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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23
An Old Coyington Paper

Mr.. L. G. MIX, who is employed
at Greenlaw's Mill, has favored us
with a copy of the Louisiana Ad-
vocate, Vol. 16. No. 6, published
in Covlngton. 1t is dated Satur.
day, June II, 1851. Mr.. J. D.
Davenport was the editor and pub
Usher. Terms, $500 year. Its
printed in English and French.
At that time Martin G. Penn
was District Judge, A. S. Parker
Clerk of Court, w. b. Hosmer
Deputy Clerk, and Jos. Evans
Sheriff.
The ministers were Rev. s. B.
Hall. Presbyterian, and Rev. Z. T.
French, Methodist.
DR.. J.. w. Thompson was the
resident physician, and J. J. Nor
tee and John J. Morgan, attorneys
at.law.
A railroad from New Orleans to
Jackson, via Madlsonvllle, was in
contemplation as will be seen by
the following extract:
We perceive by letter written from
Holmesville, by Captain Grice, the
champion of the New Orleans and Jack
SON railroad via Madisonville, in the
city papers, that the friends OF the
measure are in high spirits, and seem
to be sanguine OF its completion. From
all the estimates and calculations which
have come under our observation, we
have been una BILE to see the Stockhold-
ers through It's completion, and the
| road in full operation, with anything
like q remunerative dividend. Should
the road be completed. and succeed be-
Yond our expectations in realizing large
dividends, Cspt. Grice deserves all the
praise, for it is his own bantling, and
he has nursed it with all the sleepless
vigilance and energy calculated to in
spire confidence in the great undertsk-
ing and his reward should be made COM
mensurate with the interest and labor
he has bestowed upon it.
The friends of the route up the river
are equally sanguine and equally deter
mined. and If both parties have their
own way, we shall have two roads from
New Orleans to Jackson-and in how
many other directions they may ulti-
ma tely spread themselves, we are not
at this present writing prepared to say.
Hurrah for the spirit Of improvement!
There was an Odd Fellows
Lodge here at that time.
The owner of a negro slave is
notified to call and prove property
IN the following advertisement:
| NEGRO IN JAIL.
Was cammitted to Jail Of this parish
ON the S1st of May, negro man named
Joe, who says he belongs to Mr. Thomas
Harper, residing either at Pennington,
or In that neighborhood. Said negro is
about S feet Q or 8 inches high, very
Dlack COmpIcAIOu 0AN Sp0NhS 4OASA.
The owner of said slave Is hereby noti-
fed to come forward, prove property,
pay charges and take him, away.
GEO. REBER, Tailor.
Covington, June IA, 1854. %
Ten dollars reward is offered by
James T. Hosmer, for pony that
strayed from Mil Haven.
The Armor tract, l6 miles from
Covington, containing $40 acres
with buildings and improvements
is offered for sale. Apply toJ. e.
Armor, New Orleans, or j. Eds
Smith, Bogue Chitto.
Westminster Seminary, under
the care of Rev. S. Il Hall and
wife, was a boarding and day
school, teaching English. Mathe.
mates, Latin, Greek, etc. Board
ing, tuition and washing for SIX
months, 500.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

No. sO4.
Twenty-Sixth judicial District Court Of
Louisiana, in and for the Parish of
st. Tammany. -
By virtue of an order of sale from
the honorable the aforesaid Court,
and to me directed, bearing date
February 5, 1907, / will offer for sale
and sell to the highest bidder, for cash,
at the front door of the Courthouse,
in Covington, between legal sale hours,
on SATURDAY, the 23rd day of
March, 1907, the following described
property, to wit
A certain piece or parcel of land Stu
ated in the Division of Spring, in the
Town of Covington, st. Tammapy Par
ish, La, said land being in square NO.
eleven, (11l having front of one hum
dred and twenty (120) feet on JACKSON
street, by depth of one hundred and
eighty 1907 feet between parallel hnes,
forming. the corner of Jackson and
Economy streets, and the eastern
boundary line of said property being
Economy street, together with all the
buildings and improvements thereon,
and being the same property acquired
by w. A. Hood from Charles L. Smith,
on the 25th day of April, 1905. which
deed is recorded In the Conveyance
Records of st. Tammany Parish, La,
in book No. 40, follos 555 ct seq.
Twenty (2O) shares of stock OF the
Greenlaw Lumber Go. Ltd, of Ramsay,
La, as per certificates Nos. 30 and 53
for ten (10) shares each.
Twelve Q2) shares of the st. Tam
many Banking Co. land Savings Bank
stock of Covington, La.s as per certifi~
cate No. 10.
: Piano and angelus, kitchen furniture
and fixtures, household furniture con-
slsting of three bed room sets, dining
table and chairs, crockery and glass
ware; parlor set aud furnishings, mat
ting, carpets, curtains, pictures, etc.,
also one sewing machine, a lot Of mat
tresses, pillows, bed linen, table linen
etc.
Terms-Cash.
fe16-6t T. E, BREWSTER. Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23
DIR. III. E. Gautreaux,
Physician and Surgeon,

