The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-08-23
THE GREATEST GOOD TO
THE GREATEST NUMBER"
Will Best be Subseryed by Locating
the Parish Seat at Welsh
Rather than at Jennings.


which at first blush seems to have
some semblance of ground for argu'
ment in it, but better study OF the
propositions that are set forth indi.
Gates that the author was not as IA
milar with the map OF Jefferson
Davis parish as he ought to be.
In making his plea for the location
OF the parish seat at Jennings, as
being nearer the center OF population.
he saws, Jennings has 1925; Welsh
1856; Lake Arthur 1899; the only
towns noted in jefferson Davis parish
ia the census of 1910. Then locate
the parish seat at jennings, where
1925 people have no travelling expense.
Welsh, 1850 have 10 miles; Lake
Arthur. 1893, 10 miles. Locate at
Welsh, 1925 travel 10 miles, 1898
travel to Jennings 10 miles aud on to
Welsh 10 miles, or 20 miles, and only
Welsh 1850 are at home. With parish
seat at Jennings 1000 people in Ward
3 (Raymond) travel 10 miles to Jen.
nings, and Ward 4 ELTON 1000 people
travel 20 miles to Jennings as against
80 miles to Welsh"
There are several points 10 the
above article that are worthy little
consideration before being accepted
at face value.
In the first place YOU will notice
from the following sentence. "Jen-
nings has 1925, Welsh has 1850, Lake
Arthur 1893, the only TOWNS noted
10 Jefferson Davis parish, in the
census of $780," that the author has
followed the tactics customarily fol-
lowed bv Jennings in the parish
division fight, of ignoring the country
districts, and is considering only the
TOWNS, Just why all the outlaying
territory Of wards 5, 7, s and should
have been utterly ignored in this
computation is a matter that we leave
with our readers to solve.
Again the author says, with the
parish seat at Welsh 1000 people in
Ward Three (Raymopd) travel 10
miles to Jennings, and Ward Four
(Elton) 1000 people travel 20 miles
to Jennings as against 20 or 30 miles
TO Welsh" Now if the author of the
above statement will give a little time
to the study of the map on the first
page of the Journal. he will see that
at least one fifth of Ward Three is
ACTUALLY NEARE Welsh than it
is to Jennings, and that Raymond is
not to exceed four miles farther from
Welsh than it is from Jennings.
Thus instead of Ward Three being
TEN miles farther from Welsh than
Jennings, a goodlv portion of it is
ACTUALLY NEARER Welsh than it
is Jennings, and Raymond, the voting
place is but four miles farther from
Welsh than it is from Jennings.
The same thing is true in regard to
Ward Four. A portion at least of
Ward Four is ACTUALLY NEARER
Welsh than ANY portion of the ward
is to Jennings, since a IL mile circle
drawn around the center of welsh
will cut ward 4, while similar
circle drawn with Jennings as
center will NOT touch ward 4, and
the towns of China and Elton are but
four miles farther from welsh than
they are from Jennings, and the town
OF Lauderdale, also in ward 4, is at
least two miles NEARER to welsh
than it is to Jennings.
Again, why ignore the 1000 people
living in ward 5 who are all much
nearer welsh than they are Jennings.
WHY ignore the people living, in ward
Nine, who are all TEN miles nearer
welsh than jennings. WHY ignore
the 1000 people living in ward Eight
who are at least TEN miles nearer
welsh than Jennings? Why ignore
the greater part of ward Seven, whose
people are nearer welsh than Jen.
nings?
The fact of the case is, as will be
seen from a study of the map, that
Jennings is SO near the very edge of
the parish that outside of a strip
SEVEN miles wide extending along
the eastern side of the parish. every
other point in the ENTIRE PARISH
is NEARER to WELSH than it ia
Jennings.
And while the author insinuates in
his article that the western portion of
the parish of jeff Davis is "a cattle
pasture" We opine that he will find
that there are more voters there
than ha avar n roo mad "a 49, -,