The Rice belt journal., October 14, 1904, Image 1

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Ladies' and Children's
DRESS HATS
Also Ready-to-Wear and Outings. New
Shades, New Shapes, to suit Everybody.
PAUL W. DANIELS
Welsh and Ikeville\ Louisiana
SIGNAL CLOTHING STORE
"Breaths there a man with soul so dead,
"Who never to himself hath said--"''
I wish I had a Gerson hat to place upon
my head!
"Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was as
white as snow,"
But it had no better wool upon its back than
the Clothes in GERSON'S STORE.
J. S. IERSON, LOUISIANA.
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Advertising Louisiana.
The editor of the Journal ac
knowledges receipt of an invitation
from Col. T. J. Anderson, general
passenger agent of the Southern
Pacific, to be present at a meeting of
Louisiana real estate agents and
others interested in the development
of the state, to be leld in New Orleans
to morrow in the Progressive Union
rooms. Philip Coverdale has sig
nified his intention of attending and
it is probable he will be the only rep
f'esentative from Welsh.
Mr. Anderson issued the following
letter:
"The sale and development of lands
triblutary to this Company's lines
through the efforts of its organized
force of land and immigration agents
has been such a factor in establishing
conditions which make for flourishing
communities and happy homes that
it is the desire of the Southern Pacific
to establish a similar agency for the
Purpose of imparting to the northern
homeseekers a thorough knowledge of
Louisiana, and to induce immigration
to that State. It is my desire to
d4vise the real estate men of your
State fully regarding our immi
gration methods, and to what extent
we will join hands with them in a
aovment of this character. For this
Purpose a meeting of the real estate
Agents of Louisiana will be held at
New Orleans in the rooms of the Pro.
.I Bassive Union No. 311 Baronne St.
on Saturday, Oct. 15th, 1994."
Notice to Rice Farmers.
y the latter part of next week I
1l have in operation a mill to grind
itce for feeding purposes at my feed
s"r in Welsh, either for cash or on
"1L, 1. M. WEST.
There is Nothing
Better Than :
DEFT WARELRE
For the Kitchen
IT WEARS LONGER AND GIVES BETTER SERVICE THAN ANY
OTHER. WE NOW HAVE A FULL LINE READY FOR YOUR IN
SPECTION. IN FACT WE SELL ANYTHING YOU MAY NEED FOR
THE KITCHEN, FROM A HANDSOME STEEL RANGE TO A TEA
STRAINER, GIVE US A CALL. PRICES RIGHT. :: ::
S0 looe lrvaor e Co., Ii0ieto,
Welsh, Louisiana.
Rice Crop Estimate.
Assistant Secretary Wade D. Mar
shall of the Louisiana and Texas Rice
Millers and Distributors' association
has given out the official estimate and
report on the 1903-04 rice crop.
Statement of rice from the crop of
1903, commencing August 1, 1903, com:
mencingAugust 1,, 1903, to July 31,
1904, issued by the Louisiana and
Texas Rice Millers and Distributors'
association and the Rice Association
of America:
Rough rice received in Louisiana
mills, outside of Crowley, 1,479,908
sacks.
Rough ric\ received by Crowley
mills, 843,732 sacks.
Rough rice received at New Orleans
from Louisiana points, per statement
from Morgan's Louisiana and Texas
railroad, 751,244 sacks.
Rough rice received at New Orleans
via steamboats and railroads, except
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas rail
road and Donaldsonville, 440,314sacks.
Total rough rice, Louisiana 3,542,.
253 sacks.
Rough rice received by Texas mills,
1,542,252 sacks.
Rough rice received at New Orleans
yia steamboats and railroads, except
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas rail
road, 162,288 sacks.
Total rough rice, Texas, 1,705,036
sacks.
A recapitulation shows:
Louisiana crop, 1903, 3,515,258 sacks.
Texas crop, 1903, 1,706,036 sacks.
Total, 5,230,294 sacks.
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Board and Booms.
Scholars in atctndance at the pub
lic school or business college, desir
ing board or rooms at a reasonable
price, should call upon Mrs. Joseph
Ladd.
FINER:Eiy IN Il) N 01" OF iE(.'CEl''
Faihure to Settle 4 laims ihesults in Tie
Up of Local Plant.
'i'The (C'tral Oil and Refining Con
pany. organized under the laws of the
State of Louisiana and caitalized. ac
cording to the charter filed with the
Secretary of Str :,, at one million dol
lars, becaus, ,; its failure to meet its
obligation I ;!; gone into the hands
of a receive..
The Jour: ::1 was unable to ascertain
the compa( t 's liabilities, but the total
will pro,aildy aggregate several
thousand dollars.
Tobe Slaughter, general superinten
dent of construction and an experi
enced oil refiner, has been appointed
receiver. Mr. Slaughter was seen by
a Journal reporter, and when asked
fora statement refused to say any
thing for publication other than he
had been appointed receiver.
