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The Detroit times., 1908-06-26
CONVICT SYSTEM A
DISGRACE TO STATE

TOCOA. Ca. June 26.-Hon. Fermor
Barrett. representative In the lower
house OF the General Assembly from
Stevens County. gave out statement
recently on the convict system OF
Georgia, In which he says the present
system is a disgrace TO the state and
would be shame to any civilized
country.
THE present legislature ought not
10 trife with this great question.
II ought TO be settled this summer"
He declared that the convict should
be punished In some way, but should
be humanely treated and reformed II
possible
The Detroit times., 1908-06-26
FIRST DRINK COST
YOUTH HIS LIFE

SCRANTON, Pa. June 26.-Because
he was coaxed into taking his first
drink. Joseph Promprenus. twenty-one
years old, OF ReeseIst.. this city, is
dead. Promprenus never took a drink
until he attended wedding few
nights ago. Some Of his countrymen
urged him TO have a drink, then
another and another.
When the celebration ended Prom.
prenus went home and retired. but
early the next morning he got very
sick and went TO his bedroom window
to get fresh air. lie tumbled out and
broke his back.
The Detroit times., 1908-06-26
MRS. FRANK G0ULU.
IS FRUSTRATED
NECESSARY TO CALL PHYSICIAN
COLLAPSE FOLLOWS PUB
LiciTY GIVEN SUIT.

NEW YORK. June 26.-Mrs. Frank
j. Gould. Frustrated by the publicity
given her suit for absolute divorce
against her husband, is so III at the
Tyler cottage. in Belle Haven. which
she has taken for the summer. that a
physician has been In ATTENDANCE
Mrs. Gould's condition became SO
bad yesterday afternoon" friend
said today. that we had 10 call n
physician who ordered her 10 remain
In bed until there is pronounced i'm
provement, as her nerves are COM
pletely racked.
We do not think II 10 serious. how
ever, a-ekpeet-s-few-d -of-rest
will restore her health"
The Detroit times., 1908-06-26
Marvin Harris Narrow Escape.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. June 26.-Mar-
vim Hart. the pugilist, had narrow
escape from drowning yesterday at a
fishing camp on Salt river. 20 miles
from here He attempted TO save a
comrade. Heeb. who in his struggles
pulled Hart under Hart had the
presence OF mind to uppercut his
friend as he came up. thereby saving
himself. Heeb was drowned.
The Detroit times., 1908-06-26

of Chas. Roe Com Co. $40. $50. $40;
do. 81. 60. So, doe S. 200, $3.50. Spicer.
Nom 4 b.. 2s7. 10. s6.l0. do. 26i. 100.
s605. Reason * Mayer. 50. l4O. $3.50,
do ESQ. 100 Sc
The Detroit times., 1908-06-26
Important Changes IN Time, Michigan
Central r. n.

Effective June 2sth, important
changes will be made in train service.
For full particulars consult ticket
agents
The Detroit times., 1908-06-26

pay $4,000 down II the suit we're dis
missed. The board expressed will.
ingness TO comply. and has drawn
resolutions accordingly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-12-18
Mass Meetings

Mass meetings for the purpose of
nominating candidates for road over
seer for the coming year will be ED
Saturday December 18th in the follow
ing places: District one at Welsh, in
the old Bell building, District two at
Kinder, District three at Fenton,
District four at Welsh, in the Bell
building, District five at Roanoke,
District six, at Welsh, in the Bell
building, District seven at Welsh in
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-12-18
Big Rice Sale Was Made in Houston
Saturday When IL 900 Bags
We're Sold.

Messrs. Henry Keith and W. b.
Dunlap returned from Houston yester-
day where on Saturday they made
one of the largest rice sales of the
year for the San Jacinto Rice and
Canal Company, whose large acreage
and canal are situated near Crosby.
The sale was made at Houston un-
der competitive bids, with the result
that II 900 bags were sold two-thirds
of which was bought by the Seaboard
rice mills of Galveston and the re-
mainder by the Texas mills at Hous-
ton. The rice was No. l Honduras,
of good grade and brought prices
ranging from So, Is to 1910 per bar
rel or an average price of $500 per
barrel. The sale was success both
from the interest taken and shown by
the large number of bids submitted
and the price which was satisfactory
to the company and good sale in
view of the present market conditions.
Beaumont Enterprise.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-12-18
Jennings To Have A 500, 100000
Gas Company.

