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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01
Figs A Source Of Great Wealth

Among the many other things that
are adding to the wealth, and incl
IDENTIFY the pleasure of living in this
delightful country is the Fig. Any
man who owns even the smallest Mot
OF ground can literally enjoy the
shade and fruit of his own vine and
fig tree.
Figs have been grown in this coun-
try since the days il its earliest set
tiers. 1t is automatically reported
that the first missionaries to this
country brought with them the fig,
and so generally are they distributed
over this section now that there is
scarcely a yard or farm garden in the
country that does not have its fig
tree. Indeed Southwest Louisiana
seems to be the home of the Magno-
liza, the most superb fig grown.
Here it grows to perfection and that
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01
WOndrOus Welsh Country
In Jefferson Davis Parish
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from encomium and eulogy on this
glorious cline. Here in Jefferson
Davis parish the balmy breezes from
the gulf, which daily from early
morning till late evening float over
and fan Welsh, meet the delightful,
balsam-charged ozone from the near
by norther pine forests and make
every day in the year delightful and
enjoyable. Where there is neither
SHOWS nor excessive heat.
The mean average temperature for
a period of twelve years, as recorded
by the United States Weather Bureau,
was 67.2 degrees in the lexicon of
this delightful region there is no
such word as sunstroke. And as
carefully compiled statistics, easily
available, but too lengthy to here
publish. abundantly attest this is the
healthiest section of all of Uncle
Sans domain Particularly, 1t is
free from fevers, malaria especially,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01
Planters Telephone Company

The American Bell, which afford
ing excellent service, does not by
any means comprise all of the utili-
ties of phone commerce in the Welsh
country.
A few years back some of our
prominent public spirited and pro-
gressive citizens, many of whom
own plantations in the adjacent
country, perceived the need and
great profits that would result from
telephone connection to these farms
yet the ordinary means at hand to
secure same seemed prohibitive as
to price. The result was the 0rgani-
zation of the Planters Telephone
Company which has been successful
beyond it's promoters most sanguine
expectations. 1t covers territory 35
miles in extent north and south Of
Welsh and some twelve miles east
and west and 10 those residing with
in this radius it affords the many
immensurable conveniences of tele-
phone service which they otherwise
could not secure. And this afforded
at moderate charge within the reach
of all as the company is not looking
for large profits but more to the
convenience of its eighty-odd sub
scribers and the Improvement of
the country.
The officers of the Planters Tele-
phone company are: President, W..
B. Gabbert; Secretary and Manager
DR.. J. H. Cooper.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01
LOUISIANA PECANS

The pecan is native Southern
forest tree of great value. A grove
of pecans will in a few years pro-
duce a harvest of gold for yourself
and your heirs for generations yet
unborn. There is more than a thOus-
and million dollars invested in life
insurance in the United States, and
yet not a dollar of all this vast sum
is as safe or as profitable as if in
vested in pecan groves in the Gulf
Coast Country of Texas and Louis
lana. Insurance premiums must be
paid for Is to 20 years, or for life,
before you get the benefits, which is
only your investment and three or
four per cent. A pecan grove will
bring returns in from seven to ten
years, and will increase many fold.
1t will bestow a perpetual and con-
Stantly increasing income On your
self and loved ones.
Pecan growing in the Gulf Coast
counties is endorsed by all the lead
ing horticulturists of the South, and
Luther Burbank gives it the seal of
his approval as the most desirable
proposition in the South.
Today, paper-shell pecans, the
variety of this nut now most desira-
BILE to plant, sell at the grove for 10
to 20 cents per pound. Pecans earn
more clear money per acre for their
owners than any other crop that
grows out of the ground, When the
grove is matured. The trees live
hundreds of years and bear as long
as they live.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

