The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-11-02
Local and
Personal
November r.

Noyember-r-r-r.
Youll have chance to attend another
one Of Benton's famousspelling bees On
Friday night of next week.
Mr. Henry N. Carlton, one Of our
leading ward one planters, was bust
ness visitor in Benton Tuesday.
Collections at the Shreveport bridge
for the past month were as follows:
East end-day, sS76.50; night, s19625.
Yves. end-day, 5000; night, Sf26.2o,
Mr.. w. C. Scales writes US from
Hauchton to forward the Banner to him
at Unionville, Tenn, to which place bel
and his family will remove in few days.
MIR. f. j. Love, known to nearly ali
OF the Banners ward three subscribers,
has requested that his paper be for
warded to 946 Denver Street, Los An
geles, Cal.
The next meeting of the Bossier Par
isll Teachers Association will be held
az the Travis Street School building, III
Shreveport, on Saturday, the 18th. This
announcement is made by authority OF
the local Superintendent of Schools.
A special to the Shreveport Journal OF
Yesterday, from Coushatta, says the par
ish jail in that place was destroyed by
fire during the afternoon. The Court
House also narrowly escaped catching
fire. The five prisoners were rescued.
The loss to Red River Parish is esti-
mated TO be about 5000.
There are seven parish exhibits at the
ii State Fair. They are from Bossler,
Claiborne, Webster, Lincoln, Sabine,
Bienville and Caddo. All but the last
named are competing for the several
prizes offered by the fair association for
the best parish display. Tuesdays
Shreveport Journal says: GA striking
feature Of the Bossier exhibit is 'cot-
ton woman over her head being the
words, Queen OF South The repre-
sentation, entirely of the 1eecy staple,
is one Of the most novel ever shown at
the fair, All of the parish displays are
worthy, and Judging will not be an easy
job" A resident Of this place who
visited the fair that day says that Bos-
sier's exhibit is beyond doubt the best
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Scanland are ex-
paeted home from Shreveport this even
ing. AS the readers of the Banner
know. the editor of the Banner was OPP
Grated on for an organic trouble at tht
Schumpert Memorial Sanitarium OF tina
city on September 9th, and Mrs. Scau'
land has since been almost constantly a
his bedside. Though his condition ha
not been critical for some weeks past
the operation was of a grave nature ant
he is fortunate in having survived IT
Some ten days ago, when we last SAY
him, he told US to give all the ''folks'
IN mis- love and tell them that sBento
would look mighty good to me, and
the dearest place on earth" We hop
Number of his old friends will be O
hand this evening to meet him when tn
train comes in.
That the day of Halloween pranks ha
not passed is very evident. Tuesda
night about $50 o'clock, near the tim
when our town usually settles down
lis accustomed quiet for the night, pistt
shots were fired in rapid succession, TO
lowed by the ringing OF one OF tn
towns church bells. This is the alarl
given here for fire, so every one WI
had not been made "wise" did a ia
stunt, with buckets in hand, over towai
Mr.. L. Il. Bush's residence, where 81
blaze was to be seen. However, the
was nothing to it-except that some
the high school boys had an immen
bonfire going on the local baseball dl;
mond. None of them were near,
course, and did not show up later, b
8 this only helped to direct suspicion the
way. Our town took this "joke" al
y their other pranks of the night IN
81 good natured way, SO far as we are i
formed, but the boys certainly gave US
ioit.
u We have repeatedly stated
these columns that we will not publ
anonymous communications. If you G
pset 10 see your contributions in pril
lef the management of the paper kn'
your identity. Attention is directed
50 we standing notice near the head
MS column which each weeks calls {
eataon 10 this fact. Your name Il
ia noI appear IN print when such is yt
"a ash, but we do demand to know W
soa are. This stand is not tax
through any desire to be obstinate,
ecause it is a rule, and we'll regula
\ Raelleation must at all times be q
sned BY its rules, without the slight
Il npromise. A contributor this We
saeressing US merely signs GA S,
10 the Banner" Had she M