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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-09-21
Woe II His,


Filst.-My wife is my boss. shall
not deny.
SecOnd.-She maketh me to lie down
behind the bed when swell company
comes. and she leadeth me behind her
up Main street
Third. = She restoreth my pocketbook
after she has spent all Of its contents
for stylish skirts and theater tickets.
and she leadeth me up the main aisle
Of church for her new hats sake.
Fourth.-Yea. though ! walk more
than half the night through dark rooms
with a crying baby ! will get no rest.
for she Is behind me; her broomstick
and her hatpin they do everything else
but comfort me.
Fifth.-She prepareth a cold snack for
me. then maketh bee line for an aid
society supper. She anointeth my head
with the rolling pin occasionally. My
arms runneth over with the bundles
before she Is half done with her shop
ping
Sixth.-Surely her dressmaker's and
milliner's bills shall follow me all the
days of her life. and | will dwell In
the house of my wife forever rich
(Mo.l Herald.
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Married on the Fifth.

The following report OF Texas we'd
ding, in which former popular North
Bossier resident starred, was reported
by one of our friends and readers who
was herself a resident until some months
ago:
Mrs. Roberta Baker, one OF Plain
Dealings most popular ladies, well
known throughout Bossier Parish and
who has quite number of admirers
there, was united in marriage to Mr..
George r. Lee, at the home Of Mrs. H.
B. Ernest, in Upland, Upton County,
Texas, on Tuesday, September 9Th, at
1920 o'clock am, in the presence OF
quite number of friends.
Mr.. Lee is well known in this and all
adjoining counties.
Immediately after the ceremony they
left for Midland, in which place they
will spend several days, then will leave
for Fl Stockton, where they expect to
make their future home.
Watch the date on your paper!
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An English Ghost.

A Westmoreland ghost used to haunt
the shores of Windermere. where the
Lowthers from time immemorial have
been lords of the lake-the "crier Of
Clalfe." One tempeStuous night In
prerefOrmation times cr. was
heard across the water by the ferry
man at the Nab inn-'A boat rhe
ferryman. against all his cronies' per
suasiOns at the inn. set out. After
many hours be. reached the Nab again.
bis boa. dragged down by some IN
seen weight and himself with hair on
end. = raving lunatic. Soon he died.
and every stormy night his wrath was
heard in agonized shrieks across from
Claifc till at last the resident monk Of
Furncss was sought In his retreat on
Lady Holm and persuaded to LAY
the unhappy spirit. which he duly did.
Harriet Martineau and others tell the
tale. London Chronicle.
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includes 1880 freight cars and 215 pas
senger coaches, besides equipment used
for incidental operations.
With total length of I, 500 miles, the
company has 1850 freight cars, which
is equivalent to eight and one-third cars
for every mile. Made into one train,
the cars would stretch out over ITO miles
of road.
The record of the st. Louis South
western is also unexcelled with regard to
safety appliances. In conformity with
requirements of the Federal law, all the
cars are equipped with air brakes and
automatic couplers.
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eeeas TO go to the Presbyterian and
Methodist churches.
Ai'ef an absence of some weeks,
Miss Curtis Sibley returned home loo,
Saturday. '
MISS Callie Edwards of Hauehton
now visiting in Lake Charles. is thouoh,
to have pellagra.
ms place was visited TO-DAY by a
ram and electrical storm. That Of YES
VeFoay evening passed around town.
MI. John F. Hughes and family. until
recently residents of the Rocky Mount
community, are now living in Shreye-
port where Mr.. Hughes has engaged in
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T. Stinsor
moved Tuesday into their handsome new
lFe room cottage, recently completed
oy Messrs. E. NJ. Carstarphen G. Son
Plain Dealing contractors.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Thomas have TO.
moved from their country home to this
place SO their children can have the
oeneht OF our school without SO much
inconvenience. They are occupying the
kogers cottage.
Mrs. Mary Vance removed this week
from her river plantation to this place SC
that her little boy might have the bene-
ut OF Benton High School. Her father
MIR. j. NJ. Arnold is still with her. They
are occupying Mrs. Kate Wyche's cot
tage.
Mrs. John McGowen of Days, Miss.
left Monday after spending several days
here as guest of Mrs. R. E. Wyche, &
relative. Many of the Banners reader:
viii remember Mrs. McGowen as Mis-:
Maggie Fuller, daughter of Judge Ton
Fuller.
After spending some months here az
guests at the home of Mr.. Kelly's par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Kelly, Mr.. ani
1899 " L AOliy ACAO Ouuuty. MI
Kelly has gone to Hattiesburg, Miss.
to accept position. Mrs. Kelly ha.
has gone to Cincinnati to visit her par.
ents.
Cotton opened fast last week and hat
this week proved such an uninterrupted
hot spell about all of it would have beer
open by this time. However, little
sunshine will open what remains of thu
crop, and with good weather prevailing
it should all be picked by the last O
October.
Iass@ Send the Banner to your son o.
daughter now away from home in school
They will appreciate it, and you won
have TO write them so often. Don't sent
in q dollar. If the paper is wanted eigh
months, remit 50 cents; if nine months
remit so cents. The subscription pric,
by the month is 10 cents.
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HauehtOn.

