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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-13
Returned 4" New YORK.

Miss Helen gray Parry VINO ma,
been spending some tim. virh Mrs
William sharp l.f, last week. Sh.
spent few days iu Norfolk win
Mrs Arthur Hamilton campbell IN
Stocf.ey GARDENS She left tn. la,.
ter part % ,no wcch for her nome
Iu Now York
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
Tho Surprise.

"A passel Of the nelghbors CAV,
Jurd Lopp birthday surprise part
luther night" related resident Of tn,
Straddle Ridge, Ark. region. Some
how the word sorter punctuate,
around to Jurd that they were com
ing. and on the morning of his birth
day he woke up with the grip. He go
worse during the day and by nigh
he was feeling meaner than thunde
and plumb hostile. He loaded up hi
old shotgun and lowed, bgud. if any
body surprised him they'd run theii
selves ragged getting away fro1
there"
'Well, did they sure-enough surpris
him?"
You bet. They found out how h
felt about it. and didn't me."-Kal
sas City Star.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
CONFERENCE FAVORS REOUC-
TioN IN RAILROAD LABOR ON
EQUALITY WITH FARMER.
ADOPT REsoLU TON
GoMPERS PUTS UP HARD FIGHT
-REcoMMEND FORD MUSCLE
SHOALS PLANS.
Western Newspaper Union News seriosJ

Washington.-Thc National Agricul-
turnl Conference went ON record In
adopting its transportation commit
tees report rs fuyoring participation
by rnilroad labor and railroad corpo-
rations in the general price ''defla-
ton" after it had stricken from an
other committees report IA recommen-
dation for repeal of the Adamson
eisht-hOur law and the bringing
down" OF wages of railroad labor and
other industrial labor TO II parity with
the return received by the farmer
The conference, which began its
five-day session here, did not complete
its consideration OF reports and went
into n night session with the prospect
of taking IL final adjournment.
The debate on the question Of wage
.'defntion" was long and at times
vehement. The proposal was fought
strenuously by Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent of the American Federation Of
Labor. Several farmers who opposed
reduction in wages and helped to de
feat the first recommendation support
ed the proposal finally adopted
The, conference also indorsed a pro-
possl that the st. Lawrence-Gr
Lakes waterway project be completed
after one committees recommendation
to this effect had been lost Action
for repeal of the 9 per cent guarantee
clause of the transportation act, de-
feated during the labor debate, also
received favorable action on later
report.
The conference recommended com
pletion of the projects ut Muscle
Shoals, Ala, and urged that the gov
ernment accept the offer of Henry
Ford to lease them. Reduction OF
freight rates on farm products, live
stock and products of allied industries
to the basis prior to the increase Of
August, 1920, also was urged, as well
as the restoration of certain rate
making powers to state railroad com
missions. REIMBURSEMENT of rates Hf-
fecting other commodities should fol
low as quickly as possible. it was
added. Legislation to prevent the
railroads from including the "land
multiple in making up their revalua-
tioiS was lultiei it'biniilenutu.
Development of the Mississippi river
as an artery of commerce was advo-
Gated, with the adoption of report
which declare that during and
since the war there has been II great
increase in navigation in the lower
Mississippi river and on the Ohio
river"
The conference went on record as
opposing repeal of the Panama canal
tolls, saying the people of the United
States have invested ii large sum of
money in the Panama canal"
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
LOOKING AT 1T PRACTICALLY
Really There Is Something Worth
While In the Assertion Made
by Little Johnny.

The physician was telling little John.
ny's mother about railroad accident
In which teamster had both legs
crushed from the effects of which he
died the same day. Little Johnny,
about six years old, stood by, greatly
interested In the accident.
"Thay, doctor" he broke In with
his eyes wide open. ''wuth the horth
hurt?"
81 don't KNOW" said the doctor. 81
was more interested in the man, and
didn't think of the horse"
well, l don't care" Johnny said
taking the doctors reply as an i'm.
piled rebuke. but live horth it'll
bettr'n dead man. anyway"
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03

