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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
A REIGN OF GRAF 7.
GRAFT" NOT A NEW WORD IN
THE WORLDS LExIcoNs.
OF HIGH AND LOW DEGREE
ignobEe Practices That Are Con.
demned, But Recognized in susi-
ness-PeopIe Responsible for
Their Existence.

Graft is not O recent innovation.
History of remote periods tell of it,
though perhaps the word that desig-
mates it now may belong to the newly
created words, and may be credited
to the category Of slang. In the times
Of Moses and Solomon there were
grafters, and the Egyptians and later
oracles, common gratis of the times.
History is replete from beginning to
the present with tales of graft and
grafters. Without graft to add it's
Zest, the work of the fictionists and
the historian would be prosy reading.
Graft lends it's charm to THE Epi-
curean," "Rasslas," and the works of
historians from Pliny down to the
present would be woefully dead with
out the numerous recitals of the do
fngs of quacks, charlatans and graft
ers in general. Who has not been
charged with the tale of the diamond
necklace" and what reader of history
has not laughed over the other opera
lions of Cagliostro?
Perhaps never in the past has graft
been reduced to the science that it is
now. 1t is so closely interviewer in
the mesh of legitimate transactions
that there is hardly branch of bust.
ness that is free from it. Alas, not
alone is it found in commercial and
financial affairs, but is abundantly in
evidence in governmental transaction.
national, state and municipal. Revela-
lions of the methods of great corpora,
tons, the timber land frauds, count,
less railroad transactions, government
buildings, construction of municipal
improvements, ETC., give wide knowl
edge of the world of graft.
Like an unbroken chain it extends
from the highest TO the lowest in pow
or. The greater the interests, the
greater is the opportunity for the
| operations for the grafters. The small
| fry politician lives by it. The big
| gun in congress adds to his prestige
and his bank account by it. 1t ap
| pears that it is only a matter of de
gree between the CRATER who stands
on the street corner and hawks his
wares and the man of honor who holds
! place in the United States senate;
between the policeman on the beat
who cautiously takes dollar to close
his eyes to the doings of the law
breaker, and the man of millions at
the head of some mail-order house, OF
monopoly who can rob the masses
high-handed six days in the week and
teach a Sunday school class on the
| seventh.
Graft teaches an ignoble lesson. II
is a creator of the hypocrite, and the
hereto. It is poison that benumbs
the finer qualities of manhood, and
strifles all that develops the spiritual
Yet God reigns; immutable laws ex
list; and it is poor philosophy, indeed
that teaches that such qualities as
sincerity, goodness, and other virtues
are merely creations of the wind
They are real, living, lasting, eternal
truths that cannot be downed Graft
may exist, and have its baleful infu
ences; yet in the end will be vic
| torious.
| D. nj CARR
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
SERMoNETTE.

: "Tken Adonijah the son Q:
: Haggith exalted himself. :. And
; Adonijah feared.". die that
exaIteth himself shall be
: abased." Ten centuries before
: Christ spoke these words the
3 truth found expression In this
; man Adonijah.
: Adonijah reached high but he
: fell low, because his seeking was
q conferred In self.
D Mans order is seek first the
things of self. Gods order is
: seek first the things of God and
all else that is for mans good
. will be supplied by God.
But Adonijah was not only
: selfish in his ambition he was
!. short-sishted. He did not look
. far enough to see that the hand
: of God was guiding and deter
= mining the destinies of human
!. lives. 1t never occurred to him
. that perhaps God had other
3 plans for the kingdom of Israel
= than those which centered about
: his own person.
9 1t is a great discovery which
= the human heart makes when it
= comes to see that after all each
) human life is but q cog in the
. wheel Of Gods mighty purpose
3 for the world. What folly that
: man should think that he can
: lift himself by mere human
2 agencies to place which in the
: purposes of God is to be filled by
= another. But the self-seeker for
gets God. And this proves snare
: to his feet ana a peril to his
: very life.
= II is q narrow vision, indeed,
! which is bounded by the circle
9 of seIf-interest, and ambition.
. In the danger which threat
= ened, David acted with his old
= time promptitude and Vlgor. De-
2 lay would have been peri!ous.
. Reused out OF his stupor by the
: call of duty, the aged king innme-
? diateiy set the processes at work
; by which the Divine will was to
: be wrought out. Adonijah
: thought he was as good as dead.
In fact the aged king had ceased
. to take any interest in affairs,
: but 1t is wonderful how the call
= of God can rouse the soul and
= revive the tagging energies and
. faculties. He gives new life and
= strength to those who have work
= to do for him. 1t needed but the
words of Bathsheba: "Thou
. swarest by the Lord thy God" to
y quicken in David that old spirit
+ of loyalty and obedience to the
: Divine will which had been a
. ruling factor in all his life. 1t
y beautifully illustrates the truth
= that where the current of life
= has flowed Godward it will con-
. tinue to do SO, even when the
= physical and mental faculties are
y on the decline.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
GOOD ROADS LESSON.
Highway improvement Causes a Bet.
terment in Agricultural Districts.

