The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-12-09
News Notes
of the Week

VI
a welcome visitor in Benton yesterday.
A regular meeting of the local K. of
P, lodge will be held next Tuesday night.
Mr.. ]. A. Abney, who for some time
past has had employment in Lenzburg,
a new town in the Red River oil field,
has returned to Benton.
At the regular meeting OF Cypress
Lodge. F. and A. NJ, to be held at the
lodge hall in this place next Thursday
night, officers for the ensuing year will
be elected.
We learn from the stationery made use
of in writing US that Mr.. N. M. Wingett,
of Cotton Valley, for several years a
subscriber, is now in the grocery BUSH
ness in that place.
Mr.. J. S. Mckinney, an appreciated
subscriber, writes that he wants his pa
per forwarded to Selma, instead of to
sjmsboro, this State, and adds, 81 want
the Banner to follow me in my rounds. !"
We are told that Mr.. Will Mercer, who
for several years past has resided on and
had the management of the Havana
plantation (Caddo Parish) will move
elsewhere. The plantation is offered for
sale.
Miss Juanita Breame of Plain Dealing
was a guest of Miss Pauline Dawson the
first four days of last week. Two guests
at Mrs. Dawson's home the latter part of
the week were Misses Mozelle Boggs
and Hattie Kirtley, also of Plain Deal-
ing.
The following paragraph is contrib
uted: "The members of the Ladies'
Aid Society of Benton wish to express
their thanks to the public for liberal
patronage at the bazaar held last Friday
evening and to the gentlemen who so
kindly assisted in arranging for it,
We are told that Mr.. J. A. Bumgard-
ner of near Linton recently sold to his
brother, Mr.. W. R. Bumgardner, of
Caddo Parish, home raised mule that is
not yet two years old and which brought
him $3.50. Why can't as fine mules be
raised in Bossier Parish as anywhere?
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Bumgard-
ner, ir., on Thanksgiving Day, fine
boy. Mr.. and Mrs. Bumgardner reside
near Linton, but the little one was born
at Jena, LaSalle Parish, where Mrs.
Bumgardner was called some weeks ago
because of the illness (and death) of her
father.
In last weeks issue of the Banner we
failed to make mention of Mr.. William
Lakes return to Benton. He is again
helping his brotherinlaw, Mr.. J. w.
Galway, local agent for the Cotton Belt
Company. During his absence he was
for the better part of the time in Fort
Worth, Texas.
The serial story, Lahoma," comes to
close in this weeks issue of the Ban
ner. In next weeks issue will appear
the first installment of "Smoke Bellew,"
one of the cleverest serials it has ever
been our good fortune to secure for pub
location. II you read the beginning
chapters it is safe to say you will read
the entire story.
Hon. L. E. Thomas of Shreveport
writes the Banner in part as follows:
Will you please advise the public
through your columns that Col. r. G.
Pleasant, candidate for Governor, and
myself will address the voters of Booster
Parish at Plain Dealing on Friday, De-
cember 18th, at eleven o'clock am, at
Benton at $3.50 p. m, and at Haughton
at 1870 p. M
The following paragraph was con-
trihuted by resident of this place who
IS keenly interested in the Boy Scout
movement: can Interesting scout
meeting was held in Plain Dealing last
Saturday afternoon at three O'Clock,
when the following named new officers
were elected: J. w. Wyche, patrol
leader, and Will Many, corporal, for
the Grow Patrol; Cavett Boggs, patrol
leader, and Willard King, corporal, for
the Bob White Patrol; Harry DAVIS,
scribe for both patrols; Mr.. Milton
Kidd, scout master, and c. H. Hanks,
ASSISTANT
Having suffered for some months from
an organic trouble, his health being per-
manently wrecked, Mr.. L. F. c. Pearce
took his own life at his home in Belcher
Tuesday. He shot himself through the
head with a revolver. Heis survived by
his widow and several children, two
brothers residing in Bossier City
Messrs. Preston and George Pearce-one
brother living in Texarkana, Ark, and
his mother and other relatives residing
N Shreveport. The interment was in
Dallas, Texas. Mr.. Pearce was a re-
soureeful and energetic citizen, in the
Taest sense a good man, much attached
to his friends and devoted to his family,