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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06
Death of Mrs John 5. Butler.

After long life of usefulness and
good work, largely devoted to the
comfort and happiness of those around
her. Mrs. John S. Butler laid down
the burdens and cares of earthly
existence and passed quietly away at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Jos.
P. Landry, at Baton Rouge. last Mon
day evening, the 1st of March. Mrs.
Buffers maiden name was Mary Ann
Hamilton and she was born August %,
1884, at W ashington, ST. Landry par
ish, La, the daughter of Judge John
Brown Hamilton of Nashville, Tenn,
and Patience Ann Marler of South
CaroliRa. In girlhood she became
the wife of the late John Samuel But
Ter, prominent sugar planter Of Rap
! ides parish, and eleven of the children
of this happy marriage still survive.
Seven are daughters and four sons,
namely: Mrs. 7. G. Wheadon Of
Alexandria, La; Mrs. N. w. Evans Of
Anvik, Alaska: Mrs. Geo. P. Pickens
II
of FL Paso, Texas; Mrs. S. p. Wo-
mack of Gueydan; Mrs. JOS. F. Lam
dry of Baton Rouge; Mrs. Z. E. Bent
ley and Mrs. r II. Carnal of New Or
leans; Messrs. f. Pickens Butler of
Opelousas, j. S.. Butler of New Or
leans, Lee Butler of Alexandria, La,
and DR.. A. FL. Butler of FL Paso,
Texas. The surviving direct descend
ants also include twenty five grand
children and two great-grandchild
The remains of the venerable lady
were conveyed to Opelousas and laid
to rest in the beautiful Protestant ceme-
terry Tuesday evening beside those of
her beloved husband, who preceded
her to the grave nearly twenty years
ago. The funera services were con-
Quoted according to the rites of the
Episcopal Church in the presence OF
sorrowing relatives and sympathizing
friends.
By her gentleness, charity and kind
heartedness Mrs. Butler endeared her
self to all who knew her. She loved
birds and flowers and all of nature
works. while her fondness for children
and sympathy for the suffering and
afflicted were among the strongest I'M
pulses of an unusually strong char
acter. It was a fitting close of such a
life that she passed into the great
beyond as calmly and peacefully as a
child falling to sleep.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06
Louisiana Press Association.

At last years meeting of the Louis
lana Press Association it was decided
to hold the session of 1909 at VIM
field, but since then Major Will A.
Strong, leading citizen and the most
prominent newspaper man of the com
munity. who extended the invitation TO
the association In behalf Of the town,
has died; and in addition to this ca
lamity the people of Winfield are now
facing threatened epidemic Of small
pox. Its considered advisable, there
fore, that some other place shall be Sc
lected for the annual reunion of the
states newspaper workers, and Gov
ington. Lake Charles and Opelonsas
are among the towns mentioned in this
connection. President r. e. Knobloch
of Thibodaux and Secretary L. E.
Bentley have taken the matter up with
other prominent members of the press
association and it is likely that a de-
eision will be announced within the
next few days.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06
WE Panama Line case.

