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D. Ht. MASON, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1919. • O.4 o
SPEAKERS FUOR
STUBBS FIND IT
VERY COOL IN
ST. TAMMANY
The Great Hall Boomerang
Rang But Did Not
Boom.
SLIDELL COLDER
THAN THE COLD DAY
Only a Reception Is Held At
Folsom; Speaking
Called Off.
The Hall-Wilkinson speaking tou."
of St. Tammany parish tor Stubb,
was a flat failure. At Slidell, Mr.
Liddle says that a count showed
twelve men to be ,present, including
the speakers and four from Coving
ton. The hall was cold, the day wa3
cold, and the reception was cold.
Nobody will doubt where Slidedl
s:ands after this. It is a Parker
town that can not be changed.
At Folsom there was no speaking,
it being decided to simply hold a re
ception. If tea was served it is not
reported.
At Madisonville, Mr. Geo. Wilson
counted those present and reportae.
that there were sixteen men present,
six being on the platform, and seven
ty or seventy-five women and child
ren.
The meeting at the courthouse in
Covington, Wednesday evening, was
more comfortable. The seating as
pacity of the courtroom, including
jury boxes, side seats, judge's and
clerk's seats, is 148. Some chairs
were placed in the aisles in anticipa
tion of the rush. But it didn't hap
pen. There were ninety-two men
and eight or ten women, according
to count made by Mr Planche.
Some did not take seats but remain
ed at the door. Probably one-third
of those present were Parker men.
Harry Bourgeois, Eddy Smith, W. R.
Smith, Geo. Smith, John David, Zacn
Sharp, Jr., and Mr. Thibodeaux came
up from Mandeville to attend the
meeting.
Governor Hall and Mr. Jas. Wil
kinson spoke and both were listened
to without interruption. 'Phere was
some applause, coming pretty much
from the same source all the time.
but the meeting did not have the
vim of success.
Goveronr Hall's talk wasilong the
usual line of Parker democracy and
Parker changeableness. The refrain
of the song that has become as stale
and tiresome as the Pleasant-Do&k
Board incident, and Mr. Wilkinscn
gave nothing that could move the
confidence the people have in Parker.
But Governor Hall said one thing
that made the people proud of Mr.
Parker. He said that Mr. Parker
had elected him, made him governo,
of Louisiana, taken him up to Baton
Rouge and then dropped him, in
ferring that if he had notedropped
him he might have made his adminis
tration a success. We have heard
some comment on the street to the
effect that if Mr. Parker could have
made Governor Hall's administration
a success, then he's the man for the
job now, because what we want is a
successful government.
PAY YOUR POLL TAX.
If you want to vote for Sta e,
Parish and Ward Officers on Janu
ary 20th, you must pay your 1911
poll tax on or begore the 31st of
this month. There are only a fe':
days left.
PAY IT NOW.
PROCEEDINGS OF DISTUICT
COURT.
'Following are the proceedings of
the session of District Court held in
Covington last week:
Stanley A. Harry vs. Louis G'azano.
Judgment by default.
Wm, E. Smith vs, Isa Cambre
Smith. Judgment by default.
Orleans Mfg, Co., vs. J. E. Stanga
Judgment in favor of plaintiff.
State vs. Mrs. C. Moret. Accused
plead guilty to assault and battery.
Swift & Co. vs. A. B. Stanga
Judgment for defendant dismissing
plaintiff's suit.
Joseph Eugene et als vy. Chas. A.
Voorbies. Judgment for plaintiffs
Lucille Cousin Rey et ala vs. Fran
cis Carrere et als. Excertion of no
cause of act:on sustained and case
dismis ed at plaintiffs' costs.
Abita Spring Co., Inc., vs. Heirs
of O.car Loubat. Case tried and
submitted.
Mrs. V. B. Latapie vs. E. H. BaJ
do' et als. Tried and submitted.
S. W. t'rovenasl vs. Mrs. Margare'
Keyser. C'ase tried and submitted.
