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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
STRONG PLEA FOR WATERWAYS.
Proper Improvement of Nations Worthy Water Courses
Be Urged by National Rivers and Harbors Congress
At Annual Conventon-Ringing Protest Against
Slanderous Attacks. A
as d means of national

Waterways as d means of national
defense will be a keynote struck at
the convention of the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress to be held in
Washington, w D. G.. Dec. s, and 10.
This topic will be treated by Con-
gresham j. Hampton Moore of Penn
sylvania, who has studied the subject
thoroughly and is well qualified to
speak with authority. With prepared
ness the crucial issue before the coun-
try, this discussion is especially op-
perfume. 1t is expected that Repre-
sentative Moore will stress the value
of improved inland waterways as an
aid to the speedy mobilization of
American forces in event of a
threatened invasion.
Among the prominent men who
will address the organization will be
Governor Edward. F. Dunno, of Illi-
nois, whose subject is "The Illinois
Waterway" The vests interest in
waterways will be- championed by the
new senator from California, Hon.
James B. Phelan. The Missouri river,
which was so caustically critized by
ex-senator Burton, will be the SUBJ
ject OF an address by Senator Jim
Reed, of Missouri, who will fire the
opening broadside in it's defense.
Moving pictures, especially pre-
pared for the purpose, and showing
the work of improving the Missis-
sippi river, will be novel auxiliary
to the address of Congressman Ben
Humphreys of Mississippi.
Senator Jos. E. Ransdell, of Lou
isiana, president of the Congress, will
deliver his annual address.
The following protest against the
slanderous assaults made on water
way improvements has been issued
by the Congress under the caption OF,
IF the War Against Waterways
Wins-?'
'For two years in succession fiji
busters against rivers and harbors
bills have been conducted in The
United States senate, the result IN
both cases being to prevent any ap-
preparations for new projects, many
of which are urgently needed and
to make meager and insufficient pre-
vision for projects already under
way, thereby seriously delaying their
completion. ~
'tThe senator who led both fill
busters declared that there are other
cheaper and more efficient methods
of carrying the products of farm and
factory to market, and denounced
the Wastefulness and the folly Of
congress in seeking to promote a sys-
tenn of transportation which, save in
very exceptional instances, is obsolete
and of no value to the people. These
statements have. been endorsed by no
inconsiderable portion Of the press OF
the country.
"There is, of course, always room
for an honest difference of opinion
as to the merits of particular projects,
but these statements look to the
stoppage of all improvements and the
abandonment of our waterways as
highways of transportation. They
amount to a declaration of war. II
this war against waterways wins,
what then?
ut would mean that boats on all
our interior waterways, except the
Great Lakes, would go out Of busl-
ness and the railroads Of the country
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
would be given an absolute mol pr

would be given an absolute mo NSpoly
of inland transportation.
ut would mean that towns and
cities located on waterways would
lose not only the direct benefit Of
water transportation but the indi-
rect, and often much greater, benefit
of water competition. AS an illus
tration of the effect Of such competi-
ton, the rate on flour from New Or
leans to the inland town of Amite,
68 miles, is "a cents per barrel; to
Memphis, on the Mississippi river,
396 miles, it is 25 cents, both rates
being by rail,
.'Under the law and the decisions
of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion relative rates depend not on the
size o&eities, but on some fundament-
al difference in conditions, such as the
presence or absence Of water COM
petition, In decision handed down
April Is, 1914, the Commission au-
thorized the maintenance of rates
lower than those to intermediate
points to Dublin, Ga, river city with
less than 5000 population, but denied
this privilege to Atlanta, with pop
ulation of more than 175,000.
"The abandonment of our water
ways, with the consequent elimina-
ton of water competition, would de-
stroy all justification for differential
rates to places located on those water
ways:
Under existing conditions the
merchants and manufacturers in the
central portion of the country cam
not compete for foreign trade with
thos@on or near the eastern sea-
board, especially to points via the
Panama Canal. Failure to improve
and use our waterways will work dis
aster, not only to cities in the in
terror, but to those on the coast as
well. The prosperity of port cities,
and the railways by which they are
served, depends upon the prosperity
of the territory tributary thereto.
much is being said about nation
al preparedness and certain oppon-
ents of waterways are asserting that
if it were not for pork barrel ex-
penditures on rivers and harbors, we
could have as large an army and navy
as we need.
Compared with the United States
the German empire has less than one
seventeenth the area, two-t thirds the
population, little more than one-third
the accumulated wealth, and not a
1.-THE of the natural resources. Yet
German has aeNeloped navy con-
siderably larger than that of this
country, and, to say the least, one
of the largest and most effective
armies the world has ever seen.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
81. Louis Live Stock Market.
National Stock Yards, ILL.,, N

