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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
There have been multiplying evil
dences that Nature, however gen.
erous she may have been to Will
lam Jennings Bryan in the be-
stowal Of her gifts, never intended
him to occupy the position of Sec
rotary Of State in the Cabinet OF
the President Of the United States.
This is a post, above all others
which requires unusual tactfulness,
knowledge of the usages Of diplo-
macy, and a keen and delicate
sense Of the fitness of things.
Many persons, who have no de-
sire to be unfair to Mr.. Bryan,
have gravely doubted whether he
possessed any Of these qualifica-
lions, and his latest announce
ment that he proposes to lay down
the duties of his high office for six
weeks in order to devote that time
to a profit-making tour Of the
Chautauqua lecture circuit VIII
absolutely confirm their misgivings.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Lecturing Instead of
Tending to His Duty.
From the Cleveland Leader. }

From the CteDetdnd LeddoT|
Affairs in Mexico, If not In
Washington, appear to be in con-
dition requiring careful handling.
The President has returned to the
capital from his Summer holiday.
Utmost solicitude for national In
terests would seem to necessitate
the presence of the head Of the De-
partment of State. Instead, we see
him far away addressing Chautau-
qua audiences under the stern COM
pulsion Of necessity-tne homely,
universal necessity of earning
living.
Secretary Bryan should now go
a step further in candOr and tell
the people how much it will cost
them to engage his entire atten-
ton to their affairs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
A Little Sarcasm
from Columbus, o.

From the Columbus (Ohto) Foe
ming Dispdtah.)
1t seems to be taken for granted
that no other nation would pur-
posely "act up in the good old
Summer time and make it neces-
sary for the department to do
something.
That may be an unwise risk to
take, but what do the critics want?
Do they think that just because
they have to remain in Washing
ton and watch Congress, the State
Department offiaials should also
linger? And the people at a score
of Chautauquas waiting to hear
the eloquence of Mr.. Bryan? AS
Presidents Wilson would say,
"Tut-tut!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Uncle Sam and the
High Cost of Grape Juice

(FrOm the Chicago Daily Nes0s)
AS for the cOmpulsion, the eco
monte urge, that ostensibly drives
Mr.. Bryan to this course. 1t should
cause Uncle Sam to feel measure
of remorse or some similar emo
ton. 1t is probable that he is not
paying his chief lieutenants enough.
Possibly he has been too busy to
consider the high cost Of grape
juice and all the other concomi-
tants Of diplomatic life in Wash
ington.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
"A Dangerous Man-Why
Did He Enter Cabinet?"

From the Boston TrqUeler.)
AS a leader of the plain people.
standing on the outside and telling
what ought to be done. william
Jennings Bryan was for years in a
class by himself. As a Cabinet Off
cial who is leaving grave duties to
be attended to by his subordinates,
while he explains that he must lee
ture in order that his annual in
come may not fall below a speci-
fed total, he is a melancholy figure.
He is more than that-he is dan
gerOus man.
Why did Bryan enter the Cabi-
net? Why is he remaining there?
The Attorney General discredited
himself in the California matter.
The Secretary of State is doing
more than that-he is discrediting
the country. He should resign or
attend to business,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

he questioned the propriety of de-
partmental officers writing articles
for the magazines in exploitation Of
scientific and other discoveries. He
held that department officers
should not allow themselves to be-
come literary beneficiaries of their
own inside knowledge. What would
he have said If his Secretary of
State, publishing a journal, had
issued a prospectus, asserting that
it would make speciality of news
of our international affairs. And
if that officer had in addition been
routed with popular entertainers,
on a peculiarly lucrative gate re-
ceipt contract?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Has Already Brought Con-
tempt on Administration

he now gayly deserts the work
for which the United States pays
him $4,000 a year to discharge
his rhetoric and collect dollars on
the road
Since Mr.. Bryan seems TO have
no sense Of public obligation, Of
official responsibility or of loyalty
to the Administration upon which
his evasion of his functions has
already brought ridicule and is in
more than a fair way to bring con
tempt; since the mighty mouthed
Democratic protagonlst Of all the
political and moral virtues is con
tent to be a loafer and a shirk,
what Is Mr.. Wilson going to do
about it?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Does He Feel the
Net Thrown Round Him?

