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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-26
Loses License for Failure to Deliver
Feed Stuff.


Loses License for Failure to Deliver
Feed Stuff.
Washington, Jan. q. The IL
cense offs. R. Jennings of Shreve-
port, La, dealer in cottonseed
meal and cake, has been revoked,
the food administration announc-
ed Monday night because of his
failure to deliver cattle feed in
accordance with contracts made
with him by cattle owners. His
place of business must be closed
and the food administration will
close out his business.
THE food administration, :"
the announcement said, decided
after an investigation of Jenn-
ings' case, that he failed to make
delivery of materials necessary
to preserve the cattle of this
country. By his act, he was
causing large losses to those who
had intrusted their orders to him.
The specific charge under which
his license was revoked was that
he had failed to. deliver on ad-
vance orders from cattle feeders
and Others"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-26
Cotton Ginnings Before Jan. 16.

Washington, Jan. %. The GEN.
sus bureau to-day announced the
cotton ginned prior to January
16 totaled 1859. ATS running
bales, including SO, TAI Sea Island
but excluding linters. Florida
ginnings, AZ, 226; Louisiana, 608..
08S; Mississippi, S18.304; Flori-
da Sea Island, SO, 1863.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-26
Catarrh Of Stomach
Did Not Know 1t

Mrs. Selena Tanner, Athens, Ohio,
writes: Il cannot find words to ex-
press my thanks for your kind adj
vice. ! never once thought l had ca
tarrh of the stomach. / commenced
taking Peruna, as you directed. My
stomach continued to hurt me for
about two weeks after began the
medicine. and then it stopped. i now
have a good appetite, while before
/ was nearly starved"
Those who object to liquid .medi-
cInes can procure Peruna Tablets.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-26
Mr.. Huev r. Williams has 70.

Mr.. Huey R. Williams has re-
Gently divided the store room of
the Florence hotel into two COM
partments. The front is occu-
pied by Mr.. H. K. Wells as a
pressing shop, while Fred Gun
sack occupies the rear with his
barber shop.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-26
Teachers Requested to Assist Exemp.
tion Boards With Indexes.

| Teachers Requested to Assist Exemp.
! tion Boards With Indexes.
Baton Rouge, Jan. q, 1918.
Dear Superintendent am in
receipt of a request from Provost
Marshal Crowder, based upon an
order issued by President Wilson.
that public school teachers imme-
diately offer their services to the
local exemption boards to prepare
card indexes of the classification
of all registrants for military
service, in order that the Nation
al Government may receive i'm
mediately definite information as
to the ability of registrants to
perform services in special lines
of work required by the War De-
partment.
President Wilson directs under
authority of the Selective Draft
Law that this order be given
right of way, and that it be acted
upon Immediately.
! request that promptly upon
receipt of this letter you call on
the chairman of your local ex-
emption board, ascertain the
character and scope of the work
which he wishes your teachers
to perform, arrange with him as
to the hours that the teachers
shall devote to this work, and
then designate the teachers whom
you will assign for this service.
The chairman of the local exemp-
ton board will, of course, see
that the teachers are thoroughly
instructed as to their duties;
placing them in position to make
out the cards accurately.
This is one of those matters
that cannot be postponed but
must receive immediate, pains
taking and conscientious atten-
ton.
Yours sincerely,
T. H. HARRIS,
State Superintendent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-26

Do you get up at night? Sanoi is
surely the best for all kidney and blad-
der troubles. Sanol gives relief in "a
hours from all backache and bladder
troubles. Sanol is guaranteed rem
edy. SOC and $1.00 a bottle at b e
drug store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-26

The meningitis situation is
much improved in Alexandria
and at Camp Beauregard this
week. Thus far Colfax has es-
capped entirely. No otner cases
have developed at the two points
where the disease was reported
IN Grant parish three weeks ago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-26

The Colfax high school was
closed the first three days of this
week, owing to a lack of fuel
and in order to repair pipes burst
ed during the late freeze.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-26
Stomach Troubles.

