The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-06-14

OF his own supply. Bear in mind
your own needs for planting and those
OF your less fortunate neighbor.
/ Mrs. Maude White is now guest
at the home of her father, Mr.. ". II.
Smith, at his country home near
Benton.
Mrs. Alabel Ogden Of Dixie and her
eldest daughter, Mss Ruby Scott
Ogden, were in Benton Sunday on a
visit with relatives and old friends.
Mr.. Arthur Hoffpauir, of st. Louis.
accompanied by his good wife, is now
a visitor at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Hoffpauir, who
reside near Rocky Mount.
| Mrs. j. A. Rogers, after an absence
OF several weeks, returned home Fri
day afternoon OF last week. She has
been to Stephenson, Miss, visiting
her youngest son, Mr.. G. C. Smith.
| Miss Madeline Smith left Friday
afternoon of last week for Baton
Rouge, where she will enter a sum-
mer school with the view Of continu-
ing the study Of her calling, that of
teaching.
The Doster & Johnson saw mill has
now been running regularly for sofne
weeks. The mills products are
hauled to Benton and shipped. Mr.
johnson stated Monday that he ex-
pected to have his planer in opera
ton by one day next week.
Misses Ava and Dorothy Simmons,
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Sim
mons, who reside some miles out from
Benton, left Friday of last week for
Mansfield, where they will spend a
week or ten days at the home of thei1.
| grandfather, Rev. J. L. p. Sheppard.
Messrs. Sam Young and Ike
Thomas left this week for the Doster
| & Johnson saw mill, located near
Linton, where they have accepted en-
ployment. Following Mr.. Young's
departure, Henry James has tempo
rary charge of the local telephone ex-
change.
Err. S. Fletcher Elder, after spend
ing week at home with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. 1. F. Elder, Of Alden
Bridge, left Sunday for New Orleans
to continue his studies in medicine.
| During the term just closed he was
student in the Medical Department
Of Tulane University, in that city.
Friends will regret to learn that
Mr.. Webb Smith of Taylortown WAS
operated on Sunday at the North
Louisiana Sanitarium (cf Shreve-
rort) for gladstone. He has for
some time been in poor health. and
trip to Hot Springs, Ark, failing to
patch" him up, he went to Shreve-
port for further examination and
medical advice. An X-ray picture re-
veaied the true seat of his trouble.
When heard from this forenoon he
was doing nicely, and would be
| pleased to have his friends call on
| him.
Congratulations are in order! The
Banners neighbor, Mr.. w. A. John
son, carrier on Rural Mail Route No.
l out of Benton, while taking his
usual summer vacation, has slipped
away and gotten "spliced." Such re-
port has been current here in Benton
for some days, but not until the Red
Land correspondence came in was the
reporter sure that such was true. A
report of his marriage is to be found
in that column. We wish to extend
congratulations and best wishes, Mr..
Johnson. and trust you and "Mrs.
andrew" will permanently reside in
Benton.
Mr.. R. Harwell Lee, of DeSoto
Parish, after being some months To-
Gated in Benton for the practice of
his profession, left Sunday for Min
den, where he will locate. He an
nounced that he would form CO.
partnership in that place with Attor-
ney w. R. Percy Mr.. Lee is
courteous and friendly young gen.
tleman, well schcoled in his calling
and we bespeak for him consideration
at the hands of the representative
residents Of Minden and Webster
Parish. As result of his stay in
Benton he leaves in our midst num-
her of new-found friends.
Friends will be pleased to learn
of the marriage of Mr.. Allen Morris,
of Shreveport, during past summers
often a visitor at the home of Mr.. S.
C. Adger, who resides near Benton.
and who has number of friends and
ecauaintances in this parish. The
bride, whose given name is Eugenia,
is daughter of DR.. w. M. Baker, one
of the two Grand Lecturers for the
Masonic order in this state, and
gentleman well known and much
liked in several sections of Bossier.
Mr.. Morris is at present in training at
Fort Logan H. Roots, located near
Little Rock, Ark, and the marriage
of this happy young couple is said to
have taken place there.
A joint meeting of the Jolice Jury,
Bossier Levee Board and Parish
School Board was held in Benton
Monday. The purpose of this meet
ing was to discuss the rates of taxa
ton that may be fixed upon for the
upkeep of the schools, lsvees and
cther public items that are main
tanned at the expense Of the people.
These rates of taxation will be an
nounced later. The Police Jury. act
ing as Board of Review. has closely
revised all assessments of the parish,
taking IN the several wards in their
numerical order. This work for
Ward Six had not been completed up
to this morning, but all that preced-