The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-01

estate dealers regarding some oil land I
transactions. =
Miss Mamie Nixon, of Lake Charles,
teacher of the Lacasine school, spent t
Saturday afternoon and SUNDAY in 1
welsh, the guest of her friend. Miss
Eva Cline.
Mrs. 5. E. Givens and little daugh-
ter, Daisy Ruth, left Saturday after
noon for their home at Liberty, Tex.
after stay here the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. F. Tubbs.
Mrs. ]. w. Tanner and Mrs. M. L.
farlow drove to Fenton Tuesday
morning, and Wednesday they Joined
party at Kinder for an outing on
Calcasieu river.
A. T. Renfroe, travelling represent
alive OF the Deering division of the
International Harvester Company,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with his family here.
+. L. Lee. a prominent banker of
ODESSA, Mo-, was here Friday the
guest OF the family of his old friend
and neighbor, ]. M. Hall. While in
town he paid the JOURNAL Office a call.
Mrs. G. A. Bailey and children
passed through here Sunday on their
way from Jenningsa.o Lake Charles,
where Mr.. Bailey has become associ-
ated with the publishers of the Labor
Advocate.
A. Sonier Monday purchased of w.
w. Welsh a lot in the northwest part
OF town near the Armstrong machine
shop, consideration $500. Mr. Son.
nier will erect neat six-room cottage
thereon.
In fire in the Jennings oil field
Monday that for a while threatened
disa ster, the dry goods store of San
Cashier, formerly of Welsh, was to-
tally destroyed, entailing a loss esti
mated at about 81, 500.
We have been requested to announce
that Rev. F. G. Laslette, of Bowling
Green, Ohio, viii preach in the Con
gregational church next Sunday even
ing. A cordial invitation is extended
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Miron Abbott and Geo. II. Tinker,
of Crowley, leading rice men Of South
west Louisiana, were in Welsh Satur-
day soliciting funds for the compile
ton Of the locks and dam across the
mouth of Mermentau river.
At the regular monthly meeting of
Rebecca Chapter No. 2 o. E. S. Mon
day night, E. ST. Boiling, VIM. Fear
and VIM P. Russell were initiated in
to the mysteries of that order, after
which refreshments were served.
Mrs. Preston Herndon returned Fri
day from three weeks visit among
kindred in New Orleans. She was &C
companied home by her sister, Mrs.
J. Lyons Blakemore, and children,
who are now guests at the Herndon
home.
G. NJ. Hammil, who recently pur
chased the N. L. Kelly farm near Fen
ton, was in Welsh Tuesday morning
and made this Office call. Mr.. Ham
mil stated that the outlook for good
crop in his neighborhood was excel
lent.
| l.. E. Robinson and S. w. Day
were in Crowley yesterday to attend
meeting of prominent rice men held
for the purpose of discussing matters
relative to the big consolidation OF
rice interests as proposed by John w.
Gates.
Peter Loeb, large stakeholder In
the Roanoke rice mill and the Grand
canal near Jennings, owner OF Dig
rice farm north of town and we'll
known in Welsh, died suddenly Mon I
day afternoon at his home in Deca-
tur, Ill.
Rev. NJ. G. Hickman, formerly OF
Jennings but now pastor of the M. H.
church at Beaumont visited friends
here from Saturday ustil Tuesday
He attended the quarterly meeting
service at the M. E. church Monday
afternoon.
Robert Meyers came oyer from Jen-
ninps Tuesday afternoon and that
evening drove down to the Illinois
nlant to grade 5000 sacks of rice, re-
Gently purchased of the Illinois Canal
company by the National Rice Mill
ing Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Baldock,