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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-02-15
PERSONAL But Not Too Personal !
And Local Items of Interest !
f You Are Not Ashamed of Your Visitors Tell Us !
Who They Are Telephone 222

.. b. Hehning has purchased
the J. E. Parsons place at Roam.
cake and will move there as soon
as Mr.. Parsons can vacate.
R. A. Henning is preparing to
move to Mansfield in the near
future.
". H, Cline, a prominent citi.
zen of Welsh was in Jennings a
few hours Monday, and while in
the city made a pleasant call at
the Times-Record office. Mr.Cline
is one of the successful farmers
of that vicinity. He is not now
engaged in active farming, but
still owns considerable farm land
and has recently invested in cat
tie quite extensively. Jennings
Times-Record.
See me for Insurance
F. q. Seward
Phone 1873 or 90
Mrs. B. J. LaCour and children
returned Monday from Lafayette
where they visited fora few days.
Misses Frances Cockrel and
Edna McAffrey came over from
Lafayette Saturday for a week
end visit with relatives.
Mrs. VIM. Terry and children
arrived Saturday from Lake
Charles for a visit with relatives
and also to be present at the
Touchy-Stewart wedding which
occurred Tuesday morning. They
were joined on the morning of
the wedding by Mr.. Terry.
Don't forget tour expert
tailor. Mr.. E. C. Reddock is here
today and tomorrow for dis
play sale of Spring and Summer
suits. He has the Storrs-Schaefer
line of full length samples, and
will be at your service to take
your measure. Martins. 1t
Louis J. Fournet of Lake
Charles was among the guests at
the Touchy-Stewart wedding
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. L. ]. McCulla who has
been here visiting in the home of
F. 0. Rakeke left for home Mon
day via West Lake.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-02-15

Luke Finley was a business Wis
itor to Lake Charles Tuesday.
Mrs. Anthony Hebert left We'd
nesday for Houston, Texas, to pay
a visit to her mother.
Mrs R. J,Stockton has received
the sad news Of the death of her
nephew, Edmond Stafford, which
occurred at Camp Ellington, Tex,
last Saturday. Pneumonia was
given as the cause Of his death.
The young man was quite we'll
known here in Welsh. Mrs. Stock
ton is leaving tomorrow for Belle
vile, Texas, to pay a visit to
her sister Mrs. Chas. Stafford.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-02-15
In a card addressed to A. T.

! Jones, Feb. 3, J. R. Compton
writes from Brooklyn, N. Y: Il
am in New York and having an
easy time. Have been aboard
the y. S. S --- and like it
fine. Am at the receiving ship
now awaiting transfer to another
ship and expect to leave some
time this week. | made second
class fireman in two weeks. The
work firing is not very hard. |
wish you would please thank the
Presbyterian Sunday school for
the Bible; it is nice. | received
it just one day before left the
S. S. Tell everyone l am doing
fine Don't know where Twill go
from here"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-02-15
Rice Farm For Sale or
Rent.

Rice farm Of $50 acres, 6 miles
northwest of Welsh and one and
a half miles from Lacasine sta
ton. At least 300 acres of clean
land, good we'll, machinery and
buildings. Apply to Charles A.
Lantz, Welsh, La,, or to S. ].
Johnson, Jennings, La. feb8tf
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-02-15
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n7TED SEA9TS
NVE1l0lENT L
Life Insurance
" n. Colbert, Mgr.
Ohone 66-Night 90

| oS sinderson and Sergeant T
|, NcMillin motored over tc
e,ctner's aviation field Thurs.
i returning via Lake Charles
n. and Mrs. ]. A. Benoit, Mr.
j Mrs. Jules Benoit, Mrs. Aida
r,tsls and children motored over
/. Kinder Thursday.
gs. 1. 0. Domingeaux and
* left Wednesday for Welsh,
,ieethey will spend a few days
the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
,4hur Romero. Crowley Signal.
AHiN@
gue Rose and Louisiana Pearl
IVA Rice for sale. Also a few
Is Of Edith. Lantz & Lantz,
rssb, La. Phone 287-2O. feb1tt
announcements have been re,
.rsd Of the marriage Of Mis-:
rn Prudence Carr, daughter OF
N. and Mrs. 0. S. Carr to Lieut..
inch Durham Mathes, which
rured on Saturday, Feb. 2 at
sa,ton, Texas. Congratulations
many Welsh friends will follow
pcouple to their home, which
announcement says is Filing
n Field.
Rev. ]. W. Hervey and William
Earne we're among those who
tended the revival service at
llanoke Tuesday night.
FRESH OYSTERS in cans and
|ak. Also oleomargerine at the
h House. Phone 1873. j4tf
The Misses Louise Smith and
'Iny Frierson, teachers in the
lghschOol, were week end visi-
|ts in Lake Charles.
For Sale. One Ellington Cab
|ia Grand Piano, excellent tone;
1000 # taken at once. R. J.
IGrkton. 1t
v. v. Welsh of Lake Charles
VISA business visitor here Tues
|4
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-02-15
Compensation Insurance
W. Nj. Colbert, rlgr.
Phone 06--Night 90.

