The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-11-23
Local and
Personal

II
Hope your Thanksgiving gobbler is
doing well.
The weather man says it is to be much
colder by tomorrow.
Mr.. w. E. Ivey left Tuesday for
Keatchie, near which place his teams
are still at work.
Local sportsmen are busy a-feld these
days. Bob whites and squirrels are to
be found in great numbers.
Friends will regret to learn that Mrs.
Maggie Sibley of this place has been
seriously ill for some days past.
Mr.. A. E. Woody of Plain Dealing,
now on the road by private conveyance,
while here on business to-day called and
renewed his subscription.
agy-We expect to publish next weeks
+ issue of the Banner on Wednesday and
set aside Thursday as a day of rest, etc.,
SO please send your copy in early.
We are told that Mr.. George Smith,
8 who has farmed on the river front for
several years past, will succeed Mr.. A.
B. McIver as manager on the Kingston
plantation.
Mr.. ]. M: Scanland, editor and pro-
prietor of the Vermilion News, left
\ Tuesday for his home in Abbeville after
short visit here with his brother, the
editor of the Banner.
We learn that Mr.. S. E. Sentell, a sor
of MIR. and Mrs. N. w. Sentell of Col
4 linsburg, has been named as one of the
regular appointees to the U. S. Nava
Academy at Annapolis, Md. We con-
graduate the young man over his gooe
( fortune and hope he will be able to sue
cessfully pass his examinations.
Mr.. A. B. McIver, who for severa
seasons past has been the manager o
the Kingston plantation, some mile
south of Benton, will, together with hi
family remove to Shreveport. We ar
told that Mr.. McIver will form copart
nership with some friend and engage il
the agricultural implement business.
Since the last issue of the Banner on
dollar each has been subscribed to tn
Bellevue Cemetery fence fund by Mrs
Lizzie Robertson of Haughton and Mrs
Il Addie Neeson of this place. Thi
makes the total amount of the fun
s4i.S0, with more in sight. This
about the last call. If you wish to hel
defray the expense of building the fenc
you should make a remittance to-day.
Mr.. A. NJ. Wyche is still at an
Paso, Texas, sanitarium, but repor
constantly reach US of his improvin
condition. He left this place Septen
Der 21--just nine weeks ago-and sint
that time has gained nearly thirt
pounds, and is about restored to h
wonted health. He is expected hon
within week or so. We are beginnir
to wonder if his old friends will kno
him on first sight.
Our old ward three friends, Messrs. F
Cody and "Dick" Wise will please TO
ward US, their famous receipt for curir
meat. The season of the year when
should again appear in print is drawn
near, and, in addition to this, we ha
once or twice been asked for a copy
it. Just mail us the old receipt, alol
with any new wrinkle or curves y
may have added. But the old form "
good enough. Let us hear from y
promptly.
A letter from Congressman J.
Watkins, who is now at his home
Minden, informs us that the regular a
pointees to the U. S. Military Acadei
at West Point and the U. S. Ma
Academy at Annapolis have been name
but that their alternates have not. A
h worthy young man a resident OF tn
the Seventh Congressional Distri
who should see this in print, and feeli
that he could pass the physical a
mental examinations, would do we'll
correspond with Mr.. Watkins at on
The successful contestants in these
aminations are assured of excel
training and finished literary educatio
Mrs. J. F. Wyche, whose plantat
home was near New Iberia, Iberia P
ish, died on Thursday of last we
aged seventy-four years. Mrs. Wy
was native of that parish, her mali
name being Mollie PEBBLES. She ,
relict Of Mr.. Fletcher Wyche (kne
TO our readers by that name) who W;
brother of the late Maj. R. E. Wye
She is survived by one son-Mr. Jal
Wyche-who is in business in \
Iberia. Miss Irene PEBBLES, who sol
times visits our town, is niece of
deceased. Mrs. Wyche might be sp
en- OF as one of the pioneer citizens
IBERIA Parish, and during this long S
@ years has always been known q
cnaritable and lovable woman-an