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

FOR sALE-2Oe a. Mr. BLESSING, MATA-
gorda Co.. Tex: about 40 q. cult; all con-
Venlences; r house. dairy outbIdgs.. stock,
etc John R Rowles. Blessing. Tex. Box II.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

FOR SALE-229A A. AND 100 A. NEAR
Perry Landing, Brazoria Co., Tex: 76 a. cult ;
dwelling, tenant houses, barn, orchard, !
mules: will sac. Martin, Box 3l9, Chicago. Ill
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

WILL TRADE FOR TOWN PROPERTY OR
sell at bargain, l63 q. in Mills Co. Texas
l25 cult; houses, barns, outbldgs.i 240
fruit trees. etc. Burton, Box 3l9. Chicago. Ill
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

Is 1t a blow to spiritualism Wal
man strikes a happy medium!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18
Mean Hint.

Mean Hint
Men are what their diet rhl
them"
You must have been eating aM|
deal Of sheepshead fish lately
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

FOR sALE-7ss A. NEAR BIG SPRING.
Howard Co.. Tex; ESQ a. cult; r. house,
tenant house. barn. outbldgs., y a. orchard.
machinery. etc. Ryrum. Box 3l9, Chicago I'LL.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

Wanted-Everyb body. Get Dollars and Sense
easy. Complete details for just csc silver.
John r, MacCOrmac, 2G26 Clay, Topeka. Kan.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

FOR sALE-3Oi A IN GONZALES CO..
Tex, IFS a. cult; r. house, tenant houses:
barn, etc Dr. j. II. Hales. Gonzales. Tex.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

]. All revenues received by the State
from all sources shall go into fund
called the General Fund, and the Cen.
eral Assembly shall apportion said fund
among all the public purposes for which
! taxation is levied. setting aside. however
each year. the following:
A.. For the General Public School Fund
not less than one-ffth OF the gross rev
enies OF the State from all sources nro.
vided that such appointment shall never
he less than One Milton and Thirty
! Thousand Dollars fsl.n30, 400. onl,
| B. For the General Engineer Fund m.
less than Four Hundred Thousand DoI-
lars tf4o0, 100000 Aoo'-
G. For Confederate Pensions not ,ess
than tbs amount provided or to be- nro.
vited by the Constitution
! D. For the Good RnSds EunH ,o, La.
! than One Hundred Fifty Thousand MI
lars $3.50 h0n.o0l plus the whole nro-
reeds Of the States molsty Of the spec,.l
automobile, taxicab and auto driven We
lilcle tex.
y. For the Public Debt Fund mot ,s..
than Five Hundred Twenty-Five gv,o,, :
sand Dollars fs525. 600 oo) or not less THAN
ST. Hundred and Fifty Thousard DOH, N
{! 5o,ooo.oe), If the Public Debt amend.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

FOR SALE-1515 A. IN COMAL CO. TEX;
on public road; rs q. cult. r stone house.
A. Bremen Bulverde. Tex. r. No. !. Box So.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

pay -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

which stneet 10y the way has three names within
its leagth-and II is not the only street by the
way In this condition I'm Petersburg the first
house l. numbered e. Across the street Is a
house in the 2e0s. Next door Is bearing "a
number above SEQ. The 200's run FOR two or
three houses then the goes break in again. \
few doors further on there again appears
houses numbered In the gees and another jump
in 600 Is later made All this Is the one block.
And inc the next uiock OF me same street
no on the corner whore Il should be, but next
TO it's a house numbered So0'
Is Il any wonder that the average Peters
hurgpan is hazy in his notion of where he lives?
Vet it seems that 1t Is his own fault, combined
with the habit of May moving. n pur-
chases for his house nice, glittering number
plate. The numeral itself is :. matter OF no
consideration lie may have dreamed it, or he
may consider it his lucky combination or he
may Just pick 1t up at random. Twenty-Five
hondred may share "a common lawn with 5 "a;
one side OF street may be sprInkIed impar-
tally with hundreds, two hundreds, threes,
fours, hges. and SKIES the other side may
hold TO something between the twenttes aud
the forties-and at the next street corner
ttJgFt may ls5 ss1T four straaIa 10 Sc
lect from!
All this may be the result of passion for
individual liberty of action, but the Peters
burg citizens are right in protesting No man
wishes a guest, for instance. to get utterly
lost when he Is only trying to get to dinner.
In addition. the average postman cannot al
ways be expected to be a pathfinder like
Peary or Old Doctor Cook. If the Peters,
burgpan insists carrying his number around
under his hat, the postman may be expected
TO do the same thing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18
The L nIucky IN,frtecn.

