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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-09-19

Sabre beitdnoig in ben 8ereinigten
Staaten gelebt bot, uno bab Dieier
ausldnoer nidt cher 8iireer Der Der.
einisten Staaten lueroen fam. bis er
iiinf Sabre lang, bonn 0atiim Der ltn.
ter5eidnuna oes erIten @iirgerpapiers
on gcrehnet, beitdrlbig in ben @erei-
niaten Stantelt gefcbt bat. Sornit
fpitroen Die fiinftig bier aiifonlmens
on MusIdnber crit nad einein iiebert.
jdbrigen slufenthalt Dos anlerifani.
ife giireerredt eriperben fonnen.
Die @orIoee beriuht aiid, oiejenigen
5m beItrafen. Die es berabidlunen, bas
amerifaniif)e 8iirgerredt 81 ertuer-
ben. go ioll Der glnsIdnoer, Der elm
Ssabr mad Dem 3eitpln,ft, an benr er
anerit bcredtist 1T, oos erite gapier
berai,s5nnebmer, biefe abfidts CT.
H1r,lne nidt binterIegt bat, foDie Elm
slnslGnoer, Der elm Sabr nod benz
3eitpunfte. an Dem er ons giireer.
redt eriperben lam, nidt giirser ge.
iporben lit, beportiert tperben. 9ie
gorIase piI ferner oiejenisen aiis.
Idnbcr sur Deportation berlirteiIen
sic fid Der HeeiftrierlrnsspfIiht rnt-
aiehen.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-09-19
ssamm ,uiIl nidyt lanfeu.

Scrr Scnrp Samm bon SebaIia.
ipelder oas leste Wial fir @cnper.
neur lief l,no bon @arbner nit lpeni.
ger als 5000 Stilllucn sebbten lpur.
DC, mill nidt ipieoer Iaufer, trosoem
er bon bielen Seiten ba5u aitfgefor.
bert ipiro.
Gr giebt Ia @rinibe aiL iparim er
nidt laufen mill. er iagt, er ipolIe
einfah nidt Iaufen, er iei an off, aii
arnl gleide bas arilllaripablgeiet
nibt, ipoIIe l,idt @sliperneur Icin,
er made Gin anitdnbiges 2eben iest.
er iuolIe iid nibt Der 8efabr oltsics.
en-, Dies 5i perlieren er lei redt g,ii
siifrieoen, er benfe rift ON Die HoIi.
tit. er babe feinc Soeel, oaB er oIs
@ouberneiir piel @lltes tbun fonne,
er iebe fein 8ergniigen 6drin, fir Of.
flee 5l laufen er femme Die @eogra.
pbie Iifiouris iest idon gut seirle.
CT braude fein offenthdes s(nit, nm
iein Saiein a,i friiten linb CT fonne
fein cigctes 2eben MAIDEN.
Die Mepublifaner iperoen lid alio
nod einem dnoeren 8ouperneitrs.
aanoiooten uiniebcn mniien. ss5ef.
fcriol gitp @oIfsfrelino.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-09-19

arnitt iit obne 3meifel bas sdred.
Iidite. Msir biirfte elmer 5ebn @eil.
lionen herlegen imb iagen id ioll
nrnt iein bafiir. id ndbni's nidt.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-09-19
9ermaln, Up, Jreias, ben 19. September. 1919

9saiienperiammlnns Der Sirstr bon
8aseondor GOnntb ioIl i'm Court
banie itattfinoen nm cine Bomb.
oasaabe BON $40O,O00.OO sn be.
ratbeu. Sieies 8eIb ioll berluen.
bet iuerSeu bic RoaSs in beiicren
3nitanb sn brinsen.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-09-19

~Ran brondt nidt biel, nm sliid.
iid an fem. Shaoe nur. baf es ge-
robe oieies .8e1tiae" iit, oas srnteift
fcbIt.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
SCIENTIFIC TAXATION.

