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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19
FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

There are twenty-seven parishes in this,
the Third Railroad District.
New Orleans used daily average of
17,676,0OO gallons of water during August.
Miss Eva Dent had her collar-bone
broken when an auto struck her buggy in
Alexandria last Friday.
Fatally stricken as she was kneeling in
prayer at the tomb of her husband, Mrs.
Lilly Gates staggered into street in New
Orleans and fell dead Friday afternoon.
Two Italians seated on the gallery of a
store in st. James Parish Were fired upon
by two men 10 buggy last Thursday.
One was killed instantly and the second
died in the Charity Hospital in New Or
leans Friday.
The Louisiana Planter says the planters
throughout the sugar belt complain of lack
of copious rainfalls now sorely needed
While there will be a very considerable
sugar crop produced it is manifest that it
will be short in quantity, but perhaps very
sweet, or sweeter than usual.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

The Grand Cane Item "believes that the
proper solution of the printing question is
to make the office of public printer cleo
tive" Several years ago the Banner ad-
vocated the enactment by the Legislature
of law comforting upon the voters of the
State the privilege of electing the official
journals of their respective parishes. Let
the people settle this vexed question, which
causes, from time to time, so much bad
feeling among number of newspaper men
in Louisiana. We believe in the rule of
the people, and hold that they should be
allowed to elect their parish printers in the
same manner as they now elect their parish
officials. 1t seems to us that newspaper
publishers should be willing to abide by
the will of majority of the voters of a
parish, since we all claim to be in favor OF
the rule of the people.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19
Items of Interest.

India is the heaven of the magnolia and
palm tree.
Fifty-seven thousand Scotchmen left
Scotland last year.
Every German bank clerk speaks at least
one foreign language.
The area of the United States exceeds
100000 square miles.
The Australian feather industry is grow
ing rapidly and constantly.
The first American statute was one mold
ed by William Rush in 1740.
Nearly two-thirds of the men of the
Transvaal States are unmarried.
Practically the entire tea crop of India is
disposed of at auction at Calcutta.
1t is said the first temperance society
started in Germany in the year 1917.
Cypress is now used for boxes in which
to pack chewing tobacco, instead of syca-
more.
Considerably more than 4OO, 600, 900 peo-
pie acknowledge allegiance to the British
crown.
1t is stated a majority of the people of
the world die before they are fifteen years
of age.
Finger prints for identification were used
by the Chinese as long ago as the seventh
century.
Gibraltar is rock 1000 feet high and
the length from east to west is thirty six
miles long.
One hundred and sixty generations, tis
said, have been born since the world has
been created.
Calcutta, with a population of nearly a
million and half, is the second city of
Great Britain.
Krupp's gun factory at Essen, Germany,
now employs $4,000 skilled workmen, as
compared with $4,000 thirty years ago.
The mineral wealth of Arkansas is great.
Coal is extensively developed in counties
lying on both sides of the Arkansas River.
At Arden, Arabia, the water is pumped
from the sea, condensed and sold at 70
cents for 1OOgallons. ALI food is imported.
Bombay, with population of 8O4, 47O,
and Calcutta, with population of $40, 100,
are the two great commercial centers of
India.
The harbor of Port jackson at Sydney,
N. S. w., with water frontage of 200
miles is said to be the finest harbor in the
world.
The Bible is now printed in more than
600 languages and dialects, making it avail
able for nine tenths of the worlds popu-
lation.
A white spot on furniture varnish may
be removed by holding hot iron over it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

1t is thus conclusively shown that with
out increasing taxation on the property
remaining for parish taxation the Parish of
Claiborne would receive for local purposes
So, 225.2l more under the new system than
it would under the old and the Parish of
st. Landry S18, 172.68 more. At the same
time they would be relieved the payment
of State licenses except as above stated.
This condition would prevail in all the
parishes with the exception of about four,
as already stated. Any one who will take
the trouble to make the calculation can
demonstrate the truth of the statement for
himself. The parishes that lose will have
their losses compensated. But this detail
will not be discussed at this time.
The illustrations given make clear the
framework of the proposed plan. At some
time in the near future hope to discuss
some of the most important details.
The plan is true to the underlying pur-
pose to provide more revenue for the needs
of the State and local governments by
employing new forms of taxation and by
| reaching the tax dodgers and not by in
creasing the rate of taxation. 1t is pro-
posed directly in the interest of the masses
of the people and for their benefit.
! 1t would not be amiss at this time to
speak one word of caution. Unfavorable
criticisms should not be accepted without
inquiry as to their real sources. Special
interests have selfish motive in seeking
to defeat the plan and it is certainly true
that their agents and emissaries will pose
as the friends of the people and endeavor
to make them believe that it will work to
their injury. Those seeking to further
selfish ends usually appear in the livery of
patriots and do not disclose their real pur-
poses and motives.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19
Solicits Funds of Louisianians.
To the Democrats of Louisiana:

To the Democrats of Louisiana:
Having been selected by the Demo-
cratic National Campaign Committee as a
member and chairman for the State of
Louisiana of its finance committee, hereby
solicit campaign contributions from all
Democrats and earnestly urge each to con-
tribute as literally as he is able to do. 1t
is his party duty thus to assist in winning
the great victory promised by the nomina-
ton of Gov. Wilson.
The people of Louisiana have a pecu-
liar interest in this campaign as result
of the advanced position taken by the party
in it's platform in relation to the subject of
the improvement of the Mississippi River
and in committing the party to the policy
of assuming charge Of the great work of
protecting the people living along its course
from inundation.
All contributions may be made directly
to me or through any newspaper in the
State undertaking to receive contributions.
L. E. HALL.
h9 Send the Banner your contribution,
and we will see to it that the amount is
promptly forwarded to Gov. Hall.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19
Bible Brllliants.

The God of my father hath been with
me.-Genesis XXI, 5.
Obey my voice according to that which
command thee.-Genesis xvii, 8.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
If soul sin, and commit a trespass against
the Lord, and lie unto his neighbor in that
which was delivered him to keep, or in fell
lowship, or in a thing taken away by vio-
lence, or hath deceived his neighbor; or
have found that which was lost, and lieth
concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in
any of all these that man doeth, SHINING
therein: Then it shall be, because he has
sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore
that which he took violently away, or the
thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or
that which was delivered him to keep, or
the lost thing which he found, or all that
about which he hath sworn falsely; he
shall even restore it in the principal, and
shall add the fifth part more thereto, and
give unto him to whom it appertaineth, in
the day Of his tresspass Offering.
Gus vi, 1-5.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19
LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Six naval apprentices were drowned
from capsized cutter near Chicago Sun
day.
From Cuba and Porto RIGA come reports
of ample rains and the promise OF larger
sugar cane crops than ever.
Martin Thompson, near Council Bluffs,
Iowa, killed his wife and son while they
slept, and then committed suicide.
A confessed negro assailant of we'll
known white woman of Alton, Fla, was
lynched near that place last Friday.
Two boys left home to attend Sunday
School in Laurel, Miss, but decided to go
to log pond and take Il swim and were
drowned.
Twenty three Cleveland, Ohio, girls have
disappeared in the last two months, and
charges are made of organized white slave
trafficing.
The Panama Canal will be opened in the
fall of 1918, and the Atlantic fleet will be
rendezvoused at Colon this winter before
water is turned in.
With her daughter. Effice, struggling to
prevent, Mrs. w. H. Saunders shot herself
through the heart last Saturday night in
Texarkana, Texas.
Snow fell in central Colorado and parts
of Wyoming last Saturday. More than
three inches fell in Denver. The Their
mometer stood at thirty -four degrees.
Australia will soon have it's first trans
continental railroad, on which it will be
possible to travel from Perth, on the western
coast, directly to Melbourne or Sidney, a
distance of about 5000 miles.
The Women's Anti Gambling Associa-
ton of Larned, Kansas, threaten to use
horse whips and clubs upon that city s
gamblers if they do not leave the alleged
home-loving husbands of that town alone.
Sidney Allen and Wesley Edwards, the
last of the assassination crowd who shot
up the Carroll County court house at Hills.
Vile, Va, on the 14th of last March, were
captured in Des Moines, Iowa, last Satur-
day.
The temperature at noon in London or
the 18th instant exactly correspondent with
with that of last Christmas Eve. Wintry
conditions prevailed throughout England
with bitter northerly winds and unusually
low temperature. Snow and sleet fell ii
North Yorkshire.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

An article that has real merit should in
time become popular. That such is the case
with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
of them. H. W. Hendrickson, Ohio Falls,
Ind, writes, "Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is the best for coughs, colds and Group,
and is my best seller" For sale by all
druggists.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

Rev. T. De Witt Talmage: Some people
think it is bright thing to put themselves
in unnecessary peril. Exposure and dar-
ing are admirable when duty calls, but keep
out of peril when nothing practical and
useful is to be gained for your family or
your country or your God.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

