The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-08-24
Local and Personal

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Mr.. Jim Burt, of Belcher, was visitor this week.
Mr.. Tavney Taylor has been appointed postmas-
ter at this place.
Mr.. J. E. Loftin, of "Chalk Level" spent Sun
day with Benton friends.
Mr.. w. F. Kelly, now of Monroe, is here on Wis
it to home folks and friends.
Rev. W. A. Role, of Shreveport, spent four days
in Benton last week as a visitor.
Mrs. Courtney Fennet, of ''Buck Hail." spent
Sunday in Benton with her cousin, Mrs. Ed Logan.
Mrs. Donna Timberlake, of Shreveport, after
spending several weeks with old friends in this
place, returned home Monday.
Mrs. j. C. Logan, of VAUDEVILLE, and Miss Mary
Gilmer, of Shreveport were visitors again Sunday,
spending the day with Mrs. L. A. Brownee.
If you lose horse, advertise for it. If you want
to buy, sell, exchange, barter, advertise in the
Banner. Don't wait for customers to hunt you in
your obscurity. Advertise!
A game of baseball was played at Alden Bridge
last Friday evening between the team representing
that place and the Benton nine, which resulted in a
a score of 10 to in Benton's favor.
News reached Benton this morning of the death
at her home of daughter of Mr.. J. F. Strayhan,
of ward three who was buried this afternoon in
Cottage grove Cemetery. We were unable to learn
other particulars
We now enjoy better mail facilities, as coach
was added to the local freight train last Thursday
Mail is disturbed on the train, heretofore, and
the service is just about the same except that only
one train is operated.
Mansfield Journal, 18th: The Joural acknowl-
edges receipt of the catalogue of the Mansfield Fee
male College for the session of 19O5-O6. The last
session was most prosperous one and the future OF
the institution was never brighter.
Another crowd is camping over on Black Bayou
this week. So far as we can learn, the personnel OF
the party is Messrs. J. C. Logan, j. P. Creswell
J. B. Arnold, Newt Ogden, Gray stinson and Will
Bell. It is said that they are catching sufficient
fish for the table.
Friends of Miss Lester Compton in this and thu
Midway neghborhood will be sorry to learn that sht
will not return to this parish to teach during tn
coming scholastic year. She will teach at som'
point further south in the State. Miss Compton
taught the Bumgardner School last year.
Minden Democrat, 18th: Nearly all work on tn
new Court House has been completed, and within
few days the contractors will turn the buildn,
over to the parish. It is an imposing ediflce an
reflects credit on the people of the parish, as we
as the contractors, who have faithfully performe
their work.
Miss Rebecca Beasley, of Shreveport. we'll know
in Benton and community, died suddenly of hear
failure in Atlanta Ca, where she was visiting, yes
terday. Her remains were inferred this afternoo
in the Catholic Cemetery, at Shreveport. She wa
neice of Mrs. Sue T. Abney, of this place, and
sister of Mr. J. c. Beasley and Miss Tina Cleveland
of Shreveport. She also leaves other relatives an
a host of friends to mourn her death.
We Judge that there are also muddy and muck
roads down in Winn Parish. Editor Payne, Of tt
Dodson Times must have been travelling over then
as recent issue of his paper contains the follow
ing ''The public roads of the country are publ
nuisance. They should be public benefit b.
everyone knows they not. 1t is getting hia
time we were taking some steps to change our pre-
ent public road system. Let some of our CORE
pondents take up the matter and give our reade
the benefit of their views. Our idea is, that v