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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-25
AN ORDINANCE

Ordering an election within School District No. s
OF Bossier Parish, La, as established by the
School Board OF said parish, to take the sense of
the taxpayers on the question of reducing the 5
mill tax for ten years to 21s mills for the same
period OF time for the purpose of supplementing
the salaries Of teachers and building and repair
ing school houses in said district.
Whereas, petition signed by the required num-
Der OF property taxpayers Of School District No. g.
as established by resolution of the School Board
OF Bosser Parish, La, has been presented to this
said District No. 8 to take the sense of the tax
payers upon the question Of reducing the special
school tax OF mills upon all property situated in
said district for period Of ten years to q. mills
for the same period of te for the purpose of sup
plementing the salaries of teachers and building
and repairing school houses in said district; there
/ fore,
Be it Ordained by the Police Jury, in regular
session convened, That there be, and it is hereby
ordered, special election to be held in and for
School District No. 8, as created by the School
Board OF Bossier Parish, La, for the purpose OF
ascertainng the sense of the taxpayers of said dis
trct on the question OF reducing the special school
tax OF mills the dollar the assessed property
of said district for period OF ten years to 1 mills
for the same period of time on the assessed prop
erty OF said district for the purpose of supplement-
ing the salaries of teachers and building and re-
pairing school houses in and for said district
The Board Of Election Commissioners is hereby
ordered to issue proclamation calling said cleo
ton according to law, and appointing commissions
ers and naming polling places.
That said special election in said school distric
is to be held without expense to the parish.
j. G. LOGAN, President Police Jury.
! r. B. Hull, Clerk Police Jury.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-25

1t certainly must be disagreeble work for
the Louisiana Militia to uphold the alleged
majesty of the law in protecting negro
brutes who assault and murder defenceless
white women and Italian "Black Hand"
fiends who kidnap and murder helpless
children. Under such circumstances, we
have more respect for the defeated mob
than for the vain glorious indicators of
so-called law. The joke may be on the
mob in the Hahnville affair, but, the work
considered, we think the militia has Moth
ing to feel proud of. Some day we hope
the people of this State will elect Legis-
lature that will abolish the militia, or at
least cut off its rations.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-25
The Claiborne Guardian journal says
the State Board of Education ''seems to
enforce its policy in spots.'
Prof. ASWeIl.

OtcE Ill LdlOuIC1lC tIlCIC 10 CNluCuSOo VI q
wish to see more than one candidate for
State Superintendent of Public Education.
The Thibodaux Seminal has the following:
&c 1t is too early yet to tell whether there
will be any serious opposition to Mr.. AS
wells denomination, but we know there is
considerable restiveness among the people
over the arrogance of the schoolmen of the
State in their assumption of the right to run
things educational to suit themselves, and
in their own interest The dictatorial meth
DDS of the State Board of Education in
imposing their views on the people willy
nilly, have aroused much antagonism in
various parts of the State, and left bad
taste in the mouths OF many.
whether rightly or not, the boards
high handed measures are credited, in the
popular mind, to the distinguished State
Superintendent of Public Education, who
may yet have to bearthe brunt of reprisals
at the polls. If the tide of popular dis
content rises to it's full height, nothing, not
even the most strenuous efforts of the
schoolmen trust, recently built up in this
State, can save the distinguished educator
from impending defeat.
"The peoples vote against the million
dollar bond issue ought to have proven
sufficient warning to some, on whom it
seems to have made no impression.
''Verily, there are snags head. Will the
ingenuity and skill of the pilot prove equal
to the task of steering clear of them?
1--WE shall see?"
Is it possible that every one of the
several of the early mentioned candidates
have been persuaded to give way to Aswell?
There is a strong and steadily growing
opposition to Aswell and the autocratic
system which is being resented by the
people.
II there should be no opposition to As
well, it will devolve on the people to defeat
the amendment projected, to raise the
superintendent salary from to $1,000 to
$1,000 when submitted for ratification.
What the people want and should have is
new deal, a smashing of the autocratic
system.-ShreyepoW Caucasian.
1t is to be hoped that some prominent
teacher, who has the courage of his con-
victions,' and, if necessary, will not be
afraid to ''walk the plank as a teacher,
will yet be found to lead the people who
want "home rule" for their schools. and
he will receive a rousing vote-a vote
which will surprise even the present in
cumbent.
AS to the much-vaunted proposed con-
stitutional amendment increasing the sal
airy of the superintendent, the easiest way
to defeat it would be to make it an issue in
the primary election and defeat any can
didate for the General Assembly who is in
favor of changing the constitution of this
great State merely to benefit one man. No
need to take two bites at cherry when
you can nip the blossom.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-25

