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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19
A Friday Afternoon Schoe; Entertainment.

The children of Miller's Bluff School held de-
bate at the school house on Friday evening, March
Is, their subject being, Resolved, that girls have
right to take advantage Of leap year,
On the affirmative side were Misses Gertrude
Walker, Allie McLeish and Ruby Martin, and on
the negative side Messrs. Richard Barns, Leonard
McLeish and Will Doles. Con account Of sickness
Mr.. Doles was not presently
Mrs. John Dexter and Messrs. viii Davis and
Will Walker were selected as judges They an
nounced that the affirmative won.
Having finished the debate, the younger scholars
engaged in spelling match, Mary Dexter and
Robert Cochran choosing.
The children, together with the visitors, enjoyed
cutting cake, in which had been placed ring, a
button and dime. Mrs. Davis cutting last, got
the ring, Mr.. Davis the dime and Master Joe Lar
rison the button.
We all enjoyed the evening immensely and thank
our friends for their visit. w. l.. q.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19
Attention, u. D. C.. Members!

To the Members of R. J. Hancock Chapter:
Friday, March Is, was the regular day
for the meeting of the Chapter, and of the
thirty nine members only three seemed to
remember that fact. There not being a
quorum present, no meeting was held, so
the President named Friday, March 81, as
the date for holding a call meeting. This
meeting will be very important one, and
it behooves us as members of the Chapter
to get move on US and be present.
The date of the State Convention is not
more than six weeks off, and if we do not
get in our credentials before April Is,
R. J. Hancock Chapter, one of the best in
the Division, will receive no recognition
and unless the members wake up from
their winters lethargy and take some in
terest, we had just as we'll go to sleep and
sleep on.
This call meeting will be a very import
ant one. There has been no election of
officers for this year, nor have all dues
been paid in. In truth, we cannot make a
very good report to the Convention unless
we do better. Wake up, sisters! Send,
or better, bring in your dues so we can be
able to report thirty nine paid up members
in our Chapter. Hoping to see a full house
Recording Sec'y.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19
Resolutions Of Respect.

Whereas, in the death of our brother, W. A.
Martin, this Lodge has been deprived Of member
who was ever ready to proffer the hand of aid and
the voice of sympathy to the needy and distressed,
and whose endeayors were exerted for the welfare
and prosperity of our order,
Be it resolved, That as citizen whose upright
and noble life was standard OF true manhood, our
deceased brother left an example well worthy Of
our emulation;
Resolved, That as a token OF our respect for our
deceased brother this Lodge be draped in mourning
for a period Of thirty days;
Resolved, That this preamble and resolution be
spread on our minutes and a copy OF same be FUR
nished the Bossier Banner for publication.
e. M. LAUGHLIN,
r. H. GUILEDGE,
L. G.. SMITH, Committee.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19

Mr.. w. P. Allen, of Plain Dealing, was
a visitor yesterday.
The next time you are in Benton drop
in and ask US for copy of the game laws.
Mrs. T. T. Land returned Tuesday from
visit of some days to Homer, her former
home.
Miss Della Brown spent Tuesday in Alden
Bridge as a guest of Mrs. l. F. Elder and
other friends.
Miss Mamie Edwards returned Friday of
last week from Lake Charles, where she
spent several weeks very pleasantly with
her cousin, Miss Eva McDade.
A bill prohibiting the sale of intoxicants
within five miles of Benton and Haughton
High Schools will be introduced during the
coming session of the General Assembly.
II you have not yet done so, you should
burn all cotton and corn stalks now stand
ing in your fields. Also, all old logs, etc.,
that might harbor boil weevils should be
burned.
Master Eugene Simpson, son OF DIR. and
Mrs. F.. E. Simpson, of Hunter, has come
to Benton to enter Benton High School.
He is making his home with his uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Smith.
Mr.. O. R. Denton, formerly resident,
our depot agent, and later Cashier in the
Bank of Benton, was mixing with old
friends here during the week. We are told
that he will soon again begin working for
the Cotton Belt Company and will act as
their agent at Plain Dealing.
A party of young people from this place
will attend the school concert to be given
in Plain Dealing tomorrow night. A base
ball nine from our school will go up earlier
in the day and cross bats with the Plain
Dealing team in the afternoon, so we are
told. No doubt the young folks will make
lively day of it, if weather permits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19
Something to Read.

