The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-11-30
Local and Parish News.

There were several fights last Satur
}day night.
The weather has been. beautiful
tagain this week.
! The Belle of the Bends continues tc
tmske about one trip week.
Services at the Catholic, Methodist
land Episcopal churches tomorrow.
The Police Jury met on Wednesday
land transacted large amount of busi
ness.
The little rise in the price of cotton
! is relished very much. Let her go
on up.
We are making arrangements 10
purchase an entire new Office aud
another job press.
Thirty bales of cotton from the bills
A passed through town on Monday,
Bound for the landing.
AMI, Tisch. the expert watch repsirer.
b now be found in the store lately
5ccnpied by Mr.. W. H. Fisher.
See the handsome things our stores
D..
need OF sending away for anything.
The minimum license for selling
whisky IN Providence for 1902 lie $3.50.
Most Of the places will pay more than
this amount.
Miss lsabelle Montgomery is attend
ing 10 the fire Insurance business of
her brother, Mr.. John A. Montgom-
cry, during his absence.
We regretted very much not being
4 able 10 print a brief last week for Hon.
y. M. Kennedy, every bit of our type
being up in matter for the town.
Mrs. Clint Ards and two children
arrived from Shreveport on Thursday.
|. and will spend the winter with Mrs.
FSusie Trylor, mother OF Mrs. Ards.
The steamer Lawrence has quit.
l'he boat draws five feet and there is
bot five feet of water at some places
~ the river, 80 she had to go TO bank.
II II yon want TO insure your life in
Rhe best Insurance Company, see Mr..
j. w. Tooke, Jr. lie has already
written over 100000 in our parish,
DEVICES forecast for December is
published in another columns. He has
missed il for the past two or three
months, and we hope he misses ii for
december
French's New Sensation was at Ris-
ing Sun, Indiana, on the 18th. The
Recorder says French has large fine
boat, good actors, new scenery aud a
fret class show
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets cure bilIiousness, constipation
aud headache. They are easy to take
aud pleasant in effect. For sale at j.
S. Guenard's drug store.
Capt. r. N. Rea and Mr.. Alex Stock
,Der, of the Bend, were 10 town last
Sunday. Both gentlemen informed us
that there was a great amount Of cot
ton remaining to be picked.
Our friend Phil Mcclure did not re-
main with us over twenty-four hours.
lie went on TO New Orleans, where he
now has bis horses, aud where he will
remain during the winter racing in
that city.
Our friends Of the second ward will
please accept the.thanks ofourself and
sbetter-half for an invitation TO attend
the dance, which came of Tuesday
evening. We regret that we could not
attend.
On the 2Srd The big gin had turned
out this season 2170 bales of cotton,
40 bales more than last year same |
date. This gin turned out last season |
-26i2 bales. This season it should |
press $500 bales. i
Mr.. e. w. Gaylord, an expert pho
togrspher, arrived a few days ago, and |
has put MP his tent right across from /
the bank building. His line is small |
pic,ure-work aud takes rs small gen.
snine photographs for 25css.
The large map OF the town, measur-
ing about IL K A, feet kept in the
Office OF the mayor, has mysteriously
disappeared. Who got away. with Il.
and what was the object In stealing
at! IL was there few months ago.
In the next few weeks we will call
s on all those who are indebted to US
for subscriptions, advertisements aud |
Job work. Please do not put us off
with "come again, am busy just now ? |
We owe bills that have 10 be paid aud |
we have 70 collect the money due Us
go we can square up.