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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Whatever you do this coming year,
do not confne yourself to one crop
1t takes more thought and more care
to be a successful diversificationist
than it takes to be a one-crOpper, but
if you are able to partially succeed at
one crop, you are dead sure on a di-
versification.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

The very fact that the farmer, is de
pendent upon fewer people for his
comfortable living is the proof that
he is the most Independent man on
earth. This independence is bartered
away when a mortgage or consuming
debts are made
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

some unkind things about Mrs. Smith,
and the children go to the father for
education and support.
Mother-Love Triumphant.
But mere legal verbiage cant de-
stroy or root out mother-love. Despite
her failings, Mrs. Smith loves the lit
tie ones she brought into the world.
She is hungry for them; she wants
TO take them to her heart again and
hear them whisper Mother"
But the court has made its decree.
She must not see them. Under the
law she is not regarded as a fit per-
son to bring them up. But she finds
them somehow, and off she runs with
them-she has learned from the court
to be a kidnaper.'
She knows her lesson we'll.
Judges may sit and sit, and expound
the law to its last letter, but fathers
and mothers have a different code.
They are learning to kidnap now.
Railway train, automobile, horses,
yachts-all have been used to kidnap
children. 1t is anything to get the lit
tie ones out of the state where the di-
vorce is granted, for then it means
delay-more law and more court de-
cisions. Meanwhile the kidnaper has
the children.
And there has never been a convic-
ton for this kind of kidnapping. Wrong
as they be, no father or mother who
has stolen back child-and hundreds
have done so-has ever gone to prison.
More children. are kidnapped in the
United States every year by father or
mother than by all those criminals who
steal children for .ransoms or revenge.
And the lesson is learned in the di-
vorce court.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Don't think that the Union will re-
lieve you Of all the work and the
worry of this life, for that will never
come. 1t is the business Of the. Union
to help you get the full results of your
labor, but it is not tackling the acts OF
providence. Not yet.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
Learned Lesson Well,

She hurried the lad to Hamburg,
and there she diSappeared-though
she was divorced, she had obtained
the custody of her son, no matter what
the court ordered. She had learned
her lesson in the divorce court, and
she did business another way.
Theodore Wood, policeman, and his
wife long ago agreed to disagree. They
lived at No. I'LL Gates avenue, Brook
Ign, and their child, Florence, who
was not consulted in the matter at all,
stayed on there with her father.
One day when Policeman Wood was
on post Mrs. Wood stole into the
house and took little Florence away.
Fearful of being followed, she hurried
the girl to Mddletown, n. Y. Wood
heard where she had gone and had a
warrant issued. A detective arrested
Mrs. Wood there and brought her back
to Brooklyn.
The case was taken to court. Mrs.
Wood was weeping, after a sleepless
night in her cell. She couldn't see why
a mother should be locked up for TAX
ing her own child.
She stole her." declared the hus
band.
But, as always happens, Mrs. Wood
went free. There isn't law yet that
will send parent kidnaper to prison.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

The thing to do about your school
is to consolidate it with a bunch of
others, and get a better house, better
teachers and a higher school course
You owe this much to your boys and
girls.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Have you fixed up the kitchen and
all its belongings so that the partner
of your ills is as we'll feed for COM
fort as you can make her? If not,
you have a reformation coming before
you are even a tolerably good Union
man.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Don't have little enough sense to
jump on frightened horse with a
whip thinking that you will make him
forget his fright; you will give. him
two scares instead of one by such
folly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

For the encouragement of the faith
full, it is not inappropriate to state
that there are dead coolies Of cotton
in the warehouses waiting patiently
for Is cents. and the time is not far
away when it will get that 10.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

The first duty Of the Union is to
devise some way to take the $4,000
women out Of the cotton fields of the
South and to establish good schools
for the children.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

sleeve for the coming year that will
make the Union meetings more inter.
esting? Mighty good time to get busy
and @think.aip" .somethfng-to start~tl1
year off right. How. would a big open
meeting do, with fine entertainment
by your boys and girls? .-.s ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

A piece of land bought for sale
and not for use is as much a specula'
ton as the buying Of cotton futures.
1t is the hope Of getting something for
nothing out of somebody's needs that
prompts the purchase.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

On most of the well-regulated Union
farms are a lot of large fryng-si2.d
chickens about now. Have you a we'll
regulated place?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

prematurely gray hair. 1t was Mrs.
Cadiex, and she had learned in ad-
vance the routine of the home. She
knew that the children would be play
ing outside at that hour.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Have those who are expecting TO-
plant cotton next spring paid any at
tention to saving the very best seed
thew can get for the planting? II not,
il is likely that they have already ~
maybe rs per cent Of next years
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

smoking car to tell the rest, and the
old maid looked out of the window and
wouldn't speak to anyone in the car
for an hour after.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Locality has much to do with the
success Of any crop. but common sense
methods has much more to do with it,
hence EDUCATE as to methods.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Don't neglect an opportunity to
plant tree. The day is almost here
when trees will be of more value than
the land on which they grow.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

1t is true enough to be accepted
as an axiom, that so long as you are
under the control of your creditors,
just so long is the market for your
products under the control of the
rings.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
Madden Defied Court.

