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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-08

and then finally pay off the bonds will hardly be
felt by the property owners of the Empire state owing
to their immense list Of taxable property.
Ohio, after 40 years of building roads by the old
plan of local taxation and bond issues in which the
farmer had to pay practically the whole bill, has
passed a state aid law which will enable it to build
three miles of improved roads where it has been build
ing one, without any increase whatever in taxation
upon farm property.
Virginia is the first southern state to join the
aid column for good roads Kentucky is alive to
the situation and is taking steps to change its const
tuition in order to be in position to spread the road tax
all the property in the state.
In certain parts of the country, notably in the Mis-
sisspp valley there is entire misconcepton as to
what the state aid plan Of road building means. Some
imagine the would take control Of the highways
build expensive roads and tax the people to pay for
Them others that it is scheme to force road building
against the wishes of the farmers. Nothing could be
farther from the truth. The state does not in any
manner, under state aid law, interfere with the alb
solute local control of the highways. The voters OF
every township decide whether any roads shall be i'm
proved what roads, to what extent, when it shall be
done, if all The state has absolutely voice in the
matter IT, however, the township, by majority VOTE
decides TO build road under the state aid plan, it
makes application to the state for that purpose; the
engineer thereupon visits the locality, goes over
the road proposed to be improved with the local author
ities and decides upon the character of the improve
ment best suited to the conditions He then prepares
plans and specifications and when these approved
by the highway commissioners other properly consti
tuted local authorities the contract let to the lowest
responsible bidder and the work is then done under the
supervision of the saNe engineer This nsures proper
construction and that means durability and low cost
to maintain the road afterward
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-08

Australia and New Zealand, countries newer than
own less populous, and with nothing like aggre-
gate wealth. The fact that the rest of the world has
good roads while we have bad ones is significant; it
shows that the plan have been pursuing has not
been successful. In three hundred years less than
eight per of the highways of our country have
been permanently improved and at the rate 60
ing It would require nearly four thousand years to
complete the job So roadbuilders the people of
the United States have been failure
This is all the more surprising when consider
that they conspCuously successful in every other
line of human endeavor Millions upon millions Of
dollars have been wasted in every state in the union
upon the public roads by illimed or misdrected ef
fort and with really very little to show for the ex-
penditure 1t is only within the last ten or fifteen
years that any real progress has been made along the
line of permanently improving the conditions
The trouble is we have been endeavorng to I'M
tange the snari by pulling the wrong string Without
any reason for doing the farmers of the country from
Maine to California from the very first assumed that
the country roads belonged to them and it their
business to improve them, and this msconceptiOn held
sway for nearly 800 years.
few years ago man in New Jersey made dis
covery 1t that the highways are public property
as much as the state house. This raised the ques-
ton: Why if the highways are public property should
not the public take of its own why should not the
state and all property therein contribute to building
the roads," Everybody is interested in them every
ditiOns; they benefited by good roads and injured
by bad The new thought spread throughout the
state and finally New Jersey led the way to better
ditioniSpy passing law by which the state should con-
tribute one-third the money required to improve the
roads Other states followed, increasing the proper
ton to one-half and in one case Massachusetts, to
three-fourths.
In many cases of the New England states farm
property is only very small portion of the total taxable
property in some not ten per cent and when the
cost Of load improvement distributed all prop
ertv Of the state the burden hardly felt, and yet
immense sums were raised for road purposes Best
Of ALL the roads built under proper supervision,
instead of leaving it the inexperienced hands of the
local path master.
Ten years ago New York state began in a small
way to aid and appropriated $4,000 to start the work
The plan grew in favor rapidly that within five years
the state by an overwhelming vote passed consttu-
tiona amendment providing for issue of $5OOOO00o
in bonds to help build the highways What record
In five years from fifty thousand to fifty millions The
tax necessary to pay the interest this enormous
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-08

