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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-06-04
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The Lost Mine
Of Panama 81 ID

+ is not improb-
able that during
the dry season of
1910 some trace
OF the once ia
nous mine of
"Tisingal" will be
found. as by Law
Third of January
2. 1909, passed by
the national as
SembIv of Dana
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-06-04
CHURCHMAN'S
STOMACH WEAK
Rev. LapIey Suffered Twelve Years
From it-How He Conquered Il;
You Also Can, Free.

Through an announcement that he saw
In his local paper the Rev. J. d. Lapley
OF Avondale Station. Birmingham. Ala,
learned that he could obtain q free trial
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-06-04
OF Course Not.

did that young man have the face
to kiss your"
'.He didn't kiss with his face"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-06-04

Packed in regular size packages, and dn
Theoretically sealed tins Tor not crs
mates.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
neutrality-suspicious.
ADVOCATES OF GREATER WATER
WAYS TO BE DISAPPOINTED.
None But Necessary Improvements
Will Get Into seeretsry's Report
Figures Cut in Twain.

Washington. d. C.-IIberaI expecta-
tons for a large-sized river and har-
buT bill need not be indulged b. the
enthusiastic advocates Of greater VA
terways improvements.
While the engineering department.
acting under recent Instructions from
the secretary of war. will not make
public In advance OF the eouyenins VI
congress the estimates submitted in
this respec, for future work. it is safe
to say that in most instances the dis
trict engineers have not stinted them
selves in the use of figures in their
recommendations for future constrac-
lions and other improvements.
When the reports Of the district en-
gineers are carefully studied. com
pared and revised by the chief engin-
eer. they will be sent up TO the secre-
tary OF war. who. as already indicated.
will receive them with a sharpened
pruning blade. In fact. the secretary
has le; it be known that the estimates
upon which the next congress IS ex-
Dected to base river and harhor ap-
preparations must contemplate only
work actually needed for eonsery ing
the interests OF commerce
The last congress provided practi
cally So 2oo0.Ooo for rivers asnd har.
bors, but II the nations waterways get
half that sum in the next congress II
will surprise those who noW are say.
Ing the secretary OF war has instrte-
tions to let none but necessary pro
jects get into his annual report.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
WARNING THAT WAS FAMILIAR
Grocer Man Used Formula That Made
Little Harry Long TO BE
Far Away.

Mrs Jones favorite warning to her
young progeny when they were In mis-
chief was that she would tend To them
IN n minute Tending was accom-
plished by applying the open hand
where Il would do most good. when
Harry was four years old he was sent
for the FIRST time round the corner To
the grocery. In few minutes he came
trotting soberly back with the nickel
still In his hand. but no bag OF onions.
What's the matter7' asked his
mother.
I'm 'fraid of the man." he said. SOL
emnly.
"Oh, he won't hurt you.- reassured
Mrs. Jones' Run along and bring the
onions. I'm In a hurry for them
A second time Harry disappeared
round the corner. and n second time
returned without his purchase.
I'm 'fraid Of the grocer man, he
explained. as before.
Well. what makes you afraid OF
him." demanded his mother. impa-
tiently
why answered the little fellow.
"bofe times when COED in. he looked
At me. an said. I'll tend to you in a
minute youths Companion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
JOE FOLK FOR PRESIDENT
Platforms Of Two Parties in Missouri
Announced.

Jefferson CITY. Mo.-Platforms ei
the Democratic and Republican par
ties in Missouri were completed here
by the parties leaders.
In the Democratic platform Joseph
" Folk. former governor. Is iudorsed
for president in 1872. The platform
denounces the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law and declares prosecution of trusts
Is urged.
one plank declares for merchant
marine and strong navy. The party
the platform declares. favors an EN-
ployers' liability law.
The solution OF the liquor question
is local option. according to the plat
form. Speaker Cannon is censured
and Col. Roosevelt and President Taft
are denounced.
The administration OF President
Taft is indorsed in the Republican
platform. which favors the principles
Of a protective TARIFF law. reduction
Of the tariff on necessities and increas
Ing it on luurxies. A tariff commits
sion is urged. The conservation OF
public domain is favored and the al
ministrations OF former President
Roosevelt and President Taft are in
dorsed for their activity regarding the
conservation OF natural resources.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
PASTOR NEARLY M0BBED
Would Sell Children. Too Poor to keee
Them.

