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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

The Lake Charles American. Press
says, GOOD old Calcasieu-that is tho
segregated section-will now take .
long rest from politics." CONSIDERING
that 1t is fully three weeks before the
Rational election comes of, and there
are no other elections to be held in old
Calcasieu-the segregated part-we
are not surprised that Bro. Krebbs is
looking forward to a long period ~
political rest during the next three
weeks. Now if he had been fortunate
enough to have had his lot cast in
Jefferson Davis parish, he might bavo
enjoyed the biggest election OF The wear
just two weeks prior to the LITTLE
residential election, and then follow.
ing that in about five weeks he ,niaht
nave participated in still another eIac.
ton that viii also make the election ~
IAe President LOOK Ike thirty cents
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

Jennings Offer to. give the free use
or the town hall to the parish for q
period Of ten years is binding. The
council at an official meeting enacted
an ordinance donating the building 10
the parish free Of charge for this period
ana the acts Of the present council are
bindlng on their successors and The an.
tire municipal corporation. JENNINGS
IlneS'Record Viii the author of
the boVe statement pleas So
INFORM the voters since when the
aCtS Of the present council became
binding upon their successors, and the
entlre municipality" Such state.
nent as this would come with better
grace II 1t were not for the fact thar
men high in the councils of state in
Jennings town had not within the past
lhFee or four years challenged the acts
Oh the Jennings City Council, and taken
he same into COURT and haQ the same
MATERIALLY MODIFIED or AN.
NUALED. There is not the slightest
grounds for surprising that they would
not 60 the same thing again, if it suited
their purpose to do it. And in the case
OF the court house it certainly would
suit their purpose, as the ink ON the
election returns would hardly be dry
before Jennings would be shouting for
work to be commenced on the new
court house" should she be chosen as
The parish seat.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

One of the most striking Illustration
OF the work that is actually being done
by the Good Government administra
ton is furnished by a careful study of
me IL amendments to be voted upon al
the coming election, and q comparison
OF them with the fifteen amendments
mat were passed by the Sanders adj.
minlstfatlon two years ago. OF The
Fifteen amendments that were
then pasted, at least nine of them pro.
Viaed for either levying new
tax, or increasing the demands upon
the taxes already ievyed. Of the nine.
teen amendments to be voted upon on
the fifth Of next month, at least seven
OF them provide for the exemption of
different lines Of industry and institu.
tons from taxation. Nor does tbis
exemption apply to the great industries
such as steamship lines, railroads q to
only but reach down to the pockets of
the masses, who may by majority vote
exempt their home from taxation. un
an amount equivalent to 100000
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18
Our friends over CT the Merm0ntau

Our friends over CT the Mermantau
are Screly distressed over their irabil.
ity TO convince the people that they are
the center Of population OF Jefferson
Davis parish. Recently they have de-
voted column upon column OF valuable
space IN the Jennings paper, the only
paper in the parish by the way that is
supporting the border town for parish
seat, in an effort to convince the voters
OF the parish, they are located in the
center Of population" We are sur
prlsed that even Jennings with her
pauclty OF argument and warped ideas
OF justice to the people as a whole
should attempt to prove as impossible
condition as that Jennings town
situated within less than mile of the
border of the parish could possibly be
IN the center of the population of a
pretty evenly populated parish of the
size this is. AS we'll might they sit
down and attempt to prove that the
moon is made of green cheese as to
attempt to bamboozle an INTELLIGENT
people into the belief that Jennings.
The Town on the Border is the center
OF population of JEFF Davis Parish.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

