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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22
The Great Victory for Prohibition.

The Great Victory for Prohibition.
The overwhelming vote of As
States in favor of ratification of
the federal amendment against
three out of the 4S States of the
Union has paralyzed the whisky
interests of the, country. The
victory is greater than the pro-
hibitionists had even hoped tor.
Only the three small States of
New Jersey, Rhode Island and
Connecticut have failed to ratify.
All of the large, influential
and populous States have ratified,
the very ones the vets declare
would not. No other constitu-
tional amendment was ever rati-
fled by so many States in so short
a time. 1t has all taken place
within fourteen months after
Congress passed the resolution
for its submission. This proves
the popularity of prohibition with
the people. and they are determ-
ined to see it enforced.
In order to understand the
great majority by which the Leg
islatures of the 45 States have
ratified. the following facts are.
given. The aggregate vote in
the Is senates in favor of ratif-
cation was 1889, against ratifica-
ton 213. The aggregate vote of
the As houses was 3.737 for rati-
fication, against ratification 934.
This shows that IS per cent of
the senators in the as States
voted for ratification, and more
than 80 per cent of the represent
atives voted for it.
The whisky advocates in their
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22


There is apparently some
danger that the proper preparal
ton of the seed bed may be over!
looked by farmers in their haste
to get the planting done, when
weather conditions permit, &C!
cording to j. A. Redhead, as.
sistant state agent, Extension
Division, Louisiana State Uni
versity. This would be a great
mistake, he says. for Zone of
the principal contributing factors
to profitable crop production is a
good seed bed. Indications are
that there is great danger of
farmers overlooking this fact in
their haste due to prolonged
rainy weather to get their crops
started.
Land plowed too wet if al
lowed to stand until all the plow-
ing is finished will become clod-
dy. This in turn means bad
stands and fertility lost to the
growing crop, with the result
that there will be poorer yields
and diminished profit"
1t is urged that farmers make
full use of the harrow in pre-
pairing the land for planting.
All plowed land should be har-
as soon as the clods will
break up. If necessary in order
to do this the plows should be
stopped in the afternoon in time
to go over with the harrow all
land that has been plowed that
day. Time thus spent is not lost,
for a well prepared seed bed
means less work in the cultivat-i
ing season.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22

There are some who expect to
reduce their cotton acreage but
do not care to sign a pledge to
reduce a third. Doubtless there
are other cotton farmers who
have not had an opportunity to
sign a pledge. All farmers are
asked to make a special effort to
grow plenty home supplies.
Received another lot of free
packets of garden seeds.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22

Two-Cent Letter Postage By July /.
Postmaster Charles Janvier, OF
New Orleans has issued from
his Office a notice calling atten.
ton to the fact that two cent
postal cards and three cent
STAMPS and stamped envelopes
will be discontinued July 1, 1919.
Section 1401 of the Revenue
Act of 1918, approved February
"a. 1919, provides in part as fol-
lows:
Section HOO of the Revenue
Act of 1917 is hereby repealed to
take effect on July 1, 1919. and
thereafter all mail matter of the
first class shall be the same as
the rate in force on October 2.
1917.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22
Plan. Corn.

The great crusade for a dras-
tic curtailment of cotton acreage
and cotton production as a de-
fensive measure is assured of
success, because Of the deter
mined cooperation between the
farmers, merchants and bankers
of the cotton growing States.
But in addition to the defen-
sive element in this camgaign
there is in it also a splendid OPP
portunity for the farmers to Sc
cure profit and prosperity.
The United States Government
has guaranteed a handsome pro-
fit on wheat production. The
price fixed is absolute and does
not depend upon the size of the
crop. Therefore the more wheat
the farmer produces, the great
err will be his profits. In those
great States which produce both
corn and wheat it is inevitable
that wheat acreage will be ma
terially increased at the expense
of the acreage planted to corn.
Such reduction in corn acreage
is already apparent and will in
evitably become heavier. Corn
and corn products will continue
to be in great demand; hence if
the corn production of the corn
sections is short, corn will COM
mand a high price and ready
sale. The South can raise corn
if the same is properly worked.
Under these conditions the sur
plus corn production of the South
will be a Money Crop. If the
Southern farmer plants one-third
or one-half of his normal cotton
acreage in corn, he will make
two money crops and will secure
a handsome profit on both. If
I he plants a full crop of cotton
and neglects the opportunity
which the corn situationpresents,
he will go broke buying high
priced corn and selling low-priced
cotton. 1t is hardly possible
that any sane farmer will over
look this extraordinary opportu-
nifty.
Plant much less cotton and
much more corn. = z
w. B. THOMPSON. 2
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22
True Copy of Soldiers Discharge Cal
Get Bonus of $50.

