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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21
THE LOCKS MUST
BE BUILT
EXTRACTS FROM ACT NO. PASSED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF LOUISIANA IN
1900, AND ACT NO. 81 PASSED IN 1902:
(Sec. l of Act No. 81

Whereas, the necessity of closing Bayou La
fourche by locks is recognized by the engineers
hoth of the state and Of the national government
and has had the sanction and appreciation of
congress, which has made appropriations for sur
veys looking to that end.
Be it enacted by the general assembly of the
state of louisiana that the boards Of commission
ers of the Atchafaaya Basin and Lafourche Basin
Levee Districts hereby authorized to place
locks at the head of Bayou Lafourche; and for
said purpose are authorized to appropriate lands
enter into contracts, and exercise all other pow
ers proper useful, expedient, for carrying out
the purposes Of this act.
(Secs. 1 and of Act No. 84.)
Be it enacted by the general assembly of the
state of Louisiana, that the boards of commission
ers of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District and
the Lafourche Levee District hereby au-
thorized to place temporary dam at the head
of Bayou Lafourche, pending the construction of
locks, is provided for in Act No. 9 Of the gen
eraI assembly of the state of Louisiana for the
year 1900 and an act Of the ffty-seventh congress
of the United States; provided, that the dam
shall not be placed begun before January l.
1903
Be 1T further enacted, ETC., that before the be-
ginning of the construction of said dam said
levee boards shall enter into agreement with
the proper officers of the United States, with
good and sufficient secur ity, for the removal of
said temporary dam at Or before the expiration of
the period set by said act Of congress-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21
JUDGE EDWARD SIMON DEAD,
A Louisiana Nonogenarian with an
interesting History-Contributed
to Longfeiow's Immortal "Evan-
qeiine."

A despatch to the New Orleans
Picayune from st. .Martinville, La.
dated Feb. II, thus records the death
and briefly sketches the eventfu
career of Louisiana patriarch who
has passed to his reward,
Judge Edward Simon, 80 years OF
age, distinguished scholar and jurist
graduate of Harvard, son Of the late
Edward Simon, justice of the Louisi.
ana supreme court, and father of the
present district judge, James Simon,
died at his home here yesterday af-
ternoon at $50 o'clock. The funeral
took place at 4 O'Clock this afternoon
Judge Simon was born here April
%, 1924, and practiced law up to Oc-
tober, 1911, when his health failed.
He was elected district judge be-
fore the civil war, and served two
terms. The judicial district at that
time was composed of several par
| ishes
| Judge Simon received his pri-
| mary education at Jefferson College,
| in st. James parish, and from there
went to Georgetown College, near
Washington, and later graduated in
law from Harvard. Judge Simon,
| at Harvard, studied Under Greenlief,
Story and LongfelloW. It was from
the pupil Simon that the poet Long
fellow obtained the description and
topography of the Teche country to
write his poem 'Evangeline. The
Evangeline Oak made famous in
the poem, is still standing on the
banks of Bayou Teche, in st. Mar
tinville
"A few years after he returned
from Harvard this district elected
Judge Simon district attorney. He
was member of the constitutional
convention of 1879 as delegate
from st. Martin parish, and took a
prominent part in the framing Of
the organic laws of Louisiana.
I.he mother of Judge Simon was
Miss Eugene zerbain, related to the
Fussilier and Grevemberg families.
Judge Simon married Miss Harriet
Helen Kitchen, who died twenty
years ago. He leaves six children:
Eugenie, wife Of W. I. Williams. Of
Chicago; Alice. wife of e. w. Bien-
venue; Lorena, wife OF Edward Suis
son; L. O. Simon, Waiter Simon, and
James Simon, judge of the nine
teenth judicial district court. Judge
Simon also leaves three sisters:
Mrs. George H. Braughn, Mrs. Henry
Mclean and Mrs. Ernest DeBlanc,
all Of New Orleans, and one brother,
Judge Arthur Simon CT Opelousas.'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
Southerners and Ex-Confederates
Unite with Their Northern BretF-
rem in Paying Tribute to the
Great Emancipator.

