St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-07-22

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Lake Providence Fit he Free OF
the storm last week Bit suffered no
damage.
Blondy Williams, an AleAaldria
negro, murdered the woman Win
whom he lived, and is in jail.
The Ascension grad jury found
IA true bills and adjourned.
Baton Rouge has let thn contrart
for its three new school buildings
to cost $4,000.
Three negroes are in jail at Alex
andria charged with ars.ii III con-
nection with the burning of q build
ing near the Rapides stalioh.
Harley Ryan, aged 10, and Daley
CLANCY, aged 9, drowned ii Red
River near Shreveport. Two other
white boys Of the party weie res
cued by negro boys.
Boyee has organized a Jefferson
highway association.
Minor Johnson killed Aft.:ur
Jones at Fullerton when the latter
attacked him with a club. Both
were negroes.
H. H. Spaulding was brought from
Oklahoma to Shreveport for trial
for tearing down the copy OF a fedS
eEal court IN junction at Selma
two years ago.
THE suit Of w. E. Shell, princi-
pAl of the Grayson high school and
IA C. Hines, parish superintendent
of Caldwell against /. D.. Meredith,
for $4,000 for libel, was tried at
Columbia last week. The judge re-
served his decision. Caldwell now
has an AAf school row.
The Ninth Ward of st. Tammany
voted a special 2 i-2 mill tax for
two years for schools.
South Highland, a suburb OF
Shreveport, is the suffrage mecca
of Louisiana. It's charter gives
women an equal voice with men in
village elections.
b. w. Conway broke his right
arm and was. seriously injured by a
fall from a tree at Forest Hill.
Pollock's new school building ap-
preaching completion was destroyed
by fire last week.
The contractor and the insurance
companies share the $4,000 loss.
Joseph H. Jones was hot and dam
gerously injured by Thomas Nc
Quiston following a quarrel al
Grand River.
The Arite City w. G. T. .. gave
a dinner and reception Tuesday in
honor Of their presidents birthday
People Of French descent a
shreveport did not celebrate Bas-
Etile Day owing to the war in Eu-
rope.
st. Rose has shipped 600 cars o
vegetables north this season.
Gus Well of White Castle, aa'
bought ]. A. Dalferes brick store
building in Do~naldsonville fol
$4,000.
Crowley is putting a tarvia paw.
ment on Third street.
Drs. Hendricks and Llofd o
Shreveport and Parsons, of Mans
field will spend $4,000 IN a new
four story brick sanitarium a
Shreveport.
Columbia fined a negro chauffe
for driving an auto trough tn
streets without lights.
Crowley has sold $4,000 schoo
bonds to equip a lihgt and waite
plant.
Jonas Rosenthal, postmaster 0
Alexandria, was elected presiden
Of the Louisiana league of postmas
tiers. Winfield was selected as tn
next meeting place.
Oliver Schwartzenberg, a war
. like deputy sheriff of Rapides, wa
put under a peace. bond for threat
ening a witness against him in
police court case.
! Dora Hawkins has brought SUI
IN Shreveport for a share in tn
: 8O-acre estate of Caleb Surry,
former slave, from which $4,000
. in oil and mineral has been takel
The receiver of the Union Ma
! tional Bank at Monroe has accu
, mulated $4,000 and is giving tn
. depositors their first dividend q
twenty per cent. There are said t
be good prospects for full paymen
!, eventually.
!, >. S. Hunter and w. B. McCor
mick have a franchise to furnis
Monroe with natural gas. If the
cannot develop a home supply the
will pipe it from the Caddo field.
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