The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-05-31

ton in BOSaluSa. John L. BLOCK was
elected state secretary; Emile Soul
Ter. state treasurer, Judge b. Boude-
lon Of Marksville, state advocate, AMI
L. z. Purrano Of Alexandria. state
warden.
Upon learning of the agreement be-
tween the various candidates for
governor at the recent meeting at OPP
cloueas to hold off the formal open
ing of the political campaign until
tall. the South Louisiana Fair Asso
citation wired the individual candi.
da'es extending an invitation to b.
he guest of the fair association Or.
he opening day. October ., to formal.
II open the campaign.
Kenneth Mckay, recognized as ono
of the best farmers in the country.
uho died at his home near Ethel 2
few days ago, was given credit ror
having made a beauty spot Of fcrti}'v
cut Of one of the most barren fie!"s
n the state. Railroads and other in
forests used it as a show place and
demonstration Of possibilities when
hoy brought visitors or settlers this
way
Election Of officers and the appofn--
went Of committee TO take preliEl-
ny steps for a nationwide advcrtls-
ing campaign to encourage great =
consumption Of rice by the American
people, composed the principal busI
ness of delegates at session of the
convention of the Rice Millers' Asso-
citation of America. J. \. Foster Lake
Charles, La, was chosen president.
]. 2. Odom, district attorney OF
Est Baton Rouge. is looking into the
legality Of a recent alleged combrna-
tion of Baton Rouge bakeries to tx
The price Of bread The bakers re-
Gently made an agreement regarding
the price Of bread and attempted t.
compel grocers to sell their bread at
the same price as the bakeries.
A memorial tablet containing the
names of seventy-eight MethodiSts.
who saw service with the United
States armies in the European war,
is now being prepared by a commit
tee of the Methodist Church, and will.
when completed, be placed in the
church at Monroe with appropriate
ceremonies.
Even goods at L. s. u are not ex-
empt from the lure of nicotine, &C.
cording to returns from a referendum
conducted by the Reveille The re-
turns to the question, do You
smoker" was answered in the affirm
ative by ten goods, while eighteen
voted in the negative. Ninety-four OF
The male students were smokers and
seventy-seven non-users of tobacco.
J. L. Bryan, president, manager and
largest owner of the Natchitoches cot
ton oil mill, which was destroyed by
Il IRE WHICH III tlit
from a hot box, estimates the follow
ing loss: Plant, 100000; raw ma
terial, $4,000; meal, oil and other
products, $1,000: a total Of $4,000
As an evidence of the progress
which is being made in the work OF
tick eradication, in Rapides parish,
DR.. c. p Branigan, federal inspector
in charge of the work, reports that
the total number of cattle dipped dur
ing the month of April was 1888.
Monroe's claim to a captured Ger
man cannon as the result of the cit.
les of Monroe and West Monroe sub
scribing practically the whole of the
parish quota in the late bond drive.
will probably be allowed, according 70
word from Frank NJ Smith Of Dallas.
The work of dredging Bayou Teche
in ST. Martin parish and connections.
is progressing rapidly and the rice
farmers are happy at the prospect Of
abundant water supply to guarantee
they will be able to grow rice this
season without limit.
The selective draft machinery IN
Louisiana passed out of existence when
the office of the adjutant general clos
ed recently. The Office of the adju-
tant general now returns to it's pre-
war status as head of the state Ma
tional Guard
More than a thousand dollars worth
of silver was stolen from the resi-