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CAMPAIGN FOR
PREVENTION
OF DISEASE
(From la. State Board of Health)
New Orleans, Dec. 2-This cam
paign is not an anti-vice crusade.
It is a fight against the most terrible
form of disease that affects mankind,
-tuberculosis not excepted. It in
clades -men as well as women. The
.ght is 'being waged against disease
(Continued on page 6)
RUBLE F. BURNS.
Died at Paris Island, S. C., Tues
day, December 3, 1918, Ruble F.
Burns, aged 27 years, 7 months and
17 days. A native of St. Tammany
parish. Deceased was the youngest
son of the late Milton Burns and
Sallie Smith. He leaves, besides his
mother, five brothers, John, Louis,
Howard, Sidney and Willie, three sis
ters, Mrs. Ella Drummond, Mrs. Josie
Simmons and Mrs. Hughland Shaw,
to mourn his loss.
1MRS. WM. DEPRIEST SEVEREIY
BURNED.
Mrs. Wm. Depriest was severely
burned last Saturday. She was at
tacked with vertigo and fell uncon
secous in the fire, while no one was
in the room. She was discovered in
time to save her life, but she is in a
precarious condition. Her head and
face is badly burned and one eye
was burned out. Her suffering is
acute, but all that can be done is
being done for her comfort.
VIRDEN DEMAREE DEAD.
Mrs. 'Dr. E. L. Demaree, of New
Orleans, was in Covington this week
and brought the sad news of the
death of her son, Virden Demaree.
He contracted pneumonia, as a result
of the flu and died on November 14.
MANDEVI LLE WINS.
That a man should feel the strength
of his convictions is an important
prerequisite to success-the morale
of intellect rather than of emotion;
belief, more than faith.
But as I am speaking of a legal
matter, perhaps I should say that a
lawyer must have great confidence in
the correctness of his theorem if,
when it is opposed by eminent coun
mel, fails to convince the District
Court, is disapproved by the Court
of Appeal and gets no better stand
ing on a rehearing, he then takes it
to the Supreme Court for a final
hearing because he wont be convinc
ed he is wrong-or rather. because
'he will insist he is right.
Yet that is just how Lewis L. Mor
gan won a unanimous decision in the
Supreme Court that saved the town
otf Mandeville from financial embar
rassment.
The case grew out of the Paquette
'contract to build a sea wall for Man
deville. The contract was not com
pleted and certain concrete blocks
"Were attached for supplies furnished
Paquette. The town claimed it had
settled with Paquette. owned the
I.blocks and was not responsible for
his debts.
The suit was Mrs. N. Levy & Son
Ys. J. J. Ptaquette et als.
Mandeville has had a hard time
wiith the construction of its sea wall,
1 d to add to the legal difficulties
e storm swept over the unfinished
;'Mork and did considerable damage.
=hen came this suit that threatened
-lurtber loss.
Of course the suit was not simple.
here were many legal points and the
1rtrtcacies of law offered opportunity
ar argument, too lengthy to die
here.
INFORMATION IN
DRAF[ MATTERS
LOCAL BOARD
Adjutant General McCrory has just
called attention of the Local Boards
to the fact that many 18-year old
registrants apparently do nota under
stand the seriousness of the ques
tionnaire and their classification, and
are not returning their question
naires to the Local Boards.
In some parishes a very large per
centage of young men in the 18-year
group have not returned question
naires, and in nearly every parish
some of these registrants have fail
ed to comply with the regulations.
It is thought that in many in
stances the failure to return the
questionnaire is due to an impres
sion that the return of the question
naire is not required, in view of the
fact that hostilities have ceased.
However, these must yet be return
ed, in accordance with the orders of
the War Department.
A serious penalty awaits the man
who fails to return his questionnaire,
and the same procedure will be taken
now as was taken in eases of men
who failed to return questionnaires
prior to the signing of the armistice.
These men are reported as delin
quents, and subsequently as desert
ers if they refuse to return the ques
tionnaire.
General McCrory has asked the
Local Boards to use every effort to
secure the return of the question
naires, and properly classify these
young men. Many of these young
men do not read the newspapers, and
it is urged that every relative and
friend make inquiries of 18 year old
registrants as to whether their ques
tionnaires. have been returned, and
that they insist that these young
men comply with the regulations, in
order to save the registrant future
embarrassment.
