The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-12-30
Fifty Ye.rs AGO.

Au@y ASOAo A8Vs
The Banner Of Dee 81, 1s7O-Bellcvue.l
1t is to be learned from an official adj
vertisement appearing that II. G. War
moth, Governor; .. j. Dunn, Lieuten-
ant Governor; G. L. Bovee. Secretary
Of State; John Lynch and Thos. {.
Anderson comprised the State Board of
Returning Officers" Over their sig
natures is shown the result Of an elec-
ton held in Bossier Parish November
Z, 1870. The vote for Parish Judge
was: j. A. Snider, 60; l.. w. Baker,
674 For sheriff: Il. +. Oneal, 657 ;;
n. +. Cox, 517; j. D. Richardson. 120;
scattering, 12O. For Coroner, W. r.
Head, 537 The remaining tabulation
shows the vote in nine wards for JUS
tees of peace and the vote in eight
wards for constables.
The Banner here quoted from was
published on the last day Of 1870. The
| editor, having that in mind gave some
thing of review of the achievements
of the people of the parish during the
year closing and gave expression to
the hope of the, coming twelve months.
Omitting the first two paragraphs of
the article, we quote:
:. The business Of nine-tent Of our
people is farming. and in this we have
just been moderately successful.
i Il great many may feel inclined to
complain of the excessive rains and the
they will take the trouble to inquire
they will find that the diligent man.
the man who did his duty by his crop
regardless of seasons has succeeded.
Again, the price Of cotton is the
source Of never ending complaint. But
If the farmer has been out of debt. had
planted sufficiently Of corn and pota-
toes, has kept stock Of CATTLE SHEEP
; and hogs, as every one who makes
! farming a profession ought to have
the low price Of cotton would have
: effected him but little.
: Let him resolve, and carry out thu
resolution, to live as much within him
. self as possible, to cease Specializing, t.
: plant less and cultivate better, to settl,
himself permanently. so that lie may b,
) enabled to surround himself with or
: chards and other COMFORTS, and t,
raise stock"
r There's the old story about bein,
ont Of luck " because of the price o
a cotton, and the same old line of atlvic
. from the country editor about diversi
!. fication Of crops. Some say it won
b pay, hut the country editors of th
e nation keep on pining for the other ma
J. to try it out As a matter of stric
= truth it will pay. as has many time
i been demonstrated in Bossier Parish
- and as the Banners news columns thi
II week reflect. The trouble is we hav
o gotten iii the habit Of growing cottol
! and like it. and it is also the hes
Is means Of keeping colOred labor OH til
: farms And 1921 is going to find man
4. a man white and colored) who HI;
d heretofore regularly gotten his az
\ vances from the merchants growing 10,
Of truck on his place for home col
sumption. depending on his own r.
sources and paying his way as he got
!. that is, for the few things he
y going to buy.
!. Again emitting paragraph oil CO.
Is siderable length, we quote:
~ .. Besides farming, many other trad
and occupations are needed in Il COZ
munity IN order that it may thirty
In the present condition of our pari.
the most important of these is nlillin
During this year that business his su
II ceeded pretty we'll. Some Of the mil
~ have had gins attached, and for til
e practice to become general would vast
~ benefit both miller and small farmt
y. Several parts of the parish are needil
~ mills, as wards Six and Seven, betwe
u the bayous, and doubtless they won
~ he profitable there. 1t makes us sick
~ heart to pass extensive clearings whe
M the finest kind of timber has be
deadened. and thus forever lost to t
a community. How greatly more bene
'rt cial would it be that the miller cou
nd use the timber before the farmer us
IN the land
IN. The lack of schools is next DIV,
IN upon, and it is noted that the writ
he says in this paragraph: For sol
Years. at least. we need not expect a
gu school money for the whites" Ref
Ter ence is mad to appropriations from
lth state The suggestion is made that
VS. schools he opened and supported
OIL contributions to come from the VIII
as residents of the parish. This to sh,
IN that. party which is endeavoring
ed force mixed schools upon us that |
nd thing is impossible. and that we G
ze support both schools.