The St. Mary banner., 1921-02-12


clubs and girls poultry club.
Donaldsonville-At a regular meet
ing of the police jury held recently,
parish budget of expenditures, for the
fiscal year, amounting 20 $4,000, was
adopted.
Slaughter-l1rs. Henry Harvey has
sold the Slaughter Hotel to Mrs. Will
lie Moore, who will remodel and ope-
rate the hotel under the name of Ho-
tel Moore.
Thibodeaux-Som rice planters in
Lafourche still are harvesting the crop
that was supposed to be all cut last
August The fields are overrun with
rodents.
Lake Charles-Directors of the
Prairie Farm Lands Company and
the Kinder Canla Company will meet
soon to transact annual routine busi-
ness and to decide upon a policy re-
garding farming for 1921.
DeRidder-A meeting OF subscrib-
ers to the canning factory to be erect
ed in DeRidder was held recently in
the police jury room at the courthouse
at 7:30. The charter was signed and
board of directors was elected.
Vidalia.-At a meeting of the Vida
liza Civic League at the courthouse,
the president, Mrs. l.. X. Purcell, ask
ed for reports of committees appoint
ed in regard to the proposed new
town hall
Thibodaux-OleusL Leonard, mana
ger on the Coulon plantation for a
number Of years, has resigned the po-
sition at the beginning OF the year and
will move his family to Alexandria to
reside with his son, Charles Leonard.
Slaughter.-At an election held re-
Gently Homer Appleby was elected
mayor and D. W. Felps, J. r. Felps. H.
T. Munson, DIR. w. c. Ratliff and ]. F.
Spug, alderman, and James Monhan,
marshal
Eunice.-The Eunice high school
opened it's school term recently with
a large increased enrolment The
second number of the Continental Ly-
ceum Bureau was presented at the
high school,
Lake Charles.-J. o. Modisette,
grand master of the Odd Fellows Of
Lake Charles recently by large gath
ering Of Odd Fellows of the city and
many of the surrounding towns.
Welsh. Vinton. West Lake and Sui
phur being we'll represented.
Lake Charles.-A number 1 Lake
Charles women and several men met
recently in the Red Cross room. City
Hall. to discuss the present status of
charity work in this city and the ad-
visibility Of reorganizing the United
Charities Association disbanded sew
eral days ago.
Franklin.-The vestry OF the St.
Mary's Episcopal Church thanked all
who assisted in saving the church
building from destruction by fire The
vestry also authorized the women of
the church to go ahead with the re-
pairs to the rectory. The church is
now renting a house for the rector.
DeRidder-Anothe big auction sale
was held in DeRidder recently, and
everyone having anything to sell In
the way Of household goods, farm
products. machinery, tools. cattle,
horses. mules. live stock. and poultry
entered same and it was sold to the
highest bidder for cash.
DonaldsOnville. The stockholders
Of the Bankof Ascension elected the
directors as follows: J. Libermuth.
Clark Libermuth. L. Henry Schexnay-
der, W. Blumenthal. J. E. Blum, Hen
ry Meter. E. ]. Catre, S. Prejean.
Charest Thibaut. The officers are J.
Libermuth. president: Charest Tht
baut, vice president and cashier
Eunice.-The st. Tammany Parish
Fair Association met and set October
13 to Is inclusive as the dates for the
next parish fair. Leaders said they
desired that attention be called to the
dates so they may not conflict with
those Of other parish fairs.
Eunice.-The Pine Mill Of the New
el Lumber Company will resume ope-
rations after being shut down since