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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-06-03
( Oak Hlll.

Monday, May 31-Mr. II. Il. Haniter
made business trip to Plain Dealing
Tuesday.
Dave Haniter made a business trip
to Plain Dealing Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. I.angtOn. Of Plain Deal
ing, were guests Of Mrs. J. Il. SewArd
Sunday.
Mary lee Rodgers was pleasant
guest ut the home of MFR. b. Wise
Saturday and Sunday.
The correspondent is informed that
Mr.. Willie Gray, Of this community. is
making frequent visits to Texarkana,
Ark, lately.
Misses Lydia Mae Ward. Myrtice
Hamiter and Thelma Seward, Messrs.
w. ID. I1oyelady, Calvin Seward and
Jim Halliter motored to Plain Dealing
Sunday afternoon. MICKEY.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-06-03

for New York City. to be gone several
weeks, visiting his mother and l,uying
goods for the store.
Miss Trueheart Cannon, Of Benton,
was a recent visitor ut the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. McIlade.
Mrs. Kent Remembered az Miss
Minnie Rabbi came over from NIinden
last Thursday afternoon to spess& the
weekend with her father, Mr.. j. H.
Rabb.
Mr. sam Arbuthnot, all elderly ana
highly respected resident Of Belcher,
died suddenly .at two O'Clock Sunday
morning. His death occurred ut his
home and was due to an attack OF iil-
digestion. lnternlent was IN Forest
Park Cemetery. Shreveport The fu-
nera. was attended by large number
VI sofio"in'' ie'a'i'e' anu i'1s'''''S'
Oak drove.
Monday. MAY 31.-This section was
visited nv heavy rain. ACCOMPANIED
by some small hail. Yesterday evening.
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-06-03

state VIII be all OvefWneimlng evil to
the state" A list Of those present was
not given. Col ]. A. Snider acted rs
chairman of the meeting and II. A.
Kelly as its secretary. A. r. Thompson.
w. J.. Mobley, 4. ]. Murff and W. H.
Scanland, were named as a committee,
with Col. Snider as chairman. to pre-
pare a constitution and bylaws for the
newly formed league.
The lottery question was vital issue
for many years. And 1t was. We think,
about thirty years ago that the offer
to the state of $25. .OO0.O 900 for the guar
,antee OF new charter was made. This
gigantic sum it was proposed to all0t
in $4,000. .0OO-purses for public etluca-
tion. for the maintenance Of the levees
OF the state, to Confederate veterans,
to the New Orleans Charity Hospital,
and to reduce the state debt. Finally
the Federal Government refused the
Lottery the use OF the mails and its
president announced that he and his
associates would withdraw from the
state. The long existance of the Lottery
In the State reflects the inclination To-
cringe to vast wealth and mans pre-
dilection for gambling.
We are indebted to Mr.. w. n. UaIes,
Parish Assessor, for the following cen
sus report of Bossier Parish for 1S.il::
Ward One Number Of white inhal.
itants, males, IA; females, 11t; tOtaR
90. Colored inhabitants, males, 1gc1 !;
females, 1885; total, 1924.
Ward Two-White males, 3OB: fe-
males, 1870; total. 5O5.. Colored makes,
34OS; females, 3176: total, 65SA
/ Ward Three White males, As; f.
males, 800: total. S44. Colored males,
tSS4 females. 712; total, 1896.
Ward Four-White males, At; n
males, 4O7; total; SD. colored n,aleA
36G; females, 1858: total, STD.
Ward White males. ;sfe-
males, 3S2; total. 703. .colored nlales
062 females, GIL; total, 1898.
| Ward Six-White males, Al: ~
| males, a.: total. 9O6. Colored makes
16s8; females, 1T46; total. a4:ss
| The total number OF white inhalilf-
| ants was shown to be 41S7 (lnAleK
2235; females, 1852 and the fatal
number OF colored inhai,itnntk l7.AH
| (males, S705; females, sos giying
! the grand total of p. 49, as the num-
| Of inhabitants OF the parrish tllirtg
years ago. The total number 0f scllse
children in the parish tsix to eighteen
years Of agel was 1888 la!S whit
and 64!)5 colored.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-06-03
insurance Money Go.. BeseIns.


