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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10
coIored Fair Program and Premium

CoIored Fair Program ana PREMIUM
List.
Promoters of the colored fair to Dc
held here next Saturday and Sunday
Oct. II and IS, have been busy ad
vertising the event during the past
/ week throughout the surrounding
country, and the indications are thai
/ a big crowd Of spectators Will view
the exhibits and enjoy the entertain
ment features arranged for the novel
festival. Entries of agricultural pro
duets, live stock, poultry, manufac.
lures, canned goods, Women's work
and other articles have. been received
from various localities, and the dis
play promises to be a most interest
ing one and extremely creditable to
the co1ored people of this section.
Among the premiums to be Offered
are the following:
Best saddle horse, mare or gelding,
first prize So, second 81.
Best saddle mule, first prize 81,
second 81.
Best boar, any age, first prize,
s1.5O, second 81.
Best sow, any age, first prize $3.50,
second ST.
Best sow and pigs, first prize So,
second 81.
Best goat, any age, first prize 81,
second so cents.
Best pair of goats, first prize ST.,
second SO cents.
Best pair of geese, any breed, first
prize 81, second so cents.
Best pair Of ducks, any breed, first
prize 81, second SO cents.
Best rooster and hen, any breed,
first prize 81, second SO cents.
Best hen and Or more chicks,
first prize 81, second so cents.
Best general display of produce
raised by one co1ored man, first prize
SIS, second SO.
Premiums will also be given for
needle work, preserves, and all Wo-
mems work, and for compositions,
drawings and all work shown by pu-
pills Of colored schools.
The amusement program includes
the following events:
First Day-Saturday, Oct. II.
Harness race, mile heats, 2 in 8,
IIot OF paIt, lOT HORSES that nave
never started. First prize $40, Sec
ond IS.
Mule race, half-mile. First prize
So, second 81.
Foot race, 75-yard dash, for women
over IS years of age. First prize 81,
second 81.
Mems foot race, 1O0-yard dash.
First prize So, second 81.
Greasy pig chase. Catch and hold
him and take him home.
Second Day-Sunday, Oct. 18.
Harness race, trot or pace, free for
all. First prize $50, second SIS,
third SIS. Entry fee $3.50
Running race, quarter-mile dash, 2
In 8. First prize IS, second 81.
Mule race, half-mile, walk the first
quarter, run the last quarter. First
prize So, second 81.
Foot race, 75-yard dash, for girls
under 10 years of age. First prize
81, second SO cents.
Foot race, 100-yard dash, for boys
under Is years of age.
Greasy pig chase. Catch and hold
him and take him home.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10
High School Kindergarten.

The kindergarten department of
the Donaldsonville High School, with
Hiss Dora Katie in charge, will re-
open next Monday, and children be-
tween the ages Of 8 and 6 years will
be enrolled. This branch of the high
school work proved most popular
last session and accomplished SPLEEN
did results under Miss Kaffie's eff
c1ent tutelage, and an even more
successful record is predicted for it
this session. Riddles who are yet
too young to enter the primary
classes of the institution are eligible
to enroll in the kindergarten depart
nent.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10
No Room for His Money.

. One morning father missed some
money out Of his clothes and thought
mother had frisked him during the
night. &c. while mother was busy In
another room, father went through her
handbag In search of his coin. He
found a receipted milk bill, an unpaid
ice bill. a big hunk OF prepared chalk,
a powder puff, two coupons six months
old, representing the last time he had
taken her to q theater; button hook,
six samples Of dress goods, a clipping
containing Gene Fields Little Boy
Blue" two safety pins, sample OF
talcum powder, one of the baby's nit
tens, an old tintype of himself taken
before marriage and seven cents In
coin. And father felt so mean that he
kicked himself all day.--Cincinnatt En-
Quirer.
Tell EN- Won saw III in Tho Chief
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10
It will indeed be a dull and unap

It will indeed be dull and unap-
preciatiye man who will not enjoy
looking at the rich and varied pro
ducts OF the soil that are on dis
play at the fair-the fruit, the vege-
tables, the corn, the oats, the rice,
che sugar cane, and other crops that
go so far to make up the agricultur-
al wealth of this section. The mag
nificent horses, cattle and swine on
display will prove what an import
ant part in the prosperity Of Ascen-
sion and adjoining parishes is played
by the improved live stock now
raised here.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10

The inter parochial fair will I'M
doubtedly exercise a potent influence
In the education of our people to the
wonderful possibilities Of the natural
resoirees and Industrial advantages
~ aVored section heir eyes
opened when they see the
many fine exhibits Of dairy and beef
cattle, horses, hogs, mules, jacks,
dogs, poultry, dairy products, canned
goods, syrup, honey, cotton, corn,
rice, cane, hay, truck, and other pro-
ducts of our fertile agricultural soil.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10
Death eof 3. Ves1zuIe Mire.

