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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-30
Over $50 Farm Offerings

Maple sss Nt Le. blds.
FOR SALE or TRADE acres 10 I'd
mond. no incumbrsnce, good tue
room houae, ~ acres OF different kinds
of bearing fruit tressi cave and 5000
well; 2 blocks from car line; blocks
from Normal school; would trade for
modern home In city and assume o'ne'-
snce, Box 2Oi, Calumst, oSh --r
is0 AcRFs In Cadds s. : mliss
inland town. all good farm land. 70
acrcs In cultiyatloni 10 acres grass, j.
room house. well. windmill and abund-
anco OF soft water. one mile from
school. on mali and phone linei this y
an good corn or cotton land. and 70
priced 20 sell. b,oo0i 1900 csrh ne,
nnce ersy terrrs at 8 percent interest," !
pcssession now: here 10 n bargaini come
and see. Courtney d Drake, Anadarko'
Okla. nhnnh 262
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-30
BARGAIN

Any part three thousand shares LUCKY
LEASE oil stnck nine cents. per share
W. T. Hinton. 1908 w. 18th 81. City.
Maple s7ss-J. ,.t
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
Election Called in School District.

An important meeting of the par
/ ish school board was held wednesday
in the office Of Supt. II. F. Broussard.
Numa S. Landry and 1. B. Dupiessis,
new members Of the board from the
seventh and eighth wards, respective
". participated in the proceedings OF
the body for the first time, having
been prevented from assuming their
seats heretofore by reason OF the
long-drawn-out litigation involving
the validity of the legislative 1T IN
creasing the membership of thu police
iurv and school board of Ascension
parish Among other business trans
acted at the session was the passage
of resolutions calling a special cleo
tion to be held in School District No.
8 Wednesday, April II, at which the
following propositions will be sub.
mitted to the property taxpayers OF
the district: To vote special two
mill, ten-year tax for the purpose OF
giving additional aid to the Oak
Grove Agricultural High SchoO; and
TO issue bonds to the amount OF
$1,000, payable in twenty years, for
the purpose of purchasing 19k acres
of land adjoining the Oak Grove
school farm, erecting domestic
science and agricultural building, and
purchasing an automobile truck for
use in transferring the Johnson school
pupils to the Oak Grove school. The
official proceedings of the meeting
will appear in next weeks issue of
the Chief. r@
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
Cornerview Postoffice Discontinued.

E. P. Braud, of Cornerview, citi-
zen of high standing in his community
and one of the Chiefs oldest and best
friends, paid a business visit to DON
aldsonville Tuesday and did not fail
to let the light of his genial counte-
nance shine in on our sanctum. He
informed US that on account of the
resignation of the former postmaster,
F. L. Genre, and the failure to se-
cure anyone to succeed him, the post
office at Cornerview has been discon-
tinued. The remuneration attached
to the position was less than 500, and
when Postmaster Genre relinquished
the place no one could be found who
was willing to take the work for such
slight recompense. Application has
been made for the establishment of
rural delivery route extending from
Gonzales to Du4ss.a1town, via Corner
view, Calbasse and Moore's bridge.
The petition has been forwarded to
The postoffice department, and as it
contains the names of a large num-
Der Of families who will be served by
the route, it is expected that favor
able consideration will be given to the
application. At present mail for
Cornerview is delivered to the Dutch
town postoffice, two and one-half
miles away.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
A TEAPOT TEMPEST.

Assistant Attorney General Harry
Gamble of Louisiana blossomed into
print recently with thirty -odd-page
pamphlet comprising ten-thousand-
word open letter to United States
Senator joss g. Ransdell denunclatory
Of the senator's avowed intention to
support the proposed woman suffrage
amendment of the national constltu-
ton.
The effect Of the verbose fulmina-
ton upon the. body polite is aptly IN
dicated by the following editorial
souib from the st. Francisville True
Democrat:
''If we hadsa cartoonist attached to
this paper, we should love to have two
pictures of Harry Gamble. One as
Diogenes with lantern in hand looking
for the man who has read Harrys
pamphlet. The other cartoon would
show him with puzzled air and hand
to ear waiting for the echo that does
not come"
Meanwhile Senator Ransdell IS
standing to his guns as the sole Lou
isiana supporter in congress OF the
suffrage amendment, and is working
earnestly in connection with the other
friends of the measure toswln over
the two or three additional votes
necessary to secure it's passage bv
the senate.
The house of representatives has
already given the amendment a two
thirds vote, considerable majority
of both Democratic and Republican
members having recorded themselves
in the affirmative. President Wilson
is also heartily in favor of the propo-
s;tion, and we think our senior sena-
tor can very we'll Gfford to maintain
his position in Such company. lr-
respective of@the adverse criticisms
and counter opinions emanatlng from
less prominent, not to say less capa-
BILE sources.
Woman suffrage is coming as a
national. international and worldwide
reform. and Louisiana ought to be
in the vanguard Of the forward move
ment rather than tag along in the
rear as an obstructionist and kicker.
The attempt TO stay the righteous
recognition Of wonan's claims to
citizenship by feviving the spook OF
negro domination deserves to &be
quickly conden lea and demolished.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
BIG FAIR IN PROSPECT.
Steps Taken to Have Every Parish in
Association Represented.

