"Rice-cutting is the order of the day
on the plantations devoted to the pro
ductinn of that cereal, with a general
complaint of short labor supply. Bar
ring bad weather and other misfor
tunes of which rice-raisers are too
often the luckless heirs, the pending
harvest will be one of the most prolific
and profitable that has ever rewarded
the labors of the rice producers of the
Mississippi and Lafourche valleys."
Capt. V. Maurin, president of the
Lafourche basin levee board, went to
New Orleans last Tuesday to attend
a regular monthly meeting of that or
ganization. No business of importance
was transacted beyond transferring
$3000 from the general fund to a special
fund set aside to be expended for
dredging and other purposes. Hereto
fore when the board needed money it
was compelled to issue notes, payable
in twenty years and bearing 5 per cent
interest. Recognizing the fact that
these notes were difficult to negotiate,
the last legislature relieved the situa
tion by authorizing the board to bor
row from the general fund when neces
sary to tide over pecuniary emergen
cies.
Panol Saved the Baby.
Mr. Walter Lay, R. F. D. No. 1, Forest, Miss.,
says: "Our baby was treated by two doctors
for four months for indigestion and ulceration
of the bowels. Still he grew worse. We thought
he would die, anyway. so stopped using the
doctor's medicines and began giving him Panol.
