The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-01-21
TAKE ANTI-H0DERHIsT OATH.

Pastors OF Catholic Churches i
Deanery of DonaIdsonyiIle Sui
i scribe to Oath Pledging Them
selves to Adhere to Teaching
of Religion.
On Wednesday of last week, the lit
inst, all of the priests of the Catholi
deanery of Donaldsonville appeared befor
:. Very Rev. Canon ]. M. T. Massardier, pas
s tor Of the church in this city and offcia
head of the deanery. for the purpose 0
8 complying with a recent order promul
4 gated by Archbishop Benk pursuant t
instructions from the living head Of til.
Roman Catholic Church, His Holmes
Pope Plus K, whereby all priests of til.
Catholic faith are required to subscribe /,
an oath, (known as the anti-modernis
oath), pledging themselves to adhere t,
the teachings of the church in order to in
sure the religion and congregations in tl1ei
charge from the danger of being imbuec
with certain fads enunciated by an En-.
glish follower of the faith, who was cen.
sured and expelled by the church for his
ideas and teachings.
The oath was administered by Very
Rev. Canon Massardier, and the priests
who subscribed to it were Canon Nassau
der himself, Rev. Moret Of ST. Charles,
| Very Rev. Canon Martin Of Oubre, Rev,
Cools of Vacherie, Rev. Simon of st.
James, Very Rev. Canon Branche of
Paincourtville, Rev. Gardes of Smoke
Bend. Rev. 5DeMaurizi Of Whitecastle, Rev.
Mes of Bayou Goula. Very Rev. Bosch of
Plaquemine, Rev. Jansen of Plaquemine,
Rev. Cambiaire Of Crosse Tete, and Revs.
Scramuzzi and Delepine of DonaldsonviIIe.
Death Of Mrs. J.. Clement Mire.
After an illness which extended through
a period of four years. Mrs. j. Clement
Mire. nee Eugene Poirrier, passed away
at her husbands home on Union planta-
ton, near Plaquemine. at 1905 o'clock B.
m. Sunday, Jan. IS, aged ffty-six years.
Her remains were brought to Donaldson
vile the following day on the 2:03 D. m.
Texas and Pacific train and were laid to
rest in the local Catholic cemetery, after
Impressive services at Ascension Church.
Mrs Mire was the wife Of j. Clement
Mire, inventor of the well-known cane
loader which bears his name, and for
merly connected with the Belle Helene
Planting and Manufacturing Company IN
the capacity of field MANAGER of one of
their places in the sixth ward Of this
parish. For the past two years Mr.. Mire
has been filling the position of manager
Of the Gay Company's Union plantation in
Iberville parish, Besides her husband
Mrs, Mire Is survived by two daughters.
Misses 0phie and Clay Mire; one son. En-
nett Mire;; one sister, Mrs, o. Variant, Of |
his city, and three brothers. Camille
PoiFrier, also of Donaldsonville, Emile
Poirfier, Of Burton, and Desire Poirrier, Of
Smoke Bend,
10 the hereaved family The Chief begs
cave to tender assurances of sincere
PeWs in CornerFieW Church Sold,
The annual sale of the pews In the
Catholic church was held after
high mass on Sunday, jan s, with Repre-
Joseph Gonzales officiating as
'uctlotlneeE. The sale Melted SPAS, with II
'ews yet to be disposed of. Although
his is several hundred dollars short of
ne amount realized last year, it is con-
IdeEad q good showing in view of the
conditions prevailing at this time as a re-
ult OF the poor cotton crop.
At the conclusion Of the sale. Rev. j. C.
sonon, the jealous and highly esteemed
'astor of the church. entertained num-
er of his parishioners at an elaborate
inner, in accordance with his yearly Gus
ON. Those present were Representative
Lucas z. Babin. M. A. Duplessis,
!. T. Braud, A. A. king, L. A. Duplessis, ;
.2EdW. Babin, George E. Bonicard and
!. S. Landry. Toasts of an appropriate !.
nd interesting nature were offered by all
resent, and in every respect the feast
roved most successful and enjoyable
fair. T.
Teachers Certificates Issued.
supt J I. Rusca recently "a issued eeEtifl
ates to the following white teachers:
irst grade-MiEsses josephine Devall,
audrey Harris and lydia Landry. Second
rade-Misses irrna Barrett, Armenia
latthews. Katherine Williamson, Rena
'ertin and Geneva Chambers, and Is. N.
openhayer. Third grade-Misses Eta
t. Amant and Jeanne Matthew.
Third grade certificates have hsen is :
jed to the following eolored teachers:
!. J. Brown, ,. G. Nelson, Victoria Percy !
nd Emma Craadall.
HE QUALITY !.