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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

Since citizens were requested not to
motor Oh Sunday except for church or
10 sell Liberty bonds. We infer that
quite brisk canvass ~ bonds has
gone on In this parish the past Sun.
days
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

ron SALE Cleaned brick In carload
lots. 81 per thousand Less than car.
lead. SO per thousand Fire brick Eve
cents each. At fair grounds, Bayou
sara La WEST FELIcfANA DEvELs
oPMENT co. INC. n E. crump sse.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

The State Board Of Health urges all
people sick with colds. especially those
aud sneezug 10 refrain from
church. school. and all pub.
lie gatherings The management Of
theatres is fepuested to exclude all
patrons with oelds and coughs,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

The Hereford Cattle Co. offers 70,
sale grade Hereford Cattle, registered
Duroc Jersey Hogs, and AngoTa Goats
Prices reasonable Address Sc Fran
elsvills La t2lalsul
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

Number l2 IL tha plare Of tho NO
man suffrage amendment op the ballot
Let IL prove 10 strike twelve indeed
for woman's inequality In Louisiana
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

Don't let the peace drive stop the
Liberty Loan drive Remember II the
peace should come Uncle sam will
need a tldy sum 20 clean up his bills
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

Automobiles viii not be permitted
In the Rosedown field
JAS. p. BOWMAN.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

An armistiea can only be considered
with Hn honorable foe
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

FOR SALE Two young horses; two
small young mules, one pair cotton
scales. one cotton elevator, with other
gin hyturcs AUSTIN DANIEL, star
Hin. la e2l-f
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE One Over
land FIVE passenger car in good repair
New set Of tires A bargin for quick
sale Address Il T. Crump. r O.
station Ne. 20, New Orleans, La
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

You are cordially asked TO help pay
for printing the Gospel in this paper
ANNIE DOUGLAS MORENO,
e nalus. La
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

FOR SALE Red Rust Proof Feed
and Seed Oats. Jas r Bowman
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

No hunting or cattle driving allowed
on Dupriest and Boat Hollow Plantae
tons
XgAUngNHq
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12

FOR SALE one 9 h. .. Economy Gas
Engine. one IL M Freach Burr Grlst
mill. one Power Cane mill with pan
and furnace. belts Included price s225
4. G. SMITH.
a2l-tt seotlandvlle, La,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12
LITTLE ADS.''
NOTICE

I have loaned nay mowers hay rakes
and other tools to some Of my friends
and would row like 80 "borrow them
please let me know II you have any
OF them.
+, y. PERCY,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-10-12
NOTICE

Il l. BARROW Ax'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
THAT'S MUH!

The stranger on a walking tour came
across an ''old, old man a-sitting on a
gate" and began to ask questions.
You are a farmer, | suppose?"
gave II up"
well, you don't seem to be very
busy, You have plenty Of time on your
hands, haven't your"
Lots Of it,"
Ever do any work."
"Once l did"
What do you do now, II I may
ask"
Don't do nothing. Hain't done moth
ing for nearly 10 years"
$50. Why. you're In luck! II
had done nothing for half that length
Of time I should be In the poorhouse."
The old mans face beamed with a
glad surprise, and then, as one who
knows his rare good fortune and values
il at Is just worth, he cried, delight
edlyS That's where ! bel"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G, ouinlus, the
SunahlnA Man.
vstherl Replenish with Thy grace
This longing heart Of mine,
Maka Il Tbv opiat dwallipp plaCA.

vather! Replenish with Thy grace
This longing heart of mine,
Make it Thy quiet dwelling place,
Thy sacred Utmost shrine!
Forgive that oft my spirit wears
Her time and strength in trivial
cares.
Enfold her in Thy ~changeless place.
So she from all but Thee may cease
-Angelus Silesius, 1887,
Not the speaking with doleful face Of
some set sentences of coincidence fol
a grief which does not touch the speak
err in the least, and which In a short
while he completely forgets: or SET
words OF congratulation BY those whc
mean nothing by their words, and who
perhaps almost begrudge their neigh.
Dor the good fortune which they praise
1t Is the assurance, however con-
veyed. whether by look or word, BY
kindly action or csressing touch, that
we are not unthought of. unoared for
alone, but that there are some who
understand US, some who are ready tC
share our work, some who see the diff
ficulties which discourage us, some who
will help us to bear the burden Of
woe, some who will be glad when we
rejoice.
Send me, gracious Lord, the Com
forter, may He fiji my nature as the
rain fills the pools; and may the
parched ground of my heart become
as q garden. Instead OF the thorn may
there come up the fir tree inc instead
Of the briar the myrtle.-F. B. Meyer
DAYTON. Ohio,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07

