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5 - - tI iTHE MADISON JOURNAL PICA R ~ IPLAU Let Us aeYu -- - 1 b W1 l w NCOMMERCIAL PRINTING - . .... _ _- .......Our Price s Are Right JOURAL OFADIuON PAm~ POIJ JY OyMLL JOUrK OF FITH DISTRICT L BOARD OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MADISON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD L. RO Publisher BOARD OL JO URN AL OF TIFE II[.CAGE I, TI U+ SPublisher TALLULAH, MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA. SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1921. N i f v I lnn l n Lake Charle--Th re-- rn Pro - a- ~u Es, o. . o. 1.um I LD TAX LNDS OF SPECULATORS .'NTION DELEGATES WOULD :OUALIZE BURDEN OF STATE BUILDING. BUILDER PENALIZED ,-t 'Theusands of Ares of Unlm Cultivatable Lands Held t Land Owners for Specu- It lative Purposes. c aville, La. - Ways and to bring about the taxation on h 'sad reasonable basis otunim- E cultivable lands held for spec- , purposes should receive the , of the Constitutional conven- p, the opinion of C. C. Weber, - coavration from Ascen Ito th is i one of d that will w S vW elop. 0I lr Is to tat tic c'mltrvai m ae ia this w woebr m, *tlt are be- tl owners for speciab, l*,t whle Is1 for bb pes. sAa- w tS are ps spesr either in tsM plead for low the .the pead that their bh ml Is not pro. th salieo pst of wth a an t, which a ss low 1r dO lbds `farsu he bat tlw a s the s%000s are sassese to te stb slsvmtlsa throuh s te - aIm e Ls o5sfars who wUi pa MA Is lst as rich b wdheh latiaut and pl-e egd it ti ae amst . s he mo e tuie InWe0Mm ttd are h - M Umifve tmseos e that are placed h id es. t toethee large valmable they hom e. L t about a situation mitt andEuo. th thse de G ela soehingm for him State, whil the specs- rcee with a small tax bill. with ofer of ol n ater these wha the taxation eat. " Ta. The lands should he on a to p amer class of lands in gsts The the land-hogs euld __ tu do and of two thutgs pslr property so as to stake er sell it.' lgroae the lad, they aing .00 onem the mae o subs o adjacent cult ed. Inter decided to sell It 'tLe ter t it or p the increased .i d would pmt iato the is no hers and home-own- the s n rpl brig pr(pertT a l canal t, the Stte, for I these cwr lands ar thCrews n mtel r willattract thoeends This ftre oiter wrte of tries Coma aBApDu. - . a rep S than MOe acres of a 1,- 1t a eumbers, n ad- the e oI e Ot l peasban, state am other truck, are belg of ha th eihborhood. some -- e charle Is s pto lc atimmi bl lodges. An Ke Om eition for the new one ,l ltas t ht to ke k)l4 tr go No. 165, . & A. il. day, I will now go to the and th --sa Lode and it is ex- ProdaT Sdispensation, under Much ledge will work for a ery faj I5ly he granted. membi -At the metla of the Deal b issut year. June *0, he meetini 'f re-election. The a repr etase in for 4onsid- work a 4rln which It was membe' St he necesas- that as mt a p a,· 6the ro ur e 5 ably b e atk e receiho. at ali. * Harelboa Natek o whIch ell this pai S an srad ~ plant of mentalU Aielte river tar her. failed t i--a. Pater H. a was rU Ne was a wit at the trestle, SCUl at Me- De k a.toed azints. far rae S Lake Charles. --The doe Bren Proj duction Company of Chicago, theatri cal producers, has eccepted the privi lege of whipping the talent of Lake Charles Into musical comedy form. Natchitoches.-A truck loaded with seven ten-gallon cans of coal oil caught fire on the main thoroughfare here when the auto backfired. The WOULD truck was destroyed in the flames. Denham Springs.-At the regular meeting of the directors, Odom Sulli van was -elected assistant cashier of ALIZED the Bank of Denham firings. Mp. Sullivan has been with the bank tf three years. f Unim- Kentwqod.-Spral large box tao Held tories and industals have w6tified the seu- local farmers that they J4I advance crates, hampers and &prtilizers to them through the assciation, with their crop as security. ro and Plaquemine.