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Evening star., 1918-11-11
MRS.MARTHAC. VAUGHN
KILLED BY AMBULANCE
Knocked Down in Street, Dying
Shortly Afterward in Emergency
Hospital-0ther Accidents.

Mrs Martha c. Vaughn. coiored'
fifty-eight years old. 1873 Swami
street, about 10 o'clock last night was
knocked down by an Emergency Hos
pital ambulance at Massachusetts
avenue and 18th street, Scott circle.
and so seriously injured that she died
at Emergency Hospital few minutes
later. DR.. Z. W. Titus. acting coroner.
made a partial investigation and ar
ranged to hold an inquest at the
morgue late this afternoon.
Boys Skull Is Fractured.
John Collins. nine years old. 234 11th
street southeast, ran against the
automobile of Lieut.. Frederick Sibley.
L. s. A., Detroit. Mich, on Pennsyl-
van:a avenue between 10th and 1lth
streets southeast last night about
$50 o'clock and fractured his skull.
Soldier Knocked From Street Car.
Private Peter Ladosis. twenty-five
years old, an artilleryman stationed
at Camp Meade, was knocked from
the platform of a Washington, Baltl-
more and Annapolis electric car at
Massachusetts, avenue and 9TH street
last night and seriously injured. He
was taken to Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1918-11-11
ARREST FOLLOWS SHOOTING.
James jenkins Charged With
Wounding TAYLOR Driver

Taylor Driver. colored, 2120 New
York avenue. was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital about 1 o'clock this
morning for bullet wound in his
right hand. Two of his fingers were
shattered.
James Jenkins. colored. eighteen
years old. stepson of the wounded
man. was locked UP and charged with
the Shooting.
Jenkins made no attempt to get
away until he saw Detective Barbee
approach the house. when he grabbed
i club and started for the upper floor.
Sight of the detectives revolver was
followed by Jenkins dropping his
club and Surrendering. He was
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon.
Evening star., 1918-11-11

and f,fty-five who wish to join Com
pany can do SO next Tuesday night.
Company C has now secured practi-
cally it's whole membership, but there
are a few vacancies for good men be-
tween the ages of seventeen and fif-
ty-f1ve.
Evening star., 1918-11-11

Full arrangements for the national
convention of the League of American
Pen Women to be held in this city
early in January will be made at a
meeting in the headquarters of the
organization. 1923 II street. tonight.
The league proposes to give NAM
moth benefit, the proceeds to be devot-
ed to reconstruction work.
Evening star., 1918-11-11
CITY ITEMS.
Clafin Optical CO.. 9O7 F st.
Constant stock of Artificial Eyes.

Lumber. mill work and Elass. Spe-
cial mill work gotten out in own mill:
large or small orders. Eisineer Eros.
6 and W NV. Phone N: 1173.
Evening star., 1918-11-11
tMenCalIed
to Insure
Unconditional
Surrender

