Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-01-10
Lake CharIes.-R. c. FIcrson and

Lake CharIes-R. c. FIcrSon and
c. 3 Spencer, representatives OF the
Builders Products Company OF Louis
lana. addressed a committee Of Lust
ncsT mon at the Association Ot Com
mercc in tie interest ul establishing
factory in Lake Charles Tor ihe
manufacture of brick, pressed brick.
tile and I'll. roofing The Builders
Products Company owns the state
rights ON q patort which can manu-
iacture the ruiliInE proiucls from
waste saw min materials.
Shreveport A reduction Of nearly
700 per cent in the rate of refined oil
from Louisiana producing points 70
stations ON the Rock Island IN Arkan-
sas is now in eject. according 10 AZ
nOuncement * l.. r Daspr, trait"
manager OF the chamber of Com
. merce The new rate l. - - cents
per bundled. whereas TIL. Old rat" was
&c - cents The deduction is pub
Iished in Supplement TO Southwest
crn Lines Farm 35-L.
Lake Charles.-The consumption Of
Jamaica ginger has assumed large
proportions in Lake Charles. II is
reported hundreds of bottles were pur
chased locally during the present
week and consumed a substitute
for wiiiskey and wines The product
is labeled as 80 per cent alcohol
here are a number Of persons dan
gercusly i'll in this city as the result
cf drinking The fluid
Lake Charles-While a Missouri
Pacific engine was en route from the
shops TO the Missouri Pacific station
il dcrailCd and turned on one side.
Curlcy Kyles, negro section man, was
pinned under the engine. but was
rescued after an hours work on the
BART Of the wreCking crew and he
was taken to st Patrick's sanitariurn.
whsre examination showed ne was in
no way injured
Monroe-The order of the Inter
state Commerce Commission in the
Memphis Southwestern freight rate
invest igation, made public, is tho
greatest commercial victory that has
been won for Monroe in some time,
according to IL J. Fernando. traffic
manager of the Monroe Chamber OF
Commerce. who handled The COM
plant of Monroe jobbing interests 90
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
voted in November. will be started BY
March If present plans materialize. ac-
cording 20 Mayor Bernstein. While
the bond issue provided funds for tn"
rebuilding OF practically all the public
utilities work on the power plant win
be given precedence.
Shreveport Arrangements for the
Crganiza iCn of tie MCGrrgnr Oil Co.
TO be chartered under the laws Of
Delaware with s15,O0O,O1O capital.
have been completed in New York.
according to j. w. Mastin who has
returned from that city. The com.
OF approximately 10000 acres in Louis
lana, Texas. Mexico and Oklahoma.
Coushatta Sheriff E. F. Peslar
and a squad of deputies made raid
on wild cat" still in the northern
part of the parish ard arrested Mack
Upton, white. Buster Moore and An
deTsor Lovelace. negroes. The trio
were busily engaged in making moon
shine whiskey, the officers say.
Houma.-Organizati of the Per
shing Way Association in South Lou.
,siana was undertaken at a meeting
held in Houma. Herbert +. McDOug-
all, secretary manager OF the new
Winnipeg tC New Orleans hjghw,y
project was in Houma for the meet
ing.
New Orleans.-A fight between an
automobile chauffeur and soldier
from Jackson barracks Saturday
night resulted i'll a nearHriot In the
vicinity of the Terminal Sta ion.
Canal and Basin street.
Alexandria-A banquet was given
at Hotel Bentley by the members OF
the Rapides Bar Association, in
honor of Judge w F. Blaokman, who
has just retired from the bench Of
the Thirteenth judicial district
after forty-thrce 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
POLL tax payments for this year will
60 to 5000 but many of the payers
do not hold the 1918 receipts and are
disqualified for various reasons.
Baton Rouge. - National Thrift
Week will be observed in Baton Rouge
January IT to "a with an intensive
educational campaign initiated by
business men of the city to encour-
age all possible means Of saving.
HammOnd.--T city commissioners
have decided on the sale OF the $4,000
hook and ladder fire truck, which was
nurt.haspd for the fire departmSnt