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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
Plan to Register Big New Army

An official outline of the method
by which military registration is to
be carried out under the selective
CONSUMPTION bill was made public in
Washington the first of this week,
with an appeal from the War Depart
ment for the voluntary services of
state election and other officials in
order that there will be no delay in
enrolling and classifying millions of
men for army duty. Careful prepar-
alton has been made to place the
whole task in the hands of civilian
officials of the states and to remove
every suggestion Of military force in
putting the measure into effect. The
only function Of the Federal Govern
mont will be supervision through the
office of the provost marshal general.
The departments statement follows
There was time in the country S
history when military enumerators,
backed by hayonets, went out among
the people to take a compulsory serv-
ice census. To-day under the princi-
pie Of universal liability to service
the execution Of the law is put into
the hands of the people.
"The approval of the new National
Army Bill and the Presidents proc
lamation hereunder will be coinci-
dent. All persons within the age
limits prescribed will be required to
present themselves for registration
at the customary voting precincts in
which they have their permanent
homes, On day which the President
viii announce. The probability is.
that from ten to fifteen days will
elapse between approval of the bill
and registration day.
'"The governor of each state will
be the chief of registration therein.
The machinery of registration in each
county is to be in charge of the
sheriff, the county clerk, and the
county physician. acting as ex-officio,
unless different board shall be an
nounced by the governor. In cities
containing populations of more than
$4,000 the registration will be under
control of the mayor and selected
boards Of registration. In order that
the designated county and city Off
Gals, and the people generally, can
get clear understanding of the CEN
sus methods the following brief OUT
line is given:
"The sheriffs or other designated
Immediately upon receiving
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
Food Conservation Urged.

To the Presidents and Members Of the Police
Juries Of louisiana
Dear Friends: l want to ask your
assistance in our food campaign in
the way of conserving the surplus.
AS you are we'll aware. there is a
great waste of fruits and vegetables
in our state. This waste can be
saved to a great extent by canning
the surplus. Our blackberry crop
alone, if conserved, would be an i'm
portant matter. We must save all
surplus tomatoes, sweet corn, okra,
beans, peas, cabbage Tin the form Of
kraut) peaches, plums, etc.
I want to ask that you purchase
and furnish each high or central
school in your parish with a canning
outfit; this outfit to be used by the
principal, Or some one designated by
him, or her, not only to demonstrate
but to be used in canning the surplus
fruits of the patrons and neighbors
of the schools. This can be done on
the toll or percentage basis. In this
way the party in charae can make q
nice salary as well as show a patriotic
spirit, and if you so desire you can
demand a percentage OIL the Toll 10
compensate the parish for the ex-
pense of the canning outfits.
In my opinion, you will not only
render a great service temporarily
to the people of your parish, but you
will be giving them a practical educa-
ton that will be of untold benefit in
years to come.
Please take this matter up at your
earliest convenience and give it earn
est consideration. Yours truly,
HARRY D. WILSON, Chairman
State Food Preparedness Commiss'n
Baton Rouge, La, April Oath.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
Sllerif'S Sale.

Crawford, Jenkins & Booth, Limited, VS.. Thomas
MONSIEUR. No. 1885. In Second District Court,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
DY virtue of writ of seizure and sale,
ID issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, I 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 IL, 1917,
the following described property, to-wit:
The east half of northeast quarter of
section 6, township %, north of range
ii, west, containing 80 acres, more or
less, and situated in Bossier Parish,
Louisiana.
Terms of Sale-For cash, without the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and sat
isfy the sum Of 500, with 8 per cent per
annum interest thereon from March 10,
1914, until paid, and all costs of suit, in
GLIDING 10 per cent on said sum and in
terest as attorneys fees.
j. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton, La, April 5, 1917. MIC
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
Cotton Quotations.

Yesterdays Shreveport cotton quota
ions were as follows:
Ordinary, is cents.
Good ordinary, II cents.
Low middling, tx cents.
Middling, 1874 cents.
Good middling, 10 cents.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
Unseemly Conduct Punished.

