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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

DR.. Cooper, President Parish Police jury,
Although a more extended sketch
of the gentleman named above is
given in another portion of this
paper, it is but due him, and the
section he represents to mention the
excellent work he has been, and is
now doing, in connection with the
formation of the new parish of
Jefferson Davis.
Upon the formation of the new
parish, DR.. Cooper, who had served
for several months as member of
the provisional police jury, absolutely
refused to again accept the nomina-
ion of this important position, but
according to tradition "Wise men
change their minds and at the
earnest solicitation of practically
the entire electorate of this city he
finally agreed to accept the position
ii elected. Being unanimously elected
ne is now serving the parish from
one to several days each month at
$500 per day as police juror, even
though losing ten times that amount
in his practice. Upon the organiza-
ton of the parish board he was
unanimously chosen as its president,
md is filling that Office to the emf
nent satisfaction of the entire parish
In him the parish has thoroughly
competent safe and sound leader. and
a large part of the credit, for the
many excellent laws that have been
enacted by that body since it's Or
ganization is due to the indefatig-
able efforts, clearness of vision and
anfailing patrio ism of it's president
lCOntlnued ON PAGE Eifteanl
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01
THE MAHAFFEY HOTEL.
JOHN McHUGH, prom.

When the Rice Hotel was recently
completed at Houston, the people of
that hustling burg shouted hosannas
and halleluiahs that heralded afar
the fact that their city had $4,000
600 hostelry. All of which was
wise and judicious, good advertising
and worth the money. A first class
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01
CLERK I. r.. PRICE.

The competent clerk of the new,
affluent and prosperous parish of
Jefferson Davis is native to Mlssis-
sippi but has lived at Lake Charles
and in the vicinity since boyhood
and loves his adopted state and par
ish.
Mr.. Price was educated in the
public schools of the cultured parish
seat and resided there until seven
years ago when he removed to Lake
Arthur. In the latter lake city he
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

hotel next to first class newspaper
is the best asset and advertisement
community can have.
Jennings and Jefferson Davis par
ish can claim to have, since the pre-
sent management assumed charge, at
least, the best hotel OF any place OF
like population in all the southland
but little is said about it. Architect
urally it is beautiful and it is built
of stone and brick in the stately
colonial style which imparts feeling
of security, dignity and decorum, as
soon as one passes the massive pillars
that flank its portals. Its seventy
rooms are sumptously furnished and
he Office and all other appointments
are in keeping, whilst its cuisine can.
not be surpassed between the st.
Charles of Louisiana and the Rice of
Texas.
Whatever, if any, may have been
.aeking to make it a model, modern
Aostelry prior to December LIST, last,
It's present proprietor, Mr.. McHugh,
who became its boniface on that date,
has supplied.
We reiterate and repeat that
good hotel is splendid community ad
yertisement and the citizens of Jen-
nings, Welsh and all other places in
the parish should cooperate With Mr..
McHugh, by patronage and klnd
words in helping to maintain the
Mahaffey at the high standard he has
set.
In the conduct of the Mahaffey Mr..
McHugh is ably assisted by Mr. Chas.
Carol, an urbane, affable and ex-
perienced hotel man, who acts as
day clerk, and not a little by his
bright boy, Master John A. McHugh.
TREASURER Il. +. ARCENEAUX
The efficient custodian of the funds
of our repletely rich and prosperous
parish, in other words the incumbent
of the important Office of Parish
Treasurer, needs no introduction to
Welsh readers as he is to the man
or born and a native here, having
taken his first glance at things mum
dane on a plantation six and one
half miles south of town, January
10Th 1885.
He remained ON the home farm
and helped till its fertile soil until
two years ago when he became as
sistant treasurer of Calcasieu parish
with headquarters at Lake Charles.
When the new parish of Jefferson
Davis was formed the appointment of
a treasurer was wisely left to the
police Jury and the gentlemen who
comprise that body gave evience of
their sage wisdom by selecting Mr..
Arceneaux for this responsible Of
fee. No better choice could have
been made, for aside from his ex-
)erience in similar duties for Calca-
leu parish he is, educationally and
otherwise, we'll equipped to efficient
y discharge it's duties, having grad
uated at Bryan and STATIONS Com
nercial College, of Louisville, KY,
after having imbibed all the knowl-
edge impaired by the curriculum of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

