The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-15
Correspondence
Plain Dealing.

Plain Dealing.
Mrs Martha Hawthorn, of Mansfield, is a guest
of Mrs. T. N. Keoun.
A camp of the Columbian Woodmen will be or
gained here tomorrow night.
Miss Emma Gray Haynes, of Belcher, is guest
OF her aunt, Mrs. H. H. Montgomery.
Mrs. Clifford Bland and Miss Beulah Wright, of
Shreveport, visiting the uncle of the former,
Mr.. E. R. Mading.
Mrs. Lydia Cummings and her brother, Mr..
w. R. Cavett, of Shreveport, are visiting their
sisters, Mrs. W. r. Sibley and Mrs. r. C. Purcell.
While loading logs Ivan last Friday morn
ing Cliff Sandefer, young employed by
Whited e. Wheless, had the misfortune to get his
leg broken by log rolling on it. In the afternoon
OF the same day he taken to the Shreveport
Charity Hospital for treatment suffering severely
from his injured limb.
Plain Dealing claims as one of it's citizens, in the
person of DR.. G. w. Davis, the courier who deliv-
cred dispatch to Gen. Alfred Mouton at the
Battle of Mansfield, and which the General was
reading at the time he was killed. DR.. Davis was
still sitting astride his horse within eight feet of
the unfortunate officer when he received his death
wound
The protracted meeting at the Baptist Church
closed Tuesday night. The pastor, Rev. Ford, was
ably assisted throughout the meeting by Rev. w. T.
Tardy, OF Monroe, who is perhaps one of the fore
most preachers in the Baptist denomination of the
day. The sermons were all forceful and were given
the closest attention. The net results from the
meeting were twelve members and thorough
awakening of the membership of the different
churches.
Mr.. John S. Boggs, Oldest son of Hon. w. B.
Boggs, of this place, and Miss Lucille Sibley, a
daughter of Mrs. Maggie Sibley, of Benton, were
united in marriage at the home of the BRIDES aunt
Mrs. Berta Wyche, Sunday afternoon, Rev. w. F.
Tardy performing the ceremony They will make
their future home in Yellow Pine Their friends
here-the entire town-join the writer in his con-
gratulations and well wishes. May they enjoy lifes
richest blessings and live happily together up to
ripe old age.
PARISH FAIR NOTES.
The State Board OF Health will occupy one night
on the program with an illustrated lecture on by
giene of the home and farm.
The State Crop Pest Commission will have an
exhibit of all injurious and beneficial insects which
promises to be of the features of the Fair.
Several boys are on the list for the best display
by boy under eighteen years of age for the pre-
MUM OF one Berkshire pig, offered by Mr.. E. M.
Laughlin. We want to hear from more of you, as
this prize is a valuable one and we'll worth working
for.
The directors would like to know at once of all
intending exhibition of hogs, horses and cattle SO
that sufficient stable can be prepared. By all
means go to work at to get your live stock in
the best possible condition for exhibition, and you
will the best exhibit of live stock shown at
parish fair in Louisiana.
The management of the Fair Association has so
far received assurance from Hon. J. Y. Sanders
that ii it is possible to make connection at Shreve
port he will be present Thursday, the second day
of the Fair Gen. Leon Jastremsk writes that he
is billed to address the people of Arcadia that
day, but that later he will be pleased to appear
before the people OF Bossier. No reply has at this
writing been received from Hon. Theodore Wilkn-
son, but it is believed he will be on hand.
DEATH OF MRS. MARY j. GRAHAM
On Thursday afternoon of last week relatives
living here received a telegram from Dodson an
nouncing the death Of Mrs. Mary J. Graham, and
stating that the remains had been shipped to this
place for burial. Mrs Graham lived in Plain Deal
ing for several years and won many friends, all of
whom were sincerely grieved to learn of her death.
The nterment took place Friday morning IN Pleas
ant Hill Cemetery.
She leaves four chdren-Mr. F. M. Graham,
Mrs. EVE Wood, Mrs. Lottie Demoss and Mrs.
Jane Boyd.
She was born in Indiana and was about sixty five
years old at the time of her DEATH Her father was
British subject, but removed to Alabama before
the war and after the he and several OF his
friends went to Brazil. While there Mr.. Graham
wrote very interesting book on "Iife in Brazil, y
through the circulation of which ne expected to
persuade many to leave the South and colonize in
that country.
Wednesday, August IA, 1907.