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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
Millions Asked in Suits Agaainst
Sugar Trust.

Among the Louisiana sugar pro-
ducers who have filed suits in the
United States District Court at New
Orleans against the American Su-
gar Refining Company. claiming
damages agg1egating more than $780,
s010, 900 for alleged violations Of the
antitrust law, are several from this
immediate section, as follows:
Belle Alliance Company, Limited.
who claim 81, ,461 ,500.54 ON 60,958, 1853
pounds of sugar, manufactured from
1903 to 1913.
Old Hickory Planting and Manufac-
turing Company, 372,677.25, ON Ia
802,362 pounds, 19o8-13.
Dugas & Leblanc, s2,242,2 ,201.0s, on
SO, ,044, ,4S5 pounds, 19o3-1s.
James p. Kock, 81, ,727, ,706.3l, on
Ii ,987, ,763 pounds, Is90-I902.
Lemann Company, Limited, s1,5A2.~
1T, 1904-13.
Meyer Lemann ct ais, s2,643,604.
1s91-1903.
G. B. Reuss, $311, 1865, I905-11.
Belle Helene Planting Company,
Limited, s7s6,O52, 18s9-1910.
The allegations in all the suits are
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practically the same as were made
IN the first action brought against
the defendant company by Wogaa
Brothers, of New Orleans. Each
petitioner charges that the trust de-
pressed the market price of sugar ID
New Orleans FROM u to Il cent be-
low the New York and London pari.
ty, refused to buy or sell sugar To
concerns that were not serving its
interest, whipped brokers into line by
aunserupulous" use of it's dominant
position in the market, and ruthless
ly crushed" every effort of Louisiana
sugar producers to establish inde-
pendent refineries.
Under the provisions OF the anti
trust law, each plaintiff sues for tre-
BILE the amount of actual damages al
.eged to have been sustained.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
Red Gross orphanage in Italy.

About half a mile from the City Of
Palmi4 province of Reggie Calabria,
Italy, On a piece of fertile ground of
fifty acres and at an altitude Of
over a thousand feet above and over
looking the sea, is situated a lasting
memorial to the generosity of the
American people. Here, near a beau
tifu1 group of splendid old olive trees,
has just been finished the Ameri-
can Red Cross Orphanage, a mod
ern home for children orphaned by
the earthquake of December. 1908.
This institution, which is to be an
agricultural school, is supported by
an endowment of S250,000, given for
the purpose to Italy by the people of
the United States through the Amer
lean Red Cross. The Italian govern
ment has agreed to make the insti-
tuition a station for modern agricul-
tural implements, and when the boy
residents have made sufficient pro.
gress in their studies they will aid
in their own support by assisting
| nearby farmers until old enough tc
start out in life for themselves
Since the earthquake the boys who
are now members of the home have
been cared for privately in various
ways.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
GALA NEW YEARS OFFERING.
kIaw and ErIanger's stupendous
Production, "Ben-Hur." will IN
ausurate the New Year at the
Tulane Theatre.

Spectacular magnificence, dramatic
splendor and religious ecstacy are
the most notable coneomitants of
klaW & Erlangers International pro-
/ duction OF "Ben-Hur, which will
be the offering at the Tulane Theatre,
New Orleans, for one week beginning
monday. Dec. 20. Matinees are
scheduled for Wednesday, New
Years day and Saturday. During
the fourteen years which have passed
since the original presentation of this
noble drama its owners have not on
~ kept it up to it's original grandeur,
out nave elaborated ana developed
the possibilities OF the production
each season, until today it stands
unrivaled in beauty of establishment
and unsurpassed in dramatic sIgnifi-
canoe and power. 1t was the last
word" of the stage craft of the nine
teenth century, and into the new age
it brought a bigness and perfection
which will remain the standard for
decades to come.
Dealing with the earth life of Je-
sus, the most important period in
history, ''Ben-Hur' shows the world
at its most wonderful point in mag
lllnse ~ 80 enu "saisa, gs iol lsonle fuleu
@ anena.on ~ 'ue oaesal ausssus was
eAnpei ~ " ene inis iielest Isalln the
ga ',e.l.1a - nau Az W.. Anto ehis eiine oL
aISI'ita otspissy onu polnp eelnne eAs ioWiy
-s,4sal 80 'ne ~, ssos ioi Nnoln lne
as.o4 as, .1au A9nssa' a anu i = slls psi-
spa ts ~ " 'esus tnas, ~, ps1lnea.ins
.ne Aaoile oi Tue Naiiace- ouhs
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
NUMBER At
Boy and Girls Corn, Potato and Cam
ming Club Champions

