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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29

now serving his second term as Pros
ecutihg Attorney for the district in
which he resides.l
The Plain Dealing correspondent an
nounced that the materials for the
foundations of the new homes of Mr..
and Mrs. S. H. Cochran and DIR. and
Mrs. w. +. Bell had been delivered.
I'VE are told that Mr.. j. N. Birdwell
and family. who for several yeras past
have been living on Palmetto planta-
ton. will remove to Dixie" Mr.. Bird
we'll made a number of crops OH the
other side Of the river. but is again
resident of the parish. having purchas-.
ed property near Allendale and is en-
gagged in farming the same.
g We regret to announce that it has
been found necessary to remove Miss
Mary Smiths right eye, due to iritis.
from which she has been suffering for
some weeks. The operation was per-
formed ut the Shreveport Sanitarium
yesterday, and she is now doing well.
We hope that this will entirely correct
the trouble with her sight, and that she
will be able to return home at once"
Miss Mary, unfortunately. will never
be read to her by the writer. Soon
after the operation above referred to
her remaining eye became affected, and
she has for several years been totally
Elind. She is resigned to her fate and
remains cheerful at all times. 1t is
well known here at home that Miss
Mary during past years read very
much and that she has Il wonderfully
retentive mind for what she has read
as we'll as the many events of local In
terest that have come under her Obser-
Walton during lifelong residence III
the Parish. Because Of this. and he
cause the writer has known her all his
life and calls to mind that she has
always been friendly to the Banner and
it's owners and employees. she is regu-
enables comment to be made on events
of the past. We do not know of any
ono anywhere in the parish better. or,
in fact. as well qualified for this ser
vice-always willingly and gratui-
tously given-and we are pleased to
acknowledge it here. Though her sight
is perhaps forever gone, the acuteness
of her mental vision and its unusual
| scope remain unimpaired. And, des-
pite her affection. we are convinced
they will as long as she lives. Miss
! Mary is good woman, charitable and
always highly esteem her as friend.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29
Our Midway Friend Writes.

Dear Editor: As this is pay day and
1 am all alone tonight. will try and
better myself by penning a few lines
for you to present to my old friends,
who l trust will be glad to hear from
one Of the Bossier boys who Is follow
ing the dear old flag.
The good 5Sth Regiment is now IN
camp at Camp Greene, Charlotte, \. G.
This is a very pretty place. There
is one constant enjoyment about it, and
that is l can look anywhere and see
the Louisiana pines. and YOU don't
know how much good that does me.
was promoted to Sergeant on the
18th of this month. We are expecting
100 more men to come to the company.
SO there will no doubt be a jam for Il
while.
We are being taught trench warfare
lately, and that would seem to indicate
that we.are likely to paddle across the
pond any time.
But why should we worry? We are
working for Uncle Sam now. and we
are going to stick to him, too.
Don't think, friends, that army life
is Il tough life all the time. We have
good eats and whole cot for every
man. Now that may not satisfy some
mammals boys, but it will have to. for
they are in the Army now and not ut
home behind the plow.
want to spend Christmas ut home,
but think chances are pretty slim for
me to do So
Well, as 1t is bed time and first call
Is at 6:1J in the morning. | will close
hoping to again be with my BOssiei
Parish friends >On some later day.
Cordially,
JAMES c. SHACKELFORD.
Charlotte, n. C., Nov. 20, 1917.
Those friends who might wish tt
| write to jim should address him: Scr
| gcdnt James G. Shdckflf0td, IL. q. Co.
5SM Init. Camp Greene. Charlotte
Y. C.-Editor.l
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29
notice.!

TAKEN Up ut my plantation abomt ss'sa
EN- miles south of Shreveport, adJoinnal.
the j. II. Fulliloye place. one hiach H.
brown HORSE MULE; freshly roaens3
name and tail. The owner VIII pie. s8
come forward, pay for this adveftss
nlent. prove, ownership, aud get
mule Address me at Shreveport
Aft f. b. EEENpQsi
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29
Submarine Chasers.

Submarine chasers are now being
commissioned by the Navy.
Mechanics who have had experience
work with gas engines are wanted for
duty on beard these fast boats.
Men for this work will be trained ut
Columbia University, New York, or at
seme similar school. for special me-
ch,nic;sl duties on hoard these chasers.
Age, twenty-0ne to thirty years.
NAVY RECRUITING STATION,
$50 Common street.
New Orleans, la.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29

If you have something ON your farm
you would like to convert into money
advertise it in the Banner.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29
Cotton Quotations.