The question as to whether or not
Jennings is to have a gas plant is
settled. The company is organized
and sufficient stock has been taken
and the organization OF the company
completed:
The capital stock is $l00,000,00 and
$4,000 has been subscribed and all
by the residents of the city.
The company proposes to pipe into
all houses within reasonable dis
lance of the mains without extra cost
to the consumer and the rate will be
S1.5 per thousand. The plant will
be first class in every particular with
a capacity large enough to supply a
city of ten thousand, so that the
future growth of the city will not
force the company to rebuild within
few years.-Jennings Herald
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-12-18
WELSH CITIZEN lNvENTs DEEP WELL PUMP
Tests and Complete Measurements Will
BE Made Saturday.

M. B. VanNess, our well known
machine shop man, proprietor of the
Welsh Machine Shops, has just per-
fected a new steel pit pump, which
promises to revolutionize deep we'll
pumping. The new pump is rim
discharge centrifugal pump, which
discharges the water through four
ports directly into the twenty-four inch
pit, which serves alike as pit and dis
charge pipe. Mr.. VanNess believes
that by lessening the number of elbows
through which the water must be
forced, the power necessary to produce
any given amount of water can be
correspondingly decreased. These
pits can be sunk TO any desired depth
and serve all the purposes that any
steel pit may serve, as we'll as furnish.
ing the most easy and natural escape
for the water. The journal aud bear
ings are contained within a water
tite casing, which excludes all sand
and grit from the bearings.
Mr.. VanNess installed one of these
pumps for W. B. Gabbert, on the
Scharff place, south of town, Monday,
and made preliminary test of it.
Although this was the first test
made, and it might have been expected
that there would have been some COR
rections to make, yet, so we'll had the
inventor calculated, that there was
not defect apparent. The pump
worked to perfection, delivering a
large volume of water, variously es-
timated at from 1900 to $500 gallons
per minute. Mr.. VanNess is now con-
structing a weh and will make COM
plete test of the we'll Saturday, the
10Th inst. A.eordial invitation is ex-
tended to ali parties interested in
pumps and wells, to be present and
see this pump work.
Mr.. VanNess is prepared to furnish
and install these pumps on short no.
tice and invites you to consult with
him if you are contemplating putting
in a pump this season.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-12-18

GROWTH OF RICE PLANTERS ASS0-
CITATION.
Many Local Association Formed, Mem.
bership Increasing Rapidly.
Much interest taken

The organization Of the louisa ma
Rice Planters Association, move
| ment which was started here several
weeks ago, is making rapid growth
through the Rice Belt. Enthusiastic
meetings have been held at Jennings,
Iowa, Crowley and this city, in which
many planters from a distance at
tended and took part. There are now
four organized lodges with a total
membership of over one hundred &C
tive members. There lis a determined
spirit on the part OF the members to
stand together for just prices and
there is little doubt but that the great
er part of the crop still in the planters
hands will be carried over to next
summer before it will be sold at the
sacrifice prices now being offered.
Below we give the Bylaws of the
Association as formally adopted at
the meeting held here two weeks ago.
"This organization shall be known
as the Louisiana Rice Growers Asso.
citation. Its objects and aims are de-
clared to be: To promote the interests
of the producers of rice, by securing
the cooperation of rice farmers in
the collection OF reliable data from
the farmers themselves, relative to the
acreage and production; to promote
united and intelligent action in mark
citing our crop; to encourage the COL
lection and distribution of any facts
of general interest and value to the
producers of rice; to do everything in
our power to maintain reasonable tar
if protection and to open new mark
cts; to discourage market manipula-
ton in the interest of SPECTATORS; to
help to place the rice market on a
stable and reasonable basis; to hold
frequent meetings for the interchange
of ideas; to cooperate with those en-
gagged in other branches of the rice in
dustry, who are in sympathy with
those objects.
"We further declare that our object
is to promote the general welfare OF
rice, not by opposing other branches
of the industry. but by giving our
countenance and support to every
thing, which will make for stability.
"The officers of this association
shall be president, vice-president
and secretary-treasurer. Addition
vice-presidents may be elected from
each parish.
Meetings shall be held on the call
of the president, at places designated
by him.
"Actiye membership in this asso'
citation shall be open only to persons
actually engaged in the growing Q
| rice"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-12-18
We can please you both
in quality and price.
Welsh Jewelry CO.
Supreme Court Holds That d. j. Reid
is Eligible To Hold Sheriff's
Office.

