Tensas gazette., 1918-12-20

The sixteen socalled tent camps.
one Of which is Camp Beauregard.
originally constructed as training CEN
terse for National Guard divisions
will be abandoned as soon as praeti-
cable. General March. chief Of stan.
announced In 4 War Department cir
cular. No additional tents or sup
plies will be sent to these camps,
nor will any further construction be
at them unless absolutely
necessary.
Dissensions among the stockholders
of the Sugar Cane By-Products Com
pany. which owns pulp and paper
making plant at New Iberia, have re-
suited in an application to the Dis
trict Court for receiver for the cor
poration. The plant was built to make
pulp and paper out of bagasse. rice
straw and other waste products of the
farm, but beyond being given test
1t has never been placed in operation.
Orders were issued by the War De-
partment for the release of enough
soldiers from the military canton
ments in the South to take care Of
the crop harvesting situation in Louis
lana. This information came to L. M.
Pool, president of the Marine Bank &
Trust Company of New Orleans, In
a telegram from Senator Joseph E.
Ransdell, Washington.
The Lafourche Council of Defense
has just rescinded the action 1t took
a couple of months ago in forbidding
hunting and trapping until January l..
this action being taken to insure
more labor to help in saving the cane
crop. Changed conditions makes It
possible to permit hunting and trap
ping again as in past seasons.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Francis l.
Faulk of Monroe and their 3-year-old
child, Francis L. Faulk, Jr., were
driving in their motor car the car
struck an obstruction, throwing the
child of the seat and against the
door of the car which gave way, the
child falling to the street and break
ing its neck. being dead when picked
up by the father.
Reading of the assignments Of min
listers for the ensuing year closed the
1918 session of the Louisiana annual
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. When the name of ].
G. Smelling was announced as the
new presiding elder of the New Or
leans district 1t was greeted with
cheers.
Rice threshing and the cane har.
vest near Pointe a la Hache has been
hindered of late on account Of the
continual rains flooding the fields,
causing the sugar factories to close
down for several days. Rice remain
ing in the fields has been damaged
80 per cent.
The War Department has suspend
ed the granting of industrial fur
loughs under the provisions of the
act Of Congress of March 16, 1918,
according to instructions received by
w. A Barrow. representative Of the
oil division fthe United States Fuel
Administration.
Two coaches containing soldiers Of
the famous Rainbow Division passed
through Baton Rouge. from France to
the Central Convalescent military post
at Camp Beauregard. These men
were wounded at the Chateau Thierry
and in other big battles.
Bad weather conditions throughout
the lower part Of the state are caus-
ing uneasiness among those identified
with the rice industry. as fully one.
half the crop remains unthreshed,
much yet in shock is badly damaged.
Canal street was a mass of British
and American flags and coats Of arms
when this city. with every other in
the United States did honor to her
heroic ally in the celebration OF
Britain Day.
The New Orleans Rotary Club has
gone on record as favor1ng the de-
portation at the conclusion Of peace
Of all interned Germans In the Unit.
ed States. Such action was made
known here recently by Frank Be
thune. one Of the directors of the 10
cal club.
Cane farmers near Abbeville are
having hard time saving their crops
They are paying from $275 to $3.50
day for laborers and bad roads and
rainy weather causesthem increased
cost in handling the cane.