Under state aid law not rod of road could be
built unless the residents Of township decided to do
So Not dollar of state money could be expended
unless the farmers who live in the rural township
voted for Improvements.
If it should be alleged that state aid was plan to
compel railroads, corporations merchants and manu-
factuers to help build the roads it would not be far
from the truth Under state aid the farmers control the
situation; if they decide to improve the roads the other
people are obliged to help pay the bill
In order to build roads cheapy they should be
built extensively. 1t costs great deal more proper
tionatey to build half mile of road than it does to
build ten half miles. No contractor cares for small
job but for large competition is keen. 1t takes
just much time and bother to get ready to build half
a mile of road as it does to build ten miles. BY build
ing in the larger quantities from 90 % per cent In
cost of construction be saved
AS roads properly built will last for great many
years they should be built school houses court
houses are built, viz: by bond ISSUE thus township
under state aid could build TO- Is or 20 miles of roads
in year. have the roads to USE and spread the pay
ment Of the say 10 or 20 years. If this is
the aid plan prevails, there will be very
little if any, increase in taxation.
Few people have any idea to what extent bad roads
interfere with travel and how they affect the business
Of the merchant in the country town. The Illinois
highway commission has gathered very valuable
data upon the effect of road and weather conditions
upC,l highway traffic Observations were made at 70
we'll distributed points in the state and actual
made by the vehicles passing upon different days
throughout each month Of the year, covering all kinds
of weather and road conditions.
The report shows that traffic over stone or gravel
roads fairly uniform throughout the year. while
upon the earth roads it subject the widest yara.
tons. The following figures significant and tell
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-08

of road building under state aid that contempates
expenditure Of the enormous of S0O,OO00Uo III
ten years--enOugh money to improve all the main
highways of the state, connect every community WIN
the market town and county seat and give COM
pee network of good roads from Galena to Cairo the
plan being that the state should pay onehaf the e1-
pcnse and the townships road districts the other
Ii S5O0O0O00 were expended in ten years, the
would required to raise s2 900 900 OF it. There
is in the state property to the total assessed valuation
of s1,25O00O00O. To raise $2500OO0 year, or s2s'
100000 in ten years, would require two mill tax up
this property; two-mill tax applied TO all inc
property of the state of Illinois at the present assessed
valuation and not taking into account the possible III
crease in value thereof would produce the sum re-
quired.
The records show that the taxing value OF an
100 farm in the belt of Illinois Is
little less than $4,000 actual value being approx
matey $4,000. twomil state tax on this farm as
sessed on the value of $4,000 would be exactly 81
year and no more, and in ten years the state H1
would be S40 which would be the FARMS proportion OF
the S25OOOO0O total Where this farm would pay S4o
one single corporation in the city OF Chicago would
have to pay $57OO0O another 100000 and the rail-
ways Of the state two millions of dollars Thus we
see by state levy of two mills for years onehat
OF the $50O00OOO is provided for The other half must
be raised by local taxation by a bond issue.
Let us assume that the township in which the farm
in question is located votes bonds the full constu'
can go and pays the highest interest that the law per-
mts it to pay The limit of the bond issue is five per
cent OF the assessed valuation the of bondp
resting upon the farm would be five per cent Of s2VOo
or exactly 500, payable onetenh each year with in
tereSt at five per cent The total interest this bonG
issue, far this farm is concerned, for the ten
years would be $3.50.
Thus, if We add the bonds ............ $4,000
Interest bonds. ................... 27.5O
And the state tax OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000
We have total tax the farm of. s167 50
which is exactly the amount of the tax that would be-
levied and collected upon this farm for both state aid
and to pay off the road bonds and interest This amount
Is about 1917 cents per per year and the total
charge against the farm for the whole years would
be sl.O5 per This amount of money paid by the
farm under the state aid plan would enable the state
to eXpend s5O000O0O upon it's highways and the ex.
penditure of that would add to the value of arm
property at least five and probably ten times as much
the respective farms would be taxed in order to pa
the bill.
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25

Read the new ads in this paper.
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25
General News.

