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Graham guardian., 1914-05-29
MAY 20, 1914
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
For State Senator

hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the nomination of State SEN
ator, subject to the action of the Demo
cratic Party at the Primary Election,
September ., 1914.
A. E. JACOBSON.
Graham guardian., 1914-05-29

| hereby announce myself as can
didate for the nomination of County
Supervisor, subject to the action of the
Democratic Party at the Primary Elec-
tion, September 8, 1914.
THOMAS s. KIMBALL,
Graham guardian., 1914-05-29
For County Supervisor

hereby announce myself as can
didate for the nomination of Count,
Supervisor, subject to the action Of tn,
Democratic Party at the Primary Elec
ton, September 8, 1914.
GEORGE A. MATTHEWS.
Graham guardian., 1914-05-29
S10o Reward, 500

Tho readers OF this paper will be
dread d Ciscasc that science has been
able 10 cure In Gil Its stages, and that is
Ca,A:.L LIS "a SrT.l Cure is the only
positive CG:e noy kncr'n 10 the medical
fraternity. C2t.rrh be.ay a constitutional
disease, lcqU!rc3 a constitutional treat
E'2?t 1--.Ps Catcr-h Cure is taken I'm
tcraclly, nctiag directly upon the blood
cad r:ucou3 surfaces CT the system there
case. C3d giving the patient strength by
building UP the constitution and assisting
r2trrc IN Cciag is wort. The proprietors
have 70 nuch faith in its curative pow
c:s tat they offer One Hundred Dollars
fer r!y c1=e that g. fcils TO cure. Send
for l-t ct testimonials.
Adl-cIs i. j. ClI-;Seii. IL :; CO., Toledo, Ohio
Sold by I'll Dru~ci5ts, -.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Graham guardian., 1914-05-29

hereby announce myself as a can
didste for the nomination of Count,
Supervisor, subject to the action of tn,
Democratic Party at the Primary Elec
ton, September 8, 1914.
JAMES QUINN.
Graham guardian., 1914-05-29

THE RIVER DE ROOSEVELT
The Colonel has discovered brand
new river,
In Brazil;
And the tales he tells about it makes
nervous man shiver
With a chill;
In Brazilian wilds he rambles,
Crawls through bushes, brakes and
brambles,
Lost his dog
In bog;
Lost boatload of supplies,
And got ducked up to his eyes;
Climbed tree,
Got boil upon his knee;
Had fever in the Jungle,
But you bet he made no bungle;
He was out there to ''diskiver,"
And he found brand new river.
The Colonel says there s dangers in the
jungle;
Boa constructors hanging down,
Armadillos sporting round;
Monkeys swinging by their tails,
! Alligators-monster snails
Big as wagon wheels are seen
! Playing tag upon the green;
| And brand new race Of men,
Which he promptly annexed them,
Says he met them single handed;
Fired a volley,
Had them branded;
Cut their hearts out,
Fried their livers,
Drove right on and found the river.
The Colonel says the river is whopper;
Rolling on with none to stop her.
Let her roll
There she lies;
(Who lies?)
Says it's just the kind of river
That he'd planned he would ''diskiver.
Not small and measly creek
Did he ever start to seek;
For thousand miles she flows,
Murmuring on her way she goes;
Just as lordly as the Hudson flowing
down to New York harbor
Past the arbor;
And as fine as the Rhine;
And he says without stammer,
That If Uncle Sam should dam her,
Put siphon underneath the Caribbean
Sea,
Run the water first to Cuba by the way
of Yucatan--
He would stake his reputation,
That the value to this nation,
Would be several times the value of
the Panama Canal.
Now an Englishman named Landor,
With much fervency and candor,
Who can shoot
And dispute,
And has Travelled in the wild
Since he was little child,
Says he knows Brazil by card,
Like he does his own back yard;
Knows the rivers,
Knows the hills,
.. Knows the grades
And all the fills;
Says he thinks he ought to know,
He was there year ago,
Took his compass and his maps,
Pencils blue and other traps,
Tried to fit the river in,
Couldn't seem to make it win.
Says that it would have to cross
Other rivers in its course;
Run up hill through two degrees,
Turn handspring, climb up trees
And besides there isn't room
For river half that long,
If the stream
Is doing biz.
When the Colonel ..
Says it is.
Says when he was down that way,
That he found and threw away
Several rivers every day;
And, who knows?
May be this Is one of those.
But the Colonel says its there,
On the square.
And it's wet;
He feels it yet. ....'.. -
Says he knows the blamed things therel
And who'd dare
Invite wordy warfare with the
Colonel?
Must be green, yes, must be vernalD
This A. Henry Savage Landor.
Who has reused the Colonel's
dander,
Must be cad,
Or something bad;
Undesirable as such,
Can't amount to very much;
He's a mollvcoddle sure,
Nature fakir and bOOr;
The Colonel's place for such dub
Is in the Ananias Club.
w. C. MYERS.
Fort Thomas, Arizona.
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The Whisky Cohorts Raise a Howl
government,

