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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
KILLING IN IEvtt CAMP.

A shooting which resulted in the
death of woman named Ida took
place in Jansen's levee camp, last
Saturday night about 9 O'Clock.
From Sheriff Hughes who, on being
informed by a messenger of the
shooting, went to the scene, we learn
that the woman who was shot and
who formerly lived at the Burn
plantation had been living with Sam
Ragland on the Rota Quinta plant
tation, near Clayton, il Concordia
parish, She left Ragland some days
ago and went into Jansen's levee
camp where she was living with
another negro. Ii was learned that
Ragland had been following up the
woman and making inquiries as to
her whereabouts but he had not been
seen at the camp.
On Saturday night the woman
was seated on the floor in tent and
three men were seated on cot near
her when the tent flap was raised
and the men saw a pistol thrust
through. The woman had her back
to the tent flap and doubtless did
not see the pistol The weapon was
snapped and failed to fire, but a
second attempt on the part of the
murderer proved more successful
and the woman was shotin the back
near the spinal chord. The men in
the tent threw themselves backward
off the cot and out of the tent and
scattered, but the man who did the
shooting pursued the man who was
living with Ida and shot twice at
him, without effect. The murderer
then fled and so far has not been
apprehended.
DIR. l.. A. Murdoch accompanied
Sheriff Hughes and on examination
pronounced the woman's wounds as
very serious and advised that she be
sent to Natchez Hospital and, the
Steamer Cordill coming down about
six O'Clock, she went there where
she died on Monday last.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10


Mr.. Robert T. Clark, Of Natchez,
the prominent contractor, and Mr..
Ledbetter, the contractor at White
Oak lake, were in town this week.
The Gazette had the pleasure on
Thursday of call from Mr.. Albert
}, McMullen, a reporter on that
staunch Democratic paper, the Daily
States. Mr.. McMullen is on a short
vacation and is visiting his brother
who is an inspector of levees in this
parish.
Mr.. ID. H. Chamberlain, who was
for many years a resident of Tensas
and who now resides in Shreveport,
was a visitor to Mrs. Lizzie Clinton
this week and spent some time in
shaking hands with his old friends
in St. Joseph. We are glad to see
Mr.. Chamberlain looking so well and
his visit to his old home gave much
pleasure to his many friends here.
Messrs. Chas. Fuqua and Sam
Taylor, of New Orleans, arrived
from the city on Sunday and spent
the week as the guests of Mr.. 6. H.
Clinton, at the club house on Lake
Bruen.
We understand that the party has
had fine sport fishing aud many
friends from st. Joseph have visited
them at the lake during the week.
Mrs. Theodosia Burton La Cour has is
sued invitations to the wedding OF her
daughter, Leona, to Mr.. j. Herbert Van
landingham, the ceremony to to be cele-
brated at St. Marks Episcopal Church,
Shreveport. on the morning of Wednes-
day, Oct. 10, at ten o'clock. The bridal
couple will visit the home Of the bride
groom at Kansas City before returning
to Louisiana, where they will make their
home at Fisher. Miss La Cour is the niece
of Mr.. and Mrs. Divide La Cour, whom
she has visited frequently .-Picayune.
Miss La Cour to whom the above
notice refers isa sister of Mrs. Thos.
M. Wade, Jr. and is well known
here in St. Joseph where she made
many friends while visiting her sis
ter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
Proclamation Of Election.

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that
there will be held an election on TUES
DAY, OCTOBER %, 1918, at the regular
polling places in the Parish OF Tensas, to
elect a member Of the Constitutional Con-
veRtion of Louisiana to assemble at Baton
Rouge on November 10th.
Further notice is hereby given, that we
have appointed the following Commits
sioners and Clerks Of Election to act as
such at said election:
FIRST WARD.
5. Marks, NJ. w. Bland, r. w. New
ell, Commissioners; Clyde Ratcliff, Clerk.
SECOND WARD.
Louis Buckner, John ID. Fultz, John
Murdoch, Commissioners; II. @. Lang,
Clerk.
SECOND WARD-NEw LIGHT Pen.
]. A. vesey, r. f. Brannin, Commits
sioners; Jno. d. Lynch, Clerk.
THIRD WARD.
Josiah p. Scott, James Curry, +. j.
Walton, Commissioners; A. s. Lewis,
Clerk.
FOURTH WARD
S. w. Smith, P. G. Smith, w. A.
Parker, Commissioners; Wiley Gavin,
Clerk.
FIFTH WARD.
d. II. 0'Kelley, w. P. Burns, g. d.
Gould, Commissioners; w. III. Scott,
Clerk.
SIXTH WARD.
w. S White, Louis 7. Hunter, w. T.
Lanius, Commissioners; Chas. Seldom,
Clerk.
SEVENTH WARD.
+. d. Coleman, II. G. Miller, J. T.
Watson, Jr., Commissioners; r. G. Glib
son, Clerk.
Witness our hands, officially, this 9th
day Of 0ctob4, 1913.
w. NJ. DAVIDSON,
G. G. GOLDMAN,
JOS. CURRY,
Supervisors of Election, Tensas Parish,
La.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
rnos;13r.DlSGs
POLICE JURY
STATE OF LOUISIANA, /
PARISH OF TENsAs. (

