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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
CHARLES It. WORKMAN.
To the Democrats OF Ascension.

To the Democrats Of Ascension. AS
sumption and st. James:
At the personal solicitation of nu-
merous friends. and to crafty what
] hope will be deemed pardonable
ambition, ! announce myself a can
didate for judge of this judicial dis
trict to succeed Hon. Paul Leche.
MY candidacy is subject to the ac-
ton OF the Democratic primary. I
realize the responsibility Of this i'm
portant position, and il you honor
me with election, I will endeavor to
discharge, diligently, faithfully and
conscientiously, all the duties of the
office.
CHAS. r. WORKMAN.
Napoleonyille, La, Mar. 20. 1912.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
TO The Voters Of Ascension Parish:

TO the Voters Of Ascension Parish:
hereby announce that am can
didate for the office of associate JUS
tice OF the Supreme Court Of the state,
from the fourth supreme court. dis
trict, Of which the parish Of Ascen-
sion forms a part, at the Democratic
primary election to be held for the
nomination OF a candidate for that
office, in the latter part of August
or the early part of September next.
I can only say that, If nominated
and elected to that office, will en-
deaVor to discharge the responsible
duties of it to the best Of my ability.
WALTER GUION.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
FOR CONGRESS

New Roads, La, July 10, 1912.
TO the Democratic Voters of the
Sixth Congressional District OF
the State OF Louisiana:
Believing that I am competent to
Fill the position and that the assur-
ances OF support | have received
throughout the district make my
chances of election good, announce
my candidacy for member of con-
gress for the sixth congressional dis
frlct of the state of Louisiana for the
,inexpired term caused by the death
OF Hon. Robert G. Wickliffe, and for
the term beginning March 4, 1918,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic party Respectfully,
FERD. C. CLAIBORNE.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE
JUDGE PAUL LECHE

of Ascension hereby announces his
candidacy for judge Of the Court OF
Appeals, Second District of the First
Circuit, and solicits the kind sup
port of the Democratic voters of said
district in the Democratic primary
election to be held the latter part
of August or the beginning of Sep
TENDER next.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE.
R. D.. cHAUvIN

hereby announces his candidacy Tor
the office of judge of the Twenty
Seventh Judicial District Court, com.
pristng the parishes OF Ascension,
Assumption and st. James, and solic-
1 > the support of the Democratic
voters Of the district In the Demo
cratic primary election.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
Increase of State Appropriations.

The aggregate of the appropria-
ton bills passed by the Louisiana
general assembly of 1912 is $9,341,-
9S3. 70, or about $500, 900 greater than
the appropriations of two years ago.
Gov. Hall tried the best he knew
how to keep the allotments down to
the lowest practicable limit, and he
had the cooperation of many of the
leading members of both houses, but
the growth of the state and the aug
mented needs of her institutions, com
bined with the strong backing given
to claims which the governor and the
appropriation committees sought to
curtail or defer. rendered the in
creased allowances unavoidable.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
PHILIP Fl. GILBERT

hereby announces himself as a candi-
date for reelection to the office of
district attorney Of the Twenty
Seventh judicial District, comprising
the parishes OF Ascension, Assump-
ton and St James, and solicits the
support Of the Democratic voters of
The district in the Democratic pri-
mary election.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
DON. CAFFERY REPLACES JOHN M
PARKER.

| lIS d11Sll1ISuL I'll JOllu Al. L dI hGl
with the Louisiana contingent Of the
| Rooseveltian National Progressive
| party, and the appearance of his
name with that of Pearl Wight ap
pended to the call for the national
lzation, aroused SO much comment
and criticism among his colleagues
of the Democratic Good Government
League that Mr. Parker rendered his
resignation as chairman Of the lea
gue's executive committee at a meet
ing held on the 18th instant Don
elson Caffery was unanimously elect
ed to succeed Mr.. Parker and the
committee entered briskly upon the
work of mapping out campaign and
framing a ticket for the approaching
parochial and municipal contest in
New Orleans.
Mr.. Caffery and Mr.. Parker have
been so closely allied in the Good
Government League and several ear
lier reform movements that to sub
stitute one for the other seems like
changing tWeedledum for tWeedle-
dee, yet Mr. Caffery possesses the
presumed advantage from stilted
partisan standpoint of having al
ways held to the name of Democrat
and voted the Democratic ticket,
whereas Mr. Parker has on two or
three occasions cast his ballot for Re-
publican candidates in presidential
elections because he thought the ma
tional policies of the Republican
party were better for the country and
the state than were those embraced
by the Democracy and its standard
bearers. Lots Of other Louisiana
Democrats have done the same thing,
but not all of them had the cour-
age of their convictions to the exs
tent of admitting the action publicly,
as did Mr. Parker.
Not only is Mr.. Gallery the chosen
leader of the league in the city
fight by reason of being elected
chairman of the executive COM
mittee, but he has been prevailed
upon to stand as the candidate of
the organization for district attorney,
which puts him doubly in the saddle
as commander-in-chief. He is an
able lawyer, a brilliant orator and
debater, and above all a citizen
whose public-spirit and patriotism are
as unquestionable as his personal
character is above reproach.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
EDWARD NICHOLS PUGH

