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The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22
Fifty Years Ago.

The Banner Of April %. 1S7O-Rcllcvuc.
We are panied to announce the
extreme sickness and expected demise
Of the City of jefferson. Texas She
is being cut off from all supplies by
railroads running everywhere else.
which is expected to reduce her shortly
to the starvation point. This summer
and next winter the Raft will likely
lie removed. so that thirst will be added
to starvation"
In 1850 the population of Bossier
Parish was tINW: in 1StD it had i'll
creased to 11.:HO-a total increase Of
400. This waS double the rate of
increase of the whole Union. The war.
the emigration Of blacks to the cities.
and the aYtiImthy that immigrants
have to the negro population has pre-
vented any considerable increase during
the last ten years. Eut during the next
ten years we look forward to II healthy
and steady increase both in population
and wealth. Our river lands are
already beginning to increase their
number of cOlOred IahorerS. and In the
hills there Is Il vast quantity OF unoccu-
pial lands ready for the small farmers.
1t is the duty of all our citizens to
assist this increase. TO do this they
need not make Use of the various plans
of the Northwestern StateS. and some
Of the Southern States. by advertising
and agencies. But the plan most easy
for us would be simply to make the
necessary public improvements and en-
ecute the laws. SUPPOSE all our streams
were brid.ed where crossed by the
public roads. and our roads put IN good
condition. That would be Il far better
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22
Errors in Printing.

When one remembers that In an
ordinary column there are 10000 pieces
of type. there are seven wrong posi-
tiollS that Il letter may lie put in, and
there are 10000 chances to make errors,
he will not he too critical. In the short
sentence. To he or not to be, by trans
positions alone it is possible to make
2.7:9O22 errors. So you can see the
perils that beset il printer.-Ercbangc
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22
Thirty Years AGO.

The Banner Of April -. 1904 Hcllcvuc.I
Charles SnnlllwONtl. col0Tetl. living
in this ward. claims to be ninety mine
years old. Our Informant says lie
appears to he quite Il hardy man for
his age
Bellevue Lodge will perform the
rites of Masonic burial over the grave
of their deceased brother. William f.
Fonnell. ut Fillmore Cemetery. ut
eleven O'Clock am. next Sunday
'S Some fruit escaped the ravageS of
the frost. and we think there will yet lie
left Il sprinkling of peaches ana black
berries. which 1t was thought had been
the victims Of the mighty frost king"
by letter from Mr.. y. &. Rrownlee
We learn that Il new la,xtefiice by the
name Of Brownlee has recently been
established four miles above ROssier
City. in Ward Two, with w. Charles
W. WimbiSh as postmaster.
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22
Do You Know:
That Armenia ii the oldest Christian
.v4y~ssAIs

That Armenia il the Oldest Christian
nation!
That two million Armenians are
alive to-day because of American gene
roSity:
That centuries of cruel persecution
by the Turks has not broken their
spirit nor destroyed their faith:
That from one thousand to two thou
sand Armenian women cannot lie re-
leased from Turkish llarenls until pro-
vision for their care is made by Near
East Relief!
That quarter Of Il million homeless
children, many of them orphaned he
cause Of their fathers and mothers
refusal to renounce the Christian faith.
are dependent for life itself upon
American l,hilantrophy?
That the Armenian people. DIP not ask
charity, hut only a chance to win back
their Industrial Independence:
That William Howard Taft, Henry
Morsenthau, Herbert Hoover. Charles
Evans Hughes. Elihu Root and cleve-
iduu l.. lIouSt Ult NhC HiCIi
compose the committee of Near East
Relief?
That NeaE East Relief has been
granted Il charter by CongreSS-one Of
the few ever granted for service Of this
character?
That the little Armenian Army. fight
ing with backs to the wall. deserted
by the Russians. kept the Turks out
| Of the oil fields ut Raku and helped
win the war?
That Col. William y. Haskell. Amer
lean High Commissioner in Armenia.
| arrointee of President Wilson. is di-
| rector of the Near East Relief in the
Caucasus and received, all supplies
| through this committee! .
That Col. Haskell reports that $780,
600 persons in the Caucasus will perish
from starvation before the next harvest
unless American support is continued:
| That Herbert Hoover says that in
the Near East is the most desperate
situation in the world!
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22
Amateur Theatrical.