At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the South Louisiana Fair
Association held in Donaldsonvllle
last Sunday, Secretary Manager r. S.
Vickers was authorized to write all
parish agents in the eleven parishes
composing the association urging
them to begin work without delay in
preparing for a big fair in October
and offering to bear all reasonable
expense incurred in assembling their
agricultural exhibits during the two
days preceding the fair, also to pay
the transportation both ways of such
parish exhibits, and further to defray
the travelling expenses as well as the
hotel bills while in Donaldsonville OF
all parish agents and home emer-
gency demonstrators who are actually
in charge of parish exhibits.
1t is the purpose of the executive
committee to spare no effort to have
every parish in the association repre-
sented at the fair this year with a
creditable parish exhibit, and it is con-
fidently believed that through the CO.
operation of the parish agents and
home demonstrators the various par
ishes can be thoroughly combed for
exhibits and the desired result ac-
complished.
Another important measure adopt
ed by the executive committee was to
decide to have the agriculture,
school and woman's exhibits judged
on the day preceding the fair, that is,
Wednesday, October 2, and thusOb-
yiate the usual confusion and errors,
at the same time allowing more liber-
ty to the exhibitors in arranging their
displays.
A catalog committee composed OF
w. B.. Stuart, Charles Pitman, j. 0.
Montegut ard ex-officio R. S. Vickers,
was appointed to take active charge
of getting out the new cataloa which
is expected to be in the handSof the
exhibitors by July 1:
An improvement decided on by the
executive committee which will add
much to the comfort and pleasure OF
visitors at the coming fair will be
arbors or especially constructed
sheds in various parts of the grounds
designed as rest places for visitors or
suitable for lunch or picnic parties
A committee composed of j. L. Guy
ton and Walter Lemann was appoint,
ed to take charge of this feature, and
to form together with Presidei u. Il.
Murrell a ground committee.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
The Chief is not responsible for
views expressed by correspondents.
Democrat" Offers to Reveal Identity.
Gonzales, La, March 6, 1918.

Democrat" Offers to Reveal Identity.
Gonzales, La, March 6, 1918.
Editor Chief:
Your issue of March 2 carries a
note from Mr.. Reuss bemoaning that
Democrat had not disclosed his
identity and that he would not make
reply because of that fact. 1t ap-
pears that a nom de plume is CUSTOM
ary with the writer's in the Chief as
well as in other papers. Certainly the
truth of the statements is not affect
ed. Evidently, in Mr.. Reuss' mind a
poor excuse is better than none.
Now if Mr.. Reuss really cares to learn
who Democrat is, the editor is here
by authorized to inform him.
It seems that the editor rather ex-
ceeded propriety in his heading of
Mr.. Reuss' note by referring to my
communication as anonymous.
If this is not satisfactory to Mr..
Reuss / will gladly publish my name.
Yours, DEMOCRAT. "
(Ihe word anonymous" in the
heading referred to by this CORE
spondent, "Will Not Reply to Anony-
nous Critic" was of course used in
the sense that Democrats" identity
is unknown to Mr.. Reuss and the gem
eral public. There could have been
n implication that the author Of
letters recently published in this
6umn over the pseudonym of "Dem-
8crat' is unknown to the editor, since
it is an inviolable and well understood
rule of this paper not to publish COM
of any nature or on any
subject whatsoever which do not bear
the signature of the writer. So far
as Mr.. Reuss and the public are con-
cerned, Democrat" is anonymous in
as much as his real name is unknown
to them, and hence the use of the
word in question was entirely permis-
sible, both from the standpoint of
rhetorical accuracy and editorial
aropriety-Editor.)
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
Embassies Necessity of @Vigif


