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THE DONALDSONVILLE C EF A Wide-Awake Home Newspaper-Published Every Saturday-Subscription Price, $2 a Year. VOLUME XLV. DONALDSONVILLE, LA., SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1916. I NEWS OF THE I HOTOPLAYS II (omig. Attr:actions at the Local Movie Houses -'U I ~~U-J·PlslrPrLII*e~n·--I-I·L mmZ rCI The offering ait. ihe Gem today will be "Monsieur I c'o, " a hMutual MIas terpicture i four ,.ets, presenting William Morl i- a: 'ilcnce Labadie. Shots coming :.'r.. f, a cafe in the slums of Pnis ,. .:,r" t he at ý rntion of Lecoq, the "reet deeectiv . 1ie in vestigates and ca: !t,res a man with a smoking revoli e in his hand. -land ing over the blodi.>- ,f to note(t - i inals. The pris:onir' amits the shoot ing, but says hue t: edi in self-defense. Certain clues conf, i"ic mLe' ,q that the culprit is a man ofi !0 . and he de cides to probe the ie' i.ry to the bot tom. IIow he r:' tches the prisoner through a hole in the ceiling of the cell, how he arrn.u .: V:th the police for the man to f, n-:'ie. :'rac, him to his home, learns h, iV- : -n ofi wealth and wrings the ,on-'.'. lon . o fom him that he is shielding hi innocent wife. forms the plot of tlhi thrilling tale of mystery. Next Tuesday's fealture pIcture at the Gem will be a four-part adapta tion of the world-famous novel by Augusta Evans Wilson, "At the Mercy of Tiberius." The film version has been given the title. "God's Wit ness," and every player in the cast is a moving picture favorite, with beau tiful Florence Labadie playing the part of the persecuted heroine. The romantic atmosphere of the famous novel is most realistically reproduced in the pictured version. "The Quest," a five-part produetion of exceptional interest featuring Margarita Fischer, will be shown at the Gem Sattrday, March 13. "The Grey Mask" is the title of a wonderfully thrilling five-part detect ive photodrama which will be the Sun Jday attraction at the Gem Theatre. The production is based on the re mjarkable story of the same name by Charles Wadsworth Camp that ap peared recently in Collier's Weekly, and the leading roles are in the hands i: of such brilliant stage stars as Edwin Arden and Barbara Tennant. The story deals with a band of F criminals who have killed a young po- e 'lice detective, Joe Kridel. His fian cee, Nora, the daughter of a police in spector, vows to discover the name of h tho assassin, and secretly joins the r band, An experimental chemist nam- i de Simmons, whose face has been ry scarred in an explosion, vows nce against society because of 'don asud+eio beemesa of the gang. He wears a grey #aask to cover the appallingly dis uguring wound on his face. Jim Garth, a young detective, who is in love with Nora, is detailed to ar rest the criminals, and in order to gain admission into the gang he wears a grey mask, with the design of im personating Simmons. In attempting .." , . . . . . . . . . . . AT THE GEM TOMIORROW. SUN DAY, MARCH. 5 to steal a valuable elxplosive the crim :' inals make their way into a steal vault Ih which the chemical formula has been placed. Here. in an intensely dramatic scene, Norn learns the name of Kridel's nmrldercr. When the gang has assembled. Garth re veals himself and call in the police, who effect the capture of all the CrOoks. Nora bestoxw - her heartt and hand on Jim in return for his devo tion to her in elicirtin'r the n_ me of r idel's assassin. The story is one of .great -tength. ..based on a logical, c ,,,i l;t plot, and the picturedi vr-sion o,,.--titutes ba hly exciting a ,-ti, play .:Wheh cannot fail t, i4 ; : 4)rt and " ip" all devotee- ,c si lent SThe "Grey Mag:i" ,war recentlv 4 resented for an ,tri!,,, ,-xx " t ihe i Triainon Theatre iýrr ':, zt;eet. SNw - Orleans, and p'vd ' ernd e. s drawing cnl ' ti4 , c,,luc 4io), d.a.gl received comr,,iir ,;,: com Sents from the New Orleas papers. STheoungest star in ti- v-orid and oldest actre -s ii0 English tg stage will Ie seen at the dTheatre tom4.',.