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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

Court of Appeals Hand Down Decisions.
The following decisions which
will be of interest to some of our
citizens, were handed down in the
Court of Appeals at Shreveport
on Tuesday, Jan. 10th:
Big Pine Lumber Company vs..
Bird, Windham & Dyson. For
reasons assigned, application for
rehearing denied.
Iatt Lumber Company, Ltd, VS..
Julia Nugent. For reasons as
signed, applications for rehearing
denied.
T. j. Hickman VS.. j. N. Fetch
err. From the showing made, ap-
pellant is entitled to have case
re-instated on appeal, and it is SO
ordered.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Will New Orleans Win the Exposition!

Will New Orleans Win the Exposition!
The question of the location of
the Panama Exposition, whether
in San Francisco or New Orleans,
will be decided by the Lower
House of Congress on Tuesday,
Jan. 31st. In the preliminary
skirmishes before the committee
and in the house, on motions re-
ferring to the matter, New Or
leans is regarded as having secur-
ed some decided advantages.
This is Offset, however, by the
fact that San Francisco COM
mands almost unlimited money
backing, with the Presidents IA
vor and political pull, together
with the vast influence of the
transcontinental railroads, which
seem to be in league with the
money centers of the east to
award the prize to the far western
city, in spite of the fact that New
Orleans is the logical point, -
and is favored by the masses Of
the people.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Grant Pioneer in Good Roads.

The N. O. Daily States takes
note of our article of last week,
correcting it in the statement
that Caddo and Plaquemines par
ishes were the first to take adj
vantage of the constitutional
amendment affording State aid
to parishes which voted to tax
themselves for good roads.
The States does the amende
honorable act with good grace,
and reprints from our article as
to the position of Grant parish,
giving her credit for being a pio-
neer in the good roads movement.
We print the article of the States
on our first page.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Louisiana's Most Noted Son.

The Mer Rouge Democrat very
correctly lauds Francis Tillou
Nichols as Louisiana's patriotic
son of most noted fame. AS a
General in the Confederate army,
as a private citizen, as Governor
of the State, and as Supreme
Judge, he holds the respect and
confidence of all. The Democrat
says:
Louisiana's patriot son who
gave one leg and one arm in de-
tense of southern rights, who led
the sons of Louisiana to drive
from high official places the car
pet bag and negro rule in Louisi-
ana, who sounded the alarm to
listening ears, that the Infamous
Louisiana lottery must not be re-
chartered, the man who was
twice governor of Louisiana, who
has served more than fifteen
years in the highest court of the
State, is now past seventy-six
years of age and is to feeble to
any longer work; has recently
rendered his resignation as an as
sociate justice on the Louisiana
Supreme bench, and that man is
Francis 7. Nichols, who will
avail himself of the benefits of a
law enacted by the Legislature of
1910, that will allow this grand
man to resign from the bench and
draw the salary of a Judge as long
as he lives; and there will never be
heard one manin Louisiana object
ing to his retirement from office.
If Louisiana ever had a patriot
son that man is Francis T..
Nichols. If Louisiana ever had
in it one man that all men would
follow, that one man was the tried
and brave Francis T. Nichols.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
II. X. Williams Had Narrow Escape
from Death.

Mr.. H. r. Williams, brick
mason, was badly injured at II 80
O'Clock, while at work on the
Pickett building in Jackson
street, a steel beam weighing
several hundred pounds falling
upon him.
He and some others were rails
ing the beam with a block and
tackle. Mr.. Williams was stand
ing on the sidewalk under the
beam. A buggy with an umbrel-
la top was driven by, the top
catching in the hoist rope which
was stretched across the street.
The shock loosened the beam so
that it fell, striking Mr.. Williams
on the left shoulder. The blow
knocked him to the ground, and
as he fell his head struck a pile
of brick, cutting a deep cash in
the right side of his head.
He was taken to a room in the
rear of the Pacific Express office
and physician summoned, who
after an examination pronounced
his injuries not serious. They
are, however, very painful and
will probably lay him up for a
few days.
Mr.. Arthur Duffy, an inmate
of the Pineyille Hospital for In
sane, was the driver of the buggy.
He was badly injured about the
face, having several bruises and
several of his front teeth knock
ed out. The top of the buggy
was demolished. He had been
brought over to the city to have
his eyes treated, and was return
ing home when the accident oc-
Cured. Town Talk, Jan. 18th.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Official Notice of Discontinuance of the
NatchitOches Land Office.

