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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-11-25
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The weather: Warm, windy, cloudy,
unsettled.
Messrs. w. w. Lay and L. R. Bum
gardner OF Linton were pleasant visitors
at this Office yesterday.
Jennie Ray, the three year old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Stinson, who
was recently so i'll, has suffered a relapse
and Tuesday had fever of los degrees.
Mrs. F. B. Ogden will remove to Dixie,
where she will conduct boarding house.
Her youngest daughter, Margery, will
go to Baton Rouge to live with her aunt,
Mrs. C. F. Duchein.
Rev. T. ]. Embree, in taking his de-
parture for his new place of residence,
writes the editor as follows: eve must
go, but we want the Banner to follow
u.s." Thank you, sir.
Born, in. Dallas, Texas, yesterday af-
ternoon, to Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Scan
land, jr., girl. This is their first child,
and they have named her Adelaide In
honor of her paternal grandmother.
Mrs. L. A. Sims left yesterday for her
home in Shreveport after spending sew
eral days in Benton as a guest OF Mrs.
j. M. Henderson. Readers of the Ban
ner will remember Mrs. Sims as Miss
Belle Johnston.
Don't forget the date of the bazaar, te
be held in this place under the auspices
of the Ladies' Aid Society. 1t will be
opened on Friday of next week. Buy
something and thus encourage goo6
cause. The fund derived will be de-
voted to charitable ends.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Wyche, who were
JOINED By Mr.. Richard Drew, now farm.
ing in the Phelps Lake district, left yes.
tenday afternoon for Minden, where the!
viii be guests to-day at a turkey dinne
at the home of Judge and Mrs. r. C
Drew, Mr.. Drew's parents.
Mr.. j. F. Adair, in hauling brick from
Shreveport to Ivan, found it necessar.
to leave half the load of the two wagon
here until another trip could be made
In other words, what was only two load
from Shreveport to Benton was fou
loads from Benton to Ivan. There's ar
gument for improved roads, all right.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Galway, who TO
some weeks past have been in Waldo
Ark, at the home of Mr.. Galway
parents, returned to Benton last Frida,
and Mr.. Galway has resumed his posi-
ton as local agent for the Cotton Bel
Company. His enforced lay-off wa
occasioned by a fall, in which he suffere
injury to his hips.
The writer's attention has recent
been called to s'dry kiln" for swee
potatoes, which we presume is only
large house for storing and preservin
them, employing some principle tina
takes up the surplus sap of the potat
and moisture of the room. No dout
many readers of the Banner, like the re
porter, are unfamiliar with the plans fe
the building, its construction and opera
ton. II it is the success it is repre-
sented to be, We would be pleased t
have some one write for US descriptio
OF the building and how to proceed wit
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Cotton Quotations.

Yesterdays Shreveport cotton quota
lions were as follows:
Ordinary, 91s cents.
Good ordinary, 90 cents.
Low middling, 1O4 cents.
Middling, t14 cents.
Good middling, i124 cents.
Receipts for the day, 494 bales.
Total receipts, 1888 bales.
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has three white feet, and blaze in face;
freshly shod all round; fetlocks un-
trimmed. Any person seeing him or
knowing Of his whereabouts will please
communicate with me.
Mrs. B. A. KELLY.
Benton, La, Nov. II, 1915.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21

place they were forced TO scatter for
on their tempcrs and made them prod
each other with their long horns. In
the heart Of the herd you would have
thought men were fighting with single
sticks. ON the outskirts, posted at
quarter mile intervals, sat the cow
boys on their ponies, the brims of
their hats Tilted over their sun
skinned noses, their feet out of the
big brown leather hooded stirrups and
their hands gripping the horn of the
heavy saddle to keep themselves from
falling onto the ground-aslcep, y
cowboy can sleep At full gallop; on
the other hand, he can keep awake also
at fun gallop for eight and forty hours
and wear down SIX unamlablc hron-
COS in the process,
LATE Parmalcc, Shwink, the German
who could not ride but had a blind af-
lection for cattle from the branding
ward to the butchers block; Michigan
SO called because he said ne sam" from
California but spoke not the 'alifor-
man tongue: Jim from san Diego,
tn distinguish him from other Jims,
and The Corpse were the outposts OF
the herd. The Corpse had won his
name from IA statement made in the
fulness Of much McBraycr whiskey
that he had once been a graduate of
Corpus Christi. lie spoke truth, but
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21

