davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14
VS., TdIsiuJ

Proceeded BY more extensive pnhIict.
than has ever been given an Americsf'
theatrical Offering. D. w. Griffith
mighty spectacle Of the reconstruction
'sThe Birth Of Nation" comes to the
Walnut St. Theatre. vicksburR, Jandar'
18th, to began three days eneseemfn'.
Except on theopenine day, there will h
daily matinees ct 3 O'Clock, making 6vs
performance in all and seats for the en-
gagement:.will he on sale at the box offic
after Monday morning.
The company that presents ''The Brit
Nation carries two carloads =
equipment and:an orchestra Of % peic'
rom which il will be realized that il
-sstly more than a moving picture as i
= sometimes characterized. AltogrtI.':
ne service Of so people are employed :
ach presentation and in the spectacle II
elf one sees $1,000 people and 5000
orses. 1t is the complete story of tl,s
var between ::the States and the South
construction, told by means Of mnsic
.ims and realistic stage effects. The stor,
,ae taken from .'The Clansmanp bu
;riffith 80 thoroughly dwarfed the Dixon
tory and play that there can be no com
,arison. Among the historical incident
nown are the Petersburg. Lee and GRIM
1t Appomattox, Sherman's march to TIL
ga, Lincoln signing his call ior volnn
>, ere and the assassination of the Wa
president in Ford's theatre, Washington
The prices are the same eyery-whe'
Tor this attraction viz: nights, be-
orchestra seats, $500, other rsservr
seats, IS cents, 3 l.00 and l.5O; CALLER,
80 cents. Matinees, best orchestra seat
800; other reserved seats, so cents al
) cents; gallery, so cents. No seats vi
e reserved without cash deposit, b.
nail orders accompanied by each sr
.elf-addressed envelopes will be prom
" filed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Persons calling for the above letters Will
please say Advertised, - and can procure
same nv paying oue cent for each letter.
L. B. BEAUBIEN, P. NJ.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14

A marriage of more interest thai
'sual to the citizens If Vidalia W:
hat of Mr.. Hugh James (Pa'
Knight to Miss Annette Brouille',,
which took place at Baton Roup'
la, on Saturday. December 1911
Both the contracting parties al,
we'll known in Vidalia, where the
resided up to short time ago, an
are very popular here.
The groom is a son Of Mrs. Del
knight, while the fair bride was til
niece of the late Mrs. ]. F. Burke
They will make their home j
Baton Rouge, where Mr.. Knieh
holds a responsible position wit
the Standard Oil Co.-Concordi
Sentinel.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14
A CHRISTMAS STORY.
~ n. ~. D.
Twas the night before Christmas,
When all through the house
Not q creature was stirring
Rvoontfno ouo lsttlo vv.ou,o

When all through the house
Not creature was stirring
Excepting one little mouse.
''Now you stay right here until we get
back" said Mama mouse as she aud Papa
mouse went tn look for supper.
81 don't want to stay" he said, 81
think shall go, too" 20 out he went.
He crawled out on the mantel and
lo,ked abont. As he saw nothing, he
ventued farther and farther until he
peeped over the edge.
There were five stockings hanging in a
row. Little mouse thought the little red
one was the cutest. He kent looking at
it until he lost his balance aud over he
went, into the stocking right into the
toe.
He was frightened and cried himself
to SLEEP, but was wakene'l Ivy light
laugh, and things being cranlmed on top
Of him. He was frightened but he
didn't cry out.
In the morning five children came in
to the room and each grabbed a stocking.
The baby took down the one mousie
was in. The things were taken out one
by one until mousie was reached. Baby
pulled him out by the neck and going
over to the other children exclaimed.
" 'Ook what baby dot!'
Every one screamed, especially mama.
Mousie was taken, much to baby's dis
may, back to his hole where he received
Q good scoDding. But monsie WAS rather
fortunate. for baby would put ''sumpin'
for my mousie to eat'' at the mouth of
hole every night.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14

