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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-11
A. BENTON, I. ! JR.

D0naldsonYille Youngster Bah
! Hercules-Is seven Months Old
Weighs TWenty-seyea ft,aaas, an,
4 Does Stunts F!lltE ~ Horizontal Bar
The New Orleans Rieayune Of Monda,
last, March Q, publishes double-c column
| picture showing Benjamin Aubrey Benton
Jr., Of Donald ldsonville. suspended from /
horizontal bar held in mid-air BY hi.
father, and accompa panies the unique Illus.
tration with the following clever story:'
The great snositgbt n u td Of the world being
turned son m slS, we again step forward In
i the name OF the great state of Louisiana
| make our bow and present Benjamin Au-
brey Benton, of Donaldsonville. La. His
| age is not quite I months; his weight is
tWenty-seven pounds, and we fondly pro
claim him the hope Of the white race, as
| the Snowman would say.
'Mastor Benton is in daily training, too
Tis true that he is yet too YOUNG 10 de-
yelop his muscles With the use Of dumb
bells, Indian clubs or horizontal bars, but
nothing pieases him more than to grasp a
dnster or broom handle and swing on to
it with a might and main that would
arouse envy in many a yonnggtes ten
times his age. In fact. Bahy henton is
quite well knowa. g ali over his section Of.
Louisiana an account OF his muscular de-
yelopfnent and his fondness for athletic
exercises.
Benjamin Aubrey Benton is tho non Of
b. A. Benton, a route agent of the Pacific
Express Company; Master Benton takes
after hia fAShsl, is faF as weight. size and
u Is development 60, and in this
respect is unlike his mother, who is
dainty little lady. In very truth. if Mas
ter Benton was not a child of a pleasant
disposition and even temper. il would hp j
problem for his mother to- handle Ainp, as
he has avoirdupois enoagh and physical
strength sufficient ", handle himself just
about as ha pieases,.
here E0kes in the name of Louisiana,
Benjamin Aubrey Benton is entered right
now in the free-for- all class for lads Of his |
months. Come one. Come all. He win
take the laurel wreath against the world
for his great and mighty race.
s. Master Benton claims this honor as a |
great, big, healthy developed hoy at the
age Of { months. he d not an advertise
ment for q aeW school OF physical culture, |
or q new brand OF baby food, but he is an
intensified example of Louisiana, the logi-|
cal poina for the grandest and best Of
everything.
Z It is rather suspected that If any lads
anywhere near the age of Master Benton
try to spar with him. they will capitulate
forthwith and say: Let George do il.
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PHYSICIANS

II *. SIMS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
H.. Office in Houmas street. between
Iberville street and Crescent Place. Tele-
phone 80.
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SUGAR sQUIBs.

s- < A0Eg DrOuth Still UnbrOken-Rai
Z Badly Needed for Cane Crop
Activity on Hermitage and Bocag
Plantations N0rthern Farmers 4
Belle Helene.
The drouth is still unbroken and som
apprehension is felt that the crops viii b
quite seriously injured if the prolonged
dry spell continues much longer. No rail-
4 OF any consequence has fallen since ths
flrst week in January and vegetation q
all kinds is beginning to suffer from the
absence Of moisture. The dust is proving .
nuisance to travellers along the public
roads, and the supply of drinking water is
running low in many cisterns. To make
matters worse and add to the discontinue
caused by the dry spell. the temperature,
while moderately cool in the mornings
and nights, is almost as warm as in mid
summer during the middle of the day.
Inc young cane shoots, which were cut
down to the ground by the recent freeze,
are beginning to come up again nicely,
and would make rapid growth if favored
with good, soaking rain. Owing to the.
drouth field work has been suspended and
everybody is waiting and praying for the
doWnpour that will instill new life into
agricultural operations and give the crops
chance to show what they can do.
The Hermitage and Bocage plantations
in this parish on the east bank Of the
river, opposite Donal aldsonville. which were
sold recently by Messrs. nrou & Robert to
the Alluvial Land Purchase Company OF
New Orleans, headed by E. p, Brady, are
being placed in shape to be turned over
to their new owners Ditch banks are be-
ing cleaned, weeds cut down and burned,
fences and buildings whitewashed, and
the places otherwise prepared for deliv-
cry to the Land Purchase Company in
spick and span condition. After formally
.aking over the properties the company
will subdivide them into small farms and t
will run an excursion to the. plant ttssQns so
IS to give prospective buyers an epportu-
4 lhlty y s to look over the land and Judge Of its
erEtI5slify e lFyy and apa FesoNFoea.
Another party Of northern farmers who h
sefe brought to Louisiana by the Payne
Investment Company were shownoye the
'elle Helene plantation in the sixth ward |
+ Ascension on Thursday last, and it is
eported that quite = number Of them
ought outlght faFma ON the place and will shortly
oMa 70 Louisiana with their families.
his IS the second party Of homeseekers
> be shown over the Belle Helene prop II
rty BY the Payne Company, the first hay
le visited the plantation two weeks ago.
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~ ONDRAN, GUION & MARGHAND,
NJ ATTORNEYS AT Law AND NoTARIEs PUBLIC
Office in Nichols avenue, opposite court
house. Prompt attention paid to colec-
fs0ns and civil business. Telephone 1873.
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DoNALDsoNyILLE, La, SATURDAY., MARCH Il, 1911.
TO SELECT STATE TICKET.
Conference of Local Branches CT en-
ocratic Good Government League
to be Held Shortly to Select Cam
didates Ton State Offices.
New Orleans States. March s.

