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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-24

for the parish of Grant, Louisiana, each
one copy of the minutes of this meet
ing, to and including the passage of
this resolution, same constituting a
process verbal of the manner in which
the ballot boxes have been opened, the
ballots counted in number and amount,
the returns canvassed and the result of
the said special election ascertained;
and said secretary shall retain in his
office a copy hereof. duly certified by
the Secretary of State and ex-Officio
Recorder to have been duly filed and
recorded in their respective offices, as
required by law.
Unanimously adopted.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-24

A vast amount of i'll health is due to
impaired digestion. When the stomach
fails to perform its functions properly
the whole system becomes deranged.
A few doses of Chamberlain Tablets
is all you need They will strengthen
your digestion, invigorate your liver,
and regulate your bowels, entirely do
ing away with that miserable feeling
due to faulty digestion. Tryit. Many
others have been permanently cured
why not you? For sale by all dealers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-24
ORDINANCE NO. 1918.

| BY w. A. brownlee-
| AN ORDINANCE
| Creating the Office Of Town Scavenger for the
| Town OF Colfax. La. fixing his powers. duties
and eompensations, and providing for the
manner Of his election and removal.
section 1. Be it ordained BY the Mayor and
Board OF Aldermen Of the Town Of Colfax. La,
That the office OF Town Scavenger of the Town
Of Colfax, La. be and the same Is hereby created
who shall be elected by the Town Council of the
Town OF Colfax, and shall hold his Office during
the term of Office of the council that elects him
subject to removal by a majority vote OF said
council.
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of the Town
Sea venger to remove all 9th and trash OF every
kind from the streets. alleys, bitches. sidewa lks
privy boxes. to clean all privies. to carry on
slops and flth of all kinds. from private resi-
denees. hotels, business houses and school
houses. and all other kind of places within the
corporate limits OF the town OF Colfax where the
same may be accumulated.
Section 8. 1t shall be the duty of the Town
Seavenger at all times to look after and guard
the sanitary conditions of the town, and it shall
be his duty to call the attention of the marshal
and health Officer to the accumulation of auy
Kind OF NTH or garbage whatever that would
interfere with the sanitary conditions OF the
town, or calculated to be detrimental to the
health OF the citizens thereof; and for the pur-
pose OF investigation of sanitary conditions Of
any premises. he shall have the right at ain rea
sonable hours to enter the same for the purpos.
Of inspection thereof
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty Of the scavep-
yer W femose al pr1vy NTH at night time. and
In such manner as to be the least disapreea Able
to the parties who are not engaged in the re-
moval
Section s. The scavengsr shall keep correct
account OF all work done by him for both private
persons and for the public. He shall collect ali
fees for his services according to a schedule of
charges to be fixed by the town council He
shall make his report each month to the council
at Its regular session. giving the character OF
service rendered. to whom rendered the price
charged therefor, together with q Abatement of
the amount OF money collected, and from whom
collected
Sectione. He shall collect for ali services ren-
dered BY him within twenty four hours after the
service shall have been rendered. unless the party
refuses to pay same. then In that event he shail
forthwith report the fact to the town marshaI
who shall make u demand Of the party for the
payment of the fees due the ScavenRer then n he |
refuses he shall carry him before the mayor to be-
Death with as the laws Of the town of Colfax
provides.
Section THE Town Scaveneer shall receive sor |
his compensation the sum Of Seventy Five Dol |
lars per month, payable monthly
Section s-All laws or parts OF laws I'm conflict |
with any Of the provisions Of this Ordinance n.
hereby repealed. and this ordinance sh All 20 into
ton.
Passed August 6. 1912.
Approved August 9. 1872.
r. R. JETER,
Attest: J. Q. LONG, -
Secretary pro tenn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-24

ID. G. Bybee' teaming contractor l;v.
ing at COY Keeling Court, Canton, III.
Is now well rid of a severe and annoy.
ing case OF kidney trouble. His back
panied and he was bothered with head
aches and dizzy. spells. III took Foley
Kidney Pills just as directed and in 2
lew days | felt much better. NV life
and strength seemed to come back. and
! sleep well. am now all over INV
trouble and glad to recommend Foley
Kidney Pills. /" Try them. j. w.
Duncan Co. Ltd.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-24
Notice of Final Proof.

