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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-17
Foster Commagere, the Crack St.
Paul Coach, May Go To St. Stanislaus

ton to look the track over. This was
about March and the meet was due
in June. Foster and his cousin,
Adolph, were on the job. II was .
good job and when Gormley end
referred the results of our findings
to the Southern Board. they all look
cd In amaxement. ''Did Commagere
really build : track" they exclaimed.
Yes, he did, and It was the best
piece Of work he ever did, for It will
remain as q monument.
81 left st. Paul College with the
idea Of bettering myself" said Fos-
ter in discussing the case with me the
other day. There was much specula-
tfon a. to Fosters resignation. That
IL the reason l bring out this point.
Il left my system behind" he con-
tinued, 'and 6t. Paul has . very good
start. / knt- that In my Two years.
connection the faculty members and
others have learned my training sys-
tenn. and feel certain that most any
one they employ now will I'LL the bill.
gave st. Paul College the best .s
had In me, but had to better myself,
and thas'e my reason for resigning. =
Foster C0mmagere has practically
closed . deal whereby he becomes
athletic director Of the ST. Stanislaus
College a4 Bay st. Louis. ! have 1t
ON pretty good authority that . MEM
ber Of st. Stanislaus' faculty was In
the city recently and made overtures
to Commagere through . personal
friend. Outside Of saying that he
=
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-17
MOST JURY CASES RESULTED IN QUICK CONVICTIONS
Tate. Charged With Cutting Wilson: Perkins
and Hines. Cattle Stealing: Homer Tyson.
Robbery; Caddell. Concealed Weapons:
Holden.G Gains. Stealing Cow; Collins,
Larceny. Plead Guilty; Sentenced.

Following . busy criminal court ct
Franklinton. the criminal court ct
Covington opened Monday with quite
. large docket. Judge Lancaster
presided and District Attorney Vol
Brock prosecuted. @
The charge Of incendiarism against
Elder Daniels (colored) assumed
some notoriety from the fact thaG
frequent fires in Covington had caus-
Cd comment, due largely to the ire
quency OF origina&ion In vacant
houses. II this case, 11srshal
schults and an inspector from the
Staks Fire NaEshsl's Department ct
Baton Rouge ct. ted IN Investigation
which resulted IN the preventing Of
ahidayits from : negro and his wife
that Daniels had been overheard to
Offer one Scott. who was never found
and arrested. 336.00 TO ct hre e
the house adjoining the colored Bap-
tist church. Both were burned TO
the ground. The jury, howsvsr, did
not seem to md Sufficient strength
In tho eyidence, and Daniels was 90
Quilted. - &
The Perkins- Hines case, however.
was 90 we'll supported that both
pleaded guilty. This was case In
which . beef was stolen and killed
In the woods and the carcass cut Mp
and buried In the yards OF the de-
fendants. Sheriff BrewSter and
posse Of Vaudeville citizenS gathered
ohe evidence In this case. having NJ
tied the houses q Perkins and Hines
and unearthed the buried beef. At
this time, both denied theif yu1lt,
Perkins being especially outraged
that he should be subjected to such
annoyance.
The case against Jesse Favre, cat
tie stealing, attracted some attention
ct the time Of his arrest because Of
letter found on mis- person addressed
to President Wilson, in which he
stated that he was In destitute CIR
cumstances, and that II he did not re-
ceiye assistance from him he would
be compelled to steal. It was stat
ed. however, that the letter had been
written after he had committed the
theft, judging by the date Of the
letter.
Andrew Tate, the negro who work
ed at the Poole livery stable and who
cut Geo. Wilson SO badly that he was
taken to the hospital in New Or
leans, had the effrontery to write
Mr.. Poole q letter asking for his in
tercession in his behalf, stating that
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-17
THAW FOUND Sane
BY ADVISORY JURY
AFTER 48 MINUTES
Judge Will Announce Later
Whether Commitment
q
Shall Be Vacated.

