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Jefferson Davis Parish's Leading Weekly Newspaper
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WELSH, JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH, LOUISIANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1918 NUMBER .1
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Q FOl FARMERS
AND OTHERS BY
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To the Public:
This is to inform you that an of
d of the United States Employ
e reot service has be ai opened in the
State bank buildin.g, Jennings, La.,
for the purPose of helping employers
, ind labor and labor to find work.
For the carrying on of such a
S ork there is being established five
ranch offices of the United States
Employment service in the various
prts of the State. Each of which
Sa given territory, and all com
a snications should be sent to the
cffice representing that territory.
The office at Jennings represents
Southwest Louisiana.
In case the officer in charge is un
Sable to secure the labor or position
i) an his territory, he appeals to other
) offices for aid.
As the name indicates, this office
deals with skilled and unskilled la
bor in every branch or division of
service. And I hope that the pub
ie will not get the erroneous idea
that this office deals with govern
reit work only. While we do scure
some labor for government work, we
also secure labor for each and every
man or woman who wishes to em
ploy any kind of labor.
Further, positions are secured for
anyone wishing employment in any
kind of work, at no expense to either
employer or employee.
It is conceded that there is not the
surplus of labor that there was be
fore the war, owing to the fact that
there has been such a strain on labor
from military draft and Government
works; but I feel quite confident
that we shall be able to find labor, or
employment for you, if you will sub
mit your labor troubles to this of
I sincerely trust that patriotic cit
izens will cooperate with the United
States office in every possible way
to assure plenty of help for our t
food supply, and the carrying on of
every business that shall help to de
feat the Hurs.
All communications should be sent t
to the U. S. Employment Service, h
Jenings, La.
Sincerely,
Byron B. Harbert,
Junior Examiner in Charge.
TAKEN UP.
Taken up by the undersigned-1 r
hay mare, 12 hands high, brand on
right hip seems to be JC, wire cut
lear on right hoof, harness marks;
also I gray pony, very small. Corey
brand and saddle marks. Claimants l
Prove property, pay costs and take.
MIl3lte J. E. Montgomery, Welsh.
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SPECIAL
JUST ARRIVED
The Latest'Styles in
I Ladies' Skirts
in Poplin and Taffetas
at prices that
CANNOT BE BEAT
3. 50 TO $750
SHIRT WAISTS
Jap and Tub Silk, Crepe de Chene and Georgette
12 Different Styles
R.SMIT II .
Near S. P. Depot Welsh, La
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URGENT CALL
FOR VOLUNTEERS
SERVICE MEN
IN INDUSTRIES
Volunteers wanted from Class One
White Men who are physically un
fit for full military service but who
are fit for limited or special service.
1. Do not list any man outside of
Class One, white men.
2. Do not list any man who is
physically fit for full military ser
vice.
3 Listing of men under this cir
cular is not Induction, but, like the
Nation Want Column, is merely for
information.
4. Men listed will shortly be called
under a special call, and if the list
of volunteers is insufficient, other
men will also be called.
5. If the total volunteers are more
than are needed, some will be called
and others will not.
The Military Aeronautics branch
is in need of certain skilled men. Men
rqualified for special or limited mili
bary service only will be accepted un-I
ler this call. Men qualified for gen
eral military service are not desired
for this service.
Repeated requests have been re
:eived at this office for an oppor
:unity for limited service men to en
:er the service. These men will be
?ngaged in spruce production work
for aeroplanes, which is interesting
snd healthful work and if properly
resented should appeal strongly to
iualified registrants.
The following types of men di
;ired; locomotive engineers, fire
nen, railroad grade foremen, rail
oad track foremen, wooden bridge
:arpenters, locomotive repairmen,
;elephone linemen, surveyors or rail
oad instrument men, telegraphers,
lraftsmen, pile driver foremen, sta
;ionery engineers for donkey en
ines, steam shovel operators, cooks,
:Jerks, railroad brakemen, railroad
,onductors, and a large number of
aborers, carpenters, steam fitters,
electricians, auto mechanics and
luto drivers.
