The Era-leader. [volume], November 16, 1911, Image 2

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JkntOIt La., Nov. 16, 1a11
nouneements.
8.La4i °i authiorised to
the following named candi
o tw the Demowrado party
g~prlmary:
: State Senator
J. ALFORD
7J. S. SETTON
*atatuve
B.;JOHNSON
.- .For 9jerif
1'. KNIGHT
. WILLJ4AMS
_ wEBRANCH
.:  ,?, .N
SI rk off. i .t.
SA. TIGPEN
. .:;. MAGEE,
Treasurer:
WOOD
'. L. BROCO
E. PIERCE
"RU# a .D
F N
'Thanks to Dr. auellI
A few days ago jfo fliat
time in tile histor  isi~ I
politics, the peop14 were' ac
quainted with the amount of
money being used in a political
campaign and how it is :being
used. All the candidates for
office for the State ticket includ
ing the candidates for the United
States Senate, submitted state
ments of receipts and disburse.
ments by them for campaign
purposes to date. The people
were pernitted tojudge whether
it is being spent .improperly.
'this requirement of the State.
Central Committee serves as a
check iupon politicians 'who try
to buy their way -ito office.
That the effect of this party;
law will be good is:-not to be
doubted. It will in all probabili
ty be made.the.'la' of the land
in accordance with a similar law
passed by Congress and applying
to members of that. body, Pubs,
lie sentiment has demanded
greater publicity of
financial expenditures in political
- campaigns.
Dr. Aswell has the honor and
and deserves the credit for being
the first to advocate campaign
publicity in this campaign. He
incorporated a demand for it in
min his platform, which he sub
mitted to the people last April,
sand he fdllowed this up by mak"
ing itand issue, laying great em
phasis upon it in his opening
speeh at Ruston. In ~he eighty.
three speeches that Dr. Aswell
delivered in various parts of the
State previous to the meeting of
the State Central Committee he
did not fail to advocate campaign
publicity. So well was his work
accomplished and so thoroughly
did the people agree With him
that the publicity resolution was
adopted dy the State Central
Committee without a dissenting
vote. -
In this; as in other instances,
Dr,. Aswell  rfirmed a splendid
public service. His demand for
clean elections found an immedi
ate; response from the people.-•
The Independent.
There is a petition being circa
latid asking the Police Jqry to
order an election and let the
0 eoile :voti on the proposition as
•o whether Wahintpn Parish
shall hove open Maloons. We
mret i very amuch thakts~hitl a
petition should be ciroclated.
We bilieve- thit we know the
sentimenet of tihe people oin ti
·re isecuredn ad .teonIs d,
id"~·" - eJ -
Oge 1 Aonild4 a seeret to
' 4otier.> t4hrd girlail e to
knbiv the sýcret"and asked the
second girl to tell her, The girl
refused - and---the -urious--one
teased- Finaly, 'the .on1filantii
said in desperation, "Ask
Gretchen [yourself. I dm suie i.
she will tell you if she wants you
know."
At once the curious one went c
to Gretchen and said, "Nelly said
that you would tell me yourself.
'Why 1 never said any such a.
thing"!' protested Gre tche n..
"How could she have told you so?
I think it was abominable of her, t
when I trusted and confided in
her:"..
Whereupon a fine three-sided
quarrel was well under way.
And te' wole cause was simply
an instance of careless reporting,
which $ firmly believe causes half
of the misunderstandings, dis.
agreements and broken friend
ships in the world.
That was a case where a state- I
nient was actually beheaded, but
we all know how much mere
intonation or inflection can
change the meaning of the
simplest sentence.
Probably you remember the
'passage in Middlemarch, where -
Lydgate appeals to his wife to
" help him get out of the debts into
which her extravagance has
helped to plunge him? Rosa"
mond's reply is perfectly heart
Sless, but the heartlessness -is
wholly in inflection.
1 "What can I do, Teritus?" said
Rosamond, turning her eyes
on his again. That little speech
of four words, ljke so' many
i others in all languages, is capable
by varied vocal inflections, , of
expressing .alL.states of -mind,
from helpless dimness to ex
haustive argumentative percep
tion;, from the coftpletest self
devoting fellowship to the inmost
neutral aloofness, Rosamond's
thin., utterance threw into the
words. "What can I do?" as much
r neutrality as they could .hold..
Now, suppose some partisans
of iRosamond were telling of,
Lydgate's. unjustifiable wrath,
with his wife and were to repeat,
Ithat passage. How easily in his
report the " aWhat can I doP?"
Bmight become the most eager
Sand loving offer of help from a
Sdevoted wife.
.H aven't you .often heard some
one repeat. a conversation, at
whicb you hbednbe present, aid
Sbeen-amrused and astonished at
'the wholesale ipnoauracies, both
f aphrit an letterI, i. the report?
I do noth tiaik the p Iepa
h Iow ilowteit ';the
6the $62tttietii prejudice of the
~Pe~~;ath iW the *uthor of the
Sle tflten'kwordm .an
'~a1&fi~hLmeIca;
Many Go Go GoLeague's admit
that it was a mistake for the
League to nominate Hall instead
of Aswell. The thing to do is to
vote for Aswell and do away
with the second primary. As
well is the min who will eventb
ally defeat- the ring. 8o let's
get together and let him do it in
the first primary. Hall has his
Judgeship, the job that has been
his life-long ambition, and can
not be ipjured.
