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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03
Success and Failure.
IRichmond (va.) Times-Dispatch.l


"No man who fought under the Stars
and Bars and did his duty from the begin
ming to the end of the struggle need ever
regret the part he took" says the Roanoke
World. "Nor can he, with credit to him
self, take any pleasure in the reflection that
the Confederacy, in whose behalf he fought
the good fight, went down in defeat.
Might does not make right, nor is it true
that whatever is, is right or best.''
The Times Dispatch has no sympathy
with those who say with sigh of satisfac-
ton that it was best for the South that the
Confederacy failed. Those of the new
generation who see the prosperity of the
South may be pardoned for expressing
such an opinion. But how any Southern
man who passed through the reconstruction
period can hold such a view is beyond our
comprehension. Grant, Il you please, that
it is best that the Union was preserved.
Grant that it is better to have one nation
than two nations. Grant that the seeding
States would in any event eventually have
"aoceded" to the Union. Take any view
of it you like; the fact remains that if the
Confederacy had succeeded the Southern
States would have been spared the horrors
and humiliation of reconstruction and car
petrbag rule, they could have freed the
slaves in their own way, and had they de-
sired to come back into the Union they
could have done so on their own terms.
They would have returned, if at all, in all
their dignity and sovereignty, and not as
military districts" Failure is not always
disastrous, and may be turned to good
account, but nine times out of ten success
is better,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

One of the great troubles with our modern
methods of living is that we are kept con-
stantly on strain. The body and mind
are sure to get tired after time, and un-
less we are careful to give them an occa-
slonal rest, are pretty sure to wear out
before it is necessary. 1t is the monotony
OF the thing more than the nature of the
toll that wears one out. At the same time,
If the vacation period is spent in seeking
constant excitement one would be better
Off if none were taken. Some people may
be able to work the whole year through
without a vacation and boast that they do
not feel it, but the time will come when
they will realize how badly they were mis-
taken.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

People everywhere are tired of trust
robbery They insist upon immediate re-
lief from high prices that are now demanded
for all the necessaries of life. From every
section OF the country comes the cry for
drastic regulation of trnsts that are plum
derlng all citizens. To postpone that reg
ulation until afterthe presidential election
to merely promise that something will be
done by the next administration to curb
the rapacity of tariff barons-will not APP
peasepublic wrath.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03
Reflections on a Great Crime.

delaney and Williams have been muir
dered!"
These words, repeated so often on our
streets, have shocked the minds Of almost
every person. Had this crime been COM
mitted in some distant country and the
news of it come to us through the columns
Of daily or weekly journal, we would
give it passing thought only. But hap
pening here where the sound Of church
and school bells reach every home and
hamlet; where the lessons of peace and
good will are taught us from infancy, it
reminds us that no matter how soundly
virtue may sleep, the spirit of vice is
awake and rampant.
Williams was little know, having come
to this country from the Indian Territory
about five years ago, but during his stay
here was considered hard working, hon.
est citizen-a fearless man of superior in
teliigence. He leaves wife and two small
children.
And of Uncle John Delaney: There is
scarcely a man in North Bossier that did
not know him, and in all his host of ac-
quaintances it is hard to believe he had an
enemy that bore hatred enough to shed his
blood. A man of splendid intellect; of
the highest education; of kindly unassum-
ing manners; an advocate of justice, who
never turned his back on friend. His
three score years and over placed him in
that path which leads to the sunset of life,
and his gray hairs should have been a
badge Of protection against the hand Of
the blacklist hearted murderer. With no
weapon of defence, they were assailed
from ambush and ruthlessly shot down by
some cowardly fiend whose life to-day is
doubtless seething whirlpool of fears of
detection.
Something was accomplished, but what?
Williams and Delaney are dead; they are
in their graves, and dead men can tell no
tales. The nature of the crime proves that
in his own mind the murderer was unjust.
and his little conscience will revolt with a
form OF accusing vengeance-a remorse
that will haunt him by day like an aveng-
ing shadow, and make of his nights
hideous and delirous nightmare. And to
his soul all time is night, and constantly
some ghoul of accusation-some monster
pointing to retributive justice will leap from
the gloom of his troubled dream to deride
him with Economical laughter. Like an
Ancient Mariner" he must grope his way
with the sightless eyes of his victims ever
upon him, pointing with skeleton fingers to
some future tribunal where fair play is
demanded and justice exacted.
Should such a person fail to be detected
and continue to go free, it would not be
ong before some other man might come |
within the scope of his hate and have to
give up his life at the hands of treacherv.
1t seems that the angels around the
eternal throne would cry out that it was
for this crime to go undecided.
md the silent trees that saw it wave their
saunt limbs in mute appeal for Justice.
Should not every man, for the common
good, render to the officers of the law
every assistance in his power to ferret out
he mysteries of this crime, which has not
parallel in the history of the parish?
w. P. A.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03
FOR POLICE JUROR.

