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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-06
A Handsome Gift.

Rev. T. J. Holiday was called to the
telephone one cold and windy day last
week. The voice over the phone said
he was asked to call at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ID. HerndOn and there
was Il surprise for him." And there
was. for Mrs. Herndon presented him
with $tD-bvercoat-the gift of some
Of his friends In Plain Dealing. Mr..
Holiday requests the Banner to re-
turn thanks IN his name to such friends
as were concerned in the gift. He il
very appreciative Of thir kindness.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-06
Allowances for Losses.

Losses sustained in 1918 and not COW
cred by insurance are deductible items
II incurred in the taxpayers business
or trade, In any transaction under
taken for profit, or arising from fire,
storm, shipwreck or other casualty, or
from theft.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-06
FOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Mr.. c. l.. peAio>~ went to Shreveport
s, lrsinesS Tuesday.
AIRS Lula Mc';regor visited friends
!, Shreveport Sunday.
ur :. J. Caldwell was Il business
,;sitor to Benton Tuesday.
Miss Minnie Hoo!ey. OF Bradley. Ark.
,,,ent last week Wit! Miss jamie Bailey.
Ar u. G. Steel came in Tuesday
f,ou, Oil City to visit with his family
far day OF 50.
Mr.. NJ $. Eolinser went to Lewis
lilo Ark, Monday to attend to bust
,,ess. matters connected with his firms
interests there.
Mrs. Drew Hudson. daughter of Mr..
nd Mrs. John Keeth. of near Plain
mailing. was taken to IL Shreveport
san;tarium one da! last week.
Mrs Lula Met lena ghan of Shreve-
,.rt came to Plain Dealing last Fri
day and visited with friends and rela-
t,ros until the middle of this week.
Miss Lillian Smith, il member of the
f,culty Of cur school. has been ill this
,oek and Miss Blanco Garrett has
loon teaching the sixth and seventh
GRADES in her stead
Mrs W. H. Martin went to Shreve-
rort Sunday to spend two days as Il
suest of Mrs Paul Allen. She was ac-
con,panied hy her little daughter, Jean.
rbey returned home Tuesday.
Mr.. ]. X. Honeycutt. who has been
IN the oil fields near Gillian for the
mast SIX months. spent last Saturday
.ud Sunday in Plain Dealing ell route
d the Homer oil field. where he will lie
With Mr. Beninger.
Mr.. Calvin Hudson. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs ]. f. Hudson. came i'll "Wednesday
If last week from Camp Beauregard.
He has his honorable discharge and Is
at home for good. Mr.. Roy Norris, son
~ Mr.. and Mrs ID. ID. Norris. is also
At home with an honorable discharge
from the same camp These two faml'
lies reside some miles east.
There was good time--a successful
rall-at pexter'S Hall Friday night OF
last week. The band from Shreveport
arrived this time 1t was Il good lanC
aud filed the night with dance music
D Quite Il number of out-of-tOwn people
were In ATTENDANCE. The hall WAS full
n of young people. and everybody had !;
good time. The dance followed after
! the picture show ut the hall. The ball
room was decorated in red and white
crepe paper.
Mr.. Harvey Malone. son of Mr.. ant
Mrs. NJ &. Malone. who recently moved
10 Plain Dealing from the Alabama set
tlenlent. came in from overseas CD,
way of Camp Bowie TeXas) last Sat
urday morning He had his honorable
discharge mud is at home to stay. MI
Malone saw something of the big wal
having served throughout the grea
offensive with the American Exped
t0nary Army. He ate two Christina
dinners in France. so he was thei
more than year.
The merchants of Plain Dealing ar
distributing among the farmers u
bushels of Mebane Triumph cottO
need, The new seed are supposed
produce,a longer staple cotton OF niue
greater market value. and no doul
they are all right, hut even the be'
cotton seed in the world look doubtf'
t0peeple who are asked to sell the III:
crop for less than it cost to raise l
twill soon be settled how much cOtto
h going to be planted in this sectlol
i but the Indications now are that thel
i will be more than IL third lesS than WI;
Planted last year. according to currei
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-06

Mr. C. l.. peAio>S went to Shreveport
>, business Tuesday.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-06
bachelors of Plain Dealing: Fac

Bachelors of Plain Dealing: Each
of you who earns as much as SlOOO per
year owes the Government an income
tax. And you must make returns on
or before the 18th. Every married man
and his wife who together earn x2OOO
or more must also make returns be-
fore the date named. And remember.
Uncle sam is some particular about
dates
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-06
with the Peace Commission.

