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The True Democrat ELRIE ROBINSON, MRS. MAY E. ROBINSON, Editors. Official Journal of the Parish of West Feliciana, the Towns of Bayou Sara and St. Francisville, and of the School Board. We also own and publish the Felici ana Record, a weekly newspaper for he town of Jackson, La. Advertisers will do well to get joint rates for both papers. Entered at the Post Office at St. c'rancisville, La., as second class mail Subscription $1.50 a Year in Advance. Saturday. April 18, 1914. WHEN WOMEN MAKE THEM DO IT The statement is often made, seem ingly in entire good faith, as an argu ment against woman suffrage, that the men have the well-being of women and children as truly at heart as the women, consequently, can be depend ed upon to provide protective legisla tion for their (more or less) tender charges. The fact that the men do not so provide seems to be no hin drance to the triumphant advance of this argument. A recent happening gives a concrete instance of man's failure in this re gard. The legislature of Indiana ap propriated $5,000 for tick eradication, at the same time refusing a similar amount for the child welfare move ment. The legislature could see the needs of their beasts but not those of their children. Evidently the women did not lobby hard enough to force conviction and action upon the legislators. For it may be set down as a great truth, that no protective legislation for women and children was ever devised or pass ed without woman's influence behind it. The influence may not be evident, but it is there, and research into the circumstances of any such legislation will show that such is the case. Then why is it so unnecessary-and so dangerous-to put women where they can order such legislation by di rect vote? THE IDEA OF SERVICE. Dr. Chas. W. Eliot, president emeri tus of Harvard University, is quoted in a recent Collier's as saying: "A new religious sentiment seems to me to be gradually spreading through out the world, and especially among the young people in the United States. "It is a sentiment which takes small account of ceremonies, rites, sacra "ments, creeds'and dogmas, but inspires an enthusiasm for the service of family, neighbor and society at large. "Guided by the modern scientific spirit, this sentiment is developing a new kind of Christianity, based on the ethics taught by Jesus, and particular ly the command, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself' and the parable of the good Samaritan." The idea of service is indeed the es sence of Christianity. It animated the whole life of the "Man of Sorrows" when He was on earth among men. As a boy of twelve He was employed in His Father's business, and always He went about doing good. If Christ's followers pay less heed to form and ceremony, and more to the spirit of His law, which in brief is, Love God and your neighbor, then Christianity is indeed finding itself, dropping the bar nacles and emerging true and free. Showing the correctness of Dr. Eliot's thought, the statement was made in the metropolitan press lately that in teaching the Chinese, mission aries were not placing stress upon sec tarian differences but directing their efforts more toward making their pupils Christians. The question nat urally occurs to any one, If this be all important for the Chinese, then why not for all the sons of men? A great truth is unwittingly conveyed that to be Chirist-like is man's prime need, and these other matters are indeed smaller, not necessary for the Chinese, and neither for the followers of Jesus, who gave His Life to serve others, setting the great example of service. A CUSTOM HONORED IN THE BREACH, So far as we have been informed only two of the parish teachers took advantage of the teachers' junket at Shreveport. This Is a great advance over a few years ago when there was a general exodus of teachers for a hat buying holiday, so-called teachers' con vention, for which the public had to pay. Teachers' conventions are allt right, say in summer, when they use i their own time, but during the school year their services obviously belong to the school boards that employ them, C and in the last analysis, to the public I school patrons. It is all nonsense to 1 say that the latter's children reap the l benefit of what is learned at these con- f ventions. This premise is based on the fact that the teachers learn some thing, which few do, and further on a the fact that the teachers remain in d the same school through succeeding 1 years. Where are our teachers of yester u year? s WORTH TRYING AT LEAST. Mayor Logan of Bayou Sara appear ed before the town council of St. Fran cisville, Tuesday night, with regard to securing its co-operation in asking aid from the Mississippi River Commission to protect Bayou Sara and lower St. Francisville by a levee. So far as it appears