The St. Mary banner., 1920-08-07

perS to furnish his department "No
the amount OF tonnage received byi
them from New Orleans, New Yors'
and Eastern seaboafd points ana
points on and east OF the Mississippi
river in Central Freight Association
territory so that the amount OF ton
nagew hich may be handled by steam
boats and barge lines may be deter
mined. Because rates will be greatly
increased September l. the establish
ment of boat and barge lines between
Monroe and New Orleans would save
many thousand dollars annually to
Monroe shippers.
Sbreveport.-After drilling four feet
deeper in the s. g. Hunter well at
Stephns, Ark, the bit went past the
oil sand and into a sand mixed With
shale, according to reports from an
authoritative source here. The wen
was declared good for 100 barrels as
it stood recently by a Standard OIL
Company official, who said that It
would be drilled few feet deeper to
levelop an anticipated better produo-
tion a short distance below 2132 feet,
where 1t stood then.
Houma.-The second annual meet
ing of the Houma- -Terrebonne Assocfa-
tion OF Commerce was held with a
large attendance. The meeting was
held in the gymnasium of the new
Terrebonne High School, which was
fitted up especially for the occasion.
The report of the secretary showed a
large amount of work accomplished
during the past year with considera.
BILE under way and a great deal still
to be done.
Plauchevilie.-Two weeks ago this
section had the best cotton crop pros
pect in ten years and since then al
most daily showers and heavy rains
have reduced the prospect about equal
to last years crop AS the presents
weather is favorable to the boil wee
wills they are multiplying in such
numbers that in a week or two thecot.
ton will cease to bloom entirely which
means short crop as the cotton is
fully two weeks late.
Monroe.-Despite guarantees and
lnnoculation anthrax is still raging in
parishes adjoining Ouacita and to
some extent in this parish. In parts
of Caldwell parish the disease is less
prevalent than a few weeks ago, but
in other parts conditions show no i'm
provement One Caldwell planter who
owned eleven has lost ten of them. A
negro tenant who had just paid for a
span of mules lost them both and also
lost his cow by anthrax.
Hammond.-While diving fn the
Tangipahoa river at his home near
Breckwaldt, Monday, William Attic
Wittie, the 20-year-old son of Frank
Wittie, struck his head on a submerg-
ed log, sustaining severe injuries. He
was taken to New Orleans on the
train the next day for hospital treat
ment, his condition. due to high fever
and his being unconscious, being re-
garded as serious.
Colfax.-During thunderstorm
which occurred here recently, Renza
Box and Allen Brady, white men en-
ployed by the Big Pine Lumber Com
pany, were struck by lightning. Box
being killed and Brady being render
ed unconscious for several hours. Box
is survived by his wife and four chill
dren. The men were standing be-
meath tree when the lightning
flashed.
Alexandria.-Dr. A. B. Dinwiddie,
president, and DR.. Isadore Dyer, dean
of the medical department of the Tu-
lane University delivered addresses at
the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis
Club here in the interest of the cam
paign now being waged for funds for
Tulane University.
Bunkie.-Congressm James B. As
we'll, in his tour of Avoyelles parish.
spoke in Bunkie at the Delite Theater.
Alexandria.-Judge Al Hundley, Of
the Alexandria City Court, is desirous
of having the traffic laws of the city.
as well as other laws, revised to meet
existing conditions. Judge Hundley
asserts that many of the existing laws
were enacted when Alexandria Was a
village, and they are now obsolete.
Houma.-While experimenting with
wireless outfit erected on a platform
and anchored in a tall tree, four boys