The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-04-28

fancy, always imagines he is get.
! ting even with the publisher, bu
he is never missed. This only
happens occasionally, for there
are only few people in any com.
munity who imagine a papel
should contain nothing but wha
they approve Of.
The brick building near our Of
fee, being constructed by Mr.. w
B. Cook, for Mr.. A. H. Thompson
is rapidly reaching completion
1t is splendid two-story struc-
ture, and as near fire-proof as
modern ingenuity can make it, is
very handsome in appearance
and reflects credit upon the con-
tractor. 1t will be finished inside
with pressed steel ceiling and
lighted by electricity or acetylene
gas, at the option of the tenants.
The editor who can please every
one is not fit for this world: but is
entitled to wings. Human nature
is constructed so that some like
scandal, some don't: some like
fakes exposed, others don't: some
like the truth told about them,
others don't. Some like to take
the paper for seven or eight years
and never miss an issue or pay a
cent and get mad and stop their
paper when they get statement
Of their account: others don't 1t
is some consolation to know that
the Lord himself failed to please
everyone while on earth.
That noble order the Ancient
Order of United Druids met on
Tuesday last and elected the fol-
lowing officers to serve for the en-
suing six month: c.. S. Brenn,
Past Noble Arch: Fl. J. Herman,
Noble Arch: Andrew J. Buniff.
Vice Arch: E. J. Charpentier.
Conductor; Jerome Wrvl. Record
ing Secretary; A. P. Daigle. FIJI
nancial Secretary; John A.
O'Niell. Jr.. Treasurer: n. P
McNulty. Inner Guard D. J. Nor
want. Outer Guard; and the Trus-
tees are c. F. Kramer, o. j. Byerle,
and r. f. keenze. H. J. Herman
and R. E. kenzee were chosen
to the Grand
Grove.
Work on the canal being dredg-
ed for the Hanson Lumber Co., to
connect the Teche with the swamp
land in the rear of Franklin is pro-
crossing splendidly. This will be
an avenue opening to industry
of acres of fine timber
land. The lumber industry in
Southwest Louisiana has grown
in recent years to be one of the
most important features of the
South's progress. With new and
improved machinery and facilities
the mills in st. Mary are turning
out daily millions of feet of the
best building material obtainable.
and by the cutting of canals, such
as the Hanson, many thousands /,
IF trees will be reached which |
were unavailable few years ago. i,
Success to the enterprise.
Ii you want good bargain in |
all your purchases, call at LOUIS
LEWIS next week.
Mr.. Millington Hundgerford, of
Centreville, Tenn, was in Frank
in this week visiting the friends
If his youth, after 40 years spent
n other States of the Union. Mr..
was former resi-
lent of Franklin, but when the
black war cloud hung over the fair
southland like pail, his services
we're enlisted in the cause of the
'onfederacy, and after the con-
lict he settled in Tennessee. He
vas a member of the Old Guard
# Honor, the st. Mary CanDoneers,
md is one of the few remaining
men who fought SO nobly in that
Command. He is we'll known here
mong those who have passed the
pringtime of life, having spent
he years of his youth and early
among them. He was
'elcomed to Franklin, not only by
ne elder but by the younger gem
ration as well, who still cherish .
ne memory OF warrior fathers,
nd thrill when standing in the
resence of one who defended the
tars and Bars for four years
moDg hardships and privations
itherto unknown. The record Of !
lie Confederate soldier has ex-
tied the admiration of the world. 5
nd among the bravest appears |
lie gallant old hero of four years |
ervice, Mr. Hundgerford. a
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