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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-30
The Road Amendm ent

Homer Guardian Journal: At the
November election the voters of the
state will be called on to vote con-
stitutional amendment to levy tax
of one-fourth of mill, to construct
and maintain the public roads and
highways, under the act recently
passed by the general assembly. The
acts of the last legislature have not
been issued yet and we are not entire
ly familiar with the provisions of the
law, but we understand the construc-
ton of the roads and highways of the
state, are to be under the supervision
of II board of engineers, appointed by
the governor, and it is left with the
board to decide where the roads are
to be located. The tax, as provided
in the amendment to be voted Oh, is
to constitute permanent road fund
to bear the expenses of constructing
the roads. One of the chief objec-
tions to this tax is that it is taken out
of the parish and used wherever the
engineers determine, and no parish
will get the benefit of the tax or fund
thus raised, unless the citizens raise q
given amount to be agreed upon by
the engineers, which, added to the tax,
will be used to construct a road To-
Gated by this board. The theory is to
connect the courthouse towns OF the
various parishes, with graded, mod
ell highway, but each parish, as above
stated, must raise an amount in ad-
dition 10 the One-quarter mill tax,
which is to be agreed upon by the en-.
gineers, who are also to locate this
road. The plan seems impractical to
US. 1t is to build only one highway
through each parish, which, no doubt,
will cost the PARISH much more than
the present cost of road construction.
We have always been an advocate
of good roads. They are one of the
most valuable assets the people pos.
sess, and bring greater returns on the
amount invested. We are glad, too,
that we can put just tribute and de.
serving compliment to our police jury
for the present system of roads in this
parish. 1t is not claimed for them
that they are model highways, but we
now have the best roads OF any other
parish of North Louisiana, consider
ing them as whole. And, too, at a
very moderate cost. We feel justified
in saving that not ten per cent of the
people oppose the present system and
are willing to return to the former
methods.
In our judgment, the new law would
cause us to do away with the present
system and would cost great deal
more than it is now costing, and we
would have no roads. The people
would not be willing to pay the tax,
under the constitutional amendment
and raise the extra amount too, in or.
der to get the benefit of the tax. II
does not SAVIOR much of home rule and
self government, to permit an alien to
say where our roads shall run.
Then, too, it would necessarily be.
come political machine, it matters
not who the governor might be, OF
how honest his motives. 1t is q nam.
moth affair entrusted to board Of
engineers and employees with large
salaries, and with our present inform.
alton, the road amendment should be
voted down.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-30
Miss Lalah Pattersor D..

Miss LeIah Patterson eu,s..
number Of friends "a, l,s
country home of her parents !"
Mrs. George w. Patterso, ~
day evening. The evening w..
in the ENJOYMENT Of games, pu,.
refreshments as we'll as so,,''
Those present were Misses r,.%
horn Shirley Davidson, l,sss |
Ter. Lois Hardage, Ella D.
Messrs. Clarence shipley. c,,'ss n.y.
tin, Samuel Sears, Mr.. Ho,N
Mr.. Harris, and Mr.. and M. ~ y
Davidson, Mr.. and Mrs, Y n =
and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry p.s' y
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-30
DITIONS, TO-WIT:

ON Tile FOLLOWING TERMS AND ICON
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-30
SHERIFF'S SALE
Fifteenth judicial District Court
State of Louisiana.
Parish of CalcaSieu,

JOHN r. JARRET VS.. NO. s54o
GULF RICE MILLING CO., LID
By virtue of commission issued
and to me directed, by the honorable
court aforesaid, and the written au'
thorization of LEE E. ROBINSON
the receiver of defendant corporation,
I will offer for sale, at public auction
to the last and highest bidder, with
the benefit of appraisement, at the
court house door Of this parish, IN the
city of Lake Charles, parish or Calca'
sieu, 90 Saturday, October 18th. $780,
between legal hours, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:--
A parcel of land, being trscsionsi
part of the Southeast Quarter OF Sec
ton Thirty, (3O Township Nine South
Range Four (4) West Louisiana Mer'
idian, lying south of the Louislans'
Western Railroad Company's right OF
way, and commencing at 8 point ON
feet west of the intersection OF SAID
right of way, with section line between
sections Twenty-Five 10y and thirty
(3O), of said Township and Range;
thence west, along the south side o.
right of way 500 feet; thence south
2S9 feet, to the north boundary line OF
South Street, as extended; thence east
along the north boundary line o.
South Street, as extended, 800 feet
thence north 299 feet, to the point o.
beginning, together with Rice Mill
Rice Mill Warehouses, Rice Mill Ma
chinery, Ice Factory Building, and al
other improvements thereon or there
to belonging, exclusive of ice factory
machinery and ice factory supplies
ice factory machinery and supplies Sc
up and in ice factory building.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-30
FARM LANDS.

