The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-11-18
Burnside Notes and Leaks.
By Henry C. Braud.


The nights are getting longer and
the price of coal oil now two cents
gallon higher. What are you going
to do about it.? Page Huey Long.
Among those who have gone 20
work elsewhere are Wallis, Octave
md George Waguespack, to Destra-
| nan. Ulysses Poirrier, Rene, Roland
md Octave Robert, to New Hope for
grinding. "Apres la roulaison les
| marriages.
In today's Chief, Interim and Voice
Of St. James, appear trespass notices
reminding and warning all hunters
to keep off the Miles Planting Com
pany's plantation or they will be
"pulled in' and prosecuted for hunt
ing on forbidden grounds. 1t is the
annual warning Of the president of
the company, DR.. VIM. Porcher Miles,
who reserves the right and privilege
of hunting on said premises and will
not grant it to outsiders. DR.. Maes
is not different in this respect from
all lands owners, large or small. They
all do it. Their interests demands it.
The preservation of their property
requires the keeping away Of all
trespassers which are costly always.
It is painful for me to write about
the good old days, at the present time
of the bad new day. Where are we
drifting to in Ascension agricultur-
a11y? Quoting from the Louisiana
Sugar Report of 1904, find that the
parish of Ascension produced 40,-
266,084s pounds of sugar. The Miles
Planting Company leading whit 49,
950,224 pounds; the Lemann Com
pany next with 6,957,43 pounds;
Mccall Bros. Evan HalD, 6,210,000
pounds; Belle Helene Planting Com
pany, 3,775,166 pounds; Geo. B.
Reuss, 2,622,761; Ernest H. Barton,
2,158, 400 pounds; Mccall and Le-
gendre, 100000 pounds; Mrs. j. G.
Webster, 1,072,100 pounds. Eight
cen years ago nine sugar houses oper-
ated in the parish; today there are
three. Will these turn out 13,0OO,-
600 pounds? Not likely:
The slump in the production Of cot
ton is worse. During the same period
that write about the big sugar crop,
| there were 10000 bales of cotton
raised in Ascension, as against less
than 800 bales this year What can
we substitute for cane and cotton?
Possibly "Blanchard Edgard Coffee"
peanuts and pop corn or maybe dig
for OIL
Huey P. Long has thrown his hat
in the ring as the "Kid Kandidate"
for governor in 1924 He believes that
100000 people in the state are the
ones why can say who is to be a
candidate for governor. He is figur-
ing that the entire population of
Louisiana, which includes whites and
negroes, men and women, their chill
dren, aliens, Chinese, sane and insane
IN fact all those who were cnumer-
ated in the census of 1920, to rise
up and demand that he be the next
governor. While not eligible under
Section 3 of Article 5 Of the con-
stitution which says: s'No person
shall be eligible to the office of gov
ernor who is less than thirty wears
of age.' Mr.. Long is equal to the
emergency; he says: incidentally I'll
be 30 years old in August and I will
have reached the required age limit
before the election.'' ''Supposing
you do not become a candidate your
SELF Will you support any other cam
dldate? Mr.. Long was asked. "No
sir" he quickly replied II am not
gong to back anybody and further
more | am through supporting any
body for governor. They break their
/ promises to keep the corporation lob
| by out of Baton Rouge.
! quote from his interview in the
New Orleans Item of last Sunday.
ne VIII depend on all the people to
call him to the highest office in the
state, and not trust the electors to
DO SO in the usual way, in a primary
election. Who will object to his pro-
gram? Not mel