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aChe 'id c'Corsets A Scientific Plan for Figure Development Flesh, muscle aidl ti sue, \. ill "flog." or "set" under guiding pressure or cxc: , :as every p1,h-ical direc tor knows. So College Girl corsets colmfortall mould the figure into right p,,-tre and right li1cs ju-t as well directed, persist.ýnt cxerci;<e I ill io. They bring equal benefits in figure ct elc imecnt. Natural Grace and Beauty There is a College Girl corset for ev,.erv woman, in front or back lace style. To every tilgurte they bring the lines of youthfulness-the fashion;ilh, silhoutte. Their healthful benefits are the greatest value to all women. We have your particular model. R. SMITH Opposite the Depot Phone 91 'elsh, La. Cream-Nut-Bread Suits them all Light, white and of exquisite flavor, it will suit the most fastidious appetite and nourish the most i :,ty one. The children cry for it, tl - whole family likes the bread that comes from the Eagle Bakery. Cream-Nut-Bread now 8 cents at your Grocers EAGLE BAKERY J. G. Ewing, Proprietor Phone 240 Patronize DO'IT NOW w merchants who ad. biSe in this paper. Send us the price of a year's , , trwm~Ah v riL 'ubscription if you are in arrea- -rrmi i ,·,ra mm· Come In Folks, the Water's Fine. Tell your friends what two-bits will do when "times is hard" 'This week we are mailing a number of SAMPLE COPIES of THE JOURNAL throughout the parish to those who are not already regular subscribers, but whom it has been suggested by a mutual friend, should be. If you are one of those to whom the paper comes i Jas a sample we ask you to look it over carefully,. note the volume of local and general news items of interest, reflect on our effort for building up the community spirit, also consider the pos sibilities for future improvement of the paper along this line, with your co-operation. We want an increased circulation in your section o( the parish, and we believe that the paper merits it. If we could see you person ally there is no doubt about our b eing able to convince you, but unfortunately, under present conditions that is impossible, so we have to try another way of getting acquainted. ,Just drop a quarter in an envelope with your name and address plainly written thereon and mail it at our risk. We will mail you the Journal for two months. Those eight issues will be full to the margins with community news, news about folks you know and the community you live in. THE JOURNAL WILL FILL THAT GAP WHICH OTHER PAPERS LEAVE-no matter how maty of them you read. Nothing can take the place of real community news, and the JOURNAL is the only paper you can buy which specializes in the news of Jefferson Davis Parish, the country and the people you are interested in. You'll be glad to find the JOURNAL at home waiting for you every week-end just about the time you %ant to settle down read a little news about what your friends and neighbors have been doing. It's the kind of paper that fits right into your home and makes you feel more at home in your conununity. Don't, by your failure to respond to this oller leave us to be lieve that you are afraid to risk a quarter on a proposition as good as this. Drop it in the envelope right now and mail to The Rice Belt Journal, Welsh, La. 4.4 WEEKLY BlIOGE OF ITEMS FROM JENNINGS (By Our Staff Correspondent) Ladies' Aid Entertained. Mesdames E. A. Crowell and Charles Hainebach e n tertained the Ladies' Aid of the Congrega tional church at the church parlor last Wednesday afternoon. The rooms were lovely with great bowls of camelias and clut ters of roses. A short business session was held, and it was decided to divide the Aid into four sections, each section to have a captain. A live ly interest was displayed as to which division will earn the most miioney within a given time. An informal program was ren dered. Among the features were readings by little Misses Dorothy Mae Bauknight and Grace Sock rider, songs by Mrs. M. Kellar's class of young ladies, a duet by the Hoag twins, and a beautiful poem which was read by Mrs. 1Heinen. The hostesses served fruit salad wafers, olives, small cakes and tea. ----- Basket Ball Games. The faculty and basket ball teams of the Elton high school spent the afternoon of George Washington's birthday with the Jennings high school. Four very interesting games were played. The second girls' team of Jennings and Elton play ed a game, the score being 16 to (, in favor of Elton. The score for the girls' first team was 18 to 2, also in Elton's favor. The Jennings Hi boys won the games, the first team with a score of 37 to 10, the second, 35 to 4. o- Chautauqua Lecturer. On Sunday evening, February 27th, Dr. Jno. G. Wooley will give his chautauqua lecture at the W. C. T. U. Auditorium at 7:30 p. mn, There will be no charge for ad mission. A collection will be taken for expenses. The topic of the lec ture will be, "When God's men and Women rule the World." The public is invited to attend. Fire Apparatus Inspected. A number of gentlemen spent the day in Jennings Wednesday inspecting the city's fire apparn tus. They made a thorough in, spection of the main business cen ter, and several residence streets, reporting