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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02
HOW THE FIRE WAS CONQUERED
Work of Distinguishing the Last Gusher
Cempleted Saturday.

The Jennings Progress Of Saturday
says: The fire on No. 8 was put out
at O'Clock last night; the fire at the
end of the flow line at 9:15 this morn
ing and on No. 7 at 11;30 this morn
ing.
Yesterday we stated that fighting
the burning gushers had been aban-
doned for the day, awaiting the COM
pletion of hood to put over the well
No. s. The hood was completed ear
lier than was expected and the fight
resumed last night. 1t was found
that the we'll was gushing to the east
and northeast a good stream, but
that the most OF the flame was
stream that was being shot to the
east. 1t was reasoned that if this
could be capped the fghtwould be half
won, and so string of six inch was
rugged up and when completed resem-
bied tobacco pipe. This was ShOv-
ed along on the ground up to the
stream of oil and then the attack was
made with steam and water. A gang
OF men slipped the hood over the
stream and thus diverted large por-
ton of the oil to a pit some distance
away. After this was done the rest
OF the flames were fairly easily extinI
guished. This was about 5 O'Clock.
Thus at night time only the oil from
the flow line of No. 8 and No. was
burning and the danger much lessened.
During the night No. 8gushed several
thousand barrels of oil through the
line that was capped. 1t was pumped
from the pit into the tanks.
This morning at 9;15 a nipple on
the flow line leading from No. s to
the second fire was broken and the
pipe plugged. This left only the No.
we'll to fight. At 10 O'Clock all was
IN readiness to make the last fight,
out as strong wind was blowing
from the north it was thought best to
walt for q more favorable time. No
trouble was anticipated on this we'll.
just at II o'clock the last attack
was begun. The conflict was a fierce
one and it was not until 1l:3O that
victory came. The men who had
stood shoulder to the wheel for forty
eight hours were happy when the last
lame yielded and the great fire was
over.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02
Administrators Sale.

SUCCESSION OF CHARLES G. COTTON,
DECEASED, NO. 1893 OF THE PRO-
BATE DOCKET OF THE FIFTEETH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF LOU.
ISIANA.
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of a commission issued
TO me in the above numbered and en-
titled succession, and under the au-
thority of the same, l will offer for
sale at public auction, at the front
door of the court house In the city of
Lake Charles, Louisiana, between the
legal hours OF II O'Clock q. m. and
o'clock p. NJ, on the 1st day of o.
tOber, 1904, for cash, to the last and
highest bidder, the following describ-
ed property, to-wit:
Block ten (l0) of Cotton's Sub.di.
vision to the town of Jennings, La,
as per plat of record, containing
eight (8) lots sixty-eight 1857 feet by
one hundred and twenty-five (125)
feet each. Terms: Cash on day of
sale. Lake Charles, La, August "a,
1914. FRANK COTTON,
Administrator.
Mccoy & Moss, Attorneys.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02
Why Study Telegraphy?

This is an electrical age. Electric
ity must furnish the means of commu-
nication, the light and the power for
the future. He who, like Edison and
Andrew Carnegie, learns telegraphy
in youth places himself in the world s
line of progress, and holds the key TO
promotion. This is shown by the
long list of Wall street fnanciers.
railroad presidents and millionaires
who begin life as telegraph operators.
The condensed brains and business
of the world pulsates through the fn-
gers of the man at the keys. Opera
tors are in close touch with business.
They know what is going on, and
sooner or later can seize their Oppor-
tunity. No young man can possibly
make mistake by entering the Tyler
College of Tyler, Texas, to learn
telegraphy. The school has made its
reputation as being the most thorough
and practical commercial school in
the Southwest, They not only equip
young people to hold the best of posi-
tions, but they help the pupil to Sc
cure them. For free catalogue ad-
dress Tyler, Texas, stating what
course or courses you desire to take.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02
Worlds Fair Excursion.

