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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-12
widows of Confederate veterans from

widows of Confederate veterans from
January, 1885, to January, 1890. For
ISL; against So.
8. The proposed amendment to Arti-
Gle 125 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
relative to District Attorneys. (Act 1914
OF 1914, granting to the Legislature the
District Attorney in each judicial dis
trict. For "A; against liz.
10. The proposed amnndment to Ar
ticle Two Hundred and Thirty two 81
the Constitution of Louisiana Act
22i of 1914, changing this article so az
to permit the additional levying Of taxes
for the benefit Of fire departments and
buildings.) For 81; against 1i6.
IL. The Board of Commissioner
Canal Amendment. (Act 224 Of 1914,
relative to authorizing the Board df
Commissioners Of the Port of New Or
leans to dig and operate canal con-
Meeting Lake Pontchartrain and the
Mississippi River.) For So; against83.
IL. The Amendment Licensing Au-
tomobiles. (Act 260 of 1918, Statewide
law. For Ill; against 81.
13. The Lake Shore Park Amends
ment. (Aet 278 of 1914, authorizing the
city of New Orleans to issue $4,000, COO
bond issue, levy special tax therefor
and create Lake Shore Park. For ~;
against SO.
IA. The New Orleans Public School
Bonds Amendment. (Act 1852 of 1914,
issue s2,000,000. For 1913; against 81.
Is. The proposed amendment to Ar
ticle 100 of the Constitution of LOUISE
ana, relative to District Courts. Act
257 of 1914, providing for an additional
judge in the following respective judi
cial districts, to-wit: 1st, 18th, 18th
and 28th.) For 80; against 100.
Is. The proposed amendment to Ar
ticle 100 of the Constitution OF LOUISE
ana relative to District Courts, creating
an additional Judge for the Thirteenth
Judicial District. (Act 1877 OF t914.)
For H; against 10i.
II. The proposed amendment to AR
ticle 223 of the Constitution providing
for the recall of certain officers elected
by the people. (Act 800 of l914) For
Id; against 81.
And having made public proclamation
of the above results We have closed this
present process verbal of compilation OF
votes, which is made in triplicate, as re-.
quired by law.
Parish OF Bossier, this 9th day Of Mo-
vember, 1914
JAS. M. HENDERSON,
r. B. HILL,
Board Of Supervisors Of Election for the
Parish of Bossier.
Signed in presence of
j. F. EDWARDS,
T. B. WHITFIELD,
JoANNESE SMITH.
Sworn to and subscribed before me-,
the undersigned authority, this 9th day
of November, 1914.
JAS. M. HENDERSON,
Clerk Second District Court and ex-
Officio Notary Public, Bossier Parish,
Louisiana.
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Gems Of Thought.

In calm sea every man is pilot.
Paine: AS he rose like rocket, he fell
like stick.
Franklin: Some are weather wise, some
are otherwise.
Montgomery: Hope against hope and
ask till ye receive.
Matthew Arnold: All, friend, let US be
true to one another!
Charming: Every man is volume If
you know how to read him.
Balzac: All human power is COM
pound of time and patience.
Theognis: To many men well-fitting
doors are not set on their tongues.
Holland Cost is the father and COM
pensation is the mother of progress.
Confucus: What do not wish men to
do to me, also wish not to do to them.
Wilde: Nothing in the world is either
nobler or rarer than devoted friendship.
| Joanna Baillie: All things will favor
thee, if thou hast spirit to think it so shall
be.
| Porter: No man can read with profit
that which he cannot learn to read with
pleasure.
Edgeworth: The human heart, at what
ever age, opens only to the heart that opens
in return.
Lowell: All Gods angels come to us
disguised: Sorrow and sickness, poverty
and death.
Barker: Happiness only begins when
wishes end, and he who bankers after more,
enjoys nothing.
Dickens: Have heartthat never hard
ems, a temper that never tires and touch
that never hurts.
Brooks: You can help your fellow men
most by being the noblest and best man il
is possible for you to be.
franklin: 1t is prodigious the quality o.
good that may be done by one may if he
will make business of it.
Bishop Fowler: Lots of folks are like
yard engine, that toots its whistle, rings
its bell, and m 9 kes lot of noise, but neve
goes anywhere.
Worry is, as writer says, a morbid
) biting thing, a creeping cancer of the soul
eating out all joy of life both for ones sell
and for ones friends" Better leave it tc
others if possible and be calm.
Rev. Peter Ainslie: The diligent prac.
| tice of admiration, hope and love contrib
utes more to happiness than anything else
in the world. Instead of finding fault, look
fer the good and admire it; instead of be.
ing respondent over conditions, look fol-
the rainbow of hope and lay hold of it
, instead of giving oneself'to hatred, fling i
away and practice love.
; Thoreau: There appears to be some.
thing noble, something exalted, in giving
up ones owninterest for that of his fellow.
beings. He is true patriot who, casting
, aside all selfish thoughts and not suffering
his benevolent intentions to be polluted BY
thinking of the fame he is acquiring
/. presses forward in the great work he has
: undertaken with unremitted zeal.
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Isaiah.

