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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15
LETTER FROM SOLDIER

The True Democrat has received a
letter from +. L. Moutegut, formerly
an emPIayc of the Wilhelm Lumber
Co. and wbo ~as sent to Camp pike,
Ark. Ia April Mr. Montegul SAYS.
"You and all the people Of West
Feltciana Parish must think me a fine
one for not writing 10 some one beiofe
nov. bal the AFEt week / VAS here /
did not know II they were going to
keep nae. and have been pretty busy
since. 4 week after / arrived here !
vas made company clerk Of Casual
Company n aud have been With that
Company ever since / vas made com
pauy clerk before receiving my ant
form, and since I have been here !
have been kept very busy receiving
and transferring men. oar company
is made up OF fre white uoucommis.
stoned officers, uf which ! am one. and
about 200 negroes. We sure have some
time wtth them w have a few from
West f'ctjciana
We'll. I wish YOU would please tell
any ut the young men that may leave
West FeIiciana soon. that army life Is
no, 80 bad aa some people say il is.
Army life IL just what one makes II
himself. and | can assure You that |
think it is inst fine aud healthy have
gained five pounds since ! have been
here. We are we'll treated aud well fed
7 think that there are only two Of
the four that left st FrancisyiIle on
April 70 still in thIs camp Barrow and
myself BarroW vas transferred to- the
Depot Brigade Headquarters. Miller
was sent back home. and spjIIman Was
sent 20 au infantry company which
Il think. left camp q day or two ago.
"WHl sou kindly send me a copy 81
The True Democrat Of April % If yoa
hear Of any young men from wilhelm
" ho aro going 60 b. sent up here !
Riah you would please give them my
address az I Nill be- only too glad te
gee come of them or ans one from
West Felic.aua Parish
with best wishes 10 YOU and every
one tu tur Parish ut West Foltc.aua
/ remain. Ba ever.
e L. MONTEGuT"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15
FAIR NOTES

We are glad To note that the legi#
lalurc saw Gt to reinstate the Is ooo
appropriation to parish fairs ia the
budget Il is rather hard to under
stand Why ibis appropriation should
have been threatened The state has
encouraged The establishment and the
running Of parish fairs by making
a small contribution 20 their support
WHY. 81 this time especially, when
fairs may expect 60 have a hard time
10 secure the funds necessary 10 run
should the legislature think of IN
drawing support The fair is very es'
sentnl as means Of encouraging
agriculture az a time when every on.
enlargement should be- given to this
form Of production The legislators
are to be congratulated that they
thought better of the proposition and
resrlnded their first action.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15
HoGILLlovlLLE NOTES

A hos supper vas given for Red
Cross benefit Friday night. June Z, by
the Grange Hall School. IS a closing
exercise. The neat sum Of ssGo was
realized and has been sent In 10 the
chapter at ~. Francisyisle
The school stands loo per cent
membership Ia the Junior Red Cross.
aud has requested the chapter At st.
FraucIsgilla 10 send materials for
knitting The work will be- done b.
the older pupils. Miss Eleanor Thom
acting as chairman Of their organiza.
tlon Meetings are 10 be held every
Friday AZ the Grange Hall School, a.
4 .. m,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15

Donations 50 the parish fair have
boen coming Ia exceedingly SLOW and
Wr wish to urge upon our people IN
these times when so many demands
are being made upon their generosity,
not Ia forget that the parish fair must
have certain amaun, at money To
vn upon or else IL is mo go" We have
figured that wo need 81 0oano doua
lions from car own people 10 put the
fair ua q safe basis Much less than
onc.thrd of this amount has been sub
arribed We feel sure that the people
want the fair. Hence we hope that
they viii not let il perish for lack Of a
few more dollars. Send in your uame
with the amount you are wiling to pay
around October i5
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15
ALICE NOTES

Mr. and Mrs sam Wlldhlood aud
daughters. Misses RusaIle and iiilda
we're guests Of Mr. aud Mrs II A.
SpiIlman. sunday
Corporal Howard spilIman has been
promoted Ia the grade of sergeant
since his return 10 Camp Beaufcgard
Mr. Henry Griffin. who vas rejected
At Camp Heauregard came home to
visit his father, John $. Griffin. before
returning la his work al Baton Rouge
Little Lucille and Catherine Thoms
were guests Of Mae spillman. Wrdbes
day
Mr. Livingston Palmer Of Jackson
visited 10 this Hetghborhood sunday
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15
Absent Friends