II you have trouble with your stom-
ach you should try Chamberlain, Tab
lets. So many have been restored to
health by the use of these tablets and
their cost is SO little, % cents, that Il
is worth while to give them a trial
adv.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-26

If you have Chills or Malaria get a
SOC bottle of Sanol Chill Tonic nothing
better fer chills and malaria. Get il
at the Drug Store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-26

Send US your order for job printing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

do, Just the same. The same people
think that colds come from too much
air that fevers come from they know
not where whereas all ills come from
fooo poisoning. SO. then, let us not
blame It on the dogs nor the cats nor
the birds nor the gods--the fault Is ours
alone. Get down to the simplest food.
and the boys at the front shall not
want.
Would 1t not be very inconsistent for
the owner OF Drifter to get up from his
meal OF roast beef and bacon and eggs
and potatoes and beets and corn and
carrots and wheat bread and rye bread
and rich dessert and fruits and various
dishes too numerous to mention now.
for I've found these things on their
table at nearly every meal in the weeks
spent therefor the owner then, OF
busy Drifter to get up from this table
and. too full to take another mouthful,
order Drifter shot because with visit
full eyes and wassins tail he awaited
the scraps from that table?
No. you Conservation you shall
have to cut out your overeating until
your brain clears. and then think up
some other means Of ending the war
one you can sign your name to- Here
10 mine! MONTE RErSHARDT HAzLETT.
LINCOLN, Neb.. July as
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
voice the unprayerful lips to continue
TO yocalize I'm the Senate.

voice the unprayerful lips to continue
to vocalize in the Senate.
II never heard that legislator
would be injured II he had some facts
on which to base conclusion as to
what he ought to do" declared Sen
ator PoMERENE.
Rather sweeping language, that.
Without facts a legislator might, with
untroubled mind, unsullled conscience
vote according to orders. But what
II he has facts which force him to q
conclusion opposed to orders? Would
he not suffer an injury to his con-
science. directly chargeable to the
facts, on being obliged to vote con,
trary to the dictates of conscience?
May 1t not be that Senators UNDER
WOOD and LEWIS had in mind this
charitable consideration when they
successfully urged the Senate to vote
on the telegraph bill, so called, with.
out any possibly conscience disturb
ing facts on which to found their leg.
islntive conclusion?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
Summons.

From height to height Columbia calls;
She sends from sursins sea to sea,
To cabin and to mansion halls.
Her mighty summons TO the free;
She bids her trus, undaunted sons
Stand to their $un'-stAna to their sun''
Hark. how the West her answer gives,
The South. how proudly now she speaks,
The spirit OF Columbia lives
And thunders from our northern peaks;
For when our mother speaks the word
She shall be heard-she shat be heard!
Nor halt now to nicely weigh
And nicely measure and adjust;
She speaks, and We, her sons, obey.
For she hath all our love and trust.
Her word shall be our guiding star
From paths OF peace to paths OF war;
Speak. then. In thunder O yc ships
lie, your nerce voices swell and roar
TIL. at the summons OF your lips,
Peace reigns again from shore to shore:
TIL our grim foes beleAgured walls
Shall fear your tones and heed your calls,
And ye. young eagles OF the sky.
who sprsns from out Columbias breast.
Soar with Columbias eagle high.
Clothed with the thunder Of the West
Loose the red lightnings OF your cloud
To sm!te the foe and scar the proud
may our God the Father keep
Our dear ones through the embattled
glade
O may he watch upon the deep
His sailor sons whom lie hath made;
And. when the battle tempests blow,
Thy mercy. Lord, on friend and foe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
A Strange Error In the senate,

