The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-21

rle D0D2I1SS0lTilIe ClIaf
Entered in the post office at. Donald-
sanviile, La, as second-class mail matter'
las. WON LoTTEN and C. .. BENT LEY
Publishers and ProprIetors
SATURDAY, DEC. q, 1919.
Merry Christmas!
The CHIEF wishes all its readers,
old and young great and sslhah,
where'er dispersed, very merry
and DouutifuI Christmas. To athose
whose share OF gifts from the. PACK
of santa Clans may be disappolnt-
ing, we trust the greater and bettef
blessings Of good health and con-
tented spirit may be Fouchsafea.
And now Uncle Sam is after the
butter trusts goat.
Monroe business men are organ
izing a chamber Of commerce.
Lake Charles adopted the commls-
sion form Of government by vote OF
581 to 81.
The United States government mas
won a victory in the preliminary pro
ceedings against the hard coal trust
and Attorney General Wickershaam
expresses confidence that the glSah-
tic combination will be compelled TO
dissolve.
If you forget to pay your poll tax
and are disqualified from voting ia
the elections to be held within the,
next two years, shake not your CORY
locks at us. We've done our best
to remind you not to forget THIS I'M
portant duty.
Last Saturday, Dec. IA, was the
18th anniversary of the death OF
George Washington, and his tomb
at Mount Vernon was decorated with
memorial Wreaths by delegations
from the Masonic lodges at Alexan-
dria and Fredericksburg, Va.
The taking of evidence in the dyna-
mite conspiracy trial at indianapolis
has been completed and the final
arguments are being heard. 1t is
expected the celebrated case will
be ended next week, and the char
acter of the proof presented by the
prosecution renders the conviction OF
some it not all of the forty defend
ants almost certain.
Dr. ]. A.. Danna,. house surgeon 1T
the New Orleans Charity Hospital, has
sent "a bill 81 $4,000 to Hon. Frank
B. Williams, the millionaire Louis
lana lunberman, for removing the
iatter's vermiforn appendix. Mr..
Williams is all cut up about it and
doesn't want to pay such a big lot
of money for such a little job. We
don't blame him; he. could have had:
q first-eIass funeral for one-tenth
the money
AS Col. Roosevelt might remark,
bully for the women Of Philad elphia-
They organized and carried to a
successful conclusion a plan to
break the back Of the cold storage
egg combine and lower. the price. Of
hen fruit in that city, and the move
ment promises to become country
wide. AS we quaff our Christmas
egg-nogg and MUNICH the cake that
goes with it, let US not forget to be
grateful to the militant sisters Of the
City of Brotherly Love for their gal
liant assault upon a soulless set of
conspirators who sought to further
increase the high cost of holiday liy-
ing.
James Norman's Slayer Convicted.
Norm Galore, the negro who shot
and fatally wounded James Norman,
was convicted of murder in the dis
trict court of West Baton Rouge par
ish last Tuesday, after motion for
a change of venue had been argued
and overruled The negro was de-
Tended by james j. Bailey, of Baton
Rouge, and F. J. Whitehead, of Port
Allen, and the state was represented
by District Attorney j. H. Morrison,
assisted by Il. d. Beale, of Baton
Rouge. The. trial consumed only a
few hours, and the jury's verdict was
returned after a deliberation Of but
four minutes.
A motion for a new trial has been
filed In behalf Of the accused, on
the ground that the verdict is con
trary to the law and the evidence.
The motion win be argued today and
in all probability will be oYerrlled,
in which event it is reported an APP
peal to the supreme court will be
taken. Galore is still confined in
the West Baton Rouge jail at Port