The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-02
Our New Orleans Letter.

New ORLEANS. La, June 30, 'O4.
Editor St. Mary Banner, Franklin. La
Dear Sir-fhe summer du!lnes5
seems to have again taken posses
sion of the good old city of New
Orleans. Many of our leading
citizens are hieiug themselves to
the various summer resorts as the
intensity of Old Sol increases.
The great public work of sewerage
ia being vigorously prosecuted
throughout the various sections OF
the city, and an other factor OF the
greatest activity is the mosqult ,.
Perhaps to the work of sewerage is
to some extent due the malignant
and ravenous demeanor of these
little tormentors this year, as
never in the history of the city
have we had dryer winter and
spring. Just now all vegetation
is in need of rain and this seems to
be pretty much the case in every
other section of the State and the
South. The parish of Orleans is a
great truck farming region. Gu
cumbers, beets, kohlrabi, lettuce,
radish, parsley, egg plants, toma-
toes, etc, are grown in great
quantities in hotocds and shipped
to Western, Eastern and Northern
markets, and good prices having
prevailed during the past two sea-
sons: those engaged in the IN
dustry have Jared unusually well.
Considerable talk is heard of the
prevalence of Charlton among
cattle and horses in. the suburbs OF
the city and adjoining parishes.
Due to the mortality wrought by
this disease, your correspondent
learns upon good authority that
good driving and draught horses
are very scarce and those having
some of these for sale could I'M
doubt.dly strike quick and fancy
bargains by giving the matter
proper advertising. Beyond a
strong undercurrent, things are SO
far very quiet in political circles
Judging from outward appear
ances, but there is no doubt that
interested parties are keenly
watchful of developments, which
must now soon come to pass.
There is hardly any doubt that the
municipal campaign to eliminate
in November will be the most
animated seen in many years.
The aim of the ward leaders is
anticipated by some as being in
the direction of a strict party
fight, but there is a vast and in
fluential element in the city which
does not regard party lines as
worthy of consideration in the
settlement of municipal political
controversies and just what this
opposition to the leaders will
amount to this time remains to be
seen. A number of candidates for
the mayoralty lave been mention
ed so far, notably Messrs. Howard,
Capdevielle, and Congressman
Davey, but none Of these gentle
men have openly expressed them
selves so far. AS a general rule
the people seem to have had
surfeit of politics. An election for
delegates to the. National and
Congressional Conventions was
held last week, at which the vote
was very light. Congressman
Adolph Meyer was renominated
for the sixth or seventh term with
out opposition to represent the
First District. He has all along
served his constituents with signal
ability and fidelity and there is no
doubt whatever of his reelection.
1t has been given out that the
Governor will make no appoint
ments for the city until after the
municipal election.
Public and other school exercises
will now be in order and New Or
leans can boast of having had a
very successful session the past
year.
Ron