We are authorized to Mr.. F. j. LOVE as candi-
date for Police Juror from ward three subject
the Democratic party.
We are authorized announce Mr.. E. M LAUGHI.IN as
candidate for Police Juror from ward three subject to the
action Of the Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce Maj. W. H. MEARES as
candidate for Police ward three subject to the
action OF the Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce Mr.. A. HOFFPAUIR as
candidate for reelection Police Juror ye sub
ect to the action of the Democratic party
We are authorized to Mr. F. R. GARRETT as
candidate for Police ward three subject to the
action Of the Democratic party.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03
Cotton Manufacturing in the South.
Arkansas Gazette. I


South Cardinals cotton mills will con-
sumo this year about fifty million dollars
worth of raw cotton-almost as much as
the years total crop Of the fleecy staple in
Arkansas. South Carolina is the largest
cotton manufacturing State in the South.
1t is second only to Massachusetts.
South Carolina will raise this year about
100000 bales of cotton and will have
use for more than half Of it in the mills
throughout the State. It will not be nee
essary for South Carolina to send the raw
product to the New England mills and get
it back in a manufactured state, paving
freight both ways. That short sighted
policy no longer prevails in South Carolina.
That State prefers to keep the money at
home and to give employment to resident
wage earners.
Bleak and barren New England has
fattened for years because the struggling
South poured into its Golfers the wealth
which should have been kept in the South.
South Carolina has demonstrated the ben
efits of self-help. 1t has shown that the
place where the raw material is produced
is the best field for the factories to turn it
into shape for utilization. Georgia has
accomplished good results in the same
connection and other States are gradually
falling in line.
Arkansas has yet to gain distinction as
a cotton manufacturing State, but there
have been successful achievements, which
presage satisfactory showing when suf-
ficient capital is enlisted.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03
Good Water at Shreveport.

Shreveport, La, Oct. Lone important
fact which Shreveport calls to the attention
of State Fair visitors is its supply of ex-
cellent drinking water. There has been
some agitation for new supply for the
water works system because of the low
stage of Cross Bayou, brought about by
the summer drouth, but then the city does
not depend upon this water for table use.
Shreveport has two large springs, the
Howell and the Miller. They furnish about
10000 gallons per day, and the former
not been dry in fifty years. During the
war the Howell spring furnished large
quantities Of water for soldiers. There are
also number Of artesian wells located in
the city, and their supplies, SO far asknown,
are inexhaustible. Practically every drop
of crinking. water consumed in the city is
taken from these sources, while the water
used for cooking is generally taken from
cisterns. The Fair grounds water supply
comes from deep artesian well located on
the grounds, and water is piped from it to
all parts of the premises. So far as the
waterworks company's supply is concern
ed, suffice it to say that his plant was not
installed for the purpose of furnishing the
city with water for drinking purposes. It
was put in to give Shreveport sewerage
system and for use in fighting fires and
SDrinklinfr cfrnntc
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03
$3.50 Reward

