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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-09-14
ACT NO. ESQ.
Senate Bill No. 1879,


BY Mr.. Amacker.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana,
providing for the exemption from
taxation for a period of ten (1O)
years from the date of its COM
pletion, of all railroads or parts of
railroads, constructed subsequent
ly to June l, 1912.
Section !. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the men,
bers elected to each House concurr-
ing therein. That the following
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be submitted to
the electors of the State at the next
election for Representative in Con-
gress, to be holden on the first Tues
day after the first Monday in Novem.
Der, 1912, to-wit: There shall be
exempt from taxation for a period OF
ten years from the date of It's CON-
pletion, any railroad or part of rail-
road that shall have been constructed
and completed subsequently to June
l, 1912. and prior to January l,
1917. This exemption shall include
and apply to all rights of way, road
bed, sidings, rails and other super.
structures upon such rights of way
roadbed or sidings; and to all depots
station houses. buildings, erection.
and structures appurtenant to such
railroads and the operation of the
same; but shall not include the de-
OTIS. warehouses, station houses and
other structures and appurtenance.
nor the land upon which they arr
erected at terminal points, and fol
which franchises have been granted
and obtained, whether same remain
the property of the present owner
or owners, or be transferred or az
signed to any corporation or corpor
atfons. person or persons whom 80
ever. and provided further that thi
cXemp: :on snall not apply to doubi,
tracks, sid!Igs, switches, depO.s a.
other Improvements or bettermert
which may be constructed by rail
roads now in nLe-ation within tn
state, other than extensions or new
lines constructed ny such railroads
. Provided, further that when aid h }
heretofore been o. which may here
, after t. voted by any parish. ward o
run:t ,rality to srv rail- cad, sucl
: railroad shall no. be entitled to tn
. exemption from taxation herein 81
tablished.
! Section 2. Be It further enacted
. ETC.. That the official ballots at sal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-09-14

ACT NO. II.

Az = AVVs = - =.
House Bill No. :. By Mr.. Roberts.
Joint resolution submitting to the
people OF Loulsiana an amendment
to the Constitution reorganising and
remodeling the States system Of A.
sessment and taxation.
Section /. BE II resolved By the
General Assembly Of the State Of
Louisiana, two-thirds Of all the mem.
hers elected to each house concur.
ing, That the following amendment
to the Constitution Of the State Of
Louisiana be and the same II hereby
submitted to the qualified electors Of
the State ct the Congressional cleo
ton to be held ON the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in the month
Of November, 1919. to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
/. The taxing power shall be ex-
ercised by the State and BY its sub
divisions for public purposes only.
3. The taxing power shall never
be surrendered, suspended. gives.
commuted or contracted away; but
where parishes or municipal corpor-
atoms shall grant exemptions from
parish or municipal taxes for .
period not to exceed ten years from
date of completion to encourage the
estaDl'snment OF industiial enter
prises, or = simiIar exemption 20 I'M
migrants OF the Saiue added ~ them
to vacant property owned ana &C.
|cupied ~ . homestead. such ex-
emptions shall not be withdrawn
either % to enterprises estaollsned
or SUBSTANTIALLY begun IN good faitn.
or % to Immigrants who nave &C.
tually acquired and improved or IN
good faith begun to Improve their
homesteads. since the granting OF
the exemption. The General Az
sembly ON behalf OF the state. and
the governing authorities Of. al sub
divisions Of the Sta1e on oenail o.
such subdivision. may defer for not
more than three years the cOHect1on
OF taxes In localities sublectcd to
overflow or other public calamity.
5. the Genera Assembly snau
nave tine power 10 Classify ~ pFop-
|erty for taxation, ana TO adopt dif-
ferent rules and rates for different
classes. but such rules and rates shall
be equal and uniform ON all subjects
OF the same class throughout the ter
ritorial limits OF the authority levy.
Ing tar. All such ciassincations snail
De based ON the charactertstics Of
the property Itself or IL uee. and
never ON persons OF ownefsnip.
T. Except m case OF foreign In
vasion or domestic revolution. the
Genersi Assembly snaH not nave
nave power 70 levy any ID val0rem
property tax In excess OF four per
cent. put the tieneral Assembly saaIl
not exceed rate OF Two ana one-nall
per cent except Dy : vote Of -
OF all the members elected to each
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
Early Manuscripts.

