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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
LAFoURcHE ROADS RAPED.
Rough Riding Reported by Bayou La.
fourche inspection Party.

We learn from the Thibodaux
Commercial-J Journal that the party of
levee commissioners and engineers
who left Donaldsonville in q gasoline
boat Wednesday morning of last
week, for an inspection trip down
Bayou Lafourche, abandoned the boat
short distance out and continued
the journey in automobiles. After
spinning along over excellent gravel
roads in Ascension and Assumption
the party encountered vastly differ
ent conditions in Lafourche, as wit
ness the following from our esteemed
contemporary above mentioned:
"The party had tough luck in La
fourche. They found the roads in
pretty bad shape, due to rains Of un-
usual volume that day, and it was not
until after ten o'clock at night that
they passed back on their way up,
having gone down one side of the
bayou and returning on the other.
Commissioner w. D. Beraud said the
visitors were very thankful for again
being on terra firna when they re-
turned from their inspection through
the parish of Lafourche. They felt
that congratulations were due all con-
cerned for having escaped with their
lives, and were hopeful that it would
not be soon before they would have
TO make another such trip. While ap-
preciating the rich values in this par
ish, the visitors were astounded that
i've should be so slow in getting good
roads, and poked considerable fun at
Mr.. Beraud on the condition of our
highways"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
NATIONAL SERVICE HANDBOOK
Compendium of Useful Information
Issued by Federal Committee.

The Chief is in receipt Of q COPY
OF the National Service Handbook is.
sued by the committee on public in
formation, containing a mass of mat
ter relating to wartime activities in
the United States, together with other
data of timely and useful nature.
The purpose of the publication is thus
set forth in an introduction by Geo.
Creel, chairman of the committee:
"The one great task before the ma
ton today is to win the war. If our
arms are to be successful, every citi-
zen must give his all, whether this
be time, or money, or life, or all
three. To aid in this victory by an
swering an ever-increasing demand
manifested by citizens throughout the
nation for reliable information on all
branches of service, military and nom
military, this handbook is published.
"At this time it is vital that all
men and women throughout the land
work together without wasteful haste,
without misdirected effort, but with
every ability and resource fully COM
manded in cooperation for the speedy
GHulIlS VI LIlS war. ~ WOIh SASCt-
lively, yet passionately, we must work
intelligently, and each must do his
own task. It is to point out the
most useful avenues of service, and at
The same time inform each member of
The community of the varied tasks un
iertaken by the army and navy and
in the air, behind the plow and at the
machine, by banks and by railroads,
by doctors, nurses, and workers in the
laboratories, by social workers every
where, that this handbook is sent
throughout the nation.
:'To work without lost motion, we
must all work together. This means
organization and Capitalization. 1t
is of great Importance that every COM
munity should display at once com
,letely democratic and also genuine
Iy effective control of the agencies of
production and welfare. A central
committee, in which representatives
If all important community activities
ire included, should lead in the work
Of the war and delegate to subcom-
mittees, responsible to the central
committee, the direction of specific
Let US take as our
watchword, Intelligent efficiency
and Get together.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
SOUTH LOUISIANA FAIR.
Notes of Interest Relating TO This
Years Big Exhibition.

In the interest of food conserva-
ton, all exhibits of fruits and vege-
tables put up in glass will be judged
at the South Louisiana Fair at DON
aldsonville this year without opening
the jars, except only in cases where
the competition is SO close as TO make
this necessary.
The new fair catalog is now being
printed and will be ready for distri-
button during the month. A copy will
be mailed you free on application. In
addition to all of the premiums Of last
year new ones have been listed, and
every one should commence to get his
exhibit ready. The fair association
is now being placed on sound finan-
cial basis and premium money will be
on hand to pay off all premiums
prompts after the awards are made,
This promises to be the greatest
agricultural year in the history Of
our section, and the fair, not to be
behind-hand, will be the best and
biggest in the history Of the associa-
ton.
Remember the time and the place
October At at Donaldsonville.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
BUILDING UP RESERVE CORPS,
Newly Commissioned Army Oficsrs
Available for Future Service.

