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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-03-14
GOOD II aNIING SEED
~
ARE VERY SCARCE
HIGH PRICES AND INFERIOR
]. SEED ARE THE RESULTS or
4s.--s.s4-- WAR. CONDITIONS. s-.-.
SEED SHOULD Be TESTED
Important To Know the Germinative
Value and Purity Content Of
All Seed.

We are just beginning to realize
that there is a great scarcity Of good
planting seeds. Formerly much of our
forage crop and garden seeds were
obtained abroad War conditions now
prevent this importation; our own
seed farms are not able to meet the
present demand, consequently high
price and often time inferior seeds is
the result.
Home grown seeds save expense Of
transportation, allowing much needed
labor and time, and space required in
transit, for other purposes. In many
cases plants from home grown seed
show less susceptibility to plant dis
eases than do foreign grown seed.
They are at hand when needed.
The value Of high percentage in
seed can not be over estimated. Low
percentage of termination not only
means there are few seeds which
ger1ninate, but that the vitality of
that new plant starting out to grow Is
very low; it may not have enough
stored energy to permit to competing
with other plants, and it may soon
succumb. Reports of high percentage
Of termination not only mean that
great numbers of seeds are yiable,
but that the chances of getting a
root-hold and in competing with other
plants is) therefore greater. A low
percentage and low or weak vitality
of sprouted seeds, ana high percen-
tage and strong vitality, go together,
Vigor in seeds is one OF the greatess
assets to insure strong plant.
A knowledge of tie purity content
on agricultural seed is essential in or
der to save land from being wasted
by planting it to weed seed and to
save the time and labor necessary TO
exterminate the weeds Certain
weeds produce many seeds, many
more than most agricultural plants.
Alfalfa and clover produce on the
average approximately $50 seeds to
the plant. The seed production per
plant of some of the common weeds
found in Louisiana are as follows:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-03-14

II 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, 1918-03-14

A seed testing laboratory is main
tanned at the Experiment Station Of
the Louisiana State University,
where planting seed are tested free
of charge for termination and purity
for farmers of Louisian and other
states.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-03-14

This means that the offer of three Prizes lin
'o each) to the schools of the state in the Thrift and War
avis Stamp campaign for the months of December and Jan
iy has been renewed the months February
ana that resident residentS)
g Its school children additional stmulat
ing interest in the contest
fortunately all schools participate in this stampselng
ahal1 and all with equal chance win the three big
M The smaller schools compete with the larger schools only
the ratio OF the enrolment pupils other That
makes the contest fair and alike to ALL and it is not i'm
possible that the three $OIrzes all this parish. Bear
mat In nind-and get busy
ne same rules that
t VIII hold good in the February March
R salne have been all
all cases building is counted school, and below Is shown
'nc taree classes into which the schools divided:
50 the school in Class making
ate approved and provisional high schools constitute this class
- i, me school in Class making the
oo Fellow high school provisional high school rank. three
- more teachers. constitute this class.
me school i'll Glass making the best record $50 in cash
soos OF one or two teachers constitute this class.
~ he other contest in which only children
ss may share six prizes a@yreaatng
ienn'ihins three 81 each No school is
ah are encouraged enter. 1t is alike white
sull OF the parrish and the
l I asegate of SaNO worth of stamps
49,. a reports must he in the hands Superi
s en OF Schools tof Benton) by the evening April
living that the contest closed the day preceding.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-03-14
Three Prizes, $50 Each

Are available to the Schools of Bos-
sier Parish, and Six Additional
Prizes, aggregating $40, will
be given School Chill
dren of the parish
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-02
LIST OF UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

Following is the List of unclaimed
letters remaining in the postoffice at
Martinsburg, W. Va, Sept. 80, 1918:
Mr. w. J. Abe, Mr.. and Mrs. An
'derson, Mr.. C. A. Bartles, Miss Eliza
beth Bennett, Mr.. Jas. II. Boyd, Mrs
Tile III. Chenoweth, Miss Gladys
Cloud, Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Grove
Mr.. Court Hamilton, Mrs. j. E. Hart
(2), Miss Mayme Harrison, Miss Mary
Hess, Mr.. Nelson Howell, Mr.. o. H
Huston, Mr.. Leslie f. Jones, Mr.
John Kelley, Mr.. John Keef, DR.. VIM
King, MIR Jas e. Lemon, Mr.. Jas
w. Lloyd, Mr.. Roy Luttrell, Ernest
Maps, Mr.. John w. Mason, Miss
Katherine Mentzer, MIR Herbert Mil
Ter, Mr.. r. w. Miller, Miss Myra Nor
ris, Mr.. Samuel Munson, Mr. Ca
Owens, Mr. Jas O'Connor, Mrs. Pei
lie Paten, MIR. B. F. Robinson, Mn
John H. Robinson, Mr.. Lester Ruble
Mrs. Clara Steward, Miss Ester 81
lper, Mr.. Charley Siske, Mr. G. w
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-02
WHAT A GERMAN
PEACE IS LIKE
AS TOLD BY A WOMAN WHO WAS
IN BUCHAREST WHEN GER
MANS ENTERED CITY.
CBy The Associated Press.)