A Washington press despatch of
the 13tl instant says:
while freezing winds swept
across the Potomac from the Vir-
ginia hills where stands the Lee
mansion at Arlington, bareheaded
Confederate officer yesterday opened
the simple exercises that marked the
breaking Of the ground for the con-
struetion of the marble memorial the
nation is about to erect to Abraham
Lincoln.
Thursday, Feb. II, the 105th an
niversary of Lincoln's birth, was
ohasen for the breaking Of the
ground from which the S2,oO0,000
structure will rise as rapidly as the
contractors can push the work
"Only q small group gathered to
witness the significant event. Jos.
c. Blackburn, former senator from
Kentucky, was the first to sink a
spade into the ground, and then with
uncovered head he spoke in high
praise Of the memory of the presi-
dent against whom he fought a half
century ago.
This memorial will show that
Lincoln is now regarded as the
greatest of all Americans said Sen
ator Blackburn, and that he is so
held by the south as well as the
north. Today we let the country
know that this great work has been
begun and will be carried on stead
lily until its completion
In the senate it was a southerner
who made the motion to adjourn out
OF respect to the memory of Lin
coin. The motion was made without
pre~arrangement by Senator Overman
or North Carolina, following the read
ing OF the former presidents Get
tysburg address by Senator Bradley,
or Kentucky. It was Senator Ken
yon Of Iowa who had suggested the
senate well might pause a moment
to observe the anniversary.
The house, too, paused in it's de-
hoeratlons to pay its respect to the
memory of the great emancipation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21
Ascension Schools Praised.

Writing to Supt ]. L. Rusca un
Ger date Of the 9Th inst, State Su
perlntendent Of Education 7. H. Har
rls makes the following compliment
tary reference to the DutchtoWn
oak Grove and Gonzales high schools
IN this parish, which were visited
ny Mr.. Harris a few days before in
company with Supt. Rusca, President
W. d. Stuart of the school board
ana George NJ. Bergeron, member OF
'nat oody from the first ward:
MY impression is that the three
nlsh schools in that section are in
sAceiient condition and are doing
sooo Work. From all saw and
earo' am sure the patrons are
a.s pS interested in their schools
th sho are doing all they can to make
ta % success. In the main the
~sA eal..es are remarkably strong. es-
pecialiy when it is taken into consid-
ela'ion that you are compelled to
pay rather low salaries
1 was very glad. indeed to sae
~ 80 1he industrial work at Dutch
e tawn and Oak Grove is prospering
maa, hs my Judgment upon the two
- ais that were served by the girls
rae, domestic science classes, I
periectly safe in saying that the
aomestle science departments are a
fns 1o investment and are accomplish
-. atoch good for those two COM
tha4 i.,es' 1t seemed to me also
~ 4sc the department of agriculture
- oak Grove was In good condition,
than m saOsIled the agricultural school
sneFe mas been worth MANY times
useF u the money that has been snent
as.; 49, ~. Mr. Babin, the teacher of
- tieulGafe, seems to be interested
sns a. ms work and capable and full of
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21
SENSATION PROMISED,
Dixon's Play Said TO DE a Thriller
Stronger Than Book; which is
Among Best seiIers-Author's
Distinguished Career.

The sensation of the present theat-
rical season will again be provided
by Thomas Dixon, whose plays The
Clansman' and The Sins Of the
Father" caused so much discussion
The play that viii stir the coun-
try this year is THE Leopard's S
Spots,' dramatized by Mr.. Dixon
from his famous novel of the same
name. This was the authors first
literary work and everybody is IA
miliar with its history. The book
was a tremendous hit and ranks as
one of the best sellers today, over
100000 copies having been sold. 1t
is still selling at the rate of 50,-
600 year.
Mr.. Dixon has departed now and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21

his countrymen and falls in battle.
After his death and Cleopatra has
been repulsed in her oVertures to
Rome, she kills herself through the
sting of an asp, rather than return
to Rome as a slave
The photo drama is arranged in
eight parts and three acts, each one
Of which is a dramatic revelation.
5ignor Antoni Novelli is the Marc
Antony and Signora Giovanna Teri
bill Gonzales is the Cleopatra. They
are ably supported by Signor Igna-
zio Lupi as Octavius, Signorina Ma
tide di Mario as CHAIRMAN, Signora
Elsa Lenard as 0ctavia, and a host
Of brilliant actors in the minor char
acters, some Of whom played import
ant parts in "Quo Vadis." For
spectacular magnif1cerce this pro-
duction has never been approached.
The engagement in this city in
cludes two performances, beginning
at 4 and p. N. The date is Wed
nesday, Feb. 25.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21
Contract for Fire Hose Awarded.

