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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-05-10
"CUT A CORD"
SLOGAN OF FUEL
A DEMONSTRATION

New Orleans La Nav With
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''' '0"t u ''''' p'l '''''''
Sumlng serious pfopor0onS' '"e "e1
Administration today issues a new
appeaI to every farmer in Louisiana
and every other resident of towns
and villages to heed the "Cut q
Cord" SLOGAN.
Coal will be hard to get at any
nrice this winter and only during the
warm summer months will the rail
roads likely be able to handle a sup
pIv for domestic consumption.
On the coal production Of the
Irnitad States. in reality. rests the
burden Of the successful prosecution
Of tho war. Over 1OD.OOO.O0O per
sons must be kent warm next win
fer and hundreds Of thousand Of
factories. ships and war industries
must be kent going to the limit Of
production.
Without coal railroad engines can
not run. factories cannot operate,
ships will be tied at docks and the
armies in France will be without food
and shells. And every home in the
nation will be cold.
The U. S. Fuel administration be-
Iieyes the farmers of the country
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-05-10
Amendment to Charter
Planters Telephone
Company

Be it resolved by the stockholders of
the Planters Telephone Company, In.
corporated, in annual meeting as.
Sembled, that Article No. 6 of the Char.
ter of Planters Telephone Company,
which reads as follows:
The corporate powers of this corpor.
alton shall be vested in and exercised
by a Board of Directors to be com.
posed of seven stockholders, who shall
be elected at the annual meeting of the
stockholders, which shall be held on
the first Monday of the month of April
in each year, beginning with the first
Monday of the month of April 1910. At
all stockholders meetings all elections
shall be by ballot. Each stakeholder
being entitled to one vote for each
share of stock owned by him. Each
stakeholder shall be entitled to vote
whether in person or written proxy.
Notice of all meetings of stockholders
shall be given by sending a notice by
registered mail to each stakeholder at
his or her last knoWnpoStoff1ce address
at least fifteen (15) days prior to the
meeting designated"
Be amended to read as follows:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-05-10
MUSIC RECITAL AT JENNINGS

Miss lone Robinson and Miss Joy
Oaksmith went to Jennings Saturday
afternoon to ASST IN recital gi'en
at the home d Mrs. Howard Proctor
by the piano pupils Of Mrs. Proctor
and Miss Shirley Heichelieim an"
the voice pupils Of Miss Echo Oak
smith.
Miss Robinson sang MAY Morn
ing" Denza anL "Sorter Miss You
Clay Smith. Joy Oaksmith sang
"Roses Mean love, Love Means
You," words and music composed by
her uncle, Lieut.. Vincent Oak
smith, who is now on his way across
Five of Miss Oaksmiths pupils
were on the program.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-05-10

and the extraordinary demands OF
war are emphasized by the Federal
Fuel Administrator, DR.. H. A, Gar
field at Washington.
"The production of coal in this
country is fundamentally transpor-
tation problem. There are enough
coal cars and enough locomoties to
transport the necessary quantity OF
coal only if every car and every To-
connective is used to its maximum ca
pacity every day in the year. There
are enough operatives in the mine
to get the coal from the ground II
those operatives work every day. If
the coal cars are idle for week or
month, the result is loss of a
weeks or a months possible coal
production.
"There is plenty Of coal in the
ground to meet every need This
coal can be taken from the ground
only on consequence of orders placed
with the operators. If those orders
are delayed the coal remains where
nature put it. Coal operators have
no other storage space for their
TvI--- H. o-orO+C,.r bn,-o ~.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-05-10

THE corporate powers ofthiS
corporation shall be vested in
and exercised by Board of Di.
rectorS to be composed of seven
stockholders, who shall be
elected at the annual meeting
of the stockholders, which shall
be held on the first Monday of
April of each year, beginning
with the first Monday of the
month OF April 1910. At all
stockholders meetings all cleo,
tons shall be by ballot, and
majority of all the ballots cast,
shall be necessary to elect.
Each stakeholder being entitled
to one vote for each share of
stock owned by him or her.
Each stakeholder shall be en-.
titled to vote whether in per.
son or written proxy. Notice
of all meetings of stockholders
shall be given by sending
notice by mail to each stock.
holder at his or her last known
postoftice address, at least (15l
days prior tothe meeting desig.
mated"
Welsh, La, April l, 1918.
c. E. CARR,
President.
'OHN H. COOPER,
Seer 3tary and Manager. apr5-5t
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-05-10
MOTHERS DAY NEXT SUNDAY.

