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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15

There is nothing so very comfort
able about a blanket mortgage
Cooperation is the application OF
common sense to the doing or things.
The cure for our social Ills is more
good common sense, applied rlgnt at
home.
Nobody mistakes the stubbornness
of balky horse for strength OF cnar-
acter.
Everybody works on the farm; even
the harrow Is obliged to scratch Tor
living.
Some folks seem to think that q dis
play of backbone demands SHOW OF
bristles.
It takes big man to leave any
noticeable gap in the ranks when ne
drops out.
The aviator cannot follow his voca-
ton any time at all without being up
in the air.
You cannot bring fortune your way
by kicking nor win the smiles OF the
fair, either.
The sheriff may not be popular
man, but there are times when he IS
irresistible.
The unhappy individual who was
rooted to the spot soon had his feel
ings narrowed.
The man who sticks to the work,
despite the dark days, Is the man VINO
comes out ahead.
Too many young people depend up
on their parents earnings taking them
through the world.
Beware of the man whose oog
crawls under the house when its mas
ter enters the gate.
A western sheep pasture Is like the
knowledge of the alEround man, IN
that it covers wide range.
The rooster may fatIer himself that
he makes all the noise, but it Is the
hen that produces the goods.
Some men throw away barren
farm in disgust because they never
tried to study out some crop, grass OF
fruit that would suit the soil.
Some men have had SO many law
suits that they feel well versed IN
Jurisprudence, however lacking they
may be In ordinary prudence.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15
Moon blindness.

A naval correspondent has Wllsssa
from Port of Spain, Trinidad, ssasias
that in his travels he had come acfos ~
many cases of moon blindness, causss
bv men sleeping with the moon sala
ing upon them, such cases occuillne
principally in the tropics and the "
iterranean. ,..,aod
Strange to say, adds the lTlnius .
correspondent, men so affected cau - -
in daylight, but cannot 90 30 ~ "
dusk sets in. Mr.. Elgie further qu ~
from a communication made by 9 ~
Zealand correspondent to weekly g &.
entific journal. This correspoaue y
was, many years ago, an appfeneig III Il
the Liverpool ship Langdale, ah 20,
India trader. Il
Once when the ship was oetHseu S.. -
Helena and the line some OIL TUG - !.
slept on deck fully exposed - ~ -
glare of the brilliant moon. Wneh w =.
awoke, three of them were quite nos i
blind. They had to be led aooas = :
night, and ropes put into tnen 49,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15

{: Siam is one of the few countries
which boasts of corps Of women 20
lice. The members of this Amazon
guard are all old and ugly. They wear
"a uniform, though they are not armed.
Their chief duty La to act as gatekeep-
er Of the Inner or Woman's palace at
Bangkok. They follow any stranger
who enters the place and remain with
him until he takes his departure. They
see that there Is no mischief done, and
that no one makes love to the royal
wives and court women. Men who
have business inside the palace-doc-
tors, architects, carpenters, electric
light filters, etc, enter the palace
freely, but are always accompanied by
some OF the Amazon guard. The palace
has some difficulty in recruiting these
guards, as the work is hard and the
pay poor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15
WORKING OF COUNTRY CLUBS
Numberless co-opsratIve Associations
Operating as Corporate Bodies
Doing Much Good.