Salvation will God appoint for walls and
bullwarks.-xxvi, l.
o Lord our God, other lords beside thee
have had dominion over US: but by thee
only will we make mention of thy name
XVI, IS.
Behold, the Lord maketh the earth
empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it
upside down and scattereth abroad the in
habitants thereof And it shall be as with
the people, so with the priest; as with the
servant, so with the master; as with the
maid, so with her mistress; as with the
buyer, so with the seller; as with the
lender, so with the borrower; as with the
taker of usury, so with the giver of usury
to him. The land shall be utterly emptied,
and utterly spoiled: for the Lord has
spoken his word. The earth mourneth and
fadeth away, the world languisheth and
fadeth away, the naughty people of the
earth do languish.-xxiv, ia.
Therefore hath the curse devoured the
earth, and they that dwell therein are
desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the
earth are burned, and few men left. The
new new wine mourneth, the vine Lam
guished, all the merryhearted do sigh.
The mirth of tabarets ceaseth, the noise of
them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the
harp ceaseth. They shall not drink wine
with song; strong drink shall be bitter
to them that drink it. The city of confu-
sion is broken down: every house is shut
up, that no man my come in. There is a
crying for wine in the streets; all Joy is
darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate
is smitten with destruction. When thus it
shall be in the midst Of the land among the
people, there shall be as the shaking Of an
olive tree, and as the cleaning grapes when
the vintage is done.-6-13.
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Stray Sale.

ESTRAYED before j. H. Belcher,
II Justice of the Peace, Ward Two,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, by J. E.
Burt, and will be sold at Benton, La,
within the legal hours of sale, on Satur-
day, November %, 1914, red and white
BULL, about 3 years old, marked split
and underbit in left ear and crop in right
ear; no brands. Can be seen in Mr..
Burt's pasture.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, etc.,
or the same will be sold according to law.
ia. EDWARDS, Constable.
October %, 1914. nov %
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The victory of achievement at the ex-
pense of our fellow men means but repe-
ton of the old and oft repeated ruin of
civilization, through misery and oppres-
sion. We rise to height only to be cast
down. But progress through the refusal
to benefit at the expense of one another
means an achievement that holds for the
generations to come.
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WAR NEWS.

The South African rebels were defeated
by the Loyalists at Zandfontein on No.
vember s.
London, Nov. 10.-The German strong
hold of Tsing-tau was Internationally
handed over to Japan at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The German cruiser Koenigsberg, which
has destroyed anumber of the Allies ships,
has been bottled up and put out of the
fighting.
Petrograd report says that several Turk
ish transports with German officers aboard
have been sunk by the Russian fleet off
Port Sangouldak.
although little actual change in posi-
ton has been noted, the German offensive
is growing weaker" says the statement of
an observer at the battle front.
In Eastern Prussia the Russians have
driven back toward Mazourie Lake the
right wing of the Germans, which has been
steadily resisting in the region of Lyck
Turkey, having been dragged into the
war by Germany, announces that three
Christians would be executed for each
Musselman killed in the bombardment of
unfortified towns.
London, Nov. 10.-The German cruiser
Emden has been driven ashore and burn
ed. The losses among the officers and
crew of the Emden are reported to have
been very heavy. The Emden was de-
stroyed by the Australian cruiser Sidney.
She was driven ashore on an island of the
Cocos or Keeling group, southwest of Java,
in the Indian Ocean. The Sidney sighted
the Emden yesterday morning. With SUI
perior speed she at once closed in and gave
battle. The German boat could not escape.
There was running fight, at the end of
which the Emden, burning from the shells
of the Australian boat, was beached. The
casualties on the Sydney were slight.
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Democrats will have 233 members in the
next House; Republicans, 1913; Progress
ives Z: Independents, 1; Socialists, /, ac-
cording to the unofficial returns compiled
yesterday by South Trimble, Clerk of the
House.
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Notice to Taxpayers.

