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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
KNIGHTS Of PYTH|AS
PLANNING EXTEN TON
Order Had PhenominaI Growth Dur
ing Past Year.

Plans for the extension of the order
and assumption Of greater obligations
for its advancement, will, according
to announcement sent out by tie off
GERS, be the central thought at the
next convention of the Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias. The Legislative
body of the order will be convened in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August
10th, 1920, the date having Recently
been changed from August Bird by Of
ificial notice from the Supreme Chan
CellOr. r
Nearly one million members of the
order in the United States and Canada
are interested in what will be- done
at this convention. Among the many
proposed changes in the present laws
are those which will, if enacted pro-
vide for admission to membership a
Is years of age instead of 81; life mem
bership; changes in funeral benefit
and national tuberculosis sanaEorium
for members of the order.
While representation of each do
main is based upon Pythian Dopula
ton, under the statute each DOMAIN
must have two supreme representa-
tives. Some have as many ass five
This method of selection gives a true
representation of the order and pro
vides method by which the Supreme
Body is influenced only by conditions
prevailing in all parts of the co untry
The order has made phendmina
growth during the last year. The gair
in mebership for 1919 is reported tt
be over forty thousand There has
been much activity in the uniform
rank and it is expected that over thirty
thousand men in uniform will attend
the national encampment held in
Cleveland, Ohio, in July.
The Knights of Khorassan, known
as the play Ground of Pythianism''
has more than doubled its membership
in the last two years. 1t is with these
encouraging reports of advancement
that the Supreme Lodge will assemble
to make provision for broader SER
vice to the membership and plan a
program of activities to meet the pres
ent conditions. Fifty-fve grand do,
mains will have representation at the
convention and it is probable that the
session will last ten days
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
WHAT IS A FARMERS
TIME W0 R 7 H?
Now Labor Saving Means Money
Saving.

uow valuable is the farmers time
what is it worth per hour? Thirty
conts? Fifty cents? A dollar? This
con he determined by considering the
roeuIts obtained during one busy hour
on the farm.
n Is plain that the value of his time
ircreases as the amount produced by
Nc efforts increases. LabOr.saving de-
vices i such as the tractor, harvesting
Machine. hay fork hay loader and
many others have been introduced on
tbe farm to increase production and
ont down the labor cost The most pro.
cressiye farmers in any community
are those who keep in step with the
onward march of things-the fellows
who are only willing to do the work
a. their ancestors did so long as there
d no more modern and up-tO-date way
of doing the same things.
One of the newest products of in
ventiyes kill to attract the farmer is
tbe small electric plant that will fur.
nish electric lights about the farm
house and electric power for small
iobs like operating churns, cream sep
arators, horse clippers, tanning mills,
grindstones, washing machines, also
Dump the water and many other time
and labor savers, all of which add to
the value of the farmers time.
So far developments Of farm light
ing plants has progressed to the ex-
tent that it is possible to secure COM
pact lighting units where the neces.
sary gas engine and electric generator
are built upon the main shaft, direct
connected, with the gas engine, air.
cooled and operating most successful
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
Ter Commercial College, Tyler, Tex
preshvterian chureh.

Presbyterian Church.
1000 a. M Sunday School.
HOO a. m-Morning worship.
200 p. m--Junior League.
500 p. m.-Evening Devotion.
F. w. A. BOSCH, Pastor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
MR.. Upton RUSSELL =
PASSES Away

