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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Proclamation of Election.
OFFICE soHooL BOARD ASCENSION pAR1sH,

OFFICE SCHOOL BOARD ASCENSION PARISH,
DonaldsonVille, La. May II. 1911
PURSUANT to a resolution passed by the
IL Board of school directors of the parish Of
Il ascension, Louisiana, at its special meeting held
on the 18th day OF NJ ay. 1911. / Edward N. Pugh,
president Of said board. hereby give notice that.
In compliance with said resolution, a special
election will be held in School District No. OF
said parish.of Ascension. Louisiana, on Satur-
day, the oath day of June, 1911, for the purpose
Of submitting to the property taxpayers, quail
fed under the constitution and laws of the state
of Louis ana to vote at said election the follow
ing propositions to-Wit:
l. Tolevy special tax OF five mills on the dol
lar on all property in school District No. i oft
parish of Ascension. Louisiana, subject to state
taxation, annually. for a period of twenty years.
for the purpose of tal giving additional aid to
public schools located at DntchtoWn, Oak Grove,
Johnson. Galyez, Galbasse and Lake, and (bJ
Purchasing Tor constructing two public school
buildings, one at DutchtoWn and the other at
oak Grove, title to which shall vest in the
public.
amount OF fourteen thousand dollars tSi4. 0QO0 0)
to run not longer than twenty years from date
and to bear interest not exceeding five per cent
per annum payable annually or senli-annually,
for the purpose OF purchasing Cor constructing)
two public school buildings, one at DutehtoWn
and the other at Oak Grove, title to which shall
vest i'll the public
For the purposes of said special election. the
poiIing places shall be at Galvez and Prairie
vile. W. I, Smiley I. 3. Smiley and a.
n,;ssinners and q. j. Causey clerk of cleo
lion to serve at the polling place at Gal
yez. and Leufroi Daigle, A. Y. osterberger and
Anenstin King have been appointed commits
sinners and j. A. Leblanc clerk of election to
serve at the polling place at Prairieyile, all OF
whom will serve without compensation. At said
special election the polls viii open at O'Clock
q m, and close at 5 o'clock p. M. and the cleo
fion viii be conducted in accordance with the
laws of Louisiana applicable thereto
Notice is also given that at II o'clock a. m. on
81. l,y, T,s fta-r
BOARD OF School Directors OF the parish of As
cension, louisiana will meet at Donaidsonville,
at this office and in open session proceed to open
the ballot boxes. examine and counGfne ballots
IN number and amount. examine and canvass
the returns and declare the result OF said special
eleetion. EDWARD ~, PUGH, President.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Object Lesson in Corn.

Although local farmers complain
hat the protracted dry spell in this
section of Louisiana during the past
TX weeks is causing their corn to
suffer, it is nevertheless fact that
he corn on the Southwestern Louis
ana Industrial Institute demonstra-
lion farm at Lafayette shows a re-
narkable degree of freshness, cool.
green healthy color, and unretarded
growth; and, unless the season shout
grow very much worse, it is probable
hat the Institute crop will be en-
5irely uninjured. Prof. Lee, of the
institute faculty, in charge OF this
attributes this condition
chiefly to shallow cultivation, avoid
ing the destruction of the important
lateral root systems between the
rows and near the surface OF the
ground Nearly all the farmers OF
5his section have the habit of cul-
tivating with a turning ploW, which.
n Prof. Lees opinion, does more.
damage to a corn crop in single
day than the weeds would do in a
month
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
COURT PRACTICE D1WN SOUTH
Virginia Juries Not Cha -ged-Georgia
Divorce Cases Tried Twice IT
Plaintiff Wins.

IT'S queer tea way the avs in some
Of the southern states difer from our
laws up here, ..said Col. Allan T. Brins-
made, just back from : long trip
through the south.
Iii Norfolk, Va, sat one day re-
Gently beside federal Judge when a
criminal case was being tried The
charge was think. obbing the
United States mails. At p. m. the
Judge turned aside and speaking very
quietly said:
The jury will now retire
"A recess, | suppose, observed.
No. he said, the jury is about to
retire to consider the evidence and
give it's we're ct
But you did not chargs the jury L
remarked in puzzled way
We do not charge the juries in
this Jurisdiction. he rep ed
In Savannah day or two later
was in court room where divorce
case was being tried bafore a jury
The wife, who was the plaintiff, was
given the verdict.
so she gets her decree" remarked
to lawyer friend.
No, not now, he replied. In this
state when in divorce case the yer
dict goes to the plaintiff the case must
be tried ag n at the ext term of
court. II the plaintiff wins again the
decree is granted
If, however. at the first trial the
defendant wins, the case is all over.
Queer law that. but the Judge said it
was working well-that after the first
verdict in favor of the plaintiff a re-
Cancellation was often brought about"
Leader.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Oath of Young Colo, ID Woman.

