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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13
Extension of Edenborn Line
Contemplated

An extension Of the Edenborn lines
into Birmingham, via Clinton, La,
and Natchez, is said to be contem-
plated in the organization of the New
Orleans, Clinton and Birmingham
Railway, which was chartered last
week. The new road IS to start at
Edenborn station, on the Louisiana
Railway and Navigation Company's s
liIks, in this parish, and so to Clin-
ton. Surveys have been made, it is
said, to Natchez, and from that point
the extension is to be made to Birm-
ingham. There is some talk of this
being a Frisco project, as the man
ner Of promoting it is much along
Frisco lines. The residents of the
country through which it passes have
been asked to vote a tax of five mills
to aid the project, and it is said that
if the tax is voted the line will be
constructed. This was the method
used by Frisco agents in building
the New Iberia and Northern and
other lines which are now under
lease to the Frisco.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13
icy" Hickey Fights Wildcat.

The following excerpt from the
New Orleans Picayune of April 10
| will be read with interest in this
community:
LAS the result of a fight between
himself and a wildcat, Cyrus Hickey,
athlete and trainer, of 712 Lafayette
Avenue, is badly scratched and bit
ten. Harry Hoyle. Judge Banville and
Cy Hickey assembled in a room IN
the business section of this city.
Hoyle had his pet wild cat, which he
brought from South America some six
months ago. He has a standing bet
of $500 that the cat can whip any
dog in the city. Hickey said he be-
lieVed he could whip it, and an argu-
ment was started. Hickey had them
let the animal out of it's cage into
the room. During the five-minute
fight which followed Hickey was cut
badly across the nose and also
scratched on the face and back.
''The cat was Gagged again by Ban
vile and Hoy1e. and they took
Hickey to the Charity Hospital in a
taxicab, where he was attended to
ny LII. fUtuleT, WHO LIDS Cual 80 VI
the Pasteur ward.
Hickey afterWard said he just
lost the newspaper decision, and he
still believed he could have killed
the wild cat
President Taft's nomination Of
Judge Mehlon Pitney of New Jersey
to be an associate Justice of the su-
Dreme court of the United States,
was confirmed by the senate March
13. There had been some opposi-
ton to the confirmation, but after
due consideration of the case and in
quiry into the record Of the nominee,
the presidents action was approved.
Commission form of government
is the slogan of the Good Govern
ment League in New Orleans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13
aPrinted IN Monroe"

Hereafter every job of printing OK.
/ ecuted by Monroe printeries will hear
the imprint, Printed in Monroe ;,
This will be done, primarily. to helm
the printing business by showing
what the Monroe shops can do. and
secondarily, to further the nrona
ganda which we all shout but do not
practice, .'Patronize Home Indus
tries.'
If the printing Of o Monroe CON
cern which depends upon home ma.
tronage does not bear. this imprint Il
will be known that that concern is
sending it's work abroad.
The printers and publishers Of
Monroe in soliciting business are
daily brought in competition with
foreign concerns and met with the
statement, 81 can get this done
cheaper in Keokuk, : or some other
place where the printeries are spe-
cializing certain lines.
So can the printers and people
generally of Monroe buy things they
need cheaper from foreign specializ.
ing houses than they can from home
concerns, but they do not do it. They
make their money from home people
and spend it with home people.
There are numbers of Monroe con-
Germs that only make convenience
of the home printers, giving them an
order now and then when they are
caught in a pinch and want the
work fright now" sending all their
regular orders abroad at stated in
tervals as the travelling man of the
foreign concern calls. Suppose all
the home people who patronize those
establishments should adopt the
same narroW-minded policy, how long
would they survive
People should practice what they
preach and all Monroe people should |
preach and practice .Patronize Home
Industries
Think it over.-Monroe Independ-
ent.
The NeWs-star fully concurs in the
above. This paper during 1911 paid
for labor alone over $4,000 and prac-
tically every dollar Of this money was
spent in Monroe. It is known to the
printers at least that some of the
most ardent denouncers of those who
patronize the mail order houses
think nothing of buying their print
ing elsewhere when they can save a
few do lars on the bill.
All the printers of Monroe ask for
Or expect is to receive the same con-
sideration as that expected by other
of the q IN Ity M Ienree
News Star.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13
shoesl Shoes! Shoes!

