The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-15

AH WIG " O1lu D lplI lOE d low QdJS,
after which they will go to New Rich
mond, Ind, to spend a month visiting
the formers girlhood home.
Rev. H. T. Cornish returned Friday
from weeks stay in the eastern part
of the state. Mrs. Cornish and chill
dren, who had been spending a month
with kindred at Denham Springs and
Clio, accompanied him home.
L. G. Barker and wife, Mrs. L. Jes-
sup and daughter, Miss Ethel, and
Mrs. Will House were passengers for
Welsh Monday evening to attend the
funeral of Otis Donham which: took
place Tuesday,-Jennings Record.
Mrs. Sam Kinder and her daughter,
Mrs. Wesley Welsh, have returned
from the st. Louis exposition and
from visiting friends in Virginia, III.
Mrs. Welsh returned to her home in
Welsh Monday morning.. C. Amer
lean.
Leopold Cart, a resident of Iota, at.
tempted to commit suicide at that
place Friday by shooting himself in
the left breast. The shot was fred
from a 38-caliber revolver, and infict-
ed a dangerous wound in the left
shoulder.
W. T. Hutcheson, Mrs. w. NJ.
Buchanan and J. G. Britton left
Wednesday for Rockbridge county,
Va. Mr.. Hutcheson will return in
about three weeks, but Mr.. Britt0n
will remain until September and it Is
hardly probable that Mrs. Buchanan
will rSturn.
Rev. Cornish left Tuesday noon for
Nachitoches, La, as a delegate from
the Welsh Baptist church to the Bap-
tist State Convention which convened
in that city yesterday and will con-
tinue until Sunday. The B. Y. P. Z.
and ministers had their annual meet
ing Wednesday.
The camp meeting at Lacasine, con-
Quoted by Rev. Sanders, began last
Friday. Three services are held dali
~ and large crowds attend all SER
vices. Welsh was well represented
Sunday and several have attended
during the week. Next Sunday will
probably be the closing day and a
glorious finale is anticipated.
Why not buy a good buggy while
you are at it? Only a few dollars
higher in price, but OH so much bet
ter and more satisfactory in use. The
Enterprise line is sold and guaranteed
by Davidson Wesson Imp. Co., who
take pleasure in pointing out the
many features of superiority over
others.
Mrs. A. 7. Renfroe and son, Clar-
ence, arrived in Welsh Tuesday even
ing, after spending a month visiting
kindred in Alabama and Mississippi.
They were accompanied home by Ola
Renfroe, of Meridian, Miss, who will
spend some time visiting here.
Burton /. Parker and Charles
Daughenbaugh, of Jennings, have
taken the Civil Service examination
for the position of carrier on the rural
free delivery route between Jennings
and Elton, shortly to be established.
This will be the first rural delivery
route western Louisiana has obtained.
o. S. Carr departed Monday night
for visit to his old home at Clifton,
Ohio. He will also visit in Indiana,
Illinois, the Worlds Fair and Arkan-
sas and expects to be absent about
three months. This is Mr.. Carr's
first visit to his birthplace since the
close of the civil war.
r. W. Scovey, of Lake Charles, aged
As years, shot and killed himself with
@ revolver Tuesday afternoon
at his residence, 1919 Hodges street.
The cause for his rash act is not
known. He took no one into his con-
fidence and left no word behind in ex-
PLANTATION Of his deed. The suicide
lived with his wife and 9-year-old
nephew.
The Lake Charles sawmills have
announced a return to the eleven
hour day instead of ten, beginning
last Monday morning. The mill
owners declare that the men must &C.
cept this or agree to cut in wages.
The millmen declare that the prices of