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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-23

Present conditions Indicate wet" Christ
mas. Some of the brethren will see that the
prophecy is fulfilled regardless of conditions
Circumstances always favorable for some
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-23

This is the last opportunity to fill that empty
stocking.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-23

on the unfortunate individuals who are under
necessity of parading TIE muddy streets be-
cause OF their procrastination
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-23

Neatly put up in Christmas
boxes.
Caramels, Nougatines, Pea
nut Clusters, Marshmallows,
Chocolate Peppermint, Choco-
late Chips, Grape. Juice Cordial,
Cherries in Syrup, Chocolate
Almonds, and others.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
The Girl and the Sport.

The mother who allows a six
teen-year-old daughter to float
aronnd the township in a top
buggy until 2 o'clock in the morn
ing with a counterfeit sport of
weak jaw and weaker morals,
merely opens the front door to
shame and disgrace. If you
DOM, know what company your
girl keeps or what time she turns
in, your roar when the gossips
get gusy will sound as pathetic
as the breeze from a mouth harp.
The girl who insists on spooning
with everybody in town ought to
be back in the wood shed and re-
lieved of her overflow of affection
with a slipper laid carefully
across her. We had sooner see a
girl kiss a blind shoat through a
barbed wire fence than have her
change partners six nights a
week in the front parlor with the
lights turned low. 1t is harder
to marry off a girl who has been
paved by every zap in the COM
munity than it is to fatten a
sheep on pineapple ice. You
can't gold-brick a sharp-eyed
sutton with secondhand goods,
any more than you can fit a bath
robe on a goat. Exchange.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
Succession Sale.
18th judicial District Court. Parish
of Grant. Louisiana.
Dl1sn


18th judicial district Court. Parish
of Grant. Louisiana.
No. 1850.
Succession Of jesse and Sarah Bax-
ley. deceased.
BY virtue of an order and juIg-
ment Of the Hon. w. f. Blackman.
Judge of the 18th Judicial District
court III Grant parish, Louisiana.
rendered and signed April z, 1911. l
will sell at the principal front door
Of the court house at Colfax. La.
between the hours for judicial sales,
on
SATURDAY. May 20. 1911,
to the last and highest bidder. the
following described property. To e.
iect "A partition thereof:
East half of southwest quarter.
west half of southeast quarter. AMI
sOut heast quarter Of sou theast quar-
ter Of section eight. township seven
north. range two west. and four
head of cattle. aud such other mpv-
able property as may belong tn the
Suggestions U Jesse and Sarah Bax-
ley which may lie produced on the
day Of sale.
BY order of the court Messrs Kich-
ard Newton and Elisha :. MurreIl
are appointed appraisers to appraise
said property fr pnrpOscs Of sale,
and they shall report ON or before
the 18th Of May therefor.
Terms of sale-Fur cash, subject
to apprai~enent. the property To
hiring not less than two-thIris of
the appraiSen,ent.
Culfax. La. April Z. 1911.
A. b. PERKl ms.
Sheriff of ;rant parish. La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
NUMBER 81
Saved Child from Death.

AFTER onr child had suffered from
severe bronchial trouble for year."
wrote q. Y. Richardson. of Richardson's
Mills. Ala. I've feared it had cousnmp-
ton. 1t had bad cough all the time.
We tried many remedies without avail,
aud doctors medicine seemed Ms use
less. Finally we tried DR.. Kings New
Discovery. aud ale pleased to say that
one bottle effected complete cnre. aud
our child is again strong and healthy"
For coughs. colds, hoarsrness. lHgrippe,
asthma. Group aud sore lungs. lis The
most infaliible remedy that's made.
Price Doe and 81. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
A Veteran of the Civil War Dead.