At the Methodist church the pas
tor will preach a Mothers Day Ser
mon at eleven o'clock. All are cor
daily invited to be present. Honor
the best Mother in the world, yours
and mine, if she is living and honor
her memory if she is in Heaven.
Wear white carnation if posi-
Bile. or a white rose as a badge.
Special music and general good
time.
Mothers especially invited.
Other services of the day as usual.
Sincerely and faithfully,
James W. Hervey, Pastor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-05-10
NOTICE.
CITY Hall. Welsh, La, May, 7

Ordinance No. 116 of the Town of
Welsh provides that persons who own
or occupy property in the town of
Welsh must remove all noXious and
poisonous weeds and grasses that
grow upon the property, or upon the
banquet in front Of the property.
The street commissioner is reuuir
ed to give such person notice if the
occupant of the property does not
remove the weeds and grasses within
five days, the Street Commissioner
may have the work done and the ex-
pense of same can be charged against
said property, and stand as first
lien and privilege against said prop
erty, state and municipal taxes ex-
cepted
In the case of non-residents the
Street Commissioner will send reg
istered notice to the last known adj
dress of same, and, in case they do
not have weeds and grasses removed.
he can proceed as in the case of those
living in town.
The attorneys of the Town of
Welsh, Messrs. Mccoy & Moss, have
recently decided that the above ordi-
nance is legal and can be enforced.
At meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Town of Welsh held on
the night of the 7th day of May, the
Street Commissioner was instructed
to enforce the above Ordinance.
JOHN w. ARMSTRONG, Mayor
Welsh, La, May Z, 1918.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-05-10

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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-05-10
Road to Happiness.

Be amiable, cheerful and good ma
tured and you are much more likely
to be happy. You will find this diff
fcult, if not impossible, however,
when you are constantly troubled
with constipation. Take Chamber
lain's Tablets and get rid Of that
and it will be easy. These tablets
not only move the bowels, but i'm
prove the appetite and strengthen the
digestion.-Adv. May.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-05-10
Get Rid of Your Rheumatism.

Now is the time to get rid of your
rheumatism. You will find Cham
oerlain's Liniment a great help. The
relief which it affords is alone worth
many times it's cCst.-Adv. May.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
Aid Drouth Sufferers
Conference Is Held
(BY ASSOCIATED PREss1

Austin, Tex, Aug. 27.-At the sugges-
tion of Governor Hobby the state council
of defense is meeting here today to dis
cuss some plan for extending immediate
aid to the drouth sufferers in west Texas.
The call for a meeting was issued after a
conference between Governor Hobby and
Judge j. +. Carl of San Antonio, secre-
tary of the council.
That the situation is considered serious
is indicated by reports received by Cover
nor Hobby and prompt relief is needed in
many sections.
Contributions for the benefit of the
droIth sufferers will be received, follow
ing recent announcement by the governor
that he thouht this might help the stua-
t1ion. "a vigorous course will be adopted
in the administration of the fund collect
ed" Governor Hobby stated
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
SUB. CAPTAIN
CAPTURED IS
LUS|TANIA
MURDERER
REPORT
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS1

Paris, Aug. 27.-Lieutenant Schweiger,
the man who sunk the Lusitania, has been
captured by French patrol boat in the
Mediterranean. according to lie Journal
The capture was made when the patrol
boat sunk the submarine after the latter
had sunk a British steamer The prisoner
showed uneasiness while being taken to a
prisen camp. Papers found on his person
established his identity.
The German admiralty on August 10,
admitted that Schweiger was killed when
the submarine he commanded struck a
mine in the North sea. The mate of the
submarine sunk by the patrol boat, who
appeared to be demented. said the U-boat
was the one which sunk the Lusitania. He
attempted to commit suicide.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
MAJOR COLE is
IN HOSPITAL
FORMER FOURTH INFANTRY OFFICER
is IN FRENCH HOSPITAL WITH
BULLET WOUNDS IN BODY