New York. July 14.-Harry Ken
DAN Thaw today was declared rane
hv an .dv,.orv ,,rv ~h,ch Tor .lmn.t
-. -...s.. 80 -. ,.~..-.. :. ....,-
enfee "eoAs nso .eoo W sossA
mony given In the Supreme Court
before Justice Peter Hendfick. For
,v-as.s,+ mirutas vara oonsumed ana
.-,,..--.-. ..r.. !. ....h..-.
Two os'ioss Wole ssAo1 = : '4's :
verdict.
Justice Hendrick ON Friday morn
in1 vim annnunca vhafher tho com-
s..-... .,n.. -h,.,, rh.~ -. IN.
s''.0.1s wy. " =.
caWerated In the state HOSPITAL I0r
the Criminal Insane At AAefeaMaa
shall be vacated. thereby giving to
the slayer Of stanford White the lib
|erty for which he has fought in the
courts for nine yeare.
II vas at the end Of q day Of ad-
dresses BY counsel and the charge Of
the Justice that the Jury retired.
While the twelve men were deliber-
ating the crowd In the court room
and .hout the courthouse was aug
mented by scores Of persons who be-
|lieyed that q verdict would be found
quickly. inst before o'clock .
baMfr came from the jury room and
Informed Justice Hendrick that q
verdict had been reached. The doors
were locked and Justice Hendrick.
ascending the bench, warned the
spectators that any demonstration
would he met with severe punish
|ment. The Jury came In. In reply
70 : question by the CLERK Of the
oourt a. to whether 4 verdict had
heen reached the foreman handed Q
sheet Of legal paper to him, which
was passed to the Judge. Justice
Hendirck read It and handed 1t back
to tha clerk.
"Gentlemen the Jury" said the
clerk .sthe question You have been
asked il his: sIs Harry K. Thaw
now sane?, Your answer is yes, .
Desnito the warning. several per-
sons stood up. The courtroom hum
med like a dynamo. Justice Hen
drick and q dozen court attendants
ranned for order.
Thaw shakes Counsels' Hands.
Meanwhile Thaw. who until the
verdict was ammo iced. had sat at
the counsel table with his chin rest
.inp in a handkerchief. had turned
around and grasped the hand of sew
eral of his counsel. He went to
where his mother was sitting a few
feet avay and. throwing his arms
around her neck, kissed her twice.
Mrs Thay at the same time patting
her daughter. Mrs. George L. Car
5negie. on the shoulder.
The verdict recorded, ]. B. Stanch-
field. chief counsel for Thaw, made
a motion that the commitment sign
ed by Justice Bowling, following a
verdict Of not guilty on the ground
of insanity. which was returned by
the jury at Thaw's second trial for
the murder Of White, be vacated.
nonnfv
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-17

CONTINUED on page b ]
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-10
Blu NDeniIe
Journalists

uating class met Friday noon. They
have not selected n motto yet.
The June graduating class OF the
Chandler il as follows: Edward My
Ter. Lucille Brickel. Elsie Tomkin,
Hazel Smith. Robert Leacock, Floyd
Day. Edith Patterson. Emil Spring:
Frank Nezman. Yetta Fisher. Ernest
Iablockt. Winifred Martin, Beulah
Churchill. Alice Watson. William
Mayer, Clarence Shoemaker, Frederic
kirsch, Elvin Walter and Edward
Rutischauser.
The pupils Of the BIS have finished
their spelling course and are now on
the sixteenth lesson In review
Mr.. Hupp the manual training
teacher at the stephens school. where
the Chandler boys and girls take
their manual training and domestic
art work has given the boys per-
mission 10 come and finish their mod
els, II their teacher gives her con-
sent
We wish that the manager OF the
Washington theater could hear some
OF the compliments on the beautiful
Interior OF the theater and the quail
ity OF the submarine exhibition in
motion pictures which was shown for
the special benent OF the Times
school and scout editors
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-10
CUPID "BUSTS UP"
BACHELOR CLUB

ST. PAUL. Mimi, June t.-The'
Bachelor Girls club OF st. Paul
danced itself out OF existence at the
armory, Sixth and Exchange-sts.s,
after 10 OF the original 10 membera'
had fallen before the craftsmanship
OF Dan Cupid. II was the twelfths
and last dance given by the club
and at the stroke OF one few
mornings ago, the last vestige Of
the club as an organization van.3
ished like Cinderella under the spell
of the fairy.
The club was organized FIVE years
ago and the members, bound by SOL
emn oaths of bachelorhood, re-.
NAMED intact for a time. Cupid
battered et the ramparts and one
after another OF the members cap
itulated until five alone were left.
Suddenly two of these fell and 81
double wedding announcement car
ried dismay TO the hearts OF the re-'
naming three.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-10

