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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-04-16
E. E. KIMBALL,
Secretary.

Jack Romero left Wednesday
on No. 7 for Houston, after spend
ing a few days here with relatives.
He was accompanied by Arthur
Romero, or"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-04-16

Mrs. M. T. Bradford and daugh-
ter, Viola, have returned to their
home in Edgerly after spending
a few days with friends in Welsh.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-04-16

MeSSrS. Fritz and H. J. Huber,
and sister, Mrs. Anna Seasons.
manager of New Orleans office
Goldyn Film Distributing Com
pany were Welsh visitors Thurs
day.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-04-16

Mrs. ]. C. Smith of Shreveport,
president of the Rebekah Assem-
bly, was the guest of Mrs. g. L.
Abel for the. weekend.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-04-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Green ar
rived Saturday from Beaumont
and are guests of Mrs. Green's
mother, Mrs. Adam BOurque.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-04-16

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Burlinger were
called to New Orleans last week
on account of the death of Mrs.
Burlinger'S father, Mr.. L. Ivon,
which occurred April 4th, attend
ing the funeral services on Tues
day. Mr.. IvOn was IS years and
II months old at the time of his
death.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-04-16

Brown 10.
Baseon baIls-by Tabony 3, by
Brown 2. Two base hits-Thack-
StOn.
Eunice has a good ball team. so
has Welsh. Both are experiencing
difficulty in getting the proper
support from their respective com
munitieS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-04-16

Frank Barnett was here The
first of the week from Church
Point, paying a visit to his rela-
tiveS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-04-16

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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
NEW TURK STAMPS VALUABLE
Nationaiists Issue Many New Forms
plan Complete New Issue
of Its Own.

Angora.-The nationalist govern
ment has given new interest TO
Turkish stamp collections 1t has not
only issued, at various times. small!
quantities Of stamps Of temporary
kind. hut II has also surcharged with
It's name various sets of revenue and
postage stamps printed originally by
the imperial ottoman government at
Constantinople.
It ha. lately arranged to have print
cd .n Italy a complete set of new
stamps Of its own, thereby making
more valuable the temporary and sur
charged stamps used during the past
two years. The srrcharged stn9ps
have ir several cases been surcharged
with tie lettering upside down.
Lieutenant Commander Robert Dunn,
intelligence officer at the American
embassy. ConStan.nople, and owner
of the largest collection of purely
Turkish stamps, has during his valionS
trips 20 the interior formed large
collection Of nationalist STAMPS, some
Of wh'h he estimates in value from
500 to Sl0O each.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
TAFT SWORN IN
AS Chief JUSTICE
OATH OF OFFICE is ADMINISTER
ED TO FORMER PRESIDENT
w. H. TAFT
USUAL RITES ARE OBSERVED
Senior Associate Justice Joseph Nc.
kenna Administered Oath OF o.
flee To New Chief Justice

ton.-Administratio OF the
judicial oath of William Howard
Taft, the new chief justice OF the Unit.
ed States, marked the reconvening OF
the Supreme court for the regular fall
term.
The oath was administered to Mr..
Taft, who thereby became the first
chief justice to have previously occu.
pied the highest executive office in
the nation, by the senior associate JUS
tice, Joseph McKenna. The oath
taken by Mr.. Taft supplemented the
constitutional oath administered on
July II. soon after the appointment
of the former president by President
Harding.
The administration of the judicial
oath, the final step in the induction Of
a now chief Justice, was attended by
all of the age-old ceremony attached
to the nations highest tribunal. The
oath binds the chief justice to admin
lister justice without respect to persons
and do equal right to the poor and the
rich"
The induction of the chief justice ac.
complished, James M. Beck, the new
solicitor general Of the United States,
was presented to the court, and then
the various attorneys whose applica-
tions to practice before the court had
been approved since the courts ad.
jOurnment last June.
The chief justice and the associate
justices. at the conclusion of these
ceremonies, followed the custom estab-
lished years ago, and went to the white
house to pay their respects to the
president.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
NINE MEN WOUNDED IN
FIGHTS Between POSSE
AND KU kLUX kLANNERS