PARISH OF TENsAS. !
st. Joseph, La. October 9Th, 1913.
BE it known that on this 9th day Of
October, 1913, it being the first Monday
in said month, and the day tor the regu-
lar meeting of the Police Jury of the Par
ish OF 'rensas, Louisiana, said Board met
at the Court House at st. Joseph, La.
There were present:
Hon.; Frank H. Curry, President, and
Messrs. Jno. D. Fultz. F. L. Guthrie.
t. s. Coons, Loms T. Hunter and F..
d. Coleman, members.
The Committee heretofore appointed to
have Clark's Bayou bridge repaired, re-
ported that said bridge had been put in
good condition.
On motion, Messrs. Guthrie and Fultz
were appointed committee to have
Phelps Bayou bridge repaired, said Com
mittee given full authority to advertise
for and receive bids and accept or decline
same, for the repairing Of said bridge.
Miss Ida Hornsby having resigned as
beneficiary from Tensas parish, to the
State Normal School, on motion of Mr..
Fultz, duly seconded, Miss Josephine
Ally, of the Second Ward. was appointed
to fill out the unexpired term of Miss Ida
Hornsby.
Mr.. R. H. Whitney was authorized to
have gas plant at the Court House re-
paired; If possible, and if repairs cannot
be made, he israuthorized to purchase a
new generator for said plant.
On motion, the sum of Forty Dollars,
or so much thereof, as will be necessary,
was appropriated and authorized to be
expended by Mr.. j. w. Osborne, in road
work in rear part of Second Ward, near
Cottonwood plantation
The following bills were allowed and
ordered paid:
There being no further business. the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
s. MARKS CO.

DUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given thar n,
virtue of a writ of Seizure and sale ~
me directed by the above named Honorable
Court in the above styled suit, I have seized
and will, on
SATURDAY the lIth Day Of OCTOBER, A 0. 1914
offer for sale at the Court House door of the
Town of st. Joseph, in this parish, between
the hours of IL O'Clock m. and 4 O'Clock
p. m. the following described property sir
uated In the Parish OF Tensas Stale of Iouis-
lana, and seized in the above styled and
numbered suit. to-wit:
That certain lot Of ground In the Village of
NewelltOn, La, together with all the build.
ings and improvements thereon and appurt-
enances thereto belonging. beginning az a
point on the Lake 81. Joseph public road
thirty feet from the Southwest corner of that
certain lot of ground purchased by s. L.
Cohn from Isadore Newman, Sr as per deed
passed before j. q. Eustis, ESQ. a Notary
Public in and for the Parish OF Orleans stare
Of Louisiana, on file and Of record November
18th. 1900, In his Office in the City of New Or
leans, La, and recorded in Notarial Record
IN pages "a ct seq, records of above par
ish, reference to which deed is hereby made
for the point of beginning, running thence SO
feet along said public road to a stake, thence
North "a degrees East to Lake St. Joseph to
the edge of the waters thereof. thence along
the waters of said lake Atty feet to a stake
thence 10 the point of beginning.
Terms of Sale: Cash, to the last and high
est bidder, according to law.
JOHN HUGHES, Sheriff.
st. Joseph, La. September 5th, 1918.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
sTEINHARDT a co.

DUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given that by
virtue of a writ of Seizure and Sale t.
me directed by the above named Honorable
Court In the above styled suit, ! have seized
and will on
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10

DUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given, that
BELLEVUE" Plantation, In the Third
Ward OF rensas Parish, Is posted against
HUNTING and GENERAL TREsPAsSIN0.
Violators viii be vigorously prosecuted.
lsIsNHDl MYLEs BoNNRYs
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No. $3.50
MRS. ANNIE W. HoRNsBY :
AND HUsBAND-
S. p. HORNSBY.

0UBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that by
virtue Of a writ of Seizure and Sale TO
me directed by the above named Honorable
Court IN the above styled suit, have seized
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
JUDICIAL ADVERTISE 9i1Si-,
CUccEssIoR SALE.

State OF Louisiana. Parish ~ Tensas, Tcnti
District Govt.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10

DUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given that by
virtue of an. or Ter ~ sale tn me directed
by the above uamc,l Honorable Court. In the
above STYLED matter I will. on
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10

succession o Rial r-,sl, deceased.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
SATURDAY tbs sta day NOVEMBER.
A q 1913

offer for sale No h. Court House door. in the
Town.of ST. Joseph, IN this parish, between
the hours prescribed by law, that is between
the hours OF II O'Clock a m. and O'Clock p.
m . 20 the highest bidder. for cash, and ac-
cordng to law. the following property. be-
longing To the Succession OF Elijah Trask
deceased, to-wit:
An undivided one-tenth (1-1Oth) interest In
the Scott tract: Being West half of South
east quarter and North half Of Southwest
quarter of Section %, and North half Of South
east quarter and Northeast quarter of South
west quarter OF Section Is. In Township IA,
Range II East; containing Ia all $50 acres of
land, more or less, all situated in the Parish
OF Tensas State of Louisiana; the same be-
ing sold TO pay the debts of said Succession.
Terms of Sale: Cash. with benefit of APP
pralsement.
JOHN HUGHES. Sheriff.
st. Joseph, La, October srd. 1918.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
sUccEssIon NOTICE.
State Of Louisians, Parish OF Tensas, Tent
District Court.
Succession Of saml. Marks, deceased

DUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given that
Henry NJ. Marks has applied 10 be APP
pointed administrator OF the Succession OF
Sam'l. Marks, deceased.
Now therefore unless written opposition
thereto be hled in my Office within ten days
after publication hereof. said appointment
will he made as prayed for.
L. ST. Witness my hand and the seal OF
said Court. this Srd day OF October. 1913.
JOS. CURRY,
Clerk 10th District Court, Tensas Parish. La.
&c. Joseph, la, October Srd, 1913.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
eEIzunE AND SALE
DUNCAN G. MINOR

State OF Louisiana, Parish of Tensas, Tenth
District Court.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT.

SEIZURE AND SALE
State of Louisiana. Parish of Tensas, Tenth
District Court.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
FOR SALE.

One 2-year old Durham Bull, Regis
tered by the American Short Horn
Breeders Association. Can deliver the
papers with him. Prices right.
j. A. NESEY, Newellton, La.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10

There being no further business, the
Police Jury adjourned sine die.
F. II. CURRY,
President.
r. H. WHITNEY. Clerk.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
FILTERINd AND SELF-MEASURIr
GASOLINE TANK.

We have installed a Bow
ser Self-Measuring Case
line Tank.
This outfit not only auto
matically measures gasoline
but filters it as well, all
in one operation. Attached
to it is a hose for filling any
receptacle at a distance from
the machine, such as that
generally required by auto
mobiles. If you want your
tank filled quickly, and the
gasoline filtered and meas
ured as it goes in, just drive
your car alongside of our
warehouse and see how quick
ly we can let you get started
on your way. Not a drop
wasted. Time is money.
See the point?
". R. BAKER & SON,
PHONE No. 70
ST. JOSEPH, la
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10

LoweIls for cotton sacks. 10 1-2c
per yard. -0ulley Gro. Co.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
LOST!

Between L'Argent and Waterproof
one GOLD WATCH FOB, engraved on
one side: Scholarship, and on re-
verse;
Us.
Jefferson
Military
College
1903
NewelltOn
A liberal reward will be paid for the
return of same to me at NeweIIton.
JULIUS SALOMON.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
SrzuRr AND SALE.
State Of Louisiana. Parish of Tensas, Tenth
District Court.
SUCCESSION OF JOHN BUcKNER EFT AIS

No. 5sO7
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-10
THE TENsAs COTTON OIL & MFG. co.

