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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-06-23
The Call of Home.

(Southcrn Agricultural.
When we are young the distance calls
The winding roads invite our feet:
The far hills lure, and clear and
sweet
From blue horizons swells and falls
The magic cry of joys that wait
In those glad lands we cannot sca
Where Romance dwclls and Mys-
terry
We hear and take the rond clntc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-06-23
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-06-23

II you cant come to Buefeld today just remember
PARCEL POST PUTS OUR STORES RIGHT AT YOUR DOORS
Order Today-Get Your Goods Tomorrow
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Timber and Stone Entry.

Department Of the Interior
US Land Office at Baton Rouge, La.
October Is, 1867
NOTICE is hereby given that Henry
~ S. Denton, whose postoffice ad
dress is care Otis w. Bullock, Shreve-
port, La, did, on the Goth day of Octo-
Der, 1915, file in this office sworn state
ment and application, No. 1882, to
purchase the northeast quarter of Sec
ton 80, township 10, north, range IL,
west, Louisiana meridian, and the tim
Der thereon, under the provisions of the
act of June 3, 1878, and acts amendatory,
known as the "Timber and Stone Law"
at such value as might be fixed by APP
praisement, and that, pursuant to such
application, the land and timber thereon
have been appraised, $40, the timber
estimated 100000 board feet at So per
thousand, and the land $160; that said
applicant will offer final proof in support
of his application and sworn statement
on the 2Sth day of December, 1916, be-
fore the Clerk of Court at Benton, La.
Any person is at liberty to protest this
purchase before entry, or initiate con-
test at any time before patent issues, by
fling a corroborated affidavit in this
office, alleging facts which would defeat
the entry.
E. D. CHAMELEON, Register.
OctOher CR 1915 5oo 90
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long desired and needed by the farmer.
This law will prevent those dealing in
farm products purely for speculative
purposes running the price of farm pro-
duets above and below the real value Of
those products, which should be gov
erned by supply and demand.
The Revenue Act, the purpose of
which is to raise an adequate amount
with which to defray the increased ex-
penses incident to our army and navy
preparedness program.
The Philippine Act.
Act Relating to the Safety of Railway
Employees.
Warehouse Act.
Grain Grades Act.
Lever Agricultural Extension Act.
Railroad Act, looking to the adoption
of eight hours as working day for rail-
way employees, providing protection for
the life of the passenger and the health
OF the employee.
Law exempting labor and farmers
from the Anti trust Act.
Limitations on the abuse of the writs
of injunction in labor disputes.
Providing jury trials in certain con-
tempt cases.
The Seamen's Law.
The Voluntary Arbitration Act.
The Industrial Education Act.
Preventing the stop watch in gov
Ornamental establishments.
The Income Tax.
No pains have been spared by me to
procure the establishment of every pos
sible free delivery route and to see that
the carriers were justly treated.
Everything which tends to the pro-
motion of the agricultural interest has
received my most earnest attention and
nothing has been left undone which
could possibly do to build up the agri-
cultural interest of our country.
The election of United States Sena-
tors by direct vote of the people, the
Parcels Post Law, the establishment Of
the Tariff Commission, and the conser-
walton of our national resources, includ.
ing water power, have all received my
ardent support.
AS consistent Democrat, l have uni.
formly advocated and supported the ad.
ministration measures, including pre-.
paredness, which policies will bring
peace and prosperity to this great coun.
try OF ours. Most respectfully,
-.-.. s J. T. WATKINS.
| Minden, La, Oct. "a, 1916. Iadvl
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judge Watkins Reviews His Record in Congress

