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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19
W0man'S Research Club

Mrs. E, H, Boiling, assisted by Mrs.
Willard, Misses Mcdowell, Robinson
and McLeeS, was hostess to the
Woman's Research Club Saturday after
noon, Feb. 18th.
This being Guest Day" with the
Club we were glad to have with us,
MeSdames Simpson and Plauche of Lake
Charles, Rose Robinson, Mary Nc
DoWeIl, A. T. Jones, M. B. sVanNeSS,
j. 7. Hood, G. E. Boiling, Misses Vernie
Unkel, Helen Lewis, Leila Coyle,
Marguerite Wetzel, Maud McLees and
Flordnce Kinney of Lake Charles.
The following program on Germany
was very interesting and much enjoyed
Roll Call. Current events.
1. Public Education, Mrs. Gray.
2. Toy Manufacture. Mrs, Yantis.
3. Some Famous Musical Composers,
Mabel Gabbert.
4. Piano, RATS Fablep" Adele Durio.
After the program the Club was en-.
tertained with several beautiful violin
selections by Mr.. Trappey
Cherry punch was served and around
this table everyone received a tiny
heart to wear, and another, an ex.
ploSiVe, containing favor.
The parlorS were decorated with
hearts and cupidS and the lights shaded
with red chandeliers gave a pleasing
effect, A delicious salad course was
served.
The annual election of officers will be
held at the next meeting, March 10, at
the home OF Mrs. R. NJ. Gray.
The program will consist of the study
of France, and is as follows:
Roll Call, current events.
|. France of Old. Miss Ruth MCLeeS
2. France of To-day, Miss Mcdowell
3. Beautiful Paris, Miss lone Robin.
son.
4. Famous French Artists and Their
Pictures, Adele Durio.
S. Music, Mrs. Cooper.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19
Mad to stay There,

"You are not very happy in this
house" friends remarked to the rent
er, mo, l can't say we are" Your
ceilings are falling" They are, and
that isn't all. Our roof leaks, our eel
lar fills with water every time it rains,
our radiators thump, our furnace is
too small for the house, its appetite is
too large for our income, our cutters
have rusted away, the porch says, the
house hasn't had a new coat of paint
for seven years, the wall paper hangs
loose in every room and the chimney
Is shorter after every windstorm. +"
why in the world don't you move?"
Because we can't find another house
with hall that our long oriental run.
ner viii fit"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19
NEUTRAL COMMERCE

Events have been following in rapid
succession for the past few weeks
which are directed at Neutral Com
merce in Europe.
On February first Germany ordered
the food supply Of the country to be
taken over by the government in order
TO insure its better distribution and to
conserve the supply. Following this
Immediately on February End England
issued an order declaring all foodstutfS
contraband even when shipped to
civilians in Germany.
Germany retaliated promptly by eS'
tabliShing what she called her war
zone which was issued by the German
Government on February 4th. This
order in effect declared that the waters
around Great Britain and Ireland in
Guiding the whole of the English chan
mel are WlInln d war zone dileF r eo
ruary 18Th, and all neutral shipping is
warned to stay out on account Of
threatened destruction from mines ct
in those waters.
All these events have a direct bear
ing on American Commerce in the ca 81
and lays open probabilities thai this
country will become involved in some
complicated situations. This last order
of Germany is looked upon generally
by the American press as eXtraOrdin
airy in the extreme and policy which
will be respected very little by the
neutral powers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19
VACCINATE STOCK EARLY

We are publishing in this issue a
letter from the Live Stock Board Adj
dressed to live stock owners OF the
State calling attention to the fact all
stock should be vaccinated at once IN
order to prevent an outbreak OF
Charlton.
This section of the State suffered to
some extent last summer on account OF
Charlton among the stock, and this adj
vice from the Live Stock Board is I'M
portant just now. Experts have shown
that vaccination is one OF the SureSt
means Of preventing the infection.
This of course should not END the
care of stock. Clean stables and sheds,
well drained lots and pastures etc are
also important and this important mat
ter should early claim the attention OF
our stock raiSerS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19
Huge Cakes of Old.

