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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-03-18
DUDNEY & TURNKEY BROTHERS
Plain Dealing. Louisiana

reasonable hopes of maintaining fair
scholarship standards in the teaching
corps. If we fail to obtain these
additions to the school funds. | zee
nothing ahead but breakdown of the
school system in Il majority of the
parishes of the state.
Will YOU not call on your representa-
tives and senator and discuss these
matters with them and urge them to
support ali reasonable measures Of re-
lief! As Il general rule. Louisiana
representatives and senator's are III
telligent and patriotic citizens, anxious
to promote the best interests Of the
state. and they cheerfully and enthu-
siastically support such school legisla-
ton as they are convinced is essential
to the proper education Of the children
They will support the program outlined
above if they are shown that it Is
needed and desired by their constitu.
entS.
At the proper time shall discuss
the question of school finances Will
Governor-elect John Nj. Parker, and
know in advance that he will support
any legislation that may I've neceSS;lr!
to give every child in the state a gooi
school and every teacher square
deal. Yours sincerely.
L. II. HARRIS, State Sup't.
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Mr.. Mattocks Will Drill,

Mr.. L. II. MattockS. Of Tulsa. Okla.
was in Plain. Dealing last Saturday.
accompanied by Mr.. H. Il. Hinton. Of
the Homer oil field. who is interested
with him in 2O34 acres of leases lying
north and northwest Of Plain Dealing.
The two gentlemen went out Saturday
morning and made final location for
Il prospect well to be drilled In the
northwest corner of the northwest
quarter Of northeast quarter Of section
., township -. north. range II. west
The 2O34-acre tract lies from one
! quarter t. ~, miles north and north
west of Plain Dealing. The location
for the we'll is about one mile north.
west of town.
MessrS. G. s. and J. 4. Ford gave the
/ leases to Mr.. MattockS and associates
january 2Sth last and the vital cOndi
| ton of the deal was an obligation 10y
Mr.. MattOcks to begin to drill u pros
the date of the leases. $1,000 bein:
POSTED in the Plain Dealing Bank IL.
Il forfeit.
The contract for placing lumber OF
! the ground was let last Saturday t.
Mr. Richardson. and Nowlin Brothers
of Shreveport. are to begin building thu
derrick ut once. Mr.. MattOcks says
Drilling will begin. he thinks. within
thirty days. At any rate, there Is like
ly to I've some drilling soon. as otherwise
the leases expire May 2Sth and TIL
$4,000 forfeit money would 20 to tin
Ford brothers.
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School Teachers and Taxes.

Mr.. Lee n. Bush. Principal of the
Plain Dealing School. is in receipt of
tie appended circular letter written ut
Baton Rouge under date of the 18th.
and which is being sent to teachers and
officials throughout the state. The
matter is vital to all classes of the
people as it concerns the educational
system. seriously threatened with Il
breakdown because funds have not
been provided to maintain it in accord
ence with advances in living cost for
teachers. etc. The people of Bossier
Parish will. of course take the only
same view of the nlatter-that pointed
out by the State Superintendent of
Education in the following letter di-
rected to Mr. Bush:
As our General Assembly will soon
meet. it becomes necessary for us. the
public school officials. to canvass our
needs with the view of determining the
measures of relief which the General
Assembly should be requested to pass
upon.
The situation. as | view it, is about
like this: In order to secure the ser
vice of competent teachers next session
the school boards will be required to
pay teachers materially higher salaries
than they are now paying them. 1t
will he extremely difficult to laaintail,
high standards Of scholarship and
training in the teaching corps even
should the boards be in position to pay
| adequate salaries: should the boards
lack funds with which to bid for good
teaching ability. Il breakdown Of the
school system will surely follow.
Practically all of the schol boards
are now using all of the funds to which
they are entitled under the Constitu-
ton. anu many Of them are using the
1-mill limit of special maintenance
taxes. and. in their cases, there il nc
way. under existing law to raise ad.
ditiOnal school funds. Our case. then
is that we face the necessity Of increas
ing the school revenues in practically
all the parishes if we hope to have the
children taught by properly equipped
teachers. and there is hut one way Il
secure the fundS-the public. which
supports the schools. must be given The
facts and asked to increase it's support
1t is my purpose to ask the Genera
Assembly to propose the following
constitutional amendments for submi.
sion to the voters of the state in til,
November congressional election:
/. An amendment increasing til,
state tax. for education from 1 u mill
to 2h mills.
,. An amendment increasing tin
parish tax for education from 3 mill
to mills. and requiring this to b.
levied Oh an assessment of 100 per cen
values.
3. All amendment removing the limi
of ) mills Oh special maintenance taxes
If we can secure the approval 0
these amendments. think we shall b
able to face the session of 192O-21 witt
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ton banked high around nearly all

