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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-09-20
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
EXTRA SESSION 1912
ACT NO. 4.

Senate Bill No >. BY Mr.. Voegtle.
Joint resolution submitting to the
people of the State of Louisiana an
amendment to the Constitution au-
thorizing parishes and GeIf-taNjng mu-
inequalities 10 exempt new industrial
enterprises and also improved value,
inclusive Of structures added to uniln-
proved lands by immigrants into the
state, who occupy said lands as home
steads from local taxation for period
hot exceeding ten tl0) years
Section !. Re it resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State Of Lou
istana, tWo-thirds of all the members
elected to each house coucurring, Ihht
the following amendment to the Con
| stitutiOn Of the State Of Louisiana be
and the same is hereby submitted to
the qualified electors of the state at
| the congressional election to be held
on the first Tuesday after the first
| Monday in the month of November OF
the year 1912, tO-Wit:
Every parish and self-taXing NUM-
! cipality shall have the right to exempt
| new industrial enterprises and also the
| improved value added to mtmproved
| lands, including all structures thereon
! by immigrants into the State VINO Oc-
Cupy said lands as homeSteads. from To-
cal taxes for a period not to exceed ter
(10) years by the vote of two-thirds II
.
qualified electors including resident
women taxpayers. holding at least two
thirds of the propeNy subject to loca
| taxation within the taxing locality at
special election called for that purpose
at which special election members o
partnerships. associations and heirs o
estates. otherwise qualified, snail o.
entitled to vote their respective pro rat
Of the assessed valuation of said part
nerships associations or estates. Eacl
enterprise SO exempted must be situat
) ed within the limits of the eXemptln!
. authority and be established after tn
= exemption is granted.
Section ?. Be it further resolved
: etc, That there shal be printed o.
5 the ballot to be used at said electio
the words: For the constitutional
amendment authorizing parishes an
: Self-taXing municipalities to exempt neN
industrial enterprises and also lmpION
E ed value, inclusive Of structures, adde
to unimproyed lands by Immigrant
e into the State who occupy SAID Iahd
, as homesteads. from local taxes FOR
t period not to exceed ten lO) years. an
! Against the constitutional amendmeI
X authorizing parishes and selt-taNln
: municipalities to exempt new lnduStrG
f enterprises, and also improved Vatu
n including structures added to unln
t proved lands by immigrants into tt
i State who occupy Salu ldHuS a9 MN
e steads, from local taxes for a perlc
not to exceed ten G0) years and eal
:. elector shall indicate on his ballot
e provided by the general election laws
IS the State whether ne votes for
e against the said amendment.
J. THOMAS C. BARRETT.
lie Lieutenant Governor and President
= the Senate.
d, Sneaker Of the House Of Representative
20 Approved: August Gath, 1912.
,e L. e. HALL,
ID Governor of the state of Louisiar
Id A true copy:
u ALVIN E. HEBERT.
o. Secretary Of State.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-09-20

eieetor shall indicate az provided IN
the general election laws Of the State
whether he votes for or against the
amendment
L. Z. THOMAS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
THOMAS G. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate
Approved: July 18th, 1912
l.. T.. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy
ALVIN T. HEBERT.
Secretary of State.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-09-20
ACT NO, 2ao.

