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* The True Democrat
VOLUME XXVII ST. PRANCISVILLE, WEST PELICIANA PARISh. LOUISIANA. 4ATI'RfAY. JANAt'ARY 4. 1919
CONDENSED STATEMENT
OF THE
BANK OFf COMMERCE
At the Close of Business December 31t, 1918
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts ... .. ......... ........ $ 97,436.71
United States Government Bonds. ............................ 19,900.00
War Savings Certificate Stamp............... ............ . 836.00
Banking House.'Furniture and Fixturel .. 0.... ............ 75)0.00
CASH RESERVE .. . ... ............... .......... 110:087.33
$235,760.04
ULIABILITIES:
Capital Stock Paid in. .. ...... . .......... ....$ 15,000.00
Undivided Profits, Expenses Paid.................... . ........ 6,777.51
DEPOSITS 213,982.25
$235,760.04
As we close our books for 1918 we are reminded of the hidiory that has been made
during this year.
It has been proved that the spinrt o a great people ha won the greatest of all wars; that
Prussian'philosophy is the foulest fake that ever fooled the mand of man; that liberty under a Dem
ocratic form'of .'government, such as ours, is one of the greatest blessings the mind of man
can conceive.
During the war an opportunity for real service was oered every true American and was
accepted. As true Americans we were proud of every privilege of rendering some service to
our country.
We face a future in which the selish who have ben eat through their power to get will
be replaced by the unselfish who have learned to give. In this future. for those who serve best.
the only. amabition impossible to achieve is something impossible to be imagined.
At the'be in g of *hewnyear, the daw of day in d new order of this,1 we desire
to tads each and every one of.our Cuoters fo ther E ui and bel thee y wil be able to
obtain quite a' bit of satisfaction from reading the statement published herewith.
Our bank is built upon public confidence, which we are proud to say, we feel we'merit.
We now wish both our customers and those who are not customers of ours a 'happy and
prosperous New Year.
HOW TO IIIMOVE OOT
Comon wanlil, elthet of tir. trhft v;
rte v. or fine grain rock nalt tiat h atn
is ,tgad in mllaking ire reast , hat. :tetl
fin!d tlae,'tIJ itI r ItIi, tgIIK N t Ianld
.ni frontm the It :ttirs I i ,r tf ftlu .
ansoke.pipeg or eh!r reys. of ho,ltair
hot.atOer or stemn pilantr in reel
dence or apartment huildings
Ier a reslience of elpht or ten
rooms. proceed as follows
(let the fire into good ~',ndition po
that the fuel btd is bright or I,,randes
onlt and on the hottest part of the
fire spread about two or three handm
fui of sIlf, ,hen (ctile the fire door and
upon the drafts The Heating Plant
w ill immediatol.I beconme filled -with
d4nse white fu!mes which ll pten
trnate to every part of the furnare.
n nohes flues and chimeny. mnd in from
on-half to one hour the effects of the
ealt will disappear Then brighten up
the fire again and repeat thoe operation
I~w or more t!mea until :11 heating
st"rlaces htave beetln intir 'Iy cleaned
later one npplikatholn of the salt
treatmnent once or twice a week will
kefep the heating surfacem In dean and
dffelent condition.
The chemical action will no! attack
Iron or be In any way detrimental to
your heating plant
For larger or smaller Hleat ur Plants
Ierearse or decrease the amount of
salt proportionately
CHRISTMAS TREl AT STAR HILL
The Star Hill arhool had a ('hrist
mas proranm wit' Its tree There w.ta
a lag drill and war song. a call :.
battle and answet, i"ln F'landers'
IleMId " by I, wrencr Folkes att:l
l)ollle HItwm.n ad a (Christmas play
with poetic selections given by Matbel,
Warrer nld Iorer f~ ),nlcl. w tih [ien
il. Bilekhani, Seve and Jentlle B ow
man. I.saIic, Ntrn.e and Eduena Kin
vhe.n t.ena iosaltter and La retirce
('ottn, Our sweet .inger. Clayton
Perkias. was sick but Santa flaus re
mrembere! bhin There was a good
auldient . We organised a communiua
It club and are gonp to do all that
we eal to build up our beautiful se
5
IN FLANDERS FIELDI
I It lieut ('ol John D) Mcr(a)
a ( W'rten during the secoad battle
ºn of Y prres. April 1916 The author, Dr.
