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New-York tribune., 1920-08-20

LlVcrpooI Vab!cs-SNot cotton I'M mod-
crate demand at 72 points decline; mid
ding, 25.45d Sales 1900. American 5000.
imports 1000, all American Futures
opened at 40 to II points decline. closed
barely steady at As to 65 points decline
october. q. 4sd; December. 20 4Od; Jan
uary, 2o.4od; March, 19.66d: May 10 esd
Name chester: Yarns dull and easier; cloths
BUYERS hold off 0Nt'"
New-York tribune., 1920-08-20
Miscellaneous Markets


Bonds
Federal Farm Loan 5s.
1898. op 1923 .......... % 95H $40
Federal Farm Loan fhs.
1889. op 1924 .......... 81 1914 BAT
Federal Farm Loan 4hs.
1898, op 923 ........... 86M 1914 5.52
Federal Farm Loan 4hs.
1887, op 1922 ..,........ S6L SSz 5.56
Joint Stock Land Bank 5s.
1893. op 1924. ......... SO Sc 6.2S
Joint stock Land Bank 5s,
1898. op 1929 ........... 80 Sc $50
New-York tribune., 1920-08-20
Assignments 8
Judgments Filed
In New York City

The following judgments were filed yes
terday, August 10; the first name being
that Of the debtor:
I2lacl,nOre Henry S-JaOues &
New-York tribune., 1920-08-20
New York CITY Bonds
rk State Bonds

Issued in coupon and registered form NOT
irtcrchanGeablc. Coupon bonds register
able.
Canal Imp 4las. 1864. ...... % 102 40
Highway Imp AIS, 1862 80 102 44U
Canal Imp AS, 1865. "a 81 44O
New-York tribune., 1920-08-20
Bonds
$1,000 A c. WI r
Boston Curb Market
Chicago

Sales Open. High. Low Last
~ Armour our Leath i5A i54 is. i54
215 Armour pf. ok 91A ok 9lA
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
Swinging Back TO Balance.

Z. $. Department Of Agriculture reader.l
Cotton. following cowpeas, gave 511
pounds to the acre; cotton. following
cotton. yielded only 20 pounds The
results Indicate the need Of balanced
system of rotation. III the above in
stance according to the Office of Farm
Management. IEnital States Depart
nlent OF Agriculture. both plots were OF
Il similar soil and each had received
336 pounds of fertilizer to the acre
Oats, planted to fellow crab grass. gave
IL bushels to the acre. but. coming
after velvet leans. the yield was 2S.ti
husiiels-four times IL; much.
land left to I rest does not improve
as rapidly as when worked with d good
cover crop. When corn was planted
every three years and the land left to
weeds Iii the intervals, the yield was
only Is bushels to each acre, bTlt after
fife wears of corn and crimson clover the
yield increased to 80 bushels an acre.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
Number 40.
Mrs. Onella Smith Dead.

Mrs. Onella Smith. relict of the late
w. II. Smith. long resident Of this
community. died In Shreveport Sunday
morning at $50 O'Clock. aged seventy
years. The funeral service was held mt
2.30 O'Clock Monday afternoon. Will,
Rev, Claud l.. Jones, of the Central
Christian Church, Shreveport. >otficiat-
ing and the internent followed in
Greenwood Cemetery. that city.
Mrs. Smith was for number of years
a resident of the community lying
several miles to the east of Benton,
and was we'll known and liked. Her
death, though not unexpected because
of her continued Illness. will prove a
shock to old Bossier Parish friends
and all keenly regret her passing.
Decedent is survived by three SONS
Mr.. Thomas Lawson. residing some
miles out from Benton. and Messrs.
Ed and Ben lawson. Of Shreveport
and one daugilter-AIrs. Jim Attaway.
of Blanchard.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30

