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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
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SHOULD RECEIVE YUOR VOTE.

The fifteenth judicial District
Court, composed of Cameron and Cal
casieu parishes, is in session 313
days of the year, and 314 days in
leap year, when the extra day is
not Sunday; and at that can't keep
up with its business. That 1t has
not been thoroughly swamped is due
to the magnificent distances to court
in Calcasieu, it being cheaper to COM
promise small cases than to pay court
costs.
The Legislature has now divided
Calcasieu into four small parishes,
each one of which will require two
regular terms of court. Court fees
will be much smaller, and the mum.
ber Of cases proportionately larger.
Probably the business of the district
court will be doubled.
That is why the voters are asked
to vote yes on the Constitutional
marked Act 147"
amending Article 109 of the Consti-
tuition. The people OF the district
ask its adoption, not rs . convent
ence to the lawyers, but as q real
necessity to themselves.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
MISS SINGER INHERITED go, 600.
Left Baltimore Oct. Q with 41 900
and Much Valuable Jewclry.

Baltimore. oct. 3s.-sophia q.
Singer was the daughter Of the late
Frank O. Singer. Of Baltimore and
her family IL well connected here.
She lived with her mother In Lennox
Street, in IN attractive neighborhood
In north Baltimore. Her brother
Frank o. Singer, Jr.. IL I building
contractor.
Miss Singer inherited $40. 900 from
her fathers estate. When she left
Baltimore In the early part OF. this
month she 10 known to have had With
her several thousand dollars worth o.
1ewelry and about I thousand dollors
In money.
Investigation Of . report that Mis-
Singer had been married disclosed
facts from court records that Sophia
Gertrude Singer was married Sept. Z
1897. to Thomas @. Wales. and oh.
tanned divorce from him two YEAR,
later on statutory grounds.
Wales was grocery clerk. The
wedding was quiet one, none Of the
members of their respective familie,
being present.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
One of the Best Known Ho-
tells in St. Tammany.
Flames Break Out in Early
Morning Monday.
The Main Building the Only
One Reached by Flames.
Loss Between $50, 900 and
10000; 1ns. $4,000.

Claiborne Cottage burned to the
ground Monday morning, the first
alarm being sounded ut 4:1O O'Clock.
The lured glare Ut the flames we're
Il high in the SKY when the CovingtcD
Fire Department were vainly endeav-
cr,ng to get their equipment to tho
scene Of destruction While the
duties Of the department do not in.
ciude the protection of property out.
side the town of Cov.ngtOn. the boys
have always answered the call Of
Clstress whenever within reasonable
reach, and when it was learned that
the Claiborne Cottages were In dan
ger of being consumed an effort was
made to get the apparatus in action.
Much delay was experienced IN get
ting the horses to work, and when
the chemical finally arrived and got
to work there was little left of the
main building, and efforts were limit
ed to preventing the fire from spread
ing.
The building that burned was the
principal one Of the group. It con-
tained twenty-six rooms, parlors, din
ing room, kitchen and three pantries
part of the building being two stories
high. 1t was built in 1889 and has
been the scene of many prominent
gatherings and the sojourning place
of many prominent men, Gov. N. C.
Blanchard being among those who
have been banqueted there. 1t was
built by Mr.. Griffeth and has been
conducted by Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Jules
Maille. For some time 1t has been the
property of DR.. N. M. Hebert and
has been a popular resort for visitors
to this section.
Next to this building is brick
structure that has some historical
vale from the fact that it was the
courthouse Of the parish before Cow
|ington assumed the prominence of
the parish seat.
Just how the fire originated is E
mystery, as there was no fire made
in the building at this time, there
being no boarders in the building
and the cooking being done on an
oil stove. The value of the building
and furniture is estimated variously
at from $4,000 to $4,000; insur-
ance $4,000. The only thing saved
was piano and few pieces Of fur
niture, as the flames were too far
advanced when discovered, the fam.
lily being awakened by the crash o.
falling timbers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
|F|REMENMEET
hEW0FF|CERS
ARE ELECTED
Annual Meeting of Coving-
ton Fire Association.
Report Of Treasurer Shows
$50 in Relief Fund.
Report of Fire Chief Shows
Small Semi-Annual Loss.
List Officers Elected for the
Ensuing Year.
Annual Meeting of Coving-
ton Fire Association.
Report of Treasurer Shows
$50 in Relief Fund.
Report of Fire Chief Shows
Small Semi-Annual Loss.
List Officers Elected for the
Ensuing Year.

