Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29

AT last Tuesdays general election,
the nomination of Judge Lang, as one
of the Justices for the newly-created
Supreme Court District, was confirm
ed by the majority indicated by the
vote which was polled at the Demo
cratic Primary.
News was received at the Leesville
Sheriff's office yesterday that the
Bank at FIorine, Sabine Parish, was
entered by masked robbers, yesterday
morning, who ''held up" the cashier
and escaped with a large sum of mon
ey. One suspect has been arrested.
The qualified voters of Road Dis
trict No. 3, Vernon Parish, have been
called upon by the Hon. Police Jury
to decide by ballot. on Wednesday, No
vember End, whether or not to issue
bonds at the sum of $250,000 for con-
structing and improving public roads
and bridges within the limits of their
District, and on Tuesday, October Is,
in District No. 6, a vote is to be taken
on the proposition TO levy a special tax
of three mills on all the property with
in that District, also for constructing
and maintaining public roads.
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During the current six months, the
Grand Jury for the Twelfth Judicial
District Court is composed of Messers.
Thomas Bush, ]. W. O. BaniOn, Neale
Turner, L. E. Langton. P. P. Lam
berth, ]. o. Bailey, W. D. Cryer, Pat
rick Hinson, Frank Miller. ]. W, Bart.
lett, c. H. Johnson, o. c. Cole, I. E
Hughes, S. E. Weldon, John Guess
c. Simons, L. Bennett, Marion White
1 Jr., w. E. Harville. and c. H. Weeks
The names of the Petit Jurors are: A
4 ]. Knight, Frank Weeks, ]. |. Addison
I L. Jackson, V. P. Fletcher, Wilbur
Moore, A. A. Weeks, +. Turner, H. J
EIinson, R. E. Boswell, D. F. Cooley
E. c. May, A. ]. Cryer, c, Hillman, W
R. Cain, Israel Perkins. T. M. Guess
w. A. Perkins, V. Bedgood, w. c
Gordon, Geo. Damrell, Thomas Mitch
ell, ]. D. Mcmillan, Monroe Deason
Timothy Davis, c. S. Martin, H. c
Gordy, Geo. Beckom, J. c. Quincy anc
Edgar Jackson.
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The members composing the Crane
Jury went into session at the Vernon
Parish Court House last Monday, con
sidering information submitted by Dis
trict Attorney Hill and his Assistants
and examining large number of wit
nesses who were crowding the hall an,
staircases of the court house. The re
! port of the Grand Jury's findings vii
I probably be handed in to the Cour
this afternoon.
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Alderman Cakes, who is also Secre
tary of the Vernon Parish Fair Asso
citation, has completed the arrange
l ments for the Fair and he is now rest
ing at Hot Springs, to return whe
\ the Fair will be opened at the spaciou
grounds in Leesville. The Fair prope
4 will be preceded by show, Octobe
18th, when many kinds of attraction
will entertain the visitors.
The exhibits of the Fair will be OF
en- to the public from October 2Ot
to October 22nd. among them pre-
Z ducts grown and manufactured b
y the man, women, and children CON
Y posing the Llano Cooperative Colon
B at Stables, it being expected that on
y of the principal attractions shown b
Y the colonists will be their "kindergal
y ten" about twenty little tots betwee
n the ages of three and five, and the
x teachers, to demonstrate what moder
81 infantile education may do for II
" the development and future destiny
II the human race.
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81 The body of Claude Hebert. II,
~ brakeman for the Kansas City al
M Southern R. R., was found on the sit
W track of the railroad near the Trint,
M water tank, last Monday morning, t
" man evidently having been murder
W as his head was pierced by a bull
IS 1t is supposed that HILBERT had stir
M up hobo" hiding in a freight c;
IS that an alteration ensued with ia
M results. The body of the victim y
W buried in the Leesville cemetery |,
" Tuesday.
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81 Marriage licenses were issued
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