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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
Our Supreme Court.

Jul CmC ~V0EAs
Natchitoches Tmes1
A movement has been started among the
lawyers of Louisiana by which the neces-
sary steps will be taken to compel all five
of the Justices of the Supreme Court to
read the transcripts of appeal in cases be-
fore the court. There is good, hard, COM
mon sense in the move. As presently con-
Quoted, Louisiana's Supreme Court is but
little better than one-man court. 1t is
seldom that more than one judge sees the
recore in case. 1t is contended that our
supreme justices are overworked, but this
is no excuse. Some remedy should be
provided SO as to have the combined wis
dom and judgment of all the judges on
every case presented. Our supreme court
represents the last resort of Louisiana cit
liens in the protection of life, liberty and
property, and no one-man proposition
should be tolerated. The real remedy
should come in cutting down the monkey
business and "horse play of our long,
winded lawyers. The record in almost any
case could be cut down by large percent
age if the lawyers would get good grasp
OF the issue at stake and put forth the
necessary evidence in simple, everyday
shape, cutting out all fancy turns and rep
0titions.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
Review Of Reviews,

The Review Of Reviews is an illustrated
monthly review of the most important
happenings of the month. It gathers from
all over the world news and information OF
vital interest to every person who values
being we'll informed.
Accurate, impartial and concise, it is
prominently the magazine for busy people,
giving as it does . we'll balanced, broad
minded, constructive Interpretation Of cur
rent problems and events, entirely free
from partisanship.
In each number there are lucid, timely
editorials by DR.. Albert Shaw on the Pro-
gress of the World, subtle cartoons from
leading papers, special articles on the
great questions of the day by authorities, 3
financial department, review Of the new
books, and of the best that appeared dur
ing the preceding month in the magazines
all over the world. Subscription, So per
annum. Address, 80 Irving Place, New
York City.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
LIFE AND OPPORTUNITY.

Opportunity is one of life's golden words.
There are timely seasons, pivotal PERIODS,
fateful hours, single moments in which our
acts hews our whole future, either with
brightness or shadow. These seed times
of destiny we call opportunities. They are
part of Gods order in the scheme OF eacn
life.
So, to every one comes his opportunity.
Conditions are indeed most unequal. Some
start with every tide of fortune in their
favor; others seem to have everything
against them. Where one has rare educa-
tional, or social, or business advantages,
another's lot is pinched and hard. Still,
God whose "ways are not unequal gives
every soul its opportunity. To gain the
really great ends of life-purity of heart,
strength of will, faith in God and immor-
tality, every one has his fighting chance,
his crucial hour.
Again, we can create our own oppor-
tunity. He who sits down and waits for
occasions to come his way is doomed to
failure. The successful man, by industry
and skill, turns the adverse conditions into
an opportunity. Opportunities come to
those who seek them.
We must act upon our opportunities.
One must be watching, on the alert, keep
ing keen outlook. The farmer must SOW
in season, the sailor go with trade winds,
the smelter take his ore at white heat. OPP
portunities do not come back. Not to seize
the propituous hour is to lose it. Nor will
the bitterest regret recall it.
sAs we have opportunity, let us do good. =
The opportunities that God sends directly
to US or helps US to make are not meant
merely for selfish grasp. And just here il
the fatal mistake Of many. Most are busy
in looking for opportunities, but only fol
material gain and selfish ends. But it is
just when it comes to the really great and
worthy aims of life that most people miss
and waste their opportunities. To help 9
sorrowing and burden brother, to aid 8
righteous, struggling cause, to propel on.
ward justice and liberty and happiness
that is to do good,' is the chief duty
the supreme opportunity.
Our age is big with opportunities. Ths
narrowest life is not without them. Moth
ing is SO rich in reward as an opportunity
improved. Nothing sheds upon our patti
such withered leaves Of regret and pain a
the memory of lost opportunities.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
How a Farmer Lost None,

now Farmer Lost Money.
Somerset Ky3 Herald
A farmer sold bunch of cattle in the
western part of the county last fall. The
buyer drove them to the nearest station
and shipped them to Cincinnati, and made
good profit on the deal. The railroad
company charged good sum for hauling
them, of course. The man who bought
them in Cincinnati had them butchered
and prepared for market and later shipped
part of the meat to groceryman in Som
erset; he also made q handsome profit.
The groceryman at Somerset paid the rail-
road company another big freight bill on
this same meat. He also sold part OF this
meat to this same farmer who first owned
the cattle at good profit and the farmer
had to pay 80 cents per hundred to have it
hauled out. Seven profits going to mid
dlemen; how is this for making the cost
of living high?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27

