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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Freeze Checks Oyster Industry.

Morgan (:iy.-Oys.er shippers have
been handicapped the last few days,
due tc ,ho recent freeze, the weather
being such as to prohibit luggermen
bringing in the plant. With the mod
Grating temperature the boats will
soon resume their regular output.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
OYSTER Beds Decision.

New Orleans.-A decision holding
that private ownership of "ebb and
flow" lands, including oyster beds, in
this state is illegel, was handed down
by Judge Fred B. King In the civil dis
trict court Friday in the case of the
state of Louisiana against the Bayou
Johnson Oyster Company. The &C.
cision, if sustained by the supreme
court, will dispossess many Eastern
corporatioas now working the rich oy-
ster beds of the state.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
a Twenty-Mile Speed Limit.

Natchitoches.-The Police Jury has
adopted an ordinance fixing the speed
of automobiles over the public roads
at twenty miles an hour, and proVld-
ing stringent regulations protecting the
rights of the road. Each violation is
punishable with fines from S. to $50
and imprisonment of ten days, at the
discretion of the district judge, before
whom all complaints are trlable.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Fire at Experiment Station.

Calhoun. residence OF the
North Louisiana Experiment Station
was destroyed by fire a few nights
ago. S. f. McClendon, the assistant
director in charge, lost his entire
household fixtures, with no insurance.
The building was insured.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Fire at a Negro College.

Homer.-A few nights ago the
Homer College for colored people was
discovered 10 be on fire. The fire
originated on the second floor of the
girls dormitory, completely destroy.
ing the dormitory and practically all
of its contents. The academy halls
were damaged greatly by the intense
heat, but they were saved from de-
struction by the hard work of the
volunteer fire fighters. The estimated
loss is $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Candidates for Secretary.

Baton Rouge.-It is anticipated that
there will be a number of candidates
for the office of secretary OF the Loul.
siana Railroad Commission, which Will
he made vacant when W. NJ Barro"
resigns to accept the position OF as
sistant to the Attorney General, in
charge of the Railroad Commission
,.gatiOn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
omeoa Lodue lnstalIs Officers.

Napoleonville.-The Omega Lodge
Knights of Honor, has installed: Die
tator, Cashmere Blanchard; vice die
tat0r, Mic Blanchard; assistant dicta'
tor, P. c. Barber; reporter and finan,
cal reporter, Charles Heno; chaplain,
Edgard Aucois guardian, Clay Mar
quette; sentenel, ALBERT Delaume;
trustees, C. T. Workman, P. H. Gilbert
and Solomon KlotZ.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
State Ban Examiner APPOINTED

Baton Rouge.-Governor Sanders
has appointed w. L. Young of Shreve-
port state bank examiner under the
new law recognizing the state bank
ing examiners department. Mr..
Young has served as bank examiner
during the past four years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Barn and Rice Burned.

Crowley.-The barn of John S. ST.
mon. few miles south of Crowley,
burned this week, and 500 sacks of
rice were destroyed The rice was sold
on Tuesday to the Crowley mill for
1881 per barrel through the associa-
ton. It was fully insured.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Will Fletcher to Hama March TO-.

Baton Rouge-The date of the ex
ecution Of Will Fletcher of East Ba-
ton Rouge parish, who killed Tom
Millican, has been fixed by the gov
ernor for March TO- Fletcher is now
in the parish jail He will be exc
cuted in the state penitentiary. Link
Williams. who twas TO be hanged this
week, has had his sentence reprieve
to March 8.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Arrested for BURNING Church.

Alexandria-Three negroes, Squire
Anderson, Dunk Richardson and Jo-
seph Jackson, have been arrested and
tailed on charge of burning negro
church building on Bayou Rapides,
near Lamonthe. The church was burn
ed Monday, and is said to be the re-
suit of a disagreement over who was
TO be pastor of the congregation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Nedro Hacked to Pieces,

shreveport-Lige Neville, a coun-
try negro, was brought to Shreveport
Monday for medical attention as the
result of a murderous assault made
upon him Monday near Gillian by
TWO unknown negro highwaymen. VINO
held him, cut his throat terribly, stab
bed him in the head, robbed him, and
taen left him to die.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Cattle Driven From Swamps.

