The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08


placed in the governors parIOr The
War Department is returning the col
Ors of all National Guard units 10
their states. Both the national col
ors and flag containing the emblem
and the inscription of the regiment
We're returned
FOul aviatOrs in two machines
which arrived over Monroe. after fiy-
ing low 10 attract the attention Of
the people, ascended higher and i'm
mediately begS- to give an exhibi-
ton of fame Cying startling and
thrilling f. crowds watching
from the gr and from the house
tops. The an rs later landed gear
the city. n
ne
Establishment OF sanitarium for
the relief or cure. CT drug add IS AMI
the revocation of the licenss. to write
prescriptions for narcotic drugs -
certain physicians who are alleged to
have abused this privilege were the
leading features of the concluding
session of the quarterly meeting Of
the Louisiana State Board of Health
at New Orleans.
Urging a saw through thirty inches
Of virgin Southern pine as easily as
sharp knife cuts veal steak, d. A
and Fl. J. Lanier. the team from the
Forest Lumber Company of TangIpa-
hoa parish, La. won the timber saw
ing contest Of the Southern Pine As
sociation in New Orleans in the re-
markably fast time OF one minute two
and one-ffth seconds.
Warrants have ben issued to the
parish school boards by the State De
partment Of Education for the Febru-
ary apportiOnment according to the
number of educable children. The
amount of 81 was given for every
educable child. With 73S,119 chill
dren, the total appropriation was ST.
476,23S
c. c. Wheaton. instructor at L. s.
L. Law School, has accepted a profes.
sOrship in the law school of the Uni
versity of Cincinnati. . His place will
be filed by Professor /. S Flory, who
left the University last year to en-
gage in war work at New York The
change will not be made until next
session.
Resolutions outlining plans for the
Chef Menteur and HammOnd-New Or
leans state highway bond issue were
adopted by the Board of Liquidation
at the conclusion of their meeting.
Bonds amounting TO 100000 are IN
volved in the issue.
A copy of the prayer required by
tn. Russian government at all morn
ing services on Sabbath and holy
days has recently been presented to
the Baton Rouge Historical Society.
The campaign being made to raise
a half-million dollar endowment for
the Baptist Bible Institute in New
Orleans has been launched at Ham
mond.
The Calcasieu parish tax rolls were
approved and accepted by the State
Board of Affairs and the long-delayed
tax collections for last year officially
started
A two weeks course of intensiv.
training in Red Cross home service
work is being planred for the Tangi-
pahOa parish chapter during the first
part of March. This course is in
tended to train workers not only for
war work, but for community service
as well.
The first meeting of the new bCarI
OF directors recently elected by the
stockholders of the South Louisiana
Fair Association was held in Donall-
sonville.
Plans for the present year and a re-.
sumo CT the past year was the object
Of the open meeting at the Monroe
Chamber of Commerce. Advertising
matter for the build-a-home campaign
is now being prepared and this move
ment will be launched within a week.
Mayer George w. Kile of Match
toches died after a long illness. Mr.
Kile was we'll known and his funeral
was largely attended. He was 81
years old and held many Offices Of
trust.
Indications point 10 a large de-
crease in both rice and cane acreage
his year near POinte a la Hache. and
the tenant system will be adopted.
Scarcity of labor to cultivate the
crops has caused this method of
In the presence of an audience
which comfortably filled the High !