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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-08
Grand Church Festival.

On account of completing the church
a grand three days Picnic will be held
at the Raven Camp Baptist church, COM
mencing the 18th of August, and will
continue until the 18th. A number OF
preachers have been invited. At IL am.
Rev. L. w. Tennessee, from Rock Quarry;
3 p. m. Rev. L. Smith, from Paramount;
night sermon by Rev. Eldridge Murphy.
Second day, IL a. m. Rev. o. r. Smith,
from Paramount; 8 p. m. Rev. w. A.
Hampton, from Boyce; night sermon by
Rev. Hiram Jones. Third day, IL a. m.
Rev. J. H. Brown, from Zimmerman: 3
p. m: Rev. j. II. Ellis. from Colfax; Rev
w. L. Dyas will preach the closing SER
mon at night. Come one, come ali. and
let US have nice time. Refreshments
will be- sold. Those who wish to sell can
select ground for stands at 81 30 per day
the same to be paid to the church.
s. L. EDWARDS, Ed. DANCER,
1-f-3t* Secretary. Pastor.
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Official Proceedings of the Grant
Parish School Board.

Colfax, La, Jnly 1, 1899.
The Grant parish school board met
this day with a full board present.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and regularly approved.
The treasurer's report was received
and ia. Williams and r. S. Cameron
were appointed a committee toexam-
inc same, who reported that the dis
bursements were correct
The report was ordered published.
L. j. Griffin was reinstated with a
second grade certificate.
The funds of the Dunn district were
ordered distributed between Dunn
and Ebeneazer schools in proportion
to the average attendance at the re-
spective schools from Grant parish.
The committee appointed to exam
Inc the amount of fines and poll tax
paid into the treasury, or thatshould
have been paid, present the following
report, which was received and order
ed published, viz:
Colfax. La, April 10. 1899.
To the Honorable President and Members of
the Board of School Directors for Grant
Parish. La
Your committee heretofore appoint
ed for the purpose Of ascertaining
what money, if any, has been received
in the treasury on account of Fines
imposed upon criminals by the courts,
and also for the purpose OF ascertain
ing what if any money has been re-
ceived in the treasury on account of
the poll tax deductions made by the
clerk of the district court. and also
for the purpose Of examining the ac-
counts of the treasurer, including his
report OF date April 1, 1899, respect
fully submits the following state
ments; viz:
FINES.
The treasurer has received on ac--
count of fines, $3.50 25.
March, 1897, he received. s AZ 25
In 1898, he ieceived.....a... 1873 90
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Order of Court.

Winfield, La, July 4, 1899.
AS there are not more than one or two
cases to be tried by jury, that will be
ready for trial at July term. and thinking
1t too expensive to expend $500 or 5000 in
the trial Of only two cases, more particu-
larly when the accused parties are under
bond aud costing the parish nothing,
therefore the petit jury for the july term
are discharged and will not be required
to attend. The grand jury, the witness
ca in criminal cases, and all accused par
tlesare expected to be on hand promptly
on the I'd Monday, the 10th inst. All
misdemeanors will be tried.
NJ F, MACHEN,
Judge Fourth District.
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The people at Summerfield had a
patriotic and enjoyable celebration
at the Tabernacle on the 4th of July,
at which addresses were delivered by
Attorney W. B. Clarke and Rev. H. NJ.
Raglan, and a couple of essays were
read by Mr.. j. j. Nixon. A basket
dinner on the grounds added greatly
to the pleasure of the day.
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Messrs. A. A. Dean and John RAN
dolph, of Paramount, and Thos.
johnson, j. NJ. Anthony, L. L. Mer-
Ger, and Others, from the Bagdad
country, went before the police jury
this week in order to get needed mp
preparations for the bridges across
the Rigoletts and Darro, on the up
per and lower Bagdad roads.
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III lCOC, ue FectlVeu ............. lOS w
Total.........................$3 1888 IS
The treasurer accounts for 1888 90
and sos 90 in his report to this
board, April session, 1899. The
amount of $42 25, received by him
from the collector March 25, 1897,
has not been entered.
This committee recommends that
he be instructed to make the proper
entry and report OF same.
POLL TAXES DEDUCTED BY THE CLERK
OF THE DISTRICT COURT.
This hoard has paid to the clerk of
the district court a 5 per cent COM
mission on the deductions stated to
have been made by him, as follows:
Jan. 2, 1897, ST. O5 commission,
paid for deducting 341 polls.
Oct..2, 1897, Sc % commission,
paid for deducting 125 polls.
April 2, 1898, 81 20 commissions,
paid for deducting IA polls.
Oct. /, 1898, 81 so commissions,
paid for deducting $50 polls.
April Is, 1899, 81 so commissions,
paid for deductine 90 polls.
Total, $3.50 in polls deducted:
The only amounts shown to have
reached the school fund on this ac-
count are reported by the treasurer
April l, 1898, in the words and fig
ures following:
"Polls by clerk of court for '96,
&17S O0'
"Polls by clerk of court for '97,
................................-$127 O0'
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ave have sold many different cough
remedies, but none has given better sat
isfaction than Chamberlains b, says Mr..
Charles Holzhsuer, Druggist Newark.
N. j. 1T is perfectly safe and can be
relied upon in all cases Of coughs. colds
or hoarsenesa. Sold by j. H. McNeeiys
Colfax: Bush Il Randolph, Paramount
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J.C. Goulden, the Alexandria orna-
mental painter and decorator, show
ed good taste in his many decorations
and signs in the parade in Alexandria
on the 4th. He is a valuable man on
such an occasion.
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Spent a Good Farm Doctoring

