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-p t - - The True Democrat. ,e Tlo S11-. . i .l ; tors. dren, an ili. \l\ I . ItalNSA1 doenout , L . , b o! \West 'eli paradox i, tla' ' "I" 1ai.,u Sara and St. Fran* Take tht hf .ut r instant( U: h lht-r Eiuter them in {r,-i' rt. I'"Ir for the tow such ,a Q,ý!.trr, I.',. .\.dv rrti,e1C wWlil d, vµe to get rt that ev duced i I::f.,: ,i: t ' t, n ,l Ilttl a t . t.'ranIrL, le, and so - to be w Subscription S1.50 Per Year in Advance. fond, f, Sa'tludi'x S,,teinber 4,104. in on. tion, ~ fling o ..1 'A ( ' IO N .f'[1 ties of \', antionl dlays are almost over' tion. fir thos. who still obey the itrlllldoin Iof tlhe scioolroom. agal 'l':taclci'Irs and pupils have been to plr irerleshlld with a season of rest weak and re'crceation and are now ready stitiot for the w\\rl of the new session. natior T'I'osl, who go to their worek is the languidly and half-heartedly will the hi not only find their tasks hard- bles ter but will fail to discover the ly cat rich kernel that lies hidden at creat tihe heart of all effort, a re- as t ward for duty done whether bae th in front of, or behind, a teacher s i odei diesk. There are rich rewards for bºotlh teacher and pupil. and Illessed is eac1i1 one who finds it. knov lFor the one it means perforlm- derf ance of a duty - highest of all duties, to teach the opening and mindd for the other it is the ac- coloi qluisition of knowledge, which fron shall fit him for a worthy future. lose booking back upon the vaca- than tion days, so short, so fleeting, fore no one who has given a child a ml plleasure, regrets it. That is one nd thing that is happily never touch- crea ed by human regret. It is like of tl God seeing that "all is very nati good," and the giving of hiapp' qu lentories to a child to be trews-l ured in after days is to win 11n- a )ritality cheaply and quickly. r a child never forgets. Lie sl ,y seem to, but his nmind is a ing f-acting camera with film ever gre )osed. His memory is the u,, k rooui'lh walith each passing ,rh picture is developed. T wc'it erc blessed are we if we have pro- no duced pleasant pictures in these ey child-minds to be viewed after wi miany days! ,U'(MIll-f('NE' p1 lThis year's c(.op nmiust open't the eyes of all, cven those who , lhae most persistently kept tlhicm shut, to the fact that cot ton as a subsistence (',rol is too uncertain. It will do as a mnoneyt croph and a satisfactory enouglh one -when thle farmer lives at home, if such living includes b e\verythling but flour, sugar anda and cotTffee. lHut to large land-holders with tenants a;s in the Felicianas this plan will not work satisfactorily on account of the diltticulty in nmaking the" tenant, especially if the latter ho a negro, raise hoene stutff. The large land-holder wants someithing as a ''sunre crop that will not require such constant supervision, and to such planters the best thing in sight is sugarcane. We invite ex pression from practical men as to their olpinion on this subject. Later, we will give a complelte study of this matter fromn every l)oint of view. hI-E-V-E R-L-Y. Buzz.ards Hay.. TIF, "G(I ,LEY S'.I IE." 'The farmer has his vacation timec like the teacher and preach er, the iimerclhant his, when trade is not so brisk anld lie can leave counter or desk, without being missed. But when is the holiday of the country newspa per editor? Rain or shine, hot or cold, tlhere are a certain num her of columns to till. Business may have its slack time for him so farn as collections are concern ed, but he, or some one else, must cover those white pagesl with print. And too, whether or no there's any news, the greedy maw of the types must be tilled. This Oliver 'Twist asks for "more regardless of what's in the pantry. STIFLING IMJ.GINi.TION. We do too much for our clhil dren, and in so doing we fail to rc do enough. This sounds like a 01 .paradox, but is easily explained. til Take the mere matter of toys for c( instance. Modern skill produces P themn in such p1erfection, and in ti such multiplicity and variety a that everything imitable is pro- t duced in miniature for the child, r and so cheaply in most cases as t to be within the reach of every I fond, foolish parent, who think ing only of his child's gratitica 1 tion, gets the toy, thereby sti fling one of the God-given facul ties of the child's mind: imagina tion. A prejudice exists among e the ignorant or unthinking Sagainst imagination, holding it n to produce the fancies of the St weak and hysterical, the super stitious and credulous. Imagi " nation is something