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Local Business DirectoryIO 'r: sL AND SALOONS.
Nicholls HotelP:L.E a) li House
. ROGG(E. *r Proprietor.
Headquarters for CommercialTravelers.
'Bus and Porter to and From all Trains.
Mississippi Street, Near Wharf,
DONALDSONVILLE, LOUIJIANA.
P. O. Box 76. Telephone O.
DRtY (OODS, GROCERIES, Etc.
r' KLINE, corner Crescent Place and How. mas street, dealer in Dry Goods. Nouons.
Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Provisions, Cuwu,Oats and Bran.
LODGES
Kenneth Lodge No. 41,
Knights of Pythias.CONVENES in Masonic Temple the second
and fourth Thursday evenings of cumonth at 8 o'clock. Visiting brethren cordiallywelcomed. Sick benefits, funeral tax and all Lthefraternal features. Members have option uojoining endowment or insurance rank. C•au-
cellor Commander. E. Langbecker; Vice Cuan-cellor Commander, Jules Leumnas; Master ofWork. Dr. D. C. Brumfield; Prelate, Fred ,.-dry; Keeper of Records and Seal, J. E. BlEuw:Master of Finance, Winm. Pforzheimer; Mawerof Exchequer, Jacob Blum.
DktlUUASta.
J. LECUE,
AVENUE PHARMACY,Corner Railroad and Nicholls avenues,
DONALJDSONVILLE. LA.
Purest and freshest of Drugs, Chemicals andPatent Medicines always in ttozk. Trusses,Bandages, Soaps, Perfumery, Brushes, Cumus,Smokers' materials, etc. Physicians' prescrip-tions carefully compounde at all hours, day ornight. Telephone 95.2
PIYSICIANS.
E. L. SIMS,PHYSICLAN AND SURGEON
Office in Houmas street, adjoining the AscensionClub. Telephone 90.
DR. T. H. HANSON.
OFFICO:Railroad avenue, between Claiborne and Oi e-lousas streets. Telephone 241
DB. J. D. HANSON,OFFICE AND S~EIDENIO
Lessard street, between Nicholls avenue andIberville street. Telephone 54.
]RU. PAUL T. THIBODAUX
OFFICE AND BBsIDENCE,
Mississippi street, near Catholic Church.Office Hours: 11 a. m. to 2 p. n.
Telephone 247.
DENTISTRY.
R. CLARENCE GOETTE,
DENTIST.Office in Railroad avenue, adjoining ioette's
Shoe Store. Telephone 3r
R. JAMES P. FORTIER,
postoffice.
AROUND THE STATE.
Items of interest Culled From theLouisiana Press.
Federal Building to be Erected at Alexan-
andria-Saloons Out of Business in
Calcasieu Parish-Special Tax
to be Voted by Citizens
of Thibodaux.
Fire at Slidell caused a property Iloss of $1000.
Plans are being made to erect a rice
mill at Ferriday.The Calcasieu police jury has fixed
the parish tax at 5 mills.Jere M. Gleason has been appointed
registrar of voters in Orleans parish.
High license at Baton Rouge will
cause several saloons to suspend busi-
WVill Sorsby, who killed PostofficeInspector Fitzgerald, was captured at
Clinton, Miss.
The federal government will erect a
handsome building at Alexandria at a
cost of $50,000.Ernest Rhorer, a 14 year-old boy,
was killed by falling from a wagonnea- Alexandria.
Forty-five saloons went out of busi-
ness in Calcasieu parish on Jan. 1 as
a result of prohibition.A special tax will be voted by the
citizens of Thibodaux for the rebuild-ing of the electric light plant.
A teachers' summer school of four-teen weeks will be held at the State
Normal School, beginning June 1.E. L. Wright, aged twenty-three
years, was elected superintendent of
education of Lafayette parish over twocompetitors.
The new school board of Catahoula
parish will ele-t a superintendent forfour years, rejecting the official namedby the retiring board.
The Richardson oil well near Oil
City was brought in successfully, andwork on the pipe line to New Orleanshas been commenced.
Following a disagreement, three
members of the St. Martin parish
school board resigned, leaving the
body without a quorum.A terrific wind, rain and hail storm
swept a number of points in Minsis
sippi and Louisiana and caused seri-ous damage to property.
A negro at Covington confessed toparticipating in numerous store and
postotfice robberies recently in St.Tammany parish, and involved eightwhite men.
While stealing a ride from Lafayetteon a Southern Pacific passenger train,Walter Patin, a 16 year-old Crowley
youth, fell from the train and wasmangled to death.
