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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-07-03

Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That notice of election herein called
shall be given by proclamation by the
President of the Police Jury and pub
lished for thirty 500 days in the official
journal of Bossier Parish, as required by
law, and that said proclamation shall set
forth that this Police Jury will meet in
open session on the 18th day of July,
1918, at the Court House, in the town OF
Benton, and will then and there proceed
to open the ballot boxes, examine and
count the ballots, in number and amount,
examine and canvass the returns and de-
clare the result of the election, and such
meeting OF the Police Jury for said pur-
pose is hereby called.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That.sa election shall be held in said
Road District No. l, at the usual polling
places for elections in said wards, and
that the polls shall be open on the date
of the election at o'clock am. and
closed at 5 o'clock pm, and the polling
places and the commissioners and clerks
of election shall be as follows:
WARD ONE.
Precinct No. /, Atkins, LAIR. D. j
McAnn, T. D. Cornell and A. w. Prince
commissioners; w. E. Connell, clerk.
Precinct No. 2, Curtis, LA. Curtis
H. P. Moore and w. B. Hickman, com.
missioners; w. E. McDade, clerk.
Precinct No. 3, Taylortown, Lac. B
Hodges, Thos. Caplis and E. S. Dortch
commissioners; A. C. Shannal, clerk.
WARD TWO.
Precinct No. 1, Benton, Lar. E
Wyche, l. H. Martin and Ed Logan
commissioners; c. 0. Gayle, clerk.
Precinct No. 2, VAUDEVILLE, La. H
Boisseau, S. w. Vance and j. C. Logan
commissioners; J. P. Mccain, clerk.
| Precinct No. 8, Bossier City, La. :
| w. T. Colquitt, T. M. Yarbrough an,
w. l. Ratcliff, commissioners; w.
! Owsley, clerk.
| WARD SIX.
Precinct, Sligo, Law. c. Horton
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-07-03
Benton, La, June 10, 1918. july "a
Succession Sale.

No 1876. In the First District Court OF Caddo
Parish, La. Succession Of j. NJ. Cooper.
DY virtue OF commission to sell, to
ID me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Caddo
Parish, La, in the above numbered and
entitled succession, will offer for sale
at public auction, for cash and according
to law, at the principal front door OF the
Court House of Bossier Parish, La,
during the legal hours of sale, on
Saturday, July 5, 1913
A certain lot of mules, farming imple-
ments and other property, fully describ-
ed in inventory of the above succession,
duly recorded in the Parish Of Caddo,
La.
The above property to be sold as be-
longing to the succession, for cash, with
the benefit Of appraisement, and accord
ing to law, to pay debts.
JOHN JENKINS, Administrator.
June 10, 1915. iulys
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-07-03

Proposition to incur debt and issue bonds of
Road Distrc. No. !, to the amount Of SIS COO, to
run from one to forty years, bearing interest at
the rate of per centum per annum,
payable semiannually, for the pur- yEs
pose Of building, constructing and i
repairing bridges and permanent
hard roads. M
Taxable valuation, 5000. u
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-07-03
An Ordinance

An Ordinance
Creating Road District No. of the Par
ish of Bossier and describing and fix
ing its boundaries.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury Of
the Parish of Bossier, in special session
convened, That there be and is hereby
created road district, which shall be
known and designated as "Road Dis
trict No. IT, and that said district shall
comprise all that area embraced within
Wards One and Two and that part of
Ward Six designated as alluvial lands
and embraced within the boundaries OF
the Bossier Levee District of Bossier
Parish, Louisiana. J.C.LoGAN.
President Police Jury.
R. B. HILL, Clerk Police Jury.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-07-03
D. C. Elston and Tom Hickman, CON-
missioners: H. L, Skannal, clerk.

missioners; H. L. Skannal, clerk.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That the proposition submitted shall be:
To incur debt of SITS, 900 and to issue
negotiable serial bonds therefor, OF Road
District No. l, to bear per cent inter-
terest, payable semiannually, and to run
for period of from one to forty q to 4O)
years, for the purpose Of building, con-
structing and repairing bridges and
building, constructing and repairing
permanent hard roads in said district, as
per resolution of the Police Jury Of date
June 2, 1918.
The form of ballot to be used at said
election shall be as follows:
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31

SAINT Anthony ComStock. the self
constituted guardian Of morality in
art has once more distinguished him
self by partlptorilY ordering the re-
moval from the snow window of Il
reputable art dealer Of n copy OF
Paul Chabass famous painting. Sep
tcmber Morning" shows Won
dcrful amount of patience on the part
of the people that they put up 50
long woth the stupid notions and i'd
iosyncrasies Of this Apostle of Pur-
ity." The art house involved in the
present case is one OF the most
prominent in the country and has
it's reputation at stake 1t is to be
hoped that il viii carry this matter
to the courts to determine once and
forever how far Mr. Comstock may
extend his arbitrary interference ana
meddlesomeness. lie should have
been suppressed many years ago.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
Sack Oak Tie: Sacks Lose.

