The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-22


penitentiary.
Charley Whittington is taking in
more ground.
The railroad will give us hustling,
progressive town.
There is now very deep water along
the front of town.
Charley Wilmington may fence in
the world-in time.
Walter Pittman's store looks nice
with the now lights.
The road to the landings continue
in fearful condition.
The road down near McGuire's gin
Is in dreadful condition.
Read the advertisements in the BID.
and patronize these stores.
That mud hole in front of Whiting
toms stable should be drained.
Mr.. Ed. Magee has now bath room
attached to his shaving parlor.
Mardi Gras falls on Washington's
birth day, the 22nd of February.
Mr.. Sig Woolf, of Goodrich'a, was
in town for few days this week.
On the first of each month new lot
of patterns are received at Levy's.
The only way conviction can be
h ad is for the person to plead guilty.
We regret to announce that Mr.. W.
Ii. Schneider continues in bad health.
Trade in town this week has been
fat on account of the disagreeable
weather.
Mr.. p. Sax, wcnt down TO Vicks-
burg en- Sunday for few days OF
recreation.
Mrs. j. c. Murphy and Mrs. Il. j.
Favherree returned from Vicksburg Oh
Tuesday morning.
1t PAYS the merchants and business
men TO talk literally through the COL
umns of this paper.
The latest in patterns can be found
at Levy's. The lady clerks will take
pleasure in showing them.
Our friend Holmes Of Tallulab
sleeps entirely too sound 10 catch a
steamboat, so the boys say.
Mrs. Vail Montgomery aud Miss
Manic Davis left OH the Savannah las,
Sunday morning fon Memphis.
Two hundred patterns at Levy's
Only 1Octs A guide is given away to
each person purchasing pattern.
Mr.. w. P. Burney, who has been
very sick for the past six weeks, we
regret 10 learn continues quite ill.
We saw several account sales OF
cotton the other day sold in New Or
leans that brought Gets. Not so bad.
Mr.. Quinn, popular drummer of
Vicksburg, who has large number of
friends in Providence, was in town this
week
Major Beverly Buckner after keep
ing company with the boys for several
days, returned 10 VIM Forest on
Monday.
1t has been almost an entire week of
rain, and the large amount of cotton
remaining in the fields will hardly be
gathered.
Mr.. John Donavan left Tuesday
night with Robt. Johnson for the peni-
Tertiary, who goes up for seven years
for burglary.
Mr.. Robertson, assistant State engi-
neer, arrived on Saturday last, and is
now cross sectioning the line of levee
at Wilson Point.
Squire Jackson is once more in Jail
II seems to us that it would be much
better 10 keep him out of town. He
can be kept out.
There are several planters in East
Carroll who will not finish picking cot.
ton before the middle of February OF
the first Of March.
Col. Bronsson aud Will Spaun, the
cotton seed men, were in towi
together for a few days this week.
They tackled the slot machine.
Whites special gun sale was never
equaled in Providence. II Is impossi
bic 10 send off aud get gun at The
price that he is selling them at
1t commenced TO rain about hal
past three Tuesday evening and con
tlnued clear through the night and
almost during the entire next day.
If The person who continually throws
wire into the streets in front of Whit
tington's stable would be fined once OF
twice it would break up this thing.
The two sisters of Miss Mary Jack
son arrived Sunday morning aud vii
make their home in the future witt
their sister. Miss Mary has just com
pleted her liitls homo, and we welcome
tue Misses jackson 10 our town.