Officers graduated from the train
ing camps are appointed to the Of
fcers' Reserve Corps because they
will thus become available for call in
to service after the present war.
They will be detailed from the reserve
corps to command units in the nation
al army or regular army, but at the
conclusion of hostilities will be retain
ed in the reserve corps and returned
to the inactive list.
Those officers appointed directly
from the training camps to the nation
al army will be mustered out after
the war, and so will not be automatic
allv available in the event of any sub
sequent need.
The War Department has, there
fore, adopted the policy of appoint,
ing to the Officers Reserve Corps all
men whose age permits and who are
otherwise satisfactory. The maxi
mum age limits for appointment to
the Officers Reserve Corps are: for
major, As; for captain, 40; for first
lieutenant, So; for second lieutenant,
80. There is no age limit for appoint
ment of officers to the national army.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
A Pound of Honey.
By DANIEL M. HENDERSON

When you eat spoonful Of honey,
you have very little idea as to the
work and travel necessary to produce
it. To make pound of clover
honey, bees must take the nectar
from sixty-two thousand clover
blossoms; and to do this requires two
million seven hundred and fifty thou
sand visits to the blossoms by the
bees. In other words, in order to col
lect enough nectar to make one pound
Of honey, bee must go from hive to
flower and back again two million
seven hundred and fifty thousand
times. Then, when you think how far
these bees sometimes fly in search of
these clover fields, often one or two
miles distant from the hive, you will
begin to get small idea of the num-
Der Of miles one Of the Industrious lit
tie creatures must travel in order that
you may have pound of honey
Presbyterian.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
"The Heir of the Ages"

This interesting picture in which
House Peters will be seen at the
Grand Monday, assumes that the eter-
nal triangle worked itself out in the
flint age very much as it does today.
With House Peters as the hero, Nina
Byron as the girl and Eugene Pal
lette as the weak brother, the play
opens with scenes in the cave man
period, and then with the same char
acters story along similar lines is
told with background of American
western life. The triangle is practi-
cally the same in both Instances. The
big, strong brother loses for time
the love of his girl to the personality
Of the morally weak brother. In both
stories there's test that shows up
the weakling. The picture has sus-
pense and many pretty scenes. A
vigorous fst-fght will please many.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
BROOM PROBLEM SOLVED.
Senator Labarre Building Factory to
Utilize Wild Palmetto,

Palmettoes, which have heretofore
been considered nuisance in Louisi.
ana, have become an important asset
to the state. A few months ago SEN
ator j. R. Domengeaux, of LAFAYETTE
who owns a broom factory at that
place, discovered a process by which
palmettoes could be used as q sub.
stitute fer broom corn in the manu-
facture of household brooms, The
high price of-broom corn, which had
reached almost prohibitive figures.
made it necessary for the broom fac
tories to look for substitute, and
Senator Domengeaux found it in the
heretofore despised palmetto. Sena-
tor Domengeaux declined to apply for
a patent and anybody can use the
process.
With the view of supplying brooms
to the public at prices that prevailed
before the war and at the same time
to make money himself, Senator Gus.
j. Labarre has begun the construction
of a large broom factory at Paincourt-
vile and will be turning out immense
quantities of palmetto brooms within
the next few weeks. Senator Labarre
proposes to manufacture the brooms
at such low figure of cost that mer-
chants will be able to retail them at
twenty-five cents each and then make
a good profit. High grade brooms
are now retailing for seventy-fve
cents and 81 each.
The supply of palmettoes in south
Louisiana is practically inexhausti-
Bile, and broom factories have an un-
limited supply of raw material. Tests
have demonstrated that the palmetto
brooms last two or three times a.
long as broom corn brooms and are
equally as good for sweeping pur-
poses.
Experiments recently made by
laboratory have shown that the stems
and roots Of palmettoes will make
high grade pulp and paper.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
Infected Court.Plaster Being Sold.

