St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-06-13
June Is, 1908.

June 13, 1908.
MRS. S. V. KENTZEL. Proprietor
D. H. MASON, JR., Editor.
E. ID. KENTZEL, Manager.
One Dollar a Year.
sss- Terms, CASH IN ADVANCE.
Office telephone 24-2 |
Residence phone 24-3
Entered In the Postotice In Covingt0n
La. as second-class matter
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF =
- ST. TAMMANY PARISH
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Rs'sSe FStaYa Grove, No. 81
Meets on the first and third Saturdays
of the month, at 1880 p. M, in the
Masonic building, Covington, La.
H. H. SUDDUTH, Noble Arch
Anything in the jewelry line :? Go
to J. F. Doty
5 or 6 doses 1866" will cure any
case of Chills and Fever.
FOR SALE CHEAP-Large, gentle
horse, surry and harness. Phone 290.
We are the sole local agents for the
Philadelphia Ice Cream Co
TROUILLY & OPLATEK
Have your pictures framed at Law
renee M. Bourgeois
FOR SALE-No. l shingles, 1926
per 1000. Apply to
Covington Grocery and Grain Co.
Hon ] B Lancaster has moved into
his new suite of rooms in the Wehrli
building on Columbia street
Both delegations of the Republican
party in Louisiana have been seated
at the Chicago Convention, each dele
gate to receive one-half vote.
Messrs Barrow & Smith have moved
into their offices in the new building
of the Covington Bank & Trust Com
pany, corner of Columbia and Boston
streets.
Mr.. John Jung, the well-known
furniture dsaler, of Magazine street,
New Orleans, lost his life in the fire
that destroyed block of buildings in
New Orleans last Wednesday.
The Slidell and the Covington teams
will play ball at Enterprise park IN
Covington tomorrow Sunday. This
will be an interesting game. Louis
Claverie will pitch his first game with
Covington this season.
The Police Jury of Washington
Parish have awarded contract to
P. J. Patorno for an artesian well on
the public square in Franklinton: The
parish to pay two-thirds and the town
one-third.
The picnicers who arrived en- the
excursion from New Orleans last
Tuesday congregated at the new park
and seemed to enjoy themselves great
ly. taking their luncheon under the
shade of the trees and getting water
from the artesian. well of Mr.. Char.
roppin, which he kindly permitted.
Go to j. F. Doty's for Edison ant
Victor records.
We call attention to the advertise
ment on the first page of the excur'
sion. to Corbin, La. The sale severa
weeks ago was remarkable, consider
ing the very rainy weather, and a.
many have expressed a desire TO,
another public sale, the opportunit.
is to be granted on June Is. A feature
of the sale will be the $50 in gold tina
is to be given away. The excursion
is freee, and the country well wortl
seeing.
The shoot at the armory of trool
C, first squadron which has been go
ing on for the past four weeks, TO
the highest average, was won by Mr.
Julian H. Smith. The prize being
gold watch fob with coat of arms.
The next shoot will start Sunday
June ID, and will run for four weeks
All troopers are requested to partlcl
pate in these shoots. The prize otfere
for the next shoot is gold target pin
High water and floods are prevalen
throughput the levee districts. Eli
teen thousand people are left homeless
by floods in Missouri towns, Ten fec
of water flowed through Kansas Ave
nue., the main street of Armourdale
The Missouri river cayed in the leVe
at Taylortown, Wednesday evening
flood i25 square miles Of cotton ar
corn land. The Beka cravasse on tt
Mississippi has widened and part OF tt
crib has given away, but it is expec
ed to soon have this under control.
Rest Awhile, the home of the KIM
Daughters, in Vaudeville, was opent
for the reception of guests on June
Miss Rowena Mcmillan, chairma
Miss Bonita Simmons, Mrs. 7. Sidn
Weber, Mrs. H. L. Hoyte, Mrs. J:
Oechsner, the house committee, aft
placing everything in readiness, le
affairs in CHARGE of Miss Agness W