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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-08-20

ployees. / will only say that any
one who votes consistently for the
interests can get this kind of "pap'
to quiet growls from FESTIVE con-
stituency.
Mr.. James ]. Bailey, who was
once elected Lieutenant Governor
of Louisiana and allowed himself
to be robbed out of it, and who Is
now a resident of the Sixth Con-
gressional District, also aspires to
represent the Seventh District In
Congress. While we must grant
that it is kind of him to furnish
material in this way, we find our
selves wondering why MIR. Bailey
did not follow out the time-honor-
ed precedent of doing his running
for Congress in the section where
he makes his home. If the Sew
enth District were to honor him
by election, and he did not permit
someone to take it away from him,
| in what way would he improve the
situation? He is also a lawyer
and no doubt would soon be at the
head of a law firm to which the
corporations would soon flock. Il
the choice of the men who once
every two years have an opportunl
ty to speak, should fall on me-
can safely promise that the cor
poration magnates will not'congre
gate at my door; l will be selected
by the people and will be answer
able to to the people; all m,
strength will be derived from ther
end my best energies will be dc
voted to them.
i l ask the voters of this distrie
, to give this their earnest consider
4 alton and decide for themselves
E it is not time to make change.
1 am not unknown to the peopl
r of the Seventh district, and l plede
!. nv faith if elected to honestl
D serve them.
OIL Respectfully yours.
Il DAVID JOHN REID.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-08-20
Letter from Mr.. B. E. Woods.

Montgomery, Aug. 4, l9IO-
To the Police Jury, Tdr Payers,
and Farm Demonstrators OF the
Parish of Grant:
AS your agent in farm demon
stration work, it is my duty to in
form you that 1 am now on fur
lougn and will probably not meet
with you until our fall work begins,
and l now wish to extend thanks
to all who have aided in this great
work, and for the hospitality ex-
tended me in your homes.
We doubtless have made some
mistakes, but have learned so many
good lessons in this great school
of agriculture. that, from the gov
ernment down to the most humble
| agent and farmer, we feel that we
are all students in the same school,
and have made such progress IN
the work this year that We go high
er up the ladder in the near future
| 1 want to say here that it has beer
impossible for me to see all that
wanted to see. 1 was authorized
to get a few demonstrators as nea
public crossroads, postofices, ETC.
as possible, that their crops Nigh
be seen by the most people, that
might be able to visit them month
lily if possible, and that our distrie
agent might visit them during To
year.
To say that l have done all j
nv power, as far as l know,
: make q success, and that l love
Z the work better each day, TIL
+ many of our demonstrators dad q
f in their power to win, and are res'
o ing and working as never befor
o. is not sufficient, because our pro
; poets in the spring were vel
o bright. But we have labored u
l der more climatical disadvantag
e than usual-continued cold al
\
IS dry weather in spring, followed
b. ter by excessive rains, was indie
r hard on our farmers. Our pots
ut crop aud price cut short about OF
s. third. Many had to plant co
land cotton over. The old CO
W that was saved came out and "
t. average IS per cent of crop, a
n our parish has April, May, Ju
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-08-20

FREE HOMESTEADS from 40 to
leo acres land In Ala. Ark. II Ia. La:
and Miss. GIVEN AWAY by United
States Government to successful APP
plicauts. Send 25c for infOr nation
aud application form. Dixie Home
Co.. Princeton. Florida
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-08-20

If your liver is slusgish and out Of
tone, aid you feel dull, bilious, cousti-
uated. take dose Of Chamberlain's
stomach and Liver Tablets tonight be-
fore retiring and you will feel al right
in the morning. Sold by ell dealers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-08-20