Call and see the elegant and sty-
1ish line of shoes just received at
Cheap Tony's. The stock comprises
such as the Hamilton-Brown Ameri-
can Gentleman and American Lady,
La France. Keith's Konqueror and
Hu-man-ic for fall and spring wear.
Great bargains are offered in all
lines of seasonabie goods.
When quality and price are the
considerations, we believe it is to
your interest to let us figure on
your printing.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13
COMMISSION IDEA SPREADING.
Several louisiana Cities and Towns
Seeking to Adopt New sys.
TEN OF Municipal Government
-shreveport's Experience with
Plan Satisfactory.
Shreveport Times.

.
Plan Satisfactory.
Shreveport Times:
| Shreveport will have had a lead Of
TWO years over any of her sister cities
IN the state who may decide, under
leglslatlve authority, TO adopt the
commission form of government at
the fall election. Movements are now
under way in four or five Louisiana
cities with this object in view and it
IS not improbable that the commits
sion idea will spread all over the
state, as it did in Texas, within the
next two years.
Campaigns for commission charters
are now actively under way in New
Orleans, Baton Rouge. DonaldsonVille
and Natchitoches. The plan is also
being discussed in Monroe In fact,
the sentiment in favor of commission
government for municipalities is be-
coming so strong that the general
assembly will probably be called upon
TO pass a general law giving cities
and towns throughout the state the
right to adopt this plan upon a ma.
Jority vote of the citizens.
Shreveport and Alexandria are the
only cities in the state which enjoy
the right to adopt the commission
form, they having obtained legisla-
tive authority under the Smith bill
passed in 1910. Shreveport promptly
voted to adopt the plan and it went
into effect in this city at the fall
election of that year. Alexandria
also held an election on the ques-
tlon, but the voters rejected the new
plan. With the commission senti-
ment increasing in the state, it is
not unlikely that the voters of Alex
andria may reconsider the matter
next year
There may be a reasonable doubt
as to the necessity of the smaller
cities and towns changing from the
old to the new form of municipal
government, but the arguments in
favor of commission government for
the larger cities cannot easily be
met. IN the small communities the
municipal authorities are in close
touch with and responsive to public
sentiment anG the business OF man
aging the affairs off til cor rat Ipns ssa
is comparatively simple.
Shreveportss experience with the
commission plan has been satisfactory
on the whole Some defects have
developed, as was to have been ex
pected, but these are easily remedied.
There is no chance, as the Times sees
it, Of returm to the old conditions.
OF course, the new system has not
IfiI1nd off farfionalism That was
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13
piano TUNING and Repairing.

If your piano needs tuning or re-
pairing, send for Claiborne Williams,
who will guarantee to do the work
in the best possible manner, at very
reasonable rates. Satisfaction as
sured. A trial order solicited. Res
idence, 507 Opelousas street. Te1e-
phone, No H.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS
my GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC.

N KLINE. corner Crescent Place and
!. Houuas street, dealer in dry goods,
.ot;ons boots and shoes. groceries, pro-
nva,vr a;Sions corn. oats and bran. Phone 1852.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13

Commission form of government
is the slogan of the Good Govern
ment League in New Orleans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13
PHYSICIANS

IN, K. SIMS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
III. Office in Houmas street. between
iherville street and Crescent Place. Tele
nhone 80.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13

ri 0NDRAN, GUI0N & MARCHAND,
tJ ATTORNEYS AT Law AND NoTARIEs PUBLIC.
Office in Nichols avenue, opposite court
house. Prompt attention paid to collec
lions and civil business. Telephone 1873.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13

(tALEB G. WEBER, ATTORNEY AT Law
3 nv AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Office in Rail
road avenue, opposite the Donaldsonville
High School. Telephone 1922.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13

raR. T. III. HANSON, PHYSICIAN. Of
fee: Lessard street, between Nichols
avenue and Opelousas streets. Phone 240.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13
OCULISTS

ID ]. VEGA, ATTORNEY AT Law AND
d. Notary PUBLIC. Office. 313 Nichols
ayeaues. Telephone 81.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13

