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Rusfon LeaderALLEN GREENE'S LIFEThursday, Way 3, 19S2Hy u. St. IIKSTKR ''Allen Greene was born in Walton County. Georgia. Auiy 23. ISIS, lie moved to Arcadia, Louisiana, with bis wife and (our children in 1850. lie bthll and operated a generalmercamilc store which was the very firsl store in the town ol Ar-endra.After Alien Greene rmd his family moved lo Louisiana, three more eh Hi Iren wore hirn lo them.eminent of the stale, wo do no I know. It was na 1 long, Iwwcver, after the rod ion I reconstruction program was inaugurated in IS67 before he began working with iho “Powers Him Be.From I he scon I record we have toJ I he family's .si Ay in Arcadia, it; setuns that Alien Greene did well} as he acquired several relatively largo trarls of I a ml, }|u bought the property near the overhead bridge nbonl Once miles easl of Arcadia, n 1 r.'ict of Jaud a bom five miles, on I on the Jon us bom road, and anolher Ira ci a J out half way be I ween Arcadia ami Gibslnnd. We have not found a record of his buying properly in I he. town of Arcadia, but bis si ore was located in wind was lllier eo become Old Arcadia.It is nol known positively just, when and why he moved from Ar-j rncliii. bm about |S5ri or 1856, he* moved lo a place nlioiil nine miles | mu ibwosl of the prcsen1-dny city til 1 Huston, which was then in Jack-* son Parish. Jlc purchased a tract! ai land nn the present-day White ]Jghlning,J or Highway 1-16, which runs hot wee n Viejinn and llomer, lzndsiana. His pJuntaiioji which he named Grcunslxn o’* was five miles northwest erf Vienna.The TJ. S. Census of 1R60 shows IFrom, the records, he appears In have been prosperous during a period when nil former Confederates and sympathizers were having a hard time making a living. All former Confederate soldiersand those who bud “given mil and com fori to the Enemy'1 had been disenfranchised and could neither vole nor hold office, bul die AI lea: Greene family scorns lo luive been in good standing as to Iheir citizenship status.Allen Grcctie and his son, Charles J. Greene, rati for the state Senate and House of Representatives respectively, from Jackson Parish in the election of 1S72. They wore declared to have been elected by I he slate Returning Board silting in New Orleans, which body reviewed all eleciicms in Iho state to determine if Fraud has been committed. This Reluming Hoard was composed of (wo urn'pelbaggers ard one Nop, to who saw In ii That only Good Republicans wore elected io office in the shite of Louisiana.vIn I he same election of 1872, John Me File iy of. Iho “Southern Demn era tic licket was opjiosed by I lie carpetbagger, William P. Kellogg on the Republican Ticket for governor. MeKnery received a majority of the voles cast in iho slate despite I he carpel bagger go vein-inenl. but the military authorities had him counted out and Kellci was recognized as the governor.f Charles in the Senate and House, i working with die - carpetbagger-I scukiwug Ncri'c Repuhlteun hiiej governnkmU. bud Act 32 of 1ST:! enacted into law which created a new parish composed of jKirdojis of Bienville, Claiborne, Union and Jackson Parishes'. which was ironed Lincoln Parish after die late President Abraham Lincoln.liriJ 4JWhen the stale LegBinlure met hi 1873 under the Kellogg adminis-Irniion, Allen Greene and his sonPresident Appointsihiu lie owned approximately $67,-l’WJO worill or real estate and per-j sozial property, In addition to this* amount j he owned forty-one slaves, a number of mutes, horses, cows! and other farm animals; produce i and farm equipment usually found | on farms oi that day. iAllen Greene and Ids family had;Causey Well Complete, Has Excellent PayFive PAR ExecutiveCommitteemenBATON ROUGH April ■?:, -Ibm! M, Brown of Shreveport, President of 1J:l* Public Affairs Research Cnunei] (PAR), today anivunsc-ed appointment .f five memnivs to the Executive Committee uf Hie Cnunri! and of die Research Commit lee.Among several provisions of this Act V2 irenting Lincoln Parish, it' stated In Section, %y,-, for example: \ . .the governor.'shall have the power to appuinl nil parish officials for the new parish. . . Allen G reel io and .hks son Charleshiul die governor 16 appoint members of Iheir family and tlicit poli-lical friends lo offices in I hr new parish. A special parish conn was created and Charles J. Grecnr, Allen Otocnr's son, was oppofnled judge of :baL courl, Allen Green and one of his sons were members of die new parish school board They dominated every oHier and body in die new parish, including tEie police jury.3,575,000 Cubic Feet Gas, 49.22 Barrels Distillatea Good Confederate record. Af-! ter the wnr ended In 186’. the:Greenes, along with the other peo-1p ■pie of die crushed, defeated and fprosirale .South, began rebuilding * die cunntry anti making the best* ol ,1 bad situation. ‘Just when and why Allen Greene i and his fa indy decided lo cooperate with die j udical Republican. Party's recount rue lion in die South, • «md to woik hn/id-jjpglovc with Hie j earpvtbaggur-Kcuiawng Negro gov- ,A Lincoln Parish wild cut well .v;»s completed Mcmdnv according lo the SEireicjiort ccjnsorvation office.The explnrnioiy crunplelion whs a pay extender to die Clay lietd, tin,ilt'lt;l by Untied Producing Co. and Douglas Whiinker. Nine uf die 10 new wildcat lexis were .slaked by Marsha]] IL Voting Drilling Co. in Jackson and Winn parishes,The exploratory well coniplMert was:IJNCOL.v United Producing Co. and [Dougins Whitaker No. 1 j. j. Causes’In nnnmmnng appoint men; of t lie so two rr,mmt!tecsr following a hireling today ol tin* PAR Exem-livr Comnntlee, Mr. Brown expressed gruiif tea riot at tho willing ness of diese perrons to give 'ime lo die work of die organization.Tho Kx ecu live ComtniRee is, ol cnurse. Ihe noliey making body of 1 b c organizflTion, My. ikoun ■said, hi adiiid'.n, die Rewmh Commirtee is nf vital-nnuorlance because rliis is ihe comm H ice which screens proposed research projects, recommends dioso if favors hi die Executive Commit ice,and reviews the research prior tu pub tie nl ion.”Appointed to ihe l-Dxecutivo Committee a mem hers at lame im*: Dr. Daniel Borlii( professor of accounting and finance and kinner executive vice president of Louisiana Slain University.Bar Ion w. Freeland, V resident of taui.siann Irrigidion and Mill Sn}-ply, Crowley.f.cxhr Kahacoff of the Edgar Slem i’aindy Fund and \Vi).SU-TVfifed with Alien Greene on the ap-poiulmerit or some ufficlal, lie replied in part as follows: . . . as Republican member of ii Rejjuljlb can stale govern men I p it is, of eourscj in our power to confrolapjxinltnenls oF whomever sve seeDcspile the use of force to keep order, the people did everything they dared do, short of violence, lo remedy die situation. |[ad il not been for wise counsel several liimns. a “Link- War” might have shir (ad. Thmgsi became so tJiicu-lening and dungetou.s for parish officials tlinl the parish scat was moved from die Court House in Vienna lo Greensboro, die home of Allen Greene, some live miles Irani Vienna,Republican enmlidcde. In ihc national election for die presidency in 18(6. both the Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Ikiyes, and the Democratic Candidaie( Sninuel J. Tilden, had promised lo remove federal troops from the South if elected. Soon after Pi essdotil Hayes look office in JS77, lie ordered troops out of Hie -South and die carpel bagger - scalawag Negro govern meats collapsed. . Whentroops left the noli i horn slates, most of the carpet baggers • and xea la wags went on I with them.1SAllen Greene had the ear of the national government in Washington. The people knew it imd fum ed 11 me he would make tilings even wcn.se for them if they gave kx much open opiwsition to die parishgovern men LWhen cnndilinnx became rdrunsl unbearable under I his kind of government iintI Ihe people protested, ii deaf eri. was turned to them. I When some oJ the outraged people!