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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-17
High Living In Ca'casieu.

Valentine Roger, prosperous ses-
t,er Of the Houston river country
was in this city recently. "ralk
about high living" said Mr.. Rover
"1 have had chicken almost three
times a day all this spring" Mr. NJ:
Rover stated that he had raised o~
chickens this year. besides all the
garden truck he needed Mr.. ho oye
&c not a farmer, but q timber con-
tractor. and what he raises he tena'
to when he is not at work at his rega u
lar occupation. If all the farmers II
the parish followed Mr.. Rogers OK
| annie, the talk of hard times wou'
soon die out.--L. c. American ffeSs
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-17
Rova, Arch Masons Install Candidates
and Enjoy a Banquet Monday
Evening.

The Royal Arch Masons OF inns Is
Mace, together with number OF tne't
visiting brothers, enjoyed a pleasant
evening here,s Monday, the OCCASION
being the initiation of a team OF can
aiaates into the order. Those VINO
took the degree we're W. S. streeter
1T Lake Arthur, and Messrs. o. "
Yautis and D. C. Bortorff OF this cisY'
Following the degeee work, the mem
hers went to the Imperial ho'el
where the hostess, Mrs. F. W. MOTT
son, had prepared banquet OF 'h'
lhest that the city affords mos
present from out of town. were w. .
streeter of Lake Arthur, }. A. NC
Corkle, J. o. Cornish, Wallace. ADAMS
DIR. A. C.. wilkins. Harry Holian
and John Metcalf Of jennings an
T. NJ. Booze of Roanoke.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-17
MORE BUILDINGS TO BE ERECTED.
Welsh Making Credible Showing III
RebuiIding.-TwO Bricks under
Construction.-Several others
to be Commenced Soon.

Work of rebuilding the town OF
Welsh is progressing in highly sat-
isfactory manner.
The building being erected for MI,
A. p. Hall by Mr.. Robinson, Is all
Int completed, work on it being oe'
laved at the present time on accoun'
Of the non.arrival of the steel ceiling
which was shipped from Evansville
Indiana, on the 25th of May ana
should have been here before now.
Mr., O, S. Carr, the contractor, VINO
is building the Southern Mercantile
Company's new building is making
rand progress with the work TINS
week, having the foundations all Ill.,
and will begin laying the walls by tne
D latter part OF the week. This Will DC
y the most modern, up-to-date ouilolns
:. in Welsh. of it's kind, so far, although
$ NO hear it rumored that still larger
n ond hotter buildings are to be erected
- soon. :, q
IS Mr., L. e, Robinson assured US IN d
recent interview, that at least hfee
and possibly four new ou.iu'nss
would soon be under process OF e'eo
OF ton. on the corner which ne recen'''
u.s. purchased, just across the ssree' itou
on the hank. He says that within thlrt
days he expects to begin the erection
Ir, Of a. 4oxll2 foot building on the COZ
ae- ner to be occupied by the sigma
gs, Clothing Store, as soon as comple'e'
ted Adjoining this on the SOUTH M n,
Anthony and Austin Hebert will ere
cas- q 4ox5o foot structure, to be occuple
ing nv their respective businesses VIM
Ind Row Barbee will follow with a ooA
as foot building, to be occupied by III
with his grocery business.
ant A fourth building in this block
sing beipg considered, but is not an
asE sured fact as yet.
inter- These three buildings, and
took fourth, If erected, will all be unoer
front The outer walls will be
enth pressedsbrick, with plate glass fro1
Eth It is also rumored that Mar
per BROTHERS expect to build on 10
present location within the year.
piece we ara not authorized by these gen
men to state this as a fact, altho'
|.oo the rumor is not denied.
$3.50 Aside from these buildings d
- m W. Armstrong is erecting Ia
;rtv. steel and iron building, east OF
,nnd machine shops, to be occupied oy
ord;. Layne & Bowler Co., as otnces
n the store rooms.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-17
ks In Business.

slender figure, a
bpearanCe, an alert
eful ease of move
|eauties and person
Ech women In bust
|tivate and preserve.
passport to success
+ a situation, while
with a clumsy fig
plexion, and slow
a much smaller
also the question Of
sons, as q rule, are
be common ailments
han those who are
move" and obesity,
L. brings others in
ness is often very
Fhen the plumpness
doubted fatness that
! alarm. Neglected
mean chronic obs.
3 come.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-17
Man Deals Us Our weekly
Shower.