Cotton Quotations.
Yesterdays Shreveport cotton quota
tions were as follows:
Ordinary, .5l cents.
Good ordinary. 26. cents.
Low middling, .1A cents.
Middling, 2SA cents.
Good middling. 2SM cents.
Receipts for the day. 1911 bales.
Received to date. 123,095 bales.
Shipments to date. S5,3i5 bales
Plant wheat as II war measure.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30

go back again 20 the service OF my
country" he said "To be wounded
a few times doesn't mean much to
soldier over there"
BY an unprecedented BIT OF daring
surgery, DR.. John G. Calhoun, Of
Pittsburgh. now one Of the officers
IN charge OF the base hospital IN
Montgomery. Ala. has saved life
for Uncle sam and has written a
new chapter IN the history OF war
surgery.
Private Harry Mckenzie OF an
Ohio regiment was injured IN n mo
tor car accident. his left side was
torn open bis lung pierced. one OF
hi7 ribs torn loose. his heart ex-
posed, and his left arm shattered.
Tho mancled soldier was taken
20 a hospital and Lieut. Calhoun
was summoned The lung was
sewn up ard the broken parts set
Now the soldier rs walking about
waiting for bis arm 20 heal before
resuming active service
When an operation of such del
icacy can be performed AT a base
hospital said a Montgomery sur
gean, "lt is safe % trust the Amer
ican soldier 20 Uncle Sam q sick
ness or IN health
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
Uncle Sam to Keep Our
Our Boys Card-Indexed

Sammy is to be card-indexed. In
that way Uncle sam will keep track
OF every soldier. sailor and civilian
attached in any way to his armed
forces.
The card index will permit prompt
handling OF all casualty lists Not
only will we over here know who
over there has been hurt or slain.
but we will know where that Ameri
can boys nearest relatives i've.
This system viii DO a lot toward
heading oG The wave Of casualty lies
which pro-German propagandists
spread in America. The card index
plan makes q impossible for am
sammy 20 be wounded captured OF
slain without his nearest relative be.
ing promptly notified. II no SUCH
notice is received from official
sources no harm has befallen sam
my. There VIII be no unknown
dead
Every man m The army. whether
officer or private. VII be indexed by
name and the records Gled in alpna.
betical order FOR immediate refer
ence should The names appear eithrr
in army orders or casualty lists
with The description " each soldier
will be- given the name ot his ncXt
of kin with address
The war department may decide
upon the plan ~ Identification wh.ch
has been IN vogue boz the regular
ARMY This system SIS that each sol.
dior shall wear about his necH. un-
Gerneath his clothing. small alum
mum tag giving bic name and com
panv. So always there is a line az
communication from tho boy hghtlng
in tho trenches over there. or in
training camps here. and hts nearest
relative. thu thc tar be wears anf
The card iu Che fung case AZ Wash
ingt0n
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
Anniversaries
ronAr.s AvvIvERsAnIps


17s5-John Adams. the American
minister g. England. demanded tho
surrender of the frontier posts 20
tho United states
1sI7-Prof Theador Momns~n one
of tho greatest on German historians.
born Ia srhfe8wIv- H1lstefn Died IN
C'harfottouhHrg Nov =, 1903.
1919 The savannah" the frst
Ffear vessel 90 cross ths Atlantic.
reached savannah on her return trip
from England
fSI.-The famous Fleet and Mar
shalsea PRISONS IN London were
closed
1899 Ncornrus -ranai convention
opened in New orleans. with dele
gates pres'nt from ali the states.
r-EBeei0r9 repliged Germans
with great losses in Fznszow.
1919 DuIUar'1 declared the cam
na En aEairs1t tho Serbs closed.
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
WAX
Won MackcuHeu's armies OF Ger
mans. rH--aud Turks approached
within re- mN~a ~ Bucharest
British government decided 20 take
over coal miure ~ South Wales on
account ~ labor disputes.
ToDAF's nRrHDAYs
Dr Daniel "a Polling noted prohibit
fian worknr nud associate president
~ thn Christian Fnf~avor societies.
born iu Portland, ore. 20 years ago
today
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
Sammy ScrapbOOks
Brighten His Days

