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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-06-07
DIVISION OF PARISH
WON'T RELIEVE D2OUTH
Prominent Atty. Cites Cases Leading
to That BeIief.-Change in Lines
Does Not Change the Law.

In reply to the question, What e.
feet will the division OF Calcasieu
parish have upon prohibition in Cal
casieu and the new parishes" asked
by Il reporter for the Lake Charles
Times, OF Hon. Leon Sugar, one of
the best informed attorneys of the
state, he replies: Il do not know,
but here is what the American and
English Encyclopedia of Law says
Mr.. Sugar read the following:
The formation OF a new district out
of the territory of district which has
adopted q local option law. does not
effect the operation of the law through
out all the territory which adopted it;
aud it is in force in both the old and
the new districts. Higgins IS. State,
81 Md, 4l9.
Nor does the detaching of part of
the territory OF district which has
adopted the law, and the addition
thereof to other territory, affect the
operation of the law in the residue
thereof. Jones VS.. State, 81 Md. 256.
And it Gems that in such cases The
law would continue to be operative in
the territory detached. Priesthood VS.,
State, IS Ala. 23g. E,
The addition Of territory to dist
riot which has adopted the provisions
of the local option law renders the
territory SO annexed, subject to the
operation Of the law though the PEG.
pie thereof have not voted thereon.
Hackney VS., Leake, 81 Ga. al.
Drummond VS.. Lowerv, SO Ga. 7l6.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-06-07
16,14O POCKETS RICE
GOES TO PORTO RICO
Largest Shipment Made in Many
Months, Practically Cleans
Up Rice Crop.

One of the largest shipments OF rice
that has been made from a Southern
port for a number of months was
was made Saturday morning, when
the steamship Massassapequa weighed
anchor with 1910 pockets OF rice
bound for Porto Rican ports. This
cargo was furnished by Port Arthur
and Beaumont mills, and practically
cleans up the 1911 crop in Southeast.
ern Texas and Southwestern Louisi-
ana.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-06-07
|IlBOUT WAY FOR -.,.,,.
|IfT1HERN PACIFIC TRAINS
r,oa, HymeIia Crevasse En-
,aachIng on Main Line.

o.Ipaps, June 3.-The Southern
nc connecting New Orleans
u.., will be operated over
:. line tracks for the next two
y hast, and then a new route
.sLsO, as it is believed the
,.om Hymelia crevasse will be
'' ,sntb bv Wednesday at Roux
III tbirty.six miles from New
|, =, to prohibit the running OF
The new route will be over
[.,e5 line, from Schriever to
'anville, thence via the Texas
..Is, branch to Donaldsonvllle
= West Baton Rouge, where
|.I,,o transfer will probably be
!. connect the trains with the
T.. Of the Valley road, by
they will conc into New Or
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-06-07
jackson's Latest Sensations Are
Great; They Can't Be Beat.

"From Rhode Island to Texas"
The funniest book on earth-or any,
where else. 1t will tickle you like a
feather.
"On a Slow Train Through Arkan-
saw" has had the largest sale Of any
copyright book ever written-It will
sell torever~-and a thousand years
afterwards.
"Through Missouri on a Mule" is
like a fireplace-it is CRATE.
"Thos. W. Jackson on Fast Train
From New York to Frisco" is like a
nutmeg-itis greater.
"I'm From Texas, You Cant Steer
Me ) is like hard boiled egg-it
can't be beat.
Don't Miss it! Thos. w. Jackson
Telling all the Late Ones" takes like
the measels in an orphan asylum.
"Thos. w. Jackson Catches a FISH
and Tells the Story" Well, it's TIN
best thing out-excepting an achin!
tooth.
On Sale at
THE JOURNAL BOOK STORE.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-06-07
The RICE SITUATION AS THE
RICE JOURNAL VIEWS IT
Crop Condition Retarded by Wet
Backward Spring.-Improving
Rapidly Under Favorable
Conditions. New Rice
win Enter Clean
Market.

