The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-28
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
NOTES.

-Capt. w. +. Texada, OF Bayou
Rapides, was in town last week.
Mr.. d. j. Graham. of Wells
T.. o., WAS in town Saturday.
Mr.. g. II. Cochran, of Ever.
green, La, was in town last week.
Mr.. T.. j. Ketchum, of Fish
vile, Grant Parish, was in town
saturday.
Mrs. r. l.. Randolph returned
Friday from "a visit to relatives at
FairmOunt.
Mrs. L. j. Hardtner ard
daughter, Mrs. j. A. White, are
visiting relatives at Ruston, La.
Miss BERTHE Grayson returned
home Friday night from all extend.
ed visit to relatives i'll Catahoula
parish.
Mrs. Jonas Hitler and chill
dreu, of Bastrop, who had been
visiting friends here returned home
last Friday.
Miss Ala Cheney and sister,
Mrs. NJ. V. Lacaze, have returned
from Il visit to relatives in Natclli-
toches parish.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Bring
hurst, after a brief visit in town,
returned to their summer residence
in the piue woods last Saturday.
Mayor Thomas Crawley, after
a s%ojourn of two mouths at Coop.
er's Well and Biloxi, returned
home Friday night, considerably
improved in health.
Col. W. w. Wilmington,
Grand Master Workman of the A.
o.. U. w, returned from New Or.
leans several days ago, whittier he
had gone to organize a Lodge.
The Misses Josie ard Bena
Miller returned last week from a
i. visit to their sister, Mrs. Joseph
Fitzpatrick of Nuremberg plan.
ton.
Mr.. VIM. A. Hassell, of Cor.
pus Christi, Texas, representing
"The Ancient Order United Work.
S men," was in town Monday and
gave the DEMOCRAT a pleasant
call.
-Messrs. Geo. O. Waits and
Ed. G. Hunter have been appoint
ed members of the State Central
Committee for this parish by the
Chairman of The State Ballot Re
r form League.
: Misses Efie and Bethiah, the
bright little daughters of Mr.. d. l
Adams, of this city, left Sunday
morning On the IL. Z. A. Il n
e Railway to visit friends in Little
e Rock, Ark.
2 General Thomas r. Taylur
general counselor Of the Kansas
City, Watkins & Gulf Railway
was in the city last week, and a:
+ usual, paid his respects to thu
DEMOCRAT.
Pref. IL II. Harper, WHO ha.
given general satisfaction HIS lh'
= Principal of tie PinevilIe Puhli,
School for the past two Years, he's
been selected by the School Boalt
r. % conduct the Bnyce High Sclioo
! for the current scholastic session
q Mr.. Sam'l. Wilson, the affabl,
q aud energetic young representa-
tive Of w. Fl. Kline T. Co., of New
r. Orleans, arrived in Alexander;
several days ago. Mr.. Wilson ha
been engaged in purchasing cottol
II for this firm for several season
and will re-engage in the businrs
.. at his former office, in the SecOnt
story of the Gehr building O.
! Front street.
Col. James G. Wise, who wa
3. in town several days last week
i. gave the DEMOCRAT an apprecis
ted call. While we regret tina
ID our old friend is 0 m the wrong sid
d of the financial question, we b.
lieve that he is honest. %consisten
and conscientious in his convit
IF tions and is as sound in his d.
ce mocracy as he has ever been in tn
e. entire period of his fifty years pr
litical career. Rumor says tina
ct while this cold war horse of d.
It. mocracy" is not ambitious of OF
II. cupyihg a seat in the State Sci
ate, yet he would defer to til
ne wishes of the Democracy and a
G. cept a nomination if rendered wit
ce anything like unanimity.
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