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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-04-11
New Evidence of Fraud.

The Democratic board of election
supervisors for Orleans parish took
exception to the list of persons recon-
mended for appointments as commits
sioners to represent the Republican
party at the New Orleans polls in the
coming election, and called upon
Chairman w. j. Brophy of the Re-
publican parish committee to repair
the alleged deficiencies in the list.
The grounds OF objection were that less
than six names were offered for
number of the precincts; that some OF
the persons named had participated
in the Democratic primary and that
| others were not registered voters. The
| board took the position that only Re-
publicans should be selected to repre-
sent the Republican party as commits.
sioners, but Chairman Brophy con-
tended that the Republicans had the
right to recommend Democrats if SO
disposed, their object being only to
obtain such intelligent and fearless
supervision of the election as would
insure a fair contest aud an honest
return.
An investigation of the statements
that some of the persons recommended
by the Republicans were not regis
tered, and that others who are we'll
known TO be Republicans had voted
in the Democratic primaries, brought
out the fact that most of those in the
first category are in possession OF
their registration paperss and that
number of the Republicans accused of
participation in the primary did not
go near the polls, but that their names
had been fraudulently entered on the
poll lists, manifestly that they might
serve the purpose of swelling the vote
for the candida tes OF the Democratic
ward bosses. 1t is evident, therefore,
that not only dead and absent Demo-
Gratis, but live aud absent Republi-
cans as we'll, figured in the primaries
of both Jan. 28 and Feb. Is and con-
tributed unwittingly and unWillingly
to the outcome of those farcical con-
tests.
After due consideration of the law
and precedents-for this is by no
means the first time Democrats have
been chosen to represent the Republi
can party at New Orleans polls--the
board of supervisors came to the SEN
sible conclusion that the Republican
organization should be permitted to
shape its own course and exercise its
own discretion in the matter of recon-
mendfng commissioners, provided
only that the persons suggested be
duly qualified and reputable citizens.
The Times Democrat strongly urged
this action on the part of the supervi-
sors, and the papers luminous edito.
rails on the subject no doubt exercised
much influence towards bringing
about ready recognition of the le-
gality and propriety of the Republican
position.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-04-11

The board Of jury commissioners in
and for the parish of Ascension met
at The courthouse last Tuesday fore
noon and drew up a venire OF grand
and petit jurors to serve at the regular
criminal term of district court Begin
ming Monday. April q. The list Is
published IL official form elsewhere
in today ) Chief.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-04-11
POLITICAL NOTICE.

TO the Members of The Republican Parish
Executive Committee.
Donaldsonville, La April T. 1908.
A meeting Of the Republican Executive Com
mittee Of the parish of Ascension is hereby
called, to be held at the Donaldsonville Court
house on
SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1908,
at IL O'Clock M. for the purpose of providing for
the election of delegates from this parish to the
Republican State Convention which is to assem-
bic in the city Of New Orleans, May II. 1908. and
for the transaction of such other business as
may be deemed necessary or desirable. Mem
bers of the committee are all urged to attend
R. MCCALL,
Acting President
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-04-11

Among the many Assumptionites
who witnessed the baseball game at
Cleveland Park last Sunday between
the Napoleonville Reds and the Don.
aldsonviile Blues were c. j. Dueas.
E. D. Gianelloni, ]. r. Matherne and
wife, Felix We'll, S, F. Gilbert, Me
Carriere, Y. yallery. DR.. L. E. II.
Daifel, Jos. Marquette, Alphonse
Blanchard, Thomas Hernandez, Mrs.
Q. Bergeron, Miss May Prejean, Miss
Louise Roger, j. A. Waters, Clebert
Hebert, Adam Triche, Ferdinand
priche. Emile Tallieu, Paul Rodrieue.
S. Alwes, Webster Rogers, AdoIphe
Joseph and Charles Munson and wife
Of Napoleonville, Louis Dafgle and
I-eonce Leblanc of PaineonrtyilIe.
Henry A. Dugas OF Grand Bayou, ana
j. P. hoek and son of Belle Alliance
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For Rent.
Amount due