aboard the ship In the briefest possible
time. The whole system forms most.
Interesting example OF organization
and attention 10 detail.
Each plant developed to maturity
from the rOotStock bears but n single
bunch of bananas, which is made up
of so-called hands" or clusters. These
hands grow separately in spirals. each
containing from 10 TO 25 individual
bananas or fingers" Commercially,
bananas are classed as ranging from
nine to six hands. any bunch having
less than six hands not being readily
marketable. The standard CONNER
cial-sized bunch has nine hands. all
lunches with nine or more hands be-
ing classed as "nine-hand" fruit
AS fruit of various stages of devel-
opment is coming on mt the same time,
practiced eye is required to select
the lunches of proper grade to be cut
for shipment. Cutting of the fruit in
n given section is done once, and fire.
quently twice, week. A cutting
gang" usually consists Of three men:
The cutter" the "hacker" and the
'muleman.' The cutter" uses long
pole with n special knife attached to
the end. He hicks the trunk of the
tree few feet below the bunch, and
the weight of the bunch causes the
trunk to weaken and bend where 1t
has been cut. The top of the tree
| with its bunch of fruit is steadied by
the pole to avoid its coming down
with rush and crushing the fruit.
1t is eased down until within the reach
of the "backer," who receives the
bunch on his shoulders and the "cut-
ter sewers the bunch from the tree
with a machete and cuts off the bios
som end. The "backer" Immediately
carries the bunch on his shoulders to
the nearest packroad or tramline. and
the "cutter" then cuts down the tree
itself near the ground, where it quick
ly rots, the decayed stalk forming
humus which acts as a good fertilizer
for the soil.
The loading of the steamer begins
Immediately upon the arrival of the
first fruit train at the port. The cut
ting orders and the schedule of the
! fruit trains are so arranged that a
continuous flow of fruit to the loading
pert is insured. The loading of the
steamship continues day and night
without interruption until completed,
cargoes of $4,000 punches being loaded
In II to 10 hours
At all the principal banana loading
ports, the cars of fruit are switched
to the dock and the bananas carried
to conveyors or loading machines,
which take the punches into the holds
Of the steamship. Each class of fruit,
/. e., the nine, eight, seven and six
hand punches. is usually slowed sep
arately, and stowage plans are pre-
pared, showing the location and guam
tity of the different classes, to facili-
tate the proper discharge of the cargo
UPON arrival. The punches are slowed
on end, resting on the larger end or
butt of the stalk. in from one to four
tiers or with one or more tiers stand
ing and one or two tiers laid horizon.
tally thereon.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
U. S. to Sue Airpiane Firms.

WashingtOn.-The government is
ready to bring suit against the Day
ton Wright Company and the Wright
Martin Aircraft Corporation to recov-
er total of more than S7,0OO,0O0 in
alleged overpayments on war contracts,
Attorney General Daugherty an
nOunced. Government accountants had
reported, Mr.. Daugherty said, overpay-
ments to the Dayton Wright Company
in the sum Of S2,554, ,3S3.27 and to the
Wright Martin Aircraft Corporation of
$4,708,055.SS. The suits to be filed
against the two concerns would be civil
proceedings only, Mr.. Daugherty said
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03

and 1880. Ralph Waldo Emerson was
the best known Of them, while
Thoreau, Charming, Alcott and Mar
garet Fuller were other well-known
members OF the circle. The transcen-
dental philosophy might be briefly de-
scribed as the belief that man reaches
his fullest development by fixing his
mind upon the highest and noblest ele.
ments In life and overlooking the
mean and sOrtlld phases. "As u man
thinks, SO is be-" The modern cult of
the New Thought derives much of Its
doctrine from transcendentalism.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
To Probe interest charoe,.

Washington. - President Harding
Will investigate reports that banks in
the West and the Southwest have been
loaning federal funds provided by the
War Finance Corporation at rates
which are above the legal percentages
allowed. The legal rate banks are al
lowed to charge the stock raisers over
the federal rate Of 5h per cent, 1t
was explained. is only per cent. That
rate is to cover the cost of inspection
and the risk on the loans and other
similar charges.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
opposes Cut in Navy Personal.

