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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12
statesmen WANTED.

Q1n COMMISSION allowed on each new
Q4U account to whom you sell one of our
latest Sales Board Assortments: &c
PAID on repeat orders. This is proposition
which sells at sight. Commissions due as
soon as order is shipped We want onIy
high.class men who cater to the best trade.
iinqulrers to receive attention must state
iine carried and how long. class of trade
called on, territory and how often covered
Get in on this. X. & s. SALES CO., 154-15e
Whiting street. Chicago, ILL.,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Mrs. Jasmin Tobias enjoyed Wis
if to relatives in Baton Rouge during
the early part Of the week, leaving
here Tuesday morning and returning
Wednesday afternoon.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Mrs. Percy Lemann and her chill
dren. Alice and Marjorie, went to
New Orleans Monday to spend a
short while with Mr.. and Mrs. Myer
Lemann.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

A meeting of the finance commit.
tee of the Lafourche basin levee board
was held here Monday. Ali the mem
br~s of the board were in town for
tAo meeting except Commissioner
Delamotte of Assumption.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Mrs. E. B. Tobias, of New Orleans,
maid a business visit to Donaldson
tille Wednesday and was cordially
greeted by her numerous friends.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Keep your garden working all sea-
son. Start new crops between the
rows Of plants soon to be removed.
AS fast as the ground is cleared of
one crop start a new crop.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Right Rev. Davis Sessums, of New
Orleans, Episcopal bishop of Louisi-
ana, was the guest of Rev. and Mrs.
R Fl. Prosser last Sunday.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Have you joined the Red Cross? If
not send in your dollar at once and
become a member of this great hui
manitarian organization.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12
Instead of making his headquarter:

Instead of making his headquarters
at Gonzales, as stated in last weeks
Chief, j. O. Montegut, newly appoint
ed agricultural demonstration agent
for Ascension parish, has taken up
his residence in Donaldsonville. The
Chief takes pleasure in welcoming
h. to the community.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Mrs: w. Wild, of New Orleans, and
Mrs. Milton Duncan, of Greenville,
Miss, are in town for a short stay as
the guests of L. J. Wild and family
at their hospitable home in Lessard
street.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Chenet, of La
fourche Crossing, and Miss Lou Thlb-
odaux and Eugene Knobloch, Jr., OF
Thibodaux, motored to Donaldson
vile last Sunday and spent the day
here very pleasantly as the guests OF
DR.. and Mrs. Paul T. Thibodaux. MIR.
Chenet is the efficient manager OF
Bush Grove plantation, at Lafourehe
Crossing
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12
Ohtpf
SATURDAY, MAY IL, 1917.

Hubert Richard spent last Sunday
in New Orleans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Miss Inez Greenwood, of Belle AL
lance, is spending the week in New
orleans as the attractive guest of
friends.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Miss Lucille Pillac, daughter OF
Raymond Pillac and Melaine Bou'
dreaux, and adopted daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jean Baptiste Capdevielle'
died at the residence of Felix Bou-
dreaux at Union, La, Wednesday,
May 2, aged 80 years and 2 months.
Her remains were inferred in st.
Mary's cemetery, st. James parish.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

The selling-out sale in progress at
the New Orleans Bargain Store is
meeting with much success. Many
persons are coming in from the sur
rounding country to take advantage
of the exceptional bargains offered,
and all are delighted with the high
quality of the goods and the low
prices at which purchases may be
made.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12
FOR SALE

ICE BOX, 100 pounds capacity. and music
4 box. May be seen at the residence of P.
L. Blanchard, Donaldsonville. MRS. J. P.
KOCK.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Jas. Won Lotten made a trip to
New Orleans Tuesday on business APP
nertaining to his picture show.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that am applying
~ for pardon. LOUIS SEALS.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12

