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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-12
FARMERS, ATTENTION,

Yes, l am farming, but am ip,t ..
well prepared to handle your rice in.
surance as in the past. | EXPECT -
be in my off ce to Gale for this bus;
ness. If l should not be n, nv pbor.
number is 274-ll. Call me and +
will issue your policy day or pipbt
l VIII appreciate your business,
c. E, CARR.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-12
ALONG CAME A FORD CAR
AND TIPPED HER OVER

Last Sunday morning little Pau
line I,vtal was run over by Mrs.
Virgil Moss in a Ford car. The hign
road clearance Of the Ford is the
only thing that saved the little CIR
from being seriously hurt. 1t is re-
pOrted that the accident could nave
been avoided if the lady had blown
her horn.-St. Martinville Messenger.
There is a moral in this but Welsh
ladies have already profted.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-12
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

a.. - ,,orob.ots Showed
s.rua, q BUGGY, priced at @Jv,
-. s,.,oI because "
- 900 INC f,.Lor bought one Jus,
ys"io "s .ro
'', nm t,o n,orohor4 looked IN tn,
"' S.,-J tbot the father ha
''''' I ~, o,n ,.,.r,,r. Of co., for thy
J +, 4,rl 4ha farmers so.
''' , ~ t.,., ana trsse,s Of corr
~ 80 ..,,,., nfro him
Nv C con -,
r-- ,-,n,.o,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-12
SOUR STOMACH.

Eat slowly, masticate your food
thoroughly, abstain from meat for a
few days and in most cases the sour
somach will disappear. If it does
not, take one of Chamberlain's Tab
lets Immediately after supper. Red
meats are most likely to cause sour
stomach and you may find it best to
cut them out.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-12
Mrs. Smith Recommends Chamber.
lain's Tablets.

81 have had more or less stomach
trouble for eight or ten years"
writes Mrs. G. H. Smith, Beaverton.
n. Y. when suffering from attacks
of indigestion and heaviness after
eating, one or two of Chamberlains
Tablets have always relieved me. !
have also found them a pleasant lax
alive" These tablets tone up the
stomach and enable it to perform its
functions naturally. If you are
troubled with Indigestion give them
trial. get we'll and stay we'll.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-12
Services offered; if training

Services OueiSuj IL winning
wanted, specify line; present occ1-
patton; by whom employed; refer
ances; education; emergency service
will you go anywhere? home town
only? in United States how soo1
can you start?
The food pledge which you will be
asked to sign contains the following
To the Food Administrator:
am glad to join you in the ser
vice of food conservation for our
nation and | hereby accept member
ship in the United States Food Ad-
ministration. pledging myself to
carry out the directions and advice
of the Food Administrator Iii my
home. insofar as my circumstance:
permit.
Name -----------------
| ADDRESS -------- --------- ---
Every school house will be regis
tration booth and they will be opel
all day. If you do not fully under
stand the requirements, get the in
formation from the chairman q
your ward, or from any public schoo
instructor. Their services are en-
listed in the work and they will b.
glad to explain any point which 20,
DO not understand. Further tina!
| =. T. c-->~-. ',.;p.7N ard ~nirh
bor fully understands the necessit
of cooperating with the government,
Women. this is the greatest %
portunity ever offered you to sho'
your colors. Do not let it he sal
that you are slackers, or even ths
there are slackers among you!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-12
WOMAN'S REGISTRATION
WEDNESDAY,, OCT, 17TH'

