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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-10-10
Letter from an Old Friend,

REL LAND, La, OCT. 4, 1901.
My Dear Banner: Iguess you
recollect me. I've not forgotten
how, that over 20 years ago, you,
in the columns of the dear old
Bossier Banner, spoke words of
cheer and encouragement for an
unknown country boy. Those
words gave me a favorable intro
duction into many homes in Bos-
sier parish, where l went as book
solicitor for McCabe's u. S. His
tory and "The Rise and Fall of
the Confederate Government" by
Jefferson Davis.
l am glad that in your hands the
old Banner" still waves over
Bossier parish-a parish of whose
people it can truthfully be said,
there are none greater in Louisi-
ana. Your railroads, saw mills,
churches and good schools, are
things of which you are justly
proud. Last, but not by any
means least, is the magnificent
roads which are being made in
this parish. All honor to the
wisdom of your Police Jury,
backed by the splendid common
sense of noble citizenship.
had the pleasure on the 9Th
Sunday in September of preach
ing to a large and appreciative
audience in the Baptist Church at
Plain Dealing. How did enjoy
meeting my old friends. May
God bless them all.
Our North Louisiana Associa-
ton has just chosen an enjoyable
session at Red Land. Hon. w.
B. Boggs was chosen Moderator.
Under his leadership everything
moved along nicely. Rev. E. O.
Ware, State Mission Secretary,
made his presence felt for good
along Mission lines. Brother C.
S. Burgess, Brother J. P. Olive
and Brother ]. B. Herndon, are
the most promising young minis
tiers I've met in Louisiana
Pious, active and intelligent, they
will doubtless move up religious
matters in Bossier parisk.
My home, my heart and my in
terests are in Arkansas, but will
ever love and cherish the memory
of my friends in my dear native
Louisiana.
GEO. D. MOORE.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-10-10
The Jefferson Davis Monument.

New York Herald: The move
ment to erect in the city of Rich
mond, Va, a monument in men,
DRY of Hon. Jefferson Davis is
likely to receive fresh impetus as
the result of an appeal issued to
the people Of the South by Mrs.
Nellie Hotchkiss Mccullough, Sc
cond ice-President of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
and Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Davis Monu-
ment Fund.
The fund in hand is $50, 900, Of
which 10000 was raised by the
Confederate Veterans and SIS, 400
by the United Daughters or the
Confederacy. The last mentioned
organization has assumed the re-
sponsibility of obtaining addi-
tional contributions and of build
ing the monument. This Asso-
citation is composed of prominent
members Of the Daughters of the
Confederacy and an advisory
board of six gentlemen, members
of the Confederate Veterans as
ISOLATION.
The corner stone of the Davis
monument has already been laid,
and it is hoped that the needed
funds will be received by the 1st
Of January next, and that the
monument will be unveiled some
time in 1908.
The various Committees of the
Monument Association will meet
at Richmond in November, next,
when ways and means of obtain
ing additional funds will be dis
cussed, and suggestions and plans
in connection with the monument
acted upon. The Committees
will then proceed to Wilmington,
N. c., where they will report to
the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, whose Eighth Annual
Convention will be held there du-
ring the week ending November
16. Delegates to this Convention
have already been elected by a
number Of Chapters. A Motto
and a floral Emblem for the Uni
ted Daughters of the Confederacy
will be selected at this Conven-
tlon, and there will be full dis
cussion of the Davis monument
project, and it will be urged that
a united effort be made to- COM
plete the work in hand at an early
date.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-10-10
Books Adopted by the State Board .
Education.