On every Tuesday in August, the
Mobile and Ohio K. r. will sell tick
cts from New Orleans to St. Louis and
return for SO with ten days limit at
fair. On sale every day. IL DAYS linn
it at fair 500; go day tickets for $24,
return until Oct 31st, $50 and return
until Dec. 10, $3.50.
For time cards, maps, tickets and
other information, write.
F. E. GUEDRH, D. P. A,
229 St, Charles St.,
Phone 3G39-L. New Orleans TIA
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02
Mr.. ELLIS AFTER THE FARMER.
Some Straight Talk Full Of Gees
Advice.

some Straight Talk Full OF U003
Advice.
What are We going to do about it:
Simply change our system, The fact
that rice, good article, is down,
down when other food stufTs are going
skyward is evidence that we are not
in the regular Grade winds" of sup
ply and demanI activity We are in
a sort of a vhirl, or local cyclone
that has Us in its calm center and will
drop us fiat. We shall have to pick
up and start again; but we must start
under different system.
Remember, one crop country is
failure; also remember that a one
crop system tends to the poverty of
the land, especially so, when the farm
ing is done under the extensive plan
that we have adopted.
Look at our rice fields today and
see the red rice and foul stuff in them.
That alone is enough to say, "do bet
ter or quit the business"
When you see farmer going out
of town with cabbage under one arm,
roll of Of butter in one hand, a cou-
pie of cucumbers in his vest pocket,
and can of milk in his hip pocket,
you may be sure something will drop.
If enough is produced on a farm to
keep the table we'll spread, the rest
will take care of itself
To supply your table with pork you
do not need to have a herd of hogs,
nor do you have to go into the COM
mercial hog businesses You don't
need to read even the dry learned dis
cussions on the relative value of diff
terent feed stuffs. Raise a patch OF
corn and few sweet potatoes and
feed your own pork. That is science
plenty for thai line. Keep a COW or
two, and do not fret about alfalfa: If
you can raise some, do so, but your
old rice fields, your native pastures,
will make milk and butter for your
table. Corn and oats for Werk stock
feed can be raised, but the land must
be prepared and the corn crop At
tended to.
Plant rice. Yes, but work your land
more; keep it clean; raise sixteen
sacks per acre instead of seven, Do
it, of course, you can. Don't let q
man make an excuse for going into
the harvest field without cutting a
swath around each field and binding
up the rice and taking care of it. If
it is too much work for him, make
him take only as much land as he can
properly work. If he don't want to do
that make him get off the place.
No man can afford to irrigate a
half crop, or allow man to let his
ground get foul.
Just look at your field and your
neighbors' fields; they are all alike
and a burning shame, every one of
them. 1t is time to 60 and sin no
more, lest worse thing befaIl thee. :"
There has been too much expected of
the rice industry: too many have tried
to make it get rich quick" affair.
This cannot be done anywhere without
hurting someone. Yours truly,
JAMES ELLIS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02
THE COTTON GIN.
Machinery En- Route for New Industry
at Jennings.

The Jennings Times-Record of last
Tuesday says: Messrs. G. c. and 3.
L. Cary, the gentlemen who are MAX
ing preparations for placing at the
disposal of the cotton planters of this
section gin that will fully meet the
requirements for the planters adjacent
to Jennings are now getting ready for
the installation of the machinery that
was shipped on the 25th inst. and is
expected to arrive here about Sept. 5.
When the gin is placed in running
order it will prove a great convenience
and a saving of time and money.
Without a gin in Jennings it would
compel the planter to ship his cotton
quite a distance and this item in itself
would be big expense. 1t remains
now for the people who are inter-
ested in the cotton question to rally
to the support of the home people.
Everything in the Stationery line at
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02
Special Low Rate Excursion

via Kansas City Southern Railway,
Lake Charles to Sloan Springs,
Ark, on July IA with return limit on
Aug. II. Rate $3.50 for round trip;
usual half rate for children. Trains
leave Lake Charles 1925 a. m. and 8:35
D. m.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02
For Sale.

a good six-room house in the south
part OF Welsh. VIII sell for a bar
gain. For particulars call at the
Journal Office.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02
Worlds Fair Excursions.

