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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-19

ching of what it would mean to
stand in waiting at the polls all day
for an opportunity to vote and then
tn trudge home late to get supper.
Women are perfectly competent to
vote, we all know, but we don't think
they can be spared from the home
for that purpose, and anyhow, being
naturally polite, we'd hate to see
them stand in the waiting line at
the uolls while we went to vote our
turn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-19
The RICE MARKET.

There is much to be considered in
tie mrketing Of this crop aside from
the question of price. Brushing
aside the non essentials that might
be used to cloud the situation, the
big outstanding fact remains that
we are fighting a battle for Democ-
rcy-a war to determine whether we
are to be free men or serfs, and !
am using the pronoun WE advised,y.
It's your war just as it is the war
Of the boys in the first line trenches.
It's your war just as much as it is
the war of the Belgian refugees.
Are you willing to make a real sac
rifce to hep win or do you desire
to be classed as a Shy,ock, insisting
upon your pound Of flesh. You must
ti.ke your place in the battle line
and be a red-blooded American or a
Stacker.
The Eastern and Western battle
lines are not the only ones. There
is a. much longer line. 1t is the one
made up of the men on the farms
the men whoo are playing big, i'm
portant part in this struggle. They
must feed not only the Army, blu
e,.ery man and woman doing thei1
BIT in this fight.
We must receive a price in keep
ing with the cost of production an
we believe that a minimum of ST.
on number ones and twos will proc
vide that fair margin of profit TO
tile producer. The Food Admlnistra
tor WI be with US as long as W
are playing the part of real Amer
cans but if we should be Stacker
= and selfish enough to lose sight
:, the larger issues, we will not on!
- lose dollars during this marketir
- season but will inevitably hurt tt
- future of the industry.
l., This is not sermonette but
-, simple statement of facts present'
for YOUR careful consideration.
~ The general tone of the market
ID rood and rices are selling freely
IN tie above mentioned quotations. t
market must not be allowed to DIR
~ below this point and you should be
10 in mind that fancy rices will alwa
r. command a premium-S7.25 for on
and wtos is a basis to work from
ay that is all.
,s+ E. A. EIGNUS,
;,e Secretary Treasur
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-19
uELsH's ALLOTMENT
NEARLY SUBSCRIBED
!. Subscribers and Sal, 100 Was the
Total up to Wednesday Night.

n q proclamation sent broadcast
.varv village and hamlet in the
Trited States to the effect that
o,,ober oath had been set apart as
,hovty Loan Day, President Wilson
aid. aLet the result be so emphatic
Iot Il will echo throughout the en-
0ire Of our enemy as an index Oof
= at Americans intend to DO to
hing this war to a successful con-
e.uSion."
Grant ng that Welsh is the baron
.,.r of human sentiments and that
ho kaiser is watching the rise and
hu Of that barometer, he must
Lrov that his doom is sealed. for in
,be matter of the second liberty loan,
as is all cher patriotic movements,
We stand a!oof.
At the close of business Wednes-
dav night Mr.. E. C. Willard, chair
man of the Liberty Loan committee
for, the Welsh district, reported that
al 700 of the $4,000 allotted to this
district had been subscribed. Enough
more he said, had been promised tC
bring the total up to $4,000. Were
ve 10 be satisfied with the mere do
mo of our duty, there would be M
fprther effort, but this is not thu
case. Wiling hands must make VI
for the lack of effort on the part o
ind ferent ones.
The allotment of these bonds t
the different districts was base
upon the bank deposits in these sec
tons. If we have subscribed i
nOportiOn to our bank deposits, VIII
have not other sections, claiming {
be patriotic. done likewise? Ths
they have not is proven conclusjvel
BY the fact that up until Tuesda
night only $9OO,OOO,OOO had been r
ported out Of a total of $5,OOO,OOC
900. Reports from nearly evel
section of the country are that su
scriptions to the second Liberty lot
are slow. 1t is probable that Il
efforts put forth on October 24t
Liberty Loan day, will give t
movement the needed impetus
carry it to 1t
TO be hoped so, 81 hop
that the loan viii nnd aW
Oyersubscribed, just 49, MOI
influence.
The sale Of ho-l. - beg
last Friday night at S. meeIl
of the business men of Welsh cal
for the purpose of perfecting an
ganization for the carrying out Of
Liberty Loan Drive. Although tn
we're not more than fifteen busin
men present at the meeting SIG,
Of the bonds were subscribed for
the spot. The organization was T
fected by the selection of Mr.. E.
Willard as chairman. Mr.. Will
chose to serve with him on this c.
mittee Messrs. z. H. Boiling, De
Hebert and Mayor VIM. B. Gabb
Should every member of this C
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-19

