Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-08-10

Miss Ruby Smtha is visiting Miss
Rosalee Baird of Natchez.
Miss Alice Durbin is visiting Misses
Wealthy and Elizabeth Clarke.
Miss Elizabeth Crothers is visiting
friends at Natchez and Vidalia.
Mrs. &. G. Skinner and son, Master
John, made a trip to Natchez this
week.
Miss Fannie Magruder of Jefferson
county, Miss, is visiting Mrs. Thos.
NJ. Wade.
Mrs. Slicer and daughter, Mrs.
Green, are spending some time at
Shreveport with DR.. Slicer.
Miss Lucille Glenn of Erwin, Penn
sylvania, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. w.
c. Swallow, at "Sunnyside".
Miss Daisy Turner of Claiborne
county, Miss, is visiting Misses Bessie
and Sadie Guthrie at "Botany Bay"
Mr.. w. c. Swallow has as his guests
his mother, Mrs. c. M. Swallow, and
sisters, Misses Nell and Maude, of Dali
las, Texas.
Mr.. J. ID. Guthrie has treated him
self to a new Ford and it brought him
to st. Joseph to e. o school board meet
ing Wednesday.
Miss Louise Johnston visited rela-
tives at "Helena" plantation this week
and is now visiting her aunt, Miss
Skinner, at Hamburg, Miss.
Mrs. Fred Sharp of Tallulah is visit
ing relatives at Newellton and at
tended the meeting of the Red Cross
Auxiliary on Monday evening.
Mr.. III. G. Elder, the popular life in
surance agent, representing the New
York Equitable, was visitor to ST..
Joseph and Tensas parish this week.
Mr.. Howard Hart and his friend,
Mr.. Selby, of Shreveport, motored to
ST. Joseph this week in his Hudson
Six, making the trip without accident
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Levy and
daughter, Miss Ruth, have returned
to Pine Bluff, Ark, after a very pleas
ant visit to Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Bue-
low.
Mrs. Alice Baxter has returned from
visit to Mrs. Newell at Chattanooga,
and also to her sister and brother at
Washington and Camp Fort Meyer,
respectively.
Mr.. Jas. F. Curry is visiting his aunt,
Mrs. Macpherson, and other relatives
in st. Joseph. Mr.. Curry is rapidly
recovering from the accident he snf-
fered in the saw mill some time ago,
but has had very hard time.
Rev. Roberts p. Johnson left Thurs
day for Monroe to stand his ex-
animation for entrance to the train
ing camp. He is an enthusiastic
American sympathizer an d is anx-
ious to go to the front.-Banner-D Dem
ocrat.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. O'Kelley have
as their ~uests at "Yelvertcn", her
mother, Mrs. J. j. Erwin of Lake
Providence, and Mrs. N. G. Howard
aud Miss Willie Williams of Learned,
Miss, and Mrs. Ida Nettervllle of
Leland, Miss.
The old Newell home on the Court
House square is being repaired and
improved generally and we under
stand will be occupied by Prof. Smith,
the new principal of st. Joseph High
School, who will move in about the LIST
of September.
MIR. r. l.. Wimberly has returned
from New Orleans, where he went
some time since to take Mrs. VIM
berry, who has been quite i'll and who
he left i'm the city. He reports Mrs.
Wimberly as doing very we'll but she
is still at the sanitarinm.
Mrs. P. T. Sharp and son, Master
Fred, and little daughter, from Rod
ney, visited her sister in law, Mrs. j..
w. Losey, this week. Mr.. Sharp has
leased the Hornsby house on First
street, and will move his family to St.
Joseph before the opening OF school.
Mr.. ]. H. Rollins accompanied his
daughter, Miss Annette, to Vicks-
burg and Jackson, Miss, last week,
where they visited relatives and while
at the latter city Miss Annette at
tended the big dance given for the
benefit of the Red Gross, and had
most delightful time.
Mrs. George Rusher, wife of the
side walk contractor, spent several
days at her home in NatcEez last
week. Mr.. Rusher will probably
complete his work, now under con-
tract, this week. He may get enough
work, however, to keep him here
several weeks longer.
Mr.. Alex Blanche, Jr., motored
down from Madison parish on Satur-
day with his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex Blanche, who have been
visiting at his parents home since his