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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-05-13

OF Bolinger and Mrs. Rupert Butler of
Red Land, as representatives from this
parish.
Miss Grace Larkin will leave to-mor-
row afternoon for weekend visit with
friends residing at Red Land and Bolin-
ger.
Miss Margaret Mccullough, now
teaching in Caddo Parish, accompanied
by friend, motored to Benton Sunday
afternoon to visit her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Mccullough.
We have been requested to state that
the Rocky Mount Cemetery will be
cleaned off by the residents of that place
and community on the Goth. All inter-
ested persons will please take notice,
and bear the date in mind.
Miss Lou Ogden of Los Angeles, CAL,
who has been spending the winter in
Baton Rouge with her niece, Mrs. Du-
chem, arrived in Benton yesterday ev-
ening and is a guest at the home of her
nephew, Mr.. F. B. Ogden.
The young men of our town who gave
theatrical Monday night were reward
ed by good attendance and the praise
OF all present. Every number was
loudly applauded and the good spirits of
the audience indicated that another hour
OF such entertainment would have been
much enjoyed. The fund derived from
the sale of tickets will be used in the
purchase of baseball equipment for the
local nine.
Sunday the flood waters in Red River
came to stand, and Monday morning
Mr.. ]. M. Arnold, the first river planter
to call at the Banner Office that day,
reported that at Riverside plantation a
fall of ~ inches was recorded the night
before. The fall has continued up to
this time. The flood stage at Shreve-
port is 20 feet and Sunday the water
registered 4 of foot above this mark.
Monday it had fallen to 1873 feet, Tues
day to 2S.4 feet and by yesterday to 27.7
feet. The levees everywhere in this
parish held. Yesterdays official report,
issued at Shreveport, says: "The fall
will continue at Fulton and Shreveport
for several days." ~
According to yesterdays Shreveport
Times Eastern financiers have formed an
oil syndicate in that city and will take
over and further develop the holdings OF
the Commerce Oil and Gas Company,
located in the Red River field, and the
holdings of the Rogers Oil Company,
consisting of 1850 acres located in the
center of the Caddo field, and the 81, 0OC
acres in this parish owned by Mr.. E. K.
Smith and his associates. According to
the Times, the corporation will be capt.
talized at not less than S2,0O0,000, OF
perhaps 100000, or even $1,000, GOO
Attorneys are now drawing up the arti-
Giles of incorporation, and it is said, the
actual beginning of extensive develop
ment of the properties is matter Of
only short time.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-05-13
Plain Dealing.

Well, your correspondent will have to
plead guilty to going to sleep on his job.
He only learned this morning Of the ar
rival of fine little son at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. E. Walker, now three
weeks old.
Great interest is being shown in the
coming closing exercises of the Plain
Dealing High School to take place
Thursday and Friday evenings, pro-
grams of which were published in last
weeks Banner.
The flood in Red River is now fast
subsiding. All who lost their crops are
in cheerful frame of mind and will
begin to replant as soon as the water
recedes. There is still plenty of time
to make excellent crops on this rich soil.
Mr.. Ollie Boyd was taken to a
Shreveport sanitarium Saturday morn
ing, suffering from appendicitis. An
operation was performed during the
afternoon and at last accounts he was
doing as we'll as could be expected. His
friends expect speedy recovery.
An unwilling ceremony to the memory
of the late Claud Evans will be observed
at Chalybeate Springs Sunday, the Both,
by Ivy Camp, w. o. W., OF Plain Deal
ing. Mr.. R. E. Wyche, jr., is Consul
Commander and Mr.. J. B. Keeth is Clerk
of the local camp. The order is in a
flourishing condition and has large
membership. All surrounding camps
are invited to take part in the unwilling
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-05-13

Miss Lennie Miller, the only pupil to
graduate from Benton High School this
session, has mailed the writer an invi-
tation to be present at the commence
ment exercises, to be held at the school
building tomorrow evening.
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Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That notice of election herein called
shall be given by proclamation by the
President of the Police Jury, and pub
lished for thirty days in the official jour
nal of Bossier Parish, as required by law,
and that said proclamation shall set
fourth that this Police Jury will meet in
open session on the 7th day of June,
1915, at the Court House in the town OF
Benton, and will then and there proceed
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-05-13

