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The True Democrat E and M. E Robinson. Editors. OBetal Journal of the Parish of West Pelilass. the Towns of Bayou 8ara sad St. Fraaeleville, and of the Schaol We alsa own and publish the Peael ass Record. a weekly newspapel t the towa of Jacseon. Ia. Advertiser will do well to get jolst rates for both Sulserlptloa $1.0 a Tear In Advance. antered at the Post Olee at .t1 Praolevlle. La., 5as c.4-eta5 watl. Sturday, September ,. 19)1. INTERESTING ISERIAL. lOne whtl is treating as a serial, the propose,) d 1u0iiitltllalonial amliteli.nenIs now running in ibthis and otther Ilntietlaina papers, will not h' forced it read a great deal 'ach week, say alltut at ('otlmn, . and b) e'it'thlt'n dta) %ill hait read themr, all lie' insl) lnot flid thoiun as thrilling as iema'ing se stories or the Wallilnford get-richa-itck tales of (le)rgel Iandolph 'I helater '1he' art not on Inetlir as the last eltueie' fromt John Mssefie'd, antd tulltuetlioieenabl less amusing than the "Yote know lic. ,Al" stories Nevrthelless the enlight enedl citlet should find point, interest in thenl ''here is a strong construc, lite mnasurt err por: ehrd the t'reat ion of a moard of state affairs that w ll overhaun the assee'ssment and re,,.enue system. The fee system has another blow directed against it It is propoeed to put certain parochial officers on a salary bales akmes . Ne'w ()rilens has aeveranl bond measures that will ease her finances and permit great material improvellnents. There are other anndlnents besides eighteen in all. Expre'ssd in legal phraseology they arc, of course, dry as the bones that the prophet Isekiel saw In his vision, but public spirit can quicken even these bones into life. and no voter should be willing to admit that he Is without that power ills own interest should be able to vivify the dull words, or he is not worthy ,of RUSH OF BUYING TO THE HEAD. Postmaster It. Ii. Mackey is com. plalalag bitterly on account of one of sor business men ordering b&.M(a two cent stampld envelopes with return to Vicksburg printed on flem through the postmaster of New York (City. from the post office department at Washington. Had this Vitkaburger placed the order here Postmaster Macked said it would mesn an Increase of t$510 in stamp sales for Vicksburg. This is the limit after all the trade-at-hbone talks we have had.--Vicksburg Herald. Soeae people are lIke that. They visit a big city, and is addition to the things that they must of necessity buy. as aol being obtainable in the home town, they have what might be ternled a rush of buying to the head, and make purchases like that perpetrated by the Vicksburg merchant when he deprived his home post.iomee of credit for a big sale, In order to make a show in New York. unmindful of the fact that he is even failing in that, as a big order in Vickaburg would be quite too ordinary in New York. This course is unhappily not confined to merchants. bute nearly every one visiting a large city buys something he could get just as well at home. ('loseg skin to this course, are those, persons who have the return cards printed on their envelopes by the gov ernmesnt rather than by the home; printer, because of the dlIferene'e In price. it is wei-knowi that in thisl matter the igovernment foters a gigIan tie monopoly dlscrlinaltive asainst the printersl of the cnuntry while load Inl every mail with reading matter on every roneivablie subject. whtch the teewapapers of tilhe country gare e',peet ed to repreduce a tthetl charge e E\try time a civil service era.llwiatin is ad vertised. it inlnst ba' done without coat to I'lltle anet. illahlltth l earl. pI'rt nent to his buslinest moret than the' averagle indl~ idtual's. Prinler publish ers smart under this itjulstie' hb Ih.;r oveerinment. and they feel It the' niore that their home-pteople woilld rather feed this unjust monopoly thai pat the difference in rcot and keep the ilo.iey at home. The True IMkaocrst, throuh over twenlty-four years' etpertence has never encountered bit (ONE MAN Hil(t EN()I'(IlII in e willln ing to pay this dilfert'ne' In prtrie for the sake of the' htonm printer. All ethers forlget that the dollars they tbdhus ed abroad may never return to them, the home dollar is sure to return in onel way or another. The Mansfield