Contributed
The Old Maids Convention will
he given ut the BOSSier City school
building Friday night. April Both. for
Is composed of about thirty characters.
all local talent. Aside from learning
the program given for the convention.
they are Euttin: personality and at
tractive costumes into 1t that will make
it an evening Of great fun.
Everybody is cordially invited and
we hope to have Il COED attendance.
Prices of admission. >, and 10 cents.
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22
The Real Good.

u" What is the real good!'
asked in muSing mood.
- Order" said the law court.
- Knowledge" said the school;
Truth" said the wise man:
" Pleasure said the fool:
" Love-" said the maiden:
" Beauty" said the page:
" Freedom" said the dreamer:
." Home" said the sage:
Fame" said the soldier:
Equity" the seer
Spake my heart full sadly:
"The answer Il not here"
Then. within my bosom,
Softly. this | heard:
"Eacl, heart holds the secret
kiHdaess Is the word.
JOHN BOYLE OIsEILLl
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22
RETROSPECTIVE
Sixty Years Ago.


The Banner of April 30, 1sGo-Ecllevuc.l
I'VE see from the luitnan Hrrad
that the Rev. Alfred I'adOn gave
lecture i'll that place lately. This re-
verend gentleman figured very exten-
sively in Shreveport during ~. There
are few of his ardent admirers around
that place who would like to have
: lock of his hair just for a Keepsake
if he has it to spare
made his appearance again-in Cam
den. Ark. He has lately begun the
publication of the Southern Star ut
that place George does hettcr where
he is least known. He once published.
while his hrnther-in-law edited. an
abolition paper III 'luitman. wood
County. Texas. and has since attempted
to establish, several papers in Arkansas.
hut failed every time. We predict that
the indomitahle Meek will again fail.
while his STIR will ever he in the de-
scenlant. The me;lneSt trick we ever
knew Of Turner waS to swindle a cub
in Shreveport out of /; dozen chickens"
An advertisement headed " Runaway
Negro and signed. wv. \. Kelly.
JailOr." read:
Taken up by s. q. Spruell. near
collinsl,ury. and committed to Jail. Il
hoy by the name Of JEssEE. and says
that he belongs to one named Galliert.
Il negro trader. and that he bought him
of Mr.. Edells. of Limestone County,
Texas: and says he left his owner
so,newheer near Camden. Ark. Said
hoy is about ; feet 10 inches high ::
about .; years old: black complexion.
and weighs wear 40 pounds, The
owner is requested to come forward,
prove property. pay charges and take
him away. or he will be dealt with
according to law"
The Bayou Sara Lcdgcr. in review
ing the different members Of the House.
thus speaks Of our senior Represeil-
tative:
j. X. Evans. of BoSSier.-This gen
tie man is Chairman of the Committee
on ClainiS and Il favorable report from
that committee Oh any claim Is tant-
amount to its being allowed by the
House. so strict il the committee III
its inquiries, although we have never
known Il just claim rejected. MIR
Evans Is Il strict party man. of the old
Jackson school: and. though making
no lretensions to oratory. from thf
xnuntlneSs af his VIEWS aud tlae. ceaa.i,s
have much weight with his colleagues.
\ reader published under the head
ing Take 1t Out and credited to the
Eldorado (Ark.) Times said:
| "A Northern Louisiana paper has II
IL conspicuous place the prospectus O
Il Northern magazine. wherein it il
St;tted that each numner will contain
Il sermon from those delectIble ScOull
tlrelS Sturgeon and Beecher. OF cOurS.
the editor doesn't know that such thin;
Stares his readers in the face ever!
week. and we merely mention it to cal
his attention to the fact so that he ma,
take it out. When will Southern pull
fishers cease publishing the proSlec
fuses of abolition periodicals.:
The Banners terse and Satiric com
ment read:
''I'arSOn MOOre's mammoth weekly
Southern Monitor must he the news
paper to which the Times Is allutlins
If so. we ask the Times to mind its Ow
affairs. I'arSOn Moore has Il right t
be an abolitionist if he wants to. Thi
is free country"
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22
Stolen

