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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-20
ionzaiss Notes.

Miss Nettie Bonicard, of Dutchtown,
IS the guest of Miss Frances Gau-
trean.
Miss Ida Dubois has as her guests
Misses Grace and Guy Booker. win,
some young ladies of Grangeyille,
La.
J. A. Marchand, Jr., spent Tuesday
in Baton Rouge.
Miss Gertie Mcdowell, who for sew
eral weeks has been the welcome guest
Of Miss Idle Barman, returned re-
Gently to her home in New Orleans.
Her wide circle of friends regret that
her visit was of such short duration.
Emmett Mire is enjoying visit to
Chatawa. Miss.
Miss Beatrice Gonzales is visiting
friends in Baton Rouge.
Messrs.. Leo and Carl Barman were
guests at the home of Judge Lusk last
Tuesday.
Sidney Marchand, of Darrow, is
spending some time here with his par
ents.
Mrs. G. B. Lesueur entertained her
uncle, Russell Moore, of Liberty, Miss J,
tais week.
Misses Laura and May Aey, of Acy,
ere visitors here Tuesday afternoon.
Clarke Phillips returned home this
week and We are sorry to note that ne
on the sick list.
Miss Leaa Landry. of New Orleans,
IS visiting her sister, Mrs. Joseph
sal asst
Jnste and Aynaud Hebert, of French
settlement, visited friends here this
week.
Miss Nora Landry was a visitor to
ST. Amant last Sunday.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-20
To the Public.


wish to announce that I will con.
tinue to sell out, at and below cost, fol
one month longer; then l leave for
Alexandria, La.
All work left with me until then viii
be attended to with ms usual prompt
ness.
All work, watches, iewelry, ETC., that
have been on my hands for some time,
must be called for or they will be sold
10 pay ch argos.
All accounts due me must be paid,
or they will be put in the hands Of my
attorney for collection.
FRED. LINDE, Jeweler,
Railroad avenue.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-20
The Louisiana Contest at Chicago.

The Republican national committee
held daily sessions in Chicago for q
full week prior to the assembling Of
/ the national convention, hearing and
| deciding contests for seats in that
| body. The contested cases involved
over 200 seats and were nearly al
| from the southern states, where d con-
certed plan to tie up as many Taft
votes as possible was carried out.
principally by or in the Interest of The
so called "black and tan" opponents
OF the Roosevelt administration.
| With the exception of two Foraker
delegates from an Ohio distrtct, whe
were accorded half-vote each, two
uninstructed delegates from a Tennes-
see district, few without instructions
from Texas districts and the dele
gates of the Cohen faction from Lou
isiana, who were admitted with the
regular delegates on half-votes each,
all the contests were decided in favor
of delegates instructed to support
Secretary Taft.
There was considerable talk of max
ing . fight before the credentials
committee, aud afterwards in the con-
ventio j, for a revision Of the findings
Of the national committee in num-
Der Of these cases. including Louisi-
ana's, but this course offered little
hope of success and it was not pursued
by the delegates from this state.
While the outcome of the convention
as regards the candidates and plss-
form is highly satisfactory TO the
Republicans of Louisiana, whose reg
ularly chosen delegates we're all rn9er
Instructions. to vote for the non1iEa-
ton OF Taft, there is much cause for
dissatisfaction and resentment in the
singling out OF Louisiana from among
al other states to neutraliz8 he
standing in the convention by the ad-
mission OF contestants whose claims
to recognition can only be defeaa 4 on
the ground of political expectancy
This making fish OF one and fowl of
another was apparently brought
about mainly through the infiaence of
Booker " ashington and other flromi-
nent negroes, with whom The WHY and
indefati gable Cohen and his associates
have labored necessarily TO induce
the belief that the regular Republic
cans of this state were lilly Whites'i
to the extreme extent of being opposed
to any participation of the negro in
political affairs and any recognition
of the civil and political rights
granted him by the federal end state
constitutions and the laws Of the land.
Although The Cohenltes are notori-
ously without a sembIanee of author
ity to represent the Republican voters
of this state, as conclusively shown
by the results OF the campaigns
and elections of the past FIVE years,
the Republican leaders at Chicago
evidently deemed it better to sacrifice
their Louisiana friends-Rho can't
produce an electoral vote, anyway
an to run the risk of alternating the
negro vote in the northern states by
according exclusive recognition to
delegate against which the hue aud
cry of 'slily whitism aud negro excln-
siono has been assiduously, though
falsely, ding -donged into the public
ear through the negro and Democrat
press and other instrumentalities.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-20
Capt. Lewis Guion FittinglY Honored.

