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The True Democrat . Vol. XXI St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish La., Saturday, November 9 1912 • 1% ,r, g'llI P K. C. SMITH, President. DR. C. F. AOWELL, Vice-President. DAVID I. NORWOOD, Cashier. ANCEL ARD, AssWstant Cashier. THE PEOPLE'S BANK } St. Francisville, La. Capital-- $50,000 Surplus - $10,000 DIRECTORS: + K. C. Smith, A. F. Barrow, Samuel Carter, B. E. Eskridge, C. Weydert, C. F. Howell, Ben Mann, F. O. Ham ilton, Wnm. Kahn, D. I. Norwood. A general banking business ransactod. Liberal accommodation in accord with sound and conservative banking extended patrons. * Certificates of Deposit Bearing 4 Per Cent. Interest to Time Depositors. ýf~a$ ttt"tttta"~tý" "ýý ,ýýt~rtt·9+tta94. PRESCRIPTIONS Our Prescription Department is our Pride and we make the filling of Prescriptions a Specialty. We use only materials of highest standard of Purity and Strength. Close attention to this Department and years of experience have won for us the confidence of both Phy sician and Patient. ROYAL'PHARMACY, ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA. S. I. Reymond Co., Ltd., Cor Main and hird Streets Baton Rouge, La. Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes Hats, Clothing, IHousefurnishing, Etc. CHAS. TADLOCK CARPENTER AND BUILDER Estimates Furnished on Application Wire Doors and Screens O SpecialtyO Window and Door Frames, Mantels, Etc. First-Class Heart Shingles Always On Hand. | lll~~I mm .............~K "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You." This is to inform the people that I have moved my store in the old Gastrell building, where I shall be glad to see my cus. tomers and to serve them. As the high water has crippled me considerably and as I had to go to heavy expense, I would like to see everyone I have favor ed come forward and do unto me as I have done to them. Columbus and Weber Wagons, Parry Buggies, American Wire Fence 192 Ibs. to the roll and 26 Inches high, Deering Harvester Tools, International Engine, and all the leading hardware imple ments obtainable always on hand or on short notice. Champion Potato Digger--the kind to dig peanuts and sweet and Irish Potatoes--can be seen in operation at W. Daniel's, Jr. CHIARLE3S WEYDERT'S OF COURSE. ....~ ~ ~ -- i mIIm in SEND YOUR PRINTING TO THIS OFFICE, WHERE IT WILL BE DONE PROPERLY...... S Di o We Won With Woodrow Wilson. o o O E 8 D a [1 Li [1 _, l i Li Li Li Li Li Li Li aC] ILLLiC EEn !rJ1Og ~J~i~iE $oJl~E DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE SWEEPS WHOLE COUNTRY SEGREGATION AMENDMENT GETS SNOWED UNDER Wilson and Marshall Win by Tremendous Majorities from all Sections. Fate of Some Amendments Still Hangs in Balance Waiting Final Count. Surpassing even the most sanguine expectationa s the victory that the national Democracy has won with Wilson and Marshall at its head. Thirty-nine states declare for Wood row Wilson, his policies and those of the Democratic party. It was known aljmost certainly, prior to the elec tion on Tuesday that the Princeton Schoolmaster would run far ahead of the truculent Bull Moose or *he suave and smiling Taft, Returns , show that the last-named made a poor third. Col. Roosevelt carried the progressives of the Republican party along with him, and the result It that the "grand old party" is now disrupted and disorganized by his ra pacity for a third term. The vote of the electoral college stands thus according to returns up to Thursday: Electoral College. Roose Taft. Wilson. velt. Alabama .. ...... 12 . Arizona .. . ... .. 3 Arkansa .. ...... 9 . California .. ... .. 13 Colorado .. ...... 6 Connecticut .. . 7 Delaware ........ 3 .. Florida .. .. .. .. 6 ..I Georgia .. .. .. .. 14 .. Idaho .. .. .... 4 .. .. r Illinois .. .. .. .. .. 29 1 Indiana .. .. .. .. 15 . i Iowa .. .. .... .. 13 .. s Kansas .. .. ... .. 10 .. Kentucky .. ..... 13 .. Louisiana .. ... .. 10 .. s Maine .. ....... .. 6 . v Maryland.. .... .. S .. Massachusetts... .. " 18 Michigan .. .... .. .. 15 a Minnesota ....... 12 .. k Missisppi ...... 10 .. b ie Missouri .. ...... 18 le Montana .. ... .. 4 th Nebraska ........ 8 d. New Hampshire. .. 4 .. d- Nevada ... .. .... 3 .I ) New Jersey ...... 14 t 'n New Mexico ...... 3 ..D c- New York ........ 45 n North Carolina ... 12 .. c )f North Dakota ... 5 .. c e Ohio .. .. .. ... .. 24 . a Oklahoma ..... .. 10 .. . a Oregon ........ 5 d Pennsylvania... .. .. 38 l Rhode Island ..... 5 h t South Carolina . .. 9 .. a V South Dakota .. . .. 5 s Tennessee...... 12 Texas .. ...... .. 20 Utah .... ... 4 .. i Vermont ...... .. 4 .. i Virginia ...... . 12 h. Washington ..... 7 West Virginia .. 8 .. a Wisconsin ..... ... 13 in *Wyoming .. . N Totals ..... 