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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25
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In Initial c anne

Especial TO The Richmond Virginian.)
Charlottesville. Va, March "a
In opening game OF season. Virginia
defeated stanton Military academy
today, to 0 Tho varsity tried out
two twirlerS Martin from Newport
News and Ed Gwhthmey. formerly
OF Richmond college, and both
showed up well. Mahood led with
the stick and Charlie White con-
trIbuted n base MT. which sent in
three runs The cadets were forced
TO use four pitchers. OF these.
Shields proved the best
Score by innings:
n
8. NJ. A....o o 900 90 %
Va ..,.t..2 0 80 0 2 0 x
Batteries, Stnunto Belaundi
Shore. Shields, Schmitt and Flaherty
Virgtnia--Martin. f. Gwathmsy ant
f.! Fl. Gwathmey
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25
SAN ANTONIO BRONCHOS
ROUTED by THE GIANTS

San Antonio> Tex. March 24.-The
New York Giants routed the San An
tonic Bronchos today by tn 2. The
Texas team advanced a soldier bat
terry ard soldier rooters on the side.
McGraw used his two side wheelers,
Benton and S"hupp Burns on first.
Hcrzoe hit the ball over the right
wall ard Robertson. the next man up,
sent bail even farther adding to
h" Giants homerun record this
season.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25
lARTIIStN ALL LEWIS
WILL NEtl IHUaSUI.Y
Match at Academy of Music Between
Hcasywcights, Expected TO BE
HAIR Raising Abnr.
DANE ATTRACTING ATTENTION
WRESTLING Fans Anxious to sec Men
Get together in RicllmonI-Ioth
NNstlcrs Popular With Students OF
Mat Game

The impressive manner in which
Paul MaItInsen disposed OF Ivan Lii
now. the Terrible Cossack." one Of
the top notch hea>y weights on the
mat, In this city recently insures local
promoters OF capacity audience
when they bring the Dane and "Stran-
gler" Lewis together in a finish match
in the Academy of Music next Thurs
day night Ever since Martlnsen
twice threw LAnow with the hammer
lock and flung the big Russian around
tho mat after a fashion Incapable OF
any other man who has wrestled Ivan
here, people who saw tho mill have
been saying % one another: I'D like
to see Ed Lewis tackle this fellow.
He's got more stuff than any man
that has ever wrestled here. Even
Lewis has not shown such versatility
and the Dane seems to be bit strong
er than the Stranger. for Lewis
never threw lAnow around like Mar
tlnsen did. II would certainly be a
match worth seeing"
And so 1t goes. Until the wiseacres
saw Martinsen wrestls rings around
Linow. pinning him twice within
twenty i've minutes. they were of the
opinion that no man living with the
possible exception OF Joe Stecher. had
q ghost OF a chance to win from
Lewis Now they arc not so sure that
Martinsen lis not the man who Is ca
pablo OF turning trick at which
scores OF the best men in the game
have failed. Persons who saw the
Linow- Martinsen scrap agreed that
the Dane had the better of the argu-
ment all the way through. except at
intervals when he slowed UP a bit
and allowed tho Cossack to assume
the aggressive. They saw Martinsen
catch Linow by his head and throw
him over his head seven times before
L4now was able to break the hold
Lnow Is known as one OF the strong
| men on the mat and the manner in
which ne was manhandled by Mar
tinsen was q revelation to some OF
Lewis friends present.
Martinsen Has Improved,
Mart!nsen is a flftv per cent better
wrestler than he was last year. In
conversation with some OF the "wrest-
ling bugs after beating lAnow. the
| Dane said he was going better than
ever before IN his life So far as
local prom otsrs have been informed
Lewis and Martinsen have never met
though 1t may be that the pair have
felt each others stesl before II
have not met for q long time. But
even II this be untrue, II Ia generally
anticipated that q slashing match will
be the result
| The wrestling battle royal having
proved 80 popular as a preliminary
for the last match here, II Is probable
that another OF these affairs will be
arranged As q curtain raiser for the
encounter NEXT Thursday night The
main match will begin at Q o'clock
The toe and strange holds have been
| barred.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25

MaxwcIl and r~lu Exon.

