Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-03


'n-law, Mrs. Abrahm, in st. Josep
this week.
Mr. Sam Passovanti of Natchez wa
The guest of Mr.. and Mrs. SaIvado
har1g"na this week
Mr.. Wallace Paul who has been Wis
ting his mother here for month, lef
'"r New Orleans Wednesday.
Mrs Geo. Spencer of Tallulah, Wis
iie. her daughter, Mrs. G. c. Gold
nan. a ''The Burn" last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Walton and Mr.
FnC Mrs .Juo. c. Lindsay motored t,
Ea'chez aud return last Saturday.
Two white soldiers, Mr.. Leasing ant
Mr. Heard, and twenty seven coloret
soldier departed for Camp Pike las
Saturday.
Miss Johnson, stenographer i'm At.
t.rley Young's office, returned Thurs
day from a short visit to her parent,
at Alderman, Miss.
Mrs. l.. A. Murdoch, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. II
! White, at NabOrton, La, for the past
week, will return home Saturday.
Services will be conducted Sunday
morning at Wesley Chapel and at the
Union Church, st. Joseph, at night by
Rev. r. F.. Harrell.
Mr.. Sam Firmin is the latest man tc
take agency for the railroad at st. 10.
seph, being No. since Mr.. Hodge
left six weeks ago. We hope Mr.. Fir
min will stay with US.
Mrs. Salvador Baragona and daugh-
terS, Misses Lena and Pearl, and the
baby girl, visited Camp Beauregard
last week, where they went to see
tHeir cousin, Mr.. Tony CYCLIC, of
Bunkie, La, who expects soon to ego
over"
\ very heavy rain fell on last Sat-
friday night and again on Sunday
night with an all-day rain Monday.
The weather cleared Tuesday and has
since been beautiful but very cool,
frcs being necessary in the early
morning.
IT," Teusas Liberty Club has in
p led The "Mor-Lite" electric system
L.. iteiD club room, which is a great
Improvement over oil lamps. They
49, also put in electric fans. The plant
Wa Obtained from Baker & Mcdowell
Hardware Co. of Natchez.
Mre and Mrs. Hill of Lake Provi-
6-nre wers visitors to Mr.. and Mrs.
O'kelley and her father, Mr. Erwin,
lst Sunday. Mrs. Hill is pleasantly
remembered in st. Joseph as Miss
Annie Bell Erwin, who lived with her
sister. Mrs. O'Kelley, at "Yelverton"
for some time.
Mr.. Rob't. Y. Newell accompanied
his son, Robert, Jr., to Chattanooga
as week, where he was operated on
for appendicitis by his cousin, DR.. E.
i. Newell. Reports as to the young
mans condition are satisfactory and
his recovery is confidently expected,
which is gratifying news to his many
friends.
Mr.. T. j. Middlebrooks, formerly
Of this parish and at one time a resi-
lent of this town, but who has been
living IN the Mississippi delta for some
years, was visitor to st. Joseph and
Waterproof this week, and received
warm welcome from his many old
friends, who were delighted to see
lim looking so we'll and prosperous.
With the coming of spring the dis
ciples of Isaac Walton are seeking di.
version from business by visits to
Lake Bruen, the greatest fishing
grounds and incidentally the most
beautiful lake in all Louisiana. Here
he finny tribe swim along the surface,
IS it were, daring the angler to drop
iiS hook and line. On last Friday
morning Mr.. R. H. Tweddle, champion
sherman of these parts, brought back |
| string of fish that would arouse the |
'nvy of any sportsman. Included in
lis catch was trout that tipped the
Gales at four pounds and will prob
bly, equal the biggest of it's kind |
aught in this lake in years. Hats of |
o Mr.. Tweddle