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Gems of Thought.

Victor Hugo: A church is God between
four walls.
Montaigne: Many things seem greater
by imagination than they are in effect.
"There is one great Society on earth:
The noble living and the noble dead"
Montaigne: He that had never seen a
river, imagined the first he met with to be
the sea.
Chesterfield: The scholar without good
breeding is a pedant, the philosopher a
cynic, the soldier brute, and every man
disagreeable.
Shaftesbury: To love the public, to
study universal good, and to promote the
interest of the whole world, as far as lies
in our power, is the height of goodness, and
makes that temper which we call divine.
The following from Emerson is worth
remembering by those who would succeed ::
eff man can write better book, preach
better sermon, or make better mouse
trap than his neighbor, though he build his
house in the woods, the world will make a
beaten path to his door,
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The excellent and ably edited Baltimore
Sun pays this well deserved compliment to
Senators La Toilette and Poindexter-one
Republican and one Progressive-in re-
ferring to their votes in favor or the Tariff
bill which passed the Senate last week:
In the final vote both responded bravely
to the test of broad patriotism, and SUBJ
ordinated political prejudies and sectional
interests to the welfare of the whole coun-
try. And for this exhibition of courage
and public spirit they deserve the COM
mendation that belongs to men who have
conquered themselves and risen to the high
level Of patriotic duty"
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FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

Lake Charles Americana Press: For
general crop average on September lst,
according to Federal estimates, Louisiana
scored 97.2, leading all States in the south
central division, and being exceeded by but
ten States in the Union. The general aver
age for rice at that time was SO per cent.
The Shreveport Journal of Monday says:
For the twenty four hours ending Sunday
morning at o'clock the precipitation in
Shreveport amounted to 5.27 inches, max
ing the total for last week seven inches.
All but a fraction of an inch of this was
during the rainstorm beginning Friday af-
ternoon and ending Sunday forenoon.
The first shipment of new pecans were
fine and the lot was sold last Saturday in
New Orleans at twelve cents per pound. 1t
is predicted this years pecan crop will be
the largest in great many years, and the
value of the same will exceed million
dollars. Louisiana leads the country in
the pecan industry, producing the finest
grades.
Rainfall in New Orleans for the twenty
four hours ending Sunday morning was
4.54 inches, exceeding any since the great
fall of May Hip, 1912, of 6.94 inches.
The greatest amount of water that has
Iaileu Ill NEW OFledUS uuFlUS LWtuIy .IOuT
hours since the establishing of the weather
station there was April 78, 1888, when the
record shows 9.32 inches, the next record
being $50 inches, August 1920, 1888.
Other remarkable rainfalls we're: March
1415, 1903, $3.50 inches and April %, 1907,
8. rs inches.
The Constitutional Convention called by
the Legislature last week to provide for the
payment of the State debt of S11 900, 900,
due next January, will consist of eighty
members, one from each parish and one
from each of the seventeen wards of Or
leans Parish, will be held November 10th,
at Baton Rouge. The session is limited to
fifteen days. The primary for the nomi-
nation of Delegates to the Convention will
be held on October 18th. The election will
be held on October 28th. At the same
election will be submitted the question of
adopting or rejecting the action of the
Legislature calling the Constitutional Con-
Vention.
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Succession of Terribly Clark, deceased
In District Court. Bossipr Parish. II

Succession of Terribly Clark, deceased
In District Court, Bossier Parish, Ia.
pY virtue of an order of sale, to me
- directed from the honorable Dis
trict Court in and for the Parish Of Bos-
sier, l will, on Saturday, October q,
1913, on the premises of the late resi-
dence of the deceased, three miles south
west of Bellevue, La, within the legal
hours OF sale, proceed to sell at publk
auction, to the last and highest biddef,
the following described property, to-wit:
The northwest quarter OF northeaa
quarter of section Is, and southves
quarter of southeast quarter and south
east quarter of southwest quarter OF SEE
ton I, all in township 10, range II, and
containing 12O acres, more or less.
Also, 2 mares, COW with calf, 10 head
of hogs, 500 pounds OF seed cotton, /
buggy and harness, and lot Of farming
tools.
Terms OF Sale-Cash, if the appraise.
ment or two-thirds thereof be bid, ele
on a credit OF twelve months, according
to law.
Benton, La, Sept. is, 1918. oct q
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The u. D. G. Meeting.

