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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-09

medicine and surgery, to regulate the
practice, and to constitute board of
examiners, and to define offenses by
acts done contrary to the provisions of
this act and providing for the violation
thereof.
senate -Thirty-third Day.
Se-ate bill SO, to pr event the spread
of quack grass and Canadian thistle, or
any variety of dodder, was passed.
Senate bill 1853, amending section Plat
article 8, chapter 20. poll teal code of
1903, relating to duplicate tax receipts,
was passed.
Senate bill l22, providing for the reg
stration of names TO farms and ranches
and providing for tn payment of fees
therefor, was passed.
Joint resolution 10, providing for the
disposition of the money obtained from
North Carolina, was passed.
The folio wing bills were introduced:
ITO. Appropriating money for sta
tionery, blank books and incidental
expenses of the supreme court and for
expense in disbarment proceedings.
1911. Amending section 5, chapter 1853
session laws 1909, to prev vent the manu-
facture, sale, keeping for sale or trans
portation of adulterated or misbranded,
poisonous or deleritious foods, dairy
products or liquors; for regulating traf-
fic therein; providing for its enforce
ment and prescribing penalties for the
violation thereof
Joint resolution Is. providing for the
appointment of veterans of the civil
war, who were enga ged in the battle of
Gettysburg, as delegates to the fiftieth
anniversary of such battle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08
MISS PEARCE USES PISTOL IN AT
TEMPT TO END EXISTENCE.

Shreveport, La, April 6.-Miss
Sarah Pearce, daughter of ]. 7.
Pearce, aged about twenty-three, for
several years stenographer for lead
ing law firm of Shreveport, this
morning attempted suicide at the
home of her sister, Mrs. John New.
Ford, on Fanin street, by shooting
herself through the lungs with
pistol.
The bullet passed an inch below
the heart, at which she aimed, and
inflicted wound pronounced very
| dangerous, but she has bare chance
of recovery, according to reports
from the North Louisiana Sanitarium,
where she was hurried after being
discovered.
Miss Pearce has been i'll several
months, suffering from nervous pros-
,tration, as a result of overwork and
the deed this morning is supposed
to have been committed while in q
fit OF dependency.
She had just finished breakfast and
went to her room to complete her
toilet preparatory to leaving home
when the report of pistol was heard
by the members of the family, and
the shocking discovery made.
Miss Pearce is member Of one oi
the Oldest and most prominent
families in North Louisiana.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08
WITHDRAW
THEIR PETITION
The Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley Withdraw.
Will Not Ask Railroad Com
mission Permission
To Take Off Covington-H Ham
mond Mixed Train
Letter From Secretary of
Railroad Commission.

Mr.. G. Daussin, secretary manager
of the Goodbee Truck Growers AS
sociation, sends the following letter
to to the Farmer for publication, as
of interest to truckgrowers through
out the parish. The Goodbee district
people took an active part in the night
against the removal OF the mixed
train ON the B H.. and E Railroad,
as the matter has special Importance
to them, with their largely increas-
ing trucking business:
Railroad Commission of Louisiana,
Baton Rouge, La, April 5, 191 !.
Mr.. G. Dausin, Secretary, Goodbee
Truck Growers Association. Madi-
sonville, La.
Dear Sir-I Write to advise you
that Mr.. Hunter c.. Leake, General
Agent of the Baton Rouge District of
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
Railroad Company, has withdrawn
his petition to this Commission, re-
auesting permission to discontinue
the operation of the local or mixed
train running, between Covfngton and
Baton Rouge, between Covington and
Hammond. The case has, therefore,
been cancelled from the docket.
Respectfully,
HENRY JASTREMSKI,
Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08
PARK OPENING
CELEBRATION
Will Honor Tooth Anniversa-
ry Of Covington.
The New Stage Will Then
Be Completed.
The Comedy, "All Tangled
Up," to be Reproduced.
Brass Band and Dance After
the Performance.

At the meeting of the Board of
Park Commissioners last Wednesday
the contract for the erection of the
stage in the park pavilion was award
ed J. E. Smith. 1t will be built in
conformity to plans designed by Mr..
Frederick Roehl, and it will be fin
ished in time to put on a play dur
ing the celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary of Covington,
April "a, 1911.
This occasion will be made an
event of special amusement and
pleasure at Bogue Falaya Park. Mr..
Roehl has been solicited to re pro-
duce "All Tangled Up" the laugh
able comedy that was so heartily re-
ceived by the Covington public at
Cantrelle's Hall recently, and it is be-
lieved that the same cast can be Sc
cured.
It is planned to introduce to the
public, on this opening day of the
park, Lord and Lady Covington, for
whom our city was named, in whose
honor the ceremonies will be parti-
cjpated in by one hundred costumed
children of the public school. After
the theatrical performance there will
be dancing to the music of an ex-
cellent brass band.
The Women's Progressive Union
have been asked to aid in making the
occasion a pleasant one, and other
features will be added to the pro-
gram to make the occasion memor'
ahlp
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08
DEMOCRATS IN POSSESSION.

