The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-19

The Plaquemine Champion merits
it's title in at least one respect, II
no other It is the champion para
graph purloiner and editorial larcen-
list of the Louisiana press.
The entire police force of West
Monroe, La, jumped on the mayor OF
that town recently and beat him up
considerably All two Of the peeiers
should be ashamed of themselves to
double-team against their superior
officer that way.
It is reported there is to be a gem
eral shake-up in the management OF
the state institution for the blind at
Baton Rouge, of which Walter Bynum
has been superintendent for the past
ten or twelve years. Tho board OF
trustees was recently reorganized by
Gov Hall.
c.. @. Smith, chairman OF the Mis-
sissippi penitentiary board Of trust
ees, was convicted at Jackson OF con-
spiracy, to defraud the state in con-
nection with the purchase Of an au-
to1nobiIe. The verdict was a great
surprise to the defendant and his
friends, who had confidently expect
ed an acquittal.
An English jury has sustained the
will of the late Sir John Murray
Scott, bequeathing nearly $5,00O,O00 to
Lady Saekville, daughter of a former
British ambassador to the United
States. Relatives Of the testator
contested the will ON the ground that
the beneficiary had exercised undue
influence over him, but this conten-
ton was disproved.
All the Louisiana fertilizer inspec-
tors met at Baton Rouge July s and
held a conference with Gov. Hall and
Commissioner of Agriculture Bruner,
by whom they were admonished to
see that the laws regarding fertili-
zers were strictly enforced, to the
end that the interests of the farmers
shall be protected and the sale of
fraudulent material in this state pre-
vented.
Another military airman has sacri-
feed his life in the cause of aerial
navigation. Lieut.. Loren Hall of the
army aviation corps was instantly
killed by the collapse and fall of his
machine near Texas City, July s.
The accident is supposed to have
been due to the encountering of a
yU arm f7. ay7,s Of oil ~
500 feet. Every bone in the unfortu-
nate aviator's body was broken.
The Lake Charles American-Press,
one Of the top-notchers of Louisiana s
small-city dai1ies, has been showered
with well-merited compliments anent
the excellence of it's fourth annual
special edition, and The Chief wishes
to add a few drops to the shower.
Editor w. E. krebs and his asso-
ciates put a whole bunch of new
feathers in their Mats by the admira-
BILE editorial, repertorial and typo
graphical get-up Of this forty-page
edition.
A New York press despatch dated
July / says that William P. Brown
and Frank B. Haynes, of New Orle-
ans; Eugene G. Scales, of Texas, and
Col Robert NJ Thompson, of New
York. were reindicted by the federal
grand jury for alleged criminal vio-
lation of the Sherman antitrust law,
IN connection with an alleged conspi-
raey to restrict the sale Of cotton
during the crop year of 1909-10. Nor
ris Il, Rothschild, of New York and
new defendant, was
tlso indicted.
The Shreveport Chamber of Com.
neree has elected a new secretary
md his name is Joseph B. Babb, /.
,edad. Mr., Babb is an old newspa-
'ef man, haying been managing edi-
or of the Birmingham News, for |
aerly private secretary to Gov. ]
ienton McMillin of Tennessee and |
member of the legislature of
hat state. He is at present engag- {
d in pumping ginger into the droop-
1g' Baton Rouge Board of Trade and =,
ill transfer his activities to Shreve- I
ort when this job is completed.
The little town of Independence,
Tangipahoa parish, was visited by G
disastrous fire on the 8th instant V
ortyfiye buildings were consumed, d
Guiding three hotels. the Merchants e
ank, several stores. the Illinois Cen 0
al railroad depot, telephone ex-
ange, ice factory, electric lighting n
ant and number of residences. lei
lie loss appropriated 100000, with h
surance of only about $4,000. A
ndred people were rendered home 81
S, but were sheltered and cared ii
: by their more fortunate neighbors. d,