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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24

\ part OF the amount credited 10 citi
acus of 81. Francissilie had been guar.
snleed by d. 0 y Brooks. and vas
paid hy hlm, to cover deficit IN col.
lectlons from subscribers 4 deb, o.
public gratitude Is also due him for his
personal services IN untiring study and
supervision In the erection OF two
buildings Of such excellence at com.
paratIycly so low cost This should
stand 10 his high credit always a.
being Of value commemorate With the
actual cash bcnefaetions q others
Il should be noted tina, Hon G. j.
Woodside and Hon Il G. Wickllfe.
Judge and district attorney AZ the time,
donated their percentage on all fines,
making handsome donation.
Rebuilding Sas az once begun. With
MAJOR r l. pruyh Of Baton Rouge as
supervising architect. and vas com.
pleted July 1893. and therefore ready
for occupancy In the fall For the AN.
finished tern. the classes were taught
ln the Py,hlan Hall annex. the school
Kitchen building. and the small Office
building belonging 10 Mrs. u. Pillet
This building IL stronger than the
former one. having ls-inch walls, up
through the second story. bat concrete
pilasters ~ the corners have never
been pat on ~ designed In the plan
nor has II been painted these def
eienees making Il less handsome than
Us predecessor Mrs. Freyhan gives
a medal yearly for general excellence
IN school work
4 legacy helpful 20 the school vas
that Of s25000. by will of the lats
Adolph Teutseh which sum VAS de-
voted 10 book eases end library for the
school
The faculty for the current Hessiot
IL composed Of Mr. J VI McCollister
principal Miss Helen sehlesinger. FRS
assistant. Mrs John Tomb seventh
grade, extra classes. Miss Idle narman
hfth and sixth Miss Geraldine Fort
third and fourth. Mrs r y. Crump
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JAS. p. BOWMAN
ers.issn, Of School Beard.

James Y Bowman II . native Of the
Parish Of West Felieiana. born Dec. 10.
1882 His father Rev VIM " Bowman.
was the first Episcopal minister q the
parish Mr. Bowman h graduate Of
Trlaity College, Hartford Conn. ~.
ceiylng there his A. u. and A. NJ, TAX.
ing afterwards = special course At Yale
College, New Haven Returning home
be adopted planting. sugar and cotton
az his future business, AZ the close Of
the Civil War and the end ~ the
Reconstruction period, Gov Nichols
commenced the reorganization Of the
public school system by the appoint
ment Of new boards Mr. Bowman was
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primary grades. Miss Mclanie Gaines.
domestic science A literary club il a
feature 81 the high school work. and
parliamentary drills are giycu A trans.
fer h operated for about seven miles
out the woodyille read, between Ca
talpa plantation end town,
No grades higher than the 7th are
taught IN the rural schools, bat pre-.
paratory work 10 done In all OF them.
which sre seyerally named ard located
AZ follows
Wakefield Is q tsoroom school and
has neat attractive building. which
is the center Of al the neighborhood
gatherings, social and religious, The
efficiency o. this school IL largely due
90 the school improvement League
composed OF patrons and friends OF the
school and who, one and all have
shown progressive spirit and liber
alily Ia matters pertaining TO the
schools interests. The officers 81 the
League are Mrs ". l.. stirling. presi
dent. Mr. l.. j Davis vice. president.
and Mrs NJ r. jackson. secretary.
treasurer
Miss WlHlfred Ellsworth Of Arcola Is
completing her third year as principal
Of the school, and Is mes, successful IN
keeping up tn work IN ttery par'icu
lar Her assistant Is Miss i}eulah Beck
Ter Of New Orleans. These teachers
not only DO their days stint In the
school room, bat remain with the pupils
mtll each one leaves BY train. buggy,
or on horse back for their respective
homes The parents should and Do
appreciate this voluntary service OF
the teachers
Grange Hall school ~ Rogillioyille
IN the 9Th ward Is also a lsoteacher
school and is doing good work MISSES
l.eota White and Lintot Williams are
the teachers. The latter Is a West
Felielana girl, daughter Of ghe late
~ NJ Williams. himself q ine teacher
In the ig's, and Mira Fannie Haralsou
Williams. also a teacher before mar
rage.
Star llill school In the second ward
Is taught by Miss Mary Folkes. daush
ter Of Representative Chester Folkes
and Is successfully completing bel
second year In the same schooLroom
where she was taught as q child
( New Hope school at Alice, 9Th ward
. IL taught by Mr. William Taylor Doug
las, graduate Of the Teachers College
Valparaiso University. Valparaiso. In
diana lie 10 grandson Of Rev Dr
Douglas a former rector Of Grace
Church. 81 Franelsyille.
| Poplar Springs school. AZ Wayside
Sth ward. has Miss Rita Petitfils IS th'
teacher a newcomer TO the parish. ans
being here a short while has not We
shown fully what she can do. but he
patrons seem well pleased.
Miss Mamie Cu,rer daughter Of Mr.
l. cutrer. teaches the school st Free
lard and II doing well there
The school q, Wilhelm, La, Ii laugh
BY Miss Margaret Rely. native o
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24

