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k, ' LTHE MADISON JOURNAL Ou PceseU ig A PRINTING • mi wOur Prices Are Right WaL JOURAL OCW »DIO.N PAWUI FOLSGAll r P , A JOIUM OF FIT' DISTRICT LV- BOLARD OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MADISON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF TIIE VIIIPAGeE OF TAI.LULAA SL. OUNTEE Publisher TALLULAH, MADISON PARISII LOCISIANA SATURDAY, FEB. 26, 1921. N , NO. 1 -f r l i' n ri u Forest l .--The farmers here ae ,,,,,,,, .......... ........ . . ... e- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - --- ---mmm- ms m mmmi mm e SEVEN YEARS DELAY IN SUPREME COURT JUDGE CLINE URGES REFORM AND MODISETTE VOTES BY MAIL. IAVE T W 0 CONSTITUTIONS -t Medisette Would Have Constitution Changed So That a Man Moving In to This State Would Not Be Deprived of Suffrage. I a Jennings, La.-At a meeting of the Iotary Club for its weekly luncheon at the Madeline Hotel, and a program arranged by J. W. Heinen was pr.- j eated. This program was "Some of the Reason Tor the Constitutional Con- E vation." Judge Jerry Cline, who is beading court here at the present tMe, was introduced and he spoke of C sae of the objects of the convention, c end touched particularly upon the ex e' Stve, legislative and judicial depart assta. He said, "we in reality have toe constitutions at the present time, C eat that we are badly in need of a di n one." Ir He said he was in favor of the con- b: Mttion being so formed that it would ohe the governor the right to ap pat his cabinet such as secretary of iste and attorney general. He said e1 go judicial department was entirely asdequate and poorly manned, and it t IN quite possible for a case to be r' nt in the Supreme Court for six J 0. Modisette was also one of the makers. He said the constitution p, adMi be changed so a man moving F, LI this state should not be deprived YE ot So right of suffrage for two years. s Qtaught any man or woman moving is this state should have the right at to io after having shown his inten- ha Urs et making this his home, in one di ir. He sprung something new on pD 6o dab by saying that he believed an M billot would never have sanctity t theuld have until the voting was 4sla n the home, and that he was in mi of having elections by mail. He ,ms the statement that this was not Tw er idea of his, but that it had been a ina diferent points in .Europe L H. Heinen, who is a delegate to Ceostitutional Convention, said wa ts e the qestions betore the con. Pa wINh wolq be taxation, assess- log a state institutions, public rig 1ia, the port of New Orleans; in ed he said there were about a dozen it WE' Important questions that would before this body. He said th-t thoght it was "time that New Or- De was coming back into Louisiana, P thre should be no law that would sto New Orleans from the state," ab It should not be separate and cut but New Orleans should be in =6,( Jast the same as Shreveport, --e, Lake Charles and other Job commercial centers. MawM with the great port in the ere ofthe South that the popu should be four million instead the hundred thousand. At this meeting Charles R. Hons- In who is to leave for France in mel torty-five days, was selected as alte dkMgabt to the international con which will be held in Edin- M Sotland, in June. D. C. Ritchie villa am selected as a delegate. pan tabl Nt RURRIEb READERL. * Lea. svla illae-The stock of the a ci store owned by Ouss -Well nesa Sm of White Castle, huas been poin Sto E. Askenaa, of New mor that Ila .--With the building of the N SHighway from Prenier on Loul Ithore to Oryr or La Place, scor wil be tgiven a big boost to the Loui Industry, which will have an- bal to the Illinois Central Railroad, gami Snlag much time on shipments othel t and Eautern markets. the tsene.-The charter of the ship Syrup and Saugar Company. Co -a Sled in the distrlet clerk's ple I Ne-atly. It has a capital stock deme ,311M. Oscar Richard. Sr., of winti Sp1resident; Louis U. Bab- to pr iepPresident; and Edmond Bee- oule -cureetary-trseaur. The planta- toes -M t eompany i situated Just dents -h river from Plaquemjnal band Pce-Writh the tracking sea- stat a- t In tfll sway. La Place is Pol Its place among the bigt Paris towns la this part of the court lw Ibainusas has grown to such moenu Sthat h La Place proper, from Me Sow ive different partles op tlefel Peaking bouses, and from ing w adicaUo there will be saf-l ed to SVgeables to keep them all moria the a -The st meeting of the De • quallusaton of Ouachita par- the D was rcently appoanted, in ,, r t rpo of orgaauIsing. P. of the Wa elected President, L N. tions vSm Psident, and Joe Noble, Char--ie La pitch pina the - turteb wood and a are next l ems are evidence that some- parist to burn down Teony hih meeere. Thee Items ie 11 jeep ,a . , Forest Hill.