Local boards must be notified im
nediately if you have a desire to
enter into any of the above said
ines of servico
We must know at the earliest hour
)ossible.
Local Board for the Parish of
refferson Davis, Jennings, La.
JENNINGS BOY
NOW SECOND
OFFICER AT THE
GERSTNER FIELD
Jenniniigs Tinees-Record:
Major Ira Longanecker, Lieuten
ant Howard and Lieutenant Modlish
of (Gerstner Feld were dinner guests
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Brown Funk, flying over at twelve
o'clock Sunday. Major Longa
necker was formerly a Jennings boy,
having been employed by G. H. Morse
& Sons here in 1902, leaving here
at that time, enlisting in the regu
lar army. He has served his coun
try four years in the Hawaiian
Islands, two years in the Phillipines,
has traveled through Europe and has
been stationed at several points
throughout the United States and
during the revolution in Mexico, with
the aid of field glasses, saw one of
the great struggles between Fran
cisco Villa and Carranzistas. Major
Longanecker was located on a small
mountain some three miles from the
battle and he makes the statement
that the fight was very spectacular.
At the time of the entry of the
United States into the present war,
Major Longanecker was transferred
from the Infantry to the aviation de
partment and had been stationed at
Washington, D. C., until April 15th
when he was transferred to Gerts
ner Feld where he is now second in
command. He is a son of Jacob
Longanecker at Roanoke and a
brother of Aaron Longanecker, all
of whom are well known here. Only
a few days ago the Major had the
extreme pleasure of landing his ship
at his fathers' front door near Roa
noke.
ELTON BOY SCOUTS
TO HAVE CELEBRATION
The Boy Scouts of Elton wish to
annoonce that they will have charge
of the 4th of July celebration at El
ton this year and cordlially invite
each and every one of their neigh
bors to be with them. Boy Scouts
of neighboring towns are especially
invited and will be given the free
ldom of the grounds on presentation
of proper credentials.
Those in need of Belts for any
purpose should see Armstrong; their
stock is complete.
ENTIRE RICE CROP TAKEN OVER BY
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR WITH PRICES
ESTABLISHED BY U. S AGREEMENT
The 40,000,000 bushel crop the
rice farmers of Louisiana, Texas, Ar
kansas, California and the South At
lantic states expect to make this year
will be passed on to the consumer
under the direction of the Unitedl
States food administration, control
of the rice market having been as
sumed by Food Administrator Her
bert Hoover.
A committee composed of three
men selected by the food adminis
trator, as provided for in an agree
ment he has entered into with the
rice millers of the United States will
supervise the distribution of the crop,
determine grades and classify the
output. These men are E. A. Eignus,
secretary treasurer of the Southern
Rice Growers' association; J. H. Ro
man, district manager for the South
ern Rice Growers' association at New
Orleans; J. E. Broussard, president
of the Rice Millers' association. This
committee's headquarters will be in
Beaumont.
Its chairman, E. A. Eignus was
listrict manager for the Southern
Rice Growers' assocition at Eagle
Lake, Texas, when it was a young
and struggling organization. Four
years ago the directors of the asso
ciation placed him in the secretary
treasurer's chair, which he has filled
ever since. Under his direction the
association has grown greatly in
membership and influence. More
than 3000 rice growers are its sup
porters now, forming a union power
ful enough to resist and defat any
combination of market raiders, and
to protect the consumer as well as
the producer from the consequences
of unbridled speculation.
When the question of taking con
trol of the market with a view of
preventing manipulation and profi
terring during the war presented
itself to the food administration Mr.
,Hoover looked to the association to
represent the growers in the matter.
Mr. Eignus was invited to submit a
form of agreement that would be fair
to all parties concerned, and, in the
end, his sliggestions were adopted in
uvery essential particular. As pre
pared by Mr. Hoover this agreement
was found to be satisfactory by rep
resentative river rice planters of
Louisiana, who are not members of
the Southern Rice Growers' associa
tion, at a meeting in New Orleans on
May 13, and the members of the
Millers' association, at their annual
meeting in Houston on May 14,
adopted a resolution which obligates
them to sign it.