-,. v:hl;1n "Bar Frietehie," a live-part feature is shown, with little Mary Minter in the st ellar role and~ r W. Whiffen anpearinm support. Miss Minter is only years old, but she was a star troadway more than five years ~:, Wn she appeareud in the title Of"The Littlest Rebel." Mrs. Se has been ,on the speaking for more than half a century, uingthat time has played with S'English and Ameiican actor a~res of importance. In this picture both of these actresses _s the role of "Barbara one as the grandmother t:ether as her granddaughter. of "Barbara Frietchie," SCENE FROM "GOD'S WITNESS" FOUR-PART MUTUAL $AbSTIRPICTURE PRODUCED BYT-fH£ItSER AT THE GEM THEATRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 7 u- w;hich is an adaptation of Whittier's ie inmmortal poem and the play of the ie ame name by Clyde Fitch, is as fol 't iarbara Frietchie is celebrating her eighteenth birthday. anniversary n :n Frederick, Md., while-the town is ,g strong in the grip of northern soldiers. i 1n the midst of a kissing game young Barbar: darts .out of the house, and seeks to avoid her pursuers by climb ing a tree. Four hbngxy Union sol diers. who are foraging for food, ap 'ear eneath the tree and Barbara Scries an alarm. Her shouts bring, ,mong others, Captain Trumbull, of y the Union command. Against her ? wishes he assists her down and orders the Union soldiers punished for steal ing food from the Friohie home. n Trumbull is invited to th.:party, and becomes the lion of thfi occasion. Especially is Grandma :B tara pleas ed with the young gallati and she - boasts that she once anced with SThomas Jefferson, and a he gave her a flag as a meme S. he di e rects Barbara to fetch: 0i: Barbara, in tears, and in a rage( ins that n she tore the flag beca aited'it and everything "Y nk er, ~s~of exii z n n y and attempts to enter hi e that night as Captain Trumb esut. Union soldiers are in p of Ar o thur, and Trumbull aids hni elude them. Barbara is softe.a :tward o Trumbull when she leari.0f this. s Judge Frietchie finds his. luhter, Barbara, talking to Trumbn and af tempts to kill him, but the girl pro tects the Union officer. Trumbull weaves and aftard re ceives a note from Barb.asaying she will meet him at a -i lnister's hoiuse in an adjoining town irext day, and marry him. That night "lBarbara mends the torn flag and holfdit close to her breast. The couple;,fet at the preacher's next day, biut hostili ties suddenly break out and the Con federates take the town. i=Barbara ?.a:in save. the life of Tr`mbull by ier quick wit and true aimh with a - i:tol. Trumbull is separated from 1i command, and hides in tthicket, *\thur observes an officer in hiding there and fires. He is horrified to ;nd he has shot Trumbull- the man Ivho saved his life. That Might Ar-! in:,u carries the wounded officer to -he Frietchie home, where Barbara :re etes Trumbull in her room. Judge Sietchie comes home and-.announces that a searching party is onithe way ao the house, believing a Uhion sol lier is hidden there. Jack Negly, an unsuccessful suitor for Barbara's I hand, has informed the Confederates )f Trumbull's presence. Barbara ad ,it to her enraged father that Trum- i bul is there, but pacifies him and art aul y induces him to go to "Stonewall" t ,ack,on for papers to protect their home against searchers. The sol- i iiers are forbidden to enter the home I until after sunrise. Barbara keeps a vigil on the stairway, and Grandma t SCENE FROM BARARRA FRIETCHIE AT THE GRAND THEATRE TOMORROW, SUNDAY, MARCH 5 Ba:'bara sits at the side of the wound ed ofilcer. At sunrise Barbara hurries to where Captain Trumbull lies. She finds him dead. Grandma Barbara, in { frenzy, takes the flag, which Bar bara has placed on Trumbul's breast, and waves it defiantly at the sol diers outside. An order t: fire upon her is given. "Shoot, if you must, thiu old gray head but spare your country's flag," she said. Then came the memorable words of Jackson: "Who ~tuehes a hair of yon gray head, diesbke a dog; march on!" . .,. A single shot is fired, and Barbara Priietchie, who has been standing be side her grandmother, falls, fatally wouaded. Jack Negly, who has fired the chot, starts to slink away, but is caught. Barbara dies at the side of Trumbull. and the stained flag is spread over them by the aged Bar oara. The eminent dramatic star, John Mason, one of the greatest actors of the modern stage, and Hazel Dawn, the captivating and youthful star who recently abandoned the stage perma nently to appear exclusively on the screen for the Famous Players Film Co., are jointly presented by that company in its latest Paramount pic ture, an elaborate five-part photo adaption of the famous stage success, "The Fatal Card," which comes to the Grand next Monday. As a special Mardi Gras attraction, the Grand will offer Theda Barra in "Carmen." A sensational feature of this intensely inte~esting production is fDon Jose's