The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-01-28

enjoy many years of good health in
which to continue reading it.
Rev. S. P. Dubois has ordered the
Banner mailed to himself at Meadville,
Miss.
Mrs. A. NJ. Wyche left yesterday
afternoon for Plain Dealing to visit at
the home of her father, Mr.. S. J. Cald-
we'll.
Mr.. A. B. Murff writes and asks that
we forward his paper to Bossier City.
He has just removed to that place from
Haughton.
Mr.. E. H. Belcher is this week moving
his stock of drugs to Creighton, Red
River Parish. The town is near one of
the new oil fields.
A passenger on Monday afternoons
train was Mr.. Sam Mccall of Mansfield,
who was on his way to Ivan to visit at
the home of his mother, Mrs. ]. M. Nc
Call.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Blocker of Mar
shall, Texas, were passengers on Mon
day afternoons train. They were on
their way to Plain Dealing to visit Mrs.
Blocker's Grandmother, Mrs. Margaret
Caldwell, and other relatives.
diamonds and Hearts, three-act
drama, will be presented in Plain Deal
ing tonight by young people of that
place, and on Friday night of next week
they will give the play in Benton. Both
performances will be for the benefit of
the Plain Dealing Cemetery Fund, and
we bespeak for them liberal patronage.
Some time Tuesday night Rogers &
Montgomery's store was burglarized,
the thief effecting entrance into the store
by breaking one of the large window
panes in front of the building. It is a
new building and as yet not provided
with shutters and bars. 1t is thought
that only one person committed the rob-
berry as only pair of work shoes and a
pair of dress shoes are missing from the
shelves. The other merchandise taken
was chiefly razors and pocket knives,
all told OF a cost value Of about $40 or
S25. No arrests have as yet been made.
About the first of the month two OF
the Banners former readers again sub
scribed, each for only three months.
This leads us to believe that in these
instances, perhaps having seen the first
installment of November Joe," they
subscribed for short terms so that they
would be sure of having the story in full
The Banner costs more if taken by the
month instead of by the year, and we
always make it a rule to encourage
yearly subscriptions. Aside from that,
there will be other serial stories run in
it's columns during 1915 that none Of
you will want to miss. We have this
list, the product of six most popular
American authors, and many others, fol
that matter, to select from: "Smoke
Bellew, ""Peg O. My Heart" ga Foo
and His Money" "The Master Mind
"Penrod" and 1.-THE Forester's Daugh.
ter"
| Mr.. John R. Matlock, a North Bossiel
subscriber who claims he has been read.
ing the Banner continuously for fifty
two years, while in Benton Monday
called to renew his subscription. To b
so devoted to his parish paper speak
we'll for him and we are pleased that h
has during all these years found thu
Banner worthy of his support. Mr.
Matlock is still vigorous and active, bu
does not look so youthful as when TIN
writer first remembers him as caller a
this office. And we'll may this be charg
ed to him, as he now has grandchildre1
in the number of .forty-four and on
reat-grandchild. We trust, Mr.. Mat
lock, you and your numerous progen
may be spared to share jointly man
years Of pleasure and usefulness in thi
garden spot of the Southland, inciden
tally, to read one of the best little coun
try weeklies ever published anywhere.