Id John 1) M'res., of Montreal, Canada.
. gas killed on duty In Planders. Janu
ir ary 28. 1118 I
I' n FIlanders fields the poppies blow
Rert wee the crosses row on row.
'a That mark our place; and In the sky
The lark,, still bravely singing, ly,
.o Hcarce heard amidst the guns below.
s. We' are the dead short days ago
o We, lived, felt dawn, saw sunset
lq.. 1oed and were loved, and now we lie
I In Flanders fields
t Take up our quarrel with the foe!
h 'To n o froum falling hands we throw
'rThe torth Be yours to hold It high!
. If )e break faith with as who die
m We shall not slsep. though poppies
m gronw
IP In Ianders fields.
In f--- ý.--ý-- ý
5 AMIRII'A'S ANSWIR
d IFly R W .llanld)
It (Written after the death of Lieut.
t'ld McClrea, author of "la Flanders
Fields.' and printed in The New York
Evenilng Post I
to Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders dead.
Ther fliht that ye so bravely led
We 've taken up. And we will keep
True faith with you who Ile asleep
With each a crosn to mark his bed.
And poppies blowing overhead,
Where once his own life blood ran red
L lou let your rest be sweet and deep
In tlanders fields
t Fear not that ye have died for naught
Ti The torth ye threw to us we caught.
Ten Allion hands illl hold it high,
And Freedom's light shall never die'
IWe've learned the lesson that ye
y taugh'
i, I, Planders fields
. ?afety First I
SDea't allow kt'hddrea to togtch
ti Mighted tree.
It 5e s
e" Don't remove presents trees the ee
while It I. lighted.
HOLY CITY'S CHRISTMAS TIME
Church of the I attvty-4eerds
eo Duey Day sad Night.
Althetgh much has bees writtes up
os the asubect of (Cbritmas I. beth
lebem, writes Harold 1. Uhupetee. to
the Wide World, and we have had
tr lowlag saccosats of I pegaross pro
ewslosa and ceremoels, se appeas
to have tbe bold aosegh to tell the
w'rld of the dtstreeslag s(tne which
may be witnessed Is the ome spot on
o earth where man would elpect peace
to reln at that glad asoon of the
Year. Chritmas Is a long bestess at
liethlebo. First come the Lartn cere
moles, whl.h take place er December
25. followed 18 days late by the Greek
services, while 18 days later come the
Armenlan (hristmas feast. The re
tee are held Ia the Chlurc of the Na,
tivity, one of the most remark ble edll.
les Io the world. The holy of hollea
of the church Is the grotto or manger.
It Is a small ndergrouad chamber,
said to be the actual ite of the stable
where the SavIor was horn. Jost Ia
frost of the altar i a siver star, let
' late the marble Boor. said to mark the
sesect not of the mativity.
Is the varto1e cernesiee the bit
teest rivalry eziats between the vanrl
ems sects san eves dintag the ordinary
service Turbkish soldiers have to be
or gard day sad lght toI the hurch
to prevet strife. Os special occasions.,
ob as Chratmaas time, an estra force
at seidlero to snecessary If order Io to
4 be mslntalted. It ib derti Christmas
festvites that the church Is cleaned.
To prevent quarrels mong the rival
priists the authorities masa years ago
. set down doalte rules as to what por
tions of the walls, pillars, oors, etc.,
this or that body may dlees or sweep.
Despite these elaborate preautioess.
hobwever, tmuble oftes arises. During
the Chratus ftestivities of 1818 a
deplorable seese was ~ttmeased t the
sared building. Two sete dltepetd
the rghts to cle s acertalan prtla
et tho ehurch. They west to the p
eraer of flethlebem and he decided a
wertal ast poseesse the right to do
th work. When they started to weep,
however, the rival priests ew at thei
sd sldiers had to bhold en* et boek
whMe the other did the wemopng.
