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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31

did after service talk on Thursday even
ing. The closing banquet by the choir
was great. DR.. Sydnor was presented
$50. He with Mrs. Selby johnson OF
this city and Mrs. Jno. Bailey of Ar
gyle, Iowa, were guests of honor. Able
speeches were made by Deacon Smith in
behalf of the church, Mrs. Carrie Smith
in behalf of the choir, Dr.. T. 81. Phillips
in behalf Of the citizens, Rev. Moore
along general lines. The guests Of
honor responded.
BETHEL A. M. T..
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Wilson have re-
ceived word that their son, Private
Royal Wilson, has arrived in New York
from overseas.
The Sewing Circle will give an enter,
tainment at the parsonage Friday, Janu-
airy 81. All are cordially invited to at
tend.
Mrs. Chas. Buckner accompanied her
daughters, Mrs. Arthur Holt and Miss
Alice Buckner, to Kansas City last
week.
The Sunshine Club held meeting
Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs.
VIM. Bland on Franklin ST.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Fox will enter
tain the Carnation Club at their home
on Morgan street, Feb. 4.
An entertainment will be given Feb.
20 at Bethel A. NJ. E. by the Sunshine
Club. Everyone come out and help the
Sunshine. .a
The membership of the Sunday school
is increasing every Sunday. We have
passed the 60 mark and now we are
striving for a membership Of IS and II
each one will bring his best friend we
can soon reach 100.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Bland expect to
leave soon for Des MONIES.
The Peoples Institute Band, the big
gest and best uniformed Negro band in
the state, expect to give concert soon.
If you think this isn't the best band,
come and hear it. The date of the con-
cert will be announced later. .s.
The Self Culture Club met with Miss
Artishia Fields Friday. The next meet
ing will be held Feb. 10 at the home of
Mrs. Fl. T. Craig. e>..
Mrs. Alfred Triplett has been on the
SICK lSC luz d Lew uayS.
Rev. and Mrs. Starks have purchased
a home on Morgan street and they ex-
pect to take possession in few months.
The Stewardess Board met with Mrs.
Minnie Taylor Thursday evening. g..
Mr.. w. A. Frye, Morgan St., has been
confined to his home for the past few
days. Ptomaine poisoning was the
cause of his illness.
= Mrs. Edna White and baby Of Hamil-
ton, ILL.,, are the guests of her father
and sisters, Mrs. John Roach and the
Misses Roach.
Mrs. Minnie Gaylor, Morgan st., en-
tertained the Sewing Circle. A deli
cious two course lunch was served.
The vested choir Of sixteen with Miss
Marjorie Tonnes is progressing nicely.
Mr.. Ambrosh Walkers eldest daugh-
ter was operated upon for appendicitis.
She is improving rapidly.
Mrs. Titus of Chicago is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Mollie Singleton.
Mrs. Armstrong, Franklin ST., and
Mrs. Mayme Smith, Morgan ST., are on
the sick list. ~ g..
Mr.. Harvey Toomes was cranking his
car and fractured dthe bone in his arm.
The Alumni will give program Sun
day, Feb. 2, at the A. M. E. Sunday,
school.
Mr.. johnson Of Des Moines visited his
daughter, Mrs. Martha Owens. He
worshipped at Bethel.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31

! rhoro'o q Difference.
An epigrammatist says q classics
education n for conversation and the
other kind for use.-Pittsburgh Die
patch.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19
Secret of Spiders Walk.

The way spide: moves its eight
legs in walking is interestingly de-
scribed by science authority. In or.
der to observe this movement ut his
lcisurc-for it is usually too rapid to
be followed by the human eye-he
tired the spiders by making them swim
and then let them walk slowly over q
smooth surface. In this way he dis
covered: l. The longest legs, those OF
the first and fourth pairs, move along
lines of their own directions by yer.
lical bentling Of the joints; the short
er legs Of the second and third pairs
move forward by rotation from the
coxae (the joints connecting legs with
the body)-at right angles to their own
directions. 2. First near leg moves
with third off leg; (a) second near leg
moves with third off leg; (b) third
near leg moves with second of leg
(c) fourth near leg moves with first
OFF leg; (d). 3. Walking consists OF
GAY and .(c) simultaneously, followed
by (b) end (d) simultaneously.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT!
SHERIFE"S SALE.

