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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-12
district Court Proceedings.


The 18th judicial district court
in and for Grant parish met June
Z, 1920, Hon. john A. Williams
presiding, District Attorney Car
present representing the State
and Chas. D. LaCroix, the new
" elected clerk of court, duly
qualified as such.
Lou Boyd plead guilty to tres
passing and was sentenced TO
paw a fine of SIS and costs. or 10
days in Jail, and sentence sus-
pended and accused released.
Coot Grant plead guilty to car
rying concealed weapons, and
sentenced to pay a fine OF SlOo
and costs, and 80 days in jail,
sentence suspended subject to
good behavior and keeping the
peace, same to be operative IN
case of any violation of the law.
The district attorney entered a
nolle pros against H. b. Shlpl
charged with sending achaiienge
to fight a duel.
The case against A. M. BIre
for concubinage was ordered
erased, the act complained OF be
ing committed in the parish o
La Sale.
Judgment rejectings'pla
action in the case of Mrs. }. M
Dufilho vs.. Andy Dubois. Ap
peal granted
Joe Colvit plead guilty to for
gerry. sentenced to the penlten
tiary for one year.
Arthur Quinn plead guilty t
beating board bill, sentence
to pay costs of the prosecutlo
and in default to ten days. !
Jail.
Case against Chas. Allen K
setting the woods afre dismiss
on plea of prescription.
j. T. Spillman, convicted
using an unlawful sein, fined S.
and costs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-12
eox sou,rrelss Nests.

In the South. instead of living IN
the hollow trees. the fox squirrels build
big nests In the tops Of the pine and
other trees, usually Of Spanish moss.
SAYS the American Forestry Magazine
In these they sleep. also carrying to
them the pine cones. In the hardwood
forests of the North, dry leaves take
the place of the Spanish moss. and .
conspicuous nest II built with an en-
trance hole at the side.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-12
Chamber of Commerce Proceedings.


The Colfax Chamber of Com
merce held it's regular monthly
meeting at the Brinker hote'
Monday night, June Z, a record
crowd being present, and many
important subjects were discuss
ed, including base ball, gooo
roads and a 4th of July celebra-
ton.
A short report was made by
the base ball club. and after a
lengthy discussion the officials
were given the power to proceed
with steps already begun to build
a ball park, and from statements
ma d. by members Colfax is
to have a fenced park and Crane
stand in the near future.
A committee was appointed te
prepare program for celehra
ton of the 4th of July, and the
belief is that Colfax is to cele-
brate independence Day this
year as never before.
The municipal committee was
requested to confer with the
Mayor and city council il regarc
to cleaning up the town, the i'm
provements of streets and walks
etc.
Short and appreciated talk
were made by President j. w
Duncan, on Good Roads,; Su
perintendent j. N. Warner, o.
"Education";; and Secretary O
the Louisiana Pershing Wa
Club. H. L. Brian.
A special meeting was Gale
for Monday, June Ia, to arrang
for the 4th of July celebration.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-12
Man Who Commands success.

A man who Is not enamoreo OF nis
fob. who lacks that resolute, deter
mined purpose which knows no defeat
recognizes no failure, Is never sue
cess. The man who Is victory organ.
lied will get up more determined than
ever after he is knocked down. The
harder the fall the greater the re
bound. You can't keep such mar
down, you can't discourage him an,
more than you could have discouraged
a Napoleon, for his personality. hi'
character, viii remain although hi
home, his property. and every materia
thing he possessed be swept away
New Success.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-12
How Nature seatters Seeds.

Nature seeks other means than that
Of the wind to carry seed from place
10 place. Whoever tramps through
the autumn woods must needs extri-
cate himself from patches In which
ticks and burrs have made life miser-
able for him. All over his clothes will
be sticking the hairy. two Jointed Rods
or seed vessels Of the tick.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-12
s,h,,eaI petroleum.

Petroleum is hrst mentioned In the
Bible in the account Of the destruction
Of the tower Of Babel. The partially
eyaporated fluid II there referred to
as "slime." which ''they had for NOR.
tar"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-12

666 cures malaria, chills and fever,
bilious fever, colds and lagrippe. 1t
kills the parasite that causes the fever,
1t isa splendid laxative and genera
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-12

sparodise Lost" Melted John Milton
SD The other day at Southby's IA
mQo auction rooms m London. first
cditioA Of the Immortal poem, 1867.
eold for $3.50
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-12
proceedins of Special Meeting OF Grant
Parish School Board.

