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IMPRESSIONS

The policy Of any business house is quickly
perceived by its customers. LeveI-headed bust
ness men know that an undertaking policy of
giving satisfaction creates the impression that
attracts and holds patronage
This institution feels that its customers and
friends and the public are impressed with the
fact that we operate with their best interests
as our first consideration.
Our efforts are directed constantly toward
the justifying and Strengthening of that i'm
PRESTON.
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Making strikes impossible.

Labor Ii becoming convinced chat
it IL going too far.
Yes. the men are beginning to real
ixc that il they htvesl't irts tlley wont
be able tv strike. YMflHio E.rprt;ss
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A Fine Cantaioupe.

Written for last weeks issue.]
There came to the reporter Yesterday
afternoon a cas;llpa cantaloupe, sent in
by Mr.. ]. $. Overcash, of TaylortoWll.
We call to mind that some weeks ago,
while d visitor in Benton, Mr.. Overcslsll
was admiring the handsome truck grow
ing in the Banners experimental gar
Gen. What kind Of melon vines are
those?" he asked. We explained that
they were the famed Casalpa canta-
lonres-then in All undeveloped state.
and still so, He stated that he WAS
growing some Of the same variety and
suggested that we exchange seed. The
Banners vines have done pretty well
iii growth. and have put on blossoms
like poppy bed, hut there is only one
eantaloupe. and it shows an inclination
to remain the same size all the time
about the size of IL guinea egg. But II
Mr.. Overcash will be patient and give
our cantaloupe time to develop and
ripen we are going to save him scour-
full Of seed-if the yield is that much
We are Obliged to you for the can
taloupe you sent in, Mr.. Overcilsh. We
ate it right off the bat-that afternoon
| -ilnd>eyeryhody enjoyed it. And thu
seed were saved.
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The Deer Hunters.


The first half OF this week quite i
number Of deer hunters canIed some
miles northeast of Benton. A crowd
from Plain Dealing stopped ut the North
spring and those from Benton made
use Of the old camp site Mt the Dick
Jennings homestead. Some OF them
came in Tuesday and some yesterday,
ard we think they are all again ut
hame to-day. The last report we had
was brought iii e;Hly yesterday after-
noon by DR.. Garrett, Of Shreveport, and
Mr. II. L. Wyche. 1t was to the effect
that several fine bucks were jumped
and run. hut none We're killed
Other ememhers of the two parties Of
hunters were Messrs. T. =. and H. ID.
Taylor, ]. i. lAtiair. ]. II. Messtgonaery,
Tom Stinson. Walter G. lvey, Masfin
Henderson. Jack Sihley tfrpm near
Dixie) and Walter Cowart (of Vance
yille).
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New Primary Election Law

Second primary elections are not only
i; source of unnecessary expense but
of both perplexity and annoyance to
candidates and voters alike. So many
will lie pleased to learn than the pri-
mary election law enacted by the 1920
Legislature practically eliminates sec
end primaries. Only iii the event Of Il
tie between the two high candidates-
the chances of which are now douhIy
yreluced-will Il second primary he nec
essary We quote below three para
graphs from the new law bearing on
this subject:
$ In all cases where there Is to he
nominated only one candidate for Il
particular office, the elector shall indi-
cate his first choice, and without being
required so to do, may indicate a second
choice, and ballots shall be printed ac-
cortiingly. as hereinafter provided. 1t
any candidate shall receive a majority
of votes Of tile first choice, lie shall
receive the nomination. If no candidate
shall receive such Il majority OF first
choice votes. then the nomination for
such office shall lay between the two
candidates receiving the highest num-
Ier Of first choice votes, and the deter
minatioll of the nomination as between
said two highest candidates receiving
first choice votes. shall he by adding
to their first choice votes the second
CHOICE votes which they respectively
received, and the candidate as between
these two, who received the greatest
number of first and second choice votes,
shall he declared nominated
| :" In cases where there is to be NOM
| mated more than one candidate for a
particular office, then when the first
candidate is chosen as required above.
| the second candidate shall he chosen
il. like manner, by eliminating from
the contest for the second choice the
candidate already declared nominated.
and taking the next two candidates
receiving the highest number of first
choice votes and adding to their first
choice votes. respectively, the second
choice votes received by them, and tine
candidate receiving the highest number
Il
he declared nominated, and so on until
| Il sufficient number of nominees have
been selected.
THE officer preparing the ballots
shall print two perpendicular columns
OH the right side of the ballot adjoin
ing the names Of the candidates and q,
the head of the first column shall be
written first choicc, and at the head O.
the second column shall be writer
Z second choice, so that the elector may
Indicate opposite the name OF any can
ditlate whether such candidate IS hi.
4 hrst or second choice: providing tha
10 elector shall indicate 5 secont
choice any candidate whom he has III
ready voted for as his first choice; ant
IL any elector shall vote for any candi
date as his second choice for whom HI
has already voted for as his first choice
, then as to such candidate. the ballo
shall be considered Il spoiled ballot
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HoIe-a-Day Club Formed.

