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'e Rice Belt Journal. I
Published Every Friday by
Welsh Printing Company, Ltd.
Ie DOLLAR A TEAM IN ADlVANE.
Satered at the postomiee at Welsh. La. a
ageo"d olass matter.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1901.
Announcemenr ts.. the
E thes
y or
.xrsc "wmini
IS.rNtICr J.IEDGE.
Tbe Journal is authorized to announce the
o eple.o Calcasionu and Cameron Par
o u the of th Fifteenth Judeicl (is
_ to the Democratic primay election. and
o ur favorable considertna on sup-a
wi not be poasible for me to make a li
.}SsonaloaflYs as I am engaged iu the dio
r,.dirgeS of the duties of my present trmof Jo..
$. Oe.MILLER. The
- . --. _....... - ised tc
RETY r rATeORSE. of Joe
- :. . t t who e
'. Jro-al is authorized to announec the people
...of L. H. HOSE as a andiate for,.i,
' aey of the nth Judicial D- trit
ou tna othe ato tof the nay.
Iroual is authorized to announce the Was _
1)f . B STEWART aa a candidate for began
Attorite of the Fifteenth Judicial
of O.ua s c to the action of o Lake
teprimary etection. of th
opon
.. oe of the Parishes of Calcas ien enlist
and r
f nounce candidacf andf r
t thtouh e ofDnsthec Attorney count
t subject to the action of the
prlis y.to be held, on Jan. 19. Came
,-will endeavor. as I. have and v
iept.to discharge the duties o
pýou fithfully_ nda mptify. ralit3
yJosP a ge,
his ri
lUp3EmsENTATIVE. that
Weamh ae
r thas
'~ inth "`Geceral Assembly. subject to b In
S t Democratic priry. this
L. F
NIIERIFV. of cc
S. - ject 1
fWe `r ua thorised to announce the name of Fish
Yioxcas a candidate for Sheriff of
Pariah.,subject to the Democratic havi
elton.o Duri
-afrozo
ASEISOR.Coill
to h
"We are a iuthorized to announce the name UC
qI LoN W.AVAiIX a a candidate for Aasea-o
aelcaiU Parih. subject to thee o e action ago
Du".themocratic party.
cor
We are authorizsed to announce the name of yea
a,- La. n u Paouriah, subject to the Democrati Lab
low
'o the Journal is of authorized to announce the
name ohereby o a ohuce ayself a candidate forfl
mys eoosht, subdecso to the atDemo- o i on
'era tie p arisnri r election.
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CLEo r OF COURET. I
To
The Journal is authorized to announce the Cz
. ~me of Jixzs W. GAnnncra as a candidate
Clerk of Cout. subj ectto the decision of col
teDemcrtic primarolcrtionprt.
POL-- I R:-:ard_.
To the Voters of Calcasieu Parish: P11
I hereby announce myself as acandidate for h
-fourt, subjecthe o to the actiopn of the
:ODYr support.spetuly H.c.ILL.
": fo re-e.ctio to the o e oCoroero Cl
o the Voters d of Calcasieu Parish, subject
- hae Verymrespectfully. thi..
*CORONdER. h
L
The Journal is authorized to announce the
name of Dn. T. H. WATKINS as a candidate o
for re-election to the office of Coroner of Cal
aien Pa rish, subject leto the action of the '
The JOURNAL is authorized to announce the
Coroner of Calcasieu Parish, subject to the
3 O action of the Democratic party.
POLICE JUROR-Ward 2.
To the Voters of Ward 2. Calcasieu Parish:
At the request of several of my friends I
have consented to announce myself a candi
date for Poloe Juror of this Ward. in this
Perish subject to the Democratic primary. If
`" ' elected I propose to expend the public money
with a little more economy, than it has been.
without depriving-the public of necessary ti
S" rovements. I favor the reduction of the tax
instead of increasin it. With the big amount
of new settlers I think the assessment has
swelled enough to defray our expenses without
increasing oar tax. PAULIN FONTENOT.
JUSTICER OF THE P'EACE.
* The Journal is auth~orized to annoonce J- N.
pBoswuATUX a candidate for ,lntetice of the
Peace of Ward 2 of Calcasieu P~arish, subject
to the D~emocratic p)rimary.
If the ladies can have their way Sen
ator Smoot will get it in the snoot.
Scientists have discovered that there
are 1,878 varieties of bees. 'This does
not include the presidential bee.
"The Presidential Hoomuer" would
be an appropriate nae for the new
piper just added to William R.
. earst's string.