-News wa; received ation on here that the Rev. FatPer Gerard Bosch, after a 30-day voyage, has lor spec- reached his old home, Amsterdam, ive the and that the voyage had seemed to im conven prove his condition somewhat. Weber, a Ascen- De Riddbr.-The high school audi torium at De Ridder was filled to the i one o doors with an appreciative audience l hatwill which had gathered to hear the L. 8. K ataa- U. Glee Club Wednesday evening. Mr. t Sspe S. W. Plauehe, president of. the newly. tpe will rganized local chapter of the L. S. U. 1 he land Alumni Federation, Introduced the a Sthins Glee Club. The entertainment through- c Develop out was. exceptionally pleasing. D to enhamn Sprigs.--A special election will be held March 15, for the elec tio of an assessor to till the position made vacant by the refusal of the Sthis candidate. A. S. LeBourgeois, who h was elected last April. The date of af b the primary has been fixed for March fd . Only two candidates hlre been an. n ounced. R. R. Richardson Jr. of Coar wa r b an d L D. Easterly of the First , A Ward, ar ye- tr her in Thibodaux.-The entertainment for T for low the benefit of the Catholic church is it their building fund netted 138.40. Besides C A pre- the orchestra proper the program was I priably participated in by Mrs. Joseph Wink s5 with a and her daughter, Miss Estellna. or sa low Fank and RIhard Gibbna, )libo deax Opllege students, ti ntributed a tf as kteh and little Leslie Badeaux and Ai % e Geintd Cqisaet eontributed an inter- pe oest atuer fe h t e D $iddSr.-The asetion sale at DO i R hd January S2 was a means of dis- th pasip of eousiderable farm products, og Srich household goods, etc, to the farmers and othtrs of this community. The at next tal ewill be held on Saturday, an tmily Pebsuary 26. This will be an oppor Stunity for those who want to buy ma a are chinery for their sprlng~ work and rpo those who want to disposee of such ma ed chine. os they do notneed, and to large uc tp ith hops, ebws, pogltry, etc. me. Lake Charles.-The Calcasue com- prl ebm mitts for European relief met at Red C° Cross reoms t,.settle the uetion u as o .to wlether Lake Charles 'would lend o money or rice to the starvinh bro eaP pehim children. It was deided that Jt lPe0 rice only would be sent keeping tor bill, with the promises made to the piblic Bel when the subscriptions were solicited. Tax- The money collected was this morn en to P. G. Chalkley, who, wih the as- p S sstataneeooo J. A. Ioster and W. B. ths Caomer, will parhaise the rice at lo- Ant Seel m le tmeediately,' res Be RMtdr.4--toci. i the new c the nsing adtory for De Ridder is beaing ting subscribed, as the eitiseas are>greatly interested in this factory. The cha. t ter has been p ared, and Secretary used Db1ler of theS Chibher Commerce the is now havinSg th tate iged ap by own- the statclolders. It is estinmted this l*e 'ade m as ctory wpe aJa teao ble hose cre of 2,6e ee a day, or approil- e mon m~ y e r ulo it. Seet potatoes. · muds This is nly one of the deeral itsdnm I a of tria otes by th cbaber of ary D. Desana S A reeoatudsit by So v gandito oEfflic did noet give a the parish ay eamplimeats 'br the Sstate of its flaness sad the methoeds Sof handling them, and this report had ao some infnluence a the didsi, of, the police Jury in rst to e tg l dppi. An Ketwood.-What promises to be mew one of the largest .assoiam. of its PI iake kI in Loialsiaa, was formed Satur- bees M. day, whoen tarmes of ~kntrood Mong to and this vicinity met and organised g Bassi ex- Producers' CoOperative Asociatiom. Baro der Much interest was displayed, ad ev r a ery farmer present lpsd for active membership. . - De Denha Springs-Therewll be no Oi t , . deje work o s 1 g. ". ston perlib 1 the year 1fll,,Mdleap U- tions were tht'6, At the reaulari a he meeting of the 3lI r this week 'he a representative of te gorumem id- work was preesent and asked what the 'a members intended to do. He was told O· that as the parish is already semldeg y sO ably behind in its naee that it CO h-. would be impossible to do aythia *l at alL a • lo on Natchitoches. --Joseph Lema, a he Mexican, who resded a oetse, Cn Ih this pariah, was said to have become t, of sntally unbalanced sad wandered r "- away from home Siuday. Sirhe gk e tailed to nfind him, and Tesday he e Swas run down near the AIyu Pierre ra ae trestle, tour miles from Natchitoeeh, t by arTeas and Paecif pasenager train. - ) idder.