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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-16
blanche E. CHRESTIA
(,ovinptOn. La.

true and faithful friend, q man of
exemplary qualities and one whose
ears were always open to the plants
CT the needy. We bow to the will
CT the Omnipdtent with fond recol-
lactions of life we'll spent in his
6uty towards his family and to-
wards his fellQw-men, and ot1er our
HEARTFELT sympathy to those to whom
lie was near and dear.
Be it further resolved, That these
resolutions .be spread on the minute
look OF this Association, that q copy
Re sent to the family of the deceas-
ed. and that q copy be sent for pub
LEGATION to the st. Tammany Farmer.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH LEBLANC,
JOHN HAAS,
J. H. PERRIN,
Committee.
UNITED FRIENDS BENEVOLENT :
ASSOCIATION.
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AS YOU LIKE 1T CLUB.

Mrs. Claude Smith was the hostess
Of the club at it's meeting Tuesday.
The first prize was awarded Miss
Annals Boudousquie, second Mrs. H.
X. Goodwin, consolation Mrs War
rem Smith and guest prize Miss Jcpce
White.
The guests of the club wer, Mrs.
JOS. Lotion and Misses Joyce White
and Wessie Lansing.
The club will meet after the New
Year with Mrs. Rudolph Schultz as
hostess.
The Daughters Of Isabella tender
ed Mrs. Robt. L. ALBERT surprise
tin shower Wednesday afternoon III
honor Of her tenth wedding anniver-
sary, the order presenting her With
beautiful piece of alum mum. be-
sides individual pieces of tin being
presented her by each member. Thu
feature Of the evening was game OF
Pit, the first prize being awarded to
Mrs. Aug. blanche, the booty falling
to the lot of Miss Lille Allan.
After a delightful evening toasts
were drunk and best wishes shower
ed upon the honoree.
NERVOUS WOMEN.
When the nervousness is caused by
constipation. as IL oftenthe case, you
will get quick relief by taking Cham
berlain's Tablets. These tablets al
so improve the digestion. Obtain
able everywhere.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-16

Mrs. Wallace NJ. Poole was a New
Orleans visitor Saturday.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-16

Mrs. P. J. Mcmahon, Jr., has re-
turne dto her home in New Orleans
after several weeks spent here as the
guest Of Miss Alice Ostendorf.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-16
Personal and Local.

Mrs. Wallace NJ. Poole was a New
Orleans visitor Saturday.
Miss Anais Boudousquie and Mrs.
w ID. :NcEnulty spent last Friday in
New Orleans.
Hon and Mrs. Lewis L. Morgan
and children left Tuesday evening
tor Washington, d. c., where they
will remain until March, at which
time Mr.. Morgan will have finished
up his Congressional career and will
return to private practice here.
Mrs. w. d. McEnulty left Monday
for Bogalusa, after several weeks
spent here as the guest of Mrs. Julia
Boudousquie and family.
~ Judge Prentiss B. Carter, District
Attorney Brock and Attorney Lind
say McDougaN, of Franklinton, at
tended the session of the District
Court here during the past week.
Mrs. H. G. Evans and daughters,
MISS E<SI0ll0 anu WITS. JOG AOIUOu, re-
turned last Tuesday from Vicksburg,
after several weeks spent there with
relatives
Miss Jessie Evans returned Mon
day night from New Orleans where
she spent week.
Mr. ]. Louis Smith was New Or
leans visitor Thursday.
Miss Clarice Frederick returned
Tuesday night from Meridian, Miss,
WI she spent the past two months
a. the guest Of her aunt, Mrs. II. V.
Rhodes. While away she also visit
ed Mrs. Louis Hebert, formerly Miss
Ellen Thomas
Mrs. P. J. Mcmahon, Jr., has re-
turne dto her home in New Orleans
after several weeks spent here as the
guest Of Miss Alice Ostendorf.
Mrs. Harvey E. Ellis was New
Orleans visitor last Friday.
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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.

Whereas, Almighty God, in His di
vine providence, has seen fit to call
to his reward our dear friend and
fellow-member, Henry Stein,
Be it resolved, That we feel In his
death the loss of one whom we had
learned to cherish and honor as q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-16
KINGS DAUGHTERS.

Regular meeting of the Kings
Daughters will be held Monday, De-
cember 18th. at $3.50 p. m, at the
school auditorium. ALI members are
urged to be present.
MRS. II. T. G.. WEAVER,
Leader.
MRS. II. A. MACKIE,
Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-16

The Court of Appeals sitting in
Covington has been postponed from
the 18th to the 21st of December.
Justices Ellis, Mouton and Leche
have rendered a great service to peo-
pie of this section. by holding sittings
in Covington, as it1e simplp an act
OF accommodation on their part, and
not legally required
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-16
LIST OF DEAD LETTERS.

