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I '206 Railroad Alenue PHONE 13

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1918.

WANTED.

Competent bookkeeper, lady orgentleman. Apply to Thee'FashionStore, Donal'dsonville, La.

Miss Mary Jane Stuart is spending

the week-end with friends in Plaque-mine.

Miss Kaffie says she thinks you'll

get your money's worth Wednesdaynight.

Mrs. Jacob Plum will leave tomor-

rww for a visit to relatives in Neiv

Orleans.

Mr. Vickers says the D. H. S.

needs the money, so "wake up" Wed-

nesday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Gus Weill, of White

Castle, were in town for a short visit

during the week.

Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Kahn and

baby son, Seligman, are spending the

week in New Orleans.

Miss Lucille Dalferes left this

morning for a visit to Camp Beaure-

gard, where she will be the guest of

friends.

Most everybody is going to the

Grand Theatre Wednesday night to

hear Miss Arbour sing. Other at-

tractions.

Don't forget to tell your friendsthat th, "nightingale of Louisiana"will sing at the Grand Theatre Wed-

nesday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Mose F. Bloomenstieland Carrie Bloomenstiel went to New

Orleans yesterday morning, returninghome the same evening.

Frank P. Sharp was the guest thisweek of his aunt, Mrs. L. B. Binnings.He enjoyed his few days' stay in his

childhood home, meeting old friends.

Archie Stuart left Monday for Ba-

ton Rouge, where he has entered a

business college. His brother, Van-

h nie, is a student in the same institu-45.tor.

Mrs. Abe H. Bloomenstiel left Fri-day morning for -Houston, Texas,where she will spend the week-endwith her brother, Lieut. Isidore Kirch-

ner, who is stationed at Camp Logan.

Miss Annie Alberado has returnedto her home in Plaquemine after amonth's visit to her sisters, Mrs. Hy.Landry, of Donaldsonville, and Mrs.E. A. Barbier, of Acadia plantation,St. James parish.

Dr. A. W. Martin was called to

Acy Wednesday afternoon because ofthe serious illness of his mother, Mrs.Allen W. Martin, Sr. He returnedhome Thursday morning, leaving thepatient greatly improved.

Miss hRose Kern, traveling repre-sentative of the Farrnbacher DryGoods Co., of Baton Rouge, spentSunday here with her mother, Mrs.M. Kern, and left Monday morningfor a trip through' southwest Louisi-ana.

Felix Comeaux, one of the whiteselectmen sent to Camp Pike fromthis parish April 1, returned to hishome in Donaldsonvitle a few daysafterward, having been dischargedfrom the service because of certaindisqualifications.

Friends here of Mr. and Mrs. Sol.

Applebatin, of Lexington, Miss., willbe interested to learn that they arethe parents of another fine little boy,who arrived at their home last Satur-

day. Mrs. Applebaum was formerlyMiss Agathine Kern, of this city.

Private Paul $ouchereau of Co. A,

142nd Machine Gun Battalion, is herefrom Camp Beauregard on a week-end furlough, having arrived thismorning. I,ike all of Uncle Sam's

boys he is in fine fettle and ready togive a good account of himself whencalled upon.

Clyde F. Melancon, of Belle Ielene,spent Sunday in Baton Rouge withhis grandparents. Capt. arid Mrs. Wil-liam Grunewald, and visited hismother, Mrs. Eugene Melancon, whois recuperating from a surgical op-eration performed at St. Mary's Sani-

tarium in that city some weeks ago.

Relatives and friends here have re-ceived cards announcing the marriageof Nathan Kern, formerly of this cityand now located at Helena, Ark., toMiss Ethel Car, (laughter of Mr. andMrs. I. M. Carr, of McCool, Miss., thenuptial ceremony having been solemn-ised at the ::,ater place Wednfesday,March 6..

Elrie Robinson, prominent youngnewspaper man of St. Francisville,passed through }Donaldsonville Tues-day afternoon on his way home afterattending the meeting of the Red MenpOeat council in Thihodaux. Whilehere Mr. Robinson dropped in to ex-change fraternal greetings with themembers of the 'hief staff.

