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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06
Foreign.

A definite outline for a League of
Nations will he presented to the Peace
Conference this week. SO fast have the
plans of the committee developed.
The Rhinelanders Of the provinces Of
Germany which are in danger of being
annexed to France have been holding
mass meetings i'll protest against their
separation from the fatherland.
American cotton growers of South
ern California recently ceased to pick
their cotton when the Mexican govern
nlent raised the export tax from 81 to
$50 per bale. \ telegram of yesterday
from the city Of Mexico said that the
old tax had been restored and the new
tax suspended.
In the British elections held recently
the old members of Parliament who
favored peace at any time during the
war prior to the turning of the tide OF
victory in favor Of the Allies We're
allEost entirely retired to private life
by the voters. Many army and navy
officers were elected to Parliament.
The Russian Bolshevik government
has agreed to meet the Allied delegates
to discuss a peaceable settlement Of the
Russian situation OH condition that the
Allies withdraw their armies from Rus
sian territory. The British and Ameri
can governments have shown willing
ness to comply, but the French are les:
willing to abandon the idea that Rus
Sia shall make good her debtS-the BOl
sheviki having repudiated all Of Rus
Sias national debt of several billions
If dollars. the greater part OF which
was owed to the people of France. wh'
had bought Russian bonds durin'
twenty-five years Of railroad building
and development in that empire. lon
before the world war.
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To Fight for Cotton Protection.

Mr.. &. T.. Gilmer. of Shreveport. Sec
retary for the Louisiana Farmers. As
sOciatiOn, writing under date Of Jan
report of Il meeting of representative
citizens held in the city on that date.
We regret that the report reached us
after last weeks issue Of the Banner
was on the press. However, we find
the same of such Importance ut this
time that we are giving it space. and
trust it will reach many in time to give
notice Of the meeting to be held to-
morrow. Mr.. Gilmer writes:
AT meeting of Il committee of
this day in the office of the Louisiana
Farmers Association it was determin-
ed to call Il mass meeting Of all the
farmers. merchants and bankers Of
Northwest Louisiana to he held ut the
City Hall. Friday, February It'll. at
three o'clock, for the purpose Of dis
cussing the cotton and cotton acreage
situation for the present year.
1t was the consensus Of opinion OF
those present at this meeting. that
unless prompt and firm steps are
taken, the cotton now OH hand. as well
as the crop to he made the present
year, will he sacrificed at price fal
below cost Of production. This mas.
meeting is called for the purpose OF
providing ways and means to protect
the cotton now being held and to safe
guard the crop that is to be made.
The personnel Of the committee call
ing this meeting is as follows: Messrs
q. w. Hardy. J. b. Ardis, ]. l.. Full
love, J. {. Foster. w. H. Hodges. l.. :
FriersOn. Clarence Ellerbe. John Jen
kins. ]. {. Tricllell Antonio Curtis an,
G. G. Herndon. They hope that ever.
interest and every community in North
west Louisiana will be represented b,
a strong committee to participate II
this meeting.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06
Pleasant Hill.

Sunday. Feb. CLOUDY again. after
several days Of sunshine, which all
were glad to see. Farmers are needing
pretty weather now. It's most time to
plant sOmething-w can't eat cotton.
Mr.. Emmett DeMoss has gone to
Shreveport to-day.
Miss Lena DeNIOsS visited her sister.
Mrs. l. 4. Gleason, last Thursday.
Mrs. J. ID. Gleason visited her daush-
ter, Mrs. Regger Rance. last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. l.. DeNIoss and Mr..
Madison Mckenzie motOred to Plain
Dealing yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Mckenzie
have gone to Many to visit their
mother. Mrs. Beene.
Mrs. A. f. Mckenzie and Mrs. Bes-
sic DeMOss were shoppers In Plain
Dealing last Tuesday.
Miss Matte DeNIOss and Mrs Il. T..
McGuire spent last Friday very pleas
antly with Mesdames Margaret Lowe
and Carl Andrews.
| Mr.. Il. +. Gleason has returned from
Lewisville. Ark. Old friends hope you
will now remain with US Il wiilie'
Bennie. ALI.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06
Hastings 1919,
Seed Catal0g * { j.