Mr. and Mrs Jack A Redhead aud
Mrs Il N. NcGehee will leave for
the former home of Mrs Helhead in
Woodylle. N June II. to the re.
Rrrt uf many friends made while In
Baton Rouge Mr. Redhead held the
position uf sfala agent OF temoHstra.
ton worn while here at t.. :. u
Baton Rouge sGate,Times.
Mr. William Halle OF New Roads is
III with typhoid fever lie Is much
better nov
Nerwin Brandon. of Pinckneyyille,
has gone to Camp Sheridan. I'LL 20 re-
ceive military instruction during his
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15
HOME WAR WORK

The farmers ct northern Louisiana
are In need 81 men 10 assist IL harvest
Ing the crop The Office OF the Farm
Labor Emergency Bureau. Frank A
crippsn. director. State EIotse. Baton
Rouge IL being supplied with requests
for these men and With all information
pertaining &c housing conditions aad
wages paid. All applicants for work
viii be furnished with this infoFma.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15

Preston Miles and jim Beit, "a ho are
under sentence 1T death will be taken
70 natgn Rouge about June q, 20 be
executed un the 2sth They made an
attempt, recently. to dig their way out
of iaA but we're discovered before gain.
ing freedom Thp guard has been
doubled and there is small chance of
thrIr making q s0eee sgHi hreak Miles
has progressed religion and been hap.
tlzed.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15

tIou before they are sent 10 any par
tlrular farmer, aud She department is
anxious 20 obtain as once ag many let
tors Of application as possible through
oHt louisiana Not only men afe &C.
cepted, but there lB great need Of
buYs from sixteen 10 twenty one Their
welfare Ria be- looked after by the
department and they Wlll be guafan
teed fair wages
Letters al application should be sent
direct to Frank A Crippen, Director
State House. Baton Rouge, La
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15

The ceutcrptece donated by Miss
Frances Aubir to the local chapter Of
tbs Red Gross sas rallied of. Thurs
dat and wun by ar Abe Mann The
chapter realized $50
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15
NOTICE

a subscription dance will be
aiven al py'hian Hall in 81. Fran.
eisvtile, la, on Thursday, July 4,
1918. Gentlemen dancing viii be
charged $50 Ladies' free.
Claiborne Williams full orthes-
ira has been engaged Tor this
dance.
Committee: j n Matthews, Lee
seuie, Frank HaFroN, Louis Mann.
julius Nunksa.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15

" + nnoktor who vas sent 10
Camp Beaufegard early ia the week
returned FRIDAY morning having been
rejected fer physical reasons
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15

Misses Sarah and Minnie Butler On.
tarlaia at The Cedars' this friday
afternoon Ia honor of their cousin,
Miss Martha Fort, the bride Of next
week The game Of SOC" Vlll be
PLAYED
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15

{. II LLOYD. Wha Is employed at the
Standard OH pEant at BATON Rouge.
wa here Thursday Iie reports that
both oG his boys are ia the service Of
the country Elliott lbo older. Is 80 the
navy. and has just finished course
iu Wireless teIepaphy at Harvard
University WiCklt}fe ts IN the coast
artillery and fs stationed al Fort
st phIltp
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15
Personal But Polite

NatchcI
Hr 4 u mctbam spent Monday tn
BATON Roure
f. = Nasc made Il business trip to
Angola. Tunsday
NJ II q Marlborough al BATON Rouge
spent Sunday here
IS petty made a busigrss trip TO
Ration Rouge Friday
Perkins Hall spent q fnw davz last
wurk ln Nov Orleans
Mr. Willie Howell VAS @ business
visitor here lhts week
MIR Max psmpf spent SUNDAY and
Monday tn New Orleans
Mrs II = Cump has gone lo Okla
homa for q summer visit
Elgin B5ckham spent tao dave of
last week iu Baton HoHTr
Mrs 4. n Moses returned Sunday
from q visit 10 New Orleans
Mcszrf sam storn and Chris NotF
Nore lu baton Rouge Monday
pr ahd Ms James Eiihauru, yls.
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15

q /. l'lettinFrr is having a pew roof
put on bis dwelling.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15

Miss Mollie Wells daughter ~ Mr.
aud Mrs W II. Wells. II Raecoufci.
died in Ne0 Orleans. June &
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-06-15

Total To date .........
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-03
SAYS RISK is EXAGGERATED
official of Explosive Factory Denies
That Occupation Is as Danger
Gus as Is Generally Believed.