Coyington.-Parish Assessor War
rem Thomas gives out that on account
of high water in Pearl River swamps
cattle had been driven from the cane
brakes and rich pastures, and that
the succeeding cold spell resulted IN
MANY being frozen to death.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Boy Is Seriously Burned.

Harrisonburg. - Howell Holloman,
14-yearoId son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Holloman, was seriously burned while
dressing before an open fireplace. His
clothes caught fire, and before any
one could relieve him he had been
badly burned. although his condition
is not considered necessarily fatal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Horsewhipped Man Retaliates,

shreveport.-F. G. Thorn was
brought to Shreveport for treatment OF
, serious and probably fatal wound
that is reported to have been inflicted
at Vivian by Daniel Hunt, clerk, VINO
was previously horsewhipped by MS
victim.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Bio Crowds Visit Health Exhibit.

RObeline.-The health exhibit train
has brought to stations visited on the
Texas and Pacific Railroad the largest
crowds ever congregated in those
towns. The record for three days IS
six towns visited, twelve lectures, SIX
school leagues organized, three proc
lamations by mayors for cleanup days
and 1000 people shown the exhibit
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Coroner Reports Existence of Smallpox

Napoleonville.-At the monthly
meeting of the Assumption Police Jury
DR.. A. A. Aucoin, parish coroner, re-
norted case of smallpox at the Ma
poleonville sawmill, one at the Plat
tenville. The latter patient is white
man, Precautionary measures were
ordered taken. Henry ]. Dupre. ROAD
overseer, reported the highways in bet
fer condition than ever before.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Health Exhibit Train.

White Castle.-Mayor WE'LL has ap-
pointed the city health officer DR..
Gny A. Darcantel, with DR.. E, o. Ira
han. Paul L. Walton, Jr., and Luke b.
Babin as an arrangement committee
for the visit of the exhibit train of the
State Board of Health.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
CHARGE Man With Assault on Woman.

Kinder.-W. D. Horn Of Elton was
bound over to the district court by
Judge Moore under a $3.50 bond. He
is charged with assaulting Mrs Mat
tie Royse at Elton with a revolver.
Kinder's wild animal farm along
side the Frisco track is attracting
much attention. Several elephants,
camels and dromedarIes belonging to
a travelling circus are wintering at
that point.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Voted to Erect Agricultural School.

Voted to Erect Agricultural SCHOOL.
Houma.-The citizens of the Fifth
Ward, Canal Belanger, being the Bours
School District, have voted special
S-min tax for fifteen years for the pur-
pose of buying a location and erecting
buildings and accessories for an agri-
cultural school, Thirty-tive taxpayers
voted for the tax. with an aggregate
assessment of $4,000, and four voted
against the tax, with an aggregate as
sessment of $4,000. The state will
furnish an experienced agriculturlst in
charge of the school, paying his sal
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Plantation Sold.

PlaQuemine. -Elnora plantation, be-
longing to the Elnora Planting Com
pany, one mile below Bayou Gouba,
was sold to P. c. Lorio, who owns the
OF Elizabeth place and is president OF
Tue Allemania Planting Company. The
purchase price was SAT 900.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Unwritten Law Is Upheld.

Columbia.-The grand jury for the
parish of Caldwell refused to indict
S. B. Fluitt, who killed Will Cougden
last August and who invoked the I'M
written law as justification for the
killing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
A Pinch Artesian Well.

Alexandria.-The Clifford Well Com
pany is completing Pinch artesian
we'll with a guaranteed flow of 100000
gallons, for the city. The well is 1876
feet deep.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Louisiana Jurist Dead.

Baton Rouge.-Jucge T. J. Herman
ore of the most prominent lawyers in
Louisiana, and for years closely iden-
tilted with politics in the state, died at
,is home Monday. He was born at
Clinton. La, Feb. Is, 1854.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Baton Rouge Has Five Less Saloons

Baton Rouge.-Five saloons of the
city have closed for 1911, reducing the
number in Baton Rouge from q TO %,
the smallest number of saloons ever
conducted in Baton Rouge within re,
cent years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
New Mayor for Me, mentau.

Estherwood. Sanders has
appointed R, Harrington, an employe
OF the Southern Pacific Railroad, may
OF OF Mermentau, vice Henry L. Sweet,
resigned.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Had Left Foot Crushed.

