The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1921-09-16
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RayRille- Tie Richland Parish Fair
Association has named it's officers for
the ensuing year and has also selected
the heads of departments for the fair
to be given at Rayville for three days,
beginning October 5.
French Settlement.-A number of
the citizens here escaped death re-
Gently when large oak tree under
which they we're standing was struck
by lightning. Only one of the party
was stunned.
Baton Rouge.-SenatDr G. NJ. Gun
ningham of Natchitoches. who repre-
scented the Twenty-first Senatorial
District in the State Senate, tele-
graphed his resignation TO Governor
Parker, effective at once. The Tween
ty-first District is composed of the
parishes of Natchitoches and Red
River. ]. l. Freedman of Natchitoches
was selected to fill the vacancy.
Washington, D. C.-The number of
negroes on farms in Louisiana de-
creased from 553,O29 in 1910. to 509,
S44 in 1920. This is shown by the de-
tailed figures of population for Lou
isiana which were made available by
the Bureau of the Census. Despite the
decrease of the negro population of
the State, the number of negroes in
cities in Louisiana has increased from
100 ASS in 1910 to 190,41S in 1920.
Baton Rouge.-The Farmers Union
is preparing for a hard fight before
the Legislature to have a 'no-fence
law passed. A legislative commission
| composed of Lucien Gautreaux of AS
sumption parish, William Woods of
East Feliciana parish and Francis j.
! Welcek of Pineville, are here and an
nounced their intention of sticking
around" until the law was put into
effect.
Baton Rouge@As evidence of the
interest being taken in the election to
be held in East Baton Rouge parish,
october 4, for the purpose of voting a
no-fence law, the largest registration
in the history of the parish was re-
corded. Coming from the rural sec
ton of the parish in automobiles, bug
gies, wagons, m@n and women crowd
ed the clerks office from early morn
l ing till the closing hour in the even
ing. in an effort to qualify to vote be
fore the registration books closed.
i Monroe .-Prohbfitionists in five o.
six different North Louisiana town:
are circulating petitions to be present
ed to the Legislature, asking for sup
port of the bill to be introduced b!
Senator T. L. Hood of Monroe, which
! is similar in all respects to the Vol
stead Act and is designed to bring
about the aid of State and city off
, Gals for the government in its en-
forcement Of liquor laws.
Amaudville.-Clay Quebodeaux,. So
} of Geraseime Quebodeaux, was stables
| to death by Jean Louis Sicily.
II Washington, D. ACCORDING t
: census figures, OF the 1,79S,509 inhab
i tans Of Louisiana, 924,1S4 are 81 year
= of age or over. Illiteracy in the Stat
) is given as % per cent. Among tn
' whites II per cent are illiterate, Will
o among the negroes 3S per cent. G
the population 81 years of age an
g over, 46g, 669 are males and 454,5l
5 are. females.
t MoreauyiIle.-A parish-wide mas
/. meeting in the Rpulee Theater at MAJ
e sura adopted resolutions against th
passage of a State no-fence law.
q New Orleans.-Formation OF syl
: dicate or New Orleans business me
a to purchase the Napoleon avenue ST
# for the big Baptist Hospital and pr
e sent it to the Baptist conyentic
e when it meets next May, was the pla
decided on by the general citizen
T. committee to save the institution I
d New Orleans.
: Pointe la Hache.-A strange d
ease is killing many valuable wol
q horses and mules. They fall to Il
I. ground helpless frouf an attack in the
spine and die at once.