with The immense amount Of
work now being accomplished by re-.
lief organizations all over the coun-
try for American soldiers and sail
ors it did seem as tho every item
for their comfort or entertainment
was in the hands ~ some inde-
fatigabIe worker. bat 70 remained
for Miss Gertrude Mccoy ~ New
York 20 evolve not only something
absolutely new. bat something in
expensive
This ls l6e sammy serapbook
IN may boz made at home and
proves entertaining as well 20 me
maker
Miss McCoy calls thom recon
siruction ecrapb0oas
They are f0r Jhe hospitals" she
eKnlaln, 40 pitfalls are in reality
rlaces OF rcc0nstrUctiOn. The max
neH ~ the scrHDbook will come
from the newspapers and maya
zine There are serial stories by
weii known authors. those are kept
from day to day. or week 20 week
uufl ihe story ls complete. then
pasted VfHHy into tho scrapbook
Thus providing a story for which
zone would pay q dollar and half
One complete story goes into a
frrapuouh. the IemHIH1FT N f'fr-
space being used for pictures. car
ioons i0frt poems an selections to
hc--Jnase as fho yon were makinf
the ecaIb00ks fnr your own sweet
heart con. father. husband or
brother"
PLENTY nj reh scrapbooka would
brighten 6ammys hours over there.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
Let's Bury 1t

Sometime, somewhere, some ganglia Of
nerve cells, called brains. was stricken
by what it took TO be a scintillating orig
inality. Maybe il was the brain of bi-
monthly country editor. or Of budding
poet, or of a toll-gate somebody
with lazy brain that the merest gleam
of originality would shock. But that
doesn't matter. The public prints got
that~jllegiCmate, Xmas.
Permit US a few remarks IN m honest
endeavor 20 Kill this thing before it gets
permanently lodged in the vocabulary Of
the rising generation, as so much slang
is doing.
About Christmas everything should De
sacred Xmas" is raw sacrilege.
Speak it out to your friends, and you
sound idiotic
Put it into your holiday song. and
you become a butfoon rather than
praise-giver.
"Halelujah! x is risenr'
Put il on paper, and it looks as If sou
couldn't tell an election booth stamp
from a pen or pencil.
Xmas" is senseless, silly. needless.
and the sign Of laziness and impiety. The
Christ and the Christ day stand for high
thought and action and sacred memories
that are beautiful, holy and Of much
meaning in life.
Xmas" means X-nothing. Let's
kill it. cremate it, and deny not to the
Holy Child any part of the reverence, up
lifting thought and respectful love that's
due
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30

and 70 the end Of the rrst year. the
baby should sleep from Is 20 10
hours out OF the "a. The baby n "
Is 10 continue healthy, needs this
amount OF sleep daily and should
not be disturbed except at nursing
time.
The baby, II the mother starts f.
right, can soon learn 70 sleep 81
about The same time each day By
training the baby early 20 sleep at
regular periods the mother viii find
that she has more time 20 devote 20
housework and at The same time can
take better care OF the baby.
II started right, the baby viii
take a long sleep in the morning,
stay awake several hours during ths
middle OF the day. and take another
nap IN the early afternoon.
BY ataying awake during tho lat
ter part OF tho afternoon baby will
be tired and will sleep we'll and
anundly during the night Baby
should 20 TO bed not later than s
o'clock
The baby should sleep alone in a
crib. not a cradle a good subgti.
tute for a crib is a basket or light
box OF FufHcient size. An expensive
mattress is not necessary. The room
should be darkened and well veni-
lated
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
And Advice 60 Investors

NHIs DEPARTMENT maintained 70 shed the light " truth on the
welcomes letters relating experiences with aeysrtsers who have
mlsied or
duped the reading public II viii pay oo9non to honest aa"s
not
will letters deemed Of public interest Advice viii asS
withheld preferred
Address, The AdMlrror, The Times Detroit Mich
Mirror
old resilient % Detroit ant
Lechnte om dis-
Z
hair rsstorsr must
Z O X dc
withhold name MRS L H.
Indianapolis. Ind
diamond that cannot Be told
the Many minds
brany OF the
crucble
No
and b6s mita
stoner OF rs ze 8 getting
As the I
freely, especially children concerned
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
That Jewel Friendship