Cashier w. d. Smith. of the Bank
Of Benton, has received the following
letter, written at Rock Island. Ills,
under date Of May 26th, and has handed
the same to the reporter that publicity
may be given to it.:
The Benton Bank.
benton. Bossier County. Louisiana.
bear Sirx: August II, 1919. young
colored soldier, Robert Lee Brown. born in
Benton, I.a., 1SSsp, died In our lecal tibcrci-
losis sanitarium. Shortly before we as
sisted him to reinstate and reduce his
<4O.OO0 war risk insurance to a $4,000
policy payable to his estate. Until the
present time no relatives have claimed his
insurance. which IL all he left.
Before Brown died he said he had n
cousin, /, woman by the name Of blackburn,
of Benton. La, with whom he had eorres-
p0nded, but that he could hear nothing from
| her. He tried to l0cate her through q plpcr
| published by colorcd people in Chicago, with
out results.
We are writing you because we hope you
can help us locate his relatives, II he has
| any, In or around Bcnton. Very truly yours,
Mrs. +. 5. BRorGH,
Executive Secretary.
so IL IA I'd U0 Seei tiiHI There IL III
surance money In the amount of 5000
awaiting payment to the relatives Of
] this deceased colored trooper. II there
are any. Some years ago there were
two colored boys by the surname VI
Brown residing some miles out Of Ben
ton. but we do not recall their given
names nor do we know what becanle OF
them. II there il any one hi the conf
nlunity who remembers Robert Lex
Brown and knows Of the present ad
dress Of his nearest relatives he sllould
at once furnish such Information t.
Cashier Smith at the Bank Of Rent0f
10 that steps nHly be taken to establish
claim to the Insurance money.
| Mr.. q. r. Brown. Of Shreveport
and Aiiss Marguerite r. Hunter. d
i Cedar Grove. were united In marriage
III Benton Saturday Of laSt week b,
!. Squire j. III. Montgomery.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-06-03
Belcher's Bud 9et.

Mr.. j. NJ Brown. jr., was among the
recent business visitors to Shreveport.
Mr.. Julius Ganlna, Of Shreveport. vis-
tied Relciler anti the surrounding oil
fields one day last week.
Mr.. Wood Rahb, now OF Homer. was
here the first Of last week on visit
with relatives and old friends.
Mr.. L Parish, manager for the Julins
Gamm mercantile establishment. ex-
pects to leave tomorrow (Tuestlay)
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-06-03

A new word has been coined hy 4
Wisconsin farmer for use In the WfS+
collsin better bull campaign Bullsle-
yike. This il another name for scfult
or grade bull These poor bulls are
the enemies OF good production alsd
cut the dairynlen's checks In tisUs
Bul!slevikes hive no place in Il prs'-
gressive community. says the Il >. Y.
prcSs BHIletiH.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28

from his African travels have given
the world much TO thinkand talk
about. And now comes a scientist
who brushes aside Inc veil Of future
and describes the American peoples
of 2000 years henrc. Concerning
the American Negro III that day. he
says:
The Afro-American is showing
tlJe effects of the gradual conversion
VI all Americans to the Indian type
moIe distinctly thar the Caucasian.
The American negto of today is no
more like the typical slave of sixty
years ago than a Kiefer pear tree IS
like the scrubby little bush that
grew Sandpears in Arabia ninety
Years ago before Pennsylvania
Dutchman brought some roots 10
this country and did little Bur
barking. The Negro of today has
not the extremely thick lips, flat
nose, retreating forehead and clay
bird heeP' of his grandfather. He is
being lndianized CIV, n more rapidly
than the white man. His nose is be
coming more nearly. Roman; his
cheekbones are rising he is deval-
oping calf TO his ieS (some thing
the African races never have had)
ard his hair is getting straight. !
5000 deal Of the credit for Inc
;traightening of the Negroes hair is
gwen to the manufacturer of GER
tain unguents, but as a matter of fact
the kink is naturally disappearing
from the American black mans hair.
If the progress continues in that di-
rection 500 years longer as fast as it
has since slavery days, the one-time
African will have as straight locks
as any white man.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28
YOUNG MCGREGOR FINDS WIFE