LIST OF DEAD LETTERS.
Following 10 the list Of dead let
tiers: A..
Miss Meamer Baham. Breat Blanch
Mrs. L. v. Cooley, Ii Qoney, Mrs.
Mary Mitchell Hodges, Miss Margaret
Hampton, Mrs. Norman Leslie, T. T.
Mathery, Chas. J. Macmtrdo, Mrs.
c. ]. Macmurdo, Miss Katherine Sui
hvan, Mrs. Hattie Sullivan, H. II.
Watson, Mrs. Millie Walker, E. J.
Williams.
JACOB SELLER,
Postmaster.
Rev.. F. H. Bancroft, of Sails,
Miss, will hold services at the Bap-
fist Church in Covington, at II a. m.
and 1880 p. m.
A teacher in the. public school Of
Covington will have time to prepare
q few pupils for the midsummer ex-
aminations Ring up phon, -.
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R\Aln alOA Southern Hotel Building
IInN al Covington La

Critical persons are more
and more demanding Num-
nally's Candy-the quality Is
there. Fresh consignment
Just received by express.
RYAN.
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Photo by Underwood a undsrv

n few years age. As soon rs Italy had
taken possession of Tripoli. including
Ben-Ghazi. which Is the native name
for the old Roman province OF Cyre-
naica, and all further danger Of Ger
many's establishing herself in the
Tripolitan Paschalik was at an end,
Great Britain took up with Italy the
long standing dispute Of Egypt with
the Sublime Porte as TO whether Sol
lum really belonged t Egypt or Trip
oil, and obtained from King Victor
Emmanuel III. n definite recognition
OF the fact that Sollum was on the
Egyptian side OF the border line.
italy was all the more glad to do
this. since 1t placed upon Great Britain
and upon Egypt, o the vnssal of
England. the responsibility Of garri-
soning and of holding Sollum. which
up to that time had been used as the
seaport through which the Senussi and
the other great desert tribes operat-
ing against the italian army in Trip
oil obtained money. arms. ammuni-
ton, supplies OF every kind. and vol
unteer officers from Constantinople.
Sol,,nm was also the port from which
prior 10 the Italian invasion OF Tripoli
the Scnussi and the other desert
tribes shipped to Constantinople and
to Ottoman ports In Europe and In
Asia Minor the slaves which they had
obtained by means of raids into the
interior OF the Dark Continent
Sollum should long ere this rave been
strongly garrisoned by a large Anglo
Egyptian force. instead Of a mere
handful of troops and coast guards:
should have been furnished with a
g~uardship. equipped with heavy guns,
and should have been connected with
Alexandria and with the railroad sys-
tenn Of the Egyptian Delta by a line
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Between $500. 600. 900 and
81. OOO. 600. 600 May BE the
sum Involved.

go II the Government nnds 4 ne>,es-
sary to sell securities lent TO Il It Is to
have the right TO do 50, and IN tina.
case will pay the lender the middle price
in New York and, In addition, ga per
cent on the proceeds Of the sale. No
brokerage will he charged and payment
will be made In London In sterling at
the exchange OF the day.
td) At IN" end of the period for
which the securities are borrowed they
arc to be- returned 10 the lender IL un-
sold.
Controversy has centred and will CEN
ire on condition 'c.'' which gives 10 the
Government the right OF sale should
necessity arise, But In this respect the
'"nder IL projected, FIRST, by the right t.
huy the security himself Y rr wishes
q rstain II and. secondly by the margin
Of 2La per cent, within which he Is
guarded against market nutuatlons,
The Government has no intention 81
selling on It's own Initiative mics It ia
Unavoidable,
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Of railroad running along the seashorc.
The latter would not have been diff
cult to construct. For the eX-khe-
dive Abbas. who has extensive estates
TO the west Of Abu-Selim along the
coast spent a large sun OF money in
building for his own personal use a
private railroad line from Alexandra
to his property. and this could easily
have been prolonged TO Sollum. Moth
ing of the kind. however. was done.
Tho significance Of the Turko-Arab
attack upon Sollum on Christmas Eve,
and in particular the fact that It
should have enjoyed the cooperation
Of the guns of a large German sub
marine operating from the c"ast, is to
be found in tho demonstration which
IL furnishes hat the English must
prepare for the invasion Of Egypt not
only from the east but also from the
west. 1t IS said that Egypt is ever
threatened in the south. thanks 10 a
recurrence OF rebellion on the part OF
the dervishes IN the Sudan.
Great Britain, indeed. may esteem,
herself fortunate II in addition 10 hi.
she does not find herself called upon
10 deal at the same time with a rising
Of the natives IN Lower Egypt. AS
surediy the Germans and Turks have
done all that las been in their power
TO bring about such n contingency. anG
their agents have wonderful activity
and cleverness IN appealing o only
to the religious ~fanat.c!sm OF the
Egyptian people but also to the ha-
tired Of the natives for the foreigners
especially for the English, who happeq
70 be- their masters. The natives have
been taught 10 believe. as in the case
Of the Arab revolt Of 1859, that II they
could only drive out the foreigners
from the land Of the Nile-those for
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Americans Visiting England Are
Closely Watched by Secret Service
Force Includes $50 Trained Men

