The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1921-05-12

special favor, to give to MS paper WHAT
ever OF our time we could spare from
The pursuit Of our own profession, to
which request We gave q most reluc-
tant consent, for the reason that we
felt our inability to edit newspaper,
and for the further reason that we
knew it would encroach greatly upon
time that should be devoted to other
and very different pursuits; but as we
promised to do the best we could, we
pledge ourselves to carry out the prom
lse thus reluctantly made in good faith
and make an honest effort to return
this paper in as nourishing condition
to the editor on his return as 1t was
on his departure. Will not the friends
Of this brave young man assist us In
keeping up this paper, for with 1t he
has done many of You great good, and
IL it shall survive the present he will
yet do you greater good.
Second. AS to the course which We
purpose to pursue toward the craft, We
now, most emphatically, say that kind
ness and urbanity shall characterize
our course, treating each gentlemen
who drives the pen for the million with
the most perfect courtesy and gentle
manlity and we most confidently hope
to share in the same in return.
Hoping that the interest Of the
editor may not suffer materially while
he is absent fighting the battles of our
common country, and trusting that his
friends will render all the material aid
in their power, we are,
Very truly yours,
RICHARD w. TURNER,
Editor pro tenn"
It SO happens that what the editor
pro tom wrote as his salutatOry is sixty
years later put in type by his grand
nephew, Mr.. Will Nanny. Many of us
remember the writer Of the above as
Judge Turner. He removed from
Georgia to Homer, where he remained
but a short time, and 1t was perhaps
during 1859 that he came to Bellevue
to locate. He could not have edited
the Banner very long, for it was he
who took forth the Vance Guards as
their captain. However, that company
did not leave for the front until Sep
TENDER 25, 1861. Following the sur
render Judge Turner returned to Belle
vue and resumed the practice Of law,
and was for years highly esteemed by
wide circle of friends. He died at
his country home near Bellevue during
January, 1883, his death following ar
attack Of pneumonia that lasted but
few days. Surviving nephews Of
Judge Turner well known to the Ban
ner's readers are Mr.. j. T. Many, OF
Plain Dealing; Mr.. r. A. Gardner, Of
Bellevue, and Mr.. Charlie Edmunds, Of
Shreveport. His brother, James L
Turner, who also resided ut Bellevue
Joined the Caddo Rifles and was killed
in battle June %, 1862.
A short article Of exceptional interes
appearing under the caption One Hun
bred Years Ago" reads:
Zone hundred years ago there wa!
not single white man in Ohio, Ken
lucky, Indiana, or Illinois Territories
Then, what is now the most flourishini
part Of America, was as little known
as the country round the mountains o
the moon. 1t was not until 1863, tina
the hunter of Kentucky, the gallan
and adventurous Boone, left his hom
In North Carolina to become the frs
settler of Kentucky. The first pionee
OF Ohio did not settle there until twent,
years after that time. A hundred year
ago Canada belonged to France, and th
whole population Of the United State
did not exceed million and half O
people. A hundred years ago Frederic
Of Prussia was performing those grea
|exploits which have made him immOrta
In military annals, and with his littl
monarchy was sustaining single
handed contest with Russia, Austri
and France, the three great powers Q
Europe, combined. A hundred year
ago the United States were the mos
loyal part of the British Empire an
on the political hOrizi0n no speck ind
Gated the struggle which within scor
OF years thereafter established th
greatest republic Of the world. A huI
dred years ago there were but fou
newspapers In America steam engine
had not been imagined and the raj
roads and telegraphs had not entere
into the remotest conceptions Of maj
When we come to look back at
through the vista Of history, we fin
that the century which has passed ha
been allotted to more important event
in their bearing upon the happiness {
the world, than almost any other whic
has elapsed since the creation. A hui
dred years hence, what will be the d
velopements?
Our friend down the street inform
us that wireless telegrlphy, the tel
. phone, aerial navigation, radium, spe
trail analysis. antiseptic surgery an
the X-ray are referred to as the seve
modern wonders of the world and tn,
they have all had their inception du
ing the past sixty years. It is a sal
assertion that could a well infOrlne
person Of the COS be brought back
| live and experience moder1l-day Iii