The Department of Justice recently
investigated the sale of court-plaster
in various sections of the United
States. Analyses were made and GER
tain samples were found to contain
tetanus germs This is suspected as
being the work Of German SYM
pathizers, in an attempt to spread
disease, thereby crippling industry
Caution against the purchase Of this
remedy except from approved sour
ces has been issued, the warning be-
ing particularly directed o"ainst the
purchase in small packages from
street peddlers and itinerant vendors
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
The Trail of the Shadow"

There is plenty of dash in "The
Trail of the Shadow" which will fea.
ture the Grand's Sunday program
The plot is romantic, most of the
scenes being laid in the west among
picturesque locations, and the story
Is continuously interesting. The lead
ing character is mysterious girl who
ilves IN cabin by herself and sells
oead-Work to the guests of summer
hotel in the vicinity. A wealthy
young chap from the east falls in love
with her, but she refuses to marry
him and will not explain her reason.
1t develops that the girls father had
been robbed and murdered by his
private secretary in revenge for be-
ing rejected by the heroine. The man
fled to the west and turned outlaw.
Sylvia, the girl, also left the east af-
ter her fathers death. One day fate
leads the murderer to Sylvia's cabin.
There IS struggle. and Sylvia is left
insensible. When she RECEIVERS she
finds note that leads her to believe
the man has taken the most terrible
revenge possible. The young chap
from the east gets on his trail and
makes him admit, with his dying
breath, that he has lied.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
Billion Bushels of Wheat Next Yeal

The production of over one billion
bushels of wheat and over eighty
three million bushels of rye, through
the planting Of 47,337,000 acres to
winter wheat and Of 5,131, 900 acres
to rye this fall, is the immediate war
agricultural program for the nation
announced by David F. Houston, Sec
retary of agriculture. This record
winter wheat acreage, an increase of
18 per cent over last year, would
yield 672,O0O,O00 bushels if the aver
age yield for the past ten years is
aqualed, or under a repetition of the
favorable conditions of 1914 would
give $50, 100000 bushels. In either
case with spring wheat crop next
year equal to that of 1915, the nation
will have more than one billion bush
els of wheat for domestic use ex-
port.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
American Efficiency Demonstrated.

Efficiency of Americas business
men in handling the big problems sud
denly thrust on the nation by its en-
trance into the world war is making
the allies sit up and take new heart in
the outcome, according to J. e.
Rhodes. secretary manager of the
Southern Pine Association, who has
just returned from Washington,
where he had been for weeks coop
Grating with the government in it's ef-
forts to promptly meet its require
ments for lumber for ships, canton
ments, etc. "As an example of what
is being accomplished" says Mr.
Rhodes, "the southern lumber indus
try has moved 200,000,00o feet OF
lumber for army cantonments in siz
weeks. This was in addition to ar
equal amount which was moved nor
mally and was for other than wa,
purposes. The railroads must 81
given great deal Of credit for ti!ig
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
NUMBER 8.
FINANCING THE WAR,
Sound Economic Methods Followed hv
Governments.

The United States is financing itself
IN this war by loans and taxes. 1t OBJ
tains funds from the people, some by
taxation and some by the sale of
bonds, and then it goes into the mar
kets and buys from the people what it
needs. The people supply the govern
ment with money and the govern
ment with this money buys from the
people what it needs for the war,
/ There are three sources from which
the United States can draw the si.
news of war. First is the fixed prop
erty Of the nation. This represents
our farms, factories, mines, railways
and all other property, including ae-
cumulated savings. From the corpus
or body of none of these, except the
accumulated savings, will the govern
ment obtain war funds, and even
from the accumulated savings it will
draw relatively small portion These
accumulated savings are invested in
industries and business which are nec-
essary to the country's welfare and
prosperity, and it is only that portion
of these savings which is seeking in
vestment the government will receive
in exchange for bonds.
The second and the great source
from which the government is to de-
rive it's war fund is the wealth pro-
duced during the war. Part of this
it will obtain by taxation and part In
exchange for bonds. The annual pro.
duction of the United States, from
its farms, mines, factories, and other
re- IN l. al
lars year, and out of this fifty bill
lion dollars will come the funds, part
from taxes and part from the sale of
bonds, with which the United States
will finance itself during this war.
By taxation this generation will pay
its portion of the cost of the war. BY
the sale of bonds the next generation
is called upon to pay it's portion, and
this last portion will be paid from
the wealth production after the war.
BY this method the capital of the
country, its sources of income and
wealth, ara unimpaired. 1t is only the
yearly increment of this property
that is called upon to bear portion
of the cost of the war. Thus despite
the waste of war and the destruction
of property involved the country may
emerge from the conflict stronger
financially, more efficient and even
Weather than before. What the
government receives it receives from
the people without impairing the sour
ces of wealth of the country, and
passes it back to the people In ex-
change for the productions of the
country. It is in a way only shift
ing Of credits.
The government collects the cur
rent taxes and by means Of bonds an
1icipates taxes of the years to eomes
and all the money thus acquired pass
es back into the hands CT the tax
payers This is why governments
which follow sound economic methods
not only are not impoverished by
wars but sometimes emerge the
stronger, as England did after the
Napoleonic wars and the United
States did after our great civil war.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
"The Clodhopper.''

