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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-10-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Election Proclamation.

By authority Of Act 80 of the General
Assembly of the State OF Louisiana OF
1912 and by authority of a resolution OF
the Police Jury of the Parish Of Bossier,
adopted August q, 1912, notice is here
by given that an election is hereby called
and will be held throughout the Parish
of Bossier on Tuesday, November 8,
1912, at which election there will be
submitted to the qualified electors OF
said Parish of Bossier the proposition
for ratification or rejection of said Act
SO Of 1912, providing for the removal OF
the parish seat from Benton to BOssier
City.
At said election the ballots shall be
1For the removal Of the parish seat from
Benton to Bossier City" and against
removal of the parish seat from Benton
to Bossier City" If at said election
two thirds of the qualified electors Of
said Parish of Bossier shall be in favor
of removal of said parish seat from
Benton to Bossier City, the Police Jury
shall declare the parish seat removed to
said Bossier City, and shall provide
temporary quarters for the same at said
Bossier City while the new court house
is being erected.
The Police Jury at its regular meeting
in October, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, shall appoint three commits
sioners and one clerk at each polling
place in the parish, who shall make their
returns to the said Police Jury, who shall
meet on the following Tuesday after the
election and cansass the returns and
proclaim the result of said election.
The election herein provided shall be
held under the general election laws, in
so far as they are not in conflict with
Act 38 Of 1912, and at the polling places
established by law.
Thus done and signed on this, the 9th
day of August, 1912. J. G. LOGAN,
President Police Jury OF Bossier Parish, La
Benton, La, August ~, 1912.
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ing anecdOte was
told by William
Downey: - Here
is a letter from
Florence Marry
at said Mr.. Tins
ley. the publish
er, to me one
morning. S b e
wants me to buy
a new three vol
ume novel from
her. If I'm out of
the way when she
calls you can talk
to her.
Il asked how !
was to recognize
her. You'll rec
ogniZe her easy
enough said Mr.
T'inSler She Is
a tai. striking
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ONLY looked Like One,

The king of Saxony is man Of
democratic tastes. who likes nothing
better than to be taken for one OF his
own subjects. One not afternoon
when he was out riding. accompanied
by an attendant. he came upon a
butcher who was trying TO repair the
broken axle of his cart The king at
once offered his assistance. and for
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-10-03

the trolley COM
pany in the old
days" 1.-The good
old days" he call
ed them. but that
Is arg y his
poi mt Of view.
He had worked
five or six days.
and he had work
ed hard, as con
ductor. He liked
the work. and he
found ii worth
while. One day
as he hoped off
his car at the d.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-10-03

A few days later a tall lady called |
fancied she might he Miss Marryat
She looked around the office. and then
addressing me. she said. Is Bill in:
ITO this ] replied that Mr. TinsIe.
was not in Could do anything for
her? Il must see Bill himself Sh,
said Tell the old bounder called
You're Miss Marryat?' | ventured
Yes. But stop! How the dickens do
you know I'm Miss Marryat? never
saw you before"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-10-03
A Word and a Smile.

II knew that word of mine.
A word not kind and true.
Might leave its trace on loved ones face
I'd never speak harshly. would you?
If knew that the light of a smile
Might linger the whole day through
And brighten some heart with a heavier
part
wouldn't withhold 1t, would you?
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September 10, 1912. oct4
Homestead Entry No. Oh, 1913.

