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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-10
Crowds of Men and Women
Attend the Meeting.
Resolutions are Passed With
Cheering and Applause.

: New Orleans La, Feb. 4.-The
meeting called by the Democratic
: Good Government League last night
!. ut the Winter Garden was 4 large
one. the place being nearly % well
filled as at the meeting held before
the primary. The crowd was COM
posed OF men and women, and was
very enthusiastic one. cheering v0-
clferously the leaders in the late CAM
paign. and shouting answers to the
questions of the speakers, and Jokes
and jeers about Gov. Sanders. The
crowd cheered John NJ. Parker and
James Wilkinson and Don Caffery
loudly. and when Henri L. Gueydan
appeared he got q great deal Of aD-
plause. When Mr.. Gueydan appeared
he referred to himself as q voice from
the political grave, which struck the
audience as . good thing. However.
they shouted harder for Gueydan
than anyone else, and hailed him %
Our next congressman
HARD HITTING.
The cr6wd recognized the hard hit
ting of James Wilkinson and shouted
tear 'em up, Jimmie and ''hit 'em
up"
On the platform were John n
Parker, presiding: Don Caffrey. John
r. Commit, James wilkinson. Walker
B. Spencer, Col. w. C. Dufour. James
McGrath. Esmond Phelps and Messrs.
T1tche, Outlaw, Duchamp, 0ueydan.
Spearing and Weis, and one or two
others.
The speeches were all devoted 10
the ,denouncing of Gov. Sanders il
:. -. WeiE.- Snerre- ovoners7od
asls. 74fnrn:v-vanarsl Gninn from anv
hI.ma ~ tSa m.tter .nd .aid 'that he
ma,a1v . rerforn,oS htS.dntv ana fhat
ho had novor givon the nninion ~
cor.trued Nv Gov a.nders anvwav
4 nEMAcnf.1IE IN RATON ROIicE.
When the ve1l. = s. =. th.t . ereetsS re- A "Iol1n
M p.rkar nuieted down he said that
h.. nnanimous instructiona Of the city
c.mnairn com m Nee ~ the Good Cow
ernment Taaeue the meetinr 81 the
naonle nf the cifv had hoen called for
fhe nnrnose ~ enterinr : most earn
ost and heartfeIt nrotaat aeainaf
..that demarnrne n Raton Rouee.
who not contonf With inrrlins With
The sen atorshin vhen 4 ves nffered
r. him and mt content with inter
ferinr with the schools al New Or
leana ana nreventinr : man like John
r COMMIT from servin1 the nennle. {.
: Nor ho h.d haor dn;nr i Yor fvanfv
wears now comes and attemnts 10
dra1 the conrtx of the state in the
mud
Mr. Parker said that II was the
nurno.e to enter an earnest Drotest
aeainst anv hoss dictatinr asainst
the neople az Louisiana. ma to stamp
with the marx ~ infamv ana disan-
nroval the actions that had been tax
on Ha aaid. .Anv man Who Duts
himself IN the nosition that Gov. aan-
ders has is unfif to serva the people
IN anv canacity." He said s.that the
nowsn.nora shou,d MASON On their
M ges thsf tho .neonle ~ determinad
Ia have an honest reRistration and
fair count. or nut EVERYBODY in the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-10
RETURNS PRIMARY VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
TO The Tammeny Parish - - - "
the 80

Bonger only lacked 173 defeating opponents
the first primary.
43 94,
votes 4O1-about
Bolnger carried four Wards all
lis to 80; 4th Ward
|5o. - - -
entz only carried Ward all
Id by 4 votes-71 67 =
Thanking each of friends for their
tnuance of for the primary. remain.
E. ELMO
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-10

When buying cough medicine for
berlain's Cough Remedy is most ef-
fectual for colds. Group and whoop-
ing cough and that it contains no
harmful drug. For sale by al
dealers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-10
FRANKLINTON.
Whit Magee Appointed Marshal OF
the City.

Franklinton, La, Feb. 5.-Waldo
Afford has resigned the office of town
marshal and Whit Magee has been
appointed in his place,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-10
PONCHATOULA.
John Fishers Residence and Con
tents Destroyed by Fire.