The Importance of clubs for seed
growing and other country effort does
not always appeal to those few indi-
viduals that are able to do their best
without any speeding up to carry on
life work in great research without
the spur Of competition. It Is just
such people, however, who can lend
q great deal of aid in providing COM
munity effort if only their modesty
will allow them to realize how very
difficult it is to the average person to
keep up the fight without some meas
ure Of their progression. The good
boys and girls so often lost from the
farms, where they are needed, find In
the city every step in their advance
noted by those over them, and receive
q somewhat better position or In
creased wages, whereas out Of town
the progress is gradual and not dis
tinctly marked.
A large number Of people succeed
In town because they need only a few
qualities to fit particular job, their
line Of work is mapped out for them
SO closely that they can hardly ever
fail except they are lazy, and this
trait is much less apt to develop I'M
der continued oversight than where a
man is his own boss from day to
dark.
do not believe that 1t Is the win
ming of cup or even the appreciation
of his efforts by his fellows that gives
the great incentive to either boy or
girl to solve country problems, but
the feeling that he Or she is part of
a body whose collective force is found
to count for much in their community
and that every year will bring some
improvement in conditions and sur
roundings which will make country
life fuller and better worth living
than town life under present condi-
tons can be, except for the very few
who can greatly excel the average.
No amount Of preaching will keep am
bilious boys and girls In a stagnant
community town or country. The way
to hold them is to create live or
ganization of which they will become
part, to realize their needs as young
| growing people who are going to
make history either in town or coun
| try, and not at all willing to accept
an outworn condition that satisfied a
| prior generation.
The fact that combinations oil
money and brains have often beer
used for purposes of oppression, does
not alter the fact that they are eff
fective and that cooperation mus,
come to the country, as to the town
II it is to have its share in progress
Cooperative work does not necessari
~ mean running a store any more
than corporate work means squeezing
the life blood out Of producer ant
consumer, though these words HAYS
come to have somewhat that meaning
| such organizations usually being
formed for offense and defense; OF
the other hand, there are numberles
cooperative associations operating al
corporate bodies which are of tn.
/ greatest help and are far more easil.
DEVELOPED in country than in town.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15
Novel and Useful Clock.

Among curious clock novelties is the
shadow boudoir clock. With it there
is no need Of getting up to strike a
light or turn on the bulb All that is
necessary is to touch a button and the
time is flashed on the wall, after the
same fashion that signs are flashed on
the sidewalk. When the owner of the
clock goes to bed he turns night dial
to the ceiling and when he presses a
bulb the electric light reflects from
the dial through the lens and appears,
giving the correct time in shadow on
the ceiling.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15
The DonaIdsonvi||e ChIeI
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
nON ADSONVILLE. LOUISIANA
FORGOTTEN ART OF WALKING.

= FORGOT TEN AM VT
Americans, fonder Of going ana
moving about than any other people III
she world, DO less walking. If we can
not have an automobile to carry u.s.
q street car will serve. but under no
circumstances must We walk more
than a block or two. Such thlng as
walking never enters our heads. un-
Jess it be insisted upon by our phy'
sician. The only time we walk Volun-
tarily Is around the billiard table or
on the golf links. And yet walking Is
not only the best exercise in the Worlo,
ag any physician will tell you. but II Is
one Of the most delightful. A ramole
along country lanes and through
woodland shadows Is one Of the favor
ito pastimes Of our English cousins,
and 1t might be made one Of our great
est pleasures. One can never see the
beauties OF nature from car window
and the automobile merely unrolls the
landscape in one indefinite blur. Even
the more leisurely horse permits much
to escape us. The cali of the spring
to the open air is here. The warm
sunshine, the dry roads not yet grown
dusty. the chatter of the birds, all call
us to the great outdoors. Health, ex-
hilaration and the sweet WEAKNESS
that begets sound sleep await us there.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15

Chicago man left his wife because
she refused to allow Spanish onions
in the house. As Kipling would say,
"a woman's a woman after all. but
Spanish onion is a thing Of beauty
and Joy forever.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15
Dividends From smugglfng' !,

italian custom house officlais IA l.
lust discovered a large conIrs ,g,,ss
company" with headquarters u Ml II.
and Lucerne, which regularly pay ", = :,
idends secretly and whose field " -. =
erations extends across q large IN
Of the swiss-1talian frontier, from ,. -,
shores of Lake Maggiore up 70 Lu V IL
over 1000 persons are involved = : -
operations, and there have been 80 Fl
arrests recently. though nuMDs sren
those implicated have escaped l iato
italy by crossing the front H. 40
switzerland. where of course tass sa 81.
not be arrested. The contrabana I'm III
consisted chiefly OF saccharine' nag .rp
and Swiss watches, which were III, rIia
gled across the frontier IN trushs a.
the connivance of several rahVa'
ployes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15

