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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-01
Secretary.
FORMULATION of School Tax Election
in Ward Six.

FORMULATION of School Tax Election
in Ward Six.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of Grant
By the direction of the Parish
Board of School Directors of the
parish of Grant, Louisiana, and
by virtue of the authority in me
vested, notice is hereby given
that on Tuesday, the 9th day of
June, 1916, an election was held
in Ward Six (6), in the parish of
Grant, La. to determine the
PROPOSITION to levy a special
tax of five mills on the dollar on
all property in Ward Six (6),
Grant parish, Louisiana. subject
to State taxation, annually, for a
period of five years, beginning
with the year 1916 and ending
with the year 1920, both years
inclusive, for the
PURPOSE of building, maintain
ing and paving incidental fees
for schools in ward six, and to
build and maintain two two-room
schools. one at Aloha and one at
Shady Grove.
That the majority of votes both
in number and amount were in
favor of the said proposition, and
the election is hereby declared to
be carried.
Now, therefore, there is levied
on all the property in the said
Ward Six, Grant parish. La,
subject to State taxation, a five
mills tax for five years, begin
ming with the year 1916 and end
ing with the year 1920, both
years inclusive.
This done and signed on this
18th day of June, 1916, at the
court house in Colfax, Grant par.
fish, Louisiana.
]. H. MCNEELY,
/
! ]. N. WARNER, Prest.
| Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-01
Heed the Warning

Many Colfax People Have Done So.
When the kidneys are weak they
give unmistakable warnings that should
not be ignored. By examining the
urine and treating the kidneys upon
the first sign of disorder. many days of
suffering may be saved. Weak kidneys
usually expel dark. ill-smelling urine,
full of ''brickdust" sediment and pain
full in passage. Sluggish kinneys often
cause dull pain in the small of the
back, headaches. dizzy spells, tired,
languid feelings and frequent rheumat-
ic twinges.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kid
neys only; they help weak kidneys to
rid the blood of uric poison. There is
no better recommended remedy.
Read the statement that follows:
Mrs. T. E. Messi, 908 Second St.,
Natchitoches, La, says: Il had lot
of trouble from my kidneys. The kid
ney secretions were unnatural and
caused me q lot of annoyance. My
back was sore and lame. got a box
of Doan's Kidney Pills and they regu-
lated the action of my kidneys and
drove away the soreness from my back.
Whenever my kidneys are not acting
properly now take few doses of
Doan's Kidney Pills and they never
fail to give me relief"
Price Soc at all dealers. Don't simp-
ly ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. T. E.
Messi had. Poster Milburn Co., Props.
Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-01
A Mother to Her Son.

Says the Natchez Miss. News
Democrat:
1t has been our privilege to
read a letter from the mother of
one of the Natchez soldier boys,
now under orders for possible
service in Mexico. This letter,
written by a Mississippi woman
to her son as he is on the eve of
entering the service of his coun-
try, impressed US so wildly with
the spirit of true love and sacri-
flee that we have obtained per-
mission to reproduce it, emitting
only the name of the sender and
the receiver. The letter is a fol-
lows:
NV Darling Son:-I see from
the Natchez paper that your COM
pany is expecting immediate or
ders to go into camp. What dc
you think of it, and what ar
rangements will you make?
have been expecting this for the
past year, and / am anxious and
distressed to think of the hard
ships and danger that you may
have to go through.
The bare thought of the posi-
BILE separation from your papa
nearly breaks my heart, but am
not the kind of a woman to hold
either one of you back from the
call of your country. There is
no higher honor to my mind than
a soldiers duty faithfully per.
formed, and even though my
heart might break with sorrow
of giving you two up, | would
hang my head in shame, if either
one of you proved unworthy.
So if you find that the honor.
able thing to do is to share in
your company's duty, do it my
boy with a free heart. There is
nothing finer. Drawer or truer ir
the life of man than to follow
your flag when your country j:
in danger, and no mother is wor.
thy the honor of having borne {
son, who would hold him in {
towards or strikers place.
Write me of your plans. I'm
thankful that Jackson is to b.
the mobilization camp.
MOTHER.
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l.. & A. to Natchez.

