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The Lower Coast OGazette
I'PUl.ISlED WEEKLY BY
THE LOWER COAST GAZETTE CL.,
f. C. MEYE[RS, Pr(e.idnt; S. B. MEVEIL, Scvretary tb
PO!INTE-A-LA-HACH 1E, )LUISIANA. So
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PI.AQUEMINES PARISIT POrl!CE .1JRY, ou
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SATURDAY MARCH 27TIl, 1909.
P ninsular Plaquemines; The Lower Coast. th
Our campaign of education is beginning to have its effect and th
p better appreciation of "Peninsular Plaquemines'" or "The tu
1ower Coast,"as we generally call it, is manifesting itself. Anyone e
looking at a map of Louisiana or of Plaquemines parish will note
that this parish all lies below the 30th parallel of latitude north of tl
the equator and at the Delta reaches the 29th, We are located m
just outside the tropics and possess all the advantages of Florida P
in our peninsular formation projecting a hundred miles or more ar
into the Gulf of Mexico and f;r superior to Florida, our peninsular gF
js made up, not of sea sand, but of the alluvium brought down to J3
ps from the vast plains of the great yalley above us, of the whole h(
Cluntry from the Alleghany Mountains to the Rockies and from a
the wgter.shed just below FIake Superior down 2000 miles to the a
Gulf, The waters of the whole mid continent flow by our doors T'
pnd have formed the peninsular that makes our parish, We have
the southern latitude, the resulting semi-tropical climate, a copious
rainfall, water in the front of us and water in the rear of us, all tl
combining to give ps agricultural and horticultural resourses that ot
purpps .those of any other State of the Union, Florida and Texas 3(
not excepted. We have enough cold weather to make us nee4 a d(
fair amount of clothing and reasonably good housing, but when as u
in 1895 we had a foot of snow, and in 1899 had the coldest weather n.
experienced in 200 years, Florida fared far worse than we did, st
Our orange trees were killed byt so were theirs, but in two years t
pur orange planters were again to the 'front with a fair crop and t.
now that industry is more promising than ever, hi
Oranges' hg0vever, tre not our strong point, although we lead j m
the rulf States in them, The rice crop has been a favorite crop
here for more than a century, but we don't regard that crop our a
`'piece de resistance," oranges and rice do not enable their 0
growers to get as much value out of the land annually as do other
props, Theydo not consumre all of the time and energy that our y
fnen are capable of. They may utalize oqr soil and climate twelve
p~onths in the year a$ the oranges does, or six months as the rice ti
does, but they don't utalize all the brain and brawn of our men for t
the whole of the year and the aggressive competition that sur- t
rounds us demands of us the fdll exercise of all of our energy and t
ability all the time, if we survive in the battle of life and leave our a
foot prints on the sands of time. p
The production and manufacture of sugar cane comes more n
nearly to utiliging all of the resources of climate and soil and of h
-Iumar ability and energy than any other crqp hereinabove stated.
Jt taliqs gll the available ability, energy, time and gapital and is
pot alwgys ~!gCessful then. Q.r parish would be riehlr if.~ nore
diversificatio in its industries prevailed and we believe we have
pow reached a degree of advancement wherefrom diversification
will gain ground daily. We do pot wish to discuss our oyster nd s
pther fishing indu.tries in which we are taking the first place in
the south, That phasp of our industrial future deserves special
consideraion which will come to it in due course.
Those who have traveled from Los Angeles up to San Francis
.o by tl1e cpast line will have noticed that the whole country for
pi eemingly hgn4redy of miles iq practically one vast fruit orchard ii
. nd yegetabl an4 flower garden. The farms are small, the cul-r
-r I9nrse an. the resplting crops are immense. They are fur- t
tler north thap we a, but have the Kuro Siwa, or Japanese
uff stream flowing up their shores and this influences their cli
n, eate to such ap e ntept as to enable them to growi tropical fruits, t
hlbeir splendid crops of oranges, lemons, grapes, prunes, beans,
" and flowers have made that section of California rich. It has
Sbeen done by intense culture effected with the highest intelligence
And all thiq with the active cooperation of the railroads.
