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The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-01
INDICTs TWO LEGISLATORS.
An Illinois Grand Jury Finds Against
Three Other Men, Also.

Springfield, Ill.-The Sangamon
County Grand Jury returned the fol-
lowing indictments in the legislative
bribery inquiry: Conspiracy to bride
Representative Lee O'Neil Browne,
Representative Robert E. Wilson,
Frank J. Traut, Louis D. Hirschmier
Bribery-A. B. Johnston. Perjury
A. B. Johnston.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-01

For Red, Eyelids. Cysts. Styes,
Falling Eyelashes and All Eyes That Need
Care. Try Murine Eye Salve. Aseptic
Tubes, Trial Size, 25c. Ask Your Druggist
Or Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-01
Don't Wait
Till NIGHT

The moment you need help, take a
candy Cascoret: Then headaches
vanish, d~ullness disappears. The
results are natural, gentle, prompt.
No harsher physic does more
good, and all harsh physics injure.
vest.pocket box, 10 cents-at drug-stores.
People now use q million boxes monthly. oS
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-01

British brewers last year used about g.,
10000 pounds of hops.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-01

Some fifty thousand cancer expert
ments are made every year in Eng
land.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-01

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. oftensthegums reduces 1ntiamma
ton. allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c a bottle
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-01
Keep Their Hats On.

Two noblemen of the British peer
age have the privilege of standing
covered before the King. THESE are
Lord Kingsale, the premier baron In
the peerage of Ireland, on whose n
cestor the privilege of appearing COW
cred in the presence of his sovereign
was conferred by King John; Inc
Lord Forester, on whose ancestor,
William Forester, a commoner, the
like privilege was conferred by Hen
ry VIII.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-01
GRATIFYING PRAISE.
Ex-C Congressman Terrell, of New Jer'
sey, Makes a Statement.

Thomas M. Ferrell, of Glassboro,
ex-member of Congress, former State
Senator, and Collector of Internation-
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-01

1t takes about $3.50 house flies to weigh
an ounce.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-01

Newfoundland is without reptiles.
No snake, frog, toad or lizard has
ever been e there.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-18
NEW LEGISLATOR TALKS.

LucedaIe, Miss, Aug. 15.-"Uncle
Joe" Rogers, the newly elected representa-
tive of George county, made a speech at
the school this afternoon.
Uncle Joe told them that before the
election he was busy fighting grass and
did not have an opportunity to meet the
people nor to ask single man to vote
for him, but contrary to all precedents,
since he was elected he would now an
nounce his platform which, as he stated
was "9x12 all heart stuff" and included
good roads, better schools, honesty and
efficiency in good officers, and fewer laws
on the statute books. He said that he
would own UP to have been bitterly op-
posed to the bond issue for road improve
ments, but after the Improvements were
made, and he had hitched up his old
morse. and took drive over the road, that
he swapped sides and now does not want
any second or third class roads, but wants
them all hrst-class, and could not see to
save his life how anybody was ever fool
enough to oppose road improvement; that
when he should have been in school he
was fighting the Yankees, and after he
got tired of whipping them and came
home TO what is now George county ne
then had to go to fighting carpet-baggers
and negroes, therefore, the peaceful art
of letters was not for him; that he could
realize the necessity of an education 3nd
wanted to live to see the day when
George county should have the best sys-
tenn of public schools in the state, which
could be accomplished only by the CO.
operation of the people; that a public
Office is a public trust and when the officer
sses the office for his personal convenience
and benefit it was time to make change.
He assured the, people that he did NOT
care if the tariff issue had never been
heard of. 1t made no difference to HIM
what sewing machines sold for IN Eng
land so long as corn was worth dollar
a bushel in George county.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-18
COL. SIDNEY MLAUR|N ADVOCATES
BOND ISSUE. OFFERS BRAND0NS H
NANC|ER $50 TO BUY BONDS At PAR

