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UE XIIY. WELSH, CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA. AUGUST ',0, 1912. NUMBER 14
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00 EISTEED IN
ERSON DAIS PARISH.
Completed by Deputy
e. Books Closed Sat
Unltil After Sept. 24th
registration of the parish
a Davis was completed
eigbt, with the books open
otur the temporary parish
Sin charge of Mlr. Dan
wbom Clerk of Court Mr.
Gossett appointed as a
oamplete the work after the
Of Mr. C. Iitre's short
registration was carried on
omost fairness to all parties
While the time for regis
s cut shorter than was at
d it wopld be on account
lesgl technicsI' iv:, the reg
is quite th hb, and few
itbi pr - Wcre quali
+, * Il fact the
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edby even
wes. The
m'ne of clos
books Sh Urds. night was
among the several wards
as follows:
One, Lake Arthur, Precinct
well 14, Total 3is.
o, Jennings, Precinct 544.
Rasmoud, Precinct 132
Five, LeBleu 72, Edna 35,
Sr1, Welsh 271, IRoanoke 63.
Seven, Ardoin 45, Todd 51,
31, Total 127.
t, Forman 81, Woodlawn
184.
1ine, Thompson, 70, Topsy,
Alfalfa Hay for
Jones Bros.
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WHY THE " 17 * , O % ' a '
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ATED AT WELSH -
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cause it is nearer the b s z / 6 s IJ * z / ,- " 3
1e4Uterial Wealth of -
Tanany other place 7 s 9 t ' ao ,/ 1/2 9 e/ ,o // d 7 9 /t/
fotr the Parish Seat. 7 1 7 / a 7 /
use it will, in time /t /7 qWa
ely the center of 4 n
a of the Parish, a ; ý` / I h a* a,
r town competing *. 7 7. - s 27
seat can ever
ox
Use every point in the parish, sI S at 1 st 3s )J S a o s+ sr 36 Si JZ s,
beyond the Calcasieu river ex 6 N
thin easy driving distance of a 9 Z
hsnot of any other town com- , a / V a 9 y /° "
parish seat. 9 II
4<a
,as shown on the map, it IN ,r I, a I r i, i r
ita a radius of 11 miles be , I
Welsh as its center, it will in- .9 o It 20 at
pa art of every Ward in the
a similar circle drawn with 3 2 u 1 t a$ - - 4 E
t. center would entirely miss
lad 9, would include but five 3 sr R 3, s s s
of Ward 5, and but a small -
4Md 7, and would not include 4 - I P
Ward. z
a circle drawn as above i1
,,370 square miles, or approxi
ths of the area of the entire s r e A
a limit of 11 miles of the M U
/ 1.2t, - s t b" z i %% /b a
a circle drawn as above A
as tle Center would leave t *7 1 r o ý' SD A? 2 7 .* r so 30 2a 7 26
400 square miles, or almost -3 3 r f
the entire area of the J' V ' 33 , 3
than ELEVEN miles from
WELSH CAUSE STRENGTHENED
BY MARSHALL'S RETIREMENT
Was Not in Accord With Wishes of
People so Made Room for Another
as Editor of Elton Progress
Relative to the comment made in the
JOURNAL at the head of an article re
printed from the Elton Progress, en
titled, "This will settle it," Mr. C. M.
Marshall, who has resigned his po
sition as editor of that newsy little
paper, makes the following statement
in the Jennings paper.
"Elton, La., 8-24-'12.
"Editor Times-Record:
"My attention was called today to
an article appearing in the columns
of the Rice Belt Journal of Welsh and
under date of 8-22-'12. In this Mr.
Read, the editor of the aforesaid
journal, has stated that I am un
equivocally for Welsh. When Mr.
lHead undertakes to prove that he or
others, the nianagementof the Progress
included, that they have ever heard
Sme declare for WVelsh, they will find
that they have been barking up the
wrong tree."
We are ipleased to learn Mr. Mar
shall's actual position on the parish
seat Question. As his name stood at
the head of the editorial columns of
the Progress, and as the article in
question, was published as though
eminating from the editor of the paper
containing it, and was not credited to
any other source, we are sure we are
excusable for attributing so imeritori
ous an article to the facile pen of the
eaitor.