We would call especial attention of
our readers to an exposition of the Tax
Segregation amendment that appears
IN this issue under the heading, 1.-THE
Farmer and his tax" This article is
prepared by Hon E. E. Noise and very
clearly sets forth the principal features
OF the proposed amendment After a
thorough study OF this amendment, we
are thoroughly convinced that it is one
OF the best laws that has ever been
proposed by a Louisiana legislature,
and that its adoption will 90 lone
way toward solving the problem of
providing sufficient funds for the main.
talnance OF departments of the govern.
ment, state and local, and at the same
time, provide an eguable distribution
OF the burden of taxation. By the adop.
ton Of this amendment, Jefferson
Davis parish will be benefited to the
extent OF from Sl0,OOO.GO to $12,oeO.0O
annually, while our tax rate will be
slightly decreased, unless our new
police jury shall see fit to increase orr
present rate or assessment in order tn
install and maintain our new parochial
government. There is no question but
that this tax should carry by an over.
wnelming majority.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

II Jennings is the live hustling town
that she Is trying to make people think
she is, how DO YOU account for the fact
that she is the ONLY town in JEFF. Davis
parish that has not made a material ad-
vancement within the past five years?
Elton has grown, during that time from
a small village into a thriving little
city. Lake Arthur during the same
period has made material Announcements
along every avenue Of progress. Welsh
has converted her business section from
city OF frame to a city Of BRICK
Buildings during that time, and even
RICE, WoodlaWn, Fenton, and possibly
TopSy have made material growth dur.
Ing that time. But Jennings with her
mushroom growth occasioned by the
oil boom, instead of making progress
with the remainder Of the parish has
been suffering from severe attack of
material decadence. So keenly has
this been felt, that within the past five
years while the rest of the parith has
been growing and increasing in popula.
ton, jennings has actually LOST MORE
THAN 1000 Of her population, Is this
the kind of a town, Mr.. Voter and Tax
payer, that you wish to select as YOUR
parish seat? We hardly think Sc.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18
Saved by HIS Wife

She's wise woman who knows lust
what to do when her husbands life is
in danger, but Mrs. r. J Flint, Brain.
tree, VT. is of that kind. "She insist.
ed on my using Dr.. Kings New Dis
cove:y, writes Mr.. +. "for a dreadful
cough, when | was so weak nv friends
all thought | had only short time to
1--we, and it completely cured me" A
quick cure for coughs and colds, it is
the most safe and reliable medicine
Tor many throat and lung trouble
grip, bronchitis, Group, whooping
cough quinsy, tonsilitis, hemorrah-
ages: A trial will convince you. Scots
anu Sl.0o. Guaranteed bv All Druggist
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

Another of Jennings false statements
that is too thin to hold water is that
Welsh asks you to Immediately 90 in.
TO debt for improvements already pro.
VideI at Jennings" Now Welsh does
moi ask You anything of the kind.
Welsh expects to abide by the action OF
the Jefferson Davis police jury, and
provide housing and furnishings for
the Court and Parish officials for =
period OF THREE years, and you NAV
depend upon it, that Jennings would
do no more, nor would she do that
much If the members OF the police iury
outside of Messrs Conner and Merritt;
representing Jennings and Jennings
sentiments, had not forced this measure
through the police jury over Mr.. Con.
nes and hr. Mergltt's vote against it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

One Ct the strong pleas that Jennings
Is now putting up for the location Of
the parish seat in the Town on the
Border, is that she is a graceful accent
re OF gifts. She says Carnegie gave
her a library, Uncle Sam gave her a
Federal building, and we all know that
me Acadia parish oil field gave her a
boom that she could not maintain, and
now she is asking the people Of the
PARISH to give her the Court House.
Viii they ID it, Wei hardly
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

On par with most of Jennings other
Would.be argument for the location of
the parish seat at the extreme edge of
the parish instead of in the CENTER,
is the statement made in Mondays
Times.Record that Welsh asks you to
put the parish seat in an inconvenient
out.of. the.Way location" The absurdity
of such statement is too apparent to
to appeal - to even the least in.
formed on the geography of Jefferson
Davis parish, much less to the intel.
ligent we'll informed body Of
voters who will locate the parish seat
in the CENTER Of the Parish
next Tuesday. Welsh asks the voters
Of h e parish to place the
parish seat in tn e CENTER o the
parish, and not at an INVOLVEMENT
OUT-OF.THE WAY town located with.
in less than a mile Of the border of the
parish. Welsh offers every facility that
Jennings does for reaching the court
house. The railrord facilities of Welsh
are equal to those of Jennings. The
public highways are equal to those of
Jennings, and in addition to this Welsh
is located in the CENTER Of the parish,
while Jennings is situated at the ex.
IRENE edge.of the parish, her corporate
limits being within less than a mile OF
the parish bouudry.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18
Judge Miller Rsturpi,y

