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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-08-25
l@ Acres

l60 Acres
miles from Vail and 81 miles
from West Side, Iowa. all fenced
with good wire and with running
water. This has been used for pas
ture but 10 in tame grass and would
make Q good farm.
Also . small house and lot in the
town Of West Side. Iowa. Inquire Of
the owner, j. A. LANGAN,
7Os N. Y. Life Bldg,
9ft1 Omaha. Neb.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-08-25
NORMAL IS IN SESSION.
Teachers Of The County are enjoying The Week
oflectures At College Bailning.

The Normal is on in full blast al
though the attendance il hardly as
large as might have been expected
considering the excellent program.
The teaching force is much the same
as last year. Prof. Bolton of Iowa
City is one of the stars and he is
proving very popular. Miss CALDWELL
of Logan is also doing excellent work
as are all of the instructors of former
years. The work of the institute is
comparatively easy and the normal
has become little less than teachers
convention with q number Of good
lecturers. The general public is in
vited to attend the evening lectures
held at the college chapel and there
will be much interest on Friday even
ing when the graduates Of the rural
schools of the county will receive
their diplomas.
The following is the list Of those in
attendance with postoffice addresses.
The list should be preserved a. it con.
%o;ra tho ,,.vr.s - ...,l,v ....,
'S .S =. -S eseAy
sch0Ol teacher IN the country.
And.r.or n.vid Rov.r
Alii.on n schi.swiv
Arr Alice Ch.rt.r 1ak
Rrmmn,er n T1en;.on
Rrownino r Auhrrn
Rrown W.rv Dar;aor
BROWNE V,innia neloi+
pidlack (.r,c. Sac CITY
Rradbnrv a nenison
Rurch Marv Denison
Bohar Alma M.nnino
Refine At. A M.n;ll.
Roven M,idred neni.o,
Rrowna St.nIav Deio;t
CaniAeld Nall;a Dunian
Cook Ahhia M.nilla
Clothier Inin W.lIr.l.
Craft M;nnia a nanison
CLARKE rose Den;son
Cooner Flovd Narilla
Cooner sylvia Man;ll.
Christiansan Emn,. Den;aon
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12
Death of Miss {. [. Woodard.
waterproof Enterprise.)

Miss Elizabeth Lucretia Wood
ard aged sixty-five years, died at
her home here Friday evening, at
at A O'Clock, after being confined
to her room some several months.
She was native of Tensas parish,
being born and reared on the
Canaan plantation near Dickard.
Though an invalid since child
hood, she was always cheerful and
happy, bearing her burdens with
that Christian fortitude that
comes only from an unfaItering
faith in Him above.
Funeral services were held at
the residence, Saturday, at 1:80
p. m, conducted by Rev. P. H.
Fontaine, of the NJ. E. church, af-
ter which her remains were taken
to Natchez for interment Satur-
day evening, being accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. H. p. Seaman,
Miss Halle McAllister and Rev.
P. H. Fontaine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12
Purposes of Association.

The purposes of the Association are:
Q1.) To discuss and illustrate the best
thought of the day concerning the organ
lzation, management and teaching of a
successful school.
(2) To cultivate the true professional
spirit and inspire teachers with lofty
ideals of life and of their profession.
CD To extend the teachers profession
al and social acquaintance with their fell
lows.
(4) To bring teachers, school officials
and patrons into more sympathetic re-
ations.
0) To organize the activities of the
teaching force of the Parish to the end
that public sentiment may be enlisted in
behalf of the schools to build and equip
comfortable and attractive school houses
in well-ordered surroundings.
Arrangements are being made for two
lectures to attend this meeting. Notice
will be given later as to the time of the
lectures.
THOS. NJ. WADE, Supt.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

