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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
Levy Barred From Club

washington. D. C.--Jeaerson NJ
Levy, the new representative In con.
gress from New York City has failed
OF admittance to the METROPOLITAN
club here thereby sharing the fate of
Congressman Martin W. LlttletoD.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
Seven Mutes Join Church

Fulton-The Missouri school for tho
neaf has contributed seven students no
members OF the First Baptist church
II was the largest class of mutes ever
admitted into the church. The ser.
mon was Interpreted by Miss Norma
Lang "a"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
Woman Astronomer Dies

Boston, Mass.--Mrs. Williamina Pa.
ten Fleming, one of the foremost as.
tronomers of the world and curator of
astronomical records in Harvard uni.
versity, died in a Boston hospltal
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
Proposed Bond Issue Fails,

oedalia.-The people OF Pettis conn.
" voted on a proposition TO Issue
ponds to an amount not to exceed
$"oo'oO0 for the purpose of building
rock roads. The majority against the
bond issue is about 200 'N
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
Trains Crash In Enn

Gray's Lake. Ill.-Two men were
Killed. one critically injured and 9th.
ers slightly hurt In q collision be.
tween two freight trains on the Soc
line at Doollttle's crossing, two miles
from here.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
Governor Frees pair

Jehersoa City:-Governor Hadley
paroied from the penItentiary John
hazllp' sentenced to so years for the
murder OF his wife, and Lewis Martin.
convicted of robbery In the first do.
gree, to eight years.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25

AhronI"mo France. who
MAJ" record breaking flight from Is.
FF les MonlnoauX to this place, in tho
PAFI'ioMadrId aviation race. brourh,
out his machin" to give an exhibition.
lie vas not successful IN rising. and
the crowd became unruIy and dcmaud
20 '3olr money back Rioters broke
me barriers and attempted 10 wreck
NE official buildings and Vcdrinr,s
machine. It was necessary to call ont
IN" troops 70 rescue the memhrre of
IN" Aero clubs committee, who had
charge OF the AFFAIR.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
Teach Girls 70 Hoard Car

Chicago.-Mrs Ella Flag Young.
superintendent of the Chicago schools
mas instituted a course in which girls
are taught how to get on and of street
cars without injuring themselves
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
Friuhtfui,

They say She looked duggers at
HIM"
Worse than that She looked long
hatpins"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
ktlrrdl

Employer want a boy who is alb.
solutely trustworthy Do you ever
give business secrets away?
AppIicant-Not much boss! sells
en- Judge.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25

Hardly anything can make such a
1901 oil n man as side whskers for
him to DO proud Of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25

LOWS Single Binder, extra quality to-
bacea, costs moro than other Sc ci-,rs
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
Prize State Soma

Missouri fair, We bring to thee
Hearts fun Of love and loyalty;
Ihou central star, though brightest
gem
OF all the brilliant dIadem.
Missouri
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
CIIORIrS.

Nor north, nor south, nor east nor
west,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-03-30
Cotton Claims Can Now Be Collected.

Congressman ]. T. Watkins has issued
circular addressed to the press of this Con
pressiopal District from which we take the
following paragraph:
GAS the law was enacted through bill
coming from the Committee on the Revision
of the Laws, of which am member, ana
as it carries out the provisions OF Dill
which filed two years ago and which was
referred to the Committee on War Claims,
of which am member, understand the
law to mean that all those from whom cot
ton, and other property, was taken oy the
Federal authorities after June l, 1865, can
now introduce their proof in the Court OF
Claims at Washington and recover the
value of the property in those cases IN
which the proceeds of the sale Of the prop
erty are in the United States Treasury"
Following are the names of those from
Bossier Parish who are credited with pro-
ceeds of cotton in the United States Treas
ury: David Platt, 18 bales; Abel Skannal,
so bales; Robert Hodges, estate, 60 bales;
y. D. OuSS, CStdICs W Ooi00, = " A@A0~SoSs
"a bales; John L. Hodges, Is bales; }. j.
Bryan, "a bales; ]. P. Smith, Is bales !;
F. Dickson, % bales; Charles R. Griswold,
8 bales; W. j. Hughes, 6 bales; W. II.
Martin, bales; W. McGilvery, 3 bales
J. j. Hodges, 80 bales.
The following is a partial list OF those
from Bossier Parish who have claims filed
in the Treasury Department at Washing
ton, but Mr.. Watkins says he has not been
able to find any record showing that the
proceeds were deposited in the Treasury
except as shown in the preceding list:
Lou Ella Afford, 80 bales; Thomas W
! Abney, Is bales; William F. Boone, 81
bales; James NJ. Garfield, bales; Burton
P. Deck, bales; Thomas NJ. Gilmer, 1O(
bales; John J. Hodges, executor, III bales
Edwin J. Kennon, II bales; DR.. Henderson
Mcfarland, number of bales not given
r. P. Daniels administrator, 81 bales
Robert B. Plat, IS bales; D. B. Plat, 1;
bales; David Plat, 80 bales; William R
Prather, III bales; Norbert F. Scopeni
80 bales; Jesse G. Sandlin, 70 bales; J. B
Sugg's heirs, 100 bales.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-03-30
JOY In WORK.

