The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-12-07
BENTON, LA, DECEMBER 7, 1911
Local and
Personal

Register while you can.
Rev. B. H. Holt of Plain Dealing was
visitor in Benton Monday.
Miss Beatrice Cochran of Plain Deal
ing is spending the week with Benton
friends.
Mr.. R. A. Smith, who for some time
past has had a positionat a large saw
mill at Trenton, has returned home.
Mr.. B. West of Bolinger was week.
end visitor here with his family. Mrs.
West is the lessee of the Benton Hotel.
Mr.. Dayton Rodgers, who is still loca-
ted in Lafayette county, Ark, spent
the latter part of last week in Benton
with the home folks.
A number of relatives and friends from
various points were here Tuesday to at
tend the funeral services and burial of
Mrs. Maggie Sibley.
Mr.. R. P. Rodgers has asked that we
transfer his address on our subscription
book from one of the Plain Dealing
routes to Rocky Mount.
Mrs. Sue S. Hunter writes and asks
that we mail her copy of the Banner to
Dallas, Texas, care Baptist Memorial
Sanitarium, where she has position.
Mr.. F. ]. Love has requested that for
the present we mail the Banner to him at
Shreveport. Until recently it has been
forwarded to him at Los Angeles, Cal.
Mrs. Mary Vance and her two inter-
esting little children spent Friday OF
last week in Bossier City with Mrs. N.
A. Arnold, Mrs. Vance's sister-in-law.
Mr.. ]. F. Barnett of the Alabama set
Element was pleasant caller at the Ban
ner Office Monday. His place is adver-
tised for sale elsewhere in this issue Of
the Banner.
Mr.. D. H. helms, the Cotton Belts
local agent in this place has informed US
that the local freight train due here
(southbound) at HAS and to return
about three o'clock pm. has been dis
continued.
The local lodge of the Eastern Stal
ian order for ladies, and auxiliary to the
Masonic order) gave very enjoyable
luncheon this afternoon to the member!
of Cypress Lodge, F. and A. M, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Gayle.
Mr.. Eugene Birdsall, who for SOM
weeks past has been an employee in Thu
Office, left Monday for his home il
Shreveport. Mr.. Birdsall liked our tow
and people and left number of friend
behind him, but thought best not t
move here because the members of hi
family would not have been able t.
secure regular employment.
re- Mr.. w. A. Bounds of Rock,
Mount requests that we announce tina
he and Mr.. J. A. Lowe of Plain Dealing
are still the agents for the Farmers
Union in soliciting orders for wire fenc
ing. They expect to order another ca
at an early date. If you need sue
fencing and wish to save on the price Q
same, it would be we'll for you to see on
. of these gentlemen at once.
The Trilby plantation, located i
Ward One, this Parish, and comprisin
1,400 acres, has been sold by Mr.. JAG
P. Fullilove to the Louisiana Exploita
ton Association. We learn from Sun
days Shreveport Times that the sal
was made by Mr.. w. A. Jones of tia
city, whose advertisement is to be foun
elsewhere on this page. Mr.. Jone
plans big things for our State and in
mediate community, and thinks he wi
experience little trouble in placing goo
German and Scandinavian farmers Q
many large tracts of land in this sectio
of the State. He further states that til
wealth of Texas has been achieved
this way and that the same can be dor
in Louisiana. He is very enthusiast