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


.ort last Saturday for the day.
Mr. and Mrs Windham. of Hughes
s,ur we're shopping in Plain Dealin.
last Saturday.
Mr.. Jim Hudson, of Homer. spent
,ororal days of last week in Plain
nesling with friends and relatives.
Mr. r. H. CaSon, of Mot, was among
tho visitors in Plain Dealing last Sat
!. ,,rday He says people are hard at
uork farming in the Mot community.
Mr.. +. ID. Mcclellan. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. ID. Mcclellan. returned las t
thursday from Camp Jackson. :. C..
hsyiug received his honorable dis
.harye from the Army.
Mr.. +. l.. johnson and Mr.. Calvin
uudsoll, both of the Red Land section
tsssed through Plain Dealing last Sat
uriay on their way to Shreveport.
They spent that day and Sunday in
the city with relatives.
Mr.. William pelt. of the Rocky
Mount community. WAS in Plain Deal
ing Tuesday Oh his way to Benton,
where he expected to transact some
business. He told the Banner reporter
that his people were fixing their fences
and preparing to make Il crop.
secretary. DeniSon. Texas, son of
nc. Morris. who died and was buried
here some months ago. has been visit
Inc ut collinshurg and Plain Dealing,
on a pilgrimage to his fathers grave.
Mr. Norris has been invited to revisit
gollilsburg during the summer and
preach to the people.
Mrs John &. Agnew and two chill
dren. Eleanor and Sanford. late of
Woodlawn. Ills. arrived in Plain Deal
Ing last Saturday and stopped few
DAYS at the Hotel Gray while awaiting
the arrival Of Mr.. Agnew. who was de-
ayed on the road with his car of stock
and household goods. They will. as an
nounced in last weeks Banner. make
their home at Bolinger. where they
bare bought land.
Mr.. &. s. Mckenzie Of Pleasant Hill,
was attending to business in Plain
Dealing last Saturday. He says the
people in his neighhorhood are plant
ing cern--nothing hut corn. so far. He
had seventy acres of cotton last year,
hut is arranging to cut his cotton acre
age down to fifteen acres this year. 1t
will not require much urging to reduce.
the acreage in BoSSier Parish. Most
people are afraid they are going to be
sorry they did not reduce it more.
Mr.. q. {. Barnett and Mr.. Rodney
Barnett, of the Alabama settlement,
we're trading in Plain Dealing last Sat
urday. The former gentleman says the
young folks had Il social time ut his
home last Friday night. He did not |
Know that he was about to entertain
unit 1.-THE party was in full swing. Ev-
eryhody. including the host. had IL good
time. The people are planting corn
land a good deal of it, in the Alaba-
ma settlement. but are not going strong
on cotton, so Mr.. Barnett said.
MI. Ben keeth and Mr.. &. X. keeth |
were making the trip over the road
leading from Plain Dealing to Benton
In an automobile last Thursday and
when they arrived at Quality Hill
which Is Il part of the surveyed route |
Tor the proposed hard-Surface road
the car stuck in mud hole. Two |
Teams OF mules. one after the other. |
were engaged to pull the car out Of the |
Mnd-finally with SuccesS-and the
bill was x3. Three dollars would pay il |
i0t OF interest on good-road bonds. In
ruth. good roads are the cheapest
roads. 1t Is the bad roads that kill off