In a paper read before a medical
association in the east, DR.. w. G. Hud-
son. medical director of E. 1. Dupont
de Nem6urs & Co., manufacturers Of
explosives, recently made some In
teresting statements concerning the
risks connected with the manufacture
of powerful explosives. He asserted
that the dangers of that industry were
greatly exaggerated. AS matter OF
fact. railroading shows much higher
injury and death rates than the manu-
facture of explosives. OF the acct
dents which occur in explosive fac
tories only a small percentage are ae-
tually caused by explosives. Four
fifths of the accidents are due to care
lessness or negligence of employees
who disregard the precautions neces-
sary wherever men are working with
tools and machinery. BY increasing
the share of work done by machinery
and reducing the number of workers
in proportion to the increased use OF
mechanical appliances, the manufac-
turers of explosives are striving TO
diminish the hazards connected with
their business. says Popular Science
Monthly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-03
RUSS WAR WITH U. S.
VICE CONSUL LOWERS FLAG AT
PETRoGRAD CONSULATE.
More American Troops Land at Viadi-
yostok-Two Ally Councils Gre
ated for Russia.

Washington, Aug. 24-Because the
bolshevik government declared state
of war exists between Russia and the
United States, Vice Consul Imbrie has
lowered the United States flag over the
consulate at Petrograd, closed the con-
sulate and placed the affairs of the
United States in charge of the Nor
wegian government. Americans in Pc
trograd, of whom there are approx
mately twenty, have been warned to
leave the country by the vice consul.
Their houses were searched, one of
them is under arrest and one is hiding.
The Thirty-frst regiment of regulars
has arrived at VladivostOk from Ma
Mia, Secretary Baker announced.
To coordinate the efforts of the al
lies and the United States in Russia
an official dispatch from France says
it has been decided to create two in
ternational councils, one at Archangel,
including the entente ambassadors I'M
der the presidency of Ambassador
Francis of the United States, the other
at Vladivostok, to be composed Of five
high officials. On the Vladivostok
council Great Britain will be repre-
scented by Sir Charles Eliot, France by
Eugene Renault, former ambassador
to Japan, and japan by Nj. Matsudira.
1t was said at the state department
that an American representative had
not been named
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-03
Depew gets his first experience
in the front line trenches at
Dixmude and learns how the
British Tommies Garry on"
He tells about 1t in the next in
stallment.
CTo BE CoNTINUEDA
Slow Growth of Languages.

So long as government was conduct
ed exclusively by throne and aris-
tocracy. the ruling class was con-
strained to speak one language, that of
the court and of polite society. All
cultivated people In the land were edu-
Gated In the same literary tongue,
which was naturally used in official
transactions.
The uneducated classes talked their
own dialects and cared little what
their rulers spoke. They have not al
ways objected even when these men
affected a foreign culture Frederick
the Great thought himself a French
litterateur and spelled his name like
Frenchman But when popular cleo
tons were introduced, and still more
when primary schools became univer-
sal. the question of language assumed
far greater Importance. A. Lawrence
Towel writes in the Independent. New
York. Then the matter of race was
brought to the forefront.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-03
AlRSHlP REPORT IMPERS0NAL
Officials Accused by Senate Body OF
Delay in Equipping the United
States Army.


Washington, Aug. 24.-The long
awaited report of the senate military
subcommittee Investigating aircraft
production was submitted on Thursday
with a scathing arraignment of delays
in the early days of the war, review
of improved conditions and recon-
mendations for the creation of new
separate department of aviation with
q cabinet officer at its head.
Disclaiming wholesale condemnation
Of the aircraft program, the subcom-
mittee praised much that has been ac-
complished and predicted:
1--WE are approaching a period whe7
quantity production of planes soon
may be hoped for" The report is inn
personal and says all questions Of dis
honesty or official corruption are left
to the department Of justice inquiry,
conducted by Charles E. Hughes.
The original $640,000,000 apprOpri-
ated by congress for aviation in July,
1917, says the report, haS been ex-
hausted and practically wasted" with
1884, 100000 more found necessary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-03
c czzEccHS DEFEAT REDS
sLovAK FORCES TAKE TOWN OF
BERcANEUpINScK.
Japanese Troops Are Advancing Be-
You'd Nikolsk, an important Russ
Railroad Junction.

