The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
Forest Hill-Gravel is being placed
now in the road bed at this place on
the Pelican Highway.

De Ridder-Ths Phil Simon gents
furnishing store has been transferred
to the Greenwald Co, Inc. Isadore
Greenwald and his son Ellie viii oper-
ate the business.
Lake Charles-The newly organ
ICED Housewives League of Lake
Charles held its second meeting re-
Gently with a membership increased
by eighty-three persons.
Natchitoches.-T first rain in
three weeks fell in this section re-
Gently. However. farm work is still
greatly behind. A fair acreage has
been planted in Irish potatoes.
Houma-The fact that Houma
banks are lending money to the
/ planters and farmers of the parish,
has its effect to instill confidence and
4 good cheer in business circles.
/ Forest Hill.-A series of Methodist
meetings began .here recently and will
continue several days. Several more
ministers are expected to help the
local minister with the meeting.
Houma-In the manufacture of
/ graduated sugar great strides have
been made by the three refneries in
this parish which have. been equipped
for making this high grade of sugar.
Houma.-Lee P. LOttinger has re-
Gently sold his entire interests in the
Pelican Lake and Oyster Company,
and in the store near Daigleville, to
his associate in business, Theodore
Engeron of this city.
/ Houma.-On account of the long
spell of warm weather which has pre-
vailed in this section, the farmers
here are expressing uneasiness as to
the fruit and early truck crop this
year. They fear the present cold
wave will have the effect of destroy
ing the crops.
/ De Ridder-That De Ridder is
| flourishing in a business way is evil
denced by the fact that new business
concerns and persons seeking business
investments are locating here and
either buying out established business
concerns or else looking for locations
to open new lines.
De Ridder.-The Coco Cola Bottling
Works has been transferred from
S. w. Holland to D. d. Stevenson and
partners, who have taken possession
and will manage the plant. Mr.. Hol-
land has severed his business connec-
tons in De Ridder after many years Of
successful operations.
Houma.-Good weather has enabled
the planters to make satisfactory prog
ress with their planting operations
during the past week or two and plans
are being carried out, as far as the
financial situation permits to plant for
one Of the largest sugar crops in the
history of the industry.
Lake Charles.-The absence of in
fiuenza and pneumonia from Lake
to the extreme mild weather of Janu-
airy to March rs, 1920, 1920 cases OF
Influenza and 70 cases of pneumonia
we're reported. This year there Is a
notable absence of these diseases.
Forest Hill-Crawford Willis, aged
IL, pupil of the Forest Hill High
School, while returning home from
school recently picked up dynamite
cartridge in the road and. applied the
match to it. When the smoke died
away and cleared up it was found that
two fingers of his right hand were
gone.
Observation-Disclosures Albert Bou-
dreaux, having found that closing the
postoffice after distributing the p. m.
mail was not satisfactory to many
patrons of the office, wrote to the
postal authorities for permission to
resume the former plan. He had
screens and wickets placed in the Of
fee, as a safety measure, and the Of
fee remains open until $3.50.
Lake Charles. - The lowest egg
prices in many years was established
here when retail stores hung out signs
of rs cents per dozen. In the smaller
towns in the eastern portion of the
parish the eggs are bringing only 20
cents dozen. Hens are being main
tanned by farmers at small cost now,
as they are being fed crushed rice.
Thibodaux.-o Serge, Of the lower
part of this parish, weEs TO Morgan
City and disnantled the canning fac
tory that was located In that town,
and shipped the entire outfit, via
canals and bayous to this parish.
where it will be rebuilt at the thriv-
ing settlement of Golden Meadow,
about forty-seven miles below Thibo-
daux.
Lake Charles.-Judge Thos. f. Por-
ter, Jr., in district court recently held
that the Fairview School District No.
3 of Allen Parish was illegally Gre
ated. Thic decision was rendered in
the tax suit Of the Long-BelI Lumber
m 20 the Allen Parish Cch0ol dfn.