The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-29
The Jennings Times-ReCOrd LabOrs.


Int which reads very much like an edl.
toral incidentally takes shot at the
Editor of this paper over statement
whi.h appeared in an editorial of May
22nd, when it says that it comes in very
Door grace from Editor Hood who has
been in the community less than year
to "insinuate,' that the Grand Jury
and District Judges were acting "un-
der a supposed lmpulSion OF the law"
Replying to this remark OF our es'
teemed contemporary we arevery sorry
that we left our statement in the edl'
torial referred to in such form that 1t
conveyed merely an "inSinuation" to
the mind of our friend. We had hoped
that the statement would be inter-
preted by our distinguished friend as
clear, open and positive and not merely
inslnuative. But really this poor editor
fails to discover any of that poor
grace" in his act that our friend as.
cribes to us, We really wonder If We
have gone and Numbered into some
terrible offense, He tells the truth
when he refers to our short residence
in the community and this makes us
lust as timid and scared as school boy
on the first day of school before great
big teacher that he never did see be.
fore. Ourfriend thinks we ought to keep
still and keep our mouth shut until we
have been here for long long time,
perhaps then We may be allowed to say
something. This no doubt is a gem of
most excellent advice from our distin.
guiShed benefactor. We venture how.
ever that he may have exhibited more
astonishingly brilliant stroke of wisdom
if he had extended its scope so as to in.
Clude a wider scope of the human fami.
ly. We have actually known some peo
pie who have lived in a community all
their lives and notwithstanding that ap-
palling fact-people who were in posi-
ton to be leaders of thought too-Who
really could not advance a single rea.
son for the position they assume on a
given issue and when confronted by a
fact contrary to their view they answer
their opponent by saying you hadn't
ought to open your mouth. We really
do think this latter class of people
should save been included in this sagely
advice, And then he mentions Grand
Jury and District Judges and these
terrible names makes us more fright.
ened than ever. We wonder if they
will tie us and put us in the closet for
coming in poor grace" or anything
else. We really wish we had lived here
a long time so we would know better
how to act, and we would really have
been here a long time ago but we got
here just as soon as we could under
the circumstances and he ought not
to find fault with us when we do the
best we can.
But referring to our editorial phrase
we did say that we do not believe the
Police Jury would have ordered an
election on the bond issue for a Court
House and Jail just now if that body
had not been impelled both by the
Grand Jury and the District Judge
under a supposed impulSion of the law.
In saying this we hope we have not de.
livered ourselves of any severe criti.
cism against the Police Jury, Grand
Jury or District Judge. AS matter
of fact we rather commend our District
Judge and Grand Jury for calling at.
tention to what they think are needed
in the way of public buildings. They
would be untrue to the obligations of
their Office to do otherwise. We had
no thought of questioning their motive
in this supposed impulsion of the law
We take it that this supposed impul.
sion was based upon legal fact. We
are not at all questioning their correct
Interpretation of this legal require.
ment of them. We rather commend
them for doing their duty.
But while we have not done so thus
far it occurs to us that some criticism
might lie against the Police Jury for
adopting the course they did pursue.
1t would possibly have been the correct
thing when they were called upon to
act on these matters to have taken up
the question with the city of Jennings.
There is solemn obligation resting
upon the city of Jennings to provide
these Accommodations for the Parish.
In consideration of their promise to
furnish this they have received a valu.
able consideration and it occurs to us
that the Police Jury should have