The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-11

lae. ouI not least fair Italy. whoss
sons are our host to-day. are all -
presented by their children hero az
are all Americans in heart. in SOM,
ment, In aspirations and in ideas
America and Louisiana have nnar
arms 1or the sons of any country who
come and help us build I'd the wa.,s
places of the land, who come ~1.s
nonesty OF purpose. sincerity OF eo,.
siction' VINO come to eausA tn
blades OF grass to grow vhera hut
one grew before. to Join hands vitH
US IN the up-building. in the up.lif,.
ing OF this State and Country. ror
all such we have hearty welcome
ana to all such We say that Amer,cs
holds out the glad hand to ali vho
coming amongst us make thems.iv.s
part and parcel Of our country anS
our institutions. ~.
want to congratulate th,s soc,..v
on having on this its anniversary dsy
proceeded to the house of the Lord
and gathered its members around its
nags, had them blessed by the man
Of God "0 ~@o
Bound together as you are for fra.
ternal and benevolent purposes II 10
meet and proper that on this undar.
taking you should invoke the Divine
blessing Ae
believe that the only solution n,
the troubles of the body polite is the
introduction In our midst of those
VINO Will become small farmers.
want to see the waste places Of
Louisiana built up; | want to see tho
lands that now lay fallow, brought
beneath the pillow Of the husband.
man, and above all want to see this
accomplished by people who belong
to the white race.
/ wish to return thanks to this
society for its invitation and to saw
to them that every minute of the dav
has been enjoyed by me.
l wish to express my highest an.
probation of the purposes and scope
of this society. and may it grow and
prosper and be a power of good in
the land and rebound to the glory Of
Our Country"
At the conclusion of Governor
Sanders most able and eloquent
Grafton, Mr.. Lewis stated that Mr..
M. Samaritano desired to address
his brothers in Italian, which 10
as follows:
Mr.. Consul, Brothers Of the Society.
and to my Italian people:
In the name of the society, citizens
and all who are in attendance we
have been honored by your attendance
of our brotherhood. /, a. cihsen
for fourteen years of this beautiful city
of Franklin. and l am very glad indeed
that I have spent this fourteen years
In your midst and sincerely hope that
it may be my pleasure to spend fourteen
more. Franklin, while quite q small
place in comparison with some of our
Louisiana cities, yet we have some
things to be proud of and some very
rare ones. We have some of the most
intelligent and some of the best people
in the whole state of Louisiana. You
must take into consideration that from
this little City of Franklin and this
Parish of Saint Mary, we have furnish.
ed some of the most Honorable and
most able Governors and United
States Senators.
We. the Italian citizens Of this
Parish of Saint Mary realized fully
the need of an Italian society and ~
therefore organized an Italian society
of seventy-fOur of the Italian men of
this Parish; nearly al Sicily, which 10
the garden spot or the gem OF TIE
Mediterranean, united in Italy as the
one garden spot of Europe.
We feel highly honored to have In
at our Italian banquet oil
of the most prominent and best people
of this vicinity and of the city OF
but l wish to state that there
is one missing, the late Senator
Donelson Caffery, which l regret ex'
We have, however, In our
presence the Honor able United States
Senator, Murphy J. Foster, who has
served two terms as Governor OF the
,tate of Louisiana and is now our
United States Senator. We also have
he honor of having in our presenee
Lieut.. Gov. j. Y. Sanders, who Is TO
oe our next Governor Of the state OF
louisiana, as we'll as the Honorable
Judge of our District Court, Judge a.
:. Allen, who is one of the most sole
Judges in the whole state OF Louisiena.
also wish to add that we have IN
franklin, some Of the best and mos ~
apable physicians in the state Of
and we feel very PROUD
indeed of our state, and particularly
,ur Parish of Saint Mary.
l wish to thank my brothers VINO sr
resent, the citizens of the city OF
rankin, our visiting guests ana Dr.
hers, for their kindness and sincerely
ope they have all had an en]oyso'e
vening.
The POSTMASTER then said:
Gentlemen, l now propose
past to italian Citizenship, anu
SIX that it be responded to by
,enator w. T. Peterman," VINO
ddressed the assembly in the fol.
owing beautiful and elegant
rOrda.