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THE DONALDSONVILLE C IEF A WIDE-AWAKE HOME NEWSPAPER---PUBLISHED EVERy SATURDAY--SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2 A YEAR `U3E U 1 L ix ON ALDSON VILLE, LA., SAT IURAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1912. 13 SOFESSIONAL lAU BUSINESS i. ....-_--.-~-~-:-----~-I--- -;.-.- DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. , corner Crescent Place and .oumase street, dealer in dry goods, O.os, boots and shoes, groceries, pro o1ions corn, oats and bran. 'Phone 152. HYS ICIANS i IMS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. .~0,ce in Houmas street, between r.ille street and Crescent Place. Tele N-. T . HASO, PHYSICIAN Of Sflce: Lessard street, between Nicholls ,e and Opelousas streets. 'Phone 240. BoJ . HBASON, PHYSICIAN. Of yice and residence: Lessard street, Iaren Nicholls avenue and Iberville w,. Telephone 54. OCULISTS il., T. J. DIMITRK , OCULIST. Of 1) flee. on Sundays at Hotel ton ldson, a. in. to 4 p. m. New kieans office, 714-718 Audubon Building, ltoSp.m. A'ITORNEYS AND NOTARIES J. VE(GA, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SNoTARY PUBLIC. Office, 313 Nicholls avenues Telephone 31. IALl . WEBER, ATTORNEY AT LAW IJaL NOTABY PUBLIC. Office in Rail road avenue, opposite the Donaldsonville 1ba SchooL Telephone 109-2. ~ppDIUND MAURIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, NorTRY PUBLIC AND JUSTICE OF PEACE. Ofle, 308 Opelousas street, opposite the Donaldsonville High School. The office of justice of the peace will in no way inter lee with my practice in district courts or jtice courts: other than the one over which I pfesfde. Telephone 3-2. SPECIALISTS D-B L W, MIIRTIN, EYE, EAR, NOSE SAND THROAT SPECIAUST. Eye-glasses flitted, Office hours: 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., 2 to 3 p.m. Office, No. 121 Railroad ave asue,Donaldsonville, La. Telephone, 308. pI`mat Uetween Railroad avenou sand Letard street. A Ptpular Resort for Gentlemen A thorough and select line of Wines. Liquors and Cigars at the bar. Ice cold Beer always on draught Pool and Billinyd Hall in Connection A private room for meetings and so cial gatherings. Courteous treat ment to our patrons. The Store That Keeps Gobd Things to Eat Our solicitors will deliver anything you want just when you want it. You Want Anything for Dinner that you've forgotten to order, 'phone.; us and we'll send it immediately. Prompt de livery is our hobby. Just try uts! CHAS. MACURIN THE BEST GROCER . L. STEWART CONTRACTOR AND BUILDERi DONALDSONVILLE, LA. dings of any description and material designed i any style of architecture and planned especially to meet the wants of the owner CIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CEMENT PAVING AND CONCRETE WORK OF ALL KINDS The Chief Do Your Job Work! I {{{1i i14cmi &n. ..4.. .... .. .... _- .-~ IIIiII~III~i'iiiiiiiiiziuiii....,,1*.. . -__ Shortest and Best Route _ TO ALL IMPORTANT Commercial Centers and Tourists Resobrts Daily Sleeping Cars to New York Cincinnati , -Asheville Birmingham Dining Cars on All Trainsi FOR LITERATURE, SCHEDULES, ETC., WRITE: GEORGE H. SMITH, General Passenger Agent - - NEW ORLEANS, LA. sC/1 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111111 ........... -- - -- mnmlm - nq - a ,, - Open an Account by Depositing One Dolliar U. S. Depository for Postal Savings HIS BANK has been des I gnated a depository for States. Moneys c}epos ited with the postmaster are edeposited in this bank by the go rnment. I this bank is safe for Uncle Sa it is safe for you. BANK OF DONALDSONVILLE The Ba.. that Appreciates Your Service "THE MANIBEHIND." We don't mean the man behind the times, nor the man behind in his payments. Julius Caesar was "the man behind" Rome. Washington was "the man beh'ind" the United States at a crisis in its history. Eyery suc cessful business venture, no matter now humble, has "a man behind;" the man who shoulders the respon sibility and plans the campaign, who possesses those qualities that bring success to him and to those associat ed with him in business. Young man! if you wish to be "the man behind" a successful enterprise, attend the Tyler Commercial College of Tyler, Texas, America's largest, school of bookkeeping, business ad ministration and finance, shorthand and telieglaphy. With such effici ency as this school will give you, the time will come when you will be "the man behind" a successful enterprise; when you will become a factor in the business world, and your name a synonym of success, again exempli fying the fact that with educated head and skilled