The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-07-15
| News Notes
of the Week

Mr.. l. H. Martin of Shreveport is
visitor at the home OF his daughter,
Mrs. J. H. Stinson.
Miss Mamie Faircloth OF near Midway
is a pleasant guest at the home OF MIR.
and Mrs. R. A. Smith.
godeau is again falling. AS it has
reneatedlv been high this summer, good
fishing should follow next fall.
Miss Matte Gray Morris OF Shreve-
mort is spending this week in Benton as
a guest of Miss Beth Gayle.
Mrs. Margaret Caldwell of Plain Deal
mo has been i'll for more than a week
and is still a-bed, but reported to be
much better.
MAC. Seabough furnishes his new
address as Benton, Route l. For some
time past his paper has been mailed to
Mooringsport.
n1g@You will find on this page the
new local feature that we have for two
weeks past been promising you would
appear to-day
Miss Mary Wilkins of Minden is a
ouest of Miss Madeline Smith. These
two young ladies were recent school
mates at Natchitoches.
Messrs. N. M. and E. H. Belcher have
aisposed of their drug store interests in
Crichton, the new oil field town in Red
River Parish, and returned home.
geg The proprietor of the Banner now
has for sale another scholarship in
business college. You can buy it for S.
less than you would have to pay at the
college. Call and ask to see it.
Misses Sadie and Mary Lee Scovell of
Dallas, Texas, are guests of Miss Lillene
Logan, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c.
Logan of VAUDEVILLE. The three young
ladies were visitors in Benton Tuesday.
Mrs. Mamie Logan returned home
Sunday after az absence of two weeks.
/. She and her two younger children-Mary
Sue and Dan-have been visiting rela-
tives living on the Caddo side of the
river.
Mrs. Myrtle Hicks of Shreveport,
widow OF the late DR.. Sam Hicks, and
Mr.. S. w. ST. John of that place were
united in marriage here Monday morn
ing, Judge John N. Sandlin performing
the ceremony.
There was another wolf hunt in this
community last Friday. A young wolf
was run by the dogs for some hours,
and as they were pushing him hard and
suddenly stopped it is thought he was
caught and killed. The big wolf shot
by Mr.. John Stinson more than two
weeks since was last week found dead in
the woods.
The first installment of "The Forest
er's Daughter" the Banners new serial
story, appears in to-day's issue. Other
features we wish to call attention to
are to be found on page four-a picture
OF the battleship Louisiana and one OF
the stories for children. Other chill
dren's stories will follow, and as to the
battleship pictures, We have series OF
them making two full pages, which will
appear from time to time.
Mr.. J. H. James has discontinued his
automobile passenger service between
this place and Shreveport, but only
temporarily. This was found necessary
because of needed repairs on his car
He has purchased a new body, new
radiator, and sundry other parts for it
and he says it will be about like a new
car when he again places it in service
His prices are: For round trip, 81
for one way ride, Is cents.
Mr.. Lee Burks of Rocky Mount called
yesterday to request us to make mention
OF double unwilling ceremony to take
place at Rocky Mount Cemetery Sunda!
afternoon at $50 o'clock. The cere
monies will be over the graves o
Soyereigns Raymond Mckinney ant
Everett Kirklin and under the auspice
of Henderson Camp, w. o. W., of tina
place, but brethren of other camps ar
invited to take part. The Consul Com
mander of the camp is Mr.. L. M. Burk
and the Clerk DR.. ]. B. Hall.
Mr.. ]. T. Ford, a successful Rock,
Mount farmer, was a caller Monda
afternoon. Mr.. Ford is noted as
grower of sweet potatoes, SO we aske
him about that crop. He only has abou
one acre planted to potatoes this season
but his son, Mr.. T. H. Ford, has in fiv
acres, from which he expects to harves
about 1000 bushels if the season con
tinues favorable. Mr.. Ford said tina
ne does not now give as much attentio
TO peach culture as during past years
though what trees he has left are pro
daeing we'll. We were surprised t
learn that he does his own grating.
MIR. I. A. Tidwell, who farms severs
miles south of Benton, was an agreeabl
caller at this Office last Saturday after
hoon. He reported the crops of hi
community to be doing we'll. Two week
prlor to that day he said he saw a grow
Doll OF cotton in a patch of one of h
nelghhors, Mr.. o. A. Young. This is
small patch on exceptionally fertile so
near Mr.. Young's home and at that tin
was about waist high as an average
he and his neighbors have an exceller
range for their cattle, which thew a,