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THE BOSSIER BANNER
Established by W. H. Scan
A Local Newspaper, Published Weekly for All the People of Bossier Parish.
• First Issued July 1, 1859*
61st Year.
BENTON, BOSSIER PARISH, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922.
Number 52.
GENERAI NEWS NIIBS
Court House Is Destroyed by Fire.
Sixty Turkeys Sold for $199.
Woodrow Wilson Day.
Katy Road to Spend $15,000,000.
Confederate Leader Is Dead.
Bank Short $70,000.
A Denver, Colo., dispatch says crude
oil in Wyoming has advanced from 70
cents a barrel to $1.0.'» a barrel.
A reitort says sixty turkeys sold by
a farmer of Branch, Ark., to a produce
dealer qt that place for the Christmas
market brought $199.
A tire raging in the business section
of Seligman, Mo., Monday resulted in
the destruction of thirteen buildings,
with an estimated loss of $50,000.
Charley Tkaxton, of Calmness, Ga.,
Is dead and his brother Ernest is in a
hospital, as the result of a hejjd-on
crash of automobiles near Macon, that
state. Sunday night.
Fifteen persons were injured early
last Saturday morning when eight cars,
including four sleeimrs and the engine
of an Atlantic Coast Line train, were
derailed near Lucama. N. C.
A news item from New Orleans says
Maj. W. W. Thompson, of Leesville, is
l-eiug presented by a group of his
Southwest Louisiana friemss as a can
didate for Lieutenant-Governor.
Col. William Thorton, for thirty
years railroad and financial editor of
tlie St. Imuis Olohe-Democrot, died at
the Elks National Home, in Bedford,
Va., early Sunday. He was seventy
four years of age.
Tlie Calhoun County Court House, In
nttsboro, Miss., was destroyed by fire
6f undetermined origin last Saturday.
All county records, Including those of
fifty-two criminal cases now pending,
were destroyed in the lire.
Worshippers in St. John's Catholic
Church of Pawtucket, It. I., last Fri
day discovered a nre in the basement
and after the firemen had fought the
blaze for two hours little more than
the shell of the edifice was left.
Howard Hamilton, twenfy-four years
bid, is dead and Pearl Coeur, eighteen
years old. is believed to be dying from
[the result of shots said to have been
fired from ambush as they were leaving
f a Christmas dance in Deer Trail, Colo.,
• ? Monday iftght.
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gjf Perry Owens, of Columbus, Ga., was
"f lahot and killed in that place Monday
: e* the result of a Christmas Eve brawl I
Æ I participated in by himself and five |
I others. Four men and o woman have
! been arrested on charges of murder. |
I Two of the five being held are brothers ;
I of tf< slain man. %
||- National bank examiners, it was an
, I nonuced one day last week, discovered a
shortage of $70.000 in the First Nation
al Bank of Chicago. Seth Anderson,
who has been connected with the bank
for twenty years, and manager of its
clearings department, was arrested
The United States marshals who made
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ODDITIES OP THE NEWS
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From the Dearborn Independent. ]
.The Pennsylvania Railroad serves
approximately 10,000 meals daily in its
dating curs.
When a locomotive rounds a curve,
the rail suffers from the pressure of
00,000 moulds a square inch.
A pair of trousers, said to have lieen
the proiKirty of the American, hero sail
or, Capt. John Paul Jones, sold at auc
tion in London recently for $90.
A hill providing 'that the seller of
liquor that kills a person who drinks it
shall lie adjudged guilty of murder is
directed at the unscrupulous alien who
has gone into the i>eddling of poisou
for profit. Such a bill will be intro
duced at the coming session of the New
York Legislature.
"Extra Girls" from Middle West
farms, factory towns in New England
and the plantations of the Mississippi
Valley are througing the streets of
Hollywood. Calif., waiting for an op
portunity to break into the dims. Many
are facing heart-breaking social and
financial situations, with but little
holm for the future.
A West Indian hurricane was recent
ly followed for two weeks over a dis
tance of more than 3990 miles by means
of reiairts made to the Weather Bu
reau. The storm originated somewhere
between West Africa and the Wind
ward Islands, and travelled to a point
ihotit midway between Porto Rico ami
: Bermuda. It then swung north and
A east. Anally breakiug up on the west
H coast of Euroiie.
