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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-10
Here Lies A Man.

"A lew nights ago AT smoker
Of the Herbert B. Martin Post Of
the American Legion Mr.. 2. K.
Thomas, Sales Manager for the
Southern Lumber Co., on behalf
of DR.. and Mrs. Chas. N. Mar
tin, presented the post with a
copy Of the New Testament.
This Testament was carried by
Herbert Martin and taken from
his body when he fell, the vic
tim of a German shell. In this
Testament was copy of a prayer
Of five paragraphs; IS short, but
in it is embodied thoughts which
can well be taken as a life guide
post for every young man:
Teach me that sixty minutes
make one hour, sixteen ounces
one pound, and one hundred
cents one Dollar. Help me to
live so that / can lie down at
night with a clear conscience,
without a gun under my pillow,
and unhaunted by the faces of
those to whom | have brought
pain.
Grant that l may earn my
meal ticket on the square, and
that, in earning it. / may not
stick the gait in where it does
not belong.
''Deafen me to the jingle of
tainted money and the rustic of
unholy skirts. Blind me to the
faults of other fellows but reveal
to me mine own.
Guide me so that each night
when | look across the dinner
table at my wife, who has been
a blessing to me, / shall have
nothing to conceal. Keep me
young enough to laugh with my
children.
And when comes the smell
of flowers, and the tread of soft
steps, and the crunching of
wheels out in front, make the
ceremony short and the epitah
simple-Here Lies A Man"
Knowing Herbert Martin per-
sonally, we know that he lived
up' to this prayer. Fate so
ruled that there would be no
"crunching of wheels out in
front" and the smell of flowers
would not come from beautiful
wreaths and sprays sent by low
ing relatives and friends, but
from the fields of peoples where
he fell, fighting for the country
he called his own. r. H. Tally.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-10
Colfax, La, Jan. 5. 1920.

Coildx, La,, Jan. D, 1SLU.
The school board of Grant par
ish met this day with ]. H. Nc
Nicely. C. F.. Blackwell, r. w.
Rambo and B. d. Fletcher, pres
ent and ]. O. Fogleman, e. A.
Wall and Gus st. Andre absent.
The board was called to order
by the president and the minutes
of the previous meeting read and
approved.
The parish superintendent
made a synoptical report for the
last quarter, stating in substance
that all vacancies had been sup
piled with teachers and that all
of the schools of the parish were
being taught, and with the funds
that were being paid over BIZ, the
Tax Collector for taxes collected
during the month of December
there would be. sufficient funds
to meet part of the present in
debtedness and meet the jan
uary pay roll. :.
Miss Kavanaugh then made
her field report for the past year.
(See report elsewhere.)
On motion of Mr.. Fletcher,
duly seconded by Mr.. Rambo and
carried, the claim of, the Louisi-
ana Land and Improvement Co.,
Incorporated for a refund Of tax
es was referred to the president,
Mr.. McNeely, ard the District
Attorney. Hon. T. A. Carter, for
final settlement.
On motion of Mr.. B. D. Fletch-
er, seconded by R. w. Rambo
and carried, Mr.. j. w. Smith. of
Monroe, was re-employed to get
up the plans and specification for
the new school building at Dry
Prong, La
A number of other questions
were discussed but the quorum
being broken no action could be
taken. and the school board adj
journed to meet the first Monday
in February, 1920.
j. H. MCNEEEY,
j. N. WARNER, Prest.
Secty.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-10
To the Dyspeptic.

Would you not like to feel that your
stomach troubles are over, that you
can eat any kind of food that you
crave? Consider then the fact that
Chamberlain Tablets have cured
others why not you. There are many
who have been restored to health by
taking these tablets and can now eat
any kind Of food that they crave,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-10
Don't You Forget.