A good feature Of extreme weather
conditions in West Roliciana Is that
they are beaFable. while. Theoretically.
the foregoing record shows that there
we're number Of days Tor rather
nightsD cold enough for lee. there were
very few times at which even a trace
Of lee was visible az daylight, These
so-called Geld snaps arc Of short dura.
ton. lasting usually not more than tao
or three nlahts and invariably followed
by bright sunshlny weather
The summer weather IL more pleas
aht IN this section Of Louisiana than In
the North and West True enough. q
good warm temperature Ia recorded
every day Ia the summer. bat there n
usually 4 cool breese from the Gulf Of
Mexico which coun,eracts the effects
the heat Cool nights are the rule
and the hlghi when one does not have
TO sleep under cover II very rare
indeed The pleasant nights give one
opportunity 10 recuperale from the
days heat, a condition which makes
snnstroke of heat prostrailon an un.
hhown quantity In this locality.
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a.e. cRUMp.
Superintendent West Fetieiana Parish.

superintendent r. T. Crump Vas
bora ~ Rison. Ark July 2e, 1885.
Graduated ~ New EdinburT tArkD
High school Attended Ouaehita Col.
legr. taking A. n degree class Of 1905
Entered University Of Chicago as a
Graduate student In the College Of
Education. candidate fer PhD Attend
cd Tulane Summer School. Graduated
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24

The greatest amount of precipitation
for ANY one twenty four hour period
during the year vas between s a. m
Of May 20 aud a. m of the following
dag and amounted TO t0t inches
January II the precipitation was $50
inches. April Is. 3 inches and July q.
ia inches On no other day during
the year did the precipitation amount
20 as much as two inches
TEMPERATURES.
killing frosts we're recorded for Jan
uary II and 18Th; February q. 10 aud
% March 4. October "a November
u, 10, ~. rs ~. December Ii and -
The DAYS on which the thermometer
registered temperature Of % degrees
or less, are recorded as follows
Jan Il, 20 degrees. IL. 25, Is. Is: H..
81. rs. ~. ~ go February 2, Is. 8.
q. 4, 81, u, 80, Is. 2s March I, 80.
November 10, u; u, "a. IL. n. IL 81.
%. 81 December s. 90. 10 ~. ", "a:
u. 20. Is, Is; Is. "a. ~. rs: go. ~;
%. rs; %. ~
II must be remembered that the fore
going are los points reached al some
time durinE the coolest part Of the
night. and that they were not sustained
for any considerable length Of time
. Likewise the following figures show.
ing the other extreme Of hea, are high
points and were not sustained for any
considerable length Of time.
There we're li3 days when the Their.
memeter registered temperature OF
va degrees OF more. The maximum
hot days were May 20 temperature ~:
June 2, ss. July H. ss; August IL. 30;
September 10. IS. October IL. 80
The following table for the year 1916
isa pretty fair average Of the ,empeFa
ture in West FellcIans Parish
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West F eliciiana' S Educational Facilities