Donaldsonville, La, Feb. Is, 1914.
a special session of the commits
sion council was held this day at s
O'Clock p. NJ, for the purpose Of open
ing bids for supplying the fire de-
partment Of the city Of Donaldson
vile with 25G feet OF rubber fire
hose.
The clerk stated tha' he had re-
ceiVed proposals from the. Gutta
Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co., Of New
York, through their local represen-
tatlves. B. Lemann & Bro; from the
Eureka Fire Hose Mfg. Co, and from
the Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co., all
OF which were read After com
parison Of the quotations submitted
and discussion as to the relative
merits Of the various grades of hose,
1t was moved, seconded, and carried
that the contract he awarded to the
Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co., Of New
Orleans, La, to furnish 250 feet Of
their "Manhattan' brand, four-ply,
2H-inch internal diam eter, rubber
fire hose, at ninety 900 cents per
foot, guaranteed for y period of thir-
ty-six months and to Withstand a
pressure Of 400 pounds; terms, six
months from date Of invoice without
interest, and further time up to one
year with six per cent interest al
ter first six months.
The council then adjourned.
A. J. MELANCON, Clerk.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA"
George kleine's Stupendous Photo
drama to be Seen Here Feb. IS
Immortal Love Tragedy Visual
ICED in Motion Pictures,

The story Of Mare Antony's ILL.,
fated passion for the beauteous
Egyptian Queen Cleopatra is fami-
liar to almost every reader and stu
dent Of history. 1t stands out pre-
eminently as one Of the world s
great love tragedies and has been
jmmortalized in poetry, song and
drama. 1t has remained, however,
for George Kleine to do it fitting
justice in his production of the Cines
photodrama, 'Antony and Cleopatra, -
which comes to this city Wednes-
day, Feb. 25, and is said to surpass
anything that has been accomplished
III this wonderful new art. All the
mighty attributes of the story are
produced as faithfully by the camera
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21
Borrowed Items.

Mrs. Jasmin Tobias of Donaldson
vile, and her attractive niece, Miss
Marie Schloss, of this city, are in
New Orleans on a shopping trip
Baton Rouge State-Tines.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21

81. a press despatch from Pittsburg
@aa ssss that rivermen are watching
thau tssather conditions closely, asserting
saat sa II the heavy snow on the Aue7
s saeay and Monongahela .statersheds
: sues out with a sudden t1hen = ,r rain
"sastrous flood carssible W. -arted
s>A-{fteRash brnsrr~,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21

A japanese mob attacked the
House Of Parliament at Toxic on
the 10th instant, following a mass
meeting at which resolutions were
ADOPTED demanding the resignation
VI the cabinet because of it's non
action relative to graft charges. The
police repulsed the mob, but not M
1I the entraprs- gates had been de-
molished anases, Snumber of people
hurt. sfsc Anads
e11-~ and externalIvs
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21

The Chiefs telephone number is
81. Call US up whenever you have
any item Of news,e /
ii Of news.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21

Mrs. E. W. Bossier, of Belle Hell
enc, is visiting her daughter, Mrs
L. G. Roth
L. B. Roth, Of Belle Helene, is Wis,
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
G. Roth.
News reached here Wednesday
morning that A. Lorio is dangerous
ly Ill at his home on Belle Helene
plantation. Mr.. Lorio was resident
OF this parish for many years, be
ing manager Of the Allemania plan
tation. He has host of friends anc
is a prominent member of the
Knights Of Columbus We hope tt
hear of his speedy recovery
Plaquemine Champion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21

It is reported from Washington
that the subject of repeating the
act OF congress exetnpting American
vessels from tolls for passing through
the Panama Canal will be considered
at a caucus Of Democratic senators to
be held at an early date. Presi-
dent Wilson is said to be favorable
to the repeal, believing the exemp-
ton TO be opposed to both the letter
and spirit Of our treaties with a
number OF foreign nations.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21

We buy at home. How about you?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21

Continued OF page four.)
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-01
NO LINES DRAWN.
Candidate Receives Applause When
He Sticks to Himself.

