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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
cHuRcHMAN PARTY TO FRAUD
At Least, EccIesIastIe Thought So
When Told Emerald Was Only
an Imitation.

Bishop Johnson of South Dakota
tells this story of himself:
Il was dining one night beside q
man Of whom l had never heard be-
fore. soon discovered that he was
quick witted and later l was also to
discover that he was jewelry expert.
l was wearing an emerald ring which
l prize very highly for its history as
well as for its beauty.
"Will you let me see your ringr
he asked.
Il gladly passed the trinket to him:
he examined 1t critically, and then re-
turned It. saying:
"Tt is the best imitation emerald !
ever saw
II was startled. told him that 1t
was genuine and had been used in
England by churchmen for 200 years,
and that 1t had always been consid-
cred a flawless gem.
Nevertheless he replied. 1t is an
imitation emerald
Some time later met an expert
in gems In New York, showed him
the ring and asked his opinion Of 1t.
The man looked at 1t and told me
that 1t was an imitation.
have reproachcd myself for hav.
ing told you,' he remarked
"T'm glad you did tell me- replied
Else might have transmitted lie
to posterity.'
good company in doing that said he.
and the incident was at an end."-The
World Today.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31

The most important of all the
amendments is the tax amend
ment. 1t was last adopted, has
had the least discussion before
the people, and is most vital to
them. 1t was in no candidates
platform, the people were not
asking for it, and yet all of the
whilom candidates seem to have
banded together to force it upon
the people, with but little discus
sion of its merits. The suppl
Gators for the favor of votes at
the hands of the people only a
few months ago, are now turned
to dictators and are telling them
what they shall do.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31

Gov. Hall, Lieut.. Gov. Barrett,
Speaker Thomas, Senators Voeg-
tie, Favrot, Shaffer, Burke, Stat
ford, and Representatives Ro-
berts, Butler, Fontenot, Generel-
ly and many others, Aswell, Mi
chel and Hall men, all merging
their past differences.
In the face of this array it
looks very much like the people
are to be carried by storm for
the proposition, if they do not
oppose it on their own initiative.
The average voter is so prone to
follow the leadership of some one
of these men, that there appears
to be almost certainty the mea-
sure will be carried in spite of
any and all imperfections.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31

Hon. T. w. Perrin, of LaSalle
parish, candidate for Congress,
spoke for little over an hour in
the Colfax court house on Friday
night Of last week. He had a
crowd of about one hundred hear
ers, the majority of whom appear
ed to be Aswell supporters. He
was frequently applauded in the
course of his remarks, in the out
set of which he said he was con-
Quoting his campaign free from
personalities. He referred per-
sonally to Mr.. Aswell as a gentle
man and otherwise, about forty
times in the course of his speech,
and showed very conclusively
that he was running against Mr..
Aswell, whether he was running
for Congress or not, on any. merit
of his own.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31

The following letter is from a lady
well known,in Colfax, having lived here
some time as the wife of Sheriff C. d.
Kemp, deceased, and afterward at Pol
lock, Verda and WINFIELD, and kept
hotel at two or three places where she
was quite popular, and was known to a
wide circle of friends and acquaintance,
who will doubtless be pleased to learn
where she is, and that she has the pros
pect of doing well:
Broken Bow, Okla, Aug. Il, 1912.
Editor Collar Chronicle:
Enclosed find one dollar for the Chro-
nicle. had our editor to put your pa
per on his exchange list, and you can
see from the paper what fine prospect
we have for good town.in the future.
After Mr.. Woods death l decided /
would go back into the hotel business.
l have a very nice up to date 81 day
hotel in this town, and feel sure l will
do well here, for it is the only 81 house
here, and is decidedly the. best. In fact
it is the best home ever had, and l
wanted my friends in Louisiana to know
where had wandered away to. When
you receive our paper, and it has an ac-
count of the opening of my hotel in it,
please copy. The hotel is called the
Charles Wesley Hotel" for my son.
Will be glad to have any Louisiana
friends who come this way to stop with
us.
MRS. RoBT. o. WooD.
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New Equipment for valley Road.

