Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-01-20

Mrs. Louis Buckner will enter
tain the Night Euchre Club OF
Friday.
Mrs. Tullis Watson has been OF
a visit to her mother, Mrs. Snyder
in Tallulah.
| Miss Lacy Gather of Natchez was
the charming guest of Mrs. Louis
Buckner this week.
| Miss Bessie Goodrich spent sew.
eral days this week in St. Joseph
with Miss Louise Johnston.
Mrs. Ben Young spent Monday
and Tuesday in Natchez, the guest
of Miss Ruth Alright.
Arbor Day was observed at the
st. Joseph High School last week
with appropriate exercises.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Litchliter oil
Elk Ridge plantation are receiving
congratulations on the arrival OF q
baby boy.
Mrs. w. B. Mangum of Roose-
welt, La, left Friday after spend
ing several days with her family at
Villa Clara.
MIR. f. o. Denny with q party Of
friends came up from Matches in
his car, this week, making the trip
in less than three hours.
Rowing on the river has been the
past-time of number of our young
people, and several ladies have be-
come quite expert oarsmen.
Messrs. Oliver Watson and Dan
Ashford returned Saturday from q
hunt in Mississippi. They report
fine sport and plenty of game.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. E. Byram
returned Saturday from Natchez,
where they had accompanied the
remains of their friend, Miss Braud.
Mr.. f. H. jackson, levee con-
tractor, has been awarded the con-
tract for the stretch of levee below
Villa Clara, and will move his out.
fit here soon.
The next session of the Teachers
Association will be held in st. Jo-
seph on Friday and Saturday, Feb
ruary 10th and 18th. The program
will appear next week:
During the warm days that have
been prevalent of late a number of
our people have been enjoying fish,
ing on Lake Bruen, at the club
house. Quite a number of nice
catches have been made.
On last Sunday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Ashford O'Kelley and several
friends, including Mrs. E. J. WAL
ton, Miss Lola Lanius and Miss
Annie Hornsby, motored out to
the Tensas River.
Mr.. w. F. Thornberg, having
a position in Mississippi
with his former employers, Messrs. /
Jacobs d. Sons, of Natchez, his fam
lily has for some time been domi-
ciled in one of the Parmeter houses
in ST. Joseph.
Mr.. Geo. n. Clarke, for many
years a resident of Tensas parish
and one of the few survivors of the
Tensas Cavalry, and now living near
Miss, spent the past week
in st. Joseph with his son, DR.. Geo. |
N. Clarke.
Quite a party of gentlemen en-
loyed camp hunt of several days
this week on the Tensas. Compos-
ing the party were: Messrs. John
Hughes, A. Bondurant. A. E. Bue-
low, John Dolan, J. H. Rollins, B.
Y. Berry, Fred Smith, Geo. Steen
Floyd Lewis.
st. Joseph has made quite q
number OF shipments OF live stock
% the Natchez Packing House. On
,ne occasion Messrs. Whitney and /
Davidson shipped car load Of hogs.
Mr.. Ben YOung's honey has taken
several prizes, and his hogs are
lmong the finest on the market.
iOod for st. Joseph. |,
A congregational meeting Of the
Presbyterian Church of St. Joseph
vas held at DR.. Murdock's resi-.
lence on Friday evening last toI
the ACCESSIBILITY Of issuing
. call to the Rev. DR.. Mcintosh to
he pastorate of the Presbyterian
;hurch at this place. After eli
borough understanding had been
cached it was decided to issue the
all. Whether or not same was &C.
epted has not yet been learned.
)r. Mcintosh is most intelligent !
Gentleman and strong preacher and
) highly esteemed in his former
ield. Should DR.. Mcintosh con.
lude to accept the call to this
york he will visit st. Joseph on the
econd Sunday, holding morningI
nd night services, and will occupy
he manse and pulpit of the First