NEAR WHERE l live.
THERE'S A stable.
WHERE THEY keep horses.
AND YESTERDAY morning,
WAS sitting in the window.
LOOKING DOWN,
AT A little bit of a kid.
WHO WAS all bundled up.
AND COULDN'T do anything.
WITHOUT FALLING over
AND I was feeling sorry for him.
AND JUST then.
AROUND THE corner
THERE CAME a vacant horse.
OR WHATEVER they are.
WHEN THEY'RE completely naked
AND NOT harnessed up.
AND IT was walking along,
. AND JUST looking around.
AND RIGHT after it.
THERE CAME a man.
.
AND HE was running,
AND HE got near the horse.
AND THE horse started,
AND TRoTTED a little.
AND THE man called to it.
AND RAN a little faster.
AND SO did the horse.
AND DOWN the street.
THERE WAS another man,
WHERE THE horse was going
AND HE ran out.
IN THE middle of the road.
AND WAVED his arms.
AND YELLED.
AND THE horse stopped,
AND LOOKED at him a minute.
AND FIGURED he. was crazy.
AND TURNED around.
AND BEAT it back.
IN THE direction he'd come.
AND THE other man.
WHO HAD first appeared.
HE WAVED his arms.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
Twice Told Tales
News Of Memphis
rs Years Ago.
DECEMBER z. 1893.

Mrs. j. c. McClanahan and children,
Sam and Claudine, are en- route home
from San Francisco, where they have
been for several weeks.
Miss Josephine Blalock and Herman
F. Gage were married last night by
Rev. McHugh and will be at home on
Goslee street.
Among the hotel arrivals yesterday
we're Col, Joseph o. Wynner, of Gre
NADIA, Miss, who is here on business.
Miss Roberta Young, the gifted
young Memphis musician, is at pres
ent in Paris, where she went from
Berlin in her study Of music.
Cards are out announcing the en-
gagement and approaching marriage of
Susie McDade James to William Bos-
well on Jan. 16.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. M. Castrell, of Gym
thia street, celebrated their tenth we'd
ding anniversary last night with about
80 friends,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
News of Memphis
10 Years Ago.
DECEMBER 7, 1908.

Gen. Firmin, supported by the sue
cessful rebel, Gen. Simon, will be a
candidate for the Haytian presidency.
Plans are afoot, backed by Col. Rob
ert Galloway, to convert the old
Charleston railroad yards on Lauder
dale and Madison into a large park.
Champ Clark, OF Missouri, has been
chosen as floor leader Of the Demo
crats to succeed John Sharp Williams
in the house of representatives,
Memorial services for the departed
members were held by the Memphis
Elks' lodge Sunday afternoon at the
Bijou theater.
Rev. William T.! Thompson, pastor
of St. Johns Methodist church, Sun
day in a sermon condemned divorce
and remarriage, but said separation
was permissible.
Judge and Mrs. T. J. Latham left
Sunday for their orange grove in Flor
ida. where they will be gone about 10
days.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
OF NO MOMENT,

II often happens. Ascending cash
iers are by no mean n new invention,
and so the manager OF the Doughnut
bank thought be had better get a de-
tective on the Job, and make his cash
Ter run for his money, Of course, the
detective wanted particulars.
viii you furnish me with a de-
scription Of the missing CASHIER" he
said. For instance, how tall was hep
Il don't know how tall he was" an
swered the manager testify, what
worries me is that he was $780, DOC
short"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07

