Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-12-20

ttVm OsmP MSrtiu, VOW OFsee"s'
Mrs. e.. H. Clinton IL visiting bel
parents at Clarkesdsle, Miss, for thu
Xmas holidays. s .
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Lanius and lit
tie daughter were guests, Friday, o!
DR.. and Mrs. Clarke.
DR.. Chas. Larkin of Waterbury
Conn.,, is visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. w. M. Davidson.
Mr.. Chas. De Grny and Mr.. Fitz-
gerald, of the upper end Of the par
ish, were visitors to st. Joseph thi:
week.
1 Mrs. l.. E. Henderson is spending
the winter with her sisters at st. JO-
seph. Her friends are delighted to
have her with us again.
Mrs. Lizzie Paul Davis, OF New Or
leans, with her daughter, Miss Sadie
Davis, Is visiting her mother, Mrs. M.
L. Paul, for the holidays.
Miss Annie johnson, the capable
stenographer for Messr.. Dale, Young
q Dale, at st. Joseph, left, Friday, to
spend the Xmas holidays at her home
at Weir, Miss.
The st. Joseph Post Office an
nounces sale Of $3S. 900 Of War Saw
ings Stamps for eleven months end
ing November 3Oth. Certainly Tensas
has done her patriotic duty toward
winning the war.
Mr.. John R. Smitha has added a
Ford truck to his fancy grocery and
butcher-shop for delivery purposes
and especially for handling ice in the
summer. This is the first truck bought
by any of the retail merchants of St.
Joseph.
As will be seen by notices to day
stockholders meeting of the Bank of
Waterproof will be held on January
7th, Bank of st. Joseph on January
14th, and q meeting Of the board of
directors of Gulley Grocery Co. on
January 18th.
Mr.. Philip Diehl and Mr.. John
Stevenson OF Moweaqua, Illinois, have
come to Tensas to be with Mr.. John
Klump at New Light. Mr.. Diehl will
have charge of the store, while MIR.
Stevenson will operate the saw mill.
We are glad to welcome both gentle
men to our parish.
Mrs. E. E. Montgomery of Shaw,
Miss, Is spending several days at st.
Joseph, looking after her property in
terests here. Mrs. Montgomery re-
Gently acquired nine hundred acres
from Mr.. q. G. Brooks, on the lower
edge OF st. Joseph, and which she has
named "Williedale."
Mr.. Howard Clark returned this
week from Beaumont, Texas, where
he went with Mrs. Clark, last week,
to the bedside OF their son, Mr.. Gray
son j. Clark, who was i'll with pneu-
monia. We are pleased to learn that
Grayson IL very mnch better and his
recovery IL certain. Mr.. Clark's daugh-
ter, Mrs. Brigham, who went with
them, has also returned.
The little girl in the Graham family
that has recently taken rooms In the
Austin home, and was 30 i'll when
brought to town, is reported to be
doing well and will soon be comvs-
lescent. The father and his boys.are
endeavoring to earn . livelihood while
here by saving wood about town, and
any of our people who might have
wood to saw or cut can have same
done by them.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. B. Stout and their
son and his wife, Capt. and Mrs. Dick
Stout, and son -in-lsw and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lswler, who have
lived at "Vills Clara" and "Minne-
haha" the past two years, having dis
posed of their property, left this week
for Wesson, Miss, where they will
live in future. We regret to lose these
families from our parish and wish
them well in their new home. They
are succeeded by Mr.. W. M. Goodbar,
OF Wesson, Miss, and while in his &C.
QUESTION to our neighborhood we feel
compensated for the departure of his
predecessors, we none the-less regret
their going.
A party of Claibone and Jefferson
county citizens have just returned
from very successful deer hunt OF
three weeks which was enjoyed in
the Louisiana swsmps near Newell
ton, Tensas parish. The party was
composed OF T. L. Rush, Ben Rush,
Frank Barlow, DR.. Townes, Eugene
Alsworth, Harvey Alsworth, Chas.
Farris, Laurin Farris, ~Ciint. Shelton
and Dan Stevens. Thirteen deer were
killed during the hunt. Tom Rush
killed his first, buck OF eight points
that is eight points now, but by the
time he gets back to town those ant
lers may have grown dozen more.
Port Gibson Reveille.
Announcement was made this week
by Mr.. Emile Mayer of st. Joseph
that he has concluded not to operate