As the records of thwLocal Boards
are required to be sealed December
10th, all such questionnaires should
be returned prior to that date.
GUY A. SMITH,
Chief Clerk Local Board.
The following 18-year old regis
trants will be reported to the Adju
tant General as deserters for failing
to return questionnaires. The last
day for filing questionanires will be
December 10, 1918, so if your name
or the name of a relative or friend
is among the following you had bet
ter see that your questionnaire is
returned:
George W. Polk, Mandeville.
James M. Jordan, Onvil.
Joseph Southern Slidell.
Alonzo Jones, Covington.
Alfred Duncan. Covington.
Jos. G. Poillion, Slidell.
Robert Pippan, Houltonville.
O'Connor Baham, Madisonville.
Walter E. Gottschalk, Goodbee.
Hector M. Rosales, SUldell.
Frank Lewis, Madisonville.
Pierre J. Hutchinson, Madisonville.
Louis J. Dupart, Madisonville.
James Millsap, Madisonville.
Julius P. Smith, Abita Sprigs.
Eugene Cato, Baton Rouge.
William Hays, Ramsay.
James 'Robert, Madisonville.
Lucien J. Berteau, Madisonville.
Ben Williams, Ramsay.
Clifford Woqten, Slideli.
W. M. Henley, Covington.
Joseph Perkins, Houltonville.
Thos. M. Bennett, Slidell.
Lee Roy Dads, Slidell.
Louis Gines% Abita Springs.
William Graham, Slidell.
P ugustin Bulaus. Slidell.
The follo .j. 19- to 36-year-,ld
registrants lv6 also failed to return
questionsnesu d will be dealt with
same as a 0ve.l
James R. Lewia, Slidell.
CLUBGIRLSWHO
HAVE MADE
A SUCCESS
The Louisiana State University
and Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, in co-operation with the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Department of Home Demonstration
Work, has issued diplomas to the fol
lowing members of the Girls' Clubs
of St. Tammany parish, who were
under the instruction of Miss Martha
Williams, in charge:
Misses Robenna Kahl, Elsie Good
bee, Alpha Strain, Edith Dutruch
and Blanche Commott.
The following Poultry Club mem
bers have completed nine lessons:
Barlow Leggett, Florenville; Ida
Parker and Ethel Parker, Talisheek.
Of high school.
Eva Talley, Sun; Young Hays,
Herbert Hays, Sun; Sarah Fatheree,
Hazel Thomas, Talisheek. Of ele
mentary school.
The following averages were made
for the year:
Louise Badeaux, 75; Stella Citz,
83.2; Henrietta Koepp, 86.9; Elsie
Goodbee, 87.5; Ethel Goodbee, 87.2;
Melvina Goodbee, 82.3; Norma PoW
car, 89.4; Eleanor Goodbee (three
months), 48.6. All of Madisonvillle
Julia O'Berry, of Pearl River,
made the best record in the parish,
95.6.
Eltimae Pierce, 94.2; Viola Talley,
92.4; Rosalie Talley, 89.6. All of
Sun, La.
The cottage chees demonstration
by Mrs. Eaton, last Saturday, was a
grand success. There was a crowd
in the rooms of the Association cf
Commerce most of the afternoon, ani
all were delighted with the wonder
ful things that could be made from
cottage cheese.
There is still a display in the win
dow of the Association of Commerce
rooms on Boston stree. The cro
quettes and sausages look so tem;pt
ing that it seems risky to leave them
there. And the beauty of it is, they
are as good to taste as they are to
look at.
There were 2250 pounds of cottage
cheese made in the parish this year.
The total value of all c:ub pro
ducts was $2541.40.
Average cost of production, one
tenth acre, $3.27.
(Continued on page 6)
York E. Benskin, Madisonvi!e.
Clarence F. Seitb, Norield, Miss.
Fred White, Madisonville.
Edward Jones, Madisonville.
John C. Walton, Slidell.
Anynice Parker, Slidell.
Stange Thompson, Goodbee.
Charlie Weston, Mandeville
Edw. Williams, Jr., Slidell.
Travies Temples, Covington.
Eugene Sheridan, Abita Springs
George Barns, Houltonville.
Cornelius Andrews, Slidell.
John Loves, Slidell.
John V. Cornell, Abita Spring3.
Samuel Peterman, Madisonville.
Willie Berry, Slidell.
-Edward Thomas. Covington
Louis Penny. Covington.