S California could readily e.port her grain crops, but all her i
'aat coast fruit crop would swamp the home market at once. In
faet these cgps would never have existed but for the early inter
Sventian of the railroads in the business and their prompt apprecia-,
' lton .f its needs. The problem to be sp!ved was that of dietribu
Sution.. There werq millions ofpeople in the United States ready
tr o cosume Califqrnia fruits if the fruits Fould be offered to the
:-ospqper at what seemed to him reasqoable prices, We need not
diusag it in detail, but if we recall the figures correctly the Santa
S nan th~ St4he n Pacjfic railroads bring east annually some
9,Qo0 car lo.l, pf orppges alone. When it comes to the grape
p::.ad otjor fruit crops an4 the incidental wines, brandies and can
ge frs~ji spnt east by rail, we believe we are correct in saying
Sthalt these shipmeants from the Pacific Coast to the Mississippi Val1
: 7i: have been the main pgpport of the railroads, It was out there
that the fanmqus phrase 't~la the stuff all it will bhear," originated
.msong the railrgqd rate mak'rs, They must have done their work
: ell pl they coul. nevew have brought their oranges 2,)00 miles
a.st by railroad an~l sold them to us here in the New Orleans mar
!:.et as they have been doing for many years.
'rtle pariah of Plaquepmines can beat Califqrnia, can beat 1
4odaa can ,perpapq beat the rest of the wirld, in industrial sue
s iin pria 4ing orange, figs and many vegetables, but the prob
I distFibutiqg. confrpnts our growers. The railroads long ago
ie.d ttt h dietributior of bananas an4 the hundreds of ship loads
riving are quickly unleaded, transferred to freight cars and
ptut4d off Ip the country under telegraphic orders and now ba
il~ can bhe bought .t retail in Cincinnati or St. Louis, Louisville,
OFphi Chicago, as q)eaply and frequently more cheaply than
p!ear be bought in New Orleans. Just how all of this is done
1 al.t kpow, bult the IJnited Fruit C o., the chief importers, and
gLb. rait o taVe the distributiQn of bananas provided for. Our
s are now saippinS Lower Coast lettuce, probably the most
vFt table going to market, The New Qrleans market is
mt .4n the dealers there are either too timid or too lazy
.hol40of businemss and develope it. The market garden
*qw O rlqp Il ave ltely been shipping for their own ac
t~rigertr..car to Chicago. They have been compelled
I .p ze-IaH tio t~secure this distribution and while it
,i . ~ .e s we feel confident that they haven't got the
t .raaCJ id tqtt the Californians have. As will be seen
.a.. nqF:ro{m Betr'andille in another coluan in this issue,
(qer4i Saon, c.tlt ~eality, are now shipping lett.ce
qand4 - qeeting to make daily car lo.d ship.
t etuc of ten or fifteen ears anyway. They have
where from Pittsburg to Denver or any intervening point as their
telegraphic correspondencp may suggest:
Truck gardening is the industry par-excellence of Plaque
mines parish. A car load of lettuce, if of high grade is worth
$1,000 in Chicago, and an acre of Plaqupmines land will produce an
the car load of lettuce. It is a plain case of intelligent hard work. on
Some lettuce from here recently was found worthless in Chicago, da,
while other lots Imore carefully handled brought more than previ- An
ous prices. It would seem to us that we need an active Horticul- mO
tural society where all these matters can be discussed and pro- let
vided for. We haye eighty-five million people who want Lower Lo
Coast head lettuce, Lower Coast cucumbers, Irish potatoes, etc.
