The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
Just look what cotton is worth

Misses Katie and Minnie Wyche
left Tuesday for Nashville, Tenn, to
re-enter college.
Mrs. Teresa Ogilvie who left last
Thursday for Dixie for visit with rel.
atives and old friends is expected home
Sunday.
Miss Grace Larkin left Monday
night for Newton, KanS., to spend d
week at the home of her brother, MI
Gordon Iarkin.
Mr.. Dayton Rogers. who was a
visitor Sunday at his home in this
place, now has employment in the Pine
Island oil field.
-Miss-Aanie Marks of Shreveport
came iii Monday after1rotn and is u
guest at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Abney. her relatives.
Mr.. L. {. FOntaine mas ordered his
Banner mailed to Lawton, Okla, in
stead of to Sand Springs, that state.
He is still with the Antrim Lumber
Company.
Misses Edith and Madge Zeigler
and Mabel Sanburn. of Rocky Mount,
spent several days of the Christmas
holidays in Benton as guests of Mrs
J. NJ. Henderson.
Mr.. L. Il. Bridger has instructed
that his present address is Shreveport
Ronte 3, instead Of Plain Dealing. and
says in his note: We can't 40 with
out your little paper
Miss Juanita Brame. of I4ewisville,
Ark. left Tuesday to resume her school
duties at Ninoch after stopping over in
Benton to spend Il day or SO as Il guest
of Mrs. J. NJ. Henderson.
MIR. Fletcher Elder. son of Mr. and
Mrs. l. f. Elder. nf Alden Bridge, and
now student in the Medical Depart
ment of Tulane University, was holt
day visitor at the home Of his parents.
The reporter has been requested to
announce that Mr.. II. w. Arlington, of
Miller's Bluff. will preach Saturday
night and Sunday at the Pine Grove
School House. located several miles
east of Benton.
Mrs. Scanland has instructed the
reporter to thank Mr.. J. H. Simmons
for Il liice han; sent i'm some weeks ago
and for some sauSages that came to
hand few days since. They We're Ger
t;inly nice, sir
MIR. Henry Goodwin, a substantial
North Bossier resident called while in
mi ~,
her mailed to his brother, Mr.. Z. s.
Goodwin, now in training ut Fort st.
Phillips, this state
Rev. James Evans has requested
us to announce that he expects to
preach Sunday at the HonliHy Church
Coax HID There will be three SER
mons-Saturday night. Sunday MORN
MIR. +. .. Hooker. successful
Ward Five farmer while in Benton
last Saturday placed an order for an
automobile. Wartime prices for staple
crops is bringing quite II number of
new cars into the parish.
MIR. and Mrs. y. X. Sirmmn. of Gan
. dy. after spending two days of the hol
idays at the home of Mrs. Sirman's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Simmons.
of the caney Greek School community,
left for their home Christmas day.
a caller to-day was Mr.. L. G. Biggs.
of Bellevue. who reported that drilling
was begun at the Standard Oil Coml,a-
ny's wild cat" well near that place on
the 18th of the past month. and that il
depth of 1000 feet, in chalk rock, has
been reached.
Mir J. Il. Simmons. Cotton Census
Enumeration for Bossier Parish, has i'll
formed the Banner that prior to De-
cemher 18th there were 2S.573 bales of
cotton ginned in the parish from the
1917 crop, as compared with 2J,313 for
the corresponding date of 1916.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heidi Kendall, their
son Harry and Mr.. Stockwell Belcher.
all Of Shreveport. and Mrs James Ap-
plegate and little daughter, of Keets-
vile, Mo. were GUESTS yesterday of Mr. |
and Mrs. +. ii. Belcher. Mr. Harry. so |
we are told. is now Il student in a
Georgia military academy.
A friend informs us that Mr.. M. h.
House, from Mulberry. Ark. has bought
out Mr.. j. Il. Herndon. of the Rocky
Mount community. and that he and his
family have removed to their newly ac-
quired place. Mr.. HerndOn and family
have removed to Iineville, which place
they will make their permanent home.
a caller Monday was DIR. q. &. Nc
keliaf. North RoSsier boy who has
for seiae time past been located at
Ark. He came in to order
the Banner mailed to his brother, Mr..
W. \. Mcclellan. now in training ut
Jackson Barracks. New Orleans. The
Doctor will also soon join the colors.
80 lie said
Mrs. Scanland has contributed the
following paragraph: New Years
greetings have been received from Mrs.
Matte q. Edwards who is spending
lie Christmas holidays with her niece.
Mrs. Marie johnson Leonard. of Den
'ef. Col. Mrs. Leonard also has as Il
'uest her sister. Mrs. Mrs. Mamie John
ION Temple. OF Garfield. Utah.
Mr. W. \. Scarborough. of the Ca
hey Creek School community, came in
'rldaF of last week to renew his sub
eruption to the Banner. and while In i
he office remarked that it was the first
newspaper he ever read and that he
las been reading it ever since he knew
low to read. That is something Of Il
ecord. for Mr. Scarborough is the ,
atller OF several grown children. I've ,
I his hoys-Whit and Gordon-are ,