Dave Kaufman has been appointed
postmaster at Mccall, vice W. L..
Tearney, resigned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21

away at full speed toward the nearest harbor of refuge. The destroyers put on full speed and ran up and down between the divisions to ram the ene- my if possible, while the cruisers were escorting the remainder of the ships.
 "The Devonian began to settle by the stern almost immediately. From the bridge Captain Trant signaled to the engine room to stop the engines, and ordered al! hands to the boats There was no room for the captain and several others. Coolly the skipper turned to those with him and said: Boys, we're left; we must swim for it. But a patrol boat came alongside and took them off just as the Devon- ian was going down.
 ''We arrived at 8 port. most Of us hatless, coatless and shoeless. Many nationalities were represented, even 200 being chinamen."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21
CANADIAN WOMEN \
 MAY GET BALLM

 Vancouver, B. C., Sept. N-ln h event of Premier Borden's return sl power it is his intention to confer a franchise on women generally, aMs make important amendments to ls naturalization act, relieving vona from discrimination as compared VIII men. This purpose is declared m, letter to Mrs. J. o. Perry Of Vandtl yer, active in the suffrage movena. The Japanese and Chinese vome1d | Hawaii have organized to aid m ds n food conservation movement Tn lm territory.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21
BlG WOODWORKING PLANT LOCATES
 IN PINE BLUFF
Owner of Plant Expects to Add Excelsior Factory in
 Twelve Months.

w. F. Grant, owner and manager of the Grant Manufacturing company has completed every arrangement for locating his woodworking factory in Pine Bluff. The final detail was closed yesterday when Mr. Grant paid Attorney Bridges $955.5O for 1.e2 acres of land just west of the Morgan Veneer plant on the Fine Bluff and Hot Springs railroad
 After closing the deal, Mir. Grant and E. F. Bloom, secretary of the chamber of commerce, with whom he had been conferring from the inception of the movement to locate here, continued their quest for suitable residence property for Mir. Grant and his em- ployes, and the former left later in the evening for his home at Newport. It is believed the question of resi- dences will be settled in few days.
 The Grant Manufacturing company is capitalized at $25,00O, and manufac- lures axe, pick and sledge handles Their plant will cost about $2O,OO0 and they will employ 20 men in the fac tory and equally as many in the NOoOSs NuoppIHtS tlltUtl. NIT. ,OidUL expects that in twelve months he will enlarge the plant and manufacture ex- celsior to be sold in carload lots.
 His old plant was located at New port. The machinery has been dis ,nantled and this, together with a lot cf new machinery, will be delivered here OH Wednesday next. Everything will be pushed forward to early con- pletion. so that the finished product will be turned out ready for the mar ket
 A 500-foot switch track will have to 5e installed. D. o. Oulette, superin- 'endent of tho southern division of the Iron Mountain railroad. with head- quarters at McGehee, and Assistant Division Engineer Ward. were here yesterday to go over the lines with MT. Grant and Mir. Bloom. They will have the switch track ready for the place before the machinery arrives
 The employees of the factory will come with the machinery. Mir. and Mrs. Grant will leave Newport Tues day. Oct }, for Pine Bluff, making the trip in their automobile.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21
U.B0AI SQUADRON SANK FIVE SHIPS
 0f bIG FLEET
Survivor of the Devonian Brings to U. $. First
 News of Attack

