T he B o s s ie r B annerW . H . S C A N L A N D , E d i t o r a n d P r o p r ie t o r

BENTON, LA., Thursday, September 9, 1915.

LOOKING FOR EASY WA YS.

L A T E N E W S P A R A G R A P H S . F R O M O V E R O U R G R E A T S T A T E .

It is only natural to our way of thinking that we should take the easiest way at all times and to avoid all unpleasant tasks as far as possible. When a difficult situation arises we try to make ourselves believe that the easiest way to dispose of it is to run

order to

August 27th was the coldest August 27th for thirty years.

Paris, Sept. 7.—Italy has declared cotton contraband of war.

Last year there were 10,175 new books published in the United States.

It takes six months’ time and $50,000 to paint the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Bridge.

When school opens this fall at Pittsburg, 70,000 pupils will be ready for enrollment.

Eight thousand persons attended a good roads rally at Russellville, Ky., on the 1st.

A Waynesboro, Pa., dairyman was at- knocked from

away from it, particularly if inovercome it it is necessary to tax our tacked by a bald eagle and strength and energy. We do not take into his horse.consideration the fact that by shirking an | Thomasville, Ga.,Sept.4 .—The first cot- unpleasant task we simply procrastinate its j ton boll weevil has entered Georgia. The performance, because there are always certain disagreeable duties which are nec­essary in life and the avoidance of which only means future and more often keener annoyance than at first. What appears at first glance to be the simplest way out of a difficulty is really the hardest and longest way; while on the other hand, were we to sacrifice our inclinations and dispose of the unpleasant duty once and for all we have the satisfactiop of knowing that we need fear no further annoyance from that par ­ticular quarter. The habit of running away from our difficulties is one that is easily contracted and hard to break. It is in a way a sign of weakness of character in that we allow our inclinations to sway our pur ­poses. We become moral cowards simply became we lack the courage to stand up to our better judgment and do what is de­manded of us irrespective of individual preference. We may think that by keeping out of the way and never meeting the diffi­culties which arise from time to time we are finding short cuts to success, but suc­cess is never founded upon weakness and cowardice. It is the product of courage and perseverance and industry and it is largely by the careful cultivation of these latter virtues that we insure for ourselves the culmination of onr ambitions.

It is absolutely necessary to give the best that is in us to the conduct of our lives.It makes no difference how many and how great our trials may be, if we meet them with high courage and the determination to overcome them if only by endurace we are giving a part of ourselves to the task, and that means achievement of a high or ­der. It is true that we are largely judged by what we accomplish, by the finished tasks that form part of our record, yet it is also true that we are judged in no small degrees by our unfinished tasks, those duties that we ran away from when we found them irksome or more difficult than we had anticipated. Thus it is that in seek­ing easy methods of doing our work we cultivate, perhaps unconsciously, it is true, a weakness of character which denies us the right to success. He who runs from the more responsible duties of life misses the best of life. His lot is unenviable be­cause he has never tasted the real sweet­ness of life; some persons would call it, perhaps, a bitter sweetness, because it means knowledge at the expense of suffer­ing. Life, however, is but experience in varied forms and we cannot expect these experiences to be always easy and pleasant. It is through life’s crosses that we learn many things hitherto unknown to us, and he who runs away from the bitternesses that must come sometimes to each one misses many things which are most to be desired. Were it not for the harder phases of existence we would tire of the continu­ing ease and brightness. Even the su n ­shine would be unendurable at times with­out the compensating shadows, and so it is that when we face a task that seems more than we can undertake, or that fills us with distaste or even rebellion we must learn to look upon it as one of the shadows which are cast across our lives for some good purpose. We mu3t enter into its gloom with the intention of exploring its depths, and who knows but that we may come out refreshed and strengthened by the restful shade?

Responsibility cannot be thrust aside as one pushes aside a branch that projects across his path. It must be met and borne and even welcomed if we would make it influence our lives in a good and wholesome way. We might try and go around it, as it were, and get out of its way, but such a course acts as a deterrent upon our healthy development. The only way to achieve either moral or physical success is by fight­ing our battles with the same degree of enthusiasm that we evidence in enjoyin' our pleasures. We must be master of our selves in every way and not the weak tools of circumstances. Our lives are our own and naturally we would like to live them in a way which seems most desirable to us, but our ways are not always God’s wavs, and when He sends us our trials we must meet them in the spirit in which they are im­posed. We are tested when least expected, and he who runs away from his difficulties often runs away from his truest tests, albeit he is unconscious of the fact.

weevils came from Alabama.A train carrying 7,000 pounds of dyna ­

mite was blown to piece when it jumped the track at Pinole, Cal. Three men were killed.

