The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-13
Local and
Personal
The parish Jail is empty!

Last weeks Police Jury proceedings
are to be found on page l.
A stated meeting of Cypress Lodge
will be held at Alden Bridge tonight.
Honestly now, did we ever before ex-
perience such weather as this during
July?
Mr.. r. B. Hill is having extensive i'm
provements made on his residence at this
place.
Attorney T. T. Land and Mr.. Ernest
Belcher are visitors in Mineral Wells,
Texas.
A southbound ''extra" killed a valua-
BILE mare belonging to Mr.. r. E. Lee
Tuesday night.
Clerk of Court B. A. Kelly is having
improvements made on the walk leading
from his home.
Mrs. A. J. Murff, of Shreveport, spent
Tuesday night in Benton as a guest Of
Mrs. C. O. Gayle.
DR.. j.. P. Heard and family, of Antrim,
returned Mondad from visit to friends
and relatives at Gueydan.
Miss Lynn Weathersby, Of New Lewis
vile, Ark, is visiting the "girls" at
Prof. Jos. E. Johnston's home.
Mrs. Lillian Bell and Miss Ida Miller,
spent the day here Monday with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Miller.
The Banner always has refused to
publish anonymous communications,
but some of our subscribers will forget.
Governor Blanchard has appointed
MIR. T. D. Council, of ward /, a member
of the Board of Parish School Directors.
Deputy Sheriff Jim Edwards returned
Tuesday from Baton Rouge, where he
went to place two negroes in the peni-
tentairy.
Mesdames. F. T. Whited, H. H. WHEEL
ess, and Beatty Smith, of Alden Bridge,
spent Tuesday in Benton as guests of
Mrs. w. H. Scanland.
NV D. Ms DIOWH IttuIHca HO Ill
Monday from Coushatta, where he had
been in attendance at Conference rep
resenting this district OF the NJ E.
Church, South.
Messrs. w. E. Ivey, T. w. w. Stinson
and r. E. Wyche visited Caddo City
one day last week. The burning oil
we'll is declared to be ga wonderful
sight and genuinely fierce.'
Miss Katie Hall, of Minden, who has
been visiting Miss Lila Belcher, re-
turned home to-day. She was accom-
panied by Miss Belcher, who will visit
in Minden for several weeks.
The Banner has friend down the road
who hasn't much else left on his planta-
ton but Johnson grass. If some sub
scriber will tell us how to effectually fight
it he will receive our everlasting thanks.
The most enjoyable dance of the sea-
son was given at the home of Mr.. C. 0.
Gayle Tuesday night. All the young
people in the entire community sttended.
The dancing lasted until a late hour.
Refreshments of ice cream, etc., were
served.
Mr.. w. P. Pollard, the Cotton Belt
agent at this place, has purchased from
Mr.. T. T. Land the cottage situated just
south of the Court House Cat one time
used as a school house.) He will move
his family here as soon as he can sell his
Edgerley property.
Misses Emmett and Sallie Tidwell,
Luda, Emma Lou and WINNIE Brown
lee, Mrs. r. B. Hill, Mrs. Sallie Smis-
son and Mr.. w. S. Tidwell, from this
place and VAUDEVILLE, composed a party
who visited the scene of the burning oil
well at Caddo City last week.
A paragraph from letter written at
Red Land Tuesday by Mr.. G. 7. Mays
follows: "The storm here last week was
rough. May corn is badly damaged.
A great deal of timber was blown down
on crops, causing much damage to cot
ton. Still it rains; crops are grassy"
r. j. Hancock chapter, U. D. G., held
a meeting at the home of Mrs. w. H.
Scanland, of this place, Tuesday after
noon. Four new members affiliated.
They were Mrs. F. T. Whited, Mrs. H. H.
Wheless and Mrs. Beatty Smith, OF
Alden Bridge, and Mrs. Jos. E. john
ston, of Benton.
Mr.. H. M. Carter, native of Web
ster Parish, but for some years past
resident of New Orleans, spent Tuesday
night in Benton with relatives. He left
yesterday morning for home, and viii
later take trip to Colorado for the BEN
eft of his health, going by way of New
York City and Niagara Falls.
A local above says that the parish Jail
is empty. 1t was empty at the time the
line was written TUESDAY afternoon,
but little later on Deputy Sheriff Jim
Edwards brought in Henry Williams,
who killed Dan Pradd on Mr.. T. w. w.
Stinson's plantation the same afternoon.
Both are colored. The accused says that
the dead man had threatened his life
and was carrying pistol for him at the
tune the crime was committed. A pistol
with two crrtridges in it was found on
ms person. He was struck from behind
while at work at a hay press, the instru-
ment OF death being seasoned oak stay
pm, capped with metal One blow
Drained him.
We hardly find any persons Of good