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The True Democrat.
V. I XVII St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish La., Saturday, October 30, 1909.
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THE PEOPLE'S BANK
St. Franclsvllle, La.
Capital - - $50,000
Surplus - - $2,500
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A Gener'al ,b lking lu,,in.ss tranl aý tttd. Liberal tve illmondationlI
in accord with '1,,t1nd and on' t'erativt, batnking extended Iatroins.
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'erdflcates of Deposit BearInl 4 Per Cent. Interest to Time D)epositors.
emsat,,ataeasasas.s.n "
Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Patent
Medicines, Stationery, Jewelry, School
Books, Picture frames, Post Cards.
Royal Pharmacy,
f. M MUMFORD, M. D. Proprietor.
211 Royal Street.
Prescriptions a Specialty.
M. & E. Wolf
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
General Merchandise.
St. Francisville, La.
Feliciana 0il Company,
B. 8. ESKRIDGE, Manager
St. Francisville, La.
Shipping Point- Bayou Sara
I~est Price Paid for Hulls and Meal on Sale at
Cotton Seed. Lowest Prices.
S. I. Reymond Co., Ltd.,
Cor. Main and Third Streets
Baton Rouge, La.
Goods, Notions, Shoes Hats,
Clothing, Ilousefurnishing, Etc.
For Sale
Itd Simpkins Cotton
For particulars ap
W. Doherty, Jr.
St. Francisville, La.
tWm H. Taft l1has just
Striumplial tourl of the
I8uisiana Congressional
Something (loig in the
the time.
For Sale
Pure Burruss McGehee
Rtd Oats and Lespedeza
Seed.
W. C. Perkins,
Turnbull P. 0., Miss.
At Friend's you will find all
the popular magazines. For lOc
you can rent any one of the latest
novels. New books received each
week. Rent a book!
APRACTICAL AND PROFITABLE
REMEDIES FOR HARD TIMES,
(BY JOHN iI'lili'S Mc'GF:IE:HE.)
Nultely our section is in a most de
Ihlotalhe conlition. Not climatically
or terrestrially, for in the econstitution
of these Ih,, ('relato' undoultedly
o)llitt hil |h ] tll nur,* ,.., C:.......:..ii..
......... s, UvL IiII4 CC·I(I\ 1; I , t1 t
inliwotll1 lose s cfan always In' Rie
souped. In 171, Fkrance, a nation
IN av i i; Iiorci than ccne-thiid of thie
JI'c"sttct pIcciulation of the L'icited
Statc't Ic C sn IcjCoc't on antl area of v'e'i'
oltdcil buti fcourth-fifths that (of the
State' cf 'Tc.. xas, founld Ihceirself uttc'i'l V
c'i'tclicc'd and at the', Ine rt' of a ir'ient
less c'ccenc1 , t I arge poiti e n Cf heir
owfln pIopu)1 latioen in acti vc' tevclt. twc
cef ice'" aitcutet 5Jkoslic~tk ' i InclL'('e con
unii ng' a Ia illon aid a half of IpopiU
I atic Wi ct I fro m' c ', and Ia war
clebt ocf a Icilliont ol lar,' lixed oIn hleri
sicu lder,. I 'lorc e duce, all had blten
licjcii Ia. i auc I a 'nd l t'tn hid i'tiic 'd
icc' jee sition as a l'aderi in culture
ainid in scien( ce.. All Fienchmiicen iiim
Icl' 1ulied tcº';ethic- -anothct·' oleject
leon for u,'
But temrcci~c~amelitaii' we ace in uttc.'i
rout. Men cry Lo, here! and Lo, thele!
and the simple rules of common sense
secem generally disregarded. The cus
tom appears to be to suggest untried
experiments. Now, who in West Feli
ciana has either the time or the means
for experimentation?
On the other hand there are several
thoroughly tried and well.tloven ex
pedients that promise in all reason
abundant success, humanly speaking
of course. The first requisite is imn
mediate application of actual labor
to the task, always difficult but gen
erally surmountable, of doing things
in the right way. It is the purpose of
tie writer to discuss thoroughiy in sev
eral articles the crops of oats, corn
and hay, in West Feliciana, all of
which have long since passed the ex
perimental stalre, and later o ther
products will be taken up.
