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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20
Bonuses for Discharged Men.

Publicity Bureau, Gulf Division, A. r. CT
to the following effect:
\ revenue act approved February
oath authorized the payment Of a
bonus of $50 to all persons serving in
the military or naval forces llonOrably
discharged since April e. 1917. This
bonus is not payable to the heirs Of the
enlisted men so discharged.
Wherever Il man has been honorably
discharged from service and finally
paid without this $50 bonus, he should
be advised to write to the Zone FL
nance Officer, Lemon Building, Wash
ington. ID. G.. giving full particulars as
to his service. date and place of dis
charge and his present address, en-
closing his discharge certificate, which
will he returned with check covering
the bonus. Each soldier in such case
should be advised to he particularly
careful to register his discharge papers
to provide against their loss in the
mails. and he should further ask for
return receipt in order that he may
have the receipt to show for the papers
he has forwarded to Washington.
The advice as given above is official
and will be further supplemented by
such detailed information aS may be
sent out by National Headquarters at
Il later date.
~ For further Information all res
ident> of North BoSsier should apply
to Mrs. Barton Purcell. Plain Dealing.
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Pleasant Hill Parafrsph..

Monday. March 17-Too much rain
for farming. but gardens are doing
nicely.
Roy Gleason spent Saturday with
Reginald DeNIoss.
Mrs. Fletcher visited Miss Matte
DeMoSs last Wednesday afternoon.
MestlameS Il. f. and J. ID. Gleason
visited relatives last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. :. J. DeAIoss were Wis
itors Yesterday ut the home Of Mrs.
Bette Barnett.
Miss Matte DeAIoss and Mrs. +. r.
Mcclure were shopping in I'lain Deal
ing last Friday.
Me>dameS Emmette DeMoSs and
A. +. Mckenzie were shoppers in Plain
Dealing Saturday.
Lila May. the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. :. l.. DeNIoss. was on the
sick list last week.
Watch out. Red Land: we're com
ing up there to hear your singing when
the roads are better.
Among the Plain Dealing visitors
Saturday We're Messrs. \. ]. DeMoss.
Emmette DeMoss, |. A., +. +. and J. ID.
Gleason.
Our school II progressing nicely. All
the children seem deeply interested in
their studies. ALT.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20
Medals for BoSsier Patriots.

Patriotic and ambitious citizens of
BcSSier Parish are informed that every
worker connected with the Victory Lib
erty Loan campaign will receive a
medal made from captured German
cannon. The medal will lie the size Of
il :D-cent piece. will have IL reproduc-
ton Of the Treasury Department on
one side and certiflcatiOn on the
other that the owner has participated
in the loan. \ space will be left for
engraving the name Of the recipient
In an interview some days ago.
Frank NJ. Smith, Federal District Di-
rector for the War Loan OrganiZat ioi:.
said he knew of nothing better calcu-
lated to stimulate interest among the
workers than this plan. Several prom
inent workers Oh being advised of the
matter said not only would they want
to wear the medal. but hoped that it
would lie handed to their childrenS
children.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20
Caught the Fox.

Messrs. 4. II. Crawford and jeff
Hudson. accompanied by Mr.. Jack Nc
Donald. got their dogs behind fox
near Plain Dealing Monday night and
had fire race of an hour and Il half.
finally arriving ut IL showdown with
Brother Fox on Niger Ridge, some
five miles north Of town.
The fox ran UP a leaning tree, was
''chunked" out; ran another short dis
lance and took to cover in Il hollow
log. He was captured. rolled in coat
and brought to town. where he was ON
exhibition in front Of Walker Brothers
drug store Tuesday.
Unfortunately, the fox broke a ley
IN trying to escape from his cage. 1t
had been planned to turn him loose on
the streets. give him half hour start
Of the dogs and have q daylight chase.
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Facing HomeWard.

Relatives and friends of Mr. John
Humgardner. son Of Mr.. J. A. Bum
gardner. of Linton. but who enlisted
for service from Plain Dealing. will be
pleased to read the following from the
Shreveport Times of the 18th:
Mrs. l.. Houston. To- Hope Street.
received word Monday evening that
her brother. John w. Bumgardner.
who has been serving with the Ameri-
can forces in France for several
months, had landed safely in New
York. after having passed through the
conflict uninjured. He is now station
ed at Camp Mills, Long Island. and
stated that he expected to return to
his home in Shreveport soon. Rela-
tiveS of the young man had not heard
from him for several months previous
to the telegram of Monday night
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Home Mission Day.