Arthur Van Winkle, John Cochran and Frank Gregory, boys, last Monday were smuthered to death in a corn bin of a grain elevator in Louisville, Ky.

Practically every able-bodied men in Hopkins County, Kentucky, worked on the roads last Friday, when over twenty-nine miles of the highways were improved.

Chinese and American capitalists have arranged at San Francisco for the financing of a trans-Pacific steamship line and are negotiating for the purchase of ships.

By installing electric saws and hoisting machinery a Massachusetts ice company eliminated the services of twenty two- horse teams and forty men formerly used in harvesting its product.

A recent census shows that Porto Rico, although an agricultural country, is the most thickly populated in the world, and hope is expressed that the new homestead law will do something toward relieving the congestion.

Reports from Cuba indicate the contin­ued development there, under favorable conditions, of a very large crop of sugar cane and the conditions in the island of Cuba and in Porto Rica are inmarked con­trast to those prevalent in Louisiana.

The sugar industry of Louisiana reaches normally about 300,000 long tons of sugar. The beet sugar industry of the United States reaches normally about 500,000 long tons of sugar. The domestic sugar indus­try of the United States reaches normally about 500,000 long tons of sugar, valued at nearly one hundred millions of dollars.

Iola, Kansas, Sept. 7.—Hundredsof per­sons were made homeless and property damage estimated at $100,000 was caused by a cloudburst which early to-day inun­dated the east and south parts of Iola. The official guage show that 6.10 inches of rain fell. Scores of men worked all night res­cuing people from housetops and trees. Hundredsof refugees are to-day quartered in churches, public halls and the police station. Elm Creek, which caused theflood, was a mile wide to-day and the current wa9 so swift that efforts to rescue persons who are still marooned on house tops fail­ed. Mayor Varner estimated that 600 per ­sons were rescued Monday night.

The initial number of the Allen Parish Democrat, published at Oberlin, has made its appearance.

St. Tammany farmers will plant 500 acres in berries this year, and have ordered 100 tons of fertilizer.

Charles Clarkson Duble, known as the best locksmith in the South, died Sunday morning in New Orleans.

The first shipment of white oak ties to be use in building railroads in France will leave New Orleans next week.

Farmers and others of Natchitoches Parish have formed a company for the erection of a grain elevator in the town of Natchitoches.

Victor Latour, who served in the Army of Tennessee as a member of the Twenty- third Louisiana Regiment, died Sunday morning in New Orleans.

A hundred bales of cotton were destroyed Sunday afternoon in a fire of unknown origin that ran through the building of a New Orleans cotton pickery.

The police jury of the Parish of Jeff Davis last Thursday enacted an ordinance calling an election to vote on a $125,000 bond issue in Ward Two for the construc­tion of gravel roads, the election to be held October 19th.

Shreveport Times : The hot, dry weather now prevailing in this section is doing won ders in ripening the cotton crop in Caddo Parish and the fields are white with the staple. Hundreds are busy every day pick­ing it and the staple is expected to class high and to result in good grades all along the line.

Dennis S. Sullivan died in Hotel Dieu, New Orleans, Saturday night. He served during the Civil War in Company K, of the Fifteenth Louisiana Regiment in the Army of Northern Virginia; was wounded at the battle of Frazser’s Farm, and at the battle of Gettysburg, and was taken prisoner but later exchanged, and was surrendered and was paroled at Appomattox Court House.

Baton Rouge, Sept. 3.—Over half of the white and nearly two-thirds of the negro applicants for teachers’ certificates failed to pass the recent teachers’ examination. Out of 2446 white applicants, only 1038 have been awarded certificates. Of the negroes, 817 out of 1276 failed. Certificates were awarded by grades to the following number of teachers: White—First grade,255; second grade, 296; third grade, 335; special, 153. Negroes—First grade, 6; second grade, 26; third grade, 394; special, 34.

R e d L a n d .

Sept. 7.—Mr. and Mrs. J.