loot over hook" And he settled him
self down to load in a fresh cargo.
Now, this is how the fat man had
come by his meal. one thousand miles
away a red Texas steer was preparing
to go to bed for the night in the com
pany of his fellows-myr.ads Of his
fellows. From dawn till late dusk he
had loafed across the leagues of grass
and grunted s~avagoly as each mouth
full proved to his mind that grass
was not what he had known it in his
youth. But the steer was wrong, That
summer had brought great drought to
Montana and North Dakota. The
cattle feed was whitening day by day
and the mere prudent stock owners
had written to the East for manufac-
tured provcnder, Only the little cac-
tus that grows with the grasses APP
peared to enjoy itself. The cattle GER
talnly did not and the cowboys from
the very beginning of spring had used
language considered p%rofane even for
the cowboy. What their ponies said
has never been recorded. The ponies
had the worst time of all, and at each
nightly camp whispered TO each other
their longings for the winter, when
they would be turned out on the freez-
ing ranges-galled from withcr to
Group, but riderless thank Heaven
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21

red steer ohcwcd his cud and the little
wind out Of the darkness played
round his horns-a,l five ways AT
once. The cowboys lifted up Their
voices in u~nmelodiOus n that the
cattle might know whore they were.
and began Slowly walking round h
recruitment herd. DO a~nybody's horns
feel creepy Qucr!ed the red steer
Of his neighburs. My mother told
mc'-and he repeated the tale, TO the
OBLIGATION Of the yearlings and the
thrce-year-o.ds breathing heavily at
his SIDE.
The song Of the cowboys rose
higher. The cattle bowed their
heads, Their men were at hand.
They were safe. Something had hap
peIed to the quiet stars, They were
dying out one 10y one and the wind
was f~rcshcning, bless my hooiS'
mutterod a y airing. my horns are
beginning To- feel creepy softly the
red steer lifted himself from the
ground. Come away quoth he to
tie wearing. Come away to the
outskirts, and Wen move. My mother
sa4d-" The innocent fool fol-
4bNtt anu Il NHlN' ~ 80 '''''
move, Being a woman she naturally
beloved "Tmher Wulvos'' II ran
forward h,indly into a dun steer
dreaming over cover. Followed the
thunder of cattle rising to their feet,
and the tr pie crack of a whip. The
little wind had dropped for a mo-
ment, only to fall on he herd with a
shrek and a few singing drops or
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21
of Sci" of Stories Appearing Each Sunday in THE SUM- oDoube Interest to Readers
Because They Are Little Known and Consequently New and Because They
REPRESENT the Earlier STYLE OF the Famous Author

and m would try to rush to our
decks or whether we would rush on
to theirs. 1t would not matter in
the least, for at the speed we were
driving both vessels would go down
together locked through the deeps Of
the sea. 1t occurred to me then that
the sea would be cold and hat instead
If choking decently I might be one
in n mad rush for the boats-might
he crippled by a falling spar or
wrenched plate and left on the heeling
decks to die. Then terror came to
me-fear, gross and overwhelming
as the bulk of the n~ight-despair I'M
relieved by a single ray of hope.
We were no fifty yards apart when
the passengers on the steamer caught
sight of us and shrieked aloud. / saw
a man pick up his child from one OF
the benches and futilely attempt to
climb the rigging. Then we closed
her nameplate ten feet above ours,
looking down into our fore hatch. |
heard the grinding as of a hundred
querns. the ripping of the tough bow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21

