The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-12-23
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Our old friend Mr.. Cham Wyche,
of I'lnin Dealing, was an agreeable
caller this afternoon
-AIiddling cotton was quoted At II
cents Il pound in Shreveport yesterday
If it will interest you to know it.
Miss Aiayme 4. Burt spent last
Saturday night and Sunday in Shreve-
nort as IL guest Of Airs. X. l.. CASTOR.
Tuesday was the shortest day OF
the year. From this date UP to June
I'D the hours of daylight will continue
to grow longer. =
MIR. GirOud Buvelis. of Dallas
Texas. is here on Il visit with his sew
eral relatives. stopping ut the home Of
his uncle. Mr.. w. q. Burt.
MIR. |. l.. Thomas. mt present n
student IN the State University. Baton
Rouge, came in last night to spend the
holidays as Il guest of his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. X. +. Thomas.
Miss Lilline Logan. youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. {. Logan,
of VAUDEVILLE. is at home for the Christ
mas holidays from Baton Rouge, where
she is student in l.. $. L.
We wish you II Merry Christmas.
friend. and trust you'll have big
turkey dinner and plenty of fireworks
for the occasion-if that's the angle
from which you view the joys of SO
sacrpd II holiday
Miss Jennie Lee Whorton. ut pres
ent teacher Of the Brushy School. was
here the latter part of last week to visit
her friend. Miss Emily ~Sanks. Miss
Whorton was on her way to Belcher.
where her parents reside.
Mrs. II. l.. Nance writes as follows
from ThOnnlstOwn. Madison Parish,
where she and Mr.. Nance removed sew
cr:il years ago: Am leaving here and
moving back to Dixie. 50 please change
my paper to that address"
MIR. Adger Logan and his younger
sister. Miss Mary Sue Logan, spent
Tuesday in Bradley. Ark, with their
grandmother. Mrs. 5. {. Logan. Mr..
Logan is at home only temporarily. still
having employment iii Mississippi with
the Southern Engineering Company
Because of unfavorable weather
the public gin IN this place was not
operated Tuesday. SO the one more day
of ginning Is yet to come. so the ni;ln-
aser. Mr. \. NJ. Wyche. has Informed
the reporter. The gin will he operated
Tuesday Of next week and then shut
down for the season.
-R. f. Banks. u transient oil field
worker having employment at Elm
Grove. was arrested in Shreveport Oh
the charge of carrying concealed wea-
I,ons and assault aud battery, aud was
jailed here Monday evening by Deputy
Sheriff job Wilson. lie gave bond and
was released from custody Tuesday.
The reporter was told this after
noon that Messrs. J. \. Edwards and
Walter {. lvey have leased the Willow
Chute plantation, located three miles
south Of Benton. and will soon move tG
it and undertake is cultivation. The
big plantation is owned by Mrs. Nina
Vance. of Shreveport. and is. still under
lease to Mr.. Leon Wilmington. We
IRE not informed Us to where Mr.. Whit
tillgtOn will move.
We learned the other day first
land informationl of SO easy a crop tt
grow as w;,termelonS tiding one BOs
sier Parish farmer over his financi;l
troubles and enabling him to hold hi:
1920 cotton. To quote his very words
That's all that saved me-" He live:
ten miles from his n,arket-l'lain Deal
iilg-alld hauled his melons in aut
sold them to the merchants. lie planted
Il twO-acre patch. hut the big July rail-
washed out about fourth Of 1t. How
ever. the melons he harvested and sol,