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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-07-02
Value of Good Roads.

Governor Wariield OF Maryland has
during his administration stood firmly
for road Improvement and Is one o'
the most ardent advocates OF adopting
measures to carry on the work iii his
state. The governor recently said:
"Good roads cost money. but they
are far less expensive to the pubic
than bad roads. The roads which the
state geological survey commission are
constructing cost no more than similar
roads north and south and will prove
a permanent investment for the people
of the state 1t is far more econom-
ical in the long run to build highways
that require but a small amount ot
maintenance than to construct cheal
temporary structures that Will con
stantIy require repair. to say nothing
of the comfort and pleasure to be de
rived from smooth. dry roads.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-07-02
LESSONS ON ROAD BUILDING.
Campaign of Education Begins u
Louisiana.

At meeting OF the parish superin-
tendents of education held about
year ago at Baton Rouge. La. the sen
tinlent was in favor of consolidating
several of the small rural schools into
one large one.
A meeting of the superintendent
was held Dec. IA, 1907. at which the
subject Of road Improvement was ear
nesty discussed. The result of the
discussion was the adoption of the fol
lowing resolution, says the Good Roads
Magazine:
"Reco.nizing the Improvement OF
our schools depends upon the building
and maintenance of good roads and
further. recognizing that it is the func-
ton of the public school to promote the
social well being of its people, it is the
sense OF this conference that those
who are directly responsible for the
management of our schools should give
more serious attention to the problem
| of road building, and in accordance with
| this belief we recommend that the sub
| icct receive more prominent considera-
| ton in our institutes. Teachers asso-
| citation and School Improvement asso-
| citation, that our schools regularly Of
| fer to their students carefully arrans-
| ed series of lessons on the subject and
that superintendent and teachers def
| nitely undertake create among the
people n livelier appreciation of the
| Importance of better highways ana dis
seminate a better understanding of the
improved methods of road construc
| ton"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-07-02
BRITISH cONsOLs.
Origin and History Of This Feature q
EnQiSh Securities.

English Securities.
Almost all the debt of England con-
sists Of the funded debt, SO called, and
the greater part Of this IS made up OF
'cOnsols," which is an abbreviation Of
consolidated Stocks" Of which we
read every day in the papers, and the
price of consols Is the financial pulse
Of England.
ConsOls were created in 1852 by stat
ute 25 of George H., chapter p. But
no scrap Of paper ever represented Il
consol until, to facilitate commerce, in
1870 statute was passed allowing the
government to issue certificates to rep
resent them. The property that all the
world asked the price Of every day was
unrepresented by any monetary securl
ties until 1870, and even now very few
certificates have been issued.
Now, this is a cousol, and this is its
history: Originally some one had loan
ell the government f100, and the gov
ernment had caused his name to be en-
rolled on its books as a creditor, from
whom it had received that amount
and to whom some day it might, If it
chose, repay it. 1t need never do so,
but until it did 1t must pay him an an
| nuity of f3-that is, he received per
cent on his money as long as the gov
| ernment chose to keep 1t, but the gov
ernment could pay it back ut any
| time it chose to do SO. This creditor
| then owned consol-that is, he owned
\ 6nh fhn Mt no
just described.
| If he wished to transfer what rights
he habitat is, his 3 per cent per an
num-and the right to his fl00 when,
if ever. the government chose to return
1t, he could 60 to the Bank of England
with his transferee and receive the
purchase price from him, and the stock
would be transferred to the man pay
ing the consideration, and that mans
name would be placed on the govern
ment's book In the place of the for
mer owner, and thereafter the trans
feree would receive the f3 Il year and
the f1OO, IL it was ever paid back. But
no paper passed except the receipt for
the purchase money which was given
by the buyer and which the bank otii-
cial checked with a red mark.
These receipts We're not certificates
Of ownership and We're seldom pre-
served, never except for purposes Of
Identification when the new owner
went to draw his first dividend. After
that they were destroyed. 1t is true il
old times the owner of consol was
given tally, which was nothing but {
block of wood with notches on it spill
In two so that a portion Of each motel
should be on each half, and the gov
ernment kept one half and the owne
of the stock the other
These showed the state of the nc
count between the government and it,
creditor, but this was an anti1uatet
system Of keeping accounts. brough
down from the days when writing wa'
: little known, and at last they weI.
abolished by act of parliament nnt
burned. There were SO many of then
: that when they were thrown into thu
furnaces these became superteatcd
and the parliament houses burned
down, which perhaps served the au
thorities right for keeping the anti
quated system so long
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-07-02
Pennsylvania State Hiahways.

