The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-05-13

and adenoitlS might lie removed. He Is
getting along nicely.
Mr.. Will Mctlena=han. of Gillian,
was Il business visitor in Benton Tues
day.
Mr.. II. H. Montgomery. Of Shreve-
port. spent Tuesday and Tuesday night
i'm Benton as Il guest of Mr.. J. II. Mont
yonery.
Mr.. Il. f. Wyche. Of Shreveport.
returned home Tuesday night from
business trip to San Antonio and Ash
erton. Texas.
MIR. {. ID. Sandid&e. day collector
of tolls for BoSSier' Parish at the ROS-
Sier city traffic bridge. has reported
that his collections for the month of
April totaled $216O. Those made by Mr..
William Hutton. the night man. gave
the total Of $4OJ.
Friday afternoon of last week. on
the local diamond. the Benton baseball
team defeated the BOSsier City nine i'll
we'll played game by the close score
of :, to 1. \ second game was begun
| but WAS Ill tHV lillIo "ith
! BosSier City in the lead.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dana, of Charles
ton. w. Va, spent last Saturday i'll
Benton aS guests at the home Of Mr.
Dala's aunt. Mrs W. II. Scanland
They were on their way home and were
lust from I,allaS. Texas. where Mr.
Dana attended IL convention Of whole
sale merchants.
An alligator measuring some sin
or seven feet was killed on the Stinso'
lantation yesterday Icy negro. Thu
big reptile was evidently migrating
but could not make it OH to Red River
because Of mesh wire fence in hi!
line of travel. He was skinned and TIL
hide shipped to dealer.
MIR. {. !. Edwards. who has en-
Eloyment with the LOuiSiant abstrac
and Title Guarantee Company, Of New
Orleans. and who has for about eou
months past been doing abstract .w"r
in Benton. expects to leave to-morr"H
for South Louisiana OH a pleasure an
business trip. to he gone about Il week
Our good neighbor and old frienC
Mr.. w. NJ Morrow. was saying yestel
, day that last season he sold over $40
worth of watermelonS. and Is maxim
preparations for a big cleanup thi
T. season. Tuesay he seeded about Il
l acre plot of good sandy loan soil. plant
: ing $50 hills Of watermelonS, twent!
D five of cantaloupeS. forty Of pumpkin
and seventy-tive of c,lShawS. And We
= bet if anybody raises Il melon or so h
y will too.
= The Banner had short note som
days ago from Mr.. ID. w. Adams, VIII
is at present located near Bradley. Arl
= Formerly the Captain resided
Il BOSsier Parish and for years was
; familiar figure around the Court Hous
Z during all the criminal terms of cour
>. He is we'll remembered far and ne;l
In his note he says he is still as sup
as anybody of his age. though veterl
- of the War Between the States" all
got through without a scratch of al
kind" The Captain" was horn
r Lancaster. Lancaster County. SOut
= Carolina. April l.. 1882. but has bee
t. resident of this section for tifty-tW
years
MIR. W. Nj. Morrow. well known
- all sections of BoSSier Parish. has b
come associated With the Banner
the extent that he will regularly sole
g. subscriptions for us. He plans to ma
il long cro>S-country trips and to final
:! work the parish from center to circul
a. ference. We have long wished to :
" this undertaken in the interest of t
Banner. in the hope that Il much larg
local subscription list might re>u
IS. thus making the paper more near
Ok representative of all the people. n
Morrow expects to start out to-morr,
on his first trip. with the intention