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VOLME . \ it , l I ne VOLUE V. WELSH, CALCASIEU 'AlHIýll, I, LUISIANA, I)E( EMBER 2.1904. NUMBER 2 w~ AA A~ To Our Friends and Patrons! 8 8 There is a question under consideration in which both store keeper and salesman is concerned, and that is the movement of closing early. We ask the public to co-operate with us. There is realy no ned of having to kuep late hours if all will help us in this step. The hours of the day when faithfully filled, it seems would give all a chance to do their trading. The argument i. used that we are not acomodatingr let us know what you think about it. The burden falls on the clerks. PAUL W. DANIELS Welsh and Ikeville, Louisiana 8 0o00 25 CENT DISCOUNT I am offering bargains to the public in my entire line of fall and winter cloth ing, to make room for a well selected stock of Spring Goods, and will save you 25 per cent in your clothing and Gents Furnishing Goods. .. .. J. S. ERSON, LOUISIANA. A Suecessfnl Planter. W.J3. Gabbert, a progressive plan Ser of the Roanoke vicinity, was in Welsh Tuesday and paid the Journal om5oe a call. Mr. Gabbert is one of the most successful rice farmers in Sthis section and has never failed in a crop. This season he raised 2,011 sacks from 130 1-2 acres, averaging almost sixteen bags to the acre. In a~complishing this he used sixty-Ave pounds of commercial fertilizer to the acre on second year land and attend ed to it properly. He was the first to ship a car load of Honduras rice into Jennings and received $2.15 per bag for it. He was also the first on the market with his Japan and received $2.00a sack for a car load of it. He also raises hogs and feed for them and is preparing to put in . about forty acres of oats. The WelshJournal gives an interest i" account of a visit to the village of sixty Christian Indiansin the Bayou Bleue neighborood. The party of 'Christian Endeavor workers accom panied Rev. Paul Leeds, going in ve hicles and having delightful camping. .Out trip of three days. The church fr ct~d by the Indians is six miles from . Elton, in the heart of a great pinery, ead while weekly Sunday school les I 4ls are recited, Rev. Mr. Leeds is With them bet one Sunday each month. 'Iuo Indian converts were baptised. This outing of Welsh is interesting be I, ase this is a small remnant of a tbe once quite numerous, the Atcha b*ayas, who were in this parish in us1_derable nmnihers as late as thirty! a ago. Always peacable, honest, j have lately rapidly diminished a handful, and few people who I Calcasieu ever hear of them. b Charles News. Blaze Threatened Business Section. Friday night between 8and9o'clock, the cry of fire was heralded through the town of Welsh, and from the re flection on Cooper's drug store and the Welsh Meat Market, it appeared that the entire business section of Welsh was threatened. The blaze originated in the tailoring shop of E. S. Goodreau on South street. Mr. Goodreau entered the store about 8:30 o'clock and at once detected a strong ardor of gasoline. He struck a match, lighted a lamp and was putting the chimney, when suddenly the interior of the building became a mass of flames. An investigation showed that a jet to the gasoline stove was left partially open, and the escaping gas had accumulated sufficiently to cause an explosion when ignited. The flames were soon extinguished by the willing volunteers, but not until the wall pa per had been burned and the goods badly scorched. Goodreau estimates his loss from fire and water at between $25 and 860, while the building, own ed by Jones Bros., was damaged to the extent of about $100. It was in sured. ----~ 0 ~----- W. L. Smith's college, Lexington, Kentucky is where nearly 300 farmer boys clerks and teachers of this state pursued a business course or Stenography or Telegraphy, and are now Bankers, Merchants, Bookkeepers, Stenogra phers and Telegraphers, etc. Read ad and keep this notice for reference. This is a responsible college. Assets of Kentucky University, nearly $1, 000.000. If you have any idea of at tending a business ConlLec we advise you to write at once for particulars to Wilbur B. Smith, Lexington, Ky PREPARE FOR COLD WEATHER BY PROVIDING YOURSELF WITH ONE OF OUR WILSON -:- HEATERS Consumes less than one-half the fuel other stoves require to heat your room. It will hold fire thir ty-six hours, and with proper care would never go lout. Will burn chips, shavings, bark, roots,Icorn cobs or cord wood, and give more heat in less