New Orleans, Dec. l4,-The supreme
court today rendered a decision in
the case of State ex rel Morris r.
Stewart VS., Sheriff D. j. Reid, giving
judgement in favor of the defend
ant. The judgement holds that Reid
is eligible to hold the Office of sheriff
and tax collector since the pay.
ment. of his obligations to
his bondsmen but does not pass
on the other questions at issue. The
decision was read by Chief Justice
Breaux, and was concurred in by
Justice Nichols, Provosty and Land.
Justice Monroe dissented. Lake
Charles Press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-12-18
Aged Gentleman Passed Away.

Mr.. Greenfield, of Wisconsin, who
has been visiting at the home of his
brother-in-law, w. G. Gregg of
Roanoke, for some time, died quite
suddenly Sunday afternoon. deceas-
ed was about sixty-fve years old.
Death was due to a paralvtic stroke
Interment was made in the Roanoke
cemetery Monday,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-12-18

Guilty Bros, the we'll known
veterinarians Of Lake Charles, will
be in Welsh every Saturday. ANY,
one having stock needing attention
may consult them at Dautels Barn
Examination free.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-12-18

the Bell building, District eight at
Thornwell, District nine at Thornwell.
Meetings to be called at two .. m.
BY order of F. A. Arceneaux police
juror of Ward Two.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-12-18

Our store is filled to the
brim with many nice
presents to suit all Xmas
shoppers.
Welsh Jewelry CO.
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
Maqic and Poison Rinqs.

The ring began when man thrust his nnger through hole in q pretty shell and later learned to make rings of jet The ring is very magical Lord Ruthven. who helped to kill Riceio. gave Queen Mary ring which was sosran against poison. and she gener- oIsty replied with the present Of her fathers wonderful jeweed dagger. of French work. no longer in existence Whether Rutbveu tooled with this magnificent weapon in the affair of Riccio or used cheaper article is un- certain Al all events. Mary based on the ring that was an antidote to pol son Il charge of soreery against Ruth ven The judges Of Jeanne d'Are re- garded with much suspicion her little ring of base metal. gift from her parents. inscribed with the sacred names Jesus Marie
 II was usual to touch the relics Of saints with rings. Jeanne q Arc said that her ring had touched the body of 1. Catherine. whether she meant of the actual saint OF relic of the saint brought from Sinia to fierheis The ring might contain a relic or later a miniature fear that 1 do not be lieye in the virtues or vices Of poison rings. Our ancestors practically knew no poison but arsenic. and Carthagin- Ian science can scarcely have enabled Hannibal to poison himself with drug contained under the stone of a ring Andrew Laug. .t.y-T. s'--
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
Aufxp nsiVe Baby.

The most expensive baby in the world k little Alexis, the three year old son and heir oi the tzar Nicholas. On the day Of his birth the Council of State conferred upoH him an appanage of E ,on, ,00o year on condition that with this sum "all running expenses ' must be paid until the boy reaches his 10th year. After that d further appfo- priation will be made
 \ considerable part of the money goes to pay for life insurance premiums.
 The Crown Prince of Russia is insur- ed fer V ,oo0, and pays higher pre- miams than any other person in the world, on account Of the many dan gers surrounding him.
 The sums expended for special detee- tiSes and secret police, in the interest of the Russian Crown Prince, are like wise very considerable, enough to keep hundred families, said an official connected with the Ministry of Fi- nance recently. IL is not fear that any body would be cruel enough to hurt the beautiful and lovable little child, but what the Czar, and especially the little bop's mother fear, is Kidnapping.
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
Our Debt to Chsmplsin.

