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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
FRANKLINTON.
Police Jury Lets Contract for Con
struction of 800 Miles of Good
Roads.

Franklinton, La, June e.-The
Washington Parish Police Jury has
agreed to enter into contract with
Boyd & Bradshaw, of Columbia,
Miss, for the building OF abont 30O
miles of roads for sum approximat-
ing $4,000. The contractors Will
buy the woodworking equipment now
i'm use by the Police Jury and Will
contract for the use of the labor OF
the parish convicts. Work on the.
roads will be commenced at once.
The fund available for this purpose
is derived from an appropriation Sc.
cured by a two-mill tax.
D. T.. Branch, mayor OF Franklin.
ton. announced his candidacy for the
Office of sheriff. A. C.. Williams.
present chief deputy sheriff, Is also
an aspirant. Delos r. Johnson has
announced his purpose to run for re-
/ election to the lower House OF the
Legislature. j. N. Magee, present
sheriff, has aonnunced his candidacy
/ for the State Senate; Z. =. Bennett,
10, the House of Representatives,
DR. j.. G. Denman will make tFy
of the Office Of coroner. but Dr. Y.
g. Brock, incumbent, will seek re-
election.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
EASTERN STAR.

Southern Pines Chapter NO. Sl'
Order of the Eastern Star, was OF
ganized at the Masonic Temple IN
Covington last Sunday afternoon oy
Worthy Grand Patron of the order
in louisiana Ira Weingrum assist
cd by Past Grand Matron Eloise T..
Balmer, Della T. Walsdo, Mesdames
Mary Garner, Alice. Weingrum and
Miss Katz.
The following officers were elect
ed and installed: Mrs. r. w. Nc
Cullough, Worthy Matron; Mr.. E. G..
Del Corral, Worthy Patron; Mrs. j..
Stern, Associate Matron; Mr.. $. Il.
Rlcssman, secretary; Mrs. b. J..
Domergue, Jr., treasurer: Mrs. J. =.
Wortham, Conductress; Mrs. w. A.
" hite, Associate Conductress; MISS
Carrie Singletary, Ada; Miss Lou
LIONS, Ruth; Mrs. e. Stern, Esther;
Mrs. S. R. Blossman, Martha; Mrs.
Ia. R. Warren, Electa; Mrs. H. II.
Smith, Chaplain; Mrs. l.. A. Perre-
and, Warden; Mr.. Fred Pape, Senti-
mel. After the ceremonies of in
stallation( dainty refreshments were
served and a social hour was enjoy
ed by all present. The chapter starts
under the most favorable conditions
are a number of applications tor
membership are ready for presenta-
ton at the first meeting.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
ANTE CITY,
.Decision Rendered by the First Cir.
cult Court of Appeal.

Amite City, La, June 7.-The
First Circuit Court of Appeal, with
Judges Ellis, Mouton and Caiilouet
presiding, to-day rendered the, follow
mo decision: Mrs. Rosa Ruiz VS.,
Morris Becker, affirmed; Mrs. Jose
mime H. Davidson vs.. Frost-J onns-
for Lumber Company, afflrmed' i
Thomas P. Sims ct al. VS.. Mrs. Julla
sims. affirmed; Jessie Blackwell vs..
T. B. Irwin, reversed (plaintiff, the
owner of the property being seques-
tered. reconyentional demand reject
| ed and plaintiffs right to sue iof
damages .reserveD; !; Mrs. Josephine
EIf Davidson VS.. Thomas G. Melon
aid ct al, affirmed; Cedar RAPIDS
National Bank VS.. B.. B. Varnado, az.
frmed: Miss Lena Rand vs.. heirs OF
Stark. affirmed; Miss Lizzie LOIS
fpeich VS.. Mrs. M. V. FortenDerfy
town of Amite City intervenor, an
nulled and reversed: Letitia Ban
mister. Varnado VS.. kentWeod anu
Eastern Railway, continued: warren
III Brown VS.. Morris Building ano
sLand Improvement Association, Ltd.
lanlended as to cost OF rule and az
armed; !. James Provost vs.. Columbus
| Porter ct al, application for reheaf.
ling refused.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
BOY SCOUTS.
Select Clermont Harbor as Site for
Summer Camp.-Win open on
Goth and Will Run Ten
Weeks.

