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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-12-25
Mrs. Webb Martin Entertsins.

Mrs. w. H. Martin entertained the
Double Eight Rock Club ut her hoine
last Thursday afternoon. The house
was decorated with poinsettas and red
Christmas bells. The score cards were
appropriate and artistic in poinsettaS
and holly.
After the games Il delightful lunch
of cream chicken In,tties. cherry nut
salad. waters and tea WAS served. little
Jean Martin and Mrs. W. NJ. Thomp-
son assisting the hostess in serving and
entertaining.
The club prize was won by Mrs.
J. =. Gray.
Those present We're MestlameS. Il. l..
Arnold. w. +. Bell. Frank Collins. J. =
Gray. Lee y. Bush, &. Z. Lyon. +. y.
Fluitt. Emmett Wyche. Elmer Walker.
J. :. Rodgers and Barton Purcell. Miss
Mary Pickett, and the hostess.
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Heifner Estate Settled.

Mr.. \. W. Heifner. administrator for
the estate of his fathr. the late John
Heifner. attended the administrators
sale for the estate. held in Benton last
Saturday. when the Heifner farm was
sold to Mr.. Jim Kirklin for $3.50 and
the residence In Plain Dealing to Mr..
w. e. .Adair for $500 There remains
of personal property to he disposed Of
about 5000 in values. and the estate
might lie said to have been wound up
to all practical purposes and ends.
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Plain Dealing Department

Mae New. will spend the Christmas va
cation at her home in this place
Mr. Joe Jolley. of Gillian. was
here Sunday OH Il visit with friends.
Born last Saturday night. to Mr..
and Mrs. q. l.. Hunter. of Rolinger, IA
boy
Mrs. Emmett Wyche and son, Bob
lie. spent Monday visiting in Shreye-
port.
Ruth. spent last Saturday in Shreve-
port.
Miss Berta Mae Kelly is at home
from the State University for the holt
day season.
Miss Ethel Rodgers. who is teach
ing near Minden. came in last Satur-
day to spend the Christmas holidays
ut home.
Miss Carrie Lou Mays came in last
Saturday morning from her school at
Meridian. Miss. She will return to Me
ridian after the holidays.
Miss Lois Swindle came in, Sunday
night from her school at Yellow Pine
Webster Parish. and is spending the
holidays with her people.
Mrs. Barton Purcell and her little
daughter. Frances. visited relatives in
Shreveport for couple of days during
the latter half Of last week.
Mrs. Addie Lowry. of Hartford.
Ark. is visiting her daughter. Mrs.
J. +. Seward. residin. some six miles
north of Plain Dealing. and last Thurs
day night waS ii guest of Mrs. John III.
Allen.
Little Allen Roach. son of Mr. and
Mrs. \. X. Roach of Mansfield. came
in last Friday night and spent the hol-
idayS until yesterday with her sister,
Mrs. G. l.. Allen.
Mrs. NJ. Il. Caldwell. Messrs W. c.
.Meares. L. j. Caldwell and J. II. Fenet
went to Minden Sunday afternoon to
attend the funeral of the late Judge
II. {. Drew. who died that morning at
ten O'Clock.
The drilling crew at the site of the
new Wilde RoX well lost their drill in
the well last Saturday and suspended
operations until Monday until the
proper fishing apparatus could arrive.
They resumed work the first Of the
week.
Miss Carrie Bogss returned sun
day night from Pride. where she is as
siStant principal teacher i'll the State
Agricultural school. She is spendin.
the holidays with her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. HI. l.. Boggs. She has as her
guests Miss Tile Armhein and Miss
Ruth Fitch. who are also teachers at
the agricultural school.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. H. James and son
Henry. and their little girl, Annie Mae
left yesterday for Dubacli, Lincoln
Parish. where they are attending the
James family reunion during the hOli-
I days About fifty members of the fam
lily are attending the gathering. MI
Ben James is iii charge of the James
Garage during the absence of his
father.
An attempt WAS made by burglars
Monday night to enter the Allen Mar,
ket-the old Plain Dealing Market
The screen wire was torn off two win
dows on the south side of the building
| hut the thieves became frightened and
fed The colored family next dooi
heard the racket and probably gave
| the manifestation that prevented the
| burglary.
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Business and Prohibition.

