The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-01-10
Sh, eveport - Need Of greater CO.

/ meeting OF planters at the courthouse
He was introduced b. Mayor John
New Ford J. S WanramaIer. pres!-
dcert Of the American Cotton Assot
! citation. of Sparantburg, S. e., who
was to have addressed the meeting
also, was detained by late trains AMI
failed 70 arrive in time for the meet
ing.
l1eorgiana Brooks, negro. answering
a knock on the front door OF her
house, was snot in the abdomen and
seriously wounded. Tina Brooks. Is
ears old, daughter of the woman.
told the police that she heard her
mother cry ont. "oh, Bober,' which is
he1 fathers nickname The child stat
Cd thar her father and mother had
oua-reled and her father left the
house The woman says she does not
know the man who slot her.
Monroe-Owners Of wholesale
groceries Of Monroe say thoy are elat-
ed at the agreement between the gov
eminent and large packers whereby
the packers are prohibited from en-
gaging in the grocery business. While
it is a victory fer the wholesale gro
Gerry, it also victory for the consum-
er and is the hardest blow vet struck
against the high cost Of living. &C
cording to R w Germany. secretary
Of Southern Wholesale Grocery Com
pany here.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. K2ttwitz and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank narrowly escaped
serious in jury when Mr.. Kottwitz's
machine, which he was driving, col
lided with an automobile at St
Charles avenue and General Pershing
street. The occupants of the Kott-
WITT reported to the police that the
other machine was the property Of
the United States Public Health Scr.
vice.
MISUNDERSTANDING a survey of
conditions and opportunities for Ital
ian immigration in the South. Count
Piola Caselli, who commanded a bril-
gade during the Italian war, was in
Hammond. While here Count Cas-
SELF was the guest Of L. Scala, the In
dependence banker. and Frank Filar
do. acting consular agent for Italy in
Hammond, VINO is also president of
the Strawberry Growers Association
Lake Charles.-In connection with
greatly increased facilities needed for
the State Baptist Orphanage including
new building and a section of land,
. special committee is receiving pro-
posals from various communities seek
ing the institution Lake Charles 10
making a strong effort to keep the
crphanage and DeRidder, Mansfield
and Monroe have entered the list Of
bidder for it,
New Orleans. - The accidental dis
charge Of a rife. while It was being
cleaned by Wesley johnson, negro.
seriously wounded Carrie Gleason, ne
gro. Johnson occupies a room on the
ground or Of the house, while Carrie
plowed through the flooring, striking
the woman in the neck
New Orleans. - The Knights of Co
lumbus Free Evening School for ex-
service men will be inspected by the
supreme officers of the order during
their visit to this city, to attend the
Of hn 80
-octors and The Supreme Assembly of
the Fourth Degree will be held for
the first time.
Lake Charlees.-The directors Of
the First National Bank and the Lake
Charlese Trust and Savings Bank
have voted a Is per cent bonus to en-
ployes. basing it on the preceding six
months payroll. This is double tho
amount paid in former years. and is
made in recognition of the abnormal
living conditions.
Hammond. - Samples of milk re-
Gently taken from six local dairymen
and tested by the State Board Of
Health were found to contain from
to % per cent Of water. Charged in
the City Court with dilution Of their
product Judge Hungate assessed fines
ranging from $40 to $25 and costs on
the offenders Two new stores were
opened in the Locascio Building, one a
shoe store ard the other a grocery.
New Orleans. - Louisiana has COM
pleted So per cent Of its portion Of the
Jefferson Highway, the largest percen-
tage Of highway completion among all
states through which the Jefferson