THE PLAGUE IN INDA.-ln portions of
the world there has been frightful NOR
tally within the past twelve months. In
sections of China and Russia many hum
dreds of thousands have died of starvation,
and in India from January to May 81, OF
this year, there have been 991, 900 deaths
of the plague. This number of deaths in
India in four months exceeds that OF any
year since the appearance of the plague in
1896, with the exception of 1904, when
there were 1922, 299 deaths. There were
only 1872, 181 deaths in India caused by the
plague last year. The total number OF
deaths from the plague in India from 1896
to May 81, 1907, was 5,402, 245.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-25
AN ORDINANCE


Relative to contract to be entered into between the
City of Shreveport and Parish of Bossier, pro-
viding for the building Of traffic bridge across
Red River.
Be it Ordained by the Police Jury of Bossier
Parish, in legal and regular session convened,
That the said parish enter into contract with the
City of Shreveport, said contract to embrace the
following provisions:
The City of Shreveport and the Parish of Bossier
agree jointly to erect traffic bridge across Red
River, said bridge to be draw bridge not to cost
more than $500 600, and to be paid for follows:
All the money which the City of Shreveport now
has hand to the credit of the bridge fund shall
bridge; all the tolls over and above her share of
bridge expenses which the said city shall collect on
the present Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
Railway Company bridge shall be used in part
payment on the new traffic bridge, and all the tolls
which the said city shall collect and above her
share of bridge operating expenses on the new
bridge after it is erected shall be used part pay
ment on the said new bridge until it is paid for.
That Bossier Parish shall use all of her share of
the tolls OF the present Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific Railway Company bridge, less her share of
expenses, until the completion of the new bridge.
All the tolls which shall be collected from the
Bossier Parish end of said new traffic bridge over
and above her share of bridge operating expenses
shall be used as part payment on said bridge until
it is paid for.
1t is further agreed, that after said new traffic
bridge is paid for it shall thereafter forever be
simply maintenance bridge. That is to say, only
much tolls shall be collected from time to time
as will be necessary to maintain said bridge. Nc
tolls whatever shall be collected for revenue.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That the President
of the Police Jury be and is hereby authorized to
sign said contract when prepared in the name Of
said Parish of Bossier J. c.. LOGAN,
r Hu1 C1erk President Police Jury.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-25
SMITH

~ H. MINGE, Jr.,
Fire Insurance.
Gins and other country risks solicited.
Office, 521 Spring Street, Shreveport.
Cumberland phone, No. 279.
CLIFTON F. DAVIS. E. WALES BROWNE.
DAVIS & BROWNE
Attorneys at Law
Suite 24O-3, First Natl Bank Building,
SHREVEPORT.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-25
AN ORDINANCE