&~C.s -
Washington, March 19. -Regu-
lations governing the payment of
$50 bonus to honorably discharg-
ed soldiers were amended by the
war department to permit the
acceptance by disbursing officials
Of a true copy" of discharge
certificates. Heretofore original
certificates were required, but it
was found that many soldiers re-
fused to part with the papers,
preferring to lose the bonus rath-
er than risk the loss of the evil
dence of their honorable release
from the army.
All copies submitted under the
amendment must be certified by
the army recruiting officer near
est the soldiers residence.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22
Bryan DoubIy Deserves a Monument
More Than Roosevelt.

Bryan D0ubly Deserves q M0numen,
More Than Roosevelt.
While VIM. T. HQrnaday, pres.
ident of the American Guardian
Society, has been criticising the
Roosevelt National Committee
as to the form of the memorial
to Roosevelt, the great conserva.
tive public of the United States
has been forced to the conclu-
sion that many of the absurd
claims put forward by the Roose-
welt Committee and its friends
and supporters will not bear the
touchstone of reason and com.
mon sense. Mr.. Hornaday well
says: THE good sense, the
taste, and the sense of proper.
ton of the American people are
now on trial"
1t is even so, when we stop te
reflect that at least a score OF
public men contemporary with
Col. Roosevelt were his peers anC
and equals when it comes to SER
vice to the nation. Should VIM.
Jennings Bryan die at this time,
he will be found kindly enshrin.
ed in the hearts of the American
people; and without rejecting
upon or detracting from Col.
Roosevelt's merits, we believe
he would be doubly deserving Of
a memorial at the hands of the
American people as a national
character of renown.
Mr.. Bryan's career as an ora.
00a esf1u SnrrSUruIs 5v"s.~..ss.rs,
caring for hundreds of orphans
out of his earnings as a lecturer,
his service to the prohibition
cause, to which he devoted his
time and money; his services as
a soldier. and in Congress; in
the Presidents cabinet, where
he drafted and consumated a
score or more of treaties, upon
which the present League of Ma
tons is based; all stamp him as
par excellence a christian citizen,
philosopher. patriot and states
man deserving of honor at the
hands of the nation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22
FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK
By R. L. Sloan
AGENT FOR GRANT PARISH

81 Grant Parish Farmers Sign Pledge
to Reduce Cotton Acreage.
The cotton acreage reduction
movement has found many fol-
lowers in Grant parish. In con-
formity with the resolutions of
the New Orleans Convention the
following 81 men have signified
their Willingness to share with
farmers of sister parishes and
of the Southern States a reduc-
ton of one third from their 1918
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22
Turn Calamity in Cotton Into Pros
perity.


perity.
There is not too much cotton
if we profit by the experience
of the past, exercise a little pa
thence, and farm wisely in 1919"
Thus concluded Clarence Gus
ley, Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture, in a summary of the cot
ton situation in an address in
New Orleans before the Cotton
Conference Feb. II. The limit
ing factors of normal consump-
ton, he said, are the time neces-
sary to restore the dismantled
mills of France and Belgium, to
reorganize the mills of Germany
and Austria, and for the impov-
erished peoples of Europe to re-
cover normal buying power. The
latter, he thinks. is the most i'm
portant of the three factors in
the long view, while the first two
are more important in the short
view.
He says it is fair to assume
that for several years (three
years at the very least) the cot
ton consumers in. Europe will
practice the strictest economy,
and therefore will not buy as
much cotton as they bought in
the former years of their pros
perity. There is bound to be a
stagnation of the cotton move
ment owing to this cause, and
farmers should govern their
planting to conform to this stag
nation. The present supply of
cotton can more than. meet the
needs of all the mills in the world
for the years 1919 and 1920, and
it is folly for cotton growers to
expect to raise large crops with
profit unless this stagnation is
ggslisysd vu The Is 4 RaaSltAep a gbia9 esS
manufacture it or buy it at this
time.
On the other hand, all food and
feed crops are sure to find ready
sale at profitable prices, both in
Europe and in America, for the
next two or three years, and
common business prudenc e
should prompt every planter to
put from one-third to one-half of
his land in these crops. If this
is done in Louisiana and through
out our southland we can turn
what is at present regarded as a
calamity in cotton into the great
est era of prosperity the south
has ever known.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22
THE woman.s suffr.g. Amendment.

