davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-14

sheets, booths and other election para
phernalia necessary to hold said elec'
ton in accordance with law.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained e.c'
that the ballots used at said elect!oh
shall read substantially as follows:
In favor of a special five (o) MIL
fax for roads and bridges in Ward
Seven, beginning with the year 49,
and the abrogation of all previous Spe'
cial taxes voted for roads and bridges
upon the territory now comprised III
Ward Seven.
AGAINST a special tax OF five NoJ
mills for roads and bridges in Nard
Seven, beginning with the year l9lo'
Said ballots shall also contain On
the face thereof a place for the sigma,
tire of the voter and for the assessed
value Of the property owned by him IN
said Ward Seven.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, etc.
that said election shall be held uhueE
the general election laws OF the o'ate
of Louisiana, in SO far as applicable 10
the election herein provided Tor anu
not in conflict with this ordinance.
). Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, etc.
G that if a majority of the voters par
4 ticipating in said election shall vote IN
>. number and assessed value IN FAVOR
!. Of levying said tax then all previous
h snecial taxes voted for road anu
q bridge purposes within the territory
sc now comprising said ward or any por-
ID ton thereof shall ipso facto De aofo-
" gated and annulled.
a. Sec, 7. Be it further ordained etc.'
n. that the sum OF one hundred anu
norOO dollars is hereby set ASIDE anu
p apDropriated out of any funds on
IN hand not otherwise specially appro-
nr;ated or so much thereof as may
III he necessary, to cover the expense OF
I'd holding the election herein provided
Is, for.
no, Sec 8. Be it further ordained, ETC.
,as that the returns of the election hereii
in provided for shall be made 10 I'LL
Police Jury in accordance with la"
(5, and that this body shall meet on IN
ard third day Of April, 1913. to canvass
compile and promulgate the returns
on said election.
ma. Sec. 9. Be it further ordained etc
sed that the President of this Police JUL
, in is hereby authorized and instructed
issue his proclamation calling Sd
,tc election, as provided by law.
der Adopted fepi uai' "
tate Yeas, 9.
able Noes, none.
President of the Police Jury
ETC., Attest; L. T. noo'A''
par. Police Jury
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-14
ORDINANCE NO. 80.

AM ORDINANCE calling and proVlu'
ing for a special election to pc n 81 !,
taR;ng the sense of the property s aaA'
~auars of Ward Six, Parish OF Jelief-
con Davis, Louisiana, exclusive Oh IN
son towns in said ward, en-
vii tit1ed to vote at said election, as &c
whether a special tax OF five lo) hilll ,
on the dollar shall be levied ana COZ
lection for a period OF five lo) years
heginning with the year 1913.
Sec. /. Be it ordained by the pole
1urv Of the Parish OF Jefferson DaSl'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-14
ORDINANCE NO. 40.

AN ORDINANCE calling and provla.
ing for a special election TO De heiu
taking the sense of the property taH'
navers of Ward Seven, Parish OF Jet.
ferson Davis, Louisiana, exclusive Oh
incornorated towns in said ward, en-
titled to vote at said election, as TO
whether a special tax of five (5) mills
IN the dollar shall be levied and col
lection for a period of five (o) years.
beginning with the year 1913.
Section i. Be it ordained oy Tue
Police Jury of the Parish OF Jetiersol
navis Louisiana, that an election Ii
hereby called to be held in accordance
with the laws of Louisiana, to tax
the sense of the property taxpayers o
Ward Seven, Jefferson Davis PARISH
louisiana, qualified to vote at the eiee
tion hereby called as to whether Ia
Of five (5) mills on the dollar OF a.
: taxable property situated within sal
ward exclusive of the incorporate
towns in said ward, shall be levle
, and collected annually for period
Y five 90 years, beginning 1913 !.
0 Sec 2. Be it further ordained, e'e
d that said election shall be held
each and every one of the voting pr
cincts within said ward, said preclnc
heing as follows, to-wlt:
Ward Seven, Precinct l, Ardol'
school house W. nod
Ward Seven, Precinct 2, VIM loa
lie Ward Seven, Precinct 3, VIM M
and shall be held on the twenty-tl'
I25th, day of March, 1913, oet"e
legal hours, to-wlt: sri,
i'd. From 6 o'clock a. m 10 Y u,
Id, .. m. o,,oa O
*. Sec. 8. Be it further ordained g
er- that the Board of Supervisors OIL =
in. ION of the Parish of Jefferson Ia
on. ore hereby authorized, empowered
70 directed to name and appoint the G
ills ton commissioners to hold ana
col. duct said election in accordance
,rs, law. to superintend and denver a.
hoxes to the election commission
lice Amounted by them, to provide LOT
Wis, polling precincts JUS oa''o
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-14
@0IHANeE NO. IS.

