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A WIDE-AWAKE HOME NEWSPAPER---PUBLISHED EVERy SATURDAY--SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2 A YEAR VOLUME I LI. DONALDSONVILLE, LA., SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1912. n.. . ;'n}.... .. -m.sn7fE .- -NUM BER 5 0 rawrUAM #E E g rmn me r rn ne wenrm-u mmn rar rne nr·ncl..... Grade Low Cut Shoes Tie1a n aSe iCLEAN, In Tans, Patents, Gun Metal and Vici Kids LATEST UP-TO-DATE STYLES---War ranted to give perfect satisfaction HANAN & SON'S Celebrated $6 and $7 Oxfords, re- $445 BOSTONIANS, MANSS' and BARRY'S famous $3.50 and $4 Low Cut Shoes, reduced to...$..........95 STOUGHTON, WAUKAWAY and other brands, reg- * ular $3 Oxfords, reduced to... .................. j $2.25 SEE DISPLAY IN SHOW WINDOW All Woolen, Cravenette nd Mohair Suits . Sitsow Reduced as Follows: 12.00 Suits, now......... $8.00 $16.50 Suits, now.... ..$11.00 $13.00 Suits, now..... $9.00 $18.00 Suits, now.........$12.00 $15.00 Suits, now.........$10.00 $20.00 Suits, now.........$13.35 MEN'S FINE STRAW HATS, $1.75 and $2 Sellers, reduced to........................... $1.15 $2.50 Sell s, reduced to ................................ . $1.95 $3 and $3.50 Sellers, reduced to... ................ $2.25 Don't Niss T his Splendid Opportunity of Securing Some of the Best Bargains Ever Offered BERNARD LEMANN & BRO. e DONALDSONVILLE, LA. and $4 Low Cut Shoes reduced to ...................... 2. 9 STOUGHTON i, WAUKAWY andotherbrand, - 7 Men's Suits That Satisfy The best thing about buying clothes S : --t y:'u net the new things : t e for you to s icct ur SU iBIER SLWT from our `i dd.h v.arietv "nowi ng that ec'd rathn sa.tisfy you than have to pacify AD IN -_Z2 4' " t,1"s_2S SCALOMEL CIVES ONLY TEMPORARY BELIEF. So Powerful It Shocks Liver. and - Leaves It Weaker Than Before- Dodson's Liver-Tone a Perfect Substitute. Nearly everybody who has ever tri ed caiomel1 for constipation or a ,luggish liver has found that it gives only a timporary relief. For cal oiiel is ':unh a Dpowerful drug tha.i it. lhOcii:s nilla wLk'enit s t.he liver ::'i i ':t.-y i ln it ,o tde. rir .t b iah , This s oe of tilie rieto sons : X-ila Ph-a;:-"y, Dona.Do Ltl'-Fo;: to you tih nl calomel. , Iht D -o 1 onb l.ver-Tone s til' veIela Tle fi tonic 1 ci urti cii Idren u iand not find' i i,'ithosat ayct d tituanger of bado afi-' .cis. We guarani,,, it to do iit i vit!h a juI'antl eIe? thlt is simnlh: a: nd fair. I you buy a botl of Dod .cn's Liver-Tone for yourself or y .ur children, and do not find '-hat it- i's a !p,','/ect substitute for ca mlo wl, '.,:z.'c, it's you " i'igL: to c.p e-l ,,.,ii : ilov ic.y bki and we: will gladly give ItL o\ you. Yo r can have yo;r suits ci. __."i t :ss d wi dle yo.u are -e, . .. ; 11., -i srries- ., a JOHN OUL Saýitary ar'ber Shop-the only e ne in town. Prices as follows: Suit, cleanid and pressed, 60 cents; coat, pressed only, :a: cents; trousers, Wi!OIK DOF GENEA[ ASSEMBLY, End of the 1912 Session-More Than Two Hundred New Laws Placed Upon the Statute Books of Lou isiana. The regular session of the Lou isiana general assembly for the year S1l.912 :.me to a clo.. by constitution a! limitation on Thursday, the -11th instant. Bills to the number of 205 that were passed b7 both houses dur Sing the sesson received the gover nor's signature ana have become laws. The titles oft4he first twenty of these neasures heae already been published in The Chief, and those of the remaining enait-Lents are given h erewith: Act No. 21-Fontenot bill to amend the primary election law. Act No. 22-Compelling New Or leans notaries to keep bound records. Act No. 23-Cre; tlig a privilege in favor of managers, mechanics, and iabcrers in1 sawmilTi etc. Act No. 24-Constitutional amend ment re-opening the grandfather clause. Act No. 25-Prohibiting monors from being emplo ed, in or entering poolrooms. Act No. 26-Making it a misdemea nor to obtain accommodations on a false show of baggage. Act No. 27-Requiring public ser vice corporations to: have two pay days each month. Act No. 28-Providing for commis sion of three to investigate recent crevasses in staetoe;and determine why no effort was ;made to close them. Act No. 29--ThanBng the citizens of Vicksburg for excellent treatment accorded Louisiana state troops dur ing the flood. Act No. 30-Thanking the citizens of Natchez for the sane thing. Act No. 31--Refunding money paid f into the state treasure by public ad ministrator under Act 11 of 1874. s Act No. 32-To amend and re-enact c section 113 of the revised