Estherwood. While feeding a hay
press with rice straw south of town,
Victor Coles had the misfortune o, get
ting his left foot crushed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Cash Prize for Boy Farmers.

Alexandria, Rapides Parish
Police Jury will offer cash prizes from
SOS to 500 to boys corn clubs in the
parish for the coming season
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
ouisiana Prohibition Cases.

Lake Charles.-Vito Pecorino was
Monday found guilty of violating the
narish prohibition law. Sentence was
deferred.
The evening world., 1911-12-01

6sse @Aa y asstvs was YsHssnAa Aests
q che K~inssbridss staeAon. Mott bsns
over the stu form.
"N ioohs badi" he said. mighty beSf"
"ost an A~mbuianosr' cried Miss Ks-
hsfsr.
Mott agreed, and went and CALLED DIR.
Sheridan Of Eordham Hospital. The
doctor said hs'd be there In . jify.
Before Mott could get back and Ions
before the ambulance arrived 0erhardt
revived. He jumped up n said he
guessed he'd be going. And ne went
The police haven been able TO md him
yet.
Miss Keherer admits that she y a.
perplexed as can be.
He didn't stay - long - usual" she
said. II could see that he looked wor.
ried, and l was just going TO tell him
not TO lake my reproof DO much to
heart when he rushed out Of the house.
I never thought he'd take II that way
but I don't think he'll do II again"
Miss Kehcrer declined to say whether
she and Gerhardt are engaeed or wheth-
or they are in love with each other. Ger
hardt 10 . fireman on the New York
Central.
The evening world., 1911-12-01
He DRANK IODINE,
VANISHED BEFORE
DOCTOR ARRIVED
Louis Gerhardt Had a Love
Spat With His Sweetheart in
the Bronx.
SURE 1T WAS POISON.
He Fell at Her Feet in Street,
and Now She's Wondering
Where He Is.
SURE 1T WAS POISON.

Now. is Louis Gerhardt, twenty-seven
years old. Of No. 237 East One Hun
dred and Thirty-eighth street. sick
somewhere in the Bronx with an alarm
tng quantity Of Iodine inside Of him or
% he only around a corner wondering
whether his near-suicide has won his
best girl back?
The police don't know. Neither docs
the girl. who IL Miss Dorothy Ksherer
OF No. 1888 Heath venue
Gerhardt called on Miss Keherer last
night. He's been calling there for sew
eral months. Miss Kehcrer n glad
TO see him last nlght-for one reason.
she had reprovcd him recently for
something he had done. and he didn't
like II. They got TO talking about 1t.
and they had what Miss keherer calls
- love-spat."
Gerhardt rushed from the house into
the black night. Miss Keherer rushed
after him. To her horror. just as he
reached the sidewalk he lifted a bottle
that she believes contained iodine.
drained II to the dregs and fell. appar-
emily unconscious. at her feet.
Mas Keherer screamed for help. Tho
The evening world., 1911-12-01
A wise

(rrum the Detroit FIRE. Prev,
why DO you want the fact that you
have inherited all this money kept .
secret?' asked the lawyer.
Just to rave myself the trouble Of
refusing to invest II In the fool schemes
that my friends will propose II they
know I have It," he replied.
The evening world., 1911-12-01

BOYS CLOTHING DEPTS. In Both Stores.
Odd sizes in Boys Suits below usual
prices.
Norfolk and Double Breasted models,
some with two pairs Of trousers. Sizes be-
tween s and IA years. $50 per suit
usual price $50 to CTS
Boys three quarter length Overcoats.
ODD sizes between 3 and IL years. 3.95
usual price 500 to 67S
Boys Refers of Chinchilla, Kersey Cloth
and lightweight Cheviot. Sizes 6 to ~ years.
6.7s
value $50 to sS
Boys, Students and Young Mems Suits,
Goats and Furnishings.
JAMES MCCREERY 4 GO.
<5rd Street 34th Street
The evening world., 1911-12-01
APPAREL. In Both Store.