Mr.. w. A. Bounds and Mr.. J. s.
Rodgers. each of whom has known
Plain Dealing ever since the town was
established some thirty-odd years ago.
were renarking Tuesday that it was
the first really and truly dry" Christ
mas in its history. Heretofore whiS-
key has been shipped into Plain Deal
ing ly the express medium and boot
Logging has been ut times rather
common.
This Christmas there has been no
whiSkey. and Mr.. Rodgers estimated
the saving in cash ut some thousands
of tollors. to say nothing of the saving
in broken heads and disrupted family
relations.
The reporter suggested that the say
ing in the way of prohibited liquor
would 20 far toward making up the
shortage i'll the cotton crop. and Mr..
Bounds agreed that 5000 or $1,000 was
not too high 4 figure to claim as a saw
ing from old John Rarleycorn in this
community this hristnlas-rememler
ing that single quart Of whiSkey now
costs giant sum all by itself.
The Christmas trade was gOod-all
the merchants were busy. Collections
have been better on account of prOhi
litiOn. 1t was agreed. and probably nt
business man in Plain Dealing would
like to 20 back to the wet Christmas
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CORRESPONDENCE
Pleasant Hill.

Monday. Dec. 22.-Three more days
until Christmas-;lnd Il dry one, too.
Mrs. Beene is a guest Of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Dalton Mckenzie.
Mr.. Dick KeOun. Of Red I4lnd, was
in this community last week.
Mr.. Dalton Mckenzie was business
visitor to Benton last Thursday.
Miss Matte DeNIOSs spent last Tues
day with Mrs. Emmett DeAIOss.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. \. Gleason visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Gleason Sunday
Mrs. Il. +. Gleason spent last Thurs
day and Friday in Shreveport visiting
relatives.
Miss Matte Ruth DeAIoss and Mrs.
Caleb Mckinney We're shopping in
Plain Dealing last Wednesday.
Mrs. \. f. Mckenzie left last Tues
day for Alexandria to spend several
weeks with her son. Mr.. Amid Nc
kenZie.
The many friends Of 'Mesdames Bet
tie Barnett and Bessie DeNIOss regret
their departure from this community.
They moved to Plain Dealing Tuesday
of last week.
Merry Christmas. Mr.. Editor.
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The South's New Day.

When every farmer in the South
shall eat bread from his own fields ano
meat from his own pastures and. dis
turl.ed hy no creditor and enslaved by
no debt. shall sit amid his teemine
gardens and orchards and vineyards
and dairieS and barnyardS. pitching
his crops iii his own wisdom and grow
ing them in independence. making cot
ton his clean surplus. and selling it IN
his own time. and in his chosen mar
ket. and not ut masters bidding
getting his pay in cash and not in Il
receipted mortgage that discharges his
debt. but does not restore his freedom
then shall be breaking the fullness
of our day.
Henry w. GRADY. 1SSS
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DR.. George G. Mcclellan
Physician and Surgeon
Plain Dealing, La.
Wants Road Tax in Ward Four.

The Bossier Banner, Benton, La.
Dear EdhOr:: If you will allow me
space in your paper, would like to dis
cuSS the subject of good roads with the
residents of Ward Four.
1t seems to me that we are right up
to the point where we are bound to
roads. or quit traveling--Or procure
flying machines.
The rainy season of this fall and
winter. with the rundown condition
of our public roads. has left them in
such shape as to make them almost
impossible. Practically every road in
Ward Four is in this condition. Our
roads during the past eight years have
had very little work done on them.
We have 50 many bridges to keep up
that it requires about all the money we
have to take care Of them.
] am in favor Of asking the Police
Jury to grant us an election. and see if
we can't vote Il : or 1O-mill tax for
building roads and bridges. If our
Police Jury will appoint two or three
good men to work Jointly with the
Police Juror frOn/tlliS ward as Il good
roads committee. or team, | believe we
can very easily vote the tax. 1t seems
to ne the best thing to do would he to
| vote ii tax and then sell bonds to the
amount of the Same-tO run for some
| ten years-in order to get cash for the
| purpose of building roads and bridges,
holding in reserve the present per cap
| ita tax as an emergency fund to take
care of the waSh-OutS and other Incl
deHtalS.
The biggest thing in voting this tax
would lie to convince the people We
were going to work all the roads and
not nut out all the money OH some par
ticular road or piece of road.
The time has come when we must IL
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'cccmbcr !, 1919. tjaR II
NOTICE nE ELECTION.