No. 5sOs
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-04
FIND SAFETY IN PRISON CELL
Many Instances on Record Where
Criminals Have Taken Refuge in
Jails and Penitentiaries.

The recent escape Of a patient from
the Poughkeepsie Insane asylum, fol-
lowed by his begging to be taken back
because New York was too noisy" is
no drOlier than many kindred instances
that have come to the attention of in
stitutiOn authorities in the past 1t is
a wellknown fact that inmates Of the
state prisons often ask to be allowed
to remain permanently where they
have served a number of years sen
tence. They declare that it is actually
more like home to them than any 9th
er place in the world where they have
been. As the authorities have no pow
er to continue them as prisoners at the
expense of the state the released con-
victs will often commit another crime
in order that they may be resentenced
to stay in their former prison home.
It sometimes happens that criminals
wanted for an offense that bids fair
TO lead to their capture and a long
prison term will deliberately break
law that will lead only to a light SEN
tence. They do this at some distant
point and elude the detectives search
ing everywhere but in prison for them
They have been known to enlist under
false names in the army or navy, much
as they detest the strict discipline to
which they must conform. They argue
they are safer in the army for three
years than being Swallowed constantly
by detectives.
Others who often feel they are safer
in custody are "squealers" who fear
the knife or bullet of the gang" out
side. This was plainly shown in the
Rosenthal-Becker murder case, when
Rose and Weber and Schepps trembled
lest the accused gunmen's friends
should be able to reach them and carry
out revenge threats.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-04
'ElOnle MUn.
7 T Helps Y +.
DOES NOT MEAN PRETTINESS
Term "City Beautiful" Has Been Much
Misunderstood-ReaI Ends to
Be Attained.

That term the City Beautiful"
sounds like tying pink ribbons around
lamp posts. Even as applied to civic
at, as distinct from city planning. the
name is sufficiently misleading. 1t is
tie idea indicated by that unfortunate,
classifying phrase that Raymond I'm
win, in his admirable Town Planning
in Practice" lampoons
Civic art is too often understood to
consist of filing our streets with
marble fountains, dotting our squares
with groups Of statuary, twining our
lampposts with wriggling acanthus
leaves or dolphins' tails, and our
buildings with meaningless punches of
fruit and flowers tied up with impos-
sible stone ribbons"
1t is not the prettifying of cities that
is the object of city planners. The
building Of intraurban, intercity and
interstate transit facilities, the con-
structiOn of sewers, of cutters, of gar
bage disposal plants, the destruction
of insanitary areas to be replaced by
decent housing, the development of
port facilities, the upbuilding of the
health of the city through the crea-
ton of Fairgrounds and parks-parks
primarily as health agents, not pretti-
fcation meaSures-all of these and
others are the chief aims of city plan
ming. There will, of course, he a nee
essary improvement in the appear
ance of the city as the natural result
of skill in city building, and that i'm
provement is an entirely proper OBJ
ject, but it ought not to be permitted
to paralyZe the whole movement
through the creation of an entirely in
correct understanding of the ends to
be attained
Other phrases have been suggested,
which are useful as antitoxins to that
City Beautiful" phrase, but they gen
orally accent some one phase of city
planning at the expense Of the others.
THE City Practical" The City Use
full" The City Scientific" are exam
pies. One of the best is negative. 1t
was coined by Robert w. De Forest
and represents the movement as aim
ing to eXterminate the 'Unregulated
City Hideous."
But no phrase yet suggested epito-
mics the wide range of city planning,
and least of all can it be said that the
City Beautiful is the central thought
of its opponents.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-04
Calendar in One Sentence.

How often in the course of a year
does man who has no calendar mean
at hand ask himself the question, On
what day of the week does such ana
such date fall?
A perusal of the following sentence
will soon convince him how he may
know all he needs with very little
trouble:
Said l, I dwelt for fifteen weeks in
London with a robber."
Each word represents a month in
order. Thus, said" stands for Janu-
airy and ''robber" for December. The
number of letters in the word gives
the date on which the first Saturday in
the month represented occurs.
Take, for instance, June IA, 1913.
June being the sixth month is repre-
sented by the word fifteen" which
has seven letters, indicating June Z
as being the first Saturday. Then
seventh and seven days gives the 14th
as being the second Saturday of the
month. Having thus seen on which
day of the week the month begins the
rest is easy.-Stray Stories.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-04
Never-settIed Questions.

