The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-30

spend the winter the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Tanner, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
L. Tanner and Mr.. and Mrs. S. W.
Day. Miss Adams and Mrs. Day
we're former college chums in Illinois.
The Welsh racket store, conducted
by G. E. Taylor & Co., for several
years past. is packing up this week
preparatory to moving to Lafayette.
Mr.. Taylor established branch store
there some months ago, and has done
so we'll that he has decided to deyote
his whole time there.
Hunna Bertrand, of Grand Chenier,
attempted suicide by jumping from a
gasoline launch into Lake Arthur
early Wednesday morning of last
week. He was rescued. Mr.. Ber-
trand, with his wife, had been on q
visit to relatives in Lafayette, and
was under the care of physicians
while there.
DR.. Lively, presiding elder OF the
Lake Charles district, will hold the
third quarterly meeting of the Welsh
charge at the Methodist church on
Sunday, January l. The sacrament
Of the Lords Supper will be admins
tered in the morning. Preaching by
DR.. Lively both morning and evening
at the usual hour.
Texas seed oats at Jones Bros.
Sunday morning the members of
the Congregational church worshipped
with the Baptist congregation, and
the local Knights Templar in full re-
gala attended in body services at
the Baptist church. In the afternoon
Rev. Wise preached sermon to men
and boys only, but the unfavorable
weather prevented many from attend
ing.
There will be a Union meeting of
the B. Y. p. u. the Epworth League
and Christian EndeavOr societies at
the Congregational church at $50
O'Clock next Sunday evening. James
WEIGH will lead the meeting and all
members of the three societies are
urged to take part in a general dis
cussion of the topic Sour Goals for
1905"
Ring up Prentice & Prentice for
anything you want in either staple or
fancy groceries.
The driller at the we'll of the Central
City Oil and Development Company
is still fishing for the wash pipe lost
nearly week ago. Yesterday morn
ing the hooks grabbed it and pulled
il almost to the surface but it dropped
back before it could be taken out. 1t
is impossible to bale the well until
the wash pipe has been removed.
The Welsh office of the Orange Land
Company, Ltd, which has been in
charge of Jas. Ellis for several years
past, will be discontinued with the
closing of the year. Mr.. Ellis, how
ever, will remain in the service of the
company, at least until considerable
work now under contemplation by the
company shall have been completed.
Beautiful Christmas cards and cal
enders at the Journal Book Store.
Leander Leonard, of Pierpont, St
Lawrence county, New York, is here
the guest of his brother-in-law, Elmer
Plumb, and will in all probability
spend the winter here. Mr.. Leonard
left st Lawrence county Tuesday oflast
week and said the mercury registered
eighteen below zero and that the
ground was covered with twelye-inch
snow. Mr.. Leonard is teacher and
expects to ply his vocation in the
south.
D. Fl. Kelly went to New Orleans
Friday night and Saturday evening
returned with Mrs. Kelly, who had
been in a hospital the past three
weeks. During her confinement in the
hospital she was operated on for ap-
pendicitis. DR.. Bloom removed the
and she began to improve
Immediately. Since arriving in Welsh !
she has gradually gained in point of
and her former good health
is rapidly being restored.