T e laonalsonvlle CMilEntered in the post office at Donaj.l-

sonville, La., as second-class mail matter.

JAS. VON LOTTEN and G. D. BENTLEY

Publishers and Proprietors

SATURDAY, JAN. 4, 1913.

'.diairai George iDew,_-y, the l_•roof :lai ita :,, as ,7 -:rs old t.he

dacy att:r Chlis:,m s an:d d'.clarcd hefelt as h(-ai.y and "louiig as anensig." iHe at.ribtutes his good con-di.ion jargeiy to inodetra.- liv'ing andie inty of outdoor Exercis e, and headlise thiio;se who wish to (InjoOyhealth and longevity to "cut out ban-quets and late dinners.'"

Louisiana ought to have a memberin Presidntd Wilson's cabinet, and ifour lirouinernt Democrats will makean earnest and united effort to se-

Icure such re:cogniition we believe, tleycan win out. Th-s inter -ts of thestate would be r inmmeasurably servedby hating r0 pres. entation in the of-ficial family of the new administra-tion, and it is worth while to ignorefactional differenrces for the attain-ruent of so valuable an object.

Donaldsoriville bade a noisy fare-well to tir old year, and gave ahearty welcome to its successor uponthe stroke of twelve Tuesday night.With bells ringing, whistles blowing,cannon crackers exploding, and everynoise-making device operating at fullblast, 1912 was consigned to Tihelimbo of years that have passed, and1913 was hailed as the nerw arbiter ofdestinies and fortunes. The rlermrn-stration was one of the most enthu-siastic and boisterous of recent years.

The advent of a new year is hail-ed with glad acclaim, since the yearjust ended has certainly dealt somehard knocks to our section, and willlong be renicembered as one of theleanest and most disastrous we haveever experienced. No one knowswhat the new year holds, atnd wheth-er it will be less fraught with advr-sity and misfortune than memorable1912; but it can inot iossibly be muchworse, and all arc hoping it willbring better tinmes and renewed pros-peri ty.

Felix ahbin, formerly of Donaldson-ville, but now locattd at Fullerton.where he is employed as millwright ina large "say mill, was circulatingamong his many friends here onMonday last and dropped in to shakelands with The Chief staff. Air. Ba-bin, with his wife and family, spi nta r~ortion of the holidays with rela-tives of Mrs. Ba3bin at Whitzcastile.H•e has recently patented a Inechaini-cal device which is expected tomeet with much success when placedon the market, and if his anticipa-tions are realized--as his friendseverywhere hope they will be-fameand fortune should accrue to himfrom the clever invention.

Race Track Practically Assured.Negotiationis looking to the estab-

lishnient of a race track here havereached a stage which seems to assurethe ultimate accomplishment of theproject. The Lemann Co., Ltd., haveconsented to lease a portion of theirland in the rear of the Lemann Addi-tion, adjoining Cleveland Park, andit is thought the park property andthe Lemann tract comnbined will pro-vide a site of sufficient area to per-mit the construction of a half-milecourse. If this does not prove to bethe case, it has been suggested thata smaller track be built, and thestarting point of half-mile or mlileraces be located to the left of thegrand-stand and the finish line infront of it, thus giving the reqllireddistance. Should this site be select-ed, a street in the Lemann Additionwill have to be closed, and the citycouncil will be asked to adopt an or-dinance condemning the thorough-fare. A civil engineer will be em-ployed to survey the tract, and defi-nite action looking to the formal or-ganization of a stock company tohandle the venture will probably betaken in a few weeks.

Greetings to The Chief.From far-off Mexico The Chief has

received a card bearing tihe inscrip-lion: "Sanlliago Maurin desea alUd. felicidades en el ano nuevo. Hda.EIl Aguila. Aoime, Enero ," Trans-latemd, this means in subst(;n,.e:",Jamnes Maurin pl'resents to you iii-felicitations for the new year. Hacien-da Aguila, Ahonme, January .1" Mr.Jlaaurin. who is a popular Doa ds. n-ville boy, is chief engineer of thebig Aguila and Los M3ochis sugar re-fineries at Ahotle, Sina!oa, Mexico.

