Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18


. ish this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Lawrence and
little son were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Owen Monday night.
MIR. and Mrs. JOS. NJ. Harper, Jr..
have returned to their home at Shreve-
port after pleasant visit to his par.
ents at "China Grove".
Services will be conducted at the
Union Church Sunday morning and
evening by the Rev. R. F. Harrell, to
which invitation is extended TO the
general public
Miss Margaret Beaubien left this
week for Cincinnati where she will
enter the Cincinnati Conservatory of
Music to study voice. Her place at
the postoffice is filled by Miss Elise
Hazlip.
The statements of the several banks
shown on our first page to-day are all
fiattering to the management of these
institutions and serve to give one an
insight into the prosperity that is now
our happy portion.
There has scarcely been day this
week that the thermometer has not
gone below freezing. The weather,
however, has been clear and the sun
has shown brightly, but the tempera-
/ ture was always cold.
The Court House at ST. Joseph has
been the Mecca of all.Tensas capital
lists this week, who came to see the
deputy Internal Revenue Collector
about making mp their reports incident
to the payment of war tax.
The Austin property at st. Joseph
is offered for sale. 1t is well situated
and the vacant lots could be made de-
sirable location for cottages if owned
by some one who has means to make
the needed improvements.
Patrons of the Cumberland Tele-
phone Co. at st. Joseph are delighted
to hoar again the familiar and pleasant
voice OF Mr.. f. M. Stanley at the
switch board. Mrs. Stanley is so much
appreciated and so highly esteemed
by our people that her return to the
service here is greatly welcome.
Mr.. Sam Hazlip, Jr., has returned
from st. Mary parish, where he has
been engaged as chemist in the
"Shady Side" sugar factory, and ex-
Dects to leave in few days for New
York, where he will take steamer for
Trinidad, in the Caribbean Sea, to serve
in like capacity in sugar factory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. A. Lessing, of
"Elkridge" plantation, have moved to
Scott, Mississippi, where he has ac-
cepted position with the Mississippi
Delta Co. He and Mrs. LEASING have
many friends in Tensas who will re-
greet their leaving hut wish them much
success and happiness in their new
home.
As we go to press news comes OF
the sudden death at her home i'm New |
Orleans, Friday, of Mrs. Mary Garrett |
van Santen, widow of the late Mr..
VIM. ]. van Santen and daughter of
the late Mr.. H. A. Garrett of st. Jo-
seph, where she was born and reared. |
She is survived by two sons. We will
give more fitting notice next week.
MIR. s. G. Page, Jr., late of Natchez
has taken over the barber shop at st.
Joseph, succeeding Mr.. Salvador Gig
Ito, who has accepted position in the
"Acme Shop" at Natchez. Mr.. Page,
has given his shop thorough renova-
ton and has had the bath tub cleaned
and the boiler and pipes repaired and
Is now ready to furnish hot and cold
baths at any hour. His shop is open
rom a. m. to 9 p. m.and he solicits
the patronage of the public. He comes
well recommended and we are sure he
will please our people.
The many friends of Mrs. Jane Will
COX will learn with much regret of the
painful accident that befell her last
Sunday, when she tainted and fell to
he floor, her head striking with great
'orce, rendering her unconscious for
some time. She was carried to her
bed and though suffering considerable
nausea and more or less bruised by the
all, has since been doing very well,
md many friends have called to Ell.
luire about her condition. Mrs. Will
COX has been unfortunate enough to
all several times before and sustain
and lasting injuries, but despite
hese drawbacks she has been active
md energetic and has always lived a
most useful life.
Miss Anna Maud Van Hoose, head
If the music department of All Saints
college, expects to leave about the
9th of this month for New York City.
Hiss Van HOose is anxious to do some
pecial study with some of the cele-
,rated teachers and artists of the me-
ropOlis and to give some special at
ention to accompanying. that exact
ng branch of the pianist's art, TO
which too few soIoists have given
much attention. Miss Van Hoose will
axe special course of study with
'lr. Frank LaForge and also hopes to
ind time for a little work with her |