The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-18


Leona Mason in marriage. The young
people were and still arc both Of Shrere-
port.
Spare the roads as much as possible
while they are in their present soggy
condition. Let your heavy hauling wait
until after they have dried out.
Mrs. ]. w. Cross has written to in
struct US to mail her Banner to Bay
City, Matagorda County. Texas, instead
of to Cedar Lane, that county and
state.
Misses Adeline Billieu and Joyce and
Hazel Lunsford and Miss Engart, young
ladies of Shreveport, will be in Benton
tomorrow to spend the weekend with
Misses Madeline and Lucy Smith.
Maj. Dan Morgan smith, leading
Chicago attorney, who during the past
year or SO has experienced complete
change of front on the liquor question,
will lecture at the Methodist Church in
this place Wednesday evening of next
week, beginning at 1880 o'clock.
Mr.. il. Northcott, who has been
| one of our Hortman subscribers for some
time, writes: "Haye sold my place
near Hortman and moved back to Bos-
sier Parish. Please forward the Banner
to me at Cotton Valley, Box 66, Route
One" We are sure all the neighbors
will be pleased to welcome you and your
good family back to Bossier, Mr..
j Northcott.
Friday of last week Mrs. Belle Wise
of this place became patient at the
Schumpert Memorial Sanitarium OF
Shreveport, her ailment being high
blood pressure. Her condition has con-
tinued to improve. Yesterday she was
q reported to be doing exceptionally we'll,
and it is thought she will be able to sit
up by tomorrow and able to return
home day or SO later.
/ Mr.. Edwin w. Doran, now engaged
in the practice Of law in Ruston, il
expected in Benton on visit to- morrow
Mrs. Doran, still teaching in Bentor
High School, and who has for severa
I years past been a member Of the faculty
! will leave soon to join her husband IL
; Rnston. The reporter is not informed
as to who will fill the vacancy to lesu,
in the faculty Of the school. The rlact
: has been offered to one of the forme
teachers, who has the matter under con
sideration.
Again this year the Banner has beef
favored with copy Of the Louisiana
State Board of Health Almanac.
contains many suggestions that shoul
be carried out around our homes an
s places OF business, and is worthy of
close reading. In fact, it is chock flu
i Of useful information and should find
: place on the nail by the mantletree i
9 every home in this state. A copy c
: the almanac will be mailed free OF charg
e to any one. Address the Louisian
;. State Board of Health, New Orleans.
't From printed form sent out from til
!, Bureau Of the Census OF the FEEDER;
: Department Of Commerce we note tn;
y prior to December goth last there wei
IS 25,3i3 bales of cotton ginned in Bessie
q Parish from the 1916 crop, as compare
with i9, 293 bales for the correspondent
o date Of 1915. When we stop to considt
: the various exceptional prices this cotto
: sold for we all know there is still cor
4. siderable money in the country. In
" word, this has been what is referred
id all over the South as a egood" yea
AS the price of cotton has been most
at responsible for our season OF prosperii
at the. temptation to devote a big acreae
IN to that crop this ceming season is goir
al to be great. We believe we can safe
10 warn against this. An excessive acreas
ut planted to cotton would only tend
OF keep the price Of the staple down. WI
re not plant less and get the top price.
ID a diversified crop lies the Independent
of our farmers. Think that over, frien
ed
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