The type OF letter Ia early manu-.
script waa the same as that OF those
used on the earlier metal plates and
wax tablets. All letters were cap
itais. Minuscule, or small lettering,
as opposed to the matuscule. was In
vented in the seventh century. be
fore Its invention there was no spac-
ing between the words. There was
no punctuation, unless possibly some
mark between sentences. When cur
sive writing came into general use
about the beginning of the tenth GEN.
fury the art was practiced by only a
few highly trained scribes. This con-
tinued all through the middle ages.
The scribes were artists, and they
carried their art to high degree OF
perfection. Many of the manuscripts
OF that period are very beautiful speci-
mems OF handiwork and as perfect as
print.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
Economy In Epltaphs.

In a certain town Of Nebraska lives
a man who has been 80 unfortunate
as to lose thres wives, who were bur-
led side by side. For long time the
economical Nebraskan deiiberated AZ
to whether he should erect a separate
headstone for each, commemorating
her virtues, but the expense deferred
him. Finally a happy solution Of the
difficulty presented itself
He had the Christian name of each
engraved on a small stone-"M Mary"
Elizabeth" Matilda hand cut on
each stone pointing to large stone In
the center OF the lot, and under each
hand the words:
For epitaph see large stone."--Lap.
pincott's.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24

Mrs. Leila Love, wife of Wiley
Love, farmer living near Covena.
Ca, says: II have taken Foley Kid
ney Pills and iind them to be all
you claim for them. They gave nae
almost instant relief when my kid
neys were sluggish and inactive. /
cheerfully recommend them to all
sufferers from kidney troubles" Fo-
ley Kidney pills are as carefully
made and as scientifically COM
pounded as any medicine your home
doctor can give you, They act d.
reetly on the kidneys and bladder.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
FATAL 70 MIGRATING BIRDS
LIphthousss KIN Many Thousands,
| Which ths Keepers Dispose Of
/ III City Markets.

"A writer furnishes some striking
figures concerning the havoc wrought
among migrating birds BY big light.
houses. The lighthouse on the Pointo
do Penmarch, In Brittany. France. has
q revolving light Of 30,o00,oo0 candle
power. Visiting this On November 10
last year. snd again On the twelfth.
the observer saw tens Of thousands OF
birds whirling round, and 1t seemed
to him that the light shot out per
feet hail Or electric sparks among the
migrants Next morning he was pres
ent while the dead bodies were being
collected They. are dispatched every
day 10 Paris BY train. and the catch"
be was told, often comprised from
1000 70 1000 victims: one morning
alone there had been more than 500
woodcock In the bag"
On the two mornings be was pres
ent there were only score OF wood
cock the FIRST day. but on the second
the ground was Uttered with from 600
to 1000 victims. chiefly blackbirds.
ducks, woodcock. thruahes and golden
plovers. Another offender lie the light
house on Belle lie. of the south
coast OF Brittany. On two dark
nights last November, with an east
wind blowing, this light caused the
death Of 3,2o0 birds. including cur
lows, thrushes. snipe. starIings, over
100 woodcock and some sparrows and
quails. Thirdly, the Pilier lighthouse
kills every season some TOO woodcock.
An old sportsman OF Normandy de-
clares that round the lighthouse OF
Barfeur last November there were
picked up In the course OF four nights
10000 birds OF all sorts. including
1900 woodcock. The destruction OF
bird life By the hundreds Of light.
houses elsewhere can only be imag.
ined.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24

that the pressure on the brain might
be relieved.
There are also records about this
time and later of q file being used for
this purpose, which at time when
anaesthetics were undreamed OF must
have been, to say the least, painful.
According to Or. +. Rice Holmes.
the operation OF removing pieces Of
bone was performed long before his
toric times. The effects on the skull
are easily seen after death and are
visible 80 long as the bones are pre-
served.
From inspection Of certain skulls OF
the later stone age ia ancient Britain.
Dr. Holmes has come to the conclusion
that some OF these had undergone the
operation. which must have been per-
formed with stone implement.--Lon-
don Standard.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
HELPED TO KEEP DOWN Elk.
pENSES

Mrs. j. f. Henry. Akron, Mich,
tells how she did 50: Il was bother
ed with my kidneys and had to go
nearly double. tried sample of
Foley Kidney Pills and they did me
50 much good that bought bot
tie, and they saved me big doc
tors bill" For weak back, back
ache, rheumatism, urinary and kid
ney troubles, use Foley Kidney Pills
They help quickly.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
Sparrow Stole a Plume.