The Whisky Cohorts Raise Howl.
Some of the New Orleans news
papers are publishing with great
gusto a list of five hundred names
of business men in that city who
protest against national prohibit
ton, and have united in a tele-
gram to the Louisiana Senators
and Congressman, requesting
that they vote against the Hob
son, Sheppard and Works resolu-
tons providing for nationwide
prohibition of the manufacture,
sale and importation of alcoholic
beverages. We will bet both OF
our ears against a bottle of por
that the prohibitionists of Louisi.
ana can furnish a list of five thou.
sand names of business men who
want nationwide prohibition. anc
thousand of them can be OBJ.
tanned in the city of New Orleans
Our Senators and and Congress
men should vote and earnestly
work for nationwide prohibition
and the utter extinction of an in
famous traffic that should have
been outlawed fifty years ago
1t is bound to come, whether thi'
congress or a later one puts TIT
law into effect.
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Bill to Make concubinage a Felony.


A bill to make concubinage between
whites, either open or secret, felony,
was introduced in the Senate by Sena-
tor Monk of Vernon parish. The bill
which Mr.. Monk has prepared is sweep
ing and is made to apply to "any male
person over the age of fourteen years,
or female male person over the age
of twelve years." who may live with
another as man or wife. The question of
whether the Capitalization is secret and
apparently not calculated to affect pub
lie morals, or open, does not enter into
the act. 1t is made to comprehend all
cases.
A penalty of from one months to one
years Imprisonment with or without
hard labor, and without the substitute
of fine. is provided for each violation
The bill makes it incumbent upon thu
district courts of the State specially Il
charge the grand juries upon the act.
The act, if passed, would not conflic
with the law now on the statute book
relating to concubinage between white
and blacks.
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class the individual members
may be-" This pulling and haul
ing feature that he points out
constitutes the strength and very
backbone of the system" he
condemns. By this the various
communities make their wants
and wishes known. and by it they
secure their rights and the re-
cognition to which they are en-
titled. We take it that Thomas
jefferson, Alexander Hamilton,
John Jay, and the other patriots
who labored necessarily and un-
selfshly for seven years to have
this feature or system" incor-
porated in the American consti-
tuition, knew what they were
about. The system" has work
ed fairly well for 1873 years, and
we believe it is reinforced ano
emphasized by the wisest mar
that ever lived when he said, ''ir
multitude of counselOrs there l.
safety"
We do not gainsay the propo
sition that a commission compos
ed of three or five men may MAKE
a very good governing body TO
a town or city of limited area
where the interest of all is usu
ally identical, but, for widely diff
fused areas like our parishes
many of which cover more terri
tory than some of the old worl'
nations and Kingdoms, we believ
our police juries, or little legis
latures, are the best, and NOR
| in accord with the spirit of on
government.
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Jena Oil Company Domiciled at Cclfax

Among the advertisements in the
Chronicle this week will be found the
charter of the Jena Oil Company Limit
ed, of Colfax. 1t is organized with an
authorized capital of $2C0, 900, consist
ing of two thousand shares OF the par
valve of 500 each, and is authorized to
begin business as soon as $4,000 in stock
is subscribed, The ten gentlemen in
cooperating the company have each
subscribed $500, making up the $4,000
necessary to make it going concern.
The incorporators are as follows: Capt.
C. H. Teal. president; DR.. T. A. Sims
vice president and general manager
Jas. ]. O'Quinn, secretary; J. W. Dun
can, treasurer; and H. v. Sheriff., w.
D. Lurry, JAG Bloch, A. Trammell, A,
Wettermark and F. w. Offenhouser.
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Bids Wanted.

