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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-06-13
IF You Desire Success.

If you wish success in life, make
perseverance your bosom friend, ex-
perience your wise counselor, caution
your elder brother, and hope your
guardian genius.-Addison.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-06-13
Sad Case.

II do believe my brother will be
bachelor. He has such bad luck! Ey-
cry time he wants to marry girl for
love she has too little money"
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Uncle PennywIse Says:

When you ask a woman if she loves
her second husband as we'll as she
did her first, she always answers:
differently. "-Washington Her.
aid.
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Which Do You See?

The pessimist sees the thorns on
the roses! the optimist sees the roses
on the thorns.-From Judge.
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THE END.
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Lieut.. Harry Mallory is
ordered to the Philippines. He and Mar
jorie Newton decide to elope, but wreck
of taXicab prevents their seeing minister
Oh the way to the train.
CHAPTER H.-Transcontinental train
Is taking on passengers. Porter has
lively time with an Englishman and Ira
LathrOp, Yankee business man..
CHAPTER III.-The clippers have an
exciting time getting to the train.
CHAPTER 1v.-"Little Jimmie" We'll
lington, bound for Reno to get divorce.
boards train in maudlin condition. Later
Mrs. Jimmie appears.
CHAPTER v.-she is also bound for
Reno with same object. Likewise Mrs.
Sammy Whitcomb.
CHAPTER vI-Latter blames Mrs.
Jimmie for her marital troubles. Class
mates Of Mallory decorate bridal BERTH
CHAPTER vII.-Rev. and Mrs. Temple
start on vacation. They decioe 10 GU S;s
loose and Temple removes evidence OF ms
calling.
CHAPTER vIII-Marjorie decides to
let Mallory proceed alone, put Tram
starts while they are lost in farewell.
CHAPTER IX.-Passeng~s -. JON NAL
lory's classmates in giving couple we'd
ding hazing.
CHAPTER X.-Marjorie is distracted
over their situation.
CHAPTER XI.-Ira Lathrop, woman
hating bachelor discovers an old sweet
heart, Anne Cattle, fellow passenger.
CHAPTER XII-Mallory vainly hunts
for a preacher among the passengers.
CHAPTER XIII-Mrs. wellington
hears Little Jimmie's voice. Later she
meets Mrs. Whitcomb.
CHAPTER XIV.-Mallory reports to
Marjorie his failure to find preacher.
CHAPTER XV.-They decide to pretend
a quarrel and Mallory finds vacant
berth.
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Copyright, 1911. by Il. K. Fly Co
Speculation.

Most people speculate because they
believe there are bigger fools than
themselves who will draw the blanks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-06-13

Low English Marriage Rate.
The marriages in England last year
averaged ten to one thousand popula-
ton.
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Carteryille.

Monday, March 25.-Present weather
conditions seem to have turned business
upside down. The steady downpour of
rain Saturday morning and the cold
wave following almost have the farmer
to the place where he doesn't know
what's what, and especially is this true
of the holders who are carrying wage
earners. It is quite "blue" time,
indeed. 1t is no rare sight to see your
neighbor in a full dress, with his over
coat added.
Mr.. Grafton Peyton was a caller on
friends of this place yesterday.
Mr.. G. w. May of this place has just
purchased 1886 span of mules from
the Bolinger Stock Company.
From the sting of the cold air and
frost we feel as though we are going to
be peach less this season, after all.
The present condition of our parish
roads is getting to be quite noticeable
and burdensome, but your correspond
ent is led to believe it would be quite
advisable to pass up the cheap-rate road
drag for the present.
| The writer has been informed that the
late flood of rain resulted in much de-
struction on farms and especially to
fences. 1t is said that almost every
bridge, regardless of size, was either
moved or badly damaged from the effect
of the present high water. Old.
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Linton.

Monday, March 25.-Farmers are fully
one month behind with their work, so
much rain having fallen. Some few in
this community have planted corn but
now think it would be better in the barn.
Mr.. I. w. Wilmington of Ivan was
around assessing taxes on Friday OF last
week. He spent that night with Mr..
J. E. Bundy.
Mr.. w. E. Coleman Of Bossier City
was in this community last week seeing
the people about the proposal to move
the parish seat from Benton.
While piling brush to-day Mr.. J. E.
Bundy lost a $40 watch. He thinks a
brush snatehed it out OF his pocket and
that it was thrown into the fire.
A box supper was given at the school
house last Friday night by the teachers
and school girls. The attendance was
small on account of inclement weather,
but all who attended had a fine time.
Miss Jessie Hudson OF Minden and
Messrs. Roy Smith and Tom Lawson Of
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Red Land.