The annual meeting of the Fire.
lmen's Association of Covington was
held ON Tuesday. October -. 1917
at the pavilion in Bogue Falaya Park
The meeting was we'll attended
Mayor Marrefo and several members
of the town council being present.
The meeting was called to order
at 8:45 p. m. with E. D. Kentzel
presiding and N. II. FitzSimons act.
ing secretary.
The motion to discharge the COM
mittees recently appointed to see
about the purchase Of lot and ar.
rangements for q new stable. wae
carried.
The report of the treasurer, w.
H. Kentzel, was received and showed
a balance of $15O.03 in the relief
fund, and = balance OF : 4.55 IN the
general fund with outstanding billf
amounting to $50.
The motion to have the secre-
taries Of the three companies collect
all back dues and turn over to the
financial secretary the amount that
each company is In areas, was car
ried.
The report Of Chief J. Louis Smith
was received and ordered spread or
the minutes.
Following IL the report Of the
Chief:
! |To the Covfngton Benevolent and
Protective Association:
tender this my report from MAY
to October.
An alarm was turned In at 3:1a
from District "a. the residence o.
Mrs. Glockner. The IRE had gain
ed such headway when Mrs. Clock
ner discovered it that It was i'm
possible to save her house. Tit
house was valued at $500 and In
sured for $1,000. ksa
An alarm was turned in from Dis
trict %, the stable Of Mr.. Brunei,
occupied by him and owned py =.
Jones. The fire was Of unknown
origin. -
10. M, October 20, from District A
claiborne Cottage; The. hre was dis.
covered only after II had gained sucf
headway that 1t was impossible t:
stop the spread of the flames.
All outhouses were saved. except
one large building. property values
at $4,000 0an insured for $4,000.
would request the companies t.
please see that the apparatus getf
to the IRE. There is no use having
the fire apparatus II they are mo-
gotten to the fires. Please make a.
Irangements to set each company t.
the Are. Jefferson and Hook an
Ladder did not show up at the laS'
fire, and did have chance to lenf
valuable assistance.
Let's all get together and make
q better showing.
Very respectfully.
j. LOUIS SMITH. Chief. :
The annual election OF ohieers re-
suited as follows:
President, L. M. Bourgeois: Vice
President, A. Beaucoudray; Treas
urer, w. H. Kentzel; Rec. Secretary
~. H. Smith, Financial Secretary. Jas
Connaughton; Chief, H. J. Ostendorf
Assistant Chief, T. Gabriel: Gran
Marshall, E. J. Frederick: Phvsician
DR.. F. G. Marrero.
After motion to meet next month
in the Mayors parlor, the meeting
ladi0urned
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02

"Ycs, Eca-. that's all very true, By,
how about the intricate problem OF
financing our school system; what
will women school board members
do about that?'
To answer this question requires
no oracle. Women will successfully
solve the problems of financing our
school system.
How any man who has observed
the average woman take the salary
of the average husband and with it
keep John looking SO spick and span
that the fellows at the Office suspect
him of having secret holdings in
United States Fours; keep little Mary
and little Teddy looking as we'll
dressed as do the children of Mrs.
Croesus; keep herself looking as
though she'd just walked out OF the
pages of the current number of the
Delineator; keep the house looking
as though Bourgeois had just done
1t Overland then have enough real
money left over wherewith to oc-
casionally take in the movies" and
to add something each month to that
rainy day" fund.- say, how any
man who has observed the average
woman pull of that sort Of stunt
in household economics. can question
w0man's ability to successfully cope
with the problems of financing our
school system, seems to me, beyond
comprehension-and I'm an unmarri-
ed man at that!
have before me as l write, an
advance copy of the program of the
coming parish fair. note there
from that this fair will be given
under the auspices of the Park Com
mission and the Women's Progress
sive. Union" There isn't a man in
the parish who doubts for one mo-
ment that the fair is going to be a
success this year. for they know that
the preceding fairs, given under sim
liar auspices were successful.
Yet, the same men who will &C
readily admit that the brain, the
morality, the sympathetic, tactful
labor and the altruism OF our women
fs yearly q potent factor in the ad-
vancement of our parish, will ques-
tion her ability to direct the des-
TIMES of hospital. an asylum or
house of refuge or correction. They
do this because they do not stop to
think-that's the only reason.
That's why want to enlist your
trenchant pen in the urging of the
men of st. Tammany parish to vote
For the proposed amendment to
Article 30 Of the Constitution rela-
tive to women" Urge them. Mr..
Editor, to vote for this amendment
It's numbered IL on the ballot-and
to say as Mr.. Ballard in the Item:
Give the woman chance to make
our schools better and our hospitals
and other institutions Of charity and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
WANTS WOMEN ON THE SCHOOL
BOARD.
C0YinRff