Another New Year greeting toreacth us from a fo'reign, shore comes'}from ~Fred. Wern-er, Jr., who is incharge Of the sugar-making depart-ment of the Central Teresa factory atCeiba Hueca, ,Manzanillo, Cuba. MF,Werner sends a pretty post-card with: Ithe inscription "Fellz Ano Nuevo,"meaning "Hlappy New anar," andadds a line of penned greeti•r~ andigood wishes.

Other friends who have remember-ed us with New Year felicitations are IBrother Theodosius, principal of thenew Thibodaux College, and HenryA. Terrio, of New Orleans.

To each of these we, extend our ap-preciation for their tlhoightifulnessand good will, and cordially re••jiro-cate their kinrd wishes for L happyand prosperous aWy year.

The big sensational brigeij! sale atCheap Tony's, in the Vega buitsqig,will be continued to Jan. 29, 1913.

A PROJECT THAT DESERVESUNANIMOUS SUPPORT.

It is announced a special meetingof the police jury will be held at thecourthouse next Wednesday to con-sider the feasibility of constructinggravel roads on both sides of theriver in this parish from the Ibervilleto the St. James line, and on bothsides of Bayou Lafourche from Don-aldsonville to the Assumption line.The distance included in this terri-tory is estimated at approximatelyfifty miles, and at the price at which.raiel reads have been built in Iber-

i.tle parish, $1700 a mile, the cost ofconstructing the highways would ag-gregate $81,000.

For the past ten years, Ascensionhas been spending upwards cf $3500a year in maintaining the roads inthe first and second road districts,comprised between the above lines.And what have we to show for themonley? Right now a large part ofthese roads are almost impassable, asa result of the heavy rains of thepast few. weeks, and this is a condi-Lion which obtains at least two orthree times every year. Counting thecost of permanent highways at $1700a mile, and they can be built forthat, as Iberville has demonstrated,tihe money almost uselessly expend-ed in the first and second road dis-tricts during the past decade wouldpay for upwards of twenty miles ofsubstantial roads, good in all kindsof weather.

A plan has been worked out byIS.'cretary-Treasurer C. C. Weber ofthe police jury whereby it may provepossible to construct gravel roads inthe districts named without the levy-ling of a special tax for that purpose.For the fiscal year 1912-13 there hasbeen appropriated to the first roaddistrict $1900, and to the second dis-trict $1200, making a total of $3100.The vehicle license tax in the firstdistrict for the past two years hasyielded a revenue of about $350 parannum, and with better methods of.:cllectcion at least $500 can be real-!zed from this source. In the sameway, this tax in the second districtcan be made to yield $250 annually.Adding this $750 to the appropriationof $3100 for the first and second dis-tricts for the current fiscal year, atotal of $3850 is shown, which canbe increased to $4000 by an addition-al appropriation of $150 from the po-lice jury. A special appropriation ofone-quarter of a mill from the gen-eral fund, which can readily bespared, will yield $1000, increasingthe total sum available for road-build-ing purposes to $5000. It is pro-posed to fund this amount into anindebtedness of -$57,000, representedby certificates bearing 5 per cent in-Lterest, and payable in twenty-five orthirty years; the sum of $5000 yearly,less $900 to be set aside for themaintenance and upkeep of the roads,being sufficient to pay the intereston the certificates and create a sink-ing fund to redeem them in the pe-riod stated.

The remaining $28,000 required willbe obtained from the State HighwayDepartment, coming out of the pro-ceeds of the Q4 ill good roadstax Which Asceisilon, like the otherparishes in Louisiana, has been pay-ing since 1910. We are entitled bylaw to demand from the state, forroad building purposes, one-third ofthe total -amouqt to be expended inthe construction of permanent high-

-ays, which in this instance wouldamount to $28,000.

