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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
Free Trip to the Inauguration.

The inauguration of the president
of the United States is without doubt
the most imposing pageant held IN
the nation and one that every Amerl-
can should witness.
On the occasion Of President Viii
sons Inauguration, March 5, Wash.
ington is arranging for the largest
crowd in it's history, and the parade
will be most spectacular.
The Southern Woman's Magazine
will send to the Inauguration specla
party Of representative southern Wo
men, and it is hoped every city ane
town in the south will be represented
The party will also visit New Yorl
city before returning home.
The entire expenses of this tou
will be borne by the magazine in re
turn for little service rendered
Full particulars may be had by ad
dressing Southern Woman's Maga
zine, Nashville Tenn.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
Printed Letter Paper Pays.

Suppose you are wanting hogs or
chickens of some particular breed.
You look over th@ads. and write two
parties who have what you need, ask
ing for prices, etc.
One answer comes written in lead
pencil, on plain cheap paper. The
other man writes you on a neatly
printed letter head, which gives the
name of his farm, shows cuts OF the
kind of stock he keeps, and looks
business-like.
Which letter appeals to you most!
Which man do you Immediately fee.
most inclined to deal with?
Others will judge your letters. Why
not be up-to-date, have a suitable
name for your farm, neatly printed
letter paper and envelopes, and gel
business?-The Progressive Farmer
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
Presidential Electors Meet.

Louisiana's presidential electors
met in the governors office at Baton
Rouge Monday morning and cast their
vote for Woodrow Wilson for presi-
dent and Thomas R. Marshall for
vice president. w. NJ. Davidson, Of
St. Joseph, La, was elected messen-
ger to carry the returns and creden-
tials oWashington, D. C. The entire
expenses of his trip are paid by tha
state. All the electors were prese
at the meeting. They were: L, aus
Fontenot and Ben Michel, at La
John P. Sullivan, first district; EsM..
Stafford, second; Alexander Fournet
third Charles w. Seals, fourth; Dun
can Buie, fifth; B. M. Miller, sixth
John w. Lewis, seventh, and j.. ~
TedTlie, eighth.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
Bad Habits.

Those who breakfast at eight
o'clock or later, lunch at twelve and
have dinner at six are almost certain
to be troubled with Indigestion They
do not allow time for one meal to d.
gest before. taking another. Not less
than five hours should elapse between
meals. II you are troubled with indi-
gestion correct your habits and take
Chamberlain Tablets, and you may
reasonably hope for a quick recovery
These tablets strengthen the stomach
and enable it to perform its functions
naturally. Obtainable everywhere =
fAdy.)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
"The Ragged Princess

Beautiful J@e Caprice and hand
some Harry Willard are featured y
"Ths Ragged Princess which congees
to the Grand Tuesday. The early
scenAuh of the play are laid in an Or
phae ylum, from which June, dress,
! ed in boys suit, runs away and
aaeks employment. ~,
DShe is taken on by farmer with
ghom Harry Hilliard works. Here
THE love story begins after Harry has
seen her with her hat off and
atknows." We catch a glimpse OF
June taking a morning bath IN the
swimming pool. In the distance the
ether hired man has glanced across
the fields, and Harry has to fight him.
The girl escapes, hides in an autS7
mobile and is taken to the city, where
she falls into the hands of bad eluh
man. Harry goes to the the city, city, ! finds 1t
Inne and rescues her "in time" 1t
III likable picture, has many pretty
scenes. some humor and a good dea'
of capricious youthfulness.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
PARErAs, BEWARE!
Measles, Whooping Cough and Mumps
Are Serious Diseases.
te Board of Health Almanac.

