The Rice belt journal., January 27, 1905, Image 1

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%bt lll lWELSH, CA L SIt' l'ALISI, I )l ISI ANA\, JAN '.\ARY 27. 1¶l. NIM E(
A Word to Housekeepers §
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WHEN YOU NEED GROCERIES,
PHONE 28. - -
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PAUL . DANIELS8
Welsh and Ikeville, Louisiana
Dress GOODS Skirts
I am now putting in a full line of
Dress Goods, Skirts, and La
dies wearing apparel. I will
be glad to have the ladies call and
examine my stock. Everything
also in Gents' line.. . .
J. S. tESON, WELSH,
J..5. UtERISON, LOUISIANA.
-IIRDWARE STORE BURGL RIZED.
hives and Razors to the Amount of
Over $150 Were Stolen.
Burglars began their new year oper
ations in Welsh Sunday night and
theirnefarious avocation was applied
on an old, time-honored victim, H. A.
Davidson, in whom the light-fingered.
gentry have implictit confidence of
keeping just what they want.
In opening up Monday morning it
was found that. the rear doors :of Mr.
DaVidson's hardware store had been
tampered with, and a further investi
gation disclost d the fact that the show
eases containing his most valuable
knives and razors had also been tam
perad with and the contents removed
iberefrom.
About a hundred and fifty pocket
knives and two dozen razors were
stolen, the actual loss having been es
timated at ahout $150.
As usual there is no clew to the rob
bery. Entrance was gained by forcing
the rear door and the instrument used
was a piece of a brake taken from a
box car, which leads the authorities
to believe that the burglary was com
mitted by persons other than home
talent.
This makes th' fourth time that H.
A. Davidson has been victimized by
midnight marauders, the three previ
ous ones having occurred within a
year.
Robbing stores has been carried on
in Welsh with a more or less degree of
luccess for the past several years al
most entirely unmolested, but the
party or pa;ries a ill be cauTht in the
act one of ti;.e tuies and then the
Strong arm of the law cannot be too
rigorously applied.
sharply sprinkred With Birl Shot.
C. H. Wagner, who is here from In
diana visiting former friends, had an
experience Saturday that will ever re
mind him of his first trip to the Sunny
Southland. Mr. Wagner, incompany
with Mel Graham, of Jennings, Jas.
and Ed. Bower and Theron Plumb,
went quail hunting Saturday and were
several miles north of Welsh. The
boys became scattered. A quail flew
up and Graham let go at the bird
without taking into consideration the
safety of his companions, and as a
result winged two of them at one shot.
When the smoke had cleared away
Graham at tirst thought he had been
surrounded by a band of Comanche
Indians from the war whoops that
were emanating from the tall grass in
the direction the quail had fallen, but
he soon realized that the bird had not
stopped all of the leaden missiles.
Mr. Wagner and Jim Bower were
standing only a few feet apart and
within range of the gun. One shot
struck Wagner in the center of the
forehead and another in the leg, while
Bower was hit in the cheek directly
under the right eye and his upper lip
was pierced.
They came home and that night Dr.
Cooper removed the shot and dressed
the wounds of Mr. Wagner, but Mr.
Bowen is carrying his as a souvenir of
the trip.
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For Sale.
Good dwelling, barn and other
buildings, with twenty acres of land.
n the incorporation: also dlray busi
ness and teams: liberal terms.
S. A. ('o\ . Welsh, La.
FoR SALE.-15 nice Plymouth Pock
cockerels. Apply at Journal ollice.
Are You in Need of
Anything in the Line of
WOOD - CHOPPERS'
SUPPLIES?
Remember that our line of Cross-Cut
Saws, One-Man's Saws, Buck Saws, Axes,
Wood-Choppers' Mauls, Wedges, etc., is com
plete.
The Inorse Hardware Co., Limited.
S. .A..it :l' O\ :. I,',.- il I, X. . . ('.
Ih li(e ve InII ri:, \ iii ll (i ot a II ai th,
li 'it 'iliithin a tIe(v bonhll h.
ion. is that we sitdi : , p,-e of til
rotp o f 1tii04 1) '(1r( ti n, c \V (r( ,lp co n wt,", i
ially. If this itpit a i, cn rrtct, andtil
thi t re arte subse t,.: ;lI ' i.nS for b c
lievinig that it is, ithl rice indus. try do
w Iill ht t l i alituIy !lt is i 'aitn with- I
iii a iwt totttIths. ha
abroad oluen d durin_ the past htw v t
nºttthis havti been the ttleanis of relitV
in outtt honut mtarket, but it is to It
home ('Otlsulltiotn mainly that we b
tmust look for a lermanent market.
