The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-06-28

NuuOlpu hTduSe, OIL Lake 10dTleS,
grand master of the grand lodge of
Louisiana, F. and A. NJ, and John A.
Davilla, of New Orleans, grand sec
rotary, have left Louisiana on the
first lap of their trip to London, as
the grand lodges representative to
the Masonic Peace Jubilee to be held
there.
Resolutions urging the defeat Of
Senator Poindexter's long and short
haul rider to the railroad deficiency
bill were telegraphed to Senator A.
b. Cummings, chairman of the inter
state commerce committee of the
Senate, and Senators Ransdell and
Gay by the Baton Rouge Chamber Of
Commerce.
Instead of allowing the vegetables
to go to seed early in June, garden
ers should begin to weed out the
leftover lettuce, radish, mustard,
dwarf peas and bush beans that are
now past their producing season."
says Miss Norma Overbey, garden
specialist, extension division, Louis
lana State University.
The police jury, in session as a
board of reviewers, unanimously up
held the figures Of the tax assessor Of
Calcasieu parish in the Union Sui
hpur Company assessment. The val
uation Of the holdings were placed
by the assessor at s3O,286.500. the
corporation placing it at s11,990,167
More than 400 crates Of peaches.
raised on the farms of Ouachita par
ish, have been held at SIPS a crate,
the highest price in years. These
peaches are from the early crop.
much smaller than the crops to fol-
low land the yield promises to set
high record for the parish.
Planters near Napoleonville are
very busy trying to get over their
cane fields in attempt to get rid of
the weeds which have grown so pro-
fusely during the wet spell. Corn Is
doing we'll but those not provided
with peas are having trouble to OBJ
tain their supply.
According to information given out
by the inspector in charge of tick
eradication work in Rapides parish,
there were $3.50 heat of cattle
dipped in the parish during the
month of May.
In the centenary missionary cam
paign of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, which ran from May
Is to Nav 25. the Colfax and Mont
gomery work went over their quota
$645O.
Travelling men from all sections Of
the United States, gathered in New
Orleans for the thirtieth annual con-
vention of the Travellers Protective
Association.
st. Mary's parish is making roll |
of honor of the men who served the |
colors To date Patterson has regis |
tered seventy-four whites and fifty |
six negroes. The list is incomplete.
At meeting Of the Napoleonville |
mayor and Board of Aldermen fire |
district was created. Hereafter any
building erected on the four front |
blocks Of this town from the court
house square to the Attkapas canal.
must be Of fire-proof material.
The New Roads municipal artesian
we'll which has just been bored was
drilled to a depth of nearly 1000
feet, the actual depth being LISA.
The Elks' Home Association of
Morgan City expects to build salt wa
ter natatorium, costing about $4,000.
At a meeting in Vivian attended by
more than 1000 people resolutions
were adopted and later dispatched to
Governor Pleasant stressing the need
II special session of the State Leg
islature to frame legislation to pro-
tect the oil industry Of Louisiana.
E. L. Stephens, president of South
western Industrial Institute. asked
the board to obtain the consent Of
the legislators to appropriate 100000
to be used in building dormitory
tor the coming session.