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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01

President Wilson arrived in
Boston harbor in time to deliver
an address in that city to an i'm
mense audience of 5000 people
on Monday, Feb. "a. He was
given. a great ovation along the
streets by many thousands who
could not get in the great hall in
which he spoke. His sentiments
were enthusiastically applauded
as he threw down the gauntlet
to his critics about the league of
nations, and said that nothing
would give him more satisfaction
than to debate the question be-
fore the people of the country
and let them decide the issue.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
Wants to Hear from Home Folks.

france, FEBRUARY z, 1913.
Editor Coyar Chronicle:
Not hearing from my folks or
any of my friends for the five
months / have spent in the U. S.
army in France. l write to ask
you to publish this in your paper,
as many of them are Chronicle
readers. / have written many
times, but do not know if they
received my letters as | have re-
ceived no replies. / am well and
in good health, and am enjoying
the life of a soldier with the
many interesting sights to be
seen in France, but amp hoping
to return to the States soon.
Yours truly,
ROBT. H. FAIRCLOTH,
Battery B, So Reg. C. A. c..
France.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
DIED.

LOFTON-At Ruby, Rapides
parish, La. on Monday, Feb. "a,
1919, Mat D. Lotion. aged forty
one years. The cause of his
death was pneumonia following
la case of influenza. He was
buried on Tuesday in Pine Grove
cemetery, Rev. A. P. Durham
officiating at the obsequies.
The deceased was a native of
Grant parish. being born at or
near Dry Prong. He was the
son of L. D. P. Lotion, who
raised a large family of about
fourteen children. and nearly all
Of them are living and have warm
personal friends in many COM
munities In Grant parish. Mr..
M. D. Lotion was a Baptist by
faith and died in the full com.
fort of his faith. He leaves a
widow and five children, also FIVE
brothers and five sisters. The
brothers are Rev. P. w. Lotion,
pastor of the BAPTIST church at
Glenmora, La; R. D. and w. B.
Lotion. of Ruby. La; w. Lof-
ton, Cheneyville, La: r. j. LOT.
ton, Alsatia, La. The sisters
are Mrs, j. T. Davis, Bentley.
La; Mrs. ]. R, Hale, Ruby. La.
and three sisters in Texas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
Domestic Science Girls Entertain High
81 School Faculty.

School Faculty.
On Friday afternoon, Febru-
airy u, the eleventh grade do
nestle science girls entertained
the members and faculty of the
high school in the dining room of
the domestic science department.
Decorations suggesting Valen-
tines Day and George Washing
toms Birthday were used. AL
phin Watson was crowned King
of. Hearts, and in a Flag contest
Miss Willie Mae Dean won the
prize for the best answers given.
Carroll Brett was the winner of
a prize for untangling a love
story. Jas. O'Quinn won a book
of quotations for giving the great
est number of quotations in the
high school. Fortune telling was
an enjoyable feature of the af-
ternoon. Delicious refreshments
of sandwiches and hot chocolate
were served the guests.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
INCOME TAX Is
TRULY POPULAR.

r "The payment of Income taxes
4 takes on new Significance
4 which should be understood by
4 every citizen. The taxation sys-
4 tenn of this country is truly pop
4 ular, Of the people, by the peo-
4 pie and for the people. Every
4 citizen is liable to tax, and the
4 amount of the tax is graduated
+ according to the success and for
4 tune attained by each individual
+ in availing himself of the oppor-
4 tunities created and preserved
+ by our free institutions. The
r method and degree of the tax Is
4 determined by no favored class.
+ but by the representatives Of the
4 people. The proceeds Of the tax
4 should be regarded as a national
4 Observation-Disclosures G. Roper,
4 Commissioner of Internal Reye-
4 nue..
4
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
Record of a Gran: Parish Soldier.

