The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-09-28

Mrs. j. A. Abney entertained the
Benton Self-Culture Club at her home
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Wesley Thomas of Shreveport is
new subscriber. He now has charge
OF the Youree Hotel barber shop.
The Parish School Board will con-
vene in regular session in this place
next Thursday, the 9Th.
After spending several days in Moor
ingsport as a guest of Miss Virgie
Jeter, Miss Marion Arnold is again at
home.
Mr.. w. B. Wilbourn left Monday fol
business visit to Lake Charles. He
was accompanied by his youngest son,
James Carey.
Mrs. Augusta Wolfe of Dallas, Texas,
came in yesterday evening and is a
pleasant guest at the home of her sister,
ir-law, Mrs. Belle Wise.
Miss Sallie Humble, formerly a teacher
in Benton High School, is again teach
ing in Campti this term. Mr.. Lee N.
Bush, former we'll liked resident OF
Benton, is still principal of the Campti
school.
Mr.. L. Sword left Sunday for Texar-
kama, Ark, for further treatment at the
railroad sanitarium in that place. He
was expected home before this time, but
the reporter has not been informed of
his arrival.
The Banner has good friend in Mr.
A. F. Dodson, a Bossier boy who now
resides in New Orleans. Sometimes his
name gets off our mailing list for aweek
or SO, but he always comes back. Thanks
for your remittance, sir.
Mr.. Gray Stinson is said to have fin
ished up his contract to raise certain
stretch Of the gravel road of Caddo
Parish last Saturday, and has since
brought his outfit home. The site OF
his work was near Gillian.
Mrs. Monette of near Memphis, Tenn,
and her daughter and son, now aged
about nine and seven years, were recent
visitors at the home of Mrs. Mary Vance.
Readers of the Banner will remember
Mrs. Monette as Miss Pauline Rogers OF
Shreveport.
Benton's two soldier boys-Mr. Bev-
erly Kelly and Mr.. Hugh Alison-have
returned home, and look little the worse
for wear. They are members of the
Louisiana National Guard and have
been in camp down On the border.
While the Louisiana companies have
been ordered home, their duties have, OF
course, not yet come to a close.
Miss Mary Pickett, niece of Mr.. R. S.
Doles, of near Collinsburg, with whom
she resides, underwent serious opera
ton at Shreveport Sanitarium one day
last week. The reporter has been unable
to learn her present condition, but as the
operation is now of some days standing
and as she was doing we'll when last
heard from, it is expected her recovery
will soon follow.
Mr.. J. Q. Thomas, brother of Mr.. R.
E. Thomas, and who has ever since the
ginning season opened had charge OF
the Benton gin, is reported to be in a
critical condition. Tuesday he went to
Shreveport to consult a physician, but
failed to see him. On his way home
that afternoon he grew suddenly weak
and suffered stroke, said to be an
accute attack from gallstones. Friends
met him at the train and conveyed him
to his home. He resides several miles
out from Benton and his condition to-day
is not known to the reporter.
Mr.. G.. N. Goodwin of the Red Land
community was caller Monday anG
while at the Office paid in a dollar tc
insure fifty-two visits of the Banner tc
his home. He thinks the cotton now
remaining in the fields of his section
will all be picked by the middle of Octo-
Der. He is elated over the present price
of cotton and seed, and thinks it is much
better to have short crop atsuch prices
than to have to harvest and market q
big crop at greatly reduced prices. We
do not know that Mr.. Goodwin is gool
farmer, but rather suspect he is. Any
way, he said that he farms land a por-
ton of which will produce bale o.
cotton or forty bushels of corn per acre
He owns the Gideon Allen old place
which is in a red, gravely belt of sol
that produces exceptionally we'll ant
"holds" what is put on it in the way o.
fertilizers. However, even when all o.
that is considered, it must take pretty
good farming to be able to harvest suct
crops.
BIG PRICE FOR COTTON SEED.-Mr. r
E. Thomas, who resides here, but who
has had charge of the Bossier City CIR
for several seasons past, reports thai
during August OF last year he ginne(