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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Through an appeal for funds to CON-
plete the restoration and repair of the
Church of st. Michael and All Angels,
in the parish of Dartmoor, England,
an almost forgotten bit of history has
been called to light. The church,
standing on the rugged heights of that
wild country which Blackmore made
so familiar through "Lora Doone," Is
the most elevated house of worship in
all England, as the village in which it
stands is the highest inhabited village
in England, and the parish, which
contains $4,000 acres of moor and
heath and stream is the largest in
England. But it is in its origin that
the church is most interesting, says
Youths Companion. Built in the early
years of the nineteenth century, the
stones of which it is made were quar-.
ried and put in place by the labor of
French and American prisoners of war
held there in exile while Europe shook
with the thunders of the Napoleonic
wars. The graves of many of these
exiles still cluster round the old
church.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24
ITCHING Rash 18 YEARS,
Girls Rash Spread and Grew Worss
Under Specialists Care-Perfect
Cure by Cutcura Remedies.

when my daughter was baby she
had a breaking out behind the ears.
The doctor said that she would out
grow it, and it did get somewhat bet
ter until she was about fifteen years
old, and after that she could get moth.
ing that would drive it away. She was
always applying something in the way
of salyes. 1t troubled her behind the
knees, opposite the elbows, back Of
the neck and ears, under the chin, and
then it got on the face. That was
about three years ago. She took treat.
ment with a specialist and seemed to
get worse all the time. We were then
advised to try the Cuticura Remedies,
and now l don't see any breaking out.
NJ. Curley, 11-19 Sixteenth St, Bay
City, Mich, May 20, 1906"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24
BOY HAD NOT UNDERSTOOD.
Pretty Phrase That Was Most We.
fully Misunderstood.

That the effect Of a choice and An.
pSopriate phrase is sometimes lost
and ofttimes woefully misinterpreted
Is well illustrated in an incident con.
nected with the death of a Virginia
lawyer.
During the mans illness the wires
were disconnected which attached tina
bell to the old-fashioned pull knob
on the front door.
A messenger boy came to the house
one morning and began pulling at
the bell. There was no response
He continued to jerk the ancient knob
vigorously. a white-haired gentleman
finally appeared, who raised his hand
Warningly and said
MY boy, the silver cord has been
severed"
is that SOP" exploded the bow
From the way it acted l thought the
whole darn thing was busted."-N. Y
Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24
Arkansas Youth Loses Arm.

Winfield, La. Eagle Stewart, a
young white man aged IS year, lost
his left arm Saturday by falling under
the train of the Grace Logging Com.
pany at Calvin, nine miles west OF
here. The young man is a stranger
here, having recently come here from
Camden, Ark, where his parents re
side. His left arm was horribly man.
gled and had to be amutated near the
shoulder
The initial run has been made on the
new 25-ton plant of the Winfield Ice
Company. The test proved satisfac,
tory in every way
The City Drug Company opened for
business Saturday in its brick building
fronting on the public square. DR.. S.
E. Siess is manager for the company
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Don't fall out with your union
simply because the union has not
made capitalists Of all its members.
The union is more largely interested
in the getting of the right sort Of
thinking and the right sort of living
for its members that 1t is in the &C.
emulation of mere dollars. Then
there has always been some men who
didn't seem to get along" under any
circumstances, and some Of these are
in the union, but they are in the way
Of improvement.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24
An Accommodating Pea,

One of the disadvantages Of mod.
ern shoe-making machinery is that
the peg won't fit itself into the hole.
Time was, according to Mayor E. =.
Brown, of Marlboro, Mass, when IL
was much more accommodating
Zone day." he recently informed the
Boot and Shoe club, my father, a pF
oneer in the business, hit the peg and
1t few up. What happened? ProbS
bly, you won't believe me, but it's q
fact all the same. The peg hit the
ceiling, came down exactly into the
hole and was driven In. But. you
know" added Mayor Brown, with
smile, I'VE don't peg shoes that way
nowadays"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24
Yale University Wealthy.

