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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
Labor Troubles in caIcasieu.

The big mill and plant Of the
American Lumber Company at Mer
ryville, Calcasieu parish, closed down
last week owing to friction with the
Brotherhood of Timber Workers,
caused by the refusal of the proprie-
tors to reinstate any of the men CON
Rected with the Grabow riot. The
owners say they will resume only on
~ non-union basis and refuse to have
auy dealings with labor organizations
in the employment and retention or
discharge Of hands. More than 1900
nen are involved in the walk-out,
and conditions were so threatening
that the governor vas appealed to
by wire to send the Lake Charles
militia company to the scene. An in
vestigation by Adjutant General Nc
Neese led to the speedy recall of the
troops, however, but trouble is
deemed almost certain to occur when
an attempt is made to start the mill
with non-union labor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
Memorial Exercises at Elise school.

Memorial Exercises at Elise school
On Tuesday. Nov. 10. the pupils .,
tine elle Elise Memorial School in the frs
ward eommemorated memorial day
About fifty parents and friends were
Ii attendance. The following i'm
press1ve program was rendered.
opening prayer, Miss Alma j. Klos
song, Nearer My God to Thee. !"
Composition, Memorial Day J,
Miss Adeline Collet.
Address, Lehman Schuster.
Song, Close Your Eyes and slum-
Der, school.
Recitation, "A Vacant Place" Miss
5Ceeile Dicharry.s
Recitation, Darling Little Elise, !"
Miss Nathalie Dominique,
ADDRESS, Alfred r. Dugas.
Presentation Of flowers to Mr.. and
Mrs. Reuss. Miss Carrie schuster,
Chorus, Some Other Day, school.
The Elise Memorial School was
erected and presented to the parish
by 6 3. Reuss. leading Ascension
sugar planter, as a memorial to his
little daughter, Elise, who died some
years ago. The building is OF brick
construction, and is one of the finest
and most modern rural schaols to
be found in Louisiana. spacious
campus "a. lp'l surrounding the structure
Vas also donated by Mr.. Reuss.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
WHY ISN'T THE PAVEMENT RE-
d A IyS7 r.

AS long ago as August 3 The Chief
called attention to the bad condition
of the pavement in Railroad avenue
| in front Of the Gondran Theatre
building, and elsewhere in spots
along the avenue and Mississippi
street, and asked why some action
had not been taken by the council
to have the pavement repaired. At
a meeting of the council short
while later a resolution was adopted
directing the secretary to notify the
Southern Bitulithic Company, who
put down the pavement and were I'M
der a guarantee to maintain it in
good condition for five years, that
unless steps were taken to repair
the pavement within thirty days, the
council would resort to legal meas
ures to compel the company. to live
up to the terms of its contract.
Whether this letter has ever been
written we do not know We do
know however, that the pavement is
IN the same condition today it has
been in for the past eleven months,
Or, rather, it is in considerably worse
shape, since the holes are constantly
growing larger and deeDer.
There is no excuse for a continual
ton of this state Of affairs. Under
the terms of its contract with the
municipality, the Southern Bitulithic
Company is legally bound to make
the repairs to the pavement, and
the council should see to it that
the company is compelled to con-
form with the provisions Of its guar
antee. True, ethe five-year limit has
expired, but the defects in the pave
ment were called to the attention of
the bitulithic company prior to the
expiration of the period, and a letter
received from the concern Feb. 20 |
tast promised that the needed re-
pairs would be made "a little later |
On in the spring"
Somebody is at fault in this matter, |
and it cannot be gainsaid that there |
is good ground for the criticism of |
the officials who have permitted this |
condition to exist. They should take
some decisive action in the premises
without further delay The matter
has already been entirely too long
neglected
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
An Armistice In Turkey.