Ponchatoula, La. Feb. 5.-The
residence of John Fisher, Jr., was
destroyed by fire Sunday morning at
1890 o'clock. When the fire was
discovered it had gained such head
way, owing to the strong wind blow
ing that it was impossible to save
even the personal effects Of the oc-
cupants. Loss about $500, with
$500 insurance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-10

Communication of the Southern
States Engineering Company was
read and tabled.
Moved by Mr.. Strain, seconded BY
Mr.. Destruel that the New Orleans
and Great Northern Railroad Com
pany be notified to clean ditch at
Hickory street crossing.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Strain, seconded by
Mr.. Destruel, that the town purchase
two wheelbarrows.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Destruel, seconded
by Mr.. Strain, that Mr.. j. p. Rausch' s
offer of 55c for piling and SO per
thousand feet for saw logs be ac-
cepted, and that Mr.. Rausch remove
said timber within three months from
date.
Carried.
There being no further business
tie council adjourned.
! ALEX MUTT,
A. o. PoNs, Mayor
Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-10
ABITA COUNCIL.

Abita Springs. La, Feb. s, 1912.
The town council met in regular
session on the above date.
Present-A. Multi, Mayor; J. l..
Clairain. j. Destruel, G. s. Strain,
S. Abney.
Absent. Rauch.
Minutes of last meeting read and
adopted.
; The following bills wree ordered
paid:
J. p. Rausch, for lumber. $3.50
G. Lemons, work on streets. 1889
H. Lamousin, work on streets. 2.35
]. Berry, work on streets. 80. 7.56
L. Stire, work ON streets. 80. 1856
]. Lamousin, work on streets. 1922
lOt8l VOL
Communication of the Southern
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12

satlons must have resembled those
of an habitual user. He was sure
that he could see the flowers, huge,
colorous, many-hued clusters of them,
the most magnificent collection of
orchids in the world, cleaning entic-
1ngly through the jungle trees; and
then he, himself, collapsed. When
he regained consciousness they were
back at the camp where they had left
the rest of the porters. Two of the
men who had accompanied him were
dead; another was mad. He and the
rest, who had brought him off. were
horribly sick.
With the madness of despair, he
begged his men to try again with
him. But they refused. The con-
tinued effect of the scent was almost
Intoxicating, SO they turned back.
Their way thither had been fraught
with perils. 1t was a Sunday excur-
sion compared with the march home
ward. The baleful influence of the
flowers followed close at their heels
1t was always with them, like human
vengeance. They were prosecuted by
lever; Jaguars and serpents took their
toll; the blow-guns of the Indians,
the stunted people of the woods, slew
with poisoned arrows. In the end, a
handful staggered out on the banks of
the Orlnoco and sought their way to-
ward the frontier of civilization. Gray
son was sick for months after he
reached Caracas. He was still sick
when he reached New York.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12
VAGABONDS OF THE EARTH
ARTHUR D. HowDEN SM/7H


as. In cafe in Caracas, however, he
heard a tale which caused him to
change all his plans.
This tale, or, rather, legend, had
filtered into the city through the me-
dunn of up-country planters, and had
been impaired to them by tame In
dams, who in turn, had heard it from
their wild brethren of the jungle. 1t
had to do with mysterious place
known as lei Lugar de los Flores
Venenosos" (The Place of the Poison
GUS Flowers), great clump of weirdly
beautiful flowers, exhaling a deadly
perfume, which was said to be located
in the dense wilderness that lies about
the headwaters of the Orinoco. This
perfume was noticeable two days off;
within days march it was sickening;
and by the time man was within
sight of the flowers, he was overcome
by the intense smell.
With the instinct of the orchid-hunt-
er, Grayson OWNED that the legend
implied the presence of his quarry
He secuted the melodramatic features
of the tale, setting them down to the
imagination of the countless untutored
individuals through whom it had
passed, and without more ado he set
to work organizing an expedition.
Strange to say, he preferred to be the
only white man, although he took with
him an old half-breed who had been
his companion on several other ex-
petitions, and large train of Indian
porters.
One morning there was a percepti-
BILE odor of flowers in the air; by noon
it had increased considerably. When
they camped that night, the Jungle
smells had been entirely supplanted.
Their nostrils were filled with the
cloying scent. A number of the In
dams refused to go any farther, but
Grayson, the half-breed and a half
dozen of the stanchest porters pushed
on in the morning. The perfume grew
heavier and heavier as they advanced.
Finally, 1he of the porters collapsed
in his tracks. Another went down,
and another Grayson could feel his
senses leaving him, although he strug-
gled on. He said he had never smoked
opium, but he imagined that his SEN
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12

