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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-09-19
Louisiana.

Hon. Jared Y. Sanders. former Gov
Congress from the Sixth District by an
overwhelming majority.
Floyd George, of Glenmora, was
found dead near Alexandria Tuesday.
His skull had been crushed and his
pockets rified. There. was no clew to
the assassin.
John X. parr0tt, aged seventy-nine
years. died Tuesday at his home i'll
Zwoile. He was Confederate veteran
and was wounded April 0, 1864, at the
battle of Mansfield.
Adjutant General McCrOry has re-
ceiyed telegram from Provost Mar
shal General Crowder notifying him to
instruct local draft boards to begin
mailing queStionnaires on the 18th
yesterday.
The Council of Defense of Rapides
Parish has adopted a resolution requir
! ing all skilled and unskilled labOrers
| white and black, male and female
within that parish to register OH the
| 2Stl. This includes those between the
ages of seventeen and fifty-fiye years.
| At a conference in New Orleans
Monday Ex-Governor Hall withdrew
from the race for the nomination Il.
United States Senator. This leave.
Hon. T.. J. Gay. Of lberville. as the
nominee. He will take his seat durin:
| November. Immediately after the elec
ton. His term of Office will expire
March 4, 1921.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-09-19
William Jackson (c), Plain Dealing.
Nm lol II

William Jackson (c), Plain Dealing.
Walter jackson (cl, Bossier City.
vassa 4. Thompson (wl, Bossier City.
Elic q. Peterson (w). Bossier City.
Sterling W. Candy (w), Bossier City.
Vernon II. Culpepper (w), Shreveport.
Roy {. YarbrOugh tw). Bossier City.
Evrard w. Cape (w), Bossier City.
James NJ. Boykin twl, Bossier City.
Ben Bagley (wl, Shreveport (3).
Sam Powell tw). Bossicr City.
Sam Clayborn twb, Shreveport CD.
Dave johnson tw), Shreveport (3D.
&. B. johnson twp, shreveport 81.
Anderson Mctiraw lw), Benton.
Ed Regency tw), Bossier City.
George johnson tw), Shreveport (:D.
Louis Walter (w), Shreveport (3).
John Gresham (w), Allendale.
Emmett D.sTaylor (w), Bossier City.
John Il. Newbegin (w). Texarkana, Al
Sam Brown tc). Lewisville, Ark.
John 4. 1Iillin twl. Bossicr City.
John +. Chandler (w), BOssier city.
Ernest A. Chapman (wl. Shreveport (::'
Alvin +. Gardener tw). McDade.
Governor Davis (c), BOssier City.
William F Reynolds (wp, Bossier City.
Johnnie Street tc), Shreveport t3).
Ice johnson (c), Shreveport 90.
Dock Smith (cl. Bossier City.
Charles Easily tcD, Alden Bridge.
Frank Moore tc), Shreveport (3).
John London (c), Shreveport t3D.
bolton Collins tcl. Shreveport t:b.
Eddie Swift tcD, Shreveport to.
Robert G.. Nelson tw). Allendalc.
Richard y. Whitten twD. Allendalc.
Joe .Adger Hitler twD, Bossier city.
Travis II. Mccraw twl. Allcndale.
Bud Roe tw), Shreveport CD.
Wilson W. Hefiin (wt. Shreveport.
UrbOn w. lIutchings twD, Bossicr city.
Rufus T.. Mcdonald tw), Bossier city.
Jesse A. sutton twb, Bossier city.
Ike Anderson tc), Allcndale.
John l.. Claiborne lc). Allcndalc.
Z Arthur Baltimore tcl, Allendale.
TOOm Collins tc), Shreveport t3).
Joseph q. Rickerson (w), Shreveport (a)
Joe Il. Oncal tw), Bossier City.
George W. Robertson (wD. Bossier city.
Mcrideth b. CLANCY (wD, Bossier City.
simon Love tw). BOssier City.
Thomas Il. Pearce twy, Shreveport CD.
William NJ. Mccall twl, Benton (2p.
Thoas j. Gilchrist tw). B0ssier city.
Jake Shaw (cp. Bossier city.
Newt Wesley te). Bossier City.
Allen Barnes tcD, Shreveport tsD.
william +. lIarty twp, Bossier city.
William \. Allen twD, Bossier city.
William =. Byas tw). Bossier city.
Il. W. Plunkett twl. Bossier city.
Il. J. Coffee (w). B0ssier City.
NJ. \. Brown tw,, BOssier city.
John W. Mccollie tw), Shreveport t;y.
W. I. Gayle twp. Benton.
Ernest Collins tc), Benton t2).
John Jackson tcD, Shreveport t:;D.
Elijah Burton lei. Bossicr City.
Willie Jones te). Bossier City.
Jerry Fulwo0d tcD, Shreveport CD.
Zen Sherman tcD. Bossier City.
Nathan johnson tel. Shreveport t3D.
Matt Breckinridge tcp. Bossicr City.
George Wesley tc,, Bossier city.
James Jones tc), Alcndale.
Drury r. Sorrell twD, Bossier City.
John Henry Casey (w), Elm Grove.
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Washington, D. C..

