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W. H. Scanland,Editor and Proprietor.
BENTON, LOUISIANA,
THURSDAY,II, 1896.
McKiuleyisra would not help the
country.
It is only the dead Democmts who
think the party dead.
This country has suffered enough
from the single gold standard.
Let us be patient, reconcile our
differences and stand true to Democ
racy. _ __
Every friend of good government
should work for the Democratic
party.
The people and not the money
lenders are backing up the silver
movement.
All the trusts that are organized
to rob the people are for McKinley
aud protection.
The National Democratic platform
must mean something. Make it so
plain that all cau tell what to expect.
There are not enough Republicans
and Populists in Louisiana to turn
the State over to Republican ruin
unless they are assisted by Demo
crats. Let us not continue the fight
in the party. Do the people of this
State, with such clean administra
tions as have been given us by the
Democrats, want to return to the
kind of government given Louisiana
by Warmoth and Kellogg?
The Chicago platform should be
so plain that any one can tell what it
means. The Democratic party must
be for the principles of bimetallism
and must be written so that there
can be no mistake. Doubtless the
Republican party will stand by the
single gold standard aud a protective
tariff, as that is what the rich demand.
The masses are more interested in
the prosperity of this great country
than are the small number of gold
grabbers and manufacturers who
would be benefitted by the gold
standard and a high tariff. The peo
ple have rights and they are standing
up for them.
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"Hello!" he called out as he
rushed in the Banner office and fell
over the editor's old broken chair,
and landed oue hand in a bucket of
printer's ink, and the other in the
pastepot! The excited man scram
bled np, and holding ont his hands
deprecatiugly, continued—" Look
here, you,"—(the editor remarked
that be was looking that way)—
"you-, do you know what is go
ing on iu Bouton 1 Don't you see?
No, you need not look so darnation
pitiful at my bands aud scrimpled
hat! That's what comes from an
old three-legged sbackadoodle edi
tor's chair in a feller's path when he's
iu a hurry! Now look here! Dou't
you see what Benton is coming to ?
Big town, sir; big town, and it's go
ing to be boomin' before loDg.—
Tom Vaaghan commenced work this
(Tuesday) morning oa his brick
store—the first brick store to bo
built in the parish. You spell this
with big letters—see? Big thing,
sir; big tbißg, forever and ever, and
?11 be forever gettin' bigger? Great
thing to have the first brick store
here. Then, sir, here's two fine
saw mills turuiug out large lots of
exeelleut lambcr, and athird mill in
throe miles of us. Hear that whis.
tie? There—listen! Why that's
the Bodcau Railroad whistle across
Black Bayou ! You hear it ? And
2^ miles of this was bnilt in 1896,
and the year hasn't half gone yet.
Look at the now buildings just up
aud going up, and a new hotel build
ing soon to be erected, fronting the
railrond depot! Every house rented,
and every one at work. Biggest
thiDg aud best times that Benton
ever saw, sir, right here on top of
us, sir, dou't you see ?" And the
excited man mounted his wheel and
struck a "Nancy Hanks gate" for
Thompson's big brick-yard for an
option on burnt dirt, before the Leg
islature closed the doom on futures.
Personal Paragraphs.
Elder E. O. Ware preached at the
Court House last night.
Miss Mary Gilmer, of Plain Deal
ing, is visitiug Mrs. J. M. Belcher.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Oneal spent
Saturday and Sunday in Bellevue.
Prof. W. C. Martin is spending a
few days with Elder J.S. Campbell. I
Mrs. B. A. Kelly, who has been
sick during the past week, is im
proving.
Mrs. Sam Dreyfuss, of Shreveport,
is the guest of Mrs. W. M. Abney
this week.
Mr. W. A. Thompson's horse ran
away with his cart Saturday, tear
ing it to pieces.
Mrs. Lucy Head, of Sparta, spent
last Thursday at Bodcau, us the
guest of Mrs. T. J. Moore.
Mr. George Mackey, who has been
sick during the past ten days, left
Tuesday for the Hospital at Shreve
port.
Mrs. J. P.Creswell aud Miss Nina
Butler left Friday on a visit to their
sister, Mrs. W. E. McDade, of Bos
sier Roiut.
Messrs. Geo. S. Morison and Geo.
A. Tederle, both of Chicago, were ;
the guests of Mrs. A. C. Butts on !
the 31st ult.
