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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-15
Suit for SANDER,

n NJ 1SneCIal to The TTHtS-OEHpHICEtD TX
srAs siiITNfToN VA, Dec. l4,-Mr, James
p'Floyd, Of this city. has Instituted suit
in the Circuit Court Of Augusta COUNTY o. noS
AGAINST no Mr. John u, yyhitmore for $4,000
da images. for SANDER. !.
suit grows ot q is statements Mr Wb h11eas
Witch Mr.. Floyd regards as damaging
to his character @ sl
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A29 East Broad and Annex,
application. but expressed the opinion
that the ordinance is not valid.
MIf,TnIV

The decision really amounts to n vic
tory for the trading stamp people, as
they can now give bond In the case, free
ing the manager, and let the appeal as
TO constitutionality takes It course.
The State Retail Grocers Association
was behind the fight being made In Win
ston.
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known in Reldsvillc. where she has visited
frequently.
Engaged,
fcnnc1a1 m The Times DiSpatCh.) II

RIrIDSyILLE, N. c., December IA
Announcem is made OF he engage
ment OF Miss Pearl Penn. Of TINS city.
and Mr.. Thomas Staple Fuller, whose
wedding will take place some time next
February, The brlde-to-be Is known
throughout Virginia and North Carolina
as one. OF the bellies Of the South
Z Mr., Fuller is highly connected and Is
brilliant young attorney OF Raleigh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-15
RECTOR OF ST. LUkE'S,
Ashburnham, Ontario, Testlfles, to, tho
Good Qualities Of chamberlalns
! q Ia !.

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7 think 1t is only right that II should tell
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day, before Easter was 50 distressed
think to be able to take any duties the
next day, as. my voice was almost choked
by the cough. Tho same day. received a y
order from you for n bottle Of your
Cough Remedy. at once procured q sans
pie bottle. and took about three doses OF
the medicine 10 my great relief the
cough and cold had completely disappear
ed, and was able to preach three tln1es
on Eastor Day. know that this rapid and
effective cure was due to your cough
! Remedy, make this testimonial without
solicitation, being thankfulIto have found
such God-sent remedy,
Respectfully yours,
u. a. LANGFELDT, M. A.,
f Rector of st. Luke's Church,
This remedy is for sale by all druggists.
TH MoF FAv9HH E No aHYTEA ANS E zas4HT'
, Leave Richmond. Southern Railway.
Fourteenth Street Station, 1880 7. NJ.
daily, except Sunday. arriving Baltimore
$3.50 A. NJ, Philadelphia 1887 a. Mr., New
York $40 n. M. Fare to Baltimore, $3.50
round trip, $500; to Philadelphia, s5S0;&
round trip, 5000; New York. $50; round
trip, $500
After December Is, 1903, steamers via
this route will be run on a tri-Weekly
schedule, connection leaving Richmond
ut $50 r. AZ. Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays ~ "
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dent near Cumberland. Md. on tho Hal.
.timore and Ohio Railway, will reach Alton
Tuesday morning for interment,
Be on Time.

BY all means have the Virginia cxhiblt
at tho. St. Louis Exposition ready on tho
a 1y o. the op opening let i appear
such NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ledger III
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Mems
Handkerchief.

We import these Linen Handkerchief from Belfast.
We buy them cheaper and sell them cheaper than any
other store in Richmond We do import the silk ones,
but willing be judged by their quality and prices
Iemsttched
Ecmsttchcd Al-1inen Handkerchefs
IIensttched s
GOO.
noe $3.50
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Neck FixinGs.

Another one is never too many, Tor women like va
riety in these little things and the variety here is
great that you hardly buy two alike # you want TO-
Stocks Bands. Collars Boas, in white black and colors
each 70 S7,0o
Lace Collars in Venice Point. white $: to s:5
The colored American., 1903-01-17
THE NEGRO CONFERENCE.

