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Times-promoter., 1907-11-01
Everybody
Will Wear Specs
Some Day.

Il Present statistics show that
there is a wonderful increase in
the number Of people who depend
on glasses for good vision. Take
enlightened Boston, "The Hub, -
for instance. There are more
people wearing Specs there than
any other city Of it's size. Where
learning and progress are you
will find most people wearing
Glasses. Are you going to stay
behind until you have to have
them and maybe find you have
waited too long, that some small
trouble has grown on till Glasses
won't remedy it?
IF YOU DON'T NEED EN-
TELL YOU.
| will be in fernando during
court and will call at your resi-
dence if you will write me or
phone to the Spencer House.
DIR. ii. HOWITT
OPTlClAN.
Times-promoter., 1907-11-01
The Tirnes-P Promoter.
G. L. DARDEN, Publisher.
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
Let the Changes be RING.

The N. o. Picayune Of Jan. 18th
has good editorial, "CUmnerce
Driven to the Rivers" in which 1t
comments OH 1.-THE failure Of the rail-
roads to carry the internal commerce
OF this vast productivecountry. The
changes ON this important subject
should be rung by the press OF the
country until the people of the land
are made to understand the folly
that has been wrought by driving
commerce from our rivers.
Linked with the transportation OF
our lakes, rivers and canals, is the
great Intercostal Canal project
whereby it is proposed to tie the
transportation Of the Mississippi and
it's tributaries with the Rio GranGe
by means of canal from Donaldson
Vile along the entire Mexican Gul
coast. Let our Senators and Repre-
sentatives understand that TIM
great inland safety valve is an i'm
portant factor in the problem.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
A Snlendid Showing.
VIM. LaCroix Treasurer School funds
STATEMENT BY DISTRICTS.

The Sheriff's Office reports a poll
tax for the year 1906 II total oi
1888.
ms is a splendid showing for OH
It. Mary, and proves that our peo-
ole are alive to the political POSSIBLE
tiles of the near future. The old
guard worked to bring up this mag
nificent total as they have never
worked before.
Every one realizes that in the ap,
preaching gubernatOrial campaign
that every vote will count, and W.
made up our minds, to give our can
lidate for this position both IA sweep
ing and magnificent majority. Thu
| friends of Lieut. Sow. j. Y. Sander
IRE elated over the showing the!
made i'm this matter and he can con.
| identity look to his own home anu
native parish for a large majority.
To MIR. Sanders friends through
| out the State, we would carry thu
ylad word of a practically solid par
sh-a parish with u big vote-a par
ish that will give him a sweeping ma
lority, and a parish where the peOpl'
will take delight in working and vot
my for his success.
The peoplei in this parish have watch
I'd his course from that of a poo
struggling boy to the present day
rs a far cry from sweeping outa coun
try store when barely in his teens t.
,eiuy Governor of Louisiana, but j
looks to us as if j. Y. Sanders vii
certainly make the record.
| Be this AS it may, we know him 10
good citizen; a loving son to wild
owed mother; an affectiOnate brOthe
to his young and dependent bro her
and sisters; a devoted husband an
iather, and friend open-hnnded an
iree to all the people of this, his par
ish.
knowing these things as we d
our support is his, and if all the pee
ole of all the State knew him rs "
: 10, there would be to his candidac
! no opposition whatsoever.
Here's happy and prosperous Ne
Year to you j. Y, and may succes
.rown your every effort.-St. Mar
I Banner.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
A big Hardware House.

The big Wholesale hardware house
for Alexandria is a go. 1t is capital
lied ut $15O,0O0 and all subscribed.
In fact $4,000 more than needed
was offered. The directors and otfi-
GERS will be elected tomorrow and a
charter adopted. The company will
also he named later. The business o1
Roberts Bros. and /. {. Miller war
acquired by the company. Roberts
brothers took $50. 900 stock and |
G.. Miller $4,000. The real estate
Of Roberts Bros. in the Town Tall
block will be purchased by the com
pany. Among other stockholde7
are Ed. Rand, J. W. Alexander, II
Bolton, j. w. Bolton and many mil
men. The company will do whole
sale and retail business in hardwar'
and mill supplies. 1t will prove bIi
thing for Alexandria,
Town Talk Jan. Is.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

Lieut.. Gov. Jared Y. Sanders has
announced his retirement from the
big law firm Of Foster, Godchaux'
Sanders & Milling. This action l.
generally regarded as a preliminar.,
to the formal announcement OF Mr.
Sanders ms candidate for the gov
ernorship. His home parish OF st
Mary is reported to be solid and en-
thusiastic for him, as will he seen b,
referring to an article "A Splendit
Showing" which we copy from thu
st. Mary Banner. The Banner Il
printed at Franklin the parish seat
with W. H. Latham as editor, wht
will be remembered by citizens O
Grant parish AS having been il
charge OF the Montgomery Mail
some years ago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
Opposite Valley Depot
Earthquake in Jamaica.

