The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-05-03


lana State University, Baton Rouge.
The epidemic of robberies and day
light hold-ups which have given the
police Of the entire country consider
able trouble during the last few
months was one Of the important sub
jects brought up at the twenty-sixth
annual convention Of the lnternation-
al Association of Chiefs Of Police,
which met in New Orleans.
The Gunnery School buildings at
Big Lake. eighteen miles south OF
Lake Charles and near the Cameron
parish line, have been sold. Twenty
five acres of land bordering the lake
will be purchased and used for the
annual summer encampments of the
Louisiana Baptist Young Peoples
Union.
At a meeting of IberyiIla parish
police jury motion was submitted
for special election in the Seconc.
Sixth and Eighth wards of the parish
for the purpose of voting a road tax
for the maintenance of the existing
gravel roads and the construction OF
other sections badly needed.
Fv---~@io-s of high satisfaction
over the terms Of th7 Victory Liber.y
Loan by New Orleans bankers AMI
loan committeeman and the an
nouncement that a series Of decora-
tive pylors, blazoned with the names
of New Orleans war dead would be
erected along Canal street is the re-
port from New Orleans.
Bids have been asked for improve
ment of levees near the Louisiana
line as follows: Doggy Bayou to Luc-
ca landing. Gncluding Opossum Fork
Dike), Desha county, Arkansas; river
side enlargement; approximate con-
tents, 100000 cubic yards; deposit
required 50 500: bonds required, equal
to estimated cost.
Education as military safeguard
was one of tho arguments for the pas
sage of the Smith-Towner appropria-
ton bill advanced by PhiIander P.
Claxton, United States commissioner
of education, in an address before
the Public School Alliance at New
Orleans.
Bids were opened in the office OF
the State Highway Department for
construction of the New Orleans-Chef |
Menteur highway. Action was d.
ferred because the lower bid was
above the estimate made by the state
and federal engineers.
The five East Florida parishes
Tangipahoa, St. Helena, Livingston. !
St Tammany and Washington, which |
have organized a woods fire contro! !
association, are just launching big
membership campaign. adopting the |
watchword Riches, not Ashes"
Dennis Moore chief clerk in the |
district clerks Office at Oherlin since
the creation of the parish, has resign
ed and entered the race against his |
brother. P. E. Moore, for clerk of the
court.
Congressman Riley J. Wilson Of
the Fifth District, in Monroe on
short vacation, sharply raped poll
tics" in the Senate in discussing ma
tional affairs.
The Louisiana. Arkansas and Texas
rice crop will be sold in about forty
days, F. A. Eignus predicted upon
his return from two weeks in Wash
ington and NcW York. He is chair
man of the Louisiana rice committee
Of the Food Administration.
One of the most enthusiastic
crowds assembled in Minden in years
crowded every foot of available
space in the First Methodist Church
to listen to Congressman j. Y Sand
ers speak on national prohibition and
the League of Nations.
The retail merchants bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce have arrang-
ed to hold big trades day at Alex
andria on May 5. The secretary was
instructed to notify all merchants and
request their cooperation in making
the plan a success.
First details of the plan for provid-
ing medical treatment for discharged
soldiers and sailors at public health