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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-12-16
Around Kiasswood.

Monday. lice. 1:;-Alr. :. $. lsDuii-
savall was Il ,i,sincss visitor to Hos
sier Monday.
Mr.. Virgo liinlcy and Mrs. q. n
Shelly were Shreveport visitors to-.lay..
AIRS e. II. Garter and daughter
spent the afternoon with Mrs. u. \.
DeAIelit.
Mr.. II. \. HeAIent was d caller yes
tertlaY ut TIVE home Of Ills l.rotiicr, Mr.
Wilson DeAtcnt.
Mr.. q. NJ. Shelly was !, BUSINESS vls-
itor to-day ut tile home Ut Messrs.
lsu,insdv:tll and Isus,py.
Little Harold f.ns!ey has beer, sick
with chiIls. tl.on:;, lie ii t,p HOW. and
In passing one can seq him and his
goat out playing most any time during:
the day.
Mr.. X. q. KnSlHy reports .ettill= n
letter from his lrotller. residing ii,
Houston. Texas. who underwent :,n ot,-
eratien some time I.ast. He Is nor
able to sit uo Il little mt Il time. though
lie Is very weak.
MIR. and mrs. Jack WEIGH. of tllantl.
Ter. Texas. have moved IN With their
parents. Mr.. aud Mrs. s!tlweli. until
Mr.. Welcl completes his house. All
are very glad. Katherine and Jack. t.
have yotl h;lck IN our community.
Mr.. Hutler. of Michigan. an olt.-tim
friend Of Mr.. and Mrs. l'e;lse. il nnW
spending Il few days with them. III
S;f!S he thought Louisiana was : tlie
land Of sunshine" and really there
have leel bnt very few fair days since
HE'S been down South. You should
come to Louisiana during the spring ol
summer. Mr.. sutler. Then You vii.
say tbs a land Of sunshine. md roses
too. -DITsY.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-12-16
cORRESPO NDENCE
Phillips NH.

Monday. Dec. 13. - Messrs. AI:ilvill
and Turner Rurks Transacted business
in Benton To-day.
.Jotlie Hounds visited ut the home of
MaIeOmb ionng yesterday.
|. Miss Allie Bonds was Il guest yes
terda: at tie home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Hounds.
MIR. MaicOni', iCHh. and family h;tye
moved into the house occupied by Mr..
lIelesclotli. OH the Eoats Young place.
Operation Of the Rocky Mount rig
has heen suspended until after .ainl-
AIRY LIST. so the correspondent is In
formed.
Mr. William FairclOtli. from Webster
Parish. was IL guest Yesterday aud hast
night mt the home of MIR. and Mrs.
J. l.. Nortllcott.
Jim Bass and family have moved
| back OH their farm 1T Ivan Mr.. lass
has had employment tie PAST few
! months with The oil well people drill
lii. near Hughes Spur.
| air. George t;r;int and family are
! living Oh the Sam Mct all place. about
one and IL half mile west Ut ltocky
| Mount. Mr.. Grant has employment at
the oil Well Hear ,.us.a's Spur.
Talk al.out l;ld roads, there are SOME
sure enough bad loads pctMeel Joe
bounds and lsuicau fridge. If you
i L.,n't believe it. try 1t Wit, an sniiTy
wa.oil. and /. You don't mind you
/ will Dog down.
/ Marvin Rulks home being broken
up by the death Of Ills wife. lie ii;lS
moved mis- household goods To totton
Valley. to the home of his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. The sley Turks. where liz vii!
reside for the present.
Mr.. J. l.. Northcott. who :,ls Ell.
ployment ut Alden Fridge with tin.
Weaver 4 Rivers Lumber Company
spent Saturday am: sunday mt nom.
and returned to his work as woods
foreman Monday morning.
Some tlarkies out liuntin. one tl;,,
last week chased and freed some kind
of a large ntasmsait III Carney !. ottollis
near the f.nlnEi road. These ss.ih.
the tracks say they we're nl:.,lr by J.
lsintiler. II fought off I'LL .l..s I'M.
sent them lack wiillina- ;.,erc |.
s.,llle talk Of a his hunt T., try aud .:ti
/ the v;irmeBt. --F..taK lEs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-12-16

