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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08
PENALTIES FOR ODD CRIMES
Legislatures of States Have Provided
Punishment to FIT All Sorts
Of Misdemeanors.

The legislatures Of our various
states, as well as the federal govern
ment itself, are forever busying them
selves with the framing of new laws.
Il am fined for failure to provide
good drinking water on my passenger
trains" Rhode Islander might say;
to which fellow railroader in South
Carolina would add:
In this state a jail sentence fol-
lows neglect to provide cuspidors for
every two seats in our cars"
A man in Virginia says: II killed
a partridge on the second day of Feb
ruary, for which must serve time in
JAIL"
In Wisconsin a baker must serve
three weeks in Jail for sleeping in his
bakery.
In California nurses are punished
by fine or imprisonment should they
fail in the proper instance to notify
the physician of certain phases of ILL.,
ness in their patients.
To water bicycle path in the state
OF Ohio is an offence punishable by
heavy fine and sometimes imprison-
ment.
In most of the states 1t is penal
offence to tap telegraph wire or to
sell kerosene that is not up to the fire
test.
In various states men are fined or
imprisoned for dropping advertising
matter in letter chutes, for gambling
by means of slot machines and for
countless other offences the very
means for committing which were UNI
known one hundred years ago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08
Given Their Choice.

Glenn Hoppe and business associ-
ate had to wait in junction town in
Ohio for train at about the. time
when they were perishing for food.
They took look at the hotel didn't
like 1t, and started out to find,a res
taurant. A small one doomed up on
one street. and as they entered it
Hoppe remarked: "In any dump like
this the main idea is ham and eggs"
They ordered ham and eggs. and the
proprietor was half way to the kitch-
en- when he came back and said: i've
just got some nice porterhouse steaks
in.' The travellers looked at each
other for support and changed their
minds. Replied the landlosd: What
will you haye-the Is or the 20 cent
ones?"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08

Artists are often very shrewd men
OF business; 1t is not every painter
who is swindled by the picture DEAL
ers. But charming story In Mr..
Frederic Harrison's recent book shows
that Millet cared little. what was paid
him for his pictures, because he did
not work for money, but for the Joy
Of creating beauty.
Millet had standing agreement
with firm Of art dealers, who took
all his work in exchange for regular
payments of 5000 month. Somebody
pointed out to Millet that they could
sell single picture Of his for as much
as $4,000.
THAT Is their affair."" he said, SIM
ply. "As long as have all I need, and
can paint what like, and ass like It.
I do not mind what they get for my
pictures. Youths Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08
COMPARES GIRLS AND BOYS
Though Woman Has More Roundabout
Way, Her Conclusions Are Con-
eeded to Be About Right.

In the American Magazine, Ida M.
Tarbell, writing an interesting ar
ticle on women, has the following to
say about young women and young
men:
In the first two or three years after
entering college. young woman will
almost invariably appear superior to
the men Of her age, more grown up.
more interested, surer of herself, read
Ter. Later you will find her on the
whole less inclined to experiment with
her gifts, to feel her wings. to make
unexpected dashes into life. 1t begins
to look as II he we're the experimenter.
she the conservative. And by the
time she Is senior, look out! The
chances are she will have less inter-
est from now on with mans business
and more with her ownl In any case
she will rarely develop as rapidly in
his field from this point as he is do
ing.
He becomes assertive, confident,
dominating; the male taking q males
place. He discovers that his intellect
ual processes are more scientific than
hers. therefore he concludes they are
superior. He finds he can out-argue
her, draw logical conclusions as she
cannot. He can do anything with her
but convince her, for she jumps the
process, lands on her conclusion, and
there she sits. Things are so because
they are SO. And the chances are she
Is right in spite of the irregular way
she got there. Something superior to
reason enters into her operations-nn
intuition of truth akin to inspiration.
In early ages women unusually en-
lowed with this quality Of perception
were honored as seers. Today they
are recognised as counselors Of pro-
phetic wisdom. IF I had taken my
wife's advice!' How often one hears
It'll"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08

A member of the fire department
has small son named Francis. The
son had been throwing snowballs at
passing autos and his father. in COM
pany with another man, happened on
the scene just as the boy had SHE'D
one at passing vehicle.
The father grabbed the youthful Of
fender with firm resolve to admin
lister what he thought the youngster
needed. No sooner did he lay violent
hands on Francis, however, than the
latter set up awful walls and pro-
testations of reform accompanied by
a copious flow of tears. The fireman's
heart softened and after making his
son promise never to throw any more
snowballs he let him go and went
into the house.
No sooner was the parental back
turned than the son turned to the
man with grin: Gee, didn't / stall
out of that easy!"-Indianapolis
News.
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Estray Notice.