British antiquaries are rejoicing over
the fiuding of an ancient Egyptian pal
ace in the " Valley of the Kings" on the
site of ancient Thebes, near Luxor. The
geut-studded throne of Tutenkhainun,
oue of the heretic kings of the Eigh
teenth Dynasty, was found directly
below the tomb of Rameses VI. Tills
throne is described as one of the most
beautiful art objects ever found. Furu
: Rure, robes and statues were also
"jgd, as well as important papyri,
which are expected to clear up many
the arrest said Anderson admitted tak
ing the money.
The Federal Government has collect
ed more than $5.000.000 in royalties
from oil and gas lands in western
states.
The Mondovi (Wis.) State Bank,
was robbed of $7000 in cash last Satur
day by bandits who made their escape
without leaving a clew.
Fire starting in the furnace room of
the St. James School, in Kenosha, Wis.,
Friday of last week caused a damage
estimated at $30,000 to the structure.
Three men last Saturday night
smashed the window of a jewelry store
in New York and made their escape
with seventy-one diamonds valued at
$ 10 , 000 .
A late news item from Knoxville,
Tenu., says the Brookside cotton mills
of that place has announced a volun
tary increase of 10 per cent in wages
affectiug 1500 employes.
À news dispatch from Llano. Texas,
says the doors of the Llano National
Bank have been closed by order of the
board of directors, pending the arrival
of national bank examiners.
Federal Judge Thomas L. Cliatfield,
of Brooklyn. N. Y., died suddenly at
his home Sunday while decorating a
Christmas tree. He was appointed to
the bench by President Roosevelt fif
teen years ago.
Fire at University City, Calif., last
Saturday destroyed 1,100,000 feet of
111m at the Universal studios, destroyed
one building and resulted in the injury
of one man. The damage done is esti
mated at $350,000,
A report from Greensboro, N. C.. says
Carl Talley, wanted in Greensboro in
connection with the murder of Police
man W. T. McCuistion, there on May
14, 1921, was captured Monday after
noon near South Boston, Va.
Thieves Christmas Day entered the
home of Peter B. Kyne, noted author,
of Los Angeles, Calif., and robbed the
home of a watch belonging to Mr
Kyne, valued at $100, and the jewels
of his guests valued at $3300.
Roy Watkins, engineer of a Denver
nnd Salt Lake Railroad freight train
was killed Sunday night when the
brakes became frozen and the train
was wrecked after running wild for
more than a mile near Tollauâ. Col.
A news item from Washington, D. C.
says every employe of the White
House, down to the last messenger and
kitchen maid. Monday received a $5
gold piece with the personal compll
ments of the President and Mrs.
Harding.
John Clifford, editor and one of the
I publishers of the Watertown (AMs.
| Dally Times, was killed Monday after
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noon when an automobile he was driv
ing was struck by a passenger train
near that place. lie was one of the
leading Democrats in Wisconsin.
Dr. George Kowertze, a Kansas City
Kans.. physician, convicted by a jury
I in, that place last week of passing
j counterfeit hills, was sentenced to
; seven years in a federal prison Friday
j of last week by Judge Valkeuburg, of
j Kansas. It is believed that the con
j victed man is the master mind of
important points relating to conditions
as they existed there about 1330 B. *C,
Eight times the volume of water that
flows over Niagara Falls was recently
turned loose in the Panama Canal, to
test the fourteen spillway gates.
Anthracite in sealed box cars is hein
shipjied to Western cities. This is nec
essary to assure full shipments reach
ing destinations, as otherwise the cars
may arrive with about, one-half tue
original shipment, after going throui
communities where coal is scarce.
A pilotess army airplane has made
successful flights of more than 90 miles
with only an automatic control device
steering it. Experiments show it to
possible to "shoot " bomb-laden planes,
without pilots, at targets either on or
off the ground with surprising acr
curacy.
For the first time in 105 years the
Planters Hotel, of St. Louis, Mo., re
centlv stopped receiving guests. The
"Old Planters House" will lie convert
ed into an office building after New
Year's Day. This old hostelry during
the '40's and '30's was considered the
social center of the Southland.
The United States Supreme Court
has decided that Japanese cannot be
naturalized hi the United States and
cannot .become citizeus or this country.
This new ruling will affect not only
Japanese in this country, but also all
.Japanese who by reason of Army or
Navy service with American "forces
during the late war were granted cit
izenship.
Several thousand birds alighted on
the docks of the Cunard liner, Scythia,
when tlie vessel was about 400 miles
out of New York on her voyage to Liv
erpoot. Among these were wild caua
ries, redbreasts, thrushes, sand piliers
and Juucos. It is presumed that they i
liad lieen blown to sea during migra- j
tion from North to South and ('entrai |
America. A number of the birds were j
still flying about tlie vessel's deck on j
her arrivul at Uverpool. 1
ly.
gang of notorious counterfeiters that
has been operating in that vicinity for
some time.