There are many persons so narrow
minded and so blind that they cannot ap-
preciate the soul-side of honest work. To
such persons it is the heightened shadow
of the so-called "curse of Eden," and
they 90 about it in this light-that it is the
penalty imposed upon the race for Adams
sin.
Blest will be the day when all men realize
that labor is not penalty for sin, but the
best of all antidotes for that poisson. Happy
the man or woman who feels within that
there is no higher or nobler calling than to
do the necessary work of the world in the
best possible manner.
For until one comes to this place, the
road is bound to be rough and fogs or dust
clouds are bound to veil the beauties of the
way.
Until we know that work is the highest
form of worship, and that as such, it re-
pays US spiritually in large measure, we
cannot hope to get great deal out OF life.
For there is more comfort and more
genuine pleasure and more recompense in
work than in anything else we have-in-
deed, it is all we have here and it is the
one connecting link that binds US close to
nature, which is God on earth.
Unless the whole system of human ex-
istence, as revealed to US in man and ma
ture. be lie, men were put in this world
to work.
They were put hereto work honestly and
WE'LL not to shirk and scheme and devise
ways by which they could reap the rewards
of labor without laboring. And if there be
any ''curse of labor" it exists only in the
form Of those who make pretense of work
ing; those who cheat with their hands;
those who force others to do the work they
themselves should do.
In honest labor we should find not only
the satisfaction of having done our duty
which is selfish sort at best, but spirit.
ual recompense and a joy beyond any which
can be bargained for in ways the worle
uses.
In honest labor all religion should be
rooted, for out of it the strong stems of self
reliance will grow, bearing blossoms of thu
faith that is worth while-the faith tina
comes from an inner consciousness of ou
high place as sons of God.
In honest labor we shall find rest, ant
the best gifts our Father can give US, fo
our highest heritage is to work for wha
we get.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-03-30
THE STATE PRESS.

Gand Cane Item: This district has prob
ably never been represented in Congress by
a man who has done more able or efficient
work for his constituents than has Judge
Watkins.
Cosgrove's Weekly: Why, the most vital
concern in in our State politics is the leg
islature Mark that, please. What ever
Mr.. Sauders has done was done because he
had legislative authority therefor. If there
are bad laws, more officials and more official
fees it is because there was a truculent,
ignorant or corrupt legislature. No battle
in Louisiana for political reform made on
other lines than for clean, upright and
manly General Assembly is worth the can
Lake Charles American Press: When
the State Game and Fish Commission
brings its new picture show to Lake Charles,
we suggest a few views of the poor fisher
men along the Mississippi who are to be
debarred from earning living after April
1st, while the people of Louisiana are to be
forced to buy fish caught in Florida and
Texas at higher price. An explanation
of how this will benefit the people of the
State or advance the sacred cause of con-
servstion might also be made.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-03-30
Wasting School Time.

