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VI. WELSH, CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA, OCTOBER h, 1905.
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We have a complete line of Stylish Tailor
*Made Suits in All Sizes, made by Union Work
men and guaranteed to fit. The above cut shows
a few of our New Fall Styles now on SALE.
J. S. GERSON WELSH,
SJ S. 9ERSON, LOUISIANA.
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BOTH TERMS OF COURT GO OVER
Attorneys Agree to Postponement of
District Court to Oct. 23 and
Circuit Court Will Not
Convene Until Dec. 11.
As we anticipated, district court at
his first session of the term today,
Oct, 2, agreed on recommendation of
fr bar to adjourn until Oct. 23, three
weeks from today.
A large majority of the bar was
lpesent this morning when court was
alled to order and Judge E. D. Mil
le at once laid the matter of post
oning the session before those pres
let There were speeches pro and
con, some of the attorneys holding
that much of the business could be
tranacted in spite of quarantine rem
Slatlons, but the lawyers finally de
dled for adjournment by an almost
naQimous vote.
Distric Clerk Gardiner has also
be notifed by Judge Lee that circuit
court, which was to have been held
here shortly, has been postponed until
the second Monday in December.
Reading Nofice.
Every man owes it to himself and
his family to master a trade or pro
fession. Read the display advertise
ment of the six Morse Schools of
Telegrapy, in this issue and learn how
easily a young man or lady may learn
telegraphy and be assured a position.
Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Bertrand ar
rived on the noon train last Friday
from Siloam Springs, Ark., where
they have been conducting a Rouss
Racket store. They will occupy the
Arceneaux building, next to A. E.
Bell's old stand, with their stock of
goods. They have rented Frank Cot
ton's residence and moved into same
Wednesday. We wish them success.
Fancy skirt and waist goods for fall
and winter wear just in at Martin
Bros.
Welsh Machine Shops,
11. B. VAN NESS, Proprietor.
SMOKESTACKS & BREECHINOGS
Any Size or Guage, and
ALL KINDS OF
Oil and Irrigating Strainers, i
MADE ON SHORT NOTICE. S
ALL KINDS OF
PIPE AND FITTINGS 3
o0Itwo doors from Postofflce. -
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Rie Farmers, Atention!
We are now prepared to furnish
you with the best bundle forks on the
market, and also anything in the
line of sack needles, lampblack,
:iarking pots, marking brushes,'
ack Twine and Bag Trucks.
1e 1 1orse tl rdw e .o, iited
.THE RIGHT PLACE.
Dealers in Shelf and Heavy Hardware,
g(lassware Queensware, Paints, Oils.
NEGRO KILLED AT DANCE NORTH OF ITOWN
Simeon Levene Shot in the Back of the
Head and Instantly Killed at Na.
poleon G(illory's House.-Two
Snspects Arrested.
On Saturday night about eleven
o'clock, a tragedy occurred at the
home of Napoleon Guillory about two
miles northwest of Welsh, at a dance,
where a large number of negros were
present, which resulted in Simeon
Levene being shot in the head and in
stantly killed.
The exact cause of the shooting was
not brought out in the coroner's in
quest, but two witnesses told the main
story. These were Joseph and Ar
chille Guillory, both of whom were eye
witnesses. The two most intimately
connected with the tragedy were out in
the yard at the time. A negro named
"Chester." is said to have done some
of the shooting, during which about
60 shots were fired. It is said that the
dance at the Guillory's was given ex
clusively for the negroes north of
Welsh and those in the neighborhood
of China and that the negroes who
did most of the shooting were from
Welsh.
Coroner Fisher came over on the
noon train Sunday and held an inquest
in the afternoon, at which Joseph
Guillory testified as follows: "I was
at the house of Napoleon Guillory on
the night of Sept. 30, about 11 o'clock
at night. I was dancing in the house,
when some one called and said 'we
got a big fuss out there.' I ran out
side to where the parties were, and
saw Julian with a pistol in his hand,
and he fired one shot at Simeon Le
vene. Levene fell. After he fell there
was several more shots fired, some by
Julian and some by Chester. After
about ten shots were fired Julian and
Chester ran away. After they ran I
examined Levene and found him dead.
