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SHELL BEACH TIMBER MILL.

The Shell Beach timber mill is pictured in 1904.

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CYCLONE KILLS 5; INJURES 23

JENNINGS DAILY NEWS

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Elton Indians mourn death of chief

The 92-year-old chief of the Coushatta Indian Tribe at Elton has died.

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Man shot in mouth by officer, merel spits out cartridge

Enforcement officers are still marveling over the case of a man being shot through the mouth here Sunday morning and who is now in the parish jail suffering no more than a sore face, when under ordinary circumstances, he would now be dead and buried.

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OIL INDICATED FIRST TIME HERE IN 1893

JEFF DAVIS PARISH NEWS June 9, 1938

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Mermentau Lions urge restocking of Mermentau River

At a ladies night meeting this week, the Mermentau Lions Club drafted a resolution urging the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to take action as soon as possible toward restocking the Mermentau River with game fish.

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All first grades must enter now

Attention is called to the enrollment of children in the first grade. No child is to be admitted to the first grade for the first term after the end of the second week. The second term will begin about the middle of January and a child may enter the first grade at that time. It may also be well to announce that all children subject to the compulsory attendance law must be enrolled by the end of the week.

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Black soldiers entertained at school

A division of the 93rd Engineer's Battalion stationed at Fenton was entertained at the black training school Thursday night.

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Lafayette to Jennings line

A concerted movement is underway to establish a "ship by truck" line between Lafayette and Jennings at an early date. Only one impediment to the movement exists – the condition of the Mermentau ferry, and that obstruction may be removed soon as an attempt is being made to have this difficulty remedied.