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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
Pure-Bred Stock Imported.

The largest single importation OF
pure bred dairy stock ever made in
to Louisiana, according to c. Il.
Staples, dairy specialist in the ex-
tension service Of the Louisiana
state University, was that Of eiga-
teen Holstein heifers and Twenty-Five
Jerseys purchased In January by j
K. Newman, a banker Of New Orle-
ans, for his 3o0-acre dairy farm 10
Gated near DonaldsonVil1e. The Hol-
stems were purchased IN New York
and the Jerseys came from one OF
the best Jersey herds Of Iowa. Mr..
Staples was commissioned to make
these purchases and spent several
days in selecting the animals.
Another recent purchase Of dairy
stock was that Of thirty-fiVe 4ol-
stein heifers by S. I. Raymond, q
Baton Rouge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
aE DIDN'T TAKE TIE PAPER.
And So Lost an Opportunity TO Make
Profitable Deal.


1t is related by an exchange that
a farmer in a certain community once
had a horse he wanted to SELL Il
was a valuable horse and should nave
brought good price For months
+ he tried to sell the animal. but could
| not find d buyer at his figure. He
finally sold II for about SIS less than
IFS val lHas her than carry it
through the winter.
Now it happened that Just across
the line in another county there was
another farmer who was looking for
just such a horse, but was unable to
find it. Then he inserted a little
ad in the home paper, which brought
him number Of offers, one Of
which he reluctantly accepted.
The first farmer did not take the
home paper and, of course, did not
see the little ad of the man who
wanted horse, and who would have
purchased his animal at a good price.
BY not taking the paper he saved
the subscription price Of 81 and
likewise lost s2k by not seeing the
other fellows ad.
Such occurrences are happening
every week right here in this COM
munity, in which people actually
lose good money because they do not
take their home paper, and hence
do not know Of many Of the op-
portunities that are being placed
before them.
The man who takes the paper and
reads it carefully each week not only
knows what is going on. but he Isl,
in fact, money ahead at the end Of
the year by knowing what, when and
where to buy
Penny wise and pound foolish is
exemplified in many ways.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
Opens Restaurant in Houn1a.


The following item from the Hou-
ma Times of Jan 30 is of local IN
terest, Mr.. MAR having formerly re-
sided here and being well known
throughout this section:
fThe Restaurant Franchise viii
open for business today in the
building formerly occupied by Frank
WurzloW, known as the Wonderland
building. Nick MAR, for long
time with the VIM. Wright liquor
company, is the promoter, and he
enters the business fully yersed in
its intricacies, having had long prae-
tfcal experience in this line of work,
Besides, he is we'll known and much
liked in the city, and his friends viii
no doubt give him liberal support.
We wish Mr.. MAR well in his
new venture and bespeak for him a
fair share of the public patronage
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
WEIGHT or FISH IN WATER.
Answer to Query Propounded BY
Puzzled Mer Rouaeaf1s.

The Chief last week published an
extract from the Mer Rouge Demo
#erat, wherein it was related that
several citizens OF that town had
engaged tn an exciting and fruit
less argument as to the correctness
of the assertion made by one OF
the disputants, to the effect that
the weight of d tub OF water Wolld
not be increased IL d fish weighing
twenty-five or any number of pounds
were subsequently placed in the
receptacle BY mutual consent the
profound problem was submitted to
the editor of the Questions and An
sWers department. OF the Times Pie
ayune. and that WeIl-posted and ae-
commodating purveyor Of informa-
lion, whose statements are invariably
aeelG5ate and reliable. disposed OF
the question IN the following man
ner.
Tits question has been put and
argued by many men before your
time, and MIR. Neil Arnett, one Of
the WelI-knoWn physicists ct the
last century gives the following ac-
count oil this experiment: The bod
wan Of most fishes are nearly of the
TRcific gravity OF water, and, there
rSe, if lying in 1t without making
Iexertion, they neither sink nor rise
very quickly. When this subject
was less understood, many persons
believed that fishes had no weight
/ in water and II is related as a
joke at the expense OF phiIosophe hers,
That king having once proposed to
his men of science to explain this
extraordinary fact, many profound
Id1squlsltlons came forth, but not
! one Of the competitors thought OF
trying what really was the fact.
t was beneath the dignity Of sci
ence in those days TO make an
experiment. At last simple man
balanced a. vessel of water In scales.
land on putting fish into the wa
ter, showed its scale preponderat-
ing Just AS much as If the fish had
been weighed alone. y
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
Road Contract Awarded in Assump-
%trr

