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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15
Announcement
10 the Voters 0f BOssier and
Webster Parishes:

10 the Voters Of BOssier and
Webster Parishes:
I take this means OF announc-
ing my candidacy for the
office of District Attorney OF
the Second Judicial District
Of Louisiana, composed OF
the parishes of Bossier and
Webster.
IL elected, 1t shall be my en-
deavor to give to the people
of this district a fearless. Inn
partial and bnsinesslike adj
nninistration; to shield no
friend. to persecute no one,
and to SO handle the affairs
OF the Office sls to make the
criminal docket as little ex-
pense tn the parishes as pos
sible. The influx Of a certain
element following the oil in.
dustrv which shows a dispo-
sitiOn to disregard the law
has brought new responsibili-
ties to the District Attorneys
office. making it one Ut the
most important public offices
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15
vermln Riddancc.

\ clipping published in the Bunner
sixty Years ago. under the heading as
at0ves shown, may he Of value to It's
renders OF to-day. 1t follows:
Half All ounce Of soap hoiled ia a
pint Of water. and put on while hot,
infallibly destroys the hugs and their
eggs. Flies are driven out Of the room
by hanging NJ u bunch Of plantain or
fled worth plant after it has been
dipped in milk. Rats and mice speedily
disappear by mixing equal quantities
Ut strong cheese and powdered SsIuills.
They devour this mixture with greed
iness. and it IL innocuous to mani.
Halls Medical journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15
Oak Grove.

Monday. July A. - Another shower
fell here Friday evening.
Mr.. md Mrs w. +. Foster spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Rodgers
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Theus spent sun
day with Mr.. Charley Crowley and
family,
The Apostolic meeting ut Blocker's
Chapel Is progressing nicely. There
seems to be much interest manifested.
The reporter spent Friday in Mindell.
meeting friends there. Among them WAS
Mr.. VIII Manry. of Plain Dealing. who
il workin. for the Webster Signai.
Mr.. Il. H. Giles has got all of tile 1924
'lacEherry CROP gathered. and has In
formed the reporter that he. will next
proceed to chop his cotton. which. 81
course. Ii 4 very late variety. He says
canning blacklerries il one way to beat
the high e,st of living. cooD EYE
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15
Addcnls.

Under the sixty-year heading In last
weeks issue mention was made Of tile
death Of the widow of ]. W. Afford,
whose maiden name 1--WE have since
learned) was Is;ihella Miller. Their
three Sous were John. AHligrade and
Bplell. MI now dead. The widow (.Anna
Mepade1 Of the first HaNed. a sqn.
Mr.. u. u. Alf0rd, and a daughter, Miss
Katie Afford. reside iH Haughtan;
Drew lives in sibiey. and the other san.
Alma. in Lake Charles. Mr.. Edaar
Afford. son Of .Amigrlde. lives In New
Orleans. The three daughters of the
elder couple were eallie tAlrs. Jim
Edwards. sr.). Anbrnsia. Wlin died
while yet single. and Minnie. who mar
lied u Mr.. Kennedy. The hlSt named
moved to Texas and IL perhaps living
to-day.
Also upder the same heading mention
| was made Of the death of u former
Bossier sheriff LEWIS +. Steele. who
came to the parish from Alabanra. He
was survived by three daughters. one
of whom is still living-Aliss Sue G..
Steele. If Texas. Miss Jennie hecalae
Mrs. II. Z. HReal and Miss Hnlma mar
rieti n Mr.. Allen. Both are long since
dead.
J. l.. Turner. who read the declara.
tion of Independence ut Fourth Ut
July celebration held In Bellevue sixty
years ago. was Il brother Of Judge X. W.
Turner. also mentioned in the Banners
report of TIE celebration lie w;ts Il
Confederate volunteer and il said to
lave leen killed during the war. :. Es.l
Griffin = was John r. Griffin. u well re
nlemhered prominent attorney of Belle.
vue. rs WAS also p. L. Fart. The Mr.
Ahney referred to must haYe been Hon
1 4. A.. .Al,ney. then t'ierk OF Court mid
lnter Representative from the parish
and State SeiIttor mt the time Ut bis
death.
W. r. Crawford. Of the Rocky Mount
! firnl Of Crawford. Hughes y Company
1 WAS the father OF Cart w. T. Crawford
iIof Shreveport of the firm Of Crawford
I Jenkins x Rsotll. i. II. Hughes wa,
) an uncle Of Capt. W. 7. Hughes fol
many Years /, resident " .Isocky Mentlt
! lint now living Iii Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15

