The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-21
Local and
Personal
The Goo Coos are coming.

Next year is leap year, girls.
There will be only one more issue of
the Banner this year.
q Let everybody turn out to hear the
Good Government League speakers.
Mr.. L. C. Parker, now travelling
salesman, is at home for the holidays.
Don't forget the date of the Christmas
tree. 1t will be given at one OF the
churches Sunday evening.
Mrs. Sue Logan left recently for Wal
nut Hill, Ark, where she will spend the
holidays with her sister, Mrs. Sewer.
AS the 31st comes on Sunday this year
YOU will have one day less in which to
pay your poll tax. Better do it to-day
if YOU have not done so.
After an absence of several months,
spent in California, Mr.. Sam Graham
and family have returned to Alden
Bridge, which place they will make their
home for the present.
Mr.. w. H. Scanland, jr., who has not
been at home since the fall OF 19O5, is
expected to arrive on the evening OF the
23d for a weeks visit. At present ne
has position in Huntington, w. Va.
The editor of the Banner is still al
the Sehumpert Memorial Sanitarium, o.
Shreveport, but his attending physicians
state that he is doing we'll and will per
haps be able to return home this week.
Mr.. w. NJ. Jones of the Linton com
munity while here yesterday came il
and handed us dollar on subscription
He's about as regular as clock in pay
ing his taxes and renewing his subscrip
ton to the Banner.
Mr.. w. M. Rushing, former resident
was a visitor in Benton yesterday. H
is at present rebuilding and enlargin
the Adger Lake levee, near Briarfiel
ferry Mr.. w. G.. Burt OF this place
one Of the subcontractors.
Ii present plans carry well residents
Haughton, Plain Dealing and Bento
will have an opportunity to hear futul
Louisiana Governor make political &C
dresses on the 10Th and 3Oth. See tt
announcements elsewhere on this page
AS an illustration of the value OF al
verrising the mule advertised in the
columns for the past two weeks was re
tored to its owner, Claiborne Pari
darkey, through the advertisement. II
total cost of the advertisement was on
60 cents.
MIR. J. w. Wallace, who resides sol
miles out from Benton, expects to mo
his family here during the Christm
holidays. Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace wi
their children to have the benefit OF
school. They will occupy Mrs. Ado
Nelson's cottage.
Mr.. F. B. Ogden will have the positl
as bookkeeper in Mr.. R. E. Wych
store after the 31st. He and his fam
will remove here from the Cat lsla
plantation. Mr.. w. G. McClenagh
the present bookkeeper, wishes to g
up house work altogether.
Mrs. w. J. Dawson OF this place
day recently killed with a shot gun
extra large hawk that perched in
pine tree near her premises. 1t me
ured forty-nine inches from tip to
The use of fire arms by women is &C
mendable practice and should be
outraged. We congratulate Mrs. d;
son for having such skill.
In last weeks issue of the Banner
neglected to state that our good ri
Mr.. j. D. Patterson of this place bag
a fine turkey in Willow Chute bott
on the Sth At that time it was q
dry and it happened that Mr.. Parker
walked up on fair size bunch OF
birds at watering hole. He went
to his tie camp for his gun and retul
and killed one. They are said to