hands, young men and women can carve their names upon the tallest towers of fame. We have now more students in daily attendance than any other three commercial schools in the state combined. This shows the over whelming popularity of the Tyler Commercial College. It shows that the people appreciate the advantages of the famous Byrne systems, which save the student, while qualifying himself to hold a good position, al most $200 in time and board over what it wonld cost in a school teach ing other s tems. We can place you in a good posi tion just as soon as your course is ffnisi-.d. Write for. catalogue and make your arrangements to enter at once. The Balkan war is under full head way' and the opening battles have bcen a series of victories for the invading armies of Bulgaria, Servia, Montenegro and Greece. The great Turkish stronghold,. Adrianople, is about to be attacked, and the result of the siege will probably determine the outcome of the war. To ieep posted read The Chief. PAY TOO MUCII O STATE. Parishes with Eight IFlls Levy Send Twenty Per Cent' Too Much to Baton Rouge. By E. E. Wise. The parishes that cilect less than the full 10 mills of paiish taxes au thorized by the constit ion will get more benefit from th tax reform amendment than the: iarishes that collect the full 10 nill Ascension, Assumption, Camero Concordia, East Baton Rouge, ourche, Red River, Richland, St. na, St. Mar tin, Terrebonne and w Carroll levy 8 mills parish taxes. esatate col lects 5 mills in all the' rishes. This to the state $5 .1i ' every $13 of regular taxes collected. The par ishes that levy 10 mills pay to the state only $5 out of every $15. It is evident that the parishes levy ing 8 mills for local purposes pay 20 1 per cent more to the state than they I should, for their assessments must be 20 per cent higher than is neces- I sary for parish needs on a basis of 10 mills parish tax- prevailing else- I where, and they pay the state tax i on this higher asses ment. Eight i mills is 20 per cent less than 10mills. c No changes under:th present sys- ( tem of assessment and taxation could remedy this injustice. If the state cut its levy by 20 per cent, E from 5 to 4 mills, it would have to i be cut in all the parishes and this i would cripple the schools and the state institutions, which already need 1 more money and are guaranteed it by the segregation amendment. The i state needs more money now, so this 1 reduction is impossible. If the par- s ish raised its rate to ten mills to make the outgo to the state the a same as in the majority of parishes; y this would take 20 per cent more. I money from the people than is nec- t essary for the parish government. If assessments were lowered and a the rate raised, the state would lose. n All kinds of such patchwork have I been tried to remedy this evil. They n have failed. Only a radical revision g of the tax system can remedy it. n The only practicable method of u correcting this condition is by sep- c arating s'te and local taxation. ii That is segregation. The effect of n segregation is to give the parishes tl complete home rule by setting aside rn the bulk of taxable property in them c4 for their exclusive use. When no tl state tax is collected from the prop- ti erty .that pays parish taxes, there w can be no disproportionate payments to the state from property of the same character in the various parishes bi Why should a parish be compelled ti either to tax its own property be yond the needs of its government or si to raise less revenue than it needs im order that it may not pay more li state taxes in proportion to its own im income than a neighboring parish? It bh is plain that the parishes levying less vi than 10 mills are more heavily bur dened with state taxes than those i levying 10 mills. It is plain that their property is assessed higher than it should be. Under the segregation plan, these xo parishes can make their assessments lo or their tax rates what they please. ti The only limit is that the total parish tip tax shall not be more than 16 mills. tt In the parishes that levy 10 mills, to the total of state and parish taxes si will be 16 1=4 mills if the segregation -t amendment is defeated. None of the opponents of segrega- m tion has cared to discuss this con- C dition. They know the evil can be n remedied onl3 by segregated t'es. re These oppone ls do not discuss-t he issue, but seek to cloud it with mis- at representations and to find fault with details of the tax reform amend- re ment. They attempt to make it al- m pear that the reform is in favor of fo the "interests," when it is a measure ri in favor of the smali