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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08
CHUM IN FRANCE WRITES
OF ELMER GOODREAU

Miss Pearl Lyons OF NlntOn has
received an Interesting letter
from hor hro,hpr Elton in
r ,;I I 3
amy i" "''>' nv Spans "
Elmer uooofeau. Inc lelleI IS
interesting, besides its local con-
nection and is published with
dina onoIoo;o. ia boJoI,o fborla,
,; n,, 1 -, ,,;,,
''''~' '''' VS. '''' ~ '''''''
correspondent:
AN III 'Ile DeSl OF heai'il ana
have not been sick a day since |
have been in service. Army life
,nauy 10 oorea with mo
&C., ,. ,,,l
I"s 3D. N''ON VI" "'',' ~
Sla" " you ol''E knew WHAT d
grand Christmas dinner had and
also that | am invited to take sup
per tomorrow evening. New Year,
| in the same home with my French
mother. | will always remember
her as, a perfect mother to me
during nv stay in France. She
has me in her home very often
and awavs has a crowd of young
folks. Then it's me and my
|French.
"You should hear me irving lc
speak French. | can talk enough,
Ito Gel bv Have uuile a lot of fun
with my French dictionary.
"Oh, say, Sis, my French moth.
err is making YOU something pref.
Ity. Said she would keep it unit
make ready to start home. Their
| she will Give il 10 me for YOU.
4 went to the cathedral fol
midnicht service. They have :
wonderful church here II is Der
Ifectly beautiful inside. | have sc
MANY interesting things to tel
! YOU. | could never write it all.
1--WE were going down tn,
street Yesterday and met a fin,
looking lady. She said: Hello
boys I could not have been an,
more surprised had | met YOU Ov
er here. as YOU know we hea
nothing but the French Language
where | am. The lady was
French Red Cross Nurse who ha,
been caring for our soldiers. Sh
l could sneak good English and
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08
DREADFUL COUGH CURED,

A severe cold is often followed by
a rough cough for which Chamber
lain's Cough remedy has proven es-
pecially valuable. Mrs. F. W. Olsen,
Marysville, Mo-, writes: about two
years ago my little Jean caught a
severe cold and caughed dreadfully
for days. l tried a number of cough
medicines but nothing did him any
good until | gave him Chamberlain's
Cough remedy. 1t relieved his cough
right away and before he had fin
ished taking one bottle he was cured.
| think it is just fine for children"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.


The attendance is about as
good as can be expected. Last
weeks record shows falling off
in attendance. The percentages
of attendance last week for each
grade is as follows:
First grade, SO.5; second, 7O.6;
third, 70.7; fourth, 1913; fifth, 90
3; sixth, $50; seventh, 1873; high
school, 800; school, 500. The
per centage of attendance for the
month was S5.7.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08
...,.ovpNs CLUBS HOLD
WIZ RECONSTRUCTION .
CONVENTION
From President, Mrs. w,
Le''' 5. Storm, Explains
the Detail.
uorsan City, La, Jan. %.
9Th President:

Morgan City, La, JAN o.
noor Club President;
pea Instead of the War Service con-
l l, planned for November,
s sSd'I postponed because OF the IN
anu aln zoe endemic, we are to have a
l nlulsslnlnstrnction Convention in
s esSy,ary when peace problems
r IN he presented by able speak
VII VI and NJ we shall plan for the Fed
sl .stion's share in helping to save
e, @a'l neace aswe planned and full
M Allied in helping to win the he war. war;,
n'l on december D 6, when the board
! ri directors decided to hold the
cS,onyention in February, during
S !" week of the spring Buyers
r9o',vention, because Of many OF
ne merchants wives accompany
~ !. them on this trip to New Or
l.SDs thew thought the epidemic
pau l be entirely over. AS you
nov, the situation since then
- been serious, but we are now
- a.,ured that the epidemic is rapid
!, waining, and we hope that not
" delegate will be kept away
l,om the convention because of
Illness, or fear of influenza.
New Orleans hotels are crowd
j Of this season, but securing
,oornS need not worry our dele
e,Ip, for the club women are to
solertain them in their homes.
Thew are not only looking to'your
,omfort in this way but have
manned several delightful enter
Iainments, for while our work
I serious, the social side is also
necessary to the success of the
convention.
You will be glad to know that
lvc Of the General Federation
ebairmen will be with us: Mrs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08