CoIfax. La, June 8, 1920.
Pursuant to a call for board
meeting the following members
we're present: j.. H. McNeely. Z.
F. Blackwell. E. A. Wall. K. ".
Rambo, Gus St. Andre and b. u.
Fletcher. Absent, J. |. Kees, ot
ward two.
The following resolution was
offered by Mr.. Wah. who moved
It's adoption, and after it was
seconded by Mr.. Blackwell and
placed before the board by the
president it carried. all the men,
,ers voting in the Affirmative, and
he chair so announced it.
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, w. L. Slayton q 20.
purchasers of the Dry Prong
school bonds, have refused to
take the bonds after all has been
lone seemingly that could be to
induce them to do so. and
uWhereas, it seems useless and
,enseless to enter into a suit to
5ry to force them to take the
bonds, and the attorney OF the
BOARD is of the opinion that the
,nly thing we can do is to sur
render their good faith check
and ask for a return of the tran
script of the proceedings of the
school board with reference to
she issue; therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the Grant
parish school board in special ses-
sion convened, authorize the
| president and secretary OF this
!, BODY to return to the said w. l..
:. ,layton & Co., purchasers OF the
{ said bonds, their good faith check
md request of them the return
s II all proceedings had by the
BOARD with reference to this Is
!. ,ue with which the said w. L.
,layton & Co.. have been fur
;. nished.
!. On motion of Mr.. Fletcher tn
PRESIDENT of the board and TIT
o secretary were authorized to re
q advertise the Dry Prong schoo
= ,onds for sale, and if possibl
n ret a satisfactory bid for accept
lnce of the board for the Jul.
), meeting.
:. On motion of Mr.. Wall, dull
seconded by Mr.. st. Andre an
i .arried, action on the compro
e Mise as offered by H. H. White
attorney for the Louisiana Ian
md Improvement Co., was Dc
I. ferred.
n The question of paying for tn
y ninth month taught at Ebeneze
e vas deferred for future action.
re- On motion of Mr.. Rambo tn
!. petition filed by some of the cit
IS zens of Simms for a four ROO
oo school building with an auditor
"a I'M at or near Simms was rejec
d, it being impossible to finant
by a proposition like that with tt
taxable resources in that scho
ais district.
&c Mr.. Rambo made a motion
lld ,ay the claims filed by Messr
It's turner and Colvin for trip
is Baton Rouge, but it failed to ca
hc ry.
On motion of Mr.. Rambo t
'alary proposed Tor the MOI
ra demonstration agent by the I
Inc lice Jury was granted.
lie On motion of Mr.. Wall, dr
MS seconded by Mr.. Fletcher q
carried, the president off t
vas board was authorized and
the ,tructed to execute note or moi
ara in favor of, the fiscal agent
I'M funds with which to take care
MS llloverdrafts caused in operati
the schools for the school seas
INKS The Grant Parish School DO;
w. will hold their meeting on j
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-06-12
plenty o. Funol Eats.

More than TOO species Of fungi are
.alnd TO be safe to eat and many are
Considered very nutritious.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
COAL BOARD ON VACATION
5ituminous Inquiry will Be Re-
sumed in Washington
January IL.

Washington, Jan AFTER prepar-
ing the way for beginning its investl-
CATION into the bituminous coal In
dustry, the presidents commission adj
journed its sessions Public hearings
will not begin until January II.
Tentatively the commission has de-
cided not to assemble its facts by
the process of calling coal miners and
coal operators in person 20 testify at
hearings. and it also has decided not
TO visit the principal coal mining
centers.
Instead it win send out formal in
quiries to representative coal mining
concerns in all of the various dis
tricts of the United States asking for
cost sheets covering operations in
1919. These will be analysed with
the assistance of the federal trade
commission and other governmental
bodies and mining engineers
When this data has all been as
sembled the representatives of the
miners and of the operators in each
field win be called in TO present their
arguments in open hearings.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
KNEW HOW re MAKE IT FIT
Hackwoodsnan Little Troubled by
Fact That Cap He Purchased
Was Too Small.

