Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-10-23

Tbihodaux, - Very Rev. Father A

Tbihodaux. - Very Rev. Fa'her A
! NJ Barber announced i'll 81. Joseph
| Catholic Church that census Ol IA1
raIiyions parish of St. Joseph would
soon be- taken TO ascertain the huIlOer
of the heads OF families, the NUMBER
of unmarried men and the GumLer Oh
women who are SelfsuppoEtlng' thls
being done BY Archbishop Shaw as
basis or a campaign that the arch
bishop will soon have started III all Oh
tie religious parishes OF the state 20
helm raise the million dollars hece'-
sar VITO erect and endOw major Sem
ipary in New Orleans. where young
men viii be prepared for the clergy,
instead of having 10 go to st. LOUIS or
Baltimore.
Pladuimine. The Bureau OF Cen
sus made a preliminary announcement
Of the population of the parish OF her
Vile subject to correction. as follows
-Iberville parish shows population
| OF $500 for 1920, and for the year
1910 population of 30,054. showing
decrease for the 10 years OF 3,425.
Every ward in the parish has shown
a decrease in the past 10 years. The
population of the town Of Plaquemine
has not been announced as yet, owing
to the fact that in making the enuIne-
ration the town was not separated
from the other wards.
Crowley-P. J. Chappuis. who was
one OF the p>rty Of Knights OF Column
bus who went 10 Rome TO see the
| Pope and visited the battletOrn sec
lions of Europe. will deliver series
of tree lectures to the public at an
early date The first of the discOurses
will be given here. Other cities may
have the same privilege by getting in
touch with Mr. Chappuis. lie will
positively refuse to lecture if any at
mission is charge or If the public as
d whole is excluded In addition 10
slides and still pictures it is his
aim to have motion pictures shown.
Gulfport- The Hodge Ship Com
pany's steamship Mia. pow in port 10
inaugurate that lines direct sail ngs
from GulfpOrt to Cuban outpOr,s al /
sailed ON the first trip October -
with a general cargo. They will MA =.
tain a regular schedule on Jwen.y
one day period basis and the outlook
is good for the building up of good
business through this port. This is a
boost not only for GulfpOr. but for
the entire state OF Mississippi az the
Nika is strictly Mississippi vessel.
being built OF Mississippi timber in d
Mississippi shipyard.
Hammond.-At a meeting of the
Ladies' Improvement League II was
decided to close the municipal nata.
forum for the winter months, a com
mittee being appointed to attend to
storing the equipment The past sea
son was a most successful one, and a
large sum was realized. The ladies OF
the league went on record as resent
New Orleans newspapers that there
had been two fatal accidents in the
pool this past season.
Ruston.-The Louisiana commercial
secretaries have made plans for a
gathering of the organization at
Shreveport October 80 and 81. Among
the principal topics on which ad-
dresses will be made the Necessity
of Louisiana Chamber OF Com
MERGE" advertising louisiana
Helping to Market Farm Produce, .
THE Community Auction Sale" In.
Quoting Immigrants to Louisiana, -
Fund Raising Methods" Good
Roads and The Constitutional Con.
vention."
University Station, Baton Rouge
Emile Weber, the boy from Orleans
parish who was member of the re-
cent farm boys tour through the Mid.
die West. was called upon by his
teacher recently to tell the class all
about his trip, writes w d. Clayton.
parish agent. He entertained the
class for about an hour telling them
in detail about what he saw and
heard. Hsteacher says his talk was
| very interesting and instructive.
/ Mandeville.-The Vaudeville Light
/ Company's contract with the town
expired with October Is, and the town
was offered continued service at 5000
/ per month with the alternative OF buy.
ing the plant. The towns revenue is
, insufficient to permit either course
and unless some other means is found
to operate the light service, the town
will be dark
Observation-Disclosures property own
ers vote on the five-mill tax election
in the near future, IA mills to be
used in improving the streets and
| bridges of the city and three quarter
I mill for the extension of the waite,
/ and sewer system. The bonds are 10
run for eleven years and will take
care of the rapid growth OF the city.
CovingtOn. - The school board hss
appropriated $500 from the special
tax for a school gymnasium. subiect