The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
LETTER OF INTEREST BY DR.. ]. W. LIVELY.

lEiIER Ut INTEREST BY DR }. w. LIVELY.
The following is letter from Dr. J. W. Lively of the
points he took notice of while en- rout to Louisville, KY.
few weeks ago. and which unavoidabey crowded
out of our last issue;
Southwest Louisiana in general and Calcaseu parish in
particular have nothing lose but all gain when
pared to all the Gulf country lying OF the city
OF New Orleans. All that section is low and fat covered
in the main with short scrubby pines No crops of
consequence raised here and market gardening
! is small affair at best
The towns of Bay st. Louis, Biloxi Pass Christian,
Ocean Springs are cheap affairs and poorly paronized
in the hot time, and then by class that add
but little of moral financial worth Even the town of
Guport which has been trying hard for the past few
years to bring herself BOOM is rather rough and um-
BILE place. and taking out their lumber trade the town
would vanish into their gulf breezes with only the rren
song of million melodous mosquitoes the serenade of
believing burogs and an occasional long, lean lank
fisherman, left to tell the tale.
Even the old city of Mobile is still down with the dry
rot Shehas the same old sameness she had hundred
years ago. In the main her buildings remind of the
old French quarters below Canal street In New Orleans
| 1t is mostly lumber here,too.
Really there is not much thrift in all this country.
Long horned cattle razorbacked hogs and hard hungry
looking people, We asked of these sorry looking
sovereigns what he lived home He said he bought
his corn chops bacon and bread from the stores mostly
tick at that He said his chief living corn bread
bacon and strong coffee sweet potatoes and sorghum
syrup. Some chance time he said he apered off with
jumboli made of crabs and crawfsha chowder like.
asked him if he didn't eat his razor-back hogs He said
yes but he bad buy cotton seed lard fry them with
So Oalcaseu in general and Welsh in particular are
ahead of all this frog level country Our section will be
filled with and Cities with farms and factories oil
fields and reneries railroads and electric lines schools
colleges and churches long before this gopher belt gets
move on itself.
1t is all true that there is in the than in the
country but the has poor prospect here the best
All things bring to say that where there is nothing
much in the country, either. Things get in slow
way all around. The whole thing gets into backs
and just about hold their by the hardest But where
there something in the there telling what will
happen when they both get together when everybody in
country get hustle them and get self supporting
make their living at home and quit the abomnabe tick
business will all the big end of the horn
But if follow the plans of those people have just
spoke about will turn up just about such razor-backs
and turn out at the little end of the bora, too
Out of New Orleans, coming northeast Montgomery
Ala the first striking This is the state capital
and is noted of the ceanest and prettie towns in
the south and readers would say so as we'll
There too, this pretty old town carries with it bit of
history and this old capital house has record In this
old building back in 1925, big old time Southern
reception was given that brave old French soldier the
man who drew his sword and offered his help TO jur
General Washington. This was General MARQUIS he
LAFAYETTE 1t was here that occasion that the nmbe
old Feench soldier tipped the light fantastic toe as he
took the bushing beauties and "baanced ALP 'bands
around" 'swing your pardners,' and 'promenade.
Then here too he took the cake walk with the merry
old maids of cole Aabam" They still talk there If
that old Alabama hoedownwith the pumed KNIGHT Of an
hundred battle fields.
Still later another historic event made this old state
house great heirloom, indeed Just &c years after Con
afa vette ''balanced alp and 'cake-wak" here preS
dent Davis and his advisers walked into this budno
formed and organized the Southern Confederacy And Il
NAV be said, too from this came power that at one
time came near overruling the constitution of our ]
Sam, and changing the map of the world ODlv altar
four long wears desperate war; union
and our constitution upheld. But it was, however |
and now we have the strongest nation in the worle IN
passng we take pleasure in recording bit of cnrront
history AS we sit this old capital of the coansed
federacy It is this. In few days the old Veterans ~
both the blue and the grey to the bank Of
Hudson and march arm in to the tomb of Grant and
spend the day telling their old stories and bon
march away and all sit down and eat big five o,c,
dinner Well "all's we'll that ends we'll ;" and $50 mote
il to-"
Our young people have great country with great
history. Let's sll sing "My Country IT'S of Thee.
The Enterprise until recently published ct Washington
La, has moved to Midland Miss Gertrude P. Callahan
nd Harha Call g..