Major James Perry Cole, formerly sta
toned in Brownsville with the Fourth in
fantry, has been severely wounded in
France. according to advices received by
friends here. Major Cole was in an en-
gagement July %, and received wounds
in the right shoulder and cheek. lie has
been retired to base hospital, and will
not lac able to return to duty for about
six months.
While in Brownsville, Major Cole was
a lieutenant and his promotion has been
rapid. During his staticn here he or
ganized and trained Troop No. ?, OF the
Bov Scouts of America, and was very
popular among the boys as well as the
men.
While her husband Is in France, Mrs
Cole and children are in Vicksburg, Miss.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
MISTAKE COST
IS LIVES OF
u. s. SAILORS
(BY ASSOCIATED PREss)

New York. Aug. ~ Mistaken for n
German submarine q III =. patrol boat
was fired on and sunk IN merchant
vessel fifteen niles off Fire Island ~ =
o'clock today. Thirteen members Of the
crew are reported lost. Eight were brought
here suffering with injuries.
The boat was known A. American Snb-
marine Chaser No. 300, working ont ot
Philadelphia The merchant ship was the
American steamer Felix TausSing- the gun
crew being members of the naval reserve.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
YANKEE GRIT
is PROVEN
ON W0EvRE
tBY ASSOCIATED PREssa

With the American Army i'll France.
Aug 2T--American courage and crit
were again exempt fled Saturday when
units on the Woevre front rcpulsed Ger
man raids without serious loss. One
wounded American susta ned sixteen ma
chine gun bullet wounds and kept fighting.
Another, whose nose was shot off and
whose face was torn half away continued
fighting until hc was forced to no to w
dressing station.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
German Soldiers Want
New Form Government
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.)

With the British army in France, Aug.
27.-ierman soldiers are heard arrang' ne
ideas of change in the government OF
Germany after the war, according to the
expressions of many German prisoners.
One soldier from Baden stated that he
and his comrades had had enough wal
and hoped that Baden would be an indie
pendent republic after the war
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
WORKORF|GHT
AMENDMENTS
man POWER
ACT VOTED
SEN ATE
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.)

Washington, ID. c., Aug. 27.-By a vote
of seventythree to nothing the senate
tentatively accepted the Cummins amend
ment TO the manpower bill. This was the
'work or fight amendment providing that
the provision shall not apply to eases Of
labor strikes where the strikers subm
their grievances 10 the war labor board
and return 10 work at once pending the
boards decision
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
olitics Adjourned"
Statement Challenged

Washington, ID. G., Aug. 81 Represen-
tative Rodenburg, Illinois. republican,
challenged President Wilson's statement
that politics is adjourned" and criticized
the president for the recent letters pub
lished in oppos tion ~ The candidacy III
certain members Of the house and senate
in an address before the house today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
(By Associated Press.)

27The British
reached Ingucal The Australian have substantial
British
out-k y
British forces IN IN
elneSlay 2l000
the d
penetrated by British q ot Hem
Norho the
German last night tandhav adv iced tow
front n German
of
witht O
haunes
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
Germany Pensions
ASpanish Family
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESSl

PARIS Aug. 27.-Cermany has awarded
the family Of Enrique Grandacs, Spanish
composer. who persisted with his wife n
the sinking Of the steamer Sussex III 1916
an indemnity Of 650.000 pe~ctas Official
documents in the matter have been signed
at Madrid.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
RUSSIA WANTS
AID ALLIES IS
STATEMENT
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS \

Archangel, Aug. II" Americas pol
icy exactly meets our wishes. We want
10 bring about a new Russian front and
wont the allies ~ form string cf troops
behind which we can work out our own
salvation,' said Nicholas T~chaikevSkv.
president Of the provisional government
here today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
Hun Soldiers From
Russia On W. Front
(BY ASSOCIATED PREss1

With the French Army, Aug. 27.-Ger-
man soldiers recently released from cap
tivty in Russia, began arriving on the
western front. it was learned today from
prisoners taken. One hundred of these
men have been sent to a reserve division.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
War Lords Hard Put
Explain Situation
(BY ASSOCIATED PREssl

Amsterdam Aug 2T.-German war ex-
perts are hopelessly al odds trvinc TO ex-
plain the present situation on the west
front, twice each day Geheral Luden-
dorff's communiquc announce rictori-
ous repulSe-" but each sur.r 4n local
ity mentioned a. the scene of lighting lies
q few miles further eastward.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
PLAN TO TRAIN $4,000 SOLDIERS $N
MONTH
(BY ASSOCIATED PREss.)

Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL.,, Aug 81
Tentative plans calling for the training OF
$4,000 soldiers monthly and dispatching
them overseas are underway at this can
tonment, and probably will become effect
i've when the "Blackhawk- Division, now
stationed at the camp. departs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
HIGHEST PRICE RECORDED
IN COTTON QUOTED 33.54e
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.)

New Orleans, La. he highest price ever
quoted IN cotton tract market here. was
registered today by bulge of about 175
pdnts, which carried the October position
TO 1891 cents per pound
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
US. Ambassador To
Britain May Resign
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESSl

London, Aug. 27.-Walter Hines Page,
American ambassador To Great Britain. is
about To resign on account Of i'll health,
according to an announcement made here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
six Deaths Caused
Air Plane Accidents
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington. ID. G., Auel 21.-Six
deaths were caused from await on acci-
dents IN the United States flying fields
during the week ending August ~, the
war department announced today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
Fishing Vessel Is
Torpedoed By Sub.
(BY ASSOCIATED ?RESS.)

A Canadian Port, Aug. 27.-The fishing
schooner Rush, Of Boston, was sunk by a
German submarine yesterday off the fish
ing grounds. The crew was landed safely
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27

PARIS, August 27n their advance on the MoncyFuz lnd
British troops than prisoners.
Of Of
anda aren
tua onh Indenburg
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27

LONDON August 27There has been heavy fighting gueva and t
launched
troops brought III for
ralwa VI
in he o Bapaume
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
(By Associated Press.l

LONDON, 2Tee lively artillery dues between the AHe
andth Ai-ned turing
M
the
10 of
Honor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
LONE FRENCH CORPORAL TAKES
| 700 GERMANS AND TWO FIELD
PIECES, LINES ARE ADVANCED
(By Associated Press.)

PARIS August 2Aer Ing number Of enemy counter attacks m
st. Eleven hou
ncludm two taken
the nd AiSneGc
Thiryp
vanccd12 meters IN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27

cause You cannot subscribe large
amount Give what YOU can afford all
you can afford-and then you will have
performed n patriotic duty and discharged
a sacred obligation. Do it todayr
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
lBv Assoclaled Pres. }

AMSTERDAM
battalion when ordered the
ID
'front.'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-27
fRy AssociaSt. NInrd.

y n ho mar
the machine weapon
the French Third the
Rove prisoners much
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-10
ATLANTA CHARITY WORKER TO C0Mk
 ID PINE BLUFF
Miss Corrie Honeycutt, An Assistant of J. c. Logan,
 New Charities Sec'y.

Miss COrrie liOneycutt of Atlanta, Ga, Was last night chosen to take charge of charity work in Pine Bluff
 under the Associated Charities sue cecdln@ Miss Helen Riddick. who re contly resigned to enter Red Cross work at Little Rock. Miss Honeycutl VIII assume her dntios as secretary on May l. Since the departure Of Miss HlddIck the Charities organization .2nd relief have been looked after by Miss toaalie Philpot, assistant seer tarN, and the monthly report submit ied to the board at the meeting last might indicated that the office is being efficiently handled by Miss Philpot
 Miss ioneycutt's selection was made upon the recommendation of the committee named t0 correspond with women qualified to direct such service as IS rendered by the Associated haltles'. This committee was com posed of II. ]. Iiolderness, president Hf the Charities, Y. J. Collier, Dr. I. |. Norris, D. Stanley Dreyfus, and Mrs
 ], A. McLeOn. After Investigating the records of several applicants. the com mlt1ee concluded that Miss Honeycutt '' oN9t poaii'lcu lO SGINe uele. one t1as had considerable training, and for two years has been at work at Atlanta under I. C. Logan, famed as a leader in oranized charity. The Atlanta or eanization, Miss Philpot says, has the reputation of being the best in the South and one of the best in the coun- try. Miss Honeycutt arrived in Pine Bluff Monday for a conference with the committee over the situation here. and accepted the offer of the secre- taryship of the local Charities. She departed yesterday for Atlanta. and will return at the end of the month.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-10