L Z ~
The State Democratic Executive Com
mlttee Of the Good Government Leagueme
Saturday at headquarters, No $50 Cana
street. Letters were received from seyera
members of the committee not in At
tendance, reporting upon the progress 9
events in their parishes
Leland M. Moss Of Calcasieu reported
that conference was held at Lake
3 Charles on Thursday and steps were taker
TO organize leagues at Vinton, Merryville
Singer, Welsh, Sulphur, West Lake. De
B Quincy, j, Lake Arthur and Lake Charles.
A mass meeting will be held at Lake
Charles on March f6. at which John M,
i Parker of this city and other speakers will
deliver addresses
Other parishes also reported readiness
Ior organization at an early date not vet
determined upon.
A report was received from John M.
Farker announcing that there would be
mass meeting held by the Orleans League
at the Atheneum on the night of March is
at which speeches would be delivered an
proprlate to the occasiun
| Ihe following was adopted:
| Ihls committee deems it advisable to-
GAIA conference of the representatives of
| the various local leagues and representa-
tive Democrats who are affiliated or in
sympathy with the cause to meet in this
city at 1880 a. m. Saturday. March 49, at
the GruneWald Hotel, to advise with us
upon various important matters, among
which is the naming Of a time and place
for holding the conference Of representa-
tlyes OF the leagues to select candidates
for state offices, and lay down the final
platform Of principles.
In August last conference Of Demo-
Gratis was called to consider the political
situation and met in this city. The re-
sponse was sufficient to show that there
was q sound basis for our effort to arrest
the alarming tendency Of the party II TO- %
wards political desp ism, "a end the s4s-l
temF e WHICH Is fast carving the state to-
wards ward bankruptcy and threatening to de-
stroy the old party, which so long held /,
the allegiance Of a vast majority Of the
people of our state.
a temporary organization was formed f
and a CAM campaign Of education entered
upon: Ihe work already done has aroused !
Inc state, and there is overwhelming evi-
aenee Of determination Of the masses to
ASSERT their rights and secure a govern
nent mem by the people.
the time has now arrived to take the
lnal step to fully crystalline public senti- i
nent into action and weld together all
he elements that stand for sound De-
nocracy. and put into their hands the com, Il
'ietion OF the task We have temporarily
Undertaken. =
Inc secretary was directed to Issue in :
ltatlons IN accordance herewith. !,
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For. Group.

For Group.
Dr. Bells Pine-T -Tar-Honey is the best
known remedy. Do not experiment-get
the genuine, Dr.. Bells Pine -Tar-Honey.
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Peanuts in Louisiana.