Shreveport, Aug. Is. - Arrange
ments are now under way said C. B.
Rogers, vice-president of the Louisiana
Railway and Navigation Company yes
terday, ''for the purchase of FIVE new
locomotives to be used in both passen-
ger and freight service.
1.-THE contracts for the engines have
not been definitely placed, but the spec
ifications are all completed and have
been forwarded to President Edenborn
for approval. The engines will cost
over SIS, 900 each, the expenditure for
motive power approximating SIS, 900.
The passenger engines will be ten
wheelers and those designed for freight
service will be consolidation type.
1.-The lateness of L. R. & N. trains
which may or may not have been no
ticed during the past two or three
weeks, is due to the trouble we have
been having with the incline at Naples,
due to the same forces which caused
the washout on the w., S. & P. last
week When the river returned to its
normal stage after the flood the incline
was affected, but we now have it back
in first class shape.
"Mr. Lee, chief engineer, has been
at Naples experimenting the work for
the past ten days, his work resulting in
the restoration of the incline to better
shape, if anything, than before the
flood and our trains are again running
on schedule. 4"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
Decline Of Repentance.

Repentance-once 30 universally
practiced at this season of the year,
as well as on birthdays, and some
times on Sundays-is rapidly becom-
ing one Of the obsolete virtues. Even
novelists seem to have grown tired of
the "wabbling" heroine, the lady who
plunged into exotic sins one day and
betook herself (metaphorically) to q
nunnery the next, only to join the
army of backsliders with greater zest
than ever as soon as her fit of peni-
tence was over. Despite copybook
maxims warning the unwafy Of the
futility of indulging in lamentation
over split milk. repentance has -four
ished exceedingly, and women espe-
cially have hitherto always manifest
ed a strong bias in that direction.
Repentance needs leisure. and that
may be why 1t is gradually going out
of fashion. People have no time to
look backwards. and, moreover, they
are now realizing the futility of doing
SO. Like Omar Khayyam. they under
stand that no one can rub out what
the moving Finger has written. and
that tears are powerless to undo what
has once been done.-Exchange.
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GAdvertisement.l
Letter From Judge Andrews.

Pollock, La, Aug. Il, 1912.
Editor Progress Neaos::
In speech at Rochelle Judge Black
man charges that was brought out by
railroad lawyers, thereby seeking to
convey the impression that my candi-
dacy is in the interest of the railroads.
The Judge knows better than this, and
the people who know me know better
also. The Judge, no doubt, feels a
little sore at the lawyers of his district
for their non-support. There are thirty
two lawyers practising at the Alexan-
dria bar; of this number, four are sup
porting the Judge: His son, his sons
partner, and two young men who have
hardly been with us long enough to APP
preciate local conditions. In Grant par
ish there are five lawyers. Of these,
one is supporting the Judge.
1t does seem that the lawyers prac-
Using before court are the most COM
petent judges of the qualifications of
the presiding Judge. Judge Blackman
knows this, and that is why it hurts.
The Judge also at various points in
the parish of Grant charged that was
unfriendly to the homestead claims of
the people who have contests for their
homesteads with the holders of the N.
o. Pacific Ry. patents, and as evidence
of that charge he said he had brief
filed by me in his court, which proved
the fact Now the Judge was not can
did enough to say that he agreed with
the conditions of that brief and render
ed judgment in favor of my client.
But the Judge is again mistaken as
to my position on the homestead ques-
ton. | AM friend to the rights of
the homesteaders. / always have been,
and always will be. And if elected
Judge, cannot go far astray, as the
Supreme Court of this State has al
ready settled the question, and it is the
duty of all conscientious Judges to fol-
low the jurisprudence of the State.
have endeavored to live a life of
rectitude, and this should convince the
people that l will do my duty faithfully
and conscientiously.
Respectfully, JAS. ANDREWS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
Hon. J. B. AswelI for Congress.