At the hour of $3.50 p. m, on Mon
day, Jan. 14th, the island oil Jamhlea
was visited. by a severe earthquake
which destroyed telegraphic and al
other communication with the island
for nesrly twenty-four hours. Owing
To the lack of definite information OF
the disaster, the widest exaggera.
tions were telegraphed abroad, based
on the simple fact that there had
been an earthquake. Flaming heads
in the newspapers announced that
Jamaica had been devastated by an
earthquake. and that the city ol
Kingston, the capital of the island
was practically wiped out OF exist
ence by the seismic disturbance, which
was followed by devastating fire,
such az occurred after the San Fran
cisco earthquake. The killed were es-
timated by the hundred, the injured
several times as many more, while
the destruction of property was mil
lions OF dollars.
Additional details OF the earthquake
received on the 10th, however, indi
cate that the disaster was not So
great as was feared. The total kill
ed in the city of Kingston was stated
to be about forty, with possibly u
few more in the territory adjoining
the city. and probably 300 persons
injured.
The main shock appears to have
been ut Kingston, city OF $1,000
i inhabitants, of whom abOnt 5,OOI
are whites and the balance negroes
Gov. Swettenham, the English colo
NAL governor of the island, in his re-
port to the home Office. states thai
, the camp hospital was destroyed ant
thirty men killed, and that the hos
pital in Kingston was crowded will
about three hundred injured persons
: He saws the shock was followed 10y I
! fire. which was confined to about one
sixteenth of the town.
I In the face of Gov. Swettenham'
5 report, conflicting dispatches receiv
5 ed on the 18th place the injuries a
!. Kingston at from 100 to 500 killed
? and Indicate that the entire cuisines
portion of the city is in ruins, an
: that many thousand persons ar
homeless.
/. The island of Jamaica belongs t
D Great Britain. Its greatest length
: l44 miles. It's greatest width is .
Z miles. 1t has $4,000 inhabitant'
= ~, 900 being whites. and the balan'
u negroes. 1t lies i'm the Caribbean Sc;
south of the island of Cuba, is OF col
sidera BILE commercial Importance, an
: the harbor at Kingston is very fine
RI Relief expeditions were started L
the island as soon as the calamlt
b was known, and some of them ha'
!. ,lready arrived on the scene. III
r. punjc on the island is about owe
'. and organized efforts of relief airead
instituted. so We can hopefor definl
information in the next lew hours.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

Mothers who give their children ken-
nedy's Laxatixe Cough Syrup invariably
iudorse it. Children like it because 'ne
taste is so pleasant. Contains Honey
ona Tar. It is the Original Laxative
(oueb Syrup and is unrivaled for the
relief OF Group. Drives the cold OUT
through the bowels. Conforms to the
National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold
by II. B. Faraldo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
Can't. Marston, State Organizer.


Can't. MarstOn, State Organizer
Capt. B. W. Marston, of Red River,
who was recently elected State organ
izer of the Louisiana division OF the
Southern Cotton Association. is pre-
pairing to inaugurate an active cam
paign to push the interests OF the or
ganization.
Captain Marston has issued theIo'-
lowing address:
ANNUAL REORGANIZATION OF pHE
SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION.
East Point, La, Jan. i. 1907.
To the People and Press of La
have been made State organizer
of the Louisiana division OF the
Southern Cotton Association.
Iexpect to do my best along this
line. but being "a delegate to the B'r-
minghnm convention, to convene
January II, | cannot go any farther
than | have been today until that
convention adjourns. | have per-
fected new organization in my home
parish, Red River. and l hope to see
| it the banner parish of the State. MY
friends have responded in person and
with their money without stint.
Grant parish is now moving and
hope soon to get good reports iron
there. The organizations in all TIL
parishes will he perfected upon TIN
strictest business principles and prac
tees. ).
| All work as work will he paid for.
| As soon as return from Birmine
ham, posted thoroughly as to-m
work, shall endeavor To visit ever
cotton growing parish in the State
In the meantime the people Shout
move, putting their best men for TIL
: work in office.
, Every intelligent man in the Stat
! knows what his duty is in the prem
!. ises. That the Southern Cotton A
d smiation and the Farmers Unio
= and every man and woman in Il
u State who have helped these two o
l. CARNATIONS, composed mostly
d producers, have influenced the pri
d of cotton, | think goes without sa
b ing, That which is everybody's bu
It ness, without organization, is no one
u particular business. Without the
d ,istance of all the other cotton-gro
ID iny States, our efforts would he futi
t Watch the proceedings Of the b
Ii lningham convention and act
e, cordingly. For one, think eve
n cotton-growing parish and county
IS every cotton-growing State will
I'd it's duty. I'm union there
j, strength If we fail it will be @
il ,wn fault. But the Southern peol
ought to be too patriotic and inte
ke yent to fail. If any one interest
ii seeing this is not posted, write
s, don. Paul NJ. Potts, president OF
u. State Association. with headquart
eG It NatchitOches, La, and we will p'
u you. Yours truly,
~ b. w. MARsTON,
NJ State ORGANIZER
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
We have had nearly three weeks OF