Ndll9Iidl pLQEh 4d4do, All., WV ~.
Cattle receipts $500. Proportion
of receipts in the southern division
was larger than usual, but despite
this fact the market opened very act
i've with values strong to 10 cents
higher than last weeks close, How
ever, train of late arrivals found
the market much weaker and late
sales were made fully 10 to IL cents
lower than early rounds. Amdng to-
days sales were steers at $3.50 to
$3.50; heifers, 1896 to S5; linked
cattle, $3.50 to $5; cows, $3 to $5.25;
bulls, $4.15 to $4.75; oxen, 81 to
$3.50; veal calves, Sc to 81; heretics,
s5 to $3.50, and yearlings, sR85 to
81.
Hos receipts 10000, MarEIt act
i've and 10 cents higher THU last
weeks close, The top Of thA trade
was $685. and the bulk of tff good
hogs weighing 15O lbs, upwaS is sold
at $3.50 to $3.50; pigs, 12Gto 14O
lbs., at $5.75 to S6.25, and to light
er pigs at $5 to $5,75, Rohh hogs
brought Sc to 1925, and sFe the
only grades that showed nosIdvance
over last week,
NATIONAL LIVE STOCK GAMMIs-
SION COMPANY. 81
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
SHOULD TEST SEEDS.
Farmers Urged to Send Samples to
Laboratory at Baton Rouge.

In the fall of 1911 the United
States Department of Agriculture,
cooperating with the experiment
stations of the Louisiana State Uni
versity, established branch seed
laboratory on the University Rmpus,
the purpose of which is to make, free
of charge, prompt and efficient tests
of planting seed for the farmers in
this territory. An expert seed analyst
from Washington, D. c., is in charge
of the laboratory.
While many of the farmers avail
themselves of this excellent opportu-
nifty of having their planting seed
tested for purity and for terminating
po Yer, the facilities afforded for this
puHpose are not used as widely as they
sh&lld be and inferior seed are still
being planted and inferior crops har-
vested.
Every farmer, before purchasing
SCI S from a merchant or seed dealer,
shA Ibid insist upon seeing the purity
te report as we'll as the germina-
It'd test report and the tina the test
Of The latter was conducted. If this
ca, Not be furnished the purchaser
sh&ld procure samples and send them
to Ae seed testing laboratory, L. S.U.
Ex riment Station, Baton Rouge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
POINTS THE WAY.
Statement of This Belle Rose
dent will Interest Our Readers.
neighboring town, Belle Rose

+ neighboring town, Belle Rose,
pol Is the way in the words of one of
its ost respected residents:
W S. Leblanc, justice of the peace,
Be lie Rose, La, says: Il was in a
pr4 4Ety bad way with kidney disease.
Sometimes the kidney secretions were
III atural and irregular in passage.
M #back was stiff and painful. | had
dizzy spells also. The uric acid filled
my system and my left arm became
SO stiff / couldn't move it. | used
many different remedies, but without
avail. Doan's Kidney Pills; however,
helped me from the first. They
strengthened my kidneys, and re-
moved the pain in my back. The
rheumatic pains in my arms and
shoulder gradually loft me. | have
been well now for a long time, al
though | occasionally take box of
Doan's Kidney Pills, as a preventive"
Price so cents at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Justice Leblanc had. Foster -Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y,-(Adv,)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
soutlSAn Federated Clubs fd
man Suffrage.