The Rice journal and Southern
Farmer for June says:-June first
finds the crop situation in the rice
belt not as good as might be wished
for, yet on the whole it is not SO bad.
The disastrous floods on the river
will, Of course, practically eliminate
what is known as the river crop from
the market this year, but this is only
very small percentage of the whole
crop. These rices have ALWAYS gone
onto the market from three to six
weeks earlier than the other rices and
ususllV brought the top prices. This
wear the whole belt will be on an equal
footing in this regard, except in the
localities where the rains continued
SO that planting could not be done
early.
The weather has changed from very
wet to very dry. and pumps are run
ming to keep the fields flooded that are
ready, while planting still goes on in
adjoining cuts. Our corps of cores
pOndents puts the acreage planted on
May 20 at about s. per cent, which
means that there will be considera Die
rice planted in June. One Of the ques-
tions asked our correspondents this
month was, Does it paw to plant rice
in June?" A perusal of the answers
will show the reader that rice planted
10 this month is very precariOus
crop. Most of the planters will con-
tinue to SOW seed however, until they
get their acreage in if the weather will
allow, even if they plant as ate as
June 25.
The rice that is mp is looking good
in most instances and no pests have
appeared to injure it. Ii we should
have q favorable season and the June
planted rice makes IN average Weld
the total number of sacks raised will
not be far from last years crop
However these are contingencies tina
are very uncertain, and so far as US
ing them in making estimates on the
crop, merely guess work.
One factor that has come into the
rice producing business is the tractor
engine, and great manv are being
used this year on the big farms il
order to rush the crop in, after thu
weather settled enough so that plant
ing could be done. They have done
fairly we'll on wet lands and have
proven a success on dry ground.
is believed these engines will maxi
possible considerable summer prepar
alton of lands for the following year
owing to the fact that, unlike the mule
hot weather does not effect them, an'
the soil may be pIowed deep and vel
cultivated at q time when it has here
tofore been next to impossible to d.
field work.
The market is practically clean an,
when the new crop reaches it, tn
price will undoubtedly be satisfactor
! to the producer The principle propo
sition now Is to make good, clea
crop and save it in good condition
and the farmer who does this will \
4 we'll repaid for his work this year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-06-07
MOVE on NGWi

saws policeman to II street crowd
and whacks heads If it don't. Move
ON now" says the big, harsh mineral
pills to the bowels; congestion and
suffering follows. DR.. kuy's New
Life Pills don't bulldoze the bowels.
They gently persuade them to right
action. and health follows. 2Jc ut all
druggists.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-06-07

Business in the Marriage License
Clerks Office was what might be called
pretty prosperous for the month of
May, there having been 81 liscenses
issued during that time, 80 for negroes
and 81 for whites.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
NO PINK BALLOTS.

That proposed pink ballot scheme
created a considerable stir, and has
been abandoned The News did not
think much of it from the start. and
said so.
The truth is, the idea did not orig
inate with the state executive COM
mittee, and the committee has never
considered the question of the color
of the ballots to be used on Novem-
Der 9Th. The plan of pink tickets for
the democrats was first proposed by
certain politicians who, for selfish
personal reasons, want to keep a
large class of voters away from the
polls two years hence Some time
before the public was told of the pink
ballot plan these politicians, who
have no connection with the state
committee. quietly wrote to demo-
cratic nominees for congress, whose
custom it is to furnish tickets, and
urged that they have the ballots print
ed on colored paper The use of col
ored tickets by any party would, to
say the least of it, violate the spirit
of the law, which says that every
ballot shall be secret.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
DYNAMITING THE SOIL; THE
EXPERIMENT IN TERRELL
From the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
Breaking land with dynamite has
attracted a good deal of attention re-
Gently and demonstrations have been
made on an extensive scale by mani
fattLlers of explosives, under me
auspices of state and national depart
ments of agriculture. Dynamite when
properly used breaks the land much
deeper than the pillow can reach, and
experts say the yield will be largely
increased thereby.
In a recent issue the Southern Ru-
ralist answers the question as to how
often land should be broken with
dynamite by saying that once in five
years should be often enough and
that in certain cases beneficial results
are known to have lasted ten years.
Over all this The Dawson News casts
shadow of doubt by relating the ex-
perience of a Terrell county farmer
who dynamited an acre Of land last
winter. From that acre he gathered
1853 bushels of corn this fall, while
from an adjoining acre, which had
not been dynamited, he gathered 156
bushels Both fields were planted
at the same time and fertiliZed and
cultivated alike" On the surface
this appears to discredit the theory
that dynamiting increases the yield,
but The News adds: "A year or two
ago, before the dynamite theory
reached this section, this farmer
grew more than 100 bushels on an
acre of land 1t is probable that
the Terrell county farmer had al
ready brought his land to a state
of cultivation where subsoiling by
dynamite was not necessary, and in
stead of increasing the yield by
bringing poor soil to the surface
caused slight decrease.
The purpose of sub-soiling is to
loosen the earth in order that moist
ure may be absorbed and maintain
ed. The yield the Terrell county
man had already secured would have
been impossible had not the soil been
broken to considerable
depth, and therefore there was moth
ing for the dynamite to do. But
this does not prove that its use would
not be advantageous on nine out of
ten farms in Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
HOW TO CATCH A COLD.