in North Louisiana. Should I
be hOnOred by election to this
Office. 1t shall be my purpose
to deal firmly but fairly with
this class: to make no dis
tinction between them and the
citizenS of Bossier and Web
ster Parishes who may be ~
unfortunate as to infringe the
laws Of the state. hut to i'm
press upon them the fact that
their infrslctiOns Of the law
cannot be excused OH the
grounds of n short and tenn
porary residence.
As legal adviser Of the l'o-
lice Juries and Parish School
Boards. my services will al
ways he at the disposal Of
those bodies.
In short. ii elected, l shall try
to perform my duty according
to the tenor Of my oath. In all
effort to Justify the confidence
Of those who have honored iile
with their vote. Respectfully.
II. H. LEE.
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The Parish FaIr cataieeu<.

The tgO Parish Fair Catalogues are
on the press and are now being dis
tributed, a copy having been received
at this office. Throughout the catalogue
y neat geographically, and, Of course,
shows the usual list Of premiums and
purses. Also are to he seen the adrer-
tisements Of seventeen Bossier Parrish
firms aud number OF those located
~ Shreveport. Copies Of the catalogue
way be secured upon application to
the Secretary. Mr. z. W. Hutc!limgs. Vi
Bosster city. Mr.. NJ. :. Bolinger. one
Of the directors. has written that Il
number Of copies will be mailed to this
office for free distribution.
The fair will be held mt I,ossipr { ity
Dctol'er 10th to 2:,d-fonr days.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15
Peaches and Waterme!ons.

According tG Air.. F'f;luk VieEers, Ut
the Bellevue community, who wls u
caller Tuesday, he IL meeting with de-
served success at present In the market
ing of peaches and waternlelons. He
has for some seasons l,ast enjoyed the
reputation Of being 4 gOnd peach grew
er and this season he x:tys timt lie has
SURPASSED his past efforts. For weeks
past he las been selling peacilea ut his
home aud In Shreveport for 81 per
bushel. and for some he has received
IS per bushel. Also. for some extra
nice peaches. picked and placed In
small crates. he has been paid Is cents
per dozen. From Il tlree-quarter acre
melon lltell he has already sold this
season $3.50 worth Of n,elons alid the
patch IL only about half exhausted
In other words, Mr.. vickers Is MAX
ing this season. from peach trees about
three years old. an average OF $6 per
may be planted 100 to the acre. From
one planting af 1ttl trees he lost only
three: from another planting Of fifty
trees he lost two trees. He expects
this coming fall to put out GeO young
peach trees on six acres. and has stated
that he will not only continue to prune
and spray his trees during the winter
months but will fertilize them.
As we figure it, Mr.. yickers Is going
to make 5000 l,er acre from his ynuna
| peach trees this season. II he can find
sale for all of lis peaches. and 500
from his three-luarter acre melon patch
1 A friend sitting ut our elbow as thi,
Is written says there isn't stalk o1
cotton OIL his place. but he has corr
that is going to make CD bushels pel
acre. to say ngtliHs ab9ut his yea, pea
nut, potato and hog crops. That's villa
we call diversified farming restiil:
and renewing the soil-and it migI
also be referred to as mighty goot
| farming.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15
CORRESPONDENCE
Phillips Hin.

