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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
HAD LICENSE TO KILL
PRIMITIVE FORM OF JUSTICE IN
THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH.
Survivor Of Murdered Family Was
Actually Allowed to Stay at VIII
Any Black Man He Hap
pened to Meet.

Near by this town, long ago, a saw
age tribe had murdered family Of
settlers In the night, save one lad,
who escaped death by OPPORTUNITY
tumbling to the floor between the
bed and the wall, himself wounded,
unconscious, and left for dead What
the provocation was nobody knows. II
provocation. 1t had doubtless been a
wanton thing-a childish mischief
undertaken upon savage impulse and
accomplished for nothing more than
the momentary pleasure of dealing
death to some living creature. This
was the inspiration of many similar
deeds-neither vengeance nor spoil,
but the swift, bestial, wanton blood
lust, INDUCED, celebrated, laughed
over for the time, and forgotten; and
therein lies a sufficient explanation of
the terrible character of the retalia-
ton. Whatever the case, the boy,
having thus narrowly survived, made
his way to Brisbane, where he related
his story TO the authorities, and to
such good purpose, as it turned out,
that he was given rife and free
leave to return to his district and
shoot as many black fellows as he
could manage, being heartily assured
that the law would not modest him.
you see." said our fellow traveller,
he was regularly licensed"
by the department Of game and
fisheries?" l scoffed.
"Ah, come now!" he replied. Il am
not joking. do not mean to say" he
went on, that the authorities gave
this boy an engraved license, suitable
for framing, but do assert that they
commissioned him to kill black fell
lows, and that his commission was
not altogether singular, but one of a
good many. And he did kill black
fellows-hundreds of them, possibly
He killed them where he could find
them, running the bush or employed
on the stations, not even hesitating in
the presence OF their white masters.
And by and by the thing became a
nuisance. 1t was awkward for the
station-owners to have their black
boys disposed of in this way. There
were complaints. l recall that one
station-owner had his best black serv-
ant shot from the saddle on the road.
He was very angry; but the boy -four
ished his commission and the station
owner could do nothing about it,
Norman Duncan. in Harper'a Maya
zine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
AnnIisd AduicA.

Some time ago an Alabama lady
kindly undertook to advise one Of her
negro maids as to certain rules Of
propriety that always should be OBJ
served by young women to whom at
tentions are paid by gentlemen
friends. One evening the lady, won
dering whether her seeds of advice
had fallen upon rocky ground, sta
toned herself in a rocker near the
kitchen door, where she was enter
tanned by the following dialogue:
Look here, don't you try to git
fresh wifi me! Nah names Miss
Smith-not Mary. All don't low nah
best an most patic'lar friends to call
me Mary"
"Ah beg your pahdon, Miss Smith.
But say, Miss Smith, would yo' jess
soon shift to de oder kneef This
yere ones tired"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
RECOVER LOST MONEY
MANY INSTANCES OF REMARK-
ABLE RESERVATIONS.
careIsssness Responsible In Some
Cases, and Failing Memory in
Others, but All Wound Up In
Satisfactory Manner.

