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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-10-11

cotton their only money crop, and
thus be kept in bondage to the all.cot,
ton system, but they will always find
a ready sale at good prices for all the
varied products that Southern soil can
produce, and, instead of handling
money only once year-when their
cotton is sold--they will be always
selling something and thus always be
receiving money, even though it comes
but few dollars at a time. 1t cannot
be too often repeated that the enfran-
chisement of the farmers of the South
from the burden under which they
now labor can only be secured through
the building up of the manufacturing,
mining and railroads interests of that
section. AS vital as the problem of
the Negroes future is to the South--a
problem that may well engage the most
earnest attention of the ableSt states>
men, there is a matter of still vaster
importance; in fact, it overshadows
all other questions concerning the
South, for in its correct solution will
be found an answer to all other ques>
tons that present themselves to the
business men and statesmen of the
South; this most important matter is:
How can the agricultural classes of
the South be made as prosperous as
they should be, in view of their supe-
riOr advantages? To this we believe
that we have already given the answer
in saying that it can only be done by
building up diversified industries all
over the South. None can deny that
it would vastly improve the condition
of Southern farmers, if they could de-
vote their attention more to diversified
agriculture, and always find a good
and profitable market for all their pro-
ducts. This would relieve every
branch of business in the South from
the incubus of heavy debts and long
credits 1t would encourage education,
would attract immigration and gradu,
ally the numerical preponderance Of
negroes over whites in many sections
would be overcome, which all who
know the negro must admit would GER
tainly be to his advantage as we'll as to
the whites. If these things are true,
and we feel sure they are, how much
does it behoove the people and the
press Of the South to encourage by all
possible means the development of the
industrial interests of that section.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-10-11
Boys and Their Mothers.

The Housekeeper.
Some one has written beautifully to
the boys in the following manner.
Here is whole sermon in a few SEN
fences "Of all love affairs in the
world, none can surpass the true love
of the big boy for his mother. 1t is a
pure love, noble and honorable in the
highest degree to both. l do not mean
merely a dutiful affection. mean a
love which makes a man gallant to his
mother, saying to everybody plainly
that he is fairly in love with her.
Next to the love of husband, nothing
so crowns woman's life with honor as
this second love, this devotion of son
to her. And l never knew a boy to
turn out bad who began by falling in
love with his mother. Any man may
fall in love with fresh faced girl and
the man who is gallant with the girl
may cruelty neglect the worn and
weary wife. But the boy who is lover
to his mother, in her middle age, is a
true knight who will love his wife as
much in the sear.leaved autumn as he
did in the daisied spring-time.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-10-11
Prosperity of Farmers Dependent
Upon Manufactures.

Baltimore Manufacturers Record.
So far as we are concerned, we de-
sire to see the great farming interests
and the laboring classes Of Georgia
prosper. We have more interest in
them than in the manufacturing inter-
ests.-Gazette, GAINESVILLE, Ga.
Will the Gazette please tell waits
ing world how it is possible for the
farming interests and the laboring
classes to prosper unless manufactures
thrive? We believe that all history
teaches that no strictly agricultural
country, in which manufactures do not
exist, can ever be permanently pros.
porous. One of the greatest--if not
the greatest-needs of the South today
is a larger proportion Of non>agricultu-
raj workers in the population. With
so small percentage of the industrial
classes, as compared with the number
of agricultural laborers as at present.
Southern farmers have but little in
ducement to do aught else than keep
on the same old way of raising cotton
only; there is no encouragement for
them to improve and enlarge their Or
chards, or to give increased attention
to raising vegetables, to dairying, or to
the poultry yard, for they will find
but little, if any demand for such pro-
ducts, and, if they sell them at all, it
can only be done at ruinOusly low fig
ures. Build up all over the South
manufacturing enterprises, large and
small, employing their tens and hun
dreds of thousands of food-consumers,
as against the over supply of foOd>pro>
ducers, and there will very soon be a
change in the condition of Southern
farmers. They will no longer find
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-10-11
Home Ppliteness.