We have had nearly three weeks OF
warm weather in January thus faI-
the longest and the warmest spell
known to our oldest inha bitants.
The predictions of Devoe are that We
will have few days cold snap ut thu
end of this month, that February
will also be warm with two short
cold snaps during the month. and
that March will give us the coolest
weather OF the winter, which will cor.
tinue nearly all the month, with only
u few warm sunshiny days. We arr
going To watch this thing, and see
| it turns out that way, and If it doe
we move that DeVoe be made wealth
er clerk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

The Railroad Commission has de-
cided that Kateland station shall re-
main where it is, as the La. Railway
and Navigation Co. has agreed to
maintain a depot at that point in
consideration of right OF way over
adjacent property, and for this rea-
son it cannot be moved in the way
proposed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

A steam laundry for Colfax is now
assured, and the next thing should BIZ
an ice plant. 1t will certainly pay
and some Of our progressive citizens
should get in on the proposition.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
Lost or Strayed.

cow mostly white with red and arhy specks
On her sawed horn tips. bob tailed and marked
with crop, underbit and half crop In right ear;
and MINER half crop In left ear. A liberal reward
nil ha maid for her Apply at Chronicle Office or
~ W ~ ' A. r. SANDIFER,
ao9a A.. Black Greek, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
Notice to Stockholders.

Notice IL hereby given that the Stockhoiders
of tbe Bank Of Montgomery viii hold their annual
meeting at their banking house In montgomery,
La ON Fyiday. Feb. 1, 1907, ior tne purpSSss -. -
aiacfino q BOARD OF Directors to serve for the en-
suing year. This Dec 20, 1905.
L. DOW wARDLOW. Cashier
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

Clear mp the complexion, cleanse the
liver and tone the system. lou can
hest do this bv dose or two OF Dew lit
Early Risers. Safe, reliable little pills
with reputation. The pills that every.
one knows. Recommended ny IL. b.
Faraldo.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
He REVISED IT.
Young Author Was Anxious to Comply
With the Editors Request.

Young Author Was Anxious to Comply
With the Editors Request.
Your story possesses merit" wrote
the kindly magazine editor In return
Ing manuscript to Il struggling young
author Of Washington, but you have
embcllishcd It with too much descrip-
ton. atmosphere and other irrelevant
matter. What we want Is story set
ting out the simple facts facts. just
plain facts. II you will revise your
story according to our ideas. we will
be glad to pay you $50 for it,
A few days later the editor got the
following from the struggling young
author Of Washington:
Herewith revised story Please send
check by return mail, rs I need the
money"
And this was the story as rewritten:
Jonas loved Eliza. but he was poor.
and wealthy papa kicked. Jonas went
Into Wall street and made million,
incidentally bankrupting papa Then
Eliza went fishing. fell OF log into
the mill pond. and Jonas fshed her out.
papa relented and borrowVgl Il hun.
dred thousand from Jonas. Marriage.
-Washington Post.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
YOUR NERVES.
The Most Untiring Of All Are Those Of
the Heart.

