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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-02-26
Chautauqua Abandoned.

The movement to hold fve-day
chautauqua here during the early
part of May, under the auspices of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
has been abandoned. The financial
guarantee of $500 required by the
Redpath Company, which PROPOSED to
conduct the entertainment, was re-
garded as excessive, and while the
amount could readily have been pro-
vided, it was decided that the benefits
to be derived would not be common
surate with the effort and expense in
volved.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-02-26
"Dodson's Liver Tone Starts Your LIVER
Better Than CalomeI and You Dona
Lose a Days Work

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful; make your work a
pleasure; be vigorous and full Of ambi-
ton. But take no nasty, dangerous
calomel because it makes you sick and
You may lose a days work.
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Galomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramping.
Listen to me! III yon want to enjoy
The incest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced just take
spoonful Of harmless Dodson's Liver
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-02-26
Rupture Expert Coming.

F. II. Seeley of Chicago and Phil
adelphia, the noted truss expert, will
be at the GruneWald Hotel in New Or
leans Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, Feb. %, 20 and March /. Mr..
Seeley says: The spermatic Shield
as now used and approved by the
United States government will not
only retain any case of rupture per-
fectly, afording immediate and COM
plete relief, but closes the opening in
10 days on the average case. ADV.
Arthur Foley, of Napoleonyille,
was in town Wednesday evening.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-02-26

If John Parker hasn't ghost of a
show to be elected governor, as the
Regular organs claim with such cock
sure pertinacity, why the necessity for
all this fuss and feathers of organ
izing an elaborate and expensive cam
paign to defeat him?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-02-26

School Life is the name of a neat
and interesting monthly paper edited
and published by the students of the
Lockport, La, high school. F. c..
Barrios is business manager and Miss
Julia Pagliughi editor-in-chief, and
these two have quite numerous staff
of assistants.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-02-26

Fourteen persons were injured by
the wrecking of passenger train on
the Seaboard Airline railway near
Richmond, Feb. II. The engine and
tender jumped the track while the
train was running at high speed, and
four coaches rolled down an embank-
ment.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-02-26

The printing plant formerly used
in the publication of the Opelousas
Courier of honored memory has been
purchased by v. Clifford Waugh and
moved to Kinder, Allen parish, where
Mr.. Waugh has established a spright-
ly six-column weekly folio under the
title Of Kinder Tribune
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-02-26

Charles Janvier, a prominent bust
ness man and banker of New Or
leans, has been appointed postmaster
of that city to replace Hon. Joseph
Voegtle, who has been incapacitated
by a paralytic stroke from perform
ing the duties of the office. Mr.. jan
vier is eminently well qualified for
the position and should make mod
ell postmaster.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-03

THE PUBLIC FORUM
QUESTIONS FOR COCHRAN
As a reader of The Day Book and a
citizen allow me to ask you a few
questions in regard to your editorial
under date of the 18th.
In the first place, you must be
Catholic?
Why was it impossible for a teach
er not one of this creed to. get a pO-
sitiOn from the Democratic school
board in the past?
Was it not shown in the Teachers
Federation suit against the present
school board that the Catholic
priests ruled all appointments, as
brought out and testified by Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young?
Why is it that you must be Cath
ole or K. G.. to get a position in all
departments controlled by the Dem
Ocrats in the City Hall?
Why must you be a Catholic to
get a position with the street car
COHpdIly
Why is it that you must be one Of
the same creed to get a job as po-
Iceman in this city or on the fire de-
partment and the water department?
In fact, all positions controlled by
the Democrats in state, county, city
or government?
. Was anything done to the K C.
policemen who were to keep order at
Boulevard hall last winter when DR..
SlatteTy tried to speak and 500 peo-
pie witnessed a priest with an armed
guard try to break up this meeting,
of which l was a witness? And aft
erward quite a few of the audience,
women included, were beaten up by
this same K. G. crowd, while about
fifteen K. c. buns with city police
stars looked on?
1, for one, believe that if the pres
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-03