At the residence of his son
IS. N. Thomas, in Winfield, La. !,
on April Is, 1911, Joseph Nor
wood Thomas, aged rs years, de-
parted this life. The Winfield
Comrade gives the following &C
count of his life:
MIR. Thomas was born in Mis-
sissippi in 1886, and came to Lou
isiana ten years later and has re-
sided in this State ever since.
When war was declared between
the States he joined the 18th Reg
iment of Louisiana Volunteers, in
which command he served with
distinction throughout the war.
After peace was declared he
taught school, engaged in steam
boating on the Ouachita river
and later followed other pursuits,
always leading a busy life. He
raised three families of children,
some of his own and others whom
he adopted. His upright life
among men made him friends
and he enjoyed the confidence of
all.with whom he came in con-
tact,
A'short while ago he lost the
companion of his old age with
whom he had been united only a
few years.
He had been i'll for some time
at the home of his son, S. N.
Thomas, agent for the Gould es-
tate in Louisiana.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
Proclamation Of Special School Tax
Election for Ward Five.

Pursuant TO resolution passed by the Par
ish Board of School Directors of the parish
81 Grant, Louisiana. at its regular meeting held
on April I, 1911, !, John H. McNeeIy Presi.
dent Of said board, hereby give notice that,
IN compliance with said resolution, special
election will he held in ward FIVE, constituting
school districts Nos. 10 and IL of said parish
Iof Crant, Louisiana, on
TUESDAY, May 10, 1911
Tor the purpose of submitting to the property
tax payers. qualified under the Constitution
and Laws of the State of Louisiana, TO vote
at said election, the following proposition, to-
To levy FIVE mill special tax on all prop
erty subject to State taxation in school de-
tricts Nos. 10 and IL, constituting ward 1--WE of
the parish of Grant. La. for period of FIVE
years. beginning with the year 1911 and end
ing with the year 1915, both years inclusive. for
the purpose Of constructing. repairing and
equipping public school buildings, purchasing
sites, titles TO which shall be vested in the
public, for paying teachers, in fact for gen.
eral educational purposes.
For the purpose of said special election, the
polling place will be at Georgetown, Grant
parish, La and Messrs J. NJ Kees W. A
Nugent and c. Amberg have been appointed
commissioners. and E. X. James clerk Of cleo
ton, TO serve at the said polling place in their
several capacities as prescribed by law. AT
said special election the polls will be open at
seven o'clock a. m and close at FIVE O'Clock
p. m. and the election will be conducted in
accordance with the laws of Louisiana APP
plicable thereto.
Notice is also given that at eleven o'clock
a. m, on May Is. 1911. the said Parish Board
Of School Directors of the parish Of Grant,
Louisiana. will meet at the court house, at
Colfax. Grant parish, La, and in open session
proceed to open the ballot boxes. examine and
count the ballots in number and amount, exam
inc and canvas the returns and declare the re-
suit of said special election
Colfax, Louisiana. this the Sd day of April.
1911.
]. H. McNEELY.
President
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
Sale to Effect Partition.

-
State of Louisiana, Parish Of Grant,
18th judicial District Court.
No. 2622.
Cook andn Alexander VS.. Herbert L.
j Clarke. Tutor.
By Write of a writ Of seizure and
sale issued out of the Honorable 18th
Judicial District Court and to me di-
rected in 1.-The above numbered stnd
entitled suit, directing me to seize
and sell at public auction. for the
purpose III >effecting u partition lie
tween the owners of same, the here
matter named property. In accord
ance with a decree rendered out 'of
the honorable District Court In and
for Grant parish. Louisiana, hearing
date Of April 5. 1911. have seized
and will offer for sale mt the princi
pal front door of the court house III
the town Of Colfax. La, bet ween the
hours prescribed for judicial sales
on
SATURDAY. May 13. 1911.
the following described property,
seized ms the property of the defend
liant herein, tO-wit:
All that portion Of section "a. "
ing west of the st. Louis. Iron Noun
tain and Southern Railway. contain
ing 40 acres more or less. the north
| half uf southeast quarter. south west
quarter of southeast quarter, and
east half of northeast quarter of sec-
ton rs, all Of section "a. except south
west quarter of northeast quarter.
and except the right of way Of the
l.. L. A. Railway Company, and one
acre decided by previous owner to
the l.. & A. Railway Company for
station and section house. said Sec
ton 81 containing. with the right of
way, and one acre excepted, 81
acres more or less, all In township q
north, range l west.
Also southeast quarter OF north
east quarter and northeast quarter
of southeast quarter, Of section 3,
township 5 north, range ! west, ex-
cept two acres Of land donated by a
previous owner to the Grant Parish
SCHOOL Board, which Is situated In
the southeast corner of the north
east quarter OF southeast quarter'of
said section, containing az acres
more or less.
Also northeast quarter OF north
west quarter of section 6, township
north, range east. containing 40
acres more or less. All Of said lands
being situated In Grant parish. La /.
and containing. with the land here
| matter described, LOO acres.
| Also the southeast quarter OF
southeast quarter Of section rs,
township north. range l west, and
southwest quarter of northeast
quarter of section 81. township
north. range l west, Louisiana Me-
riiian.
Sale to he made for cash, in ac-
cordance with the appraisement and
conditions az set forth in said decree
and Judgment hereinabove referred
| to.
This April 8. 1911.
A. b. PERKINS,
Sheriff Of Grant Parish.
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State of Louisiana, Parish Of Grant
18th Judicial District Court.
No. DBL
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
PROTECT
The Health of Yourself and
Family

