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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Texas independence Day.

Houston, Texas: The Daughters Of
the Republic Of Texas and members
of the Federation Of Womens Clubs
are manifestng a patriotic interest
in the school children Of Texas, in
asmuch as they have just sent out
printed suggestive programs to the
schools for use on March 2 lndepGnd'
enCe day of the state. The object is
to make the children Of texas more
loyal and patriotic tnan they would
otherwise be, by educating them thor
oughly in the history Of the glorious
deeds that won for them the great
state in which they live. In order
to give the pupils ample time in which
to prepare, the following have been
sent cut by these two organizations:
Program of exercises for senior
class:
/. Music.
2. Roll call, answered By pupils,
giving in rotation the tifty-eight names
and birthplacas Of the signers Of the
Texas Declaration OF Independence.
8. Address or paper on The Tex
as Flag"
4. Paper on the origin Of name Of
county and county seat in which
school is located.
5. Reading, "a Description of
Mission, 1922 (San Antonio de Va
lero) (The Alamo). See with tho
Makers of Texas p 81.
G. Paper, he Recent Purchase o.
the Alamo Mission by the State Of
Texas"
7. Paper, Description of Washing
ton on the Brazos-lts Past and Pres
ent"
8. The Flag Song of Texas, pub
| lishod by the Daughters of the Re
pubic of Texas.
Program of exercises for junior
class:
l. Roll call, answered by children
giving in rotation the fifty-eight names
and birthplaces of the signers of thu
Texas Declaration of independence.
2. Paper on the origin of the name
of the county and county seat in which
the school is located, with particular
of the life and services of the maj
or men in whose honor they wer'
named, or in case name has beer
given on account of local peculiarly
state meaning of name.
8. Recitation of some poem on tn
Alamo.
4. Paper describing the plac
where the Declaration of Texas inde
pendence was signed, together wit
the history of the monument whic
marks the spot.
5. Paper, THE Purchase of the A
amo Mission by the State of Texas.
Chorus, Flag Song Of Texas, pull
lished by Daughters of the Republi
of Texas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
ANT|-PASS BILL.
BILL CHANGED BY HOUSE TO IN.
CLUDE EMPLOYEES FAMILIES.
TIVE SHERIFFS SCENT TROUBLE.
No Inhibition Against Transportation
for Attorneys and Newspapers
in the House Bill.

Austin, Texas, Feb. 1.-THE sub
committee Of house committee on
common carriers mas agreed upon AZ
anti-free pass BILL Although it will
be reported to the main committee
as committee substitute for the sell
ate bill, it will be substantially the
same as Mr.. Mayes' bill except as TO
penalty. The penalty provided in his
bill was the forfeiture of the charters
Of railroad; violating the statute. In
the judg- It OF the subcommittee
this would be too drastic; so they
have adopted tho penalty provided
in the senate bill, namely, a fine Of
$4,000.
This subcommittee bill will provide:
as does the senate bill, that no free
transportation shall be given by any
railroad company to any person, eX'
ceDt to the owners, officers and bona
fide employees of the lines issuing
same. Like the senate bill, it makes
! no provision for the exchange of trans
portation as between railroads.
Unlike the senate bill, the measure
to be reported by the house subcom-
mittee will provide that railroads may
issue transportation to the families OF
their own bona fide employees. 1t will
contain no inhibition against railroads
providing their own attorneys with
transportation, nor against railroads
paying newspapers for advertising in
mileage books.
Concerning the point raised by Sam
H. Cowan, general attorney of the
Texas Cattle R2isers' Association, to
the effect that the provisions of the
senate bill might be construed as
prohibiting railroads from giving
Transportation to men accompanying
shipments of cattle, the subcommittee
decided to take no action. 1t is their
view that such transportation is not
free, the consideration for it being in
cluded in the freight rate upon the
cattle.
More members of the legislature are
hearing from home on the pass ques
ton. Representative Elliott of Milan
county yesterday received fifty-siX let
tiers from fruit and truck growers
protesting against the passage OF the
anti-pass law.
Representative Cottrell received
letter from Tom Beverly, sheriff o
Collin county, requesting him to 'Whil
the man who introduced the anti-pas'
bill and send in cost bill to me- ant
asking what would you and do with
out our passes"
A lady who is opposed to the pass
age of an anti-pass law has coined
new term concerning the supportin;
of platform demands.
81 am a first class theoretical plat
form supporter is the way she put
it,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Dukes Sanity.