The pt, sent per on pita eomustunption of ae
ttllt!etic rice, whiclh does not( exceed i
'ix poutnds, can ut ttuestiottably e in
creased if better mnethodtl of d istriu ili he
tion and of adv.ertising are tmloye'. (f
ltiehnt xp)itrimteutts in the way of stlr JUt
tdirect to the nousu lt'rnt itthve bten s(1 twý
suetCssful as to aptttr to warrant the fa
belief that etvtn ttith Fin altpe iretit till
suiipltu stiic as we hav Ie ll t arryil ';
more rice c (ul ( shld amnd at better
prices than have lprevailed lately. w.
"The acreage will be reduced andd I"
reduced materially. The reduction .Ia
will not be because of any agreement i '
to cut down. Expletience has shown LI
that agreement to reduce acreage for
the general gotod of an industry itn
have resulted rather in an itnrease er
than in a decrease, for the reason in
that individuals figure it out that I
when everybody is cutting down is a cr
good time to plant more The reduc- as
tion of acreage in the rice belt this D;
year will come because the average
rice belt farmer will not have the
means unassisted to plant and take in
care of a full acreage, and he cannot bi
reasonably look for advances under at
the conditions that have prevailed h(
recently. The owners of large farms ec
are having trouble in getting tenants jt
and there is at least one canal in
Texas that will not run this year.
"A large quanity of low grade rice L
has been fed to stock this season. Ii
do not think it is an overestima to S
put the quantity disposed of in this
way at 500,0tH) bags for the season.
In Texas most of the rice farmers
have fed ground rice to their stock, t
and large (quantities of feed of which
ground rice is a principal ingredient C
have been shipped outside the rice (A
belt. I know of tmy own ipersonal D]
knowledge that feed of this character I
has been shipped as far west as San C
Antonio, and considerable quantities
iave gone into the cotton belt. I
shall feed 300 bags on my place, and I.
Senator Drew will feed 1,000 bags this p
year. h
"To sum upI the rice situation, it \
seems to me that the time is not remote
when the industry will be on a firm
foundation, the farmer and the dis
tributor having learned some costly v
but needed lessons of economy and 0
the consumption having increased to
a point where there will ble no im
mediate dlanier (of a repetitio)n of the
recent peri'dl of (leplrtission."
Million DI)ollar Lumber Ileal.
A lake ('harles displatch says: t
The biggiest deal in tinerc lanids that
has ever bteen closed in Sotthwlestern
Louisiana was consummated Friday
Snight in this eity between thle Pict'kering '
Lumbenlr company and the Wright
-HIodgett Lumber company.
By tihe terlme of thlte sal ie ithe W'ight
Blodtgttt Lutuiher com'tpany ct' nv , to
thi i'ickerin g Lumbller company r:te
ticablly 40,000 arres of timber land in 1
southere Vernon parish and in the
north part of Calcasieu parttsh for a
sum :ap!roximnating $1,100,000. This I
the first transaction in timber lands I
Sin Southwest Louisiana the consider- I
ation of which exceeds a million '
Sdollars.
The lands conveyed lie directly east I
and south of P'ickering which is just
over the border of (alcasieu. They
begin from ten to twelve miles east of
Pickering just at the borders of the
land owned and operated by the Pick
ering Lumber clmnpany. The timber
conveyed is virgin pine.
The machinery is now all on the
ground preparatory to beginning
operations on the Foley Oil company's
tract, northtof Iota. If good weather
prevails and no unforeseen delays
occur drilling will be begun this week,
probably as early as Thursday. The
drilling is in charge of Messrs. Bowen
& Scoggins of Welsh. The indica
tions are excellent for oil in the
neighborhood in which the well is
being sunk and the company expect
good results from their enterprise.
Crowley Signal.
i 1,tiieinl of hlie (0 1thilIon of I' l:l'
Ii'fuucit Insftilt iou at Jeinl <l-:;.
lI 'l;ative to the clh rsin- of th1 ,:,,
(,f the I'itizens fank at .,nln i e
"T'htu, ai , of l;,,t IIe('k. it iN 1,air ' l
ihat tlhre1' had ben a he'avy rinn (on the
hank fhr several dtla s pas.t and it wa, *
in a .serio'l' !? crippled ,,l conditin,
lwhIll ''h il'urlda rnlu inulli2 the lank er
rclx(idl nt in New I r'l, any' noti!ii *
hue' manageui(.nt that all future c'l.k. k
frim 11 t1li( would t I proteste ted. Theli
doors waire then ordered ( ctl(,,. d 0
'Thi t'itiznsashank «as the old(,t
hanking.' intitutin , in J(.nuii ;4,. hal inui"
b, n , st t i.hi,hed al)()ut twels c . ar
a . ). The oli('r, H \'ere 1. I. "l 'all,
lr. .id 'nl, and .1.I1. IIllnu , ,alf ir..