The Turks and Balkan allies have
agreed to negotiate for an armistice
In order that terms of peace may BE-
discussed, and it is more than likely
the pending war will soon be ended.
The reported capture OF Adrianople
was premature, and the allies are
still besieging that stronghold The
Servians have taken Monastir, to-
gether with many thousands of pris-
gners and large quantities Of arms
and supplies, thus completing the
conquest Of the territory formerly be
longing to their country and knows
among them as Old Servia. The
Porte has rejected the preliminary
terms proposed by the allies, which
contemplate the surrenaar Of Adria-
nople, Seutari, Dina and the Tcha-
ITALIA lines. but it Is believed these
demands will be modified and that
aostf1ities will soon cease. A strong
incentive to the peace increment is
found In the fact that cholera pre-
walls in Constanttnople and to some
extent among the Turkish troops del
Tending the Tchatalja lines near the
Turkish capital, and the commanders
81 the Balkan forces will be apt to
make considerable concessions rather
han expose their soldiers to the dam
serous infection,
2
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS RE-
TAIN THEIR PARTY
FR A NHHJGF
s FRANCHISE

Complete returns from the election
of November 5 were in the hands Of
Secretary Of State Alvin E, Hebert
at Baton Rouge on Monday, the be
lated reports from I4afourctle and
Natchitociaes parishes having. arrived
that day. The Official compilation
shows that 1875 Votes were cast
for presidential electors, divided as
follows between the four political
parties.
Democrat, 6e,966; Progressive,
1929; Socialist, 5192; Republican,
1884.
The vote for the Republican ticket
lacks 1872 of being five per cent of
The total vote cast, and this circum-
stance has led to the announcement
y number Of newspapers that the
republican party has lost its fran
chlse in this ssate.
Such statement is maHifest}y err
f0neous and based upon the mistaken
Presumption that. the presidential
election is the one at which the sta
Jus OF our political parties is fixed I'M
DER the law. The fact is that the
general state election which OCCURS
In the month Of April every fourth
year IS the one which determines
WhRttlher any political organization can
CONTINUES TO exercise the functions of
a party in tbs matter Of nominating
candidates for state and local Of
flces by primary elections aid having
tEale1r Hames printed on the official
ballot under the designation Of a.
party name and emblem
me provision Of lazy ~ force prior
= the 1912 session of the general as
sembly was as follows: 's1that the
erm OF political party as used in ]
Sis act is defined to be a political
party that shall have cast at least
seH per centum OF the enire vote
as. Isr governor at the last preced-
ng stats sIsccttfpn."
Inns was amended by the general
assembly at It's last rsgtilaF session !
10 as to substitute five per centum |
or ten per centum, leaving the pro-
1slon otherwise unchanged, and
n q stta4aa.h as the Republican state |
ieket received more than five per
entum OF the eat4re vote cast for
oFernor at the state election in
,pr1ll. 1912, the franchise of the E
ublieaH party will remain INTACT un- 4
/ after The STATE election Of April,
ZIG, at least,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
The knann Farm and School
of Country L ife. -

The Knapp Memorial Committee
is meeting with gratifying success
me practical value of the Knapp
Farm Farm and School Of Country Life
mas : been widely and heartily en-
dorsed, beth b leading school men
and agrieulturists. Everywhere the
ldea Is meeting with substantial
responses and the raising OF funds
IS progressing rapidly. At a meet
Ing Of the West Texas Cooperative
Demonstration Agents at Fort Worth
they raised among til. NJ.
selves s425 IN twenty minutes. The
PERSONS who knew Dr. gSaaman A.
Knapp and were his eesRorkers are
enthusiastic over the farm and school
to be established at Nashville in con-
necsian with Peabody College, which
viii keep his Influence spreading
over the ESssole5 south for the future
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
Decisions by Court 81 Appeals.