Monday. July 12.-percy NorthcOtt
spent Sunday at the home Of Mr.. J. b.
Booker.
Dave Coyle has not been well the
l:ast few days. He visited Dr. Hall Sat
nrday.
Little Pies Johnston repaired Caney
bridge last Friday. 30 Mr.. Powell was
able to make his rounds Saturday.
cortez. little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. 4. G. Burks. was quite sick Sat
urday. hut Is some better at this time
Leslie Booker. who has been sl,end-
ing the past few days With home folks,
expects to return to his work ut Homer
Wednesday.
Born July 4th. to Mr. and Mrs. w. d.
Johnston. a girl. This Is the fourth
girl. and there are already four boys
in the family
ROrn Tuesday. the 9th. to Mr.. and
Mrs. 5. \. Morrison. i little airi. rAf.
makes fbe third girl and NTH child
living. The mother and baby are doing
fine.
Lots of damage is reported to crops,
fences and roads as Il result OF the hig
rain. Also, a number of bridges were
washed away 1t will cost the parish
many dollars to replace them.
The oil well ut Rocky Mount Is pro.
crossing nicely. The depth OF 100 feet
had been reached when rock that
broke the bit. was encountered. This
however, only occasioned a delay of Il
few days.
| Would like to knew If any one car
tel! just how much rain fell Monday
night OF lust week. Sixteen-gallon wash
pots anu half-barrel tubs that were
empty Monday night were running OveI
full Tuesday morning.
The rain OF Monday night, the 18th
was IN the form Of water-spout. a,
it seemed to come from all direction.
ut once. The correspondent Is INFORMED
that sOnle people were quite fortunat,
to hare slept all through the night ant
did not know 1t had rained until day
light Tuesday morning. blessed Ii til,
sound sleeper.
There was 10 much food water III tlii
section that Mr.. Powell did not get on
Oh the mail Route Tuesday and Wednes
day Of lust week. He came Thurslla,
and caney bridge ton the Emma road
had been weakened by high water an,
fell In with him. Fortunately he 20
cut without injury to himself Or Ill
team.
Messrs. Joe Bounds. Nam Burks an
others had some thrilling experience
Tuesday of last week. They We're con
| ing il frAM the Johnson min and cam
through by ]. nj. c0tle's to cross Game
ut cotton Valley bridge. but the waite
was sa high they were held up all tla
Tuesday and Tuesday night ut Mr.
Hughes place 6aney was several incl
! es over the banisters OF the bridge, an
Radcau was Il or il inches high.
than the highest water mark of til
. past winter. 1t was b planks up i
Bodcau bridge. but 1t has nearly d
! gone down NOW. Roads are In ll;l
shape IN places. hut the Police Jurs
is doing all I'M his power to again e
them in shape for travel. -FREcKLEs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15
Notice to Teachers.

The next teachers examination will
be held (for whites) August "a. 81
and 18th; for colored teachers, August
9TH. 9th and 7th.
Teachers Reading Course. Saturday.
August 7tll.
All teachers not holding valid certi-
ficates will be required to take this
examination. Very respectfully.
W. \. FpRTsoN, Superintendent.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15

was finally built through from Monroe
to Shreveport. Its Marshalls Texas, to
Shreveport link. constructed long prior
to that time. was sold to the Texas and
Pacific Company.
Here are some New Orleans price
quotations Of half century ,tso:
Flour. - to x6.25; corn. 41.M to
$40; bran. S1.O1h; hay. SD; ham,
2Icents: cotton--middling, 1SA cents
and low n,iddling, II to TN cents
gold, 111M.
Shreveport ut IL cents per lsitnd.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15
The Younger Generatlon.

Z The main difference 'twixt ire all
my hoy Jin." explained Kansas farm
er, Is that when put III 4 day at
work / don't feel like r,nniili' round
nights. and when Jim puts IN i night
rtl,lllin round he don't feel much iikt.
xOrkin days. "- Boston Transcript.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15
Echoes From the Big R.,n

People are still talking about the
big rain that fell throughout Rossier
Parish Monday night OF last week, and
one can hear it spoken of as a 2-incll
rain In some sections OH up to Pinch
flood in other localities. Throughout
the country districts there are but few
accurate gauges SO we incline to the
belief that but few know how much
rainfall there was--but all are agreed
that It was very heavy rain, and such
it was. Scraps OF news continue to
come in.
Mr.. Raymond Hamilton, who operates
a ranch and saw mill across Bodcau
from Bellevue lost four head Of mules
and two head Of horses from bein.
drowned when u nearly creek flooded
his lot.
MIR. Ernest McDade. Of the Princeton
community. who cs,me to Benton Sum
day by way Of the l.. and 4. and Cotton
Belt. was telling the reporter Monday
about the flooded condition OF Il scope
of country In the lower portion Of Ward
Two, near Carlt0n, on the L. and 4.
Where the wuters of Little Musselshell.
Big MusselshelI aud Red Chute hayous
come together, he said. many acres
planted to cotton aud corn. and consid-
erable idle acreage. were still fioaded ut
that time. Also, the water had backed
/ up the railroad track to Carlton and
some crops along the banks of Red
Chute were flooded This, we expect,
means that nearly all OF Willow Chute
Lotion (mostly uncultivated landl and
l0wlyilg land III Wards One and Six,
/ for miles south of the Il. and A.. We're
| In 4 state Of Hood.
The day following the big rain many
dead birds are said to have been seei
In the woods. showing with what fury
the storm ragged, and some have re
ported the drowning Of pigs, chickens
etc.
Tuesday the reporter was told that
In South Bossier the water WAS stil
rising aud that on the hack side Of ths
Nlign plantation (about Oh the Ward
tine aud Ward Six line) u private, ieves
was being constructed for the protec
tion of crops growing OH the lOwel
lands Of the place. Such conditions III
doubt exist at number Of other point.
further south.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-15
Thirty Years Ago.