X. II. Miller Us. Il. f.. IdnarsdeH. VI
.}Ii7. IN the Second District CoasI
Parish Of Webster, Louisiana.
BY virtue Of writ of seizure and MD
issued i'm the above entitled suit, as|
to me directed. | have seized, and va
proceed to sell at public auction
the last and highest bidder. at "
front door of the Court House. in Y
town of Benton, La. Oh SaturdaI
June -. 1919, the following descrhl
property. to-wit:
One saw mill and appurtenant
thereunto or in any wise appertainii
and belonging. Also. one log wac:
and one SutdeEaker automobile.
Terms Of Sale - Cash. without 4
Lcnetit Of appraiSement, to pay a
satisfy the sum of $3.50. less a CRED
of $50. as follows: Seven notes
$50 each, with ) per cent per anH'1
interest from November Is, 1913, y
one note for $3.50, with interest al
per cent per annum from June
1917. and one note for $50, with \
cent per annum interest from Septp1
Ter -, 1917. and one note for vi
with $ per cent per annum inter-
from January /. 1917. and one note
$3.50, with $ yer cent per annun
tereSt from June ;. 1916. less a eye31
Of $3.50. paid December 5. 1915. and
per cent as attorneys fees on y
principal and interest. and all otDa
costs. J. +. EDwAIDs.
Sheriff, Bossier Parish, I4ouiaaI'
May -, 1919. ljune 26l
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19
PINES FOR OLDTlME ORATORY
Writer Declares That Modern Speak
ers Fail to Satisfy Our Long,
ing for Language.

What has become of the Old-fashiOn-
ed orator, the old boy who made the
well known welkin ring? Modern
speakers don't satisfy our longing for
language. We remember ut least three
orators of the old school. One Of
them, at funeral Grafton, spoke OF
youth and age. Said he: "Springtime's
brightest green must fade and pass
away to be replaced by drear Decem-
ber's somber hues."
Another, telling of a visit he had
made to the place of his birth and boy
hood, told of looking into spring
around which he had played as child.
He said: "Whcn last looked into its
nirrored beauty l beheld the smiling
face of happy hoy crowned with a
mass Of golden hair. Now I behold a
broken old man, hating down the
western hill of time, and on his brow
there is the snow which no summers
sun can ever melt"
The third Of our favorite orators
said: Il have seen fragrant flowers in
the hands of blushing beauty. l have
gazed upon the lovelincss of dew-kiss'
cd viOlets rivaling with their modesty
the majesty Of lilies of the valley.
have seen gorgeous roses lending bril-
lance to sparkling eyes. But. gentle.
men, the most beautiful bouquet that
ever burst into bloom before my en-
raptured eyes was-a royal fluSh."-
Dallas Pitchfork.
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EnSIhMS FOND OF SHERBET
..:ueh Time Is Devoted to Preparation
of Beverage, Of Which There Are
Many Varieties.

The great beverage in Persia is
and of which there are many varieties
from the bowl of water with q
squeeze of lemon to the clear concen-
trated juice Of any sort Of fruit to
which water is added to dilute it.
The preparation Of sherbet, which Is
done with greatest care. is very inn
portant point in SO thirsty country
us Persia, and one to which much time
is devoted. 1t may be either expressed
from the Juice Of fruit freshly gath
cred or from the preserved extract Of
pOmegranateS, cherries or lemons,
mixed with sugar and submitted TO a
certain degree Of heat to preserve
1t for winter consumption.
Another sherbet much drunk is
called guzangebben it is made from
the honey of the talnarnsk tree. This
honey is not the work of the bee, but
the product of a small insect or worm
living in vast numbers under the leaves
of the shrub. During the months OF
August and September the insect is
collected and the honey is preserved
When used for shcrbet it is mixed with
vinegar and, although not so delicious
as that made from fruit, it makes an
excellent temperance beverage. Only
among the rich and fashionable are
glasses used; in all other cases sher'
bet is served In china bowls and drunk
from deep wooden spoons carved in
pearwOOd.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19
EDUCATION OF THE STREETS
Children With Poor Environments
Stand Low in Higher Forms Of In
telIigenee, Tests Show.

