Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-01-21
llND BRINGS A Good Price
II Spite of Presence of Boil
WeeVil
apcr French IN PRIMARY GRADES
annropriations Made for Agriculture
al Exhibit and for Markers i'm
p.rk at ViCksburg. Chick
ems and Meat Stolen.

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Thi theatre at Eunice was burned.
Tha Jennings Lawn Tennis Club
opened It's new clubhouse.
Dosh Mitchell will be executed Feb.
IS at Shreveport.
pla6uemine awarded a contract for
4 new water works plant.
Autoombile owners of Iberville par
lah organized to boost good roads.
The cornerstone of the Bogalusa
Y. NC. A. building will be laid on
Jan. 80.
Mrs. J. o. Fuselier died at Jeaner-
ette fiom injuries received in a gas
ollne explosion.
sam, Hogan shot and probably ia
tally Wounded Phil Stafford near
Denham Springs.
Mrs. NJ. Mahaffey, of Minden, was
driyendnsane by the death of two of
her children.
Wa. Bennett, an attorney, plead
Cd guilty at Homer to the charge
<of embezzlement
The charter of the Rowson Oil Co.,
domiciled at Jennings, with capi-
tai Of SIS, 900, was recorded.
The Police Jury OF Cameron Par
jsh calBed for the abolition of the
State Game Commission.
State superintendent Harris an
nounced that he will soon make pub
lie theicost of holding teachers in
stitutes,
The Iberia Parish School Board
found old finances in a tangled con-
dition, claims totaling $4,000 be-
Ing outstanding.
Theodore Saylor, 60 years old,
dropped dead in a church at Campti,
while conducting a Sunday school
class.
Maurice Stern declined to serve on
the committee that will investigate
the award of contracts for textbooks
for use in Louisiana public schools.
s The cold winter has been very
favorable for. truck, particularly
strawberries. and farmers are cheer
ful over the outlook.
Shreveport grand jury could find
no one to indict for recent lynching
but Indicted Kansas City train crew
for Sunday night wreck.
A ''peeping Tom" caught in the
act at Lafayette proved to be Jack
Hardy, stranger, who was heavily
s hned and sentenced.
The athletic ard oratorical con-
tests of the high schools of De Soto
parish will be held at Mansfield on a
date to be decided.
+ The Livingston Parish Police Jury
I; called .on the assessor to reduce the
{ assessment 25 percent on all property
for the current year.
Theypolice juries of Vermilion and
e Cameron Parishes passed ordinances
limiting game shipm ents to twenty
ave day.
The. Bankspf Patterson and the
First National Bank liquidated, re-
sulting In the opening Of the Union
Bank of Patterson.
Sam. .RundeiL, 15-year-old son of
Parish Assessor S. S. Rundell, died at
Floyd from the effects of injuries re-
ceiyed in a horseback accident.
The annual spring contests Of the
lnterscholastic Athletic, Oratorical
and Vocal Quartette Association OF
Southeast Louisiana will be held
April 3 at Lafayette.
The Wilkins Company, rice plant
ers near Jennings, will endeavor to
dispose of its output direct to con-
sumers. marketing the cereal in
cartons.
Judge. o. C. Mouton was elected
member Of the Lafayette City
Council, receiving 90 votes. II. Jagou
appointed by Governor Sanders
polled only 4.
Two of the four members Of the
train crew, held responsible for the
Texas AID Pacific wreck at Shreve-
port, which cost three lives, were re,
leased by order of the Grand Jury.
Judge SoIelle, in instructing the
grand jury st Mansfield, ordered thai
Investigation be made of alleged ir'
regularities practiced by the gam,
warden of Sabine Parish.
The people of Sabine parish have
reason to feel proud of their cottor
production record as given out by the
state, as it shows they have sur
passed all other sections in per cen
; Of yield.
The Red River Parish Grand Ju
~ denounced the State Game Com
mission law as being 'repugnant tC
the spirit of our democratic institu
lions. accomplishing nothing save tn,
paying of fat salaries to a few stat,
omcials and is decidedly violative o
the principle OF local government.
Purchased 10000 Bags Rice.
More than 10000 bags of rice hav
been puIchased recently in the FL
ton section northwest of Esther
wood. v--..s