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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06

OVl9 xVVOs UCxOA0 VPC0AAS AVA OO0A~
ness ON December 90. 1905.
RESOLRCE
Demand loans -. s5l, 1873 63
Other loans and discounts. 1879 So
Oyerdrafts secured $50 30
Overdrafts unsecured. 80 20
Overdrafts d ue by Direc-
+ ors Oi the Bank. ...... 80 81
Banking house, furniture
aud f1x: ureS. ............ 7,l97 63
Due from banks and bank
ers. 1865. "a
Checks aud other cash
items. .................. u Of
Gold coin !. ..|............. 1870 o.
silver, nickel and COPPER
coin. 2.417 81
National bank notes and
all issues U. S. Govt. 2.o96 90
Total. ...,.... ....... &l02, 6lS 63
LIABILITIES:
Capital stock paid in -. 10000 90
Undivided profits, less ex-
penses ana taxes paid. 947 60
Due to other banks and
bankers. ............ lib O6
Individual deposits bear.
ing interest. -. ss2 So
Individual deposits not
bearing interest ..... 60,292 So
Certificates OF deposit bear
ing interest. 80. ,... $50 So
Bills payable. ........... 10000 90
Total ......,... -. &lo2, 6l5 So
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of ST. TanlmanY.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
Parish of st. Tammany. !
Covington, La, Jan. 3, 1906.
&c. z. Williams, President, and I, Jos.
Delery, Cashier of the above named
Bank and Trust Co., do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true, to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
CT. WILLIAMS, President.
JOS. DELERY, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 5rd day Of January, 1906.
H. X. WARREN, Clerk Of Court.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06
Succession of John A. Todd.

i.ouisiana, in and for the Parish Of
St. Yammany.
Notice is hereby given TO the creditors
of this estate, and to all other persons
herein interested, to show cause, with.
in Zen days from the present notification,
II any they have or can, why the flnal
account presented by Martha E. Gaines
Dat;ve Testamentary Executrix OF this
estate, should not be- approved and
and the funds distributed
in accordance there with.
BY order Of the Court this 18th day
OF December, 1905.
H. r. WARREN,
de23-2t Clerk of Court.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06

Offers safe, quick and convent,
ant service to the travelling public.
Schedule.
Effective November s. 1905.
Daily u
No. 10, Leave New Orleans 1850 p. n.
Arrive in Covington $50 !"
No 0, Leave Covington 8:40A.r.
Arrive New Orleans $50 -
No. 6, Leave New Orleans $3.50 /.
Arrive in Coyington $3.50 6
. Folsom $3.50 q
NO 0. Leave 9 1881 ?. N.
:. Covington 1891
Arrive in New Orleans 1850 ~
SUNDAY EXCURSION.
No II, Leave New Orleans, 7:40A.x
Arrive Covington 1856 !.
Arrive In New Orleans 7:2O g
No II, Leave Covington 500 r. Nj
NOTICE,-The attention Of the
public IL hereby called to the
conditions under which the new form
q thirty and ten trip tickets are sold.
These tickets WILDE honored for passage
only when in the hands Of the original
purchaser who signs the contract and
members q his immediate family,
whose names appear on the ticket. II
presented by auy other than those
whose names appear on the ticket, the
same will not be honored for passage
ana full fare collected from holder. I'M
DER no circumstances will the limit Of
ten-trip and thirty-trip be extended be.
yend the limit punched ON these forms
Of tickets. 3
=
NOTICE is hereby given to
the public that conductors will hcfe-
after enforce the instruction to coll
iect train rate (four cents per milel
Of passengers boarding trains st
ticket stations without tickets.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06
Succession Of Mary E. Evans.
Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court of
Louisiana, in and for the Parish of
st. Tammany.

Whereas, A. A. Parker has petit
toned the Court for letters Of admins
tration on the estate OF the late Mary
E. Evans, deceased
Notice is hereby given to all concern.
ed to show cause, If any they have or
can, within seven days from the first
publication of this notice, why the
prayer Of said petitioner should not be
granted.
de23 ct. II. r. WARREN, Clerk.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06

Succession of e. B. Thomas and Elmira
Carpenter.
Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court Of
Louisiana, In and for tie Parish OF
st. Tammany.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06
ST TAMMANY BANKING
COMPANY AND Saw
INGS BANK
Located at Coyington, Louisiana, Parish
of st Tammany.

