The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-10-30


Roadway and is expected to be COM
pleted next week. Two bay windows
and an entire glass front will be put
in, adding greatly to the appearance
of the building besides affording to a
better advantage the display of goods.
Bertran Head, John Peabody and
Miss Carrie Abbott left Sunday morn
| ing for Keene, Texas, to take a course
of study in college there. The young
people Of the neighborhood gathered
at the home of H. E. Head Saturday
evening and spent very pleasant
time in honor of their departing
friends.
Miss Katie Polansky, for the past
several months local operator for the
Postal Telegraph Company, left yes
terday afternoon for Port Arthur,
Texas, to take charge of the Office at
that place at salary of $65 per month.
During her stay here Miss Polansky
made host of friends besides proving
an efficient employe of the company.
Her promotion was we'll deserved.
Geo. w. Cosner left Friday to join
his family at his old home at Virgin
ia, Ill. 1t is with regret that we lose
Mr.. Cosner and his estimable family
as residents of our town, but it is
reasonably certain to predict that be-
fore another year has rolled around
they will have become reconciled to
the fact that there is no place like
Southwest Louisiana, and move back.
There is growing confidence in the
parish of Calcasieu as oil territory,
and doubtless validating will become
general. AT present Lake Charles
can point to Serpent, De Quincy, Ed
gerly, Vinton, Sulphur, blackberry,
Edgewood and her own site as Calca-
Sieu's prospective territory, active
operations being in progress at all of
these Calcasieu points, besides the
great fields of Jennings and Welsh
Lake Charles News.
Rev. w. E. Harrison returned last
Thursday night, after an absence of
three weeks in New York City before
the examination committee of the mis-
sionary board of the Methodist Epis-
copal church. Rev. Harrison had
been recommended as a missionary to
China, but as he has received no in
feet, it is not definitely known wheth-
err or not he passed a satisfactory
physical examination. The trip from
New Orleans to the great metropolis
was made by water and he greatly en-
joyed the voyage.
For the past week Welsh has been
infested with an unusual number of
hoboes. Monday grip belonging to
a well-to-do colored man at Roanoke
was stolen from the depot here, but
the pnrloiner was arrested and the
grip recovered. Other petty offenses
by these worthless characters were re-
ported and later in the day a small
posse, armed with whips, succeeded in
Kidding the town of the nuisances. 1t
is the intention of the authorities to
keep a close vigil and tramps seen
lettering in the city limits will be Civ
en- minutes to leave.
In the proper column this week will
be found the announcement of Paulin
Fontenot a candidate for police Juror
Of this, the second ward of Calcasieu
parish, subject to the democratic pri-
mary. Mr.. Fontenot is a native of
this parish, an honest, upright citizen
and has been life long democrat. In
his announcement he favors the reduc-
ton of the tax instead of increasing it.
He is qualified to discharge the duties
of the office to which he aspires and
he asks the voters to earnestly consid-
er his name on election day.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.