The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-04-03

ed upon a program of amuSementS FOR
a detchment of soldiers from Camp
Pike, who will be here with the mill
tary band of the Third Division in the
near future.
Pioneer.-Judge John r. Mcintosh
will excuse himself when the case or
William Roberts, indicted for the muir
der of Van Mcdowell is taken UP at
the Criminal term of court that begins
soon in Oak Grove, and Judge Felix J.
Ransdell of Lake Providence will try
the case
Opelousas.-Pipe and other mate
rial to drill an oil well on the Thistle
waite property north of Washington,
St. Landry parish. is being received
and actual work on the well is guaran-
teed by forfeit of $4,000 placed on
deposit in the Washington State Bank
by the driller who has the contract.
MonrOe.-At meeting of the stock
holders of the West Logtown Planting
the corporation and sell the assets,
and A. H. Sweet and Theodore Walt
ger, as commissioners, sold the prop
erty of the company to Thomas h.
Flournoy for $4,000
White Castle. - The Fairydland
Theater, after being closed since Feb
ruary l on account of the lid being
put on by the Municipal Board OF
Health during the influenza epidemic,
started operation again under a new
management, the same owners still
being interested
Monroe.-With more than enough
funds on hand to retire all bonds re-
naming unpaid of bond issue voted
in 1899, maturing serially over a Pc
riOd of years up to June, 1889, the city
of Monroe is offering to buy all bonds
of this issue offered before June l.
1920.
Opelousas.-The state convention of
the Knights of Columbus will be held
in OpelOusas May 8 and 10. John Y.
Wegmann, state deputy of the Knights
of Columbus, announced after a meet
ing of the state officer and district
deputies in Lafayette.
Oak Grove. = Active operations in
drilling for oil on the Richardson Plan
tation. in Ward One, West Carroll par
ish, will be started soon. A large
area of land has been leased and in
dications for oil and gas are reported
good.
Oak Grove r. A. Brown. cashier
of the First National Bank of Oak
Grove, and breeder of fine hogs, has
just returned from Little Rock, Ark,
where he purchased at public auction
two registered Duroc hog. a boar and
gilt.
Colfax. - F. C. Porter. depot agent
for the l.. X. and N. Company, has re-
signed his position here to accept as
agent for the same company at Alex
andria, and expects to go there. He
will be succeeded at Colfax by Travel
ing Auditor Powers.
Pioneer. = Frederick Beavers of
Ward Five, who was appointed re-
Gently to cadetship in West Point
Military Academy by Congressman
Wilson. is a grandson Of Silas A. Stew
enson of Kilbourne, merchant and
planter of that section.
Monroe. = One mile Of six-inch cast
iron pipe has been bought and three
hundred additional tons have been con-
tracted for by the city in preparation
for beginning the work of rebuilding
the waterworks and sewer systems
here.
ST. Martinville Planters are get
ting ready to rally for Beef Cattle
Day to be held at the Iberia Live
stock Experiment Farm operated by
the government for carrying on feeo.
ing experiments
Ponchatoula. The election for
mayor in Ponchatoula resulted in the
victory Of M. F. Tucker over Bernard
Antony by a vote of 10 to 45. Mr..
Tucker was formerly mayor Of the
town for four years.
PlaQuemine. = The drug store OF AL
bert J. Comeaux, in Eden street, was
broken recently and the cash register
broken open. but no money was taken.
The thieves were seeking alcohol, as
nothing else was disturbed.
Franklinton. - Rev F. N. Sweeney
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