The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-10-30
Local and
Persona al
- News Of Week as Told
@s by the Banner Reporters

-Rev. G. &. Woodbridge is on the
sick list this week.
We hate to mag" you. friend
but taxes will soon he due again.
Mr. Henry Sk;nnal. of Sligo. was
among the business visitors in Benton
yesterday.
MIR. \. +. Adger. of Gillian. spent
Sunday in Benton with his mother.
Mrs Matte {. .AdSer.
-BecauSe of unfavor;,ble weather
conditions. Burt Il StinSon are said to
he making slow progress on the new
Gold Point levee.
Mr. NJ L. Bolinyer. of Plain Deal
ing. and Mr.. J. ID. Fenet. of near Till
mer'S Landing. We're two visitors seen
on our streets yesterday.
Mr.. w. +. Slayton. of Tulsa. Okla.
who has been in Benton for about ten
days. looking around for oil leases,
left TO-DAY for other points.
Mr.. J. NJ. SenteIl. of Cairo planta
ton returned home Wednesday of last
week from IL business visit to the zinc
mining district. near Joplin. Mo.
After an absence Of three weeks.
spent mt different places in Georgia
with relatives and old friends. Mrs.
w. |. Gayle returned home Monday.
A card of announcement that has
reached the Banner reads: Married +:
Mrs. Minnie HoSS and Mr.. Hunter ID.
Harleman. Thursday evening. the I'D
of October. 1919. six o'clock. First Zap
fist Church. Shreveport. La. We eN-
tend congratulations and best wishes.
Well. it is satisfying to know that
RoSSier'S exhibit ut the State Fair has
again won the blue ribbon this season
And Mr.. f.. s. Burt says this makes Il
total of six first awards out of IL pos
Sihle seven since he has had charge
of the display of the exhibit. That's
some fine record. sure.
-Messrs. J. &. Mcl)ade and -. f.
Afford. both of Haughton. were anon.
the visitors at this office Tuesday. n:
they crossed Red Chute they noted tina
that stream was Sti'l very high. Tha
strech of gravel road leading from
Haushton to RoSSier city is again II
good condition. SD they reported.
"A youn. lady friend has INFORMED
the reporter that Il benefit Halloween
party will be given ut the school hOuS
in this place tomorrow friday even
ing. The doors will he opened ut Seve
o'clock. and the prices of admission
. will he : and 10 cents. The fund :
derived will lie devoted to the relnli
of public walks in our town.
1t may happen that farmers res
iling i'm other sections of the paris
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to gather some of their corn frol
skiffS. We are told that MuScles.le
Bayou and other small streams tril
utary to Red Chute and Hodcau III
very full and that hack-water frOI
most of them is to he noted in man
fields "Knee-deep' in corn fields
to he noted here and there.
Red River had reached Il stage I
3D. feet ut Shreveport Ivy yesterda
which meant Il rise of } Of Il foot du
ing the twenty-four hours prior to IL
time the reading was made. Official
the flood stage is ~ feet. SO the pre-
ent reading is - feet above the foo
water mark \ further slight rise
Shreveport is expected during the he
two dayS-So said the official rel'Ol
The river is slowly fallin. ut poin
further up stream.
Lieut.. Com. +. w. Scandland.
s. n. now stationed ut Cape. Ma
\. j.. came in Tuesday evening. accoI
PANIED by the members Of his family
Mrs Scandland and their two lit
loys. They did not succeed in MAXI
t." entire trip in Mrs. Scantlland's c;
rs planned hut did get into l4OuiSia
! riore abandoning that mode Of trav
The young man says just this side
Tallulah he found the roads bOttO
less" The car was hoSSed out
the mire by IL span of big niules-;l
there the story ends. except that til