From the Files ... July 1926

From files of The Eunice News
July 1926

According to Extension Agent Hull, one-third of the sweet potatoes shipped throughout the U.S. this year came from St. Landry Parish, making it the top-producing county/parish in the nation.

Chief of Police J.P.O. Ledoux warns parents of mischievious boys that they need to take control of their sons and their air rifles and sling shots before he does.

A.M. Newman of Mamou and his three- and five-year-old children escaped serious injuries when they were hurled into a canal at a crossing just north of that town when their auto was hit by a Rock Island passenger train.

The Acadia Baptist Academy will build a $10,000 dormitory to accommodate a growing enrollment. There are 138 students and a large waiting list, unable to secure accommodations. The Rev. T.E. Mixon is principal.

The $30,000 First Baptist Church building construction at Fourth & Park will begin soon. The two-story facility, with basement, will seat 600 in its auditorium. The Rev. N.S. Jackson is pastor. Building committee members are Jackson, Dr. Harry Jenkins, S. Laughlin, M.V. Strother, H.F. Gwin, Henry Landry and Samuel McManus.

A new ordinance regulating raising of hogs in the city was tabled because several city council members and the mayor keep hogs within the city limits. The council did adopt a law requiring toilets in the downtown business district.

The $20,000 Eunice Farmer’s Cotton Gin is completed. Its platform can accommodate 400 bales. Valsin Guillory and Corell Manuel will manage the facility.

Work has stopped on the current city gravel plan after 17.5 blocks because workers ran out of materials. Sixty blocks remain to be graveled, according to Street Commissioner A.B. Crow.

A Lawtell man was arrested after police discovered he was selling moonshine from his vegetable cart on the city’s streets. Fifty urns of the white lightning were confiscated.

Theo “B.B.” Clements has purchased the entire stock of the Palace Lunch Stand.

Two Swords men were killed when their car was hit by a passenger train traveling about 60 mph. The men stopped their vehicle at the crossing, then apparently decided they had enough time to safely cross. They did not.

Lepaul Richard of Church Point is buildin a Standard Oil filling station at 1st & Maple. It will be leased by R.L. Meyers and Stagg Guillory.

The City Council bought seven lots for $2,750 and will immediately begin construction of the new $40,000 City Hall on Park between First and Second. The St. Paul Hotel sat on part of the property until recently destroyed by fire