hazardous leap on horse pack f.f an =-foot cff, the feat On Wednesday, March 8, the eele brated young star, Marie Doro, will be seen at the Grand in a five.part film adaptation of her foremost stage suc cess, "The Morals of Marcus," by William J. Locke. Miss Doro's gifted impersonation of Carlotta, the refu gee from the Turkish harem, is the nearest approach to hypnotism from the screen that one could imagine. The supreme emotional actress, Pauline Fredeirick, in a superb photo production of "Zaza," will be the at traction at the Grand next Friday. The marvelous sympathy with which Miss Frederick has interpreted the ,omplex character of the Paris music all singer is a monument to her ,heo;nenal histrionic powers, and sntit:::; her to rank with the great reach actresses, Rejane and Bern ..it, as a portrayer of exacting a, otional roles. HOW FAR IS THIBODAUX? +.tc So Far That the Statements of its Residents Cannot Be Verified. .Rat.her an interesting case has been eveloped in Thibodaux. Being so ea'r by, it is well worth publishing ,re. I.he statement is sincere-the roof co~ivincing: Oliver IH. Braud, 513 Lagard street, Ihibodaux, La., says: "I had trouble rom my kidneys for several years. I uffered so from a weak back at times hat I could hardly get around. I ;ouldn't rest well and towards morn ng my back ached so that I could lardly move until the pain passed ift. My kidneys acted too freely at imes and I felt miserable all over. Nothing I tried did me any good. I finally began using Doan's Kidney 1 Pills and got relief from the first. After taking a few more -boxes, my back felt stronger and my kidneys acted as they should." Price 50 cents at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mr. Braud had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.-(Adv.) If you buy out of town, and we buy out of town, and all our neigh bors buy out of town, what in thun der will become of our town? VOTES FOR WOMEN. Southern States Wom Suffrage Conference 417 Camp Street, New Orleans. Too Emotioa. "They probably took you for the crook that you are!" "You are a liar!" AirY then ink bottles flew; books tre. thrown and paper eights fired. fi_: .l.n was knocked d n and ren A!_: unconscious. This vas not in a tough section" of a city, or among ..oodiums, but- in a sesion of the legislature in Oklahoma. - Who says women ae emotional? Looks as though Oklahoma needs women in her egislature to "keep the silence" as well as to frame laws. - A Parliamentary lPoposal. Two bills affecting suffrage are be ing considered by the British parlia ;ment. They deal with registration and p.rliamentary affairs: and would brin; into the electorate a large body r: rin which now cannot exercise the ... the woman suffragists are .atural:y aroused and insist that any Ic. extension of England's suffrage must include women. Surely English women have demonstrated their worthiness for equality :, rights in the British nation, No State TaxeL How would you like to live in a state and not pay taxes? Wyoming may set a record that few states can emulate. The income from oil and mining royalties on state lands may snable Wyoming to omit state taxes very soon. This state in 1890 was the first in the Union to give full suf frage to women. The united wisdom of the men and women voters is help ing to produce a record -of which Wyoming may well be preud. Rivalling Kansa s, The house of depresentatives in Oklahoma has given a big vote in. fa vor of woman suffrage. Sixty-two to fifteen was the count. Oklahoma must be trying to rivgl Kansas in prosperity and advantage. Kansas I women are voters, hence the splendid I record of that state. Seethe point? It takes men and women to make a state go forward. 1 Which Party? The Republican and mocratic national conventions meet .in advantage the women'as vste tI be to the political party that secures it. Woman Major. Dr. Helen Sexton of Melbourne, Australia, has been given the rank of major in the War Department, be cause of her surgical work in the army. - Women and men have equal rights in Australia and the result has been advantageous to them and to the country. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. State Association to Hold Annual Meeting at Shreveport, Louisiana's thirtieth annual Sun day School convention will be held at Shreveport, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 4-5-6, 1916. It will be the largest convention of its kind ever held in the state and will present the strongest program ever prepared for the Louisiana Sunday School workers. The program provides not only for great mass convention sessions, but for divisional conferences on Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday after noons, and also for pastors' and su perintendents' conferences on Tues (day and Wednesday afternoons. The elementary division work will be, presented by Miss Nannie Lee Frayer of the Louisville University School, a Sunday School specialist and writer of international reputa tion. Special attention will be given to the possibilities of the boys and girls in the teen age, Miss Minnie E. Kennedy, general secretary of the Birmingham Sunday School Associa tion, having been secured for this work. The adult Bible class work will be presented from many angles. Marion Lawrance, general secretary of the International Sunday School Associa tion, and a Sunday School superin tendent for thirty years, will assist in the adult conferences as well as in the conferences for pastors and super intendents. S. D. Gordon, author of the noted "Quiet Hour" series, in ad dition to his Bible hour each morning and evening, will address the pastors and superintendents both Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Another worker of many years' experience will be Bishop C. J. Kephart of the United Brethren Church. A special feature of the convention will be a great Sunday School parade Tuesday afternoon, April 4,- partici pated in by all the delegates and all the Sunday Schools of Shreveport. The convention music will be under the leadership of Prof. E. O. Excell and Alvin W. Roper. Shreveport is making elaborate and complete arrangements for the re ception of the convention. The local committee df arrangements is under the leadership of Mr. W, A. Mc Kennon. When to Take Chamberlain's Tablets. When you feel dull and stupid after eating. When constipated or bilious. When you have a sick headCache. When you have a sour-stomach. When you belch after eating. When you have indigestiox. When nervous or despeldent. When you have no relish for your meals. When your liver is torpid. Obtainable ev'e Adv.) - Let ts print your stationery. AMERICA AND THE WAR. Only Justice and Humanity Should Drive Us Into the Conflict. President Woodrow Wilson made a very notable speech to several hun dred members and guests of, the cele brated Gridiron Club at a dinner given by that organization at Wash ington last Saturday night, which has been released for publication in con trav'ention of the usual rule applica ble to utterances at Gridiron Club s functions. The great importance of I the president's views in the present critical juncture of national and in a tenational affairs led 'to the request that he and the club consent to the e making of the speech public in order that it might "go to the country." s It is stated that the president spoke r with unusual gravity, and that his s earnest and eloquent concluding words brought his hearers to their feet with enthusiastic cheering. The address follows: "I have very little to say tonight - except to express my warm apprecia tion of the invariable courtesy of this club and of the reception you have so genierously accorded me. I find that I am seldom tempted to say anything nowadays, unless somebody starts something, and tonight no body h-_s started anything. "Your talk, Mr. Toastmaster, has been a great deal about candidacy for the presidency. It is not a new feel ing on my part, but one which I en tertain with a greater intensity than formerly, that a man who seeks the presidency of the United States for anything that it will bring to him is an audacious fool. The responsibil ities of the office ought to sober a man even before he approaches it. One of the difficulties of the office seldom appreciated, I dare say, is that it is very difficult to think while so many people are talking, and particu larly while so many people are talk ing in a way that obscures counsel and is entirely off the point. "Senator Harding was saying just now that we ought to try when we are a hundred million strong to act in the same simplicity of principle that our forefathers acted in when we were three million strong.. I heard somebody say-I do not know the ex act statistics-that the present popu lation of the United States is one hundred and three millions. If there are three million thinking the same ° things that the original three million thought the hundred