Washington, April 4.-the Sixty
second Congress met in extraordinary
session to-day. What the session
will bring forth in the way OF iegis-
lation, or when 1t will adjourn were
matters on which no one cared 70
venture an opinion.
The Democrast took full posses
sion of the House mad put Champ
Clark, of Missouri, in the speakers
chair. In his speech accepting the
honor Mr.. Clark warned the Demo-
Gratis that the eyes of the country
were upon them; that the party was
ON trial for the first time In sixteen
years to prove its worthiness for
still higher expression of confidence
on the part of the American people.
Throughout the day the shadow OF
about the Capitol, and there is no
the coming presidential fight lowered
question that maneuvers for political
advantage will play an important
part during the next few months.
William Jennings Bryan, OF Ne
braska, and Governor Harmon, OF
Ohio. were prominent figures on the
floor of the House during the OPEN
ing ceremonies, anu UOCH SHdiCu AZ
the Democratic Demonstrations that
marked the day.
The Senate's opening was sedate
as usual. And while the leadership
of the upper branch of the new Con-
gress remains in Republican hands,
| the change in the personel fthose
assuming command was almost as
marked as in the House.
| President Taft's message, dealing
! with Canadian reciprocity alone, will
be read in the two houses of Congress
| tomorrow.
Republican leaders of the Senate
have announced that there shall bt
no tariff legislation at the extra ses
sion. Tariff revision is included II
plans of the Democrats.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08
MANDEVILLE TAX SALES
-Of-
ImmOvable Property.
Town of Vaudeville VS.. Delinquent
Tax Debtors.

BY virtue of the authority vested
in me by the laws of the State of
Louisiana and ordinances of the said
town, | will sell at the front door
of the Town Hall of the town OF
Vaudeville, La, within legal sale
hours beginning at IL o'cock a. M,
on SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1911,
and continuing each succeeding day
until said sales are completed, all
immovable property upon which
taxes are now due the town of
Vaudeville, to enforce the collection
of taxes assessed in the year 1909,
together with all costs and interest.
The name of said delinquent tax
debtor, the amount of taxes dues by
each OF the assessment of said prop
erty assessed to each to be offered
for sale is as follows:
New Orleans Great Northern Rail-
, road, taxes for 1910, one-half mile
of main line track and 40-100 side
track; assessed $4,000 at mills,
taxes and costs $30.43.
M. and w. Poole, taxes for 1910
lot in square SO, so feet front on
Foy street by $50 feet deep; asses.
| SCu poV a. Hills, tAASos AhSSA VIZ
and costs s.1.78.
Lucus Prieto, taxes for 1910, lo
in square 73, lot in square So,
lots in square II, lots in squar'
35, lots in square A, u of squar'
66, Il of 65; assessed $850.0O, take
interests and costs $8.O5.
w. A. Smith, taxes for 1910, par
of 2 lets in double square S3, an
imp; assessed $275.00, taxes, inter
est and costs 1928.
Louis Scheffer. taxes for 1910, ! \
, lots in double square "a, on Lafitt
| street; assessed at $4,000, at
: millss taxes, interest and costs $4.5s
/ Thomas & Williams, taxes fo
: 1910. l lot, 125x180 feet, square s.
E square ~, 76. II, Sc and 81, K
t in square 78; assessed at $4,000
f taxes, interest and costs $3.50.
Z Our weekly ad. is directed to thos
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08

WANTS DIXON ACADEMY.
Covington, La, March 80, 1911.
Editor of the st. Tammany Farmer:

Covington, La, March 30, 1911.
Editor of the St. Tammany Farmer:
Dear Sir:
Apropos to the public school situa-
tion in Coyington.
We have recently voted to issue
bonds in order to anticipate the
revenue from a four mill tax, which
tax went into effect some four years
ago. Under the existing circum-
stances this was about the only
thing left for us to do, but let us
see if this is going to get for us
what we want and badly need, an
up-to-date school building. There
are six more years for this tax to
run, which at the present assessed
valuation of property OF over $9OO,-
10000, will produce about $4,000.
Granthing that the bonds can be
sold at par (and they CAN'T, this
would leave us $4,000, (the interest
being provided for), the amount OF
bonds to be issued, out of which
amount must come the 100000 now
owed to Contractor CARRIER. This
brings the amount down to $11 600,
at the most, with which to complete
and equip our high school budding
If the very implete one story now
standing cost $4,000, how are we
going to finish the work and equip
the building with $1,000. 1t is i'm
possible. But we have got to have
modern school building. II Gov
ington does not want to remain in the
rut and be classed as back NUMBER
she has got to provide first-class
foo mind this
is our most urgent need today and
the so-colled hard times are due
more to the lack of such facilities
than to other causes combined. Now
what are we going to do about it?
| would suggest that We wipe the
slate clean and start over again.
Money has been lost ON the present
building and that cannot be helped
now, but I believe there is way in
which, by spending more money. the
loss can be full recovered. The pres
ent condition of the Dixon Academy
property leads me to believe that 1t
can be bought for great deal less
than its real value, possibly one
third Instead of attempting to COM
plete the present building, why not
vote an additional tax or extend the
tax now running and buy the Dixon
property and out of it make a school
to be proud of, one that would be
credit and an advertisement to
Covington. There could be made an
agricultural department which would
ultimately be of vast benefit to Oul
parish.
/ Mr.. Editor, something has to be
done in this matter. We hope tt
hear from you editorially concerning
it. Very truly yours,
E.. G. DAVIS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08

ton shall not receive more than one
hundred and twenty-five ($l25.0O)
dollars per month out of the general
school fund.
The above schedule of salaries
shall not interfere with the superin-
tendent and members of the School
Board of the several wards or COM
munities where special taxes have
been or may be voted for the mainte-
nance of the schools in said wards
or communities from fixing the sal
aries of the teachers of said wards
or communities at higher salary,
provided that the amount above the
regular schedule OF salaries be PAID
out of the special taxes of said wards
or communities.
Colored teachers holding first
grade certificates may receive forty
($4O.00) dollars of forty-five ($45.-
00) dollars per month.
On motion, duly seconded, the
above resolutions were adopted.
Moved by Mr.. Cause, seconded by
Mr.. Englehardt, that the Simalousa
and New Zion school be consolidated
| and that Mr.. T. ]. O'Kiefe, Mr.. Chas.
A David and DR.. J. F. Pigott, to-
gether with Supt H. B. Messick, be
appointed a committee to select the
site for the above consolidated
school.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Parker, seconded
| by Mr.. Kahl, that all teachers now
teaching be allowed to close theil
schools to attend the State Teach
s1{s ko hn a
Charles, April 6, Z and 8, and tha'
they be paid for full time as though
they were teaching.
| Carried.
/ Moved by DR.. Pigott, seconded b.
Mr.. Crawford, that the superintend
ent ascertain what school houses ant
fixtures belonging to the parisl
school board are insured and have al
houses and furniture belonging {
the school board that needs protec
tion insured.
The following bills were approve
: by the Finance Committee and order
ed paid:
2 Lawrence M. Bourgeois, Feb.
! book case, $500.
/ Slidell Stores Co., Ltd, for schot
: house, Sth Ward, ] blackboard *,
} and / piece, 6 feet, chalk rail, $5.2!
: w. H. Kentzel, dog license bool
g 500 licenses with stub numbered
e red, s4.00.
r Theo. P. Heisser, rent of scho
T house for colored public school
n Madisonville, La, four months
1880 per month, $1,000.
l. Dutruch Bros, 120 feet OF dresst
n lumber, for Pilgrim Rest schot
y S1.70.
r Sam Boss, building one brick III
1T and furnishing all material, Pea
% River school, $11.00; making o.
E. new ladder, 1873 feet long, for Pea
le River school, $1.00. Total $12.0o.
or H. B. Messick, Office expenses fre
OIL Dec. .2S, 1910, to March 20, 19l
ty $4,000.
Of Covington Bank and Trust Co.,
al fee rent for three months endl
e March 27, 1911, q $50 per mon
y $3.50.
al There being no other business
e board then adjourned until the n
re regular meeting.
er CHAS. A. DAVID, Preside
'ol H. B. MESSICK, Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08
"A GILDED YOUTH.
At CantrelIe's Hall, Tuesday, April
18, 19f1-For the Benefit OF
the M. C.. B. Library.