higher. It 'ill is the lmost God-like faeulty of ., the human mind, because it en ables nlan, in so far as hie nulnal- a ly can, to create, if not actually to bh create something out of nothing tl as the Almighty does, to assem- n ble strange and unlike things and tl model them into something new. m It enables him to look behind t and beyond what he sees and v knows to something more won- i derful and strange. The rain- 1 bow is not a mere illusion of sun , and shower but a bridge of I colors seven, on which Iris goes from earth to heaven. The prim Srose by the river's brim is more than a primrose that ftules be fore the morrow's sun, but it is a message from God in beauty and perfume. Birds since early creation have risen, fold on fold of the ambient air, but the imagi nation of man saw himself a con queror also of that upper sphere, Swhich he is tardily but valiantly about to enter now. [ Imagination is the scout. It Sspies out the land for reason and a ingenuity to conquer. Nothing r great is accomplished without it, e whether its be invention, geo 'graphical or' atronOuiI', ftc'1 goev ery, poetry or law. He, who has him no imagination sees only with his to eyes, the imaginative sees also mel with his mind. F The parent therefore who sup- ner plies his child so plentifully with to toys that are so perfect in their pr( mechanism, as to leave the child go` no scope for his imagination, is otll cruel to that child. He takes isl away the incentive of "make be- an, lieve." He draws down the cur. he tain of the wonder of wonders, ev< and makes his child far poorei' than the one with whom a match- Sa d box drawn by a string is a grand pih automobile or the cheap doll is sh "mother's own darling baby." of 1 What sweet fancies unconfessed ad S stir the infant breast, as he or hi she creates her plaything no one ar in can tguess, but one who looking st bf ack remembers the same sweet J. " experiences, and realizes now c, how they make for mental e cll growth and spiritual develop ch inent. al -------- b ;ht ('AN'T PLEASE ANYBOlY'. tA as Things-as-they-are seem to S et. make a journalistic brother very t tte bitter to judge by the following t 'ry description of the plight of the E average newspaler man in the I country: *"If he rief.s to starve to death on t the business the local patrons give f him, and takes ads from those who want to buy his space, he is not a t booster for his town. If he condemns ion the mail order house, the people who C11- patronize them tell him to attend to 1 len his own knitting and that they have a can right to trade where they please. while the business man whose cause he is pleading, will send to a mail order the for his printing or patronize the gov m)a- ment for his envelopes." hot It might be added that his um- space, which is his whole stock less in trade must be freely given for him home enterprise, or he is de 'rn- nounced for lack of proper public lse, spirit. And yet would that en ges terprise ask of a merchant all of r or his goods or a banker all the cash edy on the counter? fed. for THE TRUE DEMOCRAT office is s in the place to send your job-work. Give us a tria. \ TI'E 01'TLOOK. Po The above caption does not refer to the magazine with which to one of our distinguished national tigures is connected, but to a thu condition which is eagerly ap to proached and apprehended by those who are ever ready to look Sa ahead on the political sea and try to pick the winners in the quad- tu rennial handicap. Tersely put, the question is, "Who's going to be what'." st While the State election is over . two years in the future, there i- seems no lack of avowed and re 1- ceptive candidates for the differ e- ent ottices within the gift of the ig people. At least half a score of ig Louisiana's favorite sons are will it ing to be governor, and a sena he torial shake-up is even contelm w- plated. However, much one may gi- speculate, though, nothing much It of a definite character will be of known until the Governor finds wn- where he is "at." In a speech in- at Denhamn Springs, last month, to he told his hearers he was up in ing the air and didn't know where he ,m- would land; that he wanted some mnd thing but didn't, as yet, know ew. what it was. There are one of ind two things that the Governor and wants. One is to succeed Foster on- in the Senate, the other would S.:n , ,,Or',2l ~himsielf as governor and inquire after Senator m- pai f Enery's health. I The legislature to be elected in Lie 1912 will confirm the nominations me C of two United States Senators, en one term beginning in 