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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25

We think it is unfair to accuse Gov. Hall
OF putting the schools in politics. Since
the retirement from office of State Super
intendent of Education j. V. Calhoun, the
schools of Louisiana have been in politics
for all they were WORTH" and we doubt
if Gov. Hall can now keep them out until
the present school laws are repealed. The
way to keep the schools out of politics is
as plain as pikestaff: let the people-the
"mossbacks' and the "fool PARENTS as
they have sometimes been called by the
"cultured '-control tier schools: thew
furnish the pupils and pay the teachers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25
Stray Sale,

FSTRAYED before l. H. Martin,
IL Justice of the Peace, Ward 2, Bos-
sier Parish, La, by J. 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 18, 1918, 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.
J. A. EDWARDS, Constable.
September Ii, 1918. oct IS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25

There were number of killed and
wounded in battle and deaths from disease
in the Robins Grays Company B, Nine
teenth Louisiana RegimenD during the
war, but we have only the list of casualties
at the Battle of Shiloh, taken from the
report Of Major Wesley P. Winans, which
was published in the Banner of May II,
1862, and is, in part, as follows: Company
B-Killed, J. Richardson; wounded. Lieu
tenant John L. Naples, privates John N.
Richards, E!dridge Gardner and Charles
Smith.
The above list of names will again be
printed in the issue of the Banner of Octo-
Der 9th, and we hope to be able to print a
more complete record Of the company on
that date, and appeal to the survivors and
friends OF the Grays to help us by furnish
ing us whatever information they may
nOSSpSS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25
Homestead Entry No. Hill.
Department of the Interior,

Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La,
August %, 1918.
NOTICE is hereby given that James
~ D. johnson, of Sligo, La, who, on
April rs, 1907, made Homestead Entry
No. II iii, for the northwest quarter OF
northwest quarter of section SO, town.
ship II north, range ii west, Louisiana
meridian, has filed notice of intention to
make five year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before the
Clerk OF Court, at Benton, La, on the
9Th day of October, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses: Will
liam Morris, Spencer Minis, Henderson
MCGEE and David Hymes, all of Koran,
La. JOHN F. NUTTALL, Register.
September 4, 1918. oct2
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25
Gems of Thought.

Pollock: Friends, but few on earth, and
therefore dear.
Anonymous: Whistling doesn't make
the locomotive go, it is the silent steam.
Voltaire: Man was born to live in the
commissions of disquiet or in the lethergy
OF idleness.
Seneca: Let no man presume to give
advice to others that has not first given
good counsel to himself.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25

A few years ago Louisiana had school
book scandal "on her hands," which
aroused much indignation from the help
less ''fool parents" who were being held
up. Although the indignation has been
consigned to the scrap heap and is only a
memory now, the following paragraph from
the Philadelphia Ledgeris we'll worth read
ing, as it shows how cleverly some of the
piratical book concerns have worked the
people:
''In most States the book companies
have been at work, largely through former
teachers, to increase the curriculums, so
that they may sell more books. There is
money in this and some Of tie money Is
tainfcd. The result is that the child in
school is often loaded down with lot of
books he will never understand and is made
to recte a medley Of things that roll off
his mind like water off the back of duck
Education in the United States has not yet
entered the twentieth century. 1t is lag
ging twenty-five years behind the times.
The most alert factors in it are the pub
fishers who play politics and sell books''
And in the meantime, in the language of
learned writer, "the minds of children
are stifled under mass of useless knowl-
edge'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25
High Speed.

Memphis Commercial Appeal
In the early days of railroading the chief
consideration was the safety of travellers,
the conservation Of human life. Now the
prime object is to ''get there FAST" no mat
ter at what peril to passengers. The whole
age is obsessed with the speed idea; all
considerations of danger or prudence are
made subservient to it. Railway trains set
the flyer" exomple; autoists followed
suit, and painting individuals fell into line.
The old nursey rhyme:
ode hog and de sheep
Was walkin' in de pastur',
De hog says: Sheep,
Can't you walk little faster?'"
has set the question mark for all walks and
callings of life. 1t is making US, nationally
and individually, old and wrinkled and
nervous. One of the great reforms of the
age would be ''Don't Hurry" club.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25
| oct IL

