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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-24
NEW STATE BOARD OF ED
UCATION.

At the September primary the
people of the Eighth Congress
sional district will nominate a
member of the State Board OF
Education created under the con-
stitution.
Due to the fact that we are un-
dertaking an educational scheme
involving larger appropriations
than ever before. it is of para
mount Importance that the mem
bers of this board be men of the
highest type and possessed OF
constructive and conservative
ideas in educational matters that
the citizenship of the state may
receive the highest possible good
! from the investment.
It's understood that Honorable
Horace H. White, of Alexandra,
will accept the nomination. The
older citizens of Vernon parish
have known Mr.. White since his
youth and understand the high
ideals that have been the guaae
of his advancement as a lawyer
of the highest type. The young
err generation recognize his alb
sorbed interest and practical
ideas and experience in matters
educational and feel the need Of
the state for just such ability as
he possesses.
The peculiar fitness of Mr..
White for this position justifies
the prediction that his candidacy
will meet with little or no oppo-
sition. Leesville Leader.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-24
HAS DISCOVERED NEW FORCE
Londoner Gives Interesting Descrip.
ton Of Manner in Which He Made
Important Find.

A simple carbon rod has been dis
covered by A. e. Baines, leading gal
vanometrist Of London, which If held
In the hands FIVE minutes will recharge
the human system with nerve energy
that lasts IL hours. He says 1t Is
nothing new, but, on the contrary, was
known to the ancient Egyptians. he
said the secret of it was lost many
centuries ago. Mr.. Baines said that
years ago while he was standing In the
British museum before painted lime
stone sculpture Of Kharfra, an Egyp-
tian king of the fourth dynasty, who
built the second Of the great pyramids
of Gizeh, he noticed the figure was
holding two small rods shaped some
thing like the grip on a bicycle. There
after he began series Of long ex-
periments to discover the substance
which the king held, but he faxed in
his search until one day when he was
trying to improve the microphone, for
which he prepared several carbon PEN
ellis which had been hardened by a
special process Of his own. He said
that quite accidentally he touched one
Of these carbon pencils and was sur
prised to find that his galvanic defec-
ton swung from positive to negative.
This led to further experiments. and
he finally found that the ordinary arc
carbon, when hardened by his process.
gave out a force which could not be
distinguished from nerve force. The
bars are about six inches long and are
capped at the ends with cellufoid. Mr..
Baines asserted the carbon rods have
been OF great aid in treating. cases Of
nervous breakdown, deafness, anemia
and many other complaints. He de-
ciared he did not know what the new
force was.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-24
Colfax. La. June Ia. 1922.

Colfax, La. June Ia, 1922.
The mayor and board of alder
men Of the town Of Colfax, State
of Louisiana, met on this date
from adjourned regular session
of June 9th. Present. Mayor w.
A. Brownlee. Aldermen Gay.
Barrios, Lurry, Faraldo and Nc
Knight. Absent, none.
Minutes of the previous meet
ing being read, upon motion
and seconded. were adopted.
The following bills being pre-
scented before the board, on mo-
ton and seconded they were APP
proved:
r. L. Carnahan, hauling 1926
r. L. Carnahan, haul. garbage. $500
Colfax Chronicle pub. and adv. AGO
1otdis....s .....-...............-.. plOV. 20
The following resolution being
offered by Alderman Mcknight,
seconded by Alderman Gay, was
unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the
Maxor and Board of Aldermen
of the Town Of Colfax, State
of Louisiana, That the Mayor
of said town shall give notice,
over his signature, attested by
that of the clerk, that, for the
purpose of improving the NUM-
cipal Electric Light and Power
Plant and system of the said
town. and for other municipal
Improvements, it is the intention
of the said Mayor and Board of
Aldermen, at an open session
thereof. to be held on the 10Th
day of June, 1922. at s o'clock p.
m, at the established meeting
place of the said body, to fund
into bonds, running for a period
not to exceed six years. bearing
interest at the rate of six per
centum per annum. payable semi
annually, in such denominations
as may be found convenient, and
amounting to ten thousand dol
lars $50, 000) in the aggregate.
the ayails or residue. to-wit:
Four (4) mills. Of the tax of sew
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-24

Formulation in a. b. 2poe:.

