THE DONALDSONVILLE CHIEF.A Wide-Awake Home Newspaper-Published Every Saturday-Subscr1pion i acc : •.

VOLUME L DONALDSONVILLE, LA., SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1921.C .. ,Lm• .** ,• •._= mn nm n . u m Ii na. . N ..I-. res.... ! .. I n , n.,mum uma m an u ... Un . i n n .. nu .... .... n .n .. i m m N B 4ira

Sure enouh&e ald Ixswen4 lan meIT. WAS .whale, PUSHED HER around.OF A hill, and the old but, PULLED A thing-a-ma-Jig.

GROANED AND shuddered. AND THE blame boat.

AND FINALLY stalled. BACKED UP the hill.

AND YOU could try eggs. WITHOUT EVEN hesitating,

ON THE radiator. SO I' learned a trick.

WELL, WHAT I know. WHICH EVERY driver.

ABOUT BUZZ wagons. SHOULD REMEMBER.

COULD BE written big. WHEN IN doubt, light up,

ON A postage stamp. A "SATISFY" cigarette.

BUT I fiddled around. FOR WITH one of those.

AND TORE my new shirt. GEARED TO your teeth.

AND GOT all smeared up. YOU CAN start anything.

THE ENGINE would start.

BUT LIZZIE wouldn't.

Atr. Tight Tins of 50 NOT ON that hill.Ask your dealer to show . . C T didn't take much persuasion to

you the new vacuum- SO I quit and lit up. get Chesterfields going--they'resealed tins of 50 Chester- * elf-starters. Thatblend of fine Turk.lIelds. A compact, con- ONE OF my cigarettes. ish and Domestic tobaccos makesvenlent and absolutely * 9 friends by the millions. Another thingAIR-TIGHT packing-- AND THOUGHT it over. -you don't find a Chesterfield smok.IRTIH pc *ig er "shifting" brands-he's in "high"the cigarettes keep fresh THEN I had a hunch, all the time.indfinitely. ..

CIGARETTESLIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO.

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JURY VENIRE.

wentyri venth tisiciatl Diutrtit Cotrt.

IN A'CORDANCE with Act No. 1t5 of thegeuneral ausemlly of the state of ,Louisi-ana, nprrored .lull 13. IS9t, and amend-

ed by Act No. 58 of the acts of the generalasset*hly of Louisiana, approved June 29.1904. and subsequent amendm',nts thereto,the jury comuni;smners in and for Ihe parishoIf Ascension, Louisiana. met at the office fl'the clerlk af rourt of said paIri:- and state onFriday. June 24, 1921. and then and there,'roceeded to select and draw a grand andletit jury to serve according to law at theseuoion of court beginning Monday, July 11,1921, it tle following maner., viz:

O7RAND .ITJURY.Name WardRobert llrand ....... INicholas Eris ........ .. . 21E. H. tlarto ... . ... ............P. P. Blanchard .... 4James P. Armitae . ...... 41I. F:. 4Gausey .. . 6Demire Falonr . . . .. ... .W. . Edward: .... .. .Felix St. Amnant 9iHenr, V. icens .. .... 10

Maurire Oubre .. ....... ..R. . Nol ..... ..Edward Rlm bier 3..T. 4'. Babin .. . .4Paul I3raud . ............. .... 5,obert Laoux . .... .E. I'. Barrios ... ....

arrisot. 'ounne 9Vn.. . Sm. iley ..... 10

Dwursey 6V)aiolie 90Petit julry drawn for the setcon week of

the .*utioin hevipninr Mntd:ly. ,July 1S, 1921:

Name WardA. rca dl . ...... 9A.' P. Michel. 4Paul huau .. ... ... 4Johrn Onre 4Oscar P. lahin ..... 10Louius (audin . .............. 99osepL P. 'Ihiar .. . . 4Nestor Landlry 10Alex ll'ile . 4Ilazile tertcr u 9t. J. i•i:ter .........4'. L. ornmeautnx ...Richar4 Shtakeltu.. 4Geo. It. 'lucker .10Frank Ilariento . 3I. II. Rutler 10A. C.Gra i . 5Iuseplh A. IPertuis ... 9Paul i.. louchereau .. 4lHenry Alonzii 3E. W. St. Amaut 9