Miss Stella ()::lre, of upper Ascen-a•on, who recentlv went to Pensacola,

Ila., to spend a month with herbrother, Clarenc Oubre, writes to afriend here that she has decided to re-main there indefinitely, having ac-opted a position as floorlady in theiRE store. tHer many friends here

S• 'llr her greatlyv, but are gratifiedS.: ow that shte has secured suchmd ble employment and join in

W 1bW•Ia her an a•,undance of success.success

Church of the Ascension.A meeting of the congregation will

be held Monday, April 15, at 5:30 p.m., for the purpose of electing war-dens apd vestrymen for the ensuingyear and delegates to the diocesancouncil.

President Lewis E. Murrell of theSouth Louisiana Fair Association hascalled a meeting of the executive com-mittee to be held at the office of theassociation in this city at 3 o'clocktomorrow afternoon, for the discus-sion of important matters relating tothe next fair.

An examination of white applicantsfor teachers' certificates will be heldby Supt. H. P. Broussard in the localhigh school building next Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday. The ex-amination of colored applicants willbegin Thursday morning and continueLhrough Saturday.

The local post of the Travelers'Protective A ciation of .&mericawill be represc1 at the ownual con-vention of the Louisiana division inNew Orleans next Friday and Satur-day by Messrs. Raphael Singer, Hy.Netter, Charles Maurin, Sr., and A. J.Harding. Mrs. R. Singer and MissFreda Singer will accompany them.

Mr. and Mrs. John Pfister and fam-.ly, who have been residing in the

Wutke residence in Railroad avenue,a:ljo ning the Elks' Home, movedth.:: week into the old Pfister home-stead in Lafourche street. The lat-tee prToperty has been extensively re-paired and ;mproved- since its ac-

tqu . tiion by Mr. Pfister a few monthsago.

Corporal W. A. Bailey, attached tothe New Or"leans office of the armyrecruiting service, arrived hereIthui -duy morning and will remainunt:i next Wednesday afternooan. liehas established headquarters in thepostoffice, and is seeking to enrollvolunteers under and above the draftage. Negroes are especlally desiredfor ,tevedore regiments.

M•ch gratification is felt by themany friends of Mrs. Eugene Melan-con, of -Belle Helene,- that her condi-tion following an operation at St.Mary's Sanitarium in Baton Rougecont:nues to be regarded -as entirelyfavorable. She has been moved fromthe sanitarium to the home of herparents, Capt. and` Mrs. WilliamGrunewald, in the capital city.

Iicnry L. Well, the affable managerof it H Iotel Donaldson, went to NewOrle*ins Sunday to attend the meet-ing of the Louisiana- Hotel Associa-tion, returning .home Tuesday night.Mr. Weil joined the other patrioticcaterers present at the convention inpledging a rigid observance of foodadr-n'stration regulations, and es-pecially those looking to the conser-vation of flour.

D:'. D. C. Brumfield, of Darrow, re-turned Tuesday forenoon from avisit to relatives and friends at Tyler,Miss. Dr. Brumfield has been devot-ing himself very- as~iduously to theduties incumbent-.up" him as a mem-ber of the local draftoard, and fullydeserved a rest. Ne less to remark,he thoroughly enjoy4 his brief vaca-tion and is ready to;return to workwith renewed vigor

War savings ad ars soldthrough the Donalds le postoceduring March amoun t: oo $717.22.Stamps .to the value o 69.77 weredisposed of at other p fces in theparish, hence the sales r nthe monthaggregated $1386.99. ,Receipts pre-viously reported amounted to $10,-423.11, making a total of $11,810.10invested in these patriotic securitiesby loyal Ascensionites.