-, q Z 81 = : 81
Mrs. j. II. Watkins, nee WiIlianna
Lowery, daughter of DR.. J. H. Lowery, a
well-known colored physician of this city,
died al her fathers home in Charles street
at o'siock p. M, Saturday, May II, aged
twenty-six years. Mrs. Watkins, whose
husband is colored medical practitioner
Of Whitecastle, came to Donaldsonville
about three weeks ago on visit to her
parents, and was taken i'll Friday night,
Nay rs. death ensuing the following af-
ternoon. The funeral took place at 10
ocock a. m. Sunday, with services at
ST. Peter M. E. Church and interment in
The Protestant cemetery. The ministers
Who officiated at the obsequies were DR..
J. w. NJ Price, and Revs. Nelson MiIrcw,
al en- Stephenson, j. w. Recordo and NJ
Z. Vincen. Prof E. D. Wright served as
master of ceremonies, and the pail bearers
we're C. r. Young, B. V. Baranco. Prof. I.
j. Williams, c. H. Hamilton, D. E. Brown, j.
Brown, D. C. Nelson and Rev. Dave Wilson.
The funeral was largely attended.
Mrs. Watkins was a graduate of New
Orleans University, and had been married
but a year or so. Besides her parents, she
is survived by her husband and the little
child, daughter, whose coming into the
world ost the young mother her life The
of host Of friends among the
colored population is extended to the
bereaved family.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Origin Of Common Phrase.

We owe the word "catchpenny" to
a publisher of the name of Catchpin
After celebrated murder trial in
1924, when the assassin had been exc
cuted for the murder of Weare, this
man hit upon the bright idea Of issu-
ing penny ballad entitled 1--WE Are
Alive Again" People jumped to the
conclusion that the title was "Weare
Alive Again" and as it sold like Wild
fire to the extent of two and a half
million copies; hence "Catchpin'' or
'catchpenny" affair came to signify
a hoax of that kind. Incidentally it
may be remarked that the ingenious
1atchpin succeeded in catching two
nd half million pennies,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
TRUNKS and BAGGAGE Handle,
TWO New Automobile Owners.

1berville South, May n.
Yesterday Chas. e. SchWing, heat
of the local E. M. f. agency. per-
formed the feat of selling and d.
hyering an E. M. F. car When
ne didn't and couldn't get any from
the factory for some time, So great
u the demand. P. L.. Walton or
Whitecastle was the accommodating
factor in the arrangement, as it il:
Mr.. Viallon's car that was "sWiped
by the local agency and sold to C.
II. Landry OF Donaldsonville, ons
CT Asctnsicn's leading and success
full sugar planters. Mr.. Walton just
received his car a few weeks ago
and 1t lis absolutely new and better
than one never used at all.
Geo. Pccae, a popular and promi-
nent citizen of Belle Rose, Assump-
t;an Parish, has just purchased from
the Plaauemine EMF agency ar
E-M-F auto. Inc local agency con
siders this sale quite a triumph for
the EMF car. as Mr.. Poche is ac-
knowledged to be enc Of the best
and most experienced mechanics il
the state, and his selection of the
EMF after a careful and thorough
investigation into the merits of q
number OF cars shows up well fol
this popular product of the Stude.
baker factories.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Sheriff's Sale.
State of Louisiana-Parish of Ascension-Twent
Seventh judicial District court.
Heirs of Corinne Bujol jackson
Rodolph P. Landry