Oats are taken first, becaus· e right
now, to-day, is the time, not for re
gret, repining, or speculation, but for
just plain old-fashioned ploughing.
The best teacher on earth is expe
rience and the writer proposes to
state his own experience for thirty
Sears so plainly that he who runs may
read --if he desires. This experience
co\vers about thirty successive crops.
In all that time he has had. but two
failures and in each of those secured
about lifty per cent of a crop. Both
of these reverses were due to continued
ra i n during harvest. Considering
farming as an occupation, that is dis
regarding experimental patches, it is
loubtful if any section of all this big
country of ours can surpass that ree
ord. So it seems reasonable to as
,uIIII LuII. ºII W1t5 rt IcIIaIII
OATS ARE A SL'UlE COI'.
And we must ever bear in mind
that to attain this success, although
surely within our reach, certain pre
liminary steps are essential. iF'irst
and most dirlicult of all is
OBTAINING GOOD, SEED.
A careful estimate places the losses
of the parish from poor oat seed dur
ing only the last two seasons at about
*$2I.(K0. Could we afford to lose it?
Nothing is included in the above fig
ures for that other loss no less real
because purely exemplary, and we
hear some men already declaring that
oats are too uncertain for a standard
crop.
The writer has for the past half doz
en years found it simulyv imn)ossihle
to secure a genuine rustproof oat ex
cept home-raised seed, after earnest
and persistent trial in many directions.
lie would regard it as simple dis
honesty to encourage any one to plant
a single aere of oats except with seed
that had lbeen grown in the parish
and even these proven exhaustively.
This point df proper seed cannot be
too strongly accentuated and while
we have no desire whatever to depre
ciate any one's merchandise we con
sider it mere folly to attempt a crop
of oats here with commercial seed, by
which we mean anything not grown
and proven right here in the parish.
The limited supply of such seed con
stitutes one of the gravest of prob
lemts at the moment. Next comes
HOW TO I'LANT OATS.
There are farmers and farmers, and
almost as many opinions expressed as
farmers. Thirty years' experience has
convinced the writer that there is just
one sure way. As is generally the
case with successes, this has a key
stone, the disc harrow. Without it a
profitable oat crop may be grown but
is alwat~, an uncerttaintx. All the
writer'. tlrolºs hdve Ineu maude, n ith
sixteen inc.h di.,es and he, is now put.
tin;g in hi, pItre'nt erop with thes(e.
X larl'er disc. eight.een and twenty
inches in dial leteir. is Ilow gt'nral ly
used throl'ughoIiut the (l'ited States.
and we have I ougjht a twent'y inch
for trial but we know the .ixteens inch
is satisfactor.y and is a lnroel'r loid
fil two of our plantation tulehs.
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Iý InrIII *,e I I ¶PlI 15 .111 toº I )tnt'giiIlk'
:5th. I'laitevi aftet' ( tlhjistials an oat
crop is aIout as &tcrtaiii a', May corn.
We liegani ou* planin lg this *~ear on
(k'Vhe - .-lth. I f we hayt. :o very se
cei" freeze' ill late .1 aiutai. oi i'ebru
of out (t1ailisit IIantiing i, wiit&,i-kjl I
kiled. esjviaIlly i f We havte a w 1rm Win.
tei antI the out., shotild Ito then havye
While lot a.;( ll~ulute'I% 'Y'e~a, te
····"'·· "L LI I 4ill11 · iIt IJIt.
