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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
NEGRO LYNCHED In MONROE
Members of Mob Escape in Automo-
biies After Hanging Man.
Western Newspaper Union News Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Monroe.-Warren Eaton, a young
negro who was arrested on charge
of making insulting remarks to IT.
year-old white girl, was taken from
the jail and lynched by a mob of less
than 20 men. Members of the mob
held up two police officers who were
in charge of the city Jail and forced
them to hand over the keys. The ne
gro was then taken from the Jail and
hanged to telephone pole in the
eastern part Of town.
After the lynching the members of
the mob left the spot in automobiles.
The members of the mob who held
up the police officers wore masks
but the others made no attempt to
disguise their identity, it is said.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
Onion Lovers Shudder

r OVERS of beefsteak and onions
Il were startled the other day when
The department of agriculture an
pounced that the tylenchus deyastatrix
had invaded the United States and the
future of the onion industry was In
jeopardy.
The invader with the imposing name
Is known also as the onion eelworm
Hitherto ii has confined its operations
to Europe, Africa and Australia, where
IL has wreaked havoc, but now 1t has
made It's appearance In this country
The government experts, in warning
.he growers of onions. did not miai.
nike the gravity OF the appearance
IRE of the eelworm. It seems imper-
vious to chemical remedies that have
been tried for its eradication and the
eggs of the insect. the experts declare.
win survive two years of complete
dryness.
The worms are seldom over one
twentieth of an inch long" says the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
News Of Louisiana
URGES LEE" HIGHWAY
THROUGH THE SOUTH
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA OEVEL-
OPMENT BUREAU PROPOSES
SOUTHERN ROAD.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Lafayette-At a meeting OF the eX'
ecutive committee of the Southwest
Louisiana Development Bureau, held
here, a resolution was adopted favor
ing the construction of transcont.
mental highway from Washington, by
way of Atlanta and New Orleans,
through South Louisiana and Texas, to
the Pacific coast. 1t was urged that a
convention be called and an organiza-
ton perfected similar to that of the
Northern Transcontinental Associa-
ton. 1t was suggested that the road
he called the Lee highway, as a me-
mortal to the leader of the Confeder-
ate armies.
President N. P. Moss was appointed
to represent the bureau at the South
ern Commercial Congress at Mobile
and the president was authorized to
appoint a delegate to the American
Good Roads Congress at st. Louis.
A resolution was adopted approving
the deepening of the Intercoastal
Canal to depth of nine feet anG
pledging 500 to the aid of the enter
prise.
] The committee considered the ap
pointment of a general manager but
took no action.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31

A PAIL of terror hung over the
"a city's supernervous for more than
half hour the other night, when the
prolonged weird shrek of siren whis-
lie. such as ordinarily goes up as an
announcement of distress and trag-
e6y, sent it's distinctive and fright
ening tones to every corner Of the
District.
A wreck on the railroad" "A
steamer sinking on The river" de-
clared the more alarmed, and scarce
" had they uttered the words when
the minds of the imaginative began
working and telling those near by
that Yes, ten carloads full of PEG.
pie, smashed to smithereens outside
the Union station" In another quar-
ter It was whole steamboat full OF
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
Admits Rules Were IGNORED.

