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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-05-04


lands. lumber, barrels slaves, and all
other timber products of any nature
and kind whatsoever, as the corpora
ton shalI choose; 70 have and own all.
the necessary appurtenances, appii-
ances, stock. wagons. houses, Offices,
and all necessary machinery. tools,
implements and all other things what
soever that may be necessary in the
conduct of said business; to operate In
connection with said manufacturing
plant and timber land and lands pur-
chases mad& By il or acquired. commits
safies, and to conduct general mer-'
camille business in conn ction Herewith.
with power to buy, own and sell goods,
wares and merchandise of every kind
whatsoever; and to: buy. lease, hold
develop and SELF timber, timber lands
and lands; to build, construct, own,
maintain and operate roads and road
ways and railroad and steamboat lines
and other modes and means Of con-
veyance, to be used in connection with
its saw mill and other plants, and with
said timber, timber lands, lumber and
timber products; to own, improve,
lease, sell and operate farms and farm
ing lands and to conduct in CONNECTION
enere"ten general P'snc"s ocsinesss
ana 70 ierm OF nave tarmeu IN s9cn
way ana manner - tne eorPotauon
sees mt: also % 90 general CONTRACT,
ing business, TO build ships, houses and
as the corporation may see nc and
proper 70 enter mo
AZ :. ', - rad a. follows. "
ARTICLE Y.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at the sum Of two hun
dred thousand, dollars ($20O, O0O) to be
divided into two thousand shares OF one
hundred dollars each, par value. pro-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-05-04

At a Liberty Loan meeting
held in a Louisiana parish the
speaker drew such a vivid pic
ture of the duty we owe TO our
boys in France and pleaded go
earnestly for economy and sac
rifice that a prominent citizen
OF the community drew
off his $500 diamond ring.
handed it to the speaker, say
ing, 1T would turn my fingers
now. Sell it and invest the
money in Liberty Bonds"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-05-04
Notice Of Firal Proof.
PROOF UNDER ACT JUNE 6, 49,

PROOF UNDER ACT JUNE 8, 1917
u. S. Land Office, Baton Rouge. la.
March e. 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Jesse
Lasyone, of Aloha. La. who, onMsrcr
70. 1915, made homestead entry No
O7462, tor the NV / OF NE l. SECTOR
Is, township z north, range 4 west,
Louisiana Meridian, has filed notice o:
intention to make three-year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed. before James j O'Quinn,
Clerk OF Court, at Colfax, louisiana,
On the 9th day of May, 1918
Claimant names as witnesses: I. F
Graves, G. w. Ferrier. G M. stan
field and J. F. Lasyone, all of Aloha,
La. ~E. u. GlANELLONI,
mar-l3 Rsgisler.<
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-05-04

bic. I tried nearly en-
cry nedicine~I could
hear OF, among them I
used fifteen bottles Of
one popular prepare
ton, but never found
Ss1
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-05-04

Rheumatism causes more pain and
suffering than any other disease, for
the reason that it is the most common
of all ills, and it is certainly gratifying
to sufferers to know that there is n
remedy that will afford relief, and make
rest and sleep possible 1t is called
Chamberlain Liniment.-Adv.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-05-04
Mother. / believe Mamie

Mother, / Relieve Mamie is
a pro-German. She's got 25c
and won't buy a war stamp"
These are the actual words of
a five-year-old Ellis county
child. The man who has not
subscribed to the Liberty Loan,
or has not purchased his full
quota, should realize that his
action is subject to the criti-
cism of even the children.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-05-04

Taken up at my place Jan. l, 1918,
one bull yearling marked with swallow
fork in right and split in left ear.
Looks to be about one year old and al
SO about one half jersy.
LEE REEVES,
Ap 6-4t' Montgomery, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-05-04
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Grant.

IdElSu Oh 0tauI
Before me, the undersigned Notary
Public, personally came and appeared
H. v. Sheriff. and A.. s. Sheriff., at
present residing in Colfax, Grant par
lsh, Louisiana, who declared that, act
ing under the authority of the resolu-
ton of the stockholders meeting of
the stockholders Of the Colfax Hard
wood Lumber Co., Incorporated, which
resolution is attached to and made
part hereof, same having been passed
on the 18th day of March, 1918, the
charter of the said Colfax Hardwood
Lumber Co., Inc, is hereby amended
as follows:
Article / of the Charter is amended
SO as to read as follows:
IS ARTICLE /.
The name and style of the corpora
ton hereby formed is declared to be
SHERRILL HARDWOOD LUMBER
COMPANY, INC, and its domicile il
hereby liked and established in the vii
lage Of Merryville, Parish Of Beaure-
gard, State Of Louisiana, where by said
name it shall have and enjoy corporate
succession for q period of ninety-nine
unless sooner dissolved by law or in the
manner hereinafter stipulated.
Article III Of the charter Is amended
% as TO read as follows: !.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation 10 organized are to
conduct . general wholesale and retail
humber ha1aineaa huvin<y and seIlinO
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-05-04
For a sprnined Ankle.

