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The True Democrat ELRIE ROBINSON, MRS. MAY E. ROBINSON, Editors. Official Journal of the Parish of West Feliclana, the Towns of Bayou Sara and St. Francisville, and of the School Board. We also own and publish the Felici tna 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. Irancisville, La., as second class mail Subscription $1.50 a Year In Advance. Saturday, June 12, 1915. WILLIAM C. CHEVIS. It is one of the drawbacks of editing a country weekly, that so much of its matter is forestalled by journals of an earlier issue. In the present case of reference to the death of William C. Chevis, the beautiful and true things have already been said about him by his brothers of the daily press. They have told how strong and inspiring his writing was, how fine a citizen and man he was, how incorruptible, hpw just, how devoted to the cause of right and the propaganda of progress not only in Louisiana but the world over. What remains therefore for The True Democrat to say more than has been said? Panegyric is exhausted. Eulogy has spent its finest periods upon him. The laurels he deserved are acknowl edged. There remains but to lay another leaf of rue upon his grave, the tribute of one, who knew him as a friend, since the stormy days of 1892. His little Ranger, an 8x12 quarto, was the small est but not the least powerful of the guns leveled at the Louisiana Lottery. Although later, he became editor of larger papers, the Baton Rouge Advo cate and the New Orleans States, and showed in them the riches of a maturer judgment and a wider experience, never did he surpass the work done then, because with his efforts was added a moral heroism that devoted 'itself to a great public duty, unawed by power and uncorrupted by the hope of gain. At no other period of life was the man called upon for so supreme a test of character. But he sustained the test without tremor or stain, and that reputation he preserved to the last. The present writer can never forget his kindness to her, a tyro in news paper work, at that time. No elder brother could have been more true. No friend so kindly and faithful in advice. Comrades in the same cause, it is a matter of pride, to know that he was ever a friend. TIME TO WAKE UP. Calcasieu has just let a contract for a reinforced concrete bridge over the Calcasieu river for $80,000; for a con crete viaduct and a gravel highway through the swamp for about $52,000; a contract for graveling Shell Beach drive, a distance of two miles, for $12,000; total contracts let, $144,000. Not only over the whole State of Louis iana but over the whole of the United States, work on a large scale is being done for the impr',vement of the public roads. This is an age of road building. Good roads make country life not only en durable, but pleasant and profitable. Good roads inchease the value of farm ing lands;they save enormous amounts of money in horse flesh, wear and tear of vehicles, increased expense of liv ing, waste of farm products for the want of cheap transportation, etc. Good roads would double the value of productive farm lands of this parish in 15 years. Rich lands without good roads and bridges are almost worth less. With these improvements they are most valuable. The lands of the parish are to go to our children and to our children's children as a heritage. It is up to us to pass them down to them not as worthless property, aj burden rather than a blessing. As the lands without good roads are ofi little value, and as good roads and bridges make these lands valuable, it follows that the lands should naturally bear the burden of improving the roads. A bonded indebtedness is the only I practical way of making the roads and increasing the value of the land. The I bonds will extend over a long period of years. The parish is spending $7,500 dollars I a year on working the roads. If this system be continued for fifty years the parish will have paid out $375.000 and at the end of that period would have no better roads than it has now, and probably the lands would not be any more valuable. Borrow the money on I flfty-year bonds; build the roads andt bridges; take this money now spent I uselessly and pay the interest on the ( bonded indebtedness; get the good c roads and bridges; build up the land c values; encourage emigration.- Increas-t ed land values will pay off the indebt- E edness with the same rate of taxation ' or less than now paid. a Citizens of West Feliciana, we have i slept long enough! Let's wake up to t the necessities of the time; for once, I let's all work together for the upbuild- e ing of our parish, that we no longerl shall be a byword and a reproach" among the men of the courtry. t CITIZEN. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH WEST FELICIANA? (Contributed.) What IS the matter with West Fe at liciana? Ask every third man you a meet this question and every second one of these will have a different an swer to give ypu. All are agreed that - something is the matter, and, in truth, this seems to be the only subject upon r which the people are unanimous. " As a matter of truth and fact, there 1 Is nothing the matter with West Fe liciana. We have merely been told that there is for so long and so con il tinuously, we have heard the mourners weeping over the expected demise, a until the thing has become an obses sion; we have thought in circles until our heads swim at the effort; we have failed to see that the whole situation is a result of mental suggestion and ts merely a state of mind. Let us see how the matter stands. It is trite to say we have the best hill parish in the State; the richest lands; the most beautiful natural surround , ings; the finest all-year-round climate; the most ideally located farms for di versification. You've heard all that d before-and it's all true. It is also true that we have as good men and t women as the South produces, and that in itself is a high compliment. Why then is West Feliciana stand e ing still or even slipping backward, n while other parishes are forging to the front in civic improvement, wealth, and bettered agricultural conditions-par 1- ishes less favorably blessed in natural resources and fertile lands? It is because we distrust each other. It is because we fail to unite our ener gies for the common good. We fall to get acquainted with our neighbor. We 1- of the towns fail to })now the hopes, the ideals, and the needs of you in the country. Each little settlement, each little ward is a community unto itself. We need to get better acquainted with ourselves and with out neighbor, and r with out friends across the parish line. A family deprived of 11ll communica tion, social and otherwise, with its s neighbor, is a morose family; so also a community shut in from its neighbor becomes a morose community. Also, in this day of competition, it becomes a stagnant community, and that is pre cisely what is the matter with West Feliciana: we are morose and stagnant. t Time was, in the good old days of cotton, money and mortgages, when we. could afford to build a Chinese wall about our little principality; invite the r rest of the world to feed us with her hog, hominy and canned horrors, in return for the privilege of clothing them with out cotton. This business formality having been attended to, we invited them, by implication, at their convenience to go to the devil, while we would proceed to attend to our own affairs in our own way. But these good old days, no matter how much regret ted, are gone and we can no longer afford to live behind Chinese walls. We can no longer afford to overlook the fact that we are obliged to compete Swith ouf hustling neighbors to the north, east, south and west of us. We must fight for our share of the good things of life; we must peep over that Chinese wall and find out what is hap pening on the other side. Very well then, if we must fight so be it! The men of West Feliciana are real men and they are real fighters, but all the 42 centimeter howitzers, the Gatlings, Springfields, and six-shooters in the world will avail us nothing in this fight. We must needs be arned with plows and harrows and engines of construction, not destruction, and roads and more roads and better roads and bridges and more bridges and better no we haven't any. Just think of that: we haven't any; and roads and bridges and means of quick communication are the biggest single things in educating and developing a country that any com munity can have-and the cheapest. A number of years ago, as far back as the time, you will remember, when it was as easy to raise cotton, money and mortgages in West Feliciana as it is to raise hell to-day by starting a discussion on the subject of taxation, the State of Kansas was about the most woe-begone, poverty-stricken, run down-at-the-heel object of commisera tion in your Uncle Samuel's family: prodigality, pessimism and populism had soaked deep into the souls of her citizens; individually and collectively, privately and publicly, Kansas was mortgaged until her farms groaned with the weight of them; Kansas was a "plumb busted community"; Kansas was about ready to dry up like the dust on her prairies and blow away.. About this time there was a little unknown editor, running a little un known newspaper in a little unknown town out there in Kansas. His office I boy, his friends and the office "devil" called him "Bill" White, and the rest 1 of Emporia, where his paper