Pittsburg. Pa.-Rev. Thos. c.. Boord
pastor Of the wylie Avenue Church Of
Pittsburg. vas almost mobhed by his
parishioners. the church people hav.
Ing read in the papers how their pas.
tor. pleading poverty. tried to sell his
children at public auction on the
streets Of Circleyille. Pa. his home
town.
The minister had been subjected 10
some rather harsh treatment when he
tried to get bids on two Of his chill
dren in the streets.
BoOrd explained that he was too
poor 10 keep his FIVE children. and that
he must sell two of them in order to
support the other three.
When B0ord asked for bids some of
the citizens interfered and told him
that the sale could not go on. Boord
tried to defend his action. but was un.
successful. He finally called the auc.
ton of when many in the crowd
showed disposition to become rough.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
DEMOCRATS WILL WIN
JAMES o. WATSON GIVES oEMoc
RAcY 30 MAJORITY.
Puts Blame on Roosevelt-Forme
President Intensified Insurgert op-
position-Msde no New Ones.

New York.-Ex Congressman James
ID. Watson % Indiana. Who used tC
be the Republican whip in the house
and who Is an active campaisner
made some startling statements with
regard 20 the outlook before the Re
publican party at the present time
50 Tar as the fall elections are Ocn
cerned. and gave IL as his belief thai
present indications are Tor Demo
cratic maIorits In congress next yeai
Of at least thirty.
Mr.. Watson blamed Col Roosevelt
not for the making OF new Insurgents
or progressiyes. but for helping tC
align them so distinctly that there Il
little hope Of their getting together a.
things stand
"a was out West with Vice-Presl
dent sherman. in Missouri aud OKLA
hOma.- said Mr. Watson. and have
been campaigning In eleven states
this year. and tell YOU the situation
Is bad for the Republican party.
am not one OF those who shut theiI
eyes and predict big malorities. The
Republican party Is confronted by q
situation that Is acute. and 1t Is ne
Use 20 shut our eyes 10 Il.
IL ia absolutely necessary for the
Republicans To get together every
where. The Indications are nov that
the next house will be Democratic by
a = ls-ast thirty majority. unless the
Republicans DO unite. We are losins
Republican congressman all the way
from Maine 70 California.
AS for Roosevelt honestly do no
believe he has made a single new in
surgent for all his rhetoric. Hut what
he has done has been TO intensity ths
feeling OF those who were insurgeut
AZ heart. and to emphasize the split
in the party.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
ELECTION FRAUDS CHARGED
Votes Sold for Twenty-Five Cents in
Illinois.

Chicago. Ill.-Ballot box stuffing,
vote buying and selling at from %
cents to 81. repeating. voting of dea,
men and in the names OF citizens reg
istered-these all figured in the frauds
that marked the primaries in Chicago.
despite the extraordinary precautions
OF the election board. Hundreds OF
complaints swamped the commission
ers. While there was little violence
and no rioting, several arrests were
made on charges Of bribery or repeat
ing.
Judge George A. Dupuy Of the Sups.
rior Court was selected for victim
in one of the most successful frauds
of the day. When Judge Dupuy ar
rived at the polls and was told some
one had voted in his name he insisted
on his right to cast a ballot. Appeal
was made to the election board and
his ballot was accepted.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
The BALLINCER CASE
REGULARS CONDEMN ACTION OF
DEMOCRATS. INSURGENTS.
Upon Return Of Senator Flint u 10
Probable That Another Meeting
Will Be Called.

Chicago. lll-SN Republican mem.
bers Of the Balllnger investigating
committee coHdemnlng the action OF
the four Democratic and one Republic
an insurgent members. who delivered
4 report demanding the retirement
from ofdce of Secretary Ballinger.
Those present were Senators Mel
sou, SUTHERLAND and Root and Con
gressmen MCall. Olmstead and DENLY.
They declared the action OF what they
term the minority at Minneapolis
to have been according TO the worst
methods ot ward politics
The evidence In the Ballinger ease
was discussed. but in the absence Of
qncrum they stated no action on the
case Itself was possible Il vas said
that Senator Nelson had authority e
vote for Senator Flint. who Is a mem
ber OF the committee. but Who is ir
Europe.
As the minority" declined to at
tend today's conference and took theii
adjournment at Minneapolis until tn,
next meeting OF congress. Il Is prob
able that Senator Nelson viii not cal
another meeting until the return o
Senator Flint. Who. as the seventh
member would make q quorum.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
The Call TO Service.

