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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18
THE HAPPIEST OF ALL HOMES.

Home is home and for this reason alone it should
be ever kept tidy and inviting. Is there anything
quite so Objectionable home that is not well
kept? and, on the other hand, is there anything
else that wins one quickly as the home that
is neatly kept and we'll governed?
Parents complain that their children soon leave
them-they will not stay at home. Wives complain
that their husbands spend too much time at their
offices, clubs, lodges, loafng around store fronts,
or anywnere--but home. The husbands (some few
of them) those who do come home with regularity,
find that their wives are most of the time on the
street, or elsewhere. The rule holds good in city,
town, village and even the country alike.
What does it mean? The home is not made in
vting. There is that lack of system, idiness and
cheerfulness that go to make up the happy home
the kind that one must stick to.
Oh, that it were not true! pity it is that wives
and husbands, sisters and brothers do not know
each other better. A pity that they do not under
stand each others little idiosyncrases and learn to
make excuses for the same and amends for their
own. And pity it is that we cannot "see our
selves as others see u.s.
If these last were true every home would be hap
pier. And, my neighbor and reader, did you know
it, Happiness is one Of the foundations OF good
health and longevity It is within our power to
correct ourselves-this lies with us alone. Then,
this being true, and if you enjoy good health to
begin with, you make your home happier, if
there is the need of it-and there is.
In riding through the country-down a long and
dusty road, when you have many firing miles be-
hind you-did you ever stop at one of those snug
looking little homes seated just back from the road
the house painted white and the long blinds green,
with any number of pretty shade trees around
Did you get cool drink of water and then, ioath
to leave this spot linger to listen to the prattle Of
happy children and the song of the busy housewife:
And, too, didn't you like the singing of the hired
men as they, tired after the days long toll, sought
that rest and comfort to be found in music Fever
ones own voice. Did you find objection in the
lowing of the COWS, the bleatng of the sheep, the
friendly grunt of old sow, the cackle from the
barn yard? No; you did not. And you waited {
little longer to see the sturdy well kept farmer ride
up on his saddle horse, walk in and greet his wife
and take his dear little ones upon his knees t.
caress them until the tinkle of little bell sum
moned them in to their evening meal.
You came out from your hiding place, sough
your horse and rode away, inwardy remarking tina
there was happy home-and such was true.
And, dear reader, to tell you how to find ONT
would be to tell you to get your horse and rid
away from the noise and hustle of the streetwith it
coal dust and smoke out into the country and dow
this long ond dusty road. Somewhere on it you'll
find this happiest of all homes. And you may hitcl
and go in and get cool drink, for all are welcome
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18
FROM OVER THE STATE.

The State Board of Education held session in
Baton Rouge last Thursday.
The Ozone Truck Farmers Association was or
ganized at Abita Springs last Saturday.
The Bienville Parish Fair will be held in Arcadia
this year, October 18th, 19th Goth and 21st.
The Woodmen of the World gave barbecue at
Gibbsand last Thursday at which 1000 people were
present.
Charles T. Harrison, government road expert,
is instituting campaign for good roads throughout
the state
The city council of Abbeville has authorized a
bond issue of S45 900 for the building of munich
pal water works plant.
Property valuations in Rapides parish have in
creased S250000 during the past twelve months, as
shown by the assessment rolls just completed.
Ringgold Register: The largest watermelon we
have heard of in the parish raised by
Geo. W. Cooper, of Saline. Itweghed eighty three
pounds and was so large in circumference that it
would not enter the mouth of sugar barrel
The United Confederate Veterans State Reunion
will take place in Baton Rouge on September 9th
and It'll. Committees now at work for the sue
cess of the occasion and have secured the use Of
the pavilion and campus of the Louisiana State
University.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18

Judge Parker says "The South should have the
right to settle the question without interfer-
ence.'' Right you are, judge None but those who
live in the South really appreciate the situation;
and surely it should rest with to cut the cloth to
suit our own garments. And the South will be
everlastingly grateful to Judge Parker if he can
only convince the boastful Bostonians and the
preiudiced Boston Herald that this is true.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18

Judge Parker has formally resigned as Chief
Justice of the Court of Appeals of the State of New
York Wonder why Senator Fairbanks keeps such
tight grip on his seat in the senate? Chances are
he's AFRAID he'll reach the plum he's now after.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18
AN EVIL PRACTICE.

