Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-08-20
Mr.. Hugh Chavers, the we'll.

Mr.. Hugh Chavers, the we'll
known young painter and paper
hanger, has accepted a position
in the rail road car shops at
Vicksburg, and went up last Sun
day to go to work.
Mr.. H. C. Elder, the popular
insurance man, representing the
Equitable Life, and who is so
we'll known III Tensas, where he
has thrown the mantel of protec-
ton about many widows and or
phans, has just returned to New
Orleans from a trip to New York.
Mr.. Claude Darden has accept
ed position as travelling sales
man for Cudahy Packing Co, with
territory between Ferriday and
Lake Providence and outlying
country. Claude is a hustler and
will get business if it can be had.
The stock of goods of Blackman
Bros, sold last Saturday at pub
lie sale by order of the Federal
Court, was purchased, the dry
goods, &C., by Louis Blackman
for 100000 and the shoes by Jno.
H. Ikerd for $445.O0. The stock
inventoried 100000. 1t is un-
derstood that the Messrs. Black
man will not reimbark in bust
ness in st. Joseph for the present
but will return to Birmingham,
Alabama.
Mr.. Leon Karpe, the big mer-
chant who carries the big stock
in the big brick on the corner of
the two big streets in st. Joseph
has just Installed the most mod
ern lighting system now in gen.
eral use and which is fast becom-
ing popular in the sky scrapers
in the large cities. His store is
brilliantly illuminated at night,
and thereby rendered very at
tractive. Mr.. Karpe keeps an i'm
mense stock of dry goods, gro
ceries, &C., and can fill any need
from the least to the greatest
He makes free delivery.
Mr.. J. A. Veasy of New Light
was a visitor to town last Satur-
day. His family is visiting at
Okolona, Miss. Mr.. Veasy re.
ports splendid crops on the Ten.
sas, and is especially encouraged
ut his own prospects. Notwith-
standing the damage done his
crop by the weevil, he contem-
plates gathering in the neighbor-
hood of 400 pounds of lint cotton
to the acre, with magnificent corn
yield also. Mr.. Veasy attributes
his success to the ideal season for
cotton with which we have been
blessed for some time past, to-
gether with the adoption of the
intensive cultural methods recent
ly introduced in this section.
The thermometer registered all
the way from 80 to 103 this week.
Grated and sliced, eyeless and
coreless pineapple for sherberts,
25c can at Karpe's.
Friends of Mr.. Robt. w. Clayton of
Clayton, La, will be deeply panied to
learn of the death of his wife, which oc-
CURED on Wednesday, after lingering
illness. Besides her bereaved husband
she leaves several small children.
J. J. Liddell, popular young man, IL
years of age, agent of the Van Noy r.
r. News Co., on the NJ, IT. & i. r. r.
out of Natchez to McGehee, Ark, died
suddenly at his home near Fayette, Miss,
at an early hour yesterday morning.
Mr.. Liddell had been at his home on
vacation, leaving this city about week
ago, apparently in perfect health.
His brother, Dewitt Lidlell, passed
through the city last night en- route to
Fayette, being Informed of his brothers
death only last night upon his return to
Natchez over the NO. & n. W. X. X.
Dewitt Liddell holds similar position
as new agent on the n. o. & n. w. X. X.
-Natchez Democrat, Thursday 10Th.