A medical journal says that if a
man eats right he will live to l:e 150
years old. Accordingl to this statisti
cian there must be a fearful strife go
ing on in the bread baskets of the
present genera'... '.I.
A Well
IAdvertised |
SName
Is something that competition. trusts
and combinations of all kinds must
bow to. If your name is strogl
pressed upon people's minds by di
that is worthpeaps as much or
than our bus itelf. A bakn
powder company with a factory and
stook ovoclt'a ndred hos
business. heyv e t r at
several millions. Tanis onl one of
Sthe many thousan of such cases
0 where the name is worth many times
the amount of the business itself. Is
your n e being impressed on peopli's
S minds stronger and stronger each day?
I The Journal i
week with people's names and goods _
SWhy Not Yours?
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Jos. Moore for District Attorney. lost.
The JOURNAL this week is author- Petiti
iced to present to its readers the name loon on
of Jos. Moore, the present incumbent, Petitio
who is desirous of again serving the presente
people of the Fifteenth Judicial Dis- asked n
trict in the capacity of district attor- as oned
ney. Mr. Moore is a graduate of the On mot:
law department of Tulane University. n ok fo
Was admitted to the bar and in 1801 sin
began the practice of law in the city of Petiti
Lake Charles. At the breaking outed and
of the Spanish-American war he re
tponded to the call for volunteers and
enlisted in the 1st Louisiana regiment
and rendered efficient service for his TE
country. After returning home he be
came a candidate for district attorney prodga
and was elected by a handsome plu
rality over two strong opponents. As The
a gentlemen he is above reproach and Refinel
his record as a public official is such time is
that others might do well to emulate. king s
now ii
i- Dr. W. L. Fisher for Coroner. the W
`9 In the ainouncement column of uct sh
this issue appears the name of Dr. W. of a re
L. Fisher, who seeks the nomination by the
of coronor of Calcasieu parish sub- was a
- ject to the Democratic primaries. Dr. which
of Fisher is a native born Louisianian, came
,io having been reared at Franklington. sidere
During the year 1895 be graduated produ
from medical department of Tulane haps
College in New Orleans, and returned one
- to his old home and there enjoyed a while
me successful practice until he decided to Sour
o locate in Lake Charles four years does
ago, during which time he was elected The
coroner of his home parish. Last erect,
of year he was elected city physician of S. M
o Lalke Charles, a position he now dent;
holds. The doctor has a strong fol- eral
lowing all over the parish and his perit
tf friends claim he will have a rmighty these
no- long pole when it comes to the per- of oi
_simmon knockin'. confi
be tl
Mr. Bryan spent fifteen hours with Lou
- Tolsti and fifteen minautes with the in ti
the Czar of Russia. Perhaps this ac- been
in counts for the Czar's ugly mood. eral
The Chicago theater horror is too gfne
pitiful for words. The mantle of teri
for charity is too small to cover those re- T
ful sponsible for this fearful catastrophe. by 1
L.
- It is announced that the govern- par
ment mint at Philadelphia will turn but
mdi- out no more pennies because of a sur- h
ea i plus in them. We would like to see Oil
ately our share of the surplus.
At the annual meeting of the stock- mil
holders of the Welsh Printing Co., we,
- Ltd., Tuesday evening J. T. Walker is
ce the as re-elected president and Gordon he:
Sidal rank was elected secretary-treasurer. sa
,f the The past year was a very successful isi
one for the company, the report of the th:
manager showing a net gain of more pa
te for than 25 per cent on the capital invest- pa
to the ed. - Mr. Walker having decided to
engage in business elsewhere tendered
his resignation as manager and Mr. el
Crank was elected to that position. to
-'e D
ehnds I The gospel lectures are still in pro- e,
candi- gress at Martin's Hall. By request 1
ary. If Mr. Dexter will give several lectures L
ene on the Sabbath question. The week's r
ary im- announcement is as follows:
amount Saturday night, the 9th-"Who
without Changed the Sabbath"; Sunday night,
,NOT. the 10th--"Christ and the Sabbath";
Monday night, the 11th-"Is sunday
the Sabbath"; Tuesday night, the
- 12th-"The Seal of God;" Wednesday
nee J. R. night, the 13th, "What is Man? Has
ubjtect Be an Immortal Soul?" Thursday
night, the 14th, "The Fate of the
Wicked."
. .ay Sen- - - .