B. Venzule Mire, aged tuenty-three
years and five months, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Armand Mire, of Corner
view, died IN New York on the Goth
ultlmo after an illness of only eleven
days with pneumonia, and his re-
mains were brought to CornervieW
and inferred in the Catholic cemetery
on tuesday Of the current week
me solemn rites were conducted by
Rev. j. c. Gonon, pastor of the Cor
nerV1eW Catholic church, and the fu-
neral eortege was one of the largest
ever seen in that community. Mr.
M1re had been serving in the United
states navy for the past tWenty-one
months, and visited his relatives at
CornervieW during August last, at
which time he was in the best Of
health. His untimely demise is q
great blow to his parents, to whom
heartfelt sympathy is extended by
many sorroWing friends.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10

DonaIdsonvilIe has come to the as
sistance of Baton Rouge in a truly
sisterly fashion. In answer to an
offer from the Baton Rouge fair COM
mittee to rent the poultry coops used
at the local fair, the authorities of
the South Louisiana Association have
generously placed this equipment at
the disposal Of Baton Rouge, free Of
charge. The coops will be used to
house the poultry exhibits at the Ba-
ton Rouge fair, Oct 81 to 25.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10

Persons who have bought real
estate at delinquent tax sales will
never have a clear title to the prop
erty until they carry out the proVl-
sions Of Act No. "a Of 1910. It will
pay them to look up this statute.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10

Henry c. Maurin, Of LaP1ace, pres
ident Of the Louisiana League OF
Postmasters, has completed the Of
fetal program for the eighth annual
convention Of the association, which
will be held In Baton Rouge Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, Oct. Il,
% and 49, New members are being
enrolled daily by Secretary-TreasuFe
Joseph S. Hebert, of French Settle
ment .-z-~s
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10
Moan temneratures ranged from

Mean temperatures ranged IFOH z
to 4 degrees below the normal IN
Louisiana last week, reports the
United States Weather Bureau. Scat
tered showers occurred on five days,
but the precipitation was generally
deficient Cotton is nearly all pick
ed. and corn is being harvested
Cane, field peas, hay and vegetables
are In good condition.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10

Everybody you know will be at the
fair.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10

Don't. borrow The Chief from your
ne1ghbor when you can have a copy
OF your own every week in the year
for the small sum Of So.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10

Mr.. and Mrs. e. A. Thibodeaux,
of this city, Wallace Barron, mana
ger of McManor plantation, and E.
A. LaWless, manager of the Wilbert
Company's Reston Ridge plantation
in IberVille parish, attended the fu-
neral of Richard Burton at Thibo-
daux last Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thibodeaux left here Saturday night,
and Messrs. Barron and Lawless made
the trip to the Lafourche capital by
automobile the following morning, the
entire party returning via the motor
car route Sunday afternoon. Mr..
Burton was well known in this COM
munity, his brother, the late Clayton
Burton, having been a resident of
nonaldsonville many years ago. He
had attained the age of seventy years,
and was at one time manager of the
Rlenzi plantation near Thibodaux.
put OF late had been a citizen of St.
Bernard parish, where his death oc-
cured
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10
Italian Society Election.

The local Italian benevolent society
held its annual election of officers
Sunday, with the following result:
President, Matteo Randazzo, Sr.;
first vice president, Matteo Randaz-
20, Jr.; second vice president, Car
melo Spompinato; corresponding sec
rotary, Bruno saVoia; financial sec
rotary, Rocco@saVoia; treasurer, Pie
tro Constantine; marshal, Tommaso
Motta. The bal1oting was conducted
in quiet and peaceful manner, in
marked contrast with the elections
Of last year and the year before,
when distur banees were created as a
result Of the. very intense rivalry be-
tween two factions of iii q member
ship Of the society. led respectively
by Matteo Randazzo and Antonio Fa1-
setta. The commissioners of cleo
ton Sunday were John Sansone,
chairman, 3. Mistretta and John
Scacciaferro.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13