According to the Yale Alumni Week.
ly, the property of the university in
New Haven which is exempted from
taxation, is appraised at s9,431, $50, an
increase of s255,OO0 over the apprais'
ed tax exemptions of last year, though
this increase does not necessarily rep
resent actual additional values sub
tracted from the New Haven grand
list. Of the total exemptions about
s1,370,00O belongs to the Sheffield Sci
entific School. The old campus, az
land, is valued at $1,O33, AGO. and the
buildings on this campus at $2,4S35OO
The appraisals are high on many Oh
the buildings, as compared to actual
cost. The valuations are placed, and
as they are exemptions there has
been no occasion to appeal for theD
reduction.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

FARMERS-those are the fellows
CO-OPERATIVE-that Is the manner
and Observation-Disclosures the
main thing, for when you know you
can do wonders-UNION-ha! ha!
"in union there is strength" to we'll
the knowledge of the working to-
gether tillers of the SOIL Get the full
meaning of the few words through
your Uranium, you will be ready to
Join hands with your fellows in help.
Ing to better the condition of yourself
and your neighbor. Get busy now!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Don't forget that the Farmers In
ion has passed the period of organi-
cation and uncertainty, and stands to.
day a recognized commercial organi-
cation, differing from all other organi-
cations in that it is not the tie between
the onsumer and the manufactured,
but is the producer, aligned with the
consumer, eliminating the parasitical
go-between, whose living came from
his position, and not from any service
he ever did.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Watch out for the seductive intu-
ence of 9. promising crop, The crop
promise is one of the smoothest on
earth. The promises are not always
kept, however, and when one has
bought goods on the promise of full
crop, and finds himself with goods at
a high price and poor crop to pay
for them, he is apt to get into the
"farmin' don't pay" class. Beware Of
the ION the crop prospect buying.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Cut out the political INTRIGUING. 1t
will ruin any order in the world.
There is nothing in politics in the
final count, even to those who make a
business of it. How much less there
could be to those who cannot hope to
be more than hewers Of wood or draw.
ers of water to the political bosses!
Cut 1t all out, and take the best thing
that comes along, regardless of the
bosses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Beware of the big cotton crop. At
any given price the world will have
use for only so much cotton, and ev-
cry bale produced beyond that amount
will be a bear On the market. Cotton
held at reasonble price will always
bring that price up to the amount
that is demanded, but beyond the
amount of the demand, it cannot sell
for more than a bargain" price.
Plant hogs and hens.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

There is no use in organizing un.
ion il you are not dead in earnest
about the value of organizing and the
good that can come to the organiza.
ton from the working together of you
and your neighbers and me and my
neighbors. Get yourself up to the
sticking point before you start, and
then keep the pot aboiling, all the
time
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24
WORDS OF CHEER.

From all quarters comes the cheer
ing news that the great Farmers I'M
ion is moving onward with rapid
progress, even the great Hearst jour
nails of Chicago, New York and San
Francisco, have awakened to the i'm
portance Of the Farmers Unon and
are devoting considerable space to
Write-ups of the various State Organi-
cations and the effective work being
done by each. Thus it will be seen
that by strict adherence to the prin-
CipleS upon which the Union is found
ed and by a due observance of the
business ability or the national and
State officials, we have won our way
into the hearts and minds of even the
great business centcrs Of the coun-
try. Our success is assured by no
better evidence than is manifested by
the onward progress and the reputa.
bic mention by the great leading jour
nails, Of the order and its work. De.
voted exclusively to business as is the
aim and purpose Of the Union, every
auxiliary of business enterprise in
America must recognize force and eff
fective business ability of the farmer
as a class. 1t has been frequently
said in years past and gone that you
could not organize the Farmers effec-
lively for they would not stick to-
gether. This, vas in the main true,
considered from a political view, but
we are today only in our infancy of
the first practical test of a business
organization OF the farmers and we
feel confident that the business pow
er and accomplishments manifested
by the organization today are suffl-
GENTLY strong to dispell from the
minds of any doubling Thomas" this
old idea that the farmer won't stick
Arkansas Union Tribune.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