In brief, this is the plan suggestedfor the financing of the gravel roadsproject, and 'it looks good to us.'There is no getting away from thefact that money spent for the build-ing of any sort of roads except thepermanent kind is money absolutelythrown away. The lesson has beena costly one for Ascension, and es-pecially for Donaldsonville, which haslost thousands of dollars of businessthrough the interruption of trafficover the roads leading to this cityat certain periods of the year. ThisWas demonstrated in a particularlystriking manner dpuring the recentholiday season, when the volume ofbusiness done by our merchants suf-fered a woeful depreciation fromformer years because the roads werein such condition that the countrypeople could not come to town tomake their purchases.Now we are making an effort to

get away from the wasteful, extrava-gant, ineffective system of buildingroads heretofore in use. Every mer-chant, every business man, every pub.liceslirited citizen, not only of Don-aldsonville and the first and second

I road districts, hbt' of the parish atlarge, should attend the police jurytieceting Wednesday and participatein thIl discussion of this importantsubject, to the end that somethingdefinite may be jrccomplished to=ward redeenming Ascensipn from itspresent, conhdtion of Iethargy andbackwardness ~s rpga~rds ids pbliroad sy.stem, and placing it in thefront rank of the state's most prp-gressive and prosperous parishes.

Practical Farming at Oak GroveSchool.

From tu e Monthly bulletin issuedby the department of agricultural ex-tension of the Louisiana State Uni-versity, we clip the following para-•,,,rphs relating to some of the worki";,ing done at the Oak Grove state]tIricultural higi .sehpoj in this par-ish:"W. C. Abbott, together with the

boys, butchered hogs and sold meatfor the school."Sugar cane from the school farm

";'t.ted $75; used for school."ti~ pultry interest in Ascension

has grown ss•••, the boll weevil ap-peared, and MIr` A.bott will help byorganization of poultry ctub anditsltrnction in approved methods."

IEATH OF HENRY M'CAILA Foremost Citizen of Ascension

Passes Away--Distinguished asSugar Planter, Public SpiritedLeader and Charitable Gen-tieman.

Hon. Henry McCall, for many yearsone of the most prominent, influen-tial and public-spirited citizens ofthe parish of Ascension, passed awayat his New Orleans residence on'Newfear's day at 10:45 o'clock in theforenoon. The temporary improve-men* in his condition noted in thesecolumns last Saturday was followedby a sinking spell the next day, andfrom Sunday afternoon until the hourof his death on Wednesday the pa-tient lay in a state of insensibility,taking no nourishment and showing"ew signs of life except the act of

breathing. The end came so peace-fully that the watchers at the bed-aide could scarcely distinguish theexact moment at which the last vi-tal spark left the mortal frame. Theimmediate cause of death wasdiagnosed as sclerosis or hardeningof the arteries, a process that hadbeen in operation several years.

Mr. McCall fully appreciated the,gravity of his ailment and had re-signed himself to the fatal resultwhich he knew could not be longaverted. While he loved life andthe associations of his home circle,and deeply regretted the inevitableseparation from the many devotedfriends in whose companionship hehad found so much enjoyment, yetbe submitted to his fate without un-due complaint and faced the pros-pect of early dissolution, with philo-sophical resignation. He received thelast consolations of the Catholic re-ligion several days before his death,and was deeply appreciative of theloving care and concern of his chil-dren and friends during the periodof his last illness and up to the timehe lapsed into unconsciousness.

Henry McCall, son of Evan JonesMcCall and Angele Longer, was bornApril 24, 1847, on the Belle Allianceplantation in Assumption parish, five tmiles below Donaldsonville on the.ast bank of Bayou Lafourche, which aplantation was then the property ofhis father and the late Charles Kock,from whose joint purchase the es-tate derived its name. Subsequently cMr. Kock bought out his partner's in- 8terest in Belle Alliance and the Mc- sCalls returned to Evan Hall planta- Ction, on the west bank of the Mis-sissippi river, three miles above Don- aaldsonville, the ancestral estate that tuas been in the possession of the t

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HON. HENRY McCALL.

present owners and their forbearssince 1780, when the original portionof the land was ceded to Evan Jonesby the Spanish government in rec-ognition of his services as Ameri-can consul for Spain and militarycommandant of this district, . thenknown as "Lafourche Chetlmaches,"Henry McCall's paternal grandfather,also named Henry McCall, was a sol-dier under General Jackson in thewar of 1812 and fought at the his-toric battle of New Orleans, January8, 1815. He married a daughter ofEvan Jones and after her death mar-ried one of her sisters. Evan Jonesdied in 1823, leaving Evan Hall tohis daughters, and the estate in turnpassed into the hands of Evau JonesMcCall and his brother, Harry Mc-Call of Philadelphia, whose partner-ship gave rise to the firm name Mc-Call Bros., preserved in the title ofthe McCall Bros. Planting and Manu-facturing Company, Limited, presentproprietors of Evan Hall.