Taken up by S. X. Smith and estray-
ed before the undersigned Justice of
the Peace Of ward a, Grant parish, La.
one male yearling about 8 years old,
color brindle and white spotted. marked
upper slope and two under bits in left
ear, and upper slope in right ear. APP
praised by G. A. Smith and B. j. Nu-
gent to be worth $3.50. Unless the
owner comes forward, proves property
and pays all legal charges, same will
be sold to the last and highest bidder
ut the residence of S. X. Smith, on
Saturday, June Is, 1912.
This May %, 1912.
j. E. NUGENT,
Justice of the Peace, 4th Ward.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08
BANK CLERKS POORLY PAID
Men Who Actually Handle Currency
In Large Sums Receive Small
Remuneration.

In talking with q bank clerk &C
quaintance not long ago the once
Window learned something of the In
side OF bank management. The bank
where our informant had been en-
ployed for many years, 1t seems, had
passed through two or three consoli-
dations. With each consolidation our
friends position had been made less
financially attractive, while the
amount Of work that was required in
his particular department was neces-
sarily much increased. In this bank
any change in the salaries of any one
OF the hundred or more clerks must
be approved and recommended to the
bank management by the chief clerk,
the tenure of whose office largely de-
pends upon his ability to keep down
bank operating expenses.
In the old days the president of this
bank received $4,000 per annum. To-
day the president draws $4,000 .
year and has two or three vice-presi-
dents to aid him. These vice-presi-
dents have annual salaries ranging be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000. As will be
seen, the emoluments of the banks
officers have more than doubled with
the increase In the banking business
transacted by the institution, while
the clerks have been Obliged to meet
the increased cost of living on salaries
that are the same as or less than they
were some years ago.
This case Is perhaps fairly typical
OF modern banking methods. One
clerk. with wife and yearly stipend
of $3.50. not long ago had the mis-
fortune to require an operation for
appendicitis. The bill of the operat-
ing surgeon was for $3.50.
And yet banking positions are Gag
erly sought after.-New York Evening
Mail.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08
Thirty-One Years Ago
Items taken from files of the Coax Chronicle of the year 1881
Ap,.il 2.

Mr.. Thomas III. Thorpe, lawyer
from Philadelphia, arrived in Col.
fax and located here.
A discrepancy of eight or ten
feet was found to exist in the To-
cation of a number of squares OF
ground.in Colfax, and the differ
ence was rectified ~ r. w. Bring
hurst, surveyor. z
April 8.
The contract for building the
new court house for Grant parish
was awarded to III. Mcknight for
S2,500.00. j. b. Wllmut, G. G.
Nash. w. l.. Richardson, A. l..
Grow and S. G. Curry, were APP
pointed rs the building committee
by the police jury.
The police jury was composed
of S. G. Curry, president, A. L.
Grow, w. J. Tison, Mathew Nu-
gent, Joshua Kemp, l. M. Brian
and f. M. Sharpe.
The contractors for the building
of the Texas and Pacific railroad
started work. Mr.. Sam Fellows,
of Alexandria, had a large force of
men at work clearing off the right
of way.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08
Wealth In Japan.