and in well-settled countrysides 1t is
what the reading public of America
calls +. the country weekly
And right here we would say to the
good people of Fort Bragg and CONS
munity. that well-conducted country
weekly, and hundreds of them are
wonderfully well conducted. does not
attempt at all to compete with the big
city dailies. with tlleir dozens of pages
in every issue and thousands of inches
of feature articles aud display adver-
tisillg. The country weekly that is
properly conducted does not try to
cover i'll its news columns all tile news
Of the world. which it knows its read
ers will get from other sources more
fully than it could give it to them. 1t
il satisfied to give its readers all Of
the town. community and neighboring
news It's field is limited but as long
as human beings remain interested III
their own doings and those Of their
| friends and neighbors, the field will be
there, insistently demanding to he filled.
When a so-called !. country editor has
| the ability to gather all this news and
to present it attrsctiyely. and combines
! with this an honest mind and clean
and kind heart for use In his editorial
column, he does for the souls of his
readers what the country doctor does
/ for the bodies of his patients.
We are not throwing bouquets. W.
are merely stating facts for the sbeneti'
Of that fast dwindling class of people Il
this country who haven't set found ou
tile mission of the country weekly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
Salvation Army Only
Makes Appeal for Aid

Four paragraphs from a letter from
the Shreveport headquarters of the
Salvation Army, directed to the editor
of the Banner, read:
AT ii recent conference of the Sal
vation Army County Advisory Boards
a budget was adopted which, it is con-
sidered, will provide sufficient funds to
carry OH the work of the salvation
Army IN this state for a period of
twelve months.
A direct appeal to the public will be
made during Rescue Week, October 4th
a to 11tll. At no other time of the year
does the Salvation Army make any col
iections or any appeal for funds. with
the exception. of course, of the collec-
tions t;tken up during the progress Of
its street meetings.
'SThe Salvation Army is already
deeply indebted to you and to the ed
itors of the other newspapers in this
state for the generous help you have
given MS in the past. May we ask that
this help and support be continued:
The Salvation Army is not putting
OH Il campaign: it is making an appeal
to all public spirited citizens who have
the interest of their community a
heart to support this work.
Enclosed with the letter above quoted
was a news article of interest. which
is here given:
:. Texas took first honors in the Sal
vation Army's 1920 Home Service Ap
peal for funds to support the work o1
the Army for the coming year whel
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
May Be Big Mast Crop.

There Is apparently a fine mast crop
in Rossier Parish this season. Tuesday
Mr.. Robert Wallace brought around TO
the Banner Office the end Of limb
cut from a water oak for perhaps pin
oak) tree that is fairly loaded with
acorns. On one branch about IA inches
long there are to be seen twenty five
acorls and OH ii larger branch near it
tifty-one- three to sexen III a
cluster. Mr.. Wallace said there are
also many acorns an the white, oak
and post oak trees lie has noticed, but
could give no report as to heech trees.
However. it is plain To be seen TINT II
all the water oaks III the parish are ~
well frnited as the one from which
this limb was broken there are elloE,.h
acorls iif the woods to fatten many
razor backs-if they ever get fat
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
The Official Report Of
'Cotton Day" Meetings

From American Cotton Association
There was Il general response from
the parish units Of the Louisiana Div
ision of the American Cotton Associl
ton to the call to hold Cotton Day
meetings OH Saturday, the 18th, to take
u stand Oh the question of holding at
least Il part of the crop, to utilize ex-
listing warehouses, to increase the fall
soWn acreage OF small grains, so as to
assure Il material reduction III the cot
ton acreage next Year, and to urge the
farmers not to pick the lower grades.
of cotton.
These meetings were held in accord
ance with the action of the recent na-
tional conference IN Montgomery. Ala.
A preliminary report on these meet
ings from Col Haryie Jordan, National
Secretary. says the plan was uniformly
put into effect. and besides, several
committees devised IL Buy Il Bale :
movement to handle the distress cotton.
In other states county meetings We're
held on the Goth. Reports at Louisiana
Division headquarters Indicate that the
farmers turned out III goodly numbers
in each parish seat in the cotton belt.
and went OH record in ulnlistakslble
terms. In Rapides Parish. though a
meeting was held Saturday. the chair
man. James +. Seip, and Grundy Coop
er. began work on the movement before
they got notice of the parish meetings.
| and last week held meetings through
out the parishes where cotton is grown.
In ii letter to headquarters, Mr.. Seip
| reports:
:" The Rapides Cotton Association has
aligned with the movement S5 per cent
of the cotton grown in the parish. and
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30

