The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-05-04
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! 4, .or,e and From Over the Parish

Nav moon Tuesday-and she looks
Eba wet one, too.
pour coal oil on all stagnant water
,roupd your premises to kill the wiggle-
Ills and thus spare your family the
mosquito pest
Senator W. J. Johnston, of Plain
healing, who was caller one day this
..st stated that he expects to leave
.to.u,orrow morning for Baton Rouge.
Mrs. Helen Scroggins Of Mornings
,ort and her little daughter returned
tome Tuesday after a visit of several
davis in Benton with Mrs. Mary Hanks,
Mrs. Scroggins' mother.
Mr., and Mrs. J. F. Edwards will leave
to.morrow for Garfield, Utah, to be
o,asent at the marriage of Mrs. Edwards
niece, Miss Mamie Johnson, to Mr.. Bone
Brenton Tempest, on the 10th.
IN letter to this Office, written yes
tardav. Mr.. w. C. McClenaghan, of Gill
liam, says: ga great deal of cotton had
!, he planted over in this section. How
ever, chopping is now under way. Corn
is looking fairIy WELL"
Mr.. W. A. Johnson has purchased a
6se-passenger Ford car and will, when
the condition of the roads permits, use
the same in making deliveries of mail
/ natter on rural route No. /. He made
the first trip in it Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. O. Gayle and their
daughter, Miss Beth, are spending sew
eral days in Shreveport attending the
May Fete events of that city. They are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Heidi Kendall,
but are expected home to-day.
John Henry Hamilton, from Ward
One, was recently jailed here, charged
+ with the murder of Henderson Tooke.
Both are colored. A preliminary hear
ing in the case of the accused did not
result Tuesday, as had been previously
announced.
Rev. G. G. Woodbridge of Plain Deal
ing writes that he expects to preach here
Saturday night and Sunday. The two
evening services will begin at eight
o'clock. The sacrament of the Lords
supper will be administered at the Sun
day morning service.
A game of baseball here last Thursday
between two local picked teams (married
nd single mem resulted in a score o.
sto 6 in favor of the married men. The
young men complain that several OF
their good players were forced to join
The "married" men 10 help fill out their
EHe-up Another game is slated fol
D-day.
Mr. J. E. Young of the Ivan commun-
lily drove in yesterday from Shreveport
with three loads of cotton seed meal,
which he will use in fertiljzing his crops
That he had fourth wagon and team tc
meet him here to help transport the meal
b Ivan again emphasizes the Importance
oi hard surface roads and the benefits
hat are resulting therefrom.
Mr.. R. S. Johnson of the Plain Deal.
ing community writes the Banner az
hllows: 81 saw in your local column
The laying records of two lots of chick.
, EMS. have record that will beat either
d these. I have six mongrel hens that
Aid lis eggs during the month of April
which is an average of over eighteer
EGGS per hen." Whose hens can bea
1 hat record?
Recently there has been a Dig "call'
long the river farmers of this com
lanity for a slow, warm rain. No doub
| NAT Of Monday and Tuesday will fill thu
Gill. Other rains have fallen, but as ;
fae they were followed by continue
Ead, which took up the moisture to ;
4 great extent and also formed a crust OF
i VI stiff soil, thus retarding the sprout
hg Of cotton. The weather is still lit
= ae cool, but otherwise everything seem
: zee Just right" for the farmer.