AS to physical and mental equip
ment and as pertains to the most per
feet age to give proper Temperament
tai poise Jefferson Davis parish Sc
Letter an ideal sheriff in the person of
joseph F. Fusilier, who was trlum-
phantly elected in the first election
last fall over five other Richmonds in
the field.
Mr.. Fusilier was born at Elton, in
the northern part of the parish
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

forty-six years ago and his princl-
pal vocation through life has been
tilling the fertile soil that there
abounds. He is not without ex-
perience as peace officer having pre-
viously served a term as Deputy
Sheriff of Calcasieu parish. The
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

of population of our fertile parish
and it's official seat, is commandinglY
located ON the Southern Pacific rail
way ten miles east of Welsh, 1877
west of New Orleans and III east
of Houston. 1t is a pushing, pro-
gressive town of some 1000 popu-
lation and is abreast of any city of
like size in the country in the physi-
cal development of public and pri-
vate improvements the culture that
runs corollary with splendid educa-
tional advantages and opportunities
and the morale of the broader princi-
pies of religious life.
Jennings has splendid school
building thoroughly modern in de-
sign, equipment and interior ar
rangement; electric light and gas
plants, city water works, ice plant,
two rice mills, several rice ware
houses, a large brick yard, hotel
unexce1led between New Orleans and
Houston, two very strong banks,
many miles of paved sidewalks and,
in fact, every possible convenience
that belong to modern, up-to-date
city. Amongst its public and semi
public utilities and appointments
deserving of special mention is an
excellent water works system fur
nishing pure water from deep artis-
ian wells, several miles of storm
and sanitary sewers, a gas plant
beautiful public library, modern
theatre, splendid club house and
a fine city hall. Its population is
made up mostly of northern people
from the middle and northern mid
die states and these combined with
the leisure loving Creole class form
composite population nowhere ex-
ceeded either in energy and enter
prise or social charm. Any of the
following responsible firms and in
dividuals of Jennings can be adj
dressed for reliable information rela-
tive to the resources and oppor-
tunities of the charming and pro-
gressive town of the Gulf Coast
country:
, Theo. Kahn, Ladies and Gents Out
filter.
Gimbel Furniture Co.
w. Krielow, wholesale grocer,
grain, -four, provisions and packing
house products.
Simmons & Perry Hardware Co.
Randolph Mercantile Co., Depart
ment Store.
Durham Feed Co.
Security Abstract Co.
Crystal Ice Co.
Geo. hathaway, Mgr. Louisiana
State Rice Milling Co.
Mahaffey Hotel, John McHugh
Proprietor.
F. F. Arceneaux, Treasurer, JEFF
ferson Davis parish.
I. R. Price, Clerk Jefferson Davis
parish.
JOS. F. Fusilier, Sheriff jefferson
Davis parish.
Marius Fusilier, Tax Collector,
Jefferson Davis parish.
Jennings Nursery.
Harry H. Eaton, Machine Works.
Chas. P. Houssiere, Capitalist.
Southern Implement Co.
Carter and Co., Livery.
Cary Feed Co.
j. R. Mouton, warehouse.
Rice Belt Implement Co.
Jennings Garage and Machine
Shop.
c. d. Norton, Foreman warehouse.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

people chose wisely and we'll in fill
ing the important shrievalty Office
and can rest assured that the statutes
will be enforced and law and order
maintained during Sheriff Fusilier's
term of office.
His chief deputy and tax collector
of the parish as we'll, is younger
brother, Marius Fusilier, who is an
efficient collaboration in discharging
the duties of the Office.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01
Jennings, The Metropolis

Prosperous
of Bright Future Before It,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-19
HOLL|NS BROKERS
TELL THE RECEIVER
THEY ARE BROKE
A Few Hundred Dollars All the
Firm Members Can Find in
Their Personal Assets.

