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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-07-11
For the Cotton Growers.

Or the OOgtOu OTOWCTSs
The Department OF Agriculture at
Washington has lately issued a num-
Der of publications especially for the
benefit Of the cotton growers OF the
Southern States. Among them are:
Yearbook 1905, Reprint No. 377,
diversified Farming in the Cotton
Belt" giving a general description
OF the soil, climate conditions,
methods of farming, and the vari-
ous types of farming that are prov
ing successful in the South and are
practiced by the most successful farm
ers.
Farmers Bulletin No. 80, "a Sue
cessful Alab ANA Diversiication
Earm," describing how well hogs and
alfalfa succeed together on what is
known as black waxy land.
Farmers Bulletin No. 312, "A Su' :
cessful Southern Hay Farm" telling
Of the unusual success made by one
farmer on one-horse farm.
Farmers Bulletin No. 318, "Cow-
peas" giving the latest development
in cowpea culture and showing how
it is fast taking its place among the
commercial products Of the farm by
use OF improved implements 10 bar
vesting and threashing the vines.
Farmers Bulletin No. 326, Build
ing up a Rundown Cotton Planta-
tiou," telling Of an old cotton plan
tation which yielded only one-fourtl
OF q bale Of cotton in 1905, and il
1907 yielded without commercial fer
tilizer of any kind more than a bal
of cotton to the acre.
| These publications are now availa
able and it behooves the farmers Q
this section to take advantage of th
opportunity to obtain the valuabl
information which they contain
They may be bad free OF charge upo
application to the Secretary of Ayr
culture, Washington, D. c. Othe
sections of the country have profile
: vastly by the scientific work of tn
Department of Agriculture. In fac
: improved methods of farming hav
} been rendered imperative in the Sout
} by economic conditions. In SON
sections of the South, notably in tt
, eastern cotton belt, this lesson ha
, beeA learned and it has been Of in
, mense benefit.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-07-11

Marston's vote would have been
the only vote cast in favor of the
measure in the Senate.
When the Mayfield bill was
passed by the Texas Legislature a
majority of the members admitted
the bill was wrong in principle and
would work against the farmers,
but voted for it under instructions
from their constituents, consoling
themselves with the belief that it
could later be repealed if found
unsatisfactory. Cotton men in
Texas now estimate the Mayfeld
law has already cost the farmers
of that State nearly $25, 0O0, 600 and
the end is not yet.
The next move before the Lou
isiana Legislature will be the en-
actment of the Pickett anti-buck-
ct shop bill which will completely
drive all bucket shops out of the
State and prohibit, under heavy
fines and Imprisonment all future
dealing where q bona ide intention
to deliver and receive the actual
cotton does not exist. With the
passage of this bill Louisiana will
then be the only cotton producing
State carrying on the business Of
buying and selling cotton under
wholesome trade laws which while
preventing trust control of prices
by permitting a free and oper
market will protect both the seller
and the buyer with even handed
justice.
The announcement of the defea'
/ of the Marston measure wal
promptly followed by an advance
of about ten points at New Or
leans, Liverpool and New York.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-07-11

Ny little boy, four years old. had 9 Sc
we're attack Of dysentery. We had two
physicians; both of them gave him up.
We then gave him Chsmberlain's Collie.
Cholero and Disrrhoea remedy which
cured him and believe that saved his
life William H. StroIiug. Carbon Hill.
Ala. There 10 no doubt but this remedy
saves the hives II many children each
year. Give it with castor oil according
to the plain printed directions aud .
cure is certain. For sale by Valley Drug
Store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-07-11
Notice Of Teachers Examination

Notice Of Teachers Examination
Notice is hereby given that on July
30 and 81, 1908, the regular exami-
nation for licenses to teach in the
public schools Of Grant parish will
be held in the high school building
in Colfax, La.
All tenchers not holding valid GER
tificates, and those desiring to teach,
will be required to take the examina-
ton before we can employ them.
To obtain second grade certifi-
cate the applicant must be found
competent to teach spelling, reading,
penmanship, drawing, arithmetic,
english, grammar, geography, his
tory Of the q. s., the Constitution Of
U. s. and Louisianu, physiology and
hygiene, with reference To the effects
of alcoholic stimulants and narcotics
upon the human system, grammati-
cal analysis, physical geography,
elementary algebra, and the theory
and art of teaching.
TO obtain n first grade certificate,
the applicant must be found compe-
tent to teach all the branches requir.
ed of second grade teacher. and al.
SO higher algebra. natural philoso-
ply and geometry.
Applicants must make so per cent
to obtain a second grade certificate
and 50 per cent to obtain a first
grade certificate.
The examination will open at
O'Clock q. m. ON July 30th, and al
applicants coming in later than that
time, will not be permitted to taxi
that part of the examination gon'
over. jim. WARNER,
Supt. of Grant Parish.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-07-11
Anti-Future Bills Defeated.
IBY wALfER PARKER1

