The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-02-06
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Plain Dealing.

Plain Dealing.
Monday, Feb. 3.-An electrical storm
visited this place last Thursday night.
DR.. Logan Arnold returned home Satur-
day from Yellow Pine.
Miss Pattie Carstarphen was on the sick
list few days last week.
Miss Daisy Brownlee spent Saturday
and Sunday at her home in Benton.
Leslie Banks and Fanny Swindle went to
Benton Thursday for the teachers exami-
nation.
Mr.. Richard Drew of Minden returned
home Saturday after few days. stay here
with relatives.
Mesdames G. w. Davis and H. D. Kelly
spent day very pleasantly in Benton the
later part Of last week.
Mr.. j. P Keeth's store showed evidence
Friday moring Of having been entered the
night before by thieves.
A carload of wire fencing consigned to
the farmers of the surrounding community,
was unloaded here Saturday.
Drilling is proceeding fairly we'll at the
gas we'll site here. Mr.. Honneycutt is very
hopeful Of striking it this time.
Mr.. J. O. Chapmen of Galveston, Texas,
postoffice inspector, was here Friday
looking over and measuring roads for a
proposed rural mail route.
Mr.. j. B. Dooley, after ten days. stay
here, left on Saturday evenings train for
Texarkana, Ark, where he will remain a
few. days, after which he will proceed to
his home in Oklahoma.
Mrs. J. E. Murray and little son Sam of
Shreveport came up Saturday night for a
. few days visit with Mrs. Murray's mother,
Mrs. S. H. Cochran, and incidently to be
present at the coming wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Boggs left for
, Shreveport Saturday. They will board for
! few days, after which they will rent rooms
and do light housekeeping until June,
when the girls will be home for vacation
: from their schools.
, Thursday morning cartridge exploded
, in the fireplace at the home of Mr.. j. M.
Henderson, frightning Mrs. Henderson not
little. Something, presumably the shell,
! struck one of the children in the face and
after doctor had dressed the child's
, wound it was discovered that the explosion
E had thrown a coal across the room and on
the bed. 1t had burned a hole in pillow
: beside which the baby was sleeping.
!, THURSDAY.
G Several went to Benton on account Of
e court this week.
Mrs. Baird received word Tuesday ap.
I prising her Of the fact that her son San
was somewhat improved.
Mrs. j. E. Murray gave linen shower
Tuesday afternoon to Miss Evalyn Car
S starphen.
] A tiny little girl arrived at the home o
r Rev. and Mrs. T. j. Embree Tuesday. The
happy parents are rejoicing no little.
= Mr.. M. Roy Bolinger of Bolinger, for
: merly from Kansas, and Miss Evalyn Car
Il starphen popular young lady of GU
) town, were married last evening at 81!
= O'Clock at the home of the brides parents
n Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Carstarphen. TIL
writer joins their numerous friends in wish
! ! ing them many years Of happiness-sucl
q as is theirs to-day.
. The Cotton Belts AGRICULTURAL Trail
e arrived here yesterday at 80 pm. ant
! was met by large crowd of people from
. town and the surrounding country, al
, eager to hear the lectures and see the ex
. hibits of bathroom, kitchen, dairy, farm
= cannery and barn equipment, electric lgh
! plant, new and improved farm implement
!, and machinery and specimens from farm
:, garden and orchard of the districts travers
: ed by the Cotton Belt Railway. The trail
= was here all the afternoon and night, leav
! ing this morning at eight O'Clock for Brad
> ley, Ark. JACK.