The Banner-Democrat., 1900-12-29
Local and Parish News.
Bend your energies for a successfu
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Bend your energies for successful
1901.
Christmas 1900, is past and gone
the last OF the century.
The big. gin has tied nearly three
thousand bales of cotton.
This ia one Christmas that we have
not had TO chronicle murder in the
parish.
The big Salem levee will be COM
pleted on the Let of February, con-
tract time.
There might DO new leaves turned
over by few for 1901, that would be
benefit TO.
There 10 talk Of more brick build
ings being erected on the north side
of Lake street.
Tom Powell is home to spend the
holidays. He has been attending
school at Minden.
The sun came ont bright and beauti-
full last Monday aud Tuesday. The
weather was grand.
II has been years since .uch busi-
ness was done by our merchants as
they had during last week.
Look at the list OF names drawn for
grand and petit jurors and see II you
are not among the number.
Services at the Episcopal Church to.
morrow morning at II O'Clock and at
7:30 O'Clock in the evening.
The steamer Dewery will not leave
New. Orleans this week, on account of
having new chimneys put up.
Last Sunday the steamer Dewey
took on board nearly four thousand
sacks of seed at Bells landing.
Thsre.is not residence for rent In
town. Ii there were more, they could
be rented without any trouble.
The business from the Hill section
has been very large this year. and es-
pecially for the past few weeks.
A jury term OF court will convene
on the 5ib OF January, 1901, his honor,
Judge e. X. Rsnsdell, presiding.
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Cohen left for
Greenville last Sunday on. the Belle.
They viii only remain this week.
Nina Franklin and Pearl Fisher,
two OF our sweet little girl friends, are
welcomed home to spend The holidays.
Our long distance telephone line
will soon be reality. In the next few
weeks the cable will be laid across the
river.
DR. w. B. Pierce left last Saturday
for New York, where he will attend
the Post Graduate school for the next
two months.
Last Saturday the streets were so
crowded that il took two special
police to keep the sidewalks from be.
ing blocked.
Services will be held at the Catholic
Church tomorrow morning at ball
past ten and in the evening at half past
four O'Clock.
Mrs. viii Reid returned last week
from Clarksdale TO spend the holiday,
with her parents, Judge and Mrs. j
M. Kennedy.
Marshal Peck Informed us that ther,
was not sn arrest made during tn,
Christmas holidays. This speaks vel
for our town.
The boys had glorious time OF
Monday night. They didn't reacl
their couches until the wee sms
hours of morning.
We are like the other people, an,
have been taking Christmas, and yo'
will have TO excuse The short coming
of the paper this week.
DIR. Pierce has purchased the prett
home of Mr.. r. l.. Hill. Now Doctor
the next thing to DO is--w veil. we hop
Il is not at Any distant day.
Don't prepare your New Year
dinner, but take ii.with the ladies 3
the Opera House. You viii Ga
something good 10 eat there.
There will be wa;ch,nighi service
at the Episcapsl { hurch npxt Monda
night al hsif past eleven, The ol
century aud the pas year VIII 90 on
at lo ~ and appropriaie services wi
be held for the OCCASION