Ceremony Takes Place at Home Of
Grocm's Father Last Sunday.
The marriage of a. McGregor to
Miss Ophelia Langston of Paris, Tex
as. took place at the residence of the
groom'S father and mother, Rev. and
Mrs. Lee McGregor, 100 n. Lansing,
last Sunday evening. Rev. ]. II.
Abernathy performed the ceremony
iii the presence of a number Of the
young peoples friends.
After the ceremony forty-five peo-
pie were served. Music was furn-
iShe0 for the occasion by VIM. BaupS
iazz Orchestra.
Miss Grace B. Harris, Miss Ruth s.
Walton, Mrs. Lee McGregor, Mrs. A.
Ntwberry and Mrs. j. w. Ashford,
spared no pains in making the even
ing pleasant for those present. The
happy couple were presented with
many beautiful gifts.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28
is MENTAL TELEPATHY Posi-.
BILE?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the pop
ular British auIno,' ana creator cf
Sherlock Holmes declares that it is.
Did you ever sit down quietly
alCnc and think of some one aud
shortly the one that you were think
ing of would either call you over
the phone or would walk in?
Science has proved beyond a
doubt that Mental Telepathy aud
Thought Transference are possible.
Ore of the latest converts to this
new Science or Cult is Robert Con-
ness one of the most popular mem
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28
Republican Leader

bers Of the Movie Actors Colony al
Hollywood, Cal.
He has gone in for it to such an
extent that he used il in the plot Of
his latest super feature, THE Witch
ing Hour" which is to be shown at
the Dreamland Theatrn on Saturday
February 2Sth in the afternoon and
night.
This is the same identical picture
that caused SO much comment in
the East.
Mrs. Williams is to be congratu-
lated for having secured this won
deriul production that comes to the
Drcamland so highly commended
by both pulpit and the press.-Adv.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28
Bargains at Hooker & Elliott Store.

Bargains at Hooker 4 Elliott Store.
White GLOVES for funerals and
, Lodges, S2.35 per dozen and up.
Crepe, Ribbon and Hosiery at rea-
Sonable prices.
Send us your Mail Order. We are
prepared TO take care Of your needs.
ELLIOTT 4 HOOKER CLOTHING
STORE
Ladies' Reard-tO-weaT an Notions.
124 North Greenwood Street,
Phone Usage 1852, Tulsa, Okla,
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28
NEGRO TO CHANGE
GREATLY IN FUTURE

Face Bleach" and Hair Straight
ener" Unnecessary 1000 Years
Hence.
tStaI News Service.l
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-The study
of prehistoric and historic man is
always interesting to the thoughtful.
Ar'hropologists, who have made the
study of man their iifr's work, have
written volumes on the changes man
has experienced in his evolution on
account of his environment. The
late explorer Peary lhro his journey
to the North Pole and Livingston
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28
L. LaRUE
The JeweIer

Is located Greenwood Jewclry
Clocks Special
of Diamonds and Mountings.
YOUR PATRONAGE KINDLY SOLICITED.
Phone Usage lOs$Can and See
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28

PATTING Us on THE BACK and giving HI when
around practice taken hold of of
friends But remember do not suffer by this practice
ne as much as YOU
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28

TIE MAN OR WOMAN of Race who reals white papers
cusvely their children Every Coored home
Negro newspapers coming to them regularly
gardless to how insignificant YOU may think they
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28

II ALL COULD SEE shortcomings as easily we
profit by doing neghbOrs should
do oud not this old world would be much better
place Help make the world better by starting to be better
yourself wait for your neghbor to make the start
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28

THE TULSA STAR stands for the Race and true Democracy
What do YOU stand for9
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28

THAT MEMBER of our Race who giving employment to our
people doing much owal' nerG the task Of "tonng up
Wind JaumrrS who talk and do little or
nothing standard citizens stoncs about
necRS ard should be dealt with accordingly
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-02-28
WOOD

