The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-10-04

! iIOuuClS Oot tdlHdDle by the oil mills
ana the starting Of an Investigation
To lind out why there is such a wide
difference between the prices Of re-
lined oil and the prices the oil mills
are aDie &c obtain for crude oil were
The chief subjects Considered by the
control committee of the cotton seed
industry at its meeting here.
Wlnnfield.-A sensational renort
was filed by the Winn parish grand
jury which has just adjourned in
which the parish coroner and clerk or
court are censured for acts of con-
mission and omission. The report saws
the clerk Of the court. has not record
&c an indictment returned bv grand
Juries for the last seventeen wears po-
kept record Of inquests held by the
parish coroner in that time.
Polnte la Hache - In the hack
Ievee district from here ND to Harlem
Plantation, eight miles above where
The back levee was not rebuilt after
the hurricane of 1915. all of the truck
crops were killed completely BY tne
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 ef-
forts of Joseph Graziano. presiden+
OF the Hammond Farmers Associa-
ton, new school building will be
erected three miles east of Hammond
Tor the benefit of the Italian COLONY
AieXandria.-A carload of govern
nent provisions arrived here and was
sold to citizens calling at the car. The
ear contained bacon, corn. tomatoes
and string beans.
New Orleans. The Young Peoples'
Societies Of Christian Endeavor hell,
convention rally TO formulate pIans
for the biennial All-South Christian
Endeayor convention to be held in
this city next July. II is expecte
1000 delegates will attend the 1929
convention, which was obtained for
this city during Tic organization -
conclave in Memphis in 1918.
New Orleans. - Father. you have |
shot me-" This was the CRY that came |
10 the ears of John Russell, 1912 FL |
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 yninuras
later in his fathers arms. irving n
explain his presence In the ward. n,
Chat hour. -'-7sS' r
Washington, D. C.-New Orleans
Supplanted Philadelphia as the sec
pnd most important port Of the couu-
Try in the handling OF foreign conf
inerce, while New York easily main
la1ned 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-
nent OF Commerce Just published.
Baton Rouge. = Legislation IN IA
'or OF the travelling man was dis
'ussed by State Senator Simmons of
st. Martin parish ar get together
neeiing OF the Louisiana Travellers
Association at Baton Rouge recently
jeorge l.. Richards, secretary. report
ID large number Of new members
Natchitoches. - The publicity con-.
nlttee or the Chamber of Commerce.
omposed of Sheriff J. w. Payne. !. I
I. Nixon. farm demonstration agent, I
no c. M Cunningham has under.
sken the work of having Natchitoches {
arish represented in the parish fair
at the State fair In Shreye- /,
ort.
Monroe.-Mayor Arnold Bernste;,
allied upon the people OF Monroe 70
ontrioute to a fund for the relief of I
ne people in the storm-stricken 7
owns aicng the Texas coasts and {
AIMED n committee of four to canvass @
be funds. Z
Shreveport.-Completion by the G.
'. Strange Oil and Refining Con-
any of its Nelson No. 8 in S-12-1J
ed River parish, was announced. The S
ell came in flowing at a rate os o
500 barrels. g,
Natchitoches. - d. ]. Hymans r
ERIK OF court in the Eleventh Distric.
II the past ten years. has announce
at ne VIII not be a candidate for
election but will take up the prsc. .,
re of law. :"
Pointe la Hache.-Packine bouses - :,
e being put in condition for the -
'ening OF the season that begins in
few days for the early variety of -
anges.
Denhan' Springs.-People OF WarI az
So are enthusiastic over the erec. -
N of big sawmill five miles north &c
Denham Springs by the firm of
'ughland & Hurst.
picking and ginning ts
under full headway, but the crop Sc
short it will not exceed fifty per III
nj here. The sweet potatoes and Fl
rn crops are good. vi
New orleans. - 1t is proposed 10