Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-03-05

Forest I'M Gravel il being placed
now in tho road -, at this r.ac" on
the Pelican High =.

De Ridder The Phil Simon gents
furnishing store has boon transferred
to the Grr"uwald Co. Inc lsadOre
Gr.snwaId and his son Ellie will oper-
ate the business
Lake Charles The newly organ
i1ed Housewives Leagu" of Lake
Charles hold It's second meeting re-
Gently with membership increased
by eighty three persons.
Natchitoches The first rain in
three weeks fell In this section 70
comfy However. farm work is still
greatly behind \ fair acreage has
been planted in Irish potatoes.
Honma The fact that Houma
banks are lending money To the
planters and farmers Of the parish.
has it's effect to mslill confidence and
good cheer in business circles
Forest IiH \ series of N"'hodist
meetings began hero recently and viii
continue several day several mor"
ministers: are expected to h"}p the
local minister with the meeting
Houma I'm the manufacture 81
crauu'ajvd sugar great strides have
boon made by the three r,Hncrir~ in
this parish which have hceu equipped
for making this high grad" of sugar.
Elouma Lee +. LotttHRer has re-
Gently sold his outir" interests in the
Pelican Lake and Oyster Company,
and in the store near Daiglevillc. to
his associate in business. Theodore
Ergcrou Of this city
.IIouma On account of the long
spoil of warm weather which has pre-
vailed in this section, the farmers
T. here are expressing uncIsincsS as to
the fruit and early truck crop this
year They fear The present cold
wave will have the effect of destroy
ing the crops.
DE Ridder That De Riddle: is
fourishing in a business way j. "yi
dencpd by the fact that new business
concerns and persons seeking business
investments are locating her" mi
either buying out established business
concerns or else looking for locations
to open new lines.
DE Ridder.- The Coco Cola BottIing
Works has been transferred from
s. w. Holland to ID. D. Stevenson and
partners, who have taken possession
! and will manage the plant, Mr.. Hol-
land has severed his business connec-
lions in De Ridder after many years OF
.-a~-<a~sa4 eperat,ons.- 1890 -
Houma-Good weather has enabled
the planters to make satisfactory prog
ress with their planting operations
during the past week or two and plans
are being carried out as far as the
financial situation permits to plant r
me of the largest sugar crops in G-e
history of the industry.
Lake Charles absence of in
!uenzG and pneumonia from La. .
harlcs this winter is most likely d ,
to the extreme m. weather of Jana
AIRY to March 81. 1920. 1890 CAGES OF
influenza and IS cases II pneumonia
were reported. This year there ia a
, notable absence OF these diseases.
Forest Hill.-Crawford Willis, aged
l.. a pupil OF the Forest Hill High
School, while returning home from
school recently picked up a dynamite
cartridge I'm the road and applied the
match to it, when the smoke died
| away and cleared up II was found that
two fingers of his right hand were
gone.
ThibodauX- Postmaster Albert Bou-
dreaux. having found that closing the
postofficc after distributing the D. IN
mail was not satisfactory to many
patrons Of the office, wrote To the
postal authorities for permission to
resume the former plan He had
screens and wickets placed in the Of
fee, as a safety measure. and the Of
fee remains open until $50
Lake Charles. The lowest egg
| prices in many years was established
| here when retail stores hung out signs
of % cents per dozen. In the smaller
towns in the eastern portion of the
. parish The eggs are bringing ONLY %
cents a dozen liens are being main
tanned by farmers al small cost now,
as they are being fed crushed rice
Thihodaux.- O Sougc. Of the lower
part of this parish. went To Morgan
city and jismantlcd The canning fac
tor. tha' was located in that town.
aud shipped the entire outfit. via
canals and bayous to this parish.
where it will be- rebuilt at the thirty
inE settlement of Golden Meadow.
about forty seven miles below Thibo-
dauN.
Lake tharies,-Judge Thos +. Por-
/ ter. Jr., in district court recently held
that the Fairview School District No
9 OF Allen Parish WAS illegally Gre
ated. This decision was rendered in
the tax suit Of the Long Bell Lumber
| Co. VS.. the Allen Parish School dis