The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-02-18
PERSONALS.

! Miss Sallie Sanders has returned
! from visit to New Iberia.
Miss Lucille Fourmy spent the hrs
| part Of the week at Belleview.
Miss Bess Anderson, of Mississippi
is the guest Of Miss Mary Foster
Mrs. Bernstein. of Monroe. lisa guest
Of Mrs. II. F. Milling and family.
| Attorney Henry Mayer was lega
visitor to New Orleans this week.
Mr.. G. f. Kramer and son, Eddie
spent several days in New Orleans this
week.
Nir. Paul Kramer was pleasant
visitor to Franklin Saturday and
Sunday last.
Mrs. r. Z. Lee and daughters, Nell
and Lillian. are the guests OF Mrs.
O. j. B!erle.
Mr.. &. f. Queen. of New Orleans,
paid a business visit to our town last
Wednesday.
Mrs. l.. B. Merrill and son Taylor.
Of Beloit, Wis, are the guests OF
Mrs. f. c. Taylor.
Miss Emily Robichaux, of Morse.
La. is visiting Franklin, the guest OF
Mrs. H. w. Kappel.
Miss Cartwright, of Centreville, was
the guest of Miss Gertrude COwan on
, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. H. w. Kappel has been con-
fined to her room several days this
week suffering from la grippe.
Miss Emma Hudson, after stay of
several months in New York City, is
again among her many friends in
Franklin.
Judge Fl. d. Smith was absent the
first part of the week in Baton Rouge
attending meeting of the Railroad
Commission.
Miss Helen Brig and Mr.. Joseph
Brig were called to New Orleans last
week to. their sister. Mrs. M. v.
Richard, who is quite i'll.
MIR. Jules Bloch, of Oklahoma City.
after a pleasant two weeks visit to
his old home will leave tomorrow for
New York. thence to his home.
Misses Rose and Mary Foster, Bess
Anderson. and Messrs. Paul TrOw-
bridge and Edward Berwick attended
a dance in New Iberia on Thursday
night.
Mr.. M. T. Gordy, ST., of Franklin,
arrived here Tuesday on visit to his
son, Judge NJ. 7. Gordy, Jr., who has
been quite sick for some days. Mrs.
Gordy and children have also been
very ill.-Abbeville Meridional.
The Ladies' Card Club met at Mrs.
Sterling Gates on Thursday after
noon. The first prize, vase, was
won by Miss Oracle Allen; the second,
hand-painted coffee cups, by Mrs.
Gates. who presented them to Miss
Ruby Roberts. The guests prize, a
christey picture, was won by Miss Nan
Todd.
The Ladies' Euchre Club met at the
residence of Mrs. r. +. O'Niell last
Wednesday. The first prize, a lunch
cloth, was awarded Mrs. G. f. Borah:
the second, chocolate cups. to Mrs.
B. w. Smith. The lone hand prize,
copy in burnt wood of Gibson's
Eternal Question, was donated by
Mrs. G. F. Borah, and won by Miss
Sidonie Tarlton.
Last week we failed to mention the
arrival of Mr.. Dudley Berwick, of
Franklin, who comes to Patterson to
locate. Mr.. Berwick succeeds Mr..
Jos. Joy at the Red Cypress. He is a
practical lumberman, having been
connected with the Albert Hanson
Lumber Company for the past eight
years which position he filled with
credit. We welcome the gentleman
Patterson Echo.
We notice that the Summer
Normal will meet here on June
18th, and will be in session four
weeks; this means that teachers
will be gathered here from all Sec
tions of the Estate, and Franklin
should put every effort forward to
make their stay among US pleasant
and memorable. When our teach
ers go to other towns in attendance
upon these institutions, they are
cordially treated, and speak in the
best terms of the people whose
guests they were; let the same be
said of Franklin as it has always
been said in the future.
Last Tuesdays meeting of the
town council was an important
one. Among other business
transacted, the Superintendent
was authorized and empowered to
have an oil burning equipment in
stalled, which will cost about
$500 90. We consider that this
expenditure, though high, is war
ranted, because wood is hard to
obtain, and is at times scarce.
Besides the cost of hauling from
the saw-mills to the power house
is quite an item. The wood sup
ply cannot be depended upon at
all seasons, as the mills close for
repairs occasionally, and when
the source of manufacture is cut
off, the demand for fuel by private
families soon exhaust the supply
kept on hand. We think it a wise
move on the part of the council,
for, should fuel give out during
fire its progress could not be check
ed without sufficient pressure on
the mains, aud it is our opinion
that when the equipment is INSTALL
ed good supply of oil could be
kept on hand at all times with less
trouble and expense than is exper-