Masters?" Is it possible for him
to work with an eye single for the
benefit of the masses when every |
instinct of professional training
impels him to consider those with
whom he is in constant, daily, yes,
hourly association, and whose paid
employee he is? At such times L
venture to say that you, the people,
are but an abstract question, while
the mighty corporation for whom
both you and he work directly or
indirectly. is an always present,
shining, concrete actuality.
We must judge his many years
service by his own confession. He
tells the rice farmer that he built
tariff wall to prevent the flooding
of this country with rice from the
PHILIPPINES and Asia, but he fails
to point why You have been living
| in precarious existence ever since
he placed the last brick on that
wonderful wall.
Who fixes the price of your rice.
YOU or the Amalgamsted Order OF
Rice Jobbers' Association, the
mightiest corporation of farming
products in the South? The tariff
certainly prevents the entry OF
foreign rice to the northern con-
sumer and at the same time it en-
ables the jobber to pluck the farm
er at his own sweet leisure. Say
what they please, this is the situa.
ton. Another great service per-
formed, is the securing of the En-
gineer Corps of the Federal Gov
; eminent to lay out ditch along
the Southern coast of Louisiana
! and Texas, presumably to enable
the timid mariner to pillow its rag
: ing waters safely and give cheapel
: transportation for commodities
How much this will ever bring yo'
, is extremely problematical. but NJ
T doubt 1t will enable the great cor
porations, who own millions o
e acres of wild and unproductiv
: land, to place that land on tn
:, market at a remunerative figure
: and one pleasing SO the eye of th
> foreign holder thereof. Incident
e ally the dirt thus displaced ma
Il make a good automobile road fc
y our opulent CD farmers.
II Another service our Congress
o man performed is one that l ha'
y not heard of his mentioning in b
y speeches, but as he is too modes
q to speak of it, especially in Ca
Re casieu parishl, 1 will venture
;" recall it.
When the giant sulphur mil
70 corporation, the champion ia
4 dodeer of Louisiana, was called
'e "taw" by an Assessor who tried
In do his duty, and an assessment
Ne ten millions of dollars was plac
* on their property in Calcasi'
40 parish, this tremendous monop
w rushed into the o. s. courts
ca force the reduction of their assel
re ment. Mr.. Pujo was in Washir
's- ton City. presumably on your bu
ness, the business for which y
ed elected him. but as soon as his !
gs loved corporation gave out its {
II of distress your Congressman
nts serted his post to rush to the =
cue of his masters. His enc
ire we're successful, "compromil
ire was entered into and the asse
OF ment Of the Sulphur Mine Co
ast pany was reduced about seven .
The lion dollars. The records will b
on out every word of this statem'
ess He cannot say in extenuation
the his action, that he owed dat,
"m his client; the corporation had
'sy' lack of attorneys Asyour Rel
lch santatiua ha also owed q duty
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-08-20
AN ADDRESS
By Hon. David John Reid, Of Calcasieu
Parish, Candidate for Congress
from the 7th District.