Carefully arranged distribution will successfully bring buyers and bas
sellers together. The Banana people have learned how to do it. wi
Shall we learn also? is
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Professor W. R. Dodson and Dr, W. H. Dalrpmple,
Half a century ago Virginia was called the Mother of the
Presidents, so many of our earlier presidents having come from
the Old Dominion. Now Louisiana is in a fair way to rival even h
the Old Dominion in becoming practically the mother of Agricul- bit
tural Scientists. During the week we have learned that the Fed- ray
eral Department of Agriculture has been negotiating with Pro- en
fessor Dodson to take charge of its experimental farms, of which Gi
there are now hundreds if not thousands in operation and they de
mand the :post thorough scientific control to justify the vast ex- a
penditure necessary in their organization, operation and mainten- ha
ance and to utilize the data secured. Professor Dodson with his sc
great ability, untiring industry and capacity for organization is
just the man for the occasion. Secretary Wilson shows the level U
head he has in seeking Professor Dodson, but we say nay, we ed
can't spare all of our best men in any one season. We may be la
able to produce one a year fit to be weaned away from us and car- vi
ried off to strange lands but let it not be Dodson. We want him w
here. m
This assault upon our intellectual preserves is not made with
the view of capturing Professor Dodson only. We now learn that h(
our Philippine friends, not content with sending in a tidal wave of ui
300,000 tons of sugar to overwhelm our markets, just as Cuba has gi
done during the last ninety days, are now contemplating the seiz
ure of Dr. W. H. Dalrymple, our distinguished professor of Veteri
nary Science and carrying him off to the distant Philippines to
study there the rirder pest and other tropical diseases that afflict e1
the live stock of the tropical "Far East." It seems a thankless
task for us to take such men as these and educate them up to the
highest possible standards availing of all our research work, of our q<
machanical tillage, of our labor saving devices, of our infinite ex
periences and to then have them ruthlessly torn away from us
and all because of the promise of more pay and of a wider fiield s
of work. s
But seriously, let us consider it. We presume that we have E
young timber coming along that can take the place of older ones ii
who are seduced away, but think of the young apostles of Scien
tific Agriculture that we have during recent years, sent out
r to the rest of the world. Dir. Walter Maxwell was called from us
to the Hawaiian Islands and later there came to him a louder call li
i to distant Australia. Prof. R. E. Blouin left us to go to Hawaii s
c and has since gone to Argentine to take charge of the sugar ex
periment station there while Dr. Zerban crosses the Andes and
now directs the Peruvians and teaches the descendents of the Incas
E how to make two stalks of sugar cane grow where but one grew
before. c
Whatever Louisiana loses in all .this, however, the rest of
e thq world gains and we must be good Christians and sub- r
a mit to it. It does seeim ha~'d, however, to have ones best girl co
· quetting with some other fellow and it is hard to stand idly by and r
Ssee the tempter offering Professor Dodson and Dr. Dalrymple all
the attractions of this earth if they will leave us and go to them. i
l Perhaps Dodson and Dalrymple wont go. Let us hope so.
River News
Capt. J. B. Lindhe reports that the
channel in Southwest Pass is deepen- I
ing daily, the present high stage of the i
river with the swift current through
the pass causes the bottom tQ scour
freely and more water isreported daily I
as a consequence. If the present work
of placing beacon and range lights by
the U. S. Light House Department is
hastened the Engineer's dream of I
Southwest Pass will be realized and big
ocean grey hounds will soon be steam
ing up the pass.
Then watch the town of Burrwood
boom? Our mutual friend Mr. Myer,
the wireless nman, is very anxious for
this, as he says ?eroplanes are few and
and far between at the present stage
of the game.
Mr. B. R. Hill, formerly oiler on the
tug boat Tuscaloosa, in the gQvernment
service here, went to New Orleans last
week pnd passed a satisfactory engi
neer'" examinatign. He now holds
the throttle on the tug Pickett, Capt.
Lindhe's flagship.
Mr. John Hanson, second mate on
the U. S, S. St. Join's, was in New
Orleans this week attending strictly to
business.
The ice plant in the course of con
struction here, is rapidly near.ig com
pletion and Burrwood will soon be able
to stave off an ice famine.