U. S. Land Office, Baton Rouge, La. !
August 6, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that John B.
Wheat, of Zion, La, who, on June 20,
1904, made Homestead Entry, No.
Ol239, for Southwest quarter of South
east quarter, Section 80, Township
North, Range W., Louisiana Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
five year proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Clerk
of Court, at Colfax, La, on the 10 day
of September, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: r. ID.
Wheat, Louis Bankston, w. C. Starks,
OF latt, La, and E. C. Wheat, of Ro-
chelle, La.
JOHN F. INITIAL,
Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-24
Free Scholarship in Mansfield College.

The Chronicle is authorized to give
some deserving young lady a free
scholarship in all of the literary courses
in Mansfield Female College, good for
ten months session. She must be of
good moral character, in good health,
deserving assistance and worthy of the
scholarship. The requirement is that
she must room in the college, where
board, lights and heating will cost her
only $4,000 for the entire ten months
session, her tuition being free. Hun
dreds of the first ladies in Louisiana
have been educated at this fine old COL
lege, up to date in all particulars, and
it is an honor to any one to receive its
diploma.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-24

One of the most common ailments
that hard working people are afflicted
with is lame back. Apply Chamber
lain's Liniment twice day and mass
age the Parts thoroughly at each ap-
plication,. and you will get quick relief
For sale by all dealers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-24
Notice of Final Proof
U. S. Land Office, Baton Rouge, La.
Iulu % 1919

U. S. Land Office, Baton Rouge, La. ,
July %, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Mrs.
Alkaline A. Barnes, Widow of Robert
c. Barnes, of Montgomery, La, who,
on August 14th, 1908, made Home
stead Entry, No. 03445, for Northwest
quarter of Southwest quarter, Sec. rs,
TIP. 8 NJ, Range W., La. Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
three year proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Clerk
of Court, at Colfax, La, on the 10th
day. of September, 1912.
Claimant a mes as witnesses:
George Dyson, Columbus Dyson, VIM.
Bell and W. H. Dyson, all of Mont
gomery, La.
JOHN F. NUTTALL,
Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-24

Were all medicines as meritorious
as Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy the world would
be much better off and the percentage
Of suffering greatly decreased" writes
Lindsay Scott, of Temple Ind. For
sale by all dealers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-24
Bids Wanted for Building Steel Bridge

The police jury, of Grant parish, La.
will receive and open bids at their regu,
lar meeting the first Monday in Octo-
Der, 1912, for the erection of q steel
bridge across Bayou Darro, about two
miles east of Colfax, bidders to furnish
plans and specifications. The rights re-
served to reject any and all bids and
specifications. For further information
apply to r. S. Cameron, Clerk, or
R. w. RICHARDSON,
President Police Jury, Colfax, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-08-24

81 am a travelling salesman" writes
E. E. Youngs, p. Berkshire, VT, land
was often troubled with constipation
and indigestion till l began to use DIR.
Kings New Life Pills, which l have
found an excellent remedy" For all
stomach, liver or kidney TROUBLES they
are unequaled. Only rs cents at Dixie
Pharmacy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
POINTED

[From the Chicago News.1
Love levels all thinxs-when it is on
the level.
What Sherman said about war also
applies to politics.
If a woman oesn want to be mar
ried it's a sign she is.
It's not consistent to speak Ill of
man II you know him well.
Some men would rather run for Of
fee that carr a decent living.
Much of a woman's self-conddence
is due to the fit of her gown.
A crcwbar isn't necessary to enable
a gossip to pry into your affairs
No conceited girl can understand
why every man she meets isn't in love
with her.
Pretty clothes sometimes make a
girl forget the things her mother used
to teach her.
One chair is ample during courtship
but after marriage a five room fiat
may seem too crowded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17

