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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-12-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington City,

There are two things that / should
like to see done down home, and
believe both can be done with very
little effort
One is the organization of a club
of those citizens of Marietta who
would like to see our people united
for the progress of the city; and
the other is the organization of a
county agricultural society that will
go down to Macon next year and
bring back that first premium.
Incidentally, | want the county
agricultural society to work for the
general advancement of the agricul-
tural interests of the county. Meth
er of these propositions will cost
much money and they can do a world
of good
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-12-12
OUR REFUGE.
The sharp little vexations,

The sharp little vexations,
And the briars that catch and fret,
Why not take all to the Helper
Who never has failed us yet?
Tell Him about the heartache,
And tell Him the longings, too;
Tell Him the baffied purpose
When we scarce know what to do
Then leaving all our weakness
With the One diyinely strong,
Forget that we bore the burden
And carry away the song.
Phillips Brooks.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-12-12

Congressman Gordon Lee has in
troduced bill to provide for high
way improvement work by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture in cooperation with the
highway departments of the several
States.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-12-12

Over in Marietta things are as
quiet and sweet as a spring day
Alpharetta Free Press.
Let not your neighbours tranquil
ity put any fret in Alpharetta.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-12-12

Our Prescription Room is the most
complete in every way. GRIFFITH'S
PHARMACY.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-12-12
W what's the object?

a.
wear out by social intercourse
j. litical lines that have done 10
retard the growth of Mari
eta. 4
teal opponents think they
Jones said the more he
the better he liked dogs,
e | see of men the better
and that is true of praC-
body, Mr.. Jones to the
outstanding. l knew
became famous and
his death; knew him
well, and the better
more | liked him
remark Of his was
ism, that was all
of each other the
'i0 ''.i %" ch other
better they like ca
fter l came to
to me:
Marietta man said = ca,
Mr. Carter, this t
the best kind of people
cleverest kind of peoL
hate me They hate me,
good pople all the same.
Now, a brave genel
hearted man said that to , -,
was it? Politics. Been ,,-.i,
one another twenty-five yea
j chronic
Z = with d
I, -. under
Il -, S that
i / be-
town
4: who are not stepped in these 80
4; teuds and who would be the nucA -
! of an organization that would
4. time force the business side Of thinI -
Z to the front and bring about dsit. -
Il for tae spoa Of the city.
e - 50 - = as
Welfare, about 10 start into new
!. year, year that will mean much! N
u Our new Mayor ana Council Willie
I have very serious difficulties to meet
: and they will need to be- Sscked up
by a united town. That twenty z
thousand dollars Of floating debt Il
ought to bring us to our senses if II
nothing else will II we expect pop 4
serty to enhance in value in MaM-
eta and to have more people come
in TO help pay taxes we have got
to cut out so much politics, or, at
any rate, let the ballot box settle
our differences and not let them
drag on forever and eternally.
We see Atlanta fight like cats and
dogs until election day and the next --
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-12-12
Now take the first suggestion:

Now take the first suggestions:
don't propose for Our City Club"
to do thing but provide a means
for spending a pleasant evening, say
once month. Suppose, for instance,
fifty or sixty men met once a month
and enjoyed a smoker in the Audi
forum, with absolutely no business
on hand except to talk and get well
acquainted, A little feed, a little
music, good deal of smoke and a
whole lot of free and easy talk No
body try to raise any money or take
up any subscriptions or do anything
whatever except to spend a pleasant
two or three hours and then go home
and go to sleep. A dollar smoker
once month, and there are a hun
dred men in Marietta who could
pend the money and never miss it.
e had a smoker of that sort once
the Chamber of Commerce and
vas, indeed, most enjoyable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
SPRINGS OF ACTION.