Mr.. A. N. NOEL of Asherville, Kansas,
says he spent good farm doctoring him.
self for chronic diarrhoea but got no re-
lief and WAS afraid that he must die.
he cbancd toget hold Of a bottle If Cham
berlain's collie cholera and diarrhoea
remedy and was permanently cured by
it.. For sale by j. H. McNeeiy, Colfax;
Bush & Randolph, Paramount.
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Mr.. j. H. Kemp, of Natchitoches,
passed through Colfax on last We'd
nesday, on the way to visit relatives
in the Black Creek country.
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Balance on hand. ST, POS SO
OF this 81 POS SO, the sum of g.
16l 80 has already been apportion-
ed, while there is $5,043 ga which
has not yet been apportioned.
Your committee finally recommends
that this report, together with such
action as shall be taken by the board
upon its several recommendations be
spread upon the minutes in order that
the confusion for some time hereto
fore existing in the accounts and re-
ports OF the treasurer may be ended
Committee )R. s. CAMERON,
j. A. WILLIAMS.
X. S. Cameron and j. A. Williams
were appointed committee to cali
on the treasurer and request him to
comply with the recommendations in
above report.
Lincecum letter laid on the table.
V. G. Yeager's contract for Beulah
school was ordered cancelled and that
he be paid for his time up to date.
whereupon ]. H. Williams offered the
following resolution, which was
adopted:
Whereas, the O. X. school has been
discontinued until fall, in answer to a
petition from the patrons of said
school, in justice to Mr.. Yeager: be it
Resolved, That we as a board be-
lieve that V. G. Yeager has eonscien-
tiously discharged his duties as
teacher. So far as we have been able
to learn all the patrons who have
sent to him are perfectly satisfied,
and we hereby endorse him as a
teacher.
Resolved further that this resolu-
ton be published in the minutes OF
the meeting.
ByW. H. Wood
Whereas it appears that the pres
ent police jury is able to carry on the
finance of the parish on smaller as
sessment than ten mills, therefore
Resolved, by the Grant Parish
School Board, That we do most re-
specially ask the said police jury not
to make any reduction in the assess
ment, but let it remain as it now is
and increase the appropriation to the
public school fund two mills in addi-
ton to the amount now set aside by
the police jury for public schools
Unanimously adopted.
Colored school granted at Liberty
Hill and forty dollars appropriated
for two months, to be paid out OF
district 49,
Summerfeld school granted to J.J
Nixon.
Union school granted to Miss
Miller.
There being no further business the
board then adjourned until their next
regular meeting on the first Saturday
in October. J.Fs KELLY,
j. A. WILLIAMS, President.
Secretary.
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.........................$3O5 90