. Sen- It is with regret that we chronicle
the death of Francis IM. Sherfy, a for
at there mer citizen of this place, who passed
,is does away at his home in Houston, Texas,
We. ednesday afternoon at the are of 70
would years. Deceased came to Welsh from
._ Danville ill., during the year 1887.
he new Helater moved to H-ouston and (n
gaged in the real e4tate husiness andi
was very pro ,"perous. He leaves live
at if a children, f,,ur sons, Calmer, Frank,
ie 150 Jos. (. and L. tDana, and one daugh
statisti- ter, Mrs. Mary B3elle Uitchie. lIe was
rife go- a second cousin of Mrs. K. S. Huben
of the er and Mrs. Dr. J. II. Cooper, of
Welsh.
Town Council Proceedings. CALCASIE
WELSH, LA., Jan. 5, 1904.
Council called to order by Mayor Lee Seven Occi
E. Robinson. All members present Make 1
except Councilman S. W. Day. A Lake
Minutes of preceding meeting read Seven pris
and approved. caped Eron
Matter of bills taken up and dis- day night
posed of: prisoners i
Peter Johnson, town work....29 71the prisonersjail
S. A. Winterton, st work..... 33 00 the jail 1
C E. Hooper, school supplies.. 6 10 them chart
H. A. Davidson, st com'r...... 40 00 ter was, tc
J. C. Kiplinger, stock fines... 35 00 wanted to
Neal Suydam, street work..... 300
Welsh Printing Co., for Dec... " 00 The pros
Davidson & Martin, Ins....... 50 00 jury shoo
J. M. Hall, marshal, Nov .... 75 00 in constru
M. L. Prentice, ass't marshal.. 15 00 their escal
Labit Lumber Co., lumber..... 120 28 em work
L. L. Morse & Sons........... 4 45 them work
J. M. Hall, marshal, Dec ..... 60 00 than ever
Moved and carried that the bills a hopper i
O K'd by the finance board be allow- was twiste
ed and ordered paid. ed from a
Moved that the bill of the American narrow st
School Furniture Co. of $192.00 for fastened t
school desks, less freight, .drayage and wire,
and setting up, be allowed. Motion was filed
carried. the south
Moved that the bill of M. B. Van this tool
Ness for $61.70 for use of water and ficulty it
water trough be allowed. Motion around a
lost. a man's
Petition of A. H. Newman for sa- wire cabl
loon on block 2 approved. from a cc
Petition of W. T. McAffrey was ter this
presented and read and I. Fontenot severed i
asked that his name be stricken off dle was i
as one of the signers of said petition. ed out.
On motion said petition was referred locked it
1--ck for want of proper number of chance t(
,I signatures. were in
t Petition of Eloi Hebert was present- job to di
ed and read. On motion petition was under thi
Sgranted. blankets
SAMUEL BLACKFORD, Sec. rope tha
It W. E.
is TEST MADE OF WELSH OIL. trial on
- believed
y Product of the Local Field Considered Joseph
u- of Exceptional Quality. here son
Ls The refinery of the Central Oil and on a chi
Id Refinery Company of Welsh, for some Dyson,
h time in course of construction, is ma- ber, wet
e. king slow but sure progress, and is The otl
now in a position to make tests of petty of
the Welsh and other oils. The prod- ers were
of uct shown a JOURNAL representative of the j
V. of a recent distillation and treatment covered
>n by the Childs' process at this refinery, the big
b- was a high grade of water white oil, ling ro
)r. which Superintendent Slaughter said are nu,
In, came from the Welsh oil and was con- fugitive
n. sidered as superior to any oil so far and ar
Led produced in the South, and this per
bne haps explains why Welsh oil sells for Mrs.
ied one dollar per barrel at the wells, re
a while elsewhere in Louisiana and at Chri
to Sour Lake and Beaumont, Texas, ita Miss
ars does not bring half that price. teachit
ted The Welsh oil refinery is being at Phi
1ast erected by a stock company of which a well
1 of S. M. Scott, of Beaumont, is presi- Mr.
low dent; R. H. Childs, of Beaumont, gen- to con
fol- eral manager, and T. Slaughter, su
his nerintendent of construction. All of gage
hty these gentlemen are competent judges will w
per- of oil conditions, and have unbounded w
confidence in this field as certain to Mr.
be the great and reliable oil field of ed in
with Louisiana, if not of the entire South,
the in the near future. The- boilers have glad
neigh
ac- been installed, the test plant and sev- Jar
eral small buildings erected, the still '
too ground for the side tracks to the re- of sol
e of finery has been surveyed and the ma- has
s re- terial is here and all ready to be laid. its ni
The Welsh oil is no longer burned Su
by the Southern Pacific Railway Com- PariS
vern- pany on the field in pumping its wells,
urn but crude oil is brought from else- day.