Population In a. .. 20oG
According to DIR. Edward A. Ross, BY
the year A. d. 1000 the population Of
the United States will number about
228, OOO, 600. Extremists are painting
vivid pictures Of our country, pointing
out that the condition Of China, Japan
and India win be rivaled here. They
predict a starving country with too
many inhabitants and too little space
In which to house them. In their minds
are scenes of war. famine and misery
as q result
On the other hand, John s. Summer,
secretary Of the New York Society for
the Suppression Of Vice, says: "Over-
population ii not menace to the
peace Of the world, because there ID
no overpopulation. It Is not the ply
steal fact Of population. but the mem
tai and spiritual condition Of people
which determine the question as Z
menace to continued peace
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-24
Big Facts in Simple Questions
KNOW THE LANGUAGE OF
YOUR TRADE.
By Rev. S. S. Began

1t is we'll for a man or woman
to know the language of his OF
her particular trade. No man
may expect to reach even the
mediocre of the possibility of his
trade, occupation. vocation OF
profession who has not at least a
degree of proficiency in the no.
menclature of his particular line
of business.
Have you ever seen a real sue
cessful farmer who has not COM
ing to his address one or more
good farm journals plus his par
ish paper? A farm journals a
necessity as a source of suggest
i've information and useful knowl.
edge by which he is kept convers.
ant with the successful expert.
ments of men who are employed
to do this very thing, and others
who have tested it out and prov.
ed it's practicabiIity.
What is true of farming is also
true of a mechanician and me.
chanical industries. A man,
however handy and apt in the
use of tools, will not, and in the
nature of the case, can not attain
unto the recognition and position
of a skilled workman apart from
the nomenclature of his trade.
A readiness and willingness te
do must be supplemented by the
knowledge of how and what to
do. There is a naturaIness and
slight in manipulation and opera.
ton of tools and machinery that
reaches its highest standard OF
proficient skill and efficient pro.
duction by way of appended
knowledge and by which the best
results are obtained.
The primary source of success
full operation in any line of bust
= Al = .~ncr&o~xy ~ ,ko ca,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-24

An old Roman building dating back
to the Third or Fourth century was IN
covered by workmen In Grace Church
street, London, while laying postal
cables. One wall four and half feet
thick and extending downward Is feet
appears to form part Of an inner cham
Der Of Roman building. The outline
Of the chamber is apparent and there
are painted ornamentations On the
walls. Museum officials believe that
the walls belong to the original forum
e Roman London.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-24
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-24
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

! COURT PROCEEDINGS.
District court convened in Col
fax last Monday with Judge L. L.
Hooe on the bench and District
Attorney Dear present to repre-
sent the State, the following
cases being disposed of during
the week:
Bradford Sheriff. Grocery Co.,
me-, VS.. w. M. Tully & Bro.
judgment for plaintiff.
Succession of Glasco Mccall,
application of administrator for
discharge granted and bond or
dered cancelled.
Succession of Eliza Hall, judg-
ment placing heirs in possession.
Jack Armstrong, violating pro-
hibition law. put on dead docket.
Columbus Walker, concealed
weapons. nolle pressed.
j. F. Drummond, plead guilty
to violating prohibition law, fined
500 and costs. in default of pay
ment to serve 60 days in Jail.
Laurence A. Buxton, wife de-
sertion. Accused being at liber-
ty on probation from conviction
and sentence to pay $50 per
month for u months to his wife,
and failing to comply with pro-
baton terms, surrendered by his
bondsman to sheriff's custody.
James Torpley, plead guilty to
violating prohibition law, fined
800 and costs and in default of
payment to 60 days in Jail.
Monroe Delaney, plead guilty
| to carrying concealed weapons.
fined 800 and costs, in default
of payment to go days in Jail.
James Morrow. same pleading
and fine.
A. R. Pointer, same pleading
and fine.
A. R. Pointer, plead guilty to
violating prohibition law, fined
$500 and costs and 60 days in
Jail. in default of payment to
serve A months additional, this
sentence to run non-concurrent
with concealed weapon sentence.
Irab Tarver. same charge and
sentence.
| American Raincoat Co. and
Petersburg Trunk & Bag Co. vs..
w. M. Tully Bros, judgment for
plaintiffs.
Jim Thomasee, larceny, tried
by court and acquitted.
Jack Kite, running ~disorderly
house, nolle pros entered for lack
of evidence.
/ Claude Graves. plead guilty to
disturbing peace. fined $25 and
costs or 80 days in Jail.
/ r. e. and John Leggett, as
sault and battery, tried by court
land R. E. Leggett discharged.
John fined $40 and costs or 80
days in Jail.
/ Robt. McManemin. convicted
lof disturbing peace, fined $15. or
100 days in Jail.
Lonnie Buckner, same charge
land fine, sentence suspended.
Lonnie Buckner, non-support,
|evidence adduced and case taken
under advisement, subject to or
|ders of the court.
Succession Of Robert w. and
Minnie D. Harrison, judgment
recognizing heirs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-06-24