We all admire the elaborate sugar
castles and doves and other artistic
attempts in icing and silver paper that
the confectioners turn out for wedding
ana anniversary festivities We also
know the intricate floral and geomet-
rical patterns worked out in citron
and other candied fruits and nuts to
be found on the "lebkuchen,' 'pfef-
fernussen" and other German fruit
cakes; but few of the modern cooks
would attempt to compete with some
Of the pastry triumphs of the mid
de ages, when huge feasts were pre-
pared for the lords and their retain
ars by the chefs Of the time. In those
days whom oxen we're cooked whole
and served and when peacocks were
served their plumage, it was no
unusual ing for the pastry pie to be
big enc % hide within its she'll a
small q dressed as a fairy, or per-
hays live aimals or birds. 1t was at
this tim hat the famous Mother
Goose rhyme was undoubtedly CON-
posed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19


A hearing in two cases was held at
Alexandria before Examiner C. V.
Burnside, Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. One was case No. SAT,
involving the cancellation of rates on
logs originating at points on the South
ern Pacific Railroad, destined for Alex,
andria, and manufactured into lumber.
The other case was No. SIS on the
docket, involving the cancellation OF
rates on COMPRISING and concentra
ton Of cotton in transit at Alexandria
originating on Rock Island Railway
points, which was submitted on briefs
by both sides.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19

The State of Louisiana and the city
Of New Orleans will receive checks
for $1,000 each from the Business
Mems Racing Association, covering
the state and city taxes on the forty
days race meeting at the Fair Grounds
track At meeting of the directors
OF the racing association, it was decid-
ed to pay the full amount Of taxes de-
manded under legislative act No. 223
CT 1902 and to abandon the appeal in
the suit instituted against the assocla-
ton by the State tax collector. The
secretary Immediately forwarded
checks to both the state and city tax
collectors. The total payment Of S..
600 represents daily license fee of
S125.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19

The Prairie Farms Lands Company
has been organized at Lake Charles
with capital stock Of 100000 to take
over and develop the 40,O0O.acre tract
Of land south of the city owned by the
late Francis Ogden. Plans have not
been fully matured but the wheels will
begin to move very shortly as the
stockholders in the company have
other interests which will be bene.
fitted by the settlement Of these va.
cant acres.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19
Six 1915 Resolution For Our Farmer.

/. shall start trying to have rich
land.-Realizing that fertile sol is
the basis of all agricultural wealth, l
re olive that my lands shall be stopped
from washing away, that | shat GRO"
winter and summer le4Umes t. ada 20
my soil fertility and to avoid heavy
fertilizer bills, and That I shall care
fully save every pound Of Oarnyard
manure,
2. shall try to live at home
Knowing that the individual or the
community that depends on ouyng
bread and meat and feed from sections
that cannot grow these products a.
cheaply as We can, will never mean
more than soil poverty and human
poverty, I mean hence forth to make
my farm a Self.SuStaining farm, with a
good living for my family and myself
as its primary business.
3. IShall be a cooperative farmer "
Buying ana selling constitute an i'm
portdnt element in making the farm
profitable. and that these may be done
most effectively and economically, !
pledge myself to make an effort to CO.
operate with my neighbOrS in buying
and selling in QnantitiOS so that mer'
chants may give us better rates, ami IL
grading and marketing farm products
lso as to get better prices, but also III
buying and using improved machinery
and IN getting better SireS for improV'
ing our livestock.
4, l shall work for school and neigh.
bOrhOOd progress. Understanding that
there can be no power without knoWl'
edge, no material or moral progress
without adequate training, | mean to
do my part toward having a local
school as a neighbOrhood center for
community developement and enlight'
eminent. To do this realize the neCeS.
Sity for suitable buildings and grounds,
for good teachers, and for snCh ConSOl,
idatlOn and Encouragement of districts
as is necessary to furnish adequate
support not only for a strong school
but for all the agencies Of a richer com
munity life. For the attainment OF
these l pledge my untiring efforts
5. l shall aim at a Joyous existence
for the whole family.-Our farm must
be home, rather than a mere pla e to
| live, and in order that mothers work
may be lightened and made more JOY.
Gus, In order that our boys and girls
may learn to know and Cleave to the
WhOleSOmeneSS of life in the country, |
resolve to equip our home with all the
labor saving improvements possible, to
zee that there is an abundance OF
healthful reading matter, and to en-,
courage neighborhood games, athletic
contests and social intercourse.
6. l shall keep at it.-And finally
knowing that success in these things
can only come after persiS ent, untir.
ing effort, hereby enlist for life as a
worker in making my farm and my
community as good as the best, places
that shall be sweet to live in and good
to Knoxville Progressive Farmer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19

