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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
PAY YOUR PLEDGE;
GET THE THRIFT HABIT

Stamps during 1918 have been auto
matically extended to 1919 by the
Government, which has made official
announcement that persons who, for
any reason, did not complete their
pledges by December 81, 1918, may
and are expected to iquidate these
pledges by investing in War Savings
Stamps of the new 1919 issue.
The 1919 United States Govern.
ment War Savings Stamps are blue
in color and a trifle smaller than the
War Savings Stamps issued by the
Government last year. They bear a
likeness of Benjamin Franklin, the
American apostle of thrift and econ.
omy. The 1919 War Savings Stamps,
which yield their owners four per
cent interest, compounded quarterly,
may be obtained from any postoffice,
bank. Or other authorized agent. The
price of each 1919 War Savings
Stamp is $4.12 during January. The
cost price increases regularly one
cent each month, SO that in February
the cost is Sab, in March $4.14 and
so on.
The same old Thrift Stamps and
Thrift Cards used last year remain
in use during 1919 and filled Thrift
Cards. that is, Thrift Cards on
which sixteen Thrift Stamps have
been affixed, may be exchanged for
1919 War Savings Stamps upon the
payment of the few additional cents
which represent the difference he
tween the price Of War Savings
Stamp and 81. the value of the six.
teen Thrift Stamps. This difference
is IL cents in January, Is cents in
February, IA cents in March, and
so on.
| Purchasers of 1919 War Savings
Stamps should bear in mind that 1915
Var Savings Stamps are to be at
fixed only to 1919 War Savings Ger
tificates. Although one may have g
1918 War Savings Certificate "a War
Savings Certificate is the parchment
on which War Savings Stamps arc
affiyed) which has some blank 81
unfi' led space on it, such 1918 Ger
tifcate should not have 1919 War
Savings Stamps pasted on it; moi
should 1918 War Savings Stamps ,.
placed on the new 1919 War Savings
Certificate. Keep the two years sepa
rate.
4 Frank M. Smith, Federal Distric
|, Director of War Loans and Savings
has issued earnest requests to thu
!, public to note carefully, the few sim
pie directions outlined. He ais,
pointed out recently that should
!, person be in doubt about any of tn
!. details of War Savings method
word to the local secretary Of tn
: War Savings Society or any pos,
r master will insure the matter bein
4 made clear.
e All War Savings pledges made i
$ 1918 are personal, binding obligation
II made to the Treasury Department
and the Government expects tn
II completion of all 1918 pledges by tn
II purchase of 1919 War Saving
FL Stamps.
U The American people have learne
u to make their savings count fc
~ them. The War has taught thel
VFvn.
: saving is theirs forever if they kee
y in mind the knowledge of ecorom
Z gained through the investment
= United States Government securitie
= Buy War Savings Stamps and II
"a JOY OF saving is yours.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
Loo al nd
Personal
News of Week as Told
* by the Banner Reporters

Mr.. w. Il. Sapp. of Koran. was at
tendins to busineSs in Benton Tuesday.
CAPT \. b. Murff. of Shreveport.
w.s among the visitors in Benton
Tuesday.
Judge A. J. Murff. of Shreveport. was
attendin. court i'll Benton Saturda! Oh
last week.
Misses Katie and Minnie Wyche. OF
Shreveport, visited friends in Benton
Tuesday.
Nidterm examinations ut the local
school began yesterday and are contlh-
uinS to-day.
Mr.. w. c. +. FurnisS. Of the Midway
country, passed through Benton Mon
day Oh his way home from trip to
points south
Miss Matte Montgomery, of Shreve-
port. is spending the week in Benton
AS Il guest at the home of her brother
MIR. j. ii. Montgomery.
Mr.. W. \. Martin made Il trip early
in the week to Shreveport. returning
home yesterday afternoon. He went
down to visit his mother.
Mr.. \. - Brown. in making re-
newal subscription remittance. has or
dered his Banner mailed to Elderville.
Texas. instead of to Vivian.
Mr. W. f. Allen. of Shreveport, was
in Benton the first of the week taking
an order from the Gayle Drug Store
for material to replace the soda fount
ain works destroyed in last Saturdays
explosion.
Rev. Il. j. Holiday, of Plain Deal
ing, preached morning and evening al
the Benton Methodist Church Sunday
After the morning service he admins
tered baptism to James. the little sol
of Mrs. Virginia Peckllam.
The engagement of Miss Madeline
Smith, eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
l.. G. Smith. to Mr.. Dewey StinsOn. sol
of Mr. T. W. w. Stinson. all Of. thi
place. has been announced. Thei
marriage is to he celebrated Oh an earl
date next month.
Mr.. $. J. Caldwell. of Plain Dealing
will have about fifteen teams ut wOr
around Benton within /; few days, hau
ing stave bolts for shipment from thi
point. Some of the teams are alread
here, in charge of Mr.. w. ID. MhOOl
\ who came in Monday from Plain Dea
y ing. Other teams are Ell route frOl
Rayvile.
Doster l. Johnson, who have been Of
Grating ii saw mill on Cypress Bayo
about five miles east. We're ioadll
their planning mill at Benton yesterds
for shipment to Fordyce. Ark. The mi
has Eeen shut down since before Il
Christmas holidays and only the PLAN
has Eeen running. The mill plant
also to he shipped away, all the limb
within its range that could be cut at
profit having heen cut.
Mr.. \. Nj. Wyche received Il lett
Tuesday from his brother Gillum. WI
ten on the LIST. Corpl. Wyche says
is feeling fine and expects to retu
home within about ninety days. /
duties, he says. are now very pleas;l
as his work is to travel from ONE c;tl
to another searching out men un;
counted for and, when found, deliv
ing their certified checks for back p'
He also writes that he expects to p;
the German frontier and see Solneth1
of the occupied territory as soon as
expected passport arrives.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
RETROSPECTIVE
Fifty Years Ago.