To the Voters of the Seventh Con-
gressional District:
In making my announcement as
a candidate for Congress before
the Democratic Primary, | find
myself compelled, in order that l
may have a somewhat equal hear
ing with my competitors for your
suffrage, to address to you this let
ter and brief summary of the gen.
eral situation as it appears to me.
l do not believe that anyone will
dare deny that, for the great mass
of humanity in these United States,
the means of obtaining the neces-
sites and comforts of life are be-
coming more and more unattain-
able. The individual, the very
basis of our National existence,
has completely sunk from view,
and the only people who are con-
sidered are the vast aggregations
of capital which euphoniously calls
itself the business interests.
Every consideration for the in
dividual voter is submerged in the
wild desire to add to the great ball
of wealth, which slowly sweeping
over the land, adds to Itself the re-
suit of the arduous labor and pinch
ing economies of the masses. 1t
is only when an election approach
es that you are brought to mind,
because you have not as yet been
deprived of your voting power,
and the biennial attempt to soothe
your discomfort with glittering
geueralities is perpetrated.
l ask you, who are to cast your
ballots on September 9th for your
Congressional choice, to let your
minds run back for few years,
and then honestly say, are you OF
are you not progressing?
l fancy you will acknowledge
that while the wages of the work
ing man have remained stationery
the same amount as paid twenty
five years ago. the cost of life's ne
cessities have on an average NOR
than doubled. Then ask yoursel
in the same impartial manner VII,
this condition exists and you wil
find the answer in the laws whicl
permit the capitalist to absolutel
control everything from the yer
source of supply to the 6nishe
output. Competition is the tit
of trade, combination Of iH-gofte
,oealth is the death Of hope.
One need not study history
see the awful difference that el
lists between the situation of th
people now and what existed
by-gone days. l only ask you, Il
middle-aged voters. to look bac
twenty or twenty-five years an
note how much harder it is no
to support your families. The rie
are fast becoming richer and mo
: arrogant; the poor have less pro
pect ahead of them.
I do not wish to be consider
an alarmist; / believe our wron
can be cured by lawful methods
we can secure faithful servar
who will hearken to our cry; but
say in all earnestness, that SO 81
as shadow follows the sun, so So
as night travels on the footsteps
day, a terrible reckoning mt
sooner or later come. When t
last straw of oppression is laid
the peoples backs by faithl'
Congressman in the interest OF I
Mighty Corporations, for VIII
they work and to whom they pr
then the struggle will begin, VIII
before it ends will sprinkle
door Intel of every home with
blood of father, son or brott
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and July corn that bids fair to
make a heavy yield. We have
more corn, peas, peanuts and hogs
than ever before. We have better
horses and cattle than in the past,
and we can have vegetables any
month in the year. We have no
hungry people.
We have no right to complain or
to be calamity howlers or chronic
kickers. We have but little sick
ness. No cyclone and no EARTH
quakes. We have the richest and
most beautiful flower garden OF
Eden, which is the old Sunny
South" of course. We have 4Ol
miles of Red river valley, the value
and depth of soil unknown, that
can be- bought in small tracts at
small prices. We have fertile
hills with spring branches lined
with the honeysuckle, the tall mag
nolia with its great fragrant flow
ers, and hundreds of others that
can be bought at S. per acre, some
times less. The poorest acre fer
tilixed and worked will support an
average family, and any man. wo-
man or child able to work can own
q home. For those who are maim-
ed or unable to work We have the
charity hospital, old soldiers home,
orphanage, insane asylum, and 9TH
or charitable institutions.
Backed by our State, and con-
Quoted by some of the best men
and women of earth, Why should
we not be grateful to our Creator
Why should we covet our neigh
boris earnings? We are building
ell over Grant parish better scboo
houses, better churches, bettAl
roads, better farms, better homes
, Our whole people aie alive aDt
, studying agriculture as never be
, fore and many of our young mel
have promised to return to tn
farm. Under my observation ey
Iery farmer who has made the igh
as advised by the government bul
Ietins and agents by good drainag
land weekly shallow cultivation
> a winner, and where he picked an
burned infected cotton square
and made the whole fight againt
the boil weevil he will make thret
fourths of a crop of cotton. W
:. lexpect in 1911 for every farmer
make this showing, because "
:. know that it can be done. We vi
:, never go back to q one crop sy
, tenn, for the reason that we haV
learned to make living witho'
,.fcredit or cotton either. We wi
!, rotate and diversity our crops. v
!, will raise our own fertilizers T
first crop and build our land u
10 we are going to break our land de-
20 and early this fall, and We "
!, farm on the intensive plan nc
:; wear. "On time" shall be- o
! password. Weekly shallow cul
:. walton will gil our barns- I
~ whole fight to the last ditch v
give us all the cotton We need.
al We believe that all of our al
,.r and most intelligent farmers I
! willing to help the government
int this great fight, and are willing
! Ilimpart their knowledge to
th weak and younger or less for
-. nate. A man 80 selfish that
he knows it all and does not VI
more knowledge 10 as undssira
IN as an anarchist to good socit
tol A man who is 80 narrow that
"a would envy those who have b.
, more prosperous, or happened
MAJ have alitfle more money or bra
all would make better dead ea
,ad- bum than a farmer. 1t takes
ore, common sense. honesty and enc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
HAD PECULIAR MALADY Physicians Unable to Account for Death of Former BirmIn ham Man

