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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13

Mrs. Smith. wife of Dr.. A. NJ. Smith,
of Hsgerstown, received telegram Fri
day stating that her brother-in-law, Tate
Sterret', 8, s.eabout so years. had died
at Warm Spriu 5. Va. suddenly. He
owned the Warm springs Hotel and the
Warm Springs Farms.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13
Ouinn-Handy.

Mr.. Thomas J. Quinn and Miss Bertha
Lee Handy, two young people who have
recently made their homes in our midst.
were married at the Manse on the eve
ulng of May Sth, Rev. H. M. Moffett Of
hciatius. These Young people have the
best wishes of a number of friends for a
happy aud useful life.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13
Children Cry
FOR FlETcHER'S
CA STO RIA

In pinch for horse to pillow See Wall
Want family COW? See Wall.
For Sale-Good big lead mare for $50.
Nav get fstula. c. F. Wall,
Want cheap horse to help out with the
farm work? See Wall.
Mr.. Consumer if you wish to take sack
of bran or middlings home with you the
NEST convenient place to get it is Jonn C
Burns & Co., ON Main street.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13

Because they are from 49c up to $1.9S
don't think they are the cheapes. ia quality
for we buy the best. and make small prof
its, that's why we sell them so cheap Come
in and be convinced. Sollars Shoe Co. Cor.
George and Washington st.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13

If you want your pants, csat or suit
cleaned in the original, best ard most
correct way, go to C E Reininger, North
George street, next door to Bowling Alley.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13

Miss Eliza Welsh wishes to inform her
friends that she would like to nave some
orders for sewing,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13

Practically new frame metal roof dwell
ing, rooms with bath. cellar, gas and wa
ter. Lot IS by 125. Locat. in Ransom,
near B q o station. Price 80. 400.
1873 Moore & MOORE Qnc).
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13
TOr Rent.

Room over Miss Eddy's millinery store
next door to the Jefferson Hotel.
Apr. 22-3t. Moore 4 Moo Z, Inc.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13

To head off a headache try Or. Miles,
Anu-Pain Pills. They seldom fan to
give speedy relief. ADVERTISEMENT
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13

W. A. & O. corn fertilizers insure aquick
start. feed the plant steadily all through
the growing period and hasten maturity.
Washington, Alexander & Cooke Co.,
Mfgrs High Grade Fertilizers,
Charles Town. West Va
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13
WALL PAPER

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders For Children.
Relieve Feverishness, Bad Stomach, TIE eth-
ing Disorders, move aud regulate the Bow
ella and are pleasant remedy for Worms.
Used by Mothers for % wears. They meyer
fail. At all druggists, Csc. Sample Free.
Address, Allen S Omsted, LeRoy. Y.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13

Cotton Seed Meal, sucrene Dairy Feed,
Alfalfa horse and mule feed.
c, f. Wall Co.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13

/ HAVE PERSONS wanting Small Farms and
Orchards. Parties wanting to sell their farms
| would be pleased to have them call at my
Office. A. G. WYNKooP,
Real Estate Agt., ia E. Washington st,
Offices opposite jefferson Hotel
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13
For Sale

Three dwellings, 1910. $500; a so good
farm of 200 acres, on main line of Southern
Railroad, fifty miles from Warrington
800 per acre. Good terms on all.
Apr. 22-3t. MOORE & MooRs Inc.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13
SfyIeplus d.
Clothes @aS
"The Same Price The World Over

are he kind of clothes tasty men like to wear and critical
women like
In this special suit made by the largest makers of mems
clothing in the world you get values that you cannot qua
many of them made by the mills especially for Ayepus
Clothes
You get high grade and harcoth soaked in water
then dried in the open air prevent shrinking You
get the hand tailored snug fitting collar, the hand tailored
free flowing apes and front You get expert sty ling
based on New Yorks authoritative fashions.
You can he well dressed and SO to IS towards your
wfes Easter bonnet if unmarried towards hat and
other nice things for yourself
Easter is almost here Come in to- day and try suit
Let the mirror and your good judgment tell whether
to buy or to walk out
WIN KAHN
Leading Clothier adI
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13

Money to Loan on approved real estate
security. G.. NJ. Beltzhoover. Jr.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13
Rooms For Rent.