j We show below a list of Magazines and News
papers with which we have made arrangements to
club the Banner. If you have not made up your list
Tor the year, we would be pleased to have you make
your selections from our list. You may depend
upon 1t that everything offered below contains en-
tertaining and wholesome matter and is easily
worth more than the publishers regular prices.
The list will be added to from time to time, SO if
you do not find what you want, perhaps it can be
found there week or so later.
! The first column shows the prices demanded by
the publishers when the periodicals are subscribed
Tor singly; the second column shows our price for
both the Banner and the respective publications.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19
Only S4.25 Gets This.

How is this for liberal clubbing offer !?
Western Field, Success Magazine (both
monthly and the Banner, together with
the Library of English Fiction, for S4.25.
If subscribed for singly the price of the two
magazines and the Banner (not including
the Library of English Fiction) would be
$3.50. The offer is made to all new SUBJ
scribers paying in advance. Make remit
tances to this office. Well make the order
for you promptly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19

pa have been using Virginia Carolina Fertl
zer for years. 1t has increased my cotton crop 100
per cent. With the boil weevil to igh this is the
way to make cotton, together with the adoption of
early seed. AS the Police Jury has discontinued
the offering of premiums, I now offer one ton of
Virginia Carolina Fertilizer to the farmer who
uses the said fertilizer and makes the most cotton
to the acre. The land to be measured and the cot
ton weighed by the member of the Police Jury from
the ward and dsinterested farmer.-J. E. Adger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19
About Pecan Culture.

We continually read in the newspapers
of phenomenal yields from pecan orchards.
The profits from these orchards are almost
fabulous and pecan orchards undoubtedly
pay the most handsome dividens of any,
thing known in horticulture. Pecans are
the most valuable of commercial nuts and
the supply can never equal the demand.
The trees grow in any Southern soil and
require but little attention. Anyone wish
ing to improve his property should write to
the Southern Nut Nursery Company, of
Lafayette, La, for their free catalogue
about pecan culture. This concern owns
and operates the largest Pecan Nursery in
the world and makes business of selling
pecan trees.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19
Kansas and Game Birds.

Kansas is trying to improve and enlarge its stock
Of game birds, and has begun the work with ten
pairs of Hungarian cartridges, which were recently
set loose on ranch near Cottonwood Falls The
birds resemble the familiar quail OF the Mississippi
Valley, but they larger, being about thirds
the size OF prairie chickens.
1t they can be successfully propagated in Kansas,
why not here in Bossier Parish? Some one vino
is lover of our-door sport and who has the means
and ACREAGE should give them q trial.
For Millinery see Miss Dreeben at Safferstoness.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19
Topics of a Week
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lows your stand of corn

