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-r~ :~ ,.- .". .. E R , N1I 1s Itf for Le's. wr n at'l.IiI B F J~NNENts, ML. lii. WELSH, CAOc.SIEU PARISEH, LA., FRi D AX. NY, VPIU\{BR 2Ž8. 19k),2. NO. 26. - - V v ~ - ·i . . Elegant Line of . Mýillinery and Dress Hats Just Received from Chicago. A gs Dress Good and Trinuings Just Line of. .z es ,T in. Call and see some of the latest patterns. PAUL W. DANIELS, Welsh, La. The Leader in Low Prices. *+++++ + + + ++H ++ +++ +++ - ,.++ .44 + + + + + + First National Banki WELSH, LOUISIANA. OFFICE ~IE : A Oeneral IRC-,'.- " +,' L. E. ROBINSON, President. : Banling L. E. Robinson, Paul W. Daniels, B erank Roberts, Geo. A. Courtney;, . D. CALKINqs. Cashier. A. Davidson. Chas. P. Mart i, ++++ + ÷shier. Business. Dr. Jno. H. Cooper. egents for M n, a $3.50 Shoe, now for $2.25. lnsmore, for en and Women, same price. Ladies' Shoes, fine Assortment, 50c. and up. Children's Sc oI Shoes, 5oc. and up. Now is the ti to secure the greatest bargain of tour life. Call early. We do all kinds of Tailing. Pressing and Cleaning. 6 r SIGNAL' CLOTHING STORE. "-·-I~4 TIHE LEADING JEWELEIRS. C. Welsh, La. Watches, Clocts and Jewelry. ENTICE & PRINTICE Succesars to Prentice & Powers, zLi,, - -• ...DEALERS IN.... dware, hoes, Groceries, Etc, e Meet CQmpetition : t Al: Times. Our line of e constantly replenished, thereby giving our customers ods at all ties. Call and be convinced. nti4e & Prentice that 1 llYOtIIP Temnple, `WCelsh, La. fJot at W. krcher. of here Iturday to and h ing tpir daugh an, t Ne. This is with , at rc and wife o ny 0o an they are As quit with the 9to Jen Tent Meetings at I ake Arthur. Elder S" B. H-rt'n and Henry Johnson are conducting ia series of tent meetings in our sister town of Lake Arthur. The result ofthe meet ings .held at Laurents Point. .just olpposite Lake Arthur has .b t addition of a goodly numbe Advenry t O Death of Matthew Hackworth. Our community has been called upon to part with a fellow-townsman ibthe death of Elder Matthew Hack woth, who died November 21, at the ripe age of 73 years, 7 months and 15 days. About two weeks ago Elder Hack worth left Welsh for Marthaville to engage in ministerial work for the Seventh-day Adventist church. Short ly after beginning his work there he waaseized with stomach trouble which contiaced to get worse until death released him from untold suffering. 6His family, consisting of his wife, son. two daughters and their husbands S. R.. Winterton and C. B. Fowler went to his bedside, and he felt com forted,. and resigned himself to what ever the Lord willed. Though suffer ing very much he made no complaint, patiently awaiting the end which was a triumphant one, the death of a christian. Of'his last words he said "I have1 fought a good ftight, I have finished my course; I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for ine a crownof righteousness which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me in s that day. " His body was sent to his home here 1 arriving Sunday morning. The fun eral took place in the afternoon from the Congregational church, whose doors were kindly thrown open to . accommodate the family and friends. Elder S. B. Horton, of New Orleans, t officiated at the services taking for his text Rev. 14:13, in harmony with the wishes of the deceased. A large hi concourse followed to the grave and g$ after a few scriptual quotations and prayer the remains were consigned to mother earth. Annual Conference. TI The Louisiana Conference of th(- vi I Seventh-day Adventists will be held a' in Welsh, La.. December 19 to 2z and fo promises to be an important local an jevent. Delegates from the different churches in the state will be in attend- i " ance. 'beside the state lab.rers there plil will be connected with this annual meeting Elder Geo. I. Btr',"r, of Nashville, Tenn., president of the nit Southern Union Conference, of which a Louisiana is a part, also Elder John'i Sc. A. Brunson, who was at one time bai missionary to Japan. Prof. J. E. me Tenney and A. F. Harrison are also ac, expected. The oilicers of tue c(onfere:..e are: oI{ S. B. Horton, president: Anna M. wiV Horton, secretart : Frank Peabody, tha treasurer: C F. Dart, state agent hes 'irculation of literature department: am,, Ruby Roach, secretary Church and con Sabbath School department; E. S. 