Is New Orleans ready to take advantage
of the opening of the Panama Canal?'
asks contemporary. No brother. We
shall not be ready until we have had q
luncheon, q few speeches by chronic ora
tors and have apopted set of eloquent
resolutions. Men Orleans States. In be-
half of suffering humanity, the "chronic
orator" should be squelched. He is gen.
orally more tiresome than instructive; is q
standing menace at all public meetings.
and cannot or will not see himself as
others see him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
Attention, Contractors.

GEALED bids are hereby invited
NJ the repair Of the Bellevue bril-
spanning Lake Bodcau on the ~
road two miles west Of the above nal
postof6ce. All bids must show -
rately the charge per thousand for w.
ing the two classes OF lumber to be ~ Is
new lumber and the good lumber MOI
the site and a part Of the old strue
The work must be done in accord6
with specifications as now fixed 81
Police Jury for such bridges. BidtM
be opened at the regular January r.
ing OF the Police Jury and the riQ1f
reserved TO reject any or all. Addl
Clerk Police Jury, Benton, La, -
endorse across the sealing ibid
Bodcau Bridge = 1ooAx
President Police Jury Bcssier Psl
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Japan is encouraging the fruit-growing
industry.
Two United States aviators were killed
Monday at San Diego, Cal.
More than 1900 saloons in Ohio were
legally closed last Saturday.
Motion pictures are being utilized for
educational purposes in Japan.
Chicago women Tuesday began boy
colt on eggs to force the price down.
Refugees from Mexico report an epi-
demic of diseases in the capital of that
E,epublic.
A rule forbidding the dancing of the
Tango has been introduced throughout
diplomatic circles in Berlin.
Careful estipates have placed the cost
OF building the proposed tunnel under the
English Channel at $50, COZ, 900.
With consumption Of 173, 656, OO3, GOO
cubic feet Pennsylvania last year exceeded
all its former natural gas records.
The wedding of Francis B. Sayre and
Miss Jessie Wilson was celebrated Tuesday
at the White House, in Washington, D. G.
The Very Rev. Mgr. Joseph Mullen,
vicar general of the Roman Catholic do
cease Of West Virginia, died last Monday
The cost OF the fusion campaign that
defeated the Tammany Ring and elected
Mitchell mayor Of New York was reported
atS129,519.
One man was killed and four persons
hurt Sunday when an auto in which they
were riding turned turtle on road near
Meridian, Miss.
The United States Navy recently pur-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
WANT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

Harper's Weekly: twas Gen. Thomas,
the Rock of Chickamauga," who saved
the Union Army from disastrous rout.
English General Wolseley ranks Thomas
as the third great soldier developed by the
Civil War, Lee coming first in his estima-
ton and jackson second, and all three
were Virginians.
The Midway Clipper notes profitable
rabbit hunt in Kentucky as follows: Two
young men from Midway, Messrs. Soards
and Wiley, went down in Owen County
Saturday and killed 1856 rabbits. They
brought them to Midway and sold them at
fifteen cents each. They report rabbits
thick in that county.
Texarkanian: Mark we'll this prediction.
Following the completion of the Panama
Canal, the Southern States, lying in the
center Of the temperate zone, and blessed
by Providence and nature, with all the
factors for development, will, within the
next quarter OF century, become the
center of civilization, wealth and popuia-
ton of this nation and of the world.
The jackson Times gives this picture OF
the birth of Kentucky town: Only short
time ago Miles Back, one of our old farm
CTS, HVeu JuSGOpPO6lt0 tH0 mouth Oh txulck.
sand Greek on the Kentucky River, three
miles shove jackson, where he raised eat
tie, sheep, horses and hogs. To-day,
where the cattle browsed in the river bot
toms short time back, is village called
Quicksand, where people have nice homes,
churches, hotels and business houses. In
less than a year Uncle Miles farm was con-
verted into real live town with popula-
ton of 1900. Quicksand is one OF the
biggest lumber manufacturing towns in the
South. It is we'll equipped with electric
lights and other modern conveniences and
is truly beautiful town in which to live.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
Items OF lnterest.