The man who preferred an auto to
N wife may or may not have made q
wise choice. Both are sometimes DIFF
fcult to control. the cost Of mainte.
nance Is high In either case, though.
of course. the auto can be shut of at
will.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15

The theory that the garden Of Eden
may be somewhere in the neighbor,
hood Of the south pole may now start
expeditions to discover that elusive
spot. 1t will be remembered that in
connection with this unknown place
Adam was the original man who
failed to "come back"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15

The dogs on the various polar ex-
petitions are highly praised for their
work, zeal and fidelity. And as a re-
ward for this devotion their masters
killed and ate them. No wonder the
animal creation has such a poor opin-
ion az humanity.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15

Spots on the sun, according to an
astronomical authority, are preparing
stormy weather for us. 1t is hard:
but, Of course, as the earth Is nothing
but satellite, 1t follows that when
the sun Is spotted we must suffer
with some kind of sympathetic break.
ing out
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15

A country post Office in Pennsyl-
vania Is vainly seeking a postmaster
who will accept the salary OF SO
year. Where Is the boosted patriotism
OF the nation that its offices thus 90
begging2
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15

A weather prophet tells us that the
coming summer will set heat record.
Looks as If nature Is playing into the
hands OF the icemen.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15

~ sporting cartoonists have any
sense of gratitude they will erect q
monument to the benefactor who In
vented the jest about the Office boy
and his dying grandmother.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15
Motorists unch Box.

A toy trunk makes an inexpensive
and practical lunch box for motorists.
It will hold enough for several meals,
and the tray can be used for napkins
and small silver.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-15

There is In friendship soneenalss ~
all relations, and something IN.
them all. 1t is the golden 1nIsa4 Hi
ties the hearts Of all the Wofsu'
Evelyn.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-08
ORDER OF DUPLICATION.

State of West Virginia,
At Rules held in the Office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court, Of Mingo
County, on Monday, the 9Th day Of
August, 1912.
Elizabeth Bryant,
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-08
BILL AIMED At CONTRIBUTORS
Measure Would Limit Sums Given
for Campaign Purposes.

Further limitations, curbing the
contributions to political campaigns,
were incorporated in bill agreed
on by the Senate committee on priv
ileges and elections, and reported to
the Senate for passage. Predictions
were made that it would be enacted
into a~law at once.
BY the new bill, all corporations
would be prohibited from contribut-
ing money or anything Of value to
the nomination or election OF presi-
dentiaF electors, representatives IN
Congress or state legislators WHO
elect Senators. Contributions Of in
dividuals, to such nominations or
elections are TO be limited to $4,000.
but this provision would not apply
to the candidates themselves.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-08
RICHEST INDIAN GIRL.
She Wants to Vote and Marry a
White Man.

'HC 10 tOtt ana Marty II
White Man.
Juanita Ta-ta-Ma, Queen Of the
Uchees.' is declared to be the rich
est Indian girl in Oklahoma. The
queen is II years old a suffragist,
md believes that Zine feathers
make fine birds She is raising
peacocks for the market. Her pea
cock ranch, situated six miles south
west of Sapulpa. is little gold
mine Several male birds are val
ned at 5000 each.
.Iuanita lives with her father. but
hopes some dav to marry a white
nan and learn to drive an automo-
bile. dress like her paleface sisters
and take an active part in woman's
battle for equal rights. She was
crowned queen" Of the Uchee In
dams at recent corn dance near
SaDulpa. Her string OF beads, con-
sisting OF 125 elk teeth, Is valued
at 100000. Her income from oil
leases is several thousand dollars a
month.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-08

Senators laughed when in the de-
bate on the Bailey resolution some
one read from a book of Woodrow
Wilson's charaeterizing Congress as
mass meeting of more or less idle
persons" They seemed to recognize
the peculiar fitness Of this descrip-
ton to the present Senate. New
York World
II R. says that he welcomes the
vote of the colored man where his
vote is factor, but that he purposes
to bar the colored man of the South
where his vote is nothing but an as
set of the political machinists. Here
in West Virginia the colored vote is
something of a factor, but it is al
ready capitalized by the Republican
Machine. Does the Colonel want
the colored vote in West Virginia?
If he does he will not get it, not
withstanding his dinner with Booker
Washington Clarksburg Exponent
Both Bryan and La Folleete have
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-08
A LONG WALK.
Man and Wife Walk From Reading,
Pa, to their Fathers Home
Near This City.