Judge T. NJ. Milling. of the Board of
State Affairs. who resides in Baton
Rouge. is making tour of the state
and delivering lectures on taxation.
\ brief outline Of the Judges speech
delivered in Benton Monday is pub
Banner.
Judge Milling makes it plainly to he
understood that he is not running for
office on this taxation iSSue-or on any
other issue. He may, i'll fact. resign
the office he now holds before his term
expires. He is not an Office-seeker, it
seems. and has no political ambition.
And. if the reader would thoroughly
understand what the Judge is driving
at. it may as well be understood now
that the author of the proposed tax re-
form in Louisiana is Il man of prop
erty. Il successful lawyer. and passes
generally throughout the state as Il
man of rare good sense. AS the Ban
ner seems to see it. he has accepted Il
position Oh the Board Of State Affairs
merely with IA view to doing what he
can toward lettering the present
wretcled system of taxation in the
state.
IN his address Judge Milling alluded
to taxation as Il science. Taxation is
studied by statesmen as Il science, it is
true: but not particularly with the
view to the equalization" of taxation
or Justice between man and man. The
first aim of the taxation scientists in
this practical age, as it has been in all
past ages, is to get the revenue with
as little friction as possible; and the
second. to levy the taxes in such d
way as to favor the commerce of the
country in competition with the man
ufacturers and traders Of foreign
countries Taxation scientists have
therefore. generally laid the burdens
of taxation upon the class which has
offered the least resistance to such i'm
positions. Only in time of war has the
class that Judge Milling proposes to
reach with il juster scheme of taxa
ton ever been compelled to pay a fail
share of the burdens of government.
The Banner sincerely trusts that
the people of Louisiana will listen t.
Judge Milling's. arguments. They are
sound enough. 1t will do us all goot
even to try tc do justice in distrihut
ing the burdens of government. And
even though the movement comes tt
| an end leaving the old system in oper
alton. the effort to better conditions al
we find them in this world does goot
t. the characters of the men who make
the effort, even though the reform:
themselves fall to the ground because
of the faults of human nature il
general.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
Judge Milling ON State Taxation

ever. are the same as those of Swift 4
Company.
The history of taxation is the his
tory of the war between commerce and
agriculture to see which shall pay the
taxes. The farmer. or land owner. is
the sheep and he stands SubnlisSively
to he taxed, hut the commercial man is
and always has been the wild boar
which squeals as each separate bristle
is plucked from his back and fights
and squalls and makes it generally dis
agreeable for those who would gather
he concealed from the tax-gatherer,
but personal belongings such as
money. notes. bonds and mortgages
profits, incomes. etc.-may easily he
hidden from the assessors and collect
orS. The general property tax system
penalties the honest man and rewards
the dishonest citizen. 1t taxes lialili-
ties instead of abilities to pay. One
man buys Il farm and pays $1,000 of it's
$4,000 valuation and owes the other
$4,000. He pays taxes Oh the entire val
uation, however. and not upon the one
tenth which he really OWNS The man
who holds the mortgage for the 5000
still due is by law exempted from tax
alton.
Montgomery Ward 4 Company do Il
greater business i'll this state than any
one of its merchants, yet they pay not
one penny of taxation in Louisiana. 1t
is the same with the express conpa-
MES which do business in the state.
An express company will have desk,
chair, Il safe and an agent. Assessed
valuation of the Office furniture, $3.50 ::
hut they do a business Of. perhaps,
$4,000 per year. The company pays in
taxes less than the simple citizen who
gives in his little home ut $500. The
lawyer. doctor. real estate man and
broker may pay taxes on nothing but
Office furniture, yet their incomes may
be many thousands Of dollars-and all
untaXed.
DO not blame the assessor or the col
lector Of taxes. They did not make
the system and cannot reform it. The
taxpayers will have to change the sys-
tenn if it is ever to be changed.
If YOU and | owe joint note for
$40 and You avoid payment. l must
pay both your half and my own debt
as well. That is the fault of the gen
eral property tax system under which
we live III Louisiana-one man escapes
taxation at the expense of the other;
and the man who escapes is nearly
always the man most able to bear the
burden of taxation
Judge Milling proposes an income
tax for Louisiana. the total abolition
OF the personal property tax and a
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
HIGH WELDING COTTON
VARIETIES PAY BEST

The best yielding varieties Of cot
ton produce twenty, thirty, and even
forty per cent more cotton than the
poorer varieties, as shown by reports
OF Southern experiment stations, &C
cording to w. r. Perkins, director OF
extension, Louisiana State University.
1.-THE popular varieties OF cotton
change so rapidly. on account of new
ones being brought out and old ones
renamed, that it is difficult to name
the best varieties" says Prof Perkins
''Fhe important point is that the varl-
ETY. should be pure: that is, every stalk
should be si,nil.r in appearance and
in productive capacity to every other
stalk The art of making the best cot
ton crop on 4 given piece OF land con-
sists in having as many stalks as there
is room for of variety in which ev-
cry stalk will produce its full quota Of
cotton. A mixed Or hybrid variety will
never do this, because a great many
of the stalks will be barren or will be
SHY plCuuCt1S. O1llLOl liiIy III SoioA
and general appearance TIRE very good
indications of variety.
at would be unwise, however, for
cotton farmers to depend wholly upon
| improved seed as means of increas-
| ing yields, for it must be remembered
that fertile soil is the most impor-
| tant factor in successful cotton grow
ing 1t is a very poor policy, indeed,
to plant very poor land in cotton at
al
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
Tell Your Neishbors How.