Personal resources amounting to
few hundred dollars were all three
members Of the bankrupt brokerage
firm Of II. B. Hollins n Co. Of No. 81
Wall street. which last week failed for
several millions. could offer az an In
etallment to creditors when examined
before United States Commissioner Gil
christ to-day. The assets OF the Arm,
represented in securities held In its
name. will. OF course. be considerable,
but the three brokers called TO the stand
to-day had to admit that personally
they were almost broke.
Tho first witness examined by Tile
ston Wells. counsel for A. Lee Everett.
receiver Of the bankrupt brokerage, was
the senior member. Harry Il. Hollins.
He testified that he had no real estate.
no stocks or bonds, no steam yachts
no horses, but that he had n bank bal
ance OF $50. all Of which he was will
Ing to turn over to the receiver. He
said that al the formation OF the now
partnership. on Sept 2. he sunk 500, co
In the company. that being all he
possessed at that time.
Briton W. Busch testified that ne had
been a partner in Holllns & Co. fol
ffteen years. His bank account to-day
he said. amounted TO about 500. and &c
Keep going" he had borrowed money
on $4,000 of life insurance. an interest
in which he offered Receiver Everett
The third member of the firm ex.
amined was Walter Kutzleb. who fur.
nished $4,000 when he became a mem.
bsr Of Holllns &; Co To-day. he said
he had no tangible resources.
Following the examination of thes,
witnesses adjournment was taken unit
next Monday. when J. A. Aull and
Anthony walburg, both OF Middleton
Ohio. new members of the Arm, will b,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-19
THAW TALKS ABOUT JUDGES.
Denies Hc spent Ss,WO TO Procure
Defeat Of Hasbrouck.

CONCORD, N. H., Nov. 1e.-Replying
to the widely PUBLISHED charge that he
spent $500 IN Duchess County. n. r,
to defeat Judge Hasbrouck when he was
up for reelection. Harry X. Thaw to-
day issued a statement in which he said /:
Frank Hasbrouck was defeated for
reelection because OF his connection
with Jerome and his friends. When Ed
die Conger is up for reelection he will
be defeated for the same reason. New
York voters disapprove Of the way these
gentlemen prostitute legal processes to
keep sane man in a lunatic asylum.
The story about bribery - just that sor,
Of a falsehood one might expect from
these people to cover the defeat Of theiI
candidate"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-19
WOMAN klDNAPPeR INSANE.
Lena rinca. Who stale Baby ca
Nurse n, sent To- Watteawsu.

Lena Plaza OF No. II Henry street.
was tried before Judge Malone IN den
eral Sessions to-day for the kldnappins,
Of Joseph Rice. the four-year-old child
OF Mrs Josephine Rice Of No. 1871 First
avenue. July 2. She returned the baby
to his mother month later after oar-
ing for him In New Haven. Her ex-
cuse for taking the baby was that she
liked to nurse babies.
a Jury found her not guilty on the
ground OF insanity. She was COMMITTEES,
TO Matteawan Hospital for tho Criminal
Insane. Since her arrest she has been
at the Kings Park Asylum.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-19

tie Commissioner on a writ Of haheas
corpus obtained by Elihu Root ir.. At
torney for Butts's creditors, to pave the
way for chancery proceedings in Sew
Jersey. \ detective in the court said
Butts had been indicted for grand lar
ceny and that he held a warrant tlr his
arrest The arrest was not effected.
however. because Butts Is prisoner
Of the county In civil suit
Butts wos active In the promotion of
the millionaire colony In Monmouth
County, n. J and particularly the
fashionable Monmouth Beach Club
house
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-19
CORPORATIONS PROPERTY
IN NAME Of CLERK
Promoter Of Monmouth Beach
Clubhouse Admits Transaction
on the Stand.

Tho admission that nearly all tho
common stock In the New Brunswick
Realty Company. corporation con-
trolling over 2lj acres of land at New
brunswick. y. J., was placed in the
name OF Mary G. Stewart. a clerk In
his law office. was drawn from Thomas
w. Butts. a bankrupt lawyer of No. 81
Chambers street. at a hearing before
United States Commissioner Girhrist
to-day. The aged lawyer said the rea-
son for this arrangement was Com
veniencc'
Butts. who has been imprisoned in
Ludlow Street Jail. was taken before
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-19

placed upon the stand. II Is expected
that their testimony will shed light upon
the real reason Of the failure OF the
brokerage house. 1t has been runored
that friction between the old firm and
the new members had not little to do
with its bankruptcy.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-19

Wilson Names Pindell Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON. Nov. l9.-Annou nee
ment was made to-day that the NOM
nation of Henry NJ. Pfndell Of Peoria,
ILL.,. to be Ambassador to Russia would
70 to tho Senate to-morrow.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-19

Thomas Donohue and Frank Kreli
two more OF the mail chauffeurs under
indictment for conspiracy 60 obstr,ict
the movement OF the mails during the
recent strike. when arraigned to-day
before Judge Hand in the Federal Dis
trict Court. pleaded not guilty and were
put under $500 bail each for trial
Kreli surrendered. Donohus was ar
reeted BY tho police.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-05
ORDERED HIS MURDER.
Startling Story of the Death Of a
Walking Delegate.