hfi,S SiNG SEtssistNslElSp
Over rs farm boys ana girls who as
members of agricultural clubs have
led their states in the production OF
corn, potatoes,t cotton and tomatoes
and in the home canning of their
own garden produce, spent from Dec.
II to Dec. Is in Washington. The
/ trip to the national capital, the ex-
i penses of which were borne by In
dlviduals and civic, commercial and
agricultural organizations in The
states, who are proud of the agricul-
tural achievement Of their sons and
daughters, was one of the many re-
wards of these little champions. The
boys and girls visited numerous
points OF interest in and about Wash
ington, were received by many gov
ernment officials and obtained their
coveted diplomas from the secretary
of agriculture. The work done by
these children was under the direc-
ton of the Office of Farmers Coop
erative Demonstration and the Office
of Farm Management.
OF the corn club boys, Walker Lee
Dunson, OF Alexander City, Tallapoo-
sa county, Ala, not only leads the
country, but has broken the record
for corn production. Walker raised
1921 bushels on a single acre, at
cost Of only 1873 cents per buahel.
This exceeds the previous record OF
228.75 bushels, at e. cost of 42 cents
per bushel, held by Jerry Moore, OF
South Carolina The second corn
club boy this year is J. Jones Polk,
of Prentiss, Jeff Davis county, Miss,
with 2149 bushels, raised at a cost
of 21.4 cents per bushel, and the
tEird was J. Ray Cameron, Kinston,
Lenoir county, N c., with 1904 BUSH
els, raised at a cost of 1926 cents
per bushel.
Of the girls, thesleader in canning
and tomato work is Miss Clyde Sui
livan, of OusIey, LoWndes county,
Ca, who put up 2464 cans out Of q
yield of 1854 pounds Of tomatoes.
The second place will probably go to
Miss Lizzie Kelley. Of Union, S. C.-
with yield of 4375 pounds OF toma.
toes, and third place apparently will
go to Miss Lucy T. Bale, Augusta,
N. T., who raised 1880 pounds OF
tomatoes. Agnes Fridell, Of Cedar
Falls, Iowa, with 34o3 pounds, and
Isabel Davis, SGmmerfie1d, Marion
county, Fla, are also among the
girls who have high yields for their
tomato patches.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27

No Sex in agent.

Dr. Marden, inspirational phiIoso-
pher, says in the January Pictorial
review that a new era for women is
dawning. We quote from the first
of a series of articles in which DR..
Marden plans to arouse the young
girl of today to a realization Of the
wonderful opportunities now open to
her:
"The twentieth century has been
one of marvellous surprises in every
line of human endeavor-in discover
les, in invention, in social evolution;
but the greatest surprise to civiliza-
ton has been the discovery of Wo-
man as a new being.
'All through the past, man was re-
garded as the human being that
counted. For ages woman was look
ed upon as a sort of necessary evil.
Until recently, outside of Wifehood
and motherhood, she was never taken
very seriously, but as plaything
and a convenient consoIer of man.
All of woman's training in the past
Was pointed toward man. She was
reared, educated and trained to min
ister to him, to sacrifice her own
comfort to serve him, and to advance
his interests, regardless of her own.
Her life line ever conyerged toward
his.
Now, however, there has been a
wonderful awakening. Woman is TAX
ing to herself a new significance. She
is discovering that she, as well as
man, has another message for hui
manity besides that presented by
wife and mother, and that hence
forth she is to fulfill an entirely new
mission in civilization. Today wo-
man believes her life line should run
parallel with mans. The new wo-
man protests against having her life
absorbed in administering to man, in
being exploited wholly for his benefa
90 For the first time in all the
ages, woman is finding her own in
diyiduality,' says Alfred Sutro, the
English dramatist. For the first
time she is becoming separate factor
in civilized life, with separate ideals
of her own. And in this respect she
is illustrating her tremendous poten-
tial Importance to society
There is no sex in aspiration, in
ambition; no sex in self-expression.
As YETI however, we know very little
about the possibilities of the future
woman, because she has never had a
fair chance to prove herself, to make
good. 1t takes a long time to elimi-
nate all traces of the centuries of
her semi-slayery." !"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
a Law to Guarantee Deposits.

