The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-09-19
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:. News of a Week as Told
~ by the Banner Reporters

A> a war measure make rdr on the
rats and English sparrows.
Fine Roadway has been made by the
cotton pickers during the past week.
Mr.. II. ~ Cornell of Atkins, vas
among the appreciated callers at this
office Tuesday.
Rub UP your old piece of pot metal
and secure your hunting license. The
charge for the lisense is only 81.
There was a light shower of rain
here this forenoon. and the weather re-
mains threatening this afternoon.
There are several letters from the
soldier boys in print on page four. We
feel sure you will find them Of interest.
alastin Henderson. eldest son Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. Nj. Henderson, left one
day last week for Mississippi to enter
a military academy.
Keep the Parish Fair and its date in
mind. Have all your exhibits ready Oh
the day the fair is to open. 1t is not
too early now to prepare some of them.
The gates leading to the Cotton
Belts rishtofway should be kept closed
all the time You don't want your
stock run over and killed by the trains
do YOU?
\ regulation card has been received
announcing the safe arrival overseas
of Mr. {. H. Wallace. He is the eldest
son of Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Wallace, who
reside near Brownlee
The Banner is now going to two
more BosSier boys who are in France
Mr.. John Bumgardner. son Of Mr.. J. A.
Dnmgardner. of the Linton community.
and Mr.. l.. f. Hotfpauir. whose home
is near Rocky Mount.
\ friend and reader contributes the
following paragraph: Miss Gladys
Rua.ardner. Steve Norris, Claib Rat
Cliff, Alfred Wallace apd Kindren An
deTSon. former pupils of Bossier City
High School, have entered Louisiana
College
Several readers have asked us re-
Gently about the season for hunting
squirrels. 1t opened on the 18th and
does not close until February 18th.
The lag limit is fifteen in days hunt.
The sale of squirrels is permitted dur
ing the open season. :.
Mr.. !. III. Simmons. Cotton Census
Enumeration for BosSier Parish. has
reported that prior to the LIST of this
month there were 1885 bales. of cotton
,inned in this parish from the 1918
crop, as compared with u for the cor
responding date of 1917.
y card has come to Mrs. Oglesby, of
the i'lain Dealing community. inform
Ing her that her husband, Sergt. Rob
ert {. Oglesby. has arrived safely on
the fighting side of the Atlantic. He
is with the Quartermaster's Corps,
Company {, 312th Supply Train.
aIr. N. B. Stampley. of the upper
enc Of the parish, accompanied by sew
eral others, lassed this way yesterday,
on his way to Shreveport. He stopped
by long enough to renew his subscrip-
ton to the Banner, and said that its
price was none too high for him.
Save peach stones for the manufact-
are of carbon for war purposes. Ii
yol don't know what to do with them
after YOU have gathered them up
ring them in to this office and we will
set them into the hands Of those who
are instructed how and where to ship.
AIRS. X. L. Caraway. of Mornings
Eert, i'll renewing her subscription,
writes: +" 1t has now been some time
since | have seen Il copy Of the Ban
her. ! feel perfectly lost without it. =
She will be remembered in Bossier as
Miss Viola Allen. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs q. &. Allen, of Red Land
Many peach stones are needed for
the manufacture of carbon for war
purposes. SO it becomes patriotic
a.tfy for the boys and girls on the
farms to gather up all the peach stones
taeH know of. The other morning the
neto,nan en- the local motor car in.
formed the reporter that he was anx.
louS to secure as many stones as he
can, and if those who gather them up
viii only meet the motor car and turn
them over to him he will see that they
are delivered to those who will at once
ship them to the proper authorities.