The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-24

of New Roads, and c. A. Byrne, of New
Orleans, delegated by the State Probe
Commission to conduct the inquiry,
Mr.. Young was not permitted to pu,
into the record anything touching upon
the differences existing between him
self and Governor Hail.
When the committee met in Mr..
Young's office in the First National
Bank Building, there was some indica-
tion that Mr. Young would be allowed
to place in the record full and CON-
plete refutation OF the charges that
had been made against him and his Of
fetal conduct of the banking depart.
ment of the state, and he was prepared
to place such refutation In the record,
but when he referred to a note Of
$4,000 made BY Governor Hall, which
he found among other notes held by
the Capital City Bank, and which, he
stated, would substantiate other state
ments he proposed to make and show
that the bank was favored and being
favored by the governor. Mr. Bouchaud
interposed an objection to any further
statements along that line.
"It is not the understanding of this
committee" he stated, that the Probe
Commission had in mind the investiga-
ton Of any charges made against yon
by the governor, but that your offlce
was to be Investigated in pursuance
with a resolution authorizing the
Probe Commission to investigate all
the departments of the state govern
ment.
mo official charges have been made
against you by the governor or anyone
else. and in the absence of such
charges before this commission, It Is
not within our province to take ON.
cial cognizance of the statements
made about you by the governor and
printed in the newspapers"
Yielding to the desire Of the two
commissioners not to pursue the in
quiry further along this line, Mr..
Young was permitted to make a state
ment relative to the loans secured By
the board Of control from the Capital
City Bank.
Previous to the Hall administration.
Mr.. Young stated, the old board Of con-
troll had done business with the Bank
of Baton Rouge, and had borrowed W
rious sums of money from that bank
at per cent
The Legislature of 1912. Mr.. Young
stated. authorized the governor to bor-
row $250.000 for the penitentiary
board. This loan was made by the
Capital City Bank at Z per cent, a part
OF it being transferred to the Inter
State Bank and Trust Company of New
Orleans
The matter was first brought to his
attention, Mr.. Young stated, by one of
his assistants who had been told by
0. B. Steele, an officer of the Baton
Rouge Bank, Of the transaction.
Reports read at the annual meeting
OF the Christian Women's Exchange.
held at New Orleans, showed, nearly
$4,000 was paid consigners during the
past twelve months. not including the
sum earned by women employers of
the institution. The sum total of all
during the thirty-four
years existence Of the Christian Wom.
ems Exchange was more than $500, ,OOc,
as profits to women for work.
An effort is being made to remove
from the surface of the waterways
around the Hero pumping station, the
dead fish killed either by the big
pumps Of the plant or drowned in
shallow water caused by the pumping
dry of such large land area hereto.
lore covered with water or pools IN
which the fish had plenty Of room.
A big sugar plantation without debts.
with every modern facility and equip.
ment, with scientific diversification.
including the finest cattle and hogs.
and expert management in every de-
partment, the South Louisiana ideal.
IS to be realized by the Shamrock
Land and Development Company.
The Louisiana General Freight As.
'ociation, composed of the general
'reight agents Of all the trunk rail-
'oads running into Louisiana, has EN-.
'ioyed F. A Nelson of Baton Rouge
md formerly with the Louisiana Rail.
way and Navigation Company, rate
compiler. -
A committee composed of ]. r.
sasterling, Simon Leopold, Frank b
aayne. R. S. Moore, and w. H. Penn
representing the Louisiana Citru,
irowers' Association, called upon Gov. I
,rnor Hall with request to include in
he special session call a measure n |
I'D in. the fight against the citrus
,anker.
To meet an impending deficit or
bout $4,000 on the pay roll the Board
Il Trustees of the Teachers Retire.
nent Fund adopted resolution to RI.
uest loan Of $1,000 from the School /
Board without interest, to be repajd
s soon as the fund can meet the OBJ
lgation.
The Bayou Chicot graded school. as.