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issuance OF said bonds, signatures, nego-
tiations, ct cetera; and each year while
any of the bonds are outstanding, it
shall, in addition to all other taxes, levy
a special tax sufficient to pay the inter-
est on said bonds, and to pay the bonds
becoming due the ensuing year.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the Secretary of the Police Jury be
and is hereby instructed to have pre-
pared for use at said special election all
necessary ballot boxes, tally sheets, list
of voters, assessed valuation of all prop
erty, and such other additional means as
are necessary to carry out the provisions
of the law in relation to such elections.
To carry said proposition must re-
ceive a majority in number and amount
of assessments of those voting.
Notice is also given that the Police
Jury of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, will
meet at the Court House, in the town OF
Benton, La, on the 9Th day of June,
1916, and will then and there open the
ballot boxes, examine and count the bal
lots, in number and amount, examine
and canvass the returns, and declare the
result of the election.
Given under my hand and seal of Office
on this, the nth day of April A. D: 1916
J. G. LOGAN, President
1876 Police Jury of Bossier Parish, Louisiana
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Ten Years AGO.

From the Banner of April 26, 19O6-Benton.g
There was an article on ssThe San
Francisco catastrophe" the great earth
quake, which nearly destroyed that city.
LOCAL.
There was wo-column article urg-
ing the people to clean up their prem
ises, signed by DR.. John L. Scales, Par
ish Health Officer. This cleanup cam
paign in Benton has been going on long
enough to begin to bear results. We
are still hopeful.
A roster of the ''Bossier Volunteers -
organized in 1861, was published. 1t
showed E. G. Randolph to have been
Captain, with F. Y. Hughes, R. T.
Crawford and r. j. Hancock as First,
Second and Third Lieutenants. All the
officers won promotion during the war.
"The editor acknowledges the receipt
OF an Invitation to be present at the mar
riage of Miss Frances Gass to Mr.. b.
N. Smith, to take place at the home OF
the brides parents, at Como, Texas,
next Sunday. The bride is daughter
OF Mr.. w. T. Gass, newspaper man,
and granddaughter of the late Col. A.
j. McDade, a pioneer settler in this par
ish. Mr.. Smith is railroad employee
at Hope, Ark, which place the young
couple will make their home"
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An Ordinance


For the regulation, control and dispo-
sition of the bodies of dead animals
from communicable or contagious dis
eases and providing penalty for the
violation thereof.
Be it enacted by the Police Jury OF
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in regular
session convened, That it shall become
the duty of any person or persons own
ing any animal or animals affected or
suspected of being affected with any
communicable, infectious or contagious
disease to notify, either in person or in
writing, the member of the Police Jury
of the ward in which said animal or ami
mails are domiciled.
Be it further enacted, That in order
to control hog cholera, black leg, CLAN
ders, hydrophobia, anthrax or charborn,
| foot and mouth disease, or any other
contagious disease that may arise or at
tack live stock in the Parish of Bossier,
it is ordered and hereby becomes law,
after due PRONUNCIATION, that any ami
NAL dying from any of these above
named causes, shall be disposed of in a
sanitary manner by the owner of said
animal or animals, either by burning or
yluR3 d@iu IL Oul1CN pal U VI
the carcass must be at least three feet
beneath the surface of the ground.
Be it further enacted, That after the
PRONUNCIATION of this act it shall be I'M
lawful for any person or persons to place
the carcass or carcasses of any animal OF
animals into any stream or bayou, river,
lake or pond in the Parish of Bossier.
Be it further enacted, That any vio-
lation of the above regulations in the
Parish of Bossier shall be deemed a
misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof
before any competent court of justice.
shall be fined not less than S. nor more
than $50 for each offense, or imprison-
ment for not less than five days or more
than twenty or both, at the dis
erection of the court.
| J. G. LOGAN, President
| 1876 Police Jury of Bossier Parish, Louisiana
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RETROSPECTIVE
Fifty Years AGO.