Editorial Stan-HaroId Berg, Chief
Edit:r; Upton schreve, Asst. Chief,
district o. W. q. CsvnnsuxhJ dts
trfct IL. Norman Reid, district IT.
A. Glenn Lnnktoni district I1-B,
Russell Robinsont district TIC,
Eugene osiusi district i7-E. George
The Eighteenth ward Is actively en-
gagged In the work or the fly cam
paign. Wright McClenahen. inspec.
schools. The boys OF the Beard
school are foremost in the campaign
Reports show that marked Inn
provement has been made I'm the sani-
boys are actively engaged In field
work. Watch out II you lack a gar
bage can or have not the proper
sanitations.
The Fifth ward has the unique dis
tinctlon OF being the first to reach
the 900 mark in the number OF
workers. The health office has been
crowded with throngs OF boys either
the progress OF the work. The cap
tains in this ward are out each day
inspecting their various districts.
Sveral of the boys have offered to
in their own homes. In fact. meet
ings have already been held In barns
and other buildings. Such enthusi-
asm cannot but make this ward one
OF the ClehneEt In the city.
An incident worthy 10 be noted
happened In the NTH district last
week. One OF the officers was In
specting an alley in this district. A
steal something, struck him in the
face, INJECTING slight injury The
boys mother Immediately reported IL
TO the chief inspector. who. accom-
panied by a policeman: went to in
found to be in the right. AT. this dis
covery the man was warned against
a repetition OF the offence. and he
agreed 10 let them continue their
work thereafter without being mo-
Tested.
George Straecke. an inspector In
district 6. has found II rather In
convenient to work and swat flies at
the same time. and therefore has de-
cided 10 resign his position. George
has established a record which We
hope viii always remain In the MES
OF the Board OF Health as the hard
est fighter OF the germ carrying pest.
Because OF the large demand for
membership in the fly campaign the
Board OF Health were compelled 70
duplicate the former order. for 5000
buttons. The young fly fighters who
were compelled 10 remain a few days
without their button OF authority
swarmed into the health offices at an
early hour Monday.
The magazine published by the
American Medical association has
this month devoted two or three coll
umns in praise OF the fine work be-
ing accomplished in the campaign. II
further says that they hope to see IL
established In all the principal cities
OF the United States.
Glenn Lankton, inspector OF district
TIA, has announced the resignation
OF one OF his captains and lieuten-
ant. Harold Karn and Harold STAN
bury. He recently appointed two
bows by the name of Patterson and
Matusick TO fill the vacancies thus
caused
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-10
EXPERT TELLS '''
HOW TO RAISE
STRAWBERRIES

The practice OF paying from 10
cents to 25 cents box for straw
berries when, for good deal less,
one might easily grow them in the
back yard garden was held up as
rather an inconsistent folly by
Frank A. wilken, associate editor
of the Michigan Farmer, who on
Tuesday night, talked before a
class in backyard farming in the Y.
NJ. C. A. on Establishing a fruit
garden"
"Of all fruits" said Mr.. Wilken,
"the strawberry Is the most easily
grown In the garde., as 1t requires
little attention and does not usually
need any special protection from In
sect and fungus pests,
IAN important factor in success
full strawberry growing is the re-
newing OF the patch after harvest
ing. This Is done by narrowing the
rows TO the width OF one plant and
keeping the ground we'll hoed the
rest of the season 10 encourage new
plants. Il Is advisable to keep the
patch mulched with straw through
the winter TO prevent the 'heaving
Of the plants The mulching should
then be raked between the rows In
spring to keep the ground moist and
the berries clean. This mulching
should be raked off after harvesting
the berries.
"Raspberries and blackberries also
are easily grown in the garden. To
establish a patch. year-old plants
should be used These should be
set about three feet apart in rows
five feet apart The ground should
be hoed until about the first OF Au-
gust but not after. as the canes
must be given an opportunity to
harden up before cold weather
comes. Each bush should be al
lowed to mature Ave canes. After
the fruit has been harvested all the
canes which have fruited and all the
new ones except the Ave strongest
should be cut out. When the new
canes become two and half feet
high they should be nippsd back to
encourage the growth Of the lateral
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-10

