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Official Journal of Jefferson Davis Parish
SIII. WELSH, JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH, LOUISIANA, FEBRUARY 28, 1913. NUMBE
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Welsh Boy Married.
• Mr. Omer C. Russell
Sue Sonnier of Vin
solemnized at the
of this city by b
at eight o'clock Mon- L
Sa young man that has
here in Welsh, and
a all our people. For
be has been working in v
ilds of the state, and a
gtime recognized as one r
ble drillers in the
e daughter of one of
tprominent families
and was charmingly
.olored silk voil over
when the ceremony
Russell remained in i
days visit with the
Mr. and Mrs. T. P.
Which they returned
Russell is drilling,
eect to make their
No. 31
rig of more than4
M cattle or horses on
time.
it ordained by the
the Parish of Jefferson
be unlawful for any
.to drive more than
of cattle or horses
Irrdge on any public
It further ordained,
or persons violat
of this Ordinance
a- misdemeanor, and
re any court of
shall be fined
than twenty-five
tban one hundred
for not less
more than thirty
the discretion of the
Sfurther ordained,
shall go into
from and after its
lion.
9th, 1913.
H. COOPER,
President.
S. R G6, ASSOCIATION
DECLARES 10 PER CENT DIV1
Sec. Dr. Wilkins Able T'o Be About c
Again After Several Days Illness
Association Stronger Than
Ever.
Secrethry A. C. Wilkins, of the
Southern Rice Growers' Association, I
who has been confined to his bed by ill
ness today returned to his desk and C
began the issuance of ten per cent c
dividend checks en the capital stock of
the Association, authorized by the t
Board of Directors at their last meeting
The Association is now stronger
financially, and in point of membership
than at any other period of its exis
tance, and the outlook for the coming I
year is favorable in every way. Mem
bership is increasing particularly in
Louisiana and in the Houston district.
In Orange County, Texas, and in the I
territory west of Houston nearly every
farmer belongs to the Association,
while in the district between Orange
and Houston membership is increasing
e rapidly. In Arkansas the strength of
the Association is keeping pace with
the rest of the rice belt.
Reports from all parts of the rice
belt indicate that farmers are well ad
vanced with preparations for the new
crop. An increased acreage is fore
casted, but little fear of low prices on
this account is felt, on account of the
n increased consumption and the market
e stability brought about by the farmers'
co-operative, Association.
ir Highest and Lowest Points in the
World.
The maximum difference in elevation
fn of land in the United States is 14,777
n feet. according to the United States
ie Geological Survey. Mount Whitney,
n the highest point, is 14.501 feet above
in sea level, and a point in Death Valley is
?s 276 feet below sea level. These two
Ic points, which are both in California, are
d, less than 90 miles apart. This difference
.t is small, however, as compared with
e the figures for Asia. Mount Everest
id rises 29,002 feet above sea level where
,d as the shores of thel Dead Sea are 1,290
ve feet below sea level, a total difference
d in land heights of 30,292 feet. Mount
s Everest has never been climed.
e The greastestocean depth yet found
is 32,088 feat, at a point about 40 miles
d, north of the island of Mindanao, in the
its Philippine Islands. The ocean bottom
at this point is therefore more than 11i
miles below the summit of Mount
Everest.
The difference in the land heights in
Europe is about 15.868 feet.
II I l IIII III 'I !
Much New Land Being Opened Up
South of Town This Spring.
That there will be a considerable in
crease in the rice acreage that will be
planted this season seems to be the
consensus of opinion by all who are in
a position to know, and it is an equally
well assured fact that Jefferson Davis
parish will have her share in this in
crease. Many of the rice plants that
have been laying idle for several years
past, south of Welsh are being brought
Under cuitivation again this season.
The Ed Morris Plantation of something
over 700 acres, which was recently pur.
chased by A. T. Jones of this city, has
been idle sometime, but is being pre
pared for seeding as rapidly as men.
teams and a thirty horse tractor can
do the work. The Lee plantation is
also being reclaimed this spring, while
the Bergen Brothers of Crowley, who
purchased the Lacasene Plant, that has
laidout for several years, are prepar
ing to put in several thousan4 acres
of rice on it this season. It is estimated
by a well known planter in the southern
part of the parish, that at least 16,000
of rice will be sown on the Lacasine
branch this year over and above last.
Relative to thb large increase indi
cated throughout the rice belt. Dr.