gIaced himself by going afte4 the Still
well chickens The little robin still
comes to the window for crumbs and
h thrush sings in the apple tree at
night" Emery drew his breath sharply
when he realized that Agnes had brush
ed her hand swiftly across her eyes.
"Don'ti" Agnes put in without turn
ing her eyes toward him. you make
me want t go home I suppose Mary
is still using the old brown teapot?''
she went ON in emotional voice.
1t was Emery's eyes now la sought
space.
YES" he said. for a m uncon-
scious of Agnes, Mary is pouring tea
from the brown teapot. But I suppose
His glance raveled about until it rested
on the slim fingers hat had uncon-
sc1ously fallen On his teacup. He looked
at them for a long moment, and while
he oke a great change swept Owe his
vision.
You have not told me whether or not
you will take tea with me every day."
ne told Agnes suddenly.
erhap you would get tired looking
turned.
conner"
Certainly" Agnes smiled across the
raDie at him.. II will be delighted"
Wnen some six weeks later John
HLlery wrote a letter, to Mary Doan
ana received an answer from her. there
"ere w familiar words in it. Tell
anes, MARY wrote, that I think you
pc my bridesmaid, but a matron of
nonor is perhaps more dfenffed."-
copyright, 1912, by Associated Tjferarv
Press.) AearS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
QUAKER M-17DTTATToNs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
Many a man has bet his bottom dol
lar to get on top.
Even the s.hoIi OF S-tenography
may be shor*-handeS-
If blessings never como singly, how
about single b~1esseddess?
The man with a poor memory
should stick to the truth.
Some fellows have about az many
friends as an alarm clock.
1t is a mistake to suppose that
summer girls are always warm friends.
The fellow who can't raise a hand
to help himself has no business to
play poker.
Nell what a beautiful color
Maude has," Believes. I wonder
If it runs"
Beauty is only skin deep, and yet
the average woman is taken at her
face value.
The people who always want to at
tract attention often do it in the least
attractive way.
Those who marry for love are TO
more proof against disappointment
than those who marry for money.
BIobbs-"Do you think we shall
know each other in heaven?" Slobbs
II so. Very few of us
really know each other here"
Wigwag-"I don't understand what
makes Bjones such a pessimist." Hen
peckke-"Nor I. Why, he has never
even been married"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
says UNCLE GAV

It's a mighty good thing once in a
while to remember not to take this
life too seriously. The end and aim
of all existence is happiness, the same
being synonymous with goodness, eff
ficiency, health and human service
and II you get too much ego into the
saucepan you spoil the gravy. At the
theater did you ever notice that there
are always a respectable number of
people who insist upon laughing at
what you regard as the wrong place?
As a matter of fact they are not
laughing at the wrong place, but at
ordinations are merely Mother Ma.
lures way of reminding US that hui
man grief and human exultation are
slight things.
The plain truth is that life is a.
comedy and the hardes finish is not
altogether sad. There's somethingI
funny in the worst of luck, and peo-
pie will go on laughing at slapsticks
until the end of time. This truth only
the supreme artsist have realized.
Les M~iserables'' might have been the
greatest book of the world If there
had been some genuine, everyday,
human comedy in it. Balzac put irony
into his Coincide Humane" in order
that it might live up to its name and
the result was monumental. Thack-
arrays Vanity Fair is human because
it is comedy and is immortsl because
it is both. Shakespeare never got SO
deeply into tragedy that there wasn't
enough comedy to color his lines and
keep the picture true.
All our great efforts are more or
less Iudicrous unless we have the
saving grace of hunor. The funniest
thing in creation is he who believes
that he has Atlas skinned a mile and
can't take a fresh holt for fear the
globe will tilt.
Hence, bethren. take lime TO laugn
heed how We neglect merriment,
and remember that better men will
smile at your ~epitaphs. This LIES a
comedy and it is better that others
(Copyrighted, 1912, by the Mcclure
Newspaper S~yndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
AYHAWKER JOES