The Banner of Feb. 20. Observation-Disclosures
Married. on the 18th instant, by
Thomas Applewhite, Justice Of the
Peace. at the residence Of his father.
Nathan Holly, William H. H. Holly to,
Miss Mary f. Hodges
All the above mentioned are dead.
Mrs. +. X. Hodges, of Cotton Valley. is
a surviving daughter of Mr.. Apple
white. Nathan Holly has one suryiv-
ing daughter. Mrs. l.. r. Bumgardner.
who resides somes miles east Of Ben
ton--near Linton.
The carpethag legislature OF Ala
hama, in order to allow its members to
marry their equals. has repealed all
laws preventing the intermarriage OF
blacks and whites. We pity the poor
colore,l girls, many of whom will dis
grace themselves and their families by
marrying these white-skinned vaga-
IondS'
Those are bitter words, even for re-
construction days: but they were said
in times that tried mems souls. The
South got no generous terms of peace
but ten years Of radical carpetbag per
secution. 1t could not be called gov
crnment. Organized plumber might be
| a good name for it. No OppOrtunit!
was overlooked for insulting the South
already Inundated in the dust of de
feat and poverty.
Two professional cards read: +. F
Fort. Attorney ut Law, Bellevue. Bos
Sier Parish. Louisiana. IT. Nj. Fort
ATTORNEY and Counsellor at Law. Belle
vue. BoSSier Parish, Louisiana"
Ben and Tom Fort came to Bellevue
from Georgia about 1850. The forme
taught school ut Rocky Mount Il tn
Bellevue until five or six jearS befOr
the Civil War. when he began the prat
tice of law. He was a captain in til
Confederate Army. and Parish Judg
after the war. He died in Bellevu
during the early SOS. Mrs. Eudoci
Kelly. of Shreveport. and Mrs. {. {
GAYLE, of Benton. are his daughter
One son, Mr.. Homer Fort. lives In Cal
fornia. Another daughter. Mrs. Grittil
also survives him. Tom Forts h1StOr
was that of lawyer and Confederat
: soldier. Some years following the wa
he removed to Minden. He has SUI
viving widow (residing in that place
and perhaps eight living children. b'
none in BosSier Parish. He died
AIinden some fifteen years ago.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20

IL.
There was Il notice of the death Of
Mrs. A. s. Dale, daughter Of Mr.. Vic
tor GroSjean, editor and published of
the Shreveport Caucasian. Mrs. Dale
had taught in the Benton School two
years with her husband.
"A light SNOW fell here nearly all
day Monday. During the day it was
very cold. but each succeeding day has
been little warmer and it is pleasant
to-day. hut cloudy and windy. During
the cold spell the temperature dropped
down to twenty degrees above zero"
MIR. f. T. Whited and family. of
| Alden Bridge. moved last week to
Shreveport. which place they will make
their future home. They have been res
idents of our parish for number of
years. have made many lasting friends
here and the regret is general that they
have gone elsewhere to live"
DIR. J. l.. Scales. Of Alden Bridge.
expects to leave soon for London, Eng
land, where he will make Il special
study of diseases Of the eye, ear. nose
and throat
Dr. Scales took his postgraduate
course in England accordingly. and has
for several years been practicing as a
specialist in Shreveport
Miss Maggie Campbell and Mr.. C.
G. Brandenhurg. both of Alden Bridge
were united in marriage ut that place
Yesterday evening ut $50 o'clock. Rev
J. \. Parker. Of this place. performing
the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brandenburg have fol
some years past been among the repre-
, sentative residents Of the Ivan com
| munitV
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
No More Dingy
Country Stores

