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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
WHY SOME TOWNS GROW.

scattered here and that steadily
FORGING forward both population and in material wealth. The
sometimes steady growth certain communities to-
geher with the apparent inactivity of neghbong communities
Suggests study of the why grow
Usually first thought is of the natural environment of the
town. The value of fertile SOIL the number railroads. climate and
other natural enjoyed by town often exaggerated
True these powerful factors the development But
there that become famous cenels of culture
religion whose natural advantages scnt There another factor
dynamic than climate and soil That factor the people
live the town. here lies the basic that determine
the character of the towns growth is much natural
wealth that shall lead enable take possession our
rich heritage but the character the be- Give
OF the right build and We'll metropolis the desert We
emphasize the character rather than the number
In this thought shall specialize elements that
shoud that particular character that town
grow We here generae and emphasize the human element for our
consideration.
We might specialize and discuss fruitful thoughts upon value
OF who cooperate with vitality. with vision men
with integrity These vital elements that determine growth of
angth They each essential the citizenship of
town Sometime should like discuss each these qualities in
the character of they related development
hut the object here is let not imagine that soil our
SOIL favorable unfavoable climate or any other
natural circumstance shall the bounds growth as town
community Let study and harmonic the forces that are within
ourselves.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
TO AN ARMY OF UNHoNoRED HERoINEs

There is courageous army whose story unhonoed herosm
seldom reaches the great world They move with unnchng
and devotion their amending task They rise morning at
O'Clock and wage their unceang labor till and eleven at night
They halt at no sacrifice the interest of their cause They are
driven worried and arassed by hundred responsibilities
times Inundated by cold hand of rebuff They no hour of re-
lief They must toll the we'll am in the winter
well as in the and sickness we'll health They
strike they revolt and seldom complain And 80 thew
silently uncompnngy unseisy increasingly through
life till the furnishes rest No essays poems are written to
their memory They die unsung unonoed often unoyed and
often soon forgotten
They are the housekeeping wives of large majority the people
of this world who work. live die for those whom thew love We
place wreath Of aurels to their memory.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
Reasons Why You Should See
"The Divorce Question. !"
Excerpts from VIM. Anthony McGuire's Play,
THE DIVORCE QUESTION"
Direction of the National PLAY Co.

Mrs Manners the divorced mother you really think divorce
does some goodY
Dope Doc the morphine amt never had father or mother
honest we ant"they dvorsed"
father Jerome You merely prototype thousands of Others
Dorn upon the crest credit the twentieth century
WIN real evolution by advance YOU
place nothing beyond mans intelligence becomes
Tor man to humble himself confess dependane in some
hg greater than hmse but must do nevertheless either secretly
OF openly may De but word. exclamation moment crisis
aanuc thought but your realization dependence something will
occur-.we choose to call that something God"
he enh does not create husbands rights access
to those rights by
The family institution foundation the pillars Of society
Destroy that foundation and the pillars viii fall nothing
There should be children to accept hypothesis upon social eco
Monies without them would be to promulgate suicide
Father Jerome Marriage and dvorce law of cause and
effect again. Remedial legislation solely upon an effect has never
solved any great OF the will never solve in
natural sequence Therefore the Divorce Evil m
should term the Marriage Evil and begin legislation there
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
THANKSGIVING

The Union Thanksgiving service will
be held in the Baptist Church of this
city on the 9th instant.
Let US keep this service in mind, and
plan with that in view. In fact that
should be the dominant feature of that
day, and all other plans should be ad.
justed to that.
It's fitting that we give this hour to
a proper expression of appreciation and
gratitude for Gods blessings and
faVors. which are many, during the
past year.
The program will be announced next
week in these columns.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
The Alpha Embroidery Club

