The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-08-08
From Over Our Great State
B. L. Wilson killed himself at Kentwood.

B. L. Wilson killed himself at Kentwood.
A great deal of hay has been cut and
saved recently in East Carroll Parish.
Alexander Fontenet, aged seven years,
was struck and killed by an automobile
driven by woman in New Orleans.
The corn crop in St. Mary will be short
one, and two weeks of almost constant
rain has delayed the cultivation of cane.
The cane crop in Ascension is backward
and will fall far short of an average yield.
The work Of laying-by is nearly completed.
In st. Landry and Evangeline parishes
the corn, pea, rice and cane crops are ad-
vancing in growth and prospective yield.
The fsrt bale of Louisiana cotton-ship-
ped from Abbeville- sold to the high
est bidder at auction in New Orleans, July
31st, for Is cents.
Gov. Hall has called an extra session of
the General Assembly of Louisiana for
period not exceeding fifteen days, begin
ming next Monday.
The boil weevil has appeared in the cotton
fields in the Bayou Chicot section of St.
Landry Parish and it is feared will totally
destroy the top crop.
The rapidly decaying body of T. M.
Scott, a railroad brakeman, was found in
a room at the Van Cleve flats Monday. 1t
is believed deceased committed suicide.
According to ruling of the Board of
Election Supervisors of New Orleans here
after no officehoIders or candidates will be
appointed commissioners or clerks in polls.
/. Beginning with August 18th the clerks
Of District Courts throughout the State will
become the registrars of voters, and the
present registrars of voters will lose their
official existence.
The lberviie correspondent of the Lou
isiana Planter says: ''This parish un-
questionably has the gravel road fever, as
gravel roads are being put down in num-
Der Of places at this time"
Avoyeles Parish, outside of the over
flowed districts, mas an excellent corn crop.
The cotton crops on the fronts and best
drained lands are doing fairly well, and
the pea crop is very promising.
Don,rldsonvile Chief: Louisiana's SUI
gar crop for 1911 was worth 1914 900 900;
her cotton crop was worth SIG, 600, 600, and
the aggregate value of all her agricultural
products was about S85, 100000.
A project for great canal system from
the Red River, near Natchitoches, to the
Mermentau and the Intercoastal Canal,
near Lake Charles, was presented to the
Tax Commission at Baton Rouge.
The Town Talk Of Saturday says word
has been received from all parts of Rapides
Parish that the crops are the best in years.
With favorable weather conditions there is
going to be good crop of cotton and a
splendid yield of corn.
East Carroll Banner Democrat, August
3d.. Cotton has greatly improved this week
from the hot sun. From every section
good rain will fall in the next few days
corn will be much benefited.
A'cloudburst in Shreveport Wednesday
morning of last week overlooked the foot of
Lake Street with two and half feetof water,
making vehicular traffic impossible for a
few hours. The street car track on Mar
shall Street was covered with six inches of
mud and sand, delaying traffic for three
quarters of an hour.
The registration of voters in New Or
leans closed Saturday with gross total of
7O,997, subject to erasures. More than
| 10000 were taken off last year, says the
Picayune, and the voting registration last
March was about $4,000. After the eras-
ures that are expected to take place, the
registration office thinks the total will be
about $4,000.
The weather during July of this year in
New Orleans has been cooler than usual,
excepting the last ten days. The mean
temperature was 81.8 degrees against a
normal of 81.3 degrees, the average of the
last forty two years. The highest july
temperature recorded in forty-two years
was 1O2 degrees in 1901 and the lowest sc
degrees in 1905.