+
VS.. no. 1860
Heirs of Corinne Bujol jackson
Ply VIRTUE OF and in obedience to an or.
aD der of seizure and SALE issued by the
above named court in the above entitled
and numbered cause and to me directed
have seized and taken into my possession
and will sell at public auction to the last
and highest bidder, according to law, at the
principal front door OF the courthouse of the
parish of Ascension. in the town of Donaldson
SATURDAY. JUNE "a. 1911.
at Ii O'Clock a. M. the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
A certain tract or portion Of ground situated
in the first ward of the parish of Ascension, state
of Louisiana, on the right descending bank of
the Mississippi river about nine miles above the
town of nonaldsonvile. said tract measuring
one arpent front on the Mississippi river by four
arpents more or less in depth between parallel
lines bounded above by the lands now or form
erly belonging to Yalery Leblanc, and on the
other side and in the rear by the lands of the
plantation now or formerly belonging to Jean
i.andry; together with all the buildings and inn
proyements thereon and thereunto belonging or
in any wise appertaining; being the same prop
erty acquired by the late Pierre Coussou from
Jean Landry on June IL, 1887. by act before E.
Duffel, Judge and ex-officio notary public, and
recorded in Book of Conveyances No.. IA at
folio 1876.
Terms-Cash in United States c rrency.
b. .. HANSON.
Sheriff. Parish of Ascension.
Donaldsonyille. La May 20, 1911.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Recently a company was organ.

Recently company was organ
lied in the city of New Orlean
known as the Louisiana Real Els
tate Agency, with offices in the Ney.
Orleans National Bank Building. The
purpose of the concern is to thor,
oughiy advertise, in the east ane
west, the great resources and ad
vantages Of the farm lands of this
state, the company having close
connection with some of the mos1
prominent real estate agencies il
the United States. George B. Kauf
man, prominent business man OF
New Orleans, is manager of the
company, and Leopold Henrionnei
is secretary Other successful ane
enterprising business men are also
identified with the organization. Gu.
fellow -townsman, G. A. Gondran, ma
been selected as the attorney fo.
the company, aid he is also one OF
the organizers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Notice Mortgage Creditors
OFFICE STATE TAX. COLLECTOR,
Parish of Ascension,

OFFICE STATE TAX COLLECTOR,
Parish of Ascension,
Donaldsonville La, hlay 20, 1911.
4 N conformity with Section 63 of Act No IS Of
a 1883, notice is hereby given to all parties
holding mortgages upon real estate located i'll
the parisn5of ascension on which taxes for the
year 1910 have not been paid, that will begin
the sale of the same at tile courthouse door on
Saturday June "a 1911. at II O'Clock a. M. and
that number OF pieces of property so delinquent
are nov being advertised in this new spaper, in
conformity with law, preparatory to such sale.
The attention of mortgage creditors is especially
called to these advertisements of tax sales, and
they are warned to take such steps prior to the
sale as may be necessary to protect their rights
h. g. HANSON.
Sheriff and ex-oficio Tax Collector Parish of
Ascension.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
N otice.

NOTICE is hereby given to the property own
IN ers Of Ascension parish that the listing Of
the property of said parish has been completed
and the estimated valuation made thereon by
the assessor in accordance with law, and the
said lists will be exposed in the Office OF the
essor for inspection and correction for the term
OF tw enty days. beginning the END day of
May, 1911. A. "A. Killing, Assessor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Cures Blood and Skin Diseases and
Eczema.


Ifyour blood is impure, thin, diseased
hot or full of humors; if you have blood
poison, cancer, carbuncles, eating sores,
scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and
bumps, sweIlinss or superating sores,
scabby, pimpIy skin. ulcers, bone pains,
catarrh, rheumatism, or any blood or skin
disease, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B.
b. Soon all sores heal, aches and pains
stop and the blood is made pure and rich
Druggists or byexsress, 81 per large bottle.
SAMPLE free by writing Blood Balm CO..
Atlanta, Ga. B. B. B. is especially advised
for chronic, deep-seated cases of blood ~or
skin diseases. as it cures after all else fails
Sold by Charles OschWald.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
List of Letters


Remaining in the postoffice at Don
aldsonville:
List for week ending June g.:
Marshal Acosta, Frank Ben, John
Bronson, Tom Carmichael, J. L. Ca
1es, Haid Carwell, Lie Denou, Lottie
Dominique, Tina Fisher, Tom Ellis,
Liska Griffen, Silas Grim, Gabriel
Harris, L. S. Harrel, J. S. Hendricks,
Mary King, Laura Loten, Octavia Nc
Nealy, Wi!fred Martin, Martha Nc
Gray, Robert Narcease, M. Noa, Flor
nee Percy, MeTia Phelton, Hire
SHERIFF., L. D. Thomey, Ella Truehill,
May Ann Wilson, 3. Winding, Austi1
Wilson.
List for week ending June 10:
edna Able, j. Clifton, Johnny Cooper,
Will Dulse, Frank Gallaher, Cire
Cole, w. NJ Hammond. Lizzie Home
Sanders Johnson, NJ w. Landry,
5has. A. Levert, Rosa Lorino, W..
u. Melanecn, Joseph Moore, j. T..
Nolan, Celia Parker, W. A. Payne (2)
,Eiolet Parker, w. A. @Peterman, Mar
eha Pickett, Eleanor Porter John
:eeayilye, Odon Rodeillat, Mary Sell
Yin, Francis Singleton, Lee Taylor,
Mary Tolbert, Israel Williams, Eva
line Williams.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
For Sale.

