The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-20
WHO rs YOUR FRIEND?
Who is your friend?

Who sold you goods on credit when
times We're hard and collections slow,
or when you were out of a job and
had no money? Was it Sears Roe
buck & Co., OF was it your home
merchant?
When you want to raise money
to beautify your town, or improve
your schools and churches, Or as
sist the poor, do. you write to Mar
shall Field & Co., or do you go to-
your home merchant?
How much does Montgomery, Ward
G Company give toward furthering
the interests of your town? What
amount do they pay in taxes, CT in
donations to the church, or in sub
scriptions to the fire department?
When you are sick, or in distress,
OF bereaved by the loss of a loved
one, is it seigel, Cooper & Com
pany who extends you a helping hand
and utters the cheeri1k word, or is
it your home merchanS
Stand by those Whqa astand by you.
Patronize home merchants!
According to forecast of the vote
in New Orleans which is being ex-.
plotted by our esteemed Michel CON
temporaries as having been tabu-
lated by "three old-time Democrats
Of forty years experience in poll
tics there will be $4,000 ballots
cast next Tuesday, of which Michel
will receive $4,000, Hall $500 and As
well 24OO. This gives Michel more
than three to Halls one, yet Of
fered bets that the city candidate
won't poll two to one over his
Ouachita competitor find no takers
! in the metropolis. Evidently there is
| a lack Of confidence in the florid
forecast Of the alleged old timers,
and a general belief that il has been
concocted for use as country sucker
bait in the political fish-pond.
Considering the fact that the chief
hackers of Fall and his crowd are
men with Republican records it is,
| not surprising Iha he Donald ldson7
wide is HE he
per IN the south and one Of Two m
the state, is fighting John Michel
Lake Charles Daily Times.
| Considering the fact that The
Chief has not been entitled for
nearly two years to the designation
of a Republican paper and is not
fighting John Michel, it would ap-
pear that the esteemed Lake Charles
Daily Times is inconsiderate in CON
sidering facts. Touch your base,
neighbor, and play fair.
! Gulfport, Miss, recently voted in
favor of the commission form of.
government by a vote of 296 to 131.
After the present officials terms ex-
pire on December 81, 1912, the city
| will be governed by three commits
sioners, each at a salary Of $500.
per year. In 1910 the commission plan
was defeated at Gulfport by a large
majority, but the success of the plan
| in other nearby cities did much to
| change the sentiment in favor OF
the new system of government.
| The nine-story granite and marble
| building of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society at 120 Broadway, New
! York city, was wrecked by fire jan
uary 8, causing a property loss of
| $6,O00,000 and the destruction of five
/ human lives. One of the victims
was Assistant Fire Chief VIM. j.
Walsh, in recognition of whose yalof
and devotion to duty the Equitable
Life Assurance Society has paid Off
the mortgage of $2518.12 on his home
and presented the deed to his widow
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
created a sensation by his recon-
mendation to congress that the gov
ernment acquire ownership of all
telegraph lines and assume their
operation. It is stated that the post
master general is expressing his own
views on this question only, and that
! there was no previous knowledge at
4 the White House of his intention 70
make such a recommendation.
Says the Shreveport Journals:
| Salt Lake City inaugurated the com
mission form of government the first
of the new year. In due time We
hope to be able to announce that all
/ the sleepy old towns in the country
have awakened to the necessity ct
following the good example set by
Shreveport and q few other hustllng