The following two very interest
ing compositions were written re-
spectively by Miss Elizabeth Croth-
ers and Master Freddie Blanche,
both of the Sixth Grade of the
Joseph High School. Because of
their merit we take pleasure in pub
fishing.
The Mosquito to the Honey-Bee.
(By Miss Elizaberh Crothers.)
MUDDY Hollow, Duckpond, Nov. 6, 'O9.
My Dear Miss Honey Bee:-BefOre
ask you the all-important question, will
first tell you something of my life.
| was once a little innocent "wiggle-
tail" with my brother, skimming around
in a rain-water barrel. One day l saw
you come to gather pollen from the hol-
ly-hock that grew near. | was struck
with your busting manner, your merry
song. l made up my mind to find you
as soon as l could get a pair of wings.
I stayed there for seven days. Finally
bought pair of wings and started out
on my search. haye led very event
full life,-rushing out to stab cows, both
ering boys as they try to fish, lighting
on the bald heads of the preacher and
lawyer, and worrying the good old ladies
as they try to knit. Once l was taken
for yellow-fever mosquito and chased
from house to house by the fumigators.
But still did not get discouraged, and
kept on in my search for you. Once
caught glimpse of you; yOu were with
so many companions and seemed so busy
| hated to interrupt you, so thought il
was better to write.
You have plenty of honey to keep III
both through the winter, so why not give
up your busy life and come to live witt
me in my quiet home at Duckpond?
Hoping to receive favorable reply
| am, Yours truly,
Mr.. MOSQUITO.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

A negro named Louis Wootsen,
employed at the logging camp at
COINS spur, was accidentally killed
this week in a very peculiar man.
ner. The negro's death was direct
" due to hemorrhage and the acct
lent was attributable to his own
carelessness. While unoccupied and
holding a stick in his hand he was
caught between two cars that were
being loaded and the stick was
iammed end-ways against his body
It a point just below and to the
right of the stomach. Unable to
extricate himself or remove the
stick it was plunged into his body,
an ugly wound and causing
orofuse hemorrage. Medical aid was
summoned but the man bled to
isatht
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

The popular show known as
Cooley-Thom Floating Theatre
which passed down some time ago,
is now en- route up the river and
will give Performance at St. Jo-
seph on next Tuesday night, pre-
senting the first time on the river
a thrilling melo-drama, THE Heart
of Kentucky" with an all star cast.
The play represents Western life
among the mOonshiners in the
mountains of Kentucky. The last
exhibition the show gave at St.
Joseph was well attended and very
much enjoyed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12
Program for Teachers Association.

The following is the program for the
Teachers Association to be held in the
st. Joseph High School Building on Fri
day and Saturday, November Goth and
9th:
FRIDAY MORNING.
l. Opening Song.
2. Reading of Minutes.
3. Opening Remarks by Superintend-
ent.
4. Grammar and Its Reasons" by
Mr.. Coke and Miss Gray,
5. History of Education" by Mr..
Smith Chapters I-VD, Miss Nc
Farland Chapter WIND, Miss
Clara Whitney Chapter XI-XIV. }
6. "The Art of Questioning" by
Miss Raymond and Miss Couvil-
lion.
Z. Graded School Course of Study
(GeneraD.
NOON.
s. Essays in Application" by Mr..
SPRINGFIELD (Chap. I-VD, Miss
Latane (Chap. VI-XID.
8. Mature Study and Life" by Miss
Gorton and Miss Palm.
10. The Value of Music in the Kin
dergarten, by Miss Bassett and
Miss Courtney.
IL. High School Course of Study, by
High School Teachers.
II. Question Box (AlD.
-. Closing Song.
SATURDAY MORNING.
l. Opening Song.
=. Reading in the Public Schools, u
by Miss Guice and Miss Evans
3. ''The Art of Securing Attention, -
by Miss Matte Lewis and Mrs
Bowman.
4. Lesson in Drawing, by Miss Bru.
nette Lewis.
3. A Lesson in Phonics, by Miss
Mcfarland.
6. Do We Give Enough Time tC
Mental Arithmetic? by Miss Nc.
Gehee and Miss Berry.
Z. How Would You Overcome the
Habit of Copying? by Miss Bris.
coe and Miss Maddox.
s. Should Pupils be Retained During
Recess? by Miss Mamie Tucker
and Miss Goodrich.
Those who have certain chapters as
signed to them may take any one OF
those chapters but need not take all.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12
Autobiography of a Coat.
(By Master Freddie Blanche. }