Roman A. Ishmael, Madisonvi!!e.
WilliA Magee, Mandeville.
Henry Wheelock, Slidell.
Jefferson D. Atkins, Folsom.
Henry F. Daniels, Mandeville.
$25.00 REWARD.
For the arrest, or information lead
ing to the arrest, of parties stealing
wood, or in any way trespassing on
my land.
Sd7-4t THEO. DENDINGER.
FOR SALE-Eight teams; 5 yoke
oxen; 8 wheel wagon complete; 40
head steers. Apply F. J. Heints,
Covington, La. d7tt
K. TREEN TELLS
HOW TO MAKE
FINE HOGS
Full directions are not given here
for successful hog raising, but a few
salient points are given which if
properly heeded' will change- many
an unsuccessful venture with swine
into success.
Pigs should be fed a growing ra
tion, not a fattening ration, like one
(Continued on page 6.)
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NOTICE TO PROPERTY HOLDERS.
By reason of the fact that com
pliance with the new law has made
it impossible, under existing condi
tions, for the Assessor to complete
tax rolls, the usual notice that taxes
become delinquent with collectable
costs and penalties after December
31, 1918, has not been published.
Due notice will be given when the
rolls are made out.
This does not in any way apply to
the poll tax. Poll taxes must be
paid by December 31, 1918, or you
will not have the privilege of voting.
T. E. BREWSTER,
Sheriff and Tax Collector.
POLICE JURY.
The Police Jury will meet in regu
lar session on Tuesday, December 10,
1918, at their office in the court
house in Covington, La.
F. J. MA'RTINDALE,
Secretary.
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DISTRICT COURT.
District Court will be held next
week, beginning Monday, Dec. 9.
PR9VIDE FOR SOLDIERS.
With the cessation of hostilities in
Europe there is presented to the peo
ple of the United States one of the
greatest labor problems in the his;
tory of the Department of Labor
that of putting the tremendous army
of men now in uniform back on an
industrial basis, with the least pos
sible disturbance of labor and indus
trial conditions.
The soldiers who are now being
discharged from the various camps
and sent home will, in the majority,
seek employment in their home
towns, rather than at the camps.
The task of finding them occupation
thus becomes a community responsi
bility. A simple and efficient plan,
however, has been worked out by
the U. S. Department of Labor. It
is, in brief, as follows: A represen
tive of the U. S. Employment Servica
is now stationed at every camp or
cantonment in the United State::.
His duty will be to furnish each di.
charged soldier with explicit infor
mation as to where and how to pro
ceed on reaching home to get ac
curate information regarding pos'
tions which may be open in the so'
dier's hame town, or immediate vi
cinity.
In order to give thejbest possibl'
service, the Department of Labor hi a
made arrangements with Adjutar
Genera IMcCrory to use the draf
boards of each parish as a centrn 1
point for furnishing information e
to positions open in that parisi.
Enrollment Agents of the U. S. Em -
ployment Service will work in clos
co-operation with the Chief Clerk cf
the Local Draft Board in collectin:
and bringing this information to the
Draft Board for dissemination to the
various local applicants for employ
ment and for clearance to the near
est Employment Service Branch.
GUY A. SMITH,
Chief Clerk Local Board of St.
Tammaay Parish.
COMMITTEES OF
RED CROSS NOW
NEADY TO WORK
The Red Cross drive for Christ
mas Roll Call is to be one of the big
accomplihments of St. Tammany
parish for the making of *a Merry
Christmas.
Chairman Eads Poitevent says:
"Let us grasp this opportunity to
make' this a Red Cross Christmas.
Let us be able to tell OUR BOYS
when they return form the front that
we at home have been standing solid
ly and faithfully behind the Red
Ross, 'TH'EIR RED CROSS,' with full
membership in every home."
The Red Cross sits snugly in the
hearts of everybody. St. Tammany
parish will show where she stands.
There was a representative meet
ing at the school house in Covington,
last Sunday. Slidell, Madisonville,
Mandeville, Abita Springs and other
towns were represented. Mr. Poite
vent :presided. Matters were dis
cussed and arrangements made for
the drive.
The following committees were ap
pointed:'
Eads Poitevent, Campaign Manag
er, Mandeville, La.
Paul A. Blanchard, Chairman of
Records, Madisonville, La.
E. F. Halley, Allotment Commit
tee, Slidell, La.