The best method for giving you
good ideas of what this sparkling
comedy has in store for you, will be
to print the
SYNOPSIS.
Act /. Time, a midsummer after
noon. Long Branch. A romantic
maiden. The Colonel gets news.
Sam and Sadie. The pitcher of milk
and the tale of cat. Aunt Sadie's
nerves" Moses. A case of mix.
Sam gains promise. Trouble
threatened. Trouble comes. A grand
smash.
Act II. Five minutes later. Sans
letter. Law and love. Sadie's sug-
gestions. The "Slugger." Sam on
his muscle. Moses and the Colonel.
More mistakes. Settled out OF
Court The broken promise. Moses
wreck 81 want revenge A
jcint-stock love letter. Sans de-
vice. Aunt Sadies sees a chance.
Sam reads the riot act. COmical
climax
Act III. An hour later. At the
Coloneps. Aunt Sadie grows inn
patient Moses more mystetied. Sam
talks politics with the usual result.
The Colonel on the war-path. Sadie's
scheme. Sans triumph. After the
storm, a calm
The CAST.
| Sam Glider, not such a fool as he
looks, F. Roehl.
J Moses Margin, an antique specimen
! of the Society of Dudes, Sydney
Fuhrman.
fury, Karl Kohnke.
Aunt Sadie, his sirter, 40 and
hopeful, Mrs. John Edgar.
| Sadie, the Colonel's ward, Miss
Mae Poole.
The play has been one of the
great successes of the professional
| stage, and is a scream from the be-
| ginning to the last drop of the cur
/ tain. The humor is refined and
clean throughout and the representa-
| ton is true to life.
! Unlike so many Of the modern
farces, this three-act comedy presents
no exaggerated characters, but such
as you might meet around you any
day in your active life.
1t will be put on under the direc-
ton of Mr.. Frederick Roehl. There
is some clever and finished acting re.
quired to achieve success with this
medium, but the personel of this
cast is sufficient to warrant that ths
play will be thoroughly well pre-.
sented.
The sale of seats will begin or
Monday, April II, at Schonberg'
Pharmacy. The price will be q
cents for regular admission with ar
additional charge of 5 cents for re
served seats.
/ So as to avoid confusion, let il
be understood that no seat will bt
reserved unless the general admis
sion Of 25 cents is paid at the same
time, or a general ticket be shown
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08
members of the School Board of
the Parish of St. Tammany.

the Parish of st. Tammany.
Gentlemen-Being informed OF
petition being circulated to unite the
Sun Graded school and the Lin:
Graded school, we, the undersigned
patrons, beg your honorable to let
Sun Graded school remain where 1t
is as we think this as conveniently
located as can be designated.
Warren Pierce, L. A.. Mizell, J. M.
Hunt, Mack Murphy, Jacob jenkins,
L. B. Aldridge, John Miller, Toney
Dupriest, Will Duncan, Mrs. u.
Stockstill, R. A. Pierce, Math Mizell,
Walter Pierce. B. B. Mizell, L. II.
Jones, Mrs. Mary Cooper, S. L.
Jenkins, L. A. Jenkins, Brit Jenkins,
L. A. Mitchell.
Moved by Mr.. Cause, seconded by
DR.. Pigott, that the Sun school and
the Line school Graded school be
consolidated into one school, but the
location of said consolidated school
shall be where the present Sun school
is located.
Carried.
RESOLUTION FIXING SCHEDULE
OF SALARIES.
Section 1. All inexperienced
white teachers holding third-grade
certificates may receive thirty ($30.-
O0) dollars per month and no more;
experienced white teachers holding
third-grade certificates may receive
! thirty-five ($35.00) dollars per
month and no more; inexperienced
colored teachers holding third-grade
certificates may receive twenty-five
(s25.OO) dollars per month and nc
more; experienced colored teachers
holding third-grade certificates may
receive thirty ($30.0O) dollars pei
month and no more. In order fol
any teacher to be considered an ex
perienced teacher, said teacher mus
have at least five months actual eA
perience in teaching or nine weeks
training in normal school.
Sec. 2. All inexperienced white
teachers holding second-grade certl
| ficates may receive forty ($40.Co
dollars per month and no more; ex
perienced white teachers holdin!
second-grade certificates may reeely
forty-five ($45.00) dollars per mont
and no more; inexperienced colore
teachers holding second-grade cert
fcates may receive thirty ($30.00
dollars per month and no more; ez
perienced colored teachers holdin
second-grade certificates may recelv
, thirty-fve (s35.00) dollars pc
: month and no more. Experience {
f training to be the same as in sectlo
!, / of this resolution.
. Sec. 8. The salaries fo all teacl
] ers holding first-grade certificates
= their equivalents shall be liked {
the Superintendent who shall exc
O else great care and his best Judgmel
y in fixing the salaries according
n the qualifications, experience and r
J. sponsi bilities to be assumed by Il
: teacher, provided, that no teacher
principal of a one-room scno
!. shall receive more than six
l. fs60.o0l dollars per month out
!. the general school fund, the princlp
of a two-room school shall not
'. ceiye more than seventy ($7O.0'
+. dollars per month out of the geneI
J. school fund, the principal OF a thre
J. room school shall not receive mo
r. than eighty (sS0.00) dollars 7
]. month out of the general scht
n. fund, the principal Of a four-rot
d. school shall not receive more tn
/. ninety (s9O.00) dollars per NOR
ont Of the general school fund, a
le the principals of Slidell and Gown
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08