From the Banner Of April %, 1S66-Bellevue.1
ssTo VoTERs.-All who wish to cast
vote at the coming election will bear in
mind that President johnson has not
issued the long-talked-of general am
nesty,' and that commissioners of cleo
tons are required to know that each
voter voting, has taken the oath of allie
glance. Don't forget to take with you
to the ballot box this test of your citizen
ship" CAT this election the ex-Confed-
crates won and held control for time,
until turned out of Office by the military
authorities. In 1868 the negroes were
allowed to vote and, with the help of
Federal bayonets, the carpetbaggers,
scalawags and negroes ruled the state
until 1879
"Married, on Wednesday, the 25th
instant, at the residence of the BRIDES
mother in this place, by the Rev. D. ].
Henderson, Mr.. W. C. Hargis to Miss
Sallie A. Lowry" (Both husband and
wife are dead some forty years since, but
the lady has relatives still living, among
whom are nephew, Mr.. E. M. Carstar-
phen, of Plain Dealing, and Mrs. J. NJ.
Sentell, niece, now living on the Cairo
plantation, in Caddo Parish. Miss Lowry
was descendant of Robert Lowry, Gov
ernor of Mississippi. Her people were
prominent in Bossier Parish in the early
days and held offices of honor and trust.
Her husband was member of the Police
Jury and his family was also prominent,
but has become extinct, We believe, in
this part of the state. E. A. Lowry was
the elder brother of Miss Lowry. He
edited the Times at Bellevue, the first
issue of which was published in 1857.
He was killed in battle during the Civil
War. A younger, brother, J. A. w.
Lowry, was a resident of Bellevue and
Benton. He was District Attorney for a
number of years and later State Sena-
tor. At the time of his death, some fif-
teen years ago, he was Parish Superin-
tendent of Education.)
CDR. J. J. Carstarphen respectfully
informs the citizens of Bellevue and
vicinity, that he has again begun the
practice of his profession in this place,
Office-at Mrs. Lowry residence, where
he will be found at all times-when not
professionally engaged" DR.. Carstar-
phen married one of the Miss Lowrys OF
Bellevue. He has descendants as men,
toned in the foregoing paragraph. The
doctor died about ten years ago.
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Tax Ordinances
as adopted by the Bossier Leree Board
for the Year 1916.

as adopted by the Bossier Leree Board
for the Year 1916.
An ordinance levying a 10-mill tax on all prop
erty in the Bossier Levee District subject to
taxation for levee purposes for the year 1916
Be it ordained by the Board Of Commission
ers of the Bossier Leyee District, in regular ses-
sion convened, That a district levee tax of 10
and the same is hereby levied on all property
situated in the Bossier Levee District for the
year 1915. -ri
An ordinance levying a local assessment Of 10
cents per acre on every acre of uncultiyated
land within the Bossier Levee District for the
year 1916. - 81. 49,. 80: ;,2.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners
of the Bosser Levee District, in regular session
convened That a local assessment of 10 cents
per acre on every acre of uncultyated land within
the Bossier Levee District, subject to taxation
for levee purposes forthe year 1916, be and tho
same is hereby levied. Y
An ordinance levying a local assessment oh Is
cents per acre on every acre Of cleared oE cnl-
tivated land within the Bossier Leyee District
for the year 1915. = > IL. ,-'5
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners
of the Bossier Levee District in regular session
convened, That a local assessment of Is cents
rer acre on every acre Of cleared or cultivated
land within the Rossier kevee District for the
year 1916 be and the same is hereby levied.
An ordinance Ievying local assessment Of 81
per head On all horses and mules within the
| =, B0sser Levee District for the year 1915. :
Be it ordained by the Board Of Commissioners
of the Bossier Leree Districts infregular session
convened, That local assessment of 81 per head
on all horses and mules within the Bossier Levee
District for the year 1916, be and the, same is
hereby levied. s .'..>'-5.iS : 5'.'*,.'
An ordinance letviag local assessment Of saoo
per mile on all railroads. within the Bossier
Levee District for the year 1916 80 d.
Re it ordained by the Board of Commissioners
OF the Bossier Levee: Dis riot, in regular session
convened, That q local assessment OF sfOo per
mile be and the same is hereby, levied for the
year 1916 on each mile of railroad within the lin
its Of the Bossier Levee District.
| ..:sl- ~. A. CURTIS,
1876 President Bossier Ieyee Board
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Bids Invited.
-, ~ STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department, Baton Rouge,