very favorably on the cleanliness and beauty of oui town. All were members of the Con. servation and Fire Prevention As. sociation of Louisiana. The following made the inspec- lel tion: Alonzo Church, A. I). Mc es Bryde, H. T. Higgenbottam, T. C. SC Terrel, H. A. Steckler, J. W. At kinson, T. B. Davenport, F. W\V 'i Chaillon, F. P. Periliat, B. Moore, Louis Sperling, and Rloscoe L Vi Smith. James Sowell, Jr., Honored vi Little Ja:mes Sowell, .ir., enter tained fifty of his little friends C( last Saturday in honor of his el( third birthday. li As the tiny guests arrived each was given a paper cap, with red, tI iwhite and blue rosette, and after all had assembled a grnd lparade ! forled land inarche(l up and to down the side walk. Althoughi the little girls in their frilly frock Vi were far Ironl military looking. Ilte )boys marchilng sturdily along 5ls sýenled miniature George W\Vash- gt ingtons. Games wei'e played, stories 'L: were told, and songs were sung in b the hal)I\ tols. 'Ilhen they were invited into the t(l1 diining roo(n, and exclamations of( (he,;hlit folltoweld at the sight of re the lovely birthday cake, with its ai three tiny, plink, canitles, Such a ai luscious large cake for such , s: tiny little man, but ,lames, .r., eagerly pushed forward to blow 5I out the candles, and the three d: great cakes, with dozens of cones, disappeared as if by magic, In S( fact, the faries who alte them, s seemed human as (to appetites. , The small honoree receivedl many lovely reminders of the day and late in the afternoon fifty lit tle ones re(tuctantly started lhomenl each with a bag of( can!dy to enjoy before bed time. -0- Mrs. Modish Entertained. Mrs. G. P. Miodlish entertained is at a tlelighttul party Saturday I afternooln, in honor of her guest. Miss Lora Hughes, (of ()akdlle. The hour was slpent very in formnally, and Miss Hughes, a for mer Jennings teacher, was glad ( to greet her many friends. Mrs. Modlish, assisted by Mrs. c Brown Funk, served chicken sal- n ad, Potato ships, bread and butter sanll\'wiches. olives and tea. --o- 0 I'. Reagan of Alexandria, re presentative iof School \\ork, a teacher paper, spent Saturday in 1 town. Misses Ida Mae Corbin and Edythe Swann spent Saturday iln ti Lake Charles shopping and visit ing friends. l( F. Roach of Kansas City, of the firm of Roach & Fowler, publish ers, was a business visitor Sat urday. Miss Helen Wentz spent the week end in Lake Charles, guest of her parents, MIr. and Mrs. A. A. Wentz. H-. XV. Precht of Hathaway was a Saturday business visitor. Mrs. H. H. Hollins spent the week in New Orleans visiting her cousin, Miss Edna L'hote. Mrs. Hollins attended the Tetrazzini concert while there. Miss Ada Mae White of Lake Arthur spent the day here Satur day, shopping and visiting her e mnany friends. s Miss Norma Overby, State dem onstration agent of Baton Rouge, c Swas the week-end guest of her sister, Mrs. M. N. Stafford. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Cary of Evangeline spent Sunday with Mr Cary's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Cary. B. Buller of Elton spent Mon- j day with Jennings friends. J. R. Myers of Evangeline trans acted business in town Monday. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Rich ardson, who have made their home at Mrs. J. H. Unroe's, will be sorry to note that they left Tuesday for Pontchatoula, where they will make their future home. Anatole St. Germain of Lake Arthur spent the day here Mon day. J. M. Davis of Glen Roy was a visitor in town Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Robinson of Roanoke were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller. Rev. and Mrs. Faulk are the proud parents of a fine baby boy, born last Sunday. J. J. Speilberger, manager of the Strand Theatre, was a busi ness visitor in Lake Charles last Monday. W. M. Hanagriff of Lake Charl es spent Monday in town. Miss Nannie Lee of Charleston, Miss arrived in Jennings Satur day, nd will have charge of the Ra olph's Millinery Department this season. Henry Jordine of Gary, Indiana arrived Monday and will spend the spring here. Attorney, C. A. McCoy of Lake Charles was here Monday, attend ing to legal business. Dr. Remage is reported as very much better. He sat up Sunday and on Monday was able to walk around in his room. A. G. Murray of Lake Arthur was a town visitor Monday. Alcee Manuel of Fusilier trans acted business here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Boutwell, who are spending the winter with Mr. and Mrs. E. E. White, spent Tuesday in Lake Charles. Frank West and Henry Fisher of Welsh were Monday visitors. Mrs. J. P. Haber.and two chil dren returned home Tuesday after a pleasant visit with ielatives in IBeaumont. F. B, Cifal spent Wednesday in Vinton attending to business Mrs. H. L. Davis and son, Glen left Tuesday light for Los Angel es, Cal., where they will spend several months visiting friends. ti Hlarrv Anderson of Elton was a al visitor Monday. 