8 It's ready now. One hundred h2--
somely Illustrated pages with brillia.
cover in natural colors. It's botA
beautiful and helpful and all that IL
necessary to get it is postal card
request. You will fiEd our 1919 cata-
logue well worth while book.
Hastings Seeds arc sold direct b.
mail. You will never find them Oh
sale in the stores. We have soE-e
ave hundred thousand customers who
buy from us by mail. We please and
satisfy them, and we can please and
satisfy you in 1919.
Planting Hastings Seeds in your
earden or in your fields insures good
mex" SO far as results can be deter
mined by the seed planted. For 80
Years Hastings Seeds hare been the
Standard of seed excellence a-.d pu--
~ In the South. Only varieties
adapted to the South arc listed. DUAL,
" OF the best ard prices often less
lhan those you pay at home. Write
ior free copy Of this splendid cata-
Iegue now. H. G. HASTINGS CO.
seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga.-Advt.
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Washington, D. C..

\ Washington dispatch says the
United States is estimated to be five
billion dollars behind in its normal
building program. because Of the war
Senator Lodge is to he the only
speaker at the Theodore Roosevelt con-
gressional memorial service to he held
in Washington Sunday. He and the
late ex-President We're lifelong friends.
Frank Morrison. Secretary for the
American Federation of Labor. urging
before Congress the passage of the bill
to lar foreign immigration, said fully
:OO.OOO men We're now out Of work in
the United States
Passports for negroes desiring to at
tend the Panafrican Congress in Paris
have been refused by the State Depart
ment. which announced at the same
time that the French government did
not consider the present u favorable
time to hold such conference.
Suspension of building operations
during the war has resulted in short
| country. according to the reports Of tho
building and loan associations. Tht
| associations have been comforting will
the Labor and Treasury Departments
They say. that with adequate labor
building can be speeded up to overcom,
the shortage.
| Judging from the action of the Hous,
Committee OH Naval Affairs. Congress
seems strongly in favor Of il naval pro
| gram for America that will make thi
country second to none upon the ocean
i A three-year plan was voted for by til
House Committee last week that look
to the end proposed. provided the Vel
sailles Peace Conference fails to brin
ahcut general disarmament on Ian
and sea, as proposed by President Wi
son. The bill provides that the Pres
dent may stop the construction Of til
proposed new ships. etc, ut any tim
an agreement among the nations fO
general disarmament is reached.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06
Shreveport.

The jury was drawn yesterday III the
District Court in Shreveport to try
Claude McIofton. charged with the
killin. of patrolman George Phillips, a
member Of the police force Of that city,
during October of last year.
The Shreveport Chamber of Com
merce iS called to meet this afternoon
to elect officers for the ensuing year.
and will also consider a resolution Ol,-
posing the return to the United States
Of those Germans and Austrians who
went home to join the colors after war
was declared.
The police authorities in Shreveport
are searching for one or more autOmO-
hiles that have recently disappeared
| from that city. A number Of boys have
been taking possession of automobiles
found parked along the curb in Shreve-
port and ''joyriding" with them until
the gasoline was exhausted. leaving
them wherever the wheels ceased t.
turn. Warning has been given that
boys found guilty of such practices il
| future VIII he punished.
Farmers. merchants and. bankers
will meet in mass convention at thu
City Hall in Shreveport tomorrow, thu
7th. for the purpose Of considering thu
spot cotton situation and deviSing way'
and means for fighting the organized
spectators who have been cOnductin!
the selling campaign against Southern
holders of cotton. A reduction Of th
cotton acreage of from 30 to 30 pc
cent il regarded as a necessity to pro
tcct the planter against danger Of los
in the cost of production.
i j.. w. Dixon. of Belcher, IL propos
ing to the cotton growers, bankers an
business men Of Caddo Parish, tn
state and the cotton belt that the
agree on a 80 per cent cotton crop TO
this season. and in order that eac
|. farmer may keep his pledge to plan
only 20 per cent Of the acreage h
planted last year. he is also to buy on
, bale of future cotton for each bale h
proposes to raise this season. The spe'
ulators are selling the next crop no.
lat around Is cents. Each farmer Is
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06
The Police Jury.

