Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-18

Mr.. Paul Bell, of Shreveport,
was the guest of Hon. and Mrs. w.
NJ. Davidson.
Mr.. Blake, an attorney represent
ing Department of Justice, at Wash
ington, was visitor to St. Joseph
this week, on business connected
with certain war claims.
Miss Lila Hunter has returned
to her home in Waterproof after a
most delightful visit to her brother
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Hunter, at Fordyce, Ark.
Miss Leila Fleming, in charge Of
the Domestic Science Department
of the St. Joseph High School, at
tended the session of the State
Teachers Association, in New Or
leans, this week.
The Governor has ordered spec
ial election to be held in the
Seventh Ward of Tensas parish on
May 10th to elect Police Juror
for the unexpired term of w. A.
Register, resigned.
Mrs. David Niche and daughter,
Mrs Todd, who are living in Ohio,
have been visiting Mrs. ]. P. Harri-
son, at Delta" for the past two
weeks and are guests to day of Mrs.
Slicer and Mrs. Green.
Mr.. D. F. Ashford is having a
a woven wire fence put around his
dwelling-house on the plank road ,
taking the place of the picket fence
and which adds very much to the
appearance of the property.
The overseer of the road, Mr.. F.
Mills, has just completed a new
a roadway in Lake Bruen island
along Bellevue" front which is a
veritable turnpike and is now a
favorite automobile driveway, and
which enables the autos to make
the ''loop-the-loop," as it were
around the entire island, following
the lake-shore, a distance of about
Is miles.
Judge Dale came up to st. Joseph
Thursday to hold a preliminary ex-
animation for the negro James Hill,
charged with entering the depot al
Newellton some time back. Hill
was bound over to the next term
of Court. While here Judge Dale
announced that owing to the high
stage of the river he would post
pone the regular April term Of
Court, which was to convene next
Monday, to some time after the
water recedes, to be later announced
Mrs. J. E. Clayton, of Vidalia,
who was to have visited Waterproof,
St. Joseph and Newellton next
week with line of goods for ladies,
as per her advertisement in the
Gazette, has decided to postpone
her trip to later date. She
writes: THE water has risen &c
rapidly since I wrote you last week
that it will be inconvenient. for me
to leave home just at present, so
have decided to postpone my triI
to Tensas parish until after the
water recedes. / fear everybody
will be 80 alarmed about the river
that they will think Of nothing else
at present."
The high water caused by Gre
vase in the st. Francis basin has
flooded McGehee and other sections
Of Arkansas and has gotten down as
far az Lake Village, and will fol
some time interfere with railway
traffic which will prevent the south
hound passenger train, now held at
McGehee by the water from coming
out. So for the present we have but
one train day on the NJ, H. d L.,
which will run as far as Lake Vii
lage and return on alternate days.
Thus we will have passenger up
one day and down the next. The
locals will run as heretofore, but
will go no further than Lake Vii
lage.
A family reunion was held al
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs., B. F,
Bonney Wednesday, when bis child
rem and grandchildren assembled To
congratulate him on the celebration
of his 8lst birthday. Mr.. Bonney'f
friends are delighted tn know that
he il enjoying good health and has
held his own well against the en-.
enactment of time His friend
Mrs. Jane Wilcox, herself blessed
with strength and fortitude beyond
the scriptual limit, sent him the
following very pretty and appro.
praite lines:
"May every day of your life be per
petual sunshine; the sunset without /;