Dan Brooks, a negro horse thief,who burned his way out of jail atZachary, (the flames endangering thetown), was saved from possible vio-lence after being recaptured by theprompt work of an officer, who trans-ferred the prisoner to Batoln Rouge.
Jack London's Latest Novel.
Uncle Remus's-The Home Maga-zine makes the important announce-ment that it has secured the serialrights of Jack London's latest novel,"Martin Eden." The story will beginin the February issue of that popularmagazine.
Critics who have read "MartinEden" state that it is gripping, vivid
and picturesque, and is such a storyas cnly Jack London could write. It
contains a big lesson, and in its ar-
raignment of false ideals is both nobleand notable.
Martin Eden, the character who is
really the book, is so keenly true thathe seems lurid with life. He is intense,hig in his ideas and ideals, and with-
out faltering, yet unselfishly, strives
ceaselessly and courageously "for thegenuinely best in life.
Send 50 cents in stamps to the Sunnyuth Publishing Company, and they
end you Uncle Remus's-Thee eight months, begin-
uary issue, whichIlment of "Mar-
theBut
LICENSED HUNTERS.
List of NImrods Who Have Taken Out
Oicial Hunting Licenses in As-
sension Parish.
Since our last report the sheriff'soffice has issued hunting licenses tothe following persons:
Joseph Jumonville James MulletOliver LeBlanc E M Robinson
Morris Carter Vincent Savariste
Ingam Godfrey O'Neal Babin
Lydien Babin Monroe Nicholls
Manuel Johnson Lastie Hebert
Jeff Mason Elmer B Delaune
Desire Falcon Henry Hilton
John D Bruns Davey Syho
Joseph Robertson Maurice Landry
John Heath Painchaud Leroy
Charley Weiss Baptiste Bowman
Vincent Guedry Norah Rufnin
Oscar Babin Edward Lark
Jos Harris Leon Babin
Sam Smith William Hawkins
Sam Carter George Hebert
Isaiah Wilson Nolan Larks
Henry Minor Charles Boudreau
E D Dixon W, m Brody
Joseph Boudreaux Moses Francis
John Marsh Alfred.Lanoux
Mederick Blanchard Alfred Joseph Bourgeois
Henry Schaff, Jr Joseph Less is
Thomas Wilson Antoine Ourso, Jr
David Isom Jos Tolbert
Albert Davis Steve Terry
Wilfred LeBlanc Frank Mandle
Howard Babin Hector Young
Simon Landry Armand Braud
Sidney Bercegeais Theophile Gautreau
Victorin Sanchez Silvey Daniels
Robert Lessard Ozeme Bourgeois
Ely Braud Moise Landry
E T Trahan Adam Duplessis
Joseph Tanner W M Pollock
Dawson Martin L Mayer
Simon Taylor Anderson Brandis
Harvey Johnson - Nick Patterson
Adery Gabriel Clarence Brown
Adlard Braud R L Braud
Tom Moran Henry Mullet
Joseph LeBlanc Leonard Harrison
Numa Aucoin Jack Hunley
Thomas Bradford Duffosard Gregoire
Desire LeBlanc Ananias Vaughn
Wade Roberts Alphonse Bercegeais
Solomon Jenkins Numa Dalferes
Westley Rose Claiborne MedineJoseph Falcon Antoine Gonzales
Willie Brody Zenon Melancon
Frank Martinez Willie Richardson
Marville Parr Leonce Lanoux
Alex Martinez Winnfield Pearson
Alexis Plaisance Manuel Dominique
Joseph Corbo, Jr Willie Henry
F Edward Babin Leander Riley
Tolbert Etienne George Carter
John Campbell, Jr Sidney LeBlano
Tom Jacobs Charles Patterson
Henry Gregoire Allen NapoleonMarks Emmerson Sam Jones
Ernest Gordon Jimmy Harvey
Gilbert Landry Howard Johnson
Albert Braud Christophe Falcon
Albert Falcon Omer Sanchez
J Camille Sanehez Oscar Thompson
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
Opportunities Offered for Obtaining Em-
ployment Under the Federal
Government.
The United States Civil ServiceCommission announces the followingexaminations to take place on thedates given below, and circulars con-taining further information relativethereto may be seen at the office ofthis paper:
January 20 - Expert freight rateclerk, to fill two vacancies in the re-clamation service, at Chicago, Ill., atsalaries of $80 to $100 a month, andvacancies requiring similar qualiflcations as they may occur in any branchof the service. Age limit, 20 years orover. Application form 1312.