ton banked high around nearly all
premises:
Fire losses in the United States and
Canada during 1919 totaled $2GO,7S5.-
600. This staggering economic waste
OF property values Is greater than
during any previous year. save 1918.
when the loss by fire aggregated $:,17,
O14.3S:5 and during 1906. when the San
Francisco conflagration ran the loss
figure up to $3.50. 71O.eOO. As terrible
as the fire waste of 1919 may Seem it
Ivy no means represent the entire ecOno-
mic destruction resulting from fire. 1t
is more than safe to say that unreport-
ed fires in outlying districts combined
with the losses suffered by certain
inter-inSurers and self-insurers wOult'
add many millions more to the reported
losses. . .@e#.-s ..-
Perhaps one of the mos, remarkable
features Of 1919 was the ,nlwelcomc
increase of the burning ratio through
out the country during the month
December. The losses by fire tina
S27 .:Aa;. go. which is alomst double til"
record for that month during 1918 AMI
about equal to the experience suffered
during the same month of 1917.
The main contributing reason. at
cording to underwriters, is that losse|
during 1919 were figured more nearly
on Il basis of actual replacement cost
than during preceding years. which III
view Of the general initiation tends to-
make the actual property destroyed
during 1919 exempIify Il greater reduc-
ton from 1918 than is expressed in the
valuation figures. Even SO the actua
figures for last year show Il decrease .
over x4S.OOO.WO from the figures,
1918"
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.~e $50 '"@-
To Drill at Rocky Mount.

The Research Oil Company. firm
doing business in Arkansas, represented
in Louisiana by their field manager.
Mr.. Ralph Keaton (who is at Rocky
Mount for Il few days. is trying to
secure enough acreage for which to
drill we'll within six months. The
company agrees to pay " bonus per
acre and a drilling contract, provided.
however. that they can secure enough
acreage to justify the expense of drill
ing. The we'll is to be Il deep test Of
1900 feet.
Owing to the various interests hold
ing leases in the Rocky Mount locality.
the blocking is slow and difficult.
There is no one interest holding enough
leases to justify them in drilling test
well. and the only way Of getting such
IA test we'll drilled is to negotiate with
such interest to the end that the
necessary acreage may be blocked to-
gether. thereby protecting the exlendi-
ture of money necessary ito complete
such il test. ?.
The local people thus far. Mr. keaton
says. have responded to his efforts very
enthusiastically and have agreed to sell
half their royalties i'll most cases in
order to better support the drilling of
Il test. There is ut this time. he says.
Il lull in leasing activity in Bossier and
other parishes. due to the uncertainty
Of general financial matters over the
country. The oil companies are pre-
fering to develop proven acreage i'll
stead of wild-catting. as. general
thing.
However" says Mr.. Ke;Iten. If the
good people of Rocky Mount continue
to support us and the holders Of leases
in that locality who live elsewhere will
help in Il reasonable manner, there il
every assurance of drilling such il test
well within the time mentioned. As
soon as enough acreage-to the extent
of 1000 acres of leases is secured-the
company will pay off and put UP bond
to guarantee drilling of such Il test six
months from date thereof"
Mr.. Keaton Is now on the ground
and it should soon he known whether
or not his plans will come within the
| range of possibility.
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glad to see him at home among them
again.
Miss Nina Mae Mct;auglley spent
last Friday in Shreveport with friends.
Mr. ]. Perry spent Monday in
Benton in attendance upon court house
business.
Miss Bessie CarStarphen and Miss
Lillian Smith spent last Saturday i'll
Shreveport.
The Wild Rox Oil Company people
are implacing machinery this week and
expect to begin drilling next week.
-MeSSrs. &. q. Allen and G. Z. Mays
attended the camp meeting Of the
W. o. w. at Carterville Saturday night.
MIR. +. Il. Kinsella. from Chicago.
former resident Of RoSSier Parish.
came in last night to look after his
landed interests hereahOut.
Owing to the fact that Rev. u. J.
Holiday left for New Orleans Sunday
there was no preaching services ut the
Methodist Church that evening.
Mrs. George W. Cline, Of Grand
Rapids. Mich. who spent two weeks as
Il guest ut the country home Of MIR.
and Mrs. :. e. Selring. left last Friday
for her home.
Miss Melissa Arnold and Miss
Fannie Johnston spent the weekend
with Miss Mamie Mae New. teacher of
the Heifner School. in the Chalybeate
Springs community.
Mrs Lamar Hogue and baby.
Mozelle. of Grand CANE. returned home
last Thursday. Mrs. Hogue'S mother
Mrs. w. Il. Boggs. having greatly I'M
proved in health.
The residence Of Mrs. Il. &. Ward
near the Baptist Church. caught fire
Saturday afternoon about two O'Clock
\ defective flue was the source Of the
! fire The damage was slight. the fire
bein: extinguished before it could make
much Roadway.
SENATOR w. J. Johnston attended
the Presiding Elders quarterly meeting
held at Benton last Saturday. and later
proceeded to Shreveport and inter
viewed the telephone people In the
interest of better service for the
patrons in North BOSSier. The tele
| phone officials, as Il result. have
promised better service.
Mrs. Allen Boggs land baby
MarkeD Of Shreveport. came in last
Saturday to spend week with he1
The baby had been seriously burned
on the face and hand the same morning
having fallen against Il gas heater ii
the home. He has. however. Steadil!
improved during the past several days
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Council Meeting.

