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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
An Invisible Clock.

A public clock which can be heard.
hut not seen, is one of London's Gu
rious possessions. 1t is In the tower
OF st. Mary Abbot's church, Kensing-
ton, and is the only public clock In
the immediate neighborhood. 1t chimes
the quarters and the hours, but com.
mits itself no further. 1t has no dial.
no hands, no outward and visible sign
Of any kind to show that 1t Is a clock.
This eccentricity, it Is explained, is
the result Of two causes-one aesthet
ic, the other financial. When the tow
or was built in 1870 clock was sug-
gested as an afterthought, but the
architect protested that it would mean
the addition of fifteen feet to the tow
err and the ruin of its cherished proper
lions. A second point was that the
church, having but slender funds.
could not afford clock with dial A
compromise was arrived Mt by INSTALL
ing the works Of Ginning clock In the
belfry without dial or hands.-Pear-
sons,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Hard Word. For the Hioh HAT.

Hard Words For the High Hat.
The case against the topper" was
summed up many years ago by the ia
nous Punch editor. Mark Lemon. ut
IL hot IN summer" he said: 1T is not
warm in winter. 1t does not shade gs
from the sun: It does not shelter us
from the rain. II IS ugly and expe9-
sive. Fon cannot wear Il IN rail
way carriage. II Is always tp Tpur
way In a drawing room. II you sit on
It you crush It yet 1t will not save
your skull In fall. II VIII not 60
Into a portmanteau; It IS too hard to
roll up. too soft to stand upon 1t
rusts with the sen air; It spots with
the rain. II It Is good you qrc sure
to have It taken By mistake at soiree:
u It Is bad ynu are set down for
swindler. London Spectator.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
A HFridays Shin.

A true story is told Of skeptical
Massachusetts captain who way back
In the early years of the republic de-
termined to exhibit the fallacy of the
Friday superstition. He contracted on
a certain Friday for the building of
a ship, and it was arranged that the
keel OF this vessel was laid on Friday.
that she was launched ON q Friday,
named Friday, commenced loading gu
a Friday and hauled into the stream
on the same day Of the week. To add
to the possibilities Of disaster, negro
cook named Friday was engaged, and,
thus fully freighted with the sinister
name. the Friday sailed on Friday.
bound to port in the West Indies.
From that day to this no. tidings Of
the Ill fated craft have been received.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Sherif,s Sale.

The Hicks Company, Limited, versus Lee Hicks,
No. 7lS6. In Second District Court, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana.
pY virtue of writ of seizure and sale,
ID issued in the above entitled suit,
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 Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, on Saturday, February "a,
1917, the following described property,
to-wit:
All of the defendants undivided in-
terest, about 271a acres, in and to the.
southeast quarter of southwest quarter
of section 1, township Is, north, range
Is, west, situated in Bossier Parish,
Louisiana, together with all buildings
and improvements thereon.
Terms of Sale-Cash, without the ben
eft of appraisement, to pay and satisfy
the sum OF $1,000, with 8 per cent per an
mum interest on $500 thereof from March
2, 1915, and like interest on $500 thereof
from March so, 1915, until paid, and all
costs of suit, including 10 per cent on
said sum and interest as attorneys fees.
j. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton, La, Jan. i8, 1917. feb %
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Land Entry No. OS, O:s2.

Department OF the Interior,
U. s. Land Once at Baton Rouge, La
January IL, 1917.
Notice for Republication ,O32.l
NOTICE is hereby given that Viii.
~ liam E. Glassell, of Shreveport,
Parish OF Caddo, State of Louisiana,
has filed at this Office his application is
enter>under the provisions Of Section
2306 or 2907, Revised Statutes Of the.
United States, the following described
land, Wig,
The south half of the northeast quar-
ter, section 80, township 20, north, range
Il, 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 afidavits of protest at this office,
on or before the 21st day of February,
1917. E. D. GIANELLoNI, Register.
January Is, 1917. feb *
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Forty Years a Reader.