fE~1 HE night overhead and
around was covered in
with black, velvety dark
tAgaGAI ness, unlocked by CLEAN
OF moon or glimmer of star; but the
top of every wavelet of the lagoon
was tipped with pale phosphorescent
light, and every oar stroke stirred
up a boil of pallid flame.
Mr., McTodd lighted his pipe and
Hospitality offered cake of black
tobacco and an open clasp knife to
his superior officer. "Cut yourself
fill," he suggested. We're illumi-
mated like a shop window in Saucie-
hall street, and tobacco glow will be
lost in the general magnificence"
81 thank YOU" said Captain Kes.
tie civilly; "but I've had to drop
my pipe for professional reasons.
But you're quite right about the
light. The lagoon's flaring round us
like a village fair, and if anyone's
awake on this side of Africa, and
looking out, we're here to be seen.
So I'll just follow your example,
and set fire to a cigar"
81 wish I'd a boiler-plate over
coat like my ancestor, the Crusader,
used to wear The Moors'll be snip
ing at us presently, when we draw
within range of their gas-pipes."
"Moors or Berbers. That head
man we've got on board, who says
he's been to an English college,
wants me to believe that the ma
jority of the tribes round here are
Berbers, and they're as harmless as
the teachers in a Quaker Sunday.
school. The only bad men In this
section are the Moors, according to
Bergash."
A bonfire suddenly lighted and
spouted up into the sky, and was as
suddenly eclipsed by the blackness
Of the night
"a fare said Kettle. "and as
they haven't mineral oil down here
that | know Of, / should say 1t was
somebody firing two handfuls of
gunpowder Well, 1t means that one
niger. at any rate, is awake and
thinking OF US, and that's better
than being dead and forgotten Eyes
in the boat, men. and attend to
your rowing Mr. McTodd ami |
are quite capable Of looking after
eur own personal conyeniences with.
out your unskilled assistance. And
by James! there's an answering faro
away up In on the mountain"
SGosh! 1t looks as II they're rous-
Ing the clans TO do us honor. Aweel.
I've no immediate use for your rines.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13
sxNopsIs OF CAPTAIN KnrrLu.

CHAPTER The British uteame~
Norman Towers, commanded by Csptaie
RAturdey Farnish, finds itself, through
tRe Bargossa Sea without coal while On
route from Mexico to Liverpool.
CHAPTER 1.-The fret mAto Owen
Kettle, sets of in the lifeboat with 8
ereT of rough -necks in tse hope Of
saough OF It's coal to enable the disabled
vsRsel TO reach Liverpool. He meets the
steamer Rhein.
CHAPTER III-But the RheiN refuses
10 stop. A woman on board, Miss Violet
Chesterman. sees tie dirty deed, and " =
nucnces. fireman, MoTodd, to disahjs
she engines.
CHAPTER Iv--owen Kettle ises
Syertnkes the Rhein, Chambers IN lta
sldo with tis crew. forclbly ASSUMES
sharse a the vessel. and niylgates 4
10 drifting, and which he Ie-coele,
CHAPTER V-Arrival of the Norma
Yowers at Liverpool. Mate Kettle sur
reptitiousiy d-ops out of the ship into
saDtain from possible scandal because
of the inadequacy of his coal supply
sSd too much LIQUOR supply, Two river
aim badly injured. Is rescued and
aursed back to health by Miss Dubhs,
bArmaid at the Masons Ari.4s.
CHAPTER Woven Kettle engages
with Sir George Chesterman to go as
s&ptain of the Wangaroo and search the
African coast for an abandoned ship
laden with metal OF great value,
CHAPTER VII-Iu Liverpool Captain
Kettle meets McTodd, the man who had
disabled the engines OF the Rhein, and
IigNs him as one OF the cre~ OF the
WRngaroo.
CHAPTER VIII-In Las Palnas mar
Dor Miss Dubbs appears on board the
kangaroo q sstewardess, ostensloly at
the suggestion of Sir George, but really
because she wished to be near Captain
XAt& oh. tC Ia lDN fr
yhom she is engaged. Miss Violet
Ckesterman also becomes a passenger
CHAPTER IX-The Wangaroo cruises
cruises up and down the West African
seaboard, and Captain Kettle finally To-
almost wholly hidden bay. She proves
NO be the old Norman Towers.
CHAPTER X-Distracted with jeal-
ousy, caused by Miss Chesterman, Miss
Dubbs cancels her engagement with
Captain Kettle.
CHAPTER XI-Captain Kettle peril
ously navigateg the Wangaroo into the
which is in possession - natives, who
nre on the Wangaroo.
CHAPTER XII-Chief Bergash ap-
pears on shore at the head of a troop OF
Berbers and seeks an interview. He is
Invited aboard the ship. He proves to
have been educated at an English uni
versity. Captain Kettle heartily dis
likes him He tells the Englishmen
ers away. Miss Dubbs recognizes Ber-
cash as one whom she had helped In q
bicycle accident during his school days
In England.
Chapter XIII-Kaid Bergash's stone
castle In the Atlas mountains. Why his
son was sent to England to be edu-
Gated.
CHAPTER XIV-The Berber queen
mother of Chief Bergash, calls In state
on the officers of the Wangaroo and de-
livers presents to them. The visitor!
are Invited to make themselves at hom,
on board ship.
(Now go on with the story.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13