i The Chief is pleased to record the
appointment by President Roosevelt oil
a capable and worthy Louisianian to
| succeed the late lamented Sen. Stephen
D. Lee as member of the Yicksburg
National Military Park Commission.
Several prominent ex Confederate off,
GERS were favorably mentioned il con-
nection with the vacancy, and the pres
ident's choice fell upon Capt. Lewis
| Guion, formerly of Lafourche and as
sumption parishes, but for twenty
/ years past d resident of New Orleans,
where he is now engaged as assistant
to his brother, Attorney General w al
ter Guion. The appointee has le-
gion of friends in this section Of the
state who will join US in the declara-
tion that no better man could have
been selected for the efficient perform.
ance of the duties of the position to
which he has been assigned.
Capt. Guion was born il Lafourche
parish in 1888, and is therefore in his
seventeen year, but he is as active
physically and mentally as the aver
age man of fifty. He graduated in Law
at the breaking out of the civil war.
ard entered the Confeder ate service as
a second lieutenant in the First LOUIS
lana Infantry. He resigned at Pen
sacola shortly afterwards and assisted
in organizing the Twenty sixth Louisi-
siana regiment, ia which he became
coptain ofconpany g. He was assistant
Inspector general under Ger. Shoup
at The siege of Yleksbnrg and became a
prisoner upon the surrender Of that
city. Being subsequently exchanged be
re-entered the service and continued
until the close of the war as an aid on.
the staff OF Gen. Allen Thomas, re-
Gently deceased. Since the war Capt.
Guion has engaged in planting and
the practice OF law, and has held sew
eral public positions, among them pri-
vate secretary To Postmaster George
W. Knott of New Orleans. meter and
refner of the United States mint in
the same city, chairman of the com
mission appointed by Gov. Heard to
mark the position Of Louisiana com.
mands at NickSburg. member Of the
directorate of Camp Nichols, the Con
federate Sol5iersi Home at NeW OrIs-
ans. and president OF the Army of
Tennessee, Louisiana Division.
! Few men have taken mora Interest
in promoting the objects for which the
Vicksburg National Park Commission
was formed than has Capt. Guion, and
1t Is especially appropriate that he
should be made a member df tha5 body.
His appointment is understood to have
been warmly urged by Capt. ". 7.
Rigby, the ex.F'ederal veteran VINO IS
chairman of the commission. BIZ United
States Senators McEaery. and Foster.
Collector of Customs Henry Mccall.
Gen. w. j. Behan, Gov. Sanders and
many other prominent Louisianians Of
both political parties. Capt. Guf0n
IS OF course Jealous Democra5, btt
this was no more bar to his selection
than it had been to that of his prede.
cessor, Gen. Lee. The qualifications
N 9st essential were personal eanacfty
ard fitness, coupled with record 81
honorable serglce IN 9i1e s1onfafler &,
ranks during the defanss 81 thzs seiesc
uered city for which the PARK and ne
commission are named, and these
qualifications Capt. Guion possesses
IN high degree.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-20

AS means of counteracting the
plea Of the defenders of the horse-race
gamble that its abolition would play
hobs with the business of New Or
leans, the Daily Item OF that city wired
the governor of Missouri and the
mayor OF Memphis for information as
10 the effect of The suppression Of race
track gambling on the business of ST.
Louis and Memphis. Gov. Folk re-
piled that ST. Louis had been bene-
fitted rather than injured by the re.
form, while Mayor Malone of the
Tennessee metropolis responded in
still more emphatic and unequivocal
terms, as follows: The abolition ot
race horse gambling has been a bless
ing to Memphis. No one dreams OF
its restoration. 1t is DIS dead as the
mummies in Egypt
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-20

Secretary TAFT weighed just 300
pounds on Thursday when he was
nominated by the Chicago convention.
He will be the worlds champion
heavyweight in the presidential bout.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-20

