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The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08
MAY JUNK PORTION
Of |. N. RAILROAD.
STATE RAILROAD COMMISSION
WILL SUBMIT PLAN TO
FEDERAL JUDGE.
PART LIES IN ARKANSAS
Several Industries in Morehouse and
ouachita Parishes Are Situated
On Line and May Buy Road
for Protection.

Monroe, La.-Thirty-three miles of
railroad, extending from Bastrop to
CroSsett, Ark, probably will be junked
and the rails sold as scrap iron as
the result Of hearing here by the
State Railroad Commission of obiec-
tions by Monroe and other interests
to the proposed junking of the Ark
ansas and Louisiana Midland railroad,
running from Monroe to Crossett.
Huey P. Long of Shreveport conduct
ed the hearing, while other members
Of the commission made an inspection
trip over the road. The decision of
the commission will be made known
to Federal George w. Jack at Shreve-
port Friday and will recommend that
the purchasers of the road at receiv-
er's sale be allowed to abandon that
part of the line above Bastrop. The
receivers for the road have recon-
mended that the line be sold with
the right to junk all or any part of it.
Part of the line lies in Arkansas
and the attorney of the Arkansas
Railroad Commission was present at
the hearing and will appear before
Judge Jack Residents Of Ar
kansas testified that the road was ex.
pected to be used to bring in several
hundred cars Of gravel for the con-
struction Of highways between Cross
EFT and Rawls, Ark, and if forced to
use any othe railroad the cost of the
highways would be prohibitive.
Several carbon and gasoline plants
and other gas industries in Ouachita
and Morehouse parishes are situated
on this railroad and for their own
protection it is said these interests
will buy the line and operate it be-
tween Monroe and Bastrop.
With an unusually light docket and
no important cases to be heard, the
criminal session of District Court con-
vened here, with Judge Fred NJ Odom
OF Bastrop on the bench. Only Is
true bills were returned by the last
grand jury and there are few con-
tinued cases to be heard. The Court
of Civil Appeals for the Second Cir
cult also convened, but Immediately
adjourned until Wednesday.
Unless the weather should be bad
q light.vote will be polled in Ouach-
lta parish Tuesday. Heavy and fre-
Quent rains have put farmers far be-
hind with their work and they-are
now latoring from daylight to dark
putting their crops in the ground. No
great number of them will lose the
time necessary to cast their ballots if
farming operations can be carried on.
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SO OUT OF 100

OF the little ills and hurts, such !.
ToOthache, nervous Headache, or 81.
ness anywhere may be quickly relisys
by applying Yacher-Balm, which !
harmless. Keep it handy, and syrI
limitations.
If you cannot buy VacherBaln |,
cally, send 3Oc in stamps for a tb,
to E. W. Vacher, Inc, New ORLEANS
La.-Adv.
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cann0t reaGh
the diseased portion of the ear. There IS
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedy
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. Catarrhal Deafness Is
caused by an inflamed condition Of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian. Tube
When this tube is iniamed you have
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness Is the
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re-
mai condition. hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which IS an inf1amed
condition of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney G. Co., Toledo, Ohio
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08
TOLD IN A FEW LINES.