Waco, TeXas.-Fiye men were wound
ed in a gun-fight between sheriff's
posse and participants in Ku KluX
Klan parade at Lorena, fourteen miles
south of Waco. The fight took place
at the intersection of the main business
streets, where thousands OF people had
gathered to witness the parade. when
Sheriff Bob Buchanan Of McClennan
county, posse leader, stepped up in
front of the approaching column and at.
tempted to wrest the American flag
r!o:S the leading whiteclad figure. In
the free-for-S!I fighting which ensued,
Sheriff Buchanan was shot twice, once
in the neck AID once in the body, and
Lewis Crow, assistant football coach
at Baylor university here, a spectator,
was severely cut Mr.. Burton. Carl
West and VIII Lawson were also
wounded, although the extent OF the
injuries has not been ascertained.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
ravid Biapam, Singer, Passes Away

New iork.-Dayid Bispam, baritone
and on of the best.known American
lyric a lists, died of intestinal trouble
reCen,.y after an illness of six weeks.
He was Ga years of age. A widow
and two daughters survive him. Mr.
Bispam, native of Philadelphia, made
his operative debut in London in 1891
After successful career abroad, he
came to the Metropolitan Apera com.
pany, singing baritone roles in French.
German, Italian ana English. He was
ono OF the founders Of the Society of
American Singers, producing classic
opera colnique in English.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
SMALL HOMES FOR MANSIONS
Many New England Pretentious DWELL
ings Are Being Divided Into
Modern Houses.

Pittsfeld, Mass.-Some Of New
Englands fine old mansions are be-
ing sawed apart to make modern
homes. One bit Of cross-cut saw
handiwork here was the successful
division of twenty-rOom house into
two apartment dwellings. One Of the
sections was moved to a. new site.
The old Whitehead mansion Of
q rooms Is to be torn down and
made into many small houses. Its
three huge chimmeys alone are said
TO contain brick enough to build two
modest homes.
Thousands of mansions like this
were built in New England years ago
when materials and labor were in
expensive. Increasing cost Of main.
tenance has caused many to be sold.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
G0BS APPLAUD BULL
American Sailors Witness Exhl.
bition of Portuga|'s Sport.
More Display Of Good Horseman-
ship and SkilIful Feints Than Cruel
Sport as in Spain.

Lisbon.-Sailors of the American
warships who were entertained in this
city when the American squadron WIS.,
tied Portugal the other day. saw
Portuguese bulltight and Justify
cheered for one Of the bulls.
A Portuguese bullfght is more q
display of splendid horsemanship anu
skillful feints than cruel sport, such
as the Spanish bullfght. There is no
blOodshed. The bulls are merely
teased by the bulltighters and others,
who pierce their hides with tho ter.
menting darts. The horns of the bulls
are covered with leather balls, SO tEat
they can do no great damage and the
proof of the skill of the horsenan
is never to let his horse get toccleu
by them.
After that group of peasants
wearing green-and-red caps advance
into The ring and each tries to throw
himself on the bull, either between his
horns or on his neck. and to cling
there despite the frantic attempts of
the animal. If one succe IDS in cling
ing on, the other peasants rush up
and hang onto the bull until he Is
reduced to impotence.
The American boys cheered all this
with great enthusiasm, but the real
outbreak came when one bull leapeh
after one Of his tormcntors over a
wooden partition and into group of
bulltighters, scattering them right ant
left.
Roars Of laughter filed the enor.
nous circus and a laundering cheer
and cries OF "hull, bull, bulI' burst
from the throats Of the Americans.
The bulIfghtcrs fed in disorder
Will" the anlphiheater rcSounded
with the laughter and cheers Of the
Americans,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
Jap FARM TENANTS COMBINE
416 Associations Organized In Japan
for Protection Of Common
Interests.

Tokyo.-With the remarkable awak.
cn!Hg among Japanese industrial work
urs, there has recently been noticeable
in japan growing tendency among
tenant farmers to form combinations
for the protection Of their common
interests as against the landlords.
This is another evidence Of the
swift social development 10 Japan
along western ideas.
At the ed Of March, 1921, such
combinations Of tenan. farmers nun.
bcred 416, with an aggregate member
ship Of 4S,5s7. During 1920. 4OS cases
Of dispute involving 5,2S5 landlords
and 34,6C0 tenant farmers were re-
ported.
The most frequent cause was DE-
mand for lower rHnt
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
HOUSE WILL DELAY
DEBATE ON funds
DECIDES TO POSTPONE MEAS
URES UNTIL AFTER ARM
AMENT CONFERENCE
Three powers TO MEET
Strong Sentiment Among Lawmakers
To Ban Warship Building During
World Gathering