statutes. Act No. 33--To authorize the par- t ish of Terrebonne to assign and v transfer certain prope~ty to the town a of Houma. Act No. 34-To pre nt and punish the desecration and utilation of the United States flag. - n Act No. 35-Autrizing certain munii 'e ct o 3 a crime to desecrate graves, tomba or any other monument erected to ie dead. Act No. 37-Requiring register of land office to furnish ..ssessor year ly lists of lands solod: Act No. 38--Providing for the re moval of the parish seat of Bossier parish from Benton to Bossier City. Act No. 319-To adopt a state flag for Louisiana. Act No. 40--Levying a licnese tax on itinerant agents selling stock and bonds of comvpanies of other states. Act No. 41-Regulating the manner in which property sold for taxes may be recovered. Act No. 42-Amending the inheri tance tax law. Act No. 43-To make it a crime to Ssecure or attempt to-secure money on false or bogus checks. Act No, 44--Limiting the liability of a bank to its depositors for pay ment of raised or forged checks to one year. Act No. 45-To reduce from two te one the number of coal and coke gaugers, Act No. 46-To create an addition al justicce of the peace for ward five, parish of Union. Act No. 47-The Johnson income tax resolution. Act No. 48-To reduce the cost of bank examination to country state banks. Act No. 4!--To amend the town Spaving law. Act No. 50-To amend and re-enact section 2667 of the revised statutes. Act No. 51-To amend article 467 of the revised civil code. Act No. 52-An act relative to concu-rsus proceedings in cities, Act No. 53-To provide a period of prescription in which actions may be brought to set aside realty sales iit parlitipn suits. \.'t No. 54--To emend and re-en act act 12! of 1904. ctC No. ' -Amending the ;revenue Is-. Act iNo. 5,--Pri di: for scettie F?-wt ofe Cntena r CoF:',gO elaim. -Act No. 57--To pr,'iveni improper disrlosure of information concerning shi minents. Act No. 38--Asking conegress to re move th wreckage of the IMermen tal dam. Act No. 5')--Askilng congress to lot the U nit,-ed States laud office in Lou i iana rmanin as at pree'ent. Act No. 60-Tlo redce the salary and ofiice ..iexpnses of the super viso-r of nublic aceolnt.s. Acit No. c--tTo `and act 303 of Act No. C;2--Psrcrin.g the time in which suits for atntii'entent of land lpatenis may be broui h-t. \ct No. ,i;--Co graI tulPet ig \Wood ow \Wvilson on his liemijartionll. A\t No. 0,4--Am.I.rdi_, the jury o-.. i.i,-..;l act for Ne-w Ori-ais. .V* No. ;5--P-eid .x or ehalt'-] iaor.g; -'s on lumabei, lags and live sto(Coninued on page eighck. (Continued on page eight.) Grand Jury's Report Following ic the full text of the final report submitted to Judge Leche last week by the newly-im panelled grand jury: i full text of the latter document is as follows: To the Hon. Paul Leche, Judge, Twenty -Seventh Judicial District Court. Greeting: Your grand jurors impanelled for the mid-summer term of this court, with respect, report that we have examined into the various matters presented to us and after thorough investigation we have found 6 true bills, and it is with a degree of pleasure and pride that we note a marked improvement in the social and moral conditions of our parish, as is evidenced by, the small number of infractions of the law brought to our attention and their trivial na ture. Jail. We have examined the jail and find that the steel grating of Ithe cages and some of the interior parts of the building have been painted, and other minor repairs are being made; the sanitary conditions of the building are satisfactory; all of which is conducive to the general comfort of the inmates, who are well cared for. The keeper is to be commend ed for his careful and diligent con duct of his department. Courthouse. This building and its surroundings are well kept and in fairly good shape. Necessary repairs will have the attention of the police jury. Clerk's Office. We have examined the books and records of the office of the clerk of court and recorder, and found same in good condition and well kept. Sheriff's Office. The sheriff and tax collector's of fice is conducted in a business-like manner; the records are in fine shape, the accounts are systemati cally kept and properly, audited, and settlements are promptly made to the duly authorized officers charged with the custody of the public monies. Parish Treasurer. We have examined the records and accounts of this office and find same well and neatiy kept, every fur and saiiPoid y 'proper voiuch ers. Superintendent of Public Schools and School