Formerly Assistant Surgeon OF the
Touro Infirmary, Of New Orleans, has
located his office with DR.. A. G. Gribblt.
% osite TRULY & Cpl t. ks Drug Store
Hours: 8 to IL; 8 to 5.
Residence phone, 81.
Office phone, $685..
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23
CHAMBERLAINS COUGH REMEDY A FAVORITE.

tsWe prefer Chamherlain's Cough
Rememdy to any other for our chill
dren,'' says NH. L. j.. Woodbury. OF
Twining, Mich. 'It has also done the
work for us in hard colds and Group,
and we take pleasure in recommending
For sale by C. C. Champaign b Co.,
druggists, and ]. L. Watkins City Drug
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LET
TIERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
Whereas, Chas. T. King has petit
toned the Court for letters of admins
tration of the estate Of the late VIM.
Dorsen King, deceased, interstate; .
Notice is hereby given to all WHOM 1t
may concern to show cause, within ten
(l0) days, why the prayer of the petit
toner should not be granted.
By order Of the Court.
I'll. r. WARREN,
fe16-2t Clerk of Court.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23
COMMERCIAL
wv P sSSSiaoi: ' E1.OOSE.
Comfortable Rooms for Permanent
and Transient
BOARDHRS.
ates 90 Day
Headquarters for RUNNERS.
Adjoining the Railroad Depot
PHONE 2l9. CONVICTION, LA.
r ates $500 "a Day

Succession of Miss Ada Morse-No S0,-
1877.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

By virtue OF an order of sale from the
honorable the aforesaid Court, and to
me directed, bearing date Feb. l., 1907,
I Will offer for sale and sell to the high
est bidder, for cash at the front door of
the Courthouse, in Covington, between
legal sale hours, on SATURDAY, the
23rd day of March, 1907, the following
described property to-Wit:
All that certain piece or parcel of
land lying and being situated in the
Parish of st. TammanY, State of Louisi-
ana, and more particularly described
as being the southwest quarter of sec
ton Is, township Z, sou9h of range II
east, containing eighty and 93-lA0
acres of land, together with all the
buildings and improvements thereon
situated; less ten acres of land situated
In the southwest corner Of the north
west quarter of the southwest quarter
of the above described land formerly
sold to Fletcher Crawford, as per deed
of sale recorded in Conveyance Book
"Y," folio 1856.
Terms of sale cash-for the purpose
of efrecting q partition of said property
by dicitatlon among the heirs of Austin
]. Crawford, deceased.
fe16.6t. T. e. Brewster, Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23
VENIRE.

List of Petit Jurors drawn for March Term OF
Twenty-sixth Judicial District Court St. TAM
many Parish, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

thereby certify that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the original charter
oii '''~ 4''e LEWIS L. MORGAN,
feo3.6t Notary Public.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

Geo. L. Crawford ct ais vs. Thos. Craw-
ford ct ais.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

Succession of Bessie Clarke Whitley
No. 8O4.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

Twentv-sixth Judicial District Court Of
the State Of Louisiana, Parish of st.
Tammany.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

Twenty-Sixth judicial District Court of
Louisiana, in and for the Parish Of
st. Tammany.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

FOR SALE.-A young mare
poneY with colt SIX weeks old,
sired by a fine stallion. Also a
small jumper. Apply at this Office
ALBERT r. WlTBECK,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
Covington, La.
Certified Land and Townsite surveys
specially.
All orders addressed as above o.
left at II, J, Smith & Sons store will
eceive prompt attention. se22-6m
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

Succession of William Dorsen King
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

Twenty-Sixth judicial District Court of
Louisiana, in and for the Parish of
st. Tammauy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23
Notice to Contractors.

fe16-2t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-23

HARVEY e. ELLIS, Pres.
RoBT. L. AuBERT, Cashier.
JNo. E. D1ENDoRF, Asst. Cashier.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28
Great Future For Agriculture.

