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Prohibitions Onward March.
Amita Florida Parishes


The National Association of Bill Posters
have declared that after May 1st they will
not engage in posting any kind of whisky
advertisements. This decision is consid-
cred remarkable, but substantiates clearly
the tide of sentiment throughout the world
against John Barleycorn, and shows the
monumental strength of prohibition.
What a wonderful Transformation has
taken place lately, or even since the
European War commenced. The most
enlightened countries of the war zone are
gradually banshing alcohol, and the day
is not far distant when every country of
the civilized world will look with abhor-
renee on the traffic in alcoholic beverages.
In the United States the step to national
prohibition is short one. The trend of
events since 1912 show unmistakably that
the whisky traffic is soon to be outlawed.
The liquor people realize it., Never before
have they exerted themselves to offset, if
possible, the mountainous wave of senti-
ment now rolling onward and against the
business in which they are engaged. Hard
ly day passes but one may read of some
town, city or State declaring for prohibi-
ton. An average of forty saloons are
being closed daily throughout this country.
The big daily papers no longer cater to
liquor advertising. Metropolitan maga-
zines no longer tell their millions of readers
about the "whisky without headache -
Those weekly papers able to stall off bank
ruptcy proceedings are refusing to accept
business from liquor houses, and gradually
every avenue is being closed against the
traffic.
We may call it threading on personal
liberty or whatever we choose to, but the
abolition of alcohol In this country is tc
come soon, and that day Is not far distant
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Down In Red River Parish.

From last Saturdays Coushatta Cltizen.I
Mrs. S. D. McGoldrick came down
from Shreveport Saturday night to spend
few days with her children and in
transacting business.
Mr.. Merce Britain, conductor on the
L. r. and NJ, spent Saturday and Sun
day in town visiting old friends and at
tending the Masonic meeting.
Hon. Thos. w. Nettles and Mr.. Bob
Elliott spent several days in New Or
leans this week attending the meeting
OF the State Grand Lodge, W. o. w.
The Confederate veterans met Satur-
day last and elected Messrs. N. S. Nc
Leod, Jack Crichton and B. C. Lee as
delegates to represent Henry Gray Camp
at the National Reunion to be held in
Richmond, Va.
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Succession Sale.

Succession Of JEFF Willis, deceased.
No. IL. In District Court, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana.
pY virtue of an order of sale, to me
- directed from the honorable Dis
trict Court in and for the Parish of Bos-
sier, | will, on Saturday, May s, 1915, at
the front door of the Court House, in
the town OF Benton, La, within the legal
hours OF sale, proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder,
the following described property, to-wit:
The southwest quarter of northwest
quarter of section rs, township %, range
IA. Also, 1 black mule, / wagon, /
buggy, 800 pounds of cotton seed, lot OF
farm machinery, Is cotton baskets, 43
bushels of corn, 4 bushels of peas, /
grinding rock, post hole digger, house,
hold goods. hand saw, cross s-cut saw, 2
axes, / hatchet, 1 square, broad ak, i5
head OF hogs, 3 head of cattle, 400
pounds of meat, 25 pounds of lard, and
1000 feet of lumber.
Said property sold for the purpose OF
paying debts of said succession.
Terms Of Sale-Cash, if the appraise-
ment or two-thirds thereof be bid, else
on credit of twelve months, according
to law. JOE S. WILLIS,
1876 Admir- Suc'n Jeff Willis.
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WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING,

Sylacauga Ala. } Advance: The support
of useless and unneeded offices is where
the great demand for money is created.
Memphis Commercial Appeal: There
never was greater sermon for diversified
ton of crops than that which has been
preached by the facts during the last eight
months.
Mobile Register: The day is near when
every newspaper will have ''to stand out
for the public interest as against corporate
or other sinister interests" or lose entirely
it's reputation as an honest and useful
member of the public press.
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Sherif'S Sale

