The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-09-23

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Saturday, Oct. 5. B. LEMANN &
BRO, INC.
Rev. Sam. Small, the distinguished
| eVahgeiist and prohibition advocate
VINO viii lecture in the local high
schooi auditorium at 10 O'Clock to.
morrow forenoon, arrived here this
morning from Plaquemine and il
registered at the Hotel Donaldson.
The w. D. Park family, who have
been residing in New Orleans fol
some time, passed through here last
sunday en- route to Fort Worth
Texas, where they will make THEN
nome henceforth. Mr.. Park pre-.
ceded his wife and children to Fort
Worth a few weeks ago.
The local agency of the Standard
OH Company has been provided with q
splendid Pierce-Alrow automobile
tank-truck. This is a great improve
ment over the mule-power delivery
wagon heretofore used, and will en-
able Driver Whitney Grabert to cover
q much wider territory and dispose
OF more auto juice than ever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Terrier Blanchard
were made happy Sunday night by the
arrival of another sweet baby daugh-
ter, whom they have named Madge
Frances. Cordial congratulations are
being shoWered upon the proud young
parents, coupled with the hope that
the little bud may grow and blossom
with the passing years into beauti-
full flower.
The famous registered live stock
Of the Mccall Blue Ribbon Stock
Farm will be exhibited at the Jeffer-
son parish fair. The Shorthorn cat
tie and Duroc-Jersey hogs bred by
Mr.. Mccall have captured many
prizes, and will easily be one of the
features of the Gretna show. The
famous bull, Watson, will head the
cattle herd.
Through oversight The Chief failed
to note the marriage on the End inst.
of two popular young people of. St.
James parish, Joseph Eccles and Miss
Mary Delhommer, Of Vacherie. The
ceremony was performed by Judge E.
Maurin at his office in the presence of
Joseph Dehommer, Mrs. Renardt Del
hommer and Mrs. Mary Eccles. The
contracting narties and witnesses
came to Donaldsonville in automo-
biles.
Matthew Heating, aged 16 years,
suffered the loss of three fingers. on
his right hand while at work last
Saturday on the Cora plantation in
Iberville parish. He was operating u
corn crusher and his hand was man
gled when he made an attempt to stop
the machine. The young man is a
son of Frank Heating, formerly of
this city, and has many friends here
who sympathize with him in his mis-
fortune.
A. A. Delaune, proprietor of the
Riverside dairy, has purchased from
Desire Martinez the latter's Clover
land dairy herd and outfit, the act of
sale having been passed Wednesday.
Mr.. Delaune has added the newly-ac-
quired animals and paraphernalia to
his already extensive dairy equip
ment, giving him herd and outfit
that will enable him to take care OF
any volume of business with which he
might be favored.
Harold Lenninger and Miss Hazel
Croswell, young people of Baton
Rouge, motored to Donaldsonville
last Sunday morning and were united
in the bonds of matrimony by Judge
E. Maurin, at his office. in the pres
ence of Messrs. Gale T. Chapman,
Lucien Acosta and Ed. Dugas. The
couple returned to the state capital
Immediately after the ceremony. The
groom is an employee of a big drug
house in Baton Rouge.
Friends here of Mr.. and Mrs. L. C.
Duhon, Jr., of Beaumont, Texas, will
be interested to learn that they are
the parents of fine nine-pound boy,
their first child, who arrived at their
home Wednesday morning. Mr.. Du-
hon is the son of Mrs. Ida Duhon, of
this city, and is filing a responsible
position in the employ of the Mag
nolia Petroleum Oil Company at
Beaumont. The youngster has been
named Louis Charles, Jr.
Rev. w. w Holmes, presiding ell
der of the New Orleans district, NJ E.
Church South, and Rev. A. J. Gear
heard, a prominent Methodist minis
ter of New Orleans, were visitors to
Donaldsonville Thursday and while
here were entertained at dinner by
Rev. and Mrs. P. O. Lowrey. The
gentlemen were travelling in an au-
tomobile, and stopped at Lutcher en-
route to visit Rev. Gearheard's broth
er, who is general manager Of the big
Lutcher & Moore sawmill at that