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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR
USE FOR CONSTRUCTIVE
PURPOSES.
PROVIDE CHEAP CREDIT
Louisiana Farmers Should Take
Greater Advantage Of the Assist
ance : Offered BY Farm
Loan Banks.

Now that the crisis of war mas
passed it is important that farmers
resume operations on a sound eco
nomic basis with due regard to soil
building, to the distribution of their
crop risks by diversf1catfon, to eco
nomical equipment. and especially to
finance, according to an announcement
received by the Extension Division,
Louisiana State University, from the
u. S. Department of Agriculture. To
this end leaders generally are asked
to direct their attention anew to tho
accommodation of the Federal Farm
Loan System SO that they may be
in position to advise individual far
mers and to encourage the utilization
Of the Farm Loan Bank for cheap
credit for investment, equipment and
operation.
Some of the features of the sys-
tenn may be enumerated as follows:
1. Where the farmer is ~handi-
capped by load OF debt, either per-
sonal or secured by mortgage. and Is
paying high interest, he can place
himself in a position Of security and
comparative ease by taking Federal
Farm Loan mortgage on which, at
the present time. he would pay IL
per cent interest per annum, payable
semi-annually, plus one per cent If
the debt per year in the way of amor
tization, which will pay on the debt.
principal and interest, IN about thir-
ty-five years.
2. Where he owns a farm which
Is too small to be economically prof.
liable he can borrow money on these
terms through the Federal Far1,
Loan System for the purpose of in.
creasing his holdings.
3. The tenant farmer who has &C.
cumulated equipment and property
for the operation of rented farms Is
often able under this system to buy 3
farm of his own. using the money
obtained through Federal farm loan
for the purpose of paying so pei
cent Of the purchase price.
4. Where in any community there
are tenant farmers who. by selling
on part Of their equipment and rs
ing their accumulated savings. can
obtain the money to buy lands in re
gions where land is cheaper. 1t is en-
tirely possible, through the Federal
Farm Loan System and Federal land
banks, to give such tenant reliable
information as to prices, quality oil
lands and conditions of settlement in
other parts of the country. under con
ditions which will cable the Federal
land banks to, extend aid to the ten
ant on his removal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05

George Andre. Insane, Attacks Guards.
Alexandria, La, April l. Geo.
Andre, an insane white man,
from Grant parish. who has been
in Jail since March IL last, was
taken to the Louisiana Hospital
in Pineville yesterday afternoon
by Deputy Sheriff Norwood
Vance and Mrs Walter Atkinson.
After getting out of the car at
the asylum gate, Mr.. Vance no.
ticed that Andre had secured a
hammer from under the seat and
was in the act of Draining Atkin-
son with it. AS quick as flash
Mr.. Vance sprang upon Andre
and a terrific struggle ensued be-
tween the two men. Andre was
finally overpowered by Mr..
Vance and disarmed, but in the
scuffle the deputy received two
or three blows in the head and
face with the hammer at the
hands of Andre. Mr.. Atkinson
was not injured. After being
disarmed Andre was locked up.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
Danger in the Trenches
American Boys Bravely Uphold
National Honor in France

The American Expeditionary forces
in France meet death face to face every
day in trench war fare; and yet 1t 10
reported that only So are killed each
year in battle. Death by illness Of
different kinds takes as severe toll a.
bullets; although the death rate in the
army is no higher per thousand than in
civilian hfe. Thousands die each year
in the United States that could be re-
lieved if properly treated. For in
stance kidney trouble and Bright's Dis
ease demand heavy toll. Here. how
ever, is an example Of how one man
was saved from kidney trouble.
This is what'G C. Anthony of Sheye-
port says: II was troubled like hum
dreds of others with kidney trouble but
apparently could obtain no relief. At
ter suffering for four years / took four
bottles of Hobo Kidney and Bladder
Remedy, which entirely relieved me Of
any trouble of that nature. / unhesi-
tatingIy recommend it to any one who
is similarly affected, thinking it will
also do for them what itdid for melt
SAVED MY LIFE-this was in 1912
and am still well on this Bird day Of
May 1918. Hobo Kidney and Bladder
Remedy is for sale in this vicinity by
Dixie Pharmacy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
New Cotton Conference Called by Gov
ernor Pleasant April 10.