WaShington.-Any effort for dras-
tic cut in the navy PERSONAL because
of the five power armament reduction
agreement will be opposed by Presi-
dent Harding, 1t was said at the White
House. The President was said to dis
approve of the proposal of Senator
King, Democrat, Utah, to reduce the
navy to 10000 men, holding that so
sweeping reduction might even go
to the extent of upsetting the ratios
of naval strength agreed upon.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
Lyncher Gets Life Term.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Oscar Z.
Smith, % years old. eighth man ar.
rested in connection with the lynching
OF Jake Brooks, negro packing house
employs, here several days ago, en-
tered a plea Of guilty to charge Of
murder in District court and was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment in the
state penitentiary. Smith is the sixth
man to be sentenced to life imprison-
ment in connection with the lynching.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
0Idtime Roller Skates

Early in the Eighteenth century the
good people Of Holland were in the
habit of making hurried errands on
states. but on far more primitive
skates than are sold today even by
the smallest shops. It was quite an
art to navigate the Dutch skates Of
those days-they were heavy and had
only two wheels. The rest of Europe
never thought Of using them until J.
l. Plimpton, New York inventor,
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03

Central America offers ideal condi-
lions for banana cultivation. The main
mountain backbone runs along the Pa
ciiic coast, the lesser ranges to the
eastward. leaving wide slopes. river
valleys and lowlands on the Carib-
bean side. 1t is in this section, few
miles back from the coast, at an eleva-
ton of not more than go feet above
sea level, with its hot days and humid
nights and with an annual rainfall of
from 50 to 200 inches that the wilder
ness Of tropical jungle has made way
for the greatest fruit farms of the
world. All within the past forty years
an enormous agricultural Industry. with
its related interests of RAILWAYS.
stores, docks, villages and hospitals,
has sprung up In a region formerly al
most unlnhabited. Central America
may indeed thank the banana trade
for by far the most progressive de-
velopment and constructive influence
which have ever reached its shores.
The modern banana plantation is
marvel OF system and immensity. all
the more impressive because of its
setting of primeval Jungle In the
transformation within few years
from riotous wilderness of huge
trees, palms, vines, ferns and other
tropical growth to vast tract of cul-
tivated land, there is succession of
steps which can scarcely be contem-
plated b. those familiar only with
farming operations in the temperate
zone. The surrounding country is first
| thoroughly explored as TO its fitness
for banana cultivation. Then comes
the clearing away of forest and brush,
the digging of the main drainage
| bitches, the building of houses. rail-
roads and tramways and the planting.
Then follows the GRADUAL development
and extension until vast areas are
pouring their product methodically
and regularly into the holds of the
ships at the loading ports.
The quality and condition of the
fruit and its prompt and careful han
ding are the all-important factors. To
dispatch the modern type of refrigera-
tor steamer at regular and frequent
| intervals. with a cargo of from 10000
to 10000 stems of prime, freshly cut
fruit, requires a vast area of good
producing land, connected with the
tropical port by railways whose total
length may extend into the hundreds
of miles. The railways In turn are
fed by a still more extensive system
of light tram lines. The fruit In some
instances is subject to a railway haul
Of 10 miles. The riding, work and
pack animals required on the farms
run into the thousands, and a small
army of employees and laborers is con-
stantly engaged. Each plantation must
have good telephone communication
with its district headquarters and with
a central office for the prompt distrI.
button of cutting advices. control of
deliveries and operation of the fruit
trains. This central office in turn com
municates by cable or radio with the
head offices and with the ships en-
route, and every effort Is made to have
the arrival of the fruit and the steam.
er at loading port coincide. as well as
to have the fruit, after it is cut, pu
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03

took hold of the Idea. The first thing
he did was to put four wheels on each
skate. Then he invented rubber
springs, and. finally, In 1863, he put his
innovation on the market In such
form that 1t Immediately became popu-
lar and soon was sold everywhere as
one of the fatorite toys.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
Novel Motion.

The committee had assembled in n
small country town to discuss whether
the librarian in charge of the town H.
brary should be retained in office.
Those desirous of getting rid of him
used as their argument against him
that he was untidy about himself and
the books which he handled. One wom-
an arose and emphatically declared
him to be dirty man, whereupon Il
second sister on the committee arose
and said:
But he is beautiful and clean with
in"
The opposing lady arose and said, In
her most parliamentary manner:
81 move that we turn him inside out
Immediately. y."-Harper' Magazine.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
A legend Is barefaced lie that ha,
grown old enough to wear whlskers.
To Have a Clear Sweet Skin

Touch pimples, redness, rOughness
or itching, If any, with Cutcura Omit
ment, then bathe with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and
dust on little Cuticura Talcum I'd
leave fascinating fragrance on skin,
Everywhere 25c each.-Advertisem
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
characterization.