Mrs R. S. Greer was the hostess wed
ReSday afternoon of the Alpha Embroi
Gry Club in its regular semi.monthly
meeting. Fifteen OF the members OF
the Club were present and an I'm.
usually pleasant afternoon was spent.
1t was decided to omit the next meet.
mig which falls on the day before Thanks
Glvlngs on account of so many of the
members being engaged in the prepare.
non OF the Thanksgiving dinner at the
Masonic Hall by the Civic League.
The next meeting will be held at Mrs.
Aennedy'S on the second Wednesday in
December.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
MANY FORMER SUFFERERS DESCRIBE ITS EFFECT

Woman Helpless From Rheumatism Enabled to Walk Without AS
ssance, Sufferers from Stomach Trouble Who Could
Scarcely Eat Enough to Keep Them Alive
Claim Complete Recovery,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
ARTICLE III.

The domicile of this corporation 10 hereby
fixed in the City Of Welsh, Jefferson DAVIS
Parish, Louisiana, where all legal process
shall be served in the manner provided by
law upon the President or in his absence on
Vice-Presideut at the Office of said corpo-
ration as provided by the Statutes OF the State
of Louisiana.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
Atlanta People Excited
Over Strange Discovery

Startling Results Following the Use Of Strange New Liquid Aroused
intense Interest in Georgia's Capital City,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
THE UNHAPPY RICH.

From the Macon Telegraph.
Such an unexpected phrase as 1.-The
pathos of the unhappiness of the
rich" may excite Indignation in some
quarters in our day, but we doubt not
that it is truly destructive never
theless. The phrase was recently
employed by Rev. Herbert Shipman
in a Newport church frequented by
many of the wealthy summer resi-
dents" The quotation in full is as
follows:
We live in a restless and unsat-
isfactory age. We are constantly
confronted with the sad and pa
thetic sight of unhappiness and dis
appointment. There is, no doubt,
misery and suffering in the slums.
| do not now refer to that, but to
the pathos OF unhappiness of the
rich and the successful; not of the
bread line, but of the automobile
line. Men who have everything
money can give are still yearning
with inexpressible longing for what
they have lost or have missed.
After all, happiness is pretty even
ly distributed in this world. For
happiness consists not in external
circumstance but in a state of mind
an ability to accept disappointment
philosophically and cultivate content
ment in ones lot. An unlimited com
mand of money is but a brief salts
faction. Luxuries soon become com
mon and meaningless. Perhaps the
rich mans disappointments are more
bitter even than the poor mans, be-
cause he seeks to employ his power
and command happiness from with
out only to discover-if he is wise
enough-that it can come only from
within.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
Sheriff Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Will be
sold on the first Tuesday in Septem-
Der, 1913, at the court house in said
county, within the legal hours of sale,
to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described property: Two
city or town lots, Nos. eighteen (18)
and nineteen (19), of the B. NJ Will
son addition to Dawson, Ca, each
fronting on the east side of Paschal
street fifty (50) feet and extending
east 1O5 feet, and situated south of
the colored public school in the city
of Dawson. One city lot, No. twenty
seven (27) of the B. NJ. Wilson addi-
ton to Dawson, Ga, fronting fifty
(50) feet on the west side of Dean
street and running back west one
hundred and five (105) feet and be-
ing south of the public school build
ing in the city of Dawson. Said prop
erty being levied on as the property
of G. c. Crowell to satisfy a mort
gage fl ia issued from the Superior
Court of Terrell county in favor of
Lowrey & Davidson against G. c..
Crowell, defendant in fl ia, and ten
ants in possession notified as requir-
ed by law. This August 5th, 1913.
M. G. HILL, Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26

BY G. H. Afford in Progressive Farmer.

possible by
covers and livestock we nave
depleted it washed This poor
bad roads uncomorta-
little education the credit system
and al tina civilization.
maintaining soil fertility and for
soil is shame and disgrace to
A will
cude will in
and the le
make
iandWiH long towards
the o. problems.
should
overlooking and
of
build good roads
comfortable homes and telephones and
will the farm and we
commercial world
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
Notice to Teachers.

