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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05
Surprising Cure of Stomach Trouble.

When you have trouble with youl
stomach or chronic constipation, don. :
imagine that your case is beyond helr
lust because your doctor fails to give
YOU relief. Mrs. G. Stengell, Plan
field. N. j., writes, For over month
past | have been troubled with my
stomach. Everything | ate upset II
terribly. One of Chamberlain's adv
yertising booklets came to me. After
-eading few of the letters from peo-
lie who had been cured by Chamber.
aims Tablets, l decided to try them
have taken nearly three-fourths OF
package of them and can now eat al
most everything that | want Fo
sale by all dealers.
! :. IL a :,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05
Fathers idea.

Does your father object to my stay
ing SO later" "N-no. but he thinks you
shouldn't come quite SO early" "Ah.
] will time my coming to suit him.
Let me see-I left at IL last night.
What time did he think | should have
arrived?" "He says that when you
leave at II you should come about
10:55."--Houston Post
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05
Derivation Of "shark."

All sharks derive their name
shark" from Greek word of similar
sound meaning having sharp teeth"
The creatures utility to man is moth
ing in contrast with the havoc they
commit among food fishes. Some OF
the smaller varieties Of the shark are
sometimes eaten. Oil is obtained
from their livers. which is chiefly used
in the adulteration of cod-liver oil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

A bolt of lightning struck large
haystack on Capt. c. II. Teafs Acme
farm on Thursday of last week, setting
it on fire and burning nearly all of it.
The stack contained about hundred
bales of hay, and it was all burned uI
but about fifteen bales.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

Mr.. w. R. Jones, of Montgomery
Grant parish. has been appointed ..
G vernor Hall as a member oil Tn
b ,ard of administrators OF the Louisi
ana Industrial Institute at Ruston.
Mr.. Jones was appointed as mem
Der from the Eighth Congressional Dis
t-;ct which was created by the las
&c ,eral AS nbly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05
d be GOTTA. Gbronitle
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1913.

Misses Henri ID. and Ruth Williams.
of Natchitoches, are guests OF their
sister. Mrs. T. H. McNeeiy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05
ORDINANCE LEVYING SPECIAL IA
IN DISTRICT NO. 81.

ORDINANCE LEVYING SPECIAL TAI
IN DISTRICT NO. 81.
The following ordinance was
offered by Mr.. Jackson, and or
his motion duly seconded by Mr..
St. Andre, it was unanimousl.
adopted:
AN ORDINANCE.
Whereas, at a special election
held in School District No. 81 Of
the parish of Grant, Louisiana,
the taxpayers thereof voted to
levy a special tax of five mills on
the dollar on all property subject
to State taxation in said district
for ten (10) years, beginning
with the year 1913 and ending
with the year 1922, both years
inclusive; now, therefore
Be it ordained by the Parish
Board of School Directors OF the
parish of Grant, Louisiana, in le-
gal session convened, That there
be and is hereby levied, annually
on all property in School District
| No. 81 subject to State taxation
an annual tax of five 90 mills OF
the dollar on the assessment fol
1.-The years 1913. 1914, 1915, 1916
1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921 ant
1922.
Be it further ordained, etc.
That all ordinances or parts o
ordinances in conflict or contrar.
herewith be and the same or
hereby repealed.
There being no further busl
ness to come before the board
adjourned to meet July z, 1913.
j. H. MCNEELY,
]. N. WARNER, PreSt.
Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

Mrs. Howard McNeely entertained a
Jolly crowd of young folks Thursday
night, and all enjoyed themselves SPLEEN
I,Jlxrf
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

Mrs. w. ]. Canlley and little daugh-
teri Lucille, of Lake Charles, and Mrs.
C. w. Dean, of Floriene, are guest
this week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G O. Bumpas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

Mr.. r. w. Collins, of Verda, who
has been attending law school at Leo-
anon. Tenn. arrived home few DAYS
.go for the summer vacation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

We are sorry to learn that Mr.. L.
H. Johnston has been confined to hi'
he'd for the last ten days with an attact
of typhoid fever.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Mccoy and chile
Of Shreveport arrived Wednesday night,
and Mrs. Mccoy and child will remai
ON a visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mr.
u G. Goodwin. for two or three weeks
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

