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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11

GEO F. GARCIA COMMITS SUICIDE
Shoots Himself Through the Heart
With Double Barrelled Shotgun.
Dependency Over Sickness
The Cause.

The dull report of an explosion
was heard Monday evening about I
o'clock by people living in the neigh
borhood of the Garcia home, but it
attracted little attention, its muffied
sound giving the impression that
some one might be shooting on the
river front. 1t soon became known.
however, that George F. Garcia had
killed himself.
Mr.. Garcia was but 20 years Of
age. He was the son of John f..
Garcia and Josephine Gunckel, was
an orphan and was living with his
uncle, Mr.. S. Garcia, in the dry
goods business here. He was suf-
ferer from tuberculosis and his con-
dition made him respondent. To
add to his deranged state of mind,
the recent marriage of and separa-
tion from his sister, of whom he
was very fond, depressed and woT-
ried him, and securing shotgun
he placed the muzzle to his heart
and discharged it. The impact was
so great that pieces of his clothing
, were driven through his body.
While Mr.. Garcia could not have
lived more than a week or two, his
manner of death was a great shock
| to the Garcia family, and they ha*t
the sympathy of all in their be-
reavement.
The body was shipped to New Or
leans for interment.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
DEATH OF ADMIRAL JOHN
CHARLES FREMONT.
Drops Dead While Talking to His
Wife and Daughter.

Boston, March 8.-Rear Admiral
John Charles Fremont. commandant
of the Charleston Navy Yard, for
thirty-six years active in the service
of the United States and an expert on
deep sea surroundings, coast surveys
and searchilghts, fell dead of heart
disease in his home at the navy yard
last night. Admiral Fremont had
been indisposed for two days, and
was chatting with his wife and two
daughters when death overlook him.
Admiral Fremont was born in San
Francisco, April 19, 1849, the son
of Mayor General John G. Fremont,
U. s. A., "the Pathfinder" He grad
uated from the United States Naval
Academy in 1872, and 1876 was ap-
pointed to the command of the United
States steamship Pinta, and assisted
in the suppression of the riots in
Baltimore in 1877.
During the Spanish war he COM
canded the torpedo boat Porter, and
at the conclusion of the war. was
| made commandant of the navy yard
at Cavite, P. L., where he remained
| until 1902. In 1906-1907 he was
| naval attache at Paris, and st. Peters
burg, and for two years was in COM
mand of the battleship Mississippi
He was appointed commandant of
the Charleston Navy Yard, January
1, 1910.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11

The Benefits in the Cultiva-
tion of the Peanut.
Improvement in the Grade of
Cattle in Louisiana.
How to Grow More and Bet
ter Corn.

There is quite as much need, i'm
portance and value in organizing
home economic clubs among our pub
lie school girls as there is for FORM
ing agricultural clubs among the
boys. The boy who grows a crop
through his own efforts gets much OF
that kind of education that goes to
make a real man, and that is true
no matter whether he is to be a
farmer or a banker, mechanic or a
minister. The same is true for girls.
The young lady who has worked to
win a premium TO rbest light bread.
best corn bread, cake, preserved fruit
or vegetable is a better and nobler
woman On account of the study, ef-
fort and thought she has had to put
forth. And the girl who has worked
diligently to produce a neat shirt
waist, weil-fitting skirt, tidy piece
of underwear, or a housekeeper's
apron is better girl and will make
better wife and better mother
because of her effort. Latin, higher
algebra and geometry and ancient
history do not give the sort of train
ing best suited to the untold thous-
anus OIL girls WHOSE UuSluSSS IL VIII
be to preside over home and not
to lecture on university platforms or
entertain philosophers and scholars.
1t is therefore, gratifying to know
that the girls home club movement
is getting firmly established in Lou
isiana. Already clubs have been
formed in Calceasieu, Avoyelles and
Caldwell parishes, and the work is
under way in several other portions
of the State. The girls clubs are
organized in the same manner as the
boys are, and premiums are to be
offered for such items as those named
above; also for most tidy kitchen,
best needle work, etc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11

