The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-09-10
CORRESPONDENCE
Plain Dealing.

Plain Dealing.
Wednesday, Sept. 9.-The weather has
been ideal for gathering crops.
Rev. Collins preached at the Baptist
Church here Sunday night.
Mr.. T. G. Ward of Burgess is bust
ness visitor here to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Martin of Rocky
Mount are visitors here to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Lee of the Bur-
CESS community were visitors here Mon
day night and yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Kelly of near
Mira were visiting friends here from
Sunday evening until yesterday.
Mrs. Startling of Walnut Hill, Ark,
has been guest for the past few days
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. H:
Allen.
Mr.. H. D. Kelly left yesterday for
Shreveport, to be absent for some days,
and will perhaps undergo slight opera
ton before returning home.
But little cotton was ginned here dur
ing the past week. AS fast as ginned
the farmers return with it to their farms,
awaiting more favorable market.
Cotton seed is only quoted at S12 per
ton, and the farmers are riehtfully re-
fusing any such price and are carrying
them back to the farm. Correct you are.
During the past week some fifteen
pupils have enrolled in Plain Dealing
High School, and BY the first of October
the total number will be near the 200
mark.
: Master Lowry Carstarphen, pupil
in the school here, spent his vacation in
New Orleans and only reached home
Monday night. He will enter school
to-day.
Mr.. Benny Keeth has been confined
to his room for the past ten days with
inflammatory rheumatism. His genial
| presence is greatly missed and his
friends hope for him speedy recovery.
During the past few days fishing has
been reported as fine on the upper lakes,
and Messrs. H. c. and R. E. Wyche,
J. E. Walker, E. S. Fluett and J. E,
Rabb enjoyed it to the utmost. Nc
trouble to catch all you need, and they
are fine.
Mrs. j. P. Mitchell of Texarkana
Ark, has severe attack of rheumatism
and has been confined to her room fol
some time. Mrs. Mitchell and her hus-
band were former residents of Plain
Dealing. She is sister of our towns
man, Mr.. ]. P. Keeth.
| THURSDAY.
Mr.. Joannes Smith of Benton came
in this morning to attend Justice Cour
in this place.
t DR.. r. L. Arnold is again home aftel
about a months absence, spent in Bel.
cher and Ida in the line of his profession
The buy-a-bale movement seems tt
be making converts in this section
Several persons have expressed thei
willingness to join the movement.
j The high school continues to grow
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Mays o
Carterville, brought in their daughter
Carrie, to be entered as pupil. She i
boarding with Mrs. George E. Demoss
State Conservation Agent Sterling
and District Game Warden Green o
Minden came in this morning to inves
tigate alleged violations of the fish law
; On the lakes north of this place. A
they passed through Shreveport thes
gentlemen seized quite lot Of gam
fish that were Illegally taken.
Mr.. J. Perry, cashier at the Plat
Dealing Bank, had a telephone messag
yesterday informing him of the Hines
f Of his son, Linton, at Taylortown. Nj
> Perry left during the afternoon fe
. Shreveport, where his son was taken fc
y medical treatment. He returned HON
! this morning, stating that Linton wa
r doing finely.