The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-28
LOCAL NEWS CONTINUED.

CLOSE. CalcaSleu lmpletne4t Co.
r. L. Medus, miller of the Jennings
mill, closed up shop and went to the
Lake Monday presumably to buy
Christmas presents for the boys.
Bert McBurney departed Saturday
night for his customary Winters visit
in the North. He will be gone about
a month visiting in Chicago and other
Illinois cities.
1t would pay you to see US before
you buy your work or buggy harness.
We have full line and orr prices are
close. Calcasieu Implement Co.
Miss Nettie Shaw, the primary
teacher of our city schools, is taking
much needed rest at her home in
Jennings during the holiday week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Z. Thornton of
Houston, Texas, are the guest of Mrs
Thornton's Brother, Rev. A. B. Welch
and family. They came over Wednes-
day and will remain for several weeks.
Claud Singleton, who has been in
the hospital at New Orleans for sever
al weeks back, came home Thursday.
Although his arm is not fully healed,
yet it is making progress.
FoUND:-A pocket book, in the
post Office Saturday night. Owner can
have same by proving property and
paying for this advertisement. In
quire at postoftice.
DIED-Alfred G. Cline an old and
respected citizen living southeast of
town, passed to the Great Beyond
Wednesday of last week. His depart
ure is mOurned by many friends and
relatives.
Mr.. j. F. Bindi, who has been in
Baton Rouge for several months past,
returned to Welsh last Friday. He
desires, through these columns, to
thank the many friends and the citi-
zens of Welsh for their kindness to
his family during his absence,
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Goodreaux and
Mrs. Demarteau, Mrs. Goodreaux's
mother, left for Markham, Texas,
where they will visit relatives and
friends. Mr.. Goodresux and wife will
be gone two or three weeks while Mrs.
Demarteau will remain there until
Spring with another one of her
daughters, Mrs. Chas. Longuet, q
former resident of this place.
j. B. Lee, who has been acting as
marshall for the past six weeks, ten.
dered his resignation to the mayor
Monday night. The Mayor accepted
the same and appointed Thomas Cox
to fill the vacancy. Mr.. Cox has sig
nalized his appointment, by donning a
regular policeman's billy and failing
several Christmas DRINKS. Let 1.-THE
good work go on brother. The citi.
zens OF this community want the law
enforced and order maintained.
That Welsh is the best and cheapest
place in which to trade, in the south,
was demonstrated again Saturday,
when the Southwestern Rice and Ca
nal Company, after figuring with the
dealers in both Jennings and Lake
Charles, purchased sixteen sets of
work harness of the Calcasieu Imple-
ment Company of this city. We rec
ommend to all our readers that they
consult with the Welsh merchants,
whose advertisements appear in the
Journal. before going elsewhere to
trade. They have right goods and
right prices.
Last Friday afternoon the school
building was thronged with visitors
who had accepted the cunning inyita-
tions written by the children on
dainty paper bells and distributed
among their friends. Two programs
were given; one in which rooms three
and four combined and gave an ex.
cellent programs of recitations and
music. The children certainly deserve
much credit for the manner in which
they rendered their parts, as there
had been practically no lime given for
practice. Rooms one and two also
gave most delightful hours enter
tainment to some fifty or sixty Wis
itors. 1t is needless to say that the