In several previous articles / have
discussed various aspects and problems
Of the forthcoming peace congress at
Versailles. The great variety OF ques-
tions to be decided, territorial, financial
and political, since "A very large portion
Of Europe is to be remade, has already
served to confuse the mass OF observers,
and this confusion has not been les
scEed by the addition of the supreme
puzzle, which IL the lague Of nations.
In the present article, however, | IN
tend to deal. not with the problems
which are to be submitted to the deCi-
sion OF the congress, but to the equally
important question of the view Of the
various European peoples, stun our as
sociates against Germany, AS 1t affects
and will hereafter affect our influence
at Versailles, Such observations as |
here make are based upon the COM.
ment of my French and English friends
and the reading OF the various foreign
journals which come to this country.
In the beginning 1t must be said that
there IL singular unanimity abroad in
recognizing the plain fact that without
America Germany could not have been
beaten. The wal has ended In 1918 be-
cause we supplied Foch with the neces-
sary reserve, available and prospective,
to push this great offensive, In the
spring the Germans won great initial
successes, but the cost was so great
that their man power gave out at the
precise moment when there was needed
a great reserve to enforce victory. on
July Is the first American divisions en-
tering the battle ave Foch the advant-
age OF numbers at the decisive point.
Thereafter he was always able TO count
upon Il perfectly regular new contri-
button month by month,
Only less decisive was our aid In ma
terial directions, In money and In sup
piles, while, small ns our naval Contri-
button was, measured by comparison
with that OF Britain, II was n precious
aid at the moment when the submarine
peril was at its height.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
8 PRESIDENT WILSON ABROAD.


To The News Scimitar:
II Is obvious to the most casual
thinker that the Republicans are sim
ply trying to play politics in their
criticism of President Wilson'S deter
mlnation to be present at the peace
conference soon to convene. They
must, or course, realize that he has
handled the situation with a master
hand. So let us simply brush away
their o~nslaughts on him and try to look
at the real cause prompting the presi-
dent to not only be in Europe, but to
actually take a hand in what is what
in this world settlement of affairs.
1t is quite noticeable that at present
there is a lot of talk going on both in
the press and otherwise in the United
States, airing what England has
done" in the winning Of this big war.
There must be somebody behind this
sudden move. There must be a reason
why this is being lone just at this
time. 1t is only a few days before this
conference c%onvenes. No one knows
Wilson knows, Just where the real
log rolling will be done In this con-
ference. The real rub will come when
England shall insist that she be hence
forth the mistress of the seas" as
she has been during all these years.
49, INV Gu lhC al
mainly because we were denied our
rights on the SEA Had Germany not
undertaken to restrict US at that point
we might not have entered the war.
Mr., Wilson has insisted from the be-
ginning that the freedom of the seas"
is one of the fundamental points for
which we shall forever contend.
If England fails in her effort to re-
main mistress of the seas" she knows
full well what will happen. Canada
will fall away from her, as will like
wise all her South American colonies
and lreand and Egypt, and other pos
sessions. II it can be made to appear
that England has done more than her
part In this big war that fact NAV be
pressed at this conference in her ef-
fort to still dominate the waters Of
the world, II Is just here that Mr..
Wilson realizes that his presence will
be needed, He has emphasized and re-
emphasized his views on this, perhaps
the most important point to be dis
eussed at this meeting, His own idea
is to make such a settlement as will
insure democracy and not Supremacy"
England has borne her part in this big
war wei. But so has Belgium and
france and Italy, and so has America.
In the divide up your Uncle Wood
row will see to it that no particular
nation shall have the lions share of
the spells, II democracy is to be per-
manently established no nation should
be mistress Let everybody sit
steady in the BOAT and watch Presi-
dent Wilson at the bat,
w, A. BELK.
Holly Springs, Miss.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
Still Open Way.