st. Amant, La, March z, 19VB
Editor Chief:
am inclosing herewith a poster
that was mailed me through the
courtesy of my friends, DR.. Numa Hi
mel and Senator j. E. Doussan, mem
bers of the St. James Council Of De-
tense. For the benefit Of the public,
l would appreciate your reproducing
same irsconnection with this letter.
This poster, as you will see, was is
sued to be placarded throughout the
length and breadth of st. James par
ish, and we must concede that it shows
the wide-awake, energetic, public1
spirited, and serious-minded attitude
with which these gentlemen have ac-
cepted the grave responsibilities of
their Office.
I deem this poster to be a very
clear-cut warning and a clarion call
to the people to arise from their sleep
ing attitude and see the facts as they
are. And may l add, Mr.. Editor, that
/ consider this and similar acts of
theirs as highly worthy of emulation
by their sister parishes.
Only today I was informed that a
letter was received from the Hon.
John Marshall, secretary of the State
Council of Defense, urging that the
police jury of our parish be called
upon to appropriate sufficient sum
of money to defray the incidental ex-
penses to be incurred by our council
in effectively and efficiently carrying
out their important functions.
However, wish to state that this
communication has 1ot as yet been
brought to the attention Of the police
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
Going After More Business.

The latest addition to the CONNER
cial vehicles in use by local business
enterprises is an attractive motor car
with aazl1Hked body which was receiv-
~ by John Oubre, the pro-
FgressN Dprietor of Oubre's Sani-
tary Pressing Club. The conveyance
Awill be utilized for soliciting and de-
ivery purposes, making trips to Thib-
laux on Monday and Thursday of
yery week, (going down on one side
the bayou and returning on the
3ther), and to Plaquemine on Tues
day and Saturday. In addition to
cleaning, pressing and dyeing clothes,
the Oubre establishment cleans and
blocks mems and ladies' hats, takes
orders for mems tailor-made suits,
handles mems hats and belts, and
does a general laundry business.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
SHERIFF'S SALE.
State of -Twenty-Seventh
judicial District Court-Parish
of Ascension.
William B. Thompson
VS.. No. 1858
Alcide Gautreau

RY VIRTUE OF and in obedience to
~ an order of seizure and sale, is
sued by the above named court in the
above entitled and numbered cause,
and to me directed, I have seized and
taken into my possession and will Of
fer for sale at public auction to the
last and highest bidder, according to
law, at the principal front door of the
courthouse Of the parish of Ascen-
sion, in the city of Donaldsonville, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1918,
at II o'clock a. M, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
A certain parcel of real estate in
the parish Of Ascension, being mid
die portion of the east half of the
southeast quarter of section twentX1
nine, township nine south, range thl
east, southeastern district east of
Mississippi rver, st. Helena merid
in Louisiana, containing tive
eight (28) arpents. Said land me
uring in width two (2) arpents on TN
northern and southern boundary 1ines
and running north and south full
length of said quarter section; toi
gether with all the buildings and im!1
provements thereon and thereto bel
longing. Being the same property ac-
quired by Alcide Gautreau from Mel
phor Ellison, as per act before v. A..
Gautreaux, notary public, on Nov.
13, 1913, recorded in Book of Con-
veyances No. 81, page 545, of the
records Of the parish of Ascension,
state of Louisiana.
Terms and conditions-Cash in
United States currency.
E. c. HANSON.
Sheriff, Parish of Ascension.
Donaldsonville, La, March /, 1918.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
War Conferences Called.

At the suggestion of President
Wilson, the War Department and the
Council of National Defense, Cover
!, nor Pleasant has called general con-
ferences OF all war-work organiza-
tions to be held in Shreveport March
| ID ana,,15, and in New Orleans
n1E They will be addressed
by = y Of Agriculture David F..
Houstdl and other national figures,
as well as by many leading men and
! women of Louisiana. The object of
\the assemblages is to explain to the
beople of Louisiana and adjoining
States how they can best lend their
Paid and assistance toward winning the
war, and to consolidate, as far as
possible, all of our war activities into
one co-ordinated, powerful and ef
ficient body In as much as the peace,
safety and security of Louisiana is
dependent upon Americas success in
the war, Governor Pleasant earnestly
requests that every loyal citizen of
the state, who possibly can, will make
a special effort to attend one of these
conferences.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
J. F. Saxon Buys Boota Property.

