Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-05
STATE N CITY NEWS.

SlAlC ANU VII M Vo'
Bishop Sessums. after an absence in
since last October, has returned
TO New Orleans with renewed health
and spoke for the first time to his con.
gregation on Sunday morning.
The Battleship Mississippi, which so
recently made the trip up the river to
Natchez and back again, thereby re-
%pudiating all the calamity bowls about
the depth of the river for war vessels,
reached Horn Island, Mississippi, May
3Oth. for the presentation of the beau.
tiful silver service, which the state OF
Mississippi gave the battleship, Tues
day, June LIST. Gov. Sanders and party
of Louisiana and Gov. Noel and party
Of Mississippi attended the presentation.
The state Summer Normal Schools,
at Baton Rouge, Nachitoches, Ruston
and Lafayette. which opened Monday,
May 81 and will continue in session nine
weeks, anticipate an enrolment OK
three thousand students.
Presinent Miller and Attorney Pom
der of the Louisiana Game Commission
spoke in Mindep, Webster Parish, last
Saturday night on game topics.
The Louisiana Division Of the Nation
al Association of Post Office Clerks met
in Shreveport May 10th.
The Louisiana Lawyers held an in
teresting convention at Alexandria,
Louisiana, last week, attended by
prominent lawyers from al over the
state. The most serious matter dis
cussed by the convention was some pro-
posed changes to the Civil Code.
As q result of the earnest work OF
the Alliance Frsnco.Louisianaise dur
ing the past year. French courses were
established in thirteen Of the public
schools in New Orleans and it is stated
that there are now employed in that
branch of study some "a teachers, while
: 1000 pupils studied French. The end
of the first season was celebrated Sat
7 urdsy afternoon by q festival at City
! Park, devoted to games for the child
rem, followed later by speeches by Prof.
Alcee Fortier, N. Dejoux, the French
Consul, Hon. p. NJ. L%ambremont anc
Miss Marguerite Clement Of Paris
France, who has been delegated by hel
t government to travel in foreign coun
tries and report upon the influence O
!. the French language in those countries
The New Orlerns Progressive Unio'
. is keeping actively behind the Texa
= E. Pacific Railroad to make it provid
e suitable depot accomidstlons for tn
Ie travelling public.
- Commander B. w. Hodges too
charge of the New Orleans Naval Sta
= ton on Tuesday, June lst., vice Req
p Admiral Frederic Singer, retired. Con
Re mandet Hodges is native Mississippial
n. Memorial Services were held Ma
3lst at the Chaln1ette cemetery at whic
time the graves of the Union soldier
were decorated.
In the Working Girls Contest, thu
IS has been absorbing interest in New
10 leans for some time past, Miss Ira
~ aghen of the Maison Blanche came o.
first. BY this contest over thirte'
u thousand dollars were made for Il
tx Touro lnfrmary.
to The Louisiana Rice Millers' Associ
M ton has been in session in Crowley II
week.
The New Orleans Progressive Uni
ny has volunteered to help the Depal
a ment of Public Works solve the ga
* age problem.
ps State Treasurer Steele's statement
IN the end of May showed the state
having on deposit in thirteen fs'
banks the sum of 81, 721, 1856. 46.
OF The truck growers Of Corbin, in I
RI parish Of Livingston, will form . tru'
If ers Association.