The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-09-06
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Miss Marion Arnold left Sunday
for Mooringsport. where she will visit
for some days with old friends.
Mrs. Matte G. Adger left Tuesday
for Arkana where she plans to spend
a day or SC as Il guest Of her daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Burton.
Mamie T. Burt. the bright little
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. &. Burt,
left Monday fer Shreveport to re-enter
st. Vincent academy.
side at Monterey. near Mooringsport,
spent las week in Benton at the home
of Dr. c. II. Irion. Mr.. IRONS father.
Mrs H. a. Johnson. who for some
time past has been Il visitor at the
home Of her father DIR. {. H. Irion.
left yesterday for her home in Bunkie.
Mrs. f. l.. Allen, of Plain Dealing,
has ordered her Banner mailed to
Winfield for the present. She is there
on Il visit with her daughter, Mrs. Will
Norman.
Mrs. II. II. Smith. of Fort Smith.
Ark, remembered all over North BOs-
sier as Miss Roberta Martin, spent
Tuesday in Benton as guest at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. X. Il. Hill.
Miss Lucille Edwards left yester-
day for McDade. where she will spend
a week as il guest of Mrs. K$sss T.. Nc
Dade. AS she passed through Shreve-
port she was joined by Miss Julia FL
ston, Mrs. McDade's sister.
So many showers have fallen here
since the last issue of the Banner land
seine of them big ones, too that we
have lost the count. Weeds and grass
are growing rank everywhere, and the
farmers are complaining Of loosing cut
hay in the fields and that their cotton
il growing all to stalk and shedding
badly Let us all hope that the rains
will let up before matured corn is
ruined in the fields.
Until this week we have been mail
ing Dr. ii. l.. Crows Banner to Elm
Grove. but one Of his friends residin.
in that place has just written to the
office to instruct that we now address
him. First Lieut.. H. l.. Crow, NJ. q
TIC, Camp Greenleaf, Fort Ogle
thorpe. Ga" Added in the note the
writer says: DIR. Crow writes that
he is pretty busy. but can always fine
time to read the Banner"
We note from the current Week..
Morbidity Report which has just come
to hand. that there are now four case.
of typhoid fever in BOssier Parish
In last weeks issue Of the Banner
something Of IA warning to the resi-
dents Of the parish was given, and thu
statement of the prevalence of this dis
ease i'll Caddc Parish was given. /
is much to lie regretted that 1t IL nov
in Bossier. for it is a much dreadet
and often fatal disease, and it ma.
cost some lives if all precautions ar
not taken.
MIR. G. Il. Hooper, last session Il
the head of Benton High School, spen
two or three days in Benton as CUES
IF old friends, leaving Monday after
noon for Campti. where he will he IL
Gated this scholastic year as principal
of the Camrti High School. Mr.. l..
Bush. also one of the former principal
Of Benton High School, and fer sever;l
sessions past ut the head IT the Campt
School, has gone to cOushatta to lOcat
and will continue in school work.
The reader will call to mind tina
in last weeks issue the illness all
alarming condition of Mr. w. w. Or;
ter was mentioned, the same resultin
from having stuck u rusty nail In hi
foot. Sunday he was taken to Shrev,
port for treatment at one Of the san
tariums in that city. and it has sine
been stated that the tetanus germ h;l
not set in in the wound, as was feare
might result. but it is given out thu
there is danger even yet Of blood pU
sen resulting. When last heard frol
his condition is somewhat improve,
but we We're unable to get direct r
port from the Sanitarium to-day.
From Mr. w. NJ. Mccall, who r
sides near lsrownlee, we learned We
terday Of the offer Bossier City Is
make as bid to become the site
the amman Parish Fair. He state
that already $1,000 had been pledge
toward the fund for the construct,
of the necessary buildings. and TIL
Judge Reynolds. of Arcadia, who owl
Il 9lacre tract of land immediate
south OF the east approach to the he
traffic bridge. has offered tell-ye
lease On it to the directors Of the Ia
isl Fair Association. This. of cours
with the provision that the fair
held in that place. As some of Il
buildings on the grounds at Pll
Dealing were destroyed by fire sol
mcnthS ago. that town now being nlu
taken up with it's nearby oil field d
velolments. and as the majority Of Z
directors are said to favor the relnoy