4 Bin No 1879. By Mr.. Amacker.
JOINT RESOLUTION
ag an amendment to the Consti-
pa Of the State Of Louisiana, pro-
for the exemption from taxa
!ora period of ten (10) years from
cate Of Its completion. Of all rail-
OF parts Of railroads. construct
eDsecuently to June l, 1912.
% ], Be 1t enacted by the Cen
sembly Of the State Of Louisi-
Rethirds Of all the members
70 each House concurring
That the following amendment
eonstitution of the State Of Lou
e submitted to the electors OF
y At the next election for Rep
.lSes In Congress. to be holden
irst Tuesday after the first
u November, 1912, to-wit;
snail be exempt from taxation
psllod Of ten years from the date
ompletion. any railroad or part
aOad that shall have been con-
ana completed subsequently
~ !; 1912, and prior to January 1,
.as exemption shall include and
gu rights Of way, roadbed,
nus and other superstructures
.sea rights Of way, roadbed or
ana to all depots, station
salldln0s, erections and struc-
sppurtenant to such railroads
" operation of the same; but
~ include the depots, ware
aatlon houses and other struc-
saa appurtenances nor the land
sssa they are erected at termi-
'as and for which franchises
u.en granted and obtained.
aaile remain the property Of
esl owner or owners, or be
slasd or assigned to any corpo-
y corporations, person or per-
M s.ssa.sso,ever. and provided fur
~ s MS exemption shall not APP
sOuole tracks, sidings, switches,
9ther improvements or bet
which may be constructed by
new In operation within the
ssisr than extensions or new
10 hOh ny SHCn EdllEOduS'
~ ~ tafther that when aid has
~ oeen Or which may here
s., soted by any parish. ward OF
Any 10 any railroad, such rail-
\ not be entitled to the ex.
nom taxation herein stablish'
Be II further enacted, etc.
ss 81 o,ticial ballots at said cleo.
" nave printed thereon the
e.s sar the proposed amendment
hsslntion Of the State Of Lou,
,s'alge to exemption from tax
Yen years from the date Of
LYON, OF all railroads or parts
sss constructed subsequently
!. 1913" and the word!
S..,,. me proposed amendment Il
s sss,s,s.1,ion Of the State of Lou
AtiYe to exemption from tax
- = period of ten years from
|, - completion Of all railroads
= railroads constructed subse
January !. 1919" and eael
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-09-20
ACT ITO. z.

,4. pi,l No 4 BY MT. FaVrot
Ioint resolution proposing an amend
want 70 the Constitution or the state
NJ louisiana relative to the eAeinption
from taxation of money in hano OF Oh
deposit. :. .o,v.d NV the Gem
.,o1 Assembly Of the State of Louisiana;
t tWo-thirds Of all the members ell elected tea
' 20 1ne amendment to the Constitution
ns the State be submitted to the quail
fled electors of the State Tor tnelr
adoption or re ta boz n al t on the first
T slol,Si after the first Monday in the
a,ontb of November, 1912, as follows:
There shall be exempt from taxation
al, money in hand or on deposit .
aii section Z. Be It further resolved. etc.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-09-20
That me official ballot to BE- used at


said election shall have printed thereon
the words: For the proposed amend.
ment to the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana eXempting from taxation an
money in hand or on deposit ana the
words Against the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of the state OF
Louisiana exempting from taxation al!
money in hand or on deposit Ana each
electOr shall indicate, as provided pS
the general election laws of the State,
whether he votes for or against the pro-
posed amendment.
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President or
the Senate.
r. u. THOMAS,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives,
Approved: August 2irh, 1917.
t. T.. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
4 true copy:
ALVIN +. HEBERT,
Secretary of state.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-09-20
ACT NO. IL.

Sarata Fill No s. BY Mr. Voegtle.
Joint resolution proposing an ameN1-
mont to the Constitution of tho St@'"
Of Louisiana eyemptin@ from taxation
the legal reserve Of life insurance com
nanies organized under the laws OF this
State. 49,
Section !. Ta it resolved by the
General Assembly Of the state of Lou
fsiana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each house COnCurrlng Iha1
the following amendment t" tn" Con
stitution Of the state he submitted L
the qualified electors Of the state f"'
their adoutiOn or rejection at the con
gressional election to b" held on m
| first Tues Law after the first MONDAY y
| tho month Of November. 1912, as fol
! lows:
There shall be exempt from all tax
alton the legal reserve Of life inSuranC
comranies organized under the laws
this state.
Section .. BE it further resolved
etc. That the official ballot to be use
at said election shall have prnte
thereon the words: For the propose
amendment to the Constitution Of tn
state Of Louisiana exempting from al
taxation the legal reserve of life IN
surance companies organized under IN
laws Of this State" and the WornS
against the proposed amendment 20 N
Constitution OF the Slate u i.'" '',i'''
exemrtng from taxation the legal RS
serve of life insurance COMPANIES OF
ganized under the laws OF this state
And each elector shall indicate as pre-
yi1ed bv the general election laws
the state. whether ne votes for
against the proposed amendment.
THOMAS c. BARRET,
. Ijeutenant Governor and President
8 of the Senate.
Speaker of the House Of Represen-
tatves.
Z Annroved: August oath, 1912.
= app t. f. HALL,
! Governor of the State of Louisiana
I A true copy: ,,,,
Secretary of State.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
EdisOn's Deafness

