Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-10-19

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The Monroe school board decided
to pay the salaries of the teachers
during the time the schools are clos
ed on account of influenza, with the
understanding they will teach six
| days a week until time lost is
made up.
The Opelousas Council of Defense
has promulgated an order requiring
all persons before engaging in the
construction of any building, side
walk or anything else requiring labor
and material to obtain a permit.
Shreveport passed the $2,000.000
mark in subscriptions to the Fourth
Liberty Loan. Aviators from Carruth
ers Field, Texas, bombed the city
with loan literature ana CAPTAIN Al
bala, of the Serbian army, was a
speaker.
The Monroe city council authorized
the mayor to sell the merchantable
pine timber on the city's land west of
the river for $780, The council was
asked for a donation of $3.50 by the
Ouachita Fair Association.
A better babies contest was feat
ure of the South Louisiana fair at
Donaldsonville School day attracted
a great crowd, and Saturday will be
Jefferson-St James-St. Charles day,
with an address being delivered by
John NJ Parker
Natchitoches soldiers, including
Lieutenant John L Kelly, member of
the Louisiana Legislature, received
promotions, Mr.. Kelly being made a
major in the Medical Corps overseas.
Captain Stephen Henry also was pro-
NOTED to major.
Recent developments in the oil
fields near Homer have led to a prop
osition to make Homur an oil station.
A nurlber of oil men and capitalists
are rapidly getting the necessary
stock for-a station and refineries.
j. H. Warner, president of the As
sociation of Commerce at Covington,
announces a meeting to plan the ope-
ration of motor line from Mande-
vile to MadisonVille by way OF Gov
ington.
The Franklinton police jury has fix.
| ed the assessment for taxes for this
year at fifty per cent of property vai-
uation. The actual valuation of prop
erty by the assessor aggregates about
s17,OO0.0OO.
Planters around Napoleonville are
busy with fall cane planting and fall
blowing. Some Of the rice planters
have not finished gathering that
crop.
Big Preparations are being made
bv both men and women citizens Of
Covington for the annual parish fair
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Two negro men at Alexandria were
fined 1925 each and given six months
jail terms for violating the dry zone
law.
Judge John Lee brooks Of Dallas,
Tex. was the principal speaker at u
| Liberty Loan meeting at Mansfield
He was accompanied BY sergeant
Tannehill, marine. who was wound
ed in the fighting at Chateau Thierry.
"A committee OF truckers has been
appointed to go before the Parish
ouncil of Defense at Hammond and
axis for modification of the recent
rule declaring strawberries . non-es-
sential crop.
A quarantine continued at L. S. =.
at Baton Rouge, where about Sky
cases Of sickness have developed,
Many of them are influenza II a Hgnt
form. None OF the cases are serious.
6. b. Kemper, 81 Franklin. has
been appointed by Governor Pleasant
member of the advisory committee
Of the United War Work Campaign.
The call for 365 men for vocational
training at the State University at
Baton Rouge has been cancelled 81
Provost Marshal General Crowder.