o.. RI. Executive Department, Baton Rouge.
RY virtue of and in conformity with the provis-
~ ions OF Act No. 30 of the Extra Legislative
Session Of 1915, sealed bids will be received at nv
Office, on or before the 1st day Of May, 1916, at
twelve O'Clock, noon, for the lease of the oil, gas
and mineral rights, in and to the following de-
scribed lands situated in the Parishes of Caddo
and Bossier, State Of Louisiana, to-wit:
Being all the land the state owns in: !
All Of Swan Lake in townships Is and I6, north,
range Ii. west.
All CT Platte River in townships Is and 49,
north. ranges II and -, west.
All of Red Chute Lake in township 16, north
range IL. west.
All of Red Chute Bayou in township l6, north
ranges IL and IL, west.
All of Half Moon Lake in township is, north
range IL, west
All Of Bayou Bodcau in townships 16 and H.
north. ranges III and IL, west.
All the bed of Red River in townships Is, 16 and
II, north, ranges II, IL and IL, west.
All in the northwestern district, Louisiana
The right to reject any and all bids Is reserved
15-3 L. E. HALL, Governor
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Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That notice of election herein called
shall be given by proclamation by the
President of the Police Jury, and pub
lished for thirty days in the official jour-
nal of Bossier Parish, as required by
law, and that said proclamation shall set
forth that this Police Jury will meet in
open session on the 9TH day of June,
1916, at the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, at 10 o'clock am, and will
then and there proceed to open the bal
lot boxes, examine and count the bal
lots, in number and amount, examine and
canvass the returns and declare the re-
suit OF the election, and such meeting of
the Police Jury for said purpose is hereby
called.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That said election shall be held in said
Road District No. at the usual polling
places for elections in said ward, and
that the polls shall be open on the date
of the election at 7 O'Clock am, and
closed at 5 o'clock pm, and the poll
ing places and the commissioners and
clerks of election shall be as follows:
Precinct No. 1-Plain Dealing: F.
R. Garrett, L. A. King and J. Perry,
commissioners; ]. P. Keith, clerk.
Precinct No. 2--Alden Bridge: A.
B. Winham, J. B. Campbell and J. F..
Strayhan, commissioners; I. F. Elder,
clerk.
Sec. 7. Be, it further ordained, ETC.,
That the proposition shall be:
To incur debt Of $5O, 900 and to issue
negotiable serial bonds therefor of Road
District No. 3, to bear per cent: inter-
est, payable semiannually, and to run
for period Of from one to thirty years,
for the purpose of building, construct
ing and repairing bridges, and building,
constructing and repairing permanent
hard roads in said district, as per reso-
luton of the Police Jury Of date October
IL, 1915. -'".. ''''. '&'r..s. .:.es~
The form of ballot to be used at said
election shall be as follows: ,,,...
Proposition to incur debt and issue bonds of
Road District No 8, to the amount Of $4,000, to
| run from one to thirty years, bearing
interest at the rate Of per centum YES
per annum, payable semiannually, fol. L!
the purpose of building, constructing r
and repairing bridges and permanent NO
hard roads. =
Proposition to cancel the tax of G r.
| mills, voted in said district for road YES
1918. NO
Taxable valuation, s........ n.-I,- l.
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signature Of voter.)

signature of voter)
NOTICE TO VOTERS: To vote in favor Of the
proposition submitted upon this ballot place
cross mark (x) in the square after the word
YES" To vote against it place a similar mark
after the word mo-
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That in the event said proposed bond
issue is approved by the qualified cleo
tors as required by law, this Police Jury
shall thereafter pass such ordinances and
resolutions as may be necessary for the
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For Sale or Trade

A good JACK; price, 500. Using horse
reason for selling. Also, SO bushels of
Sweet Potatoes or eating, Tele-
phone, 722W, or address me at Benton,
La. loft r. w. w. STINSoN.
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Want to. Trade?

G have good fve-passenger Ford
| Car would like to sell or trade for
mules. Also, several hundred bales of
good grass hay for sale. Address, Plain
| Dealing, La. 9-7-p r. c. PURCELL.
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Berkshire Boar

G have for sale fine bred, we'll de-
veloped Berkshire Boar, now eigh-
teen months old. Can be seen at Red
Chute plantation. Address, Benton, La,
r. f. D. No. 2. Lift w. G.. BURT.
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Need a Horse?