According to list compiled In To
kio. there are In the whole empire
only lois japanese who are worth q
quarter Of million dollars or more.
The population of Japan is about 81.
100000. the most Of them poor, the
wealth being distributed among few
people. But the list shows that the
Japanese are getting rich rapidly, az
there were only Al rich Japanese ten
years ago. At the rate they are now
going 1t Is more than likely that In q
few years Japan win have rich men
to spare.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08

0AAsshAsCA AASos anu AoulS OiChuCSS.
In Europe during the summer
of 1911 the excessive heat was OBJ
served by De Fleury to have had
a pronounced effect. Not only
was there increase in sickness dur
ing the hot period, but after its
subsistence many persons develop
ed gastro-intestinal disturbances,
congestion of the liver or some
skin affection of digestive origin.
In attempting to account for the
effects of the hot weather De
Fleury says that the abuse of cool
ing drinks with food, the tendency
of foods to spoil and the increas-
ing virulence of disease germs
we're important factors, but he be-
lieves that the most important fac
tor was the diversion of the water
In the body from the kidneys to
the skin, with increased excretion
OF water, with lowering of blood
pressure, but with decreased elm
ination of poisons. The sweat-ex-
creting apparatus of the skin is
equal to only about a fourth of
the filtering apparatus of the kid
neys and during the hot weather
fluids are excreted by the skin al
most entirely. 1t was De Fleury's
observation that persons who lived
on a fruit and vegetable diet, to
the exclusion of meat and eggs,
escaped gastro-intestinal disturb
ances. Hot drinks also acted in a
prophylactic way. as did the en-
ployment of the Tactic ferments.
Drugs which increase the blood
pressure and stimulate the kidney
function also bad beneficial effects.
The observations of De Fleury,
according to the Journal of the
American Medical Association,
would seem to confrm the dictum
that In hot weather it is desirable
to decrease the amount of protein
food intake, to limit the diet more
closely to fruits and vegetables
and to drink plenty of plain water
or other bland drinks while the
stomach is empty, in order, if pos-
slble, to increase elimination by
the kidneys. The frequency of
congo stion of the liver would seem
also to support the theory of de-
iclent elimination of poisons as
~ important cause of the morbidl-
y due to the heat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08

Mrs. M. A. Mclaughlin, 512 Jay St.,
LaCross, Wis, writes that she suffered
all kinds of pains in her back and hips
on account of kidney trouble and rhen-
matism. Il got some of Foley Kidney
Pills and after taking them TO few
days there was wonderful Oh ange in
my case, for the pain entirely l. # my
back and hips and / am thankful there
is such medicine as Foley's Kidney
Pills. ]. w. Duncan Co. Ltd.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08
Notice to Stockholders.

In accordance with Article Nv of the
charter of the Bank of Montgomery, of
Montgomery, La, there will be an an
nual meeting of the. stockholders of
said bank held in their banking rooms
on Tuesday, June IL, 1912, tap, m.
for the purpose of electing board of
directors to serve for the ensuing year.
l.. DOW WARDLOW,
Cashier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08

Colfax, La, May Is, 1912.
Some persons are trespassing on my
lands, cutting fire wood and timber
thereon and selling same. warn all
persons against purchasing such fire
wood and timber from these trespass-
ers as | shall hold seller and buyer res
ponsible both civilly and criminally.
Cora K. PURvIs CALHOUN.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08
Estraycd or Stolen.

Two cows-one white, marked crop
and upper half crop in each ear, under
bit in right, brand T L on left side, has
had one horn slipped. One red sided
COW with white back, crumpled horns,
same mark, brand w T on hip. Sup
posed to have young calves. Will re-
ward anyone for the delivery or for in
formation as to their whereabouts or
location.
T. C. LINCECUM,
ma25-5t' Selma, La.
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No.
Bank of Pollock VS.. C. o. Groves.
ct al.
BY virtue of writs of fieri facias is.
sued out of the honorable 18th Judicial
District Court in and for Grant parish,
La, and to me directed in the above
entitled suit have seized and will Of
fer for sale to the last and highest
bidder, at the principal front door of
the court house in Colfax, La, be-
tween the hours prescribed by law for
Judicial sales, on
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1912,
the following described property seized
as the property of the defendants, to-
wit:
Two (2) acres of land east of Pol
lock, La, bounded on the north by
Tom, Stewart, on the west by A. w.
Stewart, on the east by Geo. Conn,
same being acquired by said j. B. KEEL
" from John Mcdonald, as per records
in Colfax. La.
Two (2) acres of land east of Pol
lock, La, bounded on the north by
Tom Stewart, on the west by A. w.
Stewart, on the east by Geo. Conn,
same being acquired by said E. F. KEEL
ly from John Mcdonald, as per records
Lot No. in the new addition to the
town Of Pollock.
Lot, building and stock of drugs as
per assessment rolls for 1911 filed in
sheriff. IS Office, as follows: Ninety (9O)
feet off of north end of lot 16, Of block
8 in Pollock. One stock of merchant
disc.
One horse and buggy.
One horse and buggy.
Block No. IL in the unsurveyed adj
dition of the town of Pollock, La.
Lot No. in block No. in the town
of Pollock, La.
One horse and buggy.
One horse and wagon.
One team of oxen, four yoke, and
log wagon.
Terms of sale Cash, with the bene-
fit of appraisement.
This May 81, 1872
A. B. PERKINS,
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08
Notice of Graveyard Working.