that / should have an equal opportunity
with people of Chicago, New York and other
distant places when it is fact that the
Brandon Bank, which was established
through my efforts now pays more than
one-tenth of the entire taxes of the town
sof Brandon.
Z But this great fnancier need not worry
his massive brain about my buying the
bonds. He has nothing to fear along that
line. / have recently been offered twen-
ty-hve thousand dollars of per cent.
Road bonds at par issued by prosper
Gus county of the delta and very promptly
declined the offer.
Now, l will not harbor the same feel
ing against my fellow townsman that he
does against me, but on the contrary,
hope he will bid for the bonds and buy
them, and if he will give written guar
antee now that he will buy the bonds at
par, and the law says they cannot be sold
for les than par, will give him a bonus
of fifty dollars cash out of
my own pocket. The fact is that
the only fear have is that the county may
have trouble in finding purchaser for
the per cent. bonds. The effort to make
it appear that l favor the good roads
proposition in the hope of buying the
bonds is too thin to fool even the most
ignorant, as every one knows that long be-
fore any bond issue was thought of. /
advocated taking up popular subscrip-
ton to improve the roads and made an
offer myself to contribute literally to it.
Nothing can be done more for the better
ment of the condition of the people, and
especially the people who live in the coun-
try, than building of good roads. Now
is the time to push forward We cannot
expect to get good roads without paying
for it. Less than one dollar on the thous-
and will pay the interest on the proposed
bond issue and very slight levy will
create a proper sinking fund to retire the
bonds as they fall due.
Yours Sincerely,
SIDNEY L. McLAURIN.
Brandon, Miss, August 10, I9ro. as-s-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-18
FORREST RUNNELS VICTIM OF
THUGS.

THUGS.
Brisfbl Board Of Trade Secretary Found
Unconscious IN Philadelphia Alley.
Bristol, Tenn, Aug. ro.-News has been
received here that Forrest M. Runnels,
secretary of the Bristol board of trade,
was found stripped of his clothes and un-
conscious in an alley in Philadelphia, where
he went last Saturday on business.
Runnels was sthe victim of confidence
men. whose acquaintance he formed in
atlantic City Sunday He was robbed OF.
money, jewelry and did not regain con-
seriousness for more than day.
Runnels recently came here from Green
ville,, Miss, where he was secretary OF
the board of trade there, and is well
known throughout Mississippi
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
THE STATE PRESS.

Mansfield Enterprise: Now they want
Forestry Bureau in this State, the object
being to supply more fodder for the mules,
in the way of fat positions. Well, a little
more taxes, more or less, wont hurt the
fellows that get the jobs.
Vermilion News: Our salary raising
Legislature refused to appropriate $4,000
for monument to President Jefferson
Davis. The Committee was told that there
were no funds available-all had been
used in raising the salaries OF officers.
Mansfield Journal: Representative W. J.
Johnston Of Bossier has introduced joint
resolution providing that the Legislature
meet only once in four years. This will be
a great thing, if the power of the Governor
to call special sessions can be abridged.
Thibodaux Commercial Journals The
appropriation bill presented to the Legis-
lature by the committee last week broke all
past records. It is estimated that over
eight million dollars will be needed to meet
it, in fact near nine million, and four mil
lion of which must come out of the general
fund. This is the tax payers money.
Sinecures on top Of sinecures are being
created, attorneyships, secretaryships,
commissioners, etc., must be paid, and at
the same time necessary expenses and
State institutions need money.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
PERVERTING HISTORY.

Northern historians seek to misrepresent
the South in every conceivable way-dis-
parage its people and institutions and dis
credit the valor of its soldiers in the Con-
federate War. Sensational and untruthful
Northern writer's have flooded the country
with so-called histories that represent their
soldiers as always driving back and in
gloriously defeating their enemies, while
the valor of the Confederate soldiers is
discredited in every possible manner. Be-
cause $500, 900 Federal soldiers, after four
years hard fighting, defeated 600,0 900 Con-
federate soldiers after their country had
been overrun, devasted and pillaged, many
Northern historians have drawn the conclu-
sion that the Yankees were better fighters
than the Confederates; but this point of
view is best illustrated by an anecdote.
"Dey say" remarked German, ''dat
de Irish vas great fighters; but dey aind't
no fighters at all yet. Wy, me und my
bruder, und two udder vellows, We licked
hell oudt Of an Irishman last week."
From similar point of view, according
to Northern writer's, the Confederates were
no fighters.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
WAITING.