NatchltOches Land Omce.
Notice is hereby given that
the President of the United States
has by Executive order of Jan.
6, 1911, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2252 of the
Revised Statutes of the United
States, and by virtue of the au-
thority therein given, directed
that the United States land Office
at Natchitoches, Louisiana, be
discontinued and the archives
and business thereof be trans
ferred to the land office at Baton
Rouge, Louisiana.
In pursuance of said Executive
order the land office at Natchi-
toches, Louisiana, will be perma-
nently discontinued at the close
of official business hours on
March 81, 1911, and its business
and archives transferred to and
made a part of the land Office at
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on April
l, 1911.
Given under my hand at the
city Of Washington, District Of
Columbia this 10th day Of Janu-
airy, A. D., 1911.
FRED BENNETT,
Commis'r of the General Land
Office.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
U. S. Distict Court Session.

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The United States Court is in
session in this city with Judge
Alex. Boarman presiding. The
other court officers present are E.
H. Randolph U. S. Attorney; L.
C. Butler, Assistant Attorney; L.
B. Gulotta, Clerk; Ben Ingouf, U.
S. Marshal; ]. M, Grimmet, Chief
Deputy Marshal.
Court convened in the Federal
building this morning and the fol-
lowing grand jury was empanel-
ed: S. r. Lee, foreman; Dave
Mann, Albert RACIAL, |. McGin-
mis-, G.. C. Gremillion, Marx jack
son, Thos. Murphy, Richmond
Lewis, l. Jackson, G. w. Zoder,
Gus Gehr, A. v. Nelson, j. H.
Ebert, j. B. Murray, w. B. Mach
man, F. A. Salisbury, L. G. Mo-
rel, Harry Gold, j. F. Foisy, A..
w. Kramer, N. X. Vance.
The court will probably be in
session tomorrow or longer.
After completing the session here
they will go to Opelousas to- hold
court.
Several of the officers of the
United States Court are here for
the first time in their official ca
pacity, although well known to
Alexandrians personally. E. H.
Randolph who succeeds Milton C.
Elstner as U. S. Attorney, is here
in that capacity, and L. C. But.
Ter, who succeeded E. P. Mills as
assistant U. S. Attorney, is also
here. L. B. Gulotta, who sue.
ceeds the late Walter Jackson a.
Clerk of the Court has been here
before in that capacity, Mr.. Jack
son having died some time ago
Ben Ingouf one of, Alexandria
citizens, who recently was ap
pointed to the position formerl!
held by w. w. Duson, is here il
his official capacity, as is ]. M
Grimmet, who succeeds A. c
Lea as Chief Deputy Marshal
after that gentleman had beer
appointed postmaster al Shreve
port. Town Talk Jan. @.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
100, 900 People in the Sunday Schools Of
Louisiana on March 5, 1911.

loo, 900 People in the Sunday Schools of
Louisiana on March 5, 1911.
The Louisiana Sunday School
Association has designated March
A, 1911, as State wide home visi-
tation day and March 9Th as uni
versal rally day. Every Sunday
school worker throughout the
State is urged to cooperate in
this campaign. All communities
are urged to have a home vista
ton canvass on Saturday, March
4th, and have a Rally Day Sun
day, March 9Th. For further in
formation write to Rev. E. F.
Schuessler, 2OO9 S. Franklin ST.,
New Orleans, La, or The Louisi-
ana Sunday School Association,
GIG Maison Blanche Building, New
Orleans, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
New Orleans and Natchitoches Land
Offices Consolidated.

New Orleans and Natchitoches Land
Offices Consolidated.
Lack Of sufficient business for
two offices is given as the reason
for the consolidation of the Unit
ed States Land offices at New Or
leans and Natchitoches, in accord
ance with an executive order just
issued by the president. The
consolidated Office will be located
at Baton Rouge.
Title to approximately 81, ST.
acres in the New Orleans and
100, 729 acres in the Natchitoches
district remained in the govern
ment at the beginning of the fis-
cal year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
New Orleans Gains the First EXPOSE
ton Victory.


