Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15


Miss Jennie Bonney, is visiting ir
st. Joseph and on "Bellevue".
Mr.. Oscar Levy made a trip to
Natchez Sunday, returning by car.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Stone and Mrs
Fanny Young were visitors to st. Jo-
seph on Monday.
Mr.. Pointer Alternately of WildsvilIe
La, was visitor to Mr.. and Mrs. c.
E. Wilds this week.
Mr.. D. M. Stevenson and son
Wakefield of Monroe were visitors to
st. Joseph this week.
Miss Almeda Van Hoose has gone
to New Orleans to take a summer
course at Tulane University.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wilds and
daughter, Miss Jennie Wilds, of Con-
cordia parish were visitors to Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. E. Wilds this week.
The June rise in the Mississippi is
causing much alarm among the plant
ers who are cultivating lands outside
of the levee. The indications are that
the river will reach 43 feet at Vicks-
burg, which will mean an overflow
for all lands outside of the levee.
Mrs. Carroll Newell has returned
from Chattanooga, where she has
been on visit to her cousins, Mr..
and Mrs. Emmitt s. Newton, for
some time. Mr.. Newton is also visit
his old home i'm Tensas and his friends
are delighted to see him looking so
well.
DR.. D. L. Smith, the well-known
and popular Optometrist of Vicksburg,
formerly of Natchez, and who is so
well known to our people, will visit
st. Joseph professionally on Sunday,
June oath, and will be glad to see his
friends and patrons at the Losey
House.
Miss Bessie Muir was called home
from NewelPs Sanitarium at Chatta-
nooga by the illness of Miss Dorcia
Wallace, who we are glad to learn is
now greatly improved. Miss Muir is
an under graduate nurse at this San
itarium, where she has been actively
engaged for some months. Her friends
are glad to see her again.
We have been requested by Mr..
G. l.. Clark, agent for the Ford auto
mobile at Newellton, to state that he
will be glad to accept $4,000 Liberty
Loan bonds in part payment for cars. |
This offer does not apply to the car
load shipment daily expected, and
which have already been sold, but |
holds good on all future orders.
Mr.. s. Chas. Young leaves Sunday |
for New Orleans with his aunt, Mrs.
d. Stone, for short visit to DIR. and |
Mrs. John Smyth. DR.. Smyth has
enlisted In the army and leaves short
ly for service but will pay a little
visit to his old home before going.
They will make the trip up from the
city by car and Mr.. Young goes down
to drive them up.
The St. Joseph Electric Theatre
has booked the very popular picture
"Civilization" for June 9th and 18th.
This picture is creating furore in the
large cities and is being seen by thou
sands in every walk of life. The pic
ture shows the dreadful sights now 80
common on European battle fields
and is an appeal to all nations for uni
versal peace. 1t is an expensive reel
and an instructive one, and all who
ran should see it.
Tensas parish made a most credit
able showing in the Liberty Bond
which closed at noon on
Friday. The Bank of Newellton for
themselves and customers took bonds
to the amount of $500; the Bank OF
st. Joseph for themselves and GUS
toners to amount of $21 800 and the
Bank of Waterproof for themselves
and customers to amount Of S7,250.0O,
making total for Tensss, through
the three banking institutions of the
parish, of s37, $4,000. We doubt IL any i
other parish along the river front, OF
equal population, made a better
record.
Persuant to order issued from Wash
ington to every city, town and hamlet
in the United States, the town bell in
the Court House yard was tapped
each night this week at 8 O'Clock, the
first night four times to warn the pub
lie that but four days were left in
which to buy Liberty Bonds and thus
help the nation i'm the crisis confront
ing us; on the second night the bell
tapped three times to announce that
but three days were left, on the third
night the bell tapped twice to remind
that but two days remain in which to
answer the country's call, and on the .
fourth night but once that the elev.
enth hour patriot might arouse from
his lethargy and do his bit before it |
was too late. Tensas parish has done
her part in this campaign, having
placed nearly $4,000 at the feet Of