Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-10-11

AoNHNAS bDld1uduie ny the OIL mlAtS
and the starting Of an investigation
to find out why there is such a wide
difference between the prices Of re.
fined oil and the prices the oil mills
are able tc obtain for crude oil were
the chief subjects considered by the
control committee of the cotton seed
industry at its meeting here.
WINFIELD sensational report
was filed by the Winn parish grand
jury which has just adjourned in
which the parish coroner and clerk Of
court are censured for acts of corr
mission and omission. The report says
the clerk of the court, has not record
&c an Indictment returned by grand
Juries for the last seventeen years nor
kept record of inquests held by the
parish coroner in that time.
Pointe la Hache. - In the back
levee district from here up to Harlem
Plantation. eight miles above where
the back levee was not rebuilt after
the hurricane of 1915, all of the truck
crops We're killed completely by the
Gulf salt water coming in the fields
four feet deep. Eighty per cent Of
the rice crop, the entire sweet pota-
to crop of over 1000 barrels and
the grass were ruined.
Hammond, La. Through the Of
forts of Joseph Graziano, president
of the Hammond Farmers Associa-
ton, new school building will be
erected three miles east of Hammond
Tor the benefit of the Italian colony.
Alexandria.-A carload Of govern
ment provisions arrived here and was
sold to citizens calling at the car. The
car contained bacon, corn, tomatoes
and string beans.
New Orleans. The Young Peoples
Societies of Christian Endeavor held
a convention rally to formulate plans
for the biennial All-South Christian
Endeavor convention to be held in
This city next July. 1t is expecte
1000 delegates will attend the 1920
convention, which was obtained for
this city during tic organization Is
conclave in Memphis III 1918.
New Orleans. - Father. Won have
shot mel" This was the cry that came
IL the ears of John Russell, 1912 Ell
sian Fields avenue, early Sunday.
after he lad fired one shot at a sun
posed burglar in his yard. His son,
John Russell, Jr, died a few ,ninures
later in his fathers arms, irving to
explain his presence in the yard at
that hour.
Washington D. C.-New Orleans
supplanted Philadelphia as the sec
0nd most important port Of the coun-
try in the handling Of foreign com.
merce, while New York easily main
tanned first place and increased her
proportion Of the county's total, dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 30.
according to statistics of the Depart
ment of Commerce Just published.
Baton Rouge. - Legislation in IA
vor of the travelling man was dis
cussed by State Senator Simmons of
st. Martin parish ar a get together
meeting of the Louisiana Travellers
Association at Baton Rouge recently
George L. Richards, secretary, report
ed a large number of new members
enrolled.
Natchitoches. - The publicity COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce.
composed of Sheriff ]. w. Payne, ].
J. Nixon, farm demonstration agent
and G. M Cunningham has under
taken the work of having Natchitoches
parish represented in the parish fair
at the State fair Ia Sbreve-
port.
Monroe.-Mayor Arnold Bernstein
called upon the people Of Monroe TO
to fund for the relief OF
the people in the storm-stricken
towns along the Texas coasts and
named a committee of four to canvass
he funds.
Shreveport.-Completion by the G.
!" Strange Oil and Refining Com
oany Of its Nelson No. 8 in S-12-1h.
Red River parish, was announced. The
we'll came in flowing at a rate of
$500 barrels.
Natchitoches. = D. ]. Humans
Jerk of court in the Eleventh District
or the past ten years. has announcer
hat he will not be candidate for
e-election but will take up the prac.
ice of law
Pointe la Hache.-Packing houses
re being put in condition for tba
pening of the season that begins in
few days for the early variety of
ranges.
Denham Springs.-People of wal,l
'wo are enthusiastic over the eroc-