Some writer's have held that the only
spring of action is self-interest or self
qualification; but to prove their point they
are obliged to deal in a great deal of
sophistical reasoning, as that men and
women, when they make what the world
calls sacrifices, do so because they find
pleasure in the act, and so are selfish with
the rest. Without going into such refine
ments of analysis, it may be admitted that
the main spring of action is selfish in its
origin. Men work that they may eat and
to crafty other appetites, such as the love
of praise or ambition; they labor also for
the good of others, with no other hope of
reward than the qualification afforded them
by well doing; they work in the cause of
science or art or religion because they feel
inspired by love as for something beautiful,
unmindful of any return for their labors in
material things or in reputation. All, it may
be conceded, do the things which bring
them satisfaction of their desires, be they
high or low, of purely personal or of gen.
eral benefit, and they do these things fol
the sake of the reward. This, then, whether
selfish or unselfish, is the handspring OIL
action, and it should be kept at full
STRENGTH
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
SheriH'S Sale.

w. j. Hughes VS.. Earl B. Brown ct al. No 5473.
In Second District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
DY virtue of writ of seizure and sale,
ID issued in the above entitled suit
and to me directed, have seized and
will proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, on Saturday, March Is,
1918, the following described property,
tO-Wit:
An undivided two-thirds interest in
the northeast quarter of section rs, and
northeast quarter, west half of southeast
quarter and fractional southwest quarter
OF section %, all in township 10, range
IL; less 6 acres in the northeast corner
of section %; less so acres sold to Mrs.
Susan Onley, as per deed recorded in
Bossier Parish Conveyance Book, VOL
ume %, page 743, and less so acres sold
to Jessie Fincher, as per deed recorded
in Bossier Conveyance Records, volume
Is, page All; also, less 6 acres reserved
to Saint Johns Church; making total
conveyance of two-thirds interest in
1876 acres, more or less, all situated in
Bossier Parish, La.
Terms of Sale Cash, without the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and sat-
isfy the sum of S66666, with 6 per cent
per annum interest thereon from Feb
ruary 1, 1910, until paid, and all costs Of
suit, including 10 per cent on said sum
and interest as attorneys fees.
]. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.
Benton, La, Feb. 6, 1918. maria
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
From Our State Exchanges

New Orleans Picayune: Unselfshness
is one of the rarest qualities in the world
to find in any one else.
Assumption Pioneer: Work is the finest
tonic for GROWERS and kickers, but the
pesky things won't take it.
Assumption Pioneer: You will please
take note, that the biggest "kidder" is the
very one who can't stand being teased.
New Orleans Picayune: What a fortu-
nate thing it would be for some of US if,
when we have lost our temper, we should
never again find it.
West Carroll Gazette: Now that the
marcel post is in business 'swat' the ex-
press companies! Don't express anything
that you can send by the post route.
New Orleans Christian Advocate: The
stand for principle often entails sacrifice,
but nevertheless it pays to do so. The
gain is greater than the loss, whatever the
latter may be. He who barters his man
hood for anything else makes poor bar
gain.
Monroe News-Star: The fellow who
talks the loudest and longest is not to be
compared to the silent man of action. The
J" hot air. retailer seldom amounts to a
chill of beans.'' The man of action-the
plodder though he be-is the man who
counts for most.
Jena Times: Every boy who enters a
corn club can not win prize, but every
boy who belongs to club and works for a
prize, wins that which is of infinitely more
value than the prize. He wins knowledge
and experience, which are the inward ben
! Gifts of which the priZe is OnlV the outward
expression.
Dodson Times: j. R. Sholars, an en-
terprising farmer of ward four, VIM Par
ish, realized $500 from from fifteen acres
of peanuts in 1912. He values the peanuts
at $3.50, most Of which he sold for the cash
at good price, and the hay at $3.50, the
greater part of which he also sold at q
satisfactory price.
New Orleans States: "The average
citizen stands for obedience to law says
Gov. Ralston. That is what the average
citizen should do, but the trouble is he also
stands for much disobedience of tha law
which he should not do, and then com
plains bitterly about conditions for which
he is largely responsible.
Winnsboro Reporter: Send your pack
ages and order your packages sent by
parcel post. 1t is cheaper and surer; ane
then, by so doing you will help to destroy
the express companies-the things tina
have never had any excuse to offer for thei
piratical existence; things that have un
} ceasingly robbed and plundered since thu
day of their Ubiquitous birth. For con
} science sake, don't patronize them excep
when you have to.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
Hauehton.