Another one ~ the six was Car
riere. He was big and quiet, with
a deceptive placidity--not at all the
sort of man you expected to meet II
you had ever heard Of him.
Like many other adventures, Car
riere ran away at sea. Like all who
have ever done so, he paid for his
fun in sweat and agony. He was a
sailor before the mast for several
years, on coasting vessels, tramp
steamers, trading schooners in the Far
East. He was in the Philippines
when the war broke out, and he was
captured by the insurgents and held
prisoner for several months. He was
engaged in vague, Informed revolu
tionary plots; he Joined secret soci
cites that have for their aim the
emancipation of British India; and he
did many other things in many other
places that took him down into the
deeps of life.
Finally, he drifted to the Balkans,
about the time Macedonia was in the
throes of the terrible revolt against
Turkish rule Carriere became in.
tensely interested in this blind strug-
gle of Christian people for free
dom, and he determined to let the
world know some of the inside details
of prevailing conditions. He believed,
too, that he could be of help to the
revolutionary chiefs in perfecting their
organization in the villages and towns
of the five vilayets.
In the course OF nearly two years
work he had carried out his entire
plan of organization, except in Salon
ika and some of the territory around
that city. He left that to the last, be-
cause it was the most difficult task,
and he thought that, with the pres
tige Of what he had accomplished, sue
cess would be more easy. The chief
of the local committee in Salonika had
rather a sinister reputation 1t had
never been proved against him, but
there were rumors of blackmail
For several weeks, Carriere lay in
hiding in one of the suburbs of the
city, receiving prominent members of
the committee and talking over the
new schemes he advocated. He had
no suspicious at first, although he did
not'like the local voivode, and it came
as a wholly unexpected shock when
his secretary was shot down on the
streets at night, after he had ventured
out for a brief walk. The local COM
mittee claimed that a Greek had done
it, but Carriere was suspicious.
Two nights passed, and then the
old woman in whose house he was hid
ing came to him with a scared look
on her face. She had heard two men
talking in her garden about askares
and the approaches to the house. One
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12
hat was enough for Carriere.

That was enough for Carriere.
He left the house in broad daylight,
trusting entirely to luck; and on
his way out of the city he met a de-
tachmeAt of troops marching to sur
round hia hiding place. They halted
him, but a Bulgarian girl, friend of
his future wife, who was standing near
by, claimed him as her brother, and
he was allowed to go on.
In Bulgaria he married the Russian
girl who had been his principal help
err and incentive, and cast about for
some new task.
Young Ford was as different from
Carriere or the others as man we'll
could be. l have known Ford for some
years, and I think he is, without ex-
ception, the checklist man have ever
encountered. For one thing, he is a
newspaper man-when he is anything.
that is. Ford never works unless he
has to, and he always makes sure that
any position he accepts does not en-
tail undue effort, mental or physical
1t was several years ago that Ford
came to me and said he was going
to South America. BY means unknown
he had got together about $4,000, and
he fancied that he could make at least
as much as he spent by doing special
descriptive articles of his travels.
His one mistake was in electing to
go by way of Europe, more especially
by way of Paris. l knew the hold
Paris had on Ford, so l was not sur
| prised at the outcome-althoughI did
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12
To Operate Canal by Electricity.

TO VpcrdIe VdHdI Oy EIeCTICJty.
The Panama canal will be operated
almost exclusively by electric power.
approximately seven per cent. of the
minimum water supply will be d.
verified for hydro-e1ectric development,
and this will be the excess which is
not required for lockages, evaporation
and leakage. The hydro-electric sta
ton will be located adjacent to the
north wall of the Gatun spillway and
the plant will have capacity Of g.
900 kilowatts. The average hydraulic
head throughout the year will be
about rs feet.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12
How She Manaaed Il.