A boy who is polite to his father and
mother is likely to be polite to every
one else, A boy licking politeness to
his parents may have the semblance of
courtesy in society, but is never truly
polite in spirit, and is in danger as he
becomes familiar, Of betraying his real
want of courtesy. We are all in dam
ger of living too much for the outside
world, the impression which we make
in society, covetingth good opinions
of those who are in : sense a part of
themselves, and who continue to sus-
tain and be interested in us, notwith-
standing these defects of department
and character. Welsay to every boy
and to every girl, cultivate habits of
courtesy and prOpristy at hOme-in
the sitting>room and kitchen as we'll as
the parlor-and you will be sure in
other places to depOrs yourself in a be.
coming and attractive manner. When
one has a pleasant smile and graceful
demeanor, it is satisfaction to know
that these are not put on, but that
they belong to the character, and are
manifest at all times and under all cir
cumstances.- Exchange.
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Fall Flowing.

Joseph Harris thinks that farm
horses can be put to no better use in
autumn than pulling the pillow. In the
September Agriculturist he says:
"There is nothing pays so we'll as
fall blowing, and getting land ready
for spring sowing. The longer l live
the more l am impressed with this fact.
l say nothing on the disputed question
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Testimony of VIM. Chrismnn,
Chief of Fire Department,
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Chief Fire Department, Jacksonville, Ind.
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A GOOD DRUGGIST.
BY MARY LANG.

A man who kept a store
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"Oh, l can make a pill
That shall ease every i'll;
l keep here q plaster
To prevent disaster;
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When customers applied,
These words are what he cried:
"Now, Patience is the pill
That eases every i'll;
Take.care is a plaster,
Which prevents disaster;
Good-humor an ointment,
Soothing disappointment.
st. Nicholas.
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08
THE ELECTION IN ASCENSION.
Vote Of the Parish for Presidential Elec-
tors and Congressman.

Vote Of the Parish for Presidential Elec-,
tors and Congressman.
Tuesdays election in this parish was
quiet aud peaceable, and although the
campaign had been exceedingly animated
and warm, causing some apprehension OF
disturbance at the polls, it eliminated
in an electoral contest unmarried by any
breach of the peace. Both parties seemed
sanguine of success, and up to the hour
the first ward box came in, some time after
midnight, we believe the Democratic lead !
ers mad not relinauished the impression
that they had carried the parish for Gay.
When it was seen, however, that the polls
on the river and bayou had given Kellogg
412 majority, it became apparent that the
four polls of the ninth and tenth wards
commonly known as the New River wards
could not be depended ON for Gay major
ity large enough to overcome the lead Of
the Republican candidate. The Blaine and
Logan Electors received a majority of 1902
and Gov. Kellogg a majority of 100 for
Congressman, the vote in detail being az
fnIIasva.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08
Gays minority, 6G.

Tho total vote of the district vas g. 782,
more than double that cast in any other
district of the State save the Fifth, where
the total was 1920. In 1882 Gov. Kellogg
received IL ,ss5 votes, MIR. kcklen e,a41, and
Judge Beattla 4,OG3-a total of %, Ga2, KEEL
logg polling majority of 674 over the com
bined vote of his two opponents. The vote
of 1884 shows an increase of G,OSO, and al
though Gov. Kellogg has received 1850
more votes than he did two years ago, he is
credited with ali apparent minority of 696.
1t is said he will contest Mr.. Gays election
and institute an investigation into the eau
ses which produced this surprising result.
We are at A loss to understand the Iberia
returns. The figures given as the total vote
OF that parish are the same as those re-
ported the day following the election, when
it was stated there were three polls yet to
hear from zone of which had given the Re
publican cand idate 800 majority,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08

SUGAR Sar1Bs.-Grindine commenced q,
Mr. kenner's Hermitage plantation on
Thursday. The caslo from Mrs. Brands
Plcaynne place was ground on Thursda,
and Friday, the work occupying two DAYS
and one watch. and the crop of the Her.
mltage place proper is now going through
the mill The cane il reported small but
sweet.eand the yield fair. E!r. Kenper
visited tie plantstiea On Tuesday.
Mr. Henry Caek is getting an sxaellen
yield from plant cane on his little place in
Smoke Bend. He made eleven hossheads
OF sugar from sin acres ant. will be entirely
satisfied with his crop if the remaining
fourteen aeres do as wsl!, 49,
Gen. Brent reports I15 soaaas Of sugar
to the ton Of cane ut Bowdon. Hoy MANY
tons of cane to the acre; Geue:ale
At MFR. Rocks Belle Alliance plantation.
Assumption, the sugar tnado mp to- this
time aggregates over 100000 pounds.
The mills on Mr. Reirne's New Hone ana
Mr.. NoIan's St. Elszatath places will be
started Monday.
Mr.. A. j.. Greenwood. manager of Messra.
Lemann & Hanson'a Dugas place, SENDS
lis q memorandum of the weight of cans
hanled there last week, Illustrating the
nnnsua, difference this year between ,slant
and sfnbI,le. Six acres of stHbbfe weighed
bns g tens. an average of only J51a tons
to The ei-e. while six toms of plant cane
wei2lsu Isl tons, IN average of about I'll.
salls % the acre.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08