we have assurances from the c0lOred
growers as well as the white growers
that this cotton Will not be put on the
market and every effort. even to max
ing sacrifice will be made to hold
this cotton off the market
a rousing meeting was held Oh the
9th i'll Shreveport. where the date was
advanced one day, because Of Il meet
ing of the Nerth Louisiana Farmers'
Association, and the movement was
enthusiastically endorsed there.
Col. G.W. Hardy, of Caddo, who at
tended flle recent conference with the
Federal Reserve Board. declared that.
all statements to the contrary. the
Board had clearly defined a policy OF
helping to finance the cotton crop, and
any Lank which refused to take prop
erly made out cotton paper on the
ground of fear that it could not redis-
count was simply hunting for an ex-
cuse to refuse a loan. The meeting
pledged itself TO market only p per
cent of the crop in the near future to
meet immediate needs. and to hold the
remainder for 40 cents. and to demand
| 500 for seed.
Webster Parish, for special reasons,
and DeSoto Parish, for similar rea-
sons. fixed their meetings for Tuesday,
/ the 2Sth.
Reports of all these meetingsNwill fe
received at headquarters and compiled
! and forwarded to national headauar-
ters in Atlanta. where reports from all
over the South are being collated, and
as soon as all returns are In a state
ment will he issued by President Wan
nainaker showing just how extended Is
| the holding movement.
Louisiana Division headquarters has
recently undergone a reorganization
and the field force has been reduced to
one man, who is now conducting very
successful organization campaign IN
/ Lincoln Parish.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30

Z i II 4 e stt
the Mission District of Hidalgo, County
raised their quota of S275 within fve
nniinltes after the county's allotment
had been made.
John III. Savage, President Of the
Southwest Texas State Advisory Board,
was presiding at the state convention
in San Antonio. and immediately after
he read off $3.50 as Hidalgo County's
proportionate share of the state bud
get, John r. Gordon, President Of the
Advisory Beard in the Mission Dis
trict of that county. pulled out his
check l,tsk aud wrote out i cheek for
his share.
!. More than 10000 prominent men
and women in the western part of the
United States have pledged their full
support to the Home Service program
at the state conventions held in Okla
homa City. Shreveport, Dallas, Fort
Worth. San Antonio and Houston.
Tie state budgets for maintenance
and extension work Of the Salvation
Army were unanimously adopted by
the delegates from the rarious county
advisory boards. Throughout the South
west campaign committees are being
formed and the Salvation Arny's ap-
peal for funds to carry on its work is
everywhere meeting with a generous
response.
| 70 the Rescue N0r Let Us Help
/ Oar Orn. the army slogan, is being
sounded throughout the whole length
and breadth of the Western territory,
! and it is believed that with the addi-
| tional effort that will be put forward
during Rescue Week. October 4th tG
| 18th. that the Salvation Army will OBJ
tain funds necessary to carry on its
i work iii the cause of humanity.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
Mansfield FemsIe College.
Mansfield Enterprise, 16th.l

Mansfield Enfe,piise, 16th.l
The fall session of the above named.
Institution opened yesterday. with re-
servatiens for one hundred and twenty
boarding students taken, which is'al,out
all it can accommodate, exclusive of the
teachers and other employees of the
school. President Bobbitt assures us
that he could get many more, could lie
accommodate them. and we are de-
lighted to note this unprecedented pros
perity. The Mansfield Female College
now ranks as one of the leading insti-
tutions of the entire country that is
devoted exclusively to the higher edu-
cation Of women, and its standard Of
excellence equals the hest.
On opening day /, . get acquainted !
reception was held in the college chapel
where the alumna society, with many
Of our people. met the faculty and 9th
ers connected with the college. A heau;
tiful program was rendered. composed
of music and songs. and the fall term
was usllered in under the most favor
allie and delightful auspices.
Many improvements have been made
since the last term closed. and Prof
Boblitt was the recipient of many com
plinleilts upon the splendid results ht
| has accomplished
The new faculty Is an excellent one
/ Il
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
Step-Ladder Corn.

There is on exhibition down ut the
Wyche store one ding-basted tall stalk
of corn. and it was grown right here III
Benton. too--by Mrs. Elizabeth Daw-
son. We do not call ia mind that we
have ever seen a taller stalk OF corn.
It measures II feet and sports two
well developed ears Of corn, and, at
thnt. it isn't of any fancy variety. 1t
Is Just corn, and with ears far enough
up the stalk to be out Of reach of all
passing shoats.
This stalk Of corn Is from a patch Of
many tall stalks. The half acre tract
on which it grew h;is been well fer
tilized for some Years. and it may he
of interest to some readers to learn
that the corn Of this season follows a
soy bean and pea crop of last season.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
Road Contract Let.