For many generations the rich,
bottom lands of Louisiana were
planted year after year to cotton, the
planters shipping in from the North
even the corn, grain and hay needed
for their teams. Occasionally thin
poor spot was planted to corn with
any seed that came handy. The corn
was cultivated once or twice then all
the teams and men were kept at work
in the cotton, the corn fields growing
up in grass and weeds. The corn
yielded 10 to 20 bushels an acre and
the planters were convinced that the
climate debarred profitable corn rals,
ing.
The boil weevil came and year
after year either destroyed the cot
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

ton entirely, or cut down the yield
below cost of production. Most of
the planters kept on planting cotton
exclusively until the repeated fail
ures from boil weeyil brought them
to verge of bankruptcy. Then some
OF them planted corn on their rich
lands and gave it fair cultivation.
The corn yielded in large fields 40,
so, 60 and even 70 and upward
bushels an acre. This with common
seed. Corn became a money maker.
The boys of Louisiana were Or
ganized into corn clubs and grew
corn from we'll bred seed. In 1910
over 5000 of these boys averaged 81
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

export to European markets. In
pool buyers prefer 1t to all
kinds of corn that they receive
vim T. Steinel, editor of the Ai
west Trail, says of the recent
covery that Louisiana is one q
greatest corn states: "NeitAs
diamond mines of South Affa
Alaska's gold fields afford a u
riches so romantic as the dlsas
of Louisiana's productiyenesi
yield of corn. All the wealth
years production of gold u
United States is but twice tas
ue of the 1910 Louisiana com
The figure is $35,O00,oOO. ID
crease in three years is llV par
and corn is today the leadlBs
of the state, having wfes'ea
crown from King Cotton after u
broken reign of more than aSsl''
First place in worRlns
change belongs to the ous'
boil weevil, the pest OF Tue
crop, because had he renlalusa
of the field there would naN
little pressing necessity TOT
sort to better the agriculture
DDS. That may be stated
stronger: Had the boil Sess
Trained from becoming pefDA
active, it would have takeh
longer for the. planter to reah4
Importance of diversified lhp
So, after all, the boil weeYli p0
a blessing in disguise, no nls''
unwelcome. 1t will be nc"
northern farmers when tne'
that Louisiana corp, figured
cents per bushel, shows y
crease in money value in tnles \
of over $1S,OOO.OOO. That .
was 5S,S35,0OO bushels, Oh n0'
double the crop of 1871, sa !,
2S,OOO.OOO. An analysis O
figures indicates the raplon i
which Louisiana is being ce's.
along modern lines OF ae'r s
for most of this corn is usec 2 1,
"What a change from 3 PEI
recent as six years ago,
thirds of the cotton crop ~
for corn, oats, timothy, hay aas
products" !,
Louisiana has just found =
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01
with almost no care at all.

with almost no care at all.
While it is said that the only sure
things are death and taxes, crop
of figs might be added as approx
mately a third to this list, as the FIX
begins ripening in this section In
May, and continues throughout the
season until November and let the
crop conditions be what they may,
here is no season in which crop
of figs may not be gathered sometime
during the year.
While the home consumption OF
the zig is always large, in past years
its sale has been dependent to a large
extent upon the small nearby towns
and cities, as the fig is not a good
shipper except in refrigerators if
sent to northern markets. However
this difficulty has been overcome by
ne introduction of the small pre-
serving plants in many localities
which furnish a market for all the
figs that can be raised at prices that
will net the owner from $4,000 to
$4,000 per acre.
The length of the life OF fig tree
is hardly known, many magnolia fig
trees are still bearing that are known
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

to be over fifty years old, on the
older plantations in Louisiana. The
commercial cultivation of the fig
dates back but about ten years,
since which time many orchards have
been and are being set out, at very
small expense.
When looking for a road to a sure,
easy and abundant compentency
don't neglect the possibilities Of
fered by Louisiana Fig Orchard.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

will bring on the market an average
of SO per barrel. 1t is no wonder,
then, that the rice farmers have
grown rich and that land which
could have been bought for 81 an
acre fifteen years ago, unimproved,
is now worth SIS and $40 per acre,
and $40 and even $50 an acre when
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

most certain of all crops. A rice
farmer in Southwest Louisiana, with
a quarter-section of land and an irri-
cation well, is the most Independent
man on earth. Rice is planted, har-
vested and threshed with the same
kind of machinery as is used in the
production of wheat.
A crop of rice will yield from
eight to fifteen barrels per acre, or
thirty-two to sixty bushels, and this
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

Rice is the great staple crop. 1t
is the staff of life for fully half the
people of the world. It's consumption
per capita is so steadily increasing
that a good market is assured for
all that can be produced. In the
western states wheat and corn farm.
ers are never certain of a crop I'M
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

