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The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of the Fourth Congressional
District convened at Shreveport on
Wednesday of last week, with thir-
teen out Of fifteen members present.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Be it Resolved, by the Democratic
Executive Committee of the Fourth
Congressional District of Louisiana,
That there be held a Congressional
Convention at the city of Shreve-
port OH October /, 1896, composed
Of delegates from the different par
lshcs Of said District, for the pur-
pose Of nominating a Democratic
candidate for Congress.
Be it further Resolved, That the
mode and manner of selecting the
delegates TO the said Convention be
left to the Democratic Executive
Committee of The different parishes,
in conjunction with the member of
this Committee from each respective
parish, and that the basis of repre-
sentation be the same as fixed bv
the last State Convention, and that
the delegates to said Convention
DO elected on the 9th day Of Sep
tccbcT, 1896.
Resolved, That the mode of the
election Of delegates to he by prim-
airy election. Each candidate shall
shave the right o. representation at
each polling place.
Resolved, That said primary cleo
ton be presided over by three COM
missioners and one clerk, to be ap-
pointed by the members of this
Committee from their respective
parishes and the President of each
Parish Executive Committee, and
the returns of said election to be
made by said commissioners to tue
Democratic Executive Committee Of
each parish, who shall compile said
votes and declare the result of said
election, and the President of said
Parish Executive Committee shall
sign the credentials of tho delegates,
ard said delegates so accredited
shall be entitled to seats in said con-
vention.
BE it further Resolved, That only
white Democrats who will support
the nominee shall be permitted to
vote at said primary.
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The Paramount Issue.

Texas Farm and Ranch.
Avarice is the besetting sin of the
age and country in which we live.
Men have always loved money. Even
before Ananias "kept back part
OF the price" and then lied about it,
or Judas betrayed his Master for
thirty pieces of silver, men would
hazard their lives, perjure their souls,
and commit any crime against God,
man, or themselves, if thereby they
might add to their treasures. We
have turned our backs on many of
the crimes that fourished once upon
the earth and have concentrated all
our energies and every talent we pos
sess upon the one great object of
money getting. 1t was once thought
that as political adherents, we had
the tenacity of teaches, or bull dogs,
Or creditors-that our people would
sacrifice everything in support of a
political tenet which they did not
understand, while mere matters Of
business were committed to the ca,
resses of the four winds. But now
we see both the great political parties,
comprising practically the citizenship
of the country, subordinating every
political principle to the money
question laying aside the tenets for
which they have battled with the
ardor of knighthood and the constan-
cy of infatuation, and making the
money question the paramount issue
in a great political canvass. Every
question that has given life to these
great parties has been ignored that
the entire energies of the masses,
public and private, may be devoted
to the solution of the question
whether silver shall be a part of our
financial system or not. This ques-
ton, it is true, is an important one.
In the present condition of society,
it is fundamental one. "Mouey is
power" and if there is passion in
the human breast more devilish or
more coveted, it is the thoroughly
british one of power-the power to
reward and punish our fellow men
to Cypress with IMMUNITY, to "Lord
it over Gods heritage" and to make
angels weep by reason of our "fan-
tastic tricks before high heaven"
Money is not loved for the good that
can be done with it, except by few
who have not yet bowed the knee to
the golden Baal. 1t is not loved for
the comforts that it can command,
for those who love it most and are
still most greedy of its acquisition,
already have enough to purchase all
the comforts Of life hundred times
over. In fact those who bask in
Mammon's smiles care but little for
the comforts of life; these things are
satisfactory to the masses, when at
tainable, but the devotee of the
golden eagle crave something further.
Ii they can "say unto this man go,
and he goeth. to that one come, and
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Roanoke College, Va.
Roanoke College continues to pro