Pope's Herb Is prepared to provide
n dependable household remedy. bias
ed upon the principle of purity II
blood insuring freedom from disease.
] I Is medicine for IDaIa,lies such as
rheumatism. liver complaints. con-
stipation, fever and ague. female dis
orders. indigestion. lumbago. kidney
arrangements. catarrh. sick aud ner-
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all ailments arising frum Inactivity
of the liver ard kidneys.
1t IL u purely herbs. barks and
roots compound. Ii is put up in
chocolate coated tablets pleasing
and easy to~take Tor can he dissolv-
ed In waterl.
Mrs J. c. Meade, of H.yattsriie,
Nd. says:
For years have suffered with
backache. headaches. neuralgia and
nervousness aud extreme fatigue
tried many remedies without relief
-Four months ago grateful friend
Induced me to write to- Pope Medi-
cine Co.. Washington. d. c.. for a
box of Pope's Herb Compound Tab
let's. he very first dose of two tab
let's gave me relief. used not quite
a 81 box aud am entirely cured of
the pain in my back and have no
more headache"
Or. y. Y. HenDesey, a prominent
physician and surgeon of Albany, N.
r., In part says:
AS "a blood purifier. liver. kidney
and system regulator prescribe
Pope Medicine Co.'s of Washington.
ID. e. Herb Compound. as | have
done for the past 20 years. and
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PODe's Herb Compound Tablets ARE
put up 200 in a box, ''six months
treatment" and will lie sent post.
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tains Il printed guarantee binding ns
tn refund the purchase price II the
remedy fails to benefit, also full Ill.
rections.
Guaranteed by the Pope Medicine Co.. Inc, un
der the Pure Food and Drugs Act, June ~. 1906
No. 1885,
For terms to agents In unoccupied
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
Big Creek Singing Convention.

Dig NhccA oiu8iu8 SORveuShOms
The next session of the Big
Creek singing convention will be
held at Pollock on May 10th and
21st.
We entreat the classes of all
churches that belong to the con-
vention to be present, and if that
be impossible, be sure to send
delegates, as this is our annual
meeting. We expect to elect Off
GERS for the ensuing year. Be
there and be prepared to name
your men for the different offices.
Each class is earnestly request
ed to be present, bringing with
them their books, that we may
have our class singing as usual.
Especially do we invite any lead
er to come with his books and
take part with us.
Remember the opening, May
10th, at 10 a. m.
j. HUGH SMITH,
d. c. FRANKLIN, Prest.
Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13

Messrs. E. j. Gamble, B. w.
Bailey, and other prominent Winn
parish citizens have published a
call for a mass meeting at Winn-
field on May 9th for the purpose
of organizing an "Anti-Money
Power League" Whether they
propose to usurp the field of the
Good Government League we do
not quite know. 1t is said that
they propose to organize clubs
over the State that will have for
their object the purifying of poll
tics aud the doing away with the
use of money in elections. Cou-
shatta Citizen.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
1t Startled the World

when the astounding claims were first
made for Bucklen's Arnica fSalye. but
forty wears Of wonaerful cures have
proved them true. and every where it 10
now known as the best salve on earth
for burns, boils. scalds, sores, cuts.
bruises, sprairs. swsllings, sczema.
chspped hands, fever sores and piles.
Only 25s at all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
A Burglars Awful Deed

may not paraIyze a home so completely
as mothers long illness. But d. King s
New Life Pills are splendid remedy
for women. They gave me wonderful
benefit in constipation and female
trouble" wrote Mrs n. G. Dunlap. of
Leadiil. Tenn. II ailing, try them. 25c
Mt a ! druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
Glass Wagon to Advertise States Re
sources.