Monday, March 25.-Rev. c. M. Nor
gan preached an excellent sermon here
yesterday.
We regret to note that Mrs. L. T.
Goodwin is still confined to her bed with
fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. Stewart we're
guests yesterday of DR.. and Mrs. Rupert
Butler.
Mr.. Dallas Allen of Shreveport spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. G. Allen.
Allen and Linton Boggs, two board
ing students here, spent Sunday in Plain
Dealing with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. L. Boggs.
A meeting OF the patrons of Red Land
Graded School will be held at 100 pm
Saturday, April 18th, to elect new trus-
tees for the ensuing year.
The heaviest rain of the year fell here
Saturday. All streams are greatly
swollen, fields are washed very badly
and corn planting will be delayed al
least ten days.
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Midway furnished plenty Of good music
for the occasion, for which they have
the thanks of all present. Come again,
friends.
A good many cows are dying in this
community. Mr.. J. L. Jones has lost
about six head and Mr.. L. T. Merritt
three in one night. Most every one has
lost one or more.
Mrs. Lila Roach, relict of William
Roach, died at her home near Ivan on
the 18th, the interment taking place in
Rocky Mount Cemetery. Mrs. Roach
was daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. M.
Wilson and is survived by them, five
children and four brothers. She was a
good neighbor, kindly mother and an
industrious and worthy woman.
The pupils in Linton school making
the highest grades for the month ending
March 9Th were: Ninth grade-Bot
Bumgardner; sixth grade-Ethel Dali
rymple; fifth grade-Claudia Bumgard-
ner. Four girls-Ethel Dalrymple,
Claudia Bumgardner, Lucille Keith and
Sadie Lay-were awarded the box Of
chocolates offered in the history contest
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Another Friend Gone.

"Another friend gone!" in whisper
we say,
And the list seems so long, and to-
morrow they'll lay
The green turf above him and whisper
farewell,
And some will be left in the shadows to
tell
The traits that endeared him, the things
that were best
In the heart that beat there in his
| motionless breast,
While the night comes, the dream goes,
| the morrow creeps on
And our lips breathe again "There' S
another friend gone!"
Another friend gone! Fen the birds
| seem to know
When they lay the loved friends where
| the green myrtles grow,
And the blooms bow in sorrow, the earth
| seems to feel
The poignance that pains and the grief
that is real,
And they seem to come nearer and seem
to be more
Like human companions than ever
before,
|
wake with the dawn
AS we echo at rising: Another friend
gone!"
Another friend gone! And the list
grows SO great,
And we stand here so grieved by the
little low gate
Where life passes by and our own life
is spent
In the poor, simple service for which il
was meant,
That there isn'tmuch wonder when news
comes again
OF manly man fallen in the life-worh
of men
That part of our own life, our zeal and
our zest,
Has passed with the dream of his cold
dreamless breast!
Another feiend gone! Little train o'el
the hill
Wind along the sweet street where thu
days are so still;
Lay him down, lay him down, where thu
valleys are met
Meath the green-w willow shadows o
loved Olivet;
Lay MIN OOWi, lay MN uoWu, WIZ Ad
come from the strife
To the gift of sweet rest from clean
manly life;
Let the little bell toll; on your hinge
of rust,
Turn, turn, oh We gates, to the greer
tents of dust!
Another friend gone! and our eyes tur1
away,
For we don't want the world to look il
at the play
OF sweet feelings and sacred; just Wan
to be here
| With the birds and the stars and tn
grief and the tear
And our dreams of the old days when h
came and went
} And our own lives with his were s
) mingled and blent,
And the dark shadows lifted, when b
smiled, like dawn,
/. Ere the night brought the news OF Gan
! other friend gone!'
Fl Baltimore Sun.
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"NO Paw. No Paper"

