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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-03-30
Succession Sale.

Succession Of Tobe Lyles, deceased !
the District Court, Booster PurA
Louisiana.
pY virtue of an order of sale, ton
ID directed from the Honorable Df
trict Court in and for the said Parishs
Bossier, will, on Saturday, April
1916, at the Court House, in the tow
Benton, La, within the legal hour
sale, proceed to sell at public auction
the highest and last bidder, the folss
ing described property:
The southeast quarter OF northss
quarter of section 2, township q, Fs'F
ID, appraised at $3.50; and the south y Y.
of northeast quarter of northeast quan
of section 81. township %, range laa
praised at $50; and one-half interest
| acre in section 81, township q, nas
Is, appraired at SlG0. Also, 2 loaa
Collinsburg. appraised at $40, and = J:
of blacksmith tools, appraised az =
Total appraisement, SA25. :.
Terms of Sale Cash, if the appFa'hs.
ment or two-thirds thereof be bia, y y
on a credit of twelve months, accoIu'
to law. SAM LYLEss
Administrator OF Successor
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-03-30
Homestead Entry No. viii.
Department Of the Inter-
U. S. Land Once at Baton Rouge, La

Department of the Interior,
u. s. Land Once at Baton Rouge, La,
March "a, 1915.
NOTICE is hereby given that Alva
~ Nixon Tooke, of Koran, La, who,
on April IA, 1914, made Homestead En-
try No. 07,111, for the north half OF
southwest quarter, southeast quarter of
northwest quarter and southeast quarter
of southwest quarter of section IA, town.
ship Is, north, range II, west, Louisiana
meridian, has filed notice of intention to
make Communication proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before
the Clerk of Court, at Benton, La, on
the 10th day of May, 1916.
Claimant names as witnesses: L. R.
Sapp, J. NJ. Huckaby, Berbert Glenn
ons and Phillip Brown, all of Koran, La.
E. D. CHAMELEON, Register.
March 80, 1916. may4
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-03-30
LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Petersburg, Va, was damaged by an
$50 900 fire on the 21st.
Great Britain advanced $4,000 200, 900
to her allies during 1915.
The destruction by fire for three days
last week totals S27 100000.
The Register says much lumber for Cuba
will be sent out of Mobile soon.
In 1915 there were $4,000 deaths in the
United States from pneumonia.
A woman was killed on the 21st by a
passenger train near Manassas, Va.
A man at Charleston, W. Va, cut the
throat OF friend while walking in his sleep.
Uncle Sam made 81, 500, 000las year from
the sale of wood from the government for
ests.
Toledo, Ohio, March pa heavy snow
storm to-day paralyzed street car trans
portation here.
Nina Wheeler, aged ffty-one years, de-
spondent, shot and killed herself at Cam
bridge Springs, Pa.
Petrograd, March 25.-Russian torpedo
boats have sunk sixteen Turkish sailing
vessels in the Black Sea.
Believed to be insane, Daniel G.. Patter
son shot and killed his four children and
himself at Greensboro, NC.
Something like 4O0,O0O.0O0 barrels oil
beer are brewed in the United Kingdom
every year. Of these, fewer than 1000, 00C
are exported. =
An increase of more than 500, 900, 900 in
the total volume of business of the United
States Steel Corporation during the past
oh hJ,
London, March Pa German raider
has been sunk in the North Sea. Five Ger.
man officers and 115 men out of total Of
300 were captured. The British lost "a men
Returning from school at Altoona, Pa.
| Tony Cicarelli became lost and wandered
day and night until he was found in {
forest, so stiff from cold he could not move
An increase in births in Kentucky frou
81 1876 in 1914 to 63,478 in 1915, and de
crease in deaths from 80, 139 to 28,913 il
the same period are shown by vital stats
tics.
A project for draining and reclaimin&
100000 acres of land in Egypt, work OF
which has begun, is one of the creates
and most expensive tasks of the kind eve
attempted.
DAVIS, Okld., MARCH GC.-ElSut illetuOef
of the family of Alexander Edgemond,
farmer living two miles east of here, wer
killed last night when tornado demolish
ed their home.
i Paris, March 25.-The British steame
Sussex, carrying $50 passengers, was tor
pedoed in the Channel by a. German sub
marine yesterday. The loss of life is est
mated at fifty.
January foreign trade figures assemble
by the United States Department of Com
merce showed exports 1881 ,000, 900, ex
ceeding those of the same month last yea
by s62,0O0,000. 49, .:..
ThomasJ Gordon died near Looxahoma
Miss, last Friday. He fought through tn
Civil War as private of the Thirteenth
Mississippi Regiment and carried Mini
ball scar to his grave.
Three Baptist pastors of Chicago hav
cooperated in writing pamphlet on ''Con
versations on the Christian Life" (which
especially intended to help young Chris
tians to better living. .-
Washington, March 28.-Prices of mes
animals-hogs, cattle, sheep and chick
: ens-were 1914 per cent higher on Marc
18th than they we're on that date year az
and 1877 per cent higher than the averag
of the last six years on March.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-03-30
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add 1 OF. Bay
Rum, small box of Barbo Compound
and Il OF. Of glycerine. Apply to the hair
twice week until 1t becomes the desired
shade. Any druggist can put this up or
you can mix it at home at very little cost
Full directions for making and use come
in each box Of Barbo Compound. 1t will
gradually darken streaked. faded gray
hair, and removes dandruff. 1t is excel
lent for falling hair and will make harsh
hair soft and glossy. 1t will not color the
scalp. is not sticky or greasy, and does not
rub off
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-03-30
Stray Sale.