Treasurer. This office shows a high degree of attention and carefulness in all matters pertaining to the proper con duct of the office. All records are in fine shape and systematically 1k7.pt, and this officer has our praise and commendation. Public School Buildings. Upon reliable information, we fin}d that the schools all over the parish are in fine condition, with exception of the Donaldsonville high school, which, we are info: med, shows sev cral leaks which will prove destruc tive to the building and should have prompt attention; the col ored high school in Donaldsonville is also very much in need of repairs, especially requiring a new roof, and we would respectfully recommend that these needed improvements be made. Fourth District Road. We respectfully call the attention of the fourth district road board of the eighth ward to the condition of the road leading from Dutchtown to the Cornclrview Catholic church. This road, is the most useful and most practiced in that part of the parish, and t seems to raceive very little attention at the hands of then road board. We recommend that the board take this matter in hand and have the road put in proper condi tion without further delay. Bryan and Roosevelt. Rayne Tribune: Bryan and Roosevelt are still great men. They are towering figures in these United States, and have a fol lowing greater than any other two public men in the country. Their fame and achievements are world wide. They are hcnered" and talked of by all the civilized n,.iion:s as; born le"ad4r1s, as n:cmu 'er cio thought and action to be f o!!dwed by others. Gri'ies ,they hayr, taret of a tack they are, but the shafts of their feeble enemies fall as :hrmiless against their armor of steel and trenchant blades rwaged against po l;tical trickery and dishonesty. Bribery and corruption defeated U3ryan tnree times for president, and Hlooseveli was cheated out of hle nomination at Chicago, but their labors have not been in vain. The metlods that gained Taft the nomination spell defeat to the Re ubli'ca pa"''ity in Nove'i rbei. W(a0 l street, headed by the 2organs,Ryans, and Belmont, the money kings, tried to crush Bryan antd the prog'essive Demiocr'ats at Baltimore, but Bryau, by his magnetic influence and po litical detective skill, exposed the de signs of the robber gang and. over .ihriw their nefarious plans by an overwh'll uing vote of the 1dele,:g ,tes. Neither pai'y can eiiminate Bryan or Roosevelt from its ranks without inevitable defeat at the election in November. A BEAUTIFUL HOME SCHOOf L qfdeal and ý JIfTi healthful location. 1Instruction thorough C Loeg atd modern. iAble faculty. Preparatory, LA Collegiate and Special Courses. Prlusico Art Elocution; aitd Languages. §Aims specially tot train to gracsous cultured wotanhood lIBoirdo I and tution very low because of endowment lioIst "seion begins, Sept. 17, 1912: EJWrite for beaautit jj llylustrated catalogue. Address. Rev. H. H. BROWNLEE. Pres. Clinton La. = l Ima nt i In Ln nl nl RECLAIMATION IN AGIDI. Draining and Irrigating 41,000 Acres --One of Many Similar Louisiana d Enterprises. L. A. Williams of Crowley, La., who is well and favrrably known in Ascension parish, where he came to e find a life partner li the person of :h Miss AnnE Sims, Writes as follows t to the Manufacturets Record: d "L. A. Williams, Crowley, La., writ I- ing 'o the Mantufacttirers Record re 1- garding plans for draining 41,000 acres of land in the sixth ward and Crowley drainage district of Acadia s parish, says: d "'The feature .! our work is e merely the clearing out and enlarg ing of natural drains throughout the entire district. Thif, eans the con struction of some 40t, miles of open ditches from 16 to 411 'feet wide and from 2 to 5 feet- dees The natural slope of our land ii from one and one-half to two feet to the mile, and as we have i'ge outlets at the southern and Ttorthern limits of the district, we will have no trouble in effecting good dr age. From an engineering standptint the problem i a very simple oe. The work w1 ill require about duyear, and in elude the handlin of something over 600,000 cubic yards of dirt and cleaning a total of acres of tim ber and brush. "'The entire aren ,well covered with irrigation cab,:: and when drainage is perfectias it will be d present the practi and I r. The s to e e~erimental farm.n4y hich. is located ju~t to the west .of Crowley, and also some of the more thorough farmers, have demonstrated conclusively that splen did crops of corn, potatoes, oats, cotton, rice, sugar cane, broom corn, kaffir