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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
For Our Advertisers.

We hope our readers will as far as
convenient patronize the business men
who advertise in the journal, They
are the people who make this news.
paper possible. Look through the
Journal from issue to issue and see
who advertise with us then when you
come to Welsh please call on these con.
Germs and give them your trade as far
as you can. We would not of course
diSparge the merit of the other men
and concerns who do not support the
Journal with any advertising patron
age at all, But a local newspaper is an
absolutely essential factor in the life OF
the town and since it could not exist
were it not for local advertisers we
feel that our friends will as far as pos
SibIe patronize those whose advertise
mentS appear in the Journal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
CHANGES At GULF
COAST RICE MILL

With the majority of the Farmers
turning off the water on their Hondu.
raS rice cutting will soon take place
and about September fest will no doubt
see the mill active in the buying mark.
cts in this section.
The Gulf Coast Mill of the La. State
Rice milling Co. has undergonG the us.
ual summer overhauling and this large
plant has been put in first class shape
to handle the seasons crop, and the
Mill is ready to run whenever enough
rice is put upon the market. This sea.
son a change has been made in the
Buying force of the La. State Rice Mill.
ing Co. at this point, both Mr.. j. A..
Malloy and Mr.. W. D. Jones leaving
the above Company to enter the employ
of the Lake Charles Rice Milling Co. at
Lake Charles.
Mr.. H. l.. Block, who has been Mana.
ger for the La. State Rice Milling Co.
at Welsh for the past three seasons,
will continue in his position, as well as
being the local Buyer for this Mill. He
will be assisted by Mr.. C. Earl Meyer,
who is we'll known in this section, and
Mr.. Jos. NJ Soniat.
Further Graders will be ICED as
the season advances and the Gulf Coast
Mill is looking forward to very large
run.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
POLICE JURY MEETS
Summary Of Proceedings
of the Regular Monthly
Meeting Yesterday. Dist
rict Attorney Edwards
Files Mandamus on Court
House and Jail Propo-
sition.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Police Jury yesterday was marked by
a distinct break in the regular order
of proceedings. AS was generally ex.
pected District Attorney Edwards Was
on hand armed with his resolution on
the jail proposition. The resolution
was referred to the Ordinance Com.
mittee which was referred back to the
Police Jury with Uajory report unfav.
orable and a minority report favorable.
The resolution went through all the
details for building new jail by isSu.
ing certificates of Indebtedness etc.
The roll call of votes showed 6 voting
nay and 3 voting aye. The pet reSolu.
ton of the District Att0rny was there.
fore consigned to its long home. The
sad fate of the scheme aroused the in.
dignation of the said prosecuting officer
of the law and suiting his conduct to
the frame of mind with which he was
possessed at the time he walked over
Immediately and filed a mandamuS suit
against the Police Jury and in the said
suit he will seek to require the Police
Jury not only to build jail but also
a Court House.
An other matter of some Importance
was the ordering Of an election on
local option. Quite petition was pre-.
scented favoring an election, and ma
jority of the Police Jury favored call
ing an election on the project. The
date of the election was set for De-
cember 1st.
The Police Jury also withdrew the
ordinance proposing an election for the
creation of Road District No. in this
Parish until sometime later.
The official publication of the entire
proceedings will appear in our next
issues.
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Signature of Voter.

signature Oh NOt6P.
Notice To Voters: To vote in favor
of the proposition submitted upon this
ballot. place a cross (X) mark in the
square after the word YES" To vote
against it, place similar mark after
the word mo"
Section 3. BE IT FURTHER OR
DAMNED, ETC., That the following
named persons are hereby appointed as
commissioners and clerk to hold and
conduct said election; Nj. L. Farlow,
c. E. Carr and j. R. RobicheauX com.
miSsionerS; and W. E. Plauche, clerk.
Section 4. BE 1T FURTHER OR
DAINED etc. That the Mayor and
Board of Trustees of the Town of
Welsh, Louisiana, shall meet on the
10 h day of September 1914, at 8 o'clock,
a. m. at the Town Hall, and in open seS-
sion proceed to open the ballot boxes,
examine and count the ballots in nnm.
Der and amount, examine and canvass
the returns, ana declare the results of
the election; and, in the event of a re.
suit favorable to said tax, to pass any
and all ordinances ds may be required,
and especially an ordinance leVying the
authorized tax for the time stated in
this ordinance, and designating the
years in which the same shall be levied
and collected.
Section S. BE IT FURTHER OR.
DAMNED etc, That all ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed
Vote of Trustees: E. E, Kimball yea;
ChaS. Dautel, yea; A. r. Arceneaux. yea
W. E. Taught, yea.
Adopted August 5th, 1914
RS. GREER, Mayor.
Attest:
A. E, LOGNION, Secretary.
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Ordinance No. ia

