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* PERSONAL BUT POLITE * ent thi F. G. Hochenedel did not leave till Thursday night for his trip to Texas. rel Mrs. Emanuel Wolf and family leave To Sunday for their home in New Orleans. rel Rembert Storm is here on a visit to La his father. Mrs. R. C. Wickliffe was here yes- fan terday. we Mrs. G. L. Plettinger and children tre were in Baton Rouge, Thursday. ed Judge Chas. Kilbourne was here from Clinton, yesterday. gir Jno. F. Irvine was in New Orleans, Ve yesterday. ten Mrs. A. W. Ard, Ancel Ard and Miss litt Maud Ard have returned to Bogalusa. D. B. Faithorn was called to New Or- slt leans by the illness of his father. the Miss Mary Linfleld is visiting her we aunt, Mrs. Louis West. da, Miss Louise Rettig visited Mrs. E. Braithwaite of Baton Rouge, last week. da Mr. Oardiner was a guest of Claude Mi Daniel, the latter part of last week. ne Master Percy Gilmore will attend tra high school this year. on Mrs. L. W. Rogers went to Clinton at the week-end. er Miss Alice Daniel is at home on va- Mi cation from the Presbyterian Hospital. wi Miss Belle Winston was at home for tor the week-end. in Ellason Barrow has gone away to ac cept a position. Ra Mrs. Edward Butler and children thu have returned from the seashore. led Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Daniel were in ha Baton Rouge, Wednesday. te Messrs. V. M. Jackson and W. J. Fe Fort were in Baton RoRuge, Tuesday. Dan W. Levy spent Wednesday in fo New Orleans. te * J. R. Matthews was in Baton Rouge, is Thursday. de Miss Mary Folkes has entered Silli- th -an as a pupil. pa Miss Eloise Stocking has returned `from a visit at Kinder, La. ra J. H. Kilbourne is surveying Eller- ha site plantation, this week. Bt Miss Lillian Brandon will leave on cu the 27th to teach at Kinder, La. Si Robt. Beale of Baton Rouge is visit- ed lung hdre.. Misses Leonora Mahoney add Olive th Daniel, high school girls, are boarding to with Miss Raynham. go O. G. Hammond and son were in In town, Thursday. The latter will at- fa tend Jackson high school. er Misses Amelia Barrow and Rosalie en Richardson are taking domestic science in at the high school. Miss Sarah Stern is expected home from Baton Rouge the last of the week. Miss Maggie Stirling and Miss Flor- " acse Hamilton have left for the State * Nqramal. Louie and Able Mann came up, from D New Orleans and spent Sunday at home. Miss Augusta Weydert went to Clin-. ten to visit her brother, Edward, em played there. ,•Mrs. Wood and family are boarding at Rosebank, pending completion of the sale of Ellerslie. Mis sCornelia McOehee is not teach ing, t1is year, but has gone to New Or- tl ledas to have her thrfoat treated. Rev. A. W. 8kardon returned to Gulf port, Wednesday .afternoon, where his SQfamiy is still spending a vacation. P. L. Nanny returned idonday night F Ifrom a pleasant vacation of two weeks at his home In Virginia. SMiss Fannile Ard left Tuesday to en ter Silllman, Mr. F. O. Hamilton went 4ver with her. Mrs. Jones Irvine was the guest of :Col. and Mrs. John F. Irvine last week, leaving Friday. Lawrence Mann left Tuesday for New Orleans to reenter high school ' there. I SMiss Mary Hamilton will stay at Mr. W. H. Richardson's to attend high school with Miss Anna May Connell. SMiss May Haralson was at home 'for the week before leaving for her schoqi it Laplace. · Miss Lois Simmons has left for her school in East Carroll parish, near Veiksburi. SClaude Daniel has entered LI S. U. Slie is the sort of pupil that should suc ceed, having earned his own college ezpensee. Mr. Bohols was here for a briet stay :,Sunday to get acquainted with his new daughter, whom he named Eudolie SQuinn. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley of New Orleans and their little daughters arrived Wed nesday night to visit Mdrs. A. F. Bar. low and other relatives. Mrs. Matt Gilmore was in town, last week, bringing home her nephew and nlece, Edward and Genie Percy, who ha@ a nice visit with her. Mrs. Garnett Howell went to New SOrleans Tuesday. Her son, Edward Newsham, accompanied her as far as Baton Rouge to enter L- S. U. One of the old and esteemed real sants of PincLkneyville neighborhood, Mrs. M. C. Evans, we are sorry to hear, is in failing health. Lane W. Brandon return this week to the A. & M., Starkville, where he takres up his studies as a junior in elec triead etgineering. Several girls not at high school last year have returned, namely Misse Ma mie Cutrer, Miss Eleanor Barrow, Miss sadie Clack, MYi a i NMLe Newuham. Miss Martha Fort left Tuesday to enter Silliman Institution at Clinton, as a student. She was accompanied thither by her father, Mr. W. J. Fort. the An overlooked personal item is that bo relating to the return of the Misses Mi Town recently from a pleasant visit to Pe relatives in Crowley and Lafayette, ne La. sp Mrs. J. L. Golsan, attended by her ral family physician, Dr. W. H. Taylor, dit went to New Orleans, Tuesday,- for fai treatment at Hotel Dieu, for disorder- the ed nerves. of Mrs. O. Leonard has a bevy of little loi girls boarding with her for school: pe Verna Garcia of Laurel Hill, Alva Aus- all ten, daughter of J. M. Austen, and the fei little daughter of G. W. Bookter. wi Little Theresa Irvine is going to frc school, and her small sister, Frances, wi though under school age, likes it so Fc well that she insists on going every mi day also. . M1 Miss Bertha Latane was here, Sun- so day, on her way to Marksville to teach. S1> Miss Irene Dillon, on the same jour- ce ney, was greeted warmly from the Al train windows while passing through wE on the 10:50 train. fe Miss Beulah Holmes, primary teach- H. er at the high school, is boarding at sty Mrs. A. F. Barrow's. Miss Harvey is th with Mrs. F. O. Hamilton. Miss Ful- TI ton and her mother are keeping house ty in the Remondet cottage. cr Misses. Cleo Vaughan and Edwina Si Raynham left Sunday afternoon for wi the State Normal School. The former ro led the graduating class at Julius Frey- of han high school, last term, and the lat- he ter is a beneficiary student from West pa Feliciana. Miss Helen Schlesinger leaves today ni for St. Louis to fill her position as a PC teacher in Washington University. She hc is one of our brightest girls, and her fa departure gives emphasis to the fact, ki that it is folly to permit the best pre- of pared teachers to leave the state. at Judge and Mrs. Samuel McC. Law- IP rason and the Misses Lawrason, who fa have been spending the summer at De- ri Buys, Miss., where they have been oc- w cupying the beach home of the late Senator Money, of Mississippi, reach ed home this week. Lieutenant George hi Lawrason, U. S.,A., who spent part of jc the summer there with them, has gone G for a month's stay in Portland, Ore- es go'n, after which he will join his regi inent, the Eleventh United States In fantry, on the Mexican frontier. Lev- fi ering Lawrason, who was with his par- 1 ents at DeBuys, will spend the winter si in Boston, Mass., where he will be a C student at the Boston Tech. i*****# # #@@º****** ss d * ABSENT FRIENDS. * Mr. Henry M. Town of Washington, y D. C., writes us that he has received promotion in the government printing office, involving an ilicrease of salary l amounting to five hundred dollars per i annum. He attributes this in large part to the good olices of The True v Democrat in commending him to the c attention of Senator Ranadell. He says t that the senator was all that could be 9 desired in courtesy and attention to a the matter in hand. Get the "Little Ad" habit. i SPERSONALS FROM THE JACKSON 1 RECORD. Miss May' Young has opened her t school at Rogillidville, in West Felici ana. 1 [ William Fauver has opened his I school at Wilhelm, West Feliciana parish. Miss Eva Robb has returned from ai 1 week's visit to Mrs. B. B. Taylor in I Baton Rouge. 