FeUHSyIVdTHd 0s"s- :
The state highway department OF
PENNSYLVANIA expects to construct TINS
year 26S miles Of good roads
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-07-02
COST OF GOOD ROADS.
Points of Value From an Illinois High
way Commissioner.

way commissioner.
George Stevens, Il road commissioner
of eleven years experience in Illinois,
is quoted as follows by Farm Prog
ress as to the cost of making good
roads at small expense:
The grading can be done with Q
twenty horsepower traction engine at
40 cents per rod on an average. Four
loads of rubble per rod and two loads
of gravel make good road. The av-
erage number of loads hauled near
Rockford, H.. per day would he about
six. OF course this varies according
to distance. but six is about the aver
age We have no stone cruSher. some
thing I very much regret. | have tried
to get one for years. but the cost OF
same has prohibited it so far. We
break our rubble by hand.
The cost of this roadSis as follows
Four loads of stone or rubble. 40 cents
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-07-02
Prizes For Road Building.

A prize of $500 was awarded last NO
yember by the board of directors of
the Ontario Motor league to the town
shin of Etobicoke. Ont. for improve
ments OH mile of road extending
west from the Humber river to Mimi
co creek. says the Good Roads Maga-
zine. A second prize of S1o', was also
awarded to the township of Markham
for the improvement of a mile of road
running from the village of MarNham
Additional prizes of $50 and SO were
also awarded to the supervisors IN
charge Of the work on these roads
The awards were made on the recon
mendation of A. W. Campbell, commits
sioner of public works and chairman
of the committee of judges.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-07-02
A PRIZED RECORD.
The Original Muster Roll of Captain
A. LincoIn's Company.

The Original Muster Roll Of Captain
A. LincoIn's Company.
None Of the records OF the treasury
department is more highly priced than
the original muster roll of Captain \.
I.incoln's company" in the handwriting
of that famous man himself. Ii was
voluntary company organized by
Lincoln in 1882 to serve in the Black
Hawk war. Lincoln as an army OIL
GER was the same painstaking. careful
and orderly man that he was later as
president. He kept the muster rolls
of his company himself, and nowhere
can Il neater and more complete ac-
count be found Although more than
seventy-five years old now. the roll Is
wonderfully well preserved. The paper
is of poor quality. but the handwriting
is still legible and distinct. not single
error having been made i'll the copy
The record has been bound together
along the edges, and where it has been
folded constant handling has done con-
siderable damage to it.
The muster roll is in charge of the
auditor for the treasury. Quite a
fright was given to that official years
ago when 1t was announced that the
| roll had disappeared. A thorough
search failed to reveal it. and it was
given up for lost. Later. however. il
was found in the desk formerly occu-
| pied by a clerk who had been dis
missed. The interesting document is
headed: Muster Roll of Captain a
Lincoln's Company of the Fourth Regi'
ment of Mounted Volunteers. Com
manded by Brigadier General Samuel
Whitesides Mustered out Of service
of the United States at the mouth OF
Fox river May the 9th. 1882.
The roll shows that Abraham Lincoln
was the captain and that he was Ell.
rolled with the rest of the command on
April q at Richland, Sangamon coun
ty, ILL., At the foot is Lncoln's Ger
tificate as to the correctness of the
muster roll at the time of muster out
The only other handwriting on tho
| document is that Of Nathaniel Buck
master, inspector and muster officer
certifying to the accuracy of the roll O1
Lincoln's company.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-07-02
A Refuge.

They were speaking of changes In
Wiliowby since Mr.. Ransom had left
the village. twenty years before. to
seek his fortune out west .Zeb Ho-
bart is enjoying these last years." said
the constant resident to the returned
wanderer. "He had a pretty ex iting
life while Ruby lived. Never knew
what would happen to him next But
he's all calmed down now."
somebody wrote there was talk of
his marrying the other sister, Polly.
said the westerner. But the response
was violent shake of lis old neigh
boris head.
mo foundation to that gossip he
asserted, with decision. "Zeb spoke
with me about Polly himself. He said
to me: i won't speak Il worl against
her that's gone,' he said, nor her that's
| left, but there's man from down be
| low has made me an offer to go Will
his show as wild beast tanner from
hearing the luck I had with then
| bears cubs took. And If Polly loom:
up too close l shall take up with hi!
offer and get chance to live out m!
days in some kind o peace and secur
/ ity.' Those were his words. and yo'
can make what you want to out Q
| 'em"-Youth's Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-07-02
Cares Of State.