The details were arranged in Lake
Charles among Messrs. S. M. Scott,
Ira Elliott and other gentlemen asso
ciated with the refining company, con
sequently little information could be
secured. It is known, however, that
the action of the company in asking
that a receiver be appointed was the
culmination of the suit instituted last
week by L. E. Robinson and H. A.
Davidson for a claim of ten thousand
dollars together with several minor
claims.
Just what disposition will be made
of the refinery plant is not known.
Only a little more work is required to
have it in readiness for operation,
but whether capitalists can see their
way clear just at this time by pur
chasing it is a matter of conjecture.
We will probably be able to givemore
information next week as the directors
will meet Tuesday for final action.
S. M. Scott, a prominent oil and
rice man of Beaumont, was the prin
cipal promoter of the enterprise here.
With him were associated several oil
men from Kansas and Robt. H. Childs
of Marietta, Obio, the discoverer of a
new method of reducing oils. The
company was organized with a capi
talization of $1,000,000, the major por
25c Toll No Commission! No Insurance!
No Storage!
No Other Charge Except the Pockets for Your Clean Rice!
Per Barrel
We will buy your rice for cash or toll mill it for 25c per
barrel and render you account sales in 10 days from receipt of
goods. Our name and reputation are our guarantees for hon
est treatment, and our references are any of the reliable farmers
o n who have been doing business with us for years. We are the
fr 1largest buyers, dealers and millers in America, owning three
mills with a daily capacity of 1,750,000 pounds. See our buyers
A. M. ARTHUR, Welsh OOr.iRchnR. Ave PHILIP COVERDALE,
Jennings. and Adams St. Welsh.
Rough Rice! National Rice Milling Co.
)HENRY KAHN, President, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
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tion of which was promised Mr. Scott,
it is said, as an inducement to experi
ment with his new discovery here.
Progress on the plant had not pro
ceeded very far until it became gener
ally known that the reserve fund of
the company was low. Last week some
foreclosures were made and being un
able to settle the claims a receivership
was asked for.
Fatal Freight Wreck.
The second section of freight train
No 241 on the Southern Pacific was
wrecked at New Iberia Monday mor
ning. Fourteen freight cars were
heaped across the double track. They
caught fire immediately and were con
sumed.
Jacob Fridman a wholesale fruit
dealer of Lake Charles and well
known in Welsh, lost his life beneath
a refrigerator car loaded with fruit.
He attempted to jump, but was
too late, the car turning upside
down on him.
The wreck was caused by a brake
beam on a car coming loose and fall
ing through on the track. The train
was making about forty miles an
hour. The car left the track and ran
some distance, and finally straddled
both tracks, upsetting the fruit car
next to it. All fourteen cars piled
into a heap. Trains both east and
west were delayed for some hourq.
The body of Friedman was not re
covered until 3:30 o'clock and was
sent to Lake Charles.
Evelng Reheol.
The Welsh Normal-Business Insti
stute will erranize an evening class
next Monday evening at eight o'clock.
tLA1IN . lIOIY% M,'OWN (:.tLt 'LL IJ'.
Mlake% proplosition to I;ire Mills to nlhyv
Intead of Milling on Toil.
In a rather heated article addlresed
to the Beaumont Jounllal, in ans w'r
to one by whi5spering I'eQrry Vlh
Fladdin, HTenry IlKahn, of the National
lRie Milling t'o., throw ws down the
gage of battle to the toll millers,
thu ly:
\\hatever the New O()leans doaler's
faults may he. he is not, as a11nnV
toll inilling country mills are, deal.
in, indiscriminately without due re
gard to value in the property of
others, and I don't think that even
my esteemed friend, Mr. McFaddin,
will deny the fact that no man can or
will work as hard for higher prices
when he is selling other people's
rice as he will when he is selling
his own.
When all the mills buy their rough
rice from the farmer, paying cash
for it, then the clean product will
be theirs and they will be selling their
own property, and not the property
of others, as they are to day.
Competition for the rough rice will
make higher prices for the farmer:
and legitimate competition in the
clean will cut down unreasonable
profits, both to dealers and the mil
ler, if, as it is claimed, such protits
exist, and we will hear no more ar
guments as to whether 40c or 35c
with sundries, or 25c with no added
charges is a fair price for milling:
nor in my opinion will we hear of
such prices as $1.50 and $2 per barrel
for good rough rice, which is the
price today.
So convinced am I of the correct
ness of my views on this question bf
toll milling and its effect on the
market that I am willing, on behalf
of the National Rice Milling com
pany, to make this proposition to
all the country mills, viz.,
That if they will stop toll milling
and each and every one of them will
buy every bag of rough rice they
have in their mills and warehouses
or control for toll milling, we will
go in with them and buy every avail
able bag of rough on the basis of
$2. 50 per barrel of rough for No.
1 rice f. o. b. country. If they will
do this, they will raise the present
market from 50c to 75c per bag round,
which would mean at least $2,500,000
to $3,000,000 increased price to the
farmer and would save the industry.