RICE, 100 ACRES, LAND OWNED
BY FARMER.
Cost of seed, 80 lbs. per acre
40 bbls. at So Dbl $147 90
Flowing, sowing and harrow
ing at 81 per acre ...... 10000
Harvesting and threshing at
S. per acre ........... 10000
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

bushels an acre, 80 boys ,,,,''
100 bushels and more an -.
one boy grew 1888 busho,,
acre. The boys work show,
pure bred seed will do fo, =
the rich land and under fl. !,
corn climate of Louisiana.
The old fashioned corn ., j,
lana is soft and is badly dame,
the crib by the grain weeyi, ~
often making it unfit for feed
Gently a semi-fint corn has ha.,
troduced that is pure brod !.
more than the soft corn a.,
nearly weeyil proof. This b.,i
has only II per cent of mOis,,,
husking time and is 50 drr /.
picked that it is ready for iuln..
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

improved. Land yielding such pro-
fits is cheap even at these prices. In
1886 three twine binder harvesting
machines were in use in the
Gulf Coast rice belt; in
1908, over five thousand were
used in the same territory, and
at the present time they are univer-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

til it is harvested and stored. There
may be dry weather or too much
rain; there may be hail or hot winds
or insects. Thus years ago the rice
farmer in Southwest Louisiana was
kept in like suspense, but now instead
of depending upon rainfall or upon
water held in some natural basin,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01
RICE--1HE GREAT MONEY CROP OF LOUISIANA

per acre 10000
Cost of production ...... $665.00
Average yield IS Y bushels
per acre, 1850 bu., at
Csc ....... 81 ,007.50
Less cost of production. :. $1,000
Net profit on wheat. $342.5O
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

a northern popular impression to the
contrary being entirely erroneous.
Al OF which visit to this fortune
favored parish will quickly verify.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01
WHEAT, 100 ACRES, LAND OWNED
BY FARMER.

Cost of seed, one Dushel to
acre at Csc per bushel IS $500
Flowing, sowing and har-
rowing, 81 per acre 49,. 10000
Harvesting and threshing. $4
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

Water rent, 100 bbls. rice at
81 Dbl. $4,000
Cost of production ..$1,327.00
Average yield s bbls. acre,
500 bbls. at So Dbl 100000
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01
THE new KINGDOM OF Conn.,
By H. M. COTTRELL

Rich River Bottom Land $25 to $50 in Acre. a.
ing Season of Eight MOnths-Fftyfiye inches Of Ra,
1878 Hours of Sunshine Year-High Yields Of q.
the best Quality-Never Failure From Droutb-i %'
Seaport Less Than 200 Miles From e Cornfie,d. ~s
Greatest Opportunity in the World for Corn Growers
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

irrigation canals and irrigation wells
have been put everywhere, so thai
whether it rains or net there is al
ways an abundance of pure water for
flooding rice, thus making it the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-23

years ahead of him, for Mack picks
them young and tender and nurses
them carefully.
At Berlin the International Ath-
letic Federation has adopted a reso-
luton to the effect that an athlete
who accepts pecuniary reward in any
branch of sport is a professional in
all branches, but allowing, save in
track and field sports, amateurs and
professionals to compete together for
non-money prizes if the rules of the
country holding the meet permit.
Mel Sheppard and Homer Baker
will again race for the half-mile
championship at the Metropolitan
meet at Travers Island, N. Y, Sep
TENDER 20.
The championship hopes of "BUII'
Young, heavyweight whose admir-
ers said he had a real punch, were
somewhat dim today. Jess Willard
knocked Young out in the eleventh
round of what was to have been a
twenty round battle last night. It
took two physicians to bring him
out of it.
Eddie Moy and Ray Campbell meet
today at Vancouver, B. c., for the
right to meet Champion Willie Rit-
chic, Labor Day, in the same arena.
Barney OIdfieId, in his prime king
of the auto speeders, but of late years
prone to drive within the limit of
safety, because he is a sure attrac-
ton and public idol, is announced as
a possible driver at Elgin. Barney
left Los Angeles yesterday for Chi
cago. His success in the Vanderbilt
last year and at Santa Monica this
summer, has induced him, says the
press agent, to long for a chance to
drive over the Elgin course.
Such heroes our yachtsmen are.
Yesterday Henry RUbikam, skipper
of. Susan Il, dove into the lake to
rnCoTIn Mrs Anna RraOnnpEy who had
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-23