million will be t saved for an illustrious future., They were ready to stake everything for 1 an idea, and that idea was not ,ex pediency, but justie. And the infinite wind, but to aquarethe tEimigs you do by the not simple, but complicated - standards of justice. Justice has nothing to do with any temporary standard whatever. It is rooted and i grounded in the fundamental instincts c of humanity. I "America ought to keep out of this a war. She ought to keep out of this " war at the sacrifice of everything ex cept this single thing, upon which her A character and history are founded her sense of humanity and justice. If she sacrifices that, she has ceased to be America; she has ceased to enter tain and to love the traditions which t have made us proud to be Americans, p and when we go about seeking safety at the expense of humanity, then I, for one, will believe that I have al- n ways been mistaken in what I have conceived to be the spirit of Ameri can history. "You never can tell your direction except by long measurements. You cannot establish a line by two posts; t you have got to have three at least to know whether they are straight with anything, and the longer the line Lhe more certain your measurement. There is only one way in which to de termine how the future of the United States is going to be projected, and that is by looking back and seeing which way the lines ran which led up to the present moment of power aria of opportunity. There is no doubt about that. There is no question what the roll of honor in America is. The roll of honor consists of the names of men who have squared their con- r duct by ideals of duty. There is no one else upon the roster; there is no one else whose name we care to re member when we measure things up- r on a national scale. And I wish that C whenever ah impulse of impatience t comes upon us, whenever an impulse to settle a thing some short way tempts us,we might close the door and take down some old stories of what American idealists and statesmen did in the past, and not let any coun sel in that does not sound in the au thentic voice of American tradition. Then we shall be certain what the lines of the future are, because we should know we are steering by the lines of the past. We shall know that no temporary convenience, no temporary expediency, will lead us either to be rash or to be cowardly. I would be just as much ashamed to be rash as I would.to be a coward. Valor is self respecting. yalor is cir cumspect. Valor strikes only when it is right to striKe. - Valor withholds itself from all small implications and entanglements, and waits for the great opportunity when the sword will flash as if it carried the light of heaven upon its blade." An Interesting Experiment. In the Salt River valley in Arizona it is proposed during the 1916-17 campaign to grow 3200 acres in su gar cane. and- 4000 acres in beets in the same vicinity, and to use the same sugar mill to manufacture both the cane and beet sugar. The beet run will come first, followed by the cane, and by this method it is planned to keep this plant in continuous opera tion for eight nionths in the year, a distinct -achievement in efficiency and economy. If this, Salt River plan goes through:successfully it will rep resent a most notable forward stride in _ sugar production in the United Tell 'em you saw it in The Chief. MUCH IN A N.t. I High-Priced "Aspirin" eap aa "Aceto-Salicylic "ei - Aspirin, admittedly outitthe most useful of "medicines," h"dvanced in price something like 2f9 per cent since the outbreak of thiear. That is, it costs 25 times as tumch now as it did a couple of years ,4. And yet but for a mental condit r a state of mind, it could be a ned as cheaply as ever it could. Aspirin was introduced the med ical world by the G entists. It was not new, and the no se cret connected with its action; but its application was, and in order to protect them in a sense, the Germans gave g the name "aspirin," using the m as a trade name. As a matt fact as pirin is only aceto-shalii id, and can be purchased at store under that name at prices;, but when you call for you must pay 25 times as as for merly. The physicians under all of this, and they no longer ribe as pirin; they designate it 'eir pre scriptions as aceto-salic id, and the druggist fills the ption knowing that he is g the identical thing known, erv the trade name of aspirin; e aver age person will have no to do with aceto-salicylic aci] nts