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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-13
Band to Play for Fairgrounds

In aid Of the funds OF the Parks and
Fairgrounds Association, which maintains
play places for the poor children OF the
CITY. there will be a week OF concerts by
Tinf's military band I'm the 18th Regiment
Armory.
The opening night. May II, will be de
voted 10 American composers. other
nights viii he given TO college. martial.
popular. international and Mystic Shrine
music
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-13
MORRIS-B RIGGS.

fBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Greenwich. Conn. April l2.-Ed"afd n
Morris. Of Brooklyn. and Olive ] brlEss'
Of Sew York. were married here al inc
Methodist Episcopal church to-day by the
pcv ~ g whitney. Mrs Emma oliver
of New York, accof panied them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-13
Pastors to Talk on Ads.

Tho Rev. Nathan Krass, OF Broo"iyh,
I'D tho Rev. Dr. Chapman :. Lewis OF
South Amboy, y. j., VIII tank On au' ~,
ing at the 1880 dinner OF the Sp"'"N o''''
ruesday at the Waldorf-Astoria'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-13
CEMETERIES.

IRE WOODLtWN CEMETERY.
a33d ST. rs Harlem Train and by Troiley
once. 20 East I'D ST.. n. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-13
Grace George at Her Best
as Becky in Clyde
Fitch's Comedy.
PLAYED BY AN
EXCELLENT CAST
plav of Lies and Their Conse-
ouences-A Character Study
Admirably Presented.

THE Truth" comedy In -FOUR ac's u!
CLYDE Fitch. At the Little Theatre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-13
Time Curtain Rises o-day
ERNOON.
EVENING".
from Faust, Pagliacci,

. .oo-Vhlrl Of the World Winter GARDEN
z z ". ~ circ,,s 80. Madison Square Garden
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-13
erock AND ONE WEEK THEATRES.
VAUDEVILLE HOUSES.
BURL SOUE.

Mats. Daily. Evening.
2.1J..............S. l5......Columbia
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07
Teachers, Examination.

Supt. j. T.. Rusca announces that
the next examination OF applicants
for teachers certificates will be held
at the courthouse Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, Nov. 80, Dec. and
2, for whites, and Thursday Friday
and Saturday, Dec. 8, and for
negroes.
The subjects Of examination and
the conditions governing the issuance
of certificates will be the same as
these OF the last examination, with
this one exception, namely, that ap-
pIfcants for first grade and second
grade certificates will not be permit
ted To substitute questions ii man
ual training, agriculture and domestic
science for questions In geometry
and algebra.
Applicants must be ait least Is
years OF age, OF good moral eharac-
ter and must pay the following fees.
For first grade certificates So. for
second grade certificates $50, and
for third grade certificates Sc.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07

In Louisiana there are forty-two
state approved departments of agri-
culture in the high schools-thirty-
five of type No. l and seven of type
No. 2. For each school of the first
type an annual appropriation of 5000
is made, and for the second type the
annual appropriation is >$400. 1t is
required that the teachers in charge
Of these departments be graduates OF
four years course in standard
college of agriculture. These teach
ers give the greater part of their
time to agricultural instruction, by
means Of textbooks and, in the first
type schools, each of which has q
demonstration farm of few acres In
connection, the instruction is also Of
a practical nature. These school
farms, in addition to serving as lab
oratories for the practical instruc-
tion Of the pupils of the schools, are
useful for experimental and demon
stration purposes to the farmers OF
the surrounding country Also, the
trained agriculturist In charge is able
to render service to the farmers in
udHy ul1lCi SAt ways, SuCu DIS tAC
vaccinating of live stock and giving
expert advice concerning soils and
crops.
These schools are inspected by q
trained agriculturist who Is employed
Jointly by the extension department
of the University and the state de-
partment OF education. This inspec-
tor makes regular visits to each of
the schools and receives monthly re-
ports from the agricultural teachers,
which contain detailed accounts Of
their activities. These reports must
receive the approval f the inspector
before the teachers receive their
salaries.
The agricultural teachers, In addi-
tion to their school and farm duties,
are in charge of the club work
of the boys and girls of their
immediate communities.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07
Jersey Winners at South Louisiana
Fair