The Police Jury Of Bossier Parish,
Louisiana. met in Benton this day.
Tuesday, January -. 1919. in special
session, pursuant to call. with the fol-
lowing members present at roll CALL
viz:
J. &. Logan, President, Ward Two.
]. I. McDade. Ward One.
]. L. Many, Ward Three.
l.. Nj. Burks, Ward Five.
]. Il. McDade Ward Six.
Absent: n. w. Stewart, Ward Four.
\ quorum being present, the follow
ing proceedings were had:
The Police Jury discussed the matter
of dipping cattle for the ensuing sea-
son. and it was agreed, by majority
Of the members present, that dipping
all cattle in the parish would be con-
tinued. as provided by law.
1t was further understood that i'll
spectOrs would he appointed and that
those appointed would meet with the
Police Jury and DIR. II. A. Burton, Vet.
erinarian in Charge, at the next regu.
lar meeting of the Police Jury, the see
ond Tuesday in March, 1919, for in.
structiOns.
The Police Jury then proceeded t.
purchase one carload of cattle dip, and
requested representatives Of firms pres
ent selling same to make prices by
sealed bids, when bids Of Cooper I
Newhews and the Sherwin-Wi
Company were received, and, after dis
cussing the bids. 1t was moved and sec
onded and duly carried, that the bid o
William Cooper 4 Nephews be received
and one car. or 2!tD gallons. of cattle
dip he ordered from them, at the pric'
Of $1.1S. same to he shipped in 5-gal
Ion cans.
The matter of making SOME change
III the repairs on the Court House wa
explained to the Police Jury. and
was moved and seconded, and carried
that Carson Brothers make sue
changes as would he recommended b
the architect. at an additional cost q
Il per cent on contract, or on cos
which was accepted by Carson Brotl
ers.
Whereupon the Police Jury AZ
journed sine die.
J. c. LOGAN, President
Police Jury of Bossier Parish.
!. K. B. HILL, Clerk Police Jury.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06
Industrial.

The midwinter sale of pelts in st.
Louis last week resulted in the sale Of
$S.SOO,OOO worth Of hides. Skunk pelts
featured the last days sales, 221,OOO
bringing $779,6W Riddings ranged
frGm 10 cents to S12 per pelt. Twenty
five thousand beaver pelts brought
more than x3OO,OOO. During the after
neon 1tD.3OO nutrfa went for S19S.CDO.
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bling, and advice has been sought look
Shreveport.
Eleven negroes We're arrested in
Shreveport Monday night on vagrancy
charges. Some Of them dated their
last days work back as far as six and
eight months ago
Jim Crawford. colored, was sen
fenced to the Penitentiary in Shreve-
port this week by Judge Bell for steal
ing $50 from Willie Holmes. at whose
home he was rOOming.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06
Crimes and Casualties.

William Murphy and his mother.
Mrs. ssillie Maddry, were tried in Min
den yesterday for the alleged murder
Of Luther Maddry. husband and STEP
father of the defendants. The case
went to the jury at four O'Clock yes
terday afternoon.
4 number of gamblers arrested OH
charges of yagrlncy in Shreveport
lately were discharged by the City
Court last week because the word
gambler was omitted from a va
:srancy law meant to cover all such
cases. However. the gamblers can ht
prosecuted under the laws against gam
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06

get into the future market to half the
extent Of his proposed crop and fight
the speculator with his own tricks.
Only two cases. of influenza were re-
ported to the Shreveport Board Of
Health within five days. according to
Mondays statement.
John Bird. Shreveport oil operator,
yesterday wired Tex Rickard Offering
S1OO,WO for the proposed Willard
Dempsey fight for the championship of
the world.
Judge Land handed down decision
yesterday in the District Court in
Shreveport awarding j. Z. Flournoy,
jr., $4,000 in commissions. owed him
by the defendant, the Atlas Oil Com
pany, on leases secured for them by
FlOurnoy
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06
The Peace Conference.

