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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13
Enforce the Yagrant Laws.

EttIOICt lUC sN ss''~ |
The present crusades against the
idle and vicious negroes that nave
conerecated in the cities and towns
have been given a great impetus to
the enforcement of the vagrant
laws against the loa6ng, vicious
classes, both white and black, and
the tin horn gamblers and prosti-
tutes of Louisiana and Mississippi
are being given a great shaking up
ON account of the late proclama-
tons of the governors of these two
States.
i Gov. Vardaman calls particular
attention to one feature OF the case
that is very generally overlooked
namely, the responsibility of those
persons who own houses In the
towns and cities, and for the sake
, of pecuniary profit rent their hous-
| es to the lawless, and help to IN
! fiict the community by affording
e shelter to the vicious classes. he
says:
Q 81 realize that in the enforce
e ment of this law there are lot o.
: men in the different cities ano
towns who lease their little houses
to these criminals and get for then
/ such rents as make the Investment
If most profitable, who will do al
% within their power to prevent tn
IL enforcement of this law. But tn
% pucuniary interest OF that class Q
~ white citizens should not deter tn
IL officer from doing his duty. l re
IN gard such a one as almost as grea
to an enemy to the good order OF sc
" ciety as the negro criminal MN
- self. Let the law be enforced; L
these brutes in human form Z
OF driven to legitimate labor an
as forced to earn their livelihood
at the sweat of their faces. Ii th'
be be done, rape and other crime
a will be less frequent, and the per
~ of our homes will be reduced
an the minimum, and the danger
IN race conflict will be removed. T.
cry white man in Mississippi u u
ow derstapds that, in order to ma
sct the negro behave himself. he mu
e0s he held and controlled with a mr.
ust hand and made to understand tn
nit his criminality will not be tolt
90 ated. / would not be unjust
me unfair to these people, but
~ must, at the same time, see TO
oA that they respect the Jaw ana
on have themselves. Let the ofnc'
his do, their whole duty fearless
to promptly and impartially."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

On a trip to Verda last Tuesday
wa visited the aourishing school
at that place. Prof. I. G. Aubrey
IS the principal. with a. corps OF
five teachers, and about two hum
dred pupils. They are taking adj
vantage of the law which requires
the school board to appropriate as
much money as each school will
raise to buy library, and have q
fine lot of books already IN hand.
We commend their public spirit
and recommend that other schools
follow their good example.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

The public schools should all
take advantage of the law which
requires the school board to allow
each school as much money ms 1t
raises to buy library. Prof. War
ner, in his report to the school
board, which will be found on the
last page of the Chronicle, especi-
allv calls attention to this law.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13
~ Awful COUGH cured.

1.-Two years ago our little girl had q
touch of pneumonia. which left her with
AN awful cough. She had spells OF
coughing. Just like one with the whoop,,
inc couch and some thought she would
not get we'll at all We got bottle Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which
acted like . charm. She stopped coven'
ing and got stout and tat. wrtes Nts'
ORA Busssrd. Brubaker. III. Inns RENE
DIV is for sale BY Vale, Drug Store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13
The Avoyelles Parish Fair Asso-

The Avoyelles Parish Fair Asso-
citation is out in a most unique
folder, giving ten reasons why ev-
erybody should visit their big
fair at Marksville, to be held Dc
tober 10th to Goth, inclusive. The
folder is a big yellow pumpkin,
and they are going to show that
they are "some pumpkins" by see
ing that every day of the fair is a
big day. Write for premium list
and particulars to G. w. Senteli,
president. or 7. 7. Fields. secreta.
nv, Marksville, La. The Chronicle
returns thanks to the secretary FOL
a season ticket.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13
st. Francis Xavief's Com
mercial College,
Alexandria, Louisiana

College for Boarders and Day
Scholars, conducted by the Broth
ers of the Sacred Heart. Primary,
Grammar, Commercial and Scien-
tific Courses. Locution and cli-
mate exceptionally goosl. Terms
reasonable. For particulars adj
dress the President.
BRO. L. EMILE,
Prest.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

Unofficial figures of the late
primary election show that ). >.
Meredith was elected Railroad
Commissioner over w. l.. Foster
bv a decided majority. The re-
turns for the member of the Board
of Equalizers give Mr.. Estorge
the small majority of 81 over Mr.
Hudson, and we learn the latter
will probably contest. The follow
ing is a table of the net majority
given each in the various parishes
of the district, viz:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

Milton O'Quinn's store is at New
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13
Sour


