT,. -
debutante. Music will be f,ne
by the Yale University Gle. q
and Banjo Clubs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12
STATE MILITIA
MAY BE CALLED
Mexican Situation Might Easily Re.
quire the Calling Of the
National Guards.

[By Carl d. Groat, United Press STAFF
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 12.-State
militia must be drafted for Mexican
service if any very large number of
additional forces are needed in the
Villa pursuit, it was admitted here
today.
Army men hoped, however. this
step would not become necessary.
The only thing to prevent it is:
First that the Villa trail may grow
so hot that Pershing's men need not
plunge much further south: second.
that the present supply system may
suffice for needs of the expedition.
The latter question apparently will
be the chief detriment. But every
report from Funston shows more and
more supplies are going forward for
ultimate use of the American troops.
The war department admits it has
stretched to the limit the border
patrol of $4,000 men. Moreover. it
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12
THOSE IN COMMAND.

While American troops entering Mexico have
eaten desert dust full Of alkali and blistered
under the Mexican sun, their officers have not
lived sumptuously and reclined on ''flowery
beds of ease.' General Pershing, although well
past the meridian Of life, rides at the head OF
the troopers and is sharing with them the hard
ships Of the campaign. Subordinate officers re-
ports say, have been equally democratic and
have been considerate of the men in the ranks.
Snobbery among military officers is the one
sin objectionable among the rank and file. The
great military commanders Of the United
States, in all generations since we became ma
ton, have been men of simple natures and
democratic tastes-men who commanded the
respect. and in some instances the love- Of their
troops. Our army has not been cursed with q
line of rattle Drained tops and ruthless squan-
derers of the lives of the men who obey orders
and ask no questions, and the Mexican cam
paign is emphasizing the fact that our present
military leaders are maintaining the best tradi-
tons of the army as to capability and thought
full regard for the welfare of the troops COM
manded.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12
inspects. We must have healthy COWS, clean
sanitary daries and pure milk.
AMAZING DECREASE IN ACREAGE.

Because this country's prosperity in SO large
a measure depends upon the harvests, an lndl-
Gated production of winter wheat less by ABOUT
16O. OOO,OOO bushels than that indicated year
ago is not encouraging, to say the least.
So much of this prospective decrease as IS
due to inferior condition is the result OF causes
beyond human control, and therefore simply to
be regretted; but the decrease of eleven per cent
In acreage seems to be cause for censure up
on the farmers who are responsible for It,
There was every incentive to the seeding OF
the largest possible acreage. A great harvest
encountered so large a demand that gilt-edged
prices were received by the producers There
was, and is yet, the prospect that extraordinary
demand will persist for considerable time
Logically it was to be expected that there would
be an increase over last years acreage The
decrease of more than one-tenth is amazing
Perhaps there is reasonable explanation
If there is not, it would be interesting.
There remains now the possibility that I'M
provements in condition will bring about a
larger harvest than the 495,00O,OO0 bushels now
indicated. Also it is possible, and even prob
able, that the spring wheat acreage will be
much larger than it would be if an abundant
winter wheat harvest were Indicated
But any near approach to the proportions OF
last years wheat harvest is manifesty out OF
the question.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12
FEDERAL CONTROL OF DIARIES.

Congressman Linthicum of Maryland has in
troduced joint resolution for a house commit
tee of five members to investigate and report
whether conditions prevailing in diaries and
dairy products seriously menace the health and
prosperity of the people Of the United States -
and whether federal inspection and supervi-
sion is necessary and to the best methods
to enforce such inspection.
Iowa and other dairying states have officials
whose duty it is to inspect diaries and their
products and enforce the law with regard TO
sanitation. the purity of milk, etc The Linthi-
cum bill provides for federal inspection sseither
alone or in cooperation with state and munich
pal inspection" But why cannot state and CITY
authorities perform this public duty without
federal help?
Federal inspection would mean an armv of
government job holders and heavy cost in
taxation. 1t ought not to be needed But if il
is to be avoided, the states and cities will have
to wake up to the necessity of inspection that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12
I have learned that to do ones next duty
is to take step toward all that 1t worth
Knowing. G. Holland.
REMEDY FOR UNEQUAL TAXATION.

High and unequal taxation follows varla-
ton in assessment due to inequality IN the estl-
nation of values. The remedy for the unparal-
leled and excessively high rate prevailing
against the city of Keokuk lies in positive ac-
ton by the people themselves, those who are
the chief sufferers at the hands of officials who
err. not from inclination or in spirit OF unfair
ness but because ''thus and 500 has been the
rule of conduct for many years and to change
procedure would. they believe, be an lnnova-
ton The taxpayers Of Keokuk have for many
years been considered ''easy marks IN COM
parison to the spirit evinced by those OF Fort
Madison and the country districts. Protest fol-
lowed by action has proved effective outside OF
Keokuk in dealing with the question Let any
zen-taxpayer Of this city interview Lee
county agriculturist and information will be
forthcoming that should put the inquirer on his
mettle and resolve him to go and do likewise.
That information is contained In the two words
''protest'' and g action To stand supine and
take, without protest other than a mental one,
what is offered in the way Of assault upon the
public body is only an invitation for further
treatment of like nature, A taxation question
settled, in respect when the forefath-
ers threw off the yoke Of the mother country.
That action following protest In the case
of Keokuk, however such strenuous meas
be required. But there is call for some one to
get busy on matter that approaches perilous-
" near to confiscation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12
MURDER MYSTERY
HAS BEEN DISCLoSEn
Mans Body Found Embedded in N.
Mud on Bank of Creek, Near
Marshaltown,

MARSHALI.ToWN, Iowa, April i,
A murder mystery is believed to Il
disclosed by the finding of the BODY \
Henry Alexander, so, of Ferguson. h
Linn creek, near this city last nlgh
Alexander has been missing for !,
month. He had large sum Of mona,
in his pockets when last seen.
The body was embedded In the mud
and was discovered by two boys play
ing on the banks of the stream.
There are two holes in his head
probably caused by some blunt instr
ment. When he disappeared, rel,
tives did not give the alarm, for in tn
past he has been known to lesv
home without warning and absep
himself for SOME time. He is SUI
vived by two brothers living in Tam
Iowa, and his parents living at Fs
guson.