am little coat, and just to think, |
was made of cotton that grew in a field.
Before the cotton was open | was shut
up in little green house, and, as the
stalk grew, also grew in my little house.
was not the only one of my kind that
grew on the stalk where | lived. There
were other little green houses beside me-
One day the son was so hot it cracked
open our little green houses, and that
night the dew fell on us. The next day
the sun came out and dried the dew off
us, then we were so white and pretty.
So by-and-by there came lot of men
into the field where we grew. They all
had large, white sacks, which were made
of Lowells. Then they bagan to pick us
out of our houses. When they got their
sacks full they weighed rs, and if we
weighed hundred pounds, they got fifty
cents for us. The thing they weighed us
IN was great big thing made of iron,
gin. There We were emptied into a
rorgh .nd belt took Us up to thing
1, ,ad laih il. That was where the
,eds were taken cut of us. Then we were
:rfied down to press, there we were
, cked SO tight and had bagging over
Is, then thrown out of the press. A man
came and he had something with letters
on it. He put ink on them, and pressed
it against us, there it left print When
he took it off, the letters together spelled
"Ridgeland.
Then We were placed on a wagon and
carried to a compress. There they un-
loaded us, put us in a press, and over Us
was big something made of iron. 1t fell
down on us and mashed us fat. After
that they put a lot of tin strips around
the bale of cotton that | was in to hold
us together. We were loaded into car,
and the next day big thing came down
the track. 1t was a steam engine. II
ran against the car | was in and took u
away up into New York. Here | was
unloaded, carried to factory and made
into cloth, then sold to a tailor-house
The tailor took the cloth that l was made
of, cut me out, and sewed the cloth to-
gether. 1t made little coat
After time the coat was sold to Mr.
Baker in st. Joseph, Louisiana. Mr.
Baker sold it to lady for her little boy
Clarence. Clarence wore me to schoo
every day. One day he was very bad
boy at school, so his teacher whipped
him, and while he was trying to get away
he tore me all to pieces. He took Inc
home and put me in a closet. The mice
cut me up and made a nest of me and
that was the last ever heard of me.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

MIR. 7. G. Humason has just returned
from visit to st. Joseph, La, and in
conversation with Democrat man. stat
ed that business was rather good in that
section.
He states that on Friday, he saw full
ly one hundred bales of cotton hauled
through the town to the compress and
that there is promise of considerable
more.
In addition to this, Mr.. Humason
states that the wonderful price of thirty
six dollars per ton was being offered Tor
seed.
The crop, of course, is not full one
by any means, but people have worked
Upon economic lines, practically living
at home and have their cotton crop as a
surplus cfep.-Sstches Democrats
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

The State Fair at Shreveport
awarded to Mrs. Annie Crothers of
st. Joseph the prize for the best
homestitched plain linen cambria,
and also for embroidery. Her daugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth Crothers, also
came in for recognition among the
prize-winners for water colors, her
painting representing fruits and
flowers.
The Natchez Democrat says of
Miss Elizabeth: Little Elizabeth
Crothers of st. Joseph, La, sweet
charming little girl who lived in
Natchez a few years ago, is a prize
winner in the field of painting
She won a blue ribbon at the Mis-
sissippi-Louisiana Fair at Natchez
and again at the big Shreveport,
La, Fair.
She seems to have unusual tai
ent for painting and drawing, a
fact that will be readily understood
when it is stated that she had been
taking lessons just three months
before the opening of the Mississip-
pi-Louisiana Fair"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

From the Natchez Evening News OF
recent date we clip the following inter
esting item concerning late sale of cot
ton made by prominent Tensas bust
ness firm:
1.-THE cotton prices this year are high
enough to suit the most exacting bulls,
and what cotton has been made this
year brings magnificent prices. The 9TH
er day S. Marks & Co., prominent mer-
chants and planters of Newellton, sold
nearly five hundred bales at twenty-one
cents, and were offered thirty-five dollars
ton for the seed. These are prices that
would have looked almost increditabe a
short while ago. The same firm has
some more cotton of still longer staple
for which they have declined the above
price. Prices like these show that the
lands in this section will pay handsome
ly even on short crops"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

At the meeting of the Ladies'
Aid Society held OH Friday the
present officers were all reelected
to serve another year. The of
ficers of the Society are: Mrs.
Bonney, President; Mrs. MUIR
dock, Secretary, and Miss Clara
Whitney, Treasurer. New life is
infused into the Society aDd the
members are determined to get
industriously to work with the
view of reviving the tagging in
terest in church work in this Sec
ton.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

