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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31
Marriage of First Cousins.

The following communication adj
dressed to and published in the N. 0.
Times-Democratis ofsuch Importance
that we reproduce it. The law lately
enacted preventing marriage between
first cousins is evaded by the parties
going into OTHER States where3such
alliances are permitted, and then they
come backl.to this State to reside.
The writer Of INSTRUMENTATION gives
warning of the.serious consequences
resulting therefrom, viz:
New Orleans, Jan. II, 1908.
Editor of the Times Democrat:
Since the passage of the law by our
State Legislature prohibiting the
marriage of first cousins. a number of
couples have attempted to evade this
Louisiana statute by going to some
neighboring State, where such n pro-
hibition does not exist, marrying
there, and then returning immediate
ly to their domicil in this State to
live. Onr laws can not be defeated
by such a subterfuge, and snch mar
riages are null and void. Since this
practice is becoming somewhat prev
alent, it would he well for the press
to warn the public, that where parties
go out OF their State to be married in
order to evade the prohibitory laws
of the State wherein they are domiciI.
ed, and Immediately after the marri-
age return and continue to reside in
such State, the law of their domicil
applies to the marriage. Snch IL
course is usually pursued through ig-
norance of the law, the parties doubt
less relying upon the general princi-
pie, that a marriage legal at thep place
solemnized is valid everywhere. This
general rule, however, has exceptions,
and the foregoing exceptions in an
important one.
Yours very truly,
VIM. ANDREW COLLINS.
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500 Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages, and that il
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra.
ternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat.
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in.
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the 8, stem, there
by destroying the foundation of the dis.
ease. and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietors have SO much faith in it's curative
powers, that they offer one hundred dol
lars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list OF testimonials.
Address. FL. CHENEY 4 Co.. Toledo, O
GE Sold by druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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sola w thslbkbk0Ok & Gu. Second Street, ooIla1 La

creased crops 50; and Sc worth of
phosphate and cotton seed caused an
increased in crop values of $2S. Beans
returned $51 to $50 per acre; sweet
potatoes planted ON the same land
made from 40 to 164 bushels per
acre, worth from $40 to $50, making
a total yield OF from 1921 to $162
per acre on ''pOOr pine lands" and
what was true of these crops was
found equally true of cotton, corn,
COW peas, sugar cane, asparagus,
Strawberries, beans, tomatoes, egg
plants, peanuts and water melons.
No lands in the South, he says, re-
spOnd better to fertilizers or yield
more bountifully in crops than those
in the pine woods, and this makes
them specially adapted to raising
stock along with the staple crops.
What Prof. Ferris says of Mcneil
and the surrounding country is equal
ly true of the entire pine wood district
of the South. 1t can be made with
little effort one of the most prosper
! Gus agricultural districts of the Union.
Just as the dry lands of California
needed irrigation to make them bios
som like garden, so do the pine lands
need certain fertilizers. Ignorance OF
this fact has caused them to be over
looked and passed by; but now that
we know better, now that the expert
ment stations analyze the soil and
point out what chemical constituents
are lacking and have to be supplied,
| the problem is easily solved.
The pine woods country has already
begun to profit by this better knowl-
edge of what it needs; its agricultural
output has recently shown great in
crease and it's early fruit and vege-
tables furnish large part of the sup
ply shipped to Chicago, New York and
other Northern cities. AS we have
noted, no portious of Louisiana and
Mississippi have reported greater in
/ creases of wealth in their assessment.
But the pine lands fortunately still
remain comparatively low in price;
that is, much lower than farm lands
can be bought for in the North or
West; and they offer splendid op-
portunity to the farmers who wish to
settle in this section and who are
crowded out elsewhere by the extrav-
agant price demanded for land. The
South has not in the past fully recog-
nized the wealth it possessed in these
lands; it is only just beginning to re-
alize their value and to see that there
is scarcely an acre in this section that
can not be devoted with profit to ag-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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Meeting of school trustees.
COlfax, La, Jan. %. 1903

