The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30

closest to the chief executive during
the campaign and who sustained the
burden Of the pulling of the ploy, also
have not as yet been promised any
thing During the first weeks of the
session Baton Rouge was crowded
with persons seeking office Some few
have been made committee clerks and
still hang on but the majority disap-
peared, having reached the conclusion
that they were accomplishing nothing
by remaining.
Louisiana State University IS edu,
eating its students at a per capita
less than that of any other Southern
university, according to the biennial
report of President Thomas D. Boyd,
which makes strong plea for in
creased appropriation. The report
asks for a 100000 appropriation for
agriculture buildings. $4,000 for the
purchase of college farm, S65, $50
to meet the requirements Of the Smith
Lever bill, in addition to the regular
appropriation for the maintenance OF
the institution.
DR.. Fred Writ, representing the
United States Bureau Of Biological
Survey, has been assigned by the
louisiana State Live Stock Sanitary
Board to supervise the tick eradica.
ton campaign in Ascension parish, re-
placing DR.. L. f. Mcdonald. who was
recalled recently. DR.. Writ has charge
of the eradication work in Assump
ton also. and makes his headquar,
tiers at Napoleonville.
There are on display in the office OF
the DonaIdsonville Chief, two giant
beets of the Mangel Wurzel variety
grown by George B. Reuss on his Ger,
mania. Elise plantation in upper AS
censior They measure ID IL inches
in length, and the larger of the speci-
mems weighs Is pounds. The beets
are used as stock feed.
Having just closed session at
which 81 opinions were rendered the
court of appeals for the second Cir
cult will meet again in Shreveport
June 20, for the purpose of passing
on motions for rehearings filed in
those cases in which opinions were
rendered. Fifteen Of these opinions
were by Judge Porter, q by Judge
Thompson and Is by Judge Roberts.
Following the demand by citizens
of Wilson for the discharge of negro
brakemen Of the YazOo and Mississlp.
pi Railroad and the shooting of ne
gro trainman, a tense situation be-
tween negroes and whites at Wilson
has arisen. according to advices re
ceived at Baton Rouge
Believed to have been locked in the
store at closing time, thief BROKE
open the small safe in the store OF Os
car B. Delord, 25O1 Claiborne street
New Orleans, and stole s143 in cur
rency and a box of cigars. In making
his exit, the robber forced the front
door.
The Charles Pratt, Standard Oil tank
steamer, is tied up at the Standard OH
Docks north of Baton Rouge and ts
the largest vessel that has come this
far up the Mississippi river in three
years. The Charles Pratt brought no..
900 barrels of crude oil from Mexico
West Monroe voted $4,000 bond
issue for constructing filtering plant
doubling the capacity Of the water and
light plants, purchase OF an auto fire
truck and for street improvement. In
property valuation the vote was: For
$10S.350: against, s4S,640.
Judge John B. Fisher, First City
Criminal Court of New Orleans, is IN
the list OF seventeen persons charged
in First Recorders Court for viola
ton of the ordinance relative to not
having DINNERS" on their automobile
headlights.
The Shreveport Chautauqua Asso.