Lake Charles.-Another effort to get
oil on blackberry Island is to be made.
Two wells will shortly be drilled on
the six hundred acre tract of Mrs. Jo-
seph Vincent. To facilitate the trans
portatton of machinery to the island.
part of the plan Of operation in.
Cludes dredging Kelso bayou into
Black Lake.
Pascogoula.-Rev. Father AlphonsuS
of the Passionists Fathers of Louis
vile, KY, who is recuperating at the
Catholic rect0ry, after a serious at
tack Of influenza, preached striking
sermon at the Church Of Our Lady Of
Victories recently.
Pascagoula. = B. c. Scott, deputy
collector of customs, will leave soon
on the Norwegian steamship Colum-
bia for Port au'Prince, Haiti, where he
has accepted clerical position in the
customs service. He was succeeded
at this port by Forest j. Johnson, for.
mer mayor of Pascagoula.
Napoleonville. - Dassas Broussard,
who has been in the butcher business
here for the past five years, sold his
interest to F. J. Montague, Francis
Marquette and E. S. EasterHy. Joseph
Barbera purchased from the Webster
family nearly half block for con-
sideration of $4,000.
Lake Charles. The Beauregard
parish school board has let the con-
tract for the De Ridder High School.
A Lake Charles contracting rrm pro.
cured the contract while a Shreveport
firm is the architect. The building
will be two stories with basement and
the cost will approximate 100000.
PasCagoula. - Sheriff D. D. Cuda.
bac is actively running down blind
tigers and eliminating intoxicating Ii.
quors from this county.
Tallulah. = Sheriff A. ]. Sewer
went to Baton Rouge this week to
take Joe Watson, negro, to the pent
tentiary. Watson was given a life sen.
tenCe at the recent term of court, for
the murder of another negro about
two weeks ago.
Farmerville. - The regular Jury
term of Criminal Court convened here,
but Judge Grow dismissed the venire
on account of the absene of District
Attorney S. L. Digby, who was called
to BerniCe where his father, John Dig
by, is very ill.
FarmervilIe. AT the general elec-
tion throughout Union parish, only
few votes we're cast except at Farmer
vile, where a strong contest was on
for member of the police jury.
Lake Charles. - Fire destroyed the
mill of the Powell Lumber Compny at
Sulphur. The lumber on the yard
was saved.
Amite.-Rev Thomas H. Mills has
resigned as pastor Of the local Meth.
odist congregation, and he and Mrs.
Mills left Amite.
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lncubatino Cooties

An Incubator for matching cOo4s
has recently been devised that scs
tific study might be made Of tbpv
pests that came into such promlneus
during the war. Since human Alol
is the food of the lice, volunteers ae
rified themselves for the cause, sni
as many as 1000 were fed at a,
time on the forearm of one pepr
AS result of the experiment Ii il,
been found that several diseases sr
carried by the cootie, Serbian typsu
fever being among them.
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Natitoches. - Interest in oil devel. !

Natitoches. - Interest in oil devel.
opment In Natchitoches parish con-
tinue sand wildcat operators are get
ting active in the southern part of the
parish, five derricks being up. Two
are on the W. F. Taylor lands in
T. 6, N. R 5, W, one south of Chop
in nd one north. Drilling has started
In Section %, 6 n, 8 w by Fletcher,
ct ais. The drilling rig has been moY-
ed III on the Derry plantation in the
northwest corner of T. 6, N R. 6 W.
and drilling will start at once.
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08
Take "Dodson's Liver Tone" Inste,l

Here's my. guarantee! Ask your
druggist for bottle Of DodsOn's Liver
Tone and take a spoonful tonight,
If 1t doesn't start your liver and
you right up better than
calomel and without gripping or max
ing you sick l want you to go back
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08
Reasoning.

"Yes, doctor, know the fish wasn't
fresh, but it would have been entirely
spoiled by the next day If hadn't
eaten it."
"Wouldn't It have been better to, let
the fish spoil than to upset your
stomachW
"Well, no. You can give me some
thing to fix my stomach all right, but
Pm blessed If there is anything you
can do for q really spoiled fish. -
Judge.
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08
AVOID INFLUENZA,
COLDS, LA GRIPPE, ETC.

BY keeping the bowels and liver active.
The best remedy for this is BONDS
LIVER PILLS. They not only act di-
rectly on the liver, but remove all poi
sOnOus matter from the bowels. At
the very first sign of a cold, take a
Bonds Pill at bedtlme.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08
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The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08
LAKE ARTHUR ROAD DISTRICT