In the horrible head Of the squirming,
crawling, twisting altogether ugly devil
fish is a most beautiful gem Of colors.
In the crowded, dirty streets Of Chi
cago. in her police courts, in her musty
dens where lawyers meet to plan and
plot deviltry, very largely, there has, for
years past, been one of the rarest Of
beauties TO those who have "eyes with
which to see" 1t was the halt leading
the blind; affection born in mutual mis-
fortune.
John Rowan, 80, lawyer, hard up and
cripple; James Johnson, "a, lawyer,
hard up and blindi Thru the streets,
thru the court rooms, thru the halls Of
business, thru all the parts of the great
city where every man is rushing after,
reaching after the dollar of the fellow
in front Of him, young John led old jim,
always.
Between the noisy trucks, the cars, the
autos and the numbering wagons, went
always John and Jim arms locked, for
young John was safety unto Jim and old
Jim was comfort and support unto John.
Funny those two are always together,
said the money-mad multitude, and rush
ed on. But there were few who saw
and understood, a few who saw the
beautiful jewel in all that mud, the bril-
liant beauty on the head Of Che Ugly
devil-fish.
Blindness is THAT THAT heHFeF human sell
taTiness. To be cripple in the war for
business is to be jostied off your feet,
70 be shunt aside, to be pitied. at best,
thing that The unfortunate maze. But
old jim had John, and could see; and
young John had JIM and could not be
toppled frs,m his crutches.
And SO they went thru the city always
locked arm and arm, heart and heart, a
beautiful sight amidst the SCOT and war
aud turmoil.
On Thursday last. the Angel Of Death
said. "Old Jim Johnson, 81 years is
enough. Gomez Thou.shalt see forever
fnofe.v and took him.
n - -
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
What's a Wound?

Wounds are not nearly 20 serious
ar most civilians suppose To o
healthy young man a bullets flight
thru arm or leg usually means moth
ing worse than sitting around read
Ing books or magazines In Tho base
hospital for while For that mod
ern aurRery may be thanked. that
and sanitation experts.
Col G. Dorcie. physician % Tho
EEanch- -nrmE. now in this country.
carries scars n e7 wounds. and stiIT
has 10 fragments % ahc.l in hia
body. Recently he pointed 20 him
self before The clinical congress ~
surgeons in session af Chicago ee
an example ~ what medical science
IN accomplishing az the front
Tho they said could not i've,
ytul have enough iife 20 DO able 20
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
What Chins Show

A recediug chin does not always
signify weakness OF character as Is
commonly supposed
IL it did. then great majority of
women would Doe weak. for the chin
typical OF woman tends 90 recede
little, instead of projecting
Even I'm rhe case OF men, mark
edly reccding chin may be compau-
hlo with men and moral yigor To
use the chin a. q basis for character
reading it Us necessary 90 take also
into account the indications of other
features. notably the mouth, nose
and shane of 01e head.
As That expert student OF human
faces. g. f. Fosbroke, has pointed
out
/"A fire head. Intensity OF brow. a
fine nose. and control shown IN the
mouth, can be depended upon TO
outweigh weakness Of chin 10
rreuter or loss degree, according 70
tho strength or weakness OF these
balancing Indications.
"If the chin be TOO large or too
small. study the mouth carefully and
rely upon tho conclusion there
found"
with this warning IN mind. here
are some of the characteristics com
monty indicated by the various types
OF chins
A broad, deep chin usually signl-
fes physical strength. perseverance,,
and determination 20 sec things
thru
When face win such chin IS
wtdor az the angle OF the Jaw than
thru the upper part Of the head, null
ish obstinancy usually is indicated.
also disregarded for the feelings or
others. and coarse nature.
Coarsens sss. minus strength OF
character, may be looked for In
person with a deshy chin. The
same type OF chin may further sig
nifty love of ease and sensuanty. or
az least a tendency 20 sensuahty.
with regard 20 the so-called dou-
Bile chin. Fosbroke gives as It's usual
Indications
Love OF good diet. good healthy
digestive system. slow heart action,
sluggish circulation. slowness ia
movement"
Impulsiveness and passion are as
a rule associated with a wide, deep.
hony chin. having its muscular ball
promin ent Hardness of nature goes
with IN irregular, protrucing chin.
or one happily infrequent type OF
protruding chin Fosbroke af'irms:
Where the whole chin IS rude IN
structure end rrotruding. the upper
teeth-wheu the mouth r closed
missing The lower by a quarter 20
half an inch. tho lower jaw over.
reaching the upper one, the nature
rs likely - be brutal end cold This
Is termed the criminal Jaw"
II nose and chin seem 70 try 10
reach each other. the nose being
drawn doRn and the chin up-Dolnt-
ing. look out for cynical morose.
suspicious nature
Narrow chin, plus small mouth.
suggests narrowness and meanness
of disposition
Dimpled chin, always a marx Of
enthusiasm. an amorcus. ardent ma
ture. nearly always found IN people
OF extreme selfwili and OF some Dc.
gree Of seinshness
Unselashness. tenderness, readi-
ness 20 sacrifice Tor others. are often
denoted by a shapely chin, slightly
recedirg when the hall OF the chir
is slightly drawn upward with a hor
izontal indenter0n, deci3iveness and
good Judgment are indicated
But always. 7 would repeat, rely
not on Tho chin alone Verify rs
Indications By comparing these with
the Indications OF nose mouth. and
general head formation
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
Pointed Paragraphs

