The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-04-12
Review of the Week
4 a. Local Items of Interest About
" Our Readers and Their Friends

Only five in the Parish Jail at
present.
Mr.. J. A. Bumgardner of Linton
was among the visitors in Benton
yesterday.
Again this week the Banners
March subscription receipts are
crowded out. Watch for them in our
next issue.
Mr.. l. F. Elder of Alden Bridge is
reported to have just purchased an
automobile. They are certainly get
TING thick in our parish.
The writer was informed Tuesday
that the eldest son of DR.. and Mrs. c..
M. Tucker of Haughton is another
Bossier boy who has responded to
the call of arms.
The floating corpse discovered in
Red River at point near Alexandria
proved not to be that of Mr.. Elijah
Wart, who was murdered while on
duty as night toll collector for Bos-
sier Parish at the Bossier City bridge
Mr.. Ernest johnson is still doing
some work on his telephone system
in Rcnton. but the instruments, which
were ordered some time ago, have
not as vet arrived. Mr.. johnson is
heirc assisted in the work by Mr..
Sam Young.
Messrs. T.. T. Casey, Leo Cunning
and R. B. Patterson, of Shreveport
who were Joined here by Messrs. R.
r. Wvche, w. G. Burt and J. NJ
Henderson. composed party who
loft yesterday afternoon for Poston
Fayou to fish. They are expected
home to-day.
Mr.. Jeff Hudson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. n. Hudson, of North Bossier.
was visitor in Benton Monday. He
was on his way to Texas, but the
renorter is not informed as to what
point or what he will do in that state.
For some time past he has followed
oil field work.
Mrs. F.. F.. Youngblood returned
home lest Friday from Provencal.
where she was called on account of
the serious illness of her brother.
Mr.. Dave Treadwav. His condition
is now much improved. Mr.. and Mrs
Youngblood have for some time past
been Occupying the Silliman cottage.
A North Bossier friend has con-
tributed the following paragraph to
the Banners local columns: "Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. Bounds wish to an
nounce the marriage of their
DAUGHTER, Nettie Lou. to Mr.. Thomas
Edward Cason on Wednesday even
ing, the 4th Of April, 1917, at their
hcme."
Saturday of last week Deputy
L. +ol 4
jailed local negro by the name OF
Wilson Cooper, who is charged with
selling whiskey, and who was caught
with the goods on him. He was
bonded out the same afternoon by
Mr.. 7. ". W. Stinson, on whose place
he farms.
Mr. w. G. Burt is making good
progress in grading and crawling
the short stretch Of road leading west
out of Benton and to the Arkansas
ed road. The roadway is being sur
faced with crushed granite from a
VIM Parish quarry, and ground
granite will later be poured on to fiji
the voids.
An agreeable caller at the Banner
office Tuesday morning was Mr.. G.
: W. Dalrymple, long a resident of the
Midway community, but now Of
Shreveport. He says he found life
of idleness too great a strain, so he
purchased property in one of the
annexes to Shreveport and opened a
grocery store.
Mr.. ]. III. Adger, now of Montrose
recently wrote the Banner as fol
lows: Enclosed find check for an.
other years subscription to the dear
old Bossier Banner. Of all the
papers and magazines l read, the
Banner is first to claim my attention
each week, therefore l don't wish
to take any chances on my subscrip-
tion running out"
What's the matter with Bossie1
Parish raising a company made uf
exclusively of young men from the
parish? A number Of our boys have
already gone elsewhere and joinee
companies recruited in other Louis
lana towns. Would it not be more
thrown with those they know ant
not with strangers? If they want t.
volunteer to take part in the grea
European war let them do it, but
let's encourage them to form home
company.
A fund for the purchase Of larg'
flag for our town, to be raised on I
pole to be set up on the school cam
pus, or some other public place, i
now being subscribed to. Some flag
arc to be seen at the residences an.
many flutter to the breeze from auto
mobi'es going and coming. On tn
public road between Benton and Bos
sier City several are to be seen, tn
LARGEST we have yet noticed being a
the Palmer place which lends grac.