Under date of the 10Th the Banners
good friend, Mr.. r. H. Allen, of Plain
Dealing, takes occasion to write after a
fashion to cheer us along. His remit
lance and expression Of friendly feeling
are appreciated. He says, in part:
"The Banner has been an appreciated
visitor at my home for forty years, and
would feel at loss without it. You
may continue its welcome visits until we
cease from our labors here. Send it
until the check I am enclosing is
taken up"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Stray Sale.

FSTRAYED by A. J. Logan before
T. I'D. Rogers, Justice Of the Peace,
Ward Four, Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
on the 18th day Of December, 1916, and
will be sold at a. J. Logan's residence,
day, the 9th day of January, 1917, two
HEIFER YEARLNGs, each about three
years old, one white, red spotted on
neck and shoulders, marked crop and
split and underbit and overbit in each
ear; the other is red, marked crop and
split in right ear, split and underbit in
left ear.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property and pay charges,
or the above animals will be sold as
above set forth, and according to law.
$50 LpFHER e. COLE, Constable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25


Department OF the Interior,
U. 8. Land ONCE at Baton Rouge, La.
January II, 1917.
Notice for Republication ,O3l.l
NOTICE is hereby given that Joseph
IN Homer Jordan, of Shreveport,
Parish of Caddo, State of louisiana,
has filed at this Office his application to
enter under the provisions of Section
2306 or 2307, Revised Statutes of the
United States, the following described
land, viz:
The southeast quarter of the southwest
quarter, section@6, township 20, north,
range Ia, west, Louisiana meridian, con-
tanning 1888 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 rea-
son, to the disposal to applicant, should
file their affidavits OF protest at this
Office, on or before the 2ist day of Feb
ruary, 1917.
E. D. GIANELLoNi, Register.
January Is, 1917. eb15
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25


Edward Rose & Company vs.. w. A. Stephens.
No. 1894. In First District Court, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana.
DY virtue of a writ of fieri facias,
ID issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, l have seized, and
will proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door OF the Court House, in the town OF
Benton, La, on Saturday, February "a,
1917, the following described property,
to-wit:
Lots 9 and 10 of the Cumberland SUBJ
division of Bossier City, in the Parish of
Bossier, Louisiana.
Terms OF Sale-Cash, subject to the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and sat
isfy the sum of 1884, with 8 per cent per
annum interest thereon from April 80,
1910, until paid, and all costs of suit,
including 10 per cent on said sum and
interest as attorneys fees.
J. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton, La, Jan. 10, 1917. feb2
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Salt In tire Spectrum.

The extreme delicacy of the spec
tFum test is illustrated by the fact
stated by L0pmel that the three-mil.
lionth part Of milligram of salt Of
sodium, an imperceptihle particle Of
dust to the naked eye, Is yet capable
OF coloring the flame Of a candle yellow
and of giving the yellow lines of so,
dunn In the spectroscope Indeed, So
dunn In the form of common salt
Sodium chloride) is so universally
present as an impalpable dust floating
In the air that 1t is next to impossible
to get spectrum which does not show
the sodium lines.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
d HARWELL LEE
Lawyer and Notary
Office, Bank of Benton Building
BENTON, LOUISIANA
nR. FREDERICK RATZBURG
Dentist
Levy Building SHREVEPORT, LA.
Telephone, No. t160.
An Ordinance