to open the ballot boxes, examine and
count the ballots, in number and amount,
examine and canvass the returns and
declare the result of the election, and
such meeting of the Police Jury for said
purpose is hereby called.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained etc.,
That said election shall be held in said
Road District No. 2, at the usual polling
places for elections in said ward, and
that the polls shall be opened on the
date of the election at I o'clock am. and
closed at o'clock pm, and the polling
places and the commissioners and clerks
of election shall be as follows:
Precinct No. 1 - Bellevue: L. C.
Biggs, DR.. j. r. Snider and R. A.
Gardner, commissioners; F. E. Biggs,
clerk.
Precinct No. -Haughton: T. R.
Tomlinson, F. M. Britt and P. M. Els
ton, commissioners; R. M. Sandidge,
clerk.
Precinct No. 3-Koran: D. E. AL
ford, J. A. Cawthon and E. R. Connell,
commissioners; jeff Brown, clerk.
Sec. 7. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the proposition shall be:
To incur debt of $780, and to issue
negotiable serial bonds therefor of Road
District No. 2, to bear per cent inter-
est, payable semiannually, and to run
for period of from one to thirty years,
for the purpose of building, constructing
and repairing permanent hard roads in
said district, as per resolution of the
Police Jury of date April Is, 1915.
The form of ballot to be used at said
election shall be as follows:
Proposition to incur debt and issue bonds of
Road District No 2, to the amount of $4,000, to
run from one to thirty years, bearing Fl
| interest at the rate of 5 per centum YES
| per annum, payable semiannually, for u
| the purpose of building, constructing r.
and repairing bridges and permanent NO
hard roads. u
Proposition to cancel the tax of 3 r.
mills, voted in said district for road YES
proposes July H. 1913 and levied by u
ordinance of the Police Jury July Is, r.
| 1918. NO
Taxable valuation, S........ -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-05-13
BRADLEY, ARK, May IL, 1915.

BRADLEY, ARK, May IL, 1915.
Local Editor Banner, Benton, La.
DEAR SIR: Please announce that I expect to
go to Houston to attend the Southern Baptist
Convention and will not be at Ivan Sunday.
W. E. COLLINS.
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Haughton.


DR.. ]. E. Rocks and family spent the
weekend in Shreveport.
The Sunday visitors were: Messrs.
Prince, Bledsoe and Moore.
Misses Cahill, Sandidge and McMath
spent the weekend in Shreveport.
Rev. B. C. Conant of Gibsland filled
his regular appointment here Sunday.
Mr.. Frank McClanahan is visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. McClana-
han.
Mrs. J. E. Wyche entertained the
Rock Club very pleasantly Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Henry Raines, who was taken to
a Shreveport sanitarium for treatment
for typhoid fever, is rapidly improving.
The baccalaureate sermon for the
class to graduate from Haughton High
School will be preached by Rev. ]. M.
Brown Sunday. The following Wednes-
day evening the graduating exercises
will be. held at the high school auditori-
UNI. The candidates for graduation are:
Lawrence Elston Allen, Anna Josephine
Hays, Eva Lucille McAnn, Sunshine
McMath, Fannie Mae Sandidge, Mar
jorie Tucker and Tinge Leslie Wilson.
All are invited to be present.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-05-13
Devotional.

Services will be held at different
churches in this parish Sunday as re-
ported below by those authorized to care
for the several charges:
HAUGHToN, LA, May 10, 1915.
Local Editor Banner, Benton, La.
DEAR SIR: Please announce that expect to
preach Sunday at the Haughton Methodist
Church. Two services will be held-at eleven
am and Sis O'Clock pm. The morning sermon
will be the commencement sermon for Haughton
High School. J. M. BROWN, Pastor.
PLAIN DEALING, La, May IL, 1915.
Local Editor Banner, Benton, La.
DEAR SIR: Please announce that l expect to
preach Sunday at the Plain Dealing Presbyterian
Church. Services will be held at eleven am.
and eight m. The Sacrament of the Lords
Supper will be administered in the morning.
GEO. G.. WOODBRIDGE.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-05-13
CORRESPONDENCE
Red Land.