1912, and ba S the other in 1915. Senator Fos- de Y ter's term expires in 1912. This a Y is probably one thing that has of ' the Governor "up in the air." .,r - Hailing from the same parish. M 1 Sanders and Foster have been at f, firm friends in the past, and to fo Y the latter the credit, or blame, ci may be attributed. It If the Governor feels strong S, d enough to cut loose from his ig former friend and patron, he it, may make the race for the Sen o ate. If not, a seoond term as t N" governor wudrih ju, - about wai± ias him. But'before this can come his to pass, a constitutional amend Iso ment will have to be enacted. For the Governor, much de ep- pends upon how the people take ith to his good roads hobby. If it eil prove popular, he may be either ild governor or senator, but on the is other hand, if the country par kes ishes become too enthusiastic be- and get deeply involved in debt, ur he will be higher in the air than 'rS ever. I'ee It has been suggested that tch- Sanders and Foster exchange and places, but if Senator Foster 1 is should agree to an arrangement )Y." of this kind, it would be a tacit 3sed admission that he could not hold e 01' his seat in the Senate, after a one fight with Sanders, and there is Iing small probability that Murphy weet J. wants to "round out his now career" by a return to the gov. ernorshil). e These are not the only aspir ir ants for gubernatorial honors, t by any means. They are coming to light every day. Besides Sanders, who stands well with q the city ring, New Orleans has two other tentative candidates, Speaker of the House Garland I Dupre wants the job and "wants U it bad." He has never run coun. ter to the powers that be, and his e friends think he would make a I good vace in the country, from I the fact that he used to live in St. Landry. Then comes Mar tin Behrman, mayor of New Or- : u leans, who will be taken care of. There are two opportunities of advancement open to the Algiers r Dutchman. If he wants to go to Congress, Mr. Estopinal will be s promptly but firmly put on the k shelf, If he wants to be govern s or he can get the support of e. the eighteen banks and seventeen ic ward bosses of New Orleans 1. which played such an important of part in the last campaign. h Among other probable candi dates for the governorship are Judge ('has. V. Porter of Natchi is toches, and Jim Bailey pf Ope k. lousas, Baton Rouge, New Or leans, and elsewhere. Judge Porter willprobably not do much unklss the prohibition sentiment is widespread during the next two years. His strength will be with the prohibitionists and those who are eternally opposed to a city candidate. Jim Bailey wants something, and, like Gov. 1 Sanders, doesn't know what it is. But unlike the Governor, who is t aiming at the bull's eye, Bailey has a scatter gun and will be I satisfied with anything he can strike. A feeler has recently been Iut out for J. B. Aswell, who, while he was in the State Superin tendent's office, devoted so much e of his energies towards perfect I ing a political machine. Aswell • is still hand in glove with the ad 1_ :_-.4.....i,,n annnl he has but to pull the string and the monke yo all over the State will jump. A great many people seem to think that former Go\vernor Blanchard will play an imlortnt of part in the next campaign, and he probably will. Ile is one of l the brainiest men in Louisiana - and it is to the shame of the State that le has been so shamue fully treated during the past two years. Whether Judge Blanch ard or his brother-in-law, Sena tor Barrett, want anything or not, the Blanchard influence will probably be felt in the next cam lpaign. The only sure thing about " Lieutenant Governor Lambre mont is that he wants to be gov ' ernor, He is too heavy, even for d ballast, and would prove a bur " den to any ticket. He may have is a pull strong enough to land one 'i of the consolation jobs if he is "right" in the next campaign. Mr. LManbrenont ought to be tn able to land somithlning in return for advice as to how to carry tile city of New Orleans. In the meantime, Governor Sanders is preaching good roads for all he is worth, and is doing what he can to roconcile the former Wilkinson people. With the power which the administra tion noW'ig, 0t: * %% . to . " build up a mighty strong ma, chine. COLORED LODGES. e The lamentable happening at t Monroe, last week, besides open r ing the eyes of white people as e regards several matters, certain " ly suggests how negro secret C societies may be used for evil i purposes. We do not allege that :lthey do but it behooves the