Owing to the inclemency of the
weather only short business session of
the R. ]. Hancock Chapter, U. D. c.,
was held at the residence OF the Presi-
dent, in this place, on the afternoon OF
the 18th.
A quorum being present, the chapter
proceeded to elect delegates to the con-
vention to he held in Monroe October
1st, I'd and Sd next.
The following named delegates and
alternates were elected: Delegates
Mrs. Homer Colquitt and Miss Matte
Belle Scanland; alternates-Mrs. P. C.
Fontaine and Mrs. r. E. Wyche.
The following letters were read by the
Corresponding Secretary:
One from Mrs. E. C. T. Longmire
asking for contributions to the Widows
Benevolent Fund. One dollar was given.
A letter from Miss McGrath, solicit
ing contribution to help make up the
deficiency in the scholarship fund. One
dollar was contributed.
A letter from Mrs. Alexander B.
White, President General, speaking in
behalf of fund for Shiloh, asking the
chapter to take up the sale of Shiloh
calendars for the benefit of the monu-
ment. 1t was decided to make reques,
for samples of the calendars.
An invitation from the Monroe Chap
ter was extended the r. j. Hancock
Chapter to attend the convention to be
held in Monroe October ist, I'd and Sd
There being no further business, the
chapter adjourned to meet Friday, Oc-
tober 18th next.
Mrs. ]. S. ALISON, Rec. Sec'y.
Benton, La, Sept. Is, 1918.
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A Useless Office.



The office of Commissioner of Agricul-
ture and immigration is useless and should
be abolished. 1t provides fat places for
job-c hasers and enables the Commissioner
to make trip to the East, or to Europe, to
drum up immigrants-no matter who or
what, so long as they are immigrants. And
the people pay the freight. A man who
has to be "assisted to country is,
usually, worthless when he arrives. A man
Of energy and enterprise can get where he
wants to go, and does not ask such as
sistance.
A few years ago a Commissioner desired
to take a trip to Europe, and talked loudly
of the advantages of industrious immi-
grants He brought back bunch of
poverty stricken, ignorant bone heads, al
most useless for any purpose, whatever.
And the State paid the freight.
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An Ordinance.

Be it ordained by the Police Jurv a
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, That a sue.
cial tax of mills on the dollar Of Il.
assessed valuation be and is herahv
levied on all the property situated Il
Road District No. Of Bossier Parish
louisiana, for the year 1913, for the mn.
pose of paying one bond OF One Thcu.
sand Dollars (s10O0) with 5 per cent II.
terest for one year, and the interest At
the rate OF per cent On the remaining
one hundred and seventy-four (i7l
bonds of One Thousand Dollars (Si00l
each, voted at the special election held
in said district on the 18th day of JUN
1918, as shown by the promulgation q
the returns of said election and the ord.
nance this day passed, mourning said
debt OF One Hundred and Seventy Fin
Thousand Dollars (s175, 000) and direct
ing the issuance of said bonds, said debt
being represented by one hundred and
seventy-five (175) bonds of One Thor
sand Dollars (s10O0) each and Numbered
from 81" to "175," inclusive; the issue
ance of said bonds having been author
lied by special election held in said
district.
Done and signed officially this, Angus
-0o J.C. LOGAN,
President Police Jury.
R. B. HILL, Clerk Police July.
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October !, 1912

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times live strictly up to the regulations
of the Postofice Department, one of
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publishers of weekly papers in mailing
a publication as second-class matter to
subscribers more than twelve months in
arrears. So it should be plain to you
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The Rev. H. T. Walsh, pastor of the
Church of our Lady of Mercy at New
Britain, Conn.,, delivered at mass recently
the most scathing arraignment of modern
dress ever heard in that section. In addi-
ton to expressing his opinion of gowns of
the 1913 advanced kind, Father Walsh an
nounced that he would refuse to serve COM
munion to any women who approached the
altar railing clad in slashed or diaphan-
Gus gown. He added that he would not
welcome to the parochial residence any
woman similarly CARRIED.
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Gen. Thomas j. Shaffer has appointed
Miss Julia M. Elston one of the maids Of
honor 10 attend the Confederate reunion to
be held in Monroe on October I'd and Sd.
Miss Elston is daughter of Hon. J. w.
Elston OF Shreveport, who was for many
years prominent citizen of this parish.
She is native of Bosser Parish and a
granddaughter OF William C. Elston, who
was a first lieutenant in the famous Stuart
Horse Artillery, commanded by "the gal
liant Maj John Pelham" as he was officially
referred to by his division commander,
Gen. j. E. B. Stuart. She is charming
and popular young lady, and the honor
conferred upon her is worthily bestowed
and very gratifying to her many friends in
this parish.
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Very we'll said by the Lake Charles
American-Press: The majority of the
State favored fight for the sugar tariff as
long as there was hope of retaining it, but
very few of them advised or justified its
continuance after such hope had fled, merely
as an act of defiance to the administration.
The Democrats of Louisiana did not pledge
the Senators to such position, and they
do not approve of such stand. In taking
it they represent only small minority of
the Democrats of the State.
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Psalms.