Saturday night. April Sd. from South
Riverside plantation. Il Mans Ranger
BICYCLE (No. 396,:IS1D, not new hut
in good condition. The finder will
please notify the undersigned. Address.
Benton. La. Route ,, Box II.
I1I-3-DI MCKINLEY WILLIAMS.
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22

Perhaps you have u brother or sister
who formerly resided in BOssier Parish
but who now lives elsewhere. II you
don't write often. why not have the
Banner mailed i'm lieu of the letters
you mean to write but forget:
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22

The seasons of the mayhay. plum,
dcwherry. blackberry and other fruits
and berries are just ahead of lis. You
had ketter lay in Il supply of sugar for
jellies and preseryeS-if you can get it.
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22

than to come from the plenty
Of Just Il few. AS LOuisianas
forces in the great war were
from all walks Of life. it l.
also fitting that this fund
should lie raised through pop
nlar subscription. 1t should
be Il peoples monument to
peoples dead-erected by all
the people.
IT WILL he your privilege to
contribute toward the cost of
construction Of this handsome
memorial building. Bossier's
quota il small. Subscriptions
will be received during the
week Of May Sd to Sth. Let
us resolve to see that it Is
fully subscribed in many shall
amounts from many sources.
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22

THERE il no doubt but that the
sentiment will live. Then it
only remains to turn to the
labor Of the monument that
may rear its dome heaven
ward iii token OF a peoples
pride and love for those de-
parted ones who died in the
cause of freedom-who over
and over again fought our
l;attleS for us. This should he
only Il labor of love.
IT IS proposed to erect ut
Baton Rouge. on the campus
Of the Louisiana State Iniver-
sity. Il memorial building to
cost x3GO.OOO. 1t Is hoped that
this fund will he raised
through subscription from all
the people of the state. rather
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22
For Sale

4 self-feeding horsepower Hay Press
and Deering Mower. Have been kept
out Of weather and are in good con-
ditiOn. Write or call and see them ut
my home. ut Midway. Address--l'en-
ton, La, Route 3, l.. SHACKELFOgD
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22

advertisement to detain some of this
vast westward emigration than all the
flaming posters in the world"
And that's good editorial to-day
the same as it was half century ago.
Surely it is worth rereading by those
who would seek to invite Immigration
to the parish. Again. it furnishes proof
that the Banner has for fifty years
advocated better roads and bridges for
Hossier Parish. and its record in that
direction reaches hack even further
as the reader has. no doubt. before
learned through this department.
Just now. while ~ much Is lein.
said about Il Greater Agricultural
College for Louisiana. tisSr following
extract from an editorial that appeared
fifty years ago should lct4Df interest
to many:
'.All the states in the inioi. except
those lately in rebellion. have had ex-
teliSive donations in land from the
United States for the purpose of build
ing and endowing agricultura colleges.
Many states have. by means of these,
1ona ations. started prosperous illstitu-
ti"ns. Why the same donations have
| not aS yet been made t, the Southern
States is hard to account for. Our
governments here have become pets of
Congress. and one would think that
| all sorts Of favors would lFp Slloweretl
on them. But really up to this time
such Il donation. If made to us. would
have been 50 much thrown away. just
imagine S:IOO.tHD worth Of college scrip
to have been placed two years ago into
the hands of our state government. and
consider where the proceeds would
have l,eeii now. Maybe we VIII get the
donation when we can use It properly
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22
LouiSiana'S Soldier Dead.

U Their memory should be enshrined in our hearts
u a lasting monument should be erected iii comnlen-
grafton of their many deeds of vaor the battlefield
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22

Bu. from the Banners advertisers.
The Bossier banner., 1920-04-22


the Banner might he filled made mention the
world training
might
H.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-03-25
MUST SKID OR YOU
CAN'T MAKE TIME
So Declares Barney Old6eld, "Mas-
ter Driver of the World" Who
Should Surely Know.