coming up during the first session of the
Sixty-fourth Congress, which l advo-
Gated, are:
The Ship Purchase Act, which ere
ates ship purchase commission, the
duties of which will be to secure vessels
to be used in our export trade, meaning
adequate transportation facilities for
our cotton and all other home commodi
ties, and the up5uilding of merchant
marine, the need of which during the
European struggle has been keenly felt.
The Rural Credits Act, which creates
farm loan board, Of which the Secre-
tary of the Treasury is chairman, the
duties of which board will be to estab-
lish farm loan banks throughout the
United States, the purpose of which
will be to place in the hands of the
farmer money needed by him for farm
operations, which may be reimbursed
to the Government at intervals, and on
which much lower rate of interest will
DE charged than the rate Of interestno
paid by the farmer.
The Good Roads Act, which author
ICES the expenditure of $50, 900, 900 for
the construction and maintenance of
roads throughout the country, and which
is intended as helping hand to states of
the Union raising a sufficient amount to
come within this law for Federal aid.
The Child Labor Act, which is de-
signed to protect the lives and health of
the little children who have not reached
the age where they are physically and
mentally competent to exert themselves
in factories manufacturing various arti-
cles to be used in interstate commerce.
By making the interstate shipment OF
these articles manufactured by the little
children prohibitory, the law will insure
to them an education at least to that
extent which may be secured up to the
time they arrive at the age to engage in
work for themselves and for the depend
ent members of their families.
The Workmen's Compensation Act,
which is intended to render aid to an
employee of the Federal Government in
cases where accident has oyertaken him
while in line of duty, which means that
the dependent members of ones family
will not be thrown into restitution on
account of some unavoidable accident
overtaking the employee.
The Act to Prevent Gambling in Farm
Products, which is piece of legislation
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Dear Sir: Having been nominated
without opposition, which is greatly
appreciated, and not having an oppor-
tunity to verbally state the measures
which have advocated during this ad-
ministration, I request that this state
ment be published as an account of my
stewardship as representative of the
people of the Fourth Congressional Dis
triet of Louisiana.
AS chairman of the Committee on
Revision Of the Laws, the duty devolved
upon me of supervising the revision and
codification of the United States Stat
utes relating to the judiciary and the
common carriers and antitrust code,
which work brings these laws up to date
in condensed and simplified form.
This committee also presented the bill =,
which passed the House of Representa-
tives, providing for dispensing with the
necessity of alleging and proving loyalty
in claims for cotton which was taken by
the Federal authorities after June l.,
1865.
l filed bill asking for 100000 for
the prevention of pellegra and typhoid
fever, which was appropriated. l pro-
cured an appropriation of s65, 900 for
Red River and filed bill asking for
$4,000 for Sabine River and $4,000
for government building at Mansfield,
While the committee recommended the
construction of a public building at
Mansfield, the bill was not reached for
passage, but is expected to be at the
next session.
l filed a bill for the establishment of a
fish hatchery in Louisiana and the CON-
mittee reported favorably on the propo-
sition; but it was not reached for pas
sage and is still on the calendar.
Having procured the appointment of
chief railway mail clerk at Shreve-
port and permanent quarters for his
force, adequate mail facilities are as
sured.
The big ditch from Cross Bayou to
Twelve Mile Bayou consummates a
project which l have long sought and
enables the Caddo Levee Board to make
continuous line of levees through
Caddo Parish.
Every effort was put forth by me to
have the rights of the Caddo Levee
Board recognized in the Ferry Lake
lands.
Some of the more important measures
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ConStHblc'S Sale.

Mrs. Add;e Hodges VS.. led Knighton. No. 12l.
In Justices Court, Ward Five, Bossier Parish,
Louisiana. - - :
NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue
~ Of a writ of fieri facias, issued in
the above suit, and to me directed, |
have seized, and will proceed to sell at
public auction, to the last and highest
bidder, at the home OF the defendant, at
eleven O'Clock am, on Saturday, the
2Sth day of October, 1916, the following
described property, to-wit:
One buggy and set of harness, one
sorrel horse mule, one mare, 1900 pounds
of seed cotton (more or less), 1900
pounds of seed cotton (more or less) in
field, and one saddle.
Terms of Sale--For cash, subject to
the benefit of appraisement, to pay and
satisfy the sum of $500, with 8 per cent
per annum interest thereon from Sep
TENDER %, 1916, until paid, and all costs
of suit. N. L. MCKINNEY, Constable.
October IL, 1916. 4-s
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Land Entry No. OS,O51.

Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La, :
September q, 1867
NOTICE is hereby given that Joseph
~ Homer Jordan, of Shreveport, Par
ish of Caddo, State of Louisiana, has
filed at this office his application to enter
under the provisions of Section 1906 or
2307, Revised Statutes of the United
States, the following described land, viz:
The southeast quarter of southwest
quarter of section 8, township 20, north,
range IA, west, Louisiana meridian, con-
tanning 1888 acres. !"
ANY and all persons claiming ad-
versely the lands described, or desiring
to object, because OF the mineral char
acter OF the land, OF for any other rea-
son, to the disposal to applicant, should
file their affidavits Of protest at this
office on or before the fifth day OF No
vember, 1915.
4c-G E. D. GiANELLeNI, Register.
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October rs, 1916. dec %
Succession Sale.

