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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-09
FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

The initial number of the Allen Parish
Democrat, published at Oberlin, has made
its appearance.
St. Tammany farmers will plant 500 acres
in berries this year, and have ordered 100
tons of fertilizer.
Charles Clarkson Duble, known as the
best locksmith in the South, died Sunday
morning in New Orleans.
The first shipment of white oak ties to be
use in building railroads in France will
leave New Orleans next week.
Farmers and others of Natchitoches
Parish have formed company for the
erection of grain elevator in the town of
Natchitoches.
Victor Latour, who served in the Army
of Tennessee as member of the Twenty
third Louisiana Regiment, died Sunday
morning in New Orleans.
A hundred bales of cotton were destroyed
Sunday afternoon in fire of unknown
origin that ran through the building of a
New Orleans cotton pickery.
The police jury of the Parish of Jeff
Davis last Thursday enacted an ordinance
calling an election to vote on a S125, 1000
bond issue in Ward Two for the construc-
ton of gravel roads, the election to be held
October 10Th.
Shreveport Times: The hot, dry weather
now prevailing in this section is doing won
ders in ripening the cotton crop in Caddo
Parish and the fields are white with the
staple. Hundreds are busy every day pick
ing it and the staple is expected to class
high and to result in good grades all along
the line.
Dennis S. Sullivan died in Hotel Dieu
New Orleans, Saturday night. He served
during the Civil War in Company K, of the
Fifteenth Louisiana Regiment in the Army
of Northern Virginia; was wounded at the
battle of Frazser's Farm, and at the battle
of Gettysburg, and was taken prisoner bu
later exchanged, and was surrendered anc
was paroled at Appomattox Court House
Baton Rouge, Sept. 3.-Over half of the
white and nearly two thirds of the negro
applicants for teachers certificates failec
to pass the recent teachers examination
Out Of 2446 white applicants, only 1O3s
have been awarded certificates. Of thu
negroes, SIT out of 1875 failed. Certificates
were awarded by grades to the following
number of teachers: White-First grade
255; second grade, 296; third grade, 1916
special, 1853. Negroes-First grade, 6
second grade, 26; third grade, 1914; special
1884,
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Partition Sale.

F. E. Collins ct al versus Jos. E. Mitchell, jr
No 6lS4. In Second District Court, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana.
pY virtue of an order and commission
- for sale, issued in the above en-
titled case, and to me directed, authoriz-
ing and requiring me to sell for purposes
of partition between plaintiffs and de-
PENDANT the herein described land, own
ed in indivision by them, will, on Sat-
urday, September II, 1915, at the front
door of the Court House, in the town Of
Benton, La, within the legal hours pre-
scribed by law, proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder,
the following described lands, with ali
improvements thereon, to-wit:
A tract of land described as follows:
Beginning at the section line between
sections 10 and is, township %, range
13, at point 220 yards south Of the
northeast corner of section is, running
in northerly direction along said Sec
ton line los 7-12 feet to corner, thence
in westerly direction Ais feet to COR
ner, thence in a southerly direction
105 7-12 feet to corner, thence in an
easterly direction 4t8 feet to the point
of beginning, containing 1904 square
yards, more or less (said lines all run
parallel with the section lines) being the
same property purchased by ]. p.
Mitchell, now deceased, from J. A. and
NJ. L. Ford, by deed recorded on page
266, volume "a, Conveyances Of Bossier
Parish, Louisiana.
Terms of Sale-For cash, subject to
the benefit of appraisement.
j. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and ex-officio Auctioneer for
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
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CORE sponden nee
Red Land.

