The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-05-12
Local and Parish News.


Col. Frank Taylor is with us.
The planters are crying for rain.
Services at the churches tomorrow
Tomorrow Pentecost or Whitsun
day.
Patronize Powell, the great merch
ant.
Summer tire is comming, Cent?
Annie.
Washing pig will not make it sto]
liking mud.
The man who deliberately tells IL
will live one.
Guenard has several new drinks a
his soda fountain.
Services at the Catholic Church to
morrow at 1890.
The biggest coward is the one who
is afraid to do right.
Representative C. S. WHY left thi,
morning for Baton Rouge.
Aren't the boys going to organize Q
base ball club for the summer?
The sewing parlors of the Misses
F.. LIE May are crowded every day.
1t is hard to understand how q
grateful man can be stingy one.
The man who succeed as hypoc
has to devote his whole time to it.
The delinquent tax sale takes place
to-day at the Court House, as adver-
tised.
The criminal term of the 9TH Dis
trict Court will convene on Monday,
May 21st.
Whitewash your premises. A little
lime adds a great deal to the beauty
of the town.
Mrs. Belle Tompkins is spending a
few days at the lovely home of Mrs.
j. f. Ransdell.
Attend the Building and Loan Asso-
citation on Monday evening, it will be
very interesting.
The river continues to fall at this
point. 1t is Is feet lower than same
date last year.
The man whose head is in the clouds
will often be found standing with his
foot on his brothers neck.
The city council met on Wednesday
night and transacted large amount of
business. Proceedings in our next.
The Can't Get Away Club is adding
new members every day; they are
preparing to have great deal of fun.
Plow's celebrated candies, 75cts per
pound at Guenard's. 1t is the only
pure candy ever sold in Providence.
Go and try 1-pound box.
Miss Mary Hamilton, after spending
few days with relatives and friends
in town, returned to Vicksburg Mon
day evening by the Anchorliner.
Good many complain that the music
was not very harmonious at the last
ball =; even one wanted to know they
did not keep COW in the orchestra.
The Building Association has done
one good thing in this town, it has
brought down the rent of houses so
that poor man can afford to live in
town.
Our two enterprising citizens,
Messrs. Hamley & Ransdell are think
ing very strongly of moving their
large saw mill plant from the swamp
to town.
1If you want to be miserable, think
about yourself, about what you want,
what you like, what respects others
ought to pay you, and what others
think about yon."
1t will soon be year since the terri |
bly, WHY crevasse occurred. The levee
broke on Tuesday, May Esd, and the
water quit running through the Gre
vase on July the 4th.
Col. E. w. Constant and DR.. w. E.
Long were visitors to the burg on
Thursday. We were pleased to greet
them. They report crop prospects
bright in the second ward.
We were glad to see Miss Ethel
Foster out on Tuesday last, slowly re-
from the painful accident
she experienced few days ago. We
understand she suffered excruciating
pains.
Our friend Max Stockner has been
quite sick for the past few days. We
are glad to learn it is nothing serious,
and he will be able to be out in few
days attending to his large planting
interests.
The Right Reverend Davis Sessums,
Bishop of the Diocese, win administer
the Apostolic Rite of Confirmation in
Grace Church on Tuesday, the 22nd
instant. Morning service at Ii O'Clock
and evening at eight. The public are
cordially Invited. u