The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-02-15
Ten Years Ago.

From the Banner of Feb IA, 1907-Benton.
'tMr. and Mrs. J. M. Henderson of
Rocky Mount are spending the week in
New Orleans"
"Married at Rocky Mount, Sunday,
at the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William Lowe, Mr.. Barney M.
Oglesby to Miss Octavia Lowe, Rev. w.
A. Zeigler officiating"
''Mrs. ]. M. Davies, wife of Prof. J.
NJ. Davies, Superintendent of Public
Schools for Webster Parish, died at her
home in Minden on the 9th. Mr.. and
Mrs. Davies formerly lived at Bellevue"
[Mr. Davies death has since occurred.
One paragraph from the Red Land
report read: "It is a pleasure to note
that Mrs. Lotto Norris is now occupy
ing her new residence. 1t is an almost
exact duplicate of the old one, which
was recently destroyed by fire."
married at Hughes Spur on the 7th,
at the home of the BRIDES parents, Mr..
and Mrs. B. F. Shaver, Mr.. w. A. Gray,
of Claiborne Parish, to Miss Sallie
Shaver, Rev. w. A. Zeigier officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray expect to make their
future home near Homer"
''Mr. I. II. Martin and family have
left Dixie and are at present living with
Mrs. B. F. Ogden, of the Cat Island
plantation, Mr.. Martins daughter. Mr..
Martin expects within week or two to
remove to Mineral Wells, Texas. Both
you and your family will be greatly
missed by many lifelong friends here
in Bossier, Mr.. Martin. We regret that
you find it necessary to remove from our
midst" 1.-THE family now resides in
Shreveport.
The following items arc from the Plain
Dealing correspondence: "Born to Mr..
and Mrs. Leon Sanders on the 9th, a
girl" "Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Keeth are
spending the week in New Orleans wit
Messing the Mardi Gras festivities"
"Mrs. T. N. Keoun left Saturday for
New Orleans to visit her husband, who
is taking a six-week post graduate
course in medicine in that city" "Mr.
F. r. Garrett has bought Mr.. S. H.
Cochran's stock of goods and moved it
into his store. and Mr.. w. C. Banks is
now merchandising in the building pre-
vionsly occupied by Mr.. Cochran.
"Married in this place Tuesday, Mr..
Thomas 0. Giles Of Emma to Miss NJ.
B. Cason, Justice F. r. Garrett of1ci-
ating. The groom is a popular and we'll
known young man of his community.
The bride is daughter of the late W..
M. Cason Of Ansel, who at the time of
his death was member of the Police
jury"
The Haughton correspondent said, in
part: "Mr. A. j. Rogers has sold his
hotel interest to Mr.. j. M. Moore, who
moved in Monday" s'Mr. and Mrs. Ev
r. Connell of Koran are happy over the
arrival of "a little daughter at their home"
"Mr. |. T. Gilmer, for many years a
resident of Bossier Parish, died last Sat-
urday at Port Arthur, Texas, where he
had recently gone to visit a son. His
remains were brought here and inferred
in Fillmore Cemetery Sunday" "The
death of DR.. H. H. Barnacastle, while
not unexpected, has cast a gloom over
our town and community which will take
time to dispel. He was truly a good
man and only his close personal friends
realize the real loss Boss;er Parish has
sustained in his death. His funeral in
old Fillmore Cemetery last Friday was
attended by large concourse of sorrow
ing friends"