The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-06-18

John Walker and his talented daughter
Miss Mamie Walker, of Gonzales, were in
town yesterday 70 attend the closing ex-
ercises of the high school last night
They left for hone this morning.
Full telegraphis returns of the Jeffries-
johnson championship fight will be re-
ceived at Geotge Landry's Welcome
Saloon on Monday, July 4. Everybody is
invited to be present and listen to the ac-
count of the big scrap.
Mr.. and Mrs. jim Bates and their little
daughter passed through town last Sun
day evening en- route to their home in
Shreveport after delightful visit to Burn
side, where they we're the guests of Hon,
H. c. Braud and family
Miss Laura Junlonville, pretty young
lady of GaryviIle, after visiting relatives
and friends in Assumption parish and
/ SNAAN
spending a few days here with her cou-
sins, Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Maurin. re-
turned to her home last Tuesday.
Capt. and Mrs. H C, Whiteman had as
their guests at dinner on Sunday last
Messrs. Guy Hunt, 6. B, Reuss, Louis Lam
dry and K Sphaf of upper Ascension,
Lewis E. Murrell, of Bayou Goula, C. W.
Locke, of Iberville, and Dominic Ducos.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Armitage, of St.
Patrick, were among the numerous visit
ors attracted to DonaIdsonville Tuesday
night by Gov. Vardaman's lecture at the
Gondran Theatre. While here Mr.. and
Mrs. Armitage were guests of the Nichols
Hotel.
John w. Foley of Bayou Goula, was a
visitor to Donaldsonville last Thursday,
having come down to attend the meeting
of truck growers. On the return trip to
Bayou GouIa, Mr. Foley was the guest of
L. E. Murren in the latter's Mitchell tour
ing car.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Bloomenstiel enter
tanned at dinner on Thursday Prof G. L.
Tiebout, horticultural of the state expert
ment station at Baton Rouge. who was
one of the speakers at the truck growers
meeting held at the courthouse Thursday
forenoon.
Messrs. Joseph G. King the efficient
hotel-keeper of the big Cape Cruz Central
plantation at Ensenada de Moro, Cuba,
and Henry Schmidt, a well-known bust
ness man of New Orleans. spent Thursday
here very pleasantly as the guests of Fred.
Werner, ST..
A. j. Harding, the genial and hustling
state representative of the Singer Sewing
Machine Company. spent few days here
this week in the interest of that concern.
Mr.. Harding was looking as hale and
hearty as of old, and his numerous friends
here were glad to see him.
Visit the Welcome Saloon on July and
hear the Jeffries-J johnson championship
fight called off by rounds Complete re-
turns of the noted bout viii be received
over a special leased wire, and every
movement Oft mighty ring gladiators
will be faithfully followed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Lebermuth and
their son, Clark, of Salisbury plantation,
left on the 10Th instant for 0rillia, On
tario, Canada, where they will spend the
summer The Chief joins their legion of
friends here and elsewhere in wishing
them a pleasant vacation.
Mayor Charles Maurin went to Convent
Wednesday afternoon to attend the an
nual commencement exercises of Jeffer-
son College, of which Institution his tai
ented young son, Charles, Jr. is popular
student. He returned home Thursday
forenoon, accompanied by his son.
Jonas Tobias, prominent merchant of
Baton Rouge, came to Donaldsonville
Wednesday to assist his brother, Jasmin
Tobias, in inaugurating the big ten-day
closing-out sale at the M. & J. Tobias
New Orleans Bargain Store in this city.
Mr.. Tobias returned to Baton Rouge this
forenoon.
Lewis f. Murren and j. c. Burroughs,
of Bayou Goula, and Thos. ]. Clay, of
Whitecastle, came to Donaldsonville Thurs
day to attend the meeting held at the
courthouse for the purpose Of organizing a
truck growers association. They made
the trip in Mr.. MurrelIs fleet running
Mitchell machine.
A meeting of the governing board Of
the local fire department will be held at
Phoeniy onera house at 4 o'clock tomorrow