American Mortgage Company of Scotland versus
F. M. Cline. No. 19,472 In First District
Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
pY virtue of a writ of seizure and sale,
- issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, l have seized, and
will proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, on Saturday, May 8, 1915,
the following described property, to-wit:
The northeast quarter of section and
east half OF northwest quarter of section
8, township Is north, range IL west, con-
tanning 240 acres, more or less, and sit
uated in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Also, all OF the mules, horses, wagons
and farming implements, together with
the corn and cotton seed thereon, nec-
essary for the cultivation of the planta-
ton embraced in the above described
lands.
Terms of Sale Cash, without the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and sat-
isfy the sum of S4256, with per cent
per annum interest thereon from jan
uary l, 1915, and all costs of suit, in
cluding 10 per cent on said sum and in
terest as attorneys fees, less the credit
OF S39S.82, paid January IL, 1914.
J. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton, La, April 1, 1915. mayo
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LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Statewide prohibition was last week de-
feated in the Minnesota Legislature.
Four and a half million gray squirrels
were killed for their fur last year in Siberia.
There are now sixty seven bird reserves
in the United States where wild fowl may
live unmolested.
One man was killed and four others in
jured when train struck an automobile
near Salisbury, Md.
The body of a young women, showing
evidences of a struggle, was found Sunday
in yard in Cumberland, Md.
Des Moines, Iowa, March 31.-The
House passed an anti tipping bill to-day.
The tipping is made misdemeanor.
Upward of $50 lives were lost in the
sinking by German submarines of the AZ
rican liner Falba and the British steamer
Aguila.
The Wilmington Conference, Methodist
Church, meeting last week at Laurel, Del,
reported more than 1000 converts in two
districts.
Food worth $40, 100000 has been sent to
Belgium by the American Relief Commis-
sion and $40 ,OO0,0 900 worth is on it's way or
ready to be sent.
London, March 31.-During the past few
days German submarines have added two
more British steamers to their list of VIC
tins, totaling five since Saturday evening.
Nashville, March 3O.-Snow is falling
over large part of Middle Tennessee.
The thermometer here registered thirty
one degrees at 9 o'clock this morning and
is falling.
Laredo, Texas, ships annually about
l 200 carloads of onions. These cars con-
tain an average of 500 crates each, which
sell for $3.50 to So per crate. The onion
crop nets Laredo nearly $4,000, 600 year.
London, March 27.-The Shipbuilding
Employers Federation will confer next
week with Chancellor of the Exchequer
Lloyd George, advocating the complete
closing Of saloons in the districts where
armaments are made and ships built. They
claim the output would be increased twenty
per cent by such a course.
Little Rock, Ark, March 30.-A heavy
snow falling to- night in Arkansas brought
climax to one of the coldest months OF
March in the history of the local weather
bureau. Early reports indicated that the
snow was general over the State, and while
| it was wet and melting rapidly, falling tenn
peratures indicated that the State might be
covered with snow by morning. Local
weather bureau records show that only
twice in the last thirty years has snow
fallen this late in the spring. Reports
from over the State indicate that many
cattle have perished from cold.
The Bossier banner., 1915-04-01

The death of Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson,
widow of Thomas J. (StonewalD jackson,
at Charlotte, N. c., Wednesday of last
week, will, as the Baltimore Sun truly says,
touch chord of mingled pride and pathos
in the memory of thousands of persons
throughout the South. There still survive
in the Southern States legion OF white
haired men and women to whom the fall of
the Confederacy was the tragedy OF their
lives and to whom the name "Stonewall"
Jackson recalls the dream of national glory
and hope. And there are many millions
who cherish 1t as one of the proudest in
Southern history. Mrs. "Stonewall :"
Jackson was woman of unusual grace
and beauty Of character, and she was ven-
Grated by Confederates as the bearer of a
sacred name.
The Bossier banner., 1915-04-01
Here Is a Brain Expander by Prof.
James of Harvard.

