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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WELSH AND JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH Volume XX, Number 37. Welsh, Louisiana, Saturday, March, 26, 1921. $1.50 Per Annum in Advance c-- .--f % --- '-.~ - · -- - - --. . ... .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . IDIHTANI MEETINA OF RICE FARMERS -0----0 - ,I Be Held at Welsh Auditorium Next Monday Night. -Uo Mr. A. 11. ,l, c i'urnI y requjiests .e Journal to announce a meet I of the farers of' this coin punity at We\\'lsh Auditorium Monday night, Marcll 28th., and to urge upon every one interested i the rice industry the import seof attending. Seine very imlIorlant matters ,ill come before the meeting for jcion, it is announ'ced. One of the consitderations of the meting it is understood will bel t~resoluioins adopted by a meet g of Calcasieu interests held in like Charles \V'edlncsd:y night. Bankers, businsc , miien and all who are interested in the rice in 1justry are invited to attend this maeting. ------- -- - .. . ILAUGHLIN OIL WELL Sl.AIfING COMPLETION o- .ed'linterest is centered about t operation of the McLaughlin Oil Company on the C. A. A. artin forty southwest of tow n. A for mation entirely dilflerent from tht encofntered in anly previous tes in this section of the Gulf t Cast has helt out the entire aplh of the hole, which is now aund 3,000 feet deeIp. Those familiar with drilling ions in the Louisiana and fields contend that tlhe for through which the Ie !Mlin well has been drilled is I Iat similar to that of the Caddo I {ilbd. The entire 3,000 feet, with isenieption of a few pockets of liand sand, has been drilled lgh hard gumbo. The forma is of such a nature that no aigg has been required, drilling bi eontinued in the open hole. ' Iqorts jeceived from the well IlifThursday were to the effect the drill was working in a h lard rock. much confidence is manlli i. the McLaughlin well that in leases has begun in the at enhanced values. A. Anderson Dead. I'iWCeetnxt has been ireceiv of the death of Mr.. J. A. u which occured at Po California, Tuesday, March r. Anderson was formerly of Welsh. He moved to Jennings about seven later going to Califor ideson issurvived by his dauldgters, Mrs. Charles ilt J. N. Mills and Miss Adllerson all of California, Jordan of Mississippi; '"Prof. Ward Anderson, t of education in arisuh and Burr Ander a member of the G. A. h Masonic fraternity, ip in the latter hav with Welsh lodge this death. .,7--0-- COMMITTEE CONTROL OF CLEAN MARKET •'-0--o hnt meeting of Cal , bankers and lusi id in the court house, last Friday night a trelirng' cle.tn rh~ic wa:i offered is that all now in the hands of be pooled and that an )made with rice miills a certain fixed charge ied by a.valuation oposed that the rice the profit to the Scents per pocket, :hlesaler at fifty and that of the per cent, making iell fancy rice any tlton at seven cents lmes This plan it is tite farmers $3.75 per ii 4 FARM LOANS - RATES PROMPT SERVICE st Louisiana Farm Mortgage Co. Lake Charles, La. SL CAPITAL AND SURPLU8 $500,000.00 ome company, with ampli capital and the deasire *S for real estate loan requirements. President iL. TI Halt, 8ecrw, {Viee Presaldent 3. 0. Willard, Jlge 4Y·, *' >+ ARN OF NEW EGA IN HICH SCHOOL WORK Citizens Are Proud of Educational Structure Dedicated Last Friday. -o Hundreds of proud and enthu siastic citizens attended the exer cises dedicating Welsh's new $175, 000.00 school last Friday after noon and night. After a thorough inspection of the building all heard on the subject have agreed that it is "the last word," and no suggestion or criticism was offer ed. The structure and workmanship of the new building comes near perfection. It is strongly built, the best brick and concrete only being used, and the interior, while per inanent, is beaulitkul. The building is three stories, built according to the latest ideas of school architecture. Every room is an outside room with an abundance of lighl, ventillation. It is steam heated, electric lighted with circulating water and sani tary connections in every depart ment. The first floor contains the do mestic science departrlent; gym nasium, manual training depart ment, shower