Ordering special election in School
District No. 10, Bossier Parish, Lou
isiana, to take the sense of the quail
flied voters and taxpayers ia said dis
trict on the question Of voting an ad-
ditional tax 81 mills on the dollar for
five years for general school purposes,
beginning with the year 1917.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Bos-
sier Parish School Board, That special
election be held in School District No.
10 on Saturday, February II, 1917, for
the purpose Of submitting to the quail
ified voters and taxpayers the question
of voting an additional tax of 5 mills on
the dollar of the assessed valuation of
the property situated in said district;
said tax to be used to build and equip
school houses in said district and supple
ment teachers salaries.
Sec. z. Be it further ordained, That
said election shall be held under the
general election laws of the State of
Louisiana, except as hereinafter speci-
fed.
Sec. 8. That said election shall be
held in the town Of Koran on Saturday,
February II, 1917.
Sec. 4. That the ballots used shall be
either written or printed and shall read:
"a proposition to vote 5 mill tax for
five years to be used for general school
purposes.
For the tax j;
against the tax { ];
"Amount of property voted $....;
Sec. 5. All qualified voters and tax
payers shall be entitled to vote, and pro-
vided also that ladies owning property
in their own names shall be entitled to
vote, either in person or by written
proxy.
Sec. 6. That the returns OF said cleo
ton shall be made to the Parish School
Boards office within three days after
said election,
Sect. The following commissioners
and clerk are hereby named to hold said
election: 2. N. Brown, j. F. Love, ST.,
and ]. M. Huckaby, commissioners; w.
B. Sapp, clerk.
w. E. CoNNELL, President
2-e School Board Of Bossier Parish.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
January Is, 1917. feb Y
Final Account.

Final Account.
Succession Of Nose Harris, deceased.
In District Court, Bossier Parish,
L0uisiana.
NOTICE ID hereby given that Nancy
IN Harris, administratrix Of the sue
cession OF Nose Harria, deceased, has
this day hled In my office her final ae-
count In said succession, and it oppo-
sition be not made thereto within the
time prescribed by law, the same will be
homologated and made the judgment OF
the Court.
Given under my Official signature and
seal OF Office, at Benton. La, on this,
the 18th day Of January, 1917.
JAS. M. HENDERSON,
a. Clerk Bossier District Court.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Patriarch or prophet.

A man approached stand upon
which some questionable looking fowls
were offered for sale. What viii you
sell them for7' be asked Of q shrewd,
gray bearded farmer Il sell them for
profits answered the individual .Is
that soY" answered the customer In
feigned surprise. I'm glad to know
they are prophets. took them for
patriarcls. "-Exchange.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Former Bossier Woman Dead.

Following an illness OF about ten days
the death of Mrs. M. L. letter.. aged
sixty years, occurred at her home in
Shreveport last Thursday. While the
deceased had resided in Shreveport for
about thirteen years, she will be remem-
bered by many readers of the Banner as
an old resident of Bossier Parish. She
and her late husband, the Hon. j. w.
Jeter, for years a prominent resident
and a member OF the Bossier Police
Jury, at different times resided on and
owned river plantations south OF Benton,
where their children were born and some
OF them grew to maturity.
Mrs. Jeter was born in New Orleans
September 8, 1855. She was of French
descent and was a member of we'll
known and prominently connected FAM
lily. In Bossier Parish she is remem-
bered as good and charitable woman
forgiving, friendly and neighborly in
disposition. Around her fireside, where
she was always adored by husband and
children, she reigned with simple and
becoming grace, at all times bestowing
upon her loved ones that care and love
that welled up from heart overlooking
with kindness. All of these-her chill
dren and grandchildren-greatly deplore
her death. In their grief they have the
sympathy Of many lifelong residents of
Bossier Parish.
The remains of the deceased we're laid
TO rest In the Catholic Cemetery in
Shreveport last Friday. Many friends
Of the family were present at tho funeral
service and burial to pay last sad trib-
ute to good woman.
The surviving children are seven in
number. They are; Mrs. J. N. Bird
well OF this parish, Mrs. A. w. Eason,
of Memphis, Tenn, Mrs. Frank Doll,
Mrs. D. C. Dickson, Mr.. J. w. Jeter, r.,
Mr.. j. T. Jeter and Mr.. r. T. Jeter, all
of Shreveport. Two surviving brothers
and one sister reside in New Orleans.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
January IS, 1917. feb il
Stray Sale.

