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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
Opinion Checks Drink Habit

Fifty years ago gentleman got
drunk habitually, and 10 one thought
the worse of him A gentleman the
worse for liquor could be seen in a
drawing room any day, and women
scarcely withdrew their patronage and
countenance from him.
The great Hobbies, the writer and
philosopher, calculated he had been
drunk a hundred times in the course
Of his life, but after SO he drank no
wine, Drinking in the army and at
the universities was common enough a
few years ago.
Now what do we find? Lady Violet
Greville asks in the Graphic The
young undergraduate, the young of
ficer, are temperate TO a degree. Pub
lie opinion is against drinking, and
public opinion is stronger than any
act of parliament-Lo Globe.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
AZ TO Humility.

Philosophers have quarreled over the
question of humility, whether or not II
is virtue. Since humility Is so rare
1t would seem scarcely to be worth dis
cussion. It is said that Epictetus in
five places breaches humility: IF thou
passest for person of consequence in
the opinion of some people, distrust
thyself. No lifting up of the eyebrows.
Be nothing in thine own eyes-if thou
seekest to please thou art lost. Give
place to all men; prefer them to thy
self; assist them all. Theologians
have contended that humility cost
nothing to Epictetus, who was a slave.
He was humble by station as the
learned scholar might be proud by sta
ton. Voltaire calls humility "the mod
esty of the soul" These gentlemen
did not live in the twentieth century.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
Marx of a Thorounnhred.

As an old horseman who has bred
and handled horses of many types,
says a writer in Outing, / have fire,
quently been surprised at the answers
given by the majority of people when
asked the question: What constitutes
the most striking difference between
the thoroughbred and the common
horse?"
Nineteen out of twenty viii name
the beauty or the speed of the thor
oughbred; but important as are both
of these qualities, neither answer is
correct 1t Is simply that the thorough
bred when he is tired will keep on
with an undiminished courage and arl.
bftion, while a common horse under
the same circumstances will quit
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
DINERS ATE eRolLED WHALE
Also Roast Monkey, Boa Constructor
Outlets, etc.

Broiled Pacific whale, grilled blub-
Der from Nootka, roast Amazon
monkey, baked Winnipeg porcupine
and boa constructor outlets were among
the more remarkable features Of the
annual dinner of the Canadian camp at
the Hotel Astor at New York. These
delicacies came at the end Of the
menu, the diners appetites being
whetted earlier in the feast by more
ordinary viands, such as Martindale
one-eyed trout, mountain lamb with
hornsl. Newfoundland rabbit pie, spit,
ted Vancouver pigeons and african
sorbet la White
Col. c, ]. ("Buffalo') Jones was the
guest of honor and the principal
speaker. His address, which the toast
master described in advance as a
Challenge to nature takers and molly
coddles, " was illustrated by a series OF
stereopticon pictures thrown on q
white curtain at one end OF the hall.
Not the least interesting part of the
discourse were limitations by Buffalo"
Jones of the cries of the coyote, bear.
mountain lion, buffalo and other ami
mails of the plains, enabling any of
the diners, the speaker said, fto rec
ognize these specimens easily by eEr.
whenever they CHANGED to get within
speaking distance"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
EIaht AGAINST creating Hahlt. ;,

The Anti-Treat league is gainins
many new members, says Theodore
Sutro in letter to a man who In
quired as to the objects of the or
ganization. Besides being a ster
toward intemperance, he says. "the
foolish custom cannot be INDUCED in
by mon in moderate circumstances
without entafling an unnecessary ex
pense. We are opposed also to the
American barroom, where people
stand up in droves and gulp down
strong liquors In lightning haste and
in indefinite quantities. The assocfa.
ton is working toward the introduc.
ton of the barless barroom, where
guests win be served at little tables.
There people may sit down quietly
and sip their drinks as one would tea
or coffee, each man paying for what he
consumes, regardless of the thirst OF
the man who may sit at the same
table with him. Not many men would
become intoxicated in barrooms of
that kind"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
sheriff's Sale.
State of Louisiana Parish of Ascension Twenty
Seventh Judicial District Court.
Plea I'd 8 GEIsMAR, LTD.
VS.. No. 1857
AIMEE BUREAU ct ais.

