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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is
senior partner OF the firm Of f. j. Cheney
& Co.. doing business IN the City of To-
ledo. County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will paw the sum of ONE
cry case OF Cafarrh that cannot be cured
by the use CT HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
A. ID. 1856.
fSeaD A. w. GLEASON.
Notary Public
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mn.
cous surfaces OF the system. Send for
testimonials. free
F. J. CHENEY & co. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists. re.
Take Halls Family Pflis for constipation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04
sheriff Sale.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Red River,
18th Judicial District Court.
Milton O'Quinn vs.. j. II. Ratcliff.
No. 1877.
BY virtue of writ of seizure and
sale issued out of the Honorable llth
judicial District Court and to me d.
rected in the above numbered and en-
titled suit, directing and commanding
me 10 seize and sell the properly of de-
lendant, | have seize md via affer
Tor sale at the principal 'front.' door Q.
the court house in Cohax. La, between
the hours prescribed Dy law for judicial
sales, on
SATURDAY. Dee. IL. 1915,
the following described property, seiz-
ed as the properly 81 the defendant,
to-wit:
l 4-wheel log wagon.
S-wheel iog veg n.
] brown OK
Ferns OF saie Site e 5sr4-
n o. apprase meat.
Colfax, La, My %, 1915.
4. 3. FERAfN
Sheriff of Graz PARISH, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04

w. C. Allen, Bosely. Mo-. says: !
have raised family of four children
and used Foley's Honey and Tar with
all OF them. l find it the best cough
and Group medicine / ever used.
used it for eight or ten years and can
rec mmend- it for Group. Same sat-
isfactory results for coughs and colds.
j. w. Duncan Co. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04

bic. ] tried nearly ev-
cry medicine / could
hear of, among them I
used fifteen bottles of
one popular prepare
ton. but never found
anything that did me
any permanent good
until I took Cham ber-
lain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets, which
have effected a perma-
men. cure. 1t has now
been FIVE years since j
took-these tablets. and
l have had no more
stomach trouble dur
ing that time. have
recommended Cham
berlain's Tablets 10 o
great many sufferers
with stomach {; rbie
ard travail. si-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04
How the Candidates for Governor
Stand On Prohibition.
THos. c. BARRETT

Il favor immediate extension
of the prohibition unit from the
parish to the congressional dis
trict and providing for an cleo
ton therein on the assurance of
liquor license, as demanded by
the people. / stand pledged to
do all in my power to see that
the question of state wide prohi-
billion is submitted to the elector-
ate of the entire State for decis-
ion during my term OF office as
governor if elected. Ny posi-
ton will be fully set forth in my
platform. now in course of pre-
paration."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04
RUFFIN C. PLEASANT.

i favor local option with the
parish as a unit. Should | be
elected governor and the legisla-
ture passes a Statewide prohibit
ton bill | would veto it. My
reason will be given fully and
frankly in my platform and pub
lie speeches. f"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04
Sterilization of Dental Instruments
Important.