New York: The question Of wheth
er Brodie Duke of Durham is compe
tent to manage himself and his prop
erty was submitted to a jury yester
dav by decision of Justice Levin
tritt in the supreme court. The petl
ton for a commission to decide wheth
er Mr.. Duke is competent was by hi;
son. B. Laurence Duke. The motion
was opposed by Mrs. Alice l.. WEBB
Duke, to whom Duke was married il
December last.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Killed by Unknown Men.

Lake Charles, La: The remain OF
man whose neck had been broken
were found near the Southern Pacific
telegraph office last night. A few
minutes before two unknown men
were seen to strike him and then run
and when the witnesses reached the
place he was dead. Papers on his
person show him to be c. L. BROKER
of Picayune, Miss. His relatives were
notified.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Arizona Is Grateful.

Phoenix, Arlz.: The house of the
legislature passed a concurrent reSo
luton thanking the United States SEN
ate for eliminating Arizona from the
statehood bill, and asking the house
of representatives to concur in the
amendment affecting this territory.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
D|VERSIFICAT|ON se4 E3F55 10 10Y; ~!
EVERY DAY.
By Oswald wilson, Sect'y National Cotton Association

peas, it is necessary if the best results
are expected. On light soils and up
lands that have been considerably
worn, use 400 pounds Of fertilizer per
acre, compounded as follows: 100
pounds of II per cent acid phosphate,
containing per cent of potash, and
240 pounds OF cotton seed meal, thor
oughly mixed. Distribute in the rows
where the corn is TO be planted two to
three weeks before planting and fol-
low with the CultivatOr to mix the fe.-
tiliZer with the soil. On rich prairie
or bottom lands use only one pound
of cotton seed meal to three pounds Of
phOSphOriC acid and potash. applying
only 200 pounds of the mixture per
acre. In general reduce the proportion
of cotton seed meal used in the mix
ture and the total amount of fertilizer
applied per acre as the fertility of the
soil increases.
As soon as the corn is up use the
! harrow. then cultivate once in ten days
till the corn is too large The first
civilizations should be shallow. Many
civilizations should be shallow. Many
use only The pillow in cultivation. 1t is
not the best Implement, but will an-
sNer a good purpose if thoroughly
used. More depends upon the thor
ough use of an implement than upon
the special form Of the implement;
however, the twohorse cultlyatOr does
better and more rapid work, but it is
a little difficult to use this implement
= where there are many Stumps. Thin
. the corn in rows to a stand of one
stalk 10 each ten to twelve inches on
. poor lands and to fifteen inches on
; very rich lands. The greater width OF
r the rows allows a closer stand in the
row.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Trinity University Plans.

Wazahachie: April &c, 1905, the
thirty-sixth anniversary Of the found
ing Of Trinity University, has been Sc
lected by the directors of that instl'
tutlon as the time to install DR.. A. r.
Turner as president of the university
II has also been suggested that the
opening ceremonies of the new N. p
SIMS Public Library take place at the
same time end in connection with the
ceremonies of the university.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Bow Shot in the Arm.

Corpus Christi, Texas: Yesterday,
while drawing a shotgun by the bar
rel from an express wagon, the weap'
on was discharged, sending a charge
of No. 4 shot into the left arm of Gus
Sell. son of DR.. G. A. Sell. Medica.
attention was hastily summoned, and
it is thought the wound will rot ne
eessitate any serious operation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Lost in a Pasture,

Floresville, Texas: DR.. R. H. Wat
kins. an old citizen here, was lost
twenty-four hours this week in the
Thornton pasture and must have suf-
fered greatly. Searching parties went
out after him yesterday, but he came
in by himself.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Sues for $25,C50.