The property belonging to the es-
tate of the late Sam. j. Boote, at
Burnside, was sold at public auction
this forenoon pursuant to an order OF
court. The sale took place on the
premises on the Miles Company's Con-
way plantation occupied by the Boots
family as residence, and was con-
Quoted by Judge Charles T. Workman,
of Napoleonville, attorney for the ad-
ministrator, Clarence l.. :Boote.
There were three bidders, namely:
D. L. Bourman, of Burnside, Mr..
Gonzales, of New Orleans, and j. F.
Saxon, also of Burnside. The latter
offered the highest price, $500, and
acquired the property, which consists
of the lease for the year 1913 of
part of Conway plantation and
number of mules; certain number
of acres of planted cane and what
ever seed cane remains implanted;
two horses, two cows and one calf,
seven mules, and a lot of poultry,
hogs, sweet potatoes, fuel wood, corn,
peavine hay and peas.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
Fires Final Shot.

Belle Helene, La, March 6, 1918.
Editor Chief:
MY recent letter regarding the
management of the affairs of the Sec
ond Road District was written for the
purpose Of giving the facts to the
public, and without any desire to en-
ter into controversy with anyone, so
will ask you for just little space
in which to fire my LAST Cartridge. !"
. Supposing Mr.. Braud too wise a
man to jump at conclusions, or to
flake assertions that he cannot verify,
some few of the readers of his letter,
no doubt, will credit his declaration
that I am Mr.. Newman's "double." !"
While he may not admit it, Mr..
Braud believes that could not be the
"double" of more worthy gentle
man, but in defense of Mr.. Newman,
and at the expense Of Mr.. Braud's
folly in tackling subjects with which
he is not familiar, I must say that
have not attained that distinction.
But if / must be 'another self" and
am permitted to choose, I prefer
very much prefer-being "the other
self" rather than some "other self"
l have no doubt that Mr.. Braud has
ammunition a-plenty in stock, but
since the material or moral benefit to
be derived from firing it into good
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
SUCCESSION NOTICE.
State of Louisiana-Parish of Ascen-
ion-Twenty-S y-Seventh Judicial
District Court.
Succession of C. Winter.

WHEREAS, Mrs. Adele Winter,
w administrative of the above en-
titled and numbered succession, has
filed her final account, together with
a petition praying for its homologa-
ton:
Public notice is hereby given to all
whom it may concern to show cause
if any they have or can, within ten
days from the date hereof, why said
account should not be approved and
honologated and made the judgment
of this court.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said court at Donaldsonville, La, this
End day of March, 1918. q. s.
]. s. BARMAN, Clerk Of Court.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
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/ RNCROSS NOTES.
Eprna GINGER 4
L iS-A - 49, >N' s,s 4

4 Abundant praise is given to the st.
Louis school and the st. James and
Donaldsonville High Schools for their
enthusiasm and lovely work. The
sweaters, muffiers, socks and wrlstlets,
which were received Thursday, are
beautifully made and would be a
credit to any adult, adept in knitting.
= A box containing four pairs Of
Books was received from the st. LOUIS
school, and II sweaters, Z helmets
and one pair of wristlets from the st.
James school.
The following children have COM
oleted the work handed in by the
Donaldsonville High School: Camilla
Lalomia, sweater and wristlets; Lille
Lalomia, sweater; Camilla Maniscal-
co, muff1er; Rosina Maniscalco,
sweater: Ruby Dalferes, swater;
Helen Bouchereau, wristlets; Mary
Constantine, muff1er; Jennie Von-
stantino, sweater; Thelma Petit,
sweater; Sue Mariette, sweater; Josie
Lawless, sweater; Jett Winter,
wristlets; Vivian Barthelemy, muf-
fer; Irene Stuart, sweater; Josie
Giardina, sweater; Hazel Ohlmeyer,
two sweaters.
Mrs. R. Singer sent to headquarters
this week 26 sweaters, s helmets, 3
mufflers, 5 pairs socks, wristlets, 8
convalescent robes and 4 bed sb&ts.
All the knitters are urged to ish
their work as quickly as posslbN so
same can be sent to headquarters.
It is earnestly hoped that the en-
thusiasm will not wane in the sewing.
Our boys need us; let US be loyal.
There are four dozen pairs OF
pajamas. to be made, and we ask your
assistance.
A new Shipment Of sock and.
sweater wool is expected by Monday /
but sewing and steel needles can be
obtained now.
Any of the merchants who have
books Of clothing samples are asked
to notify the Red Cross and they will
be sent for. The samples will ke
sssss comfort for the soldiers ana Fsf-
The Junior Auxiliariesjare asked to
begin the squares for the comforts,
AKA and 6x6, and to be 62x72 when
completed.
Any one wishing to donate records
for the soldiers, notify Mrs. Singer,
or bring same to the Elks' Club on
Monday afternoon.
The boys of the Junior Auxiliary
are asked to save and collect all pa
per, magazines, tin cans and = iron.
This will be sold for the benefit Of the
Red Cross. D
Mrs. Ross, colored Red Cross work
er, will come up shortly to address
her people and awaken their en-
thusiasm. The colored people are
asked to confer with Mesdames
Singer, Bentley or Clerville Himel,
concerning the date they would like
to hear her.
Mrs. E. l.. Hays, trained nurR,
will be at local headquarters Tuesday
to give course in bandage instrucs
tion. All those who wish to take the
course are cordially invited to be
present. Il
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
TRESPASS NOTICE.