Tuesday, Sept. 19.-As cotton picking
progresses it develops that the yield will
be slightly above last years crop.
Almo Sparkman is on the sick list this
week.
Rev. J. H. Afford preached at the
Baptist Church Sunday.
Mr.. G. w. Smith spent most of the
past week on his river plantation.
Mr.. w. H. Bledsoe has been on the
sick list, but is now able to be up.
Mr.. Dawson Harris of Shreveport
spent Sunday here with his parents.
The extreme hot weather has put a
check on the cold mems marble game. y
Our merchants are complaining that
the Fall business is slow in opening up
Mr.. w. C. Scales is now clerk for the
r. NJ. Sandidge store.
Miss Julia Elston spent last week in
McDade with her sister, Mrs. Ross Nc
Dade.
Mr.. J. L. Crawford, candidate fol
Assessor, is mixing with the voters here
to-day.
Miss "Dock" Hightower of Plair
Dealing is pupil in Haughton High
| School.
Mr.. Jesse Horton of Tyler, Texas, il
here visiting his brother, Mr.. D. A
Horton.
Messrs., Henry Skannal and T. w
Bledsoe of Sligo attended church herr
Sunday.
The mechanics are going right aheat
with the erection Of the Methods
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Church. The foundation is laid and the
walls up.
Mr.. r. L. McAnn is on the river re-
pairing gins.
Mrs. Sallie Stevenson is spending this
week in Koran.
Mr.. Allison Mckinney is now carrier
on the Koran route.
Mr.. A. w. Prince of McDade was a
Sunday visitor here.
Mr.. Tom Gatlin of Bear Point, was a
visitor here Sunday, making the trip in
his auto.
The peanut crop is now being har-
vested. The yield will be less than that
of last year.
DR.. Paul Lawrence has been laid up
several days with bilious attack. He
is improving.
A light shower of rain fell here this
evening, settling the dust and cooling
the atmosphere.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Quinn were bap-
tised Sunday for membership in the
Baptist Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. P. Harris attended
Quarterly Conference at Doyline Satur-
day and Sunday.
Mr.. B. L. White has sold his mercan-
tile interest here and gone to Mississ-
ippi, where he has position with a saw
mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Houston are re-
joicing over grandson, born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Sledge of Shreveport, on the
| 18th.
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The Cotton Belt Reaching Out.

=
The St. Louis Southwestern Railway
has received the $500 new freight cars
ordered early in the season, and they are
available for transporting the autumn
farm products and taking care of the
increased merchandise traffic. The
equipment consists of 1900 box cars,
500 refrigerator cars and 500 furniture
cars.
Agricultural conditions in the South
west exceed the estimates of economists,
and there promises to be very heavy
movement of cotton and grain. The
tonnage of cotton will be particularly
large. Production on the farm is accel-
Grating trade, and there is now a good
volume of merchandise freight moving.
The St. Louis Southwestern is better
fortified for handling variety of traffic
than any railroad in the United States,
according to equipment records. With
the exception of railroads whose tonnage
is practically restricted to the hauling Of
coal, this company has more freight carr
per mile of road than any other line.
The freight handling capacity of .
railroad is determined, not by the tota
number of cars, but by the number pei
mile. Judged by the standard per-milt
basis, this company leads all lines en-.
gagged in diversified traffic.
The reserve of the st. Louis South.
western for purposes Of transportation
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1t is not the quantity of food taken but
the amount digested and assimilated that
gives strength and vitality to the system.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets invigorate the stomach and liver and
enable them to perform their functions
naturally. For.sale by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-09-21
Transfers of Real Estate.

