The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-22

Mr., and Mrs Will Hall, Of Oil City,
accompanied by Mr.. T.. ID. Taylor, now
located in that place, were visitors IN
Benton Sunday.
Mrs. J. A. Edwards and little son
left Friday of last week for visit OF
some days with relatives living III
Haughton and Minden.
Mrs r. l.. STROBE returned home Fri
day of last week after pleasant visit
Of some days with relatives and friends
residing in Camden. Ark.
The Cotton Census EnumeratOr Tor
Bossier Parish, Mr.. ]. H. Simmons. re-
ports that prior to November LIST there
were 20, 135 bales of cotton ginned III
this parish from the 1917 crop.
Miss Grace Hunt, of Henderson. Tex,
who is related to Mrs. Smith, spent
last week as a guest ut the country
home of Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Smith.
Upon leaving she returned to Shreve-
port, where che of her sisters Is ii M
tient at present at sanitarium
Mrs. l.. Il. Hoffpauir has written
from Little Rock. Ark. to say that
she will return to her home, In the
caney Creek School community. her
husband having Teen transferred from
Camp Pike to Camp Beauregard. and
instructs that his paper be forwarded
to him there.
The following paragraph has been
contributed Ey BOssier City friend: :
Miss Nevada NuneZ, of the Bossfer
City High School, will present her class
in piano, voice and expression in re-
cital Friday evening, the 3Oth. at Z 30
O'Clock, High School Auditorium. The
public is invited"
Mr.. L. NJ. Railey, who now farms
cut near Midway. on his way to Shreye-
port yesterday, stopped by and sub
scribed for the Banner. He stated that
about all the cotton right around him
had been picked and ginned, but that
over in the Linton community there yet
remained quite a bit in the field.
Mr.. Il. s. Burt, Superintendent for
the Paris:, Fair Association, has In
formed the reporter that the meat ex-
hiLited liy Mr.. j. I. McDade tat both
fairs) was sold by himself for 40.
which amount, incompetence with In
nj hxn hdd
turned over to the Red Cross Society.
For a week or two past Mr.. :. ID.
pittnlan. of the Missionary community
has advertised in the Banner for sew
eral head of stock that he Thought had
estrayed. They have been found bog
sed UP and, of course. dead In the
Phelps Lake district, not a great dis
lance frunl their range. They were per
laps In search Of water or better graz
ing coutry when they got out on the
treacllerous mud near the lake.
In last weeks issue Of the Banner
we stated that Mrs. Mary Vance hat
sold her South Riverside plantation t.
Mr.. George W. Duke. Of Shreveport
As that statement was in error, W.
have kecn asked to make correction
and chearfuliy do so. Mr.. Duke hsl:
only targ,,ined to purchase the place
lut has alYeady put ZIP as Il cash pay
men. $$.sitss c, Watch gives him an option
u;.f:f .'..t.syss ut Errors III state
i,..il.., = 3s,r>:. .,,,srs easily creep IL
..a.;la FL; .-ss'.sr I~nt. long ago said
9. fis.o J, 90. ,,.w the truth may lie
! tell this tale ;,s twas; told to me.
in tle Local, columns of last week
issue Of tie cuusl,atta Citizen we fin
ti,e following paragraph: MIR. Henri
Aiarsstea d,;satsd hi; scraps cotton t
The Methodist ladies' Aid, provides
they would gather it. and Oh Wednes
day evening last, headed by Rev. A. II
Parker. the ladies'. about thirty .
them, met ut the cotton field and gail
cred something over 800 pounds. Whe
YOU think our Christian ladise Won
wsIk, Just give them the opportunity
Aud this, reminds us that Il week q
two aga the ladies' Of the Belcher con
au,lity are said to have engaged In
like t,,s.l FOR {, charitable benefit.
We are !, little slew about making
re;,of: OF the elder in which the III
lsen: were awarded to the several psl
isles making exhibits ut the State Fai
Int we must plead that we felt lit
interess. in the matter after we learnt
hcw far down the line Bosssier's I'll
exhibit had been placed. Bossier h;
walked away with the blue riiiEt
several tiDis.,. SO we are not kickin
lut tie .ahi' II did make Il rather ere
ita! le siroWins AMI we can't Gesist Il
Temptation 70 say ~ here. Bossier W;
MAJ fist.s fasar,h place. with Olachit
siaasse. s.a ;ais orie first. secoi
aud ti,ila
The #e,oatI institute this year +
the ltos,,i = Paris, teachers WAS he
Saturday Of last week at the Tray
street Scl.aol building. Shreveport
There were about forty teachers pre-
eat. aecos dn. 10 the statement Of Il
Parish Superintendent. At the nj
meeting for the season of the Paris
Teachers Association there was Orsa
lied Il Junior Red Cross Society for Il
seh.esis Of the parish. with Superinten
ent Forts,ra rs its Chairman and Mi
Lyde Mccra,lie as its Secretary-Tre;l
urer II is proposed during the pre-
ent scilcssl year to raise one dollar fro
each pupil III the Parish. the fund to
paid into the Shreveport Chapter
The American keti l,rnSs; The total