Police Juror w b. Wilbourn has
awarded the contract to clean ont the
rightofway and Crude the Az miles Of
the Benton-Arkansas Highway that ~
located in Ward Two-tllat IS. the Az
miles rs yet NOT graded and graveled.
The contract went to Messrs w. Il.
Ivey and y. NJ Beiclier. Their lid was
1905 cents per cubic yard for the dirt
work. and for moving hack fences.
cleaning out aud Srubhipg the rightof-
way they are to receive $270O.50.
There will be but little change in
the course of the road. Here and there
angles and curves will he reduced. and
that's about ALL Tie wOrksOf cleaning
cut the rightofway Will be begun this
week and soon some twenty-five to
thirty teams will be put on the job.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
A sizable Family.

An old friend who called by Tues1
day--tO get us to forward his II. G. ".
dues to Adjutant j. S. Alison--was Mr.
+. r. Chandler. who for some years
past has resided in Plain Dealing. Mr.
Chandler said he was accompanied 4hy
Mrs. Chandler and that they had sold
out in Plain Dealing and We're moving
to Bossier City. He owns home in
that place and stated that he had bar
gained to purchase another. While he
has sold his residence property in Plain
Dealing he still retains his 40-;cre
tract Of alluvial soil iii the Phelps
Lake district
Mr.. Chandler said lie was moving to
Bossier City SO as to he more centrally
located for visiting his children. who
reside i'll Shreveport. and in Webster
Claiborne and Bienyille Parishes And
If it hadn't been mentioned in the Ban
ner some years ago none Of yon read
fers would ever guess how many chit
dren there are. Here's the list: Seven
teen children, ninety-one grandchildren
and tlirty-six great-grandchildren We
have been thinking the matter over
and have about come to the conclusion
that the old folks don't need Il home
if they are going to visit MI the chill
dren regularly. BY the time they get
around a year will have closed and it
will be time to again begin the circle
OF visits. So it would seems that they
need q good On aSy-rif1inr ear S1larHn-
teed for rough usage and many miles
of travel.
Mr. Chandler il Il Confederate vet,
eran and he and his good wife were
united in marriage shortly following
the surrender, we think We trust the.
may live to see 4 score or more o1
their great great decentralization
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
A Dinner Party.

Contributed by a resident of this pincs.l
Mr.. Walter. Clyde fvey was the host
ut one of the most delightful dinner
parties OF thelseason Sunday Mt Lin
wood, the plantation home of his
father, Mr. w. +. Ivey
A most delicious dinner was served
III Mrs. Ivey. and after dinner all in
vaded Mr.. Ivey's sugar cane patch, and
therefore the young men spent good
hour reeling sugar cane for. the fair
sex. Of course. they didn't mind that.
The party then Went kodaking and
also made II delightful motor trip to
!. Swannhaveil.'
\ Those enjoying Mr.. Ivey's hospitality
were: Miss Trueheart Cannon and Mr..
I. ". StinsGl. Miss GLADYS Thompson
and Mr.. +. u. Taylor. Miss f.eola Greer
and ar. w. D, Smith, Miss Ruby Mont
golnery and Mr.. w. G. Ivey.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30

This writer. who was transplanted
from England to the West ut ali early
age. so that he has grown up and he
come II part Of it. is eninently quail
fed to write it's big stories; and he
has been doing 20 for nearly twenty
years Such stories as Il Daughter
of Ramsey. Wyoming. Ridgway
of Montana. . 4" Buckley O'connor." "A
Texas Ranger" : Mavericks" Brand
Rlotters, :. Tile Vision Splendid and
Z. The FIighgraders will lie recalled.
He has also contributed host Of
serials. norelettcS aud short stories to
English and American magazines. His
!. Crooked Trails and Straight" prob
ably his hest. will appear ia the Ban
lier in serial form. Do not miss the
first instaIlmept.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
More New Pupils.

Mr.. T. T.. Page, Of Ninock, was here
Monday to enter as pupils IN Benton
High School Misses Jewel Tully. Ruby
and Gretchen Page. all OF whom are
his nieces. The young ladies have EN-
tered the high school department Of
the school. thus giving twenty five
pupils in that department and running
the total enrolment of the school up
to ninety. It is a pleasure to note the
continued success and growth OF the
school. and we are now wondering II
it won't boast a hundred or more pu-
pills before October closes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
Grain Mixtures For Hens.
q 3. II. Press Bulletin.

