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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-23
LOIZA SUGAR COMPANY
VISO.
Septima Amortization.

Por la presente Sc hace saber a to-
dos los tenedores de BONOS HIPPO
TECARIOS de la segunda emission de
esta Corporation, que celebrado el
sorteo de los noventa bonos (90) que
correspondent amortizar en- ell mes de
Julio proXimo, salieron premiados en-
el mismo los que llevan la siguiente
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-23

Sc sabe de un producto que tiene
merito, 10 prudente es patrocinar-
10. Tomemos, pues, la EMUL-
SION DE SCOTT. Advt. "A,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
SOLDIER BOY KICKS
AGAINST Y.M.C.A.
Serves II on Toast With Garnish OF
Scotch Blessings, but the Cap
tain "Stumps" Him.

eff every kick and knock against the
Y. M. c. A. service overseas couio
have been handled as an American
captain / know treated one case IN MS
company there would be more III the
air of what the 'Y' did and less OF
what they failed to do" said John M.
Currie of Melrose, Mass, who Is Just
home from operating Red Triangle
huts in the Calais and Ypres sectors.
The censor one evening came across
a letter from a boy to his folks back
home. In which the 'Y" was panned
and served on toast with a garnish OF
all the Scotch blessings and reverse
English the boy had on hand. Now
the censor is a pretty tired man. and
I should not have blamed him II ne
had let that letter go. But there was
an extra strong touch Of exaggeration
in il that reused the censor's sense OF
justice.
So he sent the letter to the captain
of the boys company and the captain
called the boy in. This is the CONVEX
sation that followed:
ibid you write this letter."
Eyes, SIR"
"Read it over-is there anything
there you'd like to change before It
is sent?'
mo, sir"
Then there was a short pause, IN
which the captain studied the boy
and the boy set bis jaw stubbornly'
Finally
"where did you get this letteyT
| "The ~ SIR"
"Who gave you the paperr
"The 'Y,' SIR"
FITS warm and cozy, and something
like home there, isn't it?"
Eyes, sir.A
"where do you get your cigarettes
candy, etc.,"
"The ~ SIR"
you're always sure Of finding wha
you want there?"
"Yes, sir" tt@.&
"You go 10 the movies and a rea
show OCCASIONALLY"
| Eyes, sir"
"who runs themf"
4 'The ~ sir"
Doesn't cost you a cent, does i'll
mo, sir"
| There was another pause, and IN
boys face was redder and hfs expre'
sion softer. Then:
"If you don't mind, sir, ia Ike
see that letter again."
Without a word he took It from "a
| officers hand, tore 1t once across, an
dropping II into the basket made ~
salute. turned on his heel and wake
out.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
Death and destruction by Storm.

Thursday, May s, between 3
and 4p. m. during a severe
wind, rain and electric storm a
cyclone or hurricane passed from
southwest to northeast at a point
south of Colfax about three miles.
The main path or track of vio-
lence is reported to have, been
less than one hundred yards
wide, but everything that stood
in its way was wiped out of ex-
istence, houses, barns, sheds
and silos being completely de-
molished. Several houses on
the places of j. H. McNeely, A.
A. Dean and Chas. Greene were
destroyed, and other buildings
near the hurricane path were
considerably damaged.
Mrs. Brady Williams and chile
about Is months old, white. liv'
ing on Chas. Greene's place, were
killed. She was the daughter o.
Mr.. j. A. Fuller and the sister
| of Mr.. Ed Fuller, who has done
a good deal of contract work il
(Colfax in crawling the streets
| of the town. -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
Peace Terms Submitted to Germans.

Peace Terms Submitted to Germans.
The terms of the treaty of
peace were handed to the Ger
man representatives in the after
noon of Wednesday. May z, and
the Germans must accept or re-
ject them in fifteen days. The
terms are very drastic; and Ger
many is completely Inundated
and disarmed, and the Kaiser
must be surrendered and tried
before a court of the allied ma
tions.
AS announced last week, we
expect TO print a six column syn
opsis of the treaty, giving the
substance of all its terms.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
MAYBE THE SOLDIER
DOESN'T GO TO CHURCH
But These Figures Will Prove lIIumt
mating 70 the skeptIeAoniy 4
4,523,342 Attentj.