Madden Defied Court. "
John E. Madden, the turfman, long
separated from his wife, boldly kid.
mapped his two boys, ten and four years
old, rather than let the mother take
them to Europe. They were at school
in Madison, n. ]. Madden learned
that the mother intended taking the
boys to Europe, and he made up his
mind. that she shouldn't,
So he went out to Madison and Wis
tied the boys. 1t was snowy day and
the ground was white. ...... .
Let us take sleigh ride" he said
to the boys. .......
They were only too glad. A sleigh
was ordered, the boys climbed in and
off they hurried into the snow. But
Madden drove direct to the railway
station, bought tickets for New
York and took the boys with
him. They left that night for
Lexington, KY, where Madden
has a stock farm, and before Mrs.
Madden knew the truth the children
were out of the jurisdiction of the
courts of New York. But nobody ar
rested the boys father, even though
he did defy the court.
Mrs. Katherine Cadiex used an auto
mobile to kidnap her son. There had
been the usual family jars and event
ually the nine-year-old boy. son Of
George Cadiex, was committed to the
German Odd Fellows home in Union
port, the Bronx.
One fine afternoon an automobile
stopped outside the grounds Of the in
stitution and from it stepped a tall,
handsomely dressed woman of 40 with
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
farmers EDUCATIONAL
AND
COOPERATIVE UNION
OF AMERICA

1t was Josh Billings who said 1t
duzent pay tew own anything yew
cant pay for"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Leave off running the government
occasionally to take time to run the
place around home.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

There never was a time when the
pig and poultry crop was too large.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
After a Runaway Marrieoe,


Mrs. Clarke is the divorced wife of
Capt. Forrest G. Clarke, civil en-
gineer employed by the Metropolitan
Steamship company. Capt. Clarkes
father is Boston millionaire, and his
wife, was Miss Maude Buchanan, of
Dorchester, a suburb of Boston. They
ran away and were married seven
years ago.
A little boy, George, was born, and
the mothers heart rejoiced. Then
there came rumors of this thing and
that, and it ended in a divorce. Capt.
Clarke had known and liked DR.. earle
ton c.. Kremer while both were stu
dents at Harvard, and husband and
wife would be just the people to take
care of little George. So DR.. and Mrs.
Kremer adopted little George, then a
boy of four, and Surrogate Fitzgerald
signed the formal order.
DR.. Kremer allowed. the mother to
see her little boy once week. and for
a time Mrs. Clarke obeyed strictly the
orders of the court.
Meanwhile DR.. and Mrs. Kremer had
become greatly attached to the boy.
One day when Mrs. Clarke was with
him they caught her stealing out of
the house with the child.
81 can't live without him." she wept;
so please don't blame me-"
DR.. Kremer explained as gently as
he could that she must be more cir
cumspect, even If she did love him, for
the court had formally given the little
fellow into his possession. In fact, he
had been rechristened and was then
and is now-Carleton Clarke Kremer.
RegaIned Her Boy.
Mrs. Clarke went away, greatly agi-
tated. The following Sunday she called
again to see the boy and found that he
was with the physicians sister at the
home of DR.. Kremer's mother, No. 1874
West One Hundred and Twelfth street.
She went there in carriage and wait
ed outside. Then DR.. Kremer's sister
came out with the boy and took Lex
ington avenue car down to Sixty-ffth
street, where DR.. Kremer lives. Mrs.
Clarke had carriage up the block
AS the boy got off the car with his
adopted aunt Mrs. Clarke rushed for
ward and literally tore the child from
the astonished woman. In a jiffy she
had him in the carriage and away she
whisked. There was woman friend
with her, who promptly seized Miss
Kremer and gave Mrs. Clarke plenty of
time to escape with her boy.
A few hours later and Mrs. Clarke
was safe on her way to Boston
aboard the steamer Harvard, oddly |
enough vessel belonging to the COM
oany in which her divorced husband
S employed.
Mother.love had won the victory
Mrs. Clarke had her boy despite all
he forms of law. Mrs. Clarke had
earned her kidnapping lesson from the
iivorce court.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
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Dimes.
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to reduce his
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and gourmet
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
LOVE PROVES
SUPERIOR TO
LAWS DEGREES