A message last night from Louisville stated that the malady which caused the death of John Gearst of that city, but formerly of Birmingham, has baffled phy- sicians all over the country. Two weeks ago it was claimed MT. Gearst was seized by strange sleeping illness. from which he never recovered. The disease defied every device known to the science of medicine. Active stimulants. vibration and lastly Physical stimulation were re- sorted to, but the patient gradually be- came weaker and weaker, lapsed into un- consciousness and 1t was difficult to learn the exact time of his death because of the gradual decline of the sleeping man. It was claimed that doctors wanted to hold an autopsy but the widow objected and the coroner forbade the examination at her request.
 The body was sent to Birmingham and the funeral was held at the chapel of Lige Loy yesterday afternoon at o'clock. lnterment was in Elmwood cemetery.
 Mir Gearst was about 45 years old He formerly lived in Birmingham and was employed by the Alabama Brewing com pany and later by Erwin Schillinger. He is survived by a widow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
FIFTH ATTEMPT AT
 SUICIDE SUCCEEDS
mADGE THEAMAN ENTERED DRUG STORE LAST NIGHT AND DRANK CARBoLIC ACID WHILE CLEBK's BACK WAS TURNED

The fifth attempt of Madge m man to commit suicide was successful last night when she took carbolic aeiu in Norton's drug store and died ie" minutes later at the Hillman Eospltdi where she was taken by the Green & Co.'s ambulance. The Theaman Wo- man attempted suicide twice last sum mer and three times this winter, ex' perimenting with many different meth ods The body is now at the Green uh- dertaking company and the funeral an nouncement will be made later. Mrs. Theaman went into the Norton drug store last night and asked fol an ounce bottle of carbolic acid. When the acid was given to her she asked foi a drink of water and as the druggist turned to get glass of water the Wo- man raised the bottle to her lips ano drained its contents. She feil to the floor strangled and the ambulance was called.
 Just a few weeks ago the same woman drank bottle of laudanun in the American cafe on Second ave nue and was taken to the hospital 1T a serious condition but recovered. Ii has been claimed that the woman was worried over an accident which hap pened to her little boy some time age when he was run over by horse The authorities think that she was insane.
 It was stated at the Hillman hospNa last night that the woman was prac- tically dead when she arrived there She was unconscious and apparently was dying. The doctors attempted tc wash out her stomach with alcohol ant stimulants were administered but she died before they could give her re. lief
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
ROOSEVELT PARTY
 SAILING DOWN NILE

Wadi Kalifa, Egyptian Sudan, March IS. Col. Theodore Roosevelt and his family arrived here this afternoon from Khar- tum and boarded the steamer Ibis for Shelal which lies some 150 miles down the Nile at the head of the first cataract, close to the great Assouan reserve dam, and adjacent to Philae, where are the temples of Isis and other works of the ancient Egyptians.
 1oday's journey over the government railroad was a pleasant one despite the invasion of the private car by sand from the desert. All the members of the party are well.
 MT. Roosevelt spent busy day in ar ranging the final details of his European tour and in discussing Egyptian and Su- danese questions with Sir William Gar stin, who had much to do with the plan ming of the Assouan dam. Throughout the day the train traversed the dreary desert with only here and there occasional hills to break the monotony of the sandy waste. Several times beautiful mirages appeared in the distance.
 Colonel Roosevelt and the members of his family were greatly interested in the phenomena. A glorious sunset terminated tho almost incidentless day otherwise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19

the lands. There Is some opposition from the western men who think the land ought to be disposed of under existing laws and. as rapidly as possible. They say they will stand up and object to the law as long as there Is leather under their feet. But this talk is not to be taken too literally"
 The President discussed the various problems of practical conservation, the question of the proposed lease of coal lands, power sites and other projects.
 Experimental laws would have to be passed he thought. he said, 10 be strengthened If found too lenient, or made less drastic if found to shut out capital, he said in conclusion.
 MT. Taft told story of President Eliot of the east, who. after accepting the leadership in a conservation movement came to the White House one day and said: MT President, I have been look ing into this conservation business and find that there are some problems in 1t that have not been solved, and 1 believe they are so intricate it is going to take a lot of time and thought to conserve them.''
 "I quite 'concurred in his views de- clared the President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
HOUSE CONTEST
 ENDS IN DRAW
CONTINUED FROM PAGE D