SAN FRANCISCO, May KinseIla
pitched wild balls at times and Ken
worthy on tEa second sack for Sacra-
mento was responsible for three or
rors. Result: Oakland = Sacramento I.
That's about all Of the afternoons
game between the oaks and Wolves.
TIL morning game was a fine, snap
py Il inning tie exhibition of real
baseball but the snap seemed to be
somewhat ont Of the men on both
teams ana the afternoon game dragged.
Twice PernOH failed to locate the
home plate on the map he hit Vanbu-
rem and Bliss with the ball in the sew
enth inning was Sacramento's Water
loo. Kinsclla let the Oaks find him as
much as they pleased and he was
raped for five hits in that inning,
bringing in a flock Of four runners.
which robbed the remainder of the
game Of much of its interest.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31

same car which he raced today. His
record for 402 miles Of the race broke
all the European records for the dis
lance while tho performance on the
BToolliands tracks broke all the worlds
rCt Is. Burman who was q faVorite
in the betting, ran in hard luck in the
race. In the fifty-fifth lap his car
caught fire in the back stretch and he
put out the flames and ran to the
pits. where he had to change carbu-
retors He had to make several other
stops at the pits, and was relieved at
the wheel by Huehie Hughes when
the tenth car finished. Early in the
race, Evans and Mason turned com
pletely around at the lower turn, but
the car stayed on its wheels. Evans
continued until the end of the con
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31

beam. driven by Guyot. 7:05: Is I-6.
$500; MISUNDERSTANDING, driven by Pi-
lotte. 7:19:2513, $4,000; Cray Fox.
diven by Wilcox, 7:23:3S53. $2200:
Mercedes. driven by Milford time.
':27:17 S. $500; Case. driven by Dis
brow. 7:$0:5o, $500; Tulsa. driven by
Clark. 7:49:2 y. $500; Mason driven
by Haunt. 1:a2:2l SIAnn
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
Mnrninn Gan1e

Venice suffered a second successive
shut out at the hands Of the Angels
this morning and the series now stands
two games each SlagIe kept the Tig-
ers' five hits well scattered while Hit
was vulnerable at critical stages. H
allowed two runs to score on two wild
pitches. Maagerts home run was a
batting feature.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
Colts O. Mesa 10,

MESA, Ariz., May 30-The Phoenix
team, short three regular men met a
disastrous defeat at the hands Of the
Highlanders here today the score be-
ing 10 to O.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
COLLEGE BASEBALL.

Pennsylvania >, Lehigh 3
University Michigan ;, Michigan Az
gies :.
Amherst -, Williams >
Army 9, Seventh Regiment II.
Holy Cross 8, Dartmouth ,.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
CHAVEZ is CHAM PION


FACCOCr ATED PRESS DISPATCH
ALBUQUERQUE, Nav 30-Benny
Chavez of Trinidad, cello, a bantam
weight. demonstrated his claim to
the southwestern championship today
by beating Battling Chico of Los
Angeles il ten round bout.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
Seals Beavers Divide.

PORTLAND. May Portland and
san Francisco broke even in today's
games the visitors winning the morn
ing and the locals the afternoon game.
Immense crowds attended both games.
In the afternoon Douglass for the visi-
tors pitched a splendid three-hit game
but lost it, the visitors blowing up in
the fifth, allowing Portland to send
four men across home plate After
that he steadied down but his team
could not score.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Morning Games.

Morning Games.
St Joseph 4, Wichita ,.
Denver s, Lincoln 2.
Sioux City 3, Omaha ;.
Des MOines 4, Topeka 2.
Afternoon Games.
st. Joseph IA. Wichita ;.
Denver 8, Lincoln Z.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31

Hire a little Salesman at The Re
publican office. A Want Ad will sec
more customers than you can
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Morning Games.

Columbus /. Indianapolis /
Louisville 9, Toleda 3.
Minneapolis 3, St Paul :.
Kansas City 8. Milwaukee IS
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
Coast League Scores.
Norma Games.

June I.
Mesa at Tempe.
June 5.
Giants at MESA
Colts at Tempe.
June 8.
Giants at Tempe
June ~.
Giants versus Colts at Fastlake-
Bears versus Highlanders at
Mesa
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
G0UX, PEUGE0T NAMES

Continued from Page One)
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31

Large line of good shotguns and
rifles rented at reasonable rates
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31

Detroit at Chicago
st Louis at Cleveland
New York at Philadelphia
Boston at Washington.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
Afternoon Gam s.