It Is q common belief that the chill
dren Of the poorer classes In large cit
les acquire certain amount of valua-
Bile education by running the streets.
Actual tests usually indicate, however,
says the Journal of Hcredity, that such
children stand very low in all the high
er forms of intelligence, and this might
have been suspected from an examina-
ton Of the environment in which they
are brought up. Association with old
er people is one Of the most important
factors in a child's education; but in
the poorer classes the dwellings are
so small that child must spend most
of his waking hours outside, and no
where does he come in close contact
with many older persons Of ability.
No matter how much one may adj
mire the development Of modern indus
trial society, he can hardly believe that
it offers q full and rich environ
ment in which a child may unfold"
If child had inherited ability (and
many Of the children who roam. the
streets have not) it could hardly be
called into full play by the stimulus
Of modern city street which. COM
pared with the country, offers little
for child to do Much has been said
Of the evils Of child labor, but under
modern city conditions 1t Is conceiva.
bic that child idleness may sometimes
be equally injurious.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19
The Labor Situation.

From Sundays Shreveport Cducdsidn.l
rehabilitation has not created the
surplus of labor some looked for. In
stead Of idle men and breadlines in the
cities. we have industries crippled by
lack of men. while there is a dearth of
help on the farms.
The explanation of the shortage is
plain. But for the war. immigration
would have continued during the past
five years. whereas it was completely
stopped. Since the war there has been
a steady flow Of men and women to
their old homes i'll the old world,
tempted by alluring reports Of repub-
lican freedom and the opportunity to
live on the fat of ex-royalty's lands.
1t Is from these two causes that an
agent of the War Department recently
deduced that the United States to-day
is short 7.OOO.NO lahorers compared
with the number we should have had
to-day if the Hal,sburgs and Hohen
zollerns had not decided the time had
come to fight.
Summarizing information from man!
quarters. the Manufacturers RctDra
predicts that. serious as the shortage
is now. by next summer it will he Sc
great that business men and farmers
will be Scrambling for men.
How to meet the problem is puzzlin:
many who give it thought. One way t.
ease it. the Record thinks. is by utiliz
ing everywhere possible labor-savins
machinery. 1t would apply electric
| equipment to much Of our household
work and it is sure that work on thu
farm and in the factory offers Ill
almost endless field for labor savin:
equipment to supplant or supplement
muscle power.
But even labor-saving machinery
widely employed. will not offer com
| plete relief. and what the countr.
must make up it's mind to face is tw'
or three years Of Inadequate labor sup
plies. until general REIMBURSEMENT la
| been effected.
Meantime the labor shortage is III
argument in favor of letting down tn
bars against immigration. The recen
war demonstrated that we had let int
the country great deal of unassimi
liable foreign population. We want III
more of the same stripe: and, indeed
we shall be better off if we restrict al
immigration until American condition
again become normaliZed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19
TUTORS SALE.

THtorship Ut the Minor Claude $. Nor
gan. 10. 1880. IN First District
court. CdddO Parish, Louisiana.
BY virtue Of an order Of sale to me di-
rected from the Honorable District
Court in and for the Parish of Caddo.
Louisiana. ! will, on Saturday. July 70.
1919, at the Court House, in the town
Of Benton. La. within the legal hours
for Sales proceed to sell at public auc-
ton. to the last and highest bidder. the
following described property. to-wit:
Lots 10. II and II of block Xxx of
the Cumberland Subdivision, situated
in part of section -, township Is.
range Is, Bossier Parish Louisiana, as
per map Of said subdivision made by
Coluuitt and Mccormick. said lots sit
uated in Bossier City, Rossier Parish.
Louisiana. together with all buildings
and improvements thereon.
Terms Of Sale 80 Cash. for not less
than $14OO. its appraised value. paya-
lie at least one-half cash. and the bal
ance on terms Of credit. secured by
vendors lien and privilege notes
against said described property.
]. +. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and cr-o1fcio Auctioneer fol
Bossier Parish. louisiana.
June 10. 1919. July 24l
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SHERIFF"S SALE.

