The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-04-25

The laugh is on LAWN.
1t Is summer sure enough.
The election passed off quietly.
The health of our people is good.
Guenard's soda water tomorrow.
The Democrats of East Carroll did
well.
Mr.. Yancey Bell continues TO vacci-
nate.
Good river news, and the planters
are happy.
The price of beans must be up in
Vicksburg.
Charley Wilmington has very
pretty buss.
Several more bicycles will soon ar.
rive in town.
There was not a Republican ticket
in the parish.
White has the very finest in alpaca
coats anu vests.
There are several new cases of
measles in town.
Cotton is humping, and chopping
out is now the work.
Mr.. Max Lovy has purchased two
lots in New Providence.
May the 9th, will be jolly day.
Be sure and come to town.
The thermometer has been playing
around the 80 mark this week.
Madison parish is invited to be
with the Firemen OH Wednesday, May
9th.
Col. and Mrs. Quays aud the Misses
Quays were visitors to town on Sun
day.
Rev. G.. Maize returned home Oh
Tuesday morning and left again this
morning.
The prettcst span of horses in town
is the Fireman's team. They are
slick and fat.
Miss Stookey. of the Bend, has been
in town this week, the guest of Miss
Montgomery.
Everything that can be raised in
any other country, can be grown right
In East Carroll.
Mayor IIainley weighs about 24O
pounds, but that don't keep him from
riding bicycle.
Every body take a basket 10 the
picnic, SO you can invite your friends
from the country to join you.
Mr., and Mrs. John Mcclure were In
from Waterloo on Tuesday. John
will make first class farmer.
Every person in East Carroll should
come TO Providence on Wednesday,
May 9th, and have a good time.
What a bitter pill 1t must have been,
for the one or two white Republicans
of Providence TO swallow on Tuesday
Miss Lottie Graves left on the
NatchezSunday evening for Bruinburg
Miss. where she goes TO visit friends
There are one or two white rene
0ades in Providence who will be re.
membered. The less said by them the
better.
How did the one or two white
Republicans like the way the coloreo
people repudia,ed their advice OF
Tuesday,
Mrs. Sam Blum left on Saturday
evening last on the good steamboa
CITY OF Savannah for her home IL
Greenville.
There will be no services at thu
Methodist Church tomorrow, 1t be
ing Rev. Mr.. Knickerbocker's Sunda.
at Pecan Grove.
Orr Methodist friends should fix tn
roof of their church. 1t is shame t.
see the beautiful paper being ruine'
by the leaky roof.
he past week our friend Fonss
has been worrying bicycle day AM
night. until now he can almost maste
the wild aud woody steed.
The colored people came in larg
droves to the Providence box an
voted the straight Democratic ticke
This was the way to do it.
Our popular Representative wi
soon leave us, aud we will not get t
see his smiling countenance for some
time. Good luck to you Charley.
The past two weeks has been tn
finest season for the crops known fc
Years. The planters tell us that th
stand of cotton never was better.
This is one week that our town hi
been free from deluge of crummt
Our merchants must be good pay fro
the way these men want to sell thel
goods.
The telegraph line, about the TIN
that il wants TO be used the most,
lie very time ii is down. Tuesd'
evening aud Wednesday it was dow