Itcannot but be reg arded as unfortu
nate that much of the newspaper com
ment on the indictmentfouud in the Dis
trict of Columbia against the pro
/ prietors of the New York World and
Indianapolis News for libel should be
written and printed without submission
to good lawyer.
The common law as it existed In
Maryland at the time of the cession OF
the district is the law of the District
of Columbia except in so far as il has
been changed by act of congress
The law of libel has not been SO
changed. Mr.. Bonaparte, the attor.
ney general, has been for a generation
one of the leading and most accom-
pIished lawyers of the Baltimore bar,
so that the probability of his being In
error is infinitesimal. The courts OF
| the District of Columbia are courts OF
the United States, SO that all other
courts and judicial officers of the
United States are required to aid them
in executing the law. It would seem,
therefore, that the pr oceedings are en-
tirely regular as matter of mere
naked law.
The law Of libel as 1t exists In the
District Of Columbia is unquestion-
ably archaic. It was crystalized into
It's present form before newspapers
were a possibility and without refer
ence to conditions as they exist today.
When 1t was so crystalized the utter
anee of a libel and its publication
were as a matter of necessity works of
much more deliber alton than
is involved in the circula-
tion of daily paper. It is not
to be tolerated that individuals shall
be.haled thousands ofmile from home
80 undergo trial for crime whose
commission in the District Of Colum,
bia is matter purely Of legal infer
ence and construction. There has
probably not been an administration
since Gen. Washington was president
about which just as libelous charges
were made as anything contained in
the publications now complained Of.
However, it may be q good thing
for the question to be raised at this
time, because the sooner the law on
the subject is settled on a rational
footing the better. That it must be
so settled goes without saying. A
failure to so settle it means a more
rapid approach to tyranny than our
people have as yet dreamed. 1t can
be so settled without letting the liberty
of the press degenerate into license.
Congress IS fully competent TO deal
with the matter, and, while is slow,
there can be no reason to doubt but
that ia time it will do so.
In the meantime, the situation is not
cleared by vituperation nor by ILL
Informed discussion that does not
touch the real trouble, which we take
to be the antiquated condition Of the
law in the District Of Columbia.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06
Result Of the Town Primary.

The outcome of the primary election
held in DonaldsonyilIe last Monday,
the lst instant, affrms The Chiefs ex.
pressed expectation and belief that q
majority of the citizens of the town ap'
prove and desire the maiutenan oil
the policy of municipal progress and
Improvement hat has marked the so
called Maurin Administrations Of the
past four years.
All but one of the present town OH
Gals who sought reelection received a
majority Of the ballots cast for theiE
respective positions, and the result il
the single exceptional case was due
wholly TO personal consider ations,
unconneeted with any question of ad.
ministratiVe policy. The Citizens
League candidate for secretary was
nominated because of his individual
popularity, and his success cannot be
justly regarded as rejecting unfavor.
ably in the smallest degree upon either
the personal or official merit of his
competitor, who has proved faithful
and capable officer, as he is a worthy
and estimable citizen.
Ia effect a vote of confidence has
been given Mayor Maurin and his
colleagues, and they are virtually au-
thorized and instructed to go forward
in the same path along which their
official steps have been heretofore di-
rected.
The citizens who gave this indorse-
ment and the officials who received il
are alike to be congratulated. For
that matter, so are the citizens who
supported the defeated opposition can.
didates, inasmuch as the interests OF
the entire community are bound to be
advanced and benefited by the success
of the adminfstr alton ticket.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06

District Judge Calvin K. sehwing of
Plaquemine has sued the proprietors
OF the Daily Champion for $50, 600
damages for alleged libel. The ten
dency to look for easy money is one
Of the drawbacks OF this modern age.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06

1t is earnestly to be hoped that the
movement to revive French opera in
New Orleans will be successful. The
loss Of this attraction has been a heavy
blow to the Winter Capital OF America,
and her people eughtA't to tolerate the
deprivation another season.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06

II was properly said of one of the
candidates in Mondays municipal
primary that He began his career at
an early age. And it might have
been said Of all the rest of them with
equal truth.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06
SATURDAY. NAB. 8. 1909

Who dares to say the laws are not
executed in Louisiana? Eight men
were executed in this state yesterday
according to law.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06

Our1estimable townsman who failed
of nomination for alderman in the first
ward|notwithstaDding his Endorsement
by both the contending factions will
DOUBTLESS bear testimony to the ac.
curacy OF the old saw that IN politics
there's nothing more uncertain shan a
dead sure thing
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06
Jury Venire.
State Of Iouigiana-p Parish of Ascension-Twen
ty-seventh Judicial District Court.