Department Of the Interior, )
u. s. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La, :
August ~, 1912.
NOTICE is hereby given that Ber
~ Hogan Of Koran, La, who, on July
8, 1907, made Homestead Entry Appli-
cation No. Oh, 799, for the northeast quar-
ter Of northeast quarter of section "a
township Is north, range II west, Lou
isiana Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make final five year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before the Clerk of Court, a,
Benton, La, on the 18th day Of Octo-
Der, 1912.
Lott, Tom Hogan, Chas. Woodson and
Andrew Smallwon, all Of Koran, La.
JOHN F. NUTTALL, Register.
Bossier Banner, Benton, La. 1915
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vision Office be "1s' nv
saw a crowd of conductors standing
around in an expectant attitude.
whats this. boys-a striker" he
asked in surprise.
Nope" was the reply. This is pay
day. Didn't you know it?''
"WhatY' family calculated Deasen
PAY day. pay day. Does the comI'an,
pay us tooY'-Boston Record
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Department of the Interior,
u. S. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La, I
September 10, 1927
NOTICE is hereby given that Robert
IN L. Young, of Adner, La, who, on
March "a, 1911, made Homestead Entry
No. o. ,0S4 for the south half of north
west quarter and lots /, 2 and of sec
ton 81, township 10 north, range II
west, Louisiana Meridian, has filed no.
tice of intention to make Communication
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Clerk OF
Court, at Benton, La, on the 26th day
OF October, 1912.
Claimant names as Witnesses: N. A.
Shaw and Lucian Burks of Adner, La,
r. A. Holmes Of Linton, La, and A. ].
Burks Of Cotton Valley, La.
JOHN F. NUTTALL, Register.
September 10, 1912. oct "a
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Homestead Entry No. Oh, $40.

y
Department OF the Interior
U. S. Land Once at Baton Rouge, La,
August 80, 1922
NOTICE is hereby given that Homer
~ Rutherford of Ninock, La, who, on
Jan. q, 1904, made Homestead Entry
No. O3, $40, for lots II and IL of section
s, township Is north, range 10 west,
Louisiana Meridian, has filed notice OF
intention to make five year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before the U. S. Commissioner,
at Shreveport, La, on the 18th day of
October, 1872.
Claimant names as witnesses: Mack
Kellum, Earl Monroe, Robert Germany
and Lee Monroe, all Of Ninock, La.
JOHN F. NUTTALL, Register.
Bossier Banner, Benton, La. ae-e
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Notice to TAXPAYERS,

oSh~S " AdAAp0y C1Cs
\ Ii State, Parish and Poll Taxes for
a the year 1912, as set forth on the
rolls on file, are now due and will be-
come delinquent on movable property
October list, and on immovable property
december 31st. J. F. EDWARDS,
40 State and Parish Tax Collector,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-10-03
He Was PAVING Himself.

Tommy Deagen. soldier of fortune
and distinctive character. worked for
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-10-03
Notice.

THE annual meeting of the stock
i holders of Whited & Wheless. Lin
tied, will be held at the Office of the
company, in Shreveport, La, on the 18th
OF October, 1912, for the purpose Of
electing officers for the ensuing year and
for the transaction of any other business
S. H. DoWELL, Secretary.
Shreveport, La, Oct. /, 1912.
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- The -
Scrap Book
Talked lust Like a Man.

Talked Just Like a Man.
Miss Florence Marryat, the novelist.
daughter Of Captain Marryat. had some
mannerisms Of her own. The follow
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Homestead Entry No. "a, OS4.