lie it ordained, and 1t Is hereby ordered
by the Village Council. In regular session
That an election h. held Tues
day. January q, 1920. In the Village Ut
Plain DEALING. La. for the purpose of elect
ing Mayor. five councilmcn and Mar
shal-said election to be held under the
general election laws Of the state Of Louis
lana, and all qualified voters residing with
in the village limits shall he entitled 10
participate therein.
NJ. n Adair. J. L. lemoss and T. B..
Eixlcr are hereby appointed ~ commits
sioncrs, and j. F.. N9ckalls rs clerk, to con-
duct said election. and make due FturRs
to the Council Tuesday night, january u.
1870. w. IL. 4TRarp. Mayer.
J. PERRY. Secretary.
IAc1nml,Or i 1l1N ian 1
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Death of Mrs. Ollie Crowley.

Mrs. Ollie Crowley. wife of Mr.. Char
lie Crowley. died mt her home in
the Nlillers Bluff community last Sat
urday morning ut four O'Clock. after
two weeks Of illness.
The remains We're taken to Hosston
Sunday and inferred in the Crowley
family plot Of the local cemetery.
Deceased leaves IL widower and seven
little children. She was about thirty
years of age.
Most of Mrs. CrOwley'S relatives re-
side near TT. Worth. Texas. but one
brother. Mr.. John G. Thomas. is Il res
ident Of this parish. living in the
Emma community.
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Emma Dots.

Monday. Dec. 21.-Owing to the re-
cent rains. our roads are well night I'M
lnlsSahle In some places.
Mr.. Edgar Giles made il trip to Plain
Dealing Sunday.
Rev. Cantley filed his appointments
here Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr.. Il. Il. Hill was around last week
in the interest of his candidacy for
Sheriff.
Several of the Emma boys have EN-
rloynent on the pipe line job near
Minden.
Mr.. Charles II. Giles returned last
Thursday from points in Webster Par
iSh. where he had been on business.
Mr.. J. {. Thomas has just returned
from Miller'S Bluff. where he WAS call
cd on account of the death Of his sister.
Mrs. Charley Crowley.
AIessrs. NJ. V. Boyd and l. +. Cole
will leave tomorrow for Chattanooga
and Cleveland. Tenn. respectively. to
visit relatives and friends.
The Banners Emma correspondent
wishes everybody merry Christmas
and Il happy New Year. GOOD EYE.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Last call: fdH yonr poH tar!

Last call: fdH yonr poll tar,
Mr.. Alton Keoun. Of l.. $. L., is
snending the holidays at home.
Misses Ethel Rodgers and Carrie
Lon Mays spent Monday in Shreveport.
Born on the 18th. to Mr.. and Mrs.
ot;s Nixon. of the Phelps Lake coun-
try. a boy.
AFR. Harry Wilson and his brother.
90 tbe Ivan community, We're trading
IN our town Monday.
Mrs. Floyd of Eldorado. Ark. came
=, Sunday night to spend Il few days
mitl, her sister Mrs. +. II. Garrett
Mrs Collins (and little sony of
BRADLEY. Ark. is spending Christmas
NTH her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Brock.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Horn and chill
dren Of Shreveport spent last Thurs
dav and Friday with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Dexter.
Mr.. NJ. ii. Crawford, of Cavett,
mont the latter half of last week in
plain, Dealin. with his brother. Mr..
Tom Crawford.
AR. and Mrs Charlie Parker and
,.hy left Sunday for the Ivan settle
mont. where they are spending the hol-
;days with their parents.
Rev. l.. \. Materne preached morn
;;y aAd evening at the Baptist Church
Sunday. There We're large congrega-
t;ons present ut 10th services.
Born Sunday. to Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Hodge. of collinSburg, il girl. She is
z norotlly Elizabeth. and weighed 1Ok
m,nnds on the day of her arrival.
. Mr. George Lee of Roberta. spent
Sunday night in our town on his way
home from Shreveport. Mrs. Lee spent
soveral days of this week in that city
with relatives.
Saturday Of last week Mrs. W. +.
Swindle went to Shreveport to meet
hpr daughter. Miss Lois Swindle. who
Was returning home from Yellow Pine
q to spend the holidays.
MIR. W. l.. Archibald. of Oxford.
Miss. spent Il few days of last week
With his niece. Mrs w. +. Bell. He
6 was kwking over the oil situation in
the Plain Dealing country.
Miss Dollie DemoSs. who has fin
ished her course at Shreveport bust
ness college. returned home Sunday
night and will have charge of the book
keeping at the store of her father, Mr..
G. L. DemOss.
MIR and Mrs. Lee \. Bush and the
children left yesterday for Hosston,
where Mrs. Bush and the children are
spending the week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. &. w. Holmes. Mr.. Bush
proceeded to Pleasant Hill, where he
il spending the holidays with his
mother, Mrs. f. {. Bush.
MIR. W. J. Malone. of the Alabama
settlement. was trading in Plain Deal
Inc Tuesday He said that the pro-
gram In his community for Christmas
iAcluded Christmas tree ut the Heif-
ner School House that night and the
dismissal Of school for the remainder
II the week. The teacher. Miss Mamie
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kinf Family Reunion.

