Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-01-12

was hardly day lost on account OF
weather during the season
The Red Cross committee of the
Fourth ward, which embraces the
town OF Lockport, consisting of Judge
S. L. Gergeon and his assistants ap-
pointed by Colonel w. R. Price, chair
| man of the parish committee, have
reported for the ward 312 member
ships with the reports not all in.
Good work is being done there also
in the sale OF war savings stamps.
Pofessor C. ]. Brown, chief state
rural school supervisor, who visited
several of the schools in st. Bernard
some weeks ago, forwarded an ad-
vance copy of his report to Parish Su-
perintendent Clement Story. he re-
port is interesting and patses the ST.
Bernard school system.
Boys of the senior and junior high
schools and young fellows in business
at Shreveport have been asked by the
Chamber of Commerce to attend a
meeting to be held at an early date
for the purpose of organizing a junior
chamber Of commerce.
The officer assigned to st. Bernard
by the federal government to take
the income tax returns is due at the
district courthouse from January to
10, inclusive, and at the Office of the
st. Bernard Voice from February to
3, inclusive.
The fuel conservation board Of Ope-
lousas has at last succeeded in getting
some coal for the people of Opelousas,
who were without fuel The fuel con-
servation board is working hard to
make people in Opelousas conserve
more.
George c. Everett, president Of the
Baton Rouge Chamber Of Commerce,
has succeeded Joseph Gottlieb as
member of the state committee on war
savings, representing the Eastern Di-
vision Of Louisiana, and. as parish di-
rector for East Baton Rouge.
The Lafayette board Of exemption
is having strenuous time with regis
trants in filling out the questionnaires,
some 2,20O in all, of which LOO have
been issued and only TOO returned with
proper Qualifications.
Members of the Legal Advisory
Board of St Bernard, of which Oliver
S. Livaudais is chairman, did splendid
work DUNG the past ten days in filing
out the questionnaires addressed to
registrants.
Managers Of all the big sawmills
ard wholesale houses at Lake Charles
are unanimous in their Endorsement of
President Wilson in taking over the
railroads, saying it will give better car
service.
One OF Hammond's old landmarks,
the Red Gables building, is being de-
molished Its removal was ordered
on account of being in dangerous
condition.
The Lyon Lumber Company has
something like sixty houses complet
ed in the new town of Livingston,
which is plotted just on the west Of
Doyle.
The farmers around Franklinton are
preparing their land for planting big
crop OF Irish potatoes. The crop last
year proved very probable, and the
acreage will be more than doubled.
There are thirty-fiVe members enroll
ed in the Amite National Farm Loan
Association and double that number
who viii join as soon as all satisfae-
tory arrangements are completed.
The Arcadia ward Red Cross cam
paign result is 1850, and the other
BfenVille wards are over the top.
Whites and negroes responded liberal
" to Red Cross and humanity.
The prosperity enjoyed by the Ham
mond State Bank during the past six
months is reflected by the action Of
The directors who declared a semi-an-
nual dividend OF per cent.
Oeplousas went over the top In the
Red Cross drive. The town had .
Iuota Of 1000, and 1,2O0 new members
we're secured by the patriotic workers
Il that city.