From the Kansas City Star.
 It was while Edison was newsboy on the Grand Trunk that he became the vic tim of an affliction that remains with him to this day-his hearing was parti- ally destroyed. One day while the train was running swiftly over some poorly laid track. there was a lurch and some phosphorous with which Edison had been experimenting fell to the floor and ig- nited. The blaze set fire to the car Before Edison could extinguish it the conductor. who was a quick tempered Scotchman, approached. He became en- ragged and cuffed the young inventor on the ears so severely as to cause this in- firmity. Deafness to most persons would be a real afflction. but not so with MT. Edison, who gaid of it recently:
 This deafness has been of great ad- vantage to me in various ways. When ir teleghaph office could hear, only the instrument directly on the table at tfwhieh I sat, and unlike the other operators, I was not bothered bX the other instru- ments. Again, in experimenting on the telephone, had to improve the trans hitter so that I could hear it. It was the same with the photograph. The great defect of that instrument was the rendering of the overtones in music and the hissing consonants in speech. I worked more than year. 20 hours a day. Sundays and all, to get the word specific perfectly recorded and reproduced on the photograph. When this was accomp- lished l knew that everything else could be done-which was a fact"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
DESTROYS WEEDS
New Machine Burns Them Off and Then Puts Out the Fire
From Good Roads.

From Good Roads
 machine which it is asserted will de- stroy weeds by fire and extlnguish the flames and sparks immediately afterward to prevent fire from spreading is one Of the recent inventions. It uses crude oil. which is driven by boiler pressure into a mixer, where Ic combines with steam at a heat sufficient to vaporze the oil.
 From the mixer the oil and steam are conveyed through a tube to burners. com bustion takes place, and the flames are driven down to the roots of the weeds with a steam pressure of 120 pounds. Prac- tically any number of burners may De used.
 By using a fine spray of oil 1t is possible to burn out stubborn growths like salt grass and other stubborn weeds while they are green. By this method the gut ters of residential streets, where the traffic is not heavy enough to keep down the weeds, may be kept clean.
 The burner is covered with an apron of sheet steel, lined with fIreproof mate rial an inch thick to localize the fire and prevent damage to fences, shrubbery. etc. After the flame has done its work it is extinguished by a fine spray of water forced over the ground
 A hand burner is recommended for clearing gutters. This is a small type. mounted on cart, with the tongue fast ened to the rear of the machine in such
 -'ev- t%at it can be guided along the line, It Is claimed that 20 miles can be GU m uay, and all seeds and roots destroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
GARGANTIAN BANQUETS
Some of the Rich Feasts Given in An
 cient Times

From the New York Herald.
 Diodorus Slcuus relates that an Argen- tine on the marriage of his daughter feasted upward of 20,ooo persons The brother of the Emperor Nitellius once treated him with 2Oo0 fishes and TOGO birds. all of great variety and exquisite flavor.
 Heliogabulus never ate fish when he re- sided near the sea, nor any fowl or meat but what came from a great distance.
 His horses he fed with grapes, his lions and tigers with. cartridges, quails. pheas- ants and woodcocks, and his dogs with the flyers of ducks geese and turkeys, while as items Of his daily fare he had the heads of parrots and peacocks, the combs of cocks and the brains of thrushes and nightingales. !,
 Invite eight old linen blind in one eye, eight bald eight deaf, eight lame with the gout eight blacks eight exceedingly thin and eight (so fiat that they could scarcely walk. who, when they had eaten as much as they could, were taken out of the apartment on the shoulders of sev- eral soldiers.
 In the time of William of Rosenburs the annual revenue. of a small state was frequently expended at marriage. Thus nobleman, being one of, the richest in Bd- hemia, married Mary. .Margrayine Of Baden.
 At this marriage were drunk 40 tons of Spanish wine, 100 settlers of Austrian Ehenish and Tyrolean wine, besides vast quantities of liquors of other kinds.
 The festivities began on January 26, 1878. and closed May 1, during which time there were consumed 150 oxen. 50 sheep, 5l6 calves and 6S4 hogs, 30 heathcocks, 2i0 pheasants, 2o50 cartridges and not less than 2130 hares.
 Besides these there were 120 pieces of other game and 40 stags. Of poultry there were aO6 capons and bullets, with 5l3j
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