Near This City.
The parties mentioned below are
well-known here, whose people are
excellent citizens and respected for
their sturdy and worthy habits. The
gentleman who did lne walking
was in our office Monday and i'm
pressed us as young man who is
starting out in the world to make a
record for himself He is very pleas
ant in address and has a marked
degree Of culture and training in
those arts whnh make for progress
i've development in everything that
goes to create more advanced
business education:
A. NJ. Toler, formerly of William
son, son Of J. NJ Toler,, Pond
Creek, KY, just across the river
from this city, Commercial Col
1ege instructor, and penman in
Commercial College at Reading, Pa,
for four years without vacation.
Mr. Toler resigned his position at
Reading and accepted position as
Principal Of Dunsmore College at
Staunton, Va His school closed at
Reading on the Bird of July, and
will open at Staunton the Bird of
September.
Himself and wife decided to walk
nome during vacation.
They walked out from Reading
on the afternoon Of July 4th, ac-
Commanded Nv Contoh Gal1ia MN
walked through the famous Leba-
non Valley of Pennsylvania, via Har-
risburg, spent half a day looking
over capitol building. IRON there
they went to Gettysburg, and spent
two days on the old battlefield.
ward Harper's Ferry via Hagers-
town and Antietam battlefield,
where they spent one day. Walked
through Shenandoah Valley to Staun-
ton, via Front Royal, and the ia
NOUS Luray caverns. Crossed the
Bridge, to Roanoke. From there
went due west, by New, East, Guyan
and Tug Rivers. Arrived 20 days
after starting Idle 5 days, walked
23 days. Covered 500 miles as reg
istered by pedometer attached to
belt. Did not suffer much with
heat, as they walked early and late,
resting 4 hours at noon. The trip
was made over all types of roads.
Both arrived in Williamson in
fine, hardy ondition-tanned and
somewhat thin, with good appetites
able to sleep we'll
There was no suffering from sore
feet or muscles on the trip, but
they were taken for tramps and
gypsies many times. Caught in sew
eral storms, and were drenched, but
did not stop. This was great ex-
perience for both of unmeasured
value to health. They trained bare
footed for two weeks before start
ing. The trip cost $4,000 one
pair of shoes each, not badly worn.
Both Wore short clothing and
leggings, and carried topographic
mans
They are planning a walking trip
around border the United States
20 the Worlds Fair at San Francis
60 in 1915
Mr.. Toler and wife have made
| arrangements to write up the
story Of their trip, to be published
in two or more magazines, with
illustrations
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-08
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

State of West Virginia,
AT Rules held in the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court, of Mingo
County, on Monday, the 9Th day of
August, 1912.
c. L. Driscoll,
VS.. In Chancery.
Ludie Driscoll
The object of this suit is to OBJ
tain for the Plaintiff. divorce from
the Defendant, Ludie Driscoll, con-
culo matrimonii
This day came the plaintiff by
his attorney and upon his motion.
and it appearing from an affidavit
filed with the papers in this cause
that Ludie Driseoll is a nonresident
of the State of West Virginia; it is
therefore ordered that she do APP
pear here within one month after
the first publication of this order and
do what is necessary to protect her
interests in this suit. And it is fur
7 her ordered that this order be pub
llished once a week for four success
! i've weeks in the Progressive West
! Virginian, weekly newspaper pub
lishtd In said Mingo county, and be
posted on the front door Of the
Court House Of said county at least
twenty days before decree or judg-
ment is entered herein.
I Teste: GUY WHITE, Clerk.
BY A. w. DAMRON, Deputy
Ouesin berry & West. Soils
Aug. Sat.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-08
Notice of Dissolution Of Partnership