Residing some miles northeast of
Benton is white family by the name
of Allen, at the head Of which is one
Dick Allen. For some time past it
has been rumored that a negro by
the name of Jim Hudson was init
mate with a step-daughter Of this
man Allen, and who continued to
reside under his roof. These reports
being so often repeated led to an in
vestigation by representative resi-
dents of the parish, and as a result
the negro was soundly floggcd, es-
corted to the state line and warned
never to return to Bossier Parish.
The Allen family were given one
week in which TO pack up and remove
from the parish. Because of this dis
graceful affair, of which all mem
bers OF the family must have had
knowledge, no sympathy is felt for
them in the community in which they
reside.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10

notice from the governor, shall ap-
point registrars for each voting pre-
cinct.
"The proportion of registrars shall
be one to each ITO persons to be
registered. Each age to be regis
tered will comprise about 1 per cent
ct the population. If, for instance,
all men between nineteen and twenty
five years of age, inclusive, are to be
registered, the registrar will have to
enroll about z per cent of the pre-
cinct population.
ut is desirable to accept the serv-
ices of competent volunteer regis
trars to serve without compensation.
All registrars must be sworn.
"The voting place in each precinct
must be prepared for registration.
Full printed instructions covering
every detail Of registration will be il
the hands of sheriffs and mayors en-
the fifth day after the President's
proclamation.
"The mayor of city containing
more than $4,000 inhabitants, or the
officials designated by the governor
therein, shall, with approval of the
governor, appoint for each warl or
convenient minor subdivision con-
tanning about 10000 people one reg
istration board, and shall designate
one officer of each board to perform
duties similar to those imposed on the
sheriff. as heretofore outlined. If
the mayor desires, he NAV appoint a
central board to coordinate the work
of minor boards.
"On the fifth day after the Pres;-
dent has issued his proclamation
clerks of counties and cities of over
10000 must secure supply of
blanks and copies of the registration
regulations from the sheriff or from
the mayor. Absentees and the sick
will apply to such clerks ohave
their registration cards filled out. In
no case shall such persons be given
registration certificates. They are to
be instructed by the clerk that the
burden is on them to see to it that
the cards reach the registrars of their
home precincts by registration day.
persons absent from their home
counties may be registered by mail.
II so absent, man should go to the
clerk of the county where he may be
staying, on the sixth day after the
date of the Presidents proclamation.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10

Mr.. Harry D. Wilson, State Com
missioner cf Agriculture and Immi-
grafton, keeps steadily issuing his
weekly market bulletins, and the
venture seems to be growing in pop
u'ar favor. If you wish to sell or
buy any product of the farm, in
Guiding poultry and live stock, it
would pay you to get in touch with
him. The service is free to all resi-
dents of the state. If you have not
seen copy Of the bulletin ask to
see enc when you are next in the
Banner office.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
COnStable'S Sale.

w. w Kimpall Company VS.. Luke Montgomery.
In the Second Ward, Justices Court, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana.
DY virtue of writ of 1eri facias,
ID issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, have seized and
will proceed to sell at public auction to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door Of my residence, in Bossier City,
La, on Saturday, the 26th day Of May,
A. D. 1917, the following described
property, to-wit:
One organ, sold to defendant by the
plaintiff, and duly identified, as it will
also be identified by me at said sale, and
may be inspected at any time upon ap-
plication to the undersigned.
Terms of Sale-For cash, without the
benefit Of appraisement, to pay and sat
isfy the sum OF S69.44, or such portion
thereof as same shall produce at said
sale, and all costs of SUIT and sale.
Said sale to be during the legal hours
for such sales, beginning at II O'Clock
am. on said date.
D. E. SoRRELL, Deputy Constable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
Stray Sale.

