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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-06
Eraternal Rrotherhood

The ladies of the Fraternal Broth
eIhood viii give a banquet this even
ing in the X. Of p. aall. following the
election of two delegates to the SUI
premc lodge convention After the
banquet there will be dancing.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-06
YAOUI DANCE

Saturday night, April eth. Special
rate s1.00 round trip Fixes Auto Liv-
erV. Phone Al.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-06
TODAY'S CALENDAR
Girls Mission Band

The Girls Mission Band will meet
this afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock at the
Presbyterian church.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-06
CLUB PLAY NOW
NEARLY FINISHED

With rehearsal on the stage of the
Elks theater last evening, preparations
for the annual Country club play swung
into the home stretch. Maitland Davies
arrived from Los Angeles yesterday
morning and will remain in personal
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-06
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-Two good mixers and
will pay good wages. Inquire HASA
yampa Creamery. n
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-06

Masonic Ball Tonight
An informal Masonic dance will be
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-06
WEATHER TO-DAY
WEATHER FROM ALL OVER

U. S. Department of agriculture
Weather Bureau. Water Users
Building
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-06
MOTHER COMPLAINS

on complaint OF his mother, Mrs.
Ekla Bunk, Bert Hover was given his
preliminary hearing before Justice
De Souza yesterday on the charge of
failure to provide for his two minor
children. After the state had Of
fered its evidence, Hover agreed to
furnish bond for the support OF
the children, which was fixed by the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
LOCAL AND Personal.

Tuesday, Oct. 3O.-Cool and clear to-
day. the thermometer registering lower
than at any other time this season.
Mrs. Startling, of Bradley, Ark. has
returned home. after spending few
days here with relatives.
Miss Lillian Smith, one of the teach
ers III Plain Dealing High School. spent
the weekend in Alexandria with old
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Emmors. now residing
in Atlanta (thiS State) are the proud
parents of their first child, a son. Mrs.
Emmons, nee Hattie Kirtley, has a
host of friends here, where she was
horn, reared and educated.
Sunday mornings northbound motor
carried quite Il number of colored (cit-
izen) soldiers through here bound for
Cam, Pike. Ark. They We're in a
happy frame Of mind, cheering on their
way. One yelled out, Goodbye. white
folks: Yves gwine to fight de Ger
mans And they will.
Mr. Il. NJ Matlock has recently lost
three head of calves from what Is be-
lieved to be biackleg, and other sus-
picious cases are reported The recent
ordinance of the Police Jury is very
strict and calls for the burying of the
carcases of cattle dying from such dis
eases. and it is the part Of prudence to
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
One-Horse Pillow Your Enemy.

From the Progressive Farmer.l
A deep soil Is desirable for the fol-
lowing reasons: First. to increase its
water-holding capacity; second t8 let
the water escare fr38n the surface
without rulHillg over the ground and
washing it OF; third. to permit the air
to circulate freely for considerable
depth: fourth, to secure crops against
drouth by enabling the Roots 70 50
dawn h moisture; fifth, tn Increase
the area from which the plant roots
may obtain food; sixth, tn fill the soil
full Of hunlus for a considerable depth.
We should I'LL the soil full of humus
for the following reasons: First, to
furnish food for the microscopic life
that makes the plant food in the soil
available for plants; second. to In
crease the storage capacity for water
and thereby enable the soil to take up
enough water to carry the crop through
the longest drouth in the summer.
though heavily fertilized: third, to
prevent tAe. seil from packing after
heavy rails: fourth to make the soil
loose 20 that air and plant roots can
easily come into contact with every
grain af i.
There Is only one way to make a
deep soil and fill 1t full Of humus and
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
Make November "Thrift Month. >

