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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23
ORDINANCE No Is

IN. Police Iurg ~ the Parish Of West
tp3f,EtHA. bptGE bee regular session anu am
HtuGers being present. un ihls IN" bth
daY - September \ y 1915. upon motion
~ s. g Cnbh. seconded by =. hFas
seluk. and upon vote taken dul5 and
unanimously carried and adopted TIE FOL
lowing Ordinance Number u was nitro
anrrd aud adopted and ordrfed spread
upoH the records and published according
10 Law
Whereas. tWeHts iiss per cent 3Hd more
ui %. pteprfts tHNpiFeis, both tH number
u appearing uH the tlA ROLLS. and ol those
rIg lir 80 vote in a tax election, have
yttf toned this bodN Ga order an election
u Road District Number one 81 said
Parish uf West Fciri8na tu determine the
proposition ia incur debt Hpd issHe bonds
~ the attd District 10 the amount 81
sixty seven Thousand Dollars 1861 nen nHt
tH fgu fer a pefiua If furty years bearing
interest 10 the rate II five per ceDtum per
aHuum, payable semi annually thu funds
thus derived 90 be used fur the purpose 81
constructing and maintaining public roads
50 Thin saId District, and
Whereas Article al at tHy Constitution
pf 1913 and Act 90 ~ the Legislature ~
1919 as amended hy act us 81 1919 de.
tiaTys tnr Police jury at the Parish oi
West ErliJiHuB 60 be the governing sua
lhurIW through which such District may
incur dchf md issue negotiable bonds for
such purposes. when 80 authorized at an
election hptd IN the said District. and
Whereas the assessed valuation 81 ths
said Road District Number one amounts
"a SIX Hundred Eighty. four Thousand
t1nr hundred Eighty nine 1855, tss eoI
| RuIiafs. and there ~ ue existing bonded
indebtedness 30 said District Incurred an.
| der Arllrle gsl ~ the Constitution II 1895
| land 1918, ard
N hereag. the special tax necessary 90 b
Annually levied lo rAtHEuiEh The proposed
/ indebtedness vii approximate five 81
mills which viii not exceed the tuustttu-
| ttoH.d bWti 81 tea Htlls GA the dollar ul
| Hs4oEsrd valuation Of the property q sale
| District now therefore,
~cgtton + t3r Il ordained by the f0iic,
lHA II the Parish of West teiiciaHa, ~
| lawful session convened, that an elertot
| sh4ll se and Is hereby called ie be held II
! the said Read District Number one al
| stId Parish 81 West feliciana, on Tues
| dlN the I'm day II November 1914 a.
which election the majority of the prop
! erts itSptS efs al the said Road olstrie
/ NHwbTr owe, lis number and amount els
| hle Go vote and voting shall dptermtn,
! the proposition so Incur debt and issu'
! bands ~ the said Road District Number
tHp 90 the amount al SiAtE- seven Thou
/ sand Dollars tF65 GOO nal, 90 ran for {
| gsIt0d ut tHTiy SOB years, bearing Interest
az the rate Of five per centum ta#.l pc
| auuum. payable semi annually, the fund.-
| thus derived Co be- used faf the purpose q
| constructing and maintaining public roads
within said District
| Sec 2 he Il further ordained, etc tina
| the ballot boxes, necessary blanks ant
| other necessary Isaraphefnal,a shaH %
| provided hy the Secretary Of the Police
| Jury and be shall cause To he printei
| ballots for the use ina said election. Ia th'
| following form, towlt
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23
Notice Of Filing Of Provisional Account

State Of Louisiana Parish Of West Fe-
lielana, 2lth Judicial District Court
Succession Of Charles W BAIL de-
ceased No
Notice is hereby given 10 the cred.
itogs Of this estate and 90 all other
persons herein interested to show
cause. within ten days from the present
notification. II any they have or can,
Why the Provisional Account presentes
BIS The Administrative herein, should
not be- approved and homolokated and
the funds distributed in accordance
herewith
nv order Of the Court, this 10th day
Of september, 1916
EUGENE i. MUSE,
Clerk OF Court
- -
yTsFJ T. An2 NINA BEGffI PC
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23