LONDON, Sept. 29.-''What a Ger
, man Peace is Like" is the heading
on an article written for the Weekly
Dispatch by Annie Parr, who has just
arrived in London from Bucharest.
II was in Bucharest, when the Ger
mans entered the Rumanian capital"
she writes. "They had evidently de-
! cided that it would not be wise to
shock the world with another Bel
GUM, and they were careful to keep
their troops under control, but they
were the masters. | remember a
male friend OF mine who was return
ing home from dinner in evening
clothes being stopped in the streets in
the middle of the winter and com
PEELED to sweep away the snow for
hours in the bitter cold.
Many a beautiful home was wreck
ed. The Germans had no scruples
about converting drawing rooms in
to stables for their horses, and front
gardens into cemeteries for their
dead
Terrible atrocities were commit
ted by the Bulgarians, and the suffer
ings of the prisoners they took were
unspeakable. Of 10000 Rumanians
taken prisoners only 5000 returned,
and they were in an appalling condi
ton. They were skeletons, scarcely
able to talk AIT the station they
seemed too weak to eat and drink
When we offered them food they
simply sank down on to bench and
burst into tears.
sit was a most tragic Homecoming
for the Rumanian soldiers, following
upon the crushing peace terms. 1t
has left on my mind an unforgettable
impression OF what a German peace
is like. Those soldiers came back in
rags and half-starved to homes that
had been reduced to poverty They
had to witness in silence the insolemt
bearing OF the German soldiery in
their streets. The officers were told
they would either have to salute the
German officers or take off their uni
forms. They preferred to take off
their uniforms
There are still plenty of German
soldiers there looking fat and well
and at no pains to conceal their salts
faction at the conclusion of peace
which has put crushing economic
burden on to lRhmania and bound
the country and its trade hand and
foot to the Germans. The one hope
of the people is AN Allied victory"
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-02

been the wellspring from which much of the
crusading spirit of our men has sprung.
They deserve the vote and we want to see
them get it. Personally, this newspaper feels
that they will treat their high privilege as vot-
ers with much more respect than do many Of the
lnen of this county who are only too glad of an
opportunity to sell their rights for a few paltry
dollars. 1t may be that the women will be able to
lake some of the dirt out Of local politics and
give Martinsburg better name politically than
she has ever had before More power to them.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-02
COLONEL WATSON
SAFELY OVERSEAS

F'AIRMONT, w. Va, Oct. 1.-Col
Clarence w. Watson, Democratic can
didate for United States senator, has
arrived safely overseas according to
Information received in this city yes
terday.
Colonel Watson, who was sent to
France by Secretary Baker on mis-
sion connected with the Ordnance De
partment, sailed from an Atlantic port
ON September IA. The duration of his
stay in France is not known and it
is not believed he will return until
ate in the winter
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-02
WOMAN SUFFRAGE SHOULD WIN.

There seems to be general satisfaction over
the course taken by President Wilson in going
before the Senate to urge its members to pass
the suffrage amendment. Every fair-minded per-
son must admit that the women deserve the
franchise and the large majority of the male
voters Of the country want to see them get it..
The women of this country, and of every
country for that matter, have taken great
Zeal Of the burden of this terrible war upon
themselves; they have shown the world that
they are capable Of doing big things if necessity
demands it. President Wilson has said if all
when he asserts that we could not have won
TINS war without the inestimable help of the
women Of the Allied countries. They have done
everything we thought them capable of doing
and they have jumped into the breach and filed
the places of millions of men which we never
had any idea they could fill. They have done il
willingly enthusiastically and with spirit of
seif-saeilfice determination and devotion that is
inspiring. The very attitude Of wonankind has
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-02
WEDNESDAY, OCT0BER 2. 1918
THE GOOD SHIP BERKELEY.