DY VIRTUE of and in obedience to an order
AD of seizure and sale. issued by the above
named court in the above entitled and numbered
suit, and to me directed, have seized and taken
into my possession, and viii offer for sale at
public auction, to the last and highest bidder, at
the principal front door of the courthouse Of the
parish of Ascension, in thet town of Donaldson
vile, on
SATURDAY, MAY 49, 1909,
at II o'clock a. M, the following described prop
erty, to-ssit:
First-A certain tract of land situated in the
parish of Ascension. state OF Louisiana, con-
tanning AZ acres and 12-100 of an acre, and be
ing the northeast quarter of the northeast quar-
ter of section IS, township g. south range 2 east,
southeast district east of the Mississippi river,
together with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon and thereunto belonging,
Second-A certain tract of land situated in the
parish of Ascension, state of Louisiana, con-
tanning AZ acres and 23-100 of an acre, and be
ing the southeast quarter of northwest quarter
of section IS, township 9, south range 2 east,
southeast district east of the Mississippi river.
together with all the buildings thereon or there.
unto belonging or in anywise appertaining.
Terms-Cash in United States currency.
E. G. HANSON,
Sheriff, Parish of Ascension.
Donaldsonville, La. March %. 1909.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
aWa&er Shaarn

A business communication In Arabic
recently reached a Manchester firm.
and when translated by Syrian
Interpreter, proved to contain a re.
quest for the price of ceppering two
water sheep of certain given dimen-
sions. The translator was confident
Of his version. but admitted thst he
aid not know what water sheen"
co,,ld be. For the moment even the
haaas 81 the firm were puzzled. until
ii sfrliek some one that this was the
nearest synonym n the vocabulary
e pastoral people for hydraulic
ram.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
What every Country Editor Know.

What Every Country Editor Knows.
During the eight years l worked in
a country newspaper Office had am
pie time to study and absorb the daily
incidents in the life and vork of a
country editor learned for a certain
ty that a man to qualify fer such a
position must be a .2nachinist, a poll
ticfan, a f1nancier. a diplomat and a
printer, beside having a smattering
of all professions. He must be versa
tile, forgfving, brave, prolific, calm,
temperate in all things and Withal, he
must have excellent bodily health
abundant physical strength and q head
filed with concrete knowledge of his
village, the country. the common
wealth and all things of national and
international moment and Importance,
from the best methods of treating the
pip in light Brahmas to the latest rev.
dictionary disturbances In the Bal.
kans.-Don Cameron Shafer in the
Bohemian.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
POINTS OUT DANGER IN EGGS.
Should Be Cooked to Avoid Feasibility
Of Infection BY Them.

It mas long been known that milk
may be vehicle for the diphtheria
germ, but eggs have not until recently
been suspected of having any part in
the communication Of this noiseme
malady. A recent number of the Lon
don Lancet contains startling COM
munication from DR.. Sambon, one OF
the professors in the London School
of Tropical Medicine, in which it is
shown that fowls as well as birds are
subject to diphtheria, and that eggs
often contain virulent germs of this
disease and may easily be the means
of spreading the disease. The doctor
claims that he has even found active
diphtheria germs in an egg at his own
breakfast table.
In view of these facts, says Good
Health, it is apparent that eggs must
be invariably cooked to AVOID the dan.
ger of infection. Raw eggs are unques-
tionably quite as dangerous as raw
milk, or possibly even more So The
egg Is doubtless much more often a
aource of serious illness than is gen.
erally supposed. A stale egg or sick
or infected egg may be the cause of
sudden nausea, vomiting and purging,
the real cause of which may not be
suspected Certainly the egg Is very
far from being the safe and innocent
food which 1t has so long enjoyed the
reputation of being. Various species
of germs have haen found inside tha
shells which were apparently fresh. It
is known that germ may be picked up
and included in the egg during It's
transit along the oviduct OF the fowl
and that germs may penetrate the egg
after it is laid.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
Opportunities offered for Obtaining Em-
ployment Under the Federal
Government.

