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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-07-06
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Surveying Parties at Work in New
River District.

A meeting of the board of CON-
mlssioners Of the New River Drain
age District was held at Gonzales
last Monday, when financial arrange
ments We're completed for securing
the necessary funds to make a final
survey of the work to be done in the
district and prepare an estimate Of
its cost. Daney & Wa6dill of New
Orleans, have been engaged as en-
glneers, and two surveying parties
were placed in the field Wednesday
morning. 1t is expected that the
survey will be completed in three or
TOUR months, and if the plans of the
board do not miscarry a dredgeboat
Will De at work in the district be-
fore the end of the present year.
Secretary-Treasur C. C. Weber
has devised a system of bookkeeping
Tor the board similar to that in use
by the police jury, which insures an
absolutely correct accounting of the
funds of the organization. Commits
sioners German Nargassans and AL
ex1s Landry, with President Leon Phi
card, have been appointed to con-
stltute the finance committee.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Scholarships for Club Members.

In cooperation with the Lonisi
ana Bankers Association, the Has.
tings Seed Company, and others in.
terested in club work, arrangements
nave been made to furnish forty
scholarships at the winter short
course of the Louisiana State Uni.
vers1ty to prize winning boys and
girls from the corn, pig and tomato
clubs. This course will be of two
weeks duration and will be held in
January, 1915. Detailed information
may be obtained by applying to the
agricultural extension department. of
the State University.
!, heretofore, the prize winning mem
Der from each of the three clubs was
gwen free trip to Washington. D.
Y. 1t is thought that greater benefit
VIII result by giving courses at the
University to number of members
from each of the clubs who make
the best records. These courses viii
consist of special lectures and in
structlon in subjects in which the
club members are interested.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
A Comet Changes its Course.

astronomers are supposed to be
able to calculate and foretelI the
movements of comets to a dot, but
there is representative of the
comet species at Thibodaux that has
changed its course in a manner that
even the most astute observer of the
political heavens would not have Ven
tured to predict six months or per-
haps six weeks ago. The Lafourche
Comet, edited by John B. Taylor, a
lifelong Democrat. announced in its
issue of July 16 that THE Comet has
reached the conclusion that it is best
for the country at large to adopt the
principles Of the Progressive party
The Morgan City Outlook and Rural
Topics bristIes with Bull Moose para
graphs, and it will not be surprising
to find several more of our esteemed
third district contempora swap
ping donkey ears for moose antlers
pretty soon. 49,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Light Penalty for Bunco Artist.

A despatch from Plaquemine to the
Daily States reports that IN. ]. Far
d rell, white, charged with obbaining
money under false pretenses, pleaded
guilty in the district court and was
sentenced to ten days in the parish
jail. He was arrested three weeks
ago for soliciting subscriptions and
advertisements for the Weekly Iber-
willie South, published here, without
their consent"
Farrell is the gIib-tongued faker
who buncoed merchant in this city
out OF 81 several weeks ago, and sub
sequently fleeced business men in
Whltecastle out of small amounts.
His crooked game was exposed in
The Chief, and the following week he
came to grief Il Plaquemine. Other
communities should be on the look
out for him.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Sudan Grass.

R. R. ,C1aridge, agricultural agent
of the T. & P.-I. G G. N. Railways
issues the following:
.sOur T. & Pr. & G. N. agricultur
al department having received a
grass from Prof. A. B. Conner,
agronomistf of the Texas A. & M.
College, we distributed them through
out Texas and Louisiana last spring.
The results indicate that it will
prove a most valuable hay grass over
a wide range of territory in Texas
and Louisiana.
AT the T. & Pr. & G. N. demon
stration farm between Marshall and
Longview, it has grown shoulder
high in few weeks this seaso i;
while at Longview. a sample more
than feet high was brought into
Demonstration Cunyas, who stated
that it was only about 3 weeks from
planting.
tsuch remarkable growth being
made without a drop of rain for
more, than month, indicates that
the Sudan grass is living up to it's
reputation as a drouth resistant.
In recent article on alfalfa
growing, omitted to say anything
about incubation. AS sweet clover
lmolilotus) grows like weeds in a. I
the rain belt country of Texas and
Louisiana. and as it inoeu1ates the
soil for alfalfa, perhaps it is the
easiest and cheapest way to secure
incubation. OF course, it would be
necessary to grow the sweet clover
a season or two upon the land pro-
posed to be planted to alfalfa. -
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
First Rice of 1914 Crop,