II every man, woman and child 10
the state Of Texas, plus the entire
population of New Orlea ms, La. were
to unite in going to church on one
Sunday the mobilization would still be
less than the attendance at religious
meetings In the Army Y. NJ. G. A.
buildings in the Southern, department.
from May, 1917, to Decenlber 81, 1918.
The total attendance at 24,700 such
meetings in the "Y" .huts was 4,523, 343
according to figures cor implied by the
religious work departing Mt of the Army
Y. NJ. c. A. at San ANTI ,nio, Tex.
At these meetings a. ~ soldiers re-
quested prayers--a number greater
than the population Of Oh ilahoma City
The number Of Christi an decisions
made by these soldiers was 69,929
more than the number Of people in Fl
Paso, Tex. Christian purpose re-
newed by soldiers at such meetings
reached the big total of n3,5S1.
The number, of perso a al Christian
interviews which the 'Hl" secretaries
were able to have with the men as
they visite3 the building was 318,246
or equal to the combine d populations
Of Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston
Tex. These secretaries also secured
from the men number of other for
ward-step decisions. inclla ding tire fol
lowing: To read the Bible, Ill, 1888 { Il
pray, 34,097; temperance. 4,6S6; an Il
profanity, 9,342; personal purity, 49,
SOP; antigambling, 6,925.
Records from November /, 1917, to
December 81, 1918, show that 1880
Bible classes were organized with q
total enrolment of 42,,O12 men. These
CLASSES held 1895 sessions and had an
attendance Of S45. 59S. 1t was not until
May i, 1918, that records were made
of the number of teachers used at
these classes, hut from that time to
December 81 there were 1,446 soldier
teachers and 1888 civilian teachers
engaged IN conducting the classes.
Copies of the Scriptures distributed
to soldiers reached 539,6s3, or one
each for every person in the states OF
New Mexico and Arizona. Religious
literature given out from June /, 1918
to December 81 numbered 9,249
pieces.
Visiting 81 ok soldiers was "a part OF
the duty of religious work secretaries
and for the period for which record
were kept the number of such visit,
made was 996.192, almost equal to til,
population of Colorado with most %
the people in Karsas City. Mo-, thrown
IN to balance the measure.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
Mr.. John Randolph Elected President
of the Police Jury. :

49,
Quite a surprise was sprung
in the police jury room on We'd
desday, when it was developed
that Mr.. w. A. Brownlee had sent
in his resignation to the govern
or as president of the police jury
and had headed a petition to have
Mr.. John Randolph appointed in
his stead. Hisreason for resign
ing was that his duties as mana
ger of the Big Pine Lumber Co.
took up so, much of his time he
found he could not properly
serve on the police jury. Mr..
Randolph being present, and
having received his commission
and,qualified, took his seat in
the body, and Immediately was
elected president. and his name
is signedas president to the police
jury proceedings which we pub
fish this week.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
The First Tumble of High Prices.


The high cost of living was hit
its first blow in Chicago on Tues
day, April 20, when a tremend-
GUS smashing of prices took place
on the board of trade.
Holders of grain and provisions
competed on a big scale in efforts
to unload and to stop losses on a
declining market.
A long threatened free move
ment of corn and hogs from
rural sources was largely re-
sponsible for the general rush to
sell.
Breaks as shown after midday
amounted to SIC a bushel on
corn, and 100 a barrel on,pork.
The best thing about this tum-
BILE is that it has held on pretty
well, and the chances appear
good that when the growing
crops have been harvested the
decline in prices will begin tc
reach consumers and give a per.
ceptible relief from present
prices.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
WOMEN LEARNING MASSAGE.
Germantown Y. VIC. A. Trains WON.
en- for Reconstruction Work
Among Soldiers.

