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COTTON CROPS OF THE SOUTH.

Cotton is the most important
crop in the world, and the United
States supplies it in much greater
quantity than any other country
supplies even a very large pro-
portion of all that is used, and the
production is yearly increasing.
The crop of the United States in
1878 was II, 100, 900 bales. The
crop of the preceding season was
8,914,O11. This does not include
the quantity used by spinners for
home consumption. In the sea-
son of 180O-18O1 the crop was
12O, 900 bales. In those days the
cotton was mostly used at home
for clothing. Owing to the great
labor of separating the seed from
the lint, there was ''not much
money in cotton" The first gin
consisted of two small rollers less
than an inch in diameter, and
about eight inches long, attached
to frame and made to revolve
in opposite directions. The roll
ers were turned by boys who also
fed in the cotton and pulled out
the lint. This machine was in
vented by Dubreil, Louisiana
planter, in 1924. A treadle,
worked by foot was added, leav-
ing the hands Of the operators free
to feed faster. Later, Eli Whit
ney's gin, run by horse or water
power, came into more general
use and larger crops were raised
Steam was applied about 1880
At first cotton was packed il
sacks for marketing, then il
wooden boxes by levers. VIM
Dunbar, of Mississippi, suggest
ed the idea of packingit in square
bales, displacing the lever by
cast-iron screw. Finally, Davit
Greenleaf substituted wooden TO
iron screws. These improvement
reduced the cost of marketing
cotton, and in 1S4O-41 the cro]
was 1,610, 430 bales.
In 1S59-60 the crop was 1902,
$50 bales. During the war tn
product greatly decreased, crea
ting a cotton ''famine' in Eu
rope, the price being 35 cents
pound in 1861; 50 cents, in 1862
and in 1866 it ranged from 3
cents to $3.50 a pound. Durin'
this time England faced an indus
trial crisis-a large number of tn
cotton mills being closed.
The cotton belt covers "a de
grees of longitude and 10 degree
of latitude, and, excluding tha
portion where til not planted be
cause it is not sufficiently profit
able, the cotton producing are
covers nearly 100000 squar
miles-almost third of tn
total area of settlement of tn
United States. The 100000
acres planted in cotton is onl
about five acres in every 100
this extensive belt. In this col
ton district there are 100000
whites, and 100000 colore
people. The value Of the cottc
crop, (the raw materially Of 189
was S32O,O0O,O00.
We have the fertile land, v
have the labor, and the Sout
can supply the world with cotto1
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Communication.

Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
June IS, 1901. J
Notice is hereby given that the follow
~ ing named settler has filed notice OF
his intention to make final communication
proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before the Clerk
of the District Court, at Benton, La,
on July Is, 1901, viz: Homestead Entry
No. 83O1-Johny Jones-for the north
east quarter of southeast quarter of Sec
ton %, township 20 North, range IL
West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: Simon
Ford, James Ford, Louis Jenkins, OF
Linton P. O., La, and Ben Taylor, Of
Midway P. O., La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
June 20, 1901. july Is
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Homestead Entry No. 1857.
H. ,

Homestead Entry No. 1857.
Department of the Interior, |
Land Office at Natchitoches, La.
June "a, 1901.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
~ ing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final commuta-
ton proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before B. A.
Kelly, Clerk of District Court at Benton,
La, on August II, 1901, viz: Homestead
Entry No. 7457-MartinS teyens-for the
northeast quarter of southwest quarter
and northwest quarter of southeast quar-
ter of section 8, township 20 North, range
II West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: Louis Moore,
Robert Stewart, Robert Jennings and
Robert Payne, all OF Alden Bridge P.
o., La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
June q, 1901. aug8
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Homestead Entry No. G4G7.
Department of the In

Department Of the Interior,
Land Office at NatchitOches, La,
June IS, 1901. J
Notice is hereby given that the follow
~ ing named settler has filed notice Of
his intention to make final proof in sup
port OF his claim, and that said proof will
be made before the Clerk Of District
Court, at Benton, La, on July 30,
1901, viz: Homestead Entry No. 6467-
William NJ. Morrow-for the south half
of northwest quarter and north half of
southwest quarter of section 36, township
20 North, range II West, Louisiana
Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation Of said land, viz: r. E.
Wyche, of Benton P. O., La; L. G.
Biggs, Walter White and Cicero Afford,
of Bellevue P. O., La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
June 20, 1901. july Is
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Notice.

