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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

Some merchants can't under
stand why people don't cut out the
mail order house and do all their
trading with the home merchant,
yet few of the merchants make
big orders from Clark & Courts OF
other printing establishments,
when there are printing offices in
their town equipped for doing any
kind of work and at reasonable
prices. 1t not only depends as to
whose OK is gored, but also whose
OK is doing the goring. Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25
Uni,anpy Frisco.

With Ruef a confessed thief,
briber and CRATER; with Schmitz
busy calling Ruef a liar, and Ruef
calling his former tool all the ap-
probious titles in the calendar;
with the union workmen out on
street ear strike and employing all
the boodlumistic tactics possible;
with the Union Traction Company
proven guilty of stealing franchises
and privileges at fraction of their
actual cost; with every plan for a
Greater San Francisco and for the
City Beautiful forgotten and neg
lected-the city by the Golden
Gate has come on saddened and
disheartened days.
Bad as New York, Chicago and
Philadelphia have been proven,
they have at least maintained some
semblance of decency and efficiency
in certain departments of their
city government.
San Francisco, ragged, naked,
the victim of hordes of thieves of
every rank and station, deserves
the pity and the contempt of de-
cent Americanism.-Baton Rouge
States.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25
Notice..
Notice.
Receivership of Wade & HadnOt,
No 1Qn5

Receivership of Wade & Hadnot,
No. 1885,
Thirteenth District Court, Grant Par
ish, Louisiana.
Notice is hereby given that j. A.
Williams has filed in this Office his H.
nal account as Receiver OF the above
named f,srn. You are therefore noti-
fed TO Ii le such opposition as you
may hav thereto within the time
prescribed by law. to show cause
why the s. suue should not be hom3li-
gated and the Receiver discharged.
Witness my official seal and sigma
ture on this the % day Of May, A. ID.
1907. j. j. O'QUINN,
Clerk District Court.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25
Pickups About New verda.

flckupS ADOut INV NCAU"s
On trip to New verda this week
we found that thriving community
all astir aud hustling to make the
town one of the best In the land.
Something like twenty buildings are
in course of construction or have
been lately finished. and altogether
there is an air of progress and energy
that is quite invigorating.
The new Masonic hall, which was
thought to be seriously damaged by
the late storm. has been repaired at
slight expense, and the building is
now about completed. Its cost Is
xIl50, of which about $1,000 has been
raised by stock or loan certificates
taken up by the members OF the lodge.
The business of the place is con
Quoted by some twenty odd estab-
lishments. and all appear to be doing
we'll.
The farmers of the immediate vi
cinity have raised 5000 or 5000 bushels
of Irish potatoes. but are greatly
put out at only being able to get 40
cents a bushel. They are in the
midst of the digging season, and
much complaint is made at the lack
of cars for shipping.
The school under Prof. II. G. Aubrey.
with six assistants. closed success
fui session last week, having had an
enrolment for the term of 3lS pupils.
We met Rev. A. IS Durham, dis
trict missionary, who Informed us he
had "a fine meeting in progress ut
Lotion. Several persons had Joined
the church, and still greater things
were expected.
The foundation of the new Metho-
dist church IL down, the lumber and
money for the building subscribed,
and the church IL to be pushed tn
completion at once.
Wednesday was IA day of accidents
at the big new sawmill and planer
being built for the Ozone Lumber Go.
Mr.. Ed O'Brian. superintendent OF
the manufacturing department, got
caught in a belt and narrowly es-
capped with his life. He was severely
bruised and had his arm fractured
and dislocated, but DIR. Eugene Woods
set his bones for him and he will pull
around all right.
name we did not learn had his foot
mashed by the pile driver, and col
ored man was also pretty badly hurt
Drs. w. A. Fletcher, A. p. Durham
and Eugene Woods do the practice
for the town. Mine hosts. l. B. La
Croix and j. NJ. Hanchey do the ho
tel business. while three or four res
taurants see to it that the natives
have plenty to eat.
The Ozone commissary and the K
w. Wagner Co. are the largest bust
ness houses, but there are a dozer
other CONCERNS that all appear to b,
doing good business.
DIR. w. A. Fletcher has handsome
new cottage. and Is building a new
Office on the corner opposite the La
CrOix hotel.
But time will not permit a write
up OF all the new buildings and enter
prises of New Vertla. Suffice 1t t.
say they are numerous and credit
able. and are being constantly In
creased I'm number.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

Since the boil weevils appeared
in Texas there has been more and
more cotton every year. What
has been done in Texas can be
done in Louisiana; and the pros
pective price of IL to Is cents
ought to give ample incentive to
do our very best, and rely on kind
Providence to do the rest.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25
Notice of Final Five Year Proof.
TepA Of4}<o Me-, n-l~.-

