The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-14
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Commissioner Schuler Will, upon app
plication of any parish superintendent
or teacher, furnish sufficient seed corn
of the variety selected to plant one-half
acre, which must be cultivated and
harvested by the boy for whom it IS
procured, under such rules and regular
tions as will be adopted. Premiums
will be offered for the first and second
and third best reports, as well as for
the best corn, which must be exhibited
at the parish fair under the rules gov
erning the exhibit of corn.
The State Institute Board has de-
cided upon strong course in element
airy agriculture in the nine summer
schools which are to be held in the
State during the coming summer. The
board has secured the services of two
eminent experts from the Department
of Agriculture at Washington, to be
reinforced by Director Dodson of the
State experiment stations, and Prof.
Kidder of the State University and
other distinguished agricultural au-
thorities in this State.
The State Board of Agriculture and
Immigration held meeting at Baton
Rouge, which was largely devoted to
hearing reports of the officials. Com
missioner Schiller and Director Dod-
son made exhaustive reports of their
| ,rocl> 4, tbo ,o,,,r,;ec;,parsc offica ond
the State experiment stations. The
board will ask the legislature for the
creation of permanent farmers insti-
tute conductor, who will conduct the
institutes throughout the year.
| Unemployed men are so scarce In
Louisiana as to render it difficult for
planters to secure labor. Just at pres
ent idle lumber mill employees are fill
ing some of the demand for plantation
workers, but even these lumbermen
are refusing work in considerable num-
bers because of prospects that their
regular places in the mills will shortly
reopen.
Because w. F. Warner, resident OF
Grayson, asked George Smith, negro,
to settle bill long overdue, the black
drew pistol on him and would have
killed him in another moment but for
the quick action OF Mr.. Warner, who
seized an AK and knocked the negro
down and disarmed him. The assault
aroused great excitement and feeling.
and the Jail was strongly guarded for
several days to prevent lynching.
The remains of Gen. T. T. Taylor,
who died at Lake Charles. were buried
in Arlington Cemetery, Washington.
Gen. Taylor was one of the most noted
men in Lake Charles, where he resided
for ten years. He was civil war
veteran, was United States referee in
bankruptcy for the Western District OF
Louisiana, and general counsel for the
st. Louis, Watkins and Gulf railroad.
The corn contests, of which so much
has been said lately. were the result OF
the illustrated lectures delivered by
Superintendent Kern of Illinois before
the conference OF parish superintend-
ents at the meeting held at Baton
Rouge in December last, and the idea
seems to have proven popular, as was
evidenced by the recent Inauguration
of this kind of instruction for the chill.
dren in the parish of Avoyelles.
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The citizens of st. Landry parish
will levy two and one-half mill tai
for period of five years to aid the
proposed new State Normal School. II
is estimated that this tax will yield
about sl2G, 900 in the five years.
The Board of Immigration has set
tied the immigration troubles in Ten
sas parish, where several families were
taken by parties other than those L
whom they were sent. The parties WHIT
received the families settled for the
transportation.
A record was made at Jennings II
rough rice sales when Mrs. Jaenk'
sold to the Empire Rice Milling Com
pany of New Orleans about 1000 bag
. of Japan at 81 IL to s43l per barrel,
; large amount going at S4.3l per barrel
: At meeting of the Anti-Salool
League of Acadia parish subscrip
ton of $500 was raised to advanre tn
cause of prohibition.
The city of Alexandria has awarde
: : the contract for another artesian well
. For $1,000 the contractor is to bore
, we'll which will supply 100000 gallon
. of water every "a hours by pumping
and for $500 additional one that wi
!, flow the same number of gallons with
; out the use of the pump