For rent, rooms for light housekeeping.
Apply, to
Apr. sI-tf, MISS ANNA HUGHES.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13
SPRING IS |IERE
Are Your Clothes Ready?

The very spirit Of Spring suggests good cloths Ills S
the time of the year when try to match III
correct dress.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13

Make two potatoes grow where only one
grew before. Our SPECIAL Potato and Veg
etable Manure will do this. Try it and in
crease your yield.
Washington, Alexander l. Cooke Co,
Mfgrs. High Grade Fertilizers,
Charles Town, West Va
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13
Public Sales.

Friday, June Is All the Real Estate of
the late Joshua Cavalier. by VIM Rider.
Agent.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-13
For Sale.

Two Houses ia Ransom One FIVE rooms
and one six rooms. With cellars and good
new outbuildings. Gas, Cisterns. and oil
convenences. Apply TO
April 15-3t. w. FL. GLAZE.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03
LAYNE AND BOWLER co.
ACQUIRES ALLEN COMPANY

A deal was consumated Saturday by
which the Layne & Bowler Company of
houston, Texas, acquired possession of
the property of the Allen Engineering
Company.
The Layne & Bowler Company is
recognized in the irrigation world as
leader in the manufacture of irrigation
pumps for deep and shallow wells and
as irrigation pumps for deep and
shallow wells and as irrigation well
contractors. They operate large shops
at Houston, Texas, Los Angeles, Cal,
and Stuttgart, Ark, besides operating
branch offices at Welsh, Louisiana and
Jackson, Mississippi. With the acqui.
sitlon Of the property of the Allen
Engineering Company they will be in
better position to take care of the irri.
cation needs of Kansas, Colorado, and
Northern Texas, where there is very
rapid development in irrigation work.
The officials of the Company have had
their eyes on Memphis for some time
as a logical point for establishing a
factory and after a careful study of the
transportation facilities and central
OLGA ton as compared with that of
several other cities, they decided in
favor of Memphis.
The Houston factory will now devote
their energies to supplying the export
trade and local demands from the Gulf
Coast fields. Besides the manufacture
of water screens and pumps the
Company is a large manufacturer OF
oil'Well strainer.
The property of the Allen Engineer
ing Company consists of ten acres OF
of ground located on the Memphis Belt
Railroad, on which are located large
foundry, machine shops, pattern shop
and warehouse. This is practically a
new shop of the latest design, well
equipped with late models and direct
motor.driven machines. 1t is valued at
SIZE, 100000 and will prove valuable
acquisition for this rapidly growing
company. 1t is the intention of the
Company to erect modern dwelling
houses for their machine men on the
vacant acreage.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03
Negro Woman Killed

Business picked up to some extent in
police circles last Saturday evening.
A negro named Mary Bacon was
stabbed by Bill Kelly, another negro,
and died about an hour later from loss
of blood. 1t seems that the Bacon
woman and Amile Adams were in a
buggy going to dance in another part
of the quarters in west end. Kelly, her
p, aramour had objected to her going
and on the way from the house about
seventy five yards away the buggy was
met by Kelly. He ordered Adams to
stop the buggy, but Adams refused and
thereupon Kelly drew his knife and
stabbed the woman about the thigh.
She bled to death about an hour later
Kelly disappeared at once and could
not be apprehended, Marshall Fontenot
instituted search for him at once and
succeeded in gaining information sum.
Gent to locate the party. The relatives
and friends of Kelly communicated
with him and about O'Clock Monday
he walked up to the Marshall and sur
rended.
Mr.. Fontenot took him to Jennings
where he was ordered to be. placed in
Jail at Lake Charles to await the action
of the Grand Jury.
Kelly is negro about Il years old
and was we'll known about town and
was considered a good worker, but
pretty noisy when drinking.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03
Bring your feet in and
get them shod while the
big Sale is on at the
Southern Mercantile co.
MIR. D. R. Read and Family Move