baths, lockers, etc. The second floor contains class rooms and recitation rooms for the primary and intermediate clas. ses. The principal's office is also on this floor at the left of the main entrance. The third floor contains the high school slud(lynd class rooms laboratories, etc. One of the most striking fea tures of the building is the audi torium. It is equipped with 600 of the most comfortable opera chairs has amplle stage room, dressing rooms and a motion picture booth. The dedication exercises, which began Friday afternoon at 2:30, were attended not only by patrons of the school, but those prominent in educational thought and devel opment frohi various parts of the parish, from Lake .Arthur, Jen nings, Roanoke, Thornwell, Rice: Fenton, and Woodlawn, as well as Lake Charles and other points. Exercises in the 'afternoon ifi claded addresses by, Mrs. R. F. Weichert, president of the parent teachers' association, and B. F. Mitchell, principal of the school; music by the high school chorus. The girls of the domestic science class, under the directionship of Miss Rhoda Robinson, served re freshments from their department throughout the afternoon and eve ning realizing in the neighborhood of $75.00, at 5 cents per. The program in the evening opened with a prayer by Rev. R. L. Weldon, pastor of the Metho dist church. Supt. W. P. Arnette, presiding, divested himself of his heartfelt sentiments on the sub ject of school work here and throughout the parish. He was on the program for an address, but substituted a brief preamable P' what has been, is, and should e for the benefit of the schools. A rendition by the high school girls' octette, next on the program was received with hearty applause as were the violin solo of Miss Rogers and the male chorus. On the platfornt were seated the state iuperintendent of education, parish superintendent, principal of the high school, members of the parish school board, members df the building committee and the male chorus. The high spot in the eS6ning's program was the address of State Supt. T..H. Harris. In part Mr. Harris said: "It is a pleatre to spend an hour looking at a bcauti ful picture, or in the air of opti mism. We are living in a period of gloomjnd we enjoy getting-away from it and associating with things hopeful. "1 was never more surpris ed than when I saw this buildifig. I knew you were building a new high school, but this goes far be yondl my expectations. "I have always been an enthu siast regarding school buildings and willing to go the limit ,al L iA. GIGAll OIED DURING CHURCH SERVICE L,. A. Giggar, prominent citizen of Welsh died suddenly this (Fri day) morning during the church services at the Methodist Episco pal church. Heart failure was the cause. Mr. Giggar had arisen early in the morning, feeling as usual, and im company with his wife attend ed the siecial communion service at the church at 6:30. Hie talked with a number of his friend before the services, went to the communion rail to receive the sacrament and at the close of benediction was engaged in con versation with Mr. J. P. Campbell, when he suddenly toppled over in the bench. Medical aid was summoned im mediately and all done for his relief that could be, but before the doctor arrived he was dead. Funeral arrangements are not completed, pending the arrival of his three children, all of whom are in Texas, but will probably be held some time Saturday from the Methodist church. ------o- -- KATE RICHARDS O'HARE TO SPEAK IN JENNINGS * --o-- Kate Richards O'Hare, nation ally known socialist lecturer will speak at the W. C. T. U. Audi torium in Jennings on the night of Thursday, April 7th. Her sub ject will we, "Present Conditions, Their Cause, and the Remedy." though I haven't advised for the past two years the spending of much money in the erection of new school buildings. "I ought not to be surprised at what you have done. The old na tive stock of this community was good. The additions to it from the great progressive middle west has assisted in making this a wonder ful country. "Thirty years ago the brick school houses in the state could be counted on the fingers of one hand. There was no such person as aschool architect, and I want to say a good word for him. No one