. . ar un .. .... ... 4Henry ltuo ih . ... . 4Merritt lunr ..... .10Waldon C. e lne ....... 4David Dil .. 4Rene Cassiird . 3Ieorge Sevari, . . 9tllwis Ial louin . 9Wil• on 'Wag rl':sli.n I

I hcriby certify tli ailov l and to goi gio he a true and corr.ct1 liit of the grandand fetil juri+s drawn to serve at the Julyestiilon, 192i, of the T'we'nty-Seventh Judi-lial Iistrtict Court for the parish of Ascen-dton, lbeginnet Mnonday, July I I, 1921.

In faith ltllreof. witness my hand and,ea t ofi ottic at Donatldsnville. La., this:l4t hla of .-fun , 1921.

At. NI aLANC iN, c h:' ,f ('Court.

Fair at Darrow Opens Today.The big two-day fair for th hbenefitof St. Ann's Catholic church,Darrow, will open today and close to-morrow. There will be plenty of goodthings to eat and drink. Music willbe furnished by "Toot" Johnson bandof Baton Rougoe and dancing will Ieone of the features each day. Every-body is cordially invited to attendand a good time is promised to all.The affair is under tlMe managementof [. C. Falc:t.

3*. II. llanchard has retired fromthe firm of Tamplain & Blanchard,local aIigents for Overland Itil Mitchellrars, and has ace'pted a positionWith the Aseetsionl Auto Companyof this eitv. which handles the Buick.eadillae anild Dodge automobiles, andWill he the tra'celing representativeof the compa:ny. Mr. Blanchard haslears of experience in this line ofWork and it goes without saying thath@ will "make good" in his new posi-iion. The Chief wishes him success.

Advertise in The Chief.

First Communion at Smoke Bend.A class of 126 boys and girls made

Sr-n oom • -at St.Francis of AssiKitum -Catholic church,Smoke Bend, at 7 o'clock this morn-ing. Rev. A. Loots officiated, and thesacred edifice was crowded with rela-tives and friends of the young com-municants.

Sometime next month, about fortychildren will make their first solemncommunion, at St. Anthony's church,in Darrow.

The usefulness and effectiveness ofthe seaplane as an instrument ofdestruction in war was clearly demon-strated in a test made off CapeCharles, Va., this week, when a 163-pound aerial bomb, dropped from anF-5-L, seaplane, sent the former Ger-man submarine U-117 to the bottomof the Atlantic ocean. The bomb washurled from an altitude of 1100 feetwhile the plane was moving at aspeed of 100 miles an hour.

Advertise ! It pays every time !

FENWAY Cross 'trap anda l

t lother says--

T have never seen her play so happil,,She always used to complain after a little while. But

since she has been wearing those Hood sandals, she rompsand plays from morning till night, and never seems to tire.,I can hardly get her to wear anything else."

Rest the growing young feet from their confinement instiff containers. Buy Hood Cross-Strap Sandals. Brownduck uppers, with white binding and white lining. Dainty,:kttractive little shoes that wear quite as well as they look.'3'he extra wear comes from the patented Hood Process.'

edsk any dealer or write us.

Hood Rubber Products Co.. Inc.Watettown, Massachusetts.

LEISURE VssarOtfo EDEN Whitt OQforn

Here is a smart summer shoe, Here is a stylish, comfortablelight and graceful as a canvas and durable shoe designed es-

shoe can be. A trim, well-fitting pecially for the informal after-shoe that holds its shape, easy to noon call, for shopping or for

shoe that holds itsshapeeasy to the "Movies" in the evening.clean, wears welland is unusually Will retain their smart lines andcomfortable. For afternoon or are quickly cleaned. Hood Can-evening wear. Saves the more vas Shoes are useful, restful, at-expensive leather shoes, too. tractive. and economical.