We are pleased to report the splen-
did work of the South Louisiana Fair
lately drawn to close at Donaldson
vile. This fair, representing a num-
Der of the parishes in south Louisi-
ana, has a wonderful prospect, and
like all the other departments, the
Jersey exhibit this year far surpassed
that OF last year. From one exhibit
tor last year the number was in
ceased to four this year. J. M. Bab-
In, of Oak Grove; Lewis E. Murrel.
Of Bayou Goula; ]. w. Supple, of Ba-
you Goula; and WT.&I.S. West, with
the Woodland Farms Jerseys, of Ba-
ton Rouge, were the exhibitors.
The Judging was done by Prof. C.
II. Staples, of the Louisiana State
University, and his awards met with
the entire approval of both specta-
tors and exhibitors. The following
was how he tied the ribbons: Bull
over three years, first, w. T. & I.
S. West; bull, two years and under
three, first, J. w. Supple; senior
yearling bun, Lewis e. Murrell, first;
bull under twelve and over six
months, w. T. e /. S. West, first;
bull under six months, w. T. & I.
S. West, first and second. Cow
over three years, first, w. T. G I.
S. West; cow two years and under
three, first, W T. &c I. S. West.
Senior yearling heifer, first, w. T.
& l. S. West; second, Lewis e. Muir
rell; junior yearling heifer, first and
second, w. T.. & I. s. West. Heifar
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07
Cane Top sslaae.

Inc Louisiana sugar cane planter
mas been wasting a great deal of his
crop.
The new government cattle demon
stration farm at the Hope penal plan
tatfon is making experiments With
cane tops as silage on a scale so ex-
eenslVe that the results will be con-
elusive, but the state experiment sta
ton at Baton Rouge has gone Tar
enough In similar experiments to
justify some important announce
ments.
cane tops were utilized In silaga
and the feed was tested on cattle.
The analysis left no doubt of fha
food value, the tops containing both
protein and carbohydrates. The cat.
Tie were not as fond Of It as of
corn s1lage, and would not eat as
mucn OF It per day, . but it seemed
equally as pa1atabIe as sorghum
silage. Reducing the scientifie fie.
ures to plain terms the analysis
showed that ton OF cane silage car.
r1es the equivalent In feed units of
five and half bushels of corn. The
conclusion Is that the planter who
does not utilize his cane tops ss los
Ing as much feed per acre as would
De supplied by twenty-five bushels of
corn Many farmers do not average
more than that much corn to the
acre.
Considered from the fertilizer
standpoint, the planters loss is still
eater. About four tons of cane
tops TO the acre have been burned up
each season, and it is figured that
IN this way about S3.75 worth of MI
trogen to the acre is destroyed. II
the cane tops were fed to live stock
large part of the nitrogen would be
returned to the soil.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07
The SOUTH OPTIMISTIC.
Directors of National Chamber of
Commerce Find Business Pros
poets Encouraging-spirit of op-
timism Everywhere Apparent.

!. The New Orleans Times-Picayune o
1Oct. 81 says:
Leon G. Simon, the director from
this section of the country in the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, returned Friday morning from
trip with the directors through the
south. Mr.. Simon met the other d.
rectors at Mobile and accompanied
them to- this city, where the fall
meeting of the board was held. The
party left New Orleans Wednesday
night on the same two special
coaches that were used by President
Wilson on his last southern trip.
Stops, in most cases of a day, were
made at Houston, Dallas, Shreveport,
Texarkana, Little Rock. Memphis,
Birmingham and Atlanta. The party
went from Atlanta to Washington,
but Mr.. Simon left them at Atlanta.
The most striking feature of the
trip Was the spirit of optimism that
prevailed. at all places where stops
Were made,'' said Mr.. Simon.
Through the northern press and
speeches made in congress the north
ern directors had come to believe
that the south was in dire distress.
They found, on the contrary, that
while conditions were generally bad,
optimism was everywhere apparent.
The leaders in all the cities visited
We're a unit in stating that business
conditions are getting better all the
time, that no fear is felt for the re-
gaining of the normal in the near
future, and that throughout the south
the people are meeting the situation
with good sense and good cheer. This
made very marked impression on
the directors from the north, and the
information thus gained was dissem-
mated through Associated Press dis
patches and otherwise spread
throughout the United States. This
consider a splendid advertisement
for the south.
Every city visited extended itself
to the limit in hospitality. The most
and influential citizens
gave up the entire day to their |
guests. All the cities visited showed |
good signs of growth and business
activity, and as one of the directors |
stated, 1t is an object lesson to see
lust how braveIy the south is meet
ng a condition that would have over
Whelmed a less courageous people.
The objects of the National Cham
oW of Commerce were explained |
aperywhere, and there is no doubt |
hat with this knowledge a greater
support from the south will be giy-
n to the national organization. From
ny own experience as a director, I |
EnoW it is the great test i
It present at Work in this country
making for greater development and
prosperity of business, which means
10 much for the welfare of the coun-
gy as whole
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07
Mentionino Names