Succession of Nose Harris, deceased.
No. As. In DISTRICT Court, Booster
Parish, Louisianq,
pY virtue of an order of sale, to me
ID directed from the honorable Dis
trict Court in and for the Parish Of Bos-
sier, l will, on Saturday, December 2,
1916, at the late residence of the de-
ceased, in Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
within the legal hours of sale, proceed
to sell at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder, the following described
property, to-wit:
The north half of southeast quarter,
southeast quarter of northwest quarter
and southwest quarter of northeast
quarter of section 5, township 81, range
II, containing 1920 acres, more or less,
and situated in Bossier Parish, Lou
isiana.
Terms of Sale-Cash, if the appraise-
ment or two-thirds thereof be bid, else
on a credit of twelve months, according
to law. J. F.. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and ex- officio Auuctioneer for
Bossier Parish, louisiana.
Benton, La, Oct. 26, 1916. 30
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02

Patton, the famous wheat market ma
nipulator, says wheat will go to So per
bushel and that people will soon cease
to ask the price and will be concerned
only to know if there is any to be had at
all Then it is about time to stop the
shipment of American wheat to Europe.
Also, it is about time residents of Bos-
sier Parish were looking over their 1916
crop of corn and selecting enough of the
best of it to last until the next crop is
made. Bread from kome-ground corn
is good and wholesome. We do not
have to cat bread made of per-bushel
high patent wheat flour and get pella-
gra, anyway.
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stop here, as we have said, Democrat

stop here, as we have said, Democrats
might be fairly certain of victory next
Tuesday. But the worst is yet to be
told.
The Republican party is fighting for
it's existence. If it loses this battle the
country has done with it forever. 1t has
no issue of national character to pre-
sent to the people even now and is forced
to fall back upon the protective tariff
ghost-a question that has passed with
the agreement of both parties that there
shall be nonpartisan tariff board for
the future. Sectional jealousy was the
last hope of the Republican leaders and
they have seized upon it. They are
pointing to the influence of the South
in the Democratic administration and
are straining every throat they have on
their speakers list to arouse the people
of the North to vote against the South
having share in the government of the
country. Backed by unlimited campaign
funds in every doubtful state, it cannot
be denied that this battle cry OF the
Republicans is making the Democrats
uneasy. II it fails, as we pray to God
it may fail, the sectional issue is dead
forever along with the Republican party.
That party was born of sectional issue
and has always existed as the party of
sectional hate. 1t has never gotten far
away from the issue upon which it came
into being and if this election proves
that sectionalism is dead the country
will have an opposition party formed on
more national lines.
The Democratic writers who have been
sent to feel the sentiment in the doubt
full states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
New York write very hopefully of the
prospects of Democratic success. The
people appear to rather favor Mr..
Wilson. The trend is that way, say
those writer's. ~"Yet," says one, "the
surface indications are that Illinois, as
usual, will go Republican this year."
Indiana seems about as hopeful as Hi
nois. Ohio looks better for the Demo
Gratis and it is said in New York that
Mr. Hughes will have to do better than
"come down to the city" from cup state
with 10000 majority in order to carry
the state this year.
If the American people meant what
they have been saying during the past
: tenf or more years about progressive
ideals and general financial and indus
trial reforms Mr.. Wilson should win
He has done the things that he prom,
, ised to do and Tuesdays result should
mean to him "well done" If cash anG
, sectional distrust can defeat the Demo
cratic party this year with that party il
+ power and the country in the enjoyment
7 of a peace which it owes to the Presi
dent and a prosperity never before Sc
S general, then wealth will rule the coun'
r try for some time to come.
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The management of the Shreveport
Journal issued its great State Fair
edition Monday, and it was a success In
sixty-four pages OF well gathered and
ably handled matter. The Journal has
shown enterprise and good taste IN this,
as in all its undertakings, and it will go
far toward making the fair credit to
Shreveport and a benefit to the people
OF the territory that Shreveport repre-
sents. In reading the Monday issue OF
the Journal one can hardly fail to de-
velop a lively interest in the big show
that opened in Shreveport yesterday
Shreveport is fortunate in having a
first-rate evening newspaper, something
that few cities of her size can boast.
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COHstablc'S Sale.