Pittsburg- Chicago, postponed rain.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31

BatterIeS = hIIIIIdN, OI1nSItdu dTIV
Rohrer: Arellanes Bliss and Ritmeyer.
Called at the end Of the eleventh in
ming, time limit
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31
Afternoon Games,

Observation-Disclosures, Blanding. Gregg
and O'Neill. Carfsch: Weilman and Al
eXander. CTen inningsD
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31

Batteries IL Hit, Hardness and
Kreitz, Tonneman: Slagele and Brooks
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31

Guns bought, sold, exchanged.
rented and repaired.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-31

CIeveland-st Louis. postponed, rain,
The evening world., 1913-03-12
LIEUT. COL. BILLINGS. NOTED
CIVIL WAR SURGEON, DEAD.
Served With the Fifth Corps of the
Union Army Throughout PEN
insular CAMPAIGN.

Lieut.-Col. John Shaw Billings. v.
q A., retired, a noted surgeon In the
field hospitals OF the Army OF the
Potomac during ;he war OF the rebell-
ion, died from pneumonia last night
st the New York Hospital after brief
illness. Hts con, Or. j. =. BILLINGS or
No. cs Fast Eighty-s'xth street. was
with him when he passed away.
As surgeon with tho Union armies
and In the emergency hospitals at
Washington and i'hilsdelphia during
the war DR.. Billings saw the ride nnd
terrible side of warfare for four Ions
wars Born In Indiana In 1s3S. Dr
Rulings. then II young surgeon Jns'
entering his practice. was appointed u
army service from Ohio when the wal
hogan. lie served with the Flftf
Corp. OF the Army OF tho Potomac
through all the peninsular campaisr
and with the Seventh and Tenth l. ;
Infantry.
After the war he continued in th'
Government service in the office Of th'
Surgeon General at Washington unl
his retirement with the brevet rank o
! Lieutenant-Colonel.
The evening world., 1913-03-12
TOE Mausei will Be the Napoleoa and
Vaili Salli the Josephine.

Pauline Frederick denies she has OBJ
tained, or is seeking. a divorce from her
husband, Frank NJ. Andrews, the areh'-
tect.
The Lambs Club has notified Mare
Dressler she must Quit using their pet
title. "Gambol." Go to court" Marie
replied
@. Merola. who was Oscar Hammer
STEMS conductor hero and in London.
will conduct at the revival OF the
Gelsha" at the Weber Fields.
Seymour Hicks. tho English George NJ.
Conan, has secured broadway Jones'
and will play the title role In London
Victor Moore. the original KID Burns
in "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway"
will be seen next season In a continue
tion OF that play, kid Burns and the
Four Hundred" produced by Conan q
Harris.
open Windows" new play by A. ID
w. Mason produced al the st. Jamess
London. last night, Is called wordy ane
unnatural by tho critics.
| "oh. Oh! Delphine' reaches It's 2cotf
performance here Monday n'sht anc
Frank Doane. Col Pomponnet, VIII give
/ his 3,40oth kiss.
The evening world., 1913-03-12

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The evening world., 1913-03-12
HERBERT WiTheRsPooN go,
HEARD IN SONG RECITAL.

Herbert Wltherspoon, a favotlte bass
OF the Metropolitan Opera Company
and popular on the concert stage. ae-
companed ut the plano By Hans Nor
genstern. gave a recital at Aeolian Hall
yesterday afternoon and attracted
large audience. lie sang In italian,
French. German, and English with ad-
mlrablo d!ction and In fine voice. Among
his most successful songs were
Mozart's Per auesta bella mano.'
Gluck's "Cn rulssslet blen clair"
Rubinsteln's mot With Angels" and
Faure's "1e Cirque" the latter eS-
ceedingly we'll done. Beethoven, Schu.
bert. Hermann. and Brahms numbers
were on his programme.
Mr.. Withersppon's En- gllsh group
held both songs of sentiment and
hunor. They weye Carpenters Don't
Ceare." an old EHlzabethan love song
Sweet Kate" an old Scotch song
THE Aud Fisher and two old Irish
country SONGS Arranged by Hubert
Hughes. II know where I'm golns."
and "The next market day" At tho
end he was forced 10 add Come into
the moonlight"
The evening world., 1913-03-12
sramm.. The combination wa. a happy

