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upon this. ard to declare the amendment
ratified as soon as nineteen states have
so voted.'" (The Radicals did more
than was predicted. They made the
constitutional amendments ratification
a condition of readmission to the Union
for the Southern States. The. South
ratified the amendments to the constitu-
tion-all giving privileges of suffrage
and civil rights TO the negroeG-but it
was done with mental reservations that
have resulted in the practical nullifica-
ton of the amendmcnt5.)
ga Washington dispatch says the
House adhered TO its tax Of cents a
pound Ga cotton, causing a conference
committee of both houses, which will
probably compromise on % cents per
pound" (Few people are aware, per-
haps, of the fact that cotton was taxed
by the Federal Government after the
Civil War. II was the form OF indem-
nifty the South was compelled to pay to
the Government. However, the tax was
soon repealed because Of the protest of
Northern people who had settled in the
South and become cotton planters.
About SO per cent OF these Northern cot
ton planters finally failed because of the
unreliability Of labor, which was brought
about by the interference Of the Fed
eral Government between the negro and
his employer.)
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len Years AGO.

From the Banner of July 5, 190G-Benton.
"It is a pleasure to state that Rural
Free Delivery Route No. /, out of Ben
ton is now al assured fact. The boxes
for this route, 1875 in number, were
ordered last Saturday."
"Our 4th Of July barbecue has been
pronounced a success by every one who
attended, and if you didn't come to it
that's where you lost. The thunder and
rain storm of Monday cooled the atmos-
phere and laid the dust. The 4th was
an ideal day, the thermometer registered
only So degrees at noon, with fresh
breeze prevailing. The dinner was ex-
cellent and there was more than enough
for the 1860 or more people present. The
program of the day was carried out as
previously advertised in these columns.
In the Plain Dealing Benton ball game
our team won by a score of 10 to 5. In
the afternoon, however, the McDade
boys won game from US, but the score
was close-9 to 81
There was published roster of the
"Vance Guards" one of the companies
thatvolunteered for the Confederate War
from Bossier Parish. Following are the
names of the commissioned officers:
Richard w. Turner, Captain; elected
Colonel in 1864. Ed c.. Andrews, First
Lieutenant; A. Ben Broughton, Second
Lieutenant; Moses c. Cavett, Third
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RETROSPECTIVE
Fifty Years Ago.

From the Banner Of July 7, 1S6G-Belleyue.
"Prussia and Italy have formally
declared war against Austria. The Prus-
sian army on the 10Th entered Dresden,
the King of Saxony withdrawing and
joining the Austrians in Bohemia. -
(This was the second of three wars,
resulting in 1870 in the formation Of the
present German Empire. 1t was founded
by Bismark with blood and iron and
with blood aud iron its enemies are now
seeking to &, stroy IT'D
"On Thursday, the 3tst day of May,
the people OF Richmond unanimously
refrained from business and the ordinary
employments Of every day life, flocking
to Hollywood Cemetery, all animated by
common purpose, to do honor to the
heroic dead therein sleeping, with floral
tributes and testimonials" (Fuily thirty
thousand Southern women and children
paid this first annual tribute to the Con-
federate dead little more than a year
after the close of the war. Two regi-
ments Of soldiers were sent by the Fed
cral authorities to "guard against any
attempt at rebellion.'D
"'The country will soon be startled,
says the irrepressible Druid, 'by the
avowal on the part of the leading Radi-
Gals in Congress that it will only require
the votes of three fourths of the states
now represented in Congressional is tc
say, the votes of nineteen states-tc
ratify the constitutional amendment
The Radicals have determined to insist
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Show Your Gratitude.

