The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-05-21
Here at Home
You and Your Neighbors In Print

Miss Florrie Martin spent the past
week in Benton assisting the teachers in
getting up the splendid program given
at the high school auditorium Monday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Adger and their
four children and Mr.. Alex T. Adger,
allof Belcher, were visitors here Sunday.
The two gentleman are sons of Mrs.
Matte C. Adger.
Mr.. w. l. Gayle has for the present
resigned his position in the store of his
brother, Mr.. C. O. Gayle, and left Sun
day to visit in Mansfield and Alexandria.
He will perhaps return here next fall.
The stage of the river at Shreveport
Yesterday was 1913 feet, indicating fan
OF .5of foot in twenty-four hours. The
forecast read: "The fall in Red River
will continue at Fulton and Shreveport
during the next forty EIGHT hours"
DR.. w. A. Freeman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Glen Alfred and son, Melvin, Mrs.
Thomas Pendergast, and Miss Minnie
Lucar came up from Shreveport in car
Sunday morning and were guests for
the day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. r. Mccullough.
Mr.. J. M. Henderson of Plain Dealing,
who will be the next Clerk of Court for
= Bossier Parish, was visitor in Benton
Monday. 1t is the impression that he
wishes to move here at once, but no
houses large enough for his family and
now vacant are offered for rent.
The following item is contributed:
"There will be services at the Rocky
Mount Church Sunday, May Oath, at
eleven o'clock am. Rev. Geo. G.. Wood
bridge will preach. 1t is specially desired
that there be full attendance, as mat
tiers Of appearances are to be presented"
Visitors to Benton from the upper
part of Caddo Parish now sometimes
come by way of Shreveport. This for
the reason that the ferries cannot be
well kept up at all stages of the river
and miles count for but little to those who
are fortunate enough to own automobiles.
A letter mailed at Princeton on the
18th did not reach this office until the
evening of the 14th-Monday to Thurs
day. But before you make comment
learn of its wanderings. 1t was missent
and went to Chicago, its back stamping
indicating that it was forwarded from
that Office at 4:30 am. on the morning
Of the 18th. That's something for speed,
isn't it?
There was boiler explosion at the oil
well site Monday morning, caused by
mud elogging up one Of the tubes. The
damage done was slight, but will cause
suspension of drilling for about a week,
waiting for the patch to be put on. Ae-
cording to information picked up on the
streets, the drillers have reached depth
of 2640 feet Gan even half mile) and
operations have not yet been ordered
suspended.
An announcement to reach this Office
reads as follows: "Mr. and Mrs. Viii.
liam A. Seward announce the marriage
of their daughter, Mabel, to Mr.. Benja-
min Wrenn Brown, on Tuesday, the 19tt
day of May, 1914, Hamilton, Ohio. Al
home after June 1st at Yellow Pine, La. >
The young man, son of Rev. j. M
Brown of Haughton, is well known here
where he spent several years of his boy.
hood, and scores Of friends will join thu
writer in an expression of we'll wishes
for himself and his bride.
Wednesday, June Sd, will mark an an
niversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis
only President of the Confederacy, AMI
the local chapter of the United Daugh.
tiers of the Confederacy will give it
usual open-air spread to the veterans ant
general public. A program of interes
will follow during the afternoon at tn,
school building, and DR.. M. E. Dodd o
Shreveport, pastor of the First Baptis
Church, will make an address. 1t i
hoped the general public will join in tn
celebration. Watch for further an
nouncement in next weeks issue of tn
Banner.
In to-day's issue of the Shreveport
Times, in it's department. devoted t.
Thirty Years Ago To-day in Shreve
port mention is made of the marriag
OF Miss Ada Creswell to Mr.. E. P. Butt
OF Georgia, which was celebrated a
u Harpersville, Ala, at the home of MI
Lewis Creswell, the BRIDES uncle. On
paragraph reads: "The announcement
OF this marriage will be read with pleas
ure by the friends of the bride, who re
sided many years in this city. She i
the daughter of the lamented Judg
David Creswell, Judge. of the Paris
Court OF Caddo, and is young lady Q
culture, possessing all the noble traits Q
character which adorn the loveliest Q
her SEX" Many readers of the Banne
Will remember Mrs. Butts and her fou
interesting daughters as former resi-
cents of this place.
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