We of the eastern United States. and above all. the dwellers in New Eng land. owe to Champlain more than most of us imagine Northern New York and New England were fields of his exploration. and il was he who charted the coasts Of the north Allan tie nearly to Connecticut. making sur veys that have not been greatly alter cd 10 this day Three hundred years ago. al the point of Quebec, then GOV cred with nu, trees, Samuel de Cham plain set his men to work to cut down these trees, saw boards. dis cellars and make dilehes to construct hab- ltation Before the coming of Cham- plain Canada had yielded to tue French vast quantities of furs and skius and had enriched many a trader. but 1t fe- mained for this great explorer to see in Canada something more than mere ground for the trapper and trader-a home for people. a serita hle new France. In the accounts of his voyages he described with enthusiasm the land. it's people. its animals. It's timber. its plants and its minerals. and on these products he based prophecies of a great future for this land.-torest and Stream
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
Byron D. Bugbee Corporation. I.
Watch our Show Windows.

lion of the popular choice, and had the strength of the popular sentiment been less evident they might have succeed 1 ed.
 State and local conventions have the 1 faults of the National gatherings, and in addition are commonly attended with more petty trickery and fraud. and sometimes are dominated by brute force. | Is Ill the ordinary nominating convention that the tricky manipalator and the unserupnious politician find the best opportunities for the play Of their peculiar faculties.
 II k because the modern nominating convention Is not deliberatise, and in loo many instances k not representa tive, that the direct primary movement k making such headway. {"
 The "Hartford tourant,u - thus adds It's testimony in favor of the direct pri- mary movement: @rhe growth of sen- timent in favor of the direct primary k noticed by the people in many parts of the State. It k the natural ouigiV. ing of disposition on the part of the voters 10 to their own business inste td of inlrusting il io delegates 10 perform. The primary impulse to the change in tbis conservative State is in the fact that the very voters who send delegates 10 do their work for them have no way of finding out whether the work was done as they wished, often as they spe- officially directed.
 The convention has lost public conti- dencc, and the chief reason for this is found in the persistent refusal nl those in charge to put into effect the simple rule of honesty which goes with the provision for rolLcall whenever small percentage of the delegates de manded. The two times when the pub. licity is absolutely demanded and k absolutely essential, are when the par. ty eaueuses are held for nomination. all the way down from United States ~enatofships to the County tenimis' sinnerships. So far il has been mpos sihle te gel this arrangement Into etleet al such votings, except last session, when the County Commissionership for Hartford county was decided hy roll-call vote in an open caueas--a pre-. cedent not to be forgotten.
 The movement toward the primary nominating scheme Is strong and grow ing The one way to hold il back, if that is desired by men of practical ex- perience In political affairs, is to intro duce publicity and confidence into ex- isting methods of choosing officials"
 We give the above as evidence that there Is \ widespread desire to have change In the method of selecting candidates for office, and therefore eve " intelligent person should understand the question and be ready 10 act when called upon, as he surely will he ere long, or there will be a revolt that will not he pleasant for those that hinder a public decision whether or no direct primaries should supersede delegated conventions.
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
tmaoinasion.

Just slap down a sketch of drunk en husband sitting in wretched hove. of home" requested the newspaper editor. hurrying into the apartment vf the lazy stafy cartoonist
 The artist carelessly complied and sprawled hack In his chair.
 Don't You think it would fill out better if you were 10 sketch in a ta- hle and an empty whisky bottleY" in aulred the editor. gazing at the bare figure
 ''oh. the readers will Imagine the booze part Of Il. all right
 Well how about adding broken hearted wife aud couple of ragged ehlidWny'
 "UnnsSessary The readers will readily imagine all that as part and pareel of snch ssene-
 Then. eiseulaird the editor. tear ing the sketch 10 bits. then the read CTS can imagine the drunken man. Washington Post
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
A Pet Toad.

Describing some of her pets in "Sab- urban Life" for September, writer says of pet toad: "often, after eating a good meal, he would climb into my lap, if ! was seated upon the floor, and cuddle down for nap, like well,fed kitten Although 50 very tame and even afectionate with me he was umid when strangers came near, and would then hide in my sleeve, in the folds of my dless-anywhere to get out of sight
 lie grew fat and plump, and, yes, ar istoeratic. He recognized his privi- leges, and defended them. Ii another toad ventured in sight, he would in- stantly chase IL away, then return and cuddle down near me in funny tri- umphant way. Like his human bro. thers, he wanted all the cream, and was not even willing 10 give away the skim -miikw
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
Have rssa,. Memory.