Mr.. G. L. Clark, Of Newellton, agent
for the Ford and Dodge cars, says in hie
ad. to-day:
The six 5 passenger Ford touring cara
ordered in September 1915 have reached
here at last, and as the saving in freight
over local shipments amounts to about
5000 on each Of these cars, am quot
ing q price OF $472.60 for prompt &C.
ceptance for the three cars unsold subject
to prior sale.
Any one who contemplates buying a
car now or later, would do well to place
the order now and save about $40. 90 per
car, and get prompt delivery, as the fac
tory Is unable to make them fast enough
to supply the demand, and it may be sew
eral months before can get another ship
ment.
The Ford touring car has always been
considered the. best value for the money
invested in q car and is an exceptional
bargain at the above price.
I am selling the Dodge car also and
would be glad TO answer any inquiries
regarding them. / can make prompt
delivery of Dodge car.
Interested parties may call me over the
'ptone at my expense.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14

by Papi, st. Joseph High SCHOOL,.
II was the night before Christmas in
one of the big cities. The ground wac
covered with SNOW, the store windows
were all filled with lovely thing,.
In one window there Was biQ figure
Of Santa Clans with his pack on his
back inst bullying with toys.
In front Of the window among many
other people, rich and poor, stood two
little children. They were orphans and
lived with their aunt in the poorest part
Of the city. The aunt was not very kind
to them and they often had an awfullly
hard time.
81 want that great hig blue eyed doll. I"
said the little girl. eyes" answered the
little boy, "and~I want that pretty red
sled, but We wont get them because San
ia Clans just goes to rich people,"
eyes, I know that" eaid the little
girl, ''so l wrote him letter telling him
what We want and left it on the steps of a
big house and maybe when he goes up
the steps he will zee it and come by our
house.
"Maybe he WILL" andwered the hoy
whose name was Bobby. Let's run home
and hang up our stockings"
Late that afternoon big limozine had
drawn up before an enormous stone houae
and an old gentleman had stepped out,
as he walked up the steps little slip OF
paper caught his eye.
Trash all over the steps" he grumbled,
"pick that up and hand it me, james"
The footman handed the old gentleman
the paper, and after he went into his room
he opened the paper and this is what he
read.
DEAR SANTA
am a very poor little girl that lives at
one thousand three hundred and ten
Fifth street, and want you please, to
bring me big doll with blue eyes and q
sled for my brother and lots of candy for
us both.
Dor.
"Well!" said the old man when he bad
read this note, "that's the first time I ever
was called Santa Claus" then he laughed.
Presently he called the butler. go
ont and buy me Santa Claus rig with
all Of tire toys you can find and especially
q red eled anda big blue eyed doll.
When the servant came back, the old
gentleman, whose name was Mr.. Ander-
con, put on the clothes, took the pack Of
toys, and got in his car. ''New-fashioned
Santa Claus" he laughed, Sin an auto
mobile"
When they stopped in front of the lit
tie house, he said to himself. "Well no
man, Santa Claus or otherwise, could get
down that chimney, I'll have to use the
door,"
He went mp and knocked at the little
door, and when the old aunt opened II,
he ask her very politely if the children
had hung up their stockings. She said
yes, but it was foolishness. "Oh, no
| it isn't" he answered. ''Where are
they?"
The aunt led the way and he went in
and filed up both the stockings and
left all the other things he had and then
went away.
When the children woke the next
morning they were over joyed.
DOT" ask Bobby, "what did you
see last nightr'
Santa Claus" answered Dot, but he
didn't know.
Some time after that, Mr.. Anderson
came around and legally adopted both
the children. He said I've had no children
and inst mnst have thoee two.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14

John Henry Jones, who has been with
Mr.. Emile Mayer for several years, has
resigned his position to enter business
for himself in his own BODYBUILDING in
the lower part Of town, where he has
opened up with nice line Of fresh family
groceries. Conveniently within reach Of
the lower part OF town and with added
advantage of a phone. can Ell hurry
orders quickly ndpromptiy.
From sunrise Wednesday morning to
sunrise Thursday morning, the mercury
dEoPpsd - dsgEess.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14
plseffDlnes q pAllsu EXECUTIVE

