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I The St. Tammany Farmer D .0 H YEAo r 16, 'F a VOL. XI . D. H. MASON, Editor COVINGTO 4, LA., SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1917, O LIIN.3 COVINGr F IRE ASSN.WILL CELEBRATE FOURTHJULY Buy a Ticket in Auto Contest From Association of Commerce MEETING POLICE JURY HELD AT ROOM JUNE THIRTEEN SHER[FT'S STAT EM I FOR MONTH OF MAY. Petition Signed for Appro priation for RolI(t by Congress. C u v in g e un , L a . . J u e l !i. I a 1 T~he ph iee jury i nl date with the folioil :1:: 1"n ) = present: Geo. Koepg, Jr.. \\'. A Hood, E. J. linmergue. .1. %l. hen' S. It. Cowart. Fletcher ( lrai u (ir A'`. H. Davis. Robt. A ney. . f 1Wlivine It was moved by (aj. K; up, sa onded by J. M1. Smith. that 1i . Martha Williams., home l Iiii u IO denl onstrator. 'iiacy te :ix d t per month to begin .11t;e I , 1ii1 7. Carried. The police jury adijourieil until 1:30 p. mn. .1 teronoon session. It was mo'.ed by Geo. ioW. onded by E. J.. D)imergui , that 1)r. H. D. Bullock recei've a tilary of $7 per month as coroni r ttl health of ficer, his duties to be .relnl ti; al interdiction. atitending is:;t r while in jail and on road an i to at tend to all duties inc:mnt on r health officer, his dut(is asi officer to start June 14, 1117. Carried. On motion, duy sec nsit 1, ;t nance comm".tPe w s uthori i.. ,t empowered to borrow :1!ý00 f.r " iimrove n tnt and m;t :t e of - public roads of the parish. Carried. On motion of f: I. I.. seconded by .los. . - the is dent of the police jury w.s cu ed and directed to sign a Aeti ion i. (Continued on page 41 AUTO CONTEST BENEFIT BOGUE FALAYA PARK PAVILION The automobile contest of the As sociation of Commerce has been neg lected because of the Chautauqua and other important matters, but it is new taken up again and a strong .campaign will be made to make it a succe's. The Association hasissued the fol lowling crcutlar, and it is to he hoped that those who have not purchased tickets will do oi now1. It is a fine machine and well worth the chance: Automotile Contest for the benerit of Ilogue F'alaya Park Pavilion Fund takes place at IRogue Falaya Park Saturday. .1 ne or1 , 1917, at 5:30 p. m. A new Ford car, with ventilat -ag wind-shield, one man top and spot light, all extras. T:ckets $1. For sale at Schonberg's, Watkins. Julius Heintz's Segond & Fontan's. Perilon's and if. A. Mackie. All are invited to attend. The holder of the lucky number gets the car. A cotn miltee oIf resiponsible citizens will tonduct the contest withI absolute fairiless to nil. (bt your ticket be fore it is too late. II. A. MACKIE, Chla'rman A ntal font est ('omm~it tee Assojiation of Comm nerce. AT PARKYIEW Charlie (hpiniii ( Iait Pakiou Today in "Tue RIlnk."' l11n ar~vie opens up today for the llresentlti 1n1 of Puarlie ChatlI lin in "The Itiuk, it trill 0o101 to acconmmodate 0(11 uf 1110 large 'I crowds it has bail for tiomel '.ears. The pctst two - atturdlays have been largely attended. lit this Saturday will surpass thben :111 far tnits is one of Charlie's heel lpicturcs. Along with this wonderful comedx will be <presenteil a two pare Muttual ilrama end a Multual Weiklv, which coln tains current liuws lihat itilciund to please. lDoors (o1)01 at C ll. m. Ad mission lit cents to everyhoily. All ehildren occtlpving seats intact be paid for. This S:undav will ito Lou se illaumi iiq The \Voif Vioman." in live parts. Positive ly otto tf the most powerful dramas screened by any comllany. end one ill which Loui e (ilaum real ly made her screen reptttatton. WYith this will be a two part Keystone comedy, featuring Mack Swain *:n Ambrose's Rapid Rti.e." Doors are (Continueul on page 6, VIEWS OF THE FLAG RAISING, AT THE COURTHOUSE JUNE 5, UNDER AUSPICES ASSOCIAJTION OF COMMERCE IC:. (G. Davis, in white suit, lwcaking. ~~lij s f t F '4. A N .; . f,,.. ý ..-;ý "` mt' 4,," ý`' ý,ý,y _ ; - týF `"yý nr S" ý t ' . " , t. ýyýýýjf i,ý.'f F y . °k'-~EST °, MILTON BURNS DIES AT KOikiE NEAR FOLSOM Milton I urn dit at his home, near Folsomij , TueId.,iy, June 12. 17, aged J years. 