VIII De paid for evidence leading to the arrest and
conviction of the murderer or murderers Of ]. F.
Delaney and Role Williams, who were assassinated
in this parish Thursday, Sept. g. This offer will
hold good as long as am Sheriff.
J. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.
Benton, La, Oct. 8, 1907. St
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

Paternalism and socialism practically are
the same because they tend to the same
end, which is the control by the govern
ment OF all private affairs and the destruc-
ton of individuality, independence, indi-
vidual responsibility and competition.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR STATE SENATOR.


We are authorized to announce Hon. W. B. BOGGs Of Bos-
ser Parish candidate for State Senator from the Twenty
Third Senatorial District composed Parishes Bosser
and Webster subject nomination by the Democratic party
at the general primary election be held January 1905
We authorized to announce Hon. E. S. DORTCH, of
Bossier Parish candidate State
from the TwentyThrd District composed
Parishes Bosser and Webster subject
Democratic the primary election be held
in January, 1905
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
We are authorized to announce Mr.. w. c. HUGHES as
candidate for Representative from Bossier Parish
General Assembly, subject nomination by the Democratic
party at the general primary election be January
1905
We are authorized to Mr.. w. j. JOHNSTON as
candidate for Representative next
General Assembly, subject to nomination by Democratic
party at the general primary held in January
1905
FOR SHERIFF.
We are authorized to announce Mr. j. F. EDWARDS as
candidate for reelection Sheriff Parish subject
to the action Of the Democratic party.
FOR CLERK OF COURT.
We authorized announce Mr.. B. A. KELLY as can
dldate for reelection Clerk of Court Parish
subject to the action of the Democratic party
FOR ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to Mr.. E. R. MADING as
candidate for reelection Assessor Parish
lect to the action Of the Democratic party.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

Taylor-Trotwood Magazine: AS mat
ter OF fact, about two thirds of the troops
who won for this country the splendid
territory from Texas to California we're
Southern men; many of the rest came from
Ohio and the neighboring States. New
Hampshire is said to have furnished one
soldier.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

Dutch: To say little and perform much
IS the characteristic of great minds.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

The Democratic State Central Committee
has fixed Jan. %, 1908, as the date for the
primary election,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

Fielding: II you make money your
god, twill plague you like devil.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

German: Idleness is the greatest prod
igality in the world.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03
FOR ASSESSOR

We are authorized to announce MIR. E. R. MADING as
candidate for reelection Parish
lect to the action of the Democratic party.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

WHITE for the BANNERS adj
~ vertising rates. They are within
reach OF any man. Find out!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

We are authorized to Mr. B. A. KELLY as
didate for reelection Clerk Bossier Parish
subject to the action of the Democratic party.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

Offices now over the Andrews-Spencer
Dry Goods Co., Shreveport. Rooms 8
and 4. Phone, 1884.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

~ c. CHANDLER, NJ. D.,
Specialist
In diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat. Spectacles and Artificial Eyes
always on hand. Office, Rooms 80 and
"a, Cooper Building, Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

Successor to DR.. C. H. Irion. Office
at the Benton Pharmacy, Benton, La,
where he can be found day and night.
Calls promptly answered.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03
CARDS

PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DE N It's r.
A. l.. WALLICK, ID. ID. $.
215, PIG and 217
First Natl Bank Building, Shreveport.
Both phones, No. 1853.
r. $. TERRY
DENTIST.
Offices now over the Acknowledgement
Dry Goods Co., Shreveport. Rooms 8
and 4. Phone, 1884.
w. D LAssIrER'
Practicing Physician.
Office opposite bank building, Benton,
La. Hours, 9 am. to IL m. All calls
given prompt attention, day or night.
j. E. JOHNSTON,
Attorney at Law.
Will practice in the courts of Louisa
ma and Arkansas, and in the Federal
courts. Office at court house, Benton, La.
T. T. LAND,
Attorney at Law.
Will practice in the courts of Bossier
and adjoining parishes. Office at the
Court House, Benton, La.
p H. GULLEDGE,
Physician and Surgeon.
Successor to DR.. C. H. Irion. Office
at the Benton Pharmacy, Benton, La,
where he can be found day and night.
Calls promptly answered.
~ c. CHANDLER, NJ. D.,
VI.
Specialist
In diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat. Spectacles and Artificial Eyes
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-03

215, PIG and PIT
First NATL Bank Building, Shreveport.
Both phones, No. 1853.
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Will practice in the courts of Bossier
and adjoining parishes. Office at the
Court House, Benton, La.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-30
CALEB POWERS
On Trial for Fourth Time
for Murder Of Gov.
ernor GOebel
Defense Makes Affidavit Of
Prejudice Against
the Judge

- Georgetown, KY, July 29-For the
fourth time Caleb Powers was plac-
ed on trial here today, charged with
completely in the murder Of Governor
William Geoble, with special Judge
J. E. Robbins on the bench. I'm
mediately after court convened Judge
James E. Simms, of counsel for Pow
ers, entered a motion and filed an
affidavit in its support to have the
sitting Judge sworn off the bench.
Court adjourned until tomorrow to
give the commonwealth attorneys
time to consider the motion and affi-
davit.
1t is reported that the allegations
against Judge Robinson are sensa-
tional, charging prejudice in the
former trial. The court will pass on
the motion for removal tomorrow.
1t is no believed that Judge Robin
son will yacate the bench.
4 report is current that tha prose
cution does not want rial at this
time and that the case may be con-
tinued.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-30
HdyWOOd's Return to Denver
Will be Made Notable
Event by Miners
His Friends Say He Is the
Logical Socialist Can
!. didate for President

Denver, July ....!t--Secretary Treas
aurer Haywood's return to Denver
will be made The occasion of a great
demonstration in the city by the
Western Federation of Miners and
other labor organizations. 81
Arrangements are already bsiug
made to run special trains from
Cripple Creek and other places to
bring members Of the federation and
others Ito Denver to join the celebra-
tio1. r.-Ef3.y,s , %S'
1t is announced that one feature
of the celebration will be a parade
of federation members, the first in
this city in three years. S.
Some of Haywood's union co-work-
ers are proclaiming him to be the
logical candidate for president on the
socialist ticket. As a candidate for
governor of Colorado last year, when
in prison in Idaho, he received 49,,
1888 votes. 5- r.. a...
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-30
Big Hotel FIRE

I, Long Beach, Long Island, July %
Eight hundred guests of the Long
Beach hotel, one of the largest sea
shore hotels On the Atlantic coast, haa
to fee for their lives early today when
the hotel was burned to the sands.
There was no loss of life, and SO far as
can be learned no one was injured.
The guests lost almost all their cloth
ing and personal effects. The fire was
discovered on the first floor shortly
after 8 O'clock. Hall boys and clerks
hurried through the smoky corridors
and reused the sleeping guests. The
flames spread so rapidly in the great
wooden structure that the guests had
barely time to seize some scanty cloth
ing and escape. They fed to the
beaches and were taken care OF by cot
bagers. The hotel burned like finder
and within a short time was q smonl-
dering mass of ruin IT was three
stories high and nearly 600 feet III
length. and when filed to its capacity,
housed 100 persons. The loss Is
about s20o, 900.
i ~ 80
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-30
Maryandefs Kick and Beat to Death Negro Who Had
Shot Policeman and Then Dug Up the
Body and Burned II
Public Sentiment Approves the Acts Of These Regulators
and Even COlOred Preachers Regret They We're
Not Allowed to Participate in Festivities