'con Abbott, J. R. Hudson, S. Broussard, han members of executive committee. n rl A program will be furnished later whi, giving further information concerning :. the coming meeting. Notige. Oil Taxes for 1902 aretrnow past dueand mon the tax roll is in the hands of the o collector for collection. gati S AMUEL BILACKil' OtRD, WELSH OIL NiEWS. Big Well Gushes Steady Stream of Oil. MANY NEW WELLS TO GO DOWN t as of Very Fine Quality and May be Utilized for Lighting Purposes Refinery Talked of. The conditions at the oil well are practically the same as reported last week, except perhaps, a trifling in crease in the oil output and less water, while the gas pressure is quite as vig orous as ever, so much so. that it is considered sttll unsafe to entirely close the valve, and thus the well gushes unceasingly with the valve closed three-quarters, as it has since Sunday week. The well gushes through the pipe leading to the impro vised reservoir made last wee.k for the 4 + purpose of confining tne oil. E. M. Clark is at work with a large force of men erecting a mammoth earthen tank with a capacity of 60,000 barrels and it is expected to be completed within a few days. There will be no ditficulty regarding if transportation of the oil to market, as cc the Southern Pacific is on one side of and the Kansas City, Watkins and a Gulf railroad on the other, with Bayou 13 Lacasine as a water route, and all ur within a short distance of the Welsh of oil field. T:e transportation question th is settled in advauce. J. M. Lee, general agent of the Vi Southern Pacific railroad for the State en of Louisiana, was here Wednesday, ed Illed but no delinite arrangements were de-. an acn cided upon regarding side tracks and lilt ack- loading racks. It is thought, however, tht ;the sufficient ground will be purchased at C. the railroad opposite the oil wells for Vii tihe necessary sidings and at the same got to time a site for the erection of a big the the refinery now in contemplation. The ed deal will probably be consumated not the ort- later than Monday when work on the picIpe line will begin. An oil refinery is th Imost a certainty as it is the opin- et ion of experts who have examined into ile n the quality of the Welsh fluid that it ife, is, too valuable for fuel, and if relined all l may be utilized for purposes that will ti m- reap a larger consideration for the n- promoters. Engineers have experi- seer gat- ae dii meuted it and pronounce the c Wei oduct in its crude state at nt, the grade of lubricating oil thanL a.. . rades that are now on the 1 after having been refined. and q'estion of saving the gas is prot considered by President LRobin- inll: d the dilrectors, and already this h. stee', have been taken to obtain ex- nine i perts' iLadice as to its utility as a fuel the id and for illuminating purposes, and if Smil satisfactory it is in contemplation to and e pip it to WVelsh for use in lighting the few ren siee't'oaud lpubiic and private build- Tb im ngs. A c2, und steam gauge was Iec e applied to thi:well Saturday, and the sued pressure was found to far exceed its st ocal)aciiy, and there being no gauge ofil (Isere to re ster a higher pressure the wli S' test was c ferred until a 500-pound with oh guage co- d be procured. The cost of Co building storage tanks and piping the road gas to Welsh has been estimated at Fr d $1,,0)(), buit whether or not the gas is snk of sull;eic" t quantity to justify this shi o explenditLr( of moneuy is a lrobleti thlt its solut,on is hard to arrive at. short The comipainy is awaiting experts' ad ; vice regarding this question. Thus d an additional sourice of wealth is d found in the gas now being wasted, I and the fact that it is not of a danger t ouns character will result in hbeing utliszed, if experts decide it can be lpipedl here without loss of force. NOIES ABOUT THI FI'JELD. fi os. Espali a, .Jr., (has. A. (un ninghuamr, eo. H. Leathelrbury, of ol biic, Al\la.. and F.. . l.\\wis, of H!Scm anton. Miss., mienulteins i1 the A la baina comi lpany whoiii w(. last weekX nlentiollnd as having Iunr cliased two i acries in the V'i-lsh li.l, ciwere here i briday and (laseid an aidtitional tri t oh 2-b10 - .(.~e s ini i( ldiat(] ly adjoiiiing tlthe WV i 's furiin. Ii. I"jpalla stated that h.' c(),tisiere( d this ttal (hne of the Ibest I.rlot,.jitionUl in the Vel-lh field a, lbhat ithe W(IulId at on)c( organize a company tio develop the holdings. A (coIILtLct has b(ei. let tot S. If. Keoug han, of lennings, to put down two wells, the miaterial for the derricks of which are already in the 'etl. Mr. Eg alla will open an oflice iii WClsh. A rel,-esentativn of the J. M. Guffcy Oil and Petroluem ('oinmtany, of ea-u mont, wau in this city Friday investi gating the oil prosliects- herT. The nliuan submitted a mirolohsition to *.va e effect that A.nirek I o- COOK STOVE *.... GIVEN AWAY ! We are offering our customers a bran . new COOK STOVE which will be given -awgy absolutely free of cost to the person gu sijg nearest the number of beans in a bei4 now on exhibition at our store. Any one aking Sa $2 purchase will be entitled to a chance in this guessing contest. The bottle contain ing the beans is securely sealed an. will not presence of comptent judges the beans will be counted and the cook stove awarded to the person guessing nearest the number. n-,. ..MARTIN BROS. __+_*.._.. I+++...