According to the Leader. there has
l,een formed over In Ruston novel
cub that Is going to result IN at least
some improvement in the roads of Lin
coin Parish and, perhaps, the whole of
North Louisiana. "A Hole-a-Day Club \
is the brand new name for this new
organization. and there the reader has
tie suggestion of its aim. Here is what
tile editor Of the Leadcr has to say
about it:
a Hole-a-Day Club is heing organ
ized with Lincoln Parish AS the DON'T
cile and with Ruston Travelling Mems
Booster Committee of the Ruston
Chamber Of Commerce as the men be
lind the movement.
The plan is for better roads and
every member Of the club pledges to
carry IL small shovel or other implement
to fiji at least one hole day that he
| drives his car during the year.
Though huston is the center OF the
| movement, the travellers hope to extend
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the membership throughout North lou.

the membership throughout North lou
iSiana and that farmers will he induced
to occasionally fill Il hole and the result
will lie ut least more riding comforts.
Don't you think the plan good one
and don't YOU believe we Bossier Par
isI people would do well to join 1t? 1t
sounds like it Is going to make the
riding little easier for the aut0inol,il.
lists and all other drivers and the leaSl
/, little lighter for old Beck. So let's
get in on 1t.
We c,ll to mind that we used to
carry along an ax and cut ont about
sl-tree-a-week. roots and snlall stunips
ten numerous to mention, hut this hole
G-day movement Is a new one and i
good one. too.
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Graveyard Worklnf. .

We will meet ut the graveyard Sat
urday morning before the fourth sun
day-August 21st--to clean the grass,
weeds and briars of the cemetery
grounds and IN front Of tine cenletery.
Bring Your tools, and come early. We
have quite Il lot of work to do.
Yours very truly,
y. H. CoiIk
Emma, La., Aug. Q, 1920.
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Get the BANNER free one year by
securing us three new subscribers
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The last man on the job started the
tractor and drove the truck from he
assembling room into the testing room.
This is most remarkable in that 9S to
80 Eer cent of the tractors start with
the first throw of the crank. 1t requires
seven minutes to assemble n truck
Madison. Aug. THE party ar
rived ut Madison ut noon. was met by
several members of the university fac
ulty and spent the afternoon visiting
the great State University of Wiscen-
sin: and in the evening they visited the
$2O,OOO,OO0 capitol, the finest iii the
United States. While visiting the uni
versity. the boys were given IA short
course of instruction in judging dairy
cattle. hogs and other live stock. They
were told what the university had done
to improve the live stock and agricul-
tural conditions of the state, and Prof
Geo. G. Humphrey. in charge of the an
in,al husbandry departments told how
the dairy COW had revolutionized the
| state and converted it from i very poor
wheat growing country into an inl-
mensely wealthy dairy state. Ninety
three per cent of the farms of Wiscon-
sin have dairy cattle on them. which
unnber 2.OO0.OOO. The dairy products
/ of the state are valued ut $3.50. O.0OO. 600
annually Wisconsin is the nations
greatest dairy state and the farmers
say the State University is responsible
| for it.
Monroe. Aug. S.-One of the out
standing features of farming in Green
/ County. Wisconsin, is the exceedingly
large number of acres cultivated per
man One farm visited contains $40
acres of fertile soil and has on it 100
head of Holstein cattle. About sixty
cows were MIXED twice day. Won
derful crops of corn silage. alfalfa hay
and oats are produced and all the work
is done by the owner and his four sons
ten, twelve. fifteen and eighteen years
old 1t was also noted that large
number of successful farmers have sold
their farms or rented them after hay.
ing made an independent fortune. The
reason usually assigned wits that they
felt that they and their families wert
entitled to a rest after having worked
long hours and strenuous days for q
number of years As a result. Monroe
the county seat, is full of retired farm
, ers. The town has a population of 5C0t
and is the center of the Swiss chees,
industry in the United States Th,
county was settled by Swiss colonist.
!. during 1916 and it is now the riches
distinctly dairy district for its area il
the world. 1t is only twenty-four mile
, square. The large herds of HOlstein ant
. Brown Swiss cattle, mammoth m0derl
tFarns. numerous silos and fine farll
J homes attract the wonder Of the tOuris
, and are the marks denoting the genera
prosperity Of the people. Cheese fac
tories dot the landscape and the outpu
} of these small farm plants in Swiss
! I4imburger and brick cheese brings t
E the farmers more than $S.OOO.0O0 al
/ nually. State trunk highways Nos. ?
! and ~ cross mt Monroe. The count
: has 5000 cattle, 40.:OO of which m
D producing dairy cows. During 191
: there was an average Of one automohil
4 to each 81 persons in the county. Tl
$ population Of the county is 23.O00."
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IN WISCONSIN

