The Rice belt journal., December 13, 1912, Image 4

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of all descriptions, from 75c to $20.00.
The Largest Box of Candy
Ever in Town is Displayed
at the Signal Clothing Store.
Before Buying Your Christmas Candies
SEE
tCARTER'S
:i
ICE CREAM PARLOR
Good Candies,--Good Drinks--and A Good Fellow
Cigars, 25 in a Box, Make a
SSpecial! Nice Christmas Present.
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The Lake Charles Business College
Is Offering to the Public
Courses in Bookkeeping, Short
hand, Typewriting and
., English Branches
that are not to be excelled. The sys- f
tems mused are the shortest, thus enabling .
one to complete in a very short time.
Positions are sure when you are compe
tent. Write for free catalogue describ
ing the courses.
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Lake Charles, La. LVincent, Pros.f t
15 Pier Cent. DIlSCOUNT 15 Per Cent.
From Regular Prices, Month of December Only
A large Stock of Boiler, Engine, Pump, Mill, Irrigation
andl Well Supplies, Oil Cups for Gas and Steam Engines;
Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Brass and Iron Body Valves;
Asbestos and Rubber Sheet Packing, Rod Packing, etc.
You will be pleased with Prices and Goods I have in
stock. Come and see.
Stock of Oil City Iron Works.
I. FLOYD filDKIFF, Agent,
JENNINGS, LA. Opposite "o2ut e"L.D.Phne 326
For S~1c ON EASY TERMS TO SUIT BUYER
123 1-2 Acres of Good Farm Land.
This land lies close to the pumping
plant and water for irrigation purposes
orilcu ardPie oitngs thes land Adron10gVless
can be had handily. Barn and House
JOSEPIt STERNBERG,
224 Clinton Street. New Orleans, La.
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*YOU SHOULD NOT BE WITO ITHOUTT *
The rates for Telephone Service of the Cumberland Telephone i
and Telegraph Company, are so reasonable that every one can afford
to place a telephone in their place of busines and residence. You
* are in communication with til your friends and relatives in the city,
as well as outside places, tad our Long Distance Service enables you4
to communicate with every city and town of importance, in the United
States, at most reasonable rates. Infotratlon will be furnished by I
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'umberland Telephone & Telegraph Company, 2
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Strictly Fancy Imported Hon.
duras Seed Rice, as well as Selected
DoIastic Seed, at reasonable
prices.--ILOUISIANA STATE RICE
" ILLINGýCO. 29-2t
Mrs. W. R. Chapmanwasa Thursday's
alsitor to Lake Charles.
Appendix a Waste. Basket.
One of New York's biggest uclent.l
Oe surgical choppers has often found
toothbrush bristles in a patient's. a,
pendix. Two hours. after midnighi
yesterday he operated, on a man al
most at the point odeath, takng out
the appendis, which was as.btg as.a
leerfoot sausage. In ýt was a pin all
crusted over. For some people the
ippendlz seems to be a waste basket
palmL
fIie Rice Belt Journal.
Published Every Friday by
W'eslish Printing Company, Ltd.
*.1E DOLLAR A YEAR IN AI)WAN'E.
'ntered at the postofloe at WVelsh, La., as
oond olass matter.
FRIDAY, DECEM 13EI 13, 1912.
D. I. READ. EDITOR.
The most important election that has
or will be held in Jefferson Davis parish
for a generation, at least will be held
next Tuesday, when the people will
select the officer who will install the
new parish government. The import*
ance of this election does not hing en
tirely upon the character of the men
choosen, as, so far as we know, all the
aspiring candidates are good substan
tial men. Its real significents lays in
the fact that it will determine to a
very large extent whether the parish
shall be ruled in the future by the
people as a whole, or whether it will be
ruled by a single town. It is a well
known fact that when any one town
has practically one third the voting
strength of the parish within its pre
cinct, as Jennings, has, it soon becomes
an easy matter for it to control the
destinies of the entire parish, unless
the utmost vigilence is used by the
voters outside of such a precinct. In
the present instance, although assur*
Ing the people before the parish seat
election, that should she secure the
parish seat, she would be content to let
the people of the parish select the
officers outside of Jennings, still the
parish seat election was hardly over
when a meeting was heid in that city,
under the domination of her political
leaders, and a complete political slate
was made, and included at least one
man, for one of the most important
offices in the parish, from the town of
Jennings itself. Now it,she elects her
slate this election, when the country
interests are more or less united
against her, what hope will there be of
the country districts ever gaining their
just share of the control of the affairs
of the parish, after she has had time to
form a Court House Political ring?
There would be nonn whatever. If the
the'people of the parish lose control of
its affairs at this election, they might
just as wtell throw up their hands and
tell Jennings to take what she wants,
as she will be in a position to do so any.
way for the next generation.
The Jennings Record sounds the fol
lowing note of warning to the voters
of the parish: "Beware of the socalled
straight ticket that will be handed the
voter on election day. They are not
legitimate nominees are calculated to
prolong strife and result on a bad start
for this parish." While we have always
believed that the Jennings Bunch
would do almost anything in order to
accomplish their ends in the present
election, we did not kiow just what
trick they would try to spring. There
for'e we are under obligations to the
Times.Record for putting us wise. And
we assure Mr. Miller that we will abso
lutely refuse to vote A "Straight
Ticket" should one of the Jennings
Fellows offer us one, and will stick to
the Peoples Candidates, Mr. R. P.
