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The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
PRAYER AS AID TO FIGHTERS
Two Men Of Different Faiths Declare They Are Strengthened by Devo-
 tons Before Battle.

Capt. Andre Cornet-Anquier, a Protestant soldier who died for France, tells us: "A Catholic captain said the other day that he prayed before every engagement. The major observed that 1t was no time for such things, and that he would do better to attend to his orders. Major replied the other man, 1t doesn't prevent me from talk ing my orders and fighting, and I feel the stronger for It. Then broke In {: Captain, do as you do, and also am strengthened
 "Those happen to be two believers" you will say, writes Maurice Barres in the Atlantic. There are always some of them to be .Ound." Yes. but they are men of different religions and they are in harmony. In harmony concerning what2 A fact. What does prayer mean to these soldiers? They tell us that it Is something which makes them stronger; that they draw virtue from it, We have all read about such things, but these two men speak from their own experience.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
Teaching by Example.

An item running the rounds states how tame elephants are used in India to capture wild ones. California has a diving horse" that is used to encour- age other horses to leap from high platform into tank. The animals that are in training watch their teach err make several plunges from a plat form 30 feet high they are then made to leap from a platform 15 feet high 1, after a few trials they seem to lose their fear and make the leap from diff ferent heights without hesitation. This all shows how things can be taught by example.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
AvIATORS HAVE ODD MASCOTS
One Will Not Make Flight Without Pet White Mouse-Others Have
 Dogs, Cats and Monkeys.

Practically none of the noted avl- ators with the allied armies ever go up to make observations or give battle to the foe without their mascots. And the mascots are as varied as can be imagined.
 Claude Grahame-White used to wear checked trousers and would not fly Tn plain cloth or stripes.
 Marcus Manton, the famous trench flyer, never was without q rather large and impressive crucifix, which he al- ways hung in front of him.
 Other airmen carry clocks and dogs and cats and even monkeys.
 One of the most remarkable occur rences is told by Clarence Winches- ter in the London Mail. "A friend or mine" he writes, "whOm the censor ship forbids 1 name, was taking new airplane across the Channel. We talk ed a few minutes In front of the air. drome when he glanced at his watch and said: I'll have to be running for my mousse Despite his hurry, pressed him for an explanation and he said: l never take new bus across unless l have my little white mouse with me. v
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
SERBlANS FIGHT FOR COATS
Cold Soldiers In Trenches Capture Fur Garments After Weeks of
 Maneuvering.

Occasionally the drama of war takes on an intimate-almost neighborly touch in the Balkans. Five cold men of the Choumadia division became aware last winter that In the Bulgar dugout just opposite their post-not 30 feet away-three fur-coated officers often met, says the National Geograph- ic Magazine.
 Let us get the fur coats" said the five cold Serbs.
 The story of the getting is too long to be told here. But during the two weeks in which the five cold men in- trigued and maneuvered for those three fur coats their entire regiment became aware of the play and watched if as one might particularly enter taining movie. In the end the five cold men succeeded. Lives were lost on both sides: but that Is beside the point. From the colonel down the men Of that regiment rejoiced over the strat- egy of the five cold men. For the re- mainder of the winter they luxuriated in fur. The bitter winds of Dobra- polyi mountain had no terrors for them.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
Strange Reunion at Front.

A dog and his master had strange reunion on the battletlelds of France recently. A minister at Broughton Ferry (Scotland) lost his dog one day and in spite of all his efforts was un- able to locate 1t. Some time after he went to the front as a chaplain. Per forming his duties one day, he recog- a thought that 1t was his own dog, he almost unConsciously called it by name. What was his surprise when the animal affectionately sprang at him. It appears that, when the terrier was lost it was taken possession of by draft of soldiers, who took it with them as a mascot.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
Wished Less Appetite.

Miss Edna G. Henry, social service worker, tells a story of the unusual ail- ment of negro woman she once met in local hospital. The woman, one of unusually large proportions, was seat ed on a frail little bench outside of her ward and her face bore only too plainly the marks of evident dis t"r0r
 What's the matter?" she was asked.
 Law, miss, the doctor didn't leave me any medicine" was the reply.
 Didn't leave you any medicine?"
 Well, yes, but I want some for my appetite"
 Isn't your appetite all right?'
 Law, yes" came the answer. Its too good. I want some medicine to cut it down. I can't afford such an appe- tite with the price of food so high."- Indianapolis News.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
Effect of Diet on Disease.