ST.. JOSEPH, La, January llth, 1916.
Pursuant to call, duly published, the
Democratic Executive Committee for the
Parish Of Tensas, met this day at the
Court House in st. Joseph, La.
There were present:
Joseph Curry, Chairman; R. Y. New.
IN (proxy). F. L. Guthrie, (proxy),
Louis Buckner, (proxy), D. H. O'Kelley
(proxy), Allen Shelton, (proxy). d. F.
Miller, E. d. Coleman, (proxy), X. B.
Mcmillan, (proxy), w. NJ. Davidson
and John Hughes.
A quorum being present the committee
proceeded to draw the Commissioners,
Clerks and Watchers TO act at the coming
Democratic Primary to be held on Jan.
18th, 1915, in accordance with the Pri.
mary Election Law, Act 40 Of 1905 (as
amended up TO July let, 1851
The following named electors were
drawn:
FIRST WARD.
Commissioners: w. G. Seab, A. B.
Turpin, B. r. Ford; Clerks: Sam Marks,
r. w. Newell: Watchers: G. B. Muir,
Joe 1saacs, F. McHopkins, Henry Issaacs.
SECOND WARD.
ist Precinct.
Commissioners: Henry Lang, F. T.
Sharp, J. Il. Netterville. Clerks: Frank
Ltmbardo, ]. 7. Gordon. Watchers
Henry Kaufman, L. d. Jarvis.
and Precinct.
Commissioners: w. s. Enfnger, F. B,
Hansbrough. Chas.. Elan. Clerks: r.
L. slocumb, J. d. Lynch.
THIRD WAND.
Commissioners: w. w. Drake, +. A.
Buelow, German Baker. Clerks: G. w.
Van Hoose, W. 8. H. WALES. Watchers
T. NJ. Wade, JE, Curry Macpherson,
Chae. Johnston, J. M. Harper.
FOURTH WARD
Commissioners: s. w. Smith, J. d.
Guthrie, Rich Lynch. Clerks: J. d
Guthrie, Wylie Gavin. Watchers: A. h.
Anderson, Fred King.
FIFTH WARD.
Commissioners: ]. G. Ellis, J. W.
scott. d. H. O'Kelley. Clerks: Bnrr
Knowles, w. H. Scott. Watchers: W
p. Burns, Ralyh Ally.
ySlxTH WARD.
Commissioners: G. N. Hunter, r. c.
Lancaster, E. T.. Graves. Clerks: H. +.
Maroon, A. B. Marks. Watchers: Geo.
Seldom, Chss Kemre.
oEveNrH Ward.
Commissioners: w. C. Gibson, H. G.
Miller. J. G. Register. Clerks: N. C.
Jarrat, Jas. Bowman. Watchers: A. w.
emythe, Chae. Goodrich.
On motion cf Mr.. T. NJ. Wade,
(proxy). seconded by Mr.. Davidson, the
Secretary oil this Committee be and i.
her-by .utlsrisei and directed to pro-
vide booths ut each polling place through
ont the parisl, spthat the secrecy Of the
ballot may Ike aseurei.
These booths and guard rails to b.
provided in accordance with the Primary
Election Laws Of the State, or as near a.
Il b poerible to have them under prevail
Ing local conditions.
There being no further business, the
meeting adjourned to Jan. 18th, 1915, at
II O'Clock (noon).
JOS. CURRY. CHAIRMAN.
Joax HuoHss, Secretary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14
JUDICIAL ADvRRTIsHnENT.

Svecsss'es soncE
State OF Louisiana. Parish Of Tensas, Tenth
District Court.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14
FOl STATE StIAI0l. Dls1RIcl


The Gazette l. authorized to announce
DR.. X. B. MCMILLAN as candidate for
Representative from Tensas Parish in the
General Assembly OF Louisiana, subject
70 the action OF the Democratic primary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14

Tho Gazctte is authorized to announce
Mr.. D. r. ASHFORD ar candidate for
Representative from Tensas Parish in the
General Assembly Of Louisiana, subject
10 the action Of the Democratic primary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14

The Gazette il authorized to annourc"
Mr.. s.. w. MARTIEN az candidate for
Representative from Tensas parish IN w"
GENERAL Assembly of Louisiana, subjact
to the action Of the Democratic primary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-14

0UBLIc NOTICE 10 hereby given ths
d., II: 0orton has applied TO BE- ap
]. 3. Fariow, deceased.
Now therefore unless written opposition
thereto be died In my once within ten day
-ner publication hereof. said appointmen
will be made - prayed for.
L. g. Witness my hand and the seal o.
said Court, this 18th day Of December, 1875
JOS. CURRY,
st. Joseph. La, December 3Sth, 1915.
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20

alleged
what left of the Pratt county
bohood WEB The latest creations from Topeka Millinery and
decided
saddle
ticket
in six-shooter
possible, but take her back
fellow
he
fashion
demurred Fountain pulled his she says ana
quiet locality He left but
well up her
clothing forh he to with him.
arrested but released
to
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20
Bill. the MonopoIist.

A socialistic writer WAS talking In
Boston about the dye trust recently
formed in Germany.
at includes all the German dy-
firms he said. "ralk about mon
opoly. ell? Why, it's as bad rs Biz
Smith.
"Hill Smith went off to the shore
for Il week or two. and on his return
took Sam Jones to task severely.
"Look here, Sam he said, 4 under
stand that while l was off ut the sh6re
you took advantage of my absence to
hang around Mabel Green almost ev-
cry night
"'No, Bill said Sam, you're mis-
taken. It's her sister, Sallie Green
shat I've been hangin' round
"'Wcll,' said Bill, that makes no
difference. / got my eye Oh both them
girls"
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20