The Chronicle this week prints
a letter from Hon. ]. B. Aswell,
couched in good clear cut Ian
guage, and expressing the posi-
ton he occupies on many impor-
tant questions. We commend
this letter to our readers as a
model of breyity, and as show
ing the ability of this gentleman
ly scholar to express himself in
few words, and yet so plainly as
to leave no question in the mind
of any man as to his position on
any of the important subjects
named. In fifteen lines he ex-
presses himself on as many diff
ferent subjects, and on every one
he is in accord with the will and
the wishes of the people of the
district. tits this wonderful abili-
ty to be brief and concise, or to
be prolix and extended into the
most minute details, that has won
for Mr.. Aswell fame in this
State and in the council of nation
al assemblies. For that reason
State wide and national interest
is felt in his candidacy. The peo-
pie of the 9Th Congressional dis
trict will honor a worthy man
and will honor themselves by his
election. Mr.. Aswell expects to
be in Colfax and address our citi-
zens at the court house next Mon
day night.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
much-Named Isle.

The Parisians. who are extremely
fond Of changing place names with
In their jurisdiction. have never equal
ed the record established In this re-
spect In the case of tho Island Of
Reunion. which has changed its name
four times In little over half a GEN.
tury and with little or no reason for
doing 80.
In 1893 it was Bourbon, as It had
been for century and half; but
the convention then changed 1t to Re
union.
Under the empire it became Isle
Bonaparte. at the restoration 1t revert
ed to Bourbon. and. finally. In 1S4S,
It became Reunion once more and so
Ear has retained that name.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
MRS. RoBT. o. WooD.
Z. Formerly MRS. C. D. KEMP.

Subscriptions to Chronicle Received.
The Chronicle is pleased to note
the receipt of IL new subscrib-
erssince its last acknowledgment,
as follows: j. P. Sullivan, H. j.
Compton, Mrs. ]. w. Stanfield,
J. T. McManus, Mrs. C. H. Gross,
JAG Bloch, w. S. Christy, w. w.
Tison, Marge Wilkins, M. L. Fer
ris, Mrs. R. O. Wood, L. E. Jack
son and j. E. Daniel.
Also we have received renew
ais of subscriptions from the fol.
lowing parties, viz: Big Pine
Lbr. Co., Mrs. j. B. Williams, j.
M. Bullock, P. A. Dean, l. j.
Rhinehart, C. L. Lacaze, j. j.
Payne, w. w. Gentry, w. A.
Gatlin, Dave Smith, w. N. Cor
bit, ]. M. Anthony, ]. ]. Young
blood, Mrs. G. Norris, Mrs. M.
E. O'Neal, Mrs. L. McNeely,
Mrs. P. Clark, C. E. Haddox,
Lee H unter, C. w. Payne, A. ].
Hargis, Mrs. Jodie Hathaway and
L. H. Hagan.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
Cash Turn-stiles at State Fair.

When you come to the Louisi-
ana State Fair this year, Oct. 80
to Nov. 6, inclusive, you will not
have to stand in line. as hereto
fore, to buy tickets, and you will
save time if you have plenty of
change in your pockets. The
management has decided to in
stall the Cash Turn-Stile system
at all entrances to the fair grounds
for use at this years fair for the
first time.
1t will be impossible to get
through the gates without drop
ping the proper coin into the stile.
There will be change booths out
side at which coins Of the right
denomination can be secured, but
the man or woman who has the
loose quarters and half dollars in
pockets or purses, when he or
she starts to the fair grounds will
make better Roadway than the
one who starts to line up without
the change.
The general admission for adults
will be- so cents; for children Is
cents. After 6 clock in the eve-
ming everybody will be admitted
free to the grounds.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
Work Near Completion on the Mode
Roads.

Work Near Completion on the Model
Roads.
Advices from Selma, George
town and Rochelle inform us that
the model road from Colfax to
those places is very near compile
ton, there being less than a mile
to complete, and in a few days it
will be finished, so parties from
any of the localities can come and
go with ease. This gives Grant
parish the longest complete mod
ell roads in the State, a stretch 32
miles from Colfax to Rochelle,
besides the IA mile branch road
to Pollock, making 46 miles COM
pleted in the parish.
Contractor Constant has a force
of men at work or the 33 mile
loop to be built northward from
Colfax to Aloha, Montgomery and
Verda, and before this time next
year Grant parish will have 70
miles of model roadways.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
Be Sure to Vote for the Children.