Baton Rouge.-That the recent
wreck at Pecan Grove, when Frisco
passenger train ran into the rear of a
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley logging
train, would not have occurred if the
tagging rules of the State Railroad
Commission had been obeyed was ad-
mitted on the stand by Superintendent
Meehan, of the Y. and M. V. road. The
investigation was conducted by the
commission to determine the cause OF
the wreck. Superintendent Meehan
said that the wreck was caused by the
crew of the Valley logging train not
protecting the rear Of their train when
it was on the siding.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
FIND COMMUNICATING PLANT
Officers Seize Outfit Near Alexandria
When Youth confesses.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Alexandria.-The discovery Of coun-
terfeit money In the possession of
James Cocks and his son, Selser Cocks,
in this city, was the means of unearth-
ing clever scheme for money coun.
terfeiting.
Pat LOBBY, Of New Orleans, a Secret
Service man, came here on receipt OF
telegram from Sheriff David and sue.
ceeded in getting the younger man to
confess to the counterfeiting. He led
the officers to his home in Tioga, in
the pine woods north of this city, and
the full pharaphernalia, consisting of
photographs and films and negatives
of the fronts and backs of silver certi-
ficates and bank notes, were dug UP
out of potato patch, where they had
been buried to escape detection. A
number of cleverly counterfeited five,
ten and one-dollar notes and bills were
also recovered.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
Strenuous Crusade
Against Calen''|

IF Won would be cheerful, healthful,, ~. y
of life and vigor don't fool WIN s''
or any violent cathartic. u,,oyc !,
HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTlusS, n, n
made from the prescriptions o. ons ss.;,,.
many great physicians OF ho' W.
Arkansas. &. bs,hb
If YOU have been to this famous ns s.,
resort you know all about them y; j. q
are prescribed there by physicians :
liver, stomach and bowel troaDl = .,,sy
If you are not feeling a. full o. y. sns' =,
and ambition as you should, Il 70. : !.
run down. need good tonic. wan Il I
eat hearty and make your stol,a .:..s 4.
bowels antiseptic and free from q not
waste and gas, get Is cent ,l BOZ !. q r %.
SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS I y 4.
druggists today, take one each a.l hs i d.
a week-they do not give pa,'n -, n
comfort, on the other hana w.
gentle, safe and sure. =, .,.rvbetl
They are simply splendid. e. sss y &
says, and after you try one you ..s;ss.d
same. Money back if you aren. !, y M b
For free sample and 100 OF our i rssnis,
timonials, write Hot Springs o
Co., Hot Springs, Ark.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
CAPT. w. ]. CALvIT Is DEAD
Was Founder of the Louisiana State
Teachers Association.

Alexandria. Captain William J. Cal
eit, clerk of court for Rapides parish,
died aged 70 years. Captain Calvit
leaves one son, Charles M. Calyit, dep
uty clerk of court, and a sister, Mrs.
Kate Calvit,
The deceased was a Confederate vet
eran, an Elk and member of the
Knights of Columbus. He was born
In this parish and spent his entire life
here. He was the founder of the
Louisiana State Teachers Association.
Captain Calvit was a grandson of the
late Governor Joseph Walker, of this
state, and was lineal descendant of
Leonard Calvit, Lord Baltimore.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
THINKS ROBBERS SET FIRE
Officers Believe Blowing of Safe caus.
ed Disastrous Columbia Blaze.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMMUNICATIVE destroyed the Co.
lumbia Drug Store, the postoffice and
the fruit and grocery store of Mike
Tichili. All the property destroyed
was covered by insurance, except post
office supplies.
The origin Of the fire is unknown,
but the fact that the door of the iron
safe in the postoffice was entirely
separated from the safe leads the Off
GERS to believe that the safe must have
been blown open for the purpose of
robbery. If this is true the robber
was disappointed, for there was practi
cally no money in the safe.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
DRAINAGE SURVEY Probable
Favorable Action by Department OF
Agriculture Is Expected.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, D. CA drainage sur
yey of East Baton Rouge parish prob
ably will soon be ordered by the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Representative Morgan recently
asked the department to make the
survey. Assistant Secretary Galloway
said if the police jury of the parish
would recommend the work the sur
vey would be- made. The jury has
done so, and T. A. East, secretary to
Mr.. Morgan, took the matter up with
Assistant Secretary Galloway. Mr..
Galloway said he would Immediately
investigate the project.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
PostOffce Tower Loses Its Light Mystery