hereby announces himself as a can
dfdate for the office Of associate
justice of the supreme court OF Lou
isiana. from the fourth supreme
court district, subject to the action
OF the Democratic primary election to
be held for the nomination OF a cam
didate for that office in August or
September next.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
THE ISSUEZAND TIE MAN.

LIZ 4A1ASoAa.AIsD@
AS the campdgn for the selection
OF the justice If the supreme .couT
from this distrist progresses, the i'm
portance of the issue upon which
4 Edward N. Puga IS making his cam
palgn becomes more and more ap
parent. The general assembly, which
has just competed it's 1abors, en-
acted into IaWEtwo bills which to 6
certain extent look to the correc
ton of the evil Mr.. Pugh has point
ed out. TheseIbiIls provide that il
/ all cases thereE shall be three tran
scripts of appeal, and these without
additional cost Ito the litigants, thus
giving the supreme court the OPP
portunity of hasing at least three OF
the justices thereof examine the rec,
ords in each case. With three rec.
ords before it this can be done with
out in any Way#delaying or reGarding
the decision of the court.
| There was introduced into the
house bill which had for its OBJ
! ject the reading. of the record in
each case by at least three justices
of the supreme court, as required by
the constitutional mandate. This bill
passed the house and failed of pas
SAGA in Tho Shnofa nv on1v thrap
votes. Thus has the issue which
Mr.. Pugh has made attracted the at
tention of the. lawmakers of this
state and there have been passed
bills which, recognizing the correct
ness of the issue, tend to bring about
an improvement in the system now
prevailing.
Showing as he has that he is
possessed of special insight and in
itiative in connection with the re-
sponsibilities Of the position to
Which he aspires, it is not too much
to say that Of all the candidates be-
fore the people, Mr.. Pugh is the best
equipped to bring about the reform
SO generally recognized to be need
ed. Deserving as he is of the COM
nendation Of the electorate Of this
district for the bold stand he has
taken, it is gratifying to note the
general endorsement which the can
didacy of Mr.. Pugh is receiving
throughout the district
OF him as man and a jurist, a
distinguished son of Virginia writes as
follows:
= II sincerely trust the old state Of
LOUISIANA will honor itself by elevat-
ing Mr.. Pugh to its suprer + bench.
| say this not entirely or~2personal
grounds; but having very high and
sensitive regard for the judiciary as
the paramount hope of our republic
and our republics, and believing,
with the great Chief Justice Marshall,
that an angry heaven can inflict no
greater scourge on a SHINING people
than an ignorant, corrupt and depen-
aSi1l JuulGldl a 1921 Thai Win men
OF the characte-r and mental and
moral and humane fibre Of Mr.. Pugh;
always strong and always unaffected;
with the greatest sympathy for the
weaknesses Of his fellow man, and
at the same time, no visionary the
orist, shutting his eyes to the neces-
sity of law, and obedience to RS
say not only feel that
With men like him on the benches
Of our highest courts, the republic is
safe; 6sut / go 50 far as tq,aay, that
doGlot believe if we hadS sad men
IT his type presiding over our courts:
state and federal, we would ever
nave heard of the fatal, and to me,
absurd proposition of the initiative,
referendum and recall
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
I - . 49, = = - ~ 15---- -
SpitbaiIs and Boonls,

The closing hours of the general
assemhly's session at Baton Rouge
witnessed the usual exhibitions OF
horseplay and funny stunts. Throw
ing spitballs was a favorite form OF
amusement among the house mem
bers. while the graver and more
reverend seigniors Of the senate
dssported themselves in the launch
ing of a gubernatorial boom for Lien
tenant Governor Barrel.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
Death of Mrs. Alfred Beckner.