not condemn him or his cabinet.
would like to have you publish
this letter and your answer to same
in your paper at your convenience
Paul n. GIienke, 4539 S. Fitzpatrick.
Cochran's Answer belong to no
church. What religious training I
got in early youth was in the Meth
odist church and Sunday school, ex-
cept what Presbyterian influence
came to me through marriage. Yet
have no more prejudice in my heart
against Catholics than against Meth
Odists and Presbyterians, and know
Of no reason why a good Catholic
can't be as patriotic an American cit
izen as l think l am. l don't know
and don't believe that it is true that
none except Catholics could get po-
sitions under Democratic school
boards in the past. The number of
Protestant teachers indicate that the
charge isn't true. Neither is it true
that Catholic priests ruled appoint
ments under Ella Flagg Young. And
1 don't believe it is true that one must
be a Catholic or K c. to get posi-
tons under Democrats in the City
Hall know nothing about positions
with the street car company, but the
charges doesn't sound reasonable to
me.
do think that much of the misun-
derstanding in the minds of sincere
and earnest citizens is due to reck-
less assertions like the above, evil
IDENTIFY made without investigation as
to facts.
This is true also as to frequent
charges that the Teachers Fedora
ton is controlled by the Catholic
church. l don't believe the Catholic
church has made any attempt to
control the Federation and an con-
WINGED that it couldn't control even
the Catholic members of the FEEDER
alton if it tried.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
Good Roads Will Help To.Dn

1t is provided in the resolution authorizing the $3.50 600
road bond issue that the people endorse the proposition
the polls August that both town and county taxable prop
erty shall be included in levng tax for the purpose of
paying the interest on the bonds.
Some now claim that citizens of Paris Henry Puryear
and Cottage Grove will vote against the bond issue because
they will have pay their portion of the tax if the bond
issue passes and they claim that they would derive benefit
from the holding that only residents Of the rural dis
tricts would be benefited.
We hardly believe that any great number of people
either Paris Henry Puryear Cottage Grove will oppose
the bond issue such grounds these While the people
of the rural sections of the county will be greatly benefited
by the building of pike roads, the people of the towns will
also be benefited
The have not been paying their part of the road
tax and there is why they should not do
Were not the farmer and the farm products the
could not exist Without good roads the town people exper
fence many difficulties in obtaining these products The
business depend upon the patronage of the farmers
cut that patronage off and the business firms will go into
bankruptcy.
the farmer can't get on of the bad roads
he can't trade in town. and the result will be that some
mail-order house will than likely get his business.
Town people should realize that they absolutely de-
pendent upon the residents of the rural DISTRICTS that what
helps the farmer will help the city man.
People in the rural districts should not be compelled to
pay all of the road tax while city people derive equal bene
fits from the roads.
The passage of the bond issue will that city and
rural residents share alike in paying this road tax
The Partisan wants to citizens of both town and
county benefited but also want to both for the
benefits rather than for the farmer all the road tax
We believe that majority of the people in the rural
districts favor the $2OOOO road bond ISSUE and we want to
see the bond issue pass
If the people of Paris Henry Puryea and Cottage Grove
defeat this bond ISSUE merely because they would have to
future good roads will surely benefit town people well
as the rural residents
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
SMOKE AND DUST

With dust two inches deep on
every street and no movement on
foot to oil these streets, any op-
position to the N. C. & st. l..
railway being allowed to double
track through Paris, on the
ground that it would cause too
much smoke, comes with poor
grace.
Why don't some of those who
are afraid of the smoke demand
that the streets be oiled, and
then open up their pocket-books
to help oil them? Dust is a
greater menace than smoke.
Smoke indicates business,
while dust is an evidence of nom
progressiveness.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
THE BOOSTERS

Next Tuesday the Louisville
Boosters are coming to Paris en-
their special train.
What kind of reception will
Paris give them?
From the reception given, the
Boosters will form their opinion
of Paris.
They will visit numerous other
towns throughout West and Mid
die Tennessee and Kentucky.
If they form good opinion of
Paris they will do some boosting
for this they do not propose
to boost Louisville alone.
It is a pity that we have no
commercial club to arrange for
a reception. However. the city
officials and business men should
get together and form some plans
for the day.
Farmers from all sections of
the county, especially those who
raise stock, should be here Tues
day, because tibet Boosters have
many things of interest to tell
them.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
FOR REPRESENTATIVE

BROWNING-W are authorized to
announce Thomas J. Browning as a
candidate for representative from Hen
ry county, subject to the action of the
democratic primary.
LYON.-We are authorized to an
nounce ESQ., R. w. Lyon as candidate
for representative from Henry county,
subject to the action of the democratic
primary.
TERRY. We are authorized to an
nounce r. M. Terry as candidate to
represent Henry county in the Goth
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, Subject to the voters at
the Democratic Primary August 3rd
1916
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
Education and Educators
Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot.