the running down OF scare stories and
satisfying the public mind Of their fall
sity.
Immediately upor the outhreak ~ wa
tho carrier pigeon ,carc wa started. and
everybody who mad "a piE,nU. whether
carrier or otnerW iso. was denounced as 4
German SPY "~ndeaNoring to send iufur-
nation t" tn" enemy, Every one IL
these stories Was invest gated, run 10
earth and it, falsity demonstrated.
This was quickly succeeded 10y tho
concrete platforms fog guns scare. pc-
nunciauonS began tu pour IN by tho
with concrete platforms. and every fac
tory with a HAT roof or any building
known to have uecn occupied lay q Ger
man was carefully searched until the
myth of the concrete platforms was thor
oughly exploited. 1t took weeks 90 do
TINS, ANA no soouer was this finished
than the story Of the GERMAN goVeruess
who had hurr!cdly disappeared and iu
the trunk she LEFT behind was found
enough dynamite to blow M ENGLAND"
sprune M, The eli >llttipu Of MS story
was immense. The elusive guNcrnr~,
was reported Ia hty" lcf, her dyu.mi,,
trunk in almost every corner or the kiug
dom. Every report was Investigated, and
the -tplS's Origin was finally traced To- a
charWoman, who denied that she had
cycr said anything OF the kind. The
Story was started before tho present
drink restrictions came into force.
4 particularly vcxing pursuit WIS that
on which "A large force at detectives
spent see nIiusly endless days willingly
and w"r" disappointed who they failed.
That was the story of the Belgian babies
with th"ir legs and arms cut OF hN ,ior-
man soldiers 81 vino had com, 10
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Following of One Trail Shows a Man
Accused a Planet, While Crowd
Indicted Moon

than any force In the world save perhaps
Berlin, has admirably stood the test Of
wars. extra work and worry.
This force. conducted on military
lines. IL under a chief commissioner.
Sir Edward Henry. Under him an as
sistant commissioner takes care Of the
four divisions into which the body f.
divided the uniformed branch with its
twenty-one divisions, which constitute
the bull of the force, tho traffic divi-
sion, the detective force. which COM
prises two parts, the criminal .nvesti-
cation department and the special
branch. though officially considered as
one and a branch which deals with tn.
interior discipline or the force itself.
Investigating complaints against police
men by their supertors or by the public.
and admlnisterinx punishment.
scor,..a y.rs 4, w. wo.L
~
The chief interest In the work the po-
lice are doing naturally centres In Scot
land Yard itself, or that part of 1t which
the reading public. throughout the world
regards as scotland yard. namely the
detective force.
The two divisions. the G. J. ID. and
the Special Branch, OF which It Is COM
posed. have In peace time their separate
functions, each under a superintendent
one 10 look atter the criminals the other
aiter soVere'shs' poteh'a'es ana poi't'ca'
oiis,deIs.
nme SpeI Iaa, nirs' va usIs.,I,s ~,
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ASQUITH A BAD SAILOR.
breads Channel Trip. Like other
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Doesn't Mind.

