The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-06

With every dciisrs worth OF gooas
purchased at the large store OF MaA
Levy's, chance is given to tG' pl'
chaser on a fine set of furniture. On
Christmas day the drawing will tako
place ard the person holding the
lucky number will be entitled to the
furniture.
Mr.J s. Guenard has been appoint
ed clerk of the 9Th District Court,
made yacan. by the resignation OF Mr.
J. D. Tompkins and has taken charge
of the Office. Mr.. Guenard is CON-
oetent person and will make a first
class officer. lie has retained Mr..
Dave Gilinour as bis deputy.
Labor during. the past summer, or
since cotton picking commenced, has
been very scarce aud every colored
person who could pick cotton went to
the field. The price of labor went up
from Boots day TO $l.00, and as high
as 81 25 had 10 be paid, and It YVES hard
to get labor at this price.
The new mail carrier to tho landing
has had to carry the mail nearly a
milo above the regular landing on &C
count of the boats refusing to land
where the Pargoud landed. 1t is q
great Inconvenience, aud it looks TO
all fair minded people that the Vicks-
burg authorities are doing many un-
wise things.
We are now in the month of Novem-
Der, and we are of the opinion that the
Police Jury or the Board of Health can
do away with the quarantine with all
its expense, such ss parish physicians
and guards, with perfect safety. AT
this late in tie season all danger is
passed and there is no need of fear
from the fever.
| Mr.. Leo Shields came up from the
Reid levee in Madison parish on FIJI
day last aud remained several days
He says that the Reid .evee is an i'm
mense contract and that Mr.. Hynei
will have it covered in o few more
weeks. Leo's many friends were glaC
to see him after being quarsntined ou'
for such long time.
Everybody in town the size o
Providence wants their stoves put III
at once, which the timer finds impos
sible. We are next door to the noises
man In town, and it is real funny Il
hear lady when she goes into bi
place OF business to tackle him abou
her stove. Sometimes tho roof of th
shop is lifted clear up.
!
The frost on Wednesday morninl
aud the fact that we are iuto Noyern
Der, The health authorities should opel
up the quarantine aud do away wit
the heavy expense. The quarantin
can be raised with safety. We know
|
that some few will object to this, bu
we can SEQ no fear now or any chanc
of The disease spreading any further.
!
Mr.. c. N. Hall, the Singer SEWN
. Machiue Agt., while returning to tow
Oh Saturday evening last from q triE
lost all his notes aud hundred dolla
, draft, aud he thought for a while tha
they were lost for good; but on Moi
day be was lucky enough to haV
them returned to him by colore
man, " no picked them up in the roa'
6
, Henry Dixon got into fuss on ga
urday evening last, and not being ga
, isficd with that, he resisted arres
I which goes pretty hard with fello'
when be faces the mayor Oh such
S charge. After hearing the testimon
, his Honor touched him for SIS of co
Ion picking money, which went dow
I in the exchequer of the town to bel
Il defray quarantine expenses.
! On Monday morning Superinten'
{. ent Egelly instructed Professor Dude
to dismiss the school for the week G
e account of tho report that yellow few
i existed in Madison parish aud the ia
that Capt. w. S. Brown had been dow
= TO that parish few days before. Tn
may have been the right course to pu
i sue, but We think it was entire
L uncalIed for and unnecessary.
y Now is the time of the year WHIT