Pinehurs;, \ c., March 24--Nor-
man II. Maxwell of Philadelphia. and
Ned Beall. OF Uniontown. Played to-
day against Fred Blossom, of the Yale
Golf club. and Phil Carter. OF the
championship course at Pinehurst.
and won by one-up and so all four
players broke so Tn" best rounds
were 36367i for Carer and 35-37-
70 for Beali. Cartot's play from the
sixth TO the tenth hole was of q SEN
sational variety. He made these ave
holes n April: pAr v IL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25
ll.iKA ARD WILL ABANDON
SPORTS IF WAR COMES

Cambridge Mass, March 24.-All
sports at Harvard university would
be abandoned. In case Of war. II was
learned today on good authority. The
matter however. will not be decided
definitely until a meeting next week
or the Harvard athletic committee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25
NEW YORK YANKS ARE
READY TO BREAK CAMP

Macon Ga. March 1A---A short
workout for the pitchers ended today
the Yankees training for 1917. Until
they reach home April work Will
consist Of games with ths Boston
Braves The season has bean ideal
and tho team Is said to be starting on
the run for the pcnnAnt tn better
condition than ever ho6orA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25

Wet grounds necessitated the post
ponement of the game between Ran
doiph- Macon college and Paramount
Athletic club. which was scheduled
TO he played yesterday afternoon at
Ashland. The two teams may get
together one afternoon In the near
future
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25

II looks as though the race in the
Busin ess--Men's Indoor Baseball league
"a going TO be a hot one between Cap
tain Canepa's and Captain Puseys
teams The latter beat the former
last night by the score OF to 4,
making only one game difference in
heir standing.
The "a" Boys's Class league termi
r ated Saturday morning. with Eddie
Brysor's team capturing first place,
and Jack Fields and Capers Bois-
seaus teams tied for second place
These two teams will play the tie off
next weak.
All games in the "B" Bows Class
league last week were holly contested
The MERGERS forged ahead the Mar
mons by winning two games and tying
one. while the latter won two games
and lost one This league ends ~ 1t
week and these two teams will fight
hard for nrst place honora
Tho standing of the leagues are as
follows:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25
Business Men.

Tho standing of the leagues are as
Fniiows-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25

Hack Eibls has failed to put IN his
appearance up TO this time. but II is
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
SEVERAL IMPORTANT
REAL ESTATE DEALS
Sales of Nearby Farms Amounting
to $4,000 Reported With
in Few Days.

During the past few days a num-
Der of important real estate trans
actions have been consummated
transferring fine farming lands con-
tingent to Welsh. The largest of
these was the sale of $40 acres two
miles southwest of Welsh by Mayor
W. B. Gabbert and A. F. Day & Son.
This sale amounted to $4,000 and
| it makes Mr.. Day and his son the
owners of one of the finest farms in
this section
DR.. R. R. Arceneaux purchased
from VIM. Todd 240 acres on Bayou
Chenne, adjoining the F. A. Arce-
neaux place. paying $4,000 cash
Wednesday A. W. Crowl closed
the purchase of the ]. W. Cooper
place of 14O acres all within the
corporte limits of the town of Welsh
paying therefor $4,000, or approx
imately $71.42 per acre. This i:
the highest price on record recently
flor purely agricultural lands. 1t il
reported that Mr.. Crowl will i'm
prove the place and make it hi
home.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
.nIO1MENT OF LIBERTY
R0NOS IS OvERSUBSCRIBED
g.Ish subscriptions to Thursday
Noon Amounted to
$4,000.

Subscriptions to the Second
tibprty Loan through the local
Liberty Loan Committee up I'M
i Thursday noon amounted to
svsctly $4,000, this amount in
hiding the $4,000 subscribed by
tbe CaIcaSieu National Bank.
Mr.. E. C. Willard, manager of
No local branch of the bank, who
!, chairman of the local Liberty
loan Committee, announced as
rs opinion that subscriptions
would come in between that time
md Saturday noon, when the
ale closes, to bring the total to
$1,000.
A great many of the bonds
have been sold in small denomi-
rations, $4,000 and 500, and
ranging from those amounts up
n the banks subscription of
$4,000.
In the sale of the Liberty Bonds
Welsh occupies second place ir
Jefferson Davis parish, the patri
otto people of Lake Arthur hav
ing Oyersubscribed their allot
ment within a very few days
from the opening of the sale, bu-
on the other hand Welsh had ia,
the greatest per capita allotmen
Of any district in Southwes
louisiana, and therefore for rea
patriotism we have every reaso'
10 feel proud.
There are some slackers in tn
community who could lend finar
cial support to the governmer
but who's visions are becloude
BY averice and greed, just q
there able bodied young men VIII
prefer to stay at home whel
their feet may rest comfortabl
under mothers table, while ma
RED men with partly dependel
ones trudge the rocky road
Berlin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
FROM TWO EXTREMES.