Opportunities offered for Obtaining EN-
ployment Under the Federal
Government.
The United States Civil Serviee
Commission announces the following
examinations to take place on the
dates given below, and circulars con
l tanning further Information relative
thereto may be seen ct the Office of this
paper:
May 5-Fireman, custodian service,
New Orleans, at S720 per anpum. Age
limit, 81 to SIS years. Application
form 1852. This examinati is nom
educational, applicants being rated on
age, physical condition and expert
ence.
May 13-Sugar sampler, to fill va
cancies, at $40 per annum, in the
customs service at New Orleans. Ap
plicants for position of sugar sam
pier must measure not less than feet
s inches in height in bare feet, and
weigh not less than $50 pounds, with
out overcoat and hat. Age limit. q
to SIS years. Application form 1903
No application will be accepted unless
properly executed and filed with the
Secretary, Tenth Civil Service Dis
trict, Room Is, Customhouse, New Or
leans, Louisiana, prior to the hour OF
closing business ON Nav 4.
May 10 20-Arehitectural craftsman
and junior architectural craftsman, to
fill vacancies MS they may occur in the
supervising architects Office in the pc
sition of architectural craftsman, al
salaries OF 1920 per anuum and up
ward, and in the position of junior
architectural craftsman at salaries
ranging from $40 to $1,000 per aunum
Age limit. IS years or over. No applica
tion will be accepted unless properly
executed and filed with the Commission
at Washington prior to the hour OF
closing business on May s.
Application blanks may be had OIL
the District Secretary, Room IS, Gus
tomhouse. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Moonlight excursion on Steamer ].
s. May 8. Leaves Denaldsonville al
s D. M. returns at 1870 p, n. Fare
only SO cents. Music and dancing.
Best Of order maintained.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
Retort Courteous.

Poor Chap (waiting in drawing
rooml-I say, Marie. did you give Miss
Gotrox my card?
The Maid Yes. sir.
Poor Chap What did she say?
The Maid-she told me to tell you.
sir, that she was sorry she vas not is.
Poor Chap oh. very wei. Please
tsl her sad 80 glsd / dsdn't can.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
oo,<Inu to the Future.

she Anything that Is worth win,
nfuE IS worth working for.
Yes, but the question Is, Will
vcs.f father thaR out. or will have 70
Keep 81 working Tor you after rVe.
ven yuE
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Continued from Page One

5-Felix Comeaux, fighting and dis
turbing peace------------------- 5 90
5-Henry Sterken, fighting and dis
turbing peace 90
6-Levy Fowler. using obscene lam
gUdSe--------- ----z-------------- q W
1o-Thelma Lewis, drunk and dis
orderly INSTRUMENTATION 5 90
12-Thomas Evans, fighting and dis
turbing peace days
12-Thomas Evans, carrying con-
eeaIed weapon dirk 30 days
12-John Adams, disturbing peace 8 90
12-Laura Lottin, disturbing peace 8 90
14-Rebecca Patterson, di sturb bling
peace---Z-----------:.- % 90
trict-. --s.s--.. So 6 90
eeaIed w tag5sSn.' = :. rs 90
21-James Franklin, carrying con-
cealed weapon -------------------2 20 w
Total $751; 30
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Transient official or legal advertisements, y
ner inch first insertion; each subsequent lnser-
ton, so cents per inch.
Reading notices, first insertion, 10 cents per
dine: subsequently, 10 cents per line.
Brief communications upon subjects OF public
interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is not responsible for the views OF
correspondents.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
Cash balanceon hand 500 81
Respectfully yours,
CHAS. MAURIN, Mayor.

CHAs. MAURIN, Mayor
The chief of police submitted the following
report, which was received and adopted:
Dona1dsonviIle. La, April 81, 1909.
To the Town Council of Donaidsonyille:
Gentlemen beg leave to submit the follow
ing report OF arrests made since March II, 1909:
BY Officer Acosta-Harrison Hurley, Henri
Lebrun, Levy Fowler. Thomas Evans, John
Adams Thomas Evans, Henry Hebert, Laura
Lottin, james Franklin, Laura Lottin. Total, 10,
BY Officer Ramirez Georgia Wilson, Mag
Muller Joseph Robertson, Ella Wise, Henry
Sterken. Felix Comeaux. Thel1na Lewis, Rebecca
Patterson. Total, s.
Total number OF arrests. IS.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY SCHAFF, SR.,
Chief of Police
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pIsRURs EMENTs

Freights and express, police and jailor's
fees, to B. Creoli for furnishing mule
for fire to Protective Hose Co., for
furnishing horse for fire, horse-shoeing,
wagon repair, telephone rentals char
ity, etc,------------- --------------------S5 {
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24

