The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-10
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Items Of Interest from Field and Factory.
Progress of the Grinding Campaign
in Ascension and Elsewhere.
The rain which commenced in the
early part Of last week ceased falling
Monday evening and the mercury took
decided tumble. Tuesday was damp
and cloudy, and in the evening the
weather grew perceptibly colder, the
thermometer having reached the 81
degree mark at some time during the
night. Wednesday the clouds cleared
away, the sun shone brightly and the
temperature climbed slowly upward,
giving promise of return of the beau
tiful weather with which this section
was favored prior to last week. The
same conditions prevailed Thursday,
but alas for the frailty of human
hopes, yesterday the skies again be-
came overcast and early in the morn
ing steady rain commenced to fall,
continuing without interruption for
the entire day and part of the night.
The plantation roads are reported
to be in poor shape as a result of the
rains, and if the present spell OF bad
weather continues much longer the
problem of conveying the cane from
the field to the factory will begin to
assume serious proportions.
! The Ascension Club failed to hold it's
monthly meeting Wednesday, as the
advent of clear weather had given a
new impetus to work in the cane fields
! and sugar factories, thus preventing
the attend ance OF the country members
of the club.
] Manager John w. Tucker, Of the
Miles Company's New Hope place,
| was heard to say that plant cane is
yielding th:rty-fv tons to the acre,
| but the yield OF sugar per ton is still
| unusually small and has not percepti-
| bly, improved since the freeze. New
/ Hope has three weeks more of grinding
| Ia prospect, not having lost working
day since the beginning of this sea-
sons operations.
Evan Hall was forced to shut down
for several days on account of the
| rainy spell, which brought work in the
fields to standstill. Operations were
resumed Tuesday morning.
| J. A. Norman, manager of r. Nc
| Calls McManor plantation, was in
town last Sunday. Mr.. Norman OBJ
served a sedulous silence when asked
| for information as to the results being
obtained at Mem amor
It is rumored til at the Lemann Com
pany, Limited, have sold the crop on
their Belle Terre plantation to E. & j.
| Kock, owners of Belle Alliance. Belle
| Terre is situated on the east bank of
Bayou Lafourche, being one of the
several places owned by the Lemann
Company on this side of the bayou.
The company made an effort to grind
the entire crop on their numerous es-
tates at the Palo Alto refinery, on the
west bank of the bayou, but have
about realized TIL at the task will be too
difficult to perform and are disposing
of quantity Of their cane.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Conl
tain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF smefn
and completely derange the whole system which
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Sue
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
tions from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten-fold to the good you can pos
sibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.,
contains mercury and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken
internally and made in Toledo, Ohio. by E. j.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by all Druggists, 7.c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.