It Own,,id Ia ine plrick lul(lingi that v.a.
bu ilt two years ago at at a ost iof 1,1 . 0i
'T'uesday's Anerican ((n( aitdt II n oi
acc(ount of the action of . iJudge M ill Ir
in the case, as follows:
Jude Miller in the di, trict court
here this t otrin girantit in it as et *,,
of the (.'iti .n', riank of .Jennuin.i . a .
jt d'lln i.t tIf insolv ientvy, andl a jbi( rit. t
t i) con' tt:i,,iouers to wid(1 up the al
fairs of the hbank. 'l'hl i contnisio 1, n I
named W(ere. Fr'ank lolert.;, of ti,'
'h ahsaicrn National bank. of this city,
and A. I'. D)elouen , and their handl
waN lixtd ( at $lX10,010 in solide. 'l'hi I
a'tion wasl taken on the pletition of
i Jasper DJalby, The E. F. Walker (iro.
(:)., Ltd., George WV. Jutuian and .\
L. Hinford, depositors. cl
Besides a judgme(nt declaring bank t<
insolvent and naming the co mmission- a
era, the court ordered J. C. St. ( ;er- a
main to make a lull and complete in- ci
ventory o(f all the property, rights and ir
creditors belonging to the bank, to he h
assisted by A. C. Spencer and L. W. is
Dalby as appraisers. Messrs. McCoy 0
& Moss were the attorneys. e:
Attached to the petition was a docu
ment showing some interesting figures. It
brought out by a resolution passed at I
an adljourned meeting of the stock- i'
Shohlers held last Monday, which call- Y
ed for a thorough canvass of all the b
notes and overdrafts of the bank. Fol.
Slowing are the figures: ft
AIS SETS. s
eLoans and discounts, good $ 50,747 33 8
I Same, doubtful........... 7,547 01 (
Same, bad.............. 40,751 24 -s
s (Overdrafts, unsecu'd, good 4,000 00 a
Same, bad ................ 6,2$3 hti
Cr. bal. Metropolitan bank :18 2 c
C( ash ...... ................ ',378 83 t
h AS CASH ESTIMATED: r
t Good accounts............ ..$ 50,47 33
eGood overdrafts ......... 4,000 00
1 Doubtful and bad (est. ) ... 20,000 00
r Property ................. 25,000 00 t
n Cash ................. 5.0000
$104.747 33
LIAII LITIES:
[ Deposits .................. $ 8_h.94$ 78
S Ilibernia Bk & Trust Co. t80.948 5' 1
Hiibernia Bk & Trust Co.. 21,045 81
it Metropolitan Bank bills
e payable .. ........... 15,000 00
SHanover Nat. Bank bills
S payable .............. 5,000 00
S Hanover Nat. Bk overd 'ft. 202 00
d Calcasieu Nat. Bank ..... hi, l() 91
0 Same, overdrafts.......... 394 h4
Aks i. customary, the banks which
appear as creditors are secured by
much niore colateral than is necessary
to cover their claims.
,d.iede at Lake ('harles.
S'. W. l'hompson, a white mian
iail()ut 2}5 yvears tif age, cointnitted
suicide in Lake Chiarl+es Saturday
morning hy shootin(,, himself vith a
S I'ev(ol] v'.
S The sh)ootin z tok plate at m o'cl)ck
ein a house in a sctin of the 'ity in
in habited mostly by Syrians. Thim fi
eson was stEin to enter the fiolse, a
a repoirt was heard sihortly afte'r and hi
i fely was found lying in an alley aId
is Ijoining the house. The man had shot
,. himself in the abdomen and then
walked out of the house when lhe fell.
Iivestigation proves that Thompson
94 had been having trouble with his wife
st who left the city Saturday afternoon.
ev A few weeks ago le sued for a divorce
of and lost the case. From that time h,
he endeavored to smooth matters but lie
k- failed.
er Nothing was found in the mnan's
pockets but a photograph of himself
and a box of cartridges. His clothing
he was entirely new.
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i's Notice to the Farmers.
er I have purchased a thoroughbred
ys Black Spanish Jack, 14 hands high,
7 years old. I will stand hun from
he Feb. 1st, 1903, to Aug. 1st, 1905. Terms
en $10, with a guarantee of a colt. This
a- proposition will only last between
he dates above mentioned, as I will
is charge more thereafter. The animal
ect can be seen at any time at my home
place in the town of Welsh.
A. O. FONTENOT.
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Sialit by IYour Town.
It is not the site of a town, b1ut it,
I charactrer that inakes a desirable piat,
to live. A live and prospleos town is
a desirable one, and a town may' live
and prosper and yet he small. Every
citizen in a town should he intetreisted
in its prosperity. One of the ways to)
help a town is to speak well of it. It
is true patriotism to statnd by your
own town and interest as well says an
exchange.