The many friends in Ascension and
elsewhere of Mrs. Alfred Beckner,
formerly Miss Lille Wives Of Iber-
vile parish, were greatly shocked to
learn of her untimely death, which
occurred suddenly on Tuesday, the
BIRD inst, at 7:30 o'clock a.. M, at
The Beckner home in BrookstoWn,
near Baton Rouge. Mrs. Beckner
was a woman of splendid character
and charming personality, and was
greatly beloved for her many kind
and charitable deeds. Her husband
Alfred Beckner, was employed for
many years IN managerial capacity
9n the Miles Companyts group Of
plantations at Burnside, the family
having moved TO East Baton Rouge q
few years ago. The funeral took
place Wednesday morning at $50
o'clock, interment being made in
Magnolia cemetery after services at
St. Joseph's Catholic church MRS.
l3ecRner is survived by her mother,
husband and three young sons, to-
whom the sincere sympathy Of a.
wide circle Of friends is extended.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27

Sheriff Mary Ann Swords of st. Ian
dry announces that he is going to run
for congress in the seventh district.
Bet he won't do much running. He
just thinks he will.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27

Won't somebody poke the Iberville
South in the ribs and tell it to
wake up--that the Hall-Michel cam
paign ended over six months ago ?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27

Col. Roosevelt threatens to IN
dertake 8 campaign tour that will
take him into forty states before the
November election. Gosh, Makes
a fellow perspire to think of such
n thing In this weather.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27

Sam Michael and Weldon seligman
had a row in Monroe poolroom,
fomented by Michael stepping on
seIigman's dog lying under the bill
Hard table. The scrap ended by Sc
ngman striking Michael on the head
with q cue, causing fracture of
the skull that sent the wounded man
to the hospital and his assatlant to
jail. Kicking the other fellows dog
around may be ali right In politics
and poetry, but 1t isn't safe pro
ceeding otherwise.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27

New Orleans is trying to estab-
llsh a permanent Southern States Fair
and Pan-American Exposition. and
she hash tried anything better in
century The success of this en-
terprise will contribute immeasura.
bly, to the growth and prosperity OF
the city, and her people win be blind
to their welfare and opportunity if
they fail to make the fair going
concern.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27

Tuesday, September 5, viii be pri-
mary election day throughout Lou
isiana.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27

In this issue Of The Chief will be
.ound the announcements Of Col. T..
sanbola Jones, OF Baton Rouge. and
feEd Claiborne, Of New Roads. as
candidates for congress from the
sixth district. Owing to the late.
aour at which the cards were RET
ceIyed, comment upon the candidacy
OF these gentlemen is deferred until
our next issue.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
Work Progressing at HymeIia.

The work of closing the Hymelia
crevasse is going forward rapidly. A
large force of men are busy day and
night preparing fer the final closing
of the break in the levee, which has
caused 50 much damage, not only in
st. Charles and ST. John parishes,
but all the way to the gulf
The method of closing the creEasse
is by driving three lines of round pill
ing across the opening, bracing this
pillng together, and then driving
sheet piling in front Of and braced
against the round piling. The lat
ter is driven 50 that the bottom Of
the pile shall be at least IS feet
below the surface of the ground, and
the sheet piling is driven 20 feet into
the earth There is from ten to
twenty feet of water in the main
channel of the crevasse, which is
about 1900 feet wide.
Joseph Monget, Of the State Board
Of Engineers, is supervising the CON
struction Of the dam on behalf Of
The Lafourche leyees board, and w.
NJ. Wren, one of the contractors,
has charge of the work for the firm
who are closing the break.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
To Keep "Dry' Territory ADry.