The committee appointed by Mr.
Hoover to see that the terms of the
agreement are complied with will'
take over the employes and the
squipment of the Southern Rice
Growers' association. It will also ap
point state committees to value all
rice offered for sale. The expenses
of these and of all other employes
will be paid out of a fund to be
created by the collection of a fee of
6 1-2 cents from the millers for ev
ery barrel of rice milled by them for
distribution. The millers will pay
this fee on all rice bought from
planters who are not members of the
Southern Rice Growers' association
member of the association. No fee
as well as on all rice bought from
for grading and selling rice will be
collected by the association from its
members during the life of the agree
ment.
Each state valuation committee
will be composed of three members,
two of whom will be employes of the
Southern Rice Growers' association.
The third member in each instance
will be a representative of the mills,
recommended by the millers in each
state to the general committee. His
'salary will be paid by the general
committee.
On the part of the food adminis
trator, it is agreed that in the
event of any material increase in the
cost of growing or milling rice, or in
the event of any material change in
the price of like commodities, he will
canse the prices named in the agree
ment to be revised, so that the
growers and the millers shall have
fair returns.
On the part of the millers, it is
a ,reed that they will pay the follow
ing prices for rough rice bought for
milling, f. o. b. points of ship
ment: Honduras (river type) Nos. 1
and 2, $7.25 per barrel of 16:
pounds ;Honduras No. 3, $7; Hon
jluras, No. 4, $6.75; Blue Rose Nos.
I and 2, $7 Blue Rose Nos. 3 and 4,
. G.76; Japan Nos. 1 and 2, $6.75;
Japan Nos. 3 and 4, $6.50. Other
grades to be paid for on a propor
tionate basis. In addition, the
agreement provides that the millers
shall not, after October 1, 1918,
purchase in any month more than
one-fourth of the entire crop of a
grower whose production is in ex
ceis of 3000 bags, except with the
express permission of the United
States food administrator, actingt
through the committee appointed to
supervise the distribution of the
crop.
It is further stipulated that the
millers shall not sell rice, or rice by
products, at higher prices than the
following: Fancy Honduras 8 7-8
cents per pound; choice Honduras
8 1-2; fancy Blue Rose 7 5-8; choice
Blue Rose 7 1-2; fancy Japan 7 1-4;
choice Japan 7 1-8; second heads
6 5-8; fancy screenings 6; screen
imgs 5 1-2; brewers' rice 5 1-4; rice
polish $50 per ton; rice bran $36 per
ton.
In addition the millers agree to
sell the cleaned rice manufactured
from a barrel of rough rice at a
gross average advance of not more
than 50 cents above its cost deliv
ered at mill, plus 6 1-2 cents, and in
no event to sell cleaned rice and by
products at prices higher than those
listed above. Furthermore, they are
not to engage in custom or exchange
milling, or in toll milling, except
to supply an owner of rough rice with
clean rice to satisfy his requirements
and those of his dependents for a
reasonable time.
Ex-governor L. E. Hall was in
Welsh Wednesday shaking hands with
his friends and former political sup
porters and casually introducing his
candidacy for the senatorship in the
coming campaign which wilt elect a
successor to the late Robert F. Brous
sard. He rightly feels that this sec
tion will wield a considerable influ
ence in the final results of the cam
paign and is therefore making a bid
for support here while the bidding
is young.
FOR SALE.
Small steel Case separator-just
the right size to operate with any
one of the small tractors now in the I
field. Thresh your oats with this
machine.
M. B. Van Ness, Welsh, La.
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8 A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS 8
8 Will every patriotic man and woman in Ward Six 8
who is willing to be called on at any time during the
month of June between the dates of the 10th and 28th 8
8 leave .their iame and telephone number at the Calca
8 sieu National Bank during the week? 8
Jefferson Davis parish has been called iuipon to
pledge $4130U0.00) to purchase War Saving Stamps S
Sand it will require the untiring efforts and co-oper
Oation of every loyal citizen in the parish to successfully
8 carry on the work of obtaining these pledges.