There is great deal of truth as we'll as
sound sense in the following paragraph
from the New Bloomfield (Mo.) News:
''Life is just what we make it-so is the
town in which we live. To get the full
appreciation out of life and out of the town
we should work hand in hand with each
other for every enterprise that is calculated
to benefit the town in any way
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

The Memphis Commercial Appeal Of
Monday, 18th, says:
The cotton crop deteriorated heavily over
practically the entire belt during the week.
The hot, dry weather has caused cessa-
ton of growth and fruitage-save in few
scattered lowlands-over all the belt, ex-
cept in Oklahoma and Northern Texas.
Hot, dry weather and ravages of boil
weevil in Louisiana have almost entirely
cut off the prospects of any further crop
than that already beyond the reach OF
these influences. Practically no top crop
will be made. Picking is becoming gen.
eral and as fast as picked and ginned the
staple is being placed on the market.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

This question propounded by the Balti-
more Sun is easier asked than answered !:
''Why not provide a tariff system free
from the principle of plumber and prize
money, and founded on that justice to all
Americans alike?''
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

The Banners August subscription re-
ceipts, crowded out Of the past two is
sues, appear in print to-day.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

pay no State tax at all but would, in addi-
ton to the ordinary tax Of ten mills, collect
as much of the six and two tenths mills tax
as might be necessary to meet the local
governmental needs. OF the total tax Of
sixteen and two-,enths mills under the
present system only ten mills would go to
the parish, the remainder going to the
State. Under the proposed system the
entire amount levied would 60 to the parish
and the State would receive nothing. SO
in no event could taxation be increased
under the proposed plan beyond what would
be paid under the old plan. Hence, the
statement that the plan would result in an
increase Of local taxation is without any
foundation whatever. The farmer and
other people owning the property reserved
to the localities would not have to pay one
cent more of taxes.
Notwithstanding the fact that taxation
within parish would not be increased at
all, all the parishes in the State, with the
exception Of about four, would receive
more money for local purposes.
To illustrate, let us take the Parish OF
Claiborne for example. According to the
assessment of 1911 on the basis of ten
mill levy:
Property segregated 49,. ...-. .-..~. 425 718 w
| Remaining to parish $1,000, 1893 90
Six mills surrendered by State
s2,O8O 1899 90 ~............~..$ 1882 90
| Less 10 mills surrendered by
| parish on S425,7 18 CO.. 4,257 18
| Net gain to parish -..-.......-.-.$ 8,225 81
Another parish may be taken atrandom-
say the parish of st. Landry:
Total assessment, 1911 .. - 81, 3O9, 079 90
Property segregated ...~........-.. 1905, 1872 90
| Remaining to parish --..~...--,. S., ,A7 90
Six mills surrendered by State
! S5,7O3, 947 Co. IS "a ,223 69
Less 10 mills surrendered by
parish on 81, sos, 142 90. 1861 90
Net gain to parish-.-...-....-.- 1912 68
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

If you knew of the real value of Cham
berlain's Liniment for lame back, soreness
of the muscles, sprains and rheumatic
pains, you would never wish to be without
it. For sale by all druggists.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

Harper's Weekly: The best way to es-
cape the petty vices is to pitch the standard
of pleasure high.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19
No. 666

This is prescription prepared especially for
Chills and Fever. Five or six doses will break
any case Of Chills and Fever, and il taken then
as tonic the Fever will not return. 1t acts on
the liver better than Calomel and does not grippe
or sicken. Price, 25 cents. 1913
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

Socrates: Employ your time in improv-
ing yourself by other mems writings; so
you shall come easily by what others have
labored hard for.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

Milton: Revenge, at first though sweet
bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

Carlyle: Clever men are good, but they
are not the best.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19

Nearly one-half of the people of Den.
mark live exclusively by agriculture.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19
STATEMENT

OF the condition of the Plain Dealing Bank, Plain
Dealing, La, at close of business, Sept. 4, 1912.
RESOURCES
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-09-19
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Baled Hay Most Profitable

Jea p yee tsf s5 Ssn hay or s: sas
hay may be shipped where the price is
highest. It takes up only one-ffth of the stor-
age space required by loose hay. 1t retains
its feeding value longer, and is easier to handle
These advantages than Offset the cost Of
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18
No Abdication Yet.