from the minutes of the coun cil, that body failed to respond to Mr. Logan's appeal. This is a mistaken course, for how ever problematical it may be that the Commission will give the assistance asked for, it does no harm to make the I request, for a levee secured without cost to local people is worth trying for. Moreover, an appeal from St. Fran cisville would greatly strengthen Bayou Sara's, as it could be shown that the flooding of lower St. Francisville, more than Bayou Sara, deprives the entire back country of a commercial outlet, as was seen in 1912, when Powell's was the nearest point at which freight and passengers could reach West Fe liciana. This point is the most force ful in the entire argument for help, and it could be made best by St. Fran cisviille itself. All other considera tions aside, it is a matter of courtesy for St. Francisville to assist Bayou Sara in its efforts, and we hope that Mayor Briant will see the question in this aspect at least, and will exert his influence before the Commission, that St. Francisville may do her part in this task. DESTROYING CATTLE TICKS. The latest bulletin on tick eradica tion is before us, and it is not as dry as dust reading, which some might fancy, but is such as to make one feel it his duty to do something along this line, both for humane and business reasons, and whether or no he owns cattle. There is a multitude of testi mony as to the increased value of tick free cattle, both as to actual worth, and as to the ease with which com merce in these.animals can be carried on without any quarantine restrictions. This should appeal to the man of pure ly utilitarian mind, who is unwilling to do anything unless he sees a profit in dollars and cents. The humane man will, in addition however, when it is shown to him how much more com fortable the cattle are without these parasites, feel that this is also a tick eradication argument. Think how the tiniest "seed" tick can annoy a human being, and then imagine the tortures of the beasts, that are infested with these insect pests, warranted to be able to pierce the stoutest hide! No wonder that even in Louisiana, where smiling pas tures may prevail a good part of the year, that lean kine are the rule in stead of being the exception. It is all due to the prevalent tick, as Louisiana is sadly behind in the wise and bene flcent task of destroying the tick. RIDICULOUS INCONSISTENCY. 'The Lake Charles American-Press points out the inconsistency of those Louisianians, who shout in one breath that taking off the tariff has destroyed the sugar industry, and at the next, invite the world to an exposition of great ideas. They demand a regional bank on account of the wealth and importance of the metropolis, even while prophesying ruin, because of a blow at a single one of its many indus tries. Would that Louisiana could see it self, politically and commercially, as others see it, even as the American Press, "cruel to be kind" points out in the following paragraphs: "We need not flatter ourselves, how ever, that our inconsistency is not noted by the keen observers of nation al affairs. Louisiana and its obvious insincerity is becoming the laughing stock of the United States. We de nounce the democratic platform, and vote the democratic ticket; we howl that tariff reduction has ruined us, and 1 demand a regional bank on the ground that we are too wealthy and too im portant to be ignored. We ask the nation to join us, at the same hour, in an Exposition and a Grand Lodge of Sorrow. "We ask a democratic administra tion continually for favors and jab it in the short ribs at every opportunity. We have congressmen anl a senator who have voted against the democratic I administration as regularly as thet hard-shell republicans every time a1 test vote has been taken. "It is, of course, repulsive to think of reformers being politicians; we are I not warranted exactly in classing them i as angels; and Louisiana's course toward the administration from which it expected so much has been such as to move the shy and timid rabbit to rise up and expectorate in the bull- c dog's face. An administration of mere politicians would by this time have t been riled up enough to import demo- 1 crats from Texas and Mississippi to a fill our post offices." t A bridegroom is a person who spends a a lot of money buying himself a wed- a ding suit that nobody notices.