The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-09-06
of the fair site to Bossier City, Their
seems little doubt that that will result

of the fair site to Bossier City, there
seems little doubt that that will result.
MFR. J. $. Mckinney, an old reader.
has again ordered his Banner mailed
to Selma.
We learn that Mr.. Hugh Alison,
member of Company. II. Louisiana Ma
tional Guards. has been promoted to
the office Of corporal.
We regret to learn Of the illness
of Mr. Elliot Hoffpauir. who resides
near Hughes Spur. He is said to have
had rather high fever for some days.
MIR. X. Harwell Lee, now at the
officers training camp at Leon Springs
Texas. misses the Banner and wants
it forwarded to him at that place.
Mr.. T.. A. Woody, for a number of
wears a resident of Bossier Parish, has
ordered his paper mailed to Enad in
stead of to Reeves. Both towns are in
Allen Parish.
Ellen and Alma Gillespie of Luf-
kin, Texas, came in Monday to spend
two weeks in Benton as guests of their
| relatives, Mrs. Gould and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Virginia peckham.
An agreeable caller ut the Banner
office Saturday of last week was Mr..
X. c. Boisseau. Of Shreveport, known
to about everybody in Bossier Parish.
He was looking around for oil leases.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. Il. Eltis of Shreve-
pert are the happy parents Of fine
little boy. bern Sunday. The birth OF
this little olie makes one more grand
son for Mr.. and Mrs. s. Willer, resi-
dents of this place.
a friend informed us yesterday
/ that the B0ssier City High School
opened Monday. with about 175 pupils
present Nine teachers We're present
the position of art teachr still being
1 vacant.
Mr.. J. Il. Lynn, Il North Bossiel
farmer, and long a reader of the Ban
ner. passed this way Saturday of last
week. He and His soil-in-law were re
turning home from Shreveport, where
they had just purchased a new car.
AS Il quorum was not present
meeting of LOudon Butler Camp
L. C. v, was not held here last Satur
day, as was planned. This is but an
other evidence of the thinning rank
Of that former formidable line of gray
| The first of this week Mr.. n. NJ
Adair stated to the reporter that III
had just returned from Shreveport
where he visited his mother. who WA
quite sick Sunday and for some day
prior Mrs. Adair remained over to b
with her Il day or so.
MIR. w. Il. Ivey, who was a visito
at the Banner Office enc day the frs
of this week, stated that he had jus
heard from his youngest son, Jim. nov
a member of Company K, Ninth In
fantry, and stated that he was gettin
along all right. At present he is ST;
toned at Syracuse, n. Y.
MIR. Will Mccall. who farms som
!. miles down the road THAT is. when h
is not out fox hunting) is authorit
for the statement that there won't b
more than half the cotton made thi
season the planters Of Bcssier expec
ed month ago they would get W
trust his estimate is not correct
!; One of the Banners friends VIII
. sent in community news report tw
weeks ago addressed the proprietor {
the Banner, and the letter was at ono
!, forwarded to Montana, where she
new visiting. A few days ago it cam
back to us. having been promptly n
: turned by Mrs. Scanland. Those vii
send IN anything for publicatio
should address THE BossIER BANNk