The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-06-20

The schools have all closed.
Moonlight picnic Tuesday night.
The dusty dust still remains dusty.
The summer girls are all home from
school.
See the Police Jury proceedings
elsewhere.
Remember Pythian decoration day
Sunday week.
Farmer Mack Goodwin was down
from the Point Wednesday last.
Miss Mamie Rhodes paid her friends
o visit In town last Wednesday.
The School Board met last Tuesday.
See proceedings in another column.
Thcre was little impromptu dance
last Monday night at Armory Hall.
Hon. j. E. Ransdell returned from
New Orleans last Wednesday evening.
Miss Sallie Meek, of the Second
ward, paid Providence visit the first
of the week.
Mr.. James McCulloch returned from
Shattuck school last Tuesday morning
for the vacation.
Miss Llewellyn Brown returned
from school the latter part of last week
to spend the vacation.
Jno. w. Cook and S. w. Green left
last Saturday for st. Louis to attend
the Republican convention.
Misc Bessie Rhodes has been visiting
in town for the past ten days, 10 the
delight of her many friends.
n'he Episcopal Church looks like u
new building since it has been painted.
Mr.. O. Neill does very neat work.
Mr.. j. F. Ryan, young gentleman
from Vicksburg, spent several days in
Providence this week visiting friends.
Another week and no rain, corn is
about gone. Cotton is standing the
drouth pretty well, although it needs
rain.
The colorcd school closed with a
big festival in the old Methodist
church in new town last Monday
night.
Mr.. Jas. S. Millikin sent us good
size cotton boil this week, and says he
has lots of them In his neck of the
woods.
Mr.. w. N. White aud the Hill Bros.
are clearing away the ground for their
new stores, which will be built in the
next two months.
Our former friend Morgan Hamil-
ton ran down from Mycrsville day or
80 in the early part of the week TO see
how things were running here.
Mr.. Ed. Miles smiling face can be
seen again on our streets. Miles will
turn up at Providence in spite Of all
we can do TO keep him away.
We regret to hear of so much sick
ness in the family of Mr.. j. S. Milli-
kin, himself and several of the little
children being In bed. We hope they
will all be well soon.
A little boy asked his father what a
pedestrian was. The old man, imbib-
ing the spirit of the age, told him that
he was a fellow who growled when a
bicycle ran over him.
DR.. j. B. Askew, Jr., the young
dentist from Vicksburg, is at Mrs.
Egelly's ready to attend TO all who
have any dental work to be done. He
will be here several weeks.
Miss McCulloch has appointed
Misses Dollie Kennedy, Bessie Rhodes
and Nellie Montgomery TO be her
maids of honor, who will attend her
to the Lake Charles encampment.
Judge w. G. WHY has requested
us to state that he will not be can
didate for reelection on the Levec
Board. We regret to hear this, for
the Judge Is one of the most jealous
workers on the board. East Carroll
win lose valuable man in his with
drawal from active service.
Mr.. Herman Stein aud the publisher
went to the ST. Louis convention last
Saturday. They will return early
next week, we hope sober. Turner
il an out-and-out Populist, but no
doubt he had great influence IN the
select,on of a. presidential candidate.
Turner got his Influence by absorb
tion-from the protein.
The Providence public school closed
last week with public examination.
Mr.. C. r. Egelly, Superintendent, ex-
presses himself as being much graft
fed by the manner in which the
scholars acquitted themselves. lie
savs the schools ali over the parish
are in excellent shape and Will be IN
better condition next year. rms IS
encouraging news to the patrons.