The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-10-16
Local and Personal.

Implement Co.. they will do the rest.
DR.. G. A. Martin, of Lafayette, was
called here Sunday in consultation
with DR.. r. r. Arceneaux regarding
the little child of Mr.. and Mrs. Aldez
Arceneaux who was suffering from
hydrocephalus.
A Chicago dispatch says that the
Southern Pacific railroad is to follow
the example of the New York Central
and curtail expenses by laying off en-
p1oyes. The Hartman line is prepar-
ing, according to an authoritative re-
port st received from Chicago, to
reduce it's force by 1900 men immedi-
ately. The chief cuts will be made In
the shops.
Give us call when you need any
thing in the jewelry line. We can
please you.
WELSH JEWELRY co.
d. S. Taylor, of the Mayville plant,
was in town Monday, and in CONVEX
sation with a JOURNAL representative
stated that with favorable weather the
harvest and threshing season on the
Mayville plant would not be complet-
ed before the latter part of November
or the first of December. The crop
on this plant like everywhere else, is
of an exceptionally good yield.
Mrs. D. H. Kelly, of Mermentau,
came over Saturday to visit her par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Bower.
Saturday night she was taken i'll and
for several hours she lowered between
life and death, but Sunday morning
her condition began to improve and
she has since about recovered. DR..
Cooper, of this place, and DR.. Hall,
of jennings, were called in attend
ance.
Ask your neighbor about the Enter
prise buggy. He has been using one
ever since early last year.
WESSON IMP. Co.
l Alfred G Kemper, of Milwaukee,
president of a company organized tC
bore for oil near Lake Charles,
stopped off here Friday afternoon or
his return to the Lake from trip tC
Crowley and Lafayette with a party
composed of Ex-Gov. Hogg, Gen. Mel
son A. Miles and others who were
looking over the fields of that section
Mr.. Kemper has some holdings in the
Welsh field and stopped over to in
vestigate the local situation.
Labit Lumber Co. furnishes GOOD
lumber and good brick. That's why
we get the trade.
Much trouble is being experienced
by tenants on the big plantation
} south of town in getting labor sui
ficient to save the present crop. Il
many instances the farmers are com
PEELED to gather their crops with
half force, thus prolonging the har
vest season in addition to running tn
risk of losing a portion of their crop
Never before has there been such
, scarcity of farm hands in this section
Rice mills in some portions of the ric
belt are also complaining of a scarcit
of laborers.
f Ladies', gents and children's shoe
: Sell make-ft and wear guarar
p teed at PAUL w. DANIELS.
Rev. r. P. Howell returned on Nor
day from Lacasine, and reports fin
F., crop of rice all along the line. Mos
:. growers have finished cutting an
II some threshing is being done. Erne
d Pratt threshed 1415 sacks of Hondurs
e from $50 acres and will have some 7:
S sacks of Japan on fifty acres. Thel
! is considerable inquiry for land alor
the railroad with prospects for son
r real estate deals before long. A ne
e depot is going up at Hayes, and tt
work of putting in the bridge is pr
gressing.-Lake Arthur Herald.
, Strength and vigor come. of goo
-, food, duly digested. Force
3 ready-to-serve wheat and barley foo
> adds no burden, but sustains, nou
= ishes, invigorates.
,e Railroads are striving harder tn
g. fall than ever and are Offering maj
~ inducements to the northern farmer
s. investigate the resources of the Sou
81 and Southwest. The Kansas CT
s. Southern has made a rate of SIS f
N the round trip for homeseelkers frC
se Kansas City to Lake Charles, al
ne gives the purchasers of these che