(2 ' h 2 I-4 I'A hst1 I* tt the atc") right
hde~ini I thi. p iow,. b efoI4 thet groundt
has; me jbacked lo% rain. 'I'hat give,
a fur hNttvA .N,"dIkd and of courset a
Iurt1"4 ;'Id jiltiIl( that t, wihat we are
lhert· tar. I ait % tar the crop (calre.
ftillj I weighed) a veraged 2' it.s bushels
to thc acre on I 1il acre, (of sod that
was ten iears old, ordinate hill land
w~ith\n·I·n·I
\We Ireak the ground "solidly,"
not in "lands," and sow right behind
the plows as stated. Then we disc
thoroughly. If the ground has been
under cultivation within a year, pass
ing over it twice with a harrow com
posed of twelve sixteen inch discs, cuts
it up thoroughly. Immediately after
that we follow with a two-secntion
smoothing harrow with inclined teeth,
till the ground is sulficiently level to
maki, fair traveling for the binder,
but not a bit more. A billiard table
field looks ltlty but will winter-kill,
while the plants in a rougher neigh
borhondl. nrnt'~tPd th 1 n-,,.. ) ,..1.a.
and ridges on its surface, escape in
jury. That is the first reason for all
Northern farmers' using a spouted
seed drill. It leavet the grain grow.
ing in a water furrow about half an
inch deep, diminutive but sumcient for
protection. Oats should be covered
one to two inches deep.
If the land is sod, :imply run the
disc harrow and smoothing harrow
oftener. If it breaks up very rough,
run the disc over before sowing.
It is importrnt not to plant more
than eighty. acres for each binder that
one exlpects to use. Sixty is better.
Two men with four Iuules in, a binder
and a woman and boy to shuck, are
doing well when they harvest 8 acres
in a June day.
Disc harrows cost about $25 in Bay
ou Sara, two-section steel smoothing
narrows anout vi" anti thoroughly ser
viceable binders about $125.
Threshing should be done by co-op
eration. Where a crop amounts to as
much as 1,00N) bushels, threshing
should never cost over three cents lr
bushel. But of this more at the prop
er season.
Ringlih Brothers' Circus.
Itingling Brotihers' World's Great
est Show is to visit Baton Rouge, La.,
on Monday, Nov. 8, coming this sea
son with new laurels won at Madison
Square (;aren in New York because
of the unprecedented excellence of
spects the, very best circus that was
ever organized, and the two perform
ances that will be given in Baton
Rouge will be given exactly as they
were presented in Manhattan, not the
slightest change having been made
since the season opened there.
There are no less than seven sensa
tions on the program, any one of
which is great enough to give a circus
distinction. There are the wonderful
Schumann horses which waltz on their
hind legs. drink from large glasses
an roil etac otherl around ill hulge
beer barrels: ehlephants that use the
telephon'e, conversing with eachi other
over the wire from one end of the main
tent to the other: the thrilling double
someirsaulting automobile act. per
formed hby a young French girl: Ho
blidello, the Mexican wire wizard: the
wonderful IAlvl family of acrobats
and 10) other grlat acts that are new
to America.
This will Is' the only opportunity for
the Ieople of this sttic,n to see Ring
ling Ilrothlers' circus, and probably
never again will such an array of
European talent he seen under one
managemient, as the expense of giving
such a plroram is, almost beyond be
lief.
The parade will be given at 10
o'Ihock in the morning and it is an
entirely new spectacle. Some of its
features are Camels, Zebras, Deer.
ilephlants and Llamas driven in teams
like horses and harnessed to ornate
tableaux. The parade will be three
miles long. The menagerie, too, is a
wonderful affair, greatly enlarged and
animal world. At the head of the
menagerie is Dar*in. the missing link,
which lives in a miniature house with
windows, electric lights, .hot water
heater, chairs and tables. Darwin
eats wfth a knife and fork, drinks
from a bottle and shales himself.
The Family Reading Problem
To'( lied º Ivading thaut .ati~tic · ,II(·'
cra vinlg for the I'iºight uaid attra~l i,
andi is at theII same' time x IrfttIictl% -uit
atble for imllpresssionaiIlji Young IpJeople,
is ait tinue, d iftiteut. Thit It-,t ''ºaa(a
zinfes~ are admittedIh Ipublished for
mlature ivaders oly '. Tie Ycouth'.
