Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-06-02

BbAOuS Oh tne coming OF o0Oe1er
son, on June LIST, who viii bear the
name Of Frank Angel Goodrich, for
the two grandfather, Frank Hornsby
and Chas. Angel Goodrich. Both
mother and babe are doing well.
Minis Miller Marshall leaves Tuesday
for Chattanooga to attend the we'd
ding Of Miss Newell . schoolmate.
After the wedding another schoolmate
and sister of the bride. win join in
New York . number Of Omega
fraternity girls and with chaperone
sail on the 10th for . European tour,
the itinerary including q number Of
countries including Oberamagau.-
Vicksburg Post.
Miss Frances Sanders, Of faculty
st. Joseph High School, has gone to
her home at Mansfield, La, for sne
summer, making the trip by rail, her
car was driven to Shreveport for her
by Clarence Johnston and George
Clarke, Jr. She met them at Shreve-
port and George accompanied her
TO Mansfield, Clarsnce prefering to
remain in Shreveport, where he had
"business" Of personal nature.
Mr.. n. d. Worthy, preaident and
manager Of the Conner Motor Co., Of
St Joseph, was called to Collins,
Mss. last week by the serious illness
Of his brother, who 10 suffering from
typhoid fever. Mr.. Worthy reports his
brother better, and he thought out
of danger, when he left. His mother
was also i'll and she too had become
convalscent before he returned. He
was accompanied on his trip by his
eldest son, Master Herbert Worthy.
With demand for tractors on the
increase, despite ,hish-water. Mgr.
Worthy Of the Conner Motor Co., OF
st. Joseph, had to borrow four trac-
tors from the Jonewille Ford sgen:
cy. which be freighted almost to st.
Joseph. Mr.. D. F. Miller lowed biz
barts down to Jonesvills With his
gaselins boat and bought the trse-
tois up the Tensas into -Choctaw
bayou and up the drs:naGe canal to
Helena bridge, but which be could not
get under. We're this bridge higher,
giving sufficient space for his boat
to pass, be could have come to st.
Joseph with bic cargo.
Tom Scott, an energetic and we'll
known colored farmer, now living
on lower Botany Bay" but formerly
Of thistle RIDGE" brought to this
office on June 1st, stalk Of cotton
containing several forms and one
fully open bloom, the first bloom
that We have seen this season, and
among the first 10 open in
the parish. Scott informs ~ that he
has about ten acres Of cotton com
pairing favorably with the stalk
in. One unfortunate feature
We observed about the forms was
that fully half the number on the
stalk show signs Of puncture, evil
dsneing the presence Of the boil
weevil.
The Gazette is indebted to Miss
Miriam Watson for IN invitation to
attend the graduating exercises Of
Tulane University Of Louisiana, to be
held in the Shrinsrs' Mosque. ct New
Orleans, on Wednesday morning.
june 7th. Mis Watson il member Of
the class Of Tulane Of 1922. She u
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. 8. Dalton
Watson Miss Annie- Miller) Of
"Enola" plantation, this parish. and
4 . native Of Tensas. Niss Miriam Il
. very bright young Lady, possessing
m analytical mind, and has always
been . close student We extend her
heartiest congratulations on her
graduation from this old and dis
educational. institution.
With rapid decline in the river Il
q no longer possible for the mail-boat
Percy Swain to enter the lake In
front Of st. Joseph and land 1t The
ieves, - shs. has besn doing during
the high stage Of the river, and RE
was thi6 week compelled to return to
the lower landing. An effort was
made to anchor . pontoen ct tie
mound q the upper landing, on which
freight could Be unloaded and later
boatsd 10 the levss, but. the shallow
tater there prevented the boat ret
ting to the mound, and, - stated,
neceasitating her return 70 the lower
landing where the freight Il now
unleadsd in the warehouse and then
brought BY barge to st. Joseph lsvee.
LosT-0ns receipt book. property
Of Singer Sewing Machine Co., ecu
timing stubs only, 50 in numbsr,l
and one ten dollar bin and one five
dollar bin, In q. 8. currsney: uane
Of A. J. WATSON aDrean on saeh
stub. Reward for book and cash. de-
hxered 70 A. ,. WATSON Or Gazette
s&3iee, Sc. Joseph.
Barred PIyr
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