AT the registration and food con
,eryatlon meeting Monday, Oct 9th,
$50 p. nj. at the court house in Jen-
nlngs, one chairman was appointed
n charge of both questions; the
school houses were named the pre-
clncts and the teachers were select
>, 10 have charge of the work.
At Welsh the following committee
was recommended to serve; Mrs.
w. E. Taught, chairman; Prof. Ar
mold L. Pearce, Miss Mabel Fontain,
Miss Ruth McLees, commissioners
for registration; Misses Elsie Reeve,
Essie Johnston, Ola Lee and Hette
Ecker, clerks; Miss Ruth Hanson
chairman of food conservation; Miss
es Irma Robinson. Lucy Frierson and
.ouise Smith, assistants.
Principal James Ward and his as
sistant, Blanch King, were recon-
mended to have charge of the work
among the colored people, their
school house being named the pre-
cinct. They have received their COM
missions from Gov. Pleasant.
Bv order of the Governor the pre-
'incts viii al open at $50 a. m. and
close at 9 p. m.
The ages are arranged in three
-roups Group Includes ages from
8 to 30: group 2 from 80 to GO
.-oup 3 from GO up.
While the registrat on is not corn
.iIsory. all are urged to register ans
Re names of those not compIylns
Yill be sent in 10 the governor. hi
the on'y way the nation has o
| ind ng out the stregnth OF ne
women. Show your loyalty by reg
STEERING and help your country a
1ell as all people by signing tn
/. food conservations cards.
There is o great deal Of sEeptlclsT
,mong the ladies. ard more espec
ally those who do not read the new:
papers. as to the real mean ng
: his registration, therefore 1t
] imely to clearly state its effect, air
/. and purpose.
a In the first place it is not cor
pulsory, but it is for the best int
ests of our great commonwealth, v
are OF war with nation Of the flr
:. class, and our young men have be-
drafted into the national army
defend democracy and all that
stands for. These young men nu
- be supported by the country VIII
sends them to war, otherwise tn
> cause is q lost cause and their lV
=, are wasted.
:. In order that the most perfect
7 ganization may back the nation
It's efforts in behalf Of humanity
70 is necessary that every resource m
70 be perfected and conserved, and
70 this everyone must assist, women
we'll as men.
The Woman's Committee Of
National Council Of Defense war
to know every woman; who they a
where they are and what they ;
doing. From those who are will
and free to serve in those capacltl
women will be selected to serve
many industrial capacities, wh'
hey can relieve men for the mi
strenuous and arduous tasks.
1t is a simple duty that eV'
woman owes to her country to go
the registrat on booths on octO
18th and give the information asl
for on the registration cards,
the execution entails no obligatl
The follow is list of the gu
lions asked on the card:
Name in full; address; age; m
ried or single; color or race; coun
of birth; citizen, by birth or by 7
uralization; persons dependent u
you if any.
- The 'o+tor questions "nn'v '" tn
40 who wish to enlist their services
nna4aI aud thou are aeeeDtAbie:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-12
See the Calcasieu National b55L,.

See the Calcasieu National bank,,
Second Liberty Loan" ad on Tho
first page of this issue of the Journ.
al. The allotment of the bonds fo,
Welsh and vicinity is $42,OOOOO. IN
this time of big incomes the peon,o
Of Welsh should grab at this oppor.
tunity to sat little in so safe and
profitable an investment as these 4
per cent bonds.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-12

For Sale. or Trade would like
to sell or trade my place in Welsh
with all improvements inc!udipu
six room house; can give abstract 0,
tit 'e.-Fred J. Johnson. s2Stf
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-12

Mr.. nd Mrs. Gordon Hays ere
receiving the CONGRATULATIONS o.
their friends upon the arrival Of
little daughter who was born Sunday
morning. Mother and baby are 10
ing n;ce7v.-Abbeville Meridionai.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Hayes are
known to the people of Southwest
Louisiana. Mr.. Hays having starred
in stock plays during many seasons
past.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18
THERE'S A BIT ON LOAN
FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
Pupils Are Called to Serve the
Country in War Talk To-
morrow

The talk on the war for tomorrow in the
public schools of this city is Earning fol
a Liberty Bond" and is as follows:
The mother OF one of my friends tells
how as a girl of twelve she stood on the
front porch of her home during the battle
of Gettysburg and served coffee from
large washtub to Union soldiers as they
hurried d. ~n the street. She was proud
and happy because she was helping to
win the battle.
one of the ways in which you can best
serve your country right now is to help
pay for this war by buying or helping TO
buy Liberty Bond
Hundreds of thousands Of our young
men have left their ordinary work TO be-
come soldiers. This leaves the work to
others. The work must be done because
this war is n war of industry as much as
II Is war of guns Here, then. is your
and the neighborhood, too. offer scores
of opportunities to earn money that they
have never offered before DO this
work. Business men will be glad
to have your help after school and
on Saturdays. They will pay you more
before Your school will do all in it's
power to enable you to help.
Here is where your personal interests
and your patriotism coincide. You give
service that is needed TO win the war.
You are paid of this service and you i'm.
mediately set your earnings at work to
win the war. But strange as II may
seem, this money still belongs to you.
works for you, pays you interest and
stands ready to come to your assistance
any day you need 1t.
win you do your bit2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18