&c. w, Green, Home Economics
Chairman and Mrs. John Dickin-
son Sherman, Conservation
Chairman. They will lead con-
ferenceS on these two important
Department works.
Mrs. Owen Kildare, noted writ
er and lecturer, will address the
convention on "Woman's place
in the Industrial Issues"
Among subjects to be presen-
ted will be: AUGMENTATION,
Public Health Nursing, Red Cross
Civilian Relief, Planting Me-
mortal Trees" along jefferson
Highway, Endowment Fund.
Every Federated Club in Lou
isiana is responsible in part for
the success of this convention.
May | hope that each club presi-
dent will show her loyalty to the
Federation and her pledged CO.
operation, to its president, both
By attending and urging attend
ance of the clubs quota Of dele
gates?
Send in at once the blank pro-
vided on the Call, the names of
your delegates.
Looking to your personal as
SiStance,
Faithfully yours,
w. S. STORM,
President Louisiana Federation
WOmen'S Clubs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08

A Red Cross bureau is to be organ.
lied Immediately for the purpose of
undertaking the sale in this country Of
articles manufactured by interned al
lied prisoners in Switzerland, 1t is the
intention to have the articles on the
market for the Christmas season.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08

The American Red Cross is to as
sist the Santa Militaire in it's study
of infectious jaundice malaria, the In,
fections of the typhoid group, the
LESSONS resulting from refrigeration
and asphyxiating gases and certain
other wound infections.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08

The American Red Cross has es.
tablished nurseries in many parts Of
Italy where mothers can leave their
babies while they are harvesting the
crops.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sunday, Feb. 9, 1919

10000 a. m.-Sunday School, l.. A.
Giggar, Supt.-
II 100 a. ,m.-Public. Worship anu
message by the pastor on lhe
Christian Faith"
$50 p. m.-Epworth League;
subject: The Leaven of Free
dom at work in India"
1880 p. m.-Gospel Service with nth,
message by the pastor ON "lht
] New Birth"
Good music in all these service
/ MFR. Harris and Miss Scoggln
will give a special vocal selection
at the evening service.
You are most welcome. b
; with us.
II Robert L. Weldon, Pastor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08

Mark Lotinger has returned
from the Navy and will re-enter
school in the near future. He
tells me that since leaving Welsh
in May, 1917, he has crossed and
re-croSSed the Atlantic ocean
eight times. We welcome him
back and trust he may be per-
mitted to finish his school work.
Robert Greer, am told, will al
so come home soon. We hope
20 have him return to school and
finish his course.
The following pupils are 10 per
centor more below normal: Gar
land Hiestand, Rose Lee Arnold,
Violet Alexander, Henry Tatum,
Leah Myers, j: G. Trahan, George
Odom, Lawrence Odom, Frances
Barnett, Ruby Mae Hall, Ruth
Howery, Florence Nugent, Carl
Doan, Ralph Russell, Charles
Berry Greer, Frank Doan, Helen
Meyer, Margaret Bottorff, Mar
gurite Shoemaker, Carl Barnett,
Ralph Hart, Starr Montgomery,
Mildred Bridges, Freda Scossins,
Haywood Litchfield, Lois Gray,
Martha Mckay, Mary Jones, and
: Pauline Jones.
w carefully weighed and
measured 1852 pupils. Out OF
> that number we find only % pu,
pills, or II per cent, who are IL
per cent or more below normal
No doubt the parents of these
children will ask why is this:
Why is my child not up to the
] standard? The men and women If
the Department of the interior
who are vitality interested in the
\. education and health of the
child furnish us the answer
They give it in one word-mal
nutrition. But ask what is mai
nutrition? Here is the answer
k given: Malnutrition is a deli
e mite departure from health which
5 should be recognized as much a
" tuberculosis. 1t has certain deli
e mite causes and certain definite
-, after effects. Some of the com
y. mon causes are poverty and over
,s crowding, bad home habits, faul
ty school hygiene, and acute dis
- ease. The case of each chile
N must be carefully considered am
=. the causes of his condition
NJ searched out and eliminated,
1r possible. through proper medlca
as attention and education in hygen
In ic living, and especially by train
le ing in food knowledge and cor
xt rect food habits.
Ut HEALTH ESSENTIALS
I'd To be Emphasized every Schoo
day.
Sd A full bath more than once
'c- week.
Brushing the teeth al least ono
is. every day.
81 Sleeping long hours window
open.
Is. Drinking as much milk os pc:
Is. sible, but no coffee or tea.
ns Eating some vegetables or fru
an every day.
Oh Drinking at least four glaSse
an of water a day.
OF Playing part of every day OIL
~ of doors.
vi A bowel movement ever
morning. s.
0" Mrs. Fannie Mae TrouSdal
'ut Field Editor of the SoutheI
en- "a School Work, was a WELDON
W. visitor to our school Tuesds
" afternoon. She addressed Il
Parent-Teacher's association ar
made several timely suggestion
for the good of the school and tt
community. SHE will write
w story of the educational conc
" tons of the parish, based on i
formation obtained from Well
and Jennings schools.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08