Tuesdey, Sept. 7.-Mr. and Mrs. j. F
Hudson have as guest their nephew, Mr..
Dan Hudson, from Texas.
Miss Yuma Barnett is spending a few
days in Plain Dealing with her cousin, Miss
Ruth Nuckolls.
Miss Estelle Dodson leaves Saturday for
Adner, where she will take charge of
school, which opens Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Watts of near Rocky
Mount visited at the home of their mother,
Mrs. Lottie Morris, Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Lille Stampley leaves this week for
Port Vincent, in Livingston Parish, where
she will teach during the coming school
term.
Mrs. w. M. Peyton was hostess Wednes-
day evening for little party to meet Mr..
Peyton's neice, Miss Amanda McElroy,
who was their guest during the week.
Miss Viola Allen will leave Saturday for
Logansport, where she has the position as
Logansport High School, which opens on
the 18th.
Mr. and Mrs. G.. T. Mays attended the
opening exercises of the Plain Dealing
High School yesterday. They left their
daughter, Carrie Lou, to be a pupil there
during the school term.
| Miss Florrie Martin of Shreveport made
short visit to Red Land Saturday and
Sunday, and was heartily welcomed by a
host of friends. 1t will be remembered tina
this young lady taught the music class in
the school here two years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Allen entertained
Friday evening complimentary to their
daughters Misses Viola, Annie-Lee anc
Myrtice, who will be entering school soon
Six tables of players enjoyed the games O.
bunco, at the conclusion of which the prize
for highest score was awarded Mr.. Dougla:
Mcclellan, and for lowest, Miss Amanda
McElroy. All expressed themselves az
spending most delightful evening.
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees
furnishes this information: The facult,
for the coming term of Red Land Gradee
School has been elected, and is as follows
Prof. Wilson, of Prescott, Ark, principal
Prof. R. c. Childs, of Church Point, frs
assistant; Mrs. R. S. Wilson, sixth ant
seventh grades; Miss Luella Miller, o
Bienville, fourth and fifth grades; Mis-
Ruby Martin, Of Plain Dealing, second ant
third grades, and Miss Ida Harris, o
Haughton, primary work. The school will
open October 4th. VA.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-09

1t will hardly be disputed that in the va
rious relations which enter into and affect
our daily lives, the consideration of what is
personal to ourselves, of how we are to be
affected by it, and of what will be most ad-
vantageous, pleasant, and profitable for us,
is with the great majority the controlling
motive of most of what we do or refrain from
doing. There can scarcely be wider dif-
ference in point of view than than that of
the man who, in considering course Of
action, or entering upou it asks: What am
going to get out of it, how and to what
extent will it profit me? and the one who
asks: What good will it enable me to do,
in what way will it permit and assist me to
be helpful and useful to others; what is my
duty in the premises?
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Hon. Henry Hunsicker.

VeTmIlon NeWS.J
Hon. Henry Hunsicker of Caddo Parish
is candidate for the Office of Secretary of
State. We take pleasure in recommending
him to the voters of Southwest Louisiana,
and of the State, generally. Mr.. Hum
sicker was former member of the Legis-
lature, and is Delegate elect to the pro-
posed Constitutional Convention, and is
experienced in legislation He is life
long citizen of Shreveport, good citizen,
an estimable gentleman, and is in every
way qualified for the position. We have
known Mr.. Hunsicker for many years; and,
also, knew his father, who was prominent
citizen of Shreveport, and personally
recommend him to the voters of this State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-09
An Ordinance

Carrying into effect the will of the prop
erty taxpayers of Road District No. 1
of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, as ex-
pressed at an election held August Z,
1915, and levying tax OF mills on
the taxable property Of said Road Dis
trict No. for road and bridge con-
struction, for period of five years,
beginning with the year 1915.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Po-
lice Jury of Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
That, pursuant to an election held in
Road District No. Of Bossier Parish
August Z, 1915, at which election
special tax Of mills on the dollar OF the
taxable property was voted by the prop
erty taxpaying voters, the said special
tax of 5 mills is hereby levied for the
year 1915 and for each subsequent year
to and including 1919.
Sec.2 Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the Tax Assessor of Bossier Parish
be and is hereby authorized, ordered and
instructed to extend said special road
tax at mills for the year 1915 and each
subsequent year until and including
1919, and the Sheriff and er-oficio Tax
Collector for Bossier Parish is author
lied to collect said tax.
Adopted at Benton, La, August 10,
1915. j. G. LOGAN,
Attest: o'iuon' oitoo 'uiy'
r. B. HILL, Clerk Police Jury. $40
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Louisiana Newspaper Graveyard.