It will hardly be disputed that in the va ­rious relations which enter into and affect our daily lives, the consideration of what is personal to ourselves, of how we are to be affected by it, and of what will be most ad ­vantageous, pleasant, and profitable for us, is with the great majority the controlling motive of most of what we do or refrain from doing. There can scarcely be a wider difi ference in point of view than than that of the man who, in considering a course of action, or entering upou it asks: What am I going to get out of it, how and to what extent will it profit me? and the one who asks: What good will it enable me to do,in what way will it permit and assist me to be helpful and useful to others; what is my duty in the premises?

Tne abiding work in all ages is the good work. Righteousness is the strength of law. Brotherly kindness is the perpetuity of society. Honesty is the future of com­merce. Holiness is the salt of all l iterature and ar t ; uncleanliness is decay.

L o u is ia n a N e w s p a p e r G r a v e y a r d .

Monroe News-Star.j

It is impossible to successfully continue the publication of two newspapers in a field which affords patronage for only one, and there was no surprise at the demise of all other papers, nor was there any surprise when the death notice of the Commercial was read.

Too often some ambitious politician im­agines that he must have “ an organ” in order to boost himself into office, or to “ show up” the other fellow. He will scheme and plan and after “ horn-swoggling” other politicians and friends out of what money they are willing to contribute, a newspaper is issued. From the first issue such a newspaper is doomed to an ignoble death. People who have money to invest can find other and more profitable avenues open to them, as the records in Louisiana journal­ism will 9how. In these days of enlighten­ment and progressive methods it is not necessary that politicians have “ special organs,” for the advertising columns of any reputable newspaper are open to them, just the same as other advertisers, and they will find it far less expensive to spend a few dollars in thi3 legitimate way than to sub­scribe for stock in a political sheet.

But there is another side to this matter. Frequently many people, without stopping to count the cost, subscribe to these “ jum p­ed up” newspapers, paying six, twelve and twenty-four months in advance. When the publication ceases, after running for a few months, all those who paid in advance are the losers. They may have paid one or two years in advance willingly, in order to help a friend, expecting to get full value for thier money, but when the sheet “ goes up the flume” there is nothing left for them to do but accept the matter as gracefully as possible.

The Newspaper Graveyard in Louisiana is well filled. We hope it will not be nec essary to chronicle the death of any more journals. The newspaper business is like every other legitimate business. It cannot prosper unless there is a field large enough to support it. Trying to make money publishing two newspapers where only one can exist is worse than folly, as the records for Louisiana and every other State in the Union will show. It simply cannot be done.

Mr. J. Ed Howe, an able newspaper writer and a popular and worthy gentle­man, was elected on Tuesday by the direc­tors of the Shreveoprt Chamber of Com­merce, Secretary of that association.

J e r e m i a h .

Thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.—17, 16.

And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.—18, 12.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.—19, 3.

And thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.—20,6.

The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.—22, 22.

But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.— ‘ 1,14.

Woe unto him thatbuildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work.—22, 13.

For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.—24, 6.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.—19, 11.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have1 pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.—19, 15.

Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye ju d g ­ment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. —22, 3.

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom-, to pluck up and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will re ­pent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.—18, 7-8.

O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, through­out all thy borders. And thou, even th y ­self, shalt discontinue trom thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn forever.—17, 3-4.

Tuesdey, Sept. 7.—Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hudson have as a guest their nephew, Mr. Dan Hudson, from Texas.

Miss Zuma Barnett is spending a few day9 in Plain Dealing with her cousin, Miss Ruth Nuckolls.

Miss Estelle Dodson leaves Saturday for Adner, where she will take charge of a school, which opens Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Watts of near Rocky Mount visited at the home of their mother, Mrs. Lottie Morris, Saturday and Sunday.

Miss Lillie Stampley leaves this week for Port Vincent, in Livingston Parish, where she will teach during the coming school term.

Mrs. W. M. Peyton was hostess Wednes­day evening for a little party to meet Mr. Peyton’s neice, Miss Amanda McElroy, who was their guest during the week

Miss Viola Allen will leave Saturday for Logansport, where she has the position as teacher of the fifth and sixth grades in the Logansport High School, which opens on the 13th.

Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Mays attended the opening exercises of the Plain Dealing High School yesterday. They left their daughter, Carrie Lou, to be a pupil there during the school term.