Unanimously the Louisiana eder-
alton of Women's Clubs pa ed a
resolution endorsing woman su #rage.
AS an illustration of how sen [ment
for votes for women is grow ing a
club member said: "Just thinW, but
a couple of years ago Louisiana clubs
were afraid to discuss the subje and
now we endorse the ballot for Women
without dissenting voice. We are
surely a progressive body" Florida
clubs had an almost similar expert
ence. Last year the Florida Fedora
ton refused to endorse woman suf-
frage resolutions. This year it car
ried by favorable vote of 101, and
only opposing votes. Other south
ern Federations of Women's Clubs
whid have gone on record for votes
for Women are Texas and Missouri.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
VOTES FOR WOMEN.
Southern States Woman Suffrage
Conference.
Alt Camp Street, New Orleans.
A Long Roll.

Just think of a petition over four
miles long and inscribed with over
one million names asking for@votes
for women! Makes one diz to
imagine unrolling such a SCI II of
signatures. This is the nun4er of
names the Congressional Uni b has
secured on behalf of woman 81 rage.
Knocks out the argument tn votes
for women is not lively a popu-
lar demand. The petition W un-
rolled on the east steps OF tn hpitol
at Washington and will be sight
worth seeing. AS the proce on of
suffragists starts from tn aapitol
steps, the petition will SLOWLY Aretch
all along Pennsylvania avenu the
White House, where Presldd Will
SON will be enabled to vi the
lengthy demand. 1t is loI| long
way for suffrage, but it arriv most
surely.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
Substance, Not Shado9

The faint-hearted, who NJ EN- to
hope for the regeneration of |Louisi-
ana, worry too much about Parker
being a Progressive. The relief
sought for this state must come
through business methods and not
politics. If John M. Parker is the
biggest and best man in the race for
the governorship, why try to hide him
in the shadow of Bull Moose? If
elected Parker will be the gov
ernor, Mt the Bull Moose. The
substance is the virile business
heavyweight, John NJ. Parker; the
big, horns of the Bull Moose
are nothing more than an ap-
effect. The state is struggling to get
away from the political effect, and
to get down to business.-St. Mary
Banner.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
THINK OVER THIS.
A Plain Duty Pointed oye For Good
Citizens to Consider.

No citizen has the right to feel that
it is all right for him to send ms
money away from this community
because ..he is only one person and
his money will not be missed" 1t is
lust such people who are building up
the great centers of population by
strs the rural business interests
all 81 + this country. They are the
peopl .who produce hard times in the
countlW towns and farm sections OF
every bate, because they are millions
in nu5 Der
Let bring it right home to you.
Suppd eyery person in this town
and t arming section around here
should uy all of their goods from
busine houses located in other sec
tions the country or state. How
long " zld our stores keep their doors
open, d how long would you be
able buy even a pin or nail IN
this b?
And everybody kept on sending
their onev out of the town and
comm m ity. how long would it be
beforM "a we had no more money to
send, md when we found the COM
muni @ pauperlzed where WoUTd we
turn relief?
ri profits of local industries
boz I'm and town-represent the
n that is kept in circulation at
500 If those profits are sent away
not expect long to have any
!. in circulation in our midst, for
q dt4e Aa heople will have it; and we will
be gd@ting poorer and poorer all OF
the time, and our community will be
getting deader and deader, until III
time no one would care even to live
exist.
Certainly no sane person would
want such condition of affairs TO
exist here.
But what is the remedy, you say?
1t is both sane and simple.
Quit doing your shopping oAt OF
town and buy goods from homa eal
ers. That is, buy everything you can
here.
Don't be carried away with the
false idea that you can buy cheaper
somewhere else. for you can not. II
you want shoday and worthless goods
you can find plenty Of city stores and
firms who thrive on selling country
people just such rotten stuff at few
cents less than you would pay your
home dealer for a good article he is
willing to guarantee. But you can
not buy a reliable article elsewhere
any cheaper than you can buy the
same article right here at home.
We are pushing the "buy at home"
slogan in this community and we
want you to join us. We are not do
ing this in order to enrich the local
merchants, but we are doing 1t to
protect the future of this town and
our farming community and the peo-
pie among whom we live.
We want to Keep prosperity az
home" and we want you to help US
in our work by doing your share, and
you can do that by buying at home
and keeping all of the profits at home.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
Ladies Home journal.
Piano Tuning and Repairing.

