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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Sherif's Sale.

Ike Gardner versus z. Gardner and F. ". Nattin:
No 5349. In Second District Court, Bossier
Parish, La.
10y virtue of writ Of seizure and sale,
ID issued in the above entitled suit
and to me directed, | have seized, and
will proceed to sell at public auction to
the last and highest bidder, within the
legal hours Of sale, at the Court House,
in the town of Benton, La, on Satur-
day, January 20, 1912, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
The southwest quarter of southwest
quarter of section 10, aud fractional
southeast quarter east OF Red River and
known as lot 2 in section 8, containing
in all, IS acres, more or less, in township
%, range IA, with all Improvements
thereon. Also, 40 stands Of bees, more
or less, and half interest in set OF
bee robbing tools; one ferry boat, one
skiff, one wire cable (across river), one
mower, two drag scrapers, all fixtures
belonging to ferry, and all farming i'm
plements formerly belonging to L. J.
Lusk, and now situated on said land, in
the Parish of Bossier, Louisiana.
Terms of Sale Cash, without the
benefit of app1aisement, to pay and sat-
isfy the sum of $3.50, with s per cent pei
annum interest on $3.50 thereof from De-
cember s, 1906, subject to the following
credits: S57 paid March IA, 1907, Sc
paid September 6, 1907, S27 paid October
| I, 1907, and S25.35 paid October 81, 1907
and like interest on $3.50 thereof from
December 8, 1907, and like interest on 9
like amount from December 8, 1908, anc
all costs of suit, including 5 per CEN
on said sum and interest as attorneys
fees. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.
| December IA, 1911. ian Is
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Insane English Monarchs.

George III. is the only British mon
arcl, who In modern times has been
placed under restraint and deprived
Of his authority because Of insanity,
though similar measures were at one
time contemplated with regard to his
son, George w.. the monarch who
has been described as "a bad son, a
bad husband. bad father, a bad sub
ject. bad monarch and bad friend
and " hose conduct while on the throne
was characterized by an eccentricity
which bordered on lunacy.
The insanity Of George III. was real
ly brought about by the dangerous
illness of his youngest and favorite
child. Princess Amelia. The unlikeli
hood Of her recovery preyed upon him
and FASTENED the attack Of mental de
rangement which incapacitated him
from reigning, although he had pre-
viously suffered from this malady. He
died hopelessly insane Mt Windsor after
losing his sight as well as his senses
Pearson's.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Thu Difference.

It was at an afternoon concert, and
in the stalls sat smartly dressed girl
and the young man who deemed her
the most precious jewel of the uni
verse; Behind them sat couple of
the type Of concert goers who came
rather to discuss the audience than
listen to the music.
Look at that girl just in front Of
u.s." commented one in a very audi
BILE whisper. "She's shop assistant at
LIS. l should like to know what bust
ness she has at gathering of this
sort. And just look at her hat! She
served me the other day with the one
am wearing, and l suppose she per
suades herself that there is no differ
ence between it and mine. never
The girl in front turned with Grim
son face.
"Oh, yes, madam, there's a differ
ence," she said quietly; mine is paid
for."-London Tit-Bits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Succession Sale.

Succession of S. M. Thomas, deceased.
IN District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
10y virtue OF commission issued to
ID me from the Second District Court
of Bossier Parish, La, in the above en-
titled succession, will offer for sale, on
terms hereinafter stated, and according
to law, at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, at the Court House door,
in the town of Benton, La, during the
legal hours of sale on Saturday, De-
cember so, 1911, the following described
property, to-wit:
An undivided one-third interest in the
west half of northeast quarter, northwest
quarter of southeast quarter and north
half of southwest quarter of section 1,
township 20, range IA, situated in Bos-
sier Parish, and containing in all zoo
acres, the said one third interest being
6625 acres, more or less, appraised at
$3.50 per acre, making for the 662s
acres $500.
Terms Of Sale-For cash, if the ap-
praisement or two-thirds thereof be bid
else on credic, according to law.
B. A. KELLY,
Administrator of said Succession.
December ii, 1911. 500
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
lrvinq's Modesty.