| Hu onioned violence, all th;il Alien I Greeno- had to dn was tn send word j lo die U, S. Military rmmnandei slniinned in -Monine and lt;i uom-pany of ,,.Uelrnprilimii5j,,1 wliicli ivCIO federal troojw, wn*t j-nnl miliitid uidcr was icbtored.These len ible cnndiitens tlniuigh out die sciulhcrn slates came u an Jibinpi end willi die election of Unt her fori I B. } jay os as president in 1876. Al dial time, Francis T. Nicbolls was elected govlt;Miinr of Louisinnri over the crirjiolbugger-* iNapper Says Will Ask ForIn Xfrm* Orionof the white people had. been disenfranchised and cnuld null vole oj* hold office. Only carpel-: baggers, scalawags and Negroes! had dial privilege. Tlni^, the peo-1 (jito wcra helpless and could onlyj : hope ami pray for the day id come' when 11 ie_v would ho Redeemed, | as I hey termed delivov.mre Irani 3 ’ J adieal Repuhllcau rule. JEven I hough it wns exrremclyj-dangerous lot- them to do so, die'. diseiifnuidiiud people 01 rln* ish, at unu lime, signed a petition asking all pans!I officials lo resign f inasmuch as they were holding of-liec! illcjsuby. The petition was duly presented u the officers of- Ihe jmiv isli ivlin, (jf (iDuise, rcfiised in resign. When some of Ihe people who were so lioLstiJo Hncnlem'd vicr-College FundsAllen Greene and his family and then' close political fitetids remained in Lincoln Burish after radicalreconstruction ended. Many people had vowed lo run* Ihem oul of Ihe country once Itoops were withdrawn, but wise heads onee mo re prevailed, it was known Lhnl Aden Greene had infLuencu in Washington; die people fumed (hat if lie Were molested, (mops mil'll 1 be sent back into the si ale and parish, and they ceriumly did nol want that to happen.u:JiJtHIn*Irac:isirPig'mwInnyL. D. Nap per said yesterday he lias pre-fiJod log is la t inn npproprkil-infi Uvo million dal lavs each ter J-ninsiana Tech and Grmnbling fur capital nultey.He a*so has a hill for $2flfl.Cf)6 lor capital auilay ;il iho Children's r !lnuser nn insiitutkm oprrnled as a | school ami haspiuil for the merit.'d-' ly rc I ai ited,— nfln _Swim Lesson Schedule For Summer GivenThe Red Cross swimming prn-Kram will bp-irhi .Ihha iAllen Greene lived die six years remaining lo him quieily. Despite all his past pidilk-n! jksd:; and nmnipulalinns, bis neighbors spoke highly of him us a pci sou. Re* was noted for ius charily mul guana-j Hlty 1t» the poor around lain. He! was lionesl in his laisiness dord-mgs. lie worked husxl lo build up his connmmity. He induced a shoo immufnchim- in die North lu uame down and establish a shun la clary at GreenRhoio which was very .successful for several year.*;.Allen Greene acquired the land where the present-day I own o! Gnunhling is lociiicd. When the V. S. l1. Railway was built ibiagrh Iho counti-y in the early I8STs. he donahfd iho right ol way and the named for him anil was known for some ten years as Allen Greene. 71 is today called Grumbling.Alton Grernc died July J^. PHH. Ilis wife, Mahata. died un March 10. 1801. They were buried In a little cemetery nhoul a mile [rum iheir home sde. Alien CJrnrno, or some member nl his ramify, winie die following .slalenic.nl whicii is engraved on his lamb ;lle bad a progressive mind and sSj’ag'ded.dtJdorisI1*Cltitll»JlILc:Ii.luaisiIKais*siii0p
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