II your piano needs tuning or re-
pairing, send for Claiborne Williams.
He is an expert in this line of work,
and will give your piano a thorough
overhauling and place it in the best
possible condition. Rates reasonable
and satisfactory results guaranteed.
Highest references furnished. Resi-
dence, 507 Opelousas street. Tele-
phone No. IL.
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
LOOKING FOR sCALPs.
Pharmacists Organize Baseball Team
and Issue Challenge.

The reorganization of the L. S. P.
A. baseball club, composed of mem
bers of the Louisiana State Phar-
maceutical Association, has been per-
fected and the following officers
elected: R. +. Grace, president; R.
A. Fry, vice president; M. B. Casteix,
malMeer; Callan McDuff, secretary;
ClaAde Simons, captain. The aim of
this invincible nine is to defeat their
opponents in a series of games to be
played at the annual convention of
the pharmaceutical association in Ba-
ton Rouge.
Manager Casteix has arranged a
series of practice games preparatory
to the annual clash. Claude Simons,
the Well-known New Orleans coach,
has taken charge of the men, @nd his
knowledge and ability should insure
good results. Even the wi Rlesale
firms in New Orleans have shown
much enthusiasm, some of Il I'm be-
ing represented in the line upA
Out of town clubs desiring games
with this organization car DE ac-
commodated by communicate with
the secretary.
F6foWing are the players, nd the
firms they represent: Chas. Wag-
ner, with |. L. Lyons Co.; Ju Rem
audin, with Finley-Dicks Co Albert
Levaseur, with Parker-Bla Co. i;
H. C. Richards, with BroadV# # Phar-
macy; John Bonee, with rminal
Pharmacy; Claude Simons, N Car
ondelet Pharmacy; Callan c Duff, !,
with Cracker Jack Pharma A. E..
and j. J. Simeon, with Sim II Phar-
macy; j. j. Manendez, wit gapdau
Pharmacy; j. P. Crouere Rein
hard Kleck, with "The Sto1 ith the
Irish Front" Vincent Lu with
Fre,,eho,1 French Hospital; spp; M. B, Cash with
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
More Territory Freed from Ticks.

More Territory Freed fronsa icks.
Areas amounting in the aggregate
to 1888 square miles and Situated
in the states of Alabama, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, NertR Caro-
lima and Virginia, were fre from
the tick quarantine on Dec. VI. Pre-
vious releases bring the total for the
years work to about 50,0Cu square
miles-the greatest area released IN
any one year since systematic tick
eradication was begun in 1906. At
that time there were 741,5l5 square
miles under quarantine; now there are
465, ,733, or less than two-thirds of
the origins area,
The new order releases the whole
of five counties in Alabama, one in
Arkansas, one in Louisiana, three in
Mississippi, and three in North Caro-
lima. In addition, parts of two coun-
ties in Alabama and one in Missis-
sippi are freed, together with those
portions of two counties in Alabama
one in Mississippi, and one in Vlr'
ginia which were formerly under
quarantine. All told, twenty coun.
ties are affected in whole or in part
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
Big Vote.

No wonder the suffragists feel
chesty over the big vote polled for
woman suffrage. In New Jersey,
l33,282 men voted for votes for
women; in Massachusetts, 1853, ,4O6
weren't scared to give women equal
rights; in Pennsylvania 260,577 were
fair enough and in New York SILL
4G8 set record for chiyalry. Near
ly million men who know their wo-
men have sense enough to vote! That
is fine tribute to American woman
hood and finer showing of manhood.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04

There are four candidates for the
Democratic nomination for assessor
in Bienville parish, but Julius S.
Williams was the only one to comply
with the law by naming a campaign
manager in his notification to the
parish committee, AM. the district
court has granted his application for
a writ of mandamus directing the par
ish committee to declare him the
nominee. The other aspirants have
appealed from the courts ruling.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
Cotton Crop Under 100000 Bales.