why have been met with mysterious
look Just like that with which they
were answered when they asked
why" during the days succeeding the
first appearance of the glare.
1t is true that Mr.. Hitchcock once in
answer to a query as to the why's ana
wherefores of this dazzling illumlna-
ton said ASK Mr.. Weed" Mr.. Weed
was then the chief clerk of the post
office department. He in turn was
asked the wherefore of the light, and
he said, ASK Mr.. Hitchcock
The appearance of the light and Its
disappearance are dark mysteries.
Some one said that the blaze was orig
inally kindled to brighten from their
nightly roosting place pair of falcons
which preyed on the domestic pigeons
of the capital. The falcons, however,
were seen after the light had burned
for some time. Now the light is out.
end perhaps economy has something
to do with 1t. The chances are that
few people in Washington would care
much about it one way or the other
If it were not for the obstinacy OF the
government officials of two admins
trations in refusing to answer PLAIN
peoples questions as to why the cleo
trio switch originally was turned on
and afterward was turned off. The
attitude of the officials is that of the
schoolgirl who when asked who won
the battle OF Saratoga replied. Il know
but | won't tell"
Pennsylvania avenue is darker than
it used to be.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
Uncomfortable Cat.

There is just one animal man h,
never conquered, never can copou,
Centuries ago every other beast |.
came the slave of man or else a.,
far from human habitation. One ,M
one only refused to fee or to suhnl,
This only exception to a world n
servants and of scared enemies Is m
domestic cat. When some animals N
came mans slaves and Others asa
from him, the cat did neither i
simply took all the favors and Al
vantages man had to offer, and refused
to do one lick of work In eychsprs
Beat a dog and he will fawn on Won
Beat a cat and it will attack you sI
then desert you. You can't conous,
the cat. You can't make It work.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
Oldest Episcopal Minister Dead.

Shreveport.-Rev. James Philson,
aged SS, oldest Protestant Episcopal
priest in rank Of seniority in Louisiana,
died here. He came to America from
Ireland and for over fifty years was an
active minister. His last station was
IL Thibodeaux. He is survived by his
wife and four daughters, Mrs. Mary
eliza Goings, of New Orleans; Mrs.
Ashton Disland, of Covington, and Mrs.
Poland Williamson and Miss Virginia
pA;lscr. % Shreveport.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
STORM SWEEPS SOUTH
LOUISIANA, 9 Dead
WOMAN AND WO-MONTHS-OLD
BABE AMONG THE
VICTIMS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union news service
New Orleans.-A white woman and
her two-months-old babe and seven
negroes lost their lives and SO persons
We're injured, none seriously, in tor
nado that swept over Southern Loulsl-
ana. Cane crops were RACED, dwellings
and fences demolished and other dam
age was visited upon plantations south
west Of this city.
The hurricane swept over Energy
Plantation, near Thibodeaux, La,
where Mrs. Valve Borne and her two
months-old baby were killed, together
with two negroes. The negro quar-
tiers were demolished on this planta-
ton, resulting in injury to II negroes
recently brought to the plantation to
grind cane
Cutting a clean path 500 feet wide,
the tornado dashed through the Elllng-
ton plantation at Lula, La, demollsn-
ing the negro quarters, killing five ne
groes and manning several others, in
Guiding a white woman and man. The
houses were of wood and the inmates
were caught beneath falling timbers,
In New Orleans considerable damage
was done to roofs, fences and swinging
signs. One residence lost its entire
front while the family was huddled
together in rear rooms. Many other
dwellings, most of which were unoccu-
pied, were considerably damaged.
Seamen of Gulfport, where some
damage to shipping was done, estl'
mate the wind velocity there at 60
miles an hour 1t was estimated to
have reached so miles an hour at
Luling.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
Priest Hurt In Runaway.

