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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-11
average of $500 per ton I. o. b., and
proba bly, more, subject to the market
nrico Of snnar He fhonuht fwantu

average of 90. 90 per ton I. o. b., and
probably more, subject to the market
price of sugar. He thought twenty
tons to the acre for plant and stubble
cane could be relied on as an average
yield. 1t takes from three to four
tons OF cane to plant an acre, accord
ing To the manner of planting.
Mr.. Norman stated that he would
visit Colfax again in January. and
that he hoped to make Arrangements
with number of our planters for
shipments of cane. From here he
and Mr.. Valentine went to Fair
mount, where they hope to interest
Messrs. A. A. Dean, John Randolph.
A. G. Thompson, and Others in the
the sugar cane proposition.
This is one of the most important
movements that has yet been pro-
posed for the substantial benefit of
this locality. 1t is big with promise
for the progress and prosperity of
this country, and should be entered
into by each and every one who has
an interest in our agricultural well
fare, upon which every other interest
depends.
For years we have heard the cry,
1--WE must diversity" Here is the OPP
portunity to go iuto the raising OF a
crop which is strictly a money crop,
and for which there is a reliable and
remunerative market. There is no
reason in the world why our farmers
may not prosper if they will only
use the means now at hand. They
have at least half dozen leading
crops upon which they can rely, such
as cane, corn, cotton, hay, rice, and
sweet and Irish potatoes, that al
ways bring in fair return as staple
crops, besides the collaterals in the
way of oats, peas, pea nuts, and
many other things in the truck farm
ing line, to say nothing Of the stock
raising and cattle business.
Our people shouldget together and
go into this diversifyiBg business
with system and vim, and in the
meantime weshall be pleased to hesr
from any of our citizens who have
anything to say about this impor-
tant matter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-11

As cold weather comes, the pinch
OF poverty is keenly felt by all our
poor, especially by the children. We
have more calls for charity than we
can attend to, and we would be very
pleased if any one having cast off
childrens' clothing would help us..
We are willing to receive and dis.
tribute anything in the way of Clothes
or shoes that will keep out cold.
j. BLAIN. PRIEST
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-11

Mrs. A. X. Hoffpauir and children
arrived last Tuesday, and bave been
spending the week with her mother.
Mrs. j. +. Waltman, while Revs.
Hoffpauir and Waltman are attend
ing the La. Annual Conference of the
NJ. Church South now sitting in Alex.
andria.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-11
Notice of Tea hers Examination.

The next te;lchers examination
will he held atEColfax, Dec. %, 23
and "a, 1909. beginningat 9 O'Clock.
All applicants to take this examina-
ton will please ibe on hand at the APP
pointed time as those that come in
late will not be permitted to take it,.
Besides the usual subjects required
heretofore to pass, agriculture has
been added to the list for the coming
examination. J. N. WARNER.
Parish Superintendent.
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DIED..

MARTIN.-At Saloam Springs,
Ark, Charles ]. Martin, infant son
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Martin, born
June 20, 1909, died Dec. 3, 1909.
The Chronicle joins the many friends
of the bereaved parents in this CON-
nunity in sympathy for the loss of
their darling child.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-11

by indigestion's pangs-trying many
doctors and 500 worth of medicine in
vain, B FAyscue, of Ingleside. N. c.,
at last used DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
and writes they wholly cured him.
They cure constipation. Biliousness, sick
headache, stomach. liver, kidney and
bowel troubles. 80 at all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-11

Prof.. j. N. Warter was here last
Saturday to attend the Teachers In
sti.ute for the Western District of
Grant parish About ten teachers
were in attendance, and the usual
routine business was transacted.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-11

Police Officer Jos. ID. James, one of
the best officers on the Alexandria
force, was shot and almost instantly
killed by desperate negro named
Ed Jones, last Saturday afternoon,
who was resisting arrest. The negro
was shot by Constable j. j. Baltic,
and died about IL O'Clock that night.
For a while there was a great deal
OF excitement, and party was FORM
ed to lynch the negro, but he was re-
moved to the Jail by Sheriff Kill
patrick, and the mob was informed
he could live but little while and so
they desisted from the attempt.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-11

Mr.. Il. l.. Brian, of yerda, was
among the visitors to Colfax on
Tuesday and gave US an appreciated
call while here.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-11

You cannot foot a bill by kicking
it about.
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Official Proceedings of Colfax Town
Council.
Coliax, La, Dec, z, 1909.