Mrs. NJ. l.. Paul has returned to
st. Joseph after an absence Of sew
eral months in New Orleans, where
she has been looking after her real
ty investments. She has purchased
and equipped two very handsome
residences for tenement use and her
daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Davis, who
has gone to the city, will remain
in charge of the property.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12
M!o!!e.p!rn!!o!@!o!]f H i! 5; !!!ry

costs no more than unguaranteed hose. yet
it has six times the value in wear and COM
fort. The makers pay an average of 73c
per pound for their yarn.
Others pay Csc. but such yarn is harsh
and weak, so don't confuse "Holeproof'
with other guaranteed hose. "Holeproof'
is the original. 1t is so popular that 5000
pairs are made each day.
Before you replenish your hosiery. see
"HoleprooE" We have full stock in all
sizes and colors. See them today. Learn
proof" - -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12
NOTICE OF 11th ANNUAL ACCOUNT.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Tensas,
10th Dist ct Court.
[. {. HENDERSON. P. N.
Succession of John B. Guthrie. deed.

Succession of John Il. Guthrie. deed.
PUBLIC NOIICE is hereby given
that +. l.. and II. X. Guthrie. Execu-
tors of Estate of John b. Guthrie,
deceased, have filed their Eleventh
Annual Account with said Success OF.
Now, thei efore, unless wri,,e. 90 o.
sition thereto be filed in my Office with-
In ten DAYS after publication hereof
same will be homologated, rs prayed
for,
L. 81 Witness my hand and the
seal Of said Court, this 4th day OF
November, 1909.
JOSEPH CURRY,
Cisrk 1pth District CcuFs,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

A very large sweet potato weigh
ing 6 IA pounds was brought il
from the Mound" place this weel
and exhibited at the Court House
This splendid specimen is only on,
Of the many evidences of the re
markable fertility of our soil ant
adds increased weight to the argu.
ment that this country is pecnl.
iarly adapted to trick growing ant
should be the home of the trucl
industry of North Louisiana.
Fresh shipment White Dow
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

The Supreme Court of Louis
lana recently handed down a
number of decisions, and in two
important cases held that the tax
measures were unconstitutional.
By a peculiar coincidence both OF
the decisions were rendered by
Judge A. d. Land. In the case
of the Louisiana Railway and
Navigation Company VS.. A. Ma
dere, sheriff and ex-officlo tax
collector of the Twenty-eighth
Judicial District, Parish of St.
Charles, Judge Land held that
the tax of 10 mills ad valorem on
all real estate did not apply to
the property of the plaintiff, and
that the tax, if intended to APP
Div, is unconstitutional. By con-
stitutional amendment adopted III
1904, all railroads completed after
January, 1905, and prior to jan
uary 1, 1909, were to be exempt
ed from taxation. Subsequently
the commissioners of the Pontch-
artrain Levee District levied a tax
of 800 on each and every mile
of railroad and u 10 mills general
ad valorem tax. The plaintiff Of
fered to pay the tax Oh the mile
age, but held that the other tax
was unconstitutional as regarded
lit, and the court held that this
was the correct position, as a tax
meant a burden imposed for the
general good, and this tax ad va,
loren was meant for the general
lgood, and so the rail road was
exempted from paying it, and
perpetually enjoined the sheriff
from attempting to collect it
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12


Mr.. and Mrs. S. Solomon and
son Meyer leave next week for
New Orleans, where they will
probably make their future home.
Mr.. Solomon has been in such
feeble health that he has conclud-
ed to go to the city, trusting to
the change of climate and diet
for improvement, and with the
further advantage of being in
daily touch with his New Orleans
physician.
Mr.. Solomon has lived in st.
Joseph since 1873 and has always
been prominent in the commercial
affairs of this town and has con-
tributed literally toward what
ever has made for the public good.
Throughout his long residence
here he and his family have en-
joyed the highest respect of every
body, and in his departure St.
Joseph loses one of her best cit
liens. Their many friends regret
exceedingly to see them leave, but
sincerely trust the move will
prove beneficial to Mr.. Solomon
and that he may recover his
health and be spared to yet many
years of active usefulness.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12
Better Than
Bargains
in Hosiery.