Cleanse thou me from secret faults
xix, II.
And in my prosperity l said, l shall
never be moved.-xxx, 5.
Grant thee according to thine own heart,
and fulfill all thy counsel.-xx, 4.
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in
the name of our God we will set up our
banners: the Lord fulfill all thy petitions.
Xxx, 5.
Give them according to their deeds, and
according to the wickedness of their end
deavors: give them after the work of their
hands; render to them their desert.-28, 4.
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?
or who shall stand in his holy place? He
that hath clean hands, pure heart; who
hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor
sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the
blessing from the Lord, and righteousness
from the God of his salvation. This is the
generation that seek him, that seek thy
face.-xxiv, 3-6.
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:. To EVERY NAN HIS YORK"

IL the forefront of the call to action is
the fact that we are called to a definite
service. TIE world in which we live is
planned world. The blazing sun and the
uvriads Of Stars tell of the plan for
lighted world: the forest upon the hill
sides, the coal in the mines, the Oil in the
wells proclaim Gods protection for man
against the biting cold of winter: the fertile
soil able to produce untold millions OF
bushels of grain, through an endless sue
cession Of centuries, reveals world plan
ed TO sustain the human race and all that
breathes.
AS the body has many embers-the eye
for seeing and the ear for hearing; the
hand for lifting and the feet for running
50 in human society not all are designed
to ill the same office. While one man may
make a finished musician and another an
excellent poet, one successful merchant
and another useful builder; still another
a helpful physician and yet another
shepherd Of souls, yet never for one mo-
ment dare we lose sight of the fact that we
are to be "specialists '-to work along
some one line of endeavor.
The leaders in the worlds history who
have left a deep impress upon mankind
have taken time to prepare for life's work.
1t takes much time to learn the details Of
business professional life, and if one is so
impatient as to be unwilling to thoroughly
qualify himself by the necessary years of
study he fails to meet one of the first
requisites of life of the largest useful
ness.
Ii we do not think highly Of the work
which we are doing we will be easily per-
suaded to lay it down. But if we see that
the work being accomplished by US is OF
supreme import, nothing will persuade US
to leave it.
Yet again, if we are to attain the best
service, We must aim at perfection.
OF almost equal importance with not be-
ing content with mediocrity is the need OF
quick action. 1t is the man who is ever on
the alert who succeeds where others fail.
Ii We plan to be Of real service to men let
US make sure that our plan is actualized
now. Tomorrow may be too late.
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DR.. Aswell beat Mr.. Perrin by only
eighty seven votes in the primari last
fall, and if stories told by politicians from
that section are to be credited it required a
number Of accidents to build up even that
meager ajority.-New Orleans Times
Democrat. 1t was said at the time that
no official election returns were made from
several precincts; that, like the Irishman's
chickens, the ballot boxes "came up miss
ing 1t was an ugly affair, to say the
least, and it is to be regretted that the
whole matter was not legally ventilated,
and if fraud was perpetrated, the guilty
parties severely punished. There is no
excuse, whatever, for dishonesty in Dem
ocratic primaries in this State.
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Stray Sale.

ESTRAYED before l. H. Martin,
~ Justice of the Peace, Ward 2, Bos-
sier Parish, La, by ]. A. Byrd, and will
be sold at the Court House, in the town
Of Benton, La, within the legal hours of
sale, on Saturday, October Is, 1913, two
cows described as follows: A red heifer.
three years old, marked underslope in
right ear and two splits in left ear, and
a brown heifer, two years old, marked
small underbit in right ear.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, etc.,
or the same will be sold according to law.
"A. EDWARDS, Constable.
September ii, 1918. oct,s
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Sherih'S Sale.

Victoria Lumber Company, Limited, VS.. ia
Sutton ct ais. No. 1852. In Second D.striH
Court, Bossier Parish, La.
pY virtue of writ of fieri facias
- issued in the above entitled sui
and to me directed, l have seized, and
will proceed to sell at public auction, 70
the last and highest bidder, at the trout
door OF the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, on Saturday, October y
1913, the following described properly,
to-wit:
The materials used in the constructiM
OF the dwelling house on lots and Z
and said lots, of block II, McCormick
Annex, Bossier City, Bossier Parish, L.
Terms of Sale-On a credit OF twelve
months, and according to law, to pay and
satisfy the sum OF s2l2.46, less the fol-
lowing credits: $40 paid Septemberz
1910, $40 paid October /, 1910, $40 paid
November |, 1910, $40 paid December j
1910, and $40 paid February, 1911, with
8 per cent per annum interest thereon
from February 2, 1911, until paid, and
all costs of suit.
j. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.
Benton, La, Sept. is, 1913. oct q
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We protest against being represented as
theoretically "falling over ourselves in
gIorifying Lincoln. Many of US have not
forgotten the brutal outrages heaped upon
defenceless old men, women and children
of the South by relentless Northern van
dals of war of the Sherman, Sheridan,
Butler, Burbridge, Hunter and Milroy type,
all of which the great alleged humanitarian
Lincoln, as President of the United States
and COMMUNICATIVE chief of the army could
have prevented.
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List Your Cotton.