CleVeIands majority, T,058.
| A number of the figures in this table rep
| resent the reported or estimated MAORI
| ties in parishes from which detailed returns
have not yet come to hand, and there will
| be numerous alterations when the official
advices are all in. It is not probable, how
ever, that the totals given above will be
materially changed. Butler, st. John and
Mrs. Lockwood received few votes, but
We have not deemed them of sufficient in
terest or moment to include them in our
statement. Gov. McEnerys vote at the
State election Of last April was over 1900
and that of Col. Stevenson, the Republican
McEuery's majority being more than 49,
GOO. The vote of last Tuesday shows fall
ing of of fully $1,000 and the Democratic
majority is decreased by about 5000
While it is evident that many thousands of
voters throughout the State did not 20 to
the polls, it must also be taken into consid-
GRAFTON that large proportion of the April
vote was fraudulent. In the paaish of Or
leans, for instance, the vote cast last April
aggregated "a, 455-Democratie, 20. 665: Re-
publican, 3,791. Last Tuesday only 1888
votes we're cast in that parish-Democratic
1920; Republican, G,67s. In Tensas, Cata-
houla and other parishes it is now con-
fessed that heavy frauds we're commit
ted in April to swell the majority for the
McEnery ticket and save the debt amend
ment from defeat.
THE VOTE FOE CONGRESSMAN
on the 4th inst, resulted about as follows.
all the members-elect being Democrats ex-
cept Judge Hahn of the Second District:
First District-Louis St. Martin, 5,Go8:
Carleton Hunt, 4,579; los. FL. Acklen, 1892
St. Martins majority over Hunt, 1,029; over
Acklen, 2,266.
Second District-Michael Hahn, 7,248;
W. e. Houston, $50. Hahn's majority,
LABS.
Third District-Edward j. Gay, 1879;
W. P. Kellogg, 14,043. Gays majority,
69G.
Fourth District-Newton G.. Blanchard
reelected by an almost unanimous vote.
Fifth District, Floyd King, 1924:
Chas. J. Boatner, A, ia; Frank Morey, 1872.
Kings majority over Boatner, 1850; over
Morey, 1882. ~
Sixth Distr1ct-AIfred B. Irion, 9,247; G.
G. Swayze, sos; Irion's majority, Also.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08

1t will be observed that Gov. Kellogg
carried ten out of the sixteen polls, and
although there is an apparent majority OF
five against him in DonaldsonviIle he really
led Mr.. Gay at this poll by sixteen votes,
there having been twenty-five Kellogg bal
lots and four Gay ballots placed in the
presidential box by mistake which the
Commissioners declined to count. The
vote at the Gregoire poll was disappoint-
ing to tbs supporters of the Republican
candidate, who anticipated large ajority
there, and the Gay strength at several other
points was much greater than expected. but
considering the lavish expenditure of
money by the managers of the Gay can
vass and the fact that number of our most
influential sugar planters worked actively
at the polls to influence voters in favor of
Mr.. Gay-many Of these voters being their
own employees Republicans did ex-
oeedingly we'll to give their nominee any
majority at all.
The Republican Electors received 5O4
more votes than Gov. Kellogg did, and we
take this number to represent the Repub-
iicans who voted for Mr.. Gay. Up TO the
morning of the election the Republican
managers had estimated the Republican
Gay vote at 500, but they had taken no ac-
count of some sharp and effective work
which the opposition put i'll Monday night
and on Tuesday where it would do the
most good"
The total vote for Governor in this par
ish at the April election was 1881, of which
Stevenson received l, $50 and McEnery L.
DIG. Comparing this with last Tuesday 3
vote for Presidential Electors, the Reyub-
lican gain has been 45S and the Democratic
loss, 1875; net Republican gain, G53. In 1882
Ascension gave 991 votes to Kellogg for
Member of Congress, IT'S to Beattie, 454 to
Acklen-total, 1920. The vote of last Tues
day therefore shows an increase of G28;
Kellogg falls PAT short of the combined
vote he and Beattie received two years ago,
and Gay gains 875 over the vote for Acklen.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08