The finance committee submitted the follow
ing report, which was received and adopted:
DonaldsonvllIe, La, April 20. 1909.
To the Common Council of DonaldsonyiIle:
Gentlemen-Your finance committee respect
fully report that they have this day examined
the books of the collector and treasurer, checked
off and cancelled the vouchers OF the latter Of
ficer, finding all correct.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24

suga1house Chimneys, Heavy 1la-
ehinery, Etc Satisfaction guaranteed
and charges low. Also maker Of best
and cheapest tarpaulins. :: ::
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24

Moonlight excursion 90 Steamer
S. May 8. Leaves DenaldsonviIle At
s p M. returns at 1870 p. M Fare
only SO cents. Music and dancing.
Best Of order maintained.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24

ROPE SPLICING a sPEciALTY
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-18
Mrs. J. r. Poole Entertains
Young Matrons' Club.

The Young Matrons' Club was
entertained yesterday afternoon
by Mrs. J. r. Poole, at her home
on the corner of Water and
Eighth streets. Being mindful
of the fact that yesterday was
Saint Patrick's day, the invita-
tons were worded as follows:
Right welcome yen be at Mrs.
}. R. Poole's on Saint Patrick's
day at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Place come prepared to tell an
Irish joke. And they all went
prepared to do that same and
the jokes were, of course, rich
and rare.
In the guessing contest which
followed the telling of the jokes
Mesdames R. G. Lawrence, F. J.
Thomas and T. C. johnson tied,
and each being bent upon carry
ing home some evidence of her
guessing powers, instead of cutt-
ing for the blue ribbon, the out
ward sign of the inward ability
to guess, the ribbon was cut into
three parts and each had some
thing to show. After the guess
ing contest luncheon was served.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-18
Notice of Sale.

Under and by virtue of authority
vested IN me by an order of the Supe-
nor Court of Robson county, in a Spe.
cial Proceeding entitled Warren Phil
lips, James K. Phillips, Callie Phillinc
Lula Nash and w. T. Nash, petitioners
against Fannie Phillips, Henrietta
Phillips, Giles Phillips, Euen FhilIips
Hobson Phillips, Mary Docia Phillips
and Thos. A. McNeill, Jr., guardian ad
Item, the undersigned COMMISSIONS
Will expose for sale at public auction.
to the highest bidder for cash, at the
court house door in Lumberton. N G.
on Monday, March 10Th, 1909, at -
O'Clock. noon, the following describsd
lands and premises, to-wit:
Situate in Raft Swamp township
Robson county, North Carolina, be,
ginning at stake in the run of Raft
swamp, the lower corner of Mrs. Aus
ley,,s one hundred and fifty acre tract,
and running thence with her line south
OF west to corner; thence a direC line
to the nearest lower corner of John
Blues 100 acre survey; thence with the
line south % east, to the corner of a
tract of 100 acres, formerly the Biggs
land, now Hardy Parnell's; thence with
that line north 72 east, to the line of
Biggs' 200 acre survey; thence with the
lire of that survey north 70 east to the
run Of Raft swamp; thence with the
run of the swamp to the beginning, con-
tanning 135 acres. more or less.
Terms of sale: Cash.
This 22nd day of February, 1909.
WADE H. KINLAw,
Commissioner.
Wade H. Kinlaw, Attorney for peti-
TONERS. 2-25-4thurs
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-18
Graded School Building o. k
Meeting of Board of Trustees

At a meeting of the board of
school trustees held yesterday
afternoon, Mr.. J. M. McMichaei,
OF Charlotte, the architect who
was employed to do necessary
work on the graded school build
ing, submitted a written report
to the effect that the building
mad been strengthened in the
places where work was need
under the dome-and that it is
now entirely safe. The work
cost between $3.50 and 5000, and
1T was completed yesterday af-
ternoon.
School opened Tuesday morn
ing after being closed one week
for this work to be done. The
attendance has not been as good
as it was before school suspended.
this being due largely to the fact,
perhaps, that some of the pu-
pills were anxious to get to work
anyway and took advantage of
the enforced vacation to begin.
No uneasiness need be felt in
regard to the building.
Col. N. A. Mclean and Messrs.
h. ID. Caldwell and A. E. White
We're appointed a committee yes
terday by the board to dispose
of the old school building.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-18
Sale of Land.