Another way to help your town is
to do all you can to beautify it.
Beautify your own plroiperty all oun
can, then do all you can teo beautify
your streets. Be friendly with every
body and courteous to strangers.
Your civility will help make good iin
pressions and will be carried away
and cherished. Never forget you are
a part of the town and that your own
deportment helps to make up the
stunger's estimate of the place. Sell
all you can and buy all you can at
home. Every dollar that is sent or
carried away from the town makes it
that much poorer. If you have the
means invest in something that will
give somebody employment. 1)o let
kick at a prol)osed improvement simlp
ly b)ecause it is not at youv)r (loor. A
town t;at is always improving is also
spreading itself out. It a rich man
starts a project, encourage him, if a
potor man starts one, hellp him. Don't
be afraid to thrust your hands into
your pockets to hellp a public enter
prise. More towns have been killed
by such refusals than other 'ways.
The citizens of any prosperous town
are always public sprited ant! united.
Stand together, work together for the
interests of the whole town. Always
stand ready to do youvr part. Don't
grumble and spend your timle in Iroph
esying failures, but help to make
every enterprlise a sutccess, he it great
or small. Be energetic anld etiter
prising and your example will he
inmitateld.
10o you watnt to renlt a hIi iness or
dwelitg lihot;use? Stee Chii . P'. lar
tin, Notary tlubllii.
A S IT IS NOW Till TIMIE I" Y.';\: chat \,u will have
IA to co nmmence to ,gt your puimlpin. irlant ii , I,.li rii .,s . fr
operation by havinz your envin'. hoilltr atnd wimp- re
paired or rebuilt, so we ak you to hrin'_ tih, i) tio 1i". ; wE
have a complete mac'hine shop at \our l i=ipo,al, ut.ijp:te:l with
also have in ectio n wh ith a our p ht a - iv ll I, SI't'II: tih- We
partment, where we carry a complte liie oif all kitis ani siz.es
of brass and I. B. valves, cast and mt allaf l,, ir n firtiig. lu
bricators. injectors, steam guages. syiphtnri. lac', aher, black
and galvanized pipe, lubricating ori!s, in fact cn. can a to
all your needs in this line.
Some of our specialties are mnanuf:ctur'inf , S.i11(E
STACKS and hreechings,. water and oil wEI supplt, . pipe cIut
ting and threading to sketch, repairing and rbuilding i
boilers, pumnps, and in fact any and everytlhini tii hat p..rtait, to
an up-to-date machine and well works busint:,s.
Armstrong Machine &Well Works C
e LIMITED
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II i:,ini. ( ompr)ny to lipralte Here.
1)ev,\'lofIrnent in the Welsh oil tield
coatifu es sicnwly but ,urely, and it is
the tpini )f of oil sme that it is
ionly a mina'tert of ltime when this will
be one of tie leadin' i.ivi' i the
oullth.
Th, (). (iIn fI andt Fuel (',mpanv,
of Il;e:iunt(L itt. 'I'.x:s., have hauled
materia;l to th, lield fr a derrick to
he ere.ted on t '. \\'Wd farm, about
1200 feet southhw't of the proven field.
T'1,he devrir,", i hbr lwas, hauled out to
the fietd \Vtdin,(lday and esterday.
Pipe is niow in transit from Beaumont
to ine u.n e in ,t illl I the well.
\Vhe;ler the contract has been let
or whether dcillinu will bl:giu at once
coul nt l l learnt.th
.1. Il. liwe , at i n5eIent e~inaged in
drilling a well near Iota, was in
Wel.,h W\\'cdn ,ay, ulnd to the Journal
st:ated that he had no't been given the
contract. hut the II igi~ii company
had spoken to himn relan tv. to drilling
th, well and iatl mn.d hire that he
wouil he giv\en a hid on the work.
It is the belwt here. that the contract
has Ibeen let to a lTxas driller and
that work will he.Sin as son as a rig
can be shilped and hauled to the lield.
It is siid that S. I). felt, of Ham
thou, Tex as, %well kn;own among our
real estate tn eln. is en ineering the
the work hlere. .Mr. Felt was in
Welsh .londa', hint nothintr was given
out regardinri ill, connection with the
[Licgins 'ointiman'.
It will Ibe reinemhetrnel that last week
under the head of uiortgages the fol
Iowing iustr ruett was recorded: E.
S Wood to lligins Oil and Fuel
o'imtnlhamv. *iv.. acres (of land located in
the Wood's ( ,utdivi,iton, considera
tion i . ),0.
For Sle---Lot 8, block
23, located at the corner
of South and Elms street
and one of the most de
sirable business locations
in the town of Welsh.
Apply to W. W- Welsh.