All the children of Mrs. NJ. A. King
are with her to-day and expect to
spend the remainder of the week here.
There is Il big turkey dinner ut the
King home to-day in honor of the fam
ily'S first reunion in about ten years.
About twenty-five of those present are
guests. among whom are Mrs. l.. n.
King and family of near Plain Dealing.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. o. King of Shreveport.
Mrs. l.. C. King and family of Lake
Charles Mr.. w. Nj. King of .ArtlmOre,
Okla. Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. King. Mr..
and Mrs. \. w. IIeifner and children.
Mr.. Willard King and Miss Eula King.
all of Plain Dealing. and Mrs. {. {.
Burton of Ark;ana. All of the children
are present and nearly all of the grand
children.
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Party at Collinsbure.

Miss Henri Sentell gave party
Monday night for some of her friends
at the home Of her father. Mr.. \. w.
Sentell. of cOllinSburg. The guests
were entertained with games and mu-
sic and delightful refreslment. con-
SiSting of permenti cheese sandwiches.
olives. pickles, and celery. hot choco-
late. etc. was served.
Guests present We're Mr.. Sidney j..
Caldwell and Miss Bessie carstarplen.
DR.. Garrett Mcclellan and Miss Lillian
Smith. Mr.. Bill Mcclellan and Miss
Frankie Kirtley. Mr.. Lyles Wyclie and
Miss la Bee Barnett. Mr.. Arthur Turn
ley and Miss Lemna johnson. Mr.. J. Il.
Adger and Miss Mautle Thompson and
Miss Lizzie Wyche.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-12-25
NOTICE NF ELECTION,

BEING lctitiancd by two-thirds Of the legal
voters of the Village of l'lain Dealing to
call TN election In said village to take the
sense Of the qualified voters rs to whether
or not we shall grant. license and allow
billiard halls and domino tables to be OPP
Grated within the corporate limits Of said
village.
BE 1t ordained. and 1t II hereby ordered.
That an election be held Tuesday, January
4. 1920. for the purpose Of takins the sense
of the legal voters Of the Village OF Plain
Dealing on the proposition rs to whether
or not the said village shall allow Billiard
Halls and domino Tables to be operated in
said village.
All legal voters residing within the cor.
poratr limits Ut said village will he allowed
to vote. and the same commissioners and
clerk appointed to conduct the regular cleo
ton for town officers, now being pr"mul-
gated in the BosSier Banner. will take this
vote. and make due returns to the Board Of
Coupctlmcn. W, II, 3TRalp. Mayor.
j, PERRY. Secretary,
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Christmas at the School.

Tuesday afternoon before the dis
missal Of the Plain Dealing school for
the Christmas holidays, there were ex-
ercises In all the lower grades and il
separate Christmas tree IN Il number
of the rooms.
The high school grades had exercises.
together with Christmas boxes. in each
room. The school building was pref
tily decorated.
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Work was begun Monday on Mr..
Lawson Mor:an'S new six-room bun
:al0w. the site Of which IL near the old
fair grounds. 1t II to cost about $500.
Mr.. Morgan will move his f,.mily
here from the Niiller's Bluff commu
nifty as soon ~ hts house Is completed.
which will probably be some time dur
ing January. Mr.. q. J. Hunter has
the contract.
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A MEETING of the stockholders Of the Farm
ers' Cooperative Union Warehouse cpmpn-
n.y. Limited. Is hereby eulled to meet at
their building, in the town Of Plain lFal.
ing on Saturday. January >. 1p2t. at one
O'Clock, for the purpose Of eksting u new
board of diret tors.
\ full meeting of the stockholders y
urgently requested, rs hustness Of the
utmost Importance TO the stockholders will
be taken up. Ii you can't come. write your
proxies for some member Of the 0rg,nixa.
tiOn to represent you.
L. ". ]. WISE. President.
L. r, NANNY. accrctury.
December Is, 1919. Ijan II
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Death of Mrs. Ben Murphy.