FOllOWlng is record OF transfers OF
real estate in Bossier Parish for two
weeks, furnished the Banner by the
Bossier Abstract and Title Company:
Joannes Smith to R. E. Wallace
Part of the northwest quarter of south
east quarter, south half of northeast
quarter of southeast quarter, southeast
quarter of southeast quarter, southwest
quarter of northeast quarter, southeast
quarter of northwest quarter and south
west quarter of northwest quarter of Sec
ton 4, township 10, range 10; s64O.
H. D. Kelly to J. w. Eckardt- Part of
block 81, Plain Dealing; 1925.
H. D. Kelly to St. Matthew James
1922 acres in the east half of section Is,
township %, range 10; $3.50.
R. E. Wallace to Joannes Smith
20 1864 acres in section 4, township Is,
range 10; $500.
Isaac Layton to S. H. Bolinger &
Company-The south half of southwest
quarter of section 80, township %, range
12; $50.
r. P. Martin to w. A. Stroud-One-
third interest in section is, township %,
range ii; s465.31.
Succession of N. w. Bundy (by ad-
ministrator) to A. Carr-The northeast
quarter of northeast quarter of section /,
township 20, range IL; acres off the
west side of the southwest quarter OF
southwest quarter of section 81, town.
ship IL, range ii, and the southeast
quarter of southeast quarter of section
SO, township 81, range -, "a acres in
all; $3.50.
Louis Davis to Ed Alexander and
H. F. Thomas acre in the west half
of section 8, township Is, range IL;
$4,000.
Mrs. E. B. Foster, J. B. Foster and
J. C. Foster to Marks Meyer-240 acres
in section Is, township II, range ii;
S1440.
Whited & Wheless to Mrs. Kate L.
Campbell acres in the southwest
quarter of section 8, township 81, range
10; $3.50.
Grand Lodge, Knights and Ladies Of
Honor of the World to the Board Of
School Directors-1 acre in the north
west quarter of southwest quarter Of
section 10, township 10, range II; 81.
John Butler to J. S. Atkinson Lot
1O4 or the Heilperin Addition to Bossie1
City; s75.
St. Matthew James to Amanda Bel
James-The northeast quarter of south
east quarter of section "a, township q
range 10, 40 acres; $500.
Lora M. Jones and T. Carl Jones tt
Armand w. Roos-The east half of the
following property: Southwest quartet
of southeast quarter of section ii, north
east quarter of section IA and west hal
of northwest quarter of section i3, town.
ship is, range IL, 116 acres; Sligo.
r. M. Sandidge to C. D. Sandidge
Half interest in the northeast quarter O
northeast quarter and southeast quarte
of northeast quarter of section 81, town
ship IS, range Ii, GA acres; $3.50.
| C. D. Sandidge to r. M. Sandidge-
Half interest in the west half of south
east quarter and southwest quarter Q
section 5 and northwest quarter o
northeast quarter of section 8, township
Is, range ii, 275 acres; $500.
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FOR SHERIFF

Mr.. R. E. WYCHE of this place has author
lied us to announce him as a candidate fol
Sheriff for Bossier Parish, subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
Mr.. J. F.. EDWARDS Of this place has author
lied us to announce him as candidate to sue.
coed himself as Sheriff for Bossier Parish, sub
ject to the action Of the Democratic party.
us to announce him as candidate for Sheriff fol
Bossier Parish, subject to the action Of the
Democratic party.
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Il Announcements -
FOR STATE SENATOR.

authorized us to announce him as candidate to
succeed himself as State Senator from this, the
Twenty-third Senatorial District, composed Of
Bossier and Webster Parishes, subjuct to the
Democratic primary election, to be held during
January, 1912.
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Cotton Quotations.