LONDON, Dec, 20.-Now that the new
arrangements for almost fortn,ghtly
conferences of allied Ministers IN Paris
in the British Cabinet are heinz found
out. MI. Balfour, the First Lord OF the
Admiralty, Is one of those lucky people
who can stand any kind of "A storm nj
sea, but Premier Asoulth md his other
cOllea cues are having some miserable
trips In their frequent CROSSINGS 81 tho
Channel.
Tho shortest possible rout" Is always
taken and -~N"rNthin" ~ don" Ia m1k"
things comfortable for the Ministers. hut
Mr.. Ralfour and Lord Kitchener, | am
told. are the only ones who can nfrord
tn laugh ~ the weather.
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even those Of English nationality from
the land of the Nile. and excluding
those foreign ard English tourists who
for more than a generation have been
accustomed TO spen6 each winter at
Cairo. rendering II one Of the gayest
and most festive of winter resorts.
These measures with regard TO women
have been in force for a number Of
months past at Port Said. lsmailia.
Suez and indeed all along the canal,
the wives Of English officers stationed
there being strictly forbidden from
visiting their husbands. Now the
measure has been extended to the en-
tire Sultanate. and there has been an
exodus Of white womcn from the land
OF the Nile. IL Is only when really
serious danger Is at hand that English
men send their women folE away. and
hat they should have now had re-
course - this pleasure in Egypt can
only be regarded as IN ominous agn.
Another thing hat has brought
home TO Great Britain the peril by
which she is confronted in connection
with Egypt is the attack made on
Christmas eve by the Turks and Arabs
operating upon the seaport OF Sollum.
with the assistance Of a large German
submarine, the shell fire of which COM
PEELED the garrison 81 Egyptian troops
and the force Of Anglo Egyptian coast
guards 10 retire. Sollum lies at the
head of the gulf of that name. on the
border OF Egypt and Tripoli. 1t is one
OF the most important ports from
a naval point OF view on the entire
northern coast OF Africa.
II was because Germany had made
an arrangement with Turkey for the
cession Of Sollum To "A Berlin syndi-
cate thar Great Britain caused Italy
TO p~rccipitate her seizure OF Tripoli
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from there and despatched TO the
land Of the Nile. where Gen. Archi-
bald Murray. until now chief of the
General STAFF of the entire British
army and the principal Adlatus OF
Lord Kitchener at the War Depart
ment In London, has been appointed
10 supersede Gen. Sir John Maxwell in
supreme military command.
Lloyd's announced in London on
Thursday night that IL had trebled
the rates OF insurance on all cargoes
and ali shipping passing through the
Suez Canal until further notice. while
ten days the great Nippon Yusen
kaisha, that Is to say, u Imperial
Japanese Mail Line. running between
Japan and Europe. a. well as the
Observation-Disclosures Steamship Com
pany and the Nederlard Company own
ing the two chief Dutch lines between
Holland and the Far East. made 1t
known hat from yesterday all their
boats would make their runs out and
home around the Cape of Good Hope,
instead of through the Suez Canal.
Other foreign and even British COM
panies are expected to follow suit. IL
for no other reason than the trebling
OF the insurance rates by Lloyd's; and
this will involve a terrible falling on
In the Suez Canal receipts and in sadly
impaired dividends to the stockhold-
ers of the canal company. In 1914
Dutch vessels held the third place both
as regards the number and the tonnage
OF the vessels using the canal. Great
Britain coming frs, and Germany sec
ond. Germany sent through ASH veS-
sells. with a tonnage OF 2.llS,:i6, and
Holland 3i7 vessels, Of I,3S9, 800 tons.
Moreover, n decree has been issued
by the British authorities in Egypt
barring not only foreign ome but
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stations 'o submarines and from room.
IN London hotels and houses TO Iep
ne'inS 49," OF frequent recurrence" and
generally ~ uehulous character
WIN ulrn,u-. streets ana coast r-,'.
% candle l'en'. particularly on q u-'
uIg'', upIs,r"utly shines wi'h g." prR
90 % small scarchlight, and an u.
window AMI the Intermittent blown.
q curtain or IN" walking % "a Pr
backward and forward IL tho ,o.
"a, 1's- thc ghts arc SURF" proofs 20 O
~HieiuiuuH tat Morse Signals ars b..
H,i'.
Ir or. ,asc 4n excited pc'rr0 a.
mtud'l -i,' instant notice lo token
o 'ltu"r- git I'm me sky. Vhic' 4" w q
.sUlr Wa German aiI~hip luNcn' 4.
ton proved the Hight TO b. that o. :
planet Jupiter, then IN NE ]a.roud"at
IN another case a brilliant ligh, V
seen ls~auT apparently from the Cl,ss
dome al a strand Motel am, shiu Ug Wa
white silver n~rilI.auty on the tiles GU.
close lv ci mucy. \ crowd gathered or
tie oppp-.l" lie ~ the Strand trl r.
d.ruuNt'v N..'cd protests - Wa '.
l'r,r l"" l,s' X-nu,I.u r,i and ',rf,
wei, u.t qGt,' normal 1o, ''n~d u.t
ul,o teen Spurrrd to action ,I j.., "
lnr proper lu"m"n' q man had no. Oh
from ~. hot.l side ut ia, street. 700.
az Vie" GIN and sald YOU fools i'..
On" uou..' and =" % was.
Tho walra.r- Ell. a'r.s iu trl.r.
90, uu n,suS the least Of S.o..au. Nt..
tr~h. .ui o. would surplus .",
r.r Americans wIu aayr .r'3 trt.s'
Visitors .u husband rr.,l'l, 90 u.s.
ruN ,or...'r Gre tN'.r poll. Cd '-.'
r,c lIu,,g or .l.u.t'lI jul-.
itlc u".H rrrl.itrl 'o .tnu 900 t"rt.
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Approval of Chancellor Me-
kenna's Plan OutweigllS
the Criticisms.