Mr.. and Mrs. III. G. Wyche, of Plain
Dealing, have received the following
most interesting letter from their son.
ThoS. l.. Wyche. with the American En-
peditionary Army in France:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31
HOW A SUCKER" WAS SAVED

A city man got a very glowing cir
cular from a Chicago development
company" offering him 10 acres of
land in Florida for the surprisingly
small sum of $780, peanut unit
the circular called. He could grow,
the circular said, a thousand bushel of
the peanuts-a11owing for low pr :es
at So a bushe1. The city man was
impressed; but sent the circular to
the United States Department of 4Ag-
riculture with query to whether
or not the inves tnent was good one.
Following are some sentences from
the letter he got in reply: ssThe lit. r
ature is of the kind designed to de-
ceive city people in the North and
West who do not know anything
about farming" 1.-THE average return
from 10 acres of peanuts would not
exceed $500 to $500" You could buy
a 1O0-acre farm in almost any Of the
counties of western Florida, including
the one mentioned in the circular, for
the price these people ask for 10
acres" 9'The whole unit system,
whether it is pecans, peaches, figs,
simply means of selling land at
! three to five times what it is worth to
ignorant or unwary small investors .
"To pay $4,000 for this 10 acres of
land would stamp you a sucker of
the rankest class" Cali this is with
out rejecting in any way on Florida
for it is a good State and lands are
comparatively cheap there
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31

These daylight savers who think
they can add another hour to the day
by getting up an hour earlier, com
mencing work an hour earlier and
quitting an hour earlier appear to US
to be in the same class as the fellow
who arose in a mass meeting, called
for the purpose of discussing the
question of installing an electric light
ing system in a certain town, and de-
clared vehemently that while other
towns only had twenty-four hour ser
vice that by the gods he wanted his
town to have thirty-six hour service.
-Hoxie Sentinel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31
NATION WIDE DRIVE TO I'M
PROVE ALL LIVE STOCK
United States Department of Agricul-
ture Announces Campaign to
Eliminate Scrub Sirs From
Stock Breeding

Better Sires-Better Stock This
is the slogan of a national better live
stock crusade, to get actively in mo-
ton October l. that is announced by
the United States Department of Ag-.
riculture, working in cooperation
with the State Agricultural Colleges
and other agencies interested in live
stock Improvement. The campaign
looks forward to the future needs of
this country's increasing population
and results from long and careful OBJ
servation of the livestock industry in
this country, and was planned after
extensive consultation with specialists
and breeders. The plan is to hasten
the replacement of the multitude of
scrub domestic animals in the United
States with pure bred or high grade
stock, and also to improve the quail
ity of pure bred themselves. The goal
in view is greater efficiency in pro-
duction.
The campaign will be the first or
ganized crusade in large country to
improve all live stock simultaneously.
It will interfere in no way with any
work in livestock Improvement now
being conducted, but makes all the
work more definite and effective by
providing official recognition for pro-
gres sive breeders.
The campaign will be supervised
from the Department of Agriculture in
Washington, and in each State of the
State Agricultural college. County
agents and other field workers of the
Department of Agricultural and of
the State colleges will handle the cam
paign locally. Every live stock owner
actively cooperating and keeping and
using none but pure-bred sires of
good quality will be given an emblem
as an official recognition of meritor-
ious effort.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31

However, most farmers are jus
like people. They Will sell their pro
ducts where they can get the highes
price for it and very few of them vii
grow sentim entail over it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31
HARVARD TO HAYS NORMAL

Hays, July 30.-President w. A.
Lewis of the FIT. Hays Normal has
officially announced the appointm ent
of Stewart Willie as professor of
piano and pipe organ. Mr.. Willie was
formerly special concert artist for
Harvard University. He studied un-
der Nine. Essipoff in Petrograd,
Swartz in Berlin, and Gerhard in Bos-
ton, He has toured the. United States
and Canada in several concert tours
and has been received everywhere as
pianist of the highest training. At
the Fort Hays Normal Mr.. Willie will
give lessons to advanced piano stud
ents and to those who desire special
instruction in studying brilliant tech
nique.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31
PAMPHLETS OF DIPTHER1A TIC
BE DISTRIBUTED SOON

The American Red Cross through
its Bureau of After Care, has arrang-
ed for the distribution of phamph1ets
on diptheria prepared by the United
States Public Health Service Methods
to be used in the prevention and cure
of the disease are explained in the
pamphlet and the danger of mistaking
it for other types of sore throat point
ed out Vaccination and early use of
anti toxin are urged Copies of the
pamphlet may be had on application
to the bureaus Office in the Depart
ment of Civilian Relief at Red Cross
Headquarters
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31

General Leonard Wood and Cove
nor Allen are to be at Hill City on
September LIST when there will be a
three thousand dollar rally pulled off
for the benefit of the returned soldiers
of Graham county.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31

Srayed Or Stolen-From NJ. place
near Jetmore, Kansas, three head of
three year old horse mules, two black
and one brown Notify John c. Cad
well, Hea1y, Kansas ADV. - At
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31
COMMENT