The court of appeals for the sse
ond district of the first circuit, cotsl
i posed Of Judges L. C5aillouet.
i Stephen D. Ellis and Julian Mouto1,}
| convened at the local c0urthotsa
Tuesday forenoon, In regular session
Arguments were heard In the foll5HsI
Ing cases, and at a second sitting q
the appellate body on THURSDAY ais
ternoon decisions were handed tloaha
as stated:
Mrs. Aurelfa Landry VS.. Jacob Vs.
| Williams. appeal from IberVitle ps1'
ish; dismissed at appellants cost
Bloch G Levy VS.. T.. M. saInp e1s
e, M. Lambert VS.. Bloch & Leygg, ae
Ipeai from Iberyille parish lldg1eas
for r. NJ. Lambert in both cases lsH
the sum Of s58.73, with legal mt
est from date of judgment.
Julia Davis vs.. Texas and sslea .s's
Railroad Co, appeal from itlelslI!s
parish, on rehearing;; Original ouuss
ment In favor Of plaiatfH ana y
pellee reaffirmed.
Douglas Electric Construction lo'ss
pany VS.. Dunlap Electric CompaMs
appeal from Iberyille parish ps'.,S
tiffs ordered to pay all costs w.
red in suit with exception N cess sssI
petition and service thereof % 49, VI
demand; as thus amended o ss,sss5
Judgment reinstated and reafll' l Y
Rudolph Hebert VS.. Louisa fo g W.
appeal from Iberville PARISH g1
ment OF lower court, In 1aeel III, sss
plaintiff, avoided and reversed 49,
tifPs demand rejected and dlshlssass'
as in case of non-suit.
Lee Pierce VS.. Mrs. Adrian ,ssass8ssI
son, appeal from Lafourehe psFlsss
Judgment affirmed. Nh &
Lee Pierce VS.. Lucille Utpafs WILL
Of Eusebe FoIse, appeal frsaln
fourehe parish; Judgment aI.lIh'ss
Rehearings were refused 10 II
following cases; Laura Wrlg e.. ,s s,ss
Z. Ross ct ais, appeal from - s
1saesagane parish; Wilfred Deleanp1 3 ! ~
ernest DelcambTe, Leon Dres eas '., lss
Harry B. Jewell, Horace Cor wv.
rs. Gabriel Gonzoulin, Edward I'm
Blanc VS.. Felix Ror.1 ero appea Z ] 1a IA
IBERIA parish; !. e. Boas VI n Sc Il
oupuls. appeal from st. MafsA 800
sh.
See show-window display @ aas y
ection line OF boys SHOES,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

Uncle Sam is the real white
hone', He has knocked Jack John
son down and out of the prize Iighl
game and is apt TO knock him INTO
the penitentiary with the next clout,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

The dedication Of the new Ihlno-
dai,x College, which was to have TAX
on Mace on the 21st inst, has Deen
postponed until Thursday OF the COM
ing week, Thanksgiving day, SO as
to permit His Grace Archbishop
Blenk, who is at this time absent
from the state, to be in attendance
at the ceremonies.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
s. - %
NOTICE
TO NY Customers and the Public.

fo ny Customers and the Public:
s;olitforlias with what I believe to
DE my duty to the people, I shall
hereafter wrap il specially prepared
paper every loaf of bread before it
leaves my bakery. My best efforts
are directed always toward giving.
my customers the advantage of every
Improvement and progressive policy,
and }n the future as ii the past, I
siisls snHeavof at ali times to OBJ
serve proper sanitary precautions for
the safeguarding OF the public health,
and for the maintenance of my es-=
tabiIshanent in as clean and up-to-date.
q manner as may be possible.
hoping the public will appreciate
my effarts IN their behalf, and thank
ing them for their past patronage,
! remain, ours respect
WHIT, IissR
fhe Madei Baker.
An ad in this paper viii bring re-
suits.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

The trial Of the men accused Of
murder in connection with the labor
riot at GraboW, Calcasieu parish, RI.
suited III u eis.3 acqt1ittal, There was
conflicting sysdsHes as 10 which side
began the shooting, and the jury.
gave the benefit of the doubt to the
prisoners.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
Panama Canal Tolls Fixed.

By proclamation issued November
Ia President Taft has fixed the
rates that foreign sshttaniing will be
required to pay for passage t1rougt.
the Panama canal, as follows /.
Merchant sssssteIIs carrying passengers
or cargo, $1.2O per nat vessel ton;
2. Vessels in ballast, without passen,
gers or cargo, 40 pei. cent less than
the rate for vessels with passengers
or cargo; 3. Naval vessels other
than transports, celliers, hospital
ships and supply ships, fifty GENTS
per displacement ton; 4. Army and
navy transports, golfers, hospital and
supply ships, S1.2G per net ton. These
are the same rates charged fer use
Of tns Suez canal. The secretary of
war is directed 10 prepare all sneees-.
sary rules fore the n4easay s4nsl OF
vessels and to prescribe such regufa-
tons as may be required to carry
the proclamation into effect. Ameri-
can caastWige shipping has been ex-:
empted from tells ~ oct Of con
gress, and American naval vessels
will Of course have the free use Of
the canal at all times.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