Shreveport, La, April 10. "A
novel method was adopted this
afternoon by the North Louisi-
ana Publicity Club by systemati-
cally advertising the agricultural
resources of this section with a
view of attracting homeseekers.
The plan provides that wagon,
with glass sides for exhibition
purposes, be built to order, and
sent over all the public roads of
consequence in Wisconsin and
other northern States, and that
lectures be delivered by the man
in charge, who shall sleep in the
conveyance.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
Constable Sale.
9Th Justice Court. Parish OF Natchi
toches, louisiana.

9Th Justice Court. Parish OF Natchi
toches, Louisiana.
A. =. Cockfeld VS.. johnson Dagar
BY virtue of a writ Of seizure and
sale issued out of the 9th Justict
Court. Natchitoches parish. La, and
to- me directed in the above entitled
suit, Ihave seized and will offer fOl
sale at the front door Of the Justice
office In the town of Montgomery
La. between the legal hours pre-
scribed by law ON
Z SATURDAY, May q, 1911.
the following described property
tp-wit:
One mule.
Terms of saIe-Cash. subject to ap
pruisenielt.
]. G. DYSON,
Constable Ward Z. Grant PHI.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13

For soreness of the muscles whethsr
induced by violent exercise or injury
ChamberlaIn's Linimept is excellent.
This lininent is also highly esteemed
for the relief it affords in CASES of rbeu-
matism. Sold by all dealers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
Softness of Voice.

There are some people in this
world whose voices afford constant
music There are others that are
SO unfortunately pitched that they
CRATE upon the ears as an unfriend-
ly sound.
1t is rarely expected to find
music i'll the voice of man. He
sometimes developes vocal beauty
aud Immediately seeks the operate
stage for recognition. The voices
of our women, on the contrary, we
always expect to be beautiful
The laughter of some women
gurgles forth like gently flowing
brook over its gravel strewn course.
1t is a pleasure to listen to such
voice. There is bewitching mel
ody in it.
On the other hand, some of our
women have forgotten the art of
speech. They no longer indulge
in the softly modulated sentences
of our grandmother's day. Their
voices, on the least provocation,
become shrill and strident.
There are some women who in
the quiet of their homes add to
the comfort of the family because
their voices are SO sweetly sympa-
thetic. When woman of such a
voice sings lullaby to her little
one, passersby pause in the street
to listen, for no song is sweeter
than this song of motherhood.
Technically not, perhaps, bat to
the baby it is the only song that
can bring quiet and rest and sleep
with it.
Such women even in moments
of excitement never become dis
turbed; their voices ale always soft
and low and are filled with sympa-
thetic tenderness.
They use the telephone, and the
exchange girls sigh gratefully.
1t is such relief to get away
from the stentorian demands of
the masculine subscriber and to
listen to the harmonies of a cal-
tured woman's voice.
Unfortunately, all of our women
are not SO gifted. By some ner-
vous potency, which cannot be de-
fined, they permit the upper reg
lister to assert itself when an extra
effort is demanded. They forget
their natural voice, and for it sub
stitute strident tone which af-
fronts the ear. 1t is not their
fault. 1t is their misfortune.
The voice when so raised pene-
trates. 1t can be heard in the FAM
lily block and the neighbors Won
der greatly at it. 1t should be
remembered that softness ofspeech
is the gift which all should cult
vate. 1t is the gift of culture.
Nothing persuades SO insistently,
nor appeals with SO much sinceri-
ty as softly modulated voice,
which tinkles in the ear like the
distant echo of a silver bell. Moth
ing irritates and offends SO much
as the voice of a man or woman
that is elevated beyond its natural
key.
Teach the children the value of
gentleness of speech before it is
too late.-Memphis Commercial
ADDeal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-13
Water Freights Becoming Reality.

