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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20
THE ASSOCIATED
SANTA CLAUS
Rv CHARLES FREDERIC GILLIAN

n,rroce Of keeping even, it's a horse
If another color"
Eyes, and our most expensive 90 s
onto On to those who are better nAeu
| financially than ourselves anu WV
hovo the least need for them. why
inst last week one of my nieces' wiz
is in very moderate clrcuns'@noes'
ond If whom think good DEAL was
r,orriad and we sent her a piece VI
nloted silyerware that cost four aoi-
lars. At the same time we seh' mt's
noTorrest for her wedding present
~ class dish that cost SIS, and sne q
7 Sor recognize us if we met her on
the street" Wal,
s ~1,m glad you told me that, VIII:
i had a sort of a sneaking idea tnaI
: woo about the biggest fool IN Town
7, n that direction, but l guess you
n and YOUR family and and my tan, ,,',
e ND everybody else and his tamliy
aro all in the same boat. But wna'
4 a. ho dome? Can't we make deciar,
II otion of independence? My wite anu
II 7 make resolves every year, DuC VIZ
II ,,oan stretching the limit a LITTLE un
III M nv the time we get through I'M
n list we find we have sent more 'ii"i
III the preceding year. .,,.u.
IA arm with you on two things
III George; that is, that we ecol econ, Iso
ri 1000 IN our expenditures ana IND
III p %hat we do spend shall be in Wa
IHi ~ bring most enjoyment to ourselVe
I#ll ~, w Giving the most enjoyment 10 oVI
" ~ ~. Let's give, what we give ou
iSo our own families, to those WI
II need it. oxoct1v
81 don't think follow you exacty
.1vo11 take myself, for instanc
am very fortunate if l. get on wi
an hnndrod dollars. How much DO
C. eOc can't say definitely, but fully tn
muchI should judge .,,
"snnpose, then, we take our tamll
ito the scheme with us and agree
,n IND only $50 for ourselves. III
' S Te can spend $25 each for a ~
We, We of worthy poor families !"
o oUo unable to provide for themseiV
'" way o ont of the ordinary, yet too PROUD
ca po too much self-respect 10 az
d., l I%orocelves of the public charitles
49, dav In that way we would
uo sos ahead. and at the same time
4 i've w able s to furnish 10 or Is families
a no;,v a turkey and the other necesS"
amy ~ ~ f. for a good Christmas dinner
ct ,a IN some candies and toys LOT the
,,p If dren." .,,;4,
81. ..oo % Good for you. Will' that suits
tn ao" down to the ground, and l kno"
an eL wife will be right in for IL. >.
man I'm glad it strikes you so Ii
y, Who tho ably, George. But II It's q
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

~ ELLO, George, what's the ma'tet
A& with you?" asked VIII James ,4o
~ as George Johnson steppeu NV
his office in one of the sky-Sci"p0-0'
and sank YEARLY into chair 40
'Tm clear tagged out was sno
,enIy do you know, this CnriS'in"0
business is something awful?
James laughed. Are you nH
that out for the first time?"
mo, but it seems worse than us S,,'a
this time. 1t appears that my iUiAS '
have nearly every little tnlns o'
need, and, when find some paI'io ooDts
thing that strikes my fancy II 49, a.
so much, by the time l even up "A
around, can't afford it."
"Well, if misery loves com p,, !,
you'ye got plenty of it. We're al -, -
the same box. l confess 1t stralnS ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

thing for us two, why not push II
oIony a little? What's the matter
with getting four or FIVE or a nan al
ao.on Of the other boys interested:
"Nothing at all There's Scott and
corwin and Wilson and Thompson
and Smith, all of 'em good, "ho,e'
souled fellows, and all here IN 'ne
Tuilding, Suppose I 'phoned 'em to
come up, and we'll talk the m sa
over. They're all pretty well nxe 1e
too, and l believe will be glad u '"A>
hand o,
"1ust the thing, George. The soon
or we take hold and get 1t under way
the better"
Accordingly an urgent message Wa
+e,enhoned in a half jovial, hall lnys
terious way, to each one mentioned,
come to James Office at once on III
nortant business. All responae
promptly, undecided as to Whetner
meant a practical joke or business
pressing Importance.
Will called the meeting 70 oro'
in a very formal manner ana reaue'
ed George to state its purpose ~,
! Every one seemed to enter lnto u
cnirit of the object of the meeting,
u we'll as into the half 1o'lai' III
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

