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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-01-22
Resolutions of Respect.

At call meeting of Camp Loudon But
Ter No. 400, United Confederate Veterans,
the following resolutions we're adopted:
Resolved, That Camp Loudon Butler has
received with profound sorrow the intelli-
gence of the death of our beloved Com
rades T. W. Castleman, past Commander
of the Louisiana Division, United Confed-
crate Veterans, and Col. M. L. Costley,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff of Dr.
vision.
Resolved, That we greve that since our
reunion last October at Monroe death has
been so seriously busy in the ranks of the
division, recruiting his silent armies from
among the chiefest of our comrades, whose
last days of activity were zealously spent
in behalf of their division and their COM
rades.
Resolved, That in the recent death of
Col. S. A. Cunningham, the distinguished
editor of the Confederate Veteran, whose
work ofdevotion to the true history of our
righteous cause has ever been pronounced
and steadfast, Confederate organizations
have sustained an irreparable loss.
Resolved, That the New Orleans Times
Democrat, New Orleans Picayune and
Confederate Veteran be requested to pub
lish these resolutions.
j. H. NATTIN, Commander.
W. H. ScANLAND, Acting Adjutant.
Benton, January 81, 1914.
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Tutors Sale.

Tutorship of the Minor, Regina Grow. No. -.
In Second District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
DY virtue of an order of sale to me
ID directed from the Honorable Dis
trict Court in and for the Parish of Bos-
sier, Louisiana, will, on Saturday,
February Z, 1914, at the Court House, in
the town of Benton, La, within the
legal hours for sales, proceed to sell at
public auction, to the last and highest
bidder, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
Lots and 10 of block l of the Cum
berland Subdivision to the Village of
Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Terms of Sale-To realize the sum Of
500, as follows: S10O, or more, cash,
and the balance to be paid in INSTALL
ments of $50 each every ninety days,
the first installment to be paid ninety
days after sale Of said property. The
credit portion Of the purchase price Of
said property is to be represented in
notes of the purchaser, bearing 8 per
cent interest per annum, payable with
each installment, from day of adjudica-
ton until paid, secured by Vendors
privilege and special mortgage on the
property sold, the act to contain the
clause of non dliendndo, and sale with
out appraisement, and 10 per cent at
torney's fees in case of suit to enforce
payments of said notes, and all other
and usual clauses contained in credit
sales. j. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and ex-officio Auctioneer.
Benton, La, Jan. 1, 1918. feb5
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Partition Sale.

D. E. Afford vs. John Lee Hollingsworth ct ais.
No. $780,. In Second District Court, Bossier
Parish, La.
DY virtue of an order and commission
ID for sale, issued in the above entitled
case, and to me directed, authorizing and
requiring me to sell for purpose Of par
tition between plaintiff and defendants,
the herein described land, owned in in
division by them, l will on Saturday,
January "a, 1914, at the front door of the
Court House, in the town OF Benton, La,
within the legal hours prescribed by law,
proceed to sell at public auction, to the
last and highest bidder, the following
described lands, together with all i'm
provements thereon, to-wit:
Lot 6, block E, town of Haughton,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
This property is being sold for the
purpose of partition, in the following
proportions: One-half to the plaintiff
and one sixth to each of the defendants
John Lee, Raymond and Ethel Hol-
lingsworth.
Terms of Sale-For cash, if the APP
praisement or two-thirds thereof be bid,
else on credit of twelve months, ac-
eolu'ns " % J. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and ex- officio Auctioneer.
Benton, La, Dec. IS, 1918. jan q
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In emory of G en-. CastIeman and Col. costle,