Mrs. Ben Murphy died ut her home
in ZwOlle. Sabine Parish. Sunday. fol-
lowing long illness. and was buried
in Plain Dealing Cemetery Tuesday.
Deceased was Il former resident of
this place and of Antrim. She leaves
Il widOwer, one son. Mr.. Joe Murphy.
of Zwolle. and two daughters, Mrs. Al
rha Castle. of Plain Dealing. and Mrs.
Caroline Norris. of Spring Hill.
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Miss Nettie Brock came III last
Friday night from Rannister twliere
she Il teaching In the local schooD and
is spending the holidays with her
mother Miss Lillian Brock. teaching
ut Pride. this ~tate. Is also ut home
for the holidays.
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something. and let's make the effort
worth while. | know we are not able
to build model" roads. but we can
have good ones. 1t has only been Il
few years since we had the best roads
in this part, of the country. but they
are certainly the worst now.
Would like to hear from any Of YOU
old boys iii regards to this matter.
Let's get together and discuss this prop
oSitiOn. and work ont a plan for bene-
fitting ourselves and our fellowman-
The better roads we have. the better
farms we have and the higher priced
farm lands. Respectfully.
j. =. DODsON.
Red Land. La. dec. - 1919.
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MIR. Frank NJ. Graham has rented
the lee Ward place. ON Club House
Bayou, and will farm there next year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-12-25

Born last Saturday. to Mr.. and
Mrs. Willie Cox, of the Oak Hill COM
munity. boy.
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JOHN F. ADAIR

Candidate for Sheriff for BOssier
Parish. subject to the Demo-
cratic Primary Election.
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For Sale
"A two-year-old JACK COLT - good
stock. Will sell on time to the right
man. Address-I'lain Dealing. La.
[a2-il J. NJ CORNISH.
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| am wishing all residents Of Bos-
Sier Parish
"a Merry Christmas
a Happy New Year

l expect to try to see everybody in
the parish before the date Of the
primary election. hut on account
Of the condition Of some Of the
roads | may miss seeing some Of
my friends. But | want them to
know that am asking them for
their votes. anyway.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-12-25

Every man in Bossier Parish who
wishes to keep posted Oh current local
events should read the Banner.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-12-25

Last call: Pay yoHr poll Mr.
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sTtnKIu.DERs. MEETING,

December 4, 1919. tjap1I
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-03

securities should be made in your
county and every other county in the
Ninth District.
Everyone admits that the Ninth
District Liberty Loan Organization
was a most effective organization. 1t
has, therefore, been proposed th&t this
organization be asked to conduct in
each county of the Ninth District a
one days intensive selling campaign
for 500 and $1,000 savings certifi.
Gates, Of Savings Bonds as we like
to term them. This meets with my
hearty approval.
Campaign to Help.
81 believe by carrying on such a
campaign, u old organization will be
in a way perpetuated and will give
proof of it's efficiency for patriotic work
in peace as we'll as in war. | think
that such a campaign properly car
ried on in each county will help very
greatly in the sale of these securities.
Increased sales will relieve the
Treasury Department Of just that
much financing work by the sale Of
Certificates Of Indebtedness to the
banks and will release just that much
money for industrial development. l
believe that it will result in calling
peoples attention to the value Of the
Government securities as an invest
ment and will tend to poplarize thrift
as a happy habit Moreover, it will
materially aid in the reduction Of the
high cost of living and decrease So
cial and political unrest"
Is Your County Organized?
"The response has been fine" said
Mr.. Harrison. Many Of the old coun-
ty groups cannot be. again completely
reorganized, but where the Liberty
Loan chairmen and workers cannot
for one reason or another, do the &C
tive work. the War Savings Chairmen
will direct 1t, and with the co-opera.
ton of all War Loan workers, will get
fine results"