DROPFRTY known as Ascension Coal feet
Il tracu. situated on east bank Of Mississippi
river about one mile above Donaldsonville. Con-
ssts of 16 to 20 arpents of fertile land. all culti-
vable; commodious dwelling, recently repaired
and renovated. and all necessary outbuildings.
Will be sold at a bargain. Apply to or address
J. j. LAFARGUE. Donaidsonviile La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Get the Best

Cor. skin troubles, sores, ulcers, &c
.ena, chaps, black heads, pimples
IND all erEpticns. Use DR.. Bells
Antiseptic Salye and you get the best
Guaranteed. Csc. a box everywhere.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10

If you have the itch, don't scratch.
It does not cure the trouble and
makes the skin bleed. Apply Bal
ards Snow Liniment. Rub it in
GENTLY on the affected parts. It re-
s:eyes itching instantly and few
applications removes the cause, thus
performing a permanent cure. Price,
&c., soc. and ST per bottle. Sold by
A-Ray Pharmacy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10

Children that are affected by
worms are pale and sickly and lsable
10 contract some fatal disease
Whites Cream Vermifuge expels
worms promptly and puts the child
ON the read to health. Price, Csc.
per bottle Sold by X-Ray Pharmacy
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10

1T cured me- or st saved the life
Of MY child" are the expressions you
dear every day about Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
4dy. This is true the world over
where this valuable remedy has been
Introduced. No other medicine in use
cor diarrhoea or bowel complaints has
received such general approval. The
;ecret of the success of Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
ady is that it cures. Sold by all
lealers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
To Harness the Father Of Waters.


The Father Of Waters, the mighty
Mississippi, is to be harnessed. A
mighty dam is being constructed at
Keokuk, Iowa, which will furnish 200,.
600 horsepower and when completed
will be the largest dam for hydro
electric purposes in the world.
The dam will stretch across the
Mississippi from Keokuk, Iowa, to
Hamilton, Illinois, a distance of al
most mile.
The project involves the building
of a solid concrete dam across the
river, a poWerhouse, and a new lock
and dry dock for the accommodation
of river traffic.
the Mississippi River Power Com
pany are jointly interested in the
enterprise. The government secures
free of cost a new lock and dry dock,
to replace the present canal and
three locks, which will be submerged
by the new dam-the new lock being
much larger than the old ones. The
government secures also a. new per-
nanent navigable stage of water for
a distance of sixty miles north of
the dam. Only during the high
stages of the river is it now pos
*sible to navigate the les Moines
rapids, which extend over a lenoth
Of seven and one-haf miles of river,
except by the use of the present
canal and lock system, occupying the
-owa shore and finished in 1877.
The present lock system with it's
Th,.,-o icfo mi IF
dredging and other expenses involved
in it's maintenance, has been from
the beginning a source of large an
iual outlay to the government, prac-
oically all of which will be saved
lpon the completion of the present
works.
The improvement to naviga ton for
the district sixty miles above the
lam, as a result of the construction
IF the power work, and to which the
government contributes no money, is
o great Importance to navigation in
oerests, and the lock system is de-
signed for an eight-fcct channel,
,hould this depth be eventually ac
5ompiished by federal action.
The improvements above referred
~ SCu1u liOI ue1NC EDtS1G totSul gu ny
.he government except by an expendi.
cure of something over five million
dollars.
1t is understood that the power
generated will be supplied to exist
.ng central stations in different
owns and cities in the territory that
IAN be served in much the same man.
aer as natural gas is supplied to
local gas companies in, the gas belts.
The power will be supplied under
ontract to the central stations, and
he stations will use it instead of
generating current. The present
Equipment of the stations need not
Sc dismantled, but may be held in
readiness for emergencies.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10