Covington, La, Oct. %, 1912.
Mr.. D. H. Mason, Editor st. Tam
many Farmer, City.
My Dear Mr. Mason:-I am writ
ing you herewith to enlist your aid
and the aid Of the Farmer in solicit
ing, at the hands of the white Dem
ocratic voters Of the parish of st.
Tammany, favorable consideration
on Tuesday next of Constitutional
Amendment to be voted on which
bears the caption Of Act No. 162-
House Bill No. 2O7.
This Act proposes IAN amendment
to Article 21O of the Constitution
Of the State of Louisiana, so as to
permit women to hold any office con-
nected with the educational system
of the State, or of any political sub
division thereof, and with institu-
tions of charity and correction
1t will therefore be readily appar-
ent that the measure is neither a
suffrage nor partisan measure, but
one of mere justice in the abstract,
and one intended primarily to remove
an unjust, Ill advised and undemo-
cratic constitutional prohibition now
on our statute books, under the terms
Of which it II made impossible for
women to serve in an official capacity
in positions that they alone can fill.
! Further the measure Is In no wise
its passage will only
reinstate women to the position held
by them prior to the Constitutional
Convention of 1898.
In the average family, It is the
mother to whom questions apper-
tanning to schooling of the child are
left for consideration and for solu-
tion in the ultimate. And this is
right and proper and just as 1t should
be, for experience has taught us that
by reason Of the more intimate re-
lations which exist between mother
and child, the mother is better quail
fed to solve these vital problems
than is the father. Is.
If this rule has application in the
family circle, should it not be ap-
piled to the body polite? > Certain
ly, to my mind, women are far better
qualified to Judge the merits of the
teacher. the Curriculum, the entire
scholastic system than are men. For
these things are peculiarly within
their scope Of knowledge. Should
not the State be permitted to avail
itself Of these talents which In the
family circle are Of SO much valae.
Mr.. Editor, when l have advanced
these views locally, have almost
invariably beea met with this query
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF
TAX DEED.


Whereas the undersigned has pur-
chased at Town Tax Collectors sale
for taxes for the year 1911 the fol-
lowing described property In Coying-
ton, Louisiana, to-wit:
Lots and 8, square 2809, and
improvements, in the town II Gov
ington, which property is assessed
in the name of E. N. Roth. as per
deed executed by L. P. Delcroix, Ex-
Oficio Tax Collector and Town Sec
retary of Covington, on the 18th day
of October, 1912.
Notice is hereby given to whom it
may concern that l have duly caused
the said deed to be registered in
Conveyance Book 81, page 553, Of
the Conveyance Records of st. Tam
many parish, Louisiana.
v. H. FREDERICK.
Nyo %
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
more efficient"
Yours very truly.
ARTHUR L. BEAR.
MUST DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR.

New York, Oct. 29.-Charles Beck
er, deposed police lieutenant, will be
sentenced tomorrow morning for the
murder Of Herman Rosenthal, the
gambler. Becker will be brought be-
fore Justice Con in the criminal court
building at 1890 o'clock. He will
be told he must die in the electric
chair in Sing Sing prison.
Mrs. Becker will be present to hear
her husbands sentence pronounced.
II shall certainly be in the court
room tomorrow" the devoted wife
said today after leaving her husband
behind In .'Murderers' Row. in the
Tombs.
II shall 60 on the train with my
husband to Sing Sing. I want tc
stay at his side as long as possible
l think 1t IL my duty to do that and
to be az brave as l can"
Safer in Sing Sing.
The "deathhouse" at Sing Sine
will be Beckers' home beginning no,
later than Sunday. the State plans
District Attorney Whitman does not
want the responsibility of the ex.
lieutenant's presence in this city
when he places the gunner on
trial. The first of them probably will
be tried Monday. Sheriff Harbur.
ger declares he will not delay Beck.
er's removal from the Tombs.
"The fact that Becker is rather
more prominently in the public eye
than any other convicted murderer
makes no difference to me-" said the
sheriff today. "He Is simply q man
who has come under my Jurisdiction
through the channels Of Justice and
will be treated the same as al
others"
While states counesl il said tt
be willing to wait until Saturday be
fore taking Becker to Sing Sing
Sheriff Hamburger said he would start
with his prisoner Thursday morning
probably tomorrow afternoon.
Shapiro Reveals All.
The task Of the State In prosecut
ing the Lefty Louise
Whitley Lewis" "Gyp the Blood
and ''Dago Frank"-was made less
difficult this afternoon when Williar
Shapiro. driver of the murder car
made what was purported to be 1
complete confession.
Shapiro was closeted with District
Attorney Whitman for several hours
For days his counsel, Aaron ]. Levy
had urged his client to tell all hi
knew. Shapiro feared to do so, said
the lawyer. because he believed hy
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
Helps . Judge IN Had Fix.

