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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09
TRANSCOETIkENTsL Pc
DESTRsA VISITS WELSH

E. L. D0nnelly who is walking across
the continent en:a wager to win a
scholarship in the Cornell university,
was the guest Ct (. c. Barnett and
family Tuesday and Wednesday OF this
week, having GetouIed here from
DonaldSonville. He will spend week
or more in this part of Louisiana, and
may return to Welsh before continu-
ing on his journey toward New York
his goal.
Mr.. Donnelly is long distance pc
deStran OF some note, being now on his
second trip across the American CONT
nent, aud when his present Journey is
ilnisbed he Claims he will have visited
very State capital. He pays his ex
penSes while travelling by lecturing Oh
sociology and eConon les.
MIR. Donnelly stopped here about 4
year ago, and in speaking TO a Journa
representative, remarked that he nc
ticed a great many improvements il
the town since that tine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09
LIVE STOCK ASSN.
MET THURSDAY AND
SELECTED DIRECTORS

The Jefferson Davis Parish Live
Stock aSSOcia ton held its first meeting
since organization in the court house
at Jennings Thursday, with large
attendance Of stockmen, farmers and
business men.
At this meeting a board of nine di-
re tors, one from each ward in the
parish, to serve the association the
ensuing year.
The directors are:
Ward |, Geo. Shove, Lake Arthur.
Ward 2, Phil. Hoag, JenI ingS.
Ward ., J. c. Hart, Elton.
Ward 4, Ionic FuSelier, Elton.
Ward 5, T. S. Langley, Welsh.
Ward 6. W. +. Lov1tt. Welsh.
Ward Z, VIM. Strobe, Welsh.
Ward 8, NJ. A. Sharp, WOodlaWn.
Ward 9, JnO Hay, Iowa.
The directors are 10 arraI g. fol
meetings in their l, SpeCtive WGrd'
al which time DR.. FiS er will asSiS
| in the arr angementS, location of vdtS
etc.
The next meeting of the Association
will be held the first Thursday in April
at the court house.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09

need in the equipment Of women for
modern life. In its requirements for
the three grades of scouting and for
the proficiency badges the organiza-
zion is emphasizing the home-maklng
occupations and virtues. Nursing and
first aid occupy a prominent place IN
rhe training"
"While the Girl scouts organization
is non-sectarian, it is distinctly re-
ligious. Each girl is expected to live
ip to the tenets of her particu.s.
church. She can not be a good Soon,
unless she is faithful to her own re-
ligion."
Group teaching by mothers is on
Of the features Of tie work of tn
Campfire girls, as described by Mrs
Cecilia Farwell in the Bureaus re-
pert. She points out how one mother
who is especially good in making
bread, will invite all the girls of a
group to her home on Saturday and
teach them how to make bread,
While another, who excels in sewing,
Or some form of home craft, will take
hem into her home, for the next
meeting. In speaking of the system
Of "hornrs" Mrs. Farwell declares:
"While mothers are encouraged to
cooperate in the winning Of honors
tte honors arc actually awarded ir
The council fire in the presence of thu
proup. This is one of the secrets o.
The success Of Campfire. Each CIR
knows how difficult it is to do sim
;le home tasks which to an adult ap
ear merely in the light Ct duty. TIT
,irl who 'fhates to wash dishes" ar
| preciates the fact that the other CIR
who stands in her place and receive
| an honor bead for having washed an
wiped dishes and left the dining roor
| lin order after one meal q day 10
| two months" has won her bea
ii
through real effort. The girl who n
/ ceives the bead knows that her mate
appreciate how hard It was to vii,
I and the bead has very real valr
1 to her because of this fact. The hoi
or is awarded not by an adult wi
l feels that the girl has on'y done h
duty. and by her mates, all OF who
are in sympathy with her."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09
nat any boy is mean, as l have heard