Interesting Religious Service.
The services last Sunday at the
Congregational were exceedingly in.
teresting. At the evening service E.
C. Coverdale sang with splendid ef
fect "The Holy City." Rev. F. C.
Laslette took for his subject "Luther
and the Reformation," and judging
from the rapt attention given him the
people were deeply interested. Mr.
Laslett said, what made Luther the
man he was, he got hold of the Bible
which has buttressed nations with
truth and righteousness and guided
multitudinous souls into endless life.
By searching the scriptures be found
out that he was a sinner, and the only
way of deliverance was through the
redemption of Jesus Christ. Half way
up the Scala Sancta a voice spoke to
Luther, the "Just shall live by faith."
He responded to the voice of Christ
and thus his whole life was changed.
The reformation teaches three things.
First, a free conscience-let every
man think for himself. A man must
do this as be values his own soul and
hopes to please God. Alone I was
born into the world-alone I must face
the duties and responsibilities of live.
Alone I must pass through the vallev
of the shadow and stand before God.
ILet no man or priest or eelesaeticsl
body prevent my heart to heart com
munion with God.
Second, open Bible. Luther flung
open the golden clasps of the Bible
and broke the chain that bound it to
the altar.
Third, the doctrine of justification
by faith, which is the foundation of
the church, of personal liberty, life
and character. It is the sum and sub
stance of all preaching. Luther's
words were "Look to the Cross of
of Christ, Look and Live." Thus af
ter his life's work was done he passed
to meet the Christ he loved and serv
ed. In the market place of Eisleben
stands his statue before which Charles
the Fifth, Frederick the Great, Peter
of Russta,4Napoleon, kaiser Wilhelm,
all have bowed their heads. Well
might they-their names have shaken
dynasties and thrones, but Luther, by
his simple faith and trust in Christ,
has left an abiding presence on the
souls of men. ..
nuicker Time to St. L,ouis Fair
i VIA MOBILE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Commencing June 5th, the famous
St. Louis Limited of the Mobile &
Ohio R. R. (The World's Fair Route)
will leave New Orleans at 6:50 p. m.
and arrive at St. Louis the following
afternoon at 5:52, instead of 7:04 p. in.
as heretofore. This train is a solid
vestibuled train of the very latest
pattern, carrying one of the finest
Pullman Sleepers made, besides Libra
ry Observation and Parlar Cars,
Dining Cars with large electric Fans,
fine Cusine and service ala Carte.
Extremely low rates for 15 day, 60
day and season tickets to St. Louis
and return account of World's Fair.
F. E. GUEDRY, D. P. A.
22W St. ('harles Street,
New OUrems, La.
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RICE SACKS
9 oz. Sacks - - - 8 1-2 cts.
CRESCENT SEWING TWINE.
WM. P. RUSSELL, JR.
At Bell's Store t
Levee Bill Enjoined.
An injunction was sworn out before
Judge Conrad Dehaillon Saturday
by the opponents of the ,Mermentau
levee bill, with the view of testing the
constitutionality of the law creating
it. The Crowley Signal summarizes
the objections as follows:
Briefly out lined these reasons are:
That the law is unconstitutional be
cause the district created by it is a
table land not subject to 'overflow by
salt water: that the contemplated dam
would interfere with drainage: that
the lands owned by the Orange Land
Company, of Lake Charles, would be
injured: that the term "levee" is a
misnomer, the real intent of the law
being to build dams and locks, and
not levees, and that the same are for
private purposes: that the law is local
and special; that no notice of intention
was given as required by Art. 50. cf
the Constitution of 1898: that the bill
being a revenue raising measure,
originated in the Senate, in con
travention of the Constitution: that
there is no provision in the State
Constitution for the construction of
locks and dams; that none of the con
ditions that the law purports to cor
rect actually exist: that the execution
of the law would involve the ex
propriation of property without war
rant of law; that the enterprise is not
public, but that it is for the benefit of
a few.
The petition prays that the defend
ant be restrained by the (ourt from
acting under the law or carrying out
any of its provision until the peti
tioners have an opportunity of duly
testing the validity and constitution
ality of the same.
Southers PaolIei Makes Concessios.
An innovation in freight rates from
the Jenning oil field to the refineries
at Port Arthur and Gladys City has
been inaugurated by the Southern
Pacific system. The rate fixes
charge of 3.12 cents per hund
pounds on crude oil from Jenning
these points, in minimum trainloads
of twenty cars, which is quivalent to
about 20 cents per barrio, and will
amount to a substantial 'eduction in
the charges previously made. The
railroad company was induced to
make this rate by the producers who
desire to transport their product to
the refineries, and who were talking
seriously of constructing a pipe line
in the event of their inability to pro
cure the reduction. This new arrange
ment portends an immediate and-sub
stantial forp rd movement in the in
dustry, as one company is already
preparing to snip a solid trainload
,(1 oil from Jennings every day.