Mr. James S. Abney, of Hayti,
who has been attending school at
Iuka, Miss., since last September,
returned to his homo Tuesday.
Miss Lila Thompson, who lias
been attending school in Shreveport
since last October, returned to her
home in Benton Tuesday evening.
Elder J. S. Campbell united in
matrimony Mr. J. W. Davis and
Miss Lula Ott, in the Court House,
at Bentou, Sunday, June 7, at J p.
in.
Rev. J. S. Campbell atteuded the
commencement exercises at Keachie
last week and we are under many
obligations to him for a good *• write
up" of the occasion.
Cards are out announcing the
marriageof Mr. John H. Stinson and
Miss Ruby Martin and Mr. Frank
B. Ogden and Miss Alabel Martin,
which happy event is to occur at
Litmwood next Wednesday evening
al 8:30. Messrs. Stinson and Ogden
are among Bossier's most popular
aud successful young business men,
and the brides-elect are among our
most charming and accomplished
young ladies. The Banner extends
in advance to its estimable young
friends its wishes for a long and
happy life.
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Stay with the okl ship—the ship
of Democrrcy. It has tided you
safely over troubled seas, through
the waves of monopoly, through
financial disasters, through panics,
has weathered the ßtorms of protec
tion and Republican extravagance,
has guided you from the tyrauny of
Force Bills aud other un-American
measures. If you are aboard this
ship to-day, stay with it. Nona other
has braver sailors or truer pilots/ It
has done more for you than the ship
of any other party ever has or ever
will. Every stroke of its great pro
pelling wheel is a stroke against plu
tocracy, against the increase of Fed
eral power, against gold monomettal
lism, against greed and monopoly,
against the governmental policies
that build up the few to the impover
ishment of the many. Stop not to
question "what of the night ?" Stop
not to reason that breakers are in the
way ahead. Fear not the surges
through which yon may pass, nor the
threatening breakers nor false lights
on unfriendly harbors. Stay with
the ship.
Free silver men will be iu control
of the Convention. Democracy will
continue to stand by the people and
the platform will bo such as will be
for the interests of the masses.
Oh, no ; the Republicans are not
divided. Isn't it about time tho
Democrats who took to the woods
before the opening gun was fired
were returning to their posts ?
An effort will be made to unseat
Representative Tucker, of Virginia,
although the committee on election
reported that he was fairly elected
to the House.
When We Are Dead.
We should not conclude that the
world can't move on just the same
when we are dead. No, for the stars ;
will shine in the sky, and the earth j
will revolve on its axis, just the j
same. Seasoua will come and go,
men and women will keep on marry- j
iug aud being given in marriage, 1
the places of business will resound
with the tumult of contending
voices, and the halls of revelry will
echo to the strains of sweet music.
The husbandman will continue to
sow aud reap, scholars will pore
over mighty volumes, and politi
cians will scramble for office, and
all things will go ou as before. Our
absence will not stop a single wheel
iu the vast machinery. For a little
while, some kind hearted friend that
was good enough to love us iu spite
of our faults, may visit our graves
occasionally and moisten the flowers
with a tear, that the same loving
hands planted there, but even this
will soon cease.
The little children that we have
so kindly and tenderly pressed to
our hearts, will become absorbed iu
; other interests and forget to men
! t j on 0llr uames or remember our
faces.
In a very short time all traces of
our presence here will have vanish
ed away. Bat let us not be careless
as to how we deport ourselves while
here. Remember, we are bearers of
a trust, and have a duty to perform
toward our fellow man, and the
main thing after all, is to do our
duty in the sight of God, so that
when we go hence, we may enter
into the house of many mansions.
Mack.
Plain Dealing, La., June 7,1896.
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Keachie Commencement Dots.
Keachie College has scored an
other good commencement. In spite
of the small pox they turned out
eleven graduates—seven young la
dies and fonr young men.
One of the young men being a
peacher, \V. R. Brown by name.
Also, Mr. W. T. Norman, one of
Bossier's sons, was among the
number.
The appointees on the program
were present, and did well their
part. Our Frof. W. C. Martin was
on hand to the great pleasure of his
many friends. President Tompkies
took suddenly ill at the last hour,
and the concluding exercises were
conducted by Prof. G. W. Tbigpen
in a straight-forward, clear cut
manner characteristic of the man.