iDtfuAAr i8Wti- .
Grand and Petit iures kn0 ep
Coroner and lufies ...r..... zee ~
{ ShcfiY sad criminal Expense $50 80
sGerif and Attending Court 2ep 90
Magistrates ....r.. ...-s...... isu ~
E. tuHstBllek .......-. .-...r..t 40 w
paltae Iufs Observation-Disclosures. COS 90
$ Ei,rk 81 Police Jury ......... i3e be
10 Parish Treasurer ...........- loo e9
~ Official Journal ....-.......- 1ep 90
~ care Court House Clock ..... y 90
~ care Court House ..-r.-s--.. l@o Vb
IA laii Physician ....s.....-.... 30 %
H. Maintaining Prisoners ....... 300 f1
81 District Attorney ....-.---... zee e1
q Assessor ......... ........ Nog up
J.. r.lectri, Lights and Water i25 %
~ IutHkeg fees. ....... .ra....r. ~ ~
go Elections ..s..... ...s.sr.s a1V ~
- Public Education ......tss.. 623l -
g For Principal and Interest or
m iifaT l.s' IN isli ''''' '''' 52Is IS
q For Ugh " aN construction
bonds 81 81 91u go and interest
until paid contract and ord-
nance adopted July 1916, 20
ditlenai bridge work. -. 2oS7 81
- Contingent Fund and surplus,
one half min IS 10 will
lew ................ ti0i3 S.
per capita. licenses.
and vehicles ....... 1896 CO 1915 s.
Total hudeeted ....... t2a,sss. IS
Section 2 ne Il further ordained that
! the ten mill parochlAl tax authorized hy
| law is hereby levied and dedicated, di-
vtded and pledged as follows, toeits
! For Public Education, three CD ...-, -.
mills .z..-.. ..-... o.. ......s.,.. f6&fi -
?. For statutory, usual and ordi-
| BaIS expenses three 90 mills 6EIl ~
2 Fot Principal and Interest oud
highway construction bonds
bsn mais 's' ~ "'' o'.s 5sis rs
| 1 For 81 Op0 90 Of Highway con
sttuetion bonds sufficient 90
| pas said bonds, both principal
and interest hy the levy 81 an
annual tax during the life 81
said debt and ave Der cent per
| anuum interest thereon for eight
years Jmaturiiiea ~ 1871 mill posi- 81
5 For surplus and contingent fund
enc half min ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. iea3 90
| Section 3 He IA further ordained. that
| this ordinance be- published for thirty full
| days in the Official journal Of the Parish,
| and that IL have fail force and effect from
| and after It's publication according to Law.
| Read and adopted on this the 9Th day Of
| September 1915. az the regular meeting
| OF the Police JHrs a sald Parish.
| G. Il. HOWELL.
g r TpORAEN
Approved .-.....
| n L. LAVERGNE.
| ". e HOWELL.
| s. G. CORR,
| Finance Committee.
|
Hunting and all forms OF trespaas
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23
rREspAss Norlega

Al hunting With Joy Of sun, o. driving
through OF of OF any cattle, on ths
Resale plantation witAoat special psf
mission, Is positively gtohI6ited AL sach
acts viii be regarded as tfespaaging Aad
prosecuted as such.
MRS. {. H. BARRON.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23
signature Of Voter

Notice 60 Notsrsi. To vote la favor
u this proposition submitted upon this
ballot place a crpsH tS) mark IN the
sqglsfe after the word Yes Ia vote
against IL place a similar mark after
the word NO
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23
ORDINANCE No ID
State At Louisiana Parish ot West
FphglaRa

FplslsRa
~ ftanssviile Ia. Sept g. 1915
Budget Ut said Parish ipg the yeal 49,
s.tiiuu t}e il ordained by the Police
jury ~ the aiIsh Of West FeliCiana, IN
the State of Louisiana, that the annual
expenses faNys Fnd revenues % said
Parish Tor said year are estimated and
HplortloHsd and dedicated based on total
assessment ~ t2AsT 2l5 90 and vehicle
per capita and license tax. authorised and
oTdtred collected hN law ui sass 90 as
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23

Hunting and all forms OF trespass
on Evergreen plantation formerly
Mrs. BurekhalteF's place. are positive
~ prohibited, under penalty of the law.
ts.2iG emo) II, n, LEE JONES.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23

Prom AND after tAis date al hunting u
auy kiud on AmbTosia and Independence
plantation IL positively prohibited undss
penalty of tIespassing. Ana Gle found 9n
these places Without permission viii be
considered tieauasaing, and prosecuted 10
the full eGtoHt Of the las,
Mrs =. H. BARROW,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23

Show that YOU have roots In your
home parish, BY subscribing for your
home paper We will send The True
Democrat toanyaway.from-home teach.
er or student for 80 cents for the
school term who vill head this honor
uNtq
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23
NOTICE.