Mr.. d. r. Read, former editor and
owner of the JOURNAL, and his esti'
mable family are moving this week to
Milton, Florida, where they will make
their future home.
Mr.. Read has purchased a splendid
semi.weekIy newspaper at Milton, and
will there continue his newspaper
career. He is a man we'll equipped for
successful newspaper work and the
Journal predicts for him an unquaiI
fled success in his new home. His
judgement is sonnd and his position or
all public questions will be found
backed up by a strong conviction Of
right,
He has a most estimabIe wife who
will be a valuable addition to the Socla
and religious life of any community.
| They leave this week for their new
home followed by the most cordla
good wishes Of large number o
warm friends.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03
Clarence Robert Howard

Son of Mr.. r. W. and Mrs. EStelle
Howard was born at Mermentau, La.
Oct. Both, 1909 and died at Welsh, La,
Sept; q, 1913, age 3 years, IL months.
During the day on last Saturday the
report became current that little
Clarence was very sick from tonsilitis
and was not expected to live.
For week or more he had been suf
fering from the malady, but no serious
alarm was felt until toward the last
though his trouble did not yield to
treatment.
Friends and neighbors did what they
could to help the family in their distress
and relieve the sufferer. Many also
anxiously inquired of his condition
and rendered their services.
But at II o'clock death claimed him.
The funeral was conducted Sunday al
Up. m. from the Catholic Church, by
Rev. Father Ferret.
Mr.. Howard is the popular and
efficient foreman of the press room of
the Journal Office.
The sympathies of the community
are extended to Mr.. Howard and his
family in their bereavement.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03
J. NJ. SHOEMAKER
HAPPENS TO ACCIDENT

A very unfortunate accident happen.
ed last Friday morning to Mr., j. M.
Shoemaker, manager of the Armstrong
Machine shops.
Mr.. Shoemaker was at work in the
shop erecting Il tW0,by,f0ur piece Of
timber as a brace and was about Z feet
above the ground when the piece of
timber gave way and he fell to the
ground, his foot striking the ground i'll
an unnatural position which resulted
in breaking his leg just above the
ankle. On the ground where he fell
was a fiat piece of iron about one
inch thick. It is possible that his foot
struck the edge Of this iron which
caused the wrench.
He was carried at once to the Touro
Infirmary at New Orleans, accompanied
by Mr. j. ". Armstrong for attention.
The CoditiOn Of the fracture proved
to be much more serious than was at
first thought. The inflammation was SO
great that the Doctors would not at
tempt to set the bones at the time.
The broken limb was set yesterday
and he was brought back home this
morning Oh an early train from New
Orleans. At present he is doing well.
He stood well the operation of having
the broken limb set and with no un.
forseen complications he will in few
weeks be able to be out.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03
FLOODS COVER ENTIRE RICE BELT IN LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
Mrs. W. E. Taught.

Another visit of the death.angel and
another of our highly esteemed citi.
ZenS is gone from us.
Thursday morning about 10 o'clock
Mrs. Taught passed away. 1t was not
unexpected, as she had been confined to
her bed for about two weeks, and each
day growing gradually but steadily
worse. In fact for the past few months
she has been in poor health, her disease
battling the skill of physicians at home
and elsewhere.
Mrs. Sallie A. Whitmore.F Taught was
born at Champaign, ILL.,. about 1860:
was married to Mr.. W. E. Taught about
1879 at Champaign, H. After a resi-.
denCe there for three or four years
they moved to Jeanerette, La, where
they lived for 20 years, and from there
they moved to welsh where they have
lived for the past II years.
Mrs. Taught was a member of the
Presbyterian church, was regular in
her attendance upon the services,
taught a class in the Sunday School;
and was active in all lines of church
work.
She also contributed to the social life
of the community. enjoying her friends
and their companionShip, Kind in
thought and in deed to all, she had won
her place in the community, and the
Community's loss will be deeply felt.
She is survived by her husband, Mr.
W. E. Taught and daughter, Daphena
and two sisters, Mrs. c. E. Mueller and
Mrs. L. W. Scott, both of Champaign
Illinois. To these we, as community
extend our SympathieS in this time OF
sorrow and suffering
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted from the Presbyterian church
this afternoon at 2:;30 o'CloCk....E. Nj. S
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03
The Family Cough Medicine