A LII State, Parish and Poll Taxes for
IA the year 1914, as set forth on the
rolls on file, are now due and will be-
come delinquent on movable property
October fst, and on immovable property
December 31st. IF Enw.Rps.
AZ Sheriff and Parish Tax Collector.
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To Trespassers.

THE timber on all land belonging 70
4 me in Bossier Parish is moi for sale.
No one has my authority to sell same,
and all persons are hereby warned
against buying timber on my lands.
s-tf w. H. ScANLAND.
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Mobile Register: Those who live the
simple life live slower, but they last longer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-29
War News in Brief
The Mineral Water De Luxe

lUSSiA.-The official statement by the
Russian Government indicates Russian
advances from the Baltic to the Car
pathians. The statement says that the
Germans have made several attempts
to reform their lines In Russian Po-
land. but each time have been driven
back by fierce bayonet charges of the
Russians. In Galicia the Russians have
taken many Austrian prisoners. The
fighting there is slackening. as the Aus
TRANS have exhausted themselves
Przemysl Is SAN being sholled by the
Russians
The attempt OF the Austrisns 10 en-
velop the left wing OF Gen. Brousiiofrs
army failed. The Russian troops twelve
miles south OF Sambre surrounded a
division OF Austrian troops in a deep
valley and firing upon them from the
heights succeeded In destroying almost
the entire division. The Russians cap.
tured twelve cannons and provision
trains In East Prussia partial at
tempt at counter offensive movements
by the Germans failed.
a statement issued at
the general army headquarters in Ber-
lin II is reported that tho German
troops made progress at the battle on
the User Canal. near Ypres and south
westerly from Lille Dispatches from
the south report that the Germans have
reptlsed French attacks in southern
Vosges. II Is stated that the allies
losses have been enormous In opposing
the advance OF the Germans The Ger
mans are reported TO be sending great
quantities of stores away from Ant
werp TO an unknown destination, and
the people of Antwerp fear that there
Will be great shortage in food.
blankets and other necessities. The
Germans are taking per cent OF the
tramw6y receipts
FRANCE.-Two night attacks BY the
Germans near Dixmude were repulsed.
according to the official communaue
issued last night Between Nieuport
and DlNmude the German attacks have
moderated In Intensity and between La
Bassee and Lens the allies have made
slight progress The communioue YES
tcrday afternoon also reports progress
between Crmbrin. southeast of La
Bassee. and Arras and TO the north
and east OF Ypres. on the right bank
OF the Aisne the Germans were repulsed
In an extremely violent night attack
in the region of Craonne The French
continue their advance in the Woevre
region In the forests between Apremont
and ST. Mihiel and IN the La Pretre
forest.
Ozaki, Minister OF Jus
tice. says in "A statement regarding the
army and navy budget to be presented
before the Diet that no proposal for tho
construction OF new battleships will be
made and that the budget will provide
only for the building OF submarines and
torpedo boat destroyers with the sole
purpose Of placing the defences of
Japan's adjacent seas upon a safer
basis.
SOUTH AFRICA.-A force under Gen.
Louis Botha routed Gen. Beyers and
captured eighty OF his commando. The
rebellion in South Africa has caused all
the leading gold and diamond shares to
decline on tho London market. Some
anxiety is felt In London regarding the
effect OF the rebellion on the gold out
put and for the safety OF the gold re-
serve accumulated on behalf OF the
Bank OF England and now In the hands
OF the Finance Minister OF the Union
OF South Africa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-29
GERMANS ANNOUNCE
PROGRESS ON USER
Official Announcement in Ber-
lin Refers to Mondays
Fighting.
SUCCESSES IN THE VOSGES