Coliax, La, Dec. z, 1909.
The town council met this day with
Hon. c. N. Carnahan, mayor, presid-
ing. Present, Aldermen O'Quinn,
Roberts and Williams.
Reading of minutes of last meeting
dispensed wish.
The following claims were allowed
and ordered paid:
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

-FOREIGN.-The condition of Leopold.
King ~ the Belgians, is critical: men,
tsrs Of the royal family have gathered
~ the palace, and doctors and an Arch
bishop remained all night with the ruler.
=-- Dispatches from Managua and
Rluefelds give conflicting reports Of
conditions; adherents ~ Estrada have
no doubt Of success, While partisans OF
Zelsya SAY that the capital is quiet: in
surgent reports add that more than five
hundred persons are in chains At Man
aqua. About a hundred marines
have been ordered from New England
navy yards on service in Southern
waters.
G.-President Taft. with his
brother. Charles =. Taft visited the Cap
nol At Washington TO view the statuary:
no parallel TO the visit is found. -
The annual reports Of the Secretary OF
commerce and Labor and the chief Of
The Bureau 81 lnsulsr Affairs were made
public AZ Washington. == Samuel <
koenls, Secretary Of State. announced AZ
Albany that the four constitutional
amendments and the proposition to i'm
prove Seneca and Cayuga canals. which
were voted on Al the recent election. lad
been carried. mainly through the vote Of
New York and Kings counties. =
commissioner Henry solomon. in a re-
port 20 the State Prison Commission,
made public II Albany. called attention
10 alleged hardships inflicted on Nit
nesses who are ;ield in the House Of De
toution. IN Mulberry street New York
CITY.
fITH.-Judgc Gavnor discussed munic-
ipal government before an audience Of
Two thousand In New Rochelle. -
Tho liner Ia Lorraine WAS crippled dur
ing storm one day out of Havre but
MADE repairs at sea and reached this
port safely. == Ambassador Bacon
postponed his sailing for France after
submitting TO an A-ray examination that
disclosed the necessity Of q slight opera
ton. duo 10 his fall from his horse some
DAYS ago. -= The Continental Asphalt
Paving Company had claims aggregatilg
nearlv half a million dollars for extras
nled with tho city Controller. - The
proprietor was stabbed and many fire.
quonters Of the place were fclled TO the
h"or in a general fight I'm a Tenderloin
cafe. -= Samuel CnteTmyor for Al
fred Y. Nathan. appealed TO Nathan
StrauS for n conference concerning the
Lakewood PreVeutoTium.
THE NEATHER.- Indications for to-
dsE: Snow. The temperature Nestcr-
dsv: Highest. % degrees: lowest. -
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
SUGGESTION FROM r. w. SEWARD

To the Editor of The Tribune.
f Sir: Various we'll meant suggestions are
made through the press as to the disposition
to be made of the replicas Of the Half Moon
and the ClermOnt But most of the locali-
ties are I'm crowded harbors or I'm out of the
way spots. safe but not convenient for Wis
itors.
There is one place admirably adapted for
the purpose. both by nature and by historic
memories. That is the vicinity of the old
Kings Ferry. The two headlands. Yer
Planeks Point and Stoay Point. lying Ill
rectly opposite each other. offer cOmmodi-
Gus coves for anchorage or mooring. deep
and wide. yet unobstructcd by traffic. I'm
der the Ice OF Verplanck's Point is the iden-
tical spot where Henry Hudson anchored
the Half Moon on his first voyage Stony
Point is already state park. with convent
ent wharf and adjacent railroad station.
The two vessels would be under state
supervision and easily accessible for visit
ors either by boat or train. No large ap-
preparation and no extra expense would be
required. The two vessels. built expressly
to commemorate the history of the Hudson
River. should remain in It's waters as oag
as their timbers hold together.
FREDERICK w. SEWARD.
Montrose-on-the-I Hudson. n. Y. Dec. II,
1903.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13