January 26-Stenographer an dtypewriter, departmental, IsthmianCanal and Philippine services. Agelimit, 18 years or over. Applicationform 304 and form 1424.
Examinations for the postal andcustoms services will be held in May,1909, applications for which maynow be filed. Age limit, customs ser-vice, 21 to 55 years; age limit, postalservice, 18 to 45 years. Applicationform 1371 and form 1372.
o pportunities for Ycu•g Women.The Philadelphia School for Nurses,
2219 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa ,offers free scholarships in trained
nursing to young women in everystate in the Union. The scholarshipscover Che full two years' course, withroom, board, uniforms, laundering,etc., included, and railroad fare paidto home town or district upon the com-pletion of the course.
A home study course and .a shortresident course are also provided,which quickly open the door to oppor-tunity and enable progressive studentsto render a noble service to humanityand at the same time acquire forthemselves a substantial income fromthe best paid occupation now open towomen; besides qualifying everystudent to deal with emergencies inthe home that may mean the saving of
loved one's life.ar-seeing philanthropists are add-to the resources of this school,
he view of ultimately extendingnefits to earnest, energeticomen in all country districts
the smaller towns and cities.tution is approved and en-eading physicians and edu-
entire country. Some ofen of this state are itsrters and endorsers, asy the catalogue which
y one who writes for it.
LETTERStoffice at Donaldsonville,.January 9. 1909.
LeBlanc, ViolaLush, JohnIM'rtin. JoeRamirez, LacyReese. GeneralShallowhorne, CalvinShallas, WadeVives, EddieWilliams. LuellaWinder, Amy
ese letters say advertised.weeks they will be sentce at Washington, D. C.
ister this year youat party you desire to
h. Your party affilia-gistered and you will be
ote in the primaries held
ty and no other primaries.not register your party affil-d it is not obligatory for youyou will be registered as
and will not be allowed to par-in any primary. The regis
n of aflliation does not affectral election.-Crowley Signal.
THE WORLD'S NEW S.
Flashes of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Typhoid Fever Oroke Out in the Earth-
quake-Stricken Cities of Italy -Cath-
olic Priest of Newark, N. J.,
Elopes and Marries a
15-Year Old GirL
Bubonic plague has reappeared at
Guayaquil, Ecuador.Fire at Rome, Ga., destroyed prop-
erty valued at $109,000.Father John of Cronstadt, a noted
Russian priest, is dead.The situation in China is serious,
and a revolution is threatened.Fifty men were killed in a mine
disaster near Bluefields, W. Va.The United States navy is planning
to build a new 25,000-ton battleship.Petrified whales were discovered on
the hilltops overlooking San Pedro,Cal.
The American battleship fleet ar-
rived at Suez two days ahead of its
schedule.Two cyclones swept through the
country near Batson, Tex., destroyingmuch property.
A two-cent postage rate between the
United States and Germany went intoeffect on Jan. 1.
A port for the landing of airshipswas opened at Juvisy-Sur Orge, near
Paris, France.While fording a swollen stream near
Roanoke, Va., Clarence and Luther
Dent were drowned.The National Democratic Associa-
tion will establish a weekly newspaperin Washington, D. C.
Jesse Schottland, a seaman of the
United States battleship Illinois, wasdrowned in the Red Sea.
Three thousand bales of cotton on
the Spanish steamer Marte were dam-
aged by fire at Havre, France.The American Red Cross Society
has sent $270,000 for the relief of theItalian earthquake sufferers.
Over 6000 people attended the New
Year reception given by PresidentRoosevelt at the Waite House.
Rioting followed the prohibition of
Mohammedan sacrifices of cows atTitteghun, near Calcutta, India.
Two persons were killed and a score
injured when the Frisco "Mleteor" and
a freight train collided near Fisher,Okla.
Typhoid fever has broken out in
the earthquake-stricken cities of Italy
and it is feared the result will be se-rious.
E. B. Fitzgerald, a planter, shot andkilled O. H. McGuire, a lawyer, in astreet duel with pistols at Rosedale,Miss.
Three regro laborers are believed tohave been killed when a cotton seed
house collapsed at Aberdeeen, Miss.
The suit of Count Boni de Castel-
lane for the custody of his children
was decided against him by the French
court.Aaron Doas, aged ninety, and his
wife, aged eighty-five, celebrated their
sixtieth wedding anniversary in New
York city.Methodists in the United States and
Canada will erect a monument to Bar-
bara Heck, the founder of Methodismin America.