How's your stand of corn?
The editor of the Banner thanks Mr..
J. E. Adger for some choice seed corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Sentell, who live on
the Caddo side of the river, were in Benton
Tuesday.
A hay ride and moonlight picnic was
INDUCED in Monday night by number of
our young people-two wagon loads.
Mrs. L. G. Smith was called to Gillian
several days ago an account of the illness
of her nephew, one of of the little sons of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Smith.
Mr.. H. H. Wheless, of Alden Bridge, has
been elected President of the Allen Man.
ufacturing Company, of Shreveport, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Mr..
L. C. Allen, of that place.
Mr.. w. E. Ivey returned last Thursday
from three weeks visit to Mineral Wells
and other Texas towns. He was accom-
panied by his neice, Miss Ivey May, of
Denton, Texas, who will spend several
Weeks DIS SueSG dt LlHWOOu, Mf. lVey
home.
At the regular meeting of Cypress Lodge
held in this place last Thursday night, Mr..
W. J. Bounds, of the Rocky Mount COM
munity was raised to the Masters degree.
A call meeting of the lodge will be held
next Thursday night, when two candidates,
if present and ready, will be raised.
Mr.. D. E. Sorrell, formerly of the Linton
community, was caller Tuesday. He
has just sold his place to Kentucky man,
who will move on it and engage in farm
ing. Mr.. Sorrell has moved to Bossier
City and he and Mr.. J. w. Wallace, who
lives several miles southeast of this place,
will plant big alfalfa crop in the bottoms.
Mr.. E. W. Blythe, for several years a
resident of this place, has purchased a
saw mill near Lufkin, Angelina County,
Texas, where he has located. His family
is still here, but they expect to join him
soon. They have shipped their furniture
and are stopping at the hotel. Their many
friends here join the writer in expressing
regret that they are to leave our town.
Mrs. j. NJ. Scanland and her little
daughter, Douglas Downs, left Monday
after short visit here with the editors
family. They joined Mrs. M. A. Mitchell,
Mrs. Scanland's mother, in Kansas City,
where they will spend several days before
proceeding to their home in Warm Springs,
Mont. They are just from San Antonio,
Texas, where they spent month for the
benefit of health.
The turkey hunters of this community
were pretty active the latter part of last
week. On Friday morning Messrs. J. H.
Simmons and Dave Clowney, of Alden
Bridge, Mr.. L. T. Merritt, of Linton, and
Mr.. j. H. Stinson, of this place, each bag
ged fine gobbler. The first three were
killed on Caney Bayou, in the neighbor-
hood of the Nash place, and the last in
Willow Chute bottoms Messrs. R. E.
Wyche, J. H. Burt, L. T. Merritt, J. E..
Burt, and the writer spent Friday night on
Bodcau, near the Haynes old field, but re-
turned empty handed. Not turkey did
we see and only one was heard. Perhaps
the hunt was failure because we started
out on Friday, the 18th. But some of us
will no doubt get one this week. Mr..
Wyche has already bagged two fine COB
blers since the season opened.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19

We March to the
Front. -.
With the following
low prices,
for cash only,
for the remaining
portion Of March.
Please note....
81 90 Snow Ball, the flour that stood
the test and is accepted by all,
per barrel. $500.
Sc Best grade of Y. C. Sugar, per
pound, only SC.
T5c 4-pound bucket Premium Ground
Coffee, beats all other brands,
Gree goods inside) 75c.
25c s large bars of 1905 Soap, good as
any cheap soap, 25c.
Doc 6-ounce bottles of Buttons and
CARROTS Snuff, as long as it lasts,
per bottle, Zoe.
S1.13 gallons of good oil in round
jackets, all for S1.15.
Zoe / joint of "Never Slip Stove
Pipe, only 10c.
soc Best Ribbon Cane Home Made
Molasses, per gallon, SOC.
55c gallon cans of Home Made Rib
bon Cane Molasses, SOC.
size All Calicoes, regardless of color
or make, per yard, Size and &c.
7c Best brown Domestic, 36 inches
wide, per yard, &c.
A1Lc BIeached Cambria, good quality,
you've always paid more for it,
per yard, 91.c.
Dress Cambria, all colors, per yard DC.
Spool Cotton, best made, sc.
23c A lot of belts, all colors, all styles
of buckles, 23c.
!5c A lot of Ladies' Collars, as high
as 75c values, each, 15c.
45c All Of our 75c and soc Umbrellas
and Parasois, % and 80 inches in
length, now, d5c.
Zoe Your choice in Back Combs and
Side Combs for Toe.
45c l lot Of Negligee Madras Shirts
(not CALICO Toe values, 45c; 81
values, zoe.
S1O.25 Mems SIS all wool Suits, the
latest cut, S1O.25.
81 80 All OF our $3.50 suits at 81. so.
Come and see them.
80 3:3 All wool Spring and Summer
Pants, regular $3.50 and 81
values, s2.35.
All the Young Mems and Children's
Suits reduced accordingly.
We claim to and do handle the best
line of Ladies' Skirts in the city for one
half actual value.
Our Millinery Department is as good
as the city can afford, and our prices
suit these hard times. Miss Dreeben
will show you this stock. Even if you
don't buy, give Us call.
| Inc Singletrees, as long as they last,
15c each.
Kelly Points, t21ac.
Avery Pony Steel Points, PFC.
All other pillow fixtures cut in proportion.
We carry very full line of Shoes.
We buy from several Of the best shoe
houses in the country, and are able to
give you your moneys worth.
Don't fail to come and see us and get
our prices. Respectfully yours,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19
Or. E. G. Allen, of Shreveport,