While standing on the corner OF FIT
teenth street and New York avenue
yesterday afternoon a well dressed
young woman had small plume torn
from her hat by the strong wind. The
plume, which was light green, landed
In the gutter ten feet away.
Several men offered their services
to recover the plume, when sparrow,
seeing the fluffy feather. and realising
Its comfort IL gotten safely to his nest.
snatched 1t In his mouth and few to
the top OF the Riggs Bank building
Washington Post.
Case Of Poetic Justice.
That was case OF poetic justice
when a Jury OF women In San Francis
co were called upon to pass on tn
fit OF mans clothes. A certain tail
or In that western city sued custo
mer for money due for clothes. TIL
customer pleaded that the suits di
| not fit and asked for jury Of womel
to decide the important point. TIL
~ good women and true, who fror
| their own experience were no doub
eminently qualified TO pass on the f
| Of clothes. found for the defendant
| 1t must have afforded them infinit
satisfaction to know that. after all tn
sarcasm with which their husband
treated their own troubles with dres
makers. their exasperating experience
should In the end be drawn upon
render lawful judgment on clothe
worn by men All the fun poked
women and their dressmakers In Sa
Francisco and all the Jokes collaterl
to that engaging theme have been r
! called. ,.s.4... -..s-.---., .->- !.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
SURGERY IN ANCIENT TIMES
Treranning 10 One OF the Oldest Of
Operations, Dating Back TO
Stone Age.

There Ia no doubt that some rough
form OF surgery must have existed
from very ancient times, but IL is
strange to find that 80 complex and
delicate an operation as trepanning is
one Of the Oldest,
80 far ~ actual records 60, Hippoc-
rates gives lis the earliest account.
He wrote treaties on fractures, dislo-
cations and wounds OF the head, In
which he described the method Of
procedure to be followed In the case
OF a fractured skull. His direction
was to cut away piece OF bone sc
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
NOTICE.

Patrons Of Grand Laundry. Pies
Simmons has taken his former posi-
ton as driver for the Grand Laun-.
dry. Charles Stuart, resigned. has
taken a similar position with the
American Laundry. sec
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
Wages Never Complicated.

Wages in the mercantile industry
are practically never complicated by
piece rates. The rate per week for
wrappers, for stock girls, for alter
alton hands, for first floor sales
women and saIeswomen of cloaks
| and suits, is unaffected by seasonal
| Bile variation and tends in each oc-
| cupational group toward a fixed
| point, and that low one, not in
| one store but In all stores which
Approximate one grade. The social
(, advantage which the mercantile In
| dustry has over many other oceu-
| pations open to women, has led to
IN over supply of saleswomen In
evitably over supply in any labor
group lowers tine marketx.fate of
| wages, 1t Is to this social cause
that we may attribute the fact that
81 per cent of the women employees
In Baltimore stores, although thi:
showing is worse than 1t is in some
cities, are earning wages lower than
1.-THE local cost of living.
| That the problem of how sales
women are to become self-dependen
Is social problem Of grave import
appears from the following in
stance which, though extreme, Il
but one of many similar. Tess.
Schlueter entered store and be
came saleswoman For this ser
vice she was paid So week an,
, filter she had been there five year
, she became head saleswoman in tn
, millinery department and receive
81. This sum was the most sh
,ver got during eleven years of sci
. | vices.
et Inability to bargain, the poss
: oility OF marriage and assistant
rom their families. as well as Ii
q 'ocial preference given the mershal
& tile work over labor in factory,
y part explains such low wages
!, these. In part, however, the reasc
D is to be found in inefficiency OF Il
saleswomen themselves,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
An Easy Way.