+ The principal crop TO which the farmer
4 81 eertai certain sections Of Louisiana have turn
ed since the bell Weeyil came to abiid
with and worry 1orry Us is peanuts. IN year
gone by when cotton was king in two
thirds Of the state no one thought Of pea
nuts as money crop. Today, man,
farmers in north | ouisiana will tell vol
that they are making more money out o.
peanuts than they formerly made out ot
cotton. On good land, and especially with
a good live wire sort Of a farmer back
OF the business, yields of 40 and so bush
els are made. The average for the entire
country is about 81 bushels. Yields .of so
bushels and more. however, are not m
common Peanuts yielding 81 bushels OF
nuts per acre will give ton or more of
flrst-class leguminous hay. worth $40 per
ton. The nuts bring from rs cents to ST.
per bushel At so cents per bushel a 3D.
bushei yield with one ton of hay means a
return 70 the farmer Of 1920 per acre.
When we consider that this crop, being
legume, improves the soil; that the cost
OF planting and cultivating the crop is no
greater than for cotton; and that peanuts
are harvested and marketed at less ex-
pense than is cotton, we see the advan-
tases of peanut growing.
Ine best variety Of peanuts to grow in
Louisiana for the market or for pastuFing
hogs is the Spanish. These should be on
a Well-prepared seed bed in narrow rows,
only far enough apart to permit cultiva-
ton with horse or mule. The plants
should be Z to 8 inches apart in the drill
i may be better to shell the nuts before
planting bns II II not necessary to do 50.
The nuts in the pods, Of eensss, io net
sprout as quickly as they do when shelled
Two or three civilizations should be given,
and when the nuts begin to form some
loose dirt should be thrown up to the
plants so as to allow the shoot upon
which the peanut is to form to enter the
ground readily
The sandy uplands and pine lands Of
the state are the best soils for peanuts.
Ordinarily but little fertilizer is applied to
peanuts. A few wagon loads of manure
per acre are very helpful, however, and
applications Of 100 to 200 pounds of acid
9hosphate are frequently very profitable.
This should be applied in the drill before
planting Dept. Agricultural Extension,
louisiana State University.
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Children who have worms are pale,
cross, fretful and sickly most ofthe time.
To rid the little body of these parasites
White's Cream Vermifuge is an approved
remedy. When the worms have been
driven out the child grows strong, healthy
and robust. Price 25c. per bottle. Sold
by X-Ray Pharmacy.
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REST AND HEAlTH 70 MOTHER AND CHILD.

z MRS. WINsLow'sI SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over SIxTY#YEARS by MILLIONS of
tFHRTHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. Ii
s0oTHEs the CHILD s9FTEHS the g UAIs,
,AIIAYSa all PAIN; CURES WIND CCLIC, and
is the best remedy for BIARRHQsA. 1t is ab-s
ssolntely harmless. Be sure and ask for : Mrs
WinsloW' s S3efliing syrup and take no other
kind. TWenty-hye cents bottle.
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nR. j. d. HANSON, PHYSICIAN. Of
~ fee and residence: Lessard street,
between Nichols avenue and Iberville
street Telephone 54
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OCULISTS

TAR. Il. y. DIMITRY, Ocul1sr. Of
\ flee on Sundays at Cobb's Hotel,
Donaldsonville, II a. m. to 4 p. m. New
Orleans Office. 714-718 Audubon Building
to 5 p. m.
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PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC.

G KLINE, corner Crescent Place and
VI Houmas street, dealer in dry goods,
notions, boots and shoes, groceries, pro-
visions corn, oats and bran. Phone 1852.
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ATTORNEYS AND NOTARIES

D J.. VEGA, ATTORNEY AT Law AND
1kOe NOTARY PUBLIC. Office with r. Nc
Cufloh, corner Railroad and Nichols ave
nnes. Telephone 313.
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GNR. n. III. HANSON, PHYSICIAN. Of
~ fee: Railroad avenue, between Clai-
borne and Opelousas Streets Phone 240.
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IN HANDS OF MECHANICS.
Pleasure Craft Undergoing Repairs
Preparatory to Service.

The power launch Ella N, be ongine &c
Capt. George Neitzy. is out on the marine
railway at Regan's for such repair work
as may be necessary and to be cleaned
and painted, preparatory to going into
service with the pleasure fleet on the
river. The Ella y. will leave here in the
latter part OF the coming week with her
owner and his family aboard for a cruise
on the river OF ten days. stopping a.
Colon al Beach and other points Of resort
on salt water. Capt. VIII Neitzy Will next
week take his family for q cruise of two
weeks on the river aboard the handsome
power launch BENJAMIN ". which is
being made ready for service.
Capt. Charles Hahn is pushing the
work o. hitting out II S new launch and
will have her In readiness for a trip
down the river July 4. After return
ing from the Independence day trip
Capt. Hahn will complete the hitting
out or his boat and will have her ready
Tor an extended cruise about the latter
part or the coming month.
The auxiliary power sloop Little
Brownie and the launch Louise X.
VIII Oh were out on the railway at Re-
gan's for cleaning and painting, have
been put overheard and have gone into
service with the pleasure fleet on the
river.
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SCARCITY OF CRABS.
Receipts at 18th Street Wharf Be.
low the Average.