TIE familiar saying that nothing is
settled until 1t is settled right express
es only a half-truth. Questions of gen.
eral and permanent importance are
seldom finally settled. A very wise
man has said that short of the multi
plication table there is no truth and no
fact which must not be proved over
again as If it had never been proved,
from time to time" Conceptions Of So
cial rights and obligations and the in
situations based upon them continue
unQuestioned for long periods as postu-
lates in all discussions upon questions
Of government Whatever conduct con-
forms to them is assumed to be right.
Whatever Is at variance with them is
assumed to be wrong. Then a time
comes when with apparent suddenness
the ground Of discussion shifts and the
postulates are denied. They cease to
be accepted without proof, and the
whole controversy in which they were
originally established is fought over
Administrator Root, in North Amer
lean Review.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-04
sSOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that a spe-
cial election is hereby called for the
purpose of electing a councilman
from ward two, city of Ocala, to fill
the unexpired term of DIR. ]. w.
Hood, resigned. Said election will
be held at the city hall on the 18th
day of October, A. d. 1913*us
l herby appoint Frank Harris, Jr.,
H. H. Milestone and Ghas-. H. Math-
ews as inspectors, and E. E. Robin
son as clerk of said election (
In witness whereof l have hereun-
to set my hand as mayor of the city
of Ocala, this the 21st day of August
A. D. 1913. ]. D. Robertson,
Attest: Mayor.
H. c. Sistrunk, City Clerk.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-04
HAS NO PLACE IN STREETS
Authorities Give Warning as to the
Noxious Character of the Orna-
mental Plane Tree.

Residents of towns where the plane
tree has been planted in the streets in
large numbers will feel considerable
interest in some remarks made con-
corning that tree by an Australian pa
per, from which the following is an
extract: If you are planting orna-
mental trees beware Of the planes. In
the height of the summers heat many
people will be found coughing and
sneezing, and, incidentally, blasphem-
ing the weather and the season gen
orally. What has been the cause of
the epidemic? The victims have in
hailed the emanations or elections of
the insidious plane tree An English
authority on forestry, DR.. Henry, takes
the popular view to be correct, and
another authority adds that as far
back as 1873 the newly installed Ger
man authorities in Alsace were warn
ed against the danger. Nurserymen
complain of ailments brought on them
by contact with the mild looking Upas
tree. A London paper brings classic
lore to the theme of abuse. The an
cient Greeks, we are told, were proud
of their plane tree, which Xerxes much
admired; but their great physicians
were we'll aware of the noxious ma
ture of the plane. Globe.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-04
Gagged At COATICOOK
Harry Thaw Will Probably Soon BE
Returned to Matteawan

Coaticook, Quebec. Eept. 4-Har-
~ X. Thaw, pried out of the Sher-
brooke jail on a writ of habeas corp
Us. obtained by a coup of William
Trayers Jerome, enjoyed three min
utes of liberty yesterday and then
was seized by the Dominion immi-
grafton authorities and hustled by
automobile 10 this little town, where
last night he paced the floor in the
immigration detention room. Today
a special board OF inquiry will sit in
his case and by night he may be
thrust across the Vermont border as
an undesirable alien. 1t is generally
predicted that before many more
hours Thaw will be back in Mattea-
wan asylum.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-04
Traffic and the CITY Plan

There was a time when the city
planning movement touched the prob
lem of transportation very gingerly.
About the railroad company hung an
awful air of touch me not" The
most that the timid city planners
could hope to do with the railroad
company was to persuade it to plant
a few shrubs about the depot and to
hire a one-legged switchman to keep
the grass cut. But now. praise be, the
city planning movement is growing
to be what it's name implies. 1t is not
afraid to move a railroad around when
it needs to. Indeed, the very first
problem which it attacks, in a given
locality, is the problem of transporta.
ton. How do travellers get into the
city? How do the workers get to their
work? How do the commuters ar
rive and depart?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-04
BAD Feature of Paxements.

That of the wood block pavement
with which many streets of Manhat-
tan are relaid exude creosote on hot
days and causes the tracking of much
oil into hotels and business places
in the uptown section, became known
through a number of complaints re-
ceived by William H. Edwards, street
cleaning commissioner, urging that the
department desist from 'oiling the
streets" The streets have never been
oiled. Edwards will take the matter
I'D with the commissioners of public
works. They hope to persuade the
contractors who laid the pavement to
sand the streets.-New York Post.