Judge E. D. Miller, for TN
Judge CT this judicial distrctt !
been in China for the past var
is said to he in Honolulu, h
Islands, and is enroute 10 n
again. Judge Miller hasa vs
of friends who will be PLEASED i
him return to Louisiana aS
again. Kinder Gazette.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18
Gard Of Thanh,


-9l, "a, Or n,
To n the People Ct the 7t5 C O.
IN vie" CT the splendis wi.
at the Primary Election bss.
day, l desire to thank my :
their loyal support. As ttsr IL
the Democratic party, | ,,i,,'
position on public question:, a !
my promise to guard The ~
the people CT my Distrirt !,
sincerely and to the best =,
Again thanking the people b |
tidence they have rerosed j, !. ]
to be an efficient servapti,s..'
LIN
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18
For Sale.

A pair of registered O. |. c. hogs,
Two years old. Will trade for COW.
G. b. Evans, Jennings, La.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29
The Tennessee Jumpers.

Seldom has state delegation at q ma
tional convention displayed such catho-
licity of choice and such breadth of favor
and such instability of purpose as the
twenty-four men who represent Tonnes
see at the democratic meeting at Balti-
more. This state delegation is not bound
by unit rule. Such thing as concert
on the part Of the two dozen Tonnes
seeans who are now taking part In the
democracy's quadrennial party is incon-
ceivable. At the outset they were at
least consistently divided. casting six
votes each for Clark, Wilson, Underwood
and Harmon. From that time through
out the twelve ballots that We're taken at
Fridays sessions they jumped around
like the proverbial feas on a hot griddle,
shifting their votes back and forth from
one candidate to another without the least
regard for the unities. Here are the votes
cast for Clark on the twelve ballots: g
81, 5. llh. 5, q. 10is, Sh. 8. l3. IL. Z
Here are the Wilson votes. g. 6h, 61a, q,
), o. 611, 81. 6Ia. III ~. Z. The Under
wood votes were: 6. 3, sh,, 3. 2h. !. 3h,
IS. AZ. 31s, ~. .. During the nine ballots
on which Gov. Harmon received Tonnes
see votes they ran: y, 51z. 4. 3h. 11A 5,
31s, 5. 4. he receiving no votes from that
delegation on the last three ballots. In
no two successive ballots was the same
combination cast Either these twenty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29
The Ghost Will Surely Walk.

Now. with the President giving assur-
ance that there is perfect understanding
on the part of virtually all the heads of
the government. including the members
of the appropriations committees of the
House and Senate, regarding the provi-
sion of funds to pay all the public service
expenses from the first moment of the
new fiscal year, there should be not the
slightest anxiety on the part of any per-
son on this score. Everybody will get
every penny that is due from midnight
Sunday, all compensations running at the
old rate from that hour until the new ap-
preparations have been made, in cases of
changes. Offices that are to be abolished
under contemplated legislation will be
continued in existence and their incum-
bents will remain on the rolls as long as
the resolution extending the appropriations
OF 1911-12 may run. This is, of course. an
imperfect way of managing the public
business. but 1t is the best that can be
done In the circumstances. 1t is unfortu-
nate that any genuine anxiety is felt in
any quarter on this account. and 1t is to
be hoped that il ever again the govern
ment should come to such a pass, owing
perhaps to the too close conjunction of
the political conventions and the close of
the fiscal year common sense will super
vene to allay any foolish fears of bad
faith on the part of the United States to-
ward those who are doing its work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29
A Counter-Irritant.