Announces that he has opened an office
in the Cooper Building. DIR. Allen is a
graduate of both schools and carries a
full line Of homeopathic remedies.
Special attention given chronic diseases.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19
SafferStOne
Brothers
Plain Dealing
Louisiana
The Largest Cash Cotton Buyers
in the Parish.

Eggs from prize winning B. P. Rocks,
So per setting OF ID. have few choice
hens and cockerels for SALE. Perry,
Plain Dealing, La.
Gone dime a lineo under this head
means for the first insertion; each sub
sequent insertion without change) 5
cents per line. When the same matter
is run continuously for ten or more
weeks the rate, after the first insertion,
is 31s cents per line.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19
Wednesday, March Is, 1908.

1t is to your interest to get Saferstone Brothers
prices, and also visit them when in Plain Dealing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19

1t is to your interest to get Safferstone Brothers
prices, and also visit them when in Plain Dealing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19

THREE large mules, the
4 property of Bossier Par
ish, for sale. For prices apply
to Mr.. Ernest Kirklin, the
road foreman.
q. II. MAYS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19

1t is to your interest to get Safferstone Brothers
prices, and also visit them when in Plain Dealing
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19

You may take advantage of as many of the offers
as you wish to, provided years subscription to
the Banner is included in each instance. Make all
iemlttances to this Office. Well make your order.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19

For Millinery see Miss Dreeben at Safferstone's
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-19

Tor Millinery see Miss Dreeben at Safferstcae's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-20
Provision for Parks.
BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS.
Heavy Vote Being Polled in Print
ers' Election Today.

The printers election is progressing
this afternoon and ballots are being cast
for officers and delegates of both Column
bia Typographical Union and of the inter-
national body. 1t was learned late today
that an unusually heavy vote is being cast
owing to the interest that is being taken
in the triangular contest for president of
Columbia union.
Secretary George G.. Sebold was on duty
all day at headquarters in Typographical
Temple. The first votes he received were
in sealed ballot boxes from the govern
ment printing office. These votes were
cast at an early hour this morning by the
men of the night forces of the govern
ment printing Office at the conclusion of
their nights work. The foregoing ballots
will be opened and counted between 4
and O'Clock this afternoon. According
to the regulations promulgated by Pres-
dent T. c. Parsons. the balloting will be
held between the hours of II o'clock noon
and o'clock pm. today.
Many of the local printers have taken
holiday and are working for their favorite
candidates. Great interest is also GEN.
tered in the fight the friends of Sam
De Nedrey are making to bring about his
election as delegate to the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-20
TAKE OATH OF OFFICE.
New Town officials of Hyattsville
Formally Indicted.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