The Alumni Association of
Keachie Male and Female College
was organized, and the following
officers were elected: l'resideut,
Prof. J. H. Thigpen, of Keachie ;
Vice-President, Elder J. S. Camp
bell, of Benton; Secretary, Miss
Lite Paxton, of Keachie ; Treasurer,
Mr. J. T. Mosely, of Keachie.
It is very much desired that every
graduate of the college shall report
to the Secretary in order that their
names may bo enrolled. *
Mary, daughter of Mr. W. M.
and Mrs. Maggie Joues, aged three
years aud six months, died of con
gestion yesterday morning at 5
o'clock, at the residence of her pa
rents in Dean Point neighborhood.
Baton Rouge, La., June 3.—Iu the
Democratic caucus last night Hon.
J. C. Pugh was elected ou the first
ballot. Tho vote was : Pugh 61,
Drew 13, Moucure 11, Graham 3,
Weis 3.
Iu tho Second Circuit Hou. E. C.
Montgomery was elected ou the third
ballot. Tho voto was : Montgomery
56, Johu S. Boatner 35.
Third Circuit—Hon. Julian Mou
ton was elected on the fourth ballot.
The vote was: Mouton 49, A J.
Laforgue 42.
Fourth Circuit—Hon. W. TV. Leake
was elected on first ballot. The vote
was: Leake 62, John H. Stone 19,
L. B. Claiborne 8, M. A. Strickland 12.
In the Fifth Circuit Hon. Rene
Beauregard was nominated by accla
mation, having no opposition.
In the Sixth Circuit Hon. Horace
l Ä wlS!
Dufour 48, Wynne
The vote was :
Rogers 33, J. P. Coleman 9.
Confederate Veterans.
The sixth annual general met-liag
and reuuiou of the United Confed
crate Veteran Organization will be
held at Richmond. Va., on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday', June30,
July 1 aDd July 2, during which the
corner-stone of President Jefierson
Davis' monument will he laid, and
tho report of the Confederate Me
morial Association committee on
the Battle Abbey of the South will
be rendered.
The unveiling of the Winchester
monument to the Louisiana dead
and to the deeds of her sons, who
made in the valley of Virginia an
imperishable record of valor aud
heroism, which will take place at
Winchester, Va., ou July 4.
The executive committee of ar
rangements at Richmond have
made provisions to accommodate
the veterans with quarters and food,
free of charge. Those who wish to
bo accommodated at hotels can do
so at a cost of from 81 to 82 50 per
day.
At Winchester the people pro
pose taking care, free of charge, of
all Louisiana veteraus on the oc
casion.
General Orders No. 165.)
Many of the veterans who attend
the reunion at Richmond will visit
the historic battle fields in Virginia,
numbers of which they enriched
with their own precious blood, and
contributed to their valor to make
memorable for all time.
In addition to the "laying of the
corner-stone of the Jefferson Davis
monument," which will take place
during the reunion, the General
commanding deems it proper to call
the special attentions of all veterans
to an incident of great importance
w hich will occur at Winchester, Va.,
on July 4, (the date having been
changed from June 27.)
The Louisiana Veterans will take
advantage of the time and occasion
to unveil the monument which they
have erected in the beautiful Stone
wall cemetery, in tho historic town
of T\ inchester, to the memory of
their beloved comrades, the Confed
erate dead of Louisiana.
The reunion will close July 2, and
the unveiling of this monument to
the Louisiana heroes will occur on
July 4. It will be au event of un
usual interest. The " maimed hero,"
Gen. Francis T. Nicholls, stainless
citizen, distinguished soldier, states
man and jurist, he who led the
Louisiana troops to that extreme
limit, where intrepid valor met
death in every form, will bo the
orator of the day, and the good
people extend a hearty welcome to
all.
The occasion is full of pathos, and
will excite tho tonderest emotions
iu every sympathetic heart to wit
ness the survivors of that gallant
command which Louisiana sent to
the front in the sixties, then in the
flower of youth, now aged and bent,
journeying over a thousand weary
miles, and after the lapse of a third
of a century, to stand by the grassy
mounds aud place a last memorial
of love aud affection over the graves
of their beloved comrades, who,
alter deathless feats of courage, fell
at their side, and are now reposiug
upou tho generous bosom of the
" mother of States," far away from
homo and kindred.
