Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

Rev. Father Degnan spent Saturda,
and Sunday in st. Joseph, the guest o
Mrs. Losey.
Mr.. G.. W. Spence Of Clarksdale
Miss, is visiting his brother-in-law
Mr.. w. j. Ward.
Mrs. G.. H. Clinton accompanied hel
niece, Miss Carrie Turner, to Jackson
Miss, this week.
Mr.. J. L. Gibson, the well-knowr
levee contractor, was q visitor to St
Joseph this week.
Mrs. Thos. H. Holt and little girls
have returned from 4 visit OF some
weeks to her parents.
Mrs. Annie Crothers has returned
from a visit TO her daughter, Mrs.
Edgar Sewer, in New Orleans.
Mr.. Carroll Campbell of Vidalia,
deputy Clerk of Court of Concordia
was business visitor to st. Joseph
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myles Hopkins have
moved up to Roosevelt, in East Car
roll parish, where he will be in charge
of place.
Mr.. H. P. Michel of Pine Bluff, Ark.
was visitor to st. Joseph this week
and spent some time out on his "Jus-
tina" plantation.
The Masonic Lodge at st. Joseph
held a meeting Monday night. The
regular meeting nights are second and
fourth Thursdays.
Rev. R. F. Harrell conducted serv-
ices at the Union Church Sunday
morning and night and was the guest
OF Mr.. A. NJ. Smith.
Real estate men are as numerous as
travelling statesmen about Tensas par
ish nowadays. Quito number of
transfers have been made the past win
ter.
Every nickle that can be saved
should be saved and invested in thrift
stamps. Thus a two fold purpose will
be served economy practiced and the
government aided.
With the exception of measles, which
have been quite prevalent about st.
Joseph and neighborhOod for some
time, the general health of the parish
at this time is fairly good.
Mr.. II. c. Smith of Bonham, Texas,
has accepted the position Of operator
It St. Joseph for the Western Union
Telegraph Co. We extend him a
cordial welcome to our town.
Miss Laura Bondurant of the faculty
If the Waterproof High School, came
home with a we'll developed case of
measles. Her place is being filed in
the school by Mrs. R. F. Harrell.
The puff of the compress was heard
again toward the Weekend. We
understand considerable cotton is in
storage at the press while the business
handled this year has been larger than
usual.
The regular monthly term Of Court
convened at st. Joseph on Monday but
remained in session only two days.
Judge Hugh Tullis and Mr.. r. D. Cal
houn of the VidaIia bar were i'm at
tendance.
Mr.. nj. G. Everett and wife, who
have been in the service Of the tele-
phone company at st. Joseph for some
time, left this week for their home i'm
Mississippi, where Mr.. Everett will
engage in farming.
Travel is now SO general that prac-
tically all hotels are taxed to full ca
pacity and the work of preparing meals
for so many transients, with govern
mental restriction on food, is quite
problem to the chefs.
The various stores in the towns and
country have enjoyed splendid BUSH
ness the past winter and every day
now resembles the Saturdays of days
past. May the good times continue,
but may the terrible war soon end.
Mr.. Will Abrams has invested in
Chevrolet car, which is expected soon
to arrive. The Chevrolet agency for
Tensas parish is held by Mr.. G. l..
Clark at Newellton, with Mr.. Louis
Buckner and Mr.. F. E. Tracy at st.
Joseph as sub-sgents.
That spring is approaching is evil
denced by the fact that fruit and
shade trees are budding out and grad
ually putting on their summer foliage.
We sincerely hope we will be spared
any more freezes, which would be so
injurious to fruit and early gardens.
The steamer America, which has
been tied up at New Orleans for so
long, because of the low stage of
water, finally got away on Saturday
bound up river with several bargss
in tow. We understand heavy volume
Of business awaited her at way points.
Mr.. Henry W. May returned home
this week from visit to New Orleans,
where he went to consult DR.. O'Kel-
ley, throat specialist. Mr.. May has
suffered not little from his throat for
some time. We are pleased to learn
that he ia fee1inO mnch hetter ainca