1t has Eeen announced that it is
planned to held the drawing for the
draft Oh October I'd.
The President and Cabinet have con-
Sidered the latest so-called peace pro-
posals of Germany and Austria. and
within thirty minutes rejected the doc
ument, stating that the United States
some time ago defined its position, and
fro nit there is no intention to recede.
A dispatch dated Monday states that
29.916 negro registrants are wanted for
general military duty. to be entrained
between the 18th and 9th. Louisia-
mas quota is 300. Also. that Isl, ,S3S
men are wanted for entrainment before
October 18th. OF these 142.0OO will he
whites. Lcuisiana's quota is-whites,
146G; colored. 259.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-09-19
OuestiOnnaires Mailed
10 and 36-Year Men

Provost Marshal General Crcwder
has issued an order to all local draft
Eo;lrds to begin mailing uuestionnaires
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-01
A "LEGLESS. COMPANY

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. Usually
q man who has lost his legs is not
greatly sought after by employers.
Kansas City boasts of one firm, how
ever, by whom he is welcomed. This
business house is probably without a
counterpart in the world, so far at all
events as its personnel is concerned.
Its business Is the manufacture of ar
tificial legs, and the three partners
can only muster two sound natural
legs among them.
Every employee of the firm, too, is
minus at least one leg. Even the
young women stenographers are more
or less legless, while the firms trav-
cling men carry their samples about
with them without being burdened
with sample cases to hold them.
Their star drummer in fact, car
ries two, for he lost both his legs sew
eral years ago in a railroad accident
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-01
(By Associated Press.)

London, July 31.-"The moth and
the flame" is a little game of hide and
seek which is played over London a.
night now and then, the moth being
an aviator of the city's defense forces
and the flame a searchlight designed
to dazzle the German Gothas when
they come in droves to lombard the
metropolis.
These "rehearsals" take place at in
tervals, the director of searchlights
being notified in advance that an al
lied machine is to ascend, but neither
the time nor the locality are given.
Then the game of the fame Is to find
the moth, and keep the rays of the
searchlight fastened upon the flying
machine.
To Londoners, the airplane appears
like a great moth, or white speck
in the sky, and the searchlight's ray
reminds one of great white ribbon
extending from the earth to the air
plane and beyond.
And the moth dives and darts and
flutters about and sometimes man
ages to dodge the flame, but not for
long. Down below Londoners are
craning their necks and enjoying the
game to the fullest extent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-01

In their stead he now uses two OF his
firms products, each Of a different
pattern, and which he willingly un-
screws when the occasion demands in
order to exhibit their advantage to
prospective customers.
Orders come from all parts Of the
world, and school is held, either by
correspondence, or at the companys
Offices, to teach people to walk on
their artificial legs. Altogether some
two hundred thousand persons have
been put on their feet" by this
curiously stated company COM
pany which, speaking figuratively,
may be said to have hardly leg to
stand upon.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-01
THE ARITHMETIC OF VICTORY