Roanoke College continues to pros
per. The number of students in
creased again last year. They came
from seventeen States and Territories
and several foreign countries. In the
graduating class was a Choctaw In-
dian, and a Korean is member of the
next Junior class. The order during
the session was unusually good and
diligent work was done By the stu
dents. Roanoke offers many advan-
tages at moderate cost. The Roam
oke Valley is famous for its beautiful
scenery and healthful climate. The
moral, social, and religious advan-
tages Of Salem are unsurpassed. The
Catalogue Of 62 pages shows that
Roanoke is abreast of the times in its
facilities and methods Of instruction.
A copy of the Catalogue, with the
June Collegian, may be had by ad-
dressing DR.. Julius D. Dreher, Presi-
dent, Salem, Virginia.
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he cometh, or to another, do this
and he doeth it," that is more salts
factory, and pleases Satan, the father
OF avarice, better. Thus we see this
country stirred as never before, po-
litical parties, communities, societies
and friends divided and antagonistic
on this absorbing question. Othe1
political principles concerned in the
governmental functions are ignored
as trivial. Mammon's behest must
be obeyed, whatever becomes of tariff
or free trade, State rights or National
consolidation, civil service reform or
the victor for the spoils. Great is
Mammon. Great is free silver at l6
to l. We are money maniacs.
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Shea'sT's Sale,
A. j. Murf

A. j. Murff No 40ll In
vs.. : District Court
Mrs. NJ. E. Nash and husband Bossier Par.
by virtue of a writ of sale issued in above
ID named snit and to me directed, have
seized and will proceed to sell at public auc.
ton, to the last aud highest bidder, at the
front door of the Court House, in the town Of
Benton. La, within the legal hours of SALE on
Saturday, the Goth day of September, 1896,
the following described property. to-wit:
Lot one ~, of Block D, of the town of Ben
ton, Bosser Parish, La according to. the map
made by G. MeClenaghan, Surveyor, and on
file in tho office of the Clerk of Court, Bossier
Parish, La. =
Above described property seized as tire
property Of defendant, Mrs. NJ E. Nash and
husband.
Terms of Sale Cash. without the benefit of
appraisement. to pay and satisfy the sum of
fifty dollars. with per cent per annum inter
est thereon from November LIST, 1895, and all
costs of suit, including per cent on said sum
and interest as attorneys fees, and according
to law.
A. r. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Benton. La, August 6. 1896.
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DIVORCE SUITs BY WHOLESALE
More than twenty five divorce suits
were fled for record one day this
week in the Superior Court of Al
lanta, Ga, and the iuries of the next
term Of that court will find food for
thought for several days when the
cases are reached fox trial. Some OF
the petitions charged abandonment,
some cruel treatment, and in nearly
all OF the large number filed was a
paragraph alleging iutenrerance and
q fondness for the vino cup. The
plaintiffs and defendants in the suits
were not confined to any one class
OF society. A few of the petitions
gave an insite into the realm of the
select class, some disclosed the IN
happiness Of married life in the mid
de class and many were those which
came from the laboring class. Wives
asked for the cancellation Of their
vows because their husbands treated
them indiffereutly and gave no dem
onstration of love and sympathy,
others asked for divorce because
their husbands had deserted them
and left them to support themselves
in the best manner they could, but
the majority of the petitions claimed
cruel treatment, the use of intoxi-
cants to excess and failure to pro-
vide food aud and raiment. In re-
gard to matrimonial infelicity, At
lanta is evidently the Chicago of the
South
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SherIH'S Safe.