The Southwestern Passenger Associa-
1on' comprising ~alI the railway lines
south OF the Ohio and Potomac and east
of the Mississippi rivers. has granted a
rate of one and one-third fare for the
Fuskegee Negro Conference to be held at
Tuskegee, Ala, February 1913. This Tus-
kegee Negro Conference has grown year
by year increasingly in interest and in
iluence- Those who would study the prob
lem OF the crop lien system and the con-
dltions under which most OF the Negro
farmers Of the South live. can find val
liable opportunity for such study a Tus-
1egee- y cordial invitation is extended
to the general public 10 attend the con
ference session next month Persons de-
string further information can address
Principal Booker T. Washington. Tuske-
see, Inst, Tuskegee. Ala
The colored American., 1903-01-17

!
faded away. There is a visible and
tangible line based upon color and
previous conditions, which separates
the two races in this country. This
is seen and felt along every avenue
of effort.
There are certain features of news
concerning cOlored people, which any
white journal viii publish in their
choice columns, under faring head
lines. Has a colored man been charged
with the commission of some heinouS
offense? Has he done something which
places him or those with whom he is
identified at a disadvantage? All such
matters are sought and welcomed to
the showy columns of white journals.
But, on the contrary, if & colored per
son has performed an act which en-
titles him TO credit or rebounds to
the glory Of his race, this would find
conspicuous place in but precious few
white journals; some would cOnsign it
to their obscure columns, while the
large majority would reject it alto
gether.
The remarkable progress made by
the cOlOred race since emancipation is
largely due 10 its journals. They have
sought and published the creditable
things said and done by the race or
its representatives. In this way the
noble dead which otherwise would have
'blushed unseen and wasted their
sweetness on the desert air." have
found prominent place in the columns
# the newspapers, owned, edited and
published by cOlOred men, thereby en-
lbling us TO see ourselves in the most
/ favorable light, and relatively offset
ting the i'll effects of the white journals
that lose no opportunity, real or i'm
| aginary, to present us to the reading
public in 8 most ignOble light.
Decent, loyal Negro journals are a
| necessity They are beacon-lig ghts in
| he tower of progress, warning of ap-
DrOaching danger, encouraging to
| laudable effort, blessing and upliftir
| he race.
why should Negro Journals be sup
| 0orted?' is sufficiently answered in the
| foregoing. But, '*Why are they not sup
| ported?" is past finding out.
Many a cOlOred editor to-day is
| feeding on the husks of life, simply
| hat he may serve to his race from
| week TO week a decent. enli ightening,
| slevating newspaper. He prefers thus
| o be OF real service TO his race, rather
| han 10 resort to the sensational pub
| icatiOn of matters of doubtful pro-
| lriety, for his personal gain, but tC
| he ineffable loss of the race. II there
| fore behOoYes every. colored man and
woman TO support decent coIored
journalism by cash subscriptions. This
lone q colOred daily would soon be
| BORN TO live; and then the daily out
| ages against the race would cease
As humiliating as it may be. it. is
| nevertheless absolutely true, that the
| Negro press is not supported by the
| people in whose interest it is pub
| Lished. The sO-called intelligent read
| lng element among US viii not sup
port their race journals by subscrib-
| ing or paying for them. The illiterate
class among us take no practical in
lerest in newspapers, not being able
o read them
The middle classes of our people.
therefore furnish the bone and sinew
Il support 10 our journals Hence.
| hose who should be the followers of
The sC-called intelligent element are
| really its unfollOwed leaders.
The colored American., 1903-01-17
AMERICAN IS ALL RIGHT.

The Colored American IS the leading
race paper in the United States. Ii IS
always full of news.-Somtlaestey,,
Herald. Tict0ry. TeEGs.
The colored American., 1903-01-17

Whatever hope there was that the
color line could be wiped out, so that
there would be no need OF colored
churches, colored fraternaI organiza-
tions. and colered journals, has wholly
The colored American., 1903-01-17
NEGRO JOURNALS.

Why Should They Be Supported.
The colored American., 1903-01-17
A Pastors Milestone.

Continued from first page.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

There was a wild rumor in the hills
that the negroes in Alexandria were
preparing to rise and our worthy
townsman, Mr.. w. A. Christal had
been called on for help and left for
the scene with sixty men, brave and
true to defend the whites in Alexan.
dria and to prevent a dreadful massa-
ere: The report was unwarranted
and without any shadow of founda-
tion.-Demands, Oct. 28tb.
Why such wild and senseless ru-
NOR, and why should any reasoning
man take stock in it? In these days
OF railroads, telegraphs and tele-
phones there is no need for any such
foolish exhibition as the above para
graph betokens. A little inquiry and
the investment of two bits in q tele-
gram would have put stop to the
rumor, and saved ''sixty men, brave
and true," from making themselves
ridiculous. The days for negro insur-
rections passed more than thirty
years ago, and Alexandria people
lear one about as much rs the inhabi-
tants OF Boston do at this time.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