The City Council met in regular
session Monday night. all members
being present. .....
The sale Of the recently voted side,
walk and drainage Improvement bonds
was discussed and it was decided to
push the matter as fast as possible.
The matter of increase in the electric
light rate was taken up with Mr.. NJ. =
Rolinger. of the Plain Dealing Light
and Power Company. He was asked
to submit to the Council at as early a
date as possible Il new schedule of rate.
to take effect this month. 1t became
apparent that no increase IN the power
Of the plant IL feasible ut this time and
a raise in the rate is necessary Il
insure lights now.
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Black. BOffS.

Miss Carrie BoggS Of Plain Dealing.
and Mr.. Il. w. Black. of Pride. East
Baton Rouge Parish. were. married
Wednesday. of last week in that place,
where Miss ,Boggs has been teaching
in the school this winter. The bride
is IL daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. l..
Bosgs. of this place. The groom Is Il
young farmer. and the newly welded
pair will reside at his home-MrS.
Black continuing her school work for
the present.
The bride is Of a large and well
known family throughout this entire
section and numbers her friends by the
score. Many who see this IN print will
he wishing her well-l long life OF
happiness to both herself and the young
man of her choice.
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Plain Dealing Department

day also expect to be present at some
of the meetings
. MIR. {. \. Harrison made Il bust
ness trip to Shreveport Monday.
MIR. {. r. Keeth. of Houston. is
here to-day. looking after Keeth Estate
! interests.
There will he regular services at
the Baptist Church next Sunday. morn
ing and evening.
Mr.. Jeff Hudson left Monday for
the Bull Bayou oil field expecting to he
| occupied there for three weeks.
Rev. l.. F. Barnett. of Magnolia,
Ark. returned home yesterday after Il
weeks visit with his sister. Mrs
! L. u. Barnett.
Mr.. Clifford OgleSby and Mr..
Arthur Seay. from the oil fields. came
days in Plain Dealing.
Mr.. George +. Dutton, engineer
for the Observation-Disclosures Highway.
was here from Shreveport Yesterday.
| putting the roadworkers Oh the right
direction.
-MeSSrs. Chester and Lester Lowe.
who have been working in the oil fields,
returned home last night and are
visiting their parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Will Lowe.
At the WhiteSide well. Oh the
J. II. Fenet place. seven miles south
west of Plain Dealing. the drillers were
operating yesterday in hard slndrock
at 316O feet.
The drillers ut the Whitesides we'll
on the J. ID. Fenet place. seven miles
southwest of Plain Dealing. reported
Tuesday that they were drilling in
hard shale ut 300 feet.
Married. Sunday. the 14th. Mr..
! Elmer Barnett and Miss Stella Norris.
both of Red Land. The ceremony was
! performed by Mr.. X. II. Allen. Justice
of Peace, at his office in this place.
Misses Abilene Cornish, Rita San.
ders and Annie Lou Sentell are eX-
pccted home next Sunday from the
Louisiana Industrial Institute. ut Rus
ton They have a few days vacation
between terms.
Mr. Howard Bounds. of the Post
office clerical force at Shreveport
came home ill last Saturday and has
since been with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. \. Bounds. However. he is
now much better and expects to return
to his duties in Shreveport to-day.
MIR. Nj. r. Kidd went to Shreveport
Oh Il matter of business yesterday
returning in car, with Mr.. Hinklt
Stroud. Mr.. Stroud returned to the
city this morning. as he is serving OF
the Federal petit jury there. Mr.. Kidd
reports the old Benton-Plain De;llin.
road as pass;lble.
MIR. G.. NJ Lynch returned last
Thursday from business transaction
about DeQueen. Ark. that lasted about
two months. Mr.. lynch, in fact. hat
Il grading contract there and. as usual
did f:lir business during his absence
His many Plain Dealing friends arr
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Masonic D0lnes.