The Colby Tribune ought to enlarge
itself and give its readers more home
news and less plate matter Its pat
ronage deserves it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31
500 Reward. 500

The readers OF this paper win be
one dreaded disease that science has
Deen able to cure in all its stages ana
that IS catarrh-s Cafarrh being eresfIv
innuenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment HALLS
SaIarTn Aaeo1clne is taken Internally and
acIs thru the Blood the Mucous SUR
races OF the System thereby DESTROYING
p rnS Ioffndao1 OF the disease giving the
st1tut1on and ASSISTING nature IN doing its.
work The proprietors have SO much
< I'm n the curative powers of Halls
E5sTaTrn MedleIns that they ofrer One
TO cure Send for list of tesfinnoniaie-
SxAeooresS r. J. CHENEY q CO.. ToIe(ao.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31

Kansas now has a state teachers
Journal known as the Kansas School
Journal. It is published at 1 7peka
and S. w. McGarah is the editor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31

President Wilson says the treaty
and league of nations must be accept
ed without reservations or change
The senate says they shall not be &C
cepted without reservations or change
It win be interesting to watch the
contest to see which will come out
the victor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-31

Which reminds US that if the pro
visions of the treaty and the league
of NATIONS are no palmer than Presi-
dent Wilson's fourteen points were
they will at least need some explana-
tions if not reservations.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-26
CITY ELECTRIC SHOE SHOP
Phone 5G7
FREE CALL AND DELIVERY
BATCHS OLD STAND.

DR.. II. E. Nance (successor to DR..
J. f. Kraf) office will be closed until
about November Is. 1t will be remod-
eled and re-equpped with latest fur
nishings.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-10
XVI.
Futile Chase

1t was Sunday afternoon. and we
were in conclave in the Schuyler IL
brary. Fleming Stone was summing
up his results Of the past few days
and though it was evident he had
done all that eortal man could do.
yet he had no hint or clue as to where
Vicky. Van might be.
And. he held, that nothing else was
OF consequence compared to this
knowledge. She must be found, and
whether that could be done Quickly,
by search or by chance, or whether
It would take a long time Of waiting.
he could not say He felt sure, that
h must disclose herself. sooner or
later, but If not, and If their search
continued unavailing, then he held
out no hope for success.
It's a unique case" he said, Gin
my experiences. All depends on finding
that woman. If she is innocent, her.
self. she knows who did it. And, if she
is n guilty one, she.is clever enough
to remain hidden. It may be she is
miles away, out of the country, per-
haps. She has had ample time to
make arrangements to go abroad, or
to any distant place. Her guilt seems
to me probable, because she has liter
ally abandoned her house and her be-
Iongings. An innocent woman would
scarcely leave all those modern and
furnishings unless for some
very strong reason. But as to finding
her-a needle in a haystack presents
an easy problem by c%ontrast!"
Doubtless she is hiding in the
house of some friend" suggested
Ruth, thoughtfully. ut seems to me
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-10
WHAT N. D. SOCIALISM Is NOT

North Dakota has through the action of it's legislature
adopted Socialism as its policy. There are various def
nitions of Socialism and various brands Of it, but there
are many things which North Dakota Socialism is not. Z
North Dakota Socialism is not democracy. Democ-
racy is something which is based on the will and desire
Of the people at large. The work which has resulted in
the legislative action of this winter did not originate with
the people. 1t was formulated in the brains Of a few men,
and. by the use of unusual and skillful methods the people
were persuaded and bulned into taking the action which
made the formal adoption of the policy possible.
North Dakota Socialism is not justice. Justice means
equality in the treatment of individuals, and groups of
individuals. Our Socialism Tiscriminates between groups
and those in charge of it's operation have taken the posi-
ton that one group of our population is to be punished
by having its property interests destroyed.
North Dakota Socialism is not freedom. We hear a
great deal about freedom of action and freedom OF speech.
But there never was a more tyrannicaAA autocracy than
that which is now in charge of the government of North
Dakota.
North Dakota Socialism is not progress. Progress
involves building, creation. Our Socialism is destructive.
Carried to it's logical conclusion it will destroy not only
individual propertyA but individual effort, individual in
.itiative and individual character.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-10
on Of other divisions would ). i'm

