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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
The BOYS" LIKE The
ARMY ROUTINE
Sergeant Mcmillan Returns Thanks
For The Presents Received.
Camp Pike, Ark. Jan. 9, 1918.

Camp Pike, Ark. Jan. 9, 1918.
Editor Rice Belt Journal
Gentlemen: At Christmas time | re
ceived lin the name of the Welsh Citl
zens) very nice and useful gift,
money belt. There was no name OF
person or persons to whom | could
write note of thanks, so will ask you
to express my appreciation Of the gift,
but more so the fact that we boys are
not forgotten. We are beginning to
like the life better as we get more used
to it, and the little habits and pleasure
of civilian life fade farther into tie
background.
Today'S work was little out OF the
ordinary, as it began to sleet and snow,
first alternating and then jointly at
about 2:3O, so that by the time we came
in our hats were frozen stiff, but we all
had overcoatS, and so many fatigue
uniforms and other clothes that We did
not mind it,
With best regards to all, | remain
yours truly,
Sergeant E. E. Mcmillan.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18

laniing station for aviatorS has
=, selected at Midland. The site is
: tbso. R. HopSon farm and is al
"a, being used by the aviatorS from
s,xtner field as d resting place Efforts
! establish a station at Crowley, ten
-ls east Of Midland, have so far been
successful.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
LIVE STOCK SUFFERS
FOR LACK OF WATER

Reports from different sections OF
Southwest Louisiana, state that live
stock, especially cattle on the range are
sufR.ling tor water, ard in some places
a number have died. The drouth is ex'
reptionally hard on cattle, ard where
farmers have no wells, the lack OF water
is a serious drawback.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
Card Of Thanks.

To The Friends and Patrons of The
School:
wish to thank everyone present at
the attraction Runaway Gretchen"
for their loyal support of the school.
The gross receipts totaled $94. wish
especially to thank Mr.. Jeter for his in
valuable assistance as we'll as those
who boosted the prices on the table and
chair by their generous bidding.
Arnold L Pearce, Principal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
The Navy Needs Men.

Navy recruiting has been limited a
bit by the navy department, but enlist
ments are still being made, especially
for aviation mechanics and electrician S
both general and radio.
First enlistmentS in the navy a:e
now for the war, instead of four years
as heretofore.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
EXTREMELY COLD IN
S, ". LOUISIANA
Snow Fell To The Depth of About
an Inch on Friday Jan. II.

The winter of 1918 will pass into
history as being exceptionally cold in
Louisiana. Snow fell to the depth Ct
about an inch on Friday afternoon last,
accompanied by a strong wind, Tie
thermometer, from reliable reports,
registered 10 degrees above zero,which
is exceptionally cold for this section
and severe weather on man and beast
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
Red Cross Makes Another Shipment.

Thursday, Jan. II, the local chapter
of the Red Cross made another ship.
ment of completed articles to head.
quarters. The shipment included "a
paiamas, 81 sweaters, II pair of socks,
pair of WriStletS and / muffler.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
For Service.

A thorobred Jack, weight $50
pounds; Is hands high; $40 for
service-$5 cash and balance
when colt sucks. Adiol Bourgeois,
4 II miles south Of Welsh. j4-8t
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
J.R Logan Is Now a Corporal


The following taken from the Janu'
airy number Of Field Notes" published
by the Layne & Bowler Co., will be in
teresting to the many friends OF our
former townSman. j. r. Logan:
The Crowley Office is mighty proud to
be able to state that we have been re-
liably informed that Uncle Sam made a
corporal out Of Mr.. j. r. Logan, within
two weeks after Mr.. L0gan'S arrival at
Camp Pike. The party who gave us
the information is a top sergeant at
Camp Pike and said that Logan was
making an enviable record for himself
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
KINDER SCHOOL HOUSE
BURNS; LOSS $4,000

The huStling town Of Kinder suffered
a severe loss on Sunday evening last,
when its we'll equipped $4,000 school
house was consumed by fire. The origin
Of the fire is supposed to be In the base.
ment. Insurance 5 5000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
Elmer Goodreau With Police Squad.

Advice received from Camp Beaure'
gard states that Elmer Goodreau has
been selected as a member of the police
squad and will be transferred in that
capacity to Camp Greene, Charlotte,
~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
JENNINGS SECURES
AVIATION LANDING

The government has secured a FORTY
acre tract Of land on the Roberts farm
on Cutting avenue in Jennings. The
ground is now being put in proper con.
dition for airplanes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18
during this session.
r. S. Greer,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Notice To Taxpayers

Town taxes are delinquent
! after Jan. 81. Interest at
the rate of 10 per cent per
/ annum will be charged after ,
that date.
! F. G. Seward,
1925 Tax Collector.
Observation-Disclosures
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-01-18

See me for Insurance
F. q. Seward
Phone 1873 or 90
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-26
Sale Regiser.