The following is a list of books selected
by the State Board of Education for use
in the public schools in Louisiana:
ELEMENTARY LIST.
Spellers-Benson's Spoilers, e books)
D. c. Heath &: Co.; Benson's Spoilers
and Definers, D. G. Heath & Co.
READERS.
Graded Literature, Maynard, Merrill
G. Co.
LANGUAGE LESSON AND GRAMMAR
Hyde's e books), D. C. Heath Co.
HISTORY.
Hansell's School History, University
Publishing Co.; Hansell's Higher His
tory, University Publishing Co.; King
&: Ficklin's History of Louisina, Uni
versity Publishing Co.
ARITHMETIC.
Nicholson Primary, University Pub
fishing Co.; Nicholsn's intermediates,
University Publishing Co.; Nicholson's
Complete, University Publishing Co.;
Nicholson's Advanced, University Pub
fishing Co.
Maury's, University Publishing Co.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
Tarr's, Macmillan & Co.
DRAWING.
Prang's, Prang & Co.
WRITING.
Medal, CHM & Co.; Hansell's Slant
and Vertical, University Publishing Co.
BOTANY.
Bailey's e books, Macmillion L Co.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Blaisdell's e book course) Ginu & Co.
PHYSICS.
Hoadley's, American Book Co.
DICTIONARIES. Recommended
Webster's Common School. American
Book Co.
PRIMER.
Johnson's, B. F. JOHNSON Publishing
Company.
HIGH SCHOOL LIST.
Book keeping-Gay's, CHM & Go.
ENGLISH.
Whitney and Lockwood's English
Grammar, CHM & Co.; Lockwood'a
Lesson in English, CHM & Co.; Haw-
thorn & Lemons American Literature,
D. C. Heath & Co.; Hallock's History
of English Literature, American Book
Company.
Allen and Greenough's Latin Gram
mar, CHM & Co.; Collar & Daniels
Beginners Latin Book, CHM & Co.;
Moulton 8; Collars Preparatory Latin
Composition, CHM & Co.
HISTORY.
Southern State of the American Union,
B. F. johnson Publishing Co.; Inc
Civil History of the Confederate Gov
eminent, B. F. Johnson Publishing Co.i
Supplementary reading.)
Meyers General History, CHM e 70,
MATHEMATICS.
Nicholson's Elementary Algebra, Uni'
versity Publishing Co.; >WentWortns
Plane Geometry, CHM & Co.; WelE
worth's Plane and Solid Geometry, Glnn
& Company.
DICTIONARIES.
Webster's High School, American
Book Co.; Webster's Academic, Amer
lean Book Co.
Astronomy, Steel's Popular, Amer
can Book Co.; Geometry, Steera Popv'
lar, American Book Co.; Zoology, Anle,.
lean Book Co.; Chemistry, Willians
Elements, CHM & Co.
FRENCH. 80
Chadenal's First French Course, AAyh
& Bacon; Chadena's Complete Freuchh
Course, Allyn & Bacon; Super's FrepeA
Reader, D. C. Heath & Co. u
No bids being submitted tor an ~
vance French reader the following
recommended: -,
Lerive ct Fleury's Duieme Annee y
Grammarie, by A. Colin ct Gle Psi's'
CIVICS. =
Young's Civil Government, Mayns44
& Merrill,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-10-10

From the Texas Ranch and Farm.
Idle gossip, how soon it runs
into scandal and scandal into the
run of some fair name. The first
breath of suspicion, often born of
the. mistaken Interpretation of a
thoughtless action, gathers force
as it travels; it becomes a whis-
per, then an undertone, and final
ly the words are spoken which
frome an accusation, which. be-
cause Of it's sinister source, can
not be traced or explained. Pity
it is that our education does not
afford us better and purer and
I more interesting themes, even in
our idle moments, than the dis
cussion of the faults and foibles
of our friends and acquaintance.
We have ever before US the fair
faceof Nature, her voices animate
and inanimate; for does not a fine
tee, a lonely flower, grand
mountain, or a beautiful cloud,
each have voice of it's own, call
ing us to join in the grand anthem
of praise to the Creator of all?
If each one would hold converse
with Nature" rather than with
those who do not look above or
beyond the imbecile nonsense,
often harmful scandal of the care
less and ignorant, to what a plane
of wisdom and purity would these
soon be lifted. There are so many
things in our world, physical,
spiritual and moral, to engage our
thought, pity it is that our con-
versation should degenerate into
criticism of the weaknesses of
others, weaknesses which we often
share with them, but which we
cannot see:
ooh, wad some power the giftie gle US,
To see oursel, as ithers see u.s.
If we would be thus wise, the
critical and fault finding tongue
would oftener be silent, and the
mantle of charity garment more
frequently worn.
The members of Loudon Butler
Camp, U. c. ", are requested to
meet at the Court House in Rem.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-10-10

The regular annual Sunday
School Rally will be observed by
the school at the Methodist Church
in Benton on the fourth Sunday in
October. Everybody invited.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-10-10

ST. LOUIS FAIR, OCT. Z TO 12.-
On October 6 to II, inclusive, the
Cotton Belt will sell round trip
tickets to st. Louis and return at
rate of one fare for the round trip.
Return limit, Oct. IA.
O. R. DENTON, Agent.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-10-10
SHREVEPORT, OCT. 4, 1901.