IOJdl....... ....................$3U0 W
The school fund is therefore enti-
tied to receive 1925 90 ON this ac-
count, and your committee recon-
mends that the treasurer be instruct
ed to enter said amount of $685. 90
to the credit of the school fund.
The TREAsURER's BOOKS, HIS REPORTS
AND THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTS.
Your committee finds the treasur-
er's account of the school fund ap-
parently correct, with the exception
OF the item of 1925 90 and the item
of $42 25 above stated, and with the
exception also of the share of the
school fund in the sums involved in
the following statement:
In December, 1897, the collector
paid into the treasury $916 90, the
total amount (less collectors com.
mission) of back taxes paid by the
Citizens Bank for the years 1929
1896 and '96. Fifteen per cent of
this $916 90, that is $137 40, should
have been placed to the credit of the
school fund.
And, on the I'd day OF February,
1897, the treasurer received from the
collector $54 "a, and May IL, 1897,
he received from collector $3.50 90,
total $245 70, of which no part has
been placed to the credit of the school
fund.
Your committee recommends that
the treasurer be instructed to take
notice OF the items here specified and
enter same in his books and accounts.
Your committee has carefully ex-
amined the hooks and reports OF the
treasurer, and, after correcting all
errors, Excepting, of course, the items
above set out, makes the following
as a correct statement of the condi-
ton of the school fund on the first
day of October, 1898:
GENERAL FUND.
Bal. from former report. s., 800 "a
Receipts during quarter. 900 80
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Total for appointment 50, 6f7 95

So, the total amount to the credit
OF the several district funds Ito which
appointments were made) should
be 81, 161 49,, and the total amount
in the school fund should be $456 OF
more-that is, $2,617 95.
The following is a statement OF the
several funds Oct. /, 1898, as correc-
ted hv this cOmmittee.
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Texas! Texas: Texas!

The Cheapest Homes The Lowest Taxes.
The Best Free Schools, The Finest Farm
ing Land, he Best Cattle, Sheep, Hog: and
Horse Country i'm the. United States.
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Colfax High School.

The Trustees Of the Co7fax High School
for Males and Females take pleasure in
announcing to the public that the fourth
eight months Session Of this school will
begin ON the First Monday Of Octo-
Der, ln9S. No pains will be spared to
make it a Arst-class High School.
RATES OF TUITION.
Primary Department 81 so per month
t Preparatory !" !" goo" "
Music. Vocal arc instrumental 5 50 I"
incidental fee rs certs per session.
Good board can be obtained on reasona-
BILE terms. Two hotels III town. and sew
eral private boarding houses in town and
vicinity will board cheap. Those having
children to educate should send them in
and give MS a fair trial. We are in the
race TO stay.
X. s. CAMERON, President.
H, G. GOODWIN,
Secretary Board of Trustees.
Cclfax, La, July 70, 1896.
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No entries have been made in these
district accounts since Oct. / 1898,
either on account of an apportion-
ment or otherwise. In fact, no APP
portiOnment was made from Oct. l,
1898, to April I, 1899.
The treasurer's report for January
1. 1899, shows:
GENERAL FIND.
Balance from last report. .$2,617 95
Reed during quarter from
Supt. of Education....... 81 90
Total......................... 5000 81
Dlsbursements.... 626 rs
Balance on hand. ........$2, 3O3 90
And the treasurer's report for April
1, 1899, shows
Balance from Jan. report. 50 1903 90
Receipts during quarter. $685. %
Total.......................$8,159 OF
Disbursed during quarter. 953 40
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Granted Certificates.

The following applicants for certifi-
Gates to teach in the public schools of
Grant have passed the examination and
will receive certificates as follows:
Miss Matte Griffin, second grade.
Daisy Yeager,
Olive Tison
Annie Miller
Mr.. w. A. Fletcher
B. ID. Fletcher
Nelson Fletcher
ID. H. Smith "
Miss Noise Browning, third grade.
Bella OQuinn
Malissa King
j. A. WILLIAMS. Supt.
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Chas. p. Scrivener.
Late State Compiling Draughtsman,
Box 495. Anstin Texas.

Hon. yno. n. Reagan. Railroad Commissioner.
Hon. A 8. Burleson. Congressman.
Hon. K. p. Wilmot, Pres. Austin Natl Bank.
Hon. Ashby 3. James, Attorney at Law, Austin.
Hon. p. II. Ward, Assistant Attorney General.
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0-Jtdicial advertisements mast be paid
for IN adraace, or fhey sciH be discontinued
after the first insertion.
The times., 1899-10-06

