The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-14
Topics of a Week
c.otioued Story of Current Events
,...tv9 Well. see Biggs & Hanks.

Thirsty? Well, see Biggs e. Hanks.
Nm r. s. Dortch of Taylortown spent
Tuesday in Benton.
w. +. C.. Biggs of Bellevue was WIS.,
~, ON Tuesday of this week.
hard rain. accompanied by hail for a
- !, moments, fell here this afternoon.
Il, and Mrs. Dallas Jones of Shreveport
- baan visitors in Benton since our last
issue.
,.r,i min the Benton Presbyterian Church
Il the Presbytery
Rev. ]. M. Brown, now the resident
,satbod;st minister at Clinton, left this
corning after spending day or two here
With friends.
u;ss Martha Johnston, now teaching a
school in South Bossier, spent last Satur-
dav in Benton with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs, Jos. E. Johnston.
Nj. N. M. Belcher is again at home. He
,snorts that he met with fairly good sue
cess res in Alabama and Mississippi in dis
posing Of the patent rights he represents.
Mrs. Braxton Wise and Miss Grace Lar
hin returned Monday from Pine Bluff.
Ak. where they spent several days with
iheir sister and mother, Mrs. E. J. Larkin.
4 Linton friend writes and asks that we
announce that services will be held at Red
River Baptist Church on the 23d and oath
Saturday of next week and the Sunday
following.
friend informs us that the door re-
CENTS at the Alden Bridge entertainment,
given last Saturday night, amounted to
more than S33. The entire program is said
to have been good.
Mrs. Sallie White left Tuesday for Baton
Rouge, where she will spend some days
with her niece, Mrs. Newt Ogden. Before
returning home she will also visit her
daughter, Miss Leila, who is now teaching
in Lakeside, Cameron Parish.
A game of baseball played in this place
yesterday afternoon between the Benton
and Alden Bridge teame resulted in a
score of to 7 in favor of the home boys.
The game was live one and the full nine
innings we're played before it was won.
A meeting Of the directors of the Bossier
Parish Fair Association will be held in
Plain Dealing next Tuesday, when the
superintendents of the several depart
ments will be named. They are expected
to at once begin the preparation of the
lists of premiums.
Lewis Wiley (colored) charged with
burning the barn on the Cooper planta-
ton, adjoining the Carlton plantation, was
one day this week captured by Deputy
Sheriff J. N. Brumlow of Bossier City and
brought here Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff
ia. Edwards and lodged in Jail.
Mr.. R. E. Wyche is putting an ice room
into the building now occupied by Biggs &
Hanks and has about completed other i'm
proyements. He is also having the old
blacksmith shop near that building torn
down and will perhaps move the office oc-
cupled BY Dr.. c. H. Irion to ist site.
The Police Jury convened here Tuesday
morning, holding one days session. A
matter of interest to many of our readers
was the passing of motion offering to
pay out of the general fund the railroad
lare OF all resident Confederate veterans
who wish to visit the Mobile Reunion. The
old Court House Cat Bellevue) was sold to
MI. Sam Lee of Haughton. We are told
I mat the old building will be torn down al
an early date.
The entertainment given at the schoo
house on Friday evening of last week by
young people of this place was success
and, to all appearances, much enjoyed
Inc door receipts amounted to $4,000
nad good weather prevailed throughout
we day, and especially early in the even
lug when it rained) it is thought the
audience would have been nearly if no
luliy double what it was. If weather per-
mlls the program of that evening will b.
lepfoduced in Alden Bridge tomorrow
evening. Prices of admission, 25 and 3;
vents. AS is customary, the little girls wh'
se W. tickets will be given free admission TO
4 seillng given number The troupe ha
aaso been asked to show at Plain Dealing
~ Friday evening of next week, but it i
.esred the date cannot be arranged. TIL
aalonty OF the young men taking part il
.ae TWO plays have positions here and fin'
aafa to excuse themselves from duty.