1t will not lie long before the dingy
country store will be il thing Of the
past DelcO-Light is changing all
this. Any country store may now he
as bright as its brightest city COM
petitor.
You country store keepers. do you re
alize what Il great business asset
good light is?
IL you would like to see how Delco-
Light will brighten UP your store let
us know and we will show you any
evening you say.
L. C. DAVIS, Dealer
2lS Texas Street. Shreveport
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
$40 Reward

Will be- paid for the return to me- or infor-
nation leading to the recovery OF small
doyc-coiurcd mare MULE. about seven OF
eight years old name and tail need roacn-
i'm" no brands remembered: right front
hoof worn blunt left hind hoof rather nat.
J3-tfI JACK GiLLIARD. Benton. La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
Both Of One Thought.

He was looking for Il chance to pop
the question. and the girl was not
averse. Did you pay my little brother
to remain out of the parlor: she
asked.
Yes: hope | was not presun.ihg.
You were not. But if you paid him.
| won't" There engaged now.-LOHis-
ellie COHrier-JOufndl.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20

The people who are trying to get the
remaining cotton of the 1918 crop for
less than it cost to make It seem 70
have forgotten the story about killing
the goose that lays the golden egg. But
the cotton growers are planning to re-
duce the size Of the egg and save the
goose too.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
Reward!

\ reward of Sla will be paid for the return
10 me or for information leading to the re-
toycrv cf Il Carl; brown horse MI LIZ. Wlfr
cut on right front foot. weight about soo
puGn,'S: lung. husky TAIL Address, bo1
1u2. Route |. llau.hton, La.
l5IoI RNER SMITH.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
AGENT Wanted

We will pay straight salary of $50 per
wcrS fe" Il man woman with rig 10 IN
trctuce rrEEKA POULTRY MIXTURE. SlX
months contract. - Eureka Manufacturing
Company East ST. Louis. Ills. lt-2-pI
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20

A paragraph from the HaughtOn re-
port read: THE exodus of negroes is
not vet over A carload left last week
and it is said that others will leave
soon"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
For Pcnt

\ hyc-room house. with two closets and
PANTRY. located in the residence district of
E,rtcn: in ;sosl Spndition: good barn ::
unc,r-ground1 Acrnxnm wsp: good store
roop, and chil3cn house p acres Of till
able able land, and fine syR. newly fenced.
Address. Benton. LII. bute :.
JS.a-pl J. IL. BELCHEI.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
Thirty Years Ago.

The Ranner of Feb, II, 1SS9-Bellcvue.l
1T is with no ordinary feeling OF
sadness that we are now called upon
to announce the death of Mrs. Anne
Smith. wife of Mr.. Micheal Smith,
which occurred at her late residence
in bellevue last Friday night. Februa-
~ II. 1850. aged seventy-two years.
one month and twenty eight days. Mrs.
Smith was horn in County Meath, Ire
land. whence she moved during 1910 to
BosSier Parish. where she has since
lived until her death"
The foregoing is an extract from a
very sincere tribute to the mother of
Mr.. JoanneS Smith and Misses Mary
and Rosa Smith. long residents OF
Bellevue and Benton. Their father died
during 1897.
\ professional card read: j. A.
Snider. Attorney at Law. Bellevue. La.
| Office adjoining Banner Office
Any one who might be at all inter
ested in this column will. of course. re.
member Col. Snider He was u very
rena rkahle man who held the Interest
of the people of the parish for man!
years and the love and esteem Of no,
IA few friends He was Il lawyer OF eN
ceptional ability. Col Snider came t
Bellevue from Virginia before the Civi
War and died there some ten years
ago. He has three SONS now living
DR.. ]. Ross Snider. of Bellevue; MIR
Thornton H. Snider, Of this state, ant
Mr.. Lucien c. Snider. of Iowa. Mrs
Clara Connell. of Cedar Grove Is
daughter.
The immigration Convention he'll
in RuSton last Monday and Tuesdil
was IL success 4 number of able nc
dresses were delivered. This paris
was represented by Maj. Il. +. Wycht
Capt. w. J. Hughes. Capt, w. {. Nanc
and \. ]. Murff, Esq. The followin
complimentary notice of our talente
friend \. J. Murff. Esq, is from tn
Shreveport Times: Hon. 4. J. Murf
of Bossier. read IL paper which con
manded general attention In ii cle;'
and interesting manner he gave
pleasing review Of the possibilities {
BoSsier, one of the parishes in Nortl
ern Louisiana having vast resources
D minerals. timber and agriculture. Il
t is IA ready speaker and has pleasil
+ delivery"
e Judge Murff has been several tim
alluded to in this department as print
!" pal Of the school at old Bellevue. III
!. allusion of the Times to his ability III
3 been justified by the progress he u
made in his profession of law-i pr
fession for which he prepared himst
, while teaching at Bellevue
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
To the Ladies