Burnside, La. Nov 3, 19lf s
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that hunt
IN ing or shooting is allowed on the props
critics of tie Miles Planting and Manu-
featuring Company, including all the planta-s
tions comprising the Miles group" at Burn
side, on the east bank of the river, and the
New Hope plantation in Ascension and Ar
mant plantation in St. james. On the west
bank of the river. Persons violating this
regulation will be prosecuted to the fullest
extent of the law.
MILES PLTG. AND MFG. CO. .
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a
Favorite for Colds.

J. L. Easley, Macon, ILL.,, speaking
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,says,
During the past fifteen years it has
been my sisters favorite medicine for
colds on the lungs. / myself have
taken it number of times when suf-
fering with cold and it always re-
heved me promptly. ."-(Adv.}
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
Peoples Bank to Pay Fifth Dividend.
The announcement. that I,inuidator

Tie announcement tIIdt LIquTudCUI
James P. Ar1nitage is preparing to
make another distribution of the as
sets of the Peoples Bank Of Donald
sonviBe will be welcome news to the
depositors and creditors of the de-
funct institution. The funds on hand
are sufficient for the payment of a
ten per cent dividend, and it is ex-
pected that the necessary legal for
nalities can be completed and the
checks issued between the 1st and
18th of April. This will be the fifth
dividend paid by the bank, making a
total of az per cent that will have
been thus far returned to the credi-
tors and depositors since the failure
of the institution in July, 1914.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
NOTICE.

nUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the
undersigned. convicted of manslaughter@
in Ascension parish, March IL, 1915, isSs
applying for parole. WILLIAM CLAY. s5s
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09
FOR SALE

UPRIGHT FISCHER PIANO. black walnut
u case. In good condition. bargain for
quick purchaser. Apply at office Of
this paper. 2
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09

Another change has taken place in
the management Of the Hammond
Southern Vindicator, our veteran con-
frere, Capt. Jas. B. Adams, having
leased the paper to G. B. Campbell,
whose ability and dash as an editor
and all-round newspaper man have
been abundantly demonstrated during
his connection with several Louisiana
and Tangipahoa journals. The first
issue of the Southern Vindicator .un-
der the new regime is a hummer 0nd
we shall expect the humming to con-
tinue.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09

jury of the parish Of Ascension.
as the public we'll knows, this j
has always been willing and ready
all times to act favorably upon
requests and demands of our sta2
and national bodies.
Let us remember that we are 4
war, sacrifices are in order; let us nd
permit dollars and cents to stand h
tween us and our country. Vigilancd
and vigilance alone, can be our savio5
Let us emulate the wide-awake spin
Of our sister parish council of defena
and let Ascension with her gra1
motto, Ascension en- avant," tell e
imperial German agents, stu ne passe
as pas"
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09

Editor Holland of the st. Helena
Echo records another Of the amusing
remarks of the colored philosopher
who assists in the agricultural opera
tions that produce garden sass on
Greensburg's Pixies Peak: "Parson
Johnson dropped in on us the other
morning and We asked him how he
Was getting along. well, Mr.. Hol-
lings,' he said, Use purity shacklin.'
Desc war times has jest about got de
old niger bankrdA Atured.i' +"
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09

roads construction
able, I will suggest
the kaiser.
The latest and
gravel road throu
Road District will
of construction.
Y
The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-09

The esteemed ST. James Voice an
nounces in its issue Of Feb. 16 that its
business manager, John D. Lambre-
mont, has become also editor and sole
owner of the paper, having purchased
the interest Of his former partner,
Sigur Martin. We have no misgivings
that Mr.. Lambre1nont will fall short
in the ability to perform his increased
and enlarged duties with neatness and
desp catch.