I did not hear any words. Levene
had no pistol."
Archille Guillory testified as follows:
"I was at the house of Napoleon
Guillory on the night of the :10th of
September at 11 o'clock. I saw Julian
fire one shot at Simeon Levene and
Levene fell instantly. Aftar Levene
fell, I ran and heard several shots.
Before the shooting, Celestin Levene
told Simeon to go into the house, and
pushed him. Julian then shot Simeon
Levene in the back of the head as he
was going to the house. I heard no
conversation between the two, neither
before nor after the shooting and
found Simeon Levene dead. Another
party with Julian did some shooting."
The Coroner's jury was composed
of H. A. Davidson, Alexis LaTour,
M. D., Isaac Fontenot, A. G. Fon
tenot and John Singleton. The ver
dict was as follows:
"We, the jury, find that Simeon Le
vene came to his death by a pistol
shot, the ball entering back of the
head on a line with the top of the ears,
obout one-half inch to the right of the
median line, same causing death at
once. The pistol was in the hands of
Julian Baptiste.
The negro "Chester" came back to
Welsh at three o'clock Monday morn
ing and gave himself up to United
States deputy marshall, John Single
ton. Constable Isaac Fontnot drove
over to Lake Charles with him early
Monday morning. Julian came in
and gave himself up later in the day
anddeputy sheritf, C. E. Carrtook
him to Lake Charles on the evening
train.
On Thursday morning six more ne
groes were arrested, charged with car
rying concealed weapons and at the
justice' court held Thursday afternoon,
they were bound over Ito the district
court.
DAM BLOWN UP.
Dynamite Was Used on Structure
Across Mermentan--The Locks
Damaged and Thirty Feet of
the Dam Destroyed.
The Mermentau dam at Grand Chen
ier, six miles from the gulf, was blown
up by dynamite Tuesday morning
about 12:30. About thirty feet of the
dam was destroyed near the lock on
the north, end and walls of the lock
were damaged. The dynamite was ex
ploded by electricity from the north
bank of the river. The watchman in
charge of the dam barely escaped
death.
It is not known who committeed the
deed. News was received from a
messenger sent in a steam launch, who
arrived at Mermentau late Tuesday
afternoon. C. C. Duson, Marion Abbot,
president, and Geo. H. Tinker, secre
tary of the Rice Irrigation and Im
provement association, which built
the dam, left Wednesday morning to
investigate.
Rev. Brock has gone to Opelousas
for a few days rest and recuperation.
I Lafayette's Explanatatlo to the Public.
For the purpose of determining
whether there was any necessity for
the parish of Lafayette to quaranatine
the town of Lafayette, Judge Push, of
the 18th judicial district, appointed
Tuesday, Sept. 26i, 1905, a commission
of six physicians to investigate the
health conditions of the town of La
fayette. The report of this commis
sion was submitted to the court Thurs
day. Sept. 28, and upon the showing
the court felt entirely justified in grant
ing the relief prayed for by the citi
zens of Lafayette, by ordering the
raising of the quarantine.
REPORT OF MEDICAL COMMISSION.
Lafayette, La., Sept. 27, .05.
To the Hon. Philip S. Pugh, Judge
18th Judicial District Court in and for
Lafayette parish, La.:
Your committee appointed for the
purpose of ascertaining the sanitary
condition of the town of Lafayette and
especially with reference to the exist
ance or non-existance of yellow fever,
beg leave to report:
That the committee was called to
gether and organized by the selection
of Dr. Geo. DeLaureal, president of
the parish bo&rd of health, as chair
man and Dr. F. J. Mayer, as secre
tary.
On motion of the secretary the fol
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That in order to facilitate
the work of the committee on investi
gation of the health condition of the
town of Lafayette, every practitioner
of medicine, every minister of the
gospel or any other person or persons
who may, in any manner, throw iight
upon the sanitary and health condi
tion of the town, be summoned before 1
this board and required to testify un
der oath, as to any knowledge of the
existance of any contagious or infec
tious disease within the corporate lim- I
its of the town.
Under this resolution the following
persons were examined under oath by
Hon. Ed G. Voorhies, clerk of court:
Rev. F. E. Rogers, of the Presby
terian church, Rev. J. I. Kendrick, of
the Baptist church, Rev. Geo. W.