The New Orleans grand jury is
investigating charges of election
frauds in connection with the returns
OF the Vote Oh the constitutional
amendments in that city. and seven
teen indictments had beess found up
TO Thursday morning against the
commissioners ana clerks WHO Off
ciated at several polls. The probing
IS to be continued, and there should
be no let up until every man who
had a hand in the crooked work is
brought to account. tie a. crying
shame and outrage that a fair ex-
preston Of the popular will cannot
be obtained in some part of Louisiana,
even upea such Al inoffeVsive props
osltion as constitutional aAeng.
ment, and it is evident that some
more stringent corrective than a punt
tive term Of parish prison confine-
ment is necessary to cure the states
election stealers Of their
bad habits.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

And now comes Alexandria with a
movement for the commission form
of government. Eyerybody,s DON
it-I,ake Charles American-Press.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

An election will be held in Lake
Charles Dec. IT to vote on adopting
the commission form Of government
for that progressive and growing Guy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

The quarterly apportionment Of
school funds ARs made this geek by
the State Department of Education,
Ascension receiving as her share the
SIM OF s175l.9l q
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

~ tons per acre, and that an aver
age OF 20 to % tons is obtained from
! plant cane, which is now being cut.
lille has about two weeks work be-
fore him, and the Belle Helene fac
tofy VII be pegging away some three
Or four Weess longer. This mill is
q nsllng a Urge quantity Of cane
purchased fsom growers up and down
the Mississippi Valley Railroad, and
IS operating with the usual degree
OF sn1eo,hness and efficiency, Mr.,
Many reports having alrc .ydy planted
90 aeras Ct cine. and says he will
put down some 70 or Is acres more
~ the spring. This season he cul-
tlyated LA acres Of plant cane.
Camille Esneault, Of Faubourg la
Pipe, who has been employed as en-
g1neer Of the dummy" locomotive
on the Salisbury plantation railroad,
returned home Wednesday evening,
the hauling of cane to the Salisbury
Factory from the main line Of the
Texas and Pacific Railroad having
been completed that afternoon. SAILS
burg will be in operation couple
Of weeks longer.
lteIs practically out OF the question
to secure any information as to the
results being obtained at the factories
il this section: It is admitted that |
the cane is. sweet, but on the other
haad the tonnage is depiorably light
and che stalks are woody, hence the
sugar yield is not being Dragged T
about. This years grinding cam
palgn will be one of the shortest and
most unsatisfactory ever experienced
n Louisiana, an under the eircunl-
stances the harassed planters can
hardly be blamed for not caring Ia d.
Vls 15s= the extent ltlt Of their Ill fortune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

Hon. Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge
Of tho first district couIt OF LOUISE
ana. died at his Shreveport homa on
the 14th instant after an illness OF
six days from paralysis Of the prom
chial tubes. Judge Bell was ~ years
Of age, a gallant ex-Confederate sol
der and one of the foremost citizens
of Shreveport and Caddo PARISH !,
where he had resided since the clvll
war.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
Meeting Of New River teachers.


Meeting Of New River Teachers,
The New River branch OF the AS.
cens@n Parish Teachers Association
net q St An1ant Friday, NOV. Is.
The meeting was opened By. supt. j.
=. Rusca, who conducted appropriate
exercises and acted as chairman IN.
" the following officers were elect
ed: = Z. Y. Gremillion, president: 4.
:: atlylsoa, vice president; Miss Ida
dullere secretary,
The following program was rem
dered:
Roll call. answered by quotations
from The Teacher and the School.
Appropriate Morning Exercises for
One-Teacher Schools Miss Eve
Herman.
Appropriate Morning Exercises for
Two-Teacher Schools Miss Mamie
Walker.
Appropriate Morning Exercises for
High Schools, L. V. Gremillionl. :.
The Teacher and the school
Cooper. s.' s5a
Model Number Lesson, first
grade, Miss Anna Leblanc. %
Model Reading Lesson, first
trade, Miss Rosa Gauthreaux.
a short intermIssion ensued. during
which q ysnnptuous repast was served
by the ladies' of st. Amant. The pro-
gram was then completed, as follows:
- eaching Singing in the First and
second Grades" Miss Beatrice Con
zales.
Sociology and Modern. School Prob
ems ems, chapters ! ande2, ]. D. Ay-
THE Value Of System and Disci- \
zine IN School Work, a. =. stiVi. !
,on. n . n S :
Value Of Comma ancia1 subjects in
ilgh Schools, Miss Laurine saun-
lers,
,, snpsrinteadent,s eritiqus, j. 1
a recitation BY Miss Resale Allen
vas greatly enjoyed.
An invitation was extended the
institute to hold the next meeting at
ne Johnson school, which was ac-
epted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

