The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1921-11-17
difficulty he met when he lunched in

difficulty he met when he lunched in
that country.
MIR. and Mrs ID. E. Afford, Of
Haughton, are the happy parents Of
their first child--a boy-bOrn some
days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ShacklefOrd, Of
the Linton community, passed through
Benton Monday morning on their way
to Bossier City, where they will visit
for a while.
Mr.. J. A. Byrd, a prosperous
farmer residing near Benton, came in
Monday and authorized the Banner to
advertise for sale some good 1921 crop
ribbon cane syrup.
MIR. j. NJ Simmons, for sveral
years past a resident of Bossier City,
has written to instruct that his paper
should be mailed to Campti instead Of
to the first named postotfice.
AT a regular meeting of Cpress
Lodge, held at the lodges hall in this
place Thursday night Of last week,
Mr.. ]. E. Bundy, of Linton, was raised
to the degree of a Master Mason.
AIR. and Mrs. Dayton Rogers and
little child, in company with Mr.. Rog-
ers' mother, Mrs. ]. E. Rogers, all
Of Shreveport, spent last Saturday in
Benton as guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.
Montgomery.
-Six-inch casing was set Monday at
1866 feet, in Benton's prospect well,
three miles east. After a day delay
the crew will drill in. The prospect for
well looks good-but that is what
we are usually told.
With the discovery Of an oil field
in Ward Six, the setting of six-inch
casing this week by the crew operating
near Benton and two locations Just
made in the Plain Dealing section,
things generally should grow some
what livelier in Bossier Parish. 1t is
certainly likely that within the next
six months much new capital will be
brought into the parish.
"A message to reach Benton the
latter part of last week was to the
effect that Mrs. J. K. Mcfarland, of
New York City, was expected to pass
away at any time Her illness, the
true diagnosis of which is said to battle
the most advanced medical science,
dates back several months. Mrs. Nc
Farland, who is daughter of Mrs.
Nina Vance and the deceased Capt.
w. G. Vance, is remembered as Miss
Estelle Vance, for many years a resi-
dent of Shreveport.
I'm passing this way Friday of last
week Messrs. L. S. Pilkinton and B. C.
Coker stopped by to renew their SUBJ
scriptiOns to the Banner. In the
course Of conversation Mr.. Pilkinton
said everybody in his section 1.-THE Ivan
country had finished harvesting crops
and that all fields were now bare, ex-
cept of velvet beans. Good crops of
foOdstuff We're made and the people
have plenty to live on, but little to
spend for clothing, he said, and added
that 1t was standing joke to refer to
a neighbor hauling in a load of pine
knots as " bringing in an overcoat."
"A caller Monday was Mr.. ]. A.
Bumgardner, Of the Linton community.
Mr.. Bumgardner reported the death of
| an old friend, Mr.. Tony Elicit, of
MooringspOrt, who was a member of
his party few weeks ago on the trip
to Chattanooga to attend the Confed-
crate Reunion. Mr.. Elicit, who was
perhaps eighty-two years Of age at the
! time of his death, reached home from
Chattanooga October Both, died on the
3lst and the burial followed on the LIST.
Deceased was Confederate veteran
and member Of Leroy Stafford Camp.
U. G. ", Of Shreveport He was
buried with Masonic honors Gin the
Mooringsport cemetery number of
Masons from Shreveport and other
points being present; also, seven Con-
federate veterans from Shreveport,