When peace does come France will
still md herself with nm open frontier
toward the Germans, 1t VIII he a bet
ter frontier, easier to defend, including
!, 300, 900 people Of Alsace-Lorraine who
desire to be French, hut 1t will he a
frontier marching with the German
lands,
And the emotion which | find among
Frenchmen is not one Of passion toward
the German. have walked through
many villages which had been wanton-
ly destroyed by German troops with ev-
cry attendant a~trocity and my French
guides have shown no passion. They
have said, simply and Invariably, "This
Is what they did" Ask the French why
and the answer Is the same; We do
not know, but they always do"
Now, AS nearly as ! can measure the
feeling Of the French people whom |
know, there la no thought OF partition
Ing Germany or OF destroying II, All
recognise that under some form of gov
eminent the Germans viii continue
where they have been for centuries.
There is no desire to take German ter
| ritory, but there Ia a vast, an immeas
: urable Amusement at the American as
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07

ON British soldiers stationed in
Flanders became interested In garden
ing. They wanted a garden, but didn't
know the proper way OF going about
II. A hardened old sergeant recalled
that somebody had written a book
called Mrs, Wigs OF the Cabbage
Patch To the soldier-farmer this had
the sound of an appropriate text beok
SO he got 1t from the American Ljhrarv
association can p library nearby. When
the book came it vas a disappointment.
but all the men enjoyed reading N
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
The ubLicBe SerUed
(REe.U0.R PAT. ON,
BY q.

AND THE horse didn't stop.
BUT GALLoPED right past him.
AND BY that time.
THERE WERE a dozen men.
AND A horde of boys.
AND THREE or four dogs.
AND THEY were all running.
AND THERE were automobiles.
THAT NEARLY a over them.
AND OUT Of the hospital
JUST A half a block away.
THE AMBULANCE came.
AND WENT changing down the
street.
AND ALL the %neighbors.
WERE HANGING from the
windows.
AND YELLING for their children.
AND THE little kid.
THAT I'd been watching.
WAS IN the gutter
TRYING TO get up
AND ALL was excitement.
AMI TuE noor bnrsa
HAD GONE plumb mad.
AND WAS galloping around.
AND KNOCKED a man down.
AND BEAT it for its stable
AND GOT into its stall.
AND IT'S probably wondering.
WHAT ALL the trouble was about
BECAUSE IT dosen't know.
WHAT A little bit of a thing,
CAN START a riot.
%4nYIi:j'
XV&lAkx
~ y
14a%SS%3lA
l THANK you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07

France and Britain to surrender their
rights to our theories. This is the
great danger, increasing as the days
go by
Copyright, 1918, N, Y, Tribune.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
May Repeat.

To escape the just sentence, the
| equitable consequences of her crimes,
Germany, whether socialist or Hohen-
2~ollern, will agree to anything she
will use every effort to maneuver
around the league OF nations discus
sions In such shape as to escape pay
incentive are seeing evidences of this
purpose every day, But II she makes
promises, win she keep them7 And II
she doesn't, then the French and the
British may nave II all to do again,
and we-perhaps we shall wait three
years before coming to their aid In
our quarrel next time, a VI did this
time.
The weakest league Of nations. that
Ia the form which carries least pro-
lection against attack, will be sutfi-
GENTLY strong for us, We can run risks
which no other great nation can think
Of running, but have We the right to
ask other nations with far greater i'm
mediate dangers to surrender their
means Of defense because We, immune
| from those dangers ourselves, have de-
' cided that such a course 10 the one
thing that will satisfy usY Shall we
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
Fears Germans.

II we should ask the British to ass
sociate with us In a league made up OF
America and Britain, with France and
Italy MS lesser partners, to regulate
the oceans, to police them, | do not
think there would be the smallest hest
fancy on the British part, for the
British would trust us to play the game
fairly, to mean what u words seemed
TO mean when we spoke them, to hold
to our pledges when we had given
them. But, again, the danger seems to
be that we shall advocate the admis-
sion OF the German into that sssocia.
ton, the German who has Just desisted
from submarine murderings because he
encountered a higher law Of necessity
than the one he invoked when he
started his ruthless sea slaughter.
II Is very difficult to put down clear
~ the Impressions | gather from
those Of our associated nations with
whom I discuss the question Of a league
Of nations, but the upshot OF my I'M
presstons Is that neither the British
nor the French regard the proposal
with any real enthusiasm, not because
they have selfish ambitions which
would be lnterfered with, not because
they have Vindictive passions which
they mean to crafty, but solely and
simply because four years Of war with
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
Feels Gratitude.