to chip in and give what you can to the
Smokes for Sammees" fund.
The contributions received yesterday
amounted to $1,000, making "A total up to
the present time of Sl3,33S.41. a card
party at Mlllbourne brought $3.50, while
number of other contributions were raised
by similar affairs. Among the largest con-
tributions during the last week were those
collected at performances of the Jack o.
Lantern Company, which totaled $32S.29,
and another of $29951, collected at the
concerts of the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station Band.
If you can afford dollar so much the
better but should you feel that a dime is
your limit for the time being, just slip IL
in an envelope and send II to the committee
Later on you may find some other coins
when the financial harvest is better If
so, you may send them along too. Many
contributors To the smoke fund have made
1t Il habit. incidentally, it's a good habit
to cultivate Yield to this temptation now
and help to increase the $4,000 which has
been contributed up to the present time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18
CHIP in NOW AND HELP
SAMMEES' SMOKE FUND
Give Dollar or Dime; What
ever You Can Afford Will
Be Appreciated

It's some consolation to reach in your
pocket and pull out a handy smoke when
you're feeding blue. There's an ease of mind
as you watch the smoke clouds floating
away just as your troubles will, eventually,
if you go after them in the right manner.
But when you are away from home in
a strange land where strenuous duties
make it impossible to get in touch with
smokes Of any kind you certainly miss your
old-tme puffs of peace. That is just the
plight of thousands of our fighting soldiers
abroad.
There is a way, however, of supplying
this great comfort. The tobacco committee
of the Emergency Aid, 142S Walnut street.
is gathering money to buy smokes of all
kinds for the boys in France. 1t is the
hope of the committee to make this fund
thoroughly representative, so they urge you
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18
SMOKES FOR SANIMEES, ALL RIGHT,
BUT FOR SAMMETTES? HORRORS!
Comfort Kits for American Nurses in Europe
From Philadelphia Will NOT Contain Cigar
cites, Says Mrs. Lorimer at Red Cross Rooms
By M'LISS

CHADES Of Florence Nightingale! They've
~ put a cigarette in the mouth of the
angel Of mercy and, according to latest
reports. she's putting hard.
Which is to say that that many women
allied with the Red Cross believe that one
OF the first comforts OF the comfort kit
sent TO the Sammettes in war hospitals
abroad should be cigarettes. Noxious
though the weed may be, the contention is
that 1t is not nearly so noXious as the
odors from a gas gangrene wound and that
redoent Smoke" may serve, paradoxical.
ly to clear the atmosphere when all else
fails.
New York has been rocked with the prob
lem for a week. To include the cigarettes
or not?
In Philadelphia the problem exists not
at all
The answer Is simple Smokes will
NOT be included in the kits"
we haven't begun making up comfort
kits for nurses" Mrs. George Horace
Lorimer. in charge Of the Independence
Square Red Cross working room. said but
| think IL can be stated positively that
cigarettes will not be included. The con-
ception of a nurse at her duties with a
cigarette in her mouth is foreign to us.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18
DIVORCE ENDS WIFE CHASE
Young Italian Girls Rids Herself of
Unwelcome Husband

WILKES BARRE, oct. 1S-Three years
pursuit of Elvira Barberis by her husband
ended here in the divorce court, when the
wife. only seventeen years old. was granted
legal separation from Natalie Barberis,
thirty-four years old and "A guarantee that
family interference would no longer be per-
mitted. The husband offered no defense.
The girl arrived from Italy in May 1914,
bn iater ma Rarheris ancdrding ~ i,e ,pSS pS
evidence. Next day she was compelled. IL
was alleged. to come to this city, where
Alderman Brown performed a marriage GER
emony. On the way home the wife gained
the assistance of Clementne Merusi and
with her as guardian fed the home of her
husband. For three years she has evaded
all efforts to force her to live with Barberis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18