Five men were wounded, one serious
in a pistol battle in Bedford, Ky.,
last Saturday night. Three of the
ounded men were bystanders.
A report from Tampico. Mex., says
mile Arnsten, formerly of Shreveport,
shot and killed from ambush
Thursday of last week near that place.
Harry Lynch, forty-two years old. of
leveland, Ohio, shot his wife Monday
and then killed himself. Jealousy is
believed to have ' prompted his rash
acts.
Two men and two women were killed
it Lima, Ohio, Sunday night when a
ist Pennsylvania passenger train
struck their automobile at a crossing
in that place.
Forty persons were injured, none
seriously, when seven Pullman cars of
an Atlantic Coast Une passenger train
turned over near Allenliurst, Ga.,
Wednesday of last week.
Robliers broke into the office of the
inako Coal Company, in Madison,
Wis., Sunday night, blew the safe and
made their escape with $600, according
to a dispatch from that place.
Dr. Charles A. Powers, widely known
surgeon, of Denver, Colo., dropped dead
in the University Club, of that place,
ast Saturday. Dr. Powers was presi
dent of flie American Society for Con
trol ,of Cancer.
Harry Seluiff, piano dealer, his wife
and two maids, of Chicago, Ills., were
chloroformed and their home robbed
of $20.000 in money and jewels Sunday
night. No clew was found by detectives
set at work on the case,
A Washington dispatch says to-day
will be observed throughout the United
States as Woodrow Wilson Day by
friends of Mr. Wilson and contributors
to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
Mr. Wilson will celebrate his 66th
birthday anniversary to-day.
W. L. Johnson, who was convicted
last Friday of killing G. L. Flowers at
Bassett, Texas. Novemlier 26th last,
was sentenced to ninety-nine years in
the penintentiary. The case had been
pending for three days in Texarkana,
Texas, when the jurors reached the
verdict.
Fire starting in a restaurant in the
business section of Juarez, Mex., just
iccross the border from El Paso, Tex
as. Sunday destroyed the offices of the
American consulate and wiped out a
half block of business houses liefere it
was brought under control. Tlie esti
mated loss is $150,000.
Former Brig. Gen. Marcus Joseph
Wright, Confederate leader, died yes
terday at his home in Washington,
D. C., from hardening of the arteries.
Mr. Wright was a native Tennesseean
and a relative of the late Gen. Luke E.
Wright, of Memphis, Teun. He was
ninety-one years of age.
A 75-room hotel, to cost $90,000, will
be erected in Camden, Ark., according
to plans perfected at a meeting of a
group of leading Camden business men.
Thé Muin Hotel Company, which was
organized last week, will erect the new
hotel. They plan to have it ready for
occupancy by April 1st next.
A total of $15,000,000 will be spent
by the Misouri, Kansas and Texas lines
for new equipment and improvements
during the concluding weeks of the
receivership and immediately following
the reorganization of the lines, accord
ing to a statement made by officials of
the road in Fort Worth, Texas.
A dispatch from Chicago, Ills., says
Mrs. Mary Vermett, who Monday cele
brated her 111th birthday anniversary
on a farm near Woodstock, that state,
is believed to lie the oldest Christmas
•lmby" in Illinois. Her sou, Richard,
seventy-nine years old. helped in the
celebration. She has another sou three
years older
Three bandits one day last week
held up the First National Bank, of
Dyer. Ind.. and escaped with $5000.
One bandit, who was dressed as a wo
man, was shot by John Keilman, a gro
cer. and apparently mortally wounded.
His companions threw him into their
automobile as they made their depart
lire from the town.
A law to liermit the jailing of speed
ers. card indexing and finger priutini
of all reckless drivers, and the curbing
of police and " fixing" of violations
were three plans proposed last week
by judges of the Chicago Speeders'
Court, in an effort to stop the killing
of an average of two peinons a day ip
that city by automobiles.
A report from Lake Providence says
the board of aldermen of that city has
instructed the town engineer to con
struct an additional concrete reservoir
at the municipal waterworks plant,
storage facilities becoming too small
for the present demand. The board
has also arranged for the construction
of concrete crossings in all the princi
pal streets of the town.