( olupanio 001lofle is for all the ftaaail
While the editor's key1, in miandl 1e1
('IM'er desire of tii '1 n111,., f.r. 9 t.. l.. f I
-1 .... ... .... -Uligrulc 111 tint', 111
actin. t'nltti1 "i e and a41d U tntu i e. Ihii..e"
tt 11itt ill The '(itt twllliajr io arr ,1 w..I I
filt'h in all stage's 4, I ift., jt uimt1.11
('mitt lits4. 'lTh art it"lv%, 11.% fa114int tn'
luI to tlhe W i o st anud fi t),.t t \I. .K rig n
ua Will as to the iumohuatur. liI %I) Slh .
I'he" Compani onl ) &l ve"ý tlt, IPoamli iI
lirohllemim for fime entirtm famIl . It is
intemtainmming andi it k, "i.momthm hi It'.
I~ttnew ;umIIeeil"~ r %Ill lii it of
%imeetial ad v&Lmitag to ,endsi at eiimý. time.
*1.75, for the minw 191mI Volmimim. Not
only tfot's lie, get tie Iwiiiitjfit II(·
tia" C a leimdar m f!r 1110, litlm 'grapihedl
in t~miI'tAhimtt itulii anldin u j'ttll. bnut tll tiiti
isuof Tfle 4 oiivafljaon for the~ r1 -
natining" weeks of 1909, fromi tlge timtt
the s4ttI j Jhxriht. . i) recei viid.
'hi I \'( t" 1'fi't' ( ' JM I .XNa I,\.
Compalnion bldg. Bson a.
New sulIscIriptions ( reed. at this oftlee.
Sheriff's Slk.
State of Louisiana, PtarshI of East
Baton btoust. 'end Judicinl fli..
trict 'ourt.
I. Szabo vs. T. IH. I)aigre.
No.
By virtue of a writ of Fi Fa to nre
directed by the lion. (ourt afqresaid
in the above entitled and numbered
cause, I have seized and will offer for
sale on premises of T. If. l)aigre iti
Bayou Sara, La., to tilhe highest bid
der at the hour of 11 o'clock a. in. on
Saturdaiy, December 4, 1909,
the following property to-wit:
Lots No. Il6xl in Sq. 2 in Bayou
Sara, La.
1 lot machinery used in Pop Factory.
1 lot cases and bottles and all fix
tures.
1 wagon.
1 horse.
I set harness.
2 shares Capital Stock of Bank of
West Feliciana.
1 gasoline engine, Inoiler and smoke
stack.
I iron safe, steam pump, I deepl
well outfit, ropes etc. I writing ltesk.
1 heater.
Terms of Sale (lash with lsnefit of
applraiselent.
.J. II. ('LAtCK,
Sheri t.
PAHISH HUDLIlT.
St. Francisville, La., Sept. :M, Ihrl.
Budget for the Parish of West
Feliciana for the .ear 1910:
Grand and Petit Juries ..... $ 1,23NI I
Coroner and Jury. ..... ... 2. t (N
Paupers .................... 100 (t :
Sheriff in ('riminal mnatters.. I.tM) (NJ
Sheriff attending 'ourt..... 40N1 (No
Magistrates ................ ::J (NJ
Constables.... ............. jk (N)
P'olice Jury .................. ?(N (N)
(lerk of Police Jury......... 150 (XI
Parish Thrasurr ........... 150 ()
Clerk of ('oourt .............. 7i (NI
Assessor. ................ :.NO (N)
Harry Bros......... . I _(MM (11
Ja llPll l ll ,:,+('llll ............. :r] IN;
('are of lI ourt ou,....... .. 1)41 (MI
Court Hlouse ('lcxk.......... ;2 ixJ
Board of Health........... 11) IM)
True Demto'rat ............. I.0 (IN)
Roads and lrid ,s . ........ !,,MI IU
Missouri Valley Iridget.,.. I.:) EMI
Sehool s................... 4.aNN) KEN
M. T. Iewmnan & (',........ 2. ) MIN
Maintaining P'risoner ...... 1.215) NI,
District Attorney......... ;i.M) E(o
Sheriff ('omnissions ....... ;.IM) (N
(ontingent Account........ .1,INN) liI
Total....... $21,M;47 (M
lIe.Sns 'tfully subinitted.
S. L. LAVElWENE,
THos. W. IIAYNIIAM.