APPAREL. In Both Stores.
Fur and Fur lined Goats, Cravenetted
listers and Chauffeur Suits, Fur and Fur
lined Gloves, Lap Robes, Caps and Furnishings.
Sale of Mems Coats and Gloves.
Goats of Cravenetted Broadcloth lined
with Imported Dogskin. collar of Persian
Lamb. 5000 and 1900
usual prices $500 and $500
Russian Calfskin Coats ....... 5000
usual price $500
Buckskin and Black Leather Mittens,
: lined with wool fleece. Extra quality.
IT'S pair
usual price AIS and 800
The evening world., 1911-12-01
JAMES MCCREERY 4 GO.
Z3rd Street 34fh Street
TOY SHOPS

On the Fourth Floor Of the Twenty
third Street House and Fifth Floor of the
Thirty-fourth Street House will be found an
exclusive and extensive assortment of I'm
ported and Domestic Toys, Games and
Juvenile Books.
Much care has been taken in the hand
ling and displaying of these stocks, in
order that the purchaser may receive
them in the perfect and fresh condition
in which they left the hands of the manu-
facturer.
The evening world., 1911-12-01
On Saturday, December the and
MEMS HABERDASHERY. In Both Stores.
Suitable Holiday Gifts.

Suitable Holiday Gifts.
Complete assortment of Silk Knitted
and Wooden Automobile and Golf Mufflers.
Neckwear. Gloves, Suspenders, Belts,
Handkerchief. Waistcoats, Shirts, Pajamas,
Night Shirts, Bath and House Slippers, Rain
and Storm Coats, Smoking Jackets, Angora
and Wooden Outing Coats. Dressing Gowns
and Bath Robes.
Sale of 200 dozen Silk De Joinville
Folded -Four in-hand Scarfs. Mat panel de-
sign. 100
value $50
500 dozen Shirts, made of Imported
Madras and Mercerized Materials. Various
models and sleeve lengths. I.25
values $50 and 400
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-17

fGrace Page in March st. Nicholas.)
have travelled over Europe, all
through Italy and France;
In the villages Of Brittany I've watch
ed the peasants dance;
On the lovely Lake of Como I have
seen the blue Of sky
Match the blue Of placid water, tint
for tint and dye for dye.
I've beheld the German war-lord and
his handsome, stalwart sons.
With the a''Kaiserin" and kinder" to
the wee-est little ones.
I've seen princesses and princes
English, Spanish, Swedish, all
Plain and pretty, dull and clever, rich
and poor, and short and tall.
In the wonder-to of Nuremberg I've
fingered, loath to go;
By fretted Moorish palace heard the
fountains plash and flow;
And I've been to Monte Carlo-(real-
ly I'm no poorer, too!
But 1 haste to add, no richer, since I
did not risk SOUP
I have looked and smiled at Holland
tiny, toyloke, picturesque;
And at Russia, splendid, squalid, hag-
gard' aWesome' grim, grotesque.
the Azores; and Portual;
But saw them confess it-all, on
picture ''cartes postale''
Lest you laugh to scorn my pilgrim
age, i venture just to add
That a "picture-postcard'' journey
really is not half so bad;
For you never need be seasick. nor
fare homeward feeling poor,
If, like me, you spend your pennies
on a modest postal tour.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-17

I Full weight strong blue serge
trousers, sizes 20 to "A, cut and
tailored to fit perfectly and hold
their shape. Also fancy worsted
trousers in gray and mixture
stripe effects and all wool heavy
cheviot trousers. Sizes % to 81
waist, all inseams.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-17

Springfield people. interested in the
Connecticut river navigation problem
will be interested to know that SO
wears ago last Monday Charles Dick
ems the famous English author, went
from this city to Hartford Nv boat.
He made the trip on the Massachu-
sets. an old side-wheeler. of diminutiVe
proportions, captained by Capt. Kit
Stebbins, says the Springfield Union.
It was the first trip of the season for
the boat, and it's progress was inter-
fered with considerably by hoatlng
ice. According to Mr.. Dickens it was
the second time in the history Of
man when it was possible to make the
trip by water so early in the season.
Following is Mr.. Dickens description
of the trip. taken from his American
Notes. which were written shortly az
ter his return to England:
eve went on next morning, still by
railroad (from Worcester) to Spring
field. From that place to Hartford,
whittier we were bound, is a distance
of only five and twenty miles, but at
that time of the year the roads were
so bad that the journey would prob
ably have occupied 10 or IL hours.
Fortunately, however, the winter hav-
ing been unusually mild the Connec-
ticut river was open or in other
small steamboat was going to make
his first trip for the season that day
(the second February trip, I believe,
within the memory of man), and only
waited for us to go on board. Ac-
cordingly we went on board with as
little delay as might be. He was. as
good as his word and started directly.
cit certainly was not called steam
boat without reason. I omitted to
ask the question, but ] should think
it must have been about half a pony
power. Mr.. Pap, the celebrated
dwarf might have lived and died
happily in the cabin which was fitted
with common sash windows like an or
binary dwelling house. These win
dows had bright red curtains, too,
hung on black strings across the low
err panes; so tina. it looked like the
parlor of a Lilliputian public house.
which had got af1oat in a flood or some
other water accident, and was drifting
nobody knew, where. But even in
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-17
HOW DUSSELDORF HAS CROWN
TO BE WORLDS MODEL CITY
Owns It's Own Street Railway System Interurban Roads,
Cas- Electric Light and Water Plants, Runs Theatres,
Cafes, Meeting Places, Municipal Lodging Houses,
Savings Banks and Loan Associations.