There are opportunities now
and after the war. Men who
desire to prepare themselves for
the army and navy with ad-
vaHced ra,i. AID pay end for in
creased earning power after
the war. should Investigate our
short courses
Our school is the longest
established of its kind in the
city, and has a most thorough
and complete equipment. which
is in charge of Instructors.
We have placed over 500 men
In the service during the past
few months. many Of whom
are commissioned officers. We
assist our graduates to get
into the service. After the
war they can pursue this very
profitable profession
Enroll TODAY in the start
ing this Monday evening. Day
and evening sessions. Estab-
blished here since 1914. Open
. q. m. to p. m NATIONAL
RADIO SCHOOL. 14th and U
SITS. nv. ]. E. SMITH. Director.
Evening star., 1918-11-11
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The first Of u series of lectures ON
the subject of reconStrEctlnS wounded
soldiers will be delivered at the Mason
House, 1906 Goth street, at 2:3O o'clock
Friday afternoon, by Caleb w. OCon-
nor.
The Military Service Legion will
meet tomorrow night in the District
National Guard armory, 412 l. street.
The AI-states' Club will meet at
SIS o'clock Friday evening in the
Church of the Covenant. Friday has
of the club instead of Tuesday.
Arthur A. Alexander has been
named acting secretary of the George
ceed Hugh ]. Fagan, who has been
commissioned a captain in the Army.
All members of the Gamma Phi Beta
portant meeting at 2111 Bancroft
place tomorrow
The executive committee Of the Ma
tional Society of the Daughters OF
Founders and Patriots will meet at
1880 o'clock "Wednesday morning in
the apartment OF Mrs. George Myers,
Stoneleigh Court.
Miss Isabel b. Holbrook, national
lecturer of the Theosophical Society.
addressed the society last night in the
hall of the Washington Lodge. 1915 HI
Htreet. Her topic was Universal
brotherhood"
The second annual dinner of the
woman's Bar Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia will be held Novem-
Der % at the La Fayette Hotel
A meeting of the District Of Colum-
bia branch of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People will be held Wednesday at s
clock at the Twelfth Street Branch
of the y. NJ. c. A.
A meeting Of the Hillsdale Citizens
| Association will be held at the Birney
! School tonight at 8 o'clock.
/ 4 meeting of the Washington Zion
\ lists Circle will be held tonight at
O'Clock at the Eighth Street Temple.
| Full arrangements for the national
convention of the League of American
! Pen Women to be held ip this city
| early in January will be made at a
! meeting in the headquarters of the
| organization. 1923 II street. tonight
| The league proposes to give mann
moth benefit, the proceeds to be devot-
! ed to reconstruction work.
\ Jewelry valued Mt 40 was gtOleh
from the home of Lee Herman. 1914
/ Calvert street, yesterday. Entrance
was gained through side window.
| L, $. Grant Circle, Ladies Of the G.
A. r., will hold the regular monthly
who had been absent from the city
tomorrow evening. Plans will be com
pleted for the reception to be rendered
the president. Mrs. Ella G. Clements
i who had ben absent from the city
the last meeting in November.
.sF:nd of the Road" n picture film
, is to be presented by the Business
Woman's Council of the Y. W. c. A. al
! / o'clock tomorrow night at Wesley
Chapel, 5th and F streets. Miss Caro-.
! line Calvin, dean of women of the
University of Maine, Is to make q
short address. A lecture on Social
Hygiene" is to follow the picture
| show. ----- -.
Evening star., 1918-11-11
Full arrangement. for the nationa

Z meeting OF the " aNh1nHtOn ZION
lists Circle will be held tonight at
O'Clock at the Eighth Street Temple.
Evening star., 1918-11-11

A meeting of the Hillsdale Citizens
Association will be held at the Birney
School tonight at 8 o'clock.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
The Dixie-Overland.

Leland J. Henderson. Field Secre-
tary. and Will Mercer. VicepreSident
for Louisiana of the Dixie-O Overland
Highway Association. have just reach
ed Shreveport from Il highly successful
trip Of organization of the parishes of
Madison lat Tallulah). Richland tat
Rayville). Ouachita (at Monroe), Lin
coin TAT Rustom. Bienville TAT Area
dia) and Webster tat NIinden) into
Parish Committees to push the con-
struction Of that road across the state,
along the w.. s. and L. Railroad. from
VickSburg to the Texas line.
They will hold Il joint meeting for
Caddo and BOSSier Parishes at the City
Hall in Shreveport ut ,: 30 o'clock pm.
tomorrow friday to organize these
two parishes
At the present time Louisiana is the
only one of the eight states through
which the road passes which has not
either completed its portion of this
road or made arrangements to do so.
and unless the people Interested do not
get busy and begin work we may not
get the road through the state The
organization hopes to get some mate
rial assistance from the Federal Gov
eminent in the near future and is
using all its resources and energies at
this time in that direction
All are urgently requested to attend
the meeting.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
Emma Dots.

Monday. Feb. 11.-Mr. Boyd made IL
trip to Spring Hill Saturday.
Mr.. J. +. McCann. of Webster, was a
visitor in our community the latter
part of last week.
Mr.. Walter McDullie has RECENTLY
moved to the new residence Just erect
ell by MIR. j. :. Giles on his farm.
Messrs. J. G. Thomas and ID. H.
Cole made Il trip to Benton one day
last week in the interest of our school.
From the looks of the weather. one
would judge spring must not be far off.
Most Of us will be glad to see the good
Old summer time again.
Good Eye" is informed. from a re-
liable source. that Mr.. Dave Collie, who
resides near Emma, was around one
day last week taking subscriptions to
the Bossier Banner MIR. Collie is hav
ing good success in the work. and he
thinks everybody in the parish should
take the home paper. as it is the only
one giving YOU the home news. Also.
1t Is OF especial benefit in every home
where there is Il member subject TO
army service. SO let's encourage Mr..
zone all we can. GOOD EYE.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
Your Own Home Column
state aid will be extended the project