plates and the pistollike report Of
displaced rivets followed by the rush
Of the sea. We were sinking In mid
ocean.
BEG y pardon said the quarter
master. shaking me by the arm, but
you must have been sleeping in the
moonlight for the last two hours. and
that's not good for the eyes. Didn't
seem to make you sleep easy. either"
| opened my eyes heavily. My face
was swollen and aching. TO-. on my
forehead lay the malignant splendor
of the moon. The glare of the Red
Lamp had vanished with the brill
iantly lighted ship, but the CHASTITY
shrieks Of her drowning crew con-
tinued.
What's that" I asked tremulously
of the qu~artermaster. WAS it real?"
Pork chops in the saloon o-mor
row. said the quartermaster. THE
butcher he got up at four bells to put
the old squeaker out of the way.
Them's his dying calculations"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21

choma Junction, and. in ommon with
his associates, was. when drunk. ready
t. shoot at anything or anybody. He
was not proud. He had condescendcd
to take in hand and educate a young
and promising Chicago drummer, who
by evil fate had wandered INTO that
wilderness, whore all his cunning was
Of no account; and from that youths
%quiverlnG hand-outstrctched by
communicated shot away the top of
a wine glass. The Corpse was recog-
nized in the f~rocmasonry of the
craft as zone of the C. NJ. RS boys,
and tough at that
The G. Nj. r. controlled much cattle,
and their slaughter houses in Chi
cage dubbed the hood of beeves all
day long. Their salt beef fed the
sailor on the sea, and their ,ccd, best
firsts the h~ouSeke"n"r in the l.Ondon
suburbs. Not eve the firm knew
how many cowboys they employed,
but all the firm knew that on the
IAN day of July their stock yards
at Wachuma junction We're to he
filled with 1000 head of cattle,
ready for immediate shipment to chi
'dEh NIl4' paws wv '"'' ''S'' "N'
before the grass had withcrod utterly.
LATE, Mich gan, Jim, The Corpse and
the others knew this too, and were
heartily glad of il, because they would
he paid up in Chicago foi their ha!'
years work and would then do their
best toward painting that town in
purcst vermilion. They would get
drunk. they would SAMPLE and would
otherwise enjoy themselves til they
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21

to the wrong audience. The inhabi-
tants Of the Elite Saloon. after several
attempts to get the hang of the name.
dubbed the speaker The Corpse, and
as long as he cinChed a bronco or
jingled a spur within 400 miles of
Livingston-yea. far in the south. even
to the UNEMPLOYED borders of the sheep
eater Indians-he was known by that
unlovely name. How he had passed
from college to cattle no man knew.
and, according to the etiquette of the
West, no man asked. lie was not by any
means a tenderfoot-had no unmanly
weakness for washing, did not in the
least object to appearing at the wild
and wonderful reunions held nightly
in Miss Minnie's. parlor," whose
fiaring advert sement did not in the
least disturb the prophecies of Wa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21

were broke. and then they would hire
u again.
The sun dropped behind the rolling
hills, and the cattle halted for the
night. cheered and cooled by a little
wandering breeze. The red steers
mother had been caught in a hail
storm five years ago. TIL she went
the way of all % flesh she missed
re opportunity of telling her son to
beware of the hot day and the cold
wind that does not know its wi mind.
when it blows five ways at once
said she. and makes your horns feel
creepy. get away, my son. Follow
the time honored instinct Of our tribe,
and run. ! ran"-she looked ruefully
at the scars on her side-"but that
was IN "A barb wire country and 1t
hurt mo. None the less. run The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21
HISTORY OF A FALL ....

charged of the conservation of mill
ions.
OF people. That is understood. The
Indian GoVcrnm, ut Conscrves not it's
rup 'os.
He was the wei loved of kings. |
have seen the Niocroy-whch is the
I.orr Mar embrace him Of both
arms.
That was in Smla, All things are
luSsihlo In Simla.
Even embraces.
HIS wife Mon dieu, his wife,
The ahcuri,d mag nation prostrates
itself at the remembrance of til" splcn-
lours ori'ntals of the Lady Cyril-
the gerry respectable the Lady VOL
,ohio.
That was in Simla. Al things are
poss be IN sim ID, Ev,n wives. In
those days ! was-what YOU rall-a
Schaohb, ! am now a much Larger
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21

