The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

bulIdefS PrCIuctS Company OF I.Oui.
lana, addressed a committee of Inns;
ness men at the Association. of Com
mercc in the interest Of estabIi,nin.
factory in Lake Charles for IN,
manufacture of brick, pressed brick
tile and tile roofing The Builder
PRODUCTS Company owns the stat,
rights on patent Which can mann
lactlre the building products from
waste saw mill materials.
shreveport "A reduction Of nearly
200 per cent in the rate OF refined oil
from Louisiana producing points r.
stations on the Rock island in Arkan
saS is now in effect, ACCORDING to an
hOllncement 81 L. F Daspt:. trafic
manager OF tho Chamber of Com.
merce. The new rate Is % IL cents
per hundted, whereas the old rate was
10 ~ cents. The deduction is pub,
lshed in Supplement Z TO Southwest.
crn Lines Tagif SOL.
Lake Charles.-The consumption of
Jamaica ginger has assumed large
proportions in Lake Charles. II ia
reported hundreds OF bottles were pur-
chased locally during the present
week and consumed as substitute
Tor wfiskey and wines The product
Is labeled as 80 per cent alcohol
There are number of persons dan
eercusly i'll in this city as the result
Ct drinking the fluid.
| Lake Charlcs.-While a Missouri
Pacific engine was en- route from the
shops to the Missouri Pacific station
it dcrailcd and turned on one side.
! Curlcy Kyles, negro section man, was
pinned under the engine, but was
rescued after an iour's work on the
part of the wrecking crew, and he
was taken to ST Patrick's sanitarium,
where examination showed ne was in
no way injured
Monroe.-The order of the Inter
state Commerce Commission in the
Memphis Southwestern freight rate
investigation, made public. is ths
greatest commercial victory that has
been won for Monroe in some time.
according to H. j. Fernandez, traffic
manager of the Monroe Chamber of
Commerce, who handled The conn.,
plaint Of Monroe jobbing interests be-
fore the commission.
Monroe e-Construction work on the
new light and power plant garbage
incinerator and other improvements
in the city, bonis for which were
voted in November, will be started by
March if present plans materialize. ac-
cording 70 Mayor Bernstein. While |
tle bond issue provided finds for the |
rebuilding of practically all the public |
utilities. work on the power plant will |
be given precedence
Shreveport Arrangements for the
organiza .tcn Of tie Mc(ire2nr Oil Co.
TO be chartered under the laws of
Delaware with $15,00O,0lO capi.al.
have been completed in New York.
according to j. w. Mastin, who has
reeturned from that city. The cola.
panys holdings, it is stated. consist
OF approximately 10000 acres in Louis
lana, Texas. Mexico and Oklahoma.
Coushatta Sheriff E. F. Preslar
and a squad of deputies made a raid
on wild cat" still in the northern
part of the parish ard arrested Mack
Upton, white, Buster Moore and An
tersor Lovelace, negroes. The trio
7ero busily engaged in making moon
shine whiskey, the officers say.
Hnuma.-Organization of the Per-
hing Way Association in South Lon.
siana was undertaken at a meeting
leld in Houma. Herbert F. McDoug- {
Ill, secretary manager of the new /
Winnipeg tc New Orleans hjghwy
'roject was in Houma for TIE meet
ng.
utCmobile chauffeur and soldier :
rom Jackson barracks Saturday -.
light resulted in a near-riot In the :
icinity of the Terminal Station, :,
anal and Basin street.
Alexandria.-A banquet was given
Hotel Bentley by the members of :.
nc Rapides Bar Association, in I
onor OF Judge w. F. Blackman, whu ',
as just retired from the bench of -
le Thirteenth judicial district
ter forty-thrce years of continuous I"
,rvice, and Judge John A. Williams
Colfax, his successor.
Franklinton.-The vote for Wash. p'
gton parish in the January primary IN
i'll probably be around $500. The u
Ill tax payments for this year will al
to 1900 but many of the payers
not hold the 1918 receipts and are
slualified for various reasons.
III
Baton Rouge. - National Thrift at
eek will be observed in Baton Rouge ev
nuary II to "a with an Intensive
ucational campaign initiated by
siness men of the city to encour-
e all possible means of saving. "
in
Hamlncnd--The city commissioners sh
We decided en- the sale of the $4,000
ok and ladder fire truck, which was
1thasoh for the fire department
If years ago. 1t has been used in