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Kuntz Named Collector.Emile Kuntz, Republican national

committeeman frorm Louisiana andhead of the so called "black andtan" wing of the Republican partyin this state, has been appointed byPresident Harding, collector of theport at New Orleans, to succeed thelate Murphy J. Foster. Mr. Kuntz'sappointment had been rumored formany weeks although former GovenorH. C. Warmouth was a strong con-tender for the place and his friendsappeared confident of his appoint-ment. The latter are said to havdbeen very much surprised at thenaming of Mr. Kuntz. The rumoris laid to prevail in the Crescent Citythat an understanding has beenreached by the two factions futureappointments. Dr. A. D. Lines, whowas endorsed by the Puntz factionfor collector of internal revenue, willnot be appointed to this post but willbe named postmaster of New Orleans,and another will be endorsed for theinternal ervenue office.

LEGION POST ORGANIZED.

Large and Enthusiastic Meeting of Ex-Service Men at Elks' Home.

Nothing succeeds like success and ifthe enthusiasm which prevailed atthe meeting of ex-service men heldat the Elks' home Wednesday nightcounts for anything, the future ofthe Ailerican Legion here is well es-tabl,ished.

c ur . the direction of James C.Cassery, vice commander of - theLouisiana state department of theAne.ican Le;!ion, a post was organ-ized with an almost full attendanceof lthe nembers. Tne post was namedaft-,' Bennetat Baoi~n. the Donainson-vil! iy, I, acrificed his life forth l hoor of his country in the greatw: ri Tar. The charter membership;s forty-five, and this will be doubledin the near tuture.

The aims and objects of the organ-ization were explained by Mr. Cas-serly,and addresses were delivered byWalter Lemann and C. C. Weber insupport of the movement. CharestThibaut spoke in behalf of Mayor Jos.N. Gisclard and promised the organi-zation the unqualified support of thecitizens of the town. The memberspledged full co-operation in all mat-ters concerning the work of the Le-gion.

The following officers were elected:Hubert Richard, post commander;Dr. D. T. Martin, vice post command-er; Arthur P. Michel, post adjutant;Adam LeBlanc, post finance officer;Rev. C. M. Chambon, post chaplain;Frank Mistretta, post historian; Les-lie A. LeJeune, sergeant-at-arms,Gordon Gisclard, post publicity officer.Jos. V. Gaudin, Edward Landry andPaul Bouchereau, executive commitee.

The following is a list of the ex-soldiers who joined the Bennett BabinPost: *

Hubert Richard, Dr. D. T. Martin,Arthur P. Michel, Adam Le Blanc,Rev. C. M. Chambon, Frank Mistret-ta, Leslie A. LeJeune, Gordon Gis-clard, Joseph V. Gaudin, EdwardLandry, Paul Bouchereau, MichelBlouin, Charles Weil, Sunny Melan-con, Willie Ourso, Fred P. Landry,Camille Esneault, Sam. H. Richard,Sidney Acosta, Dr. Theo Weber,Pepino Constantino, Jos. T. Wilbert,Peter Medus, Richard Stakelum, Wil-fred Poirier, Peter Hebert, Jr., SamM. Richard, Isidore Marx, Fred Rogge,Jr., E. B. Holbrook, Joseph Mistretta,Salvador Mistretta, Milton Simoneaux,Colombon Simoneaux, Charest Thi-baut, Dr.' Paul T. Thibodaux, AlexCollet, Lawrence Falcon, L. E. Mason,Dr. C. Goette.