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 20-Dr. Patrick g. Burns of Providence, sur geon on the Ley1and liner Devonlan. which was sunk by German subma- rine On August 2, arrived today with the first detailed story of the dlsas- ter, says a dispatch received today by thc New York World from an Atlantic port. Dr. Burns brought the news. hitherto unpublished, that four other vessels were sunk with the Devon!an.
 The u-boat squadron. lying in wait 90 miles off the Irish coast. made a concerted attack upon flotilla of steamers. destroyers, cruisers and oth- CT vessels, 52 craft in all. Five vessels were sunk in B minutes, with loss of life.
 Dr. Burns was surgeon on the be ,iar, which was sunk by submarine on July 31, 1915, and was on the Cana dian when she was +orpedoed.
 Warned by Wireless.
 "The Devcnian sailed from Liver pool on Saturday, August IS, for Bos- ton. in command of Captain Trant," said the doctor. "In addition to the officers and crew there were, as pas sangers. 50 American horsemen from the steamer Parisian, 15 American horsemen from the steamer Meltonian, and 5S more Americans of the Devon ian, who had served as horse tenders on the eastward run.
 "The second day out we received a wireless warning of submarines from oI, tJof hoI ho way from Boston to Liverpool. The Devonian was then four miles west of Nallin Head on the north coast of Ireland.
 eve soon discovered 20 or more ves- sels ahead of US. The Devonian, as commodore's flagship of the flotilla, led. In the flotilla were eight destroy CTS, four cruisers, 15 heavily armed large fast trawlers, and "A other large vessels-a magnificent sight.
 "The flagship signaled to form four divisions, which was executed in real naval fashion. We held to a straight course at eight knots, the speed of our slowest ship, to keep all on an equal sailing basis. Thus we passed Tory Island on the north coast of Ireland. with tho Devonian in the center sig naling and with cruisers and destroy CTS circling around us. The ships were 300 yards apart in each division.
 "At ii a. m., without warning, the Devonian was struck by torpedo from a German submarine on the port side. The torpedo struck after tear ing large hole in the side and de- molishing a lifeboat, hanging 50 feet above the water The torpedo passed through No. hatch, on which the ships carpenter and his assistant were standing. Both men were blown to atomCs.
 T0rpedOes Came Fast.
 "I was standing on the deck above. The explosion hurled me against the rail. Before I recovered a second tor pedo was fired which shook the De- vonian, but, to my surprise this shak ing was only the concussion from the torpedcing of another ship in the second division, 300 yards from us. This other ship lay helpless after be- ing hit
 : 'Three more reports sounded almost simultaneously. These came from h. boats torpcdolng more of our convoy which, for obvious reasons, do not name. All ships not helpless made
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21
AMERICAN ARMY TO USE GAS AND
 LIQUID FLAME
Special Regiments of En- gineers To Handle These
 Warfare Methods.

Washington, Sept 20.-American troops in France are to be supplied fully With trained forces to deliver gas and liquid fire attacks. accord ing to army general orders made public today.
 Tho orders, show that each army, three corps under the new organiza- tioN, will have a special engineer reg imcnt of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel and three captains and 3S en- listed men in the headquarters divi- sion and six companies with six of ficers and 25O men each, whose bus mess it will be to handle the gas and flame service.
 Tn addition each army will have thousands of men in supplemental engineer units to deal with other phases of modern fighting. There will he a mining service regiment of six special mining companies; water supply service regiment of six com panics, a general construction service regiment, an engineer supply service detachment of three companies, three work3hcp companies and one service battalion; a battalion of typographical engineers to provide surveying and printing service; road service de- tachment with three road engineers companies and six service battalions of four companies each; ten motor truck companies of 31 trucks each, and five wagon companies with 61 wagons each.
 On the line of the communications of each army will be a pontcon park with six main battalions and six service batallions of engineer troops, two supply battalions, two work shops battelions and three supply service battalions, ten batta!ions of forestry engineers supplemented by nine service battalions for this work; two battalions of special quarry serv- ice troops with three supplemental work battalions; five battalions of railway engineers for light railway service, supplemented by three work hattalions: four battalions of rail- way engineers for the operations and mechanical department, supplemented by three service battalions.
 A standard gauge railway service is to he maintained by five ,egi- ments of special railway engineers in tho first army by the Eleventh, Eff teenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth national army engineers. with eight supplemental work battal- iol,s. For liNe of communication work there will be separate stan idard gauge railway contingent. Six battalions of railway engineers troops for operations, with three service bat talions and one regiment Nineteenth national army engineers) and one sup plemental engineer battalion and ser vice battalion in the mechanical and supply department.
 The order provides also the med ical service officers and men to be attached to each of the new engineer units authorized and stipulates that the railway operating and shop troops, forestry troops and service tattalions are to be equipped and trained as infantry. but that only 10 per cent of them are to be armed eX- cept during their training period
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21
GIRL GETS BIG ESTATE.