West Felieiana enjoys public school
system fairly adequate 20 the needs OF
lts comparatively small population. and
one which IL constantly improving In
equipment and other forms OF efficiency
Like all the public schools In I.oulsisna
however u IL cramped for the lack o.
revenue, and the necessity for the
closest economy Is ever pressnt. This
requirement and the needs Of the
schools are paramount aims OF the
present board Of school Directors ~
we'll as of those in the past Three
mills Of the parish FAX are by Law ap-
portioned 10 the support OF the local
schools. aggregatlnE s523e5s for the
year isl6. Poll taxes amounted 60
ssg5e5. The Police Jury made a doha
ton Of s60a. and the ~ Francisyille
Town Council s6iBgs The state ap.
preparation vas ss.s555i plus sl5sgg
Tor the hgh schools Rents and other
items brought the total net receipts for
1916. IN What may be regarded n an
average year, 60 sis 1894
II will be- seen that 10 conduct high
school, ten rural white schools, one
town school for colored children, and
thirteen rural schools for the latter,
the most careful economy does and
must b. exercised o. keep within the
means at command.
The present school Beard Is com
posed Of A. D. barrow, N. d. drst
ward John I naniel second J Y.
Bowman, third, e. n Argue. fourth;
" y. spillmen. hfh, J ortis, sixth;
~ A. Rogillio seventh; Il, | Barrow,
eighth. y :. johnson, ninth, W H.
smith. tenth.
A sketch Of the venerable president
uf the hoard Mr. jas = bowman.
appears elsewhere. Chas. n Argue,
The vice president aud 4. 4 Rogillio
have bren members 81 the board for
many years and several others 90, Cd
: number of wears The parish supet'
intendent 81 schools aud secretary.
treasurer ~ the Board il Mr. Robert
T. Crump. Who after nearly completing
: term 81 four years, vas Ia jan 1917"
unanimously elected for the fouryear
term beginning July 1917 His admin
stration Of school affairs Is able, con
.cientious. progressive and Tor the
mos, part with harmonious results
There has been little or no friction In
the schools under his regime aud that
alone speaks volumes Tor his tact and
fairness n dealing with the many
dificult situations that arise In the
conduct Of even the most enlightened
schools.
The pride Of the West Feliciana
school system is the Julius freyhan
hlgh school housed In a twosiory,
eight.room structure With Two vide
halls basement, ere escape and a
steam heating system Throagh the
munihoence Of q beauest Of sie,ooo by
the late Julius w, yhan. The small one
story brick building which had served
+ for schooIho from antebcllum
DAYS. vas replaced by structure sim
F liar 10. bat IN some respects handsomer
than the present building, because Of
being fully completed and painted. !,
cost about sl5.eoo and the difference
between that sum and thu Freyhsn
bequest VAS made by other donations
and small sum from the general fund
of the Parish beard
This building. erected In 1905. Vas
destroyed by hre, February s, 1907 II
VAS attributed to some defec, In the
heating system bat careful observers
note that the Gre started ~ the top
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that neighborhood. and a hometaught
glrl.
The Ninth Ward School. neaS Elm
Park Post Osflce Is taught by Mrs. Jesse
Daniel. Her parents aud their daugh-
ters moved TO the felicianas from a
Western State some years ago, aud the
whole family has assimllaied Southern
ways and ideas, and both daughters
have married West Feiiciana men
Miss Lille Tooraen, daughter OF
Mr.. Chas Tooraen, clerk Of the police
jury, Is the young teacher at Angola.
Beech Grove school. Weyanoke. is
taught By Miss Isabelle stockett Of
Woodyille Who has been for some
years connected with the schools Of
this parish.
Misses Williams. ToorGon and Cutrer
are graduates OF Julius freyhan High
School and a good percentage Of the
teachers are from the parish, Just
rule 90 observe, other qualifications
being eqeal
The following lisl comprises the inn.
proyements made In the schools during
the last three years;
Wakeheld Sanitary closets Installed.
additions made to the library floors
oiled; a set Of stables erected for the
horses.
New Hope An entirely new building
erected furnished throughout with
sanitary steel desks, composition black.
boards. globe, teachers desk Finished
within with Sugi finish very attrae
tive finish Painted within and without
Shingles stained with croostain. Two
cloak rooms Additions made TO the
library,
Grange Hall Some repairs have been
made 10 the eislerH. the front gallary.
and 10 the aues Ia both pooms Add
tons made 10 the library Some uew
desks added
Ninth Ward New cypress olslofn
and cistera house erected; closets re-,
paired and painted soodshed built by
children. shed for auto built by teach
60, money raised Tor additions to the
library. money raised 10 paint the
building
Freeland 4 ncv fence has been con.
structed surrounding the school lot,
Some shade trees have been set out By
The teacher and pupils Blaekboards re-
surfaced, bur need neN anes. New
closet erected Floors oiled
Wilhelm school housr aud closet
have been repaired Close, II Of sant
tary deep pit type Lock placed on
door, cistern cleaned windows re-.
paired blaekbhards rcsurfaced
Star Ilill A new blackboard has
been supplied Fence placed around
school garden Gate repaired Floors
oiled.
Angola 4 school building erected
without cost TO The School Board fur
nished throughout, 4 large school
garden has been fenced In Children
have Individual garden plals
Julius Freyhan lIieh School ~ Fran
eisyille Furnished throughout with In
diyidual desks. Sanitary drinking foun
tains Installed Drainage system re-
paired and partly replaced BY betieI
system Flue Of furnace repaired Ad
dltions made to laboratory and library
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The sunlight smiles on the prairie broad,
The tall pines wave DER the woodland road
The sky Is the bluest of blue skies bright.
The clouds are but floating lambs wool white;
But long for the hills again.
A light hangs Ger the sluggish stream
Wher and cypress, dropping, dream;
The 8 moss waves when the breezes blow,
Der u water-hyacinths blooming below
But oh TO- ne hills again.
long for the hills where the red bluffs shine,
In the golden rays at the suns decline,
Where oak and hickory, beech and bay,
Bound fields Of cotton and corn and hay
In the hills where I'd be again.
The prairie's smile has charm for the eye,
And poetry turks in the pine-tree's sigh;
And bearded cypress hints romance
As II mods DER the stream where the riplets dance
Blu, give me my hills again.
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elected President Of the West Feliriana
Hoard This position be has held con.
tlnaoasly since and with the expiration
Of his present term will II he lives have
presided over the board for ~ years
During this time be Has been fortunate
in having boards whose best efforis
have been Devoted ta the interests 81
the schools. wllho politics and with.
oai dissension % any kind Mr. Bow.
man also served A. q member ~ 'he
Insane Asylum Pearl
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and Vas probably caused by match
eafelessly thrown down. The walls
we're left partly standing, and from
this material, the insurance. and other
sources, the new building vas erected,
costing, not including heating plant.
fis.6ss5I From the records Of the time
the funds are accredited as follows
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24
WEATHER RECORD
FOR PAST YEAR
Data Kept BY Local Observer Gives
Fair Idea Of Climatic
Condition.

