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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-12-06
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AN ORDINANCE

Il
BY Mr.. LaCroix, of Ward One. Grant
parish, Louisiana,
Prohibiting the passing of plows, discs,
or other machines over the public
roeds of the parish of Grant, State
Of Louisiana, and fixing the penalty
for violation thereof.
Section One
Be it ordained by the police jury of
the parish of Grant, State of Louisiana.
in legal session convened, That on and
after the PRONUNCIATION of this ordi-
nance it shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons to drag or cause to be
dragged over the public roads of the
parish of Grant, State of Louisiana,
any disc or pillow in any manner so as to
cut or pillow said roads.
Section Two
Any person or persons violating the
foregoing section of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor.
and upon conviction thereof in the dis
trict court shall be fined not less than
ten dollars and not more than twenty
five dollars, or imprisoned not less
than five days nor more than thirty
days, or both at the discretion of the
court. subject to work on the public
roads of the parish.
Read and adopted by sections and as
whole this Nov. A, 1913.
r. w. RICHARDSON,
r. S. CAMERON, President
Clerk.
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Be it ordained by the police Jury of
the parish of Grant, Louisiana, in reg
ular session convened, Tnat IL sisaa. =.
unlawful Tor asiy pei son or persons con-
trolling or operating any automobile,
motor cycle, or other vehicle on the
public roads of the parish of Grant,
without the limits of any Incorporated
city, town or village in the parish. to
operate or drive at a greater rate Of
speed than twenty miles per hour.
Section Two
Be it further ordained, ETC.. That no
person controlling or operating any au-
tomobile, motor cycle, or other vehicle,
shall drive at greater rate of speed
than ten miles per hour while in the
act of passing in any direction ON said
public roads any other vehicle of what
ever description.
Section Three
Be it further ordained, ETC., That
any motor drawn vehicle or vehicles of
any description whatever going in op-
posite directions shall pass each other
on the right, each going to the right of
the center of the road; that any motor
deawn vehicle or other vehicles over
taking another shall 90 to the left OF
the overtaken vehicle in passing.
Section Four
Be it further ordained. That no per-
son operating or controlling any auto
mobile, or other motor vehicle on the
public roads of the parish of Grant
shall drive around any curve In the pub
lie roads at a greater rate of speed
than ten miles per hour, and shall on
approaching said curve sound his horn
or whistle twice as danger signal.
Section Five
shall be unlawful for any person or
persons under the age of sixteen years
to operate or drive any automobile.
motor cycle, or other motor drawn We
hicle upon the public roads of the par
ish of Grant, State of Louisiana.
Section. Six
Be it further ordained, etc., That
any motor vehicle or any other vehicle
OF any description, coming to full
stop shall be TO the right Of the center
of the road sufficient distance to per-
NIT other vehicles to pass.
Section Seven
Be it further ordained, (etc.. That
each motor drawn vehicle orl the public
roads of Grant parish, La, after sun
down and before sun-up, slall be re-
quired to have lighted one red light on
the rear Of said vehicle and two lights
in front.
Section Eight
Be it further ordained, etc, That
whoever shall violate the provisions of
this act or ordinance shall upon convic-
ton in the district court be fired in the
sum Of not less than ten dollars and not
over fifty dollars, or imprisoned in the
parish jail not less than ten days NOR
more than thirty days, or both at the
discretion of the court. subject to work
on the public roads of the parish of
Grant, State of Louisiana.
Section Nine
Be it further ordained, etc., That all
ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are
herewith repealed.
Read and adopted by sections and as
a whole this Nov. A, 1918.
K. w. RICHARDSON,
r. S. CAMERON, President.
Clerk.
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Sheriff Sale.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant.
18th Judicial District Courl.
No. 1912.
0. B. Bice VS.. I. C. Aubrey.
By virtue of writ of seizure and
sale issued out of the honorable Thir-
teenth judicial District Court, and to
me directed in the above numbered and
entitled suit, have seized and will Of
fer fer sale at the principal front door
of the court house in the town of Col
fax, La, between, the hours prescribed
by law for Judicial sales, on
SATURDAY,, Dec. 20, 1918.
the following described property, seized
as the property of the defendant, to-
wit:
The east half of Lot No. ID, in Block
No. IA, fronting on Main Street thirty
five feet and extending back 150 feet,
being situated in the town of Verda,
Grant parish, La, as per plat of same
on file in the clerks Office at Colfax,
La.
Terms of sale Cash, with the bene-
fit of appraisement.
A. B. PERKINS,
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.
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Letter From State Supt. Harris.
Baton Rouge. Nov. Is. 1919.