In every home there should be a bot
tie of DR.. Kings New Discovery, ready
for immediate useiwhen any member of
the family contracts cold or a cough.
Prompt use will stop the spread of sick
ness. S. A. Std, of Mason, Mich. writes
my whole family depends upon Dr.
Kings New Discovery as the best
cough and cold medicine in the world
Thousands of other families have been
equally benefited and depend entirely
upon DR.. Kings New Discovery to
duce their coughs, colds, throat and
lung troubles. Every dose helps.
Price, SOC and $1.OO. All druggists.
H, E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or
St. Louis.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03

Lake CharleS:...By far the greatest
food Southwest Louisiana and par
ticularly Lake Charles has ever sui.
fered is now being experienced. The
rice industry has been dealt a terrible
blow, the full extent of the damage be-
ing impossible to estimate just now.
Train service has been cut all 10 pieces.
Trains from West of Lake Charles
have found it impossible to get into the
city and all shipments of goods from
the West of Lake Charles are tied up.
The city has been converted into a
veritable Venice. A large part OF the
CITY is under water and all the bust.
ness streets are completely submerged.
RYAN street, the principal business
street measures IA feet in water at
some points in the business district
Skiffs are being used as a means OF
Transportation IN a large portion OF the
city. The light and water plant has
been put out of commission. The
Calcasieu river from its source is OIL a
rampage on account of the heavy
rains. Fortunately the country is
level and the waters spread out over a
large territory and move slowly SC
that there is no danger of loss of life.
All of the saw mills have been com
pelled to close and some of them the
water is UP into the engine rooms
| Practically all the warehouses and
wholesale houses along the water
front have suffered great damage
Passengers on trains coming east from
Lake Charles say that water covers the
track for two miles east of the city.
The highest point of the flood wa
reached however Wednesday evening
and Wednesday night the waters begal
to subside slightly.
| 1t is felt that the crisis has beef
passed and the waters will soon b.
carried off. There is no way of arrly
ing at any estimate of the loss t.
property in the Lake Charles vicinity
# will reach however hundreds
thousands of Dollars.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03
The Direct Benefits of Advertising.

There are three elements that receive
tedirect benefits of newspaper adver.
Using, Wis: the advertiser, the paper
and the reader.
IheadVertiSer, by the proper distri.
button Of printers ink, places his bust
ness before the purchasing public.
The advertisement. if properly written
anddiSplayed, secure attention, arouSeS
interest and promotes desires. The de.
sire develops into demand and is event
lly converted into sales. The sale is
The merchants ultimate purpose.
Inc newspaper is the only element
entering into the transaction that per.
lorinS direct service, and it is like
wise the only component directly com
Rnsated for the service rendered.
The reader, like the advertiser, re-
@lVeS his remuneration in the final
transaction, which is conducted over
Tue counter....By W. Holt Harris.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03
lIlGRESS ON THE
II ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT

"a. Electric Light Plant Committee
~ ~ !. meeting Wednesday afternoon
n.y. -. nurpose of awarding a contract
u w olas and wires for the Electric
D y account of the almost abandon
stof train service and high water
NV .ontinued rains there were very
~ y, hidders able to be present and
~ ,nt bids on this material. After
poinq over the matter carefully by the
SI, 'n it was decided to postpone
y. S natter Of awarding the contract
s :. November 3rd in order to give
' =. time and opportunity for all
, ,s,ties to get in bids. It is the plan to
" This material and have it placed on
- around and then have the poles and
s;,es erected under the supervision OF
Engineer 0ffutt'
NJ. Ofutt has completed a survey
!, tho locations of poles and wires and
No Man provides for about seventy
,t,oet LIGHTS to cover practictically the
sntre town, and he will have charge OF
nttjng up poles and wires according
] 10 this survey.
The committee who have this work
ncharge are proceeding with all care
and diligence, in this work and every
dptail will be worked out to the very
best advantage.
It's proposed to give the town the
very best light plant possible on the
most economical plan, and it was
unanimously decided by the committee
fiat it would be better to consider the
natter of a contract for material 1
little further. On November Srd it is
uopOsed also to let the contract out
for the machinery for the plant ant
advertisements to this effect are being
duly made.
All the preliminary work is well il
hand now and there will not be much tt
Do until the contracts for materia
sndmachinery are awarded.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03