In it's issue Of Nov. 20 the Times
of its correspondents on the cotton
Picayune presented the final report
crop of 1915. The yield for Louisi-
ana is estimated at 365,0O0 bales, and
that for the entire belt at 100000
bales. These figures relate to actual
growth, in commercial bales, exclus-
i've of linters, repacks and similar
additions.
The crop has been picked and
ginned with great rapidity, as rule,
in consequence of an abundance of
labor and exceedingly favorable
weather conditions.
Farmers seem disposed to hold and
can generally get all the @unds they
need for that purpose.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
Majority of Carnegie Heroes Are
Farmer Boys,


In the cGrrent issu9of Farm and
Fireside is an interesting article on
the medal winners Of the Carnegie
hero fund.
Since the fund was established,
medals have been awarded to eighty
nine farmers for deeds of bravery.
Seventy eight railroad men-includ-
ing conductors, brakemen, engineers,
switchmen, fagmen, yardmen, and all
branches of the trade-have been
decorated, while the count for min
ers-engaged in one of the most
hazardous of all employments-is but
sixty-fye, and for those who follow
the sea, including fishermen, sailors,
deck hands, and 50 on, is but forty
seven. No other calling has made
nearly so good showing as farming.
The surprising things which the
record disclosed is that many of the
farmer heroes are boys,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
Laughter Aids Digestion.

Laughter Is one of the most
healthful exertions; it is of great help
to digestio A still nhre effeetual
help is dose of Chamberlain's Tab
lets. If you should be troubled with
Indigestion give them trial. They
only cost a quarter, Obtainable
everywhae.-(Adv,l
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
a Statement comes from Cl

A statement comes from Cleveland
that four railroad brotherhoods, in
Guiding more than 100000 engineers,
conductors, firemen and hrakemen on
all the railroads of the United States,
are preparing to make a formal de-
mand about March 1, 1916, for a
eight-hour day with ten hours pay.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
Woman Constable.

Nearly all cities of any size have
women probation officers and police,
but Smith township in Ohio has gone
the cities one better and elected Mrs.
John GRADER as town constable. AS
she is woman of resource and abil-
ity she will no doubt fill the office ad-
mirably,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04

An example of what the Buffalo
Times calls invineible optimism is
furnished by the remark of the Jack
son (Mich.,) Patriot that latter the
war those trenches in Belgium and
France ought to be convertible into
a magnificent drainage system.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
A Slow Starter,

The maid of all work in Brooklyn
household was recently taken to task
by her mistress for oversleeping.
After due reflection the maid replied,
WELL mum, it's this way: sleep
very slow, and SO it takes me long
while to git me nights rest" -
Youths Companion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
Owes Her Good Health to Chamber
lain's Tablets.

II owe my good health to Cham
berlain's Tablets" writes Mrs. R. G.
Nef, Crookston, Ohio. 1.-TWO years
ago | was an invalid due to stomach
trouble. I took three bottles of these
Tablets and have since been in the
best of health" Obtainable every
where (Adv,l
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04

The body of Mrs. Pierre Hingle,
venerable resident of Plaquemines
parish who was drowned during the
great storm of Sept. 20, was found
last week in a field about ten acres
back of Point-a-la-Hache courthouse.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
destructive tornado

A destructive tornado visited sew
eral sections of Arkansas on Thanks
giving day, causing the loss of 20
lives, the injury of nearly 100 people
and property damage upwards of
100000. The principal destruction
was in the residence district of Hot
Springs.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
Bear This in Mind.

Il consider Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy by far the best medicine in
the market for colds and crQup," says
Mrs. Albert Blosser, LIMA, Ohio.
Many others are of the same opinion.
Obtainable everywhere,-(A (Adv.)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04

C. Philip Marin, prominent citi-
zen Of St. Bernard parish and pres
ident of the Lake Borgne district
levee Board, died on Nov. "A after an
illness Of two months. He was 55
years old and is survived by a widow,
five children, two sisters and
brother.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
Four white prisoners. charged with

Four White Prisoners, charged WITH
such serious crimes as highway rob-
berry, assault with intent to kill and
forgery, broke out of the Red River
parish Jail at Coushatta last Sunday
night. The sheriff recaptured two Of
the men at the Criehton oil field next
day, but the other two are still at
large.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-04
The Has and the Are.

I'd rather be Could Be,
It / could not be an Are!'
For a Could Be is a May Be,
With chance Of touching par.
I'd rather be Has Been,
Than a Might Have Been, by far,
For a Might Have NAen has never
been,
But Has was once an Are.
Ladies' Home Journal.