1t cannot be said that there is any
thing pessimistic about Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Agri-
culture, for he assuredly is an optl-
mist of the first water, if we are to
take his forthcoming report as re-
fiecting his real opinions. He says
that had we cultivated our farms on
more scientific basis, we would have
raised crops far in excess of the de-
mands. He then predicts that as the
demand increases the American
farmer. will be adequate thereto by
more scientific farming. Here is
specimen of his optimism. He says:
mo miracle would be required to
double or even treble the production
of cotton per acre. The corn crop
can be increased by one-half per acre
within the fourth of a century, and
yet without reaching the limit, and
the same may be said of wheat and
other crops. One-fourth of the dairy
COWS of the country do not pay for
their feed, and more thar one-half of
them pay no profit. The egg produc-
ton per hen will be increased by at
least dozen year within a genera
ton, while some poultrymen foretell
double that increase. If the hens of
this year had each laid dozen eggs
more than they did, the increased
value of this production would have
possibly aggregated $50,o00,0o0."
The Secretary follows this with some
very pertinent suggestions, saying:
THE farmer will not fail the nation
, if the nation does not fail the farmer.
He needs education to open the pow
ers of the soil now hidden from him.
The work of the department has al
ready had results valued at hundreds
| of millions of dollars annually, and
yet has barely crossed the threshold
| of it's mission Of discovery and edu'
cation. ''-American Cultivator.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28
The Passing of Courtroom Oratory.

Inspiration Is lost art In the
courtroom. Nowadays no true law
yer advises, prepares documents or
tries a case without careful prepar-
alton. Forensic oratory has passed
away. No longer does the crowd
gather in the county courthouse to
listen to and be moved by the wit,
pathos and eloquence of the advocate
as for hours or days he addresses the
Jury. The courtroom may be filled,
but it is largely with the ubiquitous
reporters, many of whom are as des-
titute of tears as Sahara of water and
as callous to emotion as the num-
mied sleepers of Egypt. No longer
is it true that weeping men and
women with handkerchiefs to their
eyes are moved by the eloquence of
counsel. Time is pressing factor.
Facts rather than elcquence is the
demand.-D. c. Brewer, in Atlantic.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28
This Little Pig Stayed at Home.

1t was formerly the custom OF the
country folk to work out their taxes
by boarding the teacher, which meant
that from time to time he was sup
piled from various quarters with
food.
One day a boy named Tim Moore
head breathlessly sought the teacher,
exclaiming:
Say, teacher, my pa wants to
know if you like pork
Indeed 1 do, Tim," was the reply.
Say to your father that there is
nothing in the way OF meat that ]
like better than pork"
Some time passed, and there was
no pork from Tins father, fact that
in no way surprised the teacher, for
the old man was known throughout
the county as tight proposition.
Nevertheless, one afternoon the
teacher took the boy aside and asked:
How about that pork, Tim, that
your father promised me?"
"Oh," answered Tim, "the pig got
we'll. ."-Harper's Weekly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28

of the Venerable Bede that about the
middle of it great crowds of Anglo
SaXons, among them Egbert and
Saint Chad, came over to Ireland,
and were kindly welcomed by the
Irish. who provided them gratuitous-
ly with flood, books and teachers. "
During the same century two for
eign kings were educated in Ireland
-Dagobert II. of France and Aldfrid
Of Northumbria, who has left an
Irish poem in praise of the country.
Irish geomaters, geographers and as
tronomers were then ia. in advance
of their age, and the sl:dy of Greek,
which had all but died out in the
countries farther east, was common
in Ireland. "At one time," says NJ.
Darmesteter, Armagh, the religious
capital of Christian Ireland, was the
metropolis of civilization"
. The earliest Of celebrated Irish
schools was founded more than 1400
years ago by Saint Enda, the son of
a King of Oriel, on the wild, rocky
island of Aran More, off the coast OF
Galway, whittier "feetsful" Of schol-
ars came from all quarters.
Other schools as famous and nearly
as ancient were Clonard, close to the
River Boyne, and Clonfert on the
Shannon; but greater than either OF
them was Clonmacnoise, founded by
Saint Ciaran beside a wide curve in
the Shannon not far from Athlone,
almost in the centre Of Ireland.
Although many beautiful works
still bear witness to Irish achieve
ments in art and letters, testimony
ever stronger to the nations constant
love for such things abides in the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28
soUTH's OLDEST CITIZEN DEAD.
Frederic Messer, Noted Hunter, Gone
at Age of 114 Years. 81.