An aged minister of North Arkansas met two
young men in the public road one night last week
and when he lifted his hat to them he shot and
killed. Seeing the appraised hand the young men
mistook him for enemy in the act Of getting the
drop on them with weapon and fired themselves,
with this fatal result. Such is the gist of Asso
ciated Press report.
Too bad too bad! Shot for raising his hat! 1t
is only another chapter added to the list of crimes
committed in the name of the ever ready revolver.
Life is becoming too cheap. Why isn't the prac-
tce of carrying concealed weapons stopped? There
are laws and plenty of them prohibiting such, but
it seems to be the rule everywhere that they are
enforced only once in great while. There is q
short crusade against the pistol "toter'' and then
things assume their normal stage and he goes on
unmolested. Why once heard of Sunday
school teacher Cat that very moment taking the
flock to task for their petty sns) slicing the air
violently in making one of his graceful gestures
thus causing his coat tail to fly up and catch over
the butt-of what ?-his ever ready peace destroyer
Right in the church, readeri Think of it'll
Stop the practice of carrying concealed weapons
and the major part of crime will be blotted out
And, too, maybe an aged minister can with impu-
nifty lift his hat to couple of thickpated, sunken-
forehead yaps whom he may meet on the highway.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18

Citizens of Muskogee, l. T., have secured for
their town the promise of erection of $4,000
opera house by giving the site and guaranteeing
the builders sale of 1000 tickets at $40 each on
the night of the first performance. A novel way to
secure play house indeed. But surely to be COM
mended on the part of the enterprsing citizens of
that town.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18
$ The Confederate Note"
By Maj. s. A. JONES.

BY MAI. >. A. JONES.
Representing nothing on Gods earth now,
And naught in the water below it.
AS pledge to the nation that's dead and gone,
Keep it, dear friend, and show it.
Show it to those who will lend an ear
To the tale that this paper can tell,
OF liberty born, of patriots dream
OF the storm Graded nation that fell.
Too poor to possess the precious ores,
And too much of stranger to borrow,
We issued to-day our promise to pay,
And hope to redeem on the morrow
The day rolled on and weeks became years,
But our Golfers we're empty still,
Coin was SO rare that the Treasury quaked,
II dollar should drop in the till
But the faith that was in us was strong indeed,
And our poverty well discerned;
And these little checks represented the pay,
That our volunteers earned.
We know it had hardly value in gold,
Yet as gold her soldiers received it,
It gazed in our eyes with a promise to pay,
And each patriot soldier believed it.
But our boys thought little of price of pay,
Or OF bills that were ever due;
We knew if it brought US bread to-day,
Twas the best our poor country could do.
Keep it, for it tells our history DER,
From the birth Of its dreams to the last,
Modest and born OF the angel Hope,
Like the hope Of success it passed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18

John Sharp Williams the brainy Mississippian is
touring the New England States making Democrat
ic speeches. Ben Tillman and Joe Baily are to
speak in the West, and Governor Blanchard has
been invited to deliver addresses in Utah and Col
orado The prospects of electing Democratic
President were never so bright Vernon Neacs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18

Next to Washington, says the New Orleans
States, Philadelphia has the largest negro popula-
ton of any city in the country. 1t has grown
enormously during the last quarter OF century,
and crime among the negroes in the city has ex-
ceeded proportionately the increase OF the black
population.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18
SHREVEPORT CYCLE AND SPORTING
GOODS COMPANY - u

Headquarters for Guns, Bicycles Az
an kinds OF Sporting Goods-from Fla
Hooks to Automobiles. Finest Repair
Department in the South. LoWls
Proprietor. 206 Texas St., Shrevepcft
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18

1t is reported from Washington that the supply of
half dollars, quarters and dimes is inadequate to
the demand. This isn't news to the editor and the
fraternity generally. With them its the rule and
not the exception.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18