Gratitude Is one of the prettlest
posics in the bouquet of human virtues.
Cultivate it and 1t will bloom always.
Gratitude costs nothing. but rcpays
much. and yet it is a gem of character
that is rare indeed.
Never forget the friend who threw
you the life line. To DO that is treason
of the rankest kind. Keep green in your
heart the memory of every obligation
and lose no opportunity to repay it.
Show your gratitude for kind act
done you by doing q kind act for some
one else.
\ grateful THANK you" for seat in
a street car reimburses the man who
hangs to strap. Silently accept the
seat as matter of course and you
have started that man on the slide to
Selfshness
Kick out of your selfish shell and ex'
press your gratitude on the least provo
cation. If you never give gratitude
never expect it. In proportion to you'
gratitude so viii you be graded by your
fellow men.-Boston Post
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Lieutenant. Noncommissioned officers
james A. Edwards, Orderly Sergeant;
promoted to Sergeant-M Major 10Th Regi-
ment. Berry B. Matlock, Second Ser
geant, promoted to captain. Levi
Franks, Third Sergeant; c. B. Afford,
Fourth Sergeant; VIM. r. Head, Fifth
Sergeant; C. C. NOVEL;, First Corporal;
John W. Walker, Second Corporal; R.
M. Spurlin, Third Corporal; Nathan
Joiner, Fourth Corporal; julius A.,Mar-
tin, Flag Bearer.
A paragraph in the Haughton news
report read: "TEe local school board
has completed its list of teachers for the
ensuing year, which is as follows: Prin-
cipal, Prof. w. A. Bynum; Primary
Grade, Miss Mary Davidson; Grammar
Grade, Miss Tura Norman; intermediate
Grade, Miss Ludie P4att."
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June Both was quite success. Your
correspondent went down with several
others on the 10Th and was met at At
kins' Store by the courteous and hos
pitable Atkins brothers and Mr.. T. D.
Connen. BY ten o'clock the grounds at
the store were covered by horses and
buggies. At about 1880 we wentto the
picnic grounds, where we were greeted
with music by the Shreveport Brass
Band. All being comfortably seated, it
was announced that the tournament
would open. The band struck up lively
air. Looking down the track We beheld
in beautiful array eleven nicely cos
tuned and we'll mounted knights, mar
shalled by Hon. H. c. Stringfellow, who
introduced the contestants. The first
knight was the Golden Lance, Mr.. T. D.
Connen. After him came the following
knights: White Rose, J. B. Hargrove;
Stars, J. L. Hutchinson; Roses, H. E.
Atkins; Columbia, S. Williams; Sigma
Chi, Geo. w. Robinson; Shreveport!
Challenger, F. F. Bates; Marine, J. B
Atkins; Hopewell, Willis B. Graham
Peace, J. L. Kimbah; Rancho, Charles
Nuckolls; all of whom did we'll, display
ing remarkable Craftsmanship and great
skill with the lance. After close con
test of about two hours the honors were
awarded to Messrs. Hugh E. Atkins, J
A. Atkins, G. w. Robinson and w. B
Graham. Miss Oracle Poole was crowned
Queen by Mr.. H. E. Atkins; Miss Effie
Poole, first maid of honor, by Mr.. J. B
Atkins; Miss Margie. Hutchinson, sec
ond maid OF honor, by Mr.. G. w. Rob
inson, and Miss Nenie Hadley, thire
maid Of honor, by Mr.. w. B. Graham
After dinner came glass bal
shooting, in which Mr.. J. w. Atkins
took the first prize, Mr.. James Crichtor
the second, and Mr.. A. J. Moss, third
After the shooting there was dance a
Mr.. Hughes large mansion. We wen
and, of course, had pleasant time.
Eyes looked love at eyes that spoke again,
And all went merry as marriage hell"
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The application Of the term "Uncle
Sam to the United States had its be-
ginning in Troy. N. Y, during the war
of 1912. A commission contractor of
Troy named Ebert Anderson had a
shop in which the stocks were always
examined and passed by government
inspector called Samuel Wilson, who
was generally known as "Uncic Sam.
When the boxes were passed they were
always marked with the initials of the
contractor and the nation. EAU
Que day the man who was doing the
marketing was asked what the Initials
stood for and replied jokingly that theE
were the initials Of the contractor and
of Uncle Sam" The joke spread
among the men, got into print ana long
before the end of the war had become
known all over the country. Mr.. VIII
son. the original ''Uncie Sam died in
Troy in lSJ4.-New York Times.
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Match Sticks.

Certain kinds of matches are shaved
with tie grain from sawed blocks.
Others arc cut both ways ly saws. In
still further varieties the blocks are
boiled to make them cut easily. BY
scnc machines IL boiled or steamed log
is ravolvrH on its own axis. and a
shaving the thickness of Il match Is
cut round and round. This shaving is
at the same time cut into lengths and
split into match sticks. 1t may be said
that there is hardly Il limit to the vari.
cites of methods employed Round
matches are made by forcing them
through lies.-Harper's
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The Capacity to Sleep.