EDMUND MAURIN, ATTORNEY AT Law,
I Notary PUBLIC AND JUSTICE OF PEACE.
Office, 506 Opelousas street, opposite the
Donaldsonville High School. The office OF
Justice Of the peace will in no way inter-
lere with my practice in district courts or
Justice courts other than the one over
which preside. Telephone 3-2.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-The hos
pital department Of the United States
army is planning q new method of
taking care of wounded settlers. on
the hattlefields.- Instead of sending
out carriers to bring badly injured
men to the field hospitals as has
hitherto been the case. it is now pro-
posed to take the operating hospital
to the wounded.
Surgeon General George H Torney
is at present engaged in studying the
working drawings of a new automo-
bile which combines every facility for
performing the most delicate opera
tons. As soon as the final plans for
this vehicle have been decided upon,
1t is proposed to order one machine
IL ii is satisfactory, General Torney
will ask for an appropriation cover
ing the purchase of at least fifty
moving hospitals.
1t is expected that the first ma
chine will weigh about six tons, have
a speed of eighteen miles an hour,
and cost about $4,000. But this
original cost will he considerably re-
duced, it is believed. for future ma
chimes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26
EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE IS
TO BE HELD ON USUAL DATES
Executive Committee Decides it is Best to Not Wait for
Meeting Of Other Conference Next April Which Would
Be Too Late in School Year

The executive committee of the
Virginia educational conference con-
cluded its fall session yesterday. II
was decided to hold the conference In
Richmond on the usual dates, which
are the last three days OF Thanksgiv-
ing week.
A proposition had been made To the
conference to hold a Joint meeting
with the conference for education in
the South in April. but 1t was the
unanimous opinion of the committee
that the date named was too late in
the school year
The committee in charge of the
conference for education in the South
was asked to change the date of its
meeting to February 4th. in order
that the TWO conferences might as
semple at the same time. This was
found to be impractical bile, and the
committee decided 10 hold the regu-
lar meeting OF the Virginia educa-
uonal conference in Richmond during
Thanksgiving week as heretofore.
The executive committee Of tine STr=
glnia educational conference Is com
posed of the head officers of the con-
ference of division superintendent,
State teachers association, CO. opera
tive Teachers association and the
SCndof' Teachers association. f5F. j.
p. Mcconnell, president Of the stats
Teachers association. was elected
chairman OF the executive committee
for the coming year, and j. H Bin
ford, executive secretary of the Co
operative Educational association. was
elected secretary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26
ALSO WANTS REAL
ESTATE EXCHANGE

Inspired by the example set by Rich
mond, the real estate agents of Pc
tershurg have their heart set on an
exchange modelled after the institu-
ton recently esta blishe6 here Sec
rotary f. NJ, Boykin is in communi-
cation with Petersburg men who are
promoting the movement, who have
requested his aid and advice in estab-
fishing the Petersburg exchange 1t
IS likely that the enterprising Rich
mond secretary will be asked to 20 to
Petersburg to show the real estate
folks there the intracacies of the real
iy fine system of doing things that he
has esta blished in Richmond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26

school opened with full attendance,
and is doing fine work The faculty
comprises Professor A. L.. Lincoln,
Miss Mary o. Amber Miss Clara b
Slower. Miss Florence Everett, Miss
Gertrude Royal and Miss Martha
Fletcher
Miss Mary Shepperson will be
principal of the high school at Red
Oak the next session
Miss Gay Shepperson viii teach the
Highland Park high school.
Miss Mary Il. Watkins will teach
the Einter PARK school this session.
and Miss Mary Elfreth Darlington will
teach in the Appomattox high school.
Judge Hund1ey viii hold special
term OF Circuit court October nth.
for the trial of the directors of the
Charlotte Banking and Insurance
company. and there are several n,ry
cases 10 be heard involving large
amounts
The case OF the Commonwealth vs.
F. c. Thornton was continued until
the November term.
The Presbyterian churches at this
place and brakes Branch have ten
dsreti a call la the Rev. J. =. Thomas.
of Millboro Springs. MIR. Thomas
visited here recently. and made a
faYora bic impression.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26
UNION LEVEL.