ESTRAYED before E. s.. Dol y,
Il Justice of the Peace, Ward ~
Bossier Parish, louisiana, by 9, u,
Childers, and will be sold at isss Fl
town, La, within the legal hours q y,
on Saturday, May 6, 1916, 2 red pIis y;
STEER, about two years old; no na''
or brands; appraised at ST.. h,
The owner is requested to eols !. y
ward, prove property, pay charges IN Y,
or the said animal will be sold as ss''
advertised, and according to law. IL
A. J. CHILDERs, Conssa's'
March 80, 1916. may
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-03-30

"Women of New jersey" said ex-As-
semblyman Matthews at legislative hear
ing, ''if you want to improve the conditions
of public life, beg you to keep on being
women"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-03-30
Democratic Nominees.

Democratic Nominees.
For Governor,
RUFFIN G. PLEASANT.
For Lieutenant Governor,
FERNAND MOUTON.
For Secretary of State,
JAMES J. BAILEY.
For State Auditor,
PAUL CAPDEVIELLE.
For State Treasurer,
HENRY HUNSICKER.
For Attorney General,
A.V. COCO.
For Register Land Office,
FRED ]. GRACE.
For Commissioner of Agriculture,
HARRY D. WILSON.
For Superintendent Education,
THOMAS H. HARRIS.
For State Senator,
w. J. JOHNSTON.
For Representatives,
A. HOFFPAUIR.
W.. HUGHES.
For Sheriff,
J.F. EDWARDS.
For Clerk of Court,
JAS. M. HENDERSON.
For Assessor,
L. G. SMITH.
For Coroner,
DR.. A. R. BUSH.
For Members Police Jury,
Ward il. T. MCDADE.
Ward q. C. LOGAN.
Ward 81. T. NANNY.
Ward IN. w. STEWART.
Ward 81. NJ. BURKS.
Ward 6-J. G. McDADE.
For Member School Board,
Ward 81. R. BUMGARDNER.
For Justices of Peace,
Ward 1-E. S. DORTCH.
Ward 2-J. H. MONTGOMERY.
Ward 2-U. w. HUTCHINGS.
Ward 3-R. H. ALLEN.
Ward 81. C. CHILDERS.
Ward Al. D. ROGERS.
Ward 5-M. SMITH.
For Constables,
Ward q. A. EDWARDS.
Ward 2-H. w. PATTERSON.
Ward ii. E. COLE.
Ward On. L. MCKINNEY.
Ward 6-F. F. VICKERS.
Ward GA. E. NELSON.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-03-30

A Wisconsin town is to have school
built like theater, with moving picture
outfit as an adjunct to education.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-03-30

Palm fibre material is being substituted
for cedar in the making of cigar boxes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-03-30

Democracy it is the duty of all good Dem
ocrats in Bossier Parish to go to the polls
a nd vote
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-03-30
For Sale

A 5-year old saddle mare, Is hands
high. Has good gates and will work in
harness. Is from the Skannal stock, and
is sound and gentle. Address me at
Bellevue. 1872 L. G.. BIGGs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-24
TWO BIG ACHIEVEMENTS.