7 If the above date appears by your
name stamped on the margin of the
Banner, or on the wrapper if you receive
your paper wrapped, it means that your
subscription expired
October I, 1912
and further, that your paper will be dis
continued on the last day Of this month,
unless you favor the Office with a re-
mittance prior to that time.
I The Banners subscription terms are
cash in advance, but credit will be read
lily granted when requested. However,
the management Of the paper will at all
times live strictly up to the regulations
of the Postoffice Department, one of
which prohibits the use of the mails to
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
that we can grant credit on subscriptions
for twelve months only-not one day
longer and still enjoy the use of the
mails in circulating the Banner.
7 If your date is as indicated above,
please favor the office with a remittance.
The proprietor has done his part.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25
RUB MY-TB SIN

Will cure your rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Cole,
Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and Burns, CD
Sures, Stings of Insects. etc. Antisep'
tic Anodyne, used internally and eI-
ternally. Price, 70 cents. 24-Im
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25
Announcement.

ry,HE Banner is authorized to announce Mr.. w. H.
HODGES IT,, Of Elm Grove, Ward One, as a
candidate to represent Bossier Parish in the Con-
stitutional Convention, to convene in Baton Rouge
November 10th, subject to nomination at the Dem
ocratc primary election to be held October l4th'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25
SAVE SIS For Your Son
~ or Daughter on the Pur-
chase Price of a Scholarship

\ The proprietor of the Banner has for
sale scholarship in the Tyler CONNER
cial College of Tyler, Texas. The same
was paid for in advertising. 1t is valued
at $50 and would cost one that much
when applying at the institution named
above. This one can be had for SIS,
but, under contract, cannot be sold for
less than that sum.
I If you are expecting to enter your son
or daughter in a commercial college
why not buy this scholarship and thus
save s.? In the event you should buy
it and the prospective student after
going to Tyler should not find every
thing as represented, or desired, and de-
cides not to enter the college, the pro-
prietor Of the Banner will gladly refund
your money. In other words, this schol-
arship is hedged by every guarantee
offered by the college.
4 Call at the Banner office the next time
you are in Benton and ask to see it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25
THE JOY OF LABOR.

Who is so miserable as the man who has
no regular work to do, and is thus confront
ed with the perpetually recurring proclem
of "killing time" in some new way? And
who has come so near to finding the secret
of happiness as the man who has regular
work to do and finds in the mere process
of that work perpetual joy! See the hap
piness of the painter who revels in the
painting of his picture, caring not whether
the finished canvass is sold if he can con-
tnue work upon another. Consider the
physician who "practices day and night
with light heart, caring not for fees 50
long as he can answer the call for aid.
Behold the clergyman who trudges on his
routine path of pastoral service, year in
and year out, Indifferent to his starvation
wage, because the work itself repays him.
Nor need we limit our attention to the
higher and more creative occupations. The
rule holds true everywhere. The carpenter
who loves the smell of pine, and fondles
the smooth planed board the engine driver
who smiles as he feels his locomotive throb-
bing beneath his hand; the bookkeeper
whose volumes of accurate figures and
beautiful penmanship are his pride; the
plowman who "homeward plods his weary
way all these, wherever toiling, have
solved life's problem, since they have found
joy in their work, and have not looked be-
yond to material rewards which the labor
might bring them.
OF course there is much labor which is a
curse because of its burdensome character,
its lohg hours and its inadequate wage.
The majority of people perhaps are en-
shaved to work of this kind, and there is
nothing more greatly needed to-day than
the humanization of toll everywhere. But
when We speak of work we are speaking
of normal work-not overwork. The latter
we are rightly coming to regard as a curse,
and at the same time should we learn to
regard the former as blessing. Nothing
is truer than that labor, like virtue, is its
own reward. Work is truly what we make
it. If we come to it with reluctance and
drop it with exultation we live as slaves to
hidcous tasks. But if We come to it as
those who are glad that they have a chance,
however humble, to contribute little hon
est handiwork to the world we shall live as
men who are free and therefore happy
Work is like a savings bank in that we
draw out of it only what we put into it. II
we deposit only the copper pennies Of selfish
ness, greed and hate we cannot hope to
draw out coin of any higher and purel
metal. But if we deposit the shining gold
of devotion and good will we shall always
be able to draw out these same great riches
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25
Wise Sayings.