In a circular letter to parish superintend-
ents, relative to State Rally Day and the
Teachers Convention, State Superintend-
emit of Education T. H. Harris puts squarely
upon the parish superintendent the duty
of urging upon the school boards the at
tendance of pupils and teachers upon the
functions above mentioned. Therefore the
parish superintendent are placed in the
position of urging these matters, however
we'll they know that the people are opposed
to the waste of school time involved. The
superintendents know-or should know in
this time-that the Teachers Convention is
farce; that not one teacher in twenty,
forty, is benefited one iota in teaching ca
pacity by these annual pleasure jaunts.
The superintendent know that the school
boards are convinced that it is a useless
waste of time and money and at heart are
opposed to such junkets.
The superintendent themselves know
these facts we'll. But they are between two
fires: the people who want one thing, and
the State powers that want the exact OPP
posite. On one hand is the superintend-
ent's salary, on the other his certificate.
Thus he must dance to the music of both,
or hopelessly offend one or the other. The
superintendent are placed in an unfair
position. They can not serve two masters.
Heretofore it has been easily seen which
they prefer to serve, but when the people
demand aud secure their rights and privi-
leges, it will happen that their wishes will
be more respected.-N. F,uncisriNe True
Democrat.
We venture the assertion that large
majority of the parish superintendent and
teachers are opposed to quitting their
work at home to attend State School Con-
ventions, but feeling that they are at the
mercy of the powers that be, reluctantly
obey orders. There must be some excuse
to squander on favorites of the State School
Ring the S15, 0OC misappropriated annually
by our exceedingly liberal Legislature,
hence the necessity of these "pleasure
iaunts ITO the influential salary grabbers.
Cut and dried complimentary resolutions
are also needed to strengthen the political
machine, which is always thirstiug after
the feshpots.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-03-30

It has been determined to celebrate in
New Orleans on April 18th the fiftieth an
niversary of the departure of the six COM
panies of Dreaux' 9 Battalion, which left that
city for Pensacola, Fla, April II, 1851.
From Pensacola the battalion was trans
ferred to Yorktown, Va, under Gen. J. B.
Magruder. Lieutenant-C Colonel Charles D.
Dreaux, commander of the battalion, who
was MORALLY wounded in q skirmish near
Newport News, Va, July 6, 1861, was
the first Confederate officer killed in the
Civil War The Shreveport Grays was the
fifth company in the battalion. Its officers
were J. H. Beard, captain; George Will
Hanson, first lieutenant; Leon D. Marks,
second lieutenant. and B.. L. Hodge, third
lieutenant. Beard was merchant and his
lieutenants were among the foremost law
yers in North Louisiana, the four officers
distinguishing themselves, during the
war. Beard was promoted colonel of the
Crescent Regiment and was killed in the
Battle of Mansfield, April8, 1854. Marks
was promoted colonel of the Twenty
seventh Louisiana Regiment, and was
mortally wounded during the Siege of
Vicksburg. Hodge was elected colonel of
the Nineteenth Louisiana Regiment and
later was electedto the Confederate States
Congress from this district, dying while
serving in that body. Brigadier- General
Henry Gray, of Bienville, was elected for
the unexpired term, but the war closed be-
fore Gray could reach Richmond. Will
hanson served for a while on the staff of
Gen. Leonidas Polk with the rank of major;
was promoted colonel and served on the
staff of Gen. E. Kirby Smith until the
surrender. Truly, "what page of glory
could be written of the men of Dreaux's
Battalion!"
Major General Thomas J. Shaffer, the
efficient and popular commander-in- chief
of the Louisiana Division, U. C. v, was a
member of Dreaux's Battalion.
Among the survivors of the Shreveport
Grays are DR.. R. A. Gray of Shreveport,
and ]. M. Scanland, editor of the Vermilion
News, Abbeville, La. There are doubtless
others, and if we knew their names they
would be inserted in this paragraph.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-03-30
LATEST NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.

Snow and blizzard conditions prevailed
in Nebraska Sunday night.
: Fire at Fayette, Ala, last Friday. caused
$3.50, 600 loss, with only $4,000 insurance.
Thieves robbed mail pouch of $4,000
in transit between Tampa and Clearwater,
Fla, last Friday.
A Cincinnati woman poisoned herself
after having witnessed melodrama which
made her melancholy.
Nine persons were killed and many in
jured last Saturday when passenger train
fell through tressel near Ocilla, Ga.
Magazine and other bulky periodicals,
after July 1st, will be transported by the
Postoffice Department in car loads as fast
freight.
A cyclone in the vicinity of Monroeville,
Ala, Monday, killed two persons, injured
twenty five and caused considerable prop
erty loss.
Dan Beasley, farmer, was shot and
killed near Rockport, Miss, last Saturday,
by negro who was later taken from officers
and lynched by mob.
The Emperor of Japan sent message
last week reciprocating President Taft's
expression of good will and understanding
between the two nations.
A cyclone last Monday caused loss of
life and much damage in Philadelphia,
New York and surrounding territory.
Sixty oil derricks at Mcdonald, Pa, were
leveled, causing loss of 5000. At
Waynesburg, Pa, tombstones were picked
up by the wind and carried from cemetery
into road a hundred feet away.
One hundred and forty EIGHT persons
nine-tenths of them girls-were crushed
to death on the pavements, smothered in
smoke or shriveled crisp in factory fire
in New York Saturday afternoon in the
worst disaster that city has known since
the steamship General W. H. Slocum was
burned to the waters edge, in 1904.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-03-30
Power Of the Press.