The possibility of the trans
mission of disease through the
medium of dental instrument:
has probably been considered By
every occupant of the dentists
chair. 1t constitutes one of the
fears with which a patient is pos.
sessed the moment he adjusts
himself for his period of treat
ment. Authoritative instances
of the conveyance of contagion
in this manner are extremely
rare, its frequency not being de-
terminable, although few will
deny the possibilities of occur
rences of this character.
The list of organisms which
may contaminate dental instru-
ments is formidable, but this
does not mean that the diseases
of which they are the causative
factors necessarily ensue if they
are accidentally carried into the
mouth. Their presence upon
dental instruments is, however,
an indication of what the sur
geons call poor technique. In
surgery poor technique is usually
attended with disastrous results,
but in dentistry errors of this
character may produce no i'll eff
tects. In spite of this relative
freedom from danger, dentists
predetermined that their methods
Shall equal the highest standards.
Cleanliness should be the pri-
mary consideration in all dental
operations. The white coat of
the operator represents more
than comfort; it is the symbal |
of neatness. The dentist who |
works with unclean instruments, |
who provides soiled linen, or who |
places a common drinking glass
before his patient, should be |
Judged accordingly. Fortunate
ly the members of the profession
who do these things are criticized
and suffer from loss of patronage,
so that there is strong tendecyI
on the part of dentists to main
tain their surroundings above re-
proach. With the sterilization of
instruments some carelessness
may manifest itself, partly owing
to the fact that many instru-
ments are injured by such pro-
cesses, are too complicated to be
treated in this manner, or that
tie public is not competent to de-
tect errors of technique. How
ever, the public is rapidly learn
ing the valve of aseptic methods ,
and tae proper equipment is now
found in nearly all dental Offices.
Thorough studies of the steriIi-
1ation process haverecently been !
made for dentists by the United :
States Public Health Service, at /
he request of various dental as h
'ociations throughout the coun- Q
ny, and in recent publication
If that service detailed informa- :
ION will be found as to the ar
'epted methods for the steriliza-
ION of all dental instruments.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04
A Clogged System Needs Attention

Are you bilious, dizzy and listless?
DIR. Kings New Life Pills taken at
once seizes upon constipation and starts
the bowels moving naturally and easily.
Moreover it acts without gripping. Neg
lect of clogged system often leads to
most serious complications. Poisonous
matters and a body poorly functioning
need immediate attention. If you wish
to wake up tomorrow morning happy
IN mind and entirely satisfied, start
your treatment tonight. Csc bottle.
-Adv.-2
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04

nen, and have met many CT tht .ssys {.
he road that are afflicted With disorder
of he stomach as they nave to Pot Il
with ell kinds Of half cooked grub at IL
hfferei s ouutry hotels. which il q
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04
For Sale Cheap.

All or part of 81 acres good farm
land with improvements, including TIVE
residences. large barns, good water.
good orchards, half mile south of Verd.
high school.
Also good residence and FIVE acres
choice land adjoining high school farm.
A bargain if taken quick.
MRS. NJ M. O'NEAL,
Verda. Louisiana.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
When Science Works.

There those who sheer at science, and whose
unbelief seems sometimes directed particularly at
the work accomplished in medical research, but
when one listens to a recital of what has been
accomplished within the past few years in the way
of lowering the per cent of deaths he cannot help
being thankful that the researchers pay no heed
to those who would belittle their efforts.
The doctors of the Southern Medical Association
the second largest organization of its kind in the
country have been in session at Dallas. One of the
speakers was DR.. Oscar Bowling, of Shreveport
La the associations president, who took occasion
to remind his brother practitioners that within
generation the mortality from typhoid has decreas
ed in the United States by 50 per cent, scarlet
fever by SO per cent and tuberculosis "a per cent
And the doctor is to some extent repaid for his
labors by knowledge of the appreciation which
greets him. The man who is saved from death
by typhoid because of a serum is not a dOubter
nor are his relatives and friends.
Doubtless century ago medical doctors thought
they were we'll prepared to combat disease; and
they WERE so far as the limitations of scientific
achievement had gone at that time, but all of u.s.
the ayman as well as the doctor, wonder today
for instance, how the practitioner of that period
managed to get along without anaesthesia.
No matter how much time we may spend in
thanking the scientists in medical and surgical
realms for the benefcent work in the interest of
humanity we will not be able to half repay them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
Prosperity at Home.

There is nothing of greater Importance than the
prosperity of our community.
Prosperity at home is based local business
conditions.
If local merchants and storekeepers transact
large volume of business their prosperity is COM
muncated to every person in the community.
The values of real estate increase wages are in
creased. There is more money in circulation
and it is more readily obtained for purposes Of
expansion, paying for improvements, buying lux
uries, etc.
In every way there are better conditions when
our business busy.
There is every why we should spend our
cash at home instead of sending it to the big cit
les. By keeping it in circulation in our home
community we profit in many ways.
But if we send our money away that is the last
we hear Of it. If enough money is sent to the
business houses of the cities may easily put
our local merchants out of business BY divert
ing our trade from local storekeepers we can
make it impossible for them to maintain their
stores.
Every dollar sent out of Dawson to the mail
order houses detracts just much from our indi-
vidual prosperity. as well from the prosperity
of the storekeepers and from the community in
general
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
TRY THIS PROBLEM YOURSELF.

In Missouri, where they raise more children and
mules than any other place in the world, a certain
resident died possessed of seventeen mules and
three sons. In his will he disposed of his mules
TO his sons as follows One-haf to the oldest one
third to the next and one-ninth to the youngest
The administrator who went to divide the prop
erty drove a span out to the farm but when he
went to divide the seventeen into halves thirds
and ninths he found it impossible with live mules:
mules not being very valuable he unhitched one of
his own, putting it in with the others, making &
when he proceeded to divide as follows: One-half
or 9, to the eldest; one-third, or g. to the next;
one-ninth, or two, to the youngest. Adding nine
six and two he found that he had H. so he hitch
ed up his own mule and went home rejoicing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
Birthday of The Automobile.

Few people are aware of the fact that on July
3rd, 1894, Ellwood Haynes and Elmer Apperson
placed in operation at Kokomo, Ind, the first auto
mobile propelled by gasoline. KOkomo business
men are now making plans to celebrate the birth
of the automobile. When consider what this
wonderful piece of mechanism has done for the
world we can scarcely credit the well authenti-
Gated fact that it has been in existence tweny-one
years.
July 3rd next will doubtless witness a world
wide recognition of the machine that carries civil
cation in its tracks. Better roads, better schools
better churches content with farm life,
better health, greater happiness and in fact
brighter outlook generally we largely to the
automobile.
Terrell county has a large number of machines
and when July 3rd comes around the owners will
in all probability remember to celebrate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
Nothing Is DefenselesS.

There are great many acts which are indie
fensible but none which defenseless. Criti-
csm of such things the shooting of Miss Cayell
and the sinking of the Lustania arOuses the re-
sentiment of pro-Germans, and the pro-English
impatient with us because are ourselves impa-
tient of Engand's high and mighty attempts to
rule the worlds waterways. Even the wholesale
massacres of Armenians are not without those
who attempt to justify the crimes.
Out at Los Angeles it has been shown that there
was a plan afoot at time to set off forty or
fifty dynamite explosions simultaneously in the
business district in an attempt to practically de-
stroy it.
One searches in vain for adjectives which will
express fttingly the contemplation of such a stu
pendOus atrocity; yet, those who were to make the
attempt probably justified it in their own minds
and hearts, and there is no doubt that there were
others who would have justified the explosions
had they taken place.
1t is a complex life we lead, as complex as the
emotions which fill it to overlooking. No man does
a deed so exalted that there are not those who
condemn it, no man a deed so atrocous that there
are not those who praise it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
A Four-Legged Bird.

Just as it is a scientific theory that man I'D. nd
evolved from the apes it is believed tnaI NV
were once reptiles. There is this dinerhce' md
ever, between man and the ape there has Deeu i a
no link unless we accept moral qualities a. nd
proof, but the missing link between repIT9S itb
birds may be studied at close range down IL d.
Guiana, although it is a rare creature It'd Int
The colonists have dubbed it the STINK ~
the peculiar thing about it is that when u bich
a bird it no longer emits that peculiar ouoi For
has earned it the opsthecomus cristatuS-
is born a reptile and dies bird. 4-o ofa
The opisthecomus crfstatus is about the SIZE " az
peacock and gives vent to a loud and WallIps
When it is Matched out of the egg it IS cgH9 isus
ably smaller and then it has four legs an If tbs
on each. Within a few days it crawls ouI . lire;
nest and climbs trees like a toad. 1t a" r'v
near the water and when pursued by an - moi
does not hesitate, but dives into the -, fe9
does it come up again in a hurry. A llel mi.
months when il begins to mature, feathers 81. CT he
on its front legs and part of its body COW
front claws, and it begins its career as d OiiU
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
Georgia S Roads.
From dc Macon News.

1t is of interest to know that Georgia is one of
the leading and most progressive states in road
building and improvement.
Facts and figures collected by the state geological
survey in cooperation with the United States office
of public roads, show that there 101 900 miles
of public roads in Georgia. The improved dirt
roads aggregate mileage of 29,430, giving Geor-
gia almost as much high class roadway any state
in the union
The tendency in this state is for sand clay and
top soil roads of which there arly thirteen
thousand miles. Comparatively short distances
graded with macadam, ebert or gravel.
The data published by the World Almanac this
year showed that only New York made a larger
gain in bodybuilding, and Georgia's showing was
attributed to the use of convicts the roads.
There are now seven thousand cOnvicts on the
roads, and their labor, valued at a dollar day
each, is worth to the state in a years time more
than two and half million dollars. AS the state
and the various counties appropriate about three
and a half million it will be noted that over six
million dollars spent annually on Georgia roads.
The average cost per mile is sixty dollars.
Georgia ranks fifth in the list of states haV
ing the greatest percentage of improved roads.
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Indiana and Ohio, in
the order named, ahead. However, in five more
years Georgia ought to lead the country thanks to
convict labor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
The Simplicity of Death.

The News has received from subscriber the
following, with the request that it be pubished
One of the best things published about the Frank
case was poem which recited how chivalrous cit
liens avenged the death of a girl whom as work
er they never thought to help toward better wages
conditions.
tice does not make lively appeal; it seems to be
sort of tangled hopeless socialstc theoretic prob
lem; it is clouded with arguments, befuddled by
the dust of the conflict of gain with humanity. But
death is simple. The primitive passions it awak-
are quick and clear.
When Marie RockhiIl victim of a bungling mid
wife in Chicago, was brought back dead to her vii
lage of Etna Green there was condemnation of
her. The town regretted that she feared to trust
its Christian charity. They forgave freely her way
wardenss, the pastor spoke of her with pathetic
kindness. Marie's death wiped away all censure
But suppose she had returned with her baby
alive to Etna Green? Would she have been re-
ceived with the same largeness of forgiveness?
Could she have resumed her place in village cir
cles, and would she have been welcomed again into
the church and Sunday school?
No; it was death that removed the scarlet let
ter from her breast. 1t was death that made pity
safe. 1t was death that changed cruel, long
drawn tragedy OF daily struggle to pathetic and
tender tolerance shed about her coffin.
Shocking but truthful is the verdict of a news
paper Kind were the intentions of Etna
Green the town is happier with Marie Rockhill
dead"
The ruling passion of community is not hui
mainly, but responsibility.
The manner of sin and iniquity be forgiven
but for one, especially woman, who has offended
against the common canon Of viruous conduct there
is nothing to do but to go away or to die.
We think more of station in life than of life
itself To abate a bit from censure OF those
who through weakness have gone wrong seems to
US to disprize own integrity and to enlist our
selves among the champions of evil.
But a matter of fact, forgiveness and the
kindly treatment of the offender are not signs OF
weakness, but of strength In proportion
refrain from accusation and view with humane gen
tleness those who gang a kennin' wrang' We
demonstrate not wicked partnership with crime,
but the and sterling nature of our virtue.
Let us not be less enient toward the dead, but
let us save some of our sympathy and helpful for
getfulness for the errors of those that still dare
to live.
Millions honored Abraham Lincoln dead who
gibed him living. And how many revere the name
of the Cruciied who would He alive, cast
Him out a dreamer, a hereto and a trouble
maker.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
Takes the Scratch Out of the Hen.

There is a new patented article that may not
appeal to city folk, but in suburban and rural
communities where people are still trying to solve
the problem Of combining chickens with gardens
without harm to either, it may have stronger ap-
peal. At least, there is an Ohio genius who
thinks So
The article in question is described look
ing like little steel bar to one end of which is
fastened tin band. This band be camped
around a hens leg, leaving the steel bar. about
four inches long hanging loose behind it, 1t is
guaranteed to protect the garden from the hen.
The hen goes into the garden, sees an attractive
looking worm hole, and decides to dig for the
worm. Out goes her foot, the pendant steel bar
digs into the earth, the hen kicks her leg back
Tor TIE scratch and to her surprise propels her
self forward beyond the worm hole. Indignantly
she tries again, only to find her energy going into
some unseen power that propels her across the
garden and finally out of it.
The inventor of this device will prove to be
public benefactor if it does what is claimed for
Il. There will be a demand for it here in Dawson
by many who need protection from chickens that
are permitted to at large.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
WE ALL KNOW THIS FELLOW.
From the Griffin News and Sun.

From the Griffin News and Sun.
The man who stands the street corner and
makes public nuisance of himself when he should
be at home out of the way of intelligent peo-
pie is not worth much to a city or community
This is especially intended for the supreme court
fellow the mcrobe who knows it all and has no
respect for the opinion of others or consideration
for their sensibilities
This man, watch him. and see if we are doing
him injustice, knows far more than the Gre
atOr has deemed it expedient to reveal to anybody
to date. He's always there with the goods He
critcises things of the past, things of the present
and things of the future, wise in his own conceit
but in reality as ignorant as a blind jackass.
He reads after" his favOrite author or editor
if at ALL and accepts the opinion of other per-
son. He forgets that his god may be a false god
and that the other fellow may be honest and capa-
BILE Such a self-centered citizen is blot on any
corner-we do not deny him the right to his opin-
ion, but dispute that he alone is right
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
THE GREATEST WAR
Present Conflict Dwarfs All Others Which Hava
Been Waged in Worlds History.
From the Atlantic Monthly.

Former wars were wars of armies and aor
ments; this is a of nations Former Mn, ~
of soldiers; this is a war in which ~
chemist and the manufacturer and the wori e
at home as vital to victory as the fqb+s
at the front. Former wars on great scain
but none of them saw, this has seen soma Sn
100000 men under arms. ~
Former expensive, but never pr+.,
the pleasure of blowing itself to pieces Forn ol
row limits a arrangement of commerce bn+ ~
except this one has precipitated an economiO
and financial upheaVal of such unimaginaba di
mansions that there is probably not a single bl
man being this planet who has not in one WOW
another, for good or evil, directly or indiractT
been affected by it.
Former took placer such of them a.
any rate, as can be compared with the DrosoHt
one-before the credit system had become intor
nationalized, before the telegraph and the cabio
and the railway and the steamship were invented
while the mechanism of modern trade was ae vat
in its infancy, and when each nation to a do
gree cannot hardly perceive, was able in
the main to support itself.
This has burst upon a world so bound r.
gether by 10000 links of commerce. finance and
communications that a shot fired in the Dardan
Giles sends down the price of wheat in Chicago and
the Intervention of Great Britain DISCREPANCIES for
the time being the trade of Brazil and China and
armies raised in the ends of the earth trane
ported across the seven seas to single spOt and
are there fed and clothed and munitioned from tbe
resources of another hemisphere thousands of
miles away
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
lust Clerks.

Sometimes you walk into a store and a clerk
comes forward to be the first to wait on you. He
is there to sell goods, and work never bothers him.
He is willing to take down half the goods in the
store in his effort to please you. He makes sales
and will rise in life. But there is another class
of clerks and we all know some of them, They
let you hunt them up when the boss is not around,
show YOU as few goods as possible and not
at all bothered if you walk away without getting
what you want. They get their salaries just the
same; it is only the boss who loses They will
always be clerks just clerks