When the Senate had under con-
statue of JAMES BUCHANAN. to be
erected in Washington. there was
rather a prolonged debate not wholly
free from acrimony. Senator LODGE
presented with his habitual force and
conciseness the opinion of those who
do not hold the political memory Of
President BUCHANAN in high esteem.
Senators KNOX Of Pennsylvania and
SMITH OF Maryland, who were the
most effective advocates of the ac-
ceptance of the statue-the gift OF
Mr.. BUCHANAN's niece, the late Mrs.
HARRIET LANE JoHNsoN-gave great
weight to honors said TO have been
paid by the people of his own State
to the memory of Pennsylvania only
President of the United States. One
argument, pressed with much insist
ence and eloquence, was the alleged
fact that both houses of the Penn
sylvania Legislature, without n dis
senting vote, had passed resolution
to take over the Buchanan estate,
"Wheatlands," adorned with a statue
of the late President, and to main
tain the establishment in perpetuity
ms u public park. Referring to this
Senator GALLINGER of New Hamp.
shire said;
Mr.. President, ] was greatly i'm
| pressed by the suggestion made by the
| distinguished Senator from Pennsylva-
MIA (Mr. KNox)-a matter that ! had
| known before but had forgotten-that
by a unanimous vote of both houses
| OF the Legislature the great Republican
State of Pennsylvania has recognized
| JAMES BUCHANAN to the extent that II
| has purchased the beautiful estate
| 'Wheatlands, of which he himself was
30 fond. and has made 1t memorial
at which the citizens OF Pennsylvania
can meet and recall the services Of the
man whom they honor and respect
whether we do or not"
But now Representative BENJAMIN
N. FoCHT of Pennsylvania has pre-
scented In the House apparently incon.
trovertible documentary evidence tina,
never. by legislative enactment OF
otherwise. has the State Of Penn
sylvnnIa taken over "Wheatlands.
Still less has 1t converted the place
into public park in memory OF
President BUCHANAN or anybody else
SO far from the State having erected
a statue to BUCHANAN, Mr.. FoCHT Is
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
Initials That Mean Sonnet hing.

Congress has seldom done wiser
thing than to consent that members
Of the military service may accept
from our allies any such decorations
as are conferred by their Govern.
ments upon the officers and men of
their own armles. This consent Is
granted unuer clause 8 Of section 8
of Article /. Of the Constitution Of
the United States, which provides as
follows:
mo title OF nobility shall be granted
by the United States: and no person
holding any office OF profit or trust un-
der them shall, without the consent OF
the Congress. accept Of any present
emolument, office or title Of any kind
whatever. from any King. Prince or
foreign State"
Awaiting itself promptly Of the priv
ilege of thus honoring American SOL
diers, the Government of Great Brit
ain has conferred the Grand Cross Of
the Order of the Bath upon General
PERsHINa and the Grand Cross Of the
Order Of St. Michael and ST. George
upon General TAsKER II. BLISS and
upon General MARCH. Chief Of Staff
at Washington. General PERsHiNo
may now append to his name the let
ters G. c. Il. and General BLISS and
General MARCH the letters G. c. nj. G..
In their cases these initials mean
something They signify distinguished
service in the greatest war the world
has ever known.
The Order of the Bath has always
been highly esteemed rs n military
and naval decoration; but 1t Is only
in recent years that the Order Of st.
Michael and St. George has been be-
slowed to any considerable extent
upon officers Of the British army and
navy. 1t was originally conferred
for official services of Importance
rendered In the Ionian Islands when
they constituted a British protector
ate. After the Ionian Islands were
coded to Greece the Order Of st.
Michael and st. George became
largely colonial decoration. Thus
Sir ROBERT LAIRD BORDEN. the Prime
Minister of Canada. is II G. c. NJ. &.
In looking over the list Of members,
however. we find n sufficient number
Of Generals to bring 1t within the
definition Of the act Of Congress,
which requires that 1t shall be such
decoration MS Is conferred upon per
sons in the military service OF Great
Britain to warrant its acceptance by
| Americans.
In England persons thus honored
use the prefix Sir to their names
but we assume that American soldiers
will prefer to do as HENRY IRVING
generally did when in this country
and omit the Sir.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
BLOOD PRESSURE.
Three Uncertain Quantities in the
Making OF Tests.