Following the precedent OF the pas'
several weeks, the weather man gave
rs our regular weekly shower ias'
Friday morning, when a good rain
fell checking evaporation anu
freshening up growing crops. lheSe
weekly showers are making this one
~ tho hest seasons ever known Tor
highland crops, as we'll as greatly re-
dncioy the cost of producing the rice
crop.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-17
HIGHLAND CROPS ON MARSH LAND.
What Drainage Did for Notorious
Piece of Marsh Land, Which is
Now One of the Most Pro-
ductive Spots in the
South.

"This is a rice country, ana you
can't raise anything in it but rlce'
according to the pre.Adamite perloo
of agriculture in the rice belt.
A few years ago hunters used to
cross the Grand Marias, between Jen-
nings and Roanoke, on the heads OF
alligators. The Grand Marias was
the finest duck pond in Southwest
Louisiana. The only trouble was
YOU had to be long legged to wade IN
it at any point, and good swimmer
to get anywhere except around tne
edges, except when you could Jump
from alligator to alligator.
! The Wilkins company drained it a
few years ago and it is now one OF
the most productive pieces OF land 10
the south. 1t was once low marsn'
but perfect drainage has reclaimed H.
Not only does it grow the finest grades
OF rice, but upland crops flourish OF
! it, The following letter from A. Y
I Wilkins, secretary of the Wllkln
Farm Co., tells its own story:
: Jennings, La. June 4, 1910.
: Editor Signal:
y l wish to give you some results {
, experiments with high land crops
( which YOU can use in any way yo
< may see fit.
= The first week in June OF last yea
y we planted on sod, eleven and on
> half acres OF our land near Jennlng
p to COW peas. The peas were pian'
+ with an ordinary rice drill.
< The first part OF October the pc
X were moved with an ordinary mowl
y machine, and cured in the sun, a
g Wa hailed $50 bales OF as fine hay
@ we ever fed.
e The first week in November we pla
x ed this piece of land to OATS US
x the same drill. The oats were PIT
y ured by milk stock during the wiz
O. and about the first of March the St
@ were taken Oft.
X These oats were cut on the sixtee
* day of May and threshed on the
x and made yield OF 10 bushels
x acre.
9 The gross receipts from this p
@ Of land are about as follows:
e $50 bales hay "a 75c per bale 'Sls
X $40 blu. oats "a 65c.per bu..... o.
CD Total. ........!. ~
Il This shows q gross yield OF s
x two dollars per acre, and as the
x was plowed only once and the
nary attention and expense gwen
y work, think it is self eVloen'
SO there is profit IN other lines DC
1850 rice. Yours "u''a
The Wilkins co
~, By A. C. wilkins,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-17
b NTINUED

W your ironing
re these hot days,
Pn Imperial Self
For sale by
e Hardware Co.
e home in Welsh,
taken within the
Inquire of or adj
Bowen, Welsh, La.
]. C. Kiplinger,
large portion Of
E, as the genial
IS of the S. P.
heir location this
the future, be at
5 Hattie Daniels
heir son, Austin.
ID. While they
to conduct as
8 heretofore, there
place at Grand
or the hungry.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-17
awaaf Revenge.

Some day a philanthropie ricn . msn
will get revenge by leaving n's .Oa.t tho
70 the lawyers. SO his kin can nave sI >.
s - Of watching them waste ~
n sehting among themselves. AtcA''
con Globe.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
MURDER ENDS QUARREL
Abraham Roth, n Tailor, Slabs wife In
Presence OF His Five Children.

Abraham Roth, a Tailor, Slabs Wife In
Presence Of His Five Children.
New York, July 2s.-In the presence
of his five little children, Abraham
Roth, a Rivington Street tailor, after
quarreling with his wife, Bertha
plunged bread knife into her neck
to-day and then slashed his owp
throat The woman, her jugular vein
pierced by the thrust, fed with a
Shrek to the fire escape and pitched
headlong through the opening to the
landing below. Picked up uncoh,
scious and taken to hospital. she died
there half an hour later Roth was
found lying unconscious on the floor OF
the living room In his apartment, and
was taken to the same hospital. where
his condition was said to be critical.
Roth had not worked steadily lately.
1T was said. The children Of the cou-
pie and their parents had spent the
greater portion of the night in car
rying on the quarrel which eliminated
In to.day's tragedy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29