Shreveport, La, Sept. "a, 1912.
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tical usefulness Armaugh was the de- spair of religious workers. Neither Protestants nor Catholics could restrain it's intemperance. The civil authorities could onlly infiict punishments-they could not reform it. By an appeal to the social conscience of the drunkard and to his play instinct, MT, Patterson achieved an instant success in a terri tory which up till then had been con spieuous for it's failures What his methods did for Armagh and Ireland they can do for America.
 CENTRAL AMERICA AND ITS PRCR-
 LEMS.'
 By Frederick Palmer F. R. G. $. Wlth
 24 illustrations. Moffat, Yard X Com
 pany, New York.
 central America and It's Problems is the only modern authoritative book cover ing Central America. It deals with .Jia- aragua. Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica. San Salvador, Panama, with three chapters on Mexico and it's political and ethnographical relations to Central Amer ica and the political relations to the United States It is q thorough up-to-date description, from all essential points of view, of d group of republics which con- stitute In America q terra ineognita. Mr. Palmer has recently thoroughly tnvesti- gated all of the republics in person, trdN cling from the Rio Grande to Panama. In some of these at our very door he found the conditions worse than any in Russia or Turkey which have aroused world wlde indignation. We think of Central Anef- lea as the home of opera bouffe revoli- tions but Mir. Palmer finds them verJ far from amusing.
 This work is not only a vivid descrlp- ton O existing conditions, but it is an authoritative work, valuable for refer ence about history. populations and re- sources. It is d work which will go upon the shelves.
 "Foreign residents warned mo that readers either would not believe such things possible in republics says MT Palmer of his description of actual condi- tions "or else they would say: oh, we'll it is Central America. That is a law unto itself l have taken care to avoid eN- aggeration of distressing truths. But they must be a part of narrative of obser-
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whelmingly big and so absorbing in it's interest that even this young man, with all of his acuteness, Is compelled to devote several months to the case before he sits things to the bottom and stralghtens out tangle which has seemed almost unsolvable.
 Rents summary of his past career, given in his own words. forms the key note of his entire life. "Post-graduate science. Agricultural department job. Lectures. Invention. Judiciary de- partment expert" Ten words tells his story, but what life of tremendous ac- tivity is involved That IS Kent, and when he focuses his keen analytical mind upon the mystery at hand, and brings to bear the methods of scientific research something is bound to happen. It does happen, too, but not until se- ries of events has taken place which stirs the magination of the reader to the highest point and sends him off after clues which seem sure, but prove to be only false fires. When the final solution comes 1t is so logical, so reas- enable, but withal so unexpected that there is nothing to do but close the book, settle back with a satisfied sigh and, Well, how did he ever think of that?" But Kent gives reason for ev- erything that he does, and there is page after page of evidence which proves the fact that he did not stumble on the solution in haphazard way.
 body. apparently drowned, is washed up on the beach of Lonesome Cove, a spot located somewhere on the New England coast. There Is nothing unusual in this for 1t is frequent oc- currenee In these parts, but this case
 is different. The body is lashed with rope to a grating, and the hands of the corpse are manacled with the old fash toned irons once used in the slave trad 9, but now found only in the collections of relic seekers. Kent, the scientist with a reputation for solving mysto r- les. chances to be in the neighborhood, and makes an important discovery when he finds that a cocoon which is attached to the grating. contains q living insect, which proves that the body has been in the water only a short time There are others in the neighborhood who also make important discoveries, but for reasons of their own they keep their finds to themselves, and it Is up to Kent to cast some light upon the pug gle in order to save from unjust accusa- tion an old college mate, Francis Sedg-
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THE SWORD OF BUssY."