1 Messrs. A. Y. Munson and Chas. I h Munson ,bf West Feliciana, were in ! Jackson on Monday. Miss Eloise Bell left on Saturday for 1 her sckool in the New Hope neighbor hood, in West Fellciana parish. Miss Irene Dixon and Supt. H. J.I Smith, of West Feliciana, drove over to saend Sunday with Jackson friends. Messrs. Wallace Roberts and Em mett Lee were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Richardson, in West Feliciana. Messrs. Wallace Roberts and Em mett and Ardry Lee returned to Baton Rouge during the week to resume their studies at L. 8. U. - CHURCH 'IOTICES. GRACE CHURCH. S Rev. Alvi!n W. 8kardon, Reotor. Sunday School.............. 9:30 A. M. SMorning Prayer........... 11:00 A. M. rd Friday-Litany service. METHODIST CHURCH. Rev. J. B. Fulton. , RIEGULAR SERVICES. ir, 1st Sunday, St. Francisvlle 11 a. m. and 7~30 p. m. kI tnd Sunday, Star Hill 11 a. m., and he St, Franisvilcle 7:30 p. m. c 3rd Sunday, Wilhelm 11 a. m., an' St. Francisville 7:30 p. m. t 4th Sunday, New Hope 11 a. m., and a- BSt Francieville 7:30 p. m. sa Sunday School every Sunday morn a in at 9:45. KILBOURNE-CRADDOCK. A pretty wedding was celebrated at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jas. 'Kil bourne in upper St. Francisville, when Miss Anne Kilbourne and, Mr. Wm. Percival Craddock were united on Wed nesday morning at ten o'clock. The spacious rooms were tastefully deco rated in flowers and greenery. In the dining-room, where the wedding break fast was served before the ceremony, the flowers were yellow amidst masses of ferns and vines. In the parlor, a lovers' knot of pure white was sus pended beneath an arch, and above an altar banked in white flowers and ferns. The bride entered the room with her father, Dr. Jas, Kilbourne, from the reception hall, the bridegroom C with his best man and cousin, Mr. Jas. Foster of Shreveport, advancing to meet them from the conservatbry. Miss Belle Barrow played Mendels sohn's wedding march. Rev. A. W. Skardon then performed the marriage ceremony of the Episcopal Church. After the ceremony, punch and cake were served. The bride's family and a few friends only were present. Mr. H. H. Kilbourne and Mr. and Mrs. Arm stead Kilbourne of East Feliciana were the only ones present from a distance. The bride, a girl of blonde; spirituelle type, looked very lovely in a gown of cream lace, in girlish walking length. She wore her grandmother Kilbourne's wedding .veil, an exquisite piece of rose pointlace, falling from a coronet of orange blossoms. The flowers of her bouquet were white roses and as* - paragus fern. ANI Mr. and Mrs. Craddock 'left on the night train for their home in Shreve port, La. They will be guests for the I, honeymoon month of his brother and data family. Later they will go to house- Fell keeping. Her going-away gown was Con of blue serge with hat of the same 191U shade. Both of the young couple are 'ern popular in our local 'society, and in 1 fact, wherever known, and their mar* pQr " riage.is followed by innumerable good can wishes for their happiness. The parish teachers institute was held only three days last week, ad journang Friday afternoon. Mrs. Mary J Guilbesau was here to address the in- Lo stitute. wit eat Miss