Coy. Hall has dehorned a Bull
Moose. On the recommendation of
prominent Good Government Lea
glegs the governor appointed Benz.
w. Borne recorder Of the Algiers dis
trlct ofcNew Orleans to fill yacan-
cy. Then it came out that Mr.. Borne
had been born again in political
sense-that he had backslided from
the Democratic party and Joined
the Profressiyes--so the governor
promptly requested him to fetsirn his
commission as recorder, and thS
request was complied with.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

The Chief is the best advertising
medium Id this section. i.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

It is not yet settled whether Republl
cans or Democrats will be in the
majority In the next senate. II Sem
ator Rayner of Maryland dies, as
he is likely to do, his place will be
filled by an appointee of the COVER
nor of that state, who is Republl-
can. and that may give the Repubr
ucans one member in excess OF the
Democrats. II Senator Rayner re
covers. the present prospect is that
the senate will be tied and that the
Democratic vice president will have
the casting vote,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

See show-windew display g I, ,as
lection line OF boys shoes
better. J.. A. Dalferes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

Let aus print your startaneaty.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23

An ad IN this paper will bring re
suits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-09-19
CROP OUTLOOK.

Some time in the history of the
United States there may have been as
favorable an outlook for crops as there
is at present, but that is doubtful. One
thing is certain, crops were never so
large, and it has been many years
since the general prospect was so
good.
The cereal production of the coun-
try, we are told by the United States
Department of Agriculture, will be un-
precedentedly large. The depart
ment's reporting board forecasts bump
er crops OF corn, Irish potatoes, spring
wheat, oats, barley, rye and buck
wheat. Hay also promises record
production, the flax crop will be big
ger than ever, and rice is holding it's
own, with a condition on September
better than the ten-year average. To-
bacco probably will not reach the pro-
portions of 1910, but the outlook is for
a considerable increase over 1911. The
condition of apples on September was
67.!9 per cent, as compared with ten
year average of 53.S per cent. The
condition of corn in almost all the big
corn-growing States is better than
the ten year average.
The country's high water mark in
corn production was attained in 1906,
but it is estimated that the present
crop will be 68,0OO,0OO bushels in ex-
cess of the record year, reaching the
staggering totol Of 1896, 100000 bush.
els. The potato crop was short last
year, but it will be bigger this year
by more than hundred million BUSH
els and will beat the record crop OF
1909 by some 100000 bushels. The
estimated total is 39S,0O0, 900 bushels.
Spring wheat will 60 over 100000, 600
bushels, which will overtop the bump
er wheat year Of 1908 by about S,OOO,~
600 bushels. The Department Of Agri-
culture forecasts the oats crop at
1890, 900, 600 bushels, which beats the
record crop Of 1910 by some l04 900, 900
bushels.
So it continues through the list to
such an extent that it is to be doubted
II Secretary Wilson, with all his vo-
cabulary of optimism, can find words
to fit the occasion when he begins
summing up results for his annual
report. 1t is cheerful augury OF
prosperity for the whole country for
big crops are a strong influence for
general activity and progress, and the
best possible antidote for hard times.
Wherefore there is good reason for
satisfaction all around.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-09-19
MY FARM FOR SALE
advertisement

| own farm OF 1914 acres in Sauk
County, Wisconsin. Fine soil and
highly improved. IL room house besides
pantry and woodhouse attached. $4,000
barn, large sheep shed etc. Water
in yard and barn from reservoir system.
Nearly 700 rods of woven wire fencing.
One-half mile to fine flour and grist
mill. One mile to good town with
fine churches school etc. 4 miles to
another good town. Lies in town
ship of fine macadam roads. This is
first class dairy, stock and general
purpose farm with excellent blue grass
pasture. | will sell it for Sl5, 900 if it
can be sold within 80 days. | am will
ing to take back mortgage of $1,000
and give good time and terms. For
further particulars inquire of me. am
the owner.
N. T.. Van Dyke, Kilbourn, Wiscon-
sin.