H3HtN1>
Measles is a serious infectious d.
sease, not only in Itself but IN the
bronchitis, pneumonia, and even tu-
berc ulosis which often follow it; also
because in later years there may be a
tscona back" in defective ears Or Kid
ney affections.
Measles is spread chiefly from the
sick person direct to the we'll; some
times through milk.
Of all contagious diseases lncidept
to child life whooping cough is the
most fatal.
Ten thousand deaths occur from
whooping cough each year. just one
half, babies under one year. Ninety
nine per cent arer of children under
Ave. The lesson is-insure the chill
dren under five by keeping them from
the infection if possible. Don't ever
sthink ssthey must have it" and Il
want it over" Children need rot
have "children's diseases" so-called.
The child sick with whooping cough
should be kept in a clean, sunny, we'll
ventilated room; be protected from
extremes Of heat and cold; be proper
ly fed and properly clothed.
No fumigatlon is necessary after
wlAoping cough The bacillus is Kill
ed by sunshine 1t is not spread BY
air.
Mumps usually occurs in the early
spring months 1t is believed to be
contracted by direct TRANSMISSION
from one person to another.
Because the disease sometlmes
leaves after effects, the patient shoult
be very carefully nursed until entire
" we'll The disease is almost Away
more serious in adults.
All persons suffering from mump
should be kept in bed away from oth
er persons. No visitors should b.
allowed until the swelling is entire
ly gone. All children in the famll
who have not had mumps should b
kept home from school for period 0
three weeks from last exposure to tn
disease.
/ Bed linen should be boiled. Afte
the patient has recovered, the SIC
room should be thoroughly aired an
the sunlight le9 In.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
"N6;ss George Washington. y

HaMiss George Washington" which
nil, he the Wednesday attraction at
III Grand, is an unusually ATTRACTIVE
raiaase-one al that ought to smash to
s,aithereens the worst case OF piues.
marguerite Clark sustalns the name m
- 80 and she carries it with glrlls,h-
ID and an abandon that marx the
,sanetssn as one out of the usual.
BBf - girl roles Miss Clark IS at
|l1Rs, nest, and so she is here.
Eenice Summers, pupil at a
jG.hq woman's academy, gets meo- u
s t5beeause use the Truth Society is con- cor
ls.;noed oe she is a remarkable exenplai
Ia what veracious girl snouln a!1S pe; .
~ \, .an;ee M,iae IS also given the title OF
M;ss MIS- George Washington , J she =,
taars ears the honors with her tongue aa ~
aa,J Ser cheek eek and wink in her os,a expfes, eb
ne ;sIa ave eve, One fabrication one mo- ;,s
seads s to another, and then 70 az rom M.
s leauS nsble % train of successors. Com,
Lefs. aI;eations multiply, and there re- IS ths
comic twist to them an. ,adv " Miss
PGa Park has had no medium W. whlen en- pfu the
Ciark saa sn .,'1 fine an opportunity Tor tn, tne
Woes s.;,o 30 ont of her art in Its enafnn
its ingenuousness.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13

Bz@agfa - pI ouucSd Ny eAii III sSE*aSs
$ht, poorly-balanced diet, and IT.
an both be prevented and cured
a. the use of food containing ee-s
m is in the proportion required BY
the body. The application Of this
knowledge greatly reduced peilagra
in 1916 as compared with previous
years.
This reduction is believed by ex-
nerts of the Public Health Service to
have been due to improved economic
conditions which enabled Wage-earn-
ers to provide themselves with bet
ter and more varied diet, and to a
wider dissemination of the knowledge
of how the disease may be prevented.
AIt is feared, however, that pellagra
increase in 1917 by reason OF an
Increase in food cost out of proper
aeon to the prosperity now enjoyed
by this country. n
The great rise IN the cost or Id4Sa
age, particularly cotton seed m
and hulls, is causing the people "
MANY localities to sell their cows, anA
thus there is danger that they viii
deprive themselves OF milk, one OF
the most valuable pellagra preventing
foods. The high cost OF living has
further served to bring about re-
d11ction in many families in the
amount of meat, eggs, beans and peas
consumed, all of which are pellagra
prophylactics.
In effecting economies of this ma
ture the general public should besi
-. ,,,ina +ha irano7-tancn of a properly
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
How Many?

Tuberculosis is more of a terror
than torpedoes. Malaria is the great
marauder. Yet many persons VINO
became greatly excited over the fate
of the Lusitania, never took any extra
pains to clean up their premises or
to help prom ote sanitation IN tneif
town.-Southern Woman's Magazine.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
Bulletin ON Care of canaries.

"Canaries: Their Care and Mar
agement," is the title Of Farmers
Bulletin ITO, recently issued by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. The bulletin gives instruc-
tions in detail as 70 the proper care,
food, and management Of canaries.
special attention is given to the con-
troll of parasites and the treatment OF
diseases. Copies Of the bulletin may
be had upon application to the depart
ment, Washington, D. C.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
Baton Rouge to Observe Hundredth
Anniversary Next Tuesday.