Bear in mind that Chamberlain Tab
let's not only move the bowels but inn
prove the appetite and strengthen the
digestion. They contain no pepsin OF
other digestive ferment but strengthen
the stomach and enable it to perform
its functions naturally.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-10

HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK
In the past year more interest
has been manifested in Home
Demonstration than in previous
ones. The most satisfactory
work with women has been that
of helping to save more food by
use of labor saving devices and
in the easiest, safest and best
way known.
All schools were visited and op-
portunity given to take work; 18
organized clubs in schools with
255 enrolled in poultry and gar
den work; 1O1 meetings held and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-10
STATE OF LOUISIANA !
Parish of Grant

| hereby certify that the within and
foregoing is a true copy Of the original
charter now on file and on record in this
Office. Filed for record on the 9Th day
of Dec. A. d. 1919, and recorded on
same date in book No. l, of Corpora
ton Charters. at page 80 under Regis
ter No. 5038 of the Records of Grant
Parish. La.
Witness my tfficial seal. and sigma
ture on this the 18th, day of Deem
J. J. O'QUINN.
Clerk and Recorder.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-10

Service of process shall be made up
on the President, and in his absence up
on the Vice-President, and in the abb
sence of both upon the Sect'ry Treas
urer.
Thus done, read and signed at Pol
lock, Louisiana, on the day and date
first above written in the presence of
of me. Notary, ard the undersigned
witnesses.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
BATTLE WITH BATS
AIRED BEFORE COURT

What was first reported as a
bloody murder and resulted in
detectives being rushed from police
headquarters on Sunday TO Third
street southwest proved to be but a
fight between Louis Anderson,
colored. armed with a brickbat, and
Alice Hopkins, armed with a base
ball bat.
When Detective Grant forced the
front door he found the woman
lying across a bed with blood spurt-
ing from a gaping wound in her
head. Just as the detective was
about to record the murder" in
his notebook, the woman stirred and
told who the murderer" was.
Anderson was arrested as he re-
entered the house. He told Judge
Hardison yesterday in Police Court
that the woman had robbed him,
locked him in the house. and then
used the bat on him after he had
demanded his money. The court be
lieved him and released him on the
payment Of a SO fine.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17

Greenwich, Conn, Aug. 16. - The
wedding of Miss Marjorie Ford
Niles, daughter OF Wareham Ryan,
of the Willows, Bay Shore road. To
Iedo, and Mai Starr Gardiner Coop
er, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. c. Duane
Cooper and nephew of Commodore
A. Gardiner Cooper, of Greenwich,
Conn, will take place at the home
OF the bride on August 26.
Miss Niles is a graduate OF Hos
mer Hill College, st. Louis. Mai.
Cooper was in the service during the
recent world war, and was promoted
to major Of the adjutant generals
Office, L. S. A. He is a graduate Of
Yale University. class OF 1908, and
received his B. A. degree, and is
now secretary of the faculty of
the faculty Of Peddie Institute,
Hightstown, n. J.
He is an honor member OF the Phi
Beta Kappa and Cum Laude Society
of both the honorary preparatory
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
THE FURNISHED ROOM - :. By Q. HENRY

that kind. And did ye tell him.
them" she concluded in a husky
whisper laden with mystery.
Rooms" said Mrs. Purdy. in
her furriest tones. ARE furnished
for to rent. I did not tell him,
Mrs. McCool."
"'Tis right ye are. ma'am; It's
by renting rooms We kGpe alive.
Ye have the rale sense for bust
ness. ma'am. There be many peo-
pie will rayjict the rentin' of a
room II they be tould a suicide
has been after dyin' in the bed
of it,"
LAS you say, we has our living
to be making" remarked Mrs.
Purdy.
''Yis. ma am; 'tis true. 'Tis
just one wake ago this day I
helped We lay out the third floor
back. A pretty slip. OF a colleen
she was TO be KILN herself wild
the gas-a swate little face she
had Mrs. Purdy, ma'am"
Shed a-been called handsome,
as you say" sad Mrs Purdy. as
senting but critical. but for that
mole she had a-growin' by her
left eyebrow. Do fill up your
glass again. Mrs McCool."
Copyright 1920. by Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


