The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-02-15
AUCTION SALE A SUCCESS.
The Sum Of $1s5 Raised for Relief
Of Armenian Sufferers.

The Sum of $165 Raised tor Keller
Of Armenian Sufferers.
Despite the inclement weather
which prevailed, large crowd OF peo=1f
pie gathered in front of the Grand
Theatre last Sunday afternoon at
o'clock, for the auction sale for the
relief of the Armenians, which took
place there at that. hour. 70 the
highest bidders were given, IN add1-
ton to the article purchased, a "Save
a Life Button" showing that the IN
dividual had helped in this most
worthy cause.
Jasmin Tobias, the enterprising
auctioneer, conducted the auction,
and through his skill all articles
brought full values. One dozen eggs
were sold for SIS. The bidding IN
many instances was very spirited,
and it took several hours to dispose
Of the chickens, eggs, pictures,
laundry soap; sewing machine, meal
tickets, shave tickets, pop, tables, su,
gar, wine, cigars, etc, which had
been generously donated by citizens
Of the town and parish. n
The person who had jokingly Of
fered to dispose Of his mother-in-laW
for the benefit of the cause, failed
to put in an appearance, the mother
in-law having at the last moment OBJ
jected to leaving her happy home,
and it became necessary for the Ruc-
tioneer to put up an order for a
mother-in-law, with wife or husband
thrown in. Some Of the young la
dies offered bids in the hope, no
doubt, Of landing husband, but final
ly the order was adjudicated to
Claude Himel for thirty cents.
When everything had been sold,
the chairman Of the drive announced
that a money prize Of 81 would be
given the person present making the
nearest guess to the amount taken IN
at the sale. Thirty-fve entered the
contest, each putting up dime for
the privilege, and when the money
was counted it was found that the
sale had brought $165. The nearest
guess was that of Jos. Cire, who
guessed $165.35, and he was awarded
the prize. Other guesses ranged
from $50 to 500.
Donaldsonville is way over the top
with its quota Of this fund. Ascen-
sion parish will follow as soon as the
roads permit travel.
Much credit is due the laRies for
the manner in which they handled the
Armenian Relief drive, and especial
| ly is credit due to Mrs. "A. w. Mar
tin, Mrs. Percy Lemann, Miss Jennie
| Duffel, Mrs. "A. A. sarradet, Miss
Dora Katie, Miss Lilly Bloomenstiel
and Mrs. Jacob Blum for their sue
cessful efforts in putting Donaldson
vile over the top. i.
Sugar Plantation Changes Hands.
"A I. Picard, prominent naer-
chant and planter Gonzales. and and.
Representative ID tle gislature from
this parish, and other leading agri-
culturalists and business men, recent
lily organized the Greenfield Planting
and Manufacturing Company, Inc,
at Plaquemine, with capital stock
of $50, The new corporation
acquired from the Metropolitan Bank
Of New Orleans, the Allemania plan
tation, consisting Of 1900 acres of
most valuable land with an up-to-
date sugar factory. A large and
very profitable crop was made on
this place last year. The place will
continue OPERATIONS under t6e man
|agement and control Of the new own
ers. Mr@Picard is one of thu Dlead-
ing planters in the state, and is
heavily interested in other sugar
planting and manufacturing enter
prises, among them being the Belle
Helene plantation in the sixth ward
Of this parish, of which he is manager.
Sugar Boiler Returns.