-The farmers here are planting potatoes, cane, oats and corn. Natchitoc,hes.-R. C. Forman of Alexandria lectured at the Normal re cently. Natchitoches.-The second concert of the season by the School of Music RM and musical organizations of the 8 Louisiana State Normal School was given recently. Lake Charles.-Elma Stafford. an NS 8-year-old girl, who is in class 1-B at Central School, was struck by an au tomobile while crossing Kirby street is front of Central School. tion' I. Plaquemine.-The Lower Coast Con struction Company has moved the large levee dredge above Plaquemine and has begun to enlarge and straight en the levee at that point. the at Monroe.-A parishwide meeting of -am farmers has been called by the Com- vi pre- mercial League to be held in West! of Monroe, at which time speakers from Ci 'on- Baton Rouge will be present. cc is Bogalusa.-In an effort to assist the ent, farmers of this section the Bogalusa Chamber of Commerce has ordered a car of fertilizer, sixteen per cent pho-le rt- phate, which will arrive soon. ave Pointe a la Hache.-The local Red In me, Cross chapter donated $1,500 to help a defray the $3.000 expense in combat ing the smallpox epidemic incurred an on- by the Parish Board of Health. ex ap- Forest Hill.--Gravel in large quan of titles and ine grade has been discov- all aid ered on the land of D. C. Warner, on int sly the Pelican road. The highway au- wt it thorities -expect to use it one the new tic be roads w Forest Hill.-Work has been resum ed on the Meller-Hineston Highway. he Forest Hill.-The graveling of the on Pelican Highway from LeCompte to bu at Forest Hill, will be completed in a er ved ry short time. ly rs. ng Natchitoches.-The afternoon recit- drl tat als held by Miss Carter in her studio ma .n. have proven quite interesting. In ad. poi ne diuon to piano numbers given by her on pupils, papers are read on the lives the ed and works of the composers, a ýty pls. Plaquemine.-Thi home of Charles 1n In Tircuit, about a mile above Plaque- So mine was destroyed by fire recently. I Of The building, with contests was lost, ant a with no insurance. The lose is esti- iou mated at about $5,000. The cause ef Grn the fire was not learned. it I to Monroe.-The Missouri Pacific Rail- COi Id way and the Chicago, Rock Island and n- Pacific Railroad, which have been at the a- loggerheads because of trackage Ic rights in the new oil field, have reacn in ed an agreement through arbitration, i a it Is announced by officials here. pat Id Belb ,t De Ridder.-The canning factory for bre . De Ridder is an assured proposition, con 3 provided the necessary amount of on d stock is sold. Up to the present time had about $8,000 worth of stock has been hou d subscribed for. It is necessary that a $6,000 more stock be subscribed. La Place.-At a regular meeting of V " John A. Relme Cam'f No. 504, Wood. poat men of the World, held recently, Soy Nei ereigns Wallace Lasseigne and Has that ry Maurin were elected delegates to noti the Head Camp Convention to be held Ing in Lafayette March 15, 16 and 17. Sov. lug ereigns John A. Reine, Wilhelf Hy mel and William Clement were elected alternates. 01 This Monroe.-Steps to organize every ope a village in Ouacblta parish as partici- amit pants in an important plan for the es- pre tablishment or farm bureaus were tak- the en at a meeting of the Commercial ove League of West Monroe recently when Ia committee of twenty leading bust I ness men of the west side were ap- W Spointed to hold meetings in fifteen or state imore communities of the parish ofo to da that purpos e. int Natchitobhe. - By defeating the Louisiana Industrial Institute by the tot scores of 42 to 23 and 37 to 27, the Louisiana State Normal School basket bal Iteam has won eight straight Au games. This practically eliminates all owns other teams in the association from are the contest and assures the champion. * ship for the Normal five. Texa out a Covington.--Prmers and towaspeo. ple have been shown by practical demonstrations that the local mild Ne winters andearly springs enable them Re. to profitably grow early vegetables and of Ys quick maturing fruit Cane and pota toes are mosey crop, and the resi. dents of Waldhelm, near Covington, banded to erect a potato kilna of suba F stantial size. ing d Selds Pointe a la Hache.