Report furnished to the state Examiner
of State Banks by the above Bank
for the quarter ending in Decem-
Der, 1905. before opening for busi-
ness on Decamher 23. 1905,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF
- ST. TAMMANY PARISH
Office telephone z4-2
Residence phone 24-3

Entered in the PostofIlce at CovinRton
La, as second class matter
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06
One Dollar 8 Year.
- Terms, CASH INdDTANCE.
WEATHER REPORT.

G. CHAMPAGNE. Observer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06
School Board.
Police Jury

: The Police Jury will met in
regular session on
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06
New Orleans Great
Northern Railroad.

HEADQUARTERS, cov1NaToN, LA
Offers safe, quick and conveni,
ant service to the travelling public.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-06

rewpty- Sixth Judicial District Couri
OF Louisiana, in and for the Parish Of
st. Tammany
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-07-25
May Live 100 Years.

The chances for living a full
century are excellent in the case
of Mrs. Jennie Duncan, of Hayne-
vile, Me-, now 70 years old. She
writes: "Electric Bitters cured
me Of Chronic Dyspepsia of 20
years standing, and made me feel
as we'll and strong as a young
girl" Electric Bitters cure all
Stomach and Liver diseases, dis
orders of the Blood, General De-
bility and bodily weakness. Sold
on a guarantee at all druggists.
Price only Soc.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-07-25
ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
Railroad Wreck at New London. Flames
Destroy Valuable Barn.
Stanly h' .rprise, July 10th.

Stanly f'.. .rprise, July 10TH
A head-on collision occurred at
New London Tuesday afternoon
about 4 o'clock between two ex-
tra freight trains. The south
bound train from Salisbury began
shifting on the yards at New Lon
don, and ran too far down the
line, it Is SAID, without orders.
The extra from Whitney ran into
it. Both engines we're badly
damaged and one or two box cars
badly smashed. Engineer Sig
man had one leg broken and was
somewhat seriously injured from
the jump he made when he saw
that the clash was imminent.
The northbound passenger from
here was delayed some two hours.
Norwood will entertain next
week the annual conference of the
Methodist church, for this, the
Salisbury district, beginning on
Thursday. In Rev. Mr.. Stanford
Norwood has not only one Of the
most promising young men of the
conference, but man who has
fallen naturally into the work,
and whose labors are crowned
with results that come not wholly
from the experience of years. The
conference will be we'll attended
and our neighbor can be counted
upon to entertain all who attend
with the greatest of ease : ID in
the best way.
The Parker-Little Furniture
Company has been fully incor-
porated and the following officers
elected: M. F. Little, president;
M. Boyer, vice president; W. F.
Snuggs, secretary and treasurer;
A. G. Parker, general manager.
These, with T. S. Parker, COM
pose the directors. A contract
has been closed with L. A. Moo
dy for a brick building 5Ox75 feet,
to be completed by December 1st.
The firm is strong one and will
be quite all addition to the busi-
ness of the place.
DR.. V. A. Whit]ey's splendid
barn burned last Thursday even
ing, He had stored away in it a
lot of newly bundled oats, and
the compressed heat is supposed
to have caused spontaneous COM
bustion. Considerable feed and
roughage was lost, aggregating
some $500.
A. F. Honeycutt, of Bridgeport,
who was here with his two little
sons on Tuesday, says that corn
is looking as fine as he has ever
seen it at this time of year, and
crops generally IN his section are
exceedingly promising, consider
ing the many draw backs.
Cleon 'Mabry and Miss Belle
Grafton were married last evening
at the residence of the BRIDES
parents, Rev. R. D. Sheriff. per-
forming the ceremony.
We are informed that the Re.
publican convention for the noml-
nation of county and legisla-
tive ticket, will be held on or
abOnt August 18th,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-07-25
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles

Itching, blind, bleeding, protrud-
ing piles. Druggists are authorized
to refund money if PAzo OINTMENT
fails to cure in 6 to IA days. SOC.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-07-25

It has caused more laughs and
dried more tears, wiped away
diseases and driven away more
fears than any other medicine IN
the world. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or
Tablets. IT. W. Grimes Drug Co.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-07-25
STATeSVILLE AND 4REDELL COUNTY.
AFiBs Yield Of Wheat. Sunday School.
Convention to be Held.