On the last Saturday of this month,
August 30th, a special examination
on the high school curriculum will
be held for the benefit of those teach
ers who have failed to take the high
school examination. You cannot
teach the 8th, 9th or 10th grades in
our schools unless you secure IL
cense.
A teachers institute will be held
beginning on Monday, Sept. LIST, at 9
o'clock a. m, and continuing until
Saturday of that week. All teachers
are required to attend that institute
and heavy penalties will be inflicted
upon those who fail to come. Make
it your pleasure to come and let us
secure all the god possible from this
meeting. Our white schools are con-
sidered as opened on the first Monday
in September, but the first week will
be devoted to institute work, and the
work of teaching will begin on Mon
day, September 9Th
The colored schools will be opened
on Monday, October 9th. All schools
will be continued till December 10Th.
Then they will be suspended until
the first Monday in January. On that
day all our schools will be resumed,
and the white schools will continue
in operation for five months and the
colored schools for three months.
BY order of the Board.
J. W. F. LOWREY, c. S. E.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
COTTON IN ARIZONA.

From the Augusta Chronicle.
On the theory, probably, that in
this section there is concern in all
things bearing on cotton and cotton
growing there will, it is taken, be in
terest in the Arizona experiments,
for we are informed that excellent
results are being obtained in the
growing of long staple Egyptian cot
ton in the Salt river valley of that
state. Under the direction of Mr.. E.
w. Hudson of the department. of ag-
riculture the industry has come to
include over 1000 acres in planted
cotton, yielding in most cases a net
profit of 500 an acre. While the Sc
we're drouth throughout the entire
West has made inroads on every 9th
err crop the Arizona cotton has pros
pered to such a degree that a ginning
plant and an oil mill to make use of
the cotton seed are to be established
by the time the crop is ready. This
is one more instance of the success
attendant on the injection of intelli-
gence into the business of farming, -
comments the New York Times, from
which the statements recited are
clipped.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
The Case of Thaw.

The technically upon which the
officers hope to secure the return of
Harry Thaw to the insane asylum in
New York state will scarcely stand
the strain under which the New York
murder laws broke down. Thaw is
as safe and a: sane" as John Arm
strong Challoner, who is sane in Vir-
ginia and insane in New York. 1t
will not be lorg before this fact is
settled, and Thaw can come and go
as he pleases as long as he is care
full to stay out of New York state
What the sentiment in New York
is in regard to his well-planned and
interesting escape from Matteawan
where he was held a prisoner several
years, we do not know. Down here
in Georgia the general impression is
one of satisfaction. If Thaw had
been tried in Georgia it is more than
The News sees it stated that Gov
ernor Slaton will probably not reap
roint State Game Warden Mercer
The News has no idea who the gov
ernor will appoint to the office, but
we do know that it will be hard for
him to find any one who will make
a better record than the incumbent.
Mr.. Mercer has done well in protect
ing the game of Georgia, and The
News had hoped to see him succeed
himself.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
A Voice For the Dog
From the Chicago Inter-ocean.

A mad dog does not rush.
A mad dog does not attack!
A mad dog does not froth at the
mouth!
A mad dog will not fight back even
when cornered.
The symptoms usually described
as those of rabies are only those OF
simple form of epilepsy or nervous
disorder and they are not contagious.
Hydrophobia is not caused by
heat; epilepsy is. Hydrophobia is
only communicable by a bite; cpl
lepsy is not communicable at all.
Dogs suffering from hydrophobia do
not froth at the mouth; epileptics do.
The same author, Dr.. Wesley Mills,
says: Discrimination lies between
this disease and epilepsy, or fits OF
various kinds, arising from the heat
of the sun as dogs run the streets.
Fear of water is a pure hypothesis
so far as the dog is concerned
Let a poor little house dog, unac-
customed to roughing it for himself,
become nervously excited by the din
of the street, or oyerheated on a hot
summer day, and some fool raises
the cry of mad dog and SHES brick.
The dog runs and that is enough.
Men are but sayages under restraint
and anything that runs must neces-
sarily be guilty, and soon a bowling
mob is in pursuit and the dog is lucky
indeed that escapes.
Every large city has a dog pound;
hundreds of men are employed as dog
catchers. They are frequently bit
ten. Did any one of them ever have
hydrophobia?
Hundreds of men in this country
keep dog kennels and raise dogs for
sale; other hundreds make business
of training dogs for field trials, hunt
ing and performing. They are fire.
quently bitten. Did any one of them
ever have hydrOphia?
Give plenty of water. Give the
dog a chance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
CommendabIe Legislation.