Monroe News-Star.
1t is impossible to successfully continue
the publication of two newspapers in field
which affords patronage for only one, and
there was no surprise at the demise of all
other papers, nor was there any surprise
when the death notice of the Commercial
was read.
Too often some ambitious politician i'm
AGNES that he must have San organ in
order to boost himself into office, or to
"show up" the other fellow. He will scheme
and plan and after ''horn- Smuggling" other
politicians and friends out Of what money
they are willing to contribute, newspaper
is issued. From the first issue such a
newspaper is doomed to an ignoble death.
People who have money to invest can find
other and more profitable avenues open to
them, as the records in Louisiana Journal
ism will show. In these days of enlighten-
ment and progressive methods it is not
necessary that politicians have especial
organs for the advertising columns of any
reputable newspaper are open to them, just
the same as other advertisers, and they
will find it far less expensive to spend a few
dollars in this legitimate way than to sub
scribe for stock in political sheet.
But there is another side to this matter.
Frequently many people, without stopping
to count the cost, subscribe to these "jump-
ed up' newspapers, paying six, twelve and
Itwenty-four months in advance. When
the publication ceases, after running for a
few months, all those who paid in advance
are the losers. They may have paid one
or two years in advance willingly, in order
to help friend, expecting to get full value
for thler money, but when the sheet "goes
up the flume" there is nothing left for them
to do but accept the matter as gracefully
as possible.
The Newspaper Graveyard in Louisiana
is well filled. We hope it will not be nee
essary to chronicle the death of any more
journals. The newspaper business is like
every other legitimate business. Itcanno,
prosper unless thereis field large enough
to support it. Trying to make money
publishing two newspapers where only one
can exist is worse than folly, as the records
for Louisiana and every other State in the
Union will show. 1t simply cannot be done
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-09
jeremiah.

Thou knowest: that which came out of
my lips was right before thee.-17, Is.
And they said, There is no hope: but we
will walk after our own devices, and we
will every one do the imagination of his
evil heart.-18, IL.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of
Israel; Behold, will bring evil upon this
place, the which whosoever heareth, his
ears shall tingle.-19, 8.
And thou shalt come to Babylon, and
there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried
there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom
thou hast prophesied lies.-20, 6.
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors,
and thy lovers shall 60 into captivity !:
surely then shalt thou be ashamed and
COMPOUNDED for all thy wickedness.-22, %.
But will punish you according to the
fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and
will kinde fire in the forest thereof, and
it shall devour all things round about it.
81, IA.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by
unrig hteousness, and his chambers by
wrong; that useth his neighbours service
without wages, and giveth him not for his
work.-22, 10.
good, and l will bring them again to this
land and will build them, and not pull
them down; and will plant them, and not
pluck them up.-24, 6.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so
will break this people and this city, as one
| breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be
made whole again: and they shall bury
them in Tophet, till there be no place to
bury.-19, II.
| Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of
Israel; Behold, will bring upon this city
and upon all her towns all the evil that I
have pronounced against it, because they
have hardened their necks, that they might
not hear my words.-19, Is.
Thus saith the Lord; Execute We iudg-
ment and righteousness, and deliver the
spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor
and do no wrong, do no violence to the
stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow,
neither shed innocent blood in this place.
-22, 3.
AT what instant shall speak concerning
a nation, and concerning kingdom, to
pluck up and to pull down, and to destroy
it; if that nation, against whom have
pronounced, turn from their evil, will re-
pent of the evil that thought to do unto
them.-18, 7-8.
O my mountain in the field, will give
thy substance and all thy treasures to the
spoil, and thy high places for sin, through
out all thy borders. And thou, even thy
self, shalt discontinue from thine heritage
that gave thee; and l will cause thee te
serve thine enemies in the land which thou
knowest not: for We have kindled fire in
mine anger, which shall burn forever-17
lS.1
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-09
LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