As soon as possible after the injury
IS received get bottle of Chamber
inns Liniment and follow the plai
printed directions which accompany
The bottle. ADV
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
MODIFIED BILL
OND. c. GARBAGE
DISPOSAL LIKELY

As a result OF a conference yester-
day between the District Commission
ers and the subcommittee OF the House
District Committee, which is giving
attention to garbage disposal for the
next fiscal year. the probabilities are
modified bill will soon be
agreed on between the subcommittee
and the Commissioners.
The Commissioners recently submit
ted a bill to the House committee.
Chairman johnson objected that 1t
was too general. Hence a subcommit-
tee was named. headed by Mr.. John
son, to consider legislation on garb-
age disposal.
At yesterdays conference the Com
missioners told of the different plans
they had been considering. including
the taking over OF the plant OF the
Washington Fertilizer Company II was
arranged that the Commissioners
should present a bill defining what
they wanted in as SPECIFIC terms as
possible, with the amount of the ap-
proriation named, and the subcommit-
tee will also frame a bill. A further
conference will be held Monday. II is
expected bill will soon be settled on.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
D. c. MACHINE GUNNERS
FASTEST AT MEADE

CAMP MEADE, Nd. March 3,-The
312th Machine Gun Battalion, the Dis
trict OF Columbia Organization, in
competition with. the 310th and the
-31ith made up mostly or men from
small towns in Pennsylvania, won
easily in every form OF speed test
that could be proposed by Major Lieb-
enrood and Sergeant-Major Noonan,
of the British army.
No exhibition has been more inter
esting than that given shy the ma
chine gunners; forming a "U's6across
the division parade ground, with a
front or firing line OF 500 yards. This
was not a test OF firtng, but ofIquick
work in the changing OF places, un-
der conditions similar to those to be
met under actual hre.
Men FELL in the midst OF The driTl.
Their elimination was brought about
by the simple process Of calling out
their number Or mostly IT. was done
by calling back from the sun those
ahead in the succession.
The superior speed OF the Washing
ton boys was clearly shown again and
again.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
TRAIN SCHEDULES
TO Be CURTAILED
SOONIN WEST,1OO

The great West must soon dimin-
ish its passenger travel Along with
its sister East. It will have fewer
passenger trains, and what it has
won't be so luxurious.
Plans awaiting final Endorsement
of Director General Me tdoo call for
even more drastic slicing Of non-es-
sential traffic than in Eastern terri.
tory, railroad administration officials
said.
Competing passenger service be-
tween Chicago, st. Louis. and Kansas
and between virtually all other large
cities west Of the Mississippi is part
of a tremendous program TO increase
the freight movement and save need
less expense. '--
Passenger lines, it Is Indicated, will
be stripped TO the bare minimum OF
actual n cessity. Trains that do run
will run to full capacity-not with
lower berths snugly filled and uppers
empty, and not with partly occupied
parlor cars.
interchangeable tickets will bring
economy to travellers and permit OF
necessary route changes and elimi-
nation OF connecting trains.
Pleasure tours of the Rockies and
other peace jaunts. too, will be
frowned upon, While no SPECIFIC ban
Is expected to be put on this travel,
passenger service. It Is outlined. will
be run, on the idea of getting there"
and commodious equipment that at
tracts pleasure seekers will. be lack
ing.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03

DR.. T. AIphonsus Wallace. n physi-
clan OF many years experience IN
this country and who has Been given
many honorary titles in England,
saws: II do not make a practice OF
recommending advertised medicinal
products. but I have found NuNated
Iron so potent in nervous, rundown
conditions. that l believe all should
know of il. The men and women Of
today need more iron in their blood
than was the case twenty or thirty
years ago. This because of the de
mineraliZed diet whiCh-now is served
daily in thousands uf homes and also
because of the demand FOR greater
greater number Of health hazards.
TO be met at every turn
Dr. f. Sauer. a Boston physician
who has studied both in this country
and in great European Medical inStI
in NuNated Iron. II people would
only take il when they feel weak or
rundown instead Of dosing them
selves with habit forming drugs. slim
ulants and alcoholic beverages, ] am
convinced there are thousands who
might .rdfly hUIli M y. O. 4 p o
corpuscIes increase their physical
energy and get Themselves INTO a
condition to ward of the millions
uf disease germs that are almost con
tinually around us. IL j. surprising
how many people suffer from iron
deficiency and do MT know OF il.
Dr. James Francis sullivan. former
" Physician OF Bellevue Hospital
OOutdoor Dept). New York and West
chester County Hospital, says: Thou
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
j. S. OFFICER WHO
CAPTURED FIRST
U-BOAT PROMOTED