Stccrc- Home Construction COmpdny Us.
J. J. Price. No. 1927. IN Second
District court, Parish Of BOssicr.
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 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, July 70.
1919. the following described property.
tO-wit:
The northeast quarter of northeast
quarter of section 20. township 10.
north, range TO- west, BoSSier Parish.
Louisiana. containing 10 acres more
or less. together with the improvements
thereon.
Terms of Sale - Cash, without the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and
satisfy the sum of $:3334, together
with s per cent Fer annum interest
thereon from February $. 1913. until
paid. interest payable annually. 0 Il
terms as follows: For cash, to pay
and satisfy one note for S26667. due
and payable February s, 1919. with :
per cent per annum interest thereon
from February $, 1918, until paid, i'll
terest- payable annually. and the fur
Their claim for interest at s per cent
for one year on Il note for S2ti661. due
February =. 1920. and on terms OF
credit sufficient to meet and pay note
| for S2G667. due February $. 1920, to.
gether with $ per cent per annum i'll
| terest from February =, 1910. and all
costs of suit, including 10 per cent or
| said sum and interest as attorneys
| fees. III Enw.pns
Sheriff. Bossier Parish. Louisiana
! June ID, 1919. july 24]
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19
NEED OF 4 WAR HISTORY.

Forty-four parishes have been en-
rolled in the War Service Record Can
vass. by means of which each parish
can preserve for poSterity the war
records of her soldiers and sailors who
so valiantly offered their services and
lives as champions of liberty and Chris
tan democracy in the recent terrible
conflict in Europe" Gov. Pleasant.
cy-ODfcio Chairman of the Louisiana
State Council of Defense. announced
Tuesday. in issuing Il general appeal
to the twenty delinquent parishes, out
of the sixty-four. to awaken to Il con-
seriousness of what the permanent pres
ervation Of such records will mean to
them and to the State of Louisiana.
BosSier Parish is one of the twenty
which have not undertaken the work
1t cannot he that the citizens Of this
parish are not proud Of what their
boys did in the war. They cannot help
but glory in the part which RoSSiel
boys played in the conflict, and they
will want the history of BosSiers part
in the war written in permanent rec
ords. The draft board record is moi
sufficient As Gov. Pleasant says:
by house-to-house canvass only
can perfect and complete records bt
secured The draft boards record mel
indicted into service. members of the
National Guard and a small per cent
of the volunteers: hut what of thu
Louisiana men who served in the Can
adam Army or in any army or nav!
Of the Allies. and of many former Lou
isiana men. who, having become resi-
dents of other states, enlisted there
| from. ;"
Nearly every parish in the state i:
compiling the record Of the part thei
Toys played in the war. Is ROssie
Parish going to do this? The Parisl
| Council of Defense should take TIN
matter up at once. and the Parisl
Chairman should Immediately perfec
an organization for the record canvass
Again quoting Gov. Pleasant:
| The record Of the manhood of Lou
iSiana in the war is ii glorious one ant
it will he blot upon the good name 0
any parish in the state not to supper
the work and in every way assist thi
| splendid patriotic movement
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19
Artists Who Are "PecuIior."

There are In this country number
Of men who sacrifice beauty of color
for popularity of cclor-to announce
to the world their individuality" that
they are here, on the map Of the earth.
writes +. w. Ruckstuhl in Art World.
They 60 either to the anemic and
blo0dless, or to the redhot and vulgar.
or to the neutral and leaden, or to the
shocking and caoplonic color-to Gre
ate notoriety bringing sensation. Be
cause they know that the newspaper
and magazine art writers-who need
one sensation per week-will advertise
their work and annex them as fruitful
sources Of mutual profit. Such vulgar
color mongers the iayman can ignore,
for their fate Is settled in advance.
They begin to pass into oblivion as
soon as they are born, like will O the
wisps. The very constitution Of the
human mind ard soul insures that.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19

Capt AIcock and Lieut.. Brown. Of
the British Army. have made the first
nonstop ;irplane flight across the At
lantic Ocean. They succeeded where
Harry Hawker failed. They are trying
to keep out Of the limelisht, while
Hawker sought it. Hawker was peev-
ed when the American airplane. the
NC4. made the first successful tril
across the sea. He must feel really
bad now that men of his own lmtiol
have succeeded where he failed. But
with his faults. the daring of the mai
must he admired. He made the first
attempt ut Il nonstop flight across the
ocean, and he came very near succeed
ing under adverse conditions.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19
RULE OF THUMB NAVIGATION
New England Sailors Stick to Sextant
and Care Little fer Newt angled
Nautical Instruments.