You do just four things and no more.
You think; you remember. you act;
you imagine. When you learn to think
better, remember better, imagine better,
or act better, you are increasing your
efficiency, and, therefore your income.
You may feel you are very successful
now. Suppose you are; it isn't a ques-
ton of what you know, but how benefi-
cial a practical business education will
be to you in addition to what you al
ready know. Did you ever stop to think
that IS per cent of the men of this coun-
try are only earning St5 per week or
less? That go per cent fail in business
between the ages of forty and fifty?
That 95 per cent have no money at the
age of sixty? You will agree with US
that to violate part of the laws of busi-
ness means partial failure, and to violate
all the laws means complete failure.
You are also aware that to obsere part
of the laws of business means partial
success, and to observe all of the laws
means complete success. Our aim is to
help you observe higher per cent of
the laws of success, and, therefore,
enable you to be nearer the maximum
success. The late Prof. James of Har-
ward declares that the average man only
uses 10 per cent of his brain power.
Suppose you are twice as capable as the
average man? Even that would mean
you are only using 20 per cent of your
maximum possibilities. The purpose Of
our course is to produce maximum Of
proficiency with a minimum effort. The
business world wants thinkers and doers.
There's famine of igh-priced men
to-day. There are thousands of men
worth thousand dollars year, but
only a few worth ten thousand year.
Be the latter kind of man; you can if
you will. We know that man is worth
only about So day from the chin down,
selling muscle, but as high as hundred
thousand dollars a year from the chin
up, selling brains. Be chin-upper and
sell the higher type of brains. You
can't afford to be chin downer. There's
no room for such man in the high sal
aried class.
We have been very successful in get
ting men out OF the 85, the go and the
95 per cent class. Why not let us help
you? We have been smarvelously sue
cessful in raising salaries, as is conclu-
sively proven by the letters in our cata-
logue from former students. Take oul
thorough practical course of Bookkeep-
ing, Business Administration and FL
nance, Shorthand or Telegraphy. Learr
how to think, to remember, to imagine
and act. Our large catalogue is fret
for the asking, if you will only fill ir
and mail the following blank, giving
, your name and address.-TYLER Com
MERcIAL COLLEGE, Tyler, Texas.
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FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

A three weeks criminal term of Caddo
District Court will begin on April 18th.
A new school house costing $4,000 is to
completed in West Monroe by September
l, 1915.
A lumber company at Patterson will fur
nish New York firm 1000, 900 feet OF cy-
press lumber.
Forty true bills were returned by the
grand jury of Vermilion Parish at its clos
ing session last week.
Col. ]. T. Alexander, native of Virginia
and a veteran of the Army OF Northern
Virginia, died in Alexandria Saturday.
Morgan City Outlook: We are pleased
to hear reports that the orders for cypress
lumber are coming in fast, and that the
timber camps are getting into full opera
ton.
Louisiana is to have 5OO0-acre truck
farm operated by Japanese and an Amer
Japanese company, capitalized at
S15O, 900, will be organized in New Orleans
to finance the venture.
Gustave Benoit Genin, seventy eight
years old, died March "a, in New Orleans.
He was a member of the Washington Ar
tillery during the Civil War and served
through the entire Virginia campaign.
In a two weeks revival Evangelist D. L.
Coale of San Antonio, Texas, secured more
than 200 converts at the First Methodist
Church in Alexandria and city wide re-
vival is proposed soon to be held in a
special tabernacle.
John T. Winfield died March Oath in
Arcadia. He was in a number of hard
fought battles during the Civil War. land
it was it was in one of these engagements
that he received a severe wound in his
right leg which made him cripple and a
great sufferer to the day of his death, "
says the Arcadia Argus.
Baton Rouge, March 31.-Gov. Hall has
announced that a session of the General
Assembly would be called for Monday, May
10th, and that the question of holding q
constitutional convention would be includ'
ed in the call. Whether or not constitu'
tional convention will be held is up to the
General Assembly to decide.
Campti, March 31.-The heaviest hal
storm ever known passed here yesterday
about O'Clock The hail was the size O.
an egg and fell so thickly that the groune
was covered in little while. Old house:
with weak roofs were damaged and cattle
suffered from the hail stones. A high vino
and terrific rain fell after the hail.
Capt. John M. King, a native of Missis
sippi, died Friday in Winnsboro at the ag'
of seventy-five years. He served in thu
Army of Northern Virginia, under Lee ane
Jackson, participating in all Of the creates
agements of the war. Capt King wa
mayor of Winnsboro, magistrate of tha
: ward. member of the Methodist Churcl
and Knight of Pythias.
Grappe's Bluff, March 31.-A hail storm
swept over this place yesterday, leaving
devastation behind it. 1t came up slowl,
from the northwest, with deep thunde
) muttering in the distance. Everything be
, came perfectly dark, and the clouds cam
near to the ground, pouring out not littl
Jumps of hailstones, but large balls o
snow as large as hens egg, some muc
larger, covering the ground about six in
. ches, knocking the roofs Of houses all It
, pieces, knocking out windows, stripping
the trees of their foliage, and garden veg
etatiou completely destroyed.
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Isaiah.