toward the world, except when he
sunk down a side street to avoid meet
ing Meta.
Budds Crossing is on the main rail-
road line and lies five miles beneath
Lake Lomond, which irrigates the
thirsty section by means of a huge
dam, back in the mountains. If ever
the dam burst engineers, and people
with plain ordinary sense as well, de-
clared that Budd's Crossing would
just about have time to know it-no
more. All agreed that only those on
the outskirts would be able to make
the rim OF the horseshoe round the
town IL time.
Buud's Crossing was not worrying
about the concrete dam, guaranteed to
last three centuries. 1t was worrying
abolt the bank robberies in neightor-
ing towns. The Cotton gang had held
up the banks of Newboro and Gasthaus
in bread daylight, taken out the con-
tents of the disrupted safes, and rid
den Off unscathed. Budds Crossing
had prepared for them-at least, the
bank had-in the shape of two armed
guards who patroled the front of the
building and were prepared to shoot
upon provocation. Some nervous peo-
pie described bank robbers in every
stranger.
Somehow it leaked out that the Col
tons had sent bombastic letter to the
president. They promised to have the
rublic's deposits by certain day. AS
Cotton aped the so-called romantic
deeds of the outlaws, the banks nerves
were on the jump when that day
dawncd.
Nothing happened that morning. It
was not till two in the afternoon that
Budd's Crossing got the thrill of it's
career 1t was Meta Clare who sent
the news forth broadcast:
THE dam is breaking Run for your
lives. 1t will not hold out twenty min
utes.'
Out of the business offices, out of
five hundred homes, warned by the uni
yersal panic, men and women rushed
for the hillside. Some carried babies,
some bundles which they discarded.
There was but one thought-tiight-
In Budd's Crossing that afternoon. In
four minutes from the moment Of the
first alarm .he town was deserted and
the hillsides were black with people
trying desperately to reach an eleva
ton safe above the menace of the
flood before it burst upon them.
1t would sweep Budd's Crossing
away like matchwood, and rush on, q
hundred feet high, T. sullen. furious
Torrent confined BY the Mauntaiz
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20

than ever was and recommend your
remedies to all myfriends. Mrs. LENA
WYNN, 1912 E. o Street, Richmond, Va.
While Change of Life is most crit
ical period of woman's existence, the
annoying symptoms which accompany
it may be controlled, and normal health
restored by the timely use Of Lydia r.
Pinknam's Vegetable Compound.
Such warning symptoms are sense
of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches,
backaches, dread of impending evil,
timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation
of the heart, sparks before the eyes,
Irregularities, constipation, variable ap-
petite, weakness and inquietude, and
dizziness.
For these abnormal conditions do not
fail to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege'
table Compound.
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20
Why Salt Causes Thirst.

Salt has been described rs q natural
element of the blood in about the same
proportion as in the water of the
ocean. Under general conditions we
do not feel the existence of salt in our
bodies because its effect is counteract-
ed by due proportion of water.
When we eat an excessive amount
of salt thirst is created by the demand
Of nature that we also take proDor.
tionate amount OF water and dilute
the salt to its proper relative amount,
Any food that tends to absorb the
moisture of the body will cause thirst
for the same reason-that our physical
welfare requires balanced Quantit,
Of water.
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20
Between Man and Man.

Confucianism, the prevailing doc
trine of China, is neither a religion
nor q system of transcendental or cos
mic philosophy.
1t is an agnostic system of ethics and
a system of practical and purely tenn
pcral coinmon-sense philosophy which
sees no farther than this earth.
1t takes practically no notice what
ever of the question of an after life,
of eternity, of future rewards and pun
iShments, of God.
1t teaches merely that one ought to
do good because it is mans duty to
do good. Confucianism is entirely con-
cerned with the relation between man
and man.
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20
THE
F1OLDUP
3
BY HAROLD CARTER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1c,.....;zl,. 1a1r h.z w c,l>aa..aaA

Copyright. 1916. by W. G. Chapman)
Budd's Crossing was growing into
a. sizabln place. The population had
increased twelve thousand, there was
an apartment house, anl Miller's build
ings, containing the new telephone
central, with the Bank of North Kan
sas opposite, was the picture that
familiarized the outside world with
Budd's Crossing when seen on post
cards.
There was a picture of Newton park,
with couple seated upon bench,
the young mans arm around the girls
waist. The young man was unmis-
takai'v Larry Fisher, for the angle
of Photographic impact showed his
pointed, aggressive chin distinctly. The
girl, whose back alone was visible,
certainly looked like Meta Clare Of
the telephone exchange. The picture,
which was snapped by fashlight,
caused a good deal of scandal; and
from the fact that the principal fig
ures in it both laughed It might have
been inferred that they were engaged
to be married.
They were. Harry was in the bank,
and he could look up and see Meta
opposite the switchboard across the
street. Meta never looked at him, how
ever, being attentive to calls.
How the quarrel started nobody
knew. But the first thing known was
that Meta and Harry were not on
speaking terms, and presently Harry
was running after half the girls in
town, and holding himself defiantly
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20
DRUGGIST PRAISES POPULAR
KIDNEY MEDICINE