Austin, Texas: Suit has been filed
by John w. MaXcy of Houston against
James B. Wells, R. H. Baker and &.
NJ. House to recover $4,000 damages.
He alleges that he was employed by
them to prepare plans and specifica-
lions for the Brownsville-Matam
water, light and ice plant, that the
plans were not used and his reputa-
ton damaged to the amount sued for.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Broke His Nose While Skating.

Bolton, Texas: Many minor acct.
dents have been reported during this
severe cold spell, the most serious Of
which happened to Prof. L. H. Hub
bard, one of the teachers in the North
Bolton public schools, who fell while,
skating, sustaining a broken nose and
other slight injuries.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Fertilizers.

The use Of a small amount of fertil-
izer on corn land. until the soil can
be improved and filled with cow-peas,
is of great Importance to the planter.
The continued use of fertilizers year
after year is not specially recommend,
ed, but at the commencement, in or.
der TO stimulate the corn and the COW
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Little Girls Legs Cut Off.

Hearne, Texas: A sad accident oc'
CURED here yesterday afternoon,
whereby the little daughter of Mr.. w.
J. Shelton accidentally fell beneath
moving freight train, having both OF
her legs cut off.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Barrett Is Sdfe.

Washington: The president has de-
cided to make no change in the dip
lomatic representation at Panama and
Mr.. Barrett will continue to hold that
office at least during the remainder
of the present fiscal year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Tcherkoff Alive.

Warsaw: The report of the death
of Governor General Tcherkoff, pub.
lished by the London papers yester'
day. is unfounded. He continues TO
receive reports and sign documents
as usual.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Leg Broken on Slippery Street.

Beeville, Texas: One accident re-
sulting from the slippery condition Of
tho streets during the late drizzly
weather occurred in front of Nations
hotel, when a horse ridden at a gal.
lop by Ricardo Villa slipped down,
throwing the rider and breaking his
leg.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Newnort Lost a Propeller.

Newport News, Va: The gunboaG
Newport, which was adrift at sea for
several days, was towed in yesterday
by the tug Wynota. The gunboat's
propeller was missing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Marlin Schools Resumed.

Marlin, Texas: The pubic schools
resumed yesterday morning, after be-
ing suspended for several days on &C.
count of the bad weather.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Seed Corn.

In the selection of seed corn better
results in bushels will be reached by
selecting promising varieties, grown
not more than 200 miles north of the
field to be planted. 1t should not be
understood that it is necessary to Sc
cure corn grown one to two hundred
miles north. Promising varieties
grown in the immediate neighbOrhOod
if they have been carefully selected
will undoubtedly give the most satisfac
tory results. The objection to corn
grown in the immediate vicinity is
that it has not as a rule been selected
with care, and hence it is almost i'm
possible to get pure bred corn except
from some scotsman VINO has tax Il
unusual pains to keep it pure.
The cars should be of medium length
with kernels deep and firm, well tillcC
at the ends and with small cob. Above
all it should be corn specially selected
and carefully housed, and not taken a
random from a crib.
In planting reject the irregular ker
nels at each end, and use plenty O
seed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Crushed to Death,

Eagle Pass, Texas: Roberto Diaz,
II wears old, was caught between cars
and almost instantly killed at the Oh.
mos coal mines yesterday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
No Fuel Suspends School.

Rockdale, Texas: The public school
here has been suspended for the bal
ance of this week on account of the
wood supply being exhausted.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Corn and Cow-pcas in the South.

COrh ana COW-SC2S IN the SOGtn'
1t has long been recognized that
corn and Cow-peaS are two Of the most
valuable food crops for stock in gen
erai use by Southern farmers. Their
hardy character, vigorous growth and
wide adaptation to climates and soils
place them in the first rank for plants
for general farm use. In the improved
system Of agriculture which the South
must adopt to meet boil weevil condl-
tons. corn and cow-pcas must occupy
a more important position than in any
previous period, because soil condi-
lions must be improved to successfully
make good cotton crops, and this can
be accomplished by the alternate
planting to corn and coW.peas and to
| Gotten.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
The Missouri Contest.