don't believe our American nurses abroad
would appreciate the enclosure Of smokes
In their kits"
According to Miss Stella Hall, Red
Cross nurse, who was in Serbia at the time
of the German invasion and who now is
doing her bit at the Red Cross head
quarters, 221 South Eighteenth street, the
American nurse does very well, thank you,
without her digs"
IL do not believe the American nurse will
want cigarettes" Miss Hall said from my
obrervation she won't. They say that the
excitement, particularly when the horribly
wounded are being brought In by the thou
sands, makes this form OF stimulation a
help II not an actual necessity, to the nurse
who wants to keep on her feet.
1T Is not true. l was in Belgrade when
the Serbians took $4,000 Germans. The eX-
citement was frenzled The nurses were
wild with work. There were only twelve
graduates there. l saw none smoking while
on duty.
1T is true that the Serbian and French
nurses smoked when they were off duty. J
have not worked with the English nurses,
| did not see the entire time | was over
there an American nurse smoking, either
on or off duty. ] do not think we shall
have that problem to consider at ALL"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18
Club Discharges German Walters

BOSTON. oct. lS.-The German walters
and servants employed at the Boston city
Club, numbering about twenty. have been
discharged because of complaints by mem.
bers of alleged breaches of discipline"
officers of the club declined to discuss the
nature of the complaints. Several of the
Germans were formerly stewards on Ger
man liners
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18

border around edge OF platter. Cook
one green pepper, chopped, and one onion.
chopped, In two tablespoonfus OF butter
for five minutes. Mix one-half cupful of
add to pepper and onion. Bring the sauce
TO the boiling point and podr in one cupful
Of hot milk, a quarter Of teaspoonf,fl Of
paprika and a half teaspoonful OF salt
Pour this sauce over the salmon, which IA
arranged on the platter with the rice as
a border
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18
Sunset

. Like some huge bird that sings to rest
The sun goes down--a weary thing
And DER the waters placid breast
II lays a scarlet outstretched wing.
HERBERT NASHFORD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-21

I0, 444, showing an increase of 9970 ThNea presbyterial and Il synodcal auxiliaraeS have been organized in the four yeSSRs All of these organizations have adopteu the uniform constitution prepared
 The success of the auxiliary is evil denced strikingly in its contributions The total amount contributed by the women s societies of the assembly in 1912 was $3S3,- 126 and in 1916 they gave $439, ,973 an in- crease in conbutions of $56,247 in four years. In 1912 the womens societies were giving to the causes of foreign missions and home missions only, whereas they are giving now to all of the causes of the assembly, and the report received from the offices of the four executive commit tees shows marked increase from the year over what was contributed the year previous. During the past year four synodical and r presbyterial auxilaries have attained to the standard of excel fence which placed them on the roll of honor this attainment being an increase of at least 20 per cent in gifts and 10 Fer cent in membership within one year
 The work of mission study among the women of the church has been turned over to the auxiliary by the foreign mis- sion and home mission committees. There mission and 665 foreign mission study classes, an increase of 94 classes over last year. When the woman's auxiliary was organized, there were less than one hun dred of the study classes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-21
FINE CORPS OF
 U. s. OFFICERS

That the United States will have the finest lot of officers of any army of any nation after the completion Of the three months training course is the opinion of Mai. William F. Teb- betts.
 Major Tebbetts is now taking the officers training at Fort Logan, H. Roots, LittleR ock, Ark.
 q am again in uniform and hard at it assisting in the instruction of the other cadet officers, having been made the first lieutenant of this com pany," writes Major Tebbetts.
 "At the finish of the three months course laid out in this camp and the other similar ones. the United States will have one of the finest bodies of officers of any nation In the world, and I feel that it will be some dis tinction to be one of them
 Col. Robert l.. Bullard, who was colonel of the Third Alabama sta- toned at Anniston during the Spanish American war. is the officer in charge of the Little Rock camp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-21
MILITARY NOTES

