The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-05-27
News Notes
of the Week

Mr.. S. E. McCorquodale returned to
Benton Tuesday.
nsig~ Call at the Banner Office for a
sample copy of the Progressive Farmer.
Let US hear from you, Mr.. Correspon-
dent. Next week we expect to have
rom enough for about everything that
comes in.
Miss Margaret Mccullough, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Mccullough, who
has been teaching in Caddo Parish, is
again at home.
The Banners April subscription COL
lections appear in print to-day. We
we're unable to find room for the list in
the three past issues.
Mrs. Edocia Kelly returned home
Tuesday from San Antonio, Texas,
where she spent six weeks or more for
the benefit of her health.
Miss Margaret, Murff of Shreveport,
daughter of Judge and Mrs. A. J. Murff,
reached Benton last Friday and ever
since has been a guest of Miss Beth
Gayle.
Messrs. Nolan Mckinney and Alvin
Northcott, both of the Rocky Mount
community, were here Tuesday to bring
in a negro, against whom there rests a
slight charge. The negro was lodged
in iail but was bonded out the following
day by Mr.. J. L. Northcott.
Miss Gladys MeCorquodale of Orange,
Texas, who has just graduated from the
Coushatta High School, is in Benton on
visit with her sister-in-law, Mrs. S. E.
McCorquodale. Since putting the FORE
going in type we learn that the young
lady left Tuesday for her home.
Ruby Scott and Marjory Ogden ex-
pect to leave the latter part of this week
for Dixie, where they will spend perhaps
two weeks at the home of their uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Dickson.
They will be accompanied by their cou-
sin, Alabel Stinson, who will also visit
relatives there.
Mrs. NJ. E. Gill of Gibsland, who was
the guest of her cousin, Mrs. James
Evans, several days of last week, re-
turned home Monday. She was accom-
panied by Rev. and Mrs. Evans daugh-
ter, Miss jessie Preston Evans, who will
make an extended visit with her and
other relatives residing in the vicinity
of Gibsland.
S. We learn that Miss Sallie Humble of
Monroe, who during the past school
term taught in Calhoun and who during
the 19i3-t4 term taught in Benton, has
secured place on the faculty of the
Campti High School for the coming
term. Mr.. Lee N. Bush, formerly prin-
.cipal of Benton High School, is still at
the head of the Campti School faculty.
In the past three issues of the Banner
the reader must have noted the absence
Of Saturday Night Sermons This
feature has in the past been supplied US
by the American Press Association
When an order was last made two pages
OF the sermons were included, but we
were notified that the feature had beer
discontinued. We shall make an effort
TO find some other timely feature to take
its place.
ag" Don't forget that next Tuesday
June list, is the date fixed upon for the
elections to be held in the two road dis
triets of this parish. The propositions
to be submitted are fully explained il
the ordinances appearing on this page
and editorial mention of same was made
in last weeks issue. We need the road
as permanent public improvements ant
the elections should carry by liberia
majorities, as they no doubt will.
We clip the following paragraph from
last Fridays issue of our Minden ex
change: congressman Watkins wen
to Shreveport yesterday to attend tn
meeting looking to the improvement o
navigation in Red River which was hell
in that city that afternoon. He expect
to make trip down the river as far a
Coushatta in company with Maj. Stat
terry, the Government engineer, VIII
also attended the Shreveport meeting.
In the issue of the Banner of the 13t
we stated that Mr.. H. Shelley Roller
during the term just closed superinten
dent of the Bronson High School G
Bronson, Texas, had been elected to az
in the capacity of principal of Bento
High School during the t9t5-16 tern
and that Mrs. E. w. Doran of this plac
and Miss Lille Maye Williams of We'
Monroe had been reelected to position
IN the school. Since that time Mi;
Harriet Currie of Zwolle, also retirin
teacher, has agreed to come back fl
another term, and Miss Viola Allen {
he'd Land has been employed to teac
the sixth and seventh grades. The loo;
board of trustees will to-day appes