Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-11-01

as 4 permanent Institution IN reCOS
Eitjnn Of the services veterans Of tha
world war rendered their country.
JUST PARAGRAPHS.
Monroe. - More than 200 enume-
rrtors for the parish and thirty for
the city Of Monroe will be required to
tTke the census here beginning Jan
Usry 2, according TO II. n. Thompson,
Supervisor for this district Estimates
pace the population of Monroe, in
tiuding West Monroe, between $4,000
pnd 10000.
New Orleans.-The rank OF mon
signor. an honor bestowed upon few
priests in the archdiocese Of New
Orleans, has been conferred by Pope
Benedict XIV on the Very Rev. Leslie
Kavanaugh, pastor Of Our Lady OF
Lnurdes Church, for his signal ser
vices as a vicar general or army and
navy chapIains during the war.
Aiexandria.-zsse5s ssaiofd l1eis'
bert is making an effort TO have GER
tain farmers Of This parish, whose
crops were almost a total failure this
wear. relieved from taxation under
the terms Of Act Of 1884, and has
written a letter to Attorney General
Coco in an effort to ascertain II this
car be done.
Shreveport. - The Homer field add
ed another to the growing list OF
huge OIL wells producing in North
Louisiana OH territory when the East
ham and Barnes we'll. in Section 30
Township 81. Range 7. came in as an
estimated 15C0O-barrel producer the
Gil coming from a depth Of 2099 feet.
Abbeville. - The Vermil!ion Par
Ish Democratic Executive Com.
mittee met here recently and or
dered \ primary election throughout
the parish for local officials, January
~, 1920.
RfHftHNfif III. JBiH N. I ibHi0'Nf
suporntendent Of the Louisiana Hos
pitui for the Insane in Pinoville, ex.
presses apprehension relative tn the
high stage Of water on a portion of
the hospital farms due to the recent
heavy rains.
De Ridder-Thn community fair
Reid at the Long-BeH Demonstration
Farm was success. The farmers
from the different parts of the parish
brought thor products IN great mum
ter and variety.
Donaldsonville-The annual fai-
report showed that IN spite Of al
verse weather the receipts duri1g tbs
-four DAYS exceeded $1,000. the largest
In the history Of the association.
Alexandria.-The present RapIdes
delegation IN the Senate and House o.
REPRESENTATIVES win stand for :.
election. and has made formal en-
rnuuceulcu'
au.-e.-A series Of revival service.
was held at the Methodist Churc'
here recently with the pastor, Dr.. q
lis Smith, in charge.
)eesville.-Dr. T. p. Jonas, sheriff
and candidate Tor reelection. and r
H Lyons. former sheriff. also candb
date for that office at the comiua
election, have issued a joint state
ment Withdrawing from the contest
No explanation was given.
Pioneer.-One of the attractions al
the West Carroll Parish Fair recenr
1y held was a typical "old-time" loa
school house. It wSs constructed by
Professor Hyter, superintendent OF
the Pioneer High School, assisted by
the school children.
BOgalusa.-A bond issue Of 1915 1000
was voted. This is additional to $500
0o0 issued by Washington parish
some time ago FOE road improve
ments.
Franklin--The PAINTERS are now
ready for the grinding season. The
cop Is plentiful and the grinding sea.
sor will be long one.
Oberiin--The continuous rains dur
ing the past few weeks has injured
rec In this section. good deal OF
the crop in shocks spelling badly.