Statesvi'la Landmark, July 18th.
Enm~tt, the 4-year-old' son OF
Luther Kimball, Led ut the home
of his father in the western part
of town, Sunday afternoon at ;
o'clock, of meningitis.
Deputy Sheriff J. M. Deaton,
brought Fred Taylor, colored,
here. yesterday morning and plac-
ed him in jail. Fred landed in
Mooresville from Barber, and Mr.
D5aton thought that he might be
connected with the murder near
there. The prisoner had pistol
Oh his person and was held for
carrying concealed weapons.
Statesville firemen report that
it was generally admitted that
Statesville had the finest pair of
horses at the fremens' tourna-
ment at Asheville last week. A
gentleman offered $500 for the
pair and when Chief of Police
Conner, simply to get rid Of him,
told him the horses were II years
old, he said it made no differ
ence; be wanted to buy them for
$500 on the spot.
E. A. Cooper, of Hickory, was
brought to Longs sanatorium
Friday evening for examination,
and returned to his home yester-
day morning.
J. J. Brawley (known to his
friends as ''Demps, of Shiloh
township, who is a mighty good
farmer, reports the best yield of
wheat yet. On two acres he made
80 bushels, 40 bushels to the acre.
On another field of five acres he
made an even 100 bushels, a rate
of 20 bushels per acre.
The annual fa-sol-la singingat
Providence church, Scotch Irish
township, Rowan county, will be
on Saturday before the first Sun
day in August Singing will be-
gin at 9:30 a. m. Everybody in
vited to come and bring their
books and baskets. The Young
people are asked to bring their
books and sing a lesson.
Messrs. R. B. Mclaughlin, J.
G. Steele, T. D. Miller and Judge
D. M. Furches, left yesterday for
Washington, where today they
will present to the Secretary OF
the Treasury, Statesville's claims
as a site for the location of the
internal revenue office.
The annual Sunday School pic
mic will be held at Fifth Creek
Presbyterian church on the last
Saturday in the month, the 28th.
The public is invited and visitors
ale asked to take contributions
for the dinner table.
Sentiment along the line of the
proposed statesville Air Line road
is increasing in favor of the road,
and the promoters receive encour-
agement nearly every day.
statesyilIe Landmark July goth.
DR., Geo. W. Long, who is in
hospital in Salisbury recovering
from an attack of appendicitis,
suffered a relapse few days ago
and his friends were quite un-
easy about him. He has since
improved, however, and his con-
dltion is now considered better
than at any time since his ILL
ness. Judge Long spent Wednes-
day in Salisbury with his brother,
Mrs. J. D. Frlx has returned
from Morganton, where she visit
ed her parents, Rev. and Mrs.
J. N. Payne. Mr.. Erik, who has
been in Asheville, has also return
ed home. G.. W. Erik, of Sails
bury, and his sister, Miss Mary
Frix, arrived here yesterday to
visit J. B Erik, their brother.
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-07-25

fore, went to the spring where
Mary and Jacks wife were, Jack g
wife said if mamma had said
three more words she would have
downed her,
Henry Mayhem, the IL year
old grandson of Nease Gillespie,
then told his story of the crime.
His tale is straight one and it
bears the marks of truth. He
said: Grandpa left home about
II o'clock the night of the kill
ing and brother John was with
him. Uncle Henry and Jack met
grandpa and John at the branch
toward Mr.. Lyerly's. Pa and
John said this after they came
back. No one was at our house
before they left except ma and
them. Ma asked pa whore he
was going and he told her it was
none of her business, that she
would know when he came back.
Pa said when he and John came
back when ma asked where they
had been, "* X we have been to
old Ike's and ** him by ~ [
went down there and killed them.
[ told you Il it, I was going to
kill them and 50 X X [ did. It
scared ma nearly TO death. We
were in bed. John heard HIM say
this and did not say ANYTHING.
Pa said Jack was with them. He
: id Jack and Henry and George
T.~~~ md Jacks wife went with
him. :, He said he didn't care who
knew It in the country so they
didn't tell the town people. He
said Jacks wife held the lamp
during the killing. l saw him
take his axe out of the yard as he
went off. He and John said they
washed off the axe at a branch.
We saw the axe in the yard the
next morning. Pa said he killed
Miss Gus and Mr.. Ike and that
Jack killed John and Alice. 1t
scared ma and she didn't say any
thing. Pa used his axe and Jack
used Mr.. Ike's axe. Pa said Jack
was mad about q horse kicking
him on the knee and pa killed
him about the wheat. He said
they set the bed afre with a
match, Pa burned his and Johu' s
overalls next morning down next
to the we'll. Pa burned his with
straw out of bed tick, and John
his with straw out of a pillow.
Pa told me an ma that he was
burning them because they were
bloody. He burned his white
shirt he had on. John said he
was going to burn these - things
too, AID he burned his shirt and
overalls. I went to Mr.. Walton s
that morning and told him Pa
had killed Mr.. Ike. Nobody else
was there. It was Jacks lamp
they took with them, churc h
lamp. Pa said it was. One even
ing about week before this the
wife of Jack said to me and ma as
we went down to Uncle Henry's 6
that she was mad with Mr.. Ike
and would kill them if they made
her mad. [ saw the lamp over at
Jacks about week before the
killing and it had a thing to hang
it up by and had reflector on It,
Pa said they took the lamp over
there and threw it in a brial
thicket after the killing. | saw
it afterwards when Dr.. Dorsett
showed it to me. They did no
go to bed after coming home bu'
lighted a lamp.
Joseph G.. Lyerly gave testi
mony about to the same effect
except that he related some incl
dents of the trouble between nj
father and Nease Gillespie.
\ Matt Webb was all lmportan
witness, in that he testified t
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-07-25
Witnesses in Connection with the Murder Of