Belgium contains 1909 breweries.
Sixty men emigrate from England for
every forty women.
Moscow cab drivers are prohibited by law
from carrying whips.
The fish eaters of New York City take
41O, 959 pounds day.
Consumption causes one -seventh OF all
the deaths in the world.
The income of wage Garner in Spain is
from SO to 81 cents a day.
Rabbits are becoming as great pest in
Argentina as in Australia.
In California 500, 000, 900 are invested
in the production of beet sugar.
Horsehair automobile tires have been
patented by French inventor.
Kangaroos on their native heath have
been known to jump seventy feet.
Lions and tigers are too weak in lung
power to run more than half mile.
That excessive talking is . dangerous
disease is theory advanced by Russian
scientist.
Derbyshire, Devonshire and Westmore-
land provide the finest mable found in all
England.
It is believed that the River Nile con-
tains more kinds of fish than any other
In the world.
The French Army claims to have the
most powerful searchlight In Europe that
is mounted for field work.
It is computed that in the Balkan wars
some 360, 900 men persisted. Turkey lost
10, 900 and Bulgaria 12O, 900.
Asbestos deposits throughout region
approximately two by four miles In extent
have been discovered in Natal.
Indigo was cultivated in Louisiana as
early as 1893, while sugar cane has been
one of it's industries since 1741.
Wages distributed to white miners in
months of 1912 totaled s25, 600 900.
Sugar cane in Argentina this season il
expected to yield 100000 tons of sugar
the largest crop the country has had.
The world famous cutlery firm JOSEPH
Rogers & Company of Sheffield, England
has yet to install its first typewriter Of
telephone.
Forty five whales, yielding products
valued at $3.50, 600, were killed during tn.
first week of the 1918 whaling season il
the North Pacific.
Ever since 1907 there has been stead,
yearly increase in the value of the golt
output of the Klondike region, the figure
for 1912 being S., 225, 235.
Arkansas has two mountains which ar
each 300 feet in height-Blue Mountai
and Magazine Mountain. The lowest poin
in the State is fifty i've feet above sea level
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27

Bishop Horne: The follies, vices and
consequent miseries Of multitude, dis
played IN newspaper, are 80 many adj
monitions and warnings, 50 many beacons,
continually burning, to turn others from
the rocks on which they have been ship
wrecked.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
MINDEN BLUES.
From the Fossier Banner, Arril .. 1851

From the Fossier Banner, Arril 2s 1851
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
John Langdon Lewis, captain.
B. F. Sims, first lieutenant.
T. B. Tomkies, second lieutenant.
w. G. Rockwell, third lieutenant.
NoN-coMMIssIoNED OFFICERS.
j. H. Webb, orderly sergeant.
B. F. Simmons, second sergeant.
T. H. Moreland, third sergeant.
G. w. Daffn, fourth sergeant.
James Phillips, first corporal.
M. F. Montgomery, second corporal.
J. P. Mckee, third corporal.
J. H. Curry, fourth corporal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
Always Late.

.Men are always late. have waited
here since I o'clock for my husband TO
come. Now 1t is haiti after g.
"And when were you to meet himr
AT s O'Clock. Rlatter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27

Russia has become the largest purchaser
OF American agricultural machinery.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27

