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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
$1,000 for Seed for Suffers by Overflow
in Grant Parish.

Farm Demonstration R. L.
Sloan has received two thousand
uollars worth Of corn. peas. sor-
ghum, millet. and other seed for
distribution to the sufferers by
overflow in Grant parish. We
understand these come through
Harry D. Wilson, of the State
agricultural department, and
that Representative j. w. Eth
ridge, of this parish, has been
active in looking after the mat
ter.
Mr.. Sloan has shipped the seed
to Felix Bullitt and Frank Le-
moline at Aloha, and Chas. V.
Dyson at Montgomery, who will
attend to distributing at those
points. In all is estimated that
$500 acres of cultivated lands
were drowned out by the over
flow.
The seed are for free distribu-
ton to overflow sufferers in
wards, two, six and seven north
and south of the Colfax ward,
little or no damage having been
done by high water TO the farm
ers in this ward.
We understand that an effort
is also being made to get slips and
vines to plant sweet potatoes on
the overlooked lands.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19

velop the Aims and be back heso
time for Its stellar production e.
ing the week Of June IL.
The personnel OF the State "
Committees as far AZ compiled = .
follows:
Judge w. g. Banks, Shreveport -
executive chairman: Hon. w. g.
Wilkinson, Shreveport. La. execal3
chairman. Citizens Campaign.
State committeeman for their q
spective districts:
Homer Dtstrict-Mr. w. A
Kenxie.
Minden and Webster Parish--n. /
d. Webb. Minden. La.
Ruston and Lincoln Parish--O. =
Hodge. Ruston. La. Chairman Of e
Gems Committee.
PresIdin0 Elders Of the stase'
Briscoe Carter. Shreveport D'se
]. M. Henry. Ruston District
J. c. Smelling, New Orleans
trict.
c. d. Atkinson. Monroe District
H. w. Bowman, Lake Charles -
trict.
Martin Herbert. Houma DistricA
A. s. Lutz, Baton Rouge Distl1e
H. w. Mays. Alexandria District
Houma District. A. Robcneaz'
Houma. committeeman; E. T.
son. Jeanerette. vice chairman.
Baton Rouge District = W
Holmes. Baton Rouge. vice chair
Jacob Abels. Ponchatoula. cornm'e
man.
Lake Charles District-A. N.
Lake Charles. committeeman;
Pharr, New Iberia. vice chairna.
New Orleans District-Rev.
Weir. Algiers. La, commitfee,
Donaldson Gallery. New Orleans
chairman.
Rev. A. G. Gearhard. Bogalusa. ~
Chairman Speakers Bureau. Sout
District.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
The Republican Nominees for Presi-
dent and Vice President.

The Republican Nominees Tor Presl.
dent and Vice President.
The national Republican con-
vention which met in Chicago on
June 10, on Monday, June IA,
nominated Senator Warren G.
Harding. of Ohio. for President
in the election to be held in No
vemher. His running mate for
Vice-President is Gov. Colvin
Coolidge, of Massachusetts.
The proceedings of the con-
vention in adopting their plat
form was a stormy one, and pam
demonium reigned several times.
They make a direct issue with
the Democrats by condemning
the peace policy and other poll
cies of President Wilson, and
the Democrats will certainly not
be slow to accept the gauge of
battle on these lines.
The Democratic nominating
convention is to meet at San Fran
cisco on June %, and the eyes of
the nation are now turned to that
city as the next point Of political
interest.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
ally 5000, 900 Already Pledged to Rusten
Orphanage Expansion Campaign.
"BIG FOUR" OPTIMISTIC.
Working Hard to Raise 100000 More Durinl
Intensive Week, June 1920.