Plain Dealing Lodge. +. and \. NJ.
held a regular meeting Tuesday night.
conferred the Fellowcraft Degree on
five candidates. conferred the Master
Degree OH two and Toasted very large
attendance. including visiting brothers
from other lodges. a-
The lodge is in very flourisling
condition financially as well as to
increasing membership. .-.
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LOCAL AND Personal.

Mr.. NJ. Price visited friends in
shreveport Sunday.
Mr.. J. +. Adair is in Joplin. Mo-.
attending to mining interests.
Mr.. J. W. Wyche. Of Dixie, was
bore Sunday to visit his parents.
Mr.. w. H. Stroud is attending Fed
oral Court in Shreveport this week.
Mr.. Luther Lewis. Of Homer. spent
sunday in Shreveport to visit friends.
Mr.. W. II. stroud is in Shreveport
this week serving on the Federal Court
petit jury
Miss Nina Mae McGauShey and
Miss Maude Thompson spent Tuesday
in Shreveport.
Miss Dolly DemosS spent Sunday
IN shreveport with friends, returning
b,me Monday morning.
MIR Mack Graham. Of Collins.
Mics came in last Saturday and spent
:, few DAYS here to visit friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard BoSgS, Of
SHREVEPORT. came in last Saturday to
.,ood fine weekend with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. l.. RogSS.
Mrs. John II. Allen and children
,eturped Sunday from Bradley. Ark.
pear which place they had been visiting
far some three OF four days.
Mr.. blanchard CarStarnhen. of
New Orleans. came in Tuesday evening
tn spend day or so with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. f. NJ. Carstarphen.
The girls basket ball team of the
Red Land School will play the girls
team Of the Plain Dealing School on
tho school campus next Saturday.
Mr.. Wilbur Adair spent some days
If this week on ITS plantation near
iran. making repairs on houses and
lining up matters for making Il crop.
Mrs. J. Il. Turnkey went to Shreve-
mart Tuesday to attend the Wesleyan
Bible Class Association. in convention
, IN that city. The convention is due to
adjourn to-day.
Mrs. John Dexter returned last
week from HosSton. where she had been
10 visit her daughter. Mrs. w. +. Percy.
whose baby. she reports, is now re-
stored to good health.
Mrs. 4. S. Brown. of Benton. re-
turned home Monday afternoon. after
brief visit with her aunt. Mrs. \. w.
Heifner. She was Oh her way home
from visiting relatives III the Pleasant
i Hill community.
Rev. and Mrs. r. j. Holiday left
Sunday for New Orleans. where Broth
er Holladay will be in attendance fol
tl,ree days at an lnterchurch World
Movement Conference Of Minister'S
The conference convened Monday and
viii close its labors to-day.
The Methodist Sunday School OF
this place selected ut its session Sunda!
to represent it ut the meeting of the
Wesley Bible Class Federation al
Shreveport this week. Misses Frankie
Kiftle.-t,4,ta s:eye, -o.:ie<by: Mr.. h. t
Purcell, superintendent. and Rev. Holla
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The New School Building.

Mr.. Ira Gleason began yesterday
delivering lumber on the site Of the
new $1JO.OO school building. The
Banner representative is Informed by
Mr.. J. T.. Walker. of the local school
board. that there now seems to be good
prospects for the sale Of the school
bonds and lie Earthquakes an early
beginning of construction work.
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DR.. c. e. PERUVIAN.

The Southern Baptist enlistment
evangelist. DR.. e. +. perryman. has
written that he will arrive in Plain
Dealing on the 18th to begin Il Church
Institute and will preach while here
Friday night and the following Sunday
morning and evening. The public
is cordially invited to come out and
hear this distinguished speaker.
l.. A. MATERNE. Pastor.
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Live Stock Sanitation.

