The Bossier banner., 1907-06-27
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The longest day of the year has passed.
The School Board will convene here
next Tuesday.
The planters of our neighborhood are
still shipping alfalfa.
Longa days; mucha work; grow mucha
tired; not mucha to eat, do.
Our town is flooded with visitors this
week, who are here attending Court.
The next regular meeting of the Police
Jury will be held in this place July 8.
Miss Hassie Wise, of Alden Bridge, re-
turned home last Saturday afternoon after
short visit with Miss Martha Johnston.
It's hard to keep the average small boy
out of the orchard these days, and he also
has an eye on all the watermelon patches.
We are told that Miss Pearl Dortch, of
Taylortown, left one day last week for
Ashville, N. c., where she will visit rela-
tives.
Why can't the citizens of any town in
our parish 'smake a big holler"? Truth
is, they can. Read our display article on
page 1.
We are told that fine trout are caught
out of the log pond at Bolinger, and that
one recently taken there measured nine
teen inches.
Unless man is from Needles or Yuma,
Arizona, don't ask him if it is hot enough
for him. 1t is hot enough for any ordinary
person, and you know it.
Sheriff J. F. Edwards returned Sunday
from Wellston, Okla, with Albert Brea-
zeale, who killed Morris Green on the Pat
Cash plantation last October.
Judge j. C. Pugh, of Shreveport, and
Hon. T. S. Wilkinson, one of the candi-
dates for Governor of our State, paid the
Banner an appreciated call Monday.
Miss Belle Johnston left Monday for
Ashville, N. c., where she will begin the
study of elocution in a preparatory school,
but will later enter school in Boston.
Mrs. VIM. Maracelli, of Campti, together
with several of her children, and Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Lastage, of Natchitoches, left
for their homes last Friday after a short
visit here with Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Levas-
seur and their mother.
My@ If you want to buy good home
cheap, drop in and we'll tell you where
/ you can find it and make you a price. 1t
is located in a healthy, fast growing and
favorably located town in North Louis
lana. See our Dime-a-Line Column.
Mr.. P. P. Conger, who has been away
about two years, which time was spent in
New Orleans, the southern part of this
State and Mississippi, has returned home.
He has accepted the position of book
keeper with Smith & Son out at their saw
mill
The annual commencement exercises of
st. Vincent's Academy, of Shreveport,
were held last Friday. The Shreveport
journal of that date in its report of the
event says in part: SIN the awarding of
medals Miss Ruth Caplis won highest
honors, securing the medal donated by
Bishop Van de Ven for general excellence.
In the academic course the medals were
won by Misses Virginia McDade and Mar
guerite Caplis, and the crown for deport-
ment was also won by Miss McDade." II
we mistake not, all three of these young
ladies are natives of Bossier Parish. Miss
McDade is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Y. T. McDade, of ward one.
jury term of Bossier District Court
was convened here Monday morning. The
personnel of the Grand Jury is as follows:
q. B. Murff, foreman; A. Curtis, G. G.
Allen, L. L. Bridges, W. w. Carter, J. L.
Crawford, NJ. S. Bolinger, J. B. Lay, S. L.
lelnoss, c. c. Hathaway, Charles Heifner
i ana Ben Mckinney. A number of mis-
ueneanor cases have been disposed of.
four We're found guilty of violating labor
contracts and one of larceny. The four
we're sentenced to work on the public roads
iof ninety days and the last mentioned six
months. The Platt case has been fixed
lof trial Monday. Judge Drew adjourned
souft Tuesday afternoon until to-day al
~ o'clock.