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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20
MRS. H. c. SEWER.

After an illness of only two days
Mrs. H. C. Sewer of Ferriday, died
at the Natchez Sanitarium yesterday
The sad news of the death OF TINS
snlendid woman will come as shock
to many throughout this section OF
Mississippi and Louisiana, for MIS-
Sewer was widely known and es-
teemed for her noble attributes.
Mrs. Sewer was a devout member
of the Methodist Church and in heI
every day life manifested the highest
ideals of Christianity.
The deceased was a native OF mis-
sissippi, having been born in Sallie
Station, April 9Th, 1866, but had lived
in Ferriday for many years, having
seen this flourishing town grow from
its foundations up to the present time
Mrs. Sewer was the owner OF the
Sewer Hotel at Ferriday. Beside!
her husband, H. C. Sewer, and a SOL
Victor, of Ferriday, she is survived BY
three brothers, F. s., w. P. and c
DuBard.
The funeral will be held at 2:3O p
m. today from Fosters Parlors thu
services being conducted by Rev. P
Carraway of Sicily Island.
The following will act as pall-bear
ers: Morris Meltz, B. C. Brown, Chas
Stingley, C. H. Corbett, l. Litoff ant
Sam Observation-Disclosures Democrat
Friday.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20
WASH TAYLOR.


The Gazette has in stock . number
Of Chattel Mortgage blanks which ~
are Offering ct Zoe . piees. witA
special price made On larger ee1sea
These 'chattsl mortgags blanks wsrs
carefully drawn By local st*oFpsys
and are guaranteed to b perfect and
complete. The Gasstts was rsqussesd
to print these blanks and tssv b
stock for benefit Of The intsrsstsd.
The form b quite long, covering .
sheet 81 < 10 inches, longer than
legal eap). hence ths psiss " arc
compelled b eharge.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

Work on the new picture show
building 1T st. Joseph is progressing
rapidly and il fast approaching COM
pletion a. far as actual construction
goes, but painting and installing
chairs and curtain and like work may
consume some time yet and it may
be another month before pictures
win be shown, perhaps longer. When
completed st. Joseph will boast as
modern . theatre as any town Of
like population any where, thanks to
the progressive spirit Of the builder
Mr.. Louis Blackman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20
Q q Q q q q q q
MERCY.

Q The quality of mercy is not 9
Q strand, 2
Q 1t droppeth as the gentle rain Q
o from heaven Q
o Upon the place beneath. 1t is 9
Q twice blest; 9
o 1t blesseth him that gives and 9
Q him that takes. 9
Q IT'S mightiest in the mightiest: Q
Q It becomes
o The throned monarch better Q
o than his crown; 9
Q His sceptre shows the force Of 9
o temporal power, g
Q The attribute to awe and maj 9
o esty, 9
o Wherein doth sit the dread and 6
o fear of kings; g
Q But mercy is above this sep 6
. tired sway, 6
o It is enthroned in the hearts Of 6
o kings, 6
Q It is an attribute to God Himself; 6
o And earthly power doth then 6
Q show likest Gods, 6
o When mercy seasons justice. g
Q Merchant Of Veoice G
o o o o o Q Q Q o . Q o o o
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20
State Of Louisiana,
Parish of Tensas.