state aid will be extended the project,
he said.
Looks like wet moon, don't it!
But the rains seem slow in coming.
Mr. Will Mccall. of the Brownlee
community. who called by Monday.
was driving new Ford car.
Mrs Sigurd Olson left Tuesday for
an extended visit at her former home
town. Wilcox, Nebr.. where her mother
still resides.
Miss Lille Mae Williams. one of
the former teachers in Benton High
School, was a weekend guest of Miss
Winnie Brownlee.
Mrs. Il. l.. Strobe returned home
Sunday afternoon from TeXarkana,
Ark, where she spent three days with
relatives and friends.
-" am always anxious to read the
Banner to see what has happened in
old BOSSier," writes Mr.. John CarStar-
Ehen. now located in huston. Along
with his message came a remittance on
subscription.
Things have been too much in IL
jam in this office this week for us to
make anything like Il good local clean
up" The indulgence of the Banners
readers is asked, but we feel that all
hut this page are well up to eXpecta-
tons.
DIR. u. J. McAnn, of Atkins. who
called one day this week. stated that
one more practicing physician than he
parish-namely. DIR. H. w. Scotield. of
BosSiei City. That Makes % per cent
of the BosSier doctors now with the
cOlors.
Mrs. George +. DemoSs. who re-
sides near Plain Dealing. in making Il
subscription remittance. writes us
Please let the dear old Banner keep
coming. for we can't get along without
it. Even our little three year old son
asks about the Banner He letters the
name in large characters-so you see
we have Il fine little SON.
AS is to I've seen from statement
published elsewhere on this page of
the Banner, the winners of the three
purses offered by Hon. w. c. Hughes.
of Hughes Spur. to the pupils of the
parish We're won by Annie Lou Sentell
Mary Pope Ogilvie and Gladys Bum
gardner. representing the Plain Deal
iYu Hnnfnn nd 1nSSSny. (itx- ui.rl,
Schools, respectively. 1t is quite likely
an additional purse Of say $50 or $40
will he offered for War-Stamp sales
made during the month of March. and
if so. the Banner hopes to see all the
schools of the parish. large and small
enter into contest. Watch for further
announcements.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
Grand Jury Report.

10 the Honorable Judge 0f the Sec0nd ~
dieidl District, for the Parish of Bossier,
State Of Louisiana.
We. the Grand Jury for the Febru-
AIRY term of Court, 1913, do respect
fully submit this. our final report, and
beg to be relieved from further duties
at this time.
We began work the morning of Feb
ruary 4th and have been in session
each day since. We have examined
thirty-One cases. and have found
twenty-One true bills, six no bills, and
have continued for further investiga-
ton four cases.
We have examined the Jail and the
Court House, and found the Jail iii Il
good and sanitary condition. and the
Court House in fair condition.
We wish to extend our thanks to the
Judge. Sheriff. District Attorney and
Clerk for their kind and courteous
treatment while discharging our du-
ties. Respectfully submitted,
n. w. SENTELL. Foreman.
JOHN L. STACEY, CLERK.
Benton. La, Feb. e. 1918.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
Who Will Swap?

! have at present one. more mule than
| need and will trade for good milk
cow Must he fresh in milk. Apply at
my plantation home. Arnold place
tBenton and Bossier City gravel road)
or address Benton, Route ..
Oft e. Il. SMIIH.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
The War-Stamp Sale.

| regret to report that only Il few of
our schools have made report on the
number and amount Of Thrift Stamps
and War-Savings Stamps sold during
the month of January.
Following is summary Of the sales
made by schools having made reports !:
Annie Lou Sentell. Plain Dealing
High School, $3.50
Mary Pope Ogilvie, Benton High
School, $2I1.
Gladys Bumgardner, Bossier City
High School. $246.
HauShton High School, $G6.
Linton School, $50.
Red Land School, $15.
Princeton School, $17J.
We hope to hear from all schools i'll
the hear future. at which time we will
have results published.
Very respectfully,
w. A. FoRTsoN, Parish Sup't.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
The Constipation Evil

There is no ailment to which -
body is subject that is 80 far reaca1
in its injurious effects as constipatlI
It means q congestion Of the noT n.
and usually causes SICK headaesi
pains in the back, sour sto,,iscn,. y
low complexion, offensive DreaMs
loss Of appetite. When you ~ ~
from any Of these ills, take 2 y
doses Of Granger Liver Reguia,ss
You win be surprised how qalcs s,
restores your normal health. Co.
Liver Regulator contains no ca,C a.
and produces none of its d;stIes -
effects. Ithas. however, all tce a
receive value Of calorel. and T z y n 4
freely given to children as wen Z. I. !; 4
adults. Granger Liver Regula's y /; &
also free from alcohol. a Do1 =. -
lasts long, and a few doses rai,cs. M =
binary cases Of oil;ousness 80. .,l.
Liver Regulator is SOLD ~ tir r!.es 4
everywhere at 25c 2 boz. keluss
substitutes as there Is TO osnes 80. ,.
enc ia5t.:kc Granger Liver So
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14

