The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-17

"iron men" to guarantee regular
visits from the Banner for two years
yet to come.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. N. Adair (Ben-
tons newly-weds) returned home
Monday evening from their bridal
trip.
At present there is only one vacant
residence in Benton, and it is rather
far removed from the residence sec
ton.
A Mothers Day program of in
terest formed portion of the Sun
day school exercises at the Methodist
Church Sunday.
Mr.. A. M. league, who resides
several miles out on the Bellevue
road, is now driving around in an
automobile. The parish is getting
full Of them, sure.
Rev. James Evans left Tuesday
afternoon for New Orleans to attend
the Souther1, Baptist Convention, 60
AlS do q UCicSdIc 1IOu tuS NOTLu
Louisiana Association.
A couple united in marriage i'm
Benton last Saturday by Rev. James
Evans were MIR. Robert A. Ramage,
of Texarkana, and Miss Nettie v.
Casey, of Atlanta, Texas.
Mr.. R. D. Wilmington, of Ivan,
who was a visitor in Benton Monday
afternoon, stated that there was no
mistake about this continued cool
spell having greatly damaged cotton.
Arrangements are being made for
the open air festival, which owing to
disagreeable weather, was postponed
last week. 1t is to be given to-mor-
row friday evening on the lawn at
the home of Mrs. Mamie Logan.
MIR. and Mrs. R. E. Wyche returned
home yesterday afternoon from a
short visit to Shreveport driving a
handsome seven-passenger automo-
bile. 1t is an Olds and is indeed as
pretty as a picture. Mr.. Wyche is
offering his old seven-passenger car
for sale.
Mr.. ]. H. Montgomery is having
his office in the downtown district
recovered and remodeled and will fit
it up as barber shop. He has
already secured the services of good
| colored barber, so it would seem
that Benton is soon again to have
seven-day barber shop.
Miss Margery Ogden, Benton girl
, is member of the class that will be
graduated tomorrow night from
Baton Rouge High School, and has
forwarded the reporter one of the
announcement cards. We thank you
Margery, for thus being remembered
Along with your diploma you have the
well wishes of many old friends re-
siding up in this end of the state.
Doubtless there would have beer
many curious people at the severs
stations up and down the line Mon
day morning had they known tha'
Miss Margaret Wilson, the President
daughter, was going to be passen
ger on the southbound train. Sh'
was on her way to Shreveport, wher'
she sang in concert Tuesday night a
q benefit entertainment, given b!
herself and her companion, Mrs. Ros
| David.
! Mr.. J. NJ. Scanland, at presen
publishing a weekly newspaper a
Eudora, Ark, was weekend visito
in Benton. The occasion of his visl
was to accompany Mrs. w. H. Scan
land to Bellevue and see the mcnu
ment erected last fall at the gray
of the late editor of the Banner. TIL
: two were brothers, and the monu
:. ment was erected at the expense o
Mr.. Scanland, the only survivin
member Of that family.
A friend reports that Mr.. Sal
Sentell, son of Mr.. N. w. Sentell, Q
Collingsburg, but who for some tim
! past has made his home on Cair
l plantation, where he was employe
by his uncle, Mr.. J. NJ. Senteil, II
I Gently volunteered for service an
d left for Fort Logan H. Roots to hav
: the benefit of the officers trainin.
I AS he was formerly a student at til
e State University, he is not withol
! military training. Since putting tt
t above in type we learn that Mr.. Sci
tell was rejected because OF recel
{ shotgun wound in one of his feet.
: The handling of Police Jury pr
s ceedings this week has caused tt
0 Banner to appear little late. Ais
) because of the crowded conGitio
e of its columns, some local copy OF i
s terest that had been prepared 10,
|! not yet put in type) is necessari
), omitted. We think that within Il
n next two months the Banners n,
chine will have been received and i
l. stalled, and with its help we belle
J. we can handle quickly every line
e local copy that comes in and still g
# out on time. Just give the Bann
is it's chance and it will yet develop al
1t crow, even if it is more than fiji
is years old.
lie Dan Woods, the transient neg
le who was held in the Jarish Jail I
Il some time as a suspect IN connectl
is with the murder of Mr.. w. M. Tool
dirt and gravel moving contract'
as who came to his said end on ths mig
IS Of September Is, 1915. and who b
as served terms in Jail in this pari
lg for thefts, ETC., is now in the Shrc'
" port Jail. He was caught in the act
ne robbing slot machine and the So
IS in the Central Railway Station
IS Shreveport. He wrecked the slot n
IL chine with a doub'e-blade axe q
nd was just beginning operations on
ng safe when discovered and captur
on It is said he secured only 16 cents I
ee Of the slot machine.
. Mr.. Elmer Walker and his fat
-. Mr.. J. w. Walker. Of Plain Dealt
-, o%horc vroro hrCin