From Paper read before Press Association by F.
Collins.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-03-30
FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

Two Cinnamon officially reported dead
were found at work in New Orleans.
Western farmers last week purchased
900 acres more land near New Orleans.
The plant of a lumber company at Eros
was destroyed by fire last Friday. Loss
estimated at 100000.
H. G. Lewis, seventy-two years old, an
educator and Confederate veteran, died
Saturday at Marthaville,
A negro man was rescued in terrible
plight after being lost several days in
swamps near New Orleans.
The Illinois Central uses long-distince
telephone between New Orleans and Chi
cage daily for dispatching.
LaSalle Ledger: Uncle Joe Thompson
killed his master hog during the cold spell
last week and it weighed sol pounds, and
dressed 444 pounds. The fat rendered into
lard made $50 pounds and would bring
nearly $50 alone if sold at the present mar
ket prices.
The New Orleans Times Democrat of
Sunday says: Approximately $500, 200
of benefit was done to the truck farmers
around Kenner by the rain of yesterday
and the day previous. This is the estimate
of l.. B. Langworthy of Chicago, who is
largely interested in unreclaimed lands in
the vicinity of that village, and returned
{hop 1ocf nj Mn h.,
says that the rain came just at the right
time to save the berry crop and other truck,
The rain was general through Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Ken
lucky, according to reports which have
been received. Probably the most benefit
done in Louisiana was to the strawberry
crop in the vicinity of Hammand, Tickfaw
and Independence. Farmers say that the
value of the rain will be close to $4,000, 600
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-03-30
A Northern Idol Denounced.

Topeka, KANSAS, March 21.-Another
Kansas idol has been shattered. For many
years John Brown, who was hanged as a
traitor at Harper's Ferry, has been held up
to Kansas school children as the foremost
leader of the anti-slavery fight and as a
man who died to make the black man free.
Browns memory has been kept alive
through constant references to him in school
books. The State recently purchased a
plot of ground near Osawatomie as John
Brown memorial, Theodore Roosevelt ded-
icated the park last fall, In his dedication
speech the former President did not mention
John Brown.
In the Legislature recently the question
of appropriation for the park came up.
j. W. Brown of Butler County, Democrat,
and j. j. Veatch of Washington County, a
Republican, both Union soldiers, took the
floor to denounce John Brown as an assas-
sin, murderer and anarchist. After their
remarks we're made, others sought to have
the speeches expunged from the legislative
record, but were voted down. Hon. j. w.
Brown said:
eff John Brown had consumated his
instruction, started at Harper's Ferry,
probably would have died in youth. John
Brown was never in proper sense resi-
dent of Kansas, nor was he 'Osawatomie
Brown that appellation having been ap-
piled to O. C.. Brown, who founded the town.
John Brown never engaged in any legiti-
mate business or employment. With the
instincts of an anarchist and the hand of
an assassin, his career in Kansas was one
| of lawlessness and crime, the one indelible
blot on the otherwise fair State record. No
Kansan desires to appropriate money to
perpetuate the name of Booth, Guiteau
or Czolgosz. Neither will l consent to
exalt the name of the first anarchist this
country produced
Hon. j. j. Veatch said:
81 am Republican and was a soldier
for four years in the Union Army. / adj
mire brave man who, with sword in
hand, will lead his men through shot and
shell. But despise sneak and bush
whacker. John Brown allowed his men to
sharpen their swords and kill five unarmed
men by cutting them to pieces in the pres
ence of their wives and children. There
fore, he was guilty of murder. will not
vote to appropriate single dollar to honor
the memory of man whom I believe a
murderer
When an effort was made to have the
statements expunged from the legislative
records, there was scurrying to the His
torical Society rooms to get letters and
papers supporting the statements the two
Representatives made. After two-hour
debate the statements were not erased.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-03-30

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