who was just returning from th&z
phone. Somehow, the dazed, U0cQ043
what frightened expression on IT,
girls face alarmed her. She nhtx&
shadow had passed across the sud(&S
light ~ her happi.nss.
She would have st.Oped the mo{4'
then thrust the impulse aside, thOuQ&61
as tire girl approached Gather. s145
could not resist bendlna, her ear MH
that direction. &
She caught the cold, daxeJ IooIk3
that filmed Esther Halstead's eyes ~
she received the message. caught toGE
meaningless sound OF her voice az bhQ}
parroted the. words: "My.-father ~
dead" caught the sympathetic fosS|
shrinking within herself. noticed the
swift stride with which Felix LYNN
reached the stricken girls side.
Like n tigress she moved f0rwar~Si
s swayinS 1,n little fr9m the hips ~
Esther a bit closer to him. thlgR
thrust out his jaw squarely. speAkS'
ing over her bowed head:
please do not crowd--please. MXs
wife's father has just died. The mar
riage was kept secret to prevent tntA1
very thing" M
For a moment Alicia felt her limhe
numbed, felt something go Icy COLI
within her, then crackle up with ~
sound perfectly audible 10 hersoI4{]
And then the numbness gave way ~
n prickling. az OF a thousand needless
And then the banked fire burst Int!
full flame. II was lie. II was uns2
true II could not be true. II WAS
lie told to trick her. But they Could
not do II. She sprang forward, thruett!
Ing herself between the pair. hurltnG
them away from one another WIN;
ContInurd TomorrowJ
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-10

e. Butler was president at that time
and has belonged there ever since
He has survived two presidents. be-
ing tho chief help 81 the third and
present. John /. Dexter. Ills hobby
u boxing and ne could even box Il
lemon. and is looking forward hope
FUZZY when 80 b. going go don a
crown But Jake hHs not forgotten
the association In any way. perform
inE his duty willingly No matter
how much he loves boxing. he would
rather 60 to meeting Of the assoCia-
tIon than TO the Moose gymnasium
CHATS where lake trainsl. And
that alone Is sufficient for an honor
airy mention. besides. II President
Dexter woke Jake up Ia the middle
Of the night telling him that We are
going 20 have a special meeting. he'd
10 without asking the usual whVr
We also wish 10 inform the mem
hers ana the officers that the Toledo
Ncwsboys association band was In
this city while on the way 10 Buffalo
going with the Masons. They ser
enaded several places, including the
Times, and took q trip 90 the office
OF President Dexter. but much u
their disappointment. found the Of
fee closed. as u was on Saturday.
Under the auspices az the talented
leader. 81 Koheler the band made an
excellent showing. although some OF
them were not bigger than a picture
90 Jess Willard.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-10

Sammy Jay was stealing silently
through the Green Forest just TO see
venient TO be able to fly, because
then you can keep out OF sight In
the tree-tops Sammy was feeling
a little bored Sammy dearly loves
excitement. Dear me. don't know
what Sammy Jay would do II he
didn't have a little excitement now
and then. Some people are born
that way. II is his love OF excite
ment that gets Sammy into half of
his scrapes.
He had just about made up his
mind that there was nothing worth
seeing in the Green Forest, when he
saw old Granny Fox trotting along
the Lone Little Path Now, there is
nothing Sammy likes better than TO
upset the plans OF Granny Fox. So
now he followed her To see where
she was going. He saw the three
little Possums quarreling on the
ground. and he had opened his mouth
saw Granny. and all three scrambled
up a tree. So Sammy shut his mouth
without making a sound and waited
TO see what would happen next. lie
felt sure that Granny would try to
get those little Possums, and he was
curious TO see how she would go
about IL.
So all the time that Granny Fox
was telling the three little possums
about the wonderful things OF the
Great World, and how glad she
would be TO show them the way to
see all that they wanted TO see, sam
my was listening Two or three
times he started TO warn Bumpy.
Frumpy and Grumpy not 10 listen TO
Granny's smooth tongue. but thought
better OF II and waited. OF course.
he saw through Granny's clever plan.
He knew just what she meant to do.
and he chuckled inside as he thought
when the time came.
AS for Bumpy. Grumpy. and Frum-
by. when Granny Fox proposed TO 20
off down the Lone Little Path far
enough for them 10 feel perfectly
safe in coming down TO the ground,
and then 10 lead the way to the
wonderful things OF the Great World
which they so wanted to see. they
could see no reason why they
shouldn't do Il.
IF she turns around TO come back
we can climb another tree" said
Bumpy.
See how honest she Is. She says
we are just right in being cautious
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-10