Tuesday, Feb. 4.-Dr. Paul Lawrence
made business trip to Shreveport Satur-
day.
Dr.. P. A. Lawrence of Vivian, is here
on a visit.
Mr.. J. B. Oneal of Bossier City, is at
tending Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Mr.. Wilson has accepted the position as
salesman in Lawrence & Sons store for
the ensuing year.
Mrs. o. P. Harris and Misses Lula Hollis
and Anna T. Harris spent Saturday in
Shreveport shopping.
The people of the Fillmore community
are glad to welcome Mr.. McVay and fam
lily, Of Missouri, who moved in last week.
Mr.. A. H. Ratcliff went to Shreveport
last Friday to consult an occulist. Mr..
Parks Elston Of Shreveport came out to
take charge of the Elston store during Mr..
Ratcliff's absence.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

The Southern Pacific Railway Company
will spend this year about S25O,0OO in shop
extensions at Lafayette and Algiers.
At the special election in Caddo Parish
last Tuesday Judge T. F. Bell was elected
Judge of the First Judicial District Court,
to succeed his father, the late and lament
ed Judge r. F. Bell, by the following vote
Bell, 1906; Cal D. Hicks, 6l6; Emerson
Bentley, 331.
Hammond is aroused over the probability
that model road is soon to connect Baton
Rouge with Covington, in St. Tammany
Parish, running through Tangipahoa by
way of Hammond. The proposed road will
be seventy-fve miles in length. A special
tax will be levied in each of the parishes
through which it is to run. The funds for
a preliminary survey have been raised. Il
is estimated that the road will cost from
500, 900 to S125, 900.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
Sherif'S Sale.

J. M. Gillespie VS.. Diff Mccormick Brick Com
pany, Limited. No. 15519 In First District
Court, Caddo Parish, La.
DY virtue Of writ of fieri facias,
ID issued in the above entitled suit
and to me directed, have seized and
will proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House, in the town Of
Benton, La, on Saturday, March Is,
1918, the following described property,
to-Wit:
Fifteen acres of land, situated in the
northwest quarter of section 20, town.
ship 1S north, range IL west, Bossier
Parish, La, described as follows: Be-
ginning at the southeast corner OF
the acre of land on which w. T. Col
Quits house now stands, measure east
to the public road for 2.01 chains Gull
chains) thence north 80 degrees east
along the public road 1890 chains to
place of beginning of the Is acres herein
sold, thence west for 7.02 chains, thence
north q degrees and 80 minutes east fol
$500 chains to section line (the north
boundary of section 20 dividing fence
between billiard & Ards and Colquitt,,
thence east along fence for 2.281.
chains, thence south for $50 chains tt
bayou, thence north 641s degrees cas-
for $50 chains along bayou to public
road, thence south 80 degrees west fol
1928 chains to point of beginning, to.
gether with buildings, machinery, kilnt
and the brick plant on said property
with all accss sories that constitute same
the land being the same purchased from
Ards and Colquitt.
Also, the following described propert!
in Bossier Parish, La, to-wit: Tha
portion of land lying in the northwes
quarter Of section 20, township 18 north
range Is west, lying southeast OF tn
rightofway of the st. Louis, Arkansa
and Texas Railway (now St. Loui
Southwestern Railway north OF w. 3
McCormick's lands and west of the land
of DR.. H. T. billiard, less that portion
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

Philadelphia North American: If your
works can't talk for you, talk won't work
for you.
Baltimore Sun: Hazing is a bad prac-
tice and everybody except idiotic school
boys wants to see it stamped out.
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Thirty
years ago there were only 1901 trained
nurses in the United States; to-day there
are about 100000, which would indicate
that the country gets its medicine regu-
larly.
Leslie's Weekly: What this country
wants is the rule of thoughtful, decent,
law abiding people. If our great cities had
this sort of rule, they would not be the hot
beds of misgovernment, vice and graft that
too many of them VIGOROUSLY are.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
VAIN ROASTING.