Mr. G. W, Fullertoi and family of
the South Pass light, left for McIntosh,
Ala,., this week. Mr. Fullerton in
tends to return to his post of duty soon
but will leave his family in Alabama to
reside permanently and take care of
their interests there.
)Qr. Ed. Fitzgerald of the South Pass
light has recently moved his little in
teresting family from Orleans to Port
Eads and they are now cosily located
in their pretty residence near the light.
We don't see or hear any more pf
our good old friend Capt. Harry Gil
more; we casually hear though that the
Captain is still on deck, and on the 17th
inst haeded the parade in Port Eads as
grand marshalL
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr.
W. E. Washburn, engineer in charge
at Port Eads, a few days ago, and must
say that he seems to be a hearty good
fellow. Mr. Washburn reports every
thing "fine and dandy" under his care.
Everybody seems happy and prosper
pus in and around Venice, but Mr.
Muskrat. Thousands of furs of his
kind are being shipped weekly to New
Orleans 1nd other fur markets.
On p;isingthe residence of our friend
Mr. JSp. Bernard, one evening this
week, the soft strains of music were
heard issuing therefromr and upon
Ri oser inve tigatien cdiscovýrec! it t-, be i
i t:i::· ~~~··pfi 'ii~el
and playing "Wont You be an El)l
With Me." We listened attentively
for a while but being afraid of detection
quietly disappeared in the shades of
darkness.
The many friends of Mr. Wm. Bur
gess, Who was associated with Capt.
Thos. Wilson in the Conway Oyster Co.
at the salt works, and a brQther-in-law
of Capt. Chas. Pqat, regret to learn of
his sudden death in New Orleans on
Monday.
Clerk of Court.
The Baton Rouge dispatches of Wed
pesday night announced the apppint
.ment by Governor Sanders of Mr.
Ernest Alberti as clerk of court for
Plaquemines parish to serve until the
successor of Mr. Alberti's father, the
late lamented A. P. Alberti, shall have
been duly elected. The Lower Coast
Gazette congratulates Mr. Alberti on
.his appointment and sincerely hopes
that the regular election later on will
duly coincide with the present appoint
ment protem.
Police Jury Wins,
A matter of interest to the people of
this parish is the printing case decided
last Monday by the court of appeals for
this district. Judge Horace L. Dufour
being the organ of a unanimous Court
composed of three jurists.
The suit was instituted by Felix S.
Hingle, proprietor of the Plaquemines
Protector who sought to mandamus, or
compel, the Police Jury of this parish
to electhis paper the official journal, al
leging in his petition that the printing
was worth to him the sam of $600 per
year. The mlatter came up for trial
t before Judge R. Emmet Hingle, who
i decided in favor of the parish, in effect
throwing open the doors to all competi
tion by requiring all public printing to
be awarded to the lowest bidder. The
Lower Coast Gazette was in due course
of time elected the official journal, hav
ing bid.25 cents per square, the aggre
gate not tq exceed $100 per year.
The syllabus of the decision, which
e affirms Judge Higgle's opinion is as
t follows:
d "State ex rel. Felix S. Hingle vs.
The Police Jury of the Parish of Plaque
mines-1. Repeal by implication is not
favored, and, unless they are irrecon
cilable, the two statutes should, if pos
s sible be construed together and their
v diferences ha*inonized.- 2. Act 138 of
1894, is repealed and superceded by
d section 22 of Act 184 of 1908, on the
a same subjectmatter, and the latter sta
e tote remains the only muniment of au
a thCriit: for parcehial action in rieeren
' to c 'h  ,býrv i:.t.L:. r"y
r PARISH NEWS.
Nero
h Mrs. M. S. Seward of New Orleans,
and Mrs. Leo Martin, of Pointe-a-la
Hache, were the guests of Mrs. Savoie
on Sunday. Mr. Jos. Savoie spent Sun
, day at Doulluts Canal. Mrs. Adam
i- Ansardi of Ostrica, is the guest of her
. mother-in-law, Mrs. Dominique Ansardi.