The opinions OF the editor OF tn,
Colfax Chronicle are his own, and nc
man or set of men can buy them Oh
control them by coercive means. II
is not our habit to ask for advice in
forming our opinions nor for permis.
sion to express them. Messrs. j. A.
Williams and r. E. Mcknight had no
knowledge OF anything that appear
ed in these columns last week until
after the paper was printed. Any in
timation or statement to the contra
ry is unfounded and malicious.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

The oil mill has got in it's dynamo
and is now lit up with electricity. II
did not do any grinding this week
the Failure OF a necessary piece of pipe
to get here having delayed matters
Mr.. j. F. Moore, the electrician, has
everything ready to light up the mill,
the engines, boilers, shafting, betting
crushers, gins, hullers, conveyors,
presses, and everything is in place
ready for business. If the delayed
pipe. which ought to have been here
last Tuesday, is not still further de-
layed by the strike Of the express
men, the mill will certainly be running
by Monday next.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
Mrs. Calhoun Gains Her Suit.

Mrs. Calhoun Gains Her Suit.
The clerk OF the court Is in receipt
OF the decision rendered by Hon, II. H
White, appointed to try the case ol
Mrs. c. e. p Calhoun VS.. H. B. Faral-
do, Town of Colfax Intervenor, where
in Judge Blackman was recused. II
the Appellate Court does not disturb
this decision, it gives Mrs. Calhoun
possession of nearly half of the river
front of the town of Colfax, a condi-
tion of things We dare say does not
exist in any other town in the State.
The decree rendered is as follows:
1t is ordered adjudged and decreed
that the Intervention of the Town of
Colfax be dismissed at it's costs; that
Mrs. c. E. p. Calhoun be declared to
be the owner OF the land sued for by
her, he given possession of same and
Quilted in possession of same; that
II. b. Faraldo be regarded in the
premises as licensee and be allowed
and ordered to remove the improve
ments that he has placed on the prop
erty within three months at his costs:
that in default OF his doing so at the
end OF three months Mrs. Calhoun be |
authorized to remove them at his |
costs; that the town of C0Ifax pay
the costs OF this intervention, and |
b. b. Faraldo the other costs in this |
suit. Appeal granted to the circuit
court, devolutive and suspensive.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

The above reward will be paid for
TWO mules. described as follows: One
q light gray mare mule, six wears
oid. 10 hands high, weighs about 1000
pounds. with a long tail, and had a
piece OF rope around her neck. The
other q dark iron gray mare mule.
SIX years old. about 16 hands high.
weighs nbout 100 pounds, has long
tail, and also had a piece of rope
around her neck. They got away
rom me while moving from Saddle
Bayou to this place.
Address, R.T. SMITH.
Railroad Contractor, Ivy. La.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

thereby appoint the following commissioner
and clerks Of election TO conduct ths.primar.
election, TO be held throughout the parish 70
sne VARIOUS parish officers and Judicial officer
on November 3d. 1908. The election to be hel(
70 accordance with the rules adopted BY the par
isn executive committee at nesting held or
WARD ONE.
Colfsx-H H. G. Goodwyn. a. H Mex n;obf .rs
S. M. LeCroix' comn;ss;oners. n 90 ~ ~
clerk. =, ~ A'o'ase
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Our little daughter had an almost IA.
tai attack OF whooping cough and bron-
chitis,y writes Mrs. w. X. Haviland, Of
ArUonk. n. Y. shut, when all other rem
edies failed, we saved her life with Dr..
Kings New Discovery. Our niece, who
had consumption in an advanced stage,
also used this wonderful medicine and
to-day she is perfectly WE'LL" Desperate
throat and lung dlseases yield to DR..
Kings New Discovery a. to no other
medicine on earth. lnfallible for coughs
md colds 50c and u bottles guaran-
tt>a hs Crescent Drug Store, Colfax; and
Bash & Rando;ph, FairmouEt. Trial
&cttiss free.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Assessor Harvey has had four years
practice, and yet he is not able to do
the work of his Office correctly. What
guarantee have we that he will ever
learn how to do it? Try Bob Nc
Knight a whirl, and you will soon
see the difference.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
Weighed and Found Wanting