THOMPSON
During years there has been general awakening
to the advantages to be derived from education and the
result has been that have schools colleges
better schools better colleges and in most states including
Tennessee compulsory school attendance law
With schools have educators and with
better schools better educators The standard which those
proposing teach have been required to meet has been
constantly raised until there today few if any, ncompe
tent teachers in the country.
Paris and Henry county have been backward
along educational lines. Paris has long been known as one
of the greatest educational of West Tennessee Paris
people have always been willing support good schools and
have demanded the best instructors
In the years Paris will continue to be found on
the top rung the educational ladder and those who will
take advantage of the offered by institutions of
learning will become we'll educated.
There is to be no backward step education in Paris
This was again demonstrated recently when the school board
decided retain Prof M Phillips for another year as
superintendent of the city schools Prof Phillips has been
with us for two school years. He well recommended
from Springfield where he leader of the educational
interests and by his good work in Paris he has endeared
himself to people
Prof Phillips is gifted educator splendid gentlemen
public spirited citizen and who does things The
school board to be congratulated upon their action re-
tanning his services With Prof Phillips in charge of the city
schools the watchword will be Forward and when
the end of each school day it be said that another
step has been taken upon the road of Progress
While Prof. Phillips to remain with us and Paris is
pang herself upon the back because of it. life all
Joys Tears nearly always with the smiles and such
the case in this instance.
After years hard work in Parisfrst as prnc-
pal of Lee school and for the past years pr-
cpal of the Grove High School-Prof w. T. Robinson
man who has made envab reputation an educator
to leave us after the present school year.
Upon every side regret being because he
to be associated with local educational interests no longer
While people wish Prof Robinson much success in his
new work at Peabody it is with that they him
go.
During the years he has been in Paris, Prof Robinson
has won place in the hearts of Parisians All who know
him hold him in highest esteem and every boy and girl
young and young who has attended Grove High
School during his administration loves admres and respects
him.
While Prof Robinson's going will not mean any back
ward step the Grove school workthe people of Henry
county are behind the school and propose hold up the
high standard made during Prof Robnson princpaship
it will distinct loss the city, the county and the school
interests.
1t be hoped that the Grove school board will select
as successor Prof Robinson educator who as
able and who in time will become popularit will be i'm
possible for them to find who is become
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
THE SCHOOL "MA'AM"

We take the following from
the Dickson County Herald. We
wish to apologize in advance to
the young lady school teachers
for publishing it. We hope that
they will remember that it is
merely the opinion of a pupil
and not our opinion. Here goes:
The following is a composition
submitted to the teacher by one
of her bright" pupils: "A
school ma'am is a verb because
she denotes action when you
throw paper wads at the girls.
Switch is a conjunction and is
used to connect the verb school,
ma am to the noun boy. This il
a compound sentence, of which
boy is the subject and switch is
the object. First person, singu-
lar number and awful case. A
school ma am is different from a
boy, a boy wears pants and a
school ma'am wears her hair
hanged all over her forehead.
She puts paint on her face and
some big fellows come and take
her home. Ma says a school
ma'am never gets to be older
than eighteen until she gets
married. It takes two school
ma ans a day to cook a dinner. "
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
THE TOWN CLOCK

They are having trouble with
the town clock over in Hunting
don. The dog-gone thing just
won't run. and Editor Buck Gill
bert, of the Democrat, has adopt
ed the policy of ''watchful wait
ing" in regard thereto. In the
meantime. the Office boy is forced
to watch the sun for quitting
time. and-but why q town clock
when there is no tow:, anyhow?
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

A few days ago two Mexicans
at Boquillas opened fire on an
American sentinel. The soldier
returned their fire with such
success that both Mexicans were
killed. Here's hoping he will
keep up the good work.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

Hank Ford says that if he runs
for president his platform will
be peace, prohibition and pros
perity." He would strengthen
his program by adding, Papa,
potatoes, poultry, prunes,
prism. Ocean Springs Miss
News.
However, a business man
would probably sum the whole
thing up as 'piffie.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

Editor Barry, of the Lexing-
ton Progress, would never spell
booze B-O-O-S-E. Experience
teaches better than that.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

We hate to do it, but we must
ask for the fifty.seventh time,
why is the Hardeman Free Press,
anyhow? Won't some exchange
please answer?
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