N. O. G. N. vs. S. 'I'. Aicus & Co
Case concluded and submitted.
State vs. R. B. Dantzler. Verdict
of not guilty of failure to dip.
'State vs. Theo. Dendinger, Jr
Verdict of guilty of failure to dip.
State vs. G. R. Stricklin. Verdict
of gui'ty of failure to dip.
J. D. and G. H. Stockstill vs. J':.
N. Crandall et als. Judgment in
favor of defendant, dismissing plain
tiffs' suit at their costs.
RED CROSS MATTIRS.
The following names were ina,i
vertently omitted from the list of 3"
Beers elected last week: Vice chii'.
man, \V. J. Kelleher; .,cretary, L. A
.erreand; treasurer, W E. Morriss.
THOMAS SAVES
PARISH FROM
EXPENSE OF
PRIMARY
Withdraws His Candidacy)
For Unexpired Term
of Assessor.
BELIEVES SLIDELL
SHOULD HAVE IT
Already Signally Honored
and Endorses Geo. B.
Harrison, Slidell.
Mr. Warren Thomas has with
drawn his candidacy for assessor for
the unexpired term of Mr. Crawford,
deceased. The action of Mr. Thom
as is highly commendable and will
be fully appreciated by the people of
St. Tammany parish. Besides the
saving of money to the parish, the
point he makes relative to represen
tation for Slidell is~an important one.
The time has come when the whole
parish should be solidly united in ell
deavor for its upbuilding. There
should be no feeling, political cr
otherwise, to stand in the way of
thorough co-operation and unity rf
all the towns in the parish in this
movement. Slidell is an important
factor. It has among its citizens
men of forcefulness and aggressive
ness and ability. With all hands
united much can be accomplished.
Mr. Harrison has the confidence of
all who know him and will fill the
office of assessor with credit to the
parish. Having no opposition he be
comes the assessor for the unexpired
term.
Mr. Thomas addressed the follo w
ng -letter to the Parish Executive
Committee at its meeting yesterday,
and the proceedings of this meeting
will be published in The Farmer as
soon as they are available:
Covington, La., Dec. 19, 1919.
To the Chairmen and Members of
the Democratic Parish Executive
Committee, Covington, La.
Gentlemen:-I realize that the
eomin& Democratic primary to elect
an Assessor to serve out the re
mainder of m+y lamented friend's
(Alonzr D. Crawford) term will cost
this parish hundreds if not thousands
of dollars. The electorate will be
inconvenienced by having to leave
their business to go to the polls to
vote. The only two gentlemen :o
quallhy as candidate are .Mr..'George
B. Harrison, of Slidell, and myself.
I have already been signally' honor
ed by the people of this parish. Sli
dell i entitled to recognition and
representation, and after mature
consideration I have decided to withi
draw my name as a candidate for the
demccractic nomination of Assessor
for the term expiring December 30,
1920, and I will loyally co-operat3
4nd assist Mr. Harrison at Assessor
in the performance of the duties of
his offite in every way in my pow.er.
Very respectfully,
WARREN THOMAS.,
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k CHRISTMAS WALK
In aitvery softness the anthem closed
Like a slowly silenced bell;
The sacred calm of a peace divine
Like a benediction fell;
And out on the morning light that spread
A glimmer of amber gray,
I walked with Margery home from church
On an old, old Christmas Day.
A bland, mild day-for the rugged month
Had chosen a kindly mood,
Like a wonderful mellow aftermath
From the Autumn's plenitude.
With scarcely a tang of wholesome cold
Did the Winter's breeses blow,
As Margery walked from church with mo
On a Christmas long ago.
The earnest words that had touched our
hearts
The warnings, kindly and wise
gad left a shadow of tenderness
In Margery's violet eyes;
The merry, hoydenish maid I'd known
For a twelvemonth's flying space,
Had taken on that old Christmas Da,
A new and womanly grace.
As through the tremulous opal clouds
That shifted and swayed apart,
A sun ray lighted the rosy face,
The wish was born in my heart
That down the trail of the unspent year.