Upton cup contest.
Oregon Kid uncorked half mile
sprints at a rate of 4811 miles an
hour yesterday afternoon in squally
water off Grant Park.
James A. Pugh's 4O-foot hydro
plane, Disturber III, the motive
power of which consists of two p
cylinder engines that turn up 600
horsepower, has been chosen as one
of the challengers for the Harms
worth speed boat trophy, won by
England last year. DistUTbeT III. will
be shipped to New York Monday and
with Ankle Deep, Oregon Kid and an
other, to be selected, will be taken to
England September 8.
in. Mcdonald of the Weaton Club
was beaten by Phil Stanton of Grand
Rapids at the 38th hole in the main
fight of the Kent Country Clubs in
vitation tournament, at Grand Rap
ids, yesterday.
At Delaware Water Gap, Pa, Alec
Smith of Wykagyl, metropolitan open
golf champion, won the first two
rounds of play at the Shawnee Coun-
try CLUBS open tournament with IA
yesterday. ]. ]. McDermott, national
champion was second, with 149; Har-
ry Vardon, English crack, tied for
seventh place with 1855.
Grand Rapids has cinched the Gen.
trail League flag. The team has II
games to play.
Dayton has sold Pitcher Pieh to the.
New York Americans. Wonder if he
viii be Pieh for the American League
batters?
There will not be an intersectionaI
race for the Manhasset cup on Lake
Michigan this year. AdVices from the
East are that the three Eastern clubs
which challenged for the cup, the
Larchmont, Indian Harbor and Man
hasset Bay, have decided not to send
challengers, although Chicagoans
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-12-14
TWO NEGROES ARE CHARGED
WITH STEALING COTTON
John Hendricks and Mark Davis
Arrested on Complaint of Co
lumbus Compress Co.

John Hendricks and Mark
Davis, both negroes, were.arrest-
ed by the police last week on the
charge of stealing loose cotton
from the Compress Company, the
charge having been made by Mr..
r. L. Davidson, the manager of
the plant.
The two negroes were taken
before Mayor Donnell, and plac.
ed under bond to appear for trial
at ten o'clockThursday morning.
When that hour arrived Hen
bricks was on hand but Davis
failed to show up, and the case
was continued.
Davis is the son of Zach Davis,
one of the most reliable and
trustworthy negroes in Columbus
and has himself always borne an
excellent character. He has for
the past two seasons been EN-
ployed in a local cotton Office. and
is said to have told the manager
of the Office that he knew moth.
ing about the theft of the cotton,
but that Hendricks had implicat.
ed him, and he had no way tC
prove his innocence.
Many white citizens who have
known Mark from infancy have
the utmost confidence in his in
tegrity. and although things nov
look dark for him, they cherish
the hope that he may yet be abl'
to establish his innoscence.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-12-14
The Edison Talking Pictures.

Edison Talking Pictures will be
publicly viewed and heard for the
first time here at the Columbus
Theartre next Wednesday and
Thursday evenings and Thursday
matinee.
The chief astonishment of the
Edison Talking Pictures is caused
by the exact coincidence between
the motion of the lips and those
in the pictures and the spoken,
as they issue from thephonograp-
hic mechanism. Whatever may
be the final service of the Kline
tophone, the salient fact that its
coming emphasizes. is that at
last we have a scientific SYM
ehronization OF sight and sound.
The pictures and reproduction of
records, are absolutely perfect
in unison. Mr.. Edison's latest
invention is truly wonderful.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-12-14
PROH|B|T|ON|STS Of NATION ASK
FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

Washington, Dec. 10. Two
thousand men and women repres-
enting the Anti-Saloon League of
America and the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, assem-
bled today at the capitol for a
demonstration against the liquor
traffic.
In two phalanxes the men and
women marched from the down.
town section of the city to the
east front of the capitol. Each
bore petitions demanding nation
al prohibition by constitutional
amendment.
The petitions were received by
Representative Richmond Pear
son Hobson, of Alabama, author
of such a proposed amendment
and by Senator Morris Sheppard
of Texas. The Legislators alsC
received from a special commit
tee of the anti-liquor forces
copy of another resolution sug
pested 10 forever prohibit tn,
manufacture or sale of intoxicat
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-12-14
With Christmas Less Than
Two Weeks Distant, the An
nual Rush Begins.
TRADE IS VERY BRISK
Merchants Have Holiday Goods
on Display, and are Being
Well PatroniZed.

