The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-15
Local and
Personal


This has been very pleasant week
thus far.
Attend the ice cream festival to-mor-
row evening.
A nonjury term of Bossier District
court will convene in this place on the
fourth Monday.
On Thursday of last week the Dixie
baseball team was again defeated on the
local diamond. The score was to 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Ogden are receiv-
iur the congratulations of their many
friends over the arrival at their home of
fine boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Silliman left recently
for Cabool, Mo-, where they will perhaps
remain some time with relatives before
returning home.
Mr.. Newman Larkin left the latter
mart of last week to resume his work in.
New Orleans, after spending some days
here with the home folks.
Miss Camille Kelly has returned home,
and her friends sincerely trust she will
not find it necessary to again leave home
on account of her affection.
Miss Blanche Phelps of Natchitoches
has been visitor at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. B. A. Kelly since Monday. We
are told that she will teach this term in
Haynesville, and that her school will
open on Monday on next week.
Messrs. R. E. Wyche, T. w. w. Stin-
son and C. O. Gayle left yesterday for
Lake Bodcau with the intention of
spending two days at Indian Mound
Camp. However, an east wind has pre-
vailed and we fear game fish are not
striking we'll.
The Bossier Parish Farmers Union
will meet in Emma on Tuesday the Goth,
at 10 o'clock am. All locals are re-
quested to send a full delegation. The
meeting in the forenoon will be public.
This notice was authorized by one of the
officers of the organization.
Benton High School opened Monday
under flattering conditions, with the full
faculty of teachers present. The en-
rollment is large and it is thought that
II will steadily grow for some weeks.
A number Of visitors were present to
witness the opening exercises.
The Ladies' Aid Society of this place
will give an ice cream festival tomorrow
evening, from 6 to $50 O'Clock, in the
!. grove Immediately in front of the resi-
dence of Mrs. Kate Wyche. The affair
will be conducted after manner to in
sure the pleasure of all who attend and
il is hoped the crowd will be large. The
/ proceeded of the entertainment will be
devoted to the local use of the Methodist
and Presbyterian Churches.
One day this week Mr.. w. M. Morrow
left at the Banner Office very pretty
sample of rice, which was grown on Mr..
G. w. Smiths Bear Island plantation,
in ward one. He has over 200 acres in
rice and the crop is said to have done
we'll. 1t is thought that enough will be
realized from it's sale to pay for the
machinery and all other initial improve
ments incident to rice culture out of the
profits. We have repeatedly called at.
tention to the introduction of rice culture
IN Bossier Parish, and particularly the
Experimental crop grown on the Sligo
plantation last year, selected acre O.
which produced twenty bags.
"A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-Mr.E Ed Logan
Parish Surveyor, was the victim yester.
day forenoon of a painful and rathe
serious accident and he is perhaps for
tnnate that it did not end even more so
BE was returning home alone in hi
buggy when his horse became frightene'
and ran away. Seeing that the hors
had gotten beyong his control and mad
. dash for the woods, Mr.. Logan jumpe'
out of the vehicle, and the conclusion
resulted in the breaking of his left LEI
just above the ankle and the crushing o
the right ankle joint. The accident hap
pened about mile and a half out on tn
Arkansas road, but the news quickl,
reached Benton and friends went to hi
i assistance. He was taken to his home
xhere,he promptly received surgical at
sention and is now doing as well a
could be expected. His horse is small
one, but we'll kept and considered dan
4 eerous, as she has before run while il
harness. She has often appeared some
Il what fractions and it is thought she i
= half-bred mustang.
s Don't waste your money buying plas
sefs when you can get bottle of Cham
eerlain's Liniment for Is cents. A piec
q nannel dampened with this linimen
superior to any plaster for lame back
IS ans in the side and chest, and muc
reaper. Sold by all dealers.
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