en- mills authorized by section IL
of Article XIV of the Constitu-
ton of Louisiana.
Be it further resolved. etc.,
That said notice shall embody all
| of the information contained in
the foregoing paragraph of this
resolution, and shall be publish
ed in the official journal of the
town of Colfax, i'll its issues of
June the 18th and June the oath,
1922.
In pursuance of the above res
olution the following notice of
intention to sell bonds was unan-
Iimously adopted:
Notice of Intention to Issue Bonds.
Notice is hereby given by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the Town
of Colfax, State of Louisiana, that
for the purpose of improving the
Municipal Electric Light and Power
Plant and system of the said town
and for other municipal improvements,
| it is the intention of the said Mayor
and Board of Aldermen, at an. open
session thereof, to be held on the 18th
day of June, 1922, at s o'clock p. M, at
the established meeting place of the
said body, to fund into bonds, running
| for period not to exceed six years,
bearing interest at the rate of six per
centum per annum, payable ml-ari-
nually, in such denominations as may
| be found convenient, and amounting
to ten thousand dollars, $4,000 in
the aggregate, the avails or residue,
to-wit: Four (4i mills, of the tax of
seven mills authorized by section IL of
Article XIV Of the Constitution of Lou
isiana.
Colfax, La. June IA. 1922.
w. A. BROWNLEE,
Attest: Mayor.
L. A. BARRIOS,
Secretary.
The following resolution being
offered by Alderman Cav, and
seconded by Alderman Lurry,
was unanimously adopted, That,
at the regular meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
of the Town of Colfax, State of
Louisiana. on January the 4th,
1921, a salary of sixty dollars
$3.50. 0O) per month was being
fixed for the position of Marshal
and Street Supervisor for the
year 1921. and on account of
there being no available funds to
continue the said position, it is
THEREFORE RESOLVED,
by the Mayor and Board Of Al
dermen of the Town of Colfax,
State of Louisiana, in regular
session convened, that the posi-
ton and salary Of the Street
Supervisor is hereby cancelled.
effective July LIST. 1922, thus re-
mainding the position as City
Marshal only at a salary of
forty-fve dollars ($45. 0O) per
month.
There being no further bust
ness the board adjourned session
until June %, 1922.
w. A. BROWNLEE.
L. A. BARRIos. Mayor.
Secretary.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-16
WOMEN'S FEET ARE
 GROWING LARGER

CHICAGO, March 16. Along with the ballot, wearing of one-piece bath mems bathing suits and the right to smoke, milady has enjoyed" growth of her feet. It isn't case of ''just looking bigger" but her feet are quite a bit larger in reality than a few years past.
 Take this from the thousands of shoe men who are at Chicago attending the annual convention of the National Re- tail Shoe Association here.
 "Women in business are on their feet more than they used to be-" de- clared H. Buford H. Jones, of Boston, president of the Thompson-Crooker Shoe Company, explaining the situa' tion. "At least this is the explanation manufacturers advance"
 The shoe men do not believe the boot can do come back. The short skirt has done for the boot forever, they believe.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-16
SUN VAT SEN, CHINESE PATRIOT,
 AIMS TO M0DERNIzE ALL CHINA
Secretary of Canton President Says Nation May
 Have Disorder E Epoch.