Justice Eli Cherry. or Gilii, Mills
Tenn. was plainly worried. 4 bad
sore ON his leg had hahled severn
doctors ana long resisted III rem1.
dies. Il thought It was ! cancer :"
ne worte. "At last used Bucklen.s
Arn1ca Salve. and Wa comnIetelv
cured. Cures burns. hollis. ulcers
cuts. bruises and piles. Is cents 81
al druggists. "
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
MORGAN LOOKS OVER BAYOU.
Himself With Need,
Required in Waterway Section.

Plaquemine, La, Oct. 29.-Lewie
l.. Morgan, nominee for Congress to
succeed Robert Wickliffe, also for
the new term, was here yesterday
and this morning left with Engineer
Fugler, of the lock, for trip down
Bayou Plaquemine and up Crosse
Tete. for the purpose of famiiiarizine
himself with the needs and improve
ments required in this section. The
last river and harbor bill allotted
$4,000 for the improvement Of
Bayou Crosse Tete, but nothing %
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
BRIDE TO Be
TIED, GAGGED
MURDERED
Wealthy Young Woman Of
Baltimore is Victim.
Companions Supposed to be
Guilty of Crime.
Robbery Probably Motive as
She Had Money.
Of a Wealthy Family and
q Divorced Woman.
Robbery Probably Motive as
She Had Money.
Of a Wealthy Family and
4 Divorced Woman.

Chicago, Oct. z9.-The romance Of
an elopement was blighted By : brut-
n murder here, to-day when Niss
Sophia g. Singer. - years old. an
attractive Baltimore girl. was found
dead. Several hundred dollars n
money and jewelry, brought from hei
Maryland home to grace her wedding
tomorrow to VIM. r.. Worthon. .
street car conductor. were missing.
Robbery has been accepted % the
motive for the crime.
Worthen discovered the girls body
when he returned home after mid.
night to the suite occupied By them
and two vaudeville performers In
rooming-house ct 1929 Indiana Ave
nue.. Miss Singer had been bound
and gagged and struck with billy"
Can't Face Her Mother.
The two vaudeville performers
Charles D. Conway. . high diver.
whose right leg has been amputated
below the knee. and his wife. vhc
also 10 known % Beatrice Rail anf
May Monte, are being sought By the
police in connections with the crime.
Worthn expressed keencst remorse
because he had left Miss Singer alone
last night. He explained there we're
several matters he aimed to attend
TO before the wedding and that thtf
circumstance impelled him to &C
down town.
81 can't 90 back to Baltimore
now" sobbed Worthen. This ma.
Kill her mother. and It surely viii
break my fathers heart.
II became acquainted with Mis-
Singer hve years ago. !" W0rthen said
FIlrtedrn Street Car.
I'VE were riding home on street
car: our acquaintance started - =
Irritation. have kept company
with her ever since.
when We left Baltimore she told
her mother she was coming to
Chicago to visit her aunt, Mr9. Alfred
Howard. She stayed there . while
and then was induced BY Mrs. Con-
way-or Miss RIAL. % We knew her
Ito go to the Indiana Avenue house.
Miss Singer met Miss Riall two Year,
ago IN Baltimore"
A marriage license was found at
the rooming house on which the name
OF Ernest Rain had been scratched
out and the name Of Conway inserted
which led the police to believe the
two we're not married.
Mfs. Charles r. Sucky, owner Of .
rooming house where Worthen and
Miss Singer formerly lived. declared
that Miss Singer drank heavily at
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
WHY no you SCRATCH?