Not thing was doing at naval headquarters yesterday. Captain Clark and his brother officers are open for business on Sunday as well as during the week, but people do not seem to have realized it, as no one showed up. Eight men were sent off by Captain McKenney last night Ira T. Mo- Laughlin, George A. McCone, Jesse G. Coons. Martin Dillon, George T. Woot- an. Albert A. Boggus, Henry Hutton, Macon Hollingsworth.
 Following the passage of the army bill Friday, some new regulations for enlistment have gone into effect Only men between the ages of IS and 40 will be enlisted. Aliens not subjects of the enemy country are eligible for enlist ment without declaring their inten- ton of becoming citizens. The oath of enlistment now reads: During the present emergency unless sooner dis charged" The pay has also been great ly increased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-21
Birmingham War Council WiU Open Campaign For Fund For Army Work Opening Gun Will Be Fired Tomorrow at Hotel Hllnan When the Council of 300 Men Will Meet and Map Out Plan of
 Actien-Y. M c. A. to Take Charge of Welfare
 Work of the United States Armed Forces

Young Mems Christian association. You will find it wherever there are men, and there are men here on the border tonight The " is here good and strong with a big, strong, comfortable shack for every brigade.
 Since our shack opened the Mesa bar and the BilPs Place are pretty we'll de- serted. Mother gets more letters and the United States government gets more ef- ficiency. If you have loved onessat home you can't resist the open ink bottiss and the pens and the paper It makes you ashamed to taink thatl the " is mora interested in your loved ones than you are.
 Tt hands you out religion in doses a man can take. Ii tightens up the halter that gets lose when man is away from home It assures yor that someone g interested in you, To matter who, or where you are.
 Who pays? cont know, but who- ever it is, Goa bless them. They gre the fathers Of thousands of boys.
 "JOE."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-21

The opening event in the Young Mems Christian association campaign for s5o,- GOO from the people of Alabama will be D. m. Tuesday The entire Birmingham war council of 30O men has been invited to attend
 It is to be a great occasion, it is said, and the best men in the city will get together to do another big job well. Two years ago the Young Mems Christian as- sociation went after 1000 members il , similar campaign, and in five days sS cured over 1900. They are expecting equal success in this undertaking.
 Similar campaigns are being held in cities all over the nation and are meet ing with marked success. The objective is s3,O00,0O0 to support the work of the Young Mems Christian association for the men of the army and navy during the next year
 One of the big stories of the war is the work of the Young Mems Christian as- sociation at the front. Tn France in Russia, in Macedonia, even in remote Mesapotamia it has followed the battle line in ministry of comfort and cheer to the fighting men. The forces in France and Great Britain have recognized its worth as an auxiliary agency of war. An6 now the United States has asked this organization to take charge of all tho welfare work for all it's armed forces or land and sea.
 Here's what one soldier wrote about the Young Mems Christian association or the border Gan exact copy of his Ietter)
 Camp Pershing,
 ''El Paso, Tex, October, 1916.
 Dear Pal: It's raining tonight; a good night to write letters. I have written to everybody back home and feel as if you ought to know something about the work of this life-saver, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-21
CAPTAIN J.V. ALLEN DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Capt. John V. Allen, one of Birnoins. | iham's best known citizens died yes
 terday evening at 6:30 o'clock after q
 lingering illness, at the residence of Mrs. T. P. Weakley, 1500 south rbir- teenth street.
 The funeral will be held at the resi-
 dence tomorrow morning at 1o.9o o'clock.
 Joseph Virginius Allen was born in
 Montgomery on June 9, 1866, and was
 son of Gen W. W. Allen. rantipg
 major general of Alabama in Confede crate service, and his Wife, Susan x.,, He removed to Sheffield in carly
 manhood and became associated with JudSe W. l.. Chambers and other Mon- gomerians in the Sheffield Land com pany as secretary and treasurer and later as president In 1890 he was elected mayor of Sheffield. and if woe during his residence there that he he9 came a captain in the Alabama state Guard He was married on November n. 1881, to Miss Annie Lou Weaklev, daughter of the late Maj. T. P. WealxIev of Nashville In 1S9S Captain Allen removed to Bir mingham and became associated with alter Moore and w. c. Shackleford in the Ivey Coal and Coke comnanv. and when the Alabama Coal Operators
 association was organized he became
 It's secretary, which position he filled
 until he was appointed to the office or back tax collector of Jefferson coun ty by Governor O'Neal, a warm and lifelong friend of Captain Allen.
 Since the fall of 1914 when his health began to fail, he had spent the larger part of his time on the gulf coast and only returned to Birmingham a few
 months ago.
 Captain Allen was a member of the