one. Mr.. Salzedo is an accomplished
31rpisi anu the Accomplishments BY Mr..
Barrere's little orchestra OF wind In
struments fitted so well with NJ. Glenn
ents voice and graces that he Is likely
TO repeat the combination. NJ. Clements
songs Included Debussy's Les Cloches."
Faurc's "Clair de Lune." Hue's a 1cs
oiseaux," Weckerllns "Fleurette," AL
Nr. Barrere's "Chanson d'Automne,'
dedicated to VI Clement. Several mum.
bers he had 10 repeat. and he added
tho popular "Avec mes sabots," after
lac had been presented, amid. roars 81
laughter with a dainty pair of slippers
arranged as a bouquet.
Mr.. Saiscdo played alone and charm.
ingly an arabesque by Debussy. and MS
own variations on an old style theme
Mr.. Barrere and his little orchestra
played Gouvy's "Ronde de Nu't' and
"Tambourin," and the andante from
Gounod's La petite symphonic an
made many new friends.
Rarely has the stage Of Carnegie Hal
presented so pretty picture. Th'
palms and flowers, It Is true. were fo
the Musical Arts concert In the eve
ning but the greater vacant space OF
the stage in the afternoon gave oppor
;unity for better decoration
The evening world., 1913-03-12
Musical Art
Choir in q Fine
Second Concert
Ftos,, Palestrina to Elgar,
With Cornelius and
Brahms Remember ,
and Including Three
Welsh Folk Songs, the
Programme Runs.
BY SYLVESTER RAWLINC.

TvHE Musical Art Society, DR..
Frank Damrosch. director. gave
= the second concert Of It's twen-
tisth season at Carnegie Hall last
nieht. As usual. old church music
made UP the first part of the pro-
gramme. which included Palestrina's
Btabat Mater Dolorosa,' for double
chorus, arranged for concert use by
wagner; Michael Haydn's "Tenebrae
Tectae Sunt." Naniuis 'ITacc Dies"
CorAs "Adoramus Te." all sung In
Latin. and Bachs sing Ye to the
Lord" for double chorus In the English
text. With the exception OF the "1Iacc
Dioe," each Is familiar. All were sung
With distinction and lofty spirit by the
choir OF eighty-fivc. The excess OF
women members seemed sometimes TO
make the sopranos and altos too power
al compared with the tenors and
baases: but always there was precision.
and DIR. Damrosch brought out some
fine shadlngs in his readings.
Brahms's cantata, ~ Song OF Dos
tiny" composed TO the poem by Fried
rf0h Ioelderlln. which made the second
division. brought to the assistance OF
the choir part OF the symphony Orchcs.
ira Hers .here was n suggestion of
,t..a voices IN some OF the sustained
passaRes. which. perh APPS, Ii ungrac!ous
The orchestra, too, performed satisfac-
tor1iy,
c-orns,,u.s mart song "Der Tod da'
The evening world., 1913-03-12

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The evening world., 1913-03-12

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The evening world., 1913-03-12
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The evening world., 1913-03-12
EDMOND CLEMENT, ASSISTED
az THE BARRERE ENSEMBLE

Edmond Clement. the French tenor.
assisted by The Barrere Ensemble. ana
Carlos Salzedo, harpist. gave a recital
at Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon
that kept large audience smiling
and applaujing throughout "a long pro-
The evening world., 1913-03-12
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The evening world., 1913-03-12
NOTES OF THE THEATRES.

Rcinhardts new Napoleonic operet,a.
The Purple Road" wilt be produced "A;
Atlantic city Monday and put on at the
Iaberty here the following Monday. Vic
The evening world., 1913-03-12
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The evening world., 1913-03-12

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
NEW LIGHT STATION PLANNED.
Work on Structure on Thimble Shoal
Soon tn Re Started

Thimble ShoaI light station, in lower
Chesapeake bay, not far from Old Point,
is to be rebuilt in a short time with a
new and modern structure to take the
place of the plan boXlike affair that
stands on the site of the old light de-
stroyed in an accident about three years
ago. Recently the lighthouse authori-
ties awarded the contract for the metal
work of the new structure to the Cham
pion Iron Company at Kenton, Ohio and
the erection of the building to f. Hart
of Norfolk.
Thimble shoal was run into by the
schooner Malcolm Baxter jr.. which was
in tow of the tug John Twohy at the
time. and was knocked from it's founda-
tions. A stove in the building started
a fire that totally destroyed it and the
keeper of the light and his assistant
nearly lost their lives before being res
cued. A temporary structure was erected
on the foundations of the old light, short
ly after the accident, and this has been
warning vessels away from the shoals
since that time. Thimble shoal stands
out in Chesapeake bay and is the last
light passed by the Norfolk line boats
from this city just before they make the
stop at Old Point.