The influence of diet In causing dis
 ease has been brought to notice by re- cent investigations on scurvy, beribeti, and pellagra. Dr. William Salant, at the late meeting of the American Med ical association, pointed out that ac- cumulating evidence tends to show al- so that the kind of food used by men and animals may be an important ele- ment in determining the action of we'll known poisons, and that the right diet may have much value in ensuring the right action of drugs. Feeding car rots to rabbits seemed to protect the kidneys from metallic irritants that greatly affected rabbits fed with oats,
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
Fat Would Be in Fire.

Sir George Reid is big man, and possesses what used to be called "a corporation"
 It is necessary to bear this fact in mind in order to appreciate the fol- lowing story which he tells in his newly polished volume of rem iniscences.
 It concerns a speech he made at q certain political meeting, and in the course of which he expressed a belief that his public career was nearing it's close.
 "In fact" he added, 'I feel that am approaching that bourne from which no traveller returns
 "Whereupon man at the back of the hall at once clipped in, and ad- dressing me without trace of person. al hostility, exclaimed, By love, George, won't the fat be in the fire. then"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
An Automatic PaYteIIer.

A machine that indicates the amount due in every mans pay en- velope the instant 1t is wanted Is among the largest office devices. This machine it is said. gives the products of payrolls and distributes job costs in far less time than the most ex- pert clerk can deduct them by pencil and pad. A twist of the wrist gives the product of the most involved pay roll fractions-whateve the rate per hour for the hours worked may be Perhaps most remarkable of all is the fact that the machine does not com pute products; instead. it has 1S,340 computed products which cover all conventional payroll figures. The ma chine occupies little space and Is com pact and portable.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
Food Economy.

The advice of Herbert c. Hoover re- garding food economy Is superfiuous to certain denizens of the Bronx in New York. It was on an express subway train to that borough that one under ground commuter read with seeming irreverence the rules for saving the odd ends in the kitchen.
 "'Keep the ice box clean,'" he read to a companion. "Why, say, my ice box is cleaned out every night before I even get whack at 1t, and have to send out to the delicatessen for my dinner. And look at these rules for economy. Take it from me, there's only one way to economize these days. Send the wife and the young 'uns on a visit to the kinfolks, put the dog on half rations and go home for dinner with anybody who asks you."
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
POSTMAN'S JOB WAS NO SNAP
Round Trip Between Chicago and Green Bay, Wis, in Early Days
 Took Carrier a Month.

A century or so ago, when WiScon- sin was the home of the Indian and the fur trader, but few letters were writ ten or delivered. When the officers at Fort Howard or Fort Crawford wanted to forward their mail to the outside world they clubbed together and paid carrier to the nearest post office, which was Chicago for the former and Gafena for the latter place. Even after government post office was es- tablished at Green Bay, the contractor had to hire q woodsman during the winter season to carry the mail upon his back over the frozen trails to and from Chicago.
 The postman's life was not an easy one, says the Wisconsin History Bull letin. The round trip between Green Bay and Chicago took him a month. He employed an Indian guide to ac- company him, and between them they carried the mail weighing usually about 50 pounds, two bags of hulled and ground corn for provisions in case no Indian camps were encoun- tered en route, roll of blankets to form a nights lodging on the soft side of log, and rifles and ammunition to keep off wolves and bears, and furnish ratlons of wild game if other re- sources failed. Each night they camped where darkness overlook them. The trail ran from the Fox to the Manito- woe river, thence to Sauk river and Milwaukee, from there to Skunk grove, Groose point, and to Chicago. The only wbite settlers encountered were the traders at Milwaukee and at Ouil- mette's cabin at Groose point.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
BIRDS ON FIGHTING Fpo,,
eoots and Moor Hens lna,s. eu"''re and Nest in Marsh IS.at Ms,s to
 front-Line Trenches wear