knew. how to build school houses, "but the architect has found that, and you have here a beautiful structure that will at tract the children to it. Because of its beauty and the strength of its aim it will tend to mould strong character. "There are two or three fea tures of this building that deserve special comment. Your gmyna Ssium should receive my first com mendation. It would be hard to say too much in support of it and its influence. Physical education is as important as mental educa tion; a good physical body is es sential to good mentality. -"The war showed us that 35 per cent of our young men were phy sicalI eificient. That such a con ditioniekisted is the fault of the parents and teachers. You have taken steps to remedy that and I congratulate this parish on hav ing a p1irish physical director,. "The second feature that I de sire to emphasize is your depart ment of manual training. Work is more impoitant than any one sut ject. The boys should be taught the honor of good work. The third is, much the same as the second, the girls should be taught the dignity and honor of making a home, : "In the last 15 years time the Sople of the state have invested ,'5,000000 in their public schools. We have only made the first step. What are we goYng to do inside? There are two oir three things I want to emphasize and the first one is music. "Music should be placed at the head of the list. It builds an atmos phere of 'hope. I want singing in all te classes, I know of nothing that stimtlates the mental, physi cal and spiritual as music does. '4The' second thing we should Sdo inside is to stimalate thought fujness, on the part of the children ald teachers. Our work is done too esily. There are too many er rors in our, English, Arithmetic,. and spelling. "The big job is not the plant, it is-not money, it is the teacher. We must have competent inspired teachers in every schqol. A col lege praduate in every high school position, a normal graduate with special training in all other places. .... :, ' o-- --" - RECRUTING OF MARINES , HAs BEEN R UMED Recruti tR t . US. Marines Corps . i was recently sus pended has now been .anumd._ acordiig a .vits reaolved from ti·Mariia orpe RectutlId Ste -, . . . , . fhf: + :-. - .. ·: ·· .; ·, .. " ,. ` -.+. - .+ q+14 ': ··· "'S+ ')+j t-' : i '' i. "+ : i:·, '+' " 1 " ' r +' ++" : .1 JENNIINS FARMERS PAY I RESPECTS TO ASS'N, Appointed Committee of Three To Act in Connection with ( Welsh Committee Jennings Times-Record: ti A large and enthusiastic gatlh bering of rice farmers'was held at the Court House Tuesday night. c No special speakers were preseht I Ibut the farmers themselves after I they got started opened up and r spoke from actual experience with f rice growing anhd the Southern s Rice Growers Association. Arouse a man by totwhing his pocket t book and he is a natural born or- i ator. U Many excellent talks were made v at the meeting and made with li firmness and conviction. ,I. M U Davis of the parish police jury. acted chairman and tired the op- E ening gun. He said four things were essential now with the far mer, agitation, education, organi zation and co-operation. One fol lows the other but all are neces- c sary in getting the farmers togeth- F er and making a success of the L business. Mr. Davis told many c interesting stories to illustrate his n points. d Mr. A. R. McBurney of Welsh v was called upon and he told what e the Welsh farmers are doing and b preparing to (1do to the Southern r Rice Growers' Association. They have raised funds and will audit n the books of the Association and ji have taken legal advice prepar- ti atory to going into court with the a matter if necessary. He asked Jen- p nings farmers to join them in the movement. ti I)r. L. G. Lewis of Welsh then a took the floor and emphasized the p need of co-operation and special tl interest on the part of the farmer a and to compel fair action from p the Association. He said that the o agitation of the farmers of the p last few weeks had already creat- d ed a demand for rice and that the tI price had gone up nearly a dollar that both millers and rice buyers 1 were sitting up and taking notice. Mr. Holifield then spoke. He ad vocated getting rid of all surplus F rice, swallow last year's