Jefferson City, Mo-: Yesterdays
ballot in the senatorial contest left
the situation unchanged.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17
Corn.

The soil should be prepared for the
corn crop the same as for cotton 6y
deeper fail plowing Cor breaking) OF
The land ard winter cultivation. Break
ing Tor corn ought to be eight inches
deep, but where the previous breaking
has only been three or four inches, it
will not do to 90 down to eight inches
at once. hence it viii be advisable il
such cases not to stir up too muC.
crude soil, but reach a depth of eight
| inches or more as soon as practicable
The winter cultivation referred to is
simply narrowing or di5cing the lanl
at intervals Of twenty to thirty day.
50 as to put il in the best of condition
for planting. Plant early as the sea
son will permit in rows, six feet apar
on rich land, and five feet apart On hi
lands and worn bench, bottom or prai
RE lands. Where corn is planted tiv'
and six feet apart in rows, it will bea
a little crowdng in the row. 1t ma
be single stalks once in ten to lively
inches, according to the fertility 0
the lald, or it may stand two stalks il
a place once in twenty to twenty-iOu
inches; the single stalk is preferable
The wide rows allows the sunshine t
penetrate to the soil and gives be
ter ear than where the planting
done in narrow rows.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
Editor Frank Wsipole's Opinion

To say the least, we are led to be-
Heve that the Tribune has hit the
proper key note in its remarks about
the defunct legislature which has
just gone into oblivion. It goes with
out saying that some of the most
childish proceedings took place up
there that have ever taken place at
the capital. Bet your boots the peo-
pie will be awake all over the state
for the next two years and put a mill
stone around some of those tack
headed" fellows necks. God knows
one term is long enough to risk the
interests of this great state in their
hands. They had lots to say about
the insane asylum, but from their
acts and dOings it certainly would
have been hard to have located the
asylum while that legislature was in
session.-Manatee County Record.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
PRESaDEsT RoosEvELv.

Despite that Booker Washington
incident, President Roosevelt is fast
becoming the most popular president
who has graeed the executive chair
since the civil war period, and demo-
Gratis in convention assembled, are
endorsing lis administration and saw
ing that he is more of a democrat
than republican, and it is not at all
unlikely that he may become the
nominee of the democratic party in
1908.
As strange things have happened.
Nominated as a republican in 1854
when the civil war was yet in pro.
gress, before the expiration of his
term, Andrew Johnson was a pro-
nounced democrat and died occupy
ing a seat in the United States senate
as a democrat.
Horace Greeley, the head and front
of the republican party and the ac-
knowledged leader of the abolitionist
forces, was nominated for president
by the democrats in 1872 and died a
democrat.
Roosevelt is half southern and can
not help showing his democratic
proclivities, and has his face turned
in the direction of the democratic
camp
The prediction is not unreasou able
that he will receive the democratic
nomination.
Stranger things have happened.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
CAPT. GRAHAM s
GRATITUDE
Suffered from Sores on Face and
Back-Doctors Took His Money
But Did No Good - Skin Now
Looks Clear as 4 5ab's.
ANOTHER CURE BY
CUTICURA REMEDIES

Captain W. S. Graham, 1921 Eof
ST., Wheeling, WA, writing June II.
'o4, says: Z" L am SO grateful want to
thank God that friend recommended
Cuticura Soap aud Ointment to me. I
suffered for long time with sores on
my face and back. Some doctors said
I had blood poison, and others that
had BARRIERS itch. None of them did
me any good, but they all took my
money. My friends tell me my skin
now looks as clear as baby's, and I
tell them all that Cuticura Soap and
Ointment did it,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23

Rev. G.. g. Carroll had a magnifi-
cent meeting at Mcintosh last Sunday
morning and aroused great deal of
enthusiasm. The church was ia debt
in the sum of 1885 and the eminent
Ocala divine succeeded in raising
this amount in an inconceivably short
space of time. 1t is almost needless
to say that he delighted the people
of our neighboring suburb.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
will Expiate his Crime,