grades. Cattle, too, are getting more
numerous, and is is far more
common now than formerly to see
cattle pastured and cared for during
winter. Little improvement has yet
taken place in cattle, but once In
a while a Hereford, white face grade
strikes the eye and brings hope to
the heart.
What with a new packing house
at Natchez, with capacity of zoo
hogs and SO cattle daily, plant
of smaller capacity at Monroe, and
the Fort Worth Stock Yards, the
market for Louisiana hogs and cattle
is coming closer home; and the great
problem of marketing our stock is
being solved. But possibly the most
hopeful sign connected with cattle
raising in our State is the construc-
tion of the dipping vat for cleansing
cattle and pastures OF ticks. Already
in a half dozen or more parishes vats
are found in great number; and 1T
should be remembered that every
new vats means saving on the
$1OO 100000 tribute that the cattle
tick annually levies on the South.
But one word of advice. Do you
want to raise stock? Then, do SO,
and raise just the kind and breed
you like and your market watns;
but do not go into the business on
too big a scale. "Grow with the
business" says DR.. Dalrymple. Mean
while farmers who want first-class
really valuable bulletins on breeds
of hogs and pasture crops for the
same should apply to Director W.
r. Dodson, Baton Rouge, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
A SILVER WEDDING.

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis B. Abadie were
agreeably surprised by a large num-
Der of friends, last Sunday, at their
home in Covington, the occasion be-
ing their 25th wedding anniversary
The party was headed by Mr.. and
Mrs. Claud Henry, their son-in-laW
and daughter, and included a good
ly number of relatives and friends,
with the Vaudeville Brass Band,
which came up on the o'clock motor
car. The company brought with
them refreshments of all kinds and
the affair was a complete surprise
to Mr.. and Mrs. Abadie. There were
tokens of rememb brance in the way
of silverware, and the afternoon and
evening were very pleasantly spent.
Among those present were Miss E,
Wellcos, Mrs. Henry Menant, Miss
Louise Menant, Mr.. Arthur Parisy
Miss Alphonse Duturch, Miss Euge-
ME Dutruch, Mr.. and Mrs. Claud
Henry and son, Claud, Miss Honor
inc Menant, Miss H. Melton, Mr.
Harry Menant, Mr.. w. Peters, Mr.. N
Smith, Mr.. H. Roche, Miss Margue
rite Lamousin, Miss Marie Lamousin
Miss Estelle Fontan, Miss Adele
Fontan, Miss Anita Comeaux, Mis-
Laura Wehrli, Miss Jean Abadie
Mr.. Ernest Blattner, Mr.. Eduart
Abadie, Mr.. Peter Duzac, Mr.. W
Burns, Mr.. Jos. Lamousin, Mr.. Hy
acinth Abadie, Mr.. Ernest Stally, MI
Theo. Zinzer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
PEANUTS IN LOUISIANA.

The principal crop to which the
farmers of certain sections in Louisi-
ana have turned since the boil weevil
came to abide with and worry us is
peanuts. In years gone by when cot
ton was the king in two-thirds of the
State there was no thought of peanuts
as money crop. Today, many farm
ers in north Louisiana will tell you
that they are making more money
out of peanuts than they formerly
made out of cotton. On good land,
and especially with a good live
wire" sort of farmer back of the
business, yields of 40 and SO bushels
are made. The average for the entire
country is about "a bushels. Yields
of 80 bushels and more, however, are
not uncommon. Peanuts yielding "a
bushels of nuts per acre will give
a ton or more of first-class legumin-
GUS hay, worth $40 per ton. The nuts
bring from Is cents to $1.00 per
bushel. At 80 cents per bushel a
34-bushel yield with one ton of hay
means a return to the farmer of
1920 per acre.
When we consider that this crop,
UcluS q l0SuMC, Imply oVCc IhC coll
that the cost of planting and culti-
waiting the crop is not greater than
for cotton; and that peanuts are har.
vested and marketed at less expense
than is cotton, we see the advantages
of peanuts growing.
The best variety of peanuts tt
grow in Louisiana for the market OF
for pasturing hogs is the Spanish
These should be on well-preparet
bed in narrow rows, only for enough
apart to permit cultivation with hors,
or mule. The plants should be
to 9 inches apart in the drill,
may be better to she'll the nuts be
fore planting, but it is not necessar.
to do so. The nuts in the pods, o
course, do not sprout as quickly a
they do when shelled. Two or thre
civilizations should be given, ant
when the nuts begin to form som
loose dirt should be thrown up t.
ben in narrow rows, only far enoug
upon which the peanut Is to form
enter the ground readily.
The sandy uplands and pine land
of the State are the best soils TO
peanuts. Ordinarily but little fertili
ger is applied to peanuts. A fe'
wagon loads of manure per acre ar
very helpful, however, and applics
tions of 100 to 200 pounds of aci
phosphate are frequently very prof
: able. This should be applied in tn
drill before planting.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
THREE STUDENTS DISMISSED
FROM STATE UNIVERSITY
FOR HAZING.