In Memory of Gen. CastIeman and Col. Costley.
Louisiana Division, U. C. w.
New Orleans, January II, 1914.
Special Order No. IL
Issuing this special order to you, my
Confederate Veterans, am performing the
most painful task of my life, and that is to
announce to you the death of our dear and
beloved comrades, Major General T. W..
Castleman, past commander of the division,
and Colonel Martin L. Costley, our devoted
adjutant general and chief of staff.
4 |. We tender to their bereaved and
grief stricken families, in this their time of
deepest affliction, our most sincere and
heartfelt sympathy and coincidence.
II. We recognize with the keenest ap-
probation the terrible loss of our comrades,
and we shall feel at each roll call of the
wearers of the Gray, though they answer
not, that they are still with US with all their
devotion and loyalty to the noble cause we
represent.
Ill. We realize fully that, in the death
OF Comrades Castleman and Costley the
United Confederate Veterans have lost two
of their truest and most devoted members
comrades who knew no Lost Cause, men
who loved everything connected with our
dear old Southland; veterans who repre-
scented all that was noble, true and brave.
~.
"They are not dead, but have simply passed
Beyond the mist that blinds us here.'
By order of THOMAS J. SHAFFER,
Major General Commanding Louisiana
Division United Confederate Veterans.
CHARLES SANTANA,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
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The above roster and the following in
formation was kindly furnished US by Capt
George L. Woodward, survivor of the
Grays:
The Shreveport Grays left Shreveport on
April 16, 1861; were mustered into service
at New Orleans April Goth, and Immediately
ordered to Pensacola, Florida. May 9Th
they we're ordered to Richmond, and after
the fight at Big Betel to Yorktown.
The First Louisiana Battalion of Infantry,
to which the Grays belonged, was organ
lied at Pensacola, Lieutenant Colonel
Charles D. Dreux, commanding. In a
skirmish, July 4, 1861, Col. Dreux and
private Stephen R. Hackett of the Grays,
we're killed. Four companies of the bat
talon were mustered out of service early
in April, 1862, their time having expired.
May 4th the Grays were attached to the Fifth
Louisiana Regiment, Col. Theodore G..
Hunt commanding, and were the first in
fantry troops engaged at Williamsburg.
After the Battle of Seven Pines the Grays
were attached to the First Louisiana Reg
iment, Col. William r. Shivers (of Shreve-
port) commanding. The Grays were en-
gagged in the battles of Savage Station,
Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, Harper's
Ferry and Sharpsburg, including many
skirmishes and engagements. About Oc-
tober, 1862, the company was disbanded
and scattered to practically all of the armies
of the Confederacy.
The company had four captains-J. H
Beard, George Williamson, B. l.. Moore
and w. E.. Moore. Of lieutenants there
were Williamson, Marks, Hodge, A. c.
Powell, w. J. Crowder, Robert G. Lowe
R. P. Gates, j. A. Lampkin, Thomas H
Her. The promotions from the company
we're j. H. Beard, colonel of Crescent Reg.
iment, killed at Mansfield; Leon D. Marks
colonel of Twenty seventh Louisiana Reg.
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A Gallant Soldier of the Confederacy

New Orleans Tmes-Democrat
The appointment of Col. Charles Santana
to be Adjutant General and Chief of Staff
of the Louisiana Division, United Confed-
crate Veterans was announced Saturday
by Gen. Thomas J. Shaffer, Major General
commanding.
This announcement will be received with
great satisfaction by the veterans. He will
be able to devote his entire time to the
duties of the office, and having been an
active member of his camp and taken a
prominent part in all United Confederate
Veteran affairs, he is thoroughly familiar
with the responsibilities of his position.
Col. Santana ran away from school in
Baton Rouge at the beginning of the war
in 1861, and devoted his time to making
cartridges for the Confederate armies until
1862, when he enlisted in Company A,
Miles Legion, which was merged into Og-
denis Battalion. Then he was on detached
service as member of Gen. Hodges staff
at Liberty, Miss, where he was captured
with the whole of Gen. Hodges staff, and
taken as prisoner to Ship Island, in Mo-
vember, 1854. He spent six months on the
island, and then was paroled.
Returning to New Orleans, he completed
his education, and then became clerk in
the Louisiana National Bank and remained
with that bank under various organizations
until yeas ago, when he was retired. He
spent forty three years in the service OF
the bank, and was paid many high COM
pliments when he retired from active work.
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LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Democratic leaders in Congress hope to
end the present session by July LIST.
Thirteen persons died from exposure in
New York City last week as result of the
cold spell.
The United States is said to own 5000
island with a population of 100000 and
an annual commerce of 300, 1000, 900.
Paris, Jan. ia campaign against
liquor drinking in France began tonight
with meeting at Nancy. More than
1922, 900 French women signed petition
presented to the Chamber of Deputies in
November, demanding an act limiting the
number of liquor establishments. =
Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. ia striking
illustration of the terrible human waste in
war is furnished by the census just taken
of the new Bulgarian territories acquired
by the war. The male population of that
portion of Macedonia allotted to Bulgaria
was reduced, during hostilities, from
$1,000 to 42,5OO. In Bulgarian Thrace,
only 225, 900 males remain out of a total
before the war of 494, 900, while in the
district of Mustapha Pasha, where fighting
waged long and fiercely, only 1000 males
are left out of $4,000.
arts, OdJ lC.-lu0 olIif0 SOuGu pOrllOU
of Western Europe is fast in the grip of
one of the severest cold periods known in
in half century. Low temperatures have
caused untold suffering, and heavy SHOWS
have crippled rail and wire communica-
ton. In places snowdrifts are eighteen
feet deep. Twenty-six persons have been
frozen to death. At Marseilles the tenn
perature has touched Seventeen degrees
below zero. All the canals and rivers oil
Belgium are frozen and hundreds of barges
with coal from Germany are icebound. The
price of fuel, is rising rapidly. Three
hundred Lighters are frozen in Antwerp
harbor. In the Department Of Ardennes
wild boars are coming out of the woods
| Twenty-Five of these dangerous beasts have
appeared in the streets of Chiny, small
town OF Belgium, causing terror among the
inhabitants.
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Attention. Contractors.