BERLIN, via London. Oct. 2s.-The fol.
owing official statement was issued By
he general army headquarters to-day
under date of October 81:
The baths on the User Canal
near fpres and southwesterly from
Lille Is proceeding with the sans
stubbornness. Yesterday Monday
tho German troops made progress.
On the other battle front In the
western theatre no important events
have occurred
Dispatches from the south report
that the Germans have repulsed the
French attacks in the southern
Vosges.
1t is stated that the enemy's
losses have been enormous IN OPP
posing the advance OF the Germans,
who are fighting with tho greatest
bravery.
Charges have been made that the
Servian army has slaughtered nu-
merous n-combatan,s. Germans
in Croatia and Slavonia have APP
pealed for aid, declaring the Serbs
are burning and lootIng on every
hand.
A further official bulletin issued to
night says:
Fighting continues between Nieu-
port and Dixmude, where tho Bel
gians have been slightly REINFORCED.
Our attack has been maintained
and we have made considerable
progress.
Sixteen British warships Joined in
the attack on our right wing. but
their bombardment was without
success
Some OF the French trenches in
Argonne forest have been carried
and the defenders captured.
To sum up. there has been no
material change on our western
front.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-29
GERMAN CAPTIVE AGED IS.
Roy soldier Says lie Was Forced
Into the Army.
Ky BASIL CLARKE,
Special correspondent of Tur suN and the
london "Ddity Mai"

Special co,rcspondCn, o. Tur suN and ne
London "Ddiiy Mail"
NORTH FRANCE, oct. ~ (Tuesday)-
The Germans during the week end did their
utmost only to fail and there are evil
deuces that their Efforts are on the wane.
Guns will not last forever requirements
cannot last forever. either. In the latest
draft or German prisoners are bearded
patriarchs with spectacles and boys Of Is
years Among the dead In Dixmudes
streets on Sunday was a man whose pa
pers showed him to be 10 years old
Among batch OF prisoners caught in the
night fighting was boy OF Is years.
tall. slim hoy, who was seized as he
the ground by a thlckset Belgian officer
who saw he was boy and lifted him up.
The boy was terrorstricken.
What made you join the army" the
officer asked him
II did not do II, sir" the boy repliod.
Five days ago 7 was at school but had
to leave and Join the army"
The presence OF children and old men
In the German ranks suggests an APP
proach 10 the end of G"rmnnv'S tether
In northern Belgium. Another thing that
has struck me is the evidence OF the
falling of OF Germany's wonderful war
efficiency. | was on "A patch of road not
far from St Georges. Twenty-four Ger
man shells were buried In the road. OF
these only one had exploded. Gunnery
mishaps Of this sort were not evident
earlier IN the week. Holes big as graves
with which the roads and fields near the
banks Of the User are pitted show only
too well the force OF the Germans earlier
shell nre
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-29
FOREIGN CROPS BELOW 1918.
wheat Production Less in Prussia
and Asintic Russia.

WASHINGTON. Oct 2s.-Crops Of the
current year are estimated as follows by
the International Institute of Agricul-
ture In a cablegram just received:
Prussia--Wheat. Of .000.0 900 bushels. SIS
per cent. of last years crop: rye, 334.-
900. 900, e0.6 per cent, barley. $4,000. 900.
sl.2 per cent. oats, 4l0,00o,0o0, 90.7 per
cent.
Asiatic Russia 90 Governments) -
Wheat, l2l, 100000 bushels, ST. per cent. ;
rye. 10000 900. 1921 per cent. oats, 49,
900. 900. 90.6 per cent.
Spain Corn (maize). $4,000, 900
bushels, ia per cent rice, 1865. 900, 900
pounds. s7.T per cent wine. 372 1000, 900
gallons. $50 per cent.
Japan-Rice, 17.sos. 900. 900 pounds. ils
per cent.
Total production In various countries
OF the northern hemisphere is given for
wheat twenty -one countries), 2,6e7, 900,
900 bushels; rye, 47S.000.000. barley
1.164 900. 900: oats. 3.266. O00.0 900. Com
pared with last year as 100 per cent these
totals are respectively 92.3. $50. 500 ant
sS.2 per cent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-29
GERMANS SHORT OF OIL.
Petrol supply of Troops In Belgium
Nearly Exhau.ted.