UNION LEVEL. VA. Sept "a
Rev n. T. Williams. of Chase City.
was in town Sunday and preached At
the Baptist church.
Miss Lou Jenkins. OF Richmond,
who has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs
A. L. Jenkins, has returned home
DIR, d. H. Morrow and family have
taken quarters in Richmond, where
they have placed their children In the
high school. They will come back
and fourth and keep their home open
Miss Alice Saunders has accepted
music class at Victoria, and Miss
Lucy Saunders IL teaching in high
school at Emporia
", J. Andrews, of Portsmouth, is
visiting friends here
Mrs. f. H. Powell who has been
spending some time with relatives tn
Dinwiddfe. has returned home
Mrs, NJ p Herndon, of Column ia,
$. C., who has been visiting relatives
here, has returned.
Messes Matte, Sue and BESSIE Ed
monson and Miss Alma Jones, are
visiting friends here.
Mrs. Geo. D. Thaxton and daughter,
Miss Edna. of Richmond, are visiting
Mrs. ]. r. Boswell.
Miss Ella Rainy, of Boyatoa, has re-
turned to our town with interesting
line of millinery and will have opening
ga! lie the 18th
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26
ONE PARENT DEAD,
OTHER is IN PRISON

BROADWAY. VA. Sept 25.--Mrs.
'Runion, wife of William Runion, died
Unexpectedly in the Virginia hospital
in Richmond, where she had just gone
10 be treated for rheumatism Run
ION was formerly blacksmith in
Broadway, and was sent TO the peni-
Tertiary fer three Years On the charge
OF burning his home to get the in
surance money. He was sentenced
April, l9l1, His time will he out in
April, 1914.
There are five children. the young
est but five years. I'd, while two OF
the older ones are helpless idiots, the
mother IL dead. and the father behind
prison bars.
since moving from Broadway Mrs
Runion and the children have been
living in Goochland, county.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26
CHARTERS GRANTED

Pan-Anerican Life Insurance com
pany, Louisiana corporation. do.
mesticated, the commissioner OF in
surance. State agent. Richmond, Va.
20 do life insurance business Capital,
8 900, 600
A, W. Duckett g. Co, a New York
corporation. domesticated. William NJ.
Sealey. State agent. Newport News,
Va Ship broker business.
The Martin corporation, Norfolk
county. Va. Real estate business.
$4,000 to s25.ooe. Aivah II. Martin.
president; James G. Martin, Jr., vice.
president: Alvah H, Martin. Jr, secre-
tary and treasurer. all of Norfolk
county, Va.
Amendment 10 charter the Clifton
Forge Public Service corporation,
changing its name To Virginia. Vest
ern Electric company.
Richmond Grocery company, incor-
porated. Richmond. Va. $4,000 to
$4,000, $ II. Heller, president: Benno
Hutzler, vice president: r. II. Heller,
secretary and treasurer. all OF Rich
mond, Va.
southern Construction compWy. in
corporated. Richmond Va $4,000 to
100000. building and real estate
business. Chasie Trafari president.
Otto A Melcopy, A. Marchetti. Louis
Corrieri, secretary, all of Richmond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26
Ashland

Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
ASHLAND, VA, Sept. 25.-Rev. {.
t. Collin, missionary to Gongdo, ka-
rea, sent out by the Epworth league
of the Methodist Episcopal, Church,
South. has arrived in this country.
and Is now in Farmville, Va visiting
his son. Charles Collin. lie is a
brother-in-law of Professor r. B.
Smithey, Of the Randolph Macon col
lege. and is expected to arrive here
the last of this week. The announce
men has been made that he will
Dpreach Sunday morning, 29th In
Duncan Memorial church
Captain and Mrs. John Daily. of
New York, are at the inn for a month.
Mortimer caembs. son Of Mrs r.
+. Hand, who left the Y, NJ. J. on &C
count of the rough treatment meted
out TO him, is al the Henry Clay inn
with his mother.
The explosion OF a gasoline tank in
the office of DIR, Kelly, dentist. here,
this morning was the cause Of general
alarm for a few moments.
DR. Kelly quickly extinguished the
fames, and the damage WAS slight.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26
NEGRO SENT TO
HUST|NGS COURT
WATERMELON SHOOTING CASE
COMES Up BEFORE JUSTICE
CRUTCHFTELD