rstcn 2orge. La. March S.-~Fol-
W. ,.~rn .',e car.'rre By Con-
81 -,t,t -. C : =, G, s.''cnt.S IL
.,e eata~'n.~ ! ss'," an r .t:f
co.. t g ci+.- as night az
e vas ,~t', =.',c t".s ;,~rnirr ut
- tlis:., ;ss: ng them from
e ;ne''t tn
II the n1s,-+. 7i~ heii tonight to IN
rre into &c sheaGing of the fresh
;''en Presi 'tnt noyd addressed the
st,,.'ents ami state that the pratice
cf :az'ns has been abolished in all
she colleges Of the country, and if al
lowed to flourish at the State Uni
versitv, the parents of the State will
withdraw their sons from the insti-
tuition, and all the long years of
cndeavo: on the part of the presi-
dent. faculty and friends of the uni
versity to build up the institution
will be undone. The entire corps,
with the exception of the senior class,
declared itself responsible for the
hazing, and stated that the men dis
missed were no more culpable than
the remainder of the student body.
A large number of the students
later acknowledged participation in
the shearing. President Boyd stated
that he desired all those who had
been principals in the holding or
shearing of freshmen to report to
him. and has deferred action pending
further investigation into the facts.
Commandant Sorley was seen to-
night and stated that the order of dis
missal issued against Cadets D. J.
Ewing, of New Orleans, M. A. Gros-
serand, of New Roads, La, and J.
C. Terry, of Monroe, La, whom he
caught in the act last night, at the
corner of North and Lafayette
streets. stands. and has not been in
any manner changed or altered.
Practically all the freshmen,
whether resident of the barracks or
of the city, have been visited by the
upper classmen, and resemble a flock
of sheep after shearing time. The
upper classmen continue to wear the
classic locks and leonine football
shock at will, the latter mode being,
only peculiar to those on the varsity.
and fast becoming discarded as q
college adjunct.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
ARMY OFFICER, ORDERED TO
FRONT, WEES IN HASTE AT
INDIANAPOLIS.

Indianapolis, Ind, March S.-Amid
the shouts of soldiers in the excite
ment of entraining, and with the
tears of women folk and children
left behind at the army post at Fort
Benjamin Harrison, the Tenth Regi-
ment, United States Infantry, Col H.
A. Greene commanding, left to-nis sht
for the Mexican frontier, mobilization
point at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. A
wartime romance was the hurried
wedding to-day of Lieut. Frederick
Carrithers of the regiment, and Miss
Gertrude Morian, of Frendonia, N.
Y. They were to have been married
May 1, but the lieutenant telegraphed
to his fiancee at her home yesterday
that he must leave for an indefinite
period of service Miss Morian an
swered that she would leave immedi-
ately for Fort Benjamin Harrison.
She arrived late to-day, and the we'd
ding at once took place, only few
hours before Lieut.. Carrithers de-
parted with his company.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
ONE WAY TO MAKE MORE CORN.

One of the main reasons why Lou
isiana does not grow more corn per
arce is that few acres planted to
corn have a good stand. Frequently
the stand is but half what it should
be. A man sets out plant his
corn two feet apart in the drill, and
he gets it three or four feet apart.
The average farmer will be surprised
if, at the last cultivation, he counts
the number of good stalks in 200
foot row, and finds out in that way
just what sort of stand he really
has.
The main causes of poor stands
are the use of seed poor in quality
and weak in vitality; planting too
ing and before the corn comes up;
the depredations of black birds.
crows, and field mice, and the nefari-
GUS work of the corn root-worms.
No ear should be used for planting
that does not look clean and healthy,
and feel solid when grasped by
both hands and given twist. The
cob should not be mouldy and the
kernels should not have shrunken or
pointed tips. Ordinarily, corn should
not be planted more than two lncneS
deep, and the heavier or more COM
pact the soil is, the shallower should
the corn be planted. Soaking seed
in tar before planting does not seem
to protect it against birds. The shot
gun is more effective. Fall and win
ter plowing of corn land, turning
under all weeds and vegetable mat
ter, and winter disking of the land
are the best means probably of fight
ing the root-worm and other pests
of the corn field.
To show how important it is to
have a good stand, the following
table is given. The figures refer to
one acre, and give the field in
bushels when IL ounces of shelled
corn are made to each stalk. This
amount of grain can be obtained
from one good-sized ear or two small
ears of the prolific types:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
EDUCATED COOKS FROM
COLLEGES.