-The contributions as i far received t Bearenars ais u Wrisk I t J. C. Jbwr, chaiman a th . t'e sb re * pajs cinte, m PWe l 8738.7 agg. g Sren Pro ý, theatri the BARE HUGE RED of Lake with PLOTS IN EUROPE coal oil oughfare Ed. The flmee. DOCUMENTE SEIZED IN RAI DIIS CLOSE PLANS FOR GREAT regular MAY DAY COUP. )m Sulli Lshier of e ARE BEA'EN BY EXPOSURE box fa Soviets Have Been Organized ified the Throughout France, With Brest as advance Their Headquarters and Reported zers to Ready To Take Over Railroads. n, with received Parls.-The overthrow of the "bour Gerard geois" golernments of Spain, Italy and Prance Is outlined in docu nts terdam, seized after a search following the d to im discovery of a widespread Communist plot. The date fixed by the Commun ists for this event was May 1, 1921 ol audl. The contemplated arrest of two I to the Communist members of the Chamber udience of Deputies, alleged 'proof against ie L. S. whom Judge Jousselin has delivered ing. Mr. to M. Marr'atd, minisfer of the inte newly. rior, seems to have brought the L 8. U. French to a realization of the import ed the ance of (he attempt against the so hrough- curity of the state. it. Discoveries made by the police E Barcelona and Milan show that the elec- plot included the three European Lat-' e else- in countries. Transmission of funds of the was effected through an American o, who flnancial organization, with European late of headquarters in Paris and branches lMarch In Berlin and Vienna. Ben a. oviets have been organized through. of Car- out France with Brest as headquart according to the police, ready to take over the railroads, banks and transportation and all civil services. Tnt for The plot appears tU have been organ church lied without the knowledge of M. lesides Cachi4, leader of the French Commu. m was aist party, against whom the police Wink say they will not demand the lifting Itefna. or parliamentary immunity. 1 plibo. The discovery of checks emsantin t ated a from Berlin and paid through an Ix and American transportation company ap t latir- pears to have caused a revulsion of 1 feeling in French political and official circles and also among the working- I a me's committe .which so long as c the leaders profened to be working t ducts, for "principles" were willing to sup p rSers port them. But a poster was issued The recently in the Second ware., where e qday, an election will be held February c2. o por- asking the voters to support the mode- c y rate Socialist element in preference c to the extremists. h to The French Communist press, de. is a. t parting from its menacing attitude of a the past few months, expresses sur. tl com. prise that repressive measures should ri Red come from Premier Briand, "a former el Sa comrade." I1iHumanite, the offical c sed organ of the renech Communists, ap a pears especially upset by the arrest of es that Jt editor, M. Dunois, a canceled check t, sp for 20,000 franca Issued in his name at t abce Berlin beLng held by the police. pt lted. orn- Gmeeks Open Attack. vs sas Par's-The Greeks have finslhed & T. B. their preparations for an offensive in t Lt I Asia Minor, and already have made ba reeoaduc in the Ismud sad Sr Brie sectors, acoprdlns to dieoIi Spatches from Coas-titno pl. The t ly Trks have made attacksin the Ushak n :has d -_trt_ wt r try dee ateamer Bemieve Lest. pby Mew York-Hope for the steamer this rewett m9w ang 4ie from i s pa ta e ma T has bn virtually aband- a r. emed by shippang Iaterets bhere. With at be a eet of 42 me and aca of sulphuro we Soe- *a iled bum the Texts port Jakeq uni r o ry 3, and should have rechd her a destiatin bT Pbruary IDg by la Mt e aea qalmt. • Daeisc Cty.--Usar o ha, y M th e am ter to Italy , b been reall te ed from me to easn the pest or odsr .oels reelatieCe th acarding to a eml moal atnomoieo a m opnt h aee, a t be eaga Citr Taken. its PIthls.