lSANeE calling and pro-
\. special election to be
y sae sense Of the property
9 Ward Two, Parish of
Jaws Louisiana, exclusive
s'ea towns in said ward,
so1e at said election, as
4 special tax of five 60
dollar shall be levied and
IL, 7 period of five 60 years
nh the year 1918.
fe It ordained by the
. the Parish of Jefferson
81 slana, that an election i;
. be held in accordanc,
Of Louisiana, to TAX
~ - property taxpayers Q
Jefferson Davis Parish
ss. asalitied to vote at tn
ssg called as to whethe
" mills on the dolla
s property situated wit
~ exclusive of the inco
y said ward. shall
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-14
ORDINANCE NO. &c.

AM ORDNANCE calling and pro.
viding for special election 10 oe ne
taking the sense Of the properly taA
navers of Ward Three, Parish OF 'ei
foreon Davis. Louisiana, exclusive Vi
Incorporated towns in said Waru' On
tit,o to vote at said election, d. "
whetber a special tax of five TO- nuns
w tho dollar shall be levied ana COZ
lection for a period of five To- years.
heginning with the year 1913
Section / Be it ordained by Tue
Police Jury of the Parish Oh 'el ..on ;s
Davis Louisiana, that an eieceion w, u
borahv called to be held in accoi u,
anca with the laws of Louisiana ~
take the sense of the properly e.;.
navers Of Ward Three, Jefferson paSas 40
parish Louisiana, qualified to Vole a. a.
the q, election hereby called as 1e
whetber a tax of five 60 mills on .ne
dollar Of all taxable property slsua'e'
+ within said ward, exclusive OF tue ~ II,
cornorated towns in said ward, Sn a.
,ou;od and collected annually ~
period of five (5) years. oesinn'A'
1918. 9Th
. Sec q Be it further ordainea' e' y
'e that said election shall be heio az s : ~
y and every one of the voting preG hntn
Of within said ward, said precmc's '0'A
'e as follows, to-wit:
a, Ward Three, Precinct One, nay, ~
as ond shall be held on the twenty, III
- - C25) day of March, 1913, between i'e
,s hours, to-wtt: -,
" From 6 o'clock a, NJ 10 : wv
he p. m. ,do;ned. ct
o u. that the BOARD of Supervisors OF El'
40 20 ton of the Parish of Jefferson DaN
' 1,o are hereby authorized, empowered d
~ diracted to name and appoint the Oh
~ ton commissioners to hold ana g
49, duct said election in accordance
b tnr law to superintend and deliver
~ hoyes TO the election commission
i+h snnointed by them, to provide Tor $
a a noIling precincts the ballots 's
no sheets, booths and otner eleo'io-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-14

|
period of five 60 years, beginning
1913.
Sec. .. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
that said election shall be held at
each and every one of the voting pre-
cincts within said ward, said pre-
cincts being as follows, to-wit:
Ward Two, Precinct l, Jennings
and shall be held on the twenty-fifth |
(25p day of March, 1913, between legal
hours, to-wit:
From 6 o'clock a. m. to o'clock
p. m
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
that the Board OF Supervisors OF Elec-
tton of the Parish of Jefferson Davis
are hereby authorized, empowered and
directed to name and appoint the cleo
ton commissioners to hold and con-
! duct said election in accordance with
p law, to superintendent and deliver the
= boxes to the election commissioners
! anpointed by them, to provide for said
>. nolling precincts the ballots, tally
O sheets. booths and other election para
a phernalia necessary to hold said cleo
o. tion in accordance with law.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, etc.
that the ballots used at said election
h shall read substantially as follows:
&c SIN favor of a special five 90 mil
o. fax for roads and bridges in Ware
Two, beginning with the year 1913
,r and the abrogation of all previous spe
cial taxes voted for roads and bridge
N uDon the territory now comprised
en- Ward Two.
Against a special tax of five %
~ mills for roads and bridges in war
Two, beginning with the year 1918
n Said ballots shall also contain Q
or. the face thereof place for the 81
vic nature of the voter and for the a
nd sessed value of the property owned
OF. him in said Ward TWO.
on Sec. 5. Be it further ordained Ell
itb that said election shall be held und
tho tho general election laws of the sta
ers of Louisiana, in so far as appllcaa
old IN the election herein provided
,nv and not in conflict with this ordlnan'
mo. Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, e'
loo that if a majority of the voters p
ticipating in said election shall vote
,tc number and assessed value IN LAY
tion of leyying said tax, then all preVle
snacial taxes voted for road q
mil, bridge purposes within the terrlt'
rord NOW comprising said ward or any ?
o19 tion thereof shall ipso facto be at
spe- gated and annulled,
does Sec. 7. Be it further oroaiheu,
i IN that the sum of fifty and no/loo
lars is hereby set aside and apI
*, nr;ated out of any funds on hano
Ward otherwise specially appropriated o'
Q" much thereof as may be necessary
IN covar the expense of holding the
iona. ton herein provided for.
GOD Soc & Be it further ordained,
n, in that the returns of the election Il
49, in nrovided for shall be made 10
etc police Jury in accordance with
lnder and that TINS Douy .o1a - oon,
State third day of April, 1913, to canN
cable compile and promulgate the ret
r and of said election.
"a Sec. 8. Be it further ordained
, ETC., that the Fresioen' - inetrncte
) par is hereby autnoriIeu a aa1,ino
vote issued his proclaln"
favor election. as provided by law
evious Adopted, feoiu@''
and Yeas, 8.
'ritory Noes, none $40 TT COOPER
y por- 'No 49, polica II
abro- Preslueh. y, Gle
Turu
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-14
EEf HE JEFFERSON DAVIS POLICE JURY
!, providing for, and Proclama-
pp ces Special Elections in the
Ies Ca Wards of Jefferson
W. Davis Parish.
] ..,NcE NO. "a.