New Haven, Gan, March 6.-Prof.
VIM. B. Bailey's class on American
social conditions was treated to a
sensational address this morning by
Judge B. Lindsey, of Denver, one of
the most prominent men in the
country engaged in Juvenile court
work. Judge Lindsey told the Yale
men that while we send small
crooks to prison in stripes we often
send the big crooks to the United
State Senate" and in referring to
universities and their work, the lee
turer did not mince his words in the
least.
while l am not cynical" he said,
II would like to inquire why the
universities are sending out SO many
crooks. The universities send out
so many good men, some of the best
there are, to fight for righteousness.
But the biggest crooks l ever knew
are men out of universities. They
are equipped after the bones which
attracted the dog on guard under
the apple tree They find the bones.
In some cases it is judgeship, in
others, perhaps, it the United States
Senate"
"Let me not be mistaken. There are
good men from the universities and
they go to help others, as in the case
of Joe Folk, of Missouri, and the
| fearless Francis j. Heeney, of San
! Francisco, for whom the men of Le-
land Stanford went and worked
against a graduate of their own uni
versity.
privilege is what is causing all
the youthful crooks, all the petty
thieving and other misdemeanors.
| And you can see how far-reaching
/, the system is when / tell you of
the act of graduate of an Eastern
| university won't mention the uni
versity for fear it might be enbarrass-
ing--wrote to good corporation
from my state when good law was
proposed, "That the law would be
detrimental to the interests of tho
corporation. and l am authorized tc
go to expense to kill the bill The
bill was killed.
THE deaths of fathers and the
going to work of mothers, all du'
to the defective machinery, cause the
children to steal and commit othel
crimes. The lawyer in the case be
trayed his alma mater and humanlt!
he was part of the system. Legis
lation which has been passed In Bel
gium and Germany cutting doW'
four-fifths of the deaths from defec
tive mining by safety appliances, ma
, been killed here by privilege as
| rart of the system
. In another part of his address Judg
Lindsey referred to the Senator Lorl
, mer case, not by name, however. II
: said that while coming to Chicago re
Gently he was attrcated by the larg
, | headlines of paper there wh1c
was defending a mans right to
: seat in the United States Senate. Th
/ basis of this right, he said, was priI
t cipally that the mans habits WeI
S good, that he did not drink, smoE
| nor chew, and that he was good
: his family.
t This man." said Judge Lindse
s probably did not beat his wife. TIL
0 was a defense to a seat to the Sci
S ate
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11

at the State Department about the
rumored cricis in the health of Presi-
dent, not one syllable could be as
certained.
Assistant Secretary Huntington
":fs' il would not sa~ VOL as tn
a. II Dassa&or Y is II might have
{ MIN Cp 80 ct
;. was a init e.9 a. the White
dbise IN S evening "a. the Mexican
- '''"' ef*.1s haf been r'":n- c0nsi;t-
{ a. G '.~'nb'e 70 the con. actors en-
gagged in tie work of damming the
Colora@a river across the line from
thee Imperial Valley in California,
AMI that Mexico was sen ling, by
way Of the Gulf Of Caiifo. MIA, a regi-
ment of Federal troors to guard the
work which was undertaken by the
United States to prevent floods in the
Imperial Valley an1 the surrounding
country. Two hundred MeXicon sold
iers who went through Yuma, Ariz.,
some time ago for this purpose wer"
captured by the insurgents.
The President told callers to-day
that Texas and the adjacent country
offered an admirable field for ma
neuvers at this time of year, hut
vouchsafed no further information.
No such secrecy has marked the
preparation for previous maneuvers.
Quite the contrary; at other times
the participating Offices have been
only too glad to draw public atten-
ton to and arouse public interest
in the work of the army and navy.
Furthermore, it was said to-day that
the appropriations for army maneu-
yers for the current fiscal year are
all but exhausted, and it is pointed
out that in ordinary circumstances
no such movements as those sprung
on the army and navy during the
last forty-eight hours would be
thought of. Hence, it was inevitable
that Washington should be skeptical
toward the explanations given official
ly and should look to conditions in
Mexico, known Or suspected, as eX-
planning more plausibly this concen-
tration of an army close to the
border with gooodly portion of the
navy at hand in either occasion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
RAISING MORE STOCK.

One of the most impressive facts
that force themselves upon the OBJ
servant man who travels through
north Louisiana is the amount of
stock ranging on open lands and in
pastures. Everywhere there is an
increasing number of hogs, and
gradually the razorback seems to be
giving way to better blood. More
oats appear to be growing through
out the State, and to be used for
grazing hogs, sheep and cattle. On
Boeuf River, in Richland Parish
every farm appears to have it's flock
of sheep, and what is perhaps more
important is the fact that there arc
evidences of improved blood in these
sheep-Shropshire and Southdowl
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
PREACHER CREATES A STIR.
Declares Men Have q Right to At
tend Sunday Baseball Games.