Educational courses to prepare worn-
en- as aides in the rehabilitation Of
wounded soldiers have been opened Mt
the Germantown. Pa, Young Women's
Christian Association.
A reconstruction massage course,
lectures in anatomy, physiology. mus
Gle work and remedial movement mas
sage, theory and practice, electrother-
apy and hydrotherapy are given by
doctors and nurses, who also super
wise practical work at the Y w. c. A.
and at hospitals. The courses are rec
ognized by the Surgeon General.
Similar courses have also been open
ed in the New York City Central
Branch Y. w. G. A., where speciality
is made of brush-making with view
to training women as teachers for re-
construction hospitals.
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Grant Parish Again Goes Over the Top

Grant Parish Again Goes Over the Top
The war fund manifest of the
parish of Grant has again been
certified. The Victory Loan quo
ia has been over-subscribed, and
Grant parish has been true to its
tradition of loyalty and good
faith as expressed in all previous
loans and war efforts. We have
not defaulted in meeting every
request and call our government
has made on US, and it is with
commendable pride that we an
nounce this last and closing
achievement.
The Liberty Loan committee
have received twelve German
helmets for distribution among
the schools of the parish, anc
about two hundred medallions tc
be given to war-workers, plans
covering which are to be worked
out by the committee at a later
date.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
Congress Called in Extra Session for
May 10. ~

President Wilson on Wedness
day, May z, the same day the
peace treaty was handed to the
German delegates, cabled his
proclamation for Congress to as
semble at noon on May 10. 1919.
in extra session. The proclama-
ton is as follows:
Whereas public interest re-
quires that the congress of the
United States should be convened
in extra session at IL O'Clock
noon, on the 10Th day of May,
1919. to receive such communica-
tons as may be made by the ex-
ecutive;
Now, therefore, |. Woodrow
Wilson, president of the United
States of America, do hereby
proclaim and declare that an ex.
traordinary occasion requires the
congress of the United States to
convene in extra session at the
capitol in the District of Column
bia on the 10Th day of May, 1919,
at IL o'clock noon, of which al
persons who shall at that time bt
entitled to act as members there
of are hereby requested to take
notice.
''Given under my hand and the
seal Of the United States Of
America, the seventh day of May
in the year of Our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and nineteen
and of the independence of TIT
United States the one hundred
and forty-third..
(Signed)
WOODROW WILSON.
by the President: Rober
Lansing, Secretary of State. F"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10

The Cadanian Y. w. G. A. has re-
ceiyed permission to place Y. w. C.
A. secretary on every ship leaving
England with 200 or more women and
children on the passenger list.
The secretary fulfills the same func-
ton for the women as the Y. NJ. C. A.
secretary has for men on transports.
She plans entertainments and recrea-
ton for women and children and IL q
friend to whom they may come II they
are In distress
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
Permanent Work On LETTERS. ), !,
way to Begin Soon.

The proceedings Of the MI.
jury which we publish this 49,
will be found of unusual inte,s,,
The delegation of citizens =
pointed by the Grant p,,;'l
Highway Club appeared bef...
that body and learned that 4.
work of repairing the Jeffer,,s
Highway had been in proo,e.
for some time; also they "a.
pleased to secure from that bod,
the assurance of funds sufIiciest
to complete all needed repairs q
the road until the contractnr
can begin permanent work.
This pleasing condition a.
things was supplemental bv I,
telephone message from II,
Duncan Buie. Chief State Eus;.
neer, who said he was ready 4
advertise the letting of the euo.
tract to build the link Of 4.
jefferson Highway throuch ~,
parish. So the prospect i I'll
that the long expected contnc
work on this road will be in Do
gress in about sixty DAYS
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10

We understand that a potato
drying enterprise has been or
ganized at Pollock under the au-
spices of the Great Southern Pre-
serving Association. If some
friend will send the Chronicle a
full account of the enterprise we
shall take pleasure in publishing
it,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
Sunday, May IL, is Mothers Day

Sunday, May II, is Mothers Day.
Mothers Day occurs this year
on May II, and the pretty GUS
tom Of presenting every person
with a rose, red for the living
and white for the dead, lin low
ing memory of Mother" should
always be observed with fitting
decorum and loyal fidelity.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
Adhesive Tape.