Whatever their trend might be,
The soft-eyed maiden beside me then,
Might walk to the end with me.
Absently watching the velvet flakes
By the white gale set a-wing,
I breathe the spirit of other years
While the bells of Yuletide ring;
And near me, smiling with happy eyes
At our children's romping play,
Is the girl who walited frdrn church with
me
On that old, sweet Christmas Day.
-Hirriet Whitney Durbin, In People's
Home Journal.
LESSON OF CHRISTMAS DAY
Example of Christ Shbuld Inspire Un-.
selfishness and Make Us Try to
Remedy Faults.
Christmas should inspire a world of
ansellshness. The example-before us
is almost too perfect, for it rather
frightens us to attempt such divine
heights of self-abnegatel,; bet we can
try. It will at least tae utrom the
depths of selfishness, where*oiost of us
now are. Each Christmas day should
AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE AMERICAN RED
CROSS; SCENES IN SERBIA AND HEALTH NURSING
1 d.
In the midst of its multifarious war duties the American Red Cross did
not neglect its obligations to the civillah population at home. Throughout
the conflict it maintained its Bureau of Public Health Nursing, instruction in
first aid, home nursing and sanitation, and disaster relief. Particularly in
their work for the babies was effort by public health nurses important. The
accompanying photograph shows a Red Cross public health nurse instructing
a mother in the proper preparation of the baby's diet.
PARKER WINS
ALL DOWN
THE LINE
New Orleans, Dec. 13 -Parker
headquarters are in receipt of the
following telegrams:
From Iake Charles.
"The reception which John M.
Parker received here before 2,00)
people is Lake Charles' answers to
ludicrous claims of ring newspapers.
Harry Fitzpatrick provoked a dem
onstration lasting several minutes
when he said: 'I understood Judge
Hall came out here and read you a
very short story in several long chap
ters.' Everything all over south
west Louisiana points to a Parker
landslide.
"J. A. WILLIAMS. "
From Many, Sabine Parish.
"A large Parker meeting was held
here Wednesday night and was ad
dressed by H. P. Long and B. W.
Marston. Sabine parish is safe, wi'h
a landslide for Parker. Aswell spoke
'here during the day to fifty peaople,
only eight Stubbs men being pres
ent."
A letter received at Parker head
quarters from J. L. Anderson, of
Lincoln parish, shows clearly the
drift toward Parker in North Louisi
ana. 'Mr. Anderson writes:
"Parker will carry North Louis'
ana without a doubt. I will tell
you what happened at Old Downa
ville. We had an all-day lodge
meeting and at dinner some one re
marked that there was but one
Stubbs man present and he was
afraid to let it be known. That was
Alvin McCoy., But we found that
Dave Rouch was for Stubbs also, so
that made two for Stubbs out of
thirty of us. How is that?
"At my old voting place (Hop*
well) there is only one Stubbs man
(Bill Ethridge) to vote there out af
135 votes. These are facts."
Former Governor L. E. Hall, who
is stumping the State in support of
Col. Stubbs, the machine candidate
for governor, met a chilly reception
at Slidell, Tuesday night, according
to advices received at Parker head
quarters. In fact, a message from
Slidell states, the reception was even
more frigid than the weather.
The Stubbs meeting at Slidell had
been extensively advertised, and
when Judge Hall, accompanied Dy
Messrs. Heintz and Babington, arriv
ed, they found an audience of exact
ly nine'een persons, two of whom
were from Covington, while ten of
those in the small crowd were for
Parker.
A letter from Folsom to Parkar
headquarters says that when Judge
Hall reached that place on his itine:
ary he found no crowd and he did
not attempt to speak. The Folsom
meeting was therefore abandoned.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Peoples Building &
Loan Assoc:ation will be held at th,.
office of said Association in the town
of Covington, La., the first Tuesday
in January, 1920, for the purpose of
electiong a Board of Directors for
the ensuing year.
HENRY I. SMITH,
President.
teach us somethinir of the lesson of
the Holy Child's life.