4 meeting Of the Cottage Grove Gem
n etery Association is hereby called
to meet at the Cemetery on August list.
All stockholders are urgently requested
to be present, as it will be necessary to
make an assessment to pay past indebt-
ness and to meet needed improvements.
j. r. CAVETT, President.
N. w. SENTELL, Secretary.
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Many deaths and prostrations
from the heat were reported Mon
day at Chicago, Kansas City,
Topeka and other places.
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81 noticed after you left the house
this morning you went back again.
Don't you know that's unlucky?"
"Well, it would have been good
deal unluckier for me if I hadn't
gone back. My wife called me. -
!. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Homestead Entry No. 612O.
Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
Trl1r IN fQOt

|
Land Office at Natchitoches, La, :
July 10, 1901.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
~ ing named settler has filed notice
of his intention 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 August
23rd, 1901, viz: Homestead Entry No.
612O-James Anderson, tutor minor heirs
of Aleck Lowry-for the southeast quar-
ter of southeast quarter of section 20,
township 20 North, range IL West,
Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: w. w.
Lay, Linton P. O., La, Brooks Farley,
Onay Farley and l. K. Lyles, Midway
P. O., La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
July IS, 1901. aug22
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The entite country is getting
tired of seeing steady increase
in the pension burden. The idea
of disbursing S140,00O,000 a year
in pensions thirty-five years af-
ter the close of the civil war ap-
pears to be unreasonable.
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Dentistry

At reasonable prices, at DR.. Nor
woods, over the New York Dry Goods
Company, Shreveport. Painless extract
ing soc; plates, crown and bridge work,
filings, ETC., at corresponding prices.
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John A. Sigur, a member of a
once famous New Orleans family
and one of the organizers of
Walkers Nicaraguan expedition,
died last Thursday at Crowley,
La, where he had lately made his
home.
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Taken Up

Tn Bossier City, and posted by E. F.
i Fuller, and estrayed before r. c.
Stinson, J. P, one light Bay Mare Poney,
white spot in forehead. Branded on left
hip with Mexican brand, about 3 years
old. Appraised at Sis. Will be sold in
Bossier City, on Saturday, July q, 1901.
r. C. STINSON, J. P.
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SADDLERX AND BUGGES.
Real Estate Agent.

nuring, my twelve years experience in
- the real estate business l have
made a great many sales. My facilities
for selling1property at this time are bet
ter than they have ever been. have
correspondents in the North and West
who come in contact with parties wish
ing to make purchases. Iprefer to ham
die large tracts of timbered lands, but
can also give attention to good farm
lands. Should you need my services
address me W. G. PERRIN,
11S Texas Street, Shreveport, La.
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HERE We ARE Buy your trunks from
Freeman's Trunk Factory, Shreveport.
Anything traveller needs, from SOC up.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-07-25

Prayers for rain were offered
over the entire State of Missouri
Sunday.
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Dentistry.

DR.. T. M. Comegys, Office in the new
Cooper Brothers building, second floor,
Shreveport.
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Estrayel or Stolen,

4 bout three weeks ago, a small Iron
n Gray Horse MULE, about 5 years
old; no brands remembered. will pay
S. for delivery OF this mule to me in
Benton, j. M. MONTGOMERY.
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Personal.