Fuller Mellish, who was for several
years in the company Of Sir Henry
Irving, first coming to America i'll his
support, told a characteristic story OF
the great English actor.
I'VE were discussing Tennyson i'll
the beefsteak room of the I.yceum orr
nieht,'' said Mr.. Mcliish. when ST.
Henry came over and ] ned in tie
conversation. 'Ah, yes he said. Ten
lyson. To be sure I know him. Cleve1
chap. yes, but vain. One night Ten
nyson and we're walking down Pie.
cadilly together, and rs we passed q
crowd on the street corner several G.
the men took off their hats and bowel!
Ha! Do you know Tennyson thought
they were bowling to him. Eytraordi
nary! Yes, clever chap. but vain. you
know"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Slerif'S Sale.

S. J. Caldwell versus lack Gardner. No $3.50.
In Second District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
DY virtue of writ of fieri facias,
ID issued in the above entitled suit
and to me dirested, have seized and
will proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House, in the town Of
Benton, La, on Saturday, January 20,
1912, the following described property,
to-wit:
Lot of block 80 of the town of Plain
Dealing, La, as per survey and map by
c. McClenaghan, surveyor, duly re-
corded in Bossier Parish, La.
Terms of Sale Cash, subject to the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and
satisfy the sum Of s135 50, with interest
thereon at the rate Of per cent per
annum from May 81, 1910, until paid,
and all costs Of suit.
j. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.
Benton, La, Dec. IA, 1911. jan IS
Homestead Entry No. 81, 423.
Department of the Interior, /,
U. s. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La, (
December II, 1911
NOTICE is hereby given that David
~ E. Chandler, OF Plain Dealing, La,
who, on September H., 1910, made
Homestead Entry No. 81 ,423 (04OO3) fol
the northwest quarter of northeast quar-
ter, northeast quarter Of northwest quar-
ter and west half of northwest quarter Of
section Is, township % north, range Il
west, Louisiana Meridian, has filed no.
tice of intention to make final commu-
tation proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before the CLERK
Of Court at Benton, La, on the 18th
day OF January, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: r. A
King, w. H. Crouch, J. S. Rodgers anG
/. H. Arnold, of Plain Dealing, La.
JOHN F. NUTTALL, Register.
December IA, 1911. ian11
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
What the Death Mask Shows.

The value of a plaster cast as a por-
trait of the dead or living face cannot
for !; moment be questioned 1t must
Of necessity be absolutely true to M
ture. 1t cannot flatter: it cannot carl
cature. It shows the subject as he
Wis or is. not only as others saw him
in he actual flesh. but as he saw him
self. And in the case Of the death
mask particularly it shows the sub
ject often as he permitted no one but
himself to see himself. He does not
pose; he does not TRY to look pleas
ant" In his mask he is seen. as Il
were. with his mask of.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
A Witty Thief.

Munich has been visited by a thief
with a sense of humor Several days
ago all the clocks in the ministry OF
railways cane to stanLstill. The
central or master clock" which con
trolls all the others. had been stolen
In its place was sheet Of paper with
the words, thine was made for
slaves"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Quick Action.

A southern farmer was trying to sell
mule to u negro who two years be-
fore had been kicked on the head By
the animal
"Of course" said the farmer this
mule kicks, but
Il dom wan him." objected the col
Ored man emphatically.
"Just because he kicks?" asked the
farmer, with an air of contempt.
'Humph" grunted the negro. "Da,
mule dom kick; he shoots. Popular
Magazine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Farm for Sale.

1O1 ACRES of upland land, level
lCl and fertile, 26 acres now in
cultivation, the remainder in oak, gum,
hickory and young pine timber. 4-room
residence, barn, out houses, etc. On
rural route and within three miles Of
Red Land Graded School. Free trans
portation to school. For other particu-
lars address J. F. Barnett, box "A, Route
2, Plain Dealing, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Homestead Entry No. 81 ,:}D5.