Upton RUSSELL old and highI
spected citizen of Welsh, died My re-
night at $40 o'clock at st. patbnday
|sanitarium in Lake Charles, f0lltflck
an operation for restricted bowePWlns
Russell was taken ill Saturday Mr.
Monday morning he was accomnn might
to the sanitarium by his daulanied
Mrs. V. L. Romero, and Mayor ghter
strong. The operation performt Arm
II o'clock failed to furnish relied al
he died at $40 p. m. that day. 7 anC
The remains were brought hon
train No. 6 Tuesday morning Fue on
services are being held today. Snera
day, June 5th, at the family resiSatur
in north Welsh, Rev. R. l.. Whence
pastor of the Methodist EpisRldon
church, officiating, and intermencopa
lowing in Oaklawn cemetery. i fol
Mr.. Russell was 81 years, 8 mi
and 10 day old at the time oDnths
death. He was native of Graint MS
ley, Mo-, coming to Welsh witt Val
family in 1896 He had been empp ms
continuously with the Armstroneloyed
chine & Well Works for the past I Ma
ty years. He was an Industrious, wen
working, painstaking man, kind, pafd'
siderate and home loving. con
He is survived by his wife, to
he was married for forty years, tFnom
sons, Joe, of Vernon, Texas; O. Iour
Canadian, Texas; l.. L. OF Bury. OF
nett, Texas; and Claude, who re Kour'
with the family in Welsh; one dPsldes
ter, Mrs. V. L. Romero, of Welsh augh-
sister, Mrs. James Ashcroft, of one
Valley, Mo-; and two brothers, cram
Russell, of Grain Valley, and D u.
Russell of LaTour, Mo-, besides a H. ID
Der of grandchildren. NUM-
Mr.. Russell was a member d
Methodist Episcopal church. Hdf the
ternized with the Modern Woodmf ira,
America. en- OF
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Notice is hereby given to all tax
payers that will complete the listing
of all property in this parish for as
sesSment purposes on or before Satur-
day, May 18th, 1920. The assessment
lists will be open for inspection by the
public for twenty days, beginning Mon
day, May 18th, and ending Saturday,
June 5th. All taxpayers are notified
that the assessment list will be subject
Ito examination for this twenty-day
period, as required by law.
l.. L. RICHARD
NJ 1929 j Assessor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
LAST TRIBUTE TO coMRAoE.
(From the American Legion Weekly
Bulletin, Los Angeles, Cali

On Friday, May 9TH, Los Angeles
Post No. s paid its last tribute to Com
rade Clarence Barclay Shipley, who
passed away at Barlow Sanitorium on
Tuesday, May 4th, as a result Of tuber-
culosis contracted in the service. He
was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial
Park. with full military honors, the
service being read byChaplain E. M
stigers. Conifade Shipley was among
the first of, the boys at Barlow SAM
torium to join Les Angeles Post No.
8. and was its staunchest supporter
at the sanitorium. His grave in Forest
Lawn Memorial Park will be the first
in Southern California to be marked
with a headstone bearing the Ameri.
can Legion insignia, with Los Angeles
Post No. 8, cut around the outer edge.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05

The journal Is read by
a weIl.to-do class of people
who have money to buy the
comforts of life.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
Servant Girl Wouldn't Go In Cellar
Fearing Rat:

Mrs. Topper, Plainfeld, N. j. says,
Rats were so bad in our cellar the
servant girl wouldn't go there.
bought some RAT-SNAP and it clean
ed all the rats out" RAT-SNAP de-
stroys rats and mice. Absolutely pre-
vents odors. Comes in cake form, no
mixing. Cats or dogs won't touch it.
Three sizes, Csc, soc, $1.OO. Sold and
guaranteed by Miller Hardware &
Furniture Co., and Crescent Drug
Store.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
S1.50 Per Annum in ADV

FOR SALE-Several fresh m
COWS. ]. F. Grosh, Welsh, La. MI
Having secured the services o
first-class horseshoer, ! am prepa
to do horseshoeing. Your patronag
solicited. Jos. ViIIien. May 2;
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
~ Got Real Mad When | lost My Set
"How We Cleared Our Summer Home
of Rats" by Mrs. Perry.

When we opened our seaside home
last May, it was alive with rats. They'd
gnawed all the upholstering We
cleaned them out in a week with RAT
SNAP, prefer this rat killer because
it comes in cake form. no mixing.
Saves dirty hands and plates" Three
sizes, Csc, soc, $10O. Sold and guar
anteed by Crescent Drug Store and
Miller Hardware & Furniture Co.
Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05

Prof. and Mrs. H. C. LaCour of
Broussard were guests for the week
end of DR.. and Mrs B. J.La Cour. They
have recently closed a very successful
term as principal and assistant in the
RFoussard Junior High School.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
YOUNG MANS OPPORTUNITY