WE are showing this week a full
w line of mems, women's and chill
dren's soft, comfortable, stylish
hosiery which is guaranteed free from
holes and darns for six months. Do
you ever wonder what such hosiery IL
like1 Do you know what you are miss
ing by not trying themf
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12
At karpe's

Jockey Club, Mocha and Java
Brand Coffee, Parched in Bean
and Ground, 8 full pounds, 81 90
Best coffee on market.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
Remaining in the ST. Joseph Post
Office for week ending Nov. 8

Brown, Henrietta Joather, Maley
Baker, Ellis JohersOn, Jabie
Birnes, Shead Miles, G. &.
Brown, Luke Payton, Polly
Celley, Eliza Smith, Jake
Harris, Eliza Strong. l.. :.
Herman, Elizabeth Suggs, Booker
Johnson, 5. O. Smith, j. }.
Thomas, Eliza (2)
Persons calling for the above letters will
please say Advertised, ;" and can procure
same by paying one cent for each letter.
LIZ. HENDERSON. Pm
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

Fresh shipment White Dow
Hams at Karpe's.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-12

The following is the program for the
Teachers Association to be held in the
st. Joseph High School Building on Fri
day and Saturday, November 26th and
9th:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-17
CoIJen Gate Gossip of Local Interest

salt lake railroad mani will not be
surprised TO hear that he is already
one OF the most popular railroad Of
fcials IN this territory Since his com
ing here only a few weeks back he
has stepped TO the front. His ability
and good nature form friend making
combination that is simply "unbeat-
able"
Dave LunGy. newspaper friend 81
mine. tells me there are i've colonies
comprising 500 or more Mormon fami-
lies In the nciRhhorhood OF Cridlev.
Cal. about $50 miles north off san
Francisco a church has been built
and q general store is 60 BE- erected
shortly. These families have beon
there about three years" says Lundy.
"and are noted for their thrift They
have orchards aud hay farms and being
IN an excellent agricultural country
are well-to-do, independent farmers
with the habit Of tending strictly to
their own business A"
Bishop Spauldings recent talks here
ON Mormons and Mormonism went n
great way toward correc ting viciouslv
wrong Ideas Of both In this CITY and
IN oakland he addressed large audi-
ences OF church people.
GEORGE T. GETGER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-17
ADJUSTMENTS

sousa and Ills Band-John Phillip
sousa wears great many laurels on
~ hron. and he can now add one more
a The fact that be is the sole and only
,snsn1asier who can draw a corporal =
ruard az a tabernacle concert Other
aaders have tried it again and again,
M, IN spite Of the most elaborate nd
sr,lsing. bands and orchestras alike
-,sit ms only 20 play 20 empty benches;
sut along comes the peerless Sousa,
ma the people flock to SEE him with an
.bs old iervor and enthusiasm undimin-
she'd
The two audiences at the tabernacle
yesterday. while they we're not all they
should have been. we're still 50 far In
sdvanoe Of what other tabernacle
events have BEEN that there ought 20
h no room for dissatisfaction on the
mart Of sousa or Manager Piper. es-
peclally remembering the undeniable
fsct that Salt Lake for some unknow-
able reason is now noted as the most
dseourag ing concert town this side OF
ihe Mississippi
sousa retains all his old charm OF
manner and grace IN conducting. and
an HE own keenness OF understanding
how 70 make up program. Nothing
could exceed the quiet charm OF the
lndemoustrative way in which he di-
aJts his men, and the pendulum like
notion Of his arms. when the band is
-seling on one OF his own telling COM
ostons Ia alone a pleasure 20 follow.
Re s.ill shows that he understands the
/ moods Of his audiences 10 a degree, and
1 10 suit an tastes he stili continues to
ace upon his pr, Grams such extremes
The classic and current raEtime as
selections from List and Wagner. and
tho popular Ny Wife's Gone to the
Country His well known CELEBRITY and
! wonpitude are az delightfully."- in evi-
/ jsnce as ever and the manner In which
b pushes things along when he
roe takes the platform, might De stu
lied and copied BY leaders everywhere
THE MATINEE.
ne unusually large matinee audience
that gathered came expecting great
ihngs Of him, and he more than met
asi expectation. Especially was this
oceable In the performance OF the
lzi Second Polona,se and the Prelude
/ and Lebest0d Of Tristan and Isolde"
Aszt Is difficult TO play az any time, on
| any instrument or combination OF in
/ srumenis, with his peculiarit,es Of time
I'd rythm. as well as sudden and varie-
gated and brilliant flights into the
salms Of musical fancy. Then. after
asering an often tremendously intri-
~ technique, there comes the prob
Of correct Interpretation. All this.
alsas Incompatible band handled
Aa absolute accuracy In technical
lflEmance, while no pianist ever gave
n'fe acceptable Interpretation. Then
h Irlsian-lsVide" number was a
'naole musical revelation. Sousa's
Als IN Interpreting this had preceded