The Bossier banner., 1919-10-16
LOC al and
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News of a Week as Told
az by the Banner Reporters

Don't forget to water the calves,
Willie. before YOU turn them out.
Mr.. J. NJ. Sentell. Of Cairo planta-
ton. was among the business visitors
in Benton to-day.
Mr.. y. A. Shaw has ordered the
Banner mailed to him ut RuStOn i'll
stead Of ut Adner. this parish.
Il surely don't like to miss copy,
writes Mr.. T.. l.. Davis. il North BoS-
Sier subscriber. in making Il remittance
for the Banner.
MIR. ]. NJ Arnold. of Patty Station.
was a visitor in Benton Tuesday ana
yesterday--;tnd an appreciated caller
at the Banner office.
-NIiddling cotton was selling III
Shreveport yesterday for 34h cents
per pound BY to-day the quotation
had sneaked up to 34A cents.
MIR. G. Il. Smith. Il successful farni-
er residing near Brownlee, was among
the visitors in Benton Monday. We
noted that he was driving Il new seven
passenger car.
We thank the management OF the
Parish Fair for Il season ticket OF ad-
mission to the grounds for the 1913
fair. We have been Il little too busy
this week to get off to attend the falr,
hut we wished to do 50.
Here's what Mr. J. h. Booker, long
a resident of the Emma community.
has written when making IL sulscrip-
tion remittance Please let the dear
old Banner come right along. We can't
well keep house without 1t.
Mr.. w. &. Burt called by yeSter'
day and ordered his alfalfa advertise
ment in the Banner discontinued for
the present. but said that during the
season it had brought him many buyers
from the country east and northeast
of Benton.
Mr.. X. ID. Wilmington, Of Ivan
accompanied by several friends, passed
through Benton Monday returnin.
home from some point further south
Our guess is that they experienced
rather hard shedding" for the little
Ford Oh the roads east of Benton.
Lieut.. Com. +. W. Scanland has
written that he and the members o
his family left Cape May. Nj. II
their car on the 9th. destined for thl'
place for Il visit of some weeks. W.
venture the assertion that II thes'
daily rains have been general through
out tile Mississippi Valley lie has he
fore this time housed his car.
Mr.. J. w. HoSier. for several year
Il resident of Benton. has bargained t
purchase Il 1GO-acre tract Of hill LAM
from the MeSsrS Sentell "a portion o
the Willow Rend farm) and is Offerin
his residence property in this place f.
sale. Mr.. HoSier farms bottom land
and he wishes to acquire property an
build neared his present leased acreage
Superintendent of Education Fort
son says that ut last all schools III l'o'
sier FariSh. colOred as well as Whit
are now supplied with their full quot
of teachers. The last vacancy WA
filled last week. when Mr. FortSOn col
tracted with Miss Kathryn Alison
teach the Alison School. She Is
daughter of DR.. J. :. Alison. who r.
sides near the school
Under date Of the 10th Mrs. +.
Simpson has written from Colorat
Springs. Col, to furnish Il change
her city address. Old friends will
Interested to read what she has to :;
in her note: We had nice snow la
night. The thermometer registers
degrees this morning. The mountain
are all white and Pixies Peak Ii
under eight feet of snow. SUNNI
I1cuse is almost covered. ! have new
seen anything more gorgeous than Il
mountains have been during the PA
MONTH The quaking aSl'S are wOnde
full in their coloring. Am glad to