In voting for school director of
your ward next Tuesday you will
casta vote for your children. The
school directors will have charge
of the general management of
the schooling of our children for
the next four years. If you know
the best man for this service,
vote for him without regard to
your personal prejudices in the
matter. The man you dislike is
better fitted probably for this Of
fee than the friend you may think
of voting for simply as a person
al favor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
Water, Ice and Light Proposition.

Water, Ice and Light Proposition.
A discussion or proposition is
on foot for the town of Colfax to
vote $40, 600 bonds for forty years
to build an ice and electric light
plant and bore for artesian water.
1t is understood a we'll contractor
guarantees quantity and quality
of water should the town employ
him to drill for water. The ice
and light plant and well is to be
owned by the town and operated
as a municipal plant, charging
such rates as are fair and that
will enable the town to make a
profit sufficient to pay interest
and finally retire the bonds. 1t
is proposed to call a special meet
ing of the council some time in
September to take action on the
proposition, and the citizens of
the town will be invited to come
before the body and express their
views on the proposition.
We shall be pleased to hear
from our citizens along this line,
and invite a discussion through
our columns.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
FLATDWELLER IN SUBURBS
He Found That He Had Forgotten
How to skate-And Something
Else Too.

IT wouldn't have thought" said q
former fiat dweller, that one could
ever forget how to skate. but have
discovered that he can.
Last spring, after twenty years In
q city fat. we moved to house In
the suburb near which there is a pond
that gives good skating In winter.
When l was boy used to be good
on skates and the other day I went
out to this pond. l hadn't skated for
more than twenty years, but had no
idea but that could put on a pair
of skates and just glide right OF with
the rest of them. Do you know what
actually happened?
Il got pair Of skates and stood up
on them. but that was about all. ]
could stand up. but not much MORE
and surely was surprised. I
made a few efforts, and did
get little distance, but only by
great effort, and my feet were apt to
spread out and my ankles to turn
and / was all the time in danger of
falling down. So ! was very glad to
get those skates on and to acknowl-
edge that had forgotten how TO
skate. But that was nothing to anoth-
er thing had forgotten, namely. the
use Of the snow shovel.
There was time when / could
shovel snow with the best Of them;
but during those twenty years up In
the Nat had never touched a shovel;
the janitor attended to all that. But
here In our own suburban home when
snow fell the shovelling was up to me:
the walk from the front door to the
sidewalk, the stretch Of sidewalk It.
sell, and the walk around to the kitch-
en- door.
"And when tackled this job for the
first time. well. ! was surprised, in
deed, to find how much I'd forgotten
about snow shovelling.
"But there was nobody but me to
do it, and 1t had to be done. / may
never again learn to skate, but I've
had to learn anew how to shovel
snow"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31

The tickets, and tally sheets,
and other paraphernalia furnished
by the State to be used in the
election next Tuesday have been
received. There will be two box
es at each precinct. The tally
sheets, poll lists, etc., to be used
at the parish boxes is being print
ed here at home, and all will be
in readiness to send out by the
returning officers Monday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
fAdvertIse,nent.l
Judge BIackman to the Public.

| will not engage in personalities in
this campaign. The people know the
candidates for the Judgeship, and they
are able to Judge of the habits and
qualifications of each one of US.
Electsd, as will be beyond doubt,
l would like to preside over the court
with as little friction as possible, and
have everyone feel that there is no per-
sonal bitterness upon my part. A prop
er dispensation of justice requires this.
w. F. BLACKMAN.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
Increase of State Appropriations.


The aggregate of the appropriation
bills passed by the Louisiana general
assembly of 1912 is $9,S4l, 9S3. 70, or
about 100000 greater than the ap-
preparations of two years ago. Gov.
Hall tried the best he knew how to
keep the allotments down to the lowest
practicable limit, and he had the CO.
operation of many of the leading MEM
bers of both houses, but the growth of
the State and the augmented needs of
her institutions, combined with the
strong backing given to claims which
the governor and the appropriation
committees sought to curtail or defer,
rendered the increased allowances I'M
avoidable.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
The Constitutional Amendments.