TN ACCORDANCE with Act No. 1913 Of the gem
Il eraI assembly of the state of Louisiana. ap-
proved July 49, 1898. and amended by Act No. So
of the acts OF the general assembly Of Louisiana.
approved June %, 1904. the jury commissioners IN
and for the parish of Ascension La met at the of
fee OF the clerk Of court Of said parish and state
on Friday, February 5, 1909, and then and there
proceeded to draw grand and petit iuries to
serve according to law at the session OF court
beginning February % 1909, Monday, February
%. 1909 being legal holiday, in the following
manner. viz:
Petit jury drawn for the third week of the ses-
sion, beginning Monday. sMarch 8, 1903:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06
Hay for Sale.

NATIVE GRASS and Alfalfa hay delivered
IN along r. s. p Railway in carload lots.
Weights and quality guaranteed. Fer prices,
address n. q. HARMS. Alexandria, La
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06

More than four hundred men in New
Orleans took q yoW to check pro.
fanity Monroe News.
If forty thousand more will do like
wise and quit splitting IN the street
cars and on the sidewalks both the
morals and appearance of The city will
be vastly improved.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06

Bloody Tangipahoa seems de-
.termined to maintain her title against
all competitors. Nineteen homicides
have been committed in that parish
within the past fourteen months, and
yet we can bear personal testimony TO
the fact hat there are no better or
more law abiding and peaceable peo-
pie anywhere Than big majority Of
the residents of Tangipahoa.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06


The trial OF the assassins Of Ex-
United states Senator Carmack is
winding its slow length along at Nash
vile and is developing The usual
amount Of tall swearing and common
perjury characteristic Of such cases.
According to the testimony of the
states Witnesses the. killing was a
premeditated murder, brought about
by the victims disregard OF the i'm
perious command not to mention again
in his paper the name of the principal
defendant, a typical political boss.
According to the sworn statements of
the defend ants they aecosted Mr.. Car
mack upon the street with naught but
peaceful purposes, and he was the
aggressor In the shooting that fol-
lowed. A likely lalel
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06

hereby certify that the above and foregoing
to be true and correct list OF the grand and
pelit iuries drawn to serve at the February ses-
sion, 1909 of the twenty Judicial district
court for the parish Of Ascension, beginning
Tuesday, February %, 1868, Monday, ebruary
j. S. BARMAN,
Clerk of Court.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06

A movement is afoot to have this
years meeting OF the Louisiana Press
Association held elsewhere than at
Winfield for the reason, among
others, that the town is afflicted with
small pox and can't very well stand
the two things at the same time. Either
an epidemic Or famine might be
aged we'll enough, but bigger
towns than Winfield might we'll
shrink from both together.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06

Indeed, the one great leading feature Of
our new Hair Vigor may we'll be said to
be this 1T stops falling hair. Then IL
gOes one step further II aids nature III
TsstoriF the hair and scalp ID Z healthy
enndifion Ask for the new kird.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06

{, 3. BENTLEY, Editor and Proprietor
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-06

j. D. BENTLEY, Managing Editor
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-23
(ALIAs SUMMONS.
In the District Court

OF the Second Judicial District Territory .
AT IONA in and for Santa Cruz County
THE NoGALEs BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
a = orporation, Plaintiff, VS. EARL H. GRfswoLD
and LYDIA G. GRIswoLD, and MRS. ADELE r.
MCCREARY, Defendants
Action brought in the District Court Of the
Second Judicial District OF the Territory of
Arizona, in and for the County OF Santa Cruz
and the complaint filed in said County az
santa rue In the office of the Clerk Of said
District Court
In the Name Of the Territory OF Arizona, to
Earl l.. Griswold, Lydia c. Griswold aud
Adele z. McCreary. Defendants, GREETING:
You Are Hereby Summoned and required to
appear in an action brought against you by
the above named plaintiff in the District Court
OF the Second Judicial District of the Territory
OF Arizona, In and for -anta Cruz COUNTY and
answer the Complaint therein filed with the
l'lerk OF this said court at Nogales, in said
County, within twenty days after the service
upon you OF this summons, If served in this
said County, or in all other cases within thirty
days thereafter, the times above mentioned
being exclusive OF the day OF service, or judg-
ment by default will be taken against YOU
Given under my hand and the seal of the
District Court OF the Second Judicial District,
Territory OF Arizona, in and for the County OF
santa Cruz, this 10th day of January. 1902
SEAL. (Signed) ALLEN T. BIRD,
Clerk OF said District Court.
Jan. 23-Feb. 20.
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-23