To Public School Teachers of Louisiana:
My observation and my experience as
a teacher in the public schools convince
me that we are spending the most of
our time hearing lessons, and that
mothers and fathers are doing the most
of the teaching. Every day children
are assigned five or six lessons to be
prepared for the next day. They are
expected to carry their books home
with them, and under the guidance Of
the mother and father to learn their
lessons and be prepared to recite them
properly the next day. If the children
demonstrate that the lessons have been
poorly prepared, we accuse parents of
lack of interest in the education of
their children, and deplore the fact
that, for that reason, the schools can
not make proper progress.
/ wish to register my opinion most
emphatically that this is entirely wrong.
The taxpayers of the State have inves.-
ed their money in school buildings and
school equipment, and they are employ
ing some seven thousand teachers to
teach their children. l think that they
have right to demand that we shall
really teach them, and not merely as
certain whether or not they have learn
ed the lessons prepared at home under
the supervision of parents. The par
ents have something else to do, and the
job is ours.
Why not spend the recitation period,
or at least large part of it, having
children LEARN lessons under the su-
pervision of the teacher, instead Of
spending the entire time asking ques-
tions about lessons that the children
are supposed to have learned? Do you
not think that better results would be
secured if we taught with the BOOKS |
OPEN large portion of the time, in
stead of keeping them closed practi-
cally all of the time, as is the case now,
in most schools?
1t should NOT be necessary for chill
dren to bother the life out of their par
ents every day in order to come to the
school prepared to recite good lessons.
The preparation should be made in the
school under the direction of the teach
err If this is done, my judgment is
that the parents of the State will be
of many unnecessary burdens,
and that far better results will be Sc
cured.
Kindly give these suggestions your
very careful consideration, after which
hope you will act upon them.
Yours very truly,
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How to Bankrupt the Doctors.

A prominent New York physician
says, IF it were not for the thin stock
ings and thin soied shoes worn by wom-
en- the doctors would probably be bank
rupt-' When you contract cold do
not wait for it to develop into pneu-
monia but treat 1t at once. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is intended espec-
tally for coughs and colds, and has won
a wide reputation by its cures Of these
diseases. 1t is most effectual and is
pleasant and safe to take. For sale by
all dealers.
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Supreme Court Decisions.

The following decisions were handet
down by the Supreme Court this week
which are of interest to Grant parisI
citizens, viz:
Big Pine Lumber Co. VS.. c. L. Ar
buthnot and C. L. Arbuthnot VS.. Biz
Pine Lumber Co. Second: AS between
plaintiff and defendant as between
warrantor and defendant the case i:
remanded in order to enable the de.
PENDANT to prove the amount due b,
warrantor.
Mrs. Dora Strickland, Individually
and as Tutrix, VS.. Louisiana Railway
and Navigation Company and Iatt Lum-
Der Company, Limited-1 Where a
railroad company, by contract, gives a
lumber company right to use its tracks
for operation of logging train, the
employees of the lumber company are
not trespassers, but are on the property
of the railroad by right and the rail-
road company must use every reason
able precaution for their safety. 2. 1t
IS negligence for railroad company
which has given to lumber company
the right to use its tracks to permit
cars to stand on its tracks at night
without any lights to warn or anyone
to give notice to any train of the lum-
Der company which might be using the
tracks, and if it fails to give the proper
warning and an employee of the lum-
Der company is injured it is liable there
for. 3. The mere fact that logging
foreman leaves his work earlier than
ne should and boards logging train to
ride home does not preclude recovery
in case of his injury or death in col
lision between the logging train and
another train, because the time of his
abandoning his work cannot be said to
be the proximate cause of the accident.
a. Where the master merely warns the
servant Of the danger of riding on
logging train, but thereafter quietly
stands by and permits this servant, as
well as his other servants, to ride on
this train, the master will not be there
after heard to say that the servant was
without right to be on the train should
he be injured while riding. and if the
master cannot urge this as defense
the railroad company, on whose tracks
the logging train was by right of con-
tract at the time of the accident, can
not urge it either. 5. The verdict of
jury is not to be lightly cast aside un-
less there is some reason fer SO doing.
s. A verdict of $40, 600 in favor of the
widow and children of a man of as
years, with life expectancy of twenty
two, and who earned $50 and $50 per
month, is excessive, and will be reduc-
ed to $4,000. Judgment amended and
affirmed
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Public Speaking and Dinner,

A basket dinner will be served on the
grounds at the St. Andre school house,
near Aloha, La, on Sunday, Dec. IA,
1913, by Aloha Lodge No. 100 |. o. o.
F. The public is cordially invited to
attend, and the ladies are requested tc
prepare and bring with them edibles
for the occasion. After dinner an adj
dress will be made on the benefits OF
the order by some one not yet selected.
j. A. CHELETTE,
ALBERT ELIAS,
n29-2t Arrangement Committee.
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Notice.