Saturday, Septem ber 28th,
David Clugston intending to
break up housekeeping and go to
the West, will sell at his resi-
dence near Rock Hill school
house IN Ayr township, personsl
property, and the same time
offer his real estate. Sale will
begin at l-o'clocb, p. m. j. j.
Harris, auctloneer.
Friday, October 4th, George
D. Heefner, agent, will sell at
the late residence of Mrs. Lydia
Heefner at Hustontown, house.
hold goods consisting of stoves,
tables, chairs, carpets and mat
ting, bedroom furniture, sew
ing machine, dishes, canned
fruit, etc. The sale will begin at
10o'clocB, when terms will be
made known. j. M, Chesnut,
auctloneer,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-26
Beer not Tonic, but Teutonic.

Colonel L. B. Musgrove, chair
man of the national campaign
committee of the Anti-Saloon
League, and Wayne B. Wheeler,
secretary of the committee, who
have just returned from a trip
west and thru the New England
states predict that the national
prohibition amendment will be
ratified by greater majority
than was anticipate d some weeks
ago when Colonel Musgrove
claimed more than thirty-six
states would ratify the amend
ment before March, 1919.
The pending scandal involving
the brewers and ro-German in
terests will make ratification
practically unanimous, they say.
The recent primary in Ohio
shows that the Buckeye state
will ratify amendment. New
York state, which has been claim
ed by the opposition, also nomi-
mated a legislature friendly to
ratification.
The results of the primaries in
Wisconsin and Illinois are con-
sid er ed satisfactory. Colonel
Musgrove says it looks now as
tho the liquor interests would not
have more than three states, if
they have that many, against
ratification.
1T is now manifest" said Col
onel Musgrove, that beer is no
longer an effective tonic, as the
brewers claim, but is Teutonic,
and those who receive the in
dorsement of the brewers and the
German-American Alliance of its
successors this year will be shot
at the ballot box by tho patriotic
ballots of loyal citizens, whose
boys are in the trenches"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-26
A Daily Duty We Owe.

Each day every American sol.
dier In France isconfronted by a
great duty. Our army there has
a great task to perform for our
country, for the world, for civil.
lzation, and for humanity. Our
soldiers are doing their duty
with a courage and fidelity
and efficiency that thrill every
heart Each day every American
citizen at home Is confronted by
great duty as imperative upon
him or her as the duty of our sol
diers upon them. The American
people have o great task to per,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-26
College Education at
Government Expense.

The new selective draft law is
likely to prove anything but a
hardship to young men of 18 or
10. 1t is proposed not only to
give such boys a college educa-
tion at government expense, but
to pay them a salary of $50 a
month while they are at the COL
lege. Regulations, drawn under
the educational provision of the
draft act, have been sent to col
lege presidents throughout the
country explaining in detail the
policy of the Department. 1t is
urged that all young men who
are planning to go to college this
fall should carry out their inten-
tions in that regard. Each man
should enter as a regular student
in the usual way. About Octo-
ber 1st or as soon as possible
after registration, the young
men will be indicted into the
Students army training corps"
Thereafter they will wear uni
forms, have food such as is given
to other units of the army, and be
under military discipline. The
courses of study will be changed
somewhat to meet the special
needs Of the army. 1t is safe to
say that the colleges will soon be
swamped with applications for
admission for men who, for f.
nancial or other reasons, had not
intended to take a highter course
of instruction.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-26
PUTTING UP FOOD.
How TO Preserve Vegetables and Otk-
er Food Without Cans,

While the old-fashioned prac-
tice of preserving foods in butter
firkins and earthen crooks has
in most sections long since been
entirely superseded by the use of
tin cans and glass jars, recently
the shortage of such cans and
jars has caused the National
Food Administration, the FEEDER
al Department of Agricultural
and the National War Garden
Commission to give serious at
tention to this former method of
conserving food, in order to avoid
the huge waste likely to result
from shortage of containers of
the kind to which housewives
have in recent years become ac-
customed. In some sections the
custom of preserving sauerkraut,
cucumber pickles and beans by
the fermentation method is still
continued; many other vege-
tables may, however, be preserv-
ed satisfactorily by similar
method, thus making it possible
to use old kegs, butter tubs,
stone crooks and other open
receptacles. instead Of tin cans
and glass jars. The methods of
preservation of food in open ves-
sells of this character are of three
kinds, viz. = fermentation with
dry sailing, fermentation with
brine and sailing without fer
mentation. In its efforts to help
in the work of food conserva-
tion the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture has had its chemists
compile a pamphlet telling how
to preserve food with salt and by
fermentation and those interest
ed will find it to their advantage
to write to that department for
one of these pamphlets. The
directions given for the prepara-
tion and treatment of food and
containers are very definite and
complete and well worth having
in every household.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-26
Following Advice.