SHREVEPORT, OCT. 4, 1901.
The Board of Commissioners of
Bossier Levee District met this
day in adjourned session, in office
of Hunter Bros. Roll Called
Present: J. W. Jeter, President;
A. J. Moss, w. D. Mercer, Jr.,
Aleck Caplis and W. T. Colquitt.
Absent: G.. A. F. Poole and T.
w. w. Stinson.
Minutes of Oct. 8, 1901, read
and approved.
Hon. A. j. Murff, special at
torney for Bossier Levee District,
appeared before the Board and
stated that Judge J. T. Watkins,
Judge of District Court. having
rendered a decision of a non suit
in the injunction suit of j. T. Nc
Dade, ct al, versus Board of Com
missioners of Bossier Levee Dis
trict, it would be necessary for
the Board to take an appeal to the
Supreme Court of the State.
Upon motion of Mr.. Moss, duly
sec onded and carried, j. w. Jeter,
President of Board of Commits
sioners of Bossier Levee District,
is hereby authorized to take such
steps and to sign all necessary
papers to effect an appeal to the
Supreme Court of the State of
Louisiana in the suit of J. T. Nc
Dade, ct al, versus Board of Bos-
sier Levee District.
Capt. Kerr being present, was
invited to address the Board rel
alive to his recent investigation of
the condition of the levees of
Bossier Levee District.
Captain Kerr reiterated state
ments made in his communication
of Oct. 2, 1901.
The Secretary was requested to
read Capt. Kerr's letter of Oct. 2,
1901:
New ORLEANS, OcT. 2, 1901.
Hon. j. w. Jeter, President
Board of Commissioners, Bossier
Levee District, Shreveport, La.
Dear Sir: In order to be able,
from recent observation, to prop
erly advise you in regard to the
most threatening points in your
district, at this time, from caving
banks, as requested by your
Board at its last meeting, l made
an examination of the line of
eveefrom Riverside to Christiana,
on the 18th and 18th of last month.
The points in the district where
the river bank is gradually ap-
preaching the levee line sufficient
ly to call for your watchfulness,
are as follows, viz:
Rough and Ready, distance
from center Of levee to edge of
bank, 400 feet; Willow Chute, $50
feet; Buck Hall, 1876 feet; Pat
Cash's, $50; Wilson'S, 70 feet;
Sunny Point, 145 feet; Gold Dust,
1870 feet; Hopwell, 1870 feet; and
Christiana, LAT feet.
There is no certainty that the
river bank at any one OF these
localities will reach the present
line of levee before another flood
season has passed, but the levees
which will, in the near future, be
required at sunny Point, Gold
Dust and Hopewell, will be so
much larger, more extensive, and
more necessary to the district as a
whole, as compared with those
which may be required at the
other localities named, that their
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-10-10
Respectfully,
FRANK M. KERR.

Upon information of report of
State Engineer, and the opionions
Of the Board of Commissioners of
Bossier Levee District, :,
Upon motion, duly carried, it is
Resolved, That the State build
the Sunny Point Levee.
Secretary then read A. R.
Thompson's (Tax Collector) re-
port, which follows:
To the Hon. President and men,
bers of the Bossier Levee Board:
I respectfully report the following
collections for quarter ending
Sept. 80, 1901:
On $685. bales cotton....S1412 %
Respectfully,
A. R. THOMPSON, Sheriff, &C.
Benton, La, Oct. 1, 1901.
H. H. Montgomery, Tax Asses
sor, then presented his report of
Produce Tax for 1900, and list of
District Levee Tax and Acreage
Tax for 1901, showing as follows:
District Levee Tax
for 1901, to he .$13787 40
District Acreage
Tax for 1901, to be 77O1 5O-S2148S 80
Produce List-Bale Tax, 1900 1878 so
Upon motion, duly carried, H.
H. Montgomery was allowed as
follows:
For Levee Roll, 1901 ............ 500 90
For Pro luce Tax List, year 1900. so 90
$3.50 90
Upon motion, duly carried, the
President and Secretary were
authorized to sign the following
Warrants, viz:
No. f79-Hunter Bros, for cash
advanced for clearing off
Levee and scraper work from
upper end of District to Bos-
sier City, La, .s677 10
No. 1911. H. Montgomery, for
Levee Roll, 1901, and Pro-
duce List, 1900 .......... .-............. $50 90
No. 181-T. N. Braden, Jr., for
Quarter salary, ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1901. ..................,...... rs 90
There being no further busi-
ness before the Board, upon mo-
ton, duly carried, the Board ad-
journed to meet again first Thurs
day in January, 1902, date of
next regular meeting.
J. w. JETER,
President Bossier Levee Board.
T. N. BRADEN, JR., Sec'y.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-10-10