as pirin-and has faith tn and it usually does the busin here is no sale whatever amongl 'laymen for the ordinary drug,. wn as aceto-salicylic acid' e upon physicians' prescriptio re the patient doesn't understan he is taking. Aceto-salicylic acid, d rin, is not a coal tar product, ; sup pose. It is made from table oil and is easily produee4 is man ufactured in many cou besides Germany, but only in g is it designated as aspirin; ~ e the supply of "aspirin" mus ' from that country the price: b n un til it is about as costly ything with which we have to, uch is human nature, such is t f the public mind when it one otd of an idea, that it pays itant price for a commodity secure at less cost under ano -Ba ton Rouge State-Times. OF INTEREST TOE MAN in ordTimes-P ayne irUnique pMoving Picture ityThe made isin New of fifteentrleansa d women foselected will n The Crescent City a ghigh pe.: go ing to promote a big fdature picture in order to give girls and woTimes- an opportunity todlaunch outon l motion picture career. The piae is:e to be made in New Orleans athed thebifteen women selected will asseble there st and get their initial training under the direction of highly i':i experts. A pretentioriodss production wil be stag ed and the film will be st aellre overy the country. e Picture producers say thv i Times Picayune has hit upon the only way to get material today for motion picture stars. New faces arye con stantly demanded by the public and even the most successful film strse in must retire frequently hands, anxioto shert periods. Southern girls and women are very a munic sought after by the motion pe 'urc men. The drawback has been that the producers have not been able o to bring to some central :point for a try-out enough prospective actresses. Theywill have a been going at it in a haphazard way. Now the Times-Pica une comes along with the only practical way of a reaching a wide territory and bring- b ing forward the available -material. Every girl or woman in this vicinty g. who dreams of a future inss" the motion picture field has an opportunity nowwn to of demonstrating her ability, and the as france is added that she will be in rule, friendly hands, anxious to start her right along the road to fhame o the screen d strife, Girls try twomen interst in the Times-Picayune's offer should com municate with the New -Orleans office of the paper. The enterprse is aboer; to get under way and early applicants will have a big advantage. "BUSINESS IS BUS INESS. " By BERTON BRALY n "Business is business," but men are $ men, b Loving and working, dreaming, $ Toiling with pencil or spadeor pen, ldes Roistering, planning, scheing. ay" "Business is business"-lebrated thobut he's a fool Whose business has grown to ve smotherll as by all t His faith in men and the golden rule, flis love for a friend and brother. land "Business is business"--but life is life; Though we're all in the game to win it, Let's rest sometimes from the heat and strife, And try to be friends a mainute. Let's seek thosando be comrades now and then, And slip from our golden tether; 1 "Business is business," but men are men, And we're all good pals together! I California Orange Lay. Saturday March 18, has been des ignated as "California Orange Day" and will be celebrated throughout the country by the hotels, restaurants, railroad dining cars and dining sta tions, boarding houses, -housewives, etc., as well as by all loes of this justly famed product. Itis planned to have every individual in; the land eat at least one orange that day, and to have California orange s erved in a thousand and one appetizing ways. KNIGHTS OF EZELAH FEAST. Pleasant Affair Enjoyed by Boys' Re. ligious Organization. On Friday night of last week the Knights of Ezelah enjoyed a delight ful feast at their hall in Opelousas street. The girls of the Methodist Sunday School served them a tempt ing lunch of sandwiches, salad, cake and lemonade. H. L. Baker, of Plattenville, acted as toastmaster, and toasts were responded to by John Huniey, the king; Jas. Chapman, the prince; Wilfred Binnings, the scribe, and O. B. Webb, of New Orleans. Mr. Webb was guest of honor, and came a half day ahead of time, to at tend the men and religion meeting, in order that he might speak to the boys. His talk dealt largely with the place that good morals and religion play in a man's business success. He told the boys that more and more the cigarette smoker and whiskey drink er are finding