LAKE ARTHUR ROAD DISTRICT
NO. I.
Jefferson Davis Parish,
State of Louisiana.
ORDINANCE NO. 1854.
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the is
suance of the bonds of Lake Arthur
Road District No. 1 Of Jefferson Davis
Parish, State Of Louisiana:
WHEREAS, at an election hereto
fore on the 18th day of November A.
D., 1919, duly called and held in Lake
Arthur Road District No. l Of Jeffer-
son Davis Parish, Louisiana, there was
submitted to the qualified property
taxpayers the proposition of authoriz
ing the proper local authorities to in
cur the indebtedness and to issue ne
gotiable bonds therefor amounting in
the aggregate to the principal sum Of
One Hundred Seventy Thousand (S170-
00O.00) Dollars, to run for period of
twenty-five (25) years, bearing inter
est at the rate of five 90 per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually, for the
purpose of constructing permanent
public roads and bridges in said Lake
Arthur Road District No l, and
Whereas, due and timely notice for
the time and in the manner prescribed
by law was given for said election, and
O majority n number and amount OF
the property taxpayers qualified as
electors under the Constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana, voting
at said election authorized the issu-
ance Of bonds of said road district in
the sum of One Hundred Seventy
Thousand ($17O,0OO00) Dollars; Now
Therefore,
Section /. Be it Ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish Of Jefferson
Davis, State of Louisiana, in regular
session convened, that there shall be,
and the same is hereby ordered to be
executed the negotiable coupon bonds
of said Lake Arthur Road District No.
in the sum of One Hundred Seventy
ThaRsand ($17000000) Dollars, dated
BIT day of April A. D., 1920, of the
lination of One Thousand L.
J) Dollars each, bearing interest
the rate of FIVE (5) per cent per
3nnum, payable on the first day OF
October A, D., 1920, and semi-annually
thereafter on. the first days of Apri
and October in each year, said interest
to be evidenced by interest notes oil
coupons attached to said bonds re
spectively; and said bonds shall be
numbered from to 10, both inclusive
and shall mature as. follows:
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08
One Girl and the Others.

"Are you your mothers only little
grip" asked the kindly old man.
"Yes, sir" replied the fve-year-oId
1.-THE rest of US is boys" London An
sWers.
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08

Louisiana, and COunterSlgneQ by Lhe
Clerk thereof. The interest notes or
coupons shall be executed by the litho-
graphed facsimile signatures of said
President and Clerk Both principal
and interest of said bonds shall be pay
able at the Mechanics & Metals
National Bank of New York City, State
of New York.
Section g. Be it Further Ordained,
etc, that said bonds, except as to
number and date of maturity, shall be
of substantially the following form:
United States Of America
State of Louisiana
Parish of jefferson Davis.
No.. 100000
Lake Arthur Road District No. I ofthe
Parish of Jefferson Davis,
State Of Louisiana.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, That Lake Arthur Road
District No. of the Parish Of Jeffer-
son Davis, State of Louisiana, ack-
itself to owe and for value
received hereby promises to pay to
bearer the sum of One Thousand ($1,-
O0900) Dollars on the first day Of
April, A. D. H., with interest there
on at the rate of Five (5) per cent per
annum from date, April 1st, 1920, and
payable semi-annually thereafter on
the first day of October and April in
each year, as evidenced by coupons
hereto attached, until the principal
thereof is paid The principal interest
hereof are payable in lawful money OF
the United States of America, at Me-
chaniCs and Metals National Bank OF
New York City, New York, upon pre-,
sentation and surrender Of this bond
and the coupons hereto attached as
they respectively mature.
This bond is one of a series of ITO
bonds, all of like date and denomin-
alton and numbered from to ITO in
elusive, aggregating One Hundred
Seventy Thousand (S17O,OOO.O0) Dol
lars, issued under the authority OF
Article 281 of the Constitution Of the
State of Louisiana, in accordance with
The provisions of the laws Of said State
and has been authorized by the prop,
erty taxpayers of said District quail
lied as electors at an election duly
;alled and held.
1t is hereby certified and recited
hat all acts, conditions and things
'equired to be done precedent to and
n the issuance of this bond have been
done, happened and perform
ID in due form as required by law,
md that said Lake Arthur Road Dist
'iCt No. 1 in Jefferson Davis Parish
louisiana, owes no debt of any kind,
except this issue of bonds; that pro
'ision will be made for the collection
If direct taxes for the payment CT this
lond and the interest thereon, and
hat the total debt of said District
this bond, does not exceed
he statutory or Constitutional limit
ltions.
In witness whereof, the Police Jury
If the Parish of Jefferson Davis, State
If Louisiana, by virtue of authority
rested in them by the Constitution
ind laws of the State of Louisiana
AVE caused this bond to be signed by
is President, countersigned by its
,lerk, and sealed with the seal Of said
Police Jury, and have caused the in,
crest coupons hereto attached to be-
executed by the Autographed sigma
ures of said President and Clerk, as
# the First day Of April A. D., 1920,
LAKE ARTHUR ROAD DISTRICT
No.
By Police Jury of the Parish of JEFF
ferson Davis, Louisiana.
Observation-Disclosures.
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That DEPENDS.

