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The Bossier banner., 1909-03-25
Deadly Tornadoes.

Wise County, Texas, about twenty five
miles northwest of Fort Worth, was swept
by fernando Tuesday evening, which
caused the death OF twele persons, injured
twenty others and destroyed thousands of
dollars worth Of property. Several small
towns were visited.
Near Slidel a farm house was crushed
in by the furious wind and the family of
eight members pinned beneath the wreck
age. A light in the house at the time of
the disaster caused the ruins to become
ignited, and famed by the strong wind
the helpless victims were burned to DEATH
A school house near Sanger was blown
down and a number of houses at Sanger
and Greenwood were moved from their
foundations, and small buildings and fences
and windmils were razed by the wind.
At Grafton, in the northwestern part of
Wise County, every business house save
one was blown down. The Methodist and
Baptist Churches were completely wrecked.
At Dan two homesrwere destroyed.
A church at Greenwood and several res
licences and two churches at Brunlow were
blown down.
The storm was of short duration and of
very narrow scope, but played havoc where
it struck, leaving long belt of ruined
homes and farms.
One person was killed, a railroad round
house and an orphanage demolished and
six residences blown down and many other
houses damaged by tornado which struck
Laredo, Texas, on the Rio Grande River,
Tuesday night at 1880 o'clock. The esti-
mated financial loss is $4,000, though the
storm lasted only fifteen minutes.
A cyclone near Fort Deposit, Ala, just
before o'clock Sunday morning destroyed
number of negro cabins, causing one
fatality.
The Bossier banner., 1909-03-25

Bacon: A man that hath not virtue in
himself ever envieth virtue in others.
The Bossier banner., 1909-03-25
FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

Fire at New Roads, Pointe Coupee Par
ish, caused S4O,O 900 loss Friday.
j. R. Poche committed suicide at Pom
chotoula by taking carbolic acid through
a syringe.
The guage showed the Mississippi River
to be within 1.6 feet Of the flood stage at
New Orleans Tuesday.
For every dollar of premiums written in
Louisiana during 1908 fire loss of 1928
per cent was incurred.
Eighty-two unimproved lots in six
squares in New Orleans were sold last
Thursday for total of S44,815.
Lake Charles brokers paid S35, 900 for
$500 pockets of Japan rice in competi-
tive sale in Iowa, Calcasieu Parish.
Fire Sunday morning at Ruddock, St..
John the Baptist Parish, destroyed cy-
press saw mill, causing $4,000 loss.
The State Board of Health has decided
to invoke the aid of District Attorneys of
various parishes to prosecute physicians
failing to report births and deaths.
Mrs. M. E. Forester, of New Orleans,
was shown in recent trial to be a mono-
maniac on love for children, and was re-
leased from a charge Of kidnapping.
Frank Veal, a negro who plead guilty
Tuesday at Minden to attempted criminal
assault on the two daughters of Mr.. York
Taylor near Clifford, twenty five miles
north of Minden, Saturday night, and was
saved from lynching by Sheriff Clements,
was sentenced by Judge Drew to the PEN
itentiary for twenty years.
The Bossier banner., 1909-03-25
Helper and the Helper Book.
Baltimore SUM-

Chapter of the Act of 1850, section 6,
the police law for Baltimore City, contained
this proviso: "Provided that no Black
Republican or indorser or approver of the
Helper Book shall be appointed to any
office under said board" The author of
the Helper Book, to which reference was
here made, was Hinton Rowan Helper,
who at the age of eighty years, reduced to
penury and want and without friends, took
his own life in an obscure room in Wash
ington last Tuesday. In Scharf's History
of Maryland we find the following men,
ton of Helper:
"Early in 1859 man destitute of prin-
ciple, driven from State of which he
claimed to be native on account of his
bad conduct, published book, which bore
his name, at the instance of the publishing
committee of the Republican party, to be
used as campaign document, entitled
THE Impending Crisis of the South. By
Hinton Rowan Helper, of North Carolina. 30
Some few extracts from this book will
indicate its nature and purpose:
sour own banner is inscribed: No CO.
operation with them in religion; no affilia-
ton with them in religion; no affiliation
with them in society; no recognition of
slavery men except. as ruffians, out
laws and criminals.
SIT is our honest conviction that all the
slavery shareholders deserve at once
to be reduced to a parallel with the basest
criminals that lie fettered within the cells
Of our public prisons.
Shareholders are more criminal than
common murderers.
"Our plan is to make war openly or
secretly upon the property of shareholders
and their abettors; not for its destruction,
if that can be avoided, but to convert it to
the slaves. If it cannot be thus converted
we advise its destruction. Teach the slaves
to burn their masters buildings, to kill
their cattle and hogs, etc.
1t was suggested to negroes to cut their
masters throats.
The publication of this book assumed a
serious aspect, as melting servile insur-
rection, when its teachings and purposes
were publicly approved by William H.
Seward, John Sherman and by, we believe,
every Republican member of Congress.
The indignation of the people of the South
can scarcely be understood by men of this
generation to whom the unutterable hor-
rors of servile insurrection have never
suggested themselves as possible.
The Bossier banner., 1909-03-25
WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