From the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times
UniOn)
Is it not plain that Wilson was
wise in offering a seat in his
Cabinet to Bryan? Do not proofs
multiply that Bryan feels the net
thrown about him?
1t seems the character of Mr..
Bryan's associates makes no diff
ference, else we might inquire
whether a lot of people who give
cow-calls and are called Tyrolese
yodlers are fit companions on the
stage for our Secretary of State.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
"NOf a Bad Season for
the Canny Secretary. "

(From the DenUer Republican,
Mr.. Bryan's lecture season is
about over The rain of the equi-
nOctial is beating into pulp the
posters which announced the ap-
pearance of the Greatest Amer
lean Statesman" The jugglers,
acrobats. yodlers and magiclans
with whom he has been appearing
are turning to the more profitable
winter circuits. The Chautauqua
tents are being struck, and soon
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Says Bryan Is Beyond
Any Sympathy of Ours.

from the Chicago Trtbune.)
Mr.. Bryan is as cheerful as Job
and as immune as Shadrach. He IS
beyond our sympathy, but it is i'm
possible to escape the uncomfort-
able feeling that he is exposing US
as a tight-fisted nation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
PERFORMANCE OF OUR AMERICAN SECRETAI
HIS COURSE IS CALLED
WHOLLY INDEFENS|BLE.
[From the Boston Herald.l

From the Boston Herdld.)
Viewed in its most favorable
light. Mr.. Bryan's course remains
wholly indefensible The New
York Evening Post remarks that
Bryan's cutting off an interview
with the Japanese Ambassador, to
make connections with a Chautau-
qua engagement, did not look well.
The story, as it travelled over the
world, would do our diplomatic es-
adjustment no good. 1t would add
nothing to our dignity as a nation,
or TO our standing before the civ
ilized world.
All this II ncontrovertible. When
Grover Cleveland was President
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
"Carts His High Office
About u. S. on Wheels"

From the Portland (Or) OreoonIdnl
Secretary of State Bryan is
obliged to exc out a lean existence
as the highest officer but two In
the United States Government by
resort to the lecture platform.
1t seems that $1,000 and less
was enough for great aristOcrats
like John Hav, Elihu Root, Daniel
Webster. Thomas jefferson and a
long line of illustrlous Americans
who preccded MI. Bryan.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Should Quit One Job
or the Other at Once.
lFrom the baltimore Ne,os.)

From the Baltimore Netos.I
After two months observation
of Mr.. Bryan's way of tearing
about the country, taking wild
automobile rides in order to keep
his engagements, appearing on the
platform with any and everybody,
we e quite certain that the av-
erage American citizen is ready to
conclude that Mr.. Bryan is on the
wrong tack and that he should
either quit the lecture platform or
quit his Government job.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Exon r4e 8HuAOelAA n0RrH AmEelc4p

light zone" between Summer and
Winter in Chautauqua, is giving
wonderful exhibitions battling with
an imaginary Beast" so as to keep
his hand in. There must be cal
cum in the air breathed by the
true Chautauquan, else he is fish
out of water, gasping for breath.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
(From the Neto York sun.l

(Fronl the Ne11 York Sum-
Mr.. Bryan's excursions from
Washington and his post of duty
to crafty his incurable cacoethes
loquendi or Yawp's disease have
become more than a joke They
are a scandal. A Secretary Of
State whose department is crowded
with grave and delicate interna-
tional controversies neglects the
country's business for his pleasure.
Ambassadors of foreign nations
must catch him, if at all, at ban
quets in other cities or between
trips at Washington 9aving had
little but vacation since March 4,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
1.-THE More He Talks the
Worse Light He Is In. -

(From the Netc York Tribune.)
The more words Mr. Bryan
speaks in defense OF his Chautau-
qua undertakings. the worse light
he places himself in.
From a purely business point Of
view Mr.. Bryan's performance Is
little short of impudent. Mr.. Bryan
was under no contract or obliga-
ton to serve as Secretary Of State.
He could take the office or decline
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Was Never Intended to
Occupy a Cabinet Post

handy to sign state papers, is get
ting the front page in his endeav-
ors to explain the difference between
a ''yodeler'' and a plain singer. 1t
appears that as a "filler-in" for
Bryan in his tour there is a band
Of Swiss singers, and Mr.. Bryan
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

1t, as he chose. But having taken
1t, the plainest dictates Of ordinary
business obligation required that he
give his entire time and services
to his task.
Instead Of which he has from the
start neglected his duties in a fash
ion little short Of scandalous; and
now proposes to add insult to in
jury by operating a private bust
ness venture for his own private
purse.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Should Resign, Says
the Philadelphia Ledger.
ON the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.)