With the advent of cold weather
will come the regular fall crop OF
colds. Why?
Because of the drop in tempera-
ture? Not at all. Because of some
peculiar poisonous property in the
air? No. But here is a formula
which every doctor will tell you sell
dom fails:
Because as soon as cold weather
comes about half of the population
tries to live without any fresh air
There are many people who still
believe that one will drown in night
air: and there are at least as many
who hold that windows should never
he left open unless the thermometer
is higher outside the house than in.
The fear of drafts is the begin
ming of sneezes.
True, one can catch cold even IN
fresh air by getting sufficiently chill
ed. But this happens about once IN
fifty times-or less.
The usual formula for catching
cold is to sit in a close, ill-ventllated
room for several hours, and then go
TO bed in a room whose windows are
tightly closed. This seldom fails.
The simplest formula for avoiding
colds is to keep the house well ven
tilated and not too hot, take plenty
of exercise, and sleep in room
with an open window.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
AN EARLY COUNTY IDEA.

Early county is evidently firing OF
the present expensive system OF
working the highways. The recent
grand jury recommended in its gem
eral presentments the building OF
public roads in that county by con-
tract; that is, letting the convicts on
contract to bidders who will build
the roads. The plan suggested is TO
divide the county into four road dis
tricts and divide the convicts into
SQUADS and lease them to four differ
ent bidders, who are to work under
specified contract with the county
AS unsatisfactory
as the present system is in many par
ticulars we do not believe that it will
ever be abandoned for the plan pro-
posed by Early county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
JERUSALEM SITTING UP.

Jerusalem, the decrepit old city of
centuries, is putting itself on the
map Ever hear of jerusalem? 1t
is little city in Syria, where quite
number of distinguished people have
made their headquarters at one time
and another.
For some years Jerusalem has
been considerably down at the heel,
but our American consul there, Mr..
Heck, writes to the department that
the city has just imported ten-ton
motor roller and stone crusher from
the United States and is going to
slick up" The local business men
sent a delegation down to place
called Jericho, near the Dead sea,
lately and found a great quantity of
asphalt, bitumen, sulphur, bromine,
iodine salts and just plain salt there;
and they are looking for quite a
boom in Jerusalem when they get
to exploiting these resources. Along
a nearby river, known as the Jordan
there are also phosphate deposits in
commercial quantities. There is even
some petroleum to be found, but the
Jerusalem Commercial Club is trying
to keep the knowledge of the fac
from Mr.. Rockefeller.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
USSOURPS CHICKENS.

According to statistics recently is
sued Missouri again leads every state
in the Union in the value of poultry
production. During 1911 its farm
ers shipped to market eggs, poultry
and feathers to the value of nearly
100000. The home consump-
tion brings the total production up
to S51, 100000. This exceeded the
value of the wheat crop of Kansas
and was greater than the combined
value of all the gold and silver pro-
duced in Colorado, California and
Arizona in the same year. 1t was
equal to the total value of the tobac-
eco grown in nine of the principal
producing states and worth nearly as
much as the combined cotton crop
Of Florida, Louisiana and Tennes-
see. Counting the actual shipments
only the Missouri hens laid enough
eggs in 1911 to give every man, wo-
man and child in the United States
nearly IA eggs, while every resident
of the United States, were the dis
tribution made equally, would be en-
titled to one and one-third pound of
the 1911 shipment of poultry.
Them's some eggs, to be sure, and
should be an inspiration to our Daw-
son chicken enthusiasts who bought
800 ROSTERS, $50 hens and biddies
at 81 each.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
Keep That Dollar in Dawson
(Swiped From the DeKalb New Era
and Ad0Dtad J

