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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
AN ORDINANCE

ORDERING a special election to he held
in the Parish OF Tensas, State of I.ouisi-
ana, for the purpose OF submitting to the
qualified electors Of said parish the ques-
ton of the levy Of special tax of TWO
MILLS (.OO2), for the purpose Of provid-
ing additional aid to the pnblic schools
of said parish.
Section |. Be it ordained by the Ten
sas Parish School Board Of Tensas Parish,
Louisiana, that special election be, and
is hereby ordered, to he held in the Parish
of Tensas, State Of Louisiana, on the
21st Day Of august, 1917,
for the purpose of submitting to the quail
flied electors of the said parish entitled
to vote thereat the question of the levy of
a special tax Of Two Mills .Oo2) on the
dollar of all property in the said Parish
subject to State taxation, Tor period OF
TWO years, the proceeds OF the said tax to
be used in giving additional aid to the
public schools Of the said Parish.
Section 2. BE It further ordained, etc,
That the ballots to be used at the said
election shall be prepared by the Secre-
tary OF the Parish School Board and shall
be in the following form:
Form of Ballot.
Special Election in the Parish Of Tensas,
State of Louisiana.
To be held in accordance with an Ordi-
dnance passed by the Parish
School Board.
Rallot
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29

Persons calling for the above letters VIII
piease sag Advertised, - and can procure
same nv paving one cent for each letter.
L. B. BEAUBIEN. P. M.
The attention of town taxpayers
for st. Joseph is called to the fact that
the limit for paying town taxes will
expire on July 9th. and all property
on which taxes for 1915 are unpaid at
that date will be advertised with in
creased costs.
Mr.. A. B. Derbann, the popular levee
contractor, who has been located at
st. Joseph for some time, left this
week with his outfit for Little Rock,
Ark, where he has engaged his teams
to the U. 8. government for grading
work on the campus to be used by the
soldiers and officers training camp.
Mr.. Derbann will be engaged on this
work for several months and will re-
turn to Tensss when the river falls
sufficient for resumption of work at
Kemp.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
colored citizens Of st. Joseph and
vicinity was held at the Court House
last Saturday evening to perfect
organization for purpose Of raising
funds for Red Cross work. The meet
ing was addressed by Judge Kim
brough and Hon. G: H. Clinton and
much interest In the noble work was
manifest on all sides. Committees
were appointed to solicit subscriptions
among the colored population and we
understand the work has borne very
good fruit.
The drought of q little more than
nine weeks duration, possibly the
longest drought we have suffered in
years, was broken last Sunday night
when cooling and refreshing shower
of less than 2. Tooth Of an inch fell,
and which has been followed since by
almost daily evening showers. In
other sections of the parish, we un-
derstand, the precipitation has been
heavier, but nowhere has the rain
yet been sufficient. Cotton has suf-
fered greatly, while the corn is lit
orally burnt up and little hope is en-
tertained for normal yield.
Spot the Stacker and notify the au.
thOritles.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
NOTICE.

The School Board is required under the
law to make budget of all receipts and
disbursements for the session at the meet
ing of the Board held in July. All parties
who wish schools established by the
Board must make application before the
date OF the July meeting, that the Board
may appropriate money for its support.
1t is necessary for all parties to take
notice Of this, for the Superintendent does
not have the authority to establish schools.
Applications for the establishment OF
schools can be filed with the Superintend.
ent before the meeting of the Board on
the nth Of July.
THos. NJ. WADE, .Supt.
July lSth, 1917.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
NOTICE.

Public Notice is hereby given that
the Tensas Parish school Board will
meet in the Court House in st. Joseph
on Wednesday, July 18th, 1917, at IL
o'clock. Teachers will be selected at
this meeting and schools established.
The public is notified that it 10 neces-
sary 10 make application to the Board
If they wish their small schools to OPP
crate n6kt session at the expense Of
the parish.
THos. M. WADE, Supt.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
Mote for back of Ballot