-Pllaquemnes cont Parish A. R C.held a meeting at the latio courthouse to raise afunds to erect a will b monument in honor of the soldiers from this parish who died on the bat. tiefelds in the world war. The meet- pa ing was a success and $1,000 was rais- tio a ed to defray the expenses of this me- detr morial shaft, which will be erected in cady the courthouse square. at $25 De Ridder.--Secretary Powler, of the De Ridder Chamber of Commerce, in making a survey of the busi ess Ok of the town recently, finds that condi- Oklahi tions here are decidedly favorable. po0s Bogalsa.---It is believed that Boga-.aton lrsa's new high school will become or dla the Washington parish high school by next year, where the children of the parish can attend. Although there are Han hig hoois in every town of any a d sae in the prish the oue bree cor taym talu may depatine that the e ethe - las ue unsab to agurimM~, e are and OFENSIVE OPENED n of al re- BY BOLSHEVISTS nccert dusic the STRIKE FROM THE CAUCASUS was AND SEEK TO JOIN WITH TURK NATIONALISTS. an .B at au- MENACE TO GREEK POSITION treet on- It Is Reported That the Red Cavalry th- Has Already Entereo Tiflis and Is mine Dep;oying Southward Along ight- the Railway. of Paris.-The long threatened Bolshe ['om- Vik offensive has been unleashed. V'est The Reds are striking from the from Caucasus and are aiming to establish contact with the Turk Nationalists the during the London conference on Asia lusa Minor. ed a The French Foreign Office has hoe learned that the Sixth and Ninth Boi. Sshevik armies, supported by General Pudenny's cavalry corps, are sweeping Red into Georgia. help The Georgian government an bat- inounces that it has evacuated Titflis rred and is fleeing to Warsbaum, where it expects to receive protection from the British navy. uan- It is reported that Red Cavalry has cov- already entered Tiflis and is deploy. on ing southward along the railway, au- which is the sole line of communica new tion into Armenia and Turkey, to ward Kars and Erzerum. um- The Bolshevists have already estab lished contact with Persia, by way of the Azerbaijan and along the Caspian sea to but that region lacks railroads and op ea erations could be carried on there on ly with great difficulty. The Bolshevists in their present tclt. drive are following the Black sea idlo and are utilizing railroads rvhenevez ad. possible. her The collapse of Georgia removes ves the last obstacle between the Reds and Mustapha Kemal Pasha and places the Baku oil fields and the pipe rles line to Batum in the hands of the lu- Soviet. tly. Bolshevik reinforcements or troops nat, and munitions for Kemal will sero atl- iously menace the position of the ef Greeks at the Smyrna brigehead and it is believed will force the British to all- consent to the recognition of Kemal 1 md and to proceed with the revision o' at the Sevres treaty. 'ge ce- Eleven Hours In Air. on, Mineola, N. Y.-Leut. Ross C. Kirk. I patrick, who hopped off from Mitchell I field in an airplane in an attempt to for break the world's endurance record for an, continuous flight, was forced to land of on account of a cracked generator. He me had bene up slightly more than 11 en hours. tat Baldwin Shops Close. of Williamsport, Pa. - Notice was )d posted at the locomotive shops of the )v New York Central railway at Avis sr that the shops will close until further to notice. These shops have been work- r ,Id fag day and night shifts and employ.r tv. lng 550 men. ed Parliament Is Opened. Ottawa.-The fifth session of the Thirteenth Canadian Parliament has 4 ry opened in the new Senate chamber - amid all the pomp and splendor of the prewar days and was addressed from. k. the throne by the duke of Devonshire al governor general BIll To Limit I. C. C. P- Wuashington.-A bill to repeal Intes' r state Commerce Commission powers Sto deal with state railroad rates was Introduced by Senator Kenyon, Repub 'Ican of lowa, and referred to the In Stestate Commerce Committee. cl . at BAntiJap Bill Passes· . t Ausn, Te.-The antiallen land d II ownership bill, restricting aliens who - n are einlegible to citizenship from buy, n . ing, leasing or controlling land in Texas, was passed in the Senate with out a dissenting vote. Stokes Resigns. New Haven.-The resignation of M Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, secretary si of Yale University, was announced by ll - President Arthur T. Hadley. dr Mexicans Amre Threatened. I ort Worth, Tex.