Miss Florrie Martin of Shreveport made a short visit to Red Land Saturday and Sunday, and was heartily welcomed by host of friends. It will be remembered that this young lady taught the music class in the school here two years ago.

Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Allen entertained Friday evening complimentary to their daughters Misses Viola, Annie-Lee and Myrtice, who will be entering school soon Six tables of players enjoyed the games of bunco, at the conclusion of which the prize for highest score was awarded Mr. Douglas McKellar, and for lowest, Mis9 Amanda McElroy. All expressed themselves as spending a most delightful evening.

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees furnishes this information: The facultyfor the coming term of Red Land Graded School has been elected, and is as follows Prof. Wilson, of Prescott, Ark., principal Prof. R. C. Childs, of Church Point, first assistant; Mrs. R. S. Wilson, sixth and seventh grades; Miss Luella Miller, of Bienville, fourth and fifth grades; Miss Ruby Martin, of Plain Dealing, second and third grades, and Miss Ida Harris, of Haughton, primary work. The school will open October 4th. V . A .

O r d in a n c e N o . G l.Village of Bossier City, i

Parish of Bossier, Louisiana,August 19,1915. )

An ordinance providing for an election to take the sense of the qualified tax- paying citizens of the Village of Bos­sier City as to the assessment of a special tax on all property within the Village of Bossier City, La., to be known and specified as a “ ferry tax,” and for the purpose of the mainte­nance of a free ferry, and appurte­nances thereto, over and across Red River within this village,'or adjacent thereto, and no other, not to exceed 5 mills per annum hereunder, including any cost or purchase price, per annum, and providing for the collection of same.Section 1. Be it ordained by the

Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Village of Bossier City, La., in legal and regular session convened, That there be, and is hereby called, an elec­tion of the qualified property taxpayers of this village for the purpose of taking the sense of said voters as to the author­ization of a special “ ferry tax” upon all property within this village, for the pur­poses of purchase and maintenance of a free ferry over Red River, at or adjacent to this village, said tax not to exceed 5 mills advalorem on each and every dollar of assessment in and for this village, beginning with the year 1915 and run­ning consecutively thereafter for a pe­riod of ten years, said tax to be levied and collected by the council and other regular officials of said village, as pro­vided by law, and applied solely to the purposes as aforesaid.

Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc., That an election for said purpose is hereby authorized, and ordered, and the Mayor of this municipality is hereby authorized and ordered to issue his proclamation therefor, to be held on Monday, September 27, 1915, at the Village Hall of this village, within the legal hours for such elections, and the ballots shall read “ for” or “ against” said tax, and the majority of votes cast and property represented by votes cast shall govern, in accordance with law, the returns to be made to and to be pro­mulgated by this council, in accordance with law.

Sec. 3. The commissioners and clerks of said election shall be as follows: Chas. Smith, Frank Ryon and T. P. Southerland, com m issioners; A. C. Whittington, clerk.

Duly passed, approved and recorded at Bossier City, La., August 19, 1915. Attest- M‘ WooDYAND> Mayor.

U. W. Hutchings, Clerk, ai-s

Nov/ Orleans States : Ex-Attorney Gen­eral M. J. Cunningham reflects a feeling apparently quite widespread when he says: “ No doubt a much better Constitution can be made than we now have; but my oppo­sition was aroused because the cry for a new Constitution arose from the financial em­barrassment which I thought resulted from extravagance and improvidence rather than from any defect in the Constitution. * The present taxation is more burdensome and tyranical than that of 1874, which we put an end to by force.”

Assumption Pioneer: The State Boardof Equalization has raised the assessment of the State $5,000,000. It did it without a Constitutional Convention, too.

compliance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana; and,

Whereas, contracts have been made by the Police Jury, as the governing authority, in behali of said road district, for the construction of roads ar.d bridges in said district, which work is in process of completion in compliance with each and all of the conditions of said con­tracts, and, when completed, in accord­ance with said contracts, it will be proper for the Police Jury, as the gov­erning authority of said district, to ac­cept said work and to pay the contract price therefor; and,

Whereas, in view of the fact that there are not funds in the treasury of the parish to the credit of said district to pay for the said work; and,

Whereas, the contractors have agreed to accept interest bearing certificates of said road district, payable in from one to five years, bearing interest at 5 per cent * per annum, payable semiannually:

Now, therefore, be it resolved and or­dained by the Police Jury of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in regular session convened, That, in order to make pro­vision to pay the contract price for the building and construction of bridges and permanent hard roads in said district in conformity with the contracts for the construction of same, the President and Clerk of the Police Jury be and they are hereby authorized and instructed to issue eighty certificates of indebtedness, of the denomination of $500 each, pred­icated upon the 5-mill special tax voted in said district, as aforesaid, the same to be known as “ Bridge and Road Cer­tificates of Indebtedness of Road Dis­trict No. 1, Bossier Parish, Louisiana for the Year of 1915,” said certificates to bear 5 percent per annum interest, pay-’ able semiannually, to be represented by coupons attached to same; both certi­ficates and interest coupons to be paya­ble at the American National Bank,* in the city of Shreveport, La.

Said certificates to be dated Septem­ber 1, 1915, and to bear serial numbers from 1 to 80; and they shall be due and payable as follows:

F R O M O U R S T A T E E X C H A N G E S .

Richland News-Beacon: The man whowants to be Governor, or any other State officer, will have to speak to the independ­ent and determined country voters about his candidacy, as well as the ward boss with his host of political vassals behind him.

Baptist Minister in Kentwood Commer­cial : If the time ever comes when the peo­ple of Kentwood want a cleaner and better town, then we will have it, not before. A hog is a hog and as long as he remains a hog he is going to have a mud hole to wal­low in. And as long as Kentwood is'run by dirty, low-down, whisky-soaked, beer- guzzling, bull-necked, hog-joweled, weas­el-eyed, foul-mouthed lobsters who have no respect for God, themselves, or anybody el9e, just so long will we have to put up with these dirty, stinking dens of iniquity, where the hogs go wallow. Now, I am not calling any names, but every fellow knows his number.

It is not at all commendable to go around the community in search of bits of scandal, adding to and edibelishing them and deal­ing them out to all those who will listen to the scandalmonger, who delights in smirch­ing the character of his or her betters.— Runt on Leader. You are correct. Ofallthe contemptible people on earth,' I believe the worst are the weasel-eyed, lantern-jawed, hatchet-faced, grim-visaged, knock-kneed and hammered-down gossipers. Do you known that an angel in heaven couldn’t come down and mix with the people you meet every day and then go back to heaven without being fumigated and cleaned with carbolic acid, formaldehyde and lye.— Delhi Progress.

Vermilion News: The Railroad Com­mission is useless, and should be abolished. The people place more confidence in the courts. There are three Commissioners, drawing $3,000 a year each, and a clerk at $1,500, and “ traveling expenses” for the bunch. ’ The Board of Equalization, which does not equalize, should be thrown over­board. This may be a hard jolt to sugar planters and other corporate interests. The State Board of Agriculture should be turned out to grass. Agricultural Colleges, Experimental Stations, etc., m ayas well be cutout. The poor man on hi9 small farm gets very little, if any, benefit from these new fangled institutions. Furthermore, the place to learn farming is on the farm. There are too many officials in the State institutions, and large sums of money are wasted in “ incidentals.”

H o n . H e n r y H u n s lc k e r .Vermilion News.]

Hon. Henry Hunsicker of Caddo Parish is a candidate for the office of Secretary of State. We take pleasure in recommending him to the voters of Southwest Louisiana, and of the ätate, generally. Mr. H un ­sicker was a former member of the Legis­lature, and is a Delegate-elect to the pro­posed Constitutional Convention, and is experienced in legislation. He is a life long citizen of Shreveport, a good citizen, an estimable gentleman, and is in every way qualified for the position. We have known Mr. Hunsicker for many years; and, also, knew his father, who was a prominent citizen of Shreveport, and personally recommend him to the voters of this State.

E le c t io n P r o c la m a t io n .Village of Bossier City, 1

Parish of Bossier, Louisiana. ]

A PROCLAMATION calling a special election to take the sense of the

qualified property taxpayers of said municipality as to the assessment of a special tax of not to exceed 5 mills per annum for a period of ten years for the purchase and maintenance of a free ferry over and across Red River at or adjacent to this village, and appurte­nances thereto.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, and the laws and ordinances of the Village of Bossier City, and especially by Ordinance No. 61, of even date herewith, I, M. B. Woodyard, Mayor, do hereby proclaim and announce,

That an election will be held on Mon­day, September 27, 1915, at the Village Hall of this village, during the legal hours for such elections, for the purpose of taking the sense of the qualified property taxpayers of this municipality for or against the authorization of a special tax, to be known as a “ ferry tax,” on all property within the limits of said village, not to exceed 5 mills per annum on every dollar of assessment therein, for the purpose of purchase and maintenance of a free ferry, and appur­tenances thereto, over and across Red River, within this village, or adjacent thereto, beginning with the year 1915 and running for a period of ten con­secutive years thereafter, said tax to be collected by the duly authorized Tax Collector for this village, as provided by law, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are collected, and applied solely to the purposes as afore­said.