From the Philadelphia Public
Ledger
If Mr.. Bryan is not satisfied with
the $4,000 salary paid to the Sec
rotary of State he should resign
his post and betake himself in per-
feet propriety to the Chautauqua
lecture platform, where he may
earn money to his hearts content.
He knew what the salary was
when he accepted the office, and if
$4,000 seemed to be meagre to the
unreconstructed boy Orator of
the Platte" who has known days
when $4,000 or even $1,000 was a
considerable annual income, he
should not have accepted the re-
sponsible post of Secretary of State.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

serves as a press agent for the
curtain raisers.
1t is seldom that foreign troupe
of vaudevillians can secure a Sec
rotary of State to extol its merits
in print Mr. Bryan's closest rival
on the circuit. having nothing else
to do in the slack season, the "twi-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
At Last the Foot of the
Secretary Has Slipped"

(From the st. Louis Times)
We believe that the Secretary's
foot has slipped at last We be
lleve he has made it plain that he
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
WHAT THE PROMINENT
PAPE rs IN THIS
COUNTRY HAVE To SAY
Editorial Comments from Atlantic to
Pacific on the Activities of the Pre-
mier of the United States on the
Lecture Circuit.

The following excerpts from editorial of of
the influential newspapers in the country give ade
quae how the nation regards the circus
activities of William ]. Bryan, Secretary of State
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
He Has Chautauqua
Itch and Has 1t Bad.
lFrom the Denver TimesJ

Just now Mr.. Bryan. who is
treading the Chatauqua circuit close
to Washington, so that he may be
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

there will be humping steam pipes
in town and gllstening pumpkins
in the frosted fields of the coun-
tryside. But 1t has not been such
a bad season for our canny Secre-
tary of State.
A mild estimate puts his lecture
returns since last March at some
thing over five thousand dollars.
Altogether 1t should not be
discontented face which Mr.. Bryan
turns Officeward. One can do plenty
of things with five thousand in
velvet"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

cares far less for the brow Of labor,
save as material for an oratorical
peroration, than he cares for the
Bryan feathered nest, the Bryan
Golfers, the Bryan lands and fine
linen.
This must be the conclusion of
the people as a whole. We are
curious to know what President
Wilson's conclusion will be.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-15
PROGRAM:

Meeting of Police Jury 9 a. m, August
e, 1913.
900 to 10 a. m. Concert by the bands
of Jennings, Welsh and Lake
Arthur.
$50. Procession composed of Cavalry
Troop B, Boy Scouts, Police Jury
Parish School Board and Parish
Officials at Office Building ana
march to Ardennes Theatre, led by
Welsh Band.
1900. Ceremonies at Ardennes Theatre
/ Call to order by the Hon. John H.
Cooper, President Police Jury.
2 Invocat ton by Rev. E. M. Stewart,
of Welsh.
3 Song by Male Quartet.
4 Formal presentation of Jefferson
Davis Picture by Mr.. w. o. Hart,
of New Orleans. on behalf of the
Jefferson Davis Memorial AsSocia.
ton OF New Orleans.
S dwelling of the Picture.
6 Music, Dixie" by the Bands.
7 Formal Acceptance Of the Picture
by Hon. John H. Cooper, President
of Police Jury.
8 Song, Male Quartet.
Address, by Rev. James Ellis On be.
half of the G. A. R. Post No. 6 of
Jennings.
10 Song by Qalrtet.
IL Grafton by Hon. Robt. P. Howell.
IL Procession Form and March to
Court House where Picture will be
placed in permanent position on
wall.
John Gamble and L. E. Robinson AS.
sociate Marshals of the Day.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-15
FIRST SKIRMISH WON BY
Lind IN DIPLOMATS WAR
Foreign Minister Gambia Hears VIII
sons Envoy for a Few Minutes
Tuesday.