Anecdotes of great statesmen and
orators are apt to prove interesting to
the general reading public because it Is
expected that they will reveal some
thing of the working of great mind
In the life and Letters Of Sir Rich
ard C. .Jebb'' is told Il story Of Mr.
Disraeli which is worthy to be called
historical. Mr. Disraeli, after one OF
his best speeches. left the house with
Mr.. Montagu Cory.
II was wondering" Mr.. Cory after
ward confessed. "what a great orator
would talk about just after success
/ full speech"
CORY said Mr.. Disraeli. do you
know how to get into cab? Very
few men know. | was at Vienna once
when / was young man. with Prince
Gortschakoff and another Englislman.
military man who was there on the
same business. A royal carriage was
there to conduct us. When we came
to it the Engiishman walked straigh,
up to it and got in with his back II
the horses. Gorchakov said to me
'.That is the politest thing have eve
seea an Euglishman do."'D
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-07-02
SaurcA Of Sur1nlY.

Minister-My dear little boy. why
don't you get an umbrella? Jakey-
Since pa has quit going to church he
never brings home any more umbrel-
las--Jewish Ledger.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-01
NEW BOOKS ADDED
TO TIE LIBRARY
Selections From Fiction anC
Philosophy Chosen.

During the past year over two thous-
and books have been purchased and
put in circulation at the Morrisson-
Reeves library. Books on general ref
erence, biographies. histories, educa-
ton, theology and religion. psycholo-
gy, science political and social science
have been secured. The complete list
has been sent to the publishers to be
put in the annual catalogue form.
Some of the best known books that
have been secured are:
Life of Alice Frame Palmer-By G.
H. Palmer.
Life of Goethe-By Stelschonsky.
Sixty Years of an Inventors Life
By Jones.
A Guide for Pianola Players-By
Kobbe.
Some of the latest books of fiction
that have been secured are:
Mr.. Crews Career-Churchill
Some How Good-DeMorgan.
Heart of a Child-Frankau.
Susan Clegg and a Man in the House
French.
Master of the Inn-Herrick
The Girl, The Game, and Other Col
lege Stories-Williams.
Mother-Wister.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-01
THE KING AND THE CONGO.

The annexation of the Congo seems
imminent. Both the Belgian senate
and the king of the Belgians have
reached an agreement. This closes a
chapter of cruelty and scandal.
The Congo is the property of the
king-and We have the spectacle of
his country imploring him sell the
territory to them so that atrocities
might be stopped. The king of the
Belgians has at last capitulated after
having held out for large annual al
lowance based on life interest.
Practically. We have the assurance
that the ruthless treatment of the
natives will now cease. But there is
wider lesson to be observed. This
marks the passing of the private pos
session of lands by monarchs. Time
was when the king owned or parceled
off to his mobiles all the lands in re-
turn for military service. With the
naturalization of the army the hal
ance of power has fallen into the
hands of the people. With the bal
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-01
The YELLOW PRESS.

The National Editorial Association
was recently addressed on the subject
of yellow journalism by John A. SLEIGH
err, the editor Of Leslie's Weekly. 1t
was plain talk, treating of what he
considered their glazing faults: SEN
sationalism and inaccuracy. Although
he blamed the papers, he robbed his
remarks of sting by laying the blame
on the public.
Claiming to be impartial nothing
is more one-sided than the ordinary
newspaper story. The reporter gath
ers his facts in hurry from the side
he can most easily reach. If he can
reach both sides he will take the one
with the most sensational quality. He
is not a Judge dealing in equities, but
only reporter representing the raven
Gus appetite of sensation seeking pub
liza public that has little time for
newspapers that believe in the educa-
tional and uplifting"
The bad points of the modern news
paper story are brought about by the
same causes which make the papers
better than they have ever been. The
causes are competition. the laws of
supply and demand.
The scoop" in the newspaper world
is as much an affair Of time and
chance as it is of intelligence, but it is
an active feature in competition. There
is greater and more constant competi-
ton in the newspaper world than any
other. The scoop" is the parent of
inaccuracy and it must necessarily be
so. The laws of supply and demand
are responsible for the tone of any
newspaper. The circulation of the
yellow" newspaper will be the answer
in any community as to the desire for
thrilling and sensational stories.
The newspaper is not a philanthropy
ic institution. All newspapers which
are not tracts are printed for money.
A paper must be good enough to sell
or there will have to be a receiver ap-
pointed. The paper, according to the
skill of its news editor, purveys the
news which will please its clientele
All talk of raising the tone of the
newspaper is foolishness. The news
paper is the barometer of public NOR
ais.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-01
N. {. CONVENTION
Sessions at CenterviIIe Today
Attended by Large Gather
ings of Church Folk.
A PROGRAM OF INTEREST.

