The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-08
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Roth the baseball teams of this place
have placed orders for new suits.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Adger, nearby
,os;dents, are now riding around in a
now 6ve-passenger automobile.
Miss Caroline Irion, who has been
teaching in Caddo Parish, near Vivian,
,otnrned home one day last week.
Master James Ivey, who has been
attending preparatory school in Fay
ettevile, Ark, is expected home Sat-
urday.
lively game of baseball is scheduled
,or this afternoon, to be played on the
,ooal diamond between the Benton and
Plain Dealing teams.
Miss Pauline Dawson returned home
Monday from Plain Dealing, where she
sDent several days pleasantly as guest
Of Misses Stella and Mozelle Boggs.
Miss Mercer Virginia Gayle, who dur
inc the past term was student in the
Florida State College for Women,
located at Tallahassee, is expected home
tonight.
Rev. James Evans of this place has
sent in an announcement which reads:
/ 81 will preach at Rocky Mount Baptist
Church next Sunday at eight o'clock
DIN. Everybody invited"
Mr.. L. Swords, who went to Texar-
kama, Ark, last week on account of an
affection of the glands under his jaws,
returned there Tuesday for an opera
ton. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Swords.
Corn crops throughout this section
are looking very fine indeed. Cotton is
also good but somewhat backward, due
more to farmers being behind with their
work than to unfavorable seasons. These
facts are gathered from a good farmer
Of this community.
Miss Winnie Brownlee returned home
Monday from Minden, where she spent
several days at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. P. Kent. She was accompanied
by Miss Mary Kent, Mr.. and Mrs. Kent's
eldest daughter, who will remain here
for some time as her guest.
Two games of baseball were played or
the local diamond last Saturday after
noon, each between the Benton an6
Belcher teams, and as there were many
visitors in Benton because of the Jeffer-
son Davis celebration the games drew 6
large crowd. The first game went tt
the visitors by a score of II to 3, and
the other to the Benton boys by much
less margin-5 to 8. Mr.. w. E. Nc
Dade is the popular manager for the
Belcher team. He was much in evidence
The games were umpired by the genial
Mr.. Snyder, of Shreveport, of the Sny-
der Wagon Company. We ask the
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