-Dalla's News. Except in the rural press, which v usually reports, "the groom wore ap suit of conventional black." LOUISIANA STATE DEB'I, IUNDS AND INVESTMENTS, 1880 TO 1913. Washington, D. C., April 15--Prelim I inary figures from the forthcoming bul i letin pertaining to national and state indebtedness and funds and invest t ments have been given out by Director W. J. Harris, of the Bureau of the Cefhsus, Department of Commerce. The bulletin carries information for the state of Louisiana, as well as for the 2 other states and the United States. The a data was compiled under the super 2 vision of Mr. John Lee Coulter, expert t special agent in charge of the inquiry on Wealth, Debt, and Taxation. The bulletin, which will soon be is 3 sued, will contain statistics for each 2 state for each year from 1890 to 1913, 2 inclusive, as far as statistics are avail able, and will also contain details for the year most nearly corresponding to 9 1880, thus making it possible to show t the general movement during a period of over 30 years. The bulletin will show the total debt of the states as well as many details, such as the vari ous classes of outstanding bonds and special debt obligations to public trust funds. It will also show the floating I debt and its component parts. Under t "Funds and investments" will be shown separately all the different funds, and in each case cash and securities will t be shown. The population of the states for each year under considera tion will be used, and the per capita debt (less sinking fund assets) will be given. The bonded indebtedness of the state of Louisiana decreased from $13,401, 000 in 1892 to $12,140,000 in 1912, while the special debt obligations to public funds, amounting to $1,449,000, were unchanged throughout the period cov ered. The floating debt was large but decreased from $1,014,000 in 1892 to $97,000 in 1912. In the case of funds and investments both securities and cash increased dur ing the period. The securities increas ed steadily from $1,545,000 in 1890 to $2,577,000. in 1911, whereas the cash reached the maximum amount, $1,410, 000, in 1907, falling to $986,000 on De cember 31, 1911. No sinking fund assets, as such, were recorded in any year, thus leav ing the debt (less sinking fund assets) the same as the total debt. The steady increase in population and the decline of $2,000,000 in the debt (less sinking fund assets) brought about a marked reduction in the per capita debt during the 20-year period. In 1880 the total debt of Louisiana at the close of the fiscal year, March 1, was $23,438,000; in 1892 it was $15, 863,000; and $13,686,000 in 1912. The population of the state increased from 940,000 in 1880 to 1,718,000 in 1912; this, together with the decrease in the total indebtedness, caused a marked decline in the per capita debt. In 1880 the per capita debt was $24.94; in 1892 it was $13.52; in 1912 the amount had fallen to $7.97. In contrast with the state of Louisi ana we find that, taking the entire debt (less sinking fund assets) for the 48 states, the per capita debt, accord ing to the latest report, is $3.52, or less than one-half the per capita debt for Louisiana. Comparing the decrease in the per capita debt of Louisiana and the average for the 48 states for the 30-year period, we find the ratio ap proximately twice as great for Louis iana; the $5.48 falling to $3.52 in the average for the 48 states, and $24.94 to $7.97 in the average for Louisiana. At the present time about 1.8 per cent of the total population of the United States will be found in the state of Louisiana, and 4 per cent of the total debt (less sinking fund as sets) is attributed to that state. LIABLE FOR $100 ONLY. Patrons of the railroads will find a valuable lesson in the termination of a suit against the Boston and Maine Railroad. Under the ruling of the United States Supreme Court, if a pas senger is to recover more than $100 for lost baggage, he will be required to prove that he put a higher valuation upon his effects before their loss. The railroads decided some time ago to limit their liability for lost bag gage to $100, unless at the time of be ginning the trip the passenger declares a higher value. This practice of the railroads is declared valid by the Hep burn act, notwithstanding the fact that the passenger may carry valuable baggage and have no knowledge of the liability limitation. The Southern lines were among the last of the roads to adopt the rule, and it is probable that in fairness to the public, notices of the $100 rule will be issued to travelers. Rudyard Kipling told the members of the Royal Geographical Society re cently that the world is about to en ter upon a new era in travel-when the sea shall give place to the air as the highway of the nations. He added that the routes of trade will be utterly dif ferent. "Then," said Mr. Kipling, "we shall hear the lost ports of New Yorki and Bombay howling like Tarshish and Tyre. . . -The-men of the present have begun the discovery of the new I world with the same devoutly careless passion that-their predecessors showed in completing the discovery of the old." IMPROVE rIEALT' CONDITIONS AMONG NEGROES. The health status Df the negro is of vital interest to every white person and to every individual of his own race. It is widely known that the death rate among people of this