The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-06
In and Out of Town
III the Local News Told In Paragraphs

Mr.. Jerry Silliman has moved his barber
cbon into the Masonic hall.
.sBaclz to the Farm" The first INSTALL
ment will appear on the Goth.
Wvche's ad has been changed since the
last issue of the Banner. Read it!
The Police Jury will convene in regular
!. session in this place on Tuesday of next
week.
Mrs. B. Wise is spending this week in
Alden Bridge with her neice, Mrs. L. G.
Smith.
Miss Katie Hall of Shreveport is here on
visit of several days with relatives and
friends
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Butler of Belcher
sneut last Friday in Benton with relatives
5 and friends.
Mrs. Addie Neeson returned Monday
from Linton, where she spent three weeks
With her daughter, Mrs. Wv. Lay.
The proclamation ordering an election
"a be held throughout the parish on the
25th to elect an Assessor is to be found on
page four
Think of some farm product that has
never before been exhibited at the Parish
Fair and get in on the ''ground floor" with
it next fall.
Mr.. L. G. Smith and family will remove
from Alden Bridge and again occupy their
cottage in this place. His two older chill
dren are already here and have re-entered
Beaton High School.
Sam Houston (colored) charged with
murder, will have a preliminary hearing
before Judge John N. Sandlin in Bossier
Civ to day His crime was committed in
ward one some two or more weeks since.
Be sure you raise something extra nice
70 be exhibited at the Parish Fair. It is
not too early to begin to prepare for this
ard surely your pride will prompt you to
want something from your farm exhibited
s at the fair.
Collections at the Shreveport bridge for
s the past month were as follows: East
end day, by w. C. Rascoe, S573.6O;
night, by W. H. Bishop, S151. West end
aay. by Ed Reichler, 1851. 10; night, by
81 VIC. Hayden, $4,000.
4 Plain Dealing friend writes that the
school entertainment given in that place
on Friday night of last week was ga great
hit and a success in every way" There
. is no doubt of that in the writer's mind, for
8 tie affairs of this character given in Plain
Dealing are always good.
In the past two issues of the Banner a
large advertisement appeared on the fourth
page showing its advertising rates in full.
Tie advertisement will not appear again.
II you saved one of your copies of these
t@o issues you will have the Banner
rates to refer to on future occasions.
Mr.. Wrenn Brown left this place yes
eraay after spending several days here
with his brother, Mr.. John Brown, and
friends. He will visit relatives and friends
living in Cairo, ILL.,, and elsewhere, and
return here previous to the 10Th to go tc
work in the Clerks office for Clerk o1
Court B. A. Kelly.
The game of baseball played on the
s Alden Bridge diamond last Friday be.
tween the teams of that and this place re-
4 suited in score of II to 10 in Benton's
favor. In the game the week previous t.
K that the Benton boys wiped 'em up to thu
tune of Is to 4. In fact, this is the thirt
successive game we have taken from them
Air. R. E. Wyche is having show cas-
d Of extra large dimensions built in the from
q bis store 1t will no doubt show up t.
good advantage and prove an excellen
silent salesman Benton's merchant
keep FULL and clean stocks, prettily dis
Played, and they are apparently doing
more just now to attract trade than eve
bat0re
Oae day recently while in Shreveport
Mf. Z. W Hamiter of the Hamiter- Bush.
Gompany informed the writer that his flru
bad disposed of 100 bushels of wheat
naaFiy all for planting. He further state
aaas there were several good stands
Wheat in this parish. Messrs. J. H. an
". Boisseau have twenty-five acr
eaf ga their Red Chute plantation that
song we'll 1t was grazed continuousl
i6 weeks by mules, cows, goats and hog
aaa even that herd could not keep
efffped down. By this time they have n
oabt taken all stock off. The indication
8 ~ That their crop will be a success ant
SO, others will begin the cultivation
Riaeat. Perhaps the day is not far dlstal
Nhen our parish will be in the wheat bel
tehearsals of 'Tony, the Convict" tn
Pas g be given here some time tn
ssaaoath, are being held regularly. II
.as7a bars of the cast have gotten properl
saWn to their knitting" and will no doul
lsA successful performances an ente1
g naaent that Benton will be proud Q
rs time of the play is about two and
aaif hours and there are five acts, calm
I'D warden's room in the first, lawn
tae second, an elegantly furnished room
MS lnlfd and fifth and roughly furnlshe
Iapn in the fourth. Those present to wi
sess the performance will be surprised
see Che deliberately painted scenery pr
Raeea Tor the occasion, and especially tn