Messers. Othelia and Frederica Gravo
let, were the guests of their sister Mrs.
r Louis Dragon on Tuesday.
The putting in of the drainage box,
d back of Messrs. Adema and Cazalas'
t, will be complete this week. The work
is being done by Ansardi Brothers un
der the superyision of Commissioner
J. B. Hingle.
Le Home Plai.
n Miss Irene Clark after an enjoyable
stay of several weeks here returned to
her home in Venice. Captain J. Au
bic and Messrs, W. Allen, L. L. Con
- rad and J. T. Powers were delightfully
0- entertained at the home of Mr. F.
h Giordano, last Friday evening.
The pupils of the Home Place school
are busy making a flower garden on
the school grounds; they anticipate
l1- having a very pretty garden ere the !
iS School term comes to a close.
1i Quite an anjoyable boat ride on the!
el U. S, tug boat, Tunica, was participat
e ed in by the young people of this place
last Sunday evening.
Messrs, W. Dymond and E. C' Kohn
r- visited the Home Place school last
m Wednesday. They were in Mr. Dy
mond's pretty launch, "Helen of Be
th lair," and having lost the propeller of
the boat as they started on their way
at home, Mr. Dymond had to remain here fe(
Of until Thursday morning and was the
as guest of Mr. F. Giordano. qu
M,
tic
ri- Daisy th
to Mr. C, T. Deramee of St. Benard is da
hct having a dwelling erected on his .prop- lei
erty at Harris Canal. The U. S. Gov- on
SS ernment is revetting the levee at Daisy. th
he Those who have sown rice here are
ur quite busy keeping off the blackbirds Ci
,X which are very numerous.
W. J. Louderbough, Alvin Lee and
us Penrose Edgecombe went launch riding
Sunday. Mrs. Alvin Lee spent last
Sunday in New Orleans. Mrs. C. to
.ve Edgecombe and Miss Lena Zausch vis
ited New Orleans Sunday. John
Roberts visited Daisy Sunday.
S -- de
)Ut Nairn. be
US Mrs. Jos. Tabony and her interesting gi
all little daughter Bessie, of New Orleans, at
aii spent several days here, the guests of s
3x- Mr, and Mrs. Theo. Brown. Mrs, W. aT
H. Chauvin and her children were the G
guests of Mrs. H. Dustman in New te
as Orleans Sunday.
ew Misses Josephine and Bertha Alberti W
of Sunrise visited the Misses Lincoln st
of Sunday. Mrs. Edmond Pelas of Ve- be
b- nice, visited at the home of Mr. L. ti
Gauffray Saturday. Messrs. Emmet C
Co Kelley, Sidney Johnson and Bud Ben- tl
Ind nen visited friends here Sunday, The f
all news of the death of Mrs. Geo. Rosen- R
. brock of Empire was a great shock to fl
her many friends here. The deepest ri
sympathy is extended to the members he
-- of her family. r
El)e Mr. A. Comander spent Sunday with p
vely Mr. E. E. Kinley. At the regular w
ion meeting of the R. E, Lee Circle ont
of Friday, March 19, the following new a
officers were elected: President, Ilays N
3ur- Lincoln; Vice-President, Marguerite I
apt. Lanrux; Secretary, Mollie Chaqvin; a
Co. Treasurer, Bessie Chauvin; Foreign
law News, Johapna Gauffray; Local News, a
a of Maurice O'Brien; Program Committee, t
on Bonita Brown and Victor Gilmore. A
The new books for the Nairn School v
Library have been received. There d
was an addition of fiftyrseven new F
ed- books, making a total of 121 books. b
dint- --n
Mr. Ste. Sophie,
for F4r, Alvey Hingle of Pointe-a-\a
the Hache, was a visitor in this place later
the ly, Hon. Simon Leopold went to tlhe
iave city Thursday, returning Saturday even- n
oast ing. dna went to pollouts Canal Sunday, f
on Judge A. Leopold went to Belair Friday e
opes to look over the ruins of the Belair o
will Sugar house. The people of this place a
nt are much disturbed and anticipate much a
loss from the burning of the Sugar 1
House at Belair, c
Mr. Davis Dobson of Ste. Sophie, C
Sof has seventy five acres of rice .already I
ided up and looking well, and will soop
Sfor make another sowing.