The free night schools of the District
of Columbia will open for the reception
of pupils for the season of 1S99-190o this
commodations for several hundred pupils,
white and colored, in both the graded and
high schools. This announcement was
made yesterday afternoon by Superintend-
ent Powell. 1t has been eagerly awaited
by a number of young men and women
whose work in the day prevents their at
tending the regular sessions of public
schools. This year the opening was de-
layed for some unknown reason and many
persons have been led to believe there
were to be no night schools during this
season. Many enquiries have been re-
eeived from various sources regarding the
Inauguration of this important branch of
the school system, as it seems to be the
general desire of the young people to at
tend studies of some sort during the long
evenings of the winter. The night school
system, established years ago has bev
come one OF the most popular institutions
of the District. The course of studies pur-
sued is almost the same as used in the
day schools.
1t seems to be the desire of the author
tiles having the matter in charge to make
the schoolroom as attractive and beneficial
as possible for young workmen and work.
women, and to instilI into their minds
something that will be useful to them in
their future life. In the lower grades the
first principles of arithmetic, grammar,
and history are taught in connection with
lessons in penmanship and drawing. AS
the pupil advances the studies are made
harder, until on reaching thu high school,
algebra, foreign languages, and English
literature, together with bookkeeping,
typewriting and stenography are taken up.
Cooking schools are also open at night in
order that the girl compelled to stand in
the store all day or remain in an Office,
may get some idea of how meals are pre-
pared One OF the most important features
of the cooking school system now in vogue
in the District is the manner in which the
student housewife is taught TO clean house
as well as prepare the meals for the family.
Experienced teachers are employed Tor
all these various studies, and the system
is presided over by a superintendent and
principals in much the same manner that
prevails in the day schools. The only diff
ference between the two sessions of the
| schools is in the time of meeting, and the
substitution of practical studies for those
of a superficial nature. All that is neces>
sary for admission TO any of the grades is
a ticket from the superintendent and a
/ physicians certificate regarding vaccina-
| tion. The first can be obtained by appli-
/ cation to Superintendent Powell at the
! Franklin School building, and the family
| physician can furnish the latter. The pu-
! pill will then be questioned by the teachers
with view of finding out which grade he
will be able to enter, and all that remains
The times., 1899-10-06
THE STATUS OF An ALLEY
Attorney Duyalrs Opinion on a
Much Tangled Question.
The Passage in the Rear of the Force
school Building "A Matter of In
terest to Property Owners on
seventeenth, Eighteenth, and
Streets, and Massnchusetts Avenue.

The Commissioners yesterday received an
opinton from the Attorney for the District
regarding the legal status of the alley in
square 15S, located between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth and n Streets and Mas
sachusetts Avenue. There are numerous
papers on file at the District building re-
garding this matter and the case was very
complicated when ii was presented to the
Attorney for an opinion. The alley in
question has been in use for many years
and was regularly condemned by mar
shal's jury and the damages assessed,
their verdict being forwarded to the sur
veyor for record. The assessment was
made by Lieutenant Hoxie, former Chief
Engineer of the District. These proceed
ings were instituted at the request of j. NJ.
Latta and others, and the original petition
bears the date of May u, 1877. According
to the records the assessments for bene-
fits were made and the damages paid, one
OF the assessments being also paid.
In 1880, when Captain Rossell was Engi-
neer Commissioner, a request was made by
T. j. Fisher & Co., and endorsed by Cap
tain Rossell, that the alley through square
15S should be improved. II was stated at
the same time that the reason the alley
had not been opened was on account of the
| fact that the Force School building, be-
longing 10 the District, and occupying two
| lots on the same square, projected five feet
| into the space through which the alley was
proposed TO run. In addition TO this the
| brick wall enclosing the school grounds
| completely closed the west line of the al
/ ley. The petitioners requested therefore,
| that the alley should either be opened or
| the amount of taxes assessed against the
property be refunded.
| 2 a
| At this stage of the proceedings the mat
| ter was referred TO the Attorney for the
| District and he rendered an opinion de-
claring the proceedings to open the alley
null and void. Acting on this opinion the
| Commissioners passed an order, July 80,
1880, resembling and setting aside the or
der to open the alley and canceling the as
sessments for damage and benefits that
had already been made.
! In the opinion received at the District
| building yesterday Attorney Duyall states
| that it is not known upon what ground
! the former Attorney based his decision
that the proceedings were Illegal and void
| but IT is probable the action was taken un-
| der the charter Of the city of Washington
| OF 1920 and its amendment of 1S4S, which
| authorized the Mayor of the city to request
| the marshal to- summon jury for this
| purpose, and directed that the amount of
| damages which were to be paid by the
| corporation. with the expenses of condem-
| nation, to be levied upon individuals whose
| property in the square should be benefited
| ard the assessments be collected as
! other taxes. In the case at hand 1t is
| claimed. the marshal was requested by the
| Chief Engineer of the District and not by
The times., 1899-10-06