fence 10 the estimahle gentlemen who
are now a-itating the matter, there
seems Ia he danger that anything which
is now devised through merely local coun-
ellis may prove 10 he too previous
Ii may confidently he expected that the
canal will he completed within a few
years-siX or eight. ut most. But he
would he rash who should attempt %
predict the exact date. even within Il
year. VIII IL not he early enough 20
decide upon the celebration when we
know with some assurance in what year
il can occur? As 20 the place. we are
told that both San Diego and San Fran
cisco claim the honor. Well. we have il
upon the authority of Sir BOYLE Roche
that not even a single. solitary man can
be in two places at the same time unless
he Is a bird: and surely a whole big cele-
hration's incapacity for ubiquity is no
less marked. Nor are We convinced that
any place i'm California. or even i'm the
United States. is the most desirable. OF
course, California is much interested i'm
the canal. especially san Francisco. he
cause it is the chief port of that state,
and san Diego, because il is the nearest
American port-on the Pacific COast-to
the canal But. then. So are Galveston
and New Orleans and Mobile and Pensa-
cola greatly interested i'm the canal; and.
for that matter 81 is the whole United
States.N
There are those who contend that the
celebration. while it should he universal
i'm special national holiday on the actual
day of the opening. should have its scenic
centre and chief assemblage at the actual
site OF the canal itself: and for that
opinion there is much support. There
will almost necessarily be an august
gathering there. comprising probably the
President of the United States and the
heads Of other nations and diplomatic
representatives of ali lands. There will
be a multitude Of visitors and Sightseers.
for. of course. the canal itself will be a
more interesting object than any other
exhibition that could possibly he ar
ranged. These circumstances strongly
suggest the prOpriety Of making the chief
celebration within the Canal Zone and
by the side of the canal itself at the mo-
ment when the waters OF the Caribbean
first mingle with those of the Pacific.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
THE METROPOLITAN REPORT

The reports of the receivers of the
various parts Of the old Metropolitan
traction system. Just given out 10y the
Public Service Commission. offer little
hope "f q speedy adjustment of its af-
fairs. and il is not surprising that 40
plan for it's reorganization has been
formed. With interest and rentals cut by
the receivers almost in half 10 81 49, .Si3.
ihere still remains not enough 20 meet
these items. and deficit exists for the
oscsl year lssT9 Of S295.0G9. That is 10
say. the company fell nearly s300ooo
short of meeting the charges that under
lie the bonds Of the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company. The serious charae-
ter Of this situation can perhaps be best
illustrated by a comparison with the state
of the Metropolitan systems companion
in bankruptcy. the Third Avenue COM
pany. which not only meets its underlying
charges, but has a surplus of about ST.
3ooO0 toward the payment of interest
on the bonds I'm default.
The figures OF the Metropolitan system
arc disappointing in various ways. It's
sst financial year WAS year of impror-
ing conditions aud Of Increased earnings
by practically all fhe transit companies
in the city. The gain If the Third Ave
nue.. of The subway and Of the elevated
roads is familiar 10 the public The
Metropolitan system did not participate
IN this general improvement Whereas
traffic increased greatly in the city. its
share of Tie traffic appears slightly 10
have fallen IN. The revenue paying pas
senseTs uf the old system. exclusive of
the Third Avenue road and IFS subsid-
iares, numbered 277.954..Jg for the
fiscal Ncar l9Wa. la 1908 after deduct
iig the Third Avenues passengers. there
wcr" more ihan 2.sO.OOO.DD0 cash passen-
rers. Earnings. too, have declined for
The year, rs compared with the year be-
fore. Operating earnings in 1919 were
sls.23s.T53. Ia 1900. after deducling an
amount estimated for the Third Avenue
romp3ny during the first six months of
tho wear. operating earnings Nerc about
Sli.:0o.e0o. Operating expenses. more
over showed very liifle Improvement.
bcins $40. .Ta3...ss for 1909. AZ against
nbout SllnsOpo for 1905. again after
sdk months 81 ihe Third Avenue eX-
Penses. Tho percentage of opcrating>I-
ifnses "a earnings IL thus practically
unshsn-ed from What IL was IN the early
days of the reociYershIp. aud remains "a
iremely high. Ia 1893 80 per cent u
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13

operating earnings went Ia pay operating
expenses This Is an unusual propor-
iion. and is doubtless due Ia the main
tenanoe charges made necessary by the
depleted condition Of the property. IL
had been hoped that the report for i9'9
wsuld show a reduction i'm the proportion
of operating expenses TO income. due 10
an Improvement i'm physical condition.
Considered with regard 10 the effect NJ
the cutting or Of transfers the report is
not encouraging Ia that policy. During
the whole of the fiscal year 1909 the
transfer arrangements with the Third
Avenue no longer existed. and dur
ing the greater part of the year those
with the J9th street line. the Second
avenue line and the 2Sth and 10Th street
croSstonn limo had ceased. Now. the
result WAS not an Increase OF the fare
paying passengers carried. for. ms We
have seen. they declined slightly i'm mum
Der. az compared with the year before.
when the transfer arrangements existed.
The number of transfer passengers WAS
considerably reduced. heing 125.534209
for 19Ga. against about 165.o00eD an
lgis. hut this reduction of about 10000
eto does not appear 10 have resulted in
amy great saving i'm operating expenses.
II will be an interesting question for
street railway operators whether or not
The cutting of Of transfers had anything
10 do with the reduction in cash passen-
gers and the turning Of the growing
traffic To rival transit lines
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.