Mr.. Bryan received a grand
ovation on the 18th in New York.
United States Senator Murphy
j. Foster was one of the speakers
ut the Calhoun Fair last week.
Lieutenant Governor Paul M.
Lambremon; is Acting Governor
during the absence of Governor
Sanders.
Governor ]. Y. Sanders has
gone to French Lick Springs,
Indiana, for a month, and will
make number of speeches for
Bryan and Kern.
u. S. Senator j. B. Forker. of
Ohio, has withdrawn from the
Taft presidential campaign on
account of his connection with
the Standard Oil Company.
Bets are freely offered that
Bryan and Chanler will carry
New York by a large majority.
Mr.. Chanler was nominated for
Governor by New York Demo-
cratic State Convention last week.
r G. Wickliffe, candidate for
Congress in the Sixth District,
had to cancel several engagements
in a joint debate with Congress
man Geo. X. Favrot, on account
of the death of his only son at
Louisville, KY, where his wife
was visiting.
Major j. Shaw Jones, of Qua
chita parish. in an address at the
Fair ut the Calhoun Experiment
Station last week took the ground
that truck farming in Louisiana
could not take the place of cotton
as q money crop. He insisted
that cotton would always be the
money crop, and that by raising
necessary feed stuffs at home, we
would find some way of combat
ting the boil weevIl. We had
mastered the army worm and
would the weevil.
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25
WINFIELD wINN PARISH LOUISIANA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2 1908
Opening Of the High School.

Early Monday morning the
streets were lined with bright and
happy children, eager to get to
school after having had long
vacation. The teachers had ali
arrived during last week and
were all at their post of duty,
smiling a welcome to their pupils.
Monday was devoted to locating
the children in their proper
classes.
A representative of The Senti.
mel visited the school Tuesday
morning and was met by DIR. w.
Z. Robinson, principal of the
school, who courteOusly received
us and conducted us through the
various rooms. Commencing at
the primary, the first room visited
was presided over by Miss Ella
Peters, who had 32 bright little
tots. The next primary room
was presided over by Miss Annie
Lee Nixon who had enrolled AZ
in her class. The first grade pre-
sided over by Miss Jennie May
jackson, with 25 in her class.
The second grade mas as their
teacher Miss Bette Huey, who
has 4S children in her room.
Miss Gertrude Milburn, one of
the new teaching force has charge
of the third grade with As in her
class. Miss Maud Howell, an
other accession to the faculty, is
directing the young ideas of the
fourth grade, numbering 80.
Miss Erin O'MalIey has her
hands full looking after So in the
fifth grade. Mr.. S. l.. Durham,
Il sub. for Mrs. w. G. Robinson,
has charge of the sixth grade
with 32 in attendance. Prof. j.
l.. Liggan, assistant principal.
looks after the seventh grade
with ~ i'm attendance. Prof. q.
A. Payne has charge of the eighth
grade with 80 In the class. The
ninth, tenth, and eleventh grades
have 2S stu1ents. Miss Bette
Nolan. Professor Liggan and
Doctor Robinson teach these
grades. Mrs. j. r. Gibbs, assist
ed by Miss Carrie Mccain, has
charge of the music classes.
There was an attendance, on
that date, of 4l0 with at least
200 more who will enter later.
Read the new ads in this paper.
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25
Hyde--HudSon

At the residence of the BRIDE
mother, Miss Grace Hudson was
married to Mr.. E. Q. Hyde of
Jena. on Tuesday, September %,
1908. Rev. A. S. j. Neal, the
pastor of the M. E.. Church
South. performed the ceremony.
The wedding was a quiet one,
only the families of the contract
ing parties and a few special
friends were present.
The bri,!e is one of Winnfield's 3
most charming young ladies aud
the groom is a prominent bus
lness man from our neighbOrine
town. being the cashier of the
Jena bank.
The Sentinel extends to the
young couple congratulations.
May life's rugged waves be made
smooth for their voyage of the
future.
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25
B. Y. p. U. Meeting.

The Baptist young people have
arranged the following program
for their meeting next Sunday,
September 81, at 4 p. m:
Scripture reading-Zechariah
IA: 12-2l.-Herbert Robinson.
The peculiar need of medical
missions.-Cas Moss.
Medica! missions in keeping
with the spirit of Jesus.-Miss
George Prothro.
Soio.-Miss Clara McGinty.
Our own work.-O. q. Payne.
The value of medical missions
to our own workers.-Miss Lola
Bozeman.
Mems work shirts 35c, c I'D
Soc. See our iine.-Rous Ike.
Store.
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25
Personal and Otherwise.