Too many people pray with their
fingers crossed
Courage and caution make a splen-
did working team.
You can't always tell unless you
arc a woman
Successful men believe IN luck
backed I'D by their own efforts.
Love is always sweeter when IA
vored with just little discord
Lives Of great men an remind as
how easy it is 20 be small man.
II takes brains 20 get thru The
world also 90 90 round on the out
.lda
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
The Real Melting Pot
BY OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Cranel

The real melting pot, as Charles A.
Starr points out, is the camp.
A million American young men are
learning the spirit of unity, the predom-
nance of the social ideal over the in
dividual, the beauty and richness of life
that comes only from devotion to a
cause; and they are learning al this in
the United States army.
The spirit Of an army is autocratic,
any army smacks somewhat Of Prussian-
ism, in that unquestioning obedience is
its first law; but any organization must
be tempered by the nature of the men
that compose it, and the officers of our
army are Americans and not Prussians.
Ia spite of the harshness of the system
the humanity of the men who administer
it will leak thru.
In spite of the ugliness Of war, there
fore, the myriad differing souls, driven
apart by the centrifugal forces of long
period of peace, are being fused into one
beautiful purpose
In the melting pot class distinctions
are disappearing. In the barracks rich
and poor lie down together, they sit to-
gether, and eat their bean soup together.
The tailor's apprentice may become q
lieutenant and detail the bankers son
to scrub the kitchen. The labor union
man, who has all his Life been fed ON
class antagonism, gets new slant ON
the idea when he marches shoulder to
shoulder with the miI-owner's boy.
Jew and Gentle, Protestant and Cath
ole, believer and infdel, do not need TO
be preached to upon universal brother
hood; they are made 10 taste 1t; It Is the
informing spirit Of their new life.
When sickness or disaster invades
family, bitter as the experience may be
and dreadful, yet If It be borne nobly,
out of il al come spiritual gains, treas
ures Of self-sacrifce are exposed and un-
guessed resources Of love and loyalty.
So out of this chastisement Of war
there shall emerge a new Americanism,
q deeper and wiser democracy, splen-
did emphasis upon cooperation
Writes Donald Hankey, in "A Student
in Arms: Before the war /, too, hated
militarism.' l despised soldiers. They
were not men but manikins Something
has shown me its ethical, its spiritual
meaning. The good soldier has learned
the hardest lesson of all-the lesson of
self-subordination to higher and bigger
personality. He has learned to sacrifice
everything that belongs TO him individ-
ually TO a cause that is far greater than
any personal ambitions can ever be. He
has learned to hate father and mother
and life itself for the sake of-though he
may not call it that-the Kingdom Of
God on earth. And it is my hope that
some Of the discipline and self-subordi-
nation that have awaited to send men
calmly TO their death in war will sur
vive in the days Of peace, and make Of
those who are left better citizens, better
workmen, better servants Of the state
And, we may add, better capable of
realizing the unity of humanity.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30

young John Rowan, "Put aside thy use
less. crippled limbs. Thou wilt not need
them in eternity with jim" And John
went with the angel. TOO.
Some sentimental Chicagoans are try
ing TO have the bodies of these two
friends buried side by side in some GEM
etery. Appropriate but maybe unnec-
essary, r may be that old Jim and
young John are still living arm in arm.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30

II sleeps less as
70 grows older,
and gradually, az.
Ter n few weeks.
4 learns 20 sleep
longer Of night
and less IN the
daytime.
After he drst
month hOwpVAr.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
From Another Point of NieU
seIeeted Menus f0r ths c0mIna wssk
Bv c. 7. S.

Selected Menus Tor the Coming Week
Tonight-Coid turkey.
The next night-Cold turkey.
The following nght--Coid turkey.
The next night-Cold turkey.
The night after that-Turkey hash
The following night-Balanee Of the turkey
hash.
Milk prices are to increase after the
first of January. This will obviate the
necessity for any Detroit milk company
seeking new pastures.
A pastor down east maintains that pro-
family is not sin. Well vel be damned.