The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-31
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\ Continued Story of Current Events

Buy it at home!
Buy it at home!
Buy it at home!
Mr. T. T. Land is again at home.
The season for shooting quail opens to-
morrow.
M +. l.. Landlord expects soon to
,o,a out to his mill, located on Cypress
Bayou.
BENTON High School confines to grow.
rive new pupils were enrolled Monday
morning
We are told that DR.. W. d. Lassiter and
family will move to Shreveport some time
before 1908.
DR.. C. H. Irion, of New Orleans, Presi-
don't of the State Board of Health, is a
visitor in Benton.
Miss Lila Belcher has returned home
from an extended visit to relatives living
IN South Carolina and New York City.
Prof. and Mrs. W. j. Davis, of Haugh-
TIM visited friends in Benton the latter
part of last week.
Miss Addie Webb, of Alden Bridge, Wis
tied her brother, Mr.. l.. G. Webb, of Mem
nhs. Tenn, last week. She was accom-
named by her niece, little Miss Olive Webb
Scales.
Through friend we learn that Mrs.
"A. English, of Memphis, Tenn, will
spend the winter in Alden Bridge as a
guest of her son, Mr.. H. H. Wheless, and
bis family.
Bossier has 5,598 educable children, out
Of which 4, 463 are enrolled; 2,135 are not
in public schools. There are 1,438 white
educables, with an enrolment of 1928,
and 3,424 colored educables, with an en-
rollment of 1854.
Mrs. Andrew C. Kemper: who lives at
Avalon Farm with her daughter, Mrs.
Louis G.. Buckley, expects to leave early
next week for Cuba, where she will spend
the winter as guest of her son, Capt
Kemper, of the Eleventh Infantry, station
ed at Hoquin.
Shreveport Times, Tuesday: 1t is q
matter of great rejoicing to the friends Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Sewall, jr., that Mrs
Gewall is on the road to recovery from hel
serious illness of several months duration
Mr.. Sewall has returned to his business
interests in Oklahoma City.
Mr.. S. Hetherwick has resigned his pc.
rition as Cashier for the Bank of Bentor
md expects to leave the latter part of this
reek or early next week for his home ir
Ayoyelles Parish, where he has something
better in view. He is succeeded by Mr.
Robert Stinson, son of Mr.. T. w. w
Ginson.
The Linton School was opened on Mon
day of last week with Miss Emma Hulme
dsanta Fe, Tenn, as Principal, and Miss
Aleine Sibley, of this place, as assistan
teaeher. Miss Hume comes into our mids
highly recommended as teacher and will
10 doubt conduct the Linton School to tn
atsfaction of both patrons and pupils.
Prof. Jos. E. Johnston, Superintendent
Of Public Schools, has requested us to an
nounce that the teachers next pay da.
Will fall on the 22d of November. Al
teachers-those who have taught only
hactional part of month and those VIII
have taught more than a month-are re
quested to make out their reports to EN-
On that day.
Maj. Joseph N. Bryan, native of Flor
lda, but for more than fifty years resi-
dent of this parish, died in Mariana, Fla.
90 the 22d, aged II years. Two sister
md brother living in Florida and sol
lglng near Plain Dealing survive him
aaj Bryan is remembered here as a.
nonororable and worthy man and man
trends in our midst mourn his death.
At the last meeting of the School Boar
motion was passed making it optiona
nth the citizens of the Dixie Cross Road
aelghborhood to establish school ther
@ transport the children to Benton Hig
school. We are told that they have de
aued in favor of the first suggestion, an
vat school will be opened there mex
Monday with Miss Leila White as teacher