The governor has fixed July p for
the hanging of Fred Crook for the
murder of Isaiah Pitts i'll this city
last year. Sheriff Gordon read the
warrant to him yesterday and he was
so visibly affected that he has almost
lost his appetite and is quite restless.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23

Notwithstanding the law prohibit
ing baseball on Sunday, Sunday base
ball continues at the metropolis. The
baseball association is doing this to
test the question. If the law is up
held by the courts, Sunday baseball
will instantly cease.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23

Summing up the good things done
by the late legislature, Speaker Gil
christ places most prominently
the passage of the Buchanan
bill, the act looking towards the
drainage of the everglades and the act
extending the East Coast railway
from the mainland TO Key West, all
of which he says made the legislature
the most notable one in the history
of the state.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
STILL ANOTHER CURE
Neck Covered With Sores, Hair
Fell Out, Wild With Itching

Mr.. H. J. Spa1ding of Io4 ". Ioath
ST., New York City, says: 90 For two
years my neck was covered with sores,
the disease spreading to my hair,
which fell out, leaving al unsightly
bald spot, and the soreness, inharn-
nation, and merciless itching made
me wild. After few applications Of
Cuticura the torment subsidized, the
sores disappeared, and my hair grew
thick and healthy IS ever"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
AND STILL ANOTHER

"For over thirty years I suffered
from painful ulcers and an eruption
from my knees TO NV feet, and could
find neither doctors nor medicines TO
help me, until I took Cuticura which
cured me IN six months. (signed NJ.
G. Moss, Gainesville, Tex"
Cuticura Soap, Ontrnsut, and pills sold throughout
The world Poster Drug Chem. Corp, Boston, sole
Props.
ua- Send for " How 10 Cure Every Hunour"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
rae COURT house QUESTION:.

ange and other interior counties CT
Florida have magnificent court
houses.
Marion, more than any of them,
has won a name for progress and en-
terprise, yet contents herself with
building that is not only not orna-
mental, but is entirely inadequate for
the purpose for which it is used,
and has been so pronounced by
grand jury after grand jury.
Why should Marion county not
have as much pride as her sister
counties?
Why should she not have a COM
mOdious and ornamental court house?
One writer says, whats the use?''
and ''Why not make out with the
one we already have, and if larger
one is needed, why build one SO
costly?"
Of course, it is not absolutely nee
essary for us to have an ornamental
and intellectually beautiful build
ing. A log building could be made
to serve the purpose. Indeed, there
was time when we did have a log
court house.
The magnificent building at Wash
ington, beyond ali odds the Finest in
the world, is not absolutely necessary
for the needs OF government but it
points to the greatness and grandeur
and refinem mt of the American ma
ton.
Our forefathers once lived in caves
and afterwards in windowIess huts,
but as they advanced along the stages
of civilization and became more cuI-
tured and refined, they did away with
this style of living and aspired to
something better, and the brick and
marble and iron buildings of today is
the result
A fifty thousand dollar public build
ing is no longer regarded as anything
marvellous. and many private build
ings cost immensely more than this
amount, and Marion county owes it
TO herself, being the richest and most
populous county in the interior, to
construct building that will at least
not make her appear measly and in
conspicuous when compared with her
neighbors.
When our resources and population
are considered, a fifty thousand dol
lar building can be erected without
falling heavily upon any of US, SO let
us put our shoulders to the wheel and
be hopeful and optimistic and con-
struct building that will reflect the
spirit and thrift and pride OF our peo-
pie.
What is worth doing at all is worth
doing we'll
Let us stop talking poverty, get ont
of our old selves, arouse our pride
and determine to deserve success by
inaugurating all the necessary and
auxiliary forces that make its achieve
ment possible
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23

The Industrial Record says that the
turpentine operators will not be de-
ceived nor trified with. Of course
they won't. Who in the world would
trifie with a turpentine operator at
this stage of the game? Just now he
is sit" in Florida