Home Mission Day" was observed
by the Presbyterian Sunday School
last Sunday. Although the day was i,
rainy one, the attendance was excel
lent. Careful preparation had been
made. aud there was such hearty res
ronse by the pupils to the efforts Of
officers and teachers. that the program,
Our Open Door was rendered in IL
very helpful and interesting way. a
collection was taken for the cause of
Home Missions.
The following named pupils partici-
rated in the exercises: Sherburne Sen
tell. Misses Nettie Honeycutt. Madge
Wyche, Annie Lou Sentell. Wesley Sen
tell. Margery Wyche. Matte Sentell,
Eugenia Sentell and Elizabeth Sentell
The names Of Maggie Fenet. Ardis
Marry and Ashton Fenet were on the
program. but they were prevented
frcm being present. W.
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Mrs. Bollnger Entert8ins.

The Double Eight Rock Club met
last Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Clarence ROlinger at the residence of
her sister, Mrs. &. {. Lyon. Those pres
ent were MeSdameS W. +. Bell. Barton
Purcell. Emmett Wyche. II. l.. Arnold.
Milton Kidd. J. :. Gray. Frank Col
Inns. q. {. Lyon. Elmer Walker, Webb
Martin, +. $. Fluitt. Jim Rogers and
Mrs. Ward: Misses Dina Sherburn.
Mary Pickett and Pearl Wyche.
At the close Of the games a salad
course. consisting of chicken salad with
cheese strawS. pinnentn cheese. sand
wiclleS and olives. fruit salad and
whipped cream. four kinds Of cake and
hot chocolate. was served.
The Club will meet with Mrs. !. :.
Gray on the 29th-next Saturday a
week.
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A Moonlight Picnic.

\ hay ride that took party of
young people two miles out on the Boil
niger road last Thursday night was IL
pleasant affair all the way out-and
all the time Of the picnic lunch and
merry making games that followed
The lunch was spread upon the ground.
and after it was all eaten some Origi-
nal young lady instituted Il chautuu-
qua. which went far to improve the
minds and the appreciation of the pic
nicerS. Fishing for love" was one of
the games that absorbed some of the
interest Snap III and snap out" was
also INDUCED in. Songs both gay and
sentimental helped the moonlight in
its moods. 1t was Il good picnic.
Those having all this good time were
Misses Nettie Honeycutt. Martial Win
Ston. Lois Swindle. Berta May Kelly.
Rita Sanders. Aline Kendrick. Madge
Wyche and Mary Roach: MessrS. Mil
lard King, Charlie Herndon. Leonard
McGaughey. &. w. Meares. James
Wyche and corhie Allen. Mrs. W. +.
Bell chaperoned the party.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20
A Thrift Pledge.

