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Born Tuesday (the 1Sth) to Mr.

Born Tuesday (the 1Sth) to Mr.
and Mrs. J. +. Lockey. of Midway, Il
1O-pound girl.
Mr.. Vance Logan of the Vance
vile community, left Tuesday for
Baton Rouge to enter the State Uni
yersity.
Mrs. Virginia Gould. who FOR some
months PAST has resided in Benton.
moved Yesterday back to her country
home. which is near Hughes Spur.
Guests at the bone Of Mrs. Belle
Wise Friday Cf last week We're Mrs.
\. w Gleason and Mrs. J. Il. Hender-
SCH, accompanied by their children.
--Rev. James Evans has requested
us to state that he will fill his regular
appointments at the Baptist Church in
this place Sunday. The services will
begin at the usual hours.
Mrs. Eliot Eoffpanir, of the Cane:
Creek School community, left one day
this week fer Little Rock. .Arh., wish,
ing 10 he near her husband At least as
long as he is in training ut Camp Pike
Miss Lilline Logan, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Logan, of Vance
vile. left yesterday for Fayetteville
Ark. where she will spend the sclio-
lastic year as il student in the .Arkan-
sas State University.
Mrs. Augusta Wolfe and daughter.
Mrs T. o. Martin. both Of Dallas.
Texas, came in last Saturday to spend
week in Benton as guests at the
hcale of Mrs. Belle Wise. Mrs. Wolfe
was Il sister of the late DIR. BraXtOn
Wise.
Miss Lola Sellers. of Clarks, Clil-
well Parish. reached Benton ThurStla:.,
eyening Of last week. expecting to re-
main Il wee or more as Il guest Of her
sister. Mrs. w. \. Johnson, but was
called home Saturday because of the
serious illness of her mother.
Mr.. J. II. Simmons, in the employ
of the Federal Department of Com
merce, has Informed the reporter that
rrior to September 1st there were -
bales of cotton from the 1917 crop gin
ned in this parish. Up to September 1.
1916, there were 14>7 bales ginned.
A friend has stated to the re-
porter that recently Mr.. n. w. Seuteli.
cf Coilinslurs has been busy tl,rt.Sl;-
ing q lot OF oats for NGrth 1SOSSier
farmers, and that some Of it Is as fine
as one weald expect to see anywhere.
Oats frC.n one CT these farms will bc
exhibited at the Parish Fair. 80 SAID.
and cJr friend added that it world l,c
hard to find any in the pariSi, that
would even equal them.
Mr.. H. II. Mahaffey, visitin, al
Rocky Mount, and who jOine.l the
hunters Of that community in ti:eir
deer hunt. happened to seripu, aud
quite painful accident Tuesday after.
nocn. As he was about to mount and
leave for home his horse became fright
ened and SHED and Mr.. Mahaffey IN
his efforts to manage him shot himself
in the hand. lie was at once taken tu
Shreveport fer surgical attention and
it was found necessary to remove two
ci his fingers.
The deer hunters have all return.
cd home and report unusual success
Members of the Benton. Plain Dealing
and Rocky Mount crowds all bagset]
the game. Mr.. $ idAdger is said t.
have gotten two, and Mr., Will AlcCall
and Mr.. Murfr Merritt potted one, and
one deer each was killed by the fol
Lowing named hunters: Messrs. Tom
Crawford, Luther BurkS. Ernest john
soa. Emmet Taylcr and Ed Coker
Other deer are said to have been kill
cd, hut we were unable to learn wht
brought them down.
We regret to report the death O1
Mr.. G. w. Bryan, of the Midway com
nunity. the same occurring MOntla.
afternoon and resulting from con
gessiye chill. Mr.. Bryan came to BOs
sier Parish from Georgia some year:
the hcme where his death occurred
He was Il good and Industrious man
ever thoughtful of the comfort AM
welfare Of his family. and he will h,
greatly missed in the community IL
which he resided. He Is survived by
widoY and seven children.
Mr.. +. :. Burt, Superintendent an,
Nicepresident for the Parish Fair As
sociation. has reported that four Con
tractors will soon be engaged in th
work Of putting in the different i'm
ErpvemeRts at the new site for tn
Parish Fair. which is in BoSsier City
Tile Agricultural Hall will he 80 X Gl
and so constructed that it may easil,
fe added to- The building for the dis
plays to be sent in by the ladies an,
from the schools will be about 10 X ~
The race track will he Il half mile il
length. and the entire grounds will b
enclosed With .-foot wire mesh fenc
ing. The fair will he open to the pull
lie three dnys-Octoher sd, oath an,
18th, KS yet the catalogue is not Of