y
at Age of ia Years.
Frederic Messer, the south's old1
est citizen, famous as hunter and
trapper before civilization biazed a
trail across the Blue Ridge noun
tains, is dead at his home in Hay
wood county, North Carolina, at the
age of ia years, six months and five.
days. NJ 9s
Messer was born August Il, 1882,
in Lincoln county, and in early life.s
when western Carolina was an une1-;
plored wilderness, peopled by the,
Cherokees. he located IN the noun;
tains q miles from what is now
Waynesville, the county seat OF Hay
wood county, there pursuing his wild.
vocation OF hunting and trapping. He;
married lady Of Wilmington, who
bore him nine children and lived te.
the age CT "a. But one child, noW
a woman 80 years old, survives him.
His age is established by authentic,
records.
He used tobacco and the corn whisz'
key OF the mountains, in moderation,
all his life, and attributed his great
longevity to his regular sleeping and
waking hours, most OF which were
spent out OF doors.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28
Score of Negroes Drowned.

Owing TO inaccessibility OF the
Dlau where the steamer Marion was
burned last Friday morning-Hart's
Landing, on Wadmalaw river. about
40 miles from Charleston-informa-
ton has been hard to get. Monday tie
report of Captain Ferguson was fled
with government inspectors. It is now
known that twenty negro passengers
were drowned or burned to death, and
a dozen or more are missing. There.
were seven white passengers and
about fifty negroes.
The great loss Of life seems to have
been on account of the negroes be-
coming terror-stricken and neglectlDgs
to get life-preservers, ofswhich there
were $50 on board.
The Marion was licensed to carry:
200 passengers, and cost $4,000. Only
$1,000 insurance was carried. The.
value Of the cargo, which consisted
of general merchandise, was estimat-
ed at $4,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28

fact that it never was quenched by
all the water of afliction through
which it passed. Wars, massacres,
pestilence and famine swept in wide
waves over the land.
A time came, and lasted for gener-
alton after generation, when it was
a felony for the greater part Of the
people either to teach or to be taught,
or even to own a book or a manu-
script; a time when children might
oe seen furtively learning their alpha
bet from letters chalked on their
fathers tombstone.
Yet in the worst days schools con-
tinued to exist, however secretly and
perilously, and scholar was always
an object of respect and admiration.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28
ssWOULD 1T HAD BEEN MINE EN-
ENVY"

Would it have been mine enemy
Who came a secret way
lob, but the door that waits friend
Swings open to the day.
There stood no warder at my gate
To bid Love stand and stay.)
Would it have been mine enemy
In open fight and great
t'Gainst the beloved who goes armed
In strength inviolate
Or breads lest in his hands he bears
The craven blade of Hate:)
Would it have been mine enemy
Who Knocked to see me low
(Better all anger than this thought
Love left to scar me SO.
NV heart was naked to his hand
His hand who gave the hlow.)
-Theodosia Garrison. in The Century.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28
NEWSPAPER IS BANKRUPT.
Atlanta News Shows Liabilities soi
s74,7s7.2a and Assets $e3,2a1.3o. S.;

Atlanta News Shows Liabilities OF
s74,7e7.2s and Assets $e3,2a1.39. as
The Atlanta News Publishing Co
was formally adiudged bankrupt
Monday by the clerk of the United
States court. A petition to have the:
News company placed In sbankruptcy
was filed January 31st by the Looa-
out Mountain Coal Co., James w.
English, Jr.. John L. Hopkins & Sous
and the Southern Engraving Co, but
not until Tuesday was any final acss
ton on the petition taken. fss;;sS;
At the time the petition was fled
J. X. Ottley was appointed recaiyer,s
and he recently presented report
in which it was stated that the lia-'
bilities of the News company amount
to s74,797.2s, and its assets to $685.
2S1.3s. III
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28
ELEGANT SILVER SERVICE.

For BattIeship Georgia Assured at
Meeting of Mayors.
OF the $4,000 necessary for the siis
yer service for the battleship Geor-
gia $7,515 was guaranteed at the
meeting of Georgia mayors held m
Governor Terrelrs Office at Atlanta
on Monday.
This insures service OF which the
officers and men OF one of the neWest
and most formidable vessels in. the
United States navy may WeA Dc
proud.
That the state will raise the re-
naming money necessary IN very.
few days is assured.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28
Woman Jumps into Well.

