The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-04-05
Review of the Week
- Loca; Items OF Interest About
II Oar Readers and Their Friends

Benton needs a good steam laun-
dry. Why don't somebody get busy
md Eut in one?
Judge" John Hanks has joined the
Ford brigade. He has now been
GriVing around in one for several
days.
A stated communication of Cypress
Lodge, T. and A. NJ, will be held at
the lodges hall at the usual hour
this evening.
Fir J. E.. Burt has a good stand of
corn up on each side of the gravel
road leading south, and there is a big
field CT it, too.
Mrs. j. A. Edwards, who left Sun
daY to visit her many relatives and
friends residing in Haughton is ex-
rected home to-day.
Ers Ralph Burton, of Arkansas,
accompanied by her winsome little
daughter, is a guest at the home of
Ter mother, Mrs. Matte C. Adger.
The automobile quickly brought
better reads, and now the improved
r-a&c are fast filling the country
with automobiles. They seem to go
hand in hand.
Mr.. W. J. Gayle, Benton's drug
store proprietor, announces in this
iesr2 Gf tire Banner that he will again
handle ice this season. He expects to
oT1er a car load next week.
Miss Eva Smith. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. Smith, of the Caney
Creek School community, is again at
horne. Some days ago she was
operated on at a Shreveport santa
rum fog appendicitis.
Much cotton has been planted in
Booster Parish In fact, nearly every
body has finished planting, and some
cotton IS now up. That that is up is
no doubt feeling rather pale around
the ellis these cold mornings.
The reporter has been requested
to announce an Easter egg hunt, to
be held in some appropriate grove in
Benton Saturday afternoon. The
children of the three Sunday schools
will take part, and will assemble at
three o'clock
Mr. George G. Dimick, one of
Shrevep0rt's young attorneys, was a
business visitor in Benton Monday.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Dimick
who, because Of her family connec-
ton in Bossier, is now quite well
known out this way. She is a niece
of the Messrs. Cornell of Ward One
Last week and again this week
some good copy has come in on Thurs
dav. That's our day to publish ant
mail the Banner, friends, and we car
find little time to do anything else
IF your copy reaches us on Mon
DAYS. Tuesdays and Wednesdays we
can handle it, and lots of it, but or
Thursdays we devote little or no time
to setting type.
~ meeting of the local chapter O.
the United Daughters of the Con
fcdcracy will be held in Benton to
morrow afternoon at the home of it
President. A short literary program
Of interest will be given, and tn
ladies' of Benton generally are in
vitea 70 he present to hear it. Tn
hour for the beginning of the pro
cram is three o'clock.
Mr. G. W. Thomas, who for som
months past has been located in Ben
ton, coming here to represent Mr..
that gentleman was i'll and necessary
away HUN IOIaC, ICit yCStCIudy "
his hcn1e in Pittsburg, Texas. H
was accompanied by Mrs. w.
Gaylesa relative, who will visit at hi
home for week or more.
Mr.. w. w. Lay, Representative
and time-honored resident of Lin
ton, was visitor in Benton one da
this week. While here he contribut
Ell $50 to the fund for the erectio
Of a new Methodist Church in thi
place, The amount acknowledge
last week was $500, SO this makes tn
present total $3.50. We expect I
have other contributions to the fun
to report in next weeks issue.
In this issue of the Banner is
be found the DELINQUENT tax list. "
expected it to be handed in for pul
licatien this month. but had we know
it was to come in for publication tn
week we would have had somethir
to say in print about it last wee
However attention was called to tt
advanced date of publication wet
or so ago. The handling of the tt
list this week has necessitated tt
curtaiinent of some features in 9TH
departments.
An appreciated caller at the Ba
ner office Tuesday afternoon w
Mr.. I. C. Logan, representati'
cit zen and good farmer Of tt
Vrncevi'le community. While
tha office he learned that our la
bird DOE died some months ag
end voluntarily gave us another on
guaranteed to be stanch on point a,
not t. be any worse about suckil
eggs than the common run of dog