Town, Converse,  Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Submitted: by : Gaytha Carver Thompson
Source: History of Sabine Parish by John G. Belisle, The Sabine Banner Press,
1912






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CONVERSE

This is the most northern town in Sabine parish on the K. C. S. R'y.  It was
named for col. James Converse, who owned a large tract of land in that
vicinity, including the townsite.  The town was started after the railroad was
built (1906), Dr. G. M. Mott and Wilt Morgan erecting the first business
house.  Converse is surrounded by  fine farming country, and a large amount of
cotton is ginned and marketed there every year.  Rural telephone lines, owned
by independent companies composed of citizens, connect converse with the
surrounding country, and a bank is soon to be established there.  That section
of Sabine is the first to vote a special tax to aid in the construction of a
model road and the road will be built soon.  The people are progressive and
are determined to develop their country.  Converse has a good school, a
church, several stores and a cotton gin.  It is the chief trading and shipping
point for a large territory.

The principal business houses are conducted by G. I. Paul, Tatum Bros. (N. R.
and Dr. W. E.), A. J. Burkett, W. D. Gates, W. F. Ledford, J. G. Burkett.  The
gin is owned by Jackson Bros, (C. L. and J. M.).

The resident physicians are Dr. W. G. Allen, who was reared int his community,
and Dr. E. K. Harris, a native of Claiborne Parish.

Mrs. Ruthie Kay is the efficient postmistress.

Among the prominent citizens and farmers of converse are Buren Lout, J. W.
Latham, W. M. Bolton, H. J., C. P. and Lee McDonald, J. M. Paul, Cal Raymond,
L. B. Farmer, C. C. Bazemore, R. G. Bossier, M. V. Flores, Henry Tatum, W. R.
McPhearson, C. E. Pugh, S. A. Spillyards, R. S. Heard.