If we could learn from Christmas.
today and in the succeeding years the
serious lessons of self-betterment and
ennoblement it has to offer, how In
finitely better it would be than just
to look on It as a holiday for gifts and
feasts, for extravagance and foolish
ness.
So take an hour or two off on
Christmas (lay and give it up to retro
spective and self-inspection. You will
each find faults, if you judge yourself
impartially, for no one is perfect. Then
make a serious determination to try
to overcome those faults, for only try
ing to improve is there any growth in
character. If you are satisfied with
yourself you stay just as you are with
all your faults and virtues. But if
you try hard to remedy the faults your
character is constantly growing broad
er. This is the lesson which Chrit
mas dav has for each of x@U.
ASSOCIATION OF
COMMERCE IN
GOODWORK
The Covington Association of Com
merce invited, met and escorted
Major Dent and an assistant en
gineer, both from the U. 3. District
Engineer's office, New Org;ans, tak
ing them in a gasoline launch down
the Bogue Falaya, Tchefuncta and
over the lake to Mandeville. Sound
ings were taken which proved to the
engineers the need of dredging our
rivers to accommodate the amount
of traffic which the Association's rep
resentatives assured these gentle
men would follow the deepening
of these streams. When the water
is high, freight tonnage by water to
Covington exceeds that by rail.
Mr. M. C. Huckaby, chairman of
the Transportation Bureau, and Mr'.
Karl Treen, secretary, made the trip
with these engineers, who explained
that their only dredge in the vicinity
was temporarilj _. .ej )rder, and
that Whrile they 'has asked-for an ap
propriation sufficient to hire the
dredging of these streams, it wouli
not be available before June. Al
though we were assured of work be
ginning as soon as the dredge is re
modeled and not later than June, the
Association believes that another
plan can be used to get this work
done earlier. It will try.
The Association invites merchants,
wood shippers, farmers o- any one
who has freight or express receipts
on hand, or a collection of them,
even for several years hack, to bring I
them to the Association's office. Th.y
will be sent to an auditing concern i
which will reclaim any over-charge
that might have been made. The
collectors charge one-third of the
amount recovered for their service, I
and the Association will turn over to
the patrons the other two-thirds re- I
covered. It is a proven fact that I
the charges on freight and express
amounts to a considerable item in
the course of a year with a person i
or concern that does much shipping
or receiving of freight.
On December 18th a conference
was held in Alexandria with dele
gates from organizations interestel I
in good roads in the different part-: I
of the state. This section had not I
been invited' until the local Associa
tion of Commerce called this to the
a:tention of the leaders in this move- I
ment, whereupon we were invited to
send a delegate representing the S!i- I
dell Civic and Progressive League, i
the Covington Association of Comn
merce and the Parish Good Roads
Commission and our link of the I
National Mississippi Valley High
way. Mr. Huckaby was chosen.
This meeting is to formulate some I
measures to be enacted by the next
Legislature, which will no doubt be I
governed largely by these recommen
dations, therefore the Association in I
session Tuesday decided that it was i
of enough importance to justify the
expense of a delegate, which expense 1
is being shared equally by the Sli- 1
dell League. I
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CHRISTMAS EXERCISES. I
The Presbyterian Sunday School
will have its annual Christmas ex
ercise: Monday night, Dec. 22, at
7:30 o'clock. These exercises have
become quite a feature of the school,
at wh:ch an attractive program is al
ways rendered. Aside from hearing
good music those present will have
an opportunity to give something fi":
use of the poor children. Come and
br ng your gifts with you
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE.
The Covington Association of Com
merce 's looking for a better market
for sugar cane syrup, sweet potatoe3
and pecan,, and will probably hav:
something interesting to tell thr
farmers who have any of these pr.,
ducts for sa:e within the next weeT.
We would assemble small lots into
l-d shi·pments for cash before
delivery.
FOR SALE-On Monday, Decem- i
-- 2. 1919. one early model 1913 .