TOOK MN up ana Drlck Dy DrlcK
and stone by stone builded him
into that governorship-nominat
ed him in the convention and
elected him at the polls. No
sooner had the new governor
been sworn in than he denounced
his benefactor as a boss" re-
pudiated him and, in the Ian
guage of the street, showed imh
the door.
This is not the only act of in
gratitude that may be cited in
public life. Another-a certain
man had an ambition to secure a
public Office of much honor and
influence. After a desperate
fight in a party convention he
was nominated. The state, or
district-it matters not which
was considered CLOSE" between
the two political parties. The
man in question was opposed by
the nominee of the other party,
who had held the Office for two
terms, and the fight was warm.
In one of the larger cities an
especially strong effort was made
to bring out a big vote for the
man in question. In this city
he received a majority of-say
"a, 600 votes, and was elected.
If the same efforts had been
made in behalf of the opposition
this mans opponent would have
received the $4,000 majority,
which would have made the lat.
ter the winner. Should the man
who was elected have felt crate.
full to the friends in this city who
gave him such a tremendous
majority? We believe that he
should. but such was not the case
In less than a year the man WHIT
had been elevated to place anC
power had invoked the aid of 9
new and strange law to put Out
of Office the very men in the
large city who had made posi-
BILE the 24,0C0 majority he re-
ceived there. There are hundreds
of like stories that could be told
Alfred Henry Lewis once sale
that He who abandons a frienc
will abandon a principle, anc
what a man does to an individual
he will do to a people.
So far as we have ever known
this has proven correct. A mar
who is ungrateful to one will b.
ungrateful to ten thousand.
1t seems indeed true that HE
that's ungrateful, has no gull
but one, all other crimes may
pass for virtue in him."
| Every person should guart
against this worst fault. til
one of whom many, some uncon
sciously, are guilty, but which il
universally condemned. Ingrat
itude has sent hundreds, in sor
row, to the grave; has shattered
friendships; ruined homes anC
wrecked governments.
May it not be hoped that thu
time is not far distant when mer
will be more grateful making
this old world a better place ir
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

B-O-O-S-E is not the way to
spell booze and Col. Jack Reaves
ought to know it
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
INGRATITUDE

no guilt but one,
All other crimes may pass
for virtue in him.
| EDWARD Young.
A few Sundays ago the pastor
of one of the local churches
preached a sermon "a strong
sermon with a punch in it-and
the subject of that sermon was
"Ingratitude"
To bring out his point and
drive home the truths of the
sermon the minister told two
stories, taken from life, which
illustrated that worst fault of
man Ingratitude."
| We were so impressed with
the stories that we will relate
1
them, as hest we remember, for
the benefit of our readers.
| A mother, in order that her
son might receive the advan-
tages of an education-which
had been denied her, - took in
washing" and labored untiringly
to secure the necessary money to
send him through school and
college. Because of her poverty
she was unable to be present
when he graduated. but eagerly
looked forward to the day when
he would return home. That
day arrived, and the mother-in
her faded dress and bonnet
went to the railroad station to
meet him. AS is usual in small
towns large crowd of people,
many of them well dressed and
prosperous, were at the station
when the train pulled in. The
son, looking through the window
of the car, saw his mother in
her faded dress and bonnet and
also the crowd of other people
at the station. And because Of
her appearance he was ashamed
to get off the train and greet her
before the crowd, and so got of
on the other side and in some
way evaded his mother and made
his way home alone.
|
This is one of the minister's
stories. 1t should sink like 9
dagger into the heart of all who
have been guilty of such base
ingratitude-or ingratitude in
any form.
The other story-A mother in
saving her little girl from the
flames was badly burned about
the face and disfigured for life.
The little girl grew into a young
woman and went away to school.
One day the mother went to the
town to see her daughter. The
daughter, with a party of CIR
friends, was walking on the
street when they met the mother.
The girl passed without recog'
nizing her mother. and when one
of the girls asked the identity oil
the woman with such a disfgureG
face, the daughter replied thai
she did not know. Because the
mother was disfgured and moi
so pretty to look at, the CIR
would not acknowledge her. al
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
FOR FLOATER

WHITLOCK. We are authorized to
announce T. H. Whitlock as candidate
to represent the floterial district COM
posed of Henry, Carroll and Weakley
counties. Subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR STATE SENATOR

WELDON-We are authorized to an
nounce w. E. Weldon as candidate
for State senator to represent the dis
trlct composed of Carroll and Henry
counties, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

Dust will prove more expen'
sive in the long run.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

Col. Jack Reaves can't fool
his readers by spelling booze
B-O-O-S-E. They know he knows
better.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
Dust or oil?

A park shall we have it or
not?
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

Now for the legislative fire.
works.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19
RESTAURANT HASH
SERVED BY
GATiIAN d. WHITE

A man may have a thousand
faults but none can be worse than
ingratitude.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

The boys are beginning to fig
ure the remainder of the school
term in minutes and seconds.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

The daily papers recently car.
ried the information that Hooper
and Rye were on the same plat
form. To a man up a tree it has
looked as if they had been on the
same platform for sometime.
Former Mayor Crump has
found the game Of politics one of
ingratitude. He stood very high
with Ex-Governor Hooper so long
as he was furnishing the votes to
put Bennie's measures through
the Legislature. When Hooper
had accomplished his desires. he
handed the Memphis executive
the lemon. Then in 1914, Rye
was elected Governor. He had
nothing against Crump so long
as the latter was furnishing the
much needed $4,000 majority in
Shelby, but after that it was all
off,"
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

Meet the Boosters and Boost.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-05-19

better.