The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-13
NUMBER 6
AsCEaS|UH J Awakening.

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and Forward Movement, that
Should Receive the Support of
this Entire seet.Ion of Louisiana.
The movement now on foot by the
Donaldsonville Chamber of Commerce
to organize South Louisiana Fair
Association is one that is deserving
Of and should receive the support of
! this entire section of Louisiana. II
! is distinctly progressive and for
ward movement from which much
good should flow. Experience OF
others has demonstrated this beyond
the semblance Of doubt. It means
that the stock-raiser, the acricul.
turist. the poultry-raiser, the farmer,
the manufacturer and others Will
have common meeting ground an
nually. 1t means a broader spirit of
helpfulness In all lines OF endeavor,
an educatiye force of value to the
producer, the farmer, the manufac-
turer, as well as to the people gem
ing successful methods pursued by
others, will themselves be inspired
into making more useful citizens as
we'll as better citizens of themselves.
1t is distinctly a cooperative
work, wherein that section OF the
4 state promoting the cause Isl bound to
/ be the resultant beneficiary in many
ways. These fair associations that
are successfully handled are instru-
mental in bringing about many sub
stantial results, and the people as a
whole profit much by the exchanges
and interchange Of ideas and through
their exhibits. The Dallas fair has
grown to the proportion OF an ex-
position. Shreveport, and that Sec
tion adjacent thereto, has accom-
plished a great deal. Any person
who has travelled in Kansas, Missouri,
4 Oklahoma, and many OF the other
states, realizes that the county fair
is locked forward to as ardently by
the educational, the Industrial, and
the agricultural interests OF those
sections as some of our politicians
), here look forward to the next election
And this, because those people have
learned the value and benefits OF
fairs. This, too, because those fairs
have been the cause OF those sections
s being better settled and those lands
OS4le bGttCl pSoptN0 0SSeSA zSeAA-
: tiVated.
: The great concentration of inter-
ests has not made the fair In this
s section as appealing to our people as
a whole as it has In other sections.
: but il, as is claimed by many, the
. tariff bill which Is about to be en-
q acted into law win revolutionize ag-
1 ricuIturaI pursuits hereabout, condi-
g tions will change perceptibly and the
q parish or inter -paroehia1 fair VIII
prove an exceedingly helpful medium
through which substantially benefits
viii be accomplished. Whether this
anticipated condition obtains or not,
{ the benefits to be had by the dis
I pensing of information and the ex-
I hibition of products at an inter-pa-
i rochiai fair such as Is proposed by
q Ascension parish are not to be dis
9 counted, and TberVil1e would do well
to join in the movement and re-en-
force those enterprising citizens who
have sought and are seeking to. es.
tablish it.
6 With such fair successfully
: launched and r1bperIy conducted,
: : where there can be and win be a
: general exchange Of ideas, where the
! man with the biggest ear of corn
= = can tell his neighbor how he cul.
: tivates, where the man with the big
: gest potato can tell what seed he
. uses and how he plants. where the
- man with the biggest pumpkins can
= show his neighbor how TO raise some.
= thing worth while, where Mr. Wick.
- nair could take samples Of his rice
CHI n I'm
: how to make a finer quality and
y show his versatility In handling q
= dairy, where some OF our many Iber
la vile good goads protagonists coult
i preach and teach their doctrines d
- permanent highways and endeayor II
= convince their neighbors and fel
= low citizens OF the general good Il
~ flow therefrom, where school super
10 intendents and teachers could have
- day and discuss Industrial and othe
~ educational matters as might apper
q tain to this particular section, AM
: where a thousand and one other mai
=. ters might be beneficially inquire
- into and discussed, good results wi
40 necessarily follow.
"a Interest in such a fair is hard t
- arouse In some localities, but ono
~ aroused takes on momentum az
- = goes. The first steps are always th
ne hardest. This is so because az
sb proceeds more numerous are 1hos
81 81 who become convinced OF fits gel
81 - eral good. Again, I wish to remarl
~ that the proposed inter-parochial ia
deserves to be aided. assisted al
abetted, and 1t Is my firm bell
that every person who SO aids, a
sists and abets such movement wi
re- be doing his parish and his section
is. good turn and will be helping to ca
on ry on a forward movement that ms
he and ought to prove of signal benei
by to southern Louisiana. Let Tbevvfl
al do its share.
of -
gs, List of Letters
an. Remaining in the postoffice at DE-
Ihu a1dsonVille for week ending Sept. 1
M ;ss. Albertha Adans, Tom Bentley,
ala a1d M. Allen, John Allen, John Barn
Frank Butler, Joe Chestany, Augu:
CaI1ins Tan TIawnrs Yamac Eavn,