Private Lee H. Miles, son of
P. L. Miles, of Antonio, Grant
parish, has returned from over
seas, where he was actively en-
gagged in Pershing's army until
Sept. 5. 1918. when he was
wounded. He left Camp Beau
regard May % with the 5000
Volunteer Replacement draft,
was transferred 70 the 3rd En-
gineers, 18th division, and sent
to the front. He was at Chateau
Thelrry between Rheims and
Scissors, and in the battles Of
Fismes and St. Agnew, and was
at the front all the time until
wounded with shrappel and burn
ed with mustard gas while help
ing to bridge the Vesle river.
He was sent to the Red Cross
hospital in Paris, where he staid
until he'was sent to Camp Devon,
and from there back to Camp
Beauregard. where he received
his discharge Feb. IL, 1919.
He volunteered in 1916, went
to the Mexican border aud return
ed and has been in service since
war was declared with Germany.
He was with Co. D. 1st La.
Regt., then with Co. K, 156th
Regt. His brother Ray is also a
volunteer and is still in France.
with the Med. Co., Base Hos
pital No. l, at Vicly, and did not
get to go to the front.
The copy of a letter of German
propaganda that their aviators
threw down over the American
lines was enclosed with above
data with the request that we
print it. However it is too long,
and everybody can imagine what
kind of rot it is aid we won't mix
it in with such a fine record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01

Colfax Increases Its Church Assess
ment.
: The board of stewards Of the
M. E. church South held a meet
ing Sunday afternoon, Feb. %,
and decided to raise the assess
ment for the support of the
ministry at Colfax for 1919
twenty per cent. This increases
the $3.50 assessment for preach
er and presiding elder to $500.
and the members Of the church
are asked to increase their pay
m ents accordingly. Persons
paying in quarterage are remind
ed that the first quarter begin
ming in December has expired,
and one-fourth of their assess
ment should be handed at once
$40 assessments being raised to
$12, and all other assessments in
like proportion. This raise under
the circumstances is regarded as
imperative, and it is expected
that all will stand by it with
loyalty.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK
By r. L. Sloan
AGENT FOR GRANT PARISH

.~D~@~@e@~9@~~@so39e@@ee.e,
Cotton Reduction Committees Named
BY Mass Meeting.
At a largely attended meeting
held in .Colfax Saturday. Febru-
airy %, delegates who attended
the Cotton Acreage Reduction
Convention in New Orleans re-
ported that convention asked
for an average cut of one third
from the 1918 acreage. To get
this recommendation properly
before tn e planters it was
thought best to organize the
parishes and appoint ward COM
mittees charged with the Re-
sponsibility of advising the farm
ers in their respective commune
ties. Acting on this recommends
alton the following committee
was appointed for Grant;parisks
Ward 1T. C. Bush, 4 John
Randolph, C. H. Teal. 20
Warn Sd. P. Hadnot., o. a.
Nugent, R. B. Roach, j. M.
Jones. ~
Ward 80. C. Watson. j. j.
Dewitt, Monroe Futrell.
Ward Nv. P. Dean, E. A.
Wall, w. L. Nugent. n.
Ward ga. H. Barrett, DR..
Word, w. B. Blackshear.
Ward 6-R. w. Richardson, j.
w. O'Quinn, Clarence Dale.
Ward 7-G. L. Garrett, j. F.
Drewitt, E. w. Rodgers.
A normal crop of cotton from
the acreage usually devoted to
this crop in the south would be
about fifteen million bales. Ex-
perience in the past has led us to
believe for the future that ten
million bales will sell for more
money than fifteen million bales
will command. Believing thisas
we do it will benefit the large
and small planter alike to reduce
the cotton acreage. Men tell
me that there is no substitute
money crop with which to pay
their bills. Yet we are morally
sure that two thirds of the past
cotton acreage will pay as many
bills for the south as all of the
thirty-four million acres that
have been planted on an average
for the past ten years, and we
are equally sure that if only
twenty-three million acres were
planted to cotton and the remain
ing eleven million acres planted
to food and feed crops there
would not be so many bills to pay.
Some of the small planters think
that the reduction will work a
a hardship on them. but in reali-
ty the man who plants only an
acre will profit in the same pro-
portion as the man who plants
thousands of acres. Most of the
cotton of the world is produced
by farmers who make only a few
bales by multitudes of little
farmers therefore, unless the
small farmer who plants only a
few acres co-operates, all will
soon be growing cheap cotton.
If plenty of food and feed crops
be grown to keep the bills down
cotton acreage will take care of
itself.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01

From ribbon cane 36, 100, 00O
gallons of syrup were made in
the United States in 1918, &C.
cording to the first estimate by
the Bureau of Crop Estimates,
Department of Agriculture. One
third of this was made in Louisi-
ana. The other states in the
order of production were: Ala
bama, Georgia. Mississippi and
Florida.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
DR.. Mary Walker Dead.