four Mr. Will Cross, Jr., went tothe city I
ourt Wednesday to attend the wedding of
his sister-in-law, and returned Thursday
c evening. Mr. James Boyce went to New t
C Orleans this week. Miss Alice Dobsonk
and her brother, with her little cousin,
rish were visiting Sunday, and called on
1, al- Miss Hill at Monsecour.
lting
) per Burrwood. c
trial Captain Hanson, with a party leftt
who here Tuesday on a fishing excursion to
fect Biloci and other points along the Gulf
peti- Coast. Mr, and Mrs. Victor Carr are
g to visiting relatives in New Orleans this
The week. Little Tim and Jessie OBrien
urse ofthe Head of the Pass Lighthouse
hav- were guests of their grandmother Mrs.
gre- M. 5. Butcher, three days this week,
Messrs. R. and J. Morgan of Boothville
hich are guests of their sister Mrs. J. Bude
saswich.
The mail boat while entering the
mouth of Pilot Town Bayou Tuesday
e- night got aground and had to remain
ot there all night,
acon
pos- Jesuits' Bend.
their The ' tiny leaflets, the growing
8 of sprouts, thebudding flowers,,the rich
I by verdure, aye, even the sweet twitteri' g '
the of the winged, spring's own ha,-I
sta bingers, are here to announce the ar-i
f au- rival of our best loved season3. Manyj
trel- iwet a-ipm: of thazks arhi f•" roi v
_-__. --- - --_._. . .- "----.zr witn'set-nwtv e "sfI-- e'.are+a a
Free! = Free! - r "' &@ O 6·
Louis Leorhwd &
LoulsEt anrac D~,rl(~siz 9,·,,
Free Boat and Railroad F 1'r, t Pe.
paid. New cbos · ;ci (;:1 t N,
Ot leans aItI return flint ~ ; t " ,;e to . u,
On arll [))inse; of 1;25.Aj0 alt t" r, V; )'Vbt
`:uitr frt-ghrlt (hlirige. mitt - r , '1 u . ; f ad ol'
boat, betit:ween E -ti'~as .n
to get your g'ocdb in iiu l;'y t'v he' of any
C~c t't. W o have. e::e u t "X ~ ~' .
]iae eis f n1'rel) a:iui1: II hin t ,t' ;.. 'I }, tnd
Distinct Depirtm ent,_
Clothing, Hats, Shoes, M- t Linros: Cnrl ·;
pets and Shades, ih'lfine , 2 a)1, Goods,
Fancy Goods and JIeellr r
V'a(i lOepartrii It by li L~l f a ýý.O'E ore d. atr'e markedl it!
{ ]'"II!1 ffi!1'ri dll that yt a ir \'l!,! )1;"I 1
el1 ts t th . ý iiit sl I ll '0 i t )1t !-I ' its:
-1250 ¶15, $'8 alt $~3 1:,P'~ $:ll.,· `;'UB:a *iScia;l l.
.;'ns c'l ( ýý"Hu itacays' aract Youths''
Gfothl' al s),t ci'ity frI in 1 to '.:(i). WMeet's anrd
ibciys' L Illitti we'ar, t~vur\ JO hr'C I rt'u1 25C a hgitrl(t t~ip.