Mrs. w. II. coston. Mrs. G. w. Cham
beers and Mr.. and Mrs. +. X Smith.
Mrs. w T. Coleman. OF Shrrve-
port. visited friends and relatives here
last week.
Mrs. H. Il. Pointer has been ON tllc
sick list a few days this week. hut Is
improving.
MIR. Dood Cummings. Of Charles
ton. NO.. visited Mr.. and Mrs. X. +.
Jones last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. williams. of.-Sircve-
port, spent the weekend wifi Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. w. Chambers.
MIR. and Mrs. J. H. i.eicler. of
uear Benton. visited Mr. and Mrs.
W. I. Belciler sunday
Mrs. &. Il. Jones, of shreveport.
visited her daughter, Airs. X. Il. Jones.
Tuesday and Wednesday Of last week.
MIR. and Mrs. j. II. AIotiawell en-.
tertained at ID dinner party sunday. the
guests being Mr., and Mrs. Jerry Fulli.
love. Miss Fullilove. Mrs. T.. \. Norris
Mrs. $. +. Norris and Mr. 1lirksey
Minifee.
| MIR. and Mrs. T. j. Smith enter,
tanned the Christian Workers last Fri
| day night with an oyster supper. \.
the date WAS 50 near their. sixteenth
| wedding anniversary. they celebrated
/ tile two occasions in one. and IN honor
to her guests Mrs. Smith ns,,lt use o1
chilla. cut glass and silver that had
,iee,l wedding gifts to her mother. Mrs
III. :. tickers. aud tO lier-;i few piece.
of rare cut glass having belonged to hel
grandmother and Observation-Disclosures
/ The guests We're Mr.. and Mrs. L. W
llutc:iinss. Mr.. and Mrs. n. G. Jones.
MIR. and Mrs. q. w. Chambers AMI
children. Ain and Mrs. w. II. CoStol
and Mr.. and Mrs. Il. W. smith ant
daughter
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-12-16

Yon enjoy reading the Banner. SO
wenIl your relative WIN has renewed
from the parish Why don't !pil order
ut mailed tn him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-12-16
! Considerable Polnt.

: Officer. inquired the testy judge.
what's all that ruinpus IN the jury
ROOM? 7
= Y'r honor. the foreman s,.ys they're
arguing valuable point.
!" oh. tel. them flat they ilive my
appreciation. but axk them I'll lie q little
Itsore quiet about IT. =
! i'r iaollor. replied the esairtroom
dignitary on his return. Z TIL jury
wishes to thank you for Your appro-
hation. Int the Ixsint they're argning
IL on.. Of ncncchlc for s, a eide. -
y nlsriclA it.lllit. y. I'LL
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-12-16
Horse r adish.

i"Hng f,adg ton first visit to West
ern ranch - For what purpose do yon
use that coil Of line on sour s;idtlle!:
OHpHHchcr- That line. You call it.
lady. we, nse for catching cattle and
horses.
fOaag I.sdV--Oli. indeed. Now. may
:.sk. wat do .5oii Mss Ter '.lit.--s.os
.4ngeies Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-12-16
Linton Pickups.

Iuestiiiy. Zee. i+.-iess imam TWO
weeks uItil christmas l'''s
Mr.. Jim Jones is reported on the
sick list.
Mrs. NJ. +. Curry spent Sunday even
III. with Mrs. W. NJ. Jones.
Mrs. G. w. jones antl children spent
Yesterday Will, Mr.. and Mrs. w. M.
JeIrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Ii. l:un,.a rtlner and
family we're visitors to shreveport
SATURDAY,.
,u.. ~, aud ,,.,r, ..,.,,.,, .,..,.t
Sunday eye,,iu. wifi, Mr. and Mrs.
=. =.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26
The Puritan Church and State

The Constitution of the United
States contains an indirect recognition
of Sunday. as a dies non. 1t is in
these words : eff any bill shall not be
returned by ths-tPresident within ten
days Sundays excepted) after it shall
have been presented to him, the same
shall be a law in like manner as if he
had signed it, In some of the States
there are stringent Sunday laws.
which prohibit secular employments
upon that day, and impose various re-
strictions upon public amusements,
Such laws are, for the most part, a
tradition of the old Puritan Sabbath
which, with all its formal and doctrin-
al strictness, has had much to do with
the development of that moral man.
hood for which New England especially
has been distinguished. In theil
action against mere Commandments
and traditions of men," as these were
enforced in the Roman Church, the
Puritans so magniied the authority
of the Bible as to make it the rule
of practice for the citizen, as well a:
the rule of faith for the Christian
Rejecting the saints day and othel
sacred days imposed by ecclesiastical
authority, they revived the Jewisl
sanctity of the Sabbath, and enacted
the fourth commandment into a serie.
of laws, which forbade work, travel
pleasure, on the Lords Day, and evel
required attendance at church.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26

