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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12
ORDINANCE No. 1873.


AN ORDINANCE providing for
the issuing of Road Bonds of the
Pelican Road District No. One,D
jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
in the amount of One Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars (Sl5O-
100000
Whereas, al al election duly
and legally called and held for
Il that purpose on the 10th day Of
September, 1918, a majority both
| in number and amount of the
property taxpayers qualified to
vote under the constitution and
laws of Louisiana, voted in favor
of the proposition to incur debt
and issue negotiable bonds of the
Pelican Road District Number
One %. Jefferson Davis Parish,
Louisiana, to the amount of One
Hundred Fifty Thousand and no.
100 Dollars ($150,000.O0) to run
for a period of twenty years, bear
ing interest at the rate of five per
centum 60 per annum, payable
semi-annuaIly, for the purpose of
constructing permanent public
roads and bridges in the said Peli-
can Road District Number One
CD, Jefferson Davis Parish, Loui-
siana, title to which shall vest in
the public, and ii.
Whereas, the results of said
election have been duly canvass
ed and promulgated as provided
by law and the said bonds have
been duly sold and awarded to
the Whitney Central Trust & Saw
ingS Bank, and the Commercial
Trust & Savings Bank, of New Or
leans, Louisiana, at price in ex-
cess of the par value thereof,
Now Therefore, Be 1t Resolved
and Ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of Jefferson Davis,
Louisiana;
Section l. That for the purpose
of constructing permanent public
roads and bridges in the Pelican
Road District Number One CD of
Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, ),
title to which shall vest in, the
public, there shall be and there
are hereby ordered and directed
to be issued negotiable coupon
bonds of the Pelican Road Dist
riot Number One Cd of Jefferson
Davis Parish, Louisiana, in the
aggregate amount of One Humid
red Fifty Thousand and no-100
Dollars (Sl5O,OOO.OO); said bonds
shall be known and designated as
Road District Bonds Series 'A'";;
shall be of the denomination of
One Thousand Dollars $1, 100000
each, numbered one CD to one
hundred and fifty (150), inclusive,
shall be dated March LIST, 1919,
shall bear interest, evidenced by
coupons, at the rate of five per
centum l(5) per annum, payable
Semi-annually, on the first day of
September and March in each
year, and shall mature and be-
come payable as follows:
Bond Number Amn1Inf Maflrifu
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12

Secretary of State of Louisiana. +"
with certificate that shall be seal
ed with the Great Seal of Louisi-
ana.
Section 8. That the said Presi-
dent and Clerk of the Police Jury
be and they are hereby authoriz-
ed and directed to execute the
said bonds for and on behalf of
the Pelican Road District Number
One CD of the Parish of Jefferson
Davis. State of Louisiana, and
cause the coupons thereto attach
ed, to be executed with their
Autographed facsimile signatures
and upon the expiration of sixty
days from the PRONUNCIATION of
the results of the election of Sep
tember 10th, 1918, they shall
cause the said bonds to be regis
tered inthe office of the Secretary
OF State and said bonds shall then
be delivered to the Whitney Cen
trail Trust & Savings Bank and the
Commercial Trls t & Savings
Bank. upon payment of the pur-
chase price thereof.
Section 4. That there shall be
and there is hereby directed to be
levied in each year while said
bonds are outstanding and un-
paid, a tax on all the taxable prop
|erty in the Pelican Road District
Number One( 1)of jefferson Davis
Parish Louisiana, sufficient to pay
the interestSas.it becomes due and
the principal 0f said bonds fall
ing. due each year and the pro-
ceeds of said tax 50 directed to be
levied, shall be- sacredly devoted
and pledged TO fthe said interest
and principal as the same shall
become due; aud without further
action or proceeding of this board
the proper officer or officers of
the Parish of jefferson Davis are
hereby authorized and directed.
beginning with the year 1919. to
include and impose in the annual
levy OF taxes and to extend upon
the tax rolls against all taxable
property in the Pelican Road
District Number One Cd of JEFF
ferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.
a sum sufficient to pay the inter
est and principal on the said
bonds becoming due the ensuing
year.
Section 5. That all resolutions
and ordinances or parts thereof.
In conflict herewith be and the
SAME are hereby repealed and this
ordinance shall take effect i'm
mediately upon its passage.
Adopted and approved this
10Th day of May, A. d. 1919.
j. s. IRENE.
President of Police Jury.
Attest:
JOHN T. HOOD,
Clerk of Police Jury.
All seasonable fruits at Mar.
Inns Fruit Exchange. !
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12
FOR REPRESENTATIVE