Wilkins, Secretary of the Southern
Rice Growers Association, stated, in
conversation a few days ago that there
would undoubtedly be a large increase
in the amount of rice planted this
season, but that he believed the Rice
Growers Asociation would be able to
handle it and maintain the price. He
said the Association was muLh stronger
no* than it had ever been and was
gaining in strength all the time,
ORDINANCE 29
AN ORDINANCE to prohibit the haul
ing or placing of carcasses of dead
animals on the public highway.
Section 1. Be it ordained, by the
s Police Jury of the Parish of Jefferson
', Davis, that from and after publication
e of this ordinance, it shall be unlawful
s for any person or persons to haul or
o place any carcass of any dead animal on
e any public road or highway in said
e Parish, or within forty rods. of such
h public road or highway; Any person
or persons violating the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
0 shall be punished by a fine of not less
e than Twenty-Five (25) Dollars, nor
more than ($100.00) Dollars; or by im*
prisonment in the Parish Jail for not
less than ten (10).days nor more than
Ld thirty (30) days, or both, at the discre*
Stion of the court
Section 2, Be it further ordained, etc
e That this ordinance shall become effect
i lve immediately after its first publica
LI tion.
t Adopted January 22nd, 1913.
Attest: JNO. H. COOPER,
L. E, ROBINSON, President
in Yeas, Six, Clerk.
Noes, None.
WASHINGTON NEWS Gui
NOTES UP TO DATE,
T
has
President Taft, Consolidating Troops we
For Invasion of Mexico if Neces- tap
sary-Many Social-Political gas
Functions Mark Close of We
Administration. wh
gas
lea
Washington D. C. Feb. 25, 1913. der
President Taft has held a series of rea
hol
special Cabinet meetings over the str
Mexican situation; and it is announced aft
that the administration believes in hav- the
ing troops ready for an emergency in rea
case Congress decides that hostile in. bel
vasion of Mexico is necessary. But the the
President is determined that no such cor
sal
step shall be taken unless absolutely del
necessarY.,
Appropriate services in memory of cat
those who lost their lives fifteen years o
ago by the destruction of the Maine is 1
were held last week in Arlington Ceme- vel
tary, over the graves of those buried wi
there.
It now seems that the getting to. tle
gether process of the Republican Party
will not be from the top, but from the
bottom. Not the leaders, but the rank
and file will be the agents to work the
cementing of the party organization. At
A dinner in honor of Uncle Joe co
Cannon, retiring Speaker ot the House, St
was one of the greatest politico-social mi
functions of the season. From far and mi
near politicians' who have served or
fought him, gathered to do him honor, tr
and fairly buried him under an aval. ca
anche of praise, congratulations and Ti
farewell blessings. President Taft was sc
present and made an address. The
Chief Justice of the United States also ac
made a short speech and, by doing so, at
broke an age old custom observed by of
former Chief Justices of not speaking in
at political gatherings. tc
The address of President Taft in the sc
Senate last Saturday, in memery of the " ai
late Vice-President, James S. Sherman, fi
marks the first time a President has
spoken in that chamber since the days tl
of Washington.
A record of "trust busting" has been
established by Attorney General Wick. '
ersham who, following his notable
victories in the bathtub and cptton e.
t corner cases, has. just filed four more
anti-trust suits. He has filed, during
his four years service 81 suits against
trusts; nineteen more than all his pre- 11
decessors together. 1
President-elect Wilson's new book on
the "New Freedom" has just made its
appearance on the 'news stands. In it s
. he scathingly arraigns big business, '
severely criticises the principles of the
Roosevelt party, and reiterates his in
I tention of pruning the tariff; but scouts
p the idea that he is for free trade. 'The
= Womens Democratic Study Club, com
h posed of forty or fifty fair politicians
and wives of prominent statesmen,
will study Mr. Wilson great book "The
State" during the next inonth.
At the close of one of the most suc
cessful automobile shows ever held in
Washington, the agent of a leading
manufacturer declared that, if the in
dustry is to succeed, manufactulers
must seek to "sell satisfaction" Instead
of trying to make olg profits by con
stantly changing the style of machines.
SAccording to Dr. Kabler, United
States .drug expert, more than 150,000
ounces of cocaine are annually con d
sumed in this country, over ten timesi
the amount actually needed for medi.
Scinal purposes. The drug habit, he says
is no respector of persons, and is to.day
one of the greatest perils this country
faces.