In the Name OF the Territory OF Arizona, to
Empire Land Cattle Company, and h. b.
Perrin and Lilo NJ. Perrin, his wife, Defendants
GREETING:
You Are Hereby Summoned and required to
appear in an action brought against Won by
the above named plaintiff in the District Court
OF the Second Judicial District OF the Territory
CT Arizona, in and for Santa Cruz County and
answer the Complaint therein filed with the
Clerk OF this said Court. nj Nogales. in said
County, within twenty days after the service
upon you OF this summons, il served in this
said County or in all other cases within thirty
days thereafter, the times above mentioned
being exclusive of the day OF service, OF judg.
ment by default will be taken against you.
Given under my hand and the seal OF the
District curt of the Second Judicial District
| Territory OF Arizona, in and for the County OF
santa Cruz, this 18th day of January, 1909.
lSEAL.l (Signed) ALLEN r BIRD,
Clerk OF said District Court.
Jan. 23-Feb. 20.
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-23

assay business of one brother, and
by wrecking the jewelry business
of the other the two Pellegrins
have maintained struggling ex-
istence for their newspaper bant-
ling. And now, with all prestige
lost, without means, without friends,
without followers, they still hope
to continue the struggle. They
have reached the beginning of the
end.
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-23
1.-THE MAGNIFICENT WEST"

In their great work of upbuild.
ing the regions they penetrate the
Hartman lines Of railway are lib
eral users of printers ink, and they
employ a wide range OF publica
tons to attract attention to the
various regions they serve. Those
who prepare their work are masters
of the art of description, and there
is encountered frequently in their
brochures gems of descriptive writ
ing worthy of preservation. Re-
Gently The OASIS has encountered
such a gem which is presented
without any apology. The caption
of this article is the title it bears:
The Pacific northwest makes Won
derful appeal to every visitor, and as
he tarries the appeal brings conviction
1t is a marvellous country. 1t is a land
OF living waters, OF golden soil, of miner
al wealth beyond comprehension; of
forests which will bless mankind When
other lands are desolate; land OF
mountain, plain and valley; land
where continent and ocean embrace
each other, AMI OF a people great in in
tellect, energy, endurance and kindli-
ness. Its people! They were chosen
by the most rigid processes of natural
selection from all the conquering races
that have made America great There,
in that golden northwest, in a climate
which without the harshness of the
north or the enervating softness OF the
south encourages human effort and
assists in accomplishment, these people
are building an empire. They have
harnessed the streams for power
they have poured them over the plains
which they have converted into fruitful
fields and gardens; they are wrestling
/ from the earth its mineral wealth they
are converting its forests into forms OF
utility and beauty and at the same time
preserving them from destruction they
are building schools and colleges and
are living like princes of the earth.
The Bible vision Of every man dwelling
under his own vine and fig tree is real.
lied there, where every man may have
a snow-capped mountain in his back
yard and where his every bodily need
and intellectual want may be gratided
The natural wealth OF that country is
great and great are its achievements in
every line of human effort; but greater
and better than all are its people them
selves-a chosen race, growing not only
in numbers but in all the accomplish
ments and graces which make a people
mutually useful and happy.
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-23
BEGINNING OF THE END.