Bassler, Phi. D., curator of the division
of lnvertebrate paleontology OF the
United States National Museum. and
published by State Geologist Thomas
L. Watson, of the University of Vir-
GINA. The publication contains an
chapter on the materials
and manufacture of hydraulic cement,
by Edwin C. Echel. c. E., formerly as
sistant geologist with the United States
Geological Survey.
The great wealth stored away In
Virginia limestone. as applied to the
manufacture of cement, is striklnsly
told in the volume, which goes in for
technical descriptions at great length.
Among the topics treated are: THE
General Geological Topography OF
Western Virginia" THE Portland 'Ce-
ment Materials of Western Virginia"
"The General Geology OF Northwestern
Virginia." Geology and Cement Ma
terials of Individual counties and
"Cambrian and Ordevician Strata In
Central and Western Virginia"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
HAD SCRATCHED
FOR % YEARS
Till 1t Got to be Second Nature
Suffering Endless and Without
ReIief-Cuticura Made Skin
as Clear as a Babys.

"If I had known OF the Cuticura
Remedies fifty wears ago it would have
saved me two hundred dollars and an
immense amount Of suffering My. dis
ease (psoriass) commenced on my mead
in spot not larger than cent; IT
spread rapidly over my BODY ana got
under my nails. The scales would crop
off Of me all the tine ana sa, ny sInsIrlng
sand dollars would not tempt me to have
this disease over again. | am o poor
man but feel rloh to be free Of what
some Of the doctors called leprosy, some
rineworm, psoriasis, etc. took
and ----- sarsaparlllas over q year apd
q half but got no cure. l cannot praise
the Cutioura Remedies too much. They
made my skin as clear and free from
scales as q baby's. All used OF them
hoses sc" Of Cutioura Ointment and three
bottles of Cuticura Resolvent. If you
had been there and said you would have
cured me for two hundred dollars, you
would have had the money. I was
covered with the scales but by using
Cuticura was soon as clear as any per-
son eyer was. This was over twenty-five
years ago and for q long time, through
force Of habit, used to rub my hands
over my arms and logs to scratch, but
to no, purpose ~, was well. 7 had
scratched twenty-elght years and u
me, Dennis Downing, Waterbury, VT,
November 81, 1909,
Cutlcura Ia the most economical trcatnlea. for
a1ectons OF the skin and scalp. A cake OF Culoura
hoap and boz Of CutIeuts Ointment ays pilsl,
sumcleat SOLO thn9uxhaNt the world. Potter pruS
q Chem, Corp. Sole Props. Boston. sz-Mausd tsee,
sa-psrs 0uti0uFa p90k, an Authority eA'shs Rsta
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
TOOK LONG TRIP
Bnusimnn Boys Travel by Canoe Al
most to st. Louis,


HnuGhmnn Boys Travel by Canoe Al-
most to St. Louis.
Two Richmond boys have Just COM
pleted an adventurous canoe trip from
Charlottesville to st. Louis, a distance
of more than 1000 miles. They are
William H. and Nelson Baughman. sons
of p. A. Baughman. Others who made
the trip were F'ayette C. Ewing. OF
Kirkwood. suburb OF st. Louis; Whar-
ton p, Weems, Of Houston, Texas, and
Thomas B. Aerrick, Of Glendower. Va.
All OF the young men We're students
during the past year at the University
of Virginia.
The party LETT Charlottesville June
20, taking the waters Of the New River,
treacherous and dangerous stream,
The young men had many exciting ex-
periences. including shooting the rap-
Ids In New River, In which their lives
We're frequently imperiled. Upon
reaching Cairo. Ill. after having trav-
eled l,0so miles. the party found that
owing to heavy rain, to complete the
trip by canoe would be impractica BILE
and packet was taken tor St. Louis
Inc young men We're, on the water
twenty-five days, covering in all, In
Guiding the packet trip, 1915 miles OF
winch l,l25 was made In canoes. The
rivers they Travelled on are New. Ka-
nawha, Ohio, Mississippi and Meramec
the States they passed were Virginia
West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky. Indiana
Illinois and Missouri,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
REUNION OF PREsBYTERIANs
More Than Eight Thousand Hold heet-
ing Mt Fen Mar Park.