COlfax, La, Jan. %, 1903.
A meeting OF the trustees of the Col
fax High School was held this day,
K. s. Cameron, president, presiding,
and the following members present:
j. H. McNeely, H. b. Faraldo, j. @.
Long and j. Z. Lewis.
On motion Mr.. j. A. Williams, par
ish superintendent of public schools,
was authorized to contract with NJ.
l.. Warmoth, agent for w. l.. Bell &
Co., Kansas City, Mo-, for the follow
ing school furniture, to-wit:
173 opera chairs, No. 81.
80 single desks. No. 2.
Al single desks, No. 3.
8 single desk fronts, No. 2.
8 sindle desk rears, No. 2.
4 single desk fronts. No. 3.
Also sufficient quantity of slate
blackboard to meet the requirements
of the school, to be determined by
measuring the spaces to be filed.
There being no further business the
board adjourned subject to call.
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Timber Land Notice.
U. s. Land Once. New Orleans. La,
Ifalr

U. s. Land Office. New Orleans La, l
January IL. 1903.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions OF the act OF Congress of June 8.
1873. entitled IAN act for the sale of timber lands
In the States OF California. Oregon, NEVADA. and
Washington Territory" extended to all the
Public Land States by act OF August 1. 1897.
WILLIAM Z. LONG.
Of WINFIELD parish OF VIM. State of La. has
this day fled In this Office his sworn statement
No. -. for the purchase OF the east half Of south
east quarter, sec. II, tip north. range west.
La. Mer, and will offer proof to show that the
land sought is more valuable for its timber or
stone than for agricultural purposes. and to es-
tablish his claim to said land beforeJ r. Wallace.
U. y. COMMISSIONS, mt Zion, La, on Tuesday. the
3lst day OF Xrrch, 1909. He wtnessesi
n. ID. Morris. OF Zon La. J T. King OF Winfield.
La. W. J. Long OF Zion. La, J. ID. Lambert, of
Winfield, La.
ANY and ell persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims In this Office on or before said 3lst day OF
March. 1908.
jana WALTER l.. COHEN, Register.
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The Secret Of Long Life

Consists in keeping all the main organs
of the body in healthy, regular action,
and in quickly destroying deadly disease
germs. Electric Bitters regulate stom-
ach. liver and kidneys, purify the blood,
and give a splendid appetite. They work
wonders in caring kidney troubles, fe-
male complaints, nervous diseases, con-
stipation, dyspepsia, and malaria. Vigo-
rous health and strength always follow
their use. Only So. guaranteed by Ores
cent Drug Store, Colfax; Bush q Ran
dolph, Paramount.
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Don't forget that Vim. LaCroix's
big plant for the manufacture of press
ed brick, and a mammoth saw and
planning millare among the immediate
improvements that Colfax will have
Also the Oil mill and the railroad from
Colfax to Winfield are being built
The latter is contracted to be com
pleted by May LIST, and the mill is to
be finished early next fall.
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Timber Land Notice.
U. 3. Land Once, New Orleans.
Deco1uber II 1912

u y. Land once. New Orleans. La, I
December H. 1902.
Notice is hereby given that In compliance with
the provisions Of the act OF Congress OF June 3,
1873 entitled An act for the sale Of timber lands
N the States Of California. Oregon. Nevada. and
Washington Territory" as extended to all the
Public Land States by act Of August 4. 1892,
CHARLES @. JONES.
Of Black Creek. parish OF Grant, State OF La,
has this day filed In this Office his sworn statement
No. -. for the purchase Of the northwest quar-
ter 81 southwest quarter section ~ township
north. range west La. Mer., and WIN offer proof
o-show thrt the land sought Ia more valuable
y rs timber ar stone than for agricultural pur-
'ises. and 20 Establish HE claim to seid land be-
81 =. srrFell. U {. Commissioner. at Ada,
.t1rseg. The 2sth 5'is ~ February, 1905.
- n,.ll-s - Witnesses. John G Brupscn. Elias
- Res nplsis. Andrew ]. Hinton, Chas j. Hutch
risen. All 81 Black Creek. La.
Any end al persons claiming adversely the
epve Described lands are requested To file their
iiallas ia this oice ar before said .sth day Of
shFrsry. 1908 WALTER l.. COHEN.
aecS' Register
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BY a late special to the city papers
we see that our friend, j. B. Roberts,
Esq, has been elected to the position
of superintendent of public schools
for st. Mary parish, at meeting Of
the school board held in Franklin on
the Oath instant. He is well qualified
for the position, and will doubtless
render efficient and satisfactory
service.
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One Hundred dollars a Box