In filling ont ballot, the Commission
ers. or Clerk, may I'll the blanks on fac,
Of ticket, Int the voter should write hi.
name in the appropriate blank on bach
Of ticket and he should make sure thai
a cross tX) is placed opposite the eyes
or "No" on the face of his ticket, anC
that the amount of his assessment is in
Dictated on his ticket.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, etc.
That the Secretary of the Parish Schoo
Board be, and he is hereby ordered to
cause to he prepared for use at the sale
election the tally sheets, lists of qualified
electors, assessed valuation of property
blank statements for the compilation o.
thu vote, in number and amount
and other election blanks that may be
required for the purpose of holding the
said election; to cause the same to be
placed in the ballot boxes for use at the
respective precincts, and to make pro-
vision for the transportation of the bal.
lot boxes to the several precincts of the
parish.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, ETC.
That the polling places or precincts fol
the said election shall be, for the First
Ward, Marks Place; Second Ward, Isl
Precinct, Newellton; Second Ward, End
Precinct, New Light; Third Ward, ST.
Joseph, Court House; Fourth Ward
Mayfiower Store; Fifth Ward, Somerset
Store; Sixth Ward, Waterproof; Seventh
Ward, Highland Store, and the follow Ing
three commissioners and clerks of cleo.
ton are appointed to each respective poll
ing place: First Ward, +. c. Grace, sam
Mark and Wade Newell, Commissioners
Henry Isaacs, Clerk. Second Ward, Isl
Precinct, Louis Buckner, Henry Kauf
man and John Lynch, Commissioners
Julius Solomon, Clerk Second Ward
End Precinct, r. L. Slocomb, W. S. En-
finger and F. b. Hansborrough, Com
miesioners; John W. Osborn, Clerk
Ahiu =" ahu, d. L. SCott, t.. d. " ditoi
and +. A. Buelow, Commissioners; A. b
Ratclifi, Clerk; Fourth Ward, Fred
Smith, Willy Gavin and Adam Anderson
Commissioners (; Steve Smith, Clerk
Fifth Ward, Evan Jones, W. p. Burn,
and A. y. Knowles, Commissioners
Douglas O'Kelley, Clerk; Sixth Ward
W. 5. White, j. NJ. Gorton and g. n
Hunter, Commissioners; Henry Marks
Clerk; Seventh Ward, Elliott Coleman
Harrison Miller and X. B. Miller, Com
missioners; r. +. Graves, Clerk. All o
whom shall serve without compensation
Section 5. Be il further ordained, etc
That the Parish School Board shall NEE
at eleven o'clock, a. m. on the oath da!
of August, 1917, for the purpose, in oper
session, of examining and counting tn,
ballots, canvassing the returns and de
claring the results OF the said election.
Section b. Be it further ordained, etc.
That the President of the Parish Schoo
Board be, and he is hereby instructed t,
give public notice of the said election b,
proclamation TO be duly published, &C
cordihg to law.
Section Z. Be it further ordained, etc
That the special election herein and here
BY provided for shall be held and con
Quoted and the returns thereof shall b
made under the provisions of Act 256 o
1910 and amendments thereof, and sucf
other laws as may be applicable.
w. D. A. GoRToN, President
Thos. II. WADE, Secretary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
St. Joseph Electric
Theatre.
Tuesday, July 3rd,
" Mannette of the Wilds"
featuring
PAULINE FREDERICK:
Friday, July 9Th,
The Yellow Pawn
lSc Csc

With presentation Of the two attrac-
tons above the picture show will close
down for the summer. So many are
away from home during the summer
months that the audience hardly justi-
fies the continuance of the pictures
until fall.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29

Spot the Stacker and notify the au-
thOritles. Tensas cannot have It said
that our young men are not .patriotici
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
(Form of Back of Ballot

form of Back of Ballot
TENSAS PARISH, LOUISIANA.
Parish Of Tensas,
Ward. ....... Precinct. ...
Taxable Valuation, $.............
Signature of Voter ..................
Signature of Woman Voters Agent cast
ing ballot by proxy
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29

LOUISIANA /
Parish Tasas)
D. Of the Bs
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Subscribed O day o june
WI CORT0N, Notary Ward sssasP Parish, la
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
Ballot

Proposition to levy a Two
Mill (.OO2) special tax on all
the property subject to tax
alton in the Parish OF Tensas,
State Of Louisiana, annually,
for a period Of two years, for
the purpose Of giving ad-
ditional aid to the Public
Schools of the said Parish.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29

NOTICE To VOTERs:-To vote i'm favor of
the proposition submitted on this ballot,
place cross (X) in the square after the
word "Yes'' and to vote against it, place
q similar mark after the word "No".
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29


of Teans)
Csuy. Louis Bse,~, IT,. Cashier the
ssly is
CURRY Reie.
LOUIS BUCKNER, R.,
Sworn and. .L.aa.l day Of
E. NEWELL, Dy. Clerk o. tad Notary Public.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
CONDENSED STATEMENT
BANK OF ST. JOSEPH,
ST.JOSEPH, LA.