bill of particulars from quarter where New York is seen in perspective im- possible to those who live in it.
 Is keeping up appearances in s35o0 flat and straining to make ends meet, one of the evidences of New York bluff? Does it consist in the affectation on a dispro- portonate income or magnificence in the way of limousine cars, champagne dinners and near millionaire luxury? Carplng critics from older fashioned cities might alege with some show of truth that New Yorlx's passion for display and ostentation pervades all walks of life And they might plausbly argue that the whole town has adopted Hamlet's cynical advice to "assume a virtue, if you have 1t not" that 1t is pretending to be what it Is not,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

An announcement made the other day stated that the various transportation companies running vessels into southern seas carried out of that port on Saturday 1927 persons. It thus appears that the movement of travel toward the south for
 rest and recuperation has become nation
 wide It is truly significant that more than 1900 persons should sail out of New York In one day for points in the West Indnes, Panama, South America and other places on the American continent
 This travel Is only a drop in the bucket of the real movement of the population of our country towards the south in the rigorous months of winter. For more than a month the tide has been flowing that way By boat from New York, by train from every part of the country, in dividuals and families have been hurry ing to the southland to spend a shorter or longer time amid the delights of the tropical and semi-tropical climate of the
 western world. We are not informed that European travel has fallen off this year or that it is on the down grade, but 1t is certain that pleasure seekers, rest searchers and tourists generally do not all rush to the Rivera, to Italy, to the Nile and old Spain to find change | from the life at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
AGE-HERALD COMMENDS
 JUDGE. FRANK CATALAN
Judge Cahalan on the Fee System

Judge Frank Cahaan senior judge of the criminal court of Jefferson County finds the docket for the coming term of the loaded with 800 felony and 410O mdeneanor cases He ventures to that seveneghts of the msde will be thrown out of court for lack of evidence or want of prosecution There too trivial brought this and you Speaking to the grand jury attribute bit of to the of this county the fee vsem Judge Caaan went to show that the costs in the criminal heavynot less than $50 caseand be paid whether the defendant is convicted qutted Judge Caaan relief for the docket of the ,durt until county officials put on a salary basis
 Cahaan does discuss the nhumanity of keeping humble misdemeanans trumpedup charges at least charges that will not be followed jail two three months The sum nhanty created by the fee system this county make intelligent and sensitive sud fer that to extent nel gent sens i've person is responsible for.
 The above copy of editorial published in the Birmingham Age Herald, September G. 1911.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
Try This One

From the New York Sun.
 Take one of the largest corks you ran find, the kind used in the long necked green bottles, and in one end dig out a hole. Into this put leaden bullet. or sev- eral large shot, and stop up the hole with putty. Round off the edges of the cork at this end and your dancer is ready to dance.
 Around the top of the other end of the cork paste on little blue hood of tissue paper: make dress of the same and tie on a sash of ribbon.
 On the cork make with ink the prettiest face you can. and then set the young lady a-dancing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
Deafness Treatment Free

These many letters of gratitude have touched my hcnit and so say again to the readers of The Age Herald: T will give away free trial treatment foi Deafness to every sufferer who calls at office o who writes for It.
 This offer can only be made for very short time If you Deaf. have any trouble with your ears come write me for free treatment
 The treatment Is entirely free. want to help you know what you suffer fin the approach of peafnes. and the ntolerabe agony of complete Deafness. know that have cured many many people who were Deaf. I want you to have the same opportunity tc hear again. Send now post card. or letter request Don't delay. it he too late. If you have even the slightest feeling that something is wronn with yo ears. be on the safe side and send for treatment Il won't cost you anything. If you growing Deaf and have become discouraged aud tired of experiment ing. profit by the example of those who have beer cured by my treatment. Many of these people though they could be cured. they tried so many diff fereni things which never did them any good. MY treatment restored their hearing .s-.-.
 Send to Dr. Edward Gardner Suite e52. No. Si West Sd street. New York City, and get the Fret Trial Treatment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
The New York Bluff

deed, and New Workers will be becoming ly grateful to the president of the Assoc,a- tion of Merchant Tailors. himself a Chi cagoan. for saying that they are the best dressed Americans. But more serious con sideration is deserved by his explanatory statement that New Workers dress well with the object of affecting an air of pros perity which is "a part of New York bluff
 What is New York bluff? The philoso- phy of good clothes is not peculiar to New York; it is as old as Polonius-"costly thy habit as thy purse can buy" etc But the allegation whets curiosity for ful:er
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
FORGED BY GRATITUDE
 OF HUNDREDS TO REPEAT HIS OFFER

