The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-02-04
CoRREsPoNDANCE.
SCOTT, La, JAN 3Ist. 1899


MANY of our farmers about this
neighborhood have lately made ef-
forts to plant their cane crop, but,
the wrather is so tickle and it rains
SO much, they have had to desist.
The ground being very wet, con-
naisseurs tell us that cane put down
in such land will invariably turn out
"poor stand. y
The only piece of good road
that we know of in the Parish, is
between Scott and Lafayette, five
miles which in spite of the frightful
rainy season we are having, remains
in first class condition, fully de-
monstrating the possibility OF good
roads for Lafayette Parish, if only
once they are we'll worked. Were
it not that two or three points o!
drainage along this road have been
neglected by the officers whose du~
ty it is to attend to such matters,
the travelling public would have as
good as a shell-road between these
two places. Incidentally, it may
be said here that this five miles of
road construction only costs the
parish $50 90. thanks to the splen-
did management of Mr. Alcide u
dice with Messrs. Billeaud aud Mar
tin doing the work of grading.
Under the forthcoming new sys-
tenn of wotking the public highways,
Messrs. Billeaud and Martin having
proven what they can do as road
constructors, why not the Hon. Po-
lice Jury aim to secure the services
of these gentlemen, pay them
living salary, turn the public roads
Of the parish over to their char
ge, and we dare say, it will not be
long before the Police Jurors shall
have reason to congratulate them
selves upon their happy selection:
at least this would seem the opinion
entertained by those knowing Messrs
Billeaud and Martin,
Contractor Anderson of your
town has given entire satisfac ton to
the patrons of the Scott Catholic
Church as builder, his work being
accounted first class in every way.
This place of worship, now complete
and ready for occupancy, only a
waits the pleasure of the Archbishop
to be formally turned over as The
Church's property, together with
the beautiful plot of ground OF some
four or five acres kindly donated by
Our public-spirited citizen Mr.. A.
Judice.
There is an aaticle in the Weekly
Picayurle under date of Jan. 20. '9e
by H. + Hargrove writing from
Charlotte, N. c., and dwelling or
cotton factories as live factors in in
suring prosperity for southern towns
and SO on. 1t we're to be wishe {
that every man in the State of La.
had read that painstaking exhaustive
review of this interesting subject by
Mr.. Hargrove. Why not some o
our wealthy, influential citizens o
Lafayette Parish take the initiativ
in this cotton factory business ant
develop it? Look at North Carolina
even the colored people over ther
are building their own cotton fac
tory. Read the communicates {
H. H. Hargrove, and be convNpe
that there is fortune in store
waiting the man who will start thi
new industry in La.
Miss Gueriniere from st. Martins
vile and Miss Breaux from Carencr
have been visitors in Scott the la!
few days, the guests of Mrs H.
bert Trahan.
We are happy to say that our g
NAL friend. and universal good fe
low, Simeon Begneaud, who h;
been under the weather, is his form
self once more, rapidly leaving
traces OF the blues behind.