WATERFOWL, N. Y. Feb. o.
DR.. Msry Walker, aged 81, died
at her home at Bunker Hill last
night after a long illness. She
was a surgeon in the Civil War
and was awarded a COMPRESSION.
medal of honor. She gained con.
siderable fame by beng the
only woman allowed to appear in
male attire by act of Congress.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

Before using this preparation for g
cough or cold you may wish to know
what it has done for others. Mrs. o.
Cook, Macon. H., writes. 81 have found
it gives the quickest relief of any cough
remedy ! have ever used" Mrs. James
A. Knott, Chillicothe. Mo-, says "Cham-
berlain's Cough Remedy cannot be beat
for coughs and colds. I" II. j. Moore,
Oval, Pa, says. u have used Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy on several occa-
sions when ] was suffering with set
tied cold upon the chest and it has al
ways brought about cure.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
. Cured at . Cost of Is Cents.

Cured at Cost of Is Cents.
Eight years ago when we first moved
to NATION, ! was great sufferer from
indigestion and constipation" writes
Mrs. Robert Allison. Nation, III. 81
had frequent headaches and dizzy spells,
and there was feeling like a heavy
weight pressing on my stomach and
chest all the time. ! felt miserable.
Every morsel Of food distressed me.
could not rest at night and felt tired
and worn out all the time. One bottle
Of Chamberlain Tablets cured me and
| have since felt like different per-
son."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01

Mr.. E. c. Gates has been APP
pointed justice of the peace for
ward two. to fill out the unex-
pired term of w. w. White, who
has removed from the parish.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
A Ticket For Home.

Some people SAP that STOCK
gamblers ana race track follow
ers used to have the custom OF
buying "A Ticket for Home
before putting all their money on
one plunge or before betting
their last cent on the races.
Then if worst came to worst they
could at least get home and make
a new start.
Before deciding to gamble on
the cotton acreage in 1919, Mr..
Farmer and Mr.. Business man,
hadn't you better buy A Ticket
for Home? Safety demands that
you protect yourselves and your
families by producing the food
for the south upon the farms OF
the south as an insurance against
a possible loss on the cotton
market. Buy that ticket now.
1t is easy to do, Let me tell you
how to buy a special rate farm
ers' safety ticket for. home in
1919" The directions for get
ting that ticket are as follows:
First-A home garden for
every family in the South to sup
ply the home needs for the max
imum number. of days in the
year, with sufficient surplus to
be canned, stored or dried for flu
cure use, including an ample sup
ply of Irish and sweet potatoes
and, wherever possible, a small
patch of cane or sweet sorghum
to produce the home syrup.
Second = The production of
corn on every farm sufficient to
maintain the family and the live
stock in ample food and feed for
a year. In western Texas and
Oklahoma grain sorghums should
be substituted in place of corn
for safsty's sake.
Third Produce the hay and
forage necessary to amply sup
ply the livestock on the farm for
one year with an excess for the
sake of safety. Special atten-
ton should be given to the sum-
mer legumes, velvet beans, cow
peas, soy beans and peanuts, es-
pecially for feeding purposes.
Fourth = Produce the meat.
eggs and milk for every family
on the farm. This means the
production of hogs, cattle and
poultry and the care and keep
ing of good family cows. Live
stock is necessary in order to eat
up the otherwise waste products
of the farm and convert them in
to cash.
Fifth-Produce your cotton on
a moderate acreage. well pre-
pared and we'll tended. Secure
the best seed of the very best
varieties.
Sixth-Plan to meet all family
and farm expenses from the sur
plus products of the farm out
side of the cotton crop, and to
have in the fall of 1919 a good
supply of laying hens, at least
two mich cows for every family,
hogs in the lot to fill the family
smoke house during the winter.
potatoes either in the bank, the
cellar or the storehouse for WIN
ter's use, canned or dried vege-
tables and fruits, and a barrel of
molases for the family; crib of
corn sufficient to last until the
next crop is made, with good
storage facilities for protecting
same, and ample hay and forage
for the livestock.
That is the farmers ticket for
home. If every farmer in the
South will buy one of these ticks
cts, we are satisfied that he will
not gamble on an excessive acre
age in cotton.
Yours very truly,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01

Every little bit added to what you
have makes just little bit more. Get
the Thrift Stamp habit
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
To Be : Juror In London.

In the city Of London a Juror must
be householder or oocupier of prem
ises. and must possess property to the
value Of i've hundred dollars
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01

It's not what you spend but what
you save that counts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01

Cotton Reduction Committees Named
by Mass Meeting.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-16
HAS ONLY HEuUM
PLANT IN THE WORLD
N0ninflammabIe Balloon Filler
Made by Government at
Fort Worth, Tex.