time and retain it long than any stove ever made. They are the best Air Tight Heaters made. Don't buy 'efore you see them. Sold oulyby "Te'loe Hardure Co, Lie. EL·T~ Rice Asseeintion of Amerie. Pa-.ese I~'eoltiouns to that Efl;;et. The Ii.e Asscciatin of America net at fleaumont Friday, and am ong the i mp ortant matters transacted a set of resolutions reconu:nnding crop dliversification was drafted and the same unauniously ,te .,set]d. A mo tion was also malld al , unanimously carried that a coimi'' ':e ,h atl)pointed to ask that the d .c.Ltriet at Wash ington be request, , to, make an au thoritative inlvest: ,,a: i, n as to the value of field rice as , fod for stock. Following are th.i rtsolutions rela tive to crop diversity: "Whereas, the pirofitable investment in the rice belt ha v,, led to the belief that the industry was able to carry the burden of fur nishing all other needs of our people by shipping from distant points stock feed, meats, work stock, fruits, vege tables, etc., resulting in making ot the belt a one.crop country, caus ing a hardship on or people when conditions atlect our one crop un favorably. Resolved, that this asuoeiati)on recommend gradual diversification of crops, including cotton, cane, corn, millet, oats, sorghum, peas, etc., and that the rice farmers should be en couraged to raise horses, mules, cattle, hpogs, sheep and poultry, and that they be fed such food-stuffs as the rice belt will produce, including the cheaper grades of rice, thus making each farmer selfsustaining as far as possible outside the rice crop. 'Resolved, that we recommend the farmers of the rice belt to carefully drain a portion of their lands, that a fair test of the possibilities of diversi fication may be made and we especially recommend that those having lands naturally drained experiment along many lines for the benefit of those not so favorably located, the past year having demonstrated that those lands sloping toward natural water courses are valuable for the production of' oats. Believing that the rice belt is capable of furnishing all the needs of our people, we recommend that a patient effort be made along this line. Will Try I)irersilied Farmiing. Capt. B. T. Walshe infornrs the Journal that the iidle Iile lFarms, (wi(ed jointly by himsielf and Im. ('has. F. Buck, of New )rleans, and located northwest of the oil field, would be of diversiftie.d crops the coni ing year. He says the tenants have been instructed to sow forty acres of oats, ten acres of alfalfa, plant two acres of onions, live acres of sueet potatoes and it is probable ten acres will be planted in cotton. These crops will be on land located in such a way that in the event of a drouth it may be aasily irrigated. In addition to this the captain ex pIects to raise a large crop of seed rice, eighty acres of new land to be thus utilized, bhesides a greater por tion of that in rice this season will again be planted next year. Messrs. Walshe and Buck are ear rying into execution p)lans that have been under contemplation by many pilanters the past yerl', and have been ad\vocated by the press throug'hout the rice belt, and in the opinion of. many it will be necessarv in the future to emiilate this example in order to make a success at farming. Let others do likewise and the cry of hard times in southwest Louisiana will soon be a matter of history. Killed Bear in Calcasieu. Tom Cox, a prominent citizen of Or ange, returned Friday night from a hunt over in Calcasieu parish, says the Orange (Tex.) Tribune. He has an interesting story to tell his friends about killing a 400-ponnd black bear, which, he says, was bayed by his dogs, and that a terrible fight took place, and to save the dogs he was compelled to place himself in a very critical position in regard to the bear. In order to get a shot at the mons trous animal he got in two feet of him and sent a ball through him which killed him instantly. Mr. Cox brought back enough of the bear to sustain his story, and any one who doubts the same can be convinced if they will call at Mr. Coz's residence and see the hide. Pay your poll tax now. PHIL COVERDALE Pays Cash for Rice OR - SLoans Money on Real Estate At Reasonable Rates and on Easy Terms. Demand for Stenographers. There is a great demand for expert stenographers everywhere; in the courts, in law and medical offices, on newspapers, by literary workers, In state and municipal offices, in the White House, in Congress and the Legislature, in hotels and on railroad