Centerville, Ind, Sept 1.-The Be
nevolent Convention of Section two of
the NJ. e. church of the Richmond dis
trict, Northern Indiana Conference, is
being held here today and this even
ing. There is a large number in at
tendance. An excellent program has
been arranged and the prospects are
that the meeting will be one of the
most successful held for some time
The program is is follows:
Morning Service.
1000 - Quiet Hour Abraham's Call
A. H. Kenna.
1O:3O-Does it Pay to Educate Our
Young People-F. J. Speckien.
11:OO-The Bible Society Fundamental
to Missions-W. E. Whitlock
11:3O-Plans for the Relief of Our Vet
erans-The Superannuated-T
J. Johnson, general secretary
of the Preachers Aid society.
12:O0-Announcement and adjourn
Afternoon.
l:4o-Qulet Hour-JesuS' Commission
F. F. Thornburg
2:15-The General Conference and
Missions-T. NJ. Guild, district
superintendent.
2:45-Church Extension and Home
Missions-T. P. Walter.
315-Systematic Contributions and
Their Place and Importance
l. w. Singer.
3:4lPhilippines under the Gospel
~ Rev. r. J. Wade.
4:15-Announcements and adjourn
ment.
Evening Session.
7:3O-Quiet Hour-The Holy Spirit in
Benevolence-W. M. Nelson.
S:OO-Address on China-Don Nicho-
las, field secretary of the Mis-
sionary society.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-01

ance of power the people can take
away the possessions Of the king.
What is the significance in the taking
away of private possessions of land?
Everything. Land has always been
the foundation of nobility-a noble
without land is no noble at all. The
taking away of private possessions
(even if. as in this case. it be masked
as a sale) means the last step in the
making of the monarch into a figure
head.
This is the wider significance of
the passing of the Congo, though the
world will see rightly why the mater
ial benefits will accrue to the poor
blacks pauns who have heretofore
amassed riches for the king of the
Belgians
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-01
EVERYONE KNOWS
HE'S NOMINATED
List of Presidential Notifica-
tons Completed Last
Night by Independents.
HEARST WAS ON HAND.
HISGEN REFERRED TO AS TRUST
STER"-GRAVE NOT NOTl-
FLED LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF
CONTINUED POOR HEALTH.

New York. Sept. 1.-There was not
room enough in the new club house of
the independence League to hold the
large crowd that gathered last night
for the dual purpose of being present
at the notification Of Thomas L. His
gen, Independence Party candidate for
president, and the housewarmiLg of
the club.
William R. Hearst and Mr.. Hisgen
entered the club house shortly after 8
o'clock, and were greeted by an out
burst Of applause.
Hisgen was enthusiastically referred
TO as The Trust Buster" and "Ou
next President" These titles brought
forth more cheering.
Many inquiries were made for JohT
Temple Graves, the party's candidat
inally planned to have Mr.. Hisgen an,
Mr. Graves notified at the same time
but owing to the poor health Of MI
Graves, this plan was abandoned. NJ.
Graves was not present last night,
he is at Warm Sulphur Springs in Vi
ginia.
When Mr.. Hisgen's name was mer
toned as the notification ceremon.
was about to take place there was re
newed cheering.
Melvin G. Palliser, chairman of tn
meeting, then turned the proceeding
over 10 Henry A. Powell, chairman
the notification committee.
Mr.. Powell told Mr.. Hisgen that hc
had been selected as the STANDARD
bearer Of the new party, and then Nj
Hisgen arose to accept the nomina
ton. There was prolonged cheering
and it was several minutes before thu
candidate could begin. Mr.. Hisser
took a position in the center of tw.
small rooms. where he could have (
better light, and then read his address
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-01