1n G. H. Shrove of Lake Arthur A visited in town Monday. et A. White, reppresentative of the h Edilsoln Mazda Co., was a business o1 \isitor Tuesday. y I. E. Stanley and son, of Lake ti Charles are here superv'ising the al electrical work in the new school \\ biulldings. li A. A. Sutler of IRoanoke spent' the lay here Mondlay. fi 1). C. Steininan, archietect of P Iliur ronrlt Itra sact'le business in PI town Tuesday. (% II. C. Failcren 'was a business visitor to Lake Charles Tuesday. it C. W'. Hlarcert of ileaumont is 1i splenling several days here, the \ guest of his parents. n T. W. Maldell, civil engineer, of o Lake (Chalrles, transacted business g in town W\edlnesday. lMrs. Albert Jones left \\'ednes- st day for Dallas, Texas, where she a; will spend several months with in relatives. tier (laughlters, Margaretl and l"lorence, will join her later, and all will return by automobile il some litrme ii the sumimrer. A. B. Simpson of Lake Charles spelnt the dlay with friends Tues day. Mr's. ()scar Kilpatrick spel)nl several (lays this week in Patter sun, the ,gauest of her daughter, Mrs. Essel Stinson. - TRUIE ('ITIZE'NSHII' iruen Citizenship is not all in "Rially Around the Star Spangled a Il:anncer" of our couintry and( sing ing "lhail Columbia." The spirit of true citize'nshipl is shown by the person who pa tronizes horme industries first, last and all (lhe time, and trades w'ilth hiomce merchants. Hlow ;rn I help? There is one way spend your morney with Welsh concerns; do not let a dollar leave here that will pur chase what you want from local merchants. Does the average person realize what calamity it would be were our merchants to close their (ldoors? It is to therl,. largely, that we owe the success ofi our city. What would Welsh be, without her big, loyal anti liberal business men? Show your patriotism by con tinued loyalty to every enterprise in W\elsh. Your money spent with local merchants will help to keep Welsh to the forefront as a (om mercial center. lie a true Citizen. Buy in Welsh. The Welsh merchants can serve you. ---o SMOKERS AS FIRE PRE SVENTIONISTS. ------ Secrethiry Meredith of the l)e pl)artment of Agriculture has pro posed to seven of the big tobacco companies something new in the way of an educational campaign. He suggests that printed matter be insertedl in every package of tobacco urging smokers to take every precaution to prevent spread of fire from matches or burning tobacco in any form, in cluding ciars and cigarettes. J. Henry l:isher visited friends ' and relatives in Opelousas from r Monday to Thursday. -------0 WANTEI)--Clean rags at the - Journal office. I- IIII i li • I PLANT CORN EARLY There are two more or less dis tinct planting sealsons for stand ard strains of corn in this section, namely about March Ist and April ;), is very apt to be destroy ed by the corn root worm. The first pilanting season gets the corn out of danger blefore tlie root worm imakes its al pearence; and the second planting period coilles after the first generation of root worm has passed into the chrysa lis or resting stage. It behooves us to use onily til first planting season as it is im possible to seremed with ornt'I pla:nted later on account of the cane borer. Bly planting early not later than the first week of March, or pro bhaly the latter part of February, we\ canl raise fairly good corn tol maturity before the cane horec fflects it to any appreciable de gree. If' you are interested in getting seedl corn, write or teleplhone ime as I'mi getting orders for fifty or more, bushels in order to get is chelaper. Prices good. Calhoun lied Cob Seed Corn in 50 bushel lots, or more, $2.75 per bushel, JOHN T. HOOD ATTORNEY-AT-LAW NOTARY PUBLIC Will practice in the Courts of this Parish, and Supreme and Federal Courts. Office over Calcasieu National Bank Welsh, Louisiana -Phones Office - - Residence 50 MARBLEmoRANITE ALL DESIGNS AND P(IC'ES Willard Kimball Phmne 031 Welsh, La. Fred J. Johnson GENERAL REPAIR All kinds of wagon and buggy material on hand at all times. FI. 0. ., N. S'FRoads. (:cýiunl?· 1c Rcntl A Window Worth While is one that combinCes practical utility with ple'asing h rea-?0 t mclent. Our WINDOWS, DOORS, PANEAINGS, WAINS(OTIN(, KI MOULDING and INTERIOR WOOD WORK V x have these features. Doors that \\on't jal or spring: win (ldows that won't rattle or stick. Figure with us. QUALITY LUMBER and other materials W. E. Faught Lumber Co. How About Your Suit? We are showing an up-to-date line of Spring Tailoring. Come in right now and look them over, no obligation to purchase. PRICES WILL SURPRISE YOU We guarantee a fit Liberty Tailor Shop J. L. Thackston, Proprietor SBull Dog Flour FRESH FROM THE MILL No Extra Handling Charge ROCK BOTTOM PRICES 12 lb sack 80c; 24 lb sack $1.50 98 lbs $6.00 L R. BARBEE Phone 79 ' Phone 79 Plan for Profit YOUR prosperity during 1921 depends upon growing your crops at the lowest cost per pound or bushel. This means that every acre must produce more pounds and more bushels. The crop yield is in proportion to the plant food supplied, so be sure you supply plenty of plant food. The increased yield from.the liberal use of Swift's Red Steer Fertilizers bring you a large profit. Buy now. Swift & Company tFERTILIZER WORKS) Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte, N. C. 'New Orleans, Li. FOR SALE BY GLOBE WAREHOUSE FONTENOT & ST. ROMAIN Welsh, La. Iowa, La. 0NO-I