An Indiana Democrat is the first to name new
daughter Gassaway. But during the next few
years to come therel be scads of little Democrats
named Alton.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-08-18

Carrie Nation has given 81. $50 to fund for the
support Of the wives of drunkards. About enough
Tor each to buy postage stamp after the division?
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-03
RUSSIANS MAD
AT AMERICANS
MuSCOViteS Ask il They Will Have to
Fight the United States.
CABLE FROM PHILIPPINES TO JAPAN
Claims That the Course of the United States
Is Breach of Neutrality, and Be-
lieyeS We Are Siding With
Japan in the Conflict.

St. Petersburg, Feb. 27.-The Bourse
Gazette TO-DAY makes a Washington dis
patch saying the United States has under
taken to lay submarine cable from the
Philippine Islands to Japan, to prevent
the latter's isolation in case the Russians
cut the Shanghai cable, the subject Of q
bitter attack upon the government at
Washington, "for this new evidence Of it's
breach of neutrality" claiming that the
contention of the United States that the
laying of the cable will be undertaken for
the improvement of trade relations, "does
not clear Americas skirts" and inQuirlng
"what the Americans would say if Ger
many had run cable from Kiad-Chou to
Port Arthur or Vladivostok.
The news that the United States had as
sented to the extension of the Pacific ca
BILE 10 Japan, with the reasons therefor as
signed in the dispatches from Washington,
still further aggravates the popular. belief
that the United States is siding with Japan
against Russia. The few Americans in St.
Petersburg have all remarked upon the
changed demeanor of their Russian friends.
Formerly they we're treated with the
greatest cordiality, but the Russians greet
them with the question: "Is America our
secret enemy, and will we have to fight
her also before the war comes to an endF
How deeply the Russians are wounded
by the belief, destined, unless checked,
soon to become a conviction, that America
has spruned her old friend anG is now
PLAYING hostile role, is shown by this
severance of personal ties, of which
striking instance occurred this evening in
prominent drawing room, when the
most intimate Russian friend of an Ameri-
can lady declined her profered hand
Upon the lady's exclamation of astonish-
ment. her friend hurst into tears and said
she felt aggrieved at sll Americans since
the reported action Of the commander of
the United States gunboat Vicksburg at
Chemulpo,
The attitude of the United States is a
subject of constant discussion in even the
highest circles here, where with the great
est regret, the fear is expressed that the
two countries, without excuse, 50 far as
Russia is concerned, seemed to be drifting
apart. The recently reported cancellation
of American contracts indicates how the
resentment OF Americas supposed hostility
has invaded business affairs. Popular feel
ing is. of course, to be largely attributed
TO certain of the Russian newspapers,
which have suddenly turned their bat
teries from Great Britain to the United
States, and have seized every rumor to
place the worst possible interpretation
upon it,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-03
ELL. VA, THURSDAY. MARCH 3, 1904
SENTENCE OF TWO YEARS
Those Convicted Of PSstal Frauds to Pay
Fine Of $1,000 AIso-NOtICe of
An Appeal.

Washington, d. c., Feb 27.-August
w. Nachen, formerly general superinlen-
dent of the free delivery postal service;
Dr. George E. Lorenz, of Toledo, Ohio,
once postmaster of that city, and Diller b.
Croft, of this city, all of whom were con-
victed of conspiracy against the Govern
ment 10 connection with the supply Of the
Croft fasteners 10 the Postoffice Depart
ment, today were sentenced by Judge
Pritchard to two years imprisonment in
the MoundsvilIe. w. Va, penitentiary
and fine OF SIC, 900 each.
The defendants Immediately gave notice
of appeal to the Court Of Appears, and
were released on $4,000 bond each
Samuel A. Croft was not sentenced, hls
motion for new trial and for arrest Of
Judgment being allowed further considera-
ton. The sentence imposed on Machen,
Lorenz and Diller Croft is the maximum
allowed under the law. The appeals to
the upper court will be pressed as rapidly
as possible, according to the defense, but
months may elapse before the appeals can
be heard.
The prosecution asked the imposition OF
the full penalty on each count, the adop'
ton Of which proposition, it was pointed
out, would involve a total Of twenty'four
years imprisonment, and fine Of $780,
600. The defense characterized this as an
outrageous and absurd proposition, argu-
ing that as there had been one offense al
legged in the whole indictment, the court
had no power to impose penalty on more
than one of the counts. Judge Pritchard
stated that he was satisfied that the YER
dict of the jury was correct, but he did
not know whether the imposition of pen
atty in single count would be heavy
enough.
tie decided this question after recess,
holding that he could impose penalty
only under one count. The prisoners then
stood up for sentence. Machen was first
called. When the court sentenced him
Machen's eyes filed and he trembled
slightly as he resumed bis seat. Then
he claeped his hands and sat staring ahead
of bin as the other two we're given the
same sentences.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-03
FIRE UNDER CONTROL.
An important Bill.