Beaumont. Reports received by the
Southern Rice Growers Association
show that growers of Honduras rice
throughout the belt in Texas, Louisiana
and Arkansas have given up all hope OF
making anything like normal crop on
account of the excessive rains prevail.
ING since last Thursday. The. little hope
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03

The present continued rains have
had the effect of causing considerable
anxiety over the rice situation. There
is no doubt but that the loss to the crop
has been heavy. The reports from
other sections of the rice belt indicate
an almost total loss.
This immediate section seems to be
sustaining less damage than other
sections. Of course there are few iSo.
lated cases in this vicinity where the
loss is almost complete. but as a rule
this community has not lost as heavily
as other sections.
The damage to the crop here is con.
servatiyely placed at about twenty five
per cent.
The receipts at the warehouses are
considerably below what they were at
this time last year, but if the rains will
hold up now and give us d good north
wind very large part OF the crop VIII
be saved. The rains have given very
little opportunity up to the present for
threshing.
The prices have shown very decided
advance and this will in large measure
compensate for the damage to the crop,
for instance week ago the highest
price paid for rice was 1928 per barrel,
while now the market stands right
around $500 per barrel.
So taking the situation as a whole
there is no special occasion for alarm
in this immediate section 2if the rains
will now stop and give us some threSh'
ing weather.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03

This morning the weather is fair and
the temperature lower and with this
weather for few days this immediate
section will be able to harvest very
large portion of the rice crop, much
more than other sections of the rice
belt as indicated by the reports which
follow:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03

Shreveport. La, Southern Pacific
officials here have received instructions
to arrange for the routing of all
through trains of that system between
San Francisco and New Orleans, via
Houston and Shreveport. The instruc
tons are due to flood conditions below
Houston and in South Louisiana. The
trains will be brought here from HouS
ton over the Houston and Shreveport
Southern Pacific connection, and then
sent over the Texas and Pacific to New
Orleans.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03
Rice Industry Hit a Heavy BIow-=-
Worst Floods Ever Known in
This SeCtion.--=Train Schedules
Deranged.---Many Trains are
AnnulIed.

that was held out up to Saturday was
blasted that night and Sunday.
General Manager E. A. Eignus of
the association has returned from
Eagle Lake and Ell Campo He said
the country between Beaumont and
Nome has been transformed into a
hugh lake, and all the crops are under
several feet Of water. He said the gen
eral situation throughout the belt is
worse than it has been in eight years
Local Rain Observer John Bender re-
ports II inches of rain this month
which is twice as much as that of any
September in Is years, and hard rain
is still falling.
E. S. Bloch of Bay City, who succeeds
T. j. GarVey as general sales manager
of the Southern Rice Growers Associa
ton, arrived to assume his new duties
His report of conditions was similar tC
that of Mr.. EignuS.
Beaumont was. deluged with rair
Saturday night and Sunday, and in the
lower section OF town easements an(
even first floors of dwellings and bust
ness houses were flooded,
Traffic has been discontinued On Jas
per and Eastern division of the Santa
Fe, 900 feet of track having beer
washed out near Miriam, La,
Government Demonstration Agen
George A. Smith said that cotton an(
truck farmers will suffer heavy losses
on account of the excessive rains.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-03

Abbeville, La...ReportS received from
all parts of Vermilion parish indicate
that floods due to the rainfall beginning
Thursday night are unequaled for a
like period of time. The loss to the
rice planters has been enormous,
Some estimate the damage to the stand.
ing crop at thirty per cent. Forum.
ately the rains were accompanied with
little wind and the damage to the rice
and corn has been greatly lessened
thereby. Sugar cane is the only crop
which has escaped serious damage,
Very little of it was blown down, and
those fields which happen to be flooded
probably will be clear of water before
harm results. The total amount OF
rainfall for the month of September is
without a precedent, even during the
occasional tropical hurricanes, and
amounts to over q inches; all Of this
fell during period of twenty days.