To THE EptroR OF THE suN-Sr; The
experience OF Dr. Hitler noted In re-
cent number of THE SUN. should cause
no surprise. though the differences in
blood pressure obtained ny different
operators are krotesquely excessive.
In making blood pressure tests a very
convenient form OF instrument known as
the sphygmo Is usually em-
poyed In making the tests with this
instrument three uncertain factors ex-
ist: the patient, the operator and the
instrument
In persons Of normal health tho blood
times A single test therefore, is an
unsafe guide
There Is likewise much difference in
the results OF different operators on the
same patient at practically the same
time Moreover. the same operator will
not always obtain the same results in
successive tests
In such Q case the fault may be with
the instrument. or II may be with the
operator. What is stili more perplex-
ing. different instruments used upon the
same patient at practically the same
time may show amazing differences In
readings
The sphygmo- msnometer. appears 70
be simplicity itself. in reality It re.
auires great deicaCy OF manipulation
and familiarity with Its mechanism, II
accuracy OF observation is to be oh.
| tanned 1t is long way from being
fool proof in the hands even OF an ex-
pert. And when the physician calls
upon his photographer to make blood
pressure tests. 1t is not unreasonable
to expect surprising results.
| In one case that came to my knowl-
| edge the attendant reported n blood
pressure OF sIanm, and the patient was
| permitted to leave the Office with the
| impression that this was his true coudi.
| ton az 70 blood pressure. This may
| have been true. but It Ia not at all likely
a cautious physician would have pro-
cured another instrument wherewith Ia
mako additional tests
The results IN Dr. Killers experience
rhow conclusively that the instrument
was out OF adjustment Any instrument
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
Conscience Disturbing Facts.

In a debate involving some inter-
esting consideration OF political con-
science Senator LEWIS, at all times n
model of frankness ms well az of ele-
gance In speech, confessed to his dis
mayed colleagues that he failed in ad.
vised frequency Of prayer,
would he" asked Senator BoIEs
PENRosE Of the Lily of Illinois. "if the
Presidential mind Is moved to seize
all the copper mines and coal mines
OF the country, fall down on his knees
express his assent, and offer joint
resolution"
Thereupon the Hon. JAMES HAMIL
TON promptly confessed: Alas dc
not fall enough on my knees before a
higher Conf would hardly be found
to do it. sir to temporal authority
Nevertheless, n temporal authority
temporarily occupying one of the
handsomest mansions In the District
of Columbia, has urged with poten'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

as I do. and take care not to mend the
holes. they will come in time to be lace /;
and feathers, my dear girl. may be had
In America from every cocks tail"
We have heard many orators urg-
ing economy on their auditors. and
have read many written and printed
appeals designed TO influence the pub
lie to trim its expenditures to the
needs Of the nation. Some OF the
spea kers have been eloquent, some Of
the writers profound, all Of them
sincere and determined, but none OF
them has succeeded in lettering the
remarks Of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN to
his daughter on the subject of per-
sonal economy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

responsible for the assertion that the
only monument TO him in Pennsyl-
vnnia is one paid for by his niece,
Mrs. JOHNSON. which stands in ra-
vine west of Foltz, Franklin county,
near the site of the statesman's
birthplace.
In support of this. Mr.. FocHT Of
fers two letters one from the Record.
err Of Deeds Of Lancaster county and
the other from the Pennsylvania
state Librarian. The Recorder OF
Deeds writes:
Former President JAMES BUCHANAN
devised the estate 'Wheatlands' to his
niece HARRIET LANE JOHNSON, who In
1884 sold it to MARY A. WILSON The
said MARY a. WILSON died intestate
leaving two children. MARY e. WILSON
and GEORGE B. WILSON. to whom the
same descended under the intestate laws
Of Pennsylvania and who are the pres
ent owners"
The Pennsylvania State Librarians
letter IL addressed to Mr.. FoCHT. as
member of the House o. Representa-.
tives. and reads thus:
You ask me whether the Common
wealth OF Pennsylvania had ever taken
any action looking toward the purchase
of the house Of JAMES BUCHANAN. and
also whether there was any considera-
ton of a monument TO be placed there.
II can ind no act which refers at ali
to BUCHANAN in the laws of Pennsyl.
| vania except that OF 1911 tP. L.. D. 2D
An act to permit the Commonwealth OF
! Pennsylvania to accept from the trustees
| of the James Buchanan monument fund
/ the land in Franklin county on which Is
erected a monument marking the birth.
place Of the late JAMES BUCHANAN
This was put in charge of the For.
estry Department"
IF this Is true. how were Mr.. KNOX
and Mr.. SMITH misled? How did
Senator GALLISGER recall fact
which he had forgotten. which fac,
has no existence?
! 1t is probable that had Senator
LODGE injected into the discussion the
two letters quoted above, the Blu
chanan memorial might not have been
added to the gallery of statues in the
city Of Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
Exploding n Fond Belief of Childhood