Or it may be the other way. The
decree is Mr.. Smiths. The court says
some unkind things about Mrs. Smith,
and the children go to the father for
education and support.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

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The Washington herald., 1907-12-16
TO CHANGE COACHES
Georgetown Decides to Have
Two New Men.
HARVARD MENTOR FOR CREW
WeIl-knOvn Professional VIII Be in
Charge of Oarsmen, While Baseball
VIII Also BE Directed by Profess
siOnaI Instead of by Graduates.
Expect Announcements shortly.

IN an effort to improve upon the show
ings made by the baseball team and
crew Georgetown has decided to make
changes Of coaches in these two branches
Of sports. The coaches have practically
been decided upon. but no announcement
viii be made until the new coaches have
actually accepted.
The selection Of a coach at Georgetown
is left largely with the captain, although
the manager and executive committee are
consulted before any definite agreement
is reached.
There is a divided sentiment IN the uni
versity over graduate and professional
coaches for baseball. Although it was
in this sport that Georgetown first came
letics. baseball has not been a profound
financial success. Many of the leading
colleges OF the East appear at George
town field each spring. but unfayorable
weather conditions and counter attrac-
tons have kept the attendance down dur
ing the past two years. Consequently the
question Of expenses enters into obtaining
a competent coach. and for a while there
was a feeling that the development OF
the team should be left 10 the captain
and whatever graduates he might invite
TO assist from time 10 time, Capt. Simon
is strongly IN favor OF a professional
coach, and has practically settled upon
his man.
There have been any number Of names
under discussion for the position Of coach
OF the crew. Capt Fitzgerald and Man
ager Woods have been Investigating the
work Of several Of the aspirants, and
have agreed that the best man for the
place is a professional who has had
years OF experience in coaching at Har-
ward. Capt Fitzgerald Is strongly in
favor OF following the policy in vogue al
all Of the other colleges that send crews
10 POughkeepsie. and it is certain that 3
former professional sculler viii be IN
charge when the candidates report FOL
machine work after the holidays.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-16
WESTERN TEAMS LACK SPIRIT
Glen Warner Tells Why East Wins
on Football Field.
Carlisle Coach Says Teams I'm This
Section Know Game Better
and Fight Harder.

There has been a great deal OF discus
sion throughout the country. and espe-
ciaIIy in the West, as to the relative
merits Of Eastern and Western football,
says GlenS Warner. Carlisle Indian coach.
This year there was better chance for a
comparison than in any previous year.
owing to the fact that Pennsylvania
and Carlisle-two representative Eastern
teams-Inet the best teams Of the West
Last year Minnesota, after a victory over
Chicago. and having what was considered
one OF the best teams in her history was
easily defeated by Carlisle after a long
fand tiresome trip. while Michigan came
East and found herself outclassed by
Pennsylvania
This year the same teams met again,
and in addition the Indians met Chicago.
the admitted champions Of the Western
I conference colleges. Michigan had much
stronger team than last year. but were
not strong enough FOR Pennsylvania. and
were defeated again on their own grounds
without the Pennsylvania team having TO
show their full strengthening some of
their best plays with which 10 surprise
Cornell.
In my opinion there are TWO features
of the game in which the East outcIasses
the West. and which explains the differ
ence in their relative strength First,
the Western teams are not so we'll versed
I in the rudiments Of the game. and second.
/ the Eastern teams show more determina-
tion and fight In their games. As to what
l Iaa or-
I that IT IS because most Of the Eastern
I teams have the graduate coaching sys-
tenn and the players get the benefit OF
4 the combined knowledge Of a host OF old
/ time stars. while the Western teams as a
\ rule are coached by one man.
{ I do not believe in this reasoning. be-
cause in my opinion il is vet an open
question as to which coaching system is
the better. The graduate coaching sys-
TEN has its advantages in that the play
ers may-~perhaps be better drilled in the
duties Of their several positions. and are
/ likely TO show more individuality in their
play. but under the one man head coach
system the team work and system Of play
are usually more highly developed, and
\ 1 am inclined 20 think that neither sys-
TEN has any great advantage over the
other. Assuming this TO be the case. we
must look for an explanation OF the diff
/ ference between Eastern and Western
1 football outside the coaching system in
vogue in the different sections.
In regard 10 the greater determination
and better fighting spirit which the East
ern teams show in their games. it is
harder 10 find an explanation, unless it Is
because this important feature OF tbs
game IS more thoroughly understood IN
the East. and more stress is laid upon f.
The football atmosphere OF the East Is
more dense than in the West, the big
teams are closer together. and the players
are therefore more thoroughly imbued
with the spirit OF the game than they
can be when the teams are so widely
scattered
The Washington herald., 1907-12-16
wALDER CORNELLS LEADER.
Clever Full Back Elected Captain Of
Next Years Eleven.