circulated, called him anything mean they could I think of, and they can think and say l some mighty mean things in Kansas. That was a number of years ago, as I aforesaid, as far back, you will remem- I ber, as when it was easy to raise cot ton, money and mortgages in West Feliciana. To-day this little unknown editor is still called "Bill" White by his office boy, his friends and the office 5 "devil," and to the rest of Emporia and c the whole of the United States he is a known as William Allen White, the best ' editor in America, one of its most virile writers, and a tremendous power for the betterment of civic and social conditions, far beyond the city limits of Emporia. U William Allen White, just at a time d when the people of Kansas were least a expecting it, touched off a few hundred tons of dynamite and woke them. up. 1, He did it through the editorial columns u of his Emporia Gazette, and he called his article "What's the Matter With e Kansas?" William Allen White told 'em just what was the matter with d Kansas. He didn't mince any words " doing it, either; he told 'em it was just s about the rottenest little State in the e, Union, and that its citizens were head s ed straight for demnition. He roasted i1 'em until the flesh came off Jn huge 'e chunks and he singed all the hair off n the populistic beards. d Editor White woke 'em up most thor oughly and effectively. They went t gunning for Editor White, they 'cussed' 11 him and called him a "knocker" and made it generally unpleasant for him, but "Bill" White just grinned, dipped his pen in sulphuric acid and wrote another editorial, and for some reason Lt the people did not run Editor White 0 out of Kansas. Possibly because after d pouring the healing oil of enlighten Lt ment on their wounds they' discovered that he was telling some mighty plain truths, and it was not a bad idea after 1, all to have a man or two in the com e munity who could see their faults and d was not afraid to make them public property. They are glad they didn't run Wil liam Allen White out of Kansas now. In fact, they are exceedingly proud of him, for he is a national figure and he o made the State what it is to-day. Their e mortgages are all paid up, their lands ' have quadrupled in value, they have e money out at interest, good roads, schools, and unbounded confidence in themselves and their State. The parish of West Feliciana to-day is in exactly the same state of meptal and physical decay that existed in Kansas before Willoam Allen White "woke 'em up." The people are ha Srassed by debt; they are deficient in r schools, and their roads for the most part are little more than cow-paths. 9 There is a spirit of distrust in each other, and there is no "health in us." t It is time we lay aside politics, petty differences, jealousies and suspicions, and analyze ourselves individually and -.collectively and find out "What's the Smatter with West Feliciana?" Fortunately for West Feliciana, we do not need a William Allen White to wake her up. Her citizens are alive to the needs of the community, and a movement has been started that de bnerves and merits the support of every red-blooded person who lives within her boundaries. These men know that the time has come to let Louisiana hear from us. West Feliciana has been the banner parish, the garden spot, the dwelling-place of the mighty of the greatest State South in the past. She is going to be a contender for that enviable place again. She is on her way toward that goal, and she is gath ering headway all the time. But these men realize that she must build from within, make her lands habitable, give her people means of transportation for their crops and make it worth while for her young men to stay on the land and new families to settle in the waste places. They realize that the time has come when all prejudices must be laid aside, and when all men can meet on a com mon ground of understanding and work for the betterment of the parish, for what is just and right and necessary for its development and upbuilding; that the time has come to have those things which are best and those only. They realize that it is time to construct for the future, to build permanently, to forget the expediency of the moment and raise monuments which will en dure for future generations. They know that the expediency of the moment in road and bridge con struction is the most wanton waste and extravagance, that no successful busi ness is, or can be, conducted except on the firm foundation of permanency. They know that this parish is expend ing enough each year in repairing roads to pay the interest on any investment it would be necessary to incur, to make these same roads permanent,and bridge all its streams. They