"Chips" carpenter, the Lieut.. Ar
thur Schuyler Carpenter who was
the skipper OF the L. S. s. Tanning.
and the first American naval officer
ever to receive the surrender OF a
German submarine, has been pro-
NOTED. He has been made a lieuten-
ant commander, and has been assign
ed as aide for personnel on the staff
OF Vice Admiral Sims, in charge OF
all American naval operations
abroad.
The Tanning, two months ago,
fought a German submarine with
depth charges and gunfire until she
came to the surface and her crew
cIambered on deck, held their hands
aloft, and shouted, "Kamerad" They
were all taken aboard the Tanning,
given dry clothes. and carried in high
glee to the American base. The glee
was higher because one German stay
ed below and opened the sea cocks
while his messmates were on deck
surrendering. and when Commander
Carpenter put a hawser aboard the
U-boat to tow her in with him, she
sank beneath the waves.
He and his crew were generously
compIimented by both American and
British naval authorities at the time.
Commander Carpenter, who shares
the nickname Chips" with every
carpenter in the navy. is one OF the
most popular of the younger officers.
He comes from New Brunswick, NJ.
J.. and was graduated from the Naval
Academy in the class OF 1908.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
PASSION PLAY MAY
. Be SEEN HERE BY
AUTHOR TONIGHT

The second presentation OF the Pas
sion play, "On the Slopes of Calvary
in Gonzaga Theater tonight probably
will be witnessed by the author, Rev
AureIio Palmieri. Father Palmieri,
distinguished member OF the Angus
tinian Order, is expected to be IN
Washington today from his home in
Philadelphia. II he arrives It is ex'
pected he will be presented to the au-
dience tonight.
Rev. Paul r. Conniff, pastor OF ST.
Aloysius Church, stated last night
that an erroneous impression had been
spread through the city that the play
is only for Catholics. All Washing
tonians are welcome, Father Connitt
said. The play will be repeated every
Sunday night during Lent, and in the
afternoon on Palm Sunday.
In addition to the author, the FOL
lowing diplomats have been invited
to the performance tonight:
Senior Don Santiago Aldunate, am
bassador of Chile; Senior Ign. Ygnacio
Bonillas, ambassador of Mexico; Dr.
Carlos Maria de Pena. envoy OF Uru'
quay; Senior Don Joaquin Mendez. en-
voy OF Guatemala; W. A. r Eken-
Kren, envoy of Sweden; Or. Alberto
Membreno. envoy OF Honduras; Phya
Prabha KarayonEse, envoy Of Siam;
SoIon Menos, envoy OF Haiti; DR.. Car
los Manuel de Cespedes, envoy OF
Cuba; DR.. Joaquin r. Torralbas, hrst
secretary OF Cuban legation; Senior
DR.. Don Santos A. Dominica. envoy
OF Venezuela: Senior DR.. Don Belisario
Porras, envoy of Panama; Alexandra
V. Georgevitch, first secretary OF Ser
bian legation: Senior DR.. Don Rafael
H. Elizalde. envoy Of Ecuador; DR..
Carlos Adolfo Ureta. envoy OF Colom-
bia; Hans SulZer, envoy OF Switzer-
land: Spiro X. Constantinidi. first Sec
retary OF Grecian legation: Manuel de
Freyre v Santander, envoy OF Peru:
Senior DR.. Luis Galvan, charge daft
faires Of Dominican legation; Ramon
Enriquez, charge d'affalres OF Mica
raguan legation: VI KyuIn wellington
Koo, envoy OF China.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
TO TEACH FARMING
At ENCAMPMENT Of
SERVICE SCHOOL