On every Tuesday in July, the Mo-
o. ole and Obi" =. r. will sell tickets
for SIS 4 81. - limit o. t"i1 l -. . L
days, - ... also sell aI l 80 VI ten
Is day or 800 M l "a 0 do HSy
S SSS t no ',..'% 'eturn until Oct. 31st,
S9S V0 "a I'm until Dec. 18th, for
anS y 5kets, time cards, maps
anu o. 4 rmatiOn write
/. dUEDRY, D. P. A,
st. Charles Street,
Ton.D New Orleans, La.
Long u sg&nc9 Phone Main 3639-L,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02
Estrayed.

There estrayed from my place Sat
urday, June %, a brown mule with
cooked ears" left ear leaning slight
ly to right. Information leading to the
recovery Of the animal will be given a
reward of s. by calling on or address
ing ~ r. r. MUNGER.
FentOn, La.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02

Oliver typewriter ribbon at the
Journal Stationery Store.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02

Everythingin the Stationery line at
the Journal Book Store,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-02
F W DEVOE & co

LEWIS LUMBER co, Sell Our Paint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-13
ECHO OF FAMOUS CASE.
Syracuse Will Have a Touch of the
 Greene-Gaynor Litigation

Buffalo, N. Y, April 12.-An echo of the Greene-Gaynor case, in which the government, 1t is alleged. was de- frauded of several million dollars, will be heard in the United States district court before Judge John R. Hazleton April 27, at Syracuse.
 The question involved is whether an injunction obtained by w. B. Kirk of Syracuse, restraining the sale of a large amount pf property seized by the government in satisfaction of a judg- ment obtained against Kirk, as bonds man or Gaynor, shall be continued or vacated. As the papers in the case are filed with the clerk of the United States district court of Syracuse, it is not known in this city what grounds are alleged for continuing the injunc- ton, but it is presumed that the com plainant alleges the invalidity of the bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-13
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Rail. road Company--"The New Wav.v

The undeveloped resources along the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City rail- road are perhaps superior to those of any other railroad in the south the timber ia practically inexhaustible, consisting of The highest grades of long yellow lea f nine. short leaf pine and variety of hardwoods The line also traverses ono of inc finest farming and agricultural sec tions to be found in the south Cores. nondence is solicited from those contem. plating the location of any kind of man .facturing enterprise or who may he nrosnccting for a superior field for ths nurpose of tlling the soil. In addition to inc merits of this section for the products of the soil which are staple, we would call especial attention to the peculiar ad- vantages which obtain in favor of fruit and vegetable raising, splendid transpor- tatIon facilities to the best markets At reasonable cost. '~formation cheerfulIy given on request to L. B. Sullivan. Gen er-, Freight and Passenger Ar-nt. Mo- bile, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-13
Speaker overruIes Point.


 In an elaborate opinion the speaker overruied the point of order. Mir. Bar tholdt said that if in the judgment of the democrats President Roosevelt had made a mistake in inviting MT, Washing ton to dine with him. then what Thomas Jefferson did must be an unpardonable social sin. As between MT. Roosevelt and MT. Cleveland he said, in the one case we have - resident in office upon whose time, attention and consideration every citizen of the republic, irrespective of color, party or reighion has an equal constitutional claim, whereas, in the other we have man out of office who has no such obligations, but who lives in the enjoyment of those greater privileges of private citizenship and greater freedom of action, which allow him to make so- cial discriminations.
 The Presidents luncheon to Washing ton, he said. was hurried, improvised affair, while in the case of Mir Jefferson it was well-arranged well-prepared l banquet.
 Mir. Scott. resuming. had read the laws l of New York signed by Mir Cleveland | while governor, providing for mixed 1 schools. Although MT. Cleveland had de- nied this. he said it was easy for man to forget a matter of twenty years ago He was willing to concede that the ex- President had forgotten about the law He also referred to the denals of Mr Cleveland of charges by Thomas Watson of Georgia that the ex-Presdent had nominated negro, Charles II. Taylor, as minister to South African republic, because in 1893, MT. Cleveland had nomi- l mated Taylor minister to Bolivia. If the | democrats did not wish to make an issue or the negro question, why did they ini- tiate discussion of It. He did not under stand why some gentlemen should hold up the bugabo of negro domination Are you really afraid" he inquired of | the democratic side. Tor are you only pre- tending to be afraid. Will they tell us. that but for this cry the south would still l be the solid south2"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-13
REPORTS REACH MANILA. Official News Regarding Woods Opera.
 tions in Mandinao.

