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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-01-22
CANT GROW NOTHING
BUT RICE" THEY SAY
But Evidences Do Not Bear Out
The Contention ~

On a recent afternoon the writ
er had the pleasure of carefully
surveying the suburban domain
Of Mr.. f. c. Willard on the eastern
fringe OF Welsh, and observing
first hand some of the effects Of
science as applied to agricultural
and animal huSbandry.
Being mostly human our first
attention was directed to the
beautiful kitchen garden which
covers an area of a little more
than an acre. That important fea-
ture is under the personal super
vision of Mr.. Fritz, who knows
gardening from "a" to 81, when
to plant, how to plant, what to
plant. and how to cultivate it all
to get best results. The pride he
maintains is that garden is deSerY-
ed. The long, straight rows Of
bright green lettuce, celery, cab
bage, cauliflower, beetS, carrots,
turnipS, ETC., and the bed of straw
berries now beginning to bloom,
all form a most pleasing sight.
The vegetables are all matured
and ready for the table. Besides
supplying the Willard table Mr.
Fritz sells hundreds of dollars
worth of produce on the local.
market.
A big field of green oats adds
its attraction besides furnishing
green feed for the dairy herd. Mr..
Willard stated that although the
winter was wearing away rapidly
he had not had occasion to open
his big silo yet, the field of oats
having kept the stock we'll sup
piled with green feed. A patch of
winter wheat also looks flourish
ing. Fruit trees and Pecan trees
all have appearance of making
rapid growth. x
In spite of all this Mr.. Wizards
hobby is not green stuff, but a
herd of HolSteinS that he is devel-
oping. He has some fine individu-
ais, and his herd is improving
rapidly in numbers and in quail
ty.
Pigs, sheep and chickens were
also in evidence on the Willard
farm. His is not a show place,
forced to produce regardless of ex-
DenSe but is maintained for the
two-fold purpose of having a COM
Portable home and making money.
There are number of such
examples of thrift in the COM
but not a small per cent
Of what should be. The big major
ity still contend that "You can't
grow nothing but rice here" Ill
we should be rid of the word
cant" this country would de-
velop more rapidly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-01-22
MAY PLANT COTTON
UNDER RESTRICTIONS
Outside of Guaranteed Districts
In Jefferson Davis Parish

Z Parish Demonstration Agent,
N. NJ. Stafford has received the
following letter from Paul D. Per-
kinS, yice-chairman of the Louis
lana Pink Boil Worm commission
relative to the planting of cotton
in restricted areas in Jefferson
Davis Parish, and to the payment
of losses occurring in 1920 and
1921:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-01-22
AMUSEMENT PROGRAM.

See Eeleen Percy in Beware of
the Bride" at the Auditorium Sat-
urday night, Jan. q. Also Sum
shine Comedy.
Friday night, January 2Sth.-
Shirley Mason, in Love Harvest"
and Rollins Comedy.
Saturday night, January 29th.-
Owen Moore in 'The Chicken in
the Case; also Century Comedy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-01-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday night, January, %, in
the Presbyterian church a Sun
day School Rally will be held by
the Presbyterian and Methodist
Sunday Schools. Let every mem
Der be there and help to make this
rally success.
Reverand G. B. Hines and others
will tell about the Boys State
Conference to be held in Lake
Charles, January, %, 90, 80.
Song Service -. -. -. -.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-01-22
LYCEUM ENTERTAINERS
HERE FEBRUARY FIRST

Francis Hendry, entertainer, is
advertised as the next number of
the Lyceum Course, at the Audi
torium on the night of February
LIST. The program includes char
acter sketches, group readings,
character songs, musical readings
and pianologueS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-01-22

1t is announced that president
elect Harding is preparing to come
south. He'd better come to Welsh
and see if he can't do something
to SubStantiate those prediction
promises. Some of his Staunchest
are said to be weaken
ing
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-01-22


