The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1921-02-24

last week. is in the northwest quarter
Of northwest quarter of section 3-19-11.
Senator w. j. Johnston, of Plain
Dealing, was a visitor in Benton Mon
day.
A regular meeting Of the Police
Jury will be held here Tuesday of next
week.
There are more Facts About Cot
ton published in this issue You would
do well to. read them.
--Middling cotton was quoted Mt IL
cents a pound in Shreveport to-day.
The receipts for the day were only AZ
bales.
We acknowledge, with thanks, a
liberal helping of spare ribs and back
| bone from Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Young
blood.
Mrs. w. J. Shinpoch left some days
| ago for Junction City, Ark, to spend a
| week or so with her sister, Mrs. F. NJ
| Gates.
| MIR. F. E. johnson is at present
| serving as grand juror in the U. s.
| District Court, now in~s ession In
Shreveport.
AS advertised in this issue of the
Banner the next regular meeting OF
] the Police Jury will be held here March
LIST instead of the Sth.
| MIR. Il. r. Peace, after spending
some time at his home at Dixie Cross
| Roads, left Monday for Homer, to re-
sumo work in the Claiborne Parish oil
/, fields.
We note that the approach Of
/ longer and more inviting days for out
door sports has revived interest in the
/ Benton High School basket ball team.
Practice games are being played reg
ularly.
/ Mr.. J. NJ. Morgan. successful
| Ward Four farmer who Is also VAL
ued reader of the Banner, in renew
i ing his subscription, writes: Let the
Banner keep coming, for we can't do
without it,
i Superintendent of Schools w. A.
Fortson left this morning for Atlantic
City, n. j., to attend together with
other superintendent of the state) a
convention Of the National Educational
-Mr.~J. h. Iyey. who about two
months ago left for Camp Pike, Ark, to
!. Join the Army, is again ut home. having
failed to secure enlistment. He is at
II
Ivey, who has a number of teams busy
at oil field work, dirt moving jobs, etc.
Unavoidable machine troubles have
thrown the Banner day late this
week, which explains why We are ell
abled to use all copy that has come IN
to-day A machinist out of Shreveport
has corrected the troubles for us tfol
! a long time to come, we think) and the
2 old mill is again running smoothly
|. and we expect to get out on time nexl
e week. but we very much regret thai
our local notes cannot be written out
E in full for this issue because of tht
, lost day.
MIR. Jcannes Smith was reported
!. much better yesterday afternoon and hi:
condition seems somewhat improved
= However, he has since this time las
week suffered two or more heart at
I lacks. Many old friends have visitet
him during the past several days
e among whom were DIR. Arthur HerOld
g Of Shreveport; Mr.. w. A. Thompson, O
. Hosstoll, and Mr.. II. j. Lenoir. also o
} that place, has been at his bedside TO
/ ten days or more. Mr.. X, s. Doles, o
Il near COllinsburg, has visited him a
e least three days this week.
e MIR. w. G.. Burt, Benton plante
y who cultivates a considerable acreage
says that last season he had GOO acre
s planted to cotton and that about fort,
bales Of the yield was never picked
u One 11-acre cut, proilucing from ten t
u eleven bales, remained untouched b
!. the pickers, and this and the other. VI
picked cotton is being plowed under
This cotton was offered to the tenant
K il they would pick it. but they didn
{. want it. This season Mr.. Burt expect
8. to plant only about 800 acres to cOttor
le and a like acreage to corn and tn
I. same to oats.
r Once again we place the Plai
D. Dealer, Of Plain Dealing, ION our e,
change list. 1t has been resurrecte
this time ny Sgt. William Many. so
- Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Many, Of til
xneighbOring town, the first issue al
pearing Monday. We call to mind tina
- some months ago we were publishin
Z. letters from Sgt. Many. written
q France. An indications are that h
81 made a fine record In the World Wa
m and it may be that he is now going
develop into good newspapernlal
2 Anyway. we wish him well, and we al
pleased to exchange papers with hin