"HOW l would like to taste her
cherry lips" "Why, do you fancy the
lipstick flavOr?"
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08

Time may be money in some cases,
but many man with nothing but
time has managed to starve to death.
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08

SENSITIVE UnderWorldIinqs
John" said the neryonS
Il think there is a burglar ISItl n \,
house." ~ "
well, he won't find a thin, !.
value" Y
That's what frightens me, n.
fact may irritate him and canso =. y
to make himself especially dissns. -
able" slee
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Total Estimated Expendi-


lures ..................$74,71260
Section 3. Be it Further Ordained,
etc, That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances and especially Ordinance
No. go. in conflict herewith, be and
The same is hereby repealed.
Section 4. Be it Further Ordained,
etc, That this Ordinance be and the
same shall take effect and be in full
force from and after it's adoption and
PRONUNCIATION
Adopted March 4, 1920
]. S. IRENE,
President of Police Jury.
Yeas, nine; Nays, none,
Attest:
JOHN T. HOOD,
Clerk of Police Jury
NJ 28 Apr S-10-17-24-91
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08

The occasional use of Roman Eye Bal
sam at night will prevent and relieve tired
eyes, watery eyes, and eye strain.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08

Viladia. - The courthouse yard
was thronged with a large and merry
crowd of Vidalians who came to par
ticipate in the ice cream social Civ.
en- by the Union Sunday school CON-
plimentary to the class Of which Mrs.
NJ. D. BOatner is the teacher, as
reward for influencing the largest
number of members to attend Sunday
school, Music was furnished by the
hometalent orchestra. Ice cream and
cake was served.
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08
ORDINANCE No. 152.

AN ORDINANCE adopting a budget
Of expenditures and making apprOpri-
ations for the year 1920, and repeal
Ding all ordinances in conflict here
with.
Section /. Be it Ordained by the
Police Jury Of the Parish of Jefferson
Davis, State of Louisiana, that the
Following budget of expenditures and
appropriations Of the revenues derived
from the Five mill tax allowed by law
for general purposes for the year 1920
be and the same is hereby adopted
land authorized
Estimated revenues from Five
mill tax .......,........$1 4,3l2 81
Estimated revenues from par
lSh licenses ......,..''... 4VO'vO
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Countersigned:


........
Clerk.
Subjoined to said bonds shall be in
terest notes or coupons of the proper
number to evidence the several in
stallments of interest to accrue there
on respectively, and except as to date
of maturity, number of coupon and
number of bond to which attached,
said coupons shall be in substantially
the following form;
COUPON.
On the first day Of October (ApriD
10. :, Lake Arthur Road District No.
of the Parish of Jefferson Davis,
State of Louisiana, promises to pay
to bearer twenty-five ($25.OO) Dollars
at Mechanics & Metals National Bank
of New York City, New York, being
interest due that day on its public
Improvement bond dated April list,
sss'ssss''s ''''''''
President.
....sssSsss'.s''
Clerk
Said bonds shall be registered by
the Secretary of State of the State of
Louisiana, and shall have endorsed
the words:
state of Louisiana,
SIS.
Office of Secretary Of State.
This bond secured by a tax. Regis
tered on this ..... day Of ..,.,..o
1920
'','''''''''s'''.'
GREAT SEAL
Secretary Of State.
Section 8. Be it Further Ordained,
etc, that the Police Jury of the Par.
ish Of Jefferson Davis, State Of Loui-
siana, and for said Lake Arthur Road
District No /, for itself and it's sue
cessors, hereby covenants and agrees
with each successive holder of said
bonds, or any of them, that in apt time
and manner levy will be made suf-
ficlent to pay promptly the accruing
principal and interest of the bonds
hereby authorized.
Section 4. Be it Further Ordained,
etc.. that when said bonds have been
executed and registered, as aforesaid,
they shall be delivered by the Treas
urer of the Police Jury Of the Parish
of Jefferson Davis, Louisiana, to the
purchaser thereof upon payment of the
purchase price.
Section 5. Be it Further Ordained,
etc, that this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its
passage and PRONUNCIATION.
Adopted and approved this 1st day
of April, 1920.
Yeas, Z; Nays, 0, Absent 2.
]. S. IRENE,
President Of Police Jury of Jeffer-
son Davis Parish, Louisiana.
Attest:
JOHN T. HOOD, Clerk.
April 1O-17-24-31 May 5-12
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08

Tallulah. - With the week just
ended the committee of physicians,
with Superintendent Lenton, complet-
the examination of the pupils of the
schools of the parish with the excep-
ton OF one wad which is inaccessible
because of high water. This work
was begun by the local Red Cross in
November, but was delayed because
Of bad roads and weather About Is
per cent Of the children have bsen
found to have some kind of defect.
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08

Pascagou1a. - w. W. Walker has
inaugurated bus line to the sea-
shoe. This service was made neces-
sary on account of the removal OF the
electric car line between Pascogoula
and Moss Point. Anticipating an up-
usual number of summer visitors from
New Orleans and the parishes, house
cleaning and the renovation of cot
tages are being rushed throughout the
resort section Of this port.
The Rice belt journal., 1920-05-08

alexandra, - Tne mercantile eStab-
blishment of ]. H. Ebert, ON Second
street, was entered and small sum
of money stolen from cash register.
Entrance was effected through door
in the rear.
Ponchatoula. Strawberries are
moving in good valume from this sec
tion. Eight cars left here for North
ern markets recently The pints
brought from $S.65 to S3.75 and quarts
$3.50.
Estherwood. - George Hayes was
seriously burned recently while fight
| ing the fire which destroyed his resi-.
dence in Branch, near here. The prop
erty loss was about $4,000 with no
insurance.
Pearl River. - The Columbians Of
the Redpath Bureau played to large
audience in the Civic League Hall.
Colfax. - The Chamber of Com.
merce at Colfax contemplate making
May Day semi-holiday by staging a
big baseball "a banquet dinner to a
numbe 70 finvited guests from several
surrounding communities, and cam.
patgn for increasing It's membership.
Alexandria. - Brick and material
for resurfacing Second street with
vertical fiber brick is being placed on
the ground. The work will be com
menced Immediately and pushed to
completion. B. H. T. Clark was
awarded the contract.
Ruston. - The pupils of the model
school connected with the L. |. /. have
organized an overall club and the
boys came to school recently in over,
alls.
Thibodaux. - Dancers at the park
pavilion found eight electric fans had
been provided by the park commis.>
sioners and started for the first time.
Colfax. = The school children % of
Grant parish are to have medical in,
spection beginning April 70, conducted
under the American Red Gross.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Sale of Club Authorized
'rocecds From jefferson Tam.
many Building Go 20 Members

The sale OF the clubhouse Of the JEFF
fcrson Tammany Club, 1l73 Washing
ton Avenue, the Bronx, is permitted as
4. result Of the signing of an applica-
|llon by Justice John NJ. Tierney, of the
Bronx County Supreme Court. The
money from the sale is to be divided
among the twenty-seven remaining
members Of the club.
The application for permission to
dispose of the property was filed by
louis F. Haffen, the president, and
three members Of the board Of direc-
|,ors, The property was purchased in
1901 and the club at one time had 4
premiership Of $500.