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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-02

the court at the domicil of the lender,
or at the place of contract, the plant
er would soon find his way to obtain
credit smoothed in a mysterious and
effective manner. A proposition of
the kind has, we learn, been under
consideration by an intelligent Sen
ator of one of the country parishes,
himself a planter, and we hope others
will give it careful attention, and,
after consultation with their neigh
bors, frame suitable bill to be pre-
sented and urged at the next session
of the Legislature.
Such policy would be much more
to the interest of the planter than of
the banks and money lenders. The
latter find no great difficulty in plac-
ing their funds at their asking rates.
But as they refuse, under existing
laws aud usages. to accept the plant
ers as customers, it is necessary to
interpose middlemen who charge for
their intermediary services, in one
way or another, quite as much as the
bank does for interest. At present,
therefore. the planter pays double
rate, and his merchant takes good
care that he does pay. By very
simple process he could reduce his
annual interest account one half, or
more, and have no difficulty in get
ting all the money he wanted. The
banks would not make dollar more,
while the enhanced value to the
planters of the credit to which they
are justly entitled, and which they
could have by merely asking for it in
the right way, would be equal to the
present worth of their plantations
and stock as shown by the assess
ment rolls.
1t is the intention of The Item
only to suggest what we believe
would be found potent remedy for
many of the difficulties which hold
the country people down in poverty,
and will so long as they are obliged
to pay double rates of interest for
money to make their crops. We do
not offer any argument at this time,
as we hope to see our country ex-
changes take the subject up and dis
cuss it with their own people and
each other. At the same time our
columns are open to properly written
articles on the subject, which viii
receive appropriate attention.
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The offer of check in payment of
debt is not legal tender--it does
not matter whether the check be good
or not. The fact of the check being
perfectly good does not make par
ticle of difference. An agent with
power to collect has no authority to
receive check in payment. 1t has
been held, and that very lately, that
a Sheriff receiving an adjudicatee's
check in payment for his bid and there
upon putting the adjudicatee into pos
session of the property, thereby makes
himself liable for the bid of the pur-
chaser. Every lawyer is aware of this
and the only excuse for mentioning it
is that very few merchants are. A
merchant with AL credit has his 'mer-
camille integrity" gsrievonsly offended
when told that his check is not legal
tender. Times Democrat.
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congratulated on the good feeling
thus created. Its effect will be bene-
fetal, not only in political point OF
view, in winning the negroes away
from the Republican party, but re-
storing confidence, raising, enlighten-
ing and improving them. The pros
perity Of the colored race has in
creased wonderfully under Demo-
cratic rule. There is no race preju-
dice, or unfriendly feeling, no dis
turbances, but, instead, more work,
better schools and great industrial
growth and development. New in
dustries have been opened to the
negro, and he finds himself improv-
ing, rising, growing better off every
day. -Four years Of Democratic rule
will dissipate forever in his mind the
assertion which the Republicans have
ever been making to him that be
thrives best under their rule.
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ST.. LOUIS VS.. New ORLEAxs. The
Dacotah. a st. Louis packet, passed
our landings last week, loaded down
With freight, consigned to the Red
River Valley. This is second trip
of the Dacotah in our river aud we
are informed she will make regular
trips hereafter. st. Louis is trying
to take our trade away from New
Orleans, and if the former city's price
for provisions quoted to as are trne,
New Orleans had better look to her
laurels. A barrel Of choice four for
81, lard &c, corn 55c a bushel, ETC.,
delivered at our landings on the
river, are the quotations that reach
our ears.-Marksville Bulletin.
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The Colfax CHRONICLE says: "We
understand that several parties have
their bottles with their prescription
pasted on them. which make two or
three trips each day to the druggists
20 be filed. This is barefased and
shameless avoidance of the law"
Colfax is in prohibition parish, bear
in mind = Morehouse Clarion.
Oh, fe! Brother McMeans; to
strain so at gnat aud swallow a
camel. Yon are altogether wrong in
surprising that prohibition does not
prohibit in Grant parish. The half
dozen parties referred to are but a
drop in the bucket to the drinking
we used to see. There is not one
gallon of whisky now drank to fifty
that were consumed before prohibit
ton went into effect.
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IN. o. City Item.l