Harmon and Dickson versus c. E. Hefin. In
Justices Court, Ward Two, Bossier Parish,
Louisiana =.
DY virtue of writ of fieri facias,
-. issuedaby the Hon. U. w. Hutch
ings,, Justice of said court, and to me
directed, have seized and will proceed
to sell at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder, at the front door of the
residence ofJohnnie Shepherd, in Bos-
sier City, La, on Saturday, the 4th day
of November, 1916, the following de-
scrioed property, to-wit:
One piano, valued at S25; 100 feet of
woven picket fence, valued at 81; four
dining chairs and one rocking chair,
valued at So; lawn swing and chains.
valued at ST..
Terms of Sale-For cash, without the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and sat-
isfy the sum of $3.50, with legal interest
thereon from the 10Th day of August,
1915, and all costs of suit, seizure and
sale, fees of keeper, etc., with recogni-
ton of plaintiffs special rental lein and
privilege on said property, according to
law. H. w. PATTERSON,
Constable, Ward Two.
Bossier City, La, Oct. 10, 1916. 1913
Succession Sale.
Succession of j. B. Lay, deceased. No
46. In District Court, Bosster Par
ish, louisiana.
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, I will, on Saturday, November 4,
1915, at the Court House, in the town OF
Benton, La, within the legal hours Of
sale, proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
The north half of northwest quarter
of section 10 and southeast quarter Of
northeast quarter of section 10, town
ship TO, range t3, and south half OF
southeast quarter and northwest quarter
of southeast quarter of section 80, town
ship 20, range IL, containing 240 acres,
more or less, and located in Bossiel
Parish, Louisiana. Also, horses.
Terms of Sale-For cash, if the ap-
praisement or two thirds thereof be bid
else on credit of twelve months &C.
cording to law. J. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and ex-officio Auctioneer fol
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton, La, Sept. %, 1916. now
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Department Of The Interior,
U. 8. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La,
September q, 1916.
NOTICE is hereby given that William
~ Erasmus Glassell, of Shreveport,
Parish of Caddo, State of Low siana, has
filed at this office his application to enter
under the provisions Of Section 1906 or
2307, Revised Statutes of the United
States, the following described land, viz ::
The south half of northeast quarter of
section 30, township 20, north, range ID,
west, Louisiana meridian, containing
1912 acres.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the lands described, or desiring
to object. because of the mineral char
acter of the land, or for any other
reason, to the disposal to applicant,
should file their affidavits of protest at
this office on or before the nth day OF
November, 1916.
4o-s E. D. GIANELLoNI, Register.
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An Ordinance

Carrying into effect the will OF the prop
erty taxpayers of Ward Five, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, as expressed at an
election held on September IL, 1916,
and levying a special road tax of 5
mills on the dollar of the assessed val
uation of all assessable property in
Ward Five, for the period of five
years, beginning with the year 1917
and ending with and including the
year 1921, for the purpose of building,
constructing and repairing bridges and
building, repairing and maintaining
public roads in said Ward Five, Bos-
sier Parish, Louisiana.
Section /. Belt ordained by the Police
Jury of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, that
pursuant to an election held in Ward
Five of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, on
September IL, 1916, at which election a
special road tax of 5 mills on the dollar
of the assessed valuation of all assessa-
BILE property in Ward Five was voted by
the property ax-paying voters, the said
special road tax of mills is hereby
levied for the year 1917 and for each
subsequent year to and including 1921.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the Tax Assessor of Bosie r Parish,
Louisiana, be and he is hereby author
lied, ordered and Instructed to extend
said special road tax of mills for the
year 1917 and each subsequent year until
and including the year 1921, and the
Sheriff and ex-oficio Tax Collector for
Bossier Parish will collect said tax.
Adopted at Benton, La, October 10,
1916. J. C. LOGAN,
President Police Jury of Bossier Parish
Attest:
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In 1914, when the people in Europe
could not see their way clear to pay
more than 7 or cents for cotton it was
thought they would not be able to pay
even that much in 1915. But in 1915
cotton sold for 10 and IL cents per pound.
We all feared then that Europe would
be broke by the fall of 1916 and were
resigned to the idea of selling cotton fol
any little valuable consideration that the
fighting nations might be able to nego-
tiate. And behold, they paid us Il
cents f. o. b. the ginhouse. This record
shows that no reasonable mans judg-
ment is worth any thing in the cottor
market.
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Election Proclamation.