Wise Sayings.
A close mouth catcheth no flies.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A thief thinks every man steals.
Before you mount look to the girt.
A clear conscience is good pillow.
Gods mill grinds slowly, but surely.
Forgive every mans faults except your
own.
He who lives wickedly always lives in
fear.
Drive thy business, let not that drive
thee.
He that lies down with dogs must rise
up with fleas.
Eating little and speaking little car
never do man hurt
Civil, obliging language costs but little
and doth great deal of good.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25

Our labor keeps.o off from us three grea
evils-idleness, vice and want.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25

Good deeds live and flourish when all
other things are at an end.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25

Anglin, A. L.
Applewhite, Gus
Applewhite, J. L.
Applewhite, S. R.
Barner, E. A.
Berry, G. H.
Bledsoe, w. H.
Brothers, VIM. E.
Boylan, A. D.
Branton, J. A.
Bryan, Black
Bullock, H. P.
Byrd,
Cable, James
Carr,
Carraway, G. F.
Cawthorn, James j.
Clarkson, G.. c..
Coleman,
Davis, A. H.
Davis, Mitus
Davis, B. w.
Davis, R. H.
Dinkins, S. P.
Edwards, Ben
Edwards, Joe
Fuller,
Furgerson, j. A.
| Gardner, Eldridge
| Gardner, w.
Grimham, c.. B.
Harper, Eph S. M.
Haughton, M. W.
Hale,
Hearne, James
Hearne, Ed
Hearne, William
Hearne, F. D. L.
Huntington, Samue
Hodges, Robert
Hudson, Jesse
Hurst.
Key, William H.
! Lawrence, DR.. Pau
| Lawrence, l. H.
! Lister, A. B.
Lister, w. F.
lLowery, J. |. M.
Lowry, J. c..
Martin, K. P.
Malone, T. j.
Morton, -
Miller, George w.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25

The Philippine Islands were named for
Prince Philip, afterward King Philip of
Spain. The islands number 8, al, extend
ing 1000 miles north to south and 600 miles
from east to west. The distance from
Washington, D. c., to Manila is 1900
miles, journey of thirty days. When it
is II noon at Washington, it is 1.O4 a. m.
the next day at Manila.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25
ROBINS GRAYS.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.


Loudon Butler, captain. Promoted to
major. Killed at Chickamauga, Septem-
Der 20, 1868.
Edward E. Robins, first lieutenant. Died
from pneumonia, at Cornth, Miss, March
8, 1862, aged about thirty EIGHT years.
John L. Naples, second lieutenant.
Wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Abel B. Skannal, third lieutenant.
oN-coMMIssIoNED OFFICERS.
Jack Hodges, orderly sergeat; promoted
to captain and quarter master.
E. B. Jones, second sergeant.
Henry J. James, third sergeant. Pro-
noted to captain. Killed at Spanish Fort,
near Mobile, in 1865.
IT. Connell, fourth sergeant.
j. L. Vickers, fifth sergeant.
J. E. Edwards, first corporal.
J. E. Carraway, second corporal. Pro-
NOTED to first lieutenant.
Simon W. Doyle, third corporal.
. J. c.. Banton, fourth corporal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-25

