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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
PICK up the SQUARES.

Mr.. L. w. Vance, District Agent,
Department of Agriculture, was a
visitor to st. Joseph last week and
made inspection of crops i'm thissec.
ton. Speaking of the boil weevil,
which have appeared in such num-
bers on the young cotton, Mr.. Vance
said:
Weevils coming at this early
stage will do no harm to the cotton,
as they will die before the plant is
old enough to suffer injury from
their work, but after the Goth of
May the cotton will have to be care
fully watched and the weevils picked
of as closely as possible, going over
the crop at least once a week until
the squares come on. The method
by which We can discern the pres
ence Of the weevil in the cotton is
the little black speck in the top Of
the stalk, known as the black flag
or terminal bud, and which is I'M
mistakable evidence that the weevil
is either on that stalk or ON the one
adjoining. Unless the black flag is
found it is not necessary to inspect
the stalk further. After the squares
appear, the crop should be carefully
watched and fallen squares picked
up and burned. This precaution
should be vigorously observed at least
once a week, and the thoroughness
with which this is done will become
manifest in the infestation to follow
Under no conditions should the fall
len squares be left in the fields, as a
few squares left on the ground will
cause the weevil to multiply rapidly
1t has been demonstrated that one
pair of weevils have been known to
to hatch a half million offspring in
one year. Flowing the squaresrnder
is especially advised against before
July at earliest, as this only enables
the weevil to propagate more rapidly,
contrary to the general opinion that
blowing under stiles them. To sum-
marise: the most certain way of get
ting rid of the weevil is to kill them
outright by picking up and burn.
inR,n
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

The dipping vat at st. Joseph will be
operated next Saturday and all cattle
owners should be in readiness for the &C.
casion.
1t is worthy of note that Tensas has
some 900 head of cattle which is perhaps
more than that boosted by some adjoining
parishes and quite as many as claimed by
Adams county Miss.
The work ofdipping is progressing rap
idly in Tensas parish and up to date there
has been practically no casualties.
Another feature of more than passing
interest is that since the inauguration of
the dipping watts there have been no i'm
portation of scrub stock, only the fin.
est breed of cattle having been brought
into the parish, and which may be ac
cepted as an index of the future develop
ment in the line Of cattle industry in Ten
sas parish.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

The colored school at st. Joseph, Of
which Arthur Shaifer is principal, closed
a most successful term on Friday, with
a picnic, followed by the closing exer-
cises at Gilield Baptist Church at night,
the principals father, the late Rev. Ar
thur Shaifer, having been pastor of this
church and principal of this school for
years, and altogether most worthy man,
and recognized leader of his people, his
influence ever being for good.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
RULES GOVERNING PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

wish to call attention to the following
rules adopted by the State Board of Edu-
cation at its last meeting. These rules
speak for themselves and it is the duty
of the local School Boards to put them
into effect.
Beginning with next session the change
in some of the schools will be drastic 30 l
wish to call attention to these rules now
so that the patrons of the schools, that
are affected, may know just where to
place the responsibility.
Very truly,
THOS. NJ. WADE, Supt.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

DR.. John Chamberlain and Mr..
w. A. Adams, of Natchez, are
weekend visitors to: St. Joseph and
while here spent most enjoyable
day in quest Of the finny tribe at
Lake Bruen.
Miss Jennie Morris, of Vicksburg,
daughter, of Mr.. Julius Morris, of
st. Joseph, has joined her father
and sister here and will make her
home with us for some time. We
are glad to welcome Miss Morris to
st. Joseph.
The usual services conducted reg
ularly every third Sunday at the
Union Church bvRev. Mr.. Fox will
be dispensed with this Sunday, ow-
ing to the change made for the &C.
casion with Waterproof, and services
will be held next Sunday, when Mr..
Fox will deliver the baccaleaurate
sermon to the graduating class of
the st. Joseph High School.
Their many friends in St. Joseph
and Tensas parish extend deepest
sympathy to Mr.. and Mrs. H. w.
May. Jr., in the sudden taking of
their little daughter, Lila Hunter
May, which sad event occurred on
Tuesday morning after short ILL
ness. The remains were taken to
Natchez for intern,ent, accompanied
BY q large concourse of sorrowing
friends and relatives.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