By Robert Nelson stephens. and Her.
 man Nickerson With a Frontispieee
 in Full Color. from Painting by
 Edmund Garrett l.. c. Page & Cori-
 pany, Boston.
 A brilliant romance of France in the sixteenth century. is '.The sword of Bussy," by Robert Nelson Stephens and Herman NiclSerson, in which Bussy d 'Amboise, the brave and impetuous favorite of the Due d'Anjou, brother of Henry III. and Heloise de Maucourt are the chief figures.
 Mir. Stephens introduces many of the historical characters which appear in Dumas La Dame de Monsoreau," in- cluding the Count de Monsoreau, traitor to both country and master.
 The plot centers around the mission of young He1oise to wipe out the stain on her family's honor, which she as- cribes. in error. to the dashing Bussy.
 Bussy d'Amboise, whose reckless bravery. and chivalrous nature have made him famous in history as well as in fiction, is pictured by MT. Stephens even more faithfully than by Dumas, who. too frequently, makes historical
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year, and he always has a new, fresh. and altogether charming story to tell, which he tells in an original and pleas ing manner
 "The Harbor of Love- his latest pro- auction, is not an exception to the rule and presents the author in his happiest style-which is paying him the highest of compliments.
 The many admirers of Mir. Barbour find amusement in the fact that this noted author should spell his name in the English manner, whereas the title of his new holiday gift-book, "The Har- Dor of Love" is spelt in the American style, without the needless ''u.' This, however, is probably the only way in which MT. Barbour might be styled un- American, as his stories are filled with American optimism, dash and go, and that "get-there" quality which is dis tinctly of Yankee origin.
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colt the late Homer by of Chimes 2soat) of Abbot c:o31D
 Walker his home yearod the of required  similar
  .omm
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wick who lives in the neighborhood
 When he attempts this Kent uncovers mass of evidence which involves a love affair between Sedgwiek and a mysterious young lady whom even Sedgwick does not know by name. 1n- stead of clearing Sedgwick, each sue ceeding bit of evidence only draws the lines about him tighter and when more is learned of his love affair it seems that he has had real motive for committing a murder Mysterious expeditions by night, and equally mys- terious happenings by day crowd close upon each other. No sooner is q ray of light shed upon the darkness than 1t is found to be shining in the wrong spot and probably uncoyering more evidence which is damaging to Sedg
 wick. When the identity of Sedgwick' $ lady love is discovered, this affair, which on it's face promised to be beau tifully romantic, takes another turn, and romance is converted into tragedy. Barriers which seem absolutely unsur- mounts ble arise and Sedgwick Is plunged into a gloom which is deele than that caused by the hand of sus- picion which is pointed at him. Time and again the moose is almost around his neck. but finally, just at the moment when things seem darkest Kent makes the discovery toward which he has been working for months. and this discovery not only removes the least taint of sus- picion from SedgWick. but consum- mates his complete happiness as well.
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From the Louisville Courier-JournaI
 Why Is your hired man working so industriously all of d sudden?"
 "I think he has 6 deal on with a moving picture concern which wants a few films on life on the farm.
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..THE CLOSING NET..


 By Henry G. Rowland. Dodd, Mead & Company. New York.
 No more charming story of adventure has ber written within the past decade than 'The Closing Net from the bril- liant pen of Henry G Rowland
 The story deals with the criminal "Frank the Swell" otherwise known as Underwater Clam,' and the beginning of the romance has to do with his re- formation.
 Just as our hero is initiated into law less band of Russian crooks whom he meets in Paris, an incident occurs that makes his reformation necessary fact which he doesn't deplore.
 In fact, he wants to lead the right kird |. of life and be a real business man and live an honest life.
 But he has the Russian gang to reckon with and they refuse to let him go and besides there's a beautiful Polish woman who is one of their clan, and who has fallen in love with the gentleman, which rather complieates the situation.
 Many a daring fight and mad adventure does he encounter in his efforts to fight shy of his old gang, and the Paris under world in the long run sees him no more. "The Closing Nett is original, decided ly, and charmingly written, and the au- thor is to be congratulated for deviatin z from the beaten path and giving the reading public a most delightful book to enjoy from his facile pen.
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THE FACE OF AIR"

By George L. Knapp. The John Lane
 Company. New York.
 Just a word by way of preface says the author of "rhe Face of Air George L. Knapp, as an introduction to his charming story Of that name.
 This is what the author says.
 "Word pictures of experience-some of the little things I have learned to know-many of the things others know they know--helps from helpers-con- veniently served for profitable taking"
 A ship, apparently crewless and pas sengerless-the Nancy Hanks-is the heroine" of this story Like most her. pines, she proves difficult of compre- hension to man; and fear, excitement, and murder. take place all around and about her while she calmly proceeds upon her way, with the mystery deep ing day by day.
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THE IfARBoR or LOVE" By Ralph Henry Barbour. With illustrations in colors by George w. Plank and decora- tions by Edmund Stratton Holloway. J. B. Lippineott Company Philadelphia.
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THE SECRET OF LONESOME COVE. By Samuel Hopkins Adams. Illustrated
 by Frank E. Schoonover. The Bobbs,