Very enviable is the capacity to
sleep in any position, which has been
attributed to Chinese soldiers. In his
Chinese characteristics DR.. Arthur
H. Smith. the American missionary.
says: II would lie easy to raise in
China an army Of IA million men-nay.
Of O0C0,000-tested by competitive
examination as to their capacity to go
to sleep across three wheelbarrows.
with head downward. like a spider.
their mouths wide open and fly in
side. "-London Opinion.
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He Had Been There,

Il beg You to OBSERVE said the tai
ented pianist. displaying his technique
to some of his admirers. how exceed
ingly light is my touch"
Il don't have to observe" lnittered
a saddened citizen on the edge of the
group. II know by experience. "-Rich
mond Times Dispatch
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Not Much Difference,

Brown-Now. my wife always con.
suits me abo'lt everything she buys for
herseif-dresses. hats. shoes. gloves
everything Robinson--So does mine
that is. she always asks me for the
money Comes to the same thing In
the end
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THE SUMMER BRIDE.

One feature of the up to date bridal
costume is the cap hcaddress with a
long veil over short skirt. The cut
pictures a veil draped coronet fashion
under wreath of lilies of the valley
and hanging double halfway down the
back, all edges of the net being flush
ed with lace insertion. The fabric of
the gown itself is white satin, with
wonderful bell sleeves adorned with
applique lace.
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Just Like a Man.

Mr.. Baggie-Confound that tailor!
These trousers are Il mile too long
Mrs. Baggie-How much shall | turn
them up? Mr.. Baggie-Ab bout half an
inch.-London Answers.
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Thirty Years Ago.

From the Banner of July s, 1Ss6-Belevue.f
"Our friend, Mr.. Charles W. Edwards,
will please accept thanks for one-half
of forty pound watermelon"
"The grand barbecue, tournament and
glass ball shooting at Knox Point on
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-06
Rather Rough.

Here's hard luck"
whats that?''
"Flubdub's wife wants him to pay
the income tax on the alimony he gives
her'-Louisyille Courier-Journal.
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No Barrier,

Miss Playne-You can't marry Jack
because I'm engaged to him. Miss
Fairc- What's that got TO do with it?-
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
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Federal Inquiry or
Railroad Strike? :


that would impose additional burden of
a tribunal
With
have differences that could be fairly decided
apubic body.
Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration
The the of
we m ~ Hnd Pnonn dha vuanyh.
pas ] % @ SHs % tn" 20"
% % % % sn x sa pn
hdd;
B Nh
Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote
in New
authority shall be these leaders declare nationwide
The Interstate proposed
public which be referred for these
s$%: ssS : ss"
railroads IerueC commerce Commission T.
" " largely ~ " H H% S. oss and s4 sas % sgSs:
received "d"rSys Ssor
Question For the Public to Decide
Ih railroads feel that they have pefermn Of
100000 these employees highly paid and Constituting
onefh all employees clear public
shall determine the merits the after review of all the facts
The before the is utto h:
impartial Government inquiry or by industrial 4a5ars
National Conference Committee of the Railways
Chairman
$:hS"sr" EMERSON szr""'~ MA's
'As s, ss1:sr
sRo yeH:1 sHssf
coAGaANy~r~AA~
H1Sh1EHs s'"a"r s"h~""*
sstGes s:s""" s4a S;1s Cain"
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N. D. MAHER. Hes. Pyssiissl,
Norfolk & Western Railway.
JAMES RUSSELL. Gen 7 Manaew.
Denver 4 Rio Grapde Railroad.
a. NJ. sCHOYER. Resident Vies.Pss..
Pennsylvania Lines West.
". L. Seldom, Viee-Prss.
Seaboard Air Lire Railway.
A. J. STONE. Yie.. President,
Erie Railroad
@. S. WAlD. Eies.Pres. s. GesJ Mn
S1nset Ceagxsl Liaes,
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g. H. EMERSON. Gen Z Manasr.
Great Northern Railway.
c. Fl. EWING, GsHT Tsaafs,.
Philadelphia q Reading Railway.
z. W. GRICE. Gen Saa.. 7rsasp..
Chesapeake & ohp Railway.
A. S. CEFiG. Asst. 10 Rscsfrsrs. -..-
ST Louis & Saa Eraactscn Railroad.
G. W. KOUNS, Gta'i aisa1ssr, .--
A,chison. Topeka & ssa,a Pc Halfway.
H. w MfeMASTER. Gal Manager.
Wheeling Sc Lake E-,e Railroad.
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A Question For the Public to Decide

ELISHA LEE, Chairman
PR. ALBRIGHT. Gen Ma.asn.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
L. W. BALDWIN. Gen Manager,
Central OF Georgia Railway.
CL. BARDO. GssI Hanasr.
New York. New Haven q Hartford Railroad.
E.H COAPIAN, Yier- President.
Southern Railway.
ST. COTTER. Gss Z Manager.
Wabash Railway.
Pc CROWLEY. Asst. Iies- Prssidssf.
Nsu York Central Railway
The Washington herald., 1916-06-07
Death Cuts Short His Task.

