The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
Local Happenings
Continued Story of Current Events
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Wow! They are off! The race is on!
onr home boys would be pleased to cross bats
Nth Shreveports amateur teams almost any day.
Porn. to Rev. and Mrs. w. A. Role, of Mansfield,
IN Sunday, the 2Sth ult., fine boy.
Mr. r.. T. Land has returned from his trip to the
Jamestown Exposition and is now in Mineral
Wells. Texas.
Mr.. A. NJ (Almer Moss Wyche left Tuesday for
Poole. where he will remain until Friday as guest
If Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Moss
Mr.. l. Gayle, of Shreveport, was here a
business trip Monday. He is still soliciting for the
Citizens Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Charles H. Hanks and Master Gillian Wyche
took advantage of the excursion rates and visited
Galveston, Texas. They returned Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Levasseur, Mr.. and Mrs.
". NJ. Mccall, Mrs. Margery Morrison and Mrs.
". J. Dawson, all of this place, spent one night
and two DAYS of last week on Bodcau We are told
that the party had delightful outing and caught
more fish than they could eat
Hon. W. C. Hughes is candidate for reelection
for Representive in the next General Assembly of
this State He has been true to his trust in every
particular and during his term of office has met its
responsibilities in creditable and satisfactory
manner, and if reelected will, in the future as in
the past, faithfully discharge his duty.
We are told that Bellevue Cemetery is in a de-
plorable condition and have been asked to make
such announcement in our columns and solicit con-
tributions to fund to be placed in the hands of
Mr. L. C. Biggs, who has promised to have nee
essary work DONE He thinks the grounds should
be cleared of all shrubbery twice a year-in the
spring and fal-and has promised to look after the
matter if the necessary amount is raised. He is
also willing to subscribe S. and we have heard sew
eral others make like statements. For the next two
weeks we will publish list showing the names of
all who respond to this notice. Make remittance
either to Mr.. Bggs (of Bellevue) or to the Banner.
The latter part of last week we received a souve-
mir postal from Miss Belle Johnston, mailed in
Boston on the 31st ut. She reached that city that
day from Norfolk Va, and made the trip by water.
The postal was written on board the steamer and
she added, 81 am having grand trip and have not
been the least bit seasick'' Miss Belle is daugh-
ter Of Prof JOS E. Johnston, of this place, and is
known to many of our readers, who will join us in
wishing her unbounded success in her new venture
She has taken up the study of elocution and has for
some weeks past been in a preparatory school in
Ashville, N. c.. before entering the Boston school
Recognizing the necessity of having an adver-
Using rate that can readily be understood by all
we have decided to substitute fiat rate for oul
present scale, which is graduated. Beginning with
Sept. 1913 cents per inch will be charged for all
standing display advertising. By this we near
large display advertisements that appear more than
once and all the small ones that run two months
or longer. An additional charge of 5 cents pei
inch for composition will be made on large adver-
tsements that appear only once. Those measuring
less than six inches and run less than two months
will be charged for at the rate of 20 cents per inch
The legal rate will be charged for all legal adver
tisements. Our charge for running local readers il
shown elsewhere on this page.
Last week we received letter from Mr.. J. E
Adger, who at the time the letter was writer
august y was in Jonesboro, Ark. He was &C
companied by his son, Mr.. Sidney Adger. He wrot
that after leaving Jonesboro they would visit Nam
moth Springs, Ark, Thayer, st. Elmo and Kosh
konony, Mo. Mr.. Adger has 112 acres in peache
at his home place, near Alden Bridge, and he an
his son are visiting other peach growing section
chiefly to learn more about their culture and hoy
to pack and ship them He thinks the time
about at hand when we should begin to diversif
our crops and learn which our soil is best suited to
He believes there is money to be made in CROWN
peaches and thinks there is no better suited so
Tor the trees in the South than the red hill lands
Bossier Parish. Perhaps he is right, and we hop
So Anyway, he is going to try to demonstrate tha
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