Tutorship of Pearl In District Court. Bos-
N. Griffin. sier Parish, La.
by virtue of writ of fieri facias issued in
ID above named suit and to me directed. l
have seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the
front door OF the Court House. in the town of
Benton, La, within the legal hours of sale on
Saturday, October B. 1896, the following de.
scribed property, to-wit:
Lot No. one ~, of the town of Bellevue, La,
together with buildings and improvements
thereon, containing one ~ acre. more or
less; one (ll acre Of land in square form lying
in the northwest corner of northeast quarter
OF section 5, township 10, range II, and lying
duo east and adjoining lot of the town Of
Bellevue, La, and one ~ acre of land in q
square form in the southwest corner of south
west quarter of southeast quarter of section
81, township 90 range II. An undivided one
halfinterest in northwest quarter of southeast
quarter of section 4, township 10, range IL,
containing 40 acros, moro or less, and a like
interest in six acres of land described as fol-
lows: beginning at northeast corner of Sec
ton %, township 10, range 70, and running
south along said section line as rods; thence
west 20s rods; thence north 46 rods; thence
east 20s rods to place of beginning, together
with like interest in the buildings and i'm
provements thereon, situated in Bossier Par
ish, La. Also 9,head of cattle.
The above described property seized as the
property of Mrs o. NJ. Griffin.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject TO the benefit
of appraisement.
Ar. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Benton, La, August q, 1896.
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She9iT'S Sale.

W. J. Hughes } No 90.
VS.. In Fifth Justice Court,
Josh Heron. } Bessier Parish, La.
DY virtue of o writ of fieri facias issued in
I'D the above styled case, and to me directed,
l have seized and will proceed tosell at public
auction to the last and highest bidder, at
Rocky Mount, La, within the legal hours OF
sale, on Saturday, September II, 1896, the
following described property, tO-wit:
One lot OF household and kitchen furniture,
2 sows and s pigs 10 chickens, more or less ]
lot of plow tools, l wash tub, 3 bales OF
cotton in field, more or less.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to benefit o.
appraisemeut. j. l.. KEITH.
Deputy Sheriff.
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Senator Tillman's grip on South
Carolina seems to be slipping. He
was not able to secure a majority of
the votes for his son-in-law, John
Gary Evans, in the senatorial prima-
ries the other day. The race will
have to be run over and the chances
are that the Senator's pet will be
defeated.
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Registration.

7 will be at the following places for tho pur
pose OF registering all legal voters:
Benton, Sept 5rd to the 10TH
Curtis, Thursday, Oct. LIST.
Knox Point, Saturday, Oct 3rtl.
Haughtou, Monday Oct. 5th
BELLEVUE, Wednesday. Oct. 9TH.
Midway, Friday, Oct 9th.
Rocky Mount Saturday, Oct. 10th.
Mot, Monday, October 18th.
Cnrtervile, Tuesday, Oct. 18th.
Plain Dealing, Thursday, Oct 18th.
Alden Bridge Saturday, Oct 18TH
Benton, October 10Th to 3ist
W. II. BLEDSOE, Register.
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BUSINESS ACTIVITY AT SAVANNAH
On Friday of last week ten large
ships arrived at Savannah, Ga, to
load for foreign and coast ports
There are still about sixty vessels
charterer to load at Savannah and
are daily expected to arrive. Alto
gether, says the Savannah Daily
News, the volume of shipping during
the last two months has been larger
than that of the same months for
several years.
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Homestead Entry No. 500.

Land Office at Natchitoches. La,
August 4, 1896.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his in
tention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
Clerk of the District Court at Benton, La on
September Is, 1876, viz Homeftead Entry
No. 50l0-Dennis healley-for the cast half
of southeast quarter, section Sc township 10
North range II West, Louisiana Meridian.
lie names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz: Harry Anderson, Jack
Allen. Aaron Washington and Jack Law, Of
Allentown, La.
Any person who desires to protest against
the allowance OF such proof, or who knows Of
any substantial reason, underline law and the
regulations of the Interior Department, WIN
such proof should not be allowed, will be given
an opportunity at the above mentioned time
and place to cross-eyamne lhe witnesses Of
said claimant, and to offer evidence in rebuttal
of that submitted by claimant.
EDW ID PHILLIPS, Register
August 10. 1896. sepl7
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Church Directory.