A parish headquarters will he established during
the week where work will he laid out and reports re
8 ceived during the month. 8
Please do not read this and then forlget that your
Government is c(alling on you for your support in
every way possible. 8
w8 OS E. C. WILLARD, 8
SWAR SAVINGS STAMPS I Ward Chairman.
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UNITED STATES 6OVERNMENT 8
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REGISTRATION
GERMAN ALIEN
FEMALES WIILL
BE MADE SOON
Shreveport. La., May 28.-Under
instructions from the Attorney Gen
ceneral of the United States, issued
ly the authority of the President's
proclamation of April 19th. 1918, a
rk2 istration of German alien fe
nmales throuchout the Western Ju
dlicial district has been ordered to
take place.
Those required to register are de
signated as follows:
All natives, citizen, denizens and
subjects of the German Empire or of
the Imperial German Government,
being Females of the age of 14 years
and upwards, now within the United
States and not actually naturalized
as American citizens are required to
relister as German alien females.
The time for such registration is
fixed to commence at six a. min., on
Monday, J.lunel7th, 1918 and to con
tinue each day successively there
after, except Sunclay, June 23rd,
19)18, between the hours of six a. inm.
and eight p. m., up to and including
Wednesday the 26th day of June,
1918, at eight o'clock p. m .
The Chiefs of Police in the cit
lies of Shreveport, Alexandria, Lake
Charles, Monroe, Crowley and La
fay-ette. are the Chief Registirars for
said citie-, and their assistant regis
trars shall be such Captains, Lieut
enants or Sergeants as the Chiefs of
Police shall designate.
In all other places the Postmaster
shall be the Registrar. All who are
required to register shall furnish to
the registrar four unmounted photo
graphs of herself, not larger than 3
hby 3 inches in size, on thin paper
with a light baekiround. The photo
graph Thall he of the shoulder and
full face. without hat or other head
covering.
Persons required to register shoubl
understand that in doing so they are
giving proof of their peaceful dispo
sition and their intention to con
form to the laws of the United
State?.
Female natives, citizens, denizens,
or subjects of the AuAtro-Hungarian
Empire are not re-uired to register
under these regulations unless they
come within the provisions of the re
quirements abcve stated.
All German alien females coming
within the provisions of this law, an-I
who are required to register there
under are instructed to present them
selves to the rc-istration officer of
their district within the time speci
fied, for registration, and for compli
ance with all the provisions of the
paid procklaation.
Ar' 'criman alicn female who
fails to comply with provisions of
the law governing sai(i registration,
in adllition to all other penalties pre
scric;lbed Lv law, is liable to restrain .,
imprisonment a:nd detention fir t;,
duration of the war, or to run othC
penalties as are prescribe) by law.
F. H. Gosman, Chief Registrar.
J. H. Kirkpatrick, U. S. Marsh A.
We have just received the lat
est designs in Permanent Guarai;.
teed Silverware -knives, forks,
olive forks, pickle forks, saia e
forks, table spoons, tea spoors,
ice tea spoons, sugar shells, cream
ladies, desert spoons, gravy
ladels, and butter knives.-Greer
Brothers, Jewelers.
A Cash Prize
\Ve will give the association's commission
on 500 sacks of rice to the membnher of the
association, Welsh district, or member of
his fiamily, who sends the best letter on
the subject:
"What the Association has
Done tor the Farmer."
DrThe decision will be made by three dis
interested parties.
Letters should be addressed to the office
of the ýoutliern Itice Growers association,
\\elshi, La., and must bec in +he office not
later than June 20th.
The right is reserved to publish any one
or all letters received.
This is an opportunity to win about $40.00
with a very little effort.
Southern Rice Growers Ass'n.,
Welsh Office