Baltimore Sun: The most recent varie-
ty is the Joecannon Democrat.
Houston Post: All humanity stand on
an equality before God, and will be re-
warded according to what they do, and
not what they profess.
Los Angeles Times: If time ever
comes when Legislators spend their time in
thought instead of in talk the world will
increase its rate of progress something
like one million per cent.
Winchester (Ky.) News: Gov. Wilson
positively declines to call an extra session
of the Legislature as requested by the
temperance people. We belive that large
majority of the voters in Kentucky will
vote for Statewide prohibition if the ques-
ton is submitted. The immediate demands
Of the temperance people is for the county
unit in local elections. We believe that
it would be wise for the liquor people to
agree to this proposition, otherwise with
the wave of reform that is sweeping the
country the State will be the unit. The
mistake that the whisky people have made
in the past and are now making is in oppos-
ing laws intended to regulate the traffic.
New Orleans States: In the city of New
York the crimes committed by the Black
Hand, the dynamiting of tenement houses
and assassinations planned for revenge are
of almost daily occurrence. Therefore
drastic measures should be adopted in order
to keep Europe's criminals out of the
country, and it is to be hoped that the
murder of New York's celebrated detective,
Joseph Petrosini, will arouse the author
tiles at Washington to the necessity of a
more careful inspection of immigrants.
The Bossier banner., 1909-03-25
Taft's Eulogy of Cleveland.
New Orleans Picayune.l

New Orleans Pcayune.
His salvation of the country from virtual
bankruptcy and reputation made him in
tensely unpopular, a situation which was
added to and greatly aggravated by the
promptness and courage with which he
suppressed the great railroad riot which
had put stop to interstate commerce and
the transmission of the mails on a great
transcontinental line. To-day it is gener-
ally recognized that he was right in all he
did and reached the highest mark of de-
votion to duty.
Grover Cleveland was the greatest of
the modern Chief Magistrates of this Re-
public, mot" said President Taft, "be-
cause he was great lawyer, not because
he was brilliant orator, not because he
was statesman of profound learning, but
because he was patriot with the highest
sense of public duty; because he was a
statesman of clear perceptions, of the Ut
most courage of his convictions and of
great plainness of speech; because he was
man-of the highest character, father
and husband of the best type, and because,
throughout his political life, he showed
those rugged virtues Of the public servant
and citizen, the emulation of which by
those who follow him will render progress
of our political life toward better things a
certainty
Take him all in all, he was grand man,
and so the world regards him and will hold
him in higher esteem as the years go by.
The Bossier banner., 1909-03-25

Claiborne Guardian journal: Some of
the papers of the State have already COM
menced to mention men as probable can
didates for the next Governor of this State.
This seems rather early to begin such talk,
two years later it would sound better.
The Bossier banner., 1909-03-25

The prohibitionists made clean sweeps in
three more counties in Indiana last Tues
day. They carried Benton County by
1856 majority, Greene County by 27O0 ma
jority and Montgomery County by 2723
majority. Fifty-seven doggeries will be
put out Of business by Tuesdays voting.
The Bossier banner., 1909-03-25
Keep the Record Straight. i.

The growth of the public school system
of Louisiana is the work of no man, or
set Of men, but of the people as whole.
They have given the money, knowing
what education can do for louisiana
Ner Orleans Times Democrat.
The Bossier banner., 1909-03-25
Notice, Fair Directors.

