St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-07-08
SHALL PARISH
FAIR BE OPEN
ON SUNDAY
This Question Discussed By
Board Of Directors. Cata-
logue Com. Appointed.

At a meeting of the directors OF
the Parish Fair Association, We'd
nesday. the question was discussed
as to whether It would be advisable
to keep the fair open Sunday. There
are some who are opposed to this,
but 1t is considered that q majority
will be in favor Of doing SO. While
the vote at this meeting would have
resulted in q decision in favor of
keeping it open on Sunday, the bad
weather had caused q small attend
ance and. the matter was allowed to
go over until Friday evening, when
there will be another meeting of the
board and the matter will be thresh-
ed out. There is little doubt that II
will finally be decided to open on
Sunday. Sunday is big fair day in
many of the parishes, because 1t
brings many farmers to town with
their families, 1t being a most CON
venient day for them for an outing.
Robt. L. Aubert was elected on
the board, vice w. E. Wood, who is
in st. Francisville.
The question was also discussed
Of trying to get the State University
band here on the day Gov. Pleasant
will be invited to speak. It is
thought this could be ACCOMPLISHED.
Mrs. B. b. Warren, G. G. Lewis.
r. L. Camp, M. Nielsen and N. n.
F1tzSimons were appointed q COM
mittee to get out the fair catalogue.
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cue the Allain family. Mr.. Barring
er tied 1000 feet OF rope to the boat
and an attempt was made to let the
boat down the swift current to /,
house. The boat was dashed against
the trees and upset, throwing Woods
and Planch out Of the boat. The
boat was righted and the trip was
made to the house by holding to tn.
trees. Three women, one child am
two servants were taken to safet,
Mrs. Morphy and children were
taken from their home after the wa
ter was over four feet in the room.
Mrs. Morphy was standing in water
breast deep and the children were
standing on q table.
Barringer, Planche, Woods and
Molloy took Mr.. Pollock from his
bed, where he was in dying condi-
tion. being consumptfve, and carri-
ed him to safety. The water had
reached the mattress. Mr.. Pollock
died Saturday morning. This Is the
only death occurring during storm.
Mayor Lacr0ix, Ned Barringer, F.
f. Planche, Herman Schultz, Max
Lloyd Walter Molloy, Sidney Fuhr-
mann, H. A. Mackie, Wallace Poole.
Marvin Poole, L. N. Bourgeois. Leo
pold Levy, w. e. Boes. H. K. Good
wyn, Ben Miller, ]. =. Stanga. j. ,
Capt. and Henry Rocken-
schuh. Herman Schultz, David, W
H. Kentzel. A. r. Smith, and many
others were working constantly as 4
rescue crew getting people out 0.
flooded houses.
Ernest Henry, Joe Washington an,
other colored men also did good res
cue work.
Ben COMMENCE and Julius Matthi
was rescued from tree In Bogu.
Falaya Park, after = hard struggle
by the rescuers to reach him.
Ut Is estimated that two hundred
people found shelter Id the New
Southern Hotel The convent and
other places offered shelter to quite
|. number. Father Koegerl was waist
deep In water at his home. and wad.
cd around a. Il he did not mind i.
much.
The Tchefuncta bridge Is still un-
dor wafer. 4 4 r there at Ill. Good
bee bridge and the bridge near uo-
ret1 are gone.