1- months, I lay. ie as a a s:Iie .f St. Tamn 0liny parish and lps a i rge number Srelatives h 11c .is i,' di by ai w dulo. Mlr". S Viy iturna. two I -thers, Judge Iii . M. Burns and xwa d Buri. sarvueor, six laughiers, three of them married and live sons, two of then) nmarried. Judge Milton Dui n x- as a man )f large exoprience and liberal tdu atlon, and was a ro:td-m in.mded. hlis )itable and generous. lie vas for ight years justi, e if the peace and for twelve ;,ass a maiueiir of.the iolice jury o: .. T amialy parnsh from the second ward. Ilu xas a ,;hatter meminibr of the 'Ma onc or he' of Covingten, Lciige I8S. F. & A. M., and was buried with \i son 0 honors, services aiso beng c onuet Cd by Rev. E.: . Rennie o` the Cov uiiton Episcopal Church. For the past emeen years Judge Burns had :etn ni. en with ll a ralysis and coil io I . I lc'h to his home, and for til at x tits iiad ben confined to his `.e Int_'remnl ,., ns adc' n the `amaily. mural grouimodms, ne.al FO_ 01. ASSOCIATION OF COM £IMERCE IND JS S OIL PROLC[ There has been considelable in terest in the o;l xll at Sul-bur springs. recentiyt xy rvas-n of the great death of rct that hs ibeen bored through and the s-iila'ity to a well in West Louis a.:a that has brought a flow of 1 l0mm0 galon01 The matter was taken up by the As sociation of Commerce at its meet p' Mtinday. in a. s.orse to the fol lowing letter, and res0tL tirfns were .issod enaer i:ing suimpOrt. and co-op rat on: C;vinaton. La... Jun 8. 1917. sscciation of Commerc Covington, Lou s ana. Gentlemen:-It behooves us to (Continued on page 2) MANDEVILLE TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Mandeville, La., June 8. 1917. The Hoard of Akdermen net in regular session on the above date a .:h the following members present: .\'. G. Davi;, Mayor; Dr. A. 0. May lie, A. Hartman, A. Depre, and At torney L. L. Morgan. Absent were Jas. Band and J. L. Smith. It was moved by Mr. Depre and seconded by Mr. Hartman that the minutes of the meeting ofdlay 1 be adopted as read. Carried. ,:20 p. in. Mr. Band entered. S:30 p. m. Mr. Smith entered. Moved by Mr. Band and se: onded by Mr. Depre, that a warrant ler $223 be drawn in favor of C. A. An-I derson and charged to the aceount of Black & Laird Construction Co., for balance due Mr. Anderson for labor on sea wall, a'; per his ati davit. For: Band. Hartman. Depre. Against: Maylie and Smith. Three for, two aga nst. Carried. Aioved by Dr. May lie and secnitd ed ey Mr. Band, that the finanu" connmittee's report he accept' i iand that the recommendations th" cou ie adopted, also that warrants ior all bils approved be drawn. Recommendat ons: Committee- We therefore recommend thel front tO's date on that all material for ae ^n+t of the town 'be ordered by .ritten order or voucher, rigned by the member ordering same. that all Uls, irrespective of nature or pur pose, be turned over to the finance c mm'ttee for investigation before pyment; unless this is don ' the proper checking up of b:1s aonl an counts i; impossible and the i;ance committee becomes simply a figure head. For: Maylie. Smith, Band, Hart mlan. Against: Depre. Four one against. Carried. Moved if Mr. Hartman and se: onded by Mr. Smith, that the new depot comm ttee's report bo ro :eiv ed and filed. Carried. Treasurer's report for May. 191 7: May 1. balance ...... 41 H.94 May 31, from tax col lector, taxes 1916 . 114.25 May 31, from tax col lector, licenses ... 3.:.00 (Continued from page 4) LEWIS TELLS OF CH ARBON AND SYMPTOMS (:. (. Lei is, Farm Demonstrator.) 1 should have written th s article :ast week, but being rushed so much :t wa; not done. I hear so many reports on the cause of death to a large number of rattle in and around Covington that I bel'eve I should write a bit any x ay. We will take this up in ques ions and answer them. 1. how do I know that we have charbon? From the fact that every blood smear cent to the laboratory and state chemist showed anthrax germ or bacilli in apundance. 2. I-jew can any one tell charbon by looking at or testing a blood smear? From the fact that charbon is a disease by itelf . There are no other diseases with germs as plent'ful and as large ac those found in the blood taken from an animal just after death. It is a very easy matter to see these snake-like germs under a microscope. 3. A prom nent veternarian from New Orlean, treated animals be longing to C. Bradley; he also pro nounced the disease charbon. I. What other ways can a person detect charbon in'fair degree of ac curacy? By making an examination of the body two or three hours after death. The points that might be found that would indicate charbor are swelling of belly, being swelled ;o tight that a basebal would bounce back 1 ke it had been thrown againa a drum. Also a watery discharge from nose and sometimes from bot-i nose and mouth. This discharge wil in a great many cares have a small amount of blood and yellow pa, mixed with it. Then from the awful swelling the rectum will be par tially turned out