There are from twelve to fourteen
million bales of cotton raised annual
| ly. Every bale has to be classified
from one to four times, seldom Iby the
same man twice. Until the last five
years, there have been no training
schools in this line, consequently the
supply of men for this line of work
is limited Again there are being
erected in this country thousands of
warehouses, and every warehouse re-
quires two or three men to handle the
cotton. The commissioner of the mar
ket and warehouse department. has
appointed a board of examiners tC
examine applicants for license ais pub
lie Cotton Classifiers. To those pass
| ing a license is issued to engage in the
business of public cotton classifying
and to charge for his service. These
examinations are open to both men
and women. Practically every town
and village where cotton is sold will
employ one or more licensed Cotton
Classers. The young man or Woman
| trained in the Cotton Classing De-
lpartment of our school is in a much
better position to accept one of these
places than one who has learned by
guess.
Every young man of the south
should know the classification pre-
serVation and handling of cotton. 1t
is our leading product and will con-
tinue to be. More money is lost; each
year by the farmers on the mark Nti II 2
of this product than all other crops
combined The man raising it often
knows nothing about marketing it,
and is therefore wholly at the mercy
of the man who is buying. The facts
are we lose thousands of dollars each
year for lack of trained men. Some
buyers may grade your cotton Strict
Low Middling, and pay you according
| ly, when in reality your cotton is Mid
ding and you are entitled to the high
er price, whic is no small gain. You
see the necessity of knowing how to
grade your cotton. In four weeks time
we can prepare you to save this year
more than double the cost of your
learning, which is only $4,000.
We have been asked, How do you
teach Cotton CHASING SO successful
ly" The one answer is this: We
believe the time has come when the
south needs to know more about her
leading product; when the farmer
should know more about marketing
the crop which he labors SO earnestly
to produce; and which means meat,
bread and clothing to his family. To
this end we have equipped our de-
partment SO that the most efficient
teaching possible may be done. Our
teachers understand CHASING, stapl
lining, buying and selling from prac-
tical standpoint, and are expert in the
training of students. Our head teach
er of this department is constantly in
touch with the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington, D. G., and Austin
Texas, which lends much to his
strength. We purchase samples in
quantities of three or four thousand,
lin addition to the Government types.
For particulars, fill and mail for free
catalogue,
Name
Auuf6SS .......t..,s,,.....
Tyler Commercial College, Tyler, Tex.
|
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
The Ladies' Aid.

The Ladies' Aid Society met Friday
afternoon at three o'clock at the home
of Mrs. ]. ]. Miller. At the close of
the business session the members
worked on the quilt and very pleas
ant social hour was spent. The hostess
served ice cream and cake
We adjourned to meet June 18th at
the home of Mrs. A. Reeve.
Press Committee
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05
Baptist Program for Sunday, Ju

Baptist Program for Sunday, Jul
Sunday SCHOOLGIRLS a. m
Preaching service.-11:00 a. d
Sunbeams-3:08 p. m.
Preaching Service-S:OO p. m.
Prayer service-S:O0 p. m, We
day, June 9th.
W. M. U.-3:0O p M, Thur|
June 10th.
This meeting will be held al
church-the regular monthly bus
melting.
IRA. L. JORDAN, Pas
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-06-05

Mr.. Farmer-Bring us your
vegetables, eggs, etc. We pa.
highest market price. KimbaIl's.
The Washington times., 1920-02-07
By CYNTHIA STOCKLEY,

"Blus Aloes" Leopard" stories
.-A unusual charm and cleYeness .
The Washington times., 1920-02-07
Good Times
At Home
BY Loretto G. Lynch.
(An Authority on All Matters Per-
tanning to the Management of
the Household,