Mexico City, Aug 14...The first Skin
mish in the diplomatic war between
Mexico and the United States took
place Tuesday and was won by John
Lind President Wilson's personal rep.
reSeiltatlve, when he managed to be
received unofficially by Foreign Minis,
tor FREDERICK Gamboa.
Both Mr.. Lind and Senior Gamboa
insist that no great Importance at.
tdched to the visit. The Mexican gov.
eminent still is insistent that it will
not deal with Mr.. Lind officially nor
listen to any suggestion from him as
to mediation or to any proposal eman.
atlng from his government.
Mr.. Lind was presented to Senior
Gamboa by Nelson O'Shaughnessy,
charge d'StfaireS of the American am.
baSSy in the character of a private
citizen.
The visit of Mr. Lind consumed but a
few minutes of Senior Gamboans time
and few persons knew it had been
made.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-15
Methodist Sunday School Class En-,
joy Chicken Supper at
the Park.

The "Anti-Can't Class, Of the Metho.
dist Sunday School, which is composed
OF thirty odd members of young mar.
ried people, enjoyed delightful
chicken and lice cream supper at
the Park Wednesday evening. The
long benches in front OF the grand
stand were converted into tables, which
were loaded with good things to eat,
prominent among which were a mum.
Der of plates heaped with fried chicken,
while three large ieescPeam freezers
standing near by gave assurance of the
delight that was to Soitow the main
feast.
Promptly at six O'clock the tables
we're surrounded by members of the
class, the Sunday School Superin.
tendent and children and guests of the
different members to the number of
about fifty. After the singing of the
Doxology the spread was enjoyed to
the fullest by all present.
The occasion, taken as whole was
most delightful one, and one that will
be long remembered by all present.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-15
CLAYTON NAMED i, S,
SENATOR FROM ALABAMA
He May Not Be Seated as Gov. o.
Neil Disregards Advice of Mem
bers of the Senate.

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. H....ShortIy
after S o'clock this evening Governor
ONeal ANNOUNCED the appointment of
H. D. Clayton, Alabama Congressman,
to the United States Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the recent death Of
Senator Joseph F. Johnston. Mr..
Clayton's commission was delivered to
him in the Governors Office, the cere-
mony being brief.
Mr.. Clayton accepted the appoint
ment and announced that he would
leave tonight for Washington to pre-
sent his credentials TO the senate. He
stated, however, that he would not
resign his seat in the house until after
ne is seated in the senate.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-15
CaIcasieu Trust and Savings Bank
Being Equipped With Auto
matte Fire Alarm.

The Calcasieu Trust and Savings
Bank which has an enviable reputation
for employing all possible means for
protecting the large sums of money
entrusted to its care, is having their
establishment fully equipped with the
Funderburg automatic fire alarm
This apparatus consists essentially in
a number of very delicate thernostats
arranged throughout all parts of the
building and connected with a large
electric gong located near the front
door of the bank. These thermoStats
are SO delicate that a temperature of
ITO degrees Will cause sufficient eX-
panSion to connect the electric current
and set the gong ringing. By a system
OF dry cell batteries that are connected
with the gong, through the action of
the thermostat connection, this gong
will ring for tWenty-four hours unless
stopped.
A trial test was made at the bank
building Tuesday evening, when the
gong was started ringing within two
minutes after a small fire was started
in bucket in a room in which a
thermostat was located near the cell.
ing. The experiment was complete
success, and there is no reason why
this alarm should not be valuable
acquisition.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-15
READY TO Send
THE MONEY SOUTH
Needed to Move the Crop Banks
In This Section Will Get
First Serve.

Washington, D. c., Aug. Il. Treas.
ury officials today prepared to begin
within a Jew days the distribution OF
the South's portion of the s5O,000ogO of
government funds among the sosthern
banks. This is in conformity with the
request of southern bankers that the
funds be distributed as soon as possible
as it is to be needed within few weeks
to move the cotton crop.
Treasury officials are Of the opinion
that most Of this cash can be returned
ts the government in November, as
most OF the cotton will be moved in
the early fall they lsope to have most
Of this money back IN time for sistribu.
ton to other sections.
The south, it is expected win ae
appoetionai about $2s, t0aOBQ.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-15
Give Us The Local News.

