The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-04-21

feet. In the High School department |
ity OF the 36 out of 72 entrants spelled the en-
I'd interests tire list correctly.
operly used
today enor- When the tank of the automobile
e the fact OF J. G. Martel was being filled with
o it will be gasoline in his garage at his home
mber Of the on Himelaya plantation Napo
towards the leonville a servant in with a
lantern and setting it too near the
owing their tank, the caught fire and was
the British burned the garage also being de-
french OF all strOyed.
It. They will
the same Paul Jones, negro charged with
it burglary and larceny, sentenced
n A dollar in the District Court at Alexandria by
the United Judge Blackman to serve seven years
tion of war. in the penentiary. He is alleged 20
pender. Lux have entered the residence of b. NJ
the right Bryan here several weeks ago and
oman that is store SAB in currency and pistol.
asic. Self
II cut their The fire record of Monroe for the
first three months of the year is
hout further unusual one compared with for
ctical opera mer year. There were approximately
so that the the same number of alarms. but in
state man no instance did fire gain enough
self evident headway to any serious dam
age. The loss only s65S.
, NOTES. J. c. Hines, of Columbia superin-
,str;ct Cour, tendent of public education, has just
,dgo Uiuia,n closed an examination for teachers
od inv certificates there being forty white
,no,, ,,oT,on and four colored applicants in al
Tbo iudue tendance.
pressing the =,
-. h;Ia;r, | The New iberia Elks in special
sion passed resolutions covering the
international suitation and sent mes
Coinpdny % sabe to President Wilson pledging the
he ia'o'' 'o united support of the local lodge, No
WIN !" ca't 554
2 in farming
A campaign Of sanitation improve
ment and fly determination at Ham
'ernment rep mond has been inaugurated with DR..
harge OF tick F. l.. McGehee, Sr. backed up by the
lChita parish, | WOman's Improvempnt League at its
IS IN dipping head.
The National Security Leagues Pc
the Calcasieu tion the presidert for universal
acing gravel military training and ervice for all
of dirt high men under 21 with subsequent liabil-
cluding mate iy for service is being largely sign
ed at Hammond and will shortly ba
forwarded to headquarters by Charles
of school M. II. Miller.
held ar
; in the inter Miss lone Balm. of Amite a pret-
school buiid- ty sXteen-year-old pupil of the Lo
ranger school, attacked while on
the way to school by three grown
herwood de- women by the name of Chavers and
hodist Church subjected to a severe beating.
which fell on
ing dwelling Jesse Ozan white. Of Lake Charles
found guilty of violating the com
pulsory attendance law by keeping
in the contest his children out of school, and was
Mary Central fined $40 and costs, sentence being
tOriCal contest suspended
at the spring
DR.. Alexander NJ Haas of Opelous
as purchased fifty head of cattle Al
e now has 1SO Bayou ChiCot, paying good prices ow
continues re- ing the fact that there are few cat
tie left in this section.
-ge for use in The Anve-sen 2 canning factory
veen Norfolk, which has been purchased by Able
points, vile capitalists, has been overhauled
Y shipyards. and will operate this summer
npany has be. Following a call by Mayor ~ G.
wn plantation Upton. of West Monroe, a number OF
hn T. Cole OF women have taken steps to organize
a Red Cross circle.
in The women of Thibodaux and its
broken this vicinity have decided to take an ac.
growing sea- tiye part in the work Of raising funds
for the Red Cross.