,,s.rcs NO. 81 ,
calm. l1as',o and to pro be !
( a ssass d the property It{ I
q I'd one. Parish s,h.. Of '9 Of
F lsaisIana, exclusive a1 OIL 0i
.lSrs in said ward l., Ell IL
ia y said election, as ts,, "
> >, t a. Of five (5) MUS Ill,
''.Il be levied 4. anu uae oDs
, .p1a Of five 90 years. !
4 he year , 1913; nv the
pa il 0TudliN .c,on
n, II parish of JettersG is /.
o.. " that an election Ga Is !
5pss held in a &c sa,,e the
g.,iouisiana, to take 'a &c
si.l stsss1 Davis Parrish Pa ths
allied to vote IT. n al her
n called as to D., ~n dollar
Y b mills on the the s aHi1I1
4, r, - situated T ,panr.
, rns Of the I'm Moor De-
I said ward, shall be
elected annually, nyst IU[ q
81 u years. O'S' ''D0
il further ordained .ai1 ID s etc.,
stial shall be held at eaen =
y i the voting precincts
-, ! said precincts be
tD-vit: ,,tnu,
Precinct 2, ThornWel s!s.,
,sIa On the twenty-fif'l
/ March, 1913, betwee'
pFit; , o,o,oc,
III further ordained etc
3, i supervisors of Eie! !
=, D.,i.b Of Jefferson Davl
,rsOrised, empowered an
IA ennoint the ele,
igIoaers to hold and co. .,
,IrtiOn in accordance VIII
~,1tepdent and deliver tt
Il election commissions:
hem, to provide for sa
sIacts the ballots tal
and other election pal
I.tssssry to hold said ele
aance with law.
i further ordained, ct
hlsts used at said electl
abstantially as follows;
Il a special five (5) n
al and bridges in Wa
lniig With the year ~
sntIon Of all previous $
asd for roads and BIRDS
Htory now comprised
special tax of five
asds and bridges in w
timing with the year 1913.
hHss shall also contain
AaeOf a place for the sig
foter and for the asses
Aspoperty owned by hin
One
Be It further ordained,
ction shall be'held III
election laws of the S
ID In 50 far as apple;
tun herein provided for
HId With this ordinance
Be Il further ordained,
majority Of the voters
b said election shall
aaa aSSssseu value III l
aid tax, then all prev
asss voted for road
P0ses within the teri
rslng said ward or any
g slall ipso facto De
aHhulled'
y y further ordained
anOl one hundred and n
lsfsey set aside and a
q any funds on han
spselally appropriated
sai IS may be necessa
sspsnse q holding the
al0vlded for.
a'uFAs Of the election |
e saaA Dc made to tt
Z secOfuanee with Law
y, seas s snail meet on the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-14

mo. H. COOPER,
Gent Of the Police Jury,
;. ROBINSON, Clerk of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-05
WILL GET EXHIBITS
Request of West Main Street
Merchants is Granted.

