The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-10-02
PLAIN DEALING
LOCAL AND Personal.

Mr. JENNA Wyche spent Sunday
in Gillian
Mrs Marvin DemoSS spent last
Saturday in Shreveport.
MIR. Wilmington. of Rossier City.
waS IL guest of Mr.. Wilbur .\dair one
day the first of the week.
Mr.. NJ. Price is spending the latter
half of this week in Shreveport, but is
due home Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Marvin DenoSS is relocating
his SAW mill. one-half mile west Of the
old Salem Graveyard. and it vii soon
he in operation.
Mrs Lula Denmon went to lIOSS-
ton last Friday to visit friends and rel
ativeS and returned home about the
first Of the week.
MIR. Ben Keith and Mr. NJ. Il. Kidd
attended the ball game in Shreveport
Tuesday. They made the trip with
Mr.. John Stratton in his car.
curry BoggS took the Monday af-
ternoon motor for Shreveport where
he spent several days of this week with
his mother. Mrs. w. Il. Boggs, jr.
A social and business meeting of
the Ladies' Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church was entertained 10y
Mrs. Charlie Floyd yesterday (Wetlnes-
day. afternoon.
MIR. J. {. Ferguson of Shreveport.
District Traffic Manager for the Cotton
Belt Railroad. waS tranSactins buSi-
ness matters with Plain Dealing EuSi-
ness men Tuesday.
Miss Dina SherhOurn. of Collins
burg. after Il visit Of five weeks with
relatives and friends residing in Baton
way of Plain Dealing.
Miss Ollie Startling. Of Marshall
Texas. who had been visiting her
mother. in Bradley. Ark, arrived last
thursday ana sl'ent~a day with her
sister. Mrs. J. ii. Allen.
Mr.-aiid Mrs. Il. &. MolShee. OF
~ Little Rock. Ark. arrived Monday and
are stopping ut the Gray House. Mr.
Mols',ee is tie inspector for the Mis-.
souri, Pacific Railroad. They may be IN
Plain Dealing for some weeks.
Mr. +. NJ. Graham Is in Shreveport
to-day on business. He was seeing
some Shreveport tie contractors about
Il scheme to barge tie timber Oh Red
River from the Arkansas line down to
Shreveport Gasoline bargeS. III X I'll
feet in size. with capacity Of 800 ties
each. are to be used.
-Dr. {. II. Irion and Mr.. w. Il.
Willourn. of Benton. spent Il few hours
in Plain Dealing Sunday. They were
liking most points in BoSSier Parish
in the interest of the Salvation Army
drive for funds and had been two days
thus engaged with another day or 50
yet to devote to the work.
MIR. J. NJ Cornish and Mr. Will
Sentell (of Col!inSbury) went as far as
Shreveport Tuesday morning with
their daughters. who were on their
way to RuSton to enter the State In
turned home on the evellin. train. but
Mr. Sentell went on to Ruston with the
young ladies.
"Wednesday of last week NIessrs.
II. {. Wyche. Alb Cavett, Robbie Doles.
f. Morgan and Bob DoleS went squirrel
hunting to the Chalybeate Springs
neighhorhood. They got seventeen
squirrels = mostly III: fox squirrels.
Five went into Il liz stew which Mr..
Wyche made in camp and Il dozen were
brought home.
Plain Dealing merchants are re-
ceiviny this week fall goods due to
have arrived Il month ago. The Plain
Dealing Mercantile Company got in an
express shipment of waists and others
are also receiving freight shipments
to the extent that the stores are now
well stocked with good merchandise
and ready for the fall rush.
The operators of the Farmers Gin
of this place have rejoiced the hearts
of those interested in cotton by an
nouncing that til" staple will hereafter
he .iined for so cents per bale. instead
of 81. and that wrapping will he done
for 81 from this time forth. instead of
$223. as heretofore. The East St
Louis Cotton Oil people. also owning
and operating Il gin here. have joined
in the price-cutting.
Mr. Will +. Seward. son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. X. Seward of .Ark;,na. died
last Friday morning. ut Iselcler and
tho rcun,iuS ,yarn t.,l pu r., his ,n,nnl.
the same evening. The funeral service
was performed and the internent took
place last Saturday morning ut ten
o'clock ut Chalybeate Springs Gene
terry. Rev Tanner conducting the cere-
muny Deceased WAS thirty years IF