The Bossier banner., 1907-07-11
CORRESPONDENCE
plain Dealing.

Plain Dealing.
Miss Curtis Sibley, Of Benton, is here
on visit to her sister, Miss Lucille
Sibley.
Mrs. Bette Lowry, Of Benton, is vis-
iting her friends here-and they are
numerous.
Mr.. Elmer Walker, of the Cotton VAL
ley Drug Co., spent Sunday here with
his parents.
Miss Edith Zeigler, of Rocky Mount,
who has been visiting friends here the
past week, returned home Monday.
Fanny and Emma Sandidge, children
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Sandidge, OF
Fillmore, are visiting the children of
Mr.. E. R. Mading.
Mr.. Maine Bodenheimer, an old resi-
dent Of Bossier Parish, now epresenting
anew Orleans house, was interviewing
the trade here last Friday.
Miss Ethel Many, who has been teach
ing the Bossier Point School, came up on
the Fourth on visit to her parents, re-
turning on Monday.
Mr.. Bell, of Texarkana, the father of
DR.. w. F. Bell, spent several days of
this and the past week here, visiting the
oil we'll before his return. Bob Curry
accompanied him home.
Mr.. E. R. Mading, Parish Assessor,
has submitted to the School Board his
list Of educable school children, which is
as follows: Whites, 1888; colored, 5, 100;
males, 3,540; females, 3,058; total num-
Der, 6,598.
On Tuesday night Mr.. H. H. Mont
gomery was granted franchise for the
construction of telephone line and ex-
change in our town, and will at once
begin the constructing of the line to Red
Land, Carterville and Pleasant Hill, and
as the business grows, will extend to
other points. This will be great con-
venience to the public, and should be
encouraged by liberal patronage. II
is expected the line will be finished tc
Carterville by the 1st of September.
To show that money can be made ou,
of other crops besides cotton, Mr.. E. M
Laughlin, of Alden Bridge, Vice Presi-
dent of the Bossier Parish Fair Associa-
ton, furnishes statement of the yieli
and outcome Of his potato crop: Plant
ed 221s bushels Of Irish potatoes, cos,
81 per bushel; used 1900 pounds O
Virginia Carolina fertilizer at cost o.
4 $2O.25 per ton. Planted about "a acres
shipped to ST. Louis 241 bushels; ne
proceeds, 722s bushels, or r$175.25. Ais
sold in local market fifteen or twent!
bushels. Culls were fed to hogs-thirt,
or more bushels. Besides this, severa
bushels were given away to cleaners af
ter crop was dug.
PARISH FAIR NOTES.
What about that $40 for best hom
raised bacon? 1t was not competed 10
at all last year.
i Every farmer will gain something b,
the success of the Fair, so save the bes
specimens of everything you have.
Mr.. w. T. Lovelady, of Plain Deal
| he hn
best Poland China pig. But there viii
others.
/ Arrangements will be made so that al
who can do so will come and camp on tn
grounds. Plenty of water will be pro
vided. Come and bring your family an
} spend the three days.
We want to serve notice on the Stat
Fair management that Bossier will appl
again for that $500 for the best paris
exhibit, and we wont your co-operatio
toward getting it. Won't you aid? Yo
did last year, and won't you do bette
this year?
Get your colts and cattle in readiness
Remember, that some of the prize win
ners at the last Fair were taken from tn
range directly to the Fair. Don't al
tempt this again. You might regret il
It pays to get them in shape before ez
hibiting them.
+ From indications the cultivator priz
: at the forthcoming Fair to be given fl
the best acre of corn will be compete
$ for by several parties. Mr.. E. NJ. Laugh
: lin, of Alden Bridge; Mr.. Young, {
9 Linton; Mr.. j. F. Adair, Of Ivan, an
Mr.. N. w. Stewart, of Red Land, al
e all trying for it, and no doubt some goe
r yields will be secured.