BRUSSELS. oct 2s.-The petrol and oil
supply OF the German troops in central
Belgium has been nearly exhausted. So
short is the supply that oil Is being issued
at present only for the largest howitzers
II is said that the large quantities OF oil
and petrol seized when the Germans en-
tered Brussels were shipped to Germany
and the stock has not been returned.
The lack of remounts IL indicated ny
the fact that the Germans are now requi-
sitioning inferior horses which they
passed over In their earlier acquisitions.
Rurgomaster Max OF this city Is still a
prisoner AT Leipsic, His arrest Is at
tributed TO his refusal to turn over the
fire department towers and ladders to
the Germans. saving that they were
needed to protect the city. The Germans
took the ladders by force. hut found they
had been made unfit for use They were
repaired by the Gerpan mechanics and
were used In directing the Are In the
bonbardment Of Antwerp
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-29
ALLIES STILL GAINING.
Attack on BeIGInns Mt Dtxmude Is
R-puiscd.
By JAMES DUNN.

specta, cab,c Despatch 70 Tue suS.

cPet'di Cofrf>po0dfnf ~ 1Hr SuN and Re
London "Da'iy Mai"
Special "dbie Despatch 10 TUE Sun
ROTTERDAM, oct eS wednesday, -
steady progress continues to ne made
by the allies in tho coast battle The
German spirit Is so broken ny the relent-
.css FIRE from the British warships that
he men scuttle to cover like rabbits at
the first boom from the sea.
A fierce attack on tho Belgians at
Dixmude was repulsed with great slaugh-
ter. The Belgians being reinforced. the
wave Of the German attack broke and
scattered
Eight alrships have passed over Hasselt.
near the German Belgian frontier. going
In westerly direction. They evidently
were bound for Brussels and Antwerp.
where Zeppelin sheds are being con-
structsd.
From reliable sources at Sas van Client
| learn that the Germans are strongly
intrenchng themselves ut Client. where
their army is expected 10 make a desperate
stand My informant states that a force
81 Austrians IS going to-day to the east
ern line of communications
Brussels reports say that the roads to
and beyond Antwerp toward Client are
choked with motorcars containing COM
munication supplies from West Flanders.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-29
OFFENSIVE is WEAKENING IN FRANCE

md In the region east OF verdun. Thu
was as follows:
During the day yesterday the
German attacks throughout tho re-
gion between Newport and Arras
were much less violent. our posi-
lions held everywhere and we have
continued to gain ground 10 the
north and east of Ypres.
We have also made some prog
rcss between Cambrin. southeast OF
la Bdssce, and Arras. 1t is becom-
ing more and more certain that the
German losses in killed. wounded
and prisoners have been heavy in
the northern region.
on the right bank OF the Aisne
the Germans attempted an ex-
tremely violent night attack in tho
region OF Craonne on the heights
OF the Chcmin des Danes. They
were repulsed.
In the Woevre region our troops
have continued their advance in tho
woods between Aprenont and st.
Mlhlcl, as well AZ in the lie Pretre
Forest.
Russia--To the south OF Warsaw
;hc battle extends from Rawa to the
junction of the lljanka and the Wis.,
tula along a front OF 100 kilometers.
In the region northeast OF Rawa
the Russians have inflicted heavy
losses on the Germans. Desperate
fighting has taken place in the
woods between Kozienice and
Radon.
In Galicia the Russians are ad-
vancing. To the south OF Sambor
they surrounded. In the enclosed
valley OF Podbuj. the Thirty eighth
division Of the Honved together with
squadrons OF the landsturm and
completely decimated them. captur-
ing twenty guns and much war ma
terial.
In East Prussia partial attempts
at a counter offensive made by the
Germans have failed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-29
BOTHA ROUTS BEYERS'S
COMMANDO; TAKES 80
One of Governments Men and
Several Rebels Wounded
Gold Shares Decline.
SpecinI CnbIe Despnfch 10 THE srN.

Special cable Despatch 10 THE srs
LONDON. oct. 2S.-The following state
ment was issued by the Official news
bureau Tonight
"Viscount Buxton, Governor General Of
the Union OF South Africa. telegraphed
TO the Colonial ONCE:
premier Botha reports that he left
Rustenberg Tuesday morning and pro-
ceeded in the direction which Gen. Rey-
ers was supposed to have taken with his
commando. lie came in touch with Gen.
Beyers's men this forenoon, drove them
In headlong rout the whole day and
captured eighty fully armed
I'm the fighting which took place
toward the end OF the pursuit one OF
Gen. Botha's men and several of Gen.
Beyers's commando were wounded. When
tho report was made the pursuit was still
IN progress
The rebellion in South Africa caused
all the leading gold and diamond shares
to decline to-day. De Beers went TO So
Premiere to AZ.
Some anxiety is felt of the effect OF
the rebellion on the gold output, which
Is most important a the present time, and
for the safety Of the gold reserves accu-
INFLATED on behalf of the Bank Of Eng
land now in the hands Of the Finance
Minister of the Union OF South Africa.