The Banner Of July II. 1890 Beliesue.l
Thirty years ago Sheriff A. L, Thomp-
son thus advertised for Il transient who
was no doubt very much wanted at the
time:
Twenty-Five dollars reward for a
party who s.,ex by the name Of II. 5.
Andrews. charged with fnfgefF. About
twenty eighty ears old. fully bald. wears
spectacles when reading. weighs about
40 pounds. wears about No. CATERS.
Carried off ii large iYory-handje t'olt's
pistol 10. Al engraved on right side
of handle, also eagle ,,nd snakt. Tele-
graph"
At a meeting of the Police Jury held
in Bellevue July 18th. 18th and II. 1880.
the following six members were pres
ent: w. NJ. .Abher. president. =. 5.
Dortch. J. A. Seweii. +, Al. Barnett
]. 4. Nanny and H. Barnacastie. One
motion passed ut the meeting held the
first day will perhapk he read with in.
terest 1t reads:
When, on motion. Bodenleiniei
Brothers were allowed tile exclusive
right to the use of the outer wallis o1
| the collectors house on the BOSsier side
! of the bridge at Shreveport for one
year, for advertising purposes. aftel
paying the ,freasHrer af Bossier Parish
SO. the house to be Left IN satfae e0A
diti0n az ut this date
I've regret to learn Of the death O1
Mr.. William Walling, an old and es
teemed citizen Of this parish. He died Al
his residence about three miles north
east of Benton. in Ward Two, on las
katurtlay. the 18th. Of disease Of til,
heart: aaed sixtF=tiye years and fiv'
months. Deceased enlne to this lE,risI
during 1874. and wns Il native Of Edge
!, field District. South Carolina. He wa
d soldier during the war, enlistin: u
Il private in the Bossier Cavalry. b.
the death of Mr.. Walling the parisl
loses good and useful citizen
The Surviving children of william
waiting are Mrs. j: W.-Httlfi and MI
John NJ. Walling. both residing il
Texas. We htink. Mrs Zack Gardner
whose death occurred mt H0sstOn soln
| weeks ago. was also daughter.
1 Ten Years AGO.
The Banner III aais ~. l9l9-H -Henton.l
/ Mr.. L. r. Land. Vt Homer, Ii her
ON visit with old friends
Mr.. and Mrs. +. l. Hanks, Of Dixi,
were then residents of MastOdOil, Mis-.
I aTW9 cars of peaches have bee
shipped from, ti.is place this week an
another cur will go out t0-HMrFaM q
Saturday. They are from the Arnoi
old place. south of Benton"
Mr.. John III. Allen, then the Banner
Plain Dealing correspondent. said
Two cars Of peaches were shipped ye
terday and two cars are being loade
to-day, making six this week. The bo
weevil saa:'t eat peaches!
Mr.. Robert T. Poole. of South Bo
sier. had just left Shreveport san
tarium for Mineral Wells, Texas,
: recuperate for some time. He was n
conpanied by his brother-in-l;lw. NJ
John Mercer, Of Taylortown.
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The Naval Reserve Force.

The announcement has heen natle
that men between seventeen and thirty
five Years of age can now enroll in the
Z. $. Naval Reserve Force. Men 80
enrolled will he. given one year of ac-
tivetiye duty, ut the end Of which thine
they will he released.
Men now In the Sav;ll Reserve Force
who desire to 20 to sea for one year
are ;ilsu given i chance to do 80. nc
cording to Lieut. II Il. Hinriclis.
Navy Recruiting Officer ut 40 Co,nneil
street. New Orleans.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-27
RARTLETT'S statue of
~ Lafayette aUhich is to be
presented to France

America gave 100000 pennies to
provide a statue of Lafayette to
stand in the court of the Louvre.
They were in hurry to see their
gift materialized, just as the Knights
Of Columbus are now. So a tenn
porary plaster statue was modelled
by Paul Bartlett and erected.
This remained in place for half q
dozen years, crumbled and stained
by the weather until it was an eye-
sore. But at the end Of those years
this American sculptor at work in
his Paris studio had finally achieved
a clay model of General Lafayette,
with upraised saber, mounted on a
huge Percheron horse. Another
year was required to make the
bronze horseman and monster steed,
and the statue was finally hoisted
into place atop fitting pedestal.
1t is a marvel of detail, that
statue, from the blade of the saber
to the curling lips of the Percheron.
1t dominates the court of the Louvre
in which it stands, and that court is
the center Of the artistic world.
There is knot in the tail of the
horse that might have been tied by
Lafayette's orderly just before one
Of those long marches through the
mud of New Jersey when the Revo-
lutionary soldiers were outmaneu-
vering the hired Hessians. Best of
all is the face of Lafayette-sharp-
featured, intelligent, aristocratic.
The pedestal of the statue in the
Louvre was purchased with the pro-
ceeds of $4,000 in bullion appro-
New-York tribune., 1920-06-27
WR s. r A Y NJ o " D
1'A BROWN, of the State
League of Women Voters