There is certainly no harm in being
a politician. declares the Pratt Union,
if you could be honest" at the same
time.
AS the Nickerson Argosy says:
Wealth may not bring happiness but
most of US are willing to risk the
chance.
1t occurs to the Peabody Herald
that there are too many fashion
try and too few good o
There are too many men these
days, says the Downs Times, who APP
parently believe they a lay up
treasures in heaven by putting their
religion in their wife's name, but
such action is not c~ommendable.
1t Ike a city girl who has spent
part of he summer season on some
rich mans well improved farm, OBJ
serves n Whitewater Independent,
to write o the rural charms and
the freedom and happiness of life on
a farm.
Philosophy from Mack Gretchen, Of
n Sedgwick Paragraph: The k
rocket has a noisy, brilliant time of it
while going up but its career is soon
over. People who scoot past you too
rapidly in h road of life may be
merely having a sky rocket time of it
after all.
Two Irishmen were thrown in Sat-
urday night for being drunk, reports
the Pratt Republican. They sang all
night and Monday they were given
hoes and shovels and put on the
streets to cut weeds. They sold the
city's tools and hiked, as soon as the
officers left them.
If the women ever get a chance to
vote, thinks Sinful Peck of the Hia-
Watha News-Democrat, they'll pass a
law that it will be a penitentiary Of
tense at hard labor for a man to loaf
more than half a day when there's
a demand for harvest lands and his
FAMILY needs the money.
All n-ear-drowning presidents have
been broken in the vicinity of Flor
ence. The Florence Bulletin reports
that a young woman who was IN
swimming north of hat town went
rescuers dragged her to safety. The
third time down is generally reputed
to be the final one. .Q{e1s6 FF EsI
And admonition from the Prairie
HAL correspondent of the Allen Coun-
" journal: The Lord punished the
ed into idolatry. He sent pestiIence
upon them and he also says
Der the Sabbath day to keep it Holy
n as Billy Sunday says, You can't
set TO heaven by following a baseball
team on Sunday"
another sleep walking story, from
the Hiawatha News-Democrat:
George Friend, the little son of M. |
and Mrs. S. E. Friend, of Horton. Who
was here at the home of his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Krebs,
that someone was chasing
nlm, jumped out of bed, ran hrouen
the open window, fell to the lawn be-
low and kept on running. His grand
motner heard him fall and ran after
MIN. Soon the whole family were
chasing George. They had to run him
down and then wake him up. He was
uninjured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
GLOBE SIGHTS
By THE ATcH1soN GLOBE.

A disappointed candidate never has
much luck ~concealing his sore spots.
An y witness is apt to have a
pretty large part in the story he is
telling.
Statesmen might not make so MANY
1901 promises, If they weren't neces-
sary to hold the job.
Much as we enjoy procrastination,
We never offer the election as an ex-
cuse for our part of it.
1t may be said for the suffragettes
who wear boards hat they trent
particularly proud of them.
Many people think a lawyer has to
be dishonest. Doubtless that is 1hC
way old Abe Ruef felt about it.
1t must surprise many people thai
the country is improving in spite of
the growth of h cigarette habit.
Remember, boys, that when your
action reflects discredit upon your
parents, your punishment is double.
You grow old in your mind, as evil
denced by the black hairs on your
hands and the white ones on your
temples.
A young man isn't really popular
with the ladAs until he begins to
keep his appointments on a card in
dex system.
Chewing tobacco may be~less harm
full than smoking, as some contend.
but it is also less artistic as usually
performed.
Possibly it is true that the stork
doesn't have to work as hard as ne
used to, but there are a OF
others in that lass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
ETHICS PLACED ABOVE JUSTICE,

Now Hugh M. Dorsey, h public
prosecutor at Atlanta, Ga, who con-
Quoted the states case against Mrs.
Grace. accused by her husband of try
ing to murder him, says that he u
have brought about her conviction If
he and his wife had taken the witness
stand. The Dorseys lived opposite the
kcme of the Graces and On the night of
the shooting heard the revolver reports.
Dorsey says he and his wife were in a
position to swear tina Mrs. Grace. con-
trary to her sworn statements, was at
home at the time.
But he believed that for him or his
wife to appear as a witness against a
whom he was prosecuting
would be a violation of the ethics of the
legal profession. He consulted eminent
judges on the subject and they agreed
with him.. So the state was prevented
from having the benefit of what would
undoubtedly have beer it's strongest
evidence.
Prosecutor Dorsey may be applauded
by the lawyers for the course he took
but he will not be by the public. To h
average citizen, adherence to the kind
of ethics that forbade him to testify
against Mrs. Grace, in a profession
which considers il no dishonor for it's
members to secure by sharp, technical
practice. the s~acquitta1 of murderers
and other evil-doers whom they knew
to be guilty, is somewhat fnicky, to say
the least. And he did not improve mat
tiers by revealing the fact, after Mrs.
Grace had been acquitted. Having
elected to risk losing his own case. he
should at least have remained silent in
stead of attempting to salve his pride
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
HUAqOR or III DAY