FEVHE NEAT and comfortable cottage in Rail-
Il road avenue adjoining the Times office.
and directly opposite the postoffice. Hand
somely finished inside and provided with electric
light fixtures. Suitable either for, residence or
business stand. Rent very reasonable Apply to
or address AUGUST S. BRAUD, Garyyille La.
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Acting President

Are the reform constitutional amend
ments to be defeated by the same
methods that influenced the outcome of
the Democratic primaries?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-04-11
Paw Roll of RatteFy SC"

Following is the pay roll of Battery
&C., First Louisiana Artillery, for
pay due for the period from, the date
the men reported for duty to date OF
muster into the service of the United
States for the war with Spain in 1898:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-04-11
A Creditahla Campaign.

The present week has added another
| series of we'll. attended and altogether
satisfactory mass meetings to the many
that had been previously held through
out the state in the interest OF the Re
publican ticket headed by Henry N.
Pharr of iberia for governor and Alex
f. Leonhardt of Orleans for lieu
tenant governor.
Mr.. Pharr and several other speak
ers accompanying him have addressed
the people at Monroe, Columbia, Bas-
trop, Rayville and Winnsboro, and
will close the campaign in north Lou
isiana with a meeting at Shreveport
tonight. The only appointment Mr..
Pharr has failed to fill in the entire
campaign was at Homer, Claiborne
parish, which place he was unable to
reach on account of delayed train.
Everywhere he has spoken the audi
ences, composed of the best people OF
the various communities, have given
him spectful hearing and cordial
reception, and Democrats have united
with Republicans in applauding his
sentiments on the moral and economic
issues of the campaign and in attest.
lng their absolute faith in his SINGER
ity, patriotism, ability and high char
acter.
Mr.. Leonhardt and another party OF
campaigners have spoken this week at
Clinton, Greensburg and Franklinton,
and will speak tonight at Lutcher and
tomorrow at St. James Church. Repub-
Iican meetings are also to be held today
at Clarendon and BALDWIN, in St. Mary
parish, and tomorrow at Lockport,
I.afourche parish.
Next week will witness the close of
the creditable Republican campaign,
with meetings scheduled for New Or
leans on Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, both in the afternoon and at
night; Morgan City, Thursday night;
Jeanerette, Friday night; Loreauville,
Saturday afternoon, and New Iberia,
Saturday night. Mr.. Pharr is to speak
at all these gatherings, and whatever
may be the outcome of the contest at
the polls he will have the satisfaction
OF knowing that he has made con-
scientious effort to benefit his native
state by advocating the publication Of
It's politics and government, the liber
alization of it's public sentiment and
the promotion of its material welfare.
He will have shown himself competent
and worthy to fill the Office of COVER
nor, whether he is elected to it or not.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-04-11

A meeting Of the Donaldsonville
High School Alumni Association was
held at the residence of Miss Maud
Leche on Friday night of last week,
the 3rd inst, at which the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year; Hudson Hunley, president; Miss
May Bradford, senior vice president;
Miss Marie Michel, junior vice presi.
dent; Miss Sadie Kern, secretary and
treasurer. Friday, May l, was Sc.
lected as the date for the banquet ten
dered annually by the association to
the high school graduating class, and
committees were appointed TO make the
necessary arrangements for the pro.
spective event.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-04-11

The dredging work on the Cancienne
canal in Assumption parish, connect
Jag Lake Verret with Bayou Lafourche,
is not progressing as rapidly as was
desired, SO the authorities will work
two crews on the two boats, one crew
to work at night and the other during
the day.
The many friends in this community
and elsewhere of Mrs. Beacham
Sharp, OF New Orleans, will be in
terested to learn of her marriage in
that city on st. Joseph's day, March
-, To Harod Heno, a valued member
Of the staff of the New Orleans Times
Democra;. Mr.. and Mrs. Heno, ac-
companied by the latter's mother,
Mrs. Lou Sharp, spent several days
recently as the welcome guests OF
Mesdames A. B. Sharp. and w. W.
Buford at their hospitable home in
Port Barrow.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-04-11