The public is hereby notified tha
| am applying for a pardon.
tgig-30dt JOE WILLIAMS
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23

From sad after this date AL hunting oi
sny klnd Oh the Greenwood plantation 10
positNels pguhlh,iea under penalty OF treR.
passius An. one found Oh this place
without poImissivu Rlu bs considered
tIespaasing aud prose, atsd 10 The fuD
ex tent OF the laa.
MRS j. A. SgNTREss
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23

Hunting. driving cattle OF tTeapassins
OF ans kind whatever Ola Como Plantation.
hrandvu. Ia, 10 prohibited under penalty
Of the hs, !. ID, WOOD, Agr
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23

The public Ia hereby notified that hunt
Ing on, crossing over, % ahy other form
of treapass 10 prohibited on a piece Of
ground west OF the \ 4 N, v Railroad.
beginning at the uortD boundary Of r. H.
Surfing and extending 10 Whitman plat
form, on the property Of Mrs. s. T. Al
lain, Also ca ali property Of Mrs, {. IA,
Lewis Mrs j A. hhoon, and Il. IL, Stir
llng. r. H. STIRLING. Agent
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23

| Hunting, fishing. lettering or tTenpass.
ing Ia any form on Laurel Hill Farm IL
hereby prohibited under penalty Of The
Law, HY. NJ. STEWART. Manager
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23

The public IL hereby warned against
uttlug and hauling sood from The Alfred
Doyle and Std Black places under penalty
OF the las
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23
eArTLH STRANDS.

| viii appreciate any Information lead.
Ing to the recovery Of cattle branded =
that may have straysd from the pastures
near Fisttenbsrg
r s. PERCY. Agent
I'lettanberR. Ia
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23

No hunting " usspasalng Of any kind
allowed on Parker stock Farm, undaf
penalty vi the law
PARKER STOCK FAAM.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23
CHAs. WEYDERT. Agsnt.

From and after this date all hunting OF
any kind on Beech Grove and Cellar plan
tations, Estate Of T.. 4 Merrick. IL posi-
passing Any enc found on these places
without permission viii be considered
trespassiHR. and prosecuted to the fun
extent Of the law
EDWARD T. MERRlCK, Attorney.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-09-23

Al hunting of any kind on Pauline, Live
OAK and CLANCY places, cutting wire
fences, hauling across fields, and cutiinG
or selling wood, buying OF haulins corr
and buying cattle on any Of the aboy,
places will be considered as trcspassIna
al will be prosecuted to the full extent
{ the law. regardless Of color.
lg5-ij-~l yrD r. o. HAMILTON.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-27
Along the Color Line
From the Crisis


A chorus of five hundred voices will
take part in the Southern Negro Folk
Song Festival to be held July 26, 27
and % at Dallas, Tex.
Major Robert r. Motion has been in
stalled as principal of Tuskegee Insti-
tute, Ala.
The William Penn High School for
Girls, Philadelphia, Pa, has a pupils
court for purposes or government.
Among the new officers elected to the
court by the senior class was Virginia
Alexander, a colored pirl, who was
made an assistant judge.
Governor Brumbaugh delivered the
commencement address at the colored
Downingtown School, Pa.
The Hon. Robert T. Lincoln has pre-
sented to Fisk University the Bible
which was given to his father, Abra-
ham Lincoln, by the colored people of
Baltimore in 1864. mo public testi-
monial of regards ever gave Mr.. Lin
coin more sincere pleasure during his
entire public life than that presented
by the colored people of Baltimore"
Biddle University, N. c., will cele-
brate its fiftieth anniversary next year,
and is raising an endowment fund of
$250,000 for that occasion.
At the Beloit, Wis, High School
Jack Wells, a colored boy, won first
prize at the State High School Orator
ical Contest. He spoke on Daniel
Webster"
BY the will of Martha H. Andrews.
Tuskegee and Hampton received be.
quests of $4,000 each.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-27
Wilson's Opportunities