Once in ancient days an invading con-
oueror sent sword to his enemy with the
Inscription. 81 thirst,' and the enemy re-
turned answer, "Haste, tho vultures hum
ger" Savage warriors were ever given
to brutal badianage before battle, and this
extravagant banter between the kings OF
Israel and Syria stands as one OF the
famous replies from the field or on the eve
Of conflict.
In the stress Of life's warfare bluff and
trickery may serve an end, but they also
carry risk. Vain Boosting argues bad
cause-an empty hand-whose gamble is
apt to be called disastrously. An evil
cause ought to spell defeat. In the end
we are bound to play the game and show
our hand. and then it is the sound and
genuine that counts.
Like Benhadad of old, we may vainly
depend upon mere trappings, plan and
force for success. These are all good If
they are we'll used, but when unworthily
employed or bungled they may serve to
hamper, entangle or confuse US, proving
again that the Grace is not to the swift nor
the battle to the strong.' In the end, 1t
will be the manhood behind these that will
win out. In the end it will not be what
your fathers did nor what you did once
upon time, but what you are and what
YOU do then.
How distressingly large is the number OF
temporary people who are in to-day and
out to morrow, who make flash in the pan
and then 60 out forever. Mark Antony
dined with thirteen kings the day before
Actium, and Benhadad Toasted and drank
with thirty and two kings an hour before
the disaster at Mount Gerizim. If we fol.
low high ideals in our work in the world il
should be distinguished for stability, anc
if our life rests on sound principles and oul
warfare upon good cause, then failure i:
shameful, wrong, and success is right
victory logical and necessary.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Last season 1873 tourist were accidently
killed in the Alps.
The bulk of the worlds shipping greatly
increased last year.
Goods made in Kansas City, Mo-, in 1911,
were valued at S63, 1872, $3.50.
Some 2O5 cities in thirty three States
have thus far adopted commission govern
ments.
United States imports for 1912 will ex-
coed 81, 800 900, 900 in value; exports, ST.
400, OOO, 600.
Four persons were killed and ten injured
in an apartment house fire in Sacramento,
CAL, last Thursday.
Pennsylvania forestry department last
year set out over 100000 seeding trees
| in reforestation work.
A fortunate landslide in China recently
uncovered a rich deposit of coal many
miles from where any coal had been known
to exist.
The first months operation of Parcel
Post caused shrinkage of S8,OOO,OOO in
the market price of shares of 8" Big -Four -
xpress companies.
j. B. Hammond, inventor of the Ham
n1us.,l typewriter, wiled his entire property,
worth more than S1,O0O,000, to the Metro
politan Museum of Art in New York.
A boys cry of s'fire'' when moving
picture film exploded in a New York thea
ter started a panic in which two women
were killed and eleven seriously injured
A poultry concern at Springfield, Mo-, is
preparing to open branch at Clinton. A
81 600 tract of land has been bought, upon
yh;oh will ho hniIt a $40 ono monthly hOnse
Nine hundred cases of scarlet fever anc
measles in the City of New York caused
the issuing of an order to public scboo
pupils to use handkerchiefs to smother
, sneezes.
New York States death rate for 1912
1916 per thousand-was the lowest eve
shown in the State. According to statistics
for 1911, these figures indicate saving o
over 5000 lives.
, The population of the earth is now esti
) mated to be at the present time abou
, ], 800, 0O0, 900, and the population of Europ
} about 400 900, 900, while that of the Western
Hemisphere is put at 16O, 100000.
: Approximately $50 .0O0,O 900 was the tota
working income of State universities an
other State aided institutions of highe
education during the last year, is show
:. by bulletin of the Federal Bureau o
! Education.
7 With the election Wednesday of las
t week of Willard Salisbury as United State
r Senator from Delaware, the Democrat
strength in the next Senate swung from tn
Q precarious figure of weight, or exactl
one-half of the Senate to the safer total c
t forty nine, a majority of two.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
Items of Interest.