Tuesday, May 11.-Mr. G. G. Allen
made business trip to Shreveport Sat-
urday.
Mr.. William Mcclellan spent the week.
end with home folks.
Miss Georgia Brock spent the week
end with her parents, who reside near
Arkana.
Mrs. G. T. Mays has as guest her
sister, Mrs. Orr, who came Sunday, and
will remain several days.
Rev. T. J. Embree filled his regular
appointments at Walkers Chapel Sun
day morning and evening.
Mr.. Andrew Johnson, whose school
at Fisher recently closed, is at home
and will spend his vacation here.
Don't forget to attend the meeting OF
the Sunday Schools of Ward Four, to
be held at Union Grove Sunday, May
10Th.
Mrs. r. Butler has returned from
Mars Hill, Ark, where she has been
with DR.. Buffers mother, whom she re-
ports to be improving.
Miss Viola Allen is recovering from
slight sprains and bruises received last
Wednesday afternoon. While out rid
ing her horse stumbled and fell, falling
on her. Her injuries proved not very
serious, however.
Mrs. N. w. Stewart entertained the
Domestic Science Club at her home neal
Red Land Saturday afternoon. After
an afternoon spent in the usual CONVEX.
sation and needle work, the guests were
invited to the dining room, where re-
freshments, consisting of chichen salad
cake and an iced drink, were served.
The members present and enjoying
the afternoon were: Misses Willie Belle
Peyton, Annie Lee Allen, Carrie Lo,
Mays, Ada Keoun, Myrtice Allen ant
Eva Keoun and Mesdames G. G.. Allen
Rupert Bntler, R. R. Cheshire, F. M
johnson and w. M. Peyton.
| Mrs. Stewart was assisted by he
mother, Mrs. Mary Stewart, and he
daughter, Miss Robbie Dale Stewart. v
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
ALabamdn Slips in
Message Of Sympathy
With Belgian Package

London. Eng. March 6.-M Paul
1Iussche. librarian of the Belgian par
lament. writes from Brussels TO the
American commission for relief in Bel
GUM, as follows:
In the warehouse kindly placed at
the disposal Of the commission at the
port of Brussels we found cases Of
corned beef pork and beans. evapor-
ated milk, rolled oats, sacks of wheat
barrels Of dried fish. and other cases
Of a more complex kind. They opened
one Of these before US. 1t contained a
ham, three pots Of jam covered with
white paper. 25 kilos Of apples, so kilos
Of potatoes and half a sausage. An
inscription, almost effaced. showed
that the case came from Hurstboro.
Ala At the bottom of the case. the
employe discovered a soiled clip Of
paper. on which a hesitating hand had
traced these words:
To the unknown subject Of a na-
ton which is dying for respect OF its
word
other cases bore different inscrf2-
tons. A great many came from Nova
Scotia and on some was written in
large letters the words: For Belgium.
our brave allies, with the admiration
and sympathy OF the inha bitants Of
Nova Scotia"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
CHAPLAIN JOHN L. MADDOX
TO REJOIN nth INFANTRY

Washington. D. O.. March 5.-The follow
ing army orders have been issued
Chaplain John L. Maddox. 18th Infantry
is relieved from duty with the 18th infantry.
and viii proceed 20 join his regiment
Leaves u absence: Maj William r. SJone.
retired Inspector Instructor. ore month
Lieut. Col Albert u. Kniskern. quarter
master corps. win assume charge Of the
general depot Of the quartermaster corps OF
Chicago. relieving Maj wilkins. who will
report 10 the depot Quarter-uaster for duty.
Mai Harry =. wilkins. quartermaster
corps. IS relieved from duty as assistant 20
the QuartrEma>ter. "a division. and will re-
turn 20 Dis station. chicago. Ill
Capt Lynn S. Edwards. coast artillery
corp=- unsigned, is assigned 10 the I54th
company.
Capt John j. Kingman. corps Of ensi-
ncers. VIII report TO the commandment. En-
Eineer School, Washington barracks. D. C..
for duty.
First Lieut.. Arthur l.. Bump. 18th in
tantry, is relieved from treatment at the
Letterman General Hospital the Preside Of
san Francisco. Cal, and win proceed TO join
his regiment
First Lieut. Asa L Singleton. 18th in
fantry, viii proceed TO Fort Leavenv-orth.
hans., and report 20 the commandment.
{ nited States military prison. for duty.
Pay clerk George Brigh1m. quartermlster
corps, now at the Preside OF Monterey.
cal. IS relieved from such duty and will
proceed TO Fort Winfield Scott Cal and
report 10 the commanding officer for duty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
SONORA MINES SHIP 5I75
TONS OF ORE IN FEBRUARY

Douglas. Ariz-. March despite the
crippled condition Of the Nac0zari rail-
road. because OF burned bridges. the
mines OF northern Sonora shipped 51-5
tons or ore TO the smelters here The
mines which shipped ore are Nacozarf.
II Tigre. santa Rosa and Picacho.
Nacozari led with 120 cars OF ore. con
Gaining 1860 tons.
In addition, FL Tigre shipped % bars
OF gold and silver bullion. making 2s11
pounds: zoo sacks OF ore and 5O6 sacks
Of DreciDitates.
The estimated value OF all these ship
meuts follows
Copper. sl.327.00O; silver. s551.O0O:.
gold. S236.G60
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
Business Men Eager to At
tend Fair; to Be Enter
tanned in Douglas.