\ fERE English will not do JUS
wi tlce to the event. Let us
attempt It according to the
custom Of the French, Thus and so
following;
Listen to a history of the most
painful-and Of the most true, You
others, the Governors, the Lieutenant
Governors ard the comm!ssionaircs Of
the oricnta. midas.
II is You, foolishly outside of III"
truth in prey to Illusion SO bl nd that
| of them remain so stupenod-it is
10 YOU iha; | address myself!
Know You SIR Cyril WollohGn, X. g.
:. l.. q. NJ. q. and all the other little
things?
lie was II the Sacred order Of Your
self-a man responsible enormously
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21

hail. that stung az keenly as the
whips. The herd broke into a trot,
a canter, and then a mad gallop.
Black fear was behind them. black
night in front. They headed into
the night, believing with terror. and
at their side rode the men with the
whips. The ponies grunted as they
felt the raking spurs. They knew
that an all night gallop lay before
them. and woe betide the luckless
cayuse that stumbled in hat ride.
Then fell the hail-blinding and
chok ng and ~fogging in one and the
same stroke. The herd opened like
"A fan. The red steer headed n con-
tingent he knew not whittier. \ man
with a whip rode at his right flank.
behind him the lightning showed a
field of glimmering horns, and Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21
LITTLE MORE BEEF 49,.

riderless. on these various miseries
the sun looked down impartial. His
business was TO AXE the ground and
ruin the grasses.
The cattle-the acres Of huddled
Cattlc-were restless. In the first
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21

can't eat too much O. good beef-not
ever when the prices are going up
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21

LITTLE more beef. please"
\ said the fat man with the
gray whiskers and the
spattered waistcoat. you
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21
TIE. RED LAMP

STRONG situation, sir, very
"A strong-quite the strongest
one in the play, in fact"
MNNhnA nlnuou sald a
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-30
BRISTOL GOING AFTER
STATE CONVENTION

Bristol Tenn, Dec. 2S.-The Bris-
tol Board of Trade has adopted res
olutions urging acceptance of an
invitation from the local republican
committee to have the republican
committee of Virginia arrange to
have the next state convention in
Bristol. The state committee meets
in Roanoke on Thursday of this
week to determine the time and
place Tor holding convention to
choose delegates-at-large to the re-
publican national convention to be
held in Chicago next June.
Chairman G. b. Slemp, of the state
committee, favors Bristol. and will
use his influence to bring the con-
vention to Bristol. He states as his
reason for this that the counties of
the ninth Virginia district and other
counties west of Roanoke represent
more than one-half of the voting
strength of the republicans of Vir-
ginia, and that in spite of this situ-
alton no state convention has ever
been held at point west of Roanoke.
although conventions of the kind
have repeatedly been held at Norfolk
Newport News and other extreme
eastern points in the state.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-30
UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT AT
UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH

Interesting and unique entertain
ments were held by all of the Sunday
schools of the city during the Christ
mas-tide and we regret that we do
not have an account of each one. We
are indebted to the pastor of the
United Brethren church for the re-
port of the exercises held in his
church. The report follows:
Perhaps one of the most unique
obseryances of the Christmas season
in the city was that given by the
United Brethren Church. splendid
program of recitations and songs
made pleasant the evening last Fri
day. The children exhibited fine
training and splendid talent by thei1
numerous renditions. Many of the
recitations were very humorous, re-
lating the traits and experiences of
Old Santa and the delightful antici-
pations of the young folk in watch
ing for him. Others touched upon
the birth of the Christ Child and the
whole program varied to bring out
the entire charm of the occasion.
The decorations over the church
attracted the approval of the large
audience. Festoons of many colors
were hung across the auditorium;
bells and other seasonable symbols
We're placed in appropriate corners.
The platform was honored by the
presence of two beautiful Christmas
trees decorated from top to base.
Here and there on the trees glittered
tiny incandescent lights like so many
diamonds. The whole gave pleas
ing effect and enhanced the theme
developed in the splendid program.
To crown the success of the even
ing, Old Santa Claus appeared in full
dress and to the delight of young and
old alike distributed good treat to
everyone. The entire occasion was
full of JOY and merriment to all who
attended and witnessed the progress
sive spirit of the pastor and church.