The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-11-07
CORRESPONDENCE
Plain Dealing.

Wednesday, Nov. Cdr. G. c. Lyon is
now out. after an attack of Influenza.
Judge r. c. Drew of Minden, was a
visitor here Monday.
1t is reported that oil well develop
as vet been reOpened.
dwelling houses are hard to obtain
here. There are calls nearly every day for
homes
MIR. and Mrs. Joe Waggoner have their
new home nearly completed. They will
move in at once.
The influenza epidemic has about pass
ed. However. the public schools have not
ments will soon be under way here.
MIR. George Demoss, the obliging car
rier on rural mail route No. =, has nearly
entirely recovered He has had quite IA Sc
rious time.
residents of Plain Dealing, now living in
Shreveport, were here yesterday, Mr.. Wright
coming in to vote.
j. W. Wyche, youngest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. c. Wyche. who has held position
for some months ut Dixie, is now here with
his parents. recupernting after an attack of
influenza. His mother went to Dixie to
nurse him during his illness.
MIR. Il. c. Morris. aged seventy four
years. who for the past several months had
been living ut collinsburg, died Monday at
a Shreveport sanitarium, where he had been
taken for medical attention. The remains
were inferred in Plain Dealing Cemetery
yesterday, Rev. r. J. Holiday of the Meth
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Mr.. Morris. who was noted as of Il retiring
disposition, had made many friends in this
section, and his taking away leaves sad
hearts among all of them.
Quite number of changes are to be
made during the coming months in new res
idents, some having already taken place.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Cornish and family, for
merly residing in the Oak Hill community.
are now domiciled ut the Scovcll home,
having moved in some weeks ago. Mr..
q. q. Allen. one of the most successful
farmers of Ward Four, is expected to move
! in by January LIST. Mr.. q. 4. Mays has de-
cided to remor, back to his fine farm in
Ward Four. Mr.. John +. Adair, of Ivan,
will remove here in the near future. There
are several Other changes but, so far. not
sufficiently well authenticated to SO state.
If one wanted to trace the cause of the
rcd-blooded. true American they could have
had that opportunity yesterday, when two
aged Confederate veterans, heretofore I'M
known to each other. met. One of these
WAS Il gentleman who was never known to
WAIVER in the face of the cnemy-capt.
John II. Nattin, of Collinsburg-the other
Mr. George McDufiie, formerly Il member of
| Dreauy' Battalion. 1t developed during the
| conversation that they had taken part, while
| members Of different units, in some of the
| same engagements, one in particular, where
| they charged the enemy over Il rock wall
when Gen. Hodges tho doubt IN ascendant
Of the present Hodges family residing in
/, Bossier PARISH gave the command, Come
| on, boys" And they came, as they always
did when appealed to like that. Capt. Nat
! tin suffered six wounds, and Mr.. McDufie
escaped with only five. Capt. Nattin is now
| scventy-four years of age and his cOmpa-
triot eightysix. but to see his movements
one would pronounce him twenty years
younger. While they fought and shed their
blood for what they believed was right, they
are now just as enthusiastically in favor of
| uphOlding the flag over the world. With
| such characters to mark the way, there
| need never be any fear of the outcome of
| the war for human liberty.