tSnp8I was also butcher, was bar
gaining with some coast Moors over
i've sheep.
The sheep, with their legs tied,
lay in boat alongside, Kettle stood
ladder and the cook was in the
boat that sawed up and down at
the foot Of 1t.
The cook ran an expert hand over
tho animals loins. "All very thiA.
sir, except this old ram, and I
should say he'll be too tough for the
cabin to eat. They've got fat tails,
sir, like beavers, and by the feel OF
them the tails are just bladders OF
tallow."
The Moor evidently caught hie
meaning, and nodded vehemently
both to the cook, and upward to
Captain Kettle. The latter made
vigorous signs of cutting off ths
tails and throwing them into the
sea. The Moorish farmer was q pic-
ture of 'amazement and expostula.
ton. He fitted wide his arms to
the spruce little Captain Kettle, and
poured forth forrest of coast Ara.
bic.
You're wasting all those ath-
letics," said the mariner. Come,
squire, ten shillings for the flock, or
else row away to the next market
town, I'm not going to stand here
at the front doorstep haggling all
day for Joint or two of fresh
meat"
The man stopped, and with frantic
gesture pointed to the nat tails OF
the sheep, explaining how wide. how
fat. and how truly Succulent they
were, and signified that the Avo
were worth Ave gold coins at the
very lowest figure.
"The tails, il You choose" said
Captain Kettle, contemptuously, "you
may out of and take home with teu
II you like. We're not pagans on
this packet to have any hankerina
after animated tallow candles fol
our dinner. And take your ugly
black paws off my trousers, you"
Captain Kettles neat pipe-clayet
shoe was uplifted, and caught tn,
man who was lingering him accu
rately on the shoulder and sent hin
rolling over into the bottom OF th'
boat.
1t Is curious how, some things
strike the Moor. In nineteen case
out OF twenty there would have beer
roar Of laughter from the others
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13

eiudins the nirtins. II began with
that, I suppose But rs got past
that now. I'm hit. rye never felt
this way about any man before. and
RS the real thing come at last,
George"
"You mean you're really in love
with the chap"
That's the usual phrase"
But you can't marry him. He's
an awfully decent little fellow in his
way, know, but, dash 1t all, Violet,
do look facts in the face. He isn't
eur clip If you want husband,
you absolutely must get one out of
your own class. If you've really
made up your mind to marry, why
don't you whistle up Inglebcrough
again? He's very decent sort of
chap, and know he'd have you
like bird. II you married this
Kettle, you know perfectly well ev-
erybody would cut you"
She plucked away her arm, and
faced him defiantly And do you
imagine I'd care? D'you think I'm
not heartily sick of the whole crew
Of them? Anyway, you of all peo.
pie, have a precious small right TO
give advice on such a subject You
| did yourself what you're advising
me to do. You married a woman in
your own class, and bonny mess
you made of it. You stuck to one
another just six months, II 1 recol-
lect my dates Alright"
"a year, you spitfire-"
Call 1t that If you like, and for
the last three you haven't spent ten
nights under the sam roof, and only
those by the accident of being asked
to the same house party. You mar.
ried according to rule, and l, with
your fine example before me, am
going tc marry to please myself.
That is, II he'll have me-"
oh dash it all, there can be no
question about the man swapping you
up, If you're fool enough to chuck
yourself away on him.
She laughed rather bitterly "It
will take something desperate to
! NohS hiLL up W IuS lbCl lldt ue Gail
really love me, and Pm getting my
| scheme in order"
What mischief are you up to
now?"
You'll find out when I/begin to
make use of you Oh, you needn't
scowl at me like cheap actor
You are all the brother I've got,
and you've made mess of 1t your.
self. l am all the sister you have,
and I've never asked you for any.
thing big, and now that I've made
( up my mind what's the one thing in
all my life l want. and shall ever
want, I'm simply going to make you
help get it for me-"
! My dear old girl, I'd be very glad
to do anything | could for you In
| reason. But l tell you it's abso-
lutely preposterous of you to think
of marrying my skipper; and. frank.
ly, you must look upon me as the
opposition"
An right, George! That's a fair
and sportsmanlike warning. Sorry
II l rather stopped over just now
But If want you, don't kick If you
find yourself being asked And don't
abuse me later on if you find I've
run you in for a scheme that's g
bit dangerous, when an easier one
would have done if you'd offered
TO help in it decently."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13
CHAPTER XVI.
Miss Chesterman's Warning