Mrs. Chas. Nunally, of Alexandra,
after visiting her parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. C. w. LaCroix, for about ten
DAVIS returned home on Thursday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

Mrs. Purcell, wife of Rev. e. u.
Purcell. of Eros, with four children
arrived last Thursday and is the gues'
of her sister, Mrs. E. l.. Cargiil, ano
,,;I, remain a week or ten days.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

Cant C.. H. Teal has built big slio
about thirty feet high on his Acme
farm Just north of Colfax. he VIII az
so have two or three silos built on ms
C,enco farm during this summer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

/. What do you charge for BATH"
Fifty cents"
Gee, | got a bath in Pittsburg
the other day and had to pay doh
lar for IT,"
swen. it's worth a dollar in Pitts
burg.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05
Daily Ihouaht.

Enthusiasm is the genius OF SINGER
,ty. and truth accomplishes no victo-
r,es without it.-E. Bulwer Lytton-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05
SANDER.

Cuest-"I have eaten many a bet
ter stew than this" Landlord Ten
raged)-"Not in this house!"-Fhe-
gende Blaetter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

Misses Lucille and Maude Gillette, OF
Wnitford, are visiting at the home OF
their aunt, Mrs. C. w. LaCroix, TINS
week
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

All wise work is mainly threefold In
character. II is honest. useful and
cheerful.-Ruskin-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-05

Purpose . Requisite
What men want is not talents Il n
Observation-Disclosures
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The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22

i'll afford, for its own sake, to have
embodied within itself laggard or
dying element, dying morally and
spiritually. Vicious crimes, which
are but noxious odors arising from
moral death, will serve to call forth
counter crimes of vicious order,
thus complicating a situation al
ready bad.
Enlightened self-interest free
dom from the danger of life in
fected by the dead soul of a race,
dictates that the American peo.
pie help the saved element among
the Negroes-those saved to lives
of genuine usefulness, to go forth
and save their fellows.
1t is hoped that this city will
make substantial offer for the
school. 1t is requested that Of
fers assume definite and tangible
form, and be placed in the hands
of the corresponding secretary of
tue National Baptist Educational
Board on or before March IL, 1914,
as shortly thereafter final decis-
ion as to location will be made.
Persons desiring further informa-
ton will be ckeerfully furnished
the same.
Very respectfully,
SUTTON e. GRIGGS,
Cor. Sec. Nat. Baptist Eduction
Board, 65S So. Lauderdale St.,
Nashville, Tenn.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22
FIRST RACE RIOT
100 YEARS AGO.

One hundred years ago this
month occurred the first serious
race riot between Negroes and
whites that is recorded in the his
tory of the United States. Cur
iously enough, the scene of the
disturbance was Philadelphia, the
City of Brotherly Love" The
proportion of Negroes to the entire
population in Philadelphia, at that
time was probably larger than any
other city. For some time there
had been various happenings 10
engender i'll feeling between the
races. The situation reached IL
climax on November s, 1913, when
a Negro fired upon and wounded a
white man. Iu the excitement
and disorder that followed many
Negroes were injured and one of
their meeting houses, at the corner
of Brown and Fourth street, was
nearly torn down by the mob
Indianapolis Ledger.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22

Lansing, Mich, Nov. 10. There
is much praise heard here for
George Smith, the Michigan Agri-
cultural college Negro footballist,
who shone in the games against
Michigan and Wisconsin. Smith
is a graduate of the Ferris institute
in Big Rapids, where he received
his first football training. Gov
ernor Ferris of Michigan recently
said of him: George Smith is a
mighty fine boy, and I'm glad he
is making good on that Nj. A @.
football team and in his studies.
| am going to write him letter
and express my sentiments"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22
COLORED LEAGUE
Is ORGANIZED

