Besides the numerous small crops, it is estimated that 7000
bales of cotton will be shipped from Gonzales during 1907.
Don't put it off, but write at once for particulars to
GONZALES BROS.
GONZALES. LA.
IH-orses and Mules
"." Blue Grass Stables .*.
Ed. C. Wathen, Proprietor
BANK OF DONALDSONVILLE
DONALDSONVILLE, LA.
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS
$120,266.35
OFFERS TO DEPOSITORS EVERY FACILITY
OONSISTENT WITH SAFS BANKING
3 PER CENT PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS
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S85 T oudlet St., 8w Orleans.
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AROUND THE STATE.
Items of Interest Culled From the
Louisiana Press.
New York Orphans Provided with Homes
at Opelousas-National Bank Organized
at Eunice-Contract Awarded for
Construction of Ship Channel
from Morgan City to Gulf.
The City Hotel at Winnfield was de
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
$15,000.
The municipal authorities of Alexan
dria are preparing to construct a new
city hall at a cost of about $7500.
The 11-year-old son of Ed. Blake
man, of New Iberia, accidentally shot
and killed himself while out hunting.
Dudley Sharkey, cashier of the
Union Oil Company, of Vidalia, was
arrested on a charge of embezzlement.
The annual convention of the Wo
man's Foreign Missionary Society of
Louisiana was held at Lake Charles.
A national bank was organized at
Eunice with a capital of $30,000, of
which $22,000 was subscribed locally.
In the district court at Lake Charles,
Abe Thompson was convicted of carry
ing concealed weapons and fined $250
and costs.
The Caddo-Rapides Lumber Com
pany, domiciled at Alexandria, in
creased its capital stock from $12,000
to $100,000.
Ralph Squires, agent of the Southern
Pacific Railroad at Morgan City, was
held up and robbed by two negro
highwaymen.
