The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-10-19
Local and
Personal

Mr.. Eugene Birdsall, Shreveport
typo, is now helping us with the Ban
ner. FIe reached Benton Tuesday.
Misses Leila White and Aileen Sibley
OF this place are now teaching in Cam
eron Parish. Miss Leila's address is
blackberry.
A nonjury term of Bossier District
Court will be convened here next Mon
day. District Attorney Thomas w.
Robertson of Minden was here last Sat-
urday looking over the docket
Messrs. c. O. Gayle, Gray Stinson,
John Brown, j. M. Montgomery and E..
D. Taylor, all of this place and COM
mmity, left Tuesday for Shreveport in
response to summons to serve on the
Federal Grand Jury. The last two
9 named were excused for the week, but
will have to appear next Monday.
Attention is called to the change in
the Bcusons advertisement. They have
inauguratcd what they designate as our
"Percei .tage SYSTEM of doing bust
ness, ara are offering unusual price in
ducamcnts. They will mail useful
article 10 the head of any family who
viii send in name and address. Their
advertisement is to be found on this
page. Read it.
Belcher, our sister town, is to have a
handsome new school building. The
corner stone for the same was laid to-
day, under the direction Of the Masonic
fraternity, with Hon. L. E. Thomas OF
Shreveport as orator of the day and
Aft W. Cheeseman of Shreveport Lodge
as master OF ceremonies. Following
this ceremony there was big barbecue
dinner and speeches by number Of To-
cal candidates for Office.
The boys OF Benton High School have
core 70 The conclusion that they can
play q pretty good game Of base ball
and, though the season for this sport is
closing, are anxious for challenges
They have authorized us to say thai
they challenge any high school club in
the parish, the game to decide the
championship of the parish. Address
all challenges to Guy Rich, Manager
Benton, La.
Many friends among the Banner;
readers viii deeply sympathize with Mr.
and Mrs. 3. T. Snider of Adner ovel
the death OF their little baby girl, Alice
Ross, aged eleven months and twenty.
six days. The sweet little one, SO deal
to the hearts Of the fond young parent!
died on Friday of last week, the 18th
the interment taking place in the tamil.
burial plot in Bellevue Cemetery tn
following day. The writer extends hi
heartfelt coincidence to the parents il
this hour Of their saddest mutual grief
The Benton High School baseball nin'
returned home this evening from Plail
Dealing, in high spirits. A game wa
played at the fair grounds there to-da,
between that team and that of the Plail
Dealing High School. 1t was called b,
the Plain Dealing boys at the close 0
the fifth inning, as they saw the impos
sibility Of even hope to win it. TIL
young men stated that picked min
from both the school and town (of Plail
Dealing would come here one day mex
week to cross bats with them. No doub
they'll give our boys something to do.
Mr.. L. C. Parker, member OF tn
hrm OF Brown 6; Parker, and who, 70
several weeks past has been ASSISTING
the writer in the Banner Office, has ac
4 cepted q position as travelling salesma
Tor Parrotte, Beals &; Company OF Chi
cago, manufacturers of mems hats
His territory is this State, Mississippi
and portion of Texas. He left Bento
one day this week with, three larg
trunks full of samples, and will max
quite swing in the State before agai
returning to this place. Mr.. Parker
good salesman and, in fact, resource
iu in many ways. We wish him sue
cess and he will no doubt attain it in n
81 small measure. See his advertisement
eiseWhare on this naue and If Won are