20 many letters have come ask
ing for suggestions for home
~ entertainments that l have
been looking about rather carefully
in an effort to discover some of the
secrets of the very successful ones,
and l am quite conYinced that of
whatever nature the home enter
tainment may be. proper manage
ment is the first essential for sue
cess.
Many folks take delight in play
ing cards-and card parties are
always in favor. Even our men
folk, who are not very keen about
parties generally, become quite
enthusiastic when one mentions
cards. When three or four persons
gather together to play cards for a
couple of hours in the evening,
here is really no problem. But
where a well disposed lady gives a
largc-sized card party for charity,
the party may be made or marred
by the management.
1t was my good fortune recently
to be in a quaint New England viii
lage. The home at which I stayed
was one of those beforethe-revolu-
tion houses, with delightfully."- roomy
rooms. 1t was winter, and the fall
ing snow told us we were to have
a real old-fashioncd winter. My
hostess told me she was giving a
card party the next day for 100
PLAYERS. SO well was this party
managed that I shall attempt to
pass on to our readers some OF the
details OF management. The hostess
belonged to this card club. There
were twenty-five members.
Each member was permitted TO
sell one, two. three, or more tick
cts. according TO the size OF the
home Of the lady entertaining.
Each member vouched for the one
TO whom she sold n ticket The
tickets sold for so cents each. And,
n being mill town, the ladies' do
mated the proceeds each time TO the
upl<ecp of day nursery where
working mothers left their babies
each morning.
The women who belonged 20 this
card club were not the wealthy
women Of the town. They were OF
the middle class. They were com
Portable. but most OF them did
their own housework and did not
entertain very often. And because
OF this long ago II was decided
that no one might serve more than
three things in the way OF refresh
mont.
Tho card club owned the neces-
sary little tables, camp chairs,
chrds. counters. dishes, and the
plated silverware and the like. The
lady giving the card party sent to
the home OF the member At whose
residence the last party was given
The Washington times., 1920-02-07
Wrecking Regulations
By ELIZABETH JORDAN.

tiles in him. His reputation"
was established in this exchange
of viewpoints.
That, by the way, Donald, is the
way regulations are made-by
what our friends and acquaint-
ances and strangers say of us.
Each observer expresses his
opinion, which is accepted or re-
jected by those who listen and
who in turn pass on their opinions.
From these words, carefully or
carelessly uttered by those who
know us, is built the individual
structure that is called a reputa-
ton. On those words the struc-
ture stands or crumbles.
Easy to Wreck.
Where basic qualities are dis
cussed testimony is more nearly
unanimous. A mans business as
sociates soon know whether he is
honest and loyal, and whether his
word can be accepted. What they
are not sure of are the other quail
tiles about which conflicting tes-
timony comes in-his generosity,
his fair-mindedness, his tolerance,
and the like.
Among women, too, certain
basic facts are quickly accepted.
This woman is virtuous. She is
loyal friend and a good home
maker. Then the testimony be-
gins to conflict.
She is generous; she is close.
She is extravagant; she is econom-
ical. She is popular; she is not
liked. She is a climber; she cares
nothing for society.
Those who listen open minded
ly believe what they hear most
frequently. Others-a few others
prefer to believe unpleasant tes-
timony, even when there is less of
it than of the other kind. Or, per-
haps, they are merely more i'm
pressed by the unpleasant testi-
mony, and thus their minds retain
it longer.
A point to remember, Donald,
is that to an appalling degree our
regulations are all at the mercy
of our associates. With a nod or
a raised eyebrow they can do us
more injury than any personal
blow could inflict.
On the other hand, they them
selves are equally vulnerable,
equally liable to attack. And, for
tunately, the recognized poison
tongue and scandal monger is
shown little mercy by his COM
munity. Men and women have
learned this protection, at least.
The Washington times., 1920-02-07

