The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-04-10

town to-day.
Miss Goldye Willer spent yesterday
and to-day in Shreveport with rela-
tives and old friends.
Mr.. John Il. Adger. well known
Gillian planter. was here to-day 10
visit his mother. Mrs. }. r. AdSer. ST.
The Benton Lodge. Woodmen OF the
World, held meeting Monday night
| and gave Mr. G. &. Harper Il ride OH
| the goat.
Mrs. l.. T.. Hoffpauir was called to
LewiSville, Ark. Monday on account
of an accident to her niece residing in
that place.
The quotation on middling cotton III
Shreveport yesterday was - cents
per pound. The receipts for the day
We're 81 bales.
Mrs. r. w. Hughes and little son.
+. W.. ir. of Shreveport spent Satur-
day night and Sunday in Benton with
Mrs. Hughes brother. Mr.. J. H. Mont
.omery.
Friends Of Mrs NJ. a. North will be
pleased to learn that she is recovering.
ut il Shreveport sanitarium. from her
recent stroke of paralysis. mentioned
elsewhere in this issue.
| nd
men of Benton played the first base
Iall game Of the season Tuesday after
uo,,n on the high school grounds. The
score was II to in favor of the
Eenedicts.
\ friend who called one day this
week stated that fishing promises to
d. lie good on Bodcau this coming season.
He lives out that way. and ought to
know. And I'VE hope he is correct i'll
bis predictions.
1t has been officially announced that
u Il rural carrier examination will he
held in Shreveport May 10th Ito fill
Il the positions of rural carriers ut Plain
Dealing and Benton and vacancies
- that may later occur from rural routes
from other poStofiices in Bossier Far
, iSh' Application blanks may he CD
- tanned from the offices here mentioned
'e Mr., j. s. Relc!ler who still lives II
= Shreveport. hut farms with Mr.. p. ii
y Relcher. residing near Curtis. was cir
culatine among his Benton friends to
day. He remarked apropOs of tn
=, weather. that unless there is less rail
IS in the near future than there has bee
~ in the recent past the cotton acreag
a. is going to he heavily cut-otherwist
40 not SO.
III Mr.. ]. c. Norris. well known in Bel
~ ten and in Shreveport. will open
barber shop here this week or mex
- week. ut the latest. He will have
=, clothes cleaning establishment in col
is nection with his barber business. Bel
he ton has long felt the want of Il goo'
Il, every day tlle-week barber shO
.,r such as Mr.. Norris proposes to give II
ak Here's wishing success to the lie
business.
!, Judge Thomas NJ Milling, of IL
nd Board of State Affairs Baton RouS
,ra expects to deliver an address ut Il
nd Court House May 9TH 1.-THE first Mo
.;r day) to- the members Of the lOll'
, Jury and other interested citizens
,,- HosSier Parish. on the subject of tax
i. =. ton. Every one is invited to he pre-
1x.1,., *
Get very interesting speaker on SulJe
erS that is Of interest to all taxpayers.
nm \ souvenir posi- card has come to
c,. to-day from Dr. H. l.. Crow. who pr
ron to the time he became spiced wi
nd I-ncle Sam in his big trouble acre
,,t- the sea was located at Elm Grove a
engaged in the practice Of his prof
sion. On one side of the card the ID
last tor has written this message: Am
Irs loving the warm sea, breezes ut Boul
n Il Svr-(,ironde (near Bordeau) await
vas TRANSFORMATION to the States. Ii
1 is wishes to my BoSSier friends.
ain
ear Some person VINO iel, h' u.ee
,f hind him that local amateur detect,
+, could use as Il clue, broke out pa
,,n of glass and crawled through the IN
thus made into the Cotton Belt staff
ONE agents office Sunday night and st
nee So worth Of whiSkey from the eNpr'
the office, which is in the adjoining roc
iher Three gallons of whi>key ut S14
ned gallon comes to- 81. we belle
his That was all the thief took away.
now far as Agent STROBE has been able
gun ascertain
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this Nsg Accessories for Ford Autoi
his iileS constantly Kept Ill STOCK ASK