MIR. r. " Lowery has furnished
his new address as Mansfield. For sew
eral years he was located at HaughtOn.
Mr.. John Bumgardner has written
the Banner TO say: Please change my
address from Jackson Barracks. New
Orleans. to Fort st. Phillips. La
Mrs. $. H. lowell and her daugh-
ter. Miss Monola May Dowell, both of
Shreveport. and Corporal Raymond
Webb. of Camp Pike. Ark. spent yes
terday in Benton as guests ut the home
of Mrs. Elizabeth Dawson.
Cotton Census Enumeration J. H.
Simmons has reported that prior to
January 10th there were 29.91O bales
of cotton gnned in Bossier Parish from
the crop of 1917. as compared with
$500 EaIes for the corresponding date
of last year.
Court has continued in session all
this week and its criminal cases for the
term will perhaps not be finished up
until Saturday afternoon. In next
a list of the criminal cases disposed of
and the sentences of all found guilty.
We learn that Mr.. Hugh Alison
has been transferred to Company 1877.
Motor Machine Signal Corps, and is
now stationed at Fort Hancock. Ga.
He is the youngest son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. s. Alison, whose plantation home Is
several miles out from Benton.
Tie Secretary for the Speakers
Bureau of the State Council Of De
Tense has wired the Banner to an
nounce that MesSrs. Hewitt BOuan-
chand and L. NJ Stafford will speak in
Benton Monday of next week at 2:3o
o'clock PM i'll the interest Of the third
Liberty Loan.
Some days ago the Banner had Il
letter from Lieut.. Robert II. Lee. who
is now stationed at Goose Creek. Tex.
He writes that he and Mrs. Lee until
some weeks ago Miss Marion Arnold,
of this place. are now keeping house
across the bay. some three miles from
the company's station, in the oil field.
A neat little card has come to the
Banner from Shreveport reading as
follows: Announcing the arrival of
Mary Alice ON February II, 1913. Mr..
and Mrs. ~ S. Brown" Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown are well known in Benton and
among the readers of the Banner gen
orally, and there will be many to join
the writer in extending them congr;ltu-
lations over the arrival Of this. their
first little one.
Hon. J. T. Many. of Plain Dealing
who called around to see us while here
yesterday. stated that the preliminary
survey for the improved road to he
constructed up in District No. ; had
just been completed The distance of
tile proposed route-frOm the Ward
Two line to the Arkansas line-is IL
little more than twenty miles. \ big
deIosit"of rock suitable for road con-
Str,IctiOn has been located near Collins
burg, and the same will no doubt lie
made Use of in the construction of this
road. When finally completed Mr..
Many thinks it will he about as pretty
stretch of road as is to he found any.
where. the saRie following the old road
for the greater part of its course. The
prospect is that Federal as well as
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
H. BODENHEIMER & SONS
Fire, Casualty, Tornado,
Insurance
Surety Bonds---Best Companies
Shreveport, La.
Examination for Postmaster.

Examination for Postmaster.
\ circular letter that has come to
the Banner. with request for publica-
ton, reads as follows:
''On March 9TH an examination will
be held for the position of postmaster
at Benton. La. This office has an an
nual compensation Of $1,000 per annunl.
To be eligible for this examination
an applicant must he IL citizen of the
United States. must actually reside
within the delivery limits Of the office
and have so resided at the time the
present vacancy occurred
Applicants must have reached the
twenty first but not their eixty-fifth
birthday Oh the date Of the examina-
ton.
Application Form 3O4 may he secur-
ed from the postmaster at Benton. La.
or from the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission. Washington. u. G.
The applications must lie properly exc
c,ted and filed with the Civil Service
Commission, at Washington. u. c.. in
time for the applicants to receive cards
admitting them to the examination.
The examination will he held by
]. +. Phillips. Local Secretary, Mt the
Federal building. Shreveport. La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
LIBERTY BOND MEETING

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.l
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
Free EioWef Seed
hastings' CatalogIlo
Tells You About

