The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-08-26
Local and Personal *
Continued Story of Current Events
;rst call for cotton pickers.


!. business visitor in Benton last Friday.
There will be services at the Presbyterian Church
Tonight conducted by Rev. W. A. Role.
Messrs j. c.. and G. G.. Barnett of the Carterville
neohborhood were business visitors last Friday.
Hon. f. S. Dortch of Taylortown, while here on
business the latter part of last week paid us an ap-
preciated call.
We we're correct in guess last week. The
Benton deer hunters returned without venlsOn, and
didn't even have race.
Mr.. Emmett Wyche, until recently resident of
Plain Dealing, has accepted position with Glas-
sell Brothers of Belcher.
Mr. r. F. Bell, a young attorney Of Shreveport
and son of Judge T. F. Bell of that place, was a
professional visitor Tuesday.
Miss Camille Kelly left one day this week for
Cotton Valley where she expects to spend some
days as guest of Mrs. Glenn Robertson
Sheriff J. F. Edwards, Mrs. Edwards and their
daughter, Miss Lucille, expected home one day
next week. They now at Niagara Falls.
MFR. and Mrs. G.. O. Gayle and family of this
Mace and Mr.. and Mrs. John N. Sandlin of Minden
are spendind this week at Indian Mound Camp, on
Bodcau.
Mr.. J. G. Barnett, superintendent of one of the
parish road outfits was here on business Tuesday.
His outfit is now working the roads of ward one,
near Bluffs.
Messrs R. E. Wyche, Tavner and Emmett Taylor
W. W. Cartsr and Gillian Wyche returned yester-
day evening from unsuccessful deer hunt near
the Nash old place.
The State Board of Equalization, recently in SEES
sion in Baton Rouge, decreased the assessment on
denuded pine lands in this parish Is per cent and
on cotton lands % per cent.
Mr.. w. E. Ivey is spending the week camping on
Bodcau, at the Ivey and Burt camp. He has as
companions his two little boys and his nephew, Mr..
Walter Ivey, jr., of Denton, Texas.
Our town has always boasted good school. A
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gagged for the coming term and the school prom
ises to be even better and larger than heretofore
Mrs. R. E. Wyche, accompanied by two of her
sons-Aymer and Eugene the baby)-left last
Friday for San Antonio, Texas, where she will
spend two weeks with her aunt, Mrs. G. C. Chaffe.
Mrs Kate S. Cabeen and her two daughters left
Thursday of last week for Talladega Ala, where
they will all enter Alabama Synodcal College
Mrs. Cabeen as matron and her two daughters as
students.
Messrs John Hanks and Ned Burt of this place,
who last May made application for positions with
the Government railway postal clerks, and took
the regular examination have received official no.
tifcation that they passed.
Mr. j. f. Rodgers of Arkana was visitor in
Benton last Friday. AS he has before stated, and
as has been previously announced in these columns,
he and his family will move here on September LIST,
when he will at once assume management of the
Benton Hotel.
Rural route No. 2 out of this place now extends
far as Brownlee, according to a recent order
from the Post Office Department., but service will
not be inaugurated over the portion of the
route until September list. The total length of the
route is now 22A miles.
Mr.. N. NJ Belcher, now assisting in the supervis-
ion of some railroad work near Marshall, Texas,
undertaken recently by the North Louisiana Con-
struction Company, of which he is member, left
Monday after spending several days here bust
ness. During his absence from his work he was
represented by his brother, Mr.. Ernest Belcher.
Mr.. Will Bell, formerly resident of our parish,
and who still numbers friends here by the score,
was visitor in Benton last Friday and again
on Tuesday of this week. He is now buying cotton
seed for an East st. Louis firm, and succeeds Mr.
Sherman Williams, we'll and favorably known by
nearly everybody in this community, and who died
In Little Rock, Ark, on the 9th.
Mr.. W. u. Burt left early yesterday morning
Tor Shreveport taking his mules and levee outfit
winch during the day he shipped to Oklahoma
where he has secured dirt contract with the new
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad. Five cars
We're necessary to accommodate the outfit, and as
Tie expense of shipping so great, Mr.. Burt ex-
poets to operate in that territory for some time.
Mr. j. M. Montgomery and Mr.. Tom Stinson
representing his father Mr.. T. w. W. Stinson, left
londay for Oklahoma to bid on some of the dir
fraillroad now building. However, upon reaching
shreveport they learned that, on account OF the
quarantine in Texas, the rate for shipping live
s'oek through that State was exorbitant, aban.
uoied the plan and returned home.
mere are at present only three prisoners in the
a aarlsh Jail. They are Webb Coleman of ward six
~ e..arsed with shooting at dwelling; Jerry Morgan
:. as ward two, charged with burglary and larceny
a ala Arthur Minis OF ward one, charged with rape
a at'nur Chapple (white) and John Milton, bott
lal ra with carrying concealed weapons, ant
t hace summons, charged with violating labor con
M Tac' lhone of whom have been tried) were takel
oe to one of the parish road camps to begin
work on their time
VA eau meeting of Loudon Butler Camp, U.C.V.
nas neo In this place last Saturday. The member
n srse We're }. H. Nattin, Commander; J.
a ,nson, AdJutant w. H. Scanland, S. T. Taylo
aua i P Larkin E. S, Dortch. Thomas Lyle
Dali d 4. barnacaste were represented by proxies
.sa'es and alternates to the State Division Con