kinS, yice-chairman of the Louis
lana Pink Boil Worm commission
relative to the planting of cotton
in restricted areas in Jefferson
Davis Parish, and to the payment
of losses occurring in 1920 and
1921;
Lake Charles, La
January, l6, 1921.
Mr.. NJ. N. Stafford,
Jennings, Louisiana.
Dear Mr.. Stafford:
This in reply to your letter of
the 18th inst. Due to the fact that
less than half of the revenue we
had anticipated through the spec
ial taxes and licenses have become
available and further, the infeSta-
tion in Caddo and B0SSier having
added to the expense of control
measures, indicates that there is
little likelihood of compensation
for the farmers of CaIcasieu and
jefferson Davis parishes. We are
not going to have sufficient funds
TO meet the payments to Cameron
farmers as quickly as we would
like to, and as they deserve and
need. At the special session of the
Legislature, which no doubt will
follow right after the ConStitu-
tional Convention, we will strive
to bring about legislation that will
more nearly cover present Situa-
ton.
You may take this as official
notice that the quarantine has
been lifted from that part of JEFF
ferSon Davis parish not under ac-
tual quarantine. All of the lands
in Ward No. s and No. 6 and
those lands in Ward No. I lying
north of Bayou Chen are under
quarantine. In this area, along
with an area around two points
of infestation in Calcasieu parish,
cotton must not be planted OF al
lowed to grow. In areas outside
of The quarantine zone in the two
parishes cotton may be grown
under certain restrictions, the
chief restriction being the plant
Ing of cotton seed that are known
to be free of pink boil worm in
feStation. Within the next few
days | will have mailed to you
complete data and information
bearing on the planting of cotton
in the regulated areas, those sec
tons in Jefferson Davis Parish
outside of the quarantine zone.
There will be general publication
by all the papers of this section
and in the Lafayette and Eunice
sections bearing on regulations to
be met in growing cotton in the
Regulated Zones.
Referring again to the matter
OF compensation, it is our plan to
make great effort to fully COM
penSate the farmers of the section
cotton is not to be grown
this year for actual losses occur
ing both for 1920 and 1921. We
plan to do the same in the quaran-
lined section of CalcaSieu and in
saddo and BosSier parishes.
Will write you fully within the
next few days.
Yours very truly,
PAUL D. PERKINS,
La. Pink Boil Worm Com. |
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-09
PINE TREES MAY BE USED
To Manufacture Bleached Pulp for
Newsprint Paper

Experts in the manufacture Ct news
print paper are at work in the govern
ment laboratory at Madison, Wis, de-
veloping a new process whereby it may
be possible to use pine trees Of the
south in making bleached pulp, DR..
Sidney C. Wells, of the United States
forest products laboratory, declared
recently in a speech in New York. He
explained that development of the vast
forests of the south would materially
help in solving the problems Of an in
creased supply of newsprint.
DR.. Wells advocated building paper
Mills close to the pine forests in
southern states. Bleached pulp from
pine, he said, would release for news
print paper sulphite now needed in
other grades.
Robert B. Woolf, an efficiency en-
gineer, urged employers to stimulate
an ambition in their workers to do bet
ter work, instead of dangling bon
us bait before them"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-09

repair it, but never did l dream of see
ing the grave of one of South Caro-
|lina's leading figures in such a neg
lected condition.
What would General Marion say if
it were possible for him to stand in
his room again and look out upon the
family cemetery; to see it as it is to-
day? Would he be ready to serve
and protect his community as he once
did?
We all know that it would be impos-
sible to make the old cemetery look
like it did in Marion's time, but many
improvements could be made to show
our respect for the dead general and
his family.
l visited everey room in tie old
hcme chat hasn't fallen in rs result
of age and lack of attention. There
was many interesting hooks and cor
ners about the home, which once con-
tained thirteen large airy rooms. But
a few of the rooms have fallen in,
while others are still very good.
The tunnel that General Marion had,
leading to the swamp, is almost invis-
ible,
Mrs. D. D. Mckenzie,
St. Stephens, S. c., June 6, 1921.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-09

made to this old, historical home of
our dead general.
When a child l studied and read
much about Marion, "The Swamp
Fox" and had always desired to see
his old home and its surroundings.
Although 1 was quite surprised to see
our dead hero's grave in such bad con-
dition. The family cemetery is just
opposite the old home on the right.
We had to look short time, before
we managed to find the cemetery and
grave of General Marion, for the
bushes, weeds, briars and trees hid it
from view, although it is only few
wards from the front of the old home.
1 though that the grave of such
great man would certainly have COM
manded more respect from the COM
munity than what has been shown.
There were signs of many historical
things about the old home but in some
way the family cemetery had more at
fractions for me than any other OBJ
ject. My feelings were somewhat hurt
when l saw how sadly neglected the
family cemetery of Marion in such
a beautiful and historical place. I'll
imagine that in Marion's life this was
a most beautiful spot, with fresh flow
ers growing, clean and we'll kept
graves under large, spreading trees,
where now the tombs have fallen, some
of them smashed to pieces and no
signs of neatness care or attention
in the old cemetery-nothing but
weeds, briars, bushes and trees grow
ing over and around General Marion's
resting place.
knew that the old home would be
decayed and fallen if some one didn't
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-09
Miss Clark Entertained.

