Lower coast gazette., 1910-05-14
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Ex-Governor David z. Francis c
Missouri, ;r!:o was at TIE head Of tn
St. Louis Worlds Eai", viii visit Ne'
Orleans N y27ard " that the At
dress the convention Of Southera CO;
mercial SECRETARIES.
Fifty-seven students "cn.psis the ciag
graduating from the State Norma
School at NachitOches, La,
The Louisiana State Mcdipa! ASsocia
ton metdn.. New Orleans last week Ma
Il 5, G.. Hookworm and peiiagra wer
prominent diseases in the discussion o
yhe doctors.
Judge Thomas J. Herman Of Batol
Rouge vas stricken suddenly On May
at his homie, but more recent report
gre to the, effect that h. is slowly i'm
proving.
A plan is on foot 81 iiouna. La, t.
organize a drainage district between
that place and Shrieyer.
The Ruston, State BAN; has contract,
ed for a new building to cost 81, $50.
The Twelfth annual convention Of the
louisiana Division Of the Daughters OF
The Copfederacy was held in Donaldson
vile last week.
New Orleans is experimenting with
automobiles in the collection and dis
tributing of mails to and from the gen
eral post office.
Senator Fosters bill providing a site
and building for a sub-treasury in New
Orleans was favorably reported ID by
the Senate Committee on Public Build
ings. The bill carries. an appropriation
Of $3.50, 900.
Lake Charles, La, is figuring on 4
sewerage system to cost $3.50, 900. The
sewer pipe will cover twenty-one miles.
The change in the material for the
new post office building in New Orleans
will, it is stated, delay the completion
of the building for a year.
The first National Bank, the Louisi-
ana State Bank and the Peoples Trust
and Savings Bank, all of Baton Rouge,
have merged into one. -.
DR.. E. C. McKowen, convicted of the
murder of E. K. Judson, was sentenced
to the penitentiary for life by Judge
Brunot in the District Court in Baton
Rouge. Judge Brunot overruled the
motion for q new trial.
Norman Drake, a young man living
near the town Of jennings La, Is re-
ported to have contracted Charlton a
few days ago while SHINING 4cow that
had just died from that,disease.,. IL is
said that in the course of the SHINING
a drop of the cows blood fell into
brakes eye, thereby INJECTING him.
The Louisiana Bar Association meets
III annual convention Jig Baton Rouge on
Nay 20. and e2l.s ~ ii>.
The 1910, session of the Louisiana
legislature oaataea in Rseetlon Rouge on
Monday, May g. The governors mes
sage and the swearing in of new mem-
bei's i"ere the features, of the, day. H.
GoT. Sanders inhfs message to the
legislature advocates selling all the
etate convict farms except Angola. be
ing In; favor. of utilizing the convict
labor in the building of goad ROADS in
the state. He also advocated the
merging of the Oyster and Game.,Cnn-
missions. -. SO
Senator avrot of Orleans has intro
duced a concurrent resolution iny the
Louisiana Senate inviting Theodore
Roosevelt TO head the Worlds Panama
Exposition in New Orleans, ~,...
Mrs. Ethel Cunningham and her FIVE
daughters from Wilson, La, have been
brought to New Orleans and We're ad
mitted to the Charity Hospital suffer
ing with pellagra. She attributes the
disease to eating some musty corn meal.
Thr Vermillion Hotel at Abbeviile
and. the drugstore adjoining the hotel
burned on Monday with q resulting loss
of $50, 900. =.