State of Louisiana,
Parish of Tensas.
Be It known and remembered,
that before me, the undersigned su.
thority, duly commissioned and
qualified according to law in and foy
said Parish and State, there per.
sonally came and appeared Eben r.
Workman, resident Of Greenville,
Miss, and Sidney T. Shaw and Thos.
M. Wade, Jr., both residents Of
Tensas parish, La, who, being by
me severally, sworn, declared, &C.
knowledged and swore, tnar they are
the directors Of the Winterquarte-s
Plantation, Inc, Of St. Joseph, La,
and that as directors Of said corpor-
alton and as individuals, they have
appraised the following described
property, proposed Ito DC conveyed
! to said Winter Quarters Plantation,
Inc, by said Eben r. Workman and
Sidney T. Shaw, in payment OF the
subscription to the stock Of said
Winter Quarters Plantation, Inc, by
said Eben r. Workman, Sidney 4.
Shaw and Thos. M. Wads, Jr.,
amounting to seven hundred and
fifty .(750) shares Of the par value
! of One Hundred Dollars iSt0O.O0)
each, to-wit:
All those certain tracts *
land and plantations, Iying con-
tiguous to each other, and both
situated on Lake st. Joseph, in
Tensas Parish, La, more oar.
ticularly described a. follows
to-wit:
1st: The Winter Quarters
plantation, described a. follows:
all that part Of Section Eighteen
West Of Lot No. Six OF the
williams heirs tract (formeriya
part of Evergreen piantation)
all of Sections Nineteen, Twenty,
Twenty Four, Twenty Seven,
Twenty Eight, Twenty Nine,
Thirty, Thirty One, Thirty Two,
Thirty Three, Thirty Four, Thirty
Five and Thirty Six; Lot No.
Four of Section Twenty Two
and Lot No. One Of Section
Twenty Five; all In Township
! Twelve North, Range Thirteen
East, Louisiana Meridian, con-
tanning in the aggregate twenty
six hundred and fifty acres OF
land, more or less.
End: The Raritan plantation,
described as follows, to-wit: all
Of Section Eleven; all Of Section
Twenty One lying West and
South of the levee dividing
Winter Quarters and Raritan
plantations; Lots One, TWO and
Three Of Section Thirty, being
the North half Of said .Sectioni
and ali Of Section Nineteen, al
IN Township Twelve North.
Range Twelve E q. AK, Alsc ~ sl..
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20
~coLD IN THE HEAD"

q IN acute attack Of Nasal Catarrh.
Those subject 70 frequent "colds in
the head" win find that the use Of
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
build up the System, cleanse the Blood
and render them les liable to colds.
Repeated attacks Of Acute, Catarrh
may lead g Chronic CaSArrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is
taken internally and acts through the
Bleed 81 the Mucous Surfaces Of the
Systsm, thus reducing the inflamma-
ton and restoring pormal conditions.
An Druggists. Circulars free.
=. ]. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

Henry Ford announces that as
newspapers had without authority
heralded . reduction in price Of his
earn he has, effective january 18th,
ordered . slight reduction, bringing
the touring car, for instance, at st.
Joseph, down from $4,000 to $685.
90. In addition to this the govern
ment war tax Of 4 per cent on
freight has been withdrawn, netting
another saving Of about $3.50 to
purchaser, - the freight per car to
this point is around $4,000. While
Mr.. Ford il selling his cars lower
to-day than ever known, the govern
ment's luxury tax and the excessive
freight rates rob the purchaser of
the advantage. But the delivered
prices Of Fords are gradually coming
within the reach Of nearly every
body and q million cars year will
soon mean one for every family.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

WANTED-A CLERK.-Man ex-
perienced in dry goods and shoes
particularly, but all-around store
man desired. Salary in comparison
with ability.
WILL ABRAMS,
b. jussph. u.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

or faults of this corporation in any
further sum than the unpaid balance
due to this corporation on the shares
owned by him, nor shall any mere
informalities in organization have the
effect Of rendering this charter null,
or of exposing the stockholders to
any liability beyond such unpaid
balance.
ARTICLE TX.
The subscribers have set opposite
their names respectively the number
Of shares subscribed for by each of
them, so that this act of incorpora-
ton may serve as the original SUBJ
seH qSas Done esss And Passed, at the
Town Of st. Joseph, Parish Of Ten
sas, State Of Louisiana, on the day
and date aforesaid in the presence
of s. ]. Parkman and A. B. Ratcliff,
two competent witnesses, who have
signed hereto with the said appear
ers, and me, Notary, after due read
ing Of the whole.
Names: No. Shares:
E. R. Workman. (374)
S: T. Shaw (S74)
Thos. M. Wade, Jr. (2)
Witnesses: -
S. ]. Parkman
A. B. Ratcliff.
E. F. NEWELL,
by. Clerk Of Court, Tensas Parish.
La.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