A news item of the week from Baby
lon. N. Y., states that Mrs Mary Con
ners. seventy-seven years old. widow of
Uuited States Senator John Conners, of
California, ' a pallbearer at Lincoln's
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i fiinernl. died at the home of her daugli
j ter. She was a sister-in-law of ( apt.
| (iuir^s E. I.ark, who took the Battle
j ship Oregon on the famous cruise
j around Cape Horn during the Spaidsh
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FROM OVER THE STATE
Sabine Has 290-Foot Gas Well.
Calcasieu Fruit and Truck
Growers Organize.
Webster's Gravel Pit is Boosted.
Shreveport Gets New Bus Line.
Delhi Wants Waterworks.
Six persons are injured, one perhaps
fatally, as the result of a car contain
ing the six people overturning on the
public road near Dubach Tuesday.
At a meeting of the Calcasieu Parish
fair committee, held in Lake Charles
some days ago, the dates for the 1923
fair were set for November 14th to
17th, inclusive.
Fire Tuesday morning destroyed
three fraise buildings on Main Street,
Glenmora, and caused an estimated loss
of $20,ixV). The town.is in the southern
portion of Rapides Parish.
Burglars last Saturday looted two
safes of the Consumers' Biscuit Com
pany, of New Orleans, and made their
escape with the contents of the safes,
estimated at between $2000 and $3000.
A report from Lake Charles says the
Calcasieu Fruit and Truck Growers'
Association has filed articles of incor
poration as a co-operative corporation
and a general meeting will be called
in the near future for the election of
officers and directors.
A news dispatch from Many says the
Houston Oil Company, which is drilling
in section 32-4-13, Sabine Parish, has
struck gas at 290 feet. The company
has closed this well and is drilling an
other and at 500 feet has good prospects
for oil. The gas from the first well is
being used for fuel.
Four persons, two men and two worn
Nen. arrested in New Orleans Tuesday
night as suspects in the hold-up and
robbery of five bank messengers of the
Drovers National Bank, of Kansas
City, Mo.. December 12th, in which
$97,000 was obtained, left New Orleans
last night for Kansas City in custody of
two private detectives.
According to a news item from Mon
rot*, the Missouri Pacific Railway lias
purchased from the McPhail Oil Com
pany. of Camden, and Smaekover, Ark
a million barrels of^mackover crude
oil ior locomotive fuel 011 its various
Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri di
visious. Tlie McPhail Company will
begin delivery at its Smaekover tracks
by January 1st.
The corporation authorities of the
town of Delhi have ordered an election
to be held January 16th to vote on the
question of issuing bonds in the
amount of $60,000, to be used in the
construction of a waterworks system
The bonds will run for twenty-eight
years, with interest at the maximum
rate of 6 tier cent per aniiuni. A sewer*
age. system for the town is also pro
posed, file proposition to be voted on in
the near future.
The Ouachita Parish authorities will
now proceed with the construction of
that parish's gap in the Dixie Overland
Highway, leading east to the parish
line, the Richland Parish Police Jury
having placed in the Rayville bank
$33,000 to the credit of the Louisiana
Highway Commission, the sum to Vie
applied in the building of the Rayville
Winnsboro road. The Ouachita Parish
authorities have for some time been
waiting for the Richland Parish au
Local and Personal
' Only two days remain in which you
may pay your 1922 poll tax.
Miss. It. A del le Allen left last Satur
day for Shreveport to visit for a time
at the home of her niece. Mrs. Price.
Mr. Tom Demoss, residing to the east
of Plain Dealing, stopped by as lie
passed last Friday and handed in a
dollar on subscription.
Mr. Ernest Bennett, now employed
by tlie Benton Lumber Company, spent
tlie Christmas holiday season at his
home, near Winnfleld.
Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Bugg, of Belch
er. siient Christmas Day in Bouton as
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Henderson, their relatives.
Mrs. Helen Rogers is again here and
has resumed her position in the.Clerk's
Office, after spending some days pleas
antly at her home, in Texarkana, Ark.
Mrs. Pauline Giveus, employed in tlie
office of the Bossier Abstract and Title
Company,* spent the holiday season in
Shreveport with her sister, Mrs. Wil
liams.
Miss Eva Smith, teacher of the Mid
way (line Grove) School, was a vis
itor in Benton for a time last Friday
afternoon. She was on her way home—
ip the Caney School community—to
spend tlie holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. Smith.