At New York Abraham Steinberg,
a walking delegate, was murdered
on orders of buttonhole contrc ctors
who feared his labors would injure
their business, according to the al
legged confession Wednesday Of Har-
ry Wagner, the man charged with
the killing.
Wagner, who was arrested shortly
after the murder on January Z, con-
fessed to the police, they say, that he
committed the crime for reward of
$50 under a threat that he would be
prosecuted for forgery. The object
Of the contractors was to prevent the
signing Of a contract by Steinberg
which would have eliminated them
as middlemen and caused the cloth
ing manufacturers and the National
Buttonhole Makers union to deal d.
rectly with each other.
Wagner, the police say, named Alb
raham Fialkoff as the buttonhole
contractor whose name he had forg-
ed to checks. Fialkof, his 1S-year-
old daughter and Louis Weinstein,
also buttonhole contractor, were
arrested, the men charged with homi-
eide and the girl with being an ac-
cessory after the fact.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-05
CHARGE BIN WITH MURDER.
Baggagemaster Who Killed the Con-
ductor is Held.

At the end Of its third meeting
Tuesday the coroner's jury which
heard the evidence in regard to the
shooting of Walter L. McNeill, con-
ductor on a Seaboard train, near
Swansea last Friday, returned a ver-
dict to the effect that the railroad
man came to his death by a gunshot
wound at the hands of A. V. Lee, the
baggag agemaster on the train. The
case against Mr.. Lee will be tried in
the Lexington county court of general
sessions next June.
The coroner's jury delayed its YER
dict to hear the testimony of G. e.
Hutto, the express messenger on the
Seaboard train and the only eye>wit-
ness of the shooting, which, Mr.. Lee
claims, was accidental Tuesday Mr..
Hutto appeared before the jury. He
said he was checking up his express
when Mr. Lee entered the car. 4
few moments later Conductor Nc
Neill came in.
1.-The first thing that attracted ny
attention was pistol Lee was waving
in the air." said Mr.. Hutto. "McSelil
was in front of him with his hand on
his shoulder. Lee appeared 70 be
mad and used an oath which I
thought was addressed to Mcneil. I
tried TO get the pistol from lee and
he threatened to shoot me-"
Mr.. Hutto testified that when the
first shot was fred he noticed tnat
the pistol was pointed toward the
floor of the car. The. second shot
came few seconds later. He also
said that while he and Lee were sup
porting Mcneil and wiping the blood
away, Lee declared that he had hur;
the best friend he had.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-05
Enter Damage Suit.

The Dorchester Eagle says: Jos
eph Murray, Esq, and his wife have
entered suit, through their attorney,
Col. R. Lon Weeks, against the South
ern Bell Telephone Co., for damages
in the result of alleged misconduct
on the part Of one of the operators
during a conversation between Mr..
Murray and Mrs. Murray before they
we're married, the conversation being
between st. George and Columbia" "
It is said a man at Branchcille broke
in on the conversation, and refused
to desist when requested.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-05
ANOTHER ANTARTIC TRAGEDY
Two More Victims Must be Added to
the Long List.

