The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-04-20
Local and
Personal

Another rain Tuesday afternoon at
this place.
: Mr.. J. D. Lee, of Bradley, visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Lee, Sun
day.
The Cotton Growers Association Of
ward 5, precinct 2, will meet at Linton
on Saturday, April %. A cordial invi-
tation is extended to all to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heidi Kendall, of
"Grigsby Island" are visiting Mrs.
Kendall's mother, Mrs. Alice Belcher.
Mr.. B. F. Dorman, private Secretary
Of Congressman J. T. Watkins, was in
Benton last week engaged in securing a
list Of the registered voters of this par
ish.
Mrs. Kate Wyche and her daughter,
Miss Joe, are in Caddo Parish this week
visiting Mrs. w. P. White, also one of
Mrs. Wyche's daughters. Mr.. and Mrs.
White live near Dixie.
At the meeting of Cypress Lodge at
Alden Bridge last Thursday night Mr..
H. H. Wheless was given the E. A.
degree and Mr.. F. T. Whited passed to
the Fellowcraft degree. -Four applica-
tions for membership were filed.
We are sorry to learn that Mr.. M. A.
(Arthur) McDade, of the Fillmore
neighborhood, has the small pox. The
disease is said to be epidemic in the
southern part of the parish, but the
writer does not know this to be true.
DR.. T. A. Wilkinson and wife and Miss
Helen Hanks, of Belcher, passed through
Benton Sunday on their way home. The
party was returning from three weeks
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Wallace, who
live in the old Red River Church neigh
borhood.
Mr.. w. D. Lassiter, ST., has requested
us to state that meeting of Loudon
Butler Camp, U. G. ", will be held at
this place next Thursday, the 9th. A
full attendance is requested as business
of importance will be brought before
the meeting.
Rev. J. M. Brown will begin pro-
tracted meeting at the Methodist Church
in this place next Sunday. He will be
assisted by Rev. w. E. Boggs, of Shreve-
port, during the first week, and Rev. w.
F. Henderson, of Haughton, during the
second week.
j Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Vance, Mr.. and Mrs.
Courtney Fennett and Misses Camille
Vance, Louie Ogden and Lila Belcher,
Messrs. Jim Burt, John Griffin, Brown
lee Arnold, Gray Stinson, Norwood
Venice and Jack Fenett, attended the
dance at Plain Dealing last Friday
night.
Shreveport Times, Friday: Mr.. F. E.
Mistrot, of Galveston, was in town yes
terday and spent most Of his time while
here at his big Texas Street store. Mr..
Mistrot said that the Island City was
hustling, but he nevertheless thought
Shreveport was the biggest town of her
her size in the United States.
At conference Of managers of ag-
ricultural fairs held at Calhoun on the
10Th instant the dates were fixed for the
holding of fairs in the North Louisiana
District. Eleven will be held in the
district. Alden Bridge has been named
as the place for holding fair in Bossier
Parish, and the date fixed Oct. q and %.
Mr.. w. P. Pollard, the local agent, in
forms us that the Cotton Belts new
bridge across the Mississippi has been
completed, Eand that trains were oper-
ated across it beginning with the 18th.
The bridge spans the river between Ill
more on the Missouri side and Thebes on
the Illinois side, and will be known as
the Thebes bridge.
An old saw that dates back further
than you can remember goes thusly:
If the sunsets is clear on Sunday even
ing it won't rain before Wednesday, and
If it's clear ON Wednesday evening it
won't rain before Sunday. And vice
versa if the sunset is cloudy" We wish
to suggest that,if you clip this and paste
it in your hat never refer to it during
the month of April.
Notice, Homesteaders!