The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-03
DELEGATES FOR PARISH OWL
SION CONVENTION CHOSEN.
Wards Two and Nine Solid for River
Lines. Elton InStruCts on Local
Issue.

Perhaps at no time since the parish
| division campaign in the fall OF 1910,
when the question Of dividing the par
iSh was defeated by nearly a thousand
votes, has there heen as general and
| personal interest aroused throughout
| the parish as was the case Saturday,
when the voters Of the various pre-
cincts met and elected delegates to at.
tend a Parish Division convention to
be held in Lake Charles Nav 4th.
Much interest is felt in all sections of
the parish, as it is realized that al,
though the larger part of the parish
is opposed to division on any lines,
the division OF the parish is TO be
forced upon the people by the politi-
cal influences Of the parish and state.
The contest has virtually resolved
itself upon the choice OF two sets OF
lines. The first Of these we're drawn by
a committee OF eleven members who
styled themselves 1.-The business mems
committee" which met in Lake Charles
number Of months ago and have
been laying their plans since that time |
to divide the parish as they thought
best. The lines they suggest propose
the creation of four parishes including
Calcasleu. The north west parish to
include DeRidder and surrounding
territory, the north east one to in
cIude the territory adjacent to Oak
dale, Oberlin and Kinder, the south.
east one to include Jennings, Welsh.
Elton, Lake Arthur, with barely the
80 square miles OF territory necessary
20 create new parish The other set
)t lines proposes to divide the north
ern half OF the parish much as sug-
rested above, but would create the
lew parish to be cut off in the south
IN half OF the present parish on the
WESTERN side instead Of the eastern
'art. This would make the Calcasjeu
iVer the dividing line, making the
arish in the southwest extend from j.
le Sabine river to the Cacasieu and l.
Re new parish Of Calcasieu extend :,
ON the CalCaSieu to the Mertaentau,
This, by many it is maintained,
0uId be the more equitable division
the two, as it would give Caicasieu II
hich has large Indebtedness for II
'urt house and public buildings the -
rgest and richest parish, but at the ~
Inc time would give to the less de- e Ct
Hoped western parish the sulphur -,
ines with their present heavy as 'e
ssed valuation. IT,
OF the delegates chosen all those Of go
ard Nine and all of Ward Two NJ:
tn the possible exception of Thorn "
III, favor the river lines, and in the N
Sc of the Iowa delegates were in. "
'ucted to stand for these lines. The "
legates from Lake Arthur were in. M
'ucted to favor the west line of N
ard Nine as the dividing line. NJ
lille DelIidder instructed her dele. N
ties to vote as unit. ~ v,
The following are the delegates Sc. "
ted as far as reported: NJ
ennings-C. D. Andrus, f. D. Con- N
'. Geo. Hathaway, W. H. Adams, N
II. Hoag, ]. o. Modiste, VIM NJ
fellow, and A. M. Gauthier. Alter N
les: D. c, Ritchis, w. E. Gorbam NJ
f. Derouen, H. A. Houssiere, r VI
Cary, s. A. Spencer, G. A. Con- n
Y and J. G. Richard. NJ
'eQuincey-J. Lee Herford and + M
Perkins, Sr. W
'ehldder-J. H. McMahon, J. H. W
Wis. }. NJ. Tooke, w. j. Sanders VI
bert Jones aud c. E. Presley. N
owa-A. +. Findlev, Harley Long. NJ
augh and Mack Sharp, N
oanoke-J. M, Booze and A. A, N
ter NM