Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Mr.. Emile Mayer is visiting his fam
ilY in New Orleans.

10 NlcRsDurR tnls week.
Mr.. Michael Abrahm is visiting his
brother and siSter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Salo Abrahm, at Vicksburg
We are pleased to note that the
general health of the parish at this
time is good and there are few If any
cases of serious illness.
Mr.. .Jno. l.. Smith, Mr.. Pat James
and Mrs. Wells, representing the Delta
Land Go were visitors to st. Joseph
and Tensas parish this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Gibson and Mr..
and Mrs. F. McC. Hopkins and little
son, Master Fenton, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs w. r. Baker this week
The town authorities had all the
drains about town carefully sprinkled
with oil this week, which will do con-
siderable toward keeping the mosqui-
toes down.
Mr.. A. J. Gibson spent several days
at Natchez this week, where he went
for medical treatment. We are glad
to know that he is feeling much better
since his return.
We call attention to the notice of
Jno. q. blanche, who announces that
he has rented Pamela pasture and will
no ctn HE TJAlat1;,,
thoroughbred at SOC per month.
Farm work has progressed very sat
isfactorily the past month considering
the interference by the heavy rain of
Sunday the 18th inst. Cotton and corn
are both doing well and the present
outlook is encouraging.
Business in the three towns of this
parish has been very good during the
spring and merchants have had very
little idle time. The trouble of getting
goods has been greater than the
trouble of selling goods.
Judge n. NJ. Calhoun will hold a
short session of Court at st. Joseph
today, when the two white men, Will
liams and Uncherbacher, held for dis
loyal utterances, in violation of special
statute, will be arraigned.
Corporal Sullivan, U. 3. A., spent
several days at st. Joseph this week,
recruiting men for the army. He had
received three applications up to yes
terday, viz: Mckinley Stanley, HUI
bert owen and Robert Middleton.
A war garden graces the back yard
of practically every home i'm this par
ish and each has been very helpful in
supplying the family table. The lesson
the war has taught us should never be
forgotten and will prove a lasting
benefit.
The regular meeting of the Police
Jury will be held on the first Tuesday,
the 4th day, of June, at which time it
is understood an election will be called
to take the sense of the property
owners of the parish as to the voting
of two-mill tax for road purposes for
two years.
Mr.. John Hughes, town tax collector
for st. Joseph, urges ell. Who own
property to call at his Office and settle
same, as the town is in need of money
and it takes money to keep the street
sprinkler busy and the town lights
burning and all other municipal i'm
provements going.
The influx of strangers into st. Jo-
seph is so great that the two hotels
are frequently crowded and are some
times compelled to turn away patron
age. The greater number of visitors
are home-seekers and real estate men.
The demand for farm property sur
passes all previous records.
The Folk dancing class OF the pri-
mary grades of the st. Joseph High
School entertained their friends at a
public exhibition on the school lawn
on Monday evening, which was greatly
enjoyed by all present. The little
folks executed a number of artistic
figures in which they had been care
fully drilled by their teacher, Miss
Marie Smith, and won great applause
from the assemblage.
DR.. j. G. Lilly, having completed
the course in which he was specialize
ing at Johns Hopkins University, has
opened an Office in Natchez and will
devote his time and talents in future
to the diseases of eye, ear, nose and
throat. His friends in Tensas are
pleased to know he is locating so near
us and wish him the greatest success.
We are glad to know the doctors
health is greatly improved.
The Red Cross dance to be given at
Waterproof on next Tuesday night
promises to be one of the most de-
lightfuI affairs of the season and should
be attended by everybody in the par
ish, whether they dance or not. The
Bud Scott band from Natchez will fur
nish the music and the people of
Waterproof, ever alive to the rules of
hospitality, will devote themselves to
the comfort and pleasure of their
guests.
Mr.. Wilson, representing the Cont
mental Gin Co., and Mr.. Davis, repre-
Sentinp the (Iullet Gin Co. were here