Washington Invitations recently
TO Belgium, The Netherlands and Por
tugal to participate in the approach
ing conference on the limitation of
armament, closes the BOOK. This,
therefore. limits the conference to
live major and four minor powers, the
major powers being the United States,
Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy,
while the minor powers are China,
Belgium, Portugal and Netherlands.
The latter powers are not interested
in the problem of naval disarmament
but are keenly interested in the prob.
lens of the Far East in that they
have many conflicting interests with
Great Britain in that issue.
The house committee on appropria.
tions has tentatively decided not to
take up or discuss the army and navy
appropriation bills for the fiscal year
beginning July 1. 1922, until after the
armament conference, and there is
now strong movement to have this
government stop all work on warships
during the conference. President
Harding will be urged to that end,
Senators Borah and Poremene taking
the initiative. These senators are of
the opinion that such a suspension by
the United States would make con.
siderable impression in the world. II
might not impress foreign delegates
to the disarmament conference, but
it would impress the people of the
countries from which the delegates
come, the senators hold.
IF the world gets to know 'h,t
America is honest about this lisarn,,
ament matter the people in other
countries will exert a tremendous If.
fluonce Of their delegates to the Waah.
ingtOn conference, and we shall end
by having all the nations honestly and
earnestly seeking ways to reduce arm
amcnts," said Dorah.
"Hnt how farcical for us to 90 on
building dreadnaushts, cruisers and
destroyers while We solemn,y talk
about limitng>naval armaments.
"Of course, we will be told that
the o.her nations with naval progra.nS
are continuing. This continuance VIII
for'fo7e bo based uNon fin;n"ial
r,UI', W. viii I've tod it mean
10. o the government to stop work
On N2rs... 'o.W yN or const tructi ion.
"Eut TO a orca ,eny folks IN the
country 1t will appear that the way &c
di|arm is TO stop building any moro
en- Ines Of war. And it will be a grca,
deal easier not to resume bull,.in,,
after the cCnfe 'anco that it viii &C to
SOP th'm, and great deal cAearer.
Tho determination Of the Do,,se al.
preparations committee TO hold up ac.
ton Oh the big supply bills vas not
only 10 prevent embarrassment. 70 the
administration during the pa Icy by
having congress debate armament eX
penditures but because the conference
may dictate material changes IN tie
amount of money the navy AMI arlv
will actually require"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
ChI6ren's Mother Not Preachers Wife

Meridian, Miss.-Charged with de.
serting his family, Rev. w. E. Bennett,
Nazarene preacher, testified at his
trial that the woman with whom he
admitted living twenty-eight years and
the mother of his eight children. is
not his wife. Bennett said his only le.
gal marriage was to young woman
of Bell county, Texas, whom he we'd.
ded. according to his testimony, last
January. A 26year.old daughter of the
preacher testified that she knew OF no
grounds for her father leaving her
mother. A brother of the defendant,
Rev. l.. Bennett, a Methodist minister,
was among the witnesses.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
VIII Introduce New Amendment Soon

WashngtOl.-The council of the ma.
tiOral woman's party. after two days
discussion, has decided that the con-
stitutional amendment removing legal
inequalities of women will be intro
duced at the beginning of the regular
session in December. 1t was thought
that introduction at the present time
would be useless because of the pos.
sibilty OF an adjournment of congress,
and the short time remaining for dis.
cusson The amendment is designed
to remove all legal inequalities now
operating against women, in all states
The council decided that the dedica.
ion TO the new home of the party
should occur in November, with suit.
able ceremonies.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
$4,000 Offered For Long Ocean Race

North Sydney, n. S.-A prize of ten
thousand dollars will be awarded the
Boston schooner Mayflower if she can
win two thousand mile ocean race
with cargo against the Canadian
schooner Blue Nose, according to Capt.
Roger Conrad, commander of the
Lun6nburg fishing schooner Gilbert
Walters. A race under these condi,
tions, Captain Conrad declares, would
test the vessels in all varieties of
weather, and decide beyond all doub 1.
their relative sailing and sea-going
qualities.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
Bushy Tail Enriches Caddje