taxpayer and the people as a whole, LET l WATCH UB FODTSTEPS Baton Rouge New Advocate Advises Louisianians to Consider Care fully What Being for Wilson is Going L to Mean - Enlightening Campaign Literature Sent South by Mistake. "We're for Wilson," The vast majority of Louisianians say that. It is well for some of our people in Louisiana to watch just what "be ing for Wilson" is going to mean. In the interest of keeping the rec ord straight, it is well to note what "being for Wilson" is interpreted to mean elsewhere. In the mails today, under cover of an envelope bearing the stamp of the national committee that is di recting Mr. Wilson's campaign, there comes a neat four-page folder, among I others, entitled: "What high Tariff Sugar Means to YOU, Mr. and Mrs. Consumer-25 t pounds for a dollar under free su- f gar; 16 pounds for a dollar under the present tariff. The Democraticd house a voted to place sugar on the fr~e list, and the Republicans killed the bill." All that is on the front page, with 11 a graphic cartoon showing the big and the little piles of sugar. Insie is a strongly worded, cleverly written appeal for free sugar and against the tariff on sugar. lit concludes with b this: "Reflect upon these facts, Mr. o Consumer, and then impress your views upon your congressmen and ti senators and vote for Wilson and tb Marshall." It There is another campaign folder b to Mr. and Mrs. Consumer about the a: high cost of living that stresses fa- tl vorably the noted Underwood free su- e: gar bill. All this is intensely interesting tE down here, where we shout for Wil- na son and Marshall and "Cousan Bob" al Broussard-and elect congressmen w who publicly apostasize from Democ- al racy on the crying issue of the day, $i the tariff, from every stump on. e which theys s still the one on wxic We mus ia- c tain our lines." of We pause over that, and then care fully slit the end of another envel- fo ope and draw out a letter addressed in to us from Washington. On the let- of terhead are two cuts, Wilson and Marshall, and-the phrase "Our choice th for president ,and vice president." of The letterhead elaborately declares pa it is the "National Independent Polit ical League, formerly the National clh Negro-American Political League, co- foi operating with the National Demo- wt cratic Committee." co The letter goes on to say: "We tic are carrying on a vigorous campaign among the colored voters in ithe thi north, east and west, urging them to to become independent in politics and of vote for Wilson and Marshall as the in best men for all the people." tic The letter encloses to the news paper, with the request that we pub- so lish it, a circular, which on its cover tri states in bold type: dii "Fifty years of physical freedom- cn and political bondage. This jubilee wt year is a good time to strike for po- the litical liberty, equal rights and oppor- an tunities for all American citizens." to The pamphlet is a clever defense dis of the Democratic party and a state- I ment that there were perhaps more col Democrats than Republicans in the hig northern armies which freed the ne- to groes. It stresses the fact that the cle negroes have not political freedom rer under the dominance of the Republi- of can party. "Compare possibilities," r it says, "the Republicans must from to now on have diminishing returns- an( the Democrats will have increasing spe returns, so far as colored men are I concerned." Again it says: "In em the north in every city government Am that is c6ntrolled by the Democrats Jar we find colored men employed." It concludes: I reli "Vote for Wilson. It will rebuke of both Taft and Roosevelt-wounding of two birds with one stone. Cast it." ter The circular is for northern con- spe sumption, sent south by mistake. sixi This is the league which vowed po- vac litical enmity to Roosevelt for dis- tha missing from the service the negro gov battalion which "shot up Browns- E ville." for Verily, politics brings queer align- dat ments. par stal No Good Anti-Flood Plan Yet. " Marshall C. Leighton, chief hydro- all Trapher of the United States, Geo- wits ogical Survey, in an address before cou the American Reclamation Federa- of tion at Chicago on Oct. 28, declared pea that none of the plans advanced hob for controlling the floods in the Mis sissippi river is practicable or an ,ssurance of safety. T The water itself, he said, is worth of more to the nation as an avenue of Lo .om;nerce than are the lands sub- Sta nerged, and to the general failure to 000 recognize this fact he laid most of the he ineffectiveness of the previous mai attempts to cope with the floods. mal