Nothing will of course abolish poverty;
nothing can avert failures due to over-conl-
petition, Encouragement, etc. Certainly
no one ever claimed that the Federal Re
serve and the Farm Loan laws would. But
though they do not touch the fundamentals
of the economic system, they insure the bet
fer functioning Of the economic system as
il is. and are indeed two of the biggest
achievements Of the Wilson administration.
The machinery Of the Federal Reserve
law is-a little complicated, but stripped of
ali fechnicalities. it enables the government
10 fix low rate Of interest at which the
pron1issory notes Of the business man can
be turned into currency. These are known
as federal reserve notes.
In order to avert panic when the Euro
pean war shut off the cotton market and
hcreft the southern cotton merchants of
reoney and even immediate necessities, the
Secretary of the Treasury announced that
$500 600 000-a billion if ecessary-would
be placed in the Southern banks subject to
call on reasonable security. A crisis was
averted. Then to prevent INSCRIPTIONS
bankers from squeezing enormous rates Of
interest from the merchants, the Federal
Reserve law fixed the discount rate at
which bankers could discount commercial
paper with the government reserve banks;
and even authorized refusing discount to
bankers charging more than the legal in
terest, or to make proper loans.
The Farm Loan act is a similar protec-
ton to the farmer. Now the source of all
wealth is the ground, and farmers credit
should therefore be as good as anybodys.
But strange to say the farmer has always
had to pay very stiff Interest," rate that
could only be justified by bad risk. What
the Farm Loan act has accomplished, in
word, is to enable the farmer to borrow
money at the same rate as the business
man. Furthermore, it enables him to Sc
cure proper loans-and not mere pittances.
1t will take several years for results to be
apparent, but increased development, in
creasing earnings, and lower interest, will
put the agricultural interests of the country
especially the South-on the greatest
prosperity basis we have ever known
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-24
MAKING GOOD.

The South is not only in the saddle
what is more to the point, it is in the dip
ping vat.
7. D. Anderson, the Ford automobile man
in Pensacola, has become so convinced of
the future Of West Florida that he is
branching out largely in the cattle business.
He has been operating little farm near
Cantonment for quite a while, but has in
creased his acreage and has just purchased
500 head of stock. which will be dipped to-
day
But there is more to this than the mere
utilitarian side of dipping. 1t is ceremony
1t is emb1ematical; establishing a new
herd of 800 head is symbolical of the new
development.
We haven't any patience with the stats
tic dend. When we were very small boy,
we laid great store by figures on Belgian
hares The neat little tables showed that
with three does and buck you could ex-
pect rather less than a million rabbits a
year, which would bring about dollar and
half each; and without stopping to con-
slider why the bankers still continued their
grind, for a mere pittance of ten or twenty
thousand dollars year salary, we launch-
cd into the enterprise.-Need we go on?
So never mind the fgures-but consider
what five hundred head of stock mean to a
community. A little time ago Mr.. Ander-
son had some burrows and crops, but moth
ing very productive. Today there are five
hundred head of stock there Watch the
entire region wake up. Watch that herd
increase-and improve, with the infusion
of blooded stock on the sire's side. Watch
the neighbors increase their herds, elm
mate scrubs, and put the tick to flight
Watch their bank rolls swell-oh, what
a fine sowing of dollars they are going to
plant in the bank, with beef rising in value
every day!
Then watch the packing houses come to
Pensacola; watch the settlers come in,
watch the land sell, each sale bringing a
larger pricel
And few men like Anderson are re-
sponsible for it all-men wise in their age
and generation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-24
FIoridian Director Of Mint

At last Florida's long loyal democ-
racy has been recognized. President
Wilson has sent to the senate the
name of F. J. Fl. Won Engelken, Of
East Palatka, for confirmation as d
rector of the federal mint. He will
succeed Robert w. Wooley, who re-
signed to become director of pub
Icity of the democratic national COM
mittee.
The appointment of Mr.. Won En-
gelken comes through the efforts of
Senator Duncan q. Fletcher. The
Palatkan's name had been suggested
by the senator for appointment as d
member of the farm loan board. For
some reason or other the appoint
ment was not made. Mr.. Won En-
geIken was a member of the United
States Rural Credits Commission
who visited Europe at the outbreak
of the war in 1914. Mr.. Fletcher
was 3 prominent figure on the COM
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-24
PREVENT 1T.