Manila April 12-News has reached here confirming Major General Woods official report of the result of his operations in Mandinao.
 With 1500 men General Wood recently started a campaign to compel the alleg- lance of the sultan of Taraca in Minda nao. He has pacified the eastern side of Lake Lanao. where the sultan lives The American casualties were two men killed three men seriously and three slightly wounded. A number of the enemy's forts were destroyed. The sultan of Taracd. Datto Ali. and the leaders of the opposi- ton to the American authorities succeed ed in making their escape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-13
Manufacturers Are Gath herinq.

Newport News. Va, April 12.-The sup ply and machinery dealers association began their convention at Old Point Com fort today. W. R, Maynor, president of the Norfolk chamber of commerce. deliv- cred the address of welcome. The most important matter to come up will be q price schedule. About 200 manufacturers and agents are in attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-13
cognlzed the necessity for inquiry, add

cognized the necessity for inquiry, add Ing
 If other influences have been brought upon him, causing him to see the matter in a different light, he cannot escape the conclusion that he had heard sufficient charges to justify his demand for inves- tigation.'
 Mir Lodge moved to lay the amendment on the table, saying for the majority.
 Tn our own way in our own time and when we think proper, we will provide for an Investigation but will not make such provision on an appropriation bill'
 Is Laid on the Table.
 The motion to lay on the table prevailed 8 to b. MT Teller's speaking of his ref erenee to charges against the treasury department said that his remarks had been based on charges of violating the civil service law, which had been made against Secretary Shaw by the late Gene ral Il H. Thomas, former appraiser Of the port of Chicago and he read the newspaper letter written by General Thomas. saying that he did not know whether the charges were true or whether the secretary knew of them, but that he felt that it was due to that official that he should make this statement to ex- plain the reference he had previously made.
 W lille MT. Teller was reading 6eneral Thomas letter. Mir Hopkins entered the chamber and at it's conclusion interrup- ted the Colorado senator with an Inquiry as to the puport of his remarks, and when Mr. Teller replied Mir. Hopkins remarked 'the senator should know something about the truthfulness of his charges be- fore quoting them here" and adding that he knew the ehar~es against the secre- tary of the treasury to be false. He also referred to his own connection with the charge in the appraisers office. to which MT. Teller replied that he had known General Thomas and considered him as man worthy of credence as the Illinois senator.
 To this MT. Hopkins replied:
 Judging from the senator's statement. l judge he would be just as willing to take statement from the slums as from any other place. and as good as that of any one else. Possibly there Is something In the Colorado senator's record and i'm his association with the department that he is not proud of. but if the senator's record there is as clean as mine, he has nothing to fear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-13
conferees Severely Criticised.

