The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-01-04
JANUARY 4, 1917.
Review OF the Week
A. Locs! items of Interest About
II Our Readers and Their Friends


Banner has been ordered forwarded to
St. James, this state, instead of Slidell.
Miss Aleline Billieu of Shreveport
spent several days of last week in Ben
ton as guest Of Misses Madeline and
Lucy Smith.
Hs Miss Manola May Dowell of Shreve-
port il snending the week in Benton as
4 guest of Miss Pauline Dawson. She
expects to leave for her home Saturday.
Justice of Peace ]. H. Montgomery
performed the ceremony last Saturday
at his store which united in marriage
Mr.. g. f. Bingle and Miss Della Blank
enship. Both contracting parties are OF
Bradley, Ark.
Mr.. G. w. sentell, jr., son of Mr.. N.
w. sentell, OF Collinsourg, and who is
now located at Jersey City, Nj, writes:
'sThe Banner always seems like a weekly
letter from home to me, and is always
read with pleasure
Gen. a. s. Booth Of View Orleans, IN
renting to the Banner the sum inpay-
ment Of his subscription for the ensuing
year, says: ~ wish the moral tone Of
every paper in our whole republic
equaled that of the Banner"
Sunshine Hawks, "the man who put
the sun in sunshine. author,
lecturer, traYeler-wiH lecture in Ben
ton tomorrow evening. Prices Of adj
mission, % and So cents-a liberal per
cent of the proceeds to be given to
local cause.
A friend informs us that Mr.. Leo
Herndon, OF the Rocky Mount COM
munity. while out hunting Christmas
Day, had the good fortune to bag fine
turkey. This is the only wild turkey
killed during the holiday season, so far
as we are informed.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Smith, their little
daughter, Ruth, and Mrs. Smiths sister,
Mrs. e. e. Simpson, motored to Green
wood last Thursday to spend the day
with Mrs. Alexander, one Of Mrs. Simp-
sons relatives. A big turkey dinner
was one OF the attractions of the occa-
sion.
A young couple who slipped quietly
away from their Shreveport home last
Friday and were united in marriage in
Benton by Rev. James Evans were Mr..
B. H. Shepherd and Miss LeMoyne
Gahagan. They were accompanied by
quite number of their friends among
the young people OF that city.
Mrs. W. H. Scanland, who left
Wednesday of last week for Fayette-
vile, Ark, to be present Monday at the
marriage Of her granddaughter, Miss
Amelia Cabeen, has written home that
shortly after reaching that place hel
daughter, Mrs. Kate S. Cabeen, was
burned out. She lost about all of hel
household effects ard the clothing Of
the family, including her daughters
truaeau.
MIR. James L. Holman, North Bos.
sier friend, in writing the Office to make
remittance on subscription says: '.Le
the dear old paper come on. We al
like il too we'll to have it stopped ever
NJ ii il was 3 per year" Thank you, sir
We trust there are many more up YOU
way who share your, view. One oil
friend in this place says he would wan
the Banner regularly if its subscription
price was S. per year, and, as evidence
Of their good faith, several have sine
TIE lst cheerfully paid US the new sub
seription price.
Sunshine Hawks, who viii lecture il
Benton tomorrow evening, has fo
thirty-fige years been on the lectur
platform. He is a native Of the South
being originally Of Baltimore, Md, bu
new resides in Jackson, Miss. He is al
entertainer Of exceptional ability, an.
will not fail to delight his audience
Some OF Mr. Hawks topics are: ssSun
shine and Shadow sPeople I Hav
Mel, Happiness" and "Sunshine il
the sixties.'' The reporter is not in
formed as 70 which OF these his ,Bento
aasieFea will be favored With to-tnor7o,
3 evening. However, let US al. be presen
and not miss this treat that has bee
arranged for US.