With Christmas less than two
weeks distant, the annual holi-
day rush has begun, and both
streets and stores in the business
district are each day croa ded
with eager shoppers, all intent
upon buying presents for rela-
tives and friends both at home
and in distant places
On account of the fact that
bountiful crops were made in the
territory contiguous to Columbus
this season, money is quite plen-
tiful, and is being literally spent.
The merchants realized this fact,
and brought on large stocks. An
almost endless variety of articles
suitable for holiday gifts can be
found at numerous places, and
liberal purchases are being made.
The people are urged not to
postpone their Christmas shop
ping until the last minute. By
making early purchases you are
not only enabled to have larger
stocks to select from but materi-
ally aid both the merchants and
their employees. Early buying
enables the merchants to make
prompt deliveries and prevents
unnecessarily hard work on the
part of the clerks during the last
few days just proceeding Christ
mas, when, if purchases are de-
layed, they are sometimes COM
PEELED to remain on their feet
fifteen or eighteen hours without
a moments rest.
Shop early, and avoid the rush.
This is the advice being given on
every hand, and it is well worthy
of serious consideration.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-12-14

Washington. Dec. TO- Govern
ment ownership of telegraph and
telephone lines throughout the
country is being seriously consid-
cred by President Wilson.
Conferences between thepresi-
dent and Postmaster General
Burleson have led to gathering
of information about the pracu-
cal working of government own
ership in those notions where
such a system is in operation.
The Observation-Disclosures in the
postmaster generals annual re-
port, though it is not assured
that he will make any positive
recommendations. The postmaS-
ter-general saw the president
for a few minutes today and
while they did not dicuss thesub-
ject, Mr.. Burelson said as he left
the White House that on previous
occasions when he had discussed
the question with the president
he had found his mind open ant
susceptive to information.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-12-14
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Of
TELEGRAPH LINES CONSIDERED

Though bills have been draft
ed looking to government owner
ship, none has been agreed upon
as a party measure.
There is no doubt" said Mr..
Burleson, that the Inauguration
of the parcel post and the postal
savings system has given a tre-
mendous impetus to the desire
of the people all over the coun-
try to have the government be-
come the means of cummunica-
ton everywhere. 1t is a subject
involving two or three hundred
million dollars and we must go
very slowly inquiring into it.
Every great nation except US has
adopted it.
when Sir Herbert Samuels.
postmaster-geLeral of Great Bri-
tain, was here recently | had two
long talks with him. 1t has prueC
a success in England. | DON
want to make any recommenda.
tons TO congress until | am abso
lutely sure of my giound."
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-12-14
"STRONGREART" SUPERBLY
PRESENTED AT |. l. AND c.
Virile Romantic Drama Given
Local Production by A. and NJ.
Dramatic Club.

The well known romantic 'dra-
ma, "Strongheart, " was present
ed at the chapel of the Industrial
Institute and College Friday
night by the dramatic club of the
A. and NJ. College, and the per-
formance, which was witnessed
by a large audience, reflected
much credit upon those who par
ticipated herein.
"Strongheart" is a play espec-
tally adapted to The needs of col
lege dramatic clubs. as it tells
the story of an Indian who goes
to one of the leading universities
of the country to secure an edu-
cation, and who, by his prove s
in athletics, his fine mental abili-
ty and gentle manners gains the
love of a pretty and refined Cau-
cassian maid, who finally be-
comes his wife.
The title role was assumed by
Mr.. A. L. Darnell. and was force
fully and vigorously portrayed,
while Miss Dorothy Nelson, who
appeared as "Lurline Fuller, "
his sweetheart, was both charm
ing and captivating. The minor
roles were in competent hands,
all the different members Of the
cast having done creditable
/ work.
A pleasing feature Of the en-.
tertaiument was the work Of the
College Quartette, which IS com
posed Of Messrs. J. A. Rowan
S. S. Griffin, J. B. Looney an,
E. L. Craddock. These gentle