To mass from the obscurity OF
Rnmpkinville to bright lighted fame
an Broadway in three days and nights
i the dizzying sensation that Chas.
Raw undergoes in The Clodhopper,"
which the Gem will show today. He
beeomes celebrity of Lobster square
largely by virtue Of his eccentric dress
and his ability to execute a curious
dance. -.
The most spectacular scene of this
Iuce production is New York roof
Garden with its runway over the heads
,of the audience, its candle lighted Ia
bles, surrounded by ultra fashionable
women and their male companions,
and Jazz band playing the frantic
music to which Ray and his much
press-agented "billion dollar beau
Ties" clodhop about the stage. After
their performance the guests also try
the chop" on the cleared floor space.
The gawky country boy, who was
tirned from home by a penurious
father, earns enough money to save
this same father from financial dis
aster and to gain the controlling stock
in the village bank. -
Margery Wilson appears as Rays
country sweetheart.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
Next Weeks Bill at the Grand.

sunday-Emmy Wehlen in "Tht
iran OF the Shadow" and a Big Y
comedy.
Monday-House Peters in "The
nelr OF the Ages" and Mutt and Jeff
Iuesday-Robert Warwick in "The
Argyle Case"
MISUNDERSTANDING Ward in "He,
Strange Wedding"
Ihursday-Madge Evans in "The
Little Duchess"
Frlday-Sir John Hare and Peggy
Hyland in Caste"
: Ssaturday-Concluding episode of
The Great Secret" Marin Sais in
The American Girl" Pathe News,
and a Billy West comedy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
NEWS OF THE PHOTOPLAYS
Attractions at the Gem.

Today-Charles Ray in '"The Clod-
honper,j' and a comedy, "Their Weak
sunday-Bessie Barriscale in "The
cnarl !" and two comedies, ''His Grim
:nal Career and Teddy at the
Tlhrottle." Eight-reel show.
y Observation-Disclosures Chaplin in "Po-
roe and a three-reel western drama,
uTwisted Trails,"' featuring Tom
Nix. a. o,. r,
Saturday, Aug. 25-Olive Thomas
IN "Madcap Madge,' and comedy,
aHis Bitter Fate. =.
Sunday, Aug. 26-Enid Bennett in
.seeking Happiness" and two come
d;es "His One Night Stand" and Sc
Orats @ of a Beauty Parlor." Eight
reels.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
"The Snarl."

A shallow and unscrupulous woman
and her twin sister, girl OF noble
character, are the parts played by
Bessie Barriscale in "The Snarl, "
which will be the Sunday feature
at the Gem. The dual role is not a
new device, but never has it been de-
veloped with such startling, almost
uncanny, realism as in this play. Miss
Barriscale has so differentiated the
two characters that it is hard to be-
lieve they are interpreted by the same
actress. The twin sisters are seen
chatting together, walking together
and even embracing one another.
On the eve Of her operatic debut
Helen Dean is crippled. The i'm
presario determines to substitute
Marion in the role, having Helen sing
the words from her wheeled chair be-
hind the scenes. Thus Marion re-
ceives the triumph rightfully belong
ing to her sister She wins mans
love in the same way. But eventually
fate untangles the snarl, and each
girl is rewarded according to her
merits.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
your Country Calls You