Ing at Zen Mar Park.
Hagerstown, Nd, July 2s.-More tnaa
s. 0oO Presbyterians from Maryland anu
the adjoining States and the Dlstrlos u
columbia gathered to-day at zen 'lai
park to participate in the annual re-
union Of the members of this denomlna-
ton in this section. Following lhe
rain and wind storm OF yesteroas'
the weather conditions on the nloun-
tain to-day were delightful. ADAMS
much to the pleasure of the VISITORS.
Special trains were run over .ne
steam roads, and IN addition there We're
many extra cars on the electric INES
from Hagerstown, Waynesboro, Green
Castle and Champershurg.
At business session 1t was decloeo
ia hold the next reunion at Fen MAI
the fourth Thursday in July, lsl1.
relieving a sacred concert by the zen
Mar orchestra, the reunion exercises
,proper were held this afternoon. the
address of the afternoon was BY Kew.
a. w. Palsy, D. D., of New york, sec
rotary of the Board OF Foreign MIS-
sions OF the Presbyterian Church. re
spoke of the work of foreign mission
aries In the last century, Rev. Thomas
& Ferguson, Of Mechanicsburg. Pa
d delivered the invocation; Rev. John
Allen Blair, Of Chamoersburg, pro-
nounced the benediction, and Rev. =.
A. White, OF Gerardstown. w. Va. OF
fered prayer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
IN SESSION Ar pALMYR..
Annual Meeting of Charlottesville Dis
trict NJ. II, Conference.

rspecinl to The Times Dispatch.l
Charlottesville, Va, July 2S.--The
annual session of the Charlottesville
District Conference, M. u. Church.
South, assembled this morning at
Palmyra, Fluvanna county. with the
Rev NJ S. Colonna, presiding elder, In
the chair. Leaders from 100 churches
in the district were present. Among
the counties in the district are: Abe
marie, Nelson. Fluvanna, Amherst,
Orange. Culpeper, Goochland, Madi-
son. Greene, Rappahannock and Han
over The Rev. Gilby c. Kelly, p. d.,
pastor of the First Methodist Church
of this city, preached the conference
sermon, his subject being Missions
At the morning session T. s. South
gate, of Norfolk, the lay leader or the
Virginia Methodist Conference, spoke
on "The Laymen's Opportunity" c.
q. Hounshej, of Korea. spoke on The
Effect of the Laymens Movement"
Other speakers were DR.. Bruce f.
Payne, Of the University of Virginia,
and James D. Via, of the First Meth
odist Church. of Charlottesville.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
Suiting, in all the best colors, As
inches wide, regular price or
60c per yard; sale price. JJc
POSTMASTERS TO
MEET IN RICHMOND.
Virginia Convention Adjourns
After Session at Rockbridge
Alum.
Especial to The mes-pispatch1

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
Lexington, Va, July 2s.-The Vir-
GINA Postmasters' Convention at
Rockbridge Alum Springs adjourned
to-day. to meet next year in Rich
mond. Resolutions commencing Past
master General Hitchcock for a. wise
and economic administration were
adopted. A smoker was given to.
night by the Springs management in
honor of the postmasters and their
friends.
Roy G. Cabell, United States Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, Wash
ington, d, c.. addressed the conven-
ton. his subject being Improvement
of Postal Service Postmaster S.
Brown Allen, of Stanton, spoke on
Incorporation OF Postmasters and
Employees" More Efficiency in the
Association and Interest on Part of
Postmasters" was the subject of an
address by s. 3. Carney, Of Norfolk.
w. r. Spiilman, superintendent OF
rural delivery and star routes. took for
his subject, More Effective Service"
Edgar Allan. of Richmond, on POST
age Stamp as a Means of Exchanges"
objected to the use of postage stamps
as money.
oficcrs elected were as follows:
Edgar Allan. president: S. Brown ALI
len, c. P. Nair, Clifton Forge; John
NJ. Griffin. Fredericksburg; e. n. G.
ouimby, Suffolk, vice-presidents; c. a.
Mckinney, Cape Charles, secretary and
treasurer. The executive committee
Is as follows: S. B. Carney, Mcclung
Patton, Lexington; j. B. Kimberly.
Fortress Monroe; II. s. Butt. Ports
mouth. and W. P. Humbert, Char
lotfesyille
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
cLoTHEsPIN ON NOSE
Food Inspector Had No Faith