-Ueearae d reports have L r- bee receuived of the captre i of the clad aod Mebaol a ncit o Ursga by a sfor at , uee m ad Moagols, ner e, .n io . S 8temae . by i lye Katy Coin Heope, eo Ins the iseal Missouri, Kanmes sad Y an a four-day week wid bea Inonee. a SA bout Io a a te agest i ala, he Fua r Mimema Trapped, Id n a tCrek, Cl-Fouar miner are It fat Coal em pny, one and a h all Reduetie Mdve Falls. . CouamblU. C.- Bya vote tIg ie t W thsou Carouna House 00 4 D * Repmemsatas seaek out teat mast edah s t y eC El Everybody Di E .s,. `4, T IN -UIt CONGRESS PROMISES vreV YETERANS RELIEF inte the uport SENATOR PENROSE PREDICTS le e THE PASSAGE OF A BONUS BILL. Ice it the 1 at- Washlngton.-After listening to crit. funds icism of the government bureaus deal ic lng with war veterans, the Executive ) oean :qmmittee of the American Legion aches concluded a three-day meeting here by going to the capitol to interview ough- members of Congress concerning leg luart- islation favored by the legion. ay to F. W. Galbraith, national command and er, reported that he had been assured vices. by Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, an- chairman of the Finance Committee, . that the bonus bill would be reported mmu. out of committee and probably would lice be passed at this session. Members of Ifting the Legion Committee also expressed belief that all measures for the relief tUM of disabled veterans would be enacted, a Including an increase fromp $33,000,000 Sap- to $45,000,000 for maintenance of hoe in of pitals provided in the sundry civil bill. fLcial Criticism of government bureaus, king- launched by Abel Davis of Chicago, Sa chairman of the legion's Hospitaliza. king ton Committee, followed a committee sup report rgn -te onsoldation of the 1 sued War Risk fnsurance Bureau, the Vo- I here cational Education Board and a part i 2 . of the Public Health Service. He do- 1 ode-clared that the chiefs of these agen- : sce dces do not work together, and resent i the activities of the legion in attempt do- ing to obtain relief for disabled veter eof ans and had "packedl" committees of 1 mr- the legion with employes of the bu- I oid remus, who were legion members, Ins r efforts to handicap the work of the d ci committees. p- As a result of his charges, the x t of eeutive Committee adopted a resolu- I ec tion recommending to state organiz. b Sat tLons that no bureau employes be ap- o pointed to legion committees. s Disabled men are being kept ia pri vate and state hospitals that are "in- i ed descrbably lthy and where condi- . in thons are terrible." Mr. Davis said. All h Shospitals are crowded, an men often g are takes ia by private-and state hoe di- vitals bec they are disabled ase. Me vice men and often are forced to sleep mk en cots in hallways or in crowded wards, he said. Expoerts.Ar Heldi Up. r Buenos Aires, Argentina.-The e-. c a rt s of attle hides, sheep skin at d and wool from Buens Aires has been CL it at a standstill for more than two ur weeks, owing to the produce market ki unia and the port workers' labor or r g lsatip having refused to give . "permits" to load ships. -. Jap Milner Strike, R ahdate, Japan. - Ten thousand Jr eof miers employed by the HokkaLdo m Coliey and Stesmshlp Company haveo- uteuck, refusing to accept a 20 perO ent cat in wages. Robbers Loot -MalL e Loisll, Ky.a-Registered mal, In. W eluding $,100 to $0,000o in currency, SIwas stolen from the railroad station at OuCrbin, y. The money wad shipped by a Cincinnast bank to the Wisconsinl Stool Company at Benham. s . ae* PlanIats Cut Pay. d Yaunmpown, O.-A 2 per cent roe , dction n wage for Independent steel - I plnst. o te M1sooin Valley. Ohb, W I and the hheago vlleoy, Pesva- ed Wa, was annouoed which affects r S Rebbera Set $24000 I Norfolk, Va.-urgurs lew the A Svault et the Bank of ussez sad 8 ·- - Irey at Wekedeld, miles west -o bid Norfolk, and stole between $5,000 sad bi'd M,2000I-n saqrities. fee Aviater Saves Swlmmer. ; Dayto, 'S.