Because | am Il loyal American.
because my country needs my help. be-
cause what | save will help NE and
what Is saved in America will help the
whole world. promise to live ecomom-
ically and save all that l can; to set
aside regularly portion Of what |
earn and loan it to my Government by
investing IL III Har-S.l,in:s, Stamp
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agreeable gentleman as well as a yooj
barber.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Mhoon spent
Sunday and Monday in Shreveport.
Mrs. Brooks NanHorn. of Shreve
port. Is visiting her mother. Mrs. JOIN
| Dexter.
Miss Matte Kelly spent Saturday
| night in Shreveport, where she Joined
Il theater party.
Miss Oracle Belle Lynn, of the Red
Land community. is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. J. +. Slack
Mrs. L. +. Kendrick has as a guest
ut present her daughter Mrs. Minnie
Lee McEachern. of Mooringsport.
Mr.. r. l.. Johnson and Mr.. Calvin
Hudson spent last Saturday and Sun
day in Shreveport visiting relatives.
Mr.. Jonathan Adair. Of Shreveport,
spent Sunday and Monday in Plain
Dealing with relatives. returning home
Tuesday
Mrs. Charlie Velvin. of Lewisville,
Ark. and her little daughter are visit
ing Mrs. Nelvin's sister. Mrs J. ID.
HerndOn.
Mrs. J. NJ. Cornish entertained a
few friends ut her home Monday night,
There WAS music and dancing. and a
very pleasant evening.
Mrs. L. L. Garrett. of Red Land. was
III Plain Dealing Tuesday to meet her
husband upon his return from Zwolle.
where lie had been on ii business mis-
sion since Saturday
The wOrkmen ut the Dallas No. l
well. near Plain Dealing. put GO
pound air pressure in that we'll last
Saturday and Sunday. with the result.
as reported. that the well flowed 500
barrels of tiuid-tifty barrels of which
was oil. =.
\ gum tree that had long been I'M
certain as to whether it would con-
time upright or lie down. finally
reached a conclusion Tuesday morn
ing, and fell. just grazing the tele-
phone exchange office and soaring one
or two people with it's crash to earth.
1t was cotton seed day in Plain Deal
ing last Friday. the merchants swap
ping improved seed for the Half-and-
Half seed AeSSrS. q. 4. Mays and
J. J. Robertson shipped one car of seed
and the merchants shipped another
IL joint car. There will he some cotton
planted. all right, but not SO much Us
formerly.
Rev. Freeman. of Shreveport, who
has been preaching at the Plain Deal
ing Baptist Church every first and
third Sunday. preached his farewell
sermon Sunday. His congregation is
very sorry indeed to lose him as Il pas
tor, but it was understood from the
beginning that he could not take the
work permanently.
\ party Of young ladies made the
trip to Shreveport Tuesday night for
the purpose of seeing the play. Every
Woman" They We're chaperoned by
Mrs. Clarence ROlinger. and Mr.. ROlin-
ger took the party to the city in his
auto truck. The young folks had Il
jolly good time OH the way. but. on ac-
count of road faults or car troubles,
arrived too late to see Every Wo-
man" and took in IL picture show in
stead. Those in the party, besides Mr..
and Mrs. Bolinger. We're Miss Ruby
Martin. Miss Berta May Kelly. Miss
Sadie Wins Oh. Miss Martial Winston.
Miss Edna Winston. Miss Aline Ken
lrick and Miss Madge Wyche.
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'ie STOCK. break down the wagons and
wear out the automobiles
Mr. john +. Adair spent Monday
ana Tuesday in Shreveport.
Mr.. NJ. b. Kidd spent Monday IN
Benton and Shreveport on business,
missions.
MISS Ruth DAVIS teacher of tha
'ahey Creek School. spent the w..,,-
end ut home.
MIS-. Fannie Purcell. mother Of Mr.
Il. I. Purcell. came in last Saturday
from Shreveport to visit her son.
MIS-. Rance. of the Pleasant Hill
community. is spending the week i'm
ram Dealing with AIRS Mollie :.
Keeth
MIS-. NJ. J. Adair. of Shreveport is
spending Il couple Of weeks i'm Plain
Dealing at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Nj. n. Adair.
Me>SrS. L. L. Garrett and +. u. Nc
hellar went to Bossier City one day
last week to attend to some matters
connected with dipping watts.
MeSSrS. John NuckollS. 4. w. Heif-
ner. Dean Thrift. Mr.. Mckenzie and
others went to Phelps Lake fishing last
Friday and brought back lots of nice
buffalo fish.
Miss Nora MatlOck and Miss Della
Anderson. both of Red Land. spent
several days of last week in Plain
Dealing as guests of their aunt. Mrs
Marion Matlock.
Last Thursday night the r. Pm.
OF Plain Dealing INDUCED in NOON
light picnic and box supper. They went
to the school grounds. built il great
bonfire and ate their lunch. They were
chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs Nj. Il.
Kidd
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Wheeler received
Tuesday Il telegram from their son.
Mr.. Minor Wheeler. to the effect that
he had returned with other troops
from France and landed in the good
old I. :. A.. and is now ut Camp Mer-
rift. near New York City. He is ex-
pected home soon.
Monday night Miss Way Oglesby en-
fcrtained friends at the home of her
sister. Mrs. Hugh Goodman Cake and
rot chocolate We're served as refresh
nent to the guests. There were pres
mt Mr.. Wilbur Adair and Miss Lois
>windle. Mr.. Clifford Oglesby and Miss
Rita Sanders. Mr.. Douglas Mcclellan
md Miss Mary X. Bixler. Mr.. J. n.
Scott and Miss EVE Mhoon. Mr. John
lthan Adair and Miss Carrie Roggs |
md Mr.. Schumpert Bixler and Miss
Way Oglesby.
Miss Matte Adair. of Shreveport, |
lister of Mr.. NJ. y. .Adair. of this place. |
md Mr.. Nj. II. Wallace. Of Tyler. Tex,
we're united in marriage in Shreveport
of last week ut the First |
Methodist Church. DR.. Jasper K Smith,
If the Presbyterian Church. perform
nS the marriage ceremony. They left
or Western Texas to spend Il few
weeks before settling down ut their
lew home III Tyler. Mr.. Wallace is
with wholesale grocery
irm in Tyler.
Tuesday morning Mr.. Il. f. Wyche.
r.. reopened his barber shop, next door
% his real estate office. Elegant bath
DOM fixtures and barber shop equip
nentS have been ordered and will he
Installed within two or three weeks.
II the mean time. the place is well
nough furnished and supplied to in
ure Il comfortable shave. Mr. f. s.
'lultt. seven years barber in Plain
,ealing. Is in charge Of the shop and
Ill his old friends will be more than
'leaSed to call on him. for lie is an
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1t Will only cost YOU 81 to have the
Banner mailed whole year to that alb
sent relative. Through its columns he
would hear from You occasionally and
MANY Of his other old Eossicr friends.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20