The house conferees on the Indian ap- | propriation bill were severely criticesd by Mir Robinson of Indiana and he made point of order against the printing of conference report in the record, because l he charged the first report of the con- | ferees already had been printed but that without authority from the house and without it's having had an opportunity to | act on the report. the conferees had held
 another report. The conferees. he assert
 ed had violated the confidence of the | house.
 The Alaskan delegate bill was then
 taken up for further consideration. Mr. | Scott of Kansas devoted himself to a re- 1 ply to MT. Gilbert of Kentucky, whom l he said had animadverted severely on l President Roosevelt regarding the so- | called Booker Washington incident" at 1 the White House. He referred to the re-
 cent letter of former President Cleveland
 to MT. Webb of North Carolina denying
 that he had extended courtesies to c. H. ].
 J. Taylor, Kansas negro politician, as
 MT. Scott had charged in the house. | { MT. Scott read several extracts from l letters he had received from persons in
 Kansas and elsewhere which he said, would make it clear that the statement
 made by him was not a fabrication. These | letters, he said, contained statements
 that it was the common boast of Taylor
 in Kansas that he had lunched or dined with MT Cleveland. and that Taylor
 made no secret of the intimate personal
 relations existing between them He did
 not cite the letters, however to mpeach MT. Clevela nd and gave Mir. Cleveland full credit for telling exactly the truth,
 but he hoped that what he had presented
 would convince the house that he also told the truth when he previously said the allegation was based widespread rumor
 MT Bartholdt of Missouri spoke of the l fact that Thomas Jefferson had honored
 a negro with formal invitation to din- | ner at his family table The only req son that fact is not generally known. he
 said. was because nobody thought any l thing of it. and no one saw fit to criticize | Mr Jefferson for if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-13
mra Winslow,s soo,hino svru,

The best remedy fer DIARRHOEA. soli by druggists in every part of the world Be sure and ask for Mrs. WinsIow Soothing Syrup and take no other kind Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for theif CHILDREN WHILE TEETHIN0, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It sOOTHEs the CHILD, sOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND COLIc. and [, twenty-five cents a bottle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-13
NEGRO QUESTION
 GIVEN AN AIRING CIeveIand's Views on Subject Are Plainly Defined PARKER SAID 10 BE MAN Williams, as Usual, Is the south's Champion and Causes Laughs
 st Expense of MT.
 Hearst.
PARKER SAID 10 BE MAN

Washington. April 12.-The race question again was injected into the proceedings of the house today, when MT. Scott of Kansas delivered a long address in which he referred to his previous statement that 1t was current in Kansas that ex-Pres- ident Cleveland had dined c. H. J. Taylor, Kansas negro politician. He read sev- eral letters from Kansas citizens that it had been Taylor's boast that he received such social attention from Mir Cleveland. He also said that Mir. Cleveland, while governor of New York had signed bli providing for mixed schools.
 In a spirited reply MT. Williams of Mississippi, the minority leader, defended the attitude of the south toward the negro and said that the discussion of the race question of the republicans was an old game by which, when the repub- lican party found itself confronted with issues that threatened it's supremacy it began to wave the bloody shirt.
 At the instance of Mir. Bartlett of Geor- gia, letter from ex-Presldent Cleveland was read, denying that he had ever dined negro. MT. Bartlett also declared Judge Parker of New York to be the man whom the democrats would nominate for pres ident.
 Immediately after the house met Mr. Morgan of Ohio explained his vote on the Cochran resolution last Saturday, which formed the subject of comment by MT. Williams yesterday. He voted for tabng the resolution, he said, because he was not aware that he had been paired with his colleague, MT. Shook, and he desired the record corrected accordingly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-13
Vigorous Defense By Williams.

vigorous defense of the south for it's attitude on the negro question was made by MT. Williams of Mississippi. who said it was an old game, known a long time to those who know anything about American politics. that when the republican party found itself faced with issues that threat ened it's supremacy, it began to wave the bloody shirt one way or the other. He said, however, there was one thing neith : CT the republican party nor the entire world could do, and that was "to make the south consent to regard social equali- ty as a thing to be desired'' Nor could they make the south consent to the pro- position that the right Of the negro con- sists in giving him power to govern the white men of the south. He declared the negroes rights in the south are recognize ed much more abundantfy than anywhere else, This God-given. inalienable, born right to earn lis living in the sweat of his brow and the right to fair trial. N5 man, however" he said. mot competent to exercise the right of suffrage. should be armed. with 1t. The republican party cannot persuade southern white men that 1t Is not a good or humane thing to puri-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-13
Yours very truly.

After the reading MT. Partlett said that whenever MT. Clevelands name was sug- gested as a possible candidate of the dem ocrats for president, the republicans seemed to get very much excited and afraid