FSTRAYED before P. M. Elston,
u Justice of the Peace, Ward Six,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, on May 8,
1917, by Scion Banks, who resides three
miles west of Haughton, La, sorrel
HORSE, further described as follows:
Two stocking" hind feet, foretop cut,
IA hands high, weighs $50 pounds, and
is about Is years old. Has slow pacing
gait. Came to Banks place April q,
1917.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property and pay costs, or
said animal will be sold according to
law, in Haughton, La, between II and
II o'clock on Saturday, June IS, 1917.
j. w. ONEAL,
Constable, Ward Six.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
COnStable'S Sale.

w. W. Kimball Company VS.. Georgia jackson.
In the Second Ward, Justices Court, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana.
DY virtue of a writ of fieri facias,
ID issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, have seized and
will proceed to sell at public auction to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door of my residence, in Bossier City,
La, on Saturday, the 26th day Of May,
A. D. 1917, the following described
property, to-wit:
One organ, sold to defendant by the
plaintiff, and duly identified, as it will
also be identified by me at said sale, and
may be inspected at any time upon APP
plication to the undersigned.
Terms OF Sale-For cash, without the
benefit OF appraisement, to pay and sat
isfy the sum Of $65.H, or such portion
thereof as the same shall produce at
said sale, and all costs of suit and sale.
Said sale to be during the legal hours
for such sales, beginning at II O'Clock
am. on said date.
D. E. SoRRELL, Deputy Constable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
COnStable'S Sale.

W. w. Kimball Company VS.. John Green. In
the Second Ward, Justices Court, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana.
DY virtue of a writ of feri eacias,
ID issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, have seized and
will proceed to sell at public auction to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door of my residence, in Bossier City,
La, on Saturday, the 18th day Of May,
A. D. 1917, the following described
property to-wit:
One organ, sold to defendant by the
plaintiff, and duly identified, as it will
also be identified by me at said sale, and
may be inspected at any time upon ap-
plication to the undersigned.
Terms of Sale-For cash, without the
benefit Of appraisement, to pay and sat
isfy the sum of $58.15, or such portion
thereof as same shall produce at said
sale, and all costs of suit and sale.
Said sale to be during the legal hours
for such sales, beginning at Ii o'clock
am. on said date.
D. E. SoRRELL, Deputy Constable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10

There are many good residents in
Bcssicr Parish who farm but who
do not OWN THEIR OWN HOMES.
These are the ones the Banner is
after, and in their own interest, too.
We want to see you buy now, friend,
while prices are to your liking.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
Notice to Mortgage Creditors.
Office of STATE TAX COLLECTOR, |
Benton. La. ADril &. 1917.

In conformity with Section 63 Of Act SIS
of the Acts of 1883. and subsequent laws OF
Louisiana, notice is hereby given that all
persons holdin. mortgages upon real estate
located In the Parish of Bossier, state of
Louisiana, upon which taxes for the year
1916 have not been paid. that l will begin
the sale of same at the front door of the
Court House, in the town OF Benton La
on Saturday, May IL. 1917, and that a num-
Der Of pieces Of property delinquent are
now being advertised in the Bossier Banner
In conformity with the law, and preparatory
TO such. The attention of mortgage creditors
Is especially called to this advertisement
of tax sales. and they warned to take
sreh steps prior to the sales as may be
necessary to protect their rights
]. +. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and ex-officio Tax Collector for
Bossier Parish.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
THE EVIL THAT WILL PERISH.

