The GazetteJanuary 4, 1905 Editor Gazette: As it has been some time since I saw any thing in print from this part of the country I will drop you a line or two. Times are very dull here as the saw mill is shut down for repairs. The planing mill is running with a small … Continue reading Dots From Dubach
The GazetteJanuary 4, 1905 With the merry ringing of bells the new year makes its advent and the old its departure and with it comes warm sunny weather that is seldom had at this season of the year, even in our sunny south. 1905. What does she hold in store for us? To what height … Continue reading 1905
The GazetteDecember 28, 1904 Price, Roberts & Elder, LawyersFarmerville, La. Office in courthouse opposite clerk's office. Will practice in all courts of the state. Prof. J. B. Hix the principal of the Farmerville High School was deprived of his intended visit to Lafayette, La., to attend the State Teachers Association which met at that place. … Continue reading Farmerville Local News
The GazetteDecember 21, 1904 Mr. W. E. Davis, an old and prominent citizen of the Cherry Ridge neighborhood died last week. Mr. Davis was a prominent member of the K. of P. lodge and was buried with K. of P. honors, the lodge at Farmerville sending a committee to be present at the funeral. While … Continue reading Farmerville Local News
Wesley HarrisPiney Woods Journal Correspondent Toma Lodge in Ruston is a quiet upscale neighborhood of fine homes, towering pine trees, and well manicured lawns. Right away, visitors note the subdivision is unlike most contemporary growth in which lots are razed to facilitate construction and then replanted with spindly trees and shabby shrubs, giving the landscape an … Continue reading RUSTON’S CHAUTAUQUA: Louisiana’s Cultural Epicenter
Wesley HarrisPiney Woods Journal Correspondent Rebel Oakes Led the Way to the Pros When you think of Louisiana Tech athletes who went on to play professional sports in the "old days," stars like Terry Bradshaw, George Stone, and Mike Barber may come to mind. Those Tech athletes from the 60's and 70's may not care … Continue reading Tech’s First
Wesley HarrisPiney Woods Journal Correspondent The year 1955 saw American consumerism skyrocket with the opening with the first McDonald’s Restaurant and the debut of Disneyland. Fast food, including the first TV dinners, and canned Coca-Cola attested to the growth of the country’s standard of living since World War II. Ownership of a car became the … Continue reading 1955: COLD WAR COMES TO LOUISIANA
Wesley HarrisPiney Woods Journal Correspondent Most people who know about Pearl Harbor, the battle that brought America fully into World War II, believe that the Japanese attack was completely without warning. The common misconception is that the first indication of attack occurred when Japanese bombs starting raining from the skies. But before the planes of … Continue reading The First Shots Of Pearl Harbor
Wesley HarrisPiney Woods Journal Correspondent In 1944, the Navy rescued Louisiana Tech and its football program. World War II turned collegiate athletics upside down as young men swapped athletic uniforms for military ones, joining the service to fight in North Africa, Europe and the Pacific. Louisiana Tech was not immune. Student athletes, who would have … Continue reading 1944: Navy Saves Small Town College
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The GazetteDecember 7, 1904 Notice. There will be an important meeting of Evangeline Chapter No 7 O. E. S. on Friday Dec 9th at 7 o'clock p. m. Members are urgently requested to attend. Mrs. Reita Hartman. W. N. The Police Jury met in regular session last Monday. FREE TUITION TO ALL INHARRIS’ BUSINESS COLLEGE, … Continue reading Farmerville Local News
The GazetteDecember 7, 1904 C. J. Morton to Wm. Cooksey, 8 lots in Bernice, $220.Robt Meadows to Joe Youngblood, 13 acres land, $240.G. W. Harper Tutor to A. A. Phillips, 40 acres land, $60.A. A. Phillips to C. R. Bailey, 60 acres land, $575.P. W. Bearden to J. K. Atkinson, 1 lot in Farmervile, $402.James … Continue reading Real Estate Transfers
The GazetteNovember 30, 1904 Thomas Ashcraft to J. T. Allen, 110 acres land, $300.Isaac Rabun to Henry Kenneday, 140 acres land, $250.C. C. Barham to J. A. Lowery, 140 acres land, $550.A. H. Henderson to George R. Carroll, 4 blocks in Bernice, $1750.Heirs of Henry Kennedy to Isaac Payne, 80 acres land $400.I. A. Cole … Continue reading Real Estate Transfers
The GazetteNovember 30, 1904 SETTLEMENT DAY IS HERE All parties indebted to me either by note or account are requested to come forward and make settlement. By no being the date opposite your name on the Gazette you can see how much you owe for the paper. Unless your indebtedness is paid soon or otherwise … Continue reading Farmerville Local News
The Farmerville Enquirer And Other Union Parish Newspapers Known Prior to the Civil War The second known newspaper in Union Parish was the Farmerville Enquirer. Presently no known copies of the paper are in existence although in 1942 there was. The Farmerville Gazette of September 10, 1942 records an event in Farmerville at which a … Continue reading The Farmerville Enquirer