The occupation of selling is sap
posed TO require neither training nor
experience. 1t seems an easy to fill
in the years which succeed public
school. The learning of details Is
left to chance. Saleswomen who
have been long with the house show
the new conner where the stock is
kept, and if kindly disposed, give her
suggestions as to the peculiarities OF
buyers. Some one tells her the Gus
tom as regards sales checks and 9TH
err records and with this preliminary
information she is prepared to rep
resent her employer to his clientele.
She stays in the department to which
she is assigned. keeps her stock III
order, tries to remember when new
stock comes in and when customers
are around does NOT converse more
than is necessary with her co-work-
ers. III the customer asks for some
thing that is in stock she produces
1t and awaits decision If a custom
err asks for something that Is not in
stock she states the fact. She Is
in reality counter server"
But how is expert knowledge to
be obtained? How is the saleswo-
man to learn and recognize types of
personalities. to grasp what points
make the strongest appeal to each
type of buyer, to whom she should
emphasize utility, to whom beauty, to
whom durability! ~
A beginning has already been mGcn
throughout the country by stores of
more advanced management. Some
efforts are tentative and irregular
but others are on a more perlna-
among other subjects, in cettein
English branches. in cash systems
and the knowledge or textiles ard
are are of selling special merchan-
disc, g. well as efficiency in ela-
duct. This ins.r lction is la tie
form OF regular ella ,vork conduct Il
~. the store super ntendelt, iep4:t-
ment manager or tbs so ial secre-
AIRY Much Of ihc iEsft;tticn Il
des.~ned primarily p inf 1rm the
younger members uf the fore3 about
th. policies, systems or merchandise
o. the particular stores bot there Is
a ftndency to makos it III broader
raj Sc. But We! organized as lie
" ~ may be In some establish
mei Is. as rule, it lapks education
a. basis and well thought CIT
Il, hods
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
TRAINING STORE
/ GIRLS IN ART OF
SALESMANSH|P
Haphazard Methods a Dangerous
Drag to Merehantile
Business
INTELLIGENCE AN ESSENTIAL
Present Inefficlency Means Star.
walton Wages--lnstruction
is Needed
INTELLIGENCE AN ESSENTIAL
Elizabeth Beardsley Butler,

Exclusive Service The Survey Press
Bureaul
Mercantile establishments employ
! large proportion of the women
wage earners of this country. AL
though the type of saleswomen vary
from district to district, from city
to city. yet the requirements for
craftsmanship in all cities are funda-
mentally the same. Whether they
chance to be in small cities or large,
saleswomen are In great measure
In a class by themselves. Reaction
against the idea of the department.
store, demand for finest sort of mer-
chandise, appeal to an exclusive
trade, have brought into being mary
spe .ialty shops but their greater
specialization does not as a raie
mean that more thorough know
edge or that a more professional
attitude is required of their an.
ployes.
This occupation, simple as II APP
pears, involves prompt personal adj
iustment and quick understanding
lit is upon the intelligence u the
saleswoman and upon her @attitude
to the customer quite rs much az
upon the quality Of good; that the
number and value of sales depend
The mercantile house, however var
led in organization, however respon :
sive to public demand, must in the
last analysis, rely upon its sales
force for success and the personal
efficiency of the latter must keep
pace with the impersonal efficiency
of store organization. To secure
and keep at its maximum this per-
sonal is one problem of the store
superintendent individuals and
organizations, through personal eff
forts and reports, have called atten-
ton to certain other phases of the
mercantile industry such as the
hours of work, the scale of wages
paid, the need of seats for women
employees and the Importance of
more business-like dealing with en-
p{nvac
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
LOST.

Pocketbook, containing $21 and
some change in Ehs & Greaney $
grocery or between there and Divis-
ion St. Finder, please return to 319
Division st., and receive reward.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
Study Problem.

