The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-30

back home after being ginned and baled
and will hold it for Il better price.
Misses Clotile Rogers and Patti
Ogilvie, now students in a Shreveport
business college. We're weekend visitors |
at home.
Everybody is advising the farmer
to hold his cotton until tile price again
climbs up to 10 cents per pound. We
wonder if it will do that,
Miss Grace Larkin. who spent
something more than two weeks III
Dallas. Texas with relatives and old
friends, returned home Yesterday.
Mrs. May Barker and her son.
John Ed of Shreveport. c:,ne in Sat
| urtlay. night to spend Sunday as guests
| of Mrs. Cynthia Rogers. Mis-. Barker's
| mother.
| Under date of the 18th Mr.. Il. II.
1 Allen, of Plain Dealing, has written to
/ give his address as BIS Spring Street,
Little Rock. Ark. He says he wants
| the Banner to follow him as it is his
:. surest way of getting the news from
/ RoSSier.''
MIR. Francis Abney, until recently
Ia resident of Benton. has ordered his
Banner mailed to New Orleans. care
Tulane University. We presume he has
just entered the medical department Of
that institution and begun the study Of
his chosen profession
/ Mr. J. G. Terrell and Miss Mabel
Il. Alexander, both sud to be of Shreve
port. We're united i'll marriage at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. \. Fortson
last Saturday night. The ceremony was
said by Rev.sG. G. Dennis. of Sinlsbol q.
who was here to preach the following
day.
The lack of house room has been
keenly felt i'll Benton for some time.
There are no vacant residences. and
there is constantly demand for more.
Mr.. w. ]. Schinpocf. unable to find Il
house for rent. has secured rooms fren
, Mrs. Alice Keifner and the two fam
lilies are TO keep house under the same
| roof
Sheriff and Mrs. J. f. Adair eX-
!, pect tn move during October to theil
new residence on the .Al;lir farm. neal
Isrownlee. The carpenters have about
> finished up their part of the work. bu;
! the painting, etc. is still under way
We note in passing that the new home
q presents ii mighty attractive ap
pearance.
We note from last weeks issue
of the RuSton Leader that Hon. Il. w
Dor;tn. now of huston. Tut formerly o
!, this place was defeated on the 18th IL
: a candidate for the Office of .Attoine,
!. for the Fourth judicial District. Th,
!. district is comprised of Lincoln AM
, Union parishes. Mr.. Dprin's opponen
iii the race was Hon. $. L. Dighy, o
Farnlervilie.
! IL caller Frid;ty afternoon of las
: week was Mr.. ]. V. Brown. residin
: two miles south OF Bellevue. who cam
= by to leave cory fer an advertisement
: Mr.. Brown reported that Thursday Q
last week trinch casing w;ls set at !
depth of 1S46 feet i'll the prospect wei
. being put down by X. .. Ray and a.
: sociaees in section 7-19-11, some tw
miles southwest of Bellevue. The on
. look at the prospect is COED, 50 he s;lit
. Mr.. Y. Y. Mhittington has l:ll
: gained to purchase from Mrs. e'ylltli
. Rogers her residence i'll this place. Il
: Gated diagonally across the street frol
. the Banner office. The considerable
= named is 1880 Mrs Rogers has ,ul
. chased an eight-roonl residence on Jol
Z dan Street. Shreveport. and will I,
move to that city within the lies
month, or SO. One Of her daughter
Mrs. May Barker. has been locate
Z there for some time.
We lenrl,ed yesterday afternoo
. from deputy Sheriff Job Wilson tia
tile first of this week he and MessI.
George Huckabay and Madden Busl
both It Bossier City. made q raid tia
about Put Braz Hill lcolured) out {
busint IS. According to Mr.. Wilson, IL
negro ',as for about eight months PAL
Eeen making whiskey and selling
The location of his operations was G
an island i'll Red Chute. about a Mi
north Of Mr. w. Z. Raines' Ward III
plantation. The STILL thought to lie hi
den in Red Chute, could not he locate
but about 30 gollons Of mash, a gallo
z of wIliskey (three simple grades1 HI
Nj seventy gallon jugs We're destrUye
Braz was not located, hut Mr.. Wilse
is of the opinion that the governnel
men operating in this territory #
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