that any boy is mean, as l have heard
the accusation made at times.
recognize the fact, however, that
mean traits develop, or that his con-
duct, may at times, result that way.
| am also fully aware that certain
tendencies may come by inheritance.
But | insist that such tendencies de-
velOp for want of a chance to do diff
terently, or for lack of a predominant
ing influence for ,good in the direc-
ton Of his life and of his youthful
activities, which in the very nature of
the cases are spontaneous and effer-
vescent.
Four Essentials in Scout Movement
/. Leadership. AS to my own per.
sonal fitness for this responsible place
/ cheerfully leave to the judgment OF
the public and to those whose boys
are directly concerned.
But it is my purpose to associate
in the work as assistant to be place.
over each Patrol, such associates to b.
selected from the maturer boys, who's,
duties it shall be to inspire intereS
among the boy in keeping with thu
ideas of youth, direct their plans, as
sist in their sports, and bring all mat
tiers properly to the attention of tn
Scout Master. They, together wit
the Patrol Leaders, to form a Coun
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09

ly out of doors, and calculated to de-
Jelop a love of country, God, and
neighbor. For, its success the move
ment depends 8 upon the voluntary
leadership of men of high ideals, who
serve as scout masters and scout com.
L.issioners. The, educational aspecI
of the work is emphasized By the fact
that of the 7,067 men who held COM
missions as scout masters on Dec. 81
last, about 65 per cent are college men
and ov,r 80 per cent have either d
high. school or college education;
1855 give their occupation as clergy
men, and $50 as public school teach
ers; others are professional men
journalists, students, or engaged In
mechanical or mercantile pursuits. In
practically every one of the $50 char
tered councils the public schools are
definitely represented through the ser
; vice of the school superintendent OF
the executive board, and in man!
eases the school superintendent serve
7 as president of the council"
In describing the educational worl
! of the Girl Scouts, Mr.. Montague
: Cannon, the executive secretary
shows how the movement has grow
e in a wholesome and normal way fror
: a small beginning in Savannah, Ga
g in 1912 to a national organization
g with troops in $50 communities. Fl
: says: "The Girl scout program, pre-
y senting all Of It's activities in grow
work prominently fills a distin'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09

Training camps in the Southern
department will be held in the States
Of Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico
in the summer of 1917. While the
exact locations of the camps have not
been fully determined, the following
is the program that probably will be
put into effect:
Austin, Texas-May 4 to June g..
Dallas, Texas-June 16-July 10.
Alexandria, La.-July 2S-Aug. IL
Houston, Texas-Sept. 8-Oct. z.
Las Vegas, N. M.-July 27-Aug. 20
The objects of these camps are to
instruct and train the citizens of the
country in the use Of arms and in the
tactical use Ct troops, to teach TIT
military history and policy Of the
United States, and the military con
ditions existing therein, and also to
prepare those desiring commissions in
the Officers Reserve Corps for the
luties pertaining to such commissions
These camps may be attended by
any male citizen of the United States
Tor any male who has declared his in
tention of becoming citizen) between
the ages of 10 and As, who is in sount
physical condition and Of good mora
character, and who has had the equiv
alent of a high school education.
Those who have the above qualifi
cations, but who are between the age
TO As and IS, may be authorized t.
attend, but entirely at their own ex
pense.
Attendance at these camps involve
absolutely no obligation of any kin
for future military service. AS ex
planned below, those who have com
pleted course of three camps, ma
become mmbers of the Officers Re
serve Corps, subject to call in tn
event of war.
Transportation from the attend
ants home to the camp and return
will be furnished by the United States
the exact manner in which this WI
be done has not yet been decided upol
Subsistence while at the camp WI
be furnished by the United State
without cost to the attendant.
: The uniform will be furnished at Il
| expense of the United States in som
what the following manner:
: (a) The applicant is urged to fu
nish his 'own uniform. After beir
. accepted as an attendant, he has Il
privilege of purchasing this unifor
from the government at cost pric
plus 10 per cent. At the conclusic
of each of his three terms, he will ]
: then reimbursed one-third of Il
! amount so expended,
Y (b) The applicant may wear Il
e uniform already purchased by him
J. some former camp, and he will
similarly reimbursed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09
|, The Boy Scoults....