Shreveport, June 8. - Practically
two hundred thousand dollars Ii al.
ready pledged outside Of Shreveport
for the expansion Of the Ruston Meth.
odist Orphanage, and with a goal Of
100000 the committee is actively a
work laying the ground work for the
raising Of the balance during tho In
tensive week beginning June Is. Dur
Ing that week many elaborate enter
tainments are planned and novel
features in the way OF publicity are
to be produced and the Big Four In
charge Of the campaign feel satisfied
that when their work closes on the
goth they will have raised enough
money to insure q permanent home
for $50 orphans.
Recently Campaign Director Nick
erson received the following tele-
gram:
"Ruston. June 3. 1890.
George K. Nickerson.
Shreveport.
"At a committee meeting today OF
six representative citizens there was
pledged $4,000. Think Ruston and
Lincoln Parish will raise a quota Of
$4,000.
(Signed) 20. E. Hodge.
Chairman Citizens Committee
The above is typical Of the spirit
being manifested in the Orphanage
drive outside of Shreveport. One
philanthropist in Minden win give
$4,000 to the campaign and with this
magnificent donation Webster and
Claiborne Parishes are expected to
raise $4,000.
The churches In the Monroe Dis
trict have accepted a $4,000 quota
and the Citizens Committee expect to
raise a like sum.
IN the city Of New Orleans the
churches are pledged to raise s25. 600
and the citizens, through Hon. Donel.
son Gallery, vice chairman. are ex-
pected to double that sum.
Big gifts already pledged amount TO
$4,000 more and it is believed be-
fore the campaign ends and In the
course OF the next year several me-
mortal cottages. each caring for Is
orphans, will grace the grounds 1t
huston, the contribution of big oil
men, And then the great city OF
Shreveport is to be heard from. So
Is Alexandria. Baton Rouge and
Houma. Then down in Iberia, Henry
Pharr, vice chairman. will be heard
FROM
And so the Big Four. viz, Judge w.
G. Banks of the Palmer Trust, execu-
tive chairman. W. Scott Wilkinson.
state chairman, Citizens Committee:
Judge B. F. Roberts, city attorney Of
Shreveport and George X. Nickerson.
campaign director. are joyful and con-
fident that Ruston will soon have the
greatest orphanage in the state and
the call of 200 kiddies will have been
answered.
Guy Emepey has finished his great
picture OF the Orphapage and his rem
resentative and one of Mr.. Nfcker.
sons have gone to New York 10 de-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
,S()T1E,
Slflll- is
8s
On Second Thought.

"rve got a scheme" said Farmer
Corntossel. "When it's time to get
busy on the farm. I'll get camera
and have photographs made OF how
farmin' Is done. That'll put the hired
men an the farmerettes and every
body OH their mettle. They'll all i'm
agfne they're moving picture stars"
Its fine idea." answered the wife.
"Oniy think of the salaries they'll de-
mand!"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Dressing Up.

Mrs. Lastcry-My good man, is that
outer garment you are wearing an ex-
elusive design?
The Plumber-You mean my over
aiis, ma'am? Nom. Buy 'em any
where.
Mrs. Lastery-Then you won't mind
my copying the bodice for new eve
ming gown I'm having made?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Getting Information.

sometimes" said Senator Sorghum,
~ am tempted to believe in this ouiJa
board business"
Getting superstitious"
"Not exactly. But there must be
some supernatural way for all these
orators to have found out exactly what
George Washington would have said
under these circumstances.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Clever Idea.

Transportation Manager - WHAT'S
the idea of raising that brakeman's
pay? What did he do?
President-Invented burglar alarm
for every freight car.
Transportation Manager - Burglar
alarm?
President-Yep; puts bar of soap
in each freight car.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
A Trouble Maker.

Mrs. Smitb--My husband alwayp
says that / am his first thought.
Mrs. Jones-From all hear, he
seems to think second thoughts are
best.-Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Kindhearted Earmera

One day a city cousin came to the
farm and when she saw the windmill
said: "Oh, see how good, the farmers
are. to the pigs; they have electric
fans to keep them COOL"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19

Inc letters In the alphabefs OF the
world vary from II to 2O2 in number
The Hawaiian alphabet has the sma,l.
est number, the Tartarian the large
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Debt of Gratitude

I'VE owe a debt of gratitude to orr,
ancestors"
I'VE do" agreed Mrs. FlimgIlt
without them we should have had
none OF these pretty costumes for
our fancy dress balls"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Insulation.