ton Victory.
The matter of seeming para
mount national Importance before
Congress at this instant is the
location of the Worlds Panama
Exposition, New Orleans and San
Francisco being regarded as the
only two points for decision.
After most painstaking hear
ing extending over several days,
the committee on Industrial Arts
and Expositions returned a report
favorable to New Orleans as the
place at which to hold an exposi-
ton to celebrate the completion
of the Panama canal. The advo-
Gates of both cities appeared be-
fore that committee and present
ed elaborate arguments, the COM
mittee holding meetings from day
to day in order to get all informa-
ton obtainable upon which to
base it's findings. 1t was not I'M
til everybody who desired to
speak had been given the oppor-
tunity to do so that the public
hearing closed.
Both cities put their strongest
advocates forward, every claim
which each city had to advance
was presented, the opportunity
being given the rival city to ira
verse the allegations of its oppo-
nent. In this way only those
contentious stood that could sue
cessfully bear the test of the most
searching analysis.
| A report resulting from a per-
feet method of obtaining the
facts means something and should
command the popular confidence
and support. 1t means that the
advantages of holding an exposi'
ton at New Orleans have beer
made clear to a majority of the
members of the committee, which
has had far better opportunity
than either house of Congress t.
become familiar with the facts.
! The report of the COMMITTEES
scores a decisive victory for New
! Orleans, and holds out the prom
Use of final success. However
there are too many contingencies
in the final outcome for the New
Orleans boosters to rely on thi
for passage of the bill locating tn
Exposition in that city. 1t il
highly important that each ant
every man having any influences
in the House and Senate of tn
United States should lend hi
every effort in support of thi
, measure until it is finally crystal
, lied into definite and irrevoc
able act.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

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Remedy acts on this plan, 1t allays the
cough, relieves the lungs, opens the Sc
cretions and aids nature in restoring
the system to a healthy condition.
Thousands have testified to its superior
excellence. Sold bv all dealers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Railroad Bridge Over Rigolette Burned.

On Wednesday morning of this
week the bridge across Rigolette
Bayou, near the line between Grant
and Rapides parishes WAS burned,
and for about twenty-four hours the
l.. X. & N. trains and mails for Col
fax were interrupted and delayed.
Service WAS run over the La. < Ark.
tracks via Winfield until the bridge
could he rebuilt, which was finished
up the next day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

Police Jurors Lock Horns Over Locat-
ing Good Roads.
The police jury was in session
the first two days of this week,
and transacted a considerable
amount of business, which we
would like to have published It
the clerk could have gotten it in
shape for publication in this is
sue. On account of having to
leave town a day or two, and get
ting caught in the interrupted
train service caused by the burn
ing of the Rigolette bridge, how
ever, he did not give us the pro-
ceedings.
The matter of principal public
interest decided by the police
jury was the location of the pro-
posed highway to be built from
Colfax to Rochelle, in the north
east corner of the parish. AS
originally discussed this road was
to run eastward from Colfax sew
eral miles, and then northeast to
Rochelle. Mr.. Gervais Lombard,
the State engineer in charge of
the survey party, has had two
lines run out. The northern
route he reports will run through
a very hilly region, which will
greatly increase the initial cost
by reason of hills to be cut down,
bridges and culverts to be built,
etc., besides a great increase in
the cost of future maintenance.
He ran a second and more south
ern route, passing about one-half
mile north of Dry Prong, which
he recommended be adopted, for
the reason that the northern
route would cost about $50, 600,
while the southern route could be
built for about $18, 900, and all
future cost Of keeping up the
road would be lessened in like
proportion.
This report precipitated the
first clash between our police ju-
rors on the subject of good roads.
Messrs. Bradford, Nugent and
Jones most earnestly contended
for the northern route, without
any regard to the cost, because
they claimed it would pass
through a country thickly settled
with farmers along the road.
Messrs. Purvis, Clinton and Bull
Hit favored the southern route,
because Of its great saving, and
the ability of the people to the
northward to reach it within -four
or five miles travel.
| And so the matter stood upon
calling the ayes and nays on the
vote, and President Duncan had
to cast the deciding vote, which
he cast for the southern route,
| for the reasons stated.
The wisdom of this decision
was Immediately apparent, wher
the citizens of Pollock and Bent
ley presented numerously signed
tpetitions for a road from Pollock
via Bentley, to intersect the Col
| fax and Rochelle road at such
point as may be deemed advis
able. The engineers estimate
that the road petitioned for will
be about thirteen miles long, ant
| that it can be built for $40, 600 o.
ISL, 900. Thus it develops tina
the SIP, 600 to be saved by build
ing the southern route to Rochelle
will more than pay for the road
for which the citizens of POLLOCK
and Bentley have petitioned.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

Champ Clark, oil Missouri, was
named by the Demo Gratis for Speaker
OF the lower house of Congress on
January 10th.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
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The Detroit times., 1911-01-21
A Social Service Institution.