On Friday afternoon, May goth,
Mrs. L. F. Rhem entertained at her
home in Morrisville in honor o. Miss
Halene Clark. The guests arrived at
4 80 and were met by Mrs. Rhen, Mrs.
Troy Crib, and Miss Clark. The
spacious piazza was used for enter
tanning the visitors and was supplied
with chairs, settees, and swings. Huge
bowls of cut flowers and several mag
nifcient ferns furnished the decora-
tions.
A unique contest known as the auto
romance was handed to the visitors
and served to sharpen their wits and
increase their interest in the various
parts of an automobile.
The prize for this contest, lovely
collar and cuff set, went to Mrs. Walk
er Cooper. The prize which was
awarded the guest of honor was a
handsome leather bag.
Delicious ice cream and cake were
served and the guests were most
sharmingly entertained until their de-
parture.
Miss Clark has been teacher in the
Union High school for several years,
and her hosts of friends hate to give
her up even during the summer
months.
Those present were: Mrs. w. T. Tur-
beville, Miss Lucille Tuberville, Mrs. l..
B. Johnson, Mrs. Lamar Johnson, Mrs.
G. E. Grier, Mrs. Walker Cooper, Mrs.
Munnerlyn, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Richard
son, Mrs. NARROW, Mrs. Bethel DuRant'
Mrs. G. K. Way, Mrs. Edgar DuRant,
and Misses Annie Wilson, EmInie
Snow, Helen Cheatham, Eleanor Todd,
jamie Keels, Eta Tart, Matte McFad-
den and Halene Clark.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-09
A Dillon County Road Story.

"Well, what is the news?" asked
Mr.. H. A. Hasty as he greeted Her
aid man recently. When the Herald
man told him that news had been
scarce for the past several weeks and
newspaper men were hard put to get
out readable paper at this season
of the year when everybody was at
work, Mr.. j. Earle Bethea, who was
standing near said, "Wel, don't
know whether you would call it news,
but l saw a very peculiar accident
few days ago. was out on the Dill
lon-Latta road where the contractors
are working and as you know it is
very rough. Along came man and
woman driving a mule to an old side
spring buggy. The buggy was bounc-
| ing up and down like small ship
on choppy sea when all at once one
of the springs broke. In the twink
ling of an eye the buggy body turned
upside down and before the occu-
pants of the buggy were aware OF
what was happening the mule was
tearing down the road like small
cyclone, with the vehicle rafting and
bouncing over the rough highway. l
looked back to see what had become
of the man and woman but they were
nowhere in sight. They seemed to
have disappeared as completely as If
the earth had opened and swallowed
them up. After running three OF four
hundred yards the mule came to
stop and there quietly reposing in the
buggy top which had caught them
when the body reversed itself were
the man and the woman. The woman
held a two gallon jar of milk in her
hands which she had swung on to
with grim determination during the
wild ride down the road. Neither of
the occupants of the buggy had suf-
fered scratch.-Dillor Herald.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-09
Confederate Money Not Counterfeit.

An enterprising New Jersey citizen
offered a Newark shopkeeper 800
Confederate bill in payment for a
small purchase and walked off with
a pocketful of Al American currency
in change. He was apprehended on a
charge of passing counterfeit money,
arranged, tried and acquitted.
The judgment of the court is in
teresting. Money issued by the Con-
federate states is not counterfeit. 1t
is real American money, issued in good
faith. Anyone who so desires is at
liberty to accept it at face value. The
only trouble is that it is not legal ten
der. Whoever accepts Confederate
money at face value probably, will be
unable to pass it on at any value at
all. This, however, is the concern of
the person who is "stuck." 1t is not,
according to the Newark jury, the con-
Germ of the court. The money is not
counterfeit, whatever else it may be.
There are probably other statutes
under which the New Jersey gentle
man may be more successfully prose-
cuted, but the dispatches do. not indi-
cate that they are applied. At pres
ent he retains his liberty and his pock-
ct full of change, while the shopkeep-
er has the Jeff Davis bill as an inter-
esting souvenir. cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-09
A Visit to Marion's Old Home.
Editor County Record:

Editor County Record:
1t has always been the desire Of my
heart to visit the old hcme and grave
of our brave, leading general of South
Carolina, and on Sunday afternoon,
June the 5th,, 1 had the opportunity
of having my wishes gratified. Hence
forth / shall never forget the visit |
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-09

Panama and straw hats cleaned and
blocked. Work guaranteed. S. NJ.
Wingate at Kingstree Shaving Par
lor.-Adv.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-09

Springfield Busters for insects on
Tobacco or Cotton. Kingstree Hard
ware Company.
Evening star., 1921-02-24
NEW c. or c. COMMITTEES
President Albert Schulteis An
nominees Personnel.