The Item has referred to The OBJ
stacles in the way of planters obtain
ing financial accommodations for the
purpose of considering the best plan
to remove them. We find that cir
cumstances of location, position and
custom, so initiate against the pro-
ducers of our staple crops that it is
almost impossible for them to realize
anything like satisfactory returns for
their labors, investments and risks
The chief difficulty, as has been
shown, is in the extraordinary high
rates of interest they are required to
pay for the use of money, when to
persons and institutions of frst-rate
credit is abundant, and cheaper than
ever before known in the history of
the United States. The reason for
this disadvantage mus. be attributed
to lack of credit, without which, OF
capital, under modern custom, sue
cessful competition is hopeless. Were
country paper AS collectihle as the
obligations of city business men, SO
that bankers were sure of prompt re-
turns of both principal and interest.
it would be as eagerly sought for,
and pass as freely, in bank and every
where else that money is put ont at
interest.
We have shown, too, that the prin-
cipal cause of want of credit by the
planters arises from the difficulty of
enforcing payments through the
country courts. Some unpleasant
experiences are on record AS evidence
of this fact, and they have very
depressing effect upon those who
may be solicited to repeat the doubt
full experiment. 1t is to the highest
interest of the planters themselves
that they should build up their own
credit, not only individually but as a
class, on a solid foundation. This
can only be done by establishing
guarantees of prompt payment, and
submitting to regulations simpler in
form and more easily availed of than
now exist.
A step In the right direction, and
an important one, would be such
change In our laws as to.give juris-
diction to enforce contracts to the
courts where they are made. Banks.
money lenders and merchants who
sell on time do not, of course, con-
template having to resort 10 q lawsuit
to collect their debts; yet they are
not Indifferent to facilities for that
purpose in case of necessity. Hence
the laws and customs of collection
become important though often latent
factors in every transaction or con
tract by which two or more persons
assume the relations of debtor and
creditor 10 each other.
Under existing laws, debtor can
only be sued in the court Of his dom
icil, which the city creditor has found
by costly experience to be very in
adequate remedy. He will not leud
his money under such circumstances
at az low a rate rs he is glad to
accept from better customers nearer
home. We're our laws to be SO
changed that the country borrower
could consent to the jurisdiction OF
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Newspapers Of To-Day.

People generally, and even those
who may be termed steady readers
and close observers, have but faint
conception of the magnitude and in
fuence the press of this country has
attained. From a careful examina-
ton of the advance pages of the 1885
edition of the American Newspaper
Directory, issued May LIST. by Geo
P. Rowell & Co, of New York, it APP
pears that there are IA, 147 newspa-
pers and periodicals published in the
United States and Canada; of these
the United States has 1919 an
average of one paper for every 1857
persons In 1884 the total number
of newspapers was less by S23 than
at present, and while the gain this
year is not so marked as in some
previous years, it is still considerable.
Kansas shows the greatest increase,
the number being IS, while Illinois
follows with gain of II. II is Curl
Gus to notice that New York, the
scene of SO much political activity
during the last campaign, should
have only about one-third as many
new papers as the State of Penn
sylvania. As an index to the COM
paritive growth and prosperity of
different sections of the country, es-
pecially the Territories, the number
of new papers forms an interesting
study, and may well occupy the at
tention of the curious.
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Cleveland and the Negroes.