Lands, pastor of Col.t M. E. church, I
Rev. T. J. James, pastor Good Hope
Col. Baptist church, Rev. H. W. 1
Welsh, pastor Free Town Col. M. E.
church and the following druggists:
Geo. Doucet, D. V. Gardebled, Lucius
Prudhomme, Clifton I. Young and I
the following citizens: Albert Labbe, I
L. Hirsch, Abraham Hirsch, Hon. t
andre M. Martin, ex clerk of court,
Isaac Bendel, Chas. Martin, who one
and all testified that they knew of no
cases of yellow fever, or suspicious
cases within the corporate limits of
the town, nor of any cases whatever,
unattended by any physician.
The following physicians of the town,
after being duly sworn, testified as
follows:
Drs. T. B. Hopkins, A. R. Trahan,
J. D. Trahan, F. R. Tolson, A. Gladu,
John Tolson, L. O. Clark, Gee. Bab
cock, R. D. Voorhies, J. L. Duhart,
reported no case of yellow fever, nor
any suspicious cases in their practice.
Dr. G. A. Martin revorted no cases of
yellow fever, but asked the commit
tee to examine a case of fever under
his care. The committee made an ex.
amination of this case and the con
senses of opinion of the majority was
that it was a case of typhoid fever.
Your committee finds the sanitary
condition of the town unusually good
and remarkably free of mosquitoes,
the premises of all cases, suspicious'
or otherwise, that have occurred in'
the past, have been fumigated, water
containers oiled and screened and
gutters and ditches throughout the
town oiled. Your committee turther
begs leave to report that in view of
the sanitary condition herein set forth,
it is entirely unnecessary at this time
to further surround the town with a
sanitary guard.
Respectfully submitted,
G. R. DeLaureal, M. D. chairman.
Fred J. Mlayer, secretary.
R. D. Voorhies, M. D.
Thos. B. Hopkins, M. D.
F. R. Tolson, M. D.
J. D. Trahan, M. D.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this Sept. 27, 1905.
Ed. G. Voorhies, clerk of court.
In view of the above very favorable
report and the action of the court,
there should be no hesitation on the
part of any citizen of the parish about
entering town as he would incur ab
solutely no rish in doing so.
Convince yourself of
the style, quality and
price, by waiting for the
Millinery Bazaar Opening
Oct. Ii, Crowley, La.
The RIcE BELT JOURNAL $Iper year.
A PRAYER AT MOTHER'S GRAVE
Translated By Dr. Mente, Fromn
a Prayer Book Loaned by Mr.
E. Scharff, Belonging to His
Mother. The Book Was Dedi
cated to Baroness Von Roths
child, the Great Philanthro
pist.
"Here at this quiet mount, where
thou, beloved mother, sleepest the
sleep of death, which has robbed me
of my dearest heart friend, the one who
raised and nursed me, here will 1 pray
to God for thy salvation. Here, in
pious remembrance of thy beloved
likeness, will I recall thy gentle angel
ic rule upon earth, so it may never be
effaced from my heart: and here will
I solemnly vow to thee and myself, to
live true to thy motherly teaching and
advice and always to pursue the path
way of virtue.'
'I realize that all that renmaineth of
thee beneath this little mount, is but
dust and ashes: thy pure and eternal
being having taken flight in the shape
of a transfigured spirit, into the
abodes of holy angels, while thy moth
er eye looks down upon thy child here
and everywhere: and vet, when I ap
proach this place, I feel as if I were
nearer to thee, and if I but touch the
earth which covers thee, as though I
touch a part of thine real self, and
when I shed tears here, as though I
wept upon thy beloved breast.'