The personnel Of two new COM
mittees of the Washington Chamber
Of Commerce was announced yester-
day by President Albert Schulteis.
They are:
Committee on parks. highways and
bridges-William F. GUIDE. chairman;
W. G. Hanson, vice chairman: B. A.
Bowles. Alton B. Carly. FL c. Chand-
lee, NJ. G. Copeland Company. J. H.
CRAWFORD. Allan Davis. E; W. Davis. J.
v. Davis. Thomas E. Echols. a. NJ
Fishel, Adolphus GUIDE. Adolph E.
GUIDE. Benjamin W. Guy. E. .. Hatha-
way, Robert E. Heater. Harry G.
James. c. c. Lacey, Grant Leet. Colin
II. Livingstone. F. w. Loeft1er. r. g..
FMacCartee. A. c. Moses. Miss Cecil r.
Norton. Allen II. Rogers. John II.
Rpppert, John E. Shoemaker. A. L.
Sinclair. B. W. Spifle.. John w. Thomp-
son. Washington. Topham. Joseph l.
Weller and waddy B. Wood.
Committee on wholesale trade
Ross P. Andrews. chairman: A. J.
Nav, vice chairman: W. H. Bradbury.
Perry W. Browning. A. A. Chaplin. F.
|.B. Crovo. jr.: Ernest H. Daniel. James
Fl. Denty. J. B. Earnshaw, David ].
CARRIER, E. c. Graham. BENJAMIN W.
Guy, E. D. Hathaway. A. G. Herr
mann, c. Phillips Hill. W. 8. Hoge.
M. %. Horton. Charles Jacobsen. 9. A.
Kimberly, c. s. Larimer. John c.
Let's, A. Liebman, e. J. Murphy.
Howard Norton. H. T. Onterdinger
Samuel Ross, Salvatore Scaico. Charles
". Semmes. F. Baker Weaver and
John H. wilkins.
Evening star., 1921-02-24
ANTHONY A. HIRsT DEAD.
Georgetown University Benefactor
Succumbs in Pennsylvania.

Anthony A. Hirst. for more than
twenty years a regent of Georgetown
University and one Of the institutions 8
more prominent benefactors, died at
his home in Haverford, Pa, Tuesday,
following brief illness, it was learn
ed here yesterday. He was seventy
Ave years old.
Mr.. Hirst was a we'll known Catholic
leader and attorney. He was counsel
for Archbishops Dougherty. Wood,
Ryan and Prendergast Of Philadelphia.
He founded the Hirst library at
Georgetown University in 1901, con-
tributing more than 10000 volumes.
Graduated from Georgetown in 1870,
he received the degree Of A. M in 1871
and his LII D. in 1901.
He Is survived by his wife, and three
children. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow at Bryn Mawr, Pa.
with Rev. John B. Creeden. president
Of Georgetown University. and Rev.
w. Coleman Nevils. dean of the de-
partment Of arts and sciences. assist
ing.
Evening star., 1921-02-24

While President-elect Harding Is
preparing to announce the makeu
of his complete cabinet. heads OF oe-
partments of the outgoing adm'his-
tration are making preparations 20
retire to private life or to resume tne
occupations they pursued before oeins
called to Washington to service IN the
cabinet of President Wilson.
None of the incumbents Of the pres
ent cabinet has made definite an
nouncement as to his plans. although
it has been unofficially learned that
two members Of the cabinet Will re-
main in Washington. these being At
torney General Palmer and Secretary
Houston of the Treasury:
The other cabinet members are un-
derstood to have made their plans to
20 back to the places from which they
Evening star., 1921-02-24
G0T0 SCHOOL Meeting.
D. C: Officials Attend National
Education Convention.

A number of officials Of the public
schools and the bureau Of education
left Washington last night for Allan
tic City to attend the annual con-
vention of the department of superin-
tendence of the National Education
Association, which opened there to-
day. The convention will adjourn
March 3.
Among the local officials who are
attending the convention are: d..
Frank W. Bal1ou. superintendent OF
schools; Susan s. Alburtis. director OF
school gardens and nature study:
Sarah E. Simons, head of the Eng
lish department Of Central High
School: Elizabeth Alling of the Amer
ican Red Cross. Edith A. Lathrop Of
the bureau of education, and Minnie
C. Denton Of the Department Of
Agriculture. All of them are sched-
uied to make addresses at the con-
yention.
Evening star., 1921-02-24