With the many dinners and enter
talnments being given dally in honor
of Mr. Taft and other out.going ofmcals
social Washington is fully awake, and
the season, which had a fitful beginning
promises to eclipse all previous dinner
giving records. The arriva! of'Lent
has made no appaclable difference in
the social.world, although the events
are quleteriand less fortmal than earlier
in the season.
If Coast Well No. 11 Comes In A Ass
Strong Gaser With Favorable
Symptoms.
'he Gulf Coast Oil Company, which
been persistent drillers in the A
ish Field for the past four years, plel
ped one of the strongest flows of abl
that has ever been found in the tra
Ish field, the latter part, of last week 1911
en their well No. 11 broke out as a son
;er, shooting gas, oil and sand at The
st fifty feet above the top of the the
rick. While the driller had not for
iched the depth at which he was is I
)ing to make a strike, an unusually sut
ong flow of gas broke forth shortly ass
er they had stopped drilling late in for
afternoon, preparatory to making as
Ldy to begin Idrilling into what they He
ieved was the oil formation. Before wo
,y could cap the well and get it under by
itrol, it had thrown gas and oil. 1
Lurated sand far over the top of the fan
crick. While they have the well of
pped, they have not yet got it under kni
atrol sufficiently to permit them fro
ing on down into what they believe bel
the real oil formation, Further de. laa
Lopments of this well will be watched ste
th a good deal of interest by the the
ople of Welsh, as well as by the gen
,men who own it.
Cattle Raising.
The scarcity of live stock in Europe,
istralia and some South America fei
untries, as well as in the United CO
ates. give rise to warnings from
any sources as to the future price of to
eat. in
If the prediction of one expert comes te
ue, within a short period of time
.ttle will sell for 18 cents on the block. sb
lis would mean double the present nx
ale of prices. in
The only remedy is the raising of TI
Iditional numbers of meat producing gi
limals. It must be done by the states t1
the south and southwest. The farms
this section are peculiarly adapted tc
thii industry. What is needed is
:ientific methods both as to breeding cc
ad care of animals and economic T
eding.
If every' farmer in Louisiana knew p1
ie results of methods of feeding which pl
ave been worked out by the Univer- P
ity Experiment Station, and if they p
rould adopt these, the money returns
a the individual and the state would be l(
normous.
Figures given by one student of the d
ituation, proved the necessity of an s
acrease in cattle production. The t
allowing is just one statement that in a
tself is sufficeutly convincing. "Since 9
900 the population has increased 25 s
er cent.,the beef supply has shrunk 28
Per cent." s
The Soil Fertility League has also s
;ome interesting data on this subject. s
rheir report shows in 1910 every 100 i
ersons owned an avenage 90.2 cattle. b
'en years later the ratio had dropped a
to 68; the hog ratio formerly 84 is now t
11; sheep 12 years ago 68, now 57. c
these statements speak for themselves. s
-Ex.
ORDINANCE NO. 28
AN ORDINANCE. levying a three mill
school tax in and for the Parish of
Jefferson Davis, Louisiana, in com.
pliance with Act No. 257 of 1910, a
joint resolution amending the con.
stitution of Louisiana, ordering the
Police Juries of the various parishes
to levy a special three-mill tax for
school purposes, and setting aside
said amount for said purpose.
Sectioa 1. Be It ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Jefferson
Davis that a three-mill tax on all prop
erty of the Parish of Jefferson Davis
subect thereto, be, and the same is
hereby levied for school purposes for
the year A. D. 1913, under Act 257 of the
Geairal Assembly of 1910.
Section 2. Be it further ordained etc.
that the amount of taxes arising from
this levy of three mills be, and the same
is hereby set aside for school purposes,
as contempleted by said Act and Con.
stitutional Amendment,
Section 5. Be it further ordained, etci
thatle Parish Tax Collector be and he
is hereby authorized to assess and
carry the same upon his trolls for the
year 1913 against all property liableI
therefor, and that the tax collector be
and he is het'eby authorized and
directed to collect the same for said
purpose.
Adopted January 22nd, 1913.
Attest: JNO. ILfCOOPE,
L. E. ROBINSON, resident.
Yeas. Sir, Clerk.
Noes, None.
ssessor L. L. Richard Conipleting
Transfer of 1912 Assessment
Rolls For Territory Comprized
Within J. D. Parish.
Assesssr, Luke Richard, is just cost
leting a very important and commend*
bie piece of work, which consists of
ranscribing the assessment entries for
912 of all property comprizing Jeffer,
on Davis, from the Calcasieu records.
