The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-08-05
Local and
Personal
,Rah for the fair!

Fish stories are now In Ofder.
Red River graveyard will be-
ahrubbed and cleaned off next
Tuesday, the 10th.
We are authorized to announce
the marriage Of Mr.. w. E. lvey to
Miss Dora Williams.
Miss Leila White, who attended
the summer term of the State
Normal at Natchitoches, which
has lust closed, is again at home.
Mr.. c.. |. Crouch of the Linton
community while here on bust
ness last Friday came in and re-
newed his subscription to this
great agricultural weekly.
MissesLennie and Evelyn Terry
left Monday morning for their
home in Shreveport after spend
ING several days here with their
grandmother, Mrs. Sallie White.
We are told that the Midway
postoffice has been moved to Mr..
6. ". Dalrymple's store, on the
pubIic road and about mile and
half east of the old Midway
store. Mr.. Dalrymple in now
acting as postmaster.
The ditching crew on this end
of the Shreveport branch of the
Cotton Belt doing the preparatory
work for ballasting) has COM
pleted the work between this place
and Shreveport and is now at
work just north of town.
Once again we wish to an
nounce that we do not publish
anonymous communications. In
all cases the name of the writer
should be made known to the
publisher. We do not object to
the use of a pen name, and will
never publish your name in con-
nection with your communica-
tons when instructed not to do
80, but we insist upon knowing
who you are when you write.
Messrs. T. J. and E. D. Taylor
of this place, who were joined by
Mr.. Tom Crawford of Plain Deal
ing, went up to Bolinger Monday
afternoon to try for fox chase
in that community that night.
As fate would have it, they hunt
ed all night without striking a
thing and the next morning, when
on their way in to catch the train
for home, the dogs picked up
fresh trail, but had to be called in
on account of the lateness of the
hour. Better luck next time, boys
From Mr.. Robert Wallace, who
lives some miles out from Benton
and who was a visitor yesterday
We learned that the young quai
are doing we'll. Since the begin
ming of the nesting season he has
found and watched about fifteer
nests. Four of these (presumably
nests of young hens) were de-
stroyed early in the season b!
rains and standing water. HI
said it was noticeable that al
nests found later were built OIL
ridges and higher plots of ground
Many of the young birds can fl,
and some are nearly half grown.
As will be noticed by lookin
over the list of premiums to b
awarded at the coming Paris
Fair, the proprietor has offered
number of subscriptions to tn
Banner as premiums. These sub
scriptions are given freely, an
those who win them are welcom
to them. A feeling of publi
spirit is what prompted the offe
We cannot dictate to those WI
win them, nor do we wish to, b'
We would be pleased to have tho:
ofour regular subscribers who al
awarded one or more to give tt
Subscriptions to some relative I
friend who is not now subscribe
This would be mutual help, ar
We do not feel that we are askir
too much.
Mr.. N. W. Sentell and fami
OF Collinsburg, Mr.. j. M. Sent
and family of Cairo plantatio
Mr.. R. E. Wyche and family, N
". G. Burt and family, Mr.. al
Mrs. c. 0. Gayle aud Miss Mat
Scanland of this place and ma
others are now camping on Bo
eau, in the two club houses at Il
end of the bridge. During t
week the campers have had
many visitors that one not on t
grounds could not have possit
Kept a record of them. Jud
Al. Murff of Shreveport and \
4, A. Smith of this place return
from the camp yesterday aft
noon. Mr.. Smith reported Il
Doth houses were still full a
that everybody was having
good time. He also said that
daily catch was sufficient for ia
use, and that he and Mr.. Wy,
mad each taken q. pound tro
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