corn, sorghum, all kinds of truck and many fruits can be grown on this soil, and in. many cases sev eral crops on the same land during the year. One farmer just north of Crowley real;zed $250 net on one fourth of an acre of Satsuma or anges, while possibilities of truck, sweet potatoes and valuable forage crops are limited only by the care and intelligence bestowed upon them.' " Important Government Department. No department of governmental work is of greater importance to the agriculture of the country than the Bureau of Animal Industry. This has to do with the inspection of meat products, with keeping conta gious cattle diseases out of the coun try, with assisting the states in the suppression of contagious diseases when several states are concerned. with preventing interstate commerce in diseased animals and in assisting the states in suppressing the Texas fever tick in sections where that pest is prevalent. I Dr. A. D. Melvin, chief of the Bureau of Animal In dustry, has consented to attend the meeting of the Farmers' National Congress to be held in New Orleans. November 8, and explain in detail the work which this bureau is do ing for the benefit of the farmers of the country. COOL COLORADO COOL COLORADO COOL COLORADO 0 O 0 oo asColorado hCan now be reached in through car via 0 0 0 O Eo Observation Sleepers on the r 0 Texas-Colorado Limited U Through without change to: Pueblo, Coloradq 0 Springs and Denver o S The best summer route to California o S Excursion tickets on sale daily o See Texas and Pacific agent or write o 0 SA. D. BELL, GEO. D. HUNTER9 0 Asst. Gen. Passenger Agent (Dl!as Tez.) General Passenger Agent 0 SCOOL COLORADO COOL COLORADO COOL COLORADO SCHOOL FOB COHN CLUB BOYS s Unique Education Enterprise Con a templated as Feature of Nation al Corn Exposition at Colu bia, S. C. a One of the most interesting fea D tures of the National Corn Exposi f tion to be held next January in Co s lumbia, S. C., will be the exposition school for boys, which will be com posed of the prize-winners in the boys' corn clubs int every county in the southern states. The attend ance upon the school is expected to reach one thousand, and prepara tions are being laid on a broad scale. J. B. Hobdy of Alabama has been. selected as superintendent of the school. Mr. Hobdy is the assistant in charge of the boys' corn club work in Alabama, with headquarters, at the state agricultural college at Auburn. Later on he will make his head quarters in the National Corn Expo sition offices at Columbia. Mr. Hobdy stands exceedingly high among agricultural educators of the country, and his experience fits him for the management of the unique school. The boys will be divided into com panies and squads, and through the co-operation of President Riggs of Clem:on Agricultural College, cadets of the first class will be placed in command of the boys, who will be under semi-military discipline during their stay in Columbia. They will be comfortably quartered on the state fair grounds near the exposi tion buildings, and will be given daily instruction- along agriitural But =the boys Will not have , 112'l work: the city of Columbia, through its council, has made an appropria tion for a banquet to be given them on the last night of the school. The trip to South Carolina will of itself be quite an incentive to any of the boys ving in distant states. There are enrolled in boys' corn clubs this year seventy-five thousand boys in the various southern states, and the pupils at the school will be the se lected boys out of this great aggre gation. As a tribute to Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, whose work for the agricul lural development of the south makes it peculiarly appropriate that his memory be honored in connection with the boys' corn club work, South Carolina will offer a handsome bronze bust as the prize for the state making the' best showing each year in the boys' and girls' club work. The award of this bust of Dr. Knapp will be made during the exposition school, probably at the boys' ban quet. Several notable men have al ready promised to be present on thil occasion and part:cIpate in the is suing of diplomas to the toys and awarding of th& bust. Let Casso Serve You. When you wish to enjoy a spec ially prepared meal or dish of any thing, go to Casso's restaurant in Mississippi street. He handles choice summer oysters, soft shell crabs, river shrimp, fish, etc. Electric fans, private dining-room, prompt and po lite service. River shrimp shipped to any part of the country, boiled or raw.