..tsd a few days ago If l q,
liking up the Boy Scouts" to
cave a truthful answer
!. me Boy Scouts are working
..nifieance of this answer is
!. nature. First the boys OF
,nnunity came to me with the
,h.t / organize them into a
company and assume the re-
abilities Of leadership
the need of some organized
I, the proper direction of the
ME pursuits of our boys
=. ,ueh important and direct
M upon the wnole lu'ure u '.s'i
!. been a matter of serious
10 me, as evidenced by my
n. efforts in their behalf to Sc
,cDer consideration for them.
..ils, these efforts failed l have
-, hone that we may yet re-
our desire.
r,u some three years ago this
move was made and an organize
.,l,eted, this hope was revivl-
nj while the organization was
I,.,1sd. vet it bore its fruit, as is
.s,.,d BY the renewed activity Of
~, At this time and the more
I..l.a interest on the part of the
u, and oher adults of the COM
niF.
|ld let me say just here that the
n. % maintain the organization
hs 10 two causes: First the con-
m,nt Of the Scout Master to his
~ IN the store, thus preventing
1ving the time required to prop
mOmOte it; and Second, the
N 4 proper interest on the part Of
immunity at large in the pres
and future welfare of the boys
IL Seward made a good Scout
,as and would be willing to carry
md the work but for the above
4. stated reason. He still fees al
anst and is pleased with the re
End effort.
NJ interest in the boys, ~ higl
yard for their honor, and esteem
mem, as well as my desire TO
II highest good are the dOminan
iVss that prompt me in the tire
hdcusIy responsible task that
m assumed as their leader
" own duties are heavy, requir
b ny full time and attention, an
A time as Is given to this wOr
lla Of necessity be taken from tn
Inc hat I claim as mine for persons
lleEsst in order that my dutie
isady assumed may not suffer fro,
,.sIsct
How ! Regard the Boy.
want to say that I do not belize
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09
I raining Camps

fc) Upon reporting at the camp
and depositing $1,000, a uniform will
be furnished the attendant, to be re-
turned by him at the conclusion OF
the camp. If no article furnished has
been lost or damaged other than by
fair wear, the deposit will be return
ed, or in the event Of loss or damage
other than by fair wear, the deposit
will be returned, or in the event OF
loss or damage, a balance will be re-
turned after the cost Of the lost or
damaged article has been deducted.
Attendants at the camp will be fur
nished cots, bedding, arms and equip
ment by the United States.
This includes a series of three
camps, each of thirty days duration,
and known respectively as the Red,
White and Blue Camps. Instruction
at the first camp will be basic in
tantry course. For the second and
third camps, the attendant will be al
lowed to choose the particular arm of
the service in which he desires to be
| instructed, and will be taught the du-
| ties of officers and non-commissioned
officers of that particular arm. In
addition to the summer camps, cor
respondence course will be conducted
during the winter months for those
desiring to continue their studies.
A part of the period of each camp
will be devoted to march in which the
actual campaign conditions will be as
sumed, and in which problems of Sc
5 curity, transportation. bivouac and
combat will be solved.
Those who have completed the
course Of three camps and the pre-
scribed winter work, will be given an
opportunity to obtain a commission
n the Officers Reserve Corps, should
hey so desire.
All students under forty-five 49,
f age who have not had typhoid fever
j; ,r who are not otherwise protected
l against it, are urged to take the ty-
!. 9hoid prophylaxis. This prophylaxis
\ will be administered at the camp or to
IS enrolled applicants prior to their ar
~ival at the camps at such places as
c The department commander my desie-
;. nate, or a supply Of the serum to be
administered to enrolled applicants
r. only may be sent to any reputable
g physician upon application.
le Applications to attend any Of the
n camp mentioned above should be made
e to the:
n Officer in charge Of Training Camps
,e Southern Department,
le Fort Sam Houston,
San Antonio, Texas.
\, FOR SALE.--3 good work mules
}; wagon and harness, and one gooC
lwork horse. See T. B. Mcmillan.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09
ANNUAL X. T. CONCLAVE
ALEXANDRIA APRIL 16

The fifty-fourth annual conc!aVe
Grand Commandery Knights Templar
of Louisiana will be held in AleXan-
dria, La, Monday, April 10th at
1900 a. m. in the Masonic Temple.
Church services Sunday, April 18th
in the First Methodist church at $3.50
p. M, Rev. Sir B. L. Price, officiating.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Having succeeded to the manage
ment of the Busy Bee Restaurant, ]
extend cordial invitation to my
friends and the public to call on me
and make the Busy Bee their head
quarters when in Welsh.
ADAM BOURQUE.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our most sin
care and heartfelt thanks to the many
friends and neighbors who so kindly
assisted US during the last illness and
after the death of our beloved wife
and mother, and for the kindly ex-
pressions of sympathy extended to US
in, the time of our great bereavement.
E. T. Louviere and Family.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09