+.+.++.+.+++++++.+......., ling if two more wells were brought in that as company would erect a storage tank side of 100,000 barrels capacity and build and a pipe line from the Welsh field to you Beaumont. This would be an immense all undertaking and neccessitate an outlay ]ssl of something like $700,06,0 including" ion the pumping stations along the line. The company recently organized at the Virginia, Illinois, for the purpose of ate entering the Jennings field, has acquir. ay, ed considerable land west of Welsh ie-. and will put down a well at once. The ,nd land on which the well will be sunk is er, that formerly owned by N. L. Kelly, at ('. J. XVildmhan and others, and the or Virginia people think they have a ne good proposition. The material for iig the derrick has already been purchas he ed and drilling will begin as soon as ot the rig arrives. lie The owners of Spindle Top, which is located two miles north of the pres ent gusher, have a p)roposition to put Slown a well on their holdings and in all probability will accepet same. I ,ll Sindle Top is where the first indica- t tions of oil were noticed, and there seems to he no doubt this is as good t a point as anywhere in the field, and " ill event of a gusher will greatly widen the field. V re ('has. T. Madison. Geo. ('. WValshe and Messrs. Manning and Morrell, s prominent New Orleans ca pital ists and )- influential business men, were here a y this week. Messrs. Madison, Man li :- ning and Morrell bought five acres of 1 the Wood's tract and forty acres ir m f Smith's subdivision in the proven fiedI o and will begin operations within a e few days. The Southern Pacific railroad iI Serecting a derrick on lot :34 of Smith':i kl e subdivision, about 50(5 feet southeast k of the p)resent gusher. This c.omplany' will probably act in conjunction' ] with the Welsh Oil and Developmnent' l Company in piping the oil to the rail- I road. From this time on new wells will bs sunk here as rapidly as rits can be. shipped in with whic:h to operate, and it is freely predicted that within a ol short time the Welsh field will he ai ch veritable forest of derricks. Ila !K 1MB Mu & BENOI1T (Successors to Knott Iros. & (o.) DEALERS IN General flerchandise. We carry an immense stock of all kinds of shoes and in order to make room for more goods are offering some unprec edented values in this line. We have a complete line of Under- . w r and Groceries and the prices we . se them. are gaining now customers evi v cay. Core aid see us. 4 1,l Aat A Remarkable Showing. n E. Scharff, one of the largest and most successful rice farmers in this to vicinity, while in Jennings Sunday Ise gave out the following to *the Times ay man, which'is a remarkable showing ng considering the season: "1 finished e. threshing the 27th day of stober. at One hundred and ten acres of n y crop of I did not cut, but after completing r. threshing r found that I had 4,628 sh sacks of good milling rice that would he bring the highest price on any market; is 2,322 sacks of Honduras and 2,306 y, sacks of Japan. I sold the lower Ie grade, which had been dampened be a fore 1 could get it under shelter, for )r *3.05 to *3.30 per barrel to the Welsh - ice Milling Company. Ds During the month of August just as my rice was needing water worst one h of my wells gave out and on account of this I lost 110 acres of my best rice it leaving but 3009 acres which made an n average of 11 sacks to the acre. I have been offered $3.35 per barrelfor the remainder but refused the offer: e Messrs. Hutchison and Scroggins, the deep well contractors, have just comuleted a well on my p)lace which is about two miles west of Welsh and which throws a ten inch stream thirty six inches high." "lWhen the frost is on the window and the kitchen pail is froze, when the little icy needles come forom every liteath that blows, when chilblains make us sick and faint and cold feet give tus pain. it's safe to bet that we all wish for summer days again. For while we sweat and fume around in gauzy summer clothes, it's easy enoug ii to get cooled off, as.everybody knows: but its different in the winter when the world is full of ice, and the weather is as hard to beat as a loaded pair of (lice. We may talk about our climate, and aboutourspring and fall, but the balmny days of summer are the, days that suit us all." Telephone Operator Wanted. An industrious young lady for night operator at the Welsh telephone ex change. Apply to Manager Cumber land Telephone Company, Welsh, La.