4 MEETING of the Directors of the
IA Bossier Parish Fair Association
will be held in Plain Dealing Wednes-
day, March 81, 1909. AS this is an i'm
portant meeting, all are requested to
attend. w. ]. DAWSON, Sec'y.
The Bossier banner., 1909-03-25

The commerce of the whole of Europe
in 1890 was estimated at less than 81, $780,
600, 900; to- day it is nearly S25, 200, ,OOO, 600.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-09-16

A little girl was greatly interest ed in watching the men in her grandfather's orchard putting bands of tar around the fruit trees, and asked a great many questions. Some weeks later she was in the city with her mother, and noticed a man with a mourning band en- circling his left sleeve.
 Mamma, she asked, whats to keep them from crawling up his other arm?"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-09-16

"Very good, sir,' said the po- lite assistant. What kind of a brush-a toothbrush"
 Toothbrush! Nawi' snarled the customer. What would I want a toothbrush fur? Do yer think I've got hair on my teeth?"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-09-16

Four old Scotsmen, the remnant of club formed fifty years ago, were seated round the table in the club-oom. It was ; a. m. and Dougal looked across at Donald and said in thick, sleepy voice: Donald, dye notice what an awful peculiar expression there is on Jocks face?"
 Aye" says Donald, II notice that. He's deedl He's been deed these four hours"
 "Whet? Deed. Why did ye no tell me?'
 "Ah, no-no- no," said Don- aid. Am no that kind O man to disturb a cony;vial evening""
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-09-16
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Peter C. Jensen. administrator of the estate Of Henry Siemer, deceased. hay ing filed his final account in said es- tate, the Court has fixed Saturday, October g, 1909, as the day for hear ing objections and final hearing in said estate.
 Wrangell. Alaska, August 10th, 1909.
 PETER C. JENSEN,
 Administrator. Disqualification Aug. F, last Sept. g
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-09-16
OF COURSE

Under the caption Judge Lyons Makes Good" the Fairbanks Times gives voice to the following well merited tribute to the Hon. Thomas R. Lyons HOW occupying ihe beach in the L. 5. District Court in that city.
 "T'he manner n which the court has dispatched business during the past week has been revelation to he town, and, it may be added. a source of delight. Il is almost a novel experience in this valley to haze a court which keeps up a steady grind all day long, one which gives attorneys all the time they need or desire for the presen- tation of their testimony and argu- n,ents and still keeps them to their kuitt;n' every minute, Another phase Of the courts way of doing business which appeals to lawyers and laymen alike, $ his relentless following of the law. There is 10 stten,pt to break into the domain of the legislature, no attempt to make laws instead of interpreting them.
 Moreover, there is no political by-p!ay, no attempt to bulld up or lear down any particular interests. ! faithful e4ort, a deadly-earnest eftort is made to apply the law im- partially, and to follow it wherev- CT it may lead, In an old commit nity this fact would cause no com ment, indeed would be hardly ob- served; for in such communities that is the regular order of things. But in new regions, especially it seems in mining camps, courts ire 1uendy seem to feel called upon to modify the law, to reshape it, to shade 1t of, to refine it away, and,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-09-16

in some cases to ignore 1t entirely. This inevitably leads to confusion worse confounded, to uncertainty, doubt fear and distrust, and this causes and provokes large part of the litigation which burdens the people
 Such a court is a mill which ere ates its own grist. Instead of set tling disputes and promoting peace of life and stability of property rights, 1t ursettles the life, busi- ness and titles of the community. On the other hand, a judge who follows the law unwaveringly, brings calm to his jurisdiction, is as oil on'the troubled waters, and spreads abroad feeling that the rights of person and property are certain, secure and inviolable.
 Another thing about the present incumbent of our bench, which ex- cites favorable comment is his way of deciding questions as soon as they are presented. Except when time for further research and study is desired, he decides 1t immedi- ately. There is no hanging fire" and questions which require fur ther investigation are studied forthwith and then immediately disposed of. Judge Lyons has for years been in the habit of work ing efficiently and at high pressure. He still has that habit. If he con- tinues in the pace and manner of doing business with which he has started, no country need desire a better judge"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-09-16
An Ignorant Salesman

An uncouth locking and oTer- dressed young man entered a drug store and said:
 Gimme q brush!'
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-09-16

In the neighborhood of 15o doz- en crabs are being shipped from this place to Seattle on the City of Seattle this trip.
 The Jefferson went across to the back channel this morning on her way to the Santa Ana cannery where she will load canned salmon.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
MISREPRESENTATION
Judge eulilove Rendered no Opinion
on Near Beer" Nor Did He Declare
the Sale of Near Beer Legal.