The only helium plant In the world
IL being erected In North Fort Worth,
Tex. by the United States navy depart
ment at a cost of 100000. The plants
product Is expected to remove the last
danger element from ballooning.
Experts declare that production of
helium In quantities will soon make II
possible for big passenger and freight
airships to travel everywhere, and that
the airship as a wal weapon will sur
pass even the feet airplane.
Helium. the material Count Zeppelin
needed to make his big airshlps a sue
cess, o the danger of fire from
the gas filling in the balloon.
The natural gas Of certain wells at
Petrolia. In Clay county, Is the best
ever found for the extraction of the
helium. The products of the wells will
be piped to Fort Worth, prepared for
the balloons and distributed. The gov
eminent Is 10Y building the pipe line
at a cost of $4,O00.0O0.
Helium is said to be approximately
OF per rent of the lifting power Of
hydrogen and is noninfiammable. An
airship inflated with. helium caunot be
brought down in flames. Heretofore
the gas.flled balloon was at the mercy
of the quicker airplanes, which could
set the balloon blazing with bullets.
When America entered the world
wal the British government referred
TO the United States bureau of mines
the Industrial production of helium.
Such a substitute for hydrogen was
known to exist. but its cost was deem
ed ~psohibitive.
Funds for experimental work were
provided by the joint army and navy
board of rigid airships. The expert
ment plant was erected at a cost of
$250.OO0.
Greatest secrecy IA exercised by
the government In conducting the ex-
pertinent. Soldiers were kept on guard
duty day and night. Newspapers were
cautioned against mentioning exist
ence Of the plant until the armistice
was signed.
The permanent plant will be In full
operation by April l, according to u
announcement of naval officers.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-16
Brother Hats Brother.

oHaltl Who goes there7 Advance
and give the countersign." Sergt. John
Harvey, of Uniontown, Pa, did as or
dered, and for the first time in -four
years found himself face to face with
his brother, Sergt. Edward Harvey.
Neither of the brothers knew the
other was within several thousand
miles of France.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-16
GIFT FOR DISGRACE
Girl Gets q Watch and q Diamond
Ring After Discharge.

"You take the watch and diamond
ring for the disgrace you have suf'
fered," we're the words spoken by Mrs.
Kelly, mother of Miss Elizabeth Kelly
of North Hampton, to Miss Nellie
Roach of 2028 Woodbine avenue. In
police headquarters at Springfield
Ohio, the other day. As she spoke
the mother took the articles from her
daughter, who began weeping.
Miss Kelly caused Miss Roach's ar
rest for their theft, but later admitted
that she had loaned the watch and
ring to her.
Mrs. Kelly forced them upon MISS
Roach, who finally accepted them and
was released.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-16
ITALY IS PREPARING TO TACKL,
BIG PROGRAM OF RECONSTRUCTION
Aims to Make the Most of Whatever Place in the Sun the Peace
Conference Gives Her-By the Time the Peace Treaty Is
Signed 1t Is Expected Dawn of Greater
Italy Will Be Here.

accumulates i'm the season of rain and
now In the dry season the water
turns dynamos that produce white
coal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-28
OLD DAM TO BE BLOWN OUT

The old dam at Stevens Point on
the Wisconsin river, which has been in
use for over so years is to be blown
out The Consolidated Water Power
and Paper company has built big
concrete dam below the old dam max
ing it of no further use. The Journal
says of the dam:
THE old Jackson Milling company
dam was built about 1856 by Abraham
Brawley and afterwards used to de-
velop power for the old Clark saw
mill. 1t has also served as a power
site for the plant of Moses Strong and
the Ellis grist mill When the Clark
mill burned the structure was des-
troyed to the level of the water and
no improvements were made until sew
en- years ago, when part of it was
washed out, neessitating the construc-
ton of five gates. These gates were
expected to control the level or the
water in the river, but as they ex-
tended only part way across to the
spillway, they did not entirely fulfill
their purpose. Since the purchase Of
the water rights and power site by
the Consolidated Water Power and Pa
per company from the Jackson Milling
company, the latter company has
equipped its plant with electrical pow
er and for the past two months the
old dam has not been ~ use"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-28
DEATH OF HENRY ]. SCHULTZ