Notwithstanding every third Sunday
at IL a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7:30 p. M.
Place of worship, Court House
Notwithstanding every first Sunday at
II a..
fourth Sundays in each month at IL a. m.
J. 8. CAMPBELL Pastor
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N. O. Picayune: Should Queen
Victoria live until Sept. %, she will
have reigned longer than any other
monarch who has occupied the Eng.
fish throne, and, should her life be
further prolonged until the Goth OF
next June, she will have reigned for
sixty years.
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;Sonany statesmen are anxious and
willing to undertake the job that
there is little doubt but that the
country will be saved before this po-
.aitical campaign is over.
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Every campaign year impresses the
business man more and more with
the fact that this country has about
three times as much politics as it has
any use for.
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Vicesoy hi Hung Chang, yellow
Jacket, peacock feathers and all, is
now the guest of the American peo-
pie. He is one of the notable men
of his day, and will be paid the
honor due his distinguished station.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-09-03

Commissioner Of Agriculture Mes
bitt estimates the damage from the
heat and drought to the cotton crop
Of Georgia at SO per cent.
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Hold fast to the Bible as the shee t
anchor of your liberties; write
it's precepts On your hearts, and
practice them in your lives. To the
influence of this Book we are in
debted for the progress made in
true civilization, and to this we must
look as our guide in the future.-U.
s. Grant.
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Ex-President Ben Harrison made
"a" long talk" in New York the other
night. The Republicans thought it
was big speech, but that was on
account Of the size of his GRANDPA
theirs hat, through which Ben was
stalking.
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George Steinmeyer, than whom
there is no better. known shifiiman in
this city, says the Little Rock Ga
zette, has rescued 157 bodies from
the river in the past twenty FIVE
years.
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Sss'gsg Sale.

TSTRAYED before F. r. Garrett Justice of
- Peace, Ward 4. by Armstead Harris. and
VIII be sold at Mot, La, within the legal hours
of sale, on Saturday, October 10, 1896 one
dark bay mare about II years old, Is hands
high, scaldcd back and weak eyed.
Appraised at 50.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c.
j. &. HOLMAN, Constable.
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Lii Hung Chang always wants to
know what everything costs. If he
will find out what the campaign is
costing Mr.. Hanna he will satisfy a
very general curiosity.
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ACQUISITION of Territory.

War the area of the United States
was s27,s square miles. 1t is now
1908, S44 square miles, including the
$1,000 square miles of Alaska
Every foot of the new territory, ex-
cept Alaska, was acquired for the
Union by the Democratic party. The
first acquisition was the Louisiana
Purchase, negotiated with Napoleon
Bonaparte by President Jefferson in
1903. This great purchase covered
all the country lying along the west
side of the Mississippi River, and ex-
tending in the Northwest clear out
to the Pacific Ocean. That annexa-
ton alone contains 1,171,931 square
miles or nearly as much as the origi-
nal possessions of the United States
with Alaska thrown in. The next an
nexation was the purchase of Florida
from Spain, in 1919, by President
Monroe; that was 59,2G8 square
miles more for Uncle Sam. By the
annexation Of Texas in 1916 Presi-
don't James X. Polk and the Demo
cratic Congress acquired for the
Union 376, 1873 square miles. But
the Mexican War was necessary to
break Mexicos opposition to the an
nezation OF Texas, and as result of
that war we got from Mexico in 1913,
no less than 545,7s3 square miles,
including what is now California,
Utah, the Southwest Territories, with
parts of Colorado and Kansas. Still
later, in 1853, under President
Franklin Pierce, there were some
negotiations for settling our Next
can boundary, and the Gadsden pur-
chase added Is, 535 square miles to
our possessions. All these annexa-
tons, which were made by the Dem
ocratic party abainst the bitter op-
position of the Northeast, amount to
2,l99, $50 square miles, or more than
two and one-half times the original
area. Every foot Of territory west of
the Mississippi River was added to
the Union by the Democratic party.
Moreover, all that magnificent domain
upon which the mighty common
wealths of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
Michigan, with part of Wisconsin,
was coded to the Union by Virginia,
largely under the inspiration of
Thomas Jefferson, who was the au-
thor of the ordinance of 1857 de-
claring that slavery should be forever
excluded from that region. The
Democratic party has given little, if
any, land directly to railroads. Be-
tween 1850 and 1860 Congress made
some liberal grants of public land to
the several States, and these lands
were donated for the promotion of
railroad building by the States upon
such terms as they might deem ep-
propriate. The Stats of Illinois made
liberal grants Of these lands to the
Illinois Central Railroad, but with
the grant was coupled the condition
that the road should pay into tie
State treasury every year 7 per cent.
Of its gross earnings From this
sourse the State of Illinois still de,
rives a considerable revenue. In 1862
the Republican Congress started tie
plan of making grants directly to
railroad companies, and they kept on
as long as there was any land left.
Since MIR. Cleveland's first Inaugural
ton the Democratic party has re-
covered for the people more than
100000 acres of these lands
from companies that had not COM
piled with the terms of the grants. Z
Sorofor T,1l,,u5~
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A conservative estimate of the cot
ton crop this year places it at $780,
600 bales. The original estimate
went above 10, 0OO,O 900 bales.
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$ts'Nas Safe.