trains; in fact wherever there is writ ing to be done, there too, is the strong call for the stenographer to do it. SALARIES PAID ETC. Are much better than in ordinary clerical positions, and the duties light er and more congenial. In the U. S Government Departments, there is a constant call for young men and women to fill these positions paying $1,200 to $1,800 a year. The largest Shorthand school in the South, and only one teaching students to write 150 words to the minute, a speed high enough to hold expert gov ernment positions, is Tyler Commer cial College, Tyler, Texas. The fa mous Byrne Simplified Shorthand is taught there by its author and other experts, and more students are said to finish shorthand there than in all other schools in the state. Any of our readers interested in shorthand, business, or telegraphy courses should write for their large free catalog. The killing at Welsh Wednesday of a little girl by a boy whose parents allowed him to wander around town shooting at birds, with reckless disre gard of other people's rights and well being is only another warning to the people of Lake Charles that this kind of conduct must be stamped out. If the parents do not feel inclined to teach their children to obey the law both of God and man, the authorities must do it. A citizen who causes the arrest of a boy who is shooting at song birds or shooting within the city limits is doing the public a service.- Lake Charles AmeriCan. Iowa News Notes. Little Francis Funk is quite sick. The doctor pronounces the disease hay fever. Mrs. Fisher and Miss Gussie Rob inson visited in Lake Charles Friday and Saturday. Miss Tessie Davis, of Welsh, was a guest of Misses Goldie and Winnie Lyon last week. The social Thanksgiving evening was a success socially and financially The net proceeds were $18. Mrs. Fisher, assisited by Rev. Paul Leeds, will begin Friday night, Dec. 2, a revival meeting at the Congrega tional church. The World's Temperance Sunday was observed with appropriate pro grams and black board diagrams at the two churches. The Iowa local union of the W. C. T. U. has pro vided each church with a roll of honor, and it was encouraging to Christian temperance workers to see the number who were willing to sign the pledge. The New Star Townsite Company, of Oklahoma City, O. T., members of the M., K. & T. Land Bureau and incor porated for $50,000, has a represents tive here this week selling lots in the new town of Fallis,,in Lincoln county, for 8.30 per lot in three installments. Fallis is located at the junction of the M., K. & T., M., K. & O. and Fort Smith & Western railroads, is surround ed by a good agricultural country, and having ample capital back of it, is predestined to be one of the fastest growing towns in Oklahoma. For particulars see J. W. Helt, at Signal hotel. For Beat. On South Adams street, a nice and convenient six-room cottage. Cistern, well, out buildings, walks, &c. F. L. LEwIS. re * js To Our Friends and Patrons! I * S is 0 * !O 0 S 0 0 * There is a que'tion underl consideration in whicih both a store keeper and s:IIutma is cncerned, and that is the S Imovemunt to c'losing early. \\We ak the phblie to co operate with us. There is realy no, need of having to keep ° late hours if all will help us in this step. The hours of a the day when faithfully tilled, it seems would gtive all a chance to do their trading. The argument is used that we 0 * are not accomodatincg let us know what you think abouut * it. The burden falls on the clerks. e 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 " * Dry Goods, Notions, Etc. Welsh, La. *0*0 .oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.OOOO O000000000000000000, OO Mrs. C. A. Saxby Dead. Yesterday morning J. S. DeWolf received a telegram conveying the sad intelligence of the daath of his daugh ter, Mrs. C. A. Saxby, at Hutchinson, Kansas, and to make prleparations for the burial to take place in the Welsh city cemetery Saturday. Mrs. Saxby's death was the result of diabetes. She had been a sufferer of that disease for a year, but about two months ago it assumed a serious form and continued to grow worse. A fortnight ago Mr. Saxby took her to Hutchinson, Kansas, thinking that relief might be obtained by changing to a higher altitude, but to no avail Deceased was a member of the Sev enth Day Adventist church, from which place the funeral will take place to-morrow. Eld. S. B. Horton, of New Orleans, has been telegraphed to and if possible he will conduct the funeral services. The interment will take place in the city cemetery. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. De Wolf, a husband, two sons and two daughters survive her. As the Journal stated last week the sudden desire of the Rio Bravo Oil Company to quit the Welsh field after spending thousands of dollars in im provements seemed peculiar. That is the view that every one took of the matter following the announcement of that company's sudden determination. Instead of moving the machinery as was previously announced, every thing is in position as before, but in charge of a watchman. It is freely predicted that the company will re sume operations within a short time, that the temporary cessation is only for reasons best known to the rail road company or Rio Bravo Com pany, and is a matter that frequently presents itself in the development of new oil fields. At any rate those in terested in the local field are none the less discouraged at the action of the Rio Bravo people, and it looks now that development will be pushed with greater zeal this winter than at any previous period. Pay your poll tax now. Bell City News Iteins. ITer. Ernest Colwell, of Chattnooga, Tenn., who has spent several years in missionary work in China, lectured here on missions to the delight of all present. A line collection for this smali congregation was taken, a mounting to $9.Z,30. Rev. l)eaton and Colwell left for Cameron Monday morning to attend the quarterly conference. Bell City college is progressing finely under the management of its president, H. A. Wood, and his corps of teachers, all of whom are graduates from Meridian, Miss. We have an enrollment of sixty students and the promise of several more to enter the second term. We are glad to say that this institution of learning is truly religious and nonsectarian. Professor Wood, the president, is an untiring worker, visiting many towns and villages in the interest of the college. Bell City, only about eight months old, bids fair to be one of the thriving towns of Southwest Louisiana. It is twenty miles east of Lake Charles and eighteen west of Lake Arthur on a branch of the Southern Pacific, and nestles itself on a high dry prairie just west of Lacasine bayou This is really not a rice country, although some rice is raised here. It is more adapted to truck farming and fruit growing. Cotton would do well here. There is some talk of a cotton gin and also a canning factory in the near future. This is a fine section for diversified farming. Home prospectors will do well to come this way. .. .. --- 9 .* .. School Has Opened and owing to the delay you should be equipped the first day and ready for school work. The Journal Stationary Store makes a specialty of school sup plies, such as tablets, composition books, pencils, pens, inks, crayons of all colors and kinds, slates, erasers, sponges, rulers arnd school books. No Trouble to Answer Questions at the Gulf Iice Mill. FARMERS! i WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO X ABOUT IT ? .J, You can't afford to send your rice away where you can St not look after it, and where from past experience you can S tfigue from (i months to one year in getting returns. You C can't sell it for the prevailing prices in the rough, as it is O too cheap. 1W Now if you will take our advice; this is what you will t do: Haul your rice to the mill of the GULF RICE MILLING O COMPANY, LTD., AT WELSH, LA. Theirs is a home enterprise 1 by home people-worthy of your patronage and support. The following is their proposition: Advance you three L fourths of the actual value of your rice and mill it for t. 40 you. You will then be advised what your rice is worth, or in other words what they can sell it for, and MAKE YOU U) RETURNS IN TWENTY DAYS from the time you decide to sell, or it you want it held, they will hold it for you; and any < time you call at the mill they will tell you just what it is worth on that day. However, after hauling if you do not wish to take the chances of the market fluctuation of the 10 days it would take to mill your rice and put it on the ( markets of the United States, we will pay you the top of the market or MORE THAN THE PREVAILING PRICES in the 0 rough. Better consider this before selling or shipping. C Bring in your samples and talk it over with Manager . Miller. NO TROUBLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE o GULF RICE MILLING CO. o Trouble to Answer Questions at the Gulf Rice Mill et% 4i%00000000c0000000 7