To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: American citizenship is evidently
much more valuable asset abroad than at
home. In Nicaragua tTo Americans tax
ing part in an inSurrection against the gov
eminent and charged with an attempt 70
blow up a naval vessel are captured and
shot, whereupon. before the definite facts
are ascertained. We dispatch gunooats and
marines to the scene OF the alleged out
rage and the State Department fires on a
minatory epistle which gives all Central
America a chill and sends sympathetic
tremors throughout the South American
republics.
In Georgia another American citizen who
happens to have a dark skin. by profession
a clergyman. driving a pair OF mules along
the public highway. meets motor car His
mules take fright. and he gets into a dis
cussion or an alteration with the driver
OF the car who. according to the clergy
mans account. whips out a pistol and fires
OF him, wounding him twice. Thereupon-
for every one goes armed in that latitude
the man with the mules fires back, and kills
lis assailant at the first shot. Such Is his
account OF the transaction, and the prooa-
biIities all point 20 its correctness. "A mob
gathers at once. and without any trial pro-
ceeds to- burn the wounded man at the
stake. an act Of brutal. cruel lawlessness
which no savage tribe would he guilty or
While an American abroad can rely on
the whole power Of the general government
coming 10 his rescue IL he is wronged, or
svenginS him IL he Is unjustly slain. an
American at home can expect no better pro
lection and no more Justice than the preiu-
dices and Iawlessness Of his locality permit.
The United States is helpless when It's citi-
zens at home are wronged. Its arm Is not
long enough to reach TO Georgia or to Hi
nois. or to any other state where its citi-
zens are lynched and burned
An advantage OF living I'm the District OF
Columbia. not always appreciated and
which may be regarded as an Offset TO be-
ing without the right 70 vote. Is that citi-
zens here are under the direct protection.
SIS to personal ard property rights, or the
Constitution OF the United States and the
strcng arm of the general government
ARCHIBALD HOPKINS.
Washington, Dec. II. 1909.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
eosToN's PICTORIAL CAMPAIGN.
From The Boston Transcript.

From The Boston Transcript.
Mayor Hibbard is planning what he de-
clares will be one OF the most effective
campaigns in the history OF the city. IL
will be largely pictorial. and in this respect
his friends say that he will be able TO
bring vividly to the intelligence OF the
voters noted betterments in city affair,
which no amount of oratoTy on the part of
his opponents can successfully combat
The Mayor has large photographs of the
numerous city Fairgrounds. the conditions
OF many OF the leading streets before he
took his seat in the Mayors chair and
also photographs showing the change in
them durlng his administration. and photo
graphs OF bridges before and after. and
also improvements made in buildings and
the newer sections of the city. These ex-
htbits will be scattered broadcast over the
cty, VIII De shown at rallies and thor
oughly explained and are expected TO find
tEelr way into various publications In
this way the Mayors campaign will he
unique, his friends say, and will not only
appeal 10 The business men identified with
the 'lslo Boston movement and thor
oughiy IN linc with the spirit which has
prompted the exposition. out will furnish
The best of campaign material to the hum
bier citizens who deprecate the injection
@I personalities and mud singing into pO-
ltlcaI affairs
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
Il musemenfs.