That the people are going to de-
mand a discussion OF issues and are
tired Of factionalism and strife is
made evident from the way the at
tempt to draw the lines was received
by the Manning audience of 500 peo-
pie which heard the candidates for
governor and other State offices
Thursday. The incident came up
when Mr.. J. A. Hunter was asked
the question by man in the audi
ence, Glow do you stand, for Blease
or Smith," and when Mr.. Hunter
promptly replied, 81 stand for ]. A.
Hunter for lieutenant governor, the
crowded Court House broke into ap-
plause and cheers.
This was the first time any at
tempt has been made by the people
who make up the audiences to inject
the issue OF Bleaseism in the State
campaign, and the promptness with
which 1t was frowned on by the over
whelming majority Of the Manning
audience makes inevitable the con-
cIusion that the people want the can
didates for governor and other State
offices to discuss issues and not men.
The way every hit at "coat tail
swingers" is cheered strengthens the
belief that the people want man to
stand on his own merit and demand
that the campaign be conducted on
high plane.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-01
NEED IS PERSSlNG.

Continued from page one.)
year when very little work was be-
ing done on the farms.
ST could cite hundreds and hun
6reds of Just such cases. Those I
have mentioned all refer to rural
schools; have not touched on the
condition Of the towns and of the
mills. My work is largely among the
rural districts. In the mill villages
we find the conditions just as bad or
worse. Little boys from to -
years of age may be seen any day in
the week smoking cigarettes, chew
ing tobacco and shooting craps,
around the stations and on the
streets. It seems to be considered a
matter of course and is taken as an
every day event, which it is.
Compulsory education is not
needed for the negro. I have cited
examples to show you how determin-
ed they are to get an education and
they are accomplishing this without
our public school and compulsory edu-
ratiCn is needed for the children of
the white man who is too sorry and
indolent to send his children to
school, but prefers to keep them at
home in ignorance in order that they
may make the living and allow him
to sit around and do nothing.
Are We going to allow this thing
to go on, or will We say, like Cain Of
old, Am 7 my brothers keeper?' !"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-01

blind tigers" and asked, Did be say
let Charleston alone?" He read firm
the governors declaration of prin-
ciples," which, ne declared, the gov
ernor said should be the platform OF
all candidates this summer, one
plank being impartial law enforce
ment, Mr.. Pollock charging that the
governor when in Charleston told the
people of that city that they should
run their own affairs, but assumed
the reverse attitude when talking IN
other parts of the State. He refer
red to the dismissal by the governor
of notaries public at McCleilanVille,
"at the pleasure of Cole L. Blease."
"How long will the people OF
South Carolina stand for that kind
of a tyranny in the governors Of
fce?" asked Mr.. Pollock, who declar-
ed that the governors declaration
of principles at WATERFORD were
contrary to his actions.
'I ask you, is he enforcing the
law" asked Mr.. Pollock. NO. y
came IN chorus from the crowd.
The most monumental joke in the
governors whole platform is Trial
by jury for all persons accused OF
crime and enforcement Of verdicts
found by juries and judgments of
courts" declared Mr.. Pollock, who
further stated that the governor had
liberated more than 1900 prisoners,
thereby setting aside the verdicts of
$4,000 jurors, "but he pardons and
tells you, the sovereign people, you
can't help yourself"
He said no honest man should OBJ
iect to honest elections in South Car
olina, "but didn't he say that he
wouldn't sign any bill changing the
primary laws because it might be
aimed at him, the Great Ego?" He
criticised the governor for refusing
to APPOINT officers selected by the
Supreme Court, although the law
SAYS the governor must commission.
Mr.. Pollock declared himself in
full sympathy with the national ad-
ministration and praised Wilson and
Bryan as the best friends the people
ever had. He promised, if elected,
to be the Senator of every class, say
ing all would be South Carolina's to
| him. all American citizens.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-01
KNOWLEDGE is SAFETY.
Doctor Says Ignorance is the Great
Cause Of Disease.

