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Smyrna times., 1900-05-16
TOWN ASSESSMENT APPEALS,
ChANGES IN THE RECENT ASSESSMENT
MADE BY W. II. CARR.
i"e lax Kate for the Coming Year on Real
Estate Fixed at Thirty Cents on
the Hundred Dollars.

Ihe Town Council met last Friday
evening with all present. The follow
ing Dllls were read and allowed: Rob
ert Wetheral & Co., 1926. so: ]. Hilles
q Co., $14735; Baltimore Oil Co
SIS'SS; b. Sturdevant, $12 90; J. r,
hudson & Co., Sill; Jenkins Broth
ers, S28.5O; Washington Carbon Go
SI4.oO; General Electric Co., S27. 90:
Natlonal Bank of Smyrna, So. 90: Fl.
o. Anthony, chairman, for work dis
pensed at plant, SIG. 35; Benz w
turner, $1,000; Farmers & Merchants,
eamboat Co., Is cents; Adams Fx-
press Co., 80 cents; Total, S1135. 40
The considering of appeals mada
from the recent town assessment bv
W. ID. Carr, assessor, was taken nm
ana was settled as follows: Geo. d
Oolllns, property north street, asses
sea $3.50, asked $3.50, granted $500:
MRS. Mary r. Blackson, propertv
onlon street, assessed, $500, asked
SloOO, was granted; Andrew Cole.
property, Main street, assessed $1,000
asked S95OO, granted $975O; W q
Flerce, property corner of Main and
MI. Vernon streets, assessed S55Oo
asked $4,000, no change; C. H. Pierce
property Commerce street, assessed
$1,000, asked $1,000, was granted; John
van Gasken, property Delaware street
assessed at $1,000, asked $1,000 no
change, Mrs. Annie G.. Cummins
property on Pearl street, assessed
Sl2OO, asked $1,000, no change: Mrs
T. ). Lambdin, property corner
Commerce and Union Streets. as
sessed $500, asked $4,000. was
granted; James Waters estate nron.
erty on Main street, assessed at
$4,000, asked $25OO, granted S2sOO:
property assessed to David Stevenson's
estate was changed upon request to
Mary and Nellie J. Stevenson; Prop
erty assessed Charles J. Allen was
to Mrs. Georgia A. Grif-
fith.
On motion of Secretary ANTHONY
'he tax rate for the coming year was
made 30 cents on the 800. 90 for real
'state and $1.0O poll. Discount dav
vas set for May Both and 31st and the
Usual notices were ordered in both
own papers.
The attention of the Street and
sewer Committee was called to the
yer ground drain which carries off the
ydrant water from the hardware store
I William FAIRIES, and to the sewer
ecelver at the "Four Corners. The !
after was called up because of the
umoer OF horses that were frightened
passing over it. It was thougbt
1at the noisy flow of water, and the t
ollow sound teams made in PASSING &
yer 1t, could be much deadened bv i
lbstltuting a wooden cap in place of /
le iron one. '
Committee on Collectors bond re-
orted progress; the coal bill of Cos
IN Beck for coal furnished the
pera House was allowed; and an 7
der was drawn for $1.95 to refund
gorge d. Collins for water rent over
lid.
The rest of the meeting was taken = =
in discussing the new Diamond :
ate Telephone Line, and when thew .
ID looked the minutes up containing ~ =.
g resolution relating to the Della n =,
ire & Atlantic line, and found there :,
at that the placing of polls on the u
'eets were subject to direction of the t
rect Committee, lively debate en- :,
ed, in which several of the members M
pressed themselves very freely. R,
Smyrna times., 1900-05-16
seperson,s Church Improvement.

Jos. E. Carter has the contract for
painting Severson's M. E. Church.
1t is to be painted both inside and
out.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25
As Promised.

ply each lot. Permits for making water cOnnec
will be granted on application.
An inspection of the attractive homes now buit
or the names of purchasers of lots, will convince any
that PACIFIC HEIGHTS is the choicest and most VI
of all the residence sites of Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25
TO AMERICANIzE THE ISLAND BENCH.



