The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-10

are Miss Susie Maude THOMPSON
Miss Sadye Merle King and Miss
Rcbie Dale Stewart.
Mr.. L. C. Biggs and his Youngest
son, Ford, Of Bellevue, were business
visitors in Benton last Saturday.
Cattle are again beginning to look
sleek and fat. The grazing has been
fine everywhere for six weeks or
more.
Mrs. Barker, who now has a po-
s,tion in Shreveport with the Hearne
Dry Goods Company, was a weekend
visitor with her mother, Mrs. j. E.
Rogers.
A friend has reported that Mrs. J.
H. Coyle and Misses Estelle and Ivey
Coyle of near Cotton Valley were in
Shreveport last week on visit with
Mrs. Coyle's sister, Mrs. w. H. Cheat
ham.
Sam Noise, negro from the
Pandora plantation was jailed here
yesterday. He is charged with shoot
ing to kill. The arrest was made by
Deputy Constable D. E. Sorrell Of
Bossier City.
Sheriff Edwards condition was re.
ported improved yesterday and again
this morning. For several weeks past
he has been a-bed from an attack of
sciatic rheumatism, from which he
has suffered much pain.
Both Judge ]. N. Sandlin and Dis
trict Attorney Harmon C. Drew of
Minden were here Monday to hold q
noniury term of Bossier District
Court. The court was adjourned to
seconvene one day next week.
After spending some weeks in Ben
ION and elsewhere in North Louisiana
With relatives and old friends, Mr..
G. W. Arnold left Sunday for Big
Springs and Garden City, Texas,
near which places he still has prop
erty interests.
Frank Griffin, colored, whose case
vas mentioned in last weeks issue
Of the Banner, plead guilty in open
court Monday to the charges of
burglary and larceny and was given
| total sentence by Judge Sandlin of
not less than four OR more than
seven years in the Penitentiary.
On the 30th of the past month Mrs.
T. j. Smith underwent an operation
It Shreveport sanitarium and for a
time was in rather a critical con-
1ition, but Saturday Of last week Mr..
Smith reported that she was doing
exceptionally well, and thought then
hat she would be able to return home
within a week. For some months
,ast they have been making their
home on the Palmer place, near Bos-
sier City.
The revival meeting at the Baptist
Church was brought to close before
attended, by Rev. J. 7. King being
called to his home in Arcadia because
If the illness of members Of his
amily. The big Sunday meetings
were not held, as had been announc
ed. Two accessions to the church
not heretofore announced were Mrs
Nice Heifner, by letter, and hel
daughter, Miss Fannie May Heifner
This young lady and Mrs. ]. H. Mont
yomery were baptized Sunday b!
Rev. James Evans.
| An agreeable caller Monday wa
MIR. John Mercer, who is now farming
\ tract of land located near Patty, OF
the L. and A. Mr.. Mercer said h
had about 100 acres in corn, which
at present gives promise Of the larg
est yield in corn he has ever mad
since he has been farming. He ha
nearly 200 acres planted to cotton
which is looking good, and which h
expects to finish chopping out thi
week. There are many evidence
everywhere, Mr.. Mercer said, of in
creased acreage in food crops.
| Mr.. Fred Perry, son Of Mr.. an
Mrs. M. Perry, of near Rocy Mount
n his thirtieth year, and who 70
some time past has been Athlete
with some lung trouble, died at tn
home of his parents Friday night o
asst week. The interment took plac
The following day in Rocky Noun
Cemetery. Aside from his parent:
| ne is survived by six sisters and tw
| brothers. Three of the sisters resid
in Bossier Parish, and the other thre
remain in South Louisiana, fro1
which section the family remove
some years ago.
| A regular meeting of the Polio
Jury was held in Benton Tuesda.
The matter of most Importance 9
his meeting was a discussion of CON
ing tax rates. Hon. L. E. Thomas G
, The Board of State Affairs addresse
the members of the Police Jury, an
! other interested residents who WEI
present, making plain the fact tn;
the present assessment figures wei
: secured merely to be used as a has
! in fixing the rate of taxation.
: is said his talk seemed to create
: better understanding of the matte
in hand and the position of the Boar
of State Affairs.
"The Senior Glass of the Ne
. iberia High School holds its cor
{ mencement exercises on Friday eve
o ing, May 18th, at the Esk's Theatre
e So reads school announcement TIL
D has just reached the writer, TO
warded by a member of the elias
e Miss Elsie Smith. So the little 81
: who used to so faithfully fold pape
/ in the Banner office is now YOU
n lady and about to become hi,
4 school graduate. That's good.
: YOU enter that busy commercial lid
It as you perhaps will for time, ,
/" wish you we'll, Elsie, and you, st
IS have many old friends up this W
in whose we'll wishes YOU share