I do further proclaim and announce, That the clerk of this council shall pre­pare the ballots for said election, and same shall read “ for” and “ against” said tax, the voter to express his will or choice as provided by law, leaving that expression of his desire on the ballot, as aforesaid, and the returns of said elec­tion shall be made to this council, as provided by law.

In conformity with the afordsaid or­dinance, the commissioners and clerks of said election shall be as follows, to-wit: Chas. Smith, Frank Ryon and T. P. Southerland, com m issioners; A. C. Whittington, clerk.

Witness my hand and the seal of the Village of Bossier City, at the Village Hall, this, the 19th day of August, A. D. 1915. M. B. Woodyard, Mayor. Attest: U.W. Hutchings, Clerk, ai-5

ANNOUNCEMENTS *

F o r S h e r i f f .

Mr. J. F. A dair of Ward Five has authorized us to announce his candidacy for the office of Sheriff for Bossier Parish, subject to nomination at the Democratic primary election to be held during Jan­uary, 1916.

F o r C le r k o f C o u r t .

Mr. J as. M. H enderson, of Benton, who some months ago was elected by the voters of this parish to fill an unexpired term of the office of Clerk of Court, has authorized us to announce him as a can­didate to succeed himself, subject to nomination at the coming Democratic primary election.

F o r A s s e s s o r .

Mr. F. B. Ogden of Benton has authorized us to announce his candidacy for the office of Assessor for Bossier Parish, subject to nomination at the coming Democratic primary election.

F o r R e p r e s e n t a t i v e .

Mr. A. Hoffpauir of Ward Five has authorized us to announce his candidacy to become one of the Representatives from Bossier Parish in the next General Assembly, subject to nomination at the coming Democratic primary election.

Nos. 1 to 18, Inclusive, due March 1,1918.Nos. 17 to 32, inclusive, due March 1,1017.Nos. 33 to 48, inclusive, due March 1, lots]Nos. 49 to 64, inclusive, due March 1, l9io.Nos. 65 to 80, Inclusive, due March 1,1930.

Be it further ordained, That the Pres­ident and Clerk of the Police Jury be and they are hereby instructed to cause said certificates to be prepared at once and to sign each certificate. On the coupons attached to said certificates shall be lithographed a fac simile of the signatures of the President and Secre­tary of the Police Jury.

Be it further ordained, That each year, while any of said certificates are outstanding, the Police Jury shall, in addition to all other taxes, levy a special 5-mill tax, as authorized by the voters and taxpayers at said special election, to pay the interest on said outstanding certificates and to pay the certificates falling due the ensuing year.

This ordinance was adopted by the following vote: Yeas—Messrs. Logan, J. T. McDade, Wright, Stewart, Whit­tington and J. G. McDade. Nays—none.

J. C. L ogan,Attest- President Police Jury.

R. B. H ill , Clerk Police Jury. 33-0

P a r l i t io n S a le .F. E. Collins et al versus Jos. E. Mitchell, }r.

No 6184. In Second District Court, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.

BY virtue of an order and commission for sale, issued in the above en­

titled case, and to me directed, authoriz­ing and requiring me to sell for purposes of partition between plaintiffs and de­fendant the herein described land, own­ed in indivision by them, I will, on Sat­urday, September 11, 1915, at the front door of the Court House, in the town of Benton, La., within the legal hours pre- ’ scribed by law, proceed to sell at public auction, to the last and highest bidder, the following described lands, with all improvements thereon, to-wit:

A tract of land described as follows: Beginning at the section line between sections 15 and 16, townseip 22, range 13, at a point 220 yards south of the northeast corner of section 16, running in a northerly direction along said sec­tion line 105 7-12 feet to a corner, thence in a westerly direction 418 feet to a cor­ner, thence in a southerly direction 105 7-12 feet to a comer, thence in an easterly direction 418 feet to the point of beginning, containing 4904 square yards, more or less (said lines all run parallel with the section lines) being the same property purchased by J. P. Mitchell, now deceased, from J. A. and M. L. Ford, by deed recorded on page 266, volume 24, Conveyances of Bossier Parish, Louisiana.

