The Bossier banner., 1914-01-08
Here at Home
You and Your Neighbors In Print
Fine weather again.

Fine weather again.
Mr.. G. w. Dalrymple of Midway was
an appreciated visitor Tuesday.
The School Board is in session here
to-day. All members are present.
The Police Jury will convene in reg
ular session in this place on the 18th.
IaE There is little shop talk on page
four to which your attention is particu-
larly directed.
Miss Ethel Gray Adger had as a holi-
day guest Miss Mary Cummings, now a
student in the State University, Baton
Rouge.
Mr.. J. H. Stinson and family are now
occupying the Montgomery residence.
Mr.. Stinson will cultivate the Gold Point
plantation
Mr.. ]. E. Burt and family are now
occupying the Flemming old residence,
which Mr.. Burt has purchased and
greatly improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Wyche moved
Tuesday to the Cat Island plantation
residence. The young man will have
charge of that place this year.
DR.. w. M. Baker of Arcadia, State
Lecturer for the Masonic order, arrived
in Benton yesterday AID will be present
at the regular meeting of Cypress Lodge
to be held tonight.
Tuesday we had the pleasure of meet
ing in Shreveport our old friend, Mr..
H. Lenoir of Hosston, who was re-
turning home from a visit of two weeks,
spent in Mississippi with relatives.
Mr.. L. G. Perry, the Cotton Belts
local agent, has resigned his position,
but does not know when he will be re-
lieyed. He will perhaps give his atten-
ton in future to some other calling.
The proprietor of the Banner has just
sold to Mr.. M. C. Bledsoe, it., of Elm
Grove scholarship in the Tyler Com
mercial College of Tyler, Texas. There
is another in the Office for sale, on which
we can save the student S..
Mrs. Mary Vance returned home
Tuesday from Cotton Valley, where she
spent several days pleasantly as a guest
Of her cousin, Mrs. Glenn Robertson
4 She was accompanied by Larry Arnold
her pretty little girl of the flaxen curls.
Messrs. E. D. Taylor, now of Moor
ingsport, and w. M. Mccall of Bossiel
City, who were joined by others, enjoy
ed fine fox hunt Monday night behine
large pack of hounds. The hunt was
in the Plain Dealing community. Twt
foxes were jumped and made to takt
trees.
Mr.. R. E. Wyche, one of our vel
known representative citizens was fifty
three years of age last Saturday. Th'
occasion was celebrated Sunday by
g big turkey dinner-with all the sid
trimmings-two of his staunch friend
being present to enjoy it with himsel
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Wyche learne'
this week that their baby tied the win
ner at the Baby Show held at the las
State Fair. He was only taken to tn
show once. Had he been taken back a
the time the judges wished to come to
decision between the two he would hav
perhaps taken first place.
Mr.. Homer Byers, one of the fiel
operators for the Producers Oil Com
pany, was a passenger on Tuesday
southbound train, returning to Mans
field from Alden Bridge, where b
visited for some days. He formerl
worked near this place, and when aske
replied that he thought the crew woul
be back to begin operations on the com
pany's new leases by February 1st.
Yesterday we were informed by Nj
W. A. Fortson, Parish Superintender
of Public Schools, that on January Il
the overdraw for the school fun
amounted to s17, ,S82.69, but on that da
check in the amount of ST., ,892.68 wa
received from the Collector. This woul
mean that the fund was slightly ahead
it were not for outstanding warrants
which amount to S772.1S. Howeve
this near out of debt is exceptional f
the fund, and this statement will be res
with sense Of satisfaction by resident
OF our parish.
A postal to Grifing Brothers, Pc
Arthur, Texas, will bring you the
slxty-four page tree book. It's worth
to you, but you get it free if you inter
to plant trees. lady.