New Orleans, July 1.-The de-
feat of the Marston anti-future
trading bill in the Louisiana Leg
islature, in the opinion of cotton
men generally, marks the begin
ming of new and better era for
the cotton farmer of the South, be-
cause, it is confidentially believed,
other cotton producing States will
profit by the facts brought to light
and follow Louisiana's lead. The
Marston measure was similar in
all essential respects to the Boykin
law of Georgia, the Mayfeld law
of Texas, the Boddie law Of Miss
issippi, and the anti-future law of
Alabama and Arkansas. It was
patterned after these measures and
sought to destroy all bullish future
trading in and through the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange but did
not reach the bearish FIXTURE
markets of New York, Liverpool
and Havre.
Advocates of the Marston bill
for the most part came from the
Populist stronghold in North Lou
/ isiana and acted under instructions
from their constituents. They
voiced the remnant of the now fast
dying radical sentiment against
modern methods, invested capital,
etc, which has during the past two
years placed SO many extreme and
restrictive laws on the statute
hooks of the South. Capt. B. w.
Marston and Paul NJ. Potts, the
leaders of the anti-future trading
forces, received no support what.
ever from the leading planters
merchants and bankers of the State
while President Harvie Jordan
of the Southern Cotton Associa
ton, openly opposed the spirit o
such legislation. President w. B
Thompson, of the New Orlean
; Cotton Exchange, himself plan
tation owner and spot cotton mer
chant, addressed the Legislative
committee having the bill in charg
in opposition to it and explaine'
in detail the objects of futur
trading, the part it plays in pre-
tecting the farmer, the merchan
and the spinner from speculative
risks, the rules and regulations Q
: the New Orleans Cotton Exchang
= and the CONSTANT fight the mem
bers of that organization hav
!. made against all unfair method
aud against the evil bucket shop'
At the conclusion of his addref
support of the Marston messur
melted down to the instructe
North Louisiana members, man
of whom openly admitted that
r
had been proven without a doui
9 that. the Marston type OF legjsl'
!, ton was mischievious in the e.
: treme but that they would have
vote for it because of their instru
tions. If these Legislators hs
: : followed their own judgment al
!. not their instructions Senat
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-07-11
For Rent.

Four rooms over the Crescent Drug
Store. arranged for photograph stu
do. Would make good rooms for
dodgers. beiDg conveniently situated
near a restaurant. Apply to X. N. T..
Duncan. COlfax, La. all-tf
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-07-11
Agricultural Situation In the
SOuth.

A Louisiana farmer writing to
the Southern Cultivator, of Allan
ia, Ga, paints in true colors the
condition of the southern farmer
of to-day and asks how it can be
improved. The letter should be
read by every farmer:
/ am a small southern farmer,
all my neighbors are small farm
ers; most of us raise about eight
acres of cotton and FIVE acres of
corn. We use no fertilizer, pillow
shallow and cultivate once with a
turning pillow. We raise half a
bale of cotton or less to the acre
and about ten bushels of corn.
With the exception of some chick
ems and milk and sweet potatoes
we raise nothing to eat and not
enough grain or hay for one or
two small horses. The cattle and
hogs we never feed, they Craze in
summer and browse in the woods
in winter. Some die from starva-
ton aud exposure.
We average about two days
work q week the year through, our
land is good; fertilizing and culti-
walton would double our crops; we
know all this and talk about it, but
90 on the old way. Nearly all of
MS get our seasons meat supply
from the merchant ON credit. All
of as have mortgages on our farms
and liens on our crops. We buy
meat, meal, canned goods and feed.
We settle up when cotton is sold,
but we generally owe something
on our last years debt
We have a Farmers Union
hold monthly meetings, talk about
holding cotton for fifteen cents
and. buying our implements and
fertilizers from the manufacturers
in car loads at half the retail price.
This is what the organizers tell us
in their talks aud speeches.
As we use no implements to
speak of but s or 9 inch cast iron
or wood beam plows and no fertil-
izers and buy on credit, these car
loads seem to some of Us large and
distant. / read the Cultivator,
but there is no other copy OF an
agricultural paper in the neigh
borhood. We don't read, though
all OF MS can; when we don't work
we visit or hunt We have two
farmers from Kentucky and Tenn
essee, who have large houses, large
fields, raise their feed and use fer.
tilizers; they are getting rich
There are about as many blacks al
whites, mostly renters on shares
half the crop when the owner fur
nishes everything. -one-fourtf
when he furnishes only the lant
and cabin.
We all know what is the matte
with rs, we don't approve of o.
apologize for our ways, we shoult
like to have large stock, plenty o
feed, 9 bale of cotton and fort.
bushels of corn to the acre, pain
on our houses and fruit in our or
chards. We know it can be done
we know how to do it; but we lik
American citizens and christians
believe and preach the right doc
trine and do the opposite.
What / am writing about is nc
to confess mot to wash the fam
" linen in the public-not to as
advice about farming; but to as
what manner of proceedings ca
be adopted to start us doing whit
We already know. The Union ca
do Ms no good, its demand for Sc
government millions to hold CO
ton and the imposs IDLE promise
car load goods and warehouse
and other airy schemes even ii
twenty of ns who belong to Il
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-07-11
For Rent.