Baton Rough, April 2.-An-
other conference of representa-
tives of cotton interest was call
ed by Gov. Pleasant to meet at
Memphis. April 10.
1.-The question Of organizing
banks in the South for the pur-
pose of financing cotton will be
taken up" states the governor.
w. P. G.. Hardin, head of the
Federal Reserve Banks, and
Senator Owen of Oklahoma, will
be present at the conference.
Senator Owen spent some time
in Europe as a representative OF
the government to study the
methods of commercial organi.
cations. He found that SO indi-
vidual organizations controlled
British business. One of these
dominated the cotton industry
| for the British manufacturers.
I'VE must organize" said the
governor, ''as far as possible
under our laws, so that the pro.
ducers will be protected"
Gov. Pleasant is anxious to
have all the delegates invited to
the last two meetings at New
Orleans and Memphis attend the
meeting.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
The Shrinkage in the Industries OF Eu'
rope.

1t is hard for the average citi-
zen in this country to understand
and appreciate the great shrink
age and almost total collapse OF
the industries of Europe. This
is particularly so among the cot
ton raisers of the South, who al
low their self-interest in the sale
of cotton prices and their desire
to see prices boosted to warp
and becloud their better judg-
ment.
There is no gainsaying the
fact of the complete industrial
prostration of Europe. England,
France, Germany, Austria, Rus
STA Italy and the Balkan states
are worn out by four and a half
years of war-the most devas-
tating war of all history-in
which millions of men have been
wounded and rendered practical
ly useless in the industries of the
country. The very backbone and
sinew of the factories, of agri-
culture and of all industries,
have virtually been destroyed
killed or wounded, blinded or
diseased, and rendered totally
helpless. The factories, tn e
workshops, the machinery, the
railroads, have in very many
places been totally wrecked and
destroyed. Those industries not
destroyed have been disorganized
and paralyzed by having their
operatives either killed or wound
ed or scattered abroad all over
the various countries at war.
The farms have run down and
labor is scarce to put, them in or
der again. The horses, cattle
and all live stock have been kill
ed of and greatly depleted.
It will take years to get the in
dustries of Europe back to nor
NAL condition; and until their
farms are rejuvenated, the rail-
roads and factories rebuilt, and
food is again moderately plenti-
full in the land, the people of Eu-
rope need not be expected to run
wild to buy cotton. They need
it all right, but they need a whole
lot of other things a great deal
more.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
How Diphtheria il Contracted.

One often hears the expression. my
child caught severe cold which de-
veloped into diphtheris, when the
truth was that the cold had simply left
the little one particularly susceptible
to the wandering diphtheria germ. II
your chilo has dold when diphtheria
is prevalent you should take him out Of
school and keep him off the streets I'M
til fully recovered. az there is hum
dred times more danger of his taking
diphtheria when he has q cold. When
Chamberlain's Cough Ramedy is given
it quickly cures the cold and lessons
the danger of diphtheris or any other
germ disease being contracted.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
voters Should Support Only Progress
i've Candidates.