ROOSEVETIAN SQUARE DEAL; the application
uphodng ConSl
and Order In other words Amer
lea be made for Americans
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-01
kASFl : HARRY

should save you money on your grocery purchases.
Our method eliminates waste useless expenditures and
disappointment. Our prices will be right and the
grocery necessities please Doubtless some of our
prices will be met by others and occasionally some
specials may be run lower, if So the general public will
be the winner We believe the general plane Of
grocery prices has been reduced since announcement
Of our seserve few weeks ago and we believe there
will be further reductions IF this is DONE even though
we get but small share Of the patronage, we will
have rendered real service to the general public
Our plan is built 10 reduce the price and at the
time only furnish the hest class Of well known
and nationally advertised merchandise
Our success will depend on our ability to make
this practical and useful serve the most people for
the least cost Although we are not q'Hte ready we
are waving further repairs for the moment and
opening to the public II y. i, e"' .: ~
The Washington times., 1920-05-23

particularly the point, were sharp
no great strength would be needed.
"A woman might have delivered
It, In fact?" the coroner asked, and
the reply came readily, "Oh, yes"
Now. OF COURSE need hardly
ask, you say death was virtually
instantaneous-life was quite ex.
tinct when you saw the body?"
"Oh, yes. indeed" said the doc
tor. almost with a smile at the
question.
"And how long. In your judgment,
would life have been extinct"
did not take very much inter-
est in the question. II seemed to
me that I was listening to all that
passed as II 1t was happening very
far of. so that only heard Ques-
lions and answers in a kind Of
muffled way. do not know that
| had formed any expectation as to
what the doctors answer was
likely to be- But heard him say.
II should put It at something like
three hours"
My brain must have been In
some stupefed, abnormal condition,
for I remember quite clearly seeing
the little gray man, who was usu-
ally SO immobile, give quite a start
as he caught the doctors answer.
/ thought that he looked up at me
again for an instant, but Of that
am not sure, and the next moment
he was scribbling away on one OF
those slips OF paper Of which he
seemed to keep q supply by him
ready for use.
This slip he handed to the cor.
oner's clerk, and the clerk passed
it on to the coroner himself, who
Just glanced at It and nodded and
went on with his, questions to the
doctor. In the interval he had
been asking him on what he based
his estimate Of the length Of time
during which life had been ex-
tinct
I did not follow his answer,
which had a good many scientific
terms in it. but kept repeating over
and over In my head in numb
way the words OF his conclusion:
81 should put It at something like
three hours"
I believe that I had sub
conscious conviction that the
words meant great deal to me
even before their real significance
came home to my fully conscious
mind. heard the coroner then
In response. have no doubt, to
what the sergeant had scrubbed
on the slip OF paper-go back
again~to that sentence OF the doc
tors which was insistently going
through my head:
you say that lie had been ex'
tinct three hours or so when you
first ss~ the body. Are you quite
sure OF that7"
The doctor looked neetled. |
have intimated that he was rather
a conceited young man. Il should
The Washington times., 1920-05-23

not say So" he replied shortly, "if
| was not sure"
mo. quite So" said the coroner.
humoring him; have no doubt
that he had a wide experience in
dealing with all sorts and condi-
tons Of men. Perhaps I ought
not to have put my question just
in that form. What mean Is that
science cannot be quite certain,
quite exact. on a point OF that kind.
can she? / suppose there is a mar
gin of possible doubt as to the time.
Let me put 1t like this--you are
quite certain that death took place
at least an hour before you saw the
body?"
AT least two" the doctor said.
emphatically, land in my Judgment
certainly nearer three II SO hap
pens," he added, that l have made
rather a special study OF the circu-
lation Of the blood, >and I believe !
may say that l am rather better
qualified than most men In the
medical profession to speak with
some confidence. Besides, as i
haNO bdiu VINO oShSt
confirmatory evidence"
Il see," said the coroner. I'VE
are fortunate, DR.. Pratt. very for
tunase. in having you as a witness.
We are not all able even to appre-
ciate the value of scientific evil
dence. At what hour was It that
you saw the body7"
approximately, half an hour az
ter midnight"
'Half an hour after midnight"
the coroner repeated, in q calculat-
ing way. land three hours from
that-that would bring II to nine
thirty. You are fairly confident,
fully confident may perhaps say,
that her ladyship-Lady Carlton.
was not alive at a much later hour
than nine-thirty on that Friday
night?"
That is So" the doctor an
swered. Il am sure of It,"
Now II the coroner had been spe-
cially aware Of the maze OF con.
fusion In which my brain was
tangled up and had been specially
DESTROYS of disentangling 1t for me
ne could not have put his questions
In a better form. As he spoke, the
whole feeling of numbness passed
of. I realized to the full the i'm.
mense significance, which had
only appreciated in a dim, vague
way before. Of the evidence Of the
doctor.
II my unfortunate Aunt Enid was
dead by nine-thirty, or at latest
only little after, on that Friday
night. then II was absolutely i'm
possible that her death could be In
any way connected with that vision
which believed myself to have
had OF my Uncle Ralph going out
! Of the house at eleven.thirty. Shf
would have been dead already
come two hours. ia
l suppose | had been brought to
The Washington times., 1920-05-23