The directors of the Peoples Bank
of Donaldsonville, at meeting last
week. adopted resolution pledging
themselves in favor Of a state bank
guarantee law, such as will guarantee
depositors against any loss. A law
of this kind was introduced by Rep
resentative Charles SchWing of Iber-
vile at the last session of the 1egis-
lature, but was killed in the commit
tee. The sentiment on the question
has changed nightly in two years,
and it seems certainty, that when
the bill is introduced next year it
will find little opposition.
Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Ne
braska have adopted q bank guaran-
tee of deposit law, and it is said to
be working very well. It has in
creased the business of the banks,
and established absolute confidence
among the people. This law is also
of help to the banks, because it re-
moves the danger of a run on a
bank, which is liable to occur
through idle gossip or an ill-founded
rum Assumption Pioneer,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
Forest Notes.

The forest products laboratory at
Madison, Wisconsin, has made 1000
tests on the strength of American
woods.
The gathering and selling OF aecrns
is a new industry in Arkansae, to
supply eastern nursery firms with ma,
terial for forest planting.
Last year the forest service dfstri-
buted 10000 basket willow cuttings:
10000 to forest schools, 10000 to ag-
ricultural experiment stations, and
$1,000 to individuals.
Florida buttonWood, a tree confined
largely to the keys along the south
coast is very highly priced for use
IN cooking on ships galleys. It
burns slowly with an even heat and
makes but little smoke or ash.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
Bin class Of woodmen Initiated.

For the past four weeks Robert
Henderson, district manager for the
w. o. W., has been organizing
class for initiation and succeeded in
signing up Sc applications. The class,
one of the largest ever organized in
this vicinity, was initiated Sunday af-
ternoon. the work being done by the
degree team of Kentwood Lodge.
Gen. "A. B. Booth, Junior past head
consul commander, delivered an in
teresting address on the objects and
benefits of Woodcraft, after which
refreshments were served.
The ceremonies were witnessed by
quite a number of visitors from near
by towns.-KentWood Commercial.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
Hold Your Temper in 1914

II the January Woman's HoWe
ronnanion a number of readers tell
gbaf their New Year resolutions are
s be North Carolina contributor
says:
will govern my temper and my
nngue' is. I think, a resolution which
An Of us ought to make for this New
Year and all the New Years to come.
II Is one all can keep if they try, and
" fhink 1t is the best one for every
body, because I believe i'll temper is
The cause of, more unhappiness, not
only in the home but in the world at
large, than any other fault. Only
think what a heavenly place this
world would be if all of us were
sWeet-tempered.''
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
Distribution of Cotton Statistics.

The arrangements made by Hon.
VIM. J. Harris D director of the cen
sus, for the wider distribution of
statistics collected by his office con-
cerning the quantity of cotton ginned,
the quantity of cotton consumed
monthly, and the stocks of cotton on
hand at the end of each month, has
met with general approval throughout
the cotton-groWing states.
He has received numerous sugges-
tions concerning a still wider distribu
ton of these statistics, and has
made arrangements with the postmas,
ter general to allow the postmasters
in every postoffice in counties where
cotton is grown to post in a conspic-
uous place copies of the reports con-
tanning statistics of cotton. These
copies will be printed on extra
large cards, SO the figures can be
easily read. Mr.. Harris hopes that
in this manner he will be able to
give the farmers, and all Others, ac-
cess to the valuable statistics collect
ed by his bureau.
Heretofore the reports have been
given by the Bureau of the Census
to newspaper Representatives and
to the different telegraph companies
for distribution Following this dis
tribution copies of the reports have
been mailed to the ginners, manu-
facturers and warehouse men, but
there has been no practical method
devised for the distribution of the
information directly to the farmers.
It is Mr.. Harris's purpose to give the
statistics to the farmers so they can
take advantage of the information
collected by the federal government.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
Spiritually Eankru,+.