We presume there never was a
newspaper many locality that gave all
the local happenings. It is often that
someone comes or goes that the re.
porter does not see. 1t happens that
the family is missed several times.
They get the impression that the
editor does not care to mention them.
This is a mistake, In most country
towns the local work is the hardest
work connected with a newspaper. A
man may be a good editorial writer,
but fat failure in the local work, and
vice versa, Editorial material is OBJ.
tanned by study, by reading newspapers
sometimes by using the scissors. Per.
sonal andlocal happenings can't be read
or clipped from other newspapers, not
by a Jugfull. It takes physical as well
as mental exertion to get out four or
six columns Of local news in town Of
this size, Most people take local
newspaper to get the local happenings.
Don't be afraid to tell the editor or re.
porter that you have friends visiting
you. Taere are lots CT people who are
interested IN your friends. You owe it
asa duty to them TO let your friends
know Of their doings. Perhaps you
think the paper shows partially, but
iHst sec ii The napar doesn'. treat you
right If yen give i'll chenos. Eyangel,
ine Banner.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-15
BETTER DRAINAGE is KEY
TO BIGGER RICE YIELDS
So Says P. J. UnkeI After Visiting
ltaly's Great Rice Fields Where
Crop Has Been Increased
200 Per Cent.
lFrom Frank Randolph

Beaumont, Tex, Aug. 4.-"Drainage
is the key to better rice production, -
writes P. J. Unkel from Milan, Italy,
to the Southern Rice Growers associ.
alton. Mr.. unkel, who is a rice farmer
OF Welsh, La, is travelling in Europe,
and at the request Of President Dunlap
OF the Southern Rice Growers he has
just completed a tour of the Italian
rice fields in the valley of the Pc, in
northern Italy, spending several days
at the rice experiment station at
Vitelli, Italy,
The Italians have been raising rice in
the valley of the Pc for several hundred
years. There is a record Of a professor
OF botany at the University of Mantua
investigating rice disease that at.
tackled the rice crop in the valley of the
20 nearly four hundred years ago. 1t
was claimed at that time that rice was
deterlorating probably because the
land had been planted in rice too long.
In 1870 Italy had about half the acreage
we had last year and the yield was
about six bags of $50 pounds each The
KING OF Italy established the expert.
ment station at Vitelli about 1871, for
the purpose of discovering some means
of lettering quality and yield of rice.
In 1910 the Italian acreage was
$4,000, about half ours, and the total
yield was about the same as ours. The
Italian yield per acre was nearly
seventeen sacks, as against six sacks
in the early seventies.
President Dunlap asked Mr., Unkel,
who had been a director of the
Southern Rice Growers Association
to 90 to Italy and discover, if possible,
how the Italians raised their average
production in forty years from six
sacks an acre to seventeen sacks.
Mr.. Unkel says drainage is the key to
better rice production. He says his
trip was successful and that on his
return to the United States this fall he
will have some valuable information to
give the rice farmers of Louisiana,
Texas and Arkansas.
Concerning rice production in north.
ern Italy, it is interesting to note that
the forty.fifth parallel of north latitude
runs through the mouth of the Pol
river, which runs eastward through
the rice fields. This is the farthest
north that rice is produced. The
Chinese government is experiment
with rice growing as far north as the
fortieth degree parallel, Doubt has
been expressed that rice can be grown
successfully that far north. 1t was
believed few years ago that rice
could not be grown successfully as
far north as Stuttgart, Ark, which is
below the thirtyfifth parallel. Mime.
apolis, Minnesota, is in exactly the
same latitude as the center of the
Italian rice fields.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-15

Idn CITY, Aug. 14,..-The Mexican
enpnt was silent today regard
4, notice issued by the Japanese
.rrsut that General Felix Diaz
4 aot be received as Mexico's
4 eayoy to thank Japan for haV.
a,teiDated in the Mexican cen
.l
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-15
I'M left Davis Planter Putting
in a SiI0.

mas vim Of Jennings, who has
de largest and best diversified
Sin The parish, located near Lake
I'm. is another one of our planters
rang to try the silo. Mr.. VIM
tiig up a one hundred and fifty
rcete silo, and expects to fill it
bis late corn and other forage
n He not only expects to feed his
sgk on ensilage but is expecting
aaa bunch of three or four.year,
ass.
b sort Of diversifying that Mr..
b i doing is what this country
and will in a short time elimi.
hllEorry as to what a Democratic
MSS Is going TO do with the tariff
h on rice or sugar.