During the past week or ten days
the President has been waited on by
several parties of colored men, desir-
GUS of complimenting him and ex-
pressing their confidence in him.
Most of these have explained that
they were not Office seekers, and had
no one to recommend, and did not
particularly care whether there we're
any colored men in office or not; they
desired simply to express their conf
dence in Democratic President, and
convey back to their people the as
surance that they could safely trust
him rs a President of the whole peo-
pie, without regard'to race or color.
In his replies to these formal adj
dresses Mr.. Cleveland spoke at length
aud laid down the policy of his ad
ministl alton in dealing with the ne
groes. He took occasion to advise
one of the. delegations, which was
led by a'negro editor of Washington,
MOTTO pay any. attention to the very
radical and incendiary remarks Of
of the colored journalists, and warn
ed them of the danger of appealing
to race prejudices and endeavoring
to foment troubles between them
selves and the whites. To the other
colored delegations, who came in
better spirit, he expressed himself
more cordially. His conception of
Democratic principles, he declared,
was that they meant equal rights and
privileges 10 all citizens, without re-
gard to color which principles be
would always undertake To enforce
At the same time he called upon
them 10 perform their duties as citi-
zens, and predicted that If they did
not allow themselves to be bliDdly
led or cuuningly deceived the time
would soon come when something
better than race or color would de-
eide the political action OF citizens of
the United States.
When we remember the attitude
that the Republican party has always
occupied on the negro question, and
the predictions it has freely made in
reference TO their treatment under
Democratic rule, these late interviews
and exchanges of sentiments seem
strange indeed. Even when the last
campaign WAS over, and defeat had
met them, the Republicans sought
some little revenge by circulating the
stury that slavery would follow De-
mocracy. For u few weeks there
was more or less excitement among
the more ignorant negroes in out-of
the-way corners of the country. bui
that excitement and that feeling are
altogether gone, as these frequent
interviews between the President and
delegations OF colored men show.
The South. containing. ms it does,
the greater portion of the colored
population Of the Union. is to be
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-02

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Sam johnson (col) dropped into
orr Office the other day and wl6n
we asked him what the news was, he
began-"Very much! very muchl 1t
is very recouraging to de mine to zee
de congloberation so very much ingsle
and de whole community so very much
resignable ober de entemnity ob de
vaculum OATS all ober de country dis
eason."-Caldwell Waterman.
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The largest bridge in the world
crosses Lake Poncharirain. at New
Orleans, and it is TWENTY-FIVE miles
in length. It is trestle work, ON piles
and is made of cypress wood which
was first saturated with creosote oil,
which renders it impervious to moist
ure and proof against attack Of bar
nacles. - Exchange.
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The wheat crop of 1884 is esti-.
mated at 4S5, 900, 900 bushels, or
about ten bushels for every man.
woman aud child ia the United States.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-15
Notice,

Notice f. hereby given that in accordance
with an act entitled AN act to provide for
general law for the Incorporation of railways
and canals" approved FCb'y 18Th. 1874. being
chapter 1888 of the laws of Florida AMI all acts
anne udaiOry thereof, the undersigned have
formed a corporation for til" purpuSt. Of con
StruCtiuE, MAINTAINING and operating rail
rOJl ftn public use III conveyance ut persons
and property. to be called The P:fldt hi and
UCklaS!aha River Railway Company. The
road is IN be- constructed amt operated from
Palatka in the county OI Putnam 60 Dcalt in
the county of Marion. with Il branch from some
point III the county OF Putnam to t~tpr in he
county of Orange. The length of the road is
to bC about ninety miles and tia. road Will lie
made through and into the COIIuiit-- OF Put
nam, Marion ana Orange.
NJ, :. CARTIER. st. Louis Mo.
NJ. X. BEAN. Norwalk, Fla,
:. v. GODDEN, Lake George. Fla,
y. =. COLLINS, Orange Springs, Fla,
:. e.. CHAN DBER, PdIatI:i, Fla.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-15
Notice of incorporation.