Henry j. Schulze, who had been very
i'll with the influenza for several
weeks died last night at the General
hospital at IL O'Clock. His life had
hung in the balance for several days
and there was little hope of his re-
covery during that time. On the 18th
day of November, the day the armis-
tice was signed, which brought the
world war to a close, he was in an
automobile, coming down from Merrill,
in passing a corner the car Skidded
and he was so sure that it was going
over that he jumped from the car, with
the result that one of his legs were
broken. He was taken to the hospital,
where the fracture was reduced. He
was getting along very nicely until he
was taken down with the influenza.
He was occupied with ]. Rhode for
twenty years and was universally
liked by all who knew him. Henry
Schulze was born in Wausau on the
26th of March, 1881, and he had resided
here all his life. He was a son of the
late Ernest S. Schulze. He was pre-
ceded in death by his wife, who passed
away on the 10Th of March, 1916.
He is survived by three sisters and
one brother, viz: Mrs. Victor Klecker
of Wausau; Mrs. Joseph Wagner of
Bryant, Wash; Mrs. Chas. Garski,
Garski, N. D., and E. E. Schulze of this
city.
The funeral will be held from the
home of his sister, Mrs. Victor Klecker,
622 Fulton street, on Thursday morn
ing at 9 o'clock, Rev. Father O'Toole
officiating.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-28
MEMORIAL TO THE LATE
B. F. MCMILLAN

The stockholders of the Wausau Sui
plate Fibre company of Mosinee, held
their annual meeting at the company's
offices the past week.
The newly elected directors, COM
posed of o. Bache-wiig, Louis Dessert,
M. c. Ewing, G. D. Jones, A. L. Kreut-
ger, Karl Mathie, J. F. Ross, F. P.
Stene and H. NJ. Thompson, elected
officers for the coming year are as
follows:
President-F. P. Stone.
Vice-Prest. and General Manager
0. Bache-wiig.
Vice-Pres.-Louis Dessert.
Secretary-G. d. Jones.
Treasurer-A. l.. Kreutzer.
Asst. Sec'y-Treas-J. P. Sill.
Chm. of Board-Karl Mathie.
The following resolution was pre-
| sented by the committee at this meet
ing and was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote. Copies of the resolution
were ordered presented to the press
and an engrossed copy prepared and
forwarded to his widow.
/ Our friend Benjamin Franklin Nc
MILAN died at his home in this county,
4NOfSIllDSI IGlI, 1910, dSSu SSNcuLy -LWO
years. Mr.. Mcmillan came to this
county in his young manhood and
was for nearly half century most
honored and respected citizen among
us. He was one of this company's
earliest friends and promoters and
was for many years its largest stock
| holder, its treasurer and the chairman
of its executive committee. We owe
| very much to his wise counsel and
to his thoughtful and always helpful
efforts. Brave, intelligent and of the
| finest type of honor, he was ever a
tower of strength among us. A clean
| man, a true friend, and a thoroughly
honest and upright citizen, we shall
always deeply appreciate his leader
ship. To his widow and immediate
family we extend our heartfelt SYM
| pathy and with them we shall always
highly cherish and revere his mem
ory"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-28
UPWARD AND ONWARD

The Marathon Shoe company's stock
holders held their annual meeting re-
Gently and reelected the following
directors for the ensuing year:
Charles Dodge, w. E. Dodge, S. J.
Pentler c. G. Kruger, H. j. Hagge,
L. E. Spencer, G H. Hooker and Otto
Muenchow. The directors meeting
followed and last years officers were
reelected, namely:
?resident-Chas. Dodge.
Vice-Prest.-W E. Dodge.
Treasurer-C. G. Kruger.
Sec'y and Gen. Mgr.-S. J. Pentier.
Last years financial report was
read, which showed a successful con-
dition Of the plant and with a num-
Der of large orders on hand for steady
work for the factory for the next four
months was rather cheerful.
1t was also decided by the company
to increase its paid up capital stock
from $125,000 to $250,000, which was
promptly arranged for by the stock
holders.
1t was proposed also, later to add
an additional three story and base
ment to the present factory, in order
to increase its force and facilitate a
larger production.
The present capacity of the plant is
from four to five thousand pairs of
shoes a week and the product is of
the best and the demand is constantly
increasing.
The factory has been in steady OPP
Grafton in this city for the past four
years, has been successful and more
prosperous years are surely in store
for this well managed and progress
sive industry.