Four men were killed as the result
of a collision between a steamer and a
lumber raft in the Green river, near
Rockport, Ky.In the Bronx zoological park at
New York there are nearly twice the
number of animals that there are in
the London zoo.Rev. Filomena Sianif a Catholic
prient of Newark, N. J., eloped with
a fifteen-year-old girl, whom he mar-
ried in New York city.Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the
bureau of chemistry, will attempt to
prohibit the importation of absintheinto the United States.
During 1908 Andrew Carnegie do-
nated $7,437,000 to libraries, colleges,the hero fund of Great Britain and
industrial organizations.A third attempt to secure the release
of Harry K. Thaw from the Matteawanasylum for the criminal insane was be-
gun at White Plains, N. Y.Yuam Shi Kai, the deposed grand
councillor of China, escaped from Pe-
king, and is under the protection ofGreat Britain in Tien Tsin, a treaty
port.An attempt was made to assassinate
Attorney General Caldwell, who is
prosecuting the alleged night riders at
Union City, Tenn., but he escaped un-harmed.
The Corean who assassinated Dur-ham White Stevens in San Franciscosome time ago, has been sentenced to
serve a term.of twenty five years in thepenitentiary.
The supreme court of the United
States has denied the petition of the
government for a writ of certiorari in
the $29,000,000 fine case of the Stand-
ard Oil Company.Colombia has granted a concession
to a number of its citizens, conveyingthe exclusive privilege of the manu-
facture of denatured alcohol in the
District of Bogota.An unidentified white man was killed
and his body thrown from a freight
train near New Albany, Miss., by
John McDaniel, a negro brakeman,because the victim had informed onhim.
Because" she has such excellent influ
ence over them, Mrs. Mary Weaver has
been appointed in one of the neighbor
hoods of Chicago, Ill., to take the
place of a police officer who is unable
to control the small boys of the dis-
trict.
Look over the "For Sale" ads in
today's Chief. Somebody may wishito sell just what you wish to buy.
Doctorssay take Cod Liver Oil-theyundoubtedly mean Scott'sEmulsion.It would be just as sensiblefor fhem to prescribe Quininein its crude form as to pre-scribe Cod Liver Oil in itsnatural state. In
Scott'sEmulsion
the oil is emulsified and madeeasy to take--easy to digestand easy to be absorbed in tothe body-and is the mostnatural and useful fatty food tofeed and nourish the wastedbody that is known in medicinetoday.Nothing can be found to takeits place. If you are run-downyou should take it.
Send this advertisement, together with nameof paper in which it appears, your address andfour cents to cover postage, and we will sendyou a "Complete Handy Atlas of the World."SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St. New York
The first consideration in
Life Insuranceis
Security
The Equitable Lifeoccupies a
PRE- EMINENT POSITIONas to
Financial strength
Henry A. TerrioSpecial Agent
P. O, Box 128 Donaldsonville
ShakspeareIron WorksJULIAN M. SWOOP, PROPRIETOR
-:- 913 Girod Street -:-
New Orleans, LouisianaPhone, Main 541
To Sugar Planters!We Make a Specialty ofSugar Machinery Repairs
We have patterns of plates for allfilter presses.
Brass and gun metal castings.Light and heavy forgings.
Write, phone or call on us before
placing your order elsewhere.
C. PONS.. Dealer in..
" Old Scrap IronHighest Prices Paid for Brass, Lopper
Lead, Old Rope and Sack
For Sale:Complete 5-foot Mill
Good as NewFour Clarifiers, 7'xy'
S Evaporators, 7'Copper Strike Pans, 7
very thickSteam CondnesersPumps, Pulleys, Pipes
Ever WantAnything
in a hurry and get disappointed?
Not through me.Ask me next time;
Send me that Panama hat to becleaned and blocked.
Ben. F. KatzMail Orders Exclusively
Postoffice Box 1380, NewOrleans, La.
Seventeen and one-thirdyears' experience.
Ask your friends.
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WelcomeSaloonGeorge LandryProprietor
'a he placethat madelOc BudweiserFamous!
Finest Wines,Liquors.Cigars. Etc.