An old friend met at the Court House
yesterday was Mr. F. I. Hanks, of Bos
sier City, here to visit his mother and
other relatives and to attend to busi
ness matters. We were pleased to
learn from Mr. Hanks that the condi
tion of bis mother, Mrs. M. H. flanks,
is much improved over what it was a
week ago. Mrs. Hanks has for several
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struction of an Improved road leading
up to Richland.
Asa Brunson, fourteen years old, of
Alexandria, is in a serious condition,
having been accidentally shot by a rifle,
Christmas gift from his father.
George Bullock, of Jennings, one of
tlie original settlers of that placé, was
knocked down by an automobile in
that city Sunday and sustained serious
injuries.
Sunday night the sherriff's office at
Alexandria was robbed of various
kinds of whiskey, seized by the depu
ties in raids. Thieves gained entrance
through a window.
A Baton Rouge dispatch says Mayor
Turner Bynum, who had been at the
point of death for two days, died at
three o'clock Tuesday afternoon. He
was stricken with an attack of Dengue
fever ten days ago.
A news item from Baton Rouge says
the Green well Springs Tuberculosis
Sanitarium, near that place, burned
last Saturday morning, as the result
of an oil stove explosion. No one was
injured, according to the report.
Night Officer P. S. Hebert, of Jen
nings, raided two stills in operation
on a farm near that place Monday
night and brought into jail Eugene
Bodion and his companion, Charlie Le
Blauc. Also, four barrels of mash, four
gallons of whiskey and the two stills
were seized.
Two hundred citizens of Haynes ville
and Homer have accepted an invitation
from the Morgan and Bird Railroad
Company to visit their gravel pit and
washing plant in Webster Parish, ac
cording to a dispatch from Haynesville.
It is claimed this plant is the largest
of its kind in the state.
E. S. Cropper, charged with the mur
der of Mayor T. E. Polemann, of Natch
itoches, in that city on Armistice Day,
was found guilty without capital pun
ishment by a jury, after a trial that
lasted four days. The verdict was
reached one day last week. Since that
time District Judge Joues has over
ruled the motion for a new trial and
fixed Cropper's sentence at life impris
oumeiit in the State Penitentiary.
William Edeuliorn, of New Orleans,
president of-- the Louisiana Railway
and Navigation Company, will take
over the Shreveport-Greenville branch
of, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railroad. The, line was recently sold
at auction to representatives of Cook &
Nathan, investment brokers of New
York, who are said to hold an agree
ment to transfer the property to Mr.
Edenborn. The price paid was $700,
000. the minimum fixed by the Federal
court ordering tlie sale.
Shreveport.
According to a dispatch from Baton
Rouge, the Lee Hardware Company, of
Shreveport, has filed papers with the
-Secretary of State, increasing its capi
tal from $150,000 to $1,000,000.
Last Saturday the Caddo Transfer
and Warehouse Company installed a
three-bus passenger service out of
Shreveport, to include Myrtis and
Rodessa (this state), Atlanta, Queen
City anil Bloomburg, Texas.
The safe of the Mint Cola Company,
2407-09 Texas Avenue, was broken into
Thursday night of last week, and about
$25 in silver and currency taken, also
about $50 in due bills on different com
panies in the city, and three other
checks, according to a report made to
the Shreveport 1 Milice.
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weeks been quite ill and for a time
was in a precarious condition.
The weather is again clear and invit
ing, but cold enough to remind out that
winter has come.
A regular meeting of the Parish
Ssliool Board will be held here Thurs
day of next week, the 4th.
Miss Clotile Rogers, of Shreveport,
spent Monday night in Benton as a
guest of Miss Puttie Ogilvie.
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Mrs. J. E. Adger. sr., still a patient
at a Shreveport sanitarium, continues
to do well, according to lute report.
Mrs. Belle Wise has for some days
past been iu bed from an attack of
acute bronchitis, but her condition at
present is much improved.
Miss Susan Hoffpauir, employed in
Clerk of Court Henderson's office, left
some days ago to spend the holiday
season at her home, in Crowley.
Mr. E. M. Burks,, of the Ivan com
munity, in passing this way last Friday
stopped by to renew his subscription.
He and other meniliers of his family
were returning home from a visit to
the city.
Mrs. W. H. Scanland's condition
seems somewhat improved. She ap
pears stronger and has but slight fever
each day. It is hoi*ed that liefofe the
close of next week she will tie able to
sit up a little from day to day.
Mrs. A. E. DnBard. of Houston, Tex
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as ( perhaps lietter rememliered by the I
Banner's readers as Mrs. Charlie |
Berry, of tlie Adner community) was
among the visitors in Benton yester
day. It is the reiMirter's impression
that Sirs. DuBard is now visiting
around Adner with old frieuds.