Mr.. c. 0. Gayle has been appointed
Special Agent for the Southern States
Cotton Corporation, and all farmers re-
siding near Benton can list their cotton
with him. He is authorized to make
contracts in my name, and which con-
tracts will guarantee you Is cents per
pound for your cotton. See him to-day.
32-n c. E. JENKINS, Bonded Agent.
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Benton, La, Sept. is, 1913. octss
Homestead Entry NO. lille

Department OF the rn.er0r,f
U. S. Land ONCE at Baton Rouge, La.
August g, 1871
NOTICE is hereby given that james
~ D. Johnson, of Sligo, La, who, %
April rs, 1907, made Homestead Emf
No. IL Ill, for the northwest quarter O
northwest quarter OF section 81, town
ship II north, range ii west, Louisians
meridian, has filed notice of intention =
make five year proof, to establish clam
to the land above described, before w
Clerk of Court, at Benton, La, on 1ne
9th day of October, 1918. ..a
Claimant names as witnesses: WE
liam Morris, Spencer Minis, Hendersop
Niece and David Hymes, all OF koraDs
La. JOHN F, NUTTALL, Register.
September 4, 1918. oct2
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Elected first lieutenant in 1863.
2Appointed third sergeant in 1862 and
a first lieutenant in company of the sixth
battalion.
Elected third lieutenant in 1863.
Killed at luka, Miss, September, 1862.
Killed at Britton's Lane, near Denmark,
Tenn, September 1, 1862.
Killed at Britton's Lane, Tenn.
7Appointed first corporal in 1868.
Mortally wounded in hospital during
Federal attack on Boonville, Miss, May,
1862.
9Appointed fourth corporal in 1863.
"Appointed third corporal in 1868.
hAppointed company commissary.
EAppointed first sergeant in 1863.
1sElected captain when the company was
reorganized at Corinth May, 1862, appoint
ed lieutenant colonel of battalion and later
appointed colonel of sixth regiment.
HMortaly wounded during Federal at
tack on hospital in Boonville, Miss, May,
1862.
l5Appointed second corporal in 1863.
HEiected first lieutenant, May, 1852, and
appointed captain in sixth battalion in
1864.
accidentally shot his arm off.
accidentally wounded in arm while on
picket duty at Corinth.
transferred by exchange with William
NJ. Young to Vance Guards, Nineteenth
Louisiana Regiment, reporting to Colonel
Richard W. Turner, November, 1854.
DAppointed third sergeant in 1863.
2Appointed fourth sergeant in 1863.
2Appointed second sergeant in 1863.
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What is known as the "Gadsden Pur-
chase" occurred on December 80, 1858
Hon. James Gadsden of South Carolina,
our Minister to Mexico, by treaty (Which
was approved on the date mentioned) ar
ranged the purchase from Mexico of hel
territory south of the ella River, and later
included in Arizona. 1t contained As, 535
square miles and the price paid was $40,
COO,0OO.
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Unbelievers and skeptics have accom-
plished nothing in the history of the world.
All the hospitals, the charitable institutions
and the things which have made life better
for the rest of the world have come through
the man who believes in his Maker.
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No nation in the world has ever made an
idol Of luxury and lived very long to wor-
ship the god which its own hands had made.
Far better to live more simply, more quiet
ly and more orderly.
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Effort, honest, manful, humble effort will
bring success, and that means conscienti-
Gus use of the equipment with which God
has equipped all persons and sent them to
perform life's work.
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RUB. MYTHS

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In most parts of China wood is very
scarce and costly. Most of the trees were
cut down long ago, and every year dry
leaves and grass are raked and gathered
with the utmost care.
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Three planters were killed and another
was wounded in battle with shot guns last
Friday near Mason, Ala.
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In the time of Hadrian, Rome had pop
ulation of not less than 1 100000. To-day
it lie less than 100000.
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Announce m ent.

THE Fl9ncr il authorized ID announce Mr. H.
!IapGEs. IT,. Of Elm Grove Ward One, as a
indicate to represent Bossier Parish in the Con-
stitu.ioaai Convention to convene in Baton Rouge
November iGth, subject to nomination al the Dem
ocratic primary election to be held October l4tn
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Charitable institutions of London re-
ceived $4,000 from Sunday moving pic
ture shows during the last year.
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