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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
Death of Mrs. A. E. Ayme.

A good woman was called to her
reward when Mrs. A. e. sAyme, after
months of suffering, closed her eyes
in the long sleep that knows no wax
ing and passed from earthly care nlr
to the sublime blessedness Of eternal
peace Mrs. Ayme died at the family
home on New Hope. plantation at
$40 o'clock last Sunday morning,
aged So years, 9 months and days.
She was a native of st. James par
ish, nee Claire Richard, but had re-
sided in Ascension since her marri
age, and had wide circle of friends
and acquaintance to whom the an
nouncement of her demise proved a
distinct shock and brought profound
sorrow. The funeral took place
Monday forenoon, with services at
the St. Francis of Assisium church
in Smoke Bend and interment in the
Donaldsonville Catholic cemetery.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Ayme
leaves to lament her loss a son, Ely
zee Ayme; an adopted daughter, Miss
Adele Duhon, and two sisters. Mrs.
Felix Boudreaux, of Union, and Mrs.
j. N. Cornet, of McElroy. The Chief
proffers sincere sympathy to the
grief-stricken family.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
New Car in Town.

DR.. Sheard Moore, the progressive
and energetic proprietor of the Dom
aldsonville Auto Co., has secured the
agency in this territory sasr the ia
nous Oldsmobile and Stearns-Knight
automobiles, i and has acquired for
demonstration purposes touring car
Of the former make that is one of the
handsomest popular-price machines
yet seen in this city. DR.. and Mrs.
Moore went to New Orleans via the
I. & P. last Saturday morning and
returned in the new car the follow
ing day, the trip home being made
without a flicker The machine
has many good qualities, which, sup
plemented by DR.. Moore's charac-
teristic enterprise and push" should
bring it into wide popularity through
out this section.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
Otange Day Nov. 10.

All Louisianians are asked to OBJ
serve Orange Day" on Nov. 10, when
the second annual celebration of the
Louisiana citrus fruit industry will
be observed. An unusual feature
will be the appearance in New Or
leans on that date of the historic
liberty bell," en- route from the San
Francisco exposition back to its rest
ing place in Philadelphia. The New
Orleans Association of Commerce is
heading the movement, in co-opera-
ton with the orange growers, and
there win be auto parades and q
distribution of oranges by the thou
sands.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
Methodist Services and Conference.

There will be services at the Meth
odist church tomorrow at IL a. m.
and 7 p. M, with Sunday School
at the usual hour, 10 a. m. The
forenoon service will be conducted
by the pastor, Rev. T. D. Lipseomb,
who will preach his last sermon of
the conference year. Rev. W. W.
Holmes, presiding elder of the New
Orleans district, will preach at the
evening service, following which the
quarterly district conference will be
held. The annual state conference
will convene in Mansfield next We'd
nesday, the 18th inst, remaining in
session until the ensuing Monday.
Rev. Lipscomb will leave for Mans
field Monday night to attend the
gathering
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
Contract Let to Repair Sims Levee.

Contract Let to Repair Sims Levee.
Bids were opened in the Office of
the State Board of Engineers in New
Orleans Tuesday for several import
ant pieces of levee work, including
the repair of the Sims levee in this
parish, about one mile below Donald
sonville. The specifications of this
contract call for restoration of wave
washed slope, driving trip-lap cypress
bulkhead. and repairs TO reinforced
concrete revetment. Approximate
quantities are: Earthwork, 1000
cubic yards; bulkhead, 1900 linear
feet; reinforced concrete, 1000 square
yards. There were three bids, the
lowest being that Of ]. D. Niece,
whose figures were: 50 cents per
cubic yard for earthwork; S1.05 per
square yard for concrete, and S6.47
per square yard for bulkhead.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
Corn Contest at ID. H 6

Linden Goette, sixth grade pupil
of the DonaldsonvilIe High School,
won first prize, as best corn Judge in
competition with sixty-six classmates
last Tuesday. The sixth and seventh
grade pupils Of our high school have
indeed developed unusual ability as
judges of corn. The public is in
vited to call at the high school IL
brary next Monday, the 18th inst,
and take a look at the ten-ear corn
contest. 1t viii be an excellent
proof of the ability of our boys and
girls IN selecting exhibit corn. Show
your appreciation Of progressive ag-
riculture by coming to see the ex-
hibits IN contest.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
Demonstration of Maxwell Car.

The attention Of prospective pur-
chasers of automobiles is directed to
the ad on the first page of today's
Chief, announcing that the 1916
model Maxwell Is will be on demon
stration in this city today and tomor-
row. The Prados Auto Company of
New Orleans are the distributors of
this reliable car, and Rufus A. Prados
made the trip to Donaldsonville in
person to see that the superlative
merits Of the sterling machine are
pointed out to interested parties. He
will be assisted by Gus. Ferrier. The
gentlemen may be found at the Ho-
tel Donaldson, and will be pleased to
arrange demonstrations at any hour
that may be convenient to inquirers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
THRILLING TALE or TRAyE1
Experience of Party of State E,;,
Tourists on r. & p.

Experience of Party of State FAR
Tourists on r. & P.
Editor Chief.
1 Although you may find nothino
very unusual in trip to Shreyenorfs
you will probably agree with me thafp
the one taken by a party Of of f s1as5
from our city was little more than
| unusual"
We left Donaldsonville last satur.
day afternoon with intention of re-
turning early Monday. However. the
T. & P. railroad had no such inten-
ton, and this is where sour story be-
gins. y
The impaired bridge at Melville
caused a three-hour detour by Wav
of Opelousas, and we found three
more hours added to our trip. Games
and conversation took up the early
part of the evening very pleasantly.
The editor of the TIP. contributed
a delightful little joke-book, (the Z.
q P. time table,, so we tried passing
the time by counting the minutes be
tween stations. Why didn't we sleep?
The shrieking Of the train, the jerks
and bumps with every stop, the chat
ter of other passengers, the incessant
cry of the butcher boy" plying his
trade, the glare of the lamps in our
eyes-all added very much to our
comfort. But, we were going to the
"fair," and were none the less cheer
full upon arriving in Shreveport at
five o'clock Sunday morning.
The fair grounds were alive with
people. Everywhere, in every build
ing; in the fine, great grand-stand;
in the amusement places, they throng-
ed. We went through all the exhibit
buildings and were proud to see how
favorably our South Louisiana Fair
compares with that of the, state The
exhibits outnurnbered otaans but were
not of better quality. Much of the q
work exhibited here also won blue
every department we found Ascen-
sion parish well represented
There was a small horticultural ex-
hibit that made us thrill with pride
as we thought Of the beautiful one
held here at the last fair.
The fine aeroplane flight and auto
mobile races afforded pleasant af-
ternoon Sunday, and when we left
- e ~ I,.aa a lnoi1g on tle
+r;n as n m III H. ,esgl w. ae,s w
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coo ~ hetpa .r as,s uasllgnt vs. soulu
eo,,,,trv !, tIa nor st1,sse sne pis.sy
STATE Tha homo f,T ,l ,,a ps'l $50 - - -
e;t;rg asnec;all AIN, ,,sh tp w. ~
that tla train lad I', araers 5oan ~ ~
f,,rtbe, tbaa palu;11a an, ! ast;, -
ton ha;na Donaldeanvil1a NJ nars,a
sion .canld make ~, nc fhinls Mal1;1la Il
would do Direct con,nann !, ;e . ;esS !
with baada,arta1s of tha ra ai,s,a
VA effeefive i, <ino fIaa A.
ficials see thai We meant That Donald
sonville was the onlv Mace We would 4
consider stopninp ia. After numer-
Gus telepran1s and nhone messages
had passed between II. 6. and onr
party. lnow FIVE IN number1 ar
rangements were made. AutombbiIes .
were at our DISMISSAL the ssharhar
shon, extended > cordial welcome wa Il
were comfortably conveyed across
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
Oil Engine Demonstration.

A demonstration of the lifting ca
pacity of the Anderson crude oil en-
CINE will be given on the river bat
ture at Burnside next Tuesday be-
tween the hours of 10 a. m. and A p.
M, under the supervision of Charles
Leblanc, local agent for these won
derful machines. 1t will be shown
that an Anderson engine of 75-horse-
power type can lift water Is to 20
feet in the same volume as a steam
or gasoline engine of equal capacity,
at one-ffth the cost. A cordial in
vitation to attend the demonstration
is extended to everybody interested.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
School Fund Apportioned.

The annual November apportion
ment of the current school fund was
made last week by the state depart
ment of education, total of $780,
1856 being disbursed. There are
53S,119 children of educable age IN
the state, according to the last school
census, hence the per capita allow
ance of the November distribution is
"a cents. An educable child is one
between five and eighteen years of
age. Ascension's share of the fund
S16S5.2S.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
Teachers Examination.

supt. H. P. Broussard announces
that the next examination Of appli-
cants for teachers certificates will
be held Nov. 20, 80, Dec. /, (white} J,
Dec. 2, 5, 4, (negro). The con
ditions governing the issuance Of GER
titicates to applicants remain the
same as in the last examination.
The papers of applicants must be
written in ink, upon which they will
be graded in penmansilip. Appli-
cants- will, therefore, provide them
selves with pen and ink.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

The st. Martinville Messenger, q
Democratic paper, recently expressed
the opinion that unless DR.. Pierson
comes out with satisfactory plat
form, Parker seems to be the best
of the candidates. The doctor had
a pretty good sort of a platform I'M
der course of construction, but he
deemed it the part of prudence to
come out of the running instead of
coming out with platform, and his
best friends think he did right.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
GAUSE OF PELLAGRA Dis
COVERED.

AS the result of experimental
treatment with eleven inmates of the
Mississippi penitentiary as voluntary
patients, DR.. Joseph Goldberger of
the United States public health SER
vice seems to have demonstrated con-
clusively that pellagra, the disease
that has become alarmingly prevalent
in various parts of the southern
states, is caused by defective and I'M
balanced diet.
The Mississippi State Board of
Health has officially announced that
of the eleven men who followed the
diet prescribed by DR.. Goldberger-
which excluded such food as milk,
fresh lean meat, eggs, peas and
beans-six have pellagra in pro-
nounced form, while two others have
symptoms suggestive of pellagra.
Having apparently shown that a
deficient diet will cause pellagra, DR..
believes that a correct
and properly balanced diet will not
only prevent but cure the disease, and
4 course of experimental treatment
along this line is now being pursued
with number of Mississippi patients.
The outcome Of these cases will be
awaited with deep and universal in
crest, and there will be another great
tdVance recorded in medical curative
md remedial science if DR.. Coz
,erger proves as successful in abat- |
ng pellagra as he seems to have been
n producing it,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

Sheriff c. J. Marlborough of st.
Helena parish announces that he will
not be candidate for reelection
because he is "now getting along near
sixty years of age" and wishes to re-
tire from politics. st. Helena will not
be wholly benefit of aspirants for the
shrievalty, however, as four willing
patriots are in the field for the place
and just as anxious to get into the
political game as Sheriff Marlborough
il to get out of it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

Sheriff Albert J. Estopinal of st.
Bernard parish adopted strenuous
and effective means of enforcing his
repeated warnings to certain saloon
keepers il his bailiwick that illegal
gambling slot machines must be
banished. He visited the four saloons
of the persistent offenders and with
an ak in one instance, a chair in one,
and billiard cues in the two others
he smashed all the slot machines in
sight.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

Edward F. Kearney, formerly vice
president of the Texas & Pacific Rail-
way Company, which Office he re-
signed to become receiver of the
Wabash railroad, has been elected
president of the Wabash company.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

The anti-saloon people had pa
rade in Alexandria last week that
they called John Barleycorn's fun
eral," and there was much rejoicing
over the old sinners demise. But
John is so long on lives that cat
with nine isn't in his category.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

New Orleans is being spoken of
as a possible military base and also
as the domicile of one of several
new United States naval academies
ss.aesla iisz.ece nvaian with the plans,
= Increasing yFfes
nations defensive military and naval
forces.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

A bit of ginger is to be injected
into Plaquemine's municipal primary
election by competition for the two
most important officers. Peter G.
Wiibert and Waiter l.. Bernard are
candidates for mayor, while Chief of
Police John A. Schuler has an OPP
ponent in the person of Chas. E.
Booksh.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

The Lafourche Comet has recent
iy improved it's facilities and appear
ance by the installation of an up-to-
date typesetting machine, model Is
Standard Mergenthaler linotype,
which is being manipulated by the
deft fingers of Editor J. B. Taylor's
charming daughter, Miss Maybelle
Taylor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
The Nanoleonville HIGH

The Napoleonville High School
team failed to show up last Sunday
afternoon for second trouncing at
the hands Of the local Leopards, and
the latter tackled the S. ]. C. l..
seniors instead. Although out of
their class, the youngsters put up a.
rafting good fight and came within
an ace of defeating their maturer
opponents, the score at. the end of
Eee spicy contest standing s to T..
4 good-sized crowd witnessed the
game, which was featured by fast
playing on the part of both teams.
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

John Temple Graves, the gifted
Georgia editor and orator, is to de-
liver an address on national prepared
ness before the New Orleans branch
of the Navy League of America,
November IS.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

4 football game between the Dom
aIdsonville and Dutchtown high
school teams will be played at the
fair grounds next Saturday after
loon, commencing at 3 p. m. If ar
rangements can be perfected, a has
ketball game will take place about
1890 o'clock in the forenoon be-
tween the girls teams Of the same
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

President Wilson designated Thurs
day, November 25, as national
Thanksgiving Day, and Governor
Hall seconded the motion on behalf
Of the stats. of Louisiana.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
ACHnJE r PICARD

is hereby announced as candidate
for the office Of representative in the
Louisiana general assembly from the
parish of Ascension, subject to the
action of the Democratic primary.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
M ARTHUR MORGAN

is hereby announced as candidate
for the office of representative in the
Louisiana general assembly from the
parish of Ascension, subject to the
action of the Democratic primary.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR SHERIFF.
J. F. SAXON
FOR ASSESSOR.
A G. CIT AMANT

n. d DI. HNIfaI3I
is hereby announced as candidate
for the office of. assessor of the par
ish of Ascension, subject to the ac-
ton of the Democratic primary.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

President Wilson and Mrs. Norman
Gait are to be married near the close
of December. ~L
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
DISTRICT COURT.
Progress of Litigation Before Judi
cial Body Briefly Summarized.

District court was in session only
one day this week, a brief sitting be-
ing heldGW ednesday forenoon at
which the following business was
transacted:
Manuel Rodriguez ct ais. VS.. Ro-
driguez ct ais; answer filed; reas-
signed to Tuesday, Nov. 16.
Scully Steel and Iron Works VS.. A.
j. Schroeder; reassigned to Nov. 16.
Fairbanks, Morse & Co. VS.. Brad
ford Transportation Co.; exception
filed.
Paul Comeaux VS.. Virginia Rich
ardson; plaintiff granted absolute di-
voree.
Schwarzchild & Sulzburger VS..
Leonardo Tridico; Judgment for
plaintiffs for $129.18, with legal in
terest from date of judicial demand
until paid.
D. Ohlmeyer VS.. Charles ]. Hockey;
judgment for plaintiff for $56.4O,
with legal interest from date of ju-
dicial demand until paid.
B. Lemann & Bro. VS.. R. L. Stew
art, third opposition Of Standard
Scale and Supply Co.; submitted on
restatement of facts.
Court adjourned to Tuesday, Nov.
Is, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
BORROWED ITEMS.
Notes of Local Interest Extracted
from Neighboring Journals.

