Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29
LATEST NEWS.
STATE, NATIONAL AND FOREIGN
STATE NEWS.

Prof. J. G. Lee, of the Southwestern
Industrial Institute, at Lafayette, is
concluding a series of hog feeding
tests. 1t was proven that it takes ap-
proximately 700 pounds of rice polish,
222 pounds of corn and wheat shorts
and 1856 pounds of shorts when fed
alone, to produce 100 pounds OF hog
gain.
The Louisiana Women's Christian
Temperance Union will not go on re-
cord as supporting woman suffrage.
This was indicated at their Slidell con-
vention begun Saturday, November ~.
Mrs. A. C. Mckinney, of Ruston, is
president of the Union.
There will be NO Vermilion Parish
Police Jury Democratic primary, be-
cause the farmers are now unusually
busy, and the parish will save $500
and the candidates almost as much.
The police jury will be elected at the
general election.
James McMurphy, of Gulfport, MISS,
made 425 gallons of syrup, worth more
than 5000, from an acre of sugar cane.
The Louisiana State University team
thoroughly defeated the Tulane Uni
versity team by the enormous score
OF 40 to 0. l.. S. U. outweighed Tu-
lane. Three thousand people saw the
one-sided struggle.
The new State constitution went in
to effect Saturday, November %, at
1906 p. m.
W. H. Boyleson, cashier of the OIL
City (La.) Branch OF the Continental
Bank of Shreveport, and B. B. Terry,
an oil field operator, were arrested
at the request of State Bank Examiner
Young. Boyleson is a d%efaulter and
Terry is charged with completely In
the same offense. The shortage
amounts to $4,000. Terry is charged
with $1,000 and Boyleson with the re-
mainder.
There were IA football deaths and
It's football injuries this season.
Rumors are rife of prospective st
Bernard land deals by Northern cap
italists.
The State Board of Health has sued
the busted Teutonla Bank for the
dividends in the bank at the time Of
failure.
The Southern Pacific Railroad heads
and trainmen's representatives began
at Houston the consideration of the
%sixty-seven grievances, provided fol
by the Federal Board of Mediation
and Cancellations plan, agreed to by
both the railroads and men.
A Kenner Jefferson Parish, Louisi
ana) negro raised over 5000 pounds
of lint cotton on four acres of land
more than a bale an acre.
DR.. W. w. Butterworth, addressing
the Monday afternoons meeting of the
New Orleans Educational Association
on Nutrition and the Child" advo
Gated dentistry instead of diet, plent!
hot sc%hool-children lunch instead o
a spare cold lunch, two half-holiday'
a week instead of the weekly holiday
the shortening of the summer vaca
ton, the elimination of cabbage ant
beets and other coarse vegetables
from the young child's diet. the abol
ishing of keeping children in afte
school hours-practice, the early-to
bed, no-study-at-night rule, the child
beneficial middle-of-the-day nap, ant
the children's need of a t%welve-hours
daily outdoor or indoor well-ventilate'
sleep
The Louisiana Employers Liabilit,
Commission began a three days New
Orleans hearing.
Sigmund Odenheimer, president 0
the Lane Cotton Mills, appeared an
advocated specific compensation TO
specific injuries, so much for a los
Of leg or an arm. an eye, death, ETC., a
a basis for a State employers liabilit
and workmen's compensation act.
The first day of the hearing he'll
to learn laboring conditions upo
which knowledge of future State liza
bility legislation will be based wa
taken up with random talks
The second day was occupied with
forenoon employers conference an
an afternoon ~workingmen's conference
Labor representatives gathered in
preparatory caucus and framed a 81
ries of requests.
NATIONAL NEWS.
The extra Congressional session
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