BrOckville.-Leslie Reynolds, a cad
die of the Carleton Place Golf club,
few days ago, while searching for
lost balls, saw a squirrel enter a hol-
low log. He investigated and discov.
cred that the animal had secretad ti
halls in the log. Search OF other hid
ing places in the locality resulted IL
the location of more than 80 bes.s.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
;ss HELD CAPTIVE IN ". VA
Lewis. Not Disclosing Source OF His
Information, Says He Wishes To
prevent Massacre"

Indianapolis, Ind.-Bearing an ap-
neal from the union coal miners Of the
country. committee appointed at the
convention of the United Mine Work
ers Of America left here for Washing
ton to ask President Harding to give
protection to 1873 miners who are state
prisoners in West Virginia jaiis. The
committee was said to have no specific
plan to suggest to the president, but
1t was pointed out that federal troops
are in MingO and Logan counties,
which were the seat of the recent mine
war involving state troopers and Off
GERS mine guards. strikers and their
syMpatAlzers.
Besides being authorized to give in
formation directly to President Hard.
ing, the committee had a written mes
sage from President John L. Lewis Of
the union, who said it explained the
West Virginia situation with view of
showing that the lives of the prisoners
are in jeopardy. and that protection
cannot be expected from state officials.
Lewis declined to make his message
public, but, among other things, it was
understood to have alleged that Don
Chafin, sheriff of Logan county, had
visited the Mingo county Jail and taunt-
ed the prisoners with suggestions of an
attempt to break Jail.
Mopv pf tbo pricpnorc oro o1,or0oJ
with murder. among these being C..
F. Keeney and Fred Mooney, president
and secretary, respectively, of the min
ers' union. Others are said to be held
on les serious O.lenses, but all are
said to be held As result of the trou-
BILE growing out Of the miners union
effort to organize the southern West
Virginia coal fields.
The committee sent from the con-
vention here to call on President Har-
ding consists of j. b.. Virgins Of
Spring, w. Va; F. c. Hughes of Cliff
ford, Ills.; and e. j. Giles of Charlton.
Iowa. In naming the committee, Pres
ident Lewis declared the miners wished
to prevent "any massacre" but did not
disclose the private advices from West
Virginia that were the basis for the
alarm. A letter from Mr. Money, who
is at the Mingo county jail, was said to
have told of action which made the
prisoners fearful.
While the convention was at a stand
still, various committees were at work
on speed-up program with a view Of
condensing the program to three days,
with October set as the latest date
for final adjournment.
No set order of business will prob
ably be adopted but the committee on
resolutions plan to bring some of the
more important of the six hundred Pc
titions bearing on variC19 subjects
before the convention. Tie t =, 'Hlou
in the form of resolutions, were dral,Cu
by local unions scattered throughout
the country.
Other committees are hurrying to
complete reports for the consideration
of the delegates, and the convention
leaders plan to hold sessions until the
work has been cleaned up, which has
Jagged during the last two weeks, de.
voted largely to faCtional strife.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
the support which was given him in

the support which was given him in
1918 when as chairman of the finance
committee he was in charge of the com.
mittee bill. There was no partisanship
then and the senator had the unre.
served and patriotic support of all SEN
ator% | regret that since the obliga-
tions forced upon us by the war must
be met, the senator from North Caro-.
lima cannot find it in his heart to dis
card partisanship and help get the
best possible revenue bill through con.
gress."
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
Atlanta Man To Argue First Case

Washington.-The reconvening of
Supreme court and the induction of
Chief Justice Taft into office marks
the opening OF . calendar congested
with cases, one of tie most important
of which, in its effect upon future il:i
cation in this country, is to be argued
early in the week by an Atlanta attor-
ney, Hollins N. Randolph of the law
firm OF Randolph & Parker. The case
at issue is without precent in the Su.
preme court OF the United States.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13

Martins Ferry, o.. Virginia Cooke.
1921 high schoo, gro late. lost her
class ring while Bathing In The Ohio
river at a camp maintained by several
local families above town. Billy
Zimmerman. seven, dived into the
water. He brought M handful Of
mud to show he had touched bottom"
in the han,tu. Of mud was Miss
Cookies ring.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
INDIAN MIND ALERT
Red Man Excels at Ability to Do
Sustained Thinking.
Professor Of Psychology Who Mas ess,
Making Tests Give, Results Of
His invsstieaN9ns.