PHLATKA GAS LIGHT AND FUEL. COMPANY.
The undersigned have formed and 0rga nizcd
themselves in company or incorporation to
toe known as the Plldtka Gas Light and Fuel
Company. 2nd. The general nature OF the
business to bc transacted shall he the manu-
fHCtuTe of gas and the sale of gas and coal for
lights and fuel.
;r,l. The amount of capital stock anthor-
lied Is fifty Thousand dollars, ten per cent OF
which shall he paid in at the commencement
OF tins organization, the remainder snail lie
paid as the bylaws may direct and rs II shall
bc called by the Ors, under the bylaws.
4th. The time of the commencement OF this
organization is of same date herewith, ami the
corporation shall expire by limitation twenty
years thereafter, unless continued by legal
means.
5th. The business OF the company shall he
conducted by President and Board OF five
Directors. Il Secretary and Treasure. ANA
suCc other officers as may he provided for in
the bylaws.
9TH. The highest amount 81 Indebtedness
or liability to which the company can al any
time suhfcci itself Is fixed at ten thousand
dollars This june 9Th, lsS-t-
NJ :. CARTER
COON CARLETON.
WM. j. WINNf,GA AR,
ELAN DEW tSTpN,
". ]. WEIR.
Pa atkH. Fla July sth, iSe5.
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Under and Ey virtue of a decree rendered
on the 2Gth day OF August y. -. lSSj bV Hon.
F.. X Foster. Judge of the 9TH judicial circuit
Gf the state of Florida, in the cISt. of E:ncIIuc
Sweet ami Isaac T.. EiiwpOd. com pll in ants ~.
l.. j. Hey and OF hers. defendants, / shall pro-
coed to sell at puhlic cutlery in front OF the
WCstmOrcland hotel. in the city of PaIatkh.
in Putnam county, Florida, on Monday the
5th day of October 1885,, between the legal
hours of sale To the highest bidder for cash.
the following described property, tU-wit:
The houSchOl furniture ami goods now in
said WcstmOT Gland hOtct consisting OF brI-
reaus, beds, springs. hedstrii!S. waShStandS,
chairs, lounges. tables, carpets. Kitchen and
dining room furniture, utensils aud ii StiIr,'~.
one safe, sc. Also, the two storey addition to
said hotel, containing about TWEEN tN-Cirht
rooms and all the furniture, fixtures, ",
therein contained.
T. :. IAUGH ION,
Special Master in ChtnccrN.
Paiatka, Fla, September md, 1885.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-15

ring-stands, and squat beakers of delicate
glass, calzed with long-dried sediment all
alike dust smirched. Ronald involuntarily
sought for some huge Chaldaic tome, con-
veniently open at favorite spell, or
handy crocodile or two dangling from the
square beam overhead, but saw nothing
more formidable than stray volume of
"Kant'5 Critique Of Pure Reason Taking
this up and CHANGING at it, fiy-leaf, hs saw
a name written in spiIery German script,
almost illegibe from 1t, shakiness-"Max
EeBensfunke"
Your name" he asked
CONTINUED
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CARRYING THEU. S. MAIL
THRoUGH FAST NAL.