Clermont Harbor, on MISSISSIPPI
Sound, was yesterday selected for
ste of the summer scout camp. Mr.
Teller whose vote was the deciding
one at the meeting last "Wednesday.
after careful consideration and lnves-
tigation. voted for Clermont in pref
erence to Helenbirg, the other oHer
seriously under consideration, giving
as his reason for so doing the greater
accessibility and location on the gun
motion to make the selectioh
unanimous was then passed.
The camp opens on the 26th Oh
This month, Scout Commissioners
Stanley w Ray, Office Els Godchaus
building, is open for offers OF shp-
plies.
To-day Commissioners Ray and
other scout officers go to ocean
Springs to organize the scouts there
The First Battalion goes, with them
meeting at the Louisviffe and Nash
Vile station at 7:15 a. m. sharp.
The boys who leave for Oceal
Strings are: George Braud, ID. A
Murdoch, Frank Cass, l.. Lafiom' =
Hawkins, L. Lay, c.. A. Emilng' M
Hawkins, E. Vinet, P. GoldenDurg
F. Bernier, Charles Farrar, Claud
Farrar, F. Lott, ]. H. Pascoe, Z
Harris. ]. Maragas, L. Young, Z
Wakefield R. Barnes, l.. Ramos, y
y ,Morrell, Paul Daniels, Leonard DaI
0utland, Louis Barniel
ieis, Glen -. = : >--.,
Fein.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
KINGS DAUGHTERS OPEN REST
AWHILE.
First Guests Cross Lake on Steamer
and Are Met at Landing by the
Mayor of Vaudeville and
Band of Music.

Rest Awhile, the Kings Daughters
summer home for the poor, was for
mally opened last evening, the first
guests leaving the city on a Spanish
For train, and crossing the lake on
the steamer Louis Dolive. They were
met at the landing by the mayor Of
Vaudeville and band of music, and
after the first meal was had, there
were ceremonies of welcome. The
principal address was made by the
mayor, who was thanked by Miss
Sophie Wright. The Rev. j. M. Will
lams offered prayer.
The first company of guests num-
bers forty-seven. There were to have
! been fifty-one, but woman was
taken i'll yesterday, and she and her
three children had to withdraw from
the party In the company were
eighteen children ranging from two
TO fourteen years. The others were
grown persons, one a poor crippled
woman. A girl, who could not walk
at all, was brought down to the train
III wagon, and was carried on board
| One woman who had been taking
these trips for several years as the
| SutSI VI lHS 1AlIlo la etuSoitSio W -
not go this years. She is Miss Mary
Browne, an inmate of St. AIMS Asy-
lum, who died about a month ago
She had probably looked forward tc
her one yearly trip out of the city
this summer, as she had from year tc
year, but if she was on this years
list, her place was filled by another
Kings Daughters from the com
mittees appointed for this part -o1
the work were at their posts in the
railway office yesterday afternoon
Mrs. George w. Moores, chairman OF
|tLe admission committee, was assist
ed by Miss S. Tiny Balm, chairman
Of the transportation committee, was
assisted in her duties by Miss Luells
Clay.
/ Miss Sophie Wright and Mrs. Geo
Williams arrived in time to superln
tend the boarding of the train, ant
then accompanied the party over tt
Vaudeville. A committee of mem
bers of the order has been gettin'
the house ready for the opening, AM
met the guests at the landing yester
day. The members were: Mines. w
w. Van Meter, S. w. Rueff AM
ThornweH Cachet, and Misses Ro
wena Mcmillan, Bonita Cimmons an
Mamie right.-Times-Dem
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
OF INTEREST TO
CORN CLUB BOYS
Farm Demonstration Work to be
Engaged In on The 18th.
Boys Asked to Be At the Places
Designated on this Date.

Mr.. Arthur Padron, of New Or
leans. formerly in the newspaper
business, is now in Covington, where
he will spend a vacation OF several
weeks.
Mr.. R. c. Howell, assistant to Prof.
Roy, of the Agricultural College, will
be- here on the 18th instant, for
demonstration field work for the
benefit of the Corn Club Boys. The
beys are requested to be at MI,
Heath's place at 10 o'clock in the
morning, on the Low Davis Road,
and at Mr.. Rauch's place at Anita
Springs, at 3 o'clock in the after
noon. There will be no meeting in
Folsom.
Every boy who can should take
advantage of this opportunity to learn
something that will be OF benefit te
him in growing his crops and i'll
crease his chance Of winning prize
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
PAERL RIVER.
state Health Boards Demonstration
Train Visits Town.