and Adopted
To the Public: If you are stock
holder in business house, bank or
factory you would do everything pos
sible to make that concern more
prosperous. Certainly you would,
for it would be to your interest to
do so.
Yu are a stakeholder in the town
of Dawson and the county of Terrell.
1t is to your interest to make both
more prosperous.
There is no better method OF ac-
complishing this result than by keep
ing the dollars you spend at home.
Trade with our local business houses
and men and the increased business
will increase the prosperity of the
town and county.
Buy shoes and furnishings in Daw-
son.
Buy millinery and dry goods in
Dawson.
Buy groceries and general mer-
chandise in Dawson.
Deposit your money in Dawson
banks.
Insure with Dawson insurance
agents.
Buy building material in Dawson.
Buy coal and wood in Dawson,
Buy furniture in Dawson.
Buy drugs in Dawson.
Have your tailoring done in Daw-
son.
Have your job printing done in
Dawson.
Buy wagons, buggies, harness and
automobiles in Dawson.
Have your automobile repaired at
Dawson garages.
Get your hair cut and your face
shaved in Dawson
Have Dawson plumbers to do your
plumbing.
Patronize Dawson lawyers, physi-
clans, dentists and other professional
men.
Go to church in Dawson.
Belong to Dawson organizations.
Boost Dawson.
Live in Dawson.
Die in Dawson.
Be buried in Dawson.
But don't be a dead one" until
your heart stops.
Not for one, but for all.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom 1t May Concern: John Spi-
Ger having in proper form applied to
me for permanent letters Of admins
tration with will annexed on the es-
tate of William H. Huckaby, late OF
said county, this is to cite all and
singular the creditors and next of kin
of William H. Huckaby to be and ap-
pear at my Office within the time al
lowed by law and show cause, if any
they can, why permanent administra-
ton with will annexed should not be
granted to John Spicer on William H,
estate. Witness my hand
and official signature this 2Sth day of
September, 1912.
w. B. CHEATHAM. Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
PLENTY OF CAMPAIGN COIN
DONKEY, ELEPHANT AND BULL
MOOSE FED LONG GREEN"
Political Parties File Reports OF Con-
trihutions and Expenditures. DEM
ncratS Receive Most Money

nihutions and Expenditures. DEM
ocrats Receive Most Money.
WASHINGTON-In compliance
with the campaign publicity law, re-
curing a publication of financial af-
fairs ten days before election, E. H.
Hooker, treasurer of the progressive
national committee, has filed with
the clerk of the house q statement
that the progressive party had cam
paign funds up to October 18th of
$3O4,244, spent $292,341, and had
unpaid bills and contract obligations
for $41,341 more.
Frank A. Munsey, who gave $780,
600; George W. Perkins, who gave
$45, 900, and w. Emlen Roosevelt,
who gave $31, 100, appeared as the
leading individual contributors. The
balance came from nearly 1000 in
dividuals, whose gifts ranged from
SIS. 900, given by Douglass Robin
son, Colonel Roosevelt's brother-in-
law, to two anonymous contributions
of ten cents each.
100000 for Republicans.
Contributions totallng $591 ,O32.2O
and expenditures of $558,311.25 in
the republican presidential fund were
disclosed by the financial report Of
the republican national committee.
Charles P. Taft, brother of Presi-
dent Taft, appeared as the largest
contributor. The report showed that
he gave $4,000 in two $25, 900 con-
tributions to the New York head
quarters and $4,000 to the Chicago
headquarters.
Democrats Raise 100000.
Contributions to the presidential
campaign fund of the democratic par
ty this year totaled 1878, 346, accord
! ing to the sworn statement of Treas
urer Rolla G. Wells of st. Louis, filed
with the clerk of the house Ex-
penses aggregated 1852, 618.21, in
Guiding 100000 sent to Chicago
! from the headquarters at New York,
and there are outstanding obligations
, of $55,149.
All told 53,3O2 contributions have
been received by Mr.. Wells.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29

The Savannah News notifies us
that those delightful creatures the
vulgar call old maids are such through
their own fault. According to the
most recent counting of noses in this
country by the government there are
more than enough men to go around,
give every woman one and then there
would be an army of wifeless men
left over. Strangely enough the cit
les show the greater number of wo-
men, while out in the rural districts
men are the more numerous.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29