APTAIN KETTLE, with the
professional assistance Of
the Wangaroo's cook, who
was also butcher, was bar
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13
CHAPTER XVII.
A Mystery Is Solved.

1-1 HE night overhead and
around was covered in
with black, velvety dark
taAGAI ness, unlocked by CLEAN
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-25
ST. JOHNSTOWN.

James Barwick, Edward Ochletree
William Lynch, Alfred Myer and Sewell
McIlvaine recently motored to Cambridge
in the latter car
Mr. and Mrs. Mulholland, of Vernon
Md, spent the week end with John Nc
Ilvaine and wife, near here.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman T. Webb. OF
Smiths S Store, spent last Sunday with
Mrs. Webb's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Rogers.
Miss Maude Swaine, of Dover. is the
guest of Miss Lima Clark.
Mrs. Lewis Johnson has returned to
her duties at Middletown. Conn, after
spending a week with her sick father,
John Collins.
Mr.. and Mrs Roswell Tucker and
daughter, Bessie, have been the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs Moses Adams.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Adamscheck have
been the guests Of Mr. and Mrs Carl
Schultze.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Richardson, of
Greensboro, Md, have been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. ]. B. Dickerson.
Arthur Dickerson has been visiting FL
lendale friends.
Mrs Aleta Bullock, of Andrewville,
was the guest of Miss Edith Adams last
week
Charles Dickerson and Edwin Wiley
have been the guests of Milton friends
Revival services started last Sunday
evening at ST. Johnstowu Everyone has
a cordial invitation to these services and
Is urged to attend.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-25
LINCOLN CITY.

Bivens NJ. Cain, aged 81 years, dice
at his home in Lincoln, Delaware, on
Wednesday morning. September 23rd.
1914 from typhoid pneumonia. His
/ funeral will be held Saturday morning
from his late residence. Mr.. Cain was
well known locally. and for many years
conducted flour mill near this town.
but of late years he had devoted his at
tention to fruit and truck farming, while
residing at his home in Lincoln. He was
active in the Bible Society Association
for Sussex County, and always took in
terest in the work of his church. He
leaves a wife and five children, and was
a brother of Mrs. Hark H. Davis Of
Milford.
The road supervisor, Mr.. Cook, has
been rebuilding the public road leading
to Glendale. The roadway had been
widened to the forty feet required by
law, the roadway graded, and the centre
for eight feet wide filled with gravel
from the county gravel pit. If a steam
roller was used on this road after it
rains, and then the inequalities Of the
surface filled up and again rolled with
the roller, this particular road would be
a model for many years provided al
ways, that it was split-logged after each
rain during the next year or two, or un-
til 1t becomes thoroughly set.
The buyers of tomatoes have paid
from % to 25 cents for tomatoes this
week at Lincoln, but this week will wind
up all the early set tomatoes, and only
the later fields will supply the market
next week.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-25
FELTON,.

The farmers in the vicinity of FELTON,
have completed picking their tomato
crop and will soon finish harvesting their
fodder. They are now about ready to
commence to dig their sweet potato
crop, which will be one of the finest in
a number of years. The Paradise Alley
district is one Of the finest sweet potato
growing districts in Delaware, and most
Of the farmers devote much of their
land to the growth of this crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Dawson, Of
near Houston, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John Jones last Sunday.
Mark Warren, of Houston, was the
guest Of Ira and Willard DeLong over
the week end.
George Billings has returned home
after spending a few days with his son
in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney DeLong enter
tained friends from Denton or Sunday.
Miss Mable Belew, of Egg Harbor.
IS spending some time with her parents
here.
Miss Gertrude Jones, of Elsmere,
Del, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. S
BillOws, near FELTON,