GEALED bids are hereby invited for
~ the repair of the Bellevue bridge,
spanning Lake Bodcau on the public
road two miles west of the above named
postofice. All bids must show sepa-
rately the charge per thousand for work.
ing the two classes of lumber to be used
new lumber and the good lumber now on
the site and part of the old structure.
The work must be done in accordance
with specifications as now fixed by the
Police Jury for such bridges. Bids viii.
be opened at the regular April meet
ing of the Police Jury and the right is
reserved to reject any or all. Address
"Clerk Police Jury, Benton, La" and
endorse across the sealing "Bid on
Bodcau Bridge" n Ioo.n
President Police Jury Bossier Parish.
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FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.

Madison Journal: tits a far cry, surely,
from January 1st to December 31st, and
many changes must come with the passing
of the year. Will we be blind, impersonal
instruments of destiny? Or will our days
be filled with splendid work and enthusi-
asm? Will we use them to cultivate the
best that is in US, making our lives full
and sweet, or will we only drift with the
current, seeing the pessimistic side of life,
empty and embittered? Are we truly
making the best of ourselves, getting out
of life all We can and helping others all we
are able?
Mansfield Enterprise: The "Rough Ri
der" collectors, who have usurped the au-
thorties of the courts and are forcing the
collection of debts from negroes by force
and violence, are still operating in this
parish. However, Hon. D. R. Means has
solved the problem so far as his place is
concerned, by taking a Winchester and
driving the mauraders off his place. The
method is entirely effective, and we COM
mend him for his action, but if the law of
trespass is put in effect, as against the
bandits, the same result can be accom-
plished and the reprobates might be made
to serve in the parish convict gang for a
while.
Shreveport Caucasian: If there is an
individual who should be suppressed it is
the one who fabricates or who exaggerates
evil reports. Shreveport is unfortunately
not exempt from the tattler and the scan
dalmonger. The individual who is eager
to tell what he thinks he knows, regardless
of who may be injured should be muz-
zled. In Wisconsin any individual who
circulates evil reports is held to strict
account in law. There should be such a
law in Louisiana. There are two ways OF
dealing with the scandalmonger. If sane
he should be assigned long term at hard
labor. If an idiot, he should be confined
in an asylum. Either sane or an idiot
the scandolmonger is menance to any
community and should be suppressed un.
| tremendously.
Caldwell Waterman: Ten years have
lapsed since the passing of the saloon from
our midst; decade has gone by since
there dwelt among our business enter.
prises the dispensary of red eye and its
bosom friend and ally, the knight of the
green cloth and the round table. Happily
distant yesterdays. We have lived {
Christmas day without the gruesome scene
of men webbing everywhere, on thu
streets, in our homes, with a type of bline
staggers. No longer do we hear the clanl
of the poker chip or the rattle of ante.
mingled with loud outlaws tinged will
profanity. Dead are the old contaminati
mating influences that used to lure tn.
youth astray. The ten years past hav,
Wrought many changes for the better.
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Succession Notice.