Howell for Representative, Mr. Jos. F.
Fuselier for Sheriff, Mr. I. R. Price for
Clerk, Mr. Geo. W. Mack for Assessor,
and Mr. T. S. Smith of Elton for Coro
ner. And we advise all the friends of
Political Freedom to do the same.
Another high authority tondems the
Buzzard as purveyors of disease. A
few weeks ag9 the JOURNAL pub·
tished an excrept from an article in the
Crowley Signal, in which Dr. H. C.
Webb, president of the Acadia Parish
Board of Health, attributes the spread
of the desease that is destroying the
hogs of that parish to BUZZARDS. The
Times.Democrat of Monday, contains
the report of the Veterinary Expert.
Dr. Thomas A. Mitchell, who diagnosed
the disease trom which the Acadia par.
ishhogs are suffering as Tuberculosis.
Dr. Mitchell fully agrees with Dr. Webb
in supposing that the desease is spread
by the BUZZARDS. When'a charge is
as generally believed as that against
the BUZZARD, and is substantiated by
the opinions of eminent medical experts
is it not time ,that sentence be passed
and the BUZZARD condemned to death
and his tribe to extinction, as far as
this section of the world is concerned
at least?
This issue of the JOURNAL contains
the monthly report of the Welsh Civic
Ieague which lndicate'that the League
is a live factor for the bettering ol
conditions in Welsh. While there is
oowand then a kick registerested by
someone whom the League has insistes
upon making his promises more preseni
able, the work of the League has be6s
such that every citizen of Welsh may
justly feel proud of it. It has done more
in its two years existance to remove the
eyesores an clein up unsanitary
places la Welsh, than all other factors
combined have done in tie same length
o0 time. We wish the Welsh Civic
League a long and increasingly useful
mr.af.
The Lake Arthur Heaald heads an
interesting column of matter pertain
ing to the work being done by Dr.
Dowling, as, "Dr. Dowling Again at
Work" Why use the word "Again"
Bro. Putman, has there been a time
since the Doctor has been in the state
that he has not been "at work."
We would suggest to a certain
young man, who is wearing his nose in
a sling,'as a result of coming in contact
with a board (?) a few evenings ago,
that he would conserve his facial con
tour if he shouid get the habit of carry
iig a lantern when calling on his best
girl.
The time for paying your poll tax is
drawing to a close. But two weeks
mire remain in which you can retain
your right to vote. and exercise your
rights as an American citizen. Better
p my that tax today, you miay forget it
tomorrow,
Your ancesters fought and died in
order to secure for you, the blessings
of liberty. Are you willing to give up
this priceless heritage for the paltry
sum of one dollar? If not Pay Your Poll
Tax Today.
Well Known Hayes . Man Passes
Away.
Ares David, one of the well known
citizens of the Hayes neighborhood
died at his home, Thursday morning at
2:30. Deceased leaves a wife and sev
eral children to mourn their loss.
Masonic Grand Lecturer, John T
Lasley, whose home is in Rayrille, La.
was in Welsh Wednesday and Thursday
instructing the officers and members
of the Welsh Lodge in the unwritten
work of the order. Mr. Lasley is thor
oughly proficient in his work, and is,
with all a most delightful gentlemen to
meeta
Mayor, L. G. Lewis, was transacting
business in Lake Charles, Thursday.
Dr. R. R. Aroeneaux was profession
al visitor to Lake Charles, Thursday
morning. He was accompanied by his
little son,
Mrs. J. Alf. Martin, and her sister,
and guest, Mrs. Mae Patterson were
the guests of friends in Lake Charles
Thursday.
Mrs. J. R. LýBleu and little daughter
Ollie, who have been making their
home with the former's mother, Mrs.
Adam Bourque for several months past
start3d Thursday morning for Childress
Texas, to meet Mr. LýBleu, and where
they expect to make -thelr home in the
future.
SCHRISTMAS is NOW 14
And WE are Prepared to serve YOU
than ever With a FULL LINE of
FANCY and STAPLE GROCEIES, FRESH MEATS1
EVERYTHING for the TABLE.
SEE OUR RDY iOODS DEPARTEEN
WE have everything you will need f0
CHRISTMAS GITP
BIG LINE of boots and shoes of Quality
GREATLY REDUCED PRISES on MIIN@
Car of JOHN DEERE PLOWS now Rolling
Car of JOHN DEERE BUGGIES now Rolliu
Car of ARISTOS FLOUR now Rolling
MERRY XmMAS and a HAPPY NBW
STo our many FRIENDS and CUSTOMERSl
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NESS, We will continue to carryatol
house and yards in Welsh, La., a ful
LAYNE PATENT PUMPS, steel'
parts, and repairs and a full supplyd
SLayne Patent Wire and Shutter cN
well casing. You know our class ofl
and drillers. You know that we made
guirantees good.
LET US IWD ON YOUR W
Our unlimited resources place'us iisi
Sgive you prompt service at the right
will pay you to investigate the laI
Screen which is recognized as the bi
best water getter in the world, d
of from 13 up tp to 24 inches in diamd,
LAYNE & BOWLR
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WELSH. LA.*
P. S.-If our Mr. Scoggina should be ou;
you call, lay your well proposition before Mt
of the Armstrong Machine and Well Worke»,
IN FOUR YEARST
THlE
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Handled 157,000ooo,ooo000 Passe
not a single passenger 10t
through a collision or der,
Its train.
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