The Bossier banner., 1917-05-03
Review Of the Week
e. Local Items of Interest About
Our Readers and Their Friends

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Wouldn't your name look well
under the Banners flag, young man?
DR.. J. B. Hall of Rocky Mount
passed through Benton Monday en-
route to Shreveport.
Miss Juanita Breame of Lewis
vile, Ark, spent several days Of
last week in Benton as a guest of
Mrs j NJ. Henderson.
TIr and Mrs. r. E. McDade and
Nr. and Mrs. d. E. Afford of Haugh-
ton were visitors Monday at the home
Of Sheriff j. F. Edwards.
Just a few farmers have run
around" and chopped out some of
their cotton, but that will not be un-
der way proper for a week or ten
days as yet.
One Of the Banners merchant
friends of this place reports that
crops across the river are well ad-
vanced and look good, but that the
present cool snap has temporarily
caused cotton to look little "seedy."
Mrs. NJ. j. Adair, of Shreveport,
who has been quite i'll since Friday
CT 'ast week, was reported Tuesday
cTening as being free of fever and
E1uch improved, though still very
weak. Her son who resides in this
place, Mr. NJ. N. Adair, was at her
bedside Sunday and again Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. r. o. Silliman have
returned to Benton to reside and are
again occupying their cottage on the
west side of town. Some weeks ago
they removed to Belcher, where Mr..
Sillirnan for time thought of locat-
ing until the latter part of this year,
aad perhaps permanently. Their
friends here are pleased that they
have returned to live among US.
Hon L. E. Thomas, of the Board
Of State Affairs, has written Mr.. r.
B. Hill, Clerk for the Police Jury,
that he will appear before that body
at the meeting to be held on the 9Th.
This announcement is important for
the reason that matters of interest to
the PEOPLE as whole, and especially
all taxpayers, will be discussed. The
general public is invited to be pres
eat to hear and join in the discussion.
DR.. C. Fl. Irion, Of this place, who
is himself pretty good farmer, and
who in the practice of his profession
is called far and near, reports that
an abundance Of food and feed crops
have and are yet to be planted in this
section OF the parish. All crops, he
said, are in the best condition he has
seen them for years past, and the
general clean, well TILED and pros
porous appearance of the farms seem:
encouraging Cor the future.
Mir. and Mrs. R. L. Gleason reach
ed the Rocky Mount community Mon
dav to visit at the home of Mrs. Glea
sens parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. S
johnson. Mr.. Gleason is an oil fielt
driller and recently had employment
near Elna Grove, this parish, but sine,
that time has worked some time nea
Jackson, Miss. Operations having
been suspended at the last well wher,
he was employed, he is now looking
around for something to do.
The boys around town credi
"Jirlbo' Ivey with having said tina
he was going to worry the recruitin,
officers until they ''took him in,
and SO h did. Jim's captain, he is
and if he is finally accepted for serv
ice in the National Guards we belfev
be viii make a good soldier boy
Fer some time past he has had
position in Shreveport. The latte
mart Of last week he visited his father
Mr.. w. z, Ivey, residing near Benton
and left Sunday nieht for New Or
leans to report for duty.
Mr.. Hugh Alison, who some day
ago was visitor in Benton, ha
since left for New Orleans to joi
Company L of the National Guard!
q cf which he has been a member fo
some time. He asked to be trans
fcrred to the Navy, but permissio
was not granted for hin, to do 81
Being out of the state when hi
company was first ordered to repol
for duty he was not subject to order
but that condition was changed whe
the state troops were mustered int
the service of the Government, S
there remained nothing for him to
but return home and report for dut,
In answer to a query from SON
source as to who is going to do a
the proposed canning Of vegetable
in this parish, Mr.. E. S. Burt, Far
Demonstration for Bossier, replie
I, th9t the school children would do
"Whv,' he said, "nly little kids e
pact to nee fully thousand cans, ar
thew viii do it." Mr.. Burt is ST
visiting the schools, mixing with tt
peop'e generally and advocating ca
ninr wherever he goes. At foo
stuff rally meeting held last Satu
day IN Belcher he said there we
ahort a thousand people present,
cluding many negroes. He advis'
the nearoes to cut up their fishil
rclcs and nse them for bean stick
He also told them that the Cover
neat wasn't going to ask bu
farmer to ro to war-that the be