Pearl River. La, June 6.-The
health train of the State Board of
Health has been visited by practically
the whole town and many citizens
living in the vicinity. Last night an
illustrated lecture and maying pic
lures were given to an enthusiastic
audience. Dr. Dowling called atten-
ton to the fact that the day Of the
common drinking cup is over, and
OH July / the familiar common
towel" will come to an end. DIR.
bowling commented on the good
water supply and urged the necessity
fol- pure water. DIR. Dowling explain
ed the hookworm Slides and DR..
Cary talked on the evil of che fly.
Mayor j. A. Singleton introduced the
doctors and Miss Morris, thanking
them for the good work they are ac-
coniplishing, and assuring them that
they are with the rest of the state
in the effort to show to the world
that the chance for good health in
Louisiana is as good as that Of any
place in the Union.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
THE BUILDING
CONDEMNED
Committee Appointed by the
Council So Report.
Messrs. Stevens and Jenkins
Agree on the Danger
|Of Attempting to Complete
Present Structure.
Walls Will Have to be De-
molished and Rebuilt.

The following is the report made
bs w. l.. Stevens of New Orleans
and Chares Jenkins of Covington,
architects appointed by the town
council to examine the school build
ing and determine whether it was
safe to be completed or would have
10 be torn down, The report was
without any disagreement whatever:
Covington, June e, l9ll.
The Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Council, Covington,
Louisiana.
Centlemen-Pursuant to instruc-
tions. we have carefully Inspected
your incomplete public school build
ing. with view OF ascertalnlhg
whether or not, the work being TO
completion, all or any portion OF TINS
structure will be suitable for use IN
a school building. We have thor
ouehly examined the walls and
foundations, as well as the frame
work, being careful to make such IN
spection as to convince US OF the
true condition of both work and
materials.
We find the walls badly cracked
ir many places, due chiefly to i'm
proper construction. The brickWork
| is laid up loosely and the facework
in the walls extend through thS
foundation, showing this portion OF
| the work to be insufficient. There
lis defective construction in the brick
| work at the opening heads, where
! rowlock arches, instead of iron Oh
1 steel lintels, are supplied to carr.
the loads. This construction is no
Ionlye inadequate but dangerous -Th
flaming is so badly deterioTated tina
! it is unfit for use. Much of the mill
/ cork that has been exposed to tn
weather for several years is III tn
/ same condition. We are convlnce'
that no portion of the present wall
would be suitable, or even safe, IN
completed building, and even tn
| foundation is insufficient and I'm
properly constructed.
We therefore recommend that tn
entire building, including the founda
ton. be demolished, and such me-
terial as may be found to be service
able employed in a new building.
Respectfully submitted,
Wv. l.. STEVEN!
CHAS. JENKINS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
.UDGE l.. p. CAILLOUET.

1t is probably early, when the held
is open and it is not known who may
he q candidate for the office, to make
comment as to choice, but the an
nouncement that Judge Caillouet, OF
Lafo,trche parish, will be candidate
for the supreme bench brings into
the lists a man whose record VIII
bear inspection and whose quallfca-
tions are of the highest order. Judge
Cailluet is esteemed by all who nave
| had the pleasure of personal ac-
oraintance with him. His strength
of character, judicial mind and tenn
| perament and unalterable fidelity &c
the demands of duty, pre-emlnently
lift him for the position, while MS
kind and considerate disposition vii
win friends for him among those
With whom he comes in contact.
Judge Gallon t is native OF ant
has resided in L ifourche parish. he
was deputy parish recorder IRON
August. 1877. to the end OF Decem
ber. 1900, was justice of the peac'
land notary public at the county sea
for some years and was admitted u
| the bar in July, 1885. He was dis
trict attorney in April, 1888, for tn
judicial district composed OF the par
ishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne
he was elected district judge OF TN
district and was reelected in lS9t
l1g0O, 1904, serving continuous
, Until March /, 1907, when, havln
been elected judge of the court G
, appeals. hersigned to ascend tina
, bench. He was twice elected dlstrle
, Iiudge. without opposition, in 10y
: and 1904. nj 1900, member OF tn
Terrebonne bar offered for the nom
Ination in Democratic primary, an
Judge Caillouet was nominated .
8 a vote of more than two to on
r carrying both parishes over his con
petitor. In 1898, he was nominate
: and elected, without opposition,
n delegate to the Constitutional COZ
q yention of 1898.
While district judge he served {
: the court of appeals from l9oo
19o7 in various parishes, under a
o |signment by the Supreme Coul
Q when the court of appeals, first cl
) cult, was created he was nominate
" ard elected, without opposition, L
81 The six year term which he is no
l, serving.
) He has always been a Democr
Il land fought the battles of his par
s-iaeainst tbs detection some years al
lto Republicanism in his section
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10

TOG|ULFPORT
Probability that Illinois Cen
trail Will Build.
Meeting Will Be Held at
Gulfport To-day.
People of That Town Organ
izing for Same Purpose.
Want Covington People to
Cooperate in Matter.

