The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-12-31

visitor Monday.
The School Board will convene here
January 7th-next Thursday.
The days will now grow longer until
June 21st-the longest day of the year.
Mr.. T. P. Larlsin of the Hughes Spur
community paid the Banner an appre-
ciated visit yesterday.
Miss Leila White, now teaching in
Rlchland Parish, is holiday visitor at
the nome OF her brother, Mr.. w. P.
White.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Dowell and chill
dren OF Alden Bridge spent Sunday here
as guests Of Mr.. w. J. Dawson and
family.
Miss Blanche Phelps, one of the
teachers in Benton High School, is
spending the holidays at her home in
Natchitoches.
Mr.. L. c. Biggs, the Bellevue mer-
chant, was in Benton on business Mon
day afternoon and again yesterday
morning. He spent Tuesday in Shreve-
port.
1t is folly for person to make good
living right here in the parish, out OF
the people of the parish, and then seek
to spend his money with the big mail
order houses.
Do you make New Year resolutions
Ii you make any tomorrow let one of
them be: 81 intend to read my parish
paper regularly during 1909 and pay for
it in advance
While wrestling on the streets OF
Bellevue one day this week with Mr..
John Emmett Biggs, Mr.. William Wick
ers got an extra hard fall, which broke
one of the smaller bones in his left leg.
Mrs. Ed Jockey, who has been seri-
ously sick for some weeks past, was re-
ported to be much better Sunday. Mr.
Jockey is now living on the Many old
place, north of Bellevue and across Lake
Bodcau.
After spending several days here with
his mother, Mrs. Kate Wyche, and Other
relatives, Mr.. J. E. Wyche left Tuesday
evening for Haughton, where he still
has a position with his brother in law
Mr.. G. w. Smith.
Miss Katie Mai Birdwell, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. P. r. Birdwell, now O.
Las Cruces, N. Mex, is a guest Of the
young ladies at Sheriff Edwards home
She is at present student in the Kid
Key College, Sherman, Texas.
We have been requested by the Sec
rotary (who was authorized by thu
Worshipful MASTERY to state that
meeting of Cypress Lodge will be hell
in this place next Thursday evening
for the transaction of any business tina
may come before the Lodge.
Mrs. Pennie Ards Mills of Shrevepor
came up last Saturday to install tn
newly elected officers of the local chap
ter of the Order Of Eastern Star. TIL
installation took place Sunday, 81
Johns day. While in Benton Mrs
Mills was a guest of Mrs. G. O. Gayle.
Prof. M. F. Godfrey, Principal g
Benton High School, and Miss Eliza
beth Lee McClintock, one of the assist
ant teachers in the school, were unite
in marriage in Shreveport Wednesda
evening of last week. They left at one
for Jackson, Tenn, the BRIDES home
where they are spending the Christina
holidays.
Since our last issue Mr.. Ned Burt IA
brought to this Office fair sized, we
preserved watermelon. 1t was grown b
his father, Mr.. E. S. Burt, who reside
about two miles out from Benton, an
who is a past master at growing big
fine, Juicy melons-the kind we all lik,
This melon was pulled early in Noven
Der and about that time Mr.. Burt ha
several wagon loads for sale.
: In our issue of the 18th we announce
that Rev. J. M. Brown, resident Methc
dist minister here during the past TO,
years, had been transferred to Arcad
, by the Leesville Conference. We wei
correctly informed, but he has sint
been transferred to Waterproof, Tens;
Parish. He and one of his daughter
, Miss Della, left Tuesday evening Il
; that point. They will be joined later
other members of the family.
This makes the fifty third issue of tt
j, Banner for the present year. Janua1
, ist came on Wednesday and to-day
Thursday, so there were both fifty-thr
Wednesdays and fifty three Thursday
, There would not have been fifty-thr
Thursdays had there not been 566 da
in the year-a leap year. An examin
: ton of the calender for 1909 shows tn
= the year will come in on Friday and {
: out on Friday, so there will be lift
three Fridays in the year. Friday, t
: 18th, comes but once during the We
during August) while Friday, the q
! comes twice.
d Mr.. r. w. Taylor, youngest son OF N
= and Mrs. S. T. Taylor, left Monday