A close record OF meteorological con
d,ions Of this vicinity Is kept BY q. "
Newman, Cooperative Observer foe the
Weather Bureau Of the q. $. Depart
ment Of Agriculture. Delleaiely al
ius,ed instruments In Mr. Newmans
keeping record even the slightest Va
Ration In atmospheric conditions aud
the record Of his daily readings %
these instruments are valuable data
The daily reading IL made at a. M.
central time The thermometer records
both the minimum and maximum read
ing for the twenty fonr hour period
Government engineers have fixed the
location Of 81 Francisyillo at latitude
30 degrees. forty minutes aud long.
tude 81 degrees. g minutes, alth an
.Iaa.si.s. - taE 80
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> RAINFALL.

The following table gives an accurate
account OF the rainfall In 81 Francis.
VILE In inches, By months. for the
year 1915
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
Procession By Sunday
School Pupils To Be
Feature OF Rally Dau

Sunday viii be a great day for the
Asbury Methodist Sunday school
At $3.50 a m the entire Sunday
school viii march in procession near
the church. The primary department
VIII lead and the Mems Wesley Bible
class VIII bring up the rear. The pro-
cession viii march into the church.
each department carrying flags and
singing a class song. as they pass IN
review before the superintendent and
other officers o fthe school, who will
I be seated on the platform.
The church will be decorated with
/ United States and Christian conquest
Z rags, also pot plants and flowers.
The following program will be rem
I dered:
Song by Sunday school
! Prayer.
Address by A Duguid.
| Vocal solo. The King OF Love Nv
Shepherd Is" Clare Ruby.
Address by a representative from
Trinity Methodist church
TAX by Mrs. Wynans, OF Asbury
Methodist church.
song by Sunday school
In the windows Of various business
houses have been displayed posters
bearing the following:
Catch the opportunity OF being IN
ne procession; occasion, rally day;
place Asburyi time, October IA, $3.50
a. m Pack away your excuses and
march in the procession. Line up
az the corner Of Grama and Hueco
streets. Don't be a Stacker.
on want TO sail with Us and es-
cape the submarines. Secure trans
portation at Port Asbury, October ~.
we are fishing for you: good bait.
too. Get on the line at Asbury life
saving station"
The various committees have been
az work Enough recruiting has been
done to raise the Sunday school 10
war strength"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
ACTIVE WORK IN
/. PARISH PLANNED
Auxiliary Institute to Start
in St. Clements Parish
Home Tuesday.

