The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
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| Uncle Sam.
Mrs. Lula Denmon has ordered the
Banner mailed to herself at Reeves,
Allen Parish.
| After a pleasant stay of !; week in
New Orleans. Miss Eloise Burt return
ed home Tuesday night.
Miss Dora f. Gibson, now princi-
pal of Benton High School. spent the
Christmas holidays in Crowley.
| A recent visitor in Benton was
Miss Mabel Jones, of Shreveport, who
was for a day or SO a guest of Miss
Jessie Larkin.
! Mr.. John J. Bogard, for some time
Il resident of Benton. has ordered his
Banner mailed to Jennings instead of
to New Iberia.
| during the Christmas holidays
Miss Nellie Benner, one of the teachers
in Benton High School, visited at her
home. in Pickering.
MIR. and Mrs. Hartwell Alison, who
reside some miles south of Benton, are
receiving the congratulations of friends
over the arrival of a little daughter
Tuesday Of next week. the Sth.
being IA legal holiday. the next regular
meeting of the Police Jury will be held
on the following day-Wednestlay. the
9th.
| Owners of new automobiles who
are residents of Benton and cOnlmu-
nifty are: Mrs w. 4. Ivey, Mr.. w. G.
| Adger.
MIR. c. +. Hooper. formerly princi-
ral of Benton Higl School. but now
teaching in the Campti School, left
Sunday after Il social visit in Benton
Of several days.
A caller at the Banner Office Sat
urday of last week was Mr.. &. w. Ham,
NETT, of the Linton community Until
recently he has been logging for the
| WeaverHearne Lumber Company, of
| CouchwOod
-Adair Brothers have discontinued
their mercantile business in this place
in Plain Dealing. Belcher Brothers
are now occupying the store just va
Gated by the other firm.
MIR. and Mrs. Fl. 4. Johnson, who
spent week pleasantly at the home of
Mrs. JOhnson's father. DR.. c. H. 1rion.
left Sunday for their home at Bunkie
They went by way of Westdale. where
they sttoped for short visit with
other relatives.
Some exceptionally cold weather
has been experienced since this time
last week. Saturday night the mer-
curry dropped down to nineteen degrees
below the freezing point. However.
the weather has greatly moderated and
to-day it is pleasant and inviting even
out of doors.
Master Bartell Dennig. son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. +. Dennig. of the Linton
community, was thrown from horse
a..-i.--- tltr, and it
was thought for Il time that one of his
arm bones was fractured. An X-ray
picture made in Shreveport, proved
tnlS not 10 he true.
There has been a change in the
| schedule of local trains carrying pas
sengers. The motor car. operated out
OF Shreveport. is row due here later
at $50 am: and the northbound pas
senger train is now due here much
earlier-at 5:35 pm. The southbonud
passenger train is now due in Benton
at O:43 am, thirty minutes later than
heretofore.
during the past week, and for sew
eral weeks past, in fact, there have
been many visitors in Benton. Some
came to pay taxes and to attend to
other business. and many in the draft
came to apply for assistance in filling
out their questionnaires. There are
usually several automobiles parked in
front of the Court House every time
we look over that way
Mr. and Mrs. J. c. Logan of Vance
vile had as guests at Il dining given
Sunday MIR. and Mrs. J. s.. Gray. of |
Plain Dealing: Misses Mary and Rosa
Smith, OF this place: Mr.. G. w. Arnold. |
of Reagan County. Texas. and their |
three children-Miss Conway. now of |
= Miss Lilline, student in
the Arkansas State University, and Mi.
Vance. student in l.. s. L.
Mr.. q. +. Giles, who resides out in
Smiths Mill neighborhood, came in last
and subscribed for the Ban
ller. We were interested in hearing
him relate the experiences of his Ari-
IONA brother. who he represents to be
a cowboy of the old school. He is so
skilled with the rope that he has won
number of purses at state fairs and
such contests held elsewhere.
Who knows how long it has been
'ince there was good seasonable rain9
Here in Benton we, have had next to
no rain for six weeks or more past.
md out in the Linton community we
ire told that some people with good
wells on their premises are now haul
ny drinking water because the wells
AVE for the time failed them. Who
would have expected all this in mid
winter!
-Red Cross Campaign Manager A.
:. Lea. of Shreveport has reported the
otal quota for the Shreveport District
II the Christmas membership drive to
e 14.223'. of which number Caddo and
sossier provided at least 14.OOO. The
shreveport District is comprised of
saddO. ROSsier. Webster, Claiborne and
'ienvflle parishes, and is the only one
the Gulf Division reported to have
ONE up to its quota.
Some days ago the little three-year