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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
J. B. ellis VS.. Clear Greek Lbr. Co.

J. B. ellis VS.. Clear Greek Lbr. Co.
By virtue of writ of attachment is
sued out of the honorable Thirteenth
Judicial District Court. and to NE d.
rected in the above numbered and en-
titled suit, have seized and will offer
for sale at the principal front door of
the court house in the town of Colfax,
La, between the hours prescribed by
law, on
SATURDAY. November %. 1913,
the following described property, seiz-
ed as the property of the defendants,
towit:
All the lumber owned or claimed by
the Clear Greek Lumber, Company at
their loading spur at Stones Camp,
and all tie lumber ia the two dry kilns
and between them, at the south end of
the said Clear Greek Lumber Company S
tramway at their mill.
Terms of sale Cash, with the bene-
fit of appraisement.
A. B. PERKS,
Sheriff Of Grant Pal La
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
Report of Colfax High School for the
Month Ending Nov. Z.

Total enrolment TO date. 23S. Aver
age attendance for month. 2i1.
The attendance has been very graft
flying so far, and it is to be hoped that
it may continue so.
The results of the examination show
some improvement over last month, but
there is still much to be desired along
this line.
Those making the highest averages
in each of the grades are as follows:
First grade Wilbur O'Quinn and
Camille Woodall.
Second grade Eloise Simmons and
Marguerite Eaton.
Third Grade, A-Lela Merle Long and
Martins O'Quinn. B-Leona Ella john
ston and Van Simmons.
Fourth grade Leslie LaCroix and
Alice Bayne.
Fifth grade-Robert Voolfolk and
Vida Lurry.
Sixth gradeTom Under and @. A.
Wilson.
| Seventh grade Mira Scott and Robt.
Best.
Eighth grade-Irene Ethridge and
Hattie May Smith.
Ninth grade-Leita Dyson and I've
STAFFORD.
Tenth grade Grace Goodwin and
Robert Purvis.
Eleventh grade-Leola Cargill and
Euphrasia Leonard.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
Deafness Ca..ao &c Cured

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
Telephone Exchange at verda Burned

Telephone Exchange at Verda Burned.
Mr.. D. o. Morris, of New Verda. had
his residence entirely destroyed by fire
about 9 a. M on Monday. Nov. 10. The
fire was caused by defective ilue. and
although number of persons were on
the scene in short time; the flames
spread so rapidly that but little of the
household goods We're saved.
Mr. Morris informed US he carried
but little insurance, and nearly every
thing was total loss. His princigal
loss WAS the telephone switch board.
which was kept in his house.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Red Goose, Atlantic Special and Pa
cific Special, three of the best lines OF
shoes in the market, are kept in full
supply by Tummine,lo Brothers. They
have them in all sizes and styles.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
Trespass Notice.

All hunters and other trespassers are
warned to stay off my property, same
being all of section 20, part of Sc sec.
81 and 80, and 163 acres bounded west
by Red river, east by Woods, north by
Self. and south by other property, al
in township north, range west. vi
olations of this warning will be prose-
cuted to the full extent of the law.
n15-tf c. v. DYSON.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
Nervous and Sick HEADACHES.

Torpid liver, constipated bowels ant
1isordered stomach are the causes Of
these headaches. Take DIR. Kings New
Life Pills, you will be surprised how
quickly you will get relief. They slim
nlate the different organs to do theil
work properly. No better Regulator
for liver and bowels. Take 25c and in
vest in box to-day. At all druggists
or by mail. HI. E. Bucklen & Co., St
Louis and Philadelphia. Adv.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
Care of Insomnia.

The most common cause of insomnia
is disorders of the stomach and consti-
patton Chamberlain Tablets correct
these disorders and enable you to sleep.
For sale by all dealers ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Mrs. Tooraen, of St. Francisville,
arrived in Colfax last Tuesday with her
son. Mr.. NJ. E. Tooraen, of the Dixie
Pharmacy, whose guest she will be for
some time, in order to recuperate from
a late spell of sickness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Mr.. r. M. Irwin, writes TO ask that
the address of his Chronicle be changed
from Riverton. La. to Buelah, Miss.
He says that on account of nigh water
in the Ouachita river, he has been
transferred from lock and dam work
in the 0uachita to levee work on the
Mississippi river.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Messrs. Ivy and Ludlow McNeely.
L. S. u. students vino attended the
fair at Shreveport last Saturday. re-
turned to Colfax Saturday night, and
after remaining over Sunday took the
train for Baton Rouge that night, so as
to be on hand Monday morning ready
to report in school.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
For Rent.

