Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-18
STATE NEWS.

Jennings is now anxious to be called
commission government city and q pc
tltion is being circulated to be present
ed by the citizens of Jennings to thu
city council Of Jennings at its hex
meeting.
At the Baton Rouge farmers con.
ference last week the speakers told OF
the proper ways of feeding cattle,
what to feed them on and of the value
Of ~lespedeza hay. Alluvial lands are
fine for growing this kind Of hay.
An interurban line is proposed by the
Louisiana Traction Company to connect
Lafayette with Abbeville. It will in
sure more rapid communication be-
tween both Of these points. The coun-
try through which it passes is a very
rich country. 1t will do a great deal OF
good.
Nelson McManus, Of Alexandria, who
was supposed to be murdered and of
whose death a man had confessed to be
guilty, returned to AleXandria after a
long wandering through the entire
country. Business worries had unbal-
anced the mind of the MAJ who was o
l~oOOipr contractor
Harry Borneman, son of q wealthy
cotton exporter, Of New Orleans, was
killed together with his cousin of Sa-
vannah, Ga, when a tire exploded
while their automobile was running at
the rate of 80 miles an hour. Baron
George Knoop, of Moscow, Russia,
another cousin, was injured but will re-
over.
Mr.. William Beer, librarian Of the
Ho"s2rd Library of New Orleans, has
been arrested charged by the United
States postal authorities with using the
mails to defraud. The charges based
on the sale of some books purported TO
be rare books at a sum many times
greater than their actual value. Mr..
Beer declares his innocence and claims
if any fraud was used he was unaware
of the use of it.
1t is thought that the projected cot
ton warehouse ct New Cr,eans will be
soon realized. An ordnance is being
drafted proposing to issue bonds to the
extent Of So, 500, 900 in bonds of $1,000
each. The projected ordinance is being
carefully considered. Copies have been
sent to men most prominently connect
cd with such matters. Their expert
opinions have been solicited. Whatever
steps will re taken will not &c too
hasty s5k7ps They will be steps studied
DsIelshand by men who knew. They
rlfI be steps OF reasonableness, Of re-
aization.
A gigantic company composed CT the
leading financlers and business men of
New Orleans has been formed, its OBJ
ject, the development Of Louisiana's
Professional authorieties on ag-
riculture will prepare monographs On
the cultivation of the different veg
etables and agricultural products of the
state. These will be practical guides
to the farmer. A campaign of publicity
in foreign countries and other states
will be carried on. Cooperative market
associations will be organized according
to the methods used in the western
and this fight for increased de-
of Louisiana will be fought
create" vigor than any other col
onizatlon movement that has been
started before in this state.
During the course of a banquet of
the Gardeners Association at New Or
leans last week the charge was made
that the middlemen, the sellers in the
markets, sell the goods for six times
price they pay the gardeners. 1t
was also said that if the price of gar
len vegetables does not increare, that
IS the price paid by the jobber to the
gardener, that many of the gardeners
will have to go cut of business. Some
men it was said had to throw away
heir stuff because they could not get
4 decent price for 1t. 1t was agreed
hat some very drastic steps must be
to relieve the financial straits of
he gardeners.