The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-09-03

three-min tax for street, park and
cemetery improvement.
Plaquemine.-George kennith, s.
year-old son of Captain Phile Marion
neaux. while climbing up into q pecan
tree fell about twenty feet. landing on
a picket fence, one of the pickets al
most piercing his body. Physicians
state that he will recover.
Plaquemine.-The Peoples Bank In
liquidation filed a petition in the Fed.
eral Court at Baton Rouge asking that
]. E. Dunlap, former president Of the
bank, be declared bankrupt The petit
ton alleges that the said Dunlap is in
debted to the bank in various sums.
Monroe.-The East Carroll Parish
Fair Association has been merged
into the Tri-Parish Fair Association,
Madison and Tensas parishes having
entered the organization. Morehouse
and Jackson parishes have also Joined
with the North Louisiana Fair Asso-
citation to take part in the fair at Cal
houn, Ouachita parish, October 1921.
New Orleans.-Both the Louisiana
and Mississippi divisions of the
American Cotton Association will meet
in New Orleans co-incidentally with
the Interstate Farm Congress. w. B.
Thompson, chairman of the Louisiana
division, has called its meeting for
September Is, while the farm con.
gress will be held during the week Of
September, IL to IT,
Monroe.-The Louisiana Lumber
and Mill Company has been estab-
lished for the purpose of developing
the timber interests of Union parish
and Union county, Arkansas. The
company has acquired 10000 or more
acres of timber land in Union parish
and in Arkansas and has taken steps
to build planning mill at Junction
City. with capacity Of $4,000 feet
a day.
Lake Charles.-The 29th annual ses-
sion of the Carey Baptist Association.
comprising the parishes of Calcasieu.
Cameron. vermillion, Jefferson Davis
and q part of Allen, convened In regu-
lar session with the vinton Baptist
Church. d. p. Gerald Of Lake Charles
was elected moderator, Archie Came
ron of Lake Charles was elected sec.
retary and treasurer. The opening
sermon was by DR.. ]. T. Early Of Lake
Charles.
Thibodaux.-The Ferdinand Lefort
Post, American Legion, has elected
the following officers: Commander,
c. j. Bourg; post commander and
officer, c. A. Nor.
want; vice-commanders, Noah Ducasse,
Lawrence Basset and Alcide Ledet;
adjutant. Harvey Peltier; financial Of
fcer, Percy Spiller; training and en-
ployment officer, CASTOR Braud; chap
lain, Fred Chalin; sergeant-at-arms,
Peter Bergeron.
Vile Platte.-Many persons were
considerably agitated over a pink
worm here. Parish Agent L. M.
Cooper made a careful study of the
worms and sent some to the pink boil
worm commission for a report. The
people have been greatly relieved to
learn that the worm is . corn worm.
The corn crop this year was excep-
tionally early and when the second
crop of worms came out there was
no young corn. which caused them to
resort to cotton.
Lake Charles.-A. L. Metz Of New
Orleans, representing the Grand
Order of DeMolay for Boys,
instituted the first chapter to be or.
ganized in Louisiana recently at the
Masonic Temple with ftwenty-eight
Lake Charles boys as members. The
acting council instituting the new
Masonic fraternity was composed Of
A. L. Metz, master Of councillor; H. K.
Ramsey, senior councillor; George d.
Nicely, junior councillor; J. B. Hollo-
man, scribe; Paul Guilty, chaplain;
d. r. Rosenthal, marshal; A. B. G.
senior deacon.
Shrevepoft.-J. M. Bush and w. II.
Adams, from Bossier and Ouachita
parishes, respectively, have been ap
pointed prohibition agents for the
territory.
Monroe.-B. M. jackson, Ouachita
parish agricultural agent, saved the
lives of Tom Estes and Miss Dollie
Smith at the Monroe municipal nat
atorium in this city. The two young
people had gotten beyond their depth
and had gone down several times
when Mr.. Jackson jumped into the
axe and rescued both.
St. Francis.-E. z. Reed, merchant
and planter, was killed almost instant
y near here when a car driven by
MS brother, c. H. Reed, was upset
when a tire blew out and a radius
rod became disconnected. This is the
first fatal automobile accident in this
parish.
Baton Rouge.-A force of twenty
i've men worked several hours taking
thousands of dead fish from Univer-
sity lake. that were killed as a result
Of sulphuric acid getting into the
water