sur- where for that purpose and the Welsh Mc
suroil is stored. Not long ago quite a
shipment was made by this company Mrg
from its 37,500 barrel tank at the ter- M
;tock- minal of its pipe line from the field will
Co., west of the corporation limits, and it wew
ralker is reported that with a treatment by Al
ordon heat to remove the slight deposit of
surer. sand and water in the oil, a very sat- hend
essful isfactory lubricant is obtained, and
of the that it is successfully used for that spel
more purpose by the Southern Pacific Com- con
invest- pany. - - eleT
ded to iMeeted Officers. ser
ddered The Congregational Sunday school hot
td Mr. elected the following officers Sunday poi
on. to serve the ensuing year: Paul VW. W
Daniels, superintendent; W. T. Hutch- of 1
inpro- eson, assistant superintendent; L. hal
equest Bertrand, secretary and treasurer; cht
cturesLoren Wells, librarian; Mrs. L. E. joi
week's Robinson, organist. loi
In the afternoon the following of- all
-Who ficers for the Junior Endeavor society the
ynight, were elected: Mrs. L. Bertrand, su- Ye
ath"; perintendent; Erwin Lewis, president;
sunday Ralph Taylor, vice president: Lucile T.
ht, the Anderson, secretary; lone Robinson, to
nnesday assistant secretary; Truman Fear, te
Has treasurer; Marvin Loy, assistant fo
uursday treasurer. The committees and their yc
of the chairmen appointed are: Band of
Mercy, Bert Loy; Flower, Lezina Ber
hncle trand; Prayer meeting, Clarence Ren
afrfroe: Lookout, Robert Ryther.
Wednesday night the following
passed teachers were elected: Bible class, tI
T a oIev. D. 1I. Lewis; Young men's clsss,
so L. E. IRobinson: Young ladies' class,
arh f87. hl-s. D). 31. Lewis: Second intermedi
ate class, Mi. 1I. Morse: First interme
dnd c tiate class, lMrs. L. I". Itobinson;
Secotind juvetnile c~lass, SrIts. F'. I).
rank, I,. Faum'ht: Pmimitary class. 1Mrs . P. 1.
e dau dgh- Daniels.
lie was Shoes and llarness Repaired.
S Iuubcn-I If you want your shoes and harness
oloci'' of neatly I rcpairetl, mam' tl,,hcit to J. C
i Kipliuget at the S. P. -louse
CALCASIEU PRISONEIRS ESCAPE.
Seven Occupants or Parish Bastlle
Make Bold Break for Liberty.
A Lake Charles dispatch says:
Seven prisoners, all of them white, es
caped from the parish jail here Mon
day night about 12 o'clock. Two
prisoners in this particular wing of
the jail remained behind. One of
them charged with theft, said the win
ter was, too cold, and besides, "he Ca
wanted to leave jail like agentleman."
The prospective victims of thegrand
jury showed considerable ingenuity
in constructing the tools and making
their escape, and probably. some of
5 them worked harder for their freedom
0 than ever before. The metal cover of
s a hopper in one of the water closets
was twisted off. With a file construct
ed from a spring of a shoe, a long
n narrow strip was cut off the cover,
r fastened to a wooden handle by bolts
e and wire, and a sharp, sawlike edge
n was filed on it. The fugitives attacked
the south wall of the steel cage with
,n this tool and apparently had no dif
d ficulty in making a deep groove
in around a space large enough to allow
a man's body to pass through. A
a- wire cable was made out of the wires
from a cot, twisted together, and, af
ss ter this was fastened to the partly
ot severed piece of cage, a wooden han
If dle was inserted and the piece wrench
n. ed out. As the prisoners were not
ad locked in seperate cells they had a
of chance to work together. Once they
were in the corridor it was an easy
it- job to dig the bricks out of the wall
as under the west window and to cut their
blankets into strips and make the
rope that let them down to freedom.
W. E. Ketchum, who was awaiting
trial on the charge of swindling, is
believed to have planned the escape.
red Joseph Cosignac, who was brought
here some time ago from New (Orleans
nd on a charge of robbing cars; J. H.
me Dyson, burglar; Frank Braice, rob
na- ber, were among those who escaped.
is The other three were charged with
of petty offenses. Fifteen other prison
.d- ers were locked up in another portion
Live of the jail. The escape was not dis
Lent covered until Tuesday morning, when
ry, the big hole in the wall and the dang
oil, ling rope told its own story. Efforts
;aid are nuw being made to capture the
on- fugitives, but they got a good start
far and are likely to keep it.
per- Iowa News Notes.
for Mrs. Levi Spalding is the proud
d at recipient of a fine new kitchen range,
, it a Christmas present from her husband.