The teacher wanted som e
plums in order to give an object
lesson during school hours, and,
calling one of the small boys, she
gave him ten cents and dispatch
ed him to the fruit stand down on
the corner.
Before you buy the plums,
Willie" she cautioned, you had
better pinch one or two to make
sure they are ripe.'
Little Willie fitted away.
Soon he came back and smillngly
put the day on the teachers desk.
"Oh, thank you. Willie" said
the teacher, taking up the bag.
did you pinch one or two as l
told you to do?"
did II" was the gleefuI re-
sponse. Il pinched the whole
bagful and here's your ten
cents. "-Buffalo Evening News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-26
After The Patty.

Several members of a women's
war-working party had assem-
bled at the house of another men,
ber, and were chatting with the
little daughter of their hostess.
II hear you are a great help
to your mother" said one.
"Oh, yes" replied the little
girl, mamma gives me a task
to do every day."
"Oh!" remarked the lady,
"and what is your task today?"
Il have to count the spoons
after you have all gone. Tit
Bits.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-26

form. 1t Is to support to tn0
limit of their ability our Army
aud Navy, our country at wat
10 work with increased energy
aud efficiency so that our natloa.
al production may he lncreaseu,
to economizs in consumption ~
that more material aud laoI, =.
and transportation may be le,y
free for the uses of the govern
ment; and wlththe resultant sas !
lngs to support the governme
financially is the daily dusy y, :
every American. 1t is a ouSy
that will be met by every "A Amo
can whose he Grt is with our sO
dlers in France, who glorles
their courage aud fighting aoii'''
and their success.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-26
Cumberland Valley Farms.

2 A. limestone land mile from market all under cultivation
h floor bank barn, ii been
300 bushels and other proportions splenddy arranged
TO dvde price right and terms easy
gravel Lrcon Highway miles
Chambburg log this fall SOO
co. will loan the purchaser S50o00O.
the Lincoln Highway h large brick house and brick
barn. all good suit the
A. miles Chambersbug large
anne house and good barn, fruit and good $500 OO
along Highway house and bath,
ble fruit and good water, S2O0OtO.
s miles of shppenbnrg good house and all out
buildings timber will consider reasonable
proposition and arrange liberal loan to the purchaser
Upper srapug frame house. hiy
the purchaser S7500.0O.
land miles from Chambburg, along macadam
bank equipped for the business, so
sold purchaser have possession
this fall.
The Mill property Srasbu with IL A. of land good
buildings modern equipment splendid opportunity for in
terested 10 the mill business
See us before you Buy or Sell;
HAFER REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY,
Chambersburg, Pa
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-26
Woman's Great Chance.

which have been opened up to
women, says Margaret Scott,
special representative Of tn e
United States Employment Ser
vice include:
Register in the signal service;
scientific assistant; law clerk
stenographer; negative cutter;
market assistant in plant
pathology; scientific assistant in
marketing; specialist in agricul-
tural economies; freight car
record clerk; geolgic aid or as
sistant geolgist; map colorist,
rural mail carrier; trained nurse;
file clerk, laboratory assistant;
biochemist; artist craftsmen;
laboratory helper in soil physics;
laboratory aid; curative worker;
mechanical craftsman; topo-
graphic craftsman; printer; office
machines operator; blue printer;
expert linguist; field examiner;
research agent; telegrapher; tele-
phone operator; coder, economist.
finger-print classi6er; etc.
Monthly, other new fields are
being opened to women in the
civil service.
| might add, in passing, that
the demand for experienced
routine Office workers and for
stenographers and typists con-
tinues constant. This is not a
propitious time to be giving up
stenography and typing jus t
when such profession is begin
ming to come into its own.
Medicine and dentistry are
two more professions which hold
great possibilities, and in the
present and near future at that,
for women. Really, all a work.
er, bent on a change Of occupa-
ton, need do is to read the news
of the war and the news of the
industrial and professional prepa-
rations for war, and keeping in
mind her own natural bent"
and her qualifications, expert
ence, tastes and income, make
her own selection of a. new bust
ness or profession, and proceed to
qualify in it-gradually, slowly,
but surely, or intensively as her
circumstances permit,
One of the most recent avenues
opened to women is that of opti-
cal glassworker. Until the war
started, this country obtained
most of its optical instruments
from Germany. But the optical
glass problem has been solved
except for skilled workers. To
meet this shortage the ordnance
department of the army has es-
tablished in Rochester, N. Y, a
training school for operatives on
precision optics. A living wage
will be paid during the six
weeks course, on the completion
of which the student will be able
to enter one of the optical NUM-
ton factories.
The woman who has longed to
be a welfare or social service
worker has a greater chance
than ever before of finding en-
ployment. Stores, factories,
schools. colleges. corporations,
communities, cities, counties,
states, the nation here in Ameri-
ca and abroad, all have need of
this kind of female worker.
Just a word in passing about
the use of that formerly odious
word females" used to loathe
it; it sounded brusque and coarse.
But notso now, because proper
ly applied and used it is the right
word in the right place. And
the more we women enter bust
ness the more must we use the
technical, the professional, the
accepted terms of business.
A great day has dawned for
the woman with a mechanical
turn of mind. Now, properly
and safely garbed in woman
alls" she can run this. that, and
another machine or make parts
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs. George Alloway
and Mrs. Harry Zern (Verda
Woodcock) all near Enid, spent
a few hours in town Tuesday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-27