why don't you give your wife an al
lowance2" II did once, and she spent IL
before I could borrow it back."-washing-
ton Herald.
What did your wife say when she saw
you dance three times with that pretty
young woman7'' Nothing. She Just boIted
the party."-Detroit Free Press.
Magnate (given to advice)-My boy It -
the little things that tell. Young Business
Man (savagelyd know It. She's got a
little brother.-Judge.
Post-Is her father a country gentle
mann Rarker-I really can't say. I've
only seen his behavior in town--Satire.
why do you call your auto 'she'7'
Because I can't find q man who under
stands her."-Houston Post.
BoreleighH hope my call has not tired
you. Miss Keen-Oh, no. I inherit a
wonderfully strong constitution.-Boston
Transcript.
"Co~ngratulations OLD man. 1 hear you
have been specializing successfully"
mo I lost money" well, you ought 10
know better than to gamble. "-Courier-
Journal
IT see Jack Hanson was married the
other day to Miss Richley-" Yes. and Z
was very sorry to see it." Sorry ror
her. Catholic Standard and Times.
Brown volunteered to lend me money!
Did you take it2" No. That sort oc
friendship is too EooA to loEa"-D8troit
Free PresG-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Neither do all, who smell of gaso-
line, own automobiles.
a %
Among the undesirable triplets are
envy, hatred and malice.
y
A woman's idea of a terrible calam-
ity is to be caught with her false
teeth out.
In a small town, the real hero
among the boys is the one of their
number who has a shotgun of his
own
The "'star-boarder' is really the one
who is treated incest in hopes of get
ting a full settlement for his back
board bill before he leave town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
CHlT
Love?
(By Ruth CameronN

Wy ruin CamerOn.l
man VINO was regularly d~isa gree
aDie. sel11sh and unreasonable in his
treatment of his wife, used tn assura
ner frequently that she mustn't mind
what ne SAID or did, she must remem
time. 40 al inc
Think of his daring to use the word
love" for that kind of a feeling. OF
course ne did care something for her
In a selfish way, but think what a
weak feeling it must have been 10 he
at the mercy of his every mood. IT
was weaker than his desire to vent
MS temper, it was weaker than his
love of self, it was weaker than his
wish to have everything about the
house just as he liked it. And yet
he called it love What a ~trayesty
on real love!
Another woman has been made mis-
cradle all her life by her husbands
eternal worrying about her safety and
health. All her life she has been de-
nled pleasures Of every Kind because
OF his anxieties. As h looks back and
sees all the happiness she al need
lessly missed, she says, sadly, eff my
husband had been half so anxious for
my happiness as he has been for my
health and safety 1 would have had a
because he loves her so very much.
Save the mark If she is i'll he is
frightfully anxious, but if he sees Ter
missing some passfonately longed for
PACdSQIO III OI00T 10 insure his peace
of mind, he isn't at all disturbed. Can
that be love which Is entirely indif-
ferent to the unhappiness and depriva-
ton it causes, so long as its own peace
of mind is assured? Consider how
most of US crave happiness above ev-
serything. Could one continually de-
ny it to the person n really loved ?
"You-must- remember that I love
you underneath even if it doesn't show
on the surface" was the way another
man used to reassure a demonStrative
little wife who craved demonstrations
of affection as much as she did food.
If he a really loved her, wouldn't
he have managed to overcome his nat
ural reserve, to some extent at least ?
Surely he could nave said 81 love you"
every night and morning without real
ly hurting himself. And even that
would have meant worlds to the
hungry little
you can give h loving. but
you cannot owe without givinS,"
someone has said. 1t seems to me
that that is most emphatically true.
You cannot love without trying to
give whatever the loved one wants
most. Sometimes. of course, temper,
the love of self, selfish anxiety, or
some other powerful characteristic Of
your nature will be stronger than your
love. but it does not seem to me that
any feeling is fit to be called by that
name which is continually
weaker than these other motive pow
arS. /