The two great political parties nave
named the date for holding t .1 ,,. roI
n nantions, when the fight for the p. presl,
s s,, ~ the United States will De
uen noy,oG down to two men, named by
a at frenzied mob of scramblers for prom M
a ,n \. All this, however, does not re- e.
, n,ore the fact that the farmer VINO IN
pIenty Of time sees to it that a., ne on nd.
t p,o" host seed he can get for his com
s ,ng O o has the man who neglects tl
i an This handicapped at the very start
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

rrorv time you go to the house ana
leave a plow sticking in the GROUND mo
ro,, ore playing into the hands OF the
.uu trust; every time you need
,assIv LET YOUR wagon get wet or leave
n out in the hot sun, you are dong
- tovor to the gang of fellows WAC
wont 10 "skin" you on another wagon
coneral,v the men who build the wag
ons ore honest, and you have no trou
bln IN getting a wagon that is bull
tor service, but they can't build ell
aosinst abuse, neither can they max
'em fool proof.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

OF course. there are fellows IN inc
17nior who came in for the profit
would he to them as individuals. Thas
10 sign that it is a good thing. Dld
Won over Sc an imitation Of Wortn'
less thing? You see plenty OF ilnII@
tions of all good things. That is PROOF
Of their value. So the imitation Union
man is seeking the benefits OF some ONE.
thing good. The organization does
NOT exist which has not some insincere
sConndrels in them, and it often nap.
mons that these same scoundrels GET
into ,mnortant positions. That is wha'
they are there for. Turn EN- ,n %o"a ;
when you find it out, but don .ii' ,h =
step to the tune of forward 70 'H'
goal"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

so that If takes all the pleasure away
from the giving, because ION of.
oense is really greater than eau
ford" ,,dr,t he
"That's it exactly. 1t Woalan n, W "
90 bad if the gifts were restricted .,r W
one's own family, but some i9 fanni,v
Or friend makes some OF the i",n -,
present and it has to be 9,4t mee ne IT.
kind. or with something a little ,s oe -,
ter, in order to relieve one :, 'T these
the sense of obligation. II ene a"
presents were all dictated by ane :,
lion, a fellow wouldn't object 10 , naA
ing considerable sacrifices, but wn ,s'
. large proportion are merely A0f 'A'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

All this tommyrot now going through
~, AZ nress against the parcels post syS-
t tnv p. wbich It is proposed to inaugu,
. Uoto IN this country, is instigated by
the National Retail Merchants S,,, nooO
citation, with headquarters in C ,la1,s.,
Every member Of that organ an%u m
which which has local in every town vi Oh IN
this country that is big enough to t,v sT.
its name on map of the country TWEEN.
It's It's F fset square, is against that meas l5
W Wy iV and he is that much against you
T Ta dom DON'T blame him for taking care r,
of his "goose," but we are sar% 9ot y,
blokies if we sit still ana l e'.tot v ~.
sail to tell our Congressman wlla' w ",
want, Write your member a ie''eF 'i''
no TT NOW.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

Don't YOU get the foolish idea lnIo
ro D head that you can control a cot,
ton on market so long as the banks .' own
tho tpa cotton you are playing win n.
~" is mighty little difference IN
mel cultures in the regular old
pi pay that has led to the destruction OF
" we msnv men, and in holding IN your
so mo-, q bunch of cotton that belongs
to some bank in the city-mign'S III
&Ia
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

near friends, what are you ooins :"
combat the implement trust during INC
c oor,,ns wear? If you have tools i'm q,
nIements and your wagons eIcT 90. GO.
r pnder a good shelter, and some vase .ss
UNI, uno'r r,, d on the bright parts of the
tool tools. and plenty Of paint on t TIE :, T 0Ou
work. you are in the battle but II y you
n nrs putting p up mighty mig ,yD SsHsH
for the D .rrst a Are you with US or
against against US. and against all ''
sense?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

Make up your minds right now oha a.
Won will give your boys chance 10 ~
i Sou q little corner of the place TO
themselves this year. Nothing else
will spread a boy out into a man more no :
Satisfactorily SIti than the ownership OF
na~t Of the earnings of the farm.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20
e,N-coMPREsslNG-