Nease making tnreaGs against MT.
Lyerly. This p rtion of his testi-
mony was about as follows: Some
three weeks before the murder he
and Nease were loading some lum-
ber on wagon, and Nease told
Thompson of his trouble over the
wheat, and added, that Mr.. Lyer-
ly mi ght cut the wheat, but he
could not live to eat it or get the
money for it.
The examination was continued
OH Saturday. Fannie, the wife
of Nease Gillespie, was submitted
to a most rigid examination. She
knew nothing about any trouble
between Mr.. Lyerly and Nease,
and virtually denied the above
story boldly, the boy, Henry May
hew, as we'll as that told by Mr..
File.
Richard File testified to what
has already been published, to the
effect that Nease's wife came to
his home Saturday morning and
wanted him to protect her. That
she had had nothing to do with
the murder, but her husband had.
John Henderson, who worked at
Mr.. Lyerly's at the time of the
murder, said that some time ago
he, Jack Dillingham; and Nease
had a conversation about Mr.. Ly-
erly's alleged i'll treatment of
Nease, and the latter remarked,
eff he fools with me J. will fix
him.
Sam Cook testified that he was
at Mr., Lyerly's the evening before
the homicide, and Dillingham; was
there. Mr.. Lyerly said to Dill
lingham if he would work FIVE
days without laying off he would
treat, and Mrs. Lyerly added that
she would give him something to
eat. Jack was mad and remarked
81 will cuss him out" Mr.. Cook
also stated that the white man
Taylor, stayed all night at his
home on the night of the murder,
and that he had slept with him.
Charles Brown testified to going
to Nease's house with some others
and finding whore some straw and
clothing had been burned.
R. +. Cook stated that he had
heard Nease say last winter that
he would either get his wheat crop
or old man lyerly.
Chief of Police J. Frank Miller
testified to bloody axe under the
porch,
Emma Gillespie, wife of Henry
Gillespie, claimed that her hus-
band was at home all of Friday
night.
Arthur Thompson said he had
gone with Deputy Sheriff Good
man to Nease's home Saturday af-
ternoon. The little boy showed
an axe at the end of the porch.
Henry said that was the axe his
father had killed Mr.. Lyerly with,
and that his father had washed
it off. There was blood on the
axe.
Deputy Sheriff Goodman, who
was next examined, said: When l
went for Henry Mayhem he re-
fused to 60 with me at first. He
denied his identity at first. He
later admitted his name and
asked where his father and mother
were. [ told him they were In
Jail He asked if they were going
to kill them and him, and [ told
him he was not wanted only as
witness. He said at first that
Jack and his wife committed the
murders, and then that his father,
brother John, George Irwin and
Uncle Henry were also III the
party. He said his father TOOK
his own axe and they used this
and an axe Of Mr.. Lyerly's. HI
told me Nease had washed tht
blood off the axe and threw i
down IN the yard. He said tina
IContinued on eighth page.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13

and integrity. the county court OF
Umatilla county has mailed a letter
to Secretary of the Interior Nathan
Hitchcock.
Because Of the indignation of the
Umatilla county ranchers at the re-
fusal of the interior department to act
upon the petition, recently fled with
Edwards. for permission to Cross the
reser walton by way of the regular
roads, driving stock through these
roads, under certain restrictions, the
court has been spurred into action.
In the. letter to the secretary of the
interior the matter is fully explained,
the epistle telling of the inconvenience
to which ranchers are subjected by
being forced to drive their stock a
roundabout way in order to reach a
shipping point, and of other existing
conditions. ! II is charged by the court
in the letter, that it is their belief
that Agent Edwards has failed to de-
liver the letter to the interior depart
ment and is the cause of the failure to
act upon the petition.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13
SACK SHORTAGE NEXT YEAR
Eastern Washington Farmers are al
ready Alarmed at Prospect.