Succession Of lobe Lyles, deceased. In
District Court, Booster Parish, La.
WHEREAS, Lizzie Lyles has this
w day applied to be appointed ad-
ministratrix of the succession of lobe
Lylea, deceased, and has filed descrip-
ton and valuation of the property of
said succession, all parties interested
herein are hereby cited to show cause, if
any they have, why the said application
should not be granted and the descrip-
ton and valuation of said estate be not
approved and homologated; and notice
is hereby given that if no opposition be
made within seven days, the same will
be granted, approved and homologated
as prayed for.
Witness the Hon. j. N. Sandlin, Judge
of the said court, this, the 18th day of
January, 1914. B. A. KELLY,
SO Clerk District Court.
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COnStahle,S Sale.

w. J. Johnston vs.. Joe Rivers. No 90. In JUS
tees Court, Ward Five, Bossier Parish, La.
pY virtue Of writ of fieri facias,
II 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, within the
legal hours OF sale, at Rocky Mount, La,
on Saturday, February 2S, 1914, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit:
The southeast quarter of northeast
quarter of section Is, township q, range
IL, containing 40 acres, and situated in
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Terms of Sale--Cash, subject to the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and sat
isfy the sum of S28.95, with 5 per cent
interest from June %, 1911, and all costs
OF suit. N. L. MCKINNEY, Constable.
January %, 1914. feb 20
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GREATNESS.

With the average person it is probably
as natural to crave "greatness at some
neriod of life as for a child to crave sugar.
We put the word in quotation marks be-
cause some persons have curious notion
of its meaning. During youth the COM
monest acceptance, perhaps, isprominence.
A little later one is apt to confuse riches
with greatness. In these days the mistake
is pardonable. Nor can we confine the
observation to our immediate age. Gen.
turtles back conditions were much the same.
Human nature has not changed degree
since the first man and the first woman
exercised their curiosity. Ever since the
beginning it has been hallmark Of hu-
manity to want to be "great." And in all
that time few men and women have had
wisdom enough to to know that the ulti-
mate of true greatness is true goodness.
But, some are set among the great who
we're not good We know that. We know
also that some are classed as heroes who
were not heroic, but merely snowy. The
world makes mistakes, and Time, being
busy with present duties, sometimes &C.
cepts and passes them along.
If you want to be great, be good. Be
good in your work and in your play. Be
good in the place and part you now are
filling. To be good you must be kind, true
and helpful. Do not forget that last word.
Nor the first one. Many persons bank on
the middle one and then wonder why their
checks are not honored by the world at
large OF course truth is vital But truth
is not personal. And in this life there is
high need for the personal. The man who
appeases the hunger of the unfortunate is
as much hero as the exemplar of truth.
With many persons, "greatness is all
pose. And right here we want to pass
you some trip-hammer thoughts on great
ness, struck off on the mental anvil OF
Horace Traubel. Here are some of the
tests of greatness as he sees them:
"a man who knew how great he necessar-
lily is would see how vast the crowd neces-
sarily must be. He would say: How great
treasure | am And then he would say
How much greater is that fund from which
| am drawn! The star would say: How
beautiful am! And then the star would
say: How much more wonderful is thai
sky which needs me to complete it! A
man asks me: What am 1? But he shoulc
ask: What am I not? A man says: lt's
not the business of the universe to con-
slider me. He should say: It's my bust.
ness to consider the universe. If say to {
working man: Be class conscious, DON
say: Lord it over anybody. No. l say
Have self-respect. Yes, have class-re
spect. Yes, realize how significant you
are. say: Don't take your hat off tt
any on high or on low. And then I say
again: Don't keep your hat on in thu
presence of your own soul. No man woult
do wrong who knew how important doing
right is. No man would be scoundre
who knew how important being gentle
man is.
The truly great are the truly good. AL
ways they have been and always the,
will be.
Character is what counts in the crucible
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Psalms.