come a World Book. 1t appeals to men
in all conditions of life, to men of ev-
cry nationality. 1t is now translated
into 500 different languages and
dialects. 1t is accessible to three
fourths of the human race in their own
tongue. Wherever the Bible has gone
it has lifted up the race, intellectually
officially, spiritually. This is n of
the greatest testimonies to its power
and influence. The Bible is quoted
more generally by labor leaders to-
day than is any other book OF author
ity, and it is generally believed by
working people that the Bible is the
book of the common
The Bible is not 81 much the book
of the church, of an organization, as
it is the book of the individual Chris
tan. The Bible is essentially the
book of the family. 1t is found in
the home, where it is openly displayed,
and read, and studied. The Bible is
primarily the book of the missionary.
Upon it he bases his teaching and phil
osophy. In it is found his message
and method to the depressed people
whom he would lift into the light.
The Bible has been the greatest ed
ucative force in the world. Little chill
dren have learned their letters by
picking them from its pages; un-
learned men have been given a broad
err mind and a deeper character be-
cause of their study of its teachings
and thru the larger outlook upon life
which it gave them. Their eager
ness to study the Bible was a great in
centive to the common people to Learn
how to read.
The Bible thru its appeal to all the
people, has proved to be the creates
unifying force in the world. It's teach
ings-applicable to all men-gav'
them a common bond of interest. 1T
presentation of God as the Father
made men realize their common son
ship. It's emphasis upon the common
duties of men welded them more close
ly into a great world brotherhood. 1t
supreme spiritual appeal, which wen
, home to every human heart, burne'
; down the barriers which had hereto
fore made men enemies one of another
; It's historical breadth and it's worl
l wide outlook, lifted men out of tn
narrowness of their petty living an
gave them a vision which extende
clear to the celestial city.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26
Origin of the Blue Laws

Some European writer's on America
have been misled by a book, published
in London in 1871, giving the so-called
"Blue Laws of New Haven mo one
shall travel, cook victuals, make beds,
sweep house, cut hair, or shave, on the
Sabbath day. No woman shall kiss
her child on the Sabbath Of fasting
day. No one shall read Common
Prayer, keep Christmas OF saints days,
make minced pies, dance, play cards,
or play on any instrument of music
except the drum, trumpet, and jews
harp. Every male shall have-his hair
cut round according to a cap" These
"Blue Laws" are a pure fiction. No
trace of such rules, nor anything like
them, can be found in the legislation
of the Colony. Just before the war
of independence, one Samuel Peters, a
notorious liar, made himself so OBJ
noxious as a royalist, that he was OBJ
liged to flee; and he took his revenge
by publishing in England a fictitious
satire upon the Puritans.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26

The Bible of the Pilgrims has be
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26

Of all the international propaganda
carried on in this country that of the
Irish Sim Fem is the most Infamous.
1t is carried on by money gotten large
ly from the gullible ignorant by the
political agitators who profit thereby.
1t is claimed that the cause of Ireland
is similar to that of the American col
onies. 1t is not taxation without rep
resentation, for Ireland has represen-
tatives in the British Parliament even
larger in proportion than Scotland and
Wales. In Ireland the people elect
their own public officials. The agita-
tation is instigated entirely by Jesuit
religious forces to break up Anglo
Saxon civilization which native Irish
men have never been allowed to abb
sorb because they are educated in SUI
perstitious and pagan traditions. Their
medieval literature and dialect they
are endeavoring to revive. The agi-
tators both foreign and native born
who have not taken on American civ
ilization should be sent out of this
country as the anarchists were sent
back to Russia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26

France has taken on a new streak
of Puritanism since the World War.
There is talk of having a Sabbath OBJ
servance for newspaper publishers,
who now work days, nights and Sun
days to dish up much reading matter
that is neither news nor literature but
printed trash. 1t has been proposed
that all newspaper workmen be given
one day of rest in seven, beginning
at 6 o'clock Sunday morning and end
ing at 6 o'clock Monday night. That
means thta there would be no Monday
morning papers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26
MAYFLOWER UNIVERSAL BIBLE
Sunday, November %, 1920

Because of the celebration of the
300th Anniversary of the Landing of
the Pilgrims, the American Bible
Society has designated Sunday, No
vember 18th, as Mayflower Universal
Bible Sunday. The Bible Society was
organized May s, 1916. In 104 years
the Society has distributed 138,000,-
900 Bibles, printed in $50 different
languages and dialects.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26