* let the Red ('ross answer the
Christmas Star from every window.
MORE LETERS FROM
ELRI ROBINSON
Pilult . NoeVnilt !t* I91i
I .lm.'e t t't fuhth i p th,. ('I t'r litSma
pI'ckags work by t he lith l'a'h man
In 1Ian Ae"'rierntl hespitl i recslve
theI follow fil gt, ('hrist in is Irllrning
2 hanidkerc'itelf I ~a .. 1~,pound of
nuts, I pei,:ul of 'irand). I pult 'if figs I
I safety ph: I yplnof rliblbn 4 pest
cards, 4 ('tllr'll.tas seals I bh)\ ,latchei.
I cleatl 1 {urknage t'li:l'rt,e t We
mrad, up _t %ample pa'ckaKg, .-teitrday
and It Aa, quite' p, esen',taile, I(1 course
wi' del oilt tli.tk t up the p'l'e k;age, We
rhlp Ihi Iti it rltl lit hulk tli I'e,' hare.
t;(oiu ,"e :e.i'l thel' li r i 111 A I ll tate up
the' ii tilir pjeackaige's
hel ' .6 \,.i 'tetii ft ll it iii thiiMt'
whit ~ 'tli to I.e kid h t , ('t l iiitiitv F"r,n
what I hetr treee Ilit'e' \ lt Iw ele lewep
to the' ft nill ti jint dcwl.serir, no
kindun'ssl it the htdtls ,ef Ali) of the
Allies
Ami pit knlllg Ilp a lital, IIt' reinch anti
clil it ie' ti yte'lf uindelrrr r u l In th"'
shoite :'il restaurantlr c'an aleso en
quitrel'' It;h i I gct ltentupnyed, thouigh
yet'.ril;a I haiid ulnaulllt l tight omlle
th'l'eg for A r tuul I haiepperled to re'
mertll ih:at the tictti'le, ; oilll not he'
eC*Xlpretjd I coumld iiot mlakLe mlelf
ctlnar. nie-itll r could the' frliend who
was ai lit niio Pt'il:ilt e't sa tiii Something
In iatle h anii d aiotilher chop girl. whoi
iutrer.-tmod tai it languitge' cam1e' i, tep.
we giet uil aell right
The',r' :ire' tlin i bta 'itlfuil thltigs in
the tt' p but they are ieri de-ar Then
after )uil hvi' bought. eo find there
Is ai I 'ni err ctnit a : tax otn ilearli
everi i hiteg . inn halu e bought
Partis ; raplyzll rerll'ilnlg ts nohr
rnal air i'eoiplet lhavel stopped sleepitlg
in ltihe rcetllr,. And paint tti being
se'rapee oiff the electric lightls y our
standards Prl ri wiould still be classed
as a badly Igthtred city hut the restora.
.... , ~ , -- -
Duty Brings Vision
Tolstal tells a lovely IIttle
story of itw pilgrlni who net
out for JeruiuIle4. Yelewel
stojppdl to hlelp a Ntarl til fatm
tly lie hlught fotl ftl, h _ll
sater, split wool. starteil Ithe
great nven flre, nureti, anld fedº
the dek, redert..n t the mirig,'ll'
on the huola, and tw)leht I.i "
the ( c, borse. 0and 1hi I je ' t hI
which the living waa s .'aruedt
UHi wooyI wa% all lon'li. ali h..
Vcuul tot hope lt uvr.rttke It,.
vutupanlto on the. road ao hte"
returned bhor'nu md detov!,l hiiii
elf againt to dlully .uts1 riollt
woeuld out paue to, help mn,,1 ell
If reahed Jru+s'l..i. ,it.
tih' tacred I'Ip l la e l tt l.,ti . rll -iarth
Jordan, utnd hIe..I u!lune! u of
every kinwd, utl !et'0 n"0f d the
thonig hoe ',i1uIt It re-ach the'
Holy . Nelitlhre. Yet. Ii,er thll,
(urines thwumselves where the
bl-uie Ilr hburns before aIll., he
Maw a vilIon of Yieltgt, wearing
a halo of shining glory about
his head. For Yeflr bad
brought his body to the IHily
land, but Christ hlaelf hadl
coPme to the soul of YeslI. And
he learned that In this world
(od hide everyone do his duty
till death--la losv ond good
deeds.
