St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-11-22

A~A ~ Ses>
march OF progress, and only in 1891
3 will she have An opportunity Of EN-.
> bracing the first tangible PROPOSE.
, ton to secure . well equipped sys-
tenn Of public schools through reve-
nues obtained by the same method
! employed BY her sister States near.
/ ~ half . century ago.
, But there were lotteries charter
ed by the Legislature Of Louisiana
in the early days. and the history
Of some Of them Is peculiar = show
ing the great names associated with
these immoral { y agencies now 90
rabidly condemned by the hypo-
critical Louisiana moralists Of to
day.
/ One Of the first acts Of the Louis
lana Legislature, when the State
was admitted to the Union, was to
establish q lottery for the purpose
OF raising money to found the
university Of Louisiana" the pro-
visions Of this lottery being identi-
cal with those Of similar lotteries
established to assist Harvard and
Columbia Colleges, and the Univer-
sites Of Pennsylvania, Georgia and
North Carolina. The State, how
ever, failed to follow up this lead, !.
and established only one other lot.
terry for educational purposes. In
the year 1928 An act was passed
granting the Covington Academy, :
in St. Tammany parish, the privi-
lege to run . lottery and thus raise
the money necessary to support the
institution. It may not be uninter,
esting to zee who were the trustees
of the lottery-who were the mem
who handled the lottery money, isl
sued the tickets, signed them With.
their own names and gathered in1
the shekels arising from this damna-j
Bile (!) business % roundly de-
nounced by tie moralists OF 1890. 4.
First on the list - one Of the man.
ayers Of this lottery i Hon. Branch.
w. Miller, father Of our distinguish
ed lawyer Hon. Henry C. Miller,
and grandfather Of Judge Fred. d..
King and Mr.. Branch N. King, anil
Of whom are leaders Of the anhl
hosts to-day. The other trustees.
were D. B. Morgan, Jonathan Gill;
more. Moses Moore and Daniel
Edwards. 4
On the gath day Of September, d
1890, an address to the people OIL
the State was issued by the Anti
Lottery Executive Committee oil
Louisiana. Among the members Of
this committee We find the name of
Branch N. King, Of the parish oil
Orleans, grandson Of Hon. Branch
W. Miller, the truetee Of . lottery..I
In this address We are told that al
lottery is obstructive and disas,I
Erous to the whole priceless domain
II good MORALS" We are furtherI
old that the chartering Of . lottery ]
vii "trail the honor Of Louisiana
n the dust. F" There are also to bel h
ound in this document numerousI /
eferences to ''partnership in . q
concern" Similar luridl q
expressions prevail throughout the. 4
ntire address, which. ~ We have q
Dove stated. was signed, among Il
Tiers, BY the grandson Of Hon.
!ranch w. Miller, the trustee Of d
be ''Covington Academy LOTTERY. Q
1t was found necessary - earlv .,
8 1914 to raise funds for the im-.l q
rovement Of Bayou Lafourche. \ {,
he Legislature was petitioned forl Y
charter and the "Lafourche Lott 4
'ry" was the result. Among the y,
lanagers Of this lottery We find d,
len names - the Hon. Henry CT
Aericola Fuselier, Pierre It
egnier and John Wilkinson, than &C
nom no names were more distin- Il
''shed in the early history Of the. le
ate. In 1922 the charter Of the tri
Lafourche Lottery" was renewed 81
lthout q struggle by unanimous vi
'te Ut the Legislature. in which, of n
urse, there was An entire absence fol
the modern troll Of honor" The ex
lstees under the renewed charter BY
re Joseph Nicholas, Narcisse de
'ndry, D. A. Randall, L. C. tel
Outremer and st. ]. De Tour in
Ion. 1se]
In the same year in which the pl,
.afourche Lottery" came into w,
istence, the people Of Rapides IN,
red for charter for the ''Bayou1 70
'uf Lottery" for the purpose oil las
sing . fund to clean, deepen and an.
prove Bayou Boeuf. This char bic
vas also granted by unanimous pla
e. no "roll Of honor being ap-Is ~
'ent, and the following gentlemen sho
. named - manaRers: Levi and
lls, Geo. Mathews, VIM. Miller. tho
nfy Clement and Leonard Conn. one
NJ 1919 the people Of Sc. LANDRY
neighboring parishes obtained bsa
milar charter for tho ssAtchafa-3 nov
} Lottery" with the Sollowinel has
,ageo: ]. n. DeBailloa, T.. mo,
assier. August Louaillier, Wm. dos
lett and James Still. pro
inally. ID '617. tie people Of Of
Iv'lle asked for . special lottery god