race is ab normally high. The cause is found not in climatic or general sanitary condi tions, but in the negro's ignorance of simple laws of health and in the insan itary surroundings for which he him self is largely responsible. These defects can be remedied-the first by instruction; the second by en forcement of sanitary regulations, es pecially those which relate to water supply and sewage disposal, applied not to the negro tenant alone but to the white landlord as well. The widespread misapprehension ex isting as to the healthfulness of the South is due largely to distorted facts. Morbidity among negroes particularly is exaggerated. The South has noth ing to lose by publicity. To make evi dent conditions as they are will in spire confidence and bring conviction to the fair-minded. To institute measures for the eradi cation of any sanitary evil is intelli gent and a civic obligation; moreover, it implies economic foresight. But at tack on any defect of the social body to be effective must be made a con certed movement by all interested. To this end, Louisiana State Board of Health believes it timely to call a conference throughout the South that agreement may be reached concerning immediate, practical measures for bet terment of health among negroes. The meeting will be held in New Orleans April 24-25th. East of the Mis sissippi a rate of one fare plus 25c from all points has been granted; west of the Mississippi the rate is 4c a mile round trip. Hotels have given 25 per cent reduction. Account of health week, tickets on sale 17th. Return limit, April 27th. NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY. In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division-In the matter of Chas. F. Howell, Bankrupt. No. 264 in Bankruptcy. You are hereby notified that the above party of Laurel Hill, Louisiana, was, on March 24, 1914, adjudged a bankrupt in the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Louisiana. All creditors of the aforementioned are hereby notified that the first meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt will be held before the undersigned referee, at his office, Room 15, Reymond Building, in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on May 27, 1914, at 4:30 o'clock P.M., whereat said creditors shall present and prove their claims; shall elect a Trustee and fix the amount of his bond: shall deter mine in what manner and at what time the property of the Bankrupt's estate shall be sold, and shall do such other things as may be necessary for the promotion and the best interest of said estate, and shall transact such other business as may prop erly come before said meeting. BENJ. B. TAYLOR, Referee. Baton Rouge, La., April 11, 1914. ORDINANCE. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Police Jury of the Parish of West Felickna, That all roads in the Parish now used as public roads, and on which overseers have heretofore been or may hereafter be appointed are hereby declared public roads in the meaning of this ordinance. Section 2. Be it enacted, etc., That the PariSh of West Feliciana be, and it is hereby declared to be, divided into ........ road districts, each of said dis tricts to conform geographically with the several wards of said Parish. Section 3. Be it enacted, etc.,. That, in order to raise funds for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and repairing the public roads and bridges of the Par ish, a per capita tax of One Dollar per annum is hereby imposed upon each able bodied male inhabitant of the Parish of West Feliclana between the ages of eigh teen and fifty-five years, provided that the provisions of this section shall not be operative in incorporated towns in the Parish that maintain their own streets. Section 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That, in order to carry into effect the provisions of the preceding section, the assessor of the Parish shall makA a list of all persons subject to the per capita tax, which list shall be kept by him in a special book or upon extension of his regular tax rolls. Section 5. Be it further enacted, etb., That the per capita tax herein imposed shall be collected by the Sheriff of the Parish in the same manner as other taxes, and that the assessor shall re ceive for listing, and the Sheriff for col lecting, said tax, the same rate of com missions as in other taxes assessed and collected by them. Section 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That the said per capita tax shall become due on or before the 31st day of.October, 1914, and each succeeding year thereafter, and any person liable therefor who shall have failed to pay said tax on or before I the 31st day of December, 1914, arid each succeeding year thereafter, will be deem ed delinquent. Section 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That, in order to enforce the