es-lc-We sell uni/ Firs:t C;ja- f,(t M
Bcys, Ladies and ChiJ iitat: pi)UtlFtr prices, Ml:at
I in's froml lime a yard u) ,ý, I k 101 ' ''. dup
L in en S had e:; from 2.- , a yc rtS ill)' 1 1 0 U p I iJ an e rt' .\ot L t am Y t p r e
ejonly the L~atst' ('re~atioI1l I irl~lt ?' ~'" ' ~`ii t Ptcllu'ul' Pr.i~eS j
to suit every turch'seI'. Eob t FBrok tI a ut l ' !t.9 for
1W8 uth for large faled (. go,)( It'! i !,,'t i to ilto d Vel" b}est
mlade. We x'ant you to tro I It r it 4 t'. RI rnt',eltrr, you
e get Free Transportation i'!I. V aim I :cttran igtli
a- pid if you buy $25.00 of anyX Ii itdi of ut ICl·:auiui.in thle
e Various delnpartrmnIts of our lig swrto. lCake Ilau·tbin Car:
Levee and Banades Car or Carondrk1i. C'ar
t' Louis Leonhard & 8Sn
Louisa and Dauphine Streets.
if
feet weather? 0
Mr. Ernest R. Perez is becoming p,
quite an adept in the art of fariping.
May his realization meet his expecta- aj
tion. Mr. Coalec, of Tennessee. was p
the guest of Mr. Ben Beenel on Satur- i a
day. Mr. J. H. Switzer, of New Or- I D
leans was the guest of Mr. A, Z. Perez f:
on Sunday. Master Emile Beenel was c
the week end guest of Sidney Becnel. e,
Among the visitors to the Crescent
City on Sunday were Mesdames R. V.
1Perez and Frank Giordano, Misses
Edwige, Ethel and Osyeti Perez,
Our heartfelt sympathy is extended
to the sufferers by the Belair fire.
Pointe-a=!a==Hache, h
W. H. Norwood returned Wednes
day from Memphis, Tennessee, having p
been hurridly summoned there by tele- v
graph to the bedside of a dying sister,
arriving there a few hours too late to o
see her alive. She leaves one sister x
and brother to mourn her demise. The a
I Gazette extends its sincere sympathy
to the bereaved.
On last Saturday morning the Sheriff 7
i was summoned by phone from Naomi t
stating that a murder or suicide had
- been committed at La Reusite Planta:
Ition. The Sheriff then notified the
t Coroner and they left immediately for
the scpee of the trouble, where they
e found pne Casimere Fegas, a Por to
-Rican, in a cabin lying dead on the
o floor with a bullet hole through his
,t right temple. The Coroner, after
s holding an autopsy, found that death
resulted from hemorrhage, Suspicion
h pointed to one Alpina Theophili, who
,r was at once arrested and placed in jail
n together with one Arthur Andersohn as
v a material witness, District Attorney
s Nunez pnd Sheriff Mevers were at the
e scene of the shooting again on Tuesday
I; and more evidence was secured.
n Messrs. Dave Withan, Jos., Savoie
i, and Elridge Perez were business visi
, tors in our town on Monday. Hon.
Aaron Davis and his son Dave were
) visitors here Sunday, and enjoyed the
e day very rpuch. Disctrict Attorney N,
N H. Nune, was in our town Tuesday on
business. Our good friend and drum
mer, Jack Herbert was ip our town
on Friday,
Nicholls
le One of the saddest events ever wit:
- nessed in this settlement was the
, funeral of Miss M, E. Anderson, belov,
Ly ed daughter of Mrs, Sarah Anderson
it of Ostrica, The deceased was 19 years
.e and 6 months old, and leaves a mother
i and four sisters to monrn her lqks,
The funeral was largely attended. In
common with many others, we extend
our deepest sympathy to the bereaved
ly family.
Mr, J. Bennett Kelley of New Orleans
visited his parents Monday. Mr. Louis
ty Benen spent the week end in our Burg,
f The work .on the Point Pleaant levee
tY is moving rapidly along and it appears
wthat we will soon have a levee that
n has come to stay.
n' We had occasion last Sunday to visit
Sone of the hunting camps in Pass-a-la
Outre, and were greatly refreshed after
our journey by the sweet(?) perfume
of a muskrat, On our return we had
ft the pleasure of meeting Mrs. R.
to Wright and Miss D. E, Wright of Pilot
lf Town,
Deer Range,
Mrs. J. Perez. of Jesuit Bend, visited
her daughter Mrs. U. Conrad. Mrs.