supreme happiness OF a peOpiV
whose annals were dub.
The gamekeeper's evidence led,
as natural chronological SO
quence, to that OF the doctor. whom
he had been sent to summon TO the
Summer-house, and II was DR..
Pratt who followed him as witness
Certainly had not the very slight
est anticipation. when he made his
appearance, that he could have evi.
any new light on the case or that
my own feelings could be in any
way/modified by what he was likely
to say. He was a youngish man.
who had lately come TO the village
admittedly clever in his profess
sion, but With an exceedingly good
conceit Of himself. After the purely
formal questions about his name
and his profession and the like the
manner Of the death.
His replies were just what every
one must have expected. Death
would haye been virtually instan-
taneous, probably almost painless.
There would not have been a great
deal of external hemorrhage, be.
cause the wound was small and
there would have been practically
no struggle. The body would prob
ably lie very much in the position
in which 1t fell. The weapon
would have been some sharp-point.
ed, narrow-bladed one. Any ordi-
nary knife might have inflicted 1t.
It was perhaps more likely that
II would be a sheath knife than
clasp knife, because a clasp knife,
in delivery OF q blow of that kind,
would be a little apt to close back
on the fingers OF the holder. But
that was by no means certain. II
was for the police rather than for
a medical man to say how that
might be. The criminal police
would know whether a wound of
that kind was often inflicted by
common clasp knife.
81 suppose knife, such as q
deerstalker or any hunter of big
game might carry, in order to give
the coup de grace, would be the
most likely kind OF weapon for
such a wound?"
heard the doctor assent to this
suggestion on the coroner's part.
but heard his reply almost as II II
was given in a dream, said in an.
other world than this. for at that
phrase "a hunter Of big game"
felt a chill TALL on my heart. II
was as II Its beat stopped for an
instant. And In that instant met
the piercing eyes OF the little man
in gray firmly upon me, fxedly
upon me, and In the same instant
I knew his thought and my own
thought to be at one, and that he
knew my thought--knew my ters
rible suspicion. ! could almost be-
lieve that | read some pity for my
distress in those strangely pene-
trating and strangely pale eyes.
Then the coroner asked whether
the wound was one which II would
require great muscular power on
the part OF the wieldsr OF the
weapon. whatever II migit be. TO
infiict, and the doctor answered
readily that II the edge and, more
The Washington times., 1920-05-23
JheMgYtery 9fths SumnerSlo1sc


Sy0opSS Of PTocOdmV ChAVtSSH
Str Ralph Carlton returns un
eIpscediy India bringing wxh him lovely young
sra his ancestral home In the village Of Upper
Hoping TO relieve his wife from the edium OF
houshod which she had liking Sir Ralph asks
remain IN her sslfsppontsd post of
housek despite few
between the newly married pair until certain
India visit them Sir Ralph OBJ
somewhat too pointed attentions to his wife
suddenly That night the
Summerhouse On her bosom 10
stain Of blood detective Sergeant
Crisp Immediately and the entire household given
sing Close inquiry els the fact that Jim
Heasden poaching fellow, Sum.
Celeste her iadyshs maid confesses that
than Sir Ralph himself coming from the door Of
before the discovery the
sergeant to Heasdsps HOME whore the latter
"ths third degree"