R, J.Stockton has sold his home
here to E. Robichaux and is pre-.
pairing to move with his family to
Southbridge, Mass. They expect
to leave for their new home soon
after the first of next month.
J. c. Montague and daughter
Maggie and son Robert Of Port
Barre arrived Wednesday and will
spend about two weeks as guest
of ]. A. Verret and family.
Comein! Come in! Let our eX-
pert tailor take your measure Sat-
urday, Feb. 16 is his last day
day here. Martins. 1t
Louis Hackett of Pittsford,
Michigan, who have been here
for about a month visiting A. D.
Patterson left Tuesday for Lake
Butler, Fla, where they will spend
the balance of the winter visiting
relatives. Mrs. Hackett is a sis.
ter of A. D. Patterson.
Uncle Eli Lyon of Iowa was a
business visitor here Thursday.
For Sale. Cary safe, practic,
ally new. Address either Welsh
Printing Co., Welsh, La, or R. c.
Davis. Inn hotel, Shreveport, La,
We have various other makes OF
secondhand safes for sale. j25tt
Miss lone Robinson motored to
Jennings Thursday morning tax.
ing a number of the teachers to
the institute.
A. C. Shipman and wife of Ged
came over Thursday for a two
days visit with O. S. Carr anC
family.
For Sale-1917 Model Ford
practically new, well requipped
feb1tf A BenOit.
| have a beautiful latest i'm
proved piano; must be sold i'm
mediately; price no object. Fol
information address Bargain
Piano, care Journal office. feb15 81
Mr.. and Mrs. Isacc Fontenot OF
Jennings visited relatives and
friends here Sunday.
RUB my TISM -Antiseptic, Relieves
Rheumatism, Sprains, Neuralgia, etc.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-02-15

Jules and Jack Mauboules. and
their families motored over from
Morse Sunday evening.
Parish Superintendent w. P.
Annette was in town Tuesday
looking after school matters.
Parish Demonstration Agent H.
{. Fondren was in town Tuesday,
discussing with a number of
farmers and stockmen the advisa-
bility of sending a large de|ega-
ton to the conference of the allied
agricultural and live stock indus
tries Of the State to be held in
New Orleans March 4.
Authorized agent for McBrady's
Toilet articles, extracts and spices
line formerly handled by Miss
Hattie LaWson-a very popular
line Of exceptional quality. Mrs.
{. II. Ash. Phone e.. feb8tf
Wezriow Mccormick, one of the
primary factors in the Houma
gas development, was here Tues
day purchasing a supply of pipe
for a we'll, which he with asso-
clates is preparing to drill near
Morgan City.
The weather during the fore
part of the week has been of the
spring variety, and gave the in
door person that longing feeling
to be outdoors and commune with
nature. In the near future you
will see the disciples Of Isaac
Walton meander to some placid
stream and there enjoy a season
of fishing with the usual trim
mings).
Insurance All Kinds
w. M. Colbert, Mgr.
Phone 66-Night 90
F. B. bennett was a business
visitor to Lake Charles Monday.
Mrs. F. B. bennett was a Jen-
nings business visitor Monday.
j. S. Irene of Elton, president
of the police jury was here on
business Wednesday.
One 80 horse power fire box
boiler, practically new and in
first class condition. Apply to
John Carradine. jan11tf
Miss Carmelita Sullivan was in
Lake Charles last Saturday on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Potter of
Thornwell were here on business
Wednesday.
Luna and Dolce Bourgeois of
Rice were here on business Tues
day.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-02-15

-
/ is our art of dry cleaning, fer we
help people out Of their dificul-
| ties and restore unto them anew
their treasures which have been
injured by stains. Do not despair,
but come to a full realization of
what strides have been made in
the way Of artistic dry cleaning.
| No laces too f1inlsy for cur deli
cate touch. We have developed
the art of dry cleaning to fine
science.
]! PLEZOL TAILOR SHOP
A. L. Hebert. Proprietor.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-20
ONE OF WORLDS CURIOSITIEs
tics Unlike Any of Its Kind So
Far as Known.