Andrew Allen, a negro farmer Of
Hanover county who accidentally
shot Arthur Boiling. a negro youth.
on the night Of August sd after the
former had been rohbed OF TWO Wa
termelons was held for the grand
jury 10y Justice Crutchfeld yesterday
morning
Allen was on his way home when
stopped by gang oil negro boys. They
pretended To want to buy some OF his
melons He passed two out. and the
boys ran off with them. Taking a
pistol from his cart, the colored
farmer fred into. the crowd, one of
his bullets striking Boiling in the
jaw bone.
Commonwealth $ Attorney Miuitree
Folkes thought that Allen should be
charged with carrying a concealed
weapon. and engaged in an argument
" tth Attorney Gilbert X Pollock, Of
the defense. The matter was referred
to Justice Crutchheld. He decided
that the negro could not be charged
with such an offensr. ds the pistol
VAS not concealed about his person.
lie quoted law reports to sustain his
decision. He said that he would
never convict a farmer fer carrying
a pistol in his cart Mr. FOXES re-
torts by saying that ali drivers of
ali manner Of carts should, there
fore, have the right to carry weap-
uns--An4- in that event every drlNer
of any cart in Richmond would have
the privilege Of going armed, so long
as he placed the pistol IN his vehicle
Justice t'rutchtteld said, however
that he would not countenance firing
In the street and sent the case on
And so people are asking themselves
what Is the use Of carrying a pistol
II IL may not be fired. And firing "A
gun or revolver in the street has gen
orally been construed as a INSIDE
neanur. The prosecution in this case
VIII have to show that Allen fired at
tottfrg with malicious intent. where
as the evidence so far is that the boy
was shot accidentally. II VIII be
tangle for Hastings court TO unraVe1.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26

GOSHEN. n. Y. Sept 25.-Frou1
his cell in jail here today. Burton
w. Gibson accused of numbering Mrs
Rosa Menschik szaho. sent out to the
public library and got for perusai \
copy of Much Ado About Nothing !"
The selection of this classiofe typical
of the mans nerve, and Of his atti-
tude toward the charge which has
been lodged against him.
The infection of his confidence has
spread TO his counsel and Robert Fl,
Elder. who will defend Gibson on the
murder charge. expressed the opinion
that Gibson will never be indicted He
gave expression to this opinion in a
statement which appeals to the eco
nomical side Of the Orange county
farmers II 1t does overshnot their
sense OF Justice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26

NEW YORK. Sept 25.--Alleging
that he sewed a towel in the incision
after performing an operation on her
Swo years ago, Mrs. Michael Ginther,
of Newark, today fled suit for sl0.-
600 damages against DIR. Charles L..
Lee, Newark's foremost surgeon. Mrs.
Ginther AYERS that last July, nearly
two years after the operation, an OBJ
iect became visible on the surface
of the skin over the incision, and a
few days later she drew out what APP
peared to he a towel marked "a" in
red thread on one corner,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26
NEGRO CONfESSES
ATTACK ON WOMAN
is TAKEN FROM RoCKBRIDGE
BATHS AND PLACED IN JAIL
AT LEXINGTON.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
LEXINGTON. VA, Sept. 25.-Wil-
liam Stuart negro from Rockbridge
Baths, aged nineteen years, committed
on young white woman and was
brought to Lexington today by Justice
II. A. Wilson and committed to Jail to
await the grand jury
The negro confessed his guilt.
There Ia little excitement in the
neighborhood
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26

ftSpeciaI to The kichmond Nirginian.1
CAPE CHARLES, VA, Sept. Is
IAN early morning passenger train on
the New York, Philadelphia end Nor
folk railroad. returning from Princess
Anne To Cristield this morning with
only few passengers. was run into
by a focal freight Train on curve
near Kingston, slightly damaging one
of the engines and two empty freight
cars and blocking the main track
about four hours No passengers OF
efffBfe*es FFt*Fr ia Jared eF kt4ieS~=Nt IL
parently the freight train was running
on the time of thr passenger trHin5
which the conductor and engiueman
had undoubtedly overlooked
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26

veterans at the soldiers Home this
afternoon. Mrs. b. A Bleuner chair
man Of the committee requests that
members Of the chapter meet her
at the home 1T O'Clock The girls
and bows Of the grandchildren OF the
Confederacy, auxiliary to Richmond
chapter. viii serve the veterans.
A. p. V. A. TO Meet.
The board Of managers If the Assoc
citation fer the Preservation fAi IT.
ginia Antiquities Will meet Tuesday
-merning, October LIST, at J. O'Clock in
the rooms OF the Virginia Historical
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26
CHARLOTTE NOTES.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
CHARLOTTE COURTHOUSE, VA,
Sept 25.-H. A. Darlington Chapter.
U. d. c., had pleasant meeting in
the courthouse and conferred crosses
of honor Speeches were made by
local orators. Mrs. Guthrie was elect
ed president for the ensuing year.
Pay Director William w. Gait, who
visited his family here last week, has
returned To Norfolk.
The Charlotte Courthouse high