Every individual has certain endow.
ments-some OF them fixed in amount.
some capable Of almost unlimited ex.
tension-which are his to use for him
self or for his master Time. intel
lectual power. social gifts-some have
one. some another. not many possess
all. But upon every Christian comes
the obligation TO service. not by i'm.
perious command. but as the natural
r. sponse of the heart to him through
whom alone We have knowledge OF
the true meaning of life. The man
who can truly speak Of Christ as my
saviour" cannot call anything else
selfshly mine" As in feudal times.
the man surrenders himself and all to
his master and receives II again at
his hands on conditions of steward
ship and service. We are not our
own. We are bought with a price"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
FIGHT WITH WNCHESTERS
Brothers Unload Shotguns at Brothers
With Disastrous Results

Texarkana Tex.-At Oak Grove. %
miles west OF here. Mart. Ross, Jr.,
and Butler Ross. his brother. engaged
in an impromptu duel with Jim and B.
O'Rear. also brothers. the weapons
used being Winchesters and shotguns.
When the some OF battle lifted B..
When the smoke OF battle lifted B.
found to be fatally wounded with
Winchester ball just below the heart
Butler Ross was shot through the
stomach AMI both arms were shat
tered. He will probably die. Mart
Ross escaped unhurt. The oRear's
are brnthers OF the wife OF Mart Ross.
The shooting grew out OF an old fam
ily difference.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
TAFT WILL NOT STEP ASIDE
Will Accept Nomination for Second
Term u Offered.

Beverly. Mass.-The publication o.
story purporting to cone from Bsy-
erly and announcing that President
Taft had decided to step aside as a
candidate in 1912 to make way for
Col. Roosevelt. brought many inqui-
ries to the summer capital today. For
time an official denial was consid-
cred. but it was decided not to dignity
the story. which IS reported to he
without foundation. with a statement.
II can be stated that there has been
no change in President Fafts attitude
toward second term since he told a
number Of friends a few months ago
that he would accept a second nomina-
ton IL his party desired to tender i
to him. and if that portion Of the
American people represented by his
party seemed to want him.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
WEATHER AND THE CROPS
Government Bulletin Tells Effect on
Cotton and Corn.

Washington. H. C.-The weather Of
the past week. as it affected crops. is
set forth in the national weekly
weather bulletin Of the department OF
agriculture as follows:
As whole. the weather during the
early part Of the week was too moist
and sultry over the principal corn
growing states. and during the mid
die and latter parts ii was generally
too cold for the rapid maturing OF
vegetation. and some light TO heavy
frosts occurred at exposed points.
''In the cotton growing states east
Of the Mississippi the week generally
was warm and sunshiny. Some heavy
local rains occurred in many portions
OF the districts. but the average was
generally less than the normal. and
conditions were mostly favorable
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22

Accept Gods will entirely and never
suppose that you could serve him
better in any other way. You can
never serve him well. save in the way
be chooses. Supposing that you wero
never to be set free from trial. what
would you do? You would say to God.
Il am thine-if my trials are accept.
able to thee. give me more and
more" havs full confidence that
this is what you would say. and then
you would not think more OF tat
any rate. you would not be anxious.
Well. do the same now. Make friends
with your trials. as though you were
always TO live together; and you WIN
see that when you cease to take
thought for your own deliverance, God
will take thought for you; and when
you cease to help yourself eagerly. he
will help you.-Francis de Sales.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
COTTON IS SHEDDING
USUAL SEPTEMBER perEaloeA
TON REPORTED.
f'nal Weekly Report Finds. Field.
.n irregular Condition. eu, Better
Than Last Year.