The Woman's Suffrage Amendment.
In reviewing the fight for the
Jones amendment for woman's
suffrage, which is the sugges-
ton of Mr.. Gamble with the
proviso added by Col. Robert E.
Ewing, / feel a deep sense of
state pride in the fact that Sena-
tor Gay was enabled, through
this. to recede from his former
position. and has been the instru-
ment by which the National
Democratic party has been saved
from the everlasting stigma of
defeating woman's suffrage. All
that was needed to pass this res
olution was consideration. We
had the votes, provided the men
who originally voted for suffrage
re-affirmed their votes. which.
| of. course, we believed would
haze been done. This was block
edsby three Republican senators
on three separate occasions, and
so the burden is shifted.
Senator Gay has been able to
do for the Democratic party ma
tionally, in this unique position
of his, just what his grandfather
was able to do in the days of the
Reconstruction. The former has
saved the Democratic party from
the ignominy of national defeat
while his grandfather rescued
the third district from the hands
of the Republican party. He is
also supported by six of our con-
gressmen.
The National Woman's Suf-
frage Association meets in st.
Louis this month, when one of
the chief matters for discussion
will be the substitution of the
Jones amendment for the Susan
B. Anthony amendment.
Louisiana should do everything
in her power to aid both the men
and the women in this fight. 1t
originated in the brains of a
Louisianian and by her men will
be carried to a successful victory,
II believe. Above everything
else. to those of US who are loyal
Democrats, this resolution had
the personal approval of Presi-
dent Wilson, and the women of
the State of Louisiana are going
to do everything in their power
~ have tisis ~esoIat;en paasod.
LYDIA WICKLIFFE HOLMES,
State Chmn.. Woman's Suf. Par
ty of Louisiana.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22

Again the Lord has seen fit to
break our once happy circle by
claiming our dear mother. Mrs.
G.. L. Starnes the second of q
family of eight to be taken: six
children left to mourn.
Mamma was sick several
months. but bore her suffering
with patience, She was at the
home of her children. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. ]. Vinson, of -McNary,
La.
Mamma was 70 years; 3 months
and 20days old; was a consistent
member of the Baptist Church
since an early age in her life.
Being connected with one of New
York's most prominent families
won for her much honor and dis
tinction among society's best.
She was born in Montgomery
Ala, and came to this country
with her mother when a small
child. Received her education
in Alexandria, La, and will be
remembered there by.some of the
older citizens as Miss Catherine
Elizabeth Schoonmaker.
A dear mother, devoted wife,
of tender care, was laid to rest
on March 6. in the Rapides ceme-
terry, Pineville, La, by the side
of papa, who preceded her to
the grave a little more than two
years. When we see our dearest
friends gone before and the sad
words impart the lip. I'VE have
no parents now" our hearts al
most despair-but such is the
Lords will.
The children are: Mrs. w. ].
Vinson, Robert L. Starnes, of
McNary; Albert L. Starnes, Of
Jonesboro; Mrs. C. F. Goodwin,
of Latanier; Mrs. w. C. Patton,
of Kansas City, Mo-, and Mrs. E.
A. Hamberlin, of Longville, all
Of whom were present at moth
er's funeral. Funeral services
at the grave by Rev. ]. d.
Franks, pastor of Pineville Bap-
list church were sad and impress
sive.
Oh. mother. thy gently voice is hushed,
Thy warm. true heart ID still,
And on thy pale and peaceful face
Is resting deaths cold chill.
Thy hands are clssped upon thy breast:
We have kissed thy marble brow,
And in our aching hearts we know
We have no parents now.
A devoted daughter,
MRS. BERTHA (HArHoRN) GOODWIN.
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oeed Advles.
Envy no msn's talent Improve
IUUE OWA,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22
Reconstruction Will Make u. s. FRS,
Lumber Market.