The first rice of the crop of 1914
reached New Orleans Tuesday, when
two sacks We're received from the
LongWood plantation of the Lacour
Company, in Pointe Coupee parish.
The rice was consigned to Putnam
& Norman, commission merchants,
and was pronounced Of good quality.
The Lacour company resorted to
the growing of rice after the advent
Of the boil weeVil, and they attribute
the success they have achieved to
the fact that they never plant more
than two crops in succession on the
same land.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Homestead Association Prosperinu,

Elsewhere in today's Chief will
be found sworn statement of the
condition of the ST. Elmo and AS
cension Building and Loan Associa-
ton for the six months ending June
80, 1914. It is gratifying to note
that the association has made de-
clded growth during this period, hav-
ing earned a profit Of s30292 and de-
clared a semi-annual dividend of 3
per cent. Several houses have been
built and the real estate holdings
increased some $4,000, which is an
excellent showing indeed under
present conditions. The associa-
ton has had application for loans
for building purposes from nearby
towns in Ascension parish. but as
yet has not been in a position to
take care of these. It hopes to be
able to do so shortly, however.
and with the broadening of the scope
OF it's operations will become one of
the most important and valuable
organizations in the parish.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Why Not?

R. S. Vickers, secretary manager
of the Donaldsonville Chamber of
Commerce and Of the South Louisi-
ana Fair Association, was an agree
able caller at our office this Week.
Mr.. Vickers was here in the inter
est OF the fair and with a hope of
arousing Lafourche and interesting us
in the annual fair at Donaldsonville.
Our friends in Ascension were eager
and willing to assist us in our Car
niVal, and there is no reason why
we should not be ready to join
hands with them and help one an
other for the good of all.-Thibodaux
Commercially journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Too Long for Top-o'-coiumns

The DonaldsonVille Chief remarks:
"The Lake Charles American-Press
apparently aspires to be the guy
that knocked the willie off Donald
sonville. Two items in the state
news column Of recent issue of the
A.-P. are recorded as emanating from
Donaldson The abbreviation is toe
previous, neighbour Just as you
please, neighbor. But remember, you
can never get the name of Donald
sonville in the headlines Of any news
paper as long as it contains fourteen
Observation-Disclosures.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Enthusiastic Over Bayou Lafourche
fnterurban.

''That is not a road, but one long
street, with houses every 200 feet"
This was the exclamation Of an
eastern capitalist who has just sur
veyed the country along Bayou La
fourche, with a view to investing in
the proposed interurban line run
ming from this city to the gulf, and
through Terrebonne parish to
Houma, with Thibodaux as the
vivotaI point.
The promoters of the road are
elated over the verdict of the capt.
talist, and it is probable that con-
!struction of the line between Thibo-
daux and Lockport will start soon,
to be followed by the extension to
-Donaldsonville
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
some New Discoveries in Louisiana

SONS New Discoveries in Louisiana
IN the sugar district of Louisiana.
| which we have been Informed was
wrecked and ruined by Woodrow
Wilson's idea of genuine democracy.
they are making some strange and
wonderful discoveries. We read
! that some enterprising person has
discovered that the finest of WORK
horses and mules are being bred sue.
cessfully in Iberville and Ascension
parishes, and that the breeding Of
hlgh-class live stock is likely to soon
become a most important industry in
those parishes. Again, the optimis-s
tic editors Of some of the Iafourche5
and Terrebonne papers make brave
to assert that never in time past
have SO many acres been planted in
truck and melons, adding that the
soil of that section is so rich and
prolific that anything can he grown.
Last, but by no means least, we hear.
from st. Mary-grand old st. Mary,
which the Franklin papers declared
would be practically obliterated from
the map if the Underwood bill be-
came a law. The corn crop of st.
Mary, it has been discovered. is in
many instances so fine that it prom
Uses to yield the planters a much
larger per cent Of profit than they
have derived from cane in ten
twelve years. vet it has cost fac less
to produce 1t.
. Strange, these discoveries, when We
have been told and lead to belieVe
that these parishes were condemned
to the damnation boW-Wows
Fortunately, comparatively few
Louisianians have believed that we
We're SO terribly hurt by the Under
wood bill, and the Daily Times feels
sure the day is not far distant
when even the sugar planters will
see that modern diversified farming
is making them wealthy men where
they formerly were only making
enough to stand off their creditors
by raising sugar.-Lake Charles
Times.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Want Name of Gonzales Restored

A delegation of nearly fifty citi-
zens of Gonzales appeared before the
State Railroad Commission in Ba-
ton Rouge Tuesday to urge that the
name of the L. R. & n depot at
their town be changed from Eden
born to Gonzales. They presented
evidence to show that it is con-
fuslng to the public to have the
name of the postoffice and town
one thing, and that of the depot an
other; that the name Gonzales, by
which the postoffice has always
been known, has local significance,
and that the naming of the rail
road station Edenborn by the L. R.
e N. Company was arbitrary and un-
called for.
The railroad company claims it
would cost several thousand dollars in
REIMBURSEMENT and result in greater
confusion if the name be changed
back. to Gonzales. 1t also says it will
attack the eonstitutionaIity of the
act giving the railroad commission
the right to change the name of a
station should change be made in
this instance.
The commission has the matter I'M
der Amusement.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
| SENSIBLE LIBEL LAW AMEND
MENT.