voters Should Support Only Progress
i've Candidates.
Now that the political waters
have begun to rifle, there are a
few things the voter should be
very mindful of. and that is.
that the most progressive men
we have must be the ones to hold
office from ward justice to dis
trict judge. The next ten years
will be a period of great progress
throughout America. and if we
have deadheads-men who are
satisfied with present conditions
holding public office we will
find ourselves way behind in the
progress of time. The time has
come when we must vote down
the stumbling block to the pro-
gress of civilization-they are
unpatriotic and must be relegated
regardless of our personal feel
ing for them.
We must elect men who will
turn heaven and earth for better
schools, better roads and quicker
Justice in our courts. Last, but
not by any means least, men who
are broadminded enough when
elected to lay aside peanut poll
tics and work together for the
common good of all. The candi-
date whose platform does not in
'clude the above principles, to-
gether with his signed pledge to
support them to the fullest ex-
tent of his ability, should not be
considered as in the race.
Think it over, boys; and do
not pledge your support to the
man who fails to deliver unto
you a pledge also.
The above sound advice to vo.
tiers is taken from the Watch
man. published at Columbia. in
Caldwell parish, to which the
Shreveport Journal adds that
pledges should be supported by
reputation and record. lis easy
TO make pledges. Past perform.
ance should be the measure of 9
candidates sincerity. If he has
lived up to his promises he is
worthy of further Consideration
mot other WISE"
Would Grant parish want any
man not able or willing to meas
ure up to the principles enumer
ated to fill her public Offices?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
Sweet Potato Crop Worth Many Mil
lions.

Baton Rouge, La, March 81
That the sweet potato conference
recently held in Birmingham,
Ala, was attended by IS horticul-
sturists and Psychologists, from ID
Southern states and the Federal
Department of Agriculture, is a
striking indication of the import
ance that the sweet potato is at
tanning in Southern agriculture,
according to M. Hull, assistant
horticultural, Extension Divi-
sion, who was one of Louisiana's
representatives at this confer
ence.
1T is doubtful if any agricul-
tural problem was ever more
thoroughly discussed by SO large
a body of experts" says Mr..
Hull. Every disease to which
the sweet potato is heir came in
'dishonorable mention by the
leading plant Psychologists of the
country. and remedies were sug-
gested for their prevention and
control. Every phase of plant
ing, cultivating, harvesting.
storing and marketin was gone
into the fullest detail, and num-
erous problems were worked out
that will be of permanent value
to every grower of sweet pota.
toes and every storage-house
owner.
Had such a conference beer
called ten or even five year age
it is doubtful whether q quorum
could have been mustered, bu,
when it is considered that the
value of the sweet potato has in.
creased more than 80 per cent ir
ten years that it now ranks sec.
ond in value among vegetables
in the United States. that the
value of the 1917 crop reached
the huge sum-of $50. 600. 600 and
that of 1918 is estimated at al.
most SLIT, 600. 900. it is not diff.
cult to understand why so much
interest is being taken in this
crop.
1.-The lowly potato, so long &C.
customed to coming to market
along with the farmers surplus
eggs and chickens and other low.
priced farm products, is now
moving in solid carloads to the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
FEEDING COTTON SEED
MEAL TO HOGS

/. Cottonseed meal cannot be sur
passed for giving the firmness Of flesh
and lard demanded by the packers.
2. Cottonseed meal should not con-
stitute more than one-fourth of the
ration of hogs.
3. Cottonseed meal should not be
fed more than four or 1--WE weeks at
any one period; but after a rest OF
three to five weeks the cottonseed
meal can again be fed for another pc
Rod of four or five weeks.
4. BY all means get a good grade
Of cottohseed meal, for interior meal
may have a poisonous effect.
5. When fed to hogs on grazing
crops. cottonseed meal may be fed in
larger quantities and for longer pc
RODS than when on dry feed only.
6. Cottonseed meal supplies pro
tein cheaply and is available at all
times and at all places.
Z. Cottonseed meal, forming one
fourth OF one-fifth of ration. Is
most excellent feed for hogs for the
last four weeks before slaughtering
This is especially true or hogs grazed
or fed on peanuts. soy beans, or othel
soft pork.producing feeds.
8. Cottonseed meal is splendid
supplement to corn and rice polish.
9. II cottonseed meal is fed judi
ciously, ITS efficiency as a feeding
value will become more and more ap
parent, B. Francioni. Agent II
Swine Hnsbandry, Extension Division
louisiana Estate University.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
Negro il Candidate for Mayor.

