The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-07-05

the hie insurance premiums, has ar
rived. giving Monroe three motor
driven trucks and enabling the estab-
lishment of an additional fire sta
tion in the citv which Is expected 10
aid in the fight for lower insurance
rates.
Tangled up with the gears of run
away mule. Clemile Olice of Crowley
was dragged on his back two miles
along the hard bed of the gravel road
leading east from Mermentau. His
cheek bone was mashed from a kick
by the mule, and great patches of
flesh were torn of his body by the
gravel bed of the highway.
Reports from Abbeville say the con-
tinuation Of showery weather assures
the certainty Of the rice crop, al
thought it has, by interfering with
planting. caused an appreciative de-
crease in acreage. The cotton farm
ers are not jubilant over their pros
poets, as the plant is small and much
OF 1t badly in the grass.
The attacks on the dancing situa-
tion at L. 8. U. by T. H. Harris, state
superintendent of education. was
praised by Dr. G. A. Battle in a SER
mon at the First Methodist Church OF
Baton Rouge. The minister upheld
Mr.. Harris in everything except in
the belief that dancing can be regu-
lated.
r. NJ Bacque. parish agent. with
F. v. Moulton. secretary Of the La
faytte Parish Fair Association. a
branch Of the Association of Com
merce. will make tour Of the par
ishes of Acadia. iberia. st. Martin,
vermillion snd st. Landry to stir up
interest in the district fair.
A movement to organize the busi-
ness interests of the United States
solidly behind Congressman J. Y.
Sanders bill for the establishment Of
free port zones on the Atlantic. Gulf
and Pacific coasts has been launched
AT a nationwide meeting held in New
York.
The carload shipments from the
strawberry producing sections OF the
country from March IL to May 26. in
elusive totalled 4,249 as follows: Lou
isiana, 682; Florida, 81; Alabama,
221: North Carolina. 427; Arkansas,
go: West Tennessee, 735; all others.
1925.
The prospects for anything like an
average cotton crop in the Columbia
section Is undoubtedly the poorest
the farmers have ever known at this
season of the year.
Word has been received from the
congressional delegation at Washing
ton that efforts will be made to pre-.
vent the imposing Of high duty on
potash.
| lHS dtttnuduCc VI tilc Otdtt NUT
NAL Summer School continues to in.
crease daily. The total enrolment is
now well above 1850, which is an in.
crease over last summer.
With Grand Chancellor Charley
Hawkins of New Orleans, Deputy
Grand Chancellor ]. w. Compton OF
Shreveport and Grand Prelate c. K
Faulk of Monroe. the Monroe degree
team, knights Of Pythias, installed a
new Knights Of Pythias lodge al
Standard.
Upcn a recent visit to different
points in Louisiana by representa-.
tive of the Department of Entomolo
gy, II was found that the rough-head
ed cornstalk borer was doing much
damage TO the corn and cane and In
some instances had attacked cotton.
A refund of $4,000 for erroneous
charges on coal shipments to Baton
Rouge shippers may result from the
recent decision of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission Mr.. McAdoo's Gen.
eral Order No. % was misinterpreted
by carriers north Of the Ohio river.
The citizens of Morse, La, and vi
cinity are expediting the building of a
gravel road from Midland to the par
ish line of Vermillion. a distance OF
about eight miles.
Mrs. Charming Telfair is the first
Monroe woman to take a ride in an
airplane. making the trip over the
city in a government plane.
Twenty-nine musicians have enroll.
ed in the reorganized Lafayette Con.
cert and under the auspices Of the
Association of Commerce.
The early riceScrops of Iota sec
ton are most promising and furnish.
ed with ample sweet water to pro.
mote growth and early maturity.