The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-08-20
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axes will soon be due again.

Taxes Will soon De que again.
Mrs. w. G. Burt is again up and out
i after serious illness of ten days.
Mr.. F. G. Thatcher, Shreveport at
torney, was visitor in Benton Monday.
S. Miss Lide Hightower of near Brownlee
was here during the week as guest of
\ Miss Winnie Brownlee.
Mr.. N. NJ. Belcher left last Friday for
Hot Springs, Ark, where he will spend
two weeks in recuperating.
Mr.. Tom Hickman of Allendale writes
MS. "Please discontinue the advertise
ment in the Banner as it found my mule.
Many thanks"
Miss Eula Hanks returned home Tues
day from Dixie, where she spent several
days at the bedside of her sister-i n-law,
Mrs. F. I. Hanks.
Mrs. w. E. Ivey left last Friday for
Summerfield, Claiborne Parish, to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Williams.
She was accompanied by pretty Miss
Martha, her little step daughter.
A meeting of Loudon Butler Camp,
U.C.V., will be held in this place Sat-
ufday, the 22d. At this meeting dele
gates to the State Convention, to be
held at Lafayette (date not yet an
II will ba oIootad
Mr.. J. w. Wallace of Ward Two and
Mr.. A. Hoffpauir of Ward Five, being
unoppesed, have been declared the NOM
inees of the Democratic party of the
parish to succeed themselves as repre-
sentatives of their respective wards as
members of the Parish School Board.
Mr.. Lee N. Bush, formerly resident,
was visitor in Benton Monday. He
4 and his family are at present guests at
the home of Mrs. Bush's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. W. Holmes of VAUDEVILLE.
During the t914-15 scholastic year Mr..
Bush will again be principal of the
Campti High School.
We regret to report the death of Miss
Halle Belle Thomas father, which oc-
Cured at Ft.Worth, Texas, sanitarium
following an Hines of about eight weeks.
q His home was in Texarkana, Ark. The
young lady has several times visited
Mrs. E. H. Belcher, of this place, and
the coincidence of number of friends OF
the community is extended the family in
their hour of grief.
a friend reports the misfortune of Mr..
and Mrs. T. H. Lawrence of Haughton
Last Thursday their little baby girl,
Mary, badly scalded her lower limbs,
3 which resulted from the carelessne ss OF
q servant leaving pan OF hot water
sitting on the steps. The little one had
high fever for several days, but Tues
day was free of fever and much better,
which we are pleased to report. The
mothers of other little ones should bear
this in mind and guard against the oc-
currence of like misfortunes in their
own households.
Mrs. Sallie A. White, an aged and
highly respected resident of this place.
beloved by legions of lifelong friends
died at her home this evening at GA
o'clock, following an illness of some
months. Her death, however, was more
due to senility than to the ravages Of
disease. She was in her seventy seventf
B year. She is survived by three children
Mrs. Bruce Terry of Shreveport ane
Mr.. w. p. White and Miss Leila White
OF this place-and a number of othel
relatives. The interment will take place
tomorrow afternoon in Cottage Grove
Cemetery. A short sketch of the life O.
this worthy woman and an obituar!
notice will appear in next weeks issue
Of the Banner. ..-.
Monday morning Mrs. w. H. Scan
land, while busy with her usual house
hold duties, became overbalanced ant
iell backward down a flight of six steps
Suffering ugly bruises about the bod.
and chipping piece of bone off the en'
OF the elbow of her right arm. She wa
taken to Shreveport yesterday and to
day the broken section of bone wa
wired back in place. She is at tn
Schumpert Memorial Sanitarium, AM
Will be a patient there week or tel
days. 1t is thought that she will hav
lever for some days and also suffer con
siderable pain, but be about over he
nurt in ten days or two weeks. Becaus
OF being lame from rheumatism she j
now almost helpless, no longer beinj
aole to rise by pulling up or walk b
supporting herself by holding to chair