There will be a change in the
schedule of the St. >Tammany and
New Orleans Railways and Ferry
Company, commencing on Monday.
April II. From that date the early
car will leave Vaudeville at 4:35 a.
n,., the next at a. M, and run
every two hours thereafter, viz: 8,
II, 1, 3, 5, Z. The early car south
bound will leave Covington at $3.50
a. M, the next at a. m, 10, IL, q,
4, 6, 8.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08
TRUCK BUSINESS LOOKING UP.

The fact that a god acreage of
truck is being put in this year is
attracting attention among the buy
ers. Around Abita, Madisonville and
Folsom there will be very good
shipment, and there are quite num-
ber of Independent growers outside
of the associations who have planted
extensively.
Mr.. E. A. Clark, representing the
Albert Miller & Co., of Chicago, COM
mission men, was here Wednesday
looking over the ground, and says he
will take all the carload lots we
have, f. 0. b. Covington, Folsom or
Abita.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08
SCHOOL BOARD
HOLDS MEETING
Statement of Finances by
the Superintendent.
Various Petitions Received
For Consolidation.
Come from Around Folsom
and Sun.
Schools that Will Run Full
Term of Nine Months.

Covington, La, April /, 1911.
The School Board met in regular
session on the above date.
Present-Chas. A. David, presi-
dent; DR.. ]. F.. Pigott, T. J. O'Kiefe,
John Englehardt, w. H. Kah1, John
H. Davis, T. P. Crawford, w. E.
Cause.
Absent-None.
On motion, duly seconded, the
minutes of the previous meeting
were approved as read. ..sr.,- sy..@
The Superintendent read the fol-
lowing report:
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
All schools that were opened on
September 5, and have been in ses-
sion for seven months have been
closed, except Covington, Slidell,
Madisonville, Abita Springs, Heiten
and Union Grove. Heiten school in
ward five will have an eight months
term, one months salary to be paid
out of the special taxes of that ward.
Union Grove school in ward two will
have an eight months term, one
months salary to be paid out of the
special taxes of that ward. All other
schools that have longer term than
seven months will receive their sup
port from the local authorities of
the several communities. There are
sseveral schools still in session owing
Ito the fact. that they were not open
led when the others were. Three of
these will not have seven months
term, the school not being opened
until after Christmas. The schools
Jas whole have accomplished all
| that could be expected.
The School Board should at this
meeting adopt .systematics sch eduAe
of teachers salaries. The salaries
have been very irregular and thus
caused dissatisfaction among some
of the teachers. Some teachers hold
ing only second grade certificates
have received as high as eighty-five
dollars per month. This is not fair
and should not be practiced further.
We have before us today some
petitions asking for the consolida-
ton of certain schools. These petit
ticners should be given liberal
consideration and their request
granted, for consolidation is the only
means by which the rural schools
can ever be made what they should.
Our financial standing looks fair
II good on the surface but we haven't
enough of the general school funds
to continue the schools another
month and be able to pay of the
teachers at the end of the first month
in the fall There is not sufficien
amount of the several sepcial funds
to pay for the school houses thai
need to be built in the wards tt
which said special funds belong.
Following is the statement of the
Er,n
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08
Your tongue is coated.
Your breath is foul.

Headaches come and go.
These symptoms show that your
stomach is the trouble. To remove
the cause is the first thing, and
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will do that. Easy to take
and most effective. Sold by all drug
gists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-08
One Conductor Helped Back to Work

Mr.. WiIford Adams is his name,
and he writes: 81 was confined to
nv bed with chronic rheumatism and
used two bottles of Foley's Kidney
Remedy with good effect. The third
bottle put me on my feet and re-
sumed work as conductor ON the
Lexington, KY, Street Railway. 1t
will do all you claim in cases OF
rheumatism. 1t clears the blood OF
uric acid. Sold by I'heo. Strain &
! Son.