Few superstitions have held their own so
long, as that the number Is is unlucky. There
are streets in Paris where the houses num-
bered IL bis, liz Bis etc, In lieu Of II or II D.
Many hotels IN this country and others will
not have any rooms numbered 8. The Italians
never use The number Is In making up their
tnirteenth card bears the figure of death
la New York the Thirteen club was or
ganized in 1884 for tho purpose OF killing this
superstition. The nu Der Of members alive US
trrr~ist~ of MULTIPLE. af thes-a4He- to
gethcr the 18th Of the month. 3 at the
table. The dues are i a month"; and SO
IN England IL used to be thought that Ameri-
cans we're peculiarly superstitious about the
number IS, and London newspaper Of 1875
wrote
Thirteen Is numbtr peculiarly BELONGING
10 the rebels. party of naval prisoners lately
returned from Jersey say that the rations among
the rebels are IS clans day. Mr.. Washington
has 8 toes on his feet (the extra one having
grown since the Declaration of Indepe ndence9
the sachem Schuyler has u top-knot of Is stiff
MS head when he grows mad. IT takes 8 Con-
sress paper dollars to equal one penny sterling
and Polly WAYNE WAS just 13 hours in sub
DUNG Stony Point and many seconds in
leGXing it. 4 well organized rebel household
has 13 children, all OF whom expect to be high
and mighty ambassadors of tho Congress of the
t3 States when they attain the age >of / 5
years,-Pittsburg Post.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18
CURRENT COMMENT
supcrsti;jons Of Southern Slaves.

As L part Of tho folklore OF the negro people
the supeistltlons OF slavery days are OF great
interest. Ine tono~lng are some OF the ncsio $
peuets about ghOsts:
20 feel q breath of air strike you at
twilight signifies the nearby presence Of II
gncst. Should You wish avoid nam stop and
turn your ana trousers and nat wrong
slue ont and the spirit cannot encounter YOU H.
however. he is pernieious spirit and. ap-
proaches nalgre the cnange turn aud address
him thus In tho name OF the Lord. what DO
you want2" Wnereupon he Will tell you his
business upon earth, then depart aud never
ttCuoie you again.
IT, on the o,nor hand il Is prowi,ns ghost
who CTaWls undGT the house, butnfiS against
the floor. makes strange sounds aad wnspers
in the midnight hours, YOU Will have only 10
put in a new floor ana he Will do so nomore
Some ghosts are ohtrusiye and will not only
pror about the house, but creep in through the
cat hole under the crack OF the door during
tho wee sma' hours of the night, and once in
side expand to vast proportions.
To spare yourself any disturbances in this
way Sow mustard seed all about the doorstep
Just before going to bed place sieve on the
doorstep. Before entering the spirit viii have to
count all the holes in the sieve all the
mustard seeds, and by this time daylight VIII
and he will have to go. AS the counting
tor night will not do for another you arc
always safe.~-Southern Workman.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

resent the State and its sovereignty.
i am bitterly opposed to the federal gov
eminent controlling not only the time and place
but the manner of holding State elections. l
was and am opposed to permitting United States
inarshais, supervisors. returning boards and per-
haps the army of the United states at the polls
during elections.
Il remember the tribulations. the SORROWS, the
SUFFERING the horrors and infainy of the years
from 1867 TO 1893 when Federal election laws
were statute books until repealed by a
Democratic Congress in 1898. l voted for the
bill amended believing. and notifying sena-
tors that my state, while favoring the election
OF senators by the people. would never ratify
II with the Bf;stow amendment. senator Root
and others upon the floor OF the Sen3te admitted
that congress would have the power under the
Bristow amendment to annul the provisions OF
our election laws and the grandfather clauses
as found in the constitutions of Southern states
and give IL power TO make Federal laws to con-
troll elections in such manner to insure
to all persons the right to vote, and ne meant
to put the country notice that that was the
meaning of the amendment
Every Democratic senator except one voted
against the Erstow amendment. ] do not be-
leve any Southern State VIII adopt It SUBJ
mtted We cannot afford TO take the chance
of Federal control of election of senators
when in times Of great political upheavals and
sectional heat and hate it may again bring
sorrow and trouble upon the people of the
South
- SiHnndl- LEE s QXERNtAN.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18
COMMON SENSE IN ALLEN VERDICT.

