The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-06-29

6 W eoy 70 you IN these columns about his
candidacy.
Mr. w. P. White now has substantial new rio
for his rural mail route.
Mrs. Sue T. Abney is again at home. She has
ner little nephew, Francis Abney, with her.
Miss Beatrice Cochran of Plain Dealing is a
guest at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Wyche.
Miss Aileen Sibley returned home Sunday from
South Louisiana, where she taught school during
the past term.
Miss Louise Alison has returned home from
Mansfield, where she spent two weeks with rela-
tives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. w. F. Kelly are here on visit of
several weeks with Mr.. Kelly's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. A. Kelly.
Give the Civic League your best support and it
will give back to you its best efforts for prettier
and more active town.
The School Board will convene here in regular
session on Thursday of next week and the Police
Jury on the following Tuesday-the nth.
Mr.. w. R. Barnes came in yesterday and had his
name added to our Cotton Valley list of sub
scribers. The new ones are coming in regularly
A protracted meeting was begun at the Metho-
dist Church in this place on Thursday evening of
last week and will be closed Sunday. The resident
minister is being ably assisted in the meeting by
Rev. H. w. Cudd of Shreveport
District Conference for the Ruston District.
M. E. Church, South, will convene in Winfield
tomorrow. Rev. J. A. Baker of this place and
Mr. E. NJ. Laughlin of Alden Bridge will represent
the Benton charge in the conference
Our old friend, Mr.. H. ]. Lenoir of Hosston, was
visitor in Benton the latter part of last week.
His friends will be pleased to learn that he has
recently sold lands in the Caddo oil field that netted
him handsome sum and is also profting from
other sources in the oil field.
The saw mill at Alden Bridge was destroyed BY
fire Monday evening at about $3.50 o'clock. For
| tunately the wind was from favorable direction
and there was no other property loss, though the
planer shed and engine and boiler room adjoining
the mill shed were threatened. The saw mill there
has once before been destroyed by fire. It will be
replaced, but by smaller mill.
Lieut.. C. B. Hodges, now Instructor of Tactics
at the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, NY.
and who has served two terms in the Philippines
has been appointed to assume command of military
affairs at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Lieut.. Hodges is son of Mr.. G.. B. Hodges of Elm
Grove and grandson OF the late Gen. John L
Hodges, who was also resident of Bossier Parish
He is spoken of as having an excellent mlitar!
record.
| The Big BARBECuE.-As announced in las
weeks issue Of the Banner, barbecue will b,
given in Alden Bridge on July 4th. Mr.. j.
Seabaugh, who is chairman OF the general com
mittee, was in the Banner office Monday and in
formed the writer that 1t was the purpose to carr
out the general entertainment on the same seal
established there some years ago. At that time
purse of s221 {some Of it coming from this place
had been subscribed and nineteen carcasses secures
for the pit. In all about thirty carcasses will b
barbecued. "No one is asked to bring basket,
he said, ''as the committee will see that there
plenty of meat, bread, pickles, ETC., provided
come insist upon bringing them, but we wish t
avoid putting the ladies to unnecessary trouble thi
hot weather. There will be two baseball games
About ten O'Clock during the forenoon the Linto
and Rocky Mountteams will play a game, Will
later in the day game will be played between
picked team from Benton and Alden Bridge an
members Of the Shreveport Athletic Association
Il The dance hall will be open all day and all nig'
ESQ Mr.. Seabaugh said.) A Shreveport band wi
a furnish music for the occasion. No doubt 80 pr
/ cent of the Banners readers pleasantly rembmbt
some former 4th of July barbecue at Alden Bridg
and the mere fact that it is to be given there an
up to the old standard of lavish entertainment wi
be enough within itself to draw large crowd.
:. weather permits, it will be a "big" day.