Bacon: Mems thoughts are much &C.
cording to their inclination.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27

during tue entire tune OF the absence Oh
Vice President Marshall, showing the con-
fidence which the Senators reposes reposel
in him.
The Grayson Ledger, protesting against
the frequent murders in this State. we'll
says: 1t behooves every good citizen Of the
entire country to rise up with his protest
against such outrages and see that such
crimes are dealt with according to law. It'll
seems great fad with those who commit
crimes to make their way to the officers Of
the law, and claim self-defence. Such
people should be given speedy trial, and
the good people of our country should rise
up as one man and say down with such
lawlessness in our free land.
Alexandra Town Talk: Az the DAVIS
pass it becomes more apparent that the
damage to the crops in the country is not
as great as was first feared. The planters
who thought that their cotton had all been
ruined find that they are gathering more
than they dreamed would be possible.
The corn planters who told OF the spoiled
corn in the fields are finding that the per-
centage OF spoiled corn is very small in
many sections. Other crops are also bet
ter than it was thought could be possible
adverse circumstances.
| Asked to print an article in the interest
lof Mr.. Aswell, the .Natchitoches Times
says: We are not going to print all this
stuff. In the first place we know nothing
about it. In the second place, we have nc
brief for Aswell, and do not intend to use
our good space in assisting him and his
friends to keep in the limelight; in the third
place, we believe the people should have
some rest from politics; in the fourth place
when the proper time comes, we iatend to
pull off our coat, go to work and by voting
writing and speaking do all we can to as.
sist Doc Aswell-out Of Congress!
Lake Charles American Press: The
vote at Zachary proves that Zachary die
/ not have well regulated saloons; il
nine elections out of ten the country over
during the last few years, prohibition haf
ltriumphed because of the absence Of sswel
regulated saloons. This justifies the feal
that like Mrs. Harris, s'there amt no such
person" as sswell regulated saloon. Per.
haps, it is impossible to regulate saloon
Human experience goes to show that thu
ordinary saloon acts as social center fol
other and perhaps worse vices than drink.
ing, that it is a promoter OF rotten and cor.
rnPt politics, an aid to the white slave
traffic, an adjunct-to the gambling house
where men may be more easily separated
from their money. Bad as the saloon maj
be, the company it usually keeps is worse
and that is why it is declining industry.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
His Finish,

His Finish.
"Hc slipped on the polished door acd
killed himself"
.'sort OF hardwood finish. eh p
Princeton Tiger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
Notice to Taxpayers.

4 IL State, Parish and Poll Taxes
~ the year 1913, as set forth e.
rolls on file, are now due and VIII
come delinquent on movable pfog
October ist, and on immovable prop
december 5lst. j. r. EDWAn12
~ Sheriff and Parish Tax Colle
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
Pardon Notice.

Notice is hereby given that I -
plying for pardon.
47-2 SCION hAll. ass
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
COnsfable'S Sale.

G. W. Smith, Vs. J. H Hicks, absentee. ~
Sixth Ward Justice Court. Bossier Psri1A
DY virtue Of writ Of seizure an1
- to me directed by the Hoes
Sixth Ward Justice Court Of H.
Parish. Louisiana, in the above i
bered and entitled suit, have c.
and will offer for sale, at public suct
without appraisement, for cash, q
front door Of the office Of the JUST
the Peace Of the Sixth Ward Of Be-
Parish, La, at Haughton, during
legal hours Of sale, on Saturday,
vember I'D, 1918, the following desc
property, to-wit: One lot Of hous6
goods and furniture. Said pre-
seized a. belonging to J. II. HickS
sentee, defendant herein, and to b.
to pay and satisfy the debt and F.
ment as specified in the said writ, -
the sum Of $50. rs within and cost 81 l.
suit. j. w. ONEALs
Constable 9th Ward, Bossier Pari6
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
1aii Isi 4i
Notice.

This is to notify the public IT, !
are applying for q pardon.
OSCAR MAJoHe
WALTER MAO
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27

The above list was first printed in the
Banner April 26, 1861, and reprinted in
the Banner December Is, 1909. There are
errors and omissions, for they were not to
be avoided at the time.
This company left Minden June 8, 1861,
and went into the Eighth Louisiana Regi-
ment, and was designated as company G,
serving from the First Manassas to Apo
mattox.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-27
From Our State Exchanges