We can but commend Mr. Marshall
for resigning his position as editor of
the Progress, for it is an assured fact
that a local newspaper cannot fulfil
its mission of good in the community
if its policy, and that of its editor are
not in harmony with the best interests
and wishes of the community. In
stating that he is ;n favor of locating
the parish seat at Jennings, Mr. Malr
shall is admitting that his views on
this all absorbing question are not in
accord with the views and wishes of
the great majority of the people of
Elton and surrounding country, who
are broad minded enough to realize
that the best interests of the )Lparish
will be served by locating the parish
seat at the center, rather than at the
extreme border of the parish.
As we are assured that the policy
and publication of the Progress will
not be eTffected by Mr. Marshall's
resignation, other than that a more
capable man, whose views will be in
accord with the wishes of the people
will assume charge of the editorial
department, we feel that Mr. Mar
shall's resignation from the editorial
staff of the Progress cannot fail to be
of great benefit to the cause of locat
ing the parish seat in the center of the
parish.
RICE ASSOCIATION HELD
SECOND MONTHLY MEETING
Attendance Fair.-Good Program Car
ried Out.-Next Meeting Prob
ably be Held at Night.
The second of a series of monthly
meetings of the Southern Rice Grow.
ers' Association was held in the
Auditorium in this city Saturday.
The attendance was fair and good pro
gram was carried out.
Mr. P, J. Unkel addressed the meet
ing on the subject of unity, illustrat
ing his remarks with a piece of rope
one end of which he had untwisted.
This, he said, illustrated the condition
of the farmers a few years ago, when
they were all leaning in different di
rections, while the firm strong rope
(Continued on page 4)
PARISH SEAT SHOULD
BE LOCATED IN CENTER
Will Save Thousands of Miles Travel
to the People of the Parish
One of the princilple reasons ad
vanced by our good friends, the Jen
nings parish divisionists for the
division of the parish was, "that the
court house ought to be in reach of
the people." This was a point well
taken and should be of sufficient
weight in Itself, to induce any fair
minded man to vote for locating the
perish seat in the center of the parish,
and we believe when the average man
comes to see just what it means in the
matter of saving miles of travel by so
locating it instead of locating the seat
of government ever on the Merrmentau,
he will vote for locating the parish
capitol in Welsh, the center of the
parish. In order to bring this matter
clearly before the voters we wish to
present a few facts and figures relative
to the number of miles farther the
people of the parish would have to
travel should the parish seat be locat
ed at Jennings instead of Welsh.
As the distance between Welsh and
Jennings is 11 miles, it is evident that
every man living on the west side of a
line drawn north and south through
the center of Welsh, would have to
travel 11 miles further in goaing and
11 miles further in returning f:om the
parish seat if it were located at Jen
nings, than he would haveo to
travel, were it located at Welsh A
total of 22 miles would ne added to
the distance any man living anywhere
vest of the Welsh meridian would
have to travel in making a trip to the
parish seat, if it were located at Jen
nings, over and above what it would
be necessary for him to travel if the
(Continued on last page)
MEMBERS OF OEM. EX,
COM, TO EE CHOSEN SEPT. 3
Sub-Committee of Democratic State
Executive Committe Adopts Reso
lution Designating Manner
of Holding Primary.
Le it resolved, By the sub-committee
of the Executive Committee of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
appointed pursuant to the resolution
of the said Executive Committee,
adopted July 23rd, 1912, at Baton
RIouge, that the primary election here
tofore ordered by the sub-committee
for September 3rd. 1912, in each of the
parishes of Allen, Beauregard and
Jefferson D)avis, for the election of a,
D)emocratic Parish Executive Commit
tee in eaeh of the said parishes, be
conducted or hold in the form and
manner as follows, to-wit:
The said election shall be held at
the regular polling places and in the
regular prciincts of Calcasieu parisn
as they existed prior to the creation of
the parishes of Allen, Beauregard and
Jefferson i)avis, and shalt be held and
conducted by the same commissioners,
clerks and other otfficers of election
chosen to hold and conduct the Con
gressional and Judicial primary: but
there shall be provided at each of the
said polling places where any of the
electors residing in any of the said
new parishes shall be entitled to vote,
a separate ballot box, appropriately
numbered, for each of the newly cre
ated wards of the said new parishes,
whose citizens shall be entitlen to vote
at such polling pi.ces, in which separ
ate box the electors of each of the said
newly created wards shall deposit the
ballots by which they shall vote for
the ward committeemen and for the
coImmitteenen at large, and the chair
man and the secretary of the Parish
(Continued on last page)
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT
LOCATION OF PARISH SEAT
Views Expressed by Men of Other
Parts, With Comment.