The Most Untirins Of All Ar. Those Of
the Heart.
The most easily tired nerves in the
body are the nerves of smell. They
can detect the faintest Whit of per
fume. As you pass rose In the gar
den the quantity Of perfume that gets
into your nostril must be many mil
lions Of billions Of times smaller than
the tiniest grain of sand. But rub the
strongest perfume on your upper lip
and In a few seconds you fail to no
tlce It, the nerve Of smell L. 50 quickly
fatigued
The hent nerves and cold nerves
which are quite distinct from the
nerves Of ordinary sensation. Also give
over working very quickly. A bath
that seems quite hot when you step
into It very soon ceases to cause I,ily
particular feeling Of heat.
Nerves of hearing and sight can 60
through an enormous amount of work.
For sixteen hours day tIey work
hard and are still willing to do more.
The nerves Of the heart are tlle
most untiring Of all. From the first
dawn Of life until the last gasp they
work without stopping for one instant.
And even after death If some sailed
water Is pumped into the heart 1t com
nences to beat again. showing that the
nerves are still willing. Pearson's
Weekly.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
ONLY TEN HURT.
remarkable Escape From Death o.
FNty.TWo Workman.

Remarkable Escape From Death o.
Flfty-Two Workmsn.
Cincinnati, July 4.--Fifty.two men
had remarkable escape from dealt,
In the collapsing Of a four.story bust.
ness block on Main street. only ten
being injured. and none danxerousvl
The accident was caused by the weak.
ening OF foundations by the excaya
ton being made at the corner OF Ninth
and Main streets for the new ten.story
building Of the Second National bank
and the building that fell was occu
pied by the office furniture firm Of
Levi Z White.
Its outer wall fell over into the ex.
cavation where the laborers were en-.
Joying their midday meal. Fifty u
Dorers were seated around the excav,
ton when the wall fell. In the wreck
ed building were dozen other me1
some Of whom were shot out throue h
the windows and wreckage into the
street.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
POWER OF THE PRESS
illustrated by All Incident in North
Dakota

Washington Post: We had the editor
of weekly paper with us on part Of our
journey across North Dakota By team.
and at one village hotel the landlord
found out what an honored guest he
had and refused to charge him any bill
he editor returned his thanks and we
were about ready to leave when the
landlord beckoned him aside and said
Stranger, being an editor. you can do
anything. don't like running hotel
and | wish you'd fix it up for me to go
to the Legislature.
"Yes?" was the reply.
And my son Bill wants to be elected
sheriff Of this county"
II see"
And my son Tom wants to be a
schooln,aster.
"Yes?"
And I've got brother in-law who
wants an easy job in Washington. It's
got to be al, easy job. as ne has lame
back.
Anything more" asked the editor.
I've got cousin Joe who'd like to
GO down to- Panama. and nephew who
wants To- get into a bank. and if you
don't mind being put to a little trouble
and would say that | am a widower and
wanted to marry again, I'd take II as a
great favor
Sure that's all. are you?"
"All except if | don't get into the
legislature, you might help me to run
for governor, and it get the place III
be hanged if | don't subscribe to three
copies of your paper and pay casl, III ad-
vance,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
HIS INFLUENCE IS GONE.

Homer Guardian Journal: Shreveport
has n school row on its hands this hot
weather The city superintendent was
knocked down by one Of his assistants
The city superintendent was also tried
in the city court and fined $25 and costs
for slanderng this assistant teacher
Instead Of harmony, there seems to be
war among the members Of the faculty.
We are not well enough acquainted with
the merits OF the case to warrant us in
expressing an opinion. but it is evident
that the usefulness of the city superin-
tendent, If IL ever existed, is at an end.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
RESULT or PLOT.

This Was the Dying Declaration o.
William A. Veal.
81 Paso. July 4.-1ntense excitement
Is reported to exist ut Pincon. n. NJ.
over the murder Of William A. Veal.
aged thirty-two years. manager Of the
large Jacoby mercantile and cattle In.
terests. Veal was shot and killed
by Cecil. Lncero deputy sheriff. and
Francisco Amario. In his ante-mortem
statement Veal declared that the kull
ing was the result Of d plot. Lucero
and Amario are Ia Jail heavily guarded
to prevent lynching.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
Est RAY NOTICE

Taken up by i. l.. Rambolt, OH the
Capers plantation one mile south OF
Gayles, La, and estraycd before me, the
undersigned authority. one bay mare
colt, about 3 years old, dark name and
tail, no brands. The owner will come
forward, prove property and pay costs
Or same will be sold at Gayle, La , on
the Goth day Of July 1907, at ~ o'clock
w. Il. DANIEL,
Justice Of the Peace, Eighth Ward. Cad
do Parish. Louisiana.
The Caucasian. June 20. 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
TAKEN TO HAHNvlLLE.