Peking. China, Jan. 15.-Discus-
sion regarding the question of the alb
dication of the Emperor continues but
up to this evening has not resulted in
any decision being retached. The
court is unable to reconcile the con-
f1iscting advice of the different fac
tions.
Some Manchu leaders urge that the
Emperor abdicate and remain in Pc
king, while the Chinese contend that
abdication would be futile unless the
court departs fro mthe capital.
It is understood that the plans fol-
the abdication have undergone delay
pending the final arrangements in
cluding the place Of retirement, the
guarantee of pensions and other
terms offered by the republicans,
There has been great difficulty in de
vising assurances for carrying out the
republican pledges. No confidence
exists in the ability or in the firm in
tention of the Republicans to observe
their promises.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18
To CHANGE INAUGURATION
DATE.
Congressman Henry Introduces Re~o-
luton to Change Date To Last
Thursday In April.

The House Judiciary Committee
Tuesday ordered fayorably reported
the Henry resolution changing the
date OF the Presidential Inauguration
from March 4th TO the last Thurs
day in April. and the terms OF Rep
resentatiyes In Congress 10 begin the
second Tuesday In January instead
Of on March 4th. These changes
would be effective April, 1917. and
January, 1913.
The Henry resolution would pro-
vide for extension of the term of the
the President and Vice-President
elected IN 1912 to the las. Thursday
In April. 1917. Congress would con-
vene annually on the second Tuesday
in January. This would leave the
biennial elections In November. ex-
cept in Oregon in June, and in Maine
and Vermont in September.
Several Democratic members re-
served the right to amend the reso-
luton on the floor.
The bill would also give Congress
constitutional power to legislate
where there is vacancy on account
Of the death or inability of the Pres
ident-elect and Vice-President-ele
between the counting Of the electoral
vote and the inauguration.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18

H. Kern. chairman OF the Liver
pool Cotton Bills of Lading Confer
ence Committee, and James II. Simp-
son, secretary, at the European
Bankers Conference Committee have
arrived In New York for the purpose
OF a conference
To get into closer touch with
American bankers, railroad men, cot
ton shippers. and arrange more sat
isfactory system OF safeguarding cot
ton bills against FRAUD and forgeries.
The New York bankers will hold a
conference with them to-day Ar
raneements will also be made to meet
Southern cotton shippers in Mem
phis, Tenn, Saturday.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18

Some weeks ago Judge B. F. Long
wrote a letter stating In effect that
he would be candidate for Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court if the
people thought he should run. Evi-
IDENTIFY the people didn't think he
should, as the Judge has recently de-
cided to hold on to what he has and
not enter the race.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18

Judge G. II. Cook. Greensboro. Ga
Tuesday granted the ~rit os haeeas
corpus TO Frank Wtniskie. manager
% the Standard Mirror Company. OF
High Poia;. declaring tho psoceedInEs
recently brought against bin for ssa-
begxlenent were void.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18
Preparing for Big Battle.

Shanghai, Jan. 15.-Three cruisers
and three transports, conveying three
bataalions of revolutionary infantry,
eight machine guns and three noun
tain guns, sailed from Shanghai to-
day for Chi-Fu. A large force Of rev.
olutionaries is reported to have con-
centrated seventy miles South of the
Su-Show-Pukow Railroad line
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18
Women Voted wet"

A press dispatch from Los Angeles,
Calf, says that Vernon, near there,
the only incorporated city in the
United States having no church, vot-
ed for "wet" Sundays yesterday. Fiji
ty women voted. Most of them vot-
ed wet"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18

Coon took an inopportune time to
wash the States dirty linen" before
Speaker Champ Clark But what is
the State doing with dirty linen un-
der pure Democracy and white SUI
premacy?"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18

The Democrats might endorse that
SIS, 700 steal" in their platform
IL they are looking for a real para
mount.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18

While Mr.. Bryan has said he will
not be a candidate again, he has also
given his party to understand that he
is not out OF politics.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18

The Governor of South Carolina
says that if matters keep up there
will have to be some more monu-
ments erected to editors in that State.
Evidently the South Carolina editors
haven't been saying nice things about
Governor Blease
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18

who thinks he was too prosperous
can still vote the Democratic ticket
and be consistent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18

And now they say Congressman
Gudger voted for the Sherwood pen
sion bill because there are many eX-
Federal soldiers living in his district
Isn't that awful to be poked at a
Southern Democrat?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18

Speaking Of the Presidential possi-
bilities, an exchange says if the Dem
ocratic party is defeated this time it
will probably be because it deserves
defeat. And may the Democratic
party again get what it deserves.