The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-01-04
RENTON, LA, JANUARY 4, 1912.
Local Happenings
The News of d Week In Paragraphs
PRETTY crimpy weather.

lCLts Siih-PS
Hall and Gueydan are coming.
Did you make your usual New Year
resolutions?
4 regular meeting of the Police Jury |
will be held in this place on Tuesday of
next week.
Mr.. ]. w. Faircloth of the Midway
community was an appreciated caller at
the Banner Office last Friday.
A regular meeting of the directors OF
the Bank Of Benton will be held at the
bank at $50 o'clock on Tuesday after
noon Of next week.
Collections at the Shreveport bridge
for the past month were as follows:
East end-day, $1,000; night, $50.
West end-day, s76O.15; night, $3.50.
Mr.. E. S. Dortch of Taylortown, Reg
istrar of Voters for Bossier Parish, left
yesterday for his home after spending
several days here in an official capacity.
Mr.. W. H. Scanland, jr., after short
visit here with the home folks left last
Friday for Huntington, w. Va, where
he has a position with the Southern Bell
Telephone Company.
The Parish Democratic Executive
Committee will meet in regular session
in this place next Tuesday, at which
time commissioners and clerks will be
named to conduct the coming primary
election.
Up to January tst taxes in the amount
of sci ,7i9.5S had been paid in in this
parish, as against SEC, 1908 at that time
last year. The September collections
amounted to only s2O.13; for October,
s1!69.24; TOR November, s6i58.2l; and
for December, s64, 1872. This represents
the taxes coming in from all sources.
These figures were given US by Deputy
Sheriff r. B. Hill.
Saturday afternoon game of basket
bail viii be played in this place between
the local High School team and mem
bers OF the Shreveport Athletic Associa-
ton. Both teams are said to be in good
training and a snappy game is expected
You should see it if you can. On
account of the expense that will be
incurred for the visiting team to reach
Benton an admission fee to the grounds
OF 10 and % cents will be made.
Congressman Joseph E. Ransdell, op.
posing Hon. Murphy j. Foster as can
Gidate for the United States Senate
1918 term, made public address in thu
interest of his candidacy at the Cour
House Monday afternoon. Only small
crowd was present, but they were atten
tive and, to all appearances, favorabl.
impressed with the speaker. Mr.. Rams
dali no doubt gained support by his visi
to Plain Dealing and this place.
The editor of the Banner again lei
Monday for Shreveport to enter tn
Sehumpert Memorial Sanitarium. Thi
is the second time he has had to return
there for treatment since being dis
HiSspu SOIlic WcChS dSOs hO eiouoA
has been in getting the original opening
into the abdomen, through which tn
operation was performed, to close. A
entirely different method of proceedur
was resorted to this time Tuesday, an
it is thought permanent cure, or relic
will quickly result.
Mr.. w. G. Faircloth OF the Bodca
bridge community recently had rathe
close call with five year-old hog whic
he killed in the woods. After shootin
it he went up to stick and bleed it, whe
it jumped up and charged him. Nj
Faircloth lodged and the force OF tn
first (and only) charge barely reache
him, but he was knocked down and on
Of the hogs tusks made rip in h
clothing. His dog then charged the no
and that is no doubt what saved his lif
The opportunity for another shot VIZ
presented and the hog was out OF tt