In substance that is what Uncle Sans
postal regulations say. In other words,
a publisher is only permitted to use the
mails to forward his paper, or other
publication, to bona Jide subscribers
In the event the regulation is violated
the post Office authorities bar the pub
Usher from circulating his publication
at newspaper rates. That would just
about take his living away from him
wouldn't it?
Mg The Government holds that the
subscriber Of weekly newspaper who
is twelve months in arrears is not bono
fde subscriber. Then it must be very
clear to all that we cannot grant credit
on subscription for term in excess Of
twelve months. This much we are will
ling to do for any reputable citizen who
is resident of Bossier or any of its
adjoining parishes.
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The editor of the Banner respectfully requests
tba. obituary poetry not be submitted for publ
cation. Such verse when good is usually not
original. and when original is usually not good.
A short obituary notice Immediately following a
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be eauged by the prominence of the deceased in
the community where the family resides.
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CORRESPONDENCE
HaufhtOn.

Monday, March 25.-Rain, rain, and
rain.
Mr.. o. P. Harris has been on the sick
list for several days.
Mrs. J. E. Wyche and little son, J. E.
jr., are visiting in Ruston.
Buffalo fish are being brought to this
market in plentiful quantities.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. McDade of Nc
Dade were visitors here last week.
Mr.. J. w. Elston, jr., OF Shreveport
spent yesterday here with the home
folks.
Prof. B. N. Lowrey has moved to the
Rascoe old place, which he recently
purchased.
DR.. c. M. Tucker is expected to return
home from Shreveport sanitarium in
about week.
Joe Phillips, highly respected old
time darby died Saturday at his home
near Bellevue.
Mrs. Kate Wyche returned to Haugh-
ton last week after spending several
weeks in Bellevue.
Several of the farmers of this vicinity
attended the Farm Demonstration meet
ing in Princeton Saturday.
The enrolment of our school is grow
ing. The Fillmore transportation wagon
now brings twenty children.
Many cattle have died in this vicinity
during the past month, as consequence
of the extreme winter weather.
Quarterly Conference will be held in
the Methodist Church here next Satur-
day and Sunday, the Both and 31st.
Mr.. Sidney Baten and family have
moved from Webster Parish to this place
and will occupy part of the Crume Hote
with Mr.. 8aten's mother.
Mr.. D. A. johnson and family, who
moved from here to Arkansas last year
will move back soon. Mr.. johnson says
Bossier is good enough for him.
Mrs. Arie Yates died last Tuesday al
the home of her son-in-law, Mr.. J. w
Worley, the interment taking place il
Fillmore cemetery the following day.
Mrs. E. r. Nix of Holdenville ant
Mrs. C. H. Robertson of Okema, Okla.
| and Mr.. w. T. McDade of Lake Charles
spent last week here. They came t
attend the funeral of their mother, Mrs
| Matte McDade.
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in this court was five years in the Peni-
tertiary.
Judge A. J. Murff of Shreveport was
a visitor in Benton the latter part of
last week.
Mr.. VIII MERGERS hawk calls are adj
vertised on page one Of to-day IS issue OF
the Banner.
Mr.. Clifford Smith, now located at
Noble, was here the first of the week on
on visit with his brother, Assessor
L. G. Smith.
Very heavy rains fell here the latter
part OF last week, and still they come.
Sunday night the mercury dropped down
near the freezing point.
Preparations are being made for a
pretty and elaborate union Easter SER
vice in this place, in which a number OF
the children Of the town will take part.
We are told the service will be held in
the Baptist Church.
A member of the Board of Supervis-
ors of Elections for this parish has in
formed us that the board was in error in
ordering the general election held on
the 9th of April. The election will be
held on the 16th-the first Tuesday fol-
lowing the third Monday in April. The
necessary change in date in the legal
notice, which appears elsewhere, has
been made.
Beginning with the 1st of April the
southbound local passenger train will
depart from Lewisville one hour and
twenty minutes later. This change in
schedule will enable close connection
(morning and EVENING" with four fast
passenger trains operated on the mair
line. 1t will reach this place in the
forenoon at tt:03 and in the evening
(north bound) at 6:1O. A change has
also been made in the schedule of the
local freight train. Southbound it viii
reach Benton at 4:55 am. and north
bound at 1855 am.
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Executive Committee Proceedings