7. J. Drewett is headquarters
f,r Ajax hams and lard. 9-l8tf
Il has been deliyhtfUl cool this
9eek, Indicating that fail is near.
Every day is sale day with US
-Rouss Racket Store.
Superintendent Summons re
ports considerable pi iogress in the
Pace oil well this week.
Fresh grits and full head rice.
They are nice. Wood Grocer Co.
For cane mills and evaporation
pans see Peoples Hardware &
furniture Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Crane re-
turned Wednesday night from
their summer outing.
We guarantee our goods to be
1Iosh. Wood Grocer Co.
Americus shoes are the best by
Try a pair at Rouss Racket
~. H. III. Flanagan, who has
tooa confined to his room for
onDe time. WAS ON the street
}ssterday.
The Reuss Racket Store sells
evNything for less.
4f. N. e. Sewers of Hickory
tslIey was amolg the visitors TO
Hirn6eld during the past week.
a new line of ladies' skirts at
cnss Racket Stor-.
Vn account of the lateness in
lleh some of our advertisers
- IN their copy. we were
npelled to issue . supplement-
eleh contains our local pickups.
FRENCH OPERA COFFEE.
popular drink. Why? Try
ond zee. Wood Grocer Co.
Charley O'Neal of Eros was in
I1nlicid FIRST os the week look
: after business affairs.
1onss Racket Store will save
money on everything. Try
<operintendent Baldwin of the
otrsi OIL Company is making
= actory progress since the
oI0wout last week.
2 y0u want to save money!
y trade with Rouss Racket
=. where you can save It on
u article.
)olte's Excellence" Flour is
oa earth. Try one sack, and
4 use no other kind. Y0u
- it ut Wood Grocer Cos.
y. w. F. Cooper of the
les Hardware and Furniture
Pssny was 4 passenger on the
A
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25
w. M. MILAN & SON
New GPoc0rS

The undersigned desire to in
form the public that they will, on
the first of October, open a stock
of new and fresh groceries, both
fancy and staple. They want to
thank their friends for the
patronage given them in the past
and solicit their patronage in the
future. They are located on the
corner of Main and Front streets.
east of the Rock Island track.
w. M. MILAN & Son.
Phone No. 81. Free Delivery.
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25
In the Right Direction.

Mr.. 7. f. Wade of ward 9
was q business visitor to Winn-
field Monday. While here Mr..
Wade favored The Sentinel with
q call and informed US that he is
preparing to furnish the market
with fine Ribbon cane syrup this
fall. The syrup will be manu-
factured and canned by Mr..
Wade.
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25
S3S9S99SS9999 e <<<<SSSsSS<S
southbound Rock Island Satur.

south0Ound kOck Island Satur-
day afternoon.
For Studebaker wagons, all
sizes. aud extra parts go t. the
Peoples Hardware & Furniture
Company, Limited.
T. j. Drewett, the cash grocer.
will give you five per cent on all
cash purchases when presented IN
lots of $500. 9-lStf
w. w. Hall, of TannehilI. who
is looking after the building of u
home for his son. w. B. Hall.
assistant cashier of the Bank of
WINFIELD. made q flying trip to
TannehilI last Friday, returning
Saturday.
lIeinz Pickles and Catsup can
be had at I. j. Drewett's Cash
Store. 9-1etf
Mr.. Z S. Blackman of Monroe
has been in Winfield several days
this week. He came to attend the
Hyde-Hudson nuptials.
Buckwheat Pancakes and coun-
TRY honey arc fine. Try some
for breakfast. Wood Grocer Co.
has them.
w. A. Msshaw il attending the
Lincoln Parish Fair in Ruston
this week.
"Excellence" Flour gives uni
yersal satisfaction. Wood Grocer
Company.
Sewarsl's candies and fruits can
be hal at 4. j. Drewett's. 9-lStf
Mr.. J. M. Haggard, who had
the misfortune to have his foot
badly crushed by q I. & q. train
several weeks ago, is able TO be
out on q crutcher.
Go to T. j. Drewett's for fresh
mackereI. 9-lStf
We are in receipt Of a copy of
the ruIes aud course of study of
the Drummer Public School of
Texas. Mr.. Stephen d. Strong,
. native of Wlnn parish, is n
member of the Board Of Trustees.
The school has seven grades from
primary to high school and three
high school grades. German Is
the modern language other than
English taught.
Wood Grocer Company has just
received . car of Timothy hay.
They handle all kinds of feed
stuffs. Get their prices before
buging.
Woodman supper.
Cedar Camp. w. 0. w. will
give : supper Tuesday. Septem-
6sr g, for Woodmen and their
/ families. The members of the
\ ii a
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25
The Water Works.