mittee give as good an account of
his efforts as Mr.. Willard has in the
short time since, the local subscrip-
ton will ultimately pass the $780,
900 mark.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-19

Pigs feet and spare ribs
every week. Welsh Bak :
cry e Grocery.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-19

If money is all that this war is going
to cost you, you are indeed lucky.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-19

For sale-One Welsin Player pi-
auo, as good as new, and one 1917
mode, Ford.-D. M. Babin, Welsh, La
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-19

The historian Is not the man WIN
In paid to make history.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-19

Now is the time to live and let i've
Life was never more interesting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-19

American soldiers In France have al
ready learned how to spend money Id
French.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-07
This bluff young man sur
prises his scheming sister with
the smart way in which he
eludes her trap to marry him
off-read it in the next INSTALL
ment.
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
MOLDS THAT FIT THE FEET
Invention of Shoemaker Expert En-
ables Even the Badly Afflicted
to Walk With Ease.

Work of truly remarkable character
is being done by a shoemaker-an or
thopedic expert-of New York, in the
fitting of shoes to those who find diff
ficulty in walking in ordinary fOotgear,
says Popular Mechanics Magazine. For
ordinary cases q series of Inner foot
molds" has been prepared, in sizes to
fit various feet. These resemble Or
binary insoles in general appearance,
but the upper surfaces are uneven,
having indentatiOns and projections
that insure a contact anatomically per-
feet for the soles of the feet. The
edges are curved slightly upward.
When molds are found in which the
feet rest in comfort supporting the
weight of the body in perfect balance,
these molds are worn inside shoes OF
a suitable size. The feet then rest on
sort of cup-shaped cushion and are
kept from pressing unevenly against
hard, fat surfaces such as are found
in ordinary shoes: In footwear thus
fitted, the weight Of the body is equally
distributed to the parts Of the feet
best able to sustain it, all Of the foot
surface being used. A normal condi-
ton for the feet Is thus made pos
sible, and the bones, muscles and liga-
ments are permitted to move natural
ly. Some extraordinary cases have also
been successfully fitted with footwear
after walking had become q burden
or a seeming impossibility.
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MOTHER! LOOK At
CH|lD'S TONGUE
II cross, feverish, constipated,
give "CaIifornia Syrup
of FiuS."

A laxative today saves sick cmld
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue, mother! If coat
ed, or your child Is listless, cross, few
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment, give q
teaspoonful of california Syrup OF
Figs" then don't worry, because 1t Is
perfectly harmless. and in few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out Of the bowels, and you have
a well, playful child again. A thor
ough "inside cleansing" IS ofttimes all
that Is necessary. It should be the
first treatment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle OF
"California Syrup Of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children OF
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
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Glass and Razor as Diet.

Were it not for the fact that glass
and hardware have taken such leaps
in prices Charles Cooper, big col
ored fellow of Spokane, Wash, would
have the high cost of living eliminated
from life's worries, says the Spokane
Chronicle.
Cooper was arrested for larceny and
while confined in Jail heard that his
sweetheart had gone back on him. He
thereupon smashed up a jelly glass
and ate it. The county doctor set
the date for his death as the glass
slowly ground into him. But Charles
only had a bad StOmachache. Later
he ate a hatpin, some safety pins and
other pieces Of metal, according to the
disclosures of the X-ray.
Now he is out of Jail and on his
honeymoon trip.
After it seemed that Cooper had be-
come reconciled to diet of bread and
potatoes he suddenly became rave
nous one day and ate a safety razor
blade, broken in small pieces. The
doctor told the coroner to be ready,
but Cooper fooled him again and was
reduced once more to meat and spuds
and hardtack.
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THE BIG STEP

