The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-12-04

the fourth annual roll call
Plauuemine.-During the week Tay'
lor Liberty, negro, and Andrew Mar
tinez a Mexican, were conveyed u
the Insane Hospital at Jackson.
Monroe.-Lawrence d. Cade has
sold to Walter Powell his forty-acre
farm in 3-17N-2E of Ouachita parish
for $500.
Monroe.-S. Silverberg's store on
DeSiard street was robbed in the early
morning a few days ago. Many boys
suits were stolen.
Monroe.-C. e. Hester, assistant d.
rector of the North Louisiana expert
mental station at Calhoun, has been
appointed farm agent in East Carroll
parish.
Monroe.-Monroe business men
have signed a contract with the Red
path Chautauqua Bureau at Chicago
| to put on a chautauQua in this city in
april.
Monroe.-Paul Gerhart OF New Or
leans, Louisiana manager for the
fourth annual Red Cross roll call, 10
expected to reach Monroe Thursday
Miss Frances Youngblood of New Or
leans, field representative, is here.
Monroe.-The Victor Emanuel III
Benevolent Society of Monroe and
West Monroe has been organized by
the members of the Italian colony OF
the twin cities with seventy-hVe
members.
Monroe.-Joseph NJ. Jones OF Mon
roe has sold 6O59 acres of land In
Ouachita parish to John A. Tiller OF
} Lake Village, ak, for $72, 1850. This
! property, it is understood, will be de
veloped for its timber and agricultur
al interest b ythe Arkansas capitalist
and a number of lumber mills will be
established.
: Bogalusa.-The Thomas Construc
2 ton Company, which is building tht
Franklinton highway, moved its crews
e to a place near Pearl river this weel
S and is now at work grading the road
/ from the city to the river. A new
e bridge will be built across Corbini
Creek and washed gravel will be useC
S inside the city limits.
Lake Charles.-The local post o
> the American Legion plans to hold
= victory festival and business men
industrial exhibit in Lake Charlie
from November 20 to December 4, II
/, elusive. Thirty booths representa-
local business firms will be in place
|, There will be music, dancing an
; vaudeville.
y Lake Charles.-A waterways col
e. freence to which the Louisiana del
u alton in Congress, as well as the col
lie gressmen-elect, Governor Parker an
United States engineers are invite
n has ben called for the near future, ;
Z which time the visitors will be take
Ut on a tour of the atwreways as CUES
n of the local Association of Cor
as merce.
- Lake Charles.-Work is progress
!. ing rapidly on thirty-seven and on
half miles of Intercoastal Canal fro
"a the Mermentau to the Calcasieu rive
- on which construction began la
February. A number of miles of c
"a nal hvae already been dredged by Il
dredge boats in operation. The co
tract calls for the excavation of 100
900 cubic feet of dirt at cost
S144,000.
MISUNDERSTANDING the last WEI
ia the sheriff's office, through Deputi
&c J. B. Powers and Gus Markins, seiz
IN about $500 of silks, serges, mohall
I'm calicos and other goods belonging
rs Wellman & Spozer, peddlers at Viii
90 Castle, on account of failure to p
or- the license for state and paris
:, The license, with an additional pc
A atty. was paid, the peddlers acknoN
edging that they had been doing b
mess throughout the parish witho
license.
- Plauuemine.-George T. Comear
-. formerly of this town, and now loo
- ed in Memphis, and Miss Nancy V
"a Meter of Clarksdale, Miss, were m
~ ried in Memphis on October 20. Tn
will make their home in Memphis.
'od Monroe.-The proposed rate re
zen sion of the Cumberland Telephc
and Telegraph Company for Nom
submitted to the Louisiana Railrc
40 Commission, calls for an lIdiVld
l. line fat rate of $3.50 for busin'
Jon houses and $3.50 for residences.
me Monroe.-The Louisiana Carr
Mr.. Company, composed of West Virgil
.pi- CAPITALISTS, has completed eight or
cottages for employees, warehou
and other buildings on the Phlll
farm, near Monroe. The company
pm begun work on its $250,OO0 carl
aD- plant.
as
on Lake Charles-The town OF
and Quincy will advertise within the n
ase few days for bids for the constr
ire ton of four and one-half miles
raj payed sidewalks in that town.
f a work will cost about $4,000.
are Shuts & Sons, Lake Charles, are
engineers.