Among the letters received this
week from Journal subscribers Is
one from California; on the west,
and one from New York on the east,
which portrays the climatic contrast
of the two coasts.
From California Mrs. Mary K.
Mcdowell writes: "The weather here
lis very fine indeed. neither hot nor
cold; and no rain in this LOCALITY
since I came from Welsh last
March
| A letter from Mr.. E. U. Plumb
Cotton. N. Y, says. 1--WE have beer
treated to a snow storm up here ant
Ian unusual wet fall, so wet that IL
many places the pottoes have rotte
cutie bad"
After studing carefully the con
ditions named by two OF gu
subscribers in the great east and i
the great west. we are constrained t
repeat-verily this place Gale
Southwest Louisiana is Paradise.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
DEATH OF J. C. mink.

Funeral services for the late
JOS. c. Mink were held Thursday
afternoon at 30:30, following the
arrival of the remains from Lake
Charles on train No. 10, at the
Methodist church and interment
followed in Oaklawn cemetery.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted by Rev. J F. Hoke, as
sisted by Rev. Joel Click.
Mr.. Mink was 81 years, 4
months and 2 days old. He was
apparently in very good health
up until hast July, when follow
ing a serious illness he was taken
to the Mayo Brothers hospital
at Rochester, Minnesota for an
operation. The operation was
successful and he was apparently
regaining health. Stricken again
about two weeks ago, he was
removed to the Sanitarium at
Lake Charles for treatment,
When death overlook him al
1890 o'clock Thursday morning
, there were gathered at his bed
side his faithful, loving wife, his
daughter, Mrs. H. B. TrOutman
Mr.. Troutman. Mr.. j. B. Fire
stone and Rev. J. F. Hoke.
Mr.. Mink Was a native of Vir
GINA, but early in life moved tt
Kansas. 1t was while a residen
: of Holt County, Kansas, in 1881
:. that he was married to Mrs
: Rothrock Firestone. They live
= for some time in Missouri befor
: : coming to Welsh in 1891. The
have since resided in this vicinit
making their home on a farr
. near Roanoke.
The deceased was a lifelong
devout member of the Church {
j j the Bretheren, serving in tt
: ministry 81 years.
" The funeral services were a
y tended by a large body of fellV
= citizens from Roanoke. and all
:. a number from Jennings.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
COMPLETE EXHIBIT

The exhibit from the high school
manual training department was eX-
pressed to Shreveport Wednesday to
be d splayed at the State Fair. The
boys deserve much credit for the
manner in which they have applied
their energies in order to complete
the several pieces of furniture at
such an early date in the session.
Quality of workmanship app,.ied
indicated by the excellent fitting
Of the joints and the finely finished
surfaces.
| The library table was made by
Wilbur Gabbert, Charley Doan, Will
ford Shoemaker. and Elmer Harris.
Boys named in order according to
amount of time devoted to project.
The rocking chair was made by
Gettus Doan. Ben Goldsmith and
Vernon Scoggins (named in order
according to amount of time applied)
The following articles were en-
tered as a gruop Of "five useful ar
ticles." Piano bench, Melvin Doan
footstool. Mark Lottinger; medicine
cabinet. Jeff MONTGOMERY: electric
lamp, Raymond Abel; ironing boar(
Charley Monks.
The following boys deserve spe
cial mention for reporting afte
school before school and on SAtrr
! days and holidays when it was yer
! necessary that some process in tn
making of the articles be carrie
thru at once in order to make sur
of it's successful completion: Getty
Doan, Wilbur Gabbert, Ben Colo
smith and Vernon Scoggins. (Thes
are the faithful four.}
When the library table and rocl
ing chair are returned from Shrev
port they will be sold to start
fund for some time saving machil
cry which will facilitate the speed
completion of articles made and all
enable the boys to learn somethir
of how to operate such machines
The prizes offered at the Sta
Fair on these exhibits some
which it is safe to say the We'll
bows will land, are as follows; Cha
$40, SO an S.; table, $40, So and $
five useful articles SO, S. and So,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
GRAND JURY DEL!BERATES ,
ON THIRTY-NINE CASES
Found "a True and 5 No True Bills;
Adjourned Until Thursday,
November 22nd.

