The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-03
Shreveport. - Need of greater CO.

Shackelford spoke to representative
meeting of planters at the courthouse
He was introduced by Mayor John
New Ford. ]. S. Wannamaker, preSi-
dcert of the American Cotton Asso-
ciatiCn, of Sparantburg, S. G" who
was to have addressed the meeting
also, was detained by late trains and
failed to arrive in time for the meet
ing.
Georgiana Brooks, negro. answering
q knock on the front door OF her
house, was snot in the abdomen and
seriously wounded. Tina Brooks, Is
,rars old, daughter Of the woman,
told the police that she heard her
mother cry out, "oh, Bober," which is
her fathers nickname. The child stat
ed thai her father and mother had
uuarreled and her father left the
house. The woman says she does not
know the man who shot her.
MOnroe.-Owners of wholesale
groceries Of Monroe say they are elat-
ed at the agreement between the gov
eminent and large packers whereby
the packers are prohibited from en-.
gaging in the grocery business. While
it is victory for the wholesale gro
Gerry, 1t also a victory for the consum-
er and Is the hardest blow yet struck
against the high cost Of living, &C
cording to r W. Germany, secretary
Of Southern Wholesale Grocery Com
pany here.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. K2ttwit1 and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank narrowly escaped
serious in jury when Mr.. Kottwits's
machine, which he was driving, col
lided with an automobile at st.
Charles avenue and General Pershing
street The occupants of the Kott'
WITT reported to the police thai the
other machine was the property OF
the United States Public Health Scr
vice.
Hammond.-Maklng survey OF
conditions and opportunities for 1tal
ian immigration in the South, Count
Piola Casell, who commanded a bri
gade during the Italian war, was II
Hammond. While here Count Cas-
selli was the guest Of L. Scala, the IL
dependence banker, and Frank Filar
do, acting consular agent for Italy II
Hammond, VINO is also president o
the Strawberry Growers Association.
Lake Charles.-In connection will
greatly increased facilities needed To-
the State Baptist Orphanage including
a new building and section Of land
special committee is receiving pro
posals from various communities seek
ing the institution. Lake Charles |
making a strong effort to keep tn
crphanage and DeRidder, MansAel
and Monroe have entered the list Q
bidder for 1t.
New Orleans. - The accidental Dis
7 charge Of a rife, while It was beln
: cleaned by Wesley Johnson, negr'
seriously wounded Carrie Gleason. N
gro. Johnson occupies a room on til
: ground or of the house, while CARR
Q lives on the floor above The bullt
: plowed through the flooring, s:rikin
the woman In the neck.
z New Orleans. - The Knights Of G
!. lumbus Free Evening School for e.
o service men will be inspected by Il
n supreme officers Of the order durir
their visit to this city, to attend Il
meetings of the supreme board Of d
rrctors and the Supreme Assembly I
the Fourth Degree will be held f
the first time.
20 Lake Charlees.-The directors
% the First National Bank and the Lal
Z Charlese Trust and Savings Ban
u have voted 25 per cent bonus to 81
n ployes, basing it on the preceding 9
4 months payroll. This is double u
Vi amount paid in former years, and
r. made In recognition of the abnorm
living conditions
o, Hammond. Samples Of milk !
r. Gently taken from six local dairym
o, and tested by the State Board
ut Health were found to contain from
n, to % per cent Of water. Charged
d. the city Court with a dilution of thu
20 product Judge Hungate assessed fin
in ranging from $40 to $25 and costs
the offenders. Two new stores we
opened in the Locascio Building, one
40 shoe store and the other a grocery
as -
NJ New Orleans. - Louisiana has CO
lts pleted IS per cent Of its portion OF
nix Jefferson Highway, the largest perez
Is tage of highway completion among
ne states through which the LETTERS
thoroughfare runs, according to
~ report Of J. D. Clarkson, general nj
~. ager of the Jefferson Highway,
~, the convention of the Louisiana ST
ow Association, at Alexandria, La.
"a Morgan City-A youth giving
name as Charley Whitfield. IL we
old, and claiming Crowley as
Of home, who is alleged to have attem
he ed to pass forged check for 5000
VI local bank. was taken into GUST
hi and sent to his home in Crowley
Mayor Shannon.
De- New Orleans. The life OF Pat
srt- man Henry Asset was in all likelib