includes
pistol So gather
the bar he made them either strike for
lead jump down wells m
investigation.
Judge capabilities
1uymen should be
and turned his sighting direction
could
place bindfolded drawing
it and show craftsmanship along came snapshot lawyer
Apache Kid pledged himself
situation.
The Joy politics
the Department Commander General Mcdowell and he about
shooter pocket and his Mexican naturalization the other
all
Henley than back
he
oneed Bill Dukes Wyatt
Fitch other
as still be above
In the Amecansm patriot
Humphreys side He Judge
the dull
practice outside of bulproo
Volcano be without
time to have change and for the sake of lively cockng
razor-edged judiciary we demand it
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25
OF CURRENT INTEREST.
Rapid Growth In RICE culture


Rice culture in the South is growing
by leaps and bounds as is evidenced IL
the increased acreage for which the
growers are planning for next season.
An effort is to be made to make Colo
RADIO county the leading rice county o.
Texas and arrangements are already
made to put in, at least, 1000 acres.
The land which will be used has here
tofore been regarded as fit only fol-
grazing purposes. Already the effect o.
the new industry has been to increase
the value OF lands in the county, ana
1t is reported that certain tracts, which
a short time ago were valued at little
or nothing, are now held as high IA
$40 an acre. This, however, undoubt-
edly has the marks of fictitious value
which will probably not be maintain
ed. Yet the fact remains that rice cul-
ture is proving good thing for the
district, and not one from which the
bottom is likely to drop for many a
year.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25
ROOSEVELT.

Governor Roosevelt, champion OF
the strenuous life, is accused of being
a gutter. A good many things have
been said against his behavior in the
Spanish war and his egotism in put
ting himself forward, and his recent
prominence accounts for plenty of dis
like; but heretofore no man has ven
tured to question his bravery except
to call it reckless. Now comes Colonel
A. S. Bacon of the National Guard of
the State of New York, and publishes
a pamphlet in defense of the Seventy
first Regiment. The latter made itself
notorious in the fighting be,oy San
Juan hill by its cOwardice. men
were so completely cowed by that
the Rough Riders and the reg had
to demand and force theil ssage
through or over them to get al the
enemy. The feeling about 1t after the
first spasm OF pa. ,ionate denunciation
had passed was ina; the less said about
II the better. The lIrage of the man
VIM udItS W utltLI ~slt regiment anu
to insinuate that Ro Is wilt was a cow
ard is decidedly not, " Crthy. Colonel
Bacon says that Roose Felt sent word
to headquarters between San Juan and
the surrender that twenty-five per
cent of my Rough Riders can't carry
a pail Of water from creek to trenches
No man can decry me or my regiment,
but we must accede to the next propo-
sition from the enemy"
Colonel Bacon comments as follows:
This marvellous demand was made at
headquarters before the enemy surren-
dered. The Seventy-first Regiment
had more than so per cent of its men
who not only could not carry a pail OF
water, but whose legs could not carry
their own bodies; yet they never die
tated policies to their superior officers
nor boasted of their sufferings.
They were not "quitters," and were
never so anxious to get home as to
suggest easy terms for the enemy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25

The dispatch describing the state
election I'm louisiana is OF special IN
terest because this is the first general
election under the new constitution.
On account of 1.-The educational and
property requirements for voters, the
registration has been reduced from
ESQ 900 to $4,000, of which only 1000
are negroes" Men in and out OF Con-
gress have been declaiming against a
property qualification for voters here
until we were sick OF the very iteration
of the statement that 1t was "un-Amer-
lean" Common sense sometimes rises
superior to tradition founded on the
DRY, false sentiment, and political bun
combe-especially when brought face
60 face with a pretty serious actua!ity
Americans who study into things and
think more than they talk have been
saying with increasing emphasis for
some years that an educational and
property test for voters all over the
country would mean vast change for
the better by getting the idle and
worthless elements out Of politics;
and IL property qualification is "un-
American" 1t ia rapidly ceasing to be
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25