The report of the operations of tie
New York Life Insurance Company,
printed In another column, entitle
the company to the foremost rank as
an institution for social service. We
sometimes get the idea that social
service consists In giving people
something for nothing; but true so
cial service lies In teaching men to
make better use OF what they have
enabling them to work more effici-
emily and spend more wisely. THIS
is what a life insurance company
does-in allaying fear, In protecting
against disaster, and in saving money
against the days which may be days
of weakness or of want.
Economists tell US that after q
panic good times will not come again
until people economize-until they
produce and save ny capital Tor
future use. A year ago the New
York Lies admitted assets were
$40 million dollars, now they are 63i
millions, showing that It's policy-hold-
ers accumulated 3S million dollars
In 1910. The kind of social service
which this fund Is designed especial
lly to provide Is indicated by the %
million dollars paid to the families OF
those who died during the year, and
by the go millions additional paid to
living members. Once more II Is To-
dicated by the % millions loaned to
, members on the security OF their
contracts. $3.50
Five years ago laws were enacted
In New York limiting the amount OF
this kind of service that life com
pany might do. They were enacted
I'm the supposed interest OF economy
and OF the smaller companies. But
Il was found that the smaller COM
panies were not specially benefited
and that at least one OF the largest
ones-the New York Life--was un-
necessarily hindered in doing the 90
cial service that life insurance Is
specially fitted to do. A way was
| found by which the amount OF this
service that a company may under
take is conditioned upon the economy
with which II conducts its operations.
Under the new law the New York
Life increased its new business In
1910 eleven million dollars over the
figures OF 1908, and eight millions
over the former legal limit.
The company now has nearly one
million policies in force, insuring over
1899 million dollars, and Is the
largest institution OF its kind In the
world.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-21
SCHENK TRIAL NEARS END.
Prosecution Cross-Examines Medical
Expert For Defense.

WHEELING, w. Va. Jan. 20.-The
entire morning session of the eleventh
day in the trial of Mrs. Laura Schenk,
was devoted to the cross-examination
of DR.. j. j. Osborne, the defense's
first medical expert.
Prosecutor Handlan's questions
were nearly all along strictly tech
nical lines. The case OF John D.
Schenk was scarcely touched upon,
most of Osborne's testimony relating
to parallel cases and a general re-
sumo of arsenical symptoms.
Judge Jordan this afternoon refused
to admit the testimony of DR.. Roy ID.
Sttppy, of Pittsburg, put on the stand
by the, defense to impeach the testi-
mony of Mrs. Klein, the detective
nurse. Addressing the court Attorney
Boyce said the defense expected to
prove that the nurse was addicted to
morphine, thus affecting the CREDIBLE
ity Of the witness.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-21
in SOCIETY

The Rev. A. K. Bartlett. OF Chicago.
will give an illustrated lecture ON
1.-The Passion Play" Monday evening,
Jan. %, In the Church OF Our Father.
An informal dance and supper will
be given by the Auto Painters and
Trimmers' Pleasure club, Tuesday
evening, Jan. "a. In the !. o. o. r..
temple. Bethunesaye. and Brush-st.
The Eta Bita ri club will give the
first informal dancing party. Thurs
day evening, Feb. 8, in Diamond tenn
pie.
A banquet was given Thursday eve
ming, In the Hudson-ave. Baptist
church, to celebrate the completion
OF the new church addition. Special
services will continue throughout
Sunday.
The Twentieth Century club mem
bers spent an afternoon with the
works OF the late Mark Twain. Thurs
day afternoon. listening to a num-
Der OF able papers on the famous hui
morist's life and literary output. Pre-
vious to the program OF the day the
club unanimously passed the follow
ing resolution:
Whereas the women Of Detroit ara
debarred from voting at the prima-
ries for the nomination OF school in
spectors by an oversight in the pres
ent primary law. Be II resolved, that
the Twentieth Century club send
communications to each member OF
the state legislature asking fer the
passage Of a law to have immediate
effect, that shall enable women 70
vote for the nomination Of school IN
spectors at the primaries.
%
Covers for $50 were laid for the
dinner in the Hotel fuller. Thursday
evening, of which the high court OF
Michigan, I. o. o. F.. was the host.
M. N. Mugan, of this city. was toast
master, and remarks were made BY
Elliott G.. Stevenson, supreme chief
ranger; DR.. w. A. Henderson, mayor
of Sarnia George e. Bailey, of Ant
werp. NJ Y, supreme auditor; George
w. Wands, of Chatham, high chief
ranger; r. ]. Macdonald, OF Muske-
gon; II. A. Savage. OF Saginaw, and
f. e. Stockwell and A. e. Stevenson,
of Port Huron.
Frank B. Peckham, OF Detroit. was
married to Miss Norma Holmes,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Holmes, No. So Crawford-ave.. Wind
sor. in the home of the brides par
ents. Thursday night. The Rev. w.
II. Snelgrove. rector Of the Church OF
the Ascension. Windsor, performed
the ceremony.