The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-05-19
The Water Works.

The Water Works.
The Water.wOrks more than PAL
for themselves yesterday and it
to be hoped that never again vii
there DC heard in Franklin a muir
muir against the water works ia:
for the necessity Of the works an,
their full value to the town wa
fully tested yesterday. Had thu
Water.works not been in existenc,
the town t0>day in all probabilit!
and judging from the rapid spreat
Of the fire, would have been al.
most u thing Of the past for, worl
as brave]y as did every man il
town yesterday, their labor would
have been in vain save for the
generous supply Of water furnished
by the works. The town is to be
congratulated upon having secured
the long hose il time and we re-
commend to the town council tue
necessity of purchasing as soon
as possible 800 feet more hose and
also to have the engine repaired
Immediately, as both were sadly
needed during yesterday after
nOOn'S work.
Children's Day Exercises will oc.
cupy the regular hour of morning
service Sunday at IL o'clock at the
Methodist Church. Parents OF the
Sunday School scholars are specially
urged to he present.
w. NJ. Harling will in few
days open his Art Studio in the
building.
We are requested to state that,
for the present, owing to the fire,
Tarlton s. Delahoussaye's butcher
shop will be conducted in the
town market.
Mcssrs. Lauve 4 Thiel, with
characteristic energy and enters
prise, have this morning leased the
Won Schoeler residence on Willow
street where they will Immediately
reopen and conduct their hotel.
The beautiful depot which the
). p, have built at New Iberia is
indeed a credit to the town. It is
Of brick and of the latest design.
Why can not Franklin have one
like it? She surely needs ii.
There is being advertised an ex.
which will be run on Sunday |
Nay 9th, from Centreville 10 New
iberia on the steamer Albert Han
ION, fare round trip from franklin,
IS cents, No doubt it will be we'll !
attended.
Sunday the Franklin Gun Club |
ri1l take the excursion for Nav
IBERIA, where they 60 to contest
Igainst the Iberia Club. Besides
he purse that is to be contested for |
here will be prizes offered. Our
asst years old hat on Franklin.
We are glad to welcome to our
own our new Clerk OF Court, Mr.,
los. A. Loret and his family who |
moved here from Patterson on Sat.
irday to make Franklin their home
a the future. Mr.. and Mrs. Loret |
re now established in the Bodin |
'ottage on Lower Main street.
Mr.. James Patterson, son of Mr., |
John r Parkerson, went up for ex.
animation before the Supreme Court
his week and we are glad to say
PASSED most creditably. We con.
,ratulate the young lawyer and feel
proud that another Of our town boys
9 about to distinguish himself At
he bar.
There is call to the public to |
Issi,t the cause Of education by at
ending a picnic at Clarendon Shell
Bank on Sunday, May 9th, signed
~ MI. W. A. UNiell. There will
,e music, refreshments, ETC., all day
md the receipts arc to be used for
he public school house in Cbaren;
;on. Admission for grown folks
,5cts, children free.
We would like to call the atten-
ion Of the proper authorities to the
condition Of that part of Main
street opposite the Court House.
70 begin with the Sign board, which
s far from ornamental, ahd not
needed At this season of the year for
advertising purposes, should be re-
then too there is an accumu
lation of rubbish. which it would be
as we'll for the sake Of appearances,
if it was carted away and put in
some less conspicuous place.