Another was added to the list OF
the Anartic tragedies by the news
received at Sydney, N. S. W., We'd
nesday, of the death of two members
of the expedition commanded by Dr.
Douglas Mawson. The party left Tas-
mania in 1911 with large body OF
scientific men to explore the regions
around the Southern Magnetic Pole.
The dead are: Lieut.. D. E. Ninnls'
a British officer: who is an expert,
and who was in charge Of the sur
veying and sledging, and DR.. Merz, OF
Switzerland, a prominent scientist
sportsman. According to a wireless
from Mawson, the principal objects
of the expedition were attained. un-
fortunately Mawson and six of his
companions after they had been pick
ed up by the steamer Aurora uh-
dertook another expedition but were
unable to rejoin the ship which was
compelled to leave them and they had
to spend another year in the Anta--
tic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-05
ARRIVES WITH REMEDY
DR.. FRIEDMAN AND HIS TUBER-
CULOSIS CURE.
Says He is Not Mercenary, But
Wishes to Help the Whole World
With IoyanfiOn

With Invention.
The United States government took
official recognition of the claim of DR..
Frederick friedman to the discov-
cry of cure for tuberculosis when,
by order Of the surgeon general of
the United States marine hospital ser
vice, DR.. Milton Porter was sent 20
meet the doctor on the steamer KTon
Prinzessin Cecilia.
At the request of the government
Surgeon, DR.. friedman, after half
an hours conference on board the
steamer on the trip up to I4'3w York
from quarantine; consented to turn
over a quantity Of his bacilli to- be
tested by the government and to de-
monstrate the efficacy of his cure be-
fore physicians Of the hospital SER
vice.
DR.. friedman, who comes to this
country at the invitation of Chas. E.
Finlay, a New York banker, who
hopes the physician will be able to
cure his son-in-law of the disease,
declared that his remedy was not a
secret and that he purposed to make
known "to all the world" the method
by which it was created and the man
ner in (which it was administered.
Il consisted Of bacilli taken from
a turtle into which tubercular bac-
cilli from a human being had been in
jected, he explained. ''I have been
working upon the cure for four years
and in the last two and a half years
I have treated from $500 to 5000
PATIENTS" he asserted.
"How many I have absolutely cur
ed can not estimate, but their num-
Der has run into the hundreds. The
remedy cures all forms of tuberculo-
sis except such cases as are quite
hopeless-that is, on the point Of
death. The process is a slow one,
but the effects are to be seen two or
three weeks after incubation. phe
time when an absolute cure can be
said to BE effected is a matter Of
months. The method of administer
ing is so per cent. OF the cure.
"I want all mankind to benefit by
my discovery. I have already turned
over some OF my bacilli to. the Ger
man government, and am very glad
to turn it over to the American gov
ernment.'
DR.. friedman denied that he had
been offered S1,000,000 by Mr. Fin
lay if he would cure 95 out Of 100
patients in this country. He admit
ted that he was to receive a substan-
tial compensation in the event he cur
ed the bankers son-in-law, Ray Paris
of this city.
"I am not mercenary," he said.
"All I care about IS sufficient reward
to enable me to demonstrate my cure
to the world"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-05
DIsTuLERIES DESTROYED.
Eleven Thousand Gallons Of Beer ]:
Seized at Them.

The Greenyille Piedmont says the
seizure Of eleven thousand gallons or
beer, besides a quantity Of whiskey.
and the capture Of two alleged
"moonshiners" is the result Of a raid
in Oconee county this week by Dep
uty Collector OF Internal Revenue E.
A. Aiken, of this county, assisted by
Deputies Orr and Reed Of Oconee
county. Five distilleries were de-
stroyed, two on Sunday and three on
Monday. The stills were Of more
than ordinary capacity. The men ar
rested were Sloan Suttle and Fred
Suttle. It is said that sufficient evil
dence was secured by the officers to
cause steps for prosecution being
taken against three other men.
The prisoners were arrested at a
still nine miles west Of Walhalla,
and were spied by the revenue oftlc-
ers as they were shouldering their
sacks Of meal to their alleged plant.
The officers followed the mountain
eers and, it is said, arrested them in
the plant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-05
German Aviator Meets Death.

At Muelhausen, Germany, Ger
man military aviator, Seret. Helfers-
nider. was killed and and his COM
panion, Lieut.. Linke, seriously in
jured Wednesday. Their aeroplane
fell while they were flying round the
military aerodome. Helfersnider
took one of the turns too sharply
and the machine toppled over back
wards.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-05
defended His Mother.

After he'd knocked his mother-ln-
law on hot stove, and terrorized
other members of the family with an
army sword, Gilbert NJ. Lehue, for
merly a sergeant in the army, was
shot and killed at Louisville, KY,
Monday by Ben Beach, the woman's
son. Beach was arrested on a charge
OF murder.