ATES.
hurry, B. w.
hurry, Elem
Maulding, D. G..
Mahle, A. F.
Mahle, Gus
McDade, Edward J.
Mccarthy, Joseph E.
Newman, Arthur j.
Newsome, w. A. J.
Newsome, John
Newsome, Henry
Northcutt, VIM. J.
North, W. j.
Pate, Richard
Pinkard, G.. W.
Plat, D. Burton
Platt, R. S.
Poland, A. L.
Powde, Benz.
Raglan, Monroe
Richards, John N.
Rains, John c..
Richardson, J. S.
Richardson, James
Richardson, L. ].
Station, John
Station, Lewis
Stanley, John j.
Springfield, Benz. R.
Spivey, Gideon
Spurlin, Thadeus NJ
Smith, James
Smith, w. NJ. G..
Smith, William
Smith, Charles
Stoner, j. H.
Tanner, R. L.
TaTney, Barney
Theus, Ephe
Thompson, w. H.
Thompson, H. W.
Tomlinson, John
Tomlinson, Jack
Vickers, F. M.
Vickers, w. NJ.
Vickers, S. H.
Walker, George W.
Walker, Sidney
Walker, Pole
Wiley, George W.
Whitaker, w. S.
Watts, W. T.
Walker, William
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1t entities the holder to an
unlimited course in Bookkeep-
ing, Shorthand or Telegraphy
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Williamson, Alex.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-02
BANKERS WILL MEET.
State Association in Convention There
May and s.

Next Tuesday and Wednesday, May
and Z, the Kansas Bankers associa-
ton will hold it's convention at Hutch
inson, Kan. The business sessions OF
the association will occupy both the
mornings and afternoons of the two
days. with addresses by prominent men
upon technical subjects, and routine
business of the convention.
Tuesday morning. following the ad-
dress of welcome by A. E. Asher of
the Commercial National bank of
Hutchinson, and the response by A. D.
Crooks of the State bank of Abilene.
Governor George H. Hodges will then
speak on the subject, The State" Tom
Blodgett. of Wichita, will talk on
Moral Forces in Business
Tuesday afternoon will be devoted to
addresses by Charles NJ. Sawyer, bank
commissioner, President Henry j. Wa
tiers, of the State Agricultural college,
w. j. Bailey, at Atchison, and A. c.
Jobes, of Kansas City. Tuesday eve
ming there will be a grand concert.
Byron w. Moser, of ST. Louis, c. M.
Harger, of Abilene, w. c. Brown, of the
New York Central lines, of New York,
H. L. Nicolet, of Kansas City, F. P.
Hettinger, of Hutchinson, and r. H.
Faxon, of Wichita, are the speakers
for Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-02

sued from a book that resembles a
check book, the stub of which is re-
tanned as a public record by the pro-
bate judges. The licenses, after the
cerem onies have been performed, must
be returned within ~ hours to the
registrar of vital statistics at the state
house, where a complete record of
marriages, from now on, will be kept.
If you have not INDUCED either in
a marriage or a divorce so far it will
be more expensive from now on, and
if it is a divorce you are looking for
it may be a rude shock to you to find
the divorce proctor poking into your
personal affairs and learning how far
you may have -nistreated your COM
panion in life while he, according to
your story has been mistreating you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-02
Overnight Relief
for Constipation
A Small Dose on Retiring
and You Are Well and
Happy by Morning

1t is only natural that the simplest of
ailments should be the most general,
and so we have a whole nation suffer-
ing from constipation and indigestion
for they are closely allied. But common
as constipation is many people do not
seem to know they have it. They will
complain of headache, drowsiness or
billiousness, all unconscious of the
cause of the trouble
You should have a full and free
movement at least once day. If you
pass a day you are constipated, and
the result will be that you will catch
a cold easily or have more serious
ailment To cure the constipation and
forestall still graver trouble take a
dose of DR.. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin
at night before retiring and by morning
relief will come, without disturbance
from sleep or ny inconvenience.
Iegions Ct people use it regularly in
such emergencies. some of them form
erly chronic invalids who have suffer-
ed from constipation all their lives.
Mr.. A B. Banner, 1926 Riley St, Harris
burg. Pa. says: DIR. Caldwel1's Syrup
Pepsin gave me almost instant relief
from stomach and bowel trouble. 1
now eat anything I want and sleep
we'll" Many others will tell You that
they have tried most things recon-
mended for this purpose but have
found Syrup Pepsin the only one al
ways reliable. A bottle can be obtained
at anv drug store for fifty cents or
one dollar, the latter size being bought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-02
DEATH OF MRS. GRICCS
She Was 95 Years Old and Lived in
Topeka Since 1876.

