The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-03-26
PLEASE RETURN
tn { SEPTICIDE

Our genial agent, Mr.. j. F. TubbS, is
in trouble and asks us to assist. He
has been very kind to us and the
natural impulse of our heart goes out
toward him and we are disposed to help
In this hour OF need. So this article is
written SO that per chance it may come
to the notice of the person for whom it
is designed and perhaps the reading of
the appeal may touch his heart and due
restitution follow.
The whole trouble comes from the
unexplainable fact that liquor ard
Septicide happens to be packed for ship.
ping purposes IN packages which appear
to the eye very similar and which as d
matter Of fact are very similar. If
then it should happen that if ship.
ment OF goods should contain both these
articles the result of this striking
similarity OF the packages as one might
suppose is that a person in search of
good liquor without being familiar
with the Way bills or without first
opening up the packages is likely to
seize upon Septicide or vice versa. This
mistake would of course be no fault of
judgement or good sense but simply a
fault of the striking similarity of the
packages.
Now our genial agent, in his official
capacity, happened to be the recipient
of shipment last Sunday by express
containing both liquor and Septicide.
Now, everybody of course under.
stands the difference between liquor
and SeptiCide. Liquor has reputation
as beverage and has the peculiar quail.
ity of making man felt like he owns
the entire earth, while septicide is a
good cancer cure and nothing more.
Sunday night some rather aspiring
person undertook to possess himself of
a good supply of liquor without the
formality of a bona tide purchase and
sought and obtained entrance to the
express room and carried away a lot
OF the shipment conta ming both liquor
and cancer cure. Evidence showed
concluSively that some of the packages
were opened on the track down by the
water tank but the contents have not
been located.
Now the truth is the agent feels in a
measure contentious personal re-
SponSibility for the value of the ship
ment OF the cancer cure. 1t appears
that the manufacturers of this excel
lent remedy had offered valuable
prize for a series of cases of cancer il
this community to whom they couIc
send their remedy with a certain guar
antee Of cure. Our friend was at
tracted by the fiatterlng offer ant
responded to the advertisement, send
ing in names OF persons who had thi.
| dreaded disease and who had agreed Il
use the cure. Now in justice to every
body concerned we feel it oul
duty just here to say that our agen
alleges very particularly that it wa
his wife who responded to the adver
tiSement but after thorough investi
cation of the whole situation we arr
rather led to the conclusion that hi
alone is responsible. At least we art
certain that it is he who is so anxiou.
for the recovery Of the remedy.
Now the point of the whole matter i.
that the agent is very anxious t.
secure the return of the cancer cure
and he wishes it to be known that il
the person who evidently took the
remedy through error will quietly re
turn the same and kindly deposit Il
about the door of the express room
| why then he need not concern himself
about the return Of the Whiskey.
We express hope that the situation
may appeal to the guilty party and thai
honest restitution may follow.
Gardening t m e-AlI
kinds of fresh garden and
field seeds at the Welsh
Bakery s Grocery.