Buick car. 'ovington Garage. (
Another large eagle has been kill- '1
ed by W. G. Galloway and 's now on
exh.bit.on at Smith & Lambert's.
Possibly the most important Red Cross work in Siberia, and one which
most demands the continuance of operations there, is the campaign against
typhus. Over a stretch of 4,000 miles the American Red Cross has fought
the scourge. Here Is seen "The Great White Train," an anti-typhus in
stitution which, with its crew of doctors and nurses and cargoes of dni..s,
food and cleansing apparatus, has saved the lives of thousands.
CONTINUATION
POLICE JURY
DEC. 9TH
Following are minutes of police
jury as continued over from last
week:
Statement of Parish Treasurey for
the month of November, 1919:
General Fund.
Bal. on ahnd Nov. 1.. 63.44
From sheriff Nov. 6... 433.96
Loan from Cov. Bank. 2810.00
Total to account ..... 3307.40
Disbursed, Nov. ...... 2456.43
BHal., Dec. 1 ......... 850.95
Amount in *bank ..... 1112.55
Checks outstanding .. 261.6)
Balance as above .... 850.95
Criminal Fund.
Bal. on hand Nov. 1.. 101.95
From sheriff Nov. 6 .. 163.13
Loan from Cov. Bank. 600.0'
Total to account .... 865.11
Disbursements ....... 474.68
Bal. Dec. 1, 1919 ..... 390.43
Amount in bank ..... 407.1;
Checks outstanding ... 17.3;
Balanice as above ..... . 390.43
Road Fund.
Bal. on hand Nov. 1... 103.74
From Sheriff Nov. 6... 331.3E
Loan from Cov. Bank .. 2939:40
Total to account for... 3375.~6
Disbursements for Nov. 466.:0
Bal. Dec. 1, 1919 .... 2908.60
Amount in bank ..... 3171.13
Checks 'outstanding .. 262.83
Balance as above ..... 2908,6 )
Clerk of Court
Nov. 1. (overdraft) ... 563.43
Deputy clerk ....... . 601 IF.
Total to account for .. 38.32
Disbursements for Nov. 9.30
Balance Dec. 1 ....... 29.82
Amount in bank ...... 29.x2
Sheriff's Fund
Nov. 1, overdraft .... 423.2'
Deputy clerk ........ 475.75
Loan from Cov. Bank. 1000.'))
Total to account for .. 1052.48
Disbursements for No;. 713.t;,
Balance Dec. 1 ....... 338.5?
Amount in bank ..... 1026.1')
Checks outstanding ... 687.58
Balance as above ..... 338.5.
Special Road Boad.
Bal ance nIov. 1 ..... 2001.8:
T. E. Brewster ...... 174.66
Total to account ...... 2176.47
Dist. No. 1 Road Bonds
Balance Nov. 1 ...... 10648.85
Recd. Good Road Com. 8604.2J)
Total to account ..... 19253.05
Disbursements for Nov. 19250.00
Balance Dec. 1 ...... 3.05
Dipping Vat Fund.
Balance Dec. 1 ...... 50.1)0
GEO. KOEEP, JR.,
Parish Treasurer.
Moved, seconded and carried that
the treasurer's report be accepted.
Statemetn of T. E. Brewster, tax
collector, for the month of Novem
ber, 1919:
Parish Tax
Criminal fund ....... .03
Road fund .......... .08
School fund ......... .16
General fund ........ .09
School tax, ward 4 ... .17
"pecial road tax ...... - .14
Poll tax ............ 138.70
Per capita tax ....... 16.10
State license ........ 83.13
State license interest ., 6.f:!
Parish license ....... 7.1
Conservation license .. 54.46
State hunting license.. 324.9"
Trapping license ..... ' 81.70
Costs, fees, etc., ..... . 207.7?