Every man in BOSSier Parish who
wishes to keep posted on current local
events should read the Banner.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20

Mfr. Jim Hudson, of Homer. spent
Railing with friends and relatives.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Windham. of Hughes
sur. were shopping in Plain Dealing
last Saturday.
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local AND PERSONAL.

Mrs Webb Martin went to Shreve
,ort last Saturday for the day.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20

Miss Matte Kelly spent Saturday
night in Shreveport, where she joined
Il theater party.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20

Mrs. Brooks NanHorn. of Shreve-
port. is visiting her mother, Mrs. John
Dexter.
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Mr. r. H. CaSon, of Mot, was among
tho visitors in Plain Dealing last Sat
urday. He says people are hard at
,r,rk farming in the Mot community
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20

Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Mhoon spent
sunday and Monday in Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20

Miss Oracle Belle Lynn. Of the Red
Land community. is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. J. +. Slack.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20

agreeable gentleman as we'll as Il good
barber.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20

Miss Nora MatlOck and Miss Della
Anderson. both of Red Land. spent
several days Of last week in Plain
Dealing as guests of their aunt. Mrs.
Marion Matlock.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20

Mr.. +. ID. Mcclellan. son of Mr.. and
Mrs J. ID. Mcclellan. returned las +
thursday from Camp Jackson. $. c..
.sring received his honorable dis
.harye from the Army.
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MesSrS. John NuckollS. 4. w. Heif-
ner. Dean Thrift, Mr.. Mckenzie and
others went to Phelps Lake fishing last
Friday and brought back lots of nice
buffalo fish.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-20
PLANS SO
 SOLDIERS CAN GET MILEAGE

Relative to the five cents a mile transportation allowed by law to re- turning soldiers, R. E. Robertson, chairman of the Home Service Sec tion of the Juneau Chapter of the Red Cross, has received the follow ing notice:
 "The army authorities have not yet formulated plans for paying the travel pay of discharged men and that no claim should be sent to the war de- partment until the plan is officially announced. Notification of this plan will be promptly sent to you"
 Discharged soldiers who received their discharges prior to the passage of the law providing for the five cent a mile transportation may receive in- formation as to how application sEould be made from MT. Robertson as soon as the war department has effected its plans.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-20

Plenty of caustic soda, battery oil, oxide plates and zines come on the last boat to the Northwestern Hard ware Co. 14-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-20

Special dinner served from 11:30 o'clock every day at the City Bakery.
 2-6t
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-20

Best coffee in town at the City Bakery. 2-6t
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-20
NOTICE

NOTlCE Subscribers discontinuing the paper will be charged for the current month unless this office Is noti1ed. Do not notify nor pay the carrier.
 K. e. ROBINSON,
 City Circulator.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-20

Tub and shower baths at tho Holden pool room barber shop. 0-ti
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-20

Valdez has elected the following teachers for the ensuing year: Prin- cipal, Miss Carrie Reece; assistant principal, Miss Gertrude Whited; in termediate grades, Miss Clara Bun ner; primary grades, Mrs. M. A. Kel- sey; janitor, Pete Jensen.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-20

