The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-12-23
CORRESPONDENCE
Plain Dealing.

Plain Dealing.
Monday, Dec. 2O.-Marriage bells will
soon be ringing. Watch out!
Two barrels, containing one hundred
ducks each, were shipped from here
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carstarphen of
Ruston are Christmas visitors here with
their relatives.
Quite a lot of pork, poulty and eata-
bles of all kinds are being shipped from
Plain Dealing daily.
Mr.. Glen Curry, with the Republic
Supply Company, of Shreveport, spent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. J. S.
Gray.
DR.. Garrett Mcclellan Che soon will be
one) is spending the holidays with his
parents. He is student in a Memphis,
Tenn, medical college.
Mr.. E. M. Carstarphen, who has had
several building contracts in the thriv-
ing town of Minden, is at home with his
family until after the holidays.
Mr.. j. D. Lee of Shreveport was
visitor here Saturday. He, in common
with all property owners in this locality,
is not wanting in good word for the
town and community.
The writer, by an oversight, in last
weeks issue of the Banner, cut twenty
feet off Plain Dealings new brick store,
now about finished. The building is
30 go instead of 30x4O, as then stated.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Chandler of this
place celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary last Friday, the 18th. They
are the grandparents of eighty mine
grandchildren and seventeen great
grandchildren. May they live to cele-
brate many more anniversaries of their
wedding day.
Hon. Allen Hamiter, of Lewisville,
Ark, President of an Arkansas oil COM
pany, and other officers of the organiza-
ton, together with an oil we'll driller,
made trip to Miller's Bluff yesterday.
They are to at once open up the well
drilled there some years ago. Oil in
small quantities is constantly escaping
from the opening, and derrick will be
erected so that the we'll can be bailed
out and, if necessary, drilled deeper
Mr.. John Arnold will saw out the tim
bers for the derrick and the oil field crew
will go to work at once. A sample Of
the oil from the we'll can be seen here al
any time.
TUESDAY.
Mr.. Ira Gleason is shipping a car O.
hogs to the Fort Worth market to- day
Plain Dealing High School will b
dismissed Thursday afternoon until ate
the holidays.
Miss Fanny Swindle, who has beer
teaching at Ninock for same time, is a
home for the holidays.
Mr.. Jake Lusk, who has had employ
ment in Minden for some months, is a
home for the holidays.
The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid shippe
yesterday to the Palmer Orphanage
Columbus, Miss, a substantial box TO
the inmates.
News was received here yesterday G
the death of Mrs. J. D. Rogers, of Car
terville, which resulted from an attac
of pneumonia.
Mr.. Charley Floyd of Mot happene
to rather painful accident yesterda
afternoon, losing two fingers and LAGER
ating a thumb in cotton gin.
From all reports Bossier Parish farm
ers are killing more meat hogs this ia
than for some years past. Nearly ever
farmer has raised enough to supply hin
I" self bountifully.
Cards announcing the approachin
marriage of Mr.. Alton Rhea Foster an
Miss Pattie Carstarphen have been IT
ceived. Their marriage will be celebra
ed at the residence of the brides parent
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Carstarphen, c
Wednesday afternoon, the goth. tt
bride-eleet is one of the popular your
ladies of our town, we'll known and like
and admired for her admirable traits
character wherever known. The your
man is worthy and we'll spoken of al
the two are receiving the congratulate
of all.
III WEDNESDAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Carstarphen al
children, who have been in Minden
the past fewweeks, are at home until t
holidays.
III From present indications there will
large crowd to witness the entertai
ment to be given by the young talent
the town at the school house to-nigl
| given for the benefit of the school libra
/ fund.
III While the family of Mr.. H. NJ. Bail
were at dinner yesterday burning bra
was noticed to fall in an adjoining roo
Upon hurried investigation being ma
4 it was found that the ceiling near fl
I was burning fiercely. BY prompt acti
4 the flames were quickly subdued. I
fire originated from defective flue.
AZ Mr.. John Dexter has generously te
4 \ dered his theater building to the lad
\ of the town for the holding of Christn
4 festivities. A fine program is being
4 ranged by those having charge of