A trip across the country few
days since revealed at least ninety
per cent of the implements and vehi-
Cies of the farmers out in the hot sun,
which had just been preceded by a
rain. That same farmer who wilfully
destroys his tools and implements
would be arrested if he took an axe
and chopped them up, but the destruc-
ton by weather, which is no less a
crime, goes on all over the country,
and only the farmer and his family
ever suffer for it, What? Not on
your life. When anything is destroy.
ed that was Of use or that would have
been of use, the whole nation and the
whole world is that much poorer. No
one has right to destroy the wealth
of the world. One mans possessions
is only temporary loan, under earth
ly conditions, and his use is rightfully
limited to the best use of the things
Of which he is capable.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Lake Charles, La: The Board OF
Trade Directors and a number of per.
sons interested met at the Board OF
Trade rooms Saturday to arrange for
parish fair. Much enthusiasm was
shown and committees were appointed
70 take up the work The date select.
ed by the State Board of Agriculture
early in September, however, will not
be satisfactory and a later one wit,
probably be selected.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Get out your split log drag, and get
to using it every time you get a good
rain. The time to use it is while the
ground is yet sloppy and muddy. The
drag will smooth out a rough road
even II it Is dry, but it needs to be
sloppy to do the best work. Then the
dirt can be worked into a sort of a
mortar so that it will be largely i'm.
pervious to water the next time it
rains. Do you get the main idea?
The best time to use the drag is when
1t Is too wet to do anything else.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Don't forget that the farmer Is one
man and the planter is an entirely off.
ferent sort of a fellow. The farmer
works on the farm and is a farmer,
but the planter is one who has a farm
worked, just the same as a manufac-
turer has a factory run by a bunch
Of operatives. One is business
investment, the same as a stock com.
pany or a stock of goods bought for
sale. The real farmer is the man who
plOws the soil and depends upon the
farm for his living. 1t is for the
farmer that the Farmers Union was
organized, and in its purely primal
condition, it fits his conditions. Keep
out all the frlls and furbelows of the
farmer who does not really farm,
and the organization will be one of
the largest benefit to the farmer; ut
fill it with the plans of the specula-
tive farmer, and the real farmer will
lose out. The interests of the two
classes do not run parallel.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24
A Temporary Church.

Abbeville, La; Father Laforest has
made application to the town authorl-
ties for permission to erect a temper,
AIRY wooden structure. 50Xl50 feat. COW
ere dwith Sheet iron roofing. 10 be
used as temporary church until The
new $4,000 brick edifce is coi"plet-
cd
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24
If Germany should mako w.r

If Germany should make war on
England. neither the uncle nor the
nephew would be hurt. 1t would be
the common people of both nations
who would suffer. What a pity it is
that those who make the quarrels can.
not be made to be the only ones to
fight, after the fashion of the old song
which would have no belligerent mel
abroad or weeping women at home.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

What has become of the oldt-ime
bee raiser? Isn't the honey as good
as it used to be? When honey sold
for six or seven cents the whole eoun-
try was full of bee-keepers. Honey is
now selling in the open markets at
from ten to fifteen cents, and the sup.
ply of pure honey is not equal to half
the demand. Plant few hives of
bees.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Put in the wet days on the roads,
the fences and in taking care of the
tools and implements on the farm
A day wasted is that much of your
life thrown away. Have you a few
days out of your life 10 spare?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Now is the time to see to It that
you have plenty Of peas In sight for
the summer planting. Nothing else
on earth yields so large a return for
the land and labor as a crop Of peas.
There isn't thing on the farm that
will not turn down almost anything
else for feed of peas. and the nutri
ment is probably the richest of all hay
feeds.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

The Irupi dance of the Babaka tribe
of the Hood peninsula is perft med by
seven girls who walk up and down,
gracefully swinging a cord about three
feet in length, to which small netted
bag is attached.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

The system of warehousing and
marketing is not perfect, but it is one
of the all-growingest things on earth
today, and is sufficiently far along to
largely control the prices for this
year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

The boys are beginning to organize
local debating clubs here and there.
These local clubs are the greatest edu-
Gators on earth, and as they multiply,
knowledge will increase.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Don't let trifes keep you from
working all the time for the advance.
ment of the Union. Let o differ
ences Of mere opinion hinder you in
the work for the main thing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

The farmer that is not planting a
good crop of hogs and the stuff to fin
ish them with, is not much of farm
er, and would make a mighty poor eX-
ample for the union men to follow.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

If your union is getting sorter
sleepy, it is a good time to get a rel
hot orator to come along and have a
genuine revival service. 1t takes this
sort of thing to do the business some.
times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

1t is announced now that Japan,
which has just launched the 1S,500-
ton battleship Aki, is to build two 21,-
500-ton battleships with metal dis
charge from their guns half as heavy
again as the Dreadnought. Huh!
Who's afraid?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Has your partner got a good, cool
place to do the work of the laundry
and the dairy? If she hasn't, she
ought to quit you and get decent
place on some other mans farm. She
is entitled to this much consideration.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

This "off year. will enable the
Unions to get busy with all the peo-
pie all the time. Let this off year
be the all fredest growing year any
organization ever had
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

My doctor kept me On a strict diet brt
as his medicine was not helping me
/ began using Doan's Kidney Pills
They helped me at once, and soon all
traces Of sugar disappeared. I hava
regained my former weight and am
perfectly well"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a boz,
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, y. Y.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Are you helping the good woman
to keep the place looking like some
body lived there?" During this busy
season, you are likely to overlook
giving her the help you ought to give
her.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Keep 1t in mind that the mere max
ing of a big crop is not any surety OF
getting it's value. Diversity, and then
you will have little to apprehend from
any outside force or circumstances.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