"t ie e3>l educatiopi of the HenryM cCall whpse eart1iy c`areer closedlast Wednesday was re eive ijn theschools of New Orleans and at MountSt. Mary's College near Emmitsburg,Maryland. He was a student in thelatter institution when the civil warbroke out, and was sent to completehis education in England and France.He then served two years in a cleri-cal position in a Liverpool commer-cial house, returning to Louisiana in1867 and dn~aging in the cotton busi-ness at New OrTeaiis 1fbr tWo years.In 1869 he assnumed the active nian-agement of Evan Hall plantatiop, andcontinued at the head of the estate'saffairs from that time until hhis deth,occupying the presidency o0 the ic-Call Bros. Planting & Mfg. Co. fromthe inception of that corporationsome twenty-five years ago. Hisfather died in 1877 and his uncleHarry several years later, while his

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The Woman Makes the HomeShe makes it best who, looking after the

culinary department, turns her back resolute-ly upon unhealthful, or even suspicious, foodaccessories . She is economical; she knowsthat true economy does not consist in the useof inferior meat, flour, or baking powder. Sheis an earnest advocate of home made, home rbaked food, and has proved the truth of thestatements of the experts that the best cook-ing in the. world -today is done with RoyalBaking Powder.

mother passed away about severyears ago.

In December, 1877, Henry McCalmarried Miss Amelie Legendredaughter of Emile Legendr , a promi inent planter and attorney, Lriginall3of St. James parish, but t]en residing in New Orleans, where he wa:for years the senior member of thewell-known law firm of Legendre &Poche. Four children were born ofthis happy union- Evan J. McCall.now connected with the International Molasses Company of New Orle-ans; Henry George McCall, a practic-ing lawyer of the same city; LilyMcCall, now Mrs. Randall S. Freemarof Baltimore, Md., and James Le-gendre McCall, 'who is attendingschool at' iCovington, La. Mrs. Mc-Call died in Augfist, 1901, but herfour children surcvive to revere helmemory and to mourn the loss ofthe devoted father who has just beentaken from them. Both Mrs. Mc-Call and her husband were noted inthis community for their innumerabledeeds of charity and. kindness, andfor the readiness and generosity withwhich they responded' to every callfor the relief of 'suffering or dis-tress or the promotion of any worthyobject, hence their deaths havecaused sincere rferet and heartfeltsorrow among all our people.

Mr. McCall filled 'a number of posi-tions of honor' and trust in the pub-lic service. fIe' Was president oftne police jury` Tecension' - parishfor many yea: .t member of theold fourth district lbvee board, amember of the: board 'of supervisorsof the Louisiana State Universityand A. & M. Collegej: and a statesenator for the seventh district, com-posed of Ascension- and St... Jamesparishes, from. 1892 .to 1896.- On,everal occasions political friends

endeavored to induce him to becomea candidate for congress, but he con-sistently declined..to do so, perfer-ring to remain at home and give hisattention to planting and local in-terests. He was an active and in-fiuential Democrat until 1894, whenthe tariff reduction policy of hisparty inflicted such disaster upon thesugar industry that many hun-Jreds of the Louisiana. planters pro-claimed their adherence to the Re-puo•lcan party. Mr. McCall was aleader in this revolt and presidedas chairman of the mass meetingaeld in the Donaldsonville courthousechat proclaimed the new political dis-pensation. Since that time he hadbeen as prominent in Republican coun:uils as he was formerly in those of

Democracy. In 1903 he was appoint-ed by President Roosevelt as col-lector of customs, at New Orleans,'and was commissioned for a secondterm in 1907, serving until April 1,1911, when he was succeeded byCollector C. S. Hebert, the presentincumbent. Mr. McCall's health be-gan to fail in 1910, necessitating thecurtailment of his activities, andthe remainder of his life was spentin comparative business retirement,though he continued to circulateamong his friends up to the time ofhis last prostration, about a month be-fore his death. His cousin, Col.Richard McCall, was prevailed uponto assume the superirtendency ofEvan Hall plantation several yearsago. and still holds the nosition.

