The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-11-18

Shreveport Chapter, D. A. R., and to
visit her cousin Mrs. Sam Yarbrough.
She is expected home to-day.
Prior to November list IA, 73s bales of
cotton were ginned in Bossier Parish
from the 1915 crop, as compared with
1901 for the corresponding date of last
season. These figures were furnished
by the Department of Commerce, of
Washington, and round bales were
counted as half bales.
Mr.. G. B. Smith, brother of Assessor
l.. G. Smith, of this place, has leased
12O acres OF the Allendale plantation,
located several miles east of Bossier
City, and will farm it next season. Mr..
Smiths home at present is in Homer,
but he and his family will remove to the
Allendale plantation as soon as they
find it convenient.
Mr.. A. F. McDade, who farms near
Taylortown, has purchased from the
w. F. Taylor Company of Shreveport
543 acres of the Palmetto plantation, the
consideration being $4,000. AS we un-
derstand it, Mr.. McDade has been Joint
owner of the place, which he has farmed
for several years, and now has acquired
the remaining acreage.
Ma Beginning with January 1, 1916,
cash in advance will be demanded for all
subscriptions to the Banner. This an
nouncement was made in the first issue
OF the Banner to appear this year and
has been repeatedly announced, which
was to give publicity to the change in
policy in advance, and with a desire, as
always, to be fair by our subscribers.
When the new year comes the change
will be enforced, and all subscribers will
be treated alike.
On Friday, December Sd, bazaar will
be opened in the K. of P. building in
this place, to be conducted under the
auspices of the local Ladies' Aid Socie-
ty. 1t will perhaps be continued for two
days and one night, by which time the
ladies hope to have disposed of their
wares. The articles offered for sale will
be the products of the needle, embroider-
ed goods, lace, etc. Buy something from
them for your wife, mother, or best girl
The season of gift giving is near at hand.
Members of the r. J. Hancock Chap
ter, U. C. c., are reminded that the sea-
son for contributing to the big Christ
mas spread for the old Confederate vet
eran inmates of Camp Nichols, of New
Orleans, has again come. They are re-
quested to send or bring in their con-
tributions prior to December 1st. Also,
meeting of the chapter will be held in
this place next Tuesday, the 23d, and its
President urges good attendance, as
matters of Importance will be introduced
for discussion.
Mr.. L. G. Biggs of Bellevue is au-
thority for the statement that Henry
Davis, a colored farmer residing neal
that place, made this season on seven.
Fights of an acre of hill soil 318 bushels
of sweet potatoes. Also, he writes tina
he measured the land and saw the po'
tatoes. The varieties planted were ths
Key West and Nancy Hall. No fertil
izer was used, but the soil had been i'm
proved by planting it to field peas TO
two years, the vines being plowed unde
after the peas were picked. Who Cal
beat this?
Our readers must have noticed tina
for several weeks past the Banner ha
not appeared in it's usual clearly printed
form. Sometimes certain portions o
the paper were too pale, while elsewher
too much ink appeared, some character
being actually clogged, resulting il
something of smear. That ink we hav
put aside as useless. A new 5O-poun'
order of ink Something that seems to b
quite classy has just reached us and W
are also trying out set Of brand neN
rollers, so, dating from this issue, yo
may expect to see neatly printed pape
for some time to come-thanks to GU
brother trades people. =.
MIR. J. M. Scanland, brother of tn
editor of the Banner, who left this plac
about two weeks ago, after a visit 9
several weeks, writes that he will estab
lish a newspaper at Port Gibson, Mis-:
That town is the county seat of Clai
borne County, and is located on Bayo
Pierre and the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley Railroad, and about thirty-tw
miles south of Vicksburg. Mr.. Scan
land, after drifting around for years
becoming connected with many news
papers in various relations since th
close of the Confederate War Che bein
veteran of that struggle) and eve
prior to that date, has finally gone bac
to the county of his nativity, he and h
brother being born at Grand Gulf, dul
ing the early days a steamboat landin
village on the Mississippi River, abo,
four miles distance from Port Gibson
We wish him much success in his late
venture.
EGa Our North Bossier patrons al
reminded that Hon. ]. T. Many is or