The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-12-19

MI. II. +. IhOmaS has moved his
family into his recently acquired cot
tage, east of the business section of
town.
Mr.. Jack Sanders, for some years a
} resident Of Haughton, together with his
family, recently removed to Natchi-
toches.
Messrs. A. Hoffpauir and T. P. Lar
kin, two prominent residents of ward
e five, were business visitors in Benton
Tuesday.
The closing chapter of "The Danger
Trail" will appear in next weeks issue
Of the Banner. Another serial story will
be arranged for at an early date.
The illness of Mr.. E. S. Burt, who re-
: sides near Benton, was reported yester-
It day. Neither the nature of his illness
:. a. or his condition to-day are known at
o this Office.
n Boosters share of the recent appor-
tionment by the State to the high
rs schools of the several parishes, checks
'r for which have just been sent out by the
'e State Treasurer, was S1304.34.
D. Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Smith returned
IN home Monday evening after spending
some days as guests of DR.. and Mrs
Or E. E. Simpson of near Taylortown. Mrs
Smith and Mrs. Simpson are sisters.
AT the meeting of Cypress Lodge tt
. be held in this place tonight it is ex
- pected there will be work in both thu
= second and third degrees. Also, officer
II for 1913 will be elected and installed.
II Benton High School will be closed to
morrow afternoon for the Christmas hol
1 idays and reopened on the 30th. All o
- the teachers whose places of residenc
are elsewhere will go home for tn
holidays.
m. Mr. John Edwards and one of tn
Misses Chandler, both of Haughtor
ay were united in marriage in Shrevepol
" yesterday. The groom is the eldes
brother of Deputy Sheriff J. A. Edward
and cousin of Sheriff J. F. Edwards.
IN The Banner has been ordered fol
warded to Mr.. w. E. Farley at Hic'
!. Lincoln Parish, by one of his friend
" Mr.. Farley is an aged Confederate ve
''e eran and former resident of this parisl
n' Some of the Banners readers will n
member him at postmaster at Midwa
ext in which capacity he served for thir'
j; years or more.
IFS In the issue of the Banner for Noven
on Der 14th we stated that Mr.. Will Re
monde ,whose home is some miles ca
j., of Benton, was convalescing from ;
'no attack of typhoid fever. Later he su
y fered a relapse and his condition
'o' some time was critical. However, he
~ again convalescing and will no dou
w. soon be out. His fever first develop
October 10Th.
be Rev. B. C. Conant of Gibsland, W
old Was visitor in the Banner office Mo
r In day morning, stated that he preach
cen his last sermon here at the Bapt
ur- Church the evening before. His fo
ana appointments at present are Haughte
ent Chatham, Eros and Choudrant. n
Conant was popular with his congreg
ton and our town as whole, and it v
Jug with reluctance he was given up.
v.
nee, Mr.. G. w. Faircloth, whose place
ANS residence is on this side of Lake Bodc;
the near the bridge, recently killed in
ears adjoining woods four of his own "
5her hogs that dressed out about 900 poun
. This is not an exceptionally good weit
when the ages of the hogs are taken il
! consideration, but it does we'll demo
strate the value of that community a
range for hogs. These in question W
INK literally wild-the kind that show fg
cks as Mr.. Doc Elmore can testify-and
never been fed or penned. They nj
their own living in the woods and
only care Mr.. Faircloth ever gave tn
was to catch them once and mark thu
The Banners reporter is reliably
formed that Benton will in the
future have saw mill, with planel
IN the grounds. The owners and opera
of the Dubach Lumber Company's pl'
;al located at Dubach, Lincoln Parish, sl
some days in the community last w
secured several small tracts of tim
and decided to locate branch mill b
$, So far as could be learned, those
sold timber to the company were
Nina Vance, Mr.. T. WV. Stinson
.,;+h Mr.. J. M. Levy. This alone would
sufficient timber, so said, to justify
aiiu erection of the mill, but additional
lee0 tions have been secured. The capa
rest of the proposed plant is not known,
our informant claimed it would be
ated fully five years.
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