There is no question that the bril-
liant results gained by General Foch's
counter-drive were made possible
solely through the presence of 1,O00,-
100 American troops in France.
Not more than a quarter Of that
number, perhaps, have actually been
in battle, and it is not likely that any
more than an equal number were en-
gagged in transport, engineering work,
ETC., back of the lines. Half million
more, then, may be assumed to have
taken no part whatever, directly or
Indirectly, in the Allied counter often
sive, because their training was not
fully completed or because they were
held as ultimate reserves. The pres
ence, however, Of that surplus half
million was a guarantee of security,
which helped to make the blow posi-
BILE.
Everyone by this time realizes the
.enormous value of Foch's drive to the
Allied cause. And every observer is
moved to this reflection:
If we can accomplish SO much when
We have only million men in France,
and half of them fresh arrivals. at a
time when the German army is sup
posedly at the height of its power,
what can we accomplish when we
have twice that number of trained
troops on the ground, and the Ger
mans are weaker in numbers and low
er in morale, as they will surely be-?
And who can stand against Foch's le-
g,ons when he has 100000 or 5,OOO,-
COO Americans available?
We have more than million and a
quarter of men in France today. We
shall surely have 100000 there be-
fore the present fighting season.
ends. We shall have no less than
100000 ready for business when the
campaign opens next spring. We can
continue pouring Yankees into France
throughout next summer as we have
done in the past two months. II nee
essary, we can have 100000 trained
men there before the fall Of 1919.
France, Britain and Italy, we may as
sumo, will maintain their fighting ef-
f'ciency at or near the present level
We represent practically clear gain.
A new phase Of the war has def
nitely opened. It is the American
phase, and 1t marks the beginning OF
the last chapter Of German domino.
ton. Final victory is absolutely as
sured. It is only a question Of the
time 1t will take to complete what was
begun in the middle of this July. THAI
time will be determined by the rapid.
ity with which we land our troops II
France ready for action. Henceforth
the war is a comparatively simple
problem in arithmetic Peters
burg Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-01
IL Boys Now In France
Once Orphans In The
Children's Home

achievements Of their foster sons.
One proud foster father came in
to Mr.. Fagg's Office few weeks ago
with as fine a specimen Of real man.
hood as could be found anywhere,
and told Mr.. Fagg that his son had a
message that he wanted to leave with
the society before he sailed to serve
in France, and this was the, young
mans message:
For Mother and Daddy
"Mr. Fagg, dad has come with me
from home to see me off as far as
he can on my way to France. He
and nanny have loved and cared for
me as their very own and ! am going
to France to give my life If needed
to defend them and their home-as
well as to kill brutality, and the kais-
er. | wanted to stop off here in
Jacksonville to personally thank you
,! as the superintendent of the society
for having taken me in when was
abandoned by my own people, and for
placing me in such a fine Christian
home.
when | get to France / want you
! to know that shall fight for the free
dom of the world, for the love of my
country and my God-for the protec-
ton of my dad and nanny, and will
try to bring honor to the Children's
Home Society of Florida, without
whose aid and care | probably would
have either died from neglect, Or
been brought up in ignorance and sin.
Goodbye, Daddy Fagg, and don't for
get to pray for me, will your
1.-THE Homes Service Flag.
This lad expressed the feeling Of
the other 11-and no parents any
where in America have more gladly
given them our sons, or been more
proud of their own, than the foster
parents of those fine manly dozen.
Il you visit the receiving home of
the Home Society any early morning
you will see lad of IA years pull
upon the Flagstaff and adjoining the
open air building-the Stars and
Stripes-and beautiful service flag
with IL bright stars. You will be
proud Of the IL former orphans and
homeless Riddles who have gone to
the front. You will see lad who
said to Daddy Fagg last night after
he had carefully lowered the flags
and folded them away till the next
morning: Daddy Fagg, don't you
suppose there would be any place at
all for good husky boy like l am
in the navy? want to be rear ad-
miral, and put another service star
in the Home society's flag"
Don't You Need One In Your Home +?
! And then II you look around bit
you will see q bunch of homeless and
needy kiddies-ever one Of which the
Home Society is to place into some
very carefully selected family home
where they, too, will be brought up
to lives of real usefulness-and If
you're a real American you'll say,
well, by Jinks, that's a great work
sure enough" And then If you want
to be partner in the continuance of
that kind of service-that which
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-01
State Society Reclaimed Lads and
Gave Them Foster Parents
When They Were Infants
(St. Petersburg Times)

