The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-07-11
FAIR SCOPE BROADENING.
More Parishes Join South Louisiana
Association and will Participate
in Second Annual Exhibition Next
October

At a meeting Monday of the po
lice jury of Iberville parish, an ap
preparation Of $3.50 was made to the
South Louisiana Fair Association,
in aid of the second annual fair to
be conducted by that organization in
this city Oct 8 to u next. The
amount was voted without dis
senting voice, and the full and cor
dial cooperation of IberVi'lle parish
was pledged toward making the forth
coming fair an unqualified success.
R. S. Vickers, secretary-manage of
| the fair association, appeared be-
fore the police jury to solicit the
appropriation, and he states that
the spirit of good will and patriotic
| loyalty manifested by the Iberville
paroc--ial legislators was extremely
| pleasing and encouraging. Iberville
is one of the charter members of
the South Louisiana Association,
and at the initial fair last October
made a splendid showing in all de-
partments and carried off number
OF blue ribbons and cash premiums
This year the parish will be repre-
scented by an even larger and more
varied display, and the other com
munities represented will have to
come forward with the best they can
produce to make better showing
than the progressive and forward
moving domain Of sweet Iberville.
The police juries of st. James
and st. Charles parishes, at their
regular meetings on the 7th inst,
voted appropriations of $3.50 each to
the South Louisiana Associ ation,
thus enrolling these parishes as mem
bers of the organization for the cur
rent year and assuring their par
ticipation in the second annual fair.
The appropriation was voted unan-
imously in each instance, and the
members of the two bodies promis-
ed their active and united co-opera-
ton to promote interest in the fair
and to secure a full line of exhibits
from, their respective parishes.
Mayor Walter Lemann, DIR. Sheard
Moore and Alphonse Kahn appear
ed before the st. Charles police
jury in the interest of the appro-
priation from that body, and Messrs.
R. S. Vickers, Evan J. Mccall and
James P. Armitage waited upon the
st. James lawmakers.
On Wednesday Mr. Vickers went
to Port Allen to solicit an appropri
alton from the police jury of West
Baton Rouge. After discussion
of the matter by the members it |
was decided to defer action until
the next regular meeting in August,
but the general tenor of the jurors
remarks seemed to indicate that |
they are favorably disposed to the
and it is considered al |
together likely that the amount will
be voted.
So far, appropriations of $3.50 to
the fair ASSOCIATION have been made |
by each of the parishes of Iber-
vile, Assumption, st. James, St. John
and st. Charles. Ascension has con-
Lributed $500, and similar amount |
has been budgeted by the city coun-
eli of Donaldsonville, giving a total
Of $2250 already pledged. Lafourche,
West Baton Rouge and Pointe CoupeeI
will be urged to join the association,
and it is confidently expected the
from parish and state aD-
private subscriptions
and other sources will provide
fund of more than $1,000 for pre-
miums and the construction of new
buildings.
1t is proposed to build up here a
great central fair for south Louis
ana that will be to this section
what the state fair is to Shreveport
nd the northern portion of the
tate. and from the progress already
made along this line the pretenti-
'us project seems in fair way of ,
accomplishment.