Sarah" said Mr.. Jolliboy to his
wife, as he finished his breakfast, II
shall not be home to dinner tonight.
My old friend Bill Peters is in town."
"Good!" said Mrs. Jolliboy. "That
suits me to T. I'm not going to be
home to dinner myself My old friend
George Watkins telephoned me yester-
day"
Both dined at home.-Harper's
Weekly.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12
Roara tho

Without woman man would be
rough, rude. solitary. and would ignore
all the graces, which are but smiles
of love.-Francois Auguste de Cha.
teaubriand.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12
(Copyrigh


HAVE often wished
that | could bring
those six men to-
gether, and yet, on
the face of 1t, the
wish is impossible
of fulf1llment. They
are scattered to the
corners of the earth.
Some I have heard
from through round
about channels, but
most have passed be-
vNr1 INV bon All
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12

livery time mah makes a bluff al
paying attention to woman she be-
gins to look for something in him tc
reform.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12

A man has no use tor woman who
attempts to convince him that he is
wrong and succeeds in doug It.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12

IRA Windows Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces int,amma-
taOu, alays pain. cures wind collie, 25c q bottle.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12

A CURE FOR PILES.
Coles Carbolisalve stops itching and PAIN.
and cures piles. All druggists. Is and SOC.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTOR1A, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12

oAOW 61dlO, Ju0L DIS Cu0 UOCLOlS Sdlu
he would.
But what will the man do?" ex-
claimed. GLOW is he going to live?"
Hell live-survive, rather" rejoin.
ed my FRIEND bitterly. His people
have money. But he'll never work
again. Every one who knows him is
always cut up. And he feels it, too;
although he's deuced plucky about
| it,"
If you have been in the habit of
frequenting police courts or cheap
lodging houses it is possible that you
| have met John Kelly
AS near as l could make out from
stray admissions Kelly made to me,
he gave up reputable position in
life to undertake study of the psy-
chology of tramps and thieves. He
used to speak with genuine pride of
his researches, and he was particular.
ly proud of what he termed Ibis life
work"-the compilation of diction-
airy of thieves slang, together with a
compendium of the rules of house
breaking and safe-cracking. Nobody
was ever permitted to get an extend
ed view of this. For a dollar or two,
now and then, when the man was hard
up, he would permit one to copy out a
few stray phrases; but he was very
suspicious, as rule, and believed
that every one was in conspiracy to
tear the fruit of his years of labor
away from him.
What became of him l never heard.
He drifted away, his manuscript with
him, to the end steadily refusing the
propositions that he regarded as lit
tie less than insulting.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-13
Thwarting the Majority.

Resulting. from practical expert
fence, the information comes from
the state of Washington that it re-
quires both money and time in order
to procure petitions necessary to
bring proposed legislation before
the people by means of the
Initiative and referendum, which
has been in operation for some
time in that state. 1t is stated that
1t costs five cents a man to have these
petitions signed, the calculation be-
ing based upon the time required
to circulate them. The statement is
also made that the petitions are not
generally signed even though he
proposed legislation is meritorious
and needed.
The Wheeling Register believes
such5a situation can have one of two
results: Either no legislation can
reach the people through this ave-
nue. constructed for the very pur-
pose of furnishing them the oppor-
tunity for expressing their DESIRES
unless backed by rnoneyed body
or corporations or companies will
have to be formed by the people to
expedite matters for collecting sig
natures.
at is genrally believed" says the
Register, "that many sign petitions
whether they believe in their object
or not in order to get rid of the pc
titioner, or because he does not want
to refuse the request of an acquaint-
ance. If that be SO, what value
his there as an expression of real sen
timent in most petitioner"
The point is we'll taken. The
signing of petition as an accom-
modation does not in many cases
produce the same careful verdict
that is provided by a secret and un-
Influenced registration of opinion.
The initiative and referendum is
cumbersome and impractical az
fair. Treated with indifference,
causing unnecessary labor and ex-
pense in its first phase 1t adds
further labor and expense Of addi-
Itional elections. There are hundreds
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-13
DAWSON !. ]. Ii.
Continued from page One.)