Beginning with this week the
newspapers OF the State will pub
llsh sixteen proposed amendments
to the constitution. which are to
be printed ten consecutive weeks
before being voted for in Novem-
Der. 1t is practically an impos-
sibility for the average country
newspaper to give all of these
propositions intelligent editorial
consideration in the time allowed.
For this reason every voter should
read and make up his own mind
about them.
The most important of all is
the one proposing a radical change
in our system of assessment and
taxation. 1t is claimed that San
ders, Michel, Hall, Aswell, Blan-
chard and other leaders have gone
on record during the past eight
years in demanding a change in
our present system.
In regard to the plan promul-
gated by the tax commission, and
framed into an amendment by
the legislature, we are told that
during the last session, such va
ried political elements united in
support of the proposition, and
announced their willingness to
work for it before the people, as
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31

Hon. Joseph E. Ransdell deliver
ed a speech in Congress on July
10, on the levees and the floods in
the lower Mississippi, that is the
finest contribution to the litera-
ture on this subject that has yet
been produced. Itshould read
by every Louisianian who takes
an interest in this great question,
and thousands of them should be
printed for distribution in every
State in the Union.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
For Member of School Board.
We are authorized to announce
A. w. STEWART

We are authorized to announce
A. w. STEWART
as a candidate for School Director for
ward two, Grant parish, La. subject
to the Democratic primary election to
be held Sept 3, 1912.
We are authorized to announce
l. J. RINEHART
as a candidate for School Director for
ward three, Grant parish, La, subject
to the Democratic primary election to
be held Sept. 3, 1912.
We are authorized to- announce
M. G. NUGENT
as a candidate for School Director for
ward four, Grant parish La, subject
to the Democratic primary election to
be held Sept. 3, 1912.
We are authorized to announce
GUS ST. ANDRE
as candidate for School Director for
ward six, Grant parish, La, subject to
the Democratic primary election to be
held Sept. 3, 1872
We are authorized to announce
nj. A. WALKER
as a candidate for School Director for
ward five, Grant parish, La, subject
to the Democratic primary election to
be held Sept. 8, 1912.
We are authorized to announce
M. E. JACKSON
as a candidate for School Director for
ward seven, Grant parish, La, subject
to the Democratic primary election to
be held Sept. 3, 1912.
We are authorized to announce
JOHN l.. CALHOUN
as candidate for School Director for
ward seven, Grant parish, La, subject
to the Democratic primary election to
be held Sept. 3, 1912.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31

DIR. c. H. Ellsworth, dentist, 16
Baldwin ST., Rochester, N. Y, says
Foley Kidney Pills gave him immediate
relief and strengthened him wonder
fully. II have been bothered with
weak kidneys and bladder trouble and
suffered much pain. Foley Kidney
Pills gave me immediate relief and
strengthened me wonderfully. | am
pleased to recommend their use.' j.
w. Duncan Co. Ltd.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
Eighth District Colored Baptist Assoc
alton.

Eighth District Colored Baptist Associ-
alton.
The Second Eighth District Colored
Baptist Association held its seth annual
four days session at the st. Paul Baptist
church at Glencoe, three miles south of
Colfax, August q to Is, 1912. There
was large delegation present, and visi-
tors from number of the colored chur-
ches in distant parts of the State. The
officers elected for the ensuing year are
as follows: L. Smith, president; E.
Griffin, vice president; T. w. Purvis,
recording secretary; L. w. Wallace,
corresponding secretary; j. H. Ellis,
treasurer; VIM. Banks, district missio-
nary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
We are authorized to announce
JUDGE X. T.. DREW

Of Minden, as candinate for Judge Of
the Second Circuit Court of Appeals,
composed of the parishes of Bossier,
Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, Union,
Lincoln, jackson, VIM, Caldwell and
Grant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31

81 was cured of diarrhoea by one
dose of Chamberlain's collie, cholera
and diarrhoea remedy" writes M. E..
Gebhardt, Oriole, Pa There is moth
ing better. For sale by all dealers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31

Hon. j, B. Aswell is running
for Congress strictly on his own
merits, without reference to the
views or personality of his oppo-
nent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-31
For Circuit Judge.
We are authorized to announce

" e are authorized 10 announce
HON. b. p. EDWARDS,
of Arcadia, as a candidate for Judge of
tie Second Circuit Court OF Appeals,
c, imposed of the parishes of Bossier,
Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, Union,
Lincoln, jackson, VIM, Caldwell and
Grant