The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-06-15

in cases of conviction for violating the
fish law.
The thermometer registered 93degrees
at 2:3O this afternoon.
Miss Exile Wyche is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. L. c. Biggs, of Bellevue.
Miss Lizzie McAnn, teacher of Many
school, near Ivan, is attending the Sum-
mer Normal School at Minden.
Mrs. S. H. Dowell and children. of
Alden Bridge, spent Sunday in Benton
as guests of Mrs. w. ]. Dawson.
Miss Annie Mai Biggs, OF Bellevue.
spent several days in Benton the latter
part of last week visiting with relatives.
Mr.. o. R. Denton and family are busy
to-day moving out to their new home on
the Butler place, four miles east Of
Benton.
Rev. ]. NJ. Brown left Monday for
Mansfield to attend a meeting of the
Board Of Trustees of Mansfield Female
College.
Mrs. w. P. White, of Dixie (Caddo
Parish) is in Benton on visit to her
mother, Mrs. Kate Wyche, and other
relatives.
Mr.. Alfred Irion who has been attend.
ing the Louisiana State University. at
Baton Rouge, returned home Thursday
of last week.
Miss Mary Helen Key, teacher of Oak.
Hill School, near Arkana, left Monday to
attend the State Normal School At
Natchitoches.
Attorney T. T. Land left yesterday to
be absent about two weeks. He expects
to visit Arcadia, Ruston and other places
during his stay.
The regular June term of Bossier
District Court will convene in Benton ,
week from next Monday. The venire is
to be found on page 4.
There are at present only four prison.
ers in the parish jail-three men and one
woman; all colored. Three of them are
held for murder and one for manslaugh-
ter.
After spending several days with
friends in Benton, Mrs. J. A. w. Lowry
left Monday for Shreveport, where she
will make an extended visit with rela-
tives.
Minden Democrat, June9: Miss Rilla
Sapp, who has been a student in the
Minden Graded High School for the
past session, returned to her home at
Koran last Sunday.
Miss Eva McDade, Of Haughton, is
visiting Misses Mamie and Lucille Ed
wards and Kate Carter. Miss Eva is
the youngest daughter of the late J. F.
McDade- Frank.
The last month of school is the longest
to the small boy who remembers that
the fish bite well at certain hole in the
bayou and that the ball games are in full
swing. There is no one SO badly imposed
upon as the boy who is forced to stick
every day during the last month.
Miss Lester Compton, who has been
teaching the Bumgardner School, left
on Monday afternoons train for her
home in Nashville, Tenn. Misses Una
Moore and Ruey Merritt and Mr.. G. w.
Dalrymple, of the Midway neighbor-
hood, came to Benton to see the young
lady off.
"Uncle" Many Carter, aged about 86
years, died at his home in this place
Tuesday afternoon. A popularity about
this old darkey was that he was only
four feet in height and when at his best
weighed but 100 pounds. During ante
bellum days he belonged to Capt. S. NJ.
Thomas.
Miss Annie MAZE Henderson, OF Allen
town; Miss Tura Norman, of Haughton;
Miss Agnes Thompson and Miss Mary
Shaver, of Alden Bridge; Miss Mary
Purcell, of Bolinger; Miss Birdie Hud-
son, of Red Land; Miss Willie Cochran,
Miss EVE Carstarphen and Prof. v. o.
Humphrey, of Plain Dealing, are attend
ing the Summer Normal School at
Shreveport.
At a meeting of the Bossier Parish
Fair Association held at Alden Bridge
on last Saturday Mr.. E. M. Laughlin,
President, appointed the following COM
mittees: Publicity-Joseph E. Adger,
chairman; J. F. Adair, j. c. Childers.
Concessions-E. NJ. Laughlin, chair
man; F. Hoffpauir, r. B. Strayhan.
Catalouge-Louis C. -Bulkley, j. B.
Wilmington, DR.. r. B. Martin. These
committees will work in connection with
the State Commissioner of Agriculture,
who has fixed Friday and Saturday,
October q and q as the time for holding
the Parish Fair at Alden Bridge.
The public will no doubt be pleased to
learn that, as heretofore, the Fourth Of
July will be celebrated at Alden Bridge
by a big barbecue, with the usual out
of-doors attractions thrown in. Every