Notice of Dissolution Of Partnership
To Whom it May Concern
Notice is hereby given, that J. n.
Robin has sold his interest in the
business now being conducted in
the City of Williamson, under the
firm name Of Mingo Grocery & Meat
Market, unto William Rossi, and
Enrico Vecellio, the said J. n. Rob
bin Withdrawing from said firm
The said firm Of Mingo Grocery
and Meat Market, now composed Of
William Roscl and Enrico Vecs4, .,
VIII continue hueiness at the same
place, anu assumes the paymerT of
ail debts against said firm, ami to
whom all accounts due said firm are
iavable.
This 25tll dav OF July, 1912.
WILLIAM ROSSI,
!. Fl. ROBIN,
ENRICO VECELLIO.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-08
Yours respectfully,

Quesinberry & West, Attorneys.
Aug. SIT.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-08
Notice to Take Dispositions.
G. T. Driscoll, Plaintiff,
VS.
Indie Drlscoll.

Ludie Driscoll
In the Circuit Court of Mingo
County, State of West Virginia -
To Indie DriscoA. Defendant;
Take notice that the deposition OF
myself ond others will be taken in
the law office of Quesinberry & West
in the County Of Mingo and State o.
West Virginia, on the 3lst day OF
August, 1912, between the hours OF
s a. m. and o. M to be read in
evidence on hearing Of the above
cause, in behalf Of the said myseli
raiptiff, and in which cause you are
defendant.
If from any cause, the taking OIL
the same shall not be commenced
or being commenced shall not be
completed on that day the taking o.
the same will be adjourned from
time to time, until they are com
pieted.
Yours respectfully
c. L. DRISCOLL.
Quesinberry & West, Attorneys.
Aug. Sat,
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-08
LAURA JEAN TELLS
If YOU'RE IN LOVE
Miss LibbeY Says Nice Girls Blush
es When She Sees Her Sweetheart
Novelist Also Relates How Young
Woman May Choose Right.

How do you know when you ar,
in love?
Never mind, Miss Laura Jear
Libbey Will answer for you.
Love is the towering of a youns
girls heart, Miss Libbey said
THAT is why the rose is the emblem
Of true love all over the world
young girl, a bud when she falls in
love, unfolds her sweetness and
beauty to her lover, just as a rosy
opens before the rays Of the June
sun.
III am a firm believer in love al
first, sight. A cold stern man who
thinks his heart is dead to the ten
der emotions, Will some day meet a
hlue-eyed slfpsof girl VINO changes
the whole world for him He has
been hit by Cupids arrow and
thenceforth his life is devoted to
the pursuit of this tender young
creature whom he has seen but
once He pays her the most re-
spectful and devoted attention, and
when at last she consents 10 become
his Wife that moment is happier
than all the rest Of his past exist
ence
Or, possibly, than his future 7"
was suggested by cynical reporter,
but Miss LTbbey shook her red gold
curls 4
Real love is only increased by
marriage, she proclaimed A hap,
ny little home and some sweet chill
dren are the most beautiful things
in the world Have YOU not seen
men and women 70 years old who
are lovers still?"
But now, just how can a young
girl be sure of her own heart and
know when love has Gomez" was
asked
she viii know by her hearts
delicious hqtterings," the lady item
lied. When the young man who
is her fate appears on the thresh-
hold she will feel the increased vi
bration Of that little prisoner in her
bosom, and the beating will seem
SO loud that she will think every
one else must hear it, too That is
why her hand will go up quickly in
that charmingly familiar girlish ges-
ture TO hush the Wild clamor in her
bosom
Then, too, the color viii come
quickly into her cheeks Every nice
young girl bushes when she sees
her lover. @
'lf girl be not sure one of two
men has really won her heart, let
her send the first one and then the
other away from her fora period Of
several weeks. She Will soon be
able TO tell whose absence makes
her heart grow fonder, so that she
can take no pleasure in the company
OF the Young man who remains.
Then a girl may know that
she's IS love II the man in question
seems to her stronger and wiser and
better than anyone else. She herself
will feel SO weak and small and
timid. She will realize that she
needs somebody to protect her
through the troubles and struggles
Of life that no woman ought to bear
alone. The happy woman is she
who lets herself be protected