The question of securing amend
ment Of the libel laws of this state
with reference particularly to those
provisions applicable to newspaper
publications, has been pending in
termittently before the Louisiana
Press Association for number OF
years, and while there seemed tc
be no material difference of opinion
among the members OF the body as
to the general principles involved
in the proposed notifications, it
has just happened that the several
committees charged from time to time
with the preparation of a bill to lay
before the general assembly have fail
ed, with one exception, to submit a
| completed project upon which the as
ISOLATION could pass intelligent judg-
ment.
The single exception occurred at
the Covington convention in 1909,
when the committee on libel law pre-
sented such a prolix and unwieldy
measure that, after some fruitless
discussion, the subject was recon-
mltted and passed over for future
action
AT recent meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the association
President A. J. Frantz, who is editor
OF the Shreveport Journal, was re-
quested to appoint committee to
present proposed changes in the Ii
bel laws to the general assembly for
consideration.
Mr.. Frantz has taken the initia-
tive in a practical way by suggesting
to the Caddo delegation in the gen
eral assembly a simple and judicious
change in the form OF "a statute,
or an amendment to the present laws,
providing that a newspaper should
first be given an opportunity to cor
rect any mlsstatement about an indi- |
and that, unless such oppor- |
1unlty be given, plaintiff in libel |
suit should have right to recover |
only actual damages suffered. In |
other words, before a party claiming
o have been injured should have a
light to collect punitive damages, he
should first give the newspaper com
hitting the libel an opportunity to
orrect its error If this opportunity
not given, then punitive damages
ught not to be colleetible.''
Such an amendment will, we feel
ure, meet with the unanimous in
orsement and approva1 of the Lou
'iana press, and there is no appar-
ut reason why any fair minded cit
zen should object to the proposition.
i .
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01

The National Educational Assocla-
ton in annual session at st. Paul,
Mimi, July 8. adopted amid great
applause a resolution declaring that
ethe association regards efficiency
and merit, rather than sex, as the
principle on which appointments and
selections should be made, and there
fore declares itself in favor of the
political equality of the sexes, and
equal protection for equal services.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Band Concert Next Wednesday.

A musical treat is in store for
the public next Wednesday evening,
When the crack Peerless brass band
VIII give a concert in City Park be-
tween the hours of and 8 O'Clock.
Inc program will include the newest
popular selections, and everybody
should come out to listen to the mu-
sic and spend a couple of hours in
peasant social intercourse. To
raise funds with which to continue
these delightful entertainments, the
ladies of the Civic League viii sell
refreshments on this occasion, and
their tables should be literally pa
tronlzed and the good cause thus
helped along.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
LONG NAMES FOR CITIES.

Without any desire to start some
thing" but merely as an indication
Of the trend of opinion elsewhere and
for the purpose of entering in the
! records an additional contribution to
the literature on the subject, We
reproduce herewith an editorial from
| the Shreveport Times under the
above caption which discusses a
matter that engrossed the attention
Of a considerable number of our citi-
zens a few weeks back:
| There has been some talk recent
| ly Of shortening the name of the
town of Donaldsonville by emitting
the last syllable. The DonaldsonvilIe
Chief took occasion to remind the
Lake Charles American-Pres in this
connection that nothing had been
done about it and that in all prob
ability DonaldsonVilIe would retain
her full name to the end of time.
To this the American-Pres aptly re-
torted that it was DonaldsOnVilles
funeral, but that the people of the
Ascension parish seat would never
see the name of their town in the
headlines of newspaper. All Of
which is true and to the point. There
are fourteen letters in the word and
it is almost impossible to write a
display headline containing so many
letters in one word In this con-
nection a writer in the New York
Times suggests that while there is
SO much said about the necessity of
saving time movement ought to be
started in favor Of short names for
postoffioes. He goes on to say:
" This morning l have written
several letters to Apalachicola, Fla.
Try writing it with a pen and see
how many up and down marks must
be made before you get to the end.
1t ought to be called Apal, thus say
ing 66 % per cent of the letters.
And even worse is Hatchechubbee,
Ala. Hatch would smell just as
sweet. And here is Hendersons
Cross Roads, Tenn, with it's twenty
letters almost the whole alphabet. /!
Why not Hensxr?'
"Donaldsonville may like the sound
of her name, but the average man, |
especially if he is business man to |
whom time means something, doesn't |
like to write it. Moreover, when |
goes out after news
paper boosting, she must either ar
range for a double column display or
be content with a machine cap
head. The name is disadvantage
TO the town in many ways"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01