Jackson, Miss, June 5.-That the
Illinois Central may secure right
of way into Gulfport and commence
the construction of line to that
point within the next six months is
the report now current in railroad
circles. and emanates from official
quarters.
President c. H. Markham, in let
ter to the Biloxi Commercial Club,
has promised to make personal in
vestigation of the feasibility of build-
ing line from Covington, La, east
ward to Gulfport, and he is expected
to visit the Gulf coast within the
next few weeks to hold conference
with the commercial bodies that have
submitted the proposition to him.
1t has been generally known for
some time that, in view of the early
completion of the Panama Canal.
the Illinois Central has been anxioas
to secure an outlet on the Mississippi
coast, and it is stated on good au-
thority that this is the real aziimas
behind the fight being made by proDi-
rent citizens of GulfpOrt against the
granting of a charter to the Gulfport
Shipping and Terminal Association,
it being alleged that this concern, OF
which Capt j. T. Jones, head of the
Ship Island system, is the principal
promoter, is engaged in an effort to
| bottle up Gulfport and prevent the
entry of other railroads except on
tsuch terms as he may dictate. Capt.
Jones has entered a disclaimer to
this charge, and says that he will
gladly welcome new railroads, but
nevertheless an aggressive fight on
his plans il being made, and the
clarter contest may ultimately find
its way into the courts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
EARTHQUAKE IN
|. CITY OF MEXICO
Much Loss of Life and Damage
to Property and Buildings.
Sixty-Three People Killed and a
Loss of Over $100, 600.

Mexico City, June 7,-Sixty-three
killed, seventy-fve wounded, prop
erty loss 100000,
These are the net results OF the
earthquake which visited the capital
this morning and injected note OF
tragedy into what was expected TO De
a. Gay of pure rejoicing. When the
work of searching the ruins is conf
pleted it is possible that the list OF
dead will be heightened somewhat,
as hiding here and there throughout
the city there doubtless are many
wounded who, with traditional fear
of the authorities and government
hospitals, are anxious to evade DIS
cosery. The property loss is but an
estimate, and is based upon .calucuia-
tions made by owners and contrac-
/ tors. Little of the loss is covered
by insurance.
1t was 4:26 o'clock when the hfs'
shock was felt. According to the me,
| THEOLOGICAL observatory, the greates'
/ intensity was reached at the end OF
tic first minute but the instruments
continued to record the shocks Iol
/ fourteen minutes more. 1t was, OF
vacillatory, twisting character, out ai
most free from trepidatofy motion
! More than half of the dead &C
count for were soldiers. They wer'
caught beneath the falling walls Q
the artillery barracks in San Cosme
a locality near the Mexican Centra
station.
POWER PLANT DAMAGED.
Another place where. the earthquak
ltook its toll Of deathss1n considerabI
/ numbers was at the city power plan
Iof the street car company Here 81
were killed and six We're wounded
Two others are in the debris, con
lsisting partly of steel rains, Whlcl
had been stacked in the iron an
wood departments and which eoliaps
lea. The victims were inhabitants Q
lthe little shacks built along the sid
I OF the structure.
| With these two exceptions tn
/ death LIST was made up OF s1ngl
cases, or in some instances OF tW
land three caught beneath the fal
| ing walls in the poorer buildings
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
HUNTING FOR
EASY MONEY
An Old Game That is Being
Sprung Anew.
Charles Jenkins, Prominent
Covington Architect,
Sought to be Made a Victim
to be Plucked,
Did Not Turn Out the Easy
Mark Expected.

The following letter has been re-
received by Mr.. Chas. Jenkins. IL
is evidently scheme to defraud him
OF money, and furthermore has been
precticed with some success upon
citizens of the United States at vari-
ous times, as described in the news
papers. Mr. Jenkins, however, was
not quite the easy mark that was
expected and turned the letter over
to this office.
Madrid, May 5, 1911.
Dear Sir-Although | know you
only from good references Of your
honesty, my sad situation compels
ME to reveal you an important affair
IN which you can procure q modest
fortune, saving at the same time tha'
of my darling daughter.
Before being imprisoned here
was established as banker in Russia
as YOU will see by the enclosed article
about me of many English news
papers which have published my ar
rest in London.
/ beseech you to help me to obtain
sum of 100000 dollars | have
in America and to come here to raise
the seizure of may baggage, paying
to the Registrar of the Court the
expenses of my trial and recover my
poemanteau containing secre
pocket where have hidden the docu
ment indispensable to recover thu
said sum. AS reward / will CIV
up to you the third part, viz: 10000
dollars.
-s-< cannot receive your answer II
the prison but you must send cable
gram to a person of my contidenc
who will deliver it to me.
Awaiting your cable, to intrust yo
in all my secret, | am sir,
Yours truly
SADROWSKY
First of all answer by cable, nc
by letter as follows: Mariana Priett
Gale Peso Valladolid, Spai1
i"Grave" Jenkins.
. The following alleged neWspape
clipping was also enclosed in tn
hitter in confirmation of the recit'
of the letter:
ARREST OF ST. PETERSBOUR
BANKER.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10