Notice is hereby given that the Board
of School Directors of Grant parish,
La, will meet on Monday the LIST day
June at Colfax, La, to let the funds OF
said board to the bank or banks within
its territorial jurisdiction offering to
pay the highest rate of interest on said
funds, which shall furnish the security
and comply with the provisions of Act
316 of 1910. Address all bids to j. H.
McNeely, President, Colfax, La.
j. H. MCNEELY.
President Board of School Directors.
j. N. WARNER,
Treasurer Board of School Directors.
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Negro Called Out Of House and Shot.

Last Monday night E. G. Bolan, a
negro, was called out of negro joint
Just east of the Colfax corporation line,
and shot in the neck and abdom' n. fir, m
the effects of which he afterward died.
He was taken to Shreveport Tuesday
evening, but died the next day at 1890
p. m. 1t is said the party or parties
who did the shooting are not known.
This is only one Of half dozen MUIR
derous occurrences in that unsavory
locality east Of the railroad that have
taken place within several years past.
1t is about time that something was
being done to close up these disreputa.
BILE joints in that section, where We un.
derstand disorderly orgies frequently
occur, in which white men some time:
take Lart.
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4 MISTAKEN idea

There are some people who still resort
to drugged pills or alcoholic syrups 70
overcome colds, nervousness or general
debility. and who know that the pure,
unaduiterated nourishment in Scott
Emulsion is eminently Better, but refrain
from taking it because they fear 1t may
lead to excessive fat or obesity.
This is a mistaken idea, because Scott
Emulsion first strengthens the body before
making flesh g. blood-forming proper
ties aid nature to throw of sickness oy
building health from its very source, ane
flesh is formed only by its continued use
Avoid alcoholic substitutes for SCOUTS
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The sawmill plant of the Lee Lumber

The sawmill plant of the Lee Lumber
Comp any at Iioga, on the Iron Noun
tain Railroad, five miles north of Alex
andria, was destroyed by fire at 1890
o'clock Saturday, May 9. The fire,
which originated in the interior of the
mill, had gained considerable headway
when it was discovered and the flame
could not be checked. This mill was
worth $40, 600 and was covered by in
surance. This is the second time thi:
company has had its plant burned, the
previous fire having occurred abou
three years ago.
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Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star.

Mrs. G. H. Mcknight returned last
Sunday morning from attending the
fifteenth annual session of the Grand
Chapter of the Order of the Eastern
Star, State of Louisiana, convened in
Bogalusa May and 8, as the guest of
Jessamine Chapter No. SO. The follow
ing were elected and appointed as grand
officers for the ensuing year: Miss
Rosetta M. Levy, w. G. NJ, Lake Pro-
violence; Mr.. John W. Armstrong. w.
G. P, Welsh; Mrs. Sophia Lanier Wag.
ner, A. G. M, New Orleans; Mrs. T.
w. Parish, assistant G. P. Jena; Mrs.
Lorena Warren Workman, G. c., Gov.
ington; Mrs. p. A. Mills, A. G. c.,
Shreveport; Mr.. J. E. Johnson, trustee,
Shreveport; Mr.. C. x. Frederick, trus
tee, Alexandria; Mrs. M. E. Duncan
grand secretary, Alexandria; Mrs. Sad
lie McGoldrick, grand treasurer; Mrs
M. Castle, grand chaplain, Hammond
Mrs. Stella Davis, grand marshal
Bunkie; Miss Rosie Keitz, grand organ
list, New Orleans; Mrs. Nora Downes
grand Adah, Monroe; Mrs. Ameli;
Smith, grand Ruth, New Orleans; Mrs
Lorena Wilmont, grand Esther, VIM
field; Mrs. Ida May South, grand Mar
tina, Natchitoches; Mrs. M. d. STAINS
grand Electa, Bogalusa; Mrs. Lol
Leigh, grand Warder, Lecompte; Mr.
j. r. Sims, grand sentinel, Jonesboro
Shreveport was selected as the mex
Mace of meeting.
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Attorney John H. Overton, of Alex

Attorney John H. Overton, OF Alex
andria, having been lugged in as one
of the candidates to engage in the vain
hope to divide Mr.. Aswel's support in
the approaching Congressional election,
has put quietus on the proposition by
CURLY saying, 81 am not in politics. .
He is strictly attending to his own
business in the practice of law, in which
he has an ample and satisfactory field.
He doubtless has well settled convic-
ton that the man who runs against
Aswell will lead forlorn hope.
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Kentucky Jack Notice.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
| have just bought a well bred and
registered Kentucky Jack, and will keep
him this season at my place near Will
Llama, Grant parish. Persons desiring
service can call and see me, or write
me for terms at Black Greek, La.
mav16 B. E. CREED.
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Constable Sale.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant,
First Ward Justice Court.

