The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-01-01
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You and Your NelRhbOrs In Print


Did you pay your poll tax?
Mr.. T. o. Giles of near Cotton Valley
was business visitor yesterday.
The Police Jury will convene in reg
ula. session in this place on the 18th.
This is the day to make your good res
olutions-"t morrow" the day to for
get them.
Mr.. Ed Logan returned home one day
last week from business trip to Men,
phis, Tenn.
Messrs. J. E. Bundy and Albert Kirch
we're two of the Banners Linton friends
! to call Monday.
Mr.. Charlie Hanks, who has employ
ment in Dallas, Texas, is here on visit
with the home folks.
Mrs. Bruce Terry of Shreveport came
in Monday for visit of several days
with her mother, Mrs. Sallie White.
AS this issue of the Banner falls on
the list, our December subscription re-
ceipts will not be published until next
week.
DR.. j. q. Wise returned home Tues
day after an absence of some days on a
pleasure trip. He visited friends in
Coushatta and other towns.
Prior to December 18th there were
22,748 bales of cotton ginned in this
parish, as against 2O,99O bales for the
corresponding date of 1912.
Don't you wish we had good hard
surface roads all over the parish right
now? Let's build the first one out to
Bodcau bridge-where fishing is good.
Mr.. Lee N. Bush and family, former
residents, but now of Campti, spent sew
eral days of last week here as guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Fortson.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Butler of Belcher
were here during the week on visit
with relatives and their many friends.
They left yesterday evening for Plain
Dealing.
It has been some years since our friend
Mr.. John Adger of Gillian last called,
but when he came in Friday he made
good by leaving an advertisement. He
has corn for sale. s-...- <..~
Mr.. Frank Hanks of Shreveport, who
has been here on visit with his mother,
Mrs. M. H. Hanks, and other relatives,
was an appreciated caller at the Banner
Office last Saturday.
Our good friend Hon. w. ]. Johnston
of Plain Dealing called Saturday and
renewed his own subscription and those
OF three others, as is his custom every
December. Thank you, sir.
Mesdames Heidi Kendall and James
Apologize of Shreveport are here on a
visit with their brother, Mr.. J. S.
Belcher. Mrs. Kendall is accompanied
by her son Harry, and Mrs. Apologize,
Of course, brought along her pretty little
red-cheeked baby.
"There will be services in the Pres
byterian Church Friday evening (Jan-
uary 2d) at 1880 o'clock. This service is
to be held in connection with the Sacra-
ment of the Lords Supper, which is to
be administered Sunday morning. All
are invited to be present." w.
Mr.. j. C. Holman and his mother,
both of the Red Land community, were
passengers on Monday evenings train.
] They were on their way home from
Natehitoches Parish, where they spent
some days pleasantly at the home of Mr..
Robert Holman, another Of Mrs. Hol-
mans sons.
Mr.. w. A. Scarborough, of the Alden
Bridge community, who came in yester-
day to renew the subscription of his
sister, Mrs. L. A. Doles, says he is now
fifty-three years old and can't remem-
Der when the Banner did't come to his
or his fathers home. Not bad record
for all concerned, is it?
A paragraph from letter received
Tuesday from Mr.. c. G. Styron of
Shreveport, advertising manager for the
Baird Company, reads as follows: "We
take this means of expressing our good
wishes for the Banner that the new
year, 1914, will be one of prosperity for
the paper that always spreads good
news and brings results for the CONNER
cial advertiser" Thank you, sir.
In this issue of the Banner appears
two new features-"T The Kitchen Cup
board,'' to be found on this page, and
Saturday Night Sermons" on page
four. Both will appear for some time
and the last we expect to make perma-