Notice.
To the Citizens Of Ward SIR, Gram
Parish, Louisiana.
An election will be held in Ward Six
on Tuesday, December 9, 1918, for the
purpose of ascertaining whether or moi
the people are in favor of the adoption
by the police jury of an ordinance pro.
hibiting hogs from running at large in
the ward.
The election will be held at Aloha, in
said ward, and the following persons
are designated to hold the election, viz:
G. w. Calhoun, Andre St Andre and
]. L. Smith, commissioners; H. A.
Roshto, clerk; ]. w. Fletcher, return
ing officer. Polls to be kept open from
z a. m. until 5 p. M, and returns of
election to be made according to law.
r. S. CAMERON,
ne Clerk of Police Jury.
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Examination for U. s. Naval Academy

Washington, d. c., Nov. %, 1913.
Editor Colfdr Ghronicle.
= The Eighth Congressional District Of
Louisiana is entitled to an additions
Midshipman at the U. S. Naval Acade.
my beginning March, 1914. In order
to give all young men between the
ages of 16 and 20, who are interested
in this appointment, a fair chance tc
win it, it has been decided to hold q
competitive examination in the city of
Alexandria, on December 20 and 80,
1913, to be conducted by Professor
Brame, Professor C. Lionel Williams,
and Mrs. Grace F. Kennedy. The ex-
animation will include geography, Eng
lish, history, advanced arithmetic, high
er algebra, and geometry. The young
man making the highest average in the
examination will be appointed as prin-
cipal; the one making the second high
est average viii be appointed 1st alter
nate; the one making TIE third highest
will be appointed End alternate; the
one making the fourth highest will be
appointed 3rd alternate.
Then, if the man appointed principal
should fail before the Naval authorities,
the LIST alternate will be considered.
Then, if the 1st alternate should fail,
the End alternate will be considered,
etc.
Those wishing to apply to take this
examination should report to Superin-
tendent d. B. Showalter at $3.50 O clock
a. m, December 20, 1913.
Those seeking Information as to rules
and regulations of the Naval Academy
can secure the same by writing to me
at Washington, ID. C.
This is great opportunity for any
young man who is interested in the
Naval Service. Sincerely,
]. B. AswELL.
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Succession Sale.

oa<%C0oAOM 0oACs
18th Judicial District Court, Parish
of Grant, State of Louisiana.
Succession of E. H. Thornton, deceased.
No. 1851.
BY virtue of an order of sale issued
by the Hon. w. F. Blackman, Judge OF
the 18th Judicial District Court Of
Grant parish, Louisiana, on the Bird day
of November. 1918, ordering the sale
of the property to pay debts, the wild
ow's claim and the costs of administra-
ton, will offer for sale and sell to the
last and highest bidder, according to
law, at the residence of the late E. H.
Thornton, at Pollock, Grant parish,
Louisiana. on
SATURDAY, December Is. 1913.
between the hours for Judicial sales,
the following described property, to-
wit:
Lot five and the west half of lot four
in block four; and lots four and five in
block two of the Dowden Addition to
the town of Pollock, Grant parish, Lou
isiana, being the same property acquir-
ed by t. H. Thornton from John l..
Pinkston by act before c. u. Robinson,
Notary, on April IL, 1911, as recorded
in Book III" of the Conveyance rec
ords of Grant parish, on page 627. AL
so the followingpersonal property: one
wardrobe, one dresser, six chairs, three
chairs, one table, three bedsteads, one
dresser, three cotton mattresses, five
feather pillows, one locker safe, one
cooking stove, one wash stand. three
comforts, and FIVE sheets, and any and
all other personal property, furniture
and the like, found in the residence, of
the late deceased E. H. Thornton, not
specially named above
All the property above described be-
ing and constituting the property of
the community of acquets and gains
existing between the said deceased and
his wife at the time of his death.
Terms of sale-Cash, at the inventori-
ed price.
Colfax, La, Nov. 5, 1913.
MRS. ELLEN THORNTON,
Administrative.
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Sheriff Sale.
Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Par
ish of Grant, State of Louisiana.
Sheriff SAFE.
barnes VS.. Arbuthnot.