LONDON. Dec. 20.-Charcellor OF the
Exchequer Reginald McKenn1 CONT
IDENTIFY believes that his new scheme for
taking over American and Canadian
dollar securities held In this country
will enable Britain to meet her liabilities
in the United states and maintain a good
level of exchange with New York until
the end of the war.
Although not stinted In the criticism
OF certain sldelights of the scheme,
members Of Parliament are disposed to
regard IT az an excellent way. from the
British Governments point of view. out
OF Il difficult position. The most inter
estiug point. Londan financial experts
think. Is the value OF American and
Canadian securities held in this Couu-
try. Mr.. Mckenna himself said that 1t
was impossible TO do more than guess at
the amount. Some authorities are cred
tied with having put It as high az f7o0-
0O0, 900 to fS0o. 900. 900 sterling f3.500,-
900, 900 TO 81 1000. 900, 000), while other
equally competent experts declare II IL
not more than 1900, 900. 900 to f400, 000,-
900.
Carefully analysed, Mr.. McKcnna's
scheme for getting all the securities az
far as possible into the Governments
hands comprises two alternative methods
Of achieving this end. In the first the
State appears In the role OF purchaser,
and In the second as borrower OF the
securities. by the second method. Mr.,
McKenna explained, the British Treas
ury would accept the securities on de-
posit. subject to n right of purchase,
II would pay over to the holder all in-
terest and dividends with an addition
Of VI per cent. and, II II became neces-
sary TO sell--a remote contingency in
| Mr.. McKenna's calculatione-the state
would pay the holder OF tho stock the
market price OF the day with an addition
Of 2la per cent.
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spec,al Correspondence TO THE srS.

- ~ 500
LoNpoS, Dec. 22.-Dealing with 10000
alien enemies. registering. !nterning. de-
porting or watching them, and a million
complaints d~enouAcing individuals, re-
noTtlng mysterious lights, happenings
ard rumors, this gives some idea OF the
extra work thrown on the shoulders or
tho police authorities at Scotland Yard
by the war.
Meanwhile the work Of preventing or
detecting crime. managing the huge traf-
flc of London, maintaining order ana
attending to the usual thousand and one
details which fan within the scope or
ordinary police activities 30 along as
usual.
Scotland ard has become, so to speak,
The handmade OF all the other depart
mcnts of the British Government, and
burden after burden has been added 10
tts Atiasllke shoulders without cvokIng
protest from the burdened. because. IN
q word, whats the use of protesting -
The only thing that gets the goat
81 the men in blue and civilian clothes is
when they have spent hard days and
eleepless nights running down some silly
complaint that somebody told somebody
INT he or She had seen Won Kuhlman
Won Kissing, the late khedive OF Egypt
or Cen. Won N1ckeneen standing. fol-
instance. at the ton OF Haymarket, and
demonstrated It's utter falsity 10 read
letters IN the papers from irate Taxpayers
demanding to know why aren't the po-
lice doing something besides drawing
pay for luxurious idleness'
One Good Tip In 200.
u * not n nice time to Visit Scotland
yard Just after some OF these new spapei
letters appear. The remarks and com
nenta are cndurable only by strong ears
3u this mood OF anger soon passes
mud the men of the yard go cheerfully
forth on some other missions generally
ia silly and as futile. but not always
for frequently some OF the complaints
bascless IN themselves, lead to other
lines Of investigation that produce i'm
portHnt results.
OF the million complaints received !,
& estimated hat about one in 200 yield
something of high or low Importance anc
IN many cases OF the very highest i'm
pOr,8nce TO the state.
No complaint, however trivial or fool
An It may appear on It's face II neglected
Every complaint received Is subjected
80 nj least two independent inquiries
Nothing ~ left 10 chance and woe Il
the man who reports 'thers In nothint
in it. when another policeman reporti
that there Is.
Rut thc system OF the metropolitan
police with IL force Of ~ 600, largel