The Conner Motor Co. this week
received . carload Of Fords, which
are being offered at the late cut
priee, enabling purchasers to obtain
can 1t lower figures than ever be-
for~ offered By the Ford Motor Co.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

You will want . bottle Of the
Svunder1ul Tanlas remedy. You can
- = feOu-W. = Baker . Son.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

APPLICATION FOR PAROLE.
/ am hereby applying for . Parole
from the Louisiana State PeniteA-
tiary.
(Signed)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

Mr.. ]. Weatherly Chamberlain OF
Shreveport spent several days at st.
Joseph this week.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

Of said above described property,
over and above the encumbranees
on the same.
In Testimony Whereof, said ap.
praisers have signed this appraise-
ment, after having been duly sworn
before me, the undersigned authority,
and the attesting witnesses, ON this,
the 9th day Of December, A. D.,
1921.
E. R. WORKMAN :.
s. T. SHAW. ~
THos. M. WADE, y
IS. ]. PARKMAN
A. B. RATCLIFF.
e. F. NEWELL,
dy. Clerk Of Court, Tensas Parish,
Louisiana.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

Get your 1922 automobile license.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

This to certify that the shove and
foregoing Act Of Incorporation Of
winter Quarters Plantation, Ine.".
was this day duly recorded in Cor
poration Record Book "a" page ~
|st seq. of the Records Of Tensas
parish, Louisiana. w
<E. F. NEWELL,
dy. Clerk Of Court, Tensas Parish.
Louisiana.
st. Joseph, La, December Goth, 1921.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20

E. F. NEWELL,
by. Clerk Of Court, Tensas Parish.
La.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-20
A CORRECTION.

Lake Providence, La,
Jan. Is, 1922.
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ter OF the Sorority located at Wash
ington and composed of members of
the Sorority living in Washington
who have graduated from Howard
and other schools where there are
chapters of the organization.
AT present the Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority has l9 chapters. 1t was or
gained at Howard University in 1913
and since its organization its influence
has been carried to many of the
] e din & coeducational institutions
throughout the United States. OF the
l9 chapters in the Sorority, three
chapters are occupying houses. 1t is
most interesting to note the rapid
growth and the helpful influence OF
such fraternity organizations in the
life of the Negro college women.
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THE 1922 NEGRO YEAR BOOK
NOW ON SALE

The l92l-22 Negro Year Book, is
now ready for distribution. In this
sixth annual edition not only has
much new material been added, but
the information contained in previous
volumes has been revised, rewritten
and brought down to date. Over one
hundred pages are devoted to a re-
view of the events Of lolo-2l as they
sifect the interest ard show the prog
less which, in the reconstruction pc
rod since the close Of the World War.
the Negro is making.
The Negro Year Book is the stand
ard work of reference on all matters
relating to the Negro and is the most
extensively used compendium of in
formation on this subject. 1t circu-
lates widely in every part of the
United States and to a considerable
extent in Canada. the West Indies.
Central America, South America. Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa.
The success OF previous years has
demonstrated that there is a need for
a book which provides in an inexpen-
sive form a succinct, comprehensive
and impartial review of the events
which affect the interests and indi-
cate the progress Negroes are max
ing. The Negro Year Book meets
this need and at the same time fur
nishes compact but comprehensive
statement of Historical and Statistical
facts arranged for ready reference. 1t
is at once permanent record of cur
rent events. an encyclopaedia of His
torical and Sociological facts. a direc-
tory of persons, and a photographed
guide to the literature of the subjects
discussed.
The Negro Year Book has the most
and comprehensive biblio-
graphy which has been put out on the
Negro in the United States. In add
ton to the topically arranged biblio-
graphies at the end Of the book. the
reader win find throughout the vol
ume, in connection with special topics.
further references to the subjects dis
cussed This is helpful to the student
who wishes to pursue further the in
vestigation of any particular subject.
The i92l-z2 Negro Year Book, in
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entered as Seeond-Class Matter. Aug
- 1902. a, the Post Once at Chicago
al Under Act of March s. 1879.
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all intents. and purposes the Negro
was only to give all and get nothing
but what was chimerical. Nothing al
all offered him was OF vital impor-
lance except education. He was not
prepared for comprehensive knowledge
OF Christianity, and will not yet be per-
haps for hundred years to come.
Reader, run your reflective spirit
back few decades and cast retro
spective thought upon the races
gloo;ay outlook. They all tell US that
no race in history has made the prog
ress We have made in fifty years.
Have we been Inundated worse than
any race? Have we been more cruel
ly mistreated than any race in history?
Have we wasted billions of dollars
foolishly spent to satiate an ignorant
mind with crazy assurances, nonessen-
tials and immaterialities?
What has fifty years of the Repub-
lican party done for US? What is it
doing for US row? What do you think
it is ever going to do for US?
We have about as much religion as
any other race but the silver tougued
clergy will not lift his voice in the
land appealing to US to save ourselves
from the wrath OF the other races by
going into all kinds okbusiness. They
are humdingers when it comes TO
raising huge rallies, and calling for big
collections, building fine churches and
lifting mortgages, etc; when if the
truth were known our races greatest
need is commercial activity.
We are treated in all kinds of fash
ion everywhere we turn. We are far
enough along in matters of human liv-
ing to operate our own big stores.
Do you ever find your preacher wax
ing eloquent on buying goods from
your colored merchant, druggist, gro
Ger, and book dealers? Do they ever
lift up their Christian voices in be-
half of the colored milliners? They
read our newspapers; do you ever hear
them crate about the Negro news
papers, and calling upon you to sup
port the Negro press7 We are physi-
cal and our needs first must be physi-
cal needs. Our spiritual needs will not
go lacking if the race becomes a pros
porous race Our first seeking was
Christ and the kingdom of heaven:
will ii ever be meek and proper for
US to seek, like the Jew and the Gen
tile, the riches Of the earth and its
fullness thereof?
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BETTER RACE FEELING