No appetite, loss OF strength. nervouS
ness, headache. constipation. bad breath,
general debility. sour risings. ana catalln
Of the stomach are all due to indigesuon'
Kodol cures Indigestion. This new oi.cos-
hon as they exist In healthy stomach
combined With the greatest known tome
and reconstructive properties. kodoi ior
dy.pepsia does not only relieve indigestion
and dyspepsia. but thi: famous rsm n;".
helps ali stomach troubles BY clesnnns;
SURVIVING. sweetening and STRENGTHENING
the mucous membranes lining the sfomacn'
~, s. Ban. Of Ravenswood. w. Va: ays:.
.. - .rh,ed Win sour stomach for twenty years.
- III ~, 49, ma snd ve are now using II IN mi1
for baby"
Kodol Disests WHAT You Eat
Aot.les only. Relieves Indigestion. sour ssonses
'S'' becking Of gas. etc.
Prepared BIZ z. O. DEWITT 4 CO.. c"'S~~e'
Sold by n. B. Faraido.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

Connections at Shreveport, Alexandria ana
WINFIELD for all points.
Wssolicit your freight shipments frum Shreve;;
mort. Alexandria and New Orleans, and from all
points in tho North. East. West. and Southeast.
CLARENCE ELLERBE,
Assistant to President.
H. B. HELM.
General Superintendent.
Z. c. D. MARSHALL.
Asst. Gen. Freight Agent
General Offices Shreveport. La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

When horse is SO overworked it lies
down and in other ways declares Its ma
bility to 60 further, you would CONSIDER
Il criminal to use force. Many man Oh
humane impulses, who would not VII
lingIy harm kitten, is guilty OF cruelty
when his own stomach is concerned.
Cyerdriyen, overworked, when what 1t
needs is something that will digest the
food eaten and help the stomach to re-
cnnerate. Something like kodol Tor
Dyspepsia that is sold by H. b. Faraido'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13
Grant Parish Primary Election
Returns.

The following are the official re-
turns of the second primary cleo
ton held in Grant parish October
4 1906. to decide the contest be-
tween the nominees for Railroad
Commissioner and member OF Boad
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

Bal. on hand Sept. so. 1soe....-.-.-.-.-... ~oo4
So SIGNED:
WM LACROIX.
IN WARNER Treasurer School fuho'
secretary Parish School Boara
Dated Oct 6, 1906.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

An excellent line of Underwear
in the latest and most beautiful
tints and colors, light and heavy
weights, and all grades.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13
viz.

Middling cotton is ruling In New
Orleans at 10a cents. The early
frost did it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

Many men give lavishly OF gold.
To build bridges and castles and tow
ers of old, :,
If You want everlasting fame. benefac-
tor he,
Give the poor and needy Rocky Noun
tain Tea.
Crescent Drug Co.
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
THE OUTPOST

They brand our lives with failure.
But how should they know, who dwell
Secure in the homeland harbor.
OF work in the outside hell.
Who ne'er felt the wheel spOkes trem-
BILE
As they faced the smashing seas,
Nor headed the bunch on a wintry night,
In the teeth of a northern breeze
We drown in unknown waters,
We burn in forest flame,
We freeze on northern barrens,
Some meet a self-sOught shame;
Fever. frost and hunger.
Thirst meath clOudiess sky
Bullet, spear and knife thrust;
Thus 90 your wastrels die.
What should they know of our trouble,
Our hopes or fears or care,
Who sit in the ingie corner
When the glowing embers fare?
Trlf!Y, they dream of empire,
In their listless island way,
But little they reck that empires cost
Their vagrant sons must pay.
We also dream at twilight
In the lang. gray shadows maze.
OF the blobming May in springtime.
OF primrOse-studded ways,
OF the Nlac-scented garden,
OF the drOne Of bees at noon.
But we wake from the twilight dreaming
In the sheen Of an allen moon.
How should they know the longing
That Graves. when the gray veldt' s
dry,
The green of Devon moorland,
The gray of an English sky,
The yellow thatched caves peeping
From the orchard blossoms fair,
The voices heard in the years agone,
And the love our youth met there?
-ArDiet on's BookloVers MAGAZINE.
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
Enforcing the Law.