Not long ago a man came into this
office and stopped his paper because
he said it was. always printing a lot
Of news about the same people and
he was sick of it.
Now, when something goes wrong
with the country the government ap-
points commission to investigate
and find out what is the matter. And
the first thing the commission inves-
tigates is the man who made the
| holler to see if the holler was a rea-
sonable holler.
| So we appointed a commission con-
sisting of ourself to investigate this
man. We didn't have to go out any
where to do it. We just sat in the
editors uneasy chair and followed
that mans career ever since we
knew him.
The first thing that happened to
that man was that he was born, but
he had nothing to do with that. How
ever, We mentioned 1t, although his
parents We're entitled to all the
credit
When he was In his early twenties
he got married, and We mentioned
that, including the name of the bride
and the preacher and the relatives
from somewhere else In fact, we
mentioned everything but the preach
er's fee, which was hardly worth
mentioning.
We must confess that the only
time We have mentioned him since
was to say he was wearing a broad
smile because Of the arrival of boy
or a girl. We searched our files, but
we must oWa up that the only time
he ever broke into the paper was by
the help of somebody else.
We never mentioned the fact that
he won any premiums at the local
fair, because he never exhibited any
thing. We never included his name
in list of committees, because he
never attended anything. We never
printed his name in a list of donors
to anything, because he never do
mated so much as a doughnut.
We certainly shave been treating
this man shameful. But we will
agree to run a nice obituary when
the time comes and tell you who
We're at the funeral. We will even
give him special prominence. az
though We honestly believe he will
be the most unimportant person there.
At the same time, we are afraid
We will have to go right ahead men
tioning those people whom We have
been mentioning with such frequency
They have a habit Of boosting the
Chamber of Commerce, and helping
the schools, and mixing in politics,
and getting up parades, and financing
the baseball team, and running the
lodges, and a lot of other things, SO
their names are bound to creep into
the paper.
But, come to think of 1t, that isn't
news about them so much as it is
news about the town. For it is such
things as these that are making the
town life and the town progress; :.
and, if we left their names out, we
would pretty nearly have to leave
out the name of the town And we
won't do that-not if we lose two
subscribers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07
CENTURY OLD PALATE TICkLER
Original Recipe for Roffignac Found
Beneath Floor of Ancient Build
ing-Favorite Drink in 1915
Father of American Highbali.

After being lost for over rs years
the recipe for making R0ffignac,
said to be the father of the Amert-
can highball," has been found In
/ New Orleans, and that city, already
| famous for its Sazerac cocktail and
its Ramos gin fizz, will add another
palate-tickler to it's list OF thirst
l1quenchers.
The finding of Roffignac,s original
recipe came about at a peculiarly op-
Fortune time, as extensive prepara-
| tions are being made to celebrate the
one hundredth anniversary of the
battle of New Orleans, and it was
just before this celebrated conflict
that Louis Philippe Joseph de Roffig-
nae, a well-knoWn Creole bon vivant,
concocted the drink that bears his
name. When Jackson arrived In New
Orleans to plan the defenses of the
city against the expected British in
vasion, the Roffignac was all the
rage at Maspero's, Tremoulet's and
the other exchanges and coffee
houses. "Old Hickory when he
came to New Orleans, had a pro-
nounced taste for Madeira, but one
SIP OF Roffignac changed his ale
glance.
To invent new drink that would
be popular was the next thing to be-
ing famous in those days OF 1915.
and Roffignac's success in having
drink named after him placed him at
once in the public eye. In 1920 he
was elected mayor and served sew
eral terms. The Roffignac remained
In favor for a number of years, then
1t gradually gave way to the regula-
tion whiskey highball. which was pat
termed after it. and when Jackson
visited the city In 1898 his dlsap-
pointment at not being ablss 70 se-
cure n Roffisuz~r91EH 3funss--
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07