That the sack shortage and high
prices will continue for another year
is shown by the following from the
Walla Walla Bulletin:
Farmers throughout Eastern Wash
ington are discussing the matter of an
expected grain sack shortage next
year caused by shortage of jute and
are wondering how the crops will be
handled. At the present time the
jute mill at the penitentiary is being
run about day and half week,
when it should be turning out from
10000 to 100000 sacks day
The shortage will, it is expected,
seriously handicap the farmers in the
handling of their crops, as they will
have to depend on the foreign impor-
tations of sacks, which are held at
such a high figure as to make the
question serious one.
The direct cause is said to Ee a
shortage of jute caused by the revolv-
ing fund of the state institutions,
which does not revolve. The fund
which is intended to answer the pur-
pose of paying the necessary expenses
of the various state institutions, is ap-
propriated by the legislature and the
surplus goes back to the state treas
ury.
1t stays there until the legislature
meets and appropriates it again for
the revolving fund, when it can be
used. The legislature will not meet
until after the first of the year and
consequently the revolving fund sui
plus is now lying idle in the state
treasury aud the supply of jute at the
prison is running low.
Farmers are fearful of the results
next year, as the sack question is one
Of great Importance in this section.
The prison made sacks usually sell at
from to Z cents each, while the i'm
ported article cannot be obtained for
less than ii or IL cents. With the
present outlook the outside sacks will
have to be depended upon to supply
the needs.
Agitation is being made of a propo-
sition to have the coming legislature
to pass bill making the revolving
fund one that fulfills the functions OF
its name. so that plentiful supply Of
jute may be kept on hand for use dur
ing the winer months in making sacks
and it is probable that an effort will
be made to introduce the Eill this
year.
Sacks for May delivery are now
quoted at IL cents.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13
: FAV0Rs PARTY BOSS
BOnaparte Would Legalize a
Regular Party Leader
He ADVOCATES UNIQUE IDEA
Proposes That BOSS Be Elected An
nually With Power to Choose
Party Candidates.

In an interview published Saturday
Secretary of the Navy Charles Bona
parte suggested the establishment of q
legalized boss in political parties in
each of the states and cities, the
"boss" to be empowered to select the
candidates for the various elective
offices, thereby doing away with NOM
mating conventions.
1t is hard, he said, indeed, often i'm
possible to get men who are fit to be-
come candidates. Unfit candidates
can be secured by the bushel.
"Now by legalized boss 1 mean an
individual authorized on behalf of
each party to choose all candidates for
that party for elective Offices within a
designated territory. "Of course,
every facility should be afforded for
making independent nominations,
whether within the organized party or
without, so all citizens who may dis
sent for whatever reason from the
regular nominations may be able to
vote effectively according to their con-
NAOtAOHb. s.
The reporter asked whom Mr..
Bonaparte would choose his proposed
legalized boss.
"He ought to be elected annually, :"
said the secretary, "by the legal
voters of his party at primary held
under all the sanctions of law, and at
which only this one officer, or rather
position. should be fitted. | likewise
think it probable that no one of the
persons who have been known as
bosses since have known of polite
ians would have been elected at such
primary.
Perhaps it might be well to pro-
vide that the nominator or 'legalized
boss I have suggested should be him.
self disqualified to hold public office,
but of this am not sure. There are
certainly two sides to the question.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13
Will Forcibly Take Coal.

The mayor and council of Mountain
home have served notice on the
officials of the Oregon Short Line
railway that if the threatened coal
famine prevailed they would forcibly
take coal from the first train through,
first depositing money for the same
with the agent.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13
Famous Strike Breakers

The most famous strike breakers in
the land are DR.. Kings New Lite
Pills. When liver and bowels go on a
strike, they quickly settle the trouble,
and the purifying work goes right on.
Best cure for constipation, headache
and dizziness. 25c at McBride's drug
store.