hate vain thoughts: but thy law do
love.-cxix, 113.
He delighteth not in the strength of the
horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs
of man.-cxlvii, 10.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed
within me; my heart within me is desolate.
remember the days Of old; / mediate on
all thy works; muse on the work of thy
hands. l stretch forth my hands unto
thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a
thirsty land.-cxliii, 4-6.
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Homestead Entry No. Os, 500.
Department Of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La,

Department of the INTERIOR,
U. S. Land Office at Baton Rouge La,
January 60 l9i4.S
NOTICE is hereby given that George
IN c.. Barnett, of Plain Dealing, La,
Rural Route No. 2, who, on December
10, 1908, made Adjoining Farm Home
stead Entry No. 03,505, for the south
east quarter OF southwest quarter and
southwest quarter of southeast quarter
of section II, township % north, range
IL 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 18th day of
February, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses: Willie
Cox, J. B. Johnston, L. F. Boggs and
L. A. Pockrus, all of Plain Dealing, La,
Rural Route No. 2.
JOHN F. NUTTALL, Register.
January %, 1914. feb Is
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Estrayed or Stolen

A light sorreI horse Colt, 10 months
old, about 49, hands in height, three
stocking feet, foretop cut back, one ear
split by barbed wire, in good condition,
and was wearing tan color halter. A
reward Of Fifteen Dollars will be paid
for information leading to his recovery.
My address, Rural Route No. 3, box 56,
Shreveport. Please notify promptly.
ftp JESSE HAMILTON.
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Assumption Pioneer: You will find that
the men who are helping more to solve the
present hard situation, are those who are
rolling up their sleeves and getting down
to hard work. Talking is all right when
you are not busy, but it don't buy you a
thing-not even meal ticket.
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Stray Sale.

FSTRAYED before L. M. Burks,
II Justice of the Peace, Ward Five,
Bossier Parish, La, by T. S. Young,
and will be sold at Rocky Mount, La,
within the legal hours of sale, on Satur-
day, February I'll, 1914, Gray Horse
MULE, about IA hands high and about IS
years old. Appraised at S25.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, ETC.,
or the same viii be sold according to law.
N. L. MCKINNEY, Constable.
January Is, 1914, feb19
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Hotel Youree, the most magnificent hotel
building and equipment in the State out
side of New Orleans, threw open its doors
to the public last Thursday morning. The
building, which is a beautiful and impress
sive structure of six stories, is located on
Market and Travis Streets, and is under
the able management of Mr.. H. B. MADISON,
gentleman whose great experience in the
business insures the success of Shreve-
ports blue ribbon enterprise. The hotel
takes its name from Capt. Peter Youree, a
progressive capitalist of Shreveport and a
gallant Confederate soldier. The building
and fixtures cost about 81 900, 900, and it is
an investment that will, no doubt, greatly
rebound to the prosperity of Shreveport.
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TresDass Notice.

THE general public is hereby notified
i that hunting and other trespassing
is forbidden on my property, located in
The nh OF neil Of sec "a, swl4 Of sw14
and part of the se14 Of sw4 of sec 20, Al
acres being the sw4 Of nwh4 and acre
in the nw14 OF swl and | acre in the
nel Of nwL4 Of sec "a, all in tp %, rng
IL, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
IA G. ". WINDSOR.
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Two Fine Mules

The property of Bossier Parish, have
been left in my charge, with authority
to sell. They are now at my farm, near
Red Land. Come and look at them and
get prices. i-tf NAT STEWART.
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Trespass Notice.

HUNTERS and others are hereby
IL warned not to trespass on my
property, located south of Benton and
known as the McCauley place. Those
disregarding the intent of this notice
and trespassing on the plantation will
be prosecuted. "a J.E. BURT.
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Col. Martin L. Costley, adjutant general
crate Veterans, died last Thursday at his
Mobile September 4, 1910, and was there
fore aged seventy-three years and five
years. He enlisted when the Confederate
War began in the First Regiment of Lou
isiana Cavalry, and was wounded at the
Battle of Shiloh. He was taken prisoner
July 80, 1868, and confined as prisoner of
war in Fort Delaware until paroled for ex-
change March I, 1866. Col. Costley was a
gallant soldier and possessed all the at
tributes of the true gentleman.