ia the value Il. A. tisdale, Snmmerton.
S. c., places on DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. He says: II had the piles for 20
years. tried many doctors and medi-
cines, but all failed except DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t cured me-" 1t is
combination of the healing properties
of Witch Hazel with antiseptics and en-
clients; relieves and permanently cures
blind, bleeding, itching and protruding
piles, sores, cuts, bruises, eczema. salt
rheum and all skin diseases. j. A. Hyde.
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A Scientific Discovery.

Kodol does for the stomach that which
it is unable to do for itself, even when
but slightly disordeued or overloaded.
Kodol supplies the natural juices OF d.
gestion and does the work of the stomach
relaxing the nervous tension, while the
infiamed muscles Of that organ are al
lowed to rest and heal. Kodol digests
what you eat and enables the stomach
and digestive organs to transform all
food into rich red blood. j. A. Hyde.
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Heads should Never Ache.

the remedy that stopped it for Mrs. N. A..
Webster. of Winnie, Va..-she writes "Dr.
Kings New Life Pills wholly cured me
of sick headaches / had suffered from
for two years." Cure headache. consti-
patton, biliousness. % cents at Crescent
Drug Store, Colfax; Bush & Randolph.
Paramount.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31
New Century Comfort.

Millions are daily finding world Of
comfort in Bucklen's Arnica Salve. 1t
kills pain from burns, scalds, cuts, bruis-
es; conquers ulcers and fever sores; cures
salt rheum, boils and felons;
corns and warts. Best pile cure
on earth. Only 25c at Crescent Drug
Stoe, Colfax; and Bush & Randolph,
Paramount.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31

My friend. are you suffering from any
painful and annoying skin disease, such
as ringworm, tetter, eczsma or anything
similar? II so, just try one box of Hunts
Cure. Never fails. Guaranteed. Price
80 cents
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31

Safe, swift and sure Is the proper de-
scrlption of Cheatham's Laxative Tab
lets. Cure colds in day. Can be car
ried in vest pocket. Easy to take. Guar
anteed. Price % cents.
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The crowned heads of every nation,
The rich men, poor men and misers
All join in paving tribute to

DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
II. Williams, San Antonio, Tex. writes:
Little Early Riser Pills are the best
ever used in my family. ! unhesitate-
ingly recommend them to everybody.
They cure constipation, biIliousness,
sick headache, torpid liver, jaundice,
malaria and all other liver trouble. j. A.
HYDE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31
Cesar conquered Britain

Malaria was conquered by Simmons
Lives Purifier Tin hox.) Protected from
moisture, dust and insects. Clears the
complexion, cures constipation, aids and
corrects action of the liver.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-09-26

Dairymen who sell their butter fat
to creamcries are in the best possible
position to make flock of poultry
profitablbe. There is nothing that is
good TO increase the flow of milk
which is not also good to increase the
production of eggs. This is true of
clover hay, for the shattered leaves
and heads make an excellent poultry
feed in winter, taking the place of
grass and other green feeds. Wheat,
middlings, oats and corn are all
grains that are good for poultry,
while mess of finely-chopped silagc
is as greatly relished by flock IT
hens as it is by herd of cows. Then,
too, the cows themselves furnish one
OF the best feeds for laying hens.
This is milk, which is a valuable egy
food in any form. The Missouri ex-
pertinent station says in discussing
profitable ways of disposing of skim
milk: Another way of disposing OF
the surplus skim milk with profit is
to feed it to the poultry. As a feed
Tor poultry it furnishes the material
Tor making growth in a palatablc,
easily-digested form. For this reason
{ is easily valuable as an addition {,
The grain ration, which is liable to
ack in the materials to, make
growth. Midland Farmer.
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THE FEEDING OF SWINE.
Bacon Pork Can he Produced More
Cheapiy Than the Monster Lard
Hog, and In Better.