An interesting event this month will
be the marriage of Miss Constance
Vega, the attractive daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Vega. of Belle Alliance,
70 Janvier Hebert. a well,known and
popular young citizen OF Donaldson
vile, the marriage to be celebrated on
Wednesday, April 90, at $50 O'Clock
p. M, at The local Catholic church.
No cards will be issued, but the friends
md acquaintance of the prospective
couple are invited to DO present
at the ceremony. The Chief extends
congratulations and heartiest good
Jsishea.
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OFFICE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTION,
Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana,
March 2S. 1908.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
MECCA FOR RACERS.
Georgia and Texas Picked Out for
Future Operations.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. August S.-According
to belief of local owners and trainers of
thoroughbred race horses, those turfmen
who have been forced out of Tennessee,
Illinois. Missouri. Louisiana, Arkansas
and other states by adverse legislation
may find fertile fields in the future in
Georgia and Texas.
Announcements have reached here Of an
extended circuit in Texas. Information
has reached the local colony. all of whom
are playing the waiting game with their
thoroughbreds. hoping to see some en-
enlargement in the announcements to
come to the effect that an extended meet
Will be held in Savannah, Ga.
tennessee turfmen have been so great
~ interested in the Georgia game that in
formation written for concerning the pres-
ent law on pool selling or gambling on
horse racing has been forwarded from at
torneys employed for that purpose. and
shows that 1t Is not felony in Georgia.
"Bookmaking on horse racing" writes
the Georgia attorney who was asked for
his opinion. lis prohibited only by the
general law In Georgia against gambling
There is no special law prohibiting race
track gambling
1T has been held not to be Illegal to
make individual bets at the track
The last paragraph of the Georgia at
torney has encouraged local turfmen who
expect to see Savannah take up where
New Orleans left of. provided the courses
I'm the Crescent City do not open for win
ter business.
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MOTHER FoX's CUNNING.
Plans to Divert Hunters Attention
From Her Den.

Hagerstown Correspondence Indiana polls News.
Hunters found den of foxes in the
hills south of Hagerstown and unearthed
five little ones about as large as we'll
grown cats. The mother fox escaped be-
fore the hunters reached the den, which
was lined thickIy with soft grasses and
feathers. Instead Of running away she
kept within sight while the hunters work.
ed with their shovels.
She apparently understood what they
were doing. for she endeavored by every
means to. attract them away from their
work and toward herself She approached
quite near and acted as IL lame and dis
tressed. She would lie down on her side
and writhe along the ground, uttering
whines and means. Then she would limp
of as II very lame. going very slowly and
hating frequently.
The hunters were not to be drawn away
from the work in hand by such tactics,
and finally. after much digging, came
upon the den where the five pretty little
fellows were shrinking. They made no
resistance, and seemed rather to like the
handling and petting they received. All
of them were taken to q farmhouse,
where they are confined. They will not
be released. but will probably be pain
lessly dispatched. Grown foxes do not
make good neighbors In farming commu-
mites. Hunters say 1t is very rare for
one place. 1t Is their cunning habit to
scatter the family. one and two in widely
separated retreats. 1t is said, too that
foxes will not rob roosts close to their
dens. but will go miles away for food and
carefully hide their trails.
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Awards to Spinsters.
Ie London STANDARD

From the London STANDARD
quaint custom has been observed in
connection with Holsworthy fair. which
closes today, in the awarding of a money
prize to the young woman generally es-
teemed as the most deserving, most hand
some and most noted for her quietness
and attendance at church."
Miss Rosa Bassett was selected for the
honor of fulfilling all these requirements.
and became the possessor of 81 los. In
accordance with q singular bequest OF q
former rector.
Under the same will the sum of 8
shillings Is annually given to the spin
ster over sixty years of age who lis
noted for the like virtues and is not in
receipt of parish pay" This gift was
presented to Miss Ching.
IL is three years since any award was
made of this money, spinsters being very
scarce at Noteworthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
DECLINE OF LONDON CLUBS
OLD ORDER GIVING WAY TO
NEW IN BRITISH CAPITAL.
Golf, Hotel Smoking Rooms, Autos
and the Like Make Ancient In
stitution Needless to Men.