Big Mid-Summer Sale.The Fashion store, one of the lead-

ers of fashion and low prices, announ-ces a big mid-summer sale, to opennext Friday, July 1, and to continuefor ten days. In a half sheet poster,containing a partial list of the valueswhich will prevail at this event, theproprietors of this popular establish-ment state: "We take pleasure inannouncing another special bargainsale at the Fashion, and every timeyou spend your time at one of them,you wish they would come more often.Wehn it comes to saving money,every one is ready to take advantageof it. This time we are offering youbigger bargains than ever. Be onhand to get your share of the manybargains." The list of bargains willinclude all kinds of cottons, ginghams,sheeting, damask, towels, silks andother dress good, ready-to-wearclothing for ladies, children, men andboys, also special values in under-wear, hats, shoes, millinery, etc., atprices not seen here in many years.A large and varied stock to selectfrom. Polite and accommodatingsalesmen and salesladies to wait oncustomers.

Leaving on Extended Trip.Alex Blomenstiel, owner of the

Grand Theatre in this city and thibo-daux, will leave early next week foran extended trip, combining businesswith pleasure, to Memphis, Nashville,Little Rock, Hot Springs, St. Louisand other points, where he will gatherideas on up-to-date theatre constrac-tion. He will be joined in Memphisby Mr. Higginbotam, who operates theColumbia Theatre at Baton Rouge,and the two will arrange for the bestvaudeville ever brought south, forthe coming season, for this city, BatpnRouge, Plaquemine, Thibodaux andother neighboring towns. The ideasgathered by Mr. Bloomenstiel will beused in the construction of his newtheatre which he intends to buildin Thibdaux in the near future. Mr.Bloonmenstiel will be accompanied onthe. trip by his wife and charmingdaughter, Miss Pauline Bloomenstiol.

Allen's Brick Yard.In an ad appearing elsewhere in

The Chief, F. H.,Allen, proprietor ofAllen's Brick Yard, announces thatbeginning Monday, June 27, he willbe prepared to sell first-class redbricks, manufactured at his plant onthe west bank of Bayou Lafourche,near the T. and P. railroad bridge.The bricks manufactured by theAllen brick yard are considerablylarger than the ordinary bricks andbeing as easy to handle, a bricklayercan lay in a day as many as thesmall size, thus resulting in a greatsaving. The plant is provided withmodern equipment and is up-to-datein every particular. The bricks turn-ed out by this factory are of an ex-ceptionally fine quality and will no

loubt find a ready market.

B. Lemann & Bro., Inc., have onsale some of the most popular maga-

zines published in this country, suchas Hearst, Cosmopolitan, Harper's

Bazar. Good Housekeeping, Motorand others. All of them are full ofinteresting reading matter, beauti-fully illustrated. Lovers of good liter-ature are invited to call and get thelatest editions of these popular publi-cations. See the ad elsewhere in TheChief.

You will enjoy the bachelor's firstsweetheart and his first party at theCommunity Theatre, Wednesday,July 6.

CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION.

New Officials Hold First Meeting andTransact Much Business.

Donaldsonville, La., June 20, 1921.The commission council met this

day, with the following commissionerspresent: Jos. N. Gisclard, Charest Thii-baut and D. Ohlmeyer. Absent-none.This being the first meeting of the newcouncil, the members of the old coun-cil were present, to' wit: Dr. E. K.Sims, Alex. Blomenstiel and JohnSchaff, through invitation of the com-missioners.

The minutes of the last session heldMap 12 were read, and on motion ofMr. Ohlmeyer, seconded by Mr. Thi-baut, the minutes were approved andordered signed. Mr. Bloomenstiel,on behalf of the citizens of Assump-tion parish, asked the council for anappropriation of $100 to be sent toGeo. W. Dodge, treasurer of the fundnow being raised to complete a smallstretch of gravel in Assumption par-ish which would connect the city bygravel road with Napoleonville, Thibo-daux and other towns along the bayou.It was moved by Mr. Thibaut, second-ed by Mr. Ohlmeyer, that the appro-priation be made, and that check for$100 be forwarded to Mr. Dodge.

