St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-29

in less than fifteen minutes nearly
every man and boy in town was on
the scene. Buckets, hose and every.
thing available was used to extin-
guish the flames. Due to the fact
that there was no wind blowing, the
fire gained no Roadway land after
some time the flames were subdued
Too much cannot be said in praise
of the men of Slidell for the noble
way they forgot self and went to
work, one and all alike. Every bust
nessman, physician and professional
man in town discarded their hats
and coats and went to work just
as if the fire was in danger of burn
ing their own homes. Every man
and boy that could handle bucket
worked splendidly No doubt it was
| because there was so many social
| affairs in town Monday night that
the crowd collected so quickly. Divine
SERVES had just closed at the Baptist
| church, and the Improved Order of
| Red Men were holding their regular
meeting at their hall, when the bells
| began to ring and the whistles to
blow, which is sure call for help
Pin Slidell in case of fire. A freight
train pulled up at the time the bell
began to ring and the en- -ineer SEEM
ed to grasp the situation at once, the
big engine Joined the switch engine
in blowing it's whistle. Not second
passed between the shrieking of the
whistles, including the Salmen Brick
and Lumber Company's big whistle,
the Southern Cresote's whistle and
the changing of the bells. 1t is need
less to say every one in town was
badly frightened. At least it will
wake us up to the fact of how much
We are in need of fire department.
There is nothing the town needs so
badly. We notice that our sister
town, Hammond, is keenly alive to
their own interest in regard to the
protection from fire. When will we
have fire department?
The corner stone of the new Bap-
fist church was laid Monday after
noon in the presence of large assem-
blage of people. The congregation
met in the main auditorium. After
service of song Rev. T. V. Peters
of the Methodist church read pas
sage of Scripture. Then Pastor
Finch read a brief history of the
Baptist church n Slidell. Rev. J..
E. Brakefield, of Bogalusa, delivered
an inspiring address,, the subject of
which was Jesus Christ, the Chief
Corner Stone" The audience then
quietly withdrew to the front of the
building and stood quietly while the
stone was put in place. AS no deposit
tory had been prepared there was no
deposit made except copy of the his
tory of the church written by Rev.
o. D. Bowen, the first pastor.
The corner stone itself is plain
marble slab containing the name of
the church and present pastor and
the names of the building committee,
architect and contractor 1t is in
scr bed as follows: Slidell Baptist
Chruch, erected A. d. 1910. A. Finch,
pastor Building Committee: F. B..
Richardson, U. G. Neuhauser, ]. F..
Polk, F. A. Bourgeois, C. M. Liddle,
w. M. Moore, J. M. Buckley, C. A.
Everitt, A. Finch. H. L. Moore &
Sons, contractors. Beck & Young,
architects. A history of the Baptists
in Slidell, by Rev. o. D. Bowen, was
placed Denlnd the stone.
The audience was dismissed with
prayer by Rev. J. M. Williams.
Mrs. w. P. Guidry, of Rio, spent
Wednesday here, the guest of Mrs.
L. Pinkley.
E. T. Bolbitt, of New Orleans,
spent Wednesday here on business
Miss Lillian Dubourg returned on
Monday from lengthy visit to
Ocean Springs.
s. J. DeBlanc, Of New Orleans, was
a business visitor here Friday.
J. r. Durham, of Hattiesburg,
Mrs. Mary NEEDING returned to her
home in New Orleans, Sunday, after
several days spent here as the guest
of Mrs. John Mcmahon.
Mrs. L. Bell and children, of Pearl
River, were visitors here Monday.
Hy. Schneider and little son, of
St. Joe, was among our out-of-town
visitors the past week.
Miss Pearl Todd of Bayou La
| combe, visited friends here recently
Miss M. O'Flinn spent Monday in
New Orleans.
Mrs. H. J. Willis, of Pearl River,
spent a pleasant day here, the guest
of her sister, Mrs. j. F. Polk.
One of the most interesting social
events of the past week was a young
folks social given at the residence
| of Mrs. L. T. Miles. Those who at
tended were Miss Selma McManus.
Katie Houghton, Kathleen Beck.
| Ethel and Louise Peterson, Bessie
Houghton, Hazel Martin, Minnie
Thomas, Viola and Mabel Dickey,
Marie Galatas, Eta and Audry Vim
yard, Elise Solberger, Florence Moore
and Rora Witchard, Messrs. Homer
Fritchie, Earnest Welsh, Luther
| Buckley, Ather and Forest Witchard
Gussie Fritchie. J. D. Talley, Gussie
Solberger, Robt. Huff, Ward Wood
ruff, Osham Hardie, Earl and Fred
Fogg, Alfred Carr and Frank Carroll.
DR.. and Mrs. H. Ochsner, of New
Orleans, spent Sunday as the guest
of DR.. and Mrs. J. G. Smith.
Miss Ethel Sojourner returned
from a pleasant visit to friends in
Hattiesburg.
F. A. Bourgeois is having a hand
some dwelling erected on his proper
ty northeast of town. Just as soon
as the building is completed Mr..
Bourgeois and family will move into
same, having already rented theil
present dwelling to ther parties.
Sol Levy, of New Orleans, was a