Tile remains of Henry McCall werelaid to rest beside those of hiswife in buautjful' 4gtairie Celue erv,New Qrleains, Thupsday foreoopn, a't:er impressive certmonies conductedby Rev. Father Biever at the LittleJesuits' Church in St. Charles ave-nue opposite Audubon Park. The act-ive pallbearers were James P. Kock,Wm. L. Tearney, Oscar L. Putnam,Emile Leegendre,; L. de Diesbach,Emile LeBlanc, Harry McCall andJas. T. Byrne; the honorary pallbear-ers, F. B. Williams, Pearl Wigbt,James Legpndre, J. J: Gannon, B. A.Oxnard, L: E. BeRtle'r, W. P. Flowver;L. A. Becael, R. E:" Foster, ,. S. H(:-bert, Dr. Felix A. Larue, Dr.. . M.Van 'VY anl Ge1 l. .1 . Levtert.

Besides his four children, ,ir. Mc-Calf is survived by an only sister,Mrs. Waiter C. Flower, widow of aformer mayor of New Orleans, andby three grandchildren. -the son anddaughter of Henry G. McCall andthe infant son of Mrs. Freeman, neeLily McCall. A large number of col-lateral relatives and a legion offriebdis I•iite w:ito the amily in la:menting the taking off 'of this esti-mable citizen and high-toned gentle-man, whose spotless character anduseful career furnish a shining ex-ample to the rising generation anda priceless heritage to his descend-ants.

SUICAR SQUIBS.Items of Interest from Field and

Factory-Numerous Changes inPlantation Management Effectiveat Beginning of New Year.

Fred. XWerner, Jr., who is holdingdown the position of chief sugar-boiler at the Cntral Teresa factoryat Ceiba Hueca, Manzanillo, Cuba,writes that grinding was startedthere Dec. 11 at 2:30 o'clock p. m.,the delay in getting under way hav-inP- been due to bad weather. Twothousand sacks of sugar were bag-ged the first week, and the season'suutput is expected to be in theneighborhcod of 125,000 bags. Every-thing was running smoothly at 'thetime Mr. WXerner wrote.Honore Ayraud, chief engineer of

the Homestead factory in West Ba-ton Rouge parish, visited relatives, at.Barton and Belle Alliance during theholidays, accompanied by his charm-ing wife. Mr. Ayraud imparted theinformation that the Homestead millwas in operatiofi only twenty-fivedays this season, turning out approx-imately 900,000 pounds of sugar.

Among the changes in plantationmanagement that became effective atthe beginning of the new year, TheChief has learned of the following:J. XV. Stephenson, =who for the past Cyea; has- le i iii ; hargt'Thf TlrelfCompany's Rivertonl place at Burn-side, goes back to Orange Grove,where he held forth for sixteen years ,preceding his transfer to Riverton.J. F. Saxon, who cultivated the' Clark dplace in 1912, will hereafter direct efield work on the Riverton and Don- aaidson tracts also, and will 'have asassistants Messrs. Van Morgan and VEdmond Truxillo. The former, trans- vferred from Orange Grove, will beMr. Saxon's lieutenant on Riverton, t.and Mr. Truxillo will continue to bserve as second in command on'Don- aaidson.

On the McCall Company's Evan ahall plantation, Overseer Henry cGiroir has been let out, and the field pforces will hereafter be directed sole- oly by Manager Emile LeBlane. The 2assistant to Manager Wallace Barron aon the adjoining McManor plantation ,of McCall & Legendre has also been Cdisnensed with.