losses and go at it again as if nothing u happened but to mix in a little v diversified farming and cut dbwn s the rice acreage. s Mr. T. S. Walker wanted to know just what constituted the s Southern Rice Growers Associa- n tion at the present time. Some re- 1 plied that it consisted of a few b autocrats in Beaumont who had lost interest in practical farming. a Mr. Walker then proceeded to lay v out the Association and made a P thorough job of it. d Mr. E. N. Daggett told of his 1 experiences as a former director in the Association and showed j that the Association was not work ing for the interests of the farmer. Sentiment among the farmers it very strong against the Associa-li tion and they have determined to c have a showdown. tl Money is being raised to co-op- 0 erate with Welsh farmers to bring a this about. Farmers feel as though I they have been snipe hunting and l ave been left to hold the bag. e SA Committee, C. G. Morton, W: r M. Clifford, and Mi. Holifield were appointed to handle the mat- 1 ter in connection with a like com- r mittee from Welsh. I --'O- NEW DORMITORY FOR I' EVANGELINE COLLEGE t --0---'. Basile, March 22--br. F. W. Loy i president of Evangeline College, I and Mr. Walton McCain, banker a of Basile, have just returned from a a meeting of the representatives I of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church held at Iola, Kansas, where it was voted that this society would, at once, erect, equip, and maintain a dormitory for girls connected with the Evangeline College, at Basile. The dormitory will be commo dious and modern, adequate for I fifty girls, in which Home Econo mics, Music, Art, and physical cul ture will be taught. The other sub jects of the collegiate course will ~be given in the other departukents of the college as already establish- 1 ed. SIt is expected that this \ido.rmi tqry will be ready by the opening of the season next fall. It is hoped that a dormitory for boys will be erected there in the near future. qThe girl's dormitory will- add another attractive feature to the beautiful campus of the Evange line College, when it takes its , placer among ,the oaks that date back.4o the days of Evangeline of I Acadia, for whom the college is ^named . 1 M and Mrs. L.LS. trsad two ~a hters of Lake Charles at • - " '.- " )"; : :. " ,,1 oGULE HEININ COIS I PUSHING DEVELOPMENT Drilling on the Gulf Rcfining~ Company's well in section 22-9-5 is being pushed to the utmost. Three crews, working in eight hour relays are engaged on the well, making rapid progress. This i. well is near the original Welsh v oil field and very nearly on a line a between two former tests made t, by the Gulf according to the state c ment of persons familiar with e former development work in thai c section. 1 There is a general feeling exist' c that su, cess will atlack to some ii if not all of Ihe present projects l unde, development. here, and I Ie h work is being watched N\ith the keens" interest by oil interesls a throughout the Gulf Coast. s o - EVANGELINE COLLEGE s GIRLS STUDY VALUE ii OF RICE " Basile, La.,-The second physi cal examination of the students of I Evangeline College was made by _lYr. L. M. Freeman. A few serious cases of chronic tonsilitis, ade noids and decarious teeth were a detectetd. In a few students there l were symloms of hook worm and S estigmalism. These findings will S be reported to the parents for cor rection. One exercise the boys in the P manual training department have \' just completed was the construe- tl tion of commodious bird houses V and the mounting of them on s poles in different parts of town. The young ladies in the domes tic science classes are, this week, S assisting the Eat More Rice cam- 11 paign by a concentrated study of C the nutritious values of ribe, and b are displaying their skill in its 5 preparation in the "Thousand and one Ways" of cooking it. This de- " partment will soon make a public s display of the garments made in tI the sewing classes. a 0tl HOLD YOUR RICE UNTIL JUNE 1, ADVICE OF QUINN t -- Beaumont Enterprise: 4 "If farmers will hold their rice r until June, 1, I believe the price h will be double what it is at pre- s sent," B. E. Quinn of Beaumont s stated Saturday. f "Farmers are being advised to tl sell but I tell every one who ask " me about it to hold onto his rice. ti The market is getting somewhat s better already. "When people realize that only d about 15 per cent of the crop that s was planted last year is being 'I planted this year, and that a great p deal of rice has been exported, the i price of rice is bound to go up." I -----o----- JENNINGS FARMERS JOIN P IN HOLDING MOVEMENT. i Jennings, Mar. 19.