Reconstruction Will Make u. s. FRS,
Lumber Market.
New Orleans, March IL. -Eu.
ropes reconstruction require.
ments are expected to make the
United States the leading lum-
Der exporting nation of the world,
according to a statement accom-
panying production statistics
compiled and made public by j.
E. Rhodes. secretary-manager of
the Southern Pine Association.
Russia, Austria. Hungary and
Sweden, which before the war
contributed more than half the
worlds lumber exports. says the
statement, are virtually out of
the market. Mr.. Rhodes added
that present stocks at Southern
pine mills are nearly Is per cent
below normal.
Orders aggregating $50. 900. :
600 feet have already been made
by buyers of France. " the state
ment said. Greece wants 7OO,-
000, 0C0 feet as soon as it can be
delivered. Italy. which recently
purchased over 8. 700, 600 feet of
southern pine, wants hundreds
of millions of feet, while England
has already placed an order with
Canada for l. 600, 600, 600 feet.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-22

G. C. Dean, Colfax, La, will buy
your cattle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-03
JAN. IS
FOR TRADE BOARD
Annual Banquet Will Be Held in
Connection With Event at
New Packer House

The annual banquet and election
of officers of the Board of Trade will
be held In the New Packer House
Thursday night, January 16. The CO.
operation of h banquet with the
election OF officers is a new feature,
being introduced by the organization
for the first time this year, both Of
these affairs having been held at
separate times in the past.
The main feature of the evening
will be the election of a president and
eight directors of the board for the
yea 1919. This election will take
place at Z o'clock and the banquet at
1890 o'clock.
Following the banquet the program
calls for IL big address by a man of
national reputation whose name
cannot be released at this time. There
will also be a number of two-minute
addresses by local people. A copy of
the annual report of the work done
by the board during the past year
will be placed at each plate and will
not be read by the secretary as has
been the custom in past years.
Accommodations have been secured
for 200 persons and in view of the
fact that at the last two dinners of
bureaus of the board 10 and $50 at
tended, 1t is urged that all those who
wish to obtain tickets do SO at once.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-03
HOUSEWIFE HINTS

! The chief food value OF meat is
protein. When high cost makes the
usual meat diet unobtainable, we must
then look for those foods which are
almost equal in protein content but
less in cost.
High protein foods are eggs, cheese,
fish, peas and beans, some cereals
and some nuts. Milk is very high in
protein value.
Eggs are the easiest and most nat
ural substitute for meat, but, in win
ter months. their high price renders
them impractical for free use. on
the other hand. even at thier highest
price, they are cheaper than meat and
combine more easily wit hother food.
They also require less fuel 70: cooking
thar meat. Here are two good egg
dishes for meatless days.
Dreamed Eggs-Hard boil fresh
eggs, serve hot with white cream
sauce In nests of boiled macaroni or
rice. Put the eggs and macaroni in a
baking dish, ove with 4 cupful of
white sauce and a layer OF buttered
crumbs and bake until Drowned.
Egg Croqucttes-Chop hard-cooEed
egg fine. mix with bread crumbs and
white sauce, roll into croliiettes. Dip
the croquettes in beaten egg, cracker
crumbs and fry In vegetable oil. Serve
with cheese or tomato sauce.
A square inch of pure American
cream cheese is equal in food value
to l whole egg or enc ounce of por-
terhouse steak, and costs about half as
much as the meat In cooking cheese
dishes. it is better to mix the grated
cheese with a write sauce, or mix 1t
through the camaroni, rice or other
cereal or vegetable II a scalloped dish
is made.
Cheese and Hominy-Heat boiled
hominy with milk in a saucepan and,
when very hot, stir in grated cheese,
allowing IA pound of cheese for each
cupful of cereal. Place the cooked
cereal and cheese in a baking dish
with alternate layers of crumbs and
bake unit ltop crumbs are brown.
Fish is only slightly less expensive
than meat, but is almost equally nu-
tritious. and should be used twice or
three times a week to relieve the great
demand for meat-and airy the fam
lily diet. Fish chowder is one of the
most substantial and delicious ways of
fish, any variety being suit
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-03

TUESDAY
breakfast: Cream of wheat with
figs. vegetable hash, coffee.
Lunch: Baked caulifiower with
cheese. bread. canned fruit, tee.
Dinner: Pea soup, escalloped SAL
mon. string beans (canned), graham
mullins, honey. tea.
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast: Cornmeal scrapple,
strip, cocoa.
lunch: Bean soup, raisin nut sand
witches, tea.
Dinner: Baked beef heart with
nut salad, tapioca pudding.
THURSDAY
Breakfast: Baked apples, rice
waffles. strip, cocoa.
lunch: Head lettuce salad, French
dressing, bacon sandwiches, baked
custard.
Dinner: Mutton stew with vege-
tables, boiled spinach with egg, gin
gerbread, coffee.
FRIDAY
Breakfast: Oranges, oatmeal muf-
fms, creamed dried beef, coffee.
IHnch: Baked beans, tomato sauce,
cookies. tea.
Dinner: Noodle soup, planked fish,
baked pears, nuts and honey, coffee.
SATURDAY
Breakfast: Apricot auce pearl
barley with milk and sugar., toast,
cocoa.
lunch: Corn pudding. lettuce sand
witches, fruit.
Dinner: Braised liver, baked pota-
toes, stewed prune and peanut salad,
oatmeal cookies, coffee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-03
JANUARY MENUS