This term Is vague one which was
applied to the philosophy Of the group
Of American writer's which centered
about Concord, Mass. between 1850
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
Completed.

Teacher-We borrowed our hume
ais from the Arabs, our calendar frol
the Romans, and our banking from tn
Italians. Can anyone think of an
other examples?
Willie Willis-Our lawnmower frol
the Smiths, our snow shovel from tn
Jones' and our baby carriage from til
Bumps.-Judge.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03

1t is true "the Lord will provide.
He provides the world. Your mett
DDS must be your own.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
Many ambitious men and
oOomen iUe only half a life
and don't ku0w, it

NO person whose nerves are continually
Hrtated, whose appetite and digestion are dis
!uroeo, or who doesn't sleep well has more than
tan MS normal chance for success in life. For
WEAKNESS, debility, anemia and general lack of
tone are a serious handicap to anybody.
Those who drink tea or coffee are often suf.
terefs from these conditions. Tea and coffee
contain caffeine, a substance which has decided
stnnulant action on the nerves and brain cells
Each cup of strong coffee contains about as
large dose OF caffeine your doctor would
o'uniafn NY give to very sick person.
You can readily see that the effect Of giving
sihs strnulant regularly to well person might
ni'aly nave tendency to make him sick.
you want to avoid very common cause
OF irritation and enjoy restful Sleep good digestion
ana all the feeling of vigor and robust endurance
una. comes to healthy, normal people, quit tea
and coffee, and drink Postum, instead It is rich
conee-ike cereal beverage-perfectly delicious
Order Postum from your grocer TODAY. Drink
tns fragrant, aromatic beverage and see how
Lucn better you'll feel-able to do more with
out becoming fatigued- las thousands have dis
fostum comes In forms Ipssant Postum (in tins)
p instantly In the BY addton boiling
orss., un packages: Of laigss ba for those who
1.a' " oonangfor 20 nninutss Sold by all grocsrs.
Postum for Health
There's Reason"
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
cV7zWS zAE AUcHxMz7 7zHF MH

ltGUlNG in support Of the
existence of an all-directlng
Intelligence in Nature one
could select II very salts
factory object-lesson In the
banana. Old-fashioned peo-
pie of an unsclentIfic turn
Of mind might put it this
way: God created the
The Dolores star., 1922-02-03
Apropos,

Apropos.
where are you going?" Hunting"
"For what?" Money. I'm on the
cent Judge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03
get TOGETHER SOCIAL.
AT BAPTIST CHURCH.

One of the most delightful af.
fairs of recent happening in Col
fax was q social gathering last
Wednesday evening at the Bap-
list church, in which every de-
nomination was represented. In
fact denominationalism was laid
aside in get together and be
Isociable" spirit which was en-
couraged By all alike. The af-
fair was presided over by Judge
j. A. Williams. assisted by Revs.
J. E Wakefield, S. S. Began and
I. NJ Lemly Speeches, hand
shaking and good fellowship pre-
dominated between partaking of
refreshments furnished especi-
ally for the occasion, and every
participant in the event felt we'll
repaid for having attended an
affair that can only result in a
more social and neighborIy feel
ing and rebound a hundred fold
to the community at large.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Estrayed before me, the undersirn-
ed authority, by George Collins, The
following animals:
One black mare, ~ years old.
weight about 700 pounds, branded r.
on left hip, right eye out, left hind
foot white and white spot in face.
One bay mare, IL years old, weight
about 1000 pounds, wire cut on right
front leg and right hind leg, branded
hook fashion on left hip.
Black mare appraised by e. r..
Brown and NJ. {. Maddox to Be
worth $1,000, and bay mare appraised
to be worth $500.
Unless owner comes forward, proves
property and pays all costs, the ami.
mails win be sold to the last and
highest bidder at George Collins
place, on Saturday, June II, 1922.
This May 81, 1922.
C. M. FULLER,
End Magistrate Ward 2, Grant
Parish. La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03
MAGNOLIA PARK OPEN TO
TOURISTS