1t is stated though not from
official sources, that the L. & A..
railway will be running trains
from Texarkana, Ark, into
Natchez by the first of July and
that a double daily service will
be instituted. The railway has
steadily maintained its policy OF
silence as when it went into
Shreveport.
1t is said that officials of the
L. & A. will appear before the
Louisiana Railway Commission
this month to present the exten.
sion of their service for approval.
Perhaps one of the strongest in
dications that the L. & A. will
come over the Black River branch
of the Iron Mountain at an early
date is the fact that the Iron
Mountain will this month pre-
sent a petition to the Louisiana
Railway Commission asking per
mission to discontinue its trair
on the Black River branch anc
that heavy steel has been laid or
the line.
Unless all signs fail, the roae
will be operating trains into vi
dalia and possibly Natchez soon
ANatchez News Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-01
Wouldn't Stand for It.

In Cleveland they tell a story
of a boy who left school to work
for a. small manufacturer. The
boy was dull and his stupidy an
noyed his employer greatly. So
after a weeks trial he was dis
charged.
Get your pay" said the man.
ufacturer to him on Saturday.
land let that be the last of you.
You're discharged"
1t was, therefore, with great
surprise that the manufactures
saw the boy at work in his form
err place on Monday morning.
What are you doing in this
shop?" demanded. the manufac.
turer, angrily. II discharged
you Saturday."
Yes" said the boy, "anC
don't do it again. When | tolc
| my mother she licked me. Elk
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-01
War With Mexico Temporarily Avert
ell by Release OF Prisoners.

ell by Release OF fTisohe1s.
AS announced in our last issue
a serious clash occurred between
the United States and Mexican
troops at Carrizal on June 20.
Later advices give the number of
u. S. troops engaged as rs ne
groes, accompanied by three
white officers and a Mormon
guide, while the Mexicans num-
bered probably 500 or more.
Capt. Boyd, in charge of the U.
S. troops, was killed, and the
other two white officers were
wounded, while Is or 20 of the
negro troops were killed and %
taken prisoners, together with
the Mormon guide. The Mexican
Gen. Gomez was killed, together
with Is or 20 of his men.
Immediately on receipt of the
news President Wilson had Sec
rotary Lansing to make official
demand on Carranza, defacto
President of Mexico, that the u.
is. troops held as prisoners be re-
leased, and that he explain or
disavow responsibility for the or
der given to attack the United
States troops if they advanced in
any direction except northward.
1t looked like inevitable war
for four or five days, as President
Wilson ordered out the State Ma
tional Guard, and fully lao, 00C
men have been turned out by the
States and mustered into the reg.
ular service. Thirty or forty
thousand of them are already or
the way to the Mexican border
to guard it so that Gen. Funston.
70, 600 regulars can be released
for invasion of Mexico.
Caranza, however, has adopt
ed the unusual course of comply
mo with the demand for releas,
of the prisoners before he evei
acknowledged receipt of thu
Presidents note. This has avert
ed an immediate conflict, and ha
probably paved the way for
settlement of the trouble.
High officials make it yer,
clear, however, that the vita
point at issue, the future attitud
of Mexican forces toward Ameri
can troops in northern Mexic
engaged in guarding the borde
and Furnishing bandits who raid
ed American territory. remain
to be settled. The right to pur
sue raiders into Mexico will b
maintained and exercised withou
interruption, and if the borde
can be properly protected onl
by temporary military occupa
ton of Mexican territory ada
cent to the line. that will be tn
course pursued.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-01
Clesr Creek School Meeting.

The patrons of Clear Creek
school met at their old school
building the oath day of June,
1916, with Supt. j. N. Warner
and petitioned the board of school
directors of the parish of Grant,
to order an election to determine
whether or not we vote a special
tax of five mills on the dollar on
all assessable property situated
in school district No. 5, to run
for a period of four years, for
the purpose of building and equip
ping a school house on the site
of the one recently lost by fire.
The petition was unanimously
signed by all present, and a build
ing committee composed of j. w.
Clinton, j. j. Squyres and R. L.
Perry, was elected to advise with
our school board member, A. w.
Stewart. and Supt. Warner, rela-
tive to the construction of the
building.
1t was proposed that a main
tenance tax of two hundred dol
lars now on hand for this district
be appropriated for the use OF
the building. and be replaced
later by the sales of timber on
school land in the district.
There being no other business
the meeting adjourned.
l. H. SQUYRES,
r. D. NUGENT, Chmn.
Secretary.
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Habeas Corpus Proceeding Withdrawn
and Soldier Answers Roll Call.