When Secretary Of the Navy Daniels
returns to his old home in Raleigh. N.
c., he will carry back with him among
many relics and memories Of his eight
years Of cabinet life the tall, cozy leath-
er upholstered mahogany chair in which
he sat at the councils of the Presidents
cabinet.
Secretary Daniels cherishes a great
fondness for this chair. and as the wan
ing days Of the present administration
have slipped past rapidly he has several
times visited the cabinet room alone and
looked wistfully and longingly at the
comfortable piece of furniture. He is not
the only member of the cabinet for whom
their cabinet room chairs have great
attractions. But they have been con-
tent with removing the metal name
plates which adorned the backs, to serve
as mementos Of their Office:
Secretary Daniels desire was great
er and deeper rooted. He wanted. the
whole chair and not merely the name
Evening star., 1921-02-24
MEMBERS OF CABINET PLAN
FUTURE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES

were called to sit in the high councils
Of the nation. John Barton Payne,
Secretary of the Interior and director
general Of railroads. will go to Pine
to Chicago to resume the practice Of
law. Secretary Payne is president OF
the board of park commissioners of
Chicago. and is expected to resume
active work as the head of the board
Chicago's park area is greater than
that of any other American city. and
the post Of president of the board is
no sinecure.
Secretary Joshua W. Alexander Of
the Department Of Commerce has an
nourced he will go to his home town;
Gallatin, Mo-. to practice law and
direct the extensive agricultural in
terests he has there. Assistant Secre-
tary Sweet will go to Michigan to
take up again direction Of his farm
ing interests near Grand Rapids.
tary Of Labor, has not definitely made
up his mind as to his plans after
March 4, 1t is understood he has prac-
tically decided to remain in Wash
inston for a time and then go back
to Bellefonte. Pa, where he lived be-
fore becoming member of the Will
son cabinet. Assistant Secretary Post
is expected to go to Chicago to direct
his publishing interests in that city.
aads OF the WAR and Says ths
after March 4. while at the Depart
ment of Justice it was stated today
that in all probability Attorney Cen
eral Palmer will open a law Office in
Washington. Mr.. Palmer is head Of
the law firm bearing his name at
Stroudsburg, Pa Secretary Houston
OF the Treasury Department is un-
derstood to contemplate remaining in
Washington for time. at least, while
Secretary Meredith of the Depart
ment of Agriculture will go back to
Iowa to direct his extensive publish
ing and agricultural interests in that
state. Postmaster General Burleson
is understood to be planning to re-
turn to Texas, where he has extensive
farming interests.
Evening star., 1921-02-24
GOES TO CAMP MEADE.

Maj. Lee r. Dunbar. Medical Corps.
at Camp Dix, N. j.. has been assigned
to duty at Camp Meade, Md.
Evening star., 1921-02-24
Friends Ciue to Secretary Daniels
Chair Used in cabinet Councils
Practically All the Members of the North Carolina Dele
CATION in Congress Joined in Purchase
and Presentation.
and PTesentdfI0n.

plate. When he asked about the pos
sibiIity Of gratifying this modest wish
he was told by the Office of the super
intendent of public buildings and
grounds. which acts as guardian FOR
the White House property. that the
Secretary could crafty that longing
by giving that office $141 in real
money and by paying for the cost OF
Yes. the price was high. the Office
exniained, but the cost Of furniture
has leaped some since that chair as was
the government SOS. the Office contends
that it would cost $141 to duplicate 1t
now. However, the sale was not trans
acted on the spot. 1t needed ponder
ing over.
It was learned at the White House
today that there is no need to longer
ponder, as friends of the North Caro-
lima statesman have joined hands In
buying the chair and presenting It to
the retiring Secretary. Among these
friends are practically the entire North
Carolina delegation in Congress.
Evening star., 1921-02-24
13 CLUB HEARS TALK.
William F. GUIDE Makes Address on
Horticulture.

Members of the 13 Club heard Will
liam F. GUIDE Say it with flowers" last
night at dinner at the Dewey Hotel. Mr.
GUIDE told the assemblage some inter-
esting facts about flower culture. and
with the aid Of motion pictures, fur
nished by Crawford & Carter and the
Graphoscope Company, portrayed the
progress Of the flower from the prepara-
ton Of the soil for the plant to the
market.
w. c. Hansen. president of the club,
called the meeting to order and then
turned the gavel over to joseph E.
Randall, who arranged the program for
the evening. Addresses were made by
mond Cara and William Lodge. s. A.
Fox, as critic Of the evening, gave his
opinions Of the speeches. Motion pic
lures Of the Army Air Service in action
were shown.