Mark Lotinger has returned
from the Navy and will re-enter
school in the near future. He
tells me that since leaving Welsh
in May, 1917, he has crossed and
re-croSSed the Atlantic ocean
eight times. We welcome him
back and trust he may be per-
mitted to finish his school work.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08
REAL ESTATE

LOT tWOl -, tnTee'0 SEVENTH,
eight(S) and ninet9O, OF block
seven, in the village of LacaSine,
La. Lots one0D, SiXC6) and ter
10), block seven(O, in the vii
Iagc Of LacaSine, La. Lot tWO(2),
in block eight(S), in the village OF
third f 1-3), of the West half OF
the Northeast quarter o! the
North east quarter section SiXl6)
Twp. ten (l0), South, Range five
w. La. Mer.
tools, one lot implements q ploNS
the balance, if any, the purchas-
faction of administrator, pur-
PERSONAL PROPERTY
One lot Of household goods;
one horse and saddle, one lot Of
toolsone lot implements @ plowS
and . harrowS); one hack cor
buggy: one feed mill.
! Terms: twenty-five per cent
or more cash on day of sale.
| the balance, if any, the purrchaS-
er to execute his one promlSSOry
note due December 18th, 1919
with eight per cent interest from
date and the usual clause for at
torney'S fees, payment OF the
note to be secured to the salts
faction of administrator, pur-
chaser to have the right to pay
all cash on day of sale.
Pierre CORMlER
| Administrator,
IPLAUCHE & MAYEUX,
| Attorneys.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08
SUCCESSION OF
SELEMA CORNER,
Fifteenth Judicial District Court
State of Louisiana, Parish
of jefferson Davis.
No 1856

By virtue Of an order OF the
honorable Court, aforesaid, and
a commission issued hereunder
to medirected as administrator OF
said succession, | will offer for
sale at public auction to the last
and highest bidder, at the last
residence of deceased near Rice
Post Office, jefferson Davis par
iSh. Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, MARCH s, 1919,
between legal hours, the follow
ing described immovable and
movable property belonging
to said succession being sold for
thepurpose of paying debts Of
said succession and described as
follows:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08
SIS TO SIS OPER MONTH

is the salary earned by book
keepers and stenographers. You
can soon become one. Position
waiting Write for our FREE
catalogue.
Lake Charles Business College,
Lake Charles, La. J25-2n
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08

Robert Greer, am told, will al
50 come home soon. We hope
% have him return to school and
finish his course.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08

Examinations are now on and
pupils are hard at work. Every
body seems to be interested now.
We hope large percentage oh the
pupils will be able to pass.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-02-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Stafford, assistant
Farm and Home Demonstration
Agents. were here recently in the
interest of the Club Work. MIR
LaCour has charge of the boys
and Miss Sutton of he girls. We
are expecting great things this
wear in this line of work.
Yours to serve,
VIM. A. MCGuti.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-20
College Sport.

Chicago Daily News: That radi-
calism has been raging among uni
versity students is not remarkable.
Youths Of university age play the
game of radicalism as they play base
ball. tennis or football
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-20
FORMER RESIDENT
DIES IN BUFFALO
Remembered Here as Miss Sophia
Anslyn, Daughter of Dutch Con-
sui at keokuk During
civil MAJ

Mrs T. Colenbrander, who was Miss
Sophia Anslyn, died at the home of
her son, Bernard Miller, at Buffalo,
n Y, recently, and is well remem-
bered by the oldtime residents Of keo-
Euk.
She lived here with her family for
about ten years, covering the civil
war period. Her father came here in
1857, from Curacao, Dutch West In
dies, where he had been commissioner
o. education for the Dutch govern
ment While in Keoliuk, he was the
consul tor the Netherlands
News of the death of Mrs. Colen-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-20

Weak and painful ANKLE, sore
tender heel, pains under the
instep, callouses on the sole,
tender joints, cramped toes!
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26
Rugby.