Insulation.
Il don't think You are as forceful as
you used to be-" said the blunt con-
stituent. whats the trouble?"
RED tape" answered Senator Sor-
ghum.
What do you mean by red taper"
.Insulation for a live WIRE"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Accounting for II.

He-Sfatistics show that more bach
elors are criminals than married men
She-That is because the bachelors
have nobody to blame 1t ON.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19

object Of Public School.
The public school Is wFonev
ganized when Its main object y
for college. II should benefit the
rather than the few.-PhillipA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Great CARVINGS On.

Mrs. Newbride-My dear, I'm so
worried. Our cook is carrying on some
thing awful.
Mrs. Oldbride-Aline did the same
thing. Carried away enough to start
q small grocery store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Compensation.

How can you listen with such In.
terest to that lady lecturers dry
taik?"
Il was drinking in her LIQUID
tones"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
The Reason

Don't 60 into this. spelling bee."
"Wby nOt?"
Because with your limitations. you
Will find yourself In hornets nest ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Real Action.

You haven't yet thrown your hat
into the ring"
No." answered Senator Sorghum.
Hats don't help any in the running.
But maybe sooner or later you'll find
ME getting my shoes half-soled."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Literal Improvement

seS' ~ improvement.
when she was taxed with her want
OF neatness, she swept out the room
with disdain."
1T would have been more to the
purpose If she swept it out with a
broom"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
Any chunn Can Do Il.

For him who needlessly complains
! do not care feather;
I've found 1t doesn't call for brains
To criticize the weather.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
No Smoking Allowed

No Smoking Allowed.
did you tell her that smoking isn't
allowed?"
EYES,"
"Did you point out the notice?"
eyes"
"Well, what did she do?"
lit her cigarette with ft."-Tft-
Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19
FREE FOR ALL

FREE FOR ALL
"My apartment house is very noisy.
suffer in silence"
you don't have to do that. Get
q graphophone yourself"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-19

tones"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
Sporting News and Notes


The Vale track team viii meet Prince
ten in duai meet May All New Haven
and Harvard May at Cambridge
Reginald C. Vanderbilt president az
tho american hackney Horse Society
and the Association Of American Horse
Shows. has been invited to Judge har-
ness horses al the International horse
SHOW f. London. besinning June IS
The Ontariau government has under
consideration the appointment Of a com
mission to control boxing n the Toronto
section of the Dominion Of canada
The board OF education Of East Or
auge y J plans 10 construct concrete
stadium al Ashland for the use Of young
athletes
The marathon race in Detroit April s
will be over a course measuring %
miles $50 Yards and Canadian runners
VIII probably be among the starters.
The National Negro Baseball League
viii begin its season May Il The assoc
citation Includes teams i'm Chicago. ST.
Louis Kansas city Dayton. aud 1ndi-
annapolis. together with The Cuban Stars.
q travelling team from Havana
The Canadian olympic COMMITTEES
wishes The Unitarian government 10 add
$4,000 to IFS recent appropriationa Of
$4,000 6 send athletes to The OILS nfpic
games IN Antwerp
Dr Charles NJ Wharton viii soon
start outdoor mass athletic work for
University of Pennsylvania students on
Two large fields adjacent 70 Franklin
field, Philadelphia
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
Willie Jackson Thumps
Sheppard in Six Rounder

PHILADELPHIA, Pa March a4-
Johnnie sheppard. the English light
weight. who entered the Olympia a. A.
more fr % fight a welterweight battle
than az 1873 pounds. was given terrific
beating By Willie JACKSON in a siN-round
encounter before 2 big crowd Shep-
pard weighed as AT the rngside while
Jackson tipped the beam at 1873 and for
a long time it looked as if there would
be no night Jackson finally consented
to so on despite the big handicap and
gave Sheppard a severe grilling
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
THREE KNOCKOUTs

