The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-17

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jerome Berry left this morning fol-
Cecilian, Ky, where he will ente,
school.
Ed Gurden and daughter and Mrs
5. 5. Tower, of Owosso, Mich, tn,
former a brother-in-law and the lat
ter the mother of Mrs. J. M. Nelson
arrived in Welsh yesterday and will
spend some time visiting the famil,
OF Prof. and Mrs. J. NJ, Nelson.
The Calcasieu grand jury went into
session Monday afternoon. Judg,
Miller outlined the duties of the Jury
men, making special reference to tn,
offenses of pistol toting and selling
liquor without license. He also ex
planned that the half dozen insane per
sons now confined in the parish bas
tile was compulsory on account of the
overcrowded condition of the asylums
The jury empanelled was as follows
Rudolph Krause, foreman, M. H.
Cole, P. J. Unkel, J. A. Trotti, h. E.
Slgler, w. E. Patterson, O. F. Sill.
colt, Nap. Broussard, Philip Cover
dale, F. II. Jaenke, Harry Bryan,
Walter House.
10y makes good Smokestacks.
W. H. Bridges went to New Orleans
Saturday noon to meet his sisters,
Mrs. B. A. George and Miss Fay and
the formers husband from Lincoln,
Nebraska. Miss Bridges accompan-
led her brother to Welsh Wednesday
morning and will remain here a week
while Mr.. and Mrs. George continued
their journey from New Orleans to
Mobile and Pensacola.
The Grand Commandery Knights
Templar, which was in session in New
Orleans last week, elected Sir Knight
l.. +. Robinson, Of Welsh, as grand
standard bearer. Other Calcasieu
MaSons who were honored with offices
in the grand lodge we're: Thomas
Reynolds, Lake Charles, grand prin-
cipal conductor of works, and D. B.
Gorham, of Lake Charles, Captain of
guard.
Supt. McNeese and j. NJ. Booze of
the Calcasieu parish school board re-
turned Friday from Lafayette where
the school superintendent of the
Southwestern Louisiana parishes met
for the purpose of preparing and Sc
Letting places to hold the summer
normal schools. Lake Charles has
been decided on for Calcasieu and
Cameron parishes, and there will be
four weeks normal school inaugurated
in Lake Charles on June the twelfth.
which means the attendance of over
two hundred teachers to be in Lake
Charles during those four weeks
Press.
Talk up your town. Everything
may not be going just to suit you, but
it won't do any good to swear and
condemn things that don't 60 accord
ing to your liking. Just have pa
thence, make believe we have the
best town on earth: the best people:
the best society; the best of every
thing, and you will get all to believe
as you do and then set about to RENE
dy few wrongs. No good can come
of continual growing and fault find
ing. Cheer up and smile a big broad |
smile, and you will be astonished at
the good effect it will have on your
neighbor and fellow citizens. Try 10
and see.
The coolest weather in ten years
vas experienced in this section Mon
lay and Tuesday, thermometers vary.
ng from ID to Is degrees above zero.
The cold snap followed a continuous
lownpour OF rain forty-eight hours.
The mercury dropped about forty de-
frees from Sunday noon until Mon
lay at daylight. At that hour some
nov fell, the first in many years.
ootted plants were frozen and all of
he orange trees in the parish have
'een considerably damaged. Stock
uttered severely. Wednesday morn
ng the weather had moderated con-
iderable, and the weather man is
gain doing business under normal
The winter of 1904 1905
7ill 90 on record as one the coolest
in this land Of sunshine
nd flowers.