70 the Democrats of the Twenty seventh Ju
Gscial District, comprising the parishes OF
assumption, Ascension and st. James:
hereby announce my candidacy tor the Office
ok District Attorney for said district subject to
me democratic primary election to be held at a
Gsme to be hxed by the Democratic committee
ii the TWenty-seVenth judicial District.
| solicit the good will and support of all the
Democrats of this district, and in doing So
oiedge them, if elected, that will perform my
1aty without fear or favor.
Very respectfully,
PHILIP II. GILBERT.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-20


Blind Tom, the famous negro pro-
dizzy. is reported dead again. No tom
cat ever had more lives than Bind
Tom, if all the reports of his death
and temperance are to be credited
The latest version of the famous ne
gro's taking-off is to the effect that he
died on the 145h instant, at Hoboken,
New Jersey, where he mad been iiv-
Ing for years in retirement and SUB
slsling on charity.
Several additional crevasses in Red
river levees occurred this week, Inun.
dating many thousand acres Of grow
ing crops and driving several hundred
families from their homes. Measures
have been taken to extend aid to the
sufferers by these calamities, and the
federal government has made quick re-
Spouse to an application from Gov.
Sanders for cooperation in the re-
lief work. The Beka crevasse below
Now Orleans is still open, but strong
hopes are entertained that this break
can be closed within the next week.
Indications are that the present high
stage Of the Mississippi and Red riv-
ers will continue until early in July.
The New York American of the 18th
instant prints a humorous editorial
depicting the attitude and antics of
one Gus Hornet /Wimberly, . who is
represented as d Taft deleg ate TO the
Chicago convention from Louisiana,
and described as having been APP
pointed and subsequently discharged
as collector st Nsw Orleans by Presi-
dent Harrison. As Augustus t. VIM
berry, formally internal revenue col.
lector and afterwards collector of
customs at New Orleans, has been in
his grave more than two years, and
there is no man named Wimberly
among the Louisiana delegates to
Chicago, it is evident that the Ameri-
cans article is purely the tisment of
saffron imagination
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-26
FROM NATIONAL Co-oPERAToR.

The Southern soldiers who came home at
the end Of the war, were in rags and tatters
and but half shod. The horses and mules
but few in number, they had were old and
poor Their farm tools were rusty, broken
and rotten. Their food supplies were scant
and coarse but these things did not daunt
them. With what they had they went to work
and made a crop. The obstacles were numer-
Gus and hard to overcome, but they overcame
them. They never got scared during the
whole four years of war, and their poverty
they looked square in the face and worked on
ly the harder. You cotton raisers of the
South today are the same breed of people Us
these. The blood of these men runs in your
veins, and do you not know that blood will
tell? You can do what your sires-your faith
ers and your mothers did. You can wear old
clothes, live on poor, hard fare and work ear
ly and late, just as they did, and win out IN
the end, as they did, for the most of our we'll
TODD cotton farmers are these same men yet
living, or their sons for whom they toiled and
accumulated and left heritage of prosperity
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-26
THE JEFFERsONIAN.

as we'll as the more priceless heritage Of their
courage, their fortitude and their industry.
Be men, as your fathers were Be true to tie
brave-hearted, fearless, good, tireless mothc:s
who bore and nurtured you, and win back
your birthrights of freedom from poverty and
the dietation Of others, no matter what the
privations, toll and sacrifices the effort may
entail upon you. Lift up the dear old land to
the level of genuine prosperity and out of the
grasp Of the foreign spinnerl
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-26
DEVELOPING OUR WATERWAYS.