The merchants at the west end of
Main street complained to the execu-
tive committee of the Fall Festival
that they feared they would get no
benefit from the crowds which will
visit the city during the Festival.
They said that all the attractions have
been placed at the east end of Main
street, or on North A.
They pointed out that the crowds
would be drawn away from their
business houses, and asked that the
committee change the location of some
of the shows.
Complying with their request, the
executive committee has taken steps
to place the aeroplane on exhibition
in the court house yard, and will also
consider placing one of the tent shows
on the ZwissIer lot, east of the court
house.
Representatives of the west end
merchants will appear before the
county commissioners tomor
morning and ask for space fifty feet
square on which to exhibit the aero
plane. The contract which the Fall
Festival committee has with the avia-
tor, Oscar Brindley, provides that the
machine shall be plSced on exhibit in
the business district, between the
time of flights.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-05
MAN LOSES SPEECH
TALKS WITH SIGNS
Man Believed to be William
Hart Paralyzed on n.
E Street Today.

man in a paralyzed condition was
found at Ninth and North Z streets al
noon today and taken TO the hospital
IN the city ambulance. The man lost
his speech and is unable to tell his
name although from signs he made
the physicians believe he is William
Hart.
Hart was walking along Z street
when he suddenly sank to the ground
Several workmen passing tried to as
sist him and he made signs indicating
that he could not walk He was taken
TO a hotel where he was kept until the
patrol arrived.
1t is believed that he will soon be
restored to his normal physical condi-
ton but he shows no indications of
recovering his power of speech. The
nature OF the mans illness puzzled the
physicians at first
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-05

KOKOMO-While trying to couple
two cars on the Glover Leaf railroad
near Russiaville, yesterday evening,
f. W. Volts, of Frankfort, was instant
ly killed when the cars came together,
crushing his head
DELPHI-EXCited by the finding of
what they believe to be gold on the
Marian Briney farm, scores of farm
ers of this section have deserted their
fields and are digging in the gravel
beds.
ANDERSON-Whil waiting at the
Pennsylvania station for a train to
Frankfort, where he was expecting
to attend birthday dinner, William
Merrick, 81 years old, was stricken
with paralysis, causing the loss of the
sight.
CONNERSVILLE-F suspicious
characters were placed in Jail here,
charged with holding up a c., H. & D.
brakeman near Liberty. The men
boarded the pilot of an eastbound pas
senger train. They drew guns on the
brakeman who ordered them off, but
took to their heels when the baggage
master fired several shots. They es-
capped on a westbound freight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-05
HARPER CASE NOT
UP THIS EVENING

The police commissioners will not
investigate the case of Patrolman
Benjamin Harper at the regular
monthly meeting tonight. Ed. Tiff
president of the board of commission
ers, stated that the session tonight
will be very short one and only the
routine matters will be discussed He
stated that he does not know when the
Harper case will be AIKEN up but in
ferred that 1t will not be investigated
until further complaint against the pa
trolman is registered.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-05
PLAN To FO|ST VOTING MACHINES
ON WAYNE COUNTY is BLOCKED
CONTINUED from Page One)

bear on their servants county
council of another appropriation Or the people
decide machines all right then
Robbins Opinion
Mr.
prepared by Attorney
opinion the appropriation the County Council is illegal The
estimate f all exd TO ts rada h~ the Board or pursuant to its
to
Monday August subject
included in this esi
mate submitted by the Board of Commissioners
Illegal Appropriation.
provides appropriation
at
threefouhs
The
five did constitute
vote OF the full and the Is
Illegal
nc fr amharshi Th l. hou Nv tho ao nen and tho nrnce
inspection
fore the appropriation is made so knowledge may be had by the public the
Unless expenditure is listed this estimate and kept to
treefourh
full membership Council To hold the trefourths
make meaningless This would enable hreeourths OF bare quorum or
without
This intended and not what
means else would not nave required estimates 'ne se pace
and made evident by the fact that
twothirds
of all the members of the Council and not otherwise"
the of
it would be void follows
officer and member the Board of County
issued
of
official Commissioners let this
vending Hereunder Or should the Commission
ersco
the Voting Machn Compan C.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-05
CONFIDENCE WOMAN
is CHASED BLOCKS
Angry Housewives, Buncoed,
Give Pursuit. Followed
by Many Children.