OtuuS .lubAELtt
The problem of better equipment
for saleswoman is receiving the at
tention, however, not only of the mer
chants but of students of soeia, BET
terment and Of philanthEOp:sts WAC
wish to see working women in a
position of greater industrial Sc
curity. and here and there of school
men.
Should well planned training be-
come the effect upon saleswomen
would be two fold-personal and eco
monte. The younger employees in
merchantile houses, although of
working age have not reached physi-
cal or mental maturity. AS a rule
their entrance untaught into an un-
skilled occupation does not stimulate
mental development. Usually their
work tends to stu1tify rather than to
develop them because the employe
| fails to understand its significance.
Good craftsmanship is compound
of some science and more art. The
science can be taught in the form of
| certain rules and principles. The
art can be developed through ex-
perience, wisely supervised and in
| terpreted.
That industrial obstruction will
have beneficial effect upon the eco
monte status Of women Is undeniS
ably true The wages OF the sell
ing force of department Is calcula-
ed at a percentage of the total sales
| If, by the ability Of those In charge
of the department the number Of en-
ployes can be kept down the change
produces net gain for all.
/ The unskilled worker accepts what
she deems justice, because she can
not make better terms for herself
The trained worker, because she ha;
confidence refuses to submit to op.
pressive exactions and seeks new
fields. The example of her self-~e
lance is of benefit to her comrades
while her consciousness of efficienc,
is source of courage and Of JOY t
, herself.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24

O'Niel Atcher, who has been visit
ing In Cairo for the past two weeks,
has returned to his home In Jackson,
Tenn. eg.ss' ii
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24

Miss Helen Hill, who has been
confined at her; home on Poplar
street with illness. is getting along
nicely.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24

Otis E. Worley and R. D. White
of Cairo spent Sunday In Charleston
as the guest of Miss Geraldine How
lett and Miss Helen Marshall. The
two boys played on the Charleston
ball team against sikeston, the lat
ter being defeated to /. s
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24

Mrs. Alfred s, Moss of 37o7 High
land avenue, who has been sick for
the past two weeks, has considerably
improved.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
SOCIETY.
Monday Card Club.

The Monday Card Club will be
entertained this. afternoon at the
home of Mrs. A. ]. Rees of 1907
Sycamore street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24

Mr.. Joseph Gattinger of Piggott,
Ark, and sister. Mrs. Josepha Sor-
gel of Dallas, Texas, will arrive to-
day for a visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
A. w. Hargrave of Tenth street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24

J. Fl. Childers of Goreyille lis the
guest OF his nephew, c. NJ, Costley
OF 235 Tenth street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24
PERSONALS.

Elmer Berry has returned, from
Olmstead, ILL.,. where he has been
visiting.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24

R. j., Greaney of the New York
Store Mercantile Co. left this morn
ing on a business trip for the firm
through southeast Missouri
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24

Miss Lucille Turk of Bardwell,
Ky, will arrive this morning and
will spend a few weeks as the guest
of Miss Iona Bondurant of Seventh
street
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-24

A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. n. X. Morris off Paducah, Ky,
last Friday. Mrs Morris was form
erly Miss Xeneline Ricketts, of Cairo.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-17

public library, are preparing a
vaudeville entertainment for
March 8 at Tonawama. There
will be many novel features and
the entire program will be inter
esting and enjoyable consisting
of short sketches, monologues.
farces, music, etc. AS it is a
benefit performance for the lib
rary every body will attend and
judging from the character of
their entertainments in the past
it will be worth while. Seat will
be sold at so cents, 35 cents and
25 cents.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-17
BUSINESS MEMS ASSOCIATION.

The local merchants of this city
have formed an organization to
be known as the Business Men S
Association having for its pur-
pose the advancement of the bus
mess interests in the way of reg
ulating credit systems and also
to assist in the development of
the country in every legitimate
way. Irrigation, adjudication of
water, advancement of agricul-
ture or any kindred development
will have consideration by the
organization. The association will
be affiliated with the Oregon Re-
tail Merchants Association.
Club rooms have been leased
in The Times-Herald building
which will be nicely furnished
and ready for occupancy next
week.
The charter membership con-
tains the following names: j. M.
Dalton, |. Schwartz, Ben Brown,
G. W. Clevenger, j. H. Reed, |.
S. Geer, C..Cummins, L. E. Reed,
w. E. Huston, R. Fred Williams,
NJ. Schenk. Fred Lunaburg, Cur
It's Smith, c. H. Voegtly, j. C.
Welcome, Jr., H. ]. Hansen, A.
K. Richardson, John Gemberling.