A communication was received fromthe Municipal Light and Water Com-mission, requesting the council to ap-point Alex Bloomenstiel a memberof the municipal Light and WaterCommission to fill the vacancy causedby the resignation of Mr. Jos. N. Gis-clard. It was moved by Mr. Thibaut,seconded by Mr. Ohlmeyer, that Mr.Bloomenstiel be appointed a memberof the Municipal Light and WaterCommission.

It was moved by Mr. Ohlmeyer,seconded by Mr. Thibaut, that meet-ings of the council in future be heldat 8 p. m. instead of 7:30 p. m.

The following report of receipts,disbursements and balance for the

"onth of May was read:GENERAL FUND.

April 30- Balance............ ................ $4076.80May '30-Receipts for month, as per

cash book .. ........... ......... 285.22

Total....... ............. ....................... $48 62.02Disbursements.

May 30-Disbursements for month,as per cash book........................ 1802.82

May 30-Balance in general fund....$2559.20BQND FUND.

April 30-Balance ................ $4632.94May 30-Same no change.

The following bills were read, ap-proved and ordered paid:Ascension Lumber Yard.......................$29.00Donaldson Lumber Yard.................... 31.78Germo Manufacturing Co...................... 79.46

Not having any further business tocome,before the meeting, it was mov-ed by Mr. Thibaut, seconded. by Mr.Ohlmeyer, that the council adjourn.

J. C. BOUCHERTAU, City Clerk.

Recommends Chamberlain's Tablets."Chamberlain's Tablets have been

used by my husband and myself offand on for the past five years. Whenmy husband goes away from home healways takes a botle of them alongwith him. Whenever I have thatheavy feeling after eating, or feel dulland played out, I take one or two ofChamberlain's Tablets and they fix meup fine," writes Mrs. Newt'on Vree-land, Minoa, N. Y. Take these tab-lets when troubled with c stipationor indigestion and they w1 do yougood.- (Adv.)

All refiners reduced the price ofsugar to the basis of 5.50 cents forfine granulated last Tuesday. Thisis the lowest price at which sugar hasbeen quoted in seven years, and it isbelieved to have reached the bottomand that an advance will take placesoon.

Sold only by dealers

give tire mileageat the lowest cost

in history

30x3NON-SKID RED-TOP CORD

$15.00 $22.00 $27.50Reduction on all styles and sizes

A New Low Price on aKnown and Honest Product

On Sale at Ferro's Avenue Garage and I•Iason's Garage,Donaldsonville, La.

NEXT WEEK'S

BIG SPECIALSJUNE 27 TO JULY 2

EXTRA VALUES! EXTRA VALUES!Genuine hope and Fitchville Bleached 15

Cotton, special price, per yard.................72-inch Bleached Pepperell Sheeting, 45

worth 60c a yard, special, at.................White and Figured Colored Lawns, 15c 10c

value, special, per yard...... .................40-inch Silk Georgette and Crepe de 1 39

Chine, worth $2.50, special, per yardLadies' and Men's Umrellas, fancy handles, 98c

$1.50 value, special, each............................Ladies' Crepe de Chine and Georgette 3.48

Waists, $5 value, special, each............Ladies' Silk Hose, all colors, worth 75c 49c

per pair, special, at................................................Men's Wash Pants, lightand dark colors, 1..25

worth $1.75 per pair, special..................1~en's Gun Metal Blucher Shoes, worth 2.48

$4 per pair, special.... ........................Boys' Gun Metal English Flats and 2.48

Blucher Shoes, sizes 21/2 to 512, at

Corner Donaldsonville, oad Avenue aa.