We heard a fellow say the
other day that he. was chased
away from the Lake the other
Sday because he wanted to get a
.few ducks for supper. The man
with whom he was talking sugt
' gested that the ducks were being
preserved for a few of the ring
bosses and their friends about
New Orleans.-Slidell American.
" Are you in favor of a poor man
'being assessed 98 per cent and
his neighbor, who is wealthy
and has a political pull being
assessed only 22 per cent. If
you aie opposed to thise sort of
Sbusiness, support Dr. Aswell for
Govenor.-Blidell Amserican .
After. Michel is defeated .for
Sgovernor, he would, we think,
he an ideal candidate for the Pro
'hibition party. Rio Hsondinea for
water as shown .by White Lake
deal, ish ld appeal to that party,
4'Don't forget that tb e editor
like-tohavaiittleXmas money,
same as other pople . So don't
;.putoff too long hefore renewing
` your :sub cptlo .
ithe attorney general upholds
t tatry, c State Everett
6Lily W blilLmandamus in
7, e . : . . 4 -
K .ý -
U ·;;bi;d
Keep An Account.
A FARMER does not need' a BOOK
KEEPER, but he does need to keep books.
A CAREFUL ACCOUNT of moneys re
ceived and paid. YOUR business demand
it as much as does the merchant's. OUR
BUSINESS is just suited to help you in
this matter. When you get money,
deposit it with us. Pay your blUls with
checks; when cancelled, we return them
to you as receipts, Try us and you will
be convinced.
Bank of Franklinton,
Franklinton, Louisiana
JUST REOEIVED
A fresh stock of Candies.
All kinds and sizes.
Babintons Drug Store
kiecra-lg erva..
sautr,tl work, ea a single steel
eam sa aning space samong the
clouds like an eplasn, a workian
lost his balance or made a misstep
so high up he was that watchers coud
not make out whlch-ad tottered,
avering there to make your stomanh
all! Into your boots while yor heart
thumped the top of your skull Th
-e got a trip oa himself, recovered
soIoe, apparently lepoted down for
amoment on the army of wee human
Smites so far below O earth-end wean
about his woik asgal . .-lood sky.
-scraping nerve. Woder did h-t ten
the wifean4 tiddies wh hen gpot
home to spper? o not with that
The' Diskees of a least.
The wnt of the late Dr.. Ptanc s A
larrds was always ready. It came
like a lash s, when being told that
a Chlnaman. was about te be ap
pointed oa the police force, he 4
mared "The Asiatlo collarer." and
passed on. At a banquet gives to
Charles Dickens the. yonagea , the
chairman lnadvertently talklng a I .
ward, referred to.the .Iguet as one
not only honored f himel but
because of .hi, fath e a younger
Dickens: In resrp ap oboesed
thaenbe was sladt to ise that ertUcal
iIscrminatlos M. not i een lost, cm
'o spltalrit, U  Harris at.eed thF
situation hi sluing and proposaig a
l tot to Charles the 8eeed, who
sever lost his head."
FOR SALE-'-5 passenger
Modael T. or car. The only
rc for C.ontr.y roads. My
reiion for selln i it is that 1 want
alarger car.,
EJ DOMERGUE, JR.
Blidell, La.
.kay
mtfgc.
them
1i5~
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1 - - -
nFrlotten Foods.
It Is wel to remember that ma,
plants which once were ued As
tables have been allowed to drop-odt
of our bills of tfare. Our toreathi,
for istage, sometimes dined ofl aler
top and burdock root, san the ar
shoots of the hop were considered a
grat delcacy and were cooked san
eatenas uasparagus. Walter Jerrold
In his "Highways and Byways Ib
Kent." recall a time when Kentit
hfBldrea could "te of many pleask
hours ap.at among the hedges in
muarch of the wild hop top and e
the wholesome suppers made upon tib
well earned treasure ero they learned
to think their food the bettdr for be
Itg rare ~al costly.
How Ho Did It.
'Airy: D'jear ow o doe that swan
kipper down a bit iv as argymeat up
the Crown!t 'see 'I mosIstickln' u1
for them dirty foreigar' Ideas d
fair, an' just as 'ee In the middle IV
It I ashpts out, "Look at yer beer.
'Course, round goes Is 'end, theon
fetches '!m such a ei over the ea*.
'ble 'aves. I could 'ear the blsleto
.,,- 0
barful fairly rearln' 'pa I 'Ipped rowe
happy nla pite of ean hardships that
the md l be compelled to tear.
The Dreh of Peace.
aIter--Wouldn't It be resaly
gind if the leading nations signed
arbitration treaties? Bocker-Yes: buti
the churcbh cholrs wouldn'L-JudeP
a es mAdT, r.
BLUE RAssL TOO
We want to turn our seah nd or
_go*dfiodd" toyour profit. Since we
have- tbee in ua-we have "camI
ed" the maket in our enderavr to
·det_ med hatbbrfad of mechanis' and
agrultua tools prepsets tlmh gheat
the greatest amount et
--, the user.
ut line of"Ble Gn .Hc ,st ,, ani
&-I we didedo otr itemnsbesr4
te BwaGnto trande mark, and our
haveen with mutost esentative "o
Grak trade mark
'the " .geatet a
we ý ot~ ly Firt we.trie