From the London Chronicle.
Is the day Of the London club over? A
shrewd observer In a friendly country
seems TO think so. Hotel smoking
rooms. restaurants, fats and motor cars,
saws the London correspondent of New
York paper, 'have combined to make the
London clubs unnecessary" He might
have added far more potent rival-the
golf club.
During the last few years London has
been 9irdled in by a circle Of golf links,
where a man can have sport and society
1T once. Why remain In stuny room
looking out on Piccadilly or Pail Mall
when you can spend the afternoon amid
the gorgeous verdure of Hangers Hill
or on the high, wind-swept downs of
Wimbledon? The time and money put
aside twenty years ago for the luxury OF
a club in town are now diverted to more
healthy and pleasant paths.
The Old Club.
Who will weep the downfall Of the Lon
don club? I do not mean the club with
an object-the sporting clubs. like ting
Leander the NJ. c. c., and the Alpine,
which have still fine tradition and a
common inspiring purpose: the literary
clubs, like the Authors and the White
friars; the political clubs. like the Re-
form. the Carlton. the National Liberal,
and the Constitutional. which help to
weld together our party system Of govern
ment. All these clubs have their uses
and their objects. Clubs Of that kind
will not decay. II anything, they are
increasing in numbers and prosperity. The
club which is decaying is the old Social
club-the club which expresses sociability
in terms of exclus,veness, and tries to
bind men together by nothing but a COM
mon selishness. 1t Is the sort of club
which Thaekeray ridiculed in his Book
OF Snobs," and which, then and now, has
always been the parent of all kinds OF
British social cruelty. That kind of club
Is decaying. and no one need weep at its
grave.
For when the old British club is dead we
shall marvel at the memory of its savage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
POSTMASTER FOR Al YEARS.
Mr.. Smith Of Smiths Basin, N. z,
Holds Record for State.

Mr.. Smith Of Smiths Basin, N. z,
Holds Record for State.
From the New York Sun.
The oldest postmaster In New York
state. and perhaps the oldest in point Of
continuous service in the United States.
is George w. l.. Smith OF Smith Basin,
Washington county. little town with a
population Of hess than 800 situated on
the Champlain canal. Postmaster Smith
was appointed April 10, 1851, by Mont
gomery Blair. Postmaster General during
Lincoln's first term, and has survived all
the democratic administ rations since that
time.
Before his appointment as postmaster
Smith had served as clerk in the post
ONCE for ten years. giving him fifty-sev-
en- years Of continuous service. Smith has
really served the Post Once Department
one year less than James G. Kerr, an oc-
togenar1an whip is now employed In the
office of the superintendent of the mails
In Chicago. but Kerr has never risen to
the dignity Of being boss Of a post ONCE.
Smiths success in clingtng to his JOB
through the democratic years was said to
have been due partly to the fact that
there were no democrats in Smiths Basin
who had the heart to terminate the vet
Grams long service. and partly to Presi-
dent Clevelands disipclination to do SO.
Smiths Basin is as proud of the post
masters record as he Is. and once when
an unsympathetic democrat started Pc
tition for Postmaster Smiths Job every
body else in town signed one asking that
Smith be retained.
When Smith first went to work in the
little Washington county post oflce every
letter was recorded, way-billed and
wrapped separately, and every three
months the postmaster had to send a
record to Washington of each letter that
left his once In that time. Now the vet
eran receives and sends out eight daily
mails and has two rural delivery routes
to look after.
Mr. Kerr. whose record Is Q year longer.
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Talismans in Malta.
N the London Standard.