An instructive commentary upon the
alleged slavery in which Japanese la
borers are held here in Hawaii Is af-
forded by the latest Coast papers.
Large numbers of men of his class are
arriving at San Francisco and Victo-
ria by every steamer. So large have
been the recent arrivals at San Fran
cisco that they have attracted the at
tention OF the Executive branch OF the
Government. On the 18th the Rio Jun
Maru brought 500 Japanese 10 Victoria,
the next day the big liner Goodwin
landed LOO, and $50 more were due
the same week. The labor leaders in
Canada are agitated over the matter,
but the Provincial and Dominion Par
liaments are powerless to pass any leg
islation to keep the japanese out, be-
cause the Imperial Government re-
fuses to allow any legislation likely to
affect the friendly relations between
Great Britain and Japan. Mainland pa
pers contemplate the possibility that
many OF these intend to cross the
boundary into the United States. All
these japanese are stigmatized as pau
pers, but they bring with them suffi-
cient money TO satisfy the law with re-
gard to their entrance into the United
States. aud so far none of them has
been shown to be under contract. In
other words, no sooner are the doors
closed here for the introduction of
Japanese into American territory than
they begin to flock to the Mainland,
attracted thither by the reports of good
wages and honest treatment and JUS
tice sent back by their friends here
and circulated all over Japan. The
emigration societies, which are said to
be connected with this departure of
immigrants to America, have little diff
flculty in speeding on their way poor
japanese laborers who have beard
these tales of sudden affluence.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25
sending Christmas Money Abroad.

The money orders payable In for
eign countries that are going out by
the steamers carrying the Christmas
mails nowadays denote unprecedented
prosperity among the laboring classes
OF foreign extraction here, who. when
able, rarely fail to remember the Old
folks at home at this time in a sub
stantial way. The postoffice authori-
ties calculate that this money will
amount to nearly s3,00O.OOO. A quarter
OF million dollars. in the form OF
these small postal orders, was taken
out by a single steamer sailing from
New York on Saturday. or this
amount S124,201 went to Great Britain.
and large proportion of it to Ire
land; S50,0S3 to Germany, s4,05429 to
Switzerland, $5.912.9S to Denmark.
S766.29 to Holland, S14,234.0S TO Italy,
sl3,7l4.S4 to Norway, S40.6O6.O4 to Swe-
den, 81, 9535S to Austria and y4.997.-
Is to Hungary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25

and in itself an artistic piece of engineering afford,
access to all points, as also scenic and marine yr
exquisite grandeur at every turn.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25
PAUCITY OF NAVAL OFFICERS.

- VI @Nh n II VT
The shortage of officers for the Navy
is growing a more and more serious
matter. 1t first became apparent dur
ing the Spanish war, and the condition
Of things becomes worse with every
new vessel launched The Navigation
Bureau now says that there are 100
vacancies in the line In the Navy. and
that the total number of officers is less
than it was fifteen years ago. During
this decade and a half the number of
ships has greatly increased. We have
built Navy faster than We have pro-
yided for officers. Several devices are
suggested for temporary relief. includ-
ing the immediate appointment of a
hundred extra cadets at ANNAPOLIS.
Meanwhile the Detroit. the Marblehead.
the Bennington, the Concord and the
big battleships Indiana and Massa-
chusetts, are perforce put out of com
mission because of lack of officers to
man them; and but one officer can be
spared for the four big guns In the tur4
rets of the Kearsarge, which involves
undue risk even in times of peace
When the two battleships and six cruis-
ers now building are completed. more
ships will have to be put out of COM
mission to rust at their moorings In or
der to supply officers for the new ones.
The remedy for this is not, as many
people seem to think. the creation by
subsidy of a merchant marine. The
duties of naval officer are utterly diff
ferent from those of an officer on a
sailing vessel, and the training for the
latter would not do for the former.
What Is needed is a college similar to
Annapolis to which bright young men
can go to study for the Navy without
selection by favoritism. In a demo-
cratic country it does not appear why
4 young man of respectable family who
desires to serve his country in the Navy
should be denied the cnance to fit him
self for that career by the restriction
upon appointment to the Naval Acad-
""S' "htSu mat SOHSItSS Is not
bound to support all the men who would
like to get the superb training, mental
and physical, Of Annapolis. there
any good reason why such ID lhould
not be allowed to take that ~ and
fit themselves for the Navy Ie ex-
pense Of their parents? Their great
demand for just such an inst IN, OF
such provision in connectio b the
present one; and it would b addi-
ton of very real value to duca-
tional opportunities of n United
States. Such an Institution " 4 at
tract a large body OF men, All rom
these appointments could D. kaue as
they were needed by compe [e ex-
animation. Trying to get al with
the complement of officers OF Il five
years ago for our enormously reased
new navy, especially in viA of the
greater activity demanded of 1t by our
ownership of our new possessions.
promises to be failure. The officers of
he United States Navy have done a
vast deal to spread respect for their
country around the world. and their
presence abroad in adequate numbers
is more than ever needed. now that we
have become a world power and cannon
ignore as we once could the European
and Asiatic war clouds. 4
%
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25
rhe DAILY Bric-a-isr.c sale.