-L C m.Merrei rash. Cl Id his Airphlsa ito the oce recent- h Sis tryitS to save J. en of~ Dy, sw tes, who had be naught in a un . dertew at the bench heSe. ULi guards sear resued oth men, who clPan po to the meah ae. Chureh is Wree#.e I je hond sves dswewnges wan lad desged by a teawge hoe. sor t -.4' Pr m r --- Ii S ' MANY ARE KILLED IELIEF IN GEORGIA STORM IEDICTS APPROXIMATELY FORTY HOUSES A WERE BLOWN DOWN IN DISTRICT. g to crit. Oconee, Ga.-A tornado that struck Ius deal- the Gardner settlement, a mile from xecutive here, brought death to two white per Legion sons and nearly 30 negroes and serious ng here injury to five white persons and more nterview than a score of negroes. ing leg- A stretch of land extending from Oconee almost to Toomsboro. in Wash nmmand- ington county, nearly five miles long assured and about half a mile wide, is as bar lylvenia, ren as a prairie, not a building nor a nmittee, tre ,eing left standing. reported .mong the dead is Benjamin Frank. y would Iln Orr, 14year-old youth, who was obers of ecapitated. ,preased The only other white person who ie rellef met death in the tornado is the 3-year enacted, old .dtughter of E. L. Minor, manager 1,000,000 of Shepherd's commissary at the plant of hoe- of the Cleveland's Oconee Lumber 1vl bill. Company. Eighty-two children and three Chicago, teachers were in a school building on pltaliza. the edge of the Gardner settlement nmittee when the tornado struck. The build Snof the ing was literally twisted' to pieces, he Vo- and the fragments were scattered for a part mile around. Children were picked He de- up by the wind and carried for some e agen- distance, but it is officially announced resent that only one child was injured so ttempt. riously. I veter- Approximately 40 houses were tees of blown down in the Gardner settle he be- ment. The Shepherd Bros. commis. era, in sary at the big lumber plant was re of the duced to kindling wood, Orr and four negroes meeting death there. he E. The 15-acre plant of the lumber resole company was not seriously damaged ganisa. by the wind, although mitns of feet be ap of lumber )fled in the yards were scattered. In 9pr. The tornado spent Its. fore locally re in-. immediately beyond the plant of the condi. company, In the settlement of 40 id. All houses and tour stores. often Shoe Lboe Wages Cut d e New York.-Wages of laborers e Splored in the New York aglon of the Erie Railroad between Hackensack Bridge and Susquehanna were feduc. ed from 48 to 35 cents an hour, and those east of Hackensack Bridge to 37 te e. centsan hour. The' reduction affects skin all freight house employes and other Seen classes of common labor. two arket Belgium To Be telent r or- Loadon.-The belgian minister at ve Berlin has informed Dr. i8mons, German foreign secretary, that glum does not lntend to use' her right under the treaty to confiscate the prep. sand erty of German nationals, should Gen ao many intentionally default her obliga. have ton, according to the correspondent L per o lanon Times. rr - Daylight Sahing Again. New York.-Orgaszution of the n Eastern Time Daylight Saving &Aso. elatiha to urge passage of national leg. m Islation creating a daylight saving law, ppa was efected at a meeting here of rep. resentattive of 6T commercial organi sat in astern states. Naval Flyers Killed. . Waahi --tn...Ients. John Henry teel elts Menken and John Frederick h Wolfer, United States Navy, were kill. ta. ed near Guntaaamo, Cuba, by the ts wncking of their airplane while on prautie iaght for radio instrucuon, Big Bridge I Opened. te Andcharags Alask.r-ratsc has g bea Opined over the 8usitana river Sbridsg second longsest slgsi span a lubdage in the world. The spma Is 504 Pullman hopWs Brn. SChlelgo.-,The feight car eroctiug at: shops o the PUllman Car Company, le. n l iright ears and 12 coaches wrwoe destroyed by re. The loss was d estlmated by 045,000, and the cau sag Pobably a spontaneousm comhbustion. Bill To Limit mekbngL. lemare, L. 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