The following report was made
by the Grand Jury late Tuesday af-
.ernoon:
To the Honorable Judges of the Fiji
teenth Judicial District Govt, JEFF
ferson Davis Parish. Louisiana.
We, your Grand Jurors, duly and
'egally convened. beg to submit this
our report.
We have examined 80 cases SUBJ
mitted use, of this number we have
found "a true bills and no true
bills. and referred inc cases to the
District Attorney for investigation.
We have also referred to the Pro-
baton Officer of Jefferson Davis
oarsn, one case.
We appreciate very highly the
assistance and courtesies extended
| by His Honor. Jerry Cline, Judge
and al court officials during our
deliberations.
We wish to make special mention
of the assistance rendered this Crane
Jury by our able District Attorney
and wish to extend to him our com
lpliments and appreciation for tn
vigor and diligence with which h
has presented all cases coming be
fore US.
We find after examining the pub
ic buildings that everything is i
excellent condition and have no rec
concentrations to make in this cor
nection.
We respectfully ask that we no.
be discharged to Thursday, Nov. q
; 1917.
? S. o. SCOGGINS,
Foreman Grand Jur,
: Attest:
e E. S. RICE,
Clerk of Grand Jury.
j Jennings, La, Oct. %, 1917.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
HOPES TO GET A POP
AT KAISER BILL
Joe Hebert Writes the Editor an
Interesting Letter from
Great Lakes.

Mr.. R. S. Greer,
Welsh. La.
| guess you Will be rather sur
prised to hear from me. out !
thought | would wait until l finish
ed my training as a hospital appren-
tice before telling you about Great
Lakes.
j | had five months of good old hard
studying and never what we call hot
day in the south. | came here on
the 9Th of May and it was Sleetina
and raining and what | called cold
| created quite a lot of attraction
with my Palm Beach suit and straw
hat. 1t was two weeks before l got
my first uniform. and believe me, ]
felt like an old-timer in the navv
when | got it: but the worst is !
haven't got warm since | got here
l thought would get plenty of fresh
air, but it was the opposite, / found
: it to be exposure.
, We are camping right on the bank
of Lake Michigan so you may mag
inc the stiff breeze when it is already
cold. Today there is a slight snow
falling. It makes me think of the
: hot sunshine in Welsh, the place
D would like to get one more look a
t before l leave. But that is imposSl
!, be for | am leaving tomorrow TO
Virginia. Il am not allowed II
4 name the post) and from there l g
: with the Marines ((not allowed t
: tell what regiment) for the trenche
IN France. Well, they couldn't Civ
y me anything that suited me better
n Ever since l passed by first exam
nation | was wishing to go wher
=, "Hell is Popping" So now | CUES
# I'll get my taste of it, but te'
W proud to be the first one from Wells
to get a pop at Kaiser Bill.
Some of those boys in Weslh an
y other places will be sorry they d
v not join the Navy. Tell them to gu
so hiding behind skirts and fight.
l have made the foot ball team
the station; we are going to have
game this afternoon with Camp Ro
c. guess it viii be my last game I
:, if possible l want to have the Kais
~ for my next foot ball.
LO l am much bigger than l W
IN when | left Welsh. now weigh l
G pounds; when l left there l weigh
:, 1872 pounds. Believe me the u
IL N makes a man out Of anybody tn
- Joins it. There are about 10000 m
~ here now. There are six new cam
going up for the winter, for tn
expect to have $4,000 men here
winter. "The More the Merrier."
Here the censor obliterated t
lines.
Well l haven't as much to say
II thought had so will close hOpl
that the war will be over next su
mer So 1 can get furlough and
Welsh once again. Tell all
Welsh people good bye Tor me-
I remain the same,
JOS. ]. HEBERT,
Co. D. Hospital Corps,
Great Lakes, IL
Note-Joe will have to cont
with DR.. lIartin for the honor Oh
inc the first from Welsh to "ge
pop at the Kaiser" 49,,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26

Goods are getting scare
err and higher every day,
but we are still able to
save you quite a little on
your groceries. Call us,
phone "a. E. E. Kimball'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
NUMBER 81
LIST YOUR LANDS WITH
Dept. OF AGRICULTUR