WeiSned ana round wanting.
In order that the voters of Grant
parish may understand how negIi-
gent Assessor JAS. A. Harvey has
been in assessing the parish, we
will state that he has overlooked
so many persons that the sheriff
and tax collector has to do nearly
one-tenth of the work for him. The
evil of having to add names to the
omitted list has grown constantly
every year as follows:
In 1901 the omitted list was. lO4
In 1902 g" Is 264
At this rate in three or four years
the sheriff will be doing all the as
sessing, and there will be no need
at all for an assessor. Just think
of it, the assessor failed to get
every tenth man on the tax rolls
last year, and yet he is. asking to
be retained in Office for another
four years!
The facts that we state cannot
be contradicted by Mr.. Harvey or
anybody else. The books are here |
to show for themselves, and VIC in
Vite the public to investigate them.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

In the election next Tuesday voters
in Grant parish will cast their ballots
unanimously for M. E. Swafford and
J.J. O'Quinn, because they have been
faithful and efficient officers. In like
manner. we hold that voters should
also cast their ballots for j. A. Will
liams and Robt. E. Mcknight, be
cause they are the best qualified and
will make the most creditable, efficient
and satisfactory officers for the posi-
tiOns to which they aspire.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

c. Scott, the negro school teach
er at Firenzi, has been given the
Boyce colored school for several
months. Scott is popular with the
school authorities, and has many
friends among the whites. He is well
qualified for his duties, and retains
the confidence and respect of all by
his courteous demeanor and evideut
good sense and unusual wide range
OF information, in which he takes a
special pride.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Mr.. John A. Williams has every as.
surance Of receiving the majority for
the nomination next Tuesday. Let
his friends come out and vote and
all will be well. Hisfriends are voters
nearly to man. while the fellows
who are against him are very largely
wind TANNERS.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Onaccount OF Ringling Bros. shows
cancelling their exhibition in Shreve-
port for Monday, Nov. I'd, the La.
Ry. 4 Nav. Co. have Withdrawn their
special rates advertised for that day,
and will not run an excursion train.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
Blanchard Meetings IN Grant.

We are in receipt o. a notice from
the blanchard campaign committee
that meetings have been arranged in
Grant parish for Mr.. Blanchard to
speak in the town OF Colfax on Fri
day, Nov. 18th, and in Pollock on
Saturday, Nov. 14th. A more ex-
tended notice and statement of par
ticulars will be published later on.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

The frosts OF the past week have
killed the leaves on the cotton every
where. and the entire crop OF this Sec
tion is now "in sight" No need to
make any further estimates" The
only question is as to harvesting the
stun and getting it to market.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

The Chronicle this week contains
another surprise for Messrs. j. A.
Williams and r. E. Mcknight, by
printing their pictures, which we OBJ.
tanned from their wives while they
were away from home.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
For Rent.

A small plantation seven miles be-
low Colfax, fronting on Red river.
known as the Deal place. Cabins
sufncient to operate the place. About
LOO acres In tract and about 135 acres
For particulars apply to
A. A. DEAN,
oct3l-xm FairmOunt, La.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

MIR. J. W. Duncan, Of the Colfax
Bargain Store, on Thursday bought
five bales of cotton ut OK cents, pay
ing in spot cash $257 IS for the five
bales, an average Of $51 81 per bale.
He always pays the highest market
price for cotton.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
Warning Notice.

All parties are warned not to cut,
move or destroy any timber, or to
otherwise trespass, on the southwest
quarter OF section 13. township z
north, range 4 west, Grant parish.
Sept. 25, 1903.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

"Lee Sodus" is pseudonym for
sharp practice in Grant parish, but
we imagine our people do not consid-
or that this entities him to any great
amount of honor or preferment.
Aside from this he is not the superior
OF any representative man in the
parish.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
Notice Of Final Proof:

Land Office at New Orleans, La. !
October q. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
IlOwing-named settler has fled notice
OF his Intention TO make final proof
IN support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before James ]
O,Quinn. at Colsax, La, on Dec. 8,
1903, viz:
WALTER B. SANDIFER.
n. e. % 900 and p. 401 for the s Y of
SW Y, SWz of Sc Y and NV 4 of Sc
X, Sec. "a, Tp7N, R3W.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up-
on and cultivation Of said land. Viz:
A. X. Sandifer. l.. NJ. Futrell, w. N.
Creed, A. A. Creed. all Of Black Greek.
La. WALTER l.. COHEN,
octSl Register.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