IN WISCONSIN.
!. Waukesl,;l. Aug. 1.-THE farm boys
spent Friday ut Waukesll;i and Fort
Atkinson, Wis. The City of Waukeslla
is located iii the County of Waukesh;i,
which is the dairy center of America.
There are more pure-hred and high
grade dairy cattle in Waukeslla County
than any other area of its size in Ann
erica. Waukeslla County las 300 farms
OH which are kept COCO pure-bred and
higll-grade dairy cattle. The owners OF
these cattle have 100 pure-bred Holstein
bulls. 800 pure-bred Guernsey bulls. and
twenty five each of the Jersey and Ayr
shire bulls. The first farm visited was
that of Fred ral.st, near Oconolnowoc,
where the yreatest producing and typ
lest herds Of more than l0U purc-hred
Holstein cattle were seen. This herd of
cattle would not only gain the greatest
admiration Of Louisiana farm boys nut
that of the most noted dairynen qf the
country. 1t has leen developed ny ,rac-
ticiny the most scientific methods OF
feeding. breeding and management. 1t
is 4, privilege Of Il lifetime for ANY young
man or boy interested in dairy cattle to
see this herd snd hear the manager tell
Of their great records and breeding
After leaving the Iabst farm. the party
visited Carnation Stock Farms, which
is the largest and also one OF the nes,
herds of Holstein cattle IN the United
States. and also the home of earnatioi
King Sylvia, the $1O6,On Holstein bull
GAINESVILLE. Aug. 7.-Janesyille. Wis.
broke all records for hospitality to til.
Louisiana Farm Boys. The party. 81
arrival at Janesyille Friday night, wa,
met by the band Of the Samson Tractt:l
| Company and lively time was spent
| i.y the boys for several hours. Tit
rarty was taken first to the Y. NJ. G. \.
where they were given Il band concert
ana free use Of the Building. ipeludin:
Il swim and shower baths. All anluse
neiits in the city. including the movies
were thrown 0,:en to the ioys and til
evening was spent very PLEASANTLY. Sat
arday morning the party was show
through the manufacturing plants 2
tie GAINESVILLE Manufacturing ConI'tn,
and the sS;lnlson Tractor Coinpany. III
Samson plant proved to lie e:ae OF til
a.ast Interesting aud Instructive fen
lures Of the trip. The Eoys wefe sanl
to see every parf of tractor hein
/ made and tie tractor assembled. III
assembling Of the tractor proved 9
l.rsst interest Tits WAS dclle say a
semhling The various parts together o
i i moving endless chain. NJ the incon
Ilete tIslctor moved eaach Of tho sevel;'
/ hundred men engaged Iii tile work ndt
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A satisfied customer is our best advertisement
So, with your interest in view, we do every
thing possible to please you.
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Little Stories Of Success.