To the People of the Parish of
jefferson Davis:
Thereby announce as a candi-
date for Representative of the
Parish of jefferson Davis to the
Legislature of the State of LouiSi-
ana, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary, and assure
you'll elected, that | will endeav-
Orao preform the duties incumb-
cnShpOn me faithfully and impair
TALLY, and to the best of my
knpwlege and ability.
J. H. HEINEN
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12
President of Police Jury.
~.
AtteSt:
Clerk of Police Jury.
- :. FORM OF COUPON)

VsosOV
On the first day. of September,
(March), 49,, the Pelican Road
District Number One Cd of JEFF
ferson Davis Parish, Louisiana,
promises to pay to bearer Twenty
Five and no-100 Dollars ($25.O0)
at the Mechanics & Metals Nation
al Bank in the City of New York,
N. Y, being six months interest
then due ON its Road District
Bond, Series "a, dated March
LIST, 1919, Mo-.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12
Clerk of Police Jury,

The said bonds, when prepared
shall be presented to the Secretary
of State for Registration and shall
have printed thereon a certificate
in the following words:
This bond secured by a tax,
registered on this ..........~.day of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12

> Sleep, like other things can be
overdone. Ask those who get
down to work around ten am.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12

Red Cross photographers have
been permitted to make exclusive
pictures, motion and still, of the
interior of the badly battered
Rheims Cathedral. That famous
edifice is now closed to all visit
OrS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12

The best way to live high is to
lay low.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12
Mrs. Burns, Letter.

Y
Here is a letter that is certain
to prove of interest to the people
in this vicinity. as cases of this
sort occur in almost every neigh.
borhood, and people should know
what to do in like circumstances
Savannah, Mo-, Oct. IL, 1916.
Il used a bottle of Chamber.
lain's Collie and Diarrhea Rene
dy about nine years ago and it
cured me of fux (dysentery). |
had another attack of the same
complaint some three or four
years ago and a few doses of this
remedy cured me. / have recon.
menede Chamberlain'S Collie and
Diarrhoea Remedy to dozens If
people since ] first used it, Adv.
Chickens are a great gamble.
# you don't believe it, try ii out
with a hundred baby chicks as
q starter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12

President Of Police Jury.
Attest: -
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12

Approved July |, 1919.
-. JOHN w. ARMSTRONG,
Mayor.
Attest: 4
F. G. SEWARD, Clerk.
Yeas: E. H. Boiling. C. F. Jeter,
0. ]. Toups, r. F. Weichert.
Nays: None.
Absent: S. 0. Scoggins.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-12

All seasofiable fruits at Mar.
tins Fruit Exchange.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
PREPARE HOUSE
COMMITTEELIST
Repub blicans Announce
Makeup Of Steering Body
for New Congress.