-About one v hundred rice farmers met at the s court house last night to talk over c the rice situation. Dr. L. G. Lewis s of Welsh told of plans that were II adopted by Welsh farmers. These S plans included a determination to t back up the Southern Rice Grow- a ers' Association in the handling of p rice already milled on contracts. f Lake Charles, Crowley, Oberlin, t Welsh and other points have al- t' ready begun the organization of local units of framers to work to gether to take care of what is left of the 1920 crop and to get ready to handle the 1921 crop. Jennings fell in. line and ap pointed nine men to do, the pre liminary work of an organization and will report Tuesday night at a mass meeting of farmers to be held at the court house at 8 p. m. Baptists Take Notice! Rev. A. H. Cullen of Jennings will preach at the Baptist church in Welsh Sunday March, 27th, at eleven o'clock. Come out and re ieve a blessing. Everybody cor dially invited and welcomed. ~-L-----o BASE BALL GAME IAS BEEN POSTPONED Out of respect for the late &Mr. L. A. Giggar who died this (Fri day) morning, the base ball game between Lake Arthur and W!lsh, scheduled for 3"30 this afternoon has been called oil. Heavy Cut In Rice Acreage Point a la Hachle.-Farmers in this section have planned to cut their rice acreage this' year to about 25 per cent of what it was last year. A portion of this land Will lie idle, but some of it willhbe planted to truck. The acreige 'in rsugar cane will be about the same Sas last year. Mr. and Mrs. John Rountred'of: Oil City are here on a visit to Mr. Rountree s mother, Mrs. Mattie SGuidry. oTlh drove hrrugh lU a car and theriioads in very "d . . ... ..'- ,. FARMERS WANT 10T KNOW WHERE THEIR RICE IS Sleuths Will Be Employed to Seek The Colored Gentleman in The Woodpile. o- At a recent meeting of farmers in the Welsh district about $800.00 was sqbscribed as the neuclus of a fund to employ competent talent to make a searching investigation of conditions existing, or presum ed to exist in the milling branch of the industry. Farmers are cla moring to know what has become of their rice, some of which was milled as long ago as last Novem ber, and is now somewhere, no body seems to know where. Farmers in Calcasieu and Ac adia parishes, as well as the other sections of Jefferson Davis parish are expected to swell the fund started here to an amount that will insure a full and competent in vestigation into every phase of the business. -O--- THE CARE OF YOUNG TOMATO PLANTS Tall, sappy, light g'teen plants are undersirable for transplanting purposes, according to H. C. Smith, garden specialist of the State University Extension I)ivi sion.`The rooting system is under developed as compared with the parts of the plant above ground. When such plants are set out in the field they usually suffer se verely and do not obtain a rapid start, he says. Continues Mr. Smith: "An ideal tomato seedling should be short and stocky. The leaves should be dark green in color and the main stem should be purplish. The rooting system should be large. "To obtain these conditions it will be necessary to water only sparingly. This should be done in the early morning on sunny days and just enough applied to keep the plants from wilting. The seed should be sown in drills about two to three inches apart. If this has been done the soil should be Stirred frequently between the rows to keep .it dry. If, the seeds have been sown broadcast a sprinkling of coarse sand over the soil will have much the same ef fect. Keeping the surface soil in this condition' will prevent the "damping off" disease, which is the most serious disease of young seedlings. c "If the seedlings are in a wii dow box they will tend to grow sappy, growing toward the light. To prevent this they should be placed in the open when the wea ther will permit. If the