The St. Mary banner., 1921-09-10

three-mill tax for street. park and
cemetery improvement.
PlaQuemine.-GeoTg kennith, s.
year-old son Of Captain Phile Marion
tree fell about twenty feet, landing on
a picket fence, one of the pickets al
most piercing his body. Physicians
state that he will recover
Plaquemine-The Peoples Bank in
liquidation filed a petition in the Fed
eral Court at Baton Rouge asking that
]. f. Dunlap, former president Of the
bank, be declared bankrupt. The petit
ton alleges that the said Dunlap is in
debted to the bank in various sums.
Monroe.-The East Carroll Parish
Fair Association has been merged
into the Tri Parish Fair Association.
Madison and Tensas parishes having
entered the organization. Morehouss
and Jackson parishes have also joined
with the North Louisiana Fair Asso-
citation to take part in the fair at Cal
houn, Ouachita parish, October 1921.
New Orleans-Both the Louisiana
and Mississippi divisions of the
American Cotton Association will meet
in New Orleans co-incidentally with
the Interstate Farm Congress. w. B.
Thompson, chairman OF the Louisiana
division, has called its meeting for
September 13, while the farm con-
gress will be held during the week OF
September II to IT.
Monroe.-The Louisiana Lumber
and Mill Company has been estab-
lished for the purpose Of developing
the timber interests of Union parish
and Union county, Arkansas. The
company has acquired 10000 or moro
acres Of timber land in Union parish
and in Arkansas and has taken steps
City, with a capacity of $4,000 feet
a day
Lake Charles-The 29th annual ses-
sion of the Carey Baptist Association.
comprising the parishes of Calcasieu,
Cameron, Vermillion, Jefferson Davis
and a part OF Allen, convened in regu-
lar session with the Vinton Baptist
Church. D. p. Gerald OF Lake Charles
was elected moderator, Archie Came
ron of Lake Charles was elected Sec
retary and treasurer. The opening
sermon was by DR.. j. T. Early OF Lake
Charles.
Thibodaux-Th Ferdinand Lefort
Post. American Legion, has elected
the following officers: Commander,
c. J. Bourg; post commander and
Americanization officer. C. A. Nor
want; vice-commanderS, Noah Ducasse,
Lawrence Basset and Alcide Ledet;
adjutant, Harvey Peltier; financial Of
ficer. Percy Spiller; training and en-
ployment officer. CASTOR Braud; chap
lain, Fred Chalin; sergeant-at-arms,
Peter Bergeron.
Vile Platte-Many persons were
considerably agitated over pink
worm here Parish Agent l.. M.
Cooper made careful study of the
worms and sent some to the pink boil
worm commission for a report. The
people have been greatly relieved to
learn that the worm is a corn worm.
The corn crop this year was excep-
tionally early and when the second
crop Of worms came out there was
no young corn, which caused them to
resort to cotton.
Lake Charles.-A l.. Metz OF New
Orleans, representing the Grand
Council, Order of DeMolay for Boys,
instituted the first chapter to be or
ganized in Louisiana recently at the
Masonic Temple with twenty-eight
Lake Charles boys as members. The
acting council instituting the new
Masonic fraternity was composed OF
A. l.. Metz, master OF councillor; II. X.
Ramsey, senior councillor; George D.
Neely, junior councillor; J. B. Hollo-
man. scribe; Paul GUILTY. chaplain;
d. r. Rosenthal. marshal; A. B. c.
Anderson, senior deacon
Shreveport. M. Bush and w. H.
Adams. from Bossier and Ouachita q
parishes. respectively. have been ap-
pointed prohibition agents for the
Shreveport territory.
Monroe-B. NJ Jackson, Ouachita
parish agricultural agent, saved tho
lives Of Tom Estes and Miss Dollie
Smith at the Monroe municipal nat
aforiilIn In fhin nifr Tho &u,o uonnn