The following letter from Mr.. ]. D
Miller, Assessor of Concordia parish, wa,
addressed to the Natchez Democrat, anC
is reproduced by the Gazette for genera
information:
Vidalia, La, May IL, 1914.
Editor Natchez Democrat:
Dear Sir-The General Assembly oil
Louisiana meeting at noon today will
have many bills before it during the see.
sion, aiming to improve the condition Of
the State at large, as will be recommended
by the Governor in his message; among
which will be one to reform the present
system of assessments. While that matter
will be properly adjusted, perhaps, il
would be just as proper to adjust some OF
the abuses growing out of the system,
one of which is the injustice done to the
Assessors in the different levee districts
throughout the State under the present
law. For years they received only 500. 90
from the levee boards for extending levee
taxes on the rolls, said taxes amounting
to more than the State and parish taxes
combined, but at the session of 1910 that
amount was increased to $3.50, which we
think is insufficient compensation for the
time and labor spent in the interests of
the levee boards.
In 1911 this (Concordia) parish paid
into the Golfers OF the 9Th District Levee
Board Sal 1862, while it paid the State
$40, 800, and to itself ST., 439. Owing to
the overflow of 1912 there were no levee
taxes assessed in this parish that year,
and only seven mills ad valorum i'm 1918.
This year the full levee taxes will be as
sessed, including the produce taxes, and
as the Texas and Pacific r. X. will be as
sessed for the first time, adding about
100000 to the rolls in this parish, the
revenues for the State, parish and levee
board will be largely increased.
The State and parish allow the assessors
4 per cent OF the taxes collected and the
school boards allow them but 2 per cent,
while the Confederate Veteran taxes are
assessed free of charge, all by acts of the
Legislature.
The tax collectors receive by law per
cent of all taxes up to $75, 900, including
the levee taxes, except those for the
schools and the veterans. The assessors
in the different levee districts would like
to know why the levee taxes are consid-
more sacred than the school taxes of
which they receive per cent, while they.
receive about one. half OF one per cent
from the levee taxes. / take this parish
as basis for those figures.
Would it not oe just and equitable
thing to do for the present session of the
General Assembly of Louisiana to put the
assessment of the levee taxes on a parity
with the assessment of the school taxes,
thereby recognizing the services of a class
of hard worked public servants?
I am aware that l voice the sentiments
of large majority OF the assessors in the
levee districts in making this appeal
through your valued paper, to the sena-
tors and representatives thereof, to do
them this simple act Of justice, believing
that the levee boards will not oppose it
while they receive handsome compensa-
ton for their services; the president of the
9Th District receiving $1,000 per annum,
and the secretary $500 per annum.
Very respectfully,
J. ID. MILLER,
Assessor Concordia Parish
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
PROCEEDINGS FIFTH LOUISIANA
lEvEE BOARD.
OFEJCE OF THE BOARD OF COMMIs-
SIONERs 9TH La. LEyEE DIsT. (

/; OFEICE OF THE BOARD OF COMMIs-
sIONERs 9TH LA. LEvEE DIST.
Tallulah, La, May IL, 1914.
Pursuant to call, the Board of Com
missioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levet
District met in special session at Tallu
lab, La, its domicile, this day.
The meeting was called to order by
President Rhodes, at IL o'clock a. m.
there being present at roll call, the fol.
lowing Commissioners:
E Z. J. J. H lam East Carroll parish
J. !. n \: S johnson Madison parish
F. L. Guthrie rensas parish
E. F. Fre ssod'' cqncordia parish
Absent: BIZ. Young, Tensas; J. H..
Lambdin, Concordia.
The President stated that the purpose
of the call was to consider and discuss
the practicability of change in the levee
line at "Bunches Bend" in East Carroll
Parish.
Commissioners Hill and Hamley dis.
cussed the plans in detail, giving facts
and figures together with a map showing
the location of the proposed line of levee.
Maj. F. NJ. Kerr, Chief of the Board of
State Engineers, and Maj. M. P. Robert
son, of the Board of State Engineers, by
request appeared before the Board to dis
cuss and advise from an engineering point
as to the ACCESSIBILITY of the change of this
line. They discussed the matter, purely
while they did not favor such a change
from an engineering standpoint and
they would not stand in the way of any
such change, should the U. S. Govern
ment desire to run this line and it was
agreeable to this Board. In any event
they urged that it was imperative that
some action should be taken to strength
en- the punches Bend Levee Line"
The Board decided before taking any
further action to ask the U. s. Engineers
for an outline Of their projects for this
season for levee repair and construction
in this district.
On motion of Commissioner Hamley,
seconded by Commissioner Guthrie, the
President was authorized to have repairs
made to most important places in the
levee caused by rain.
There being no further business, the
Board adjourned.
+. C. RHODES,
President Board Commissioner, Fifth
Louisiana Levee District.
o. w. CAMPBELL, Sec'y
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
Took Il All In.

