Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03

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Wear man of Natchez, calls the
attention of his Tensas trade to
his new stock of winter clothing.
and assures satisfaction to the
most particular. He also offers
many bargains for cash.
Mr.. r. r. Baldwin has sue
ceeded Mr.. E. J. Walton rs MAIL
ager of Osceola, which position
MIR. Walton has held to the ut
most satisfaction of his employer
for the last fifteen years. Mr..
Walton will operate his Own prop
erty this year and move his family
to ST. Joseph.
Last Sundays Picayune con-
tains splendid likeness of Mrs.
J. E. Ransdell, wife of our dis
tinguished Congressman of Lake
Providence, and lady possessed
of many rare virtues. Mrs. Rams
dell visited St. Joseph omeyears
back and is most pleasantly re-
membered by our people.
The residence of Mr.. James
McCamley was entered by a burg
lar on Friday night last, but the
midnight visitor was frightened
away by Mr.. McCamley, who took
IL shot ut him, but evidently with
out effect. The thief seemed an
expert in the business and carried
Il dark lantern. 1t is to be re-
gretted that he did not stop some
of Mr.. McCamley's shot.
The Natchez Drug Co., one of
the staunchest drug honses in the
South, and perhaps the largest in
Mississippi, advertises today Il
splendid line of stationery and
Office fixtures. They are we'll
equipped with q large stock of
useful Office essentials, such as
blank account books, loose leaf
ledgers, etc, and solicit orders
from their Tensas friends.
Mr.. H. l.. Smitha, with his
usual enterprise, has had his
smaller hack re-painted, the color
scheme being in happy contrast
with that of the larger hack which
is acknowledged by all as thing
of beauty. TO Holman's credit it
can be truly said that he keeps
one of the best equipped and most
creditable livery stables in Louis
lana. Good luck to HIM for the
New Year.
Our esteemed brother in the
art preventative, Mr.. II. A. Mars
chalk, of the Waterproof Enter.
prise, took u weeks vacation dur
ing the holidays and paid a visit
to his mother in Port Gibson
Mr.. Markschalk has aided Mr..
Hunter materially in bringing
the Enterprise up to it's present
high standard, and we wish HIM
and his excellent sheet a prosper
Gus New Year.
The Natchez Mardl Gras associ-
alton is already hard at work
making preparations for the Elev-
enth Annual Mardi Gras celebra-
ton for March End and 3rd. They
promise to make this years jubl-
lee greater and grander than those
of former years, and the previous
pageantries have been of very high
order. 1t is the intention of the
association to eventually place
their annual celebration on a paI
with that of New Orleans, which
has always been famed for its
beauty and magnificence.
We are in receipt of the first
copy of "The Maroon and White
published i'll the interest OF
Chamberlain-Hunt Academy at
Port Gibson, Miss. 1t is very
neat four-page sheet, filled with
spicy articles. and reflects credit
on { be editorial management. In
It's Columns we note the names of
several St. Joseph boys in differ
ent roles, while the fronts page
contains a splendid picture of the
lC.-H. A. baseball club in uni
form, iii the front row of which is
our young friend, Ernest Watson,
who was u student there last ses-
sion.
Messrs. Sam Wexler and Emile
Mayer have merged their two sa-
looms into one, which occupies two
apartments of the Kershaw build
ing. Vincent Baragona exchanged
stands with Mr.. Wexler, that the
two saleons-or rather now the
one-can adjoin; an arch door
connecting the two. 1t is under
stood that one department. will
be devoted to the white and the
other to the colored trade. Each
business Being under one roof, one
license will snfficp pnftiur n COW