A correspondent suggests that a
strip Of adhesive tape. fixed to the
lower side of straightedge used for
cutting glass, will prevent It's slipping.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10

We learn from the Iibesty
Loan committee that the $ll.6l1
quota for Grant parish ID De
Victory Loan was raised ova
the top with flying colora a.
amount was over-subscribed y
tween 5 and 10 per cent ezaa
figures not yet known.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK
By r. L. Sloan
AGENT FOR GRANT PARISH

ment.
The most important crop that
has been introduced into the
southern states within recent
years is the velvet bean. BY
comparison Sudan grass. soy
beans and other crops that have
been introduced are but tram
sients. 1t is adapted to both hill
and bottom land, and is the
most vigorous growing legume
adapted to field culture.
For soil improvement the vel
vet bean is the best annual grown
| in the south. 1t is better than
cowpeas because it makes more
growth. The Alabama Expert
ment Station found that one
crop of velvet beans plowed into
the soil increased-the amount OF
seed cotton produced per acre
from 918 pounds to 1.578 pounds
or an increase of $50 pounds due
to the bean vines. The yield of
corn was increased from 1876 to
I25.9 bushels per acre or almost
doubled. The North Carolina
Experiment Station found that
corn after cotton produced 2O.7
bushels per acre while on similar
soil corn after velvet beans pro-
duced 36.5 bushels 1t is safe
| to say that a crop of velvet bean
vines plowed into any field will
increase subsequent crops for
two or more years.
However great the value OF
velvet beans as a soil improving
lcrop perhaps their greatest
value is brought out only when
i fed to livestock, especially cat
tile, hogs and sheep. The chem
ical composition of velvet bean
meal made by grinding the pods
!" and beans together is about the
same as wheat bran now com.
!, handing prohiBitive prices. The
Alabama Experiment Station
Q compared velvet beans in the poe
!. with cottonseed meal as feed fol
d steers and found two pounds o.
Is tbeans about equal to one pount
Q of cortonseed meal. As feet
. for milk cows both the Georgi'
N and Florida Experiment Stations
: have found velvet beans in tn
Il pod practically equal to cotton
4 seed meal. The Georgia station
Hound that when the pods. wer
4 | ground into meal 2,035 pound
were equal to 1000 pounds o
Icottonseed meal. 1t should b
Noted here that the grain OF
IN taiaed from the meal over tn
p pods will not pay for.the pickin
e e and .gvinding. As a feed fc
be lhogs velvet beans left in tn
% fields are good. The lard thu
T. made will be slightly darke
8. and softer but the quality sti
q good. For breed sows it ma
i, i prove unsafe as cases of abortio
ny have been reported where SOW
had pastured freely on velv'
re beans. Perhaps the create
- point in favor of velvet bear
ms as feed crop is their keepir
- Qualities in the field. After {
= other vegetation has been kill
1gs by winter rains and freezes ca
tie on a velvet bean field W
ian thrive and the milk pail and bu
ss ter platter will continue to
.46 filled. Velvet beans are O
ons great crop that do not need
red be harvested, and the only o
for that will remain good in the fit
fol q. through the winter for sto
: -. feed.
AN The velvet bean has proved
be the most profitable crop
to ., aant on newly cleared land
'oo ~. nv sections. On such land
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10
BEING Polite.

jackson was attending D. birthd.
tarty. He politely accepted everyth
BASED to tdm, but when a certain a..
vas offere d him the second time
aid. sNt !, thank you, I'only took
efore 10 ! be polite"
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LOVE LETTERS
FROM FRANCE