Doing a soldiers work for his country and
King, Earl Horatio Herbert Kitchener met death
on a ship OF war with its flag flying. 1t matters
not whether by mine enemy torpedo, Eng
lands greatest has claimed his life. He
passes from the scene OF the greatest tragedy
at time when the force of the vast war machn-
Iery of his patient and thorough construction is
pressing irresistibly against the enemy. A
kinder fate would have spared him to the day Of
civilizations triumph. to which he has given so
much. England's other great military genius
Lord Roberts, died where the fighting was, after
he passed lifc's natural allotment of years. and
little else could have been wished for him than
"a place among the other heroes on the day of
victory.
But England had need Of Kitchener at 65
He had wrought a miracle almost: but there was
more for the man who did not know failure
ito do The war is less than two years old and
iat the very beginning Kitchener said it would
last three years, at least; that he would be willing
Ito direct it for three years and then give the
task to another. So there is a year Of work that
The had planned for himself yet to be done, and
England is fortunate il she has another to do it
as well. For whatever Englishmen or others
may have said of Kitchener under the sting Of
some temporary disappointment, the whole world
recognizes the thoroughness with which he pre-
pared unprepared England and raised an i'm
Passable barrier to the s,upcndous forces hurled
forth from nation reared to war as a vocation
and bent on world-conquest.
Kitchener planned for thrce-ycars war on
an enormous scale, just as he planned for his
conquest in Egypt a smaller scale There
were no false starts; when he took a step for
ward 1t was permanent and so was the one to
follow 1t. There was only one direction for
Kitchener movement His SNOWFALL has become
an avalanche The task from which death has
taken him calls for strength to carry it forward
Unless we doubt that right is to triumph we
cannot doubt that the right man will answer
IEngland's summons
The Washington herald., 1916-06-07
A Discovery By An Expert.

Hunger is the password in Chicago this
week, says William J. Bryan, newspaper cor
respondent. Mr.. Bryan. the politician, must
feel very much at home in Chicago if, cor
respondent, he has properly diagnosed the sit
uation. 1t just twenty years ago that Mr..
Bryan attended the Republican national conven-
tion at St. Louis correspondent and two
weeks later captured the nomination for Presi-
dent from the Democratic national convention
in Chicago. These twenty years represent politi-
cal hunger in Mr.. Bryan's life As unsuc-
cessful candidate for President three times, he
was able to maintain an appearance of working
for the welfare of humanity; but as Secretary of
State in the present administration he the
most conspicuous example Of political hunger in
the Cabinet, or ever exhibited in that great Of
fee, he studied the official lists rather than
the diplomatic correspondence to find places for
deserving Democrats instead OF methods for the
protection of American citizens and American
Interests committed to his care
All the country now knows that as an official
in control of foreign relations, Mr.. Bryan
was pitiable failure; but what is more to the
point, all the country knows that a large part
of Mr.. Bryan's failure was due TO his hunger for
patronage which led him to deceive and impose
upon the President in his efforts to find places
for his old followers under the name of deserv-
Qualifications for Office represented loyalty to
Mr.. Bryan, and the administration and the coun-
try still suffering from the application Of po-
ltical hunger to foreign affairs by Mr.. Bryan,
for two years in office which enabled him to dis
place trained diplomats and consuls with the
hungry brigade that had followed him through
good report and evil report.
At St. Louis, in IOc+, and NJ Baltimore, in
1912, when Mr.. Bryan realized that his own nomi-
nation impossible, he sought to fastcu upon
his party some Of his hungry followers. Fortu-
nately for his party he unsuccessful in each
instance. Mr.. Wilson not Mr. Bryan's first
choice for President at Baltimore. Instructed
for Speaker Clark Mr. Bryan betrayed his in
structons and sought compromise with Tam
many in behalf of any one OF half dozen i'm
possible candidates whose only recommendation
were that they had been Bryan men and would
take care of other hungry Bryan men if elected
1t was only after failure to secure such trades
that Mr.. Bryan turned to Gov. Wilson as the
man most likely to win, and placed the candi-
date under obligations to him. 1t was the heav-
lest obligation President Wilson assumed on cleo
ton. As a newspaper correspondent at Chicago
Mr. Bryan appears to unconscicusly reveal his
one great devotion to politics, to which he finds
hunger the password
The Washington herald., 1916-06-07
Cross Currents at Chicago.