After throwing the State into CONSERVATION
t4 senses with the return Of the only verdict
which could haze Adequately mat the situation
raised by his crime
AS VIC have once or twice said, the HillsviHe
shooting was Il pgj,aa jdeje conspiracy 1t
needed nothing except the reproduction Of the
bare facts for its establishment. There were
about If no subtleties, no complex and inter-
woven hits of evidence to be rcconciled into
the complete demonstration II hair dozen
men standing Ia line on Il street simultaneous
" commence 10 run. It does not take a law
library and an outbarst of forensic eloQuence
rte Alien ease was just that simple The varI-
Gus members Of the gang we're disposed with
that care for effectiveness which a general
aims at when ne places his troops They all
commenced te shoot at once, Each man had
his evident mark. TO deal with the refine
n,ents of evidence to establish conspiracy in
the face OF such patent purpose is a violation
Of common sense.
FLOYD Allen had more than tair trial The
instructions Of the Judge IL anything, ta-
vored his absurd contention that he fred in
self defense- At least, they permitted that
view 10 get to the consideration Of the jury,
slightly Re Il MaA nresented- hX the testimony.
Tue Utmost leeM4X was given In The selection
OF the jury in the presentation OF the evil
dence in the opportunity for argument The
case was tried with the particularly and tech
nlcal snarrinG- seen IN snlt Of eiectment.
The result. especially after the suspense caused
by the delay in arriving at it. is great re-
lief
In the trial Of the other members of the
clan under arrest there should he less Of this
orer-care Of the prisoners rights. The case is
now legally set, The story has been told in
exhaustive testimony and In exhausting ora
Little Is to he gained either by the
state or By the defense, in further delay or In
more legaI chess playing AZ least helpless
jury and an an<ious public should not again he
subjected to aa unlimited argument lie is a
earelessy trained lawyer who is not able to
come 10 a peroration upon the eydential facts
thin the space OF one hour Certainly four
hours 10 side would meet every require
ment Of justice. BEYOND that limit the talk
ID repetition. redundancy and bombast. neces-
sarily- man who speaks four hours on a
stretch is certainly able to pay well in physi-
sca1 xf,aAstion fofthA ryeaspt& ar 1ista44le Ia
tbs music OF his own 4oce. But It is The
refinement Of cruelty to force others to listen
To it. and 10 compel people deeply Interested
IN the maintenance Of the dignity of the law
To wait for action 10 that end until the vocal
machinery of counsel shah finally run down.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18
Fighting German Potash Mononoly.

The extent to which the German potash mo-
nopoly has stimulated the Investigations into
Internal sources of supply viii be realized when
II is understood that in the year 1900 the i'm
ports of German. potash into America amounted
in value to $4,000. 900; that in 1910 the amount
reached more ihan $11,5a0.00o. and that ac-
cordin& to the customs returns for 1911. as
estimated by the bureau of statistics the de-
partnlent of commerce and labor, the imports
for last year show value of nearly 81 200, 600
or t3,o0o00o. When 1t Is understood that g.
large pnrtion 5f the grain nrodnGed IN America
goes abroad, and that aii the potash which
must replace the constituents which il draws
from the soil must thus be nlportd, the de-
Hirabiiity of developing internal source sup
ply of potash fertilizer will De realized
1t is well known that the GRANTEES and field
spar rocks contain enormous amounts of potash
but in this form II is insoube and unavailable
for fertilizer There Is, however in
the leucite of Wyoming. the potash rich
rock of Zirkel Mesa, from which it Is hoped
that process for commercial treatment Is being
evolved which will solve the problem and rem
der the United States independent of the over
bearing German ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Magazine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18
SOCIETY WOMEN TO
ASSIST IN CENSUS
BJ siNESs MEy, TOO, WILL HELr
GATHER STATS
TICS,
QUICK TO VOLUNTEER
GENERAL CALL FOR THOSE WHO
ARE To DO ACTUAL WORK
WILL he MADE
SUNDAY.