Six, italians Removed From Prise n
Without Any Denomination.
New Orleans. July 4.-Surrounded
by police officers and special deputies
six 1talians-four men and two women
who have been held in the parish
prison here in connection with the kid
mapping and murder of eight.year-old
Walter Lamann. were placed aboard a
train Wednesday and taken to Hahn
vile. st. Charles parish. where they
will be arraigned on the charge of con
spiracy to murder. for which they were
all indicted last Monday. Governor
Blanchard offered the use of state
troops to the police Of New Orleans
but the offer was declined There was
no demonstration nor disorder.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
ABDOMEN PENETRATED.

Both legs Of the Unfortunate Motor
man Also Fractured.
Washington. July "A dozen peo
pie were seriously injured and many
more slightly hurt In collision be
tween q Washington bound trolley cal
and two carloads of rail on the Wash
ington. Arlington and Falls Church
Electric railway. The rails on one car
extended several feet beyond the
tracks. and when the crash occurred
penetrated the passenger car. almost
completely telescoping 1t, One rail
passed entire through the adomen OF
Motorman Mock Both OF his legs
were also fractured He died in an
ambulance. @ T. Warning had both
legs fractured and a hip broken. He
may die.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
WHERE TOURISTS WILL FIND
HUMPHREYS SPECIFICS.

Paris, 81. rue DIES Petits Champs.
London. 40 Haymarket.
Vienna. Stephanplatz. 3.
Brussels, 6s. Boulevard de Waterloo.
Lisbon. Rua do Arsenal. i4S and r52.
Barcelona. Donda s. Pedro. 90.
Madrid. Gale Tctuan. 3.
Alexandria. rue CheriH Pacha
Rio De Janeiro. II. Rua de S. Pedro.
Buenos Ayres. 446. Gale Florida.
AT all durg stores in Canada. Mexico,
Cuba, Central America, Honolulu. Porto
Rico. the West Indies. and in every city,
town and hamlet in the United States of
America. Humphreys Homeopathic
Medicine Co. N W. Cor. William and
John Sts., New York. Pin this to let
ter Of credit.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
LOCAL RECEIPTS.
This Week
EsTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by T. H. Bruce near Mt.
Cilead, SIX miles east Of Vivian, La,
and estrayed before me, the undersigned
authority, one light sorrel horse, 9 or 10
years old, 10 hands high, branded on
left side Of neck with L, mark in left
ear looks like underbit, black name and
tail, star in face. The owner will come
forward, prove property and pay costs
q same viii be sold at Vivian, La, on
ne 9Th day Of August 1907, at IL
o'clock, IS the law directs
c. Z. DUNSON,
Justice bf the Peace, Second Ward
Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
june so
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
COTTON CROP PROSPECTS.

On the authority of one of noted ex
periencc and reliability, it is announced
that under the most favorable condition
this years crop of cotton will not exceed
100000 bales. and may be less than
100000 bales. A twelve million bale
crop will secure i5c. and eleven million
bales 2oc, and if less the price may be
~ I2c per pound.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
A GENERAL, DENIAL.

In sweeping declaration discreditlng
the reports tina the was invested $4,000
III a newspaper which is to be used as a
political organ to elect Sanders and III
the interest Of the fiscal agency, T. w
Danziger of New Orleans denies every
i1sinuation and implication; challenges
all allegations and dehes the alegators
This is talking some.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
FRUITS AND NUTS.

FRUITS AND NUTS.
APPLES--Per Dbl: Choice none
fancy none.
ORANGES-Per box: California ma
vels $3.2sa4oo.
LEMONS-Per box $5ooa5.5 so.
WALNUTS-Per ID. California I6c !;
Naples Isc.
PEANUTS-Raw hand picked pe.
ID. Ease; &c higher OH all grades roasted
RAlSlNS-London layers, new crop
81 .Ooa2.oo.
ALMONDS-Per lb. zoe.
BRAZIL NUTS-Per h. 1sc.
, PECANS--Per ID. Texas zoe.
COCOANUTS-Per 100, none
CURRANTS-Per pkg 1oc.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-04
ANXIOUS TO RI MARRY.
Burns Husband to Death to Wed
Former Sweetheart.

Scranton. Pa. July Airs. kindra
Horesto. aged teighteen years, of Dun
more. Is in the county jail charged with
having burned her husband to death
that she might be free to marry her
former lover. lgnatiz Huttro. who is
also In jail, charged with being an &C.
cessory. The police officials say that
Mrs. Horesto has confessed and given
all the details Of the crime All the
parties are Lithunians.