The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-11-26
Local and
Personal
First call for turkey.

First call for turkey.
Summer keeps on stealing back.
Select your partners for hard winter.
Mr.. J. B. Arnoln of VAUDEVILLE was
here on business Tuesday.
Mr.. ]. w. Oneal of Haughton, while
here on business Monday, paid us an
appreciated call
Thanksgiving services will be held at
the Methodist Church in this place this
morning at eleven o'clock.
4 Mr.. Mcbride from Texas has been
empIoyed as an additional assistant
teacher in Huughton High School.
Miss Annie Johnston, now teaching
IN Shreveport, was here on visit to the
home folks the latter part of last week.
Mrs. T. J. Moore of Shreveport spent
part Of last week at Kingston planta
ton as guest of Mrs. Sam Yarbrough.
Mrs. A. G. Wrenn returned yesterday
to her home in Shreveport after spend
ing several days at the home of her
father, Rev. J. M. Brown.
DR.. w. L. Weber, President of Gen.
tenary College, of Shreveport, delivered
two able addresses at the Methodist
Church in this place Sunday.
A benefit entertainment will be given
at the high school building in Haughton
tomorrow night. We are not informed
as to the title of the play to be produced.
We are reliably informed that $500
worth of apparatus, to be used in the
teaching of physics, physiology, biology
and chemistry, has been ordered for each
Of the high schools of the parish.
Mr.. w. D. Lassiter, ST., who some
months ago left here and moved to Ma
Rama, Ark, was back again the latter
part of last week. He left Arkansas
several weeks ago. He was here for the
purpose of shipping some of his house
hold effects, ETC., to Bayou Current,
where he will make his future home.
DR.. S. E. Weber of Baton Rouge, In
spector of High Schools for the State,
spent last Saturday in Benton. He is
credited with the statement that the
high schools of the parish are all well
equipped and in line with the require
ments of the State Board of Education.
It is confidently expected that each high
school will secure the $500 appropriated
by the State for higher education.
It was with genuine regret that we
learned the latter part of last week Of
the failing OF Mr.. J. E. Burt's sight
He is suffering great pain from iritis,
and is now at the North Louisiana San
itarium (Shreveport) for treatment. He
has for some years past been partially
blind in one eye and now, on account Of
the aggravated condition of the disease,
It's feared that he may lose the sight in
both eyes. However, when we last heard
from him his condition was improving
Both his wife and one of his sisters, Mrs
Newt Ogden, jr., are with him.
Rev. ]. M. Brown, our resident Meth
odist minister will preach his last SER
mon here Sunday, or rather, his las
before the converting of Conference. We
sincerely hope it will be some years We
before he breaches his last sermon ii
Benton. This ends Mr.. Browns fourth
year here, and he cannot, under the
present rules of the Conference, be re.
turned to us. All told, he has been i;
resident minister here for eight years
during 1900, 1901, 1902, 1908, 1905, 1906
1907 and 1903. During all these year
ne has been universally popular, and de-
sergedly SO. He is good man and ha
been very useful citizen in our midst
s VI course we expect to get a good mai
IN his place, but he and his estimabl,