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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23

saries Of Lee and jackson by the X. J.
Hancock Chapter, U. D. c.
Mr.. Joannes Smith of Benton was in
Plain Dealing Tuesday and yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Butler of Belcher
were guests of relatives here Monday and
Tuesday.
Miss Laura Blakely was up from Shreve-
port Sunday, but returned there Monday
morning.
Miss Grace Ford of Atlanta, Texas, ar
rived here the latter part OF last week for
visit with her sister, Mr.. j. Ben Keeth.
Mrs. Georgia Doyle, whose home is in
Magnolia, Ark, but who has been here
with her daughter, Mrs. Leon Sanders, for
year or more, was called to Magnolia to
the bedside Of another daughter, who is
seriously i'll.
Mr.. James B. Dooley, a former resident,
but who for the past thirteen years has re-
sided in Texas and Oklahoma, is here on a
visit. His home is now near Griggs, Okla.
Mr. Dooley speaks we'll of his home country,
but has good word for our town, seeing
that it is growing in population and COM
mercial Importance with each succeeding
year.
Mr.. w. R. Beattie, Agricultural Com
missioner for the St. Louis Southwestern
Railway Cotton Belt Route) has sent out
cards extending to farmers and their friends
an invitation to visit the company's Agri-
cultural Institute Special Train, which will
be here February 9TH, from 1:3O to 10
o'clock pm There will be several cars Of
exhibits of interest to farmers and their
families. Special features will be provided
for the ladies. There will be practical talks
by practical men upon fruit and truck
growing, dairying and general farming.
Do not fail to bring the boys and girls.
This is an agricultural school on wheels.
Do not miss it, for there will be something
of interest for every minute. And remem-
Der, there is no charge for amything-it's al
FREE to you. JACK.
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Petit Jurors.
Ordinance No. II

Ordering an election in School District No. 18 to
take the sense of the qualified voters and tax
payers relative to the question of disseminating
the present special tax OF Mills voted for build
ing purposes.
Whereas, petition, signed by more than one
third of the property taxpayers of District No. 49,
has been presented to this body, asking that the
building tax of 5 mills on the dollar be discon-
tnued, therefore,
Be it ordained, That there be, and it is hereby
ordered, that special election be held in District
No. Is for the purpose Of taking the sense Of the
qualified voters and taxpayers on the question of
discontinuing the special 5 mill tax for building
purposes.
2. That said election be held under the general
election laws of the State of louisiana except as
hereinafter specified.
B. That said election shall be held at Rocky
Mount on Saturday, February i 1918.
a. That the ballots used shall read: "To con-
tinue the tax of mills,'' or "To discontinue the
tax of Mills
5. That all legal voters who are property tax
payers shall be entitled to vote, and that all women
who are property taxpayers in their own right may
vote, either in person or by written proxy.
g. That the returns of said election shall be made
to the Parish School Board within three days after
holding said election.
| Z. The following named commissioners and clerk
are hereby appointed to hold said election: A. NJ
Burks, A. ]. Mckinney and ]. T. Ford, commits
8. That the returns of said election shall be pro-
regular meeting, to be held on Thursday, April
lSl5. N. w. SENTELL,
President School Board for Bossier Parish.
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"BIRTHRIGHT OR POTTAGE.''