| Dor, and there Is no penitentiary in
the world with such variety of avo.
cations that are taught to the prison
er oy which he can earn livelihood
"nen he Is discharged from this in
stltution. He is taught farming in
all OF its branches; he is taught
manual labor in constructing levees
and other public works; he is taught
the sawmill business in it's every
phase, from telling the timber in the
forest to turning out the completed
product on the yard and loading 1t
into cars; he is taught cattle and
hog raising and truck growing;
is taught shoemaking and the mx
facture Of clothing; he is taug
clerical positions and serviG
hospitals; he is taught me-
work, repairing and manu-
of farming implements and u
and operation of sugar refif
is taught carpenter work s
smith work, operation an
Of railroads and railway
construction of buildings
concrete and metal, and th
treated humanely and prop]
ted and clothed. All these
are carried on successfully
pr0duc tive Ways4and the ga
the system this4year will be-
100000 and 100000. The TN
are not called upon to pay
dollar to support the institutioV
they should not be.
You can count upon the fin
of one hand all the penal institutisy
of the world that are doing thiSN
Nearly all the states of the Union
are spending hundreds of thousands
of dollars to support their prison sys-
TENS.
If would rise in one Of the pri-
son congresses in the north and show
them cane knife, which is the ma
cnete Or weapon with which the Gu
pans fought their long war for inde-
pendence, and tell them that we turn
ed loose in the cane fields on Ango-
la, at one time, over 500 men, white
and black, all armed with this wea-
pom, with perfect safety, they would
not believe 1t, and certainly this
could never be done If the men were
not properly treated and had the
spirit or revolt in their hearts.
I may say that the board intends
to do it's duty to the state and the
people OF Louisiana in carrying out
this parole law. Friends and rela-
tlves of the prisoners have their
views, which are wholly different
from and, in fact, the very opposite
Of what the general public expects
IN the execution OF this statute; but,
Oh the whole, I believe, if properly
carried out, it will result in some
Detterment of the penal system.
We invite the cooperation and
aid OF the public press of the state,
and our records are always open to
your inspection for any Investigation
you may desire to make.
Respectfully,
&C. HARRISON PARKER,
President
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07
CREDIT LOANS NOT BARRED.
American Bankers May Lend Cash
TO Warning Nations-1ia ausl-
ness Deals Pending,