Memphis. Tenu.-The cotton crop i.
coming to maturity In an Irregular
manner. In all parts OF the south
save the most southern cotton growing
sections, there are fields which are
thrifty and growing and need a late
uost to permit Of the maturity OF A
iull yield. In all sections. also. there
are heids which have apparently come
70 fuil growth and will make no more
cotton. In such as these the boiis are
opening rapidly. Il appears that on
the whole the past two weeks have
brought the crop toward maturity
rapidly than the farmers had anttci
patel. As a result. there are some
complaints of shedding in the valley
and the Atlantic states. In the latter.
however. the shedding does not ap-
pear to have been 50 great a. is usual
for the season.
II is estimated that 50 per cent of
the fruit on the stalk in the northern
districts Is mature and cannot be hurt
oy frost In Southern Texas. South.
ern Georgia and Louisiana esimates on
the matured cotton run 80 to 100 per
cent n Oklahoma and Arkansas tho
crop appears later than elsewhere.
Some OF the Oklahoma reports say
that early complaints of damage BY
boil worm were overstated. although
u IS evident that the promise is NOT
quite so brilliant as al one time lndI
Gated.
In general. a larger yield than last
year is Indicated in an states save
Georgia. South Carolina and North
Carolina.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
CONTRIBUTE TO BOTH PARTIES
Former President et Traction Com
pany Springs Sensation.

New YorS.-The admission tha
every corporation with which he has
ever been identified had not oRly con
tributed 20 political campaign funds
but had contributed 10 the campaign
fund OF every body that ever ran foI
office, was made on the stand by n
Ii. Nreelani. former president OF the
Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany. who vas the star witness al the
session of the Merritt investigation
committee
Mr. Vreeland could only be made tc
specify amounts for the year 1903
During that year the corporation OF
which he had then been president. the
Metropolitan Securities Company. had
contributed se0.0o0 10 s25.0OO to the
Republican state committee and sl7.
u00 to $4,000 TO the Democratic state
committee.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
UNCLE SAM WILL RETRENCH
Internal Revenue Department Plans
Big Reductions.

Cincinnati. Ohio.-The reduction of
Uncle Sans storekeepers. gaugers
and storekeeper-gaugers in the inter.
nal revenue service from $500 to
about 1900. with a substitute list OF
500 or more, was a recommendations
agreed upon by the National Fedora
tion OF United States Internal Reye-
nue. Storekeepers. Gaugers and Store
eeper-Gaugers, which opened its
third annual convention here
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
Sues for Commission.

st. Louis, Mo.-H. ID. Mcconnell,
land agent. filed suit here against the
Western Tie & Lumber Company for
s2S.00o commission for securing de-
PENDANTS a purchaser for tract OF
$4,000 acres in Arkansas. He claims
defendants agreed to pay him IS an
acre commission for selling the land
at s25 an acre. He claims to have sold
and conveyed the land H. A. Nixon.
vice-president Of the defendant COM
pany. says his company still OWES the
land: that Mcconnell ne7er secured 0
purchaser.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
WORLDS WHEAT YIELD SHORT
Crop viii Be Above the Average
Nevertheless.

Washington. u. C.-While this
years world acreage sown to wheat
was doubtless the largest in history
t235.o0o.0oo aeresi. 1t is not unlikely
according to the United States depart
menf OF agricultural epxerts. that the
world yield Of wheat will be short OF
the high record Of last year. 2.s3i.0 .0oo.
600 bushels. yet the crop is reason.
ably certain to go down in history
as quantitatiyely above the average
When the final figures are made ur
II will not be surprising TO hnd the
total world yield short OF the high
record. 3.642.o0O bushels last year.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
Girl confesses Murder.

Arkansas City. kans.-Ebby Shep-
ard the l6-year-old daughter OF J. w.
Shepard, who, with his brother, Taylor
Shepard. was murdered at their home
in Newkirk, Okla. confessed that she
killed the two men. In her confession
she declared the cause Of the crime
was that the men whipped her. She
also went TO the woOdshed, secured
the Ak with which the crime was com
mitted and gave it to the officers. The
girl has always been considered fee
bIe-minded.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
Labor Stops Spoilers.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Fifty thous'
and spelling books, purchased for the
common schools from Doub x Co., 81.
Louis publishers. remain unpacked
because of a fight made by the state
Federation Of Labor. 1t is charged
thar the hooks we're bound by non
union shop, whereas the law provides
that all text books shall bear the union
label and that the eight-hour law was
violated by the binders. The matter
is to be submitted to the attorney gen
eral for settlement.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
Rememberina Zach Other.

He sat on the sand at Atlantic City
in a bathing suit About ten feet
away she was drawing pictures in the
sand with a small brown forefinger.
He noticed her complexion. her curves
and the CLINT Of gold in her hair. He
wanted to speak. and yet. Finally
he summoned courage and walked
over to her
Didn't | talk with you for about
five minutes two summers ago." he
asked
Two years ago" she said dreamily
Two years ago-let me see-did I
wear blue silk stockings
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
eerbraeht Gets Two Years.