Raleigh. N. c.. March 26. -
For the first time in many years
negroes will be candidates in the
primary next month to fill Offices
in the municipal government
here. At a meeting last night
Of the Twentieth Century Voters
Club. a negro organization, cam
didates were selected to make
the run for mayor. commissioner
of public safety and commission
er of public works.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
Chamberlain,s Cough Remedy,

The great benefit derived from the
use of Chamberlain Cough Remedy
has been gratefully acknowledged by
MANY. Mrs. Benjamin F. Blakeney,
Decatur, H., writes. chamberlain g
Cough Remedy is by far the best medi-
cine for colds and coughs we have ever
used in our family. gave 1t to my
children when small for Group and have
taken it myself.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
Soldier Killed When Jostled by Fugi.
tive.

Alexandria, April 2. Sergeant
Earl Chapman, Camp Beaure-
gard. was killed instantly last
night when he was run over bod
lily by a fleeing negro who was
trying to escape his pursuer,
said to be a victim of an i'll turn
in q dice game. The soldier was
walking along on Lee street.
Two negros, running. turned the
corner. The runner behind was
yelling: stop, niggah, and
gimme my money back" The
negro with the money ran into
Sergeant Chapman with such
force that the soldiers neck was
broken and his skull fractured
from the fall.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
Louisiana Cattle Should Briug Goo,
Prices.

Louisiana Cattle Should Briug Good
Prices.
Louisiana farmers should be
warned against selling their cat
tie too cheaply, with the expecta-
ton of replacing the animals at
prices later, says ]. A. Simms,
beef cattle specialist. Extension
Division, Louisiana State Univer-
sity.
The Texas ranges are exceed
ingly short of cattle, he says,
and the grazing promises to be
exceptionally good. This means
that buyers will probably be in
the market looking for bargain
stuff. But better profits can
very likely be made by Louisi-
ana farmers if they will keep
their cattle at home for grazing,
thinks Mr.. Simms.
However, where tits desirable
to sell cattle, Mr.. Simms' SER
vices will be availble to farmers
in helping them find good buy.
ers. Outside spectators should
not be allowed to come in and
Y,ick the cafflo af lo1u nricaS
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
Every Soldiers Record Will Be Saved
By State.

Every Soldiers Record Will BE Saved
By State.
Ration Rouge, March 26.-The
service record of every soldier,
sailor and marine is desired by
the Louisiana state council of de-
tense for permanent preserva-
zion in state and parish archives.
To secure accurate information
regarding every mans service,
a campaign is being undertaken
which will give friends and rela-
tives of these men an opportuni-
ty to furnish facts.
Parish war record directors
are being appointed by Cover
nor Pleasant to have charge of
parish organizations. Canvas
sers are being furnished with
blanks, and will visit every fami-
| ly to ascertain whether it had
sons or relatives in any branch
of the service
In addition to the mans per-
sonal and military record, an op-
portunity will be given to each
to furnish interesting extracts
from letters, photographs, OF
anything that will become valu.
able from a historical standpoint
in 100 years or more.
1t is especially important that
the records of men who fought
under the Canadian flag, or the
flags of other allied nations be
secured, as well as Of all mer
who volunteered, as the names
of these men are not in posses.
sion of the draft boards.
1t is determined there shall be
no repetition of the incomplete
recording of war service which
resulted following the close Of
the Civil War. The public is re.
quested to cooperate in making
Louisiana's honor roll complete
When the canvassers have
completed the work for any giver
parish, the blank will be for
warded to State Council of De
tense headquarters. where they
will be copied in duplicate or
special blanks, and placed il
handsome loose leaf binders
One copy will be presented tt
the parish as memorial to tn,
men who served, and the othel
record will be retained as thu
Estate file.
Relatives and friends of every
man who entered the service
are urged to ascertain the nam,
of the war record director fol
the parish and cooperate in Sc
curing complete and accurate in
formation. Information regard
ling the parish organizations
where to secure blanks, etc.
may be obtained from Stat,
Council of Defense headquarters
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
Adhesive Iape.