It is the desire OF e'eiy ~ +he gi7.
have his cotton co"lpI,'.' and aims Of
1t is one of the purposes "" advance.
the Farmers Union 10 ~" hon5Iing Of
ment and economy II ~, T,ho nne3.
the cotton croo eacn !t"', r,ost feast.
ton arises, "Whlch Is '"I ,;a l,.t ord ths
bic, the cheapest, ''e '''"'o taIo and
best method Of the S4'",s anmnross.
round bale systems Of -'' 30 zeal.
esq" And another question:, Wv, or,ses
~ the first for coh5.d'I"''o o't,d tbo
(which is the No1et NV ' 'on,,ros.
round bal" or square va. 1a,' ronnd bale
.'on2" Let Us conS'"er ''' ''''
proposition. ,.,, LIGHT
Dv u-ing N" I''".,. ''' , ...,1 obout
) cotton c.c.b cor"rlnS Is " ,..,, tbrea,.
4, IT, AMI sew"G WIN d -,,,risre,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

No. Bill, all of the members OF 'n0
Farmers Union are not loyal 10 'n0
hest interests of the Union anu IN
members. One of the twelve chosen
wo. NOT a Christian in any part OF MS
makeup. but when you ana - a,o
nlanted among the daisies, Chr'StlaI
i p,p viii have its happy followers anu
they will still constitute the ne Oe oorntrv
in al communities of this country
then as they do now.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

Don't set out for the purpose of re.
dncipg YOUR cotton acreage simply lot OF
tho sake of reduction, but reduce IL
IN account of the great NUMBER ~
otbar hetter things you are going 10
,Iant Get busy making 1908 the pest
year in your life.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

Won ought not let this summer pass
without doing something Tor 'ne oon
solidating of your neighboring schooLS
into a bigger and better school. II
taEes good roads to make the hrS'
stem Have you taken this step
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

Instead of letting your Wogah ole"N
down from exposure to the weather.
nut # into a good shed and put coa'
~ naint on it, and take the money you
e save and put some decent furniture
into your parlor for the girls 10 ENVY
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

We can't help feeling that It , Is "
solemn duty right now ana rI2Nt me-, -,
70 confde to you thai 1898 is gong TO
he a mighty good year for those WIZ WIZ
Miami neanuts, poultry and pigs all"
reap a crop of prosperity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20
-, parliamentary manner IN

FORMAL, parliamentary ni"nn .Lar
which It was conductetd' anu wy 3
were soon discussing the val NC
ee&ions offered with 'ne hoTo
and abandon of lou VI e0N0 nhil.
While there was no poSine oorIod
anthropists, there was "no'o 40
spirit Of consideration Si'o"n +bom
worthy unfortunate, IhaV 7"'o an 9TH.
a much deeper ln9'9" S.a 49,, tbom into
ers' characters anu ulI" 4hor wouId
closer bonds OF SElllp"'"'
year OF ordlhaI! lh'o 49, +bev had
1t was found uiaV ave +,a fund in
all pledged themSei''' ~, laid down.
accordance with lhe i"'t If or.
as to ability ana pe IS,'a womb be
binary expenditure ," nm and fifty
something over Nu''0
dollars ayalIao'e' 4bo carving
1t beng eSS }a. that their families
out Of their pan Una, n,ooting was
should be lnIereS, '',,o " evening at
called for a suoSe4u 1,',,...in at Which
all were representa-. ,,,.-o NJ
The ladies and oIheE NJ, n 49,, .,ova
the families entered lh'o 'n 's,u, than
ment with even more eh' !,'', ,ahnr WAS
the originators' heIo'o ~. tho list of
completed OF nl"N,"9 tho various
those 10 10 H De c %'TJi to each one
things to De con'1 ,.o"o raanired Nor,
several meetings were i'H"l'l ,,ti,,cs
c,;1ynput came from LLC0C hI>,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

The laws of the land and the law
makers themselves are matters WIN
which all of us should be concerheu.
some countries have had to get along
in spite of laws, instead Of through
tho laws Even in these, however, the
man who won out was generally one
who has kept his eye on his own gun
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20