125 or 200 acres of land, well improv.
ed, opposite city of Natcnitoches. Az
plicant must have sufficient teams, I'M
plements, and be able to run himself.
Apply to
DR.. j. S. STEPHENS,
5 n15-2t Natchitoches, La
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
o. B. Bice VS.. t. C. Aubrey,

W. IL INV w. " <1aoA lys
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 for 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, 1913,
the following described property, seized
as the property of the defendant, to-
wit:
The east half of Lot No. IA, in Block
No. IA, fronting on Main Street forty
FIVE feet and extending back $50 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-C Cash, with the bene
fit of appraisement.
A. B. PERKINS.
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

A large number of Colfax citizens at
tended the State Fair at Shreveport
last Saturday and Sunday. and all agree
that the fair was bigger and better
than ever this year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

1t always pays to get the best quality
of shoes. Tumminello Brothers have a
full line of Atlantic Special for men,
Pacific Special for ladies. and Red
Goose shoes for children, three of the
best brands on the market.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

The Methodist ana Bapllst Sunday
schools of Colfax united in celebrating
the national temperance cause at the
Baptist church last SUNDAY night
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
Card of Thanks.

The undersigned desires to return
thanks to the many kind friends in Col
fax who were SO sympathetic and help
full to us during the fatal illness of our
baby son.
Mr.. AND Mrs. W. B. STALLINGs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Mr.. H. C. Rogers, who has been in
charge of the Colfax telephone ex-
change for several months, has resign
ed as manager of this Office, and with
his wife will remove to Marksville,
where he will teach school
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Mrs. w. B. Strother anu child went
to Trout, La, last Sunday on a visit,
returning home Wednesday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Mr.. and Mrs. w. t. Duncan went to
Alexandria last Wednesday, and attend
ed banquet that night at the Bentley
Hotel in honor of Hon. J. c. Root, the
founder of the Woodmen of the World
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Nannally and
child, of Alexandria, came up Thurs
day evening. and are the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. C. w. LaCroix, Mrs. Nunnal-
Tvs parents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

New fall trimmed hats for ladies.
from $500 to $500. Also ready-to-
wear hats for ladies and children. from
25c TO 81. so. Mrs. Leila Long.
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Pay your subscription.


| 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 Is
in the past. Respectfully,
IRA w. SANFORD, M. d.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

81 acres of land, 81 miles north Of
Colfax on bank of Red river. 60 acres
n cultivation, % acres in woods, {
young mules, hay tools and cane mill
All for $1,000. Apply to
n. S. ROBERTS,
n15-1m Aloha, La
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Miss Lily Belle Goodws.. I'D Masters
Ridley and Earnest Knobloch, who have
been in New Orleans for the past two
months, returned home Thursday MORN
inc
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Mr.. |. C. Dyson, oil Montgomery,
was a business visitor to Colfax on last
Saturday. and while here gave the
Chronicle an appreciated call.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Spend your cash with j. w. Dunca
Co.. and get handsome set of Dime
plates free.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

A carload of cotton seed meal ant
hulls has been received by j. w. Dun
can Co.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Peoples Cash Store me home Q
good shoes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Ststson hats, $3.50 TO 50. at People
Cash Store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Mr.. s. 7. Parish. accompanied by
Mrs. r. l.. Parish, the wife of his son,
were business visitors in Colfax last
Monday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

A free set of dinner palas for cash
customers at J. w. Duncan Co., Ltd.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
The coHax Chronicle
SATURDAY, NOV. Is. 1919.

Go to the Peoples Cash Store for
mems and boys clothing.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Ladies coets, $3.50 to SIS. at the
Peoples Cash Store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15

Rain coats for girls and boys, 81. 70
to S., at the Peoples Cash Store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
n15-2m

warning to Hunters and Trespassers.
All hunters ard other trespassers are
warned to stay off my place located in
section 20, tp. north, range 8 west
Violations of this warning viii be pros
ecuted to the full extent of the law.
n15-lms /. c. DYSON.
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l. O. O. f..