The west half of the southeast quart
er Section Twenty-seven, j. ing south
of the Louisiana Western Railroad
company's right of wav; the west half
of the east half, and the west half OF
Section Thirty-four; all in Township
Nine South, Range Five, w. tnu'sl-
ana meridian. Also the north half
and the southwest quarter OF the north
west quarter of Section Three. in
Township Ten South, Range Five,
west Louisiana meridian, andcontain-
ing in all TOO acres. more or less,
together with all the improvements
thereon Or thereto belonging, includ-
ing three irrigation wells and pump
ing machinery.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-30
PERSONAL PROPERTY.

100 old 10 ounce bags, three tar
paulins, eight small scales, eight
Reynold', 5rucks, thirteen trucks No.
2 warehouse, une dial scale, one lot of
old rope and betting, one old drum,
nine wood pulleys, 36-inch, 1000 old
8 ounce bags, twenty-five empty bar
rels, thirty fire buckets, three 2-foot
bran reels, one clean rice grader,
1000 India bags, 5700 clean rice pock-
cts. two suction fans, one chat wagon,
one ash cart, one lop-eared mule,
eight scoops, five bags talcum, fifteen
dozen pad skins, two rolls wrapping
paper, five pockets clean rice screen
ings, one fat top Office desk, one
stool, one Burroughs adding machine,
one Office safe fire proof, one protecto-
graph, one watchman's clock. one
Office bookkeeper's desk, one eight-day
clock, one roll top Office desk, four
Office chairs, one Office stove, onelotof
block, tackle and rope. fold J, one.grind-
stone, one lot wood pulleys, mill sup
plies and fittings, one lot second
hand leather betting, one-half barrel
cup grease, two and one-half rolls
brush wire, two jack screws, three and
one-half barrels glucose, four sample
boxes, one lot sample boxes, one pa
per rack and paper, one counter scale,
one Underwood typewriter, one type
writer desk, one filing cabinet, one lot
lumber, twelve fire extinguishers, one
single harness, one lot mill tools, one
Duplex Advance pump.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-30

For cash, for not less than two
thirds of the inventory value, the sue.
cessful bidder will be required to de.
post ten per cent of the amount of his
bid, immediately upon the ad]udica-
ton of the property to him, the bal
ance of the bid to be paid by the ad.
iudicatee. in cash, in ten days after
said adjudication, provided there be no
opposition to the confirmation of the
sale: failure to pay the balance of said
bid, on day said sale is confirmed,
shall operate forfeiture of said de-
post aud the property shall again be
advertised and sold at the expense
and risk of the adjudicatee.
Lake Charles, La, Sept. 8, 1910.
D. J. REID,
Sheriff of said parish.
LEE E. ROBINSON,
Receiver.
MCCOY, MOSS & KNOX,
Attorneys.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-30
Mayors Court.

Mayor Jones was called to ,s.,
dispute between Rose Little and y.
Jackson in official capacity, N
day. After hearing the eviis,,.
the case His Honor coucludsa 4
Rose was indebted to the city n \
extent of five dollar bill, 70, \
damage she had done to the ps,..
quiet OF the community.
Black heller taken up, 4, /,
place six miles south Of welsh, n
three year old black heifer unb,''
ed. Same came to my place ~
a year ago, and has been with !
stock since. Said heifer will ,
sold according to process Of i.
nnless claimed by owner. \
Alcide Hebert i
Singer and Bartlett Sewing i
chimes at the Welsh FurnitureSto
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-30
Hew Good News Spreads.