During the World War the United
States Government took over nearly
eight hundred millions of dollars worth
of property owned by enemy aliens,
some of whom did much propaganda
work and tried their best to keep the
United States from joining the Allies.
The Pro-German vote was cast in a
block to the victors in the last election.
Plans are now taking form to hand
back the American millions to those
who are still our enemies. Watch the
moves to hand it back.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26

With forty one nations, many less
civilized than America claims to be,
sitting in Geneva, Switzerland, devils
ing means to prevent war and to re-
duce the great expense of ornaments
but with no representative of the Uni
ted States present is enough to make
every peace loving American bow the
head in shame. 1t seems to indicate
that we consider ourselves to be lack
ing in men capable of meeting and
dealing with men of other nations.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26

With fifty nine Republicans in the
New Jersey House of Assembly and
only one Democrat the patronage to
be given to faithful workers will have
to be spread very thinly. Last year
the offices made by the legislators
cost more than the lawmakers. Tax
payers are looking for economies with
other falling prices; But where will
it begin?
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26


The total tax to be pad by the rail-
road companies in this state for 1921
will be $12, 644, Sl0I54, an increase Of
S1,S75,4 AS. 9S 0Eer the tax paid for the
current a This is the largest in
crease in tax eve made In One year.
The tax is based upon an aggregate
valuation of 1891 166.44s, which is an
increase over the valuation for 1920 OF
$1S,917, 1853.
The action of the state board in rails
ing the assessments of the railroads Is
expected to. meet with objection on the
part of the companies.
The valuations and taxes Of the larg-
er systems are: Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, valuation $115, 1892, total
tax 1892, 957 .02, increased a over
S4O4, 1880; Central Railroad of New
Jersey, valuation $7S,922 ,9SS, total tax
1888, 1889, increase 1927 ,564.50; Phil.
adelphia and Reading, valuation 49,.
O7O,69O, total tax $G38, 6S0.9S, increase
S123,477.O1; Erie railroad, valuation
$33, 140.753, total tax $1,0153O0.35;
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
valuation $61,62o,24O, total tax SZ,Uf0,
1857, increase $500, 1886.
Mid in Bonus Distribution.
In the formidable task of distribut
ing the bonuses authorized by an act
Of the legislature and approved by
referendum of the voters to the 150,OO(
former service men and women Of New
Jersey, the State Soldiers Bonus Com
mission will give every preference tt
former service men in selecting thu
personnel to carry OF the work of thu
commission. This commission is com
posed of State Treasurer William T
Read, State Comptroller Newton A. K
Bugbee, Adjutant General Fredericl
Gilkyson and Major LeOnidas Coyle o
B~ridgeton, state commander of tn,
American Legion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-08
TOWNSHEND.

Dana Aiken and family have moved
from Westmoreland to the Franklin
place in No. , district.
Jack Sprague is working in Jackson
vile. His family are staying at Eugene
Riendieu's for the present.
r. w. Snyder was called upon for
veterinary service in Athens Sunday, a
valuable horse belonging to Clarence
Woodland having gotten loose and liber-
ally helped himself to grain.
\ postcard shower was sent this week
by the seminary students to the three
convalescents. at the Memorial hospital
from the school, Miss Mary Plumb,
teacher, Miss Julia Sparks and Aubrey
Stratton. Miss Plumb has now left the
hospital and is with friends on Maple
street. Reports are favorable from the
two others.
Both Howard and Malcolm Bishop,
children of Rev. c. w. Bishop, who have
been seriously i'll, are reported better
and probably out of danger. The entire
family have suffered with severe colds
and grip and in the baby Malcolm's case
eliminated in pneumonia with conyul-
tions and an abcess in the head. This
has broken, giving the little sufferer much
relief. Howard Bishop has been suf-
fering with pleurisy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-08

On Sunday evening, Nov. Is, she at
tended services at the Christian Science
church, returning to her apartment about
8 o'clock. At $50 she retired to her
room.
The next morning, when she did not
appear at the accustomed. hour. Mrs.
Marie LeCIair, a Christian Science
practitioner, who lived with her. went
to her room. 1t was empty. The bed
had not been slept in and suitcase was
missing, though Mrs LeClair was I'M
able TO say what amount Of clothing was
gone.
Fer 10 days Miss Daniels friends have
been making impurities regarding hor
Friends and relatives in all parts of the
country ave been appealed to for news
of the missing Young woman, but so far
without avail. Miss Daniels father and
mother al" b"th dead but She has sis
ter in Englewocd. \. J., and a brother
in Denver. These have been commune
Gated with. but no reply has been re-
ceived from them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-08
GREAT FLIGHTS
OF WILD GEESE
Greatest Number Of Geese and Ducks In
Years Have Gone SOuth-Other
Game Birds Numerous