payment ofi said tax, any person liable therefor who 1 may be delinquent in the payment thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding One Hundred Dollars, or in default of paying said fine E to imprisonment in the Parish jail for a period not exceeding thirty days. Section 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That all fines and penalties imposed on persons for infringement of this ordinance shall go, when collected, into the road and bridge fund of the Parlsh. Section 9. Be it further enacted, etc., That this ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and that all ordi nances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. C. F. HOWELL, Pres. Police Jury. R. M. LEAKE, Sec. Police Jury. Latest popular sheet music 10c per r cop.y, at the Royal Pharmacy. a EDENBORN LINE (Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co.) THE SHORT- LINE THE POPULAR ROUTE BETWEEN Shreveport, Alexandria, Baton Rouge and New Orleans and to all points in the East and Southeast E. C. D. MARSHALL, General Freight and Passenger Agent Shreveport, La. N SUTH'S SO E ECOLLET IO0I0L OF BUSINESS." SOULE COLLEGE. NEW ORLEANS, LA. Should be given thebet trainlag to nwz pare them for success in business. YOU/Q Personal Instru.tioni, F.ree Smploy. ment Department, c:omplete College Bank. College Store and Wholesale Offces. No mleapresentatious to secure sta. dents. Through the success ofits 22000 former students, Soule ColerF L, recognized everywhere as a Wilt Awake, Practical. Pooular and Sto Ceastl School. 80O. 80oS & 801so Ship your Produce to a man you know 2 George M. Stern, "2 405 Poydras Street. Farm products bought outright or + handled on commission. N_ ' Sold Hogs by Telephone A South Carolina farmer had a large number of hogs which were ready to kill The weather was so warm that killing was out of the question. He went to his telephone, called a dealer in Columbia over Long Distance and sold his hogs at a good price. He then called the local freigt office and arranged for skipment. The telephone is now a necessity on the farm. You can have one on your farm at small cost. See the nearest Bell Telephone Manager or send a postal for our free booklet. FAR~MERS' ]LIE DEPARTMENT Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company INCORPORATED. 432 SOUTH PRYOR ST REET, ATLANTA, GA. "LITTLE ADS." Hats remodeled and trimmed. Nice line of flowers, milliner's findings, etc., on hand. Mrs. S. L. Riggs, at Storm's store. (4-18-4) Cattle Mark-Brand on hip W M. Tag in one ear. "Public is hereby warned not to buy or drive off any cattle so marked. LUCY L. MATTHEWS. (4-11-4) For sale at cost, one sanitary couch full bed size, $3.00. Excellent for sum mer use, or as a hall lounge. Only used a few times. Reason for selling, too long for the space planned for it to stand in. These couches usually sell for $4.75 in New Orleans, plus freight, but this one was purchased at a sale. Apply at True Democrat office. FOR SALE-About 150 bbls. damag ed corn. JAS. P. BOWMAN. (tt. FOR SALE-Grade Hereford Cattle. Lespedeza Hay and Seed. EDWARD BUTLER, St. Francisville, La. FOR SALE. Red Rust Proof Seed Oats and Pea. vine Hay. JAB. P. BOWMAN. LOST-At Julius Freyhan school house, a gold fountain pen, monogram 'A. L." The public is requested to be on look-out for such a pen. Suitable reward for its return to this office, and no questions asked. NOTICE. St. Francisville, La., April 16, 1914. This is to notify all property owners of this town to place their side-walks in good repair within thirty days from this date, according to resolution pass ed by the Town Council. The town will furnish, free of charge, all sand necessary for use in repairing said walks. If this regulation is not complied with I will take charge of the walks and have them repaired at the expense of the property holder. G. S. DAVIDSON, Marshal. SHERIFF'S SALE. State of Louisiana, Parish of West Felic. lana, 24th Judicial District Court Bank of Clinton vs. Anthony Cries. By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias to the Sheriff directed by the Hon., the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of West Feliciana, La., in the above en titled cause, I have seized and will offer for sale to the highest bidder at the front door of the Court House in the Town of St. Francisville, La., at the hour of 11 o'clock a. m., on Saturday, May 9, 1914, the following described property, to-wit: One hundred and eighty acres of land (180) more or less, being and situated in the Parish of West Feliciana, La., bound ed on the North by Spillman and Jones, East by Mrs. Smylie, South by lands for merly belonging to Asa Brown, and West by the middle prong of Thompson's Creek. Terms of sale-Cash with benefit of appraisement. J. H. CLACK, Sheriff. Wanted to buy some second hand lumber in good order. Apply at this ofnee. tt.