the new water route between
New Orleans and the Alabama
cold fields is moving steadily TO-
ward final consummation.
1t is announced from Birming-
ham that the details of the pur-
chase of the Lake Borgne Canal
have now been completed. 1t is
expected that within a few days
contracts will be let for the new
rail line from Gadsden to Tusca-
loosa via Birmingham. When il
is finished one of the richest coal
districts in the world will be in
actual touch with New Orleans
by-way of the Alabama and War
rior rivers.
Barges to the number of $50
and tugs to the number of 80
have been arranged for and coal
cranes and other labor-saving
machinery are being got in readi-
ness for the expedious handling
of the traffic at Mobile and New
Orleans.
Within a month it is promised
that there will be further an
nouncement of the development
of the plans of the syndicate
which contemplate the sending
of the mineral products Of Ala
bama through the port of New
Orleans to all parts of the world
at a cost that will eliminate en-
tirely the Pittsburg market.
Not only is New Orleans des-
tined to become a great gateway
for these products but she is to
be provided with cheap coal to
meet any demands which her in
dustrial development may
create.
On Monday the $1,000, 600 of
public improvement bonds are to
be offered for sale. One bid has
been guaranteed in writing. 1t
is practically certain there will
be two and there is a strong prob
ability of three. The sale, now
assured, will mark an epoch in
the city's development.
1t comes at "a propitious time
with the Panama Canal within a
very few years of completion and
the whole State feeling the i'm
pulse of agricultural and indus
trial development. The expen-
diture of eight or nine millions of
dollars in the completion of the
great works of sewerage, drain
age and water will not only make
for more general prosperity, but
the fact that New Orleans is to
be thoroughly modernized in
these three great essentials will
serve to bring the city widespread
advertisement and prove an in
valuable asset in the movement
to attract capital for her develop
ment.
No better opportunity will ever
come to us than we have now to
begin a campaign for factory de-
velopment. Vast improvements
are to be made in our harbor ia
cilities and it is only question
of a little time when money will
be found to finish the Belt Rail-
road and open new sites for in
dustrial enterprises. With the
promise of an early solution of
the problem of cheap fuel, there
would seem to be left only the
proper exploitation of our re-
sources to insure a large increase
in our manufacturing activities.
IN. o. Daily States.
Messrs. E. j. Gamble, B. w.
R.;lav and other prominent Winn
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-30

hscord-Herald is it's daily recoeni-
tlcn Of the value of kindly, whole
some fun. The Alternating Cur
rents column of S. E Kiser, the
humorist and poet. il one of the
brightest things in American jour
nalism. THERE'S always a smile o, a
good laugh in Ralph Wilder's car
toons, bringing a.cheery greeting as
g you. pick up tie papei- each, morn
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-30

a lot of high-class humor in the Sun
day Magazine of The Record Herald,
led by Sewell Ford's inimitable
Shorty McCabe stories. The delec-
table Shorty and his red-headed
rival, Torchy, have become SO pop
ular that one or the other now
appears in a funny yarn every Sun
day throughout the year. So long
as Shorty and Torchy are on deck
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-30

ing.
But it is in The Sunday Record
Herald that one finds the most
chuckles. The colored comic section
is full of laughter for young and old,
and these amusing illustrations are
free from the vulearity and mis-
chievous suggestions that have
barred SO many comic sections from
refined homes. Then there is always
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-30
Something To Laugh At

Something To Laugh At
Next 70 9 kiss laugh is the most
popular thing ~ the world. The sup
plyef kisses q Is limited being largely
s col u alled BY 9 fair but capricious
tr1ss. Ihe supply Of laughs, how.
ever VI pract tically unaiaited Is long
as ypshS 81 yet too prnapy TO look
for tiss One reaspn ior the S. S. S.
Exc Of Tie Chicai8o
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-30

Preaching next Sunday morning
and evening at the Presbyterian
chourch. Everybody invited. Choir
practice Saturday evening at the
church at 7:3O.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-30

there will be something worth living
for. The Record Herald has the
right idea. Clean humor doubles the
welcome of a good newspaper.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-09-04

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SHAY shre al l
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