Ordering an election within School District No. Ia
of Bossier Parish, La, as established by the
School Board of said parish, to take the sense OF
the taxpayers on the question OF mill tax for
ten years for the purpose of supplementing the
salaries OF teachers and building and repairing
school houses in said district.
Whereas, the petition, signed by more than one
third of the property taxpayers OF School District
No. IA, as established by resolution Of the School
Board of Bossier Parish La, of date July 2, 1907
in regular session convened, has been presented to
this body, asking that special election be ordered
in said district No. IA to take the OF the tax
payers upon the question of levying annually a
special school tax Of mills upon all property
within said district for period OF ten years, for
the purpose of supplemen5ing the salaries OF
teachers and building and repairing school houses
in said district and, whereas, said School District
No. IA has been duly created and its boundaries
defined by the School Board of Bossier Parish at
regular meeting held on July 2, 1907,
Be it Ordained, That there be, and it is hereby
ordered, special election to be held in and for
School District No. IA, as created by the School
Board of Bossier Parish July 2, 1907, for the pur
pose Of ascertaining the OF the taxpayers OF
said district on the question of levying special
school tax of mills on the dollar of the assessed
property of said district for period of ten years,
beginning at the earliest date possible after the
said election, and according to law, for the purpose
of supplementing the salaries of teachers and
building and repairing school houses in and for
said district, which is defined as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of section 1,
township %, range IA, thence east along the Louis
lana and Arkansas state line to the center of the
Cotton Belt Railway track; thence south along the
center of said railway track to its intersection
(within section q, township %, range 12) with the
| line dividing said section into north and south
halves; thence west to the southwest of the
north half Of section 80, township %, range 10;
thence north on the range line between ranges 1;
and IA to the point OF beginning.
That said speciol election in said school district
is to be held without expense to the parish.
j. c. LOGAN, President Police Jury.
r, B, HILL, Clerk,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-25
THE STATE PRESS.

THE STATE PRESS.
New Orleans Item: People who work
are better than those who don't.
New Orleans Picayune: The Confede-
rate Volunteers were the best soldiers the
world ever saw.
Claiborne Guardian-Journal: Slowly but
surely the saloon and the whisky vendors
are being prescribed and driven out.
Shreveport Caucasin: It is gratifying
to say that Judge Watkins is and has al
ways been keenly alive to the needs of the
people of the district which he is repre-
senting faithfully and well.
New Orleans States: The jury system
is good, but it must not be permitted to
jeopardize the very interests it was created
to safeguard; and when it does so the law
must be sufficient to provide a proper
remedy.
Shreveport Times: Louisiana needs
constructive craftsmanship at this period
in her progress as one of the great COM
monwcalths of the American Union. The
next Legislature will have weighty prob
lembs to deal with and it should be COM
posed of citizens of the highest worth and
of proven ability.
New Orleans Times Democrat: The
jury system, as now constituted, is living
lie and we are therefore bound to believe
that it's doom is written in the eternal fit
ness of things. The ignorant, or corrupt
juror is more dangerous to society than the
fiercest anarchist who ever hurled bomb
or welded a torch.
Ruston Leader: A portion of the city
of New Orleans is infested with lot of
Italian cutthroats, kidnappers and MUIR
derers, and this gang is giving the people
of that city a great deal of trouble and are
running the State to great expense, yet
our Commissioner of Agriculture is over
in Europe and will go to Italy trying to
induce more of those kind of people to
come to this country. We are utterly OPP
posed to this kind Of immigration. We
believe they are menace to society and
W Tie otdIe.
Lake Charles American: While Col.
SCHUYLER is over in Europe on wild goose
chase after Czechs, Magyars, Armenians
and Tartars to populate our waste places,
W. w. Duson & Bro, Of Crowley, are
: unostentatiousy catching the frost bitten
denizens of the ice belt by the hand and
leading them to place where they can be
!, acclimated for paradise. This reflection is
induced by the fact that on Friday the en-
} prising Crowley men sold thousand acres
, of rice land to three farmers from North
, Dakota. We have high regard for Col.
/ Schuler's whole term Of rainbow chasing,
backed by the States money. If the three
North Dakota farmers do we'll here (and a
man who can exist in North Dakota ought
to get rich in Louisiana) number of
! others will likely follow in their train; and
they will be of such class that they will
be united with one of our churches, their
; children will be attending our schools and
, they will be swapping horses and fishing
, stories with us month after their arrival.
:, .
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-25
AN ORDINANCE