Enterprtise haing bolught a Inotype Itoats mnildly that it probably now has the best newspaper plant of any counlry town in the ltate We like that word "pnrobably'" as we have ioin known that The True IDemo. cral plant is the best-oquipped one to any country town in the Sltat. If the Raterprise editor doubts the statement let him ask Mrs. IHoward Ray)nham in his own offire. F'urther to The True kemocrat'rs credit, the Improvements in bulldinl and equipment have been made ti the face of almoet insuperable obstaele and in the mildst of an agrt cultural section laid waste for years by the boll w#.il. Had we the baekian of a Irowrlg town like Mansfield with oil walls in the middle dihtaneo-l A VETERAN EDITOR. Major William It tehatsland, editor of t the iu4silr lialiiic r. the, oldest a t'llt' le,ispapIer marll ii I.ouiti.ana, died at Shreveport, August :ti. te was born in ia42 and had bee engagl d ii newse Ipapr work ttilis he was twelve )ears -cld. and had, except during his four sears' srtir'e in the C'nfederacy., been the editor iof the ittaster Ilalrnelr 'ever lilelt lit, e'stablisthed that journal in his eatrl) maitiltootd. 'I e a rater had not the pleasure of perst(ltnal altlliluailltane' aittb Major CanI land, but no one. who cr' r read the we,'kl liune of the itosnlt'r llanne'r tc iea sr prillt in excellenlt quality of puaper. its editlril and other matter' ltlileld in cie'aen, schoilarly Etiglish, but ctuid firni intelital linage of the manl as tilne iltilt weorthy of respct and ist.e'ii. iiand a credit to the I ihuiaidana ltress t 'llni i addd to) that. it wasi. folulllld it in his htiiulail- h e delilftgs hte las just anid Irue. it ineedei.d not a face' t)e fate' tee' .tiiJs to be sure that ihis tenlhltal onet('tplltlol i al a o irrect niie' iI ste'-aking of Major ieanllland. Eldlltor Krehnl of the lakee ('harles American i'reAIs. a ho knew' the v ete'ran e'diteir betterl than W f. rlnarkl that the-re' anli . no doubt that Major -antllanld' itefliuc-le'l ul'n his home' parish was w ia kept it peaac-,ful and law abidingi. the', rilt,'s that shock hlellanit. ele' where. being at a miinhiitin awithin thei rlinetit's of litoesier. "Tee attract the atlitention f tho.t sands of readers eve(r) day iin soelli large city." says Mr. Krebh. "is the st.lck aniiicln of men of Major Scan ilhll s calling bullt infltuence of that I'nd fades in comparison alth the force' a man may betome in even a scantily populated community when he devotes his life to it. In his fifty-seven teters º ith the oikster Batnner. Major Sraniand has had a prufoltund influence for go(od upon the lives of three genera lison of people. and those three Ien eratlions will fix the habit of right IlN. nug and right thinking upon genera tiotI to come. It matters not where cent's lot may he east, whether in the city, the forest or the desert, about all that counts in life is the leaving of the world, or some portion of it, a little lwttc'r and happier for one's having lived Hy this standard Major Scan land's life was slccessful beyond measure." In our opinion, this tribute to Major rclaniand Is not only perfect in its way honor to whom honor is due but it suggests an ideal that ma) well be the inspiration of even the humblest coun try editor, that though his territory be small that by his right Ilting, rilht thinking and good service he may ac tually have more lasting Influence than the man whose words dailly reach the thousands of a big city, only to be read and forgotten, his personality making no impression whatever ily such com parisons. the country editor should feei his heart glow- towards his own tasks. 'tpd the accomplished fact of lMajor iSeniand's l ttlfork, be an incentlive iti him to do his best. Friends of ('ol. T. Ilamnbola Jon,'s e.verywhere will understand his orromw in the death of his idolisedl and only da9nlhter, Mrs. JLames . liallilann the i~' rhel'ti, piqeant, brttllant Perry Jone's of her Lirlhoodl days, removedl from earth inl her youtn ma nllronhood. It was for her sake that ('ol. Jones was a suffralis. tHince like Vhdal, she weas all the ,ons of her father's house and sil the dlaughters too, he said that he' realie'd tihat without the vote, his falily had in her iio representation Te assure her a eithren's dlignity he STlcrkedt for the efrntnr hisentmeint ofI