FL Paso's 'neignbOrly excursion" to
the Tucson fair Is assured F. F. Aef1,
who is arranging for the trip to Tue
son TO attend the Southern Arizona
fair. March Is. which viii be FL Paso
day, announced Saturday that enough
names had been assured to make the
excursion go and all efforts were now
directed TO taking the largest crowd Of
5l PasO business men possible TO the
Arizona metropolis.
The Il Paso delegation viii leave
here on the Southwestern train We'd
uesday night, March u. occupying pri-
vcte Pullmaus- a private car OF the
Southwestern system will also be at
tached TO the train by A y Brown.
and ne viii be accompanied by a num-
Der Of his friends. a stop Of one hour
VIII be made in Douglas Thursday
morning. where the Douglas chamber
OF commerce will meet the train and
entertain the FL Paso delegation. The
FRA in Will arrive in Tucson Thursday at
noon and viii be met there by the
Tucson business men The party will
remain in Tucson until Friday even
ing. attending the fair all day Friday,
which will be celebrated as e Paso
day The Fl Pasoaus viii keep open
house at one of the Tucson hotels
Thursday evening and a special enter
tainmeut VIII be arranged on the train
going 70 Tucson, to be given during
this open house
Tennis Players Going.
The Arizona tennis championship
viii also be played during the week OF
the fair and q number OF FL Paso ten
MS players are planning to accompany
the business men TO Tucson to partici- I
pate in the tennis play and witness the Z
tournament Souvenirs will be taken !
from FL Paso and distributed at the I
fair on FL Paso day. Mr.. Neff, who is I
arranging for the excursion, says that I
everyone who can get away should at 1
tend the fair, as Los Angeles is work /
ing hard for the Tucson trade and Ell !
Paso should protect her own trade ter
ritOry.
Those who have already signed up 4
FOR the trip are: Z. f. Neff and Y. K.
stiles. for the Neff-Stiles Co; Herald ]
News Co. Southwestern Portland &C.
ment Co, represented by S c. Nc
-urdy; krakauer, York & MOye. by W.
B. Gillespie. Elliott Engineering Co,
By F. A. Elliott; Sheldon hotel by r B.
lrndOrff; Harry Swain, Douglas Crow
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
CAN'T PRAISE
CARDUI ENOUGH
This Lady Was Very Nervous, On
Account Of Serious WomanIy
Trouble. But Now She
Praises Cardui.

Murrycross. Ala--The following IS
from Mrs. ". J. Daugherty, this place:
q viii write full statement Of my
condition before I had taken Cardui
was very weak. had not any nerve
at all and could not stand any noise.
and had female complaints.
AT last my doctor told me to try
Cardui and did so. and I can say. 1t
sure has cured me sound and well. and
am glad to tell anyone what it did
for me. and it viii help any suffering
woman.
can't praise Cardui enough.
wish every woman wouI: believe what
I say and give Cardui trial and they
win find my word to be true.
Cardui is all I take in the way Of
medicine. We always keep it in the
house for my benefit
When 1 was told to try. Cardui I did
not think would. but my friends kept
on at me until got one bottle. and it
did me so much good that I kept on
taking it.
Ny back has got well. my nerve is
all right and my old tired feeling has
gone, and I am stout and strong as a
woman can be- I am glad TO say il /
was Cardui that I can praise for my
health"
Your druggist sells CarduL Try it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
LORDSBURG MINE DISTRICT
HAS RENEWED ACTIVITIES

LordsburE. y NJ. March Ginning
activities have been renewed in this
district recently. Tom Lester has just
returned from Fl Paso. where he had
some samples from the Waldo mine
tested. and is arranging 10 ship a large
quantity Of ore To Los Angeles
Harvey Sacks. OF Clarksdale, Ariz-,
Bud Neil OF Phoenix. Ariz-. and Ell
Harsh. of Wiilcoz. Ariz., made q Gold
Fiji trip this week TO looS over the
properties fin that district.
The Cline stamp mill at Gold Hill has
been working for two weeks and has
been handling ore from the Roosevelt
mine. Cyanide experiments are now
being made at the Gold Hill property
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
SPRING MEDICINE
Hoods SarsnpariIIn. the Great Blood
Purifier. D. the Hest.