-Notices threaten. ing death to all Mexicans in the oil Af Selds appeared at Eastland. City and op Scounty ofcials told the Mexican popu- an latlon to remain and that protection bu will be afforded them. by Colorado Town Burns. Pagoesa Springs, Col.-A large see. tion of the business section here was or destroyed by fire that started in a th candy store. The loss was estimate? Sy at $250,000. tin State Hospital Favored. Oklahoma City.-The Senate of the Oklahoma legislature passed a bill at providing an appropriation of $800,000 ha for construction of a hospital and ve lag cationgt training building for wounded be or diseased former service men. wit in Explosion KIIb Twe. it Harrulsbrg nl--l-Tw me were kill. ed and another wounded, ta tally, In eaplo asiom et the Oamn Co e- ugg mu anr her jOJ Wall Flowers //// 1 /1/ii I 1r1' ti11o )~4~____ 11/ has LOWDEN DECLINES 1 eral JNAVAL PORTFOLIO ping an 'Hlia ACTION MAY RESULT IN SOUTH. I re it ERN MAN'S LANDING IN HARD. the ING'S CABINET. has ýloy. St. Augustine, Fla.-President-elect way, Harding's cabinet perplexities were p lics- increased by the refusal of Prank 0. t to Lowden of Illinois and chief candi- g date for the Republican nomination ti Itatb against Wood and Harding, to enter J y of the public service at this time in any df sea capacity. I op This applies to the job of secretary i on- of the navy which Mr. Harding urged p the Illinois man to take, as well as a sent to ambassadorships which it had been c sea rumored Mr. Lowden might be willing J aver to accept. H In making this announcement Mr. b )es Harding said that he was sorry and a teds expressed high regard for Mr. Lowden. and He said he had wanted him in the it pipe cabinet. tl the There are those who see in this n move a far seeing strategy oi the part U 'p of Mr. Lowden to make armself avail- o' deri- able again for a Republican presiden- 1t the tial nomination four years hence. fE and A. T. Hert of Kentucky is here and Ito his triends intimate that be might to mal be prevailed upon to take the navy or I1 of some other cabinet place. It The chances for a Southern man in fi the cabinet have undoubtedly been H strengthened y the defection of Mr. of Irk. Lowden. Other Southern aspirants lih sell are: T. H. Huston and Newell San- aL to ders of Tennessee and Representative Si for C. Bascom Slemp of Virginia. The ja md word ass gone out that Herbert Hoov- ol He er still is in the cabinet picture, as is al SJohn Hays Hammond, the latter in the te background. do The Southern papers are having something to say about a Southerner L. in the cabinet The Jacksonville ca STimes-Union says there is a good deal of ihe of talk about the recognition of tho Ju viSouth. The appointment of a South- wi r ern man to the cabinet would not be a ap rk- recognition of the South, it says, but Cc e"a recognition of the man appointed." pr A recognition of the South, it says, h M "would be a forgetfulness that there is any South, a remembrance of the th; he whole country as the United States of ev as America." at er Harry Daugherty has arrived to be sad he with his chief in the closing days of all m cabinet making. Coincidentally, the re word passed that A. W. Mellon of to Pittsburgh is a sure bet for secretary tei of the Treasury, although Mr. Daugh erty did not commit himself to any cis a views onthis or anything else. the IrS as Warehouse Burns, lb. Sulphur Springs, Tex.-The B. W. A Nelson warehouss with contents in cluding 65 bales of cotton and 16 au- I tomobiles, was destroyed by fre here. an The adjoining Garrison hotel was . ad damaged by smoke and water. The b to monetary loss has not been an- tie Spounced.bee b Child Is Drowned. on Shreveport, La.-While her parents were busy about their farm, little An geline Cashier, 2-year-old daughter of a t Me. and Mrs. Victor Cashier of Boe. but 7 sier parish, wandered from the fam- era '7 ly home to a bayou and fell in, a drowning. esti Bank Falls To Open. . PFargo, N. D.-The Scandinavian- L I American Bank of this city did not stat d open for business. According to an tla h- announcement posted at the bank ited u building, the institution was closed I(Ka by order of the state bank examiner trod Enid Suffers Fre Lees. SEnld, Okiao-Fire of undetermined g j origin gutted the three upper foors of into m the Chamber of Commerce building, a Cr Sive-story structure. Damage was r he. timated at $150,000. war Greeks In Agreement. LI SParts.