Senator ]. n. Barman has introduced
in the State Senate bill to provide for
the payment of pensioners under the pen
sion act of April 2nd, 1902, whose claims
were not approved and filed in the Office
of the auditor of public accounts prior to
September 1st, 1903. The bill is as fol-
lows:
"Whereas a number of persons who
have applied for pensions under the pen
sion act approved April second, nineteen
hundred and two, were unable to have
their applications examined by the pen
sion boards and approved by the courts in
time to bave their claims filed in the office
of tue auditor of public accounts prior to
the first day Of September, nineteen hun
dred and three, and consequently could
not be paid their pensions for the year
nineteen hundred and three; therefore,
81. Be it enacted by the General As.
sembly of Virginia, That the auditor ol
public accounts be, and be hereby is, d.
rected to draw his warrant upon the treas
ury iu favor of each of said pensioners
whose said claims shall have been approv'
ed and filed in his Office prior to the ff
teenth day of September, nineteen hun
dred and three"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-03
Resolutions of Respect.

Whereas, J. M. Coffee, member OF
Tazewell Lodge, No. G2, Of Ancient, Free
and Accepted Masons, departed from this
life on the 9th of February, 1904, at his
home in the town of Graham; and the un'
dersigned were appointed committee to
prepare suitable resolutions IN reference
TO his death.
1t is therefore resolved, that in the
death OF the said ]. NJ. Coffee, the said
Lodge loses a member Of good standing,
who like us all had virtues as we'll as
faults; and one virtue standing above all
others in human nature among the living,
is to throw the mantle Of charity over the
dead.
The sympathy of the Lodge is hereby
rendered to his widow in this her deepest
sffliction.
Resolved: That copy of these resolu-
tions be given to the papers and copy
sent to Mrs. Coffee.
w. I. GILLESPIE.
G.. A. THOMPSON.
II. g. MCCALL.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-03
THE CANAL COMMISSION.
President Sends Names to Senate for
Confirmation.

Washington, Feb. 29.-The President
today sent to the Senate the following
nominations:
Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Com
mission: Rear Admiral John g. Walker,
U. S. N, retired, District of Columbia.
Members of the Iethmian Canal Com
mission:
Maior.General George w. Davis, U. S.
A., retired, District of Colombia; William
Barclay Parsons, New York; William ID.
Burr. New York; Benjamin M. Harrod,
louisiana; Carl Ewald Grunsky, Califor-
mia; Frank J. Hecker. Michigan.
The Commission as constituted by the
President is essentially a body of engin'
GERS. elk of the seveh members having
distinguished themselves in engineering
works. The law under which the Com
mission was created provided that four OF
the members should be skilled in the
science of engineering. Colonel Hecker is
the only man on the Commission who
NAV he classed as distlnctively business
man. He is man of large affairs, and
during the Spanish American war served
the Government as director of tranePorta'
ton.
Rear Admiral Walker has been identl'
fed with this governments investigation
of Isthmian canal routes for many years
and is regarded as the best informed man
in the country on that subject.
Arrangements already have been made
for an early visit to the Isthmus of Pan
anna hy the Commission. 1t seems likely
now that the Commission, as body, vii
20 TO Panama within month. Preliml
nary work will be begun Immediately.
The Senate in executive session today
referred to the Committee on Inter
Oceanic Canals the nominations for posi-
tions on the Isthmlan Canal Commission
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-03