The treadmill for raising water was first
used by the Chinese.
There are 1000 inhabitants of the sacred
mount of Athos in Greece, but no women.
From the top of the Malvern hills in
England, on clear day, the tourist may
look into sixteen counties.
Polygamy was declared felony in Eng
land in 1904, but it was not until 1855 that
Congress made plurality marriages unlaw-
full in the United States.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06

Nothing develops self-reliance and en-
ergy 80 much as the necessity for effort.
1t is Il mistake, therefore, to make any
ones path through life too easy. THERE'S
no surer way of sapping the strength of a
mans character than to teach him de-
pendence-to make him believe that he can
neglect duties and have some one else do
them, commit follies and have some one
else bear the penalty. The favored man
of fortune seldom develops such strength
of character as the man who is left to his
own resources.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
Death of a Southern Statesman.

James H. Berry, former United States
Senator and Governor of Arkansas, died
at Bentonville, Ark, last Thursday, after
an illness of several weeks.
Mr.. Berry was born in Jackson County,
Alabama, May 10, 1841 removed to Arkan-
sas in 1848; received limited education
at private school at Berryville, Ark;
studied law, and was admitted to practice
in 1866; entered the Confederate Army in
1851 as second lieutenant, Sixteenth Ar
kansas Infantry; lost leg at the battle Of
Corinth, Miss, October 4, 1862; was elected
to the legislature of Arkansas in 1866; was
reelected in 1872; was elected Speaker of
the House at the extraordinary session of
1874 when the Republican carpet bag and
scalawag government was overthrow
was president of the Democratic State Con-
vention in 1875; was elected Judge of the
Circuit Court in 1878; was elected Cover
nor in 1882; was elected to the United
States Senate to succeed A. H. Garland,
appointed Attorney General by President
Cleveland, and took his seat March rs,
1885; was reelected in 1889, 1895 and 1901
His term of service expired March 8, 1907
which ended his public service.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
ADVE In these col
umns Is sure to bring desired
results. Rates on application

living between the "Y" and the rightof-
way and w. B. McCormick's land,
to- wit, t24 acres, the amount herein
conveyed being 1912 acres, more or less,
known as the Bossier City Brick Yard
property, with all machinery, brick kilns
and other improvements thereon.
Also, 5000 or 10000 brick, more or
less.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to the
benefit OF appraisement, to pay and SAY.
isfy the sums of S3t9.25, less credit OF
5000, with 8 per cent per annum IN
terest thereon from October I, 1911,
until paid, and all costs OF suit.
J.F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.
Benton, La, Feb. 6, 1918. marls
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06

Current Opinion" now in the twenty
fifth year, has long been recognized as one
of the best American magazines, giving a
monthly review in specially prepared arti-
cles of all that is going on in the fields of
politics, science, literature, discovery, art,
music, drama, religion, etc., together with
much original matter in fiction and other
entertaining lines, all fully illustrated. It
is published in New York at So year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06

Lobbying for any measure, good or
bad, should be made felony" says a
correspondent of the St. Louis Post Dis
patch. "A clear, pointed statement of
every reason for passing or rejecting new
bill could be placed in the hands of every
legislator. There is no need Of lobby.
With it we cannot have fair, honest legis-
lation. Away with lobby"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06

This is the season Of the year when moth
ers feel very much concerned over the
frequent colds contracted by ther children,
and have abundant reason for it as every
cold weakens the lungs, lowers the vitality
and paves the way for the more serious
diseases that SO often follow. Chamberlain 8
Cough Remedy is famous for its cures, and
is pleasant to take. For sale by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06

Frank Leslie's Weekly: Our merchant
marine, which once rivaled that of Great
Britain, has dwindled until now it is a
negligible quantity. In 1850 American
vessels carried Topper cent of our exports
and imports, in 1910 only 81 per cent.
This may be national disgrace. But we
would be doubly disgraced if we tried to
build up merchant fleet by the violation
of treaty
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06

Thibodaux Commercial Journal: Your
efforts you owe first to your home town,
then your home parish, then your State.
No good and progressive citizen ever for
gets this rule, and there is no necessity or
excuse to deviate from it,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06

For sprain you will find Chamberlain
Liniment excellent. 1t allays the pain, re-
moves the soreness, and soon restores the
parts to healthy condition. % and so
cent bottles for sale by all dealers.