G I have for sale at Belcher bunch of
good work horses. Will trade for
cattle, sell for cash, or take good notes
in payment. See them now and get the
pick. 12-tf J. W. DIXON.
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Entry No. O4,O61.

Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La,
April s, 19l6.>
Proof under law under which entry was made
NOTICE is hereby given that James
~ M. Simmons, of Haughton, La,
R. F. D. No. i, who, on February 20,
1911, made Homestead Entry, No. Oh, 061 ,
for the northeast quarter of section 80,
township 20, north, range II, west, Lou
isiana meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make five year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before the Clerk of Court, at
Benton, La, on the Goth day of May,
1916.
Claimant names as witnesses: l.. G.
Biggs, Willie Jackson, Sidney Jenkins
and Pete Marshall, all of Haughton,
La, R. F. D. No. 1.
E. D. CHAMELEON, Register.
Benton, La, April IS, 1916. may1s -,
Stray Sale.
TSTRAYED before E. S. Dortch,
u Justice of the Peace, Ward One,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, by A. B.
Childers, and will be sold at Taylor
town, La, within the legal hours of sale,
on Saturday, May 6, 1916, red brindle
STEER, about two years old; no marks
or brands; appraised at STD.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, ETC.,
or the said animal will be sold as above
advertised, and according to law.
F. w. CHILDERs, Constable.
March 80, 1916. may4
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Lumber for Sale

I | have purchased all the remaining
buildings, trans, sheds and foundations
at Bolinger, as we'll as enough of the
new lumber to take care OF the local
trade. Amy one wanting lumber will
find stock on hand there, at low prices.
Will handle Windows, Doors, Lime.
Brick, Cement and Shingles. | expect
to handle all kinds of building material.
7 Come and see me. Yours truly,
45-tf X. l.. PURCELL.
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Invites the good people of Bossiel
Parish to inspect his stock of
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For Sale
Potato SLIPS

From original Bunch Yam, Nancy Hall
and Key West Sweet Potatoes. Prices,
S1.75 per thousand delivered at express
office, or so cents per hundred by mail.
Slips ready from the 1st to 18th of May.
Order now and state when and how you
want yours shipped.
T. II. FORD, Rocky Mount, La.
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ever shown In SHREVEPORT,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-21
BANkRUPT'S PETITION FOR
DISCHARGE.

In the District Court of the United
States for the Delta Division of the
Northern District of Mississippi.
In the matter Of James Hunter, bank
rupt-In bankruptcy.
To the Honorable II. G. Niles, Judge
Of the District Court of the United
States for the Northern District Of
mississippi:
James Hunter, of Itta Bena. in the
County Of LefiCre and State of Missis-
sippi, in said Division and District. res
pectfuliy represents hat on the 14th day
~ofJanuary, 1915, last passed he was duly
adjudged a bankrupt under the Acts
of Congress relating to bankruptcy; that
he mas duly surrendered all his proper
ty and rights of property, and has fully
complied with all the requirements of
said Acts and of the orders of the
Court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may be
decreed by the Court to have full dis
charge from all debts provable against
his estate under said Bankrupt Acts,
except such debts as are excepted
by law from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day of January, A.
ID. 1916.
JAMES HUNTER, Bankrupt.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-21
FREE flower SEEDS
Hastings Catalogue Tells You al
About Them

No matter whether you farm or only
plant vegetables or flowers in a small lot
YOU need Hastings GIG Catalogue.
1t is filled goo pages) from cover to
cover with useful farm and garden infor-
nation.
1t tells of seeds of kind and quality that
you can't buy from your merchant or
druggist, seeds that cost no more but
give you real satisfaction and a real gar
den.
1t tells how every customer can get alb
solutely free five packets of easily grown,
vet snowy and beautiful flowers.
Hastings is both the best and largest
seed firm in the South, the only firm that
you should buy seeds from.
When you plant Hastings Seeds, you
meet Good Garden Luck" more than
half way. Write today for their big 1916
Catalogue. It is free. \ postal card re
quest will bring 1t. Il. 6. EASTENCS CO,
Atlanta, Ga.-(Advt.)
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-21
O N BLAME YOUR LUCK.