strument which can secure the mod ernization of China in terms of west ern political and economic thought, without injury to the foundation of the state as the historical product of Chinese cultural forces.
 1.-THE NORTHERN LEADERS"
 "This section is meant when refer ence is made to the Southern lead ers.' The other and rival section of the leader class includes the elders of the Mandarinate and the feudal chief tains of the Tuchunate. They are sometimes referred to as the North ern leaders,"
 What is the meaning of North and 'South'?"
 'The terms North and South" said MT. Chen, 'have a political, not a geographical, content. Some of the most sinister leaders of the North are Cantonese, while some of the lead ing figures of the South are from a province like Chihli, in which Picking itself is situated.
 "The terminology is explained by the fact that the provinces at or south of the historic line of the Yangtsze were the first to declare for the Re- public and are regarded generally as being more progressive politically than those north of the line.
 "soUTH AFFIRMs NECESSITY"
 ''In terms of political action, the central difference between these two sections of the governing forces of China is seen in their respective at titude toward the parliamentary sys- tenn as an instrument of government
 "The South affirms the political and psychological necessity of the Chinese people as a whole cooperating in the work of modernizing China as an ef- fective state until which, at the pres, ent stage of mans political thought and experience, can be done only through the machinery of parliamen' tarv government
 "On the other hand, the North so far as it's policy can be intellectu alized-appears to deny the capacity and adequacy of the parliamentary in strument so to modernize China, and therefore relies on the rule of the strong man."
The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-16

lures of were built by these Igorots, but fifty per cent of the rice they raise goes to make liquor. l just did little preaching"
 It was for the Igorots that Pepre- sentative Sentos introduced into the Philippines Legislature a bill some months ago, to force the Igorots to wear trousers instead of their G. strings. He said that pictures of the Igorots were being shown in the United States to make people think some Filipnos were wild He said this prejudiced the independence cause. He planned that the Philip pine Government buy clothing fol the Igorots and keep it on them for as many years as it was necessary for them to get used to it.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-16
TOLD BY WOOD NOT
 TO EAT DOG

MANILA, March 16. - Governor General Wood, of the Philippines, be- lieves that a former major general in the United States army may be missionary if he so desires. At least he gave the Igorots, until 2 few years ago head hunters and now consumers of considerable dog flesh, a talk intended to elevate them. His uplift work. was near Bagulo, a mountain resort.
 The Igorot dog market is one of the leading sights of the island Of Luzon. Dogs in numbers are brought into the Igorot towns by the black natives, half a dozen canines tied by a string, Their owners are quick to resent any idea that the dogs are not quite edible.
 The animals are starved several days before an expected feast, then given rice, on which they stuff until their skins will hold no more. The dogs, once fully stuffed, are killed. But they are not quickly killed. Rather they are beaten with sticks, the idea being to break the bones in their legs and other large ones in their bodies. They then are cooked. WHAT WOOD TOLD THEM The Governor, meeting representa- tives of the press at Malacanang Pal ace, the Executives home in Manila, said:
 q went out and gave them talk. I told them dog eating was improp- CT and that drinking undermines the constitution. The rice terraces in the Philippines we have all seen pie
The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-16
I'VE SHALL PAY BACK"

we were an original mind, with a civilization and culture of our own. In the past we gave-we hardly ever received. Today-through the Repub- lic--we are receiving for the first time in our long recorded history But" his thin, intelligent face lighting, i've shall pay back in ample measure"
 What about the division il the leader class in China?". l asked.
 '"True, the leader class in China is today divided" answered MT Chen. And this division is important. One section of it believes in the Chinese Republic: (a) as deliverance of the Chinese people from the Manchu con quest and as a constitutional guaran- tee against the Manchu or other inn perial restoration, and (b) as an in
The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-16

SHANGHAI, March 16.-"Presiden Sun Yat-Sen and his co-workers who founded the Chinese Republic have never had a chance of ruling China as republican state and showing what the progressive section of the nation could do in the work of modern gov ernment," Dr. Eugent Chen, secretary to the President of the Canton govern men, told the International News Ser vice, in discussing why the govern ment of the south was fighting for control of all China
 Unless this fact is realized and deeply borne in mind, you - the friends of China in America - will see nothing but disorder and futility and incapacity in a phase of the nations life which, I assert exceeds in promise and potency the richest age of European history.
 "The Republic, on it's cultural side, marks the beginning of a real renais- sance in China, which might even rival-in the sphere of the mind and morals-the achievement of the great epoch in Europe covering the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
 And as the west could not be what :. it is today if the Greek mind had not fed it, so is there the prom ise of a Chinese assimilation Of the same cultural food through tho Re- as a Hellenic thought.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-16