A birthright for mess of pottage-so
reads the story. All that it meant to be
the eldest born was sacrificed for bowl OF
lentils, The savory steam of present
advantage shut out vision of future glory.
A succulent dish looked bigger than farm.
Esau was defeated by an appetite; sold out
for mess of pottage.
It is an old story, but how similar to
many transactions of to-day. Many
man traffics away his greatness for greed
of gain or an inordinate appetite for strong
drink. The question sometimes lies be-
tween transient self-indulgence and life
time of honor, and, like his ancient proto-
type in Scripture, this modern Esau will
let 90 the greater for the less-sell his
birthright of eminence for mess of doubt
full pottage.
Of course, we do not really intend to give
up the greater for the less. Doubtless
Esau thought he would continue to be his
fathers favorite son. 1t is because we DO
not expect an act of business treachery to
affect our permanent standing; because we
count on being just as good men after
avoiding the payment Of an honest debt or
season of self-indulgence; because we fail
to see any particular jeopardy in an occa-
sional lapse Of virtue-in other words, be-
cause we expect to eat the pottage and still
retain the birthright when all is said and
done-that we repeat the old transaction.
No man, however, can have his cake and
eat it too. Nothing is got except by the
sale of something else.
The spirit of Esau, then, is the spirit OF
the moment. 1t is an unhealthy opportun-
ism. 1t lives not only by the day, but fol
the day. Esau constantly exaggerated
the value of impulse. He was the sort Of
citizen who would have cheated his credi.
tors out of seventy five per cent and ther
written a generous check for charity
"When | want drink take it," said g
friend in our hearing. But it doesn't take
much wit to live by that law. Surely {
man would be fool to take drink if hi
did not want it, But not to take it though
he wants it ever so much-that requires
the whole man.
But the spirit of Esau is, most of all
the spirit of unfaith. He sold what hi
could not see for what he could see. HI
traded his birthright because the birthrigh
was far off possession. 1t is so still
Each man must firmly believe in the worth
of an Inheritance of honor and truth. Onl.
as he comes back from fresh glimpses o
such values is he safe in the presence o
Jacobs succulent pottage. Such is tn
office of faith-to hold US firm. The prin
ciple is the same whether for the laying o
a cable, the fighting of a battle, the build
ing of a character or the saving of one
soul.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23
LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

An explosion aboard the steamer Madon-
ma, at sea, killed five persons.
Forty thousand shirt waist makers went
on strike in New York on the 10th inst.
Kentucky and Pennsylvania produce
nearly all the camel coal mined in the
United States.
The battleship Delaware with score of
46,O26 won the highest mark in the ele-
mentary gun practice.
During the first week of the parcel post
service the Louisville, KY, postofflce
handled II, 401 packages.
C. C. Mcleod, cashier of Woodville,
Miss, bank was arrested and charged with
the ENLIGHTENMENT Of $4,000.
While talking over telephone Friday
Paducah, KY, boy was killed by an electric
shock, due to crossed wire.
Six million packages were handled by
parcel post during the first seven days Of
the operation of the new system.
Property in the State of illinois is valued
for taxation purposes at $1,000, 639, O73.
The rate is As on each 500 for State tax.
Railroads last week placed orders for
5000 cars, 1853 locomotives, $4,000 tons OF
rails and about 5000 tons of bridge ma
terial.
Raymond Nicholas Landry Poincare,
Premier in the French Cabinet Friday was
elected President of France by the National
Assembly.
A Chicago detective attempting to arrest
friend of confessed auto bandit was
shot to death, his slayer escaping over
house roofs.
One day last week Miss May Garth OF
near Trenton, KY, sold forty-two turkeys
which weighed 816 pounds and brought
her a check for S122.40.
The death roll for the Sixty-Second Con.
gress is rather startling-six Senators, six
teen Representatives and the Vice-Presi.
dent of the United States.
All but forty three of the 139 passengers
and crew Of the British steamer Veronese
which was wrecked off the coast of Spair
last Thursday, were saved.
An entire trainload of mules-537 head
costing approximately $4,000, was pur'
chased within two days recently from mule
feeders of Galloway County, Mo.
Hazzlenuts, which everybody loves, grow
spontaneously in many parts of Massat
County, Illinois, and are now selling in thu
local markets at $40 per bushel.
Mississippians are reported to be SLOW
paying up their poll tax. They have only
until February 1. All who do not pay b.
that time will be disfranchised for tw'
years.
A drastic provision, admittedly aimed a
the Powder Trust, is contained in the Fort
ification Appropriations Bill, which cut
the maximum price to be paid for powde
to seven cents per pound.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23
A Highway That Pays.
Iberville Sentinel.