How would you like for the navy yard
and Barrancas to quarantine against Pen
sacola for irfantile paralysis?
Yet that is just exactly what may happen.
Fort Morgan has just quarantined
against Mobile. According to the order
just issued, no child from Mobile, under II
years, shall land at Fort Morgan, and no
Fort Morgan child shall go to Mobile
The only reason Barrancas hasn't yet
quarantined against us is that we haven't
got the paralysis-yet What CHASTITY pos
sibilities that little word of three letters
coniures up-yet! "Yet" is the only straw
we have to cling to,
With infanti1e paralysis spreading over
the country, unless universal preventive
measures are taken, it may be epidemic
throughout the United States next year.
The latest state to quarantine against in
fceted areas in Virginia Beginning August
%, guards will be placed at all railroad and
steamship entrances, to enforce the ruling
of the state health board.
With infantile paralysis all around Flor
ida; with deaths in Mobile and Montgom-
cry from the scourge; with at least one case
reported just across Our own county line in
Alabafa, why does not Florida quarantine?
A mere examination at the train is not
enough. Let no one from infected areas in.
Keep paralysis away, it can't be cured !!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-24

For four years the Confederacy,
with all Of its ports blockaded and
its western boundary completely shut
off by northern armies from inter
course with other portions of the
country, had to live in itself and of
itself and on itself more completely
probably than any other country of
modern times has ever had to do. It
had to create a government, create
a financial system, and, hardest Of
all, create industrial interests to
make or produce munitions of war,
including powder, shells and guns,
large and small, and likewise manu-
facture the material out of which to
make uniforms.
With the comparatively limited in
dustrial development of the day, and
absolutely shut off from intercourse
with the whole world, except when an
occasional boat could run the block
ade the south not only had to create
a government and a financial system
and an army, but it had to find the
raw material on which to base the
industries essential to the produc-
ton of all of the wide range of ma
terials used in war. That it accom-
plished this work to the extent of
being able for four years to maintain
itself against overwhelming odds is
probably the highest possible testi-
mony that can ever be given 30 the
inherent resourcefulness and phygi-
cal and mental stamina Of the people
Of the south when put to the test.
It is well known that all through
the south there are abandoned mines
out of which this section got its ore
for cannon and for guns, got its lead
for its bullets, and got other things
needed in the making of explosives
end other munitions. It is a constant
source of wonder to all students of
the situation as to how the south was
able to achieve such remarkable re-
suits and to maintain its armies in
the field for four years under condi-
tons then existing.
In this issue a story is published
from Arkansas, telling OF long-aban-
doned mines in the Arkansas Ozarks
where the south secured some of its
supply of nitrate of potash, of zinc
and Of lead and other materials.
These mines were abandoned at the
close Of the war, and have been IN
known to the present generation; but
our correspondent gives some inter-
esting facts secured from an old Con-
federate soldier as to the way in
which they were operated. IF It were
possible to secure similar information
from every part Of the south, a story
Of intense interest would be avail
able, indicating the energy and the
technical skill of many Confederates,
and at the same time showing how. in
times OF stress, the people of this
section hunted out and found these
sources Of raw materials and made
the largest use Of them. It is time
for full revival of that old spirit.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-24
COOLER HERE.

THE heat was almost unbearable.
Three persons were killed and scores
Frustrated. Last night was the hot
test night in fifteen years, News
item of August % from New York.
It was not only many degrees cooler in
Pensacola, but there was a delightful
breeze.
That there have been one or two or may
be half dozen warm days here this sum-
mer, no one will deny. But no one has suf-
fered any inconvenience. Heat prostra-
tons, there have been none there hasn't
been anything approaching misery-but
newspaper descriptions from the north read
like an account of the Black Hole of Cal
cttta.
The funny thing is that people go north
TO cool off! And the north thinks that be-
cause we are further from the Pole than
they are, we must necessarily swelter.
AS these lines are written, it is 90 in
Pensacola; but SO in Baltimore, and 96 in
Washington. 1t is also considerably warm
er in Montgomery, Mobile and Tampa than
here.
But North or South, Pensacola is the
Summer Resort Ideal. The aviation appro-
priation will soon make this one of the show
places OF the country-a perpetual exposi-
ton, SO to speak. 1t remains for us to give
the accommodations the tourist expects,
the greatest of which,is easy access to surf
bathing. No place in the country has such
natural advantages as Pensacola; the flu
ture lies in our own hands.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-24
NOX POPUL.
MERCHANT REPLIES TO
LETTER OF FARMER

