The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-10-01
Local and
Personal
nj enough for fire Monday.

Cool enough for fire Monday.
our town is full of visitors this week.
Five new pupils entered Benton High
School Monday morning.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. Land
Monday afternoon, girl.
The next regular meeting of the Police
I,rv will be held here on the 18th.
Mrs. L. Swords has as guest her
s;ster. Mrs. Mcfarland of Fort Worth,
Texas.
Miss Leila White left last Saturday
Cor Richland parish, where she will teach
school.
Mr.. John Hanks spent Sunday in Tex
.rknna, Ark, with his brother, Mr..
Charles H. Hanks.
Mr.. Tom Bill Bledsoe of Bluffs re-
turned Sunday from Texas, where he
spent some weeks with relatives.
MFR. S. C. Adger, son of Mr.. J. E..
Adper, is an applicant for the position
Of Game Warden for Bossier Parish.
Mr.. L. S. McGaughey, agent here for
the Cotton Belt Company, together with
his family, is in Tennessee for short
visit.
Everybody says that the weeks ses-
sion of the Parish Teachers Institute,
held here last week, was exceptionally
successful.
Midshipman F. w. Scanland left last
Saturday to re-enter the Naval Academy
at Annapolis, Nd, after spending sew
eral weeks at his home in this place.
We have been requested to state that
regular meeting of the R. ]. Hancock
Chapter, U. D. c., will be held in this
place next Friday afternoon, the 9th.
Miss Olive Montgomery returned
Monday to her home in Shreveport,
after spending few days at the home
Of her brother, Mr.. J. NJ. Montgomery
Capt. S. M. Thomas has returned te
our parish to live and is again at his
home few miles from Benton. Fol
several months he lived in Lewisville
Arkansas.
The School Board is in session here
to-day. Those members present are Mr.
in. Platt, President, and Messrs. A. J
Demoss, N. w. Sentell, j. H. Belchel
andJ. E. Rogers.
Mr.. Robert Wilmington, of Whiting
ton Brothers of Ivan, paid US an appre
ciated call last Thursday afternoon. HI
was on his way home from a business
trip to Shreveport.
Mr.. Wilkins McDade of Haughtol
was passenger on yesterday after
Moons northbound train, on his way t.
Memphis, Tenn, where he goes to com
plete the study of medicine.
]. Sidney Gardner, son of Mr.. z
Gardner, of Plain Dealing, and Howar
Doles, son of Mr.. R. S. Doles of Collins
burg, left Tuesday for New Orleans t.
re-enter the Tulane College, Medica
Department.
Mr.. J. M. Scanland, brother of tn
editor Of the Banner, arrived in Benton
Sunday, and will spend some time on
visit. He is from the Pacific Coast, bu
more recently from New Mexico, wher
he was engaged in newspaper work
This is his first visit to Benton in seve
years.
Messrs. w. E. Ivey, w. H. North, A
G. Slagill and N. NJ. Belcher, hav
formed company and will engage
levee construction and dirt moving, gen
orally. The corporate name is "Nort
Louisiana Construction Company" TIL
Charter appears on page two of to-day
issue.
Both the play and the masquera6
ball, given on Thursday and Frida
nights OF last week, and chiefly for tt
entertainment of visiting teachers, wei
well attended and generally successful
The gross receipts Thursday nigl
I amounted to $73.25, and Friday nigh
Ss. The expenses for the two nigh
were about So and $50, leaving abo
sN to be turned over to the authoriti
70 De used in improving the premises
our school, or to be applied to the pu
chase OF needed furniture.
A jury term of Bossier District Coul
Judge R. c. Drew presiding, conven,
mere Monday morning. The Grand Jul
as empaneled is as follows: Thorn
hickman, foreman; w. P. Allen, C.
beauehamp, E. M. Crawford, w.
uraham, c. O. Gayle, Alex Heifne
:. 3. Keoun, E. F. Kirtley, J. D. M
hellar, w. E. Peas and T. J. Fulliloy
Il Is expected that the jury will finish
iaoors for the term this afternoon.
the criminal docket is rather full, ne
week promises to be rather busy one
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