Society women OF Richmond ana
prominent business men will assist In
taking tho religious CENSUS Of Rich-
mond on May 2sth.
That fact was established yesterday
when the announcement was made
that the pastnra would be asked TO
call for volunteers Sunday to do tho
homes. Without waiting for further
invitations. number prominent in
the blue book and the mart of trad.
jumped into the breach. 1t may hs
workers will be filled before thu pas
tors have an opportunity to extend
the invit on At any rats. the pres
ent plan. ~ that every pastor In the
city shall sound the cali for volun-
teers from his pulpit Sunday. ana
from present Indications no urging
M,iL .,sbss ,sscasi,ssa.s IS,ehnssind rhli6aatls
workers have caught the spirit OF
the movement. and the enthusiasm
Is unbounded.
Committees Make Plans.
A meeting Of all tho committees
behind the movement was held yes
terday afternoon. over which John
Stuart Bryan presided. On taking
tina chair. Mr.. Bryan endorsed the
plan as the greatest religious move-
mept ever undertaken In Richmond,
Chairuen Of the publicity. central and
visitors committees reported. and
Rev. ]. A. Durham presented In out
line the general plan of campaign.
Father J. b. o'ReilIy and John
Garland Pollard were appointed
committee to- draft tho record card
upon which the results of the census
are to be made, and DR.. w. Russell
Bowie and Dr. Edward N. Calisch q
committee to draft the form OF the
visitation card, which Will be left in
each home by the censiss-takers.
Letters were sent yesterday TO all
pastors. priests and rabbis In Rich
mond requesting then, to enlist the
workers Sunday.
Meetings will be held next week
every night at o'clock In the fol-
lowing places by the workers OF the
various general divisions of the city:
West End--At Tabernacle Baptist
church. Tuesday night.
South Richmond - Mead Memorial
M. e. church. "Wednesday night
Central - Grace Presbyterian
church. Thursday night.
East End - st. Patrick's Catholic
church. Friday night.
Negroes - First African Baptist
church. Saturday night
Interest In the movement crows an
the plans near fruition, and every
denomination In the city. with both
It's lay and clerical workers, Is co-oper.
ating with enthusiasm.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18
THE WITNESS or pETEEsg, rst;.

The city OF Petersburg. although fun of
people and htfat-witf, 1nuny commercial aud
industrial activities, seems TO be- in some re-
spects a wilderness. OF course, it's character
i'll this respect is artificial Il We may believe the
evidence, however, the artificial means have
made a very effective condition Indeed the
PETERSBURG. {bdrf-4 ppedl admits as much when
II calls on Every citizen who does not know
where he lives, and few of us do" to exert
himself to help the town to find herself.
II is not that Petersburg citizens are pecu-
LARRY -hereft of sense of direction, but that the
landmarks are constantly shifting. The land
marks OF a city are, naturally, its streets and
its numbered houses. But in Petersburg it
seems that both streets and numbers are as
afnbutatury "a It's most gregarions iphabitant
4 street starts braHely out III "A certain drec-
uon. ami suddenly changes. NOT its direction
6at lta name; little further on, and 1t adopts
stit another one with all the ocular whmsi-
caiity OF Il member OF the Reno divorce colony
And when Il comes to numbers, the confusion
Is like that of jig-saw puzzle of a map OF the
Philippine Islands Hear the Tnder-Appedr
On existing conditions:
On certain block OF one street in this city
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18
Think PRICE FOR
PLANT EXCESSIVE
CITY UNWILLING TO GIVE MORE
THAN $500 FOR MANCHEs-
TER LIGHT SYSTEM.
RIGHT NOT EXCLUSIVE
FRANCHISE PRIVILEGE REFERS
ONLY TO ACETYLENE GAS,
KNOWLES SUBMITS
REPORT.
RIGHT NOT EXCLUSIVE
- .