Experience is the greatest of all teachers, but
many of us are so obtuse that we fail to see the sig
nificance of the facts which she so quietly but per-
sistently sets out before us.
In nature itself there is no waste. Even the
decay OF dead matter fertlizes for new growth. 1t
IS. only man who is wasteful, who defies law and
disobeys it, and suffers evil consequences.
If one who has received a comfortable salary
for five or ten years suddenly finds himself out OF a
position, without any money saved up, he is quite
likely to blame his luck" instead of looking at the
matter as the direct result of a definite cause. Elk
perlence is putting before him a lesson which he
has refused to learn in any other way, and which
he must learn by heart.
If, instead of futively bemoaning his luck"
he will listen, he will hear a still, small voice whs-
pering to him Of nickels, dimes and dollars squand-
cred in ways which have not yielded their value in
enjoyment or self-development
Money spent in legitimate pleasures need never
be regretted. Legitimate pleasures are those which
do not leave a bad taste in the mouth, but, instead,
bestow delightful memories that no amount of hard
ship can deprive one Of.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-21
ORDER OF NOTI9E THEREON.

Northern District of Mississippi.
On this l4th day Of January, 1916, on
reading the foregoing petition, it is or
dered by the court that a hearing be
had upon the same on the 18th day of
Feb, A, D., 1916. before said Court at
Clarksdale in said Division and District
at II o'clock, noon, and thai notice
thereof be published in The Common
wealth, Greenwood, newspaper print
ed in said District, and that all known
creditors and other persons in interest
may appear at said time and place and
show cause, if any they have, why the
prayer of said petitioner should not be
granted.
And it is further ordered by the
Court, that the Clerk shall send by
mail to al! known creditors copies of
said petition and this order, addressed
to them at their places of residence as
stated.
Witness the Honorable Henry G.
Niles, Judge of said Court. and the
Seal thereon at Clarksdale in said Di-
vision and District, on the 14th day of
January, A. = 1916.
l.. E. OLDHAM. Clerk,
SEAL BY VIM. A. TEMPLE, d. C.
a True Copy:
J.. +. OLDHAM, Clerk,
BY VIM. A. TEMPLE. D. c.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-21
TRUSTEES SALE

By virtue of the authority vested
in me as trustee in hat certain deed
Of trust executed by Tom Guy and
Frances Guy, on the 18th day of
October. 1914, to secure an lndebt-
edness therein mentioned, in favor OF
Mrs. Annie Fl. Mcdonald, which deed
Of trust is recorded on page o Of
Book II. of the Records of Mortgages
and Deeds of Trust or Lands In Lee
fore County, Mississippi, reference to
which is hereby made, default having
been made in the payment of said
Indebtedness, / will, at the request of
the holder of said Indebtedness, on
Monday. the Fourteenth Day of
February, 1916, in front of the Court
House Door. in the City of Green
wood. Lefore County. Mississippi,
within legal hours, offer for sale, to
the highest bidder for cash, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wlt:
Beginning at the southwest corner
Of Lot Eighteen 18), in Block Nine
90 of the Henry Addition to the
City of Greenwood, Mississippi, run
thence in an easterly direction along
the south boundary of said lot, a dis
lance Of one hundred and fifty (15O)
feet. thence in a nOrtherly direction
along the eastern boundary of said
lot a distance of eighty-fve $3.50 feet,
thence in a westerly direction, paral-
lei with the said southern boundary
Of said lot a distance of one hundred
and fifty (f5O) feet, thence in a
southerIy direction along the western
boundary Of said lot to the point of
h"foirrFrr said being the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-21
GINS FOR SALE.

In order to comply with the
law enacted by the State Legisla-
ture Of Mississippi, we are offer
ing the following gins for sale To-
Gated at
Indianola, Tchula. Itta Bena,
Drew apd Webb.
For further information call at
The Buckeye Cotton Oil Company.
Greenwood. Mississippi.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-21
BUSTERS BIG SERMON.

Buster Brown, the lively little character of the
comic supplement fame, very truly says: w are
all more or less funny and different, and there's 50
much good in the bad people and so much cussed
bad in the good people that we should never dare
to criticize each other. How do we know what we
would do in the other fellows place? Judge not,
that we be not Judged means do the best you can
and mind your own business"
Surely, in these words Buster expoundS a bit
Of genuine philosophy, the kind that encourages
and inspires. 1t is a noble sermon put in a few
words.