Bird lovers at the fron.
 tune to time supplied many lave Sa,e from stories about the strange wavs uengatful birds in the neighborhood of ".s .s or the line nne' One of the latest, from ,1s !. nrlns ner' is worth quoting, if onlv % k, gun or the glimpse 1t affords os because where in France, which like /, co some. other somewheres, some Rr,t',, eD many dier has come to know in ,sil ,ta sol. stone and tree. ''s every
 The marshes" the ynnn. are occupied by many says Coots and moor hens ore sn.l- aseiiowl- indifferent to gunfire, and I Itelnely tne,n Y several pairs nesting in march ON or hundred yards from the Gormoa hO' a line trenches. The marsh conto,ua @t lrOat- lakelet and an ancient gporlaS ls n a thorn tree which has somehow oa nav. destruction and in this wood Jdapeu niapsu mas built a nest and is slttinr r's'vu pools and reedy marshes to opr @ . nl numerous wild ducks are liv,ns n 'ei' every morning they fly over tba cas man lines, returning in the ayon,oe ss,, :.
 lie then goes on to speak sbon, ss cuckoo and to tell that thera w.a 'u' N keen competition among the moa ' !, . the trenches to be the first to boas :. ia There Is n fascination, alson ha aass .'' Tin seeing a fresh bird and irvine ss Identity It without any book of refer. ence. This was the case with th. oriole, when several of our mess had had heated arguments on the matter a,dsd by a Frenchman, who we afterwo,d found out knew nothing about the mat ter.' There is n curious incongruty about 1t all, but that is typical of so many things at the front.-Christian Science Monitor.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
4 TypeWrlting Tip.

Having occasion to measure a cir conference that figured out to tonthS of an inch, and not having rule marked to these divisions says j.. Claude Crews in the Popular Science Monthly, tried the following means of overcoming the difficulty. Going to a typewriter, I made a row of periods, with each tenth one a comma to show full inches.
 This gave me a rule marked in tenths, also one that could be bent around shafting, collars, etc. As near ly all typewrlters make ten spaces to an inch, 1t is an easy matter to ac- complish what seems to be a difficult Job.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
Unfortunate Force of Habit.

Two girlhood friends were exchang- ing condolences over their afternoon tea.
 'I saw you in church, dear, yester- day" murmured the younger one.
 "Oh, you were there? I didn't see you" gurgled the other.
 "Yes. And I was glad to see that you finally induced your husband to accompany you to divine wor- ship"
 "Yes, Frank came along with me. He'd much rather go to the theater, but the theaters are not showing any thing on Sundays now. But he dls- graced me-"
 Really? In church? How pray?' "The minister read four chapters from "The Acts of the Apostles and my husband insisted on going out aft CT every act."-Harper's Magazine.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
Suitable Attire

What sort of voting costume womb you suggest for suffragette of mature years?"
 If the lady can swing great many votes, would suggest tailored suit in loud checks. a red necktie and gray derby hat, in order to make her look as much as possible like a political boss, emitting, of course, the big black cigar and the profane Ian. guage."
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10

Mrs. J. Kendall. prominent New York woman, in the garb she will wear in France, where she will direct q small army of chauffeurs engaged in transporting portable hangars to be used by American aviators in France. The work will be done under the su- pervision of the National League for WOmen's Service.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-10
Color Blind.

"How is your sick husband" "Oh! He isn't very good and I dis covered last night that he Is color slind."
 ''Tell me about it."
 'He got delirious and talked about his little girl with the blond hair" "What makes you think he is color blind?'
 "why. my hair Is black. ."-Froth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-02-22
Succession Sale.
Succession Of Wade Washington, dc