/ have seen boys who came
back from Chateau-Thierry and
Belleau Wood. Boys with nerves
shattered by the incessant burst
ing of shells and the intermln-
able booming of the big guns.
BOYS. who left an arm or a leg
in France. They laughed at their
wounds and joked at their
awkwardness with the new
crutches. They had been a-seek-
ing the great adventure.
But there's another angle that
we sometimes don't get.
It has been my privilege to
read the letters written by an
American soldier in France to
his wife. Underneath the khaki
of the soldier there breathes the
protective tenderness of the man
for his mate; his anxiety for her
happiness and comfort.
II wonder if you have enough
to eat, or if you are cold" writes
the soldier husband, crouched in
the mud and damp of the tren-
ches. "Has our little daughter
clothes enough to keep her warm
while she is going back and
forth from school? All of these
things l think of so much"
And again: 'Tell our little one
l cut a picture out of a book; 1t
was a little girl praying for her
papa to come back safe from the
war"
An interval. Then came q let.
ter from hospital in Switzer'
land, after his release from 9
German prison camp. Lying
there with a leg shattered by 9
German machine gun bullet, ar
| explosive bullet that tore my
right leg to pieces" he writes
Sunday night was such q beau
tiful moonlight night. When !.
looked out my window how my
thoughts did go back to you, be
cause we used to say those wer.
our nights. Well, never mind
our nights will come again."
j His nights and hers. Night
1 flooded with moonlight and low
and happiness and peace. Neve
mind, they will come again afte
all those dreary days Of battl
and prison. But it can't be be
J fore midsummer, because tn
injured leg is slow in healing.
I War isn't all romance and ad
, venture. It isn't all glamou
, and glory and dash. It's horr
: BE. It's rotten. It is hell.
may be romance for the voun
: and adventure for the soldier 4
: fortune, but tits just plain, ster
q duty for the mar who tears hin
2 self from the clasp Of wife an
: child and offers himself to h
country, because. God help hin
he cannot do otherwise and (
q man.
r They did it for you. They o
i fered their lives to make pea
" possible and they helped you
i nance the big deal. And withol
: a doubt they viii help finan'
: the victory.
II You subscribed to four Libe
u ty Loans through patriotism
IS You thought of the Lusitani
g and your country had gone
II war. You helped prepare, equ
a and maintain the army sent o
. erseas. And when you re,
!, - about Chateau Thierry, Bellies
III Wood, st. Mihiel, the Argon,
t. Forest, Sedan. you went out al
,e bought more bonds.
le And now, the Victory Loan
to and peace. But your PATRIOTS
20 is yet to be put to the real te
- Over 10, 900 American boys ga
:. up their lives for your safe
* More than 200, 900 soldiers ga
a leg or an arm or their eyesie
to for your protection. The crippl
to must be cared for and taue
in new trades, and other expens
T. of the war must be met.
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To All Legal American Citi,sua

10 All Lekhi american CHS1<4
The Victory Loan should b
more popular than any olha
loans. because it is to pay ID
the magnificent victory our
troops won on European BATH
fields, and to bring our boys back
home. Only a little more than
one-third of the American
troops have as yet been brought
back. Besides this. the gum
ammunition and accouttemest
with which they fought han
yet to be paid for.
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w.
WIGGINS = At the Cban y
hospital in Shreveport, ",
May 3, 1919. H. c. Wigg'n 1s:. M m
April IL, 1890, departed sn';
aged 20 years, l month sn'
days. -
He was taken to Shreve
from Grant parish for a.
ton for appendicitis. he
ailing five days before the ~ =.
and lived 8 days after,
leaves a wife and three q
also a brother and a sist q.
host of friends. His q.
were buried in the on Y.
Cemetery, Rev. Chel
pastor, conducting the I
Grieve not, dear Ones s
resting with Jesus.
meet him there.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-05-10

Mrs. Lula G. Smart. Of Nant
field, who arrived last SAturd
night and spent the week ~
ing the family Of Mr. A
Goodwin and other relal|y(
left Friday night for Alexan@
where she will visit friend
couple Of days and then s. q
Bayou Goula, where sbe n
spend a while visiting relsuyQ
Rub-My-Tism is . great pan b. (
It relieves pain and soreness 60
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Spruin4 q
See A. M. Goodwin for insus11ee
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Guynerner, Frances &C,

Guynerner, Frances ace
of aces, who made the SUI
preme sacrifice, used to
say: mo man has given
anything until he has CIV
en- everything. There is
no limit to the duty Of a
man when his country
, needs him."
None of US dare quit
now.
Read Guynemer again!
..AAAAAA.aassAAssssss,
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DIED.

r-~-~->->-c---~sr~ ~ Fl
WILLIAMS At her hone
Colfax, La. at $50 .. q. o. sll
urday, May 8. 1913 Mn
Williams, wife of Walter 4 y
liams departed this life ageo&
years, z months and u days'
The deceased was born &c
Edinberg, Miss, Sept. 70
and was married to w y
liams June 9, 1902. They ~
the parents of six children
of whom died. Two boys s,e
to girls, together with n4
| father, survive the mother. ba
death occurred suddenly
heart trouble. She expFe.s
herself as feeling unusually
only a few hours before shs q i,
and that evening she afteo..
an entertainment at the
| school before she died thatnle
Religious services were neg
the house at 8 O'Clock SUNDAY
ternoon and also at the cesns n
about A O'Clock, Rev. J. Y e. 4.
nett officiating at the cere'ne!'. I.
in the presence Of many
thising relatives and frienoA
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WOODROW WILSON.

by the President: Robert
Lansing, Secretary of State