The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-18

Forset Hill.-Syrup mills are run
ming full time and better grace OK
syrup is being made than last year.
Ruston.-In its plans for community
work Ruston will be in position 70
furnish music for itself and neighbor'
ing towns.
Forest Hill.-High school boys and
girls went on a hunting expedition on
Little Hurricane creek, luncheon being
spread on the bank of the stream.
Pearl River.-W. A. Spiers was seat
ed as alderman at the last regular
meeting of the town council. He takes
the place of F. w. Schuleter, resigned.
Grand Isle.-Fur trapping at Manila
Village, since the advent OF colder
weather, has been good but the prices
paid are low in comparison to last
season.
Grand Isle.-The motor car service
by way of Myrtle Grove from New Or
leans is affording quick run to the
island for passengers and mail.
Grand Isle.-Fishermen are reaping
a rich harvest at the high prices OBJ
tanned for their catches, selling for as
high as Is cents a pound in the local
markets.
Grand Isle.-Lafitte boasts Of har-
vesting the best sweet potato crop In
years the tubers being of especially
large size and very sweet.
Pearl River-Parish Engineer Huck-
oby was here looking over the propos-
ed survey Of the New Orleans Gulf
Coast Highway through Honey Island
to the Mississippi state line.
Pearl River.-The Bonnabel Con-
struction Company has located equip
ment at st. Joe, near here, and soon
will begin builing the Slidell-Pearl
River hardsurfacs road.
Amite.-Goldbys Drug Store was en-
tered and robbed of about $40 recently.
Marshal Moak, accompanied by Mr..
Goldsby, apprehended negro boy,
Norbert Holden, who confessed.
Pointe Ia Hache-Orange growers
are making use of windfall oranges
from their groves in making some
home brew orange wine for their own
USE 1t is mild, minus the kick.
Estherwood.-Rice threshing has al
most been completed in this section.
Adam LIE Blanc and sons have finished
threshing on their farm in Vermillion
parish, the yield being 5000 bags.
Forest Hill.-The Christian Church
here held Thanksgiving services. talks
being made by Rev. G. c. McGuiddy,
A. X. Ramsey, Prof Baldridge, princ1.
pal of the high school, and Prof. Mat
thews of Tennessee.
Morrow-Joe Bennett, negro, was
shot through the head by Liss Fisher.
a merchant OF this place during con-
troversy over debt that the negro
owned Mr. Fisher. Bennett was sent
to Charity Hospital in New Orleans.
Ruston Chamber of Comemrce ar
rangements were begun for the pub
fishing Of a monthly bulletin. The
matter Is in the hands of Chairman J.
L. Martin Of the publicity committee
and Chairman w. ]. Lewis of the
finance committee.
Pointe a la Hache.-Several Italian
cotton planters from Texas have leas-
ed the Pointe Celeste Sugar Plantation
for the culture Of cane on the tenant
system from the Deer Range Planting
Company for the coming year and the
company intends setting up several
other Of it's smaller places on the
same system.
MonrOe.-CarS on the municipal
street railway company will hereafter
not be operated during the night under
the new electrir light and power plant
has been finished on account OF the
complete collapse of the old electric
light plant, which is now furnishing
power here Cars will cease operation
after 5 p. m.
Monroe.-The Vicksburg, Shreveport
and Pacific Railway bridge at Dunn,
Richland parish, was badly damaged
by fire recent, as the result of sparks
from a locomotive. A special train
with building material and carpenters
was sent from Monroe to Dunn, and
the bridge is being rebuilt. Traffic
between Monroe and Vicksburg was
suspended on account of the fire.
Amite.-Fire starting from kitchen
flue in a house on West Railroad ave
nue., occupied by Stanford Brown, a
baker, and Jack Cuti, spread to the
house adjoining, occupied by Miss VIII
lie Akers, and both residences were
destroyed. An adjoining building, the
home of Miss Lula Wentz, was saved
after hard battle with the flames by
the fire department and citizens.
strong wind was blowing, trees and 9
barn a block away being ignited by
flying embers. Water pressure and
fire fighting apparatus were said to be
insufficient to properly combat the
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