II am 70 years old and travelled most
of the time." writes B. F. Tolson, of
Elizabethton, KY. Everywhere I 90
| recommend Electric Bitters, because
l owe my excellent health and vitality
to them. They effect cure every time. ~
They never fail to tone the stomach,
regulate the kidneys and bowels, stimu-
late the liver, inyigorate the nerves
and purify the blood. They work won
ders for weak, rundown men and wo
men, restoring strength, vigor and
health that's daily Joy. Try them,
Only SOC. Satisfaction is positively
guaranteed by all druggists,
Taken up, September LIST, at my
place one mile southwest of Roa-
noke, one bay horse about IL years
old and about l6 hands high. Har.
ness marks on shoulder and back
Branded L on the lett shoulder.
E. e. Robinson, Roanoke, La. 20p
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-30
H. T.. WEIGH 3.5O
G. W. Yantis 5.0O
RICE CROP ON LANDS LISTED
AROVE
&. so
800
ABOVE

One-half Q.2) of all rice on said
lands for the year 1910, about 400
acres, estimated at 1000 sacks, more
or less.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30
C0R0NER'S VERDICT
ACCUSES CRIPPEN
Declares Body Found is That
Of His WitG

The inquest by Coroner Schroeder,
Of London. Eng, into the death Of
Mrs. Cora Crippen. wife of Or. Hawley
Harvey Crippen, has been concluded.
The witnesses before the jury add
ed nothing new of importance. Their
stories were in the main a recapitula-
ton of facts which have already been
published.
The coroner's jury brought in a YER
dict OF wiliul murder against Dr. Grip
pen. Tt decided that the remains
found in the cellar of the house were
those Of his wife and that her death
resulted from hyoscin poisoning.
Dr. Crippen is now Ia jail awaiting
trial for the murder of Mrs. Crippen as
the result of the magisterial hearing
in the Bow street jurisdiction court.
The coroner in summing up said
there was little doubt that the remains.
found ia the cellar of DR.. Crippen's
house on HildroD Crescent were those
Of a human being. He added that. all
thought the medical men frankly con-
fessed that they could not be- positive
as 10 the sex of Che victim. they an
agreed that there were indications
that the remains were those Of a wo-
man.
Coroner Schroeder recapitulated the
principal facts in the case and wound
m bv saving that the final question
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30
CANTON PURE RYE

is one of the finest straight whis-
kes made in Maryland. Tt is old,
mellow and full proof. We also
recommend the Hopkins Choice,
the German Club and the Paca;
these are blends of fine old
straight WHISTLES.
Sold at the Farmville D%ispensary
ard all frst-class hotels and family
liquor stores.
ULMAN. ROYKlN & CO.
BALTIMORE
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30
YOUNG GIRL BRUTALLY SLAIN
Father Finds Body Of His Child Hid
den IN Cellar Of House.

81 HN
Elizabeth Anderson. aged sixteen,
regarded as n OF the most beauti-
fuI girls OF Goderich, Ont, was found
murdered fin a deserted house on the
outskirts of the town. Her father. Wes-
ley Anderson. led the searching party.
Miss Anderson disappeared shortly
after bein seen in conversation with a
stranger. No alarm was felt until to-
ward evening. Then her father got a
few friends TO unite with him in the
search, which was soon joined by hun
dreds.
The body was found in a dark cor
re- of a cellar. buried under a pile Of
clothing The young w0man's throat
was cut. the wound having been made
apparently with a heavy knife. or pos
s.bly an axe. and her body was horri-
BIZ muulated.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30

Played Too Well.
"Can be play pokert
Il guess So. Nobody seems 70 want
70 NAV with him Houston Post
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30

y = IN||a " #~-ININNIINNN INHTT y
FirewOod worth S250.000, 600 is used
every year by the people Of the United
States, according 10 the latest esti-
natee Of the forest service. While our
~forefathers used considerably more
wood. coal to a great extent has sup
%plemented IL. A little more than 90
|0o0.000,000 cubic feet Of wood in all
forms is used in the United States
sach year.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30
Soothing sYrun Kills Rahx.

