The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-09-23

meet the cost of production. 50 those
who should know say.
Mr.. Elmer Walker was business
visitor to Benton yesterday afternoon
MFR. Ransom Curtis. of Shreveport,
spent Sunday here as social visitor.
Mrs. Cole. of Cotton Valley, spent
last week here with her daughter, Mrs.
Adolph Kelly.
Miss I4elnma johnson, of Vivian,
accompanied Miss Bess Carstarphen
home from the teachers institute for
a weekend visit.
& Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Curry and
children and Mr.. Rob Curry. of Shreve-
port, motored up Sunday to spend the
day with Mrs. J. s. Gray.
Miss Maggie Fenet went to Benton
last Friday to attend the dance. She
was accompanied home Saturday even
ing by Miss Mary Sue Logan.
Rev. Carroll. of Waco, Texas, is
| conducting a meeting at the Baptist
Church. The sermons are good and the
singing attractive, and large numbers
| attend.
Rev. H. nj. McLain, of Shreve-
port, and Rev. McGehee, of Clarksville,
| Tenn, held services at the Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning. According to
current report, Mr.. McGehee will likely
have charge of the Bossier group OF
Presbyterian churches little later on.
! The brick work OH Plain Dealings
new school building has advanced to
/ the level Of the first floor and Il number
| Of the sleepers for that floor have been
| lain. The oi,servant visitor to the site
may now get some idea of what fine
school house our town is soon to have.
Friends Of Mrs. Terry Hickman
formerly Miss Margene Arnold) will
be interested to hear that she and her
husband have returned from their bri-
DIAL trip to Denver, and after spending
short while in their new home In
Alexandria will go to New Orleans for
i a visit.
4 To date but little cotton has been
ginned here compared with the number
of bales ginned up to the corresponding
date of the past few years. The reasons
given by the farmers are the wish to
get their cotton out of the fields before
rains set i'm and the lack of a market.
The East st. Louis Company has gin
ned 1O1 bales and the Farmers Gin
/. Company. just a few more.
:. Friends Of Mr. John Boggs. for
merly Of this place. but now Of Wash.
ington. D. c., will be interested to heal
Of his marriage. A number of residents
. of the town have received copies of the
card Of announcement, reading: Mr.
William A. Hughes announces the mar
rage Of his sister, Geraldine Marie, t.
Mr.. John Samuel Boggs on Thursday
September 16, 1920, Washington, ID. c.
Some two weeks ago Mr.. S. J
+ Caldwell put teams to work on the big
, ditch that Is to complete the drainage
, of Plain Dealing. For the information
! of those not familiar with the locatio,
+ of the work, it is given as south Of tn
corporation, The lateral bitches vii
run north and south through the town
i ldlH l$ehillS &OSdNNu AZ AOArs So
ley, a pretty and desirable town site
hut the lack of better drainage ha
been felt for years past. 1t is expecte'
/ that the big drainage ditch will quickl
: take away the flood water of the rain
g season.
: The teachers of the local hig
school went to Shreveport last Frida
! to attend the teachers institute
3 joint session with the Caddo teacher
! There were present over two hundrp
9 teachers They were addressed by Nj
/ Horn on the subject of Silent Readin'
8 Superintendent Fortson urged all til
! teachers of BOssier to give the ne'
Z method a thorough test and stresse
+ the Importance of more and bette
S coruses of mathematics in the schools
Mr.. Kaufman, Of the Shreveport cit
= schools, lead a round table discussio
Of school problems and how to hand
Z them. Mr.. Whisenhunt, of Caddo, a,
4 dressed the elementary teachers.