Professional kodak finishing. Scar borough. Agency at Cordova drug store.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-18
HIGH SKIRTS IN THE HIGH COURTS

Two Kansas girls of Is, rather their parents for
them are going to know whether not they may wear
skirts kneehgh or less, without having hat
prerogatve denied them by arbitrary school board h
closed school house door in their faces Alter the
been reached in the matter of exposing the er
limb who to say the visible shall not be extended
say three inches more? Does come within the province
of high school board fix the bounds of longitude! Ihe
answer is that the board Vnland has done so an
strange as it may though with degree OF peril
nence have held to the principle OF lower
skirts for the lower limbs With the same adherence 10
euphony and proprey the girls carrying the question OF
higher skirts to the higher courts being particularly ap-
plicable to the higher education
1t was in Kansas Sockless Jerry Simpson ignored
the conventional walked barefooted 1t We're INTO
congress in bleeding Kansas that Carrie Nation
to the bars she could reach with her hostile
hatchet in of wild free spirit that knows no
limitations 1t where border warfare resisted
the encroachmens of slavery with vgor born OF frenzy
It was from Kansas that John Brown went forth as cru
sader whose body lies mouderng in the grave while his
soul goes marching Kansas is filled with people VINO
have come their stage of civilization through
hardships hot Winds grasshoppers and populsm Sucn
sturdy popuace to be denied the privilege OF
wearing skirts the knees if that be the will OF the
wful scons of hardy pioneers. .
Law your wagers on the Vinand high school girls IN
their fight for higher skirts in the higher courts
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-18
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TODAY'S BORROWED
EDITORIAL
Motor MANsLAUGHTER
, G 6 G. 8 8 G, G. g g

Santa Ana Register: More and
more widely the taking of human life
by careless driving is recognized as a
serious crime, heavily punishable. That
the crime is committed involuntarily
makes little difference.
The Rocky Mountain News points out
that convictions for involuntary maa
slaughter resulting from reckless or
careless operation Of automobiles have
been sustained already by the supreme
courts Of Arkansas, Connecticut,
Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Ne
braska, New York, Ohio and Tennessee.
L involuntary manslaughter il
been part of the common law for cen
turies, and SO may be invoked in any
state, regardless of the absence of def
mite statutory recognition. The Color
| do Supreme court has held that this
| offense may consist in the taking OF
| human life, without any intent to dc
| so, Sin the commission of Il lawful aci
iwithout due caution and circumspec
ton The application of this defin
Elton to careless automobile driving Il
lobvious enough.
| a Colorado statute, moreover, whlci
has its counterpart in most of the othc
states, provides that ''whcrc such in
voluntary killing shall happen in tn
commission of an unlawful act whicl
in it's consequences naturally tends T.
DESTROY the life of a human being, th
| offensc shall be deemed and adjudge
TO be murder'' A strict constructio
Of such a station would mean evident
ly that if motOrist kills a person Will
he is breaking the speed limit, he
properly chargeablc with murder.
Here is matter of serious rcflcctio
on the part of any motorist who
disposed to take traffic regulation
lightly.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-18

A recent accident led to young
man discovering an art which has
been lost since the days of the an
cient Egyptians.
The result of the discovery is big
concern has decided to pay Sl,000,-
900 and a royalty of two cents a
pound to Walter Runton for his pro-
cess of tempering copper.
Bunton, who is only twenty-eight,
was not trained metallurgist, though
he has discovered something that has
baffled metallurgists for centuries. He
was skilled mechanic employed by
New York company. An accident
called his attention to the posSibili-
ties of tempered copper.
Bunton chanced to find few pages
torn from an old book lying in a rub
bish pile ready for match. A pic
ture caught his eye. He picked up
the crumpled sheets and began to
read an account of an ancient metal
lurgist-incidentally a murdcrer-with
whose death the secret of hardening
copper was lost. 1t interested Bun
ton, and he set to work
There are three steps in Baa4-: S