In reporting the decision Of Judge
Fullilove i'll the case of ]. J. Yost. some
newspapers and some correspondents Of
newspapers have inadvertently been mis-
led in their Interpretation of the issue
involved in the case
Yost and others were charged with
selling spirituous and Intoxicating
liquors. The issue as presented for
consideration by Judge Fullilove. dl-
vested of all technicalities and legal
phrascology. was whether or not the
beverage sold was "spirtuous or 'ntoxi-
can't
As it was in evidence thai the dacoc-
ton sold by Yost cpn.,i1ci not more
than one-lalf of one per cert Of alcohol
it was not spirituous or Intoxicating
within the meaning of the law and
therefore the charge against Yost with
having sold spirituous and Intoxicating
liquors failed and he was discharged
This in substance is the gist of the
whole case and gives no warrant for
jubilation over "the sale of near beer"
having been declared legal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
REAL ESTATE MARKET
Record of Realty Transactions in the
City and Parish.

Real estate transfers furnished BY th<
Caddo Abstract Co. Ltd, s17 Marshal
street, opposite courthouse D. Eu-
bank president; F. A. Leonard, vic<
presirent; Sam w. Mason, secretary
D. P Eubank, treasurer.
r. f. Murrh to Hammett Fulkerson
Real Estate and Improvement Co. &c
feet of lot 90 next to lot 80, and 90 feet
of lot 30 next to lot 20. Paramount sub
division: $3.50.
J. G.. Hester to S. L. Herold. lot 8
P. P Keith subdivision; $1,000.
Fannie c. Herold to J, G. Hester
lots in block Parkview $o5oo.
H. c. Stringfellow ct al to w. E
Millsaps, all their interest in lots 8, 9. 1c
Sloan subdivision, Shreveport, and land
i'll Bossier parish; $1,000.
Hammett & Fulkerson Real Estate
and Improvement Co. to F. G. Fulker-
son, east half of lot q and west half OF
lot 22 block I Holmesville, lot 70 block
ii Queensborough: $Io5o.
Hammett- -Fulkerson Real Estate ant
Improvement Co. to ]. d. Eubank, lots
8 and Q. and south half of lot 10 block
10 Howard Cole addition: $1,000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
"A BIT ROLLICKY ABOUT THE
EDGES

The Vivian Tri State Sun: 1t was a
scathing arraignment pf Oil City by the
Grand Jury, when it made its recent re
port; but the justice :or injustice of it
must depend largely upon the viewpoint
from which the matter is considered.
From the standpoint of those business
men who are accustomed to great min
ing camps, compared to some others, Oil
City has much to her credit. But
viewed by men accustomed to a high
state of morality, which should charac-
terize every rural community. doubtless
Oil City would appear a bit "rollicky'
along the edges Any experienced OBJ
server will notice that among the work
ing boys of the field, apart from the riff
raft and hangers on, there is an absence
of lawlessness quite freditable to the
Caddo field. The professional law
breaker had Piled his alling there, how
ever, and some of OUT native boys be
come ready co-workers and the routing
of this class became imperative.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
COTTON SEED
Experiments With Early, Prolific Varie
ties During the Season of 1878

Baton Rouge. La, Jan. -. Ioy-The
State Crop Pest Commission today gave
out the following statement regarding
its experiments with earlN varieties of
cotton during the 1908 season:
As the funds of the Crop Pest Com
sion will probably not permt of pub
fishing in bulletin form the results Of
all experiments before planting time, il
is thought best to furnish the press OF
the State with figures showing che pro
duction of different varieties ot cotton
III the weevil infested section
Two quite extensive tests of varieties
were made by the commission during
1908, one at Mansura, Avoyelles parish.
and the other at Bayou Pierre, Natchi
toches parish. The former was on up-
land soil. the latter on Red river valley
soil. :, At Mansura the heavy sains which
lasted from July "a to August severely
cut down the yield and made conditions
extremely favorable for rapid increase
Of weevils. Under these trying condl-
tons the different varieties yielded III
p, un1s of seed cotton per acre as TO
lows:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
PROHIBITION IN MERIDIAN
Its Effect and Its Resuts-What Has
Been Accomplished-A Practical De
mOnstratlOn

