The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-20

:. manned to give a big barbecue
IL 70 nfface on Thursday, August 18th.
n I .thsF announcements will appear
later sa A.
hss that he will fill his regular
reP anintnents at the Baptist Church
Sunday. ~. E.,
y notice: "Please announce in the
LOWE er that box supper will be given
BAN Ihn Canev school house Friday, July
a a. th0 Ire cream will also be sold. Every
5odv is invited to come.-A' j. 81
Mr. Jobn Wesley Houston Of near
,sanade died Sunday night at the
chrsveport Sanitarlum as result OF
sanw u5on the head received some days
w" ct The hands OF colored tenant on
ssnIsntation. He was buried the fol-
insing day in Pease Cemetery in South
. yer, Deceased was a quiet, unas-
s pU1 gentleman and good citizen.
This week the Banner was not pub
Esbad Thursday, as usual, and this col
n ,n is opened this (Friday) morning to
u u mention OF the death of Mrs. Sue
r. hhnev. which occurred at Shreve-
nort sanitarium last night. The funeral
pfo-yiee will be held tomorrow morning
at ten o'clock at the local Methodist
Church and the interment will take
Mace in Cottage Grove Cemetery.
Mr.. R. 0. Silliman surprised his
friends last Friday by quitting his bach
eIor ways. He met Il very estlmable
ronng lady at the depot in Benton on
hat date and was married then and
here by Justice of the Peace J. H.
Montgomery. The young lady was Miss
Lille Allsman Of St. Louis, daughter OF
Mr., and Mrs. R. w. Allsman, who re-
sided in Benton until 1902. Mr.. Sill
man did well to wait so long, for the
nrize was worth the long waiting. The
Banner can congratulate them both and
we hope they have long life and a great
deal OF happiness.
Harley Ryan, aged ten years, son OF
Mr.. Frank Ryan, of Bossier City, and
Daley Cheney, aged eight years, also OF
Bossier, were drowned in Red River at
that place Wednesday afternoon of last
week. A crowd Of boys were playing
on a sandbar near the edge of the water
when the bank caved and four of the
youths were thrown into the river. Two
Of them were, with difficulty, rescued by
Two young negroes who could swim, but
not until after they had twice gone
under water. The body OF the Cheney
lad was recovered the night of the acct
dent. being found about one hundred
yards down stream, caught on trot
line Though the river has been dragged
and dynamite discharged, in the hope Of
bringing the other body to the surface,
it has not as yet been located.
District Attorney Thos. W. Robert
son announces in this issue of the Ban
| ner as a candidate to succeed himself.
| DIR. Robertson's friends have urged him
porter, and that he has among them
many staunch supporters is reflected by
his past popular votes. During 1911 he
FIRST entered politics and was given the
District Attorneyship Can unexpired
term OF less than two years. by a large
majority over his opponent. In the 1912
race he was elected to succeed himself
by majority of S64 votes. He has a
good record as a prosecutor, and in
Webster Parish has succeeded in win
ming two large tax exemption cases,
against the L. and A. and Dorcheate
Railway Companies, which Melted the
! taxpayers over $4,000 in back taxes,
| Ehieh these companies had refused to
pay. Mr.. Robertson is we'll known
throuarhout Bossier and Webster and
will ca on his friends to solicit their
support b, tween this time and the date
Of the prin. airy election, which is Sep
Amber 18th