The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-12-27
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MIR. viii Mercer offers some ex.
ceptionally good land for rent in this
issue of the Banner. See his ad.
Miss Earline Hester. the newly EN-.
ployed teacher in Benton High School
left Sunday for Ruston to spend the
Christmas holidays with friends.
air and Mrs. $. H. Dowell, of
Shreveport. together with their daugl.-
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth
Dawson.
Miss Eloise Burt left Saturday of
last week for New Orleans to spend
the Christmas holidays with her moth
er and sister. Mrs. Eugenia and Miss
Truelleart Cannon.
-For some time past Red River has
been exceptionally low and clear. Why
don't some one try perch fishing in the
river while it is in this stage just to
(. learn if they are there?
Joe Moore shot and killed Pate
Williams at Curtis Christmas eve
night. The particulars of the crime
have not been learned ut this office.
All concerned are colOred.
MIR. and Mrs. w. f. Gibson, of
Sherman, Texas. are visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. X. Il. Wallace
Mrs. Gibson is Mr.. Wallace's sister and
will lie remembered as Miss Lula Wal
lace
MIR. John +. Gladney of Rocky
Mount has purchased the Martin cot
tage and he and Mrs. Gladney expect
to move here to reside about January
LIST. Mr.. and Mrs. f. f. YoungblOod
are at present living there.
MIR. V. V. Wilmington was a call
er yesterday. He is to enter an officers
training camp, and came In to order
bis paper forwarded to Fort Sam
Houston, Texas. lie is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. b. Wilmington, Of the
Brownlee community.
Joe Pounds. aged eight or nine
years and "A son Of Mr.. w. ]. Bounds,
of the Cotton Valley community. lost
four fingers from one Of his hands
Monday as the result of the explosion
Of dynamite. with which he was play
ing. He was taken to Shreveport
sanitariun for treatment.
The public gin on the Palmer place.
located about nine ,uiles south of Ben
ton and on the public road leading to
Bossier City, was recently destroyed
by fire. This plantation was acquired
some weeks ago by Mr. II. A. Grounds,
of Dixie. but he has not. as yet made
sion.
Visitors at the home Of Mrs. w. H.
Scanland Christmas Day We're Mr. and
Mrs. Dallas Jones and children and
Mrs. Kate 5. Caheen. all of Shreveport.
and Miss Catherine c;ibeen. now teach
ing ut Mena. Ark, all Of whom are rel
tives. Mrs. Scanland. now in Shreve-
port on visit, Is not expected home
until Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. ]. H. James and family re-
turned home to-day from some point In
Arkansas, where they spent Christmas
with relatives. During Mrs. James alb
senee she was represented ut the local
telephone exchange by Mrs. Virginia
Peckham, of the Hughes Spur commu-
nifty. who formerly held that position
for some time. Mrs. V. l. Gould, Mrs.
feckbam's mother, was with her DUR
ing her several days stay In Benton.
Last Saturday and Monday and
Tuesday of this week there was
total of ethirty-eight marriage licenses
sold iii Hossier Parrish. More would
have ieen sold had the supply not
given out at the Offices Of some of those
In the southern portion Of the parish
wao handle licenses for Clerk of Court
Henderson, Upon applying and not
being able to secure license. some arc
said to have gone to Shreveport for
tai ulruse.
\ caller Monday was MIR. 4. j.
Hayes. who resides cn the old line
vile plantation. near Haughton. and
which was for many years the prop
7erty of MI. Jim McDade, sr. Mr.
Hayes said rat the high price of fee,.
strtf lad about driven him and sew
eral Of his HeighLors out of the dairy
j usiness. The reader will perhaps call
to mind that just about ten years ago
considerable attention was beginning
to lie given to tiairying IN the Haugh-
ton eountrysidc
There are five parishes comprising
tue Shreveport District of the Ameri- |
can Rcd t'ros:s including both Caddo
and Hossier, and we have just learned
that Ncssisr led all the parishes in the
Christmas membership drive. except
isig. CT course, Caddo. 4 friend who
has bad a telephone report from the |
Shrevei ort headquarters has Informed
the reporter TINT in the entire Mlrisl,
there were secured more than 1000
f,iiny of whom had never |
previously belonged to the order.
Sunday was the day fixed upon IL |
the sundas schools of America to raise
one million dollars to be given as Il
christmas offering to the suffering
Christians in Billie lands. We are
leased to report that special programs
and offerings were arranged and car
lied ont at 10th the Baptist and Meth
stiiss churches of this place. The casl,
ifferins ~ the Methodist Sunday
School amounted to So.. 20 was donated
e the Armenian relief fund. MaM
lifts. all wraired in white. were piled
efase the ;,ltstrs at 10th churches.
Mrs. y. r. Ives returned home re-
e,ifG from Orachita Parish. where
he WAS cislled OH account Of the Illness
I her llether. DIR. Burt Williams. His
essth occurred il few days after she
eaci,ed bis sedsitle Dir. Williams was