law can easily be evaded. The men
can lend to speculative scheme with
perfect ease. 1t has been done before
under laws more stringent; it can be
done again.
1t is refreshing to be given the credit
for knowing that national, state and
other public moneys are already guar
anteed. We are informed, however,
that the bank must buy surety bonds
to cover the maximum, not the min
imum'' amount of deposit--however,
that is, of course, trifling difference
which has escaped Mr.. Swallow.
The writer is personally accused by
Mr.. Swallow of being a party to the
iniquitous banking system in vogue,
designed for the sole purpose of de-
frauding the widow and the orphan.
What a terrible charge. To rob the
small depositor: 1t may not be of
general interest or even of interest to
orphan and a small depositor.
To this end we have taken up Mr.
Bryan's attempt to place a premium
on dishonesty, the attempt to foster
the wild cat bank on which Mr.. Swal-
low seems to be an authority. And to
that end we put forward the plan out
lined by Mr.. Taft for a postal savings
bank, which gives the guarantee of the
government to the small depositor.
However, as Mr.. Swallow finds no
fault with our views on this subject we
must conclude there is none to find
Mr.. Swallow may be right in saying
that the guarantee will come and be
espoused by the republican party. We
are sure that a guarantee is not bad
per. Sc. The difficulty is to attain
this without encouraging evils which
may in turn jeopardize the deposit and
the guarantee. The guarantee if adopt
ed by the republicans, will, we hope,
be a better one than Mr. Bryan's and
Mr.. Swallows.
If there be moral to this it would
seem to be: Take not the word of
Bryan seriously"
We still incline to a belief that the
system proposed by Bryan is unfair to
the honest bank. That it is danger
Gus and should not be adopted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-01
Needed the Cork.


John Simmons had been a twenty
years abstainer. but fell from the
ways of grace and worshiped the vim
Gus god with all the fervor of q per-
vert. Feeling the need of recuperation.
he sent his boy to an adjacent hos
;elry for a bottle of whisky.
But" cried the hotel proprietor,
who's it for?"
For my father"
Nonsense. Your father Is a total
abstainer and has been, to my knowl-
edge. for longer years than you've
lived"
well. at all events, he sent me for
it"
What does he want it for?'
To let you into q secret" said the
boy. ashamed TO tell the truth, hes
going fishing. and he wants the cork
TO use for fioatr
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-01
WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
Trustee
JAMES H. HOWARTH.
ASSESSOR
CHARLES E. POTTER.
AN AUTHORITY ON WILD CATS.

An authority on wild cat banking
has attacked the writer of the editorial
in regards to Wild Cat Banks as fos-
tered by Mr.. Bryan. In the face of his
assertion that the question is one
(which hard headed bankers are I'M
able to answer, after a life time of ex-
perience," some indulgence ought to
nent question, it seems is how Mr.
Swallows has accomplished what these
same hard headed bankers" have
failed to accomplish. 1t is indeed true
that conservative bankers have failed
to see any benefit in the scheme of Mr..
Bryan.
Mr.. Swallow accuses the writer of
being informed at sixth or seventh
hand. To this We plead guilty: we
were informed by Mr.. Bryan 1t
seems that Mr.. Bryan is an untrust-
worthy source. Mr.. Bryan is respon-
sible for the statement that the scheme
would enable banks to give IAN attract
i've rate" and intimated that the bank
would be able to get depositors at a
higher rate of interest than was Gus
tomary. We took him at his word.
As to the actual rate of interest, that
makes no difference. We used or I
for the sake of illustration or 4 which
is quite as dangerous if the correspon-
ding ratio is kept. Six or seven was
used as an Illustration merely of what
the attractive rate" so lauded by Mr..
Bryan, might lead to. If the state
ment is incorrect, there is abundant
reason to believe that it was simply
another case in which Mr.. Bryan spoke
without reading from his manuscript.
Does Mr.. Swallow seriously think it
would be impossible to get around the
law which he quotes? Sec 49,.
In case the bank is dishonest, what
will prevent it? Not the law. The