Prof. Thomas Shaw says: "In nv
Judgment no more important ques-
ton confronts the growers of swine
to-day. The operation of breeders is
only little pigmy compared with the
gigantic question of lard and bacon
swine. 1t means more to the country
than many shall ever know. Millions
in our Judgment are bound up in it,
since it bears directly on the stamina
OF swine, upon their prolificacy, upon
correct methods of feeding swine and
also the soil, and upon providing for
man the kind of pork WHICH is most
to his liking. But do not like for the
bacon idea to prevail in this country,
as it does in Canada or Denmark, for
many years to come, if indeed, ever,
in the corn belt. do not,
therefore, plead for the bacon idea
to capture the British bacon market,
rs those countries have, but rather be-
cause of what there is in the idea for
as. My contention is that we can
grow bacon pork more cheaply, pound
for pound, than we can grow lard
pork. And when we do grow we have
l superior quality of meat. We can
grow bacon more cheapIy because
swine thus grown are more prolific,
hey are less liable to diseases, and
AN better resist disease when It
comes. Such pork is more relished by
he consumer and will eventually
Command a higher price. Farm and |
ranch.
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not appreciate it enough to work q
few days ION the road at farm
wages; that he had tried to please
the iaborer until he was tired of IT.
and that could drive it at ''six bits
or could let it alone. j replied that
II he had not given a Job some other
one of the class that stood between
capital and labor would, as they were
too aristocratic to work themselves.
SO they got one party to put up the
capital and other parties to put I'D
the labor, thereby managing to live
without the Sweat of their brow"
that they could not live without the
iaborer, SO that he could either paw
me the wages I asked or get some
one else to drive, or turn his team
out. 1t is needless to say that he
gave me the fair wages asked. As
an employer, have always treated
my laborers with respect. tell them
the hour l expect to go to work, and
II they arc not there they wait until
quarter time. No bells ring about my
place. Another rule that is infallible
with me is that their money is paid
each night, so that they will not feel
hat l am cheating them.-Enos C
littman, i'm Epitomist.
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UP-To-DATE PROVERBS.

Better swallow your good, jests thar
lose your good friend.
Sweet are the uses of adversely. bit
ter are the uses of prosperity.
The rising generation owes much "a
the inventor of the alarm clock.
When the last trump sounds. some
woman will ask Gabriel to wait q min
ute.
A good field Of corn is one thing =
farmer doesn't care to have crowed
over.
The oil of insincerity is more to be
dreaded than the vinegar Of vitupera.
ton.
II vanity we're deadly disease.
every undertaken would buy fast
horses.
The dead march is not necessarily
the one that the musicians have muir.
dered.
The man who cannot be beaten /.
he who holds his head up when he
has been beaten.
A walk may improve your appetite
but tramp aill eat you out of house
and home.-Everybody's Magazine.
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TOLD OF WOMEN.