Within a few minutes after Mrs.
John Bullendorf. $50 Tecumseh street.
Toledo, O.. had given her seventeen
cay-old daughter a dose Of soothing
syrup. the baby became unconscious.
She died two hours later. The coroner.
said death was caused By morphine
poisoning.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30
T. W. WOOD SONS,
Seedsmen. - Richmond. Va.

oeedSmens KlLIlIIOuus Fd'
We are headquarters for
Farm Seeds, Grass and Clover Seeds,
Winter Vetches. Dwarf Essex Rape,
Seed Wheat. Oats. Rye. Barley. etc
Descriptive Fall Catalog mailed free.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30

Miss Elizabeth Marris said, 'I could
Gle Waiting" at the close OF a dance
IN Chicago. As she seated herself she
fell over AMI died within a few min
utes. She had been dancing continu-
ously for four hours. Miss Harris was
twenty-five years old.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30

Any skin itching is a t~emper-tes-
ter. The more YOU Scratch the
worse it itches. Deans Ointment
cures piles. eczema-any skin Itch
ing. At all drug stores.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30

UTHE CLERKS OFFICE Of the Circuit Court
Il Of the county of Prince Edward on the Aln
day of September. 1910.
Annie r. Reid-.-.--... ...............- -.---.f laintm
AGAINST
Willie J. DetenuanL
The object Of this suit Is 20 obtain a divorce
a vincuio matrimonii BIZ the plaintiff. Annie r
Reid. from the defendant. Willie J. Reid And
an affidavit having been made and sled that the
defendant Willie J. Redd. Is not a resident on the
State Of Virginia. 10 is ordered that he DO appear
here within fifteen days after due publication
hereof. and DO what may BE- necessary TO protect
bis interest in this suit.
A~copy-Ieste.
HORACE ADAMS. Clerk.
Watkins & Brock. p. q. sept. l6-4t.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30
Prolific Wheat.
The Most Prolific GHe
Best Of Milling Wheats

Yields reported from our custom
ers from twenty-five 20 hity-two
bushels per acre. When grown side
bv side with other kinds this spien-
did heardless wheat Welded from
five 20 eighteen bushels more per
acre on same land and under same
conditions as other standard wheats.
Wherever grown !. Is superseding
all other kinds and IL should be
sown universally by wheat growers
everywhere.
Wrice for price and Woods Crop
Special which contains new and
valuable article. How 70 grow big
crops of wheat
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30

FOR. YOUNG MEN.

His stock is made up Of garments Of
the latest cut, in the seasons most
fashionable patterns and shades. The
best dressed men %patronize him and
get 100 per cent return for their
clothes investment.
You should know this merchant.
One visit to his store-a single inspec-
ton Of his stock, viii prove to you
the wisdom of wearing well fitting
Apply this wisdom and you'll
find their economy in the way they
wear and hold their shape.
They are on display at
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30
DuvaII. Son & Cos.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE

Noi;ce Is hereby given that The -rs
t-g befreen u. c. Martin and y
hi ne printing business IN Farmyl rl
~ 1sept 2Oth. I9l0l been dissolved rrs
~~--o~f. M. Orange retiring from az b.
bushes wiz b continued n3
fore az The Old stand. NfrTTN.
sept A-f- ~. ORANGE
An accounts due the late firm are
T. q Martin. who assumes the o9lsa-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-30
IfE BOSS AT ROCHESTER,.

fconld wish that Charles l.. Murphy, lead
rammanv Hall, might have refrained from
tting himself 10 be too plainly visible as
toss. Of the Rochester convention. To he
is to Mr.. Murphy the breath Of his nos
His trade is politics, and he plays the
with skill and sometimes with caution.
|91bt it il not conceivable to him that, when
can .boss" convention, he shall not
|she same time, the Murphys and others are
hg that the end Of bossism il marked BY
Ri change in character of the art. In New
NJ Saratoga there was erected only this week
III absolute, but he was a boss who made
Hi for leadership fight against the craft.
|nrphy's case there is nothing new in the
I lie is to-day what he was yesterday, and
~ before-a politician making no bones
MI.
\ danger iii the New York situation is the
4 N the new ideas respecting such men as
Their usefulness is outworn. Their
&tion is all but gone. Their passing is writ
I'M stars, The New York Republicans
one bic boss because be fought the little
With them il was choice Of methods
sns The New York Democrats. at one
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-30
SELF PRESERV ALTON.