DR.. Joseph Colt Bloodgood OF
Baltimore, speaking before the Sec
ton Of surgery of the American Med
ical associtian in convention at At
lantic City, n. J., Wednesday, declar-
ed the appalling mortality in cancer
chiefly is due to ignorance and fear
Of operation.
"There are 2O,000,000 school chill
dren in this country and 100000
Of them have tuberculosis" was the
statement of DR.. Mary Lanham OF
Highlands, n. c., in her plea for
periodic examination of young stu
dents, delivered before the section of
preventive medicine and public
health. Generally speaking every
child in the United States by the
time it reaches maturity is infected
with tuberculosis. ''The true pre-
vention of tuberculosis lies in finding
out the danger in time to overcome
II -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-01
LIONS DEVOUR MAN
ENTERED CAR IN WHICH WERE
SIX KNGLY BEASTS.
Five Leap at Him and Find Sixth on
the Side Of the Man-Defender
Pushed Aside and Man Slain.

Emerson D. DIETRICH, manager Of
theatrical production presenting a
troupe of trained lions, was killed
and partly devoured Sunday night at
Chicago by six liens when he entered
the car in which they were Gagged.
While keepers were recovering Del
trich's body, lion escaped from an
adjoining cage and terrorized the res
idents of the thickly populated quar-
ter in which the car stood.
The escaped lion was finally driven
back to its car, having harmed no
one. A pike pole from the fire de-
partment was used to withdraw Del
trich's body from the lions, after it
had been sprinkled with formalde-
hyde to drive the animals away.
Geaorge McChord, keeper of the
lions, was unable to help DIETRICH.
when he went into the den," Nc
Chord said, Teddy, the leader of the
attack against DIETRICH, began to
play with him and he told the beast
to get down. -Four of the lions were
facing him. Finally, Teddy slung
around behind him and, in minute,
was on his back. Four others then
leaped for him, and I think his neck
was broken. Trilby, the Oldest of
the lions, tried to save him, but the
others pushed her away and she quit
and watched them without joining in
the attack"
The lions were owned by Madame
Adgie Castillo, to whom DIETRICH was
engaged to be married.
farmerly had taken care Of the ami
mails herself and that they never be-
fore had given indications Of being
vicious. She attributed the attack
to the fact that the car was dark
when DIETRICH entered. Policemen
armed with rifles guarded the car all
night.
The lions, while attacking Del
trich, kept up an incessant roaring
which attracted a great crowd. The
car in which they were kept was an
| ordinary box car, in the ends OF
which steel cages had been built,
reaching within few feet of the
| top Of the car, leaving passageway
about two feet wide between them.
In one cage were the six older lions,
and in the other four younger ones.
A score of policemen and members
of a. fire company were needed to
withdraw Deitrich's body from the
cage. After the disinfectant had been
thrown in the den, the animals made
repeated plunges at the bars just
outside Of which the rescuers were
working.
With the aid of pike pole, a rope
was dropped around the body but the
interference of the lions prevented
the rescuers from lifting it over the
bars. Finally the pike pole caught a
belt worn by DIETRICH and the body
was recovered. The lions have been
used in hundreds of performances,
according to Madame Castillo, five or
six of them being liberated on the
stage together to perform under his
direction. She always has controlled
them with whip.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-01

would make him acceptable to the
Constitutionalists, while his charac-
ter, standing and conduct would
make him acceptable to the other
party.
"'Such a man, and only such a
man, can reasonably be expected to
have the confidence and respect Of
the entire country
I'm answer to the contention that
there could be no fair elections con-
Quoted by a provisional government
of which Constitutionalist was pro-
visional president, the answer of the
Americans calls attention to the fact
that in the past the elections in Mex
leo have been under the supervision
of a single cabinet minister repre-
senting the dominant party. BY an
alogy the next election should be su-
pervised by only one officer, repre-
senting the dominant Constitutional
ist party. The American plan seeks
10 GFOlu lllC JuSI -litiSiShA eSeo~
that method and contemplates that
this, the most important election in
the history of Mexico, shall be su-
pervised by representatives of both
parties.
".It is wholly incorrect to assume
that thus supervised it will be un-
fairly conducted and you may rest
assured that all the influence the
United States can legitimately use
will be exerted to secure an honest
election
"It is true that the American plan
proposes that a majority OF this
board shall be Constitutionalists but
that is because they now represent
the sentimnt of the sentiment of the
majority Of people of Mexico, and,
on which we must insist, has been
formulated solely with that end In
view. Actuated by these motives we
feel that we may appeal to you, and
through you to the other Mexican
Representatives, to read again our
plan in the light Of these words "