August 9th was the coolest August 9th
for thirty years.
Paris, Sept. Italy has declared cotton
contraband of war.
Last year there were 1915 new books
published in the United States.
1t takes six months time and $50, 900 to
paint the Brooklyn On. W Bridge.
When school opens this fall at Pittsburg,
10000 pupils will be ready for enrolment.
Eight thousand persons attended good
roads rally at Russellville, KY, on the 1st.
A Waynesboro, Pa, dairyman was at
tackled by bald eagle and knocked from
his horse.
brownsville, Ca, Sept. 4.-The first cot
ton boil weevil has entered Georgia. The
weevils came from Alabama.
A train carrying 1000 pounds of dyna-
mite was blown to piece when it jumped the
track at Pinole, Cal. Three men were
killed.
Arthur Van Wrinkle, John Cochran and
Frank Gregory, boys, last Monday were
smothered to death in a corn bin of a grain
elevator in Louisville, KY.
Practically every able bodied men in
Hopkins County, Kentucky, worked on the
roads last Friday, when over twenty nine
miles of the highways were improved.
Chinese and American capitalists have
arranged at San Francisco for the financing
of trans Pacific steamship line and are
negotiating for the purchase of ships.
By installing electric saws and hosting
machinery Massachusetts ice company
eliminated the services of twenty two
horse teams and forty men formerly USED
in harvesting its product.
A recent census shows that Porto Rico
although an agricultural country, is the
most thckly populated in the world, anc
hope is expressed that the new homestead
law will do something toward relieving the
congestion.
Reports from Cuba indicate the contin.
ued development there, under favorable
conditions, of very large crop of sugar
cane and the conditions in the island o
Cuba and in Porto RIGA are Unmarked con
trast to those prevalent in Louisiana.
The sugar industry of Louisiana reache!
normally about 100000 long tons of sugar
The beet sugar industry of the United
States reaches normally about 100000 long
tons of sugar. The domestic sugar indus
try of the United States reaches normal!
about 100000 long tons of sugar, valued a
nearly one hundred millions of dollars.
lola, Kansas, Sept. Hundreds of per
sons were made homeless and propert,
damage estimated at 100000 was caused
by a cloudburst which early to-day inun
dated the east and south parts of lola. Tn
official guage show that $40 inches of rail
fell. Scores of men worked all night res
cuing people from housetops and trees
Hundreds OF refugees are to-day quartere'
in churches, public halls and the polio
station. Elm Creek, which caused the flood
was mile wide to-day and the curren
was SO swift that efforts to rescue person
who are still marooned on house tops fail
ed. Mayor Warner estimated that 600 per
sons were rescued Monday night.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-09
Partition Sale.

Mildred G. Fox VS.. Mrs. Malone Hoadly ct ais
No. 6l96. In Second District Court, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana.
DY virtue of an order and commission
ID for sale, issued in the above en-
titled case, and to me directed, author
izing and requiring me to sell for pur-
poses of partition between plaintiff and
defendants the herein described land,
owned in indivision by them, will, on
Saturday, September II, 1915, 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
with all improvements thereon, to-ait:
Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, Z and Of block OF
the Cumberland Subdivision of Bossier
City, and situated in the northwest
quarter of section 80, township Is, range
Is, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, as per
map and survey recorded on page ZIG,
volume 25, Conveyances of Bossier Par
ish, Louisiana.
Terms Of Sale-For cash, subject TO-
the benefit of appraisement.
J. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and ex-officio Auctioneer Tor
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
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New Orleans States: Ex- Attorney Gen.
eral M. j. Cunningham reflects feeling
apparently quite widespread when he says
No doubt much better Constitution can
be made than we now have; but my oppo-
sition was aroused because the cry for new
Constitution arose from the financial en-
barrassment which thought resulted from
extravaganza and improvidence rather than
from any defect in the Constitution.
The present taxation is more burdensome
and tyranical than that of 1874, which we
put an end to by force
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-09
Ordinance No. 81.
Village of Bossier City, }
Parish of Bossier, Louisiana,
Au1,,ct 10 1QIE \