!
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tho "prosp..r,tv C9nTai.a" TAI q. y
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SIS .au tn Manager al ,Aa L.uau
Nj. uluude Cuappus. young ATTORNEY
III sueI us ma de- word" an an.e .
gruyr.u. and enthusiastic address 4
tn As.erWool menung.
Letters from U-ncr gentlemen VII
We're prevented u,n uppeauu- d..
meetings al which they were Schedule.
10 appear express disappointment al
tneIr inability 10 attend, gOou wIsuc.
Tor the success Of the campa "a auu
uelrty ASSURANCES OF slDD0P,. These
series Of meeting demonstrated III Us.
cousIuslyely that the business Iuuu /
Acadia parish are III nne with III,
Bureaus plan 10 br.ng property c
Southwest Louisiana, and are e.,nu-
iasticaliy keeping step with The pc
CeSSlon.
/ The party crossed over the the Acad d
line and entered st. landry with mosj
remarkable meeting al Eunice Frlua,
night. The meeting was remarkable
not Tor its members, Dut for the quality
OF those who ATTENDED it and for the
earnest spirit in winch those present
entered upon the work. One hundred
members were promised the Bureau BY
the progressive committee in char.e o.
the matter and that number was en-
dorSed as a minimum bv those present
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19
OUR OPPORTUNITY IN LATIN
AMERICA.


The war in the orient and the ConSe.
quent interruption of European com.
merCe has furnished an opportunity for
a substantial change in the channels Of
commerce. Heretofore the commerce
of the Latin.AmeriCan states has been
conducted with the countries OF Eu.
rope, and very little American goods
have found an outlet there. The com.
merCiaI relations with the European
countries have been interrupted and it
lies with this country as to whether or
not we will seize the opportunity to ex'
tend our trade in that direction. The
magnitude of these great countries
south of us is immense.
Commercial organizations should get
together and lay out campaign in this
great section and conquer it for Ameri.
can commerce. The opportunity is
especially favorable for the business
interests of the south. We are nearer
to these countries and have particular.
ly the products that are marketable
there, thus giving in these respects a
pre.eminent advantage. Yet, remark,
able to say, we are told that not a
single ship line extends directly from
New Orleans to South Amerila. A
shipment OF goods from New Orleans
consigned to Rio Janerio must 90 via
New York and from that port TO South
America
The European war has been going on
now for eight months and these great
commercial opportunities south of us
knocking at our doors yet practically
no progress has been made in extend
ing our trade. There is an outlet il
South America for the rice market O
Louisiana to perpetuate the industry
forever II we are prepared t. enter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19

Another daily newspaper will be
published at Crowley about March l.
The Daily Rice City News will be an
SPACE quarto and will be published
and operated by l.. Nussbaum, who
heretofore has been running a job
printing office. He will be associated
with II. R. DuDre, former editor of the
Crowley Daily Signal. The new paper
has strong financial backing and a
good advance subscription list.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19

Following the trend Of the direct
from producer TO consumer" move.
ment, and taking advantage of the
now generally satisfactory parcel post
system, Even J Mccall, proprietor OF
the modern Evan Hall stock farm near
Donaldsonville, has decided to inaugu
rate parcel post market for pork
and mutton.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19

James F. Seip has called a meeting
of the hay growers Of Rapids, Grant
and Ayoyelles parishes to be held in
Alexandria TO discuss questions Of IN.
terest to those who cultivate this
product.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19