An announcement has been made by the Treas
ury Department of the United States which
should prove very helpful in stimulating inter-
est in the present Liberty Loan campaign.
The privilege of naming ten ships now build
ing, and ten tanks, has been granted to the Fifth
Federal Reserve District of which Berkeley
County is a part, and a scheme of competition
has been worked out in order to carry the plan
into effect.
One ship is to be assigned to each state in
the district-West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland,
North and South Carolna-and they are to be
competed for in each state separately by the
COUNTY as the unit the winning county to
name the ship. In order to be in position to
compete for this unique honor the county must
have reached its full quota in subscriptions to
the Fourth Liberty Loan
Then, at the end of the Liberty Loan Cam
paign, after all the final figures have been tab
rlated, the award will be made in the following
manner: Three things are to be taken into con-
sideration-frst, the largest percentage of pop
llation subscribing shall count 80 per cent; sec
ond the subscription which is largest per capita,
that is the county which has subscribed the
most per each inhabitant in it, shall count
forty per cent third, the largest percentage of
quota subscribed shall count 10 per cent.
The honor of naming the five remaining ships
NAY be competed for only by cities having
population of $4,000 or more and does not con-
Germ the people of this city. But the honor of
naming ten tanks does concern this city, since
the competition is confined to cities having less
than $4,000 population. The same three rules
above apply in deciding the winners, except that
the honors will fall to the first ten cities or
towns of this class, obtaining the highest rat
ings.
Here is a splendid oportunty for Martinsburg
and Berkeley County to put its name very prom
lnently before the whole world Think of it,
Very few of the immense number of counties
and towns in the entire country will have this
wonderful privilege and and it is up to the peo-
pie of this city and county to do their very best
IN order to become one of the winners.
There is no doubt in the minds of every in
nabitant of Berkeley County about our reaching
the quota assigned to US and there should be
keen desire on the part of every one of us to
do our level best in order that we may be count
ed one OF the privileged few to attain this honor
We have never yet failed to meet the demands
upon us in a worthy cause and we will not fail
TINS time. Since we are going to reach our
quota why not reach it to the extent of being
allowed to adopt real honest-to-goodness Ship
one that viii carry the name of this county
throughout the whole world. Get busy, folks, and
put it across. You can do it if you but will to
do it.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-02

TWO FINED FOR DRuNKENNr.,
On Monday evening at the p -
Station, Officer Dawson arrests5 =. y
persons for drunkenness. a white ~. ~
and a colored woman.
They spent the night in the ,o...
up and yesterday morning wars -.
raigned before Mayor Tonkn. Tfau
were fined IS each and paid
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-02
A YEARS OF WAR
COSTS $50 BILLION
TOTAL WILL REACH STUPEN-
DOuS SUM OF $4,000, 100000
BY JANCARY 1.
(By Edward M. Thierry.)

(By Edward M. Thierry)
| paris correspondent of the News
paper Enterprise Association)
! PARIS, France, Oct. 1.-Four years
! of war have cost the world $180,000,-
100000.
/ by New Years Day, 1913, it will
! have risen from $3.50, 600, 0QD,000 to
approximately SILL 900, O00, 600
These are figures just issued by the
Society of Swiss Bank. / have just
! obtained them from Geneva.
The bank statistician admits he had
to limit himself to approximations,
partly because accurate reports were
not obtainable from Belgium, Serbia
lRumania, Montenegro, Bulgaria and
Turkey. But he points out that this
| is not vital, since most of the war ex-
penses of, these countries were u.s.
derwritten by their allies Hence he
AYERS his calculations to be accurate
to be advancing by leaps and bounds
The 1861 days of the first four years
OF war, ending July 81, 1918, cost all
belligerents an average of 1923 ,0G0,-
eco "a day During 1918 the daily av
erage has been $244,000,O0O. That
means the war is costing more than
I$10,Q00000 an hour-and going up
every minute
Counting the expenses OF mobiliz-
ling and all war operations, but not
including redemption of the debt nor
1.-The cost of restoring damaged prop
eNty, the Swiss bank expert estimates
the direct cost of hostilities as fol
lows:
l1914 6 smonths) $500. $40, 600, 100000
1915 t12 months). -. 1926 900, 100000
1916 (12 months) =. 1872, 900, 100000
1917 d2 months) 49,. 6O,0O0O00,O 900
1918 (fo Jan'y 81 80. $50, 900, 100000
1918 (12 months) j. $S9 900, 900 900
Total to July 81, 1918 $3.50, 600, 00O, 900
Total to Jan 1, 1919 SPY 900, 600 900
The Swiss expert took into account
loans between allies. He says France
and her allies, excluding the United
States, received S9,000,000,000 from
Great Britain, and the United States,
up to the end of July, 1918, had open
ed to the allies a. total Of $500 ,0O0,-
coo of credit.
-Four ffFths of the total expense Of
the war, says the Swiss report, have
been financed by treasury operations
and loans. Such leans aggregate one
hundred and thirty-fve billion dol
lars, or just three-fourths of what the
war has cost all belligerent nations
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-02