A national campaign under the di- offE rection of government engineers gg might attack the problem advantage- visi ously, he thought, by harnessing the did river in sections for water power ask Let us prnt your statIiozery. THE AMEIMENTS. Synoosis of the Measures in the Or der in Which They Will Appear on the Official Bailot. Appended is a synopsis of the vari ous proposed amenidments to the constitution of Lorisiana in the or der in which they will appear on the official ballot ,at the general election of Tuesday, Nov. 5: No. 1-Remodeling Louisiana's sys tem of assessment amd taxation and segregating the sources of state and local revenue. No. 2-Authorizing parishes and self-taxing municipalities to exempt new industrial enteplrises, and also improved value, inclusive of struc tures, added to unimproved lands by immigrants into th:e state who oc cupy said lands as hoinesteads, from local taxes for a period not to ex ceed ten years. No. 3-Exempting r~m taxation for twenty years corpo~ations organized for the sole purpose of lending money on country $~l estate situ ated in Louisiana at fiot more than per cent interest ito the borrower, with power to neg(life and handle Local securities. No. 4-Exempting fkm taxation all I noney on hand or , o efposit. No. 5-Exempting: .oes occupied a )y bona fide owner., to the value t f $2000. No. 6-Establish , 'referendum o o the people of e iarsh to de ermine whether .'t:cities and ,corporated towns villages shall e released from pari.hial taxation ,nd licenses, subjed however, to he possible contril~tip to criminal b xpenses of the pa i No. 7-ExemptingAt taxation for an years from di completion A .ew canals for irki. , navigation G nd power purposee completed rithin a period of s; corpor tions to have exp t leds than o ,000,000ooon plant e said e mption. ompamesii orgaa e the laws f Louisiana. t bI No. 9-Providing- 1ill s c I tax a r Confederate veteians' nlons, lieu of the present inadeq te tax ti Only one-fifth of a mill. t ' No. 10-Providing for payment of if Le $11,000,000 state debt by means refunding and a sinking fund, and tying interest on bonds. h No. 11-Reopening the grandfather th ause of the constitution; providing r the registration of voters who ere eligible under this clause of the th institution of 1898, the new registra- te .n to close on Aug. 31, 1913. No. 12-Amending. article 210 of ha .e constitution so as to allow women 00 serve on school boards ini any part 30 the state, also on boards govern- wi g institutions of charity and correc )n. No. 13-Amending the constitution so as to provide one additional dis trict judge in the fifteenth judicial district, originally composed of Cal casieu and Cameron parishes, but which after Jan. 1. will also embrace the new parishes of Allen, Beauregard and Jefferson Davis.- The object is to give one additional judge to this district at the usual salary. No. 14--Amending article 281 of the constitution relative to the public highways; to authorize police juries to levy a per capita tax and a vehi cle license for the construction and repair of the public roads, building of bridges, etc. No. 15--To allow cities and towns to issue refunding bonds for sewerage and drainage purposes and to levi special taxes to pay interest thereon. No. 16-Extending the time of ex emption from taxation of the Pan American Steamship Company from Jan. 1, 1913, to Jan. 1, 1916. No. 17-Amending the constitution relative to filling vacancies in any of the judicial offices in the parish of Orleans. When the unexpired term is for more than one year, by special election, to be held within sixty days of the occurrence of the vacancy; when for -a shorter period than one year, by appointment by the governor. No. 18-Exempting from taxation for a period of ten years, from the date of completion, all railroads or parts of railroads constructed in this state subsequently to Jan. 1, 1913. No. 19-Providing for the recall of all officers elected by the people, with the exception of judges of courts throughout the state, judges of municipalities and justices of the peace, and providing methods for holding said election of recall. A Fortune That Was Missed. The assessed value of the property of the Union Sulphur Company of Louisiana has been raised by the I State Board of Equalization to $10, 000,000, an increase of $7,500,000 over the previous valuation. It was not many years ago when a Richmond man, then living in Louisiana, was offered the whole property for $15, 000, but as no way had then beep 4de. vised of getting the stlp ur- out he did not think it worth the $15,000 asked.-Manul'acturers Record. For local news read The Chief. 