Frank G. Johnston, secretary of the
Children's Home Society of Florida,
located in Jacksonville, who is now
here visiting his brother-in-law, j.
Frank Harrison, calls attention to an
article recently written by Marcus G.
Fagg, manager Of the home, who
cites the fact that IL boys who were
once waits picked up by the society,
are now fighting for Uncle Sam in
France.
The article as published in the
Jacksonville Metropolis reads as fol-
lows:
Over in France today with Uncle
Sans fine army of boys in khaki are
a half dozen young lads-doing their
level best-ready to lay down their
lives if necessary for this good old
land Of ours and in order that the de-
mon of kaiserism may be forever ban
ished from the earth.
These six lads-together with
three other fine chaps with Uncle
Sans navy--two others in camps
ready for the order to go-and one
fine boy just leaving Jacksonville
with the latest group of volunteers
with the fighting marines-12 sturdy
young men in all-should be of espe-
cial interest to Floridians everywhere
for they were all homeless, aban-
doned orphans and helpless Riddles
only decade ago-little youngsters
cast adrift here and there throughout
the state-who were fortunate
enough to come under the care and
protection of 'Florida's Greatest
Charity" the Children's Home Socie.
ty of Florida, which organization
placed the little fellows out in care.
fully selected family homes, where
by love, care, education and proper
training they have grown up to young
manhood-and are now taking their
stand for the homes that took them
in when they were homeless and in
distress.
Organizations Service to State
The Children's Home Society of
Florida is mighty proud of these fine
soldier and sailor boys-and feels that
1t is a fair indication of the value of
their great work in the care and
protection of Florida's kiddies In
need, and real proof of the fact
that nine out of 10 children can be
saved to useful lives-if they can
only have the proper home care and
training.
The Home society would like to
publish the names of the fine fellows,
but the foster parents, who have
raised these boys as their very own,
do not want their friends and neigh.
bors and some of the boys them.
selves to know that hese boys were
not their very own-though they have
proudly sent in word to Superin-
tendent Marcus G. Fagg of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-01
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In Court Of the County Judge; Polk County
State OF Florida-In re estate Of E. j. Yates,
deceased.
To all creditors legatees, distributes, and
all persons having claims or demands against
said estate:
You and each Of you are hereby notified
and required TO present any claims and de-
mands which you or either Of you may have
against the estate Of Z. j. Yates, deceased.
late OF Polk county. Florida, to the under
igned administrator Of said estate within two
ears from date hereof
Dated June Is. 1918.
o. K. PASS,
e45-Thurs. P. o, Address, Sydney, Fla
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-01

President Wilson says there is no
more patriotic duty"-you will sit
down and send the society a check
that will help build some for citizens,
who in future years will take your
place and help in protecting the home
of the free and the land of the brave.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-01

It takes about 10000 cars Of food
products weekly to feed the people
of New York City.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-01
JOHN B. STETSON UNIVERSITY

JOHN b. SlElSON ONIVENOIl
LINCOLN HUXLEY, Php, LTD, LID, President
DeLAND, FLORIDA
SEND NOW FOR A cATALoG
THE GRADUATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Master OF Arts and
THE COLLEGE or LIBERAL FOR MENTwntyone depart
in ALL
separate dormioies.
THE COLLEGE practice in Florida without
ination.
degrees
THE COLLEGE Especially Florida teachers
THE BUSINESS Banking Bookkeeping Shorthand
Typewrting.
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for all high grade colleges.
THE SCHOOL OF MECHANIC ARTS-For boys and
THE SCHOOL VIOLIN voice.
work
THE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
SPECIAL ATTENTION IS CALLED TO
Preliminary observation-disclosures Biology Organic
Inorganic Chemistry qualitative and quantave analysis Agri
cultural Chemistry, Mineracgy Geology, etc.
Biology Anatomy, Bacteriol
ogy Zoology Botany General Chemistry Inorganic
Qualitative Cumulative Chem
Physics.
Religious Biblical Literature, History
English Psychology, Pedagogy Ethics Logic and Theism
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28
WOMEN NAY Up
SET CUSTOM IN
The COMMONS
English Women Are Beginning to
Understand Parliament
tary Questions.
United Press.)