and careful. and that II Is best never
10 trust strangers She is just like
Mother Postum. like her, ana /
don't see any reason why we
shouldn't follow her. said Frumpy.
Grumpy agreed that so far as he
could see, it would be perfectly safe
TO follow Granny Fox, and IL the 9TH
ers wanted TO he was willing TO.
though he did wish that she hadn I
such long. sharp teeth.
Meanwhile they could see old
Granny Fox waiting patiently down
the Lone Little Path while they
made up their minds. Anyway, she
seemed TO be patient. II they could
have known what was going on in
her mind they would have thought
differently. The truth is she was
terribly impatient, but she was smart
enough not to show 1t.
II wish those silly young possums
would hurry up" she muttered. III
they don't. some one is likely to come
along and spoil my plans. Ha. J
believe that AT last they really have
decided to come. Now for a little
more cleverness and then for feas st
on tender young possum."
Granny was right Bumpy, Frum-
by, and Grumpy had at last decided
that il was safe to follow her, ana
they had started down the tree.
Sammy Jay watched to make sure
that they really were going to do It.
IL was time for him to act.
Don't do IL, Don't do IT," he
screamed. BE very careful what
you are about. for Granny Fox will
catch you IL you don't watch OUT"
Sammy Jay was proving himself a
true friend by warning unc' Billy
Possums three babies.
Next Story--Old Granny Fox
Shows Her True Self
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-10
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
nv cHapLEs RUNNER.

The practice and training in the art
or orRtory and debate are predomi-
nant features at the meetings OF W
Fi~hbalne's English classes. With
upper classes and declarations Tor
the Younger students. n number or
fne speakers and dehaters have beer
developed. That Central viii never
lack material for its interscholas site
debates Sc evident from the ability
exhibited by students in these classes
tai punishment be abolished" was the
subject OF hot debate In his hrst
hour English 80 class Monday morn
ing. II. Tillotson and W. Mason ar
mcnt and were opposed by II popkin
and T. Taylor Due ~ Mr. Taylor 3
fine arguments and eloquence. the de-
cision was given the negative by an
English 80 held defamation con
test Monday morning. hooks being
given Is prizes. Among the contestants
were BENJAMIN l.. schlain. Ezra LIP
T.. Ven Baalen u SaXton. T. Lee.
; Lawson. W Wilson and A. Crook.
Benjamin Shlain. who delivered Vic
tor Hugo's THE Guillotinc." won nrst
Ezra Lipkin. Similar contests were
held in his other classes.
The "Centralite perfect in every
Tuesday morning The students were
highly pleased with H. IT is said TO
he the best production by the l2-A
class in n number OF years.
The Central club. an organization
composed 81 high school boys. IS now
"a irving on an active campaign
against the habit Of swearing. Pla-
cards have been placed about the
houses and rooms with pointed ques-
tionS on them In regard to swearing.
The campaign IN intended to point out
10 the student tho uselessness and
vulgarity Of acquiring such habits.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-10

were and are working for Is being
sent TO the different schools In the
league, This morning IL was sent To
the Harris.
have fine newcomb team, and also
an official sized court, and would like
10 play any of the school teams In
Detroit For games call up the Will
liams school and ask Tor Jakel.
The Williams school team have
rooters from every room In the
school II Jhe children OF the lower
grades do not sec the game the
teachers do. We expect great
The Medium Athletic club VIII
have meeting. Friday evening. ut
o'clock. Everybody on the team
must be present, as there are many
things 10 talk about.
Walter Jakel, another star OF the
Williams team, ha7i the captain wor-
ried because he could not he at the
game. The team played without him
FOR three innings. when Jakel came.
we won the game In the eighth,
The Williams baseball team defeat
cd the Hillger school team by the
score 81 10 TO 2 The Hillger team
innings. In the seventh inning the
score being 10 In favor OF the
Hillger Then. ny some hard playing.
we got some runs The HillRer team
lnbUtNi lnHt tntN ndN ur NiHtii"h Hh'
did not play 80 hard The featuring
Of the game was the pitching OF
Lloyd DeBlock. lie had Is str Re
outs Another feature was the play
ing OF Harry Mack at short.
Friday was to tell IL o. school or
the HillRer school would have TO play
the Jones school for the cup. \ large
crowd Witnessed the game, and the
grownups thought II the most inter
cstlng game they had Witnessed be-
tween school boys.
The Spencer a C. was to play the
Mestrics at Solvay park. They fail
cd 10 show up. so the game was 20
Spencer's credit Russell Cation IL
their manager and Harry Wise their
CnDfqin