Aloha Lodge No. 100, |. 0. o. F.,
meets every Saturday. All members
lin good standing have standing invi-
Sation to meet with US.
N. S. ROBERTS,
n15-2m Secretary.
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sheriff Sale.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant
18th Judicial District Court.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-11-15
sheriff Sale.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant,
18th Judicial District Courl.
No. 29l2.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-04-06

washington saw. This was Lord
Fairfax, who had been almost two
years in Virginia when the boy quit
school. and who was now determined.
as soon as might be. to take up his
residence at his forest lodge within
the Blue Ridge. George greatly
struck his lordship's fancy, as he did
that OF all capable men. as a daring
lad in the hunt and a sober lad in
counsel: and drawn into such com
partnership, he learned a great deal
that no one else in Virginia could
have taught him so well-the scrupu-
lous department OF a hlgh-bred and
honorable man OF the world: the use
of books by those who preferred at
fairs the way in which strength may
be rendered gracious. and indepen
dence made generous. A touch of old
world address was to be learned at
Belvoir.
IFS association with Lord Fairfax
moreover, put him in the way Of max
ing his first earnings as a surveyor
Fairfax had not come 70 America
rierely to get away from the world OF
fashion in London and bury himself
in the wilderness. His chief motive
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-04-06

thrift father. These untitled stretches
Of land in the Old Dominion we're
now become the chief part OF his
patrimony. Twas said, too, that he
had suffered a cruel misadventure in
love ar the hands OF fair jilt in Lon
don. and so had become the austere.
eccentric bachelor he showed himself
to be in the free and quiet colony.
A man of taste and culture. he had
written with Addison and Steele for
the Spectator; a man of the world. he
had acquired, for all his reserve, that
easy touch and intimate mastery in
dealing with men which come with
the long practice Of such men of fash
ion as are also men OF sense He
brought with him to Virginia, though
past fifty, the fresh vigor Of a young
man eager for the free pioneer life Of
such a province.
Lord Fairfax Builds a Lodge.
He tarried but two years with his
cousin. where the colony had settled
to an ordered way of living. Then
he built himself roomy lodge, sha
dowed by spreading piazzas. and 1T
ted with such simple appointments as
sufficed for comfort at the depths OF
the forest, close upon seventy miles
away, within the valley Of the Shen.
andoah, where a hardy frontier peo-
pie had but begun TO gather. The
great manor-house he had meant te
build was never begun. The plain
comforts of "Greenway Court" salts.
fed him more and more easily as the
years passed. and the habits of a sim
PIE life grew increasingly pleasant
and familiar, til thirty years and
more had slipped away and he was
dead, al Observation-Disclosures
men said. because the kings govern.
nent had fallen upon final defeat and
was done with in America
Bred in Good Company.
Il was in the company Of these men,
and of those who naturally gathered
about them in that hospitabie country.
that George Washington was bred. "A
stranger had no more TO do" says
Beverley. but to inquire upon the
road where any sUntleman or good
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lonial militia. and an appointment as
acknowledgement OF the military dis
trict in which his lands lay; but he
meant that for the future his duties
should be civil rather than military in
the life he set himself to live, and
turned very quietly 70 the business
and the social duty Of a proprietor
among his neighbors IN Fairfax coun-
~ upon the broad estates to which he
gave the name Mount Vernon. in com
pliment TO the brave sailor whose
friend he had become in the far. IN
happy south.
Lswrenee MARBLES and Settles.
Marriage was. Of course. his first
step towards domesucation, and the
woman he chose brought him into new
connections which suited. both his
tastes and his training. Three months
after his fathers death he married
Anne Fairfax. daughter of William
Fairfax his neighbor Twas William
Fairfay's grandunele Thomas. third
Lord Fairfax. who nad in that revciu-
tionary year 1916 summoned Colonel
Henry Washington to give into his
hands the city OF Worcester, aad who
had got SO sharp an answer from the
Kings stout soldier But the Fairfaxes
had soon enough turned royalists
again when they saw whittier the
Parliament men would carry them. A
hundred healing years had gone by
since those unhappy days when the
nation was arrayed against the king
Anne Fairfax brought no alien ira
ditions 10 the household OF her young
husband Her father had served the
king. as her lover had-with more
hardship than reward. as behooyed a
soldier in Spain and in the Bahamas;
an2 was now. when turned Of fifty,
agent here in Virginia 10 his cousin
Thomas. sixth Baron Fairfax, in the
management Of his great estates. ~
ing upon the Northern Neck. and in
the fruitful valleys beyond William
Fairfax had been but nine years in
the colony, but he was already a Vir-
gilman ike his neighbors. and. as col
Iector OF his Majesty's customs for the
South Potomac and president OF the
Kings Council. no small figure in
| heir affairs-a man who had seen the
world and knew how to bear himself
in this part Of t.
Lord Fairfax Arrives.
In 1916 Thomas Lord Fairfax, him.
self came to Virginia. man strayed
out Of the world Of fashion at ffty-five
into the forests Of a wild frontier
The better part Of his ancestral es-
:ates in Yorkshire had been sold 10
satisfy the creditors of his spend
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-04-06

