The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-11-16
BENTON, La, NOVEMBER 16, 1911,
Local and
Personal
Get that gobbler ready!


Oaly little more than five weeks un-
ii Christmas.
Mr.. Guy Stinson of Shreveport was
recent visitor in Benton with relatives.
The young people of this place will
perhaps get up an amateur theatrical
entertainment for Christmas week.
A sweet little baby girl was born one
day recently in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. ], E. Burt. This makes their third
child. The oldest is boy.
Mr.. w. H. Matthews, Shreveport
abstractor we'll known and liked in Ben
ton, is again here at work. Heis listing
the lands lost to the parish tax roll from
year to year.
The Bellevue Cemetery fence fund
now amounts to $3.50. This sum will
not be sufficient to erect the fence. II
you wish to subscribe to the fund, right
now is the accepted time.
Mr.. P. w. Young of the Linton COM
munity is said to be again suffering
from rheumatic or kindred affection in
the hips. We hope our venerable friend
! will soon be at himself again.
One more Thursday after this and then
the next will be Thanksgiving Day.
Surely you don't want the Office force
here in the Banner Office to work on
Thanksgiving Day, even if the paper
is published on Thursdays? OF course
you don't, so you will please send in
your copy early for our issue of the 3Oth'
Last week in the Bienville District
Court Bossier Parish won in the bound
airy line suit with Bienville Parish
This was a friendly suit instituted te
legally establish short section OF the
line between the two parishes. 1t in.
wolves the possession of small terri.
tory OF land that will some day, NJ
doubt, be of great value. It is though
the case will not be appealed.
AS predicted in these columns, tn
spelling bee given in the Benton Higl
School auditorium on Friday evening o
last week proved source OF no littl
pleasure. There were good speller
present on both sides, but the "town'
succeeded in outspelling their oppon
ents, all teachers and pupils in tn
school. The spelling bee took so we
that It is suggested to have anothe
soon, perhaps on Friday evening of nea
week. The proceeds from the 1O-cer
admission amounted to $3.50, and Pro
Bush, the Principal of the school, yer
generously suggested that the schot
only keep 81 for incidentals. The re
mainder was added to the Bellevu
Cemetery fence fund.
"Uncle'' Lewis Richards, an age
colored resident of this communit,
who moved here from some point ne;
Bellevue, was recently summoned
Shreveport to appear in the Unite
States District Court as witness.
happened that "Uncle" Lewis in all b
life had never ridden on train and hi
not for years before visited our moi
and busy metropolis. With many mi
givings, he was finally persuaded to a
tempt the trip. Of course some OF
white friends had to show him the WI
after he reached the city. During t
morning while still here he was heard
remark: 81 dunno nothin' erbout
lam. De want no timber on hit VIII
moved dere. l tends to my own bi
mes, an wish dem folks would tend
deirn an let me alone" But it ha
pened that emo timber on it" was
Information wanted, so the old man v
the witness in demand and had to ma
the trip. No doubt the many elect
cars and the sight of automobiles DART
there and about will keep the old m
away from the city for another lo
span Of years, and perhaps he'll ne