Notice of Final Five Year Proof.
Land Office at New Orleans, La, !
April 4, 1907. !
Notice is hereby given that
WILLIAM LOTT,
Of Nugent, La, has filed notice OF his in
tention to make final five year proof in
support OF his claim, viz: H. E., No.
21.737 made August 6. 1900. for the SW
or Sc or. Sec. 2, Up. N, R1W, La.
Mer., and that said proof will be made
andria, La, ON May %, 1907.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon,
and cultivation OF the land, viz:
j. H. Lott, Of Ball, La, E. j. Morgan.
OF Simms, La, G. L. Morgan, OF Simms,
La, Charlie LaCroix. Tioga, La.
WALTER l.. COHEN. Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25
School Notice.

For the purpose of eiectiug trustees
to fill vacancies on the Colfax School
Board, notice IL hereby given to all
legal voters In the vicinity and pa
irons of said school to meet in the
Coffax school building on the first
Sa turday i'm June, at 2 O'Clock p. m.
w. j. ROBERTS, Secty.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25
Difference i'm Worth and Pos
session.

The question has been raised
whether it is proper to say man
"has" million dollars or is
worth" million. There is diff
ference between worth" and *pos-
session" Money does not make
the man. The possessor of a mil
lion dollars may not be worth
thirty cents, whereas the humblest
citizen who earns living by the
sweat of his brow, aud is always
found on the right side of public
questions, not afraid to speak out
in meeting, and ready at all times
to lend his mite toward fostering
anything proposed for the good
of the community in which be
lives, is worth" twice his weight
in gold.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

If the small sum of FIVE thousand
dollars is subscribed by citizens of
Colfax and deposited in the Bank of
Colfax. subject to my order. We will
within sixty days have a drilling out
tit ready to to commence work on
the leased land owned by one of the
subscribers. We will not consider
ourselves entitled to the five thousand
dollars until work has been commence
ed and the well down over one hun
dred feet. In addition each subscriber
will receive one share of stock for
each dollar subscribed. Now, if you
want to help Colfax, subscribe some
thing or shut up.
B. F. GALWAY,
Prest. and Genl. Mgr.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25
Experimenting on Boil weevil

A correspondent writing to the
Shreveport Times from Montgom-
cry says: 81. NJ. Wardlow and
John T. Kelly. who have been
working on a remedy to destroy
the boil weevil, are quite elated
over an experiment which has
proven successful. They have
made several tests, killing the vice.
vii successfully without the slight
est injury to the youngest and ten
derest cotton plant. Both are
business men of this place."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

A little Kodol taken occasionally. es-
peciaIly after eating. will relieve sour
stomach. belching and heartburn. J.B.
Jones, Newport, Tenn. writes: II am
sure three one dollar bottles OF your Ko-
dol positively cured me Of dyspepsia. and
can recommend it as that was three
years ago and haven't been bothered
since with it," Nedol is guaranteed to
give relief. Sold by all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25
Strayed or Stolen.

From my place on Bynum planta-
ton. ON April 18th, one crSam-color-
ed Tor Yellow FLY. about Ii hands
high, weighs between 600 and 70U
pou nds, foretop cut out, and has
small black spot near right flank.
Will pay IS 90 for her;delivery to me.
or So 80 for Information leading to
her recovery. ED. BRANDON,
may AT COIfax, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

The boil weevil scare has been
over done. Now Louisiana farm
ers are beginning to recollect that
over in Texas, where weevil raw.
ages were as bad as could be, they
are making more cotton than they
ever did-boll weevil, or no boil
weeyil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

Spot cotton was quoted in New
Orleans this week at IL cents a
pound for middling. So if we can
make anything near a crop the
price is going to be all right.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25
Residence aud Store for Sale.

Residence aud Store for Sale.
Situated IN desirable locality in tie
city of Alexandria, adjoining each other
on corner lot 62xsS feet. Store 22x5O
feet with two rooms in rear. Residences
with five good rooms, ample galleries,
three fire places and hue,. water connec-
tions, closets, ETC., complete. Bargain
for quick trader. Will exchange for a
farm. or property in Colfax. See H. q.
Goodwin, Colfax. La, for particulars.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

WANTED:-A good hustler in every
w town to sell our perfect water i'll
ters retailing from $l.50 to 50. 100 per
cent profit to agents, exclusive territory,
Seneca Filter Co., Seneca, Mo. 2026
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

Bargains in timber lands. homes
and farms can be had by applying to
n. q. GOODWIN. real estate. COffax.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

We buy i'm car lots and can save
yop money. Come and see US.
J. W. DUNCAN Co., LTD.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25
Caddo-Rapides Lumber Co., Ltd

CadOO-RaplOeS LUMBER Co, LCu',
Alexandria, Louisiana.
Carries a complete line OF
Sash. doors, blinds. windows and
screen doors. columns, newels, bal
listers and brackets, shingles,
paper roofing, mantels, CRATES
and tiling, in fact anything
required In the construction
of a building.
Mail orders and inquiries given
PROMPT attention.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25
B. F. GALWAY,
Prest. and Genl. Mgr.