Tot the lawyers and the job-holderS
build fine court houses while you !.
make some good roads to the railway
ctstion, One is for the use and com
fort of those for whom laws are
iUl' the other must be used gooa
or had, by the poor devil who oug 81 Il
VI look out for himself. Amt that the
truth?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-20
ou start to plant cotton next

When you start to plant cotton mex.
spripg, recall the fact that the worlu
has not half as much fruit, poultry
m naa and popcorn as it wants, while i
+ is tolerably we'll crowded aIreaus
with cotton. This is intended LOT peO'
We n who have at least half-sense.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-13
DAIRY LICENSE
TO BE INCREASED
Mayor Ward Has Asked That Market
Committee of City Council Be
Called Together.

Mayor Ward is in favor of doubling the
present license charged dairymen of the
city. To that end he yesterday dictated
a letter to Alderman John r. Copeland.
chairman of the market committee, sug-
costing that that committee be called to-
gether, and that this doubling of the IL
cense of the dairymen be considered
Mayor Ward, prior to the dictation Of
this letter, had information that tho
darymen were planning to bring suit
against the city for the recovery of licen-
SEES paid in 1905 In case this probable suit
went against city 1t would mean a neces-
sary refund of money amounting to $500.
1t seems that the dairynen object to the
basis of the license of 1905, which was
regulated according to the number of
COWS. 1t is contended that this was UNI
fair, inasmuch as some of the cows were
not giving milk and that the number of
a mans cows might vary during the
course of a year.
The present license charged dairymen is
SIS per year for each wagon, which Is
practically SIPS per month for each
wagon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-13
CONFER TO RETURN
TO CAPITAL TODAY
Has Finished Message to Legislature
and Inaugural Address and Is
In High Spirits.

Governor-elect B. B. Conner will return
to Montgomery today to be ready for the
Inauguration tomorrow at noon.
Mr. Conner appeared to be in fine spirits
last night. and chatted good naturally
with group of newspaper men, who had
assembled to wish him Godspeed and con-
graduate him on the prospects for fine
sailing. in the new administration.
He is jubilant over the satisfactory or
ganizatien of the legislature SO far as 1t
has been perfected, and seems confident
that the measures in which he has taken
such great interest and which have en-
gagged his earnest labors for several years
viii soon become laws, and he will be able
to soon. see some of the fruits of his eff
forts.
He has completed his inaugural address
to be delivered at noon tomorrow on the
occasion of his taking the oath of Of
fee, and has also completed the final draft
of the message to be delivered to the
legislature when 1t reassembles for bust
ness Tuesday at noon.
Some of the members of the Jefferson
county delegation will return to Mont
gomery tonight and others will go down
tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-13
MANY EAGER TO
OWN WATERWORKS
Friends of League In Going over Lists
of Applicants Find Many New
Names.

There was an informal meeting of the
friends of the Municipal Ownership league
yesterday afternoon in the Woodward
building
These gentlemen met to canvass the
names of the slgners of the membership
application blanks. 1t was found that
several hundred of the leading citizens
of Birmingham were heartily in favor of
the movement Additional applications
were made, and put in prominent places
throughout the city. Some Of the old APP
plications were covered entirely and some
names were scrubbed on the rear sheet.
1t was announced yesterday afternoon
after the meeting that the first meeting
of the league proper would be called one
day this week. At this meeting, perma-
nent organization will be made. and the
necessary officers and committees elected
and appointed
The purpose of the league, as Is gen.
orally known Is the working for the mu-
nicipal ownership of a water works plant
to be owned and operated by the city
government. There will be submitted to
popular vote on the occasion of the next
municipal election the question of the adj
visibility of issuing city bonds for the
purpose of acquiring and controlling
waterworks plant. The Municipal Owner
ship league will work to the end that
this matter may carry by big vote.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-13
NEGRO WHO SHOT
AT CAR is CAUGHT
Jim Mason Turned and Deliberately
Fired on Motorman and Conductor
at Osceoa Station.