HYATTSVILLE, May 90. 1908.
The ceremony of inducing into Of
fee the newly elected may or and mem
bers of the town council was witnessed
by q large audience in the council
chambers Monday evening. Previous to
the ceremony a meeting of the retiring
mayor and council was held. A grano-
lithic sidewalk was ordered to be laid in
front of the property OF Thomas J.
Brown. south side of Marion street w.
c. Soules was awarded the contract for
laying 500 feet of water pipe in
Mason street This practically ended the
business of the old council Mayor Owens
thanked the members for the uniform
courtesy extended to him as the execu-
tive of the town and presiding officer of
the council. Other addresses were made
Councilman Brooks nominated G. Hodges
Carr for the office of town clerk to sue
coed himself, and Mr.. Carr was unaniomus-
ly elected. Councilman Kelly moved the
election of Councilman Fainter as chair
man of the council to serve in the alb
sence of the mayor, and the motion nre-
vailed On motion of Councilman Rushe
Robert w. Wells was elected town coun-
sci to serve without compensation and on
motion of Councilman Shepherd the
meeting night Of the council was fixed for
the last Monday in each month
L. o. Wissman was reelected inspector
OF plumbing and buildings and Charles w.
Barr. town bailff. with w w. Rushe.
under hailiff. w. w. Rushe was reelected
water engineer
Mayor Owens announced the appoint
ment of the following standing commit
tees: Water and sewerage. Councilman
Fainter. chairman. and Co4ncilmen
Brooks and Rush; streets. roads and side
walks. Councilman Shepherd, chairman
and Councilman Burgess and Kelly; lights
Councilman Brooks. chairman, and Coun-
cilmen Shepherd and Fainter; health
Councilmen Burgess. chairman, and
Councilmen Rushe and Brooks; town i'm
provements. Councilman Rushe chairman
and Councilmen Kelly and Burgess; fire
department. Councilman Kelly. chairman
and Councilmen Fainter and Rushe: audi
tors, Counciimen Shepherd and Brooks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-20
DENVER CONVENTION PLANS
Preparations for National Demo
cratic Gathering Completed.

DENVER. Col. May 2O-Preparations
for the national democratic convention
have been practically completed. WORK
on the new auditorium has been hurr1eo
until nothing remains to be done except 10
place the seats in position and allot the
space Ia various delegations. AS an indi-
cation of what the attendance will be the
unusual demand for seats at the conven-
ton is significant. Those in charge OF the
convention for the national committee say
that the requests for seats is easily twice
as numerous as at any other convention
the democratic party has held
At the headquarters of the subcommt-
tee of the national democratic committee
which Is in charge Of Former Gov. J. =.
Of the convention preparations has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-20

disposed of. All the delegations so far se-
lected by the various states have been
provided with headquarters and the print
ing Of tickets and badges has been attend
ed to. special souvenir badge has been
prepared for the members of the national
committee and there also will be special
badge for delegates.
Sergeant-at-Arms John l. Martin has
arranged plan for handling the i'm
mense crowd Of visitors SO that the an
noyance from spectators moving about in
the galleries will be reduced to mini
mum. Admission tickets to the general
public will provide for seats In certain
specified sections in which the ticket
holder will be directed by ushers. It 10
expected that each session of the conven-
ton II. 1000 people will be provided with
seats. There will also be a limited mum.
Der OF standing room tickets issued.
The decorations for the national con.
vention will be the most elaborate that
have been attempted in Denver. Electro
cal effects will be conspicuous in the dec
orations and flags and bunting will be
used in a lavish manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-20
), ,ba celection OF John T. WinShip

able tn the selection Of John T. Winship
of Saginaw and w. n. Ferris OF Big Rap
ids &c two Of the four delegates at large
to the national convention. For the re-
naming two places as delegates at large
tinnea Including John F. Bible of Iona.
= Rvan OF Marquette. George P. Hum
mer Of Grand Rapids. William F. Nc
Knirht Of Grand Rapids and Charles H.
Kimmerle of Cassopolis.
In the ante-convention gossip arouno
the Hotel Downey before me gaming y.
d tes a,I TO Denver a plan was being dis
cussed that would provide for eight dele.
gates at large instead Of four each OF the
eight to have half vote