The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-04-11
Local and
PERSON.
=. News Of a Week as Told
az by the Banner Reporters


Mr. and Mrs W. l. Gayle are now
housekeeping but are still in the same
cottage they have been occupying for
some months.
Mrs. V. l.. Guold. of the Hughes
Spur community has as guest ut
present her daughter, Mrs. J. V. Giles
pie. Of Lufkin.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. FortsOn, of
Homer. spent Sunday in Benton as
guests at the home of Mr.. FOrtson'S
brother, Mr.. W. \. Fortson.
Hon. \. Hoffpauir. of the Rocky
Mount community. left Monday for
Jennings to attend a convention of the
State Sunday School Association.
Paul Heifner suffered sprained
ankle last Saturday as Il result of being
thrown from Il horse while attempting
to drive cattle down to the local vat.
Miss Alice DiSmukeS of Bradley.
Ark. came in the latter part Of last
week for stay Of several days in
Benton as Il guest Of Miss Matte Gray
Logan.
MIR +. |. Hanks and family of
Dixie were among the visitors in Ben
ton Sunday Mr.. Hanks is Il son of
Mrs. M. II. Hanks, long Il resident of
this place.
MIR. and Mrs. sG. W. Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. J. f. Wyche and Miss Joe
Wyche. all of Haughton. were here
Sunday on /; visit with their several
relatives.
During the month of March toll
collections ut the east end of the Bos-
sier City traffic bridge were as shown:
{. ID. Sandidge, day collector. $1961. Sd:
William Hutton. night collector. $3.50
MIR. J. H. Simmons. Cotton Census
Enumeration for BOSSier Parish, has re-
ported that the 1917 cotton crop was
3O,MH bales. as compared with 2G.HO2
bales for the parish from the 1916 crop
Owing to the illness of Superinten-
dent Of Schools w. \. FortsOn. the
meeting of the Parish School Board
that was to have been held last Thurs
day has been postponed until some
date yet to he announced.
Work OH the Rough and Ready
levee. within one and half miles from
Benton, is about two-thirds completed.
This levee. at the levee place. is now
again Incorporated in the Bossier Ievee
district. 1t rcclaimS land that has
been without levec protection since the
break there during 1905.
Mrs. Gillum Wyclle returned home
Sunday from Liberty Hill, where she
spent two nights and 4 day with her
parents. On her way home Friday
afternoon she was joined in Shreve-
port by her sister. Miss Bessie Craw-
ford, who is teaching in Gibsland.
It's at il Shreveport Sanitarium
1t seems that Friday is the day
here lately for Benton to he visited by
rain. For the tree Fridays past rains
have come. and that of last Friday
was the heaviest o. the three. Also.
there WAS other rainfall the latter part
of last week and there is now sufficient
purposes
-GuestS of AIRS. Matte {. Adyer
Sunday We're MesSrs. Joe, John. Alex
and Norris Adger, all SONS who reside
on the caddo side of the river. The
first two mentioned were accompanied
by their wives and other members OF
their families and Miss Mittie Cum
minis. now making her home with Mrs
John .\dger, her aunt
We learn that the Red Cross Chap
ter Of RoSsier City will give an enter
tainnlent at the school house iii that
place Tomorrow evening. beginning al
$50 o'clock. The "Old District Skule'
Will Ee given by the married folks,
with Mrs. Walter Colquitt acting IL.
leader in the movement An evenin.
of unusual entertainment is promised
Visitors in Benton Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs \. T.. Butler. of Belcller
who have many friends here as well Il.
relatives. We acknowledge an appre
ciated call from Pick He said thai
our old fliend Mr. r. L. Land. now OF
Homer had sFcnt the past week witt
ti'n. and tiiat they had an enjoyable
visit together. fishing. etc Tom was
lnnSins we'll, he stated
Mr.. Adser Logan has been .ojn.
around for some days with his RICH,
arm i'll il sling. which resulted from
Icing thrown from young mule ht
attempted to ride from the field ut the
noon hCur One bone was broken aut
the wrist lady sprained. He is max
ing Il crop this season with his uncle
Mr.. Robert l.. Adger. who again ha.
the hurricane Bluff plantation leased
Mrs. Margaret Caldwell Of l'llil
Dealing spent Monday night and Il por
ton Of Tuesday in Benton as Il guess
Of her daughter. Mrs. Matte G. Adyer
ANA other relatives She left that da,
for Minden for Il visit with another
daughter, Mrs X. {. Drew. Mrs. C;lld
we'll is exceptionally well preserved
for one of her advanced years. and ".
are pleased 70 report that at present
she looks TO again he in an excellent
state of health.
Those subscribers to whom state
mentS We're mailed about the 18th o1
the past month ttheir dates being Apri
lSt) who have not as yet made remit
tance were dropped from the Banner.
mailing list Monday. However. we arr
Pleased to state there We're only twenty
one of them. including several who
Originally subscribed only for one year
and the majority Of the old subscriber.
will soon he lack on our list. We wish