12 422 94 N .Doubtful (three votes). N N The vote in Louisiana was over- NI whelmingly Democratic, Roosevelt Ni did not get half the vote that was Ni claimed for him in advance. He car- NE ried one town: Abita Springs, the St. NE Tammany health resort. The surprise No in the presidential race was *he No showing made by Eugene V. Debs, N( Socialist. He made a surprising run N< out in the western portion of the N< state, particularly In the mill towns N( where recent I )or troubles have oc- Nc curred. Nc The Democratic gains in the House Nc and Senate are large. It is not yet No known as certain that the latter will be Democratic. A phase of the general election was the success of woman suffrage in four of the five states where con stitutional amendments were submit ted to the people. The victory of the women was complete in Kansas, I Arizona and Michigan; late returns from Oregon indicated they had suc ceeded there also; while from Wis consin alone came returns showing decisive defeat. Nothing distinctive is shown in the Louisiana returns, as all the Demo 4 cratic nominees went in without a hitch: The interest centered in the amendments, although it was fore seen that tax revision would be lost. How Amendments Fared. 1 The following figures, represent- , ing the vote of twenty-one parishes, c including Orleans, where the count r has been completed, or practically so, c indicates the fate of the nineteen I amendments, as the parishes report- e ing are in all sections of the State. e Amendment- For. Against. p No. 1 ..... - - .. 9,708 26,042 n No. 2... ...... 8,310 20,608 1; No. 3 .. . ........20,982 7,961 a No. 4 .. . . ... . 8,701 18,991 11 No. 5 .. ... . . .. - 8,235 19,768 p No. 6 . .... .. .. 8,105 19,508 ' No. 7 ... .... ....16,370 10,147 i1 No. 8 ............20,656 7,241 ti No. 9 .. .. .... ....25,010 5 447 No. 10 .. ...- . .. 7,743 19,827 o No. 11.. ......-.. 22,977 6,413 a No. 12...... ..- .. 9,663 18,254 o: No. 13...... . .. ..21,301 6,448 tf No. 14 ........ ..22,171 6,031 n No. 15.. .. .. .. .. ..21,022 6,506 b; No. 16.. .. .. ....20,486 7,096 g, No. 17 .. .. .. .. ..20,576 6,946 al No. 18.. .. .. .. . ..11,422 14,376 of No. 19.. .... ......10,746 18,363 Wilson has carried Illinois. D: ALL AMENDMENTS GET MAJORITIES IN PARISH No. 9 Receives Highest Vote With Tax Segregation Running Second. West Feliciana complete gives Wilson, 281; Roosevelt, 30; Taft, 3. All the amendments received ma jorities in the parish, the vote being as follows: Amendment- No. 1-For, 187; against, 34. No. 2-For, 119; against, 79. No. 3-For, 156; against, 45. No. 4-For, 128; against, 72. No. 5-For, 153; against, 50. No. 6-For, 143; against, 48. No. 7-For, 122; against, 72. No. 8-For, 119; against, 61. No. 9-For, 203; against, 26. No. 10-For, 141; against, 53. No. 11-For, 150; against, 42. No. 12-For, 133; against, 66. No. 13-For, 151; against, 34. No. 14-For, 135; against, 72. No. 15-For, 138; against, 40. No. 16-For, 117; against, 53. No. 17-For, 113; against, 41. No. 18-For, 101; against, 78. No. 19-For, 149; against, 38. ROAD TAX DEFEATED. The proposition to levy a five mill tax for the roads was voted down about two to one. The vote, exclu O sive of the sixth ward and Poplar Springs boxes, being 97 for, and 188 against. REDUCING PARISH EXPENSES. True Democrat:-An effort should be made to cut out useless parish ex penses. Allow me to mention a few such burdens: Six elections this year, expense to the tax-payer, $1,445.00; votes cast at the last primary, about 375. Remedy: Have nine voting places in the parish, each managed by three commissioners at $2.00 per day, said commissioners to be made executive, cutting out sheriff at $5; S reduce police jury to five at $2 per day, without mileage, as none of them ever use more than one day to go and return; reduce school board similarly. Why assess real e: tate more than once in four years? Very few changes occur in ownership of this property, and when su.h changes do occur the change has to be made in the assessment by the police Jury. Why does it cost so much to transfer land by deed when the whole deed can be made and re corded for $1.50, at a good profit? TAX-PAYER. on THE TELEPHONE AS A BLESSING. > William Jennings Bryan, who fre 1t quently lays aside politics for the dis of cussion of other questions of equally ", absorbing interest, delivered before ns the Conservation Congress, recently LC- held in Kansas City, a most interest 5 ing address on "COonservation and the " Improvement of Farm Life." "What will make our farms more leattractive?" Mr. Bryan asks, and ie o- plying to his own question, gives a first place in his thoughts to the tel ie ephone-the farmer's telephone-in e- these words: t. "It seems to me that Just now there are a numlber of things that t- conspire to add to the attractiveness s, of the farms. Invention has al it ready added largely to the comforts >, of the farmer. I live nearly four n miles from the city. The telephone t- enables me to send and receive tel egrams; it enables me to call the t. physician in a moment. I know of 2 no one thing that hangs more heavi 8 ly on the mother than the fact, when 1 sickness comes, or accident, it is .o I long before one can be sent to the 8 physician, and the physician brought. 8 To-day, with the telephone, we cut 7 in two, at least, the time between 1 the accident and the relief." 7 The rural telephone, however, has 7 other uses which make it Invaluable 3 as a time saver and an annihilator I of space. Their homes will be bct i ter safeguarded, their social life mPde I more agreable, their facilities for 3 handling business increased, and, in i general, life made easier and more iattractive as a result of the advent iof the rural telephone. Republicans.for-revenue-only got an awful jolt in Tuesday's election.