The Bossier banner., 1908-08-06
Local and
Personal

New to-day-Uray e curry du.
A big barbecue was given at Curtis
to-day.
Miss Daisey Story has accepted po-
sition in Creswell's store.
You are invited to the Rocky Mount
barbecue, to be given on the 18th.
Miss Matte Bradley of Walnut Hill,
Ark. is guest of Mrs. Ed. Logan.
Don't forget the date of the Carter
vile barbecue. 1t will be given on the
18th Thursday of next week.
Mrs. Sallie White, Mrs. j. H. Belcher
and two of her sons, Norwood and Pink
new. left this morning for Mineral Wells,
Texas.
The many Bossier friends of Mr.. Henry
Bodenheimer of Shreveport will regret
to learn that he was operated on one day
this week on account of appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loye McDade left this
morning for their home in Haughton,
after spending several days very pleas
antly here as guests at the home of
1 Sheriff Edwards.
After {; pleasant visit here of some
days with her grandmother, Mrs. Sallie
White, Miss Evelyn Terry, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Terry of Shreveport,
returned home to-day.
Three negro women were arrested here
Yesterday afternoon for "shop lifting -
and lodged in the parish Jail. This
makes total of sixteen now in Jail (all
colored) five women and eleven men.
Miss Juliette Chaffe of San Antonio,
Texas, who has been here for several
weeks as a guest of her cousin, Miss
Jessie Wyche, left yesterday for Haugh-
ton and Minden, where she will visit
relatives.
Mrs. J. G. Hodges of Sweetwater,
Texas, accompanied by two of her
daughters, arrived in Benton yesterday
dfstliIooH anu diC 3 6uCoVS VI Nli .. y. L .
Edwards. Until recently their home
was in ward one.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Kelly left yester-
day morning for Shreveport, which place
they will perhaps make their home. For
several weeks past they have been here
on a visit to Mr.. Kelly's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. A. Kelley.
At a meeting of the trustees of Benton
High School, held Tuesday night, Miss
Sallie Brown of this place was elected as
an assistant teacher in the school. This
makes three teachers for the coming
term, leaving one yet to be named.
Mr.. Harry Bledsoe, who has a posi-
tion with Mr.. J. T. McDade of McDade,
on account of an attack of fever, was
taken to the North Louisiana Sanitari-
um in Shreveport for treatment Sunday.
He is a son of Mr.. w. H. Bledsoe OF
Haughton.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial
Appeal of July 10Th contained an an
nouncement of the marriage of Miss
Mary Gray Cumming of Fayetteville,
Tenn. Ga teacher in Benton High School
last term) to Mr.. j. Dan McFadden,
postmaster at Paducah, KY.
Rev.J M. Brown left this morning for
Bastrop, where he will spend some days
with his daughter, Mrs. Kate McMeans.
He will later visit Hot Springs, Ark,
but will perhaps first return here. He
was accompanied by his daughter, Miss
Carrie, and was joined in Shreveport by
Miss Matte, another daughter, who is
now taking her vacation.
Twenty-six applicants (fifteen white
and eleven eolored) for teachers certi-
fieates were examined here last week
The whites were: Misses Carrie Brown
Virginia Elder, Julia and Ethel Elston
A. B. Demoss, Gladys Allen, Blanche
Hayes, Terry Lowe, Effie Johnson, Inez
Allen, Bithe Perry, 7. E. Mckinney and
Z. Payne, and Messrs. w. A. johnson
and w. B. Love.
A tank of oil in the train Of the south.
bound local freight exploded last Tues
DAY afternoon while the train was neal
frostville, Ark. Two cars of merchan-
disc and the caboose were burned anc
the track badly damaged. The crew O.
the train were unable to account for the
cause OF the explosion. The northbount
passenger train had to be transferred
around the scene of the accident.