Good roads for the people" means
saving of hundreds of millions of
dollars yearly to residents of agricul-
tural districts. Good roads mean bet
ter rural towns, better country schools,
more happiness and greater reward
for labor. Yet there are other things
that should go hand in hand with good
roads, and one of them is opposition
to every means that will cause trade
to drift from the home town. 1t mat
tiers not how good the roads, the coun-
try is impoverished if the roads are
the means of sending more dollars to
the large cities. In connection with
the good roads improvement, let every
taxpayer be impressed with the fact
that the more money kept in each COM
munity makes the pro rata share of
taxes for the maintenance of good
roads less; that the dollars sent to the
big financial centers will not help pay
for local improvements.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
SCHEMES FOR MoNEY-MAKING.
Alleged "cIubs" That Operate to the
Loss of Their Members.

Buying of goods from distance has
a charm for some people that in many
cases proves expensive. Fields are
green far away" and it is too often
that fads are responsible for many
things that work against the interests
of the individual Opposition should
be given to every plan and scheme
that works toward the impoverishing
the smaller towns, and which work
against their progress. 1t is only by
combating the concentration of CAPT
tai in the large financial centers can
the rural towns be kept up to the
standard that they should have.
These small towns depend upon the
business of the merchants for their
life, and when this business is divid-
ed, the town is made so much the
poorer and kept from advancing Here
is where there is justification in advis-
ing against the patronage of so-called
Clubs" which agree to send premi-
ums to the getter-up of orders for their
wares. The secret of the club" busi-
ness lies in the selling of large lots
Of goods to individual purchasers and
giving premium, representing the
lot as valued at twice the amount paid
for it. The truth is, should the pur.
chaser go to the average merchant.
and desire the same class and guam
tity of goods and pay cash for the
same, the saving in dollars and cents
to the purchaser would enable him or
her to buy better piece of furniture
or other prize than offered by the club
concern.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
Storing Produce for Market.

Almost every small town has an ice
house of sufficient capacity to supply
the people locally with ice. It would
not be very expensive to conduct in
connection with it a cold storage plant
Of capacity great enough to care for
the storing of fruit, eggs and other
produce brought in from the surround
ing country. Such an establishment
would often save farmers considerable
money by enabling them to keep theiI
products for a favorable market.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
Levers Tribute to Dickens.

The greatest imaginative writer, I'M
questionably, since Shakespeare, is
the author of "Chuzzlewit" (wrote
Charles Lever in 1869. With him We
encounter no repetitions; all is varied,
novel, and interesting as nature her
self; and this great master of humor
moves us to tears or laughter without
the semb1ance of an effort on his part;
and as for those inexpensive guests"
that sit beside our fireplace at lone
hours, or stroll with us in our solitary
rambles, we owe more of them to
Charles Dickens than to any other
writer of the century.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
LITTLE TOWN HELPS.
Pertinent Points for Progressive PEG.
pie Who Would Be Prosperous.