The Democratic Executive Committee
of Bosaier Parish met in Benton this
day, Monday, March 25, 1912, pursuant
to call, with the following named mem
bers present at roll call in person or by
proxy: A. Curtis, T. D. Cornell, C. O..
Gayle, H. N. Carlton, I. F. Elder, H. l..
Boggs (by R. B. Hill, proxy J. B.
Johnston (by R. B. Hill, proxy w. W..
Lay, j. T. Ford and Loye McDade (by
J. F. Edwards, proxy.)
A quorum being present, the Com
mittee was called to order by the Secre-
tary, R. B. Hill, who stated the object
of the meeting to be for the organization
of the new committee, and after organ
ization to select delegates to the State
Convention, to be held in Baton Rouge
June 4th.
The committee then proceeded to Or
ganize, when the following officers were
duly elected for the ensuing term, to-
wit: A. Curtis, Chairman; c. O. Gayle,
vice. Chairman; R. B. Hill, Secretary.
The committee having perfected its
organization, proceeded to select dele
gates to the State Convention.
The following preamble and resolution
were presented and duly adopted, to-wit:
Whereas, it is necessary to elect dele
gates to the Democratic State Conven-
| -. Io1l in Dofn
which delegates in turn will, in the
usual manner, participate in the selec-
ton or election of twenty delegates to
the National Convention of the Demo-
cratic party, to be held in Baltimore,
Nd, June 25th next; also to nominate
Presidential electors and to select men,
bers of the Democratic National Execu-
tive Committee, and
Whereas, there is no provision in the
law to pay the expenses of such an cleo
ton, and pursuant to ruling OF the
Attorney General of the State, holding
that separate commissioners OF election
must be had in the event such an cleo
ton should be ordered for the same day
as the general election, therefore
Be it resolved, That this committee
proceed to elect delegates to represent
the Parish of Bossier in said convention,
one to be elected from each ward and
three at large, with the instruction that
those OF the members elected and in
attendance shall and will cast the entire
vote of the parish.
Upon motion and second the following
named persons were unanimously
selected delegates to the Democratic
State Convention to be held in Baton
Rouge, La, June 4th next:
Ward Nv. H. Hodges, jr.
Ward 2-B. A. Kelly.
Ward 3-N. w. Sentell.
Ward At. M. johnson.
Ward 5--A. Hoffpauir.
Ward 6-J. w. Elston.
At large-W. C. Hughes, WI. John
ston and w. B. Boggs.
Upon motion and second, duly carried
the committee adjourned, subject to call
A. CURTIS, Chairman.
R. B. HILL, Secretary.
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ing in this, he returned to the parish an
invalid to make his home here with his
brother. During his absence his wife
died and he met with other reverses
there, as we'll as before leaving this
State.
Mr.. Carstarphen was born. and reared
at Bellevue, and was son of DR.. ]. ].
and Evelyn lowry Carstarphen. He
was known to many of the readers OF the
Banner and will be remembered as both
good and useful citizen. In the
vigor Of his early manhood, before being
met with an unusual number of reverses
for one so young, and while his health
yet remained good, he was engaged in
business in Benton and elsewhere in the
parish. The pity is that he is not to-
day one of the leading business men of
the parish, as he perhaps would have
become had not these unforeseen and
unavoidable obstacles arisen.
Mr.. Carstarphen was lineal descend
ant Of two of the best families of the
parish and on his manly countenance
there was plainly the stamp of gentle
man. He was courteous, generous,
charitable and honorable at all times
like his late lamented uncle, Hon.
ia. w. Lowry, prince of good fellows.
He is survived by two children-Lil-
line and Lowry brother, two aunts
Mrs. M. E. Cade and Mrs. J. A. w.
Lowry-and other relatives. To these
the writer extends his sympathy and
begs them to seek consolation in the
thought of life we'll lived, the noble
ness of his soul and the offer of reward
in Heaven to the faithful here below.
Mrs. P. C. Fontaine of Antrim is on
the sick list this week.
Mr.. J. M. Henderson of Rocky Mount
was visitor in our town yesterday.
More electric lights are being put in
on the east and west sides of our town.
Mrs. B. S. SoRell left Sunday morn
ing for Beaumont, Texas, to join her
husband.
Miss Pola Zeigler of Shreveport, after
spending several days with friends re-
turned home Monday.
Mrs. Margaret Caldwell returned
Monday night from Minden, where she
visited her daughter, Mrs. R. c. Drew.
Mrs. Keithing of Eldorado, Ark,
passed through Plain Dealing yesterday
en- route to Mot to visit Mrs. Asa. Floyd.
Mr.. F. M. Cline of Shreveport was
here yesterday. He was accompanied
by other real estate men, who were pros
pecting.
Miss Blanche McClenaghan has tenn
porarily assumed the duties at the local
telephone exchange for Miss EVE Car
starphen.
Miss Matte Swindle is at present a
visitor at the home of her brother, Mr..
j. j. Swindle of Alden Bridge. She is
expected home soon.
i Mrs. J. A. w. Lowry and Mrs. M. E.
Cade of the Dixie community were here
Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mr.
r. L. Carstarphen, their nephew.
Mrs. Lou Arnold of near Benton came
in Monday evening for short visit with
Mrs. Fannie Howell, now visitor al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Mont
gomery. They are old schoolmates.
THURSDAY.
Mr.. w. H. Oglesby of Rocky Mount
was visitor in Plain Dealing Tuesday
Mrs. w. M. King and son of the Ar
kama reighborhood are guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Heifner.
Mr.. D. K. Henderson of Caspiana il
here looking at the country with a view
of buying land in or near Plain Dealing
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BENTON, LA, MARCH %, 1912
Local .Happenings
The News of IL Week in Paragraphs