Shipper, Miss Bessie Starlipher, Mrs.
Mrs. William Stun, Mr.. Abram Vor-
hees, Mr.. T. E. Walters, Mr. Daniel
Welsh, Mr.. Harry E. Widmyer, Miss
Detie Wright.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-02
Foreign.

Solos Gavalas.
]. Frank Thompson, Postmaster
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-08-01
THIRTEEN
THE EXPLOSION

The fourth mysterious letter
The fourth of those letters post
ed by the devil and delivered by
the devil" as one Of the newspa-
pers expressed it!
We all of lis remember the
really extraordinary agitation of
the public as the night of the 25th
of May drew near. And fresh
news increased this interest to a
yet higher degree.
People heard in quick success
sion of the arrest of S~auverand.
the flight of his accomplice, Flor
ence Levasseur, Don Luis Peren-
ma S secretary, and the inexplica-
bic disappearance Of Perenna him
self, whom they insisted, for the
best of reasons, on identifying
with Arsene Lupin.
The police, assured from this
moment of victory and having
nearly all the actors in the ira
gedy in their power, had gradu-
ally given way to indiscretion;
and, thanks to the particulars re-
vealed to this or that journalist.
the public knew of Don Luis
change OF attitude, suspected his
passion for Florence Levasseur
and the real cause of his right
about-face, and thrilled with ex-
Icltement as they saw that aston
|ishing figure enter upon a fresh
struggle.
What was he going to dol If
he wanted to save the woman he
loved from prosecution and to re-
lease Marie and Sauverand from
prison, he would have to intervene
some time that night, to take part.
somehow or other, in the event at
hand, and to prove the innocence
OF the three accomplices, eithersby
~arresting the invisible bearer Of
the fourth letter OF. by suggesting
some plausible explanation. IN
short, he would have to be there:
and that was interesting indeedl
And then the news Of Marie
F'auyllle was not good. With un-
wavering obstinacy she persisted
in her suicidal plans. She had to
be artifcially fed and the doctors
N the infrmary at. Saint-Lazare
did not conceal their anxiety.
Would Don Luis Perenna arrive
IN time3
Lastly, there was that one other
thing, the threat Of an explosion
which was to blow up Hippolyte
Fauville's house ten DAYS after
the delivery Of the fourth letter.
really impressive threat when
it was remembered that the enemy
had never announced anything
that did not take place at the
stated hour. And, although it was
still ten days-at least, SO people
thought-from the date fixed for
the catastrophe, the threat made
the whole business look more and
more sinister.
That evening, therefore, q great
crowd made its way, through La
Muette and Auteui1, to the Boule-
ward Suchet, q crowd coming not
only from Paris, but; also from the
suburbs and the provinces. The
Ecnnn%n nln sN@a%8&EfSf< -EH@Z.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-08-01
CHAPTER TWELVE. Continued,

