Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-06-12

Baton Rouge. - T. l.. Weaver, OF
Natchitoches, resident administrator
of the Louisiana State Normal School,
conferred with Governor Parker. II is
under stood he made a special trip to
Baton Rouge to consult with the gov
ernor on the annual election of a pres
ident for the state normal school,
which is slated to take place at Match
itoches 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
merce had the largest attendance in
the history of the organization at the
regular monthly meeting recently held
at the Long Bell Farm Land Corpora
TONS demonstration farm a mile and
a half south of the city. The farm
company, which is under the man
agement of J. NJ. Johnson, provided
the dinner including a barbecued beef.
w. H. Work, of the New Idea Bakery,
furnished the rolls and bread.
Jennings. - The mid -month must
cal prelude was presented here at the
Christian Church, of which the Rev.
M. o. Sansbury is pastor. The pro-
cessional was sung by the choir, and
the organ prelude was played by Or
ganist Vail of theEpiscopal Church at
Lake Charles. ]. v. Crosby Of Lake
Charles, who is becoming Yell known
here nrsieallyyssng D9l5ss-xnde
Quartette composed Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sansbury. Mr.. Crosby and Miss Zeda
McClung sang several selections.
Adds. - Miss Alix CAFES, 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 un-
observed. Her parents and friends
can assign no cause for her wanting
to take her life unless 1t be disappolnt'
ment in a love affair.
Adds. - 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. Clay
Guidry, marshal.
Donaldsonville. - c. B. Gotaux, So
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 Fl
card & Ceismar, 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
prices are being obtained for choice
grades. Quite a lot of cucumbers are
being used by the picking factories OF
New Orleans.
Natchitoches. At a 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.
1t is thought that considerable damage
will be done to crops, fences, ETC..
throughout the parish.
Natchitoches. - New Irish potatoes
arch eng sold by local truckers at 75c
per gallon.
Natchitoches. - Plans for the paw
ing of all streets from Front street 10
Sixth street are being formulated.
Ruston. - In spite of bad weather
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 a second show the
third Saturday in August.
Colfax. - The June term of the Dis
trict Court in and for Grant parish
will convene in Colfax June Z, which
is also the date for the regular month
ly meeting of the police jury.