Good laws are fundamentally es-
sential to society, but in a country
that rs burdened with too many
statutes the great issue is unques-
tionably the enforcement of the law.
1t was this issue that raised up
Folk in ST. Louis, Jerome in New
York, and Heney in Oregon.
The country has had some able
Attorney Generals. AR. Olney, who
was big enough TO become Secretary
of State, was one of the ablest.
But during his incumbency of the
Attorney Generals office Mr.. Olney
did absolutely nothing to enforce
the Sherman antitrust law. In
truth, the first important move
against corporations was made by
Attorney General Knox, who fought
the Northern Securities case to a
successful conclusion.
Mr.. Knox made only a start. At
torney General Moody is making a
record. As trust buster" he is
without a peer in the history of the
country. Aud the effective manner
in which his office is getting after
the rebaters is refreshing. Those
Jail sentences in Kansas City opened
mems eyes. Even Bryant he kept
his word-couid do no more. Moth
ing remains 10 be said.
The dispatches tell us that the
Government has won another great
victory in the Chicago and Alton re-
bate case. Judge Lands, sitting in
the Federal court, has held that the
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
.SEAHEED PARASOLS
RAGE IN LONDON
Horsehair Hats Also Extremely Popu-
lar Among Ultra Smart Set Of the
Summer Resorts.

LONDON, July 7-seaweed parasols
are the latest novelties 20 be adopted
from the East. Pale, coral pink weed is in
terspersed with sprays OF the tawny-
shaded specimens and others that are
green.
BY means Of invisible gum and en-
brOidery stitchse the weed is applied TO
background Of the pastel-Jinted gauze,
and an outer layer OF gauze is placed
over. so that it is enshriued. The shape
is pagoda-like.
This is not the only use TO which sea
weed IS being put this season. Artificial
punches Of IL provide trimmings for hats.
falling in masses of feathery fronds at
the back In the form of a t1fted wreath
decorating the crown. The colorings af-
fected are cool and becoming and range
from the palest brown TO a deep pink.
A woman at Ascot wore a novel
''horsehair" hat. This is the name
frankly given 10 fine crinoline headgear
by Americans. Paris firms designate it
as the ''Neapolitan."
These hats are made OF woven horse
hair, dyed the tints required. Whole
bales OF nOrsehaiT are sent over from
America 10 manufacturers, and horse
hair In plated strands comes from
Brussels, ready 10 be used for shapes
and trimmings.
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
The Value Of Outdoor Books

To the July number Of the North
American Review Louise Collier Will
cox contributes a very readable article
on Outdoor Books in the course of
which she reviews a number Of recent
publications which belong to that cate
CORY. She says:
There is a, twofoId benefit 10 be de-
rived from living with nature: it aug
ments and It clarifies the personality.
one is frequently dull by reason Of the
deadness from which one is Just emerg-
ing. but the universe is as alive as cleo
tricity. A human being may accept his
little circle of experience. and stare
around and around a little nest OF lin
ited interests, but this IS a deadening
process that kills the sense OF wonder
and worship. augments cur too natural
inertia, and ends in narrowing US down
70 a smaller point than tle lustv bios
soming of youth predicted This is fail
ure in life. TO let old age have power 10
shrink US
Yet nature Is ever ready to let US
shift our circle, 10 give US wider and
wider visions, offering for the charging
or consciousness, all the wonderful sky
paths OF the birds. the infinitely minute
lie beneath the upper ripple of the
brook, the dOmestiCity that fills the forks
OF trees Lle intricate C2NLllEdllOn IN anu
hills. and bee hives. the habits Of ferns
and the tremendous family connections
OF the flowers. But these are not its
sole service. on the other hand when
the mind is given over 70 lazy and vague
diTusious. when instead of thinking out
the infinite distinctions OF things IL loses
itself In yearnings into the dim inaue
nature draws lines and presents objects
70 blind us more and mere TO the con-
crete and the real. II gives solidity and
body upon which 70 found feeling and
speculation" D."
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
The Library of an Emperor.

In 1903 Napoleon formed the idea Of
having a travelling library. writes James
Westfan Thompson. in the July Allan
tic, IN order to make his hours OF in
teIIectual recreation independent OF the
exigencies of a campaign or the delays
of a courier.
The proposed library was TO form
about a thousand volumes, The books
were 10 be Of small duodecimo size.
printed in good type, and without mar
gins in order to save space. They We're
to be bound In morocco. with flexible
covers and limp backs.
The boxes for their conveyance were to
be covered with leather and lined with
green velvet, and were to average sixty
volumes apiece, in two rows like the
shelves in a library. A catalogue was
to accompany them, so arranged that
The Emperor could readily find any de-
sired volume.
The distribution of subjects was as fol-
lows FoTUv volumes on religion. forty
Of epic poetry, forty OF the drama; sixty
volumes Of other poetry sixty volumes
OF history. and one hundred novels. In
order to complete the quota, ran the
instructions, the balance shall be made
up of historical memoirs.
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
CANAL BOND BIDS
CONE TO TREASURY
Number One of so,ooo,ooo Issue Expect
ed 10 Command Big Sum for His
Torical Interest.