Fresh. aud the best we have ever
handled" is what j. h. McNeely has
to say about that car load of Sweet
Home Flour he has just got in.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

How often do we hear it remarked:
"It's only a cold" and few DAYS later
learn that the man is on his back with
pneumonia This is of such common &C.
currence that cold. however slight,
should not be disregarded. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy counteracts any
tendency of cold to result in pneumo-
mia, and has gained its great popularity
and extensive sale by It's prompt cures
of this most common ailment. 1t al
ways cures and is pleasant to take. For
sale by Valley drug store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

See the pretty line of new goods
just received by the Iatt commissary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

Screen your cistern with galvanized
screen wire. McNeely has 1t.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-25

Special Inducements offered. W.
want your business.
j. w. DUNCAN Co.. LTD.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-19

The telephone industry gives employ ment to 90,000 persons in the United States, an increase of. I'll per cent in si3 years, while during the same period the number of stations has increased 239 per cent and the wire mileage 349 per cent.
 There Is little <doubt that much of this increase is due< to the general adoption Of the so called message rate System in place of the flat annual charge formerly in vogue. By making the charges pro- porttonal to the number or calls the use of the telephone has been widely exten-. ded both because of the greater willing nc-s of people to become subscribers under such conditions and because the system gives an incentive to the local telephone companies to give good serv- Ice and encourage the use of the tele- phone.
 Another cause for the increase in the number of telephones in use is doubt less the extending number of large business buildings in various cities. since the telephone is an absolute ne- cessity in the modern tall building, making it possible to transact business as well from the twentieth story as from the ground floor The installation of the telephone in every suite in the modern hotel and large apartment house accounts for a portion of the in- crease.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-19
The Best Remedy
FINE PRESCRIPTION FOR RHEUMA.
 TIsM AND KIDNEY TROUBLES.
FIX Tt Up Yourself--Relieves Neariy Every Person Who
 Tries It.

certain large Eastern publication which has no use for the patent medi- cine business. tells its readers of number of simple and safe prescrip-' tions that can be made at home. The following. however for the cure of rheumatism and kidney and bladder troubles receives the greatest praise. viz, Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce;~Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. These simple vegetable ingre- dents can be obtained at any good prescription pharmacy at little cost and are mixed by shaking well in a bottle.
 The dose for adults Is a teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime, drink ing a full tumblerfuli of water alter each dose. It Is further stated that this prescription Is positive remedy for kidney trouble and lame back weak bladder and urinary difficulties, especially of the elderly people, and one of the best things to, be used in rheumatic affiictions. relieving the aches and pains and reducing swell ings in just short while.
 well-known local physician states that the Compound Kargon in 1t does the work. It is the only drug known which acts directly upon the elimina- tive tissues of the kidneys; cleanses the sponge-like organs and gives them power to sift and strain the poisonous waste matter and uric acid from the blood, which is the cause of rheuma- tism.
 Cut this out and hand to some suf- ferer which would certainly be an act of humanity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-19
DON'T MARRY A MAN
 TO REFORM HIM.

Beatrice Fairfax in St. Louis Times.
 Hundreds of> women have married drunkards. with the idea that they could help them reform. The plan does not succeed once in a hundred times.
 If a man has the moral strength to reform he can do 1t before mar riage. instead of running the risk of dragging woman down to want and misery.
 The man who says to a girl. Mar " me and I am sure that with your help l can reform" is a coward.
 He has no right to shift the re- responsibility of his reformation to other shoulders.
 That is a burden and a fight that he must carry alone. Through his own moral stamina and strength of will he must win the battle. ~
 When girl finds that the man whom she has grown to love is ad : dicted to drink, she can. help him with love and sympathy but she com mits, a grave error if she marries him unless his reformation is complete. She has no right to marry and bring children into the world handicapped by the curse of a drunken father.
 If girl who contemplates marry ing man to reform him nould look into some of the homes ruined by
 