the specious smile of a demirep.
The sophistical comfort came in
reflected CLEANS from the decayed
furniture, the ragged brocade up
hoIstery of a couch and two
chairs, a footwide cheap pier
glass between the two windows,
from one or two gilt picture
frames and a brass bedstead in
a corner.
The guest recline1, inert, upon
a chair, while the room. confused
in speech as though 1t were an
apartment in Babel, tried to dis
course to him of its divers ten
antry.
A polychromatic rug like some
brilliant lowered rectangular.
tropical islet lay surrounded by a
billOwy sea of soiled mating.
Upon the gay-papered wall were
those pictures that pursue the
homeless one from house to house
The Huguenot Lovers, The First
Quarrel, The Wedding Break
fast, Psyche at the Fountain
The manteTs chastely severe out
line was ingloriously veiled be-
hind some pert drapery drawn
rakishly askew like the sashes of
the AmazOnian ballet. Upon it
was some desolate fiotsam cast
aside by the rooms marooned
when a luck sail had borne
them to a fresh port-a trifing
vase or two, pictures of actresses,
medicine bottle, some stray
cards out Of a deck.
Then. suddenly. as he rested
there, the room was filled with the
strong. sweet odor of mignonette.
1t came as upon a single buffet
Of wind with such sureness and
fragrance and emphasis that 1t
almost seemed a living visitant
And the man cried aloud: What,
dear as il he had been called,
and sprang up and faced about
The rich odor clung to him and
wrapped him around He reached
out his arms for it, all his senses
for the time confused and COM
mingled. How could one be per
emptOrily called by an odor?
Surely it must have been a sound.
But, was it not the sound that
had touched, that had caressed
him.
he cried, and he sprang to wrest
from it a token. for he knew he
would recognize the smallest
thing that had belonged to her
or that she had touched. This
enveloping scent of mignonette,
the odOr that she had loved and
made her own-whence came it?
The room had been but care
lessly set in order. Scattered up
on the fiimsy dresser scarf were
half a dozen hairpins-those dis
Greet, indistinguishable friends Of
womankind, feminine of gender,
infinite of mood and unCommuni-
cative of tense. These he ignored,
conscious of their triumphant lack
of identity. Ransacking the
drawers of the dresser he came
upon a discarded, tiny, ragged
handkerchief. He pressed it to
his face It was racy and in
solent with heliotrope; he hurled
it to the floor. In another drawer
he found odd buttons, a theater
program. a pawnbrokers card
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
Sport Hats Reduced to $500 and $3.50
He Talked So Nice
She Clean Forgot
She Was Married

There is an epidemic Of narrica
ladies forgetting their matrimonial
bonds and Of going through tho
ceremony the second time only 20
90 70 the courts later and plead alb
sent-mindedness in California.
The latest case Of the kind. the
fourth in a week, came TO notice n
San Francisco when BeuIah John
son appeared in Judge Bernsrr
Flood court asking anuulmeat nf
her second marriage
I must have forgotten about my
husband" she said. You sec
judge. Nr. Elmer C. Johnson. my
second husband. is such a wonder
ful talker he can just talk YOU out
OF your senses"
The court told BeuIah some
things about absent
and concluded bv saying II the-r
were more prosecutions FOR biFsmv.
! am sure there would be less alb
sent-minded people"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
DIR. GRAYsON RETURNS
FROM BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT.