The Chief was in error last weekregarding the date of the first danceof the season at the Tip Top Hall atKlotiville. The function was sched-,uled for Saturday night, April 6, in-stead of for Sunday as stated by us,but owing to the wretched weatherwhich prevailed on the former eve-

ning the dance was deferred untilThursday night of this week, when it

was successfully given. *

It gives us pleasure to learn that

Second Lieut. Dudley L. Weber of the

142nd Machine Gun Battalion has

been advanced to the rank of first

lieutenant and appointed battalion ad-

jutqnt, in which latter capacity hehas been serving with marked ef-

ficiency for some time past. His

many friends here will join in extend-

ing him cordial congratulations uponhis promotion and best wishes forcontinued success.

Attired in the uniform of a Unite;States fighting man and presenting a

very stalwart and soldierly appear-a::ce indeed, Odon Rodeillat arrivedhere Thursday afternoon for a visit

ti his father, Lazard Rodeillat, and

other relatives. The young man is amember of Battery C, 123rd FieldArtillery, and is presently stationed

af Camp Logan, near Houston, Texas.

He enlisted at Chicago, where he had

been located since leaving Donaldson-ville nine years ago.

Mrs. L. B. Binnings, Wilfred

Binnings and little Edward Bent were

the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl

Binnings, of New Orleans, during the

Easter holidays. Roland Binnings

come from Olivier, La., where he is

filling an important position in the

employ of Henry N. Pharr, to join the

family circle. Wilfred Binning' re-

turned home the day after Easter to

resume his school duties, Mrs. Bin-

ings and her little grandson remain-

ing in the Crescent City a week.

C. C. Weber, ff Donaldsonville, a

member of tl eakers' 4f au of

the State Council of Defense, was the

orator of the day. at a patriotic rally

held at Hahnville last Sunday after-

noon. Mt. Weber devoted a portion

of his remarks to a plea for sub-

scriptions to the third Liberty Loan,

and at the conclusion of his talk some

forty or fifty persons in the audience

canme forward and entered applica-tions for bonds to the amount of near-

ly $2000, mainly of the denomination

of $30 each.

The sincere sympathy of a host of

fri ends is extended to the A. V. Tem-

plet family in their grief over the

death of young Linden Templet, whc

succuliibed to an attack of pneu+

monia Thursddy evening at FlintMichigan, where for some months

past he had been filling a position ir

the Buick automobile factory. Th-

young man was in his twenty-firslyear. His body was shipped froir

Flint at 1 o'clock this morning and is

expected to reach Donaldsonvill"next Monday or Tuesday.

' ON TIME 'S'--. TRAINS

Via Virgie-Valley RouteLEAVE DONALDSONVILLE

5:30 a. m. and 2 p. m.ARRIVE NEW ORLEANS

8:15 a. m. and 5:50 p. m.For BatornRouge and points north, take Virgie

at 8:45 a. m. and 4 p. m.

Shortest and Quickest to All PointsNorth and East. TRY IT

STR. VIRGIE IN GOOD HANDS.

Worthy Successor to Capt. Davidson,in Charge of Staunch Craft.

Brief mention was made in lastweek's Chief of the arrival of EdwardA. Rucker, of New -Orleans, to as--ume the position of pilot of thesteamer Virgie, replacing Capt. A. D.Duke, who had been in charge of thesteering wheel since the *etirement,f Capt. J. G. Davidson a oouple of,'onths ago. Mr. Rucker was for--'terly pilot of the packet America, op--atng in the upper coast trade.aid also served in a similar capacityon government vessels plying betweenNew Orleans and Memphis. Heomes to Donaldsonville highly rec-;mmended, and is regarded as be-ng in every respect a worthy suc-

cessor of the exceptionally efficientand reliable veteran pilot who for' imany years commanded the Virgie.

