The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-04-26
Review Of the Week
I a. Loca! items of interest About
4 Il. Cur Readers and Their Friends


1tessrs. Lynn Tucker and Weodfin
Wi son Of Haughton were social
visitors in Benton Sunday.
-ir. Jim Shackleford of the Midway
cc~4I2unity and Mr.. j. 7. Keith of |
nsac Linton are said to have re-
sponded to the call to the colors.
dr. Deloy Dowell and Miss Elenor
Atkins of Shreveport were visitors
Tuesday. They spent the day fish
ing on q nearby stream with Mrs.
Elizabeth Dawson.
Gfr. D. H. Cole has written to re-
quest that mention be made Of the
date for cleaning off the Emma
Graveyard, which he says has been
fixed for Saturday, May 5th.
The Richardson Oil Company began
drilling Monday at site about half
mile north of Dixie X Roads. They
are said to be in search of gas, to be
used in. further developments for oil.
IN underground oil tank has re-
Gently been put in at Mr.. R. E.
Wyche's store, and motorists can now
COW eniently gat oil as well as gaso-
ls1o when they pause at his store in
passing through Benton.
E1r Adger Logan, of this place,
who for scme months past has had
q position IN Shreveport, has re-
TUNED home, and has since gone out
to the Adger old place to make a
crop with his uncle, Mr.. S. c. Adger.
Ollie Jackson, Bossier City neg
ress, came to Benton last Friday
morning and surrendered to the
authorities, and is now in the Parish
Jail She is charged with the murder
CT q negro man at that place recently.
Her victim came to his death by a
knife thrust and she claims it was
done IN play.
Mr. G. E. Gilmer, of Shreveport,
former old-time resident Of Bossier
Parish, has contributed to this issue
Of the Banner an article telling how
good corn farmer, and what he has
written will be read with interest
We were glad to hear from you, Mr.
George, and trust your contribution
appears in print just right.
Mr.. John B. Stewart, aged seventy
cight years, and for a number OF
years q resident of Alden Bridge
died in that place on the 10th. The
Grove Cemetery the following day
Re-. James Evans Of this place con
Quoting the funeral service. MIR
stswart was native Of Mississippi
but many years ago removed to thi
state. He was a member of tn
Methodist Church, and is said to hav'
died IN the faith. He is survived b.
enc daughter-Mrs. Lefty Sellers.
Tony Provenzano, Shreveport
Italian, was arrested in Minden Tues
day by Sheriff Phillips and brough
hare and lodged in the Parish Jail
Saturday Of last week he applied a
the Clerks office in Benton for
iice2ge to we'd Miss Jennie Mcmillan
Q Shreveport girl, and the knot wa
lied at Bossier City the following da
hv Justice # Peace Hutchings. Rela
lives Of the young lady objected t
the match and caused the arrest
the Italian. He is held on the charg
Of perjury, having asserted that tn
.vounr lady was eighteen, and he
mother claims that she is but foul
teen years of age.
Three weeks ago the total sum sut
scrihed for the erection of a ne
Methodist Church in Benton we
gwen as $3.50. Since that time M
L. G. Smith of this place has sui
scribed $500 to the fund, thus brins
inn the total up to $3.50. This rel
regents contributions from only te
persons, which would seem ratel
liberal. and indicating that a suff
Gent sum will be raised for the ere
ton &C handsome church buildir
in our town. AS all building mate
iaIg ere extensive just now, SON
friends Of the movement have SUI
easted that it would be well, and pc
hans cost little more, to erect bril-
church And why not?
Mr.. Fannie May Trousdale reac
ed Benton the latter part of last we'
and spent some days here In int
viswing representative citizens
gathering data for a write-up Of t
town, to appear in Sundays issue
the Shreveport Times. She has
some time mast been on the staff
81 the Times, and her field of labor h
been in visiting North louisa
towns and exploiting their worth a
r7anv pretensi9ns. She has st,
that is quite her own, and much
terest has been noted in the publish
stories of the towns she has thus I
visited. All residents will eage1
review what she NAV have to s
ab~ct Posters parish site. M
5Trorsdale is by no means a strane
t. HE writer. Way back in
.eacd old days" when her hnsba
w9e editor in chief of the Nom
Ste and che was contributing edit
he handled much of her copy. A