Ordering an election within School District No. Is
of Bossier Parish, La, as established by the
School Board OF said parish, to take the sense OF
the taxpayers on the question OF mill tax for
ten years for the purpose of supplementing the
salaries OF teachers and building and repairing
school houses in said district
Whereas, the petition, signed by more than one
third of the property taxpayers Of School District
No is, as established BY resolution Of the School
Board OF Bossier Parish, La, OF date July 1907,
in regular session convened, has been presented to
this body, asking that special election be ordered
in said District No. Is to take the sense OF the tax
payers upon the question OF levying annually a
special school tax of mills upon all property
within said district for period Of ten years, for
the purpose Of supplementing salaries OF teachers
and building and repairing school houses in said
has been duly created and its boundaries defined by
the School Board of Bossier Parish at a regular
meeting held on July 2, 1907,
Be it Ordained, That there be, and it is hereby
School District No. Is, as created by the School
Board OF Bossier Parish July 2, 1907, for the pur
pose Of ascertainng the sense OF the taxpayers OF
said district on the question .of levying special
school tax of mills on the dollar OF the assessed
property of said district for period of ten years,
beginning at the earliest date possible after the
said election and according to law for the purpose
of supplementing the salaries of teachers, and
building and repairing school houses in and for
said district, which is defined as follows:
Beginning on the Bodcau Bayou, at the north
east corner of the southeast quarter of section 80
township %, range II, thence due west to the
southwest corner of the northeast quarter of Sec
ton 80, township %, range 70 west; thence north
to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of
section 81 township % NORTH range IL west; thence
due east on section lines to the Bodcau Bayou
thence down the right bank of said Rodcau Bayou
to the point Of beginning,
That said special election in said school district
be held without expense to the parish.
J. G. LOGAN, President Police Jury.
r. B. HILL, Clerk Police jury,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-25

Iberville South: From every section of
Louisiana comes loud condemnation Of Mr..
Aswell and his policy. His supposed pop
ularity is found to be an imaginary thing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-25
n T. LAND,
Attorney ut Law.
~ c. CHANDLER, NJ. D.,
Specialist

In diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat. Spectacles and Artificial Eyes
always on hand. Office, Rooms 81 and
81, Cooper Building, Shreveport.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-27
CHARGE AGAINST HART
CONTINUED from Psue "

tSontinued from Pc1e ID
ance, and that they could not secure
II as Davis insisted on speedy trial.
II is therefore quite possible that the
nolle prosequi was entered merely to
gain time and that later on, when the
prosecution is ready, to enter the same
charge against him.
Davis stated after the session OF
court was over that he had overhead
Breckons giving instructions to Cath.
cart over the telephone, telling him to
enter nolle prosequi. "They knew
perfectly well that they had no chance
OF convicting him of the charge OF de-
stroying public records, as they would
never be able to prove that the orders
which were destroyed were public rec
ords within the meaning of the law
Furthermore there was no reason for
them to press this charge They have
him already IN the arson case in which
he has made full confession, and in
which l have advised him to plead
guilty. which he intends to do. They
can place him in jail for ten years on
that charge, 80 why should they prose.
cute him on other charges.
County Attorney Cathcart was nom
committal In regard to the future
steps which the prosecution would
take In regard to this charge. He said
that while 1t was quite possible for
them to enter the charge Of destruc.
Ion OF the records again against
Hart he would not say that 1t was
probable that they would do so. The
matter lay In the hands of Breckons.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-27
BROWN DEFIANT[Y
Holds 70 HIS JOB
Refuses To Obey Orders
OF Supervisors
To Get Out