Europe, then, and particularly our
British and French allies, feels toward
this country a gratitude which Is spread
over the whole population, and is no.
where moro genuine and intense than
among the poorer classes, whose i'm
mediate sufferings were greatest and
whose gain through peace Is swiftest in
arriving. This is the foundation of the
influence which we have today in l1u-
rope and the basis Of the appeal our
voice will have In conference,
But along with gratitude, which would
express itself in "A prompt compliance
with any request of ours made In our
own interest, made for the safeguarding
OF any policy Of ours, there Is al UNI
~mistakable apprehension born Of the
suspicion that our great influence may
be exerted to procure things OF little
real value to us and carrying a future
menace to u associates, For example,
II is customary In America to say that
We make war, not upon the German
people but upon their rulers, We have
always in certain official quarters made
a clear distinction between the masses
Of the German people and their rulers,
But no such distinction exists IN the
minds Of the French people, and It has
practically disappeared from British
minds.
The Frenchman does not see in his
> NNNAN' ' 'AAtft'ht A"' Nte ~ Alib
murdered and dishonOred women, an
evidence OF the exclusive spirit of the
prussian or Of the official caste. What
has been done is, to his mind, a Pc
ouliarly and characteristic German
thing, He reasons, without exception,
that the excuses and crimes which hav,
been committed on his territory and
against his brethren have been the last
ing expression tn deed Of what the Ger
man is, not tho high-horn German. not
the prince or the baron, but the German
Of all classes. And In this view the
Frenchmau fortifies the evidence oi
present experiences with those of the
past, for the German has come into
France many times since the days OF
Caesar, and the Latin descriptions of
German methods are almost Identical
with those OF the present day,
For the FrenChman, therefore, there
Is tho realisation that the German Is
what he has always been, emphasized
by the events Of recent years, and IL
Illustrated by all German history, And
in the ~Frcnchman's mind the German
will not change easily, probably never,
In any event, a new form of government
will moi transform millions Of men who
yesterday, and for years past, con
Quoted themselves In the spirit of bar
barism on French soil,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07

Those who are manufacturing a boom for Gen. Persbirg
Tor the presidency are rendering that distinguished soldier az
indifferent service. He has all the boom he wants e tho, I %t
him finish up his task in peace. '"' N'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07

ask the British to turn over the grand
fleet to the direction of an International
body? Shall we ask them to agree that
If the German embarks on another
that they will still refrain from TAX
ing the only course which can defeat
German barbarism?
win the people of the United States
agree that we should keep a standing
army of 500, 900 men in Europe in
definitely. to enforce the decisions of a
league Of nations? win the senate
ratify a treaty which binds us to pre-
serve the integrity of Czecho- Slovakia,
Of Poland, of the Tyrolean republic?
Unless we guarantee the French against
the Germans, they will have to protect
themselves, and the British will have to
stand ready to aid them again If
Germany goes off the reservation. Are
we ready to fight Italy to protect the
right Of the Jugo-Slavs, or fight the
Jugo-slays to protect Italy? We shall
have to be ready, too, If the league Of
nations undertakes, tc regulate world
affairs and we undertake to supply a
portion of the police.
We have had the holy alliance-and
it lasted effectively for less than Is
years,
We have had the concert Of Europe,
and it never was effective. Turkey,
Bulgaria, Serbia, even Greece, defied
1t with impunity. We have had inter-
national commissions in Macedonia
which spent most of their time visiting
the ruins of towns destroyed and
studying the scenes of massacres, impo-
tent to prevent or to protect, We have
had The Hague tribunal and the Ge-
neva conventions, but the German has
used poison gas, not arbitration, and
bombed, not avoided, the mark Of the
Red Cross.
The more one examines the question
Of the league of nations the more often
one ONE back to the point of view Of
the Europeans. II all nations were
equally bound by the ordinary conven-
lions of good faith and humanity no
league Of nations would be necessary.
But as long as any nation holds to the
Ideas and morals Germany has held to
for more than a century, no league of
nations can protect any nation against
a German assault, because with Ger
many u member of that league the
league will be obliged to accept Ger
man pledges as honest, when they
nay prove as worthless as before.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07

Not all are rejoicing at the prospects Of peace. Not all
The protiteers had planned to make billions Il the war had
lasted another year or two, and they are sorely disappointed