Who wants the first United States bond
TO be issued TO provide money Tor the
construction of the Panama canal-No. 1,
of the new issue g $30.000,000? Treasury
officials expect some fancy bidding on
this particular bond, because OF the his
torIcaI interest it win have in the future.
Bids on the bonds are coming IN rap
Idly, but at the present they are from
small prospective investors, The big
banks have not yet come forward. They
are waiting 70 figure their bids down 70
the last decimal. Every confidence is
manifested at the Treasury Department
that the issue viii command a premium,
but there are as many opinions almost
as there are officials as TO what viii be
the amount of that premium. The best
opinion is that they viii sell between
les and 1O4.
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
AUNT DINAH EXPLAINED.

See here. Aunt Dinah, / sent two
brand-uew shirts of my husbands TO
the wash last week, and you have
brought only one back. Now, what
have you done with the otheT?"
Yes, Miss Lulu. ma am; / was comm
round 10 the ques'iO of dat dar shu' l..
You knows dat / amt a pussOn dat pre-
tends TO one thing and prutends 10 an
udder. so Use agwine 10 tell de truf
bout dat shut 1t was dis-a-way; My
ole man, he up and died las week, and
de Bur al sasiety' dey didn't do nothing
but cOvOrt round and L neber had
anything 10 lay dat man out in. So
helps myself 20 dat shut for a fac
An. oh, Miss Lulu. honey, I jes' wishes
you could hab seen how dat niger sOt
dat shut offt"-Lippincot Magazine.
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
A Whimsical Rebuke.

Thomas r. L0Unsbury. author OF The
Standard Of Pronunciation in English.
and a distinguished authority on all
questions Of speech. has retired from
the DrOfessOrshtp he has held for So
many year a Yale University. and. I'm
the near future. viii 90 abroad for a
lengthy stay.
President Hadley. addressing a bus.-
ness meeting of the Yale alumni the
other day spoke warmly of Prot.
Lounsbury's scholarship and of his hui
NOR, telling a little story 10 illustrate
the latter quality.
II seems. while lecturing one warm
day. Prof. Lounsbury was greatly an
noyed by The restiveness OF q number
or the students. Fr0Wns and glances
were OF no avail, and iuattenrion spread,
until finally, pausiug in his lecture.
Prof lounsbury administered char
acteTisIicly whimsical rebuke:
Bear with me a little longer. gen
tlemen.' he said. Il stlll have a few
more pearls 70 cast"
The Washington times., 1906-07-07

payment of a traekage fee of 81 per
car for cars taken from the tracks
of Schwarzchild & Sulzberger, the
packers, constituted a rebate The
court held that the payment of this
fee was in every particular rebate
in violation of the Elllins law. In
eight counts of the indictment the
contention Of the Governments at.
torneys were sustained.
Catching railroad rebaJers appears
to be easy work, when the pursuit
is energetic and sincere. To prose
cute the shippers who accept rebates
is not so easy. 1t is to be hoped
that the Department of Justice will
bag few of the greedy big fellows
before long. Attorney General
Moody can do it if anybody can.
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
sNiblick" Is Charles stedman Hanks.

The identity Of "Niblick,'' who wrote
about the best golf book ever published,
is known at last. HIS real name is
Charles Stedman Hanks. He was in
Harvard with Theodore 2ecevelt. with
whom he was accustomed - 1oX. Mr.
Hanks is a modest Inan- de was so
modest (perhaps IL was doubt as 20 his
ability as a writer that he printed his
first book under the pen name Of Nib
lick" and published it BY subscription.
It became so popular, however, that he
was soon relieved Of the burden or cir
cuIating 1t by willing publishers.
Altogether IL wasn't a burden-the dis
tribution OF the book. lie kept his
pseudonym to himself. He didn't even
ten his wife Of r. And what fun he
had with hts friends! To the pastor OF
his church he sent a copy with this in
scription;
II have listened to many Of your de-
Hghtful sermons, and these are some
Of the things 1 was thinking Of at the
time
Now Mr.. Hanks has made another
venture IN literature. His Camp Kits
and Camp Life issued by ScTibners.
has met with a most cordial reception.
D
and Of tkas glorious out o. door exist
ence which most men love SO well. That
it is a faithful picture is evidenced by
the Endorsements cheerfuIly made, not
only by those who are wont 10 journey
back to nature, but by canny guides who
know the way Of the woods.
In connection with the printing Of the
book there is an interesting incident
On page 133 viii be found a picture en-
titled. AN Unsuspec,SaE Maine Deer "
Immediately on receipt of a copy Of the
book. sent him by the author. President
Roosevelt sent Mr.. Hanks a letter IN
il he told his old friend that he had been
misled; that the animal pictured on page
133 wa not a Maine deer hut a Rocky
mountain variety. This proved TO be
true, and now the author is putting il
up to" the publishers. VIho inserted the
illustration. Incidentally. further proof
is furnished Of the Presidents intimate
acquaintance with nature
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
Ibsen the Fighter.