Alton. Ill.,. Sept. 20.-Miss Carrie Pointsalot of Alton is named the sole heiross to the $20O,000 estate of Miss Matilda Lowery of Grand Rapids, Mich. who died in Philadelphia last week, Miss Pointsalot met Miss Low cry on cold November day while she was doing housework for family liv- ing in St. Louis. After giving Miss Pointsalot a pair of gloves, Miss Low cry invited her to her home. The two became last friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21

portionate quantities of other ces,k are annually wasted in harvesting sp ;hreshing. The department of agrh,. ture, in a statement issued tGr urges farmers to give special .ta. tion to the adjustment of threshh, machines and to make certain h, none Of the grain is los. with M straw and chaff. Care should also h taken to harvest all grain in the COT. ners and on the edges of fields A department advises. and when boM or headed grain iG stacked the stheh should be built so as to shed water a
 Attention is called to the fact Ha, a single bus;.el of wheat will furrM bread fer ona oe"son for about $ days,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21
WILL BE REPAID FOR WOFK.

Women everywhere suffer from Kid ney trouhle-backache rheumatic pains. swollen and tender muscles, stiff joints. Mrs. c. J. Ellis. 50S Sth Ave-. Sioux Falls, s. h.. writes: Ifeel sure f anyone is bothered as I was will give Foley's Kidney Pills fair trial they will be repaid for their work. "- Mann's Pharmacy.-Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21

Five large sugar refineries of one company in this country have alto gether an output of something like 80,O00 carloads of sugar and syrup per annum, and. placed end to end, their product would form a solid train of sugar filling a railroad track from New York to Cleveland.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21
SAFE REMEDY FOR CHILDREN.

Chas. Baker. Brownsville, Tex, writes: "For years have used Foley's Honey and Tar and found it especially efficient for bad coughs of my chil- dren. I recommend it to my friends as safe remedy for children as it contains no opiates It is certain to bring quick and lasting reiief." Stops coughs --M"un's Pharmacy. adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21

You only neeG Sapol Eczema Cure to get rid of those Rlacx Heads. nim. rlcs, rough bunny skin. Leaves ski, smooth. Cures any case of Eczema. Is pleasant to use. A rial will COL vince you. 35c. at the drug store.
 iAdvt) t&s.1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21
WHEATLESS, MEATLESS DAY.

Little Rock, Sept. 19.-Hamp Will Hams, state food administrator, today designated Mondays as wheatless days and Fridays as meatless days, as first steps toward food conservation here. Observance of the days was urged by Mir. Williams.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21
HARDEST WORKED NEED HELP.

Through all the years the Kidneys are at work Altering out impurities that poison the blood if permitted to remain. Is it any wonder that they are overworked and in need of help? Foley Kidney Pills are tonic and strengthening in action. Get rid of backache rheumatic pains, stiff joints, sore muscles.-Mann's Pharmacy Adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21
ENORMOUS WASTE
 OF WHEAT IN U. $

Washington, Sept. 20-Specialists in Western wheat districts estimate that cn,000,0G0 bushels of wheat anG pro-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-11
WILL WRITE FOR MONITOR.
s'Nels'' Darling. Who Lectured in Bar
ton. to Write for This Paper
on Community Subjects.

We have made arrangements with
Nels Darling, the lecturer and COM
munity-problems man, TO furnish a
series of articles on subjects pertain
ing to community building and wei
Mr.. Darling will write a series of
articles entitled. +" Talks to the Busi-
ness Man" He will discuss the
pros and cons of newspaper adver-
tising for the retail merchant. The
first series will be followed by sec
ond. Talks on Advertising"
At first thought some of our read
ers viii ask themselves, What inter-
est have / in these matters? ! am a
farmer and not interested in adver-
tising" The farmer that does not
count himself business man makes
a mistake. We are all business men
and in the selling game, whether we
sell the products of our soil, our fac
tory, our brains or our hands. If you
wish to sell your stock, your farm,
your machinery, your household
goods or anything else advertising
viii help you. If you wish to hold an
ice cream social one of the first es-
sentials to success is to know how to
tell about it.
III his dIllC10Ss Inc 11Oi1G 1OWus
he will deal with problems that are
common in every community of the
size and character of Barton Dar-
ling knows how to write the pulling,
business type of advertising
He knows how and he knows how to
tell others how. Ht uses the short
arm jab and lands with a punch He
rings the bell every time he takes a
shot.
He tells why we read some adver-
tising and give some only a passing
glance.
We have gone to considerable ex-
pense in securing these articles from
the pen of ''The Town Doctor be-
ieving they viii prove to be helpful
and interesting.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-11
ROAD MEN
AT NEWPORT.
Bates Talks Road Work. Banqueted
by Board of Trade. Worth
while Event.

