The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-12

ton is evidently strong concern
IT marketed carload of garlic last
week. Even the Texas land agents
can't beat this-Lake Charles Amer
ican-Press
The time: 1890 a. m. Sunday,
July 10. The place: Grand The
atre. The object: Forming an Or
sanitation to make Donaldsonvllle
grow and prosper. Every citizen
should be on hand.
Francis L. KnobIoch, the able
and aggressive young editor OF the
Commercial-Journal, has been elect
ed city attorney of Thibodaux. The
place and the man are alike nom
ored by the selection.
A man with no legs was brought
before a Shreveport court on a
charge of bootlegging. Needless to
say he was discharged. incidentally,
however, the court imposed the
condition that the accused shake
the dust of Shreveport from his feet,
so to speak.
Allen ShoIars of Monroe, a close
friend of Coy. Halls has been NOM
mated by the latter as a member OF
the board Of supervisors of the Lou
isiana State University to fill the
vacancy resulting from the death OF
the late lamented G. G. Davenport,
of Mer Rouge.
Commenting on the announcement
of Donaldsonville' civic celebration
as epitomized in one Of The Chiefs
editorial paragraphs, the Mansfield
Journal says: 1.-THE above clipping
shows that the citizens of Donald
sonville do not believe in doing
things by halves. They believe in do
ing things that count. y
Two fights took place last month
between rebellious Mofos and Ameri-
can troops on the Island of Jolo, and
the rebels were signally defeated in
both. engagements Six Americans
were killed in each fight Brigadier
General John Pershing.. eOmlnanding
the department of Mindanao. led his
forces and praised their conduct in
the highest terms.
~ The centennial Of Commodore Per-
rvs victory over the British fleet on
Lake Erie was celebrated at Erie,
Pa. this week. The intrepid hero's
flagship, the Niagara, has been re-
Gently raised from the waters of /
Misery Bay, where it lay submerged
for nearly a century, and museum
OF Perry relics has been established
on the restored vessel.
The Morgan City Outlook repro
duces forceful disquisition on "The
Sin of Intolerance" and enormously
credits 1t to the Dcnaldsonville Chief.
We subscribe heartily to most of the
sentiments expressed, and think the I
sin of intolerance as deadly as any
OF seven others that might be
named, but we didn't write this par
tieular article on the subject.
Herman ]. seiferth, who began
newspaper work on the reportoriaI
staff of the New Orleans Picayune
.hfrty-four years ago and has held
Town the city editors desk for the
past twenty years, recently stood a
irst-class medical examination for
life Insurance. No better evidence
IAN be needed to prove that Mr..
seiferth Is an albright alI-round
nan, as his multitudinous friends
ave long suspected. II
1t looks as If Senators Thornton
nd Ransdell of Louisiana and Walsh
I Colorado will be the only three {
democratic members of the national /
enate to vote against the Under ;
Wilson tariff bill If the clause t
utting sugar on the free list in three
ears is retained. It will require at |
'ast one more dissenting Democrat {
defeat the measure, assuming that {
he Republican and Progressive sena- q
RS all vote in the negative. s
& prolonged and heated contest bel 7
Feen the towns of Oberlin and Kin /
II as to which should be designat- s
as parish seat of the new parish n
Allen, has been finally decided by n
e supreme court in favor of Ober- n
!, and the Kinderites, making
rtue of necessity, have accepted the|
.uation and buried the hatehet. =
'erlin won at the polls, in the dis =
ct court and in the supreme court. :,
d the third time was the charm. :,
Fhe camel's reputation as teeto- y
Ter Is eclipsed by Utah sheep. The \
mpbaeked quadruped from the far -
It has been noted for centuries be- =,
Use OF its ability to do without wa ~ ~
for thirHssSiays, but the state - !.
at is no. Eng made from appar- -
II reIiabSlaa eEsourees that sheep =.
ze on the Nebo national forest re - =,
vafion in Utah four and half -
lths without water except for thdA
nt moisture they get from the
and the juices of forage plants. 70
animal that can go that long Pr
tout a drink deserves to be cho- CT
as the emblem Of the Prohibition in