The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-30
LOCAL AND Personal.

LOCAL AND Personal.
Miss Daisey Story visited friends in
Shreveport Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. w. C. Carpenter, of Pleasanton,
Webster Parish, was in Benton on bust
ness last Saturday.
DR.. and Mrs. E, R. Waters, of Belcher.
spent Sunday in Benton as guests of Mr..
and Mrs. H. V. Miers.
Gov. Blanchard has appointed Capt.
James w. Onley Justice of the Peace of
Bellevue Precint, Ward6.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Dowell and chill
dren, Of Alden Bridge spent Sunday
here with Mr.. WI. Dawson and family.
Prof. and Mrs. A. S. Humphrey spent
several days in Plain Dealing last week
as guests of Prof. and Mrs. v. o. Hum
phrey.
Miss Mary Helen Key, teacher of
Oak Hill School, near Arkana, was the
guest of Mrs. ]. M. Hickson Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr.. A. r. Thompson, of Hosston, was
in Benton Tuesday and Wednesday, and
during his visit was the guest of Mr..
Joannes Smith.
Miss Katie Drew, a daughter of Judge
r. G. Drew, of Minden, left for her
home Monday, after pleasant stay of
several weeks with Miss Lila Belcher.
Gov. Blanchard has appointed DR..
In Galloway, of Shreveport, a delegate
to the American Anti tuberculosis
League, to be held in Atlanta, Ca, on
April 18 and 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Rushing, of
Bayou Current, spent Tuesday night in
Benton as guests of DR.. and Mrs. w. D.
Lassiter. They will visit in the COM
munity for several days.
Since our last issue Miss Jessie Wyche
has spent several days in Shreveport as
a guest of Mrs. A. J. Murff. The play
on Friday night Of last week was one OF
the attractions for Miss Jessie.
Misses Camille Kelly and Grace Lar
kin and Clerk of Court B. A. Kelly
went to Shreveport on Friday of last
week to witness one of Shakespeare
plays there that night, returning home
the following day.
Mr.. w. H. Smith is building four
room cottage on tract of land recently
purchased from Mr.. Joannes Smith, and
which is situated on the Benton and
Bellevue road, little east Of Coleville,
(the old road house in the days of over
land travel.
On the 4th page of this issue OF the
Banner we have printed a list of rules
for the guidance of our correspondents
We hope that they will find pleasure an6
profit in looking them over; and we
suggest that regular contributors, and
others, clip them out for future reference
4 Attorney T. T. Land returned las
Saturday from New Orleans, where he
went to appear before the Supreme
Court to prosecute Yves Wilson, colored
who was found guilty of murder at the
January term of District Court ant
whose case was appealed. Tuesday Mr.
Joannes Smith, attorney for the de.
PENDANT, received a telegram stating tina
the Judgment of the lower court hat
been sustained.
About two weeks ago it was reported
that many mules were dying Throughout
the parish, some planters losing a
many as four in one week. Some at,
tributed this to the feeding of excep'
tionally dry hay, such as alfalfa tina
has been on hand for some months, Will.
others cannot find it to be the result O
any particular feed. We are glad K
state that no further losses have beer
reported during the past ten days.
+ Mrs. Betsie Platt ("Aunt Betsie'' sh,
was called by all who know her) dice
last Friday at the home of Mr.. w. V
Lay, of the Linton neighborhood. Mrs
Plat was an aunt Of Mr.. T. w. w. Stin.
son and was distantly related to Mr.
T. J. Tidwell; she also no doubt leave.
surviving relatives in the community
where she lived. Her remains were lait
to rest in the old Red River Cemetery
1t is claimed that at the time of he
death Mrs. Plat was more than 10
years old.
We are sorry to announce that Attor
ney T. T. Land will leave the latter par
of this week for South McAlester, /. T.
and that he expects to make his futur
home at some pcint in the Territory, We
to be selected. Our town and parisl
need working young men of Mr.. Land
type and his loss to the community vii
be felt. The Banner also has other oc
casion to regret his departure, for he ha
been its staunch friend and a liberal ad
vertiser. We wish the young gentlema
all success in his new territory.
On Wednesday of last week Mr.. Robi
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