The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-09-03
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HAPPENINGS
NsDs Of the Pelican State Arrang.
ID in Condensed Form

ers expect to begin operating their
cotton gins within few days.
Patterson. - Walks around the pa
silion and in the park here have been
covered with pulverized shells.
Estherwood-More than a dozen
rice mills are expected to be running
within short time In this section.
Kentwood-Under the management
OF Robert Collie, large poultry farm
will be started here on the Morris
farm
Forest Hill-Grading work begun
some time ago on the Forest Hill
Glenmora highway is progressing
rapidly.
Bunkie.-The new $4,000 home for
the Bunkie Lodge. F. & A. NJ, is ex-
pected to be ready for occupancy by
September Is.
Alexandria.-This city has received
q proposition from a local company
whereby natural gas will be furnished
for fuel purposes.
Shreveport. = Norwood Broadwell,
aged 81, who Just one month ago was
married to Miss Mary McNeely, died
at sanitarium here.
Lake Charles. - One thousand bags
of early prolinc rice was sold at Crow
ley for s3.77 per barrel or q little more
than s4.25 a bag.
Vile Platte.-The first bale of cot
ION ginned in the parish was brought
here recently by Marius Lafeur,
weighed 900 pounds.
Estherwood.-Hon Chin of Hong
Kong. China has been stationed here
for some time to study the American
methods of rice culture.
Oak Grove.-A farmers meeting
was held at Oak Grove, when an or
ganisation was formed to find wider
market for next years crops.
Monroe.-Organized band of dyna-
miters have blown up nearly every
cattle dipping vat in West Carroll par
ish, according to parish officials.
Jennings.-The first rice of the sea-
yon was sold here last week, produced
by Charles Dommert. The grade was
! number four and sold at 1913 a bar
rel.
Forest Hill-The 16-year-old son Of
B. Sawyer Of Melder, lost two fingers
from his right hand when a shotgun
he was cleaning vas accidentally dis
charged.
Crowley-The executive committee
!. Of the parish school board has auth
orized additions to be made to the
North Crowley, Rayne and Mermen-
tau schools.
lake Charles.-Federal Inspector of
Cattle Dipping. H. K Midkiff reported
for his district that by October Cal
casieu parish win be In shape to have
the federal quarantine raised.
Egan---The bryear-old daughter of
William LG> sllss and William Camp
bell. 4 - plaater, were drowned in
he Ah4ott,D ,Duson canal near here. An
attenp< 10 rescue the child failed.
hstherwood.-A. Hank of Morse,
a, harvested twelve bags of rice to
ne acre on the Charlie Dormert farm
NJ miles south of here. It graded
number one and sold for 1885 a bar
~.
Arcadia.-This city received its first
pale OF the new crop last week. The
bale was sold by @. M. Smith. was
snned ~ the local gin and was pur-
chased By Lyons Brothers. Inc, at 12a
cents.
morgan City.-The National Guard
company Of Morgan City has been
usen the title Of Company 81" First
infantry. 1t was organized two
months age.
new Orleans.-Harry Lagarde, IS
years old. nlineman for the New Or.
1eans Railway and Light Company.
vas killed recently when he fell from
IN electric light pole at Carrollton
svenue and Ullba street. Lagarde ia
sao 70 have come in contact with a
nve wire containing 23OO volts. In the
AL his neck was broken.
Pioneer.-W c. Buchanan. of F,ova
Ass secured many thousands Of acres
.. timber in the vicinity of Pioneer
wnere he and associates are BUILDING
: large lumber plant.
shreveport. Baldwin w. Cause
representing the Law and Order
League with headquarters at hatcher
Mss which has as its primary object
me securing Of more rigid enforce
lent OF the prohibition laws. "a IN
shreveport for the purpose Of organ.
s local branch Of the organiza-
Ssw orieans.-Judges Joshua q.
& Aer and Emile Godchaux have been
inated for the Supreme Court ana
Ank 7. Echezebai has been nominat.
. 'or the new position on the Grim
-. district Court, all by decisive ma.
shrsveport-Federal a.,,o,,,,..