Ithaca, N Y, Dec 15.-The Cornell
football players who participated IN the
Princeton and Pennsylvania games met
this morning and elected George Henry
Walder. full back. as next years captain.
Walder Is considered one Of the best
full backs Cornell has ever had, and the
students feel that he VIII make q good
captain.
Cornell will have splendid nucleus for
next years eleven. Lynch and Van Or
man are the only men to be lost on that
powerful line. Thompson. O'Rourke, Cos
grove and May will be back on the job.
There are several desirable substitutes, 20
say nothing Of what new men may be de-
veloped. In the back field Earl will be
missing. but there are Howe, Tydermen, a,
and Shearer to take the place. beside
other possibilities on the freshman team.
McCallie's eligibility is in doubt. and 1t
VIII take a faculty ruling TO determine It
will be a shame II Cornell is 20 be de-
prived OF the services Of her star half
back, who has Just begun TO play.
The coaching committee for next fall
has not yet been selected. twill consist
of the captain and two or three others.
Undergraduates earnestly hope that
SchoelikOpf and Beacham will be able to
return. and they would like to see Fen
nell, Starbuck, Halliday, Luederer, and
Young again on the job.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-16
ARG0NAUTS TO ENTER CREW.
Canadians Already Training Fights
for Olympic Regatta,

Toronto. Can, Dec I5.-Though the
snow is in the air and the harbor IS
frozen tight, the Argonaut Boat Club.
Canada's premier organization, is already
planning to send its crew 10 the Olympic
Games Regatta in England next summer.
1t Is not the policy Of the club to leave
a matter Of this sort until the last min
ute. and al plans Will be made before the
oarsmen are able 20 get on the water n
May or early in June.
The club is overrunning with sterling
oarsmen, ali Of whom have won national
honors- When the doughty little eight
returned from the national regatta IN
Philadelphia last August, eight entirely
new national senior champions were
added 10 the already long list in the club
They were al young and hitherto mex
peTienced Oarsmen. Some Of these men
showed such exceptional ability that they
will be taken abroad. The other places
will be filed by club veterans 10 steady
and strengthen the boat.
The probable lineup. with the weight
OF the men, is as follows: Robertson.
Is pounds; Gale, 16S; Thompson. I6l;
Boyd. 1G5; BalfOur. Isl; Davidson, l65;
Reddy, 16l; Taylor. stroke. 163. and
Rutland. the COXSWain, 10 pounds.
Boyd and Thompson are no strangers
on the English Thames. for they were
members Of the Argonaut outfit that
tried for the Grand Challenge Cup al
Henley last year.
The other six men are sweep pullers
tried AID true, for they were in the boat
which carried or the honors ar the ma
tional regatta at Philadelphia this year
and previously distinguished themselves
AT the Canadian meet.
The crew is coached by Joe Wright. and
will be worked regularly through the en-
tire winter on the rowing machines until
it is possible for the shell TO be launched
IN the spring.
The Argonauts will go 10 England 3
month ahead OF the regatta, which takes
place the last days Of July. and they in
tend TO have a good long spell OF prac-
tice on the Thames.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-16

fielders. Brown, Williams. Ferris, Wal
lace. Gardner. Clark. and Yeager; out
fielders. Stone. Hoffman. and Jones.
There are other players on the teams
roll. but the pick OF the club seems 20 be
represented in the above list. Four of
last years regulars. namely. Hemphill,
Glade. Niles, and Pickering. have been
passed along.
Tom Jones is marked for slaughter, and
O'COnnOrs II he is retained, will be car
ried as coach and scout for the club.
Dannie Hoffman and George Stone are
the only left-handed hitters among the
regulars. Last year McAleer had a
string Of left-handed batsmen.
Hemphill. Niles, and Pickering are port
side clubbers. The clubs impOtency
against sOuthpaws became a by-word up
and down the line. and all hands saved
these men for McAleer's marks. Man
ager McCloskey, Of the Cardinals, put
the Browns out Of business twice last
season with his great left-handed pitcher,
Eddie Karger.
The woefully poor showing of the
Browns against Karger and Lush, an
other left-hander. last fall, was the blow
that broke McAleer's heart.