1bervile Sentinel
At no other time can our people really
appreciate the great value of our gravel
roads more than now. Right in the midst
of bad spell of weather, continuing over
a period of several weeks, all the roadways
leading out of Plaquemine are being
scarcely any one would undertake to come
to Plaquemine from seven or eight miles
down Bayou Paquemine. To-day, since
this stretch has been graveled, travel over
it is constant. And the more the people
see and realize the great value and benefits
of such roads, the more determined do
they become to have them, because, in
building such roads as these, they are not
spending their money idly; but are making
an investment that has proven beneficial to
all interests, and to all people who have
access to them.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23
Card of Thanks.

Wedesire through this medium to express
our most sincere thanks and appreciation
to the many kind friends and neighbors
who so thoughtfully ministered to our as
sistance in every possible way during the
sad hours and severe trial of giving up our
loving and devoted wife and mother. May
God bless and keep each one of-you, is our
earnest prayer.
Most gratefully,
]. S. MCKINNEY and FAMILY.
Haughton, La, Jan. 81, 1918.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23

State of Louisiana, Parish Of Caddo.
I, J. H. Thigpen, Secretary Bossier
Levee Board, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is correct statement
of all amounts expended by the Bossier
Levee Board during the year 1912 (exclu-
sive of interest on bonds, tax collectors
and assessors commissions, paid by
Auditory.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on
this, the Goth day of January, 1918.
CREA PUGH, Notary Public.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23

Crowley Signal: In Louisiana last year
there were established sixteen canning
factories. In Mississippi twenty -one, Flor
ida forty and in Texas forty nine factories.
The figures show greater progress in de-
velopment in this line of industry in neigh
boring States, than in Louisiana. Every
kind of fruit and vegetable can be raised
in such quantities in Louisiana to justify a
canning factory in every town of any size.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23

Hereis remedy that will cure your cold.
Why waste time and money experimenting
when you can get a preparation that has
won worldwide reputation by its cures of
this disease and can always be depended
upon? 1t is known everywhere as Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, and is medicine
of real merit. For sale by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23

a1 BY request from Mr.. w. A. Fort
son, Superintendent of Public Schools
for the Parish, we announce that the next
public examination for the benefit of the
teachers of the parish will be held in this
place on the 3Oth and 31st of this month
and February 1st. This will be the last
regular examination for the scholastic
year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23

Persons troubled with partial paralysis
are often very much benefited by massag-
ing the affected parts thoroughly when
applying Chamberlain's Liniment. This
linament also relieves rheumatic pains.
For sale by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23
STATE M ENT
Showing Expenditures of the Bossler Levee Board
For the Year 1912, Not Including Interest
on Bonds Paid by State Auditor.

Mileage and per diem to members
for attending board MEETINGS. 80 DOL
Bossier Banner, printing contract. 100 90
Thigpen & Herold, attorneys . 1875 90
J. A. Thigpen, Secretary .. 312 so
Cash paid for kilograms 8 OBJ
Memphis and New Orleans. SO e5
Expense, W. H. Hodges, attending
meeting of engineers at New
Expense, W. G. Raines, attending
meeting of engineers at New
Expense, account levee mainten-
ance ......-.......- . .. 449 II
Total S1228 20
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23

"The Root of Evil" is romantic
story of modern life and modern social
and political problems that is particu-
larly appropriate at this time when the
administration of public affairs and the
operation Of big capitalistic combines
are receiving marked attention from the
general public. Watch for the opening
installment of the story in the Banner at
an early date.
Mrs. A. r. Tabor of Order, Mo-, had
been troubled with sick headache for
about five years, when she began taking
Chamberlain's Tablets. She has taken
two bottles of them and they have cured
her. Sick headache is caused by dis
ordered stomach, for which these tablets
are especially intended. Try them, get
we'll and stay we'll. Sold by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23

B4~ If you intend to enter your son
or daughter in a business college save
S. by buying the scholarship the pro-
prietor of the Banner has for sale.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23

If your children are subject to attacks
of Group, watch for the first symptom
hoarseness. Give Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy as soon as the child becomes
hoarse and the attack will be warded off.
For sale by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23
For Sale

200 bushels of selected SEED CORN,
So per bushel, +. 0. Dixie.
1000 bushels of EAR CORN, 70 cents
per bushel, +. o. b. Dixie.
Also, ten teams now idle. Any one
wishing team work would do. well to ad-
dress me. w. G. BURT,
"A R. F. D. 2, Benton, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23

When you want reliable medicine
for a cough or cold take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. 1t can always be de-
pended upon and is pleasant and safe TO
take. For sale by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-01-23
Cores pondence
Haufht0n.

