The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28

ness.
Mr., Perre Duplechin'Jr. of the Fuse.
lier neighbOrhood, was in the village
Wednesday on business.
Mr.. W, C, Fulton OF BaSile, was trans
acting business in our village last
Wednesday.
Mrs. Margaret Kitchen was the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Sutherlln
few days the first of the week.
Mrs. Dr.. Fletcher LETT last Wednesday
for Atlanta, Ga. for a two weeks visit
with friends and relatives.
Mr.. Vaughn put down a house we'll
for Mr.. A. Langley dt his Meat Market
last week, i'll the Mcclure add.
Mr.. r. E. Powell was Jennings
visitor last Thursday.
Mr.. A. P. Upper attended District
Court in Vile Platte last week and re.
turned home Saturday night
Mr.. Frank Burrell returned from
New Orleans Saturday.
Mrs. Edith Brown went to New Or.
leans Thursday and underwent a sur.
gical operation Friday which is said to
have been very successful.
Mrs. A. P. Topper is reported to be
on the SIGH list and has engaged help
for the summer.
Mr., Henry Walton, Rev. Bramhall
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Walton and Mrs.
Coda Thompson all went to Jennings
on both business and pleasure last Sat.
urdaY. Mr.. Walton returned in the
evening, but left Mrs. Thompson in
Jennings for a few days stay with
friends and relatives, and he left Rev.
Bramhall at Raymond.
During this dry weather all the
pumping plants of this vicinity are run
ming full time.
At about 4:30 p. m. last Wednesday
the dwelling house OF Firman Fuseler
Jr. three miles southeast of here was
consumed by fire the origin of which
is unknown. Mr.. FuSelier with the
assistance OF his family and neighbors
succeeded in saving about one half of
his household goods. There was no
insurance.
Mr.. A. Latieur left for the Calcasieu
river Saturday afternoon for a three
or four days hunting. fishing and
camping out, but got enough of sport
ing in one day and night and returned
to his home on. Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. L. P. Erickson left late Thurs
day for New York City, to attend the
bedside of her mother who is seriously
i'll.
A car on the Frisco was derailed al
Wilberton last Saturday which caused
the passenger trains to be an hour OF
so late.
Miss Luella Moore of Crowley, came
up Saturday to spend the summer with
her aunt, Mrs. A. P. Upper.
We are informed that there is a
proposition before the people of the
parish, or soon will be to vote $4O0, 900
for gravel roads and a like sum of
100000 for the purpose of aiding the
public schools beside the thousands of
other expenses, there is TO be asked ad.
ditional bonds or taxes to add to the
present SchoolhouSeS and to build more
new houses and some have the gall to
tell us that the more we are in debt the
less we will have to pay for taxes, but
some people do not believe this and if
your scribe lives to be old enough to
vote a nd women are enfranchised
there will be one who does not believe
such false theories.
4 Mr., R. L. Carpenter, wife and daugh.
ter Suffdayed with Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Daggett, three miles, south i n the
country.
Miss Estell Bergedu went to Kinder
Sunday to visit relatives and friends
for few days.
Mrs. Anna Mcfarland, came in on
Sunday to visit her son and other rela.
tiVeS and frieneS for some time.
Rev. Williams went to Crowley Sun.
day where he, expects to spend the
week in the work of the ministry.
MARRIED:-at the 'home Of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. E.
Duncan, of Elton. La. Friday May 81,
1915, Mrs. Edith Brown and Mr.. Earl
Brown, Rev. R. R. Ellis officiating
The happy couple left for few days
stay in New Orleans.
Mr.. Fred Whitney was Jennings
visitor on business today.
MARRIED;--at the home Of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Ortte of Elton, La. Monday May "a,
1915, Miss Pearl Ortte and Mr.. j. A.