IHkpGGH } Asst FiNii-
The elegant iron com pirtl,uj T.. I.tCu Steam
err C!I'Y OF JAVkSONV VILE, 81. the Dietary
Ii;tyu Merchants Line. ~ Il n. =. PLANT. at
the Peoples Line. will perform the Fast Mail
ScrN Zee leaving \. !. and " halfway Com
pany's wharf II i m, and De islFy-!htya MGR
cfaF,Ts line wharf, loot of laura street, daily
Blue Springs. sanford ANA Enterprise: ar
rive al sanford Railroad wharf at Il. IA. lie
turning leaves Sanford at i.tIp. IN, arriving at
Jacksonville III Il. IN. the following morning,
making close connections with trains forall
points North, East and West,
THKoUGH FAST Fi;EIGHT.
leaves .I.tcksonviiIc daily. Saturday cxceiic,!
at , p. IL. for Sanford. EntCrpTi-r, ana, all in
turmc.iiHtc landings. Returning. l,uVc~ san
ford ~ E" It N. arriving ut Jacksonville early
steamer wciaha leaves Wc'IHD LAY ANA
SUNDAY ana makes Highland Park. steamer
RG>t leaves NrndIy and fEur~'i'y ail g""S
through t. Lake .cssHp.
JACESoNViTTE, FALATKt < Ct.;-,I.>T CI1Y
DIVISION.
Leaves Jacksonville and Pai3taa Fat Mail
daily. except Sundty.]t $3.50 IL !n-.tgr Pais.tki,
Crescent city aud intermediate land n1S. He
turning, leaves Crescent tlty daiy except
Sunday. at eco ;Pitks at 500 CON
meets at Tnt.ni with afternoon train for St
Augustine
PAJArB, A&D St,-FoRr DaYEIGuF DIVISION.
NJ an" r,2RgPilTass stra s,, W VA, =.
daily, sunday excepted, ut lu:Ea It. IN, on arrt-
val 81 J., =. ana * :. ~. Railway Fast Express
Train with parl"r Cars attached, lcaS in" Jack
sonvile ut 10 =. ~. for Sanford and Enter
prise ana intermediate landings. Returning,
leaves sanford 1t go 4. m, arriving 1T paat,
k. at 400 -. H.. connecting with Fast Express,
arTiN wing mt .IHckSoUNiiiC 1T p
steamer t. 10. Nj BIRD leaves PaIJtka at
> =. III. for Lake GrGr.rc. seville, and inter-
mediate landings.
81. JOHNS BAR BIViSiDE.
steamers MAGNOLIA and rA%rIHE ';aiN
except SUNDAY, for May port, fHr' George -
land and intermediate landing II tlb T.. III Re-
turning, leaves Mayort at $50
Elegant Waiting Rooms, with all modern
improvements, viii he found ut Passenger
wharf.
Close connection made al Pai1tku with the
Florida Southern Railroad; at Aston with IT.
Johns and Lake EU3tIS itailroJ j. at sanford
with South Elos.iu Railroad. for Orlando.
EiSSimmcc, Tampa, Key West and iuterncdi-
ate points, and with steamers fer IGdiIn River.
For further information aPpiv 10 Ticket
Office, southeast corner Bay ana laura, or 1t
the company'S offices, foot q! Laura street.
Freight wharVcS foot of Pine stir.i PASSENGER
wlrNrvcS foot of Laura street
CEIAS. II. FI.SN ICk,
Gen. Freight ana Pass. 1 Tent.
II. T.. liaSA, GEO. CECIL. J IL,
General t,auHIor. Assistant -.dnlQcr.
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Joseph :. Chase

C0UntA II I'utn1m.
In GhfHcCry.
Joseph :. Chase
- Bill for Divorce,
Martha Ann Chase
1t appearing 10y affidavit filed i'll the above
cause that the defendant. Martha Ann Chase,
has removed out of the state ct Florida, So
that ordinary process cannot De served upon
her, and that her place of residence il I'M
known. Now. ON notion of i. W. KoySdcH.
ESQ. solicitor for com piainaHt, il j. ordered
that the defendant, Martha Ann th;iSr, DO an-
pear and answer or dcmtfr t. SAID ID ILL DH or
before the first Monday in NoVCmle r, y. Ii.
1882 ot heryvi<e said bill may be taken pro con-
fcSSO as against the sand defendant. PrOVid-
ed that copy of this order bc published Tor
the space, of three months in the PaidtEa
News. IL newspaper published in Putnam
county, Fla. witness my hand and the S,'al
of said circuit court. at i'sl3tka. aforesaid on
this 18th day of July, \. II. ISS5
WM. 4. FORw ARD,
Clerk Circuit Court,
Putnam County, Fla.
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Notice for Final DISCHARGE.

Sin months after date as executor of the
estate of l.. V. Mann, late of Putnam county.
deceased, L Will present to the county Judge Of
Putnam county, Florida. my final accounts
and vouchers. and then ask for Il final dis
charge from the administration of said estate.
y. I. REACH,
Administrator of the estate Of l. y. Mann.
Palatka, Fla. sept. s f~SJ.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-15
Notice for Final DISCHARGE.

Six months after datr as executor Gf the Cs-
tate of Andrew tiUrI.tn. l.ftt. of Putnam couIt-
ty. deceased, ! will present to Tie county
Judge al Putnam county Florida. my lti;iI az
counts und vouchers. and then ask I"r = tiu;iI
discharge from tn" j,lmIui't rat ion nf sud IS-
tate.
PalatIa, Fla, June IUtn. ISSJ.
AUGUSTUS MONROE
Executor of last will and testament Of An
drew Gordon. deceased.
CaIHOIN n GIIlIS Ans