The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-07-08
Arcadia The rig which brought

Monroe. T. Smith, who was ar
rested at Ola week or more ago
on a charge Of kidnapping Miss Cor
inne Holmes so his son, Willie, might
marry her, was fined 500 and costs
and given a Jail sentence of five days.
Lafayette-The Lafayette llfe-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 Abbevllle.
Amite 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 cleo
trio current.
Glenmora -TWenty-fve 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-
scented 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
new church building.
Alexandria.-The State Gravel Com
pany, which has a capital stock OF
100000 has opened offices here, and
will maintain a large organization for
the operation of its big gravel pit
which was found near Pollock. This
pit will be opened about August l
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, lac 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 80 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,
900 and 100000 for the erection and
endowment of 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
Monroe-The contract for rebuild
ng the American Legion building on
St. John street in Monroe preparatory
% constructing a 100000 legion home
and community building, was awarded
% Lee A. Ellis at meeting Of the
general building committee num-
Der Of firms have donated material
or the work The legion's campaign
o raise a 100000 fund for building
will start within a few weeks.
Monroe.-More than 200 acres for
i've factory sites have been offered
o the Chamber of Commerce by land
,wners south of Monroe, where efforts
ire being made to build up an import
III ldCLOTy center.
New Orleans.-Financial and indus
rial New Orleans centered it's inter
,st i'll the announcement that the
lew financing of the Jahncke Dry
Jocks, Inc, consisting of a bond is
ue totaling $1,500,000, has been hand
ed in New Orleans without the as.
istance of Northern or Eastern bank.
RS.
Jeanerette.-The members of jean
rette Lodge No 255, F. and A. M.
Celebrated St. Johns feast with a re-
option on the lawn of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Whitworth's home.
Alexandria.-Faqua Trotter, young
Ehlte man from Lake Charles, was
truck with an iron coupling pin in
ne local railroad yards by an uniden-
fled person which resulted in his
cath
Monroe.-The Farmerville school
GARD has tabulated the returns of
le election held in the Farmerville
chool district on the bond issue of
$4,000 for the construction of a new
TICK school building, showing that
1T OF sixty-five votes cast sixty-thres
ere in favor of the bond issue.
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