The czarina Of Russia has Just com
pleted her thirty-flrst year.
At her own request Miss Bessie John.
son. daughter of Mayor johnson OF
Cleveland, O., has been commissioned as
an official mother in the Juvenile court.
Taking care Of drawing-rooms in pri.
vate residences is the way one New
York woman earns living. She goes
from house to house every morning
busting valuable bric-a-brac and put.
ting things in order as few domestfcs are
capable of doing.
Mrs. Ogden GoeIet, though a very
wealthy woman. is much averse to ex-
travagance and positively shudders al
that savors of ostentation.
Not long ago she gently reproved a rich
young girl friend on account of an ex-
penditure that was both silly and huge.
The girl answered ally: Eyes, Isuppose
1t is extravagant, but then can well
afford It." Quoth Mrs. Goelet: "Rea-
soning by analogy, would be justified in
,upposing that you would excuse your
cook for oyersalting your omelet be.
cause salt is cheap"
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The aim and management Of horses
feet should be to harden and tough.
en-. instead of softening and weak.
ening, by tender treatment. Give the
horse, from the time of his being a
colt upwards, good hard surface to
stand on. and be very sparing in the
use of litter. just as little litter as
will serve to absorb the excess OF
moisture should be the rule for the
night, and even this should be cleared
away during the day. Attention tc
this matter, it is believed, will render
good service in helping to harden and
tougher the feet of the horses.
No doubt a good deal of damage ID
done to horses feet by standing the
animals on dry plank floors, and also
some damage is done through keep
ing animals where they are forced tc
stand upon rotting manure. The cool
earth is the ideal footing for a horse.
and the nearer We can approach the
same conditions in our stabling, the
less trouble with poor feet we are
likely to have.-Midland Farmer.
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AGRICULTURAL LAB0RERs.
There IL = Cause For the General
UnreliabiIity Of Farm Labor
In the South.

II Is conceded by majority Of
farmers, especially Of the south. that
the class of labor obtainable on the
farm il unreliable or worthless.
There is NO effect without a cause,
and If the laborers on the farms are
unreliable the farmers are in part
responsible for it, for they have made
the laborers what they are. 1 speak
from actual experience, as the past
ten years of my life has been passed
either as an employer or an employee.
As an employe / have had the bell
rung at four o'clock for me to arise,
and never kicked at getting up at
-four" but il always made me feel
] was serf or slave to have a bell
rung over me that would wake the
people three miles away. much more
me who slept within ten feet of where
he stood ringing that bell. have had
my wages held for month, when il
was due by promise at the end of
every week. because they had some
special job that they wanted done and
feared that when got my wages I
would leave them because they were
treating me the same as il 1 was a
slave and belonged TO them-only they
did not try to whip me or sell me
s'down the river" when 1 raised mu-
tiny. But one fellow for whom
worked long time, and man that |
did not have any more money than !
did, because had saved my money.
bnt he had managed TO get commits
sion merchant TO 'sct him up" in cot
ton raising. and he was doing busi-
ness Of several thousand dollars, just
about clearing expenses, said to me
one day would not drive his wagon
cheaper than other people were get
ting their work done for, that the la 1
boring people were entirely too
choice; that now he had furnished
nc work on the farm at customary
prices when needed the job. did
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Applicant for = Position Takes Mean
Advantage of One Seeking
TO Instruct.

Medart was master mechanic on q
Kentucky railroad, and his one hobby
was politeness. On every occasion he
would dwell upon the benefits to be de-
rived from ordinary politeness. and he
cited cases where many a young man
had bettered himself by observing the
rules OF courtesy, relates the Louisville
Courier-Journal
One day the door of his Office was
thrown open with bang. and a young
man burst upon him with: as this Me-
darts Officer"
"Yes." was the reply in tone that de-
noted extreme surprise
rs this Medart?" asked the stranger.
Yes; what can do for you?"
81 want a job"
Medart drew himself up with dignity
and asked: Young man, do you think
that you approach man in the right
way when seeking employment? Sit
down, and | will show you how to come
into a mans Office
The young man sat down and Medart
walked out into the hall. closing the
door after him. A minute later he
knocked and was hidden to enter. AS
he came in the door he removed his hat
and politely asked:
rs this Mr.. Medart's ONCE"
yes" was the reply.
rs this Mr.. Medart?"
Yes" replied the young man; what
can do for your"
II am seeking employment. and. hear
'ag that you had a few vacancies. came
to see il you could find an opening for
he. was the NJ. M response.
The young man rose from his seat
without a word, and walked out in the
hall, and. knocking. duplicated the per-
Torrance Of the master mechanic.
When Medart said: What can do for
'ou!' his eyes showed that he appreci-
ated the efforts of the pupil. and when
he man seemed embarrassed. he re.
'eated: What can do for your"
You can go to Halifax" replied the |
'oung man. as he made his escape.