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

dDly upon undHS quesOious, pu' e"c'e
are some interesting questions in re-
gard to which We have seen no def
mite announcement from any candi-
date. There is the question of taxa
ton for instance. 1t is all well
enough for a candidate to shy that
he is opposed to all unnecessary tax
alton and that taxation should be
limited to the necessary expenses OF
the government economically admin
istered. That is glittering gener-
atty to which any and everybody
can subscribe. But how about max
ing the rate of State taxation four
mills? Let us get down tn something
definite il you please. We believe
that with our increased assessments
that the rate of State taxation can
and should he reduced to four mills.
What say the candidates for Cover
nor and for the Legislature? Speak
ont gentlemen. This is no time for
observation-disclosures.
The farming situation looks very
blue hereabouts, the spring season.
which set in month ahead. and ut
one time SO auspicious, having been
transformed to rain and cold and the
early crops blighted and minimized,
ne,essitating another planting ut
this late date, with the boil weevil a
dread contingency. Verify, things
look blue, and in the case Of the aver
age farmer, 1.-THE native hue OF resO-
luton il sicklied over by the pale
cast of thought. "-JonesbOro lnde-
pendent.
Every day brings forth it's quota OF
train wrecks and mine disasters, and
the front pages of the metropolitan
dailies are replete with scare heads
describing new disasters. In these
piping times, where speed il placed
above safety, and a mad desire for
lessening the cost of operation pre-
walls, wreck and calamity seem to be
more of rule than an exception
Ruston Leader.
1t may be and probably is true, as
claimed, that the breed of mosquitoes
known as stegomyia fasciata-the
only species that can transmit yellow
fever infectiOn-has been killed OF at
New Orleans; but it is quite apparent
that several billions of other breeds
have come to the funeral. We doubt
if the mosquito population of the
otherwise Delightful City has ever
been more numerous than now.-Don
jacksonville Chief.
When the green bugs get through
eating mp the wheat crop and the boil
weevil gets through doing the same
with the cotton crop, We shall prob.
, ably find that their appetites were
not quite equal to the OCCASION
Shreveport Times.
Is an election approaching? Thu
''.good citizen" begins to cast lear
t some Chances at every neighbor who
asks his opinion. He lodges a mas
: meeting because he fears some gOOt
. customer of his might resent the i'm
J, piled opposition to the customer
e candidate. When the time for ballot
# ing actually arrives. the good citizel
:, bewails the poor quality of the candl
h dates for office-and covers his writ
d ing with shaking fist for fear som
, one may see whom he has favOre
with his vote-Buton Rouge States.
:. The boil weevil is here in full forcs
and many farmers are abandonin
their cotton fields and dischargin
W their hands for the season, which
): throwing many men out of emplo.
{, ment. But some say they are goin
to risk it, and are planting their co
% ton seed the second and third time
Ringgold Vibrator.
s. The DemOcrat-between the two
= Wilkinson and Sanders-has but hit
q choice-but would support either {
7 the party's nominee. Later We ma
decide to take choice between the tw
The fact that Col. Wilkinson toe
80 for his wife--a lady raised in Nor
Nice D.,,lspo CIV l.