What has come to be a county get
together in connection with the meet
ing of the road commissioners and
selectmen of the county took place at
Newport Friday.
In the forenoon the road men met
and discussed plans and methods. 5.
B. Bates, state road commissioner,
was present and explained the law.
In opening Commissioner Bates
emphasized the fact that S'we should
not get so impressed over the build
ing Of new roads that we do not keep
in repair those we do have" Road
maintenance he showed was as i'm
portant as building new roads. He
said, many have asked the question,
what would become of the money If
we did not spend it ?" In answer to
that the commissioner told the select
men to use the money, that it was
their money and they had right to
it. But in spending it, he advised the
use of good judgment saying, pay a
teams and if you do not see what is
road commissioner orthe county COM
missioner and they viii meet you half
way"
He then spoke of the laying out of
the state money and cohtended that
the road commissioner should on no
account neglect his other roads for
state work. Tt was the aim of the de-
partment, he pointed out, to do even
better road building this year than a
year ago, and impressed upon COM
missioners that dangerous curves
must be eliminated
On the use of gravel for resurfac-
ing he showed that it would not stand
heavy traffic, that crushed stone was
Continued on Page Six
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-11
Military Drill for Barton Men.

Under the auspices of the Barton
Improvement club arrangements have
been made for a meeting at Alumni
hall Friday evening for all Barton
men between the ages of Is and 60
to organize for military drill, as a
patriotic and public-spirited move
No obligations of any kind accompa-
ny the attendance and drill. Come
out, men.
every man to get an insight into mill
tary training right at home, and the
physical development which it in
sures. Competent instructors have
been secured and everyone is invited
to be at the hall at 7.3O o'clock.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-11

A letter is being sent to every
farmer in Orleans county by the az
ricultural association as a prelimln-
ary step to a campaign for better
and bigger agricultural production.
Following is the letter.:
"War has been declared between
the United States and Germany and
one question uppermost in the minds
of our leaders at Washington Is,
"How viii the farmers respond to
their country's need ?" There should
and will be but one answer here IN
Orleans county, Better production;
increased production" At a recent
conference held in Boston, Commits
sioner Brigham showed that New
England must produce three or four
times as much as at present In order
to ever feed her own population. 1t
is ''up to" the farmers of Orleans
county as never before to be efficient
in their production; to use to the best
of their ability the resources at hand.
'sWill the farmers of Orleans coun-
ty respond to this call? How will
you meet the question?
"Yours for bigger and better pro-
duction in Orleans county,
III. C. Cleveland, President.
''The above has my heartiest ap-
prevail Can the Orleans County Ag-
ricultural association or the county
agent help you in any way to solve
your problems? If so, let me hear
from you.
every truly yours,
"H F. Johnson. County Agent"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-11

scription will be received within the
next few days.
Vermont's legislators abandoned for
the time-being the daily grind of their
official duties at the capital Thursday
and made the trip to the Barre granite
quarries as the guests of the Barre
Quarters & Manufacturers associa-
ton. For many of the solons the
spectacle was a new one and few of
those who had never visited the quar-
ry district before realized the magni-
tude of the industry. The associa-
ton saw to it that nothing was left
undone in the explaining line and be-
fore the trip ended the legislators had
asked a PEACEFUL of questions. Need
less to say, all of them were readily
answered. Special efforts were made
at the quarries visited to give the
legislators an idea of what it means
to derrick big stone from the pit to
the quarry yard Power plants were
visited and the last stop was made at
the Boutwell,, Milne e. Varnum quar-
riee. There the association guests
were taken through the company's
new granite power plant and about
the big deposits.
Adjournment is expected this week