Turning aside from the warning political
factions, however, let us glance at some pub
lie questions not in politics proper, but of no
less Importance than the Fburning issues
Of the party platforms. It was only last week
that we looked abroad for evidence Of great
moral awakening that seems to include in its
mighty sweep all races of men and all CONT
nents of the earth.
Turning to the subjects engaging attention
in our own country, one finds no affront to
this spirit of optimism. Of our improving
moral standards mention was made last week:
witness also, from an industrial and econ
omic standpoint, the large number Of construc-
tive movements now under consideration IN
Congress. Their progress is slow, Of course,
but though slow, it is sure. It was only the
other day for example that President Roose-
welt sent most striking message to Congress
upon the subject Of inland waterways, plead
ing for some broad and comprehensive policy
in handling and developing these neglected ar
teries of commercial life. "In extent, dis
tribution navigability, and ease Of use," said
the President, "they stand first. Yet the riv-
ers of no other civilized country are so poorly
developed, so little used or play so small a
part in the industrial life Of the Nation as
those Of the United States This subject,
too, is one of great Importance to farmers
class. The money heretofore spent for river
and harbor improvement has been of most di-
rect benefit to the Cities while the develop
ment of our inland waterways should be Of
most direct benefit to our farming interests.
This would mean easier and cheaper trans
portation, better sanitary conditions in many
sections, and best of all, there would be some
policy by which the present disastrous over
flows and land-washing would be checked
Progressive Farmer
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-26
EUROPE's REVENUE FROM AMERICAN
TOURISTS.

The wealth Of "Ormus or of Ind is not
nowadays to be compared with that of Ameri-
ca at least in European eyes. Fortunately
for Europe, declares the Nuova Antologia
(Rome), Americans are nation OF travellers,
and careful calculations have been made Of
the lavish manner in which their travelling ex-
penses, or rather expenditures, contribute to
the revenues Of the lands they visit. AS lux
urious livers, fastidious travellers, and gener-
Gus patrons Of art the Americans are newt
door to idolized by "mine host" by railway
and steamship companies, and by the picture
dealers Of Europe The Antologia begins it's
somewhat scientific discussion Of this condition
Of things in the following terms:
''On the basis Of keen and scrupulous cal
culations it has been stated that the yearly
sum Of cash which pours into Europe from
American tourists pockets amounts to some
75O,OOO,OOO liras ($15O,00O,OO0). This of
course includes the money spent in the acqui-
sition of works of art It is known, for in
stance, that j. Pierpont Morgan has spent in
Europe 100000 liras O,OOO,OOO on his
own great collection Of art objects and pic
lures
The grounds on which these results are ar
rived at are summarized in the following de-
tails:
EThe number Of Americans in Europe have
varied during the past year (19O7) from 1885,
900 to 1000. The passengers who left New
York for Europe between January and Octo-
Der of last year were $500 in the frst-class
and $4,000 in the second class cabins. The ex-
penses Of each of those bound a pleasure
trip might oscillate between $500 and 5000.
Those who took an automobile trip in Europe
would spend between $4,000 and $4,000. This
will give an idea Of the enormous amount of
wealth which day by day is distributed in Eu-
rope by citizens of the United States. It is
calculated, for instance, that American tour
lists annually disburse in Switzerland alone
what amounts to $40 for every inhabitant Of
that country"
The banks of Europe find their business
enormously swelled by the American invasion.
On this point we read
"The European banks which have accounts,
through letters of credit, with the wealthy
American travellers declare such individual &C
counts usually involve drafts aggregating
$4,000 each for few months In some in
stances the figure rises to $4,000, to $4,000,
and, in rarer cases, to 100000. Elisha Flagg,
the London general agent of the American Ex-
press Company, states that American travellers
carry to Europe each year credits amounting
to $500 900, although their drafts are not
usually made to the full extent of their cred
it's
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-26
NORTH AND SOUTH UNITED.

NORTH AND SOUTH UNITED.
The two sections Of our great country, the
north and the south, that once were hostile to-
ward each other, have become united not only
politically, but also in business matters.
The Farmers Union has done and is still
doing great deal to cement the farmers OF
the two sections together in brotherly love.
The union was started on very similar lines
some years ago in both Illinois and Texas It
was organized in Illinois in the spring Of 1900
and in Texas in the tutumn Of 1902. But the
southern division Of the union greatly outgrew
the northern division. It was conceded, In
due time, that as the objects Of the two di-
visions were practically the same they ought
to be consolidated. And as the southern di-
vision was already many times larger and
stronger than the northern, the members Of
the northern division, very wisely agreed to be
merged into the southern division, namely, the
F. E. and c. q. of A. Hence, that order, and
that name now constitute the whole thing.
The farmers Of the south and those Of the
north are now firmly united in the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union of Amer
ica which is by far the largest and best Or
ganization of farmers that has ever existed in
the United States.
It is very natural and right that the feel
ing of fraternalism between the two sections
Of the country should be cultivated through
the union papers, There are many excellent
papers in the south published in the interests
Of the Farmers Union. The principal one
of these is the National Co-operator published
at Dallas, Texas, the state in which the F.
E. and C. u. of A. was first organized. 1t
is more national in its nature and in the ex-
tent of its circulation than any other, and
is a great inspirer of unionism. While in the
northern states so far as we know, there is
only one paper devoted specifically to the in
terests Of the same order. This paper is the
Union Farmer published at De Soto, ILL.,,
within two miles and half Of the place where
the northern division Of the union was or
ganized, and is edited on the farm, by prac-
teal farmer, the same man who furnished the
outline plan Of the F. S. and E. U. which
the beginning Of the union in the northern
states.
Now, it is very natural and right that the
National Co-operator and the Union Farmer
should work hand and hand, which they are
doing.
AS has been said by an earnest worker in
Indiana, "They take we'll together and they
y work well together"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-26

