The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-27
n and Out of Town
All The Local News Told in Paragraphs

There were only 11O SotOS Sdc0 III WIG
narish Tuesday.
aTonv, the Convict at the high school
sad;torium to morrow evening.
Wyche's ad has been changed since the
last issue of the Banner. Read it!
Evangelist Ben West Of Plain Dealing
,nas caller at the Banner office Monday.
4essrs. L. C. Biggs and F. F. Vickers
# Bellevue were business visitors here
7 Monday.
Mr.. j. E. Wyche of Haughton left Mon
a., after a short visit here with relatives
and friends.
DR.. J. S. Alison of Burton visited his
s Parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Alison, at their
home near Benton last week.
MIR Tom Stinson returned Monday to
b;s present home in Ouachita Parish after
short but pleasant stay here with friends
and relatives.
Mir. Wrenn Brown will not come here to
work in the office of the Clerk of Court, as
previously announced in this column, but
uiIfretain his position in Shreveport.
MANY of our readers, and especially
Hose living in this place, will be pleased
8 learn that Mr.. L. G. Smith and family
are again residents of Benton. They
moved in from Alden Bridge on Thursday
oil last week.
We acknowledge the receipt OF an invi-
tation to be present at the closing exerci-
eae al Louisiana Industrial Institute, Rus
ian. coming from Mr.. Morris Adger, now
81 4 student there. He writes that he will be
home in about two weeks.
THE weather this week has been any,
thing but inviting. Monday, yesterday
and again to-day it has been cool and
damp enough to make fires comfortable.
There was a heavy rainfall yesterday, and
ii IS still cloudy and threatening this
morning.
Ii has now been about four full weeks
since the farmers have had aything like a
perod Of three or four continuous days of
favorable weather for working. All crops
must be grassy and the cool, cloudy days
have grestly retarded the growth of all
vegetation. Even now crops are nipped
IN The bud unless favorable weather soon
follows.
Mr. Turner Heron passed the Banner
Office about noon to-day en- route to his
home near Collinsburg. He was just from
Shreveport, where he went yesterday to
buy a new saddle horse, his other having
was riding her. She is dark sorrel, less
than fifteen hands in height, good sad
der and perfect picture
Mr. E. A. Lee and Miss Ethel Many
ieaehers Of the Linton School, have re.
aaeated that the following paragraph be
Inserted in this column: cat the closing
sof the Linton Graded School, on Friday
May 9th, picnic will be given on the
school campus. A game of ball will .bt
played during the afternoon. All are in
sited to come and bring baskets
Mr.. Bernie Smisson is another one O
our river planters who is fast becoming
enthusiastic over the cultivation of wheat
yesterday while in the Banner Office h
reported that he had small patch of
That seems to be doing well. He addet
that it is invaluable for grazing purposes
and is relshed by all stock. Wheat viii
20 doubt become one of our staple crop
aIn lie near future.
Mrs. Dave Clowney of Alden Bridge, &C
ceInpanied by her brother, DR.. j. S. Aliso
q Burton, left last Thursday to enter
New Orleans sanitarium. She has sine
Undergone an operation and it is a pleas
SufeI 70 state that she is reported to be dom
Vel Mrs. Thomas w. Nettles Of Aide
Bridge and Miss Carrie Lee Riggs G
shreveport, her sisters, joined her in tn
clsy one day this week.
Fl. F. Vickers of Bellevue while
shs Banner office yesterday informed tn
writer that he is this season using SIT
Wafth Of fertilizers on his crops. He buy
raw materials and mixes to suit hlmse
ahd the demands of his soil. He has onl
small place Ca two-mule farm) and
that much fertilizer, reduce acreag
sana otherwise pursue scientific plans is,
Ss*e see It, intensive farming.
Messrs. P. W. Young, W. R. Bounds az
80 Gleason of Rocky Mount, W. F. MI
=sssian of Emma, Willis Bundy and J. v
Of Ivan, j. S. Alison of near To
paee, the editor of the Banner and Cap
:al Nattin Of Collinsburg will be amor
sasasa confederate veterans who attend q
LIE Rock Reunion. These are all v
Saase learned of thus far to go from tn
hurst, but there will, of course, be other
the Banners readers know, Mr.. W
sleFceg OF Gillian manufactures an exec
wv call for hawks, which several tim
- eaen advertised in the Banner.
gently sent one of the calls to broth
stssFssnan living in Connecticut In wrl
- y the Banner Hr. Mercer has inclos
from his friend, giving one exp
saeIce with the call. He stole quiet
pss back lots and stopped to give II
- calls. No hawks were near, or rath'
spae answered the call, but two farme
VIC running from different direction
4as n hand. This but illustrates h
2SssAeflv the hawks call is initiated wi