New York.-Ernest W. Gerbracht
former superintendent of the Will
iamsburg refinery of the American Re
ining Company, who, with Charles X
Heike. former secretary and treasurer
of the company. was convicted Of con.
spiracy to defraud the government by
the underweighing Of sugar. was sen.
fenced to two years in the federal pen.
itentiary at Atlanta and fined $4,000
After imposing sentence. Judge Mar
tin granted stay on appeal and fixed
bail at sssa 600
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
Banker BOUGHT STAMPS.

Wichita. Kan.-L. 5. Nuftzger. un-
til week ago president of the Fourth
National Bank Of this city: Frank S.
Burt, ex-chief Of police OF Wichita. and
John Callahan. alleged leader OF a
gang of bank and postoffce robbers,
were indicted by a federal grand jury
here on charges OF conspiring aainst
the government and receiving and dis
posing fstamps, which. it is charged
they knew were stolen from the gov,
ernment. The value OF the stamps Is
81 500.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
G. o. p. snubs Roosevelt.

New York.-Col. Roosevelt's name
does not appear on the list of distin-
guished guests invited to address the
National Republican League at its Ho-
tel Astor banquet October l. Presi-
dent Taft Is TO be the particular guest
of honor. II is announced that he IS
then to deliver the only address ex-
pected from him during the New York
campaign. vice-President Sherman.
Roosevelt's rival for temporary chair
man Of the Saratoga convention, is to
sit very near President Taft.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
Five.Ineh Rain in "a Hours.

Corpus Christi. Texas.-The rainfall
in this city the twenty-four hours end
cd with O'Clock Wednesday evening
according to the local weather bureau
was 5 inches. Telephone reports re
eeived by the Herald Indicate that the
rain was general throughoDt the
Southwest At . o'clock pm. the wind
attained a velocity OF sixty miles an
hour. but this lasted only a few sec
onds, and as far as can be ascertaineG
no damage was done 10 shipping OF
other property.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
sullivan Breaks Record.

wiiwaukee. Wis.-What is believed
to be a worlds record was made il
the cure of a case of loekjaw here
when 1880 units Of antitOxin serum
were injected into the body OF Ger.
aid Sullivan. aged II. a senior at Mar.
quette Academy Hitherto an ordinary
dose has been 800 uniies. or three tea
spoonfuls.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
He Knows the Game.

uins to the Metropolitan Meg
~ .ne Chief John Conway of Jer-
~. mas solved the baseball ex-
saesuon by the posting Of the
printed notice on his desk
~ y headquarters:
.equests for leave of absence
" srandmothers' funerals. lame
AoDse cleaning. moving, sore
aeauache, brainstorm, cousins
general indisposition. etc.
handed to the chief not later
clock on the morning of the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
CHICAGO FOURTH IN WORLD
1910 Census Gives /, 2.fs5,2s3 PopuIs-
ton.

Washington. - The population Of
Chicago is 2.fs5.2S3. an increase OF
4S6.70S. or PSI per cent. as compared
with 1.69S.575 in 1900.
This announcement leaves Chicago
ranking in population as the second
city Of the United States and the
fourth in the world.
Chicago has almost doubled its pop
ulation since 1890. when the figures
were 1.099.S5o Its greatest growth
during that period was an increase OF
54.i per cent.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22

New York.-More than a billion and
a half passengers rode on the various
transportation lines in Greater New
York during the year ended June 3d.
1870. Traffic figures made public by
the public service commission give
the total ar I,526. .g66, ,9sS
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
marries to Win 81 Bet.

ST Louis, Mo.-Joseph S. Frost,
grandson of Brigadier General Daniel
NJ Frost. the Confederate spy, and a
rs,bew of three St. Louis women who
married into the English nobility. mar
ried Mrs. Hattie Gears, widow two
Years his senior. to win a 81 bet.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
Dallas Has 90, io4.

Washington. Il. Census returns
show that Dallas. Texas. has a popu-
lation of 92,1O4. an increase OF 1856.
or 1l6 per cent. as compared with
42.6S3 in 10000.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-22
Endemic of Paralysis.

Harrisburg, Pa.-There are 65s cases
of infantile paralysis in fsrty-hve OF
the forty-seven counties OF Pennsyi
vania. according to reports to TIE
,,ate department Of health.