What becfme of the boxes Of rifles
and reyolvers aud the hordes of imported
Deputy Marshals that were to have done
dnty for the Republicans in Louisiana on
election day. Even in New Orleans, where
the sangninary It'd. despatched the fair
face of the pale moon with buckets qf-im.
aginary gore and pictured iii narrowing
colors the ontrages about to be COM
tmittsd upon q peaceable vet brave people
by brutal Republican officials, the monot-
eny of the election was scarcely broken by
30 much as fist fight, and the It'd. itself
was constrained to admit next day that the
Marsllal& had performed their duties in
courteous and inoffensive manner.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08
MISREPRESENTATION REpELLED,

| After long but not painful silence the
highly personal editor of our Railroad Ave
| nue. contemporary took q turn at the crank
last week, uncorked another vial of his
whitening wrath and poured it, ker-
siosh, upon the devoted head of the CHIEF.
This Quill-Driyer of the Vicious Mind and
Disordered Liver writes under the caption
of ISLANDER Refuted," but it would have
been much more appropriate and in ac-
cordance with fact if he had put it 'sSlan-
der Perpetrated" instead, since such a
heading would have ftly indicated the
character of his bitter and wholly uncalled
for diatribe.
In the first place, it is gross calumny to
apply the epithet of "vile and foul
mouthed organ" to the CHIEF, as every per-
son who reads our paper knows. It is no
undue egot1sm On our part to assert that
with respect to the cleanliness and "tone" of
its contents, editorial and otherwise. the
CHIEF will bear favorable comparison with
any paper in Louisiana.
Secondly, it is not true as minated by Our
Contemporary OF the Bursted Gall, that We
orabie gentlemen to whom are intrnsted the
care and management of our parochial and
municipal AFFAIRS and we defy the aileea-
tor of the sianderous allegation to cite an
charge.
Thirdly, we have made no sattack on the
character of our honorable Returning OH-
cer," and the comments which we pub
Iished relative to the appointments of Com
missioners of Election for this parish will
not bear the construction which our i'll
tempered assaiIaat evidently seeks to place
upon them. We merely characterized as
'bad taste and contravention of the spir-
it of the election law" the choice of al! the
Commissioners from among the friends
and supporters of one of the Congressional
candidates. The criticism was entirely le-
Ultimate and truthful, and neither the Re-
turning Officer or any of his friends can just
fy distort il into an attack upon his cbarac-
ter Or an insinuation tina. his action was in
t1uenced by dishonorabIe metiyes. The
fact appears to be that our contemporary
has essayed to make little cheap capital
with people whom he believes to be predis-
posed against the CHIEF ON account of its
politics, and for this reason assumes the
attitude of defender of injured innocence
and sIandered purity that have not been as
saIlsd Or called in question, -
In the exercise of our right to discuss
public questions and ,eriticise public Off
GERS We always endeavsr to keep within the
bounds OF courtesy and truth, and shall
never shrink from the Judgment which in
teHigent aud fair minded men may pass
upon Cur attitudes Or arguments: hut We do
object to having our language distorted and |
and shall not consent to be |
measured by the standard of those who |
substitute inyectiye and abuse for legiti-
mate discussion. We value and court the /
good opinion OF unbiased minds, but care
not fig fog The estimation Of those who |
are SO blinded by political c. personal ami
mostly that they can not, distinguish the |
difference between truth and SANDER,
proper criticism and yiIiifcation
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08

A NEw CoAsT PAcKET.-The fine and
swift sidewheel steamer John B. Maude has
entered Che coast trade and will make semi
weekly trips between New Orleans and
Plaquenine, leaving the city on Tuesdays
of P. NJ, and Saturdays at IL NJ. returning
down the coast Mondays and Tharsdays.
The Maudo is commanded by that first
class steamboatman and very clever gentle
man, Capt. John A. Comstock, and the Of
lice is in charge of Messrs. Rolla Porter
and Will $. Mavof, two tip-top clerks. we'll
sersed In their duties and extremely aYa-
BILE In department. Such boat with such
officers ought to receive liberal share of
the coast traffic and achieve high degree
of popularity among travellers and ship
pers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08
THE ELECTION TN LOUISIANA.

The Write fur Presidential Electors and
Members Of Congress.
Tuesdays election passed off as quietly
in Louisiana as elsewhere throughout the
Union, and the vote for Presia entail Eiec-
tors SO far as ascertained to date, was as
follows:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08

Maurin has the latest novelties in The
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Look for the Cheap Grocery Emporium
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