A letter from Justin F. Denethaud,
secretary of the immigration Dlvi-
sion of the Department of Agricul-
ture and immigration encloses list
If questions to be answered by own
,rs having lands for sale which they
wish to have listed in this cataiog.
The letter says in part:
We are now gathering descriptions
If farm lands of this state that are
offered for sale by the owners to
,omeseekers or others from abroad
who are likely to be interested in the
lands of Louisiana.
To make the booklet that we are
compiling complete and to have all
sections of the state properly rep
resented therein, we desire that this
activity of the immigration DiVl-
SION of the Department of AgrcuI-
ture and immigration be given as
much publicity as possible so that
all land owners who desire can
without cost to them advertise their
Hands through the medium OF our
Land For Sale Bulletin.
Questions asked Louisiana land
owners.
In what Parish is your land locat-
ed?
How near is land from railroad!
How near is land from good road!
Number of acres in the tract
How much in cultivation ?
How much in woodland?
How much in pasture?
Character of land, soil, etc?
What do you think are the best
crops adapted to land?
What are the school facilities?
What are the church facilities for
Y white persons?
o What is the price Of land terms,
G etc.?
Description of houses and I'M
e provements
If Remarks:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
CITIZENS CONTRIBUTE
TO FIGHT POLICE JURY
Mass Meeting at Court House Mon
day Night Raised $3.50,

A mass meeting held at the court
house in Jennings Monday night
raised the handsome sum Of $3.50
to fight in the court what they term
frauds perpetrated by the police
jury of the parish in conjunction
with the gravel company, the par
ish highway engineer and the con-
tractors in the matter Of the con-
tracts for the completion of the JEFF
ferson Davis parish model highways
At the meeting a report of the
findings of the citizens committee
and of evidence gathered by the
Burns Detective Agency was read,
and the report of the committee was
adopted by a vote of the meeting,
followed by speeches from num-
Der of tax payers, including f. P.
Fox of Lake Arthur; Fred |. Getty
of Jennings; W. F. Tietje of Roa-
noke: E. N. Daggett and T. S.
Plunkett of Elton; W. E. Gorham,
A. M. Arthur, H. D. Hill and D,
C. Richie of Jennings. and also Mr.
B. A. Richhart Of Jennings.
,, Rev. w. Lomax Childress of Roa-
noke. when called upon for an Irish
; story, offered the following: 81 think
the Pol ce Jurors have put more sane
in their gizzards than they have or
the public roads"
Following is list of the contribu
tions to the fund for the prosecution
> of the allegations against the polio
II jury and others:
E. P. Fox $4,000
/ Fred I. Getty $4,000
L. W. Dalbey $4,000
" T. H. VIM 5000
. B. A. Richhart $50
D. C. Richie $50
Jos. Landry $5U
' Theo. Kahn $50
H. Winn $50
D. D. Daggett $50
Mrs. H. F. Jaenke $50
W. B. Williams $50
Chas. A. Clark $25
S T. S. Plunkett $25
DR.. v. A. Miller $25
ng Dell Marshall s25
A. NJ. Arthur $25
Is, See me for Insurance
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
GRAND JURY ADJOURNED

The grand jury met Tuesday in
continued session, ostensibly for the
purpose of investigating the charges
against the police jury. A number
Of important witnesses were recall
ed for examination at the session,
among them Messrsr. Perkins and
Erwin, President IRENE OF the
Police Jury, John McHugh, W. B.
Gorham and others. ;,
The jury adjourned without find
ing any bills.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26

For SaIe-My home on
South Elm St. in Welsh,
formerly the w. p. Rus
sell home. Apply to Mrs
o. Stansbury, Iota, La,
p. q. Box 81. ol04p
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26

Until further notice tDe
pill gin cotton euery day
except Sunday. Welsh
Cotton Gin, Welsh Ware
| house Co., me-, owner.)
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26

Return to Justin F. Denechaud, Sec
reary, immigration Division, Char
tres and St. Ann Sts., New Orleans
Ia. fp
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
Notice!

49,, - E.NVSt go.
No hunting or trespasslng al
lowed on the lands of the under
signed. 49, ooc>,rp
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26

Fresh Oysters Wednes-
DAYS and Thursdays; Fish
when ve can secure them.
Welsh Bakery G. Grocery.