Village of Bossier City,
Parish of Bossier, Louisiana,
August 10, 19l5.>
An ordinance providing for an election
to take the sense Of the qualified tax
paying citizens of the Village OF Bos-
sier City as to the assessment OF a
special tax on all property within the
Village of Bossier City, La, to be
known and specified as a IS ferry tax"
and for the purpose OF the mainte-
nance of free ferry, and appurte-
nances thereto, over and across Red
River within this village, or adjacent
thereto, and no other, not to exceed
mills per annum hereunder, including
any cost or purchase price, per annum,
and providing for the collection OF
same.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
Village of Bossier City, La, in legal
and regular session convened, That
there be, and is hereby called, an cleo
ton of the qualified property taxpayers
of this village for the purpose OF taking
the sense of said voters as to the author
ization of a special "ferry tax" upon all
property within this village, for the pur-
poses of purchase and maintenance OF
free ferry over Red River, at or adjacent
to this village, said tax not to exceed .
mills advalorem on each and every dollar
of assessment in and for this village,
beginning with the year 1916 and run
ming consecutively thereafter for pc
Rod of ten years, said tax to be levied
and collected by the council and other
regular officials of said village, as pro-
vided by law, and applied solely to the
purposes as aforesaid.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC..
That an election for said purpose is
hereby authorized, and ordered, and the
Mayor of this municipality is hereby
authorized and ordered to issue hi:
proclamation therefor, to be held or
Monday, September q, 1915, at the
Village Hall of this village, within the
legal hours for such elections, and the
ballots shall read "for" or "against'
said tax, and the majority of votes cas-
and property represented by votes cas-
shall govern, in accordance with law
the returns to be made to and to be pro
mulgated by this council, in accordance
with law.
Sec. 3. The commissioners and clerk
of said election shall be as follows
Chas. Smith, Frank Ryon and T. P
Switzerland, commissioners; A. G
Wilmington, clerk.
| Duly passed, approved and recorded
at Bossier City, La, August 10, 1915.
M. B. WOODLAND, Mayor.
i wv. HUTcHINGs, Clerk. s4-5
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An Ordinance

Providing for the issuance of certificates
of Indebtedness, based on a special
5-mill tax of Road District No. of
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, for $4,000,
represented by eighty certificates for
contract price for the building Of
bridges and permanent hard roads in
said district.
Whereas, on the 18th day of June,
A. D. 1915, the Police Jury of Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, duly passed and
adopted an ordinance calling special
election to be held in Road District No.
OF said parish, consisting of Wards
One and Two and that part OF Ward Six
designated as alluvial lands and en-
braced within the boundaries of the
Bossier Levee District, to be held on
the 7th day of August, 1915, to submit
to the voters of said district PROPOSE
ton to levy a special 5-mill tax on all
the property subject to taxation in said
district for period Of five years, be-
ginning with the year 1915 and ending
with the year 1919, both inclusive, for
the purpose of building, constructing,
repairing and maintaining public roads
anu DFlQSeS III SAID QlSLflct, ana also
providing that the Police Jury should
meet in open session on the 10th day OF
August, 1915, for the purpose of opening
the ballot boxes, examining and count
ing the ballots, and promulgating the
returns of said election; and,
Whereas, said election was duly held
on the It'll day of August, 1915, in ac-
cordance with the Constitution and laws
OF the State of Louisiana, and in COM
pliagce with the ordinance of the Police
Jury, which ordinance was duly pro-
mulgated as required by law; and,
Whereas, on the 10th day Of August
1915, the Police Jury met in open SEES.
sion, as provided in said ordinance, FOL
the purpose of opening the ballot boxes
counting the ballots, both as TO number
and amount, and did then and there
duly declare the result thereof to be il
favor Of said special tax, which result
has been duly promulgated, as required
by law; and,
Whereas, all other acts, conditions
and things necessary to be done prece,
dent to the levying of said special ia,
! have happened and been performed il