The Ftrqinidn information that on next Mon
day the Commonwealth attorney for Norfolk
will move in the primary scandals for the pur-
pose of obtaining grand jury investigation is
news that will find quick response from the en-
tire public.
This matter has gone far beyond any political
consideration The contesting candidates and
the rights or wrongs of their contentious have
been swallowed by certain rights to which peo-
pie aud city, and State are inallenably entitled
The question has simmered down rapidly to
question whether the criminal courts are, or are
not, powerful to protect against species OF crime
which is the practical foundation of all other
crimes. 1t becomes clearer day by day that
there has been not only political but popular
anarchy in Norfolk. One way, and only one way,
is open for the correction of such situation.
That way is for the courts that represent the law
10 prosecute and punish to the end the men who
most endanger law when they attempt to pros
ttute its forms to their personal ends.
The details of the pending investigation have
already become OF character making for com
petent evidence tending to show particular fraud.
In more than one instance testimony is procur-
able that tends to show the specific instance and
the specific act 1t is inconceivable that the
It is inconeeiyable that, when it starts to do SO,
it will not be able to unearth numerous matters
of similar sort. And it is more than all III
conceivable that, in the light of such testimony,
the law itself should not be powerful to punish.
Already there is a whispering and a stirring to
the effect that there cannot be indictments be-
cause, under technical construction of the pure
election laws, primary is not an election How
puerile hope. and how futile! Truly, the ras
Gals are on the run. The political proxies of the
dead are shaking in their boots. The historians
of the cemeteries see their own graves yawning
wide in front Of them. All the little and big
bosses who saw fit to maui the people feel the
halter Of public opinion draw about their own
thick necks. There is a squirming and a finch
ing all along the line.
Upon every consideration of public policy, on
every count of public decency, there should be
no fiinching i'll the office of the Commonwealth
attorney. The people have been fouted in sacred
rights. They have the right to demand, and we
believe they will demand that the outrage on
their dignity should be avenged in order that
their liberty may I've preserved
If there be a technical defense for fragrant
crime that is matter for the courts. Grand
luries look more to the substance and less to the
form. Let the grand jury indict upon the evil
dence and the judges construe the law. In case
their construction should afford a line Of techn-
cal doctrine to sinking crook here and another
there, the people could be trusted at least to
change the law against II recurrence OF the dis
grace which their continued liberty would const-
! tuta,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-30

Of the brightest moments in their history, are IN
danger bv reason of still submitting to an ancient
and unpopular custom.
Had Gaynor consented to become the nominee,
the candidate would have overshadowed the boss.
As it il the peril is that the boss may dwarf the
candidate. Perhaps Murphy was forced by cir
cumstances to take responsibility which he
could not avoid. More than likely he is blind to
very pereeptible sentiment of independence.
1t is at any rate a pity that when the issue be-
tween popular independence and dictatorial gov
eminent is so clearly drawn in reality it should
be in appearance beclouded by the presence III a
new era of the representative of discredited cult
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-30
HENRICO LAND VALUES.

Increased valuation of real estate amounting
to fifty per cent in Hcnrico county, is fine
companion piece for Richnond's population, as
disclosed by the report of the census bureau
Anavzed it appears that this great advance is
not boom is not merely healthy growth but
is the direct effect of the city ON suburbs.
hi all except name the sections in which these
remarkable increases were disclosed are parts Of
the city of Richmond itself. 1t is the city stretch
ing ever forward into the country Overlooking
into ..>tricts Of new homes, that has brought to
pass the values which nearly parallel in in
crease the rate OF The citys growth in population.
A city Of the size of Richmond practically DOM
mates the counties which its suburbs invade. The
genius Of development of both city and county is
the progressive development of the city.
As we'll illustrated here and as is the rule in
connection with practically every live city and ira
suburbs, the pace Of growth is always just ahead
of city development and extension. So soon as
the city reaches out an arm for suburb another
suburb as almost automatically born. The en-
tire West End developments wonderful as it
has been aud continually wonderful as it is, re-
ceiyed its impetus from this truth. The wav in
which cities grow is to am emphatic degree
measured by the courage of their convictions
as to how far they can grow
In the returns from Henrico county should
be found the lesson inherent in all such deyel-
cpments. Richmond should further extend and
further expand. 1t should continue to push the
suburbs ahead of it. So doing, not only one
portion but all OF Henrico would blossom like
the rose. Values would rise and enterprise
would keep pace with values. There would
speedily he nowhere in all the large outlying
sections Of growing city amy dead lands what
ever. 1t is through lands and their development
that cities themselves attain the size Of their ma