waernl'., iNow that she tn removttd from all these e'larthly matters that aflilt feor a eoeme',nlt, his father heart. for her ,irnltlne' sake, aill no doubt strite for the, sa irage fur her slater-wollen. Thusl thIath' lltinistry sonletmlnes sets no t'c'l eilpen a clherlcihed pullrpoe bht raises the selflessness of the oall i'omniantone'r of Agrirclttire' Harry I), W'ilso has flamed a 'ommitilit. c-ttpienld of htimself, li!eut. (;ol. Mo(, teih asd itryan Itell, ahli'h he' calls a c-el t ,te'l¢d coemmll ittile,. hirh a Ill froni iilte timei p6iiblsh a fair Iirn' feor otton seed in ear lots. whlrth price s il twb' de'ternllined Is a rwesult cIf a full 1ii -tl> gut l eth l oef the ,en tt of till m ill anufactulringl, the ylields of lroduclts freni a teen of n-oton lseed and thel nlcarket value of th'se pmnducts. Mr Ihi'll rjepreserntls the ,oil mills, and Me'ssrs Wllson aid Moutol the faerl erts The' ftirt re'port reada "Fromnl an i) ,'n,'itisatic 'i they l untdersligned of ll mill ('ists of Ipe(,'rattlon, et' . and based cn prel',nt values of rotton seed prodi'Rts, w' ('otitderr 1 13 0 gross as beitl a fair nllnilnaum price for sound need f o h etars. Imulutitna shitpped points ---9--~----· Mr W'ilson not only wants his cot toln see-(t qluotatios publlshel free by the lnelws'iapers, hblt directs their bilng er'tetd freom New Ortrans or ihreve port papers. This, as Artemas Ward would sat, is "tow mautch" Who sees a nhreveport paper or a New Orleans paper either for that matter, since the latter do not exchange? And now Mister ughes has the task of minimllag Wilson's feat in warding -of the strike, ie has atlready ihown that he tads it a task beyoud his peawe SIDE[LIGHTS ON TORRENI SYITEM thllhr I i vrtw w ae t', as well in formti d i.as f (I irt ut New Orleans -'.psblh tslho a're when duly aroused b) la fat ftee,, but for ready Information through the pruis, without money and without price. the above -mentioned Jrtist in to be commeaded. Hlie has dtone wore to educate the general renllding pt ai ii ' I .lo)tsiana on matters of l;w and state history than any other nlan of his profession. ('coe,'.rning the J'orrens system, there twiI, he' note'd in a late city daily the folle its w ,ll' considered paragraphs: "t l the last session of the General .*ase.ul.l Stnattr luthhrie introduced a hill proviting for the Torrens system and carried it through the Senate, and hut for the .hn, rtness of time, would hata' enrrnld it through the Htouse and dtuhbtleh it ill become law in this state in 1918. "The "'rTrre nI tytntem has reached its hiahe t 1-vc *loltntllet In the State of Muanic-oistoi'ts, where there Is a land tI ort n Ith si.'wreal judiaIes and practi * lel ,,.re~rt titl, wtat go througlh this auttrt; I understtand that the' large in \tdlitent t tipanlIi'ls w ill not take mort a tk.t, on proiperty unill, the title has he'in pased open hi the' court "T'fhs atelts which have adopted the law are- ('aliforia. ('clorado, Illinois, MS4taichoutttc'ts t. Minrneota. Mississippl. Neruureka. Niw tork North ('Carolina. k(hio, ()rean. (outth ('arolina, Virginia atift N'ashinutiin Amtlong the early acts , d t' lhei I t 'tnilted States for the Ilnanitnllln Islands and the Philllppine it ,,o its. w«,ri- bits +lstablishing the Tor It et s rt t. Ili, u here. I ltndetrstand. the tinllt workas to lwrflction. "It,-c-,t, l S~enat r Shepard of Texas i,ltroldoee a hill in ('Congress for the esltaselivhing of the' systlemn In the Dis trict of I'olunm ia, and when Congress liaises this law as it will probably do at the' ttax session it w ill be a great ilnt' ttltl to Ihei states to fall in line. "The first law passed in Ohio was de.e'tared tnconstitutional, but the con slittition w at atmended so as to au thorit the law; the law has not been paes"ed in Michigan as stated, nor has It ibeen ,a t wtndt in MiIssourt; buit, though it hay beit, pused in ('alifornia as above .tlated, I understtand the title aranrltter and ai bstract ctompanles fight it so bitterly there as they have In Illnoist that it has not made much heads .y " -4---t----- SURPRISE NOT PROMIBE. A grandmother giving advice on how to teach children to he truthful, amongl other wiset injunctions, says: "Never promise a child anything and disappoint hint Ne've'r say that you are golnl to visit tonaorrow and take the children or that they mnay have a picncl on Saturday afteernoon. and then break the engagement with them with the excuse that you have changed your mind." She might have added that It ls much better not to make specif l promnices of this nature unless very sure that they can bt carried out. 