The members of Loudon Butler
Camp, U. c. ", are requested to
meet at the Court House in Ben
ton, on Tuesday, Oct. 18th.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-10-10

would prove the most disastrous
to the district.
At Rough and Ready and Will
low Chute, developments may
with safety be awaited. At Buck
! Hall, Pat Cash's and Christiana,
the levee work which will be re-
quired to cover such breaches as
may occur, will be neither large
in section, nor extensive in length,
and its cost should should at any
time be within the means of the
district.
The new levee at Sunny Point
will require about $4,000 cubic
yards; and that at Gold Dust and
Hopewell, which will consist of
one continuous line to cover the
threatened points on both places,
will require about $4,000 cubic
yards.
It is not possible for the State,
at this time, to undertake the work
required at more than one of these
localities, payable from the funds
available for this season, and the
Board of State Engineers would
be pleased to have your Board
designate which of the two levees
named you would prefer having
recommended to the Government
for construction at this time.
In regard to the remainder of
the levee line in your district,
there is but little more that can,
at this time, be said about it, be-
yond what was recorded in the
last general report made to your
Board (September q, 1899, ex-
cept that the line above Bossier
City has been recently cleaned
off, and in consequence presents
a much improved general appear
ance.
1t is to be hoped that the good
work inaugurated above Bossier
City will be extended below, and
that it will hereafter be systemat-
ically continued over the whole
length or line, as the necessity
for it arises.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-06
LITERARY NOTES.
February Magazines.

HARPER'S MAGAZINE-The February
number of Harper's Magazine sparkles
with many of the brightest productions OF
genuine merit extant. A beautiful front
isplece is found in this number. styled,
"A Virginia Planter in His own Boat
Colonies and Nation" Part H.. by wood
row Wilson, is a handsomely illustrated
article. Then comes such excellent
stories: Captain Rogers" BIZ w. w.
Jacobs: "The Right OF Way" Part H., by
Gilbert Parker; CHEEKY: A Romance =
(conclusion), by Booth Harrington; THE
Girl Who Was the Ring Indian folk tale.
by George Bird Grinneil: Making Pro-
gress." by Grace King; "Natchez's Pass.
by Frederic Remington: Victor Huga,
Artist, Part IL, by Paul Meurice; Love
Letters of Bismarck" Marion Wilcox;
n The Recovery" by Edith Wharton.
SCRIBNER's MAGAZINE-A new ser
les of reminiscences Of theatrical life Is
begun in the February number Of Scrib-
ners Magazine. The paper Is fully illus
trated with photos Of celebrated actors
Of a decade of years ago. The paper Of
Henry Norman. NJ. p, on Russia Of To
Day" is highly instructive. 1t deals with
Central Asia and describes the great re-
gion opened up By the Trans-Csspian rail-
way George Horton completes mis- de-
%scription of Modern Athens In this num-
Der. The Story OF the Place OF the Aban-
doned Gods" by Arthur Cotton, Is a hand
some production. Edith Wharton's con-
~tribution, The Angel at the Grave" Is
a choice piece Of literary work. The Feb
ruary number Of Scribnerss maintains its
high reputation as a standard magazine.
FRANK LESLIES POPULAR MONTH
LY-"The Court of Fountsins at Night is
the handsome f~rontispiece In Frank Les
lies Monthly for February. A story OF
revolutionary days. entitled. sGrandsirs
Charge" il contributed by Nancy Hax-
lipp- Fishermen Of the Lax by W.
D. Hubert. il a good story 1sonaely
illustrated. William r. Leg pntrk
button. *The salvauon * e."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-06
Big Debt in PrOspect.

Parkersburg Sentinel.
I'VE must have more money" is the
cry of the wolves at Charleston and
it looks as if they would get it. The
lobby, shrewd fellows these brigands,
are in the back ground of view.
though in the front of activity. The
campaign of the lobby of the present
session is along new made lines. The
old way vas too transparent. The as
saults this year will all be made at
the tail end of the session and through
the medium of the general a~ppropria-
ton bills.
The appropriations are expected to
cover every contingency for expendi-
ture, and in the final movements of
the session be rushed through with
out the members knowing what they
are voting for. The amounts asked
for by the Weston Asylum and the
University are equal to one half of
the entire gross revenue of the State.
Similar extrayagances in the matter
of expenses in other directions will
signify a State debt of a half million
dollars before the next legislature as
senbles.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-06
THE sALOON QUESTION.