"oNC NVVCWUVT IuSuS MODVns
From the Progressive Farmer.l
Governor Beckett of North Carolina
has set an example for every governor
in the South by proclaimins November
as Thrift Month"; In his proclama-
ton Governor Beckett says:
Never before In this generation,
and possibly never again. will there
come to the average farmer so large
an opportunity to lift himself and fam
lily tn a higher level Of happiness and
hope. Temptations to fritter away the
proceeds Of your crops will crowd thick
UPON you. Improvidence will lure to
sleep and pleasure and prodigality will
call to you with many voices. The
'hlue sky artists are already on your
trail. They have heard that you
are fat, and have marked You for
their own. All kinds Of get-rich-quick
schemes will be dangled before you.
and the voice of the agent will be
heard in the land. Sn,ooth and werdy
vendors of lightning rods, and ranges,
and organs, and pianalas, and sewing
machines and churns, and washing
machines. and patent medicines, and
county rights, and erayen PORTRAITS,
and shares il excessively capitalized
stations will spring up around you us
countless as the frogs that came UP on
the land Of Egypt, and seek to enter
into the rewards Of your labors.'
Frem all these temptations, hGWevcr,
Gevern9r Beckett urges farmers to
turn aside and begin new q campaign
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
You Can Grow clovers.

From the Progressive Farmcr.l
1t has been only few years since
we doubted the alvisability of attempt
ing to grew eiovers in the Cotton Belt,
but we are doubters no longer. EXpe-
rience and observation have absolutely
proved to us that on practically any
well drained soil anywhere in the Cot
ton Belt east of line down through
Oklahoma City and Fort Worth bur
and crimson clover will succeed.
Where these crops have not already
been successfully grown, we suggest
trying them on small scale only at
first. Begin with u small patch, and If
You succeed with this small initial
planting, and you will succeed If You
carefully follow instructions, you can
increase your acreage next year. This
increase in acreage should be continu-
ed until all the cotton land to 90 In
corn the next spring is planted in GRIM
son clover, and all pasture lands are
planted to bur or white clover.
Give the clovers fair trail and
they will succeed. And once they are
growing successfully on your farm, you
are on the way to doubled yields aud
trebled profits
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
SuERlFF.S SALE.

Title Guaranty and Securities Company RS.
Louisiana Land and Immigration C0mpd-
~. No. 1896. In Second Disfricf Court,
Booster Parish, Louisiana.
BY virtue OF writ of seizure and sale,
issued in the above entitled suit, and to me
directed, have seized, and will proceed to
sell mt public auction, to the last and high
est bidder. at the front door Of the Court
House, in the town of Benton, La, on Sat
urday, November ~. 1917, the following
described property, to-wit:
The north half Of northwest quarter and
northwest quarter of northeast quarter Of
section 30, township 20, north of range ~,
west. situated in Bossier Parish. Louisiana,
and containing 20 acres. more or less
Terms of Sale-Fee cash. without the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and satisfy
the sum Of y1000. with 8 per cent per an
mum interest thereon from February 4,
1915 until paid. and all costs Of suit. in
cludiag 10 per cent on said sum and in
tercst as attorneys fees.
]. +. EDWARDS,
Sheriff, BOssier Parish, Louisiana.
l:enton. La. Oct. IS. 1917. tnov 22l
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
The Banners Plain Dealing Page
do SO in order to effectually stamp out

do so in order to effectually stamp out
the disease
Mrs J. A. Carstarphen and little son,
John, jr., of Ruston, are here this week
visiting relatives.
Mrs. J. Perry entertained her sun
day school class last Friday evening
All present reported pleasant even
ing.
MeSsrs. Adair, Lusk and Carstar-
phen of Dixie mOtOred to Plain Deal
ing Saturday, returning to Dixie sun
day.
Mr.. Carl Perry. who has been attend
ing school in Ruston, has returned
home and has entered Plain Dealing
High School.
Misses Garrett, Thompson and Kirt-
ley motored to Shreveport Friday to
meet Mrs. e. +. Kirtley, who has been
wishing her married daughter. Mrs.
Emmons. who resides in Atlanta, this
state.
Mr.. Ben Keeth has had with him
as a visitor ever since Sunday his
father, whose home for number of
years has been near Livingston, Texas
He is brother of Mr.. John Keith and
of the lamented J. Z. Keeth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01

of thrift. To this end he sets aside
November as Thrift Month" and urges
every farmer to do in November one
or more of these seven things:
To pay off all debts and go Oh Il
cash basis next year.
To start a savings account in some
bank or credit union.
- To buy a milk COW or brood SOW.
= TO install home waterwOrks and
lights.
To paint his house
To set out an orchard.
Ii he's tenant to buy If possible
IA small farm and make the first pay
ment Oh the purchase price,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SUCCESSION SALE.