Dr. cary L. GraySOn, physician to
the President, has returned to Wash
ington from Blue Ridge Summit,
Pa. Mrs. Grayson and their chill
dren will remain at Blue Ridge
Summit until the end of the summer.
The marriage Of Mrs. Gertrude
Barranger and Judge Robert E.
Mattingly took place yesterday
at noon at the home of the bride,
1919 K street northwest. The house
was elaborately decorated with mid
summer flowers, palms and ferns.
and the ceremony was performed in
a bower of green in the drawing
room by Judge George c. Aukam, OF
the Municipal Court.
The bride wore an elaborate gown
OF white embroidered organdy
mounted over satin and trimmed
with duchess point lace. She wore a
pearl bandeau in her hair and car
ried a bouquet of bride roses and
lilies of the valley. Mrs. Mary A.
Holmes attended the bride as matron
of honor and wore a gown of Irish
point lace with aigrettes in her hair
and carried bouquet of white
roses. Mr.. Alexander Muncaster
Gated as best man, and Capt. Harry
Werder. L. S. A. and Capt. Patrick
O'Brien. L. S. A. were the ushers.
Judge and Mrs. Mattingly left
Immediately after the ceremony for
an extended wedding trip. which will
include a weeks stay at Atlantic
City and a trip through the Thou
sand Islands. The bride wore a
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
Baby Carriages
Drop so Per Cent
In Demand in u. S,

Demand for baby carriages has
fallen on 50 per cent throughout the
United States in the last six months.
This startling information comes
from the United States Chamber Of
Commerce.
The reasons given by the manu-
faCturers are that the birth rate de-
creased 35 per cent last year; hous-
ing conditions are poor and domestic
help is hard to secure.
The bureau of vital statistics,
while admitting a decrease in the
birth rate, states that this decrease
will not reach "a per cent
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
By E. e. DRUM-HUNT.

The August number Of the official
diplomatic list, issued monthly by
the Department Of State, records
many changes in the personnel OF
the various embassies and legations.
The Bolivian Legation and the le-
cation of the Dominican Republic
are without their Chiefs-Senor Don
lgnacio CalderOn, OF the former,
having resigned during the month
and DR.. Luis Galvan, OF the Domini-
can Republic, having died
Since Senior Calderon's resigna-
ton early in the month his post has
been filled by Alberto Cortadellas,
secretary Of the legation and charge
d'affaires ad interim. At the Office
Of the Dominican Republic Legation
Manuel de ]. Camacho is in charge.
Senior Camacho is the Dominican
consul general Of New York, a post
once held by the late Minister, DR..
Galvan.
FRENCH EMBASSY ATTACHES
LEAVE POSTS IN WASHINGTON.
At the French embassy Lieut.. de
Naisseau Charles Tavara has relin-
quished the post of assistant naval
attache and NJ. de Commines de
Marsilly, for several months record
ed as absent his post as attache.
The Spanish Embassy STAFF no
longer numbers among its members
the former second secretary, Con
zalo de Ojeda. A new member of
the STAFF is Victoriano Sainz DE la
Cuesta, listed as third secretary.
Among those counted absent
for the past few months and omit
ted from the latest diplomatic list
is Commander Goran Wahletrom, of
the Swedish Legation.
The sl-Iff of the Bulgarian Lega-
tiOn is SMALLER for the absence of
DR.. and Arale. George y. POulien,
former counselor Of the legation.
His post has not been refilled.
MINISTER TO U. 5. ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF PARAGUAY.
At the legation Of Paraguay, the
Minister. Manuel Gondra, and Nine.
Gondra are listed absent" Neither
will return to this country, owing to
the fact that Senior Gondra has re-
Gently been elected to the ONCE Of
President Of Paraguay. His sue
cessOr probably will be appointed in
the near future.
The Attorney General, A. Mitchell
Palmer, returned yesterday from
StroUdsburg. where he spent the
weekend with Mrs. Palmer and
their little daughter, Mary Dixon
Palmer.
The Secretary Of Commerce and
Mrs Alexander will return to Wash
ington today from their home in
GaIlatin. No. where they have been
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
WASHINGTON PEOPLE END
TOUR IN YELLOWSTONE PARK.