A movement which is working for
good and not receiving the apprecia-
ton it deserves is that of promoting
better feeling and clearer understand
ing between the white and colored
people of the South. The work is be-
ing done by what is known as the
Southern Commission on Interracial
Cooperation, with headquarters in
Atlanta. Two-thirds of the counties
of the thirteen Southern States have
local organizations of representatives
of the white and colored people, re-
spectively. Kentucky has recently
supplied two illustrations of the bene-
fits which accrue.
At jacksonville, when 2 mob form
ed TO seek out a drug-crazed Negro
who had murdered the Sheriff, the
commission met and II was soon clear
to everybody that the guilt was that
OF an individual and not that of a
class. The Negroes joined in the
search for the assassin. They de-
plored the act. Sheriff Hanson had
been friendly to the Negroes and the
friendship had been reciprocal The
guilty man was legally tried and le-
gaIly executed. The mob had con-
sidered burning the Negro section
and preoipitating a race war. The
saner course was followed because the
commission could appeal
to public sentiment in sensible way.
At Corbin a Negro was wrongly
accused of cutting white man. The
cutting was not even by a member OF
the race of the accused. The ring
leaders of the mob which formed and
herded all of the Negroes of the town
were sent to the penitentiary through
the efforts of the inter-racial commits
sion.
Mob law is. anarchy. 1t brutaiizes
the community Il lowers the stand
ards of whites and blacks. 1t dis
courages the ambitions Of Negroes to
be good citizens. II is anarchy and
has no place in civilization Every
body knows these things. but Il takes
to make the knowledge
misunderstanding Times
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BOOK CHAT BY MARY WHITE
OVINGTON, CHAIRMAN OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR
THE ADVANCEMENT OF COL
ORED PEOPLE.