 r;ed. he arose slowly from his seat on the democratic side and made ms way yearily out of the chamber, apparently glad a respite had come.
 Views of Underwood
 Renresentatfve Underwood was more specific as to what attitude the oehi- ocrats might be expected to take when the House convenes tomorrow.
 If the regulars and insurgents come together upon any basis which does not provide for the election of a new committee on rules by the House and the elimination of the speaker from that committee, the democrats WILL op- pose 1t to a man." he said.
 What the outcome will be when the House convenes tomorrow no one to- night would venture accurately to pre- dict. The republican leaders are spar ing no effort to get every regular re- publican absentee on the ground for the final test vote if 1t comes. Although practically all of those who are impaired have arrived, 1t was apparent that the leaders were not sure of their strength or the issue would have come to vote today.
 The insurgents chiefly claim that when the final vote is taken on the Norris resolution their total vote woul' be 33, which combined with the fuli democratic vote, will be more than 8 sa fe majority of the House. The demo- cratic leaders, so far, have held their forces strictly in hand, and on every vote boiled their full strength.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
M LEMON LOSES
 IN SUPREME COURT

Atlanta, Ga, March 1S.-By a decision handed down today the state supreme court reversed the lower court and held that H. G. McLendon has no right to the office of railroad commissioner, from which he was suspended by former Gov ernor Smith and later dismissed by the legislature.
 MT. McLendons claim of a party right on the office from which he was busted and its appurtenant salary is not recog- nized The court takes the stand that he accepted it subject to the conditions of the statute creating 1t. and that the con ditions under which he was removed are valid McLendon was chairman of the railroad commission when he was sus- pended last June by Gov. Hoke Smith as n result of his opposition to the revision of port rates, to which the convention that nominated him had committed it. self.
 Governor Brown on August Fl appointed Joseph F. Gray of Savannah to succeed McLendon.
 The supreme courts decision means there will be three railroad commission CTS instead of two to be elected at the general elections this fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
More Fruit. of Jury,s Work

More fruits of the recent city court grand jury were brought to light Fri day afternoon in the arrest Of Bucka- lew Wright and the voluntary surren- der of Jack Garner.
 Wright is charged with a heinous as sault on his 19-year-old niece, under which charge he was recently acquitted on the girls testimony. Under the findings of the grand jury. who issued a capias against him, he was again ar rested Friday, however, and inearcer- ated.
 Jack Garner is charged with violation of the prohibition law in two cases. He made bond in the sum of s400 and will be tried at this session of the city court. He formerly conducted a soft drinH stand in the old Iron Queen saloon building, but recently he has been farm ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
WIRELESS OUTFIT
 IS NEW ADDITION
Experiments to Be Conducted
 At Anniston College
FUNERAL OF FLAGMAN
More Evidence Of Grand Jury's Work. Schools to Have HOliday-Burther ExpIoration of Indian Mounds.
 County Candidates Qualify

Anniston, March -(speeial)- what is said to be the only wireless telegraph outfit at any southern col 1ege and one of the few in the schools of the country has just been installed at the Alabama Presbyterian college in this city, and during the spring a number of experiments in deteetor test ing and in selectivity of various meth ods of tuning will be conducted.
 The outfit was installed by Walter ". Stephen, a member of the National Association of Amateur Wireless Tel egraphers, and 1t has proved of great service to the science department of the college. It is complete with the exception of the erection of the terial' the placement of rectlher parts and a few other minor attachments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
SHE DIDN'T KNOW
 MIR. FAIRBANKS

New York, March 1S.-Honored abroad by leaders of politics, thought and man. ners, it was the fate of Charles w. Fair banks, at home after a year of absence, to fail to be recognized by a daughter of his own state at the reception rendered him tonight by the Daughters of Indiana in New York at the Hotel Astor. As the tall figure of the former Vice President. his wife at his side, appeared at the door way of the ballroom, a young woman stepped forward and said politely and firmly. Tickets. please"
 q haven't any" said MT. Fairbanks. q didn't know l needed any"
 My instructions were" persisted the young woman, ito let no one in without tickets"
 'I am MT. Fairbanks,' said the guest of honor with a smile, and I can't recall your name"
 Friends interposed and congratulations were extended all around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
Burial of Train Victim

The body of J. F. Cook, the South ern railway flagnnan who was killed by being run over by an Alabama Great Southern train in the Birmingham yards Thursday night, was brought to An niston for interment Friday evening, MT. Cook resided on Commerce street in West Anniston. He was about 30 years of age and is survived by a widow and two step-children. He had been in the employ of the Southern for some time.