The other day when the Washington
ball team returned home from the west
1T was difficult to find any one in this city
taking the slightest interest in the pro-
ceedings of the republican party at Chi
cago. Yesterday, however, there was
cause for qualification that something
was doing over in Baltimore to distract
attention from the lamentable happenings
at the concrete coliseum in the after
noon. Had the fates permitted the
erstwhile Climbers to take both con-
tests there would have been but
little heed of the balloting forty miles
away. Folks would have talked In
terms of runs and bingles. star plays and
daring slides. life-saving catches and mar
velous pitching. screaming singles and
telepathic hit-and-run combinations. Had
one of the games been captured there
would have been enough material for con-
versation to put the Baltimore proceed
ings we'll into the shade. But the loss OF
two. Instantly the affairs of the democ-
racy became of acute moment and thou.
sands Of the most devoted followers OF
the national game sought solace in the
bulletins from the convention hall and
tried desperately to forget that which had
befallen their heroes out on It'll street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29

able to sec it. Here were MI. Roosevelt
and his friends packing their dLds TO
leave. and Mr. Depew could not tell what
their activity meant. He was framing a
prophecy which twenty-four hours would
knock into cooked hat.
This should, but will not, be q warning
to those who are already arranging the
November result in their minds ana
speaking their minds. Were things poiit-
ical ever so confused or uncertain as
nowo Did politics ever make stranger
bedfellows than it is making now? Think
over some of the factional alliances that
were effected at Chicago. Reflect on some
that the Baltimore convention Is show
ing. Mr.. Hearst and Tammany in cahoots
over Parker Mr. Hearst giving his hand
to Tom Taggart and Roger Sullivan in an
alliance against Mr.. Bryan.
And the situation is but just develop
ing Wait until the people have had
few weeks to appraise the Chicago ticket
and platform. the Baltimore ticket and
platform, the Roosevelt proposition as
finally licked into shape, and other propo-
sitions that may be submitted under
other names. Prophecies today are worth
less. Everything is in fluid state. and
the final shape when 1T cools and settles
is beyond any human ken.
Only this at this time seems to be GER
tain. That a national canvass unprece-
denied for bitterness is on the cards and
calculated to stir all sections profoundly
except the south, where no canvass is
necessary With Mr.. Roosevelt on the
stump whooping things up after his fash
ion: the President probably on the stump
defending his course; the Baltimore NOM
inee on the stump explaining his PLATFORM
not to mention the activities. stump and
otherwise, of the populists, the socialists
and the prohibitionists. this we'll beloved
land of ours is in for an agitation such as
prophets hitherto have never tried their
hands on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29
No Candidates at Baltimore.

Outside of the men who have been get
ting scattering votes at Baltimore not
one of the candidates is on the ground,
thus preserving the traditions of party
nominations which were SO rudely lg-
nored at Chicago by Col. Roosevelt in
his more than strenuous pursuit of the
republican designation a standard
bearer. The three governors who are
getting the votes of their states as
favorite sons are back home at the re-
spective seats of government of their
commemorative attending as strictly to
business as is possible in the circum-
stances, quite reasonably to be excused
from keeping one ear on the telephone
bell and one eye on the door through
which telegraph message arrive. The
two distinguished members of the House
of Representatives who are getting prac-
tically all the other votes are here on
the job in Washington, little better
placed strategically than their three
rivals for the nomination. but to all in
tents and purposes utterly indifferent TO
the course of events and busy with the
affairs of the nation in terms of federal
lawmaking. Mr.. Bryan is on the scene,
of course, because he is delegate from
Nebraska, and also a reporter of the pro-
ceedings, and furthermore consumedly
interested in the formation of the next
lineup on the national battle-ground. A
democratic convention without Mr.. Bryan
on the spot would hardly be recognized
as a proper assemblage His immediate
participation in these affairs cannot be
likened to the Rooseveltian advent at
Chicago, which was proclaimed as the
onrush of a sure-thing conlueror, though
generally regarded as the last-chance
sprint of a loser. Certainly the Balti-
more convention. however badly it may
be deadlocked, has gained in dignity and
impressiveness by the abstention of all
the avowed candidates from attempts at
close-range influence on the situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29
Prophets.