AN ORDINANCE ordering a special
election to be held in the Town of
Welsh, Louisiana, to take the sense
of the property tax payers of the said
Town as to whether or not there
shall be levied and collected special
tax of five 49, mills on the dollar an.
nually for deeiod of ten (10) years,
1914 to 1923, both inclusive, on all the
assessed and aSSessable property in
the corporate limits Of the Town of
Welsh, Louisiana, as provided by Act
No. 256 of the General Assembly of
Louisiana for the year 1910, and In
accordance with all other laws on
the same subject, for the purpose
of maintaining streets, bridges and
all public improvements in the Town
of Welsh, Louisiana, during said per.
iod; aud repeating all ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict here.
with.
Section |. Be 1t Ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Town of Welsh, Louisiana, in regular
session convened, that a special cleo.
ton be and the same is hereby ordered
to be held in the Town of Welsh,
Louisiana, on the 9Th day OF September,
A. D. 1914, from seven o'clock a. m. I'm.
til and not later than five o'clock p. M,
in accordance with Act No. 256 of the
General Assembly for the year 1910,
and all other laws on the same subject,
to take the sense of the property tax
payers legally qualified to vote within
the corporate limits OF the said Town
under the provisions of said Act 256 of
1910 and all other laws on the same
subject, as to whether or not there
shall be levied and collected special
tax of five Isl mills on the dollar an.
nualiy for period of ten (1Ol years,
1914 to 1923, both inclusixe, on all of the
assessed and aSSeSSable property with.
in the limits of said town of Welsh,
Louisiana, for the purpose of maintain.
ing streets, bridges and all puplic i'm
provementS in the Town of Welsh,
Louisiana, during said period.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)
The Twenty Year Test

Some twenty years ago used Cham
berlain'S Collie, Cholera and Dlarrhoea
Remedy" writes Geo, W. Brock, pub.
Usher of the Enterprise, Aberdeen, Md
II discovered that it was quick and
safe cure for darrhoea. Since then no
one can sell me anything said to be Just
as good During all these years have
used 1t and recommended it many times
and il has never disappointed anyone.
For sale by All DaalerS-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07

A. D. 1914, from seven o'clookI a.
m. until and not later than five
o'clock p. m. IN accordance with
Act. No. 256 of the General Assembly
for the year 1910, and all other laws on
the same subject, to take the sense of
the property tax payers legally quail
fed to vote within 1.-THE corporate limits
of the said town under the provisions
of said Act 256 of 1910 and all other
laws on the same subject, as to
whether or mot there shall be levied
and collected as special tax of three 60
mills on the dollar annually for per.
iod of ten years, 1914 to 1923, both in.
elusive, on all of the assessed and as.
SeSSable property within the limits of
the said Town tof Welsh, Louisiana, for
the purpose of aiding and maintaining
the public schools in the Town of
Welsh, Louisiana, during said period.
SECTION 2. BE 1T FURTHER OR.
DAMNED ETC., that the following is
hereby designated and prescribed as
the form of ballot to be used in said
election:
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Proclamation of Election.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Jefferson Davis.

