The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-16

the happy young couple many pleasant
returns.
Mr.. r. E. Wyche made a business
trip to Waldo, Ark, this week.
Mr.. w. J. Miers, of Bloomburg, Tex,
is here on visit to his son, Mr.. H. v.
Miers.
Miss Kate Drew, Of Minden, is in
Benton on a two weeks visit TO Miss
Lila Belcher.
Miss Toinette. wyche left Tuesday
afternoon for Waldo, Ark, where she
will spend some time with former col
lege-mate, Miss Eunice Tidwell.
Sam Fuducio, the best liked Italian
who has ever lived in our midst, after
about two years. absence, will move back
OF Benton and engage in business.
Miss Jennie White, of Texarkana, re-
turned home Monday, after visit of
severel weeks to the home of Mr.. w. H.
Smith, who lives four miles east of
Benton.
The members of Cypress Lodge No. SO,
F. and A. M, have begun a movement
to rebuild their hall at this place. Our
readers will remember that the old hall
was destroyed by fire last January.
The young people of our town met at
the Baptist church last Friday night and
organized permanent choir, to sing at
all three of the churches. It is the in
tention to meet each Friday night for
practice.
Mr.. J. A. Rogers, of West, Texas, has
purchased from w. H. Smith & Son the
dwelling now occupied by Mr.. r. A.
Smith and he and his family will become
permanent residents of our town. Mrs.
Rogers is Deputy Sheriff L.G. Smiths
mother.
Was the rain on Wednesday of last
week record breaker? Several of our
citizens declare that it topped the June,
1901, downpour. Anyway, several negro
families living in the bayou bottom
below this place were driven from their
homes by the high water.
Mrs. w. D. Lassiter, returned Tues
day afternoon from a two days. visit to
her sister. Mrs. w. T. Colquitt, who
lives near Bossier City, the visit having
been prompted by the serious Illness of
Mrs. Colquitt. We are glad to add that
Mrs. Colquit was yesterday reported to
be much improved.
Major T. J. Tdwell, member of the
Police Jury of Bossier parish from this
ward, has been appointed on the staff of
Major General A. B. Booth, Command
er-in-Chief of the Louisiana Division,
U. c. ", with the rank of Major. Maj.
Tidwell will attend the reunion at Louis
vile on Juno IA, Is and is.
A string of seven wagons, heavily
loaded with baled alfalfa for shipment,
was to be seen on the streets of Benton
Tuesday morning. This is growing to
be a common sight in our community,
and the Banner is glad to note it. It in
dicates that our thriftiest planters and
farmers are fast learning the lesson Of
diversi6cation. It might be added that
without asking the writer knew the hay
to be the product Of Mr.. T. w. w. Stin-
sons plantation.
It is indeed very much out of the or
binary to be able to catch five and ten
pound fish out in an open and cultivated
cotton field, but such was recently the
case on the Rough and Ready planta-
ton, near this place. The heavy rains
OF the past week caused the old river
bed to overflow, spreading an immense
but shallow sheet of water over an en-
tire corner of the place. The fish Of the
stream principally buffalo) eagerly
sought the shallow water to spawn and
were caught BY hundreds by negroes.
One thrifty colored man of this place
sold between 80 and 50 worth in one
afternoon IN Alden Bridge.
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