The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-03-13

before returning to their home in
Fincastle, Va.
| After spending several days here
very pleasantly as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. j Rumsey Duke, Mrs. A.
@. Whidden, accompanied by her
sweet little daughter, Evelyn Elizabeth,
left this morning for Lake Charles to
join her husband, who is filing a
reportorfal position on the staff Of
the Lake Charles Daily Press.
Writing TO The Chief under recent
date, Jos. j. Dugas informed US that
he was about to return to his home on
Sweet Home plantation, Assumption
/ parish, after having spent couple
of years at Covington for the benefit
OF his health. MIR. Dugas stated that
there has been a material improve
ment in his condition, which will be
good news to his host of friends in
this community and elsewhere.
George Wives, a former Ascension
tie who for the past several years has
been filing the res onsible position of
chief engineer of the big wildwood
sugar factory in Jefferson parish,
writes to The Chief to change the ad-
dress of his paper TO Thibodauz, care
Laurel Grove store, as he is now To-
Gated on Laurel Grove plantation as
chief engineer.
A preliminary contest IN spelling
and defamation will be held in the
! auditorium Of the Donaldsonyille
High School building on Thursday OF
next week, the 18th inst, at s p. M,
for the purpose of selecting pupils to
represent the local school at the pub
lie school rally day exercises to be
held in Baton Rouge nexth month.
The public is cordially invited to be
present.
Miss Lily Mccall came up from
New Orleans today for q weeks stay
at Evan Hall, her fathers beautiful
plantation home, where she joined
Mrs. Henry G. Mccall and her chill
dren, who have been seiourning there
for the past few weeks. During her
stay at Evan Hall Miss Mccall will
have as her guests Miss Virgie Le
gendre and Pauline Loeber, who &C
eompanied her from New Orleans.
Col. C. D. Gondran OF Belle Helene,
a member of the board of control of
the state penitentiary, has just re-
turned from an inspection of the va
rious penal farms cultivated under the
supervision of the board and says thas
the crop, prospects on all the places are
exceptionally promising. Angola,
formerly the big cotton farm of the
penitentiary system, has been planted |
in cane on account of the damage 20
cotton wrought by the boil weevil.
Prof. G.. G. Henson, teacher OF in
dustrial work in the Newman Manual |
Training School of New Orleans, and |
recognized as one of the foremost ex-
ponents of Industrial education in the
state, will visit DonaldsonviIle on |
Saturday, March 20, to attend the
meeting of the parish teachers as
ISOLATION to be held in this city on |
that day. and while here will confer |
with the committee appointed by the |
parish school board to formulate plans |
for the establishment of industrial |
work in the DGnaldsonyille High |
School.
Messrs. L. A. Landry, Jr., James
Won Lotten, Prosper Rodriguez, ST.,
f. j. Eikel and Pierre E. Dalferes
visited Bayou LaPice Wednesday on
a fishing expedition and spent a very
pleasant day, although meeting with |
but poor success. The total catch of |
the entire crew aggregated two small |
sac a. lait, LANDED BY Mr.. Rodriguez, |
and several diminutive gars. Bait was |
plentiful, however, and the anglers
enjoyed themselves to the fullest ok
tent.
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather, the baseball game between
the Tigers of St. Joseph's Institute
and the Teddys Bears ofthe Donaldson
vile High School, and the basketball
contest between the senior and junior
girls teams of the high school, which /
we're to have taken place at Cleveland !
Park yesterday afternoon, were post
poned to next Monday, March Is,
when it is expected large crowd will
turn out to witness the interesting |
contests.
Work on the Plaquemine locks has
been completed and the water will be
eurued into the channel as soon as the
stage of the river will permit the en-
bankment to be cut through. The stage
of the river at Plaquemine is now q
feet, and fall of about 20 feet will be
necessary before the water can be
turned into the locks. On account of |
the high water in some of the upper /
tributaries, particularly the OHIO, it /
is uncertain when this stage will be
reached.
A rousing meeting of Hubert Treble
Chapter, United Daughters of the Con
federacy, was held at the Knights of |
Columbus hall in Mississippi street
last Sunday afternoon, at the conclu
sion OF which an enjoyable informal
reception was rendered Mrs. G. w. |
Breckenridge, of Ffneastle, Va, who
was here at the time on a visit to her
parents, Capt and Mrs. v. Manrin. |
Mrs. Breckenridge before her marriage 1
was Mrs. Jos. v. ST. Martin of this
city, and served for several years as
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