The General commanding feels
assured that the gallant Louisians
will not stand aloue during the cer
emony upon that sacred spot, but
that haroes all tho way from the
Loue Star State to " My Maryland "
w ill join tho throug, gathering, as
they journey to the "cemetery of
the brave," the magnolia, tho or
ange, and all the sweetest Southern
flowers, to deck the graves of their
own honored dead, whn lie side by
side with the brave Louisianians,
and who, like them, will live for
ever in story and song. By order
of J. B. Gordon,
General Commanding.
Tensas Gazette : The Democracy
i 'F***" in 1110 saddle - Doe8the
i ^* tiz ens' League care to ride with it
' or does it prefer to walk?
Bible Brilliants.
Gird np now thy lions like a man;
for I will demand of tliee, and an
swer thou me.—Job xxxviii, 3.
The righteous shall be glad in the
Lord, aDd shall trust in him; and all
the upright in heart shall glory.—
Psalui lxiv, 10.
Thou slialt neither vex a stranger,
nor oppress him; for ye were strau
gers in the land of Egypt. Y'e shall
not afflict auy widow, or fatherless
child. If thou afflict them in any
wise, and they cry at, all unto me, I
will surely hear their cry: and my
wrath shall wax hot, autî I will kill
you with the sword; and your wives
will be widows, and your children
fatherless.—Exodus xxii, 21-24.
Thou shalt not lend upon usury
to thy brother; usury of money,
usury of victuals, usury of any tbiug
that is lent upon usury: Unto a
stranger tbou mayest lend upon
usury; but unto thy brother tboo
sbalt not lend upon usury: that the
Lord thy God may bless thee in all
that thou settest thine hand to in
the land wbitter thou goest to pos
sess it.—Deuteronomy xxiii, 19, 20.
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Sheriff's Sale .
Equitable Securities Company of New York
vs. Heirs ot K. L. Stinson, deceased.
No. 4024. Iu Second District Court, Dossier
Parish, La.
B y virtue ef a writ of seizure and sale issued
in above named suit, and to me directed, I
havo seized and will proceed to sell, at jmidic
auction, to the last and higliest bidder, at the
front door of the Court House, in the town ot
Denton, La., within the legal hours of sale, on
Saturday, July 11.1896, the. following describ
ed property, to-wit :
The northwest quarter of southwest quarter,
northeast quarter ot southwest quarter, north
half of southwest quarter of southeast quar
ter, north half of southeast quarter of south
west quarter of section 4 ; the northeast half
of the northeast quarter of southeast quarter
of section 5, in township 18 North of range 1J
West. The southwest quarter of southwest
quarter and northwest quarter of southwest
quarter of section J; the northeast quarter,
the southeast quarter of northwest quarter
and the east half of southeast quarter of sec
tion 4, township 19 Nor tit of range 13 West—
containing iu all 495 acres, more or less,
together with all improvements, situated in
Bossier Parish, La.
Terras of Sale—Cash, without the benefit of
appraisement, to pay and satisfy tho sum of
$235200, with 8 per cent per annum on $108 00
from Dee, 1. 1892, on $384 ml from Dee. 1, 1893,
on $360 00 from Dec. 1, 1894, on $33,6 00 from
Dec. 1, 1895. and all costs of suit, including 10
per cent on said sum and interest as attor
neys fees, ami according to law.
A. li. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
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Homestead Entry No. 4816.
Land Office at Natchitoches, La., )
May 2,1896. ]
N otice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his in
tention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will lie made before
Clerk of the District Court, at Denton, La., on
June 12,1896, viz.: Homestead Entry No. 4816—
Richard McCullough—for tho west half of
northwest quarter section 32, township 21
North, range 12 West.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence, upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: Ed English and John Jef
ferson, of Midway, La., and Frank Jennings
and Morris Jennings, of Rocky Mount, La.
Any person who desires to protest against
the allowance of such proof, or who knows of
any substantial reason, under the law and the
regulations of tho Interior Department, why
such proof should not be allowed, will he given
an opportunity at the above mentioned time
and place to cross examine the witnesses of
said claimant, and to offer evidence iu rebuttal
ofthat submitted by claimant.
KDYV'i) PHILLIPS, Register.
May 7, 1896. june 11
Homestead Entry No. 5009.