Tuesday, Jan. 21.-The farmers of this
community are making preparations for
another crop. Some have broken their
land and planted spring oats.
Mr.. G.. W. Smith made business trip to
Fort Worth, Texas, this week.
Mr.. J. B. Oneal is opening up stock of
goods in the Hodges store house.
Our teachers and pupils are very busy.
This being the week of mid-term examina-
tons.
Messrs. B. B. Bledsoe and Webb Smith
of Elm Grove we're in town Friday on legal
business.
Mrs. Harry Goodwill of Ruston spent
Friday of last week with her uncle, Mr..
R. M. Sandidge.
DR.. and Mrs. j. c.. Calhoun of Rayville,
are pleasant visitors in the home of Mrs.
Calhoun's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 0. P.
Harris.
Our community is saddened over the
death of Mrs. J. S. Mckinney, which oc-
Cured at her home last Tuesday night, the
14tn, after short illness. The writer ex
tends heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved
ones in their hour of trouble.
Capt. J. E. Burch, former resident
died In Texarkana, Ark, FRIDAY morning
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Atkin
son. His remains were inferred in Fillmore
Cemetery Saturday afternoon. The funera
services being conducted by the Masons
Little Harley Horton fell from a tree
Sunday breaking both bones in one of his
legs about three inches above the ankle
DR.. Tucker was called in immeditely. The
broken bone was set but the Doctor says i
will be some time before the little fellow
will be able to join his playmates on thu
school grounds.
Haughton is on the "boom." Capital
list are buying land around town and thu
vacant houses are being rapidly filled. Gu
residents are glad to have the good people
come in and extend to them hearty vel
come. There is room for more and NJ
reason why many others should not enjo.
our churches and good school.
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r, F.. MORTON

Saddles, Harness, Bugsies
Wagon and Buggy Umbrellas Special attention
given to CUSTOM WORK and repairing Saddles
and Harness. Give us trial. Store and work
Shop at No. 2O3 Texas Street, SHREVEPORT.
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The Press., 1913-10-01
EMOTIONS OF ANGER.

0ive, Them a Little Play Rather Than Bottle Them Up Tightly.
 There are a few universal habits in
 the human race which have strange primitive origins, and there are some
 which are universal because they have
 a physiological stimulus, and one of these latter is in the habit that a little child often has of stamping its feet when angry. Exactly the same thing
 occurs when a man, while he is angry,
 brings down his fist on the table. In
 both cases it is due to lack of nervous control.
 F. The nervous system is a unit, and
 most of the emotions of anger come
 from a sudden thwarting of q calculat-
 led nervous plan. Thus If we are
 about to sit down on chair and
 mischievous urchin yanks the chair away just as we have let the muscles Of the thighs relax the anger excited Is out of all proportion to the actual bruises that have resulted. If a child
 wants pot of jam and is denied he is immediately angry unless he has been taught to control himself. The desire for the jam, for example, has set in motion nerve plan, and when this is suddenly stopped there is a flow of nervous energy which has to spend itself in some way. Iu the case of the child, he usually works this off by stamping his feet and crying. Tn the case of the man. he usually goes through exactly the same processes by humping the table and swearing. In the case of hysterical woman, she beats upon the floor with her heels and screams It is all the same thing
 Strange as it may seem, moreover, the outflow of emotion is far better for an angry person than 1t is to bottle 1t up Emotion is going to express itself in action somewhere, and if the muscles are kept still the brain cells will be exhausted instead Emotional force has got to go somewhere. It can't just stop and disappear Too great q suppression of the emotions leads to a gradual atrophy of them. and when the emotions begin to die out the per son himself or herself is of compara- lively little use to, the world. It is for ! this reason that nothing should ever be done to ''break'' a child's temper. | but only to guide 1t into right chan nels. You can teach a child not to | lose control of his temper. but never. as yon#value the child's development. | try to train him. not to be angry.-I New Yorls American
The Press., 1913-10-01
NOTICE.

