St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06

! Wednesday at the residence of Rev
T. V. Peters.
Misses Lena George, Mollie Guz-
man, and Ella Scroggins returned
! Friday after attending the summer
Normal.
The Episcopal Ladies' Guild met
Wednesday at the home of Mrs. H
i W. Rosseaux.
Miss Rosalie Nehls if off on a
week S vacation.
Mrs. Chas. Steffen and Miss Mary
Groeble, of New Orleans, spent Sun
day here, the guests of Mrs. Ed.
| Shinnie.
Misses Neville and Norman, of
New Orleans, were recent guests of
! Mrs. S. R. Reddin.
| E. E. Bollinger is spending his va
cation with relatives in st. Louis.
]. L. Cells will spend a weeks va
cation in Gulfport.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Peters will
spend week here, the guests of
their aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs
| E. Shinnie
Mrs. B. Houghton, Jr., and chill
| dren are visiting relatives here.
| The Leonard family will remove
| shortly to Richardson, Miss, much
to the regret of their numerous
! friends here.
Mrs. Dodge and children, of Gin
cinnati, Ohio, are the guests of her
sister, Mrs. S. ]: Jennings.
The City Grocery is doing a nice
| business. The City Pharmacy, under
the management of ]. M. Olivier, is
doing nice business; also those are
the two latest ventures in the bust
ness line.
While Slidell is not booming, there
| is no question that our town is COM
ing to the front; and if the present
| petition, which the property holders
are placing before the Council is
granted, no doubt we will soon see
number of improvements. We
trust that the first among the i'm
provements will be some way to lay
the dust, as that is one of the most
! disagreeable features of our town,
and one of the surest germ conduc-
tors known Recently l watched a
colored woman in an advanced stage
of consumption crossing the street.
Just as she reached the middle of
the street she was seized with a vio-
lent attack of coughing, which latsed
some three or four minutes. Final
ly, exhausted, she spat in the dust
mouth full of foam and mucous. A
few hours afterward the wind had
blown the dust-where? Surely
we will be able to find some remedy
for the dust evil. The following is
the petition:
To the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council of the Town of
Slidell, State of Louisiana.
We, the undersigned tax payers
of the Town of Slidell, State of Louis
lana, respectfully petition your hon
orable body to call special election
for the purpose of submitting to the
voters of the Town of Slidell the
proposition of levying a special tax
and bond issue for the purpose OF
public improvement for the Town of
Slidell, State of Louisiana.
We pray that this petition will re-
ceive a favorable consideration at
your hands, and that you will in due
course, and in accordance with law,
formulate a plan whereby a bond is
sue can be raised and special tax
levied to meet the interest and prin-
cipal ON said bond, for the purposes
set forth in this petition.
Respectfully submitted,
Citizens of Slidell.
Mrs w. White and little son left
Wednesday to visit relatives in Mo-
bile, Ala.
Mrs. Davidson has as her guests
her mother and sister, Mrs. and Miss
Watkins.
Misses Eva and Efie Matthews
will spend next week in Covington.
Jno. Powers returned from a visit
to Vaudeville.