Edward /Hungerford, who made an
Investigation for Everybody's to find
out where the men are coming from
for our new merchant marine, relates
some interesting incidents showing the
New England sailors independence of
new-fangled Eautical instruments. "Ask
them about navigation" he writes,
land they will bring out, with loving
care, the sextant that was fathers
or Uncle Jim's or, more likely, grand
fathers or one of the great-uncle's.
They viii point out the vernier scale
upon Its bright face and say to YOU
landlubber that you are:
"'She shoots the sun. With it we
get the latitude. A chart and the lati-
tude-a lead line and jedgement-jedg-
ment count5-and we can get anywhere
between the Bermudas and Green
land?'
"'TIow about the longitudeT you
venture.
"'You certainly are landlubber
The salt lets you know that, with a
single glance Then he shows com
passion and relates an anecdote:
"There was fellow sailing out OF
Gloucester and someone gave him /;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the instrument thu
scientific fellows get the longitude
with. They explained it to him, an
for three days he sailed by it-Got
knows where to. Then the dinget
thing busts an he comes back to til,
sextant an gets to the banks only ,
little behind the rest of the fleet. Blu
If that chronometer hadn't busted, b,
Judas Priest, stranger, he might hav'
hit over in Portugal somewhere
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19

There is little real doubt that Ger
many will sign the treaty. There is
nothing else left for her to do. The
hluster and bluff which the Hun poll
ticians have been employing in their
futile efforts to get better terms
amount to nothing. Blutling is Il char
acteristic. of the Huns makeup and
they employ it at every opportunity
The world is wise to their tricks and
hereafter they will be unable to make
much Roadway by blutting. If they
have amy wisdom left they will sign
the treaty.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19

News dispatches state that Holland
has notified the Peace Conference that
she will not participate in the blockade
should Germany refuse to sign the
peace treaty. The Netherlands is Sc
Letting a rough road to travel. With
out the imports which they get from
France. Great Britain and the United
States they cannot exist for any long
time. They will quickly be brought to
time. should the Huns fail to sign.
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STRAY SALE.

EsTgAYED before L. w. Hutchings, JUS
tice Of the Peace. Bossier City, Rossier
Parish. Louisiana, by J. NJ. Durham,
Of Allendale. La. one black HEIFER.
about two years old, with warts on
right side of neck, branded ID" on
right hip. marked with what is appar-
emily crop and split in left ear and
underslope in right ear: estrayed on
his premises. and if the owner shall
not come forward, prove property, pay
costs. and take charge Of said animal.
| shall, at II am. on Saturday the
Dist day Of June, 1919. at the front
gate of said Justice, proceed to sell
said animal to the highest bidder.
CHAs. SMITH. Constable,
Ward Two. Bossier Parish, Louisiana
May Il, 1919. Ijune 19l
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STRAY SALE.

EsTRAYED before Raiford kilgore. y
tice of the Peace, Ward Four, B0s
Parish, Louisiana, by Q. {. Cason.
pale red COW, looks to be four OF
years old. marked under-lalfcrop
left ear and swallowfork and under
III right ear.
The owner is requested to come
ward. prove property, pay charges. =
or said animal will be sold. accord
to law. at the residence of .. G. Gag
within the legal hours Of sale, on
urday, July II, 1919.
LUTHER +. CoILE. ConstabF
June ;, 1919. ljuly 10I
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II been in the service of his
NJ Government for Il year or
more received his discharge
k0 and returned home. II Is
mother met him ut the train
and. of course. was outSpoken in her
joy ut having lnm home again. She
laughed and she wept i'll turn, she was
so happy. And there. in the presence
of several onlookerS. she looked ut his
uniform and said: =" want YOU to get
that old suit off right away. and l
don't ever want YOU to put it on again.
l will cut it up. will tear 1t into rags
before | will ever let you wear 1t any
more" God pity America. if that is tue
way the mothers of to-day look upon
the service which their boys gave to
their country The uniform is SYM
Eolic Of the work which they did and
the sacrifices which the lads In the
Army and the Navy made. that I'ruS-
SianiSm should not triumph over the
world and bring misery even to our
own land. The uniform is what our
boyS-now mel-fought in and died ill.,
and where should it he held in the
highest respect if not by the mothers
of America: Surely this good woman
who was 50 glad to see her boy, must
be as proud Of his record as are the
many other Bossier Parish mothers
when they think of the records Their
SONS have made. SO the natural in
ference is that she spoke hastily in thu
moment Of her exultation. and thai
she is. in truth. only one of many wht
would willingly see her boy again q
forth under the Stars and Stripes t,
do battle for his country.