From the lexicons we learn that "waiting
is expectation, staying" and expectation
is the act of expecting, hope, trust, pros
pect of good
Waiting is of the future; it has no past,
except in memory; its present is evanes-
cent, for with every pulse beat it drops
noiselessy into the great maelstrom of the
voiceless future.
We wait in apprehension or fear, or we
wait with hope. Who has not waited
long through the long hours of the night
"for the breating soft and low that made
US think her dying when she slept, and
sleeping when she died?" Who has not
waited for the someone, for the sometime,
that might be for years and might be for
ever?
On the stage of waiting there have been
broken hearts, thwarted ambitions, ruined
hopes and the helpless overthrow of
strenth and purpose. But, on the other
hand, the impenetrabe curtain of the flu
ture has rolled up before waiting eyes and
anxious hearts, bringing gladness and joy
and fufillment of hope deferred in cher
ished plans, the sight and return of loved
ones, the reality of dreams, the perfecting
of purpose, the shooting, polishing of
rough stones over which they have long
stumbled, and the revealing of other kindly
acts of encouragement to numerous ones
whose feet were almost gone into despair.
The young wait for more of life; the old
for less of death. The anticipations of the
young are highly colored. magnified pic
lures Of the impossible. They expect more
than ever comes. Life to them is fairy
book, which they believe in until Aladdin s
lamp and the roc's eggs are discovered to
be myths. The illusion has been sweet to
them, but the inevitable awakening comes
at last.
The old have looked into the future as
far as human eye can see, and it is then
that youth repeats itself in the fullness OF
expectation. The feeble old heart acquires
new courage; the lettering old feet once
more stand on tiptoe; the weakened old
eyes Ohey think) shine with clearer vision,
and in the garden of their dreams there
are no longer desolate and waste places
but sweet fields, green pastures and still
waters. They wait again for the glory and
manifestation and beauty of world that
never yet was on this earth.
What will their awakening be, and Of
what sort?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
Two "First" Bales of Texas Cotton.

The two first bales Of Texas cotton
for the year were received at Houston at
1925 O'Clock last Thursday morning on the
same train from Mercedes and Brownsville.
A special automobile was in waiting for the
Mercedes bale which was thus enabled to
reach the Houston Exchange four minutes
ahead of the Brownsville bale. The Mer-
cedes bale, weighing 416 pounds, was sold
at auction, gaining the prize, at 1915. The
Brownsville bale was sold for S5O-four
minutes time making a difference of 1926
in the value between the two bales, and
practically proving, in this instance, at
least, the truth of the adage that time is
money!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30

Our extravagant Legislature has over
looked an excuse to create another sinecure
for the benefit of political grafters. The
frog Industry offers refuge for few more
political barnacles. BY ali means let us
have law enacted creating a Bulfrog
Conservation Commission, with the regu-
lation salary of $1,000 per annum for the
commissioner, So, 900 for an attorney, a
number OF high salaried subordinates and
several thousand dollars for ssoffice ex-
penses." While not busy drawing their
salaries and repairing political fences, the
members of the board can devote part
OF their time, as d healthy diversion, in
practicing the absorbing game OF leap frog,
thereby also conserving" that long neg
lected pastime, handing it down to future
generations in all OF its gradeur and USE
fulneSS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
LATEST NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.

Congress adjourned last Saturday night
at II o'clock.
Siberia has on an average sixty days Of
rain in each year.
Two men were killed in boiler explosion
at Vinegar Bend, Ala, on the 22d inst.
Five men were killed and eleven injured
by an explosion in Minneapolis saloon
Tuesday.
The appropriations made by the session
of Congress just closed amounted to
| 81, O27, 133, 446.
Hail two inches deep fell last Saturday
in Rockbridge County, Va, and much
damage was done by storms elsewhere.
John B. stanchfield received $500, 900 as
attorney for F. Augustus Henze during
the recent Heinze prosecution in New York
A steamer foundered off Lands End,
Cornwall, England, Monday night of last
week, and twenty three Of her crew were
drowned.
Property was damaged to the extent of
at least 1000 at Hot Springs, Ark, by a
terrific rain and thunderstorm that swept
over the city last Friday.
The Ohio Democratic Convention re-
nominated Judson Harmon for Governor
and indorsed him for the Democratic NOM
ination for President in 1912.
Representatives Of fifty eight North
Carolina cotton mills signed an agreement
last Saturday to shut down completely for
four weeks in July and August.
In the thirty years-1878 to 19O8-the
yearly expenditure forpubic schools in the
United States grew from S79,OOO,0OO to
1911 900, 900, a nearly hve-fold increase.
Tuesday night of last week more than a
dozen small dwellings were wrecked by a
severe wind and rain storm in Morgan
County, Ala. Crops were badly damaged.
After killing a prominent manufactures
and policeman in Lynn, Mass, and Sc
curing q sack containing $4,000, one thief
was shot TO death and another was wound
ed and third was captured.
An eighteen old-girl in Cumberland,
Md, was found with her throat cut and a
youth Of her age, with blood stained hands
and clothes, and the imprint Of teeth on
his arms, was arrested for the crime.
Mrs. W. P. G. Harding, wife of the
president Of the First National Bank of
Birmingham, Ala, and one Of the most
prominent women in society in that section,
being rated as the prettiest woman in Ala
bama, shot and killed herself Wednesday
! afternoon Of last week at her palatial home
IN the aristocratic part Of that city,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
JUDGE A. j. MURFF.