Buy from the Banner's advertisers.
Dear Ab: You will find enclosed
two dollars for my renewal to the dear
old Banner for another year." So reads
a brief but appreciated note that has
just come to the office from Mr. W. S.
Dalrymple, who resides about three
whoops to the east of the Midway old
store.
A year or so hence Mr. J. N. Thorn
ton. then an employe in this office,
asked the writer why the Banner's
subscribers, particularly its old sub
scriliers, apparently usually found
pleaure in renewing their subscriptions
and why they so often accompanied
their remittances with a note reflecting
their friendly attitude toward the
paper. We were unable to answer. Per
haps it is because the Banner has all
these years remained intone family, or
because it advocates the same sound
doctrines from year to year, or beAiuse
of party fealty, or just merely because
it lias been here in Bossier Parish so
long. Again, it may lie all these things
taken together. But we started out to
thank many old subscribers for stick
ing with us so faithfully and not to
exploit the Banner's success in any one
direction; "
Around the country newspaper office
the contributor to the paper's success
who is most appreciated Is the old sub
scriber, the man who had his name
placed on its subscription list " way
back yander" and who keeps it there—
always so promptly paid up from year
to year that the office force never gets
a chance to drop him. Others come,
and drop out, but he sticks on, a bear
for good results and when he comes in
for a call Is always as friendly as a
hungry hound pup. Bless the old sub
scriber. How would we newspaper
folk get along without him? He is the
backbone of oue existence, the ' main
stay of our inspiration, the wellspring
of our happiness, and when he calls an
atmosphere of content pervades the
whole office and lingers ground after
lie is gone. Bless the old subscriber, a
good fellow wherever found.
Thanks. Will; thanks to all of you
fellowt^who were subscribers back in
the old days and who Still stick on with
us. The season is appropriate to say
this and we are pleased that the oppor
tunity is presented to do so. If we had
to give up ore of you we would have
our Tegrets; if we had to give up all
of you we would feel inclined to quit
the game. v
The Banner's Correspondents.
So many reverses, physical and oth
erwise, have come to us during the past
several months (having strangers In
charge of the Banner a part of the
time 1 ) that we have in some measure
neglected the Banner's correspondents.
For instance, at the close of the third
quarter we were not here to give In
print the usual report telling who led
the bunch by sending in the greatest
number of news-letters, etc., and as the
fourth quarter of the old year comes to
a close we find ourselves agaia unpre
pared for the "story." But we are
going to get back "in step,'' by which
we mean with the coming of tjie new
year we shall resume the former prac
tice of the office of keeping a record of
the number of news reports sent in
by all correspondents, which will.in
future enable us to give the usual
report in print at the close of each
quarter.
As the occasion is presented and as
the season is timely, we wish to here
thank the Banner's correspondents, one
and all, for the news-letters they have
sent, in during the year, and particu
larly do we thank them for sticking
with the Banner month in and month
out—some of them year in and year
out. Y'ou have been faithful, neighbors,
within itself a reward in good measure,
but we trust our expressions above and
the assurance of appreciation on the
parr of the reader will make you feel
more fully rewarded for your efforts.
Stick 011 with us; we are going to do
our best by you.
Two Couples Wed.
The reporter learned yesterday of the
uniting in marriage last Saturday
night, in Bossier City, by Rev. A. H.
Parker, of that place, of two Bossier
Parish couples—and perhaps it was a
double wedding, but as to that infor
mation was not furnished. Miss Ullian
Denning was united in marriage to
Mr. B. L. Bundy and Miss Virgie M.
Bundy was wed to Mr. W. A. Roach.
The first three named are of the Linton
community and Mr. Roach, we believe,
was reared in the Ivan community.
They are all young people well thought
of and have a wide circle of friend«
where best known. The writer is'
pleased to offer his congratulations and
trusts only good fortune is in store for
them as they journey down life's broad
highway.
Roads Found in Good . Shape.
Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Whittington, re
turned home Monday from Homer,
where they visited for two days, with
Mrs. Whittington's parents, Mr. and
I Mrs. O. F. Harris, and other relatives.
| They drove through in their car
Mr. Whittington has stated to the re
porter that he found the roads leading*
from Benton to Homer in fair condi
tion—in fact, good except fo*a short
stretch to tfie east of Bellevue; but
east of the Four Mile Prairie and on
to Minden the road is fine, he said.