Many a town goes backward be
cause it's business men are too lazy to
get move on themselves to improve
it.
Don't lose hope in the future of your
town, but study conditions that need
correction and set about to apply a
proper remedy.
Your town will not lose anything by
fmpressing each and every farmer in
the neighborhood with the fact that
the place exists for his benefit as much
as for those who reside within it's cor
porate limits.
When there is any work to be done
don't wait for your neighbor, Tom
Jones or Dick Brown, to commence.
Get move on yourself, and go to them
and pull hand in hand with them.
Don't be afraid of criticism. Study
we'll your duty as citizen and go
about it without fear or favor, and you
will find that those simpletons who
may at first call you busy-body will
be willing to give you credit for being
an enterprising citizen when the need
ed reforms are brought about by your
work.
Give support to the local paper. It
can be made a power for good in the
community. By the news and adver-
Using pages of it the stranger can gain
an excellent idea of the importance Of
the place. Encourage the editor by
giving him all the support that you
can.
Good schools can be maintained
only in live, up-to-date communities.
It has been generally observed that the
education of one generation means
benefits to coming generations. No
community can afford to let its edu-
cational facilities decay.
Remember that there are few places
outside the courts and the reform in
situations where liar is useful Don't
be liar 1t may work all right for a
time, but single lie may cost repu-
tation that will be destructive to bust
ness and success. If you are at fault,
better tell the truth and abide by the
consequences.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
Hebrews Preaching the Gospel.

In England, on the continent of Eu.
rope, and in the United States, $50
Hebrews are now preaching the Cos.
pei to Gentle congregations, these
congregations themselves having once
been of the ancient faith" In the
year 1900 there was not single Jew.
ish- Christian mission in existence. TO,
day there are 80 in America, with
some 80 workers; % in Great Brit.
ain, with 4S1 workers: 20 elsewhere
in Europe, with 40 workers; and in
other lands, with At workers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
w. c. r. U, Work in Denver.

The w. G. T. u of Colorado sup
ports mission in Denver now called
the Frances E. Willard Settlement.
Devotional services are held every day
and food, clothing and fuel distributed
to the needy. Employment is found
for those able to work, and a dispen-
sary for women and children is main
tanned
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
Jews Being Won to Christ.

During the last century it is esti-
mated that $4,000 Jews were baptized
and became Christians. This number
includes some very notable names,
among them Prof. Berfey, Sir Julius
Benedict, DIR. Essential, Isaac da
Costa, Sir Michael Costa, DR.. Paulus
Cassel, Benjamin Disraeli and DR.. Al
fred Edersheim.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
jap Women Christians.

A japanese Christian woman is
head nurse at the great Toxic hospi-
tai. Another Japanese Christian wo-
man is head nurse at the Hiroshima
hospital. The head nurses in three
Japanese hospital ships are Christians.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
Bible Study Emphasized.

The Y. M. c. A. has $4,000 men and
boys in its Bible classes in the city,
railroad and college associations and
expects to make the number 100000
this year. Bible study rally day, to
increase this enrolment, was observed
September 29th throughout the coun-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
PRESBYTERIAN Missions Prosper,

The best year in all the history of
Presbyterian foreign missions has Just
been closed without deficit, the total
receipts from all sources being S1,276,-
747.S5. The deficits remaining from
previous years still amount to over
$4,000.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
What. One Society Did.

The Woman's Home Missionary go-
ciety of the Iowa Methodist church
raised s12,s80 among it's 1852 mem.
bers for work during the last year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
DR.. C. z. WILLIAMS.

Praeticing Physician.
residence on the corner of Rutland
aGreet, west Of the Martindale house
Ohice over the bank.
DAY and night calls promptly attend.
Chronic diseases a speciality.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04
1rnfpaHtnnal Crarna

OR. QUITMAN KoHNKE
- aas established his residence and
s o1nce N tCoVINGTON, LA, at the
sarner OF Massachusetts and Boston
streets. Telephone 81.
Aorning Hour: to 10.
evening Hour: 8 to 4.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04

Your town will not lose anything by
impressing each and every farmer in
the neighborhood with the fact that
the place exists for his benefit as much
as for those who reside within it's cor
porate limits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04

Many town goes backward be
cause its business men are too lazy to
get move on themselves to improve
it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04

Don't lose hope in the future of your
town, but study conditions that need
correction and set about to apply a
proper remedy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-04

When there is any work to be done
don't wait for your neighbor, Tom
Jones or Dick Brown, to commence
Get move on yourself, and go to them
and pull hand in hand with them.
Evening journal., 1908-09-11
CANNON REPLIES
TO GOMPERS

