The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-06-19

winch is located on Railroad avenue.
DR.. Il. II. Blackwood will be the presi.
dent; w. A. Brownlee, first vice pres
ident; O. A. Hargis, second vice presi-
dent; J. E. Swafford, cashier.
Amite. - The Tangipahoa parish
prison remains center of interest for
persons passing by the court square,
and those who have business with the
Twenty Fifth Judicial District Court.
Among the occupants of the Jail are
an aged negress, Familiarity known as
Aunt Martha, placed there a couple Of
weeks ago to await action for her
transfer to the insane asylum at
Pineville, and the young Italian D-
Prima, of Hammond. who lost his bal
ance supposedly as result of the
tragedy ascribed to Rosario Restiva
at Tickfaw.
Baton Rouge. - T. L. Weaver. OF
| NatchitoChes, resident administrator
of the Louisiana State Normal School,
conferred with Governor Parker. 1t is
under stood he made a special trip to
Baton Rouge to consult with the gov
ernor on the annual election of pres
ident for the state normal school,
which is slated to take place at Match
ltoches soon. 1t was recalled that
there was quite a furry over charges
which were made against v L. Roy,
president OF the school, in an effort to
have him ousted.
De Ridder.-The Chamber of Com
MERGE had the largest attendance in
the history of the organization at the
regular monthly meeting recently held
at the Long Bell Farm Land Corpora
tion's demonstration farm mile and
half south of the city. The farm
company, which is under the man
agement Of j. M. Johnson, provided
the dinner including barbecued beef.
w. II. Work of the New Idea Bakery,
furnished the rolls and bread
jennings. The mid-mon must
cal prelude was presented here at the
Christian Church, of which the Rev.
cessional was sung by the choir, and
the organ prelude was played by Or
ganist Vail of theEpiscopal Church at
Lake Charles J. v. Crosby of Lake
Charles, who is becoming well known
here unsteady, sang two solos, and a
uuartette composed Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sansbury. Mr.. Crosby and Miss Zeda
McClung sang several selections.
Adds. Miss Alix Cazes, young
woman residing with her parents near
here. has been missing from her home
for some time. When last seen she
VISA walking towards the river, and
it Is believed she jumped In when I'M
observed. Her parents and friends
can assign no cause for her wanting
to take her life unless II be disappo1nt'
ment In love affair.
@Addis. - At an election held here
this week for town officers the follow
ing were elected: G. E. Booksh.
mayor: A. C. Glover, Trnest Foret and
Allen Mouch, aldermen, and W. Gay
Guidry, marshal.
Donaldsonville. - G. B. Gotaux, su-
gar cane expert Of the Louisiana state
University extension division left here
to make fertilizer demonstrations
among the sugar plantations OF the
state. One recent one being an acre
demonstration on the plantation OF RI
card & Geismar, Dutchtown.
Pointe a la Hache. Heavy ship
ments OF vegetables OF all sorts are
moving to New Orleans and Northern
markets daily by carload lots and good
pr,ces are being obtained for choice
grades. Quite a lot Of cucumbers are
being used by the picking factories OF
New Orleans.
Natchitoches. At meeting OF
the city commissioners held recently
the city was divided into four fire
wards. each ward being subdivided.
and fire signals for the different divi-
sions were adopted.
Natchitoches Weather has been
ideal for the crops for the past two
weeks and they have made rapid
growth and fields are clean. At pres
ent the crop outlook in this parish Is
very promising.
Franklinton. This section was
visited by the heaviest rainfall for
years. The bridges and footwalks in
town are practically all washed away.
II is thought that considerable damage
will be done to crops. fences, etc.,
the parish.
Natchitoches. - New Irish potatoes
areb eing sold by local truckers at 75c
per gallon.
Natchitoches. Plans for the paw
ing of all streets from Front street 70
Sixth street are being formulated.
Ruston. In spite of bad wetahsr
the colt show held under the manage
ment of the Chamber of Commerce re-
Gently was a success. Awards were
given on brood mares, colts and young
animals up to four-year-olds, raised in
Jackson and Lincoln parishes. 1t was
decided to hold second show the
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