The Bossier banner., 1922-12-07
61st Year.
FROM OVER THE STATE
L. K. and N. Likely to Acquire M. X.
and T. and Become Trunk Line.
Rice Planters Given Boost.
Large Quantity of Liquor is Stolen
in New Orleans-Ouachita Par.
ish Jail Full of BoOtIeggers.

The 74th session of the Louisiana
State Baptist convention will be held
In Bogalusa December 9th.
According to report from Colfax,
Grant Parish ginned 1925 bales of cot
ton from the 1922 crop up to No
vember 14th.
Monroe's Home-C Coming celebration,
In connection with the historical pag-
can't, Don Juan's Dream was
brought to a close last Saturday night.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson
Carter, of COushatta, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire Friday afternoon of last
week. The loss is partially covered by
Insurance.
The West Carroll Farm Bureau met
at Oak Grove one day last week for the
purpose of forming permanent Orga-
nization and taking up number Of
other things of Importance to the
farmers.
$4,000 worth of liquor was stolen from
storeroom adjoining the office of the
Z. s. Marshal, in the postoffice building,
that city. The theft occurred few
days ago.
Fire, which is believed to have been
of incendiary origin, destroyed the
mercantile establishment of Robert
Martin, of Alexandria, last Saturday
night The loss is estimated at several
thousand dollars.
Up to the present time Monroe fire
losses during 1922 have amounted to
only $4,000, as compared with a. loss
of 100000 last year, according to a
statement issued by Chief Frank J.
Roddy, of that city.
Concordia, Lincoln and Caldwell par
ishes went over the top in the Farm
Bureau Cotton Association campaign
on the first day Of the Victory Week
drive, according to advices received at
Farm Bureau headquarters in Shreve-
port yesterday.
On his second trial, at Covington. for
the killing during September Of Lew
Reynolds Young, of Vaudeville, former
Snowman. Emile Vial, of Vaudeville
shopkeeper, was Friday Of last week
declared guilty of manslaughter. The
trial was begun Monday of last week.
The Union Parish Farm Bureau has
been organized by the farmers Of that
parish. The meeting was one of the
most largely attended and enthusiastic
of the sort the parish has known in re
cent years. Union Parish will go prac
tically solid on the bureau cottOl
pledge, all those attending the meeting
pledging their entire crops, according
to Il late news report.
First work on a million dollar carbon
plant, to be constructed by the Sterling
Gas Products Company seven mile
from Bastrop, will begin January lst
The corporation has recently been com
pleted, with capitalization of $500,
100000. The company owns nine thou
three producing wells in Morehous
Parish
James Killian, of Cooper, Verno
Parish. aged twenty-one years, was III
stantly killed Tuesday morning Will
standing near the X. C. s. tracks whel
"a passing freight train of the road wa
wrecked. He was capght beneath on
of the telescoped cars. Two other me
who were stealing ride on top of on
Of the cars were painfully injured (or
perhaps fatally J and were taken to th
Shreveport Charity Hospital for trea
ment.
One woman was fatally injured an
a score of others hurt by flying tin
hers and brick Monday when the frol
wall Of building being demolished ;
Canal and Basin streets. in New 0
leans, gave way and fell to the sid
walk. Mrs. Ruth Williams Vilito, wi
was passing in front Of the building
the time Of the crash, with her thre
year-old baby in her arms was caugl
beneath the collaspe of the wall. HI
skull was fractured and she died in
hospital soon afterward. The baby W;