Mid-winter months represent the
open season for cereals-the time
when they should predominant in the
daily diet. The Massachusetts Food
administration recommends slxteai,
ounces q day per person as the max
tmum cereal ration, IL the protein
ration is as low as 6 ounces. IL more
meat, or other protein foods are eat
en- at least s ounces of cereal a day
are necessary to health.
Cereal mullins and breads, and
breakfast foods add variety and
2ourishment to the diet and more
attention should be given to their
palatable cooking. Graham -four
furnishes more Galleries per pound
than wheat. So does oatmeal, corn
meal and pearl barley. Rye and
buckwheat flours are also high IN
niurishment. More cereals, fruits
and vegetables and less meat are
rules that help the menu-maker to
health and economy.
SUNDAY
Oranges or grape fruit,
corn cakes, sausage. coffee.
Dinner: Cream of corn soup, beef
loaf. tomato sauce, Drowned potatoes,
fruit salad, waters. coffee.
Supper: Oyster soup, toasted
cheese sandwiches, r~aisins, nuts, tez.
MONDAY
Breakfast: Oatmeal, milk and
sugar, toast, stewed prunes, coffee.
Lunch: Beef loaf sandwiches, hat
apple sauce, COCOA.
Dinner: Lima bean roast, beets In
butter, brown bread, stewed apricots,
coffee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-03
Famous Women
The Dutchess of Brabant.

Genevieve, Duchess of Brabant.
was born in 200 and later married
Siegfrled. In 732 her husband was
called to the field by Charles Hartel.
his king. and left his wife in. care of
Colo, the captain of his castle. Colo
loved Genevieve, who repulsed him.
and in revenge he Informed the duke
h a Genevieve had been unfaithful to
him. Siegfried having confidence In
Colo, ordered his wife killed, but the
servants who were to execute the or
der. had compassion on their mistress
and left her In the woods. Here a doe
is said to have supplied her with milk
for the child which h had borne.
The animal, so the story goes. accom-
panied her for years. Then one day,
in 757, Siegfried went hunting and
came upon the doe. which fed to the
ave where Genevieve and her child
had made a home for themselves.
Siegfried was amazed at finding his
wife alive and. having forgiven her,
took her to his castle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-03
Rare Bank Note,

A rare English bank note is in the
possession Of a Mr.. vesey Holt. The
note is dated 1921 and is the issue Of
the Bank Of England. After the Ma
poleonic wars England was short Of
gold, and as a temporary e~xpedlent
the Bank of England put a number of
five dollar bank notes into circulation,
until the gold reserve was restored. In
appearance they closely resemble a
twenty-five dollar note, and bear no
likeness to the English paper money Of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-03
WALlING NOW IN CHARGE
OF KEYPORT POST OFFICE
Former Mayors Commission Dated
From Nov. 2f-Ofice to Be Moved
AprtI 1sf.

KEYPORT, Jan. 3-Fofmer Mayor
r. o. Walling assumed charge of the
p~ostoffice January 1st. having received
his commission as postmaster to date
from November 81. The appoint
ment Is for four years and it is ex-
pectd that MI. Walling will ably fill
the position. Since the death of for
mer Postmaster George f. Langan,
Assistant Postmaster H. Wyman Birk-
beck has filed the position, but he will
now resume his former position as as
sistant.
On April 1st the local postofflce will
be removed to the new Levine build
ing at the corner of Front and Divi-
sion streets. This to be entirely rem
oVafad.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-03
His Favorite Dish.

A Chinese merchant, being question
ed as to his favorite article of food,
prefaced his reply by stating that
many foreign dishes which we consider
appetizing are disgusting to the Chi
nese. With the way thus prepared, he
announced that Of all foods he cared
most for a stew made OF a particular
kind of snake. costing from six to
eight dollars.