-Former Premier Venizeleos K I at Greece and the Greek government Kn4 i have arriVed at a complete understand- stow ing, the essential point of which will sa I be to maintain the treaty of Sevrer ian with Turkey at the coming conference Balt ia London on Near Eastern questions, it was learned here. Eggs Retail at U Cents. ( ?egarkana. - Farmers are saw sa en the streets fur a5 eui - des, the lowest Dgr In hern MINE OffICIALS LIO ARE SENTENCED JTH- SENSATIONAL COAL MINE CASE D. IS ENDED WITH CONVIC TION OF FIVE. elect Pittsburg, Kan.-Alexander Howat, were president of District No. 14, United k O. Mine Workers of America. was found Indi- guilty of contempt of court and sen Ltlon tenced to serve one year in jail by anter Judge Andrew J. Curran of the Craw any ford county District Court. With Howat were found guilty his tary five codefendants in the contempt rged proceedings, all officers of the Kan as sas union. They are: August Der been chey, vice president; Willard Titus, Iling John Fleming, James Mclllwraith and Hert Maxwell, Executive Board mem Mr. bers. All were sentenced to jail for and one year. den. The calling of a strike in two mines, the in violation of an injunction caused the contempt proceedings. The strike this resulted from a controversy between part the miners' union and mine owners rail- over the age of a young miner named den- Mishmah. The question of his age af. fected his rate of pay. and The injunction was issued last Sep ight tember by Judge Curran, forbidding v or union officials from calling a strike. It was sought by the state in the en s in forcement of the Industrial Court law. een Howat and three other officials, one. Mr. of them being Dorchey, now are at ints liberty on bond while another case is, fan- awaiting hearing in the United States tive Supreme Court. They were sent to The jail last spring when they refused to )ov- obey the order of Judge Curran to a is appear before the Industrial Court and the testify. They were in jail several days before they gave bond. ing Joe Blerbrodt, George Chipps and W. nor L. Hasson, officers of a crowberg lof ille cal union, tried recently for contempt leal of court, were found not guilty by tho Judge Curran. They were charged nth- with fining two union members who e a appealed a case to the Industrial but Court. Judge Curran held it was not id." proved that the members had been Lys, fined. ere In his decision Judge Curran said the that the M ackie strike was called to I of evade the Industrial Court law. How. at and the other defendants, the judge be said, had violated the injunction and of all are guilty of contempt of court. the "Have the defendants any reason of to state why they should not be sea try tencedr' Judge Curran asked. gh- "Yes," Brennan spoke up. "The de ny cision does not answer the questioms the defense submitted." "Overruled," Judge Curran replied Iowa sank Closes. 8n Sioux City, Iowa-The Union Trust e. and Savings Bank of Sioux City, a r. state institution, has closed with a he bank examiner in charge. The lizbill. I ties of the bankare placed at $1,000, 000, but no estimate of assets has been given out About $600,000 war on deposit. its M- Many Buildings BSrned. of Guthrle, Okla.-A block of business ' buildings, including a bank and sev m- eral stores, was destroyed by fire at I, Marshall, Okla., near here. Damage is estimated at $80,000. To Copy Kansas Law. a Lansing, Mich.-A bill to create a ot state body to be known as the Indus. m trial and Labor Department, organ k Lsed in general along the lines of the Kansas Industrial Court, has been he troduced in the Michigan House. LouisIana kank Robbed. Shreveport, La - Robbers broke into the vault of the Bank of Grand SCrane, La., about 30 miles south of Shere and stole about $150 in cash and war savings stamps. Lithuania Honors Colonel Ryan. SKovno, Lithuania.-The cross of a it Knight of Ltlhuanla has been be '- stowed by President 8metona of Lith. m ania upon Col. Edward W. Rjan, Amer U lean Red Cross commsislmner to the e Baltic states I1tes OR Thumb. Ne Orlesnas-Atteked by a high wayman daring a heavy fog, W. D. Bander, hauteer, grppie with assaflm*, lit d has thumb md sesapes. HARDWARE AND FARM IMPLEMENTS If you are in the market for delpendablle Hardware or Farming Implements, it will be to your interest to get our prces before buying else\where for hliat you need in this line. Stoves, Ranges, Charcoal Burners, Garden Hoes, Rakes, and Plows Tallulah Hardware & Furniture Company Select What You Want! Come in and see our stock before going somewhere else to buy your goods. 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