Miss Helen Kendall, OF Dallas,
Texas, is the guest of the Misses
Ogden.
Miss Lula Maree, of New Or
leans, is the guest of Mrs. L.
Swords.
Associate Justice N. G.. Blanch-
ard and wife visited Mrs. Bette
Lowry Friday.
Misses Camille Kelly and Oracle
Larkin are visiting a friend in
Morehouse parish.
Miss Mamie Neeson returned
Saturday from a three weeks
visit to Mrs. 1. P. Lay, at Koran.
Mrs. Sallie Abney and Mrs. Sue
T. Abney left Wednesday Of last
week on a three weeks visit at
Hot Springs, Ark.
Mrs. Cunningham, Of Victoria,
Texas, is spending a few weeks
with relatives and friends in this
vicinity.
The principal aim now is to
reach the trusts, and no more eff
fective way suggests itself than by
depriving them of tariff protection.
This protection gives them COM
plete control Of the American
market and consequently outra-
geous profits on what they sell at
home, while at the same time it
leaves them in a position to sell
their surplus products at reduced
profits in foreign markets-thus
figuratively killing two birds with
one stone. In all of this the Amer
lean consumers who are outside
the pale of trust protection are the
ones upon whom the burden Of
the injustice chiefly falls. These
constitute a vast majority Of the
people, and if they choose to ap-
ply a remedy they have it in their
power to do so.
"Words-who can tell" writes
Lady Lorraine, chow deep or
how lasting their influence?" Who
of us have not wept for spoken
words we could not recall? Their
memory lives, not alone in our
own heart, but in the heart of that
one cruelty wounded by their
harshness, injustice and unkind-
ness. Then the words in kindness
spoken-what a benefaction tc
both speaker and listener! To the
one pleasant memory; to the
other a cherished blessing, grow
ing brighter in the light of fone
recollection. The old song, 'Kine
, words can never de-" appeals t.
one through its very simplicit!
and truthfulness. The same ma,
be said of unkind words-the,
never die. They may be forgiven
but the memory, like a poisoned
arrow, rankles in the heart, eve
. stirring up the bitterness and pail
' anew.-Texas Farm and Ranch
: John A. Sigur, member of
a once famous New Orleans famil
e and one of the organizers c
e Walkers Nicaraguan expedition
e died last Thursday at Crowley
0 La, where he had lately made hi
Y home.
i The entite country is gettin
: tired of seeing steady increas
y in the pension burden. The ide
q of disbursing $40, O0O,000 a yea
n in pensions thirty-five years al
}, ter the close of the civil war az
pears to be unreasonable.
h Bible Brilliants.
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Immigration Agent.
Darties wishing to sell land would do
L we'll to confer with me.
J.E. ADGER,
Hughes Spur, Bossier Parish, La.
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Hunters, Take Notice.
Mo hunting will be allowed on my
IN place, under penalty of the law.
L. NJ. PRUITT.
The gold leaf., 1901-12-26

"'Old Reelzebub kidnapped me as !
was on my way over here through the
woods yisterday.' said Jorum. lie run
me straight and fast to Gormley's bar
pen, way back at the head of the big
swamp, and KEEP me there all night
Jephtha Virgins swore that he would
hunt down that venGeful and vindic-
tive bear and strip off his pelt if it took
him all the rest of his days.
'It was gittin' along lords Christ
mas time when palcy plucked up cour-
age to ask Jepthy ag'in for Prudence.
Jepthy turned On him, GRIMM the ag
gravatinest kind, and blurted out:
eyes, you kin have her-that is, if
you fetch me two black shcepskns for
q Christmas present. If you don't. you
can't never have herr
"NOw, Of course. that was just as
good as telln' Paley that there wasn't
any use. He never knowed to his
dyin' day what it could "a been that
sent him roa min and roamin' that day,
but he went a-roamin', and the first
thing he knowed he found himself on
the edge of a scrubby lookin' clearin'
in the Sour Medder district and he
seen a man clubbin' what he s'posed
was a tame bar. That riled him
more'n ever. and be shouted to the
man:
"'What are you poundin' that poor
bar forY
"'It's my bar the man shouted
back, and if you don't like what I'm
doin' come here and III pound you
awhile and give the bar a rest
"And what did Paley do but so over
there. and l s'pose that when he got
through with that citizen of the Sour
Medder district the citizen was a leetle
the worst whipped man ever seen in
them parts.
""There" said Paley. When yOr
run ag'in me, you haven't got no bar
to fool with
"And then Paley see that it was Bar,
Sproat he had been lickin' and that the
bar was Old Beelzebub. Paley Eadn't
gone more than hundred yards or
his way when, lookin' over into Bart:
field, he see two Of the biggest anC
blackest sheep that ever cropped sor
rel.
1.-The only two black sheep in The
| hull blame country" Paley groaned
and here I've gone and most hamms
| ed the life out of the man that own:
'em! Tossed Prudence away jest t
take the part of 4 rambunctious ole
| sleep stealin' bar"
| "Paley actually batted himself ag'il
his head with his fist and lifted up hi
| voice and wept. After awhile he cooled
down a leetle and got an idee.
"'Ill go back and apologize TO Bart
| said he, and offer him twenty dollar
for them sheep! That's as much as hi
| hull clearin' would fetch
$50 Paley went back. The bar lai'
| ON the ground lckin' himself, and Bar
The gold leaf., 1901-12-26
The Girl Who Grew Prettier.
Chambers Journal