The police department has excellent rea-
sons to believe that Jim Mason, the ne
gro who some months ago fired into q
Cato oytv car. seriously wounding j. G..
Gooch. a passenger, and Motorman Eli
sew. is under arrest in Bayou, Miss
A letter was received yesterday from
the marshal of that place sending de-
scription of the negro captured The de-
scription TALES with that of Mason Con-
siderable correspondence has been had
between the officials of the two cities,
and 1t is now strongly believed that the
negro is Mason. 1t is probable that a
policeman or a deputy sheriff will be dis
patched to Mississippi Monday.
1t seems that Mason, on the night of
the shooting was drinking heavily. He
dismounted from the car at Osceola sta
ton. and without warning, fired back
three times One of the bullets entered
the stomach of J. C. Gooch of Ensley.
and he has Just recovered after a serious
Illness OF several weeks. His life was
desuaired of. His other victim. Motorman
Ensey, who had charge of the car, passed
through the shooting with only broken
leg. The negro then escaped, and while
Officers street and Parker secured the
neiehborhood for miles around, no trace
of him was found until the recent COM
munication from Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-13
WOMAN CHARGED
WITH PERJURY
MRS. PARkELL SOUGHT PENSION,
CLAIMING TO BE WIDOW OF A
SOLDIER WHOM SHE HAD NOT
MARRIED.

After lodging the officials of the gov
eminent all over the country, Mrs. Kate
Parkell, now Harmon, was arrested yes
terday at the instance of Special Pension
Examiner w. r. King, and will be re-
moved to Kansas City, Kan, for trial on
charges of fling a false pension claim
and perjury.
It is alleged that Mrs. Parkell claimed
to be the widow of soldier in the civil
war, when, in fact, she had never been
married to him, or If married, she well
knew that the marriage was Illegal, as
the soldier had living wife at the time.
Several years after the soldiers death,
while living in Kansas City, she filed
a claim with the pension office, but in the
meantime married Mr.. Harmon some
where out west She has since attempted
to collect the pension from the period of
filing the claim to the date of re-marriage.
Two years ago, in the spring of 1904.
she came to Birmingham, and on detec-
ton, confessed to the perjury. but es-
capped. Yesterday Special Examiner King
located and had her arrested at Fairview
She was given temporary bond until an
order is received for removal to Kansas
City for trial.
The arrest will be held up as warn
Ing to the many petitioners for pensions
with whom the government is always
having trouble, and the department in
tends to search out vigilantly all Illegal
claims.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-13

All details of the arrangements for the
entertainment of delegates and visitors to
the meeting of the Southern Cotton asso-
citation, which will assemble In Birming-
ham next Thursday, have been completed.
All that is lacking is possibly a few
more lodging accommodations and Pres
ident Robert Jemison. Jr.. of the Com
mercial club and also chairman of the
accommodations committee, is confident
that a sufficient number of rooms will
be provided in ample time.
The organization of the detail machinery
for taking care of the people is ex-
cellent and it is claimed that the COM
mittee In charge of the work have ma
chinery enough in working order to take
care of 10000 people, If that many rooms
could be provided.
The question of feedin" the people
has caused but little worry as 1t is be-
lieved that the cafes and hotels of the
city will provide amply for the needs of
the people in this respect. There is hard
ly another city in the country that is
better supplied with eating aecommoda-
tons than Birmingham.
Need for More Rooms.
While the committee is receiving ready
responses from calls for rooms in pri-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-13
BIRMINGHAM READT
FOR THOUSANDS OF
COTTON DELEGATES
City of Gay COorS, Enthusiasm and Hospitality VIII Welcome
Hosts from All Sections of the South-Detafs of
Arrangements Are Practically Completed.

At the bureau of information the dele
gates will be assigned to their hotels or
lodging houses. All the rooms that are
placed at the disposal of the committee
will be listed at the information bureau
In grades according to price. The card
system will be used in listing the accom-
modations so that the delegates can be
readily assigned to such place as suits
him. These different grades will be In
charge of separate clerks to avoid con-
gestion and confusion, and that the bus
mess of assigning the delegates may be
dispatched with most ease.
viii Hold Registration Cards.
At the information bureau the delegates
will be supplied with registration cards
to be filled out ON the way to the con
ventfon hall at Third avenue and Seven
tenth street. These cards are to be filled
out with the name and address of the del
egates with other information necessary,
and when handed in at the registration
office at the convention hall. entities the
delegate to an official badge and folder
with a book of street car tickets. The
registration cards filled out by the dele
gates will be listed in alphabetical order
by states according to the card system.
In this way the name of any delegate