Mrs. Nations crusade against the
illegal saloons of Kansas has stirred
up a host of writers on this subject.
who have various remedies to suggest
for the drink evil. Among these is Mr..
Roy L. Melendy, in the American Jour-
nal of Sociology, who frankly con-
fesses that the people will drink,
whether or no, and that the best that
can reasonably be done with those who
persist in drinking is to elevate the
tone of saloons. Among the Germans,
he says, beer drinking is a national
custom. The laboring people of many
other nationalities feed beer to their
children as others do milk. You can
depend on the beer, but you can't tell
about the milk" was the way one man
put it.
Fifty per cent of the patrons of sa-
looms, Mr.. Melendy holds, go there for
drink. No substitute can reach them.
The other so per cent visit the saloon
for other reasons, the social instinct
being one Of the prime causes.
Mr.. Melendy thinks he has found a
remedy. He believes that the estab-
lishment of model tenement houses;
increased facilities for obtaining better
and cheaper food; the maintenance of
public bathhouses, toilet cOnveniences,
syhd parks, and a more general recdg-
h~o of the social duties by churches,
would result in q lessening of the drink
habit. Substitution, according to Mr..
thinks that in time the liquor traffic
will be regulated by legislation, though
among the masses beer drinking will
hardly ever disappear.
On the other hand the Rev. Henry
Frank, OF the Metropolitan %Independ-
ent Church, OF New York, believes that
the saloon as it exists is a necessary
evil. THE saloon" says he, lis the
safety valve of plutocracy. Through
IL the suppressed Indignation, misery
and madness Of the under classes find
vent in recreation, drunkenness and
revelry. Without this escape valve
there would soon be a social revolu-
ton which would drive the leaders of
economic tyranny from their places of
pleasure and storm the citadels of
wealth, as one they stormed the Tuil-
Ieries. in France. and drove royalty
from its throne"
This is altogether a novel view of
the liquor traffic and pays a poor COM
piiment to the masses of the people.
while holding out absolutely no hope
of a better condition of things short of
bloody revolution.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-06
WHAT THE FAILURES SHOW,

Statistics do not make a very good
showing for our present boosted pros
perity. Figures and comparisons made
by Dun's show 1,242 failures for jan
uary of the present year, against 9S9
for January 1900, and a greater num-
Der than for any similar period since
1898. Likewise the liabilities, S11.22O.-
81 for January of this year are great
er than for any January since 1897.
In manufacturing lines the figures
are especially unsatisfactory. Losses"
says Dun's, were especially severe in
iron, building and chemicals, although
the latter was mainly due to one large
default" The total of liabilities on
manufacturing failures for January
1901 are 81, zoe, 1854 against So, ,233 for
the same period last year.
All Of which would seem to show that
the prosperity of which the politicians
are always talking is less real than
apparent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-06
BRIDGEPORT.
Daily Events From the Town Across
the Way.

Daily Events From the Town Across
the Way
Geo. P. Fisher was here yesterday.
Charles Hartman, of Pike street, is
sick.
Retail grocers met last evening and
organized.
B. Morgan and wife have returned
from Shawnee.
Charles Smith, of the c., L. & w.
freight office, is sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith, of Lin
coin avenue, are grippe victims.
Mrs. Smiths store, at Koehnline's
crossing, was robbed Monday evening.
John Quinn, master mechanic at the
Mingo steel plant, was here yester-
day.
The board of educations is receiving
many applications for vacancies in the
schools.
Case of Cottrell VS.. Thompson, be-
fore Squire Clemens, was settled out
of court.
Mrs. Sarah Allender, of West Wheel
ing, is seriously i'll at the home of
James Dixon.
Miss Matte Smith will entertain the
Chautauqua Circle at her home on
Whitley street Friday.
The new steel bridge for the c.. l..
& w. vas completed yesterday and all
of the old wooden structure removed.
Marshal Eskey, OF New Philadelphia,
was in town Monday looking up evil
dence against the bank robbers cap
tured here.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-06
DO WOMEN CHEAT AT CARDS..

The Rev. DIR. Madison c. Peters, a
celebrated divine of New York, in a
sermon Sunday on the evils of gamb-
ling and h~orse-racing, took occasion
incidentally to make some rather start
ling statements rejecting upon the hon.
esty of the fair sex.
Cheating at cards." says the Rev
erend gentleman, has become quite
common among women, at least they
frequently Gus each other of it, and
] know of a number of quite fashion
able parties which broke up recently
in a row because of cheating. This
Is not popular truth, but pity It's, It's
true Whenever a man speaks of wo-
a he is supposed to speak in fulsome
praise. on pain of being condemned as
lacking in chivalry. Still it is high
time that somebody told the truth"
DR.. Peters does not stand alone as
an accuser. We find writer's on social