know a means can be found to have this whole situa tion bettered, and something started that will eventually lead to a perfect system of highways and bridges. They also know it can not all be done in a minute; that many problems confront them; that many details must be work ed out; that money so expended must be done judiciously; but that these obstacles can readily be overcome, by and with the support of the intelli gence of this parish. And so they are talking about it; getting better ac quainted with their neighbors, which is proper, and gathering a nugget of wisdom here, accumulating,a worth while idea there, and the people of this parish are going to be surprised to learn one of these fine mornings that everybody wants just what everybody else wants, and then, "by Heck," we're going to get it. And don't forget. either, that these same citizens, while they are talking considerably, are working considerably I also. They are arming themselvesa with facts and figures and consulting i st with people who know a whole lot more ar about it than they do, and accepting al advice wherever they can get it, and ts honestly trying to get down to the meat of the matter. They are sincere ie in their desire to build something sub st stantial for the parish. Incidentally, sd they believe that very thing can be p. done. They know it will be done sooner is or later. Why not begin now? ;d 8 h Sanders could referee a dog fight Id and attract a larger crowd than over ,h two-thirds of the gang now hounding is him.-Florida Parishes. st Yes? But come to think of it, what , does draw a bigger crowd than a dog d. fight, even minus Sanders? id ,e Atlantic City is to introduce three 'if cent jitneys, out we join the Philadel phia Ledger in asking how is that pos r- sible when a jitney is five cents?-New it Orleans States. d' No more queer than the "eight mile" id Marathon pulled off annually at New n, Orleans. The directors of the World's Fair at n Chicago, more than twenity years ago, are just winding up its affairs. This leads one to hope that the older gen eration will live to see the final liquida tion of the Feliciana Bank and Trust Company. d SHERIFF'S SALE. State of LOuisiana, Parish of West Fe liciana, 24th Judicial District Court- 1- Feliciana Bank and Trust Co., in Li quidation, vs. No. 951, Dr.A.F.Barrow. By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias to the Sheriff directed by the Hon. the 24th 'e Judicial District Court of the Parish of Ir West Feliciana, La., in the above entitled 5 and numbered cause, I have seized and will offer for sale to the highest bidder at the front door of the Court House in the 3, town of St. Francisville, La., at the hour n of 11 o'clock a. m., on Saturday, June 19, 1915, the following described property of de fendant, to-wit: 11 The undivided one-half (1-2Z interest of n Lots numbers One (1),Two (2) and Twelve e x(12), and part of Lot number Three (3) in Square Seven (7) in the town of St. Fran cisville. La., fronting One Hundred and ti Forty (140) feet on Royal Street, and run it ning back between parallel lines One 1 Hundred and Eighty (180) feet, with all the buildings and improvements thereon. Terms of sale-Cash, with benefit of ap praisement. y J. H. CLACK, Sheriff. I, d Bidc will be received by the Police Jury e of West Feliciana Parish to work and maintain for 12 months The old Percy road to the Woodville road, about 4 miles. D Road from Plettenberg, about 5 1-2 miles. From Brandon to Tom Wood's, about 6 miles. Road from railroad to Alexander's creek Y on. road to C. M. Barrow's, about 1 mile. 1 Road from Brandon junction to Weyan t oke school, 6 miles. Road from Greenwood to Ellerslie, 1 1-2 miles. 1 Road from Bayou Sara creek (Smith ford) to upper line of A. Schlesinger's Hilliard place, about 3 miles. Road from West Reilly's on Pinckney ville road to mail box in Robb field, about t 3 miles. r All above roads to be worked according to specifications and maintained in good condition for 12 months. C. F. HOWELL, President. 