The late Manager Augustin Days
bric-a-brac, for which he is reported to
have paid a fortune, has been selling
cheap at auction in New York. There
are some choice objects of art in the
collection, and some not so choice. and
the crowd doesn't always discriminate.
The chief feature of the opening day
of the sale was the variety of portraits
Of Ada Rehan in photograph. crayon,
engraving, pastel and painting, and
they sold all the way from $3.50 to go.
The element of sentiment seems to be
lacking from the sale. All who knew
Manager Daily remember the interest
he took in his collection OF death
masks. One of Washington was sold
for 50. Shakespeare's brought 81. II
looked as though no one would bid for
the mask of Sheridan, but II finally
went for 81.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25
Dismond siege Lifted.

The relief OF Kimberley may exert
an important influence on the diamond
trade, though what 1t Is to be clnno;
be exactly foreseen. The mines now
will be restored TO their normal pro
ductiveness, which is far above the
worlds normal demand for diamonds
The market is only fed with what 4;
will take; prices are not allowed 20
fall off ruinOusly. though they have
huctuated through deeper and deeper
stages Of decline since the abundance
Of the Kimberley supply was made
manifest. Il IS not known how many
barrels of diamonds the syndicate
holds in its treasures to be slowly
marketed az opportunity serves. but
the stock is a big one. and the resump-
ton OF Kimberley mining activities.
now likely to take place without much
delay, will increase It.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25

count needed to have the society in
corporated. Failure to get a charter
was promptly followed by the rumoI
that he might have to go to San Fran
cisco. The chances are ten to one thai
Leung won't stay here unless some
way is found to make the anticipated
collections.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25

The Chinese envoy from Washington
probably hits the nail on the head
when he says that Leung Chi-tso. the
Bow Wong patriot, Is a rotormer for
revenue only. Leung proposed to COL
lect two dollars from each person join
ing the Bow wongs and on that &C
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25

The best OF news comes from WASH
ingtoa. The conference committee mas
restored most of the original sanity TO
the Cullom bill. AS final action on
the measure was expected during the
week including April 18th. HAWAII
may already have Territorial form OF
government.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25

The man who will deliver Leung
Chi-tso to the Chinese Government.
dead or alive. may be made a Judge.
Get your gun, Brother Humphreys.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-06
Town Council Proceedings.

Colfax, La, p. IN. Oct. 1, 1900.
The council was called to order by
Mayor W.. l.. Richardson, the follow
ing members being present: l.. b.
Price, j. p. Lewis, j. III. McNeely and
III. &. Goodwin.
In the absence of j. Q. Long, secre-
tary. III. G. GOODWIN was elected
pro TEN.
Reading of minutes postponed.
The mayor was authorized and re-
quested to purchase lumber and have
the bridges in the business portion OF
town repaired.
On motion the mayor was request
ed to issue the proclamation for the
election of mayor and town council
men for the town of Colfax In Novem
Der, prOximO.
There being no further business thu
council then adjourned.
w. l.. RICHARDSON, Mayor.
HI. G.. GOODWIN, Sec. pro TEN.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-06
MARRIED.

CARROLL-WILLIAMS-At the
Baptist church in Montgomery, La,
at 100 d. m. on Tuesday, Oct. 2. 1900,
Rev. c. G. Carroll, OF Calvert, Texas,
was married to Miss Nettie Williams.
daughter of Mr.. j. II. Williams, Rev.
Dr. b. Ii. Carroll, father of the groom,
officiating.
The church was beautifully decorat-
ed, and music and flowers added to
the melody and loneliness that greet
ed the large audience in attendance.
DIR. j. +. Kelly and Mrs. Kate Nc
Knight, of Colfax, were among those
present. Mr.. j. A. Williams was not
able to be present on account Of seri-
GUS illness. The bride and groom re.
ceived many valuable presents. After
the ceremony the couple left for theil
future home in Calvert. Texas, width
err the Chronicle follows them witt
congratulations and well wishes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-06
Comulimentary to Colfax.

