The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-01-13

L.. Sutpnln, VINO, ~ meeting Vi tue
German Baptist church held in ROa
noke last week was elected member
of the mission board of the louisiana
Texas district, left Tuesday morning
for Manville, Texas, to attend an ex-
ecutive meeting OF the board for the
purpose of organizing and electing
officers.
An exchange says that watch
placed under a hen will break her
from setting. 1t is said that several
poultry raisers have purchased the 81
Ingersol watches and have used them
for this purpose and they worked like
charm. They say the hen thinks
the ticking Vt the watch is the chick
breaking the shell of the egg.
At a meeting of the executive CON-
mittee of the Rice Association of
America at Crowley Tuesday, it was
decided to entertain the dining car
conductors at a rice dinner on the 18th
at New Orleans. The annual conyen-
ton of the Dining Car Conductors OF
| America and of the Rice Association
of America are both to be held in the
Crescent City on January 1920.
Among the interesting suits filed
Monday was the petition of Mrs. Ida
Klug, wife of Theodore Klug, OF Port
Arthur, Texas, asking for Judge
ment and a foreclosure against the
Pelican Oil and Pipe Line Company,
on portion of a note held by her
which is alleged to be due. The note
is for Sl2, 2O3. 49, and her claim is for
81, 2O3. IS of it.
The stockholders of the First Ma
tional Bank met Tuesday for the pur-
pose of holding their regular annual
meeting and electing officers and di
rectors for the ensuing year, but oW-
inc to the absence of Frank Roberts,
of the Calcasieu National Bank OF
Lake Charles, the meeting was post
poned from day to day until Mr.. Rob
erts could be present.
J, B. Clark. who arrived in Welsh
last week after stay of several
months in Canada, had his left arm
broken while acting as peacemaker II
town in New Mexico, on his wa!
home. Mr.. Clark says a negro mar
was beating a boy numerically, ant
| he interfered in the boys behalf ant
aomonished the negro to let up. wher
the latter turned upon him and strnct
him, with the above result.
Welsh Lodge No. rs, |. O. O. F
1 held its annual installation of Officers
/ Tuesday night. The officers are Jno
/ r. Rountree, noble grand; S. A
Covey, vice grand; DR.. L. G, Lewis
5 secretary, and r. p. Willard, treas
! urer. DR.. Lewis and Mr.. Willard
e were appointed delegates and NJ. b
c Van Ness and P NJ. Billion alternate
: to the grand lodge to be held in Ba
e ton Rouge March l.
A. II. Jones, representing Jone
Bros, this week purchased the fee'
business and good will of H. M
West. the transfer having been mad
Wednesday. Mr.. Jones will continu
= the business at the Jones Bros.
stand on South street. Mr.. West i
: undecided as to what he will do, bu
it is probable he will engage in hol
: raising.
The result of the Methodist Sunda.
!. school election is as follows: E. c
Willard, superintendent; E. w. Rad
AXE, assistant superintendent; Mis-
Cora Miller, secretary and treasurer
Miss Lucy Ketch, librarian, and Mis-
Belle Moore, organist. The teachers
are: class l, M. A. Hoag;2, Jno. ]
Miller: 3, E. G. Willard; 4, Rev. Cor
win Taylor; S, Mrs. Ketch; 6, Mis-
Ethel Moore, 7, Mrs. Corwin Taylor
Geo. Cox and wife, of Deep River
Iowa, arrived last week to visit kin
dred and friends and to look ate
business interests at Iowa Station
Welsh and Jennings. Mr.. Cox called
on the Journal Monday morning wbil
in Welsh and informed us that the.
!, would leave next week for Los An
celes and other points in California
to sunnd the remainder of the winter