ACADEMY OF MUsiC-sls-st. Elmo.
>JhANBRA-2-s-Nsud
ksToR-s iS-Seven Days
bEi1ASte-S.is-ls Nairimony Failure
RLiot-s :is-Ihe LOTTERY Man.
EkoAnWAN- Midnight sons.
CARNFGTE Halls :3o-Lecfure.
CASINOS .lS-1'he Carl ana the Wizard.
ONfAf<-2-s-NsudsvtIie
CoMEDN-s.l5-rhe Melting Tot.
CRf1ERlON-s .lS-lsracL
DALN -S-s s.15-The Belle - BRITTANY.
EDEN MIsF.E-The Norld IN Wax.
ENP1RE-closed.
F1F1H NlE-2-s-NaUdeyille.
SAIETY-s.fs-The Fortune Hunter.
GkRDEN-S.iS-H Name On the Door.
GaRRlCk-S ls-The Harvest Moon.
EkCKETT-S.ls- Septimus
Hs1Nf RSTEIN'S- .i5--s :l5-Nsudeyllle.
HERALD sol AilE-s :l5-Old Dutch.
HfPPODReME-a-S-A Trip 20 japan: Inside
the Esrth, the Ballet OF Jewels.
IRvING PI-ACE-s:la-Der Zigeunerharon.
kNlCk ERBOCKER- Dollar Princess.
LIBERTY s.iS-Sprfngtimc.
l.NNEt' M .2o--pCneloQe.
Lyrics .lS-T'he Chocolate Soldier.
MANsATTAN OPERA Hol' 81 tsilf.hauser
MANlNE ELLIOTrS TffEATRf,-e:3 30 Ihe
Passing - the Third Iloor Rack.
MFTRopDldTAN OPERA llntSf.-e -flfeilo
WV AMSTERDAM s:i5-The silver star.
NFW THEATRE SOS Antony and tioo-
NEW ToRK-si5-The Man Who owns Broad
SAVOY Helena Richie
sTI-NNESANT-s s.i5-Thc Easiest Nav.
WAfI.Af'K - .iS--rhs Fourth Estate
wERER'S Sfs-Th. CfimaN
wTSr ENls-s s.ls-Tfe Witchiug Hour.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
THE HUGHES PRIMARY PLAN.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir; ! noticed in this mornings issue OF
Tho Tribune letter in reference to direct
primary nominations signed by Mr..
Thompson. This letter discusses what he
supposes To be- the Hughes plan for direct
nominations. and as have made consider
able study or this plan. and. In fact took
part I'm the discussions leading up To the
formulation Il the plan. think that am
In position to correct one error In MIR
ThompsOn'a letter.
Mr.. Thompson states that he understands
that the persons designated by tho marty,
committees are the regular party nominees
for various public Offices. In this Mr.
Thompson Is mistaken. Tho coInrnittoe
elected at TIE primary for tho previous
year meets within month or six weeks n,
the primary for the current year and s.-
ieets proposed caHtlidate for public Of
hce. This selection Is certiaed BY the ON
GERS of the committee To- the ct,stod,a, os
primary records for the purpose OF having
the name Of the proposed candidate placed
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
A POOR ADVERTISEMENT.
From The Rochester Herald.


Lockport is the latest city to take up the
municipal advertising idea IL IS announced
with some boasting that the Board OF
Trade OF that city has erected four huge
billboards setting forth the city's indus
trial advantages. One is adjacent To the
Buffalo. LOckpOrt & Rochester line, one IS
near the Buffalo & Iockport line. one Is
near the New York Central. and fourth
Is near the OlcOtt Beach line.
L.OckpOrt has some natural Industrial adj
vantaSes, by reason Of its proximity TO
Niagara Falls power. and IL is a pros
porous business city for It's size But moth
ing could more effectively repel an inqUir-
ing visitor. business man or manufacturer
who was seeking a new location than to
see from the car window large and hide
Gus billboard advertising the merits of a
city. While most cities are striving 10 cUl-
uyate the spirit of Improvement and count
the phrase the city beautiful a real
asset, II is matter OF regret that Lock-
port or any town IN this state should by
an official act increase the great number OF
offensive billboards which already diSdgurc
the entrances Of many cities
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
nONIl AAD RISINESS-

Stock market prices are too high TO
warrant aggressive operations for the
rise. but the strength of conditions at
fecting intrinsic values prevents the de
velopm'nt Of active speculation for
lower quotations Idle funds. however.
must find employment. and IL IS con-
ceivablc that with the distribution OF the
January interest and dividend payments
investment bu"ins viii he heavy enough
{" encourage further transactions for
bull account. though the present position
of the loan market does not offer the
hope Of a return of hank rates to's level
that would Justify heavy expansion of
commitments on borrowed money. Tie
better class OF railroad stocks and bonds
under current money market conditions
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
GIImpsEs OF HALLEVs COMET.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: In yesterdays Tribune you reter 10
multitudinous claims of having first seen
HaIleys comet with the naked eye which
are probable i'm the near future
supposed IT had been seen with the un-
aided eve by many people for some time
past. As early as September 10 i saw q
distinctly at about 2:50 a. m. and called the
farmer at whose place 7 was the "stork
to observe IT, Several times since have
observed 1t and noted its varying position
on November 20 another date can verify
b. a similar visit at another farmhouse.
pointed II out 70 two Of the family.
@. C. T. WARD. NJ. D.
Nap1nee. Ont. Dec. .. 1909.