The latter gentleman, Capt. J. G.Davidson, was born in the state ofDelaware, January 19, 1845, -andn.ade his debut as a pilot on the Mis-ssippi river in 1869. His career

;inee then has been one of uniformnccess. He was first in the ocean

`ow.ng trade, afterward serving onboats engaged in delivering coal alongthe banks of the river and Bayou La-'ourche. He was employed by theBurnside and Donaldsonville PacketCompany for more than thirteene-irs, and in all of that period not a

lollar's worth of damage was suba;ned by any of their property un-ler his supervision through fault of's. More than that, he saved their-termer Virg!e from destruction on.ept. 20, 1909, when, almost at thehei•ht of the severe hurricane thenag:ng, his good judgment influenced'•in to cut the boat loose from .her'anding at Donaldsonville and pro-

eel to a safe harbor at 81-mileaoint. The board of directors of thecompany adopted a resolution warm-ly thanking him for saving the boat.Capt. Davidson's wife died in thisity in December, 1903, and her re-

ma'!s are buried here. He retiredfrom active service February 2 last,on account, of advancing age, and leftfor Algiers to make his home withhis sons, Messrs. Elmer and Haroldbav-idson. He needs and has wellearned a -. st. May he enjoy it foryears to come, is the earnest wish ofhis legion of friends throughout thissection.

In securing Mr. Rucker to succeedCapt. Davidson, the Burnside andDonaldsonville Packet Company feelthat they have replaced one high-:lass pilot with another of equal abil-ity and excellent chAracter. Thecompany is determined to offer thetraveling public the very best servicepossible, and will spare no pains orexpcnse toward that end.

Death of Mrs. Camille Cire.

The death of Mrs. Camille Cire,which occurred at the Hotel Dieu inNew Orleans at 9:30 a. m. Wedne&

day, was a profound shock to this es-

t;mable woman's numerous friends inDonaldsonville and elsewhere. Aftermonths of suffering she had gone toNew Orleans last Saturday for surgi-cal treatment, and it was while on the

overating table Wednesday morningthat she passed away. Her body wasbrought home on the night train and.at9G:30 o'clock Thursday afternoonwas tenderly laid to rest in the Catho-lic cemetery, the funeral having beendelayed to await the arrival of Mrs.

Cire's only son, Leonce Cire, who is

in training at Camp Pike. Interment

was preceded by services at tle

Catholic church, at which a largenumber of relatives and friends were

present to pay the last tribute of re-

*snect to the deceased and to testify totheir deep grief over her untimelyend. Mrs. Cire was a native of As-

cension parish. nee Alice Erris, andwas 48 years of age. A good womann the most comprehensive meaning

of the term, she was dearly beloved

hy the members of her family, warm-Iv esteemed by all her friends, andrenuinely respected by the entirecommunity. Besides her husbandandd son. she leaves two daughters,M'sces Aline and Heloise Cire; twosisters, Mesdames Casimir LeBlancand Fernand Richard, of Donaldson-ville, and five brothers. Messrs.Nicholas, Joe, Arthur, Sidney andSmith Erris, of whom the two first

named are residents of this com-munity. The Chief joins in extend-

ing sympathy to the bereaved family.

Quarterly Meeting of Levee Board.

The board of commissioners of the

Lafourche basin levee district held

their regular quarterly meetingThursday and disposed of numerousmatters requiring attention, mainlyof a routine nature. It was decidedto retain Attorney W.B. LeBourgeois,of New Orleans, to institute legal

proceedings for the recovery of cer-

tain lands in St. James parish, knownas the Roman tract, transferred to the

levee board by the state, and to. suefor damages for any trespass that

may have been committed on said

property by the cutting of timberthereon. The aggeement with Mr.LeBoargeois provides for a contin-gent fee of 25 per cent of whatever

amount may be recovered by theboard as a result of his efforts. It is

estimated that the value of the tim-ber taken from the tract in question

;!will approximate $1,000,000. A dis-c ussion of the levee situa*tn broughtout the gratifying information thatall of the embankments are in satis-factory condition. It was the con-

,sensus of opinion that the river will

not reach a dangerously high stagethis season. -

D. H. S.NOTES.: y PRINCIPAL R. S. VICKERS.

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School night at the Grand Theatrewill he Wednesday, April 17. In ad-dition to a five-reel picture featuringBryant Washburn in "Filling HisOwn- Shoes," there will be two goodnumbers-one in which Miss Mar-jorie Arbour, known in the state capi-inl as the "Louisiana nightingale,"will sing "Buy a Liberty Bond," and;he other a demonstration of physicalexercises by a picked squad of the D.H. S. Cadets. School night is for thebenefit of the high school and theproceeds will be applied on the in-debtedness due on the high schoolpiano. As stated elsewhere in theChief, the donations received fromthe patrons and friends are not quitesufficient to meet the deficit in thecurrent incidental expenses, and onlythe most liberal patronage of schoolnight will enable us to retain thepiano.