The owners of Magnolia Park
on Hudson creek in Grant par.
|ish, near the Jefferson highway,
are planning to convert their
140-acre tract Of land into q
pleasure and recreation park
and develop it into a camping
site for tourists and picnic par
ties. Drives viii be built and
everything possible done for the
entertainment of visitors. For
present entertainment two
swimming pools have been CON
structed, and numerous parties
are now enjoying the free privi-
leges offered. 1t viii be the en-
deavor Of the management at all
times to keep the morale of the
park above reproach and make
It an ideal place for visitors with
their families.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03
COMMUNITY FLOWER SHOW
GREAT SUCCESS

Colfax held ifs first community
flower show Thursday afternoon,
and hundreds of individual speci-
mems of flowers and ornamental
plants We're exhibited in one gor-
geors display Of home makers
Eornamentation. Altogether the
show was a great success, ex-
ceeding by far the expectations
of those fostering the move.
Great interest was manifested in
the show, numbers from dis
lance driving in to see the beau
tiful exhibits.
Yards in and about Colfax
were scored by a judging COM
mittee on Wednesday before any
flowers were cut. The results
announced at the show gave Miss
Lily Mcknight. of the Mirabeau
Farm, first place as having the
prettiest yard, for which she
was awarded q beautiful varie-
gated caladium.
In all there we're 2l5 entries
by 81 exhibitors, and the success
If the first flower show in Colfax
S gratifying to the Colfax Com
nunity Club, who launched the
movement, assisted by our par
sh demonstration agents. /
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mrs. 7. j.. Porteous and son,
Garrett Knobloch, of Plaquemine,
arrived Thursday on a summer
visit to Mrs. H. G. Goodwin and
Mrs. j. T. McMurry.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mr.. George N. Givens and
family arrived Friday morning
from Crawford, Miss. and will
again make their home in Colfay.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Patten and
son, A.. b, Jr., and Mr.. and Mrs.
G. D. Patten, of Alexandria,
we're visitors in CoIfax last
Sunday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mr.. William Edenborn. presi-
dent Of the La. Ry. & Nav. Co.,
spent part of Wednesday in Col
fax on business connected with
his railroad.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Miss Lilly Mcknight left Sat
urday for Franklin. 10 visit Miss
George Bourgeois.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Miss Bette Murrell left Tues
day for Natchitoches to attend
the summer school at the Nor
NAL.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mrs. J. B. Roberts and chilA
dren left Wednesday to spend
the summer in Virginia. Mrs.
Archie Wsilett will occupy Mrs.
Roberts house while she is
away.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mrs. Nugent Hill of AIexan-
dria, was a guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. E. Swafford on Thursday
and Friday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mr.. H. T. Crew came home
from Shreveport Monday, and
is spending the week with his
family.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Miss Ethel Bennett returned
to her home in Haughton last
Saturday, after spending several
days here as the guest of her
brother and sister. Mr.: and Mrs.
r G. Bennett.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mrs. NJ, N. Fisher Of Winn-
field, and little Miss Evelyn Sto-
vail of Dodson. were guests Of
the editor and family Thursday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

The Grant parish police jury
will meet in regular monthly ses-
sion next Monday. June S.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mrs. v. G. Folse left Tuesday
for her home in White Castle,
after spending three weeks with
relatives here.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Miss Ada Began arrived
Wednesday night from Mans
field Female College, and is at
home for the summer vacation
with her parents, Rev. and Mrs.
S. S. Began.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mrs Dora Strickland and Mrs.
VI G. Carnahan accompanied
Miss Nena Strickland to LOUISE
ana College at PineviIIe on
Thursday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Rev. S. S. Began left Thurs
day morning for Tioga. where he
will be engaged for ten days in
conducting a series of revival
services. He will be assisted in
the work by Rev. w. w. Perry,
of Rochelle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mrs. Sutten was taken to the
Baptist Hospital in Alexandria
this week for medical treatment.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

BORN to Rev. and Mrs. j. E.
Wakefield, .of Selma, on Monday,
May Is. 1922, a girl.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. E. Duffy and
family left Saturday for an ex-
tended visit in Texas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-03

Miss Media McNaughton, of
st. Maurice, visited Miss Hattie
Mae Smith last weekend.