The Jenningrs T'imes-IRecord says5
in its issue of ýAugust 21i:
"The people realize that the general
welfare of all concerned can best be
guaranteed by naming as the parish
seat a town that is easier of access to
a majority of the residents than is
any other contestant for the parish
seat."
There is no doubt about tue truth of
this assertion, and a single glance at
the niap of Jefferson IDavis parish on
this page will convince even the most,
earnest Jennings advocate that
XWELSiI, located in the cexrct goo
vraphical center of the parish, is far
inure accessible to a greatrr portion
of t h e parish t It a n IJennings,
locaten in the extireme eastern
edge 14 the parish, can possibl he.
Welsh l.as identically thre sane rail
road accmi(ntodationw tihIt .Jllllr(irg
has, and in addition is within easy
driving distance of every pi t of the
parish except Topsy, whlile J.eunin ii
is so far to one side that the residents
of a large portion of the uarish would
be unable to drive there and transact,
business and return tihe satire day.
Hon. J. 0, Modisette said;
SIt oulght to be worth something to
a farmer, merchant or other business
man, to Ie able to return to his home
in the afternoon after the courts of
justice adjourn for the day, if he be
summoned as a witness or juror, and
,thenr retuirn in tihe morning for the
r next day's session."
SMr. Modisette is an intelligent man
Sand the triuthi of as sensible a state
- went as the one quoted above cannot
be questioned, even by his enemies,
should hie have any. much less by hie
friends, a few of whom are seeking to
discredit the truth of the above state
ment by trying to locate the parish
seat over on the Mermentan where a
lhrve portion of the "farmers, mer
chants and other business men''
would NOT "be able to return to their
homes in tihe afternoon after the
courts of justice had adjourned for
tihe day, should they be summoned as
a witness or juror." We believe Mr.
Modisette was sincere and meant what
he said when he made this statement,
and the only way it is possible for
this condition to be fulfilled is by
locating the parish seat in the center
of the parish,
The Jennings Times-Record says,
in speaking of the recent registration:
"Hundreds of names are being
placed on the (registration) rolls in
the western part of thie parish, who
are ABSOLUTELY INCAPACIATED
for the use of tIe elective .franchise."
As we see it this assertion can have
but one meaning, and that is, JEN
NINGS thinks the people of tire west
err plart of the parish are too ignorant
to vote intelligently. We are of the
opinion that Jennings is mistaken,
and will find that at least 115 per cent
of them know that it will be to the
advantage of the people of the parish
as a whole to locate the parish seat
in tire center, rather thaa on the ex
trerne eastern be rli r.
Again Mr. Modisette says:
"Inform the voters also that the
grand juries mind petit juries are paid
mileage aid per diem; that the bigger
the parish the more irileage arid cost
to tire taxpayers, the more imcon
venienice to the gentlemen, whoever
tbev be."
Will not the location of the parish
seat at the extreme edge of a smaller
parish work a similar hardship on the
( people that a more centrally located
a parish seat worked in a larger one?
If so, why locate the parish seat at
Jennings, which is :2 miles from the
southwest crner of the pam ish, 42
miles from the northwest corner and
25 immiles from Lauderdale in the north
when it should be located in the geo
graphical center, where it would be
readily accessible to all?
Constable Sale.
Third ward City Court, Parish of
(alcasieu, State of Louisiana,
City of Lake ( harles.-P. H.
Goodmran vs. No. 1516
Andrew Louviere.
liv virtue of a writ of tfri flcisa issued and
to me directed by the Honorable Court afor-e
sail. I have seized and will offer for sale at
public auction to the Ilast and highest bidder
with the benefit of appraisement, in front oi
the office o!the Second Ward Jnstiee Court in
the town of Welsh, La., parish of Calcasien, on
Saturday. September 28, 1912,
bvetwen l'amr male hours, the following de
scribed property to-wit:
Lots? and n, Block 13 West & West sub. In
the town of Welsh, La., to ether with all ia
ptovements thereon, seized under said writ.
Terms--Cash on day of sale.
DOLZE BOUR 'EOIS,
* Constable Second Ward, Welsh, La.