As Furnished the Examiner of State Banks at the
Close of Business June goth, 1917.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29

,s Straughter, Elmira
nv Shaffer, IsOm
Cotton, Saran sco'''
Ewing, May sni'n'
Frazier, Maggie Whace'
: o,,. um,an washington, Lula
Iar,n,o Wheatley, John
Lemis, Davies
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29

Taxable Valuation, s. .........
Signature of Voter ...................
Signature of Woman Voters Agent cast
ing ballot by proxy
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Remaining in the st. Joseph Post once for
the week ending June q, 1917.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
NeWe11tOn, La.

As Furnished the Examiner of State Ranks at the
Close of Business June Goth, 1917.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
CONDENSED STATEMENT
BANK OF WATERPROOF

Waterproof, La.
As Furnished the Examiner of State Banks at the
Close of Business June Goth, 1917.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29

Persons calling for the above letters will
please sag Advertised, - and can procure
same nv paving one cent for each letter.
DHATvpJEN d NJ
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
Marching Into the Dawn.

ism. It was an ideal above all material
gains. It was the illimitable possibilities of
the new birth of freedom Thus inspired,
that army freed France before Napoleon
was known, overthrow Prussia's discipline,
with the enthusiasm of youth, and humbled
Austria's PRIDE
When Frances citizen-soIdiers caught the
inextinguishable luminance that lighted up
the whole world they knew they were the
torch-bearers Of that radiance. They felt
they were warning for democracy, for free
dom and for humanity. That was why cold
could not chill their ardor nor defeat impair
their morale. That was why they were able
to bear the hardships, to suffer the priva-
tons and to gain the prize of lasting VIC
tory. In the light that never failed, through
doubt and darkness, uncertainty and suffer-
ing, they felt as though they were always
marching into the dawnw
Over the very ground, up the same
heights and through the same forests that
the army of Sambre ct Meuse swept free
of foreign invaders, the soldiers of the
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10

American army will bear a like standard
of freedom in the spirit of revolutionary
France. When our battalions camp on the
field where the hosts of oppression were
repulsed and defeated by the soldiers oil
1893; when our flag leads where more thar
a century ago the tricolor swept away the
eagles of selfish aristocracies; when out al
the darkness of his nameless crimes agains
the bodies of the living and ~abodes Of thd
dead, the enemy shall be driven by ouA
troops-the faces and the banners of ou1I
men will be radiant with the growing Iigh
as they march into the dawn Into thd
dawn of humanity, into the dawn of dem
ocracy, into the dawn of a day when therd
can come no more the terror of such wan
as this; into dawn the brightness of
which will drive from German hearts tha
lust and brutality that made this war pos
sible-into that dawn American soldiers
will march. The world will envy and apl
pIaud those in whose hearts and abou1
whose heads will linger forever the glor,i
of that dawn. :.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
OLD GUARD WELCOMES NEW
By Maj. Gen. William p. DuvalI,
Commander Southeastern Dept.

The invitation of the Y. M. c. A.
20 ADDRESS the men of the new army
through the columns of its new
army Weekly is to the old officer
Of the old Army new proposition.
10 find that he welcomes such an
opportunity to speak thus publicly
though unoftfcially to soldiers is to
MIN new sensation Everything
is new. We live in a new world,
ana Il thank whatever gods there
pc that at three-score-yea rs-and-
ten am young enough to see it
ana to grasp the new while keeping
1rm hold of the old essentials of
soldering, which must always re-
main conservative.
So to the men of the new army
| would speak of the new and Of
the old.
The new is only too visible to
them in its material form: the
rough and roadless hiIlsides of their
camps, the crude harsh lines of the
barracks, the raw lumber yet to
be constructed into housing or
strewn about in the chaos of hasty
creation. But in its spiritual aspect
the new is present there in such
volume and power that from these
camps, soon to be moulded by it's
<nergy, will presently march forth
the strength of the NationLour
manhood, trained and disciplined
for war
The new is theirs. They are of
it. The invisible new world lives
in their heart and brain, and they
will know how to build the future
Of the Nation guided by the fresh
" illuminated vision of our. old
ideals. The future of our country
is as dear to us whose work is near
ing completion as it's past is beloved
and cherished with pride, and we
would have the new Army know
that our hearts are with them and
that we confde the future to them
with proud confidence.
OF the old in things military,
would say to them, respect it. Let
democracy advance, let equality be
made real, let social and political
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
THE PURPOSE OF TRENCH
AND CAMP