Gil for the proper consideration Of all
matters requiring action. And to
further associate with this movement
at least three interested Citizens or
Fathers, who are willing to give time
for counsel, and otherwise manifest a
special interest.
2. The sympathy and cooperation
of Parents. Without such at home
the boy can not get the best, because
it requires that to enable him to d,
his best; and without the best effort
of all the highest good can not be at
tanned.
We are not soliciting members, but
simply accepting applicants, and it
is supposed that each applicant has
the consent of his parents and should
any one be admitted who has not the
consent of his parents he is privileg
ed to withdraw.
3. The goodwill, cooperation and
helpful interest on the part of the cit
liens of the community. This is
highly essential to the permanent sue
cess, and the attainment of the
greatest good.
A. Interest on the part of the boy
themselves. OF this we are assured,
and you will be assured, too, by the
constant reminders that you will
have. But their proper interest will
largely be determined by the above
mentioned facts.
What Scout Movement Stands For
First, let me answer the objection
offered by some by saying that il
does not stand for Militarism either
by teaching, influence or inspiration
but rather inculcates an unselfish re-
gard for others, and not a spirit Of
conflict and dominance of their rights
For a High Order of Citizenship.
l. Morally and physically. His OBJ
legation binds him to try to keep hi
life clean. Clean in thought and con
duct; free from communicating hab
its. 1t impresses the relation of hi
body to the higher life, and the ne
cessity of keeping his body stron:
and uncontaminated.
2. Respectful obedience to author
ity and proper respect for superiors
, And this as it relares to the Home
the School, the Municipality, the Ma
ton and the Supreme Authority.
8. Helpful service Each day t
show "some deed of kindness DONE"
II. Training for responsible leader
: lshp,
, III. Direction of youthful activitie
toward useful ends rather than waste
full extravaganza and dissipation.
. AS such, then, may we not hope fo
your hearty cooperation and helpfl
interest, that the highest good ma
: be attained? E. M. STEWART.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-03-09

Educational work of the Boy scouts,
Girl Scouts and the Campfire girls is
described in the annual report of the
Commissioner # Education, Depart
ment of the Interior, just issued. In
describing the educational phase Of
Boy Scout work, Mr.. James E. West,
chief scuot executive, declares: 1.-THE
Boy scout movement aims to reinforce
all of the agencies which make for
right living and character develop
ment in the youth of America. Il
1oes not seek to supersede the home
church, or school, but to supplement
these institutions largely in the leis'
ure time CT the hoy; and to impart BY
means of it's own programs and ex
ereises the virtues of chivalry, honor
and good citizenship. Inc cha[ac'e+
building work of the movement is pre-
sented to boys in what is meant to b
an attractive wrapping" 1t is bas
ed largely .on the method of learning
by doing, in order that boys may b
taught to be resourceful and self-rs
liant in all situations in which the
may be placed.
"The movement is non-sectaria
and non-political. Its program Offer
to the boy a well-rounded ments
rhysical, ard moral experience, larg
.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24
VALUE OF NEWSPAPERS.

Everybody should be satisfied now
that Billie Sunday has acknowledged
the power OF the good newspapers.
Many of his friends among the news
DaDer fraternity were inclined TO be
leye this evangelist had little idea
how much he owed TO the support Of
the papers, but in Boston the other
day at press club dinner where he
spoke he had this to say:
"A good newspaper is irresistible
when it takes a stand for the right.
It is as easy to dam Niagara Falls
with toothpicks as TO stop the good
influences of good sheet 1t has
got some pulpits skinned a block-as
well as some theologians, who are no
more than bipeds with appendages to
their names.
If every newspaper were suppress
ID tomorrow, crime would increase
100 per cent in forty -eight hours, and
nell would breek loose. The situation
would be SO Lod that heaven woul.
petition for inc re-estabiIsnment Of
he papers"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24
There is no way 10 explain the dit

