The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-10
Local and Parish News.

See the Town Council proceeding
in another column.
Railroad work was started in Eas
Carroll on Monday.
The public schools will close tn
session TWO weeks earlier than las
year.
The weather is dreadfully hot, ant
Tuesday was a scorching day fol
marching.
We are using our cannon this weel
on account of railroad work being
= started in tho parish.
Fishing is good at Baxter and large
strings Of magnificent bass are being
brought TO town daily.
Rev. Mr. Boberg will hold services
tomorrow at p m, in ST. Johns
Chapel, Bunch's Bend.
Ii there had been any enterprise
Lake ana Levee streets would have
been spriukled on Tuesday.
Mrs. Jas. S. Mlllkin presented the
Woodman and the band with two
beautiful ornamental cakes.
The town was crowded with out
of town people on Tuesday. They
were taken care OF aud Hospitality en-
tanned.
Mr.. j. w. Pittman, the big man at
the Providence Hardware Co., has
been laid up this week with the
mumps.
Mrs. II. NJ N. Green, of Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, arrived few days ago to
spend sometime with her sister, Mrs.
Jos. l.. Fischer
The iron for TeDsss bridge was
hauled out this week The workmen
are here and it will now be finished as
soou as possible.
There were SO many of our country
friends in town on Tuesday that we
could not name them all. We are
always glad TO see them.
Mr.. Bud Stein, looking in excellent
health. dropped in on US Tuesday 10
join in The festivities OF the day. Bud
is hnslling drummer and controls
large trade.
Miss Annie Moore aud Miss Mary
Walker, two popular young ladies of |
Z Greenville, Miss. arrived last FRIDAY |
and are the guests of Mrs T. G. Wood |
on First street.
Lake Providence will now oboom! |
boomll boom |! The construction
work on the railroad is started. There
is nothing now to keep ii from being
great big prospecting town.
Mr.. G. b. Fischer and wife of New
Orleans, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Jos. l.. Fischer. Mr.. Fischer is the
manager OF the Fischer Lumber and
Manufacturing Co., of the Crescent
City.
Mrs. Jos. Redhead, nee Brisco, of
Fay elite, Miss, who visited friends here
a few years ago, arrived last Friday
and spent few days with Mrs. L. s.
Deloney. Mrs Redhead returned We'd
Desday on the Belle.
The Woodman festivities on Tues
day, was one of the grandest ever wit
messed in Providence. The band play.
ed well. aud the parade was quite
long. The gentlemen who were at the
head of il, deserve great deal of
praise.
There was quite number OF promi-
nent citizens of different sections of
our parish in town on Monday. They
were selected to sit as jurors on the
appropriation cases against land own
ers by the Memphis. Helena and Louis
lana Railway company.
The dust lie horrible, and 1t seems |
that the business houses would pay q
almost any price TO have the streets |
sprnkled rather than have their goods +,
ruined. There are some merchants q
too stingy to even breathe good, for '
fear they may lose little wind. ]
We are informed by the sexton of
the cemetery that flowers are being
stolen from the different graves.
There is heavy penalty for this, aud
any person caught Decorating the !,
graves or removing flowers will be J
reported and fined TO the full limit by =
the mayor.
Mr.. McAlpin, one of the best cot. :
ION planters in the Bend, was a visitor i
10 town on Monday. Mr.. McAlpiu .
" as accompanied by bis father, of Mis- :
'issippi, who lie visiting his son for a :
lew weeks. This is bis first visit to : :
East Carroll and our town, and likes !
)ur country very much.
Cut this out aud take IL to j S. Cue
1ard's drug store and get free sam Il
pie of Chamberlein's Stomach aad D
Liver Tablets, the best physic. They i
lease and invigorate the stomach, inn "
prove the appetite aud regulate the Of
bowels. Regular size, Csc, per bax, at Ii
J. S. Guenard's drug store.
The Lake Providence Hardware =
Company continues to build up large
business. This house carries all the
atest labor saving implements for the
arm, besides everything else kept In a "
hardware store. You can fiud any III
hing you want right there. They g
Ilso carrya high grade of furniture IA
The many friends of Mr.. Joe Craig,
# Grandview, Ind, in this part of the
ountry, where he is well and popular "
y known will be glad to know that W
o was not lost in the burning of the dc
teamer City of Pittsburg near Cairo Gu
sw weeks ago. He was passenger WI
n that boat and was reported among be
be lost. Ol