Crisfeld, Nd, July 29.Their pas
sion unsatiated by the kicking and
beating to death of the negro, Reed,
who on Saturday evening without
provocation shot and killed Policeman
Daugherty, who had Reeds associate,
William Mildred. under arrest, mob
at an early hour this morning dug
Reeds mutilaIed remains from the
rude grave in the swamp near town
into which they had been thrown, rid
died them with bullets and then, light
ing a bonfire, tossed them into the
flames and stood about, watching UNI
til they were reduced to ashes.
Lemuel Showers. keeper of a billiard
room frequented by negros. and who
loaned Reed the revolver with which
he shot Daugherty, was captured to-
day and lodged in the county jail at
Princess Anne. Every train arriving
at Crisfield was searched in the hope
that Showers would be found on board.
Had he been, he would almost GER
tainly have been lynched, for there
has been much trouble with lawless
negroes and the feeling against such is
very high.
Mildred, whose arrest; precipitated
the trouble, has not yet been captured.
When he is, the authorities will un-
doubtedly keep him away from this
city, else he also would surely meet a.
similar fate as Reed. --.~>
There has been no adverse criticism
Of the treatment given Reed Those
who put an end to his life, strung his
body up to the telegraph pole, and,
after the inquest, inferred him in the
swamp yesterday, did their work
throughout without any attempt at
concealment. 1t was not a party of
masked men, but band of citizens
whose patience has been tried too far
by the lawless negroes of this locality.
Even among the colored race the work
of the lynchers met approval.
Today the town council was waited
upon by a delegation representing the
best element of the vicinity, and in
Guiding all the local colored ministers
and colored physicians. They asked
to be allowed to cooperate with the
white citizens in restoring order and
a proper feeling between the whites
and blacks. They presented resolu-
tons expressing regret for the muir
der ofDaugherty and commencing him;
condemned Reed and his kind, and
said that they would have been will
ing to join in the hunt for him and in
lynching him when ne was captured
Feeling is still high. Post card pic
lures of the scenes of lynching have
appeared and are selling rapidly.
Pieces of the rope by which Reed was
suspended to the telegraph pole are
bringing fancy prices.
Some attacks are said to have been
made upon the homes of negroes, some
of whom are said to have been rough
ly used. Few negroes are to be seen
on the streets.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-30
Central Labor Union in Wash
iRgtOn Asks President
to Push Suits
BOrah Is Under Indictment
for Land Grabbing An
Undesirable Citizen

Washington, July 2sA resolution
requesting that President Roosevelt in
struct Attorney General Bonaparte to-
issue an order for the immediate trial
on the pending Indictment for the al
legged implication In alleged timber
land frauds against Senator Borah Of
Idaho, one Of the attorneys for the.
pros cution In the trial Of William d.
Haywood, was unanimously adopted.
at q meeting Of the Central Labor.
Union here tonight. It Is declared In
the resolution that the Indictment Of.
Senator Borah makes a stigma which.
should be removed immediately ! and
that q speedy trial would give him an
opportunity to prove whether he Is an
undesirable citizen. 6
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-30
GOT $500 VERDICT
HEIRS IN kUNkLE CASE WIN IN
SUIT AGAINST 500
RAILROAD. .s@

Fessenden,N. D. July 29.-The case
Of Kunkel VS.. The 500 Railroad Co.
closed today with I. verdict ii
favor of the plaintiffs. The heirs
of N. A. Kunkel brought suit for
$4,000 damages, charging criminal
carelessness on the part of the: 500
Railroad Co., and employees, through
which w. A. Kunkel met with death
on Nov. Is, 1906. They were awarded
$500 by the verdict. ..'..
Attorneys Bangs of Grand Forks and
Youngblood of Fessenden were the
prosecuting attorneys, while Attorney
George Shaw of this place and Attor-
ney Lee Combs of Valley City very
ably defended the case 1t is stated
that an appeal will be made by the
defense.