Under and by virtue of the autbor;tv
vested in me by Judgment of the Snnc
rioT T, court OF Robson county, rendered
at fepruary Term. 1909, in Civil Ac-
ton entitled w. H. Humphrey vs.. Ron
ert Ivey and wife, Maggie fyev fl.
Undersigned Commissioner will eynosa
Tor sale at public auction, to the hiob-
est bidder for cash, at the court honsa
door. IN Lumberton, North Carolina On
Monday, the 10Th day of March, 1000
at II o clock, M, being the first dav ~
regular term of Robeson Suncy;o ~
Court, the following described lands
to-wit: '''iius'
Situated in the town of Lumberton
Robeson county and State of North
Carolina, being lot No. 55.
Beginning at the southeast corner of
lot No. Sd, and runs north 9 20 east
luz feet; thence south 81, 80 east 135
teet; thence south 2, 80 west, 1O8 feet
70 10Th street; thence north 81, 3Owest
l35 feet to the beginning, being the
same lot described in deed from + N
Hlgley and wife to Levi Phillips eye.
cuted August 31st, 1905, and recorded
IN Book of Deeds u u u u. at mage
4l8 IN the office of the Register of
Deeds of Robson county, together
with all and singular the tenements
neredltaments and appurtenences
thereto belonging.
This February 22nd, 1909.
X. Z. LAWRENCE,
1-Io-4thurs Commissioner.
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Out St. Paul's Way-Happen.
ings Along Route No. l "A
Remarkable Cat.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.

Correspondence of The Robesonan.
The farmers of this section are
progressing nicely with their
work. Some have planted corn.
Among those from this COM
munity who attended the meet
ing of the Teachers Association
at Red Springs were Mr.. N. T
Humphrey, Mrs. G. F. Hum
phrey and Misses Lena Hum
phrey and Katie Broadwell. They
reported the meeting as being
a success in every way.
Miss Lorena Freeman, who
had been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
G. F. Humphrey, returned to
her home at Bladenboro Satur-
day.
Miss Mary King has returned
to Lumberton to resume her
studies in the graded school.
Misses Rowland and Cover
and Messrs. H. E. McGoogan
and Walter Johnson, of Saint
Paul, were visitors in this COM
munity recently.
We hear that the school at
Tolarsville is to continue another
month.
Mr.. Stinson Humphrey spent
Saturday and Sunday with his
home folks.
Mr.. Troy King spent a few
days last week visiting friends in
Marion, S. C.
The Centerville public school
closed Friday, March 9Th. A
subscription school was begun
the following Monday with an
enrolment of about fifteen pu.
pills. We are glad to see the
committeeman and patrons OF
the school taking new interest,
and helping to push forward the
work Of education in this com.
munity.
Mr.. Mclean McGeachy, of St,
Paul, and his sister, Miss An
ME, visited at Mr.. N. T. Hum
phrey's Sunday.
Mrs. N. T. Humphrey has E
pet cat-'Ham"- (which is near.
ing his seventeenth birthday,
and he's quite we'll and hearty
During his long life he has beer
i'll but a few times. Once he
had a stroke of paralysis, which
laid him up for a considerable
spell, and occasionally he has the
toothache. But in spite of this
he is fat and happy and looks
like he may live many years tc
come. Ham" is a great cat,
little short of wonderful.
st. Pauls, N. c., March Is,
1909.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-18
Death of Mr.. P. c.. Kinlaw.

Mr.. P. G. Kinlaw, 68 years
old, died Tuesday morning at
$3.50 o'clock at the home of his
step-mother, Mrs. Jane Kinlaw,
in Fayetteville. The funeral
took place from the residence
yesterday morning.
The deceased was a.native Of
Robson county, father of Mrs.
w. b. Flowers, of East Lumber
ton. A brother of the deceased,
Mr.. J. K. Kinlaw, is a marshal
in East Lumberton, and he was
an uncle of Mr.. w. H. Kinlaw,
of Lumberton. The following
sisters and brothers also survive:
Mesdames w. H. Flowers, of
Rowland; w. M. Davis and H.
b. King, of Fayetteville; Messrs.
Milton, of Hope Mills; Condary,
of Bladen county; R. w., of
Dunn; Ira w. and P. c., of
Fayetteville.
In the announcement of his
death The Fayetteville Observer
enormously stated that Mr.. Kim
law had never been married. He
survived his wife by number
of years, and, as stated above,
his only daughter lives in East
Lumberton. Mr.. Kinlaw was a
carpenter and was highly es-
teemed. He was Confederate
veteran and was accounted one
OF the best sharpshooters in the
army.