The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-03-07

ing low to attract the attention Of
the people, assembled higher and I'M
mediately began to give an exhibit
ton of fancy flying startling and
thrilling to the crowds watching
from the ground and from the house
tops. The aviators later landed near
the city.
Establishment of a sanitarium for
the relief or cure of drug addicts ami
the revocation of the license to write
prescriptions for narcotic drugs to
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
a sharp knife cuts veal steak, d. A.
and II. ]. Lanier, the team from the
Forest Lumber Company of Tangipa-
hoa parish, La, won the timber saw
ing contest of the Southern Pine As
ISOLATION in New Orleans in the re-
markably fast time OF one minute two
and one-fifth seconds.
Warrants have ben issued to the
parish school boards by the State De-
partment CT Education for the Febru-
airy apportionment according to the
number of educable children. The
amount of So was given for every
educable child. With 1878 chill
dren, the total appropriation was ST.
476, 23S.
c. G.. Wheaton, instructor at L. s.
U. Law School, has accepted profess
sorship in the law school of the Uni
versity of Cincinnati. His place will
be filled by Professor l. 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
VOWED in the issue.
A copy of the prayer required by
n,.o1sor az 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
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 intensive
, training in Red Cross home service
/ work is being planned 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 board
: of directors recently elected by the
. stockholders of the South Louisiana
| Fair Association was held in Donald
sonyille.
: Plans for the present year and re
[, sumo of the past year was~the object
( of the open meeting at the Monroe
T. Chamber of Commerce. Advertising
+ matter for the build-a-home campaign
: is now being prepared and this move
ment will be launched within week
3 Mayor George w. Kiie of Match
: toches died after a long illness. Mr
: Kile was well known and his funera
Q was largely attended. He was 6!
2 years old and held many offices O
trust.
+ Indications point to large de
+ crease in both rice and cane acreage
t this year near Pointe la Hache. ant
: the tenant system viii be adopted
j. Scarcity of labor to cultivate tbs
J. crops has caused this method o
farming.
Q In the presence of an audienc.
n which comfortably filed the Higl
i School Auditorium. the return of tbs
; men from military duty was fitting
! Iy celebrated with a community sins
By the Hammond Choral Society.