A 4-room dwelling house at SO per
month. Apply to DIR. X. +. jackson,
Colfax. La. apr4-tf
, 1908-06-18
WYOMING NOTES.

Bide Dudley in the Denver Post.
The Big Horn County News, publish
ed at Meeteetse, says Cody is to have
a ''much-needed" revival meeting.
Oscar p. Ekdahl, who lives lear Sar-
atoga, found a lamb without legs in
one of his herds the other day. This
doesn't happen very freak-quently.
A Kelton storekeeper bought a cash
register recently and it is creating so
much interest that he is thinking of
charging those who want to see 1t
work five cents each.
The Guernsey baseball team can
beat the Scots Bluff nine without
much trouble, but it has to get up
pretty early in the morning to beat
Sunrise.
The ladies' of the First Congrega-
tional church at Cheyenne are making
an autograph crazy quilt. On one
block in the quilt will be the auto
graphs of President Roosevelt, Vice
President Fairbanks, Speaker Cannon,
Secretary of War Taft, United States
Senators William B. Allison, c. d.
Clark, F. e. Warren, ]. B. Foraker, N.
b. Scott, p. C. Knox and James A Hem
enway, and Representative F. W. Mon
dell.
, 1908-06-18
SHORT BUT RATHER
SENSATIONAL RUNAWAY

Roscoe l.. Donnel, son of ]. A. Don
mel, narrowly escaped serious injury
yesterday afternoon when one of the
wheels of the cart on which he and Joe
Finley were riding gave way at the
corne Of Front and Fourth streets, re-
sulting in a short but rather sensa-
tional runaway, says the Rawlins Re
publican. Young Donnel was driving
a fine, high spirited three year old,
and had the frightened animal not
collided with one of C. A. Conyer's
dray teams it is doubtful what would
have happened. The cart was smash
ed to pieces but neither the horse nor
the driver were hurt. Throughout the
excitement young . Donnel displayed
unusual gameness, retaining his hold
on the lines to the last.
, 1908-06-18
Badly sprained Ankle Cured.

Three years ago u daughter sprain'
ed her ankle and had been suffering
terribly for two days and nights-had
not slept a minute. Mr.. Stallings, OF
Butler, Tenn, told us of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. We went to the store that
night n got a bottle of it and bathed
her ankle two or three times and she
went to sleep and had a good nights
rest. The next morning she vas much
better and in a short time could walk
around and had no more trouble with
her ankle.-E. NJ. Brumitt, Hampton,
Tenn. rs and so cent sizes for sale
by all druggists.
, 1908-06-18
SUIT AGAINST
THE COAL ROADS
ACTION TO DETERMINE CoNsTt.
TUTioNALiTY OF HEPBURN
COMMODITY CLAUSE.
Proceedings Instituted by Government
to Restrain Seven Roads from
Handling Coal from Mines In
Which Roads Are interested-om-
aha shops on Full Time Now.