Barnes VS.. Arbuthnot.
BY virtue of writ Of fieri facias is
sued out of the Honorable Thirteenth
judicial District Court and to me direct
ed in the above numbered and entitled
suit, directing and commanding me to
seize and sell the property of defendant,
| have seized and will offer for sale at
the principal front door of the court
house in the town of Colfax, La, be-
tween the hours prescribed by law for
Judicial sales, on
SATURDAY, December 6, 1913,
the following described property, seized
as tne property of the defendant, to-
wit:
All of the houses, boilers and lumber
runs. dolly ways, etc., located at Wetz-
Ter, La.
Terms of sale-Cash, with the benefit
of appraisement.
A.. B. PERKINS,
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.
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AN ORDINANCE

By Mr.. LaCroix, of Ward One, Grant
parish, Louisiana,
Relative to the operation of automo-
blies, motor cycles, and other We
hicles on the public roads throughout
the parish, without the limits Of any
Incorporated city, town or village in
the parish of Grant, State of Louisl-
ana, and to provide a penalty for the
violation of any of the provisions Of
this ordinance.
Section One
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Notice to the Public.

| wish to state to those of my friends
and the public who were under the i'm
preston that | had left or contemplated
leaving Dry Prong, that | have chang
ed my mind, and can be found at the
same old stand, where will appreciate
your valued patronage in the future as
in the past. Respectfully,
IRA w. SANFORD, M. d.
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DIR. Hamilton Not Indicted.

Jena, La, Dec. 2. After a
session of a week the grand jury
in La Sale parish adjourned and
reported thirty-five true bills.
The grand jury. after investigat-
ing the killing of. E. R. Cooper
two weeks ago, refused to indict
DR.. Fred Hamilton. DIR. Hamil-
ton and Joe Thompson, arrested
as an accessory, were released
from Jail. There is a rumor that
the district attorney will file a
bill of information against DR..
Hamilton for manslaughter.
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For Sale.

A full set of blacksmith tools, con-
sisting of pipe fitting tools, carpenter
and wagon tools, ETC., also wagon ma
terial and blacksmith supplies on hand.
Apply to LEE BARNHART.
n22-4t Colfax, La.
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Application for Misunderstanding.

Application for enthusiastically.
18th Judicial District Court, Parish OF
Grant, State of Louisiana.
Succession of A. M. Hall. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that L. E.
Hadnot has filed in this office his appli-
cation for appointment as adminisIra-
tor of the above named succession.
You are therefore notified to file such
opposition as you may have thereto,
within the time prescribed by law, else
his application will be allowed.
Witness Hon. w. F. Blackman, Judge
of said court. Given under my official
seal and signature on this the 21st day
of November, 1913.
j. J. o'QUINN.
n22 Clerk D. C.
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Cured of Liver Complaint.

Il was suffering with liver complaint, ,
says Iva. Smith, of Point Blank, Texas,
land decided to try 25c box of Cham
berlain's Tablets. and am happy to say
that | am completely cured and can
recommend them to every one'' For
sale by all dealers.
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For Sale.

81 acres of land, 81 miles north Of
Colfax on bank of Red river. 60 acres
in cultivation, 22 acres in woods,
young mules, hay tools and cane mill.
All for $1,000. Apply to
N. S. ROBERTS,
nl5-lm Aloha, La.
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Hotel for Sale.

Hotel business and good will of the
Flowers House, in Alexandria, La,
Second Oldest hotel business in city.
House full of guests every night. Own
er has gone into other business.
w. H. FLOWERS,
sl3 Alexandria, La.
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Subscribe for the Chronicle.
Warning to Hunters and Trespassers

All hunters and other trespassers are
warned to stay off my place located in
section 20, tp- 8 north, range 5 west.
Violations of this warning will be pros
ecuted to the full extent of the law.
nl5-1ms |. c. DYSON.
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/. O. O. F.

i. o. o. +.
Aloha Lodge No. 16O, /. O. o. F.,
meets every Saturday. All members
IN good standing have standing invi-
tation to meet with us.
N. S. ROBERTS,
nl5-2m Secretary.
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JOLDS & LaGRIPPE

5 or 6 doses 668 will break
any case of Chills & Fever, Colds
q LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Calomel and does not
sripe or sicken. Price 25c.
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Spend your cash with j. w. Duncan
Co., and get handsome set of dinner
plates free.
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18th Judicial District Court, Parish
of Grant, State of Louisiana.
Succession of E. H. Thornton, deceased