Chicago, Nov. Is The Nation
al Colored Baseball league will be
booming when the 1914 season op-
ems, Chicago promoters announced
today, with clubs in Chicago, New
York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Bal
timore, Cleveland, st Louis and
possibly Kansas City. White
players will be ineligible in the
colored league and its Chicago
hackers hope to pull big crowds.
Incorporation papers for the
new league were granted at Pierre,
s. D., with capital of $4,000.
Five Chicago men were named i'll
the articles of incorporation.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22

The treatment of the Negro in
our Southern states is ideal as COM
pared with what it is in South AT
rica, where the parliament has
lately past law which forbids any
white man to sell or even lease any
land to a Negro. 1t makes the Af-
rican a serf; he cannot work for
himself. His escape is to go on a
native reserve, or on mission re-
serve. IN Rhodesia the Govern
ment gave the American Board
Mission 10000 acres of wild land
over twenty years ago. This is be-
ing leased to natives who will send
their children to school and it is
planned to sell homes to proper
parties.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22
A NEW
MOVEMENT

mately the increase of business
done in the city to the extent of
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
2. The experience of other cit
les having Negro institutions of a
high order is that such schools
help to raise the standard of living,
improve the general tone of the
life of the race, and greatly reduced
the need of police activity in the
region affected.
3. A vital need where there is
a mixed population is sympathy
and understanding between the
races. The cooperation of the
two races in the operation of the
school will furnish a point of con-
tact that will be a standing infu-
ence for peace and good will.
4. The foregoing are inciden-
tial benefits. The cause itself for
which the school is founded is
great. Only through high moral
purpose can the Negro race hold
its own in American civilization.
1t is to be the mission of this
school to furnish to the Negro race
a ministry and leadership rooted
and grounded in the principles of
righteousness, able, by life and
word, to lead their people upward.
AT the present time the Negro Elm
lister seems to be the largest hope
of the world for the effective lead
ership of his people. There has
been but little room left for the
Negro to acquire distinction in the
political field, and as consequence
leadership for the race will hardly
come in large measure from that
quarter. In the business world COM
petition is so keen and the white
race has so much the start that
considerable time must elapse be-
fore the business life of the Negro
will furnish a sufficient amount of
material for race leadership.
With civic and business avenues
furnishing leadership only here
and there, the Negro minister is
left to occupy the throne almost
alone All of the needs of the race
press down upon his shoulders.
He should be one of the wisest and
most enlightened men of the times
The ability of the Negro race to
fit into American civilization with
out affecting it for i'll largely de
pends upon the kind of ministry it
has. No work ever undertaken
for the Negro race goes more near
ly to the core of the whole ques-
ton of Negro advancement than
that of the proper training of the
ministry. This hour of the prac-
tically exclusive leadership of the
Negro ministry is the time of all
times to grapple with the question
of making true religion the basis
of Negro life.
5. American civilization can
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22

New Orleans. La, Nov. 12.-
Jakey A. Brown, colored, secretary
of the supreme lodge of Negro
knights of Pythias, was killed
about 1O:15 O'Clock Friday night
by Corinne Mantley, colored, at
South franklin and Canal streets.
The woman said she shot him be
cause he had been taking her mon
ey and spending it on another wo
man. She vas arrested and
charged with murder.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22

Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. IA -
Madame Anita Patti Brown and
her Sing. Tell Play Company ar
rived here today and will give
concert tonight, and on Sunday
night will render sacred concert.
Their coming had been hearlded
here by cable, and the press has
spoken of them most favorably.
They will travel in Jamaica for
the next two weeks.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22
WHITE PEOPLE ALARMED