Philadelphia, Pa, June 1S.-A legal
contest to determine the constitution
ality of the commodity clause Of the
Hepburn act passed by congress was
filed in the United States colfr here
yesterday, when arguments were made
in proceedings instituted by the gov
eminent to restrain seven ~coal-carry.
ing railroads from transporting anthra-
cite coal from mines in Pennsylvania,
in which they are interested, to points
outside the state. The government
was represented in the proceedings by
Attorney General Bonaparte and two
special assistants, A. Allison Wilmer
and T. c. Spelling.
An Army of Attorneys.
The interests of the railroads were
looked after by a host of lawyers,
headed by John G. Johnson of Phila.
delphia and Robert De Forest of New
York. Judges Dallas, Gray and Buff
fington We're on the bench. Messrs.
Wilmer and Spelling spoke for the gov.
eminent yesterday. Both of Mr.. Bon
aparte's assistants made a strong de
Tense of the commodity clause of the
Hepburn act.
Power to Stop Cars.
Mr.. Spelling was emphatic in his
statements that the government could
regulate railroads, and he asserted that
congress had the power to stop every
railroad car in its tracks. Mr. De For
est, for the companies, took issue with
this statement and said that the at
torney for the government tried to
rave the red flag alongside that OF
the stars and stripes.
Arguments Closed.
Attorney General Bonaparte and
John G. Johnson closed the arguments
in their suit today.
, 1908-06-18
LONG AND SHORT MEN
ATTENDING coNsIsToRY.

Two interesting figures at the Wyo-
ming consistory are DR.. George G,
Rafter of this city and Dean Bode OF
Laramie. says the Cheyenne Tribune.
DIR. Rafter is exceptionally tall and
the dean built something on the order
of Zaccheus, and as they are frequent
ly together. their appearance is often
commented upon. Both are enthusiast
tic members of the consistory and are
familiar figures in the temple during
the reunions. Both gentlemen have
spent many years of hard work in the
ministry of the Episcopal church and
have won honor and a warm place in
the hearts of their parishioners as well
as their Masonic brethren.
, 1908-06-18
ANOTHER Big PARTY
OF LAND SEEKERS.

Messrs Tallmadge and Bunt.n ar
rived from the east today, at $50, in
a special train of seven cars filed with
land seekers. The party spent a little
while here, some of the men walking
about the city and we're then taken to
the Haley ranch west of here, where
they will be kept for a day Or two.
They are seeking lands and are likely
to find just what they want here. The
train consisted of Pullmans, a dining
car and a baggage car.
, 1908-06-18
1T TAKES COURAGE.

To speak the truth when by a little
prevarication, you can get some great
advantage.
To live according to your convic-
lions.
To be- what you are and not pre-
tend to be what you are not
To live honestly within your NEAR
and not dishonesty upon the means
of others.
When mortified and embarrassed by
humiliating disaster, to seek in the
wreck or ruin the elements Of future
conquest.
To throw UP a position with a good
salary when it Is the only business
you know and you have a family de-
pending upon you, because ut does not
have your unqualified approval.
To refuse to knuckle and bend the
knee to the wealthy. even though poor.
To refuse to make a living in a ques-
tionable vocation
To refuse to do a thing which you
think is wrong, because it is custom
airy and done in trade.
To be talked about and yet remain
silent when a~word would justify you
in the eyes of others, but which you
cannot speak without injury to an
other.
To face SANDER and hes, and to
carry yourself with cheerfulness, grace
and dignity for years before the lie
can be corrected.
To stand firmly erect while others
are bowling and fawning for praise
and power.
To remain in honest poverty while
others grow rich by questionable
methods.
To say NO" squarely when those
around say YES"
To do your duty in silence, obscur-
ity. and poverty, while others about
you prosper through n~eglecting or VIC
lating sacred obligations.
Motto bend the knee to popular pre-
judice.-Success Magazine.
, 1908-06-18

For fine job printing, leave orders il:
Fhe Republican Office.
, 1908-06-18
sTlLouis WOOL MAN
VISITING IN CITY

George w. Sykes of the st. Louis
Wool company is in the city and this
morning was taken to the Hoge ranch
by Timothy Ross and j.. M. Hoge. in
company with A. S. Howe of Brown &
Adams at Boston, in an effort to buy
the Hoge wool clip. They returned to
the city later in the afternoon. So
far, little wool has been sold in this
locality, some of the fockmasters pre-
ferring to hold their fieeces on con
signment for better prices.
, 1908-06-18