By SdDluel t1OpKlnS AudinS. luuStTdleu
 by Frank E. Schoonover. The Bobbs,
 Merrill Company. Indianapolis
 A newspaper man to his fingers tips, Samuel Hopkins Adams knows how to tell story so that 1t is never lacking in action or interest. He wastes no pages in inane speculation, but plunges Immediately into the tale he Is telling. and keeps his characters on the stage all the time. Unlike the reporter, how ever, he does not tell his story entirely in the first paragraph. He has learned the value of suspended interest and he gives his readers but little chance to solve the riddle he presents until he is ready to solve it in his own way. The result is a story that snaps in every sentence. There is no tagging, no tire some waits between the scenes. no entr'acte music. 1t is story all the time, and the kind of story that even the most indifferent reader will not want to lay aside until it is finished
 Last year Mir. Adams introduced a new style of detective to fiction readers in the person of Average Jones. This year Chester Kent, the principal figure of The Secret of the Lone some Cove" holds the center of the stage. The two men are alike in one particular shrewdness---but III method of proceed : ure they are as different as day is from night. Kent is called upon to solve but one big mystery, but It is so over
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facts subservient to the novelist's re- quirements: while the other historical characters who enter into romance are set forth with a keen knowledge of both the history and the customs of that day.
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"CATCH- MY-PAL."

By the Rev R. J. Patterson, LL B.
 George H. Doran Company. New
 York.
 This is the story of the Catch Pal temperance movement which had its inception in one of the most drunken n districts of Ireland, swept that district free of drink in an incredibly small space of time and is now sweeping Europe.
 Mir. Patterson, from the propaganda started, tells the story He derived his idea from christ's calling of the dsci- ples, Christ caught Peter and Petar caught Andrews" etc.-hence the Catch My-Pal movement, in which each new convert becomes responsible for the conversion of someone else.
 The account which MT. Patterson gives has an intensely social and prac-
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irYIss aH t m By 1 Fnglla ~ eau9 hs Net aiaE Hg4us WI eIeaes tle iT Hf souti lHr as aaa aaHgI0ra women of that same heroic southland2 2 Who knows so well It's poetry and truth
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THE WOMEN OF THE DEBArABLn LAND.' By Alexander Hunter. Illus trated by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Harmon Golden Publishing Company. Washing. ton, D. c.
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THE ELAIIRA PRISON CAMP" By Clay W. Holmes. A. M. With GO illus trations. q. P. Putnam's Sons. The Knickerboeker Press. New York.
 THE BIBLE THAT WAS LOST AND IS FOUND" By John Bgelow. New
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'RoMANTIC DAYS IN THE REPUI
 

By Mary Caroline Crawford. With Nu-
 merous illustrations. Little, Brown
 & Company Boston.
 Mary Caroline Crawford's former books. Romantic Days in old Boston and "Old Boston Days and Ways" are recalled with the greatest pleasure by a large number Of readers who enJoJ this charming writer's style and gift of the pen. In nothing, however. has she been so happy as her latest contribu ton to the literary world. which is en- titled Romantic Days In the Early Re- public" The book is exquisitely gotten up and is a pleasure to look at as well as to read. and it is undoubtedly one of the most attractive of the season s stories.
 Romantic Days In the Old Republic" depicts vividly the early social history of Washington, New York, Richmond Baltimore. Philadelphia, Charleston. New Orleans, and the several cities of New England at the time when the Re- public was young and social customs ness and cham.
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COTTON FACTS" Published by shep. person Publishing Company, Cotton Ex- change Building. New York
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SARA" By Frances Stoeker Hopkins. The Neale Publishing Company. New York
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MOTOR RAMBLEs IN ITALY" By Credo Harris. Illustrated from phot ,- graphs Moffat. Yard & Company, New York.
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THE BROAD HIGHWAY" By Jef- ferey Farnol. With twenty-four illus ra- tions in color from drawings by c. ri. ton