pistsd that the creation Of other divisions would be inn-5
possible.
This last charge tends to discredit the entire ,criti-
cism. We may imagine selfish and ambitious men doing
many strange things. but it is unthinkable that onacers,
however selfish and ambitious. should deliberately plan
tho murder Of their forces in order that some political
policy Of their own might be carried out. On this point
it 10 charged by some who have replied to the Hughes
criticisms that Sir sam was resentful because his SON,
who held the ranks Of general, was not given an oppor-
tunity to head a new division overseas.
1t Is probable that, not alone among the Canadian
forces. but throughout all the armies. there were some
needless and costly stunts" The majority Of the junior
onlcers in the British and American forces were young
men whose only knowledge OF military matters had been
gained in a few months of training which they had re-
ceived on theft temporary abandonment Of civil life.
And in the European armies many Of the officers were
really civilians with but a little military training. And
it is quite likely, that in many cases the enthusiasm. both
Of these junior officers and the men under them, got the
better Of their discretion, and led to the taking Of need
less risks and the performance of feats Of useless and
unproductive valor. |
This spirit did not animate the higher command. 1t
was not the governing spirit Of Foch, Haig, or any of the
great commanders. When the armistice was under dis
cussion these men knew that the German military power
was on the verge Of collapse. They knew that with just
a little more fighting they could have smashed the Ger
man armies to fragments and marched into Germany
in triumph at the heels of a flying and scattered enemy.
The prospect had its attractiveness. \ No man with red
blood in his veins could regard it without a longing to
have a hand in it. And that such a finish to the war
would have simptfied greatly the problem of making
peace cannot be denied. But no consideration was given
to the thought of proloneine the fighting a moment longer
than was necessary. When there developed the posi-
billty Of bringing an end to the fighting in such a man
ner that 1t could not be resumed, that possibility was
accepted. and the armistice was signed. although facing
the Germans were millions of fighting men with their
blood up who would have been glad Of an opportunity
to put the real fighting touches to the Hun.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-10
FOOD THE FIRST ESSENTIAL

The first need of the human being is food. And
that need persists throughout life. Withhold the supply
but a few days and nothing else matters, for the individ-
ture may, and sometimes persist in the face Of starva-
ton. We have innumerable instances of this. A notable
one is afforded in the case Of Captain Scott and his COM
panions who persisted Of hunger in the bleak desolation
of the south polar regions. Through, that long march
toward food and shelter those men retained until their
them all the way through. and not one OF that gallant
little band would have hestated for a moment to give
up his own life in order that his companions might live
In fact, one of the party, disabled by accident so that he
was less able than his companions to travel, did DELHI
erately walk out into the storm to perish in order that he
But the normal effect of hunger is to cause men to
shed the trappings of civilization, and to become, first
barbarians, then savages, then beasts. That is what we
have witnessed in the mass in Europe, and what is going
on every day. Hence it is as important now as ever it
was that food shall be produced wherever production is
possible, in the greatest quantities., and that nowhere
shall there be any waste Of food.
The food producers of the world constituted one of
the most important elements in the winning of the war
for liberty and they will continue to aid in the great
work of reconstruction upon which we must enter, and
which must be prosecuted as vigorously as the battles
his place on a farm will be working in the same splendid
cause. He will merely have moved to another part Of the
field.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-10
EVENING EDITION.

worn that fatal evening, n the
women eagerly scrutinized n sors-
eouss costume. M
N wonder those long strands OF
fringe caught in that scraggly mirror
frame" exclaimed Winnie. who never
missed a point.
"RiRht," said Stone. IL she whirled
around as you did, Miss Calhoun. It's
a wonder she didn't spoil her whole
gown"
The pose and the fgure were not
on catching . likeness or q physical
eject. But the color and atmosphere
were fine, and I told this to Stone.
who agreed that 1t was . decided help
in the search.
jules portrait was the same. Not
a real likeness OF the woman. but an
impressionist transcript Of her salient
points. The gray gown and white
apron, the thick-rimmed glasses. the
parted lips, showing slightly protrud-
ing teeth, the plainly parted brown
hair, all were the real Julie; and yet,
except for these accessories I'm not
sure I could have recognized the u b
ject Of the sketch. However, as I told
Stone, it certainly was a helpful indi-
cation Of the sort OF woman he was
to look for, and even in disguise, the
characteristics must show.
The detective was positive that
wherever Vicky Van and Julie were,
or whatever they were doing, they
were. in all probability disguised. and
thoroughly 30, or they must have
been discovered ere this
To my amusement, Fibsy and Ruth
were holding a tete-a-tete conversa-
ton. The kind-hearted oma had
drawn him into chat to put him at his
ease.
She had succeeded. too, for he was
animated, and had lost his self-con.
seriousness under the : charm of her
smile. ~
."And Til bet your birthday comes
in the spring." he was saying, as I
caught the tenor Of their talk.
ut does" said Ruth, looking sur
prised. How did you guess?"
"'Cause you're just like a little
spring fiower-a white roc or a bit
Of arbutus
And then, noting my attention, the
boy was covered with confusion and
blushed to the tips of his ears. He
rose from where he. sat. and shuffled
awkwardly around the great room.
devoting exaggerated attention to
some books in the glassed cases, and
twirling his fingers in acute embar-
rassment.
This most interesting story
win be continued In
tomorrow Evening Herald.