The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-02-12

lota.-The Iota rice mill has closed
down, due to the stagnant market.
Warehouses are filled with rough rice
with little or no sales for clean.
Iota-Road grading and plowing of
lands for the years crop have been
progressing rapidly during the past
few days of dry weather.
Jacksonville Jackson Gravel Com.
pany has completed. the trestle that
was damaged by the recent floods and
is again shipping gravel.
Natchitoches.-The Parish Board of
Equalization has organized, with V. G.
Hyams as chairman, Arnold Sompay-
rae vice chairman, and Robert j. Phil
lips secretary.
Jacksonville Mccormick interests
have renewed a number of leases on
their $4,000 acres of supposed oil land
around here and will begin drilling
within so days for oil.
Natchitaches.-The' Inn Hotel was
badly damaged by fire which origi-
mated in the attic. The water also did
much damage, especially to the second
floor. The building is owned by DR..
j. s. Stephens.
apoleonville.-With the favorable
weather of the past two weeks plant
ers have been busily engaged with
cane planting, and many of them are
through. Seed cane is pronounced
generally good and sound.
eveport.-According to mes
sage received by Mayor Ford Satur-
day, Mrs. Frances D. Allen has ar
ranged for four concerts to be given
at the Coliseum during March and
April.
Notwithstanding a number Of
students have been slightly indisposed
from having been vaccinated, small.
pox seems to have died out with one
case which developed at the Normal
after the holidays.
Eunice.-The smokehouse Of c. Ber-
trand, in West Eunice, burned and so
pounds of sayory sausage went up In
smoke. Cured hams, fresh pork hams,
spareribs, homemade lard, and other
delicious porcupine products all were
sacrificed to the flames.
Shibodeaux.-Thes special perform
ance given for the benefit Of the starv-
ing European children yielded SILL.
No regular admission fee was charged,
but receptacle was provided, where
in the public, deposited such sums as
they felt inclined to give.
Natchitoches.-A notable. transac-
ton in the clerks office was the con.
collation. of a 100000 mortgage. The
mortgage was held by the Colonial
Trust Company against the Arkansas
Gas Company on property in Natchi.
tOches parish and other places.
Plaquemine.-Cresce Agricultural
Club No. %, with the help of the par.
ish agent, Mrs. Kirk, and H. Lesseps,
held a meeting for the purpose of out
lining their work for the coming year
Marie Louise and Harold Miller were
elected as an executive committee.
Plaquemine.-Mayor Pro Tenn Al.
bert Calais has had force Of labor
ers busy the past week cleaning gut
ters and putting the town in first
class shape. The streets are being
graded with more gravel, and cement
culverts are being installed under
some of the principal streets.
Pioneer.-The first quarterly con
ference Of the Oak Grove Circuit OF
the Monroe District, Louisiana Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, was held In the new
brick. church edifice just completed at
Oak Grove, with Rev. w. L. Dodson
the new presiding elder, in the chair
Estherwood.-W the mercury
down to 3S, and frost on the ground
early vegetables and buds that were
beginning to show signs Of growing
were injured somewhat. There is evi
dence that the farmers Of this dis
trict are curtailing staple crops this
season.
Natchitoches.-Al the Photographic
work for the Normal annual POT
pourri" has been completed and the
art and literary end Of the work Is
well under way. "Poutpourri" prom
ises to be the best ever issued by the
Normal and Is, the first issue for two
or three years, due to war times,
NatchitochesxzCeaeh McNaspy OF
the Southwestern Industrial Institute
addressed the student body on the
spirit of fairness In athletics. He paid
very high compliment to the Nor.
NAL student body for'-the courtesies
extended to his team while visiting the
Normal.
Baton Rouge,-Arrangements are
being made by the local Central
Trades Council to take care of dele
gates t8-SAe convention Of the 'Louisi.
ana State Federation Of Labor, which
is to meet here April 4. Due to the
fact that the Constitution Convention