Among the many kind and cOmplf-
mentary notices made of the Colfax
High School by the State papers, we
reproduce the following, from the
Natchitoches Enterprise. as one OF
the best. Our citizens can see from 1T
that they will gain credit and stand
ing in proportion TO the endeavor
they put forth on their High School,
and it should spur them on to vigor-
Gus and renewed action in carrying
the school to completion. The Enter
prise says:
We are in receipt of the ''PrOspec-
fms of the Colfax High School," with
the compliments of the Board Of Trus-
tees. Among the MANY things 1T says
in the way OF attracting attention TO
the town and school, we Gull the FOL
lowing:
"Colfax is thriving little town OF
about five hundred inhabitants, and
is beautifully and conveniently sltuat-
ed on the banks of Red river. directly
opposite the mouth Of Cane river, and
at the junction of Grant, NatchitOches
and Rapides. three of the most thriv-
ing and prosperous parishes IN the
| State"
Gin addition to the ten Thousand
dollar school building which has re-
Gently been decided upon, and will
soon be under construction, Colfax
will also have a bank and aforty-ton
cotton seed oil mill, with other I'M
proyements to follow"
IAN interesting feature OF the town
is the Natural Gas and Salt Water
Well. This well affords a sufficient
flow of gas to light up town OF ten
thousand inhabitants, and salt water
sufficient to supply a large sanitarl-
um. bath houses. etc.
With all the improvements and en-
terprises which are held out to COlfax
| for the future, and the natural adj
yantages it has, it will soon become
one of the most attractive little cities
in the South, and will afford labor
and homes to many families, and will
therefore be a fine educational center y
Itisevident that the citizens OF Col
fax have determined to make a city
OF their little town, and have started
| In the right way to succeed by the es-
Establishment of a first class school.
viii our people make the comparison
between the proposed ten Thousand
dollar school building at COlfax, and
our Grammar school building and
| NatchitOches blush for shame.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-06
SHERIFF SALE.
Thirteenth District Court, Parish of
Grant, State of Louisiana.


Thirteenth District Court, Parish of
Grant. State of Louisiana.
G. w. Sentell e. Co. vs. j. NJ. DufiIho.
No. 1903.
By virtue of and to satisfy writ OF fl.
IA. issued out of the honorable Thirteenth
Judicial Court, in the above entitled and
numbered suit, and to me directed. l
have seized and will offer for sale at pub
lie cutlery. at the principal front door of
the court house in the town of Colfax,
La, between the hours prescribed by
law, on
SATURDAY, NOV. 3, 1900,
the following property, seized as the prop
erty of the defendant, to-wit:
Lots /, 2 and Z, in sec. %, township q
north, range west, containing 90 acres
of land. more or less, and the north half
of block No. 81, in Colfax, La.
Also one COW and calf.
Terms of sale-Cash with the benefit
Of appraisement:
M. E. SWAFFORD.
Sheriff of Grant Parish. La.
Sept. %. 1900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-06
SHERIFF SALE.
Thirteenth District Court, Parish OF
Grant, State of Louisiana.
G. E. p. Calhoun VS.. M. M. Ada Lane.


BY virtue OF and to satisfy a writ Of fl.
ia. issued out OF the honorable Thirteenth
Judicial District Court, in the above en-
titled and numbered suit, and to me di-
rected, have seized and will offer for
sale at public outcry, at the principal
front door of the court house in the town
of Colfax, La, between the hours pre-
scribed by law, on
SATURDAY, NOV. B, 1900.
the following property, seized as the
property of the defendant, to-wit:
The east half of the northeast quarter,
southwest quarter Of the northeast quar-
ter, east half of the northwest quarter
and the northeast quarter OF the south.
east quarter. sec. ID, township 6 north,
range 3 west, containing 240 acres, more
or less.
Terms of sale-Cash with benefit of ap-
praisement. M. E. SWAFFORD,
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.
Sept. %, 1900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-06
Notice of Final Proof.

Land Office at New Orleans. La..i
October 2. 1900.
Notice is hereby given that the followine-nam-
ed settler has fled notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof will be made before Clerk of the
viz:
LULA FLANAGAN,
widow of Leroy X. Flannasan,) H. T. No. l6 $50
for the hf of ne or. NV or OF se or, ne or OF sw
or, sec. 8. tip 6n.r2w-
He names the following Witnesses 70 prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land. viz: Seldom 7. Parish. Seldom B.
tarish. Robert L. Parish, Of Ada, La, and VIM.
- - WxLTEK L. COHEN. Register. .