leave dollar of the S55S, 900 surplus now
on hand. In the grab | voted for Sl65, ,OOO
for Blacksburg for the boys and $50 200 to
Farmvile to educate our girl teachers. l
did not vote for $3.50, 900 to enlarge the
capitol. 1t SEAMS that we are determined
to waste the balance of the peoples money
in our riotous living. We must raise all
salaries before we leave here. Mr.. Editor,
mark my prediction; the legislature oil
1908 will not be a democratic Legislature.
Modern democracy is too expensive lux
ury for Virginia to longer enjoy. She Will
shake of her grave clothes in November,
1905.
l will come home next week to stay.
My numerous correspondents will please
address me at Tazewell on and after
March 9rd. Will not reach home before
the 10th, but will be 80 crowded with
work that cannot answer letters directed
to Richmond. J. N. HARMAN.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-03
Death of Mrs. Mary L. EstilI.

On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. j. W. Chap
man received telegram announcing the
death of Mrs. Mary L. Estill, which oc'
Cured on that day at Lexington, Va.
Mrs. Estil was the widow Of the late
DIR. ]. NJ. Estill and was we'll known to
many of Tazewell's citizens, they having
lived here nearly all their lives.
Ths remains we're brought here on the
morning train today and lay in wait at the
residence of Mr.. l. E. Chapman until the
funeral services at 8 O'Clock this afternoon,
which took place from the Presbyterian
church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. 5.
O. Hall. She was one of the oldest mem-
bers of that congregation.
Mrs. Estill was living in the home OF
her son, DR.. Andrew Estill, at Lexington,
when death came and claimed her. She
was in her Saith year, and the immediate
cause of her death was paralysis. She
Was buried in the old cemetery by the side
of her husband and children.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-03
PAYNE PRAISED BY ROOSEVELT
President Writes Letter COngratulatlng
Post Office and Justice
DEPARTMENTS.

Washington, D. c., Feb 2S.-The Pres
ident yesterday sent the following letter to
Postmaster General Payne
"White House, Washington, Feb. q, 1901
NV Dear Mr. Postmaster General
While all the work of the Post Office
Department and the Department of JUS
tice in connection with the postal frauds
is not yet over, there is already to the
credit of the department, and, therefore,
primarily to your credit. such an amount
of substantive achievement that take
this opportunity to congratulate you per-
sonally upoL it.
1t is impossible to expect that corrup-
ton will not occasionally occur in any
Government. The vital point is the en-
ergy, the fearlessness and the efficiency
with which such corruption is cut out, and
the corruptionists punished. The success
of the prosecutions in this case as COM
pared with previous experiences IN prose-
cutipg Government officials who have been
guilty of malfeasance or misfeasance, ls
not more worthy than it is gratifying, and
must be a source OF encouragement to all
men who believe in decency and honesty
in public life. What has been accom-
plished by you, by those who have worked
under you in your department, and by the
Department of Justice, rebounds to the
credit of our whole people and is a signal
triumph for the cause of popular govern
ment.
If corruption goes unpunished in popu'
lar government, then government by the
people will ultimately fail, and they are
the best friends of the people who make 1t
evident that whoever in public Office, or in
connection with public Office, sins against
the fundamental laws Of civic and social
we'll being, will be punished with unspar-
ing rigor.
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon. H. c. Payne, Postmaster General.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-03
Awaiting Execution.

Wytheville, Va, March 2.--Chesley
Peoples, the condemned murderer OF John
Seagle, is awaiting bis execution, the date
for which was set at the January term OF
the County Court on March 25th. Peo-
ples' attorneys have petitioned the SUI
preme Court Of Appeals for a writ Of
error, but the appeal has not been heard
from, Peoples still maintains his inno'
cence Of intentional killing.
Mr.. Henry Zimmerman, Jr., Wythe'
ville's oldest citizen, is i'll at bis home, the
site Of the house where his ancest RS lived
who donated the land on which Wythe
vile Is built.