Department Of the Interior, )
U. S. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La,
December IL, 1911.
NOTICE is hereby given that Mr.. Ira
IN H. Arnold, of Plain Dealing, La,
who, on August IL, 1910, made Home
stead Entry No. 81 1895 (03996) for the
north half of southwest quarter of Sec
ton II, township % north, range 4west,
Louisiana Meridian, has filed notice OF
intention to make final Communication
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Clerk Of
Couit, at Benton, La, on the 18th day
January, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: Ed
Chandler, r. A. King, w. H. Crouch
and J. S. Rodgers, Of Plain Dealing, La
JOHN F. NUTTALL, Register.
December IA, 1911. ian II
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
An Itemixed Gill

The departing guest. according to a
writer in the London Opinion. scruti-
niZed his bill and exclaimed. Look
here. you charge for writing paper and
haven't used Il scrap all the time
I've been here.' The Proprietor All,
:fardon. m'sieur 1t is for the paper OF
which your bill is made out.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Maxine q p ,ro,

A nourishing supper. a good nights
sleep and a fine morning have often
made hero of the same man who
by indigestion, restless night and e
rainy morning would have proved a
coward Chesterfield.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Notice.
To Miss C. L. Wright:
December 20, 191
Notice.
To Magnus Gutberlet:

To Magnus Gutberlet:
l hereby notify you that bought lot
Is of block 3 of the Hunter Subdivision
to Bossier City, belonging to Magnus
Gutberlet, at public tax sale August
~, 1911, for taxes due Bossier City on
the roll of 1910, and the amount to re-
deem same will be as follows:
Amount bid at sale for 1910 taxes. ........ .S6 80
20 per cent interest thereon. q
To quit-claim deed and recording. .......... 2 90
Total Observation-Disclosures. SO 66
Recorded on Conveyances, volume 50,
page $50, August %, 1911.
If not redeemed in one year my title
becomes perfect under the law.
O. E. GIDDENS.
December 20, 19i1.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
comino Down,

The Madam with a hand to her
fiead)-1s my hair coming down. Kate?
The Maid-Yes, ma 'am. in a minute
I'm going right upstairs for it now
Yonkers Statesman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Notice..


To 1. Harris:
l hereby notify you that bought lots
2 and 50 of the Heilperin Addition to
Bossier City, belonging to Harris, at a
public tax sale June II, 1911, for taxes
due on the roll of 1910, and the amount
to redeem the same will be as follows:
Amount bid at sale for 1910 taxes. ....... So 40
20 per cent interest thereon ...............I 80
To quit-claim deed and recording ..-....... 90
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 20
Recorded on Conveyances, volume 80,
page 5l8, June %, 1911.
If not redeemed in one year my title
becomes perfect under the law.
O. E. GIDDENS.
December 70, 1911. sl-s
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
The Old Reliable Bird,

We do not pretend to know anything
about ORTHODOXY. but we are willing
t, say this much for the stork: He
delivers the goods.-Galveston News
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28

NOTICE is hereby given that I am APP
plying for pardon.-JIM MALoNEY.
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Recorded on Conveyances, volume 80,
page $50, August %, 1911.
If not redeemed in one year my title
becomes perfect under the law.
O. E. GIDDENS.
December 20, 1911.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28

Never make friends with the devil. q
monkey or boy. No man knows what
they will do next.-Rudyard Kipling.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-28
Notice.

Notice.
To L. F. C. Pierce:
l hereby notify you that I bough lots
26 and q of the Heilperin Addition to
Bossier City, belonging to L. F. c..
Pierce, at a public tax sale August 10,
1911, for taxes due Bossier City on the
roll of 1910, and the amount to redeem
same will be as follows:
Amount bid at sale for 1910 taxes. ........s Sc OF
20 per cent interest thereon ................ q
To quit-c'aim deed and recording. ........ 2 90
Recorded on Conveyances, volume sc,
page $50, August %, 1911.
If not redeemed in one-year my title
becomes perfect under the law.
O.E GIDDENS.
December 20, 1911.
Notice.
To Miss C. L. Wright:
l hereby notify you that bought lots
13 and IA of the Heilperin Addition to
Bossier City, belonging to Miss c. L.
Wright, at tax sale August 10, 1911,
for taxes due Bossier City on the roll OF
1910, and the amount to redeem the same
will be as follows:
Amount bid at sale for 1910 taxes. SO OF
| 20 per cent interest thereon. l q
To quit-claim deed and recording. .......... OF
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES q
Recorded on Conveyances, volume 80,
page SOL, August q, 1911.
If not redeemed in one year my title
becomes perfect under the law.
0. E. GIDDENS.
December 20, 1911.
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Notice.
Toll. VI. MOrehead:

To L. NJ. Morehead:
l hereby notify you that bought lot
219 of the Heilperin Addition to Bossier
City, belonging to L. M. Morehead, at
public tax sale June II, 1911, for taxes
due on the roll of 1910, and the amount
to redeem the same will be as follows:
Amount bid at sale for 1910 taxes Sc 0S
20 per cent interest thereon. l 2
To quit-cam deed and recording. .......... 90
80
Add to this Bossier City taxes, 1910. IS 81
20 per cent interest thereon. ......... l IS W
Recorded on Conveyances, volume 50,
page SIG, June %, 1911.
Recorded on Conveyances, volume 80,
page 557, August q, 1911.
If not redeemed before June II, 1912,
my title becomes perfect under the law.
0. E. GIDDENS.
December 20, 1911. 51-s
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Notice.

To j. l.. Andreold:
] hereby notify you that l bought lot
243 of the Heilperin Addition to Bossier
City, belonging to J. L. Andreola, at a
public tax sale August 10, 1911, for taxes
due Bossier City on the roll of 1910, and
the amount to redeem same will be as
follows:
Amount bid at sale for 1910 taxes. .......S5 81
To quit-claim deed and recording ........ 90
Total ......................S SO 90
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December IA, 1911. ian II
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
KNEW WHEN TO QUIT.

A delegation Of three entered the
once Of the young and rising lawyer.
and the spokesman laid q box of Ct.
gars on the table and stepped back
and said:
The Quill club. of which you are
. member. desires to present its com
pliments."
"But-I-I- stammered the law.
yer.
You made a speech at the club
last night?'
1t was a speech on Washington"
~But-but-"
You arose and said that George
Washington was q great man."
And then I broke down and could
say. no more"
That's why the club presents you
these cigars-because you knew
enough TO break down when you had
aid enough"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

CPRINGFIELD MO.-Nearly 90 years
- old, with IS years OF teaching to
her credit, Mrs. Mary s. Boyd. the pio-
neer school teacher of the Ozarks is
still engaged in instilling into the
minds Of youth the first elements Of
learning in one Of Springfeld's public
schools.
IF there is one thing in the Ameri.
can public school OF which / disap-
prove" Mrs. Boyd tells her friends, 1T
Is corporal punishment.
Il remember very distinctly how,
when young girl going to school in
a log cabin schoolhouse. l sat In my
seat, frozen with terror, whenever the
schoolmaster chastised an unruly pu-
pil. Even when l was nearly grown,
the sight Of a pupil being punished
made me feel sick and faint. How
greatly ! feared the slender birch
switch, whole bundle Of which stood
in the schoolroom.
Il began teaching school in Spring.
field in 1862, before the terrible war
had begun. I have trained probably
four generations from that time TO
this-and have seen from a teachers
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Mexico City a Port of Missing Men

arrive. His friends in MONTERREY
missed him, but what became of him
has never been learned.
walter B. Scott of Blur Roads. Kan
Is being anxiously sought by relatives
He started for Mexico a year ago. but
never reached here so far as known.
The most peculiar disappearance
case on record here is that of n younr
business man from Illinois who acci.
dentally learned the location OF a mine
while touring this country. Leaving
his trunk at hotel and without saw.
ing word to any OF his companions,
he slipped away to the mountains and
found the mine. He remained there
and went through a siege OF mountain
fever which left him apparently not
much the worse except q peculiar
lapse OF memory about his former life
In Illinois. He prospered in mining
operations and remained In the noun.
tains for a couple OF years, being given
up for dead in the meantime by His
friends.
IL became necessary for him TO 20 TO
the city where he had left his trunk
When he walked into the hotel he was
recognized by attaches, and narration
OF the story cleared his mind. He
wired at once to his family that he
was all right.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