The experienced gardeners of a
neighborhood will find profit as we'll
as pleasure in the formation of To-
cal garden club The meetings can
be conducted on the basis of exper-
fence meetings to the mutual advan-
tage of all; beginners should take
advantage of the experience OF sue
cessful local gardeners in planning
their operations. Many valuable
hints can thus be obtained thct can
not be found in books or papers on
gardening.
Plant proved sorts in sufficient
quantity only to supply the table and
to meet the canning and drying re-
ouirements. Make the seed supply
100 per cent efficient.
Tell your neighbor the sorts thar
did best for you last year and how
you treated them to secure the best
results. Point out the don't as
well as the do" in gardening. Help
the other fellow to help himself.
Write to the Extension Division,
Louisiana State University, for bulle-
tins and circulars on gardening.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08

Judge I. NJ; Milling. of the Board of
State Affairs, addressed the Police
Jury and I, number of taxpayers at the
Court House Monday morning on the
subject of taxation.
Judge Milling said that few people
in Louisiana. according to his expert
ence, ever took much interest in taxa
and payment of taxes. They often
make Il great deal of noise upon these
occasions. hut the practical study of
taxation never claims the attention of
the great mass of people.
Taxation is Il science as old us gov
ernment Every theory that the tax
scientists have ever proposed has been
tried out AT one time or another, but
in Louisiana the people who are taxed
submit to a system that is not only the
worst ever devised by men, but is is
also administered Il amateurs.
There is. of course, much disSatiS-
faction with the tax system. but the
dissatisfaction does not seem to lead
to the reform of the system along
scientific lines. The general property
tax operating in nearly all the states
of the American Union has been desig-
mated by a great French authority as
the most stupid" in the civilized
world.
Judge Milling said he had come to
discuss the general property tax and
the constitutional amendment adopted
last November "equalizing" the same.
All agree that the general property tax
is wrong-basically and fundamentally
wrong. In the first place, it calls for
the listing of all property. but all prop
erty cannot be listed Not more than
10 per cent of the cattle of the state.
for instance, are listed. In the second
place. what is it worth? And no as
SesSment is possible at actual valua-
tiol. Such asSeSsemnt would not be
fair. even ii it were possible to make
it. Thus. Il system that requires the
tax assessor to do two impossible
things i'll the beginning is necessarily
bad system. \ mule that is worth,
Tor instance. So in one parish is as
SesSsd ut Sl21 in another = and thus
there are sixty-seven different systems
of valuation in Louisiana.
Swift x company's stock of meats
at Batcn Rouge is assessed at $500.
The stock Is renewed each week -
fifty-two times each year and every
time ii is renewed profit has been
made on S1ElO worth Of nronpr;v and
taxes are paid only on the stock that
was handled during one week of the
year. \ farmer has Il farm and home
assessed at $500. and he is lucky if
he makes a net profit On that amount
at the end OF a year. His taxes. how
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08

graduated land tax. Say. for instance.
that the man who OWNS Il home shall
have it assessed for taxes at D per
cent of its value. The farmer shall
pay on 10 per cent of the value of his
agricultural land. and mineral lands
shall lie assessed at full valuation
measured by production. And lastly
the oil and gas company shall pay IA
tax assessed against incomes FROM
wells. refinerieS. etc. The doctor shall
pay taxes on the income he receives
frcm his practice. The lawyer and
broker shall lie assessed III like man.
ner-inStead of paying upon the furni-
ture in their offices.
The first duty Of government is to
encourage citizens to raise families.
The family and home life of America
is the most developed of any in the
world, and that is why we have a SUI
lerior people. The people of Europe
have long lived largely in cities and
their family life has suffered. as ours
is beginning to suffer now. with the
| growth of oar cities. And so. that
| home life may be encouraged, Il man
should be allowed an income free of
| taxation sufficient to cover the necessi-
| ties of his family. Tax the surplus. Us
| all trainers of income tax laws purpOrt
to do. No home should be taxed like
Il commercial enterprise.
\ mans first duty is to his family
not to his government The very exist
| ence Of the nation is dependent upon
the family relationship, and yet it is
now getting so in the cities that it is
cheaper to rent dwelling houses than
to own homes. The Governments tax.
alton system. therefore. discourages
| homecoming.
At the close of Judge Milling's re
marks. IA question was asked thai
brought forth the following case:
y citizen Of Bossier Parish leases
land to the Standard Oil Company an(
receives from one gas well something
more than 500 per year income. an6
| pays taxes Oh the land: while the oi
company sold during last year $3O,0Ot
worth OF gas from the well and pait
nc taxes at all The oil and gas lan(
is not assessed at higher taxation
than agricultural land. And Judg,
| Milling brought out the point thai
such inequalities as are herein shown
cannot be remedied under the presen
general property tax system.
/ Tie following is a Griet summary O.
the remedy proposed: Make the lane
tax nominal for home owners-gradu
ate the tax on realty. raising it as i
becomes in a greater degree CONNER
cialiZed. Abolish the personal prOpert,
tax altogether and adopt the income
tax principle as !; basis for taxation
| generally.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
STRAY SALE.

