The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-06-25
Burnside Notes.

Sunday afternoon collision occurred
at the upper end of the sharp curve
IN the public road, in front of DR.
Miles residence, REQ car driven b,
Marcel Brou, collided with Ford ma
chine driven by Henry Smith, colored
The f1lvver was damaged to the ex
tent of about $50 The REQ was not
injured. No one was hurt. The
lnearness of the Ford car to the fence
lsaved it from turning over. One
county in Kansas has fixed the speed
limit at eight miles an hour. St. John
parish recently raised it to thirty
miles, while in Ascension we remain
with the lid off-no limit. Speeders
like the automobiles are here to stay
/ Athur Brisbane the noted writer OF
! the column Today in the New Or
leans States, has the following to say
about the Southern negroes who are
stranded in strange and unsympa-
thetic northern city:
Twenty thousand negro worknen
are idle in Chicago. Lack of sleeping
/ room, lack of food, and especially lack
OF sympathy, make many of them re-
gret the southern country of cheap
living from which they brought their
| families.
For the educated colored man who
can struggle with adverse economic
conditions, the white mans big city
is all right. But it is hard for the
unskilled workers, often used is
pawns by his employers in their fight
aga hga4st 4ha;n LABOR, Dor: , and usually first to
Genuine seersucker suits, weighing
"between five-eights and three
quarters Of pound, are advertised
for sale at $27.50. Less than one
pound of cotton that sells for ten
cents is used in the make up of the
suit, but the Jessie James behind the
counter will say "labor is high"
Business is conducted on the princi-
pie that the price is whatever the pur
chaser is willing to pay and not based
on cost.
An army of tourists have gone to
Europe. Great numbers are seeing
America for the first time this sum-
mer, travelling in automobiles, thew
are dubbed "tin can tourists" I
nave an inclination to hire horse and
buggy, fill thermos bottle with ice
water and visit Hope Villa, Galvez,
st. Amant, Sorrento, Gonzales and
Cornervlew before the Summer is over.
The trip would increase my acouain-
tance with notable places within the
territory Of Ascension, and, to round
oue the extensive tour, cross the river
at barrow and see Faubourg la Pipe.
Smoke Bend and Brusly Mccall.
Great!
y, Reading the Times-Picayune of
Tuesday, the 21st inst, I found near
~ every item of news of a sanguinarv
and tragic nature. quote from head
lines only: Upton, Ca, "Two are
lightning victims;" Zion, ill.,, ssWoman
neld ,1 for violating law of modesty;'
Pine Bluff, Ark, brakeman stabs
Hreman;' Montgomery, Ala, plan |
ter,s wife poisoned, two negroes ar
rested;n Port Arthur, Tex, "Man
hllls Woman and Self" Jackson. |
Miss, Negro is lynched near prison
tarm;" Beaumont, Tex, Jealousy
:razed Man Kills Woman then Shoots |
Self. Memphis, Tenn, 'Planter |
<ound slain, two negroes charged" :"
Sew Orleans, "Street Car Knocks Man
Down;" Monroe, La, "One Killed.
ne Wounded, in Clash with Negroes :"
"aynesboro, Miss, "Negro sentenced |
o he hanged" Alexandria, La.
onootlng occurs at dipping vat;'
0,oughkeepsle, N. Y, "Mrs. Stillman
9lans to call thirty witnesses :"
lexington, Miss, Negro pleads self
license in killing planter" Clarks-
me, Tenn, White boy slain by ne
;ro; Granite City, ILL.,, Bandits
teal express safe in daylight"
l believe that the above menu Of /
rlmes for one day will satiate the
most sensation-craving and morbi,3
minds of the age.