The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-08-27
LOUISIANA.
HAPPENINGS.
HesOs Of the Pelican StGte Arrong-
ed in Condensed Form


auctioneer, sold watermelons for as
much as four dollars. All produce
brought a fancy price.
Thibodaux-The ice planters in
this section are busy harvesting their
crops. although the rains have held
them back somewhat. The yield is
good and cars are moving daily.
Monrce.-Several thousand people
attended big barbecue and good
roads celebration held at Clayton to
celebrate the completion of a fine
highway from Clayton to Vidalia.
Crowley.-The Knights of Column
bus Of Crowley will have an obsery-
ance of Columbus Day, October II. A
committee win be appointed for the
celebration.
Baton Rouge. - The Jefferson High
way Farm Loan Association met here
and passed on loans approximating
$4,000. More applications have been
made for loans lately than could be
cared for.
GueydAn. - Members Of the Ameri-
can Rice Growers Association here
have elected the following officers:
II. L. Gueydan, chairman; Leo P. Bon
min, secretary; Caesar BAoussard, H.
q. Hardee. H. L. Gueydan. ]. w.
White, and Bert Stansel, trustees;
Caesar Broussard and H. L. Gueydan,
representatives to the central board
from the Gueydan section.
SIidell.-M. Mcdaniel, recently cele-
brated the fifteenth anniversary of
her entry into business. In 1905. Mrs.
Mcdaniel began business in Slidell in
q small oneFoom building selling fruit
Later added shoes and notion % The
stock carried. BY hard work and
business efficiency, Mrs. McDaniel's
store is today one of the leading de-
partment stores in this section Of
Louisiana.
Covington.-On complaint that cat
tie. hogs and horses are being killed
and injured by the reckless driving Of
atheists, the parish police jury. has
authorized the placing Of q bumper"
ut each end of lane through which
q gravel road runs, and to mark said
bumper by culvert sign 200 feet
from the bumper, in large letters,
easily distinguishable. The bumpers
are logs partly buried on the roadbed-
Monroe, Officers OF the Arkansas
Louisiana Tourists' Way Association
with headquarters at Monroe have
a,eeR notified Of the completion OF the
last remaining link of gravel road
from one end Of East Carroll parish
to the other in the building of the
highway between Williamson and
Gossypia. There is now an excellent
highway Of thirty-dve miles in East
Carroll connecting with the Arkansas
highway ON the north and the Madi-
son parish highway in Tallulah, where
IT connects with the Dixie overland
highway to Monroe.
De Ridder-One OF the latest indus.
aries In this section is watermelon
syrup. The unprecedented crop pro
-duced this year caused a slump in the
mellon market and many melons were
being given away, fed to hogs, or left
to rot in the field This condition
1ed L. H. Ruehlman Of Rosepine. to
experiment on making syrup from the
melons. The results have been most
gratifying. He now is marketing his
product here at the rate of thirty-five
cents quart. or $1.25 gallon. Mr..
Ruehlman claims his melon syrup is
superior to ribbon cane syrup, and
that II can be produced at q good
profit He is finding ready market
for ali he can make.
Hammond.-sThe people of Ham.
mond win have an opportunity soon
OF voting up public improvements.
The municipal Improvement commit.
tee Of the Chamber Of Commerce has
completed it's work b estimating the
needs Of the city and the estimated
cost Of such Improvements, y
Hamnond.-The principal Of city
schools has announced that the high
and graded schools Of Hammond will
open for the 1922 session Monday,
september u. The date set is one
week later than formerly.
Hammond-The Florida Parishes
Fair Association has let the contract
Tor the erection Of several new build