I have been selling DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root for fifteen years and during
that time have heard nothing but praises
from my customers for Che benefits re-
ceived from its use. Without exception,
it is the most popular kidney remedy on
the market and one of the best.
Very truly yours,
CHAS. A. FRASER,
Elk. Member Okla. Board Pharmacy:
Dec. 9Th. 1915. Red Rock, Okla.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer u Co.,
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet Of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty:,cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.-Adv.
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20
Study of Facts.

The study of facts is an important
element in education. Not of unre-
lated facts. or even of related facts
which make up a trivial whole.
It is essential that some serious SUBJ
iect of fairly wide range should be pre-
scented more or less constantly for a
period of at least several years to a
mans mind, so that it becomes in a
sense his own, before he can rightly
be said to have received an "educa-
tion."
The greater and the more humane
the subject pro tanto the education,
but any really serious subject will
serve,
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20

find this
ask for the health
obliged
director of the bureau food
correct 1T Will be only
ashamed of his card who WI" decline "
it.
that the
inspections about per cent
far and the rest as bad
OF deliberate
ton far and great many
las
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20

walls, to wreak havoc, upon the VIZ
lagos lower down.
The telephone exchange was desert
ed by the terrified girls. Only one
remained. White-faced. but calm. Net,
ia sat at her post, watching the men.
ace on the hills above her. She tele-
phoned necessarily.
Red Mills! The dam has burst.
Run for your lives. Dorchester! The
dam has burst. The flood will be on
you in fifteen minutes. Paintsbury!
Durham! Exeter! Labury! The dam
has burst"
She called the last settlement in the
valley, and then ran from the ex.
change, casting apprehensive glances
upward. The dam had still held. The
town was empty.
Only in front of the bank two horses
tethered. As she ran past Meta cast
an apprehensive glance in through the
open door. What she saw nerved
her to realization of what had hap.
pened.
Through the open door, and through
the plate glass of the cashiers cage,
she saw Harry, bound and trussed,
seated helplessly, while an armed man
STOOD over him and another worked
busijy' amid the debris of what had
been the banks safe. Upon the coun.
ter CT the cashiers cage lay Harry's
revolver, which he had drawn too late.
Immediately Meta sized up the situa-
ton. The report was take, launched
by the robbers in the bold design of
emptying the town. 1t had succeeded
admirably, and, with nobody on hand
hut Harry, they were safe to work
their will.
The Backs of the three were toward
her and they did not see Meta creep
like mouse inside the bank. eau
tiously she stole onward, no sound OF
her footsteps echoing on the boards.
Say, Bill, we chose the day all
right" SAID the man at the safe to his
companion, without looking around
'"There's tons of the stuff in here.'
Hurry up, Ned" answered the 9TH
er. We've got to get home before
it gets dark
Meta stole onward. Now, crouching
under the wall of the cage, she was in
visible if any of the bandits should
look round she saw Harry, bound.
watching the men out of his half-closed
eyes. The, look in them told her that
he had been surprised; there was no
trace of fear there, and Meta was
glad.
Softly her hand crept up and toucheG
the revolver. Her fingers CLOSED upor
It.
Hands up"
With an oath the man al che safe
sprang to his feet, to look INFO Netta's
eyes and thu ow up his hands Obedient
ly. At the same time the man guard.
ing Harry swung round, with his re-
volvec raised.
Drop it,"
He dropped it, and saved eternity by
single second.
'l1nfasten him!"
Say, now" protested one of the
men.
81 count two. One"
Hurriedly Harry was unbound.
STOPPING, he seized the revolver of bic
former guard.
March them to Jail, Harry. I'll
I'll stay here I think-I think"
said Meta, and fell weakly across the
counter.
That is the story of the holdup OF
Budd's Crossing. When the townspeo.
pie crept back, by twos and threes and
driblets. two hours later, they found
Harry Fisher guarding two prisoners
in the sergeant's Office, and Meta at
his side. And from the look on their
faces it was clear that the old mis-
understanding had been forgotten.
In witness thereof, the massive chest
of silver donated by the bank, and the
five hundred dollars from the tele-
phone company.