Yesterdays Shreveport cotton quota
tions were as follows:
Low middling, 10 cents.
Middling, 10 IL cents.
Good middling, 10 ga cents.
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5 or 6 doses 1855" will cure any case
of Chills and Fever. Price, Is cents.
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p%You can get the Banner one year
without cost by securing US three new
paid-in- advance subscribers.
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FOR CLERK OF COURT.

Mr. ]. M. HENDERSON Of Rocky Mount has
authorized us to announce him as a candidate for
Clerk of Court for Bossier Parish, subject to the
action of the Democratic party.
Mr.. ED LOGAN of this place has authorized
us to announce him as candidate for Clerk of
Court for Bossier Parish subject to the action of
the Democratic party.
MIR. B. A. KELLY of this place has authorized
us to announce him as a candidate to succeed
himself as Clerk of Court for Bossier Parish,
subject to the action of the Democratic party.
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FOR POLICE JUROR.


Mr.. A. w. HEIFNER Of ward four has author
lied us to announce him as a candidate for Police
Juror from that ward, subject to the action Of
the Democratic party.
Mr.. GEORGE S. MCKENZIE of ward four has
authorized us to announce him as a candidate for
Police Juror from that ward, subject to the
action of the Democratic party.
Mr.. O. J. KILGORE of ward four has author
lied us to announce him as q candidate for Police
Juror from that ward, subject to the action OF
the Democratic party.
Mr. F. C. ALLEN of ward four has authorized
us to announce him as a candidate for Police
Juror from that ward, subject to the action Of
the Democratic party.
Mr.. A. HOFFPAUIR Of ward five has author
lied US to announce him as q candidate for re-
election as Police Juror from that ward, subject
to the action of the Democratic party.
Mr. ROBERT D. WILMINGTON Of Ivan has
authorized US to announce him as candidate fol
Police Juror from ward five, subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
Mr.. J. B. BOOKER of ward five has authorized
| us to announce him as candidate for Police
Juror from that ward, subject to the action Of
| the Democratic party.
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FOR ASSESSOR.

Mr. j. L. CRAWFORD of Plain Dealing has
authorized us to announce him as a candidate for
Assessor for Bossier Parish, subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
Mr.. L. G. SMITH of this place has authorized
us to announce him as a candidate to succeed
himself as Assessor for Bossier Parish, subject
| to the action of the Democratic party.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-08-31
Physical and Psychica1.

DR.. Farill, lecturing before a social
service class in Chicago, said "the
character of the man as citizen oft
en- was dependent on the physical
training he received" Yes, but his
character was more dependent upon
the moral training he had received
His environment, his studies, his as.
sociations, his methods of thought
the books he reads, the things he likes
to talk about have more effect on his
character than all the physical exer-
cises he can pursue. Because sound
muscles, nerves and organs are to be
desired, they should not monopolze
ones interest entirely. The vanity of
the flesh very often leads to the I'M
dermining of ones life.
Building up the physical at the ex'
pense Of the psychical is disturb
ance of that equilibrium which means
health. The tendency Of the age is
to disturb that equilibrium-to make
the legs of a man the test of his
mightness, which was not the Lords
way, as the Psalms remark. The right
way, In the determination of those i'm.
portant relations, is to keep the soul
just a little ahead of the body on
it's upward march.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-08-31

scores sf predictions that the out
come Of the present regime will be
utter failure. This state of mind on
the part Of the principal foreigners
resident in Turkey must necessarily
be heavy drag on the wheels of the
government.
Another ominous and allied fact Is
that the Christians in the Turkish en-
pire are emigrating by the thousands.
II anybody has the curiosity to exam
inc the bulletins of Ellis island during
the present six months he will flnd
big percentage of Turkish subjects
among the arrivals. These men have
fled FROM the prospect of military serv-
Ice. When put to the test, they show
that the Christian population of Tur-
key Is not loyal to the government.
Apparently Constantinople is willing
to let these people CO. although, taken
as a class, the Christians are more
efficient members of the community
than the Moslems.
A Upper Room Conference.
These generalities were illustrated
and substantiated by an interview
had recently with dozen non-Moslem
Ottomans. who are all educated men,
and most of them professional men.
They would be called leading citizens
of any community. I asked friend
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-08-31
HOW TO AVOID MATRIM0NY
kind.Hearted Soul Offers Some Vaiu.
able Advice on the Matter,
Without Charge.