I slipped through the hands Of the
Boches then, on the edge OF
the water, quickly undressed :.
am only wondering If I shall hnd
my uniform again"
Are wou wounde6e"
mo -. it is only a bullet
scratch. You see, they are
falling pretty thick"
Get warm, my man. have
no coffee to offer you, but take this
blanket"
mo time, sir. I've got to
go back there, you see, to give your
answer to the major. :"
You are going back?"
'They are waiting for me-"
The colonel writes a few words
and hands them to Legars.
Good luck go with you"
II shall do my best to make II.
The colonial. a Breton, is about tc
disappear. The colonel calls him
back.
And 1 say" he resumes. shaking
the mans hand, 1T means the me-
daille militaire when you get back"
"Oh!" answers Legars, "why?"
He sets off. Towards the end of
the night, the battalion by sheer
daring and determination, succeeded
in cutting a way through the Ger
mans, and. under the protection of
our machine gunners, and of the
American machine gunners, ii
crossed the Marne on improvised
RATS. On the other side of the river.
it resumed the truggle.-Bulletin of
the Alliance Franchise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-27
THE Faith OF THE TRENCHES
The International Sunday School Lesson For Sep
ter1ber 20 Is "Review-What It Means to
Be a Chrstian"--I John 3:1-24
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS

tripped up in a trench one bad night,
while carrying tea to the men, a man
with uncommon skill in profanity,
and who later was killed by a shell:
But Bill, e left 'im standin' still.
He turned the black night blue,
And guess the Angel Gabriel
'Ad short and work to do.
Well 'ow would poor old Bill so on,
When g stood all alone,
And 'ad to ear that tale read out,
Afore the great white throne?
If what our Padre says is right,
Ed ave rotten spell.
And, finish up ov it, I s'pose.
Ed ave 10 go to ell.
And yet e were a decent lad,
And met decent end.
You'll never finish decenter,
Than tryin' to 'elp a friend.
But some'ow CAM think it's right,
1t amt what God would do.
This tale of all these record books,
1 think it's all napoo,
'Twould let some rotten beggars in,
And keep some good 'uns out,
There's lots of blokes, what does no
wrong,
AS can't do nowt but shout"
Then Tommy dreamed one night
that he was dead:
II seemed 10 stand alone, beside
A solemn kind O. sea.
IIts waves they got in my inside,
And touched my memory.
And day by day, and year by year
My life came back to me-.
And there before me Someone stood
Just look!n' dahn, at me,
And still be'ind I'm moaned and
moaned
That everlasting sea.
1 couldn't speak, I felt as though
E 'ad me by the throat,
'Twere like a drowinin' fellah feels
Last moment 'e's afioat.
, And E said nowt. E just stood still
For 1 dunno 'ow long.
1t seemed to me like years and
years,
But time out there's all wrong.
What was Z like? You're askin'
Can't word it anyway.
E just were I'm, that's. all I knows
There's things as words can't say,
1t seemed to me as though Is face
Were millions rolled in one.
1t never changed, yet always
changed,
Like the sea beneath the sun.
'Twere all mems face yet no mans
race,
And face no man can see,
And it seemed to say in silent
speech,
'Ye did 'em all to Ne.
The dirty things ye did to them,
The filth ye thought was fine,
'Ye did EN- all to Me- it said,
For all their souls were mine
I. All eyes were in Is eyes.-all eyes,
My wife's and million more.
And then at last E said one word,
E just said one word 'Weu?'
And 1 said III a funny voice.
Please caa go to Ell?
And e stood there and looked al
me,
And e kind o. seemed to grow,
Till E shone like the sun above
my cad.
And then e answered No.
You can't; that Ell is for the blind
And not for those that see.'
rs got to follow what Is seen,
Till this ole carcase dies,