'My God, here upon these ashes so
sacred to me, here will I offer a prayer
for the peace of my beloved mother's
soul; take her, who was so rich in love
and whose heart did beat with warm
mother-love for me, graciously into
Thy higher realms of mercy. Do not
hold her, who in gentle mother-love,
never counted sacrifices, never weighed
labor, never measured pain, all of
which she gladly bore for the welfare
of her child, accountable for short
comings and sins committed by one
who was simply born of dust; but in
as much as she lavished the fullness
of joy and blessing upon the head of
her child, do Thou surround her stint
ed head, in Thy majesty, with all the
joys and blessings in Paradise, and
may her mother-love, of which her son
was always full, still continue to be a
blessing to me. May she, Oh Thou
Eternal One! pray for me and those
dear to me, for Thy mercy and for
giveness. May Thy love and the
majesty of Thy God-head be ever at
my side, guiding me with gentle hand
through this dark valley, until my
soul shall enter into rest and reunion
with loved ones gone before."
Dr. G. Rf. Mente,
Pastor Congregational church.
Do not fail to see the at
tractive and complete line
of Millinery to be on dis
play Oct. II, Crowley, La.
Millinery Bazaar.
PAT CROWE IS CAPTURED
The Notorious Kidnapper is Arrested
in lMontana.
Butte Montana, Oct. 3.-The identi
fication of Pat Crowe, the celebrated
Cudahay kidnapper who was arrested
last night, was made complete this
morning through the photograph sent
by the Omaha police. Crowe has been
in Butte some time, secreted at the
home of his brother, Anthony. He
had one gun with him when arrested
and said if he had had another one he
would have got the police instead of
them getting him.
Open to the Public for
1Rice Storage!
Having decided to open all of our warehouses for
rice storage, we solicit your business.
Liberal Cash Advances
on warehouse receipts, and you sell your own
goods. Ask our managers to explain our method
for securing you best cash market price for your 4
rice. Apply to 4
LOUISIANA MILL, Jennings, La.
ROANOKE MILL, Roanoke, La.
S-OR TO
Louisiana Irrigation and Mill Company i
Crowley, Louisiana.
, ana.
Article on Rice by Jas. Ellis.
The following is a letter written to
the lice Journal and Southern F'arm
er, by J'ts. Fllis on Sept. 22:
The harvest in this section is pro
gressing linely. The most of the time
thus far we have had fine weather.
The rain on the I.th inst. deIlased
I matters for a day or ,o but did no
I damage that the writer has heard of.
The threshing macbiuc is hununing
its tune of the yield, but as far as
heard from the yield is hardly up to
expectations; possibly the few very
cool nights in Augnst had the effect to
interfere with its proper development.
HIowever, it may be the very short
I growing season that has something to
do with it. Some fields that were
judged to be 12 bag crops, yielded
only H bags, which, with the short
acreage, if this condition is the pre
vailing one, will make the "bulls"
btellow fearfully.
The prices so far are giving good
satisfaction to the producer and if he
can keep from getting where the
"Shadow of the .Mill" is too dense,
he will come out all right.
The writer has just returned from a
portion of the state where cotton is the
chief agricultural product and hefinds
complaint of short crop all along the
line. Some of the fields visited were
very grassy and when the planter was
asked why he had allowed the grassto
run him out so badly. the answer was:
"too wet, the more I plowed the faster
the grass grew."
It is time now for the rice planter
especially, to study conditions so asto
remedy defects for his next year's
work. Deeper plowing will 4ve a
growing bed that will withstand the
drouth, if we should have adry season
and will bring into use more of the
soil. The action of the air on soils
is always beneficial and naturally
shallow lands will be very much ad
vantaged by deeper plowing.
When we raised "Providence rice,"
we were afraid to plow too deep, be
cause it made the harvesting heavier,
without increasing the yield; but we
have now used up the fertility of the
new soil and will have to adjust our
selves to new conditions. Plow deep
and airify the soil and we shall have
a deeper soil to operate on. We
shall grow heavier crops and if a man
cannot, with the same team, put in so
much, he can put it in better and get
more rice to the acre.
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Buy your ice fruit and vegetables at
the Welsh Meat Market.
SCheap Homes1
We have arranged with the
ber company whereby we have
secured the agency of about 18,.
h. We can sell you000 acres of theirlands surround.
ing Welsh. We can sell you a
- farm from $10 to $15 per acre,
one-fourth cash and give you
five years equal payments on the
deferred payments. Now is the
time to get a cheap home. Or if
you want improved farmes we
Shave them ranging in price from
- $25 to $40 per acre. Write or
call on
Robinson & Carr
S Welsh, La.
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