W'. II. RI'HARI)S()N.
An observer of the agricultur
al situation well says: "A gloomy
state of mind, of itself is suffi
cient to preclude success for
next season, unless it be chang
ed. 'The combined psychological
effect is bound to be tremendous.
It appears to me almost impera
tive for the press and nulpit, as
leaders, and every right-minded
and cqurageous man as a lay
preacher, to drive home the fact
that conditions for the future
are not desperate, or even very
bad-merely changed.
bont Sqacruifi Your Property.
'Ille lIEroeflt un~fortunate con
clitiººn Whlich 1 ircvv ail. throughout
the Iº;hrish is c( us ng a great
tlaiii ,'s 1Vhiýi 11 t 1ýý III later re
{;vt. 11'i* ý .1r i f :Wvn saeri
ticesl. %%iitih ;(I( lltrr a i s ssar and
Whijhi1 hdl Ili their already
1 ý ;rcý;rt III:tI1 .hanger, are BrC
fl\c grtu in~to II~ %tai~tlgr en*ar
urine: to IºiV uip iiuld atit sa eri.
tip I. 'I'II I her I I ri'º thus.' whoJ
.tre t:ltihi u 1luºý iiie th relhck,
tlI iit i lg I:iti'· upon Which
lI ' ' eie1bº '%I Ill - pJlanted during
I'º iic l I;, ýý :!1ee4Iiit Iji'se'nt .;ii
ju; (~iIi'. 'Hiif' whichli will ad.
itlsl it~ctjl' iii f illn,' 111
" u'tll r 4 t r vlndinlg this
ailjultui,,,t:." ,\ n:atural ques
tihmn, aid w, Wlllit to ansWer,
that "ittinl| ;tarounlt thl,, country
stMi s,) \willt t!;, ida that there
times, ' and itt:'e ,;way at at
useless pice of wood will not
help the situation any. If that
class o~ people were to spend
half the energy which they spend
in whittling in cleaning and burn.
ing cotton stalks and plowing
their lalds well for the coming
yedar, tle t roubloe will be half ad
justed, the lands at least will be
in siplendid condition to cultivate
protitabhl crops during the com
ing year. The next question is,
"Wjhat sha!l we plant?" 'This
quo4tion is useless, since the soil
of Pointe ('oupee is adapted to
almost any crop, and the profita
bleness of that crop depends
upon the amount of energy spent
upon it. Select the crop which
you think you can do justice to,
and work it. Plant a sufllcient
crop of sonme eArly maturing pro
duct which can be marketed and
which will tide you over the
shoals until your main crop can
be, h:arvlest'dl.
the Board of Pardosk
At O 'lil-e tMerlinal
Extract froum Grand Jury re
port: "In ferreting out actual
crime and i)resenting the offend
ers for trial, we feel it our duty
to make mention of those things
which tend to encourage crime
by holding out immunity from
punishmenl. Such in effect is
the attitude of the Board of Par
dons to society. The framers of
the Constitution had no intention
of creating the Ioard of Pardons
a suH'prior criminal tribunal to
retry criminal cases behind
closed (ndoors andt upon ex parte
evidence in order to find a pre
text for liblrating upon the com
munlity men whose guilt is noto
rious aund whose conviction hf,
been secured after many delays
and great exertion on the part of
the Ipr-ov'cuting o fit ce r. We
therefore join with the public
press" and law-abiding citisens
throughout the State in denounc
ing the unwarranted usurpation
of power by the Hoard of Par
dons as a grave menace to the
orderly and uniform administra
tion of justice and the enforce
ment of law."
%ot Only in Arknauw.
"NLot so very long ago," said
John E. Young, the actor, "I
was on a sleeping car going over
a certain road in Arkansas. My
watch had stol4w1ed. When the
porter came my way I asked him
for the time.
"'1 haven't got a watch,' he
replied.
"'You are a beaut of a railroad
man without a watch,' I insisted.
'What kind of a road is this, any.
way "
"'You don't nsed a watch on
this train,' he informed me,
'what y,,u want is a calendar.'"
-Kansas ('ity Journal.