with bloody dis charge. In 19 cases out of every 20 one will be safe in saying the animal died with charbon, if above symp toms are found. There are other point; to be considered 'but there is not room here to take the diseas' up in detail. If one is in doubt get a small piece of glass, about two inches square, and clip the ear part ly off, not all the way for it might be left on the ground to cause fur ther infection. Hold the glas just under the clipped part and by press Ing a small bit of blood can be got ten and allowed to dry on the glass. After blood is dry place another (Continued on page 4) SLIDELL NEWS OF THE WEEK AND SOCIETY DOINGS (By Staff Correspondent) V r. B. H. Gardner left Thursday to * visit hi; mother, Mrs. Gardner, at Orangeberg, S. C., by automobile, .ccom ianied by his son, Eugene, and laughter. Alice. They go by way of loga:usa, Poplarville, Meridian, 'Iontgomery and Atlanta, and expect to make the trip in five days. They ant cipate a pleasant journey and we have no doubt that a great deal of enjoyment can be had from such a trip under favorable weather condi tions, and we wish them much pleas ure thereon. Salmen Brick & Lumber Co. hay offered all employees an opportunity :o buy Liberty Bonds on a basis of instalments as low as one dollar per week, and we hope a large percent .ge will avail themselves of the olfer. The Salmens have also reduced the working time one hour per day with pay for full time, amount:n; approxi mately a 10 per cent gain, and it is apprec'ated by the employees. Little Miss Marie Morgan gate a Djisy Party to a number 'of her young friends, Wednesday aftern3ocq and a most enjoyable time was had. Miss Alicia Sebastian left Monday or av sit to her aunt, Mrs. E .J. Leounbard, in New Orleans. Mr. Herbert Palfrey, of the firm ;f 1'slfrey, Purcell & Co.. stationers, of New Orleans. was in Si dell, Tut s day, on business. Messrs ..John Sebastian and ons Fritchie are the boss fishermen of Slidell. They report having caught one hundred and eighty fish on Mon day and eighty on Wednesday. Miss Annie T. tell, a former teach er in our high school, is a guest of Mrs. E. F. Hailey. Mr. Tom Tully, coffee drummer, of New Orleans, was ;n our town Tuesday. A party of young folks motored to Howzo Beach, Sunday. Among them were Misses Nona and Emma Harry, Eva Hartley and Mica Sebastian, Messrs. Gus and Homer Fritchie, Jno Sebastian. Mr. W. H. Kentiel, of Covington, was in Slidell, Tuesday, attending to business and shaking hands w:th friends. " Miss Aletha Simmons, of Picayune, Miss., is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Luther Whatfield. Mrs. Dan McGhee is a guest at the home of Mrs. B. A. Bannister. A party of little folks under the care of Mrs. A. V. Hover, Mrs. B. P. Dunham and VMfs. F. F. Wigginton, spent Wednesday at Bolian's Camp. on Lake Pontchartrainl, bathing and fishing. They were Harry. Geneva. Dorothy and Norvill Hover, Ponice Gladys, Nell, Layton and Hall Dun hay Eleanor, Ruth, Eda, Anice. Fowler Wigginton. They were join ed later in the day by Mrs. los Miles and little daughter, Margaret, Mr.. J. W. Thompson, and daughter. Martha, Mrs. Sam Sollberger and son Sam, Mrs. J. B. Semple. daughter Juanita and son Billie. Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Neuhauser and Mis Ella Scoggin also were at oI ian's Camp, Wednesday. Mrs. J. B. Semple entertaned a few friends at a game of Five Hun dred, Tuesday night. A very en joyable time was had. (Continued on page 21 CANNING DEMIONSTRATION IN COLORED SCHOOLS. - The General Educational Board. through the Rockofeller fund, will pay 'the salary of a demonstrator in canning for the colored schools of St. Tammany parish for two months DEMONSTRATION WORK AT THE SCHOOLS. Miss Martha Williams, pariah dem onstrator, will be assisted by Mis Scott, assistant state agent, in bread making, canning and pickling dem onstrations at Waldheim school. on June 21, Covlngton school, June 2f and 2?, Slidell school, June 28 and 29. This will be particularly for DISTRICT COURT TAKES UP SUITS ifROUGHT TO/ PURGE ROLL DiLtrict Court was in session this week, commencing Monday, June 11, and closng, Thursday, June 14. Judge Carter on the bench and Dis trict Attorney Brock prosecuting. Judge Carter will open court Mon day, June 18, in order to finish up the suits brought in purging the reg istration rolls. The grand jury brought in twenty mne indictments. Walter Parker was Foreman. In charging the grand jury Judge tarter referred to a recent homicide in Covington. While he did not state