I have been SO moved the past few weeks by the gratitude of readers that I have decided to make again the offer which I made in the October S0' issue. This is what I said
 ~ am going to Give Away a Frce Trial Treat ment for Deafness to every sufferer who asks for It.'
 People by inc hundred have come to my office. and letters of request have poured in; letters of grateful thanks have also poured in. From every part Of the conti- nent the people whom l have cured of that ter ..kxr. a. kSlt.,I...
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

and this not only as respects clothes but in the affectation of free morals which packs restaurant cabaret shows, ,- braces the turkey trot' and stimulates st surface immortality which also is bluff.
 The bill of particulars would be a long one. But when it is drawn will it be tr,,e only of New York? Will 1t not apply equally to other American cities from Newport to Reno? New York bluff" so called, will probably be found on analysis to be an American bluff from which no community that calls itself progressive is free.
 NOTTCE-TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS THAT THE LATHERs SCALE GOES INTO EFFECT AFTER MARCH 15, 1912. LOCAL. NO. 2, L.. I. U.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

geese, garnished and attended with 9o.se7 eggs. The quantity of fish consumed was equally surprising. as most of them were river fish-s75 lampreys, 608O trout, 1920 carp and 10,209 pike. besides $50 tails of stock fish, 26o0 Holsters and 7096 dried fish Of different varieties
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

.Thc new state of Arizona is going to surprise the world" says ]. Lorenzo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
ApprOpriate

From the Yale Record.
 Flm-"Gee, that's loud suit you have on,"
 Flam--"Yes, it's crash'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

letter from Cincinnati says: .Aow mo to thank you thousand times for the good hearing you have restored to me-" letter from Chicago says: I bless tho day l saw your offer, for you have cured mo of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

Hubbell of Ganado, Ariz. MT Hubbell is one of four republicans elected to the new Arizona senate, and chairman or the state central committee.
 "Only three counties went republican," he said; two in which l live-Apache and Navajo-and one other, Caconino, in which the Grand Canyon is located. By the way, the Grand Canyon, in the matter of wealth, Is only in its infancy. I anticipate great mineral finds there, and am confident that precious stones will be discovered Already we have as-
 bestos and copper and silver mines, and there is a rumor that radium has been found"
 It was not of Arizona and the possibl- tiles of the new state that Mr. Hubbell
 alone talked. Although a republican, he Is an ardent admirer of Speaker Clark. q am republican, and expect always to be one." said Mir. Hubbel, but that does not blind me to what the other side is doing. I am firmly convinced that Speaker Clark not only will be the demo- cratic nominee for President, but that
 he will have far more than fighting chance of election In Arizona one does lnot hear much political talk except that | centered about MT. Clark. In the recent | election the speakers name was used | to get votes for democratic candidates. l q have been looking about quite bit,' and I find that even In Vermont, where usually they pick a northern or western man, MT. Clark Is held in high favor. My opinion is that any man whom Col onel Bryan keenly disapproves will not find the road to the White House an easy one, and I am convinced that MT. Bryan
 does not disapprove of MT. Clark"
The Prescott daily news., 1912-03-06
WOM!AN'S CHRISTIAN
 TEMPERANCE UNION
Temperance Day in Alabama

The wise lawmakers of the above state passed law a few years ago requiring the teachers to have a real Temperance day in the schools once a year when there should be readings on the subject and other ways of setting the great principle before the pupils.
 They extended the courtesy to the w. c. T. U. to name the day when this should be observed, and they wisely chose a day near to the time of the going away of Frances Willard, Feb. 17th.
 This law also states there shall be placards, epigrams, notices etc in the attractive form placed in all school rooms through the year showing the evils of intem- perance, especially the use of intoxicating liquors. These