The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-08-29
CORRESPONDENCE
Plain Dealing.

Plain Dealing.
Monday, August ga fine rain fell
here last Thursday morning.
Mrs. James M. Henderson returned
home from Shreveport Friday.
Mr.. S. ]. Zeigler was here the latter
part of last week looking after his real
estate interests.
Misses Ernestine Terry of Shreveport
and Florrie Martin of Benton are guests
of Miss Lizzie Wyche.
Miss Emmie Dickson of Walnut Hill,
Ark, came down Sunday to spend a
week as guest of Mrs. John H. Allen.
Rev. w. l. Feazelle, a Baptist evan
gelist, preached here last Thursday
night. He went from this place to
Benton.
Misses Mozelle and Stella Boggs left
last Thursday for Cotton Valley, where
they will be guests for a few days of
Mrs. H. H. Smith.
Messrs. E. M. Carstarphen and J. T.
Dudney have each just finished painting
their cottages and DR.. Logan Arnold s
will be finished soon.
Messrs. w. B. Boggs and w. J. John
ston returned yesterday from the State
capital, where they were called to attend
the extra session of the Legislature.
Mrs. M. E. Rabb, who has for some
time been visiting her son, Mr.. James
Rabb of Merryville, returned here last
Thursday. She will make Plain Dealing
her home for time.
Miss Minnie Lee Kendrick, who has
been visiting in Shreveport and Frier-
son some two weeks, returned home Sat-
urday, bringing with her Mrs. Floyd
Kendrick of Shreveport and Miss Lille
Flores of Frierson.
Miss Alma Banks of Vivian arrived
last Thursday for visit of week OF
two with relatives. Her sister Nina,
who was weekend guest of Mrs. w. H.
Martin of Rocky Mount, returned to her
home from this place Friday.
A series of meetings was begun at the
Methodist Church last Wednesday night
Brother Embree is being assisted by
Rev. r. w. Tucker, Presiding Elder fol
this district. Thus far there has been
only one accession to the church.
Mr.. billiard Hulse of Homer, manager
and joint publisher of the Guardian
Journal, and his sister, Miss Lucille,
were visitors in Plain Dealing last week
Miss Hulse was looking up class in
music for the coming school term.
Last Thursday the writer spent a few
hours very pleasantly at the J. R. Cavett
home place, near Collinsburg, where he
was called to make some Photographic
exposures. Mrs. Cavett was enjoying a
family reunion and home barbecue
that day.
Mr.. A. M. Odom, whose place is a few
miles south of Plain Dealing, brought
in and placed on display Saturday "a
stalk of cotton a little over waist high
that showed 1O7 we'll developed bolls
This count does not include any of the
squares, blooms or small bolls. Mr.
Odom claims it is about an average stalk
from that field.
WEDNESDAY.
Mr.. J. B. Keoun of near Red Land
brought in and shipped to Shreveport
yesterday wagon load of as nice yam
potatoes of an early variety as it has
ever been the writer's good fortune
to see.
Miss Hazel Haynes of Shreveport
after several days. stay here, returned
home yesterday. Her aunt, Mrs. H. H
Montgomery, with whom she was stop
ping, accompanied her and will visit il
Shreveport short while.
Officers in pursuit of Sam Johnston
the negro who shot Mr.. Percy Alexan.
der in Shreveport Sunday evening, were
here early Monday morning, but did mo-
remain long, having learned that the
fugitive did not come this way.
Miss Alletha v. Montgomery left yes.
terday for Shreveport, where she will
spend day or so, after which she viii
proceed to Weatherford, Texas for {
visit of two weeks. She will teach dur.
ing the coming scholastic year at Ran.
ger, Texas.
S. H. Bolinger & Company's log trair
made its initial trip over this part of thu
Cotton Belts track yesterday. At al
early date the train will be operated reg
ularly in hauling saw stock from points
southwest of Plain Dealing to the com
pany's mill at Bolinger.
Mr.. Carl King of Shreveport, who ha
been visiting in Plain Dealing and com
munity some two weeks, yesterday a
noon secured a conveyance and drov
out north into the Alabama settlement
There he found Miss Loula Wise attend
ing the meeting at Chalybeate Spring
Church and, taking her in the bugg,
with him, drove on to the home OF Rev
S. DAVIS, where they were united il
marriage, much to the surprise OF man,
of their friends.