The Manchester Light, Heat and
Power company wants $3.50 for its
plant ard Is offering it to the city at
this price.
The council committee on light
which considered the matter for some
time last night was rather inclined
to think that the plant was worth
! hardly more than $4,000. AZ least
this opinion was expressed by Sgper-
intendent knowles OF the city gas
works, and the members of the COM
mitrce took pretty much the same
view.
The matter was finally referred to
subcommittee consisting of Messrs
Grimes, Melton and Workman.
A written opinion from the city at
torney was read. This had reference
TO the qsSstion whether the South
Richmond company had the exciu-
sive right. under its franchise grant
ed by the city of Manchester. to sell
gas. light and power on that side of
the ri&aE.s The city attorney held that
he company has & iss exclusive, rf.is
iiegc to sell acetyiene gas under this
franchise. but the privilege does not
include ordinary gas and electricity.
Ge0II AScAt WtCAs
The city expects TO begin work next
week laying gas mains on the South
side. However It does not propose
10 lay any pipes along streets now
used by the Manchester company
until the question of buying its plant
liz settled.
Superintendent Knowles presented
report showing the receipts for
gas during the months OF February,
March and April the last four years
az follows: 1s09-$102.356.37: 1910
-s110.524.54; 6,627.g4;
1912-$136,S29.15.
The gas receipts for April. 1912,
were shown to be s42.7ss.e7 compar-
ed with $34.525.76 for the same
month last year. Two hundred and
seventy two stoves were connected
during April of this year
Members of the electricity commit
tee, who succeeded in getting a quo
rum after the light committee had
adjourned, We're somewhat shoc6ed on
receiving bill from the water COM
mirtee for $911.93 for water sup
piled the electric plant while the lat
ter was furnishing the water pump
ing station with electric juice.
Lumsdcn Speaks Up.
ut Is high time this matter wae
settled once for ALL" declared Mr..
Lun.sden, with some vehemence.
The thing has gone too far already"
He was referring to the ancient
feud existing between these commit
tees.
He wanted the question referred
to q special committee, but he failed
to carry his point. A majority Vt
the members thought 1t best merely
10 receive and file the BILL
On motion OF Mr.. Melton. the conn
mittee voted to employ another offer
at the electric plant.
=, A subcommittee was named TO
wait on the Virginia Railway and
Power company to request II to In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18
NAVY As A MORAL AGENT.

There is q notion that the bold sailorman is
creature who goes about on deck chanting
pieces of eight. pieces of eight, aud bottle
Of rum" etc. and who. on shore leave leaves
swath of broken joints, cracked heads and
susceptible maidens bathed in deserted tears.
How different the practice from the tradi-
ton is shown by the will of John Copeland,
who bequeathed to his nephew Clarence a
North Dakota homestead and fortune of
$4,000, on condition that he remain i'll the
Marines until the expiration of his enlistment.
and that he then immediately re-enlist.
Even more remarkable is the reason given
tor the condition, which reads: ITO my nephew
this beQuest Is made, that he may not spend
the savings of lifetime in riotous living and
that he may continue in the service Of his
country
Instead Of being training school for vice
and responsibility the navy. as this viii
shows tends 10 clean living rs the necessary
lconcomitant of discipline.
Not among the least of tho agencies of mo
rality are the developments OF steam, and
science. mechanics, and mathematics. as APP
piled to the economical handling Of human
factors
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18
PEOPLES FORUM
FRANK INTENT OF BRlsrow AMENDMENT

lis Effect Would Be TO Reproduce Reconstruc-
in South, Says senator Overman In
Raleigh News and Observer.
Following is tn verbatim telegram received by
the News and Observer last night from Sena
tor Lee S. Overman:
WASHINGTON. %. c., May 1G.-Replyfng to
your telegram asking my views on the Bristow
amendment. favored In the judiciary commit
tee and in the Senate, the amendment provtd-
Ing for elections OF senators by the people. !
was and am very much opposed TO the Bristow
amendment. and voted against IT Senator's rep
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

Competition being therefore unnecessary even
Ia insure lowering of rates az profits in
on close survey of ali the facts and probabiii-
ties IA what way it would be useful, and
whether ultimately it would not Re cmbarras-
sing To the city
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

Mark Twain's "boyhood home" at Hannibal.
a memorial to the humorist. They might as
we'll give 1t away. For Mark never would
live in 1t after he was able to play truant
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

II develops that Harry Thaw had list of
u dozen or so men whom he had condemned to
death. If he is declared sane. New York will
probably have sprightly exodus of num-
Der Of most distinguished young sports.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

Wtckersham has decided MOI 10 prosecute
the moving picture trust, If he did so they
might put on moving pictures of the way the
trusts he has killed come to life.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

Gaynor buttons have mysteriously appeare
on the streets Of New York. But II is Difficult
to find out exactly who has it,"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

Floyd Allen says that he has friends who
viii keep him out of the electric chair. Would
It not be a good idea to take the detectives
out of the mountains and place them In the
penitentiary?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

stall longer poles on Hull street. South
Richmond, so an to better facilitate
the installation OF number OF flam.
ing arc lights which the city pro.
poses to place along that thoroughs
fare.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

Americans spend 100000 600 year for
wines diamonds, etc. But they make some
body else pay the bill.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

Mr. Boland is evidently possessed either of
an extremely candid tongue or a full grown
Imagination.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

We had been thinking to this moment that
President Taft's home State would stick by
tim. $uw-- tffat Krtox ffav r1ads prediction
to that effect. the result is doubtful