1 PROGRESSIVE PARTY'S APPEAL TO THE SOUTH, Sane and Fair Protectionist Policy Needed to Fully Realize Wonder ful Industrial Possibilities of )r- Southern States-Views of a ar Leading Kentucky Newspaper Plainly Set Forth. ri- We want to set forth a few plain he reasons, in facts and figures, why )r- the south should support a party that on believes in a rational system of pro 'al tection. Not the Republican system of pro ,s. tection, (ctated by the big interests id of the east, and devised to buttress id special privilege in the enjoyment of its plunder. Nor yet a tariff system, such as pt the Democrats propose, intended to Seliminate. protection by gradual pro cess, and to open the markets of America to the competition of cheap e European labor. But a system of protection, scientif. ically planned, non-sectional in its scope, and fair in its operation to every legitimate enterprise and to the ) Just demands of both workers and consumers. Such a system is the g proposal of the Progressive party. " Now follow us a little further. Don't scare at the prospect of a few fig ures. The facts we are going to lay e before you are amazing facts; they are more wonderful than, fiction. 11 They tell a story that will come pretty near taking. your breath away, d and they portray the golden oppor e tunity of the south to become the great commercial and industrial heart of America. Which is the biggest port in the United States? `New York. 1 Correct; but which is the second 1 biggest port? It is New Orleans,' and the third biggest port is Galveston. Now mentally underscore this fact S-the rate of increase of exports from American ports is greater for the Gulf ports than for any others. In 1882 seventy-eight . per cent of our exports went from Atlantic ports, and only fourteen per cent fron GIulf rs. Last year the exports from f| ri l er Oll ... h perh and from Atlantic ports jP. .j..0per cent. It is not difficult to figure that the 'time must come when New Orleans' and Galveston will take first place, if this rate of increase is maintained. Last year Galveston's export trade exceeded by $100,000,000 the com bined value of the exports from all the Pacific ports. On Galveston Bay is a little town, established seven or eight years ago, that has wharves, warehouses and terminal, facilities costing more than $5,000,000. Since 1904 its commerce has grown 'from $1,000,000 to $100, 000,000. Three years ago it handled 30,000 bales of cotton. This year it will handle 600,000 bales. Last year the south, with 33,000,-. 000 population, had an agricultural output nearly $600,000,00 greater than that of the whole United States twelve years ago. What do these extraordinary facts mean? What can they mean except that this great southern territory is becoming the market center of the western hemisphere, and that the Gulf of Mexico is going to be the vast distributing and receiving basin for its wealth. This prediction is sustained by the further fact that the .coal, iron ore, sulphur, oil, natural gas, cement, rock, phosphate, granites, marbles and other plentiful natural resources of the south equip it, as no other sec tion of the uinited States, for in dustrial and commercial supremacy. And next year-if good hopes are realized-the Panama canal will be finished, the one thing needed to complete the provision for a fulfill ment of this roseate dream. Now,- these things being so, can the south afford to tie up its for tunes to. a party that has dominated it in the past purely through the rule of tradition and prejudice? Nothing is more certain than the fact that the) south needs the advan tage which bnust come from a sane and fair protectionist policy in order to fully realize its wonderful indus trial possibilities. To talkof abolish ing protection at the very hour of its golden opportunity ;. to contem plate suicide. There are reasons why the south will not support the Republican party. There are good reasons why it should not. But there are no reasons why it cannot support the Progressive party. The Progressive party stands for everything that should appeal to the intelligence of the south. It stands for a courageous and rational hbad ling of the negro probleim in po~itics; it stands for a wiping out of all sec tional lines in governr rt.; it stands for a scientific and fair ju2sti:cent of the protective tarict In such a part" ::' '-e of the south lies -TAulaxlclo . rald. ,Nw line of fall and wn!tcr pattern and walking hats, for ladi-e, just re ceived at Cheap Tony'a. Everybody seems to regard tas segregation and reform as a good thing. Let's all vote for it, then.