so, it was understood that he had reference to the killing of O. M. [irch. He said that such things should be taken up by the grand jury and investigated, regardless of re ports or circumstances surrounding them. That there was a grave re sponsibiiity resting upon them in the performance of their duties,* and that these duties should be performed im partially and fairly, always with a view to justice and with full equality of rights to all. The -bringing of suits by citizens to take from the registration rolls parties who were claimed to be il legally registered, for various rea sons. It was claimed some were net naturalized, some were not living within the corporate limits of the town and some had not resided in the town of Covington one year, as required by the town charter. Smong the cases won, some were stricken only from _ the town roEs and some were stricken off entirely. By agreement with the partie s to the suits, some seven or eight were carried over until next Monday, to give further time to secure evidence. and two cases were reopened to in troduce new testimony, one of them being decided favorably to the plair tiffs and one for the defendant. These two cases, Memory and Loyd, will also be tken up Monday. The following are the cases tried: Robt. L. Aubert et als vs. C. G. Segond. By consent of counsel and admission by counsel for defendant that defendant was not entitled to vote and that name be stricken from the roll. Robt. L. Aubert et als, vs. Hy. Camatte. Name ordered ' stricken from roll. R. L. Aubert et als, vs. Cyprian Armand. name ordered stricken from roll. " Robt. L. Aubert et als, vs. W. L. McCormack. By consent name or dered stricken from roll. R. L. Aubert et ass, vs. Otto Ort lieb. No service made on defend ant, being unable to locate party. R. L. Aubert et als, v . H. J. (Continued on page 21 0 PARISH MEDI CAL SOCIETY The St. Tammany Parish Medical Society met in regular session last Wednesday at the New Fenwick Sanitarium with the following mem bers present: Doctors J. F. Polit, president; C. W. Davidson, secre tary-treasurer; R. B. Paine, H. E. lautreaux, .Frank F. Young and-A. :. Maylle. The appointment of the new com mittees was laid' over until next meeting. Because of the large amount of business transacted the reading of scientific papers was dispensed with. The question of-a permanent -home for. the society was discussed and action thereon postponed qntil~ the next meeting. It was decided to hereafter call meeting- promptly on the hour set, excuses to the contrary notwith standing. The next meeting will be held at the New Fenwiok Sanitarium, Coy ington, on Wednesday, July 11, at 8:00 o'clock p. rn.5 at which papers w4ll be read by Drs. F. F. Young, H., E. Gautreaux and A.- G. Maylle.; FIREMEN PLAN FOR BIG DOINGS IN COVINGTON JULY 4TH Parish Fair Grounds Have Been Engaged for the Occasion. RACING IS AMONG THE ATTRACTIONS. Fireworks, Speaking, Danc ing, Athletic Games, Other Amusemetn. The Covington Fire and Benevo lent Association is preparing a pro gram for the 4th of July celebration that promises to be a good drawing card on that day. Besides the usual attractions of such an occasion, the faithfulness with which the associa tion has clung together as a volun teer body should create strong senti ment among the people to make the affair a success. There will be speaking, fireworks, athletic games, horse races, music and dancing. The Fair Grounds offer excellent accommodations for amusement of this kind, and even without the large number of outside visitors that may be expected to come, Covington people should crowd the grounds and dancin hall. It is due to the firemen that they should be given royal support in making the day a success, as a day of celebra tion and financially. The full program and further par ticulars will be given next Week. In the meantime make up your mind that you will not be a slacker on this occasion. MR1 ANl MRSI C S1 [RED ERICK, HOME FROM WED DING TRIP, EASTERN CIlES J... Mr.vC. S. Frederick. Mrs. C. S. Frederick. Mrs. C. S. Frederick was Miss Helen Davis and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Burnett Davis, of Lynchburg, Va., prominently known there. The wedding took place in that city June 9, 1917, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Jos. B. Dunn of the Episcopal Church. Mr. C. S. Frederick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Frederick, of Covington. Mr. and Mrs. bred erick will reside in Covington. They reached here Tuesday,. after a short A trip to asutern cities.