Rev. DR.. Homer G. stuntz, Metho-
dist Episcopal bishcp Of South Amer
lea, in a recent address declared that
South America, morally, was the rot
tenest,' and commercially, was the
"best field in the world today. !"
and spiritual leadership and thousands
upon thousands are declared to be
turning to atheism and agnosticism in
despair Of religion. Bishop Stuntz
gave it as his opinion that the open
ing Of the Panama canal would STAR
. flow of immigrants to South Amer
lea.
. Get the spirit. Boost. don't. knock.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
What Miaentleman viii Wear.

In the January American Magazine
James Montgomery Flagg, the IA
nous wit and artist, does a piece in
words and pictures entitled "What
Migentleman Will Wear It is a
'take-off" on fashion news for men.
Following is an extract
'Mannish suits are being made this
season out of sleeps wool, and are
in three pieces-coat, waistcoat, and
trousers. This innovation is direct
from Piccadilly-I saw several there
this season. (Dear old Londont).
''The Waistcoat is a sleeveless gar
ment worn underneath the coat, and
the trousers are cunningly arranged
with belt loops and suspender but
tons. This solves the great problem
of the day. They will not slip down
and disclose the underwear. For no
matter how exquisite ones undergar-
ments are, or how beautifully hem
stitched or in1aid with marqueterie
or Cluny lace, it is not considered
good form Or even volatile de rig au
cressons to show them except at
small Or informal affairs"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
Louisiana,s l Cron reduction.

Final estimates of production and
values, based upon prices Dec. 1, OF
the principal crops grown in Louisi-
ana this year, as made by the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture
are given below:
Corn-41 800, 900 bushels; price, II
cents; value, S32,1S6, ,0oo.
oats-990,00o bushels; price, 81
cents; value, 1854 900.
Rice-11, 1900 bushels; price, 81
cents; value, s9,878, 900.
Irish potatoes, 750, 900 bushels;
price, 96 cents; value, 81, $4,000.
Sweet potatoes-5.1o0,0O0 bushels;
price, 10 cents; value, $3.50, 900.
Hay-240, ,00C tons; price, $3.50:
value, 100000.
Tobacco-27o,0o0 pounds; price
25 cents; value, $4,000.
Cotton-4o0, 900 bales; price, IL
cents per pound; value, s22,389 900.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
Freak Marriage Laws in Wisconsin.

y
The Wisconsin eugenic marriage
law, which will go into effect Jan. l.,
has been pronounced useless by Hor-
ace B. Walmsleyysa leading member
of the bar Of that state.
'tAll that is required in Wisconsin
is that two persons, who are not mar
ried al the time, agree to accept
each other as mates,'' Mr.. Walmsley
said. tsNo service is necessary and
the physical examination required by
the late law? cannot be enforced"
The contention of Mr.. Walmsley is
based on q decision of the state su-
preGne court, which says that any
man or woman not married at the
time may make a legal and valid
contract of marrige without any H.
cense. medical examination, priest,
clergyman or magistrate. All that is
required is that two persons agree
to take each other as man and wife
and begin to live together in that
relation
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27

The Chief office telephone number
is 81 Call us up whenever you
have any item of news.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
Protection For Bank Depositors.

~ FfotSCLIOH fOr= Sdnk DGposgtofSs
The epidemic of bank failures will
have, at least, one good effect, if it
arouses the public in Louisiana to the
Importance of insuring bank deposits
til does seem the height of faulty
for depositors to entrust their funds,
frequently their ALL, whether count
ed by tens, hundreds or thousands,
toy a bank, the safety of which is de-
pendent upon the reliability of one
man, when they do not so trust their
own homes when under their indi-
vidual projections or their barns, Or
even a valuable package that goes
through the mails. The man of fore
thought insures all of these, yea, even
his own life, but he confides his mon
eyi to a bank without any positive
guarantee of it's safety.
It is very reassuring to go into
bank, as we have done lately in Mis-
sissippi, and see the sign 'The funds
of this institution are insured with
---. The insurance company
and the bank are not likely to fail
on the same day. Therefore the COM
fort Of such an assurance!
Tt is high time that Louisiana take
up this matter at once. If We are
such fools that we can learn only by
experience, then let us not be such
fools that even experience can not
teach.-St. Francisville True-Demo-
crat
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
sparrows Spread Disease.

