The Bossier banner., 1909-02-18
Local and
Personal.

Miss Mabel Scanland has been sick
a-bed for several days.
Rorn. to Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Shenks
Of Montrose last Friday, a girl.
Mr.. M. G. Mckinney of Plain Dealing
Maid us an appreciated call Tuesday.
The School Board is in session in this
place to-day. All members are present.
Porn. to Mr.. and Mrs. G.. C. Hathaway
Of Alden Bridge one day last week, a
fine boy.
The fourth annual State Fair will be
held in Shreveport November 1st to 9th,
inclusive.
Miss Bertie Gulledge is again able to
sit up after spending two weeks a-bed as
the result of fall.
An interesting article by the Presi-
dent of the Bossier Parish Fair Associa-
ton will appear in our next issue.
Mr.. Newt Brownlee of Alden Bridge
spent Monday here with his mother,
Mrs. L. A. Brownlee, and other men,
bers of the family.
DELL. Scales of Alden Bridge ex-
pects to leave soon for London, Eng
land. where he will make special study
of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and
throat.
Messrs. S. T. Taylor, w. ]. Martin,
F. B. Ogden, J. H. Burt, Ed Logan and
ia. Larkin of our town and community
are in Shreveport this week serving on
the Federal Grand Jury.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Walling, formerly of this
parish, but now Of Sierra-Blanca, Texas,
has sent us a dollar to renew his SUBJ
scription, and writes that it would be
hard to get along without the Banner.
Mr.. John R. Matlock of the Mot COM
munity, who called one day last week
and paid us dollar on subscription, is
one of our old stand-bys. He has been
subscriber for more than thirty years.
Mr.. Peyton c. Taylor has instructed
us to forward his Danuol ~ AioAo1uii Ia,
where he has just located. He says in
his letter: eve are somewhat lonesome
here, and especially SO without the
Banner"
Miss Maggie Campbell and Mr.. G. O.
Brandenburg, both of Alden Bridge
were united in marriage in that place
Yesterday evening at $3.50 o'clock, Rev
J.A. Parker of this place performing
the ceremony.
The quail season is drawing to close
After the 28th it will be unlawful to hun
and kill them. The season for hunting
doves, ducks, geese and brant also closes
on that day. Turkeys (the cocks only
can be hunted until April 18th and snip'
until May 18th.
A light snow fell here nearly all da.
Monday. During the day it was yer,
cold, but each succeeding day has beel
little warmer and it is pleasant to-day
but cloudy and windy. During the col
spell the temperature dropped down t
twenty degrees above zero.
Mr.. F. T. Whited and family OF Aide
Bridge moved last week to Shreveport
which place they will make their futur
home. They have been residents OF OF
parish for number of years, have mad
many lasting friends here, and the regrt
is universal that they have gone else
where to live.
Mr.. George E. Gatling OF San Angus
tine, Texas, has written to learn VIII
Bossier company Mr.. j. o. Mccall was
member of during the Confederate Wa
and to what regiment the compar
belonged. Who knows? We have lool
ed over the rosters of the six Bossl
companies, but cannot find his nam
He was perhaps recruit. His daugl
ters wish to join a chapter OF the Unit
Daughters of the Confederacy and it
important that this information be fu
nished promptly.
Das> Elsewhere in this issue will
found our Dime-a-Line Column. In
is where you should advertise the pro
ucts of your farm for sale. 1t is
want, exchange and barter column. Z
rate is easily within your reach a
grows less as the weeks pass, until
given number of insertions have be
made. Another good feature about
rate is that you are as familiar with 1t
We are, Refer to the last paragra
under the head and find out what
mean. Count six words to the lne-a
send in your copy.