Credit loans by American banks &c
beillgerent countries are viewed as
private transactions by the Wash
lngton government, and administra.
ton officials will not interpose their
influence against such transactions
according to a press despatch dated
at Washington, Oct. 80, which is
| clipped from the New Orleans Times
Plcayune. The attitude of the ad-
| mlnlstration was learned on the high
est authority after it became known
| that German financiers were contem.
plating establishment of a credit loan
| in this country similar to the $40
100000 credit fund negotiated bv the
National City Bank of New York and
other bankers for France. and the de-
clsIon may lead to the purchase in
the United States of $50 900 600
worth OF supplies by Russia and an
equal amount by Germany.
High administration officials insist
that President Wilson has not chang
ed the view he announced at the
outbreak of the war that the loaning
OF money to belIigerents would be
inconsistent with the true spirit of
American neutrality" A distinction
was drawn by officials, however be.
tween the loans referred to at that
tlme-such as bond issues offered for
pubic sale-and credit transactions
intended as checking account
against the purchase by belligerents
OF foodstuffs and supplies from
American firms
The nrQCiHGrf
government has no legal right to op-
pose loans Of any character, nor is
there any obligation of international
law forbidding them. During the
Russo-Japanese war loans were float
ed for Japan in the United States
through public bond issues. The
president is understood, however. to
regard that form Of loan as liable to
stir up ill-feeling and prejudices.
Officials have decided to refrain
from discussing loans, as the position
of the governmentas an embarrassing
one. When J. P. Morgan & Co. ask
ed the opinion OF the state depart
ment two months ago as to whether
the administration would approve of
a loan to France. the Washington
government expressed itself against
It. Bankers, however, are not oblig-
ed to ask the advice of the admins |
tratlon, and they are as much at lib |
erty to engage in credit loans as are |
ammunition firms to send |
munitions of war to belligerent |
armies. The American government |
has no power Under law to prevent |
commerce in eontraband The burden
rests on the beIIigerents affected.
Who can seize. con ll.lslIngI
rgoes 5ls, destined hellsg-sII
erent ports. -
Under what is known as credit |
loans, there is no intention, it is |
understood, to export any gold from /
the United States. Large funds will |
be established by the beIligerent |
countries with their financial agents I
here, who will pay the bills of the
European nations to American deal
ers in munitions Of war and supplies.
The bankers will be given short-ttme |
notes by the belligerent governments,
with much better rate of interest, |
it is said, than ordinarily could be 4
obtained. in return European gov
7rnments will agree to spend large
sums of money in the United States |
Tor supplies.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07

. The Southern Pacific Company's
steamship Proteus lost her propeller
IN the Gulf OF Mexico while on her
way from New York to New Orleans,
Oct. z3, and had to be towed to the
latter port, where she has been dock
ed for repairs.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07

Keep your money at home and
help build mp your own community.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07

Remember that money sent away
for goods you should buy at home
never returns, and goes toward en-
riching another city instead OF your
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07

President Wilson finished his let
ter-Writing campaign In the interest
of Democratic candidates last Mon
day, and one ofshis last letters was
an indorsementsSo t OF Congressman j..
O'Hair OF Illinois, who defeated
Uncle joe Cannon two years ago
and is trying to repeat the opera
tion next week. Our guess is that
Mr.. O'Hair viii fail to spike Cannon
this time and that the picturesque old
son-of-a-gun will be back in the next
congress, much to the delight Of his
many friends there on both sides of
the house.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07
Be a Booster.

Here Is some advice that should
be taken to heart by every citizen:
II you live and do business in a
town. for heavens sake be loyal to
it. Il this town furnishes you with
food and shelter, boost it; speak
well OF 1t, stand by it, and stand by
the industries it represents. II put
to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is
worth a ton of clever knocking. II
yon must villify, condemn and eternal
ly disparage, pack your trunk and get
out, and when you are on the out
side, knock to your hearts content.
But as long as you are a part OF a
community, be real man; do not
condemn it. If you do, you are 1oos-
enlng the tendrils that hold you as a
part OF the community, and the first
high wind that comes along you will
be uprooted and blown far away. and
probably you will never know why.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07

Buy at home SO you can sell al
home.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07

An ad in he Chief will pay.
Morris tribune., 1914-04-10
Inevitable Conflict Within Mexico

Such the national feeling among all Mexicans that
if should for any purpose invade Mexico both sides
would unite resist u.s. After bloody and expensive
combat their defeat would follow but the conflict be-
tween the opposing elements in Mexico would only be
postponed The present contest in Mexico is out
growth of conditions that sink their roots in the past and
must be fought to conclusion before permanent
will ever be possible in that country.
It is contest inevitable was the between
the North and South country City ago.
Intervention by would therefore either postpone
met of the inevitable between certain elements Of
the Mexican people, permanent occupaon of that
county Will any say that either result is to be de-
sired? What the future holds it is impossible to say.
In continuing to support Wilson and Bryan in the policy
they pursuing to Mexico, however the American
people, may feel assured that if Intervention and war
should by any become unavoidable it will have
been postponed to the latest and every eg
innate effort will have been made prevent t.-From
The Mexican Situation, by Senator Morris Sheppard Of
Texas in the American Review of Reviews for April.