The editor looked up just as u man.
Trombone opened the door cautiously
and took one swift glance about the
room.
is this the editorial rinktum?''
THE what, my friend?'
lis this the rinktum, or sanctum, or
some such place where the editors live?'
"This is the editorial room. Yes, sir,
come in"
mo, ! guess won't come in. l Just
wanted TO see what a rintum was like.
Looks like our garnet, only wuss. Good
dsy."-Ex.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
MY BRIDAL VEIL.

took 1t from its resting place,
My cell Of fifty gears ago;
pressed 1t .fondly 'gainst my face,
10 feel the old-time rapture glow,
When tite scas young and lore vas fair.
And hearts knep not the touch of care.
held ii up against the hight,
shook 1t free from every fold;
Its sitken mesh, once pearly white,
Hcd sto,oly changed to threads Of gold
An! thus unused, each grief of time
In hearen mill change to jon sublime.
Ilaid 1t gently on my head,
TO fall IN cares of softest CLEAN;
Beneath ats ytolds the lored ones dead
Came round me as IN pleasant dream,
And ne Cho crowned me as has bride
Metho"ght stood radiant at my side.
Oh. Memoryl schat untailing po,cer
Is thine to rirify the past
The perfume of a single fo,oer
Can bring back visions cro,cding fast.
My ceiPs soft touch made me once more
happy bride on Lore's bright shore!
The day. itself came back to me
An Aprl day, serene and calm,
The cloudless sky an azure sea,
And every breeze was bliss and balm:
wv " cs""yo, " tOcc, " teUTS-
Ah! such are Gods ''eternal years.
One vision more: The church, the priest,
T'ro kneeling forms, a holy prayer,
Lou ro,cs that bind the greatest, least,
And DEATHS dread name commimgled there;
But Christian hearts no naugM Of fear,
For God is lore, and hearen is near.
When am laid in cofn-bed,
With tired hands upon my breast,
Place this old veil upon my head
And shroud me IN it for my rest.
It's bridal blessing, meath the sod,
May plead for me before my Cod
Ana ,.ow ru lay my veil again
Within its old familiar place;
SIGH, a tear, Mrob of pain, tn
For faded youth and vanished grace
But God can all the past restore,
And give us both our bloom once morel
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

DR.. and Mrs. ]. G. Lilly and
Master Jack went to Natchez on
Wednesday, where the DR.. goes to
recuperate after quite a hard spell
from which he is just recovered.
The DR.. may make a trip to New
Orleans before returning to St. Jo-
seph.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

Mr.. M. P. Knowles has position
at Greenville, Miss.
Mr.. J. r. Burns, of Vicksburg, is
visiting his father, Mr.. w. P. Burns
at Ashwood.
Mrs. s. E. Knowles, who was call
ed to Greenville, Miss. by the illness
OF her daughter, Mrs. B. C. Knowles,
has returned home after stay of
six weeks; she reports her daughter
much better. Mrs. Knowles was &C.
companied home by her friend Mrs.
II. c. Chavers. nee Miss Annie
Stackhouse. of Memphis, who is WIS.,
ting her friend. Mrs. w. H. Burns
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

Keep your horses up. for if found
running loose on the streets they
will be taken up and held for pen
atty, and cost of keeping.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