State of Louisiana,
Parish of Jefferson Davis.
BY virtue of authority in me vested
as Mayor of the Town of Welsh. LouiSi.
ana, and in pursuance of the require.
ments and provisions of the Charter of
the Town of Welsh, Louisiana, and
Ordinance No. IT'S, adopted by the
Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
town of Welsh, Louisiana, August 5th,
1914, i, R. S. Greer, Mayor of the Town
OF Welsh, Louisiana, do hereby order
that an election be held in the Town of
Welsh, Louisiana, within the corporate
limits of said Town of Welsh, according
to the State laws, and especially Act No.
256 of 1910, and the Ordinance of the
Town of Welsh relative thereto, in the
Town Hall on
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Sth, 1914,
from seven o'clock, a. m. until not later
than five o'clock p. M, for the purpose
OF veting on the propose of voting on
the proposition of levying and collect
ing three ~ mill tax for period of
ten (10) years, 1914 to 1923, both in.
elusive, for the purpose OF aiding and
maintaining the public schools in the
Town of Welsh, Louisiana, during said
period.
M. L. Farlow, j. r. Robichaux and
c. E, Carr, shall act as commissioners,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
The Case of |. |. Cantel0u'

The case of L. L. Cantelou, Clarendon,
Texas. is similar to that of many others
who have used Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy. He says,
After trying a doctor for several
months, and using different kinds of
medicine for my wife who had been
troubled with severe bowel complaint
for several months, bought 25c bot
le Of Chamberlain'S Cole, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. After using the
second bottle she was entirely cured"
For sale by ALI DealerS-Ady.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
IINENT AGENT FOR
fERSON DAVISH PARISH

= lavis Parish is to have an
Inc United States Bureau OF
l',,anQtry. This official will have
! tbe tick eradication in the
.,icb has recently been started
sGce Jury.
,,Oiutment of this agent was
~ to the efforts of the South
I,isiana Development Bureau
allowing letter from the Blu.
.Aa officers of the Bureau in
.sb is self explanatory:
an
ne the honor to inform you
gent Of the U, s. Bureau of
aduStry will be appointed be-
middle of this month to take
flick Eradication work, and
hyour parish.
n highly grati1ed that Jeffer'
;pariSh, which has SO far out
N All others in its support Of
aa, should have been selected
sqnning of this great work in
sFct, and beg that you will ex.
bfe President and Members of
sge Jury our congratulations
WOmpt following of our Tick
which has made the obtain.
disappointment possible.
lgt wishes, we are,
Yours Very Truly,
HEST LOUISIANA DEVELOP
BUREAU.
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and W. E. Tlauche as clerk of said
election.
Witness my official signature at
Welsh, Louisiana, on this eth day of
August A. D. 1914.
R. S. GREER, Mayor.
Attest:
A. E. LOGNION, Secretary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07

Moved by ChaS. Dautel that all bills
allowed by finance committee be or.
dered paid, seconded by AR. ArCeneaux
and carried.
New business, applications for JAM.
tor at the Welsh HlghSchool, requested
by the Body, moved by w. E. Taught
that the application of Mrs. Amedia
Soyier be accepted, as Janitor at the
Welsh High School under the same
condition and terms as usual. Seconded
by E. E, Kimball and carried.
On report of Mr.. Anderson Offutt as
Constructing Engineer of the Welsh
Light and Power Plant, it was moved
by ". E. Taught that the report of Mr..
Anderson Offutt be excepted, seconded
by E. E. Kimball and carried. Moved
by w. E. Taught that the Welsh Light
and Power Plant shall run "a hours, be
ginning Thursday Aug. 9Th, 1914. No
further business ready for considera,
ton moved to adjourn until Wednesday
Aug. 5th, at 7:3O p. m. second and car.
ried.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
>FurnIsheo a Text Tonic.

Tillie Ginger says that Sunday be-
fore last she went TO church aud alb
Bentmindedly dropped her vinaigrette
in the collection basket, and last Sun
day the minister preached on the sub
ject of "Vials of Wrath "-Galveston
News.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
Perry |. Drury

sin Welsh Twill learn with Sor.
asieath of Mr.. Perry /. Drury
llt his home in Seguin, Wash.
llg II, 1911, of a complication
lgd kidney troubles.
will be remembered by
mdentS Of Welsh, he having
several years and was for
FarS Post Master at Welsh.
Here several years ago and
) Ganado, Texas, and from
Washington,
eS to mourn his departure,
ibis aged father and mother,
Mrs. Vim, Drury of Canada,
e sister, Mrs. Jessie Brumball
Oregon, and two brothers,
Py OF Redwood Falls, Mimi,
LDrury of Inez, Texas.
in Welsh extend sincere
to the bereaved family.
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Hall of Council Chamber, Welsh, La.