ESTRAYED before II. Barnacastle, J. P
A. Ward 6, by Edmon Smith, and will be
sold at l1aughton. La. within the legal hours
Of sale, on Saturday, October 10. 1896, one
black mare mule with a few roam spots, about
l59 hands high, lett eye ont, dim brand on
left shoulder, looks like the letters u H."
about Is or Is years Old.
Appraised at SO.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c.
j. w. ONEAL, Constable.
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Democrats, Populists and silver
ties completed fusion in Michigan in
nominating State ticket and select
ing Presidential electors.
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Minnesota farmers have taken to
killing wolves fora living and some
of them have earned as high as S65
q month at the business.
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Great Britain imports 100000
worth Of timber yearly, besides a
further s4o,0o0,00o a year is paid
for other ''minor forest productions"
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For Congress.

We are authorized to announce Hon B. w
MARSTON, of Red River parish, as a candi,
date for Congress from the Fourth District
subject to the action Of the Democratic party
We are authorized to announce Hon. II. w
OGDEN, of Bossier, as a candidate for re-
election to Congress from the Fourth District
subject to the action of the Democratic party
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In a recent riot at Camp Hill, Ala,
several negroes and ono white man,
it is reported, were killed.
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Rice cutting began in South Car
DINA on August II, the earliest
known in the history of rice culture
in the State.
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Thousands OF people are anxious
for financial change, hoping that
the change will enable them to get
hold Of a1little change.
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Thousands of persons were mas
sacred in the streets of Constantine
pie last week.
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One thousand armed men in the
Philippine >Islauds have rebelled
against Spain.
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SEs'Gged,

E'rom Mnden on July %, ono Light Sorrel
4 Mare Mule, about9 years old, Ia hands
high, branded Ii on left hip; and one Bay
Horse Mule, about years old and about IA
hands high. Has small wire cut nnder his
throat.
A liberal reward will be paid for any in for
nation leading to the recovery of above de-
scribed animals.
J. II. TAYLOR, JR,
August 20, 1896 BITS. Minden, La.
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JUSTICE OF PEACE, Ward 2. post Office
y Benton, La. VIII give strict attention
and make prompt returns ON all business en-
trusted to me.
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Whole fields of tobacco in Ken
lucky have been abandoned because
of worms.
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twenty-five thousand bushels of
huckleberries were picked from the
New Haven marsh in Ohio this
season,
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There is a train being wrecked
some where in this country every
day.
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Notice TO FresDasse,.s.

No hunting or fishing on my place will be
~ allowed. Trespassers will he prosecuted
to the fullest extent of the law
\ CURTIS.