The shallow well. when close to the
habitatiOn Of live stock. is Il very uli
safe proposition as it is so liable t.
contanli,l;it ton with animal cXcrcmei'
and other filth. If not suitably curbed
or otherwise protected
Every care should he taken. there
fore. to exclude surface water from
passing into wells. if we value til,
health Of our animals
DIR. w. Fl. DAILY MrLE.
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Sweet Potatoes.

Mr.. II. {. Purcell informed the
Banner representative ut Plain Dealing
Monday that he will build sweet
potato curing plant here this season in
time to take care of the potato crops.
provided the farmers will cooperate
with him by planting sufficient acreage
to potatoes Mr.. Purcell Also says that
there are plenty Of seed potatoes in the
country saved from last years crops !:
whereas last year seed We're procured
with some difficulty. There was also
much disappointment in marketing con-
ditions and prices last year-owing
wholly to the fact that Plain Dealing
was without Il curing plant and there
fore the farmers were without prOtec-
ton against those spectators who
were better provided with facilities for
holding potatoes. r.
1t is noteworthy that even now l,
certain farmer of BOssier Parish. Mr..
NJ. Smith. of the Caney School cOmalu
nifty. who had the foresight to build
for himself a private curing plant. il
even yet marketing potatoes from his
last years crop to big advantage and
profit.
All the foregoing facts being known
surely the people in North BoSSier will
take advantage of Mr.. Purcell's Offer
and put in reasonably extensive acre
| ages Of sweet potatoes this year. Now
il the time to organize for doing the
| right thing in the right way. We are
going to have to insure the cotton mar
ket in some way. Potatoes and {;
curing plant is some protection.
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Attention, Woodmen.

The w. q. W. Lodge of Plain Dealing
Ivey Camp No. So meets Saturday
evening. the 10th at eight o'clock. All
the focal and visiting sovereigns are
invited to Ike present ut this meeting
and register their choice of options.
rhe options run from Nos. l to j.
j. Il. TURNKEY, Clerk.
l.. 4. MATERNE. {. C.
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Estrayed or Stolen

From my place. near Plain Dealing. Il
dark bay PONY, blind in left eye: in
thin condition. Also. IL dark brown
MULE. below medium size. somewhat
gray about head. Return or send III
formation to II. e. PURCELL. Plain Deal
ing. Liberal reward 1921
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National Fire Losses.

From the office Of the State Fire
Marshal. New Orleans. has come the
story appearing belOW. particularly
timely during this season Of high winds
and dry leaves and other vegeta-
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" Learn to say. :. saw your adj
yertiseInent In the Bessie. BANNER.
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Lost

Five or six MULE COLTS from my
farm near Plain Dealing. Branded {
on jaw. Any information leading to
the recovery of these mules will be re-
warded. Address Plain Dealing. La.
I7-tfl :. J. CALDWELL.
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Your psstman will sell YOU w. $. $.
All you have to do Is to ask for them.
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Death Of Mrs. Tom Demoss.

Mrs. 7. l.. DemOSs died suddenly last
Friday night at her home in the
Pleasant. Hill community. She had
been in i'll health for some years but
not seriously i'll during the months
prior to her death. Deceased was
sixty-seven years of age and had lived
forty-seven years with her husband and
in the Pleasant Hill community all of
that time.
Mrs. Demoss leaves Il widower and
five living children. The three Sons
are Mr.. George F.. Demoss. Of Plain
Dealing. and Messrs. Clay Denloss and
Thomas J. DemOsS, of the. Pleasant
Hill community. The two daughters
, are Mrs. George Mckenzie. of the
Pleasant Hill community. and Mrs
Mon BurkS. of Ivan.
She was an active worker in and
member of the Pleasant Hill Christian
Church during all the years Of hel
residence in that community.
The funeral occurred from the church
| Saturday afternoon ut three O'Clock
Rev. T. J. Holiday officiating in the
last sad rites in the presence Of prac
tically all residents Of the community
Interment followed in the local GENE
| tery
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We Want to Buy

All the EGGS, Chickens, Turkeys,
Ducks. Geese. Hides, Tallow, Fur,
Wool and Beeswax we can get. We
have been in this business twelve
years. and know where We can get
the best prices. That enables US to
offer you top prices. 50 see us be.
fore you sell.