But what was President Wilson to
do? it will be asked. Clearly, we re-
ply, the first thing for him to have
done was to recognize a government
which could have restored order in
Mexico Had he given cordial sup
port to the Huerta regime and cut off
supplies from the Carranza and Villa
brigands, there are a hundred chances
to one that there would be no MeM-
can problem to-day. Failing this, he
should have pressed the Mexican fac
tions vigorously for a settlement of
conditions in the country. This he
should have done under pressure, by
cutting off all supplies, we may even
say by military coercion, since if we
have to go in with our army now we
might better have done so two years
ago.
Mr.. Wilson and his administration
made the impression on all the Mex
leans alike of being hostile and unrea-
sonable and at the same time weak,
cowardly and Vacillating. He goaded
them to hatred without in the least
overawing them. His proceedings
were the very perfection of ineptitude.
To talk of re-electing him to get us out
of the mess he had got US into is about
as sensible as would have been a
movement among the people in De-
cember, 1860, to keep Buchanan in
office on the ground that it would be
dangerous to change before the South
ern insuprection was suppressed. We
can all imagine what would have
been the result of such a proceeding
were it possible. Mr.. Wilson is the
Buchanan of to-day.-New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-27
Prompt to Respond

The readiness of the National Guard
organization to carry out the orders of
the generous offers of
large employers of labor to grant leave
of absence to employees who are enlist
ed in the Guard, in many instances
without loss of pay. and the eager
ness of young men to enlist for the SER
vice-in all the general attitude in the
moment of crisis is sufficient answer to
any who have assumed that the United
States as a nation, or any considerable
number of its citizens were unready
and unwilling to fight, If occasion de-
manded
The nation is Enthusiastically
prompt to respond to the call to the
colors, and 1T would not be a farther
step toward militarism, not less con-
sistent with the generally peaceful pur-
pose of the United States. II it were
to maintain a constant interest in the
national arms OF defense, approximat-
ing that which is so quickly shown in
the emergency. There is eager readi-
ness to support the National Guard now
that 1t is ordered into camp awaiting
active service. But it is none the less
doing honorable and necessary duty
when in the armory, on the drill ground
and in its annual camps, and it ought
to be as enthusiastically supported
then.-Philadelph Bulletin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-27
Running Away From Record
New York Tribunel

One of the most amusing things in
Washington nowadays is the spectacle
Of Josephus Daniels trying to wedge
himself into the situation in Congress
as an advocate of very large and
rapid increase in the personnel of the
navy. Mr.. Daniels sees other peo-
pie trying to make capital out of over
night changes of opinion. He is doing
his level best, therefore, to get into
the procession-to attach his approval
to legislation which Congress is going
to pass in defiance of the recon-
mendations which he made to it no
longer ago than the beginning of the
present session.
Mr.. Daniels has struggled for the
last three years to prevent any
adequate increase of the enlisted
strength of the navy. His one great
contribution to naval policy was the
discovery that it was perfectly easy
to keep the navy short-handed if a
lerge proportion of the ships which
ought theoretically to be in commits
sion were simply held up in the navy
yards as a reserve. 1t has been this
administrations boast that one sailor
could be made to do the work of
older ship to a newer ship, and then
to still newer one. This system of
tripling up meant death to the fleets
efficiency. But fleet efficiency has al
ways been about the last thought in
the Secretary's mind.
In December, 1914, Mr.. Daniels
told Congress that no increase in the
personnel was necessary, the enlisted
strength being then about 52,5 In
December, 1915, he recommended an
increase of $500 men. The General
Board of the Navy recommended at
the same time that the enlisted force
should be increased to $1,000. The
House of Representatives voted a few
weeks ago to increase the enlisted
strength to about 10000, and now the
Senate Committee on Naval Affairs is
about to recommend a further in
crease to TATTOO.
Mr.. Daniels protests nowadays that
no increase of any sort can frighten
him. He is as much against Daniels
ism as any of the other patriotic AM
eTicans - millions in number - who
have been denouncing Danielsism.
Politics always has its comedies. The
next thing we expect to hear from
Washington is that Mr.. Daniels has
signed a Navy League petition de-
manding the resignation of the author
of the great waiting orders policy for
warships and signer of the annual re-
ports of the Secretary of the Navy for
1914 and 1915.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-27
COL. RoosEvELTs WITHDRAWAL