Austin, Tex.-For the last three
years DR.. T. r. Garth, professor OF
psychology of the University Of Tex.s,
has been making tests Of the Inenisl
capacity Of the Indian. the negro ana
the Caucasian. These investigators
have brought to light the fact, he sA.'s,
that the American Indian has a. '@rt
q mind o. white peSplc. He recently
spent SOME ,.me among ;he nfsnS .
New Mexico End Oklnnoliu, largyslb
on his teIts.
In Oklahoma, Docto. Garth Vi f. i
the Clio g indian Trainins sch"
which Is supported by rhe t,"cla,
aLd wh'ci OFFERS instruction . ,o.
clan ,hi'd m -hrN.@u yh"' 10Th su ''.
He also v!s'-.h IN jnGi0' 'sa.,i ..
h"cuei We. \. J.. vWt r
students from 10Y. >cv NJ
Arizona.
"In all testea = 90
sometime, Ovei ho'
lb!i-u''ON, lliV CN
eighth to fIteen r'h
saiu. "cNnle of i md.
promising md have e,;i
ties. lie tofrrp ~ '"ag
Indian for in,tnic ice' D.. -
below that cf--the vi a.. y,
dian cvcels both - Mh' az
n mental f.
"Nutinuo luI 'rr a a.. g'y'
process"
In The col, ~ q"
Dc"tcr Gar', conduc
group of 100 Indian >lu
ferrrd ,rd trs;. - pr ,,"M"
first, while green, mnAGr, l2'IoN. -
pie and white occupied nj,,U,e g. ,ni
positions in the scale of preference
I hay" tried tbs color test
60 tegr students. said Doctor -
.! al blue is the color preferred
Psychologists consider the selectic =.
NiUc ~ sign of inteN gencc. W =
! ,r,cd the rd''e tCst ,hGUr" -t., :
H. lndinnS would iuu .". "
l.orH, hur they ans" 'd r, "'y ,
& = ,l' tr>t was over 'lr o. III" v.
d'nn gill>.Camr rN +" '.' 100
| a."
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
Labor Committee To Hold Hearinqs

Washington.-The senate labor
committee will resume hearings in
Washington soon in its investigation
of disorders in the Mingo, West Vir.
ginia, coal region. Chairman Kenyon
announced recently that it had been,
planned to start the hearings soon,
but it was found impossible to obtain
witnesses.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
AlI.Woman Jury Tries case.

Sumrall Miss-Misi' s,ppi's hrst
all-woman jury rendered a verdict IN
justice Of the peace court here in
favor of the defendant :, litigation be.
tween Mrs. Rassy Reed and Mrs.
Ia IRA Speed, involving ownership Of a
COW and ,alf, The constable refused
70 summon the women as Jurors as
directed and the couy, appointed q
substitute to carry our his orders.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
Bonds Fixed ~ $1,45O,O 900,

Chicago. Bonds for FIVE alleged
aombers caught by police in the act
Of bombing shoe repair shop few
days ago, have been fixed at 81, ,45O,
900. Municipal Judge Haas said t.
figuYe b1d been made so large be-
cause the men had endangered, = the
lives of women aud children.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
Urges Acceptance OF offer BY Ford

Washington.-A ceptance of Henry
Fords offer for the government-buil
Muscle Shoals (Alabama) nitrate plant
and power project was urged in il
statement issued here by James A.
Smith of St. Louis, member of the
committee appointed by the Mississippi
Valley association to investigate pos
sible future uses Of the Muscle Shoals
properties. Declaring he holds no brief
for the Detroit manufacturer nor any
financial interests in; his plans for op-
Grating the plant, he, asserts that Mr..
Ford is entitled TO a.sGuare deal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
Gold Discovered In North Carolina

A8heville, N. C.-Considerable ex.
citenent prevails in the Tuckasegee
river valley in Graham county over
the discovery of rich vein of gold
on the farm of A. H. Garland. At a
depth of IS feet the quartz is showing
increased richness. Property value
have suddenly leaped in that section. G.
NJ. Edwards, san engineer of Canton.
n. C., returning from that section, re-
ports valuable specimens have been
found during the past week about u
mile and half from the Tennessee
line.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-10-13
Frank T. hardWick Dies At Dalton

Chattanooga. T. Hardwick,
one of the most prominent and veal
thiest men of north Georgia. died re-
Gently at his home in Dalton, Ga,
MIR. Hardwick was largely interested
in the banking and manufacturing
business Of north Georgia and Chatta-
nooGa.