last hour Gomez 81 am sorry 20
bother you. but will you please
'opsn the door for a momentg'
BY n great etfort she composed
herself and did as she was bid. A
little group OF people with strained
fnces and staring eyes presented
themselves behind the captain. She
recognized several men,. the
stewardesses. and Mrs. Stanislaw.
Will lie In the shadows beyond them
was whispering and much shuffling.
The whole ship seemed to be afoot.
Captain Carey gave one swift look
around the cabin: then his eyes
rested on her starued face, and he
patted her arm gently and reassur-
tngly. ...,-..
Don't he alarmed. my dear hady
Diana" he said, in his tender Irish
voice, from which all sternness had
vanished. 1T is only that we are
looking for Miss Poole and we
thought that possibly she might be
in here with YOU"
Miss Poole! The girls face stiff
fened and blanched. She put out
hand to support herself against
the dressing table. The captain
signed 10 a stewardess. and the
little crowd moved away. There
was a loud knocking on another
door.
why are they searching?"
The stewardess patted her arm,
even as the captain had done. but
being simple woman, she. spoke
simply and without waste of words.
A Terrible Fear.
There is fear that she is. not
on the ship"
mot on the ship" whispered
APRIL But where else could she
be?i What other place
Then she understood. There was
no other place. Her knees trem-
bled, and the stewardess supported.
her TO the sofa. She sat down with
chattering teeth, smitten by
great and bitter cold. Diana-the
sea! Warm, merry. gay Diana in
the cold sea!
81 don't believe It. 1t can't be
true"
MRS. Stanislaw had reason to
think that she intended to commit
suicide tonight; and when she did
not come to bed by . o'clock, she
thought it her duty to inform the
captain, who is, of course, bound to
search the ship"
"It can't be true! ] don't believe
1t" repeated April mechanically. but
all the time her heart was in ter
ror, remembering Diana's pale looks
and the news she had heard tonight
OF Bellows marriage. Had he told
Diana then. and was. this the re-
suit?
All at bnce it became impossible
to sit still any longer. She must
know the truth. She jumped up,
searched feverishly for a cloak to
put on, and, pulling the stew
ardess with her. hurried on deck.
But after few steps they came to
a standstill, for the crowd follow
ing the captain had suddenly and
curiously broken up and separated
before the door of one of the deck
cabins.
To he Continued Monday.
The Washington times., 1920-02-07

SSx /oU must be toking''-he be-
gan. Then he saw the
4 trouble in her eyes ana
her quiyering mouth. but even
In Jest, never say that while l am
in the world" he added gently.
She was so grateful for the chiV-
alrous words that she dared not
speak for fear the tears would rush
out OF her eyes. ImpulsiVely she
put out her hand. and his brown,
frm one closed on II and held II
very close. Then he carried IL to
hts lips. She heard him say one
word very softly. "Diana."
At that she tore her hand from
his and sped away swiftly into the
darkness. Once In her cabin she
locked the door. turned out the
lights and flung herself onto the
bed. For a long time she lay there,
a crumpled heap OF tulle and mis-
cry, weeping because life was a
cruel brute who kept her gifts for
the rich and well-born or the old
and indifferent. mockingly with
holding from those who were young
and eager and could better appre-
ciate them.
.r-'wbat is the use OF youth and
good looks when ono Is poor and
lonely?" she sobbed. "They only
mock one. 1t is like having a Paris
hat put on your head while feet are
bare and bleeding and your stom-
ach Is empty"
She wished she had never begun
this miserable game of Diana Sand
Hands, never tasted the power OF
rank and place, the joy of jewels
and pretty clothes. She wished she
had never left England, never seen
Nereker Sarle, and, above all, she
wished she were dead,
1t was about 2 in the morning be-
fore she had finished wishing and
sobbing. Youth began to .reassert IT.
self then. and she thought OF what
a sight she would be in the morn
ing with tangled hair and swollen
eyes, and languidly at last she rose.
The tulle dress was ruined, but
little she rocked. Rather she felt
a. fierce satisfaction in the thought
that IL was done for and Diana
could never wear it. That wretched
Diana. But when her flushed face
was bathed and her hair brushed
out, she thought more kindly of
Diana, remembering that she, too,
was in, trouble.
Well. tomorrow there would
have to be a great cleanup of all
these miserable pretenses and de-
celts: tonight, at least, she would
try to sleep. Her hand was on the
switch to turn out the lights when
there came knocking at the door.
A Stern Voice. .'..,.. . ,
1t was such a strange. peremptory
knocking. such a careless outrag-
ing OF the smaA hours. that for a
moment she stood rooted with
astonishment and, apprehension.
staring at herself in the mirror
that composed the back of the door.
who is it," she stammered at
last.
The captain said a stern voice,
and in the glass she saw her cheeks
and lips become pale. What on
earth could be wrong? Was the
ship on fire or wrecked? Had their