Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-09-06


the men who went to war from this
parish. sanitarium and natatorium.
The town council has donated the
location on condition that the memoir
ial association expend $4,000 on a
memorial. Half OF this amount has
been raised.
Crowley. = Another concrete ex-
ample of the prosperity of Acadia
parish the foremost rice growing par
ism in Louisiana, is shown by the inn
mense outlay of money for agricultur-
al machinery this season. w. II.
Moore, secretary of the Chamber Of
Commerce has ascertained from the
local agencies 1881 800 was the
value of machinery sold in this par
ish thus far.
New Orleans.-A committee is
going to Chicago to give negro fami-
lies from the rural sections of Louisi-
ana now living in the North, a chance
to return to their old homes. The
committee will be composed of Harry
D. Wilson, commissioner of agr1-
culture, OF his representative, E. F.
Dickinson, Of the American Cane
Growers Association, and appointees
by the rice and lumber industries.
Natchitoches.-C. G. Whisenhunt,
for the past several years training
teacher at the State Normal School.
a prominent Mason, was presented
with gold watch by Phoenix Lodge
No. 38, F. & A. M, previous to his
departure for Shreveport where he
has accepted the position of city
school inspector.
Beaumont, Tex. - The total rice
acreage reported in the United States
is 1,O95,3I8, according to the report
of E. A. Bignus, secretary of the
Southern Rice Growers Association.
Louisiana leads this district with
560,O94 acres as compared to 217,S39
for Texas and 1855 for Arkansas.
Napoleonvnlle. - Planters are busv
with the rice cutting and threshing
of same Many of them have already
sold their total output and at salts
factory prices. Cane planters are still
working cane, which is considered
late, but stubble cane that has been
sufficiently worked is now improving
daily.
Pointe a la Hache, LA special
election has been called for bv thu
board of administrators in Road Dis
trict No. /, for September 10. for
the purpose of voting a bond issue
for $4,000 for the purpose Of re-
surfacing the road with shells from
the st. Bernard parish line to Pointe
O. la Hache.
Pointe a la Hache.-A memorial win
be presented to Congress by the tax
payers of Road District No. 4, through
Senators Gay and Ransdell and Con
gresham O'Connor, for an appro.
priation Of 100000 to continue the
she'll road from this town on down
to Fort st. Philip, distance Of thirty
five miles.
Gibslapd.-George w. Early of Mar
celine, Mo-, L. R. Hawkes. Of Wells
vile, Kan, and w. P. Callahan OF
Winthrop, Kan, all of whom are in
terested in the development of the
oil possibilities in Bienville parish
surrounding Gibsland arrived to com.
plete final arrangements for begin
ming drilling operations.
Observation-Disclosures of this sec.
ton are actively engaged in the har-
Nesting of the early rices and their
work, which promises to bring in
much cash, is well advanced. Fewer
weeds and grasses are to be con-
tended with, but there is more red
rice.
Lake Charles.-Lumber men from
all sections of the South gathered in
Lake Charles to attend the big Hoo
Hoo concentration. The great Shark
of the Universe, w. A Priddle, Of
Beaumont, presided -.
Baton Rouge.-Maps Of Louisiana
were requested of the state land Of
flee by a representative of King
George Of England, in a letter receiv-
ed by Fred J. Grace recently. The let
ter was written by ]. C. Bartholomew,
photographer to the king, from Edin
burgh.
Lake Charles.-S. NJ. Lyons, parish
tax assessor. has been notified by the
State Board of Affairs that the par
ish assessment of the Union Sulphur
Company has been raised $750,00O.
This makes the total assessment $751;
$4,000.
Jeauerette.-So great has been tho
demand for houses, Jeanerctte has
no vacant homes in town. Due to the
high cost of material, it is impossible
to build houses to rent. All attention