The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-06-05

sion heard complaints recently on thc
proposed street car switch and the
council advertised the Africa anu
Spain streets The Baton Rouge Elec-
tric Company asked permission sew
eral months ago TO put in the SWITCH
and the council advertised the fact
and getting no complaints, felt that
there was no objection to the project
on the part OF the citizens in that
section and granted permission to the
electric company TO lay the tracks.
Alexandria. - Graduating exercises
OF Bolton High School will take place
at the City Park auditorium on May
q. Colonel A. T. Prescott OF Louis
lana State University will deliver the
commencement address and J. w.
Bolton, president Of the parish school
board, will deliver the diplomas to the
graduates, of which there are forty
four.
Baton Rouge The city's suit is
to get possession OF the north end OF
st. Hipolite street, the block between
University Walk and Boyd avenue.
This property had been used as a pub
lie thoroughfare for thirty years un-
til Hart and Cross closed the street
two years ago. The street had been
filed in and plans were made to erect
residences on the lot.
Pointe a la Hache.-The new Dun
bar & Dukate shrimp factory at Myrtle
Grove Canal is canning large quani-
ties of deep sea shrimp, which are
very plentiful The company is plan
ming putting in an oyster-canning ad-
dition to the factory. The cucumber
crop on the Lower Coast is moving
freely to the Northern markets, sell
ing for $40 per crate.
New Roads-At a meeting of the
Democratic executive committee OF
the parish of Pointe Coupee J. P. Cos
serand was selected chairman and }.
H. Morrison, vice chairman and F.
Eucher Decuir, sAretary. Fifty-three
delegates, including Governor-elect
Parker, were selected to cas-: the par
ish as a unit at the convention to be
held in Baton Rouge.
Hammond.-Th last two cars of the
1920 strawberry crop have been ship
per from HAMMOND, the fruit bringing
So per crate While there are berries
in the fields, they will not stand ship
ping, but are being disposed Of at the
preserving plants, which are now pay
ing 13 cents per pound, giving good
return to the farmer, who saves the
expense of packing and cost Of crate.
Pointe la Hacne.-At public auc-
ton here the sheriff sold the sugar
factory and five arpents Of land on
which the plant is located, belonging
to the Plaquemines Sugar Company.
Inc, owner Of the Stella Plantation.
Ernest Loeb of New Orleans purchas-
ed the factory and right-ofway on the
river front for $4,000.
Hammond-With the milk strike
nearing it's second week q price set
Element seems as far of as ever. with
the bulk of the milk producers stand
ing by their guns. D. A. Dalton. a
dairyman of Ponchatoula, was here ar
ranging for the shipment Of skim milk
to some of the charitable institutions
in New Orleans.
Baton Rouge. - The appropriation
suits of the city against T. Jones Cross
and Robert Hart will be heard soon.
All of the witnesses have been sum-
moned by Sheriff Day and fortyeight
jurors have been selected. Twenty.
four jurors will be used in each case.
Amite.-At the meeting of the Tan
gipahoa parish school board here re-
Gently, that body passed a resolution
appropriating $3.50 for the purpose Of
defraying the expenses Of one young
man on the state agricultural tour Of
the Northern and Western States.
Baton Rouge-Hotels and boarding
houses in Louisiana will not be allow
ed to boost their rates any time they
see fit if bill to be introduced In the
Legislature by Senator ]. r. Domen
geaux Of Lafayette is passed.
Thibodaux. The Thibodaux-La-
fourche Association of Commerce
adopted a resolution endorsing the
proposed 3-mill school maintenance tax
that the property taxpayers of La
fourche parish will vote upon May Is.
The organization pledged itself to do
its utmost in having the tax carry.