New Orleans Picayune: Some men res
gard honesty as . principle and others re-
gard it as luxury to be INDUCED in only
after they have cleaned up good safe
profit.
Morgan City Outlook: One Of the larg-
est and most valuable timber trees of the
country is the tulip tree, known to lumber
men as yellow poplar. 1t is related to the
magnolias, but is the only tree Of its kind
in the world.
Lake Charles American Press: The man
who once shows hereafter that he is not
willing to play fair with the people will
never be given second chance to betray
them. Public opinion is very wide awake
in Louisiana these days.
Mansfield Enterprise: It is loudly pro-
claimed that the prime motive in this strict
and technical grading of examination pa
pers, has for its prime object, the exclusion
of all teachers, except Normal graduates
| from the public schools of the State.
Sabine Banner: After the son OF former
Gov. Patterson Of Tennessee became q
drunkard and he had lost pitched battle
with booze, the old gentleman turned pro-
hibitionist. It was all right to dole out
booze to some other fathers son, but when
the problem was brought home to him he
turned turtle.
Morgan City Outlook: ]. B. Aswell has
written note to the people of the Eighth
District assuring them that he has not con-
sidered the Superintendency of Washing
ton, D. G. Now, the real question is, who
suggested his name for the vacancy caused
by DR.. Davidson's resignation? Why
should he try to exploit the suggestion in
the Eighth? But that is his way.
The Alexandria Town Talk says great
honor and compliment has been con-
ferred on Senator J. R. Thornton, who has
been designated by Senator Clarke, presi-
dent pro tenn, at the request Of the United
States Senate, to preside over that body
during the entire time OF the absence Of
Vice President Marshall, showing the con-
fidence which the Senators reposes repose
in him.
The Grayson Ledger, protesting against
the FREQUENT murders in thia Stote vel
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-28

GRITTY is vested either in the governor
of The state or any of the governments
Al officers 10 sell or dispose OF any
ot this property.
In my opinion. a great part of it
should nos be disposed Of; but as
there are certain portions Of it which
Il may be desirable for the state TO
sell or to contract for the use of,
deem It advisable that some one Of
She state board be authorized to sell
u contract for the use OF such prop
erry. and therefore recommend that a
law lie enacted authorizing the trus-
.aes Of tile internal Improvement fund
Is MAKE suoh sales o. coaTacts where
il is deemed for me oes- interest Of
enc state 10 do So
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-28
HOMER DEAN WANTS SOBRIETY
IN CITRUS

Deputy L. s Marshal Bristow Of
Ocala arrived here yesterday and took
back with him George McGee. (color-
ed. who is charged with selling IL
quor. The complaint. we understand,
was filed by Homer Dean. McGee is
a notorious yiolator Of the prohibition
law. and heretofore it has been al
most an impossibility TO convict or
properly punish him. because he was
partially paralyzed and unable to
work. \ jail sentence ayaiis nothing
with him, but now that the United
States court has him in TOW, il IS
hoped that he viii receive his just
deserts. Oar people will not be per
factly satisfied unless George serves
term in the United States prison
that viii cure him Of the propensity
to violate the law of the land He
remarked to the editor Of the Chron
icle. when he left for Ocala, that he
did not care If he was hanged The
people OF Inverness share this with
him.-Inverness Chronicle.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-28
Dr.. FRIEDMAN TREATING BA-
SfES

\ special from New York Friday,
says that in TIE presence Of scores
81 physicians sat- cred from al parts
Of the country. many of them repre-
ssnt.ug city boards Of health Or.
Friedrich F. Friedman treated thir-
q 1--WE patients With his tuberculosis
vaccine Twerty-nine OF the sufferers
We're deformed babies Before the
demonstration tsc Berlin specialist is
sued a statemeE advising out of town
persons not 10 come u New York witch
the hope Of being treated until after
the government has passed on his vac
cine
At the doors Of the hospital Tor de-
formities and Joint diseases Or. Fried
mann was beset BY a throng Of suffer
ers. The patients ne attended, how
ever were ones already selected.
awaiting his arrival a. the hospital
and he had TO force his way through
the crowd Of disappointed men and
women. A mother with child sank |
TO her knees holding the baby toward |
the physician, in outs1retched arms
During The clinic a boy, II years old, !
walked into the operating room. He /
vas patient treated With the vac /
cinse twelve days ago
Look At my leg" he said to Dr.
friedman. barring his knee. when
YOU injected your vaccine I could I
hardly move, the leg was SO swollen. /
Now know tnat viii get Well" The
boy went through exercises to show
ne suppleness OF his legs. and then
submitted TO examination by the gath
red physicians.