it hard to hold good positions, as men of sober and clean habits are wanted by first-class busi ness concerns. He commended their organization and said he wished his boy in New Orleans had one like it, and altogether the occasion was a happy and profitable one. The Knights of Ezelah is an or ganization for boys connected with the Methodist Sunday School and their friends of other Sunday Schools wh, affiliate with them. The word "Eze-' lah" is a secret word that unfolds as the members take the four degrees of the organization. The membership is composed of boys from the ages of twelve to eighteen years who .come up to certain standards of religious and moral living. Among other things they must be regular attendants upon some Sunday School or its equivalent in other religious instruction. Upon joining they take a pledge "to try al ways to do right, and to pray every day and read their Bibles regularly." With their leader they interpret the "doing right" to include, among other things, abstinence from the use of to bacco and the playing of baseball or other public games on Sunday. The first degree already taken by this class pledges them to reverence, obedience, loyalty and courage. Some parents testify that already they have noted improvement in the conduct of their boys since joining the organ ization. FEDERAL LAW IN FORCE. Regulations For Protection of Migira tory )Birds Not S ,spede pended the enforcement of the federal regulations under the migratory bird law and by this means has enabled sportsmen, under state laws, to shoot wild fowl the coming spring. Under the federal regulations as they now stand, the season on all migratory wild fowl is closed until next autumn throughout the United States. Federal inspectors and war dens are required, and others inter ested in the protection of wild fowl are requested, to report to the Depart ment of Agriculture all cases of vio lations of the regulations, in order that proper action may be taken. The Department of Agriculture has no power to suspend the law or to pardon violations of the regulations. Doubtless the erroneous impression, on which the newspaper statements are based, has grown out of the pen dency of litigation involving the con stitutionality of the act of congress approved March 4, 1913, under which the regulations were promulgated. The lower federal courts disagreed as to the validity of the statute and the issue was carried to the supreme court of the United States. The case was argued in the supreme court in Octo ber, 1915, but has not been decided. Following the lower court decisions, congress appropriated money for the purpose of continuing the enforce ment of the law. The Department of Agriculture is bound to report to the Department of Justice violations of the regulations if the supreme court should declare the law constitutional. All persons should, therefore, be warned of the danger they incur from failure to abide by the regulations. St. Louis Live Stock Market. National Stock Yards, Ills., Feb. 28. Cattle receipts 3600. Market strong and ten cents higher on all grades. Quotations on today's market follow: Canners, $4.50; cutters, $5 to $5.25; medium to good fat cows, $5.50 to $6.25; light bulls, $5 to $5.50; heavy bulls, $5.75 to $6.25; yearlings, $4.75 to $4.85; heretics, $5.75 to $6; light steers, $5 to $1.50; medium weights, $5.75 to $6.25; 800 to 1100 lb. fed steers, $6.50 to $7.50. Hog receipts 16,500, of which '5000 were direct. Market 10 to 15 cents higher, top $8.85, bulk of the good hogs 150 lbs. and up at $8.40 to $8. 75; roughs, $7.75 to $8.15; pigs, 120 to 140 lbs., $7.60 to $8.40; lighter pigs, $6 to $7.65. Commissioner Bruner is Peeved. Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration Bruner doesn't take 'his defeat in the Democratic primary at all good naturedly. He claims that he wasn't beaten by his enemies, but by treacherous friends, and that he was knifed by the New Orleans regu lars in spite of the fact that he has al ways been a regular himself, and gave the city regulars all the patronage of his office, "amounting to over $50, 000." Church Notice. According to an agreement among the official members of the pastoral charge, the undersigned will preach in Donaldsonville in the future every Sunday morning. Tomorrow's ser vice will begin at 10:30 o'clock, and the sermon will be addressed es pecially to children. All are invited to attend. Seats free. P. O. LOWREY, Pastor, Methodist Church.