The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-09-21

who is now in Dallas, Texas, with other
relatives, has written home that she is
having an enjoyable visit.
Mr.. Stockwell Belcher, of Shreveport.
who spent about two months at Battle
Creek, Mich, sanitarium, has returned
nome. He is now in Benton on a visit
with relatives and old friends.
Miss Margaret Thompson of Hosston,
Miss Annie Naylor of Belcher, and
Misses Ruby Scott Ogden and Mary
Blanche Douglas of Dixie are young
ladies who recently left Benton's sister
towns in Caddo Parish for Clinton to
enter Silliman College.
MIR. w. B. Mckinney of Hosston was
here yesterday, his business being to
transfer to Rev. w. A. Zeigler Of Rocky
Mount real estate located near his (Mr.
home. Mr.. Mckinney re-
ported that his son, Mr.. Marvin G. Nc
Kinney, had for about ten days past
been a patient at Shreveport SANTA
rum on account of an attack of typhoid
fever. The family formerly resided
near Rocky Mount.
Official figures furnished the Banner
show that prior to September list there
were 1887 bales of cotton ginned in Bos-
sler Parish from the 1916 crop. To
further indicate how forward the season
is, no figures are furnished for the cor
responding date of last year. However,
there were some few bales ginned during
August of 1915, as the reporter was one
day this week informed by Mr.. R. E.
Thomas, who has charge of the Bossier
City gin.
Following an interesting meeting of
the local chapter of the Order of Eastern
Star, at which some of the state workers
for that order were present, several of
the members went to Shreveport that
evening to be present at a meeting of
one of the sister lodges. Following is
a list of the visitors to the city as fur
nished the reporter: Mr.. and Mrs. L. G.
Smith, Mrs. Belle Wise, Mrs. I. F. Elder
of Alden Bridge, Miss Daisy Story and
Mr.. J. T. Hanks.
Mr.. r. W. Young of the Linton COM
munity left at the Banner Office Tuesday
two small twigs from a white oak tree
showing a total of twenty-five acorns,
ten on one and twelve on the other.
These are sweet acorns, the kind all
stock like and which quickly fatten
hogs. Mr.. Young says they are to be
seen in abundance this season, and the
best part about the story is that he re-
ports all mass crops as full. Surely this
must be one of seven years of plenty.
At a call meeting of Cypress Lodge
held in this place one night last week,
Mr.. Samuel Fletcher Elder, son of Mr..
and Mrs. l. F. Elder, of Alden Bridge,
was raised to the degree of Master
Mason. Congratulations, sir. You have
chosen we'll. The local lodge has an
excellent membership and is doing good
work. On this occasion several brethren
from Shreveport who are we'll schooled
in the mysteries of the order were pres
ent to lend additional interest.
Mr.. W. A. Fortson has about recov-
cred from his attack of typhoid fever,
but his second son, Leon, is having
rather hard siege of it, his tempera-
ture yesterday reaching 1O2 degrees.
Mr.. Fortson began sitting up last Friday
and this week is out on the streets,
though that is perhaps imprudent, he
thinks. His duties required his presence
at his Office, so he ventured out. Mrs.
Fortson, who was sick for a day or so
from the effects of incubation Gas a
is now feeling much better.
Mr.. Ned Burt, of Shreveport, son of
Mr.. E. S. Burt, of Honey Grove planta-
ton, was not seriously injured in a
jitney bus and street car collision in that
city Monday night, as was reported on
the streets of Benton. He and Mrs.
Burt were in the wreck, but their friends
will be pleased to learn that their injur-
les were quite slight. Mrs. Burt was
only badly shaken up and her husband
suffered one deep cut on hisface. They
and other passengers were in new six
teen passenger bus. Some of them are
said to have been seriously injured.
A visitor at the Banner office last
Thursday night was Mr.. F. C. Allen, of
Ward Four, who was returning home
from Shreveport with freight for his
store and plantation. Mr.. Allen has
for some years past been dealer in
cattle, but thinks the state law demand
ing such frequent dipping of cattle will
about force him and many others out of
that calling. In many places in his
country, he said, it is going to take
fully five acres to produce one bale of
cotton this season. But he is "cow-