Don't let an opportunity pass for a
good word for the working man who
works. The other fellow will take
care Of himself.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

During the cool mornings followed
by hot days, don't neglect the young
chickens. They will amply pay for
all the trouble they cause.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24

that my housawork
was becoming a bur.
den' l tired easily,
had no ambition and
was fading fast. Nv
complexion got vel.
low and l lost over
80 pounds. My thirst
was terrible, and
there was sugar in
the kidney secratior,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24
farmers EDUCATIONAL |
kkO
COOPERATIVE union
= OF RE.ERICA -

Trust in God and keep adjusting,
and YOU will get there.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-24
WORN TO A SKELETON.
A Wonderful Restoration cavs.d .
Sensation in a Pennsylvania

Mrs. Charles y. Preston, Of EIk,ara
Pa, says: Three years ago 7 fonnI
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-10-05
INJUNCTION is GRANTED.
Reduced Rates VIII Not Go Into Effect
Oct. IS In South Dakota.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct 5.--The re-
duction ordered by the state board OF
railroad commissioners in the passen-
ger rate on all standard gauge rail-
roads In South Dakota from 3 to 2ia
cents per mile will not go into effect
on Oct lis as originally contemplated
by the board.
A number of the leading railroads
have instituted an action In the Unit
cd States court in Sioux Falls and Sc
cured an order for the railroad COM
missicners to show cause why a per-
msnent Injunction should not be grant
ed preventing them from placing the
2i@-cent rate III effect. The order to
show cause is returnable before Judge
Garland on Oct 20, at which time ar
guments will be made for and against
the granting OF permanent injunc-
tion.
Pending the hearing at that time a
temporary restraining order was grant
ed by Judge Garland. This will pre-
vent the reduced rate going into effect
on Oct. Is. as ordered BY the board,
and also restrains the board from
completing the publication 0f notices
In three OF the daily newspapers Of
South Dakota that the new rate viii
% into effect on oct. IS,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-10-05
PRESIDENT At MEMPHIS
Addresses Delegates to Deep
Waterway Convention.

Memphis, Tenn, Oct 5-President
Roosevelt and party arrived in the
harbor of Memphis at II: so p. m. and
Immediately landed amid the screech-
thousands of people on the river front.
The rain of the early morning had
ceased and the parade Immediately
formed. Headed by squad of police
and three companies of militia the
march to the Auditorium began. Pres
ident Roosevelt, Governor M. r. Pat
terson OF Tennessee and Mayor James
HI. Malone of Memphis occupied seats
In the first carriage. President Roose-
welt received cordial reception from
all sides. People cheered,, waved flags
and greeted the presi lent with friend
ly cries and hurrahs.,
On arriving at the Auditorium Pres
ident Roosevelt addressed the dele
gates to the deep waterway conven-
ton, declaring in favor of the govern
ment improving the Mississippi and
Its tributaries SO that they may be
Z utili1Cu w tnCif p0oSibbttS.
Continuing. he said:
Facility of cheap transportation Is
an essential in our modern civilization
and we can not afford any longer to
neglect the great highways which ma
.tuTe has provided for MS, These nat
ural highways, the waterways, can
never be monopolized by any corpora
tion. They belong to all the people
and 1t Is in the power OF no one to
take them away. Wherever nav
igable river runs beside the railroads
the problem of regulating the rates
on the railroads becomes far easier.
because river regulation is rate reg
ulation, When the water rate sinks
the land rate can nor be kept at an
excessive height. Therefore 1t Is Of
national Importance to develop these
streams as highways to the fullest
extent which is genuinely profitable :"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-10-05
NEVER MARRIED HER
Senx.yf Platt's Reply to Mae 6.
Woods Action for Divorce.
cuAprC nr EvrnnTlnN MAnC
CHARGE OF ExTORTION MADE
Declares That the Woman Threatened
to Sue Him for Dreach OF Promise
More Than Three Years After Date
Of Alleged Wedding.

New York, Oct. 5-United States
Senator Platt has made formal denial
that he ever married Mae c. Wood
who Is suing him for divorce, alleging
that she was married to the senator
Nov. 3, 1901. The senator made this
denial in an application in court by
his attorneys asking for authority to
examine certain papers in the case.
The senator, in his petition, asserted
that she had never made claim to
him Of such a marriage until Dec. "a,