The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-04-20
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at noon.
Mr. r.. s. Goodwin, a Bossier boy, has
I'D the Banner mailed to himself at
jefferson, Texas.
,rr 6. W. Lee, of Bluffs, in making
% remittance on subscription, writes:
81 e can't get along without the Banner"
parish Superintendent w. A. Fortson
..tnrned Saturday from Lake Charles,
rbere be attended the State Teachers
Association.
Nrs Sidney Braunig of Amarillo,
Tvs and her sister, Miss Ethel Willer,
= Shreveport, are guests of their par
ants Mr.. and Mrs. S. Willer.
Miss Marie Creswell, of Shreveport,
a.nehter of Mr.. J. P. Creswell, a former
.esiient. came in Monday for short
r;o;t with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. B. Stampley, prom
;oent residents OF the Carterville COM
mnpitv. were agreeable callers at the
Rsnncr office yesterday forenoon.
Mrs, ]. NJ. Montgomery and hel
daughters of Shreveport spent last Fri
An in Benton at the home of Mr.. J. H
Montgomery, Mrs. Montgomery's eld-
est son.
Rev, Geo. G. Woodbridge of Plain
healing announces that he expects tc
nreach at Rocky Mount on the fifth
Sunday of this month, morning and
evening.
The Parish School Board met to-day
n regular session, the time of meeting
having been changed in order that the
rturns from the i-mill school tax cleo
tor might be canvassed.
DR.. C. H. Irion was agreeably sur.
nrised the first of the week by having
bis daughter, Mrs. H. A. johnson, o.
punkie. come in for a short visit. He
will try to persuade her to remain ovel
Tor some time.
Mrs. ]. Fl. Belcher left Monday after.
noon for Shreveport to visit Mrs. A
Abrams, now guest of Mrs. S. Y. Alex.
ander of that place. Mrs. Abrams is a
present making her home in some Mas.
sachusetts town.
A reader residing near Benton writes
aIn last weeks Banner you make men
ton OF a subscriber whose thirty hen
laid $50 eggs during the month of March
I'VE have a record that will beat it. w,
have tgenty-fi five Barred Rock hens tina
bid $50 during March, which is an aver
ice Of over fourteen per hen" Prett,
good, sure.
Gray Stinson, who began his eleventh
rade school work in Benton this schoo
: gear and later for two months ATTENDED
! HE Shreveport High School, has re
arned home and will finish the cours
d study here, where he expects to grad
= bate in June. He found the Shreveport
High School in no way better than tn
Benton school.
Mr.. R. E. Wyche went to Half Moo,
AXE Thursday and returned Friday. HI
aught a string of thirty-six white perez
eraging a pound and a-half in weight
ne fishing is all off now, however, a
Red River has since risen and forced it
4 bod waters into the lake. In fact, Mr.
Fyehe raced with the flood and onl!
eat it few hours.
: The following paragraph is contribu
I'd: All the Sunday schools OF TIT
& 0wn have arranged to have an Easte
! sg hunt and picnic next Saturday OF
= Black Bayou (in DR.. Irion's pasture.
The crowd will 60 out about ten O'Clock
9 nd take lunches. The egg hunt will
hike place about noon. All parents ant
sher members of the families are invite;
q go with the children
n- The vote on the state ticket in thi
arish Tuesday showed only a trace o
lid b vote other than Democratic Gas wa
"a npeeled), Mr.. Pleasant polled $50 votes
Vi Parker Is, and at Rocky Mount, tn
ID Eporter is told, there were about ;
es slen Socialist votes. Mr.. Parker's L
MES were distributed as follows: A
$, Pain Dealing, 2; Mot, 8; Carterville
u Bossier City, 2; Haughton, 3, AM
9 aahar, 1.
Rey. James Evans will preach at tn
q saton Baptist Church Sunday at clever
e seloek am. and eight o'clock pm. l
aibs Easter Sunday. Mr.. Evans re
v aned Monday from Antioch, where b
9 stured Friday night after the schoo
5eoTatlon program and preached Sat
pet may and Sunday. Mr.. Evans has jus
oye go elected representative of the Bap
Y educational work in the North Lou
fc1 2na Association.
ai6 AL Bossier Parish veterans of tn
4 moderate War who have not previ
fisa wv secured crosses of honor can do S
applying at once to the President O
]. Hancock Chapter, u. D. c.
81. asse address is Benton. All veteran
81, g nave previously secured crosses bu
/. y nave lost them may have other
~. wy application. Also, a widow,
lsi assaler or a son of deceased vetera
mes secure a cross upon making prope
La, paeallon, provided, of course, one ha
, 20, sfeady been given in the name c
o6i, aseeased. Those who expect to tax
! so aatage Of the offer made by the chap
.ou. should act promptly.
] q e James M. Mcdonald, of Bessie
!, 20 U, veteran of the Civil War, durin
de- ~ ne served under Gen. Robel
!, q s and Capt. S. R. Fields, died q
MAJ, Nofth Louisiana Sanitarium i
report Saturday morning, aged sew
:. VI as9o years. As a member of tn
IkIns nj. sas Regiment Of General Beaure
1to1s ~. nflgade he saw some of the hard
sssifg OF the war. He went throug
ct. ~ and the siege of Vicksburg an
soa part in the battle of Mansfiel
s. sss with Capt. S. R. Fields whe
AZ aacef was shot. The funeral wa
ss.ae residence in Bossier City Sun
Inss a1on at three o'cloce, Rev
eSson conducting the service.
~ sns was in Greenwood Cemetery
ID 81 ~ Z. Parker, one OF the ablest an
aeiy Known Methodist minister
s5s y vac, died at Lafayette Monda
49, 8 eleven O'Clock. For years til
was an active and consecrate
A q the Louisiana Conference
d. . ], days he was recognize
saas:.. ue strongest members of tn
rs a e ss.g in this state, and hi
b Ihm nun at an advanced age an
ss.ss aaa been placed on the super
re-