Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-10-16

usual CIlp. DOth mercantile an > resi-
Dental but homes and business lOca-
tons are exceedingly difficult to find
now.
Monroe. With a Trade Day" TO
be inaugurated the third week Ia Oc-
tober and a cOmmunit yfair OF two
days d week later. West Monroe. the
municipality opposite Monroe, is
launching into the most important
campaign of civic enterprise ever un-
dertaken by west side citizens. The
two movements have the backing OF
the Commercial League Of West Mon
roe The officers OF the OuaChita
Parish Fair Association at a meeting
recently decided to back the commun-
il yfair asthere will be no parish fair
this year.
Hammond farmers as
ISOLATION has been formed with Thorn
as Gessener at its head. Mr. Gessen-
er in the past has been connected
with the largest Of the associations.
The new association viii be the New
Strawberry Growers Association Of
Hammond. The association will have
as its object the cooperative selling
and marketing of Strawberries and
this will give Hammond three large
and fourishing associations devoted
10 the awberry industry
FIanklin.-Thls community was
awakened by loud explosion which
turned out to be that OF a dinky boiler
at the plant OF the Albert Hanson
Lumber Company, Garden city, La,
three milesS from this town. The
boiler was used to supply steam for
the fire pumps at that place. The
night watclbnan lost both of his arms
in the ACCIDENT, but will recover. Very
little other damage was done by The
explosion.
Monroe The Arkansas & Louisi-
ana Missouri Railroad Company began
operating between Monroe and Hut
us tttf tttt anu II 10 pttttt thdt bfC
company will be enabled to operate
between this city and Crossett, Ark,
by January l. The railroad between
Monroe and Bastrop has been practi-
caliy rebuilt and trains are operating
between the two points. Reconstruc-
tion wor kis now going forward on the
BastrOp- CrosSett end of the line
Lake Charles United States Dis
trict Court for the Western District
of Louisiana has convened in Lake
Charles. Jury Commissioners A NJ.
Mayo, Dick Wakefield and c. G.
OMalley met and drew petit jurors
for the October term of court. During
the October term arguments will be
heard in the s19000.000 assessment
suit of the Union Sulphur Company
VS.. the parish of Calcasieu and the
state of Louisiana.
Lafayette More than 200 farm
ers from throughout the parish parti-
cipated in the organization of the La
fayette Parish Farmers Association
and voted unanimously for co-opers-
tive marketing system to become ef-
fective at once. r. c. st. Julien OF
Broussard, president OF the Lafayette
Cane Growers Association WAS elect
ed president.
Lafayette. The Bank of Maurice
was formally opened recently. the
event being the occasion for some
thin of celebration by the farmers
the parish The bank is backed by
the business men and farmers almost
exclusively in that territory. and
nearly every stakeholder was on hand
for the event.
Lafayette-Plans for the OrEaniZa
ton of a parish-wide commercial and
agricultural body 10 take the place OF
the defunct Chamber of commerce
now include mass meeting of all
the business men and planters and
live stock men of the parish at the
courthouse.
Forest Hill. o. Ponder. former
postmaster here, has sold his resi-
dence to Leonard Johnson. TO Clear
Water for $500 and viii remove 70
Glenmora. The new postmaster. Rev.
+. W. Bertschinger, has purchased a
cottage here and leased his farm re.
moving his family to this place.
Natchitoches. The Natchitoches
Chamber of Commerce has taken up
NatchItoches High school The va
the matter of a new building for the
rious committees, site. bond finance
publicity. etc have been appointed
and will push the matter.
Natitoches. Miss Mary Reilly. home
demonstration agent for Natchitoches
tor the past two wears, has resigned
her position and accepted the post of
HISTORY instructor in the high school
Lake Charles W. II. Haskell. in
charge Of the Highway Department
office. announces that five carloads II
gravel have been shipped from the
Pelican ravel pits near Longleaf to
Iowa Junction for the three quarter
mile unfinished trans-parish highway
northeast OF Iowa.
Lafayette Arrangements have
been made 10 devote two acres of the
,ampus at s. /, |. |. to silk worm