The completed program for the cen
tennial celebration in Baton Rouge on
January 16 has been announced by
the Baton Rouge Historical Society,
under whose auspices the celebration
will be held.
The sailors from the fotilla of tor
pedo boat destroyers, which will be in
Baton Rouge at that time, will take
part in the celebration.
The days exercises will open with
torpedo parade" by the sailors at
1890 O'Clock.
At II o'clock there will be meet
ing of the Historical Society in Alum
nj Hall, at the university. The ad-
dress Of welconaa9Dill be extended by
Gen. John McGrafh, president Of the
society. "The City of Baton Rouge,
1817-1917," will be the subject of
an address by Mayor Grouchy, "Ba-
ton Rouge in History and Literature
will be told of by DR.. Pierce Butler,
of the Louisiana Historical Society.
Music will be furnished between each
number.
At 4:3O p. m. there will be dress
parade anu Ddud GOilCCit Oii tilS IL
S. U. campus. -..-
At 8 o'clock historical tableaux
will be presented by the different fra
ternal sociejes at the &,lks' Theatre.
Followind d the program:
|. Naming of Baton Rouge by
1befvilfe in 1699-Red Men and
Woodmen of the World
q Capture of Baton Rouge from
the British by Calves in 1799-
Knights of Columbus.
3. Phileman Thomas taking the
Spanish garrison at Baton Rouge,
181O-Odd Fellows.
4. First municipal council, 1877
Present City Officials.
5. Visit of Lafayette to Baton
Rouge in 1825-Knights of Pythias.
6. Notifying Zachary Taylor Of
his nomination as president III 1848-
Eagles.
Z: Signing of secession ordinance,
1861-United Daughters of Confed-
eracy.
8. Coming of L. S. U. to Baton
Rouge, 1869-Louisiana State Uni
versity.
8. Baton Rouge permanent state
capital, 1882-Elks.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
chamberlain's Cough Remedy Most
Effectual,

sI have taken a great many bot
files of Chamberlain Cough Remedy
and every time it has cured me. l
have found it most effectual tor
hacking cough and for colds. After
taking it cough always disappears
writes J. R. Moore, Lost Valley, "a
Obtainab1e everywhere.-(Adv.)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
Louisiana Sugar Crop 3O4,70o Tons.

The production of sugar in Loulsl-
ana for the 1916 season, just closed.
is estimated at 304,700 tons Of 1000
pounds on the basis of preliminary re-
ports made to the Department Of Ag-
riculture, before the season was an-
tirely over.
The production lin 1915 was estl-
mated at 1877, 500 short tons; IN 1914
242,70O short tons; in 1913, 29l, 6ss
short tons.
The cane ground for sugar in 1910
is estimated at 4,172,0o0 short tons
and the average yield Of sugar pei
ton of cane was lac pounds. The
corresponding averages for l9l .
1914 and 1913 were respectively 135
152 and 139 pounds.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
SOIL TILLERs GAINING WISDOM
Safe Farming Helped Bring Prosper
ity, Says Stock Expert.

G. E. Nesom mB9perintendent of the
Louisiana Sta e University's live
stock extension service, remarks that
Louisiana fafSBsrs who are sharing in
the wave ofsprosperity that has swept
over the stateg should not attrlsuas
their AaAad fortune altogether to
-. aass = - 8
ssIt is true these crops were the
main sources of income" says ME-
Nesom, "but there would have been
only semblance of prosperity hao
the farmers been heavily in debt fol
foods, feeds, f RS, work tools
etc, at the prese gh cost OF these
commodities. The hard times OF
other years and the difficulty of get,
ting credit had induced more farmers
than ever before to make a living al
home, build up their lands by proper
| rotations of crops, and raise live
stock, showing that the farmers are
rapidly coming to appreciate the ad
| vantages of using their waste lane
and other pasturage for grazing, ane
converting their surplus hay, grain
and sweet potatoes into live stock a:
a part of their farming operations.
'The shipments of hogs, from com
paratively small towns, have reached
five to twenty car loads, and from 81
to $50 cars of cattle have gone from
several places Live stock has be
come fourth money crop in Louisl
ana. This suggests three things ever.
farmer should study:
"1. Another year may not give
such fine yields of cotton, sugar ant
rice; and there is no certainty tha
prices will be anything like as goot
as in 1916. Better play safe by max
ing living at home and going int
debt just as little as possible.
"2. Diversity the crops so Their
will be plentiful supply OF grain
hay, legumes, root crops and ensllage
and plan them so as to distribute a
nearly as possible the work of me'
and teams over the entire year.
"3. Fence all available vast
land that can be utilized for grain,
and use as pasturage for cattle, hogs
sheep and horses, supplemented by oa
and rice stubble, stalk fields an
meadows -
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
uRroken Chains.