DANVIILE, ILL.,. Sept. lin the pres
ence of 5000 people Speaker Joseph G..
Cannon last night opened the campaign
for reelection to Congress in this, hts
home town.
For almost two hours he discussed the
labor question, especially paying. his re-
spects to Samuel Gompers president of
the American Federation Of Labor, who
on Labor Day urged union woriSingmen
to vote against the speaker Mr.. Cannon
plainly said he would never vote In Con-
gress for the boycott and some other
things demanded by Gompers including
an nnti-injunction law tn II would make
FISH % one and fowl Of another.
ION Labor Day" said Nr. Cannon,
"Mr Gompers addressed the citizens OF
Dallv,le. I am informed that he paid
his resi- ects TO me This vas his nr'vi-
lege as an American citizen. The offense
that brings me under his condemnation
is that as a representative in Congress
and Speaker Of the House / have refused
to take orders from him and to agree
to a scheme of legislation which would
make one law for one set of American
citizens and another law for all other
citizens.
IT appeal from Mr.. Gompers' at
tempted domination of myself and other
members of Congress TO the citizenship
that great body of fair-minded men,
unionized for the purpose of oettering
their condition, who would scorn to ask
legislation for themselves different from
that which applies to all other citizens"
Evening journal., 1908-09-11
RICHARDS LETTER
STIRS UP KENT
the Sensation, Friends
Of Davis Say He Will
Stick

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Sept 11.--Attorney-G General
Richards letter TO DR.. George w. Mar
shall in which he expressed himself
as opposed TO the domination of Frank
II. Davis for attorney general and de-
claring that he will do everything in
his power TO defeat Mr.. Davis at the
November election has had a depress-
ing effect on Republicans here. Des-
pite this feeling, fronends Of Davis
declared today that the young Dover
attorney would not resign from the
ticket Davis. himself is out OF town
today. Representative james Hirons
was among those Republicans who ex-
pressed the belief that Davis would
not withdraw His friends assert that
Davis was regularly nominated for the
Office and that he would remain on the
ticket
"There is nothing going on on Moth
ing going Off" was the way In which
another Republican leader referred TO
the situation.
The letter has created somewhat OF q
political sensation here.
Evening journal., 1908-09-11
FELLED, CHOKED,
AND HEAD CUT OFF

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
BOSTON, Sept. ILL., the grand Jury
which is investigating the alleged mur-
der of Mrs. Honora Jordan by her
husband, follows the report submit
ted by the physicians who examined
the remains they will find that the wo-
man met her death by strangulation
at her home in somerville on the even
ing of September /. The medical ex-
aminers, it is learned to-day, found
that the woman was first felled with u
blunt instrument and choked to death
and within an hour her head cut or
Five expert pathologisis have been en-
gagged by the Jordan defense. They
took part in the autopsy yesterday and
win probably be called as witnesses at
the trial. No expense is to be spared
to clear the prisoner Of the crime,
which in a measure he has confessed. D..
Jordan admits having knocked his
wife down during a quarrel but says
his mind was blank when he found her
dead and cut up her body.
Evening journal., 1908-09-11
COW JUMPED
INTO RIVER

The COW that is alleged to have
jumped over the moon must have been
a distant relative of the COW yesterday
that jumped over the Third street
bridge. but up to the time Of going to
press this relationship could not be
verified. Yesterdays cow was accom-.
panied by another COW. and the two
were being led by a Polish woman.
whose first name was found out TO be
Mary.
Whether the COW actually jumped or
was pushed seems 10 be somewhat in
the land Of doubt; but - any rate a.
the two gentle beasts came TO the
bridge they playfully began TO "cut
up," much to the apprehension OF
Mary As a result Que of the COWS
jumped over the bridge, as as stated
may have been pushed over and came
down in the water with a mighty
splash.
Two workmen named Burns ana
Barnes started out in how boat to
rescue the COW. They got a rope round
the animals horns and with this began
to tow her toward the shore. PATROL
man Mammele came along about then
and seeing the horns sticking above
the water thought they belonged tn a
sea serpent. Disappointed because
they We're just common cows horns,
he set to work TO help get the water
logged mixer TO shore After some
work this was accomplished and the
animal was delivered to its owner.
Evening journal., 1908-09-11
NO HEIR TO THE
DUTCH THRONE