In the opinion of The News the
best and most needed law enacted
during the recent session of the legis-
lature is the measure to protect the
people of Georgia from the wiles and
greeds of principals and promoters
in stock-selling schemes-to put it in
the terse if slangy nomenclature of
the times, a blue sky law"
The lack of such protection hereto
fore has emboldened exploiters to
thrive in Georgia during the the past
years, perpetuating exploits almost
unbelievable because of the graft and
loot embodied in the deals" Every
day they have been operating, max
ing promises that would not and
could not be flled-promises of div
idends and profits.
The men utilized for 'blue sky"
ventures are, as a rule, eminently
plausible, glib takers of pleasant
manner and good appearance. The
commission paid the seller of stock"
is generally quite acknowledgement
one-third or more: What does he
care for future developments? He
is not here when the victim begins
to wonder where are the promised
dividends. He is far away, too, when
the victim finds that he cannot get
fifty or even twenty-five dollars for
stock that cost him a hundred or
even two hundred dollars in good
cash. Georgia has been full of these
adventures, these stock sellers, and
the material sought by them, as a
rule, are people of modest means,
men and women who can i'll afford to
lose the money which they imagine
they are investing. Where do you
find buyers?" the writer once heard
one OF these stock-sellers asked. THE
suckers" was the prompt reply.
1'They are plentiful" he added
Georgia, especially Terrell county,
has been an attractive field for this
constituencies kind of business, and
the legislature is 10 be commended
for its enactment of a blue sky"
law. 1t cannot intervene to save
many people from losses that have
and may come to them, but it will
give protection in the future.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
A Federal Game Law.

A new federal game law for the
protection of migratory birds will go
into effect October list 1t is in many
respects more stringent than our
state game law, and creates a new
class of birds that will be completely
protected. 1t will lessen the number
of game birds killed in the United
States and give them an opportunity
to greatly increase and multiply. 1t
does not matter what your state Ii
cense says about hunting such birds,
Uncle Sans law win displace its pro-
visions if in conflict Of course if
the states have laws covering points
not contained in the federal statute
such laws will be valid and can be
enforced.
No insectiverous birds may be kill
ed at any time of the year and many
migratory birds will have more pro-
lection than ever before. No spring
shooting of any kind of fowl will be
allowed. This will probably not be
popular with our amateur sportsmen
but being federal law it will displace
any state game law We may have on
our statute books. A closed season
for five years is established on the
following birds: Pigeons, swans
curlew, ployer, shore birds, jack
snfpe and woodcock. Other bird
permanently protected are: Bobo
link, catbird, chickadee, grossbeak
martin, meadow lark, oriole, robin
vireo, swallow, tanager, thrush
shrike, whippoorwill, woodpecke
and wren. The act also creates a mi
gratory highway along which n
shooting will be allowed. This high
way includes nearly all the MississiI
pi, Missouri and Ohio valleys. TIL
penalty for violation of this law is
fine of one hundred dollars or ninet
days in jail, or both the fine and in
prisonment.
The News is glad to see that tn
federal government has awakened
the importance of conserving biz
life. 1t should have done SO Ion
ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
City Ordinance.

Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Dawson, and it
is hereby ordained by authority of
the same, that it shall be unlawful
for any person to trespass upon or in
terfere with, or play games upon, or
damage or interfere in any way, man
ner or form with the play grounds
surrounding the public schools of this
city, except upon and by the express
permission and authority of the per-
son or persons in charge of said play
grounds, and then only during the
hours specified by those in authority
and charge of said Fairgrounds, and
any person or persons violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be punished as is provided in
section 100 of the Code of the City
of Dawson. Passed as an emergency
ordinance at regular meeting of the
City Council of Dawson, Ga. This
August 5th, 1913.
F. NJ. M'NULTY, Mayor.
r. z. BELL, Clerk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
Can Handle the Cotton.

We observe that none of that fifty
millions is coming to Dawson. Well
we have always had enough money
here to move the cotton crop, and
make Dawson one of the biggest and
best markets in the state.
We have no disposition to criticise
the Treasury Department for placing
Georgia part of the crop money in
Atlanta, as it is perhaps quite nat
ural that Secretary McAdoo should
conclude that population was the SAT-
est and even the fairest rule.
There is no petty jealousy, either,
in the preference accorded that city,
but as a cotton market Dawson is so
far ahead of Atlanta that comparison
isn't worth while. Population doesn't
make the size Of the crop, else New
York would have all the balance of
of the country beat
Terrell county stands fourth in the
state of Georgia in the production of
cotton, and every county bordering
on Terrell is a cotton producing
county and if it really is the in
tention of the government to assist
IN moving The cotton crop it does
seem that at least part of that fifty
millions should have been deposited
here or in the banks of some other
town in the cotton producing section.
But the Dawson banks, and the
banks in the other towns of this sec
ton, will meet the needs of the cot
ton situation, as in past years, and
adequately. TLey have the money and
the connections to do ali that is rcqui-
site. Cotton receipts here are already
quite large, and from now on the
will grow daily and there
viii be no lack of funds to move the
crop promptly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
A Contemporary Enlightened

Our always interesting contempt
rary, the Americas Times-Recorder,
is perhaps the greatest claimer on
earth, and occasionally the duty of
setting it right deyolves upon The
News. For instance, the TimesRe-
corder of Sunday, in announcing that
225 bales OF cotton were received
there Saturday, making the total re-
ceipts $50 bales, said:
This number, $50 new bales.
probably puts Americas in class
to itself and at the head of other
Georgia markets, none other having
received as much cotton during Au-
gust, so far as known.
The Dawson warehousemen had
received up to Saturday night 1,206
bales of wagon cotton, and the re-
ceipts on Saturday from the farms OF
the surrounding section were 400
1 bales. Our neighbors up Americas
way are advised to keep their eyes
on Dawson if they would know what
a real live cotton market is.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
CANNOT AFFORD MEAT.

From Birmingham Age-Herald.
A bankrupt butcher of New York
declares that his financial troubles
are directly due to the steadily rising
prices of meat. The class of people
who once patronized him, he says,
cannot afford to eat meat at the pres
ent values, so his trade generally de-
clined until the bankruptcy court was
his only refuge. He supposes that
those who once fed upon steaks and
chops now subsist upon sea foods,
but he does not know. He is firmly
convinced, however, that they are no
longer eating meat. Such a condi-
ton is serious, but the worst of it is
that no relief is in sight Predic-
lions are that the prices of meats will
continue to rise, and these prophecies
are given substance by United States
census reports showing that the per
capita supply of beef is now smaller
than ever.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-26
MARY'S CALF.

Mary had a little calf,
And it was fat and fit;
And everywhere Mary went
1t was seen through the slit.
Tampa Times
Mary had little calf,
1t always cut dash,
For everywhere Mary went
Twas visible through the slash.
Columbus Enquirer.
Mary has a great big calf,
Such as is seldom seen;
And when she dons a slash skirt
She'll create a regular scream.
-Cuthbert Leader.
Mary has two great big calves,
What do you think, by heck?
She passed a Cuthbert editor
And he like to broke his neck.
-Shellman Sun.
But Mary's calves behaved all RICH
When Mary was about,
Until the fashions bound too tight,
And then the calves broke out.