"Broken Chaies,' ,l stirring r1as1 pfaay- clay-
Made sn3 es9s Se'sn vii T. e
at att the Grand Thursday mas mas ) a. Young m
-, - ,d;no Ain character Harry foro'a so0As
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
LAW HAS NOT BEEN REPEALED
Migratory Bird Act Still in Force,
1 Says Uncle Sam.
he limited States Depa]


(aAAIhe United States Department of
agriculture has received inquiries
from sportsmen in various parts of
the country as to the effect the
ratification of the treaty betwa the
United States and Great Britain in
reference TO migratory birds upon OH
migratory bird act of 1913 and tlN
regulations issued hereunder. In re
sponse the department has made thV
following public announcement:
the opinion of the department, thal
migratory bird act and regulat;
are still in force; also these viii
tinue in operation, and the u
snent regards it as its duty TO en-
item, pending the enactment by 4
gress Of new legislation for the pua
pose of carrying out the provision Of
the treaty.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
Next Weeks Bill at the Grand.

Sunday-Mabel Talliaferro in 'Tht
Sunbeam" and a comedy.
Monday-Fannie Ward in 1.-The
Years of the Locust
Tuesday-June Caprice and Harry
Hilliard in "The Ragged Princess"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Clark in
"Miss George Washington"
Thursday-Ethel Clayton and Car
lvle Blackwell in Broken Chains
Friday-E. H. Sothern and Edith
Storey in "An Enemy to the King"
Saturday--Fifth episode OF .Ihe
Shielding Shadow" chapter OF "Ihe
Girl from Frisco" Pathe News and
comedy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13

1 ghS that the nero OF the Sto$1yy& zs8&E
Fer enemy. and consents to
Sn into the hands Of his real
es and ends by falling in love sh
H. gentleman. Laid in the romaaEic,
if somewhat hazardous, period when
Henry III. was seated on the throne
of France and Henry of Navarro was
championing the cause of the Hugue-
nots. there are intrigues and counter
intrigues, the pursuit of human be-
ings by men with instincts and the
compassion of bloodhounds, an aged
prisoner chained to the wall of dark
dungeon. the sweep of plumed hats
before highborn damsels, professions
of horsemen, the wide interiors OF an
cient castles, the rush-strewn floors o1
wavside inns, and, at the finish, ting
clash of swords and the sklllful play
of thrust and parry, with the villain
Ahe for and the lovers IN each oVh,
(4lPs arms. In adapting this wealth. OF
material to the screen, the form ana
a51or of the time have been carefully
and truthfully retained. There Is
much fine achievement all through
the production.
Mr.. Sothern as the hero, Ernanton
de Launay, experiences no difficulty
in repeating the unqualified success
he achieved in former days. Edith
Storey is the heroine, Julie de va
rion. Miss Storey has an envlao1e
record of screen triumphs to her cred,
it, and in can Enemy to the klng
she has added to that list what VII
be easily recognized as her best Ell
fort,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13

Approximately 1o.390 acres Of de.
nunded lands withn the National
Forests were reforested in the fiscal
year 1916. The total number OF
trees planted was 6,146,637, while
$3.50 pounds of tree seed were sown.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13

