The Bossier banner., 1917-05-03

soldiers were those busy in the fields.
And such is true with US just now.
q nonjury term of Bossier Dis
trict Court will be convened here
Monday Of next week.
An effort is to be made to re-estab-
llsh the Benton w. o. W. Camp.
The authorized notice appears else
where.
A friend informs US that the
Pleasant Hill Graveyard, located
several miles east Of Plain Dealing
was cleared off Tuesday.
The Ladies Aid of Benton will give
an Ice cream supper on Friday even
ing, May 18th, for the benefit of the
Presbyterian and Methodist churches.
Mr.: and Mrs. H. Z. Youngblood,
who have been occupying the Sill
man cottage, removed this week to
the Martin cottage, Mr.. and Mrs. Sill
man having returned to Benton to
reside.
Mr.. Ernest johnson of Rocky
Mount has ten telephones installed in
Benton and has opened the local
tiephone exchange. Additional tele-
phones will be put in as soon as the
materials are received.
Mrs. J. S. Alison, who resides near
Benton, left Monday for Baton ROUGE
to attend the state convention of the
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy. She is Historian for the gen
eral order of the state.
Elmore jackson, Bossier City
negro, was arrested in that place last
Saturday by Marshal D. E. Sorrell
and now langu;shes in the Parish
Jail. The charge against him is re-
failing liquor without license.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Fortson of
Homer were guests one day last week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Fortson. The two gentlemen are
brothers, and Mr.. E. H. Fortson is
Clerk of Court over in his home
parish.
Friday Of last week Rev. James
Evans of this place united another
Shreveport couple in marriage. They
were Mr.. R. L. Snodgrass and Miss
Lennie Hill. He said they seemed
rot to be runaway couple, but were
accompanied by number of their
friends and apparently came to Ben
ton for the ceremony more for a
lark" than anything else.
Frank Griffin a negro whose home
is near Arkana, was recently arrested
in an Illinois town and brought to
Benton and lodged in the Parish Jail
He is charged with stealing two suits
of clothes, handbag and a shaving
outfit from Mr.. Joe Seward, a North
Bossier resident. AS evidence of his
guilt these things were in his pos
session at the time he was arrested
He has wondered no little over his
easy capture and Identification at
such distant point, and said to
Deputy Sheriff Hill. "There amt nc
way to git away from you white
folks"
There has been labor troubles out
at the new Doster & Johnson saw
mill, located near the old Red Rive,
Graveyard, and saving is not YET
under way, as was expected by this
time. 1t seems several of the work
men received Saturday a drop or Sc
(or gallon or SOY of good old com
fort (?) and Sunday repaired to {
secluded place in the woods for {
big, friendly spree. Mr.. johnson
the n,aracer. finding this out, firet
about half his crew, and the othe
half is said to have quit through sym
pathy. We arc not informed as t.
when the mill will now be ready t,
run.
The revival meeting being con
1ucted at the Baptist Church by Rev
James Evans and Rev. J. T. King, O
Arcadia, who is doing the preaching
is meeting with deserved success
Mr.. King is a good speaker as well a
an earnest minister of the Gospel
md his sermons are attracting larg
crowds. Yesterday afternoon ther
vas sermon especially for children
which was heard bv all the pupils o
Benton High School, and Sunda
| afternoon at three o'clock there wi
| be a sermon for men only. The tw
ministers called Yesterday and re
1uested the reporter to extend to tn
membership Of all churches in tn
North Louisiana Association an ir
vitation to come to Benton Sunda
md take part in the MEETINGS of tha
dav. Thus far the revival has re
suited in two accessions to ths
church, Mr.. Mcbride, by lettel
and Mrs. J. H. Montgomery.