The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-05-29

once in every four or five years.
MIR. Dalton Mckenzie has ordered
the Banner forwarded to himself ut
Harmon, Red River Parish.
| Don't forget that we asked you
long ago to plant and cultivate some
thing on your place especially to be
exhibited at the Parish Fair.
Mrs Irion and Miss LeOla 1riOn,
mother and sister of DIR. c. H. lrion.
after an extended visit with relatives
residing in New Orleans. Bunkie and
Marksville, returned home last Friday
evening.
Foreman Gilmer Mcconnell said
some days ago that he expected the
work on the Court House would be
completed by the last Of this week.
There will then remain only the work
of putting in the concrete walks =
and cleaning up.
Mrs. Sidney .Adger. who has been
unite i'll ut her country home during
the past two weeks. Is reported to he
improving and will he able to be up
within "A few days. Her sister. Mrs.
CLYDE Williams, of Mansfield, who Is
with her. will return home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sirman. of FlOrien
Sabine Parish. and Miss Dorothy Sim
mons, of Shreveport. were recent visl-
tors ut the home Of their parents. MIR.
and Mrs J. H. Simmons, who reside
some miles out from Benton. Miss
| Dorothy returned to Shreveport last
Saturday, and Mr.. and Mrs. Sirnhan
left yesterday for their home.
MIR. Wilburn Dalrymple. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. $. Dalrymple. Of the
Midway community. reached New York
t city from overseas Tuesday OF last
week, and yesterday passed through
, Benton Ell route home. He received
) his discharge from the service at Camp
: Mills. NY. He is said to have re-
: marked on the streets here that the
r old rocky hills out near his home LOOK
better to him than France and we
. expect he said it, and that there Is d
: lot Of truth in the remark.
: Mr.. T. w. w. Stinson and Mr.
$ 4. NJ. Wyche spent three days and two
!. nights of last week camping over or
y Bodcau. but report rather poor iuci
t at fishing in fact, little at all. TIT
i water. they said was not clear, ant
was still more than foot above thu
: fishing stage. However, they stated
that Mr.. Billy Faircloth thinks there
# will he good fishing on that STREAM
o this season. He lives right on TIN
/, spot and should know, but it is TIN
y first like report we have heard thi
s. year. or in long time.
o Miss Mary Clint Irion, daughte
4 Of Mrs. NJ. c. IriOn, for some time pas
resident and student In Oakdale
a. Allen Parish, has favored us with ii
O. invitation to he present at the CON
O. meucement exercises Of Oakdaie Hls
$ School. to he held tomorrow evening
70 We note that her name appears III til
N roster Of the graduates of the schOO
- Here in Benton Miss IriOn is remen
RI bered as Missy" and she has man
ID friends among the Banners reader
who will he pleased to thus again he;a
;, from her. We wish to congratulate lie
- upon this happy occasion in her life.
al MFR. Gillum Wyche. another one
"a our local soldier boys. reached HON
AZ Saturday of last week, Mrs. Wycll
H. coming in with him. They will. {
is course. continue to reside in Bentol
Y. and. as has already been announced l
o. the Banner. Mrs. Wyche Will be one
r.. the teachers ON the faculty Ut Bento
n High School next term. EverybOd
IN was giving (;illum the glad hand Il
to some days. and it was easy to see tn;
friends were glad to see him back all
i, that he was not less pleased that 1
-. was again ut home. Like all the othel
"a who have returned home from acro'
ay the big pond. he finds that old Bessie
- looks mighty good.
in The boys and the hounds were o.
ed after the old gray wolf Tuesday nigh
ry and about midnight again ran hi
Id down the street right by the Bann'
its office. I'VE take 1t that lie wanted II
or name i'm print once mOre). This Is Il
lis first race for some time in which Il
re- hunters themselves took part, ID
M the dogs have independent races aft
lie. the old veteran every night or tw
!, On this occasion he was traiied 4
of some miles out in the flats and final
10 jumped Oh the premises OF Mr.. X.
~ Silliman right here in town. Ht
=, no doubt one Of the most cunning
~. his kind. and we are beginning
II. wonder if he'll ever get caught.
IL The upward tendency IN the pr
TT. of cotton has been making the NOV
All ment of that staple rather active. Dn
in ing the week we have noted maj
Mt wagons loaded with cotton on the
he way to Shreveport, and have heard
a several bales being sold In that Ct
re- one day this week for 33 cents p
ire pound. Monday middling cotton "
. quoted in the city ut 31h cents
.. pound; to-day it is quoted ut 81
cents. the slump in price that follow
: Tuesday. and has since stuck. no dou
| being due to 10 much cotton bel
I rushed to market within few da.
The greatest receipts in the city