The Republican Committee on Com
mittees yesterday completed the as
signments to the House Rules Com
mit,ee, the last of the important COM
mittees, agreed on chairnen for q
number OF the minor committees and
made good progress in the assignment
of members. The Republican person
mel Of the Rules Committee follows:
Holdovers-Campbell Kansas. chair
man; Smell. New York: Rodenberx, L.
iinois; Foss, Ohio. New assignments
kreider Pennsylvania: wason. New
Hampshire; Johnson. South Dakota;
Schall. Minnesota
Included among the minor commit
tee chairmanships are:
Expenditures in Treasury Depart
Inent, Dale. Vermont; Expenditures fr
Agriculture Department, Baer. North
Dakota: Accounts. Ireland, Illinois
Expenditures in Postofice Depart
ment. Zihlman. Maryland; Expendi-
tures in War Department. Graham
Illinois: Elections No. /. Dailinger
Massachusetts,: Elections No. 2. Good.
all, Maine; Elections No. g. Dowell
IowS Expenditures In Department oi
Justice. White. Maine; Alcoholic
Liquor Traffic, Addison Smith. Idaho;
Expenditures i'm Navy Department
Haskell, New York: Labor. NJ. c.
Smith. Michigan; Patents. Nolan, Cal
ifornia: Revision OF Laws, Little Kan
sas; Census, Nichols. Michigan;
War Claims, Focht, Pennsylvania;
Claims, Edmons. Pennsylvania; I'm
migration, Johnson, Washington
Territories, Curry. California; In
valid Pensions. Fuller. Illinois; Riv-
ers and Canals. Wheeler, Illinois;
Flood Control. Rodenberg. Illinois
Expenditures in Department of Com
merce. Thomas williams, Illinois
Mileage. Elston. California; Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries, Green
Massachusetts,; Library, Gould, New
York.
Members OF the committee stated
last night that they expected to con-
clude the assignments by noon today
1t will be decided then whether the
selection Of a iloor leader and steer
ing committee will be taken up OF
deferred until a later meeting,
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
THE TOWN CRIER

Phillips, s. J., CPh. D., Johns Hop
kins University and professor of
dogmatic theology at Woodstock
College, Nd, in the debating hall to-
morrow at s o'clock p. m. Tickets
may be secured at 10 Isstreet north
west.
The committee ON manufactures of
the Merchants and Manufacturer
Association will meet this afternoon
TO start the campaign for increas-
Ing manufacture in the Capital
Ross P. Andrews is chairman of the
committee.
Miss Stella Jones win be the
speaker at the meeting OF the Bust
ness Women's Council tonight at
1880 In Wesley Chapel
The United Service Club OF Amer
lea will present a new set of A. z.
F. Aims to its members tonight at
Sis o'clock. DR.. H B. Learned will
lecture on The United States Secret
Service During the War" at $50
o'clock Friday night.
WanderIusters hIked about four
miles Sunday afternoon from Glen
Echo postoffice along the River road
to Concord and southeast to Cabin
John Bridge. Next Sunday after
noon the walk will begin at Wis
consin avenue and Pierce Mill road.
John Galsworthy. Enslish novelist,
will give a reading from his pub
lished works tonight, at s o'clock at
the Wilson Normal School, Eleventh
and Harvard streets northwest, un-
der auspices of the Washington HUI
name Society. The public is invited.
DIR. George H. Ashley will deliver
an illustrated lecture on The Scien-
tific Interpretation of Religion, The
Book and Its Story" in the lobby of
the Central Y. NJ. c. A, this even
ing at 7 o'clock. Men are invited.
Rev. David johnson q. to speak at
s o'clock tonight at Miles Memorial
Church, Third street between L
street and New York avenue north
west. The public is invited.
How to duplicate n s15 hat for Is
Is being taught at the Wilson Nor
nal Community Center every Mon
day and Wednesday evening.
The executive committee Of the
National Society of Daughters of
Founders and Patriots of America
will hold the March meeting on
Thursday, March 13. at the home Of
the vice president, Mrs. John ].
Myers, at Stonleigh at 1880 a. m.
The Columbia Women of George
Washington University will hold
their next regular meeting wednes-
day. March 10, at s p. m. at the COL
lege Women's Club, 1922 street, in
stead OF today.
The Sixteenth Street Heights Citi-
zens' Association will meet at the
residence of r. c. Wright, 1911 Flo
raj street, tonight at o'clock
william c. Hall. agricultural agent
for the District of Columbia, will
deliver an illustrated address.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Washington Safety First Asso-
citation will be held tomorrow at s
p. m. in the Public Library. The
continuation of the street safety
campaign will come up for consid-
GRAFTON. The public is invited.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
AveIeome hom. reception win be

