The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-04-08

Honorable William Jennings Rrvsn
VIII hasten from the Nebraska prima,
| rles, In which his brother is a candi.
| GATE Tor governor, to speak to the
Southern Conference for Education
and Industry at New Orleans on the
evening of April the goth. Mr.. Bryan's
message at that time may prove 10
be the most momentous in all his cs,
reer He is going to New Orleans be-
cause ne recognizes the Southern
conference as one Of the great TO-
runs OF the country. With an aud.
lence made up of agricultural. indus
trial, educational and religious lead.
ers from every section of the South,
the vital power of his message goes
straight to the whole people.
This unique audience is due to the
meeting of number of organizations
In close proximity: The Southern So
Geological Congress, the Southern In
dustrial Council, the Southern Agricul-
tural Association, the Conference OF
Church and Sunday School Workers.
the Conference of Southern Women.
together with Conferences of School
and College Workers, each graphing
with a specific phase Of Southern De.
velopment. All these bodies unite IN
ten great mass meetings at which the
enort is to get at the undertakings
upon which all forces shall unite.
The New Orleans gathering comes
at the time Of the greatest upheaval
the world has known since the Roman
Empire went to pieces before the Ger
man onslaughts in the fifth century.
The first evening of the conference
will be devoted to the lessons of the
war. to be set forth by such leaders
as j. H. Phillips of Alabama, E. A.
Anderson of Virginia, President Good |
now OF Johns Hopkins University, ana |
j. L. McBrien Of the National Bureau
OF Education. II Is planned that on
another evening five or six of the
editors Of our greatest dailies will tell
what they think the united forces of
the South ought to undertake in the
next decade. On another evening, a
group Of governors will chart the
Southern path as they see 1t leading
out through the uncertainties of this
convulsed time.
AS a climax to all, the great COM
moner, whom the South has followed
In heroic struggles will open up a
possibility which IL worked out will
mark the beginning of a new era in
the history of all the Americas, In
which the South will be a command
ing factor.
Judge Brunot, OF the District Court
Of Baton Rouge, has refused to sign
papers presented to him by attorneys
who sought mandamus to compel the
secretary Of state to place the names
Of the Saint Martin and Saint Charles
Progressive candidates who were ruled
out by the contest board on the
ticket of the April general election. ,
Judge Brunot based his refusal to con. {
slider the application on previous de- {
cisions of the court, which has held I
he findings Of the contest board final.
t Is not known whether the Progress
'ives will take their case to the Su.
oreme Court. Their attorneys de. {
Zine to discuss their plans.
At q meeting of the Rapides parish
school board ordinances were adopted
for school tax elections in ,
'everal school districts of the parish (
Is follows: For maintenances pur
'oses, in Alexandria district No. 1: I
.amodrie district No. 2, Cheneyvills i
district No. 21 and, Cotile district No. a
/. For new buildings, a thirty-thou. !
bond issue for a new U
at Pineville and a twenty. I
bond issue for school b
Or negroes in Alexandria district No.
. For incidental purposes. in Glen. c
nora, Poland and Tiolga. O
The most disastrous fire which has 8
ccurred at Alexandria in several \
ears took place when the large a
Tholesale grocery establishment of A.
auer Company, Limited, with its II
lrge stock of groceries. situated near p
he tracks of the Louisiana Railway
nd Navigation Company, between o.
bird and Fourth streets, and the
Witt Company plant, together with II
8 stocks Of meats and other supplies. il
ere totally consumed.
parish has secured an in Il
motion against w. ]. Chastain Of al
AXE Charles, to prevent him from "
auling logs over the brick road out
Westlake. It is claimed that haul.
g operations already have damaged
10 gravel part of the road to the ex- II
mt of $500. Any effort on the part N
timber men to use the new high, 81
avs for logging will be resisted by Al
o parish. In
al
A petition OF citizens representing h'
e Rapides parish AnttSaloon League pa
IS filed in the local District Court Al
questing an appeal to the Supreme Fl
,urt of the prohibition cases. which tn
,re decided adversely to the prohibit
,nists several weeks ago,
Judge R. Emmett Hingle, in the Dis. FL
ct Court of st. Bernard. sentenced st'