There is reason to believe that
Schrank will have a fair trial in Mil
waukee and cannot be railroaded to
the gallows, for capital punishment
is forbidden in Wisconsin. The exc
cution of Guiteau was a scandal. He
went to the gallows maniac, and
died mumbling and singing his crazy
gibberish. Czolgosz was an anarch-
ist truly, but his reason was dethron-
ed and he should have been placed
in durance, where for all the rest OF
his life he could not have harmed
anybody.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
For Leave to Sell Land

State of Georgia, Terrell County
Notice is hereby given to all concern
ed that / have this dey applied to
the Ordinary of Terrell county, Geor-
gia, for leave to sell the lands belong
ing to the estate of Mrs. L. A. Cham
bless, deceased, and that said appli-
cation will be heard at the November
term, 1912, of the Court of Ordinary
of said county November 4, 1912.
This 26th day of September, 1912.
FRANKLIN CHAMBLESS, Admr,
Estate of Mrs. L. A. Chambless, de-
ceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
For Leave to Sell La nd

State of Georgia, Terrell County.
Notice is hereby given to all con-
cerned that have applied to the Or
binary of Terrell county, Georgia, for
leave to sell the lands belonging to
the estate of Sip Richardson, de-
ceased, and that said application will
be heard at the November term,
1912, of the Court of Ordinary of
said county. Nov. 4th, 1912. This
J. R. MERCER, Administrator
Estate of Sip Richardson, Deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
For Administr alton.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To Al
Whom 1t May Concern: c. G.
Anthony having in proper form ap-
piled to me for letters of administra.
ton on the estate of ]. A. Joiner, late
of said county, this is to cite all and
singular the creditors and next of kin
of J. A. Joiner to be and appear al
my Office within the time allowed by
law and show cause, if any they can,
why permanent administration
should not be granted to C. G. An
thony on J. A. Joiner's estate. Wit
ness my hand and official signature
this End day of September, 1912.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
For Years Support.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom 1t May Concern: Notice is
hereby given that the appraisers ap-
pointed to set apart and assign a
years support to Mrs. Sarah A.
Campbell, the widow of A. B. Camp
bell, deceased, have filed their award,
and unless good and sufficient cause
is shown the same will be made the
judgment of the court at November
term, 1912, OF the Court of Ordinary.
This September Is, 1912.
w r. CHEATHAM Ordinary
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
Canaries in a Church.-Canarie

Canaries in a Church.-Canaries,
caroling an unusual accompaniment
to the organ and choir, were used in
a London church recently. The pas
tor decided to surprise his flock with
the unique plan. The congregation
accordingly filed into church
frightened by the melody of dozen
pretty yellow birds, imported from
Germany, their cages swinging at ad-
vantageous points high above the
heads of the worshipers. The cana
ries Interrupted the sermon very lit
tie. But when the choir and the con-
gregation arose to sing hymns the
feathered songsters burst forth into
a musical cadence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29
AS TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

The Rome Tribune notes that in
the trial of a murder case in Atlanta
seventeen iurymen disqualified be-
,canse they were opposed to capital
punishment, and adds: This is
rather peculiar state Of affairs-thaf
so large a percentage of veniremen
should disqualify for that reason
when put on their yoir dire. 1t shows,
perhaps, that a great many men Sc
lected for jury duty do not carefully
consider the questions put to them.
Probably some of them do not want
TO serve as Jurors in q murder case,
and stretch their consciences a little
when replying to the questions put
to them by the solicitor general
Further than this we would like to
know what the ideas of these jurors
are in regard to punishment for helm
Gus capital crimes. This is an i'm
portant question that many jurors
do not appear to consider of serious
import until it is brought home to
them"
Very few jurors will serve on a
murder case when they can help it,
and some of them take advantage of
all sorts of excuses. The News
knows of an instance when a juror
disqualified himself for service in a
murded case on the ground that he
was opposed to capital punishment,
and short while afterwards quail
fed in another murder case.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-29

The hobble-skirt, containing as 1t
does only one-half as much cloth as
it's predecessor, is responsible for the
closing of many wooden and cotton
mills in Europe, and thousands OF
Iaborers are out of employment. 1t
is the amount of goods in a garment
that makes times good with produc-
ers and manufacturers, which re-
minds us that some years ago Tex
as editor argued for a law to make
the tails of shirts longer in order to
raise the price of cotton.