The parish rally which will be heldat Dutchtown Saturday, April 20, isjust one week off, and the Donaldson-,ille contestants are already busygetting in shape. The girls' gleeclub ought to .win easily, and thecade.s will win in a walk in thephlys!cal exercises. With the otherliterary and athletic events which wezhall probably win, it looks as if thechampionship this year will go to theDonaldsonville High School.

As the school has no money thisyear to hire conveyances to take thecontestants to Dutchtown, the goodpeople of Donaldsonville willbe askedto lend their automobiles for this pur-o'se. Any public-spirited citizenswho feel disposed to help us in thisrespect will please communicate withthe principal. The niilitary companywill, as last year, hike the fourteenmiles on Friday and camp that nightat Dutchtown.

The annual meeting of the teachersof the state, which was held in BatonRouge Thursday, Friday and Satur-day of last week, although of the ut-most importance inasmuch as theprincipal topic for discussion was thequestion of increased :salaries forteachers, failed to- -tW -the repre-sentation from the .. D. H. S. that itdeserved. Only Miss~a Stuart, Evans,and McGalliard attended from thisschool, the other teachers for variousreasons finding it inpraeticable to aettend.

Thursday atternoon, oot taisweek and last week, the entire cadetcorps, with just six full squads or 48

men, hiked to the target range whichis located on the Landry battureabout one and a half miles below the

city and spent some two hours in tar-

get practice. Several good scoreswere made, and one cadet, OliverBergeron, on each occasion made abull's eye, which the cadets in order

to gain inspiration to shoot straighthad denominated "Der Kaiser's eye."It is their intention to make a life-size figure of the kaiser for a targetat next practice, and if any one canhit him in the heart-or rather thatpart of his anatomy where natureshould have placed a heart-the for-tunate marksman is to be promotedto sharp-shooter and hailed as cham-pion of the cadet corps.

The state spelling test consistingof 500 words was held Monday andTuesday, April 1 and 2, respectively,and resulted in the following pupilsmaking a grade of 100 per cent,which entitles each of them to a state

diploma: . Third grade - None.Fourth-Fifth combination grade-Irene Birckel, Rosina Maniscalco,Laura Pfister. Jules Gaudin, MelizeLark, Clotilda Gaudin, Amelia Baeca-la, Ida Maltinez, Eva Gendusa, Gen-evieve Dominique. Fourth grade--Test not given owing to the teacher'sillness. Fifth grade-Einile Gre-goire, Ida Rodrigue, Arthemise Ma-dere, Lillian Vellier. Sixth grade-Ruby Dalferes, Bernard Lemann,.Josie Lawless, Camilla Lalomia.Seventh grade-Ella Rivet, Lilly La-lomia, Thelma Petit, Emma Landry,Mary Maniscalco, Henry Maurin.Ninth grade--Zillia Loria, Inez Soig-net, Clyde Hazlip, Gladys Cointment.Tenth grade-Blanche Harrison, Vi-vian Dill, Myrtle LeBlanc, Clyde War-rick, Earle Warrick. Eleventh gradeBlanche Melancon, Frank Constan-tine, Aline Graugnard.

A Card of Thanks.

In the name of the DonaldsonvilleHigh School I wish to express mythanks to the patrons and pupils fortheir donations amounting to $92.50,and to express my appreciation aswell as thanks to Wallace Barron,Louis LeBlane and the others in theircommunity who made up the gener-ous donation of $23.60 for the highschool.