The changes in the managerial staffs ,of the various Lemann places have .ialready been noted in these columns. a

The well-known Brou family, who dwere 'formerly interested in the own- Aership of the Hermitage and Bocage Bplantations in the fifth ward, and Bwho cultivated a tract of land on ai

Evan Hall plantation last year, haveleased the Lemann Company's Dugas e1place in the fourth ward, a short dis- cltance below Donaldsonville, and willagain embark in the growing of riceon an extensive scale. They madea success of the cultivation of thiscrop when located on the. Hermitage k1and Bocage tracts, and may be count- aad upon to produce satisfactory re- recults in their new territory. B

Messrs. Lawrence and Rodolph L.MIarchand, sons of Edmond Marchand, ccwill cultivate rice this year on their th

father's nrnnprtv nhmnr ,- nlrm, faAlcee Falcon, of Waggamah, was in

town yesterday or} biisipees. anddroppnd il to push" his sulibscriptionaccompt uu anfither peg. Mt, Faledninforl led us that he and his brother,Adolph, who are cultivating a tractof land near W4aggaman, sold only899 tons of cane this season, as com-pared with 4230 tons harvested in1911, the shortage being due to thefact that the greater portion of theirproperty was inundated by waterfrom the Hymelia crevasse. Theysaved" plenty of seed, however, hndhave already p!hrited '220 acres. Inthe spring' they will Put down 50acres riore, giving them 275 acres inplant cane, besides 80 acres of firs-year stubble end perhapis tsQ acr-ei ofsecond-year stubble, -

Teachers' Examinations.The next teachers' examinations

will be held in the office of theschoni board Jan. 30 and 31 and Feb.1. Prospective teachers, 'both whiteand colored, and all teachers wq!seeertificates b4ve iately expired" .orwill expire before the summer exam-inations, are required to take theaxaminations on the above dates.

The colored schools will open Feb.3. Applications for these positionsmust be filed at once.

J. L. RUSCA, Supt.

Clearance Sale of Men'sand -Boys' Clothing

y OU don't often get in the height of the sea-son such merchandise as we are now offer- -

S ing. Our entire stock of Men's and Boys'Suits and ,Overcoats is being closed out at agreat reduction in pricef. These semi-annualclearance sale of ours hardly need an introduc-tion. There are hundreds of prudent, shrewdbuyers in Donaldsonville and vicinity who knowwhat the savings amount to, and take advan- Stage of them the minute they are announced.Call now and see for yourself.

B. LEMANN & BROTHER IDonaldsonville, La.

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CONSUMERS' Coal Yard andSupply Co.The money-saving coal is the

Sfree burning, no clinker kind,/ / This is the quality of coal we

MONEY sell. Let us fill your order for'S A VIN C coal from our yard, and when itCOAL is all gone you'll feel as if you

had the worth of your money.Phone 41. FREE DELIVERY inthe city.

C.oon PoonR.BURNIP BURNIN

cn J. RUMSEY DUKE, Mgr.Donaldsonville, La.

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALEOVERLAND, 40-horsepower, 1910 model, complete with top and

windshield. Recently overhauled and painted. Price, $400;POPE-HARTFORD, 40-horsepower, overhauled and in good running

order. Price, $250.We have also for sale at a bargain a 3-horsepower, 2-cycle Racine

stationary engine, in excellent condition.' Just the thing for a lightmrotor-boat.

If you are in the market for a good second-hand automobile, ap-ply at once to DONALDSONVILLE GARAGE AND AUTOMOBILESUPPLY CO., LTD., Donaldsonville, La.

Death :of M & P--..Krieger, Sr:Mrs. J. P '. Krreger, Sr., for many

years a resident of this city, butwho removed to Crowley with herson a few months ago, died at thatplace at 1:30 o'clock p. m. Thurs-day, after a ,week's illness, agedeigthy-six years. Mrs. Krieger wasapparently in good health up toCnristmas day, when` she was seizedwith a sudden attack of illnesswnile assisting her daughter-in-law inpreparing the Christmas dinner forthe household. The spell proved tobe the final dissolution of the vener-able lady's faculties and physicalsystem, due to her advanced age,and after lingering in a state ofcoma for several days she passedpeacefully away. The remains were

urought to Donaldsonviile on the2:05 p. m. T. and P. train yesterday,and after services at Ascension churchwere tenderly laid to rest in the

Catholic cemetery.Mrs, Krieger is survived by threesons, Joseph Bergeron, of Cheney-

uille, Bob Bergeron, of New River,and J. P. Krieger, of Crowley; onedaughter, Mrs. John Shaffer, dfAinesviile; two brothers, BaptisteIoudreaux, of Darrow, and Landry

Boudreaux, of Port Barrow, and onesister, Mrs. Marie LeBlanc, of NewRiver. Sincere sympathy is extend-ed the bereaved family by a wide cir-ele of friends.