TIE sp.it-log road drag has come to
B5ssier to stay.
Mr.. c. 0. Gayle has had a telephone
pat in at his store.
The Police Jury will convene here in
regular session on Tuesday, April 9th.
Miss Pauline Dawson is spending the
week in Shreveport as a guest of Mrs.
S. H. Dowell.
We have been authorized to state that
a regular session of the Parish School
Board would be held here on Thursday
of next week, the 4th.
Mrs. NJ. A. West will give up the
management of the Benton Hotel. Else
where in this issue of the Banner the
hotel is advertised for lease.
A young man about town has informed
us that a big dance will be given here
on the night of April 18th. Music will
be furnished by the Caddo band.
Friends will regret to learn that the
nine months old baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. D. Conatser died at their home near
Miller's Bluff on the 22d. The little
ones remains WERE laid to rest in Rocky
Mount Cemetery Sunday.
Messrs. Belcher & Wise, the proprie-
tors of the new drug store, have informed
us that they do not sell Whitmore's
candy, as we advertised it last week, but
WHiTMAN's, a candy not only with a
reputation, but flavor that fingers.
The large oak tree that stood in the
sidewalk on the south side of Benton's
main street has been cut down and the
stump dug up. A walk is being put
down on that side of the street. Other
improvements will soon be made on oul
walks and streets.
We learned Tuesday that Mrs. L. NJ
Wallace of near this place is still II
Texarkana, Ark, with her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. David Wallace, who has beer
quite i'll for some time. We regret tt
state that no improvement is reported il
Mrs. Wallace's condition.
The Supreme Court of the State ha
handed down decision in favor of Bos
sier Parish in the Bossier-Bienvill,
boundary line suit. This gives to ou
parish territory as large as hal
township, or more, which is located OF
Lake Bristeneau, portion of which il
in cultivation.
Young people of Alden Bridge wht
were to come here tomorrow evening
tosgive production of Hazel Adams,
three-act drama recently given in tina
place, have abandoned the trip because
of the death last week of Mr.. j. L. H
Graham, father of Henry Graham, {
member of the cast.
Mr.. H. NJ. Matlock of Plain Dealing
was caller at the Banner Office Mon.
day. He reported that Messrs. J. A
Ford, Benton Smith, Arthur Dudney
and himself were four veterans he knew
of who expected to attend the next Con
federate reunion, and that there woult
be a number of others from his commu'
nifty to go.
Before the District Court adjourned
last Thursday H. F. Nelson pleaded
guilty to the charge of bigamy. W.
are told that he married a Caddo Parish
woman in Bossier City and that he has
aside from her, four other living wives
He was taken to Shreveport last Frida!
by Deputy Sheriff J. A. Edwards. 1t il
said there are charges against him il
Caddo parish and that he is also wanted
as witness in Bienville. His sentenc,