Hoods SnrsnparilIn. the Great Blood
Purifier. a. the Best.
Spring sickness comes in some de-
gree to every man, woman and child
in our climate
It is that rundown condition OF the
system that results from impure. i'm
poverished. devitalized blood
1t is marked by loss Of appetite and
that tired feeling, and in many cases
by some form Of eruption.
The best way 10 treat spring sick
ness is TO take -.OOd's SarsaPa-illa-
This Old reliable family medicine puri-
flies. enriches and revitaliZes the blood.
II is an aI-the-yeor-round Alternative
and tonic. and is absolutely the best
spring medicine.
Get your, blood in good condition at
once-nOW- Delay may he dangerous
Ask your druggist for Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, and insist on having il. for
nothing else can take its place-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
ARIZONA MINERS BEST PAID,
SAYS DIRECTOR OF c. & A.

Tucson. Ariz-. March s.-Arizona min
ers are more highly paid than those OF
any other state, and more OF them are
at work than in any other state, &C
cOrding 70 Chester A. COngdOn, a di-
rector OF the Calumet & Arizona Min
ing company. who was here on his re-
turn TO Bisbee. after a visit to the COM
pany's properties in the Ajo district Of
this county
Mr.. ConcdOn said the copper market
is dull and the demand from foreign
countries far below that Of peace times.
He will return to his home. in Duluth.
Mimi, at the end Of his trip Of iuspec-
ton
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
MINING DEVELOPMENT RAPID
in FINOS ALTOS DISTRICT

Deming. y n. March 6.-Lee Russell.
who was in town from Pinos Altos re-
Gently, reports everything favorable at
the Pinos Altos camp for a big product
i've year. Mr.. Russell is working six
bodies at from IS to 20 feet levels. He
intends going TO the 200 foot level be-
lore taking out any considerable
of ore.
The greater part OF the ore is silver
and copper bearing with trace Of gold
in it, These properties are expected TO
be among the best paying ones in the
Pinos Altos district when they are de-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
.NEIGHB0RLY TRIP TO. TUCSON 4 co

ell, Fl Paso & Southwestern system. by
A. y. Brown, Garnett King and Richard
Warren: Morning Times, Wyche Greer;
FL Paso Electric Railway Co. by Il. :.
Potter. Western Motor Supply Co, by
Joe Bukey- The Texas Co. by II. ID.
Deacon Colorado Fuel & Iron Co, by
c. A Beers; FL Paso Sash d Door Co,
by George Evans
The banks have also promised TO send
representatives and this will be taken
up by the clearing house and il is prob
able that all Of the banks viii send rep
resentatives. There are also a mum Der
of business men who are considering
making the trip and it may be neces-
sary TO add another car to the train
before the excursion leaves.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
GRANDSON OF GEN. FORREST
TO MAKE HOME IN Ell PASO

--. -sIlllAh BEDFORD Forrest. adiutant
EeLeIaI OF the Sons Of Coufederste
veterans. may locate in El Paso He is
mere from his home in Memphis. Tenn
TO inspect Camp Calvin Crosier the To-
ca camp OF the organization.
ne IS a personal friend OF VIII Cros-
by. quar- eImaster Of the FL Paso camp.
mo mas been entertaining him since ne
arrived After riding over the city
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-05-27
rs THE WAR THE SAVIOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY?

We have heard much from Republican about the
saving disastrous results of the Democratic tariff this
based upon supposon that the has practically stopped
large volume of imports from foreign countries which of
true to certain extent German imports have been
totally shut out.
Let presume that the has temporarily acted as
benefit to American business acting great barrier to i'm
ports Granting all Republican claim has the in
been detrimental to industrial enterprises in the United States?
Considering everything the depressing effects of the
have been greater affecting American business than the
benefits While Germany has been considered the greatest
competitor of the United States and the most dangerous yet
the fact remains that Germany supplies things which
cannot present do without and in this line dyestufs
which have been totally cut off and textile industries have been
practically demorazed.
Not only dyesuffs but immense amount of other pro-
ductschemcals, mechanical appliances fertilizers and the
kehave been cut off and they practically indispensable
to certain trades in the United States.
Again there other products required and imported
in large quantities which almost entirely shut off, Among
these hides result making the price of leather BOOM
absolute of certain kinds has stuck the shoe
dustry hard blow
Likewise it is possible to detail other imports,
shut out by the which practically indispensable and of