These donations total $116, whichis just $9 short of making up the de-ficit of $126 in the incidental ex-penEes of the current session. As willbe seen, there is nothing to apply onthe piano, which we promised to re-turn if we were unable to make a re-mittance of $50 by the end of April.However, we shall make one more ef-fort to raise this money by means ofthe school benefit which will be givenat the Grand Theatre Wednesday,April 17.' If the Donaldsonville pub-lic feel any interest in retaining thepino, the history of which, was re-counted recently in the columns ofthe Chief, they should patronizeschool night liberally.

Very respectfully,R. S. VICKERS, Principal.

Have you bought a thrift stamp thisweek?

! RED CROSS NOTES.By MRS. E. C. PUJOS.

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Owing to the illness of Miss FredaSinger, our efficient press agent, webeg the indulgence of the public forthe omission of our weekly notes. Weare delighted to say that Miss Singeris rapidly recuperating.

We received last week two valuabledonations in the shape of knittingmachines. One was made possiblethrough the efforts of Miss Dora Kaf-fie, who most unselfishly earned themoney by the sale of excellent potatosalad. The money for the other ma-chine was donated by a friend of ourbranch, whose identity we are askednot to reveal. These donations willbe valuable assets, as they will enableus to increase our knitting capacitywith a minimum amount of labor.

Another donation was made by theladies of the branelfin memory ofClerville Himel, the late husband ofour beloved chairman. Knowing hisunselfish devotion to the cause, wefelt that he would prefer this toflowers. His memory will be with usalways.

A home service department hasbeen organized in connection with ourbranch, Mrs. G. D. Bentley beingelected chairman and Mrs. A. W.Martin secretary. Committees werenamed as follows: Auto service-Mrs. Caleb Weber and Mrs. JohnMaher. Information-E. C. Hanson.R. E. Dill, J. P. Armitage, WallaceBarron, Joseph Gonzales, J. F. Saxon,A. I. Picard, Dr. Numa Himel, CurtisTucker, Dr. J. S. Alison, and J. Leber-muth. All physicians and lawyers inDonaldsonville have volunteered theirservices.

The appeal for wearing apparel andbedding for the war refugees of Bel-gium and France has met with a gen-erous response, and in addition tolarge quantities of second-hand cloth-ing the firm of B. Lemann & Bro.donated a number of. valuable newgarments. All of these supplies havebeen shipped to the New Orleansmint and will go forward next weekas Ascension's contribution in behalfof thtestricken people who have losttheir all through the ravages of war.

Several shipments of surgicaldressings and knitted garments havebeen made this week.

"The ReaSon Why."B. A. Thomas Stock Remedies are

the best, they are scientifically madeand all medicine. They keep thehealth up end feed bills down. Thereis a cause for every effect; removethe cause and the effect removes it-self.

The Poultry Remedies are especial-ly made to relieve all the diseases inthe fsil family and make the henslay.

The Hog Remedy will positivelykeep off the cholera, and if given inthe first stages will cure 90 per cent.

Don't forget to keep on hand a bot-tle of Farris' Colic Remedy forhorses. It is so simple, with a drop-per, that a child can give it. Also abottle of Farris' "tealing Remedy forcuts and bruises on man or beast.They never fail.

These remedies are all guaranteedby your dealer to give satisfaction, oryour money back.

Made by Old Kentucky Manufac-turing Co., Paducah, Kentucky.

For sale by all leading druggistsand general stores:•-(Adv.)

Laziness is vice.s. Make .your dol-lars work. Invest in the third LibertyLoan.

It Helps! +There can be no doubt

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NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.Dnaldsonville, La.. April 13. 1918.N OTICE is hereby given to the property

owners of the parish of Ascension thatthe listing of the property in said pr.r-

ish has been completed and the estimatedvaluation made thereon by the assessor inaccordance with law, and the said lists swillbe exposed in the office of the assessor fordinspection and correction for the term oftwenty days, beginning on the 15th day ofApril and continuing until the 5th day ofMay. 1918. inclusive.