the district most seriously affected.
Although the shock was plainly
felt in all parts of the city, few
realized the magnitude of the catas-
trophe until late in the forenoon,
due to the fact that the casulties
were confined to comparatively
small area.
Accustomed as the people OF the
city are to earthquake sohcks, ana
their harmlessness on former occa-
sicns, they were slow to learn that
this was the most serious shock in
score of years.
No personal property of Americans
was damaged, and with the exception
of one Chinese no foreigner was in
iured. The Chinese was killed. In
the barracks where the soldiers We're
killed twelve women also lost their
lives. They were he wives OF the
,artillerymen.. These women have
the privilege of spending the night
within the walls of the barracks. The
barracks was an old structure but
a generation or more ago, but, unlike
many of the older edifices OF the
city, its walls were comparatively thln.
SOLDlEflO hllALEb.
Seventy-two soldiers were sleeping
in the house. Approximately ABOUT
half of them were quartered on the
first floor and the balance of them
on the second. The walls of the
building gave way, letting the root
down on the sleeping occupants. the
bodies of thirty soldiers have been
recovered. Three are missing and
sixteen are wounded, few danger
ously.
Instantly those who escaped began
the work of rescue. Word was sent
to a company Of engineering g corps,
who soon arrived and began assist
ing in the work of shoveling away the
broken rock and mortar. women
whose soldier-husbands were In the
building stood about holding tneli
children, and stared curiously- at the
gruesome scene Ambllances carried
! the wounded to the military hospl'
tails. and the dead to Dolores Gene
| terry.
Three blocks from the barracks the
wards of the Mexican Cenertal, Whlcf
Madero had been scheduled to enter
presented another spectacle OF tne
| shocks intensity. There long wal
separating these yards from those
of the Mexican Railway was thrown
down. A Mexican locomotive engi
neer who was lying by its side wa
crushed to death. A warehouse o
!, the Mexican Central is almost
wreck, one wall and portion OF tn
building having collapsed. Abou
third of the roundhouse was TORI
away.
In none of the advices received a
police quarters is there mentioned Tn
4 death of any one of prominence.
The fury of the shock was spen
in the northwestern and Wester
parts of the city. The most damag
done was in that quarter OF the CIT
known as Santa Maria, althoug
cracks in the pavement and wall
torpled over serve to mark it's cours
as far as Colonia Roma, distrlt
, inhabited largely by Americans. l
! this district, however, little real dan
-iage was done.
Cracks show here and there in tn
pavement throughout the district a
! fected, and now and then the a
: phalt is buckled until the ridge
, from 8 to 5 inches above the lev
. OF the streets.
In nine cases out of ten the wal
fell into open yards or into tn
e street.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
FRANKLINTON.
Attorney. Clerk and Marshal Names
by New Town Council

Franklinton, La, June Tine
newly-elected Town Council met ON
Yesterday and organized BIZ fAking
the usual oath of Office. All nsera-
hers were reelected except !. y.
Brock. Jr. The work of the exist
ing committees was canvassed ana
the condition Of the streets was found
to be satisfactory. The galvanized
iron culverts ordered some weeks ago
are being placed in position at cross
ings. Prentis B. Carter was selected
attorney; Paul B. Greenlaw, clerk
and Waldo Afford. marshal The
treasury was found to be in good
condition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10

que. Sr., F. B. Hempel, Thos. Hebert,
J. L. Jenkins, Numa Hebert, J. A.
Domergue, Arthur Pechon, Eugene
Bells, Robert Mendow, Warren
Thomas, D. H. Mason, E. v. Richard,
Ben Fontan, Frank Patecek, Leon
Hebert, w. J. Warren, G. S. Fred
erick. A. P. Beaucoudray, G. Koenig,
F. P. Marsolan, J. M. Aueille, G. M.
Loyd. E. J. Frederick, Jack Bennette,
Robt. Mcintyre, w. Davis, b. l..
Crawford, Robt. w. Badon, joseph
Hoffman, Paul ]. Lacroix, A.. II.
smith. B. M. Smith, ]. H. Heintz,
los. Rausch, L. B. Abadie and Aug
VergeZ.