Most motorists prefer to have their
cars travel in the direction given by
the steering wheel.
That driver should ever plan for
an exception to this rule may be a
startling thought, yet the race pilot
both plans for it and relies on it for
his safety.
Nobody can make time on dirt
track without sliding his turns" de-
clares Barney Oldfield from the
wealth of his unique experience.
"You simply must slide them; if you
don't you're going to turn over or
go thru the outside fence. Take a
good slide entering every turn and,
if your tires hold, you're ready to
sail at top speed down the next
straightway"
Speed demons come and go but
there can be but one Barney Old
uelu. ne IOOh JIdChS DIS Lnty WeIcJ
driving even the small half-mile ov-
ais with the same dash and confidence
he showed on the broad, smooth mil
lion-dollar speedways.
That he remains to tell the story
and reap the harvest is, as he frankly
admits, due to his unceasing vigilance
in the detail of tires.
Strangely enough, this very quality
is also the cause for the master
Drivers" final retirement from rae
ing.
The tires he developed and had
built to his order during the closing
years of his racing campaign are
now being duplicated on a broad
scale by the Oldfeld Tire Company,
of Cleveland, Of which the one-time
Speed King is the president and ac-
tive head.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-03-25
HERE'S A HUNCH THAT
THIS is GOOD CORN YEAR
Those Who Put Wheat Land Into
Spring Crops May Find Sand
Storm Was Benefit.

"This dust storm has been a good
thing for many central Kansas farm
ers," remarked an experienced farm
err.
"But it's ruined the wheat and"
Ruined nothing" he retorted.
"Some of the wheat on the sandy
land was blown out, and the ground
will have to be replanted. But the
farmers who will put in other crops
be put in corn and spring crops. And
put in corn and spring crops. And
everything points to this being a
good corn year.
"I've lived in Kansas nearly forty
years. I've never seen a dry winter
but what we've had a wet spring.
The law of averages works out. Those
who put in corn or feed crops this
spring are going to do well. And
that's what we need here-more for
age, more cattle and more hogs.
"This constant wheating is hard on
the land. It's good thing that ma
ture makes us cut it out once in a
while. And anyway, I've got bunch
that this is better corn year, any
way."-Hutchinson News.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-03-25

Mrs. C. B. Keefer and Mrs. R. A.
Darrell attended the Life Insurance
Sales Convention at Topeka Satur-
day, March 20. They became mem
bers of the Life Insurance Sales Or
ganization for Kansas. They report
several noted speakers at the conven-
ton. They say they had never real
lied before that the life insurance
business was looked upon as one of
the largest businesses of the country.
Notice. The Masonic District Meet
ing will be discontinued indefinitely.
By order Of the Secretary, William
Edwards.
BUY your meats Of Cooper, and
your groceries Of the Star They
are in the same building. Phone 90.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1920-11-27

turning their patrons out in the open
and the rain, blocks away from the
terminus, because the shack can't
accommodate one train at a time of
the sort the management furnishes.
Last Monday, for instance, the
crowded coast train was stopped at
Cont street, because train No. 3
mad run lnto the narrow old barn
ahead of it. A second train could
not enter while No. was jockeying
us component parts around from
track to track in a futile effort to
clear the decks for further business!
SO hundreds OF men, women and
children were poured out without
notice IN cold rain to pick their
way through ashes, streak through
mud, and Jump rails and bitches TO
lll-paved and unpaved streets, in
making their way to Canal-all this
or wait 15 to 20 minutes to get to a
station, and lose that much of busi-
ness time.
This treatment is accorded to
New Orleans not by an impoverish-
ed corporation but by one of the
'fattest financial enterprises III the
railroad business. 1t may be good
business for the Belmont stables,
and for whatever other commenda-
bic human institutions are privately
maintained on the profits thus ex-
torted. This city is getting tired of
it."
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1920-11-27
K. OF INITIATION
GULFPORT SUNDAY
WAS A BIG SUCCESS
A Large Class From Various Coast
Points Initiated Into Catholic
Organization.-Par and
Banquet Among the
Features of Day.
BAY ST. LOUIS WAS WELL RE-
PRESENTED.
In Addition to Large Class of Cam
didates, From Four to Five
Hundred Visitors Partici-
pated in Event.-EIo-
quent Sermon.