Mrs. Bessie Thomas, sged SO years,
committed suicide at Spartanburg by
iumping into a vel! in her back yard.
She left her room during the night
and going to the we'll removed part
of. her clothing and lifting the Do1
from the top, OF the well, jumped in.
Her body was found head downward
in the well next morning. III health
is supposed to have caused her to
end her life.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28
Mud Saved His Life.

James Lester, a machinist OF Colum-
bia, tel. 50 feet from the Columbia,
Newbelry and Laurens railroad tres.
lie into the Columbia canal and stuck
in the mud ten feet below the sur
tace oil the water. He pulled loose
and swan ashore and seems none
the worse for the episode.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28

ready to close and that $4,000 repre-
sents all that he had evidently used
for his own purposes The companies
are going into liquidation, and 1t is
claimed also by interested attorneys
that stockholders will not lose very
much. Jacobs was undel S5G,U00 bond
and An effort may be made to get the
losses from: this source. The deac
secretary was regarded as man OF
great ability and thoroughly reliable
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28
LuMeERMEN IN CONFERENCE

After Brief Session at Jacksonville,
Adiourns to Meet at Tifton.
The Georgia-Fl Florida Lumbermen $.
Association met in Jacksonville Mon
day morning, transacted routine bust
ness. aad adjourned to meet in iil. 3
ton. Ca, March II. They accepted an
invitation to hold the June meeting
ir Fernandina, Fla.
ONLY a short session was held, at
which a closer union Of the assoeia-
fions was discussed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-28

OSS, UuI Io, luC oiSS1PiC VI SiCoAiA-
ness must stick to her colors. She
came forward stifly.
Il do not need your pan any more
than I needed your parsnips, and 1
do not care to hear such language" !"
She marched straight to the pan.
tossed it over the fence, then went
directly into the house. apparently
unmindful that before the door was
hardly closed the pan again sailed
into her yard
Then pan farce certainly began.
There were no more words between
these two; but if no words went back
and forth, the unlucky pan took
flights enough. Mrs. Read would go
out with her ashes, and, spying the
pan, would send it on hasty jour-
ney. Mrs. Watson would come out
to weed the famous parsnip-bed, and
how the pan would spin back again.
Happily there were no children to
take up the feud and throw the pan.
The ''cross baby" spent its time Most
ly in the house or on sheltered
porch away from the Watson side.
The two husbands nodded good day
to each other as usual; in fact, Mr..
Watson, at least, found joke in the
travelled pan.
Slowly a hot June sun climbed
higher one morning. Both husbands
were at work, the Read baby was
asleep, and both yards were in state
of neutrality, although the pan was
on the Watson side. One lone cherry
tree grew in the Read yard, and to
this Mrs. Read, with step-ladder and
pail, now made her way, visions Of
preserves floating in her head. Up
she climbed to the very top of the
ladder, and picked till her head was
dizzy in the hot spring sun. There
were still finer cherries just above
her, and with good deal. of hesita-
tion she reached higher, found limb
for her foot to rest on, and left the
friendly step-ladder entirely behind.
Now Mrs. Read was stout, and
cherry limbs are brittle. There was
not a moment of warning when
crash! crash with one shrill scream
Mrs. Read was landed, cherries and
all, upon the ground in dismal
heap.
Mrs. Watson, who was cleaning
house, heard the scream through her
opened windows, and rushed to the
scene. Out of her gate and in at
her neighbor's was the journey of
moment.
Then capable hand was removing
the overturned step-ladder, brushing
away the crushed cherries, and help
ing the dazed woman to her feet.
Well, now, I do call you lucky!
Not a bone broke, is there? But I
guess you're shook up some. Now
let me help you in onto the lounge,
and you just rest a spell. Awful un-
certain work to climb into cherry
trees"
You're real good" murmured
Mrs. Read, as Mrs. Watson steadied
her shaking form into the house.
The blow must have affected her
head a little, for she sank into
sound sleep, to be reused by the baby
some hours later. When she went
into the kitchen the first thing that
met her eyes was the pan-battered
from it's many blows, but still able
to be piled full of cherries.
Beside it was paper, on which
Mrs. Watson had scribbled:
1--WE washed the pan and washed
the cherries. / hope you won't be
lame"
Mrs. Read stood and looked at the
pan and cherries and message for
some minutes. Then in her slow way
she repeated the words of the morn
ing:
She's a real good woman"
The great pan feud was ended
Youths Companion.