Next week viii be full Of activities
in and about ST. Clements parish
house Rev. Fuller Swift is urging
that the parish house be made more
Of = center OF the church. The bring
ing Of friends to meet the rector and
members OF the congregation also is
urged.
The parish program for the week
follows.
Monday evening the Guild Of the
White Cross and the young men OF
Mrs NIaetze's Sunday school class
VIII entertain the members OF the
confirmation class and their parents
The party viii be given in the par
ish house
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday the WOmen's and Junior Aux
iiiary institute viii be held under the
direction Of Miss c. G. GrlsWold, OF
Chicago and Miss Dorothy Giles, Of
New York. These instructors have
been sent by the church missions
sessions OF the institute viii be free
to every girl and woman in the par
ish. The sessions viii be held at
ten o'clock in the morning, three
o'clock in the afternoon and as an
Eounced in the evenings. Il is urged
that every woman in the parish take
advantage Of these meetings. They
viii be productive OF great good TO
all
tuesday evening an address on
missions in Alaska viii be given in
the upper room OF the parish house,
by Rev. Winfred Ziegler.
Wednesday evening an address on
missions in China will be given by
Rev. Robert E. Browning, a former
missionary in China
Thursday evening a reception VIII
be given the Misses Giles and Girls
void 20 which the entire parish and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
PASADENA HOME GUARDS
PREVENT PACIFIST MEETING

Los Angeles, Calf. oct 13.-Home
guards OF South Pasadena, a suburb
Of this city, surrounded last night the
residence Of Mrs Effie Bent and
turned away persons who. according
70 guards we're intent upon holding
\ pacifist meeting.
Capt D. II. Fry and so men, uni
formed and armed, surrounded the
house early last night Mrs Bent,
accompanied BY her son. Harry Bent,
and another man ordered the guards
to leave. They refused and drew their
Gordon tighter about the premises.
turning away persons desiring to en-
ter. At midnight they withdrew after
scouts sent out to search the neigh
borhoOd had reported to Capt Fry
that no pacifists were in the vicinity.
Mrs Bents home was the scene OF
recent attempt to hold a paclfist
meeting which was halted by the
home guards, who escorted the male
pacifists in automobiles to the town
limits and urged them not TO return.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
WAR MAKES CHANGES
II pRINTING PEAYER ROOks

The war has brought about a COM
plete - ange in the manufacture OF
I prayer books for Catholics Of America.
A curious program has obtained for
years in the making OF these books.
I The type has been set up on this side,
and plates cast. Then the plates have
been sent TO Belgium, where the
printing has been done. Often then
the sheets have been sent TO England
Brought back 10 America, they have
paid duty, and have had marked upon
them, as the law requires, statements
where printed where bound Belgium
became impossible, owing TO the war,
and England got too busy for the
same reason So also did France. For
two years the prayer book trade was
fairly normal, owing to large stocks
on hand A year ago II was upset
this fan American manufacturers
have for the first time begun to
make Catholic prayer books.
The Catholic prayer book trade OF
the United states, English books only.
is worth $3.50, 600 a year, IL is esti-
mated, and II is said the average
amount paid by Catholics for such
books IS so cents. Thousands are
bought at 25 cents. but there are
considerable numbers brought at 81
and 81. Comparatively few books
are bought in Italian or French, for
the reason that Americans are almost.
the only Catholics TO use books. 9th
ers are accustomed to commit prayers
70 memory. or pray without books
English speaking Catholics, both IN
America and England, use as may
prayer books as almost all the rest
Of the Catholic world together.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13

- E4SCOEAA leaQern nave Joined
AIethodists, Presbyterians, Disci-
- pies, Catholics and others IN pro-
yidins a war work council. They have
issued an appeal to their church for
100000, saying that the s175,00O first
, suggested by bishop futile, OF Mis-
souri,, as presiding bishop, is not
nearly enough, and adding that even
this half million is only FOR general
work. Local churches are expected
to duplicate the amount, the church
as whole to spend $1,000, 600 at least
as starter, and more II the war con-
tinues. The Brotherhood OF st. An
drew, composed Of laymen in the
church named, who are committed TO
spiritual work, early projected work
for soldiers Their work IS now in
corporated into the larger work of
their church and q part Of the $500, 900
is TO be turned over to them.
Bishop Lawrence, OF Massachusetts,
Identified with the pension fund Of
his church, has been placed at the
head Of the war work council with
Rev. Dr. George Craig Stewart. Of
are in New York It IS announced
that full cooperation is to be had with
the I. N. c. A and the federal cOun-
CHS war time commission but that
Episcopal church work is 20 be to CO.
operate with Episcopal chaplains. and
were EpiscOpaNanz IN other re-
spects, the work mapped out compares
with that Of the Presbyterians. Disci-
pies and others All are helping the
Liberty loan bond sales, the Red
Cross, and cooperating with and
strengthening the churches happen
ing to be near 20 the respective can
tonments.