1NSep LEY iefFlKofy Dfy.
A most important step in the di-
rection of legislation to keep Ii
quor out of dry territory was
taken during the past week, when
the judiciary committee of the United
States senate ordered favorable
report on a bill giving to states
where. prohibition Is in effect the
power to intercept shipments of Ii
quor from wet territory.
The proposed legislation has long
been advocated and fought for by
the prohibitionists, and, on the 9th
or hand, it has been vigorously OPP
posed by the liquor interests. Wide
difference Of opinion prevails as to
the constitutionality Of the measure,
and it is not expected the bill will
pc passed by. the senate this session.
The new act prohibits shipments OF
liquor where any person interested
in them intends to violate a law of
the state into which the shipment
IS sent, and makes liquor in inter
state commerce subject to tie laws.
OF state upon arrival within its
boundaries and before delivery to
eonsignee
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27

Let US print your stationery,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
Notice.

You can have your suits eleaisa
ard pressed while vcu are reeeI1 slss
tonsorial services, at JOHN 0Ilt'1sSfs,'s
Sanitary Barber Shoptfle only eas
N town. Prices as follows: i SUI
cleaned and pressed, GO cents; Coz
pressed only, IS cents; trouserse
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27
Z Borrowed Items.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Hebert
spent Monday in DonaldsonvilIe as
the guests of the family of his broth
er, Janvier, whose wife has been
quite seriously i'll for some time. She
now appears to be a shade better,
and her relatives and friends enter
tain the fond hope that she will pull
through the trying ordeal in safety.
Plaquemine Champion.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Nichols Pugh,
after spending a part of their honey
moon visiting points of interest il
Tennessee, returned to NapoleonVille
July TO- Their host of friends were
delighted to welcome them home. and
.shoWered them with the Warmest
congratulations. This popular young
couple were married in Gulfport,
Miss, during June, and they have been
away since their wedding day. Mr..
Pugh's bride is the accomplished
daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. T. B.Pugh,
of this town, and is one of Napoleon.
yille's most amiable daughters. The
young groom is a rising light in the
legal profession and has a legion
of friends in this parish and Ascen-
sion, who will all be pleased to
learn of the wedding. The Pioneer
extends to the young couple its
aeartiest congratulations and good
wishes. -Assump Pioneer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27

Pelicans vs.. Excelsior tomorrow.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-27

tavrot, New Orleans Walter J.
Burke, Iberia; Leon r. Smith, Caddo
G. H. Clinton, Tensas; DR.. A. F. Bar
row, West Feliciana; John D. Shat
fer, Terrebonne;; Bertrand We'll, Rap
ides.
Representatives Robert Roberts,
Webster; Robert B. Butler, Terre-
bonnie; Jos. E. Genere1ly, Charles
Byrne, Martin Manion and J. R.
LOOMS, Orleans; sigur Martin. St,
James; R. ]. Montague, Vermilion;
d. G. Liable, st. Martin; F. w.
Price, Lincoln; ], e. Clayton, Con-
eordia, Delos Johnson, Washington;
chas. Kilbourne, East Feliciana;
Leon Locke, Calcasieu; Austin Fon-
tenot, St, Landry; A. T. Hunter, Rap
ides,
Ex-Gov. N. C. Blanchard was ap-
pointed by Gov. Hall. but was COM
PEELED to decline because of the de-
mands of his law practice.
Ihe commission organized on Mon
day by electing Mr.. Farrar chair
man, Mfr. Roberts vice chairman,
David Blaekshear secretary, and Rob
art 5. Landry assistant secretary.
SIR. Farrar Was chairman and Mr..
Blaekshear secretary of the Blan-
,hard commission.
Eight committees have been ap-
pointed by Chairman Farrar to con-
ider the various propositions sub
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-14
RICHESON'S FATE
May Be Determined Today When
Alienists VIII Make Report To
Gov. Foss.

BOSTON, May 13.-"There IL moth
ing they can print about me now that
is any worse than what have already
heard and read" calmly argued Clar
ence V. T, Richeson with Sheriff
Quinn I'm his cell at the Charles street
Jail to-day, in urging the sheriff 10
allow him TO read what the papers
were saying OF his case. He won and
Sheriff Quinn viii allow him the pa
pers uncut. unless they contain sen.
sational news.
That the alienists named by Gov.
ernor Foss to examine Richeson in
tend 10 make their Investigation as
complete and exhaustive as possible
was made apparent to-day. They Wis
tied the Jail and for FIVE and one-half
hours probed into the prisoners men.
tai and physical condition.
DIR. l. Vernon Briggs, one OF the
governors special experts, rendered
report TO Governor Foss to-day on
the examination made by him last
week. The reports OF the three state
alienists. Drs. Stedman. futile and
Frost. IL is believed. will be made TO
morrow night or Wednesday. The
most that is expected IL that the alien
lists will find Richeson is not right
mentally at the present time, upon
which information the governor.
council may vote 10 grant a reprieve
or stay the sentence until he recover,
his mental faculties.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-14