With this issue commences the
publication of Trench and Camp"
national paper for the National
Guard and the National Army.
Never before in America, and new
er before in the history of the world,
has a paper been published simulta-
necusly at 80 points, to give the men
of a great army the same news and
the same MESA ge, and through the
medium Of the written word to keep
those men in close and vital touch
and relationship with the activities
of all their brothers in arms wher-
ever they might be. From Tacoma
in the Northwest to Boston in the
Northeast; from Los Angeles and Ell
Paso; from San Antonio and New
Orleans; from eighteen cities in the
South; from Chicago, Battle Creek,
Des Moines and Topeka in the West;
from New York, Trenton, Washing
ton, and Richmond; from Louisville
and Little Rock, there will be issued
once a week at least 125,O00 copies
Of Trench and Camp in order that
the men who are gathered from thes
STATES, dlld 1ICtn dlI Tile olflSt states
where no camps are located, may
learn Row fares the war in Europe,
and how progress the preparations
Of the United States.
Through Trench and Camp" all
the soldiers will be kept informed Of
The activities of the army. They will
have news from home, news from
the front, news from their own
camps. With the aid of the news
paper publishers who have made this
great work possibls by their patriot
ism and their generosity, with the
endorsement of the officials. with the
cooperation in news gathering from
the separate interests in the canton
ments, we hope to make Trench and
Camp" d vital, living transcript of
the life of the army that has been
formed to keep alive civilization.
Although Trench and Camp is
not primarily designed for civilians,
it will still keep as its ideal FIRST and
foremos, to he newspaper. 1t will
seek 10 print the news, to inform, to
stimulate and to help relieve the tie
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
ia SOLDIERS CREEDn

I believe in the justice and hon
esty of the cause for which America
is at war.
believe that my country needs
me, and to this end, that victory
may come swiftly / pledge my ser
vices to her without reservation.
When / am sent to a foreign land
whose customs and laws may be un-
like those at home, / will observe a
decent tolerance and wise control,
not forgetting that by my actions
will strangers judge the character
of all Americans for all time.
Because I am willing to give my
youth and strength to my country
believe that my country loves me
and is praying for me, and to this
end, shall demand as little from
her as may be, knowing that her
prayers will give me strength to
fight with courage, and to take my
hours of recreation with clean
heart.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
TRENCH AND CAMP

Published weekly at the National cam
comments for the soldiers Of the United
States.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
A GREETING WORTH WHILE
BY Brig. Gen. ELI D. Hoyle,
Commander Eastern Department


Commander Eastern Department
It has been my privilege and
pleasure to observe the wonderful
work of the Y. NJ. C. A. in the
Army, both in the United States
and in the Philippine Islands, and
to note the great good done to our
soldiers
/ understand the Y. NJ. C. A. is
now about to make d new venture
that with the approval OF the Sec
rotary Of War, they will soon begin
the publication, in each National
Army Cantonment, Of q real live
Army paper-Soldier' paper-for
FREQ distribution among the sol
diers Such work, if well con-
Quoted, will add to the soldiers
pleasure and contentment, increase
his interest in his duties and in
military life, and develop esprit de
corps. have confidence that the
Y. NJ. c. A. will succeed in this new
field as they have succeeded in so
many others There is q growing
belief among our people that the
National Army is going to be a
most representative and valuable
part of our war forces, and that
the selectiye draft principle is just
and right
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
OBEDIENCE IN CAMP