Early In the autumn a man from the
backwoods wandered into Syracuse
gents furnishing store. Here the shiny
winter caps caught his eye.
After gazing at these long time he
said:
How much You want for one o.
them caps?'
Zone dollar" rejoined the clerk.
'"Try this one on, SIR"
But this proved to be size or SO
too small, sitting upon the woodchop-
per's head like peanut on a barrel.
Here's y'r dollar, mister. I'll take
this cap"
"But the caps too small" declared
the amazed clerk, pushing back the
proffered dollar. "Wait till you try
"Oh, I'll fix this SOS it'll fit" was
the backwoodsman' final exchange be-
fore starting off with his purchase.
'When / git home all TIL have to do is
to slit Its back UP with a knife, lace 1t
with shoestrlng. and everything'll be
all hunkydory l''-Rehoboth Sunday
Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
TWO TRAINS KILL FIVE
CRUSH AUTOMOBILE ON GRADE
CROSSING IN ILLINOIS.
Man, Child and Three Women on Way
to Holiday Visit Die in Crash
at Homewood.

Homewood. H., jan 1.--Five per-
sons were killed here when an automo-
bile in which they were riding shortly
before 8 O'Clock in the morning was
caught between two fasf trains on the
Illinois Central The dead John Kas-
per, carpenter; Mrs Elizabeth Kas-
per. MS wife; Mrs. Frank Slouise
John SIouise, four year old SON Of
Mrs. Slouise; Mrs Joseph Boukins,
all of Chicago Heights.
The three women and the child were
killed Instantly The man died at IL
o'clock in the st. James hospital Chi
cago Heights. where he was taken, UNI
conscious, Immediately after the acct
dent.
It Is thought that Kaspar was TAX
ing his wife and her woman friends
to Chicago for New Years eve.
They left home at 7::30 o'clock.
According to the proprietor of Chi
cago Heights garage, where they
stopped for gasoline. the curtains Of
their machine were drawn tight, thus
increasing their unlikelihood of see
ing the approaching trains.
The trains. one going south and one
north, caught the light car as it at
tempted to cross the tracks in front
of them and smashed it to pieces.
The fog was so thick that the watch
man at the Dixie highway crossing
failed to see the machine as it attempt
ed the crossing. 1t is believed that Mr..
Kaspar driving the car, was also
blinded by the fog and did not see the
approaching trains.
The automobile was thrown by the
south-bound iain No. % ON the track
of the north-bound passenger train
No. TO train and tossed back on the
side of the track.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
8 SHOT IN TEXAS HoLDuP
Three Highwaymen Lodged in Hos-
pitfalls After Battle With Citizens
at Wagooner City.

Wichita Falls, Tex, Jan. 1.-One
man is reported dying and two others
are probably fatally wounded as re-
suit Of a skirmish between merchants
and highwaymen along the principal
street of Waggoner City. the oil town
Ia miles northwest of here.
The bandits entered meat market,
and. holding the proprietor at bay with
revolvers, removed a large sum of
money from the safe. A general bat
lie ensued when the highwaymen att
tempted TO escape in the darkness.
More than twenty-five merchants and
oil workers joined in the fight, and
three of the alleged bandits were later
brought TO Wichita Falls and lodged In
hospitals here.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
Bars Expulsion Of Chinese.

Chinese will not be expelled from
the state of Sonora ON January UNI
der the state labor law, according to
announcements by the Chinese Legal
ton and the Mexican foreign office,
which stated the federal government
was preparing to send military forces
to prevent deportations should such
action becomes necessary.
The spirited fight between congress
and the executive department relatige
to bull fighting in the federal district
ended with victory for President
Carranza. government adherents abb
senting themselves from the senate,
and thus preventing vote ON the bill
which would permit tire conducting of
fights.
Prohibited by presidential decree
several years age, bull fighting seemed
likely to return when both houses re-
Gently voted TO rescind the decree.
President Carranza objected. however,
and returned the measure to congress.
The chamber of deputies again passed
It, but the senate failed because of
the lack Of a quorum.
Petroleum legislation. making effec-
tive article ~ 81 the Mexican consti-
tuition. Which nationalizes oil lands ;
must he resubmitted TO the next con-
gress. which win convene next Sep
TENDER, as result of the failure Of
the chamber of deputies 10 pass the
pending measure.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
Important to all Women
Readers OF this Paper

Thousands upon thousands Of women
hsve kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
IL the kidneys are not in 9 healthy con-
dition. they may cause the other organs
20 become diseased.
Yoa may suffer pain in the back. head.
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita-
bic and may be respondent; it makes any
enc so.
But hundreds Of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for a sample bottle to see
what Swamp Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, win do foE
them. By enclosing ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y, you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at ali drug stogss.--Adv.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
Do AwayWifh
! BARRE NNFcS
TRY THIS FOR
LIVER AND BOWELS
Brew It at home yourself, save
money and feel better
right away.