Sister Susie will lay down her knit
ting needles and bandage roller and
take up the shovel and the hoe as a
practical farmer at the third encamp.
ment OF the National Service School
on the Government reservation on
Conduit road between Georgetown
and Glen Echo.
Intensive farming, with the assist
ance of the Department OF Agricul.
ture officials, and practical food con-
servation planned by the Food Ad
ministration will be the features OF
this years encampment, from April %
to June /.
Many Washington girls who attend
ed the National Service School will be
members of the postgraduate com
pany. Applications are being received
every day at the Theodorus Bailey
Myers Mason House, national head
quarters for the National Service
School. from other Washington girls
and girls from all the States in the
Union anxious to take advantage OF
this opportunity for preparation for
wartime service.
Provision will be made for $50 stu.
dents in each course of twenty days.
Following the first session, the sec
ond will begin May L. and end Ne
mortal Day. Students taking the ag-
ricultural course will be required to
remain for the entire six weeks. The
school will be housed in tents as in
former years, and the work will be
conducted along military lines.
It is the desire TO stimulate the in
terest of American women in farm.
ing, and thus lead the way for the
vast army OF woman agricultural re-
cruits who must bring about increas-
ed food production this year.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03

DR.. FERDINAND KING, New York
Physician and Medical author, says
physicians should prescribe more
organic irOn-Nuxated Iron-to
supply the iron deficiency. Opinions
of DR.. Schuyler c. Jaques, Visit
ing Surgeon. st. Elizabeths Hos
pital New York City; DR.. James
Francis Sullivan, formerly Physi-
clan of Bellevue Hospital Outdoor
Dept.), New York and the West
chester County Hospital, and other
physicians who have thoroughly
tested the value of Nuxated Iron.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
Pershing Has Farley
With Weather Wizard
Before Every Scrap

What's the weather for the
morning." says General Pershing.
Fair and warmer" reports his
chief weather forecaster.
Fair enough" replies Pershing:
well make it hot for the Huns at
sun-up," and he orders battle
for the dawn.
For no weIl-conducted. modern.
scientific battle makes its debut
without the weather mans ap-
proval. lie and all his fair-but-
cloudy brothers have gone into
the army, and there's a stan Of
them with every military organi-
zation of American soldiers.
Machine guns. night patrols, big
artillery, and air observation all
consult the meteorological prog
nosticator; barometers and ane-
roids have become prime weapons
of war, and the victory OF the
great spring drive may come on
the wings OF the big winds-from
Medicine Hat.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
BRITISH REPULSE 2 RAIDS,
GENERAL HATG REPORTS

LONDON, March 3.-Two hostile
raids were repulsed by British troops
east OF the Poligon wood, Field Mar
shall HaiG has reported to the war
office.
"A raid against the Portuguese
front was carried out on q front of
5000 yards" the statement also said.
THE enemy entered the foremost
trenches, but was counter-attacked
and driven out.
On Friday 200 bombs were dropped
by aerial forces on various objec-
tives. Two hostile aeroplanes were
downed, and two driven down out
OF control. One OF our machines is
missing"
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
KING OF BOOTLEGGERS
EALLSPREY TOREED Law

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 3.-In one
OF the first cases growing out of the
Reed amendment, which prohibits the
shipment of liquor into dry States,
Federal Judge John Mccall yesterday
sentenced X. A. Laughter to two years
in the Federal penitentiary and to
pay & fine of $4,000. Laughter, who
has been raided a number of times,
is known as king of the bootleg
gers" He was charged with con-
spiracy to violate the law, and at
tornsys declare the decision will be-
come a precedent in all dry States.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
GOVT. FILES BRIEF IN
LIBERTY OF PRESS CASE

The liberty of the press does not
permit the publication of statements
which may interfere with the admin
istration Of justice on pending legal
cases.
This is the point made by the at
torneys of the Department OF Jus,
tice in a brief filed in the United
States Supreme Court.
The brief upholds the judgment OF
the Circuit Court OF Appeals in the
case OF the Toledo Newspaper Com
pany, publishers of the Toledo News.
Bee.
Certain articles. editorials and car
toons printed therein are held to have
been in contempt OF the United States
district court for the northern district
Of Ohio, which was then sitting on q
case.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
HOOVER. ORDER CUTS
GRAIN FOR Mailing

To insure greater supply OF
cereals which may be substituted for
wheat" the Food Administration yes
terdsy ordered. cuts IN grain for malt
inG. -Malsters are. prohibited from
mating more than 30 per cent of the
grains used in corresponding six
months periods last year wfiffe yeast
malt extract malt -four, or vinegar
is eliminated from the basis OF
reckoning -
The order further. forbids con-
tracts for future delivery beyond f2O
days except when made, with the
United. States or the .aLliss.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
COMPANY OF MARINES
WORTH $2,545,OOO DEAD

The Eigh eth Company. = Rsgi-
ment, L. $. Marines, on active service
somewhere in France, Is insured for
S2.545. 900.
This undoubtedly establishes rec
ord for individual company Insurance
subscription. OF the e55 men in the
company. 254 took out ir-urance for
$4,000 each. the remaining member
subscribing to a 5000 policy.
In addition to this. lSS men Of the
same company made Ilotments. to-
falling $2.s3O.5O, for the folks back
home"
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
Two WOMEN SUE
W.R&E FOR $4,000