Mrs. Sophia Griggs, age 95 years.
died about 10 o'clock Thursday night
at the home of her son, George H
Griggs, at 1927 Harrison street. She
was stricken with apoplexy more than
a week ago. and on account of heart
trouble, she succumbed. She is sur
vived by four generations of descend
ants.
Mrs. Griggs was born in England
and moved to Pennsylvania with her
parents when she was Is years old.
She moved to Kansas in 1876 and has
lived here ever since, excepting seven
years which she spent with a daughter,
Mrs. Martha NJ. Butler, who lives at
Webster City, Ia.
She is survived by her son. George
H. Griggs, with whom she was living
when she died, P. w. Griggs of 3.
East Eighth street and her daughter in
Iowa, besides large number of grand
children and greatgrandchildren. P. 1.
Griggs is another son, who lives in
Franklin, Pa.
The funeral arrangements will not
be completed until her son in Penn
sylvania is heard from. She is the
grandmother of Art Griggs, who is
playing fist base with the Montreal
club of the International Baseball
League.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-02
HIGH COST LIVING.
Been Extended to Marriages and Di-
vorce by New Law.

The high cost of living in some of
the luxuries of lie, such as marriages
and divorces. for instance. took flight
upward when the new statutes went
into effect. From now on marriage
licenses in Shawnee county that for
merly sold at the bargain price of
$3.50 each will soar to 81, the addi-
tional so cents having been tackled on
to satisfy the curiosity of the state.
But the big increase in the h. C. of
]. is in the price of divorces, the reg
ular rate having been hikeG SO by a
new law So divorces that heretofore
are estimated at a cost of from $50 to
$35 will cost from now on from $40
to S45. Not only that but there will
be no more hasty DEGREES, and no
more one sided hearings The new
law provides for a divorce proctor
who must investigate every pc
tition filed, and a hearing cannot be
heard until so days have elapsed from
the filing of the suit.
Heretofore there have been in
stances where decree was granted
a few minutes after the petition was
made a part of the records of the
clerks Office. The petition together
with a waiver of summons from the
defendant and an entry of appearance,
consenting that the case might be
heard at any time, has been filed and
n hearing held Immediately Then
there appeared the plaintiff and one
witness who testified to cruelties or
neglectful acts as the case might be,
and no one appearing to controvert
the statements the court held a suffi-
cient ground for divorce was shown
and awarded decree. The courts
are willing to admit that in some in
stances the petitioners have put one
over on them But no more will di-
Vorces be easy to obtain. The proc
tor, who under the law is a member
of the county attorneys staff, must
scrutinize every suit and report to the
court, representing defaulting de-
PENDANTS whether they would be rep
resented or not. and investigate into
the merits of every case filed. So far
a special assistant who will act IS di-
vorce proctor has not been appointed.
From now on also prospective
grooms and brides must give their
real ages and swear to them, not Civ
ing the old. familiar. ''over 1S," and
cover FL as has been the custom in
some cases. The licenses will be is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-02
RECORD FOR HOSSFELD
Jointist Faces Forty-Nine Counts for
Selling Liquor.

The high mark in the number of
counts charted against an individual
for violation of the prohibitory law
has been reached in the case of Ed
Hossfeld. The record breaking COM
plant contains fifty counts forty-nine
of which are sales counts.
Hossfeld held the record heretofore.
having been charged at one time on Sc
counts. He was permitted to plead
guilty, however. on two or three
counts when the case came up for trial.
and the others were dismissed. He is
not a first offender by any means.
In case of a conviction upon all the
counts charged the minimum penalty
would be four years and two months
in the county Jail and fine of SIS 900
together with the costs that proba bIy
would aggregate half as much more
The maximum penalty would be -
years and months Imprisonment in
the county Jail and a fine of s25. 900
saying nothing of the costs
The minimum fine and estimate
costs. if served out in Jail, would mean
term of more than 20 years, if the
county prosecutor is able to prove all
of the charges made against him Such
a sentence, together with the minimum
Jail sentence that can be imposed
would mean about 25 years. a longer
term by considerable than is usually
served upon a conviction for murder.