Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-26


lodges of Louisiana at the biennial
convention of the Masonic Relief AS
sociation of the United States and
Canada to be held in Minneapolis,
MINI, August 27-29.
The most remarkable state in the
Union, a paradise for naturalists, the
leader of them all in conservation
work, and a model for the nation 10
cupy in all matters concerning game
protection and conservation legisla-
ton is the manner in which Louis
lana is described by j. D. Higgins,
naturalist, explorer biologist, and stu
dent, visiting New Orleans.
w. M. Barrow, assistant attorney
general, made a trip to Washington
where he will hold a conference with
Edward Chambers, director of traffic,
and Max Thelan, director of public
service of the Railroad Administra-
ton, relative to the rates on gravel,
sand, crushed stone, shells and other
commodities used in building public
roads and streets in Louisiana
Mrs. Pleasant returned to Baton
Rouge from Shreveport where she
left Governor Pleasant and the other
members of the Jefferson Highway
party. Mrs. Pleasant said she was
physically unable to stand the strain
Of the long trip over the bad roads.
Governor Pleasant has continued the
trip with Duncan Buie, state highway
commissioner, in his effort to reach
Winnipeg.
Meeting representative citizens
from the southern to the northern
end of the parish, Prof G. L. Tiebout,
horticulturist Of the Louisiana State
University, explained in detail the
benefits to be derived from fruit
and trucking experiment station to
be established in the Florida parishes
and maintained by the state and fed
eral governments.
President t. c. Wheadon Of the
Rapides Parish Police Jury is in re-
ceipt of letter from w. T. Cooper,
office engineer of the State Highway
Department, stating he is sending
fourteen small automobiles to Ra-
! pides parish for storage and for dis
tribution to parish engineers through
the state for road building opera
lions.
! Louisiana and Arkansas were sec
F, end among the states in the number
of lynchings during the first six
months Of the present year, accord
ing to the department of records and
research of Tuskegee Institute.
At their monthly meeting the Wo-
mems Improvement League took up
number of matters of municipal i'm
proVement in the matter of cleaning
up and converting Hammond into tho
"city beautiful"
A war romance involving telephone
wires, motor cars and khaki, with a
German village as the setting, was
brought to climax when Miss A.
Josephine Davis, the only New or.
leans telephone operator abroad, was
married to Lieutenant S. w. Gray Of
Indianapolis. June IL, in Germany.
The welcome homo celebration CIV
en- at Abbeville the Fourth to the re-
turned soldiers was a great success
and attracted the largest crowd of
people ever gathered in AbbeviIle. II
was estimated fully 1900 persons
were in attendance
The use OF pistol to quiet fretful
baby was the means employed by
negro woman at Holly Ridge, accord
ing to John Gaines, husband Of th,.
woman. Gaines brought the child to
Monroe in search of~medical atten-
ton, but the child died on the way.
Capitalists have purchased a large
tract Of city realty in Northeast
Crowley. where a large number Of
residences will be erected to supply
the ever increasing demand Tor home.
While New Orleans revealed IN the
morriment or enjoyment the Fourth
Of July, twenty-five extra patrolmen
and agents Of the Department Of Jus
tice stood guard over public buildings
in the city to protect them from any
plots on the part Of bomb terrorists.
The general prospects Of the rics
crop IN VermiIlion parish are excel
lent The, acreage Is not as large as
last year But It IS believed the yield
per mere VIII Be larger There IS q
great shortage o labor 81 az kinds.