The more We come to know God, ourselves our fellow men, and the world We live in, the more we see that we must deal carefully with circum- stances and conditions as they are, not as we wish they were. or hope they will be some day.
 We must hold the visiOn-withOut it, the people perisE-but it would not be u vision were it materialiZed, actual ized. now If this were accomplished, there would then be another, a further vision; and the course of wisdom would still be the same to face mat telS5 unflinchingly as they stand, and untiinchin2ly to use the best and quickest method for going on still fur ther Put holding the vision, must never blind us in regard to facts, plain, hard facts, just as they are. Deeply hidden in the hearts of most of us. turks the feeling of kinship. We know this because, when calamity be falls. it rises to the surface in deeds, In the minds of most of us, lies the ideal of brotherhood. This is provable in exactly the same way. How small we bring forth this underlying brolh- erhood that it may be more seen III the hauntS of men: how bring It lnto i the daily routine, that life may be made more beautiful and more pleas ant and more successful?
 A part of the people of the world has repudiated brotherhood: stif1ed heart for gain: substituted for unity domination: for commerce, plHnaer. We could not believe this at first It is very plain, now. Feudallsm IS not dead yet.
 Tyranny organizes carefully, strong Ily. It knows it must. in order to keep it's head on it's shoulders. Goodness is but loosely organlZed. It trusts itself, as Tyranny does not, can not. I Yet it is necessary now for Gooa- ness to organize carefully. strohsAs This is a special time. All Klnos oi | Goodness everywhere, must stre'cn 1 forth willing hands, and grasp all other willine hands, making an lhvl,- cible wall of Goodness, beyond WHICH l Tyranny cannot go.
 Therefore, to bring out the Vlslol'' :
 the brotherhood of man. and all u means, organize quickly Goodness Right. Honesty and Fair Dealing:
 Forget self and profit; lend seli to
 service for is there not at hdiu d
 crisis that might we'll be called caia'i'
 ity. ,,..
 As every man who goes to France,
 gives up his life fully. so let every
 man who stays in America give up
 his life as fully: for all here or 'here'
 are in the army that must make the
 strong fight for the right to pc lree'
 safe and unrlundered.
 Let brotherhood stand stronely out,
 lined before the world. face to lace
 with it's wretched opposite, no" cAeai
 lv outlined. d.--Prussianism
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-10
PINE 5. PRESbYTERY
 IN REGULAR SESSION
Meeting Is Very Enthusiastic and We'll Attended. Meet Again
 Today and Thursday.

The PIesbytery of Pine Bluff met at the First Presbyterian church last night at s o'clock s. H. McBryde, the retiring moderator, preached the open ing sermon from the text "Jeroboam, the Son of Nebob, Who Made Israel to Sin It was a masterly sermon in which the Rev. McBryde compared Emperor William to Jeroboam.
 The attendance was exceptionally good The following ministers were iii attendance
 A. Cheatham. Fordyce; NJ. w. Dog gett, Clarendon; B. H. Hart, Monti- cello; w. II. Irvine. Helena; s. H. McBryde, McGehee; w. A. Rollo, Der mott; J. l.. Stilt, Princeton; J, H. Morrison, Holley Grove, and '. P. Scruggs.
 The following laymen were in at tendance:
 Messrs. Roupe, Star City; Leslie, Warren, and McMurry, Lake Village.
 Dr. M. wv. Doggett was elected mod erator
 In his sermon, the Rev. McBryde compared the sins of the German kaiser to those of .JerOboam. and told in an impressive way of how the Ger man autocracy had placed cheap value on human lives, had trained their subjects to believe that might makes right" and that a Waterloo was awaiting all nations that turned away from God" Instead of the kingdom of the world becoming the kingdom of the kaiser, the Bible says The King doms of the World shall Become the Kingdoms of our Lord and His Christi" He said. Christ would never get them if the kaiser got them first" he continued.
 He said that instead of life being selfcentered, it should be Christcen- tered.
 pr, J. H. Morrison made the report of the organization of a new church at Indian Bay.
 The presbytery will resume business this morning at 9 o'clock and will con tinue in session all the day. Recesses will be from noon to in the alter noon and from ) to in the evening. The evening service will be popu- lar meeting given over to the discus sion of some phase of our church ac- ,tivity.
 There will be a sermon and the celebration of the Lords supper Thursday morning at II o'clock. All meetings of the presbytery are open to the public.