Aug. S, 1914
Council called to order in regular
session continued from adjourn meet.
ing of Tuesday Aug. 4th, by the Hon.
Mayor R. S. Greer.
Members of the Board of Trustees
present; Chas. Dautel, w. E. Taught,
E. E. Kimball. A. r. Arceneaux. Absent
P. H. Goodreau. Moved and seconded
that Ordinances No. TIA and IFS, be
adopted as read, motion carried.
Being no further business, moved by
W. E. Taught to adjourn and seconded
by A. R. Arceneaux, motion carried.
A. E. LOGNION, Sec.
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Far Reachlna,

Spite is little word, but it repre-
sents as strange a tumble of feelings
and compounds of discord as any
polysyliable in the language.-DickenR
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hH to Cure a Sprain.

y may be cured in about one.
sane required by the usal
BY applying Chamberlain'S
and observing the directions
aDOttle. For sale by All Deal.
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the property subject to: ::
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(1O) years, 1914 to 1928: {:
both inclusive. for the: go: .... {:
purpose of aiding and: {:
maintaining the public: ::
schools in the Town of: {:
Welsh, Louisiana, dur: NO ::
ing said period, in &C.: {:
cordance with Ordinance:
No. ITS of the Town Of. ::
Welsh, Louisiana. -. .... !:
Taxable Valuation $.................
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PROCEEDINGS

Hall of Council Chamber, Welsh, La,
Aug. 4, 1914.
Council called to order IN regular
session conveyed, by the Hon. Mayor
r. S. Greer. Members of the Board of
Trustees present; W. E. Taught E. E.
Kimball, Chas. Dautel, A. r. Arceneaux
Absent: P. H. Goodreau.
Minutes of the previous meeting was
read and approved. The following bills
to be passed upon and allowed.
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RdOlls for 25c at Journal Book
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

familiar with the years of bitter warfare
in Spain between the Moors and Chris
tiOns, will have some idea of what it
would mean should the 27O.0OO,0OO Mo
hammedans of the world take up arms
against the Christians. True, the Chris
tians outnumber them by more than
20O,O00,O0G souls, but it must be under
stood that in a religious war every Mo
hammedan would feel bound to take up
arms. These vast hordes would have
little trouble in overrunning the world
The puny armies now clashing in Europe
would not stop them for a minute. even
should Austrian and Hungarian and Ger
man lay aside their troubles with the
allies and stand shoulder to shoulder
with them against the Moslem millions
While the followers of the prophet
calling themselves Mohammedans num-
Der only 270.0O0,0O0, as near as can be
estimated, there are other hundreds Of
millions which would probably take up
arms against the hated Christian. The
Brahmanists and Buddhists number $50
100000, over 2O0,OOO,0 900 of which in
habit India. While there is no love lost
between Mohammedan and Buddhist and
they continually fight each other, they
are ever willing to make common cause
against the Christian, whom they believe
to be the heather of the world And
with China's 100000. .00O\ Confucianists
and Japan's 52.OOO,OOO spn worshipers
also considering the Christian the outcast
and unredeemable Of the globe. 1t can be
seen that ,Christianity's 500, ,00O, 900
would be hard-pressed were all the rest
Of the religious world to unite against
Christianity.
So the unfurling Of the Green Banner.
the Sign of the Prophet and the battle
standard Of the Moslem world, would
mean a struggle such as the world has
never seen before. And that is Just what
is threatened by such an enlightened per-
son as A. Rustem Bey. Turkish ambas-
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