SUCCESSION SALE.
Succession Of I. 8. Arnold, deceased. In
District Court, Booster Parish, Louisiana.
BY virtue of an order of sale, to me d.
rccted from the Honorable District Court
in and for the Parish of Bossier, will, on
Saturday. November 10, 1917, at the front
door of the Court House, in the town Of
Benton, La, within the legal hours Of sale,
proceed to sell ut public auction. to the last
and highest bidder, the following described
property, tO-wit:
The northwest quarter Of northeast quar-
ter of section Is 30 acresD and one acre In
Il square form in the southeast corner OF
southwest quarter of southeast quarter of
section 10. all in township ~ range Il,
situated In Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and
containing in all II acres.
Also, 10 head Of cattle, horse. mule
colt, farming implements and household
and kitchen furniture.
Terms Of Sale-For cash, if the apprnise-
mcnt or two-thirds thereof be bid, else on
a credit OF twelve months. according to law.
]. +. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and er-0Dfci0 AuctiOneer for
EOssicr Parish. Louisiana.
Benton, La., Oct. 4, 1917. Inov 81
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01

that is by breaking it deep and by turn
ing under corn and cotton stalks, oat
and pea stubble, grass, trash and other
vegetable matter. There is only one
way to deepen a thin soil and fill it
full of humus, and that is by the use
Of large plOws and strong teams or
tractors. We cannot plow deep or turn
under corn and cotton stalks, Oat and
pea stubble, SOY or velvet bean vines,
grass and trash with one horse plows.
The chief enemy Of good farming in
the South is the one-horse plow The
one-hOrse pillow means poor soil de-
void of vegetable matter, means poor
people, and POOR people means bad
roads, uncomfortable homes. poorly
laid teachers. and. in fact, all that re-
,tards civilization.
The one-horse plow breaks one acre
two inches deep per day. The two,
three or four-hOrse plow breaks from
two to four acres from four to seven
inches deep in one day. One man with
three or four mules or a tractor and a
pillow or plows can do more and better
work in one day breaking land and
turning under vegetable matter than
four men with One-horse plows. BY
using large plows and strong teams or
tractors the soil will be deelened, filled
full Of humus; the wages of from one
to three men saved, and the yield more
than doubled.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
STRAY SALE.

Estraycd before Il. II. Allen. Justice Of
l,eaec. Ward Three. Rossier Parish, Louis.
lana. by J. NJ. Mason, RED-SsRkEl. Pony,
blaze In face. hind feet white. about L!
years old, and appraised 1T $50.
The owner IS requested to come forward.
prove property. pny costs, etc., or said
aniMal viii be sold according to law, in
Plain Dealing. La. within the legal hours
Of sale. on Saturday. November II. 1917.
X. II. ALLEN, Justice of Peace.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
Christmas Mail for Forces Abroad


To the Public:
The time is approaching to give
thought to bringing Christmas cheer to
the American soldiers and sailors who
are abroad.
Arrangements have been perfected
whereby the Christmas mail to the
American expeditionary forces in Eu-
rope is to be delivered by Christmas
morning. Without the fullest cooper
alton OH the part of the public it will
The three essential respects i'll which
the public can aid in assuring a happy
Christmas at the front are:
Mail early, address intelligently, and
pack securely.
For this reason it is urgently re-
quested that all persons having Christ
mas mail for the soldiers and sailors
and the civilian units attached to the
army IN Europe observe closely the
following directions:
/. Mail to reach soldiers in France
by Christmas morning must be posted
not later than November 10th.
?. Every package must bear conspic
uOusly the words christmas mail,
the complete address of the person for
whom it Is intended, and, In the upper
left hand corner. the name and address
of the sender.
3. Every parcel must be SO packed
and wrapped as to admit of easy in
spection by the postmaster. No parcel
will be dispatched to France which has
not the postnlaster's certificate that 1t
contains no prohibited articles.
A. BURLEsoN, Postmaster-Ge General.
NEWTON ID. BAKER, Sec'y of War.
JOsEPHUs DANIELS, Sec'y of Navy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
TRESI,ASS NOTICE.