Bellinger, who taught at Wake- -ce field, last-year, is principal of the Star Boi Hill school, with Mids Maude Cox, as- ne. r sistant. They are boirding with Mrs. ticl I Cheston Folkes. + bra The death of Mrs. Alfred Donnaud yo Jr. of New Orleans, at 2 p. m.,,Wednee- 4bl day, Sept. 17, was learned with sorrow Lmja here. She was formerly Miss Marie and Therese Fluker; daughtet of Hon. 04 - fl ) 'houn Flnker,. She: wb , years old and. was the bride of a year I The American Banker (New York)' a 9 in its 'issue of Sept. 13, has the follow-, *i r ing to say: t e "An investigation of the afairs e the defunct Feliciana Bank and Traitt' 0 Company of St. Francisville reveals 5 that purely local conditions were yres. ft e ponsible for the assignment. As the re Saffairs of the institution are not in bad Pu shape little loss is expected to resultl although it is certain to' be some tit Mi before at least half of the bank's as- MI sets can be realized upon. There has MO N been no hint of the discovery of any- ma thing criminal in the handling of the bank's affairs." :1- Mayor Jas. Logan of Bayou Sara has been having work done on the town's li s levees, so far as financial resoirces da a woul!d go. He has accomplished this ni wrk at a cost of 10c per yard. Tolna be a taxes, he says, are largely In arrears; da n many small tax-payers being unable to #1 meet this demand, while there are sev- it s. eral heavy tax payments still due., If 2: n only a tolerable collection of these £ taxes could be made, the town -would nC ,r be in fair shape. I Mr. Mentor Barrow, manager of the la J. road work, reports that the big tra- N er tion engine owned by the parish pass- e s. ed over Big Bayou Sara at the Layson n. ford without any difficulty, this VPee~ i r. In view of the heavy rains that have 5 it fallen lately and the consequent soft ness of the creek bed, this removeS all m- doubts and tears that the machine cp Iit n cross the creeks. s tir ti Mr. W. B. K. Shepherd, a new rel-i p dent of the Pinckneyville neighbor hood, and who has already won the i good opinion of all, who have met him, a *is making a venture in stock-ralsuin. -j He is now filling three or four unde' [ ground silos, to feed a lot of beevei for December shipment. Pupils away at school can get The STrue Democrat for entire session fior $1.00. These, termns will be allowied teachers also. Dr. A. F. Barrow, one of the g5rand representatives fron Louisiana, left . last Friday to attend the annual Se sion of the Soverelj on Grand--LOde, . o. 0 F., which me t at Minnapd '| While absent, he proposes to do ~ote n boosting for land int rest in West: Feliciank. Mrs. Wickflfte is b inug he? $r ffi rn- buildng renovated o r the occa of Lawrason and RKi burne a ilo ring 0 pentnji You are Cordially Invited to attend our Fall Tallorlng Opening, to be held September 22, 23, 24, 95 Come and see how it is possible for you to vr BETTER CLOTHES "CUSTOM-MAEE"-for 1ess money. An Expert Cutter and Fitter from, Schloss Bros. & will be present to show the new styles and: b 1 rics, and to take measurements. Come ahd -t him-no obligation to'order, if you don't want to. S. Baton REuND ie La T (Baton Rouge, :La .-. --,." I * ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CONSTITUI ,IONAL CONVENTION. I.desire to announde myself a candi* date for: delegate to represent West Feliciana Parish in the Constitutional Convention, called for November 10th, 1918;, lbject to the action of the Dem-' ocratio primary. 