The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12

clubs and girls poultry club.
Donaldsonvilla-A a regular meet
ing OF the police Jury held recently. a
parish budget of expenditures. for the
fiscal year, amounting 10 $4,000, was
adopted.
Slaughter.-Mrs. Henry Harvey has
sold the Slaughter Hotel to Mrs. Will
lie Moore, who will remodel and ope-
rate the hotel under the name of Ho-
tel Moore.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rice planters in
I.afourche 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 policy re-
garding farming for 1921.
DeRidder.--A meeting oil subscrib-
ers to the canning factory to be erect
ed in DeRidder was held recently IN
the police jury room at the courthouse
at 100. The charter was signed and
board Of directors was elected.
Vidalia-At a 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 now
town hall
Thibodaux--Oleus Leonard, mana
ger on the CoulOn plantation for a
number of years, has resigned the po-
sition at the beginning or the year and
will move his family to Alexandria to
reside with his son, Charles Leonard.
Slaughter-At an election held re-
Gently Homer Appleby was elected
mayor and ID. W. Felps, J. T. Felps. H.
T. Munson, DR. w. c. Ratliff and J. F..
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. Modlsette.
grand master of the Odd Fellows of
Louisiana, was given reception In
Lake Charles recently by a large gath
ering OF Odd Fellows of the city and
many of the surrounding towns.
phur being well represented.
Lake Charles-A number Of Lake
| Charles women and several men met
recently in the Red Cross room, City
Hall, to discuss the present status OF
charity work in this city and the ad.
visibility of reorganizing the United
Charities Association disbanded sew.
eral days ago.
Franklin.-The vestry or the St
Mary's Episcopal Church thanked all
who assisted in saving the church
building from destruction by fire. The
the church to go ahead with the re-
pairs to the rectory. The church is
now renting house for the rector.
eRidder.-Another big auction sale
was held in DeRidder recently, and
everyone having anything to sell In
the way Of household goods, farm
products, machinery, tools, cattle
horses, mules, live stock, and poultry
entered same and 1t was sold to the
highest bidder for cash.
Donaldsonville. The stockholders
OF the Bankof Ascension elected the
directors as follows: j. Libermuth
Clark Libermuth, l.. Henry Schexnay
der, w. Blumenthal, ]. E. Blum, Hen
ry Meter, r. j. Caire, S. Prejean
Charest Thibaut. The officers are ]
Libermuth, president; Charest Thi
baut, vice president and cashier.
Eunice.-The st. Tammany Parish
Fair Association met and set October
10 to 16 inclusive as the dates for the
next parish fair. Leaders said they
desired that attention be called to thu
dates so they may not conflict witt
those of other parish fairs.
Eunice.-The Pine Mill Of the New
ell Lumber Company will resume ope
rations after being shut down since
September 20. The hardwood mill o
the same company will resume worl
in a few days, having been shut dowr
for repairs since the Christmas holi
DAYS. Business in Eunice is begin
ming to improve and a decided feel
ing of optimism is spreading through
out the community.
Thibodaux.-Billsh have. been pre-
sented to number Of people for toll
for crossing the Thibodaux bridge
Some pay the bills, but others ar
playing for time" hoping that thu
decision of the district Judge will shov
that the parish has no right to operat
the bridge and charge tolls since TIL
Joint owner, the town OF ThibodauS
refuses to sanction a continuance o
the toll system.