The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-07-04
NEWSPAPER TRAIN OF
JOURNALISTS.

The visiting agricultural editors,
who are touring the State of
Louisiana investigating agri.
cultural conditions and posi-.
bilities, reached Franklin last
Monday morning, The following
Executive Committee of citizens
had been organized to receive and
welcome the visitors: Wilbur H.
Kramer, Clerk of Court. chair.
man; Sheriff w, T. Peterman,
Judge Thos. M. Milling, Hon.
James A. Peterman, DR.. T. F.
Frere, Messrs. Roberts G. Milling
and j. A. Loustalot, secretary.
At 8 o'clock that morning this
committee proceeded in auto.
mobiles to Garden City where
the private car of the newspaper
men was parked, received them
and escorted them to the court
house at franklin. Alarge crowd
were assembled in the district
court room to give q real South
ern welcome to our Northern visi-
tors. Hon. Chas. Lauve, Mayor
of Franklin, called the meeting
to order and presided. He intro
drlced Judge Thos. M. Milling
who had been selected to deliver
the address of welcome. Judge
Milling eloquently performed
that pleasant duty. The response
to the address of welcome was
made by Mr.. T. H. Higgins.
This gentleman was q fluent
speaker and spoke feelingly of the
genuine Southern hospitality
with which they had been received
in Louisiana, and marveled at the
richness of the soil, especially in
this section of the State.
At Garden City the tourists were
cordially welcomed by the owners
and employees of the Albert
Hanson Lumber Co. Here they
were received by Mr.. and Mrs. T.
G. Lawless, who entertained them
with an eloquent and delicious
breakfast. Mrs. Lawless, the
president of this great lumber
company, presided at this feast.
Her graceful and generous atten-
ton and treatment we're specially
appreciated by the strangers, and
they all said it was one of the
happiest experiences of their tour
through the State.
After the meeting adjourned, the |
editors entered the automobiles,
fourteen in number, and rode the
portion of the sugar lands from
Franklin around Irish Bend, In.
dian Bend, through the rich
Cypremort country to Weeks Is.
land on Vermilion Bay. |
Going out Willow street and
around by Chatsworth and back
again through Iberia street, the
frst stop was made at the large
holdings ofthe Kyle Lumber Com.
pany. There they were received
and entertained handsomely by
Hon. James A. Peterman. vice.
president and general manager,
aud Hon. Chas. N. Frost, secretary
and treasurer of that fourishing
saw mill plant. They were con.
Quoted through the saw mill and
factories. The mill was running.
They looked on with evident in.
terest as the immense cypress
logs were sawed into lumber, and
the lumber automatically carried
of to the yards to be stacked.
The visitors marveled at the
exact system with which the ope.
rations of this big mill is carried
on.
The next stop was made at the
Sterling Refinery. The visitors
were conducted through the large
sugar factory by Nj. G. Del.
Kemper, the manager of this
mammoth concern, who explain.
ed to them the advanced methods
of sugar manufacture and the
working of the expensive ma.
chinery used for that purpose.
The next stop was made at Oak
Lawn plantation, one of the
largest sugar estates in the state
Of Louisiana. The visitors for q
time forgot agriculture and farm.
ing as they looked at the old pa
latial home of Judge Porter and
viewed with evident pleasure the
grandly beautiful lawn of ninety
acres in front of them, shaded
with live oak trees. sloping
gracefully to the banks of the
Teche.
The next stop was made at Ade-
line, the one.time historic estate
Of Gabriel Leclaire Fuselier, but
now the property of Messrs. OK.
nard and Sprague. After exam
lining the machinery Of this large
sugar refinery. the visitors were
entertained with dinner, an old.
time Southern dinner with South.
ern Hospitality.
Hon. w. G. Baker, our able and
popular DistrictAttorney, deliver.
ed = maaterful address. el~Ouent.l