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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
Would Use Airplanes To Wreck Hun
Navy.

New York, Dec. "a. Use air.
planes in major attack on Ger
many's navy was recommended
in a letter made public here Sat
urday from Rear Admiral Brad
ley A. Fiske to Allen R. Hawley,
president of the Aero Club of
America The idea. the letter
says, is not a foolish notion OF
fanatics in aeronautics, but is a
sound idea, based on the princi-
piles of strategy"
V "All Germany's naval eggs are
in one basket" Rear AdmiraI
Fiske declared, land those eggs
are vitality essential to her exist
ence as a nation. II is my pro-
found conviction that we car
smash these eggs by torpedo
plane and air-bomb attacks, if VIZ
can prepare and deliver them OF
a scale sufficiently great. "
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

The Macon Ridge Journal is a
new newspaper venture lately
started at Delhi, La. by B. w.
Barnes, former publisher of the
Boyce Journal, the second num-
Der of which has been received
at this office. 1t shows a good
makeup and gives evidence OF
Bro. Barnes ability as a publish
err. and we trust he will receive
liberal support in his new field.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
Important Notice.

The undersigned bank has just been
advised by Internal Revenue Collector
at New Orleans, that there will be an
Income Tax Officer in Colfax from the
End to the 18th of January to assist all
parties who shall make income tax re-
turns in filling the necessary blanks.
He will be supplied with ample blanks.
His headquarters will be in tine court
house. BANK OF COLFAx.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
u. S. Government Takes Charge of All
Railroads.

President Wilson in formal
proclamation has named Secre-
tary McAdoo as director of every
railway in the United States.
with power to effect unification
of all the systems, to be run
under their present management.
The order took effect at noon on
Friday, Dec. %. 1t is claimed
this will have the immediate eff
feet of relieving many ills that
have congested the railroads and
blocked the distribution of sup.
plies and the transportation oil
troops.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
Red Cross Gulf Division Below Quota.

Red Cross Gulf Division Below Quota.
In view of the fact that the
Gulf States have fallen consider
ably below the quota assigned
them in the Christmas drive, to
overcome the deficiency it has
been decided to extend the cam
paign to Dec. 81.
Unless every worker responds
to the S. 0. S. call with the same
promptness the Allied troops
manifest in charging the Boche
trenches, after the barrage lire
has cleared the way through the
desolation of No Mans Land,
the Red Cross Christmas Drive
in the three Gulf States, Ala
bama, Louisiana and Mississippi
will prove a failure.
According TO the quota assign
ed, Alabama was to produce
200, 600 new members, Louisiana
IT'S, ZOO, and Mississippi l25, 600.
Alabama up to latest reports
lacked los, sos OF the quota, Lou
isiana lacked 1875, and Missis
sippi lacked 1858.
All the campaign manager
have been urged to lead thei
forces in final drive SO deter
mined and we'll directed tina
there will be no chance of fail
ure, and all three of the Gul
States be put ''over the top
with flying colors.
The National Drive is reporte
to have exceeded its quota, hav
ing gained thirteen million in
stead of the ten million ney
members wanted. Let Gran
parish join heartily in the eX
tended campaign to put Louisl
ana lover the top" in keepin
with the nations patriotism.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
RROWN-HARRISON-Int the

BROWN-HARRISON-In the
town of Montgomery, La, at 7::3O
D. m. on Sunday, Dec. %. 1917,
at the home of the bride, Lieut..
DR.. Coleman Brown, of Kentucky,
and Miss Bertha Harrison were
united in marriage, Rev. G. Y.
Breithaupt officiating.
A number of guests were pres
ent for the occasion, and as they
assembled for the ceremony Miss
Linnye Afford sang Il Love
YOU" AS the bridal party en-.
tered Miss Sarah Gamble rem
dered a beautiful wedding march
on the piano. Mr.. Pollard Har
rison acted as best man and MIR
w. o. Harrison, father of thu
bride, gave her away. Aftel
congratulations were over thu
couple left for Alexandra, ant
from there went on to CAM
Green, Charlotte, N. c., wher'
the groom is stationed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mr.. L. P. Barrios. brother OF
Mr.. L. A. Barrios, manager OF
the Cumberland 7. & I. Co at
Colfax, has entered the U. S.
Quartermaster department. He
was bookkeeper for Godchaux in
New Orleans. and resigned and
went to Florida.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
Three Deaths
from Meningitis
Near Dry Prong

Three deaths from menlngltis
are reported within a week IN
the family of Bunt Collins, VINO
lives two miles north OF Dry
Prong in the center OF Grant
parish. The first death was Ada
Collins, aged about %, who died
Thursday night of last week,
and the second was Frank the
brother, aged about 20, who died
last Saturday evening. DIR.
Greed, who was waiting on the
family, calIedNi in DR.. Gray in con-
sultation on the brothers case,
and he pronounced the symptoms
as those of meningitis, and ad.
vised the calling in of DR.. bowl,
| ing or some other expert. All
expert from the hospital at Camp
Stafford was secured, and he pre-
nounced it meningitis. Mrs. Col
| Inns, the mother, developed tn
disease four days ago, and sh'
died Thursday night of this week
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
Sharp, Stabbing Pains
Often Tell of Weak Kidneys. The Fol
lowing Statement Shows You
What to Do.


The sharp twinge of pain in the small
of the back that strikes you after any
sudden twist or awkward motion, may
tell of weak kidneys. And there are
often disturbances of the urine-too
frequent urination, scalding or burning
pain during passage, discolored urine
and sediment.
Doan's Kidney Pills are prepared
especially for weakened kidneys. kid
ney backache and urinary disorders
have proven their merit in thousands
of cases. Can Colfax readers demand
moro convincing proof than the follow
ing?
ID. Logan, WINFIELD, La, says: 81
had more or less trouble from my kid
news for fifteen years. / could hardly
get around, owing to the awful pains
in my back and sides and if / sat down
had to have support in getting up.
| NV kidneys were so weak that l was
obliged to get up six or eight times
during the night. The secretions were
so highly colored. / felt dull and Ian
guild and the least exertion tired me.
l didn't get relief until used Doan's
Kidney Pills. In a few days. they
brought improvement and before long,
the pain in my back disappeared and
my kidneys became normal. | keeF
Doan's Kidney Pills on hand all the
time and when my kidneys are the
least disordered / use this medicine ant
get relief"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan''
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr.. Lo
gan uses. Foster-Milburn Co., Props.
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

The most thorough humanita-
rian work in the world is done by
the American Red Cross, and it
is the least expensive. One-half
of one per cent takes your money
to the front, and for every dollar
paid in the sailors and soldiers
get 9912 cents OF it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
Notice.
d29-tf

Notice.
18th Judicial District Court, Parish OF
Grant, State of Louisiana.
Succession of Edwin w. Ball.
Notice is hereby given that James F.
Ball has this day filed his application
for appointment as administrator OF
the above named succession. You are
therefore hereby notified to file such
opposition as you may have thereto
within the time prescribed by law, else
letters of administration will iss1e as
prayed for.
Witness Hons. w. F. Blackman and
James Andrews, judges of said court.
Given under my official seal and sigma
ture on this 18th day of December, 1917.
J. ]. O'QUlNN,
Clerk of Court.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
Catarrhal Cough

; Mr.. W. S. Brown, R. F. D. No. T.
Box 50, Rogersville. Tennessee
writes:
II feel It my duty to recommend
Peruna to all sufferers Of catarrfi or
cough. In the year 1909, ] took g
severe case Of the Ia grippe. tnen
took bad cough. had taken an
kinds Of cough remedies but got no
relief. l then decided to try Perura'
I used five bottles. After taking nve
bottles my cough stopped and my
catarrh was cured. My average
weight was lis and now weigL
1881. Any one suffering with ca
tarrh in any form win advise them q
take Peruna."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

A large number of registrants
have been in Colfax every day
this week for the purpose of an
swering their questionaires. A
number of our citizens have vol
unteered to help our attorneys in
this labor, which is no small job
when one considers that it takes
about an hour to fill in the an.
swers for each man.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

The Chronicle force hopes all
of it's read ers had a Merry Christ
mas and wishes them one and
all a Happy New Year and many
returns of the same.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

DIR. and Mrs. E. H. Blackwood
gave dining on Thursday, and
the following guests were invited
to dinner: l.. O. Clinton, E. S.
Murrell, P. H. Corbett and R. j.
Bienvenue.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mrs. L. A. Hadnot and her two
sons, A. P. Hadnot and John P.
Hadnot, were among those here
yesterday. They came in to as
sist John P. in filling ont the an
sWers to his QuestionaireS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Remember, sixteen thrift stamps
plus twelve cents during December
and January will buy one five dollar
war savings certificate.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Don't forget, that war savings GER
tificate bought now for $4.12 becomes
a five dollar bill on January l, 1923.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

Chamberlain Cough Remedy.
This is not only one of the best and
most efficient medicine for coughs, colds
and Group, but is also pleasant and safe
to take, which is important when medi-
cine must be given to children. Many
mothers have given it their unqualified
endorsement. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
Mules for Sale.

Mules for Sale.
Three good farm mules for sale at
reasonable price. Apply to
B. B. DEAN,
d2o-tf Colfax, La.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
To the Mothers.

Mothers of men. do you not know What you gave to the world in your
 hour of woe Born of courage. and doomed to stress, A man for the tasks of men-no less! Mothers of women, can you not feel What all the signs of your life reveal 2 You have brought forth love, with it's
 sword and fire,' And loves high crown is the lost de-
 sire. Mothers of men, have you not known That the soul of the child is not your
 own? If God has sealed him for palm and
 cross, To hold him close were your bitter
 loss. Mothers, mother, will you not see All that your gift to the world may
 be? These who must fight wrong ab
 horred Are Michaers angels, who hear the
 sword Mother of men, then loose your hold:
 enfold; Under the Cross you stand apart, With Mary's sword in your dauntless
 heart.
 MARION coUTHoUY SMITH.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
F1II 'ENf OUT.

3Aorrow the first five men called
 HNew Britain to the new national
 ' will be on their way to the Aver
 1ing camp. From then on our | up to the number of five hum I and thirteen. will be leaving at n intervals. The boards which lskhe sending of these men have H Hcomplete records. The names Addresses and history of all men
 h1e quota are known. Not so ! the men who went to the colors k ago. Their names, of course. on the army books and the naval Irds: but New Britain has lost
 K of many of them. It Is for the
 ,ose of gathering in this valuable
 !. that the Herald once again calls ntton to the blanks printed in an- Ir part of the paper. With CO., -ation of kinsfolk and friends of men in the army or the navy or national guard it will not take < to complete the record.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04

Only When Deceived, as a Rule De They Wander Into Mendacity.

Our papers seldom lie.'' Deems Taylor says so, and he should know. having been a newspaper man him. self. He states that newspapers rarely print statements that are not at least poor relations of the truth.
 Tn the first place, competition among newspapers is too keea. Facts themselves are explosive enough and scatter plenty of libel suits in their wake as it is without a papers deliberately hunting for trouble by printing fiction.
 "Usually when an absolute mis- statement has appeared in a news paper the papers chief offense is in having believed an untrustworthy source, contingency difficult to guard against since any paper is more or less at the mercy of it's out of town correspondents and news agencies Any correspondent can fool any paper once, but it Is to the credit o1 editors that an over imaginative cor. respondent rarely gets second chance to exercise his talents
 After all, the principal reason why our press does not print lies is that newspaper men as class are honest, conscientious beyond the average and, according, to their code strictly honorable. Certain things may be permitted by that code that strike the layman as peculiar, but de- i liberate mendacity is not one of | them. .'-Century.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
The Hour of the Organizer.

The business organizer Is the man of the hour. It becomes necessary to centralize the purchasing powers of the government for war supplies, and we now have board of seven mon yielding these vast authorities.
 This group of seven expert execu- tives stands at the apex of a huge py- ramidal structure builded from the ablest business men of the land. There Is one to represent the army, one for the navy, one for labor, one for the railroads, and the rest are business or ganizers,
 This Is another sign of the times. For years business men have been complaining that our Government was tco much dominated by lawyers. and that what we needed was a govern mont by business men. Tho business men are now to have their chance.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
PICTURES GAZE AT YOU.
Why Eyes in Portraits Follow On-
 lockers With Their Gaze.
lKansaa City star.l

(Kansas City Star.)
 You probably have noticed that some faces in pictures seem to follow you, also that in other pictures there are faces which are not looking at you. but no matter where you walk, even though it be in the direction in which they seem to be looking, you will never find the face looking at you. Indeed, faces in pictures are either looking at us from wherever we look at them, or else they never look at us from wherever we look at them. The same Is true of photo plays |
 The rule is very simple. If the per son who was being painted or photo- graphed was looking at the painter or the camera, then wherever you stand he will seem to ne looking or that side of you.
 This works very queerly if you have group of people who were all look ing at the camera when they were photographed. If you look at tho photograph iron, one side they all seem to turn to follow you. and then to turn sack if you look at 1t from the otlser side. But If they were not looking at the camera you can never get them to look at you.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
What Constantine Did to Greece.
 lNeW York Herald.l

It was too much to expect that Constantine, dominated by Hohen zollern wife. could have the friend Illness for the Entente Allies which he so glibly professed. It should not have been too much to expect that he would be true to the best inter- ests of the people of Greece, to whom he owed everything. Constantine, however, put his love for Kaiserism above his duty to the Greeks and be- trayed them as he betrayed the Allies. The full extent of Constantine g perfldy has just been revealed by Premier Venizelos to the Greek par- liament. Early in 1915 Venizelos, then as now the chosen representa- tive of the people of Greece, urged upon the then king that every con- sideration of duty to Serbia, the ally of people demanded war upon Tur- key. Venizelos recommended that a Greek army be landed at Gallipoll to take Constantinople, feat easy of accomplishment at that time. Con- stantine refused, betrayed Venizelos' proposal to the Kaiser and drove the leader of the people into exile. How different would have been the history of the years that have followed since that recommendation was made had Constantine been true to his people instead of to Potsdam? With Con- stantinople ir the hands of tho Greeks, Bulgaria would not have dared sell serself to the Teutons; Russia would have had an outlet for her products and an inlet for sup plies; the Turk would have been driven back into Asia-in all proba- bility Austria would have quit long before this even if Germany had not.
 venizelos "saw large" for the in- terests of Greece. Instead of, blaming the Entente governm rents for forcing Constantine's abdication, civilization will blame them for not having forced 1t sooner. Greece is getting together an army in the hope of re- trieving the lost ground. She may vet do something, but her golden op- portunity was the one that Constan- stine threw away.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
Jim Ham in the Pantry.
(Boston Evening Transcript.


 Senator James Hamilton Lewis. champion of the fair, ye olden knight come back in this prosaic century to remind us that chivalry sleepth but is not dead, breezes across the Washing ton horizon like waited fragrance from the Middle Ages. like a chapter from Sir Walter. He has been pry- ing into the workhouse cuisine in the interest of the suffering supersuffs, and finds a shocking state of affairs. The complaints of the White House conscience sake, are, , indeed, we'll founded. Senator Lewis scented whiskers curled up and w1thered 1 when he poked them into the pantry. and his delicate palate shrivelled from contact with sample of soup. The food, in truth, is not up to the stan dard established by the Willard, and there is a suspicion that the Occo- quan cook is not in the same social ! set with the Chevy Chase club chef. The criticism of the fair and famish- ing martyrs is entirely justified, and Senator Lewis proposes to see that something is done about 1t. At breakfast the other morning there wasn't enough cream, for the cereal and the peaches too. and the boarders are frequently obliged to limit them- selves to two Jumps of sugar in their coffee. At dinner there is choice of only two meats, one of which Is always chicken, after a quaint old Virginia custom, while there Is a grave suspicion that the salad oil came from Rome .(Ga) in the cotton belt Broiled young guinea fowl has been served but once since the Suf- fragists laid aside their Georgette crepe for bed ticking overalls, and re- peated requests that all the ices be obtained hereafter from Rauscher's have been ignored by the authorities. Senator Lewis is entitled to vote of thanks for calling the attention of the country to state of affairs that exposes mans inhumanity to /wo- man.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04

William A. Gregory is one of two boys who, at the age of 16, have vol unteered their services to make the world safe for democracy. He en- listed July 2, 1917, with Company E of the Connecticut National Guard and is now stationed with that body of troops at New Haven.
 Gregory is the son of Felix and Amalia Gregory of 542 East Main street. After graduating from the New Britain Grammar school he went to trade school and at the time o1 enlistmen was employed learning the plumb bers trade with the Nair Broth. ers
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04

ing apparel for the men in the trenches.
 One American woman, profess1ng meagre knowledge of the art of stitching and hemming, confessed to being shamed by the arduous labor nut in by those women who live north of the United States. Ut is inspiring as we'll as embarrassing for American women to watch the willing workers of Canada" said this narrator. "1n- ] spiring because it is a lesson in pa- triotism; embarrassing, because we must know that our own American girls and women have not yet become imbued with the same spirit ol sacr'-
 flee which prompts the womcn-folk Of
 Canada The excuse, of course, lS'
 the war has not yet been brought
 homo to us.'
 . No. the war has not yet been
 brought home to us; but, If 1t goes on
 mnch longer. it will be brought home
 to us And then we shall see the
 stitching and the knitting and the
 sewing and all the activities that pa- trictic women can foster for our boys.
 When it is brought home to the American mothers, and sisters, and sweethearts. and daughters, and wives that their men at the front are in need of heavy wooden socks, and warm clothing of all kinds that can be made by the gentle hands of Women-tolk there will be no surcease of sewing There will be a great revival of sew ing just as characterized the period from 1861 to 1865 when American women on both sides of the line piled the needle and thread for those who fought with the sword and gum Can adian women have set the example this time but American women have set an example in the past which their successors of today may we'll follow.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
A Preparedness Incident. (Philadelphia Ledger,O

As Pennsylvania express train from New York came over the Schuyl- kill bridge yesterday morning a man looked out the car window and saw the soldiers on guard. The man made a highly disrespectful comment.
 He didn't notice that directly behind him sat an unobtrusive individual reading a newspaper. This second parsonage kept near the man who had made the remarks about the soldiers and when the latter stepped from the car in Broad street station the other touched his arm and said:
 "You and I will take a little walk down to the post off1ce.'
 In amazement the man presumably a German sympathized, protested until the other showed him the badge of a i United States Secret Service agent. | And they took their walk. P. S-If you think Uncle Sam is 1 asleep, you had better wake up your 1 self. ;
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
Do As Grandpa Did.

Philadelphia Ledger.)
 Your great-grandfather carried the market basket on his arm and your great-grandmother never saw a delivery wagon from any store There was none.
 Today, one Philadelphia merchant will pay $10,000 to carry home his customers packages.
 It costs us not more than 1 cent to bring an orange more than 5000 miles from California, but your fruit dealer, two blocks away. will charge you double that commission to bring it to your house.
 Three busy tax-gatherers who dip into your pocket every day are, Have it charged Have 1t ex- changed" Have 1t delivered"
 Pay cash, keep what you buy and carry your package home; and the price of every commodity will fall