If you want splendid, economical rem
-edy for constipation, sick headache. dizzi-
ness and torpid liver. get a small package
of DR.. Carers X. and B. Tea today and
drink cup of your own brewing when
ever you need it.
This old reliable vegetable remedy has
stood the test of time and is now more
popular than ever
Keep package in the house all the
time and brew cupful when you feel
out of sorts, feverish or bilious 1t always
helps promptly and being mild and
gentle, is Just as good for children as for
grownups
S. c. Wells & Co. lie Roy. N. Y.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
PEACE SIGNING IS PERILEn
Complications May Agar Cause the
Pcstponement of me cere-
ulony.

Paris. Jan. 1.-Although the SUI
preme council fixed January 6 as the
date for signing the protocol and ex-
changing notifications of the German
peace treaty. complications may again
cause the poStponement of the cere-
mony.
The German technical delegates who
are here 10 arrange details connected
with the plehiscites TO he held in ter
ritories which must decide whether
they desire TO be detached from Ger
many do not appear TO have full pow
er 10 act. The signing may depend on
whether the Germans c. secure those
powers Immediately.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
BoScHEE'S SYRUP.

A cold is probably the most COM
mon of all disorders and when neglect
ed is apt to be most dangerous. Sta
tistics show that more than three
times as many people died from IN
fluenza last year, as were killed IN
the greatest war the. world has ever
known. For the last fifty-three years
Boschee's Syrup has been used Tor
coughs, bronchitis, colds, throat II
ritation and especially lung troubles
1t gives the patient a good nighIs
rest, free from coughing, with easy
expectoration in the morning Made
in America and used in the homes OF
thousands of families all over ths
civilized world. Sold everywhere.-AdI
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
Your Family Tree.

You had father and mother, ana
you grant that each of them had two
parents, thus declaring that you had
four grandparents. Then keep on 60
ing backward.
Fifty-foar generations ago you had
2,251, 799, S13, 6s5, 24S ancestors (of
course the decimal does not count
here). Count thirty years to a genera
ton and your many ancestors existed
1920 years ago in the year 300 A. d.
e This seems like good arithmetic but
cannot vouch for its historical ac'
curacy. Better look it up and see.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
ASPIRIN FOR COLDS
Name "Bayer" is on Genuine
Aspirin--say Bayer

Insist on ''Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"
In "Bayer package" containing prop.
er directions for Colds, Pain. Head.
ache, Neuralgia. Lumbago, and Rheu.
matism. Name "Bayer" means genuine
Aspirin prescribed by physicians for
nineteen years. Handy tin boxes Of IL
tcblets cost few cents. Aspirin is trade
mark of Bayer Manufacture of Mono
aceticacidester of Salicylicacid.-Adv.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
PlausihLe Reasons.

The bishop Of Birmingham said at
Los Angeles luncheon:
"Church-going becomes rarer and
rarer among the people as the years
pass.
''In Birmingham one Sunday morn
ing a clubman, seated at club win
dow, looked up from his Sunday pa
per and said:
".By George, there's Thompson and
his wife on their way to church ]
wonder what's up?'
Its either, said a second club
man, that Thompson has had another
attack of heart trouble or else Mrs.
Thompson has got new Dress"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02