bosses are all for me and all against
him. / say he is conducting a cam
paign that Is not worthy the man who
has had the veneration. the respect
and the honor put upon him by the
American people"
The President made his entrance
into Steubenville In a cascade OF red
fire that sputtered around his auto
mobile: marched with him up the city
streets and threw a CORY glare over
him as he spoke. His reception here
was the most demonstrative of a long
day. lie spoke from a balcony on
the Market street side OF the local
theater 10 a crowd that filed the street
in front OF him for several blocks.
Comparatively few of those who
watched could hear but the applause
and cheers came frequently. The
speech was much like those earlier
in the day. the President attacking
Colonel Roosevelt and appealing for
square deal from Ohio.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-14
TAFT LAUNCHES
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more and resembles him less than
any man in the history OF this coun-
try" he remarked during the day.
Mr.. Taft called upon the Roosevelt
hackers TO find one indictment IL he
had done wrong. asked for more facts
and less "lurid headlines and lung
power" and dubbed the campaign the
former president is making against
him, "accusatory and libellous."
''In a joint appeal to the war vet
Grams and TO the negroes. Mr.. Taft
charged that under constitutional sys.
TEN that would permit proposed meas.
ures OF reform" the practical repeal
OF the 18th. 14th and 18th amend.
ments for which the veterans fought
and which protect the negro race
would depend on the result OF one
election. That was what Mr. Roose.
welt proposed TO do. he said. by
destroying the independence OF the
judiciary.
Challenge to Roosevelt.
Let Mr.. Roosevelt point out what
thing ! have done or failed to do un.
der the influence of anybody, and then
| will say that he has made a point,
but while he continues merely in gen
eral denunciation to say that the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-14
ZemO for Dandruff
You viii Be Surprised TO See How
Quickly IL Disappears.

No more dirty coats from dandrun
heads. Zemo stops dandruff. Apply
II any time with tips of fingers. No
smell. no smear. Zemo sinks into the
pores. makes the scalp healthy. makes
the hair fine and glossy.
Zemo is prepared by F.. w. Rose
Medicine Co. ST. Louis. Mo. and is
regularly sold by all druggists at 81
per bottle. But TO enable you to
make test and prove what Il will do
for you, get a 25-cent trial bottle fully
guaranteed. or your money hack.
Chas. r. Goethe & Co. Wheeling. W.
Va; Selby G. Reed. Bridgeport and
Martins Ferry. o.; Dankworth Bros.
Pharmacy, Bellaire. o.: o. O. Gates,
Benwood, w. Va: Werlich Drug Co
Wellsburg. w. Va; Harry L. Meyers.
McMechen, w. Va: VIII Peabody.
Moundsville. w. Va.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-14

and Tin over which the tin plate CON-
pany had no control
Moreover. he said that prices Of tin
plate were much higher IN the years
previous 20 1855 than after. Judge
Dickinson brought out from the Wit
ness In this connection that the Ma
tional Steel Company, a manufacture
OF crude steel. was controlled by
practically the same interests that
controlled the tin plate company. This
company. the American Sheet Steel
Company and the American Steel
Hoop Company were Organized "a Gus.
toners OF the National Steel Company.
MIR. Reid stated. and Judge Moore.
chief organizer OF all four. negotiated
their sale TO the United States Steel
Corporation through J. p. Morgan a
Co. The Steel corporation only want.
ed the tin plate company. he said.
but II was all or none" Mr.. Reid
fatty declined To tell the amount OF
steel corporation stock he received
for his holdings in the American Tin
Plate Company.
Jacob Meurer. an independent tin
plate manufacturer. who was the only
other witness to-day. told OF his inabil
ity to buy black plate from constitu
ent companies OF the American Tin
Plate Company after IL was organized
As a result. he was obliged to i'm
port his black plate from abroad. he
said. and the high tariff caused him
serious losses.