The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-12-17
Burnside Notes and Leaks.
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By Henry c. BRAND
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of interest here and throughout the
parish. On Monday, November 21,
at St. Paul's EPISCOPAL church, New
Orleans, Rev. Alfred R. Berkley per
formed the ceremony which united in
the holy bonds Of matrimony, Mrs.
Renie Stephenson Braud, widow of
the late H. Clay Braud, to William
Edward Linn. The attendants were
Mrs. F. J. Fahs, sister of the bride,
and George Wales Whiteman,
friend Of the groom Mr.. Linn is
connected with the Pensacola Ship
building Company, with headquar-
ters in New Orleans. Mr.. and Mrs.
Linn are at home at No. 250 City
Park Avenue. Ny best wishes goes
to them for prosperity and happiness
through life
Two veterans engaged in the cul-
tivation of sugar cane in this parish
when the industry was at it's most
successful period, have died in the
past month-Charlton W Locke and
John Brown Humphreys. The former
was identified with the west bank,
Evan Hall, McManor, New Hope and
Germania territory, while the latter
was on this side Of the river, on the
Hermitage plantation. Both were
we'll trained managers of sugar plan
tatlons in the good old days when to
raise cane was to make money for
the owners of the property. The
plantation managers, or as the own
ers would call them, my overseer,"
are fast passing away. Like the ''old
colored NANNY the mule car, the
la cutie sugar houses, the man with
Whiskers, the woman with her ankles
hidden, Santa Claus and many other
antiquated things, the plantation
manager will be relegated to thedis-
card like all ancient ideas and GUS
TOMS to give modern fads the right of
way. Revenous a nos moutons. Can
the sugar industry gf Ascension or
any parish in the state engaged in the
cultivation and manufacture of su-
gar cane hope to approximate the
success achieved during the days and
regime Of Hon. VIM. Porcher Miles,
Gen. J. L. Brent, Henry and Richard
Mccall, J. C. Cofeld, Bernard Le-
mann, James Teller, Emile. st. Mar
tin and others, who had as valued
colaborators R. T. Hanson, James
and John Tucker, S. L. Boote, Alfred
Beckner, J. NJ Breaux, Ellis, J. W.
Gleason and others who may have es-
capped my memory! In those days
every one voted the Democratic ma
tional and state ticket; incidentally
discussd the tariff on sugar, but did
not depend entirely upon who was
United States senator or congress-
man from the third district to make
it possible for the industry to live.
Today it is very different. You
read what Paul Wooton gives in the
Time -Picayune. Senator Brous
sard and Representative Martin, who
are in touch with the situation de-
clare that there is no new cause for
alarm, n fact they are more sat
isfied with the present aspect of the
situation" That is to allay any
fears that the sugar producers might
entertain that they are nenaced by
the admission Of the Cuban crop to
the United States. The question is,
what would we in the United States
do without the Cuban crop to
sweeten our coffee and tea for
eleven months each year? No, it
should be made possible for the su-
Without depending on politics. But
this will never be. Wilson and the
war gave the planters SIT per ton
for their cane, and today nothing
but disaster confronts them all.
Federal Prohibition Director Hugh
Larre, aided by his special adviser,
his nephew, is doing splendid work
in bringing large supplies of liquor
to the customhouse. Seven large
truckloads, taken from the tug Alert,
was safely (?) stored in the big
building this week. Oh! how | would
like to be connected with the pro-
hibition outfit at this particular
time, then / would feel that my
eggnog like the proverbial mule
would yield me kick, a gentle one,
such as we were all accustomed to
and all enjoyed in the good old days
at Christmas time.