at this crisis in its fate to raise all the
foodstutfs in your power. 1t likewise
calls on you to exhibit at the far
which represents your particular sec
ION. the best of all you raise-wheth-
ar It be farm products, live stock, or
.,oultry--in order to stimulate your
,eighbors to greater efforts by the
practical object lesson of your ex-
1ibit 1t is therefore your patriotic
luty to send the best of all YOU pro-
luce to the fifth annual South Louis
iana Fair at Donaldsonville, Oct. At.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
"Her Strange Wedding"

One Of the most noticeable Para
mount pictures recently released, as
regards acting, story and direction, is
'Her Strange Wedding" which comes
ito the Grand Wednesday. FANNIE
Ward is the featured player, and mas
a part that affords her scope for some
remarkable work. In fact, the play
appeals mostly because of her skllitui
handling of the big dramatic situa.
ton. Tom Forman has the part OF
the young man she marries-a thle1
as she finds out the first day OF the
honeymoon-and Jack Dean plays ms
older brother, the hero of the story.
Melodramatic incidents of thrilling
nature are grouped around the cen
tral theme. 1t is in every respect an
excellent production, full OF suspense
and sense of newness.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18

y .als slde-splitting two-reel comedy, a
n saree-reel western play, "Twisted
sra,is, featuring Tom Nix, filled with
sas allllis and sensations, will also be
SHOWN. The appearance of the world
lam famous Charlie Chaplin should at
VA aaci "a, mountaineering audience to
M me httle playhouse. In order to ac-
ssoiamodate y the crowd, the doors will
vsl - opened at o'clock, instead of the
~ asusi hour, $50 o'clock. The prices
~ COW aamisslon will be only and 10
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18

Sisal fiber valued at more than ST.
250,O00, stored in steel and concrete
warehouses at Progreso, Yueatan, was
destroyed by FIRE last Sunday, and
number Of warehouse employees are
under arrest pending an inquiry into
the cause of the confagration.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
The Little Duchess. :

Madge Evans is the dainty star OF
"The Little Duchess" which the
Grand announces as its offering Tor
Thursday. The story tells of little
girl who is the granddaughter OF an
English earl. Her father is dead, hav-
ing been cast out of his home by the
earl for marrying beneath him, and
her mother dies, too. Little Jerry is
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
Reunions of Civil War Veterans.

The annual convention and reunion
IF the Louisiana division, United Con-
cederate Veterans, will be held at
Alexandria Oct. and 5. Major Cen
,ral George H. Tichenor, command
no the division, urges that all camps
,e represented, and that veterans not
atfiliated with the division be invited
20 attend and fraternize with their
comrades. "The great reaper IS
thinning our ranks" says the COM
mander, land we should be growing
closer to one another in comradeshlp
as our numbers grow less, while we
pray for Gods blessing upon each !,
other, our people and our country"
Union and Confederate veterans are
invited to attend the reunion OF the
Blue and the Gray to be held at
Vicksburg, Miss, Oct. l6, II, IL and
10. The United States government
will provide a berth and rations for
every veteran who will apply for such
reservation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
"The Argyle Case. y

This seven-reel version Of the IA
nous drama Of the same name is tru-
iy splendid production. Robert
Warwick plays the leading role, and
does the best work of his screen ca
reer His acting is facile, full of
mental vigor, and without touch of
over coloring or unnecessary effort.
Elaine Hammerstein is an attractive
heroine, having the youth, good looks
and requisite amount of brains to
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
Does Everybody Know Yeu?

Some merchants say they don't
need to advertise, because everybody
knows them. Which reminds us Of
the time William J. Bryan was being
introduced, at small-town chautau-
qua in Nebraska, and the chairman
asked him il he talked or sang.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-18
Stomach and Liver Troubles.

No end of misery and actual suf-
fering is caused by disorders of the
stomach and liver, and may be avoid
ed by the use of Chamberlain's Tab
lets, Give them a trial. They only
cost a quarter.