ESTRAYED before J.. G.. Childers,
~ Justice Of Peace, Ward Three, Bos-
sier Parish, Louisiana, by H. H. Stray
han on the 10th day Of January, 1871,
and will be sold at s. r. Strayhan's res.
idence, within the legal hours OF sale,
on Saturday, the 18th day Of February,
1917, a bay mare, about IA hands high
and IL years old, slight defect in both
hind hooks, blind in left eye; appraised
at $40,
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property and pay charges, or
the above described animal will be sold
as set forth, and according to law.
g. r. STRAYHAN,
Constable, Ward Three.
January Ii, 1917. feb is
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Musical soan;.b.

In extent the Spanish vocabulary Is
far inferior To the English. though IN
richness Of tone or expression the
Spanish Is ahead Of the English Ian.
guage- It IS claimed that the pure
castiiian Is the most musical of Ian
guages. the Italian not excepted.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Atray Sale.

ESTRAYED by 9. v. Windsor, be-
~ fore ]. D. Rogers, Justice Of Peace,
Ward -Four, Parish Of Rossier, Louis-
lana, on January 2, 1917, . light red
heller, about two years old, marked split
and over bit 10 right ear and split in the
left ear, and will be sold at the residence
OF G. v. Windsor, within the legal hours
OF sale, on Saturday, February 3, 1917.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property and pay damages,
or the same will be sold according to law.
LUTHER E. COTE, Constable.
January 4, 1917. i eb1
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25

The young men of Bossier Parish who
are just beginning to take q deeper look
into the future would do great favor
to themselves by cultivating an ambition
for the ownership Of Bossier Parish
land. There is now aconsiderable amount
of cut over land on the market at reason
able prices. 1t will never be any cheaper
and will certainly be worth great deal
more money than it will cost now. Put
your savings into payments on q home,
young man. There is nothing in going
west any more. The further west you
go the higher the prices Of land.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25

Homestead Entry NO. u ,4st4.
Department OF the Interior,
u. S. Land Once at Baton Rouge, La.
January II, 1911.
Proof under law under which entry was made.l
NOTICE is hereby given that Millus
~ Watson, OF Sligo, La, who, on
February is, 1912, made Homestead
Entry, No. OF, 494, for the north half Of
southwest quarter of section IA, town
ship II, north, range IL, west, Louisiana
meridian, has filed notice OF intention to
make Eve year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before the
Clerk of Court, at Benton, La, on the
Oath day of February, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses: Aaron
T. Jeter, Ben Miller, John Sumner and
Cornelius Kelly, all Of Sligo, La.
E. D. GIANELLoNI, Register.
January Is. 1917. ah9,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25

The Danish West Indies passed under
the sovereignty of the United States on
the 18th, and tho last land barring the
route to the Panama Canal is safely in
our hands. Denmark is to receive $25,-
100000 for the islands. and Uncle Sam
will proceed to fortify them.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25

The Vim Parish Court House was
destroyed by fire last Thursday. 1t was
the third Court House TO burn in the
history of the parish, the first having
been thus destroyed in 1858 and the SEC
ond in 1888. It was worth $4,000 and
was insured for $i5,00O.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25

The st. Francisville True Democrat
laments the high cost to the community
OF mud and dust on the public high
ways. If such a cost were levied on the
people by taxation, says this bright
journal, there would be revolution.
Well, Brother Democrat, true and tried,
there is revolution going on in this
part of Louisiana, where gravel roads
are eliminating mud and dust at q rea-
sonable rate of progress. We trust the
revolt against mud and dust viii spread.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25

Admiral George Dewey, the hero of
the Battle OF Manila Bay and ranking
officer in the United States Navy, died
at his home in Washington, D. c., on
the 18th, in the eightieth year Of his age.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25