J. L. Haller, Chairman of Corres
pondence, Covington, La.
Dr. A. G. Maylie, Advertising Chair
mnan, Covington, La.
E. T. Motloy, Allotment Commit
tee, Madisonville, La.
D. H. Mason, Chairman of Publici
ty Committee, Covington, La.
H. E. Ellis, Chairman of Speakers,
Covington, La.
Supt. Elmer E. Lyon, Chairman of
Junior Membership, Covington, La.
C. A. Everitt. Treasurer, Slidell.
E. G. Davis, Allotment Committee,
Covington, La.
Ward Chairmen.
Ward 1-Theo. Dendinger, Madi
sonville, La.
Ward 2-Wm. Galloway, Galloway
P. O., Lai
Ward 3-E. J. Domergue, Coving
ton, La.
(Continued on page 6. )
REDEEM YOUR W. S. S. PLEDGE.
To Those Who Have Pledged Them
selves To Buy War Saving Stamps:
It has been a physical impossibility
to follow up the pledges which were
secured in that very strenuous cam
paign last summer, when pledges for
more than five hundred thousand
dollars were secured. Many have in
vested in the full amount of stamps
they pledged to buy; many have
bought only a portion of their pledge
or may benone at all. I appeal to
those who have not fulfilled their
pledges to not allow another week to
pass by without redeeming their
pledge. War Savings Stamps will be
sold during 1919, but your pledge
was to buy before the end of Decem
ber, 1918. While money is plentiful
in St. Takhmany, 'I appeal to you to
put aside enough to redeem your
p!e(ge in full. There will be a time
when you will be glad that you in
vested your money in these securi
ties.
Since making these pledges our
boys across the waters have ,played
a heroic part in "trimming up" the
Germans and bringing the war to an
end. This is no reason why the
pledge should not be carried out. It
is all the greater reason why It
should be. Our boys have played
fair and done their part. Now let
us play fair and do ours.
E. G. DAVIS,
Chairman War Savings Committee
MONEY MADE IN
HIGH GRADE
POULTRY
(By C. M. Brown.)
(Written especially for The Farmer)
A short time since I .ontributed
a short paper on Standard Bred Poul
try, which was published exclusively
in The Farmer, and at its conclusion
invited anyone interested, and who
desired poultry information, to write
me care of The Farmer. The other
day I was greatly pleased to receive
a communication from M. C. Bunn,
of Ramsay, La., thanking me for the
article, saying he wished every farm
er in St. Tammany parish would fol
low its advice and breed only the
thoroughbred chicken. Incidentally
he asked my opinion why, that for
thirty-five days, his pure-bred Leg
horns had entirely ceased to lay.
I informed him by letter, as I now
inform all the readers of this journ
al, that all over Louisiana, and in
my judgment all over the South, the
dearth of hen fruit is-painfully in
evidence which is attributable to the
almost insufferable long hot summer
and autumn-that poultry has been
an unusually long time in molting,
taking five months to shed and grow
new feathers back again, whereas,
ninety or less days cover the ora
nary molting season. Even now in
December some chickens have not
their full plumage.
Truly, hens for five or six months,
have been on a strike all over the
State, hence the limited supply of
eggs and in consequence the extreme
ly prevalent high prices.
Poultry culture is not difficult to
assimilate, while it is more or less
scientific, especially if you are to
breed the thoroughbred kind, and
why you should breed, and keep on
breeding, the dung-hill variety is an
enigma unless you d&"'t give a
"tinker's hurrah," just so you have
chickens, and get a few eggs, oc
casionally, for your own cbnsump
tion, and a few dozen to sell to your
grocer during the year.
There is money in standard-ibred
poultry to the farmer, for he can
raise nearly all the feed his flock
IContinued on page 2)
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THE UNITED WAR WORK CAM.
PAIGa.
Chairman E. .1. Domergue an
nounces that Treasurer A. G. Maylie
now has in hand $25,526.75, as fol
lows:
Allot.
Ward Raised ment
One .......... $10,022.50 $3000
Two .......... 12.00 500
Three ........ 3,716.78 3000
Four ......... 1,521.62 1500
Five ......... 239.00 400
Six .......... 1,037.66 1000
Seven ......... Nothing 1000
Eight ........ 188.30 500
Nine ......... 8,031.14 3000
Ten .......... . 80.85 600
$25,526.75 $14000
There is still pledged, and/consid
ered perfectly good, $1500, making
the total amount contributed in St.