The receipts OF hard-shelled crabs
from Chesapeake bay and the lower
Potomac by the dealers at the 18th
street wharf are on the increase, both are
still below the average, both in size and
quantity. The steamers plying be.
tween river points and this city. instead
of bringing up two or three hundred
barrels of crabs at q trip. are bringing
less than that quantity in a week. and
reports coming from the lower river
indicate but little expectation of an in
crease in the catch.
A number of crabbers who began fish
ing at the beginning OF the season, II
is stated. have cut ont, and will take
up other work. crab fishing proving un-
profitable. This morning hard crabs
were selling at from $3.50 to $500 per
barrel Soft crabs are comparatively
plentiful. but are not being caught In
the large quantities Of the past three
or four years.
The receipts OF fresh fish from all
sources are quite heavy, but the de-
mand is light. and as consequence
prices are down. Bluefish, croakers,
rock, trout. perch. founders and cat
fish constitute the bulk OF the varieties
being received by the dealers here.
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Monday evening, pursuant to call
from Grand Master Thomas J. Gates.
representatives from the several branches
Of the order assembled in the blue room,
]. o. o. +. Hall, TO form a joint COM
mittee to perfect arrangements for the
annual reunion OF the Odd Fellows OF
Pennsylvania. Maryland. Virginia. West
Virginia and the District OF Columbia.
to be held at Pen Mar, August 10 Grand
Warden DR.. Edgar d. Thompson, as
chairman OF the meeting called the roll
OF representatives. Every subordinate
lodge. encampment and Rebekah, lodge
was represented.
The reports from the lodges and en-
| campments were encouraging. and in
friends would attend the reunion than
was at first expected DR.. Thompson
stated all general arrangements had been
perfected by the general committee, and
the program at the reunion would in
clude an invocation by the grand chap
lain OF the state of Maryland. and that
ex-Gov. Warfleld OF Maryland would
preside at the meeting. and introduce the
speaker OF the day. Representative
Norris past grand master from the state
Of Nebraska. Following the address the
cantOns present Will confer the decoration
of chivalry in public upon number Of
ladies from the states represented at the
reunion The Indications are there will
be present eight, and possibly ten. cam
tons. including Canton Washington. No
!. of this city. The canton having the
largest number OF members present in
. uniform VII receive $15 as first prize
and the canton having the next largest
/ membership. so. The committee adjourn
ed to meet again in the blue room. |. O.
0. F. Hall, Monday evening. July 10. at
100 when the question OF suitable
badges and the feasibility of taking
band from this city will he determined
The hope is expressed that the reunion
Will awaken the membership in tn and
all jurisdictions represented. Trains will
leave the Union station Thursday morn
ing promptly at o'clock. and. returning
leave Pen Mar at 7:3O pm. reaching this
city over the Baltimore and Ohio at about
Il 80 pm DR.. Thompson. the represent
rotary ". f. Clapp may be applied to for
special Information.
Mount Nebo Encampment, No. 4, will
hold a special session Friday evening in
the encampment room for the purpose of
comforting the patriarchaf degree upon
three candidates. Grand Patriarch w. ].
that as many members of the encamp-
.nent branch of the order as can will
attend this session and aid In comforting
the degree
Washington Lodge. No g. conferred the
second and third degrees upon Harry P.
Wiley +. NJ. G.. Smith and Valentine
Waterholter Tuesday and eleeted officers
70 serve during the next six months. They
will be installed Thursday evening. Fol-
lowing the comforting of the degrees 4
social hour was spent. The following
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MISCELLANEOUS.