Give them trial and be convinced-Union
Farmer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-02
The Deaf and Dumb.

In early times it was an opinion
maintained even by philosophers, that
the education of the deaf and dumb
was impossible. 1t was then believed
that language could be acquired only
through the medium of the ear, as
shown by the couplet of Lucretius:
To instruct the deaf no art could ever
reach,
No care improve them and no wisdom
teach.
The first mention of instruction for
the deaf and dumb is found in Bede,
A d. GS5. No other case is met with
for some centuries. Rudolfus Agric-
ola of Heidelberg makes mention Of
an educated deaf mute in his "Dialec-
tica,' 1880 1t was not until 1920 that
instruction for the deaf and dumb be-
gan to be general.-New York Amer
lean.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-02
The Lace Dressers.

Lace dressing has been considered
necessarily unhealthful occupation on
account of the intense heat required to
be maintained in the room. In some
cases the temperature exceeds 100 de-
greeS +. and much moisture is evapo-
rated from the wet fabric. The evi-
dence brought forth at Il recent inycS-
tigatiOn in England, however, shows ii
to be an exceedingly hcalthful pursuit
New workers are often temporarily up
set at the lightning by the high tenn
peraturc, bat no cases could be found
where health had broken down. On
the contrary, some ailments-colds, for
instancc-Were found less prevalent
among lace drcsserS than among the
workers in other branches of the in
dustry. Time keepers books showed
few absences from illness. No special
tendency toward lung diseases could
be found, Notwithstanding that most of
the workers lived in poor and insani-
tary localities and led irregular lives
Many lace dresscrs now enjoy vigorous
old age after doing this work from
hildhood.-Indianapo News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-02
Did He Refuse7

They we're alone in the conservatory.
He turned to her. His voice was low,
but passionate.
"You know" he said, "why l have
asked you to come here. VIII you be
my wife,"
She looked at him intently.
NO" she answered, and she uttered
the monosyllable as if she loved it.
No doubt she expected him to reel
and clutch at something, but he did
nothing of the sort.
"Very WE'LL he bIiskly said. "Thats
all l want to know. Shall we go in
and finish our dance?"
She stared at him in wonder.
"Are-arcn't you hurt by my refusal?
Don't you intend to do something des-
peratef'
desperate? Certainly not-unless
you call tacklng the lobster salad des-
perate"
Her pride was sorely wounded. She
had meant to hurt him. 1t would have
been a proof of her power. Now she
hungered for revenge. There was only
one way to get even with him.
George" she said, II have reconsid-
cred my decision. / will be your wife"
And the two scrawny rubber plants
and the three yellow palms quivered
with suppressed laughter.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-02
Alexander the Greats Escape.

As young man Alexander the
Great escaped death in Il curious man
ner. y great banquet was being held
at Pella, the capital of Macedonia, ut
which were present the future con-
queror of the world and his father,
Philip. During the feast one of the
guests proposed a toast and prayer Of
fensive to Alexander, who hurled a
goblet at him. King Philip, angry at
this outrage, started up, drew his
sword and rushed furiously upon his
son, but he had drunk so deeply that
before he reached him he fell PROSTATE
among the terrified merrymakers. Not
a whit perturbed at this extraordinary
escape from death, Alexander retorted.
Here is a man preparing to cross from
Europe into Asia who yet cannot step
surely from one couch to another"