Leather is coming down, 50 is shoe repairing with up-to-date machines at Steve Oros. 14.6t
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-20

The Fairbanks tennis court is now being operated.
The Washington times., 1919-01-12

The little waf undertaken reenact carefully faith
fully reproduced motion picture her hearrndng uerng
experiences during the half she held captive
by the barbarous Turks and Kurds
This remarkable % taken under the direction of the American
Committee Relief the Near East will be exhibited all the
by Committee and dollar taken
motion picture will be sent to Armenia Among the
this in charge exPresdent
Taft Judge Charles Hughes Cleveland Dodge Bishop Greer
and ex-Ambassador Morgenthau. -,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-19
Settlement Possible.

Winnipeg, Man, May 19.-(United
Press. City officials and employers
were understood to have reached an
agreement submit to unionists here
in TN effortto break the general strike
binding the city since Thursday. The
agreement was intended to pave ;hC
way for further adjustments after work
had ben resumed.
Prior to submission Of the proposal
strikers refused to say what their alta
tudo will be The strike began when
demands Of metal and building trades
unions for higher wages and better
working conditions were not met. En-
ployers in some lines said they woull
quit business before meeting the de
mands.
Freight houses and yards are cloggeC
with shipments which cannot be moved
Mail delivery was not attempted
Hundreds of pouches are held al Bran
don and other way stations because they
cannot be handled at the terminal
Little foodstuff has been delivered
since Thursday. The shortage has caused
some difficulty. Strikers permitted de
liveries only to hospitals and homes Of
the sick.
Communication lines were blocked OK
cept for intermittent use Of private
wires and a few eouriers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-19
WINNIPEG QUIET BUT
STRIKE SITUATION
remains UNCHANGED
City Officials And Employers
Reach Agreement Which
May Bring About Early
Settlement.

Winnipeg, Man. May 1e.-The strike
situation at II o'clock today was un'
changed. The city is quiet. This morn.
ling there was no disorder
The general strike continues unabat.
ed. Officials were in conference hour.
ly with union representatives. Appar.
emily labor headquarters has complete
control Of the situation.
Bottled milk was delivered to all
homes in the city today. Bread depots
have been established in various sec.
tions by permission Of the unionists.
Guard Strengthened.
Automobiles were used today to take
telegrams to the American boundary
for Transmission from border towns.
The local branch of the Order OF
Railway Trainmen voted yesterday "a
join the strike, but leaders declared il
would take the vote OF the whole or.
ganization to make the decision off
citl.
Returned soldiers were reported tC
have been commissioned to form com
panies of twenty men each to be used in
case of serious disorders.
apparently no help is to come from
the Canadian government, the minis
ter Of labor having wired today that
he will not interfere unless life was in
danger.
Thomas Deacon, president Of the
Manitoba Iron Works, one Of the two
companies which refused unequivocally
to recognize the metal workers union
has closed his plant and gone to Cal
ifornis.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-19
SMASH ELIMINATES
NARTINSYDE PLANE
Attempt OF English COmpetit
Ors To Follow Hawker
Ends In Wreck.

st. Johns, N. F., May UNITED
Press. The Martinsyde plane which
crashed in an effort to get way on the
transatlantic flight on the heels Of the
sopwith Yesterday is practically a
wreck. Examination Of the damage
showed that the machine is out of the
running for the trans Atlantic prize.
Frederick Raynham and Major Morgan,
its handlers, were slightly injured when
the Martinsyde took nose dive after
jumping ten feet from the uneven turf
in an effort to start.
Harry Hawker, the Australian pilot
and his navigator, Lieutenant Com.
mander Mackenzie Grieve. Of the Brit.
ish navy shot away into the east on
their trans Atlantic attempt at 1:5l
New York time) Sunday Fir six weeks
Hawker and Grieve had been waiting
for favorable weather. The conditions
Yesterday were no better than they have
been frequently during the six weeks,
but Hawker was determined 70 start
and make an eleventh hour dash to beat
the American seaplancs 10 Europe.
The short route from New Fodndland
to Ireland is 1900 miles. but the one
Hawker proposed to follow is 2200
There were not boats stationed TO guide
him. the airplane had but one motor and
one propeller and nothing to keep il
from sinking If it descended to the sur
face.