For l the Lord love judgment, I hate
robbery for burnt offering.-61, 8.
And strangers shall stand and feed your
flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be
your plowmen and your vinedressers. 81,
But your iniquities have separated be-
tween you and your God, and your sins
have hid his face from you, that he will not
hear. For your hands are defled with
blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your
lips have spoken lies; your tongue hath
muttered perverseness.-59,2 2-3.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth
for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak
lies; they conceive mischief, and bring
forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice
eggs, and weave the spiders web; he that
eateth of their eggs dleth, and that which
is crushed breaketh out into viper.-59,
4-5.
Their webs shall not become garments,
neither shall they cover themselves with
their works: their works are works of in :
iquity, and the act of violence is in their
hands. Their feet run to evil, and they
make haste to shed innocent blood: their
thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting
and destruction are in their paths.-59, 81
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;
because the Lord hath anointed me tc
preach good tidings unto the meek he hath
sent me to bind up the brokenhearted; to
proclaim liberty to, the captives, and the
opening of the prison to them that are
bound; to proclaim the acceptable year oI
the Lord, and the day of vengeance of ou,
God; to comfort all that mourn.-61, 1-2
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"Why not save up for the exposition?"
says an editorial heading. Far better,
however, why not save up for "a rainy
day. or old age, instead of squandering
your hard earnings in junketing to an ex-
position or any other large gathering, where
you have to pay two or three times more
than the regular price for outrageously
congested hotel accommodations.
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, A Bargain

O Take this blackboard for $40. The
first man to offer the cash gets 1t.
Its original cost was $3.50. 1t is not as
good as new, but is in first-elass condl-
tion. Made of best materials and has
long box body. Just the thing for haul
ing bulky, light freight, etc. Address
Box So, Benton, La. 1a-4
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Confederate Deaths.

Norman Russell Stewart died in Beauvoir
(Miss.) Soldiers Home Sunday morning.
He was member of Company D, Sixth
Alabama Infantry.
John W. Stark, wealthy citizen and
Confederate soldier, who served in Gen.
Simon Boliver Buckner's command, died
March Oath, in Bowling Green, KY.
John A. Gilchrist died March Oath in
veteran and had been longer Mason than
any member of the order in Alabama.
Charles P. Buck, Confederate veteran,
died at Blytheville, Ark, last Sunday.
Circuit Court, which convened Monday,
adjourned out of respect for the deceased.
Capt. E. Jeter Bosher, one of the most
widely known business men of Richmond,
Va, died in that city Friday. At the age
of seventeen years he entered the Second
Company of the Richmond Howitzers, serv-
ing throughout the Civil War. He was
president of the board of trustees of the
Lee Camp Soldiers Home, and personally
looked after the comfort of the inmates.
ODE Newsom, aged eighty years, one ol
the pioneer citizens of Greene County,
Arkansas, and who is said to have built the
first cotton gin ever operated in that coun-
uy, died of pneumonia March Oath at his
home near Finch, Ark. He was for years
county surveyor, and continued his work
as surveyor through the past severe win
ter. ''He served in the Confederate Army
with distinction"
Joseph G. Quisenberry, aged seventy.
one years, died Saturday after lingering
illness in Paris, Ky. He was member O
Chenault's Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry
which after the death of Col. Chenault a
Green River was commanded by Governor
James B. McCreary. He took part with
his regiment in the famous Morgan raie
through Ohio and was captured and i'm
prisoned at Camp Douglas in Wisconsin.
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Chesterfield: Know the true value of
time; snatch, seize and enjoy every mo-
ment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no
procrastination; never put off until to-
morrow what you can do to-day.
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1t you have something on your farm
you would like to convert into money
advertise it in the Banner.
The Bossier banner., 1915-04-01

Siberia alone takes up one-tenth of all
the land on the globe.
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American Mortgage Company of Scotland versus
F. M Cline. No. 19,472 In First District
Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-05-20

IL you can foo half the people all
the time. that's good enough; cont
be a hog
To Make the World Brighter: Use
hope and soap.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-05-20

Hotel Hint; No frst-ciass inn will
periait guests 10 indulge in such un-
aigniGed gymnastics as running
through the corridors, or Jumping
hoard bils. SAxs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
Strange New Diseases Caused by Battle

