Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-01-17

Lake Charles.-H c. Pierson ana
G. B Spencer, representatives OF the
Builders Products Company Of Louis
lana, addressed committee Of bust
ness men at the Association Of Com
mercc in the interest of establishing
factory in Lake Charles for the
manufacture Of brick, pressed brick.
tile and tile roofing The Builders
Products Company owns the state
rights on a patent which can manu-
faetlre the building products from
waste saw mill materials.
Shreveport reduction Of nearly
200 per cent in the rate OF refined oil
from Louisiana producing points to
stations on the Rock island in Arkan-
sas is now in effect, according to aH-
nouncement II L. F.. Daspi;, traffic
manager Of tho Chamber Of Com
merce. The new rate Is % IL cents
per, bundled, whereas the old rate was
&c 10 cents. The deduction is pub
lished In Supplement Z to Southwest
ern Lines Tarif 35-L.
Lake Charles.-The consumption Of
Jamaica ginger has assumed large
proportions in Lake Charles. 1t is
reported hundreds of bottles were pur-
chased locally during the present
week and consumed as a substitute
for wHliskey and wines The product
is labeled as 80 per cent alcohol.
There are number Of persons dan
gercusly i'll in this city as the result
Of drinking the fluid.
Lake Charles.-While a Missouri
Pacific engine was en- route from the
shops to the Missouri Pacific station
it derailcd and turned on one side.
Curley Kyles, negro section man, was
pinned under the engine, but was
rescued after an hours work on the
part Of the wrecking crew, and he
was taken to st. Patrick's sanitarium,
where examination showed ne was in
o way injured.
Monroe.-The order of the Inter
state Commerce Commission in the
Memphis Southwestern freight rate
investigation, made public, is the
greatest commercial victory that has
been won for Monroe in some time,
according to H j. Fernandez, traffic
manager ofs.the Monroe Chamber Of
Commerce, who handled The COM
plant of Monroe jobbing interests be-
fore the commission.
Monroe Construction work on the
new light and power plant garbage
| incinerator and other improvements
in the city, bonds for which vera
goted in November, will be started by
March If present plans ,naterialize, aC-
cording to Mayor Bernstein. While
tae bond issue provided funds for the
rebuilding of practically all the public
utilities, work on the power plant win
be given precedence.
Shreveport Arrangements for the
crganiza .;cn of. tie McGregnr Oil Co.,
TO be chartered under the laws of
Delaware with s15,000,O1O capital,
have been completed in New York,
according to j. W. Mastin, who has
returned from that city. The com,
Dany's holdings, It is stated, consist
Of approximately 10000 acres in Louis.
lana, Texas. Mexico and Oklahoma.
Coushatta Sheriff e. F. Ppeslar
and squad Of deputies made q raid
on a "wild cat" still in the northern
part Of the parish ard arrested Mack
Upton, white, Buster Moore and An.
derson Lovelace, negroes. The trio
were busily engaged in making moon.
shine whiskey, the officers say.
Hourna-O Organization of the Per
shing Way Association in South Lou.
ssiana was undertaken at a meeting
I'held in Houma. Herbert F. McDoug-
all, secretary manager Of the new
Winnipeg to New Orleans highw:y
project was in Houma for the meet
ing.
New Orleans.-A fight between an
automobile chauffeur and a soldier
from jackson barracks Saturday
night resulted in a near-riot in the
vicinity of the Terminal Station
Canal and Basin street.
rAlexandria-A banquet was given
at Hotel Bentley by the members OF
the Rapides Bar Association, in
honor of Judge w. F. Blaclman, whu
has Just retired from the bench 81
the Thirteenth judicial district
after forty-three years Of continuous
service, and Judge John A. Williams
OF Colfax, his successor.
Franklinton.-The vote for Wash
ington parish in, the January primary
will probably be around $500. The
roll tax payments for this year will
20 to 1900 but many of the payers
do not hold the 1918 receipts and are
disqualified for various reasons.
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