MONTREAL. que. March - 81
Three knocl1outs in one week IS the
record held by Eugene Brosseau. mid
dlewcight champion Il Canada. fol-
LOWING ills vctorv in the second
round here oer Ai Mccoy former
mutdleWelght champion
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
WABASH HONORS
JOHN J. BURNS

CRAwFORDsvILLE, Ind March
24,--John J. Burns Of TT. Dodge, "a,
three-letter man AZ wabash ana back
guard on the Little Giant basketball
team, has been elected captain Of tie
1921 quintet. Burns is one 81 the
best athletes IN wabash, playing fun
back in football, and third base in
baseball. He played splendid game
at guard on this years Scarlet five.
The college athletic committee has
awarded basketball "W's" to the fol-
lowing nleni Captain Hunt. Burns,
Kashner, Kerr Adams, Crater, Roy
Etter and Bartlett.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
Error Reaardino IndioestIon.
By Probasco.

Now, it is a popular error TO sup
pose that indigestion is merely an
affection Of the stomach. There is
not a single organ. a single tissue.
or nerve which IS not affected 10
some considerable degree.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24

road. wife Of the boxing manager. has
fied suit n the superior court for di-
vorce from her husband on charges Of
cruelty The cuple were married on
August % 1916 at Colorado Springs
Mrs Thrs asserts that her husband on
one occasion struck her in the mouth.
removing overall teeth
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24

McALL.EN Tex-The Athletics and
Cards engaged Ia an old fashioned slug
gins matcai here yesterday - he Athletics
getting q hits and IL runs. while
Branch Rickey's menlgot 2oihi s, and rs
rms
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
JOHNSON TRIES
TO GET BACK
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE

mi ERMATIONAL NENS SERVICE
NEW YORK. March 24-Reports that
Jack Johnson is trying to smuggle him
self into the country led a force of de-
tec,ives to search the Ward liner Mon
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24

terey from stem to stern today when
she arrived from Mexican ports. They
faueJ to find HIM
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
Flynn and Green Fight
Draw in Harvey Arena

Maurice FLYNN and Willie Green. light
eights. boxed ten rounds to a draw in
The windup 81 q show staged AT Harvey
Monday night IN the other bouts Toms
my White and Bernie Kilroy fought
six round draw and Charlie MeyerchlcA
knocked out Kid Joseph in the fourth
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
Wife Of Emil Thirty
Begins Suit for Divorce

N Waas TIe Wa sagrldao
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
At BosToN-Johnny Downs beat

Al Bus TON-JcnnnN I0Nns 1FIL Joe
lawson C12l
AT DETROIT-BiHy DuSso beat Pete
Budi C1O). Johnny Lewis knocked
out Carl Leonard 90.
AT PITTSBURGH Harry Greb beat
larry Williams (10).
Ar NEW ORLEANS kid Roster heat
Jimmy Kane G5). Red Shannon beat
Sailor Hennessey 60. Kid Yoakuln
knocked out Young Brown ().
At PITTSBURGH. Harvey Thorn
knocked out Billy Wager Cd
AT MONTREAL - Eugene Brosseau
knocked out Al Mccoy ca
AT PHILADELPHIA-W Jackson
beat Johnnie Sheppard 90.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24

The board Of education Of East Or
auge y. j.. plans 70 construct a concrete
stadium AZ Ashland for the use IF young
athletes
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24

The marathon race in Detroit April
will be over course measuring %
miles $50 Yards and Canadian runners
viii probably be among the starters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01

Opeli1xa, February 29.-(Specia1,)-- ,)--An event of much interest to large circle of friends and acquaintances through out the state was the marriage Sunday in Montgomery of Miss Mae Nelson of Alexander City and MT. Joseph Wayne Sanders of Dothan. The marriage took place Sunday afternoon at l o'clock at the parsonage of the Court Street Meth odist Church, the pastor, Dr. NJ. H. Holt. performing the ceremony in the presence of few friends and relatives.
 The bride is a young woman of mag netic personality and rare intellectual attachments. She is a graduate of the Alabama Technical Institute for Young Women at Montevallo. and for the past year has been teaching in the public schools of Dothan, which position she recently resigned The groom is a prominent merchant of Dothan and a man of sterling worth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
By FRED cuMBUs