Under the guise OF the white robe
of charity. strange woman who gave
as many as q dozen names, swindled
a number of prominent residents on
North and South Fifteenth and Four
teenth streets yesterday and today.
but was finally chased from an east
end neighborhood by six society NO
men and fifteen children.
The woman carried a basket on her
arm and when she entered a house
gave a fictitious name and then re-
cited various stories of hard luck She
then lifted the cover of her basket
and told that she was selling home
made cookies" for which she charged
twenty-five cents per two dozen. She
is believed to have collected about SIS
in the two days she worked
The story mostly told by the wom-
an was that she was a farmers wife
living three miles east of the city and
that she was selling the cakes for a
woman who had been deserted by her
husband and left in destitute circum-
stances with three children. She said
that several neighbors had arisen that
morning at o'clock in order to bake
the cookies. She stated that the mon
ey would be given to the deserted
woman so that she could take her
family to Texas where she had rela-
tives
After paying the woman high price
for her cookies, the residents found
that the cookies" were ginger snaps.
which can be purchased at a grocery
for about five cents pound.
A number OF the women who had
been victimized met the charitable one
on the street and accused her of being
a crook. She ran for several squares
followed by the women and number
of children. On North Fourteenth
street near G street, the woman drop
ped the basket and ran into a yard.
The pursuers then stopped and exam
ined the contents of the basket 1t was
found to contain more than a half
bushel of stale ginger snaps.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-05
palladium Specially


NEWCASTLE, Ind, Sept. 5.-Hen-
ry county experience with voting ma
chimes Of the same type that the coun-
ty commissioners of Wayne county
contemplate purchasing at an outlay
of $21,000 has not been satisfac
tory mainly because the me-
chanical voter does not pro-
vide a secret ballot. This was freely
demonstrated in Newcastle at the last
general election when an election of
fcial in Newcastle precinct kept a
list of the men who voted straight and
mixed" tickets. His list was abso-
lutely correct, as he knew the manner
of voting by the length of time the
voter remained behind the curtains of
the machine and also by the number
of clicks that were heard as the voter
manipulated the complicated set of
levers
The machines did not prove salts
factory, also. because in numerous in
stances the voter, by the confusion
of levers. did not cast his vote for the
party that he desired to favor with his
ballot. Republicans voted for the Pro-
hibition ticket in many instances, and
Progressives pulled the Socialist
lever. Had the Australian ballot sys-
tenn been used the real intention and
desire of the voters would have been
registered.
The Henry county machines also
were defective and a mistake of sixty
votes was made in Stony Creek town
ship in favor of the Republican nomi-
nee for coroner. The Democratic can
didate contested the election and was
declared elected.
Voting machines have never been
used in the local option elections in
Newcastle and Henry township They
are too confusing, and consequently
both the "drys" and the vets" in
sisted upon the old system.
BY the introduction of the machines
in the county the election expenses
have been reduced. ii would appear.
because of the reduction of the num-
Der of precincts. However. when the
cost of transporting machines to and
from polling places and the cost of
printing ballots are computed the saw
ing is not great and the economy is
false in that the machines have put
the safety. secrecy and freedom of
the ballot in jeopardy. Under the
statute ballots must be printed for ev-
cry precinct, although voting ma
chimes are used.
In April. 1912, the Henry county
grand jury, in its final report TO Judge
Ed Jackson, took the county commits
sioners to task and condemned the
voting machine purchase. 1t was de-
clared to be a foolish expenditure of
public money. The report was sent
to the commissioners. but no action
could be taken by them, although
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-05
Henry County Dislikes Machines

since then no other machines have
been purchased.
1t is generally admitted here that
the first cost of the machines will be
light as compared to the expenditures
that will be necessary when the re-
pairs are needed The voting machine
company has guaranteed the machines
in use in Henry county for period of
five years, which is admitted to be
the life of them. After that period
the many parts in the machines will
begin to break under the strain of
use and repair bills will begin to roll
in. Repairs, as the owner of any sort
of a patented machine knows, are
costly.
Recent investigations made by the
voting machine probe in Illinois show
conclusively that machines are
not proof from corruption. The rub
Der band trick, simple in the extreme,
would not be noticed by the average
voter and consequently by the cor
rupt use of the hand. he can be easily
be buncoed out of his vote.
In Henry county, because of the re-
duction of precincts, the number of
voters in each precinct has naturally
been increased. In order to provide
an opportunity for each voter to ex-
ercise his right of suffrage the limit
of one minute for voting has been
placed. In sixty seconds a man must
study the machine, pick out his ticket
from the confusing maze of levers,
pull them down and then work the
main lever. Many men cannot &C
comphsh the task in that brief per-
iod, and consequently many have not
voted in Henry county since the in
PRODUCTION of the machines
In summing up Henry county's vot-
ing machine experience, it has been
found that the machines are not fraud
proof, not secret and are most CON
fusing.