Verda, La, May %, 1912.
Friday before the third Sunday in June,
rs the date set to finish cleaning off and
decorating the Mars Hill graveyard.
All are invited to come prepared to
carry on and finish the work.
Respectfully,
r. S. GARRETT.
By order of Hargis church.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08
When Buying. Buy Only the Best.

Costs no more but gives the best re-
suits.
H. L. Blomquist. Esdaile, Wis, says
his wife considers Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound the best cough cure on
the market 'She has tried various
kinds but Foley's gives the best result
of all. j. w. Duncan Co. Ltd.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08

Dry Prong Camp No. 366 w. o. w.
will meet at Dry Prong on Sunday,
June 8, 1912, at 10 a. M, for the pur-
pose OF decorating the graves of de-
ceased Sovereigns. All Sovereigns are
invited to attend. There will also be
an address on Woodcraft by an able
speaker.
ODUS WATSON. Clerk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08

The undersigned has 100 bushels of
COW peas for sale at market price.
Call on or address
A. J. BUCKNER.
ma25-tf Hadnot, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-08

The annual meeting Of stockholders
of the Louisiana Railway for the cleo
ton of directors will be held at its Of
flee in Selma, La, 10 a. m. Tuesday,
July 2 1912.
E. Z. FITZGERALD,
Secretary
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January I.

uC pObuc anu NitSbCo III Wan
Iarish were frozen hard and firm
With ice from q TO 3 inches thick
the coolest freeze in this section
for many years. The young folks
aud some of the old ones, too, had
fine time skating. The majority
of them actually skated about ten
feet standing up, and then got
tired and sat down to skate the
balance of the way Mr. Howard
Mcknight got out an old pair Oh
steel skates, and showed the ma
ives some fancy skating stunts
that he learned when a boy way
up in Ontario and New Brunswick.
: Squire A. l.. Grow, from Yer
mont and New Hampshire, could
also cut some shines on ice, but he
didn't have any skates.
The subscription price to the
Chronicle was 50 a year.
Fat hogs were brought to town
in great numbers, cleaned and
dressed, and sold at the standard
price of sc per pound.
Deputy Sheriff S. M. LaCroix
returned from Rapides parish with
Gift White, a negro who had jump
eel his bond, and his bondsmen
had him arrested and jailed.
This was an interesting case, the
negro that Gift shot having lived
more than ga year and day" be-
fore he died, and the old law in
such cases was appealed to in
Gifts behalf.
January.15.
S. G. Curry, president of the DO
lice jury, advertised for bids to
build a two story wooden court
fouse in Colfax 30x50 feet, the
lower story to have s #. hall and
four rooms, with door and two
windows in each room. Upper
story to have double doors and
ten windows, three on each side
and two on each end. Lower
floors to be of quartered flooring
undressed, II inches thick; upper
hoorlng same thickness, well sea-
soned, dressed, matched and neat-
ly laid. IL inch boxing on sides.
dressed and matched and driven
to a tight, joint. This building
was removed from the court square
several years ago when the pres
ent brick court house was built.
and 1t now fronts on Railroad Az
enue and is occupied by Mrs. Allen
as boarding house.
February 12.
An unusually heavy rainfall of
three days caused Red river tol
raise fully twelve feet inside of a |
week, the rapid rise of an inch an |
hour being recorded for one day |
and night.
February 10. |
Sheriff G. H. Teal reported that |
he had collected 81, 597. $50 current
taxes, and S2,045.3S back taxes. |
aud had issued 1895 tax receipts.
Eight or ten. families moved |
IRON Lincoln parish and settled |
In the hills of Grant parish.
Hon. G. G. Dunn, president OF |
Grant parish school board, adver. |
Used for meeting of the board |
Monday, Feb. IA, aud sent out no.
tees for the members to attend
but only three members put IN
an appearance, and there being nc
quorum the meeting was a failure.
Inc members served without pay
10 those days, and it was some
lines hard to get a quorum. II
February 90, 1881. 4
Notice Is given of the marriage
If II. q. Goodwin, editor of the
Jolfax Chronicle, to Miss Luella
DeLacy Lewis. on Tuesday, Feb.
~. 1881. The editor wrote b;s
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Sheriff Sale.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant,
Thirteenth Judicial District Court.
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Subscribe for the Chronicle.
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Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-06-26