Alabama generally and particularly the Birmingham dis tric has every conceivable for feeling optimistic the business activity of the immediate months
 The print items almost daily of the planning commencng of construction industries this district and there evidence that the the est to the production of materials and several finished products we'll those formerly duced in the history of the district
 Announcement made the other day of the beginning shipping the Warrior The first barge eghter loaded with large consignment of lumber passed through Brmngpor Wednesday and although practically piers
 eted at the yet the handling the first shipment carried through without hitch anywhere and only goes to what great extent and savings the port will be used by pers of all classes when finally completed in all details
 All development Birmingham seriously enough consider all needed all here The district has for the so that in of the industries closed there would cppng the commun business and the papers of RR r and Tile ii apa ts s e s e % North % m teen large hn and many other industries that will add materially to the
 This tile brick of the a 9 fsr fe s me fro G y o5 Of @ pra nS @ M d s s9na oo % sn of
 The location of this that coming buildings Losiek ' '''p's"S0" ne Tss 5 the that here were na eated % m @ @ ] ] dog s M yso w w nse D capital tes expansion of capital which
 While M Rinngha@ @ @ ears so aad that the shutting M down of even several Of the large industries similar action would have caused several years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
MERIDIAN, MISS.

Meridian. Miss, February 29.--tSpecial) H. ". Davis. age S. night watchman at the Prime Lumber Company's plant here. was murdered and robbed of SIT and his gold watch at an early hour this morn ing. He was shot In the back of the head with a shotgun. the weapon having been lcaded with squirrel shot The body was discovered by negro employe of the plant al about o'clock this morning. just inside the boiler room.
 The murder was committed after 5:l5 0 clock. as the watchman's clock showed that 1t had been punched at that hour. The murdered man was well known in Meridian. having been a resident here for number of years. There Is no clew to the identity of tho murderer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01

puoiHCSS Ill tlic liddlHS Ol tit' city has been brisk during the past week. despite the fact that February is generally conceded to be a dull month. The cold wave that struck the city the latter part of the week in- creased buying to an extent.
 It was announced the 1atter part of the week that several new downtown businesses would open in a short while. A new cafe is to open soon on Twen- tieth street, between Second and Third avenues, No. 221, where the Alabama Loan and Jewelry Company is now To- cated. Several others were discussed about the city. but nothing would be made public as yet.
 Realty trading is maintaining it's usual equilibrium over the city. and new high prices are being paid almost every week for business properties Real estate men are optimistic as to the continuance of "good times and they as well as the city's merchants look with absolute confidence to the future.
 new impetus is expected in the re- tail trading of the city upon the re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01

n HIS business review beginning today is be permanent weekly feature of The Age-Herad. Its compilation of general business of to nancers producers merchants and all business concerned in the industrial growth of Birmingham
 general review each Monday will the different lines of business Data business enterprises will be fur nshed from time time by the represented this They types of variety of successful enter pres and they keep intimate touch with the cys cial and industrial upbuilding.
 With the help and the cooperation of its staff The Age-Herald hopes to make this department not only tractve to the local community but of inestimable abroad in attracting attention to Birmingham city of op- portunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01

turn of large number of managers and buyers for the local stores, who have been in the eastern markets for the past few days. Those of them who have returned report that although there is not much possibility of price Productions, there .s likewise not very much chanss of Its req shlng higher peak.
 Although building material lumber particularly, is higher priced than in former years. it is not perhaps higher than other commodities. and according to the findings of the industrial con ference, which met in Boston last De- ccmber, lumber has not advanced near ly so much as clothing and a number of others.
 Notwithstanding the prices Of lum- Der. buyers of that product in nearly all cases want the very best and highest grade says Wadsworth Wood of the Wood Lumber Company.
 And according to MT. Wood, this in- dicates that more people are building and repairing their own homes Peo- pie realize that 1t pays to put the best of material in their homes and so buy the best even though 1t costs a little more.