The legal voters in the town Of Union are hereby notified to meet in the town hall october 9th. at o'clock a. m., A. D 1913.
 lst-To elect by ballot necessary town officers 2d-To see if the town will appropriate money for the observance Of Memorial Day, 1913.
 3d-ro see it the town will insure it's build- ings, and act thereon
 4th-To see what action the town will take in voting money for state highways.
 5th-To see if the town will close the road known as "Steer's Road from a point at the four corners, near the school house in Dist c to the place on the highway leading from 0 K Willis residence to Myron Heck's residence where the said Steers road ends.
 6th-To see if the town will authorize the se- lectmen to borrow money to meet expenses, in anticipate of taxes
 7th-To hear the reports of the selectmen, treasurer, school com nittee, and library direc- tors.
 Sth To provide money to defray all necessary running expenses of the town.
 9tn-To see what action the town will take in regard to right O. way from Began Bros. resi- dence to the highway.
 GHss' EEaENE Hl 2 0WIA4t5XKER'} selectmen. Union, Conn. Sept. H, 1913
The Press., 1913-10-01
ELLINGTON. Crystal Lake.

MT. and Mrs. Ralph Stino of Glas7 tonbury were at Leslie Dimock's over Sunday.
 Mrs. Raymond Willis, who has been in the Hartford hospital for three weeks. returned home last Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. D. H. Curtis and Bert Curtis and family, MT. and Mrs. LA. Aborn and others from this place attended the fair at Broad Brook. last Wednesday. .' @,.,.t
 MT. and Mrs. John B. Ritter of Hartford visited MT. and Mrs. A! U. Charter last Sunday. MT. Ritter was formerly a foreman on the trolley road when it was being built through here and boarded at that time with MT. and Mrs. Charter.
The Press., 1913-10-01
BorrowIno. a Match,

We~dUn irU>>mIith III "FrOm Studio to Stage" tells Of his friend Heather Bigg. who HnIny'al him frequently by asking him fOI n nmirh while angling during InteIlSeiy cold weather. To sup ply the request meant pulling In his '1ne. unfastrning his nnrkintt~h. then the OverOnt and tinhIIy the nndercOat But. then. who rHn grudKe sO small a thing HS d matChi
 The secOnd day We fishrd It was pOS Lively cOIdeI. Heather Rigg's pipe had gone out Hs usual "Weednn. got . matchY'
 1t suddenly occurred to ne he must have brought nratrhes with him or how did he light his ptpe. 90 an swered. No" s<saet
 What a nHIsaneel'' he replied and drew in his line. nndid his ularkint0sh. then the OVert.Oat and undercOat and at last took ont H box of matches.
 Why" Snid. '.yOu've got your matches with yoal."
 "Yes." he repitpd. ''hni q didn't want to catch cold getting them"
The Press., 1913-10-01
NOTICE.

The legal voters Of the First Voting District Of the town Of stafford are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Town Hall, in said town on Monday, the 9th day of October A. D. Igi3 at y ocloek in the forenoon, and Of the Second Notlng District at the Borough Hall Stafford SpringS' the same day and hour, to make choice oi such officers as are by law required to be chosen by ballot for the ensuing year n To vote for or against the sale Of intoN ieattnF liquors To vote for against the Constitutional Amendment concerning the compensation of members Of the General Assembly. which reads "Ihe compensation of members Of the general assembly shall not exceed five hundred dollars each Tor the term for which they are elected, and one mileage each way for the regular aas, slon at the rnte of twenty-five cents per mile :, each member shall also receive one mileage at the sane rate for attending any extra session called by the governor"
 Dated at stafford, Conn, Sept 20th, A. D. 1913.
 ANTHONY ADAMS1
 W. R, TREBLE, ISeleetmen.
 M. w, LEONARD,