Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06
NEWELLTON NOTES.

proof, was visitor here this week.
Miss Susie Maude Muir has re-
turned from visit to St. Joseph.
! Messrs. A. b. Ratcliff and +. +.
Newell were visitors to our town
this week.
Mrs. Drake and daughter of Kan
sas City, Missouri, are visiting Mrs.
}. r. Lynch.
Hon. and Mrs. Thos. NJ. Wade,
of st. Joseph, were visitors to New
elton this week.
Mrs. Leon Kullman and Master
Morris Kaufman visited relatives at
Waterproof this week.
Mr.. f. s. Richards, the auto ex-
pert of Lake Providence was bus
mess visitor here this week.
Messrs. W. ID. Martiniere and
and Albert Turpin attended the
dance in Tallulah on Tuesday night.
Mrs. II. II. Ivingham and daugh-
ter, Miss Audry, are spending few
weeks at Memphis with relatives.
Messrs. Gulley of st. Joseph and
Limerick of Natchez were among
the commercial travellers here this
week.
Bob Middleton and Ralph Ally
have returned from a pleasant visit
to Fred and John Blanche at St.
Joseph.
Misses jamie and Berta Newell, of
st. Joseph, visited Misses Bessie
and Rebecca Newell several days
this week.
Mrs. John Murdoch and daughter
Miss Louise, are visiting DR.. and
Mrs f. Dunbar Newell at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
Mr.. W. s. Alsop, the popular
manager of Verona" plantation,
has returned from a delightful visit
to his old home at Torrey, Miss,
The many friends of Mr.. R. o.
Roberts, of Hollywood" are glad
to know that he is cOnvalescing from
his recent illness ond trust soon to
see him out again.
Mr.. H. NJ. Carson, representing
Rumble & Wensel Co., of Natchez,
is on deck again, after a well earned
rest of three weeks, spent with his
family at Biloxi, Miss.
The following friends attended
the funeral of the late Mr.. r. f.
Grace, conducted at Hampton, Mis-
sissippi: Mr.. and Mrs. +. c. Grace,
Messrs. Leon Kulman, Frank Lom-
hardo, l.. de Vries, NJ. Jacoby and
Henry lsaacs.
Taking advantage of the good
weather prevailing the municipal
authorities have had Verona Lane,
from town to depot, worked and that
thorough fare is now equal to the
pike roads of the North. Mr.. J. r.
NARROW had the contract and made
a good job of it.
Judging from the number of
travelling statesmen who visited our
town and parish the past week, it
can be inferred that business is re-
viving somewhat. Crop prospects
are possibly the best seen at this
season in years and taken on the
whole the general outlook is good.
Mr.. Bennett, the stock man, was
here this week and bought num-
Der of head of mules, which he
shipped away with others bought
at Lake Providence and Tallulah.
This is the first time perhaps in the
history of this parish that mules
have been exported, the rule al
ways obtaining being the opposite,
when mules were imported at great
cost.
Work is progressing in the oil
fields satisfactorily to the oil men,
many of whom are on the ground
while many more are arriving daily,
The derrick is now up and the ma
chinery is in position and actual
drilling will be under way next week
Mr.. Champion, the contractor, is
sanguine of getting oil and is only
uncertain as to the size of the pro-
ducer he will bring in. May his ex-
pectations he happily realized
A delightful picnic was given by
the good people of Newellton and
vicinity on the banks of Lake Bruen
on Friday, which was greatly en-
joyed by every participant. The
outing was given because of the
thankfulness of our people for the
flattering prospects now before us
for good crops this year, which we
all hope will only mark the dawn
! ing OF a new era of prosperity for
our country, following the lean years
that unhappily have been our por-