The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-11-07
Local Happenings
A Continued Story of Current Events

Mrs. L. Swords has leased the Benton
Hotel.
The Masonic hall here is receiving a
coat of paint.
Miss Leila Thomas left one day last week
for her home in Pittsburg, Texas.
Miss Daisy Story left one day last week
for short visit to her sister, Mrs. L. B.
Mcfarland, of Fort Worth, Texas.
Mrs. R. E. Wyche returned home Mon
day from Belcher, where she spent several
DAYS with her daughter, Mrs. J. f. Burt.
Miss Anna Thomas, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Ruth Larkin, has re-
turned to her home in San Antonio, Texas.
During the past twenty years 4 $3.50 mar
rage licenses have been issued in this
parish and 480 divorces granted. From
1887 to 1897 divorces were granted at the
rate of five to fifteen each year and since
that time at the rate of thirty to fifty
each year. Over 80 per cent of the divorce
cases were negroes.
Mr.. w. P. Oneal, a native of Bellevue
and for some years a resident of Benton,
will be married in New Orleans on the
18th to Miss Carrie Pearson. Mr.. Oneal's
friends here are pleased to learn of his
good fortune and his continued success
commercially. The Banners staff extends
congratulations and we'll wishes.
It is with regret that we announce that
Mrs. Alice Belcher, who for several years
past has been running the Benton Hotel,
has moved to Shreveport to live with her
son-in-law, Mr.. Heidi Kendall. However,
she thinks" she will return to Benton
after rest of several months. Of course
you will, Miss Alice. We are all betting
that way.
Mr.. W. j. Dawson, a resident of our
town and one of our permanent subscrib.
ers, dropped in yesterday morning to show
US telegram announcing that he had
been awarded the gold metal and diploma
Of highest award for his display of honey
and wax at the jamestown Exposition.
We congratulate you Judge and the
Banner and all your other neighbors feel
proud Of the honors you and your bees are
constantly winning. You must be on to
all the curves.
A house party was given at Avoka plan
tation, in Grant and Rapides Parishes,
the property of Taylor & McDade, and
which is overlooked by Mr.. Harvey Smith,
last week. Those who attended from our
parish were Miss Mamie Edwards and DR..
R. H. Gulledge, of this place, and Misses
Maude and Jessie Mercer and Mr. Ernest
Belcher, of Taylortown, together with Mrs.
E. E. Simpson, of Hunter, and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. T. McDade, of McDade, acting as
chaperons.
An invitation has been received an
nouncing the approaching marriage of
Judge Rydon D. Webb, of Shreveport, and
formerly of this place, to Miss Noemie
Skannal, only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. A. Skannal, of Shreveport, which will
be celebrated at st. Mark Church in that
city on the 18th. This marriage will unite
two Of the most prominent families of Bos-
& sier and Webster Parishes-Judge Webb
IS native of Webster and Miss Skannal
OF this parish. Both the young people are
we'll known here and throughout our par
lsh and are very popular. We wish to join
their hosts of friends in extending con-
gratulations and wishes for long and
happy welded life.
Last week we gave an extended notice
IN these columns of the effort now being
made to recover the cotton tax illegally
collected in the South by the Federal gov
eminent during the war, and called atten-
uon to the interest being taken in the mat
ter locally by Col. J. H. Hamiter, of Brad
ley, Ark. From booklet furnished the
Colonel by the authorities at Washington
we ind that the following named gentle
men, residents of Bossier and Caddo at the
lme, lost cotton as shown below: w. L.
rolllove, 80 bales; T. M. Gilmer, 8 bales
7. T. Smith, % bales; w. G. Springfield,
% bales; F. Dickson, Is bales; David
s riatt, IL bales; Abel Skannal, so bales
. Estate r. Hodges, go bales; Estate ]. B.
ooggs, 36 bales; T. B. Bledsoe, "a bales;
:. L. Hodges. Is bales; j. J. Bryan, 81
8 Dales; Thomas w. Abney, Is bales; w. J.
hughes, 6 bales; w. H. Martin, 6 bales,
ana Joseph M. Ford, 26 bales.