The idea that the poet, as a species
or dormouse. stores nuts Of joy against
chilly day. IS common 70 the optimism
Of modern literature" So writes Ed
mund Crosse In a recent essay. "Ibsen.
pre-eminently. is not the dupe OF IL
and It is 10 a youth of dependency and
pTiVatiOn that he felt he owed a man
hood Of Independent vigor
His childhood oppressed by poverty
and the absence Of affection. his youth
by a vain struggle for recognition and
the burden Of debts. his manhood by
solitude in exile and bitter detraction
at home-the lot OF I5sen seems at first
sight one OF the least enviabIe in liter
ary history But all these deadly
troubles proved merely cordials and elk
irs upon which his genius fiourished
spreading through their darkness into
the light and air.
1T is an instance which may well
cause a determinisC 10 question the
wisdom OF his formula, since If ever
there was presented 10 us "A character
which thrOVe in unCeasiug resistance TO
The motives acting upon in. it was surely
that OF Ibsen.'
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
WRESTLED WITH BIG FISH;
BOY ALMOST OVERCOME

PITTSBURG. July 7.-Seeing a mon
ster fish in a little stream near Sigmund,
Clancy Roeder, twelve years OLD.
plunged into the water and tried TO cap
ture the fish. An exciting tussle en-
sued, and the boy was forced to call
for help. EnOch ROhrbHCh responded.
and the two. succeeded in dragging the
FISH to land. 1t proved to be a carp
that measured 81 inches and weighed
seventeen and a half pounds.
G. ". Gerhart. who operates saw
mill at Finland, also had a thrilling en-
counter with a monster carp. Noticing
the fish in his milldam, he jumped into
the water and grabbed the carp under
his arm, but the fish Wriggled SO Vio-
lently that Mr. Gerhart nearly lost his
footing, and TO escape the danger or
drowning. had to release his grasp on
the FISH He feels sure that the carp
weighed at least thirty pounds.
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
swinburne as a Dramatist.

In connection with the recent publ
cation of the complete edition of Swim
burnes Dramatic Works (Harpers),
which has aroused a good deal Of dis
cussion among literary wiseacres as to
the poets position as dramatist. it is
interesting 10 note that his "Atalanta
in Calydon" was lately given at the
Scala Theater. in London. with signal
success,
Even the conservative Athenaeum IS
surprised at the strong dramatic quail
ity IL shows throughout. particularly at
the effect OF the deeply tragic scene at
the end, which moves the emotions as
few things, modern or ancient, can do.
This success is the more gratifying
when one considers the difficulties at
tending the stage performance Of the
poem.
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
.AERONAUT RESCUED
BY SCHOONER At SEA

NEW YORK, July Tt Is only 70
those who like excitement il allopathic
doses and who love TO dare death. that
aeronautcs appeal The latest example
of the thrills experienced in this game
is furnished by James K. Allen, aero
naut. who has made 400 aseensioLs. and
is today relating his thrilling experience
in being blown out TO sea and finally Of
his rescue by the fishing schooner Fran
els Y. Silva, off Block Island after he
had been eighteen hours in the air.
Allen ascended during a storm from
in front Of the Rhode Island State house
in providence on July 4, and was given
received
The Washington times., 1906-07-07
SCHOOLS PROHIBIT SLANG
IN THE QUAKER CITY

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. July No
slang is hereafter to be used by either
teachers or pupils IN the public schools,
AT least that Is the imperative order OF
the committee on elementary schools.
The resolution embodying the new order
was proposed by Simon GratZt and It
was unanimously agreed TO.
Mr., Crate stated that they obJecteI 10
such words and phrases as the follow
II while vonr shoes are rood. ''1s and
bottle of milk" .'Cut it out fade
away. back up" nit" and a long
number of etceteras.