A man tells of an editor who started
poor twenty years ago and has retired
with comfortable fortune of $4,000.
This money was acquired through i'll
dustry. economy, conscientious efforts
to give full value. indomitable perse-
verance and tile death Of an uncle who
left the editor $4,000. 9.5O.-Pelld HaJ
Chronicle.
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Over in Claiborne Parish.
: Gua,,,ian,Journa,. 11th.1

Homer Gud,Jian-JoHraal, 11th.l
The reports from every section of the
parish are favorable for good crops of
corn and cotton. In fact. an average
crop Of corn has been made already.
and in many communities the yield will
be above an average. The June and
July rains have kept the crops growing
where worked until they are about as.
soct as the land will produce. While
there has leen most too much rain for
cotton. it is better than expected. The
boil weevils are pretty had, yet the
plant il growing and fruiting. and the
crop is perhaps better than last year
at this time.
OF course. there are scarcely any
crops worth while in tile oil field sec
| ton. west of Homer. In fact. a.ricul-
| tur;ll interests out there have been
virtually abandoned. 1t is impossible
| to successfully cultivate the lands that
| lie in the immediate vicinity of oil field
4 operations.
! But upon the whole. considering the
demoralized conditions of lahor. and
4 the prices demanded for everything nee
essilry to make ii crop. agricultural
/ conditions are letter than, the most
optimistic expected four months ago.
i The summer Is passing by. Winter and
tile rainy season are just around the
corner and the indications are we will
have our same boggy streets. and the
court house square will hog Il saddle
| blanket about January. unless we take
| steps iii time to prevent it. 1t will be
| Il pity if we remain inert till the oil
iield boom dies, which is Inevitable
sooner or later, and get nothing out Of
it to make the town i; better place t.
live in during the coming days.
4 1t will doubtless he Of interest tt
many of our readers to learn that t,ls
aeroplane which brought the mail from
Shreveport to Homer not long sine.
was piloted by Lieutenant Pittnan. !;
Claiborne hoy. Young Pittman formerl,
lived ut Athens and is well known ii
! that community. This, too. was tn,
; first aeroplane that ever c;lrried mai
! iii the Southern States by special an
thority of the Postal Department.
One Of the oil field workers ilnhibe'
! too freely of white liquor last Suntla.
I night anu for while it was thought b
would not survive the puisoil. .Aslocto
was summoned and he revived. but a
this writing 1t is no; known what I'll
iinal results will be Some Of the ne.:i
made varieties are said to De as poison
nrs as wood alcohol
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-08-06
FOUNDATIONS OF A REBEL
By Tom Clifford.

view. However, when they discovers
that an inteloper had intruded on Their
exclusive field Of conquest, ror
of Indignation arose that shook the
whole New England coast, ana
straightway the Postoffice authorities
and Department of Justice were called
into action to squelch this monstroux
intrusion of their reservation by AT
Italian fruit vendor. And let it he
noted the said governmental depart
ments responded with alacrity, and are
now on the job to compel this ruthless
violator of reserved rights to quiz
playing ball in the financial backyard
and return to the more modest game
of peddling bananas and oranges, ts
which God, in his infinite wisdom, hai
originally assigned shim. The intruder,
however, demurs, and insists upon re-
naming on the job. He appears to be
getting more enjoyment out of the
discontinue of the "financiers than
the millions he has secured.
In street car the other day l noted
an advertisement which I had to reaS
twice before catching its import. Mxy
alert mind, ever on the watch for new
sources Of inspiration, focused on thu
following trite morsel Of philosophy
"You may be a long time old before
you are dead" It was one of tboss
catchy epigrams used profusely
by the bankers to transfer the
dollars of the workers from The
jeans of the latter to the vaults Of
the former. Tt occurred to me that u
reversal Of The sentiment might pos
sibly express a startling truth. How
does this somdi ''You may be long
timo dead before you are old" In
most instances thrift is a vice, not a
virtue. It's practice generally means the
subordination Of all other things in
life to that Of providing for the pro
verbal "rainy day." It becomes an
obscssiOn, and dwarfs the mental and
spiritual development Of its praci-
toner. He is "dead," so far as the
accomplishment Of things worth while
are concerned, long before he is old
His life is on level with that Of the
lower order Of animals. Happily, thrift
is not Of universal practice. Were Il 50,
there would be no social progress, TIE
hope Of society rests with those whs
have vision and ideals-with those whs
have their heads in the clouds-whs
are striving to so reorganize society
that thrift will be unnecessary. Thuss
are the really "live ones" Are yon
ona ~ tbom9
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-08-06