Private ]. A. Rossen and Oscar
Wooten of Camp Dix N. Y. re-
turned home a few days ago.
we were sure glad to welcome
them back for they have been
fighting for me and you.
Mrs. Harriet Rossen who has
been in a critical condition with
erysipilas is some better. but is
not out of danger yet. 1t was
on her face and got into her
eyes.
Several of our farmers were
on the Campbellsville tobacco
market last week, they report
they prices not as good as for
mally.
Farmers here are making a
big preparations for corn crop.
Private Ernest Stotts arrived
from Francs a few days ago safe
and last Thursday he and Miss
BuJah Bean were married by
Rev. 7. J. Campbell at Birds.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26

will grow worse from year to
year.
"The outside world, particu-
larly America, must be prepared
to feed the most of the Russian
population for at least six
months after peace is restored, "
a member of the Food Commit
tee said to-day. "And so long
as Russia remains without crops
the rest of Europe must look to-
ward America for the grain
which formerly poured out of
Russia's Baltic and Black Sea
ports"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26

Miss Bean is the daughter of W.
]. Bean and one of our best
young girls. Mr.. Stotts is the
son of Mr.. George Stotts of
Dirigo, and is an up-to-date
young man.
The flu is all gone here and
we hope it will stay gone. DR..
Simpson informed your scribe a
few days ago he visited As cases
in one day over in the edge of
Metcalf county. Later we heard
three of them dead and others
dangerously sick.
MIR. A. C. Frodge one of the
merchants and postmaster at
Breeding, was quite sick a few
nays ago. but is better.
Mrs. Mary Breeding the wild
ow of the late Richard Breeding
who is about eighty years old,
has spent this winter in helping
the sick.
Mr.. J. C. Royse of Dirigo in
formed your scribe that some
one stole a large meddling of
meat from him last Saturday
night. Such parties should be
apprehended and punished to the
extent of the law.
Tom Shirley and family, Jack
Bragg and family. of Prices
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26
Russia Looks to America for Food.

Archangel, Thursday, May Is
10y A. P.)-Information secured
by the Allied Food Committee in
North Russia and from persons
reaching Archangel from the in
terror indicates that the Amer
lean people must deprive them
selves of breadstuffs until the
Russian question is settled and
the country is again placed on a
sound agricultural basis.
Because of the disruption of
transportation peasants are hes
itating to SOW any more grain
than they themselves need. as
they fear the its seizure by the
Bolsheviki. Owing to the short
age of seed grain, which be-
cause of the famine has been u.s.
ed for food. Russia will be COM
paratively without crops in 1919,
and this condition viii extend in
to 1920, even if the country is
restored to peace. Unless the
situation is restored to normal it
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26

The Wall Street Journal, the
most partisan newspaper in the
United States, tell US that Mr..
McAdoo was safely mediocre"
as a public officer. It's judgment
differs radically from the far
ADLER Financial Chronicle. which
said, when Mr.. McAdoo left
office; 1T is our opinion that, in
losing Mr.. McAdoo as Secretary
of the Treasury, the country
loses the ablest finance minister
it ever had" People may dis
agree with Mr.. McAdoo. but the
man or newspaper that under
takes to question his ability SIM
ply makes a fool of himself or
itself.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26

creek visited relatives here last
week.
DIR. x. W. Scott and wife were
in Columbia last Wednesday to
have some dental work done.
Mr.. Ebert Pullams baby that
has been quite sick is better.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26

Don't get respondent when
you see the nice homes other
folks have. A lot of them are
not paid for.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26

