The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-07-14

to drill the first well on the Smituer
man test in Bienville parish.
! Monroe. T. Smith, who was ar
rested at Ola a week or more ago
on charge of kidnapping Miss Cor
inne Holmes so his son, Willie, m ght
marry her, was fined 500 and costs
and given Jail sentence of five days.
Lafayette.-The Lafayette life-sav-
ing corps of the American Red Cross
was organized through the Commun-
! ity Council. A committee was ap-
pointed to draw up a constitution and
bylaws.
AbbeVille.-The first three sacks Of
Blue Rose rice of the 1922 season,
raised by Otto Trahan of the Sixth
Ward OF Vermilion parish, was shipped
to the New Orleans Board of Trade
| by Vallee Warehouse of Abbeville.
Amits City.-The Central Light and
| Power Company is expanding north
and south with highpoWer lines from
Amite City, over which other sections
of the parish will be served with elec-
trio current.
Glenmora.-Twenty-f masked men
attended services at the First Metho-
dist Church in Glenmora and while
the services were in progress five
members walked up the aisle and pre-
sented the pastor, the Rev. D. B. Bod
die, an envelope containing a note
commencing him for the splendid
work he had been doing in Glenmora
The envelope also contained $500,
which they declared that they present
ed him to assist in the erection of a
new church building.
Alexandria.-The State Gravel Com
pany, which has a capital stock Of
100000 has opened offices here, and
will maintain { large organization for
the operation of it's big gravel pit
which was found near Pollock This
pit will be opened about August !
and washing plant will be installed
and in operation January l. The
plant will be in a position to turn out
$50 cars road material a day.
New Orleans.-While the prices of
watermelons were just beyond the
reach of the average pocketbook in
New Orleans, 146 carloads of prime
melons were rotting in one local rail
road yard. Congestion of other food
stuffs just outside the threshold of
New Orleans markets and a wide
discrepancy between prices asked
there seemed to be the cause. Ac-
cording to statements of several res
taurants and fruit dealers the prices
of watermelons are as high as they
were at this time last year when
they were not SO plentiful down on
the farm.
New Orleans.-Mrs. Georgine Thorn !
as, Of New York, daughter of the late
d. H. Holmes, founder of.the big Canal
street department store, and widow |
of the late Chas. H. Thomas, has set |
aside a trust fund of between $500, |
600 and 100000 for the erection and |
endowment of a home for worthy old |
people and convalescent mothers in |
New Orleans in memory of her father
and her husband. A square of ground
has been purchased in Carrillton by |
Mrs Thomas on which the home will /
be erected. One third OF the trust
fund is to be used in the construction
Of the home and the balance for
maintenance.
Monroe.-The contract for rebuild
ing the American Legion building on
st. John street in Monroe preparatory
to constructing a 100000 legion home
and community building, was awarded
to Lee A. Ellis at a meeting of the
general building committee. A num-
Der of firms have donated material
for the work. The 1egion's campaign
to raise a $4,000 fund for building
will start within a few weeks.
Monroe.-More than 200 acres for
five factory sites have been offered
to the Chamber of Commerce by land
owners south Of Monroe, where efforts
are being made to build up an import
ant factory center.
New Orleans.-Financial and indus
trial New Orleans centered its inter-
est in the announcement that the
new financing of the Jahncke Dry
Docks, Inc, consisting of bond is
sue totaling $1,5O0,O00, has been hand
led in New Orleans without the as
of Northern or Eastern bank
ers.
Jeanerette.-The members of jean
erette Lodge No. 255, F. and A. M.
celebrated st. Johns feast with re-
ception on the lawn of Mr.. and Mrs
J. e. Whitworth's home.
Alexandria.-Faqua Trotter, young
white man from Lake Charles, was
struck with an iron coupling pin in
the local railroad yards by an uniden-
titled person which resulted in his
death .
Monroe-The Farmerville school
board has tabulated the returns of
the election held in the Farmerville
school district on the bond issue OF