MEXICO CITY-Mexico is becoming
AVA known in the United States as a
port OF missing men and a consider
able part OF the Official correspondence
Of the American consulate here Is an.
swering inquiries about men who have
wandered from homes in the states
and are supposed to be in this revolu-
uonridden land.
Within a year over two hundred
cases of missing Americans supposed
to be In Mexico have been reported TO
the consulgeneral.
Among the recent cases reported
was the disappearance of Mrs. Martha
Flanagan OF Jefferson City. Mo. She
Is "a years old and her friends have
notified Consul-General Guyant that
she came to Mexico several months
ago and disappeared.
@. w. Clark Of Fairpoint. s. d., lived
here for couple of years and wrote
home regularly. The letters ceased to
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

NEW YoRK.-The first woman stow.
~ away to come % this port in many
years was brought in from Glasgow
on the Anchor liner Columbia She is
Scotch, is years old. and her name is
Annie Mexican. The lassie's presence
was discovered three days out from
Glasgow. mad she was taken at once
before CaDtain Wadsworth.
She was not even a wee bit afraid.
and told her story with the uncon-
Germ OF a professional stowaway. The
FIRST question asked by the skipper
was why she had boarded the Colum.
bia without ticket. That was easily
explained. She tossed 1t on in a sen
teDce. She had no intention Of sailing
for America.
1T was like this. ye ken" said Annie
calmly. Mr. David Mcdowell of
Glasga and her five wee BARNS were n
sailin' for New York. Her mon was
to join her at Neville. She needed help
with the BARNS and luggage. an /
went along as far as Neville"
We'll, why did you not get on at
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Bedrooms Bad Form in Kansas Civ

mer president of the Livestock Er.
change, four years ago began to sIeen
on his porch. At the time he bu,lt
only a makeshift over his rear porch
where he could place a cot. But as he
began to feel better upon awakinr In
the morning after a restful night he
resolved to live mose in the open air
An open-air dining room was added
TO the ground floor and the sleepins
room was made permanent. Mrs. swift
said:
When Mr.. Swift began to sleep in
the open air four years ago he was the
only one in this block who embraced
the fad. He liked II so well that our
neighbors took up the idea and now Of
the 10 houses In the block only three
are without sleeping porches. MANY
have sun parlors In addition"
In addition to the sleeping porcb
most OF the houses under construction
In Kansas City have a sun parlor. n
IL usually built on the first floor. with
windows to enclose Il on three sides
during the winter. In the warm veath.
er the glass II removed and screens
substituted.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Scotch Lassie Sails as a Stowaway

Neville when We stopped there?" ask.
ed Captain Wadsworth.
"Weel, when we got there" replied
Annie. seriously. Il was so awful sick
from the pitchin' o. the ship that I
really didna take time TO think O. goin'
ashore"
Some one would have helped you
ashore" said the skipper.
Weel, | didna even think o. that ("
returned Annie.
There was only one thing that Annie
Mexican did think of during her sea.
son Of forgetfulness. and that was the
fact pleasing to her. that David Nc.
Dowell did not join his wife aboard the
Columbia at Neville.
IL occurred to Annie. merely as an
afterthought, that inasmuch as Mrs.
Mcdowell had tickets for herself and
husband and children. and inasmuch
as Mr.. Mcdowell did not appear at Mo
vile, II would not be well for his ticket
to go vacant" over the Atlantic. So
Annie assumed that she might travel
on the transportation OF the missing
mon"
When the Columbia locked the skin.
per sent the stowaway TO Ellis Island
where the immigration officials will
probably deport her.
Mrs. Mcdowell and her FIVE children
also face deportation. They have no
means OF support, and are likely TO be.
come public charges.