1 C. T. TOORAEN, Clerk. rSATISFACTORY WORK BEING CARRIED ON BY EXPERTS IN SUNIVERSITY EXTENSION DEPT. The work of the live stock and ! connected with the Louisiana State ,!University, is being carried on very - ably by the experts employed, and Sgreat results are obtained. r The funds used to carry on this rwork were appropriated by the na tional government for the cotton and cane sections, and primarily for Louis .iana. However, the corps of specialists Sare doing work in the states of Texas, >Mississippi and Alabama also. t Prof. W. R. Dodson is director of the - work and Dr. G. E. Nesom is superin tendent of the whole field. The latter is probably the best man in the South - for this work. He is a native of Mis I sissippi, a graduate of Miss. A. and M., -Miss. Veterinary Science College and Sthe sugar chemistry department of L. I .S. U. For many years he was connect Sed with Clinton College of South Caro Slina, and for seven years was director Sof the agricultural department in the Philippine Islands., Mr. W. R. Perkins, the grain and forage specialist, is also a native of Mississippi, and a graduate of Miss. A. & M. For several years Mr. Perkins had charge of the experimental work in his native state and his work now congists in aiding the farmers in plan ning the rotation and diversification of grain and forage crops. Mr. A. E. Rolf, the poultry hus bandryman, is a graduate of Connecti cut University. After graduation he became connected with the Miss. A. & e M. College and the Georgia experiment station; and for two years he was at the head of the poultry department of C the State of Oklahoma. The beef expert, Mr. R. W. Kiser, is a native of Kansas and a graduate of i the Kansas Agricultural College. After graduation Mr. Kiser was elected as sistant professor of animal industry in V that same college. He has had several P years of experience on many of the largest stock farms in Kansas, and hles work now consists in assisting the 1i farmers in stocking their farms with a desirable cattle, and in breeding, buy- t ing and selling their stock. g THE TIMES-PICAYUNE'8 NEW PICTUREGAME. The New Orleans Times-Picayune recehtly startel another of its interest ing Booklovers' Picturegames. This is the fourth game conducted by The Times-Picayune. They have always afforded the play ers much pleasure and the best players have found it very profitable. This year five thousand dollars in cash is to be divided among the 256 persons sending the best answers. The first prize is $1,000, and other prizes range from $750 down to $5.00. The picturegame editor of The Times Picayune will be glad to furnish full particulars and rules for playing the picturegame to all interested persons. Te game is open to all and entrants may Join at any time up to the publish ing of the last picture which will be about July 10. However, it is advisable to start early and have ample time to give your answers careful study. BIDS BIDS WANTED, I To Whom it May Concern: Sealed bids will be received and opened July 6, 1915, for the wharf and Sthe ferry privileges pertaining to the Town of Bayou Sara, for the year June 15, 1915, to June 15, 1916. Right is reserved to reject any and all bids. J. H. LOGAN, Mayor. JNO. M. BELL, Secretary. Photographs Enlarging Finishing When in Baton Rouge be sure to soe ................ EWING, Inc., Photographers. J. ALBERT ANDERSON STATIONERY, BOOKS AND OFFICE SUPPLIES 416 THIRD STREET, BATON ROUGE, LA. Columbia Records, Ladies' Home Journal Pat ,.terns, Picture Framing, Pennants, Books, Ansco Cameras, Ansco Films. Cyco Photo Paper. Films developed. M OTH'S Or St COLLEG NEW ORLEANS, LA Should be given tne best traninato am pare them for srocess in business. ý// . ersonal Instra tion, Pree ;mpior r ment Department, "omplete CoUlle. Bank. College Store and WholeaW. Offices. No mlsporesentatioans to deue att len*s. Through the success ogit 22000 former students, 8oule Oo±leg te recognited everywhere as a Wit. &wake, Practical, Poeular ad NGs' 'eaafl School. s$O. 3OULE & ISOID, 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. MARSHAL'L, General Freight and Passenger Agent Shreveport, La. "LITTLE ADS," Wanted to place first mortgage on productive farm lands in Central Lou isiana; long time loans at 8% per annum, interest payable yearly. Write for application blank. J. P. Newsham, Jr., 308 Canal Bank Bldg, New Orleans. (6-12-4) FOR SALE-Brood mare and young colt. P. O. Box 26. WANTED TO BUY-A sec6nd-hand washstand and wardro'ie, mahogany preferred. Apply to Mrs. E. Robinson, St. Francisville. (5-8-t.f. FOR SALE --300 barrels or white corn at market prices. W. H. Rich ardson, Wilcox, La. FOR SALE-Pure Barred Rock Eggs, setting of 15 for $1.00. Mrs. A. Hadden. WANTED-Lespedesa seed and hay, yellow yams,. cabbage and other pro duce. List with me. I will get you more. C. M. BROOKS, 212 Laurel St., Baton Rouge, La. POR SALE--A few fine DurocJersey pigs. PARKER STOCK FARM. tf NOTICE. Automobiles will not be permitted In the Rosedown field. tf JAS. P. BOWMAN PARCEL POST SERVICE KEAN BROS. LAUNDRY AND BOWSER'S SYSTEM OF DRY CLEANING Baton Rouge, La. Coats . . . . . Trousers . . . . . . . 0s Vests . . . . . . Ia Suits . . . .. . $1.00 Ladies' Dresses a Specialty. We pay return postage on 50c or more. NEW SERVICE THROUGH SLEEPER Daily to OKLAHOMA CITY, WICHITA, PYEBLO, COLORADO SPRINGS AND DENVER Via and SANTA FE RY. 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