Succession of Wade Washington, de-
ceased. No. SO. In District Court,
Booster Parrish, Louisiana.
DY virtue of an order of sale, to me
ID directed from the honorable Dis
trict Court in and for the Parish OF Bos-
sier, will, on Saturday, March 10, 1917,
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 west half of northeast quarter OF
section 81, containing so acres, more or
less; and % acres in the southeast quar-
ter of southeast quarter Of section 30,
lying On the west side of Platte River,
being part of land bought by j. w.
Atkins from Mrs. Lou Merrill; and rs
acres in the west half of southeast quar-
ter of section so, lying on the west side
or bank of Platte River, being part OF
land bought by j. w. Atkins from the
Merchants and Farmers Bank; also,
fractional part of the northeast quarter
of northeast quarter Of section 81, lying
west of Platte River; all of said land
being in township is, north, range II,
west, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and
containing 1880 acres, more or less.
Terms of Sale-According to law.
j. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and ex- officio Auctioneer for
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton, La, Feb. /, 1917. mars
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-02-22
Administrators Sale.

Succession of Watt Davis, deceased.
No. 10. In Second District Coart,
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 Boss.
sier, | will, on Saturday, March 81, 1917,
at the front door of the Court House, Id
the town of Benton, La, within the
legal hours Of sale, proceed to sell at.
public auction, to the highest and last
bidder, the following described prop-l
erty, to-wit:
One-third interest in the northwest
quarter of northeast quarter and north
east quarter of northwest quarter OF Sec
ton 80, township 18, north, range III
west, containing so acres, more or less
the interest herein being 262a acres,
more or less.
Terms of Sale-For cash, if the APP
praisement or two-thirds thereof be bid.
else on a credit OF twelve months, ac-,
cording to law.
JAS. M. HENDERSON,
sc Administrator for said Succession.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-02-22
Killed ut New Gas Well Site.

One life was sacrificed when the
new gas well located four miles
northeast Of McDade blew out last
Friday. The young man killed was
Mr.. Robert E. Adger, son of Mr.. w.
J.. Adger Of Belcher, and aged about
twenty-six years.
The blowing out Of the we'll was
not unexpected, but the crew be-
lieved that the work of pulling the
drill stem pipe could be effected.
All but eighteen joints of this had
been pulled, with Mr.. Adger up in
the derrick looking after the over
head work. Suddenly there was a
cessation of the rumbling noise made
by the gas, which experienced rig
men know to be only the lull before
the blow out. Mr.. Adger's fellow
workmen shouted to him to escape
by way of the life line. This he
attempted to do and was riding"
down on the long inclined rope. when
the big discharge of gas came. The
derrick was literally torn to pieces
and its timbers were scattered for
hundreds Of yards around. AS the
blowout came it's force parted the
life line at the ground end and the
unfortunate young man was pulled
back toward the derrick and fell,
striking his head on the rig engine.
Death followed at once.
The interment followed Saturday
at Cottage Grove Cemetery. A large
crowd of Borrowing relations and
friends were present to pay last sad
tribute to the deceased, and many
beautiful floral offerings attested the
high esteem in which the deceased
was held.
Mr.. Adger was sturdy and hon.
orable young man, resourceful and
capable, and industrious to the end
that he would willingly turn his hand
to any honorable employment that
would earn a livelihood for himself
or those who might become depen-
dent upon him. His untimely death
is generally regretted.
He was a member of a large
family, many of the influential resi-
dents of Bossier and Caddo Parishes
being numbered among his relatives.
Aside from his father, he is sur
vived by six sisters and brothers, who
are: Mrs. John F. Hughes, of Shreve-
port; Mr.. j. H. Adger, of Montrose;
Mrs. John J. Meares of Belcher;
Messrs. Will and Tom Adger, of Gil
liam, and Mr.. J. T. Adger, of Plain
Dealing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-02-22
In Mem0riam.

Following an illness of two weeks,
Lawrence Hobby died at the home of
his. daughter, Mrs. w. C. Hamiter,
near Homer, La. January II, 1917.
He was buried in the family cemetery
at his old home. Rev. darlington Of
Homer conducted the funeral serv-
ices. His funeral was in charge of
the Masons, as he. was a member of
that order.
He was born in Red River Parish
March %. 1843, but his early boy
hood days were spent in Clai-
borne Parish, and it was from Homer
he enlisted in the 18th Louisiana Reg
iment, Company G, in 1862. He
served the Confederacy as a valiant
soldier until the end of the war.
On December z, 1865, he married
Carrie E. Sibley, and moved to Bos-
sier Parish, where they lived until
she died-November 6, 1885-leav-
ing him and six children to bereave
her departure.
During 1888 he was married the
second time, to Mrs. N. J.. Bradley.
They moved to Lamar, Col, and from
there to Hannibal, Mo-, where she
died during 1911. Since that time he
has made his home with his daughter
here.
He was kind and loving son,
husband, brother, father and friend,
liberal in all his dealings, true to his
principles of honesty, uprightness and
justice.
He was Christian, and died as he
lived, trusting his Master, who said
HE that believeth, though he were
dead, yet shall he live, and whatsoever
liveth and believeth in me shall never
die"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-02-22