German Joy.The proprietors of The Chief ac-

knowledge with thanks the receipt ufa timely and acceptable New Yearremembrance from the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association of St..Louis, Mo., in the shape of casescontaining several dozen bottles ofthe well-known oi1 of l1eer mianu-factured py thLt•cot qrn. The joy-giving ,acdkges were accompaniedby t •1 llwing clever letter fromCharl~ e W. Staudinger, the wide-awakd advertising manager of thebig association:

"From time immemorial the turn-ing of the mid-linter sun broughthope and cheer t4 the hearts of all,so let us hope the coming year maybe the brightest of our ti.ge, andto stimulate the asones good cheer,please agept with our complimentsthe little case of 'German joy' weare sending you."

A Christmit Benefaction.J, L, Greenbau4 & Sons, clothing

manufacturers of New York city, sentto J, A. Dalferes, *xpress prepaid, anovercoat which they requested Mr.Dalferes to present to the most de-serving poor boy in town, with theircompliments and Ibest wishes. OnNew Year's day *anager D. D. Dal-feres of the Dalfetes store sent , theovercoat to a widow. in tis city, forthe use of ope '" lir small sons.Tlh, is tVhe k'lndm of charity that

counts, and the (reenbaum firm isto be praised for selecting such apractical method f relieving distressand bringing some measure of Yule-tide cheer and comfort into thehomes of worthy Door people.

To keep posted lead The Chief.

J. STECKLER SEED CO., Ltd.New Orleans, La.

RICHARD FROTSCHER'S SUCCESSORS

Established 1865. The High-GradeSeed Store of the South

Our specialty: Garden, Field andFlower Seeds. Growers and Importeras.Catalogue free to all applicants.

LONG DISTANCE PHONE, MAIN 428.

AUTO FGCR SALE.

HANDSOME FIVE-PASSENGERREO TOURING CAR,

1912 MODELPractically as good as new,having been used only sixmonths. Recently overhaul-ed and painted, and is pro-vided with two extra rims,tubes and casings, all asgood as new. Price, $800.

- Apply to -K. A. AUCOIN, Donaidsonviffe, La._L - • , ,==, ,

S. J. C. 1. Honor Roll.In the fourth scholastic month end-

ing Dec. 20, the following pupils ob.-tained a weekly average of one hun-dred per cent:

Graduating course-Joseph Richard,IEdwy Landry, Lawrence Brun, Ray IBtlumenthal.

Grades ten and nine-Paul Thibt-daux, Marcel Leumas, George White-man.

Grades eight and seven--AndrewCourreges, Francis Mistretta, Percy`-Bradford, Philip Maniscalco, MatteodRandazzo, Joseph Blanchard, PaulMelancon, Lee Fortier, ElpheesDugas.

QGrdes six and five-Stanley BrLeiset, Lawrence Falcon, Gustave Gul•n-shard, Edward Hanson, Oliver Bradiord, Gaetana Mistretta, Robert Cour-

rages, Frederic Landry, FranciscoLeBlanc, Louis Picou.

Grades four -and three-Carl Mol-:ere, Valery, Babin, Carl Bradford.

Grades two and one-C. LeBoeuf -B. Gaudin, L. Gisclard, A. Schroeder• .P. Mistretta.

To all the patrons and friends o•.S. J. C. I., the Brothers of the SacredHeap extend their heartiest wishes"or a most happy and prosperos;new year.

Schoo- reopens Jan. 6 and a largeattedaatee is expected.

Woolens, Silks and Furs Cleanedand Pressed.

We clean anything in the line ~owoolens, silks and furs. Men'a anAladies' suits of any mateyral andshade cleaned and prLe . Pricesreasonable and gat.stagq~lo guaran-teed. Calk VA !j. a44 we will senda boy r Y9u. work. EXCELLENT"PR st f' ILU$, CJarence Ellis,Prsrie or: