The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-10-25
Review of the Week
- Local Items of Interest About
Our Readers and Their Friends

Mr.. and Mrs j. NJ. Henderson and
Miss Marion Arnold were visitors to
Belcher aud Dixie Sunday.
War is 40 game for a gutter Prove
to the world that YOU are not gutter
by buying Liberty Bond.
Mr.. Jess Adams. IL prosperous North |
Bossier resident. while here Monday |
called and renewed his subscription to
the Banner.
Messrs. r. Il. Hill and T. Il. Whit
field attended the second annual con-
yention of the Titlemen's Association,
held in Shreveport Monday.
Mr.. ]. w. Hosier has purchased the
Gulledge Old drug store building and
will Open Il place of business. He eX-
poets to handle meats, oysters, etc.
Mr.. Beverly Kelly. a member of the
Louisiana National Guard. spent Sun
day in Benton with his mother, Mrs.
Edocia Kelly. and his many old friends.
Mr.. Frank vickers. of the Bellevue
community, who was caller one day
this week. reports that there are now
plenty of squirrels in the woods over
oh his side of Bodcau.
For the first time in Il number of
weeks there were showers here this af-
ternoon and this evening. The first
shower to GENE was accompanied by
hail, but we won't venture to say how
large the stones were.
You are reminded. reader, that be
ginning with Friday of next week a
new rate of postage will become e1ec-
tive in so far as first-class mail matter
Is concerned. Read the notice that ap-
pears on page three of to-day's issue Of
the Banner.
Mr.. :. w. Vance, now OF Iallulah.
and in the employ of the state as one
of its farm demonstrators, is expected
to-day at his former home. Vanceville.
where he has relatives. The chief pur-
pose of his visit at this time is to bring
into line the Tensas Parish exhibit to
be made at the State Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs s. T.. McCOrquOdale of
Many and their little girl reached Ben
ton the first of the week for short
visit at the home of Mrs. EdOcia Kelly.
Mrs. Mct 'orauodale's mother. MIR. Nc
CorquodaIe has since returned to his
employment Iut the other two will re-
main over for some days longer.
Mr.. f. c. Dodson Il prosperous North
Bossier farmer, was Il caller one day
last weeis He reported that his corn
crop was not so short as many are re-
porting and that his pea. potato and
cane crops, turned out well. When one
farms so successfully as that good
living at home would seem to be about
provided for.
Some of the visitors in Benton Mon
day who we have good reason to believe
came only for the Liberty Bond meeting
were: Mes.srs. J. c. Logan. w. ]. John
ston. s. T.. Johnston, ]. I. Many. \. w.
Stewart, J. G. McDade. j. L. McDade
Ross Il. McDade, w. ]. Hughes. ID. {,
ElstGn, A. Curtis H. l.. Skannal, w. IL
Hedges and w. Il. Council. No doubt
there were Il number of others whose
names we did not secure.
Visitors in Benton yesterday were
Mr. and Mrs. $. Fl. Dowell, of Shreve
port, and their SON. Mr.. Leroy Dowell
The young man was bidding goodbye
to his friends, as he is to leave this
afternoon for New Orleans to apply TO
membership in the L. :. Aviation Corps
The Dewell family formerly resides
here and in Alden Bridge, and TIL
young man carries with him the wei
wishes of many cid friends.
The month does not come that In re
vising the Banners subscription list W
do not lose some subscribers, but some
times it is as few as Il half dozen an
usually less than Il dozen. At this sea
sen Of the year we usually get frol
three to six new subscribers for ever
one we lose during Il month, all 0
which woald seem to indicate that til
Banner is well received in the home
Of BosSier Parish and is widely rea(
And as &c the subscribers who drop OF
the list. the most of them usually 800
get back.
From nearly all sources In SO far d
the reporter is informed, comes the r
port Of Il short crop of corn. Mrs. w.
lvey. whose plantation home Is. for
miles out from Benton. said one d;'
last week that off of 1Oacre c,
her husband had harvested on
two light loads of corn. and that
was of poor grade. Mr.. Bernie Smi
SON. also nearby farmer, who was
caller to-day said he believed his vie
of corn would be about as full this Sc
sol, as it was last season, and he Is Il
only farmer we have heard give In SUI
report His plantation is on Red Chu
and several miles south Of Benton.
For some days Mr. Gray Stilson h,
teams busy hauling coal to the site
the new Ieyee to lie constructed on Il
river front just below Benton. As &
reader has heeu informed through Z
Banner. this string of levee IL to be p
in by machinery. As it takes some til
to prepare fer such work, the new CO
tractors will perhaps not he ready
operate fer three or four weeks as v
The levee built through the Stins
place ont to the hills during 1905 left
portion of that place, Il portion Of W
low BEND, the IaSsiter place and ROu
and Ready unprotected. and the III
work is to lie put in to close that "a
Those who have visited the Pari
Fair have brought back reports Of
fine meats on display. from the plan
ton of Mr.. ]. T. McDade of Ward Oh
Last week we were told by the Super
tendent of the meat that would he
aliSnlar from Mr. Ncl.lda'S SIlln]