What is claimed to be one of the
most curious trees in the world was
found in Belgium by NJ. Louis Pire,
president of the Royal Botanical So
ciety of Belgium. 1t is a fir tree, still
standing at last account. in the forests
of Aliaz, Canton of Vaud.
"This particular tree" reports Pro-
fessor Pire, Stands $500 feet above
the sea and is surrounded by forest
of frs, which it exceeds in height by
so to 40 feet.
'The trunk of this tree is ten me-
tiers, or a little more than thirty feet,
in circumference at the base. At about
a yard from the ground it puts out,
on the south side, seven offShootS,
which have grown into trunks as strong
and vigorous as those of the other
trees in the forest. Bent and gnarled
at the bottom, these side-trunkS soon
Straighten themselves up and rise per-
pendicularly and parallel to the main
stem.
Another most curious fact is that
the two largest side-trunks are con-
nected with the principal stem by sub
quadrangular braces resembling grid
ers. Thes" beams have probably been
formed by an anastomosing of
branches, which, common enough
among the angio-sperms, is extremely
rare among conifers."
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-20
URGED ONWARD TO SUCCESS
According to Writer of Note, Individual
Winner Is Not Always Entitled
to All Credit.

Mary Roberts Rinehart, writing for
the American Magazine, says:
"Back of every success there is
some one person, or group of persons,
unheralded and unsung, to whom
much of the credit is due. My husband
has stood squarely behind me, always.
His belief in me, his steadiness and
his sanity and his humor have kept me
going. when, as has happened now and
then-my little world of letters has
shaken under my feet.
81 sometimes think, if 1 were advis-
ing a young woman as to a career, that
should say: First pick your hus-
band
at is impossible to try to tell how |
have attempted to reconcile my pri-
vate life with my public work without
mentioning my husband. Because, aft
er all, it requires two people, map
and a woman, to organize home, and
those two people must be in accord.
1t has been a sort of family creed of
ours that we do things together. We
have tried, because of the varied out
side interests that pull hard, to keep
the family life even more intact than
the average. Differing widely as thsy
do, my husbands profession and my
career, we have been compelled to
work apart. But we have relaxed.
rested and played together.
"And this rule holds good for the
family, although l am afraid our play
time is over for while. Not alto
gether. 1 will not let myself believe
that"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-20
MONK FIRST TO USE CORK
Discovery That Is Universally Made
Use Of Was the Result of
Chance.

The discovery of cork for shoppers
is ascribed to the monk Don Perignon,
who managed the cellars of the abbey
of Haut Villiers in 1915. One day he
ran short of the usual stoppering,
which was pads of hemp or cloth
stepped in oil, and being something OF
q botanSt. he had noticed that the out
er layer of the bark of certain species
of the oak tree was of comparatively
soft wood. He procured some of this
porous material and shaped it so that
it would fit into some partially fer
mented bottles of wine.
Later on opening the bottles he
found that the effect of the confined
carbonic acid gas which this new stop
per did not allow to escape acted on
the wine so as to make it effervesce.
From then on for long time it was
supposed that this phenomena was due
to the action of the cork on the wine,
and effervescing or kissing wine be-
came the rage. Enterprising mer-
chants saw the possibilities of this
wood, and they introduced it for gem
eral purposes as stoppers.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-20
Ben Eranklin,s Sinnnle Diet.

1t is amusing to read how Ben
Franklin thrived on a biscuit, or a
slice of bread, handful of raisins, or
a tart from the pastry cook and a
glass of water, varied at times by
boiled rice or potato, or hasty pud-
ding of his own making. Upon this
fare grew Americas greatest states
man and the worlds greatest philoso-
pher. The rich and ambitious youth
of these days would scorn such diet,
holding that it was the eating that
made the man. But Benjamin not
only saved time and money by his new
diet, but as he says: 81 made greater
progress from that greater clearness
of head and quicker apprehension
which generally attended temperance
in eating and drinking" This abstemi-
Gus life did not seem to detract from
his health, but rather contributed to his
longevity, for he lived to be eighty
four years old.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-20
PLENTY OF STORAGE PLACES
VeritabIe blouse of Thou
sand Closets"