If those who are going to Chicago do not find
what they want all they will have to do is to
ask for it. According to Democratic adviccs,
Wall Street that part of Wall Street still left
unregenerate by the efforts of the Slayers Of
the Money Devil the Federal Reserve Board,
has gone to the front with many barrels of coin
on tap. According to Col Wattcrson, who is
there recording with the gray goose quill all
and several the facts this conversation occurred
the lake front:
INSTRUMENTATION you for, Mr. David
SOM"
Mr. Henry P Davidson-"Roosevelt, damn
him.
Well, here is richness. "Nobody's for Hughes
but the. people" Those who are for Roosevelt
against him.
Did Mr.. Vanderlip the president of the Ma
tional City Bank, also say Roosevelt, damn
him? What did Mr. John D. Rockefeller say,
since Mr.. Vanderlip is the president of what is
known as the Standard Oil Bank? Or has Mr.
Rockefeller said anything2 By the way, this
suggests thought Of how the Roosevelt boom.
ers can take part Of :he Wall Street tag" off
their candidate Put out the story that "Jawn
D. is for Hughes-New York Herald.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-07
Shame That Resents Criticism.

hithy crime was recently committed by a
mob of American citizens at Waco Texas! These
citizens happened to be Southerners. Because
they were Southcrncrs and because their act
was widely condemned in the North the amour
propre Of many persons in the South seems to
be affected. It is not that they sanction such
nhumanity. They privately recognize the lesion
in their legal and social system that made such
But, as in the Frank case in Georgia, many Of
them take criticism as an insult to the South
and try to interPosc their pride between lynch
ing and general indignation. This is the worst
kind of sectionalism The North cannot posi-
bly, be pharisaical about lynching. 1t has too
everywhere, North and South is common
shame: There can be no proprietary right in
that shame or in the desire to remove it. To
gcrate the horrors Of criticism is nfantc 1t
ought to be possible for the South to have law
lcssness in its territory made the subject of ma
tiona discussion and reputation. 1t is a test
OF the equality of communities that criticism be
possible between them.--The New Republic.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-07

opinion out-of-doors. It was not Ger
tain that they had not won in the
elections as much because Mr.. Cleve-
land had disappointed some OF his
Independent supporters by proving
himself more OF a party man than
they cared to be as because he had
demanded a revision of the tariff
There was at least candor and a
definite party purpose in what the
new majority had done. however.
Their party was once more Unequivo-
cally committed upon one Of the chief
questions of the day
1t was growing from year TO year
more and more difficult to calculate.
more and more difficult to guide the
movements Of opinion The new age
OF growth which had followed the
war showed qulckcned pace OF
change.
The years ISS9-1S9O saw six new
States added to the roster Of the
Union: North Dakota. South Dakota,
Montana. Washington. Idaho. and
Wyoming. and thoughtful men per
ceived how significant a thing IL was
that but five Territories rema ned in
all the broad continent with scattered
Reservations here and there in the
farther West set apart for the red
men.
IN 1919 inc government IaG plF-
chased of the tribes even a part OF
the Indian Territory which lay within
the circle Of Kansas. Arkansas. and
Texas, to be thrown open to white
settlers-thc, faircst portion OF it
Oklahoma. the Beautiful Land which
lay almost At lis heart: and all the
country had heard how mad a rush the,
had been q. ross its borders to secure it's
coveted acres.
A host Of settlers nifty thousand
strong had encamped upon its very
boundary lines to await the signal
to go in and take possession. At
noon on the "a OF April. 1883. at
the sound Of bugIe blown to mark
the hour set by tie Presidents proc
lamation, the waiting multitude surg
peopled in a single day.
1t was the old, familiar process Of
first occupation and settlement car
ried out as If in play. the story Of
the nations making in a brief epi-
tome. Its suddenneSs, its oaCerness
its resistIess movement Of excited
men marked in dramatic fashion tbs
end Of the day Of settlement.
The best parts Of the continent, save
isolated Reservations here and there
were taken UP; and rh- stream OF
population was damned at their hor.
ders only by the barriers OF law
When they were removed il wOu-c
spring forward like a flood.
Tomorrow; The Return Of Grover
Cleveland,