*8. Anton Menge spent last Sunday at
k City Price as the gtest of Mrs. T. Nolan.
le Mrs. Wmin. Conrad went up to New Or,
leans, Tuesday,
he The patrons of the Deer Rrange
school, with the kind assista,,ce of tieI
in School Board have just added thirty o0e i
books thei, to Lib.'va:.
Plot Torwn
g" Mi , , -rn g . e C:.og . , .-.. , rn r.u'y i
IInspe,:or& on L!.e :CoICc,
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Orleans to undergo the neccessary re.
pairs.
Mrs. R. Wright, has returned home
after spending some time at Point
Pleasant, the guest of Mrs. L. Bennen
and Mrs. J. J. Kells, Judge G. W.
Delesdernier of Burrwood, visited his
I family at Pilot Town Sunday. Mr.
Cecrge Gibbon and Rali'h Gordon visit,
ed Pilot Town, in the laulnco, Laura.
Happy Jack,
lessrs. Aucoin and Saxon spent Sun
day and Monday at Ravenwood. Mrs.
N. B. Cannon is spending the week in
New Orleans, the guest of her daugh.
ier. ,rs. F. Baril. Miss S, Treadaway
has returned home after ra very pleasant
stay in Happy Jack. She was accom
panied by Miss Mary Treadaway, who '
will remain a few days in New Orleans.
Among those who visited Happy Jack
on Sunday were Octave Chauvin, of
Wood Park; ienry Trenil, of Hermit.
age and E. Fox, of Myrtle grove.
Miss Annie Richardson returned from
New Orleans on Saturday. Miss Emma
E Treadaway spent Sunday in Algiers,
the guest of relatives,
Bertrandville.
Among some of the people of this
place, St. Josefph's feast was well cele,
brated, There were several alters erec.
ted and they were beautifully decorat.
de with a very tempting display of all
kinds of fruits, cakes candies nuts,
etc. Rev. Father Kellog was called to
bless the alter, and after the blessing
o the distribution of the good things be.
gan. In all directions could be seen
the little folks going home with con,
s tented hearts, Some had bags of fruit
' others loaves of bread large enough
e for a weeks supply, Any one that has
never seen a feast.of this kind should
come to this place o~ St. Joseph's Birtý*
e day.
The frost of last week did some
damage to the open field cucumbers but
e as our people are always on the alert
e they had their seed germinating while
the frost was falling and two days later
n all the missing cucumbers were replant,
ed.
John Meyer ard son have shipped a
car of lettuce to Chicago this week,
The lettuce was all choice averaging
about 19 heads to the hamper. A sam,
t" ple hamper was shipped by express
le ahead of the car. We should be glad
1, to hear from our brother farmers of
n Home Place as to what they have to
rs say about suchs hipments. Our people
tr are expecting to ship a carload of let.
s, tuce every day for the next ten or tif"
!I teen days.
Ld On Wednesday last, Engineer J.
d Monget, of the State Board of Engi.
neers and Hon. S. 1eopold inspected
the levees in our district and found
is them in splendid condition.
·e State High School Rally.
rs Bston Rouge will entertain from
Wt April 30 to May 1, fully one thousand
high school pupils from the different
it high schools of Louisiana who will be
a- the guests of the citizens of tne Capi
or tal City during the State High School
e Rally.
Ld Fifty High Schools will be represent4
Sed in the different contests. Five hun
dt red children are exp~ected to come as
contestants, and as many more as "root
Cr3 for their schools and spectators of
the event.
The railroads in Louisiana will give a
d rate of one fare plus tvcnty-five cents
s for the occasion, and all of the children
t who attend and te teachers who ac
n. company ther wil: be entertained in
r' Ba( ltoa Rouge hoames withoutcost.
The hts.ls ,f t: re', r.,cw b',:.
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of ; ··'t. , ,an .fl:hlt ! l
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. d, a ,.._ womrn w,rth a
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