No matter whether you farm q 4
large scale or only plant vegetable
or flowers in a small way, you nj
Hastings 1918 Seed Catalogue. "
ready now and we have a copy q
you absolutely free, if you write fcrh
mentioning the name of this papef.
In addition to showing you about =
the varieties of vegetables, IAN
grass, clover and flower seeds, g.
catalogue tells how you can get r.
five splendid varieties of easily grow
yet beautiful flowers, with which =
beautify your home surroundings.
Good seeds of almost every g.
are scarce this season, and you car,
afford to take chances in your 50
supply. Hastings Seeds are depeue
able seeds, the kind YOU can alwsy
depend on having good luck" with
You are going to garden or IAN
this spring. Why not insure succ1
so far as possible by starting with "
right seed? Don't take chances u
you do not have to in seeds. ~.
Write today for Hastings lM.
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14

nothing short Of crime to send our
boys to the training. camps and the
trenches and hcn consume the supplies
thcD must haze. or refuse to advance IL
loan in their interest. Our own open
competition has caused them to some
times suffer because of a lack of cloth
ing-and sometimes to be drilled rith-
ont guns.
Think of all these things. my hear
ers. Don't burn one unnecessary drop
Of gasoline. Roll that car of yours into
its garage and don't let it be run one
unnecessary mile. Don't take your
pleasure trips. You farmers must
learn that this is no picnic for you.
Keep your wants within bounds Of the
demand of the hour think of your
duty-observe the meatless and wheat
less days and meals-and lend Of your
unprecedented income to the Govern
ment in its hour Of peril
Following the addresses above re-
ported the permanent organization for
the parish in the solicitation for sub
scriptions to the Liberty Loan was an
nounced. the officers being as follows !:
President-W. Fl. Hodges, jr.
First VicepreSident-R. Z. StinsOn.
Second Vice President. Perry.
Ward ONE. L. McI}ade.
Ward Two. q. Logan.
Ward Three-N. w. Sentell.
Ward Four-N. w. Stewart.
Ward tive-L Nj. Burks.
Ward Sikh. q. McDade
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
Delco.Li@ht
Saves Time and Labor

Saves Time and Labor
Increases Farm Efficiency
The average farmer and his family
spend many hours each week turning
the washing machine. churn. cream
separator. etc. and doing other nom
productive chores.
This is serious condition. especially
in view Of the present labor shortage.
and the heavy demands which are
being made upon farmers for in
creased production.
Electricity is the best solution of this
problem. Delco-Lght provides plenty
of good, clean, safe electric light, and
also electric power for operating the
machines now being turned by hand
Delco-Light enables the farmer to do
his work quicker and better. and
saves hours of valuable time
every day which can he
devoted to prOduc-
tive work.
L. C. DAVIS, Dealer
2I8 Texas Street. Shreveport
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
Wanted

TO trade a 1913 Ford Touring Car Body
for Runabout Body. Apply at once
at the Banner Office. or address the I'M
dersigned ut Benton. s. OLSON.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14
Cotton Quotations.

To-day's Shreveport cotton quota
tons We're as follows:
Ordinary. p. cents.
Good ordinary. 26h cents.
Low middling. 2S cents.
Middling. 29h cents.
Good middling, 81 cents.
Receipts for the day. 80 bales.
Receipts to date. 1891 bales.
Shipments to date 14Q.S7S bales
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-02-14

10 the Honorable Judge 0f the Second JM
dicidl District, for the Parish of BOssier
State Of Louisiana.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-26
Army of Workers
Under "CeneraP
Works on Campus

The ring OF picks. axes and shov.
els was heard over the University OF
Washington campus all day Friday.
as students and sailors from the ma.
val training station proceeded To the
business OF Campus day.
Professor Edmond $. Meany be.
comes Cen. Meauy ON Campus day,
directing the efforts OF his army OF
workers In all parts OF the field.
At noon 200 hungry workers sat
down at long tables on the green.
placed to form n huge wv" "A custom
OF - years. Only those who carried
workers tag. testifying that they
had worked for Washington. were
seated
Enlargement OF the womcu's ath-
lctiC field was one OF the biggest
pieces of work in hand The sites OF
the old Law and Education buildings
were cleared and leyeled, Thousands
Of young willows were put out In the
marshV ground along the lake shore
20 solidify the ground for future con
struCtion work.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-26
Perfect Health Is Yours
If the Blood Is Kept Pure

It's torturlng pains. Catrrh. often a
forcrunner OF dread consumption
Scrofula. Eczema. letter Erysipelas
and other dlsfiEurinE skin diseases.
Malaria. which makes the strongest
men helpless. and many other dis
vases are the direct result OF impure
blood
You can easily avoid an Of these
diseases. ana rid the system OF them.
hy the use ~ :. $. X. the wonderful
blood remedy that has been IN con
slant use for more than fifty years
y 4 s cloanses the blood thorough
~. and routs every vcstige OF i'm
purity. II IL sold by druggists cv.
sryV here.
For valuable literature and med.
ical advice absolutely free. write to.
day 90 the Medical Dept. Swift Spc-
cific Company. t33 swif, Laboratory.
Atlanta. Ga.