Our "scientific" government has
Just discovered that 100000 worth
of furnishings that once comprised the
insides of a German palace steamship,
seized during the war, has vanished
without leaving trace. They can't
even find the government warehouse to
which it was supposed to have been
toted. The newspapers carried merely
a bare announcement and then sud-
denly closed up like clans. suppose
they considered that it wasn't worth
while raising a big noise about a
paltry two millions in these piping
times of prosperity. What You don t
believe that to be the reason for their
silencea Well, honest to gahd, I don't
either. 1t seems more likely that the
scent led right up to some of the
bourgeois palaces on Fifth Avenue and
Riverside Drive, and then the dogs
were called off and the ever reliable
gentlemen of the press notified to put
on the glimmer. Of course the plunder
could not have been secured without
the connivance Of government off.
cials, but no thoughtful person these
days expect them to withstand the lure
Of easy money. The corruption that
was the main factor in causing the
downfall of the Russian autocracy has
its parallel in this country, and when
the climax is reached the bourgeisie of
America will meet the fate of their
Russian prototypes. The mills of the
gods grind slowly, but they get there
eventually. Let us unite in prayer to
the gods to throw the geer into
"high" and speed up little.
The financial pirates have been
buncoed at their own game Of making
dollars produce simoleans by scheme
that for some unaccountable reason
they had not thought Of. A mere no.
vice in the financial game down in
Boston has raked off millions by
buying foreign money in the United
States, sending it abroad, and then
having it returned in the form Of "In.
ternational Supply Coupons" which
were here cashed at par through an
arrangement entered into by the gov.
ernments of Europe and the United
States. It was merely manipulation
of exchanges. How the bourgeoisie
came to overlook this opportunity for
financial jugglery is amazing. Their
minds are trained in the art of mani.
pulation. Perhaps they are so cccustom.
cd to hide their crookedness in u maze
Of complexity that the very simplicity
Of this scheme was beyond their pur.
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'PAGE-n

dustry is only obtainable with the
greatest difficulty from Central ASH
But is it difficult and most disheart-
ening to tell you of all the harm tha&
is being done throughout the countrs
by the senseless Allied Blockade.
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THE ToILER

perfectly true, has to overcome the
very serious obstacle to its develop,
ment, occassioned by the lack of fuel
and raw materials. The iron mines of
the Ural district are cut off by
Kolchak, and cotton for the textile in
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-08-06
Art. Music, and the Theatre.

Art, Music, and the Theatre.
Art is taught in special schools.
Painting is taught in a number of spe.
cial schools. Applied Art is one of
the most favoured studies. The con-
servatories of music carry on as before,
and most of the professors have re-
mained at their posts. There are many
theatres, and they are always full.
The repertory is much the same as be-
fore, except that distinctively patriotic
pieces are no longer played. The works
of Ibsen, Maeterlinck, Tolstoi, Tchc-
koff, and other masters are frequently
produced.
There are also many popular con-
certs, and scientific and political con-
ferences Of all kinds One excellent
means of education, apart from the
schools, is given by what are called
"The Peoples Houses" Many of the
former houses of landowners have been
changed into these institutions In a
great many villages, Associations Of
Culture and Education have been set
up, whose function it is to arrange for
theatrical productions, libraries, con-
ferences and meetings for popular en-
tertainment of various kinds.
Industrial Changes.
It is true that industry has suffered
very severely, hut it has never ceased
to develop under the new regime. All
factories are nationalised and admin
istered by Councils Of Workers, but
the specially technical side is of neces-
sity entrusted to engineers and spe-
cialists, who are often the same as
under the preceding system. In some
cases the appropriated directors have
become salaried managers. know one
great printing establishment at Moscow
at which 1000 workmen are emplyed.
The Workers Council took control of
It, but the concern was not going well.
Delegates were, therefore, sent to the
former director, and he was asked to
help them. He accepted on certain con-
ditions, and now he is once again Mt
the head of the business, which is max
ing wonderful progress. The initiative
Of the workers, now that it has been
set free from the yoke Of capitalist
exploitation, is making admirable pro-
qress. People who have first.hand
knowledge have told me that the metal
industry especially has made immense
strides. A group of metal workers has
invented and developed for use new
and ingenious process for steel imple-
ments. But industry in general, II is