Chambers Journal.
MIR. Charles Whymper, the we'll
known engraver and animal painter,
told the following anecdote some
years ago: Il dined at Mr.. So-and-
SOS at Highgate last night, and as
mark of honor his eldest daughter
was assigned to me to take down to
dinner. She's bright girl, and | got
along very nicely with her and Lady
Bletherington on the other side until
the ladies were on the eve of retiring
to the drawing room. | was talking
about the beautiful scenery near tho
house, the views from the windows,
the fine air, when Miss - suddenly
said, i think get prettier every day,
don't you?'
What could she mean? did not
dare to answer her. so | said, Il beg
your pardon; what did you sayo'
".l said | think | get prettier every
day
"Ihere was no mistaking her
words, so | answered, Yes, indeed
you get prettier, and no wonder in
such fresh air and. Just then she
caught her mothers eye, and, with
the other ladies, she left the room.
AS she went out she looked over her
shoulder. with such a withering scorn
in her eyes that | knew / had put my
loot in it somehow. Then it flashed
| upon me that l had misunderstood
her She had dropped an h Wha,
she SAID was not silly compliment
to herself The sentence really was
i thing, Highgate prettier every
day"
The gold leaf., 1901-12-26

1t seems that Paley resumed his
roaming, and Bart Sproat and his boys
killed the two black sheep, took their
skins off and hung them in the shed.
"1'll take 'enl down to Jepthy Wig
gins tomorrow said Bart, sit a good,
stiff price for 'em and cook that con-
sarned Paley's goose at the same
time""
Bart went out to get the pelts next
morning. They were gone. SO was
Old Beclzebub. The amazing bear had
stolen the sheep pelts and had made
tracks for the woods. Bart and his
boys started to find the trail.
The Passadanky story is that I'alcy
| Since found himself at Spook Run
mill pond that morning and was think
| ing that the best thing he could do
| would be to throw himself into it when
he heard a great noise up in the gully.
Gle looked up" the Passadanky mar
rator will tell you, "and there he see
| sight that made him turn cold. Some
! thin was whizzin' down the log shoot
and 50 fast Paley couldn't make out
I what it was till it shot from the mouth
Of the shoot and came climbin' up the
bank, right where Paley stood. Then
| the sOmethin' give itself a shake. Two
big, black sheepskins tumbled off Of it,
| and there was Old BeelZebub, but he
was white all over! He jest give one
look at Paley and tore away into the
woods and was never seen no more
AS Paley turned to look after him,
there he see Bart Sproat standin', and
Bart was most as white as the bar, for
| he had seen the hull thing and knowed
what it meant.
THAT ride down the log shoot had
scared Old Beelzebub's hair white.
What did he do it for, then? So as a
white bar could carry them sheep pelts
to Paley and make him a Christmas
present of 'em. BY doin' that Old Beel-
zebub got even with Bart Sproat, and
by Paley Simco havin' the pelts to
make Jepthy Virgins a Christmas
present Of 'em, and SO forcin' Jepthy to
give Paley his daughter Prudence, Old
| Beclzebub showed his grudge deep into
Jepthy. and he went off a-feelin' good.
"Well, all there was to it after that
was that Paley got down to Virgins
Christmas eve and knocked Jepthy
speechless by handin' over the Christ
mas present. And Jepthy had to hand
Prudence over to Paley, and they was
married that Very next Christmas day
The way Z turned out, though, Jepthy
was never sorry that Old Beelzebut
had brought things to setch a pass, and
if the vengeful bar had ever knowed
that, it's more tlan likely that he'd
"a come back and tried his plans ag'ir
Jepthy some more. New York Mai
and Express.
The gold leaf., 1901-12-26