EsTRATED before J. H. Montgomery.
Justice Of the Peace, Ward Two. Bos-
Sier Parish. Louisiana l;y w. Il. Ivey.
Il very dark HARE MI LIE. about eight
CT nine years old. a'o'It II OF II hands
high. weight about 100 pounds, long
name and tail. white hairs from collar
scar on top of neck.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property and pay costs, or
said animal will lie sold according to
law. in Benton. La. within the legal
hours of sale, Oh Saturday. May 10.
1919 j. \. EDWARDS
Constable, Ward Two.
April ,, 1919. Imay 81
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
Cotton Seed

STFFERN'S PROLIFIC heavy producer.
quick maturing, medium long staple. Seq
raised on finest of Red River land. fE'n.
less acreage. raise more cotton. han
hushcl, 81; bushel for $3.50. prcpa'u'
Order to-day.
We also own and offer for sale on wv
equal yearly payments .6 Red River Na.es
Farms--size, 80 to 400 acres. Also, oii1
.GO0-acre plantation. az per cent Interest,"
IN deferred payments. Write us
SUFELRN F.AEI CO., Boyee, Ii.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
The Victory Liberty Loan drive ends

The Victory Liberty Loan drive ends
Saturday. Have you done your duty:
1t is a great privilege to help America
to take the first place among the ma
tionS Of the earth-which place she
has won ly reason of the World War.
The Government needs the money to
make good the greatest position that Il
nation ever held in the world. 1t is Il
glorious thin. to he Il citizen of the
premier naticn in the most civilized
age to which the world has ever at
tained SO it is a proud privilege to
buy Victory Loan Bonds. Be sure.
therefore. and buy to your full ca
pacity
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
May 1. 1919. 1861
STRAY SALE.

EsTIAyED ietore N. Smith. Justice of
TIE Peace, Ward Five, Hcssier Parish.
Louisiana, IL Jake nIctlGthan. two
,reHil III les. one al:out Is hands
high. weight About SEQ pounds; the
other is about II hands high, weight
a; ont 500 pounds. No marks or brands
l,at can be seen. The larger one is APP
praised at 500, and the smaller one
at 50.
The owner IS requested to come for
Ntild. prove property and l,ay costs. or
said animals will he sold, according to
law, at Jake Mctilotiian's house tatout
fG5ll miles; from Rocky Mount, on the
rc:ad to Cotton Valley ut II o'clock
am, on Saturday. May 81, 1910.
n. l.. MCKINNEY.
1S-.Il Constable. Ward Five.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
April ,, 1919. Imay 81
TAKEN Up

On or About April 18th, on my place.
about seven miles cast of Shreveport.
in Eossier Parish, Il BAY MARE. eight
or nine years old, weight about 500 OF
500 POUNDS. and a lay mare COLT,
about two Years old. The owner will
Please cali ut the plantation and get
these animals and pay for this notice.
and expenses. 1881
Il. B. HERNDoN, Shreveport, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08

And so Plume goes to Italy, after all.
The council of three finally decided to
give her Il mandatory over the port
until 1923, after which she gets it in
perpetuity. LII the meantime. she holds
it with her army-having seized it.
The whole story is that Italy has got
Fiume good and plenty and all that her
opponents have saved is their +" face"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
NOTICE TO MORTGAGE CREDITORS.