NOLONEL ROOSEVELT has lived
" up to the very highest ideals of
American patriotism in sinking
his own personal ambitions for the
good Of the country as whole.
earnestly bespeak from my fell
low Progressives their ungrudging
support of Mr.. Hughes.
Thus he concludes his letter to the
national committee of the Progress
sive party, declining to become a can
didate for President at this time. Moth
ing could be more generous, nor pat
riouc. Colonel Roosevelt as early as
January went on record as favoring
Just such a course as the Progressives
yesterday adopted. providing the Re-
publicans nominated a man for Presi-
dent and adopted platform of undi-
luted Americanism. There is no gainsay-
ing that he desired to be the candidate
of the Republicans and wanted to be
again vested with the undisputed lead
ership of the Republican party. There
was only one thing he wished more, he
said, and that was the reunion of the
Republican and Progressive forces on
one man who could insure the defeat
Of the Wilson administration.
Colonel Roosevelt has lived up to
the letter of that declaration. He is
a bigger man to-day than when he was
President. He has unself1shly laid
aside all personal considerations for
what he believes to be the good of the
country. The Progressives can do no
less than the illustrious parsonage
about whose figure their party struc-
ture was built. The two parties are
again united, and that spells certain
defeat for the Democrats in Novem-
Der.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-27

WILSON AND HUERTA
-h-NO IASGDAA
THERE are still those who pers

II DeTSlSL
j in declaring on every occasion
that the present administration
at Washington has done everything
possible to prevent a rupture with
Mexico. These apologists of the Presi-
dent appear to take no note of his
activities in the early days of the ad-
ministration. They choose to forget
that it was President Wilson who was
directly responsible for the break with
the de facto Mexican government soon
after the administration took hold of
affairs at Washington. That was the
genesis Of the whole miserable busi-
ness and the people of the United
States are not going to lose sight for a
moment of the cause of the present
deplorable situation.
Perhaps nothing more illuminating
on this phase of the matter has been
presented than some letters just pub
hshed by Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughnessy.
wife of the former charge d'affaires
of the American embassy in Mexico CITY
after the recall of the ambassador of
the United States. This gifted woman
presents in these letters, written at a
time when all the events were fresh in
her memory, q graphic statement of the
hungling of the Wilson administration
and the unfortunate train of circum-
stances which have followed. She
tells of the sending of John Lind, the
confidential agent of President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan. and introduces
the various military and diplomatic
figures who passed across the stage
while Huerta exchanged notes with
Washington in an effort to gain the
recognition that President Wilson de-
MED him. AS one who was in close
touch with what transpired in Mexico
this able woman vividly portrays the
Increasing difficulties of the situation
growing out of the mistaken policy OF
the administration.
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy describes Huerta
as strong and astute and as a ruler
who would have probably brought
order out of chaos in Mexico. Then
follows a recital of the raising of the
embargo on the Mexican border, the
supplying of munitions of war to Car
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-27
EDITORIAL COMMENT

According to strict Democratic logic,
one mismanaged term deserves an
other.-New York Tribune.
The boys in khaki make a brave
sight and they are the one redeeming
feature of a situation full of humilia-
tion.-New York Tribune.
If nations had to pay for their
wars before they fought them, how
few there would be! - Wall Street
Journal.
But he didn't say God bless
you!" to the President when he re-
signed.-Wall Street Journal.
We'll Colonel bas a right to kill
one Moose in a season hasn't he?-
New York Morning Telegraph.
Another surprize OF the war is the
Central Powers craftiness in delaying
this Russian drive with Austrian pris-
oners.-Boston Herald.
The letters which passed between
Justice Hughes and President Wilson
remind one of the nandshake which
prizefighters indulge in preliminary
to the bout.-Springfield Republican.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-27
Criminal Lack of Aeroplanes
philadelphia Public LEDGER
What does this mean?

What does this mean?
General Pershing deeply feels the
loss of his officers, but, being without
acroplanes, as the expedition has been
since the middle of April, there is no
alternative but to use cavalry for
reconnaissance to protect his fianks."
And what does this mean?
Every effort is being made to find
suitable propellers, but at the present
time none of the dozen machines can
be used on account of this defect, al
though they have been found highly
satisfactory in every other respect"
These two citations from a days
dispatches simply mean that we are
sending men to death, when machines
supplied in time and properly made
would have saved their lives. The fate
of the two troops of the Tenth Cavalry
at Carrizal is to be directly ascribed
to the criminal negligence of those
whose business 1t was TO put the
aerial arm of the service in a condi-
ton OF readiness. In all these years
of watchful waiting and marking time
along the border the one thing need
full was grossly neglected. In 1909 the
Wright flier was adopted as our off,
cial type. On July IS, 1914, the law
went into effect creating our aviation
service under the Signal Corps. But
in the critical meantime we have al
lowed the aerial navies of the world to
race ahead of us; although to the
initiative of American mechanical
genius the first practical flying ma
chimes were due. The lives sacrificed
In Mexico are the penalty of our
shameful procrastination.