The custer suit flied against William
l.. Young, state bank examiner, by
Attorney General Pleasant on instruc-
lions from Governor Hall, was tried III
the District Court bstore Judge T..
Fletcher Bell, and submitted. Judge
Bell did not intimate when a decision
will be handed dow Assistant At
torney HAIR" E. Cample appeared
against Youn@, with u4yre B.aaZe,
ale, Of Batoa Rouge, representing the
interests Of T n. Sis, Ct Donaldson,
vile, whom he governor selected to
succeed You. 1udge J. C. Pugh ap-
pea~ad for Yong.
The evidence offered was purely
documentary Former Governor New
ton c. Blanchard was called as wit
ness by the inUH's side Of the case
but was not permitted to testify when
Judge PIgh objected to hearing his
evidence. Mr.. Gamble wanted to show
the eX-governcr's Interpretation Of the
law at the time of the appointment OF
Mr. Young, who was selected b. Gov
ernOr Blanchard to succeed L. f.
Thomas as bank examiner.
The plaintiff offered in evidence all
Of the documents relating to the ap-
pOintment Of Young exclusively.
Youngs appointment was sent in by
Governor Sanders on May Is, 1912. 1t
was withdrawn by Governor Hall on
the Zlst day of May and Young was re,
appointed by the present governor on
the Sth day Of July, the Senate after
wards confirming the appointment.
The plaintiff argued that the ap-
pointment dated back to the end of
Young's former term, when he secur.
ed by appointment Of Governor
Blanchard. The defense held that the
appointment was for four years from
the 9Th day Of July, 1872.
Judge Bell took the matter under ad.
viscment after argument was heard.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19

The evangelistic campaign which
has been is progress at the Baptist
church at De Quincy has been brought
to an end. The revival was conducted
by Rev. A. P. Durham, of Pineville,
La, and the net result was about for.
tv additions to the church.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19

The German Emperor announces
that he now has more men in the field
than when the war began, but he fails
to give the further detail that the most
of them are dead.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19
They Surely VIII.

Mr. Yeast-"Cook says If you wet
spoon before using it to serve jelly
you will find the jelly will not stick to
It" Mrs. Yeast-"Yes, but if mono
sticks to the spoon the people will
eat more, won't they?"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19

The town Of Bastrop election for the
refunding $4,000 water works and
electric light bond issue and for float.
ing $4,000 additional bonds for forty
years to improve the present plant,
unanimously carried.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19
EVihench-

Sae-"The idea! Here's a profess
sor in Philadelphia who says the hob
BILE skirt is 5000 years old" He
Well, dear, l see lot of old things
wearing them"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-19

Governor Hall wrote letters to the
presidents Of all leVee boards Of dis
trlcts affected by the Mississippi and
Atchafalaya rivers suggesting imme-
date inspection Of their levees, if that
had not already been done, and prompt
strengthening of any weaknesses dis
covered, with a rising river and
unsettled weather conditions" said
the governor, in closing his letters,
I'VE cannot afford to take any
chances"
The Washington times., 1915-04-02
MORE SUBMARINE MURDERS

Submarine murders by the Won
Tirpitz admiralty are no longer the
exception, they are now the rule. No
notice was given to the crew of the
French vessel Emma to quit the
ship. There was no warning of any
kind except the sudden appearance
from underseas of a submarines
periscope, when Immediately tor
pedo struck the Emma, and of her
twenty-one members of the crew
nineteen perished.
1t was the same with the British
vessel Seven Seas. Her crew had no
opportunity to surrender the ship,
no chance to save themselves. No
demand was made upon them, moth
ing was said to them. The sub
marines torpedo struck her without
warning, and nine more unarmed
civilians were sacrificed to the Won
Tirpitz crusade of assassination.
There is no pretense now Of war
in this run-amuck policy of the Won
Tirpitz outlaws. On the contrary
the submarines no longer attack bat
tleships, cruisers ,destroyers or any
war craft. Like wild beasts, they
hunt only noncombatants, men with
out arms in their hands, women
children-anything that is not mill
tary, anybody that is defenseless.
Ferocious for human blood, all oi
the German navy that is abroad
prowling under the sea has gone
stark mad.
The Washington times., 1915-04-02
THE CIRCUS QUARANTINED