Most romantic fiction ends
with the hero and heroine about
to marry and Give happy ever
after" The author of this un-
usual serial begins his story
with marriage and carries the
romance for a period of several
years into the realm Of double
harness" Taking a couple from
the well-to-do scale Of the
Middle West social scheme, Mr..
Webster uses them to bring out
some of the important problems
confronting a great many young
men and women who enter the
bonds of matrimony in these
days of equal suffrage, of wom-
en- who'd rather work down.
town than stay at home, and OF
new complications in the busi-
ness of raising a family. "The
Real Adventure" is thoroughly
alive with action. You will en-
joy the story not only for its ro-
nance but for the element in it
that will make you think-and
ponder the intimate happenings
in, your own family and in the
families of your neighbors.
THE EDITOR.
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said, because you did get off the car
on principle. ,But-well really, unless
we could prove that I paid my fare,
they'd probably think the conductor
did exactly right. OF course he took
hold of me, but then-well, think what
1 did to him!''
He grumbled that this was non
sense-the man had been guilty at least
of excessive zeal-but he didn't urge
her, any further, to complain.
"rhere's another car coming" he
now announced, peering around the
end of the wall. "You will let me
pay your fare on it, won't your?
She hesitated. The rain was thin
ming. sT would" she said, "if honest
ly wouldn't rather walk. Thanks, really
very, very much, though. Don't you
miss it." She thrust out her hand
"Good-by"
II can't pretend to think you need
an escort to the elevated" he said. 81
saw what you did to the conductor
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door opened-a voice with crisp ring
to it that sounded always younger than
his years. What they heard the but
ler say to him was disconcerting.
you're terribly wet, sir!'
Frederick turned on her husband
look of despair. Hes walked through
that rain! Do run down and send
him up to me. can imagine how he'll
look"
She was mistaken about that,
though. For once Frederick had over
estimated her powers, stimulated
though they were by the way she heard
her husband say:
"Praise heaven you can wear my
clothes. Run along upstairs and break
yourself gently to Freddy"
She heard him come SQuudging up
the stairs and along the hall, and
then in her doorway she saw him. His
baggy gray tweed suit was dark with
water and toned down by liberal
stipple of mud spatters. Both his side
pockets had been, apparently, strained
to the utmost to accommodate what
looked like a bunch of pasteboard-
bound notebooks, now far on the way
to their original pulp, and Topped de-
spondently outward. A melancholy
pool had already begun forming about
his feet. His face, above the dis
NAL wreck, beamed good-humored, in
nocent affection at her. 1t was a
big-featured, strong. rosy face, and the
unmstakable intellectual power of it,
which became apparent the moment
he got his faculties into action, had
q trick of hiding, at other times, behind
q mere robust simplicity.
"Good gracious! he said. II didn't
know you were going to have party.
l thought it would just be the family.
So instead of dressing, / thought I'd
walk. And then it came on to rain,
so 1 took a street car-and got put
off. And here I am"
Eyes, here you are" said Frederick.
Don't be impossible, Rod. Don't you
even know whose birthday party this
ISL"
He looked at her, frowned, then
laughed. He had a great, big laugh.
81 thought it was one of the kids"
he said.
"Well, it isn't" she told him. cts
yours. And the people we're having
were asked to meet you. And you've
got just about seven minutes to get
into Martins other dress suit. III
send Walters to lay it out"
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CHAPTER II.
What Happene