In another column on this page will be
found the announcement of Judge A. j.
Murff of Shreveport, as candidate for
Congress from this district. Judge Murff
is well and favorably known in this parish,
where he made his home for many years.
He was principal of Bellevue Academy, at
that time one of the best schools in the
parish, three years; was Parish Superin-
tendent of the public schools of Bossier
four years, and District Attorney of this
Judicial District eight years, filling these
positions with credit to himself and to the
satisfaction of the people he served.
Judge Murff is an able lawyer and a
gentleman of high character and unim-
peachable integrity. He seeks position
he is eminently capable of filling and comes
before the people with a good record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
A SILLY BILL.

A member of the lower house OF the
General Assembly has given notice that
he will file a bill requiring that s'all mem
bers of School Boards be subject to the
same examination as Parish Superintend-
ents'' The bill will hardly become law,
because it is not practical. especially in the
country districts. School Boards are sup
posed to be composed of men who possess
more practical than theoretical knowledge.
A man may be a safe executive and ex-
perienced in business affairs, yet to large
degree ignorant of the sciences. as
taught now in our public schools. On the
other hand, one may be versed in the re-
quirements that superintendent must
possess, yet failure in executive ability
and common sense. Our public school
system is already hedged in with useless
and unreasonable rules and regulations,
therefore, it is hoped it will not be encum-
bered further by such idiotic Legislation as
the passage OF the bill referred to. And,
besides, it is too often the case in elections
that the masses do not stop to consider the
fitness of a candidate for office, but rather
the fitness of the salary to the man.
| Mansfield Journal.
This proposed "idiotic legislation is no
doubt the cunning work of ex-Superintend-
ent Aswell, who has made political ma
chine of the school system Of this State in
the interest of his political aspirations. AT
the least, this idotic measure is in keeping
with Aswell's baneful influence and med
dlesome teaching during the past six years.
Truly, sour public school system is al
ready hedged in with useless and unrea-
sonable rules and regulations" and our
legislators should turn deaf ear to- this
persistent lobbyist, who has done more tc
deprive the white people Of this State Of
their rights than any other official since
the dark days of Radical Reconstruction
Gentlemen of the Assembly, show al
such interlopers the door!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
DEATH OF SENATOR S. D. MeENERY.

Samuel Douglas McEnery, Louisiana's
senior United States Senator, died in New
Orleans Tuesday morning. He left Wash
ington after the adjournment of Congress
Saturday afternoon apparently in good
health, but after reaching Lynchburg, Va,
he suffered violent attack of indigestion,
but was somewhat relieved on his arrival
in New Orleans Monday. Tuesday morn
ing, however, he began to sink steadily
until his death at 8 o'clock.
Senator McEnery was born at Monroe,
Ouachita Parish, May %, 1887, He served
in the Confederate Army, as lieutenant,
in Virginia and in the Trans Mississippi
Department. He was lawyer by profess
sion.
At the State Democratic Convention held
in Baton Rouge, October 7, 1879, Senator
McEnery was nominated on the second
ballot, over Lewis Texada of Rapides, for
Lieutenant Governor with Louis A. Wiltz
as Governor. On the death of Witt, Oc-
tober 16, 1881, McEnery succeeded him in
the Executive Office. McEnery was nom
mated and elected Governor in 1884 In
1888 he was a candidate for re- nomination
and was defeated by General Francis T.
Nichols, who appointed McEnery to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for
the term of twelve years. In 1892 McEnery
was again candidate for Governor and
was defeated by Murphy J. Foster.
In 1896 McEnery was elected United
States Senator from this State: reelected
in 1902 and again reelected in 1908, and
his term would have expired in 1915.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30