borrowing enough on chattel mort
cages at per cent. interest to car
ry them over times of sickness and
distress. Because of this facility no
one is compelled to resort to money
sharks and usurers, which are the
curse of working people in so many cit
les. The loans of the municipal pawn
shops vary according to the indus
try and activity Of the city, and will
average about 100000 a year for the
last ten years.
1.-The deposits in the three munich
SIC. ZOO, 600, and the loans made by the
city from that fund to workingmen on
mortgages to assist them in building
homes now aggregate a little more
than 100000.
1.-THE street railway system pays a
dividend of between and per cent
which is. less than formerly, because
the wages of employees have recently
been increased, The electric light
service pays an annual profit of about
$25O,000, the gas works and the wa
terworks each about the same. The
profits from the savings banks, the
loan offices and the pawnshops- remain
in the business and are turned into
the treasury. -.
1.-The municipality is the largest
landlord in Dusseldorf. In 1902 a fund
of $5,500,000 was acquired by a bond
issue to purchase 1000 acres of land
adjoining the city limits, which has
since been partially improved with
cottages of three and four roomsI They
rent for from Sc to $40 a month or
are sold for from $1,000 to $1,50O.
''The municipality has an old age
pension system, local sick fund,
household servants insurance, burial
societies and all the d fferent forms
of benevolent cooperation that are
known in Germany, where such
schemes are so common. There is a
municipal employment bureau and Ia
Dor exchange, Which are patronized
by both employees and employers. This
system is said to work automatically
and admirably as strike preventive,
because if an employer does not treat
his hands well and pay them decent
wages the municipal employment
agent will not send any more hands to
him., and, on the other hand, if the
mem do not behave themselves or are
discharged for lack of efficiency, it
is impossible for them to obtain other
employment in Dusseldorf
I'm hard times the city government
furn shes employment on the streets,
in the parks, in building and in var
ious other ways for those who have
been discharged.
There is municipal bureau for
furnishing free legal advice to those
who cannot afford to pay for it, which
naturally is patron zed by working
men only, and a special municipal
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-17

popular belief seems to be that it is
so transmitted. 1t is, however, pos
itively known that syphilis can be
transmitted in this way, although
there are not many cases that can be
cited but if the common drinking cup
can be held responsible for such in
lection, its abolition is deserving Of
serious consideration.
1t is becoming more and more the
practice among people to avoid the
use of the common drinking cup and
to provide themselves when travelling
with a collapsible cup of paraffine pa
per or metal which may be carried in
the pocket or handbag. There are
automatic slot machines manufa ctured
by several commercial concerns from
which travellers can procure paraffine
paper cup at the small cost Of a pen
ny each. With this apparatus install
led on trains, steamboats,. and in pub
lie buildings, the general public can
have the opportunity Of supplying
themselves with clean and sanitary
method of drinking at a small cost,
Aside from the possibility of infec-
ton it is repulsive to most people to
be compelled to use a cup that is
promiscuously used by others. These
should be banished from our public
parks and schools. Where there is a
supply Of running water there are var
ious styles Of bubbling cups on the
market which should be supplied. In
the small country school with no pub
lie water supply each pupil can pro-
vide himself with his own cup.
The public drinking cup can not be
held responsible for the ills caused
by impure water supplies. The first
step in order, is to give attention to
the water supply, and next the drink
ing cup. With supply of pure water