The Bossier banner., 1919-03-13

here both serve as good arguments for
high, dry roads.
Mr.. !. -. Taylor from the Charlie
Arnold place. some miles south, was
attending to business in Benton Tues
day.
Miss Fannie NJ Heifner. who teaches
the Blanchard School. in Caddo Par
iSh. spent the week end III Benton with
her mother. Mrs. Alice Heifner.
Mrs Lee w. Robertson. well remem-
bered in Haughton and that comnu
nifty. has written us to forward her
paper to Guthrie. OKLA. instead Of to
Pawnee that state.
Mr. NJ. \. Mct'utchen, President of
the American National Bank Of Shreve
port. waS attending upon the session
of the Police Jury Tuesday. In fact,
he was here to bid on the Third Dis
trict road bonds.
Capt Robert II. Lees office furniture
was Grated and shipped from Benton
yesterday. The reporter was told that
he is to reopen his Office in Minden and
resume the practice of law in that
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. l.. STROBE came in
,.,& LN.i,1, l. 'i,,tr nd Ark
where Mr. Strobe is agent for the Cot
ton Belt Railroad. They came to pack
up and ship their household effects to
| their new home. They returned to
KingSland Monday.
Mr.. c. ID. Sandidge. day collector of
| tells for BoSSier Parish at the BOSSier
| City traffic bridge. has reported that
| during February the amounts taken i'll
| hy himself aggregated 81 400. The col
lectionS made by Mr.. William Hutton,
! the night man totaled S23:}.
rG97The Banners April 1St SubScrin-
ton statements will be mailed out TIL,
last of this week The March 1st state
mentS We're mailed out a month ago.
and all who have that date (of 1919
who have not since remitted will be
dropped fro mour mailing list when it
is revised for the month Saturday.
Mrs. \. NJ. Wyche has lately received
Sidney J. Caldwell jr.. who was in
Germany at the time he wrote. He
says he has seen several fine German
| cities and number of the hattlefieldS
in Northern France He wrote that he
expected to return to France within Il
few days.
Mr. and Mrs. s. J. Braunig and
children. Of Amarillo. Texas. arrived
Yesterday and are guests Of theil
lrother and sister. Mr.. and Mrs. Ju
Illus Gamm. says Il personal paragraph
in yesterdays issue OF the Shreveport
| Times. Mrs. Braunig is remembered
as !; daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. 5. Will
ler. of this place
DIR. s. G. Cade. who last year bought
the Arnold plantation. in the Alison
Tidwell community. and moved in from
Sabine Parish during January. was il
Benton Tuesday attending to husines,
before the Police Jury and Schoo
Board. DR.. Cade says people are farm
ing right along in that part of the par
ish. He already has in 2S acres o.
corn and will plant in all $50 acres t,
that crop. as against only Il acre
planted on the place last year. H,
plowed up the hay meadow for Il corr
field There are about $50 acres o
land to be cultivated on the place thi
year.
Friday night of last week Miss Nj,
mie 7. Burt, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
w. G.. Burt. who has returned holl
gave Il party to some of her friends
Homemade candy was served to al
the guests. Dancing to good music
games and other entertaining feature
made the evening. Il very pleasant one
Those present were Misses CLOTH
| hOStES. dtlle 'SllN1t. \tiN Ill HtJ
Matte Gray Logan. MoniroSe South
crS. Ruth Barnett and Gladys Thoml
son. and MeSSrS. KomlS Burt. MaSti
Henderson. Francis .\hney. G. G. Han
per and Mr. Smith.
Mr.. +. +. NickerS. an induStriou
: and prosperous Ward Six farmer. sal
to Il Banner reporter the other da
that during the Ga>t fall and winte
: be sold sS11m worth of hogs and see
a corn. all products of his farm. ThoS
!. are not bad side lines. and just no'
while so much is being said about til
= reduction of the acreage to he plante
to cotton it would seem to be we'll fl
our farmers to give thought to NJ
\ Vickers side lines in farming. Mo.
L. anything else on Il farm really pay
better than cotton. and especially q