IF YOU NEEDANYTHING
QUICK, 'PHONE
We have Long Distance Service and are openDAY AND NIGHT
365 days in the year. ?4 hours out of 24
We can supply you from our stock with anything in
MILL SUPPLIES MACHINERY
STEAM GOODS HARDWARE, ETC.
and our Hobby is Prompt Shipment
WOODWARD, WIGHT & 00.,I NEW LIMITEDNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
. e.OVOO0 0 e osGONMNSOMu-Y--r-
Kentucky MULESWe beg to inform the public that wef are now prepared to furnish first-class
Kentucky and Missouri mules at alltimes, with the same guarantee andprotection we have always offered.
We may be found at the Palace sta-bles in Railroad avenue. Our man-
ager, Mr. Mattingly, will make it toyour interest to see him before buyingelsewhere.
Remember the place-the PALACESTABLES, DONALDSONVILLE. Tel.ephone 237.
Sparks Bros. & McGeeMURPHY'S IRON WORKS
Corner Magazine and 1i74, Street, , NEW jORLEANS, LA.1ostoaoe .oL ,l, EWi ORLEANTS, LA.
Enginee rs andt ContractorsBuilders of Complete anu Reliable Machinery for Cane
and JBeet Sugar Factories.
SELLING AGENTS FOR LOUISIANA: Gee. F. Blake MannfactnringCompany eSteamPumps for all purposes. Largest stoc k l. pumps carried in the south. Eclipse Filter Presses,Kilby Filter Presses, Kilby Gravity Prenes, Mason Steam Traps, Mason Regulators, McConnellAsbestos Pipe Covering.
New Orleans Boiler Manufacturing Companv, Ltd.Manufacturerts of All Types of Boilers
A large stock of Wrought iron Pines, Fittings. Valves, Gauges, Packing, Mill and Sugar-house Supplies on hand. Will make plans and contract for the erection cf complete plants ofmodern design. Address, JOHN H. MURPHY.
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8. GOETTE, PRESIDENT-MANAGER. JAB. FORTIER, SECEETA•a-TREAURERU,
DONALDSONVILLE ICE COMPANY, LIMITED.DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA.
ICE, BEER, COLD STORAGE._.E•.CAPACITY, 30 TONS DAILY.
MISSISsIPPI STREET, OPFOSITE MIARET. TELEPHONE No. 73.
Purest And Best Qual;ty IC E At Lowest Market Rates
SUPPLIED IN ANY QUANTITY AT FACTORY OR SHIPPED WHEREVER ORDERED.
Local agenoe for the mammoth ANHEUSE•-BUbCH BREWING ASSOCIATION'S celebratedKEG and B )TTLE BEERS, iFASuT, ANBEUSER, BOCK AND PALE IN KEGS, ExQUISITZ, BoD-WEISERl.AN iHESER AND BAVARIAN IN BOTTLES), which can be furnrished in anuantities tosnit.Orders left at the factory or addressed through the Donaldsonville postofice, will receiveoromvt ard careful attention. Satisfaction always fully guaranteed.
Ascension Coal Co., lLtd.Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
PITTSBURG COALJ. J. LAFARGUE. Agent I Tele"o'd.. pL"o
Telephone No. 4b3-2
OFFICE AND RETAIL YARD, Mississippi street, Donaldsonville. Orders by mail
telegraph or telephone promptly and carefully executed. Delivery by rail or barge to anystation or landing where railroad or navigation facilities will permit. Special attention4osugar and rice planters' trade. Tugs in attendance at all times for hire. Contracts taken
for towing. Courteous treatment. Satisfaction assured. No trouble to answer questions
S_ o . T. Oa 1fi roDonaldsonville, La.
CLEANS, PAINTS, REPAIRS, PUTS UP ANDTAKEas DowN
SMOKESTACKSSugaihouse Chimneys, Heavy 11a-chinery, Etc. Satisfaction guaranteedand charges low. Also maker of bestand cheapest tarpaulins.HORSE and STEAMPOWER DERRICKS
ROPE SPLICING A SPECIALTY
WHITNE IRO ORKS COMPANY861 TchoupitOUlas St., New Orleans.
Sole Manufacturers of the MARSHALL CANE CRUSHER
and CRYSTALLIZERS :: :: :: :: ::
Manufacturing of SUGAR MACHINERY a Specialty......
Most approved FILTER PRESSES of all sizes for Cane Juice and Skimmings.Will furnish estimates and contract for the construction of
All kinds of MACHINERY and IRON WORK.
r The KING• Fit Better!The 1 r Wear Better!Last Longer!floss Collars
Mlade by Hand'from Seected:rlossOrders Filled Promptly on Short Notice
made by DENNIS CASSARD, Barton, La.