To the Editor of The Journal.
In regard to Mr.. Ransley's letter
approving of the mail order houses,
perhaps because of my experience in
the mail order as well as the straight
retail line, / may be able to explain
certain things to him. The merchant
is under the disadvantage that he
must show the customer the real arti-
Gle, while the mail order house has
only to show flattering pictures of it.
If the mail order friends would give
the merchant the same chance and
buy from him through beautiful pic
lures, he would think he was obtain
ing something better and buy more.
The farmer would not think of buy
ing a COW or a horse through seeing
their pictures. Neither should he
buy merchandise this way.
My experience at one time in sell
ing goods to a mail order house
should show the farmer the class of
merchandise that they are obtaining.
l once showed an article to the buyer
of one of the largest mail order
houses. After an examination, he in
formed me that my price was no
cheaper than others charged him. If
you can place a little cheaper mater
ial in it. and finish it so it viii look
the same, and sell to US so we can cut
the regular price, we viii take a big
quantity. l did this and booked a
large order. The farmer who bought
my article as it was originally made
up, receivexd his moneys worth. Those
who brought from the mail order
house, did not.
Another thing to study, Mr.. Mail
Order Fiend, If mail order houses are
so much cheaper why do they not sell
standard advertised articles to you
cheaper? Why do not they sell Sa-
polio for cents? Simply because
they cannot fool Raa 90 an article
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-24

that is branded. Probably they have
an article that they claim is just as
good at cents. But it is not and
cannot be at this price.
Mr.. Ransley quotes several articles
in his letter. We will take Rural
Mail Box for an example which he
says mail order house quotes at 45
cents. I have before me a price list
of large factory who makes these
mail boxes. Figuring a fair manu-
facturer's profit, l find that this fac
tory cannot manufacture their mail
box at 45 cents and still they are
big firm and employ hundreds of
hands. However your mail order
house, buys them from a factory and
sells them at As cents. How do they
do it? They do not. You simply get
an imitation with cheaper metal, and
which will last you half as long.
I received a call not long ago from
man from a nearby town who was
making a sweeping compound and
who although he was not cutting the
price on it, had orders from almost
everyone in Pensacola He informed
me that he got his orders because
Pensacola merchants wanted to help
nearby factories and industries. This
holds good in regard to the Ferry
boat Seed that you mention. Send
US someone with good seed and we will
buy it, but we cannot come to you
and hunt for it.
R. V. C. SMITH.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-24

Sorry Logic
Referring to the certificate Of
nomination issued to Sidney J. Cats,
the Tampa Tribune gives vent to this
very peculiar notion: whatever it
may be, it is the same sort Of GER
tifcate which has been given all Of
the other nominees of the primary,
from United States senator down, and
if it is worth nothing and signifies
nothing, these gentlemen, against
whose nomination no question of IL
legality or error has been raised, are
in sorry plight"
All of which is exceedingly sorry
logic, If we may be permitted to say
so.
A certificate of nomination issued
by the state executive committee is
merely a formal statement that in
the opinion Of the committee the can
didate receiving it has received a suf-
ficient number Of primary votes to en-
title him to the nomination.
That certificate is no more sacred
than court decree, and yet many
occasions arise when a decree of
court is revised by higher authority
or even by itself when it appears
that an error has been committed
and that the first decree was granted
on misrepresentation Of the real
facts.
Doubtless the state committee was
satisfied that Mr.. Cats received a
majority of the votes in the June pgf-
mary. From all accounts that cpin-
ion was error, and the certificate .eas
issued under a misrepresentation Of
the true state Of affairs.
An instrument of that kind, based
on error or fraud, has no binding ef-
feet, and the certificate can be cor
rected in accordance with the real
facts if it shall finally appear s;lat
it was enormously issued. And that
is about all there is to that certificate
eontention.-Miami Herald.