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr EH'
ferrinR 10 your editorial article On
Laughing Gas for Prairie poss !
would respectfully refer You to trH Art
Gle on the Prairie Dog" In the National
Geographic Md0asine for May.
At the close OF the article you say.
And what OF the lamcntah'n oTe.''
upon the owls and snakes who. as every
child knows, share with the p~air.c -
their Squire ANNOYING burrows ~"
hope the question has been referred -
the Senate calendar OF unnnlsNci '.-'
ness"
Apparently the permaneut o'..'
OF the burrows jointly by the dc ga
and snakes is TO . large extent ". ~
plodod idea. notwithstanding thr '""N.'
edge OF every child \ &
rALATINE BRIDGE, July 20
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
Relgium.

1t was on July II, 1881, that LEO
FOLD I. was inaugurated King of Bel
GUM under the constitution drafted
by the national assembly. That con.
stitution, under which ALBERT now
rules a nation ravaged by a relentless
foe, endures practically unchanged to-
day, and the spirit of the Belgian peo-
pie, forced though they are, except
for few. to exist under an alien and
brutal military despotism, is unlm-
paired by the terrible trials that have
been borne by its possessors.
Belgium remains what she has been
from the first, the most damning ex-
ample of Prussian aggression and de-
ceit that four years of war have Of
fered to the world. She was be-
trayed by Power that was bound to
respect and defend her rights. Count
less injustices have been done to her
as a nation, and to her people as
citizens and individuals. No single
right enjoyed by man under the be-
nign precepts Of Christianity or OF
civilization has been recognized by
her foes. A deliberate campaign of
destruction has been waged against
her institutions and her inhabitants.
History contains no chapter more re-
voting than that in which the deeds
Of Germany and Germans in the coun-
try Of ALBERT are recorded.
But the reign OF terror has failed
to attain its object. Belgium crushed
to earth remains more powerful than
all the armies of the Kaiser. more pO.
tent than the most subtle and cunning
Of Prussian intriguants. To her
cause the whole world of honorable
men has rallied, pledged to see justice
done to her, though the wrongs done
to her people can never be repaired.
On this anniversary of LEOPOLD LIS
inauguration as the King of the Bel
gians, though her territory Is over
ridden by her enemy, though her PEG
pie are in want, though sorrow dogs
the footsteps OF her faithful citizens
the land of ALBERT is greater thar
ever before and rich with the prom
ised rewards for faithfulness.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

The Hunsev for August offers a we'll
balanced and attractive table of contents.
with special articles on various aspects OF
the war by such authorities as Brander
Matthews. who analyses the much touted
German ef,ciency, andJnnds 1t sadly lack
ing In effectiveness; Captain Charles A.
King. Jr.. u. 8. A., who describes the un-
changing character of strategy and weap'
ons employed in warfare, ancient and
modern; Edwin c. Hin, who pictures An.
DIRE Tardieu, the French High Commits
sioner to the United states: NJ. r. Ryan.
by whom the imperative necessity of a
budget system for the United States Is Sc,
forth. and others. Richard lie Galliennt
gives an account OF woman's hGht foi
freedom. There is an attractive offering OF
notion, in which are stories from the peni
OF C. n. and A. NJ, williamson, Arnold
Bennett Mrs. Jacques Futrelle and others
The departments are maintained on their
customary high plane and the illustrations
are numerous and good.