A correspondent suggests that a
strip of adhesive tape. fixed to the
lower side of straightedge used for
cutting glass, viii prevent It's slipping.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05

b imitation Ivory.
South America In producing imita-
Ton ivory.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05

lncreasIng Love Of Home.
/ presume the proper means Of in
creasing the love we bear our native
country is to reside some time In a
foreign one.-Shenstone.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05

Distinguished Entertainer Coming.
The public will be pleased to
learn that the well known enter
tainer Miss Beulah Elwood Nc
Nemar will give her Popular Re-
cital, Mrs Wigs of the Cab,
bage Patch, in the School Au-
ditorium, on April 8. at 8 p. M.
auspices, Colfax Civic League.
Miss McNemar is a platformist
of rare ability, who always
charms her audiences.
This program is a favorite-a
happy combination of wit, wis
dom and philosophy which never
fails to please young and old.
Adults, 30c; children under ID,
Zoe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
Sometimes.

Sometimes.
Pop. tell me one thing" "what IL
1t, my SOM" 'Ts it the sea Of troubles
you hear about that they float loans
onr
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-04-05
The Supreme Court Orders o. B. Brett
to Trial.

The Supreme Court Orders o. B. Brett
to Trial.
On decision day this week the
supreme court of Louisiana ham
ded down a decision reversing
the judgment of Judge Andrews
IN the case of State versus O. B.
Brett. charged with arson, and
sends the case back for trial.
The decision of Judge Andrews
was one upholding the motion to
quash the indictment on the
ground that a new law passed in
1918 had the effect OF ''legis-
lative pardon. The supreme
court did not agree with this
view of the case and annulled
the judgment and remanded the
case for trial in the district court
according to law.
The technlcallteS OF this case
occurred in the Grant parish dis
trict court last year and attract
ed great interest owing to the
large number of attorneys en-
ployed by the defense and the
various legal phases developed in
discussing the case. District At
torney Carter and j. B. Roberts,,
who was associaed in the prose-
cution, appealed and secured the
reversal. Brett is charged with
instigating another man to burn
an occupied residence during the
temporary absence of the occu-
pants. and pending trial of his
case was at large under a bond
of five thousand dollars.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02

not be made available if, in the first
Instance, the entire burden of the
scheme must be assumed without an
opportunity to build the experimental
short lines to which reference is made
Logically such a system would trav-
erse New Mexico from its eastern
boundary to Albuquerque, by way of
the existing New Mexico Central and
the partially finished Albuquerque
Eastern. From Albuquerque it should
go to Pennington and thence west
along the San Juan river TO the most
available opening in the direction of
Salt Lake City and should there con-
ncct with such a line as the Oregon
Short Line, for instance, eventually
becoming one Of the most profitable
and serviceable of the great railroad
systems of the United States.
The Legislature of New Mexico
should see to it that the possibilities
Of obstructing this development
through the pending propositions in
congress is wildly kept before the
minds of the leaders of that body.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-02
\ CURE FOR PNEUMONIA.

Take six to ten onions, according TO
size, chop fine, and put in large spl-
der ~over hot fire; then add about
the same quantity of rye meal, and
vinegar enough to make a thick paste.
In the meantime, stir 1t thoroughly
letting il simmer five or ten inmates.
Then put il in cotton bag large
enough to covers the lungs and apply
it to the chest as hot as the patient
can bear. When this gets cool apply
another. and thus continue by reheat-
ing the poultirecs and in a few hours
the patient will be out of danger. This
simple remedy has never failed in this
too often fatal malady. Usually three
or four applications Will be sufficient
but continue always until Precipitation
starts freely from the chest. This
simple remedy, says the New Eng
land Grocer" was formulated many
years ago by one of the best physicians
New England has ever known, who
never lost a patient by this disease,
and won his renown by saving persons
by simple remedies after the best
medical talent had pronounced their
cases hopeless Personally we know
OF three persons who were saved by
the remedy last winter in Boston after
their physicians had given them up to
die: and If a record was made of all
similar cases during the last six years,
1t would fill a good-sized volume.