I ion id o" tilt Any) a ay . it In 1 r.
mucha tiet tr 1t. .'1 e u. po I.ot Ieuut ~r
laondonº
Many t f lI the s'lw pjtl.t,. are etl I
r'itosedl id the' treitsu:t'res t h h e.r'
spirited .,aay have' nt yet btie.'
brought brwe'k The)l are' Iu bg litllin:
lo reP'iotP Ithe' saudba.gs t'it'hoh late'
Po long prllote'td the !a;trt) tx.atltif"'l
Atatues.
Hlive goa.te, oy wslrk a 'I *il )satl
atised an.! expect to finlsh five day'
ahead of tchedule. Headquarter.s at t
it'oltinued on page 'wo i
I
VALUE IS ONLY SENTIMENTAL
Mistletoe One of Meot Greatly Ad
mired of Evergreen Plants But
Is Practically Worthlls
'erhaps nonuue of our everlgres
plauts la I or loVeI nid dasWired
than the mustlultto,. lith Its modest
yelolu.%l h ll gr leav I es ald li clUs
ters of rtmall white berriles. For ce*i
turlis It has helrI culldei4d1i# an Ia-*
aolrtan feature of the t'hbrstlnaa doc*
orlatou. let. lu regsard t, tal rusl
Sauluv of tbhe plaut, the tiultiutuvt s
practikal) 1 urthieas.
It Is a stall abrub coumprisllnl mnute
thIa four buunlre.d kauuwu ,ieles,
u'.ilty nr+splal lt anld parasitAi. In the
easltrnu alit ad u ltltheri p'uts ofl the
Lt' te t 1tle tihe S u ltlim li iilaaietuo
grow on %l rl.ous spies' o of dcidu"
Soun trtees. ia A:ur.ulj, It aeutl. to pirt)
fa t lhp. al.h'-tlre Au Inll y olther heat.
It snds Its rotn llthrough tlihe bark
of tlhe tree s.dtl drawts austeUnUCe
fruotm thte asp, However, it In Uoluy a
partial ursalete, for it ha| green
leses a I his bl enuble it to no uoume
work to sukulug tod fur Itself.
la aomne speclta of mlltletioe the
lowers are showy, whlie those of
other stes r.s are muore modest. The
pistils and stwmens do aut gruw wlth
In the sasLIe dower, or evel o0 the
Ia e Ila.t, tout the platUllate fowers
grow on .,ee plant and the staminate
on iouther.
Thte twrrlie contain Eat seeds, sra
rounded b) a very sticky substance,
from whtlhc birdllme may be made.
'Ihis lArdlani, is spread upon plales
frequentedl ly bairds, to imspede their
moutweilts anud render thbta easiy
calpturet. In a stumlar way it may be
used to aare grouudsquilrrels and
other stmsll iusllatuais. Thla I lthe only
practical uns that has ever beeu made
of the saaltletue.
The plnat grows very slowly, and
"oot unial It la four years old does
It bear Aits first whlte, trlansuert bet
rie., Ilosever, It drains the vital
julets suaceasaryo oth Ihe gswth of the
tre., acuI w henu mlaiiy buunches ad
I lodgwesll ulp.l I the aUn tree, they *l.
Umiatrly) 'uSM" Its delailtee and death."
I-hkanuaa l.Ads.
Last Call For
1923!
There are only four more days in which you can buy the
1918 series of War-Savings Stamps due in 1923. In Janu
ary 1919 stamps go on sale for 192.4. You save a year ln
time by buying now.
I
War-,Saving dtmps are the most liberal, the most useful
and most convenient method of investment ever offered the
public. You are lending your money to the government,
getting the best security in the world at a liberal rate of
interest. Remember that you can always cash your stamps
at any time by giving your local office ten days' notice. Any
incomplete cards or thrift stamps can be converted into the
new series of stamps to be issued in 1919. In the meantime
save all the money you can in 1918 and let ly9 take canre
of itself.
I WmrS m