]. A. Leach, writing in the current
issue OF Farm and Fireside, tells as
follows how sparrows spread disease:
Recent observations made by
few of our Texas pouItrymen would
point to the fact that the EngIish
sparrow is to blame for many Of our
poultry diseases. They are mite ami
lice incubators. During the time they
are feeding their young they win
visit every poultry-yard for a mile
or more, thus scattering any kind OF
disease that may be in the neighbor-
hood and dropping lice and mites in
poultry-yards.
kill every one that comes about
the premises, and bury it.
"A pair Of sparroWs when feeding
young will destroy more garden-trnek
than one hundred cutWorms."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
What is Conservation?

No sane mind can question the
wisdom of conservation. Communi-
ties and regions may continue for
years in the enjoyment of a certain
resource without attempting to con-
serve it.. But under civilized condi-
tons the seeds of want are sown
when man attempts to use a natural
resource without providing for it's
conservation.
Doubters will ask why the indi-
vidual citizen Of Louisiana should be
interested, for instance, in conserv-
ing the oyster resources of Louisiana.
Will it affect the individual worker
and taxpayer? Undoubtedly and in
many ways. 1t is not necessary that
every one be a devotee of oysters
to appreciate the benefit OF conserv-
ing them. II oysters are scarce
those who like them will have to
pay higher prices for them, and will
have less money, perhaps, to spend
in the line Of business of someone
who has no use for oysters.
As surely as the sun rises and sets,
the abundance or scarcity of natural
resources have their influence on
Individual prosperity. Real prosper
ity in settled country without con-
servation is impossible.
The public seldom realizes the
rapidity with which resources may
be destroyed, or, on the other hand,
the rapidity with which prosperous
natural conditions may be restored by
the introduction of conservation
methods. Nature takes care of her
self if permitted sufficient periods
of recuperation after more or less
continued demand on her resources.
While the results of conservation
in any particular instance are not al
ways obvious, the results of reckless
use of natural resources are never
less than deplorable. Just as some
men by the practice of economy man
age with a small income to meet all
the essential demands on their lives,
others with even larger resources are
often in serious want So conserva-
ton means utilization of every oppor-
tunity to increase the fish and game
and timber and other resources, the
maintenance Of a margin Of supply
that in the long run will mean abun-
dance-a few more spawning places
for fish, few more nesting sites for
birds, a few more untouched patches
of understanding in reserve, in.
other words, on which it will be un-
necessary to call until it has per-
formed undisturbed its work of repro
duction.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27

Who gives you credit when you
need it? The home merchant. Don't
you think you ought to reciprocate
by patronizing him when you have
the cash?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27
Pay your poll tax.

Happy New Year to all.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27

E Again we remind you: PAY YOUR
POLL TAX!
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-27

The dollar spent In Donaldsonyil1e
remains here and may ultimately
come back to you. Send it away and
it is gone for good.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-12-30
FernWOOd Mill
Being Repaired

The Blackwell Lumber company Is
preparing to resume operations at
Fernwood. K. K Salschtlder and a
uarty of a halt dozen mill wright :
and carpenters arrived in this city
Sunday night aud left Monday morn
ing for Feruwood to begin making
repairs on the sawmill.
1t is reported from Occur d'Alene
that repairs on the big plant in that
city are being pushed ana that the
sawmIll will start work by the fif-
teenth of February.
The cumpauy did very little logR-
ing last summer and have only two
small camps at work now so that It ii
likely that logging will he resumed
on a large scale aud will be continu-
ed all winter II the weather permits.
Mr. Blackwell has just returned
from an extended trip In the east and
the renewal 4 1sction WAS Snmmenc GEO
with his return.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-12-30

That Is many Instances. the names
of whole families are la the same
handwriting showing that The nam aa
we're written by one sperson.
On the other hand the dry "clalm
that great care was exercised In gett
lug out the petitions to guard against
any possibility of it being thrown out
on technical grounds.
The work was under the direct
charge Of o L Heitman, one of the
best lawyers in the county aud 1t ia
said that he has taken extraordiuary
care to be absolutely sure that no
irregularities or defects appear 10 IL.
The petitions contain nearly four
thousand names. about sixty per cent
Of the voters of the county. Only
forty per cent Is required and they
are confident that it will be impossib
le to throw out enough signatures for
Irregularities or for any other reason
to bring the number below the reouir
ed forty per cent.
Ahey insist that the county com
mlaslones can not possibly get around
ordering an election, as provided for
by law.