The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-12-21

A Merry Christmas to you.
The river Ia falling at this point.
Cotton seed has gone TO 5000.
Trade has been good this week.
Ye Christmas turkey is in demand.
Stores on Levee street are at a prem
ium.
Candies in wagon load lots, at Cue
nard's.
Business was never better in Provi-
dence.
Less cotton next year-and higher
prices.
Mr.. w. b. Keene was a visitor to
town on Tuesday.
How the advertising merchants are
doing the business.
Be sure to drop in at McRae's for
your Christmas things.
Services at the Methodist aad Epis-
copal Churches tomorrow.
The dust this week has been as plen-
tiful as in tie middle of summer.
The bicycle club of Providence was
out for spinn OH Tuesday evening.
The choir of the Episcopal Church
is practicing for Christmas services.
Will Dunn was in town on Sunday,
returning in the evening TO his ranch.
Mr.. John O. Ikerd had the misfor-
The store keepers and clerks have
had all they could say grace over this
week
Christmas goods at such rare bar
gains at McRae's is attracting the
crowd.
Against the town ordinances to
shoot your fire works within the COR
porale limits.
The Catholic choir is practicing for
will be heard.
The night marshal caught him a
coon on Saturday night, and got a
dollar for the job.
About half dozen wagons with
turkeys aud chickens from The Hills
were in town this week.
Charley Whittington's livery stable
has turned out TO be a blacksmith
shop, just as we expected.
j. w Pittman has purchased several
bales Of cotton this week. His cotton
yard is opposite our Office.
The Building Association is getting
more and more popular, because it is
the friend of the poor man.
More furniture aud stoves have been
sold to the colored people this season
than ever was known before.
To-day we will call on every person
who owes us for subscription and job
work. Please do not put us off.
Mr.. G. A. Voelker came in from the
Bend on Tuesday evening 10 attend q
meeting of the Knights of Pythias.
Excuse the appearance of our paper
for the next few weeks. We are
going to take little Christmas in ours.
The two sons of our popular parish
oner Col. w. II. Benjamin, are home
from Sewanee TO spend the holidays
Mr.. Bud STEIN went down as far as.
Vicksburg on the feathers Tuesday
night. lie returned yesterday morn
ing.
ii. T. Mitchell of Greenyille, Miss,
succeeds the late j. A. Harris as prin-
cipal of the colored public school of
Providence.
Brackhouse. the butcher, is going 10
give the crack shcts some sport on
Tuesday next. Read his notice in
another column.
Mr.. O'Neil is a fine sign painter,
and is ready 10 do all kinds of sign
painting. Give him your work, his
prices are reasonable.
Father Maize left this morning for
Milliken's Bend. lie will be back on
Tuesday morning in time for the
Christmas celebration.
Go to Whites and select a service.
able Christmas present. You can get
them IN glass. 60 and look at the
beautiful sets in crockery.
On Christmas day the services at
the Catholic Church will be at aud
1880 in the morning. The church
will be prettily decorated.
No man should refuse to support
the nominee of his party, because OF
the defeat Of his preference. lie is a
poor democrat who will do it.
Bud Stein wishes us to say that as
soon as he gets his debts Strengthened
OUT, he may go TO Florida in the sweet
by-and-by, but not at present.
1t will only be a few weeks when
some of the cotton packets will go TO
bank. We will bet the feathers will
be the boat to stay with the people.
On account Of the wind on Thurs.
day the telegraph line is down, and
we have TO go to press without any