Tammany parish $27,026.75.
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COVINGTON BRANCH A. R. C.
The followinpg officers were elected
at the meeting of the Covington
Branch of the Red Cross, last Sat
urday:
Miss Kate Eastman, chairman;
Mrs. Preston Burns, secretary; Mrs.
E. R. Moses, treasurer; H. A. Mackle
and John L. Haller, representatives
of Branch to chapter.
ADVICE TO "FLU"
CONVALESCENTS BY
UNITED STATES
HEALTH BOARD
SPAIN AND ENGLAND'REPORT
INCREASE IN TUBERCULOSIS
AFTER INFLUENZA
EPIDEMIC.
U. S. Public Health Service Warne
Public Against Tuberculosis
One Million Cases Tubercum
losis in United States-Each a
Source of Danger.
Influenza Gonvaleecents Should Have
Lungs Examined-Colds Which Hang
On Often Beginning of Tubercul.sis
No Cause for Alarm if Tuberouloslg
Is Recognized Early-Patent Med..
olnes Not to Be Trusted.
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* Beware tuberculosis aftr In- *
* luenza. No need to worry It *
* you take precautions in time. *
* Don't diagnose your own con- '
* dition. Have your doctor exam- *
* Ine your lungs several times at .
* monthly Intervals. Build up your
* strength with right living, good *
* food and plenty of fresh air.
* Don't waste money on patent
* medicines advertised to cure tu
* berculosls.
* Become a fresh-sir crank and
* enjoy life.
Washington, D. .-(SpedlaL)-Ac
cording to a report made to the Uinlite
States Public Health ervice, the
demic of influenza In Spain has all
ready caused an Increase in the p
lence and deaths from pulmonary
berculosis. A similar assolation b
tween influenza and tuberculosis w4
recently made by Sir Arthur News
holme, the chiet medical omcer of th
English public health service, in
analysis of the tuberculosis death raa
In England.
In order that the people of the Utal1
ed States may profit by the experience
of other countries Surgeon Gener
Rupbrt Blue of the United States P40
lic Health Service has just issued
warning emphasizing the need of sp
lal precautions at the present tema.
"Experience seems to indicate," says
the Surgeon GeneraL "that peron
whose resistance has been weakened_
by an attack of Influenza are peeuli ar
ly susceptible to tuberculosis. With
millions of its people recently aftected;
with Influenza this country now of.
fers conditions favoring the spread o.
tuberculosis."
One Million Coenumptlves In thb
United States I
"Then you consider this a serflo
menace?' was asked. "In my oplnlons
It Is, though I hasten to add It is dls
tinctly one against which the peoplq
can guard. So far as one can estimate
there are at present about one milllole
cases of tuberculosis In the Uniteed
States. There is unfortunately nao
complete census-available to show ezx
actly the number of tuberculosis peur
sons in each state despite the fact thatj
most of the states have made the dlis
ease reportable. In New York clty,,
where reporting has been in force fto
many years, over 85,000 cases of tuc
berculosls are reglsbred with the De
partment of Health. Those faminllai
with the situation believe that the ad-'
dition of unrecognized and unreported
eases would make the number nearer
60,000. The very careful health suo
vey, conducted during the past twl
years in Framingham, Mass., revealed4
200 cases of tuberculosis in a popula-.
tion of approximately 15,000. If thes
proportions hold true for the Unlted
Btates as a whole they would indieat
that about one In every hundred pew
sohabs Is tuberculous. Each of these!
constitutes a source of danger to bek!
guarded against" i
What to Do.
In his statement to the publle Suu,
geon General Blue points out how
those who have had lnfluenm shoulE
protect themselves against tabereclo.
sl. "All who have recovered from in
fuenza," says the Surgeon General
"should have their lune clrefully ex
amined by a competent phdysician. i
fact, it is desirable to have several ex
aminations made a month apart. Suc.
examinations canot be made throu
mthe clothing nor can they be carrled
eout In two or three mlnutes It the
lungs are found to be tfree from tubesl
eulosia every effort should be made ti
keep them so. This can be done "ir
right Uvlng. good food and plenty
fesh air."
Danger 81gns
The Surgeon General wsred espO
eally against certain danger sign-s,
such as "decline" ad "colds whtli
*as agea 5)