III order to obtain an abundance of
eggs it II necessary to have healthy.
vigorous stock. properly fed The fol-
lowing are COED grain mixtures for
the laying stock the proportions being
hy weight: Ration 1-Elual parts Of
cracked corn. wheat and oats. Ration
2-Three parts of cracked corn. two
parts of oats, and one part Of wheat.
Ration tive parts Of cracked corn
and one part Of oats. 4 choice Of amy
one of these riltions should be scattered
in the litter twice daily, morning and
evening.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
- - - = ~. "a - ~ 80
The Last Quart.

'Tis the last quart of likker left stand
ing alone:
All its lovely companions h;tve faded
and gone.
He saved it for illness, but gloom gath
ers thick.
He eyes that last bottle and feels
pretty sick.
Kaasas CITY J0Hr7nl.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
They viii Never Die.

From the Fort Bragg Call Netrs.l
There is one class of weelSlies which
will never die as long as men and wo-
men live together iii small communities
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30

Secure us three new subscribers. re-.
init the Sf. and well mail you the
Banner free for twelve months
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30
Will Sell or Trade

For d good car d new Kanabe Piano.
For terms and price apply to Mrs. Il. +.
GARDNER, Benton. La. W-4-pl
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-07-27

Join the crowd, make up a party
of friends, and go to Ocean City,
Thursday of this week; train leaves
Cambridge, at o'clock, round trip
ticket $3.50; no half fare tickets
sold. Pack up lunch and take
day off from work and enjoy a we'll
earnest rest.-Adv. 7l26-2t
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-07-27
HOG CHOLERA WARNING
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry,

U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry,
Washington, u. c.
You are advised that hog cholera
is reported to exist on the premises
of Melvin H Christopher and Albert
H. Smith, near Cambridge, Md.
REMEMBER-CARE IS YOUR
BEST PROTECTION mo GERMS
NO CHOLERA"
Stay away from other peoples
hogs. keep people away from your
hogs.
Use care IN moving hogs to your
premises for any purpose.
Keep your dog tied up, keep other
dogs away
Promptly burn or bury the car
cass of any animal thai dies on your
premises.
See that other people do the same
If hog in your herd appears sick
lose no time in calling a competent
person veterinarian if possible, to
examine it.
If evidence of hog cholera is found
in your herd, if there is or has been
a possibility of exposure, lose nc
time in yaccinating.
Advise your neignbors of the
above noted outbreak.
if yon know Of sick hogs in the
county, notify your County Agent.
Extension Service of State College
of Agriculture, State Board of Ag-
riculture, L. S. Bureau Animal In
dustry.
Inspect. in charge, College, PIX, Md
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-07-27
Farms At Private Sale

1 will sell at private sale, on easy
terms, the following farms all Of which
are we'll located and offer opportuni-
ties for money making:
No. l Farm on State road near
limits of Vienna, contains $50 acres,
100 cleared and 80 in fine tim Der;
outbuildings in good condition. This
farm is convenient 10 High School,
railroad and steamboat
No. z. Farm one-half mile from
State road, near JacktoWn on Thomp-
son station road; in high state of cult1~
walton; room dwelling and outbuild-
ings, all in splendid condition; this
farm contains 179 acres. 100 cleared.
and 70 we'll set in timber.
No. 3.s Farm on oyster Shell Point
and 80 in timber. This farm is with
in half a mile of State road. is locat-
ed on water and in splendid condition.
Bargain if sold before renting time.
No. 4. Farm at Cabin Creek, con-
tains 1876 acres about 100 cleared and
balance in timber; is on State road.
two miles from East New Market and
three miles from Hurlock; is in best
farming section of the county. Has
six room dwelling and necessary out
buildings all in good condition.
try store within hundred yards of
premises.
TIMBER LANDS
Having rented by wood yard. 1 have
several tracts of timber ranging from
tractive prices.
JH WALLER
r 5I2S-tf Cambridge, Nd
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-07-27
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow

Don't be a consummate Slave.
Quit doing: like somebody else. Do
just like you feel you ought to do.
Be free-be a king in your own
reals.
For goodness sake! Why is a
man just like sponge every time he
happens to drop into the pail of
Prosperity?