The results of prohibition in Merid
ian. Miss. as demonstrated by the Star
a newspaper of Meridian, are:
For fifteen years prohibition has beer
in effect in the city of Meridian.
Within that time the population of the
CITY has more than doubled.
The wealth Of the city has quadrupled
The educational facilities Of the city
have been vastly improved. Five new
schoo! houses have been built, including
the handsome new high school
Three miles of streets have been
paved at an expenditure of $3ooTuO.
Thirty three miles of sidewalks have
been laid at an expenditure of $4,000.
The city waterworks has been pur-
chased at an expenditure - $25o,ooo.
Nineteen miles of sewerage have been
put down.
Crime i'll proportion 10 Che population
has decreased enormously
Churches have been constructed and
the religious life of all creeds and &C.
nominations has widened and deepeneC
Practically all he manufacturing es-
adjustments that the city now possesses
have been established in the boozeless
fifteen years.
The industrial activities of the COM
munity have been quickened ana en-
larged.
Building operations have kept pace
with the city's development
Railway facilities have Increased and
improved.
The tax rate has remained practically
unchanged
In a word since the saloon was wiped
out in 1903, Meridian has jumped from
the little provincial booze-hghti,0 town
to that of boozeless city Of command
ing eminence in the State
Not bad record for fifteen years,
Is it
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
CADDO'S GAME WARDEN.

Tri-State Sun: While the country
people as a rule are opposed to certain
features of the game law. in which we
concur with them. we would urge that
the citizens cooperate with the game
warden in the laws enforcement. Cad
dos warden, Mr. Cawthon. is a worthy
gentleman and does not deserve to be
classed with the commissioners, for
whose political wellbeing the law seems
to have been created. 1t is a time
honored axiom that the best way to gel
a bad law repealed is to enforce it tc
the letter.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
HON. RUFUS E. FOSTER.

The successor of Judge F. d. Saun-
ders, recently resigned has been ap-
pointed by the President. He is Hon,
Rufus F.. Foster. who since January I,
1908, as been United States District At
torney of the Eastern District of Louis
lana, of which he has tIecome Judge.
Hon Rufus f. Foster was born IN
Matthews County, Virginia, in 1871
His father was an officer IN the Confed-
crate Navy. The family removed to
New Orleans ten years ago He was
graduated from the l qlane law depart
ment-in 1906. He has rendered efficient
service as United States District Attor-
ney. He is held in high favor in New
Orleans.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by R. E. L. Huckabay, five
miles east of Vivian, and estrayed BE-
fore me, the undersigned justice of the
peace, one red 2-year old heifer, with
white belly and white spot on loins; no
marks nor brands. The owner will come
forward, prove property and pay charges
or the animal will be sold as the law
directs on the 4th day of February 1909,
on the Bob Huckabay place.
J. B. OLDS,
Justice of the Peoce, Ward One.
Dec. 81, 1903.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
CHARTER
OF THE w. II. POWELL LUMBER
COMPANY.

State of Louisiana. Parish of Caddo
Be it known. that on this the 10Th day of
January 1909. before me, A. B. Freyer,
notary public in and for the said Par
ish and State, duly qualified, commits
stoned and sworn, and in presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed. came and appeared the several
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
A REAR END COLLISION.

That was an awful Elunder made by
an esteemed contemporary when it jun
bled its headlines and detailed a railway
accident under the caption will fire the
city auditor" and in the following par
agraph told its readers how the Shreve-
port City Council was about to oust that
official under the headline "a rear end
collision .'-Tri-State Sun
The Caucasian is not the esteemed
contemporary. In size. it is "a bigger
fish,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
RIVER AND WEATHER.

This morning opened cloudy and
threatening rain
River: Arthur City. Texas, 60, fall
of OIL; Lewis Ferry. Texas, SO; White
Cliffs. Ark. 49, Fulton. Ark. 81
Spring Bank 46, fall of OIL; Shreve-
port, La, OF, a fall of OIL.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Threatening tonight and Fri
day: warmer tonight.
River forecast: The change will bt
unimportant at Shreveport and points
above during the next 48 hours.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-21
FOR SALE.

The Police Jury of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, offers for sale the fiat boat
recently built and used as a ferry boat
at Red Bluff on Bayou Pierre, on the
DeSoto side. Bids to be opened at next
meeting of the Police Jury, the second
Thursday in February 1909.
JULES DREYFUSS, Pres.
AL. DURINGER, Clerk.
January II, 1909.