This publication is to give lexsi warning
to all persons that haating and promiscu-
GUS trespassina on the PALMETTO PLANTA-
TiaN. iocnted In Bossier Parish, three miles
south of Benton. will not be allowed. Dat
ing from this time all trespassers will be
prosecuted. GEORGE w. DUKE. Owner.
Eenton. La, Nov. l. 1917. l44-3I
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
Estrayed or Stolen

A Jersey colorrd twy-yfar-old heffer: mark
ed swallYwtofk and underbit in each ear !:
branded II on right hip. Good size for her
age. Raised on place adjoining mine. Last
seen during April. 4 reward will ~ paid
for information leading IN her recovery.
8eAip y. {. hudson.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-01
EStrayed

From our farm, near Bolinger, about
sixty days ago, a MARE MULE, about 10
hands high. and about s years old;
bay, with slightly gray color; long
name and tail. Deliver to Plain Deal
ing, or notify where we can find her,
and receive reward.
37-tf 4 II. B0LIN&ER 4 Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-01

find his hands shackled with debt, high taxes,
and a want of profitable employment, and his
lot is going to be a hard one if the boil Weevil
comes, as we have been told.
Those who have been proclaiming his coming
for the two years are very quiet on it at this time
because they van the bonds voted to connect up
the towns with each other, but they have told us
that the boil weevil is coming. If he is, the way
to be ready for his coming is to get out of debt,
cut out all unnecessary expenses including high
taxes, and keep your money in your pocket. The
bond issue in Abbeville county spells high taxes,
levied, as we have attempted to show, for the
benefit of q very few people.
Now is the time to vote against high taxes, to
wait and to investigate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-01
FOR THE MEDIUM.

The Medium says that the editor of The Press and Banner bought a in
terest in the plant OF a basis of $4,000, Has bought a linotype for around
$4,000, a press for about $500, and a folding machine for around $500
and the plant is still returned 1t the sam figures as before these purchases
and that this accounts for the big levies of taxes in this county.
A half truth is worse than an out-and-out mistatement of the facts.
Nobody knows better than the editor of the Medium, because he has been
around the office of this paper as much IS any other individual that the
plant of The Press and Banner al the time " . went into the company was
made u p of two printing presses, which WI traded for the new one, that
in it were several tons of old metal which were used in hand competition,
and which We sold and turned into other machinery, that W traded other
machinery for the folder in u Office, and that tho only machinery low in
the plant which wa. there when the editor of th. paper bought an interest
in it, il. two job presses worth about 5000 and . cutting machine worth
about SIPS. Yet the editor of The Medium attempts to make the people be-
Keve that We have added FIVE thousand dollars to the plant, and that we have
still the same machinery re- first had. .
Being unable to answer the arguments of this paper OF the bond issue
with arguments. the editor of The Medium attempt. the role of az inqui.i-
tor. .
We will not decline to meet him o. his W ground. Tho editor of Tho
Medium came to Abbevine some years ago and purchased The Abbevils
Medium which had been the support of General Hemphil and his large
family for a number of ears. He paid $4,000 for the plant. He issued
stock to the amount of $4,000, which W. presume was put in the plant. He
then bought a new press and a new linotype, paying about $1,000 for the
latter, according to our information. He returns his plant today for which
he paid $4,000, and which he capitalized at $1,000, al the magnificent sum
Of $1,000.
The editor has been going around from place 10 place in this county tell
ton it has, etc, but tin all these years he has not paid t o his stockholders
single m in the way of dividends, keeping the accumulatons in the plant
He undertakes to tell the people that the editor of this paper has taken
a plant worth $4,000, and in two and onehalf years had made it worth
$4,000. If he has done as well as the editor of this paper; W e suggest
that he had better explain to the tax authorities why his plant should not
be returned for at least as much as the plant of The Press and Banner. If
We have doubled u plant in two and onehalf years, the editor of The
Medium must have doubled his several times since he has been in Abbevile.
then return it at $1,000.
"People who live in glass houses should not throw stones"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-01
AN INQUIRY ANSWERED.

