The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-10-09
Plain Dealing Department

road from Benton this way vii be in
better shape
MIR. :. J. Caldwell made business
"TRIP to Shreveport Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. J. ID. Fenet motored
t" Shreveport Monday to spend the day.
| MIR. Emmett Taylor. of Benton.
was shaking hands with friends in our
town last Saturday
Miss Leila Walker, of the high
schooi faculty. spent Saturday Of last
week III Shreveport.
Mrs. Rabbi. of Belcler, who has
been visiting her aunt. Mrs. Margery
'lark, returned home Monday.
Miss Zuna Barnett. teaching at
Bossier City. spent the weekend with
her mother. Mrs. Matte Barnett.
Mrs. Howard l.. King, of Shreye-
port. spent Saturday night and sun
day i'll Plain Dealing with relatives.
Mrs. w. l.. Startling. of Bradley,
Ark. came i'll Tuesday to spend the
week with her daughter, Mrs. John HI.
Allen.
MIR. T. X. Crawford, Mr.. c. \. Har-
rison and Mr.. Ben Keeth went to Ben
ton Tuesday afternoon on Il business;
mission.
Mr.. Whatley Holmes came in last
Friday from Shreveport to visit his
sister. Mrs. Lee Bush He returned to
Shreveport Sunday
Mrs. w. H. Martin went to Shreve-
port yesterday and spent the day in
| ordering new line of ladies' hats
from n ST TO,liS salesman
Miss Sadye Winston. of MORNINGS
port. came in last Saturday to spend
the winter with,her sisters. Mrs. G. G.
Lyon and Mrs. {. f. Bolinger.
MIR. William A. Bounds has his
new residence. just north of the Many
home. well under way. 1t is to he ii
handsome bungalow of five or six
rooms.
Miss Viola Dickinson. of Calves
ton. Texas. who has been some weeks
at IewiSville. Ark. spent Sunday in
Plain Dealing as Il guest Of Mrs. X. q.
MolSbee
MIR. and Mrs. W. F.. Percy, of Hoss-
ton. came in Monday to spend the week
with Mrs. Percy's sister. Mrs. Ray
Bailey. and their father. Mr.. X. F..
Hamiter.
There are now five or six new res
| licences going UP in Plain Dealing and
material is being placed Oh the lot for
Il new brick store. And the building
season is yet young.
The Wildrox Oil COmpany's well.
| southwest of town. was down to Il
depth Of 1900 feet Tuesday. Nothing
| of note is expected to develop in the
drilling until the depth is below 2OOO
feet.
Miss LehOra Majors left Tuesday
| for Shreveport, where she will spend Il
few days with relatives before proceed
| ing to Many. where she will begin
teaching Monday of next week in a
public school.
MIR. M. s. Bolinger was over in
the Sarepta country yesterday and re-
ports great activity in oil leasing there.
Or rather. the activity has lately been
so great that there now remains little
or no Unbiased land.
Capt J. H. Nattin. MeSSrS. J. A.
| Ford. H. Nj. MatlOck. +. X. Chandler
! Dick Cleaver and NJ. Il. Smith. all of
Plain Dealing and community, and Mr.
I.inson. of near Alden Bridge, left Sun
day for Atlanta. Ga. where they at
tended the reunion of Confederate vet
Grams this week.
MIR. and Mrs. H. l.. Boggs spent
Sunday at Mira as guests Of MIR. and
| Mrs s. w. Davis. returning home Mon
day by way of Shreveport. Mr.. Boggs
says cotton fields along the route and
around Mira look very unlikely in most
cases. and so much rain has fallen
that the cornstalks are rOtting at the
roots in many instances SO that they
fall over at Il touch. The corn. how