tion in this later day when the boun-
daries established in the centuries past
are becoming less distinct and king
lie that they have all n common
destiny?
Knows Oriental Conditions.
Secretary Taft has exceptional fami-
liarity with conditions in the distant
orient-in Japan, in China. We may
rest assured that our traditional friend
ship with Japan will continue. More
slumbering millions OF China will
awake from the lethargy of ages, and
she then will realize that the morning
dawn of fresher life and wider outlook
comes to her across the broad Pacific
from free America her truest friend
and helper. We v no portion OF
her territory. We desire from her, as
from all nations. increased good will
and that mutual respect which knows
neither buster nor cringing on either
side.
A Certainty Of Peace.
Thus in this new era OF larger re-
l%ations, Secretary Taft, with his COM
prehension of national and interna-
tional subjects, would furnish a GER
tainty Of peace and sustained prestige.
Under him, at home and everywhere.
this mighty people would have an as
sured confidence in the secure develop
ment and progress of the country and
would rest safe In the reliance that a
chief executive was at the helm who.
in peace or in war, would guide the
destinies Of the nation with a strong
hand and with a gentle patriotic heart.
A Perfect American.
And so today, in the presence of
more than ten thousand and with the
inspiring thought o the well nigh ten
thousand times ten thousand who
dwell within our borders. l nominate
for the presidency that perfect type
of American manhood, that peerless
representative of the noblest ideals in
our national life. William H. Taft. OF
Ohio.
, 1908-06-18
TOOK HIGHER DEGREES
AT CHEYENNE MEETING

Lord Charles Kennedy of Laramie is
in the city attending the consistory,
says the Cheyenne Tribune. Although
Lord Kennedy is an Englishman and
the Scottish Rite is particularly strong
there, he took his higher Masonic de-
grees in the Cheyenne consistory. Lord
Kennedy has the distinction of being
the only titled foreigner in the con
sistory and is the tallest man attend
ing it.
, 1908-06-18
Power TO Stop Cars.
o on Full Time.

Omaha, Neb., June 18.-Two thou
sand shop employees of the Union Pa
cific railroad have been placed on fun
time, after working short time since
January 1. At Union Pacific head
quarters it was stated that other de-
partments which were cut down a few
months g will be augmented about
July 1.
, 1908-06-18

Inere was uSed ~ d sl.onS, coui'
aaeous spIIlt 40 RESTRAIN tnesS ueslrhc'
a,e ..l,ss wAlIn ..a.e asscateu tneln'
s.u . IN uuis un.e ol Crowd and pIeh'
~. Inc 1.ory "a his acsiiesenien' WIZ
.naile up oav U. dne pases
~ LIE llisJory u tn,s Or any age AM
wan prove 1uaI lUaay, as Ia a.iy crll.ca'
..o.4 Oh sosiai unreal vi I'll u~aAieer, o"e
.u.I " AL appear wac SaIi grappie "itn
, 1908-06-18
A Man Of Affairs.

~ md1 OF NIIdtVS.
More than any other of our public
men he has had to do with our out
lying dependencies and colonial rela'
lions. 1t was he who took in charge
the prosecution of that colossal enter
prise on the isthmus, the canal unit
ing the lesser and the greater ocean
and under his directing hand the com
pletion of the most istupendous OF
public works is no longer a vague and
distant hope. but an imminent reality
Peace for Cuba.
With ~eyer-ready skill as a pacifcator
he restored tranquility in the fertile
Island of Cuba, so often distracted by
civil strife. In the far-off Philippines,
under a blazing tropical sky. he found
a people of many races and tribes, de-
graded by centuries of misrule and op-
preston; and there too he not only
established the rule of law and local
control in place of confusion and
bleody strife. but showed the way to
self government, and n new ~reeogni.
ton Of the rights of man
Father OF F%iiipinos.
For peoples and races, like indiyid.
uals, under the inspiration OF "a
friendly guide, may lift their faces
heavenward and seek to climb the
great worlds altar stairs to noblsr
heights Of liberty and opportunity. II
is to his lasting honor that his desire
was not to be known as Taft, the Pro-
Consul" who brought to them the
F%ilipinos." who brought to them the
light of modern civilization.
Fit TO Lead Nation. =
In the larger sphere Of world poll
tics, we are entering into new and
closer bonds with all the nations OF
the earth Who 10 better qualified than
he to lead America to her true posi-
e.
, 1908-06-18

N, e. Corthell was able to be dow
town yesterday and again today.
Union Pacific Railroad Co., Summer
Tourist Low Round-Trip Rates.
From Laramie, Wyo to the east and
West.
Chicago, ILL.,, and return, $43. so
Buffalo, N. Y, and return, $65.30.
Detroit, Mich, and return, $3.50,
st. Louis, Mo-, and return, $3.50.
st. Paul. Mimi, and return, $41.20.
San Francisco, Cal, and return,
$4,000.
Los Angeles, CAL, and return, $4,000.
Portland, Ore, and return. $4,000.
On sale June 1st to September so.
Final limit, October 81.
tt A. B. cADY, Agent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-27

Charles r. Lewis, assistant general
freight agent of the Eastern Steamship
Co, was in the city Friday on business
connected with the company's Augusta
office