The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-09-03
Burnside Notes.


The writer completed fifty years
at this place last Thursday. | came
here when within three months OF
being 20 years old, therefore in
short while I will attain my seven
tieth year-man's allotted time. to
i've on earth. I am the only white
man remaining of those who were
here half a century ago. There are
less than dozen colored men ana
women in this neighborhood who re-
member my advent to this dear old
place--"En veillissant on davlent
plus fou ct plus sage"
At meeting of the Pontchar-
train Levee Board, held at Convent
this week, the members were con-
fronted with specimen OF real
new business: The Colonial Sugars
presented a claim for $1,000, for
land used and cane crop destroyed
in the building of new levee front
ing their Hester plantation. The
claim is made under the constitution
of 1921, Article I6, Section 6,
which provides that levee boards
may levy on all property situated
within their districts, one-fourth Of
one mill on the dollar. It is estimat-
ed that the levy (Which was made)
will yield $4,000 a year. I hereby
warn all levee boards in the state
to be on their guard, for the same
demands will be made on all of them.
The question naturally arises, where
J is the money to come from? for the
additional tax of one-quarter of one
mill on the assessment of all property
in the respective districts will not
supply enough funds to take care Of
twenty per cent of the claims which
will bob up from time to time, for
reimbursement for land and i'm
provements. One of the notable
things the convention did was to in
sert in the constitution section 6 Of
article 16, which increases taxation.
The Illinois Central Magazine for
August, has good picture and short
sketch of DR.. w. w. Leake, who re-
signed as assistant chief surgeon Of
the Illinois Central and Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley railroads to be-
come superintendent of the Charity
Hospital in New Orleans. DR.. Leake
lis the son of Hunter c.. Leake and
Katie Donelson Ellis. He received
the degree of B. S. at Tulane Uni
Iversity-in 1904. He began his study
| Of medicine at the university in 1906
and was selected by a competitive ex-
ANIMATION, as an interne for the
Charity Hospital, remaining there
two years, until he received his de-
gree Of M D. in 1909. DR.. Leake
has been intimately connected with
the hospital for the past twelve
years, on the visiting staff of the
surgical department. He is now at
the head of the second largest insti-
tuition of it's kind in the country.
I cannot find words to express my
pleasure in. congratulating William
upon his splendid equipment to have
and to hold the responsible position,
requiring skill, experience, the very
highest standards of medical ethics,
the greatest courtesy and painstaking
attention, love and pride Of his pro-
fession. The Charity Hospital board,
appointed by Governor Parker, have
conclasively demonstrated their wis.,
dom in the selection of DR.. Leake-
Watch this splendid institution grow
and flourish.
The Item Magazine, Sunday, Au-
gust %, has an article on the ''Pass-
ing of the Horse" showing. that
automobiles have almost completely
replaced horses in New Orleans in
the past 20 years. The article in
question concludes as follows:
''There is only one friend of the
| old New Orleans mule cars left.
That is Andy Barnes. Andy is now
working with the Peddicord Char
coal Company, and about year ago,
during the street car strike, he was
interviewed on the street car prob
lem.
"Another relic of the old days is
the mule car at Burnside, La, on
the way to Baton Rouge. This mule
car is still in operation, carrying
passengers from the train to the
ferry"