and Soldier Answers noh Soh.
A mild sensation was occasion
ed in Ruston by Attorney Joel L.
Fletcher filing habeas corpus pro-
ceedings against Company F, OF
the La. State National Guards.
to show cause why Peter Fetch
,er should not be released from
further military duty.
Peter Fletcher is a we'll known
Grant parish boy, his home being
at Aloha with his mother, Mrs.
]. N. Fletcher. The petition.
filed Saturday, June u, recites
that applicant joined Company F
in March, 1912, while still a mi
nor and without the consent of
his parents. That said enlist
ment was for a term OF four
years and that applicant has serv-
ed said term, attending all en-
campments and doing all other
services required of him.
The writ was made answerable
at 10 o'clock Monday morning,
but Mr.. Peter Fletcher appeared
in person before that hour and
had the proceedings dismissed.
Private Fletcher left Sunday af-
ternoon with his company for
Camp Stafford, and expects to
remain with them. Monday his
attorney asked that the writ be
dismissed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-01
Mail for the Soldier Boys.

Mail for the soldier boys who
have gone to the front should be
plainly addressed in order to in
sure its prompt receipt.
The name of the addressee
should be fully and legibly writ
ten with pen and ink, give his
rank, company, regiment or 9TH
er organization to which attach
ed. The postage should be fully
prepaid, and name and address
of sender written in upper left
hand corner on address side.
Parcel post matter sent should
be substantially and tightly wrap
ped in either very strong paper
or cloth, and with strong Irvine
tightly and securely tied.
Present address of the Louisi-
ana troops is Camp Stafford,
Alexandria, Louisiana" The
Mississippi troops are at Camp
Swep Taylor, Jackson, Miss"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-01

al avs Of the Medes and Perslans-"
Among the ancients. the law OF the
Modes and Persians was regarded az
unalterable and irrevocable. hence the
expression has come to mean some
thing permanent. In the Bible the ex'
preston Is referred to in Daniel 4:
Is: Know, o king. that the law OF
the Modes and Persians is. that no de-
cree hor statute which the king es-
tablisheth may be changed"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-01
Colfax, La, June 26, 1916

C0lfax, La, June 20, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that the next
regular examination for licenses to
teach in the public schools of this State
will be held in the school building at
CoIfax, Louisiana, on July "a, % and
26 (whites). "a, % and 20 (negro).
The examinations will begin at . o.
clock a. M. and all those desiring to
take it will please be on hand prompt
ly, as we shall be forced to observe the
regular schedule sent out by the chair
man of the State Board of Examiners.
J. N. WARNER,
Supt. of Grant Parish. La.
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board prefers the largest unit OF
parish taxation. as the district
plan is expensive, and entails a
large amount of unnecessary Ia
Dor to keep it up in detail.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-01
Grant Parish and Her School Interests.


session to canvass the returns OF
the elections held in Colfax school
district No. 2, and in Ward Six.
The election in the Colfax dis
trict was for bond issue OF
$4,000 to build an annex to our
high school for the domestic
science and high school depart
ments, the brick building former
ly used for that purpose having
been destroyed by fire. The Col
fax election was carried by a.
very handsome vote, the result
being 80 ballots and $125, 463 in
values in favor of the proposition
and 9 ballots and Sill, 1856 in val
ues against it.
In Ward Six the proposition
for a special five mills tax for
building and maintaining schools
was carried by only a small ma
jority in numbers and value. The
vote stood 35 ballots and ST.
1880 in values for the PROPOSE
ton, and % ballots and $13. 633
in values against it.
Official PRONUNCIATION of these
elections will be found in this is
sue of the Chronicle.
Indicative of the keen interest
felt in Grant over the schools,
fifteen or twenty persons were
present from different parts Of
the parish, for the purpose of
urging consolidation of schools,
or the levying of special taxes
for their support. The board
being in session for the special
purpose of canvassing the re-
turns of the elections in Colfax
and Ward Six, took no action in
the matters discussed. They
listened patiently. however, to
all matters presented, and re-
manned in session until after six
o'clock in the evening in order to
give all a hearing.
Petitions were presented to
have special school tax elections
ordered in three different dis
tricts, and it was authoritatively
announced that three or four
other districts would ask for spe-
cial elections to be held. In view
of the general interest manifest
ed and the urgent need for finan.
cling all the schools of the parish
the board decided it was advisa-
BILE to hear more fully from al
sections of the parish before TAX
ing any action.
Therefore it was decided to ap'
point Friday, July z, as the day
on which to hold a MASS MEET.
ING in Colfax to determine the
best and most satisfactory meth
cd of financing the schools. AL
of the school patrons of Grant
parish are urged to be present or
that day and take part in the
discussion of this important sub
ject. The school board will q
into session after the mass meet.
ing, and will be guided in then
action in large measure by the
prevailing sentiment among the
people.
The condition of the schoo
fund at present only warrant:
the expectation of an average
school term of five months mex
session, so the necessity of i'm
mediate action is apparent to all
1t is hoped that each and ever!
school district will have full rep
resentation at the mass meeting
on July z. and be prepared Il
voice the public sentiment il
their community. The discus
sion will be principally as t
whether district, ward or parisl
- L. L.. le.=:sl MI
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Superintendent ]. N. Warner
informs us that the bonds for
Montgomery school district were
sold at par and accrued interest
to R. E. Edwards of Oklohama
City, Okla, through his repre-
sentative, B. B. Handy of Mon
roe, La. These bonds aggregate
$40. 600, and were voted to build
and equip a brick school building
in the town of Montgomery.
The contract for this school has
also been let. and was awarded
to Laurent and Frye Of Monroe,
La, for So. 600 and the old Mont
gomery school building.
~ .
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Send us your job printing orders.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-11-09
SHORT SESSION OF CONGRESS
Many Important Questions
Will Be Up---No General
Legislation

Washington, Nov. S.-The short
session of Congress which will
meet on the first Monday in
December and adjourn ON tie
third Of March WilI have pre-
scented for its consideration some
OF the most important questions
THAT have ever called forlegisla
tive act9m pn the United States.
The present admMisiG at ON Dem
ncratlc im both Houses Of Con-
greSs and II the White House,
wild endeaVor to complete some
Of tine Legislative policies it
has under taken
It is acknowledged BY the
Democrats that the So-called
clght-hom 'egis alton, which is
IN reality a wage mere 81 law.
Is not complete and thete win
be denland on the palt Of both
the employers and employees
that the administration t.Ike
some action to make the Law
mole defimte and specific in
its language and to make it as
comprehensive and IS permanent
III character as TINS administered
tion intends to make it.
The question of compulsory arbi-
tratlom wild also be up for com
,lleratinn in this connection.
1t is recognized, even among
Democrats, that the socalled ant.
dumping provision Of the last re-
venue bpIl in entirely inadequate
and whlQ be ineffective as pro
lection against the competition
Of cheap folpigm products after
The war. While it is scarcely
to be expected that the Demo
cratic administration Will take
amy action looking to the relnSta
tememt of prot ectlve tariff policy
there will be demand among the
DliSWHtSS llitIl VI lilt tottlIi y Ipi
some Legislation that wild prepare
this country for after7the war
conditions.
The passage Of appropriation
bills for the ordinary and per
haps extraordinary expenses OF
the government Will also present
perplexing problem for the
present administration. Revenues
are notorlously inadequate, and
yet the. general policy of the
present administration ln the
creation of new comnlssl ons and
in authorization Of new govern
mental enterprises Will call for
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-11-09
HONOR ROLL

Tine following is a list of
names Ct tine pupils at Philip
school who have been neither
absent nor tardN for the month
Of Octobeq:
First Grade
Thal;a Anderson, Pearl Amber
SON, Fliossie Berry, Hazel Church,
D@Iors Dawson, Harry Daw-
son, Robert Lampert. Herman
Locl0ett, kcnncth Larson, Mar
Iory Michael, Wayne Shroll
Grace Welch.
Second Grade
Gladys Bielski, James Carr,
Marian Claffce, Hazel t'islar,
Viola johnson, George Lampert,
CLAYTON Anderson.
Third Grade
Stanley Church, Ruth Wat
wood, lIetcm Pohlc, Pbilip Lar
son. Shirley Aldrich, Cleve Daniel
tiwendolNaA Goff, Loys Gillen.
Fourth Grade
Leonard Carr, Zona Fountain
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-11-09

Tlm4lma Slqoll. Clarence Pcirrc.
Edith biuNn Oscar Larson, Ell
win Root. Alice Hoover. Wanda
Aldqich. Margaret Russell. irene
Robinson, Elvina Frye, Roy
Berry.
Fifth Grade
Carol Blelsl>i, Joseph Larson,
Ralph Watwood, Lloyd ALdrich,
LaNernr Welch, Ipota CoNmeq',
MNron Peirce. John SEVERN.
Sixth Grade
l.eGta .JoIlIsom. lIelen Dorothy
Joyce CoweIl, Mildred GilIen.
katIlrlm Lockett, Elma PcderSor
Bessie Watwood. Cecil SWisller.
Seventh Grade
Pearl Berry, Gladys BinlNn,
Gemevieve Church. judith Hol-
brook, Gerald johnson, Mabel
Robinson, Paul Swisher, Weltha
aAliant.
Eighth Grade
leo l}asford, Roger Cowell
LOIS tSlar, Violet Gilleal, Harold
Hoover, Max ROBINSON Glare Sew
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-11-09

price of print paper IS Just shot
up another 10 per cent and We II
have to hold Tins yarn in hun
lred pages And We'll lose money
on it, at that.
Marry em or l1ll en- IN the
next chapter and wind it up. And
Say, by the way, we WON'T want
amy more stuff from yon We re
going to cid ont publishing your
lime. Tire price OF paper has
gene 80 hgh we can't make amy
meareA On cheap fiction >
Sadly the author returns to
HISS scrihbIiGg, kids off Jack
Thmaton $ rnrmps with three
more shots, throws the marriage
halter over Jack and t'lorettr,
writes Ennis and goes out.
According TO publishers Of the
.healeer cIlass cf fiction in New
York, thele'l be lot of such
authors wondering where tiln
rent is coming from this winter
unless the price of paper takes
am unexpected drop. When their
present paper contracts expire
most Of the publishers of paper
back books Wiil cease isslimg
them atogethoa' until more nor
NAL colpdiIti ons prevail.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-11-09
KNELL OF THE CHEAP
NOVEL is SOUNDED

II $ gong to he a long. hard
winter fol. the WRITER'S of popular
fiction--tlpc kind that comes in
paper backs and gives more
thrills for il dime than a J-reel
movie, says the New York Trib-
lnr.
Picture the author of The
l'cf5s of broadway; or. Florette,
the Beautiful Cabaret Singer,
toastimg his feet before the
rspdiAtor in his flat and scl1ib-
blng away at Il cont and IA
haf "a word.
II WAS a fight TO tine death.
comes red hot from his gore
dripping fountain pen. "Thrusting
the GIRL behind hmm, Jack Thurs
ton faced the oncoming band w'ltl
storm. set face a perllous CLEAN
flashed from his keen eyes. His
eNtcnJed right hand glippcd "a
npnacing revolver without a
tfcmor. Another moment and
ihcy were upon him Two shots
cracked sharply ON the still
night air
And Just then tine telephone
bell rings Tine sharp voice of
the authors publisher rudely I'M
terrIlIts Jack 1hornton's fight
for life.
Say, you'M have to cut that
stuff short he commands. The
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-11-09

erin, Raymond Shroll, Elsie Wat
wood, Ida Watwood.
Ninth Grade
Gladys Watson, Alma Urban,
Marian philips, Fay Morrison,
CarNl 81 4als. Clifford Couch, III
ferd Urban, Grace Jensen, Evelyn
folrNem Vela Mccoy, Mary
Dorothy. lrean CoNmer, Beatrice
specs, kathrne Obc1staller, Ro-
hs!t Nto3lmer. Reuben Herman.
Tomth Grade
M4r'ai Swisher, Roy Hamlon,
Emma Iarfcbil Cora IIovey,
AIata NAdc, Dorothy IIolbrook,
Nina Graham. Tony Triolo,
Richard Williams, Iyil Bodine,
1hoaia, McGuire, Grace VerIey,
tiraco lloycy. Eva Shroll, Her
man Eeeesrn, Vivian Mccoy.
Eleventh Grade
Charles Hoover, Verne Watson.
elau Fi,scn. Julia Eggcn llar-
Ian f'iNlar. Ilae5e Lamp, Kath-
fAn Jensen. Olive Wray, Lester
ois,n IlWim Inns. IloroN Br,nn,
Lester Dorothy, Rose Williams,
Dorothy Philips, Gladys Cowcll,
Glala Dniel, Pauline Stoimo,
Josephine Hermann.
Twelfth Grade
Ada Schwartz
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-11-09

Yankton Press and Dakotam.
Western farmers say the coyotes
are prophesy ing hard winter,
by running M packs and yelping
more than usual Maybe they
know more than the weather
bureau, and maybe they don't
Somehow, the coyote never
struck us as being a particular
ly scientific, foresighted and
sagaclOuS animal.