The pipes for the mains of the
water works have arrived and are
being placed around the streets.
Workmen are excavating for the
reservoir and for the foundation
of the machinery which will be
put in place as fast as men and
money can do the work. Messrs.
Pace and Cooper are hustling
things so as TO have all the pipe
laid and connected up before cold
weather sets in.
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25

Protracted meeting services
will begin at the NJ. <. Church,
next Sunday and continue ten
days or two weeks. Rev. A. w.
Turner of Opelousas will assist
in the meeting. Two services
daily, at 3 p. M. and 7:30 pm.
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25

Call and see Mrs. S. A.
Hawkins for bargains in coat
suits and general up to date dress
making. Residing at the home
of Mrs. G. H. Weeks, Washing
ton street, one block northwest
of fremont & Gulf depot. 9-18-2t
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25
NUMBER "a
Mr.. Emmersoh Bentley Leaves.

The citizens of Winfield will
regret to learn that Mr.. Emmer-
son Bentley, who only came here
a few months ago, has already
gone. He was elected Secretary
of our Progressive League and
Immediately went to work with
the freight agents of the different
lines of railroads, and through
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and State Railroad Commits
sion, succeeded in adjusting our
freight rates in an amicable man.
ner with the different freight
agencies without having to resort
to hearing before either COM
mission. This action will save
to our business people many
thousands of dollars.
MIR. Bentley became a member
of the law firm of Wallace d
Bentley. the senior member being
Hon. w. M. Wallace, president
of theState Board of Equalization.
Mr.. Bentley had the sad mis-
fortune Of losing his wife, most
estimable lady, who died of
typhoid fever q month ago, leav-
ing him with two children, who
are now with Mr.. Bentley's
mother, Mrs. j. p. Bentley. at
Ruston. Mr.. Bentley. for the
present, will 60 to Shreveport
until he definitely natures his
future plans. Wherever he may
60 he will have the good will and
wishes of the citizens of Winn-
field for his welfare and success.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

one of the busiest men in England He is spoken of
marvel Of energy attends 10 the monarchs immense
correspondence and opens 500 letters day.
Nearly every day number OF letters reach the King
regarding ceremonies which he has been invited
in which given positive or tentative promises 10
fully looked after by Lord KnoIys. who that
monarch keeps them all He also looks after the Kings
annual subscriptions which. chiefly guineas s.
notes. into something like slOO0O a year.
Nearly all the letters received by the King are courte-
ousy acknowledged. this work being done by Lord
KnoIys, his two assistants, and a staff clerks Ar
all royal journeys worked out by this
busy 1t has been if KnoIys were
awakened in the middle Of the night and asked
the Kings engagements for a week or more ahead, lie
could rece the list beginning without hesi-
tation,
If there is buster is probably William Loeb,
jr secretary Roosevelt greatly have the
duties requirements position grown Of recent
years that Congress year increased the salary of the
occupant from $500 to $500
There are few positions in the government service
requiring such devotion duty personal sacrifice
The who thus stands between the Chief Executive
and the public claim few of the twenty-four
of the day his
AT times. especially during agitaons of big public
questions the White House mail includes from 500
letters day although during quieer seasons the number
is not large The secretary acquain HIM
self with the nature Of all these communications and
see that all the respectful duty answered
He must direct the work the White House staff:
must for big functions state. and
all must stand between the President and the public The
most successful private secretary the who
best how to handle men. matter what their station
their business al the White House When there are en-
barrassing episodes, when things go right the
Presidents prepared shoulder blame
without a murmur even though the trouble is by no
means any fault of his.
So it isn't looks to be the secretary 20
greatness, to the wife Of greatness.