We see that Boss Lee has had a lot
OF ersprinted instructing thepeo-
pie how to vote. It is likely they
will take the bit in their teeth this
time, and won't drive to suit him.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

"Lee Sodus" is long-legged and lean,
and might ron well il he did not stop
90 often to ''trade" and make prom
ises, and was not weighted down try
ing to carry the assessor.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
STATE OF oH1o, Crrr OF 'rorrpo.

s~oAE VT OnAO, Stf1 OF (OLEOO.
LUCAS CoUNTY.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the f1rm of F. j
Cheney 4 Co., doing business in the CITY
OF Toledo. County and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum Of
One Hundred Dollars for each and every
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence. this 9th day OF December.
A. ID. 1885, A. w. GLEASON.
tsEAIJ Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cons surfaces OF the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & co.
s Toledo, O.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

We were pleased on yesterday to
receive call from Mr.. F. F. Rogers,
OF Lincecnm, the affable manager OF
the Central Lumber Co., who was here
attending to matters of business.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

The passenger train last Monday
morning was nearly nine hours late.
The delay VAS caused by the baggage
coach jumping the track at Echo,
near theline of Rapides and Avoyelles
parishes. Instead of arriving at Col
lax at I:S6 a. m. the train got here
at sos p. m.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

On last Sunday Mr.. Phil Hebert
brought up a negro by the name OF
Syme Allen, charged with killing his
vile. The woman is said to have
told several witnesses that her hus-
band had thrown her down and mash
ed her in the side, and she died from
her injuries in few hours.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Hon. L. E. Thomas, State bank ex-
aminer, was in town on Thursday, to
examine the affairs of the Bank of
Colfax, which he evidently found in a
very satisfactory condition. Hefound
everything correct, and the bank do
ing a prosperous and safe business.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

WANTED-SEvER INDUSTRIOUS PER
sonsin each state to travel for house estab-
lisned eleven years and with large capital, to
call upon merchants and agents for succeesful
and profitable line Permanent engaremenf
weekly cash solary Of 91S and all travelling ex-
penses and hotel bills advanced in cash each
week. Experience not essential. Mention refer
ence and enclose seif-addressed enveIore THE
NATIONAL. 3s4 Dearborn st.. Chicago.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Misses Clarice and Noemie Rachal,
and Miss Eloise RACIAL, after visiting
in Colfax several days, returned to
Cloutierville last Sunday.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Miss Alice Dale has a charming per-
sonality, which is Offset by a splendid
soft and mellow voice OF great flexi-
bility and musical power. This lady
will give one OF her famous recitals
for the Colfax Lyceum on Saturday
night, November 7th.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Mr.. r. R. Jeter made ai,business
trip to Pollock this week in the in
terest Of the New York Life Insurance
Co., of which he is the Colfax agent.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

You Know What You are Taking
when you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that Il
is simply Iron and Quinine in tasteless
form. No Cure, No Pay. SOC.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Your cotton is worth ten cents, and
ifyou can hold it until after Christ
mas you can safely count on getting
that much or more.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
A GARD.


vitds, La, Ocb. ~, l903.
Animpression seems to prevail that
am q candidate for police juror for
ward 6. This is not SO; have not
authorized the use Of my name in this
connection. On the contrary, / am
giving my support to my friend, Sam
johnson, for that position, and ear
nestiy urge all Of my friends to vote
for him for police juror.
respectfully, DAN FLETCHER.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Vote for j. A. Williams for Repre-
sentative. He is an honorable and
strong man, who viii represent Grant
with credit and ability.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

The steamer Geo. L. Bass, Capt. T
NJ. Wells in charge, passed down last
Tuesday evening.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Rev. Bruce Benton viii preach in
Colfnx next Sunday tomorrow at
IL q. m. and also in the evening.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

The next attraction of the Cola K
Lyceum viii be Alice Dale, dramatist,
billed for Nov. 7th.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Voteior Bob Mcknight if you want
things to go all right.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

See the notice of A. A. Dean OF O
small plantation for rent.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Only about half of the takers will
be voters next Tuesday.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
LOCAL DOTS:
BY law, gambling is a vice.

Law makers shonld not begamblers
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

~ oViu py UfuRRISts, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.