GULFPORT, Nov. 22.-Yesterday
was red-letter day in Knights OF
Columbus circles, large class com
ing from various towns along the
coast to be initiated. In addition to
those coming for initiation there
were probably 400 or 500 visitors
An imposing feature of the days
exercises was parade which form
ed at the K. of C. Hall and marched
to the Catholic church where the in
itiation mass was held. The parade
was led by the Naval Station Brass
Band and flag bearers carrying the
emblem of the organization and the
Stars and Stripes.
An eloquent sermon was preached
by Father Sutton in which he en-
phasized the duties which Knight of
Columbus owe their church, their
God and their country.
After the church services the
knights paraded in 25th avenue, 18th
street and oath avenue to the city
hall where the initiation was held.
A degree team from New Orleans
officiated
The initiation took up the whole
afternoon and was followed by a
banquet at the Great Southern for
the degree team.
Coast knights were delighted with
the success of the initiation.
Those initiated were:
Handsboro-M. Martinolich, FL. j.
Zimmerman, Harold Zimmerman.
Gulfport-J. j. Schultz, Elliot HI.
Hewes, Albert Kremer, Fl. A. Kre-
mer, A. F. Moran, S. J. Saverese,
W. B. Pymm, Eugene E. Smith, sJr.
Mississippi City-A. Wagatha,
Peter B. Mage, D. Dulcich, Sebas-
tian Saucier.
Pass Christian-Leo McDermott.
Bay st. Louis Arthur P Lola
cano, George Fl. Sheib, Asa Fayard
Enoch j. Abatement, Emile r.
Adam.
Biloxi Anthony v. Ziz, Emar
Bourdreaur, E. J. Thias, w. ]. Nc
,Cauley, Louis Ramon, Jr., Henry
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1920-11-27

papers, rather than to purchase
good will by genuine substantial
service.
"The thousands of Orleanians dl-
rectly or indirectly concerned in this
railroads service-the hundreds di-
rectly annoyed or damaged by it's
imitation of service-and all those
other thousands on the Gulf Coast
who are solely dependent upon it
for ransport-should organize.
What is everybody's business is no
body's. But if these many thous-
ands of the suff fering public will or
ganize, put their business in the
hands of competent agents, and
place their influence behind their
agents, they can compel at least a
minimum of decent service.
''The Gulf Coast travellers In New
Orleans should form an association
of their own. The villages, towns
and cities along the Gulf Coast
should organize locally and then or
ganize their local units into Coast
wide association. The City and
Coast organizations could then act
lOS6IuGT WIICll uSSl1 dD4Cs
''We observe that number of
our Gulf Coast contemporaries re-
printed, with evident approval, a
long expression on ours about two
weeks ago on Louisville and Nash
vile methods. Our brethren in
Mississippi could do their communi-
ties, and the whole Coast section, no
greater service than to promote in
their own communities and then
along the Coast, such an organiza-
ton as we suggest. A few dollars
spent to maintain it would return
thousands of dollars in comfort, con-
venience, and service.
"The Orleans sufferers need not
confine themselves to bridges while
they are examining the ways of the
L. & N. The obsolete and decrepit
shack at the foot of Canal street
that passes for a station should be
junked at once.
For lack even of shed, the l..
& n. bakes it's passenger coaches
out in the open yards, all day long,
under our summer sun, and then
runs them into it's Canal street
shack a few minutes before train
time, each an oven in itself, to con-
tribute further to the discomforts of
that part of our population which
rides in them.
Here in winter they have got to
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1920-11-27

and inviting home will be thrown
open for the entertainment of the
guests. The affair, while for a
benefit, will prove enjoyable and
one of the social events of the sea-
son.
ST. Joseph's Auxiliary is an or
ganization that in sense is a civic
league. It's purpose is to assist the
Academy here in beautifying and
ameliorating it's premises. Among
its recent work was the installing of
drinking fountains and the putting
in of an EXTENSIVE system of plumb
ing, and defraying many expenses
that the revenues of the sisters of
st. Joseph do not justify, especially
since the sisters operate a free
school and give other services gratis
in connection with the academy and
it's work. The Auxiliary also stands
for other causes and purposes than
merely physical improvements, and
its support is desirable and meritor-
ions