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
AMSTERDAM, Sept 11.-For the
third time Holland has been disap-
pointed in its ardent hope that Queen
Wilhelmina would bring an heir to the
Dutch throne. Just as hopes were
mounting highest, comes the announce
ment from the Royal Castle Het Loo,
at Apeldorn, where the Queen went ex-
pecting an ACKNOWLEDGEMENT that the
birth was premature. Official certi-
fication Of this report was received to-
day. Accompanying the report was the
physicians statement that it will be
idle for the people to again expect an
heir to the throne. The Queen is rap
idly regaining her health and the
alarming reports concerning her con-
dition are wholly unwarranted. She is
much depressed however. with the dis
appointment of her people.
As Queen Wilhelmina is the last
member of the house of Orange a sue
cessor to the throne will have to be
chosen by the c ,en and a special
joint convention of the two joint houses
of parliament. Already there is talk
of making the country a republic on
the death of the present Queen, but
the time is ahrdly believed to be ripe
for such move.
Evening journal., 1908-09-11
DOVER DEMOCRATS HAVE
A ROW OVER DELEGATES
John F. Salisbury and William Dyer Gef Into an
Alteration and Nearly Come
TO Blows

to vote for whom you please at the
primaries, that Is everybody's oppor-
tunity. But we are here to counsel to-
gether and get the very best tickets we
can. and then abide. manfully, by the
decision of the ballots on Saturday"
The two tickets placed in nomina-
tion-Chairman Wilds declared that
the Hughes tickets had been nominated
were as follows:
Fifth district. First precinct-Hughes
delegation-State convention, Enoch
Clark Arley b. Magee. Reynolds
Clough; alternates, James T.. Wolcott,
Thomas II. Dunn. Frank p. Collins;
county convention. Jesse $. Burton. AL
Ian p. Thomas. Samuel Downs; alter
mates, Robert Hurd William Pennewill.
John Behcn; district convention, Will
liam C. Postles, Fldad L. Clark. Frank
Vansant; alternates. Maurice A. Hart
nett James A. KERN. E. A. Atkinson
Daly-saulsbury delegation-state con-
vention. Alfred q. Massey, James Y. Boy
or. Edward J. Scanlon; county conven-
tion. Robert r. Carly sr., Frederick Bell
Howard Il. Lynch. aiternates, John II
Jones, John G. Hayes and Edgar w
Wilson: district convention, l1ldad l..
Clark. Herman Baxter, walter j. Mas
sey; alternates. Robert stott, c. s. Oar
ling and Lawrence w Clark
The Second Assembly district meeting
nominated unopposed, the following dele
CATION after passing resolution endors-
ing Alexander NJ DAILY OF that district for
attorney-general dt Is understood. how.
ever. that two tickets win be placed In tho
field in this district also)
state convention-Benjamln IT. Moore
sr.. John Hutton and Doctor Charles NJ
Wharton. County delegates Harry Case
William Dyer and Frank wiugate. Dis
trict delegates Herman c. Taylor James
Tigner and Glider Marvel
The anu-Daly element had things all
their own way at Ue meeting Of tho
Second precinct Of the Fifth Assembly
district. in the dining-room OF the Bay
ard House. Nobody seemed ready TO
go ahead. so Jonn ID. Hawkins Of the
Second district was called on and gatt
advice from time TO time as TO how q.
proceed. r. Marvel Gooden presi 'e1
and Tolbert Cartv was the secretary
, These delegates were nominated:
State convention Or. l.. A. II. Bishop.
John c. Hopkins. John r. Thomas: AL
ternates. J. A. Downes. Walter 81 W..
art. Michael Riley: county convention
John T.. KERN. Jr., J. T. Hoffecker. o.
y. James; altefnates. John WILSON,
George Jester and Charles T. Barcus
district delegates, r. W. Gooden. Jr
Charles II. Benn. =. +. KINNEY: all
tcnates. William II. Simmons. Harry
/ HAYES and John M. Houston.
The Hughes-Wo -Kenney deleFa-
tions viii favor Paynter for governor
and Hughes for attorney general. DAILY
for attorney general viii be the main
fight of the others.