Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-31

week END with Mrs. Nubel at "Yel
verton."
Services at Wesley Chapel Sunda,
morning and at Union Church, st. 10.
seph, Sunday night.
Decoration Day was recognized al
st. Joseph only by the observance OF
Sunday hours at the post office.
Mrs. Oscar Levy had as her guest:
this week Misses Pearl and Rosa Kahn
of Gloster, Miss, and Miss Ida Nuss-
baum of Mexia, Texas.
Mr.. Emmett Guthrie of Tensas par
ish, La, has been visiting his broth
ers, Messrs. w. G. and II. r. Guthrie
Port Gibson Reveille.
A child's brown OvercOat was left in
the Court House on the night of the
commencement exercises. Owner can
find same at Sheriff's office.
The weather the past week has been
ideal for cotton, though corn is suffer.
ing for moisture. A slight shower fell
on Monday but was more local than
general.
DIR. and Mrs. Jos. Whitaker have as
their guests her brother, Mr.. Bailey
Russell, with his wife and two sons,
Will Bailey and Frances, from San
Antonio, Texas.
Mrs. J. w. Losey has been confined
to bed the past week from a malarial
attack. She expects to leave for Alex
andris to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Bryan, as soon as she is able to travel.
Mr.. J. H. Rollins and family and
niece, Miss Dorothy Skinner, and Mr..
ID. A. O'Kelley and family and Mr.. j.
B. Erwin left early Friday morning by
cars for Camp Beauregard for visit of
several days.
The Child's Welfare Committee for
Tensas parish has been busy all week
weighing and measuring children I'M
der six years old, according to govern
ment directions. The figures by wards
will be given out next week, when the
work is completed.
Major VIM. s. Fulton, Coast Artil-
Iery National Army, now stationed at
Fort Winfield Scott, California, advises
that he expects soon to ego over"
Maj. Fulton has belonged to the reg
ular army for some years and was
lately transferred from the PHILIPPINE
Islands to Fort Winfield Scott.
st. Joseph seems determined not to
be outshined by Newellton and Water
proof and toward that end is bright
ming up considerably. At least half
dozen stores and as many residences
in town are lighted with electricity.
The next houses to be wired will be
Mr.. Buelow's, Mr.. Young's and Mr..
Levy's.
DIR. J. &. Lilly and son, Master Jack,
we're visitors to st. Joseph this week.
DIR. Lilly has established an office in
Natchez Ssnitorium building where he
will make a speciality of treating dis
eases of eye, ear, nose and throat.
Jack has grown . great deal since
leaving here and his friends scarcely
knew him.
The Red Cross drive made i'm Tensas
parish last week was most successful
and the results enabled Tensas not
only to meet her full quota but to al
most double same. Tensas' quota i'm
this drive was S4,58O.OO, while the
total subscriptions were So, 144. As,
lacking less than one thousand dollars
OF doubling same.
The beautiful bungalow Mr.. E. A.
Buelow is having constructed on his
lot on the plank road is rapidly ap-
preaching completion and will be one
of the neatest, most conveniently ar
ranged and comfortable homes IN
town. The house is being built by
Mr. Fred Wetzel and speaks eloquent
ly for his skill as architect and builder.
Mrs. N. H. Rogillio, formerly of Wa
terproof, has returned to that town
and will assist in the post Office until
Post Master Graves can be checked
out, when the Office will be given to
her. Mrs. Rogillio is we'll qualified for
the work and the patrons of that Of
fee, as we'll as the postal department,
are to be congratulated on securing
her services.
The servant problem since beginning
OF the war has grown steadily worse
and is now assuming threatening as
pect. We understand the Fischer
Hotel at Lake Providence has closed
the dining room, as has also the Berger
cafe at Tallulah, the management be-
ing unable to get cooks and other
help necessary for such establish
ments. The hotels in this parish are
still going ahead but we know not
what the morrow may bring forth.
The Camp Fire girls of st. Joseph
contemplate retiring to their reserva-
ton soon where in comfortable wig
vans they will for few days forget
the discomforts of civilization, and
around their camp fires dream Of their
heroes, the noble chiefs, who have
gone, not to the happy hunting
grounds but across the Water-stnYe