St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-10-11

I VAUDEVILLE NOTES.
4 The town council met in sreeula
session last Monday night in tn
town hall. There were present MAY
Tor W. G. Davis, Councilmen w. I
newman. p. II. Baudot. Joseph M
smith, VIM. She'll and Geo. e. RENE
Secretary Louis Menant and Tow
Attorney Thos. M. Burns. The audi
ence was an unusually large and rep
resentative one, drawn hither by it
keen interest in matters appertain
ing to the public welfare, which wer,
supposed to be. acted upon Ct thi.
Injecting
The council disposed of a larg.
volume Of business. the most impor
tant Of which were the following
Town Treasurer Randolph Morgan
reported a cash balance In bank O!
1858. The Finance Committee re.
ported having audited the books and
accounts Of the Secretary and Treas.
urer and found same correct, s
The Women's Progressive Union
represented by delegation consist
Ing OF Mesdames G. S. Galbraitll anG
E: Fluchtl and Misses F. and G. La
vale. who, on being introduced, re-
Hquested an appropriation to assist in
defraying the expenses incidental to
the decorating and care of the booth
and exhibits of Vaudeville at the
forthcoming parish fair 1t geving-
ton: After some discussion the coun-
ell unanimously voted them $500.
Then the same delegation. in Ian
guage that was foreihle ~ It was
eloquent. pointedly brought to the at
tention of the town fathers" the de-
lapidated and useless condition of the
IRE machine, from which were miss
ing buckets. axes, shovels and hose,
pleading with the council to devise
some means of putting said machine
in proper working condition, and If
possible, appointing caretaker for
same, the ladies Offering to assist in
whatever way they could, after quite
a spirited discussion, the council
promised to take the matter under
consideration. The putting of the
question by the w. P. U. squarely
up to the council is receiving the
high commentator and approval of
almost the entire citizenship ct Man
deVille.
The locai board of school trustees
presented bill for 500 for material
and labor used in repairing and clean.
ing the school house and grounds,
this amount was discussed at some
length, some members contended that
inasmuch as the school building had
been transferred and verbally accept
ed by the parish school board more
than year ago, said board should
pay the bill, Notwithstanding the fact
that no written or legal transfer has
ever been made, and further, that the
board of trustees should have re-
Quested the councils official consent
and approval before beginning the
work. a something which seems to
have been overlooked by the board,
other members, while conceeding the
latter point, claimed that owing to
the fact that there has been no legal
transfer of the school house, 1t was
still town property, that the bill was
equitable and should be paid by the
council. On motion to pay the bill
the vote stood; Yeas-Newmah and
Baudot. Nays-Smith and Shell.
Blank-Reine.
On the Mayors announcement tina:
all members must vote or leave the
hall. Mr.. Refine changed his vote to
no." and the motion was lost by
3 to 2.
Messrs. Ketteringham and Mon
geau, contractors, accompanied by
their local representative, Mr.. r. RI
bava, appeared before the council
with renewal of their offer to build
a concrete reinforced sea wall, prop
perly filed in, as per plans and speci-
fications, for $2886O. They announc-
ed having received signed subscri.r
ton of over $4,000 from the lake
front property holders, and other
sources, which with the 1850 to be
paid by the council, covering the
street intersection frontage, seems
the extra $4,000 required, which
added to the $4,000 bond issue COW
ers the amount Of their bid. A
special joint meeting of the council,
sea wall advisory committee, tax pay
ers and the contractors, at the town
hall. was ordered called for Friday |
night, October 10th, when the plans
and specifications will be finally gone
over and revised, and II satisfactory
y arranged, will adjourn to the fol-
owing week. to permit the town at
.orney to draw up the necessary legal /
for subsequent signatures |
md action on the contractors hond, [
which it il believed will be fixed at
IL, 900.
Resolutions of coincidence and SYM
,athy to the family Of the late Mar
hal. P. C. Smith, ST., were unani-
nously passed. ordered spread on the
minutes and a copy sent to the fam
~.
Town Marshal Philip G. Smith, Jr..
vas elected tax collector.
Mr.. Geo. F. Bierhorst was awarded
he contract to clean the local ceme-
cry for All Saints Day.
Mesdames T. Cavalier and ]. Beck
listed Covington Tuesday on sight
eeing tour.
Master Samuel Rouge, Jr., cele-
rated the anniversary Of his natal
ay last Friday, receiving the con-
Of his numerous friends
Mrs. Eug. EsQuinance and daught-
r Miss Alice. were Wednesday visit
rs to New Orleans,
Mr.. Jos. NJ. Smith having transfer
d his local business interests to his
pms Gus and Alex. has retired and
with his family to Lewis
urg. This week Mr.. Smith sold HE
ecan crop 1.-THE: ith-Mandeville
nnanl For. lf En ,nn. ronund m In