Although the Board of Supervisors
have refused to allow A. NJ. Brown any
salary, he is still holding onto the job.
This morning he did not appear IN
police court, but was instructed by
County Attorney Cathcart to appear
III the Circuit Court before Judge
Lindsay and prosecute the cases OF
Mapu and Joe M, charged with as
sault and battery.
Cathcart stated this morning that
Brown would remain for the present
tnyway as prosecuting attorney. Wha,
action he would take TO enforce the
payment OF his subordinate's salary he
was not prepared to state, but he said
that he had to have somebody and
Brown would not leave him In the
lnrch. Brown will stay with me for
;he present." he said. "even II he gets
no salary. II the Supervisors refuse
TO pay him, and l can find no way te
make them do SO. will divide my own
princely salary with Brown.
Charlie Hustace thinks he Is the
whole works and that he is going to
run things to suit himself. But he Is
not going to run me. will not have
a man / don't want forced on me.
Besides, Brown is absolutely the
only suitable man available for the po.
hition. II were not so busy nigh,
take a green boy and by appearing in
court with him for a month or so my
self break him in 30 he could do the
work. But ! haven't the time for that
now and don't propose to do It.
Some OF the Supervisors are all
right. but Hustace has them bluffed.
Once In a while when he feels like It
he gives Fern and Harvey a kick, but
they are good dogs and whenever he
whistles they come running to heel.
The whole thing is ridiculous, letting
one man be the whole thing. Hustace
simply runs things to suit himself.
never before heard of man making
a motion, putting II to vote. voting on
1t himself and then announcing the re-
sult. And Hustace won't put motion
that is made and seconded n he
doesn't want to. He will simply say
] won't put that notion and brush
It aside"
The case which Brown is prosecut.
ing In the Circuit Court today is q
charge Of assault and battery against
ice Nu and .Mapu. They are accused
OF having stopped an old Chinese
named Wong Sing on the road near
Waipahu, told him they were police
officers, tied him up and beat him, af.
ter which they went through his
pockets. Mapu, who was out on bond
failed to show up for trial this morn.
ing.
"The end is not yet," said Brown
this morning. He then said that he
would continue in the office OF prose-
cutor. 81 presume that the matter
will be taken to the upper courts" he
added. "But can not say what will
be the form OF the proceedings. That
rests entirely with the County Attor.
ney."
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-27
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Per o. 8. s. Sierra, for San Fran
cisco, September 27.--W. r. Castle. J.
B. Castle, DR.. Downing. c. M. Sy-
mpnds, Miss Campbell. J. q. Reid. r
M. Norton, Mr.. ard Mrs. s. J. Hyndes
Mrs. w. q. Barrett. F. F. Barbour.
Mrs. J. Kaufmann. Miss C. Goodale,
Miss schaefer. Mrs. schay. H. II.
Hagerdorn, Mrs. Jack Hayes Jr. Miss
Woods, Ell Snyder. Mrs. Alice For
Test, Mrs. o. II. Pfeiffer. ]. F. Bettis-
ton. s. E. Woodley, Miss Reid, w. M.
Tarr.'
Per Str. Claudine. Bennett, for
Maui and Hawaii ports, September 81.
. p. nc. C. Campbell, Jno. Water
house. VIM. Tuckey, Judge Parson.
Mrs. Dotta, Miss Van Dierlin, Captain
Price, @. II. Vicas.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-27
CABLE NEWS
Additional Cable News on PAGE I.
GRAND JURY AFTER
PACIFIC MAIL

San Francisco. Sept. 26.-The
Federal Grand Jury today brought
down indictments against the head
officials of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company and of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company for violations o;
the Interstate Commerce laws on
the rates given for shipments con-
signed for the Orient. 1t is under
stood that Hartman, Stubbs and
Schwerin are involved personally in
the matter. The indictments cover
one hundred and forty points. y
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-27
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Per Str Mauna Loa, Simerson. from
Kona and way ports. September ", b
a. m.-From Kau: J. F. Eckardt, ID.
Conway, Mrs. II. Aki, Miss p. Aki. II.
W. Adams, Mrs. II. w. Adams and
child. From Kona ports: Mrs. ID.
Nahale, J. ID. Paris, j. II. Fisher, DR..
!. Atcherly. Mrs. J. Atcherly. Miss s.
Atcherly, Master J. Atcherly, Thos.
Hustace, e. II. Edwards, Mrs. Ulatia
Mulolo, Miss X. Paul. From Maui
ports: Mrs. r. Alama, Miss e. Alama,
Ahsin Alama, Miss N. Alama, A. Ala
ma and 28 deck