Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
Mr.. and Mrs. P. c. Smith made
a trip to Vicksburg this week.

Mr.. Jas. w. Thompson, of Fort
Smith, Ark, was business visitor
to st. Joseph this week.
DIR. R. C. French is visiting Dr.
H. s. Trice and is enjoying most
pleasant excursion to Lake Bruen.
To-day, Friday, Both May, is
Decoration Day, and is recognized
as holiday in practically all of the
Northern States.
With his usual progressiveness,
Mr.. Salvador Baragona has added
two large and handsome show win
dows to his store on Front Street.
Mr.. X. T. Hazlip, who has been
in Vicksburg for some time, is at
home with his parents for awhile,
but will probably return to Vicks-
burg later.
AttentionAis called to the adver-
tisement of B. Dreyfus & Son, whole
salers Of Natchez They offer some
choice bargins, which our retailers
might do well to consider.
Mr.. Rob't. Seudamore, contrac-
tor from Natchez, was in st. Joseph
yesterday, making estimates on the
cost of laying concrete pavements in
st. Joseph with the view of bidding
on the work.
A meeting of the stockholders Of
the Tensas Cotton Compress Co.
was held at the Office of the Presi-
dent on Monday, when Mr.. R. II.
Whitney was elected a member OF
the Board of Directors.
Ullman q Co., the popular cloth
iers Of Natchez, ask in their ad. to-
day, why Wear that Old Felt Hat
When Straws are So Cheap" They
have nice line to select from and
will gladly receive orders for ship
ment by parcel post. q
Mr.. James Halves, of Yazoo City,
Miss, and Miss Susie Crooks, of
Shutdown" plantation, Tensas
parish, we're married on Saturday
evening at that place and left the
next day for their home at Yazoo
City. Rev. w. s. Henry officiated.
With the prospect of more bril-
liant street illumination, the several
seedsmen in town are experiencing
an unusual demand for climbing
vines and ramblers of every nature
But such is the way of the world,
always has been and always will bel
The Jury Commission, composed
Of Messrs. ]. P. Harrison, james
Curry, j. G. Gorton, Myles Bonney
Jos. Levy and the Clerk of Cour
as an ex-officio member, met at st
Joseph on Wednesday and drew the
grand and petit juries for the specia
-, term of Court called for June 23rd
Both iuries will sit the same week
The Board Of Health of St. JOSEPH
at its last session issued a request II
all housekeepers not only to confint
all garbage to barrels or boxes pro
vided for that purpose but to pune,
ture all tin cans with nail holes be
fore discarding, TO make impossible
4 TO hold water, and thereby as fal
j as possible to minimize the birth
rate Of the mosquito.
The resumption of through trair
service from Natchez to McGehe,
this week is very gratifying to all o
our people living along the line o
the M. HI. & l., the road having
been out of commission since tn,
Lake St. John crevasse occurred
Two locals per day are also running
between Ferriday and McGehee.
Pete, Jerry and Judge Easy Worl
have just come to town. They ar
here to stay. Their headquater
will be at the Progressive Co. Ltd
in Newellton. The boys say the.
are going to help everybody do thei
work easier, quicker and better
The Progressive Co. Ltd. tells u
that you can bank on what the.
say. Their word goes.
Mr.. Dan Searles, representing th
popular Vicksburg clothing house o
Warner & Searles Co., was a visi
tor to st. Joseph and Tensas parish
this week and booked number o
orders for summer clothes. He wal
also the recipient of many congrat
ulations from his friends on the re
cent coming into his home of {
pretty little girl baby, which nov
gives him king and a queen.
The municipal fathers have PLACED
an order for ten swinging light
of 1000 candle power each to b
placed at CONVENIENT points abou
town. These lights are similar Il
the one now in use at the head O
the plank road and which illumina
tes all that immediate vicinity
When installed these lights viii
make decided improvement to oul
town and give us something o.
CitV aDDearance