Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Wade, Jr.,
have returned from a visit to Nat.
chez.
Mrs. G. H. Clinton has returned
from a delightful trip throughout
the North and East.
Mrs. Louis Buckner has returned
from delightful visit to relatives
at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Miss Ruby Smitha, of St. Joseph,
is the attractive guest of her aunt,
Mrs. w. b. Smitha. Madison JOurn-
al.
Mr.. Jas. F. Curry left this week
for Oxford. Miss, to continue his
studies at the University of Missis-
sippi.
Mrs. King has returned to her
home at Helm, Miss. after pleas
ant visit to her sister, Mrs. J. NJ.
Harper.
DIR. II. p. Lingo, the popular eye
specialist OF Natchez, spent Friday
and Saturday in ST.. Joseph and did
very good business.
Mrs. Ed Shober and two child
rem, of Pine Bluff, Ark, stopped
at St. Joseph for a day last week
returning from a visit to relatives
in Jefferson county, Miss.
Mrs. C. d. Brigham and little
Eson came from Waterproof this week
for visit to her parents. Mr.. Gray
son Clark, who has been visiting
his sister for some time, has also
returned home.
Mr.. F. M. Witherspoon. of Shreve-
port, spent several days in St. Jo-
seph this week in the interest of the
Producers Oil Co., and we under
stand acquired a number of oil leases
in neighborhOOd of the Point Pleas
ant Oil Co.
Miss Lilly Mcdowell has been ap-
pointed to the school at Turtle Lake,
in Concordia parish, by the School
Board of that parish. We under
stand she is making her home with
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Chambers,
formerly Of this parish.
The State Rail Road Commission,
on last Tuesday, handed down de-
cisiOn denying the application of the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
for permission to move their office
from its present location in st. Jo-
seph to the Iron Mountain depot,
and dismissed the case.
Mr.. w. NJ. Hunt, who has been
employed as travelling salesman for
a New Orleans drug house for sew
eral months. has resigned his posi-
ton with that firm and accepted a
position with Millsap 4 Co., of West
Monroe, and entered upon his duties
with that firm, Monday Demo-
crat, Mer Rouge, La.
DR.. H. s. Trice has been quite
i'll the past week and his condition
was at one time so alarming that
his father and mother were wired to |
come. and arrived Tuesday and have
since been with their son at DR.. |
Lilly's residence. DR.. Gorton, of |
Waterproof, was called in consulta-
ton, and Miss Shelton was also en- |
gagged to nurse DR.. Trice. We are
greatly pleased to state, however,
that the crisis has been safely passed
and the doctor is now convalescent
and able to sit up, which is indeed
gratifying to his many friends. DR..
Lilly has also been down for a week
or more. suffering from another
headache, but he too is now able to
be up and is at his Office. During
the indisposition of Drs. Lilly and
Trice, the latter's brother, DR.. John
Trice, has been here and had charge
of the practice Of this firm. 1t is
intensely gratifying to our entire
people to know that the very useful
lives Of these two popular and tai
ented physicians have been spared
to the practice Of their honored pro-
fession.
The several public schools of Ten
sas parish were opened last Monday
for the 1876 term, and all under
most favorable auspices. The New
elton High School opened with an
unusually large enrolment, which
presages most successful year. The
opening enrolment of the St. Jo-
,eph High School was possibly the
largest in the history of that insti-
tution. being some 76 in all grades,
and "a in the high school depart
ment, with 8 in the graduating class.
The Waterproof High School opened
With an enrolment of "a and with
bright prospects for a successful
.erm.. The following constitute the
high school grades: 18th grade:
Percy Greaves; 10th grade: Cora
Mary Jenkins, Earl Kile,
Carryl Seaman; 9th grade: Frank
Massony, Glenn Kile; 9Th grade:
Carey Martien, Fay Seaman, Philip
Watson, Virginia Seaman, Jessie
Hudnall, Alice Durbin, Lena Will