From the London Standard.
There are still to be found in Malta a
number of small stones shaped and COL
ored like the eyes, tongues and other
parts of serpents.
The superstitious among the Maltese
connect these with the tradition that St.
Paul, when shipwrecked. was cast on
their island. and that IL was there that
while lighting a bundle of sticks for a
fire viper fastened on the apostles
hand. ST. Paul calmly shook the reptile
of into the flames and no harm fol-
lowed. The natives wear these stones as
talismans. in which character they sup
pose them serviceable In warding of
dangers from snake bites and poisons.
They are found i'm st. Paufs cave. i'm
bedded i'm clay. and are set In rings and
bracelets. and when found to be in the
shape of a tongue. or liver. or heart, are
hung around the neck. They are also
taken internally. dissolved In water.
which method is attended, according to
some people. by more immediate results.
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days hospitality to foreigner. But the Wa

days hospitality to foreigner. But the
old London social club-the club which
is perishing-rigidly closes its doors. No
foreigners for that institution. To them,
as to the barbarians of Tauris. the
stranger is the enemy. fit only for sacri-
fee. So the foreigner or colonial goes
back with q very sore heart. the French
man perhaps wondering how the Eng
lishman translates the words Entente
cordiale," and the colonial harboring re-
sentful reflections on London imperial
ism. wonder how many colonials have
been entertained in London as the Eng
lish visitor is entertained. say, In To-
ronto, Quebec or Melbourne? When we
talk Of organizing British hospitality.
here Is a side, outside the scope of gov
ernments, which cannot be ignored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
CITY FAILURES ON FARMS.
The Newcomers Expect Too Much
From Nature.

From the New York Sun.
more city men turn farmers at this
season than at any other" said a farm
er who has become city man. There
IL no denying that the country now looks
charming to the city dweller.
1.-THE city man passes the coy farm
houses where the rich grass in the front
yards is set off by flower beds Of all sorts,
while in the pastures the COWS are either
grazing 1azily or lying down peacefully
and in the fields the crops appear to be
growing without any attention from the
farmer. Farming looks mighty easy TO
the city man, and the enthusiasm he stirs
speaks of going to the country is not
chilled by the real estate man to whom
he appeals for a good, small farm.
Hundreds Of city men move to the
country every year. and about ninety-nlne
out of every 100 go back at the end Of
twelve months much wiser. The one man
who succeeds out Of each hundred has
real love for farming. and capital enough
to buy or rent the right kind of farm to
experiment on. His wife and children are
able to adapt themselves to the hours of
farm life, going to bed at dark and get
ting up with the sum-
Such a man gets "a moderately good
living out of farming, although he may
not make q fortune out of 1t. He finds
that nature Is generous. but she will not
be trified with. She gives up her treas
ures when properly approached. but re-
sents undue familiarity from amateurs.
1.-The principal cause Of the city mans
failure as a farmer is lack of capital. A
man who would not think of trying to
support his family and lay up a compe-
tence from the proceeds of a business es-
tablished with a capital of $1,000 will not
hesitate to engage in farming on half
that or less. There have been cases in
which a farmer achieved success on a
few.
"A farmer must buy seeds implements
and live stock, and have hired help. and
he cannot begin to take his living from
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was born in 1928 and became a mail clerk
when he was twenty-one, serving first in
gainesville, Ohio where his uncle was
postmaster. He was sent from one city
to another until he finally landed in
Washington just prior to the civil war.
After establishing posts to take care Of
the mail for soldiers in parts of the
south conquered by the Union army he
ran the first railway mail service south
Of Mason and Dixon's line. He went to
the Chicago post Office In 1875, and for
the last thirty-two years has been cor
recting the galley mail proofs for the
Chicago newspapers.
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the soil for at least six months after he
starts, and even then only a small part
of ii. These things cost money, and with
out IT the city farmer will quickly find
himself In debt, dependency and despair
Even If he has the capital the city
man must not think he can be a farmer
without some exact knowledge of the oc-
cupation. But with a little of both, "A
good supply of faith and courage bust
ness common sense and love of the soil.
a man can safely abandon the city with
its long hours Of labor its indifference
and greed. for the freedom. healthfulness
and sure reward of the farm"