week. The TAFT foces have made
strong inroads, especially in places
where there was sentiment for
his opponent. In the populous cen
tiers, it is pretty ge1raIly conceded
that the sentiment iso exceedingly
strong for for the denomination OF
Taft, <and against the third-term as
pirant, and especially against the
new and unRepublican doctrines he
has preached in this state and in all
others which he haS-yisited since his
Columbus platform address.
He has not been making much Of
a noise, has the Hon. Charles w.
Teter, Of Barbour county, who Is
the only candidate in the field for
The Republican nomination for con:
gresham at large, because in the
first place, the "big fellow is not OF
the noisy kind, But he is Of that
kind which is active, Interested and
on the alert. He has been all three
ever since he has been.a candidate
despite the fact that he has no OPP
position However, Charles F. Teter
wants this nomination, and he is
not taking any chances, Therefore
he is on the go, visiting various
sections Of the state and talking
with the party men about politics in
genral and his own candidacy in par,
ticular. Mr.. Teter's candidacy ii
not only strong among his own per,
sonal following but those who were
formerly'hls political opponents very
generally think that his nomination
would be good politics.. and nc
doubt, Charles Fawcett Teter unan,
imously agrees with that view of it
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-13
|E51L |. {. 6
Showing the Industrial De
velopment of West Nir-
ginia Are Collected.

CHARLESTON April 13.-statis-
tics showing the number Of new in
dustrial establishments started in
West Virginia since 1897 in which
ten or more persons are employed and
which have really made a report to
the commissioner Of labor, has just
been compiled by Hon. l. v. Barton,
state labor commissioner. The
statistics scarcely do the state JUS
tice for the reason that theysdo not
show the total number of industries
Of the various classes in existence in
the state.
The statistics were compiled by Mr.,
Barton to be used in statistical
pamphlet to be issued in CONNECTION
with the semi-centennial, which will
contain a detailed statement of the
various industries. In discussing the
Industrial affairs of the state, Mr..
Barton places West Virginia first in
lumber, OF land gas; second IN coal
and coke. He shows the state to have
1890 square miles Of coal, and the
bituminous area to be eighty per cent
of that of Pennsylvania alone, and
that West Virginia has 1000 square
miles more than Kentucky and Ten
nesse combined.
That West Virginia is a great store
house of natural wealth is freely ad-
mitted. 1t is also the richest in fuel
resources Of any state in the Union.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-13
RlE SIS
Special Train Win Be Run
for the National
GonyentioHs.

BALTIMORE April 1S.Arrange.
ments for the reception Of the visit,
ling Newspaper men who VIM report
the Democratic national convention
in Baltimore in June have practically
been completed and vim excel any
previous plans for the press at ma
tionaI conventions. John WILDER
Jenkins, chairman Of the press com.
mittee Of the Baltimore convention,
states that the main gallery in the
Fifth Regiment arfnoFy. where the
convention will be held, win ade-
quately accommodate 462 correspon-
dents and writer's who Will. cover
the convention and the other CALLER
les villa seat several hundred addi-
tional There will Be $50 telegraph
circuits installed in the press stands,
according direct wires into the news
paper Offices throughout the country.
Cooperating with the correspon-
dents who win attend the Republican
convention at Chicago on June IS,
ana the Democratic convention at
Baltimore one week later, the Baltt-
more and Ohio railroad VIII operate
press special to Chicago and return
to Baltimore, eliminating the possi-
bility Of delay to. newspaper men In
reaching the convention cities in time
to prepare advance "copy.| The ten
tative arrangement is -fohthe special
train to leave Washington for Chicago
on Friday afternoon. June IA. and, de-
part for Baltimore Immediately after
the convention closes in Chicago.
The press special will be made up
Of Pullman cars an, Office car and
dining car, and the trian will be
equipped with telegraph facilities and
type@riting machines for use of those
on board. on board the train win be
the newspaper men and press tele-
graphers from the ngresslonal
press galleries at Washington, who
will flash the proceedings Of the con-
ventiohs to the world. The train Will
be operated to andrfrof Chicago with
out stop. excepting to change locomo-
tives. Invitations have been extends
ed to the newspapers through their
Washington correspondents, as we'll.
as to the press associations.