The Bossier banner., 1919-10-16

| the hills this time.
| Mr.. S. H. Cochran made business
trip to Benton yesterday.
Mrs. Margery Clark, who has been
so long i'll, continues to improve.
Rev. Maturne, of Shreveport, filed
the Baptist pulpit Sunday morning.
MIR. and Mrs. A. NJ. Wyche came
| up from Benton Sunday to spend the
day with relatives.
Rev. &. G. Woodbridge will preach
morning and evening at the Presbyte-
rian Church next Sunday.
Capt John DOles, son of Mr.. II. :.
Doles, of near Collinsburg, landed in
New York last week from overseas.
Mrs. J. f. Young, Of Ivan, return
ed home last Friday, after spending a
few days here with her daughter, Mrs.
NJ. y. Adair.
Miss Annie Laurie Richardson and
Miss Janet Mumphers, Of Shreveport,
spent Sunday in Plain Dealing with
friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Adair went
south on the morning train yesterday,
Mr.. Adair stopping OFF at Benton to
transact some business and Mrs. Adair
proceeding to Shreveport.
Mr.. Alex May brought bale of
cotton out of the bottom lands Tuesday
as bad as the roads were Mr.. J. s.
Rodgers also got out a bale or 80 by
using four mules to the wagon.
MIR. John Dexter was so much re-
covered Monday from his illness of last
week that he was able to sit up and
yesterday was seen on the streets He
Is expected to be about his place of
business next week.
The nOrthbOund motor due from
Shreveport was not functiOning Tues
day and yesterday mornings, but in its
place .sure enough railroad lOcOmO-
tive and passenger car ran on the
schedule. The explanation was that
the motor was being repaired.
The basket ball team and the base
ball team Of the Plain Dealing High
School will go to Bossier City to-mor-
row (Friday) to attend the Parish
Fair and to play match games with
BOSSier City teams. They are said to
be in fairly good practice and probably
able to defeat the teams Of that place.
Mr.. Leon Lusk, son of Mr.. j. ID.
Lusk. arrived home last Saturday. He
landed in New York from overseas
few days ago and has lost no more
than necessary time in getting home,
after an absence of about two years.
He and Corpl. $. J. Caldwell, jr., have
been almost constantly together during
their long service in the Army.
MIR. J. l.. Morgan brought five bales
of cotton out of the Phelps Lake bot
toms Tuesday, some of it already gin
ned. While it is possible to get in and
out-Or rather, was pOssible-sOme
were not willing to risk the trip with
merely one pair Of mules, and are StOr-
ing their cotton and corn above high
water mark-and hoping for the best.
MIR. w. q. Rushing, Of the f. X.
Chandler farm, a half mile southwest
of town, was selling some of the first
digging Of sweet potatoes to the house
holders Of this place last Saturday.
One potato weighed three pounds and
all of the lot were fine and large. They
are of the Nancy Hall variety, and he
has one acre which he expects to yield
40 bushels.
Mrs. J. NJ. Farrin "a sister of Mrs.
w. f. Bell) who has so often visited
in Plain Dealing during past years,
while living in Chicago and Gulfport,
Miss, is now living in San Antonio.
Texas where her husband, Capt. j. NJ.
Farrin, Second Regiment Of Engineers,
L. s. A.. is stationed. The famous corps
of engineers, after it's return from the
European war zone, was moved toward
the Mexican border, with San Antonio
as headquarters.
Mrs. John f. Adair returned home
Monday afternoon from Shreveport,
where she stopped Sunday on account
of the illness of her little niece (daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. {. A. Adair. of
Dixie) at a Shreveport sanitarium.
She left the child doing well, following
an operation for appendicitis. When
Mrs. Adair left here Sunday she in
tended to proceed to Joplin, Mo-. to he
with Mr.. Adair. who expects to be de-
tained there on business connected
with his mining interests until about
the 10th.
Capt T. H. Nevitt arrived in Plain
Dealing last Thursday. He is lately
home from long service overseas. and
came here from his old home in Ken
tucky. He enlisted for the war from
BOssier Parish, being at that time
resident of the country below Antrim.
and served throughout the conflict in
the Medical Department. He is re-
turning now to Camp Gordon, near
Atlanta. Ga, for his discharge, and his
numerous friends in Plain Dealing and
North Bossier trust that he may again
make his home among them.
-Corpl Sidney Caldwell, jr.. arrived
home last Friday afternoon from Camp
Gordon. Ga, after a long absence from
home, more than a year of which time
was spent in France with the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Army. He is many
pounds lighter in weight but looks
healthy and strong. Corpl. Caldwell
saw rather longer service in the Army
than most of the young men who went
to the war from these parts. His
friends and kin are glad to welcome
him home and to hear that he has Sc
cured his honorable discharge from the
service.
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