DUNGEONS with the French army de-
scribe a peculiar mental condition
called hypnosis Of battle" which
they have noticed in soldiers who have
been in action. The hypnotic state lasts
from two or three days to a week, and
even longer. Then consciousness sudden
ly returns.
The victim is incapable OF walking IN
less pushed or led by the hand, but when
placed on his feet stands erect and notion
less, with the head bent forward and eyes
har closed. He cannot be awakened, but
IS not in state Of coma In some in
stances a condition Of hallucinatory de-
hrium appears when verbal inquiry Is
made Of the patient as to his experiences
in the battle.
Copyright. 1915. by the Star Compan
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

The hypnosis is met with oftenest IN
young men from cities. Fatigue and the
lack Of food incident 10 long marches, or
failure OF the provision trains to reach the
men, are the chief predisDosing causes.
Fear due to some very trying experience IN
battle or TO being held under fire without
orders to move usually preclpitate the out
break OF the disease.
A great number Of new mental and nervous
diseases have been produced by what
is known az shell shock" that is the ef-
feet Of the passage or bursting of a shell
near a man without doing him visible
physical injury. Among the results Of shell
shock noted have been reduction Of vision.
loss Of hearing. loss Of smell, loss of taste.
loss Of memory and paralysis OF various
physical functions.
Great Britain Rights Reserved
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

But what will become Of the poor young
widows? VIII every Englishman want to
marry one Of them? viii they be expected
to remain In perpetual mourning for the
husbands who have given their lives for
their country? VIII there be enough hus-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

bands to go round when this dreadful war
is over?
OF course we must remember that as
widows they possess certain arts OF self
defence, not to say conquest, which have
become proverbial
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
Every Family IN the
British Peerage Bereaved.

It is stated that every family in the
British peerage has been thrown into
mourning. This is probably correct If
relatives by marriage are included in the
list Of those lost
The Countess Annesley is one Of the
most prominent Of the many high-born
English women who have been widowed
By the war. Her husband, Earl Annesley,
took service as a simple lieutenant in the
British Army Flying Corps, in spite Of his
high rank and wealth. He was one Of the
richest Of Irish landlords and owned
$1,000 acres and two splendid old houses
in that country, as well as much other
property.
During a flying expedition over the Ger
man lines he was lost Il is not certain
whether he fell into the sea or was
brought down by a German bullet and
buried without Identification, but he has
been given up for dead. Lady Annesley
is an attractive young widow, who was
only married a few years ago.
The Hon. Mrs. Henry Lyndhurst Bruce,
otherwise Camille Clifford, is a war widow
whose fate is particularly interesting to
Americans. She was, Of course, the hand
some and popular American actress, Ca
mile Clifford, noted particularly for the
statuesQue attractiveness Of her figure, so
different from "the rag and bone" type
now commonly cultivated. Miss Clifford
made a great hit in THE Prince Of Pill
sen" and other pieces. She was COM
monty referred to abroad as the persOni-
ficatiOn Of the Gibson girl.
Young Henry Lyndhurst Bruce, son and
heir Of the proud Lord Aberdare, fell reck-
Iessly in love with the American beauty
and married her IN spite Of his father and
family Lord Aberdare was furious, and
his son and heir had to leave the army
and 90 10 work in the automobile business.
But Camille Ciinord's charm, beauty and
tact won rhe old lords forgiveness and az
lection and she gained an excellent So
cial position.
Then the war came and young Bruce
went 10 the front as a captain in the
ROYAL Scots Regiment After very gal
liant conduct ne was killed in the terrible
fighting along the User River. Now poor
Camille Clifford. after her romance and
all her social triUmphs, must face harder
struggle than ever.
Lady Richard Wellesley is one Of the
prettiest Of the war widows in England.
Her husband was the second son Of the
Duke OF Wellington and a descendant Of
while serving as a captain Of the Grena-
cestOrs famous victory
Lady Richard Wellesley became a mother
soon after her husbands death was an
n0unced. Her father is Sir Maurice FitZ-
Gerald the twentieth knight of Kerry
and head Of one Of the most ancient Irish
families. Her mother was q Miss Bisch-
offsheim. a member Of the wealthy and
noted London family Of bankers