The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-01-02

open.
A very enjoyable supper was
given last Sunday night at the
Commercial Hotel by the officers
Of Cyrus Chapter No. II and
Franklin Lodge No. 81. There
were about thirty-five members
and visiting brothers present. The
supper was fine one and those
present done full justice to the &C.
| casion.
The Harmony Steam Fire Com
pany met Thursday night last and
elected the following officers :
Charles Lauve, President; j. D.
Morris, Secretary; NJ. Bell, Treas
urer; j. E. Loustalot, Foreman
Gus Gronen, First Assistant Fore
man; John Hudgins, Second AS
sistant Foreman; Dave Hitter,
Engineer; VIM. Reuter-, Assistant
Engineer.
Capt. Will T. Jones gives notice
in this issue that he has ops ned
his registration books in franklin
for the purpose of registering all
qualified voters and will make his
tour of the parish to fill his APP
pointments as published else
where Inform yourself as to the
date of the registrars appoint
ment at your precinct and 20 re-
gister.
The State Teachers Associa-
ton adjourned this week in Rus
ton to meet in Lafayette next De-
cember. Prof. T. H. Harris, Of
Baton Rouge, was elected presid-
ent. Prof. G. A. Ives, principal
Of the High School at this place
was in attendance. The Associa-
ton voted t. request the Legisla-
ture to change the beginning of
the scholastic year to Sept. 1st.
Under the present school law the
school year ends in January in
stead of July.
There will be some fine racing at
the Park tomorrow Sunday and
an interesting time is promised to
lovers of this kind of sport. The
main feature of the day will be
the test Of speed in a three-eighth
mile match between Gazette, owned
by Bonnet, and Brack Morris,
owned by Robert Migues, for a
purse of $500. The admission will
be only % cents.
A disastrous fire occurred in the
1roquois Theatre, at Chicago, on
last Wednesday. When the fire
was discovered the large audience
present made a rush for the door
causing an awful panic. Over six
hundred victims, mostly women
and children. were suffocated,
trampled upon and burned, some
out of resemblance to human
shape. The fire occurred on the
stage and in a short while the
whole place was enveloped in
flames. Very few escaped without
injury.
A shooting took place last
Thursday evening on Wilson
street which created quite an ex-
element among the negro popu-
lation. Joseph Augusta found his
wife, Nauette Augusta, talking
to another black named Dave
Walker, and without uttering a |
word pulled out his gun and shot
the woman. The bullet struck her
in the forehead and lodged in the
brains. The negro tried to escape
but was captured by Deputy Sher- I
iff Frank Boudreaux after lively |
chase and incarcerated in the par |
ish Jail. The woman died Friday |
night.
About forty families will arrive
here within the next few weeks
from Wisconsin and northern Mi
chigan and will locate few miles
above Franklin, later about 100
more will follow. These families
which are mostly Germans, will
form a colony on large tract of
and on the bayou Teche where
they will engage extensively in
diversified farming. Mr.. Stanley,
agent of the Southern
Pacific, has been working the mat
;er up and it is his intention to
induce many more families to To-
cate in this section. These imi-
migrants are all of the best class.
most of them being hard working,
energetic farmers.
st. Mary's Branch 800, Catholic
knights of America, held large
Ind enthusiastic meeting here last
Sunday morning, and after receiv-
no the Treasurer's report for the