London, Aug. 26.-Lord Robert Ce-
ell, British underseretary for foreign
affairs. announced that reports had
been received in London that the
Czecho-Slovak forces In rans-Baikalia
had captured the town of Berchneu-
dinsck, south of Lake Baikal, and had
achieved a decided victory against the
bolshevik forces.
Tokyo, Aug. 26.-Japanese troops
are advancing beyond Nikolsk, the
war office announced. The japanese
official statement also said that Lieu
tenant General Otani, commander of
the allied forces in eastern Siberia, will
command also the Czecho-Slovak
troops operating there and the anti
bolshevik forces in the maritime prov
inces Of Siberia.
Nikolsk is an important railroad
junction 90 miles south of Vladivo-
stok.
London, Aug. 26-Allied troops on
the Ussuri river from north Of Vladivo-
stok, outnumbered by the enemy, have
been forced TO withdraw after heavy
fighting, says a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Hardin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-03
CHAPTER ~.
On the Firing Line.

When 1 reported on the Cassard
after my fourteen days leave, 1 was
detailed with a detachment of the
legion to go to the Flanders front. 1
changed into the regular uniform of
the legion, which is about like that Of
the infantry, with the regimental
badge-a seven-fiamed grenade.
We travelled from Brest by rail, In
third-class cars, passing through La
Havre and st. Pol. and finally arriving
at Bergues. From Bergues we made
the trip to Dixmude by truck-a dis
lance of about twenty miles. We car
ried no rations with us, but at certain
places along the line the train stopped,
and we got out to eat our meals. At
every railroad station they have booths
or counters, and French girls work day
and night feeding the Poilus. 1t was a
wonderful sight to see these girls, and
it made you feel good to think you
were going to fight for them.
1t was not only what they did, but
the way they did it, and it is at things
like this that the French beat the
world. They could tell just what kind
of treatment each Poilu needed, and
they saw TO 1t that he got 1t. They
took special pains with the men of the
legion, because, as they say, we are
strangers" and that means, "the best
we have is yours" to the French. These
French women, young and old, could
be a mother and a sweetheart and a
sister all at the same time to any hairy
old ex-convict in the legion, and do 1t
in way that made him feel like lit
tie boy at the time and rich church
member afterwards. The only thing
we did not like about this trip was
that there were not enough stations
along that line. There is a tip that
the French engineers will not take. l
am afraid.
There is another thing about the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-03

signify extra craftsmanship. l also
received two hundred and fifty francs.
or about fifty dollars In American
money, and fourteen days shore leave.
All this made me very angry, oh,
very much wrought up indeed-not!
| saw merry life for myself on the
French rolling wave If they felt that
way about gunnery.
/ spent most of my leave with my
grandmother In st. Nazaire, except for
short trip made to a star-shell fac
tory. This factory was just about like
one I saw later somewhere In Amer
lea, only in the French works, all the
hands were women. OnIy the guards
were men, and they were "blesses"
(wounded).
When my leave was up and / said
good-by to my grandmother. she man
aged smile for me, though / could
see that 1t was pretty stiff work. And
without getting soft. or anything like
that, / can tell you that smile stayed
with me and 1t did me more good than
you would believe, because II gave me
something good to think about when l
was up against the real thing.
/ hope lot of you people who read
this book are women, because have
had it in mind for some time to tell all
the women / could a little thing they
can do that will help lot. l am not
! trying to be fancy about it. and hope
you will take 1t from me the way
| mean 1t.
When you say good-by to your son
or your husband or your sweetheart,
work up smile for him. What you
want to do is to give him something he
can think about over there, and some
thing he will like to think about. There
is so much dirt and blood. and hunger,
and cold, and all that around you, that
you have just got to quit thinking
about 1t, or you will go crazy. And so,
when you can think about something
nice, you can pretty nearly forget all
the rest for while. The incest things
you can think about are the things you
liked back home.
Now, you can take 1t from me that
what your boy will like to remember
the best of all is your face with q
smile on 1t. He has got enough hell or
his hands without lot of weeps to re
member, If you will excuse the word
But don't forget that the chances are
on his side that he gets back to you
the figures prove it. That will helI
you some. At that, it will e hare
work; you will feel more like crying
and so will he, maybe. But smile fol
him. That smile is your bit.
will back smile against the weeps
in a race to Berlin any time. So an
telling you, and l cannot make it strong
enough-send him away with smile.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-03
JAPS DEFEAT THE BOLSHEvlKl
Sailors, Supported by Armored Cars,
Rout "Reds" at Engen-
euka.

London, Aug. 2S.-Japanese troops
are completing their concentration on
the Ussuri front, according to dis
patches from Vladivostok. At Enge-
neuka, sailors supported by armored
cars attacked the bolshevik troops in
the face of heavy artillery fire and
routed them.
General Semenoffs opponents in the
trans Baikal region have withdrawn
as a result of the arrival of Japanese
troops at Manchuri, according to a
Tien Tsin dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company. Only 5000 of the
bolshevik troops remain in that region.