Lockport.-Rev. En-. Raynal, pastor
of the ST. Sauveur Catholic church of
this place, and Edward Reggie, OF Va
cherie, member Of the Lafouche par
ish board Of education, were the VIC
Tins of a runaway accident in Vache-
rie. One of the shafts of the buggy
broke, causing the horse to run away,
turning the vehicle over. Mr.. Reggie
was uninjured, but the priest received
a severe injury to one his hips.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
Revolver DueIs in Club With Bullets Made Of Wax

n UELING practice with regulation
- .44-caliber reyolvers and wax bull
let's will be feature Of the instruc-
ton at the Washington Fencers' club,
which win open its new home in Con-
Eecticut avenue northwest in the
near future. The duelists will face
each other in the sale d'armes 60 feet
apart. They will be protected with
wire masks and body guards. The
hand gripping the revolver will be
guarded by a metal shield, which is ad-
Unstable to any style of weapon.
NJ. Francois Darrieulat, maitre
darnes. of the club, has sent to Paris
for the dueling outfits, and expects to
have them ready before the opening of
the season The shells for the mock
duels are loaded with sufficient pow
der to propel the wax projectile in a
straight line for 60 feet with suffl-
cient force to make it stick to the
mask or clothing or the victim" of
the attack.
The wax bullet will shoot as true
as lead bullet, yet will not injure the
participants said M. Darrleulat
The head win be guarded by a
strong saber mask. This practice will
be excellent for army officers and 9th
ers who wish to learn to shoot accu
rately. The novelty of having another
person for target and being tar
get at the same time ought to appeal
to persons in Washington as it has ap
pealed to revolver shots in Paris
The sale d'armes is so feet long
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
Fathers Neat Rebuke.

This is a story told of an old Evan
gelical clergyman who had q SUI =
orders. The young man became :
full-blown Ritualist. On one occss'D'
the father paid a visit to MS w. 3.
who asked him to preach ~ ~
church. For some time the old na !.
refused, but pressed to do 50, ~ =. =
length consented, and chose 1ne 's !.
Lord, have mercy uron my Sun :
he Is a lunatic."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
City Of Crowley Sues Parish.

Crowley The city of Crowley has
again filed suit against the parish
for the block street paving and &C.
ment curbing around the court square,
the first suit being dismissed on &C.
count of irregularities in publishing
the ordinance. The parish is asked
to pay for the entire width of the
street paving and the property owners
on the opposite side of the street are
sued On the same paving.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
NEGRO Kills Self and Woman.

Baton Rouge.-Ashley Sapp, negro
driver of Standard Oil truck, shot
and killed himself and fatally wound
ed Bertha Boyd, a negro woman. Sapp
left note saying he was tired of life
and desired to die. The idea of kill
ing the woman evidently occurred to
him only short while before the
tragedy was enacted. Two children of
the woman were in the room at the
time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
Ministers Are Transferred.

Crowley.-Rev. J. He'll, assistant pas.
tor here, has been transferred to Cam
eron parish, and Rev. Paul ]. Jansen,
assistant at Holy Trinity, New Or
leans, will be made assistant pastor to
Rev. Father A. F. Isenberg, of Crow.
ley. Rev. V. j. Montillard. formerly as.
sistant here, will be transferred from
Donaldsonville and made pastor of
Gassier, in this parish, vice Rev. Loots.
sent to Smoke Bend.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
PlaquemIne Has New Hotel.

PlaQuemine. -Siber Brothers, pro.
prietors of the Central House, have
moved into their new three-story hotel
building. which was erected on the
site CT the old hotel. The building
cost 100000. It has forty rooms, all
outside rooms ard newly furnished.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31

Baton Rouge.-Work has been begun
by the Chamber of Commerce road
committee on the repair of the roads
leading into Baton Rouge. The road
committee estimated that it would
cost $500 to put the roads in passable
shape.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
Woodmen Head to Visit State,

AlexaE dria.-Soyereign Commander
Joseph Cullen Root, organizer and
head of the Woodmen of the World,
will visit Rapides Camp No. II in this
city on November IL, at which time
q lanauet will be given in his honor
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
East Baton Rouge Ward Goes Dry.