Two damage suits amounting to
$50, 900 have been filed as. inst the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. Mrs. Grace c. Clnirmont is
suing for $4,000, claiming that on
June 81, while she stood at New York
avenue and Fourteenth street north
west, she was struck by a car and
suffered conclusion OF the brain and
an injury to one eye.
Mrs. Mary Mccarthy claims that
her hand was crushed in the door OF
a car on September n, and that on
October Is. she was injured in a col
lisiOn at Eleventh and Irving streets
northwest. Both are represented by
Wilton J. Lambert and r. II. Yeat-
man.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
SPORTING WRITER DIES.

MONTGOMERY. Ala, March a.
r. T.. Cary. Jr. former sporting
write 'or Chicago newspapers, Is dead
here ,oday from burns received in
fire. Gary was the author of the
poem "He and jim" oftentimes
credited to James whitcomb Riley.
The body was sent to relatives in
New York.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03

There can be no strong. healthy.
beautiful, rosy-chesked women, with
out iron" says DR.. Ferdinand King.
a New York physician and Medical !
Author. Il have strongly emphasized
the fact that doctors should prescribe
more organic iron-NuNated Iron
for their nervous, rundown, weak
haEgard looking women patients
PalIor means anaemia. The skin OF
an anaemic woman is pale, the flesh
Fsbby. The muscles lack tone, the
brain Tags. and the memory fails. and
often they become weak, nervous, II
ritable. despondent and melancholy;
When the iron goes from the blood
"Tn the most common foods of
America, the starches. sugars table
syrups. candies, polished rice. white
aroni. spaghetti, tapiocA. sago, far
ina, deEerminated Cornmeal, no long
er is iron to be found. Refining
processes have removed the iron or
Mother Earth from these impovsrish,
cookery. by throwing down the waste
pine the water in which our vcEc-
tables are cooked. are reSponslple LOT
another grave iron loss. therefore,
Won should supply the iron deficiency
i'm your food by using some form OF
organic iron Just as YOU would use
salt when your food has not enough
salt" ,-,-,..
DR.. Schuyler c. Jaques. Visiting
Surgeon OF st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
New York City. said: 'I have never
before given out any medical informa-
tion or advice for publication, as
ordinarily do not believe in II. But
so many American women suffer from
iron deficiency with its attendant
ills that 7 deem IL my duty TO advise
such to take %uNatSd Iron. ! have
taken II myself and given u 10 my
patients with most surprising ana
satisfactory results. And those who
wish quickly to increase their
strength. power and endurance VIII
find Il most remarkabl" and won
derfully effective remedy
The Washington times., 1918-03-03

Any woman who tires. easily, is
nervous or irritable, or looks pale.
hagEard. and worn should at once
have her blood examined for iron de-
ncy-sdministration Of simple
Nuxated Iron will often increase the
strength and endurance OF weak. nerv-
Gus. careworn women in from ten to
fourteen days time.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03

Senator Owen continued the sub
ject by offering a resolution provid-
ing that men knowing how to do farm
work shall not be called from by the
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
Overcome Tendency
To Chronic Catarrh

The trlest OF all sayings. An ounce Of
prevention II worth a pound OF cure Is
strikingly true IN the cases Of catarrhal
tendency. The safe, sure way is to quickly
relieve symptoms. irrftztSOn. 1aThere Is a
very simple. inexpensive. ard sffsctlvRl
method.s Get a. tube Of Cu-hol. The price
Is &c. and in nearly every czsesits has been
found to give quick relief. Try II the very
next time you see symptoms OF catarrhal
condition that cold brings on. You win.
like hundreds OF others. become Cu-MorI
enthusiasts In its quick relief giving feaJ1
lures. o'Donnell's Drug Stores. Peoples
Drug Stores.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03

The Senate opened with protest
which belongs to this immediate
Florida read a telegram from his
constituents urging help at once in
getting food to those who need it
most. They had responded to ap-
peals to "help win the war" by pro-
ducing more food. They have ready
market for fresh vegetables, so bad
ly needed in the North, but they are
spelling on their hands for lack of
quick movement to market"
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
The Child's AppeaI-what Is Your Answer?

Mother, why \
don't you take NUX-
ATED IRON and be
strong and welland have
nice rosy cheeks instead
of being so nervous and
irritable all the time and
looking so haggard and
old-The doctor gave
some to Susie Smiths
mother and she was
worse of than you are
and now she looks years
younger and feels just
fine"