Sheriff. Parish of Ascensio
Donaldsonville. La, May 20, 1911.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Texas & Pacific Rally
Time Table

PASSENGER TRAINS GOING EAST.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-22

Indiana for the past twenty-eight years
Jim Smith states that he has had FIVE
law suits and that they have all been
thrashed out in court. this is all untrue.
If this were a man conducting a saloon
without a license he would get fine
of $50 and thirty days in jail but 1t be-
ing a woman she has not been convict
ed. VIII say Jake Switzer's statement
is the truth from beginning to end. ne
surely knows Jim Smith and further
more we, Mrs Kaiser's daughters viii
have Jim Smith understand that he let
our mother alone hereafter.
THE KAISERS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-22
ARGUMENT
IS MADE ON
FINDINGS
Especial to The TIMES. }

Valparaiso. Ind, March Eth ,
Burns ditch cafe is up before Special
Judge Henry Steis al Valparaiso today
and the arguments on the special md
ings of fact are being heard.
1t is expected that these arguments
viii take several days and then the
case will be taken under advisement by
the court before his decision is rend
cred.
This case has been one of the most
notable law suits that have ever been
tried in this locality. The project to
build the Burns ditch and reclaim sew
eral thousand acres of land from the
food waters of the Little Calumet river
has been urged by the petitioners and
has been bitterly fought by the rail
roads which VIII be compelled to build
bridges over the ditch.
The case is nearing end, however
and 1t is confidently believed that 1t will
be decided in favor of the petitioners
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-22
VOICE OF
- THE -
p e Q p l. e
MRS. KA1sER,s SIDE.

Editor TIMEs:-In regard to your
statement Friday evening, March II re-
garding the disturbance on State street
at the intersection of the Nickle Plate
tracks would like to say that il was
entirely unwarranted on the part of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kaiser.
Mrs Hamilton states that she has
offered to pay the rent and 1t has been
refused. this is untrue. Mrs. Kaiser
went TO Mrs. Hamilton, she refused and
advised Mrs. Kaiser to go TO Jim Smith
and he simply would not pay il unless
Mrs. Kaiser would give him a lease for
three years.
Now we, Mr. andN Mrs. Kaiser S
daughters wish to say that our father
conducted saloon in 1lat building
thirteen years and IN all that time no
one was ever killed there. therefore our
parents would not disgrace us-by rent
! ing to any such man as Jim Smith.
After Mrs. Hamilton had been arrested
for selling liquor without a license and
the jury failed to convict her. she con-
Guided to remove the fixtures but would
not vacate the building. Now all the
| trouble Friday was caused by the
| tenant trying to move in more fixtures
so to conduct the same business As
before, Jim Smith having deemed ii
advisable to do SO. Mr.. Kaiser having
been informed that they were about &c
move in the fixtures FASTENED to thf
scene and on entering the place was
confronted by three men who forced me
from the saloon. On account OF the
property not being his name. He
| then notified Mrs. Kaiser who immedi
ately came over and awaited her chance
| to enter She stepped in the door and
stood there for one solid hour and wa:
then pushed out by Mrs. Hamilton and
two men, suffering a broken niger and
other bruises by being thrown to the
cement sidewalk.
Attorney Conroy was called by jim
/ Smith and yelled with all his might
throw her out. Now who has NOR,
right to enter that building than Mrs
Kaiser the sole owner who has receive.
no rent since the lease expired Oct. Is
and has been a taxpayer in the state o
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-22
MELTON PREDICTS
JUDGES FINDING

Engineer A. p. Melton OF Gary, one
of the three Burns ditch commission
ers. expects that Special Judges Sites
OF the Porter circuit court, will an
nounce his finding of facts today in
the cases of the remonstrances against
the ditch and in addition to the de-
cision regarding the assessments the
findings will also probably include
whether or not it viii be feasible to
build the ditch.
The only demonstrators now are the
railroads, which are represented by
John B. Peterson of Crown Point and
some indianapolis attorneys.
1t is said that the railroads will carry
the case to the supreme court.
If the ditch is eventually built thou
sands of acres of marsh land in the
Little Calumet valley will be reclaimed
for farming and townsite purposes. The
ditch will aid land along the little
Calumet from near Hammond to Dune
park.
The objections of the railroads con-
sist in the fact that they will have to
build costly bridges and approaches
over the ditch.