The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-05-25
Late News Paragraphs.


ported the highest on May 18th in
forty years.
Robertson County, Kentucky,
has not had an occupant for its
Jail for two years.
Four persons we're killed when
a railroad train hit an automobile
near Newcomerstown, Ohio, Sun
day.
The Protestant Churches of In
dianapolis have received eight
thousand members during the past
six months.
The British troops last Friday
night defeated a German drive
through Flanders with Calais for
its objective.
Fire destroyed the plant Of the
Louisville (Ky.) Cooperage Com
pany Saturday night, entailing a
loss of S15O,OOO.
H. Mackey, a Confederate vet
eran, dropped dead at the Con-
federate ball in Birmingham last
Thursday night.
President Juan Jimenes, of San
Domingo, has resigned to restore
peace and prevent intervention by
the United States.
M. l.. Givens of Lewisburg, Kv.,
sold thirty three sheep recently
for $500. The sheep were from
his farm and of good stock.
Seven new Bishops were added
to the Methodist Episcopal Church
last Friday by the General Con-
ference at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Russian cavalry last Saturday
executed a coup in Mesopotamia,
on the Tigris, and joined the Brit
ish army near kut-El- Amara,
forcing the Turks to abandon ad-
vanced positions.
That more than 81, 100000 was
paid by the Methodist Episcopal
Church in 1915 toward the support
of superanuated ministers and
widows, was shown by report at
the General Conference in Sara
toga Springs, N. Y, recently.
For practically ten months of
the fiscal year, from July /, 1915,
to April q, 1915, the receipts of
the D nited States Treasury reach
ed total Of sos, 0160S9, an in-
crease of S36,219,O47 over the
receipts for the same period of
1914-19l5.
San Antonio. Texas, May 21.-
Reports from Western Texas last
night indicated severe damage to
crops and live stock as a result of
a hail, wind and rain storm which
struck that section late to-day.
1t is reported several head Of cat
tie were killed by the hailstones.
New York, May 20.-Faulty
respiration and rapid heart beat,
due to excessive cigaret smoking,
have caused so per cent of the
reflections Of those applying for
enlistment at the United States
marine recruiting station in this
city since May 1st, according to
the recruiting officer.
Van Buren,, Ark, May Iii
Much damage was done to the
crops in this section Of the State
last night by a wind and hail
storm, which lasted fully one hour.
The storm was accompanied by a
heavy rain. The cotton and corn
in the bottoms and lowlands were
in most cases completely Destroy
ed. The damage done to the fruit
crops will reach into thousands of
dollars.
Asheville, N. c., May 21.-The
1916 Southern Baptist Convention
which will close tomorrow has
had the largest attendance in its
history, according to figures given
out here tonight by its secretary
showing that 2,125 delegates have
registered since the sessions OPEN
cd last Wednesday. The largest
previous attendance was 1880.
The convention meets next in New
Orleans in 1917, May 10Th to 2lst.
The Woman's Missionary Union,
according to custom, will meet at
the same time and place.
Nine persons were killed and
thirty eight injured at Kemp,
Okla, eight miles east Of Denison,
Texas, by a tornado which last
Saturday night swept path
three qarters of a mile wide and
five miles long. Twelve business
houses and sixty residences were
wrecked, only three small dwell
ings remaining in Kemp, where
the storm spent its greatest fury.
This is the second tornado to visit
that city in recent years. The
damage to growing crops and out
houses throughout the affected
area was considerable.