plants have been grown in a hotbed the sash should be removed when the tem perature is not to low. The bottom heat will tend to increase the root growth, bit too much top heat will cause the plants to be very spindly. If the plants are to crowded they are sure to grow spindly. In this case it may be necessary to .thin them out. Should this bh done, they may be transplanted three inches apart in a coldframe of other protected place from there to the field. Be fore removing tlqe seedlings for transplanting they should be wa tered heavily." Spend Your Money with your home zierchsnts., They help pay the taes, keep up the schools, build roads, and make this a com. .in nity worth while You i wl find the advertisrlg of th bet oes lthias paper. 000W000000000000 Protect Your Dollars by banking them with the Calcasieu National Bank of Southwest Louisiana, where every safeguard is taken for the protection of depositor's funds. Carrying substantial amounts of cash on your person or secreting it in home subjects you to all manner of risks which may result in financial loss. Money deposited here is afforded every protection regulations laid down by the Federal Reserve Board. . The Calcasieu National Bank WEL 8H O.F.F.I.C.E E. C. Willard, Manager E. F. Hardcastle, Asst. Mgr. ,, .. _! . .`•_ '" : - -i . SELSI1H EAI PLAYED FIRST CAME SVNOAY --o- Tie With Lake Arthur Being Play ed off Here To-day. ----- The Welsh base iall team play ed its first game for the season at Lake Arthur Sunday against that city's strong amnatleur organization Throughout the first four innings it looked like Welsh was going to be snowed under deep, but there after the home tow\\n re|presenta tives tightened up sutliciently Ito keep the attention of the aundience closely revited to the diamondl. At the end of the 131h long in ning it was nobody's game by a score of 7 to 7. The line-up was as follows. Lake Arthur -I). Comneaux. 3b: G. La Cour, lb; l)ug Comneaux, ss; Chapman, C; Clark, 2b; Gibson. If; Lyons, ci'; Blailey, rf; Sy. l)ud ley, p. Welsh-- Robin. 3b; (Goldsmith, lb; N. Romero, ss: \Walkins, c: A. Romero, 2b; Thackston, Ift; Lou viere, ef'; Abshire, rf; Ryan, p. Scores by Innings Welsh 000 040 200 010 11-7 Lake Arthur 130 020 000 010 0-7 Scores were made for Welsh, by Goldsmith, 2; N. Romero, I; Robin 1; Abshire, 1; and Ryan 2. Those scoring for Lake Arthur, were---I). Comeaux. 1; Chapman, 1; Clark, 2; Gibson, I Lyons, 1; )udley, 1. Honors between these Iwo teams are again being contested at Sportsman's park here this (Friday) afternoon. .------------o- EVANGELINE FARMERS FAVOR DIVERSIFICATION --o- Basile, March, 22-A large num ber of farmers and business men met here to take some .steps to ward crop diversification--away from the heretofore crop monarch rice. Last spring when the local hank advocated growing other crops than rice, it was met with the argument that enough rice could be grown on one acre to buy all the vegetables, pork, corn, milk, butter, chickens and eggs the family needed, hence little of these things was produced. Now the farmers see the error in their ways, and it easy to talk diversi fication. Three measures were decided upon. An agricultural livestock, and home economics fair will be held here this fall. Exhibits from all parts of the parish will.be en couraged. A sweet potato curing house will be erected. This section produces the "roots" bountifully, and the "curing" will insure themn safely on the market. Velvet and soy beans are going to be planted on somne of the heretofore rice land, and on the red rice land in stead of letting it "lay out and rest" as the beans will furnish winter feed, andimprove the land so that it will produce much more rice next year than if it hatd laid out. ------o----0---- PROCLAMATION Town Hall, Welsh, La. March, ist, 1921. In compliance with the provi sions of Ordinance No. 67 notice is hereby given that there will be a general public caucus held in the .City Hall, on Tuesday, March 29th, 1921 at 8:00 p. m. for the purpose of nominating candida-es for Maypr and Board of Trustees of the Town-of Welsh, Louisiana. All legal qualified voters of the Town of Welsh, Louisiana, are re quested to be present and partici pate in this caucus. JNO. W. ARMSTRONG, Mayor. M.5-12-19.