Office Of state Tar Collector,
BENTON Louisiana.
IN conformity with Section 63 of Act So of
the Acts of 1883, and subsequent laws Of
Louisiana notice is hereby given that all
persons holding mortgages upon real estate
located in the Parish of Rossier, State of
Louisiana. upon which taxes for the year
1918 have not been paid. that ] will begin
the sale of same at the front door of the
Court House in the town of Benton. La,
on Saturday, June {, 1919. and that Il
number OF pieces of property SO delinquent
are now being advertised in the Bossier
Banner. in conformity with the law, prepar-
atory to such sale. The attention Of mort
gage creditors is especially cnlicd to this
advertisement of tax sales, and they are
warned to take such steps prior to the sales
as may be necessary to protect their rights.
j. +. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and er-o1fcio Tax Collector, Bos-
sier Parish Louisiana.
May /, 1919. Ijune5l
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08

The American Legion. it seems, is to
be the great soldier organization dur
ing the next generation or so. The
T.C ", the G. A. Il. and the Veterans
Of the Spanish american War will soon
he minority organizations, if the plans
of Col. Theodore Roosevelt and ASSOC
GATES go through at st. Louis How
ever, all the members of the older or
ganizations are to lie eligible to mem
belship in the new fraternity of arms.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08

BY the terms of. the peace treaty.
the ex-kaiser Of Germany is to lie tried
by an international court. He is to be
extradited from Holland, and Germany
is held responsible for his delivery to
the international tribunal. 1t is clear
that the Kaiser is not to escape pun
ishment by reason of any legal tech
nic. lifipS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SuERIFES SIZE.
p. J. NcIan Us. John Washington ct


D. J. Nclan Us. John Washington ct
ais No. 1911 III Second District
Court, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
By virtue of q writ of seizure and sale.
issued III the above entitled suit. and
to me directed. l have seized, and will
proceed to sell at public auction, to the
last and highest bidder. ut the front
door OF the Court House, in the town
Of Benton La. on Saturday, June IA.
1919, the following described property.
to-wit:
Tie west half of. northeast quarter
OF section 81. containing 80 acres. more
or less; % acres in the southeast quar-
ter of southeast u;i;irter of section 30.
lying on the west side of Platte River,
fcine part of the land lou@ht ny j. w.
Atkins from Mrs. Lou Merrill; 20
acres III the west half of southeast
quarter of section so, lying OH the west
side ef Platte River, being part of the
land bought l,y j. ". Atkins from the
Merchants aud Farmers I.aIk: also.
the fractional part of northeast quar-
tel of northeast quarter OF section 81
lying west OF Platte River: all Of
said Land icing in township rs. north.
range Il. west. Bo;ssier Parish, Louis
lana. containing 1850 acres. more or
less, Niti all buildings and improve
mants and inHloyahles by designation
thereon.
Terms CT Sale = For cash without
the Eenetit Of appraisenGnt, to pay and
satisfy the sum of $4,000, with : Fer
cent Fer :innum Interest OH 5000
thereof from March y, 1917. until
,laiti. less {. credit Oh March II. 1918
af &.i27, ana Il credit on November j:
4!1%. Of $iaA. and Il like rate Of in,
| terest on 5000 thereof from March -
| 1917. until paid and all costs Of suit
| including 10 iser cent on said sum and
| interest as attorneys fees.
j. I. EDWARDS.
| Sheriff, Bessier Parish. Louisiana
May s. 1918 june 12l
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08

Each farmer in this Federal War
Savings District is being urged to plant
Il thrift acre" as Il part of the 1919
Savings Campaign. The idea is to cul-
tivatc the acre iutensiyely and put the
money realized from the crop in War
Savings Stamps. It's no bad peace
idea either
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08
TRESpASS NOTICE.

THIS is to give legal warning to the
general public that no fishing. hunting
or other trespasSing Will lie allowed on
the Murray Place, located in township
%, range H. Bossier Parish, Louisiana
(phelps Lake section).
[2-tfl J. +. MURRAY. s.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08

Buy another bond before Saturday
loan will I've IA success Or Il failure, rs
far as you are concerned, before next
week comes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08

Everybody seems anxious that the
railroads shall he turned back to pri-
vate management. including the Gov
eminent. but no one seems Skillful
enough at guessing to tell how the
roads are to he turned loose.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08

Curing sweet potatoes i'll Bossief
Parish so that they will last year
before showing signs of deterioration
is likely to lead UP to reduction OF
the cotton acreage that will be perma-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-08

If the Germans sign the treaty, the
war will end officially before June, and
cotton ought to go to 80 cents per
pound If they don't sign. they shall
have no cotton at any price The pros
poets seem good for the happy con-
summation of everyhody's hopes, how