very expressively the uproarious jovi-
ality which characterized the period
in question"
What Does Hogmanay Mean7
Just what the term "Hogmanay'
means is uncertain. 1t is said to be a
corruption of 'Homme est ne" Ga man
is born)' referring to the birth of
Christ. More plausible theories are.
first: that is is derived from the old
Scandinavian word "Hoggu-nott" APP
piled to the night before the Feast of
Yule, and second, that 1t is from "Au
gui menez" Ito the mistletoe go), re-
ferring to the druidieal ceremony of
gathering the plant.
One of the oldest, most picturesque
and certainly the best known custom
was the rWassail. This phrase, which
is supposed to come from the Saxon
expression ito your health" is famil-
lar to modern carol singers.
Spiced Ale a Feature.
The head of the household, Just be.
IOT0 mluutSHts dSSeuDleN HIS 1dIuily
around a bowl of spiced ale from
which, as the clock struck IL, he
drank the health of each. He then
passed it to the rest, who drank in
turn-not a custom which would rec
ommend itself to the board of health
during the influenza troubles.
A general handshaking followed the
drinking OF the toasts, after which
all sang gravely:
Weel may we a. be.
Ill may we never see
Here's to the king
And the guide companie.
The whole family then started ont
well provided with ale, buns, bread
and cheese to visit their neighbors.
If they met another party on a similar
errand they exchanged drinks from
their ale kettles. Reaching the house
Of a neighbor, they entered with
shouted good wishes. If they were the
| first to enter since midnight they had
the first footing" and as such mus,
give cakes or cheese and ole to every
person in the visited house.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
is old FESTIVAL
New Year Celebrations and OBJ
servanoeS Are of Most :
Obscure Origin.

T@ YER since some forgotten
savage astrologer came to
rough conclusion regarding the
length and nature of the di-
vision Of time we call "a year." the
passing of one twelve-month period
and the coming of another has been
the occasion for celebrations, prayers
and the observance of countless
strange customs. Every race, no mat
ter how crude and inaccurate it's meth
cd of calculation, has had a year of
sorts and has made its passing an
event In the life of the people.
The big dinners held in every hotel
and many homes on New Years eve
are symbolic, though the diners hardly
pause TO wonder what is the reality
behind the symbolism, recently OBJ
served a writer in the Boston Globe.
The ringing of the bells, the watch
services in churches and houses, the
gifts-are all relics of customs so old
that there is, perhaps. no man who can
say with certainty just how or why
they came into existence.
Probably Oldest Festival.
For the New Years festival is as
much older than the Christian holiday
which precedes 1t as the Unborn human
instinct to worship something is older
than the religion of the Carpenter of
Nazareth. Christianity has merely
adopted the New Years festival.
The ancient Romans made Of 1t a
general holiday, with sacrifices to
Janus of the Two-Faces, and gifts and
visits. The gift custom seems to be
universal and Is observed to some ex-
tent today.
The old Persiai had a custom
which would have been much aprreci-
ated just now. They gave their friends
eggs. Presumably. for the custom was
widespread among all classes, the
price of those was much lower in an
rient Iran than in modern America.
In France the custom of New Years
gifts has survived longer than in any
other European nation. The druids of
Britain presented their friends with
branches of sacred mistletoe.
Frowned On at First.
The early Christian church rather
frowned on New Years observances,
probably because of the ancient Rom
an rites connected with 1t and with
the saturnalia which preceded it. It's
first mention as a feast in Christian
literature is in Canon IL of council
which met in Tours in SGT. Later II
became a recognized festival in the
Catholic and Episcopal churches.
In England and Scotland the festival
has been observed to an extent eQualed
in few other countries. 1t was called
'.Hogmanay" in Scotland and was the
great national holiday. 1t was for
merly attended by celebration which
an old writer says ''bears In the u.
cense and boisterous merriment a
most unn1istakable resemblance to Its
ancient pagan namesake. The epithei
of the Daft tmad) days applied tC
the season Of the New Year indicates
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
BRITISH TO ASK BIG LOAN
Sir George Paish. World Authority,
ForeteIls Plague and Panic In
less Given Credit.

New York, Jan. Ito save Europe
from plague and TO save England.
rrance and other European countries
from financial disaster, Sir George
paish, world authority on finance.
came to the United States TO solicit
loan for Great Britain, the amount
OF which, he asserted, VIII stagger the
world.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-01-02
HER FADED, SHABBY
APPAREL DYED NEW
diamond Dyes" Freshen Up Old
Discarded Garments.

Don't worry about perfect results.
Use Diamond Dyes" guaranteed to
give new rich, fadeless color to any
fabric. whether it be wool, silk, linen,
cotton or mixed goods,-dresseso
jlouses. stockings. skirts, children's
coats. feathers. draperies, coverings
everythingl
The Direction Book with each pack
age tells how to diamond dye over any
color. NM
To match any material, hasS dealer
show you Diamond Dye" Color Card.
ADV.