to be done is to report at the building at
O'Clock for three evenings in the week
The sessions of the school rarely last more
than two and a half hours. and the strict
discipline maintained in the day
schools is slightly relaxed for night pu-
pills. The authorities require, however,
that every pupil shall maintain a certain
standard in both studies and department,
OF they will be dropped from the roll.
The District night schools are said to
possess more advantages than any similar
institution in the country and are largely
patronized every year. When they were
first established, and as far on in their ca
reer as 1891. there were only two buildings
in the city where night sessions were held,
and in these only elementary studies were
taken up Al present there are two high
schools, eight buildings for the lower
grades, three cooking schools. and three
buildings for the colored pupils. The 10
cation of the schools and the teachers en-
ployed are as follows:
Night Business High School-Messrs.
E. M. Wilson. j. A. Chamberlain,
P. A. Steele. Charles Hart, E. II. Webster,
j. D. Minnick, Mrs. G. W. Gordon, Miss
May Mcguire.
Franklin School-Messrs- P. NJ. Hughes,
c. A. Springer, Miss NJ r. Wallace.
Henry SehooI-Messrs. s. NJ. Ryder, c.
K Finekel, Miss M. j. Watts.
Wallach School-Mr. H. H. Burroughs,
| Misses NJ. A. Mcmahon, A. E. Hopkins. L.
| F. Flannery.
| Jefferson School-Messrs. S. z. Kramer,
| ]. G. Flack.
| Curtis School-Nr. R. L. Haycock.
/ Grant Sehool-Mr A. L. Howard
/ Gales School-Mr. r. R. Riordon, Misses
| B. NJ. Pearson, NJ. E. GeTner
Tenley School-Mr. W. B. Ireland.
No 607 o Street northwest, cooking
! school-Miss e. s. Jacobs.
Wallach Cooking School-Miss Annie Nc
| Daniel.
Thompson Cooking school-Miss Marian
| White.
Colored-Mott School-Mr. W. B. Evans,
| Misses A. S. Holmes, L. t. Smith.
Wilson School-Mr. T. L. CarGozo, ir.,
! Miss Landonia Page.
Hirsdale school-Misses C. B. Campbell,
/ A ID Jones.
The times., 1899-10-06
MANY THEFTs REPORTED.
Complaints Filed With the Police
Being Investigated.


Numerous complaints of robberies have
detectives have been kept busy investi-
eating cases reported. While most of the
losses are small, the aggregate amounts to
a considerable sum, both in cash and prop
erty. Mrs. W. E. Clarke corner Third
and Streets northwest. reports the loss
Of her pocketbook on Sunday evening last
while she was on her way to church. The
purse contained SIS in cash and check
for 50 drawn on local bank. Mr.. T. B.
Baker, of Fairfax, Va. complains TO the
police that d pocketbook containing S25
and some cards disappeared from his peck
ct in Q restaurant near the corner of Sew
enth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
northwest Wednesday evening Miss
Hulse, OF Takoma Park, and her gold watch
stolen Monday while viewing the Dewey
parade. Lee Dyer. 800 Indiana Avenue
northwest, reports that his pocketbook was
taken from him on Tuesday. The purse
contained SIS. Mr.. NJ. " Hoffman. of 674
Elm Street northwest, lost $50 on Tuesday
ar the corner of Ninth Street and Penn
sylrania Avenue northwest as the result
of work by pickpockets. Mr.. S. Clark. of
II Fenton Place, was robbed of $40 while
asleep Wednesday. A gold watch was
stolen from a II. Min, a clerk in the War
Department. during the present week
Mr. ". W. Burnett, of 1861 Madison Street
northwest. while at Fifteenth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue en- Monday. was re-
heved Of a handsome geld Swiss watch.
Twenty dollars in cash was stolen from
Mrs. c. II. Rowley at the Hotel Leon
Wednesday. Near the State War. and
Navy building On Wednesday Mr.. c. R.
Steward, Of 1873 Vermont Avenue, was
relieved OF a solid gold watch Mrs D. O.
Driscoil, Of Talzoma Park, lost a pocket
book containing money and valuable pa
pers- The Rev. William Blair, of the
Hamilton House. was robbed on Tuesday
of several English gold pieces and valua-
be cards. Many other robberies have
been reported at Police Headquarters All
OF these cases are being investigated by
the detectives