What Happened to Frederica's Plan.
At twenty-seven minutes after seven
that evening, Frederica Whitney was
about ten minutes before the hour at
which she had invited guests to dinner
not quite near enough dressed to
prevent a feeling that she had to
hurry. Ordinarily she didn't mind. To
Frederick at thirty, the job of being
a radiantly delightful object Of regard
lacked the sporting interest OF un-
certainty-was almost too simple
matter to bother about.
But tonight she wished she'd started
half an hour earlier. Even her hus-
band discovered it. He brought in a
cigarette, and stood smiling down at
her with the complacent look that
characterizes q married man of forty
when he finds himself dressed in eve
ming harness ten minutes before his
wife. She shot q glance Of rueful In
uuiry at him, and asked him what time
| it was.
"Seven twenty-five thirty-six," he
told her. She made no comment ex-
cept with her eyebrows, but he must
have been looking at her, for he want
ed to know, good-humoredly, what all
the excitement was about.
"You could 60 down as you are
and not a man here tonight would
know the difference. And as for the
women-well, If they have something
on you for once, they'll be all the
better pleased"
"Don't try to be knowing and philo-
sophical, and-Havelock Ellis, Martin
DEAR" she admonished him, pending
minute operation with an infnitesi-
NAL hairpin. ut isn't your lay bit
Just concentrate your mind on one
thing, and that's being nice to Her.
mione Woodruff, and on seeing that
Roddy is"
He asked, "Why Rodney?" in tone
that matched hers; looked at her,
widened his eyes, said 'Huh!' to him.
self and, finally, shook his head
Nothing to it," he pronounced.
She dispatched the maid with the
key to the wall safe in her husbands
room. "Why isn't there?" she demand
ed. "Rodney won't look at young girls
They bore him to death. But Her
mione can understand fully half tht
things he talks about. She's got lots
of tact and skill. she's good-lookin&
and no older than l and I'm two year:
younger than Roddy. She'll appreci
ate real husband, after having beer
married five years to John Woodruff
And she's rich enough, now, so tha
his wild-eyed way Of practicing Law
won't matter"
Gall very nice and reasonable" HI
conceded, "but somehow the notion o.
Rodney Aldrich trying to marry {
rich widow is one I'm not equal to-.
He looked at his watch again. "By tn
way, didn't you say he was COMM
early?"
She nodded. They heard, just ther
, faint and far away, the ring Of tn
doorbell.
"Wait a second" he said. LET
| see if it's Roddy."
There was no mistaking the voic
, they heard speaking the moment tn
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-07
HAD A CAPITAL OF $400
In Six Years He Was Well Oft

An Alberta farmer, who had bor-
rowed from q loan company, In re-
mitting to them the last payment on
his mortgage, decided to give them the
history Of his experience, on a Mani
toba farm. It was that Of many anotR
er farmer, and for the benefit Of those
who contemplate change the liberty
Is taken Of reproducing 1t.
II will give you. here a brief sum'
mary Of my experience since coming
here six years ago. was. new hand
at farming, my trade being meat-cut-
ting and butchering. My capital was
S4OO, which was a first payment on
my quarter section (160 acres). Most
Of my stock, harness, implements, etc.,
were bought at sales, all ION time,"
necessarily. The buildings on the place
were about as good as nothing and had
either to be rebuilt or replaced entirely.
There were 26 acres broken, and very
badly farmed, bringing poor returns
the first year." After mentioning a
number Of mischances, he says: In
spite of all these drawbacks, I have
done we'll. I consider my farm worth
$500 to $4,000. have four head OF
horses, 12 Of cattle, over 400 purebred
Buff Orpington chickens and 125 tur-
keys, besides implements, harness, etc.,
to run my place. I have well ITO
feet deep with an inexhaustible supply
of water. The we'll with pump cost
me $4OO. I have built $125 chicken
house and put up nearly $50 worth OF
poultry fencing; have built root cellars
to hold over 5000 bushels of potatoes
and other vegetables. AS to income, !
raise about ten acres Of garden and
roots annually which net from $500 to
$1,000 total. I generally sell from
20 to 40 tons timothy hay which brings
from Sc to $14 per ton. My grain Is
most all used on the farm except q
few hundred bushels sold to the neigh
bors for seed. My four milk cows bring
in from $50 to $50 each Counting calf).
Last year 80 hens laid 600 dozen eggs
which averaged more than 25 cents q
dozen Il always work for winter egg
production). The surplus hens were
sold In spring, dressed at 81 each. MY
turkeys average $3.50 each in fall. BY
having vegetables to feed my young
cattle, the two-year-old steers bring
SIS each in spring. ng."-Advertisement
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-07