John Lightfoot OF Arizona, reserva-
ton Indian who has succeeded as Sec
ton hand, storekeeper, dry farmer, law
yer and officeholder, owns and runs his
own automobile. Lightfoot is referred
to as "blanket Indian" but he wears
store clothes and has good education.
The roads arc very good in Arizona.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25

A man who owns home ID . better
citizen. Buy some land. young man.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Posted

A LII persons cutting timber, cutting
"A wire fences and moving posts on
that part OF the Sligo Plantation known
as Kansas, Moccasin Point and Grass
House Corner will be reported.
80 Mrs. JOHN SKANNAL.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25

The Hicks Company, Limited, versus Lee Hicks
NO 7!36. In Second District Court, BossieI
Parish Louisiana.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25

Of Europe. The alnishouse returns show
that about Sc per cent Of the persons
relieved by charitable aid are of foreign
birth. A very large percentage of vice
and crime in the United States, especi-
ally in the large cities, is chargeable to
European immigration. The police sta.
tistics of New York show that . vast
majority of prisoners arrested for crimi-
nal offenses are of European birth. Thus,
reared under the European system of
state religion, byptized, taught and con-
iirmed in state churches, these men be-
come outlaws OF American society.
When European journals picture crime
as Astounding in the United States they
should have the candor to add that,
though foreigners compose but one
sixth of the total white population, they
furnish one-third of the white criminals,
and, in the ratio Of criminals, are on the
level with the ignorant and degraded
negroes. Their crimes are not . fruit Of
American society. We have had expe-
rience with one alien race, and do not
care to run the risk 81 history repeating
itself by bringing another race who are
sure to cause all kinds of trouble.
Go to the steel corporations institu-
tons, and you find q large population
composed entirely Of foreigners. Go
there to-day and you may become ac-
quainted with every one Of those labor
ers. Return in i've years and you do
not know an individual among them
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Entry No. ~, 4.4.

Benton, La, Jan. Is, 1917. feb2
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Sherif,s Sale.

Benton, La, Dec. %, 1915. feb
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25
Land Entry No. O8, O3I.

Benton, La, Jan. t8, 1917. feb y
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-07-10

judgment, as we'll as his 1esourceful-
ness as a merchant, has made him the
successful man that he is.
It is human nature for a collector
to like the men who pay him prompt
ly without telling him to "call again
one, two or three times. 1t helps to
make them popular and he feels like
wanting to vote for such men when
ever they offer for Office, all things
being equal. But away with those
little excuses of men who delight in
the stereotyped and worn out express
sion of "call again." 1t makes US tired
Now when a man cannot pay, it is a
different proposition. We understand
that thoroughly and appreciate the sit
uation. We are speaking of the bust
ness men who could pay as easily on
the spot as Mr.. Mimnaugh para. He
could have said, call again" Bue he
didn't.
This must not be taken to mean that
Mr.. Mimnaugh is the only business
man in Newberry who acts with such
nicely of manners. There are others
who have been pleasant and agreeable
in their dealings with this collector,
But the subject of this sketch was
showing goods to some Of his many
customers and it would have been ex-
cusable, we thought, judging by 9TH
ers, for him to have put us off-as
50 men out Of every 100 would have
done in his circumstances. Hurran
for Mimnaugh!
P. S.-The next day Mr.. Mimnaugh
told us we were not a good collector
to ask a man if we should call again. But
Col. Aull says We are a good collector
We try to be courteous in presen ting
bills, the only time showing vexat1on
being when finding out that man is
simply putting us off when he says he
will pay tomorrow or bring the price
in himself, when he knows tomorrow "
never comes in his case.
Watch for Mimnaugh's next ad.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-07-10
Chfldren's Party.

The secoii of the series of enter
tainments given by the Jasper chap
ter D. A. r. will be Children's party
It will be held on the College campus
Friday afternoon at $50. There will
be games and contests and good
time is promised the children. An
admission fee of ten cents will be
charged. These entertainments are
being given for the benefit OF the
Red Cross fund for the relief o!
wounded soldiers on the battlefelds.