in.upon the island and theresf-
ter, proceedings, to preempt the
land, werestaken, either by him
or his successors. During the
autumn of ITO, he sold his i'm
provements, and rights by reason
of same, to one Thomas Hurley,
who occupied the cabin, during
the following winter, but was
drivenEaway, through fear of
the Indians, in the spring of the
year, following. The preemp-
ton right covered four hundred
acres, which Hurley, afterwards,
perfected. The land seems to
have been occupied, not regular
ly, but, from time to time, as
the temporary cessations of
troubles from the Indians, per-
mitted, from the time of its &C.
cupation by Phelps. The island
is only a short distance below
the site of the corner of Lincoln
and Jefferson counties, when
the portion of Adair county,
which is north of Green river,
was embraced within the county
of Jefferson.
The relationship, which exist
ed between the Phelps, who
made the settlements tthe mouth
of Spruce Pine, is not known,
but, it is to be presumed, that iC
was that of a father and three
sons, as they came, together. to
Logan's Fort, in Lincoln county.
in the year, 1777 or 1778, where
they, with the exception of Sam
uel Phelps, lived until the year,
1880, when Nicholas Phelps es-
tablished a home upon the banks
of the Green river, in what is,
now, the county of Casey, about
three miles above the mouth of
Spruce Pine. The last heard of
Nicholas Phelps, he was residing
in Butler county, in the year
1916, at which place, he gave his
deposition in the suit, above
mentioned. Col. VIM. Casey,
testifying in same case, stated
that the first knowledge he had
of any settlements in the neigh
borhood of Spruce Pine, were of
those made by the Stanleys and
Rutherfords, in the year, 1880.
The place about which he was
speaking, however, particularly,
was Bryant's Lick, which is a
point in the Columbia and Stan
ford road between the mouth OF
Spruce Pine and Goose Creek,
and is in Casey county, a shor'
distance from the Adair and
Casey county line. A century
ago, Bryant's Lick appears te
have been a noted landmark,
but, it has, now, lost its ancient
name, and is not known, in the
! neighborhood, by that name.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26
NOT ES @ N ADAIR
COUNTY.
BY JOHN AvRoE STEELE.

The writing of these notes was
suggested by the writings of
Judge II. c, Baker, lately pub
fshed IN the Adair County
News, and are Intended as
a supplement to his writings,
and will be continued in future
numbers of The News, If found
to be of INTEREST,"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26
No. 8.
THE FIRST CABIN IN ADAIR CoUN

TY.
The erection of the first cabin.
in Adair county, with view to
permanent settlement in the
county, was very much removed,
both in time and place, from the
time and place usually accredit-
ed by history and traditions, as
being the time and place of the
first settlement in the county.
We have all been taught to be-
lieve, both, by history and ira
dition, that the first settlement
made in the county, was that,
made by Col. VIM. Casey and
his associates, in the year of
1889, upon the farm once known
as the Settles farm and later,
as the James Callison farm. This
farm lies beside the old road
from Columbia to Springfield,
between the Mount Pleasant
church and Doke's Ford over
Green river, and about five miles
northeast of Columbia. Such.
however, is far from being the
fact. The erection of the first
cabin in the county, antedates
the building of Casey's and But
ler's Station, upon the Callison
farm, by ten years. The truth
of the above declaration, al
though so contradictory of his
tory and the accepted tradition
of the country, is borne out by
the sworn testimony of many
old pioneers, who gave evidence
as witnesses in the case of Thorn
as Montgomery, etc. V,
etc., which was filed in the Adair
circuit court, in the year, 1916,
and by which, was proven the
truth of the statements made
herein. Above the village OF
Pellyton, on the north side OF
Green river, stream, which is
called the Spruce Pine, emptie:
into the river. Opposite to it.
mouth, upon the south side Of
the river, is a considerable cliff
or bluff. which is clothed with
spruce pine trees and from which
the stream takes its name. Up
on the north side of the river
and Immediately above tn,
mouth of the Spruce Pine, is
body of land, which, in the yer
nacular of the neighboring PEG
pie, is called an island. 1t is sep
apated from the mainland Oh
the north side of the river, by
lagoon, which extends from tn,
river, above the island, to til,
Spruce Pine. and when there il
a large flow of water in tn,
Spruce Pine, it is discharged in
to the river, both through tn,
mouth of the creek and the la
COON. There is. also, a pond O
water upon the island. Upol
this island, in the month of Feb
ruary. 1779, VIM. Phelps, Sr.
VIM. Phelps, Jr., Nichola
Phelps. and Samuel Phelps es
tablished a camp, where the,
were Joined by one Edwar,
Lowe. Samuel Phelps. desirin,
to possess himself of the land
and to acquire title to them
with the assistance of Lowe ant
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26

You may have noticed that the
man who hasn't much to say
always has a lot of sawdust to
sell.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26

Discharged soldiers are per-
mitted. by an act of Congress, to
keep their equipment and cloth
ing.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26

What has be come of the old
fashioned girl who used to think
that she had to carry a gun to
defend her Honor?
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-03-26

sell.