There is no way TO explain the diff
ference except in the fair assumption
that the American makers are rob
bers. unwilling to work for fair mar
gin Of profit. No wonder England is
making the shells. The difference in
bid is pretty good price per she'll To
have accepted the bids Of American
makers would have meant paying
twice The value.
On top Of this comes the statement
from Chicago that Egland is, at the
present time shipping potatoes into
this country and actually selling them
here in competition with the growers
Of the western states. Potatoes are
bringing 1925 on the Chicago market
this week. Sol Westrield, former
president of the National Retail Grow
er's Association is authoriy for the
statement in Chicago Monday that it
is a fact that English growers are
selling potatoes now in Chicago. 81
have seen the bills Of lading," he de
clared.
With all the irregularities and I'M
certainties of war, with the very Sc
we're handicap in high cost Of oversee
transportation, the English are still
able to compete in Chicago with the
farmer in Illinois just outside the city
limits. This reminds us of the tongue
lashing some Of the good women Of
Illinois recently gave some potato
dealers, who they claimed, threw pota-
.oes into the river to hold up the price.
American robbery is running riot.
There seems no end to it, nor any com
junction of conscience of the greedy
interests manipulating the markets.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24
TWENTY FIVE CENTS
COTTON IN 1917

And what a fool | have been" -
knew l needed to get my crop early or
would lose all of it to the boil wee
vii" II knew my fertilizers did not
contain the potash to make the bolls. "
Now l have one-third OF a crop and l.
is worth 25c a pound"
Thus will many farmers in Georgia
and Alabama this fall bewail their
uck unless they use their heads and
buy LADCO nav. LADCO will make
cotton three weeks earlier and beat
he boil weevil. LADCO will release
potash in the soil and make it pos
sible to put bolls on the stalks, and
to prevent black root. This is not
.heory. but results by actual tests By
successful planters all through the
southeast.
LADCO costs $50 per ton, f 0. b.
factory at Ladds, Ga, in bulk, in car
lots. 20 to 80 tons to the car. Quota
ions made on any quantity,
One of our customers writes: First
two pickings Of cotton with LADCO
$50 pounds, without LADCO 22G
pounds. Another writes: Was both
ared with black root in my cotton.
used LADCO two years ago and saw
no black root last year or any signs
this year.
These wonderful results will not ap-
pear on cotton alone, but on grain,
peanuts and all sorts of hays, nuts,
fruits, cantaloupes, and numerous 9th
er crops LADCO will also help to re
new broken down lands into produc-
ivity
Write today for our pamphlet How
| LADCO Makes Southeastern Farmer
Rich" We will send it free and along
with it testimonials from farmers who
have used LADCO on their own lands.
LADD LINE & STONE COMPANY
920D Healey Building,
S1-4t-pd Atlanta, Georgia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24
A FRIEND PASSES.

While our thoughts turned to-
friend who lay distressingly i'll Mon
lay, a message came telling us OF
MS passing. There were others who
knew him as we knew him. They will
miss him as we will miss him.
We have always considered it one
# Divine Providence's rarest bless
lg to be permitted to live to a ripe
.ge. This friend, Hon. ]. D. Pate, had
assed the allotted time, but his last
ears must not have been physically
that one could have most desired, for
is health would not permit the actiy-
y he loved.
Our lamented friend contributed
.lore than the average man to the up
)uildng Of his community. He loved
D help make good schools. He work
4 for the poor boys education, and
njoyed seeing him make the most
the good school Many young
lan can bear testimony Of this mans
.orthy efforts.
He was modest and big hearted, but
a representative of his country in
he ranks of the men Of Lee and Jack,
On, he was a brave soldier boy. AS a
preventative of his country in the
ate legislature he did his best and
.lade good public servant. AS may
of his town he was appreciated for
IS loyalty and public spirit. On his
cal school board he worked, always
oping for better things. And for his
bors he and his fellow members Ell
eyed having one of the best schools
eorgia has ever had Their school
as credit to any state.
He was our friend from the days Ct
ae little boy He helped us,-no mal
i'll ever know how much. In school
I'd at work we were thrown by his
de a number of years and if we live
be many years older than was he,
cannot forget the kindly, fatherly
questions he made for our good. He
vught our battles in the days when
10Y struggles were great issues. The
ight of satisfaction glowed from his
oul at every little manly deed OF
Yrs. We were one of his boy heroes
and we felt that all good boys were
is heroes.
May he rest in peace. In the memo
les of our future years shall he live
My the good in his life to be treas
lred and recounted to other men
thus shall we build his monument