jealousy and pompous intolerance.
But there is always growth. One
sees, too, the inevitableness of the
break with the white denominations.
that first demanded acquiescence
with slavery and later that the black
accept the white South ideals regard
ing his status. The dig at the phil
anthroPist,' Thomas Jesse Jones, who
has helped many bootlicking Negroes
into Office, and who kept Max Yer
gan from going as a missionary to his
own race in Africa. makes us realize
why the Negro church has kept an
eye always open with which to watch
the sanctimonious whites.
In speaking of the schools and sem
inaries, started for the Negroes in the
South, we learn that these Negro in
situations which have separated and
learned to supply their own needs
have made a step far in advance of
those dependent on the whites. in
this day. when the northern philan-
thropists are either Withholding their
donations to Negro schools or re-
stricting them to Hampton or Tuske-
gee. il is difficult for some Of these
establishments Chose connected with
the whites) to exc out a subsistence,
while the Independent Negro schools,
having had years OF experience in de-
veloping a following, find their pros
poets growing brighter from year to
year" DR.. Woodson quotes, among
others, the National Training School
for Girls, of which Miss Mamie Bur-
roughs is the head, and the Virginia
Theological Seminary and College IN
der the direction of DR.. r. c. Woods.
have been glad to notice that DR..
Woodson does rot use the COLO
luialism, REV. Jones'" or whatever
the name may be, but always says
the Rev. Mr.. Jones'" The use of
reverend in place of mister was COM
non at one time with both races but
I is not used now, save perhaps in
he far South, only by the colored.
The book has an excellent index |
Ind contains pictures of many col
bred clergymen of the past and of to-
lay.
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WHAT HAS LEADERSHIP DONE
FOR THE RACE?
(By DR.. NJ. A. Majors

Perhaps not less than nifty years
ago the race was in the hands OF the
iugeler, the carpet Dagger politician
the ignorant preacher and IN many
cases still under the influence OF mas
ter-class of slavery days.
Unused to freedom we did not
know how to be free. We had to be-
long to somebody, at least IT seemed
fitting that somebody should exercise
authority over as. We were menaced
at every step and on all sides. All, 1t
appeared, were anxious to exercise
that authority. We were the easy
prey to anybody that had GLIB
tongue and could grow eloquent on
the merest trife, without the least
benefit to the race in any sense what
ever. and beneficial, if at all, to some
rasping voiced idiot &ho could run
his tongue. This is the situation that
confronted the race when we were not
a decade removed from bondage.
The social juggler was of the opin-
ion that the race would soon perish
from the earth unless we were shipped
hack to Africa. His contention was
that every blasted one of US should
adopting the other alternative, be-
come Greek and Latin scholars. Some
white statesmen setting up the himsy
argument that Negroes head was too
thick TO learn, and if he did he would
never be able to translate Latin or con-
gueate a Greek verb. The carpet
Dagger saw showers Of mamma to be
rained from, Heaven if the Negro
would just give himself up to the
Republican party. The ignorant
preacher had, vision of the New
Jerusalem, and justified our deliverance
wholly on the faithful service to the
sIave-master and humble prayer.
Heaven was always his protective
point but it was indeed hard to get
to the haven of rest only by the col
lection table The master class saw
opportunities rife TO garner in the
money made by the enfranchised
blacks, by letting farms to them on
the shares and selling them food, cloth
ing, wagons, horses, mules, COWS, etc.
Everywhere it seemed we were be-
tween the devil and the deap sea. To
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No Lp-to-date minister will take of
Tense at this because no up-to-date
minister is guilty Of overlooking the
primal needs OF his people whether it
be temporal or their SPIRIT al welfare.
What we have said in the foregoing
applies to the ignorant preacher, re-
garded as menace, not only tolerated
fifty years ago, but we'll nigh wor-
shipped. There are yet few millions
of Negroes here in America where the
binding light of knowledge yet seems
foolish to their benighted souls.
We are yet menaced and greatly
harrassed by the wangdoodle of every
character and description. Occasion
ally a gifted man or woman ordained
to lead, gravitates into his place, and
stands up manfully for the race. We
cannot have enough of such men and
women as there will ever be more
work than they can perform.
Step by step we have made prog
ress. Millstones are multiplying, our
horizon is expanding, truth. like Phoe-
nix, is rising from its over burdened
ignorance. Ambition, aspiration,
backed by truth the eagles wing and
we unsatished fly out into the great
world of sober, sensible, manly en-
deavor, yes to even question the stars
for ourselves.
Our next exhalted achievement must
be huge department store, for truly
we are advancing towards the great
era Of banks, life insurance, and gen.
eral commercial activity.