Constable Sale.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant,
First Ward Justice Court.
E. H. Blackwood VS.. ]. A. Banks.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale issued out of the Honorable First
Ward Justice Court and to me directed
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 Colfax, La, between the hours
prescribed by law for judicial sales, on
SATURDAY, June 20. 1914.
the following described property, seiz-
ed as the property of the defendant,
to-wit:
One acre of land lying in the extreme
northeast corner of tract of land pur-
chased by w. A. Jones from C. H.
Teal, as per deed recorded in Book M
of Conveyances, at page 366 records Of
Grant parish. and bounded on the east
by lands of G. H. & R. E. Mcknight,
on the north by lands of C. H. Teal, or
west and south by lands of w. A. Jones,
or his vendees, containing one acre.
Terms of sale-Cash, with the bene
fit of apprsisement.
Colfax, La, May l6. 1914.
d. M. MCKNIGHT,
Constable of Ward One.
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An exchange states that you can
read the newspaper proof three or four
times and repeatedly pass the same
error without seeing it. All newspa-
per men will tell You so. But as soon
as the press is started and the paper is
printed in its complete shape, there
stands the error in front of you so big
that you can't see anything else. It's
a strange fact, and is probably the rea-
son why it is so easy to edit a newspa
per after it is printed. st. Helena
Echo.
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You will not go blind if can help.
Come let me fit you with proper glasses.
| guarantee my work. My arices So. so
and up, B. l. Friedman, the optician
May q and %, at Brinker hotel.
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A Radical Bill to be introduced in the
Legislature.

A Radical Bill to be introduced in the
Legislature.
Representative Powell, OF
Beauregard parish, will introduce
a bill in the legislature to abolish
police juries, and substitute in
their stead the commission form
of government.
He is said to have 2plans under
consideration, but the adoption
of either would do away utterly
with the police jury form OF gov
erning the arishes. One idea is
to have the assessor, clerk OF
court and sheriff act as a parish
commission and administer the
affairs of the parish. Another
plan is to have three commission
ers elected by tie people CT the
parish.
Three bodies hitherto consider
ed to bear an important relation
to public affairs in the parishes
would be done away with by the
adoption of the proposed Pow ell
bill the police jury, school board
and board of health. The pal ish
commission would absorb the
functions of all three of these
bodies.
| We do not think the bill will
pass the legislature, and If II
passes we belive it will be con.
demned by the people at large.
If the commission form is gooC
for the parishes, then it alst
) ought to be good for the State
and the Nation. There is M
) more sense or justice in depriv
ing the wards of a parish of theil
representation in the police jury
than there is in depriying thu
parishes of their representative
: | in the State legislature, or tn
States of their Representative
/, in Congress.
Verify, that is reform gone +
seed. Everybody admires prac
teal retrenchment and economy
: but no true-hearted America
wants to see his rights abridge
and his voice stifled for lack o
O representation.
In their sphere of action W
= dare say the police juries of Lou
{ isiana serve their purpose an
: are quite as efficient and salts
factory as are the legislatures
the various States in their r.
q spective fields.
Al Since the days of Moses whe
!, he complained, Il am not able
bear all these people alone" tn
children of men have never d.
- vised a more satisfactory an
= just system of government
And the Lord said unto Nose:
q gather unto me seventy men
the elders of Israel, whom tho
: knowest to be elders of the PEI
. pie, and officers over them; an
bring them unto the tabernac
of the congregation, that the
may stand there with thee"
m The divine stamp of approx
y rests upon that system of go
n eminent in which all tribes Use
D. tons or wards) of the people a
lie represented, and no other syste
$, or innovation is likely to pro-
e half so satisfactory.
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=. D.. For Oil, Gas and sulphur.

BATON Rouge, La, May lS.-Ex-0en-
tor Charles II. Teal. of Colfax' was
here Tuesday to sign up lease WIN
the State for rights to land IN oa'a
houla parish. The land forms part .,
tho Catahoula lake country and is saia
70 he rich in the promise OF mineral
n ~ Captain Teal represents
Fl oil and mineral prospecting concerns
that will drill for oil and sulphur.
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Notice.

The annual meeting of the sharehold-
ers of the Bank of Colfax will convene
at eleven o'clock a. m. on Wednesday.
June 3rd, 1914, at its Office in Colfax,
La, for the purpose of electing eleven
directors to serve for the ensuing year,
and the transaction of any other bust
ness that may come before it.
EARL ROBERTS,
mav16 Cashier.
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Estrayed or Stolen.

From my place at Sand Spur Satur-
day night, May 9th, one dark brown
pony horse, branded x on right shout,
der, white in forehead; last seen had
on medium size bell. Notify
j. r. PENTECOST,
mayl6-3t' Sand Spur, La.
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Did it ever occur to you that those
dull headaches from which you suffer
come from eye strain? Come let me
explain to you. b. 7. Friedman, the
optician, at the Brinker Hotel May q
and %
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The cottage being built by A. M
Goodwin on the lot just north OF 'ne
M E. church now has the roof COM
nleted the siding on and painted out
side and the carpenters have a couple
If rooms fioored, in which the doors ana
windows Just to hand have been storeo,
and door and window frames are the
next things in order.
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New Clerk at Union Mercantile Co.

The Union Mercantile Co. has a new
clerk, and he has an advertisement in
the Chronicle this week telling why he
is located in that store. Watch the adj
vertisement each week and see what he
has to say.
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Heavy Insurance on Church.
st. Paul's Cathedral, London, Is In
sured for 100000.
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wonderhose every pair guaranteed
at ]. w. Duncan Co. Ltd.
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Sackman Brothers. the celebrated
Alexandria outfitters for men and boys,
continue to keep full supply for all
in the Chronicle, and we can cheerfully
recommend their goods.
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-26

The daily newspa pers OF Grand
Junction have shown bit Of enter
prise by joining hands in bringing 4
graud opera troupe to that city on
next Monday evening. One frequent
" hears the complaint in small
towns that really there is no place
to go for hiEhelasS amusement
such 4 bore, you know to be SO far
away from the cities when one gets
the best There are two especially
COED points in this move that Will
appeal TO servers-first. that the
daily papers % the county seat can
work together on public matters
when they try; and. second. that
they have offered something Of a re-
ally educational nature that shOuld
appeSl to the class Of sruuters above
referred TO. The success OF the IN
dertakiug will be Watched with some
interest Paiisslde Tribune
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-26

The railroad crossing at Seventh
street has been repaired due 60 the
efforts ot the Rio Grande and the
Grand Junction F,ruit Growers as
ISOLATION New lumber has been in
stalled until autos can pass over Il AZ
rapid rates o. sreed without the
siishteSt Jar The city has repaired
the road for some distance further on
and the Fruit Growers promise 20
Keen X In repair. 50 first class crOsS-
ins has been assured for some time
70 come.
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-26

Master Mechanic j. L. Fagan and
wife returned last evening from a
months trip through Atlantic city
and an the east. Mr.. Fagan reports
n delightfui time and that the Grand
Valley seems a great deal more pros
porous than several sections Of the
east where he was,
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-26

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Albright and
small son leave in a few days for
their old home in Akron. O.. where
Mr. Albright has accepted a position
in his father store They will locate
there permanently. Mr.. and Mrs.
Albright have scores OF friends in this
city who regret their departure. Mr..
Albright has always officiated at the
Tiger football games.
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-26

Little Nadine Borschel, s-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Bor-
schau of I0S Rood avenue, is suffer
ing this week from erysipelas. eaus-
el hy the dreadful infection her sys-
tenn after beinE severely bitten by
mosquitoes. The little one IS in a
very serious condition and her friends
hope that she may rally ana recover.
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-26

The Chamber ~ Commerce will do
all in their power 20 help the local
Elks have one of the finest floats In
the Elks Golden Jubilee at Denver
next month, The loeal lodge Is rlap-
ninS on one Of the very best oI the
many floats, every l0dse In the state
with the execution Of Two will be
entered. \ fine Advertisement fer
the Grand Na(lev will be the result,
which Viii be worth several times
the cost,
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-26

Miss Julia Stewart Of Atlanta. Ca,
Is a recent arrival In the valley and
Will spend the summer visiting her
sister. Mrs, Felix .Alkire OF S2s Chi
peta Ave. Miss stewart Is very much
pleased with the valley.