John Neary of Williamsburg left a
pocketbook recently in pair Of trou-
sers which had been taken to a clean
ers. The pocketbook contained ST.
460. Neary did not recollect that he
had failed to transfer the money when
he transferred his trousers, so when
he missed the pocketbook he started
police search. While he was de-
tectedly awaiting reports the doorbell
rang and the tailor delivered the 81, 450
which he had found but moment be-
FORE
Not long ago drummer left Cleve-
land for Denver and was Mortified en-
route to discover that bill fold in
which he had $500 was not in the peck
ct where 1t should be- The drummer
dashed of the train at Chicago and
did a lot of telegraphing to the Cleve-
land police. Then he thought he
would accentuate his concern by going
to Cleveland in person. He did SO and
spent two days there. hoping for good
luck reports. Just as he was about to
leave his hotel for the Chicago train
the clerk said:
What's the matter, Mr.. Rollins?
You haven't looked yourself since you
came from Chicago. What's the mat
teri" The drummer at the request of
the police had kept mum about his
loss. He thought he might as we'll
tell of it, now that the money was
gone. And he did
TOO bad, too bad; indeed, I'm sor-
IN said the CLERK. and as the drum
mer walked of with his grip he called:
.''Will you want this envelope this trip,
Mr.. Rollins? You told me to hold it,
you reeIll. until you came back from
Denver"
The drummer pounced on the en-
velope. It was the $500. He had left
it with the clerk for safety at time
when he did not know what the next
few hours might bring forth with a
few boon companions.
1t is on record that satchel con-
tanning $4,000 was left on a seat In
the Grand Central station in New York
for half day. The police in the mean
time were scurring all over in search
OF 1t after the distracted woman who
owned the satchel had reported her
loss. And strange to say the last
time she could remember having the
satchel was fully ten hours before 1t
was carelessly left on the seat
A cleaner knocked it to the floor In
advertently and his attention was cen
farad IN IL for Soma limo oftoruor,I
because he had heard a rattle as it
dropped. After an hour had passed
and no one had taken possession of it
the cleaner turned the satchel m to
the parcel room. There it was finally
found
There are many instances of people
hiding money in their sleep and hav-
ing no knowledge of where it was in
their waking hours.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
French subtIetIes.

The subtleties of the Paris furniture
dealers, to whom American million
aires HE for ancient patterns, were
illustrated in case before civil
court few days ago. In this case
the plaintiff was a Frenchman, Mon
sieur Balbo, who at a sale bought for
800 a mahogany desk which was de-
scribed to him as an empire" desk
1t proved, however, to be of modern
make, and NJ. Balbo sued the seller
for giving a false trade description.
The defense was Illuminating. 1t was
set out that there are three ways of
describing such furniture: Empire
style means modern furniture imi-
tated from old models; empire fur
niture" indicates there is doubt as
to its origin, and empire opaque" IS
the only guaranty for authentic fur
niture of the empire period.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
VIII SAVE Famed Ereacos.

An artist has been found who claims
that he can restore the frescos of the
famous museum Of Thorvaldsen. at
Copenhagen. and the municipality has
appropriated a sufficient sum for the
work of restoration of building
which was rapidly becoming re-
proach to the Danish capital.
The unique collection of Danish
sculpture within the museum are in
splendid condition, but the outside
decorations of the building, especially
the famous frescos recording the his
tory of Thorvaldsen, are In q ceDlor-
able state.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
Skins, HvIIs QUICKLY CLEANED.

Mr.. F. c. Browne Of Melbourne, Aus
tralia. has invented an ingenious ma
chine for cleaning the bulls of ships
below the water line. In this con-
trivance a watertight dynamo drives
revolving brush that is held firmly
against the hull of the ship by small
propeller After the machine has been
lowered by crane from small beat
alongside the steamer, the end that
holds the rapidly revolving brush is
worked up and down the sides of the
vessel. 1t is stated that the machine
can clean an s.0OO-ton steamer In six
or seven hours.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
The cnnnaetInn.

Fred, dear. why are some women
called Amazons?"
We'll, my dear, you remember our
Biographies said the Amazon has the
largest mouth"
But she went out and slammed the
door bafore he could say any more
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
False Alarm.

Belle (slyly)-I noticed a percep-
tible coldness between George and
Maria this evening as they sat at q
table in the tea room.
Nell (hopefully)-Was it quarrelf
Belle-Oh. no. It was pink Toe
cream.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
Mirrors increase Size Of Room.

If room is small, a well-placed mir.
ror will reflect part of another room
and seem to give much more space.
In medium-sized apartment in New
York there is a beautiful old colonial
mirror hung between two windows so
that it reflects part of two rooms with
a window at the end Of the vista, and
1t gives feeling of much more space
than is really there. In another apart
ment exactly like It, just beneath 1t.
where there is no such arrangement
of mirrors, you feel cramped In com
parison.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
coneei4.

Conceit loses man more friends
and gains him more enemies than aay
other foible, perhaps vice. in tue
world 1t makes him tasa.i to his r.
feriors and di-respecuul to his bst-
fnrn
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30

did you ever see smile on the
mouth of a river2" asks a contempo-
rary. No, brother, nor a frown on
the brow of a hill
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
Quality Of Your rhouahta.

The happiness of your life depends
upon the quality of your thoughts;
therefore guard accordingly Marcus
Aurelius.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30

A Riot.
Eddie-My father put down . dist
trrbancs last night
Freddie-Is that rfghtf
Eddie-Yes; he ate . Welsh rabodk-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Examination for Fourth Class Post
masters

An executive order issued by the
President reqires competitive examina-
tions by the Commission for the posi-
ton of postmaster at all fourth.class
post offices, at which the annual COM
pensation is $3.50 or more, and at which
the present incumbent was not appoint
ed under the Civil Service regulations.
The examination at Colfax is fixed
for March q.
Also examinations are fixed at Alex
andria, Monroe, Natchitoches, Shreve-
prot and Winfield for March Ia
Persons applying for postmastership
at Aloha, Bentley. Fairmount, Mont
Romery, Selma and Verda, may be ex-
amined at any of the above named
places on the dates named, without re-
gard to the location of the postoffice at
which appointment is desired. Appli-
cants for appointment must, however.
reside within the territory supplied by
postoffice desired.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Death of Mrs. Lucy A. Whitlow.

At Waco, Texas, on Jan. rs, 1914,
Mrs. Lucy A. Whitlow, born in Frank
lin county, Miss, Sept. 6, 1861, depart
ed this life at the age of 81 years
The deceased moved to Texas in July,
1918. from Gibbsland, La, where she
lived for number of years. Her hus-
band preceded her in death several
years ago, but she is survived by a
family of three girls and two boys.
She was the sister of Mr.. j. @. Long,
of Colfax, who received a telegram
announcing her death, and informing
him that she was to be buried at Gibbs
land, Tuesday, Jan. q. He met the
corpse at Gibbsland and attended her
funeral. She was member of the
Baptist church, and the local minister
of that faith conducted the services at
at her burial, which took place at
O'Clock that afternoon.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Wonderful Cough Remedy.

DR.. Kings New Discovery is known
everywhere as the remeky which will
surely stop cough or cold. ID. P.
Lawson of Edison, Tenn. writes: ''Dr.
Kings New Discovery is the most
wonderful cough, cold and throat and
lung medicine ever sold in my store.
1t can't be beat. 1t sells without any
trouble at all. 1t needs no guarantee
This is true, because DR.. Kings New
Discovery will relieve the most obsti-
nate of coughs and colds. Lung trou-
bles quickly halped by its use. You
should keep bottle in the house at all
times for all the members of the fami-
ly. Soc and 81. All druggists or by
mail. H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadel-
phia. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Spring is Not Here, Says DR.. Kline.

DIR. Kline, the government weather
forecaster at New Orleans, on Jan. 2s
issued statement that a large ship
ment of cold weather is due and on the
way. Probable rains were predicted
for Thursday night, with considerable
cold. all of which has come to pass as
predicted. 1t is freezing along the
Texas coast, and heavy winds prevail
ing there have caused the weather bu-
reau to send out small craft warning.
Also small crafts along the Louisiana
cost are warned there are to be heavy
blows, and are advised to scuttle for
protected harbors.
The heaviest storms known on the
California coast since it was charted
thirty years ago have visited that coast
in the last few days, and the heavy
glass in two lighthouses thought to be
above all danger of dashing spray were
smashed by the force of the storm.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
/ L. r. & N. Company Crawling Road
Red

Two work trains have been put on
at Colfax to haul gravel from the pit
east of Bayou Darro. The gravel is
being hauled to points on the l.. R. &
N. between Colfax and Baton Rouge
and will be used to ballast the track.
We understand the L. R. & N. Co.
will gravel their entire roadbed from
New Orleans to Shreveport, and will
put on three or four more work trains
for this purpose by the first of March.
1t is also reported that after the road
bed is ballasted the company expects
to reduce the time of passenger trains
between Shreveport and New Orleans
to schedule run of 10 hours and 40
minutes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Succession Sale.

Succession Sale.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant,
18th Judicial District Court.
In the matter of the estate of j. w.
Boldden, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that acting
under and by virtue of the authority
as administrator of the succession OF
j. w. Boldden. deceased, and under
and by virtue of the authority given me
by an order of the 18th Judicial District
Court of Louisiana / will offer for sale
to the last and highest bidder at the
former residence of j, w. Boldden, in
Grant parish, Louisiana, on
TUESDAY, February II, 1914,
the following described property, for
the purpose of paying the debts of the
said succession, to-wit:
MOVABLE PROPERTY.
Three cows and calves.
Three heifers.
Seven head of hogs.
One 1-horse wagon.
Two 2-horse wagons.
Two guns.
One lot of farming implements.
One lot of photograph instruments.
One lot of household furniture.
One lot of chickens.
A complete appraisement and inven-
tory of which is on file in the office Of
the Clerk of the 18th Judicial District
Court, of Grant parish, Louisiana.
And that on
SATURDAY, March z, 1914,
will offer for sale for the purpose of
paying the debts of the said succession,
at the front door of the court house in
Colfax, Grant parish, Louisiana, the
following described real estate, to-wit:
The east three-fourths of the north
half of the northeast quarter and the
south half of the northeast quarter and
the south half of the southeast quarter
of section %, Township north, range
2 west, in Grant parish, Louisiana.
The inventory and appraisement is
on file in the office of the Clerk of the
18th Judicial District Court, Grant
parish, Louisiana.
The sales to be made for cash to the
highest bidder with the benefit of APP
praisement to pay the debt as above
set forth.
Colfax, La, Jan. %, 1914.
w. B. FLANAGAN,
Administrator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
AN ORDINANCE

Levying per capita tax on each male
citizen of the parish of Grant, be-
tween the ages of Is and So years,
for the purpose of maintaining the
public roads of the parish, providing
the manner of collecting same and
providing penalty for the non pay
ment thereof.
Section l. Be it ordained by the po-
lice jury of the parish of Grant in regu-
lar session convened, That there be
and is hereby levied per capita tax
of one dollar per annum upon every
able bodied male resident of the parish
of Grant between the ages of Is and
ing the public roads of the parish of
Grant, due on demand and collectible
within 80 days after demand.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc., That the said per capita tax
shall be collected by the constables of
the various wards Of the parish in their
wards, commencing on the 18th day of
February of each year, begi ming
with the year 1914; for which service
the said constables shall receive COM
pensation OF ten per cent of amount
collected, payable by warrant of the
police jury.
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
etc., That the said constables shall
make settlements of amounts collected
with the parish treasurer every sixty
(60) days, to-wit: on the first days Of
January, March, May, July, September
and November of each year, and shall
furnish to the said parish treasurer a
list of all parties paying said tax, and
also list of all parties failing or re-
fusing to pay same, and shall make
final statement of said account on jan
uary first of each year.
Section 4. Be it further ordained,
etc., That every person who shall
have resided within the parish for
period Of ten days shall be subject to
the operation of this ordinance.
Section 5. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That who ever shall refuse and
fail to pay the said tax shall be deemed
guilty Of misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof before the district court
shall be punished by fine or imprison-
ment, not less than FIVE dollars, nor
more than twenty-five dollars, or i'm
prisoned not less than ten lays nor
more than thirty days, in default Of
payment of said fine, or both at the
discretion of the court, subject to work
the roads.
Section 6. Be it further ordained,
etc., That this ordinance shall be in
force and effective upon and after pro-
mitigation, and that all ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
be and the same are hereby repealed.
The ordinance was read and adopted
by sections and as whole, Messrs.
Dunn, LaCroix, Watson, Brewster and
Morgan voting for its adoption, and
Mr. Preuett voting against it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Clerk O'Quinn ARRESTS" an Eloping
Couple.

Clerk O'Quinn ARRESTS" an Elopine
Couple.
The Alexandria Town Talk of Jan.
% says:
Miss Verna Lee Wigley and Mr..
James Lee Copeland, of this city, stole
a march on the parents of the young
lady, Mr.. and Mrs. James Wigley, and
eloped Tuesday afternoon to Pollock,
where they were married at the home
of the Rev. E. G. Wood, by that gen.
tleman. They left here in Mr.. Moore S
automobile at 4:30 p. m. Tuesday and
the marriage took place at 6:55 p. m.
in Pollock.
The young couple tell of thrilling ex-
periences during the two hours before
they secured the license. They tele-
graphed to the Clerk of Court to send
messenger from Colfax to Pollock
with the marriage license. Clerk of
Court j. J. O'Quinn made out the H.
cense and got in an automobile himself
and conveyed the license to the young
couple, but in the meantime he could
not resist having his own fun out of it.
He overlook the young couple on the
road to Pollock and stopped them.
He asked if their names were Cope; nd
and Wigley, and they answered in fear
and trembling, that it was. He said,
pulling the license from his pocket, 81
have warrant for your arrest" The
prospective groom was game, however,
saying that he expected as much, and
wanted to know OF the officer what he
was going to do with them. The pros
pective bride locked so troubled that
the clerk did not have the heart to GO
any further with his joke So he showed
them the license, and they all went
happily together TO the minister's home.
After the ceremony was over the couple
accompanied Mr.. O'Quinn to Colfax in
his auto.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31

Mrs. A. M. Goodwin entertained the
Methodist Home Mission ladies Tues
lay afternoon with an interesting pro-
gram on missionary work. Those pres
ent were: Mesdafnes M. E. Sheriff.,
G. H. Mcknight, J. E. Swafford, NJ
e. Tooraen, w. A. Brownlee, A. H.
Parker, L. Washburn, S. o. Bumpas.
Misses Hattie Cameron, Lizzie War
rem, Ellen Hyde and Lois Long. At
the close of the evening hot chocolate
and cake was served by the hostess,
assisted by Misses Hyde and Long.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Almost a Serious collision.

. About IL a. m. last Tuesday what
came near being serious accident oc-
Cured when the Iatt logging engine and
a work train of the l.. R. & N. Co.,
collided headon, on the main line of the
L. R. & NJ, just below the 1att mill.
Both engineers saw q collision could
not be avoided and each reversed his
engine, and all hands Abandoned both
trains before the collision occurred.
The L. r. e. N. engine was not DAM
aged, but the Iatt logging engine was
put out of commission for couple of
DAYS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Regular Church Services for 1914.

Methodist Preaching services at
Colfax M. E. Church second and fourth
Sundays in each month, at IL a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Sunday school every Sum
day at $50 a. m. PRAYER meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7:30.
Preaching first and third Sundays in
each month, in Montgomery, at II a.
m. and 1880 p. m. Sunday school every
Sunday at $3.50 q m.
Baptist Preaching services in Col
fax Baptist church first and third Sun
days in each month. Sunday School
every Sunday at $50 a. m.
Methodist Protestant Preaching SER
vices third Sunday in each month at
ii a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Another Brick Building 70 Go Up.

Mr.. 7. H. McNeely is hauling the
brick to his corner lot on Railroad Ave-
nue., corner of ''B" street, opposite the
Union Store, where he will erect a
brick building about 57x60 feet. His
lot fronts 81 feet on the Avenue, and
he will take in tina entire front, run
ming back so feet, more or less. He
has not yet decided whether he will d.
vide his front into two or three stores,
but will build his outer walls first, and
then decide as to where he will put in
the partition walls.