was settin' on a rock by the door. His
head was swelled. and one eye was
shet, and his wife was dom of him up
in rags.
"'Pizen henbane! he yelled as good
as he could Here he comes ag lin.
Git the gun. Sairy, and load him full
Of lead"
Hold on, Bart" Paley shouted
I've come back to apologize and offer
you twenty dollars for them two black
| sheep and Paley was soft enough TO
tell Bart what he wanted 'em for.
Say yelled Bart, when you see 4
white bar comm lords you carryln
them sheep pelts. and it makes you q
| Christmas present of 'em. you kin have
'em. and not before! Ill take 'em down
and sell 'em to Jepthy Virgins. Sairy,
git the gun"
"Sairy, she started as if she was
goin to git the gun. and Paley didn I
| wait to argue with Bart any longer.
He give one awful glare at Old Beelze-
bub, who laid there with one eye peeled
up at him, and wished that he had q
| gun himself to load the pesky bar with
| lead. But it was a mighty good thing
for Paley that he didn't have none
The gold leaf., 1901-12-26
NOTICE..

All obituary notices, resolutions of re-
spect, cards of thanks, announcements of
ice cream festivals, oyster suppers and
entertainments of whatever character
from which revenue is derived, must be
paid for Us other advertisements are.
The charge will be one cent q word and
the money must accompany the manu-
script in every instance. In cases where
friends and patrons of the paper are con-
cerned no charge will be made for the first
ten lines-about 10 words-or articles
not exceeding that in length.
The gold leaf., 1901-12-26
Old
Beelzebub
Bear Story ED MOTT

If you are ever at this time Of year
up On the Old Passadanky sit down at
the BucllhOrn tavern, select any one
Of the griZzled wOodsmen you will find
already sitting there, exchange a dime
at not too infrequent intervals for a
certain tipple that is popular with the
natives and Is called rum and tansy,
and refer inqulringly to Old Beelzebub,
the remarkable bear Of Spook Run
gully and the amazing Christmas pres
ent he made to one Paley Simco.
AS the story goes, the oldest settle
ment IN all that part of the original
wildwood was at Passadanky. The
deep gully and the creek that roared
through it were there when the first
settlers came. Neither had any name,
and it was not until folks began to see
ghosts along the creek and In the gully
that appropriate nomenclature for
them was suggested. Silas Grubb, SO
The gold leaf., 1901-12-26
r1ust Keep EN- Going.

We find the following true and
trite bit of rhyme in the Rocky Mount
Motor:
One step won't take you very far
You've got to keep on walking;
One word won't tell folks what you are
You've got to keep on talking;
One inch won't make you very tall
You've got to keep on growing;
One little "ad" won't do it all
You've got to keep 'em going.
The gold leaf., 1901-12-26

ality and duty. Until he is so estab-
lished in these that he can claim to
be on this ground the equal OF the
white he can never be his equal on
any other ground. When he is the
equal of the white it will be known.
Until then he is fighting not the white
race. but law Of nature, universal
and inexorable-that races rise or fall
according to thei: character"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-02-13

The Killgallon Till to strike the cir
Gle from the official ballot in this state
is a move in the right direction. But a
further change should be madc, In
stead of having the candidates Of each
party grouped under the party NAME
the names Of all candidates for COVER
nor should bc placed Ia II column,
alphabetically arranged according to
the surname. the candidates for lieu
tenant governor ia another column ar
ranged in the same manner and 81 on
down the list, without any party dcsig.
nation whatever. A man not able 10
recognize the names of the men for
whom he wishes 10 cast his ballot is not
entitled 10 vote. This would amount
to an educational qualification and an
honest tempt in this direction should
be made. 1t j. about time the ilitcratc
and igorant vote he given a back seat
and men OF intelligence and under.
standing bc given an opportunity to Sc
lect officers and pass upon measures Of
government.