Attorneys, Bankers, Insurance Agencies
Make your service complete, place
your court and fidelity bonds and
burglary insurance in the WORLDS
LARGEST SURETY COMPANY" from
your own Office.
We solicit inquiries for agencies
from those desiring our IMMEDIATE
DELIVERY SERVICE,
AGENCY DEPARTMENT..
NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY,
115 Broadway, New York, N. Y.-Adv.
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REMARKABLE LETTER FROM A WELL.
KNOWN WASHINGTON DRUGGIST.
for chile and fsusr and ALI material dissasss,
"Within the last i've months have sold $500
bottles Of Elixir Babekf for Malaria Chills and
Fever. Our customers Ppeak very we'll OF It,"
Henry Evans, 822 St., n. W., Washington, D. O.
Elixir Babek so cents, all druggists, or BY
Parcel Post, prepaid. from Koczewski b Co.,
WASHINGTON, %. O.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-07

functory cry all along. But at this
crisis his voice got new urgency.
'"Come on now," he proclaimed, you'll
have to get inside"
From the steps the new arrivals
pushed, the conductor pushed, and the
sheeplike docility Of an American
crowd helped him. Regretfully, with
the rest, Rose made her way to the
door.
Fare, please!" he said sharply as
she came along.
She told him she had paid her fare
but for some reason he elected not
| to believe her.
"When did you pay?" he demanded
"A block back" she said, when all
those other people got on"
"You didn't pay it to me-" he said
truculently. "Come along! Pay your
fare or get off the carl"
81 paid it once" she said quietly
"and I'm not going to pay it again.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-07

Then in the Doorway She Saw Him.
1 haven't the least doubt you could
have thrown him off the car. But
Td-really like it very much if you
would let me walk along with you"
"Why," she said, "of course. I'd
like it, too. Come alOngw
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Miss Wilson, Lobbyist.

Albany, N. Y-The newest lobbyist
at the State Capitol is the Presidents
daughter, Miss Margaret Wilson. She
is working for bill permitting use OF
school buildings for civic forums.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-07
$1o,o0o,ooo RELIEF FUND.
Navy League Will Raise 1t For the
Families Of Volunteers.

Washington.-Completion of ma
chinery to collect and disburse a fund
of s10,OO0,0O0 for families of 100000
naval volunteers in case of war, was
announced by the Navy League of the
United States at meeting at which
Sir Herbert B. Ames, organizer of the
Canadian Patriotic Fund, was TIE
principal speaker.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-07

Anoint the eyelids with Roman Eye Bal
sam upon retiring at night, and in the
morning observe the refreshed and
strengthened sensation in your eyes upon
arising. Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-07
vermont To Spend Million

Montpelier, Vt.-The House passed
under suspension Of the rules a 81,
100000 military appropriation bill.
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CANADA DISCUSSES HEAD TAX.
CHARGE OF So On Travellers Entering
United States.

Toronto, Ont.-A head tax Of So on
all travellers entering the United
States from Canada, said to be under
consideration by the Dominion Gov
ernment, was discussed at a meeting
Of Canadian Railway officials at
Niagara Falls. The new tax will be-
come effective after May l, 1t is under.
stood. The money is to be refunded
on the travellers return to Canada.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-07
Multiplicity of Roles.

"There goes brOken-down actor"
"Has he played many parts?"
"Oh, yes. In his transforming days
he was the mob in Julius Caesar"
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Matter Of Geography,

Matter OF 0eOUrdPHys
"Aiiss Howler says she learned to
sing in Paris"
"That may be; she certainly can't
sing in this town."
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BUT Cnnl Mi

But Cool Million.
HE talks lot about being heir to
q million"
"HOt air!"
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Its Sort.

"Do you think there will be much
profit on this beauty shOw?"
"Well, any profit on a beauty show
ought to be q handsome one"
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When q young man and his girl 60
to the movies and hold hands they are
sure to like the show.