/ have taken the agency for the SPIREL4I.A
CORSETS. Should YOU want anything in
this line before / see you, write to me.
Address. Plain Dealing, La.
TaS-tfl Mrs. ]. PERRY.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
Cypress Shingles

Any quantity of good Cypress Shingles for
grades l. = and :: Write for prices.
Address me At BENTON. w. Il. IvEy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
Ten Years AGO.

rh, Banner of Feb. Is, 19O9-Benton.l
Born last Friday to Mr.. and Mrs.
W. L. ShenkS. Of MOntrose. glrl.
-. Porn one day last week to Mr.. and
Mrs. c. G. Hathaway. of Alden Bridge.
Il fine boy
The following paragraph is from the
Plain Dealing correspondence: Let
ters from some of our North BOssier
people who have recently moved West
state their Willingness to return to
Gods country They say wood Is
worth a dollar bushel.' many other
things in proportion. and that the al
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20

Turing promises of quickly made for
tunes are just beyond"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20

Miss Matte Montgomery, of Shreve-
mort. is spending the week in Benton
as Il guest at the home of her brother.
MIR. J. III. Montgomery.
The Brinkley argus., 1919-11-27
RIDING IN AlRsHIPs

The pretty sunshiney wealth CT brought out birds of various feathers in Brinkley and among them were bird men" from both Park and Ebbert's Field. Lieut.. Gilbert of Ebbert's S was here Sunday and did some dar- ing flying over the city, Albert Rusher taking the thrills with him. Lieut.. c. returned to Eb- bert's accompanied by Court Stenographer Joe Melton. They flew back via Clarendon, Stutt- gart, DeValls Bluff and were in the air 90 minutes
 Quite few Briakleyites patronized the lair joy riding machine" here Monday, among them Jim Goodsou the Stock Man and the Mo. P. Agent, F.. A. Grantham.
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CIRCUIT COURT
 NOW GOING
A New Judge on the BencI1--. Judge Haynie of Prescott Tries his Hand at the Monroe County Mill of Justice. 1o Negroes
 and 1 White Man
 in Jail Opening
 Day.

All roads led to Clarendon on Monday morning. It was the Fall term of the Monroe Circuit Court and Judge Hay nie of Prescott, who has ex- changed benches with Judge Clark, opened the Court.
 Clerk T. L. Graham and his deputy, c. J. Plumlee. re- corded the proceedings of Court while Sheriff T. T. Ma lone and his deputy, Henry Reid, looked after the ma chinely of the Court-in get ting things working. A rather unusual proceeding which some of the old Court at tendants commented on was the novelty of seeing all the prisoners in jail brought out to attend the opening. There were 19 negroes and just one white man in the motley look ing crew Of poor u1iiortW4ates in the Jail bunch.
 Judge Haynie was clever and accommodating in letting off nearly all of the fellows who asked to be excused from jury service.
 Judge Haynie gave a lengthy and complete charge to the Grand Jury going over matters from A. to E., which was rather an unusual course il. the Monroe Circuit Courts.
 Up until this Thanksgiving morning there had been no civil cases tried and but few of any kind.
 The Grand Jury adjourned last night after having return ed 27 bills for felony and z hills for misdepeanors. They examined 67 WneSses. A. J. Jefferies was foreman and Ike Bondi clerk of the Jury.
 Harrison Austin and Henry Phillips got s scars each in pen for the rece t Bondi store robbery.
 Several cases were dis missed, among them the A. C. Mcclure case.
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w. Thomas; Marshall, to be supplied; McCrae, J. M. Hughes; North Little Rock First Church, F. A. Lark; Gard ner Memorial, c. F. lively, East End, J. w. Kitchener, supply; Pangburn Circuit, Geo. P. Fixes; Searcy, First Church, T. Y. Ramsey, J. H. Dye, su- pernumerary; Searcy Circuit. c! J. Wade; Weldon and Tupelo, H. H. Hunt; Transferred to other conferences: J. K. Paris West Oklahoma; Ashley C.. Chappell, West Oklahoma J. F. E. Bates, Western North Carolina; w. T. Wilkinson, Lit tie Rock; OTin l.. Cole, Little Rock; c. M. Reeves, Little Rock; H. P. Clark, Virginia.
The Brinkley argus., 1919-11-27
MRS. NELLIE WALKER
 KOHNMANN DEAD