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Smith have ar
rived in San Francisco, Cal, after
motor tour of Yellowstone Park.
They will visit in Los Angeles, the
former home of Mrs. Smith, before
returning to Washington.
Warrington Dorst, son Of Mrs. Jo-
seph A. Dorst and the late Col.
Dorst, U. S. A, has received Presi-
Dental appointment to the Military
Academy for 1921. The lad was
educated at Stuyvesant School,
Warrenton, Va, and st. Georges
School, Long Island. He is
brother of Col. Archer Dorst, U.
S. A, now an instructor at the
Military Academy. who was at one
time White House aide. The late
Col. Dorst was for a long time sta
toned in Washington, and since his
death Mrs. Dorst and her daughter,
Miss Katherine Dorst, have been
making their home in Warren
ton, Va.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
CANADA'S FUR CATCH
SMALLER THAN USUAL

News Of this years fur catch.
which has just been received at
Montreal, Quebec, indicates that
while the quality is above the av-
erage the quantity is rather re-
stricted.
This is possibly due to the severe
winter which prevented trappers
putting out as many traps as US
ual. The same severity. however.
has augmented the quality and
value of the Delts. FUrs for the
autumn sales are arriving, a con-
signment Of $4,000 worth coming
from Fort Saskatchewan. Alberta.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
WORLD AFFAIRS.
AWAIT WOMEN
Their Participation in Inter-
national Politics Subject
Widely Discussed.
BY CONSTANCE pRExEL.

llCpEEIEHlr AS-pr " L AoA-N A~~e6N- wi
That participation Of women in
international politics is a subject
closer to European than to Ameri-
can women is evinced by state
ments made from time to time by
women thinkers and leaders OF Eu-
ropean countries
A few pungent paragraphs from
the Marchesa del Ter. a leading
feminist Of Spain. have just come
20 hand. She says. in part: 1T is
a fatal mistake to close the doors
of interna tionaI diplomacy to wom-
en-. Wars might well have been
abolished long ago If women Rad
had a say in the affairs which lead
up to them. Men sea
clearly. but they are more inter
es,ed in business than in the COM
mon laws of humanity. They for
get they are dealing in human lives
and that their mistakes are not
counted in dollars and cents, but
in blood.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
Toledo GiHto Wed Major S. G. Cooper
Of Army Adjutant Generals Office,
Nepheu of Commodore 4. G. Cooper

school Of Adelphi Academy. Brook
lyn. and the Peddie Institute.
He and his bride will attend the
convention of Beta Theta Pi, Of
which he is also a member, on Lake
Geneva, Wis, on their honeymoon
trip.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
M'NAIR-MURPHY WEDDING
CELEBRATED IN ST. LOUIS.

Word has been received here of
the marriage of Miss Cornelia Nc
Nair, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lii
burn H. McNair, of st. Louis. Mo.
to Alfred H. Murphy in st. Louis
yesterday evening.
Mrs. Murphy, who is the great
granddaughter of Alexander Nc
Nair. former governor OF Missouri,
was educated at the Georgetown
Convent in Washington, and has
been a frequent visitor in the city
since her debut in 1915. Mr.. Muir
ply was during the war lieuten-
ant in the Field Artillery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall King have
returned to the city, after spending
the week end at their country
place. "Ben-Venue," near Fort
Royal, Va.
Mrs. T. o. Schall entertained in
formally at her home in Berwyn.
Md, Sunday afternoon in honor of
her sister, Mrs. z. r. Seymor, of
Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
Woman Seeks to Close
Widest Cafe" in West

The widest cafe in California" is
the title given The Log Cabin" a
cafe and dance hall in Laurel Can
yon, by Mrs. J. H. Asgard. She
wants an injunction to close the
place.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
MRS. CHARLES WHEATLEY,

ton the middle OF last week by mo-
ter for Atlantic City where they
Joined their wives, who have been
there for some time. From there
they will motor to Northern New
York and then back to Washington.
Howard Minister, Of Philadelphia,
has been visiting in Washington
and is now at Pocano Mountains,
Pennsylvania.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
Has Cupid Switched
To Month of August ?