Obedience is the crown of the sol
der His willingness to obey, with
out question, the orders of his SUI
perior, is the proof that he is fit to
be called a soldier, whether he is OF
the rank or file.
Therefore doth Heaven divide
The state of man in divers func-
tions,
Setting endeavor in continual mo-
ton;
To which is fixed. as an aim or
butt,
Obedience"
So says Shakespeare and so is ALI
history Illuminated with acts of ODE
dience on the part of soldiers that
led to glorious victories. Obediencel
in the army is nothing but co-opera-l
ton under leadership.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
CENTURY and a quarter ago there
l mustered and marched in France an

n CENTURY and quarter ago there
"a mustered and marched in France an
army of citizen-soldiers-in all
things brothers-in-arms to the great army
now gathering in America.
That army of France was called from the
farm, the loom and the factory. 1t was I'M
trained in military tactics. 1t was unlearned
in the arts of war. The campfire was it's
cantonment. The wrathful guns were it's
drill sergeant. The hardened old grenadiers
of Prussia, the Hessian hirelings and the
Austrian hussars looked with pity and con-
tempt on those raw recruits brought to the
slaughter-pen of battle.
But the reverberations of the footsteps
Of those recruits were the rolling drums of
liberty. Here was a new fact in history.
Here was force that kings had not reck-
oned with and could not control. And when
the monarchs of Europe sought to crush
that raw army of France, they found it
illumined by spirit that has always been
invincible. 1t was the spirit of national
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10

comments tor the soldiers OF the ChiSe0
States.
ADVISORY BOARD or COOPERATING
PUBLISHERS
JOHN STEWART BRYAN, Chairman
II C. AIer. Chattanooga Times.
c. ii. Allen. Montgomery Advertiser.
w. r. Anderson. Macon telegraph.
H S. Baker. Tacoma Tribune.
w. w Ball. Columbia State.
John Stewart Bryan. Richmond News
Leader
4 Anon C. Carter. Fort Worth Star Teie-
s@arn
Elmer r. Clark. Little Rock Democrat
Gardner cowles Des Moines Register
r. A. crothers, Gan Francisco Bulletin
Chas = Diehl, San Antonio Light
y. K Gaylord, Oklahoma City okiaho-
nan.
n P Glass. birmingham News
Bruce IIaldeman. Louisville Courier
Clark Howel, Atlanta Constitution
james Kearney, Trenton Times,
Victor Lawson, Chicago News
Charles u. Marsh, Waco Morning News
O. A. Martin. El Paso Herald
Frank r. McLennan Topeka State Jour
4 L, Miller. Battle Creek Enquirer
News
D D Moore New Orleans Times Plea
rune
Frank r. Noyes Washington Star
Bowdre Phinizy. Augusta Herald.
Don c. Setz New York World
w p sullivan, Charlotte Observer.
chas. #, Taylor, Jr,. Boston Globe
James NJ Thompson, New Orleans Item
II T Warner, Houston Post
Published under the auspices of the Ma
tional War Work Council Of the Y NJ. G. A.
OF the United States with the cooperation
Of the papers above named.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10

freedom break over every obsolete
obstruction; but in military dfscl-
pine, routine, customs, and proper
ties let our sons who are new at
soldering seek in each detail its
fundamental use before anything IS
discarded or lightly disregarded.
The true soldier, whether an officer
of the highest grade or a man IN
the ranks, finds nothing trivial or
unnecessary in the smallest m1lt-
tary courtesy or duty Earnest sub
lection of the will to discipline,
faithfulness in little things, atten-
ton to details make the soldier,
whether the detail be one affecting
smartness of dress and appearance,
or the nice care of the mechanism
of machine gun'or heavy artillery.
would say to every man OF the
new Army: With you rests the hon.
or, success, and happiness of our
country; it is to you we look to-
show the world what AmericanS
can do when their country is
danger.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
SOLDIER !!

If you like Trench and Camp" how much do you
think "the folks back home' would like it?
They will be interested in any paper telling Of actv
ties in words and pictures
When you have read this paper place cent stamp
the front cover and send it home
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10

dunn and monotony of camp life.
And for those unfamiliar with mill
tary routine, Trench and Camp"
will be a graphic account of the life
Of our soldiers, whether they are
drilling or fighting, at home or lover
there"
JOHN STEWART BRYAN.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
THE JOB

In the words of President Wilson,
the task before the American fight
ing men is to bring about a Peace
based on Justice and Fairness and
the Common Rights of Mankind. ;"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10

With this issue commences the
publication of Trench and Camp"
a national paper for the National
Guard and the National Army.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10

ADVISORY BOARD OF COOPERATING
PUBLISHERS