News was received in Brink ley Tuesday of the death of Mrs. w. H. Kohnmann in Mem phis on Monday. Mrs. K. will be remembered by many old time Brinkleyites as Nellie Walker, a bright and glad some little sunshiney girl of Brlnkley many years ago With her mother and family she moved to Memphis, where she grew into Womanhood and married, her husband being 8 highly esteemed and valued employee of the !. c. By. sys- tenn.
 About two years ago Mrs. K. was taken with tuberculO- sis and since that time has lived in Colorado hoping for a recovery. Some two weeks ago the Denver doctors ad- vised her to return home, her death being inevitable.
 The writer and other Brink leyites knew the deceased as Little Sunshine Nellie. She was a member of the Brinkley Presbyterian Church and Sun day School and was loyal in her membership.
 The burial was in Memphis Tuesday.
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CAUGHT MAKING
 BOOZE IN BRINKLEY
Wild Cat Still and Moonshiner Caught in Act Arrested and Makes His Escape.
 Still in Jail.

Locked securely in the Brinkley bastile is the lone some mother of white mule" a real wild cat whiskey still captured yesterday afternoon by City Marshal J. W. Hagood and Special Officer Nevil Pinkley, after a rather eNcit- ing break in at Homer Jenkins negro restaurant, on East Cy- press street.
 Officer Hagood tells of his experience as follows:
 Officer Pinkley and I went to Jenkins place and he had both the front and back doors lock- ed. I insisted on his opening up and he kept putting me off
 q could hear something go- ing on, so I kicked in the back door and we found Homer in the house and found the captured still with the steam ing stuff in evidence. aud sboW- ing that efforts had been made to dismantle and demolish it. l left a man in charge of the still and started with Jenkins to the jail. When he got to Buffers Meat Market he pull ed in there, saying that he had some keys to leave there. He made for the back door and pulled the door closed after him, making his escape
 Jenkins received several whacks over the head from Hagood's and PinlSley's pis- tols.
 Jenkins is ssill at large, and the still is still il jail.
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FORMER BRlNKLEY MAN
 KILLED IN PISTOL DUEL

On Monday at Lexington, Miss, Harry Goldberg former Iy of this cisy was killed in a fistol duel s3itta Paul Stern, D: opiieto.- of the Arlington Hotel at Lexington.
 The trage Y was brought f,' tut by a di:n'ltt over a case Of canned :;o'p The shoot ing was quick as a flash and the newspaper report says no one can say who fired the first shot.
 Stein is said to have receiv- ed from Goldberg's pistol a serious wound in the stomach.
 The deceased was born and raised in Brinkley and was the only brother of MT. A. Gold- berg of this city.
 The burial was in Memphis yesterday, MT. and Mrs. A. Goldberg attending.
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FARMERS GIN BURNS

Tuesday morning about 1 o'clock the fire alarm signalled the burning of the Farmers Gin in East Brinkley.
 The gin proper ss a total loss tho the seed 5oase, office and scales were saved.
 The company carried $S,000 insurance in the Monroe Coun- ty Bank Agency. Loss is prob ably $10,000 or more.
 Origin of fire unknown.
The Brinkley argus., 1919-11-27

The Xmas Novelty Sale which will be conducted by the Womans Bible Club of the First Presbyterian Church, will open Wednesday morning, Dec 3rd, at o'clock, in the win dows of COOKS NEW BAK- FRY. Come early and get vour pick of nice Xmas arti- cl-s.