A welcome home reception Will be
given in honor of all District of
Columbia men in the service by the
Dunbar High School Alumni Asso-
citation tonight in the Dunbar ar
mory. Men in uniform will be ad-
mitted free.
The Council of Jewish Women will
meet today at $3.50 p. m. in the
vestry OF the Eighth Street Tenn
pie. Assistant Secretary of Labor
Louis F. Post will speak on The
Advisability of a League of Ma
tons"
The West Virginia Society will
meet at 8 o'clock Friday night at the
Thomson School. Senator Davis Ell
kins will speak and there will be
a musical and literary program.
There will be camp songs in which
Corp. Mike" Young will feature.
An orchestra will furnish music for
dancing.
The Mount Pleasant w. G. T. U.
will meet today at 2 o'clock at the
home OF Mrs. A. c. Giles, 500 Colum-
bia road.
"we Entertain Royalty Is the
title OF an entertainment to be given
by the National Press Club for men,
bers tonight when films of THE
Queen of the Waves" and THE
King of the Rails" will be shown.
Sons of Confederate Veterans,
Washington Camp No. sos. will hold
their regular monthly meeting to-
night at 8 o'clock at Confederate
Memorial Home, 1892 Vermont ave-
nue. northwest
The Columbus Country Club will
hold it's annual ball at the Wardman
Park Inn on St Patrick's night. The
committee in charge of the arrange
ments consists of Frank C. Hall
Harry B. Spicer and Albert D.
Brand.
The State Equal Suffrage Associa-
tion will elect officers for the coming
year and delegates to the national
convention at its meeting next We'd
nesday at s p. m. at 1926 Rhode Is
land avenue. Six affiliated societies
will be represented by delegates.
John Temple Gruves will be the
speaker at the fellowship this even
ing at 6 o'clock in the assembly hall
OF the Central Y. NJ. c. A. A gem
eral invitation to men has been ex-
tended by General Secretary Cooper
A study of the local milk situa-
tion will be made at a Joint meeting
OF the Housekeepers' Alliance and
the Home Economics Association at
3 o'clock today. Clarence Wilson,
Health Officer Fowler and Dr. Rawl,
of the Department of Agriculture,
will speak.
The fifteenth lecture of the exten-
sion course under the auspices of the
Gonzaga College Evening Glasses on
the timely and important subject,
The Theory of Evolution" will be
delivered by the Rev. Edward C.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
GIBBS TO TELL
OF WAR DEEDS
British Correspondent lei n t
Served in Balkans and
on West Front.

Philip Gibbs, English author. edi-
tor. writer, and one OF the first cor
respondents to reach the fighting
front during the present war. ap-
pears for the first time in Washing
ton this afternoon at Polls.
Gibbs first came into prominence
as a war correspondent in the Balken
struggle during 1910 and 1872 Gibbs
was the first correspondent to reach
the front in the world war and in
order to remain he was obliged to en-
list as a stretcher bearer in the Bel
gian Ambulance Corps.
His latest books on the war, among
them The Soul Of the War" and
From Naupaume to Passchendaele,
and the Battle Of the Somme," have
been received with such approval that
several editions of each have been
printed
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
GREAT OLD REMEDY
FOR SKIN DISEASES

most decided abatement of your
trouble, and finally make you en-
tirely well. Fifty years ago S. S.
s. was discovered and given to suf-
fering mankind. During this pc
riod it has proven its remarkable
curative properties as a blood puri-
fer and tonic, and has relieved
thousands of cases Of disease
caused by poor or impure blood,
and chronic or inherited blood dis
eases. You can be relieved, but
you must take S. S. 8. Take it if
note bad blood. and may be fol-
lowed by the sufferings from tor
turing skin eruptions. Therefore,
be sure. Don't take chances, don't
use lotions. Get S. S. s. from your
druggist. If yours is a special case,
write for expert medical advice.
Address Medical Director, 43S Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.-Ada.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
5. 5. 5. Clears Skin of Erupdons,
Drives Poison from the
System.

