The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-02-05

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ISsRaiasenVilIe-At a regular mest, |
ing Of the police jury hsld recently, q
parish huagst OF expenditures, for the |
fiscal year, AEaemting % %S7.OeC. vas
adopted,
siaushter.-Mrs. Henry Harvey has
sold the Slaughter Hotel 70 Mrs. Wi
lie Moore, who will remodel and ope
ratio the hotel under the name of Ho
tel Moore.
Thibodeaux.-Some rice planters IN
Lafourche still are harvesting the CROP
that was supposed to be all cut last
August The fields are overrun With
rodents.
Lake Charles.-Directors Of the
Prairie Farm Lands Company and
the Kinder Canla Company will meet
soon to transact annual routine bust
ness and to decide upon a policy re-
garding farming for 1921.
DeRidder.-A meeting OIL subscrib
ers to the canning factory to be erect
cd IN DeRidder was held recently In
the police jury room at the courthouse
at 1880. The charter was signed and
board OF directors was elected.
Vidalia.-At meeting OF the Vida
liza Civic League at the courthouse,
the president, Mrs. L. X. Purcell, ask
ed for reports OF committees appoint
ed in regard. to the proposed new
town hall.
Thibodaux.-Oleus Leonard, mana
ger on the Coulon plantation for q
number of years, has resigned the po-
sition at the beginning OF the year and
will move his family to Alexandra to
reside with his son, Charles Leonard
Slaughter.-At an election held re
Gently Homer Appleby was elected
mayor and D. W. Felps, j. r. Felps, H
T. Munson. DR.. w. C. Ratliff and J. =.
Spug, alderman, and James Monhan,
marshal
Eunice.-The Eunice high school
opened its school term recently with
large increased enrolment. The
second number of the Continental Ly.
ceum Bureau was presented at the
high school.
Lake Charles.-J. o. Modisette
I grand master of the Odd Fellows OF
Louisiana, was given a reception in
Lake Charles recently by large gath
/ ering of Odd Fellows of the city and
many of the surrounding towns
! Welsh, Vinton, West Lake and Sui
/ phur being we'll represented.
Lake Charies.-A number. of Lake
1 Charles women and several men met
recently in the Red Cross room, City
Hail, to discuss the present status Of
charity work in this city and the ad
visibility Of recognizing the United
Charities Association disbanded sew
eral days ago.
Ffanklin.-The Vestry or the st
Mary's Episcopal Church thanked al
who assisted in saving the church
building from destruction by fire. The
4 vestry also authorised the women Of
the church to go ahead with the re
pairs to the rectory. The church II
now renting house for the rector.
DeRidder.-Another big auction SALE
was held in DeRidder recently. an(
everyone having anything to sell IL
the way Of household goods, farm
products, machinery. tools. cattle
horses, mules, live stock, and poultr.
entered same and it was sold to the
highest bidder for cash.
Donaldsonxille. - The stockholder
of the BankOf Ascension elected tn
directors as follows: J. Libermuth
Clark Libermuth, L. Henry Schexnay
der. w. Blumenthal, J. E. Blum, Her
ry Meter, z. J. Caire, s. Prejean
} Charest Thibaut. The officers are
: Libermuth, president; Charest SThi
baut, vice president and cashier.
! Euaice.-The st. Tammany Paris
: Fair Association met and set Octobe
Is to 16 inclusive as the dates for tn
next parish fair. Leaders sald the
desired that attention be called to IN
dates so they may not conflict wit
those OF other parish fairs.
Eunice.-The Pine Mill Of the New
Ell Lumber Company will resume opt
rations after being shut down sine
! September 20. The hardwood mill G
r the same company will resume wor
; in a few days, having been shut dow
for repairs since the Christmas hol
} days. Business in Eunice is begiI
ming to improve and a decided fee
ing of optimism is spreading through
out the community.
Thibodaux.-Bills have been PR
sented to q number of people for toll
, for crossing the Thibodaux bridge
Some pay the bills, but others ar
playing for time" hoping that tn
decision of the district judge will sho'
! that the parish has no right to operat
! the bridge and charge tolls since th
: joint owner, the town of Thibodau,
E refuses to sanction a continuance {
the toll system.
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