Terms of Sale—For cash, subject to the benefit of appraisement.

J. F. E dwards,Sheriff and ex-officio Auctioneer for

Bossier Parish, Louisiana.

A n O rd in an ce Providing for the issuance of certificates

of indebtedness, based on a special 5-mill tax of Road District No. 1 of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, for $40,000, represented by eighty certificates for $500 each, to be used in payment of contract price for the building of bridges and permanent hard roads in said district.Whereas, on the 28th day of June,

A. D. 1915, the Police Jury of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, duly p.assed and adopted an ordinance calling a special election to be held in Road District No.1 of said parish, consisting of Wards One and Two and that part of Ward Six designated as alluvial lands and em­braced within the boundaries of the Bossier Levee District, to be held on the 7th day of August, 1915, to submit to the voters of said district a proposi­tion to levy a special 5-mill tax on all the property subject to taxation in said district for a period of five years, be­ginning with the year 1915 and ending with the year 1919, both inclusive, for the purpose of building, constructing, repairing and maintaining public roads and bridges in said district, and also providing that the Police Jury should meet in open session on the 10th day of August, 1915, for the purpose of opening the ballot boxes, examining and count­ing the ballots, and promulgating the returns of said election; and,

Whereas, said election was duly held on the 7th day of August, 1915, in ac­cordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, and in com- pliagce with the ordinance of the Police Jury, which ordinance wa3 duly pro­mulgated as required by law; and,

Whereas, on the 10th day of August, 1915, the Police Jury met in open ses­sion, as provided in said ordinance, for the purpose of opening ihe ballot boxes, counting the ballots, both as to number and amount, and did then and there duly declare the result thereof to be in favor of said special tax, which result has been duly promulgated, as required by law; and,

Whereas, all other acts, conditions and things necessary to be done prece­dent to the levying of said special tax have happened and beep performed in

A n O r d in a n c eCarrying into effect the will of the prop­

erty taxpayers of Road District No. 1 of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, as ex­pressed at an election held August 7, 1915, and levying a tax of 5 mills on the taxable property of said Road Dis­trict No. 1 for road and bridge con­struction, for a period of five years, beginning with the year 1915.Section 1. Be it ordained by the Po­

lice Jury of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, That, pursuant to an election held in Road District No. 1 of Bossier Parish August 7, 1915, at which election a special tax of 5 mills on the dollar of the taxable property was voted by the prop­erty taxpaying voters, the said special tax of 5 mills is hereby levied for the year 1915 a n d for each subsequent year to and including 1919.

Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc., That the Tax Assessor of Bossier Parish be and is hereby authorized, ordered and instructed to extend said special road tax at 5 mills for the year 1915 and each subsequent year until and including 1919, and the Sheriff and ex-officio Tax Collector for Bossier Parish is author­ized to collect said tax.

Adopted at Benton, La., August 10, 1915. J. C. L ogan,Attest- President Police Jury.

R. B. H ill , Clerk Police Jury. 33-6

P a r t i t i o n S a le .Mi’dred G. Fox vs. Mrs. Mahone deadly et als.

No. «196. In Second District Court, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.

BY virtue of an order and commission for sale, issued in the above en­

titled case, and to me directed, author­izing and requiring me to sell for pur­poses of partition between plaintiff and defendants the herein described land, owned in indivision by them, I will, on Saturday, September 11, 1915, at the front door of the Court House, in the town of Benton, La., within the legal hours prescribed by law, proceed to sell at public auction, to the last and highest * bidder, the following described lands, with all improvements thereon, to-wit:

Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of block I of the Cumberland Subdivision of Bossier City, and situated in the northwest quarter of section 29, township 18, range 13, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, as per map and survey recorded on page 216, volume 25, Conveyances of Bossier Par­ish, Louisiana.

Terms of Sale—For cash, subject to the benefit of appraisement.

J . F. E dwards,Sheriff and ex-officio Auctioneer for

Bossier Parish, Louisiana.