Land Office at Natchitoches, La., )
May 26,1896. (
'Vfotico is hereby given that tho following
lx named settler has filed notice of his in
tention to make final proof iu support of his
claim, and that said proof will lie made before
the Clerk of the District Court, at Denton, La.,
on July 10. 1896. viz; Homestead Entry No.
5009—Marion Hall—for the south half of
southwest quarter and west halt of southeast
quarter, section 2, township 18 North, range
11 West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses bo prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz; J. E. Pevey, W. G. Wadley,
Wiley D. Allen and Dick Green,of Allentown,
La.
Any person who desires to protest against
the allowance of such proof, or who knows of
any substantial reason, under the law and the
regulations of the Interior Department, why
such proof should not be allowed, will be given
an opportunity at the above mentioned time
and place to cross-examine the witnesses of
said claimant, and to offer evidence in rebuttal
ofthat submitted by claimant.
EDW'D PHILLIPS, Register.
May 28,1896. july 9
1
State Tax Sales ofl mtnotm
able Property.
The State ot Louisiana vs. Deli D q ue „ t T
Debtors, Parish of Dossier *
B y virtue of tho authority vested 'in „ 1
the Constitution ol the Stato of lain? 1 ® **
1 will sell at the principal front |
Court House in winch the Civil
of said parish „ held, in t he town ofw" 1 '
La., within the legal hours for j„ d »
beginning at 11 a. m. on Saturday the Wr h"i M * '
of July. a. .... 1896 ami continuing
succeeding day until said sales arecompW«*
all immovable property on which ♦ »»». l6 ®'
now due to the State of Louisiana fi,"!
Dossier and the Dossier Levee District
enforce collection of taxes assessed in n
year 1895, together with interest tl t ' e
from the 31st day of December of the t,!^ 0 ' 1
which nai«l taxes were «iue, at the, rate ot *> * Q
cent per month until paid and all cost "* ** er
The number of said delinquent tax pay tn ,
the amount oi taxes due by each on the aW
ment ol said j ear .and the immovable pron«
ty assessed to each to he offered lor sale' arb .
as lollows, to-wit : " rb
WARD 3.
J.E. Johnston—Lot 66 of the 1st n.Clm
to town of Plain Dealing, lully describ^!?'
page 18 . A olume lo. Conveyances. Taxes fu*
1894 and 1895, $13 45. aïes w
Zack Gardner-South half of no-thea«
quarter, northwest quarter of northeast altr
ter and northeast quarter of northwest < uar"
ter of section 4, township 21, uin<m 13 ant
southwest quarter of southeast quarter and
southeast quarter of southwest quarter n.
section 33, township 22, range 13 Taxes fn.
1895, $6 10. es lor
Estate of Frank Ward-Half interest in
northwest quarter of section 8, town shin of
range 13. Taxes, 1893-4-5, $3 60. ' v ~ .
WARD 5.
Sidney Drittentine—Northeast quarter o*
northwest quarter ami northwest quarter of
northeast quarter of section 19. townsliin 31
range 11. Taxes tor 1894-6, $7 45. v '
Estate of Joseph Graham— Sixty acres V
fractional north half of northwest" quarter of
section 10, township 21, range 12. Taxes for
Madison Hughes—Southeast quarter of
southeast quarter of section 6, township 21
range 12. Taxes for 1894 and 1895, $5 32. *
Estate Anthony Harris—Northeast quarter
of southeast quarter of section 24, township
21. range 12. Taxes for 1891 and 1895,$3 87.
Estate Jack Coates—Lots 2, 3 and 4,'infrac
tiunal north half of northwest quarter and
northwest quarter of northeast quarter of
section 15, township 211, range li. Taxes
$1 9*2. '
John Weslev—Southeast quarter of north
west quarter and northeast quarter ot south
west quarter of section 12, township 20, range
range 12. Taxes for 1893, 1894 aud 1895, $7 'is
WARD 6.
J. R. Brown—Southeast quarter of sectio»
29, northeast quarter of northeast quarter of
section 33. south halt of southeast quarter of
section 28, southwest quarter ef section'28,
township 18 range It. Taxes for 1894 and
1895, $17 31.
NON-RESIDENTS.