ed from tnrty -one states and the Do
minion OF Canada, constitute an overpow-
ering force which breaks the levces and
pours Its torrents over many million
acres OF the richest land in the Union
stopping mails impeding commerce and
causing great loss of life and property
These floods are national in scope, and
the disasters they produce seriously affect
the general welfare. The states unaided
cannot cope with this giant problem:
hence we believe the federal government
should assume fair proportion OF the
burden of its control so as to prevent dis
asters from recurring floods
Republican Accomplishment.
The approaching competon of the Pa
mama canal, the establishment OF a bureau
of mines the institution of postal savings
banks the increased provision made in
1912 for the aged and infirm soldiers and
sailors OF the republic and for their Wild
ows and the vigorous administration OF
the laws relating TO pure food and drugs.
all mark the successful progress OF Re-
publican administration and are addition
al evidence of its effectiveness
We challenge successful criticism of the
sixteen years of Republican administra-
ton under Presidents Mckinley. Roose-
welt and Taft We heartily reaflirm the
Endorsement of President Mckinley con-
tained in the platform OF 1900 and OF 1901
and that of President Roosevelt contained
in the platform of 1904 and 1908.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-06-26
Eat Properly And Avoid Indigestion.


Karl de Schweinitz, executive Secre.
tary, Pennsylvania society for the pre-.
vention OF Tuberculosis, says: Make it q
point 10 eat properly. Most cases of in.
digestion are directly due to carelessness
in this respect. Food should be taken
regularly. The nearer your meals are
scheduled by the clock the better. Late
snppers should be avoided. Heavy food
should not by taken late at night. Your
digestion is least active during the later
hours of the day and in the night.
Eat slowly and don't over eat. Chew
each mouthful at least dozen times. A
half meal eaten slowly is better than a
whole meal taken in haste. No matter
how good the food, even if IL be bread and
butter, too much of it will cause indiges-
ton.
Most people do not drink enough water.
An adult should take at least two and one
half pints in twenty four hours. Where
possible drink water between meals.
This is better than to drink great quanti-
ties of water during meals.
Wholesome food eaten leisurely and in
moderation will maintain your health
better than any kind of medicine, espec-
tally If your body is well irrigated by
pure, fresh water.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-06-26
Hadley Will Stay With Republicans.

Gov. Hadley of Missouri, one of the
most persistent of the Roosevelt delegates
at Chicago, on his return home from the
convention declared his intention not to
join Roosevelrs third party movement.
81 believe can render more service to
the people as a member of the Republican
party than joining in the formation of a
third party" he said. "While l have in
no way changed my mind as to the cor
rectness of that for which l have con-
tended, undertake to say that no politi-
cal party ever did or ever will exist in
which at times men will not use authority
unfairly to accomplish improper and
selfish ends.
"In my opinion, the best way success
fully to fight such men and methods also
the best way in which to fight for correct
principles of government is within the
party, rather than by leaving it.
There we're some planks which were
omitted from the platform which should
like to have seen adopted, but there will
be found, l believe, in the platform moth
ing that is Objectionable to any Republic
can, and on the whole it is the most pro-
gressive platform we have ever presented
to the American people,"