F:nes ............... 13.50
Witness costs ........ 8.3J')
Clerk of court costs... 7.50
Dis*rict attorney ..... 15.09i
Sheriff's costs ........ 22.30
Commissions ......... 39.A1
Total ain't. collected... 1026.17
Amount available to each fund:
Criminal ............ 2.3.07
GOOD ROADS
COMMISSION
NEWS
'In view of the fact that the Com
mission has all surveys, plans, etc.,
in readiness for the inspection of the
federal engineer, and are only wait
ing for him to come and look over
the work, they are planning to take
advantage of the time which might
otherwise be lost and advertise the
work on some other road, which un
der the federal aid rulings woui:l
not be eligible" to draw federal aid.
This is believed to be expedient for
it is very improbable that federal
aid can be had on all roads in this
parish, and for that reason there
would not be anything gained in de
laying the work on these roads where
it could now be taken up at any time.
Contractors Houlton & Johnston
have move'1 onto their job, the Turn
pike Road, and have taken up the
clearing of the right of way prepare.a
tory to grading.
Road, regular ........ 16.23
Scohol .............. 152.53
General .............. 7.2i
Road, special ....... ... . ..14
Sheriff's salary ....... 249.04
State ........,...... .65510$ 1
Clerk of Court ..... .. 5.0
$1026. i
I, T. E. Brewster, tax collector for
the Parish of St. Tammany, La., d)
solemnly swear that the above is a
correct statement of all taxes, etc.,
collected by me for the above men
tioned funds, from the 1st day of j
November, 1919, to the 3Cth day ,f
November, 1919, inclusive
T. E. BREWSTER,
Tax Collector.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 3d day of December, 1919.
GUY A. SMITH,
Dy. Clerk of Court.
Move, seconded and carried that
the sheriff's report be accepted.
We, the finance committee, have
examined bills of the road fund t0
the amount of. $648.70; criminal
fund, $183.21; dipping vat fund,
$148.00; general fund, $280.38, an'l
ordered same paid.
E. J. DOMERGUE,
J. M. SMITH,
Finance Committee:
The finance committee's report
was accepted as read.
Following is the list of bills order
ed paid:
Road Fund. e
Salmen Brick & Lumber Company,
bridge in 9th ward, $34.00.
J. M. Cooper, work on Abita roac
and bridge, $10:00.
Ed. Sharp, repairing the Goodbeo3
bridge, $5.50. e
Southern Creosoting Co., lumbe-.
9th ward, $6.40.
Neuhauser Bros., nails, bridge !r'
9th ward, 30 cents.
Alexius Bros., 10 loads bats, Abita
bridge and road, $12.50.
Work on 9th ward bridge, $510.
J. M. Cooper, work road at Abita
bridge, $10.00.
Bonfouca Read, 9th ward:
Charley Faciane, 8 days $24.00.
Victor Galatas, 10 days. $35.00.
Oliver Galatas, 9 days, $27.00.
Henry Faciane, 9 days, $27.00.
Charley Faciane, Jr., 9 days, $27.
Fernand Pechon, 8 1-2 days $25.5t
Mercel Facine, .9 days, $27.00.
Victor Galatas, Jr., 8 days, $24.00.
Draw Bridge, 9th ward:
J.-M. Currie, 20 days, $130.00.
J. A. Currie, 20 days, $80.00.
H. A. Lanier, 10 days. $40.00.
G. A. Goubler, 20 days, $80.00.
F. Roach, 16 days, $64 00.
B. Blanchard, 5 days, $20.00.
Sam Currie, 20 days, $80.00.
Tom Lawler, 4 days, $16.00.
Southern Creosoting Co., $48.93.
Gulf Coast Transportation Com
pany, $31.46.
Bonfouca Road, 9th ward:
Victor Galatas, 7 1-2 days, $26.25.
Chas Facaine, 6 1-2 days, $19.50.
Oliver G·alatas, 6 days, $18.00.
Henry Faciane, 6 days, $18.00.
Chas. Ficiane, Jr., 4 days, $12.00.
Victor Galatas, Jr., t days, $18.00.I c
M. Faciane, 4 day3, 112.00.
Feirnand Pechon, 4 davy, $12.00.