Knoxville, Tenn, March Elm a
meeting of the Knoxville Church
Federation to-day DR.. j. j. Taylor,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
caused a sensation by the following
declaration:
..The church has no right to make
q man go to church if he prefers to
90 to a baseball game, and 1t is an
individual matter what man shall
do with his Sundays.=1f persons play
GOLF or baseball or eat ice cream, the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
A Special Medicine for Kidney ALL
ments.

Many elderly people have found in
Foley's Kidney Remedy quick re-
lief and permanent benefit from kid
Ieg AID Bladder ailments and from
annoying urinary irregularities due
to advancing years. Isaac n. Regan,
Farmer, Ma, says: "Foley's Kidney
Remedy effected complete cure in
my case and | want others to know
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Not a Word of Scandal

marred the call of neighbor on
Mrs. w. P. Spangh, of Manville,
Wyo., who said: "She told me DR..
Kings New Life Pills had cured her
of obstinate kidney trouble, and made
her feel like a new woman. Easy,
but sure remedy for stomach, liver
and kidney troubles. Only 25c at all
druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
PEARL RIVER COUNCIL.

/ p. M.
Present.. A. Singleton, Mayor;
]. ]. Willis, W. F. Crockett
Absent. w. Hartman.
The minutes of last meeting were
adopted as read.
A resolution granting S. G. Seals,
H. ]. Willis, j. A. Singleton and
others the privilege to place poles
on village streets, to construct a
private telephone ssytem, was ac-
cepted.
S. B. Coleman reports having res
paired bridge on Pine street as in
structed at last meeting, and now
working on Porters bridge.
The following bills were approved
and ordered paid:
S. B. Coleman, marshal's salary,
5000; 5 meals furnished prisoners,
100; l court trial, LOO. Total
$500.
J. A. Singleton, court trial, $1.0O.
A. D. Crawford, 1910 feet of lum-
ber for bridges, s52.19.
Andy Penton, 8 days bridge work,
$3.50
Mike Nicholas, 4 days bridge work,
5000
Ellis Smith, hauling bridge lum-
Der, $1.OO.
J. Bordeaux. 1 1-2 days, man and
wagon, $2.25.
Mike Nichols, days street work,
| $500.
W. F. Crockett, clerk for month
of February, 1911, $500.
Balance on hand March 1, 1911,
$970.62.
The following ordinance was
adopted:
| AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance imposing street tax
| for the maintenance of streets and
| bridges within the corporate limits
of the Village of Pearl River, pro-
Viding for its enforcement by f1ne
or Imprisonment.
Be it ordained by the Maryor and
Board of Aldermen of the Village OF
Pearl River:
Section L. That all able bodied
persons between the ages of Is and
So years, residing within the limits
of the Village of Pearl River shall
be required to work the Village
streets not to exceed four (4) day.
in each year, when notified by the
marshal or street commissioner, pro
vided, that any persons may relieve
himself from such compulsory stree
duty by paying a street tax in liel
thereof, which is hereby fixed at tW'
(2) dollars.
Sec. 2. That this ordinance shall
not apply to transients or person
not residing within the village.
Be it further ordained, ETC.:
Sec. 3. That any person failin
to report for street work after be
| ing duly notified by the marshal o
street commissioner, and who fail
r to pay the amount in lieu of sal
street work, as provided in section
! of this ordinance, shall be arreste
y and after trial and conviction befor
the mayors court shall be condemn
v ed to pay fine not to exceed fiv
; (5) dollars and in default of pay
n ment of said fine, be worked on til
streets of the village for not NOR
n than ten days.
). Be it further ordained, etc.:
n Sec. L. That all ordinances in col
t flict herewith are hereby repale'
It and that this ordinance shall be e
d fective from and after it's promulg
tion.
d Adopted March Z, 1911.
e Vote of council:
It Yeas. J. Willis and w.
d Crockett.
1T Nays-None.
Absent. w. Hartman.
There being no further bushes
t. the meeting adjourned.
J. A. SINGLETON, Mayo
r. w. F. CROCKETT, Clerk.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11

"Foley's Honey and Tar is the
best cough remedy I ever used as it
quickly stopped severe cough that
had long troubled me- says J. w.
Kuhn, Princeton, Nebr. Just so
quickly and surely it acts in all cases
of coughs, colds, lagrippe and lung
trouble Refuse substitutes. Sold by
Theo. Strain & Son.