Heirs D. W. Hughes—Southwest quarterof
northwest quarter of section 17, township 21 •
range 12. Taxes for 1893-4-5, $1 80. '
Robert and J. L. Hodges—Northeast quar
ter of sonth west quarter of section 12, town
ship 16, range 11. Tax COceuts.
Dr.T. A. Snider—Northwest quarter, north
half of iractional northeast quarter ot section
5, east half of southeast quarter, fractional
west half ot northeast quarter of section 6,
township 18 , range 12, and fractional southeast
1 Harter and southwest quarter ot southwest
quarter, and lot 8, of section 32, township 19,
range 12. Taxes, 1895, $12 95.
Stauffer A Kortum»-Lots 6 and 9, Block 25,
Plain Dealing. Taxes, 1894 and 1895, $ l 45,
Estate of John Cliaffe—North half of north
east quarter, south half of northeast quarter
and northeast quarterof southeast quarterof
section 25, and southeast quarter of section
35, township 18, range II; northeast quarter
ot northeast quarter of section 25, township
19, range 12. Taxes, $6.
Ambrose Rroadus—Southwest quarter' of
southeast quarterof section 11, towuship-48,
range 12. Tax, 1895,60 cents.
Johnson & Shaffer—Block 19 and 32, and
Lots 3, 4 aud 5, Block 42, Denton, La. Tax 4
60 cents.
Estate of W. J. Crawford—Half interest in*
east half of southeast quarter ot section 4,
township20,range 41. Tax.OOceuts.
On said day of sale I will sell such portion
of each of said specific property as each debtor
shall point out, and in case t he debtor shall
not point out sufficient property I will at ouoe
and without further delay sell tho least quan
tity of said specific property of any debtor
which any bidder will buy tor the amount of
taxes, interests and costs due by said debtor.
The sale will be without appraisement for cash
or legal tender money of the United States,
and the property sold shall lie redeemable at
any time lor the space of one year, by paying
the price given, with 20 per cent and cost
added. A. R. THOMPSON,
State Tax Collector, Dossier Parish. La,
Beuton, La., June 11, 1896.
.h*otiee
To Mortgage Creditors ou Bossier
Parish Property.
Tn conformity with Section 63, Act 85, of 1888,
1 notice is hereby given to all parties bold
ing mortgages upon real estate in Dossier par
ish on winch taxes for the year 1895 havo not
been paid, that I will begin the sale of same at
the Court House door on Saturday, July 18tb,
1896, and that a number of pieces of property
so delinquent, are now being advertised in this
newspaper iu conformity with the law prepar
atory to such sale. The attention of tha
mortgage creditors is especially called to these
advertisements of tax sales, "and they are
warned to take such stops prior to the sale as
may be necessary t® protect tlieir rights.
A. R. THOMPTON,
State Tax Collector, Dossier Parish, 1st.
Denton, La.. June, 11 1896.
COTTON SEED MEAL.
W holesale Grocery jobbers have lately
shown quite an acrobatic aptitude in
sporadic efforts to keep things moving. Some
advance, wliilo others reduoe prices; lint as a
rule prices are not of a very altitudinous ua
ture. 1 havo been suffering somewhat front
an aggravated attack of guessing, which lias
had a quieting, if not a soothing, effect upon
my energies. Figuratively speaking the situ
ation lias been something of a nebulous conun
drum. stimulating doubt and watchfulness; I
have been sawing wood by* the carload, and I
presume it will be in order tocontinue sawing
a while longer; but I propose to keep a firm
hold on the SAW ENI) of the machine without
regard to consequences—self preservation
first, consequences afterward.
Hence offer 1,000 sacks Cotton Seed Meal,
75 halt barrels Grape C'idor, Lime and Cement,
together with a full and complete stock of
GROCERIES
at prices which will command orders.
SURE VKPORT, LA.
WM. ENDERS.
HENRY ENDERS.
W n. EXDERS Sc SOX,
108 and 110 Texas St.. Shreveport, La.,
Wholesale and Retail Realert in
FURNITURE,
Mattresses, Window Shades,
Wall Paper, &c.
Specialty of Glazed Sash, Window Glass,
Doors, Blinds and Cypress Shingles.
Mail orders promptly attended.
Assessment.
T he assessment lists ot Dossier parish will
be open for inspection and correction
1 Ironi June 10th to the 30th.
W. H. BLEDSOE, Assessor.