Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-13

to relatives at Shreveport.
Miss Rosa Guice has gone to New
Orleans to have her eyes treated by
a specialist.
Mrs. King of Mississippi visited her
sister, Mrs. Jos. M. Harper, at "Chlna
Grover, the past fortnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. White OF
McNara, La, are visiting her parents,
DR.. and Mrs. L. A. Murdoch.
Mr.. Mcdowell, former Post Master
at Natchez, visited his daughter, Mrs.
Louis Buckner, Jr., at st. Joseph, this
week.
Mr.. H. l.. Smitha, the liveryman.
and Mr. r. o. Hornsby, of Locust
Land plantation, have both invested
in new Ford cars.
DR.. and Mrs. G. N. Clarke and Mr..
J. G. Rucker accompanied Mrs.
Rucker, to New Orleans on Monday,
where she will undergo operation.
Mr.. Maxwell w. Bland and Mr..
Geo. ID. Bland of Point Pleasant, and
DR.. Archie Bland of New Orleans,
were visitors to st. Joseph, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Hunter and
daughter, and sister, Miss Elise Green,
attended church at st. Joseph last
Sunday, returning home in the eve
ming.
/ Mr.. ID. Nj. Stevenson, of Monroe,
representing the Union Central Life
Insurance Co., of Cincinnati, was a
business visitor to st. Joseph this
week.
Miss Alice and Master LaHias Dur
bin of Bombay" are visiting their
cousins, Master George and Misses
Wealthy and Elizabeth Clarke, in
st. Joseph.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. de Vries and little
daughter, and Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
de Vries and Mr.. Sam Leibovitch, OF
Newellton, spent Sunday in st. Joseph
with Mrs. Helen Abrahm.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. E. Fulton of
"Helena" plantation are receiving
congratulations on the coming OF
another daughter, who will bear the
name of Miss Marjorie Fulton.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". Bemiss Of Shreve-
port, nee Miss Annie Snodgrass, are
receiving congratulations on the
coming of a baby girl, to bear the
name of Miss Vernon Eleanor Bemiss.
The members of the st. Joseph
Auxiliary for the Red Cross Society
have been very busy all week at the
Court House sewing for the soldiers.
They expect soon to have a box
ready for shipment.
Mr.. d. F. Ashford, Representative
from Tensas, and MIR. Norris William
son, Senator from East Carroll and
Madison, made the trip by car to
Baton Rouge to attend the special
session of the Legislature.
Mrs. Abel Murdoch and daughter,
Miss Louise, and DIR. r. p. Evans and
Mr.. II. II. Patton motored down from
Newellton last Friday evening and
Miss.Murdoch and Mr.. Patton were
callers at the Gazette office.
Mr.. j. c. Macpherson went to
Vicksburg last Sunday to see his
cousin, Mr.. Jas. F. Curry, who is al
Streets Sanitarium, in that city
where he was taken after suffering
the accident in the saw mill al
Mounds.
Rev. Walter Lennie-Smith of Alex
andria, visited st. Joseph last Satur-
day and Sunday and conducted ser
vices at Christ Church morning ant
evening. While here Rev. MIR
Lennie Smith was guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Van Hoose.
Mrs. George M. d. Kelly and Mrs
Engine Enochs, who are visiting Mrs
Edward Newell at her summer hom'
on Signal Mountain, Tenn, were thu
guests of DIR. and Mrs. Newell on
motor jaunt to Atlanta and adjacen
points yesterday .-Natchez Democrat
Mr.. A. H. May, of the State Boar
of Affairs of Louisiana, was visito
to Tensas parish last week, and visi
ted a number of plantations in tn
parish with Assessor Bondurant TO
the purpose of ascertaining the dit
ferent kinds of soils and relativ
value of each.
Following his acceptance as snrgeo
in the U. s. army, DR.. j. q. Lilly ha
resigned his Office as Coroner
Tensas parish, and the Governor hs
appointed DR.. L. A. Murdoch as n
} successor. The appointment is a
\ eminently good one and meets wit
| popular approval.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Sanford and sol
of Fort Worth, Texas, and Mrs. w.
| Ball and son, Master w. B. Jr., al
daughter, Miss Beatrice, of Yazo
: City, Miss, are visiting Mr.. and Mr.
O.L. Watson, at "Lakewood". M
Sanford is with the U. s. governme
in the mail department, and has BET
seIected To 90 to France as mail clel