Royaline letter Ointment will stor
that itching or your money back. 50
cents
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02

would be killed. With Shapiro:
confession and his testimony on tho
stand against the murder crew." al!
in corroboration Of what the State
already knows of the movements o
Rosenthars alleged slayers on the
morning the gambler was killed, Dis
trict Attorney Whitman believes hi
will have no trouble convicting the
gangsters.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02

can get anything from q collar but.
ton to q full grown elephant.
Don't miss seeing the jolly Way
open day and night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-29
An April Afternoon In Paris

Sometimes l throw open this win
dow-thus-and look out at the sun
shining through the trees on my old
friend, the Seine. And l see the lazy
barges and the excited little pleasure
boats go by down the river to st.
Cloud, and Suresnes, and up the river
to Charenton; and l watch the old
sray-bearded fellow necessarily dust
ing ana arranging his books there,
on the quay; ana that line of cabs,
each with lis patient horse hanging
his head TO reach his feed bag; and
the fat cochers, doing lazily on their
seats or hurting at each other terrible
epithets out of the fulness of their
hearts. And | wonder to myself
whether all those charming people
men, women and beasts, are aware
that it is April, and that spring is
about to dress Paris for her gala sea-
son. All, April Blessed month OF
April! Month of sprouting grasses
and bursting buds. and laughing chill
dren, and all growing things! Month
of tears and laughter, of rain and
sun-laughter dancing through tears
and each more beautiful than the
other. Month of lovers walking han6
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-29
FITTING UP YOUR APARTMENT

You young people who are seeking
small apartment in which to begin
housekeeping want to find just the
proper apartment of course. And
then you want to decorate and furnish
it. Let me beg of you to demand only
the actual assentials decent neigh
boorhood, good light and air, and at
least one reasonably large room. Do
not demand perfection, for you will
not find 1t. Make up your mind just
what will make for your happiness
and comfort, and demand that, writes
Elsie de Wolfe in Good Housekeeping.
You can make any place livable by
furnishing 1t wisely. Do not buy your
furniture until you have found and
engaged your apartment. An apart
ment is so dependent upon proper fit
tings, skillfully placed, that you may
ruin your chances of real home If
you go ahead thoughtlessly.
Before you sign lease, be sure that
the neighborhood Is not too noisy. Be
sure that you will have plenty of light
and air and heat. You can interview
the other tenants and find out about
many things you have not the expert
ence to anticipate.
Be sure that the woodwork Is plain
and unpretentious, that the lighting
fixtures are logically placed. and of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-29

simple construction. Be sure that the
plumbing is in good condition, and
beware the bedroom on an air shaft.
Better pay a little more rent.
You can make the most common
place room livable if you will paint
all your woodwork 'vhite, or cream,
and cover your walls with d soft tan
or buff paper. Real hardwood trim
is not used in ordinary apartments,
so why not do away with the badly
grained imitation and paint it white
or cream, or French gray? You can
| look through thousands of samples of
wall papers, and you will finally have
! to admit that there is nothing better
than a deep cream, a misty gray, a
tan, or a buff paper.
You may take certain license in
the papering of your bedroom, Of
course, but the living rooms-hall,
dining room, living room, drawing
room, and so forth-should be pulled
together with walls of one color. In
no other way can you achieve an ef-
feet of spaciousness.
When you have your small apart
! ment really ready for furnishing, get
the essentials first, do with a bed and
chest of drawers and a table and a
few chairs, and add things gradually,
as the rooms call for them.
DO not buy massive furniture. Re-
me~rber that a few good chairs Of
willow will be less expensive and more
decorative than the heavy, stuffy
chairs usually chosen by inexperienc,
ed people Indeed ! think one big
arm chair, preferably of the wing va
riety is the only big chair you will
require in the living room. Suppose
you have a wing chair covered with
dull-toned corduroy, or linen, or
chintz; a large willow chair with a
basket pocket for magazines or your
sewing things; a stool or two or wood
with rush or cane seats; and a straight
chair or so-perhaps painted Wind
sor chair, or low back bottomed ma
hogany chair, or a low back chair Of
brown oak, depending on the main
furniture in the room, of course You
won't need anything more, unless you
have space for a comfortable couch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-29
CAN'T RUSH KING GEORGE.

London.-King George has been
showing his encourage more and more
his determination to keep q firm grip
upon his own affairs.
One hears in the privacy OF the
court of attempts made by cabinet
members and other public person
ages to treat the king as a figure
head, and to expect him to sign doc
uments without having any idea Of
their purport.
His majesty's practice in these mat
ters is as firm as that of the late
Queen Victoria, who caused much
surprise, and no little chagrin in the
early days when she refused to ap-
pend her name to a document, the
meaning of which had not been fully
explained.
The throne is a very real power
nowadays, and its influence tends to
increase rather than diminish.