should. A widow or a woman who
has been absolutely divorced may
take out naturalization papers for
herself. If husband and wife are
legally separated but not divorced, or
if the wife has been deserted, there
is no citizenship for the woman ex-
cept that Of her husband.
In the Republican party's plat
form adopted at the recent conven-
ton there is a plank recommending
Federal legislation for the independ-
ent citizenship of married women.
Regarding the citizenship Of chill
dren, the lesson says that a child
born on foreign soil whose parents
are American citizens is an Ameri-
can citizen. However, he must 20 to
the American consul, if he is living
abroad, when he is eighteen years
old, and register his intention to be-
come an American citizen and to re-
turn to the United States, and when
he is twenty-one he must go to the
consuls office again and take the
New-York tribune., 1920-06-27
The Course Of Training Includes 4
Thorough Discussion of the
Federal Constitution

currency. Robert B. Wolfe COM
piled pamphlet on "Can We Have
Efficient and Contented Labor?"
knowledge for tho Voter
Having the general education
possessed by most people in this
country, I studied some Of the les
sons which Mrs. Whitney was send
ing out to women citizens. / de-
cided to try to find out what things
the league thought / ought to know
to be an intelligent voter.
Now, take the Constitution of the
United States. know the Consti-
tuition. Yes, once for cutting class
/ had to learn part of it. But aside
from that I felt that 1 had a gen.
eral knowledge Of the Constitution.
However, it was news to me that
our Constitution was the first
written constitution in the history
Of the world. In fact, I was SO
thoroughly familiar with a written
constitution as the beginning Of
things that l naturally thought the
first thing any organization did was
to write a constitution.
Among tho lessons on American
citizenship Is ono written by Mrs.
Charles A. Beard, on "The FREQ La
Dor System Against tho Slave Labor
System"
Did you know that Indian slavery
was attempted in the New England
colonies? Vermont was the first
Northern state to forbid slavery.
Unconditional emancipation came In
New York in 1927.
Mrs. Beard has made a clear and
New-York tribune., 1920-06-27

oath Of allegiance to the United
States.
A child of foreign birth adopted
by American parents does not be-
come naturalized by the adoption.
A founding is citizen of the
country in which he is found.
Now, at the end of each lesson
there is a photography on the sub
Ject treated. At the end of the
course is series of questions to be
answered. In these questions lies
the test of whether the students
have mastered their subject.
Lessons in Demand
Mrs Caspar Whitney, who is
chairman Of the leagues committee
on education, says that there has
been a remarkable return on the
correspondence course, even though
1t is still very new. Women in the
rural districts and small communi-
ties want the pamphlets for inten-
sive study. These courses are in
deed good and condensed reading.
They offer in compact form facts
which many Of US would not wade
through libraries to find. And In
some cases the lessons are such as
we could not possibly get for our
selves.
The material offered for study
steers as far away from propaganda
as possible. The bills which are in
dorsed by the league are available
in condensed and A-B-C form, but
information on any legislation is
New-York tribune., 1920-06-27

community spirit and sense Of par
ticipation in government.
Books which are good citizen
makers are short cuts to universal
good citizenship. This doesn't mean
that the immigrant should be given
an encyclopedia or learned treatise
on economies or political economy
Nor does he want the preachy life
OF pedestaled hero in his Christ
mas stocking. He wants useful, in
forming but entertaining books
simply written. Nothing too deep:
not mere patriotic ranting that in
suits grown PERSONS intelligence.
"e should touch home and personal
interests; give man soma good
points for the supper table arpu-
ment; make him better citizen and
better voter without trying to re-
form or improve him.
"Webster's definition Of citizen is
a person, native or naturalized. Of
either sex, who owes allegiance to a
EC CVeYDrenh md "a ar+t<1oJ A.. 49,,
rocal protection from it, According
to this definition we ca1force men TO