BOSTON. Nov. S.-Never before since
the state ornithologists has kept records
have there been such flights of the best
game birds as this year. They have come
late, but finally they came beyond all pre-
vious records This has been true gem
orally of New England, but there seems
to have been more along the G asst than
in the interior. The state ornithologist.
Professor Edward H. Forbush. says of
the flight of waterfowls during the Inst
half of November: This was the great
est fight of waterfowl that we have ever
recorded" Wild ducks have been re-
ported in immense numbers. Early in
the month flocks Of wild geese passed
through the interior of New York and
New England, but only few on the
ceoast. The greatest flight of wild fowl
about the 9th immense numbers passing
our coast" In another place in his bulle-
tin he says:
Some observers report the greatest
flight of ducks in 80 years; others the
greatest number ever After the great
migration of geese in October there was
a lull in the goose fight. and although
some geese were flying during the first
half of November, the great movement
on our coast did not begin until the 18th.
In the earlier flights there were many very
small geese, and a few in the later migra-
ton, some of which were probably Hutch
ms geese, but we have not yet seen a
specimen. The great flight which came
after the Goth consisted largely of big
light colOred geese. From the 10Th to the
Goth an immense concourse crossed Cape
Cod. The fiocks continued to pass by
day and by night. On the 23d passed the
largest flight of all. They were going all
night and all the next morning This
flight went over Cape Ann mainly on the
23d. Many of the birds. weighed down
by sleet, were so exhausted that they came
to the ground. but the gOose-step was not
quick enough TO take them out of reach of
their pursuers Gunners near Newbury-
port, Mass, claimed to have killed some
with sticks"
Regarding other game birds. the bulIe-
tin says that there has been a great and
long continued fight of snipe and wood.
cocks cartridges have done well in some
places, but the season. on the whole. has
not been favorable. Quail have done well
in the most favorable places. but they are
being hunted Professionally. "Over-shoot-
ing has no doubt seriously reduced them
PEcGsants seem to suffer less"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-08
CAUSE OF INFANTUE
PARALYSIS FOUND
Minnesota University Experts Believe Ii
Is Bottle FIy-First' Found Re.
sp0nsibIe for Hog Paralysis.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Dec. S.
The much sought cure for infantiIe par
aIysls is announced to be within the
/ grasp of the Minnesota University Farm
School experts aud medical scientists of
the twin cities. This announcement was
made in conjunction with the statement
that lnfantile paralysis is traceable to
| the larvae of the .greenbottle fly.
This theory, which promises to make
II possible for medical authorities not
only TO prevent the spread of paralysis
epidemic in children but also to provide
cure, has been studied by q group of
farm school experts.
The subject has been under considera-
ton at the Minnesota Experiment sta
ton, in cooperation with certain medi-
cal authorities, as a result of the dis
, coVery that the larvae of this species of
fly Is responsible for hog paralysis and
limberneck in poultry.
Studies are being made by r. Adam
station IN cooperation with D. G. Bea-
yer and w. A. Billings of the veterinary
division of the college, and A L. Smith
of the country division.
These experts were considerably en-
lightened as to the causes and method
OF control OF animal paralysis, in certain
discoveries made in an attempt to trace
the causes of hmberneck in noultry In
experiments a cockerel was fed on the
larvae of greenbottle flies which had fed
on the head of hog which had died of
paralysis. The result was that Timber
neck Immediately developed. Next par
alysis was produced in guinea pigs by
feeding them larvae of chick showing
limberneck symptoms.
The S'eory that infantile paralysis is
spread by flies is given credence in the
fact that the discovery of the connec-
ton in the case Of animals was tested
thoroughly by the experimenters, who
were unable to produce limberneck or
paralysis symptoms by feeding spoiled
canned vegetables, spoiled meats and
larvae of other flies.
The revelations coming from the .exper-
iments have caused university otho'"ls TO
send out bulletins to farmers in Mime
sofa to protect their livestock and pouE
try and possibly human health by burn
ing or burying deeply all earrion.