The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-25

day afternoon from business trip to
Monroe.
Rev. James Evans has announced that
he expects to fill his regular appoint
ments in this place Sunday.
Misses Irma Stinson and Marion Ar
mold expect to leave to- morrow for Dixie
to visit Mrs. John Stinson, relative.
Mrs. r. L. Wychc returned home
Tuesday from Shreveport, where she
has been patient for week or SO at
sanitarium.
The Richardson Oil Company began
drilling several days ago on new pros
pect we'll seven and one-half miles north
west of Benton-near Swannhaven.
Tuesday at the Baptist parsonage in
this place Rev. James Evans united in
marriage Miss Marion Constantine to
Mr.. w. r. Parsley, both of Shreveport.
A regular meeting of Cypress Lodge,
F. and A. NJ, will be held at the lodges
hall in this place next Thursday even
ing. There will be work in the second
degree.
Mr.. Richard Drew of the Plain Deal
ing community, brother Of District
Attorney Harmon Drew, was in Benton
last Saturday attending to some busi-
ness matters.
Mr.. e. w. Doran loaded his house,
hold goods in car Tuesday for ship
ment to Ruston and himself departed
for that place the same day. He will be
joined there by Mrs. Doran in few
days.
A letter from Misses Katye and Min
ME Wyche, students at Ward-Belmont
College, Nashville, Tenn, alludes to the
fine time they have been having sleigh
ing since the snow and sleet began fall
ing there several days since.
Mrs. Belle Wise, whose illness was
reported in last weeks issue of the
Banner, had sufficiently recovered by
last Friday to be able to return home
from Shreveport sanitarium. She con-
tinues to do well, but will each week fol
the present return to the city for further
treatment.
The reporter learned Tuesday that
Mr.. A. S. Brown is at present located
near Evangeline, Acadia Parish, where
he is experimenting the drilling of .
prospect oil well. Mrs. Brown is still
here with her mother, Mrs. Heifner, and
Mr.. Brown is expected in for visit the
latter part of the week.
i Mr.. c. O. Gayle, accompanied by Mrs
j Gayle, motored to Shreveport Tuesday
Thence they went to Gayle, some twenty
miles south of the city, where they Wis
tied Mr.. Gayle's brother, Mr.. ]. L
Gayle, who has for several weeks beer
ill and confined to sanitarium in Bal.
timore, Md, but who has lately returned
home.
Figures furnished the Banner from
the Federal Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census, show that. Bos
sier's 1916 cotton crop was Is ,5I bales
That is, that sis the number Of bale
ginned in Bossier Parish from the 1911
crop, prior to January l, 1917, Inter
not included. The corresponding figure
for 1915 were 1890 bales.
AS has been formerly reported in tn
Banner, Mr.. w. B. Wilbourn has leases
the Palmetto plantation, located nea
. Benton, for the year 1917 and he and hi
family recently removed into the plan
! tatioa residence from the Willow Chut
plantation residence. Mr.. Wilbourl
stated Monday to one of the Banner
reporters that he will plant plenty Q
, cotton. Well, there are many other
5 who are going to do the same thing.
r they will only farm as economically a
. they know they would have to farm
e growing Scent Gotten perhaps all wi
D be assured Of full pocketboeks ne1t fall
Why don't all OF you fellows try thatq
Mr.. G. w. Dalrymple, who was a Wis
itor in Benton yesterday, instructed U
to forward his paper to Shreveport
where he is now residing with one {
9 his daughters. For years Mr.. palrymp1
and his family were residents Of Il
Midway community. During the pa
month he sold his place, consisting
: 100 acres and good improvements,
9 Mr.. W. G. T. Furniss, the considerable
9 being $2750. Mr.. Furniss has remove
: to the place and will begin farming thel
g this year. Mr.. R. A. For, who #
y some twelve or fourteen years past b;
g made his home with Mr.. and Mrs. Da
: rymple, is for the present with his siste
T Mrs. w. R. Bumgardner, Of Ida.