Guthrie, Oklahoma, November
14.-This state has the honor of
possessing as one of its young cit
iEens the wealthiest colored girl
in the world. She is the owner of
160 acres of oil land, which she
has leased through her guardian,
j. L. Porter, to the Standard Oil
Company. Two wells have been
sunk, one of which yields 1000
barrels day, while the second
yields 1900 barrels. Despite the
fact that she is receiving S475 ev-
cry day of her life, which amounts
to $14, ,25O month OF Sl71,000
year. she is ten years old and lives
the simple life, as do her playmates.
Her wealth came through land
claims.
Beginning the first of the year
nine more wells will soon be in
operation and if so Sarah's wealth
will 90 into the millions. This,
however, has not caused her good
mother and father to get the big
head, but they are living a COM
Portable life near Muskogee.
The white people have become
SO alarmed at the enormous wealth
of this young girl that they do not
like such wealth belonging to a
girl of Afro-American blood.
Some of the whites want to enamel
her, others to use skin success so
that she might pass. But the pol
iticians are becoming so stirred up
that they favor making her white
by passing law to that effect. If
so it will be the first brown skin
girl to be made white by law.
With all the traits and characteris-
tics of an Afro American she has
too much money and must be
white. It's the same old idea of
the white man that whenever a
Negro achieves any distinction,
either in the scientific or literary
world, some white men want to de-
care them white. When Fred
Douglass began to show his mas
ter ability as an orator and great
statesman white people wanted to
claim him; when Booker 7, Wash
ington arose to the top of the lad
der as the greatest of modern ed
ucators white men wanted to pro.
claim him as their own; when Prof.
Du Bois wrote the Soul of Black
Folk" white men and women urg-
ed that he was white; when Prof.
Scarborough wrote Greek text
books he too was announced by
white people as a white man; and
now comes little Sarah Rector to
be made white. Little Sarah, like
the above named men, will stay
with her race.
She is proud of her mother
and father and the Afro American
blood that flows in her viens.
When she becomes of age she will
be sent to Fisk or Howard Univer-
sitv, where she will be given fin
ished e6ucation.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22

Special to COLORADO STATESMAN:
For the first time in history, two
religious organizations IN the
South, the one white and the 9TH
.er colored, are to unite in an edu-
cational project for the Negroes.
1t is an event that marks the be-
ginning of new era in the attl-
tude of the two races toward each
other.
Sutton E. Griggs, Educational
Secretary of the National Baptist
Convention, has issued the follow
ing statement concerning the
movement to daily papers of cities
directly concerned:
To the Public:
The Southern Baptist Conven-
ton, white, through a resolution
unanimously adopted at its recent
session beld at ST. Louis, Mo-, in
May, 1913, has rendered its aid,
moral and financial, to the Nation
al Baptist Convention, colored, for
the purpose of insuring the sue
-cessful launching of National
Theological Seminary to engage
in the work of furnishing better
prepared ministry to lead the Ne
gro people.
The representatives chosen by
the Southern Baptist Convention
to coufer with representatives of
the National Baptist Convention
have recommended that the South
ern Baptist Convention donate
fifty thousand dollars as the initial
contribution of the white Baptists
of the South toward the founding
and equipment of the School.
1t is the purpose of those au-
thorized to act in the matter to To-
cate the school in one of the fol.
lowing five cities: Memphis, Tenn;
Birmingham, Alabama; Atlanta,
Ga, Nashville, Tenn, or Louis
vile, Ky. 1t is hoped that the
philanthropic citizens of the cities
named will make offers for site
for the school, and tender such
other help as, their generosity may
dictate. The character of the Of
fers made will have bearing on
the final decision as to the location
of the school.
There are stong reasons justify
ing activity on the part of citizens
to secure the selections of their
CITY as the home of the proposed
school,
l. Beginning with the business
side of the matter, attention is
called to the fact that the con.
struction and equipment of build
ings, calling for material and labor,
and later the feeding and clothing
of teachers and students, the bus
mess transactions of the thons-
ands who shall have occasion TO
visit the city because of the pres
ence of the school, will mean ulti-
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22
r ACE NE W S
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

In st. Louis, Mo, in 1900 there
were 6,516 Negroes who could not
read and write. In 1910, when
this Negro population had in
creased from 1000 to $4,000, there
were 4,799 Negroes who could not
read and write.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22

Klaw and Erlanger and F. Zieg-
field, Jr. are to star Bert Williams
later in the season in Robinson
Crusoe," in which the colored conf
edian is to appear as Friday. Will
liams is said to have 25 week
play-or-play contract at $1,000 a
week.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22

St. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 1O.-"The
Negro has made more progress in
America in the past fifty years
than any other race declared
Rev. p. P. Womer at Plymouth
Congregational church, Summit
avenue ond Wabasha street, last
night. ave brought the Negro
;nto this country and he is here to
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22
Removing Grease.

Eucalyptus oil will remove grease
or oil from any fabric, no matter how
delicate, and best results are obtained
by gently sp-nging the soiled parts.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22
Daily Thot 1os.

More helpful than all wisdom is our
draught of simple human pity, that
will not forsake us.-George Eliot.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22
Daily Thoudht.

I am a part of all that have met
-Tennyson.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22

Perrysburg, Ohio-Before James
Wilson, 79, of this place became
white man, he was Negro. That
was 20 years ago. Today Wilson
is white-even light complexioned.
How it happened Wilson dosen't
know, neither do scientists. He
has been examined at the Jeerson
Hospital, Philadelphia and at the
John Hopkins hospital, Baltimore.
Physicians gave it up. When l
was As my wife noticed a white
spot about the size of nickle on
my shoulder" said Wilson today,
Five years later my entire body
excepting my face was white. Ten
years later my face became white.
Il used to be barber here, hut
when the white spots appeared on
my arms and hands | had to quit.
People thought | had the leprosy
or some disease" Proving his as
sertion that he was formerly Ne
gro of the dark brown color, Will
son produced a series of pictures
showing the process of turning
white.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-22

stay" continued the pastor. "The
only solution of the Negro prob.
lem is to educate the Negro aud
make an effort to transform him
into better man" Rev. Mr..
Womer's topic was '"The claims of
the Negro as a Citizen and Man"
The meeting was one of protest
against the policy of segregating
Negro and white employees of the
government. Another meeting
will be held in Plymouth church
Friday night to organize "a branch
of the National Society for the
Advancement of the Colored Race,
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-07
I EFT US DEVOTE OUR

7 EFT US DEVOTE OUR
II selves to those great OBJ
jebts that are fit for our con-
sideration and our action; let
us raise our conception to the
magnitude and the importance
of the duties that devolve up
on Us; let our comprehension
be as broad as the country for
which we act, our aspirations
as high as its certain destiny;
let us not bepygmies in a case
that calls for men.---Daniel
Webster.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-07

A lady was looking for her hus-
band, and inquired anxiously of
the housemaid: DO you happen
to know anything of your master $
whereabouts? Il am not sure
mum, replied the careful domestic
but | think they are in the wash.
-Harper's Magazine.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-07
PRESIDENT WILSON'S INAUGURAL
ADDRESS.

President Wilson address has
the ring of one deeply and sincere
" in earnest. He lifted up high
standard for view OF not only his
party associates but loyal Ameri-
cans in general. The brevity OF
thc address made it necessary for
him to deal i'll generalities. Speci-
fic recommendations will come in
the form of messages hereafter. He
closes with the following fervid ap-
peal:
This is not day OF triumph:
II is a day OF dedication. Here
muster, not the forces OF party. but
the forces OF humanity. Mems
hearts wait upon us: mems lives
hang in the balance: men S hopes
call upon us to say what we will
do. Who shall live up to the great
trust: Who dares fail to try: |
summon all honest men, all patri-
otto, ali forward-looking men. to
my side. God helping ME. | will
not fail them. if they vii but coun-
sci and sustain mel
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-07

Probably nothing could better H.
|ustrate the rapid growth OF the
Standard Oil company's business
IN the far east than a story told bv
an official OF that company about
the introduction of oil into China.
1t seems that some wears ago there
was a town in China with popu-
lation OF about 500, 900 which had
no lighting facilities. AS they had
no lamps. all the people OF the
went to bed at shutdown. One dav
a representative of the Standard
Oh company introduced a seven
cent lamp. A few people purcl,as-
ed them. largely out OF curiosity.
They were much pleased with the
lamps. and news about them spread
rapidly. AS a result within six
months the Standard Oil company
sold over 1000, 900 of those lamps
in China. The people who had
heretofore gone to bed at dusk
rather liked to stay up at night.
In fact" the official stated, it
was only a matter Of a few years
when it became necessary to adopt
curfew laws in order to get people
to bed at respectable hour. -
Wall Street Journal.