State of Louisiana, In accordance with
Parish of Bossier. the election laws
of the State of Louisiana and pursuant
to the proclamation of His ExcelIency,
Ruffin G. Pleasant, notice is hereby
given and we proclaim that a general
election will be held at the various pre-
cincts as now established by law in the
Parish of Bossier, State of Louisiana, on
Tuesday, November J, 1915,
for the, purpose of electing Presidential
Electors, Congressman for the Fourth
Congressional District, Judge of the
Court of Appeals for the Second Dis
trict of the Second Circuit, Judge and
District Attorney for the Second Judi
cial District, members of the Board of
School Directors of the Parish of Bos-
sier, as we'll as to Sote on Constitutional
Amendments;
The said election to be held under the
general election laws of the State of
| Louisiana, at the following precincts,
and under the supervision of the follow
ing commissioners and clerks, to-wit:
WARD ONE.
Atkins-R. E. McDade, G. Garrett
and l.. A. Bishop, commissioners; T. L..
Connell, clerk.
Curtis-W. I. Jenkins, W. w. Smith
and M. A. McDade, commissioners;
T. w. Bledsoe, clerk.
Taylortown-J. H. Mercer, A. J. Hall
and A. Caplis, commissioners; E. S.
Dortch, clerk.
WARD TWO.
Benton-J. G. Ogden, Gray Stinson
and w. P. Belcher, commissioners; A.
M. Wyche, clerk.
Vanceville-J. B. Arnold, J. S. Alison
and Bernie Smisson, commissioners; j.
P. Mccain, clerk.
Bossier City,. w. Wilmington, T. P.
Switzerland and Charles Smith, COM
missioners; A. N. Cox, clerk.
WARD THREE.
Plain Dealing j. U. Demoss, J. S.
Rodgers and Drew Cochran, commits
sioners; J. R. Honeycutt, clerk.
Alden Bridge. B. Campbell, L. S.
Neblett and J. A. Love, commissioners;
w. O. Watson, clerk.
WARD FOUR.
Carterville-J.J j. Chamlee, J. B. John
ston and S. A. Nuckolls, commissioners
r. R. Cheshire, clerk.
Mot. D. Mcclellan, w. A. Lowe anc
l. A. Gleason, commissioners; 0. c.
Cason, clerk.
WARD FIVE.
Rocky Mount-B. S. Hoffpauir, T. H
Ford and H. D. Bounds, commissioners
J. B. Hall, clerk.
Linton-W. S. Dalfympie, Jim Jones
and Tom Merritt, commissioners; WV
Lay, clerk.
, Ivan-S. N. Morrison, J. E. Young
and G. B. Cocker, commissioners; R. D
Wilmington, clerk.
WARD SIX.
Bellevue-F. E. Biggs, c. w. Bigg;
, and H. c. Deputy, commissioners; J. R
Snider, clerk.
Haughton j. B. Hall, ]. w. Onea
, and c. K. McClanahan, commissioners
+ G. D. Sandidge, clerk.
Koran. A. Cawthon, E. R. Connel
and S. E. Love, commissioners; L. r
Sapp, clerk.
Adhere. F. Davis, N. A. Shaw ant
r. A. Gardner, commissioners; NJ. w
Finuf, clerk.
Done and signed officially on this, TIT
18th day of October, A. D. 1916.
+ JAS. NJ. HENDERSON,
3 S. w. VANCE,
I t~ r. B. HILL,
Board Of Supervisors of Election.
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President Wilson recent said that the
present world war is the last event OF
: the kind that the United States will be
: able to avoid joining in. He added that
hereafter the conditions for neutrals will
become intolerable. If the world does
not learn enough from this war to keep
the peace Uncle Sam will be justified in
going in just to teach them a lesson
But Uncle Sam should make his prepa-
rations very carefully and on a proper
scale before opening a school of thai
size