The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-12
FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

The First Baptist Church will erect new
house of worship in Baton Rouge.
A canning company with capital of
SIS, 900 has been organized at Houma.
About June Bogalusa's big lumber mill
will increase its capacity to 1000. 900 feet
day.
Arleigh Kidd of Morgan City has located
at Walker and is opening up large poultry
farm.
The next examination for teachers GER |
tifcates will be held throughout the State
April 9th to 18th.
w. L. Tearney has been manager of the
Evan Hall plantation store in Ascension
Parish for the last thirty years.
Six persons were drowned when Mis-
sissippi River packet was destroyed by fire
Tuesday night near Hahnville.
One thousand acres of land in Tangipa-
hoa Parish was recently sold to sixteen
farmers from the middle West.
The grand jury of st. Martin Parish
made their final report last Thursday to the
court, returning nineteen true bills.
Benjamin Zimmerman, a Confederate
veteran and one of the Oldest printers in
Women's clubs and the w. C. T. U. of
Winfield are carrying on vigorous fight
against the street fairs and carnivals.
The close of the first year of teaching
sewing in the New Orleans schools showed
great economy made possible and good
dressing the rule.
Charles Schwaudt of New Orleans has
purchased thirty acres of land near Stein,
where he has built a home and where he
will have poultry farm.
During the month of January the total
number of arrests in Shreveport were 492.
Vagrancy and cases involving violations of
the liquor laws headed the list.
Seven persons, five men and two women,
sought self destruction in New Orleans late
Tuesday and Tuesday night. Three sue
ceeded. The others will recover.
The heaviest hail storm that has visited
Monroe in years passed over that section
about three O'Clock last Thursday morning,
doing considerable damage to trnck farms.
Depositors in the Postal Savings Bank
at New Orleans are steadily increasing.
The amount on deposit at present is said to
be nearly $4,000, not including S22,5O0
invested in postal savings bonds.
Lake Charles American Press: Louisi
ana will begin to sit up and take notice
when Calcasieu lets contract for S100, 900
worth of sand and gravel for its road sys
TEN and advertises for $1,000 worth of
road construction just as starter.
St. Landry Parish has 500, 900 on hand
for the construction of good roads, and will
construct six miles of roads in four direc-
| tons, north, south, east and west from
Opelousas, total distance of twenty four
miles. The roads are to be built Of gravel.
4 Adnaive Thbodaux was shot and in
stantly killed by his brother, Louis Thibo-
daux, while the two men and Alces Witt
were hunting near Breaux Bridge. Louis
} Thibodaux started rabbit, and as it leap
J ed ditch fired. His brother was hidden
behind some underground in the ditch, and
the entire charge from Louis gun struck
) him.
Capt. Gus Leefe, member of Company
Three, Washington Artillery, died in New
Orleans last Monday. He was with Lee
all through the war from the first engage
, ment to Appomatox. 1t was at Drewry's
, Bluff, says the New Orleans Picsyune,
where Yankee sharpshooter, stationed in
r a tree 400 yards away, put bullet through
the back of Mr.. Leefe's head. The bullet
did not touch the brain, and he recovered.
| This same sharpshooter had picked nine
. men off that same gun before loaded
canister was directed at the tree, and Mr..
, Sharpshooter tumbled out dead man, his
body riddled with grape.
After touring through part of the West
3 and the entire South a committee of skilled
farmers from Nebraska have selected 10,
2 600 acres of land situated six miles from
t Alexandria on which to locate big colony
Y to be known as the first Bohemian village
5 in America. The trade for the land has
] been consumated and the tract has been
e subdivided between the members of the
9 colony association at $3.50 per acre. The
. first settlers arrived December 1st, ano
r there are now nineteen families actually or
] the land, building homes and preparing
e land for crops. Thirty -one families viii
j arrive this week in emigrant cars to join ir
the work. One hundred and fifty families
9 have joined the association and will, before
D many months, move to their new home.
g Proverbs.
;, Hear me now therefore, o We children
: and depart not from the words of my
: mouth.-v, Z.
e His own iniquities shall take the WICKED
u himself, and he shall be holden with thu