The GazetteNovember 23, 1904 SETTLEMENT DAY IS HERE All parties indebted to me either by note or account are requested to come forward and make settlement. By no being the date opposite your name on the Gazette you can see how much you owe for the paper. Unless your indebtedness is paid soon or otherwise … Continue reading Farmerville Local News
Etta Pearl Crews When I was a kid my Mom would take us to visit her parents on their farm. She would dress us in our Sunday clothes and she’d get all dressed up. I never understood why because we would look like a couple of piglets within an hour after we got there. Its … Continue reading Visiting the Farm – 1954
T. A. BricelandFarmerville GazetteJanuary 1, 1930 Many, in search of romance, go back to the days when “Knighthood Was in Flower” or to the days of the Pilgrim Fathers, or to the lands toward the sunset, where buffalo and antelope once roamed over unmeasured plains. These have not learned that Louisiana is rich in the … Continue reading The First Settlement of Union Parish
Union Expositor Earliest Newspaper in Union Parish Union Parish had its own newspaper as early as 1848 with the publication of the Union Expositor. Clips from the 1848 Expositor appeared in newspapers across the state. January 27, 1848 –New Orleans Times Picayune TO MERCHANTS AND OTHERS: Merchants wishing to avail themselves of an opportunity to … Continue reading Union Expositor
Weekly Times Democrat (New Orleans) Saturday, June 9, 1883 BUSINESS POINTS ON THE BAYOU AND ITS TRIBUTARIES Stein’s Bluff, Shiloh and Other Landings-Their Trade, Social Features and Other Matters of Interest On Board the Times Democrat Steamboat Susie B Farmerville, May 28, 1883 On Friday morning last the Susie B. left Ouachita City and proceeded … Continue reading ON THE D’ARBONNE
The GazetteNovember 21, 1974 To the Editor: In 1850, my Grandfather Elijah Tabor moved his family to Shiloh from Winston County, Mississippi. His home, which is pictured above, took two years to build because, he explained, everything had to be done by hand. The two-story log cabin was put together with pegs and is still … Continue reading Letters to the Editor – Grandfather Elijah Tabor
The GazetteNovember 16, 1904 SETTLEMENT DAY IS HERE All parties indebted to me either by note or account are requested to come forward and make settlement. By no being the date opposite your name on the Gazette you can see how much you owe for the paper. Unless your indebtedness is paid soon or otherwise … Continue reading Farmerville Local News
The GazetteNovember 9, 1904 C. C. Barham to Jessie A. Lowery, 140 acres land, $550.Isaac Rabun to Henry Kennedy, 60 acres land, $250.G. W. Goss to T. J. Goss, 140 acres land, $100.J. H. Gilbert et al to C. P. Bilberry, 160 acres land, $100.J. O. Parish to J. A. Kelly, 92 acres land, $920.J. … Continue reading Real Estate Transfers
The GazetteNovember 9, 1904 All parties indebted to me either by note or account are requested to come forward and make settlement. By no being the date opposite your name on the Gazette you can see how much you owe for the paper. Unless your indebtedness is paid soon or otherwise arranged satisfactorily you will … Continue reading Farmerville Local News
The GazetteNovember 2, 1904 Just watch Farmerville spread herself. Miss Bessie Murphy is quite sick with slow fever. The district court did not hold Tuesday at being a legal holiday. I will be at Marion 14th and at Oakland 21st Nov. J. M. THURMAN. Dentist. Mrs. R. P. Webb of Monroe was a visitor to … Continue reading Farmerville Local News
Written by Lyle SmithContributed by Ike Futch July 5, 1887 -- Tuesday, October 31, 1933 Age Forty Six Years, Three Months and 25 Days Armon Smith was born July 5, 1887, at Lapile, Union County, Arkansas, a twin brother of Harmon Smith. They were the sons of Woody K. Smith and Mahalia Elizabeth Head. Woody … Continue reading The Death of Armon Smith
The GazetteOctober 26, 1904 Mr. Clifton Mathews made a flying trip to Monroe last Saturday on business. Mr. J. M. Thurman of Ruston arrived in Farmerville Saturday for several days. Mr. Bert Bridges was in Farmerville on Monday selling our merchants their winter stock of dry goods. Mr. A. C. Hammons returned here Monday after … Continue reading Farmerville Local News
The GazetteOctober 26, 1904 S. S. Grave to W. S. Spears, 230 acres of land, $149.75.T. J. Cole to H. L. Earley, 234 acres of land, $450.W. F. Usrey to Emma Perkins, 40 acres of land, $80.L. M. Dendy to S. T. Gray, 80 acres of land, $50.State of Louisiana to S. T. Gray, 40 … Continue reading Real Estate Transfers
The GazetteOctober 26, 1904 The past session of the district court of Union Parish was rather a heavy one as here were several cases of a serious nation to be tried. The petit jury was discharged last Saturday and the most of the present week was taken up with civil matters. The following cases were … Continue reading Court Items
Bernice Historical Society People and Places Education In Bernice Farmerville Gazette - March 3, 1960 The elementary school building and the Bernice High School gym burned to the ground late Sunday evening, causing an estimated $250,000 in damages. No one was injured in the blaze but all school supplies, equipment, books, school records, athletic and … Continue reading Bernice School Building Lost in Sunday Fire