Having ruined completely fine
assay business, that netted about
$4,000 per annum, wiping it out of
existence completely; and having
wrecked an equally fine jewelry
business that has had to be sold to
save anything from the wreck, in
their fool effort to hold up a daily
newspaper in Nogales, one would
think that five years experience
such as they have bad would have
convinced the two Pellegrins Of one
at least of two absolute facts. The
first is that they are not newspaper
men-and never would be should
they try thousand years; and the
other is that Nogales offers no field
for a daily newspaper; yet this
week, simultaneously with the an
nouncement that he had disposed
of his jewelry business to Mr.. w. H.
Smith the announcement was made
by E. ]. Pellegrin that he would
take over the NogaleS Daily Times
and devote his attention to build
ing it up"
All along E. ]. Pellegrin has
been the deus ca machina of the at
fair, and occasionally, before now,
he has come to the front as the real
head of the Times, although deny
ing on occasion he had any connec-
zion herewith. A. L. Pellegrin, who
has posed as its eGitor, has been
nothing but a fgurehead at any
time. So in coming into the open,
as he has done now the second or
third time h. j. Pellegrin has be-
come in name what he has been
always in fact. Yet where or how
either he or his brother ever got
the idea that either of them has
any capacity as newspaper man
is one of the mysteries that pass all
comprehension. Neither in per-
sonality, character, disposition,
training, education, nor ability has
either of them any Of the charact-
eristics of newspaper man. They
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-23
A great show at the Grand
Theatre tonight; don't miss it.
Entire new program.
[ALIAs sUMMoNs.l
In the District Court

OF the Second Judicial District, Territory of
Arizona, in and for Santa Cruz County.
SELIM NJ. FRANKLIN, Plaintiff VS.. EMPIRE
LAND q CATTLE COMPANY. Il Corporation and
e. b. PERRIN and LILO NJ. PERRIN his wife,
Defendants,
Action brought in the District Court of the
Second Judicial District Of the Territory of
Arizona, in and for the County Of Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz in the Office Of the Clerk Of said
District Court.
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-23

can do nothing in the line to which
they aspire so foolishly, except to
interfere with the work of those
who can accomplish something for
Nogales and its great region tri-
butary.
And even were the Pellegrins
good newspaper men, and had
within them all the elements that
would go to make newspaper sue
cess in the right kind of a field,
Nogales does not offer such field
The town itself is not liberal in
supporting its newspapers. No
daily newspaper can be built NJ
successfully anywhere without lib
eral advertisers. Douglas, Bisbee
and Tucson have good daily news
papers; but they are published in
communities where business men
advertise literally, and pay good
prices. In the Bisbee Review there
are six advertisers alone whose adj
vertisements collectively take as
much space as the entire four
pages of the Nogales Daily Times;
and beside the six there are thirty
seven double column advertise
ments, twenty single column adj
vertisements and nearly fifty small
ads and professional cards. All
told the Review sells about three
times as much advertising space
and gets about three times the
price per inch that the Times gets.
Then back of that the Review has
some sort of an arrangement with
the Copper Queen Company for
finances that helps along, and a
large circulation in Bisbee, with
an equally large one outside. The
Review reaches Nogales and at 7
O'Clock in the evening its readers
get extended Geographic accounts
of affairs in the world at large that
subscribers of the Times cannot see
in its columns and then very
meagre and unsatisfactory until
the afternoon of the following day
A Nogales daily paper cannot hope
for any outside circulation, fol-
wherever it can 90 it will come in
competition with the Review thai
is SO far superior that there can bt
no show to get people to take it
Twenty miles away from Nogale.
the sentiment-or rather the lack
of stamina which did it exist il
Nogales would have swept the Times
out of existence long ago, doe,
not exist. People in Sonora will no
take the Times and advertise in it,
columns just as they would throw
j a bone at a starveling dog as dc
the Nogales business community
when they take Nogales news
paper it has got to be something t.
them and for them-which The
Times is not and cannot be, fol
either them or for the people O
Nogales.
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-23

ALLEN It. BIRD, Managing Editor.
DANE ID. BIRD. Business Manager.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-20
GOOD N EW S.
HM. For all the family.

If you need to replenish
your wardrobe with more
summer clothing for men,
women or children you can
fill your wants here to bet
ter advantage than at any
other store.
Let us show you.
If you are ready for your
new fall suit, we are ready
to show you through. The
styles are particularly good
for this fall and will be bet
ter value than ever before
because they are plain. You
can just as well make an
early selection.
Your Credit is good