A. S. ST. AjANT, Assessor.

NOTICE.NOTICE is hereby. given that ASCENSION

FARMS & DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.a corporation organized by act. before

Walter Lemanh, notary public for the parishof Ascension, on the 21st day of March, 1914,recorded in the parish of Ascension in Mis-cellaneous Book 7, (olio 263, has been, byproceedings duly taken in accordance withlaw, and now stands, DISSOLVED.

NOTICE.PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the

undersigned, convicted in Ascensionparish of breaking and entering, March

16, 1916, is applying for a parole.RICHARD LIFFRIDGE.

* WANTED.CLERKS for dry goods and general mer-chandise store. Apply to or addressWEILL BROS., Lutcher, La.

, WANTED.FEMALE BOOKKEEPER. State salary ex-

pected. DONA4.DSONVILLE GARAGE,K. A. Aueoin, Proprietor.

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TheCommunication Army

A bird's-eye view of the country todaywould show a mighty panorama of mili-tary and industrial activities.

Radiating from the Nation&j Capitoland from the army and navy centers

throughout thpJand would appear the thousandsof'2elephone'i" es by which all these vast enter-prises are directed and co-ordinated--a veritablemaze of wires linking together the camps, yards,fortifications, plants and offices, and swarmingwith linemen, cablemen and installers, busy withUncle Sam's existinig and ever-increasing demandsfor telephone service.

All this is but a part of the vast work whichthe Bell system is doing, but among the unfore-seen, conditions which the war has imposed uponus is the necessity of practically suspending thecbmmercial development of our business.

Confronted with an abnormal increase in theuse of the telephone and an unprecedented demandfor new and additional service, we cannot acceptor fill orders except subject practically to an in-definite delay. This situation is due to the im-portance of conserving our supplies so that thegovernment's requirements may be promptly metat any time a request is made.

At a time like this, we believe the public willappreciate a frank statement of the situation andwill join us in our efforts to serve the governmentfirst and efficiently.

CUMBERLAND TELEPHONEAND TELEGRAPH COMPANY

Incorporated

Hardware! Hardware!g We a.a offering every article in' thisf- 4 particular line at a

S 1 Cut in PricesIf you are irested it will pay you to call andmake you chases here before going elsewhere.

't forget, too, that we sell

•CHO1 CE GROCERIESCat live-and-let-live prices

Hoie Mercantile Company-DONALDSONVILLE, LA.

Buy a Liberty Bond

Now is the time to dispose of. your-

J U .NKI buy for spot cash, and at liberal prices,

all kinds ofScrap Iron, Metals, Rubber,

Rope, Bones, Bags, Paper,Sacks, Empty Barrels,

Old Gold and Silver,Old False Teeth, Etc.

Also, Pecans in any quantity

ELRAY KOOKEDONALDSONVILLE, LA.

Yards and Office at 601 1 Iississippi'street, nearthe Wharf. Phone 72

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S OS. T. CAFIERODonaldsonville, La.

Iin General ContractorAnd Manufacturer of

Steam and Lorsepower,b Derricks

S;u;3ar House Machinery RepairedSmoke Stack Rigging

, Wire Rope, Turn Buckles andS Sugar Iouse Supplies

F ull Line of Paints and Varnishes

FOR SALE.TWELVE BOILERS, 72 inches diameter,

1 20 feet long, 6-inch flues. Guaranteedto withstand 125 pounds steam pressure.

Reasonable price. For further informationapply to JOSEPH T.. CAFIERO. Donald.oin-ville, La., or at the office of this paper.

FOR SALE.I BOILER FLUES for siphons. 15 to 16

inehes diameter, 27 to 28 feet long. Ap-ply to A. SHERMAN, P. O. Box 218,

Donaldsonville, La.

NOTICE.'.UiiLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the

uindersi.ned. convicted in Ascension par-ish in March, 1916, of breaking and en-

i:ng in the night-time and sentenced to a':rm of six years in the penitentiary, is ap-;yir' for a parole. ALBERT SAULNEY.

FOR SALE.UPRIGHT FISCHER PIANO, black walnutcase. In good condition. A bargain fora quick purchaser. Apply at office of

this pltper.