'When toite' reflects that circumstance, o frequttntly previant the performance of i, i.n the' b'.dt ite'ntions for a child's pleasur.'. naul 'i It hard for him to untderstatd ht' rr'ctsiln or blar the diel klpiointae'tlll. it li far better to with hold the tremniltee aied koep the pro Jeetred plhliurt' foir a "suirprise." when It is xc,,'lt that it can btw' done. ('hildren adore surprises, and these are safer than promlito., which sometime must be braken. 'Th' Al"ltndriau i)emtocrat and the A..uaelatioht l'ioale'er both suglgest us a retalluttr) I,,'waure on bheing rut off thE.' xclhtlit'e Itel of the, city press, that counttr) lIlppe-,ri ihatoid cease sendlnll their leue('e''teic e' iltles t} the New ()rlecan dtaltle Thlat goes without sayingl I is what any self-respectlng mournal w ould doi, Igardlless of whetlh i'r -r io iitco'(tei.d itsig b brothers any elprirvatiolit The latter i Ill probably ean' hIltit the-' do lint feel the lose. It iltay tie s(, blit ill coursel of time, it wII hte fe-lt b) the d,'crrase both as to, itoitllltimttot and interest in New Or lIii nit uffairs that a ill follow, It Iain tinef Ii' hbe pre'dicted that tbe fore maxrl) Ittoo)li waine the city pres Sill ftid thaitl thai affront to their t"titllr rl'(w-haig's will prove a false We' agrie' hlciarllty with an exchanlge that "alab blirnting" by luimber-millls Il aiRI P('ec)otimic( c'rinlce, pronoruncedly so In lo,'Htttle' whi'ri, thia "waste" could be eold its fute.l. A ftling akin to horror wua urt tionti' Years ago on sWeing the big W'artsaci nill lat latrepl. Miss., pour ilr stlaiH ilto tis rcparious maw Of a chntanern di .tro.lng that whlch could estlt hat'- supplied the entire city with fte-Il Ih''ata#,S NaSture has no tiItIIeI' rfle' airP It ioe such thilnls, but she w tIl b) th. Nitmneis of future gen e'rtalotit, who ill staffler for the waste In this dn. aeld Ime. ('Civililtation should mtaeain somnlhtng better than sutch waste'. I. H West. the se'llknown dairy farniur, in a I'tte'r to the daily press, ceinaplaina bitterly that it was due to the inlluence of a city mlilkbuyer. that the I)alrynen'n Association was in daced to drop the fight for a better )rice for tIlik. Without takling any part in the contentilon, it has always semtned mMost apparent that a milk.i buyer's lateresta could never be 1identi eel with a milk seller's. In spite of the great burdens of the war, savingabank deposits in the bel ligerent countries have Increased. The gain in the deposit. in the German savings banks during the past year amounted to sixty-thre million dollars, and Canada announced a gain during the same time of eighty-two milliepe. The explanation probably ia that say ings-bank depoelts usuallp represent the accumulations of the working peo pie, and the increased demand for labor, at high rates, has enabled them to earn mere and save more. Wilson did it. We said privately last Thursday that it would be a miracle if the railroad strike could be averted. Next morning's papers annouiced the miracle was on the way. It was aeom pitshed by the rapid action of Congress. The nation breathed more freely when the strike was called off, and we auees than none was more relieved than the strikethreateners themselves. They were like a little boy bluffing a big one. The old guard Republican senators, Pearose, Mmott and (allagher, are lightalg the corrupt practles act,which makes it possible to disclose beore lectlio the names of contributors and amount of contributions to the prsi jestial eampaign funds of all parthie Fme resea is obvious The unociral aid that has flowed. from Americra to ralMce' ini her timtno of de'epest trial has caused people. in this rcrntry to r~aell more vividly the aid. alea ungtmrali. that came, from France to America in th' darkest days of the Revolutionary War. The Amer lcans in Vrane, are most of them very young men; some of them are boys still in college. Lafayette, those birth day falls on 4epteimber 4th, the anni versary of the lattle of the Marne, was only nnetleen Ihen he brought