Some of the ablest scientists deny that brutes have reasoning faculties and yet they reason, Now We are told hy grat scientist that plants have memory.
 The first botanical President in forty years, of the British Association. Is Francis Darwin, son of the great hsr- win, and his olenlng address al The recent session of the Association in Dublin, was sensational. In il Mir. Darwin advanced proof to show that plants have memory, can develop halo it's. and behave differently according to N hat We may call their mood. He weat so far, ia fact, ss tc argue that
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
A Friendship That Has Endursa

The Hon. Charlotte knollys. Wh down in the British court director \ lady of the bedchambera to Qa7 Alexandra, is really a great dea a than that. For forty years she
 9een the queens constant eompaass and the amiab ble Danish wemsa | become so attached to Miss kaag that she regards her as sister oa| side of the queens Immediate nj. tives Miss knollys is the ony psrs who is permitted to call her majes| by her Christian name. Many ez1 ago the Hon. Charlotte was wocd < prominent nohleuan and his ~ was returned. bet the lady made { her mind that the queen needed and decided to remain a spinster AsiI andra always speaks of her tnd as "our deaf Charlotte
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
An Enterprisin9 Press Agent.

CT tna tao os t..eee American vol en who have succeeded as agents perhaps tae most co'lsPi'ass is Mrs. Nellie Cranlal sanford legan her literary caeeer al tae If sixteen. heip.as 9at af;eF @s hours and oa SItaElI ia the 90 ly editors room of q kaHsas tll' per Her Gast DIS Ross Tas for a s.iaier eiessS. ani aaaA nest telling eHert Vas Tor bel1 Il loo6. Ms Sa6arl is hest sai with her thiFtv d eng ;saa'ea1 lie Young Mems lirisilaa 'ss'a B Il campaign D raise SsA rect Hew builiIes Ai 'ae .he allotted period S2f3.e3J h.a subscribed.
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
Literary Notes.

The East Side of New York with all its poverty and suffering, possesses & remarkable intellectual ife,say> Mabel Agnes Iorenx in the October Smart>et. In the cafes and tea-rooms Of this sec ton may be found the exiled brain and spirit of the whole Slav world, iniiaen- eing silently but effectively tremen- dous changes in the political life of southern Europe. In Where Exiled Russia Eats Miss Isorenr draws an attractive picture of a phase of life in the metropolis known 10 but few out side of it's little parlieus.
 That the grsfter exists not alone in business and political circles but in an even more malignant form in social lie is the theme of Lillian Belt, who writes of ssrhe Social Grafter' as one who manages to get the bulk of his living out of his friends Fiction and choiee verse, all very eapably collected and balanced 10 make "the magazine ef esevernessn claim that falls in ne way short of realization. The Smart Set Is smart from cover te cover
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25

responds very nearly to the nervous system Of animals "We must be- iieve, said Mr Darwin, in conclusion, "that i'll plants there exists faint copy of what We call consciousness in our selves. The average iayman and theo- logian will leave the scientists to fight out this battle of the possible identity of plant life and animal life undistur- bed as 10 the outcome.
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
A Woman Real Estate ana "
 sarance agent.

Women are so rap.dly ;issaa- .upttioas that have always - ,ardad as tie exclusive pFAE.s he other sex that their latter v ivities have eease,. to pFovoAs nent. Eor that reason II hsea = .onish an body tl.at one :" '1 vide awake and enterprisihs 'ea. ,fices at tl,e national eapi'al aucted by q modest young s Miss Grace NJ. Thomas, whe cellent example Of the mcun. aess girl. quiet and digninea ner and gifted with a enaiu eonality. Miss Thomas ous'ns ods and keen intuition have admirably. and she has pun. v ,s tablishment which is c elf and to Washington ,.per,
 MARCIA WILLIS
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
Most charn7ies Tsiass In Jsps.I

All travellers agree that tSe E most beautiful things in the resJn the mikado are the ciIildrea sng flowers. A woman who has viss Japan repeatedly and has q4
 months in travel about the empire A clares that the babies do not cry Fm their earliest days Japanese chga. are taught to be happy and smIs and everything disa agraeable b out of their sight as much as possII Even the poorest Japanese peass surrounds his habitatioa with Howsy and his children are enveleped at $ stages of their growth by mas color and fragrance. The effect k K most magical on the developing essI acter of the young.
Putnam patriot., 1908-09-25
Sharpenlna a Pocketknife.

Cutters have certain rules for sharp ening razors pocketknives. etc. "A razor" said one of the craft. must be laid hat on the hone. because it is hollow ground and requires fine edge. But a poeketknife requires Il stiff edge, and the moment you lay it fat on stone so as 10 touch the pol ishcd side. you injure the edge. It must be held at all angle of twenty to twenty-five degrees aud have an edge similar to cliis.l''