Get it fixed in your mind that
skin eruptions, Scrofula, Eczema,
burning, itching skin, and all skin
diseases are due entirely to impure
and affected blood. If the trouble
was on the outside Of the skin, by
simply washing and keeping it clear
you could obtain 'relief-not even
Ointments, lotions, and salyes
would be necessary Agree with US
IN this belief. and your trouble
can be relieved-yOu can be en-
ttrely restored to health. S. s. s.
l. purely vegetable treatment
that you can secure from your own
druggist-it is blood tonic that
viii purify your blood and cause a
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

accepted the endowment and have an
nounced that the first scholarships
will be issued at the beginning of the
next academic year.
The fund will provide several
scholarships, apportioned among the
social sciences and journalism. The
exact amount Of the endowment has
Lot yet been announced.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
Establishes Scholarship
Fund In Husbands Memory

A scholarship fund in memory OF
the late Byron Andrews, former
Washington newspaper man. has been
established at George Washington
University by Mrs. Byron Andrews.
now of Los Angeles, Cal. The board
of trustees Of the university have
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
Bliss Ordered to Pay Wife
$1,000 Per Month AEmony

Alonzo o. Bliss. real estate owner
and patent-medicine manufacturer,
was ordered yesterday by Justice fYitz
of the District Supreme Court to nay
his wife. Emma C. Bliss, $1,000 a
month alimony, beginning with this
month.
The order also requires Mr.. Bliss
to allow his wife 1880 counsel fees
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
Denis Mccarthy Speaks.

The first OF a series of fve liter
ary evenings was given last night
at st. Anthony Parish, Brookland
when Denis Mccarthy, of Boston
Mass. spoke on "A Literary Work
shop" Mr.. Mccarthy also read q
number of his own poems.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
3,018 American Airplanes
In Europe on November IL

The A. E. F. had s.ols liberty planes
equipped with liberty motors at the
front when the armistIce was signed,
according to Mai. r. J. Bates, signal
corps, who arrived here yesterday
from France.
Mai. Bates, who few the hrrt Amer
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
Milk Inspectors Detailed.

Municipal food inspectors were yes
teTday detailed to investigate milk
distributing depots now under sur
veillancc Of local authorities for the
substitution Of powdered milk for the
fresh country product
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
Some Literature Hound,.

Oklahoma city, March 1O-Oklaho-
ma City boasts a literary COW and
an intellectual pup, the city libra
rian announces. The book hunger of
each has accounted for a volume, she
says.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
Prefers u, S. to Sl6.40O.

Rockland. Me, March 10.-Money has
no charm for this lad. Peter De
simons, barber here, refused a for
tune Of s16.40o because one Of tAe re-
uuirements OF the will was that he
would haveeto reside in italy.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
A Word to the 1000 Class.

Many inquiries have been received from read
ers of The Herald regarding the candidates who
have 1000 votes, Some of our readers want TO
help you with subscriptions but they see that 1000
is not evidence OF your sincere desire TO win
prize. They have the idea that if you were trying
to win, you would have more than 1000 votes
Prove that you are out to win by sending in a
subscription two that will place your name on
the list with 1000 votes The highest csndi-
dates standing in the list published on another
page today shows vote of less than 10000
Remember, your friends and supporters are
watching your record from day to day. They are
anxious to you win. Prove to them that you
in the winning ring.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
Spring Speeder, Spiked.

Kansas City, Mo-. March ip.-Sprinr
weather, Wild drivers-is the police
deduction A busy Sunday netted more
than forty speeders and trsric vio-
lators.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
$4,000 Votes Extra

A Special Ballot of 5000 extra votes Will be
awarded each candidate who turns in $500 worth
Of new subscriptions before II p. m. March y.
If you throw your energy into high speed and can
get two three times as much in subscriptions.
you will be given two or three Special Ballots
The required amount will not have to be turned in
at time.
Do your best work now while your efforts count
the most. There will be other time when you can
get as many votes on the subscriptions.
Get busy right now. Don't let time mark another
minute against your chances for Better call
at The Herald office All Eleventh street. or telephone
Main $780,
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

lean Srplsne at the front. said Hber-
ties weNe being assembled. tested sno
turned over for action. at the rate OF
forty q day on November IL
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

when you pay your income tax
you get a receipt from Uncle Sam.