The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-04-06
Local and
Personal
Mr.. r, E. Wyche made a business trip
to Lewisville, Ark, this week.

Mr.. R. E. Wyche made business trip
to Lewisville, Ark, this week.
Mr.. M. S. Bolinger, of Bolinger, was
a business visitor in Benton Friday.
Mr.. G. A. WATSON, of Doyline, was
guest of Mr.. B. A. Kelly this week.
See the notice of the wild cat and dog
fight which appears under our " Dime a
Line" head.
Mr.. Allen Lee is again acting as as
sistant to Agent w. P. Pollard, of the
Cotton Belt.
Misses Sina Dinkins and Myra Taylor
spent Saturday and Sunday with Plain
Dealing friends.
Messrs. C.. T. Floyd, Jud Logan and C.
A. Anderson, Jr., of Emma, were in
Benton yesterday.
Mrs. J. P. Harrell, of Mount Lebanon,
was the guest of Mrs. J. M. Hickson, a
few days last week.
M. H. H. Montgomery, President of
the Plain Dealing Bank, was in Benton
on business yesterday.
Miss Mary Land, OF Shreveport, spent
several days of last week in Benton as a
guest of Mrs. S. A. White.
Mr.. Mack Lee returned Monday from
Bradley, Ark, where he spent several
days with his brother, Mr.. ]. u. Lee.
Mr.. L. L. Landlord expects to leave
Saturday for one of his old Texas homes,
where he will spend several days on
business.
Miss Camille Vance and her brother,
Mr.. Norwood Vance, OF Shreveport, are
So 90 kL< Is %t,o:, r.
w. G.. Vance, of "South Riverside"
Miss Toinette Wyche returned home
Tuesday, after a three weeks visit to
friends and relatives in Arkansas. Dur
ing her absence she visited Waldo,
Buckner, Stamps, Lewisyille, Bradley
and Walnut Hill.
Hard rains fell here Sunday and Sum
day night. It's fortunate that not all of
the rains of the past few weeks have
been general throughout the Red River
valley. And even now conditions art
rather favorable for high water.
Mr.. r. A. Fox, of the Midway neigh
borhood, came in Monday morning with
eight bales of cotton belonging to Capt.
Thos. Lyles. He reported that Big
Cypress was very high and still rising
at the time, and that It was dangerous to
cross the bridge.
Mrs. w. P. Pollard and children, OF
Edgerley, Calcasieu Parish, passed
through Shreveport one day last week
en- route to Vernon, Ala, where Mrs.
Pollard was called on account of the
death Of sister. Mr.. Pollard went to
Shreveport to meet his family. He will
probably move them here during the
coming summer.
A friend has told us of the accident
to Mr.. J. M. Henderson's little boy
which happened at his home in Rocky
Mount some days ago. 1t seems that
the young man while walking around in
the garden managed to get the calf OF
his leg caught in steel trap. This, OF
course, was very painful, but we are
glad to state that the little fellow is re-
ported to be getting along all right.
Shreveport Journal, March 80: Henry
Oneal to-day took the oath OF Office az
deputy United States Marshal under his
father, Marshal B. F. Oneal. The newly
appointed officer succeeds S. E. Rankin
OF Haynesville, who served as deputy fol
several months and who rendered his
resignation several days ago in order tc
return to his home where he is interested
in two or three business concerns. Wher
his resignation was submitted to the
Marshal the latter applied for permission
to appoint his son and the department
authorised the appointment.
Mr.. ]. W. Barnett, Of Carterville, was
in Benton last Thursday on business
Mr.. Barnett is one of Boosters oldes
citizens, coming here from Lauderdals
County, Ala, in the fifties. He was
Regiment, Mouton' Brigade, during tht
war, and although he will be 70 years ole
on the oath Of next October, and has livet
to see the seventh generation of the Bar
nett family, he is in excellent health
well-preserved for his age, and does no
look as if he has out-lived his days O.
usefulness. May our friend live Ions
and continue to prosper.
"Aunt" Ann Handy (colored) died il