Never prophesy onless we know" Such
Is the famous injunction. But. fortu-
nately for the gayety of the world and
the announcement OF games of chance,
the injunction is often violated. Seers
will take peep into the future. and re-
cord what they think they discover
there. And many OF the brethren come
to grief.
The latest victim Of prominence is the
well beloved Chauncey NJ. Depew While
the turbulence was at its height in Chi
cago. a newspaper correspondent caught
Mr.. Depew in prophetic mood and got a
rise out of him. ''Split?" repeated the
orator-wit. There will be no split" And
then he dropped into "Reminiscences. and
showed how expensive some party splits
had been to those participating in them.
He dwelt upon the split of 1872, in which
he participated. He trooped OF with the
Greeley men that year. and then troopec
back, and was glad to get back.
But here was a split at hand. and as
experienced d man as Mr.. Depew un-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29
Wise Ones.

There have been some busy doings in the
town of Baltimore.
There were echoes of the trouble all
along the eastern shore.
The oysters went in hiding at the bottom
Of the bay;
The terrapin all vanished when they
heard the music play.
And that is why SO many who were
there to see the fun
Were forced to be contented with bis
cult or q bun.
They say the rabbits cunning and the
fox exceeding sly.
They know enough to run when there is
any danger nigh.
For caution and sagacity the prize this
year must go
To the oyster and the terrapin for iyins
mighty low;
For they escaped the sacrifice that plain
ly was in store
For most Of those who ventured to the
town OF Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29
The Roosevelt Convention.

National conventions go to the highest
bidder. 1t is frank and not dscreditable
auction. Money Is necessary in entertain
ing so large a body of men, and cities
aspiring to the honor should put up liber-
ally.
Chicago and Baltimore were the sue
cessful bidders last winter, and neither
probably regrets its bargain Not all the
promises made were redeemed. Not all
were possible of redemption. At such a
time the promiser is apt to grow eloquent
and the promisee credulous. Sad will be
the day when calm and conservative
statements, and cold and critical exam
ination of such statements, rule in such
transactions.
Now where will the Roosevelt conven-
ton be held? What town will secure that
halcyon and vociferous meeting? And
what figure will turn the trick?
1t ought to be a good shoW-some-
thing unique in the convention line. or
late years both the republicans and the
democrats have been INDUCING in high
spirits and circus atmosphere has been
created. An orderly procedure would now
be voted a dull show. The younger dele
gates must have their fling, and even the
elder, under inspiration. cut capers.
But will not the Roosevelt convention
set the pegs? VIII II not be rip-roarins
iamboree-a love feast of unexampied
demonstration of affection? Why not?
Who compares with Mr.. Roosevelt as the
Big Noise? And will not his worshipers
in convention assembled put him in NOM
ination and then celebrate their work in
a style BETTING his tastes and tempera-
ment?
The crowd in attendance? 1t ought to
be tremendous. and composed OF liberal
spenders-men who fash their rolls, and
set 'em up as long as they've got cent.
Sports from the east and sports from the
west will put II there, pard. in the hear
test fashion, and indulge in all the echo
waking salutations of their kind. The
convention and all around and about 1t
should be circus for fair.
What is the market value of such
meeting? Large. of course, but how
large? What town will start the bidding?
And how many contestants will the bid
ding develop?
AS for the meeting hall, no special
recommendations as to acoustic proper
ties will be necessary. The delegates and
spectators will have no difficulty in max
ing themselves heard. Greater need will
be of strong walls and stoutly riveted
roof. to hold the volume of sound which
will be frequently liberated. When the
name of Roosevelt is mentioned a great
strain will be put upon the building, and
should the man himself appear in person
to accept the Nominations likely con-
tingency-those inside may well tremble
for their safety. a time of times, and no
mistake.