One little woman living not far from
New York, says Harriet SiSSon Giles
pie in'the Mothers Magazine. has been
able by the expenditure of a moderate
sum of money to transform an imprCC-
ticable clOsetless dwelling into one in
which housekeeping is not only a
pleasure, but where the problem Of
storing away clothing has been salts
fac:orily solved.
Among her friends 1t Is known as
"the house of a thousand closets"
which is nearly if not literally true.
Every little cubby hole below the
shingles has been utilized for closet
space. There are banks of closets on
both the second and attic floors, to say
nothing of a cedar c'Oset with sun and
air and electric light. for the recep-
ton of the owners choicest posses
sions. Some of the closets are cedar
lined, others sheathed with matched
boards of North Carolina pine, well
shellacked to keep out the moths and
frequently sprayed with a liquid in
which oil of cedar plays part.
A printed list of every article con-
tanned in the drawers and cupbOards is
tackled in plain sight in order that the
frantic search for inanimate things
that seem suddenly to have taken
wings and flown away, may be entirely
obvfated.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-20
SAY GOODBY TO DOUGHNUT
Soaks Up Fat Which Can Be Put to
Better Use, Is Judgment
of Hoover.

The doughnut is doomed, says the
Indianapolis News. Recent intima-
lions of disapproval by the food ad-
ministration of this matutinal confec-
ton might have been regarded as
spur tc conservation and threat that
would not be carried out unless as
last resort. Bakers are prohibited in
making bread or rolls from adding
sugar or fats to the dough during the
baking or afterward. Some difference
of opinion as to what are rolls has
given the doughnut respite, but 1t is
to be shOrtlived, according to the state
food administrator, who brings this
significant news from Washington:
This ruling gives sweet dough goods
a temporary lease of life only Mr..
Hoover has a special grudge against
doughnuts. They soak up fat which
we do not need and our allies are suf-
fering for. So doughnuts and frying
pan foods will shortly be taboo and
we must not eat or make them until
the war is over.
Thus is the fate of the doughnut
sealed. Mr. Hoover is known as a de-
termined man who cannot be moved
from a course which he thinks will
serve the interests of his country. The
statement, however, that the food adj
miniStratOr has q grudge against the
doughnut will pain many who have
peculiarly strong fOndness for it as an
accompaniment of the morning meal,
though Mr.. HOOver'S animuS may
arise from motives of patriotism, not
prejudice.
If the government says the dough.
nut must go out of our lives, then go
it must. But there will be some natu-
raj regret ut parting with an old and
fried friend. The doughnut, like pie
has become part of our common life.
Many will find breakfast without sink
ers an incomplete and unsatisfying re-
past. But perhaps the abstinence will
bring better digestion and more equa-
BILE tempers.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-20
RUSSIA INVADED,
AGREES TO PEACE
BOIsheViki Announce Complete
Surrender.
AUSTRIA AIDS IN UKRAINE
Trotzky Says Berlin Demands $4,-
o0o,O0o,000 Indemnity and Poland,
Lithuna, Riga and Moon Island.

London, Feb. 20.-Russia is now
forced to sign peace upon the COndi-
lions proposed by Germany.
An official Russian statement receiV-
ed in London SO declares.
The statement was signed by Nicho-
las I.enine, premier and Leon TTotz-
ky, foreign minister, of the B0lshe-
Wiki government. 1t protests against
the German resumption OF the war
and says the council of peoples com
missioners (cabineO is now forced
to declare its readiness to sign a
peace as dictated by the delegations
of the quadruple alliance at Brest-
Litoysk.
1t promises to give a detailed reply
without delay to the German peace
conditions.
A despatch to the Times from Pet
rOgTad under date of F. bruary 10,
quotes TrotZky as declaring in his
report upon the negotiations t B est
Litovsk. the German terms included
the retention of Poland, Lithuan.a,
Riga and Moon Island. They a's0
asked an indemnity Of cS0O, 600, 900
$4,000 600, 000) presumably in gold,
he said.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-20
Germans Occupy Dvinsk.
Berlin. Feb. 2O.-German forces
have entered Dvinsk.