 her philanthropical tendencies.
 Where the head of The home is a drunkard there is squalor, want. mis- cry. The wife and children are neg lected and wretched.
 No matter how much you care for a man. do not let him persuade you to marry him on the plea that you can help him to conquer his weakness
 If he Is a real man he will conquer first then ncIr share his lot. It can be done, for many men have done it, but they have done it through their own manly will and determination.
 If you know man to be a drunk ard, keep away from, him from the beginning and then there will be no danger of your becoming interested in him.
 A girls influence over man is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-19
great as long as she stands for all that is arood ana uflre 4

great as long as she stands for all that is good and pure.
 If you want to help your young men friends to refrain from cocktails and highballs. never touch them yourself. You cannot advise 1 mah to leave intoxicants alone if he knows that you take them yourself. Do not nag and preach all the times but let him see that you think more of the man who is temperate.
 If a man is going to reform for your sake he will do 1t before marriage. If winning you Is the goal, ne will strive harder when the goal is still before him than he would after win ing it.
 Don't be foolish and spoil your whole life through a quixotic idea of saving a man. You owe duty to yourself, and it would be most wrong 10 marry a drunkard. There are many sober, worthy young men among your acquaintances-best your affections on them. The man who has conquered temptation is safe. but not the one who has yet to conquer 1t,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-19

money to buy it, and the price of keep ing it bright and clean. All fine things are expensive to keep and furniture of rare woods is not an exception. When dust accumulates the beautiful grain and lustre of the wood is marred, and unless refinished it soon becomes un- slightly. The magnificent furniture of the South prior to 1860, was lost by ig- noranee of how to clean it.. It was put into the hands of so-called negro re- pairers' who would rub down the dirt and old varnish with pumice stone and cotton rag, until a smooth surface was had, then several coats of cheap varnish was applied which produced a shining surface for few months, when old con ditions reappeared. A repetition of this went on for while wen even the choicest specimens after models by Sheraton and Chippendale, became an eyesore in the home. and weaz either sold to negroes or stored in the wood shed.
 Northern dealers quickly took ad- vantage of the situation and every sec- ton of the South was ransacked for fine furniture and hundreds of carloads of 1t was shipped to Boston, New York, Baltimorei and Chicago, where 1t was properly cleaned and sold to the wealthy people of the North.
 The revival of intereE- In this old furniture is due to several causes. Un- til recently the only known process for cleaning was by steel scr-pes and one can imagine the cost Of cleaning bunch of carved grapes or wreath Of roses by such methods About ten years ago a chemical preparation was devised that softened the varnish and it can be removed with ease. In old times it required a small fortune to refinish the furniture of a well furnished home. A second cause that has created a de- mand for it is the experience which we have had with the miserabfy veneered new stuff that warps, cracks and twists n Gbana yy axnnSad fn aifhar fOa much heat or dampness People have found out that this old furniture is hon. estly hand made and on pure art lines. Age has given a rare coloring and lus- Ire to the wood which no stain can inn itate. The stun is fine, 1t is the real
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-19
KINDLY SOUL OF LINCOLN.
How It Impressed Young Lawyer Fifty
 Five Years Ago.


 Washington Post.
 The nrst time I saw Abraham Lin- coin. in 1852, just ffty-five years ago" :" said former Governor William Pitt kei- L0gg of Louisiana recently. T had just been admitted to the bar and was in Springfield, the capital of Illinois. l was young and perhaps rather timid and for that reason I remember particularly MT. Lincoln's kindness to me.
 He had large black eyes that looked oL. on you from deep sockets and seem- ed to peer down into your soul. Though his cheeks were rather sunken and he had hungry look, his face was lighted with inspnratIon; you felt in his pres- ence that he was a man far above the ordinary.
 T sat there at the table that morning in the court and.Mr. Lincoln, who was then known as one of the greatest law yers of Illinois, leaned over and picked up book just in front of me. As he did so he bowed in a kindly wa. without saying a word. To this day I have never forgotten that bow and the ex- pression on his face.
 Four years later in the conventio.- In which the republican party was born sae next to him as delegate. He rep resented Sangamon county and made that great sceech in which he said; You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all or the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time
 ...He had the most winning way in get ting votes I ever saw. Two years later. in 1858, he was a canidate for the United States senate agai:.st Douglas and made speeches from the same plat form on which I spoke. Twas a canid- ate for the legislature on his ticket and he advocated my election. In 1860 I was presidential elector on the Lin coin ticket in Illinois.
 "only this morning received copy of paper containing the state ticket of that year and found that was the only man whose name was on that tic- ket who Is yet alive. Those were won derful days and they produced wonder ful men, but Lincoln was the greatest of them all, He was the greatest man that have known in f1fty-five years that have been in public lift"