1t is said on good authority that
enc of the largest whiskey manufac-
turing concerns in this country has
abandoned the manufacture Of that
intoxicant and will in the future de-
vote its plant to making denatured
alcohol for the Government. Along
with that announcement it has been
given out that a number of other
firms whose stock in trade was this
national trouble-producing beverage
have declared their intention to be-
gin turning out the liquor SO well
adapted to commercial uses. at is
an i'll wind that blows no man good"
The great war has, Of course, brought
its many accompanying horrors.
more lasting and more to be dreaded
than could have been produced by
any other agency, but in minimizing
the curse of strong drink in severa,
of the worlds greatest countries it
has more speedily aided in the cor
rection of a great evil than could
have resulted through any other in
strumentality. We as a people now
nearly score OF centuries removed
from barbarism, of course, greatly
deplore and lament the coming Of this
worldwide war, but we can only re-
joice that it has resulted in at least
partially correcting SO great and SO
widespread curse.
Vodka, formerly the national drink
in Russia, is now but sparingiy drunk
by those peoples. 1t is no longer a
nationwide drink, its sale being re-
stricted to certain districts, and they
are quite limited in area. Also, In
that country there are restrictions as
to the consumption Of beers and light
wines. About all the other warning
nations have given some attention tc
the matter Of circumscribing this
great evil. 1t has not alone been the
result of desire to conserve the
grain production OF these nations.
but it in undeniable manner forces
the recognition of the unfitness OF
alcoholic drinks to strong and sturdy
manhood and his qualifications IS .
soldier. The day will come when thi:
knowledge is more widely dissent
mated among the peoples Of the earth
And the day will yet come, perhap:
soon, when the man who drinks vii
seek honorable employment in vain
and will be held in disrepute by al
respectable people. 1t is not, as sons
might try to convince the unwary,
far reach of the imagination. Rather
it would seem in the near future
even as we here On earth reckon time
AS to the American brewers VIII
have expressed a preference for tn
manufacture of liquor of CONNER
cial worth rather than to continu
in the making of whiskey, we ca
only hazard a guess. Perhaps thi
is a prompting of patriotic spirit
Perhaps it springs from desire t
do their part in seeing the great wa
brought to more speedy close, an
thus aid in the restoring Of norma
commercial conditions. We do nc
know why they have "come in" an
it does not matter, as to that. Flo
if they have not forseen the door
of their Ubiquitous traffic it will 500
be forcefully pointed out to them b
the more enlightened masses. TIL
evil of strong drink has at last bee
found cut, and what has last jus
been written above will inevitabl
follow.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
Treason Punishable by Death.
rom the Colfax Chronicle.

From the Colfax Chronic,e
President Wilson has warned the
people Of the nation that treason is
punishable by death. In view of the
fact that occasionally some foolish
person thinks it smart to do and say
things disrespectful to the American
flag and Government, it is well for
everybody to understand that public
sentiment is in no mood to put up
with foolishness. We see many in
stances in the papers where persons
have been fined and sent to Jail for
disrespect to the flag. It is only q
step further, to give aid and comfort
to the enemy, to constitute treason,
which is punishable by death.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10

Col. Roosevelt advocates that the
amount Of grain being used by the
distillcries throughout the country be
limited. He also wants the joy-rid-
ing Of the aatoists stopped so the
nations supply of gasoline may be
conserved. These are two of about
the sanest proposals any one ever
heard of the Colonel making.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
COncOrdia Parish Roads,
From the Sentinel.

FROM the Sentinel.
Notwithstanding the high stage of
the river, travel over the public roads
Of the parish still continues and you
can go from Viadalia to the Tensas
line. On the front Of the Sycamore
plantation, however, the road is bad
on account Of seepags water, but
pianks have been so placed as to
enable automobiles to pass over it.
From Vidalia to Morville, twelve
miles down the river, the road is as
good as any dirt road in the state.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10
Assessors Notice.

THE list of property for the assess
Il ment of Bossier Parish for 1917 has
been completed and the roll will be ex-
posed in the Assessors Office, at the
Court House, for inspection and correc-
ton for period Of twenty days, begin
ming May 10, 1917.
L. G. SMITH, Assessor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10

1t was announced in the daily press
Monday that the recent strikes in
Hungary were more serious than at
first reported.
PctroTrad has been warned of an
impending naval attack by way Of
Libau, Russian seaport of import
ance.
The Associated Press correspon-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10

w. w KimDall Company vs. Luke Montgomery
In the Second Ward, Justices Court, Bossiel
Parish, Louisiana
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10