Dipping Vats. -
Paul Laborde, filling Laborde val c
twice, $5.00.
Sehoen & Molloy, Laborde vat, $1. a
NAME CHANGED
TO PROGRESSIVE
LEAGUE, AVOIDS
MAIL TROUBLE
This Occurred at a Meeting
of the Executive Board
Thursday Afternoon
BIG MEN ACTIVE
IN ORGANIZATION
One of First Moves To Be
Appointment of High
Class Demonstrator.
At a meeting of the Executive
Board of the St. Tammany Parish
Association of Commerce held at
Covington, Thursday, called by Se:
retary W. E. Morriss, the name was
changed to the "St. Tammany Parish
Progressive League." The reasoni
for this is that the Covington Asso
ciation of Commerce has been estab
lished for some time and has become
an organization with quite extensive
business and correspondence. The
two names being so morch alik.
would cause mistakes in the addreas
ing of mail that mignt be. addressed
to simply the Association of Com
merce by people who were not aware
of the fact that the two associations
were in existence. This would cause
a delay, frequently in matters that
needed prompt attention.
The new St. Tammany Progressive
League is awakening great interest.
Having big men and big interests
behind it, it can not Fail to accom
prish much for the pBsih. All who
have been approach.e.On the sub
ject are heartily in accord with it.
One thing that the I~.agie will
take up immediately is the a point
ment of a farm demonstrator who is
thoroughly capable of doing work
for the farmers that will bring re
sults. The League wants a manx
that is worth and will be a. good in
vestment at even $300 a month. It
will see that the money to pay his
salary, in excess of what the law re
quires of the Police Jury, is raised.
There were present at the meeting
of the Executive Board.: F. Simed i
E. G. Davis, E. J. Domergue, Wia
Houlton, C. A. Everitt and W. E.
Morriss.
Robt. Badon, hauling "solutiop to
vat, $1.00.
Albert Rayford, fllintg vat, four
then times, $35.00.
'Mrs. Chas. Bradley, filling vat four
times, $10.00.
John Willey, lost cow, $24.00.
B. M. Bryant, lost cow, $24.00.
Losa Rogers, lost cow, $24.00.
Joe Mangura, lost cow. $24.00.
General Fund.
St. Tammany Farmer, publishing
proceedings, etc., $23.95.
Geo. Dutsch, auto for Geo. Koepp,
$1.50.
State Traffic Relief Association,
$150.00.
Emile Aubert, vital statistics, 25c.
Miss Jean Dubarry, same, 50c.
Mrs. Vivian Bennett, same, $1.00.
Norvil Bush, same,. $3.00.
'Paul Verger, same, $2.00.
A. G. Maylie, same, $2.'10.
Thos. Galloway, same, $5.50.
R. B. Paine, same, $2.50.
Miss Hattie Cook, same, 75c.
J. H. Willis, same, $7.25.
Cum. Tel. Co., service, $6.75.
Fauria Bros., trips to Geo. Koepp,
$5.00.
St. Tammany Ice & Light Co., ser
vice, $20.95.
F. J. Martindale, stamps, etc., fot
November, $2.03.
Schumert & Warfleld, $16.20.
E. J. Frederick, acknowledgments,
etc., $19.75.
Kate Abel, vital stattstl.s, $9.00.
Criminal FIund.
T. E. Brewster, feeding prisoners,
Novembre, $40.50.
T. E. Brewster, conveying prison
ers, etc., $60.11.
(Continued on nage 6)
NEEDLESS PRECAUTION.
Hubby-It's all rot and nonsense to
try to make children believe there's
such a character as Santa Claus. They
ought to be taught better.
Wifey--Our children don't need to
be taught better. They know there's
no Santa Claus in this house.
'Monroe Briggs, colored, was run
over and killed on the tracks of the
N. O. G. N., a short dis'ance from
MIandeville, on the trestle, By No. 24,
Engineer Crook in charge. The ac
cident was unavoidable by the ea
gineer. Briggs was slightly deal
and must have not heard the whistle.