Augut bids fair TO knock ont
June as Cupid's favoTite In one
day early in August twenty-five d.
censes were issued in Columbus.
Ohio. And the daily average IS high
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
MRS. MOCK PLANS VISIT
TO SONS IN HOUSTON. TEX.

Mrs. James Edward Mock, who
has been visiting her daughter, Miss
Byrd Mock, at her literary studio,
"Ye Sign of Ye Mocking Bird" in
the old brick capitol, at 81 First
street northeast, left yesterday
morning to join her husband on a
visit TO their sons in Houston, Tex.
Mrs. Mock was recently elected
to membership in the new literary
organization, the American Pen
League and International Literary
Association, of which Mrs. Florence
Jackson Stoddard is president.
She received word yesterday
morning of the safe arrival Of her
daughter, Mrs. Ben Dickinson, in
Liverpool, where she was met by
her brother. Capt. Robert l. Mock
who is assistant general agent Of
the United States Shipping Board
for France, Spain, and Portugal.
Mrs. Anna A. Larkin announces
the marriage of her daughter. Mar
garet Mary, TO Lester A. Gooding.
Saturday, July 81. at st. Paprs
Catholic Church, Baltimore, Nd.
Mrs. George Cooper has returned
from an extended automobile trip
through .New England.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
BRITISH FROWN
AT US. TYPES
American Says Noveau
Richie and Army Are
Cause.

where DO Britishers get that
way" queried much-traveled
American in New York.
They got it first from our rugged
nouveau richie whose motto has
always been easy come. easy go
he replied. 1t was aggravated by
the same source from which We got
our typical Britisher, the comedy
stage; and it was definitely con-
frmed by our 100 per cent fighters
and eaters. the A f =.
Works Both Ways
"A great many Americans get
their conception Of the average
EngIishman from the silly ass OF
the stage. who says 'haw-haw' and
receives jokes with a blank face.
The Englishman has quite as much
right to get his idea Of the average
American from the English stage
type. the breezy. loud-mouthed,
poppy yound blade who overrides
conventions and manners before
London footlighJs.
a few generations ago a great
many Of the American travellers
abroad were the got-rich-quick type.
bounders who fell into wealth and
advertised it in England with eX-
treme styles, tasteless display Of
money and a swashbuCkling air as
sumed in public to hide their
nervousness in unusual surround
ings.
The A. f. F. sealed the impress
sion. and. with all his virtues, once
an Englishman gets an impression
he religiously hands 1t down ever
unto the third and fourth genera
tions.
All Kinds in Army.
1T was quite impossible for On
Gle Sam to recruit no one except eN'
pert knife and fork jugglers- Their
seeped into our ranks great mum
Der of young men who were apt &
stumble over Administer rugs, bu
who were poison in a fight. on
might even say that soup was otter
splashed in our army mess halls.
1T was too much for our Eng
| lish friends. They went home con
vinced that only people bred on raw
meat and OK gore could gather sucl
faults"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17
Society

Mrs. Howard Hume has Joined her
mother, Mrs. William Haywood, at
White Sulphur Springs, where Mrs.
Haywood Is spending the summer.
Mrs. Robert Dodge Hagner will
leave shortly for Newport, Pa, for
a visit.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17

modish travelling costume of brown
satin and chiffon with hat to match.
They will return to Washington in
about three weeks time and shortly
after that will entertain at a recep-
tion.
LEAVE TO JOIN WIVES
AT ATLANTIC CITY HOME.
Joseph Bradley, Thomas Bradley
and Duncan Bradley left Washing
The Washington herald., 1920-08-17

for several weeks. Their son-in-
law and daughter, DR.. and Mrs. N.
r. Jenner, will return today after
visiting nearby resorts.