'hese transcripts will give Mr. Richard
he 1912 assessment as a working bases
or making out the 1913 assessment. It
s in no sense Mr. Richard's intention to
ubstitute the 1912 assessment for the
ssessment that will have to be taken
or 1913, but simply to have it at hand
.s a guide to conditions in the past,
le has spent about two weeks on this
work, and expects to have it completed
iy the end of this week.
Mr. Richard also expects to so
amiliarize himself with the conditions
if the parish as to be In a position to
now whether lands that are growing
Irom 8 to 15 bags of rice per acre are
wing carried on tle rolls as "Iasture
ands" at from $2.^9 to $5.00 per acre in
Atead of bearing its just proportion of
the taxes of the parish.
ORDINANCE No. 27
AN ORDINANCE describing and declar
ing what shall constitute a lawful
fence.
Section 1. Be it ordained that a
fence constructed of wire alone shalt
consist of four barb wires, the first
wire to be fourteen inches from the
ground, with a space of twelve inches
to the second wire; a space of twelve
inches to the third wire; a space of six
teen inches to the fourth wire; with
posts not more than ten feet apart.
Section 2. A plank and wire fence
shall be constructed of three planks,
not less than six inches wide and one
inch thick, and two barb wires with
posts not more than ten feet apart.
The first plank four inches from the
ground with a space of five inches to
the second plank; a space of six inches
to the third plank; a space of ten inches
to the first barb wire, and twelve inches
to the second barb wire.
Section 3. A plank fence shall be
constructed of six plank, not less than
six inches wide and one inch thick.
The first, four inches from the ground,
with five inches space to the second
plank; six inches space to the third
plank; six inches space to the fourth
plank; seven inches space to the fifth
plank, and seven inches space to the
sixth plank.
Section 5. A rail fence shall not be
less than five feet high.
Section 6. All the plank and pieux
used in the construction of the above
described fences shall not be less than
six inches wide and one inch thick and
the posts not more than ten feet apart,
and not less than two feet in the
ground, and net less than four inches
square on its equivalent.
Section 7. That the owners of all
stock, horses, mules, cattle, hogs,
sheep and goats shall be held civilly re
sponsible before all courts of competent
jurisdiction for all damages occasioned
by such stock breaking said fences or
otherwise passing over or through
through said fences into fields of the
owners of the crops for damages to
same as well as that done to the fences.
Section 8. That this ordinance shall
take effect from and after its adoption
and promulgation.
Adopted January 22nd, 1913.
Attest, JNO. H. COOPER,
L. E. ROBINSON, President.
Yeas Six. Clerk
Noes None.
ORDINANCE No. 32.
AN ORDINANCE making it unlawful
for any person or persons to take
any dirt from any.public road right
of way.
SBe it ordained by the Police Jury of
the Parish of Jefferson Davis, that it is
unlawful for any person or persons to
s take, haul away, or use, for private use
s or for any use other than the building
Sand maintaining of the public roads,
any dirt from publc road right-of-way.
Section 2.l e it further ordained,
' etc., that any person or persons violat*
n ing the provisions of this ordinancfe
Sshall be deemed guilty of a misdemean
Sor. and upon conviction therefor befori
any Court of competent jurisdiction,
shall be fined in a sum not exceeding
e twenty-five dollars, or be imprisoned in
d the Parish Jail not more than ten dayst
or be subject to both fine and imprison
e ment at the discretion of the Court.
SSection &3. Be it further ordained,
d etc., that this ordinance shall go into
d eflfect and be in force from and after
its adoption and promulgation.
Adopted February 6th, 1913.
Attest: JNO. IH. COOPER,
t. L. E. ROBINSON, President.
SYeas, Nine. Clerk.
Noes, None.
1 REDUCTION ON ORY
00ODS. MEN'S SUITS
AND HATS.
imona Goods NOW 13- c
ular 2o cent seller
·Woolen Goods, suitable for
ng Skirts, thirty-six in. O 49c
e, regular 75c
Fancy. Hats Now 9
_ular $3.00 and $3.5o Hats
al Clothing Store
.anam an aanm
J. ii. Hobgood
Dentist
Office
Over Cooper Drug Store
JUDGE E. T. LEWIS
,perml *.1 opebeasas
Attorney-at-Law
ROOM 1, STATE NATL BANX
Jennings, La.
WM attend to any law busiess
intrusted to his charge in this
and adjoining perishee. 34tt
Dr, B, J LaCor
roENMtIo.
Office Opposite Auditorifa
Ph6une 162.