The complission to frame and present
to the Peace Conference Il plan for the
League of Nations has struck its first
serious snag in the demands Of the
smaller nations that they have equal
representation with the five great pow
ers in the proposed !" supreme court
Of the World
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06

With returns ~ per cent complete.
the American losses from hghtlng III
Europe now aggregate 16.J!g.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06

"They shall not perish Give to
the Armenian Relief Campaign.
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Miscellany.

The largest drydock in the United
States was completed ut the Norfolk
Navy Yard. Portsmouth, Va, recently.
and ceremonies marking the event were
held last Saturday. when the water
was turned in to flood the dock, which
required 771a hours.
An early spring IL indicated. accord,
ing to the reports from the North. and
because of the fact that the groundhoe
is out of his hole to stay and IL fire.
auently seen in the woods of Pennsyl.
vania. Bluebirds and robbins are also
about and elder branches show bud
ding indications. In Northwest Louis
lana. ut any rate, the grounding did
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06

The Police Jury of Bossier Parish,
Louisiana. met in Benton this day.
Tuesday, January 2S. 1919, in special
session, pursuant to call. with the fol-
lowing members present at roll call.
viz.
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Bossicr people always welcome. O.liet
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-19
Spot cotton quiet; middling 2S.45 GNf{D,, .1orol
New Orleans Cotton.

New Orleans, March 18.-During the greater part of the session today, the cotton market had an easy tone and there were times when selling was general as the result of a va r!ety of features, chief among which were reports of weaker spot situa- tion and accounts of better weather conditions in the western belt. Of fer:ngs late in the day were increased by predictions of 12,OOO,OOO bales in the final census bureau report on ginning, due the first thing Thurs day morning, and by rumors of fresh labor troubles in England. Closing quotations showed net losses of 39 to 50 points on old contracts and 46 to 59 points on the new.
 In the early trading, there were recessions of about a quarter of cent a pound but toward the middle of the morning, the market firmed up rapidly, mainly as the result of con tinued accounts of higher and ac- tive dry goods market but support was soon withdrawn and the market quickly softened.
 Cotton closed old irregular at a decline of 8 to 60 points and new irregular at decline of 46 to 59
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-19
For Sale By C. D. McNEW Real Estate Agency.
lO6 Pine
Phone 97l

lO6 Pine Phone 97l S05 W. Third, close in; strictly mod
 ern 6 rooms and hall; for quick sale, $350O.0O. Can give good terms. 1907 w. Thirteen, 4-room bungalow; 2 corner lots; small cash payment, balance $20 per month.
 1908 F. Barrague, rooms; good well; gas at the door. Bargain at S90000. 5-acre tract; 6-room bungalow; Sur phur Springs road; close in Vacant lot, Rogers addition, S200.0O. TWO STORY FRANE-ONE YEAR
 old; rooms, 22nd near Cherry.
 Bargain at 5000. Can give terms. 130 ACRES LAND, 12 MILES NORTH
 on Dollar Way road, i room house; !;
 potato house; good well, barn; ?
 acres in cultivation. $11 per acre. ONE ACRE AND 4-ROUM HOUSE.
 in City limits, ". 17th.
 FOR SALE-ONE FULL BLOCK OF
 ground, six room house, garage or
 barn, Thirty-first and Poplar. Bar
 gain at $4,000.
 LET ME BUILD YOU A MODERN bungalow. Plans i'll my office. Small cash payments and monthly will put you in a brand new modern bungalow in fine location, side
 walks, city water, gas and lights.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-19
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that pursu- ant to decretal order of the Jeffer- son Chancery Court in the case of K. C. Thompson vs. Tennie Moore, James Moore and Charles Moore, the un- dersigned, as Commissioner of this Court, will, on the 9th day of April, 1913, during the hours tor judicial sales, offer TOT sale at public auction at the front door of the Courthouse, Tn Pine Bluff, Arkansas, upon cred 1t of three months, the following de- scribed land, situated in Jefferson County, Arkansas, to-wit:
 Lot One CD, Block Seventeen
 (1O, in Dexter Harding's Addl-
 ton to the City of Pine Bluff,
 Arkansas.
 The purchaser of said land will be required to execute bond with ap- proved security for the purchase price, and lien will be retained upon said land to secure the payment thereof. Witness my hand this 18th day of March, 1919.
 5. F. VAULX, 3-lS-26-4-2 Commissioner.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-19
Corn and Provisions.