. Secure your dog tag from the
marshal. for all dogs found running
at large without tags will be killed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

Parish Superintendent and Members of
Parish School Boards:
Gentlemen-Your attention is respect
fully called to the following resolution
which was adopted by the State Board of
Education at its last meeting, held April
Is, 1914. This resolution is Not A Sug-
gestion. to the parish school boards that
the grades in schools employing from one
to four teachers be limited, but 1t Is A
Law requiring the grade limitation out
lined in the resolution. The resolution is
operative on and after July 1, 1914, and
should be rigidly enforced by the parish
school authorities in every parish in the
state.
RESOLUTION
Resolved, That from and after July /,
1914, the public schools of Louisiana shall
be governed by the following rules of
grade limitation:
Cd A school Of one teacher shall not
attempt to teach more than five grades
ofchildren.
90 A school of two teachers shall not
attempt to teach more than seven grades
OF children.
(3) A school of three teachers shall not
attempt to teach more than nine grades
of children.
(D A school of four teachers shall not
attempt to teach more than ten grades
of children.
90 The grades in the four classes of
schools listed above may or not be con-
secutive.
90 1t shall be the duty of parish school
boards and parish superintendent to en-
force faithfully these requirements.
l certify that the above is true copy
of the resolution passed by the State
Board of Education in the Office of the
Office of the State Superintendent of Ed
ucation at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April
Is, 1914.
T. II. HARRIS,
State Superintendent OF Public Education
for Louisiana.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09
One Final Rally for the
Regional Bank

II is necessary that Atlanta shoud relax vigilance and
miss point in this battle finish for the regional bank
The matter has grown vital and Atlanta not afford
to lose
And is just well not to be too certain that Atlanta will
Overconfdence sometimes fatal to successful effort
aintng heart The logic and the promise all in favor
of Atlanta The geographical argument hers The argument
of distribution is with her The argument of the majority
ment is Atlanta If there any lingering doubt of it. the
relaxed energy Atlanta committee should make it absolutely
certain during this last strenuous week
The splendid hospitality of Atantas welcome to the official
committee holding power of life and death chances
of regional bank will be charming but not necessarily
elusive to three cool calculating statesmen who balancing
financial problem with their financial biographies McAdoo
Houston and John Shelton Williams to be convinced
by banques and fluctuations 1t the fact not the argument
that must be pressed
Hanging upon Atlanas tanks in this cities
that sleep in the prosecution of their claims.
When Richmond sends emissary half thousand miles
to find out the attitude of single who has relationship
with the regional umvae it necessary that Atlanta should
keep alive the splendid vigilance that sent Wilmer Moore and
j. K Orr post haste Knoxville waverng
friend of Atlanta's claims,
There not note of encouragement in this appeal 1t is
simply reminder timely for the first day of the last week of
effort that work not done until the decision
Everything favorable to Atlanta. The
sought judgment the greater cities East and West comedies
with the great bulk of unbiased negbors home that At
anta the place The location equipment and prestige of At
lanta make conclusive argument
Now, then, for final magnificent rally of all forces
all arguments for the Regional Tmvate Saturday
Atlanta will win because Atlanta deserves to win
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09

who are economically dependent
crave stimulants.
People who live in the open,
who have ventilated houses, who
are properly nourished, find in
spiration without resort to artifi-
cial methods.
If lived in the Whitechapel
district in London l would Ger
tainly be a good patron for the
nearest Pub" to the extent of my
exchequer. But living in the coun-
try as l do, blessed beyond the lot
of most, with love and work and
the companionship of horses and
cattle, with the sweep of waving
grain fields before my vision, or
the silent white coverlet of snow
in the winter, and the woods upon
woods in every direction, and the
running streams singing their
lullabies, Fastening to the sea-
with all these things and the ex-
actions of daily duties, why
should | look for something that
would deaden my brain or limit
my capacity for the manifold Joys
and blessings which await me on
every hand?
Evolution is the law of life
not revolution.
When we give up one thing we
have to have something else
given to us just as good, or, if
possible, little better.
The soda fountain 40 years ago
was an experimentation it seems
to be a social necessity. Drug
stores then sold whisky and drugs.
Now drug stores make their mon.
ey out of caramels and ice cream
soda.
Slowly, surely, the world is
changing. II is not. day, as
necessary to forget the horrors of
life as it is TO waken our souls 10
the blessings that surround us.
The sane the sober, the eff
cient, must and will prevail, not
through legislative enactment. but
through the gradual growing COM
mon sense of the times.
The world is growing better.
Let every man study his own
case, We are working for health,
for happiness and for efficiency.
Does strong drink add to your
we'll being If rot, isn't it bet
ter 10 emit it, And this certain
~ a large number of intelligent
people are doing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09
Mans Only Enemy: Himself
%
d

