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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17
THE ST. rAMMANY FARMER, MARCH II, 1917
CHARTERS.

Herman A. Dutsch, Waldhein,
La, 2 shares. BY John P. Rausch.
E. J. Domergue, Covington, La,
5 shares. BY John p. Rausch.
Louis NJ. Bourgeois, Covington,
La, 2 shares. By Jacob Seller.
Lawrence M. Bourgeois, Coving-
ton, La, / share. By Jacob Seller.
Hayden w. Wren, New Orleans,
La. 20 shares. By E. M. Stafford.
Ethelred NJ. Stafford, New Or
leans, La, shares.
Witnesses:
H. F. HORTON.
HOLGER G. KOHNKE.
KARL J. KOHNKE,
Notary Public.
l, w. E. Blossamn, Deputy Clerk
of Court and ExOficio Recorder of
Mortgages, in and for st. Tammany
Parish, La, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Act of In
corporation of the Southern Hotel
Incorporated was this day duly re-
corded in my Office in Charter Book
l, folio 100 ct seq.
Covington, La, March 2, 1917.
w. E. BLOSSMAN,
Dy. Clerk and Ex-Oficio Recorder.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17
nozl-tf

All persons are prohibited trom
trespassing upoa the lands between
Cnvineton and Abita Springs former
~ known % the Bossier-Herwle
i.nda. and from cutting any treef
or timber ON said lands. or hauling
..v WOOD therefrOm, or lacking OF
sailing any advertisements or 1oticef
IN any Of the trees. Ten dollars r.
v.rd will be paid for Information
and conviction of tresp 0si1g.
CHAIR ES T. BRADLEY.
THOMAS & PARKER.
August Is. 1919.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17


Notice is hereby given that by viz
tue of a writ OF fieri facias issued
from the aforesaid Court, and to me
directed, bearing date of March l,
1917. and by virtue Of a judgment
herein dated the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1917, will proceed to sell
at public auction to the last and
highest bidder. between legal sale
hours, on
Saturday, March II, 1917,
at the principal front door of the
courthouse at Covington, Louisiana,
the following described property, to-
wit:
Six CO sunken cypress logs.
One % boat hull.
The above property being now at
Madisonville, La.
Terms of sale-Cash, with benefit
of appraisement.
T. E. BREWSTER,
m3-3t Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
N"TICE.

Notice is hereby given that will
nrosecute to the fullest extent OF the
law any parties found penning. run
ming or molesting my cattle In any
way whatever.
d16-6mo OSCAR GAnNiA'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that all
licenses are now due and payable,
and that in accordance with the law
same will become delinQuest on the
LIST day of March, 1917. Those VINO
have not paid are requested to DO &c.
in order to avoid the costs OF collec-
ton. 1pru,crrp
Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17

All persona are hereby warned and
,rcn,hted from cