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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-07-28
School Board Proceedings.
CONTINUED from frst paqe.

COHt6t"tu yJOU .JTot Puye.
ed that all attend the conference
that possibly could.
On motion duly seconded and
carried, the president and secre-
tary were authorized and in
structed to draw checks against
the contingent account to pay
the actual expense incurred in
making the trip to attend the
conference when they are furn-
ished with an itemized statement
of the expenses by the parties
who make the trip.
Mr.. Wall offered the follow
ing resolution and moved it's
adoption, and it being duly Sec
onded by Mr.. Fletcher and
placed before the board by the
president it carried unanimously.
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, a real necessity ex-
lists for a State Approved High
School to be established at Mont
gomery, La, the enrolment of
elementary pupils being over
one hundred and of high school
pupils over thirty, and
Whereas, the Montgomery
school located at Montgomery,
La, having met all the condition
necessary in the way of a school
site and plant, school equipment,
such as furniture, school library,
laboratory supplies and appara-
tus, supplies and equipment for
a home economics department,
and
Whereas, ample funds have
and will be provided for main
tanning such a school by the
citizens of that community, there
fore be it
Resolved, That we, the Grant
parish school board in regular
session convened, designate the
Montgomery school a provisional
high schools and at the close of
the forthcoming session, or after
it will have been on the pro-
visional list one year, it shall
then be recognized as a State
Approved High School, the liter
airy and home economics de-
partments sharing equally with
other high schools of the State
in the funds then available for
State approved high schools of
Louisiana.
Resolved further. That the
president and secretary of this
board be and they are hereby
authorized and instructed to for
ward a copy of these resolutions
to the State Board of Education
with a request that we have the
recognition asked for the Mont
gomery school located at Mont
geometry, La, together with all
other necessary certificates with
reference to the length of the
school terms of the parish,
copies of deed to school site, etc.
On motion of Mr.. Wall duly
seconded by Mr.. Blackwell and
carried, the Rules and Regula-
tons" formerly adopted by Grant
parish school board for the gov
erning of teachers while at work
in the parish was re-adopted
with some amendments, and all
local school boards of the various
schools throughout the parish
shall see that these rules and
regulations are observed by the
teachers.
The secretary of the board was
authorized and instructed to
have copies of these Rules and
Regulations printed and to sup
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-07-28
Strayed or Stolen.

Grey pony horse. Ia years old weigh
ing about $50 lbs. Blind in right eye,
had one front foot and one hind foot
shod when last seen. Pony left my
place May s. will pay So reward 10
anyone notifying me where above
mentioned pony can be found.
PAUL ROBERTSON,
ie-9-4t Ball, La.
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-07-28
PROOF UNDER ACT 6-6-12.

PROOF UNDER ACT 6-6-12.
Notice is hereby given that Clarence
Lavespere. of Aloha, La, who, on June
%, 1912, made homestead entry No.
05784 for fractional southwest quarter,
section 20, township z north, range
west, Louisiana Meridian, has filed no.
tice of intention to make three year
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Clerk of Court
]. ]. O'Quinn, at Colfax, La, on the
goth day of July, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses. Joseph
Dalme, of Aloha, La; Albert Brosset,
of Cloutierville, La; Albert Racial, of
Marco, La; Jno. Abraham, of Marco,
La E. d. GIANELLONI,
je23 Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-07-28
Notice of Final Proof.

Department of the Interior }
U. S. Land Office, Baton Rouge, La. :
June 20, 1917.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20

1t is reported that many negroes are
leaving the South for the North. If
they are going upon their own voli-
ton, and without pursuasion, it is their
business, and we say, let them go.
They will find the mistake, and they
will be glad to return, as many who
have gone have already done. If they
are led to migrate North because of
some agent, some white man, who
holds out glittering promises, the COL
ored race will do we'll to think sober
ly before venturing. The Southern
white man and the Southern climate
are two Of the best friends the negro
has. He will do well to ponder well
before deciding to journey hence.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20
STATE S. S. CONVENTION.

Spartanburg, April 14.-Plans are
under way for extending a real Spar
tanburg welcome to the hundreds of
delegates that are to attend the State
Sunday School convention in Spartan
bury, May l, 2, 3. The entertainment
committee, with l.. w. Perrin as chair
man, is busy at work securing homes
for at least 1900 out of town dele
gates. The duty of registering and
assigning the delegates to their
homes is placed upon Horace L. Bomar.
chairman of registration committee.
AS such great attendance is expect
ed, the delegates are requested to
register in advance of the convention
by sending to Mr.. Bomar their name
and check for $1.00 as registration fee.
This will facilitate the work of the
committee, it is said, and the delegates
will make sure of having a home re-
served for himself. Spartanburg ex-
pected to furnish free entertainment
to all registered delegates.
1t is announced that the convention
headquarters will be the First Baptist
church. The general sessions of the
convention will be held in this church
each morning. The night sessions will
be held in Converse college auditorium,
that will seat at least $500 people. In
addition to offerin gthe auditorium for
the convention, the Converse college
authorities have requested the privi-
lege of entertainment during the con-
vention all former students of that in
stitution.
Within one more week all necessary
arrangements will have been complet-
ed, it is believed, for making this the
greatest Sunday School convention
ever held in the State.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20

1t is time for guarded speech and
for the exercise of self control. ANY
question that irritates and causes bit
terness in time of peace is liable to be
intensified in times like the present.
1t is said by thoughtless people that
the negro will give trouble in case
many men leave for the front. We
feel sure the negro is being done a
great wrong by this unwise speech.
In the first place, many of them, if
the need comes, will join the army.
Moreover, the race, as race, is docile.
About the only trouble the negro has
ever or will ever do the white people
is the result of unprinciple6 and de-
signing white men using them as tools
The negro in the South today has the
best opportunity for improving MS
condition he has ever had, and he is
safer here than anywhere in the world
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20

A meeting was held in the rooms of
the Union Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday afternoon to organize for
a "Clean-Up Campaign" to be waged
in Union beginning April 80, and con-
tinuing unabated until not tin can,
not a noxious pile of weeds, not a
scrap of paper, broken bottles, or
trash is left within our borders. 1t is
just the time to wage this war. Flies
and mosquitoes are our enemies. They
breed in filth and they spread disease,
and the best way to avoid being beset
by these pests is to make Union a
clean town. Let's get to work in the
back yard, under the house, all about
our premises and get rid of every
possible breeding place for the fly
and the mosquito. Let everybody help
by hooking after his own premises.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20

We cannot commend too highly the
movement among the leading colored
people of the county to enlist in the
work of the Commission for Civic Pre-
paredness for war. The recent mass
meeting of colored people held in the
courthouse d. ~ v-at en+bus;
Ncot--.---. .eve.opeu gres rntepA5
asm. The speeches made by prom-
nent colored men showed a commenda-
BILE spirit of patriotism. The colored
people can and will help in this time
of stress, and we feel that all pa
triotic white people will encourage the
colored people in this endeavor. Both
Governor Manning and D. r. Coker,
the chairman of the State committee
to promote preparedness in the mat
ter of farm products, have endorsed.
and are encouraging, the movement
among the colered people.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20
CITATION TO KINDRED AND
CREDITORS.

State of South Carolina,
County of Union.
By Hon. w. w. johnson, Judge of
Probate.
Whereas, Mrs. Delilah Jane Moore
head has made suit to me to grant
her Letters of Administration on the
Estate and effects of Miss Mary Whit
lock, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Miss Mary
Whitlock, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Union G.. H.,
South Carolina, on the 4th day of
May, next, after publication hereof,
at II o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal this
18th day Of April, Ammo Domini 1917.
w. w. Johnson,
Probate Judge.
Published on the Goth and 9th dags
of April, 1917, in The Union Times.
1E2
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20

Our recent trips about over the
county reveal the fact that the farmers
OF the county are cup to their ewes"
IN work. There is no denying the fact
that Union soil is going to produce
more this year than ever in it's his
tory, if human agency can accomplish
this end.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT
SUFFRAGE LEAGUE
Cheraw, S. c., April 6, 1917.

Cheraw, S. c., April 6, 1917.
My dear Mrs. Duncan:
Our special contribution to the n,-
ton in time Of war is the increase of
the food supply and the emphasizing
OF thrift. / will tell you what I am
doing just to give you an idea of what
am asking all the leagues to do.
L have formed the school children
into Relief Garden clubs. A club for
each grade. I have asked three la
dies, experienced gardeners, to tell the
children how to prepare the plots for
their gardens and to be a committee
to inspect the gardens each month. In
cooperation with your chamber of
commerce you can get vacant lots for
the children to plant, and they will
probably be willing to give prize for
each grade garden which is considered
the best kept. Try to get this into
the county by cooperation with the
demonstration agent.
Form the women in the mill COM
munities, any suburb or in the town
itself into Live-at-Home clubs. The
object of these clubs will be to plant
gardens, too, and to demand home
grown food products. We are sending
out millions of dollars which should
be kept in the state for foods that
can be grown right here if the house.
W!iyes demand such food. I am in CO n
municationn~ with Mr.. Long of Clemson,
and hope sooT>to have model rota-
ton of vegetables for you to suggest
to the children and to be able to get
lecturers for meetings of the children
and the women. But at their meetings, |
grocer can tell how prices are soar
ing and practical farmer can advise
as to what to plant.
You can get from me little buttons
for the children to wear. They will
probably be q penny. Clemson will |
give free some seeds and plants. The
plots for the children's gardens should
he 10 10 feet. Get the plots pre-
pared now, your committee will tell
the children how to do this.
am sure that the ingenuity of your
women will devise ways of interesting |
the men into helping you and into put
ting the idea before the women and
children in way that will appeal to
them.
Register the women as to names,
places of residence, and work that
they will do, such as clerks of all
kinds, stenographers, motor drivers.
cooks, etc. Send these to the state
league.
Hoping that your league will get to
work on our speciality Immediately,
Yourfs sincerely,
Harriet p. LYNCH
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20

The way the French and English are
hammering the German lines on the
Western front it appears that Ger
many must and will meet fearful dis
aster in that region. Indeed, the can
ture of men and guns by the allied
forces points to the coming Of a great
sweeping victory for them.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20

everywhere our people are busy
gardening. There will be no scarcity
OF vegetables in this section after two
months have passed. This is a good
thing. Let's plant; then plant again:
then plant third time. Keep up the
succession. You owe it to yourself and
you owe it to your community. Get
busy!
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20

Our heart goes with our faithful SOL
dier boys who left this week for Camp
Moore. We beg to assure them that,
when needed, there are some six or
eight thousand more men in Union
county ready to follow.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20
WACO TONIC

Never fails to prove it's merits In
such complains as Indigestion, Ma
laria, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, That
Tired Feeling, Neuralgia, Constipa.
uon,. Heart Trouble, Eczema, Sick
Headache, Catarrh and Nervousness.
$1.00 per bottle at
(Old Milhous Drug Store)
NAT MORGAN AND SAM LAYTON
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20
Piles Cured In 6 to II DAVIS

Your druggist will refund money II PAZo
OINTMENT falls to cure any case Of Itching,
Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to II days
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-04-20
MONEY TO LEND
FARM LANDS

$500 to $10,000-Twenty years time.
See
JNO. X. HAMBLIN
Lawyer
Office End door East of Postoffice.
IT,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
DRYS ARE JUBILANT
Saloons to Be Banished From Nation.
al Capital and Reed Bill Gets by
Conference.

Washington, D. c., March 1--Prohi-
bition leaders were jubilant today over
the passage by the house last night
of the bill to make the national city
dry and the action of the conferees on
the postofice appropriation bill in
agreeing on a report which includes
the Reed amendment forbidding all Inn
portation of liquor into prohibition
states even for personal use.
The district prohibition bill already
had passed the senate and now goes
to President Wilson for his approval.
The action OF the conferees on the
postal bill with its Reed bone dry"
amendment came Unexpectedly after
hope of an agreement had been aban-
doned.
The conference report was ready to-
day to be laid before the house and
senate and it is believed that il will be
accepted. The president Is expected
to sign both 1t and the district dry bill.
The district bill met with stubborn
opposition but finally passed the house
by the overwhelming vote of 273 to
1877
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
QUEEN IS CENSURED
Hollands Ruler Goes Skating During
Crisis and Brings Down condem-
nation Of Foes.

Amsterdam. Feb. 15.-( Correspond
ence of the Associated Press y
Should a queen 60 skating when her
country is in so serious a position as
Holland? The question has been rails
ed in parliament by a motion to CEN
sure Queen Wilhelmina for going to
skate at Leeuwarrden two days after
Germanys submarine warfare was an.
nounced. While there IS no chance OF
the motion even coming to a vote, 1t
has been the subject Of much discus.
sion in the lobbies and the news.
papers.
Supportes of motion declare that
skating and sports are undignified and
imply the neglect OF state affairs by
the queen The queens supporters re-
ply that her trip to Hollands most
famous ice course was only natural
in view Of the National Importance"
of skating in The Netherlands. They
declare that Queen Wilhelmina is un-
iversally known to be most con-
scientious and pains taking sovereign.
that she frequently devotes eighteen
hours day Estate business and that
the queens visit to the skating carnl-
val was advisable as being the best
way to indicate to the man in the
street that there was no necessity for
immediate alarm over the situation be-
tween Holland and Germany.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
AND JAPAN HOLD ALOOF
German Plot With Mexico

Washington, D. c., March l. = Following is a copy
of the instructions sent by the German foreign office
to the German minister, Won Eckhardt, to Mexico:
Berlin, January 10, 1917
"On the first of February we intend to begin sub
marine warfare unrestricted In spite OF this is our
intention endeavor to keep neutral the United States
of America.
IF this attempt is not successful we propose an
alliance on the following basis with Mexico:
"That we shall make war together and together
make peace We shall give general financial support
and is understood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost
territory in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. The
details are left to you for settlement
"You are instructed to inform the president of
Mexico OF the above in the greatest confidence as soon
as it is certain that there will be outbreak OF war
with the United States and suggest that the president
of Mexico, his initiative, should communicate
with japan suggesting adherence at to this plan
at the same time offer to mediate between Germany
and Japan
please call to the attention of the president of
Mexico that the employment of ruthless submarine
warfare now promises compel England to make peace
in few months
s . !. Zimmerman
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02

ned long ago to attract Japan to Ger
many's schemes, with the prospect not
only of occupying the German posses
sions in the Pacific and adding to her
domination of that great ocean, but of
settling the long standing friction with
the United States.
Observers here believe that the
breakdown Of the scheme so far as
Japan was concerned was signalized
when the Mexican government sudden
ly reversed it's attitude and announced
that it had no intention of cutting off
the British supply Of naval fuel oil, as
had plainly been indicated in General
Carranza's proposal to make peace in
Europe by cutting off exports of food
and munitions from neutrals.
Lansing Feels Safe.
Secretary Lansing authorized this
statement:
I'VE do not believe that Japan has
had any knowledge Of this CT that she
would consider any proposition made
by an enemy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
TO MOBILIZE MEN
German Volunteers Not Coming For
ward In Numbers Sufficient To
Meet The Demand.

Copenhagen, March (Vla Iondon)
to the German papers the
compulsory mobilization Of ofSGermany's
home army is imminent. The appeal
for volunteers, though answered by
large numbers. has not produced
enough workers to satisfy the actual
requirement Large numbers Of men
are needed at once to replace those EN-.
ployed behind the front, 10 work in
munition factories which are now be-
ing completed and for the all important
farm work.
The papers say that the government
is prepared for the compulsory enroll.
ment in the early days Of March OF all
persons between seventeen and sixty
so that the recruits can be put to work
from April l.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
GERMANS FALL
BACK IN FRANCE
Bapaume Soon to Be Taken
By the British Army
Is Paris Report

Paris, March l. The Germans have
already fallen back behind Bapaume
and the fall of that town Is imminent
according to information from the
front which has reached military
circles here The new German line Is
said to run along the road from
Bapaume to Peronne and some dis
tance in the rear Of the former town.
During their retirement the Germans
have Systematically destroyed their
dugouts and provision depots and rem
dered their trenches useless.
An Australian patrol in one place
found chain stretched across a "a
vine and discovered In time that It was
connected with mine at either end.
The German artillery fire is said to
have been notably feeble during the
recent retreat but heavy guns are re-
ported still in position at Bapaume.
mounted on rails
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
WAR SUMMARY.

The British forces in France con-
tinued to make progress against the
Germans. the latest success being the
capture Of the important village Of
Gommecourt, north of the River Ancre.
The capture of Gommecourt was fol-
lowed by the driving of the British
line thousand yards northeast of that
place.
The British are following the Turks
driven out of Kut-el-Amara and are en-
gaging them on three sides.
Along the northwestern frontier of
Rumania, the Teutonic allies have
captured several hill positions from
the Russians and taken moro than
800 prisoners.
For the first time since the COM
mencement OF Germanys intensified
submarine campaign, the last twenty.
four hours has brought no report from
London of vessels having been sunk
by submarine or mine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02

Washington. D. c., March 1. Aside
from the plan to ALLEVIATE Japan from
the entente and turn that country
against the United States, the plot to
embroil Mexico in a war against the
United States, which was to have gem
eral financial support from Germany,
commands chief attention because 1t
is regarded as proof of long shoulder
ing suspicious of German activities to
stir up trouble elsewhere on the wes-
tern hemisphere, where the United
States, by the Monroe doctrine, Is
morally obliged to maintain order.
Reports of German submarine bases
in the Gulf OF Mexico, hints OF pos
sible German influences were playing
upon all revolutionary factions in Mex
leo with the sole purpose of emoarrass-
ing the United States; reports OF re-
sentiment being stirred up against the
United States in Colombia, which al
ready has grievance because Ct the
partition of Panama: the recent pur-
chase by the United States of the Dan
ish West Indies. for the openly an
nounced reason that the United states
could not afford to have them fall into
the hands Of hostile power. all these
things. in the opinion OF officials mere
take on a decidedly definite form with
the disclosures made in Germany's in
structions to her minister In Mexico.
The investigation of the American
military intelligence officers and the
secret service along the border have
disclosed many German activities there
which now in the light Of these revela-
tions, can be assigned to their proper
place in the sequence of events.
Planned Columbus Raid.
At Columbus. N. NJ, it is charged
that German influences were respon-
sible for the Villa raid. with the object
OF forcing Intervention by the united
states. which was expected to draw
the attention of the American military
forces and consequently cut down the
munitions exports to the allies.
The army intelligence officers are IN
possession of information which seems