The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-08-05
A better fair, a bigger fair!

issue of the Banner.
The weather continues warm,
but there is usually a breeze.
The moon is wrong for fishing,
but we hear that they are CATCH
ing EN- out on Bodcau. T
Miss Winnie Brownlee is in
Cotton Valley for visit with her
sister, Mrs. Glenn Robertson.
DR.. R. H. Gulledge of Moor
ingsport spent last night here
with his mother and members of
her family.
Mrs. Hoprider and her sister,
Miss Dora Dinkins, of Greenwood
are guests at the home of Mr.. |
S. 7. Taylor.
Don't wear yourself out walk
ing to your neighbours house
every week to borrow the Ban
ner. Subscribe yourself.
The game of baseball played
here last Friday between the
Rocky Mount and Benton teams
resulted in a score of 4 to 2 in
favor of the home boys.
After spending several days
here very pleasantly at the home
of Sheriff Edwards, Miss Leslie
Niece left this morning for her
home in Sherman, Texas.
Misses Pola Zeigler, Gazelle
Eckels and Bessie Gilmer, all of
Shreveport, returned home Tues
day morning after spending some
days here very pleasantly with
Miss Winnie Brownlee.
Mr.. w. P. White returned last
Thursday from a deserved and
much needed vacation trip. While
away he visited Pittsburg, Kans.,
Joplin, Mo-, and Sulphur Springs,
Ark. He says that the trip was
both enjoyable and profitable.
Mr.. E. N. (Tom) Hanks left
yesterday morning for his nome
in Dallas, Texas, after spending
several days here with his mother,
Mrs. M. H. Hanks, and his sisters
and brothers. His wife and little
boy are still here and will remain
for a more extended visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Hanks and
the baby are now keeping house
in the cottage recently vacated
by Mr.. L. S. McGaughey. Mr..
Hanks is Mr.. McGaughey's sue
cessor here for the Cotton Belt
Company. Mrs. Hanks arrived in
Benton one day last week.
Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Role and
their little boy of Winfield are
here on a months visit with Mrs.
ROLES mother, Mrs. Addie Nee
son. Elsewhere in this column
mention is made of the lectures to
be given by Mr.. Role at the
Methodist Church next week.
Have you noticed how many
special premiums are offered the
exhibitors at the next Parish Fair?
The names of nearly all the Plain
| Dealing merchants are to be found
in the list, and as usual, many Of
the leading Shreveport merchants
have offered something. Every
body has the interest of our fair
at heart.
For a long time we have known
that the rooster quail shared in
the work of Matching the brood,
but not until recently did we know
that he continued housekeeping
even if death claimed his faithful
little mate. Such Mr.. Sid Adger
local Game Warden, tells us is
true. He says that in the orchard
; at his home pair Of these noble
, little game birds built their nest
/, which the hen soon filled witt
:. eggs. Being so near the house i
was his pleasure at odd moment
: to watch the happy couple in thei
1 housekeeping. One morning, t.
n his surprise, the hen was foun'
dead, and more to his surprise
y the rooster has ever since care
fully guarded and covered tn
- eggs night and day.
s In last weeks issue we state
), that Messrs. W. E. Ivey and W. {
o Burt had gone to Oklahoma t
. inspect some railroad work MI
Burt now has under way. Nj
\ Burt returned home last Frida
- and Mr.. Ivey returned the follow
~ ing day. Both report that publ
= work is plentiful in that Stat
- Mr.. Ivey thinks that after he FIR
~ ishes his present contract, ne'
~ Marshall, Texas, he will move h
=. >. outfit there and accept work tn
~ has been offered him. Their Wis
=. was in the southern part of Il
~ State (near Durant) where M
"a Ivey says cotton looks fine, al
~ the absence of boil weevils
8 very noticeable. Corn, he say
s., has been ruined by the lack
y rains. They were offered oats
ell As cents and forage stuff mu
rs cheaper than prices here.
III In the Interest of Sunday SchOo
nv A Sunday school institute
y - Not