The Medium asks in its last Fridays issue why W favor a bond issue in
Abbevile for paved streets and are OF in favor of the bond issue for the
socalLed good roads. We are glad The Medium asked u that question, and
W e will reply to it.
W. would not vote for a bond issue in Abbevile for paved sreds at the
time, o until after the var. We believe it the part of wisdom TO
clear of obligations of this kind until the status of the country after
the val is known.
W. would vote for paved streets in Abbevlle, at the proper time, however,
because W e believe that they re necessary, and because experience has
shown that they are PERMANENT IN THEIR NATURE, AT LEAST they
will live as long as the bonds. Sand clay roads are not so permanent, at
least we do not believe it has been so shown
We favor at the proper time a bond issue for paved streets because the
act under which these bonds will be voted provides that the man who's
property abuts OF these streets, and whose property is thereby enhanced,
shall pay for the direct benefit he receives in this way before the public
which does moi get paved streets is taxed. We regard such a n Act as equt-
obe and fair. We regard the present Act which taxes all the people at the
rte for the benefit of a very few as unjust and inequtable. The
people who are to get the big benefit from the bond issue pay n o more in
proportion % their property than a a who owns property ten miles from
nj of the socalled good roads. We say that is taxing all the people for
the benefit of a favored few, and we oppose it.
There ae Other reasons which we have already given for opposing the
present proposed bond issue, but these are some reasons which readily
distinguish dirt roads Under an unjust act from paved streets in a city n
der a just law.
Having fully answered, we ask The Medium why it opposes the opening
of a sidewalk on Greenvlle street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-01
A NEW RICHMOND.

After trying u the paid booster and finding that he could not induce
H.. ,.,ni. into voting three hundred thousand dollars worth of bonds o.
+b. county in this, the most critical day of the last6 fifty years. after
kavinu imported speakers. from the outside, as if W 9 arr unable to solve
ou, own question:, the bond issue advocates have at lastc ome down to
what thew should have done last summer, if bonds YER to b discussed =
au-they are now having reference to home talent.
Mr. ]. Allen Smith, the prince of bankers in the city of Abbevil' h
bou. of GOOD roads advocates, W e notice, is to deliver a speech Oh the
.ubiect at Antrevile towards the end of this week. While he Is dom so
h. MIGHT tell the farmers in that prosperous section when the bankers a
|Ahb.vil. ropo to lower the interest rate o n money in TIT banks here, e
e,u.. il will not be lowered until Mr.. Smith says e, W Q fear. W . n OF
n. oninion that the farmers of Abbeyile county al haul all IN crops
thew car row on eight per cent discount money o. the present roads. II
Mr. Smith proposes T. lower the rate to sx per cent. for n mex CROP
-. ri, would be the occasion t. advertise tho fact, SO that Ill tho
hear of it.
We warn you o
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-01
A WORD TO THE FARMERS.

Tbi. airing when everybody in Abbevile = planting u wal ssrden' O
,v.rvbody wanted to plant one, the City Council OF Abbevhh bought
ton. of cast iron pipe at tho highest price ever, md Superintendent
got busy in laying it between some portions II tn waser'~0rH
Plant.
A either of Abbeule ha. told u 5 that he had a old IA in MS garden
whom he wa. paying .eventy-fve cents per day, and giving him two
m.,l.. that Immediately this work commenced, Mr.. Anderson raised n
90. # th. negro to me dollar and thirty five cents per day, making it
nece,.arvi in order to get the gardener back to raise wages to n dollar
per day with board.
=. illustrates. what will take place in this county when the road cn
tractors st to working o. the roads, if the bonds are voted. lei will b
hired out of the fields of the farmers of this county It a time when laboS
.carcer than in years and the laborers will be paid such wage that tn
cannot afford to hire the crops raised, with the result that there
will be not only a shortage of food crops in this county, but a shortage OF