D Oonaldsonvllle Chib
S!fii ial Journal of Ascension Parish,
Town of Donaldsonville and
Parish School Board,
`E. BENTLEY, Editor and Proprietor
E. o. BENTLEY, Managing Editor
SATURDAY. MAY 30. 1908
ANNOUNCEMENT.
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE.
We are requested to announce that Judge
"ul Leche is a' candidate for the Democratic
. ,ruination as jndge of the twenty-seventh ju
cial district of Louisiana.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
the Democrats of the Twenty-seventh Ju
al District, comprising the parishes of
.'mption. Ascension and St. James:
'ereby announce my candidacy for the office
istrict Attorney for said district, subject to
.c Jemocratic primary election to bh held at a
,e to be I1xed by the Democratic conmmittee
. e'eTwenty-seventh Judicial District.
solicit the good will and support of all the
c.nocrats of this district, and in doing so, I
_.,'.ige them. if elected, that I will perform my
,aty without fear or favor.
Very respectfully.
PHILIP H. GILBERT.
William J. Bryan and William H.
aft have exchanged communications
S.:claring themselves favorable to
.,ublicity of campaign contributions.
Hon. Samuel Douglas.$McEnery has
-en unanim:ously re-elected by the
juisiana general assembly as United
tates senator for a period of Six
ears from and after the expiration of
,is present term, March 3,. 1909.
Death has claimed the gentle Set
':alorous spirit of Gen. Stephen D.
.ee, ranking surviving officer of. the
o)tfederacy and commander-in-chief
.,f the United Confederate Veterans.
i'he sad event occurred at Vicksburg,
-'liss., Thursday morning, and was
tie result of a stroke of paralysis fol
?owing a day of much exertion and ex
itement attendant upon the welcoming
,f the Iowa and Wisconsin veterans
'ho held their reunion on the 21st inst.
n the Vicksburg National Military
-'ark, where they had fought against
+;en. Lee and his troops forty-five
,ears ago.