The road committee of the parish
Of Assumption last week let the con-
tract to complete the graFeling of
the public road between the town of
Napoleonville and the Ascension line
on the right bank of Bayou La
fourche This in our opinion is the
very best thing the parish could
have done. 1t Will insure to the
travelling public at least one safe
road to DonaIdsonville. We hope the
committee will decide to construct
the remaining portions of the road
in the lower part of the parish by
contract, so that We can have one
continuous gravel road the entire
length Of our parish. The lucky con-
tractors We're Messrs Henry J. Du-
pre- and E. J. Rodrigue, both of
whom are good roads boosters, and
with the building of the road in
charge of Mr.. Dupre we feel salts
fed that satisfaction will be given
and the road soon completed As
sumption Pioneer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
COYOTES SPREAD HYDRoPHoRIl
Hundreds Of Cattle Bitten by Rabid
Wild Animals.

The spreading Of rabies bg1hlfected
coyotes among cattle grain rep the
national forests has assumed he Ave
asI eet, according to a repors,sSSssee- Sc
ceiFed by the forest service from
the district forester in charge of
the forests in Washington and Ore
gon. Numerous townships in eastern
Oregon, it is reported, have ordered
that all dogs be muzzled lest those
that have been bitten by rabid coy
otes develop hydrophobia and attack
humans or domestic animals
Efforts are being made by the
state authorities of Oregon to stop
the spread of hydrophohia by this
means, and officers of the forest ser
vice are cooperating in attempts to
kill off the coyotes. In one county
alone a loss of three hundred head
Of cattle is charged to rabid coyotes
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
Do You Find Fault With Everybody

An irritable, fault-finding disposi-
tlon is often due to disordered
stomach. man with good digestion
is nearly always good natured A
great many have been permanently
benefited by Chamberlain's Tablets
after years of suffering. These tab
lets strengthen the stomach and en-
able it to perform its functfsns nat
urally. Obtainable everywhere.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
Stock Company Formed to Operate
ST Janneg Uairy z arm.

/
ST .Iannes Dairy Z arm
The dairy farm off Victor Loisel
former United States marshal, sit.
uated in ST. James parish. has been
taken over by company Of which
Mr.. LoiseI is the head, and a num-
Der Of his friends in New Orleans
are shareholders Among those con.
nected with the corporation are A.
G. Carpenter, manager of the Gulf
Bag Company; Rene C1erc, of Ciere
Brothers; E. @. Wild, of the Gulf
States Farmer, Edouard F. Henri
ques, and Others
Mr.. Loisel's holdings included 1000
arpents of land near the river, haF-
ing railroad facilities, on which he
had developed dairying and hog
raising. He had about 200 COWS, but
the herd will be increased to twice
that number The company has
been shipping large quantities OF
milk to New Orleans and at present,
it is said, has a contract with one
of the large restaurants to supply
500 gallons per day.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13

A fire at Bastrop. La, Jan. 25, de
stroyed the Masonic Hall and the
store OF Washburn & Sons, worth
about $1,000.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
E1utck1tow ! High.
Goals -Four throws

The Dutchtown five are anxious
to- secure games with DoIts--,-sonvlile
and Fhibodaux.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
A FARMERS FOLLY.
Practice Of Buying Away from Home
costly ii Long Bun.

A~AtSC VI L@6giIEa fNffII t1Stti#@stS
costly IN Long Run.
A farmer who did all his trading
out OF town, and went SO far as to
honeyfugle neighbors to do the same
thing, found that In ten years the
Gown nearest his acres dWindled to
almost nothing and the market val
ue of his land reduced DO per cent.
Serves him right
And not only did the realization
of his folly after ten years of tear
ing down come because he found
his land was reduced in value, An
investigation also showed him that
he had been biIked continually in
his far away buying, as he could
have purchased the same goods at
the same or lower prices nearer
TO hum
Experience is the most costly thing
in the world sometimes. If a farm
er doesn't like to- have a live town
reasonably close to his farm, two
methods are open to him. Do his
trading by mail or move to the CEN
ter of some limitiess expanse where
any kind of burg wouldn't bother
him.
Sensible rural residents are be-
ginning TO realize that to have a
live town near at hand is a wonder
ful advantage in so many ways that
it would take a mathematician to
enumerate them.-Pine Bluff Gra-
phic
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
Speaking Of
Hats

there never was such
a complete showing OF
hats for men, as the
wonderful assortrnents
Of new Fall Sfefsons
that grace our store to-
day.
You' We probably no
ticed them IN our win
dow. + you haven I,
then BY all means take
a few minutes at lunch
time and come see what
a really remarkable
range we have here for
you.
Whether you want
a Soft haa, sti Stiff e hat, Or
aSeH-con1o n1o1uzt11g Derry,
you will find it easy to
ma ke d becoming
G4a4coaa ao,f,r>+.,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
HoW Mr.. Davis Got Rid of Bad
sa Couuka.

Some time ago I had a very bad
cough, writes Lewis T. Davis,
Blaekwater. Del. MY brother Nc
Cabe Davis gave me a small bottle
Of ChamberIain's Cough Remedy.
After taking this bought half a
dozen bottles of it, but only used
one Of them, as the cough left me
and / have not been troubled since :
Obtainable everywhere.
The Chiefs telephone number is
I34 Call us up whenever you have
any item of news.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13

That awful headache that comes
out OF many .'WE1iskies" is not IN
our high grade brands. On the Con-
srary. they are j kraeer and tonic
While you are drinking drink the
BEST. And this is the place 70
oct the BEST.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13

An ad in The Chief win pay.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13

New books: Literature of Ger
many. by j. G. Robertson; Science
of Wealth" By Hobson.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-13
Oak Grove High.

Goals Foul throws
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
$50, 900 BEQUEATHED TO
METHODIST ORPHANS HOME
J. e. Ladder Divides Estate Equally

j. e. Ladder Divides Estate Equally
Brothers and Sisters and Orphans.
The Methodist Orphans Home n
VinevilIe will soon come into posses
sion of $4,000 left to the institution
by the late James Ladder, who died
several days ago.
Mr. Ladder, who was a wealthy
man, and whose estate is valued in
the neighborhood of 100000 left his
property equally divided between five
brothers and the Methodist Orphans
Home. In other words, each brother
and sister and the home will get one
sixth of the big estate.
Ladder was bachelor, but was a
frequent visitor to the children in
Vineville. He was for many years a
resident of Hawkinsville before re-
firing from business.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
TO DISCUSS MARKET PROBLEMS
State Chamber of Commerce Calls a
Meeting at Albany for Jan. Is.

State Chamber of Commerce Calls a
Meeting at Albany for Jan. rs.
Merchants and farmers of South
west Georgia have been asked by the
State Chamber of Commerce to meet
in Albany Thursday, January 2Sth,
for a heart-to-heart discussion of the
problem of raising and standardizing
the marketing of food and feed crops
to be raised by Georgia farmers in
1915 on acreage formerly planted to
cotton.
The Ordinaries of the following
counties have been asked to appoint
delegates to the meeting: Dougher-
ty, Mitchell, Miller, Early, Baker,
Calhoun, Terrell, Lee, Turner, Tiff,
Worth, Colquitt, Clay, Quitman and
Randolph. 1t is expected that there
will be a large attendance and that
the planting and marketing Of food
crops will be settled for Southwest
Georgia, with resultant prosperity for
this section in the future.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
NEW BETHEL NEWS.
The Happenings of the Week in and
Around That Community.

AROUND lUdE COIllE11ulIJAs
Miss Annie Lou Cole, one of Par
rott's fair young ladies and esteemed
teachers, opened school here with a
large attendance. However, we are
sorry to state that our, school is yet
divided, and some of the pupils go to
Graves. We are sure Miss Cole will
do her part if the parents will do
theirs.
AS usual, our Sunday school has
gone into winter quarters. We are
glad to say we still have Sunday
school, and it is progressing nicely.
We hope to see a large crowd out
next Sunday.
Mr.. John Goodson and niece, Lou
Use, Misses Laurene, Palestine and
Dell Sem of Pleasant Hill and MIR.
and Mrs. D. J. Sem Of Herod were
Sunday visitors here
We were glad to have Brother Bin
ion and wife with us Sunday. We
greatly miss them when their places
at church are vacant.
Mrs. Mcneil of Macon, who spent
the holidays with her sons, Messrs.
| o. L.. John and Jim Mcneil, returned
home Monday.
Miss Lucy May Bridges returned
home Saturday from Brooksville. She
was accompanied by Mr.. Perry and
his sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. George, who have
visited their son. Mr.. Sam George,
have returned to their home in Shell
man.
The entertainment at the home OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Marshall, Jr.,
was greatly enjoyed by large crowd.
Mrs. Mollie Walker and family will
move Wednesday to Elmodel. We
regret to lose them as neighbors.
Messrs. Odesta and Aubrey Cannon
of Parrott have visited their grand
parents, MI. and Mrs. S. j. Sem.
Miss Leila Bridges, who spent the
past year at the home of DR.. Arnold
| of Parrot, has returned home.
Our regular preaching days will
be on the first Sunday and Saturday
before instead of the fourth.
Mr.. Andrew Walker has returned
/ to E1model. He was accompanied by
/ his brother, Mr.. John Walker.
Mesdames Zula and Fannie Priest
recently visited Mrs. VIM. Hasty at
Pierce's Chapel.
The singing at the home OF MT.
Stephens was much enjoyed Dy d
! large crowd.
Mrs. Minnie Marshall of Parrott
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Marshall
recently.
Rev. E. T. Moore, our pastor, OF
Andersonville, spent last week with
us.
Master Paul Cannon returned TO
school at PARROT Monday
Mr.. Grover Brooks of Cairo was
here Sunday to see his best girl
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Sem have VS.
tied relatives in Randolph county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
BRIEFS FROM BRoNwooD.
Interesting News Items and Personal
Mention From That Town.

Interesting News Items and Personal
Mention From That Town.
Miss Theo Williamson gave a de-
IightfuI spend-the-night party We'd
nesday night. Her guests included
Misses Susie Gammage, Alice Miller
and Daisy Cowart.
Miss Theo Williamson and Miss
Ruth Martin left Friday to enter q
| training school for nurses in Atlanta.
DR.. and Mrs. J. B. Stapleton and
little son spent a few days at the
home of Mr. E. H. Stapleton.
Mr.. A. P. Chapman, who has been
ill for some time, left Wednesday for
sanitarium at Plains.
Mrs. John Fleming and little
daughter, Rosa Lee, are visiting rel
atives in Oglethorpe.
Miss Kate Cowart returned Friday
from Smithville, where she visited
Mrs. Walter Cowart
Mr.. Clarence Price is a popular
member of a fishing party in Mcln-
Ityre, Fla.
Miss Ruby Woolbright was the
guest last week of Miss Lola Murray
Mrs. C. B. Hunter has returned
from sanitarioum in Plains.
Mrs. Reese Smith and children
spent Sunday in Plains.
Mr.. Reese Andrews was in the city
Friday from Plains.
DR.. S. D. Bowman of Dawson was
here Sunday
Mrs. E. G. Webb spent Sunday in
Plains.
Mr.. r. Fl. Kent is in Athens.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
COTTON CONTINUES
TO SELL READILY
Good Demand for the Staple at Cur
rent Prices. Most of 1t Is
For Export Trade.

The stock of cotton in the Dawson
warehouses is being steadily though
slowly reduced. The market has
ruled steadily for some days and
numerous sales of small lots are re-
ported here. Practically all of the
cotton sold in Dawson is for export
to European countries. There is also
continued good buying of contracts
by Liverpool and the continent.
There is much talk of exports be-
ing curtailed on account of the cur
rent high ocean freight rates, but
foreigners continue good buyers of
the actual, and with cotton selling at
between 20 cents and 22 cents in
Bremen, as against 71a cents here,
it is not likely that high freight rates
will interfere with purchases for
some time to come.
Cotton was quoted at 8 4 cents
basis good middling in Dawson this
morning.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
MYSTERY SURROUNDS FINDING
OF DYNAMITE IN CITIZENS YARD
Four Sticks Of the Explosive and Fuse and Caps Were
Concealed in Few Feet of J. B. Mathis Residence

tention of officers, but investigation
has revealed nothing more than that
the dynamite was sold the day before
by Mr.. ]. G. Hollingsworth to negro
he did not know.
There are many theories as to why
and who placed the dynamite in the
yard, but the whole affair is envel-
oped in a mystery that seems destin-
ed to go unsolved. Mr.. Mathis does
not know of any one who would wish
to do him or his family any harm,
and it is not believed that such was
the intention of whoever was respon-
sible for the presence of the danger
GUS explosive on his premises.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19

The family of Mr.. j. B. Mathis,
who live in the residence of the late
Mrs. Jane Carver at the intersection
OF Stonewall and Lee streets, were
somewhat startled and considerably
perturbed when some dynamite and
fuses were found on the premises
Thursday.
The explosive was found by Mrs.
Mathis concealed behind a coal box
about thirty feet from the dwelling
and consisted of four sticks of dyna-
mite eight or ten inches long wrapped
in brown paper and fuse and caps in
an 81 X l." knife box.
The matter was called to the at
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
WEIGHING RURAL MAIL
MAY DISCONTINUE SOME ROUTES
UNLESS BETTER PATRONIZED.
Every Piece of Mail Handled on
These Routes Is Being Count
ed and Weighed Daily.

These Routes Is Being Count
ed and Weighed Daily.
This is weighing period at the
Dawson postoffice, and for that mat
ter at every postoffice in the United
States where rural routes go out
from the Office.
1t is the custom of the postoffice
department of the United States to
have weighing periods and counting
periods, and the rural carriers are
required to weigh and count the
pieces of mail handled by them and
note the class in which it is handled.
The department does this in order
that it may keep tab on what each
department is doing and whether or
not it is paying the required per cent
in order to maintain it's establish
ment.
Perhaps the patrons of a rural
route have never thought about their
route seriously, whether or not it
would ever be discontinued, but it is
reported that a decrease in the vol
ume of pieces carried on a very large
number of these routes jeopardizes
their continuance.
1t is with the view of ascertaining
just what volume of business the car
riers are now handling as compared
with this period year ago, that the
postoffice department is making very
careful investigation with the view
of finding out just what routes will
justify continuance and what routes
may probably be abandoned. lnspec-
tors reports, as far as made, indicate
that quite a number of routes are
not carrying enough mail to justify
the expense of a carrier, and the pol
icy of the postoffice department is to
discontinue such routes that do not
handle sufficient volume of mail to
indicate the interest of the people
| living along it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
BAILIFF OF BULL NECK
r,e REMANDED TO JAIL FOR
r,rIJrRE TO PRODUCE MULE.
,nother Chapter i'm Story Growing
out of Calhoun official Levying an
Execution in Terrell.

n1.tT nj HluOuu OAANAeeA AAAS5 SsAA
Execution in Terrell.
Ennis Mcdaniel, the high bailiff
g Rullneck district of Calhoun coun-
~ was remanded to the Terrell coun-
~ iail without bail by Judge ]. w.
poddv Thursday for failure to pro-
ducA a certain mule by the name of
Rock.
# will be remembered that some
weeks ago Bailiff Mcdaniel and Mad
ison Turner, the latter also of Cal
boun county, were arrested while at
DAWSON and placed in Jail under
nossessory warrant proceedings, the
bai1iff and Turner having failed or
refused to produce the said Rock,
which belonged to D. w. Eaton Of
Terrell county, and which, it is al
legged, was illegally levied on and
seized by Bailiff Mcdaniel outside of
his Jurisdiction year or more ago.
After two or three days incarcera-
ton the two men secured their free
dom by habeas corpus proceedings
before Judge Edwards OF the city
court, who held that they were en-
titled to a trial before being impris-
oned without the privilege of making
bond. They were Immediately ar
rested again, and gave bond to APP
pear before Justice Peddy last Thurs
day for trial.
Mr.. McDaniels defense was that
it was impossible for him to produce
the mule, as it had long been out of
his possession and control. Justice
Peddy held, however, that his act
in Selling the mule was without au-
thority of law and he was therefore
responsible for it, and ordered him
held in Jail until the animal was
forthcoming. 1t was shown that Mr..
Turner had no connection with the
matter other than his presence as a
friend when Bailiff Mcdaniel came
over into Terrell county and made
the levy, and he was discharged.
Mcdaniel appealed to the supe-
rior court, and was released under
a bond Of 5000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
500 BALES GO FROM
DAWSON TO SWEDEN
Shipment of Cotton Leaves Dawson
for Foreign Country. Freight
and Insurance Are Big Items.

Mr.. C. M. Couric, who represents
Livingston & Co. at Dawson, has
shipped to Europe 800 bales of cot
ton The cotton was consigned to a
firm in Sweden.
The freight and insurance on the
cotton was a considerable item, the
two costing nearly half as much as
some of the cotton. The freight
charges were $4,000, a little more
than 5000 a bale, while the insur-
ance was $500 a bale.
Considerable cotton is now going
to foreign markets, and other ship
ments have been made from Daw-
son. Mr.. J. D Tweedy recently shipp-
ed 100 bales that were to go in a
European cargo.