thousand Frenchmen. while the Eng
lish teemed upon the coasts more
than a million strong But the forces
Of New France could be handled like
On army, while the English swarmed
slowly westward, without discipline
OF direction, the headstrong subjects
u a distant government they would
not obey, the Maynard constituents
Of a score of petty and jealous assem-
blies tardy at planning, clumsy at ex-
ecuting plans. They were still far
away, too, from the mid-waters of the
lakes and from the royal stream OF
the Mississippi itself, where lonely
boats floated slowly down, with their
cargoes of grain, meat, tallow, tobac-
co. oil, hides, and lead, out of the
country of the Illinois. past the long,
thin line OF tiny isolated posts, to the
growing village at New Orleans and
the southern Gulf.
But they were to be feared, none
the less II their tide once flowed in,
the French well knew it could not be
turned back again. II was not far
away from the Ohio now; and if once
settlers out OF Pennsylvania and Viz
ginia gained a foothold IN any num-
bers on that. river, they would con
troll one of the great highways that
led TO the main basins Of the CONT
nent It was imperative they should
be effectually forestalled, and that at
once.
Duauesne Decides to Fight.
The Marquis Duquesne, with his
quick soldier blood. at last took the
decisive step for France. He had
hardly come TO his colony, to serve
his royal master as governor upon the
st. Lawrence, when he determined to
occupy the upper waters Of the Ohio,
and block the western passes against
the English with a lire OF military
posts.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-04-06

Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie, the
crowns new representative in Vir-
ginia. added still further 70 his re-
sponsibilities as q soldier by reducing
the military district OF the colony TO
four. and assigning him one OF the
four, under a renewed commission as
major and adjutant general. His
brothers will not only named him an
executor, but also made him residuary
legatee Of the estate Of Mount Yer
non In case his child should die. He
had 10 look to the discipline and ac-
eogtrement. OF the militia Of eleven
counties. aid his mother in her busi-
mess. administer his brothers estate,
and assume on all hands the duties
and responsibilities OF man OF az
fairs when ne sas but just turned OF
twenty.
! The action Of the colonial govern
rnent In eompacting the organization
and discipline OF the militia By reduc-
ing the, number OF military dis
tricts was significant of a sinis-
ter Change in the. posture OF af-
fairs beyond the borders. The
movements Of the French in the west
had, OF late become more ominons
than ever; "twss possible the Virgin
IL militis might any day see an end
/ OF that everlasting peace which
good Mr. Beverley had smiled TO see
them Acomplacently enjoy, and that
! the young major, who was now adju.
tantgeneral Of the northern division.
J hut Oh
serious and responsible than his du-
ties at home.
| War Was Inevitable.
| Whoever should be commissioned
to meet and deal with the French up
4: on the western rivers would have to
| handle truly critical affairs, decisive
of the fate of the continent, and it
looked as if Virginia must undertake
she fateful business. The northern
borders, indeed, we're sadly harried
/ by the savage allies Of the French;
] the brunt of the. fighting hitherto had
: fallen upon the hardy militismen OF
! Massachusetts and Connecticut in the
slow contest for English mastery up
on the continent But there was real
~ nothing TO be decided in that quar-
ter.
/ The French were not likely to at
tempt the mad task of driving out
the thickly set English population. al
ready established, hundreds of thou.
sands strong. upon the eastern coasts.
Their true lines of conquest ran with
In. Their strength lay in their com
uland Of the great wateFcourses which
ianked the English colonies both
north and west. Twas long from
tier to hold, that may line of lake
and river that ran all the Way from
the Gulf of st. lawrence to the wide
mouths Of the sluggish Mississippi.
d French Well Armed and Ready.
Throughout all the posts and set
Elements that lay upon it from end
to end there were scarcely eighty
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Ruins Of School Washington Attended.
t...o his confidence as If he had been
his own son. Not only upon his -aca
tons now, but almost when he would.
and as II he were already himself a
man with the rest. he could live in
the comradeshiD that obtained at Bel
voir and Mount Vernon. Men Of all
sorts, It seemed, took pleasure in his
company
Lads could be the companions OF
men in Virginia. Their outdoor life Of
journeyings, sport. adventure. put
them, as It were. upon equal terms
with their elders, where spirit, auda
city. invention, prudence, nlanliness
resource, told sor success and com
radeship. Young men and old can be
companions in arms. In sports. in
woodcraft. and on the trail OF the
fox. Twas nos an indoor life Of con
ference, bat an outdoor life Of affairs
IN this rural colony.
One man. indeed. gave at least &
touch OF another quality 70 the life