London, Nov. 6. tBy Mail)-Mem-
bers of the House of Commons stand
3selfaccused. ms women are beginning
10 understand why three as so much
opposition on the question of their
being allowed to sit in Parliament.
aThe House OF Commons is not a fit
and proper place for respectable women
to sit in SAID Sir Hedworth MeuN,
making a speech in regard TO the pro.
posal. u oppose this resolution" he con
ti5lued, mot because | do not love the
female sex. but because / adore women.
But is it a proper thing for women
to be sitting here until II O'Clock at
night? When we sit until 2 and 8 in
the morning the historic cry of Who
goes home?' i'll become Who will take
me home??n
In future the big Strangers Gallery
will be open to women as well as men.
but the Ladies' Gallery will still con
tlnue to be restricted to the exclusive
use of women. so that whatever of
privileged sex position still remain in
Parliament will be to the advantage
of the gentle sex. Thus are the tables
turned.
Many amusing queries are being put
to preplexed politicians. The concen-
trafed wisdom of q thousand years had
made rules, and the rules have been
for the men only. One thing that be.
comes q problem is the etiquette of the
hat. A rule in this connection is that
If q member wishes to address the
House lie must remain .~aauncovered.' .
Male members now have visions of the
new woman member standing up TO
remove her latest Paris creation. OF
necessity she must have a mirror to
arrange her d~isheyelled locks. Another
point of etiauette DEGREES that when
rising to speak in debate the member
must be covered Viii she in her
hurry grab the hat off the head of the
nearest victim so as to be in order?
This hat problem becomes more and
more complicated as matters proceed.
When q member is referred to in a
speech by another MISUNDERSTANDING
in the case of a compliment from a
Minister land the male members gloom
lily forsee that women will get the lions
share Of thesey-he acknowledge it BY
raising his hal. BY the time the female
member has finished wrestling with
half q dozen hatpins the Minister will
be through with his compliment and
on TO he next subject for debate.
These, and many other similar prob
lens are veNing political etiquette.
What S going to happen in Parliament
if all the formalities and rules are to
be swept away II a tempestuous whirl
Of p~etticoats? The honorable male mem
bers don't know-but the women de-
clare that the time thus saved will be
spent in making mrnon-se laws
flor the good of mankind.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28
tai WILL
GIVE AID TOCOn-
MERGE ABROAD
By United Press.)

Rome, Nov. II. a3y Mail9-Italian
chambers of abroad are to
be unified, subsidized. and r~eorganized,
as one Italian peacetime measure for
rehabilitatiHg commerce.
Henceforth chambers of commerce
will form Integral parts of the Italian
consular service. Officials Of the son.
sular service viii be ex-officio members
of the executive committees. The Ital-
ian government will subsidize the cham
bers, for their work for development of
italian industries and m wher.
yer they are situated.
Membership in the chambers viii be
confined to Italian subjects and firms.
Italian chambers of commerce. in tft
large American cities are expected u
lose in numbers of members, but gain
in power, through the new laws,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28
] / [ 8
~ &SSyS
SHARE TH0uGH1
fBy United Press.

London; NOV, & iBy Maily-Twn
topics are uppermost in the nations
mind today-peace and pigs.
The great pig question is being
argued north south, east and west.
Tie government sent olt 4 notice
that Ill pigowners must XIII HEIR pigs
before Christmas owing to lack Of
suitable food: whereupon the pig con-
troller, with III in his eye and
sob in his heart, rose and asked the
nation why hadn't he been consulted.
I'm g pathetic speech he showed how
the government had taken Tins action
right over his head, and as ali pigs
We're to be killed before Christmas
his position as pig controller was
ridiculous and therefore ~untenable.
Wherefore he resigned-amid the
%squealing Of hundreds of little pigs
who thought they'd rather be con.
trolled than killed.
But the public doesn't mean to let
this pig question die SO easily.
Pigs nus and shall be reared. SO
pig-lovers are organizing house to
house collections OF garbage in order
20 keep the prospect of pork. If they
are b to keep the pigs going this
way, the government might be induc.
ed to rescind the death sentence.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

On the Orca;. which sailed NOV. go
from Liverpool for New York: 470th
aero squadron, 2 officers and 1917 en-
listed men. Al aero squadron, 3 olff-
GERS and 141 enlisted men: 473th aero
squadron, 6 officers and 125 enlisted
men; 47ath aero squadron, 4 officers
and lao enlisted men; 240th aero
squadron, 2 officers and ZIG enlisted
men; 260th ;lero squadron, 2 officers
and 226 enlisted men; 2G1th aero
squadron 3 officers and IA enlisted
me n; s06th aero squadron, . officers
and AZ enlisted men; $3.50 aero squad
ron, 3 officers Ind 119 enlisted men;
Sssttsl aero squadron, A officers and So
enlisted men: a331st aero squadron, D
officers and 1D6 enlisted men: S3gtll
aero SQUADRON A officers and t09 en-.
listed mon: S52d aoro squadron, 4 Off
GERS and 125 enlisted men; Sd constcup-
ton company. air service, 4 officers
ind las enlisted men, casual medical
st.cEas ment. 4 officers and ~ entitled
nle,a. Total, 50 officers and 1874 ets.
listed men.
1titsa vessels are expected TO arrive
in New York aboat tile end Of tho
month.
sTne 7.a00 nov ~elsroute home con-
sisting Of 3S2 officers and et614 men.
win be followed soon By other units pf
the 10000 American troops ID train
Ing il England.