Berlin. Feb. 2O.-German forces
have entered Dvinsk.
The town was occupied Monday
night. The German war office report
says:
The troops met little resistance.
The majority of the enemy had fed.
The Russians were not successful in
blowing up the Dvina bridge. for
which preparations had been mada.
"On both sides of Lutsk (Volhyn az
our divisions are on the march. Lutsk
was occupied without any fighting"
CA Vienna bulletin also announces
the occupation of Lutsk by General
Won Linsengen's forces, thus indicat-
ing Austrian cooperation in this part
Of the campaign. which is in aid of
the Ukraine, which recently made
separate peace. Lutsk is almost due
west of Kiev. capital of the new re
public)
Berlin continues to send reports
throughout Germany and neutral
countries, depicting the non-occupied
parts of the Baltic provinces as de-
nvered up to anarchy, murder and
robbery. and declaring German sett.-
ers and others are beseeching the Ger
man troops to rescue them.
The Norddeutsche Allgemeine lei
tung says the imperial chancellor has
received a telegram from rep-esen-
tative of the Livonian nobility and
people asserting conditions N 1.-Two
mia are as desperate as in Esthonia,
and reporting innumerable arrests,
exhausted supplies and robberies.
"onIy the Immediate occupation OF
the country, with a simultaneous
threat of the sharpest reprisals, can
save the men, women and children
who are still alive" he adds.
The UISrairian delegation to the
Brest Litovs'l conference has issued
an appeal to the German people, ac-
cording to a Belgian despatch, declar-
ing Bolsheviki and hired bands Of Red
Guards from the north have united
with deserters from the Russian ar
my, under the command of former
gendarmes, and are invading the Tx
raine, destroying, burning and loeting
towns.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-20
The Opium Habit.

There are three different forms of
taking opium. Some people, for exam
pie the Turks, eat it; others, like the
Chinese, smoke it, while the inhabi-
tants of more civilized countries usual
ly drink it as laudanum. The drug is
obtained from the unripe fruit of the
common white poppy. Incisions are
made in the heads of the plant, from
which a creamy juice exudes, harden
ing on its exposure to the air. This is
scraped off and made up into small
cakes, in which form it is sold. The
confirmed opium eater or smoker re-
duces himself to an indescribably
wretched state of mind and body, and
very seldom lives to be forty if the
practice has been acquired at an early
DeriOd in life
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-20
Trotzky Food Dictator.

Petrograd, Feb. 20.-Leon Trotzky
has been appointed food dictator with
unlimited authority.
Trotzky has issued a decree order
ing the arrest of soldiers and other
individuals carrying on food specula-
ton. Special regiments OF Red
Guards were ordered organized to ar
rest itinerant food dealers.
Although during the last eight
months the Russian soldiers have
been gradually drifting homeward, the
number remaining under arms is vari-
ously estimated at from five to ten
million.
Even If carried out in the utmost
order and without interference by the
central powers, the work Of demobili-
cation and the return of the men TO
the towns and villages would occupy
at least a year.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-20
RAINS HELP INDIAN VILLAGE
Good Rice Crops Grown in Abundant
Moisture and Region Is Noted
for Good Cattle.

Sylhet is a city in the most curious
part of India-the great. low lying,
jungly, flooded, tea and rice districts
of the far Southeast. Sylhet TEA is
known all over the peninsula.
So low do these regions lie that the
heavy rains of the rainy season result
in their being flooded for many months
of the year. Though far inland, after
the rains this is literally a sea, where
all travel is by boat and even ships of
some size can navigate. The tOrrtn-
tial downpours flood the lower parts of
the country to depth of many feet.
There is one little village at the base
Of the Khasia hills which had meas
ured rainfall of 60 feet in one year,
an exchange says.
The villages of this curious district
about Sylhet are set on the crest of
hills. After the rains fall they are is
lands. The people are very expert
boatmen and the children can swim
almost as soon as they can walk.
This is probably the only part of In
dia where the canoe is in use. A craft
not unlike the American is manufac-
tured by following out a tree trunk
very thin. Larger canoes, propelled
by 20 paddles, are made in the same
way, and canoe racing is one Of the
principal sports.
The villagers of these island villages
keep diminutive cattle which they feed
largely on marsh grasses cut from
boats. AS result of abundant feed
and lack of exercise, tho cows grow
fat and sleek to degree unusual
among the lean Indian cattle. Their
milk, butter and cheese are known as
delicacies in the nearby cities. These
same villages raise unusually fine rice,
by planting before the rains begin.
AS the country is flooded, the stalks
of the rice grow with the rising sur
face of the waters, so that rice stalks
ten feet long may be seen when the
floods recede.