0SoA AL IL LAG - SAfANfske
Is independent of the letters
And, as the explosion was put
down for the night of the 18th OF
May, it would occur that very
night, at 5 o'clock in the morn
ing!
Help. Help!" he cried.
This time he did not hesitate.
So far, he had had the courage to
remain huddled in his prison and
to wait for the miracle that might
come to his assistance; but he pre-
ferred to face every danger and
undergo every penalty rather than
abandon the project of police,
Weber, Mazeroux, and their COM
panions to the death that threat
ened them.
Help Help!"
Fauville s house would be blown
up in three or four hours. That
he knew with the greatest GER
tainty. just as punctually as the
mysterious letters had reached
their destination in spite Of all the
obstacles in the way, so the explo-
sion would occur at the hour
named. The internal artificer Of
the accursed work had wished it
30. AT 8 o'clock in the morning
there would be nothing left Of the
FauYile's house.
Help! Help!"
He recovered enough strength
to raise desperate shouts and to
make his voice carry beyond the
stones and beyond the wainscot-
ing.
Then, when there seemed to be
no answer to his call, he stopped
and listened for q long time.
There was not q sound. The 81
lence was absolute.
Thereupon a terrible anguish
covered him with a cold sweat.
Surprising the detectives had
ceased to watch the upper floors
and confined themselves to spend
Ing the night in the rooms on the
ground floori
He madly took q brick and
struck it repeatedly against the
stone that closed the entrance,
hoping that the noise would
spread through the house. But an
avalanche of small stones, loos-
ened by the blows, at once fell
upon him, knocking him down
again and fixing him where he
lay.
Helpl Helpln 5
More silence a great, ruthless
silence.
Help! Helpin
He felt that his shouts did not
penetrate the walls that stifled
him. Bexides, his voice was grow
Ing fainter and fainter, producing
aahoarse groan that died away in.
his strained throat.
He ceased his cries and AGAIN
listened, with all his anxious at.
tention, to tho great silence that
surrounded as with layers of lead.
the stone coffin III which he Law
imprisoned. Still nothing, not 4
sound No one would come, no
one could come Sto his assistance.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-28
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT

Car shortag. IL said 10 be respon.
slble for tho easy apple market In
Seattle. Shippers in Eastern Wash.
ington say they cannot get cars TO
ship enough fruit to FIN contracts
with Eastern brokers. and declare
they cannot clean UP M early rs ex-
pccted.
Failure to move the apples TO the
Eas, has weakened the local market.
wincSaps are quoted Mt ti.25 to 81.
but the peak Ia seldom reached. and
the beat grades are going frequently
at t2.75.
A decline OF cent per pound on
tho city creamery butter market was
predicted Thursday. Packers. who
have been paying cent over the
market. and city creamery men
have been trying to get the bid price
OF butter fat within couple cents
OF butter fat within couple OF cents
Fresh ranch eggs are fluctuaing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-28
FAMED ATHLETE
DIES IN EAST

NEW YORK, March 2s.-Martin
J. Sheridan. 81. world.famous ath-
lete. lies dead here today. victim
OF pneumonia
Sheridan. winner OF honors In
three Olympic games and winner
many times OF national champion
ship honors. was one OF the most
versatile athletes the country has
ever known. On three occasions. he
was winner of all-round champion
ships and he was also all-round
point winner at the London Olympic
games In 1908. Sheridan's most re-
markable work was with tho discus.
Sheridan for years had been at.
tached TO the New York police de-
partment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-28
Jimmy Darcy
to Mix With
M. KingHer
BY Condo.

After watching Fighting Jimmy
Darcy slam Frank Barrseau all over
the ring last night In Portland.
"caruso" Dan salt came back 10 So
attic today and Immediately scratch
81 the Marty Farrell. Mick King bout.
slated for next Tuesday night. of
tho card.
Instead OF Farrell meeting King.
Fighting Jimmy viii do the honors-
Il was astonished at the improve
ment in Valley Trambitas tthe nam.
Darcy fought under here hefor-l."
said Dan today. ''iic nearly moppcd
up the landscape with Barrioau. and
Frank Is n mighty good boy. Valley
Is In fine shape and should put up
great bout with King"
While In tho City Of Roses. Dan
also matched Toughey Wing with
Red Gage for next Tuesdays show.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-28
DARCY APPLAUDED
FOR HIS SHOWING

PORTLAND. March 2s.-Frank
Barrieau. niddleweisht champion Of
Canada. was decidedly whipped
man today. Fighting Jimmy Darcy,
Portland. whom Frank beat on two
former occasions. fought rings
around the Canadian at the Eleventh
st. theatre last night.
Barricau did little fighting. In the
sixth round Referee Grant raised
Darcy's hand and the fight ended
Darcy drew generous applause
while Barrteau was booed-
The serni-windup between Alex
Trumbitas and Chef Neff. the Seat
tie lightweight. was disappoint'
ment. In the excitement OF the last
round Alex fouied Scff uuintenion-
ally. but Neff was given the decision.
Pete Mitchle Of Portland. and Stan
lew Willis. lightweight champion OF
Pennsylvania. fought n six round hur'
rfcane draw.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-28
A TRUE FISH STORY

snohomsh
I a farmhouse where dwelt old.
boy I fishing but strike
Chanclecr
n
n
beginning
making sparkle about
himself stranded
his home made ny sink deep into the proceeded upstream and
behcd
friend ruggnng In tho After him noticed that
grabbed the pole
weighing
n braided
would
The org
big