Chicago, March 1S.-Reports of the virtual settlement of the shipping strike at Buenos-Aires weakened the corn ,market today after values had touched new high records for the season. The close was unsettled. 1 1-8c net lower to an advance of 2 1-2c., with May 1.32 1-2 to 1.42 5-8 and July 1.34 3-4 to 1.35. Oats fin ished half cent to one cent and pro- visions with gains of 47c to s1.OO.
 At first, decided strength charact- erized the corn market. A general rush to buy resulted from the fact that with the visible supply one of the smallest ever known indications pointed to greatly increased Euro pean demand for foodstuffs. Opin- ions that oats would be largely sub stituted for corn as feed hereafter strengthened oats. Sharp advances in the hog market made provisions jump to the maximum limit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-19
POUND SALE NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the fol- lowing animals have been taken up and impoundcd under the Ordinances of the City of Pine Bluff, to-wit: One dark brown jersey heifer, about one year and half or two years old. The owner of said animals are here by requested to prove their owner ship or interest in said animals on or before the 22nd day of March, 1919, Upon failure of said owner or own CTS to prove their ownership or inter- est on or before said day, said ani- mals shall be sold on said day at Pub lie auction at the City Pound for cash to the highest bidder at 10 o'clock d. m.
 J. r. STEWART,
 Chief of Police, City of Pine Bluff
 3-12-19
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-19
News |
New York Cotton.

New York, March 1S.-Thc cotton market was rather nervous and un- settled today with early rallies fol lowed by a decline under realizing or liquidation. New style May contracts sold off from 24.90 to 2414 and closed at 24.30, with the general market closing steady at net decline of 10 to 40 points on the new contracts while the old were twenty points high CT to 105 points lower.
 The opening was irregular, par ticularly in the old style positions The market was steady during the early trading on reports of further rains in the eastern belt and pros poets for increased domestic mill con-
 sumption.
 There was some southern buying of new crop months and also Liver pool buying which helped the rally before noon. Old style deliveries also showed rallies of several points from the low level but the market eased off again during the afternoon un- der increased southern offerings, re-
 ports of clearing weather in the south and disappointment over the ex-
 port figures. There was considerable comment on reports from the south that they were below the production but local brokers said they had seen no indication of an unusual demand from that source. The irregular fluctuations in old style months were
 attributed partly to the narrowing i interests in those deliveries. No ex-
 ports today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-19
New York Sugar.

New York, March 18.-The local market for raw sugar was quieter to- day with no fresh purchases reported by the board and prices were un- changed at 7.28 for centrifugal to the refiner.
 In refined sugar, there is fair business doing and prices remain at the old level of cents for fine gran ulated. The harber difficulties are still interfering with export business so that refiners have little difficulty in supplying domestic requirements.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-19
FOR R ENT


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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-19

1850; stockers 10.0Om13.50; southern beef steers l0.00@18.00; beef cows and heifers 7.5Oml5.00; canners $50 M725; calves 775M18.00. "t
 Sheep; receipts 300; steady to strong; lambs 19.40M 1875; ewes 12.00 @13.OO; canners 5.00M9.00.