to Washington talents and support that played an important part in winning independence for the colonies Our boys are not serving 1rance as major generals; but the spirit that animates !bet is the same spirit that animated the gallant young marquis - 4-------- Senator ()oife James infornmed the, President the other day of his re' nomniationm to offlie. Mr. Wilson stood the hoeki well. 11i1h Ireasont i sot + lIIll boo .t 14.o n? ohno tlite Ihere wit I I aol iIlIs t f Ir.taauon C'ertai I IFptV of II tr do t if e.oniiaio'rodJ niore htoirrit i. ti tio oi-rort'l i sti4µ Ithan others IFor Irostn 100'4 tI 4 mnat killed hi. t i ibr . % 'f" killedr) her hi barvl, If a mR at t au :1io11ad ri b by hi. servant, Ott a 1111 1,.I "1, 1 hi. smihuirdihnaIeM. Ih h it iii; 4,' .1- I k 1I uIwpn an 3 twi ng purlr kieiiit iiu iu , Oitut hotoaibs" tof 11w MP41KiiO( t~ink 011iT. to lit bonan bit teen the nla~ii and tcr~ri anti was called "peti Ir troron ' tiL ht a man tried to kill Tl'i, h¾10ail, rint t(if family. but of a Stato' lht' "pitI r Iattiae" he o as I Uilt) olf hMgt t rt-d,.on Tho Madrv0is Jooiritii ank" ' N ht has bowontto ofl thishiot 'itiat toil lo~r''' r who made wur on the~ £Nitotnoswooo ilti.T 11as $40 pe-r ton affected hisII tntclrul visnltn" In-iltly that. hilt ii st 14141,044 him tn trust the Trust. NA01j, E IAr VEOR A4 0.r Male 1-2`-51A4-6, 9 c. f) T . I IA# rJ1ýaTICAWiS AIW'. Z A". rL 11000 REMIU 1f PA 4 4. TlP LLIN(o AP £4? ONVWDALL j4* J /*TIA4 K IAIM4T --- r NOV. .1 1.4 I1RCM UN ACTS (rormm ~ TIU EtJ~b I#5I~N b LL d IE(i¶01Q !1OmAP Lr' AIROAI 0rls 1t fO C90? k OGQ( P0, O 5(.#J Aý ~gGO6(Dº'/, f( "LITTLE ADS." Iouwnd on the road near 4M & i. Wolf's store an old daguerreotype in earved 'case. it shows a man in unt. form with "A, 81, Miss." on his cap. In a feninine hand on a scrap of paper pinned to the velvet of the other side are the words: "To live in hearts we ieave behind us is not to die." Owner may have same by calling at this oiee and paying for this notice. FOt'NI) Gold cut link. Owner may recover same by calling at this ofnce,. identifying same, and paying for this notice. First-eless second-hand cleaned brick for sale at a reasonable price. R. H. BARROW, Raines, Il. Jersey cow and heifer calf for sale. Write to P. O. Box 24. St. Prraneltville. FOR o AL E--One lot dimension lumber, cheap. Bayou Sara lee A Coal Works; J. F. Irvine, Manager. Furnished rooms for rent. Apply to Miss Sallie J. Raynham. (24,41 The big stave house wants white oak pipe staves and white oak timber. THE KING STAVE CO., Inc., Boz )4, New Orleans, La. (kI4t Wanted An old print from Harper's Magasine, either colored or in black. Mrs. W. A. Holmes. Wiekliffe Apart ments, Baton Rouge. La. Bull Holstein calves for sale. W. H. Richardson, Bains, la. (-2ltf. WANTD - 20s to 600 acre farm, near Mississippi River, but must be high and above overfow. Write to R. U. PERKINS, 164 Third Street, Baton Rouge, LA. FOR SALE-Feed a d Beed Oats. (7-151 tt) JAS. P. BOWMAN. The Hereford Cattld Co. efere for sale grade Hereford Cattle, registered Duroc Jersey Hogs, and Angers Oate. Prices reasonable Address St. Trea cisvtll, La. ($43-011) NOTICE. Automobiles will not be permitted in the Rosedown field. JAS. P. BOWMAN. WANTED All kinds of old iron. M. NEUSTADTER. MONEY TO LOAN. We can lend 40% of the value of your farm, payable from 6 to 10 years. For further particulars address WOOD & DOWNS. St. Pranervillle, Ia. Hunting and all forms of trespass on Evergreen plantation (formerly Mrs. Rurckhalter's place) are positive ly prohibited, under penalty of the law. (,2.--4-4mo) R. 1,. LEN JONES. EDENBORN LINE (Louisiana Rallway & Navigation Co.) THE SHOnT LIWS THE POPULAR ROUTS Shreveport, Alexandria, Baton Rouge and New Orleans and to all points in the East and Southeast E. C. O MARSHALL. eI Freight WM Pagseg Aoet hrevepfr L& Sr - " '- - l r 'W 1 1W 1W 1 T *1 WIlfli nol mW 4O0EAN, aA ot ld e 4 treN ee met tva tes toe o ne themt os eef - in aese. ýýA imo iwsrnJ tor"k frIm et O aoart . " soIC SCet nt i sa nl _, When in Baton Rouge rbe sur to see.s. ....... e ea. hrough he Eablstes ofit EWING, In em. PhotoPhotograrahrph Enlarging Finishing When in Baton Rouge be sure to te .............. EWING, In c, Photographers. TO THE PUBLIC I am in the market for Cotton Seed. Will pay top price. J. F. IRVINE ,