The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
INDICTED SIX
MILLIONAIRES
GRAND JURY NOT THROUGH
sue codchaux Lumber Company.


Sue Godchaux Lumber Company.
AS a sequence to the accident which
occurred on Dec. 4 last in which Miss
Catherine James lost her life by walk
ing throug the open door Of the ele-
vator shaft of the Godchaux building,
in New Orleans, and fallil fifty feet
to tn ground floor, $685. damage
suit was begun by Miss ia pes par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas James,
against the Leon Godchaux Company,
Limited.
Negro Run Over and Killed.
Lein Martin, negro who was en-
ployed by the Alexandria Lumber
Company in Pineyil]e, was run over
and killed by log train. Martin lost
his balance and fell backward from
the engine.
The Elks have completed the deal
for the H. R. Speed property at Mon
roe, and the transfer from H. R.
Speed to the local lodge of Elks was
made, the consideration being $4,000.
The deal has been under way for the
past two months. The Speed property
is considered an ideal place for the
Elks' home, and with a little remod-
cling it will be among the finest in
the state. The residence will be turn
ed over to the Elks about Aug. /,
when the upstairs of the building will
be remodeled.
Fifteen Cars Of Potatoes.
The DeRidder Truckgrowers' Asso-
citation last week shipped the last of
it's Irish potato crop, this consign-
ment going 10 Denver, Colo. The
Truckgrowers' Association was form
ed less than two years ago by num-
and sold three carloads of Irish pota-
toes, and this year disposed of fifteen
carloads. The prices received aver
aged s2.zo per 100 pounds.
Tired of Waiting. A
The army recruiting officers at Ba-
tton Rouge are getting tired and
weary OF waiting for recruits for I'm
Gle Sans standing army. They have
been in Baton Rouge now over two
months, and so far have only secured
two recruits, with apparent little
hopes of increasing this number.
These two recruits were secured soon
after the station was opened here,
and since then the officers report that
there has hardly been a nbble at the
bait. The two two recruits that I'm
Gle Sam has secured for his army
from Baton Rouge have been rather
expensive, as two officers have been
maintained here, advertising matter
has been freely distributed, and an
officer has been coming here every
week to look into conditions. To re-
crult the army at the same expense
that 1T has cost to get the two recruits
from here would nearly bankrupt the
War Department.
Summary Of Assessment.
In about two weeks the blanks will
be sent out to the different parish as
SCISSORS, upon which they will place
the summary of their assessment of
the parish, to be placed by the auditor
before the State Board of Euualiza-
Ton. These blanks cannot be made up
by the Parish Assessors until the Po-
lice Jury, acting as board of review
passed. upon the assessment sheets.
According to the new law, passed by
the last session of the General AS
sembly, the police juries will review
the parish assessments next month.
and then the summary blanks can be
flled out by the assessors and re-
turned to the auditor. These blanks
will be the basis upon which the State
Board Equalization will work in
equalizing the assessment rolls of the
different parishes in Louisiana. when
II begins its session in Baton Rouge.
Quarantine Station.
The last and only complication in
the title of the Mississippi River
quarantine Station has been elimi-
mated by Robert M. White surrender
ing his patent number 1894, accom-
panied by his application for land
warrant in lieu Of the erroneouslv is-
sued patent
Mr.. White states in his letter to the
State Land Office that he never in
tended making any contest over the
involved land, for the reason of the
Board OF Health's prior valid patent.
Chief Clerk Bauer of the State Land
Office stated this evening that the
White patent was Cancelled today and
the proper entries made on the rec
ords OF the State Land Office prior to
the issue OF the lieu warrant. which
was also mailed to Mr.. White this
evening.