During the past week elections have
been held by the several councils Of the
Junior Order OF United American Ne.
chanics as follows:
Reno Council, No. 4B-Councilor w. H
Walther: vice councillor. C. E Benson
conductor. j. r. Lumsden; warden. Jesse
Butts: inside sentinel. E. f. Crockett
outside sentinel. Clarence Walther: trus-
tee, eighteen months. p. NJ. Walker: del
committee, A. o. Burgdorf.
Anacostia Council, No l6-Councilor, L.
Griffith: vice councillor. J. w. Crawford
warden. r. H. Norton: conductor, T. NJ
Hardness; inside sentinel, J. r. Burch
outside sentinel, G. w Robey: chaplain.
W. T. Free: trustee. eighteen months. r.
A. Sansberry.
Mount Vernon Council, No. 1O-CounciIor
Charles Sanderson; vice councillor. J. A.
Frazier; assistant recording secretary.
George a. Cohill: conductor, w. q. IL
rick: warden. John a. H. Hargett: in
side sentinel. r. G. Griffith: outside sen
tinel. j. NJ. Shepard: chaplain. James A.
Hays: trustees Guy NJ. Yost +. r.
kress, f. y. Schwenk: recording secre-
tary. John e. Smallwood; financial secre-
tary William I. Carter. and treasu: er.
William IL. Pyles.
Andrew Jackson Council, No. 6-Coun-
cilor. George L. Sebastian: conductor. W.
j. Mudd1man; warden. August Tracy: in
side sentinel. w. B. Vinton. jr.: outside
sentinel, Thomas Anderson; chaplain
William La Roche: trustee. eighteen
months. NJ. l. Cook: recording secretary.
NJ. L. Cook: financial secretary. E. c..
Maddox treasurer. G. W. Hall.
Star Spangled Banner Council, No. s.
Councillor. E. J Barjarow: vice councillor
J. r. Minor; conductor. Charles Hopkins:
warden. William Price: inside sentinel.
z. King. outside sentinel, James Hall;
chaplain, l.. II. FrenZel: trustee. eighteen
months. w. L. Garner; recording secre-
tary, r. f.. Henault: financial secretary.
Charles Magill treasurer. James II. Os-
born.
Edward J. Ross Council. No. 26-Junior
oast councillor. James w. Allison: ooun-
cilor, Oliver T Redden; vice councillor.
Edward j. Netherton; recording secre-
assistant recording secretary. George W.
Swift re-elected): financial secretary.
Harry \. Beck Ge-elected): treasurer.
Emory L. Balderson (re-elected): warden.
Price T. Groves re-elected): conductor.
William r Snnott: inside sentinel, w. r..
Fry: outside sentinel. William Fl. Lam
ham: degree master. L. r. Winner ire
electeO: representatives to State Coun-
William J. Parr. w liam T Lowe george
w. Turnburke. Harold Fl. Moye l.. w.
Payne and Harry A. Beck.
In addressing the members OF the sew
eral councils of the Junior Order OF
American Mechanics last week National
T. z. Skinner, who had
returned from the national ses-
sion of the order at Tiff1n. Ohio. explain
ed what had been accomplished at the
session for the benefit Of this jur' sdiction
Mr. Skinner dwelt particularly upon the
non sectarian orphans home which is
n maintained by the order at Tiffin and
which now houses 3O6 children. He said
there was q hospital attached to the
home which was patronized even outside
the order. Of the eight graduates at the
high school Of Tifhn recently. he said, six
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rank OF page at its convention tomor.
row evening.

The committee having in charge the
moonlight excursion to Indian Head, to
be given by the ChancellOrs' Associa-
ton. Mark w. Moore. jr., chairman. held
meeting Tuesday evening to make final
ARRANGEMENTS. 1t decided TO prepare .
program for the occasion in the shape of
booklet to be styled "A Night for the
Knights" in which will appear all the
important data concerning the trip and
some half dozen popular songs to be used
during the trip.
Mrs. Warren ]. Coffin was hostess at
an afternoon euchre Thursday. It being
the last of q series given for the bene-
fit of the Grand Temple of Pythian Sis
tiers of Virginia to aid in meeting the
deficiency incurred at the meeting held
In Washington In May
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ere children from the home. The as

were children from the home The DIS
cipline Of the home was espec'a ally COM
mended, and one Of its methods OF deal
ing with refractory pupils caused much
laughter They have a racecourse. he
said. around which all the boys and girls
were lined up when q boy was to be pun
ished. His punishment consisted. he said,
In being obliged to race around the track
while his home mates stood around laugh
ing at him. One treatment, he said, was
usually enough to make q model boy.
His remarks aroused enthusiasm and evil
IDENTIFY a deeper interest in the home than
had heretofore been felt in this jurisdic-
ton.