TT any man should have our
friendship, it is the man who
has failed to be friend to
himself.
l hate drunkenness, but | do
not hate the drunkard
The victim of strong drink fire.
quently has all the yirtues-in-
Guiding high intelligence and a
tender. sympathetic heart--and
yet when the demon gets him his
will is paralyaed and Satan is in
the saddle.
A few weeks ago l visited San
Quentin Prison and talked with a
man In the Death Row''-who
has since been hanged.
ct was drink-just drink
was craged with drink. was
Jealous and shot her Then !
shot myself She died quickly I
recovered to be sent here. Next
week I die. She was beautiful
honest, loving wife TO me, but
drink destroyed my reason"
said nothing what could l
say? But l realized that the slow,
lingering death OF drunka rds
wife is no more tragic than the
quick taking off by knife or pis-
toll
The worst about strong drink
has never been tod--it escapes
the lure of language.
The individual under its influ-
ence is in evidence. He talks
loudly. He protests, threatens,
sings, crates. shouts. He Is, for
the time being, in an exalted men
tai condition He feels rich. His
senses are unusually acute, MS
passions are nhamed. his emo
tons rampant. lie sheds tears
and swears eternal fidelity and
friendship without end.
Not only does he see double,
but everything IN his mind is eX-
aggerated He at times sees
sights where none are Intended
He picks up innocent remarks
and challenges them. A condition
of paranois takes him captive. He
thinks his best friends are plot
ting against him He wants 10
night. He is Jealous. unreasona
BILE, insane
believe the tendency OF the
times IS away from the consump-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09

K.
Editor The Georgian:
A great man said to me once:
Our best friends are those who
show us our mistakes" and he
was right.
For more than twenty years
have listened to your addresses
and read your editorials with in
creasing admiration and usually
with entire approval. Does this
entitle me to be called your
friend? If so, may | show you a
mistake. not only for your sake,
but for the thousands who will be
mislead by your influence,
through the publicity you have
given it. backed by the power of
the splendid personality you pos
sess?
l have Just read your excellent
article on "The Master and the
Magdalene," in The Georgian of
Tuesday. admired It greatly and
was. glad to note in the same
paper that former Georgia
woman, Mrs Barrett, is leading
in the very thing you advocate,
in Washington. But in the mid
die OF the article note this;
when the weeping Magdalen
mn Uaa,-S EnaIt ,.Ya,,
sands of Galilee. the Divine Com
passion rehuked the jeering mohs.
Let him who is without sin
among you cast the first stone
and the Magdalen. nobly redeem
ing her sinful life, became one OF
the three Marys'--last at the
cross and earliest at the grave"
Now. brother, II has been we'll
settled among Bible students for
years that this old idea that Mary
Magdalene was the woman who
was a sinner is entirely wrong,
In support OF this position I en-
close the following from Preshy-
terrain Quarterly:
TUESDAY Notice particular
~ Luke WIZ = MaTN MaSQA lene
has been for nearly two thousand
years confused with the woman
who was sinner mentioned In
Luke vil:37. The best authorities
tell us that there IS absolutely no
ground for believing that these
two women were the same
What reason does Luke, the
physician. give for Mary Magda-
lene's loving service for her Mas
ter? That he had healed her
BODY"
We who teach the public by
tongue and pen should he very
careful TO get our teachings right
Knowing that YOU realize this,
venture this correction, believing
that YOU will receive il in the
kindly spirit IN which it is OF
fered C. / STACY
ElbeIton, Ga