President Bossier Levee Board
E. B. HERNDoN, jr., Secretary. 1876
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10

Crawford, Jenkins & Booth, Limited, VS.. Thomas
MONSIEUR. No. 7l95. In Second District Court,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-10
BROWN PLANNING
TO HAVE CREW ON
PRINCETON SYSTEM

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Had not war occurred to interfere
Brown would have gone in for row.
ing this spring, according to reports
For a year or two the success Of
Princeton in conducting aquatics at
comparatively small cost had interest
ed Brown alumni, and there was a
general feeling that the Providence
University should be represented, not
only in intercollegiate bot races, but
that opportunity for intramural sport
on the water should be opened to the
students.
DR.. F. w. Marvel, the athletic df-
rector, had gone so far as to make
arrangements for the. use of a boat
house on the Sekonk river, where
Brown crews of an older day rowed,
and it had been planned ito put two
shells into commission for spring row.
ing.
This idea was to proceed slowly, as
Princeton did, making aquatics in the
first few years pastime for the un-
dergraduates, with no effort to form
al crew for outside racing. But this,
of course, would have come later.
It is, absolutely certain that the end
of the war will see the carrying out of
the scheme. Rowing need not be an
expensive sport; it. is only when a
university goes in for highly paid
coaches. training camps on some
course outside college environment,
and the like that the cost of main
tanning the sport rises to formidable
figures,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-10
Gymnastic Exhibition
By B. I'll. S. Boys to Be
Held Tomorrow Night

The first annual gym exhibition
under the auspices of the B. H. S.
boys gymnasium classes, will be CIV
en- in the Bridgeport High school
gym tomorrow evening at p. m. The
boys have been drilling for this for
the last month and it is expected the
affair will be a big success. All this
work is under the direction of mr.:
Russell, the boys instructor The
program follows:
1. Marching, 5th@period Freshman
class.
2. Wand Drill, 4th period Fresh
men class.
3. Roberts Dumb-bell Drill, Is,
and 3rd period Freshmen classes.
A. Indian Club Drill, elementary
9Th class.
5. Apparatus Work. Elephant, 5th
period Freshmen class.
z. Springboard High Jump, II
Freshmen who can jump feet OF
more and who are in other parts OF
the exhibition.
8. Hustle Ball Relay Race, by
Freshmen. 80 "a
8. Sailors Hornpipe, Leaders
Corps.
10. Indian Club Drill, advanced
Leaders corps.
II. Apparatus work, horizontal bar:
Leaders.
IS. Tumbling: Smith, Ide .warreck
Ober1y and clowns.
IA. Fancy electric club swinging
Rudo1 Huda.
Is. Pyramids, Leaders.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-10

a game, 5 to 1, though he pitched
we'll. Anderson lost to Rixey, 2 to 1 ,
Schupp held Cheney to a IA inning,
2 to tie and Benton lost to BROOKLYN.
to 1 in 10 innings after holding the
Dodgers to an unearned run in the
first nine innings.
Schupp and Anderson have been
doing the best pitching, with Tesreau
close third. Schupp is starting in
just as he finished last fall He shut
out Brooklyn with five hits by a score
of to o in his first start He then
beat Boston, s to 2, allowing six hits.
and later held Brooklyn to eight hits
and two runs in IA innings in a, 2 to 2
tie. game.
Anderson, who went very badly at
fhe fag end of last season, has come
back strongly. His best games were
two hit shutout against Boston and
his victory over the Phillies last
Tuesday, when he permitted only five
hits and one run. Tesreau also has
been pitching most consistently. He
won two out of three games He
also pitched greater part of the
sensational opening tussle with the
Braves, which was finally lost by
Smith, to 2, in the 14th inning.
Benton was little slow in starting.
but appeared to find himself against
Brooklyn last week, even though
Coombs beat him in extra innings. The
cold weather Las prevented McGraw
finding much use for either Sallee or
Perritt, but both did well the last
time they were called upon.