whites to be vigilant for any isigns of bad influence. So far e as our observation goes, "the |r lodge" makes negroes more de nt cent and self-respecting. On the other hand, there is an aloofness, da coldness In their dealings with the whites, tilough respecLiul enough, that is different from the L warm good-nature of the igno rant, easy-going darkey. The lodge may, or may not, have this effect. It is certainly observable in lodge-members. However if the lodges make better citizens m of negroes, white people cannot " quarrel with their influence for d good. ( Speaking of colored lodges however, it should be insisted upon that the designation, style and title of these organizations should be decidedly different from those of similar white or ganizations. The signs and pass words should also be different. This is required by law in Geor gia and should be everywhere in the South. Recently Mr. Philip Werlein, president of the New Orleans Progressive Union, de o clined to be present at the dedi e cation of the handsome building e erected in that city by colored i. Pythians, on account of the name ,f the order assumes, although he a warmly praised the progressive a spirit shown by the fraternity. t This difference should be insist ed upon, not only to avoid confu: i. sion, but on account of "Dixie's re curse"-the commingling of racial blood-which, if combined with a knowledge of the ancient e- signs and passes might bring r' forth some unpleasant incidents xe in white lodges, Improve Your Parks and Gardens. ilinderer's Iron Wor 1112-1118 CAMP STREET, NEW ORLEAN'S; IRON FENCES CHEAPER THAN WOOD. Iron C'hairs, Tables, Settees. Flower Boxes, Hanging Pots, Arbors, Arches, Vases, Fountains and benches for Public Parks, OtMice Railing, Roof Cresting, Sta.rwai s. Stable Fix. tures, Hitching Posts, Carriage Steps, Bridge Plates, Ash Doors. Cesspool Rings, Brakeshoe UWuAM Grate Bals, Malleable and Gray Iron (astings, Drinking Fountains, Fence Mi ater.al. CEMETERY FENCES and ,m. MEMORIAL CROSSES. , SILLIMAN COLLEGE A beautiful Christian Home School offtring a thoroughedunat refining inlluences at a cost unusually low. $li2 jPays ALL the necessary expenses of the student, except the entire year. Some rooms for $142-all expenes., comfortablerI , young ladies may pay half their expenses by taking duties. These pirices the student pays; it is'less than the amount th pends for the student. \Vould you like to know how this famous, established otfer patrons the BEST in schools at so low a cost to them? We would like to tell you-there's a reason. Illustratl IH. . BROWILEE, Presidsent. - THE SAFEST AND QUICKEST WNA TRANSFER MONEY IS By LONG DISTANOE TELEPNHO FOR RATES APPLY TO LOCAL MNAIAi CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPI INCORPORATED 'THE SOUTH'S S-LATEST SWHOOL OF BUSIISS." S NEW ORLEANS LA. /nvovR~n ~OUR Belhaven College for Yount Jackson, Misslssippi. J. R. PRESTON, A. 16TH SESSION OPENS SEPT. 15, Talented and experienced faculty 10-acre eais games. All mbdern appointments, Personal student's needs and welfare. Exoellent fare, oonMiiM0 n.ent, sound instruction guaranteed. Patronage oli turlld homes. Not 4 room vacant the past two Edward MceGhee ~fS talented and w l faculty as anyi. Beautiful campus, T C oIIo5 Iket ball, croquet and door games for all FOR GIRLS, curriculum. The H, W, Van Hok, Al. , .0, ,, provided unusual ral PrNess. . coming year, the Presidtd, State, to tide over th Session Opens Sept. 15th depression. Write M PORT GIBSON FEMALE COLLEOE, Port Qilbso, Miss, 70th year begins September Iad. Laterature. music. art. elocution, stenograbphy.oosOP ing. sewing. Physical culture free. Speelial lattention given to health and morals. C'onfers degree of A. B., Preparatory Department. Some students reduce expenses by taking duties. EFlucational tour to New Orleans. REV. 11. U. HAWKINS. A. B.. President. ()OBI)EHS TAKIEN FYIf. Lespedeza Striata Seed for fall delivery. Also for hay, Lespedeza and native grasses mixed. Address C. HAROLD BRODERSEN, Idalie Pl.atatisn. P. O, Weyseke, La. Seed Cane. per ton in the field in wagon Lots. •4 per ton in carload lots, f. ,. b. Baine's spur. I guarantee this cane to he free from hojers. R. C. HOWELL, Wilcox, P. O. There was an alleged shortage of $3,500 in the accodnts of the school superintendent of St. Helena parish. NOW is TI Cool Colorado, L. R.M Is Tl' WI Tourist TicketS the places o West, NortbW at very low re[" October 31st, 191OG stop-overs. Information Inquire of . 0. or address E.C. D. carE~ Thjrough t3I_ the Coloradob between T Nev ton, Tex. vIS