Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-03-20

| 725.28 was given on the First Nation
| al Bank Of Alexandria by Joseph A.
Bentley in payment Of portion Of the
$2,O0O,000 good roads bond issued by
Rapides parish and purchased by him
several months ago. The check was
turned over to T. c. Wheaton, presi-
dent of the Rapides parish police jury.
indorsed by him and turned over to
Parish Treasurer D. S. Flower.
Lake Charles. - The rice acreage on
Indian Bayou Canal system In Calca-
sieu parish will be approximately g.
600 acres this season if weather per
mits. The irrigated lands lie north of
Bell City, Hayes and Rossignol. Con
siderable improvements were made to
the canal system during the past win
ter.
Lafayette. The public schools in
Lafayette parish will have the first
rally day exercises since the war MAY
IA and is. Superintendent Bittle has
called meeting of the principals for
a meeting when the programs will be
mapped out. They will include liter
airy exercises and athletic events for
which prizes will be offered.
Lafayette. - The fair given for the
benefit of the Broussard Church netted
1880. The program will be conclud-
ed with the presentation of the drama
EVangeline" by the pupils of st. Ce.
elias Parochial School. Rev. Father
Massebiau recently installed an cleo.
trio lighting plant for the mouse OF
worship at cost Of $4,000.
Pointe la Hache.-The State High.
way Department has a field force of
surveyors locating the line of the new
shell road in Plaquemines parish Road
District Nos. and 8, that extends
from the Orleans parish line on the
west bank of the Mississippi River as
far down as the United Stats reserva-
ton at Fort Jackson.
Monroe.-FinaI plans Tor the new
hotel to be built here were accepted
by the directors at meeting with Eu-
gene ]. Stern Of Little Rock. The city
is growing so fast, however, that II
was decided six-story building would
be inadequate to add two more stories
to the plans and resubmit them.
Alexandria. = Sergeant Robert Nc.
Cabery, who was arrested several days
ago and subsequently released on
bond on the charge of having SANDER
ed Prof. D. F. Huddle, of the West
End Grammar School, has again been
arrested and incarcerated in the par
Ish jail.
Lafayette. - Improvements costing
several thousand dollars have been
made on the Scott Catholic Church by
Rev. ]. V. Monteillard. Among them
is the installation of a valuable or
gan.
Ruston. = S. B. Ritchie, local rep
resentative at the meeting OF the Per
shing Way promoters held in Little
Rock, Ark, reports that the route
from Little Rock to Alexandria, La,
was established.
Baton Rouge. = The State Associa-
ton of Parish Fairs met with Harry
D. Wilson, commissioner of agriculture
for setting dates for the parish fairs,
fixing uniform entry tage and uniform
premium lists.
Baton Rouge - More than $495 was
collected on Third street recently for
the Near East Relief Fund. This
brings the total Of the parish over ST.
900.
Marksyille. = Senator A. o. Boyer
Of Avoyelles has been reelected as
senator from the Fifteenth Senatorial
District of Louisiana and citizens are
gratified of the result of the election.
Pointe la Hache. - Preparation Of
land for an increased acreage in rice
and cane this season is actively go
ing on.
Baton Rouge. Announcement is
made of the organization here of a
wholesale cigar concern to be known
as the Interstate Cigar Company.
Lane CHdIl5S,-C. n. hluuIeys Ilce
farmer, has purchased a 32O-acre farm
at Iowa from the North American
Land Company, paying $4,000. There
is a deep water well and improved
buildings on the farm.
Lake Charles.-C. E. Berdon and
John H. Poe have purchased lot on
Ryan street and propose the construc-
ton of an apartment house Of brick
or frame which will contain about
eight apartments.
st. FrancisvilIe. = An election held
in road district No 2, West Feliciana
parish, on the proposition to levy a
S-mill tax for five years to raise funds
for road work resulted in its adoption
without d9ccauffv1o xrofo