At last the horrors Of the foot
and-mouth epidemic are being
brought home to the keen realiza-
ton of people who live in town. The
Department of Agriculture has
ruled that circuses may not be
transported from States under
quarantine to other States; the eff
feet of which is to tie up the inter-
state migrations of the circuses.
Elephants, camels, and the rest of
the circus animals are addicted to
foot-and-mouth trouble exactly as
are the domestic fauna that one need
not pay to see; and the authorities
maintain that while the live stock
industry of the country is held up
pending complete eradication of the
trouble, it would be foolish to let
the circuses go careering up and
down the land with particularly good
opportunities to spread the disease
Which seems sound reasoning, but is
tough on the folks who had made
arrangements to borrow some of the
neighbors' children and go to the
circus
The Washington times., 1915-04-02

but it does not impair the basic
facts which point to the wisdom of
such change.
Every year hundreds Of young
men go forth from Washington be-
cause they practically are barred
from Government positions. Many
others seek a residence elsewhere,
for a time, take the examination in
some distant State, then return here
to live. There are enough of the
latter class of cases materially to
nullify the apportionment system.
And no good is gained by this round
about procedure.
There always arises the argu-
ment that the schools of some States
are not so good as those of others,
thereby placing applicants of the
former at disadvantage. That
argument, of course, has no bear
ing upon the main question of eff
cheney. And if that be true the
backward States need to bring their
schools up to the standard, instead
of making Uncle Sam pay penalty
for the handicap under which their
citizens labor.
The Washington times., 1915-04-02
so VERY CUTTING !

The Times is ir receipt of the
following letter, evidently believed
by its writer to be awfully sarcastic: !:
To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
l was considerably panied to read in
today's leading editorial that there
could be any question as to ''contempo-
rary opinion" holding Germany respon-
stble for this war; that there should be
any averment that the wars cause
could possibly be far more subtle than
our present knowledge makes II ap-
pear." The opinions of the press in
this matter have been so universally v
harmonious and so ufiequivocally en-
phatic that II was natural TO hold It
an article of faith that they were based
upon Information undeniably complete
and incontestably accurate That the
situations preceding the war, that the
conditions in the Near East" that
the complexities of ra cial. religious and
commercial animosities, could he hid
den from our editors In the slightest,
remotest degree comes as positive
shock to one who thought that there
was not shadow OF n shade of OBJ
security involved in this question.
1t Is hoped, in view of the confidence
We all imposed in your previously ex-
pressed unvarying opinions and fraIity
of judgment that you will not at this
late day depart a hairs breath there
from. and that you will continue to
point to the guilty Teutons as the un-
war. NEUTRAL,
Neutral is manifestly one of
those interesting folks who are able
to be proud of their loyalty to a
cause that makes war by numbering
noncombatants. 1t takes all kinds.
The Washington times., 1915-04-02
BOY SCOUT TAO DAY

Men and women of Washington
will be asked to reach in their purses
for sums ranging from ten cents
to one dollar tomorrow to help fl
nance the local Boy Scouts organi-
zation. 1t is the only day in the
year these boys 60 before the public
for aid and every year they have a
better claim to support on account
of services rendered.
The nine hundred local Boy Scouts
have already been asked to aid In
caring for the crowd that will fill
Washington on the occasion of the
G. A. R. encampment here next fall.
Several hundred dollars from the
fund collected tomorrow will be used
for this purpose alone.
Another purpose for which q SUBJ
stantial sum is needed is the i'm
provement of the Scout camp on
Chesapeake bay, which must be en-
larged to meet the requirements OF
several troops of scouts organized
within the last four months.
A small contribution given to the
healthy young American who wants
to tag you tomorrow means limited
appropriation for a police depart
ment or a reform school little
later on. The scout age, between
twelve and eighteen years, is the
most important in the boys life
To attempt to stitle his activity anc
govern him with a rod of iron dur
ing that period cannot but result
unhappily in many instances. Th'
scout movement seeks to direct hi
energies, to help keep him in th'
proper channels.
There are more than $50 men il
Washington, many of them high il
the Government service or in pro
fessional circles, who are giving
largely of their time to the Bo.
Scouts with no pecuniary return
Let those who cannot do this taxi
a dollar tag for their automobile, ,
fifty-cent tag for their house, or ;
twenty-five or ten-cent personal tai
tomorrow and each will have don,
his part.