1 solicit and will appreciate the sup pqrt of the voters of this parish in my candidacy. ELRIE ROBINSON. HIGH SCHObL OPENS. Julius reyhan high school opened Mouda morning, enrolling 175 pupils, with more tq follow later. Maniy par eats were present at the opening exer cles. -Dr. O. D. Brooks of the School od made a brief address, as did the new prl. ilpal, Mr. W. S. Bliss. Par ticular interest centers about the new brpoadei' of study:;domestic science, p alas nd manual training. Some yoi s out of school will'take the db*t ience course. A copk-room b abarranged in ,the basement, anld aot Missa Smitherman does not in quitpmenIt Ideal by ans. as to do the bethe a -itb it. West Feliciaan Chae, it, D. C., "lent a aumber oftts chairs for i deparltmentias the School .Board nold not fnd any suitable chairs in towv. S ipt H J. minith is teaching e boys tphyscal and manual training Without compensation. The complete list of teachers is as follows: W. S. liss, principal; Miss Irene Dixon, assistant; Misses Almae Pulton, Margie Duty, Lettie Harvey, and Beulah Holmes, grade teachers; Miss Ruby Castlebury, music and art; Miss Arva Smitherman, dome tic sait nce; .Supt. Ie. J. Smith, physical and manual training. NEW L . ;R. N. SCHEDULE. A new passenger schedule will go into effect on the Lr R. & N, on Sun day, Sept. 2L No official 'announce ,tent of the changes he .hbeen mane, Sbut it is generally understood that the gay train will not cross the river, and SwlllO return to New O'leans in the af :trnoon, reaching Bayou Sara' about r 2:40 o'clock. No information has been a given out in regard to Sunimday after 1 noon's train, and it is not kIown4 whether the traisn will run on the fore mer Sunday schedule or on the regu a lar daily schedule. The train leaving SNew Orleans at night is expected to 4 - reach Bayou Sara at about 10:15. 4 a The new schedule will be published 4 in The True Democrat in the next is. elsue. / I"D. p . McKay, died a petition of In 0 tervention Thursday in thue United States District Court, in New Orleans, in the matter of the Union Trust Com-. pany vs. the Bayou Sara Lumber COmn Sny. iThe intervenor alleges that the - lumber company, now in the hands of ";a -receiver, is indebted unto him in the I ium of $800, balancoe due oh the pur. ~~,case ot a logging skidder. TAK.J8 A NOBLE STAND. - Rev. A. Wi Sktadon was here to of -' alate at the siiday ser~flopes at Grace ochurEch, later at the .raddockKl3Ibouwrne, * wedding. When Mr. Slardon wa.s in Sfoermedtby the vestry, that tn the prep 14 st financial upheqUal, that body was 'tiable, to pay his stipend,,Mr'Shardos i if that he was Vilint to remain ~e with tho church without salary durinsg -'this crisis. Mr. SIardon said that "ondI i real captain deserts his ship In it aiur or o istress.' It so he e°oes a -mere hired man. ,L1k'ie.w - I e6e a Siest of th.is chr.e. , ..sn4 .c, t.e syart y people when thei- need o. : 4.. ," , tfhats will touch °the heart of eery person in We t Felicana, a4g draw their "little ainster" iearer to .them than ever .before. Thebe conAditlonl we hope and, bee iev, bre y te.mpoy ry tWmfo jilla wlt aw thy right itself, j ay vriseI witlh the right rudderWIIS the btter e come, the`r kt . a * "istood *;ltvr t storn :wtbe 'rem tiered a s I'rew . `; e4L t Ozkiig tJe tir o vee .i for (1 Church 10 promialnt. ', owes! 1*>e Qt~t# o yhstý0'~s ,.. *lot slopie In :}d doy i 3a ; 5 `ttiee". ' tea. tat onthe orfer-> cto :e: hthouk ~o~iiaity depoE;-d onIuto 1~P 4/". fi. M5arke~t Youri Poitat hile Prices Are God Am paying hihghest cusli P: ric , pa g I fo oatoes, Can handle-' for pot -,"'r q i:" X. . :·· I W1b s'lcl fo cshouX ex~pio~.Plas d. io ask fo credi on scoo boop.:,.., .b ·7. t . / ~ · tu·rm-uy. Topo notc:i pices: wi be pa id for 5 weet P oes e t1't . .. r August 2th CrH~ ~~~~~~·.· AR$N":I!i ~ i i~ 32 I; , I D LI VER 9 -AS $$ IlitJ P'lT'BURGO C0OAIJ14 Bsi~o ice:$ ·s ·