', i Miss Adele Spalding has completed
teaching a successful term of school
hing at Phillips Bluff, and is now home on
si- a well earned rest.
Mr. Pierce is making arrangements
gen- to come to Iowa to live. He will en
1 gage in the barber business while
Idges with us, and we wish him success and
nded will welcome him and his family with
n to great pleasure into our midst.
Ld of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Jones have mov
outh, ed into Tom Jones' cottage. We are
have glad to keep them near us as our
i sev- neighbors still.
January 3, 1904, freezing cold and
the still "colding. " Must be the tail end
he re- of some of the northern blizzards that
has "strayed or been stolen" out of
its natural course.
Superintendant Luther Reece of
Coi- Paris, Texas, came in on No. 10 to
wells, day. Congregational church business
Welse- called him to Iowa.
Mr,. and Mrs. Blufort Calvert have ;
ite a gone to Lacasine to live this year.
epany Mr. Calvert has engaged his service
e field to Mr. Wm. Bennet. We hope they
and it will be pleased with their location and
lent new home.
About twenty-five young people at
sit of tended the old year watch party at the
y sat- home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Irwin, on
, a New Year's eve. The evening was
orthat spent in singing, recitation, lively
c Com- conversation and jokes of fun until
eleven o'clock when refreshments were
served, consisting of sandwiches and
school hot chocolate, followed with cake,
Sunday popcorn balls and such sweeties.
aul W. Wordy games took up the remainder
Hutch- of time until the stroke of twelve when
nt; L. happy New Year's salutes were ex
asurer; changed. Quiet then reigned while all
L. E. joined in singing the Doxology fol
lowed by a prayer of consecration by
ing of- all, led by Joseph Each. All enjoyed
society the evening and welcomed in the New
Lnd, su- Year with good will and good wishes.
esident; We are sorry to state that Rev. J.
: Lucile T. Steele is on the sick list. Wishing
obinson, for a speedy restoration to health we
n Fear, tender him our most sincere wishes
assistant for his peace and prosperity for the
nd their year 1904.
Band of Building material for the Congre
zina Ber- gational parsonage to be built soon,
nce Len- is being brought on the ground; work S
will begin on the building next week.
fllowing Rice planters are beginning to give
class, their attention to next season's crop.
T's clsss, The pirairies are being burned in all
Cs' class, sections of Southwest Louisiana, and
t trmedi- plowing is under way. The market is
temevery slow, little rice being moved
obsol from the mills. i)calers believe the
Mrrs. 1V. markets in the North and 1East, as
is . P. 1 well as l'orto Itico and the P'acific
coast, are almost bare, and stocks
will soon have to be replenished. A
ired. ss good feeling exists and better times
d harness. are looked for about the first of Feb'
r ruary.
Bavidsoll-WOSSO 1¶plml em ut Co
LIMITED.
WELSH, - - - LOUISIANA.
DEALERS IN
Canton Plows and Disc Harrows, Superior
Drills and Disc Plows,
Buffalo Pitts Engines, Treshers, Etc.
Bali & Weber Wagons, Enterprise Bug
gies, Surries and Spring Wagons,
Harness and Saddlery.
Local and Transfer Agents for
Deering Binders, Mowers, Rakes, Binder
d Twine and Repairs.
PRENTICE X PRFNIIE
Hardware
-and
Groceries
i OtooooOOC
Notice to Rice Farmers.
Why rent rice lands and give to the land
+i owner each year half your crop raised, when
we can sell you with a very small payment
$ down good lands and let the land make the
payment on your home by giving each year
half of crop raised as a payment each year. For
further information call on
Robinson & Carr,
IWELSH, LA.
Lumber,
Lath, Shingles,
1 Sash, Doors, Blinds, Cis
terns and Tanks of all kinds,
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished.
11
Call and see us opposite Cooper's Drugstore.
n LABIT LUMBER CO.,
es WELSH, LOUISIANA.
S SQq
' Completely Equipped in Every Department
i The First National Bank
Welsh, Louisiana,
4 continues to solicit business, promising
all of the courtesies that are usually ex
4 tended by an obliging and prudent bank.
L. E, . OBINSON, Prest. F. D. CALKINS, Cashier.
SPAUL W. DANIELS, Vice-Prest. E. C, WILLARD, Asst. Casier.
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