The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-02
\ In and Out of Town
Il All the Local News Told in Paragraphs
All the Local

Mr.. T. S. Peace of old Dixie came in
uerterday and had his name added to our
subscription list.
Miss Pauline Dawson returned Sunday
from Shreveport, where she spent several
days pleasantly with friends.
Now is the time to advertise your seed
corn and seed cotton. There are two such
advertisements in o-day's Banner.
Mr.. H. Bragg and family are now occu-
nying the Butts cottage. Mr.. Bragg is the
local agent for the Cotton Belt Company.
Mr. J. E. Rogers and family yesterday
moved into the Johnston cottage, across
the street from this Office, which Mr.. Rog-
ers recently purchased.
Mrs. J. C. Logan of VAUDEVILLE returned
home on Friday of last week from Ouachita
Parish, where she spent several days very
pleasantly with her brother, Mr.. S. W.
Vance.
Mr.. L.. c.. Parker, one of our merchants,
has leased the Benton Hotel. He and his
family moved to the hotel yesterday and
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker at once assumed its
management.
Mr.. C. A. Heifner of this place has pur-
chased from Mr.. Tom Mckenzie portion
Of the Bob Curry old place. We are told
be will soon remove his family to his
newly acquired farm.
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munity was pleasant caller at the Ban
ner office to-day. He is one of the special
Deputy Sheriffs who will help conduct
Saturdays primary election, and came
here for the Carterville box.
Mrs. Augusta Wolfe and her daughter,
Mrs. T. Q. Martin, both of Dallas, Texas,
left to-day for their homes after spending
some days here pleasantly with Mrs. Brax-
8 ton Wise and Miss Grace Larkin. The late
Dr. Wise was Mrs. Wolfe's brother.
DR.. W. ]. Baird of Plain Dealing, aged
seventy odd years, died at a Shreveport
sanitarium yesterday. His remains were
taken up on this mornings northbound
train and the interment will take place in
Plain Dealing Cemetery this afternoon.
Y Collections at the Shreveport bridge for
I the past month were as follows: East
end day, by w. C. Rascoe, s673.25;
night, by W. H. Bishop, S149. West end
day, by C. E. Richler, S673.30; night, by
". C. Haden, S1O2.O5. Total, S1615.60.
The manager for the Leon M. Carter
Drug Company of Shreveport writes us in
part as follows: Enclosed find copy for
change of our ad. We want to get more
business from your section through your
paper and have already noticed results
from the ad we have been running"
We regret to state that our old friend
and subscriber Mr.. j. B. Thompson, who
is now living near Hosston, in Caddo
Parish, was partially paralyzed on Tues
day Of last week. He has lost the use of
both his right arm and right leg, but, for
tunately, he can still talk. The last report
s breach Benton was that his condition was
slightly improved.
@~As' W. '" ID III, yOuuSOoV ooh " AA'
and Mrs. S. T. Taylor of this place, has
requested US to forward his paper to Ash
eFtOn, Texas, instead of to Boerne, that
State. He was the Cashier in bank at
boerne, but has removed to the other town
8 % become the President of the newly es-
taoshed Asherton State Bank. He is also
81 one OF the directors, and was largely in
afumental in the organization of the cor
paratlon, so We are told. Our best wishes
follow you, Dick.
Llge Murphy, who shot Charlie Williams
tuesday morning near the Roach place, on
q lake Bodcau, was arrested by Deputy
sheriff ]. A. Edwards on Mr.. E. A. Jack
s0ns place Gin Webster Parish) and yes.
.sFoay afternoon brought here and lodged
2 the Parish Jail. Both the implicated
are negroes, and it seems the i'll feeling
SssWeen them was over the division o.
sone sugar cane. Murphy fired four shots
WIN . .38 caliber pistol, two of them being
sascslve, while his victim only got in one
s.o' with shot gun. Williams death
s s' about ten o'clock on the nigh
o'lowlng. We are told that this is the
als' homicide in our parish in about twelve
months.
a.. ne busiest and mightiest little thing
49, 81 ever was made is Chamberlain