Baton Rouge.-In an election In the
Fourth Ward of East Baton Rouge In
which the town of Zachary is located
the 'drys" carried the word over the
"wets" by twenty-seyen majority.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
Killing Follows Card Game,

NI1IIHy TUIIoWS CARD Gdnnes
Folsom.-During quarrel following
a card game at lumber camp near
here, Tony Houston shot and killed
VIII Williams and escaped.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31
DisQuletins.

Mama, why did you mani .ooy>>
80 you've begun to "onu
Detroit Free Press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31

Patent medicines are use0 s
by the Chinese
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-31

For harness sores apply ha~
Balsam. Adv.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-07-17
County Court

Quarterly statements of County
Clerk Weeks, Circuit Clerk Maxey,
and Sheriff johnson presented and ap-
proved.
Ordered that Highway Engineer
build concrete bridge over Shaw
Branch, provided that 500 be donat-
ed and all hauling Of material be done.
Dramsnop license granted Henry
Christman at Rich Hill.
County Treasurer Stone presented
the following warrants for cancella-
ton:
E. and j. fund, SAP so.
Pauper, $474.69.
Contingent, 1920.
Salary, 1888.
Mt. Pleasant Railroad, $31.6S-
River Drainage, No. l, $l2.17.
River Drainage, No. 2, $618O.94.
County treasurer ordered to trans
fer $13, 66OO9 from the drainage i'm
provement fund to the drainage con-
struction fund No. |.
Highway Engineer ordered to make
estimate for bridge over Postum
Branch between Sections Fl of Sum-
NIT township and Section of Lone
Oak township.
Treasurer Stone ordered to turn
over the sum of $40, 1860 from any
river drainage funds in his hands to
j. F. Kern, secretary and treasurer
Of drainage commission Of river drain
age district No. I, Bates county, Mo-,
and retain the amount of $4,000 of
any such funds in his hands belonging
to reconstruction or Improvement funds.
Said money to be retained by said
treasurer to indemnify Bates County
in case Wills & Sons recover judge
ment and cost when finally adjudicat-
ed. 1t is further ordered and agreed
that when said commission is substi-
tuted as defendants in said suit, Wills
& Sons, VS. Bates County, that the
said $29, 900 be turned over to said
j. F. Kern, secretary and treasurerof
drainage commission.
Court adjourned to next regular
meeting.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-07-17
J. p. EDWARDS DEAD
Well Known Bates County Finaneier
PASSES Away

j. P. Edwards, one Of the pioneer
citizens OF Butler, died at his homein
this city "Wednesday evening July
18th at $40 o'clock. Mr.. Edwards
had been in failing health for num-
Der of years and for several weeks
he had been confined to his bed.
j. P. Edwards was born in NASH
vile, Tennessee in 1888 and removed
with his parents to Missouri in 1874,
locating in St. Charles county where
he was reared to Young manhood
and received his earlier education.
In the early eos he went west,
spending several years in Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona and southern
California. On January ID, 1869 he
was united in marriage to Miss Lean
ma Hines near brunswick, Charlton
county, No., and to this union. were
born six children, five of whom, Mrs.
Miles Horn, Mrs. A. Conger, Lon L.,
Claude and Elliott, survive. In 1871
he located in Bates county where he
has since resided.
j. P. Edwards was a self made
man in every sense of the word.
Starting in life practically penniless,
by shrewd business management and
the exercise of sound judgment he
amassed fortune. Since his loca-
ton in this county he has been iden-
titled with the management of some
of the most important local business
enterprises. He was one of the
founders of the old Bates County
National Bank whose doors he OPP
ened in 1872, and for several years
he served as president of the Butler
Water Co. At the time of his death
he owned several of the choice bust
ness lots on and near the square and
had considerable farm property.
Both Mr.. Edwards and his wife
were staunch, consistent members of
the Christian church.
Funeral services will be held Fri