The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-13
Special Trip Of Ferry Tomorrow.

0peS'ai Trip or Ferry tomorrow.
In order to accommodate over-rivel
visitors who may wish to attend the
baseball game tomorrow afternoon and
the flag day exercises at the Elks
Home afterWard at O'Clock, the fer
ry Will make special trip from Don.
aidsonville to barrow at 8 p. m.
Among the decisions handed down
by the state supreme court last
Monday was one affirming the yer.
dict Of the district court of this par.
lsh IN the case OF Louis Seals. the
Burnside negro who was tried for
murder and found guilty, without
capital punishment.
Come out tomorrow afternoon and
see the home boys wipe up the
ground with Baton Rouge. It will
cost you only Is cents if you're a
man, or Is cents If you're lady or
child, and it's cinch you'll get
your moneys worth and then some.
The fun will begin at o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon hoffman and
Miss Eva hoffman will come to New
orleans this week from their home
IN BrookhaVen, Miss, and will be
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Kohl
man. The family will go to Donald
sonville to attend the wedding of Mr..
and Mrs. Kohlman's son, David Kohl
man, to Miss Adele B. Blum, to take
place June 17.-Times-Pi cayune
The fair given last Saturday, Sun
day and Monday for the benefit OF
st. jules Catholic church at Valen-
zuela was an unusually well-conduct-
ed and enjoyable entertainment, and
merited the liberal patronage it re-
celVed. We have not been informed
of the financial outcome, but judy
ing from the large crowds in attend
ance the receipts must have been
satisfactory.
DR.. Etienne P. Feucht. a we'll
known Garyville physician, has pur-
chased August Braud's drug store at
that place, and has engaged Robert
Higgason, of this city, to manage the
establishment. Mr.. Higgason recent
~ graduated from the New Orleans
College of Pharmacy and is thorough
ly qualified to discharge the duties
he has assumed in an entirely COM
petent and satisfactory manner.
The many friends of Mrs. L. P.
Won Hofe, who has been seriously
i'll for some time, will be delighted
to learn that her condition is much
improved. Her daughters, Mrs. C.
M. Davis, of Laurel, Miss, Mrs. w
S. Thompson, of Lutcher, and Mrs.
William DeQuede, of New Orleans,
spent few days with her this week,
and their visit was greatly enjoyed
by the members of the household
and their numerous friends here
: The monument erected by the Con
zales camp of Woodmen of the World
over the grave of the late Robert
Tracy, in the st. Amant Baptist
cemetery, was unveiled last Sunday
with appropriate ceremonies. The
Grafton was delivered by Representa-
tive Achille /. Picard, who paid a
beautiful tribute to the deceased SOW
ereign and to the Woodmen order
The graves Of other departed mem
bers were decorated with flowers in
observance of memorial day.
AS s it's annual custom, Olive
Camp No IS, Woodmen OF the
World, paid a tribute of respect to
the memory Of deceased members of
the order last Sunday afternoon. "A
large proportion of the membership
Of the camp assembled at the forest
in the Masonic Temple at 4 p. m. and
from there marched in a body to the
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish GENE
teries, where the graves OF deceased
Woodmen were decorated with flow
ers. There We're no formal ceremo-
mics.
Mrs. w. J. Leblanc went to New
Orleans Tuesday to attend the mar
riage Of Miss Bessie May Gaudet,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Amedee Gaudet, to Robert Treat
Paine Lockett, which was solemnized
at the Church of the Holy Name Of
Jesus at $50 o'clock Wednesday af-
ternoon. Among the pretty maids
who attended the fair young bride
were Misses Charlton and Belle
Locke, of Bayou Goula. Mrs Lee
Blanc returned home Thursday eve
ming.
In the district court Monday |
morning, judgment for plaintiff on
confirmation of default was rendered
by Judge Charles T. Workman in the
suit of the Texas & Pacific Railway |
Company VS.. W. D. Park. The COM
pany sued to recover the amount |
OF an exchange for $500 issued to L.
B. Mattingly, its local agent, by w.
u. Park in his capacity as cashier
OF the Bank of Donaldsonvil1e, the |
transaction having taken place on
the day the latter institution closed
its doors.
An interesting event of the coming
week will be the marriage of Miss
Adele Blum, the popular daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Jacob Blum, to David
hohlman, a successful young bust
ness man of New Orleans, which will
be solemnized at the home OF the
brides parents in Chetimaches street
On Wednesday, the 18th inst. at high
noon. The ceremony will be Of
luiet and informal nature, with only
The relatives and a few immediate
friends of the contracting parties in