Miassisippl Street

Organi4ing Rice Farmers.Max J. Wi er, of Assumption par-

ish, is makin. most satisfactory prog-ress in orga izing the rice farmersof southwes~ uoiana and southeastTexas. A. eU e and representativegathering 7 ers heard Presi-dent Chalk the American RiceGrowers' A 'on and Mr. Wink-ler explain plan of operation ofthe new association at Hayes in Cal-casieu parish last Tuesday and over90 per cent signed up for membershipin the new organization. Mr. Wink-ler also addressed meetings of ricefarmers in Texas this week, at thefollowing places: Elcampo, Wednes-day; Louise and Ganado, Thursday;Garford, Friday and Bay City today.He was well received at every placeand the farmers joined the associa-tion in large numbers. Next week hewill address meetings at Gueydan,Egan, Iota, Rayne, Eunice, Abbevilleand Elton, and also in Beaumont,Houston and other Texas points.

The engagement of Miss Inez Mar-tin, of Napoleonville to Wallace Lan-dry of Donaldsonville has been an-nounced. The marriage will be sol-emnized at Napoleonville, on Octo-ber 5.

Cedotal--Rodrigue.Sam Cedotal of upper Ascension

and Miss Eugenie Rodriguez of Mc-Call, were married at thes Catholicchurch in Smoke Bend, last Wednes-day evening at 6 o'clock, in the pres-ence of a large number of relativesand friends, Rev. Adrien Loots officia-ting. The bride was given in marriageby her father. She wore a lovelydress of white satin and georgettecrepe trimmed with lace and pearlsand a beautiful embroidered veil withorange blossoms, and carried ashower bouquet of daises. Her atten-dants were Misses Noelie and LydiaBarrioux of St. James. They werebeautifully gowned in white satin andgeorgette crepe, trimmed with beads,and carried arm bouquets of daises.The groom and his attendants, Henryand George Oufnac, were attired inwhite. Miss Armonde LeBlane play-ed a beautiful wedding march. After.the ceremony, a reception was held atthe home of the groom's father, wheremany congratulations and good wish-es were extened the young couplefor a' happy and prosperous weddedlife.

Graduated With Honors.Miss, Agnes Landry, adopted

daugter of C. H. Landry, Sr., promi-nent planter and member of the po-lice jury from the fourth ward, grad-uated with high honors .from theDominican Convent, New Orleans,last Saturday. After attending St.Vincent's Institute in this city forseveral years, Miss Landry, at theopening of last session, entered theDominican Convent for a commercialcourse. She proved a very apt pupiland completed the course in one year.finishing in bookkeeping, stenographyand typewriting. She is a very brightand intelligent young lady and lerrelatives and friends are proud ofher splendid record at school. Mr.and Mrs. C. H. Landry, Sr. went toNew Orleans last Saturday to attendthe commencement exercises at theconvent, returning the same nightwith the fair young graduate.

Final Dividends Being Paid.Dividend checks of 12 1-3 per cent,

representing the second and final di-vidend to depositors of the Bank ofDonaldsonville in liquidation, arebeing issued at the Commercial andSavings Bank by James P. Arg.itage,special agent to the liquidator. Thework of distributing the checks be-gan last Thursday, and in a noticeappearing elsewhere in The Chief,depositors are requested to call orarite for their checks. The sum to be

distributed amounts to $44,653.31,and together with the 3 per cent paidto depositors about'three years ago,makes a total of 15 1-3 per cent paidout by the institution which closed itsdoors in 1914, with deposits amount-to over $600,000. The failure ofthis bank is believed to have been oneof the most disastrous that ever oc-curred in this state. t

River shrimp and crawfish are veryplentiful this year, and are sold atprices lower than those which pre-vailed last year. Shrimp are peddledat 15 c'!ts a quart retail, or can behad at 50 cents a gallon. Crawfishcan be bought at 25 cents the bucket.Farm hands on the rice plantationsare regaling themselves with the de-licious and nourishing crawfish, whilecolored children are earning extramoney selling them to the white folksin town. A number of persons, bothwhite and black, engaged in theshrimp business are making goodmoney. The demand equals the sup-ply and there is a ready sale for allthat are caught.

See the bachelor mother's danceat the Community Theatre, Wednes-day, July 6.