Cautious Food Inspector Had NO Faith
In Canned Egg LuhsAs.
Pittsburg, Pa. July aS,--A Fedora!
food inspector armed with legal papers
and clothespin clapped over his nose
yesterday seized 125 cans Of Nebraska
eggs which were marked canned FAM
cy mixed and frozen" and yet guar
anteed pure and fresh" An analysis
by chemists of the Department. of Ag-
riculture in Washington Is declared to
have disclosed about 2,156.0oo.oo0 bac-
terra in single ounce OF the canned
product, lSO.000,0oO of which We're or
gas-produc!ng species.
United States District Attorney John
H. Jordan declares that within two
months 10000 pounds OF Nebraska eggs
have been brought to Pittsburg. The
shippers are alleged to be the Fair
mont Creamery Company OF Omaha. !.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
MINERAL WEALTH
|NMANY COUNTIES.
Assessment Largely Increased
Through Efforts OF spe-
cial Agent.
CEMENT RESOURCES LARGE
Book Issued on subject-captain
johnson Member OF
Court.
CEMENT RESOURCES LARGE

More than eighty of the counties of
the State will, beginning this year.
pay taxes on their mineral wealth. as
compared with thirty-slx for last
year. This is the result of the work
of James A. Stone. of Bristol. the
State Assessor of Mineral Lands.
This, of course, means large adj
ditional income for the state and for
the counties Mr.. stone has been In
office only since March, but has al
ready covered nearly the entire state.
He prepared an itinerary. covering
every point which he desired to reach
and to this he has adhered, reaching
an almost unbelievably large territory.
The work Of assessing the mineral
lands WAS given into the especial pro-
vince of Judge William r. Rhea by his
associates on the State Corporation
Commission. He found that in only
twenty-four counties was such prop
critics assessed for taxation. Under
the system which he devised. which
was necessarily incomplete because of
the lack of a field agent to examine
conditions and to confer with the as
SCISSORS, this total was run up to thir-
ty-six
During the sessions Of the Senate
Finance Committee last December
Judge Rhea appeared before IT. and
advocated an appropriation to allow
of the employment of special as
SCISSOR. whose duties 1t should be tc
discover and secure the listing of min
eral lands. The Legislature agreed tc
this proposition.
Mr.. Stone has been in the vicinits
Of Richmond for the past few days
looking after lands In this section
His work is not yet complete. and ar
analysis of the results achieved are
OF course, as yet not available,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
GOOD ROADS PICNIC.
Question of Bonds for orange County
VIII Ee Considered.

Especial to The Times Dispatchl
Fredericksburg, Va, July 2S.-At a
to determine what roads can be built
of macadan and permanently improved
in Taylor District, 1t was determined
to hold a good roads picnic at Union
VILE on Thursday. August %, and
among the speakers will be State Sem
ator Charles T. Lassiter and State
Highway Commissioner p. ST. Julien
Wilson. A State engineer will be
asked for to make the survey. and the
Board OF Supervisors of the county
will be asked for authority to request
the court to order an election to de-
termIne how many bonds shall be
Issued for the proposed improvements.
The following committees We're an
pointed: Everona District-R. O. Hal
sey Cory Waugh; Plank Road-Dr. W.
]. Crittendon, Jack Clarke, Hon. G, c.
Taliaferro: Pamunkey and Monroy!a-,
Bertel Voolfolk, DR.. Frazer, Munford
Johnson
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
IGNORES PLEA OF CHILD
August Donaldson Shoots WIFE, Prob.
ably Fatally, and Makes Escane.

August Donaldson Shoots Wife, Prob.
ably Fatally, and Makes Escape.
Ph!ledelphia, Pa. July 2s.--In the
presence of their seven-year- son.
August Donaldson, accordlne Ia ~"
police, shot and probably fatally
wounded his wife, Margaret, at their
home here early to-day, following a
quarrel. Donaldson escaped, but the
police expect to capture him soon.
The. child was the only witness to
the shooting, Havlng been awakened
by the quarrel OF the parents, the boy
told the police that he saw hls father
go to a bureau drawer and get q big
revolver, 20. papa, don't shoot mann
ma" the little fellow pleaded with his
father, but the angry parent did not
heed the child's pleadings, ana, ac-
cording to the police, shot his wife
1--WE times. The man Immediately dis,
appeared, and the child summoned
neighbours i