President Wilson has pardoned four
of the men convicted in the famous
dynamite conspiracy" case at In
dianapolis, and the other twenty
have begun serving their terms in
the Leayenworth penitentiary. Exec
utive clemency is expected to be
shown to the prisoners from time to
time as their separate petitions are
considered
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Proposed CONSTITUTIONAL Amendments.

/ PROPOSED SOHSIitQlioItai AtHCttQtHSHsS
That there will be sixteen, and per
haps seventeen constitutional amend
ments to be voted upon by the PEG
pie of the state at The November
election is indicated from review
Of the acts passed at the recent ses
sion Of the general assembly.
The measures to be submitted tc
the voters for their consideration
are as follows:
Act No. 81, house bill No. 81, by
/ Mr. Misunderstanding to foreign
banking concerns doing exclusively
the business of lending money OF
dealing in bills of exchange.
Act No. 81, house bill No 40, by
| by Mr.. Manion-Proposing to exempt
from taxation money in hand or on
deposit.
Act No. 81, house bill No. 468, by
Mr.. Delos Johnson-Exemptin the
city of Monroe, because it maintains
| it's separate school system, from
three mill parish school tax.
Act No. S8, senate bill No 40, by
Mr.. Clinton-1ncreasing the salary of
the governor of the state from $4,000
day of May, 1916.
Act No. 80, senate bill No 80, by
Leon r. Smith-Exempting from tax
alton, for a period of 10 years, the
capital stock and property of irrlga-
ton companies.
Act No. 1877, senate bill No. 70, by
Mr.. Byrnes-Permitting women to
serve on boards of charity, correction
and education.
Act No. 191, house bill No. 1858, by
Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING board Of
commissioners of Audubon Park to
issue bonds for public improvement.
Act No. 1913, house bill No. Isl, by
Mr.. Caulfield-Allowing widows of
veterans who married prior to 1890
to participate in pension fund.
Act No. 1914, house bill No. $40, by
Mr.. Gordon-Providing for the ap-
pointment of an assistant district at
Lorney in Calcasieu and Caddo dis
tricts.
Act No. 206, house bill No. 291,
by Mr.. Leopold-Providing for the
retirement of levee bonds.
Act No. 224, senate bill No. 176,
by Mr. Harper-Authorizing parishes
TO issue bonds for road improve
ments.
Act No. 244, house bill No. $50, |
by Mr.. Manion-Giying New Ore
ans port commission authority to dig |
a canal uniting Lake Pontchartrain
and Mississippi river
Act No. 257, house bill No. 513, by
Mr.. Fleury-Giving an additional
judge to the 18th, 25th, and 28th jul
1iciaI districts.
Act No. 26O, house bill No. 153,
by Mr.. Cenerelly-Providing for
license tax on motor vehicles, pro-
ceeds to be used for good roads.
Act No. 27S, house bill No. 537,
oy Mr.. Misunderstanding for the
control of lake shore park on Lake
Pontchartrafn, and authorizing bond
ssue.
Act No. 800, senate bill No. 1874,
'y Mr.. Geo. w. smith-Providing for
he recall of officials.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Closed Garbage Cans to be Required.

Closed Garbage Cans to be Required.
Attention is called to the fact that
the municipal ordinance requiring
all garbage to be deposited in closed
cans will be strictly enforced This
is a measure calculated to be Of
great advantage from hygienic and
sanitary standpoint, and all good cit
liens should make it a point to
conform with it's requirements and
THUS do their share toward conserv-
ing the general veal. By all means
get a closed can at once to place
your garbage in. You'll be liable to
fine if You don't, and the city san
itary inspector will be around soon
to see whether you have complied
With this ordinance
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Donaldson in the LimeIight

Two bank failures in less than a
year in Donaldsonville. Is there
any wonder she is trying to drop
willie" from her name and call her
self plain Donaldson? We hope she
will be successful in making the
change in the name and in securing
another substantial bank.-Delhi Pro-
gress.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01

Donaldson is greatly excited over
the fact that one Of her bakeries
was completely and one partially de-
stroyed by fire on the same day.
Perhaps this is another attempt of
the Wilson administration to starve
out the sugar planters. - Lake
Charles American-Press