The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-10

recent visitor in Benton.
Mr.. X. L.. Alger and his nephew.
Mr. Ad-er Logan. spent Sunday in Gil
liam with relatives.
Mrs Charles Richardson. now of
Shreveport. is here on Il visit OF few
DAYS with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
II. +. Thomas.
MIR. and Mrs. T. y. Perry and
family. from Mansfield. have moved to
a farm near Rocky Mount. Mr.. Perry
is Il brother of Mrs \. Hoffpauir. of
that community.
Mr.. l.. Swords again left for Tex
arkana. Ark. the latter part of last
week for treatment. An old gun-ShOt
wound Oh lis face has continually
given him trouble.
The Notice to Registrars" pub
liShed this week includes all those OF
Bossier Parish who are in the draft
and whose order numbers are from
1864 to 17G2, inclusive.
An old friend who called Friday
Plain Dealing His two younger sons
are now in the service. LyleS was re-
Gently at home. and Harry is expected
at an early date. so he said.
Mr.. and Mrs. i. f. Youngblood are
now StG,liG" with Mrs. Edocia Kelly.
They were occupying the Martin cot
ta"e. l.at the same has been purchased
by air. John f. Gladney. of Rocky
Mount, and he and his good wife have
moved into it.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il. lvey returned
home this afternoon from Claiborne
Parish where they spent some days
with Mrs. ivey's parents, maxim. the
round "trip i'll Mrs. lvey's new car. We
regret to state that Mrs. Ivey was ill
upon her return home.
New residents of Benton are Mr..
Thos. y. Tune and family. The impress
sion in thi:; Office is that Mr.. Tune is Il
leyee contractor, ard we presume he Is
here to hall, i'll the construction of the
Stinson ieyee. Three of the children
have entered Benton High School.
Mr.. l.. q. s,illiman, who for sew
eral weeks past has been IL patient at il
Shreveport sauitarium on account OF
internal injuries received the night his
house caught fire. was able to return
home the latter part of last week. We
are pleaeet to state that he continues
to do well.
MIR. J. G. Barnett. whose accident
at the new RoSSier City traffic bridge
was mention month or so ago. is now
able TO ret around with the aid OF
crutcheS In fact he has been moving
around s,mrinGly for some weeks. We
hone you will soon again lie at your
self. Old timer.
We are pleased to call attention
to the contribution from COrpl. Will H.
Many, appearing on page three. He
is !, son of Hon. and Mrs J. I. Many
of Plain Dealing though what he has
written did not come to the Banner
from them, hut direct from the front.
Enclosed with this contribution was d
printed copy Of Il number of war songs
some OF which we expect to reproduce
as time and space permit.
-Ase.,Srs !. T. McDade and w. Il
Caaneii have purchased the Atkins
plantation. ut Atkins. includin. tn
store aud all other buildings on the
property II COMPRISES about 1OG(
acres, ANA the price paid was So pei
acre Ghey viii divide the place. Mr.
McIlaGc to get that portion that abut'
III; own plantation and Mr.. COnnel
that CA the ether side and Oh which
the stcrc i, located 1t will, of course
lie kept III cultivation.
The Banner not going to press ol
time, we take advantage of the Oppor
morning, t. make c0inent (unfavOr;lble
to lie s,ure) about the weather. Yes
terday the weather man seemed unde
cidcd what to deal out. There wer
lowering clouds, some wind. some rain
and iefore twelve O'Clock some slice
had fallen. This morning mantle o
SNOW covers everything to Il dept
three or four inches and it is still fall
ing E,y sl.i,riS. However. blue skies b,
afternoon and Il thaw for the morrow
seem So he indicated. But if this is no
Il rough enough winter for you, JUS
order more like il for yourself only AM
do not include all of us.
At least once Il year-every Jan
uary-Mr. j. T. McDade comes arount
to see Us and to renew his subscription
T., ~ ;,,& II.
Office he handed us six pec;nS grown
on his Ward One plantation that Wer,
about us line as one would wish to see
They are of the Stewart variety. ii,
has hut Il few trees and they are We
too Young to produce in abundance. bu
the Point we wish to emphasize is tina
be has made d successful start i'm thi
direction Mr.. Mclade is an energeti
and successful farmer. and we onl,
wish there We're more of his stripe il
the parish. As regards pecanS. we ar
of the opinion that their cultivation
cannot lie too freely encouraged.
Mr. W H. Mccaleb. aged abo,l
SiXty-i Years. and Il resident of til
Linton community. died Tuesday. til
interneEt taking place in Red Rive
Graveyard. near that place. yesterday
Mr.. Mct'ael,'s death was sudden. bu
not unexpected, lis he is said to hav
been in il poor state Of health for som
time. When the end came he wa
alone. several friends and relatives VIII
happened to lie looking for him ut til
time. found him dead in his field. wher
he had gone to dc some light worl
The body WAS still warm as they cam
up. Mr. icCaieb came to RoSSier Pan