The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-08-16

THIS is ONLY ONE EXAMPLE. DERIDDER
is 80 NILES FROM LAKE CHARLES. AND
THEN OAkOALE is ABOUT so NILES.
WHILE MERRYVlLLE is OFF TIE RAIL
ROADA GREAT DlsTANcE.:'
There is no doubt from the forego-
ing that Mr.. Modisette believes, that
being situated a long distance from
the parish seat works an unnecessary
hardship upon the people of the en-
tire parish; we HEARTILY AGREE
WITH HIM. Therefore since all,
or even a majority OF the people Of
parish cannot move within reason
able distance of Jennings on account
of its location on the extreme border
of the parish, we are sure Mr.. Modi-
sette as a fair aud reasonable man,
will admit that the welfare Of the par
ish as q whole would be best served
by the location of the parish seat at
the exact center of the parish. For
after the noble manner in which he
condemns the expenses that the lOca-
ton of jennings, DeIiidder and
Merryville at considerable distance
from the court house causes, he
certainly would lot be willing to lc-
cate the new parish seat in any
locality that would cause repetition
of this same unfortunate condition.
| Yet should the Court house be located
atJenpings, the good people located in
the northwest portion OF the parish
would have to travel approximately 81
miles to reach the parish seat, and the
citations sent to the bad ones would
exact tribute for twice that distance,
"but this is only one example" The
good people living in the southwest
portion of the parish would have to
travel several miles to Hayes, in al
other parish, take train TO Mallard
Junction, q distance of some l6 miles,
transfer and then continue their jour
ney distance of some thirty miles
further, being compelled to pass
through THE G GEOGRAPHICAL CEN
TER of the parish and on to the east
ern border, when they might have
driven cross-country to Welsh in a
couple or three honrs. Again there are
the people of Edna, Fenton, Woodlawn
and Rice. The Iowa community and
all the country laying west, north and
south Of the center of the Parish that
would be greatly Inconvenience by
the location of the parish seat on the
b order inste ad of at the Center OF the
Parish,
Again Mr.. NOTES.-THE says:
INFORM THE VOTERS ALSO THAT TIE
GRAND JuRlES AND PETIT JURIES ARE
PAID MILEAGE AND PER DIEM; THAT THE
BIGGER THE PARISH THE MORE MILEAGE
AND COST TO TIE TAXPAYERS, THE
MORE INCONVENIENCE TO THE GENTLE.
MEN WHOEVER THEY BE-
Is not the above equally as true, as
far as mileage and personal incOD'
venience is concerned, in aparish whose
court house is situated clear Off 10
one side, as in a parish which is toe
large? In other words, is it not jus,
as expensive to serve d citation, OF
pay mileage to or from locality
"tbirty-tive" miles from the cour
house in small parish as it is thu
same distance in large one?
Again Mr.. NOTES.-THE says:
TT OUGHTTo BE WORTH SOME
THING TO A FARMER, MERCHANT
OR OTHER BUSINESS MAN, TO 81
ABLE TO RETURN TO HIS HOME IN
THE AFTERNOON AFTER TIL
COURTS OF JUSTICE ADJOURr
FOR THE DAY, If HE BE SUMMON
ED AS A WITNESS OR A JUROR
AND THEN RETURN IN THE MORN
ING FOR THE NEXT DAYS SEES
SION"
This is absolutely sound argumen
aad is worthy to have eminated frol
aman with the brilliant intellect tha
nv friend Mr.. Modisette possess;
and we believe that the people wi
agree with him on the 24th of Septen
bsr shd locate the parish seat I
WELSH, the center of the paris
and the center Of o circle having
radius OF only eleven miles, whic