To avoid getting married is very
easy matter, either for a man or
woman. If you are man, frequent
the dance, especially the coming-out
dance. Stick to the debutante as
men of liberal views stick to their
opinions. Hang around Conservatives
when the music is playing soft and
low, and where there are intoxicating
odors. Hang around summer resorts
and attend musical recitals. There
are other things to do, but this should
be enough.
For a woman to avoid matrimony
is quite as easy. She should live in
college town, or Washington, D. G..
She should cultivate those young men
who wear yachting suits all summer
and who know what to do with their
hats on a piazza; who are good att
buckling on skates, who ask If you
have heard this and that, who would
just as soon act as ushers at we'd
ding as not, who are perfectly willing
to explain the game Of baseball, who
are willing to introduce other fell
lows.
That's all you have to do to avoid
matrimony. But, in order to cinch
the matter 1t may be well to add a
few more words Of advice.
Ladies! If man comes along who
will not talk baseball with you; who
does not know anybody and does not
| want to; who does not even play
bridge; who cannot even tell you who
are the richest girls at the summer
resort and just how rich they are;
who never was an usher at a wedding
and never will be-pass him the ice
pitcher! And do 1t quick! Then
go and hide!
Men! When you see a girl who
hasn't got crowd around her; who
wears no scalps upon her belt; who
subscribes to the T7"me Lady; who
knows how to set a table for five in
| a cottage that cost $1,000; who can
give an appropriate Halloween party.
Beat it, my son! Beat it!-Puck
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-08-31

Masonic movement will help improve
conditions; but they say that in Tur.
key the Masons do not cohere sum.
ciently. o. ...4.fl
The sultan's Greatest Dread.
Speaking of the reform element
which undoubtedly exists within Islam
itself, these educated Ottomans said
that the progressive Moslems dare not
show their hand in Turkey. There
is no real freedom of criticism.
IF you would print in your paper" I
suggested to one, that the Sultan is
not descendant of the prophet, and
not even a member of the prophets
tribe, and so, according to the ancient
law of Islam, is not qualified to be
caliph, would you be sent to prison?"
This point Is one which gives the sui
tan greatest concern.
With fine scorn the man answered:
mo; I would not go to prison; I would
go to my grave"
"These new days have only made
the Moslem Turks more fanatical.
There is likely to be massacre at
any moment. None of us is safe. I
cannot venture out without my pistol.
as you see"-moving aside his coat
and showing the pistol in his pocket
Everybody goes armed. When the
Moslems could kill Americans, as they
did Rogers and Maurer in Adana, they
say it is safe to 60 ahead and kill
native Christians"
Factors in Reform.
The gentlemen present were unani-
nous that the greatest factors of
promise in Turkey were the schools
maintained by foreigners, and espe-
cially by the Americans. After the
beginnings of the public education
which have been made, there may
come general enlightenment.
There is great need for the improve
ment of agricultural conditions by the
government itself, if people are to
wrest bare living from the fields.
with prices rising on every hand.
Late at night the conference broke
up, and carried with me a picture OF
men under the strain of the great fear
and a great discomfort, who could be
patriots if given chance, but whose
present sentiments are those of utter
antagonism to the government OF
which they are citizens.
copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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various nationalities that go to make
up Turkey, but that is far in the fu-
ture. At present we prefer the suzer-
ainty of some one of the powers-any-
body except the Turks; or we would
be glad to see our part of the country
neutralized under the powers, as is
the case with Lebanon, over which,
however, Turkey has some control.
Then all these emigrants who have
left by the hundreds of thousands
will return to this country. All of
them pine for the homeland, but they
simply cannot live here"
do you not see," remarked, "that
the country is being drained of the
best people by emigration, SO that the
prospects grow weaker as more of
them leave?"
Good people 60 to good country
was the terse rejoinder of a college
professor; there is no field here for
educated non-Moslems."
The Army Bugaboo.
have said that the prospect of mil
itary service which is now open to
the Christians is driving many young
men out of the country. Several were
escaping on ships upon which I trav.
eled. When demonstrated with these
young men declared that the Chris
tians are prosecuted in the army; that