The best way to get rid of meddlesome
lobbyists is to elect lobby proof Legislators.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
Cleaning and Pressing

! wish to notify the.puhlic that l have
returned to Benton and opened my
former place OF business, and solicit
your patronage. My prices are as fol-
lows: To spot, sponge and press suits
q cents; to clean and press trousers
% cents; to clean and press coats, Il
cents; to clean and press vests, 25 cents;
cleaning ladies' skirts, so cents to 81
Satisfaction guaranteed. Yours to serve
ALLEN MADISON.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
ALLEN MADISON.
STRAY Sale.

ESTRAYED before E. S. Dortch,
~ Justice of the Peace, Ward /, Bos-
sier Parish, La, by j. II. Fulliloye, jr.,
and will be sold at the Clay plantation
within the legal hours of sale, on Satur-
day, August 6, 1910, flea bitten gray
mare, about 5 years old, branded MF on
left hip, and black mare colt about |
year old. Appraised at $40.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, ETC.,
or the same viii be sold according to law.
j. l.. CLANTON, Constable.
June 80, 1910. aug4
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30

We heartily congratulate the Mansfield
Enterprise on the attainment of its fourth
birthday, which occurred last Saturday.
May brother Hewitt enjoy many years of
prosperity is all the harm we wish him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

Large areas of sweet potatoes are being
planted in Iberia Parish.
heavy acreage has been planted to
peas this season in Avoyelles Parish.
Albert Maize, New Orleans carpenter
for weeks without work, killed himself.
w. j. Skehan of New Orleans left an
estate of about 1900 to church and or
phans.
Brazilian coffee importations increased
25 per cent in the last two years in New
Orleans.
Fire at furniture store on Carondelet
Street, New Orleans, on the 22d instant,
did $4,000 damage.
The Department of the Interior decides
that the Sabine Islands belong to the State
of Louisiana, and not to Texas.
Reports from every section Of Louisiana
and Mississippi indicate that the corn crop
will furnish bumper yield this year.
Next Tuesday the-Legislature will elect
Gov. J. Y. United States Senator to sue
coed the late Senator S. D. McEnery.
The total assessment for New Orleans is
placed at $3.50, S45. 937 for this year, show
ing an Increase of S9,472,575 over 1909:
Mrs. A. R. Bowden, living near Arcadia,
was struck by lightning Friday evening
while standing in her yard and instantly
| killed.
P. g. Chenault, town marshal Of Ray
vile was shot and killed by j. S. A. Doug
las, alias Freeman. Chenault went to
arrest Douglas on some trivial charge.
New Orleans was recorded as the wettest
place in the country Sunday. The rainfall
was 1927 inches; the streets we're flooded
and street car service interfered with.
The State Democratic Committee will
meet in Baton Rouge on. Tuesday, July 9Th,
for the purpose Of calling primary cleo
ton for Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court Of this district.
Abbeville News: Clovis Hebert, aged
twenty years, died in this place last Sun
day morning from the effects of eating
crab gumbo. The gumbo had been warmed
over from portion left at dinner.
A lumber company, which owns several
Thousand acres Of fine hardwood timber in
Richland Parish and expects to begin ope-
rations about September, has about COM
pleted $500 600 reinforced concrete build
ing at Rayville.
i Mansfield Enterprise: 1t is estimated
that fifteen thousand acres will be planted
in peanuts in Lincoln Parish this year.. 1t
seems to DE sure money crop. Besides
the nuts, which pay more per acre than
cotton, the hay that can be gathered will
supply thousands Of head Of cattle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30

Baltimore Sun: Bryan doesn't want
Harmon as the Democratic Presidential
nominee. Bryan seems to be the only man
who'll satisfy him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30

Johnson: Integrity without knowledge
is weak and useless, and knowledge with
out integrity is dangerous and dreadful.