The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-04-18
Local and Parish News.
Democrats, next Tuesday.

Services at the churches tomorrow
The colored brass band is improv.
ing.
zone among many"will appear mex
week. .
For gents furnishings, call al
Whites.
Tho health of our town and parish
is good.
A slight change in the temperature
this week.
Read the Police Jury proceedings In
another column.
DON'T say you forgot that Tuesday
was election day.
One or two cases of measles among
the colored people.
Rev. Mr.. Knickerbocker has pur.
chased new horse.
Everybody will be glad when cleo.
ton has come and gone.
"The funniest thing on earth is q
girl who thinks she is pretty"
Go to Whites aud look at the hand
some line of gents furnishings.
The Misses Egelly made the round
trip on the Savannah last week.
Yancey Bell has been doing a land
office business iu the vaccinating line.
Tho festive pickaninDy with his
bucket of dew berries will soon be on
the streets.
The Bicycle club are having the
road out as far as Oakland put in q
nice condition.
What is more contemplate in a
man when he has an opinion and is
scared to express 1t.
A street sprinkler is one of the
things that is very much needed in
town during the summer.
Commercial travellers were as thick
as bees in town this week. Nine Of
them came in on one boat.
Mr.. Yancey Bell has ice now con-
stantly on hand, and will continue to
keep it during the season.
The prettiest aud most complete
liue of shoes ever brought to this
market, can be found at Whites.
Don't say that the distance from
where you live to the polls was too
great, and that you could not vote.
If there is q Democrat in East Car
roll who fails to vote on Tuesday next,
he should be ostracized by his fellow
man.
S. w. Green and S. IT. Green were
summoned to Monroe this week to APP
pear before the U. S. court in the Gill
bert case.
Mack Goodwin was in town for q
couple of days this week. Mack tells
us bis crop of corn and cotton is
above ground.
Rev. G. Maize went over to West
Carroll on Monday TO see some of his
church people. He tells US he had a
very pleasant trip.
The straw hat has made its appear
ance tor good, and the only house in
town handling first class up-to-date
line, is w. N. White.
Let every man who is interested in
the welfare of his country politically,
socially aud morally, vote the Demo-
cratic ticket next Tuesday.
Mr.. w. K. Spurlock has the contract
of putting up the Lumber Co.'S, tele-
phone line. The length of the line
will be about seven miles.
Mr.. John O'Neill, the painter has
his card IN this issue. He is first
class sign, house and buggy painter.
He is elso first class paper hanger.
They say there was fuss in high
colored life last week, where lady
pulled her gun, and there was not
enough openings in the building by
about half.
Misses Jackson and Montgomery
will receive pretty line of hats for
May day. The lady that does not
purchase hat is not in it when it
comes to looks.
The lamp that was recently moved
from the Pittman corner TO the oppo-
site side of the street, should be moved
back. II was great deal more bene-
fit than where ii Is.
Captain Cummins of the steamer
Savannah, is working up good trade
for the Memphis merchants The
yicksburg merchants will fluid out
their mistake sooner or later.
Mr.. Johu Kennedy returned homo
on Sunday from the University. We
are sorry that such serious row took
place at the school. We are afraid
the University will not get over the
effects of il for several sessions.