many's friendship with Turkey. protested
that his country had been despoiled by
England and France and Italy. The loss
of Egypt. Morocco. Algeria and other
MOslem strongholds still rankles the
sublime Porte.
Then. what part is played by the Gaek-
war of Baroda and tile thirteen other In
dian princes who have offered to take up
arms for their liege country? Are they
fighting for the pure love of fighting. or
merely to impress the mother country
with their power and strength? And.
whatever motive actuates the princes
themselves, it can be said with emphasis
that that same motive does not imDel
the thousands of their followers to give
up their blood and their homes for war
which they can neither understand nor
appreciate.
So when the Gaekwar Of Baroda. In
dia's second most powerful prince and
the man who insulted King George at
the famous Durbar day presentation.
prOAcred his sword. his army and his war
chest TO the British government. thirteen
others promptly fell into line, and doubt
!n.s by this time others of the fftv or
more have pleased the home government.
There are about 10000. 900 Moham-
medans in India. and besides sPvera. Of
the native princes are devoted MosIoms
IneSe WOulu undoubtedly take up The
banner spread in Turkey. and India at
once would become seethinE mass Of
fanatically furious men. Buddhist and
Rrahmanist and CCnfucian. OF which
there are millions along the northern
border might take advantage of me
chaos to proclaim their religion. or they
might side with the MOhammedans
again It the hated Christian.
At any rate. the Christians would soon
he exterminated. Then would begin a
series of long and bloody wars for inde-
p"ndenCe and ACKNOWLEDGMENT Benga-
lose and Sikh would uncover their CEN
turies-OId differences. In Thibet and in
the Puniab blood would flow even more
layishly than II did for the century dur
ing which Great Britain was putting its
stamp of authority on the empire. first
by fighting native prince against native
prince. and then conquering both when
they we're too exhau5. .ad to fight any
longer.
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up the great East Indian empire? Deep
students Of the East say "No!"
And TO add more complications to an
already complicated situation comes the
threat of a religious war, handed out by
no less a parsonage than the Turkish
ambassador to the United States, A.
Rustem Bey, whose frank utterances at
Washington provoked the ire of even
our supremely patient President. The
ambassador was compelled to beat
strategic retreat" to retire temporarily
from the field of diplomacy. But before
he left for Europe and supposedly for
home, he left behind him the prophetic
threat that has aroused the whole world,
Christian and Moslem.
1t may seem fan cry from the veiled
threat of the Turkish ambassador at
Washington to India's preparations to
participate in the great world war but
II becomes clear when it is remembered
that one-third of India's millions are
Mohammedans. and that in speaking for
the Moslem World A. Rustem Bey was
speaking for the nearly 200, 100000
Mohammedans, either in Britain's Asiatic
possessions, or so close to their borders
that their actions would be a further
menace to the life of India.
II Turkey is not let alone by tho other
powers. is the substance of Ru>0n Bey's
threat, she will be justified in "unfurling
the green banner of the prophet" and
proclaiming a religious war.
That, indeed would be a calamity in
mparison to which the present war
would fade into insigniicance. The Mos
lem is renowned as a fighter. but never
does he fight so desperately as when un-
der the Green Banner. or in behalf of his
religion. A great religious war has been
the fear of historians and economists for
centuries.
Those who remember the fury with
which the Moslems resisted the advance
e the Christian Crusaders, those who are
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

sador at Washington, and husband of an
American girl!
India has forever been called a seething
mass. Lord Curzon, who spoke from the
experience of long viceroyship over that
country, once declared that England's
rule was ''only bit of froth upon the
surface of an unfathomable ocean"
Thus, the voluntary offer of troops and
money to England by some fourteen of
these Oriental potentates is not the proof
of united and devoted loyalty that Great
Britain would like to think. Even though
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

India we're united for England, it could
never be united in itself. MOhammedan
and Brahmanist and Buddhist and Con-
fucianist cannot dwell in peace no more
can Sikh and Punjab and Bengal.
The world still remembers the horrors
of the Sikh rebellion of the SOS The
massacres of Christians in Turkey are
still fresh in the memories of newspaper
readers. The hideous cruelty of the Box
ers will never be forgotten.
With followers of Mohammed on the
warpath, their green banner leaving .
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

arainst the use by the allies OF Tur-
cos from Africa and Hindus from
India. The Turcos are MOhammedans,
as are some of the Hindu troops Will
helm has also protested to the neutral
world the action of England in calling on
her far eastern ally. Japan. The Kaiser
objects to his white, Christian war ma
chine being compelled to battle with the
sun worshipers of Nippon, the Moslems
of Africa and the Buddhists. Brahmanists
and Mohammedans of Asia.
A. Rustem EGy. in explaining Ger
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22

crimson trail wherever ii was
carried, the world indeed would
see a catastrophe such as has
never occurred before.
When A. Rustem Bey gave ut
terance to his momentuUs threat
he was discussing the European
war and Turkeys part in 1t as
the potential ally of Germany
The German Emperor. first to
alarm the world by pointing out
he Yellow Peril, has protested