mittee's session, a great time is in
store for the schools of the parish on
this occasion.
Arbor Day was observed at our
school last Friday week, and a great
deal was accomplished in identifying
the school grounds. Other improve
ments have been planned for the near
future.
The class in Zoology are deeply in
terested in their new subject. It is
wonderful to them to see how many
animals can live and move about but
cannot be seen with the natural eye.
By the use of the microscope we are
able to see many of these tiny
creatures moving about, as if in
search Of food, or visiting.
was held at the Travis Street School
attended the Parish Institute, which
was held at the Travis street school
building, in Shreveport, last Satur-
day.
Superintendent Fortson was a
pleasant visitor one day this week.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-02-22
Benton High School Notes.

The Benton High School "Hikers''
went on their first tour Monday
afternoon. The walk from Benton to
Willow Chute and back, a distance of
about five miles, was enjoyed by all
the girls, and wholesome interest and
enthusiasm was evident. Another
tour of similar length was made
Tuesday afternoon of this week, on
the road leading to Cypress Bayou.
We are very busy this week with
the monthly tests. One month has
passed since midterm examinations.
A great deal of interest is being
taken by the boys in the approaching
high school rally, which is to take
place in Bossier City April 9Th and
9th. The program has been worked
out by a committee appointed by the
Superintendent, and, to judge from
the interest manifested at the COM
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-02-22

aid to the counties in their work of
eradication. Consequently progress
is largely dependent upon the amount
of voluntary support received from
associations of stockmen, dairymen,
merchants, bankers, and other bust
ness men. An area of $500 square
miles has, however, already been
cleaned, and into this high-class beef
and dairy cattle are being imported
with satisfactory results. In another
county systematic work is being car
,,ried on which should result in release
from quarantine at the end of this
year. Seven counties have appro-
priated money for the construction
of watts, and similar action is looked
for on the part of number of others.
West of the Mississippi the prob
lens of eradication in Louisiana,
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas will
be discussed at conference to be
held at the end of January in Dallas,
Texas. Louisiana, like Mississippi,
has made eradication a state matter.
In the other states the work will be
carried on by counties.
These facts indicate that through
out the entire South there is a de-
termination to be rid of the tick, and
that quickly. 1t is many years since
there was any question of the feast
bility Of total eradication; the chief
difficulty has been to convince the
people that it was really worth their
while to take up the work. Today
so much territory has been freed
that the benefits are plainly apparent,
and this difficulty has, therefore, to
"a great extent been removed. In the
last three years more than 10000
square miles have been released from
quarantine, leaving 419,000 in the
entire country still infested. Much
of this area, however, is in Texas,
where the problem is somewhat dif-
ferent than in the states east of the
Mississippi. In the latter section it
is reasonable to suppose that in few
years the tick will be thing of the
past,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-02-22
More About the School Rally.

The program for the big school
rally to be held in Bossier City ap-
pears on page four of to-day's issue
Of the Banner just as it appeared in
last weeks issue, except for slight
change in the seventh number ia the
literary events. However, the re-
porter has been informed that at the
teachers meeting held Saturday of
last week a nmber of changes were
suggested and adopted.
The date of the rally has been
changed to April 9Th and 9th. In
the program proper about fifteen
points were dropped and others add
ed. Spelling Ito be written) will be
one Of the literary numbers, with two
contestants from each school, and
with point values of 8. 2 and /. A
junior boys potato race, a junior
girls potato race and senior boys
standing broad jump were numbers
added.