c. f. Trudeau, rural school in.
speetor, returned Saturday from q
trip through Ascension parish with
of school consolidation and inspec-
ton SSupt. Broussard has been in
office only two months, but he seems
to have the school situation in Ascen-
sion very well in hand" Mr.. Trudeau
said.-Baton Rouge State Times.
BY next year it is likely Baton
Rouge will have a free fair. The
people of that parish are considering
a proposal 80 vote half a mill tax to
support the enterprise, which already
ranks second to the Shreveport state
fair in Importance. The tax would
run about SO cents per year to each
individual in the parish. The South
Louisiana Fair Association at Donald
sonville may be the beneficiary Of a
similar tax in that district, as, in
three years, this fair has grown to
be third in Importance in Louisiana.
Democrat
All who opposed the closing of the
bayou, believing we would never get
locks-all who have since been striv-
ing to secure locks at Donaidsonville
have in the present condition of
the bayou the best argument for
locks amy cause ever had, or can ex-
peet to have. The injustice of the
the sehening of those who
placed the dam where it is, with the
hone of IItin1a taMS4 fIsryI1ae It'd locks
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

Mrs. w. J. Leblanc and children
left yesterday for New Orleans to
join Mr.. Leblanc, who is the efficient
bookkeeper for the firm Of Whiteman
Bros, with Offices at No. $3.50 Caron-
delet street. The family have remit
a comfortable home in Cherokee
street, and their household furnish
ings were forwarded to the new dom
icile last Saturday.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
Another Bunch of Laurels For Mccall

In addition to the premiums emu
merated in last weeks Chief, Evan
McCall's magnificent Duroc-J ersey
show herd won three frsts, one sec
ond and two thirds in the open COM
petition at the state fair at Shreve-
port. His Louisiana Defender was
declared the best aged boar, and he
carried off both the special premiums
offered by the National Duroc-Jersey
Record Association, for best boar and
three soWs farroWed the property Of
exhibitor, and for young herd bred
by exhibitor. Second premium was
awarded him for junior sow pig, and
third honors for senior boar pig and
aged sow. Competition was excep-
tionally keen, the array and class of
the Durocs at Shreveport being the
largest and best shown at any south
ern fair this year, according to ex-
perts who have made the rounds of
the big shows and are qualified to
talk.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
B U D c E

Estimated Revenues and Expenditures of
the City of Dcnaldsonville for the
Fiscal Year 1916.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
handsome Trophy ON DispIa-s

handsome Trophy ON DispIa-,
The handsome silver trophy won at
the state fair at Shreveport by Evan
J. Mccall, the peerless young Ascen-
sion sugar planter and swine breeder,
is on display in the show window of
the Meter store, where it is attract
ing much attention. The prize was
offered by the National Duroc-J ersey
Record Association Of Chicago, ILL.,,
for the best bred herd of Durocs un-
der one year exhibited at the state
fair, and was awarded to Mr.. Mccall
in competition with some Of the coun-
try's largest and best-known breeders
Of this variety of swine. The trophy
is IN the form of percolator, stand
ing eighteen inches high, and is an
exceptionally chaste and elegant
specimen of the jewelers. art.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13
The Chief Elected Official journal.

80 At meeting Of the finance com
mittee Of the Lafourche basin levee
board held in New Orleans Thursday.
The Chief was elected official journal
of the board for the coming wear.
For the past few years the proceed
ings of the organization have been
published in the jefferson Voice.
which recently suspended publication
and was succeeded by the jefferson
Record. The Chief thanks the levee
commissioners for the compliment
implied in the selection Of the paper
as saeir official journal, and promises
a faithful and efficient performance
Of the duties attaching to the posi-
ton.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

In the disputed question as to
whether Jared Y. Sanders, Thos. G.
Barrel or Ruffin G. Pleasant is most
entitled to the epithet Of opportunist
- connection with the injection Of
prohibition into the present state
campaign, the st. Helena Echo finds
a striking analogy to the long-pend-
ing and still unsolved mystery, Who
struck Billy Patterson"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

For local news read The Chief.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-13

DEPARTM EMIT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
HEALTH AND SAFETY.