wins Rodney back, and after drunk
en- spree he finds that he has married
her. She makes him take her to his
fathers home. There she declines to
accept the fathers cash terms for II
nal settlement, and the old man deter
mines on way to get rid of her that
is one of the most terrible, but witha]
one of the most thrilling, series OF
scenes ever shown upon the screen.
"Fifty Fifty"
In "The Social Secretary" Tri-
angle Fine Arts production to be pre-
sented at the Gem Sunday, Norma
Talmadge shows her versatility in the
part of very difficult character. Her
interpretations of the gay Bohemian,
the happy wife, and the suffering wo-
man of the world are artistic achieve
ments.
The story tells Of the marriage of
a girl of New York's Bohemia to a
business man After the birth OF
her child she so neglects her husband
in favor of the infant that he wanders
awav from home ties and enters upon
an aTa1T WIFI jill auVeIlLuIS Soo' 4AS
asks his wife to divorce him and she
refuses, so he puts matters into the
hands of the adventures. She, with
the assistance of her confederates,
compromises the wife by means of an
old badger trick. She is lured to a
room and there a man seizes her IN
his arms just as photographer steps
into the room and catches the scenes
on his tell-tale film. mM
Then follow several scenes
divorce court. The picture is pro-
duced by the husbands attorney. He
demands custody of the chilli nd the
mother, to save it for hersef, says
her husband is not its father. The
divorce proceedings are held in mid
air just long enougb6to allow the nus
band to discover what sort ct Wo-
man the adventures really is, and
then the kindly judge manages 70 ct.
feet a reunion between husband and
wife after he has received confes-
sion from the latter that her words
on the witness stand regarding the
parentage of her child we're false.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
Coming Attractions at the Gem.

Saturday, Jan. 13-Frank Keenan,
Charles Ray and Louise Glaum IN
Honor Thy Name"
Sunday, Jan. 14-Nornaa Iaimaoge
in "F'ifty-Fifty."
Monday, Jan. 15-Bessie Love IN
tSister Of Six. -
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
"S;ster of Six" {

A TRIANGLE photoplay of far more
than ordinary power and dramatic
force is s'Sister of Six" starring Bes-
Aie Love, which comes to the Gem
next Monday. 1t is a story of Cali
rnia in the period of 1860, and tells
the conspiracy between Don Fran
ko Garca hereditary owner of
ke Spanish graS4s. in southern Cali
aia, and ID, John Long
et, a gea typical adven-
r of Il ptain posses
throu5 5s plot, of the
adjoi New Eng
=. 93@ sa and Long
l6 I'm 80 : =, very val
i tne p saasit n. Winthron's
quartz - Aal Skizlsassiag9
,.sass;on Of aSe2 Il "a. -
sss.on ,,naor II ~ manapemsn5t
yH;n+hron CAeb's brother,
q ls toaaaa - - foatunate lot of
= to n ds of Garcia,
~ ~ Ito warn his
IN @ az If the No.
III ,t;noa . romaNse has develop
II ot,uaan Joao,,in senu]veda. Win
- :" head vaa,1aro and Miss Pru-
. daughter of the deceased Amos
throw As Prudence has six lit
hrotbars m and sisters. Sepulveda
Ives his inability to care for the
nhans and disnatches them by
Mainland coach to their Uncle Caleb.
Arrived in Boston. Prudence and
ber brothers and sisters find the New
Redford shin-owner. Caleb Winthrop,
forbiddino nerson. miserlv, and re-
c1,,sa wra nned M in his own hard
Afisted business affairs. and with no
aart for tho children, But, as the
avs 90 bv. the children prove to be
4 an Irresistible attraction to the mo-
roea Caleb
M Mosnwh;1e Garcia has been active
in his persistent efforts to secure the
Wintbron nropertv, and young Sep.
,,lvada fearing a laMess aggression
raouasts 20 Caleb Winthrop to imme
diatalv hasten west and take charge
of The situation.
Arrived in California, tn New
Enolander. accompanied by his small
aoet Of nieces ag9i- nephews, settles
himself on his ws# ern estate and pAs
mares to make ". .efence. By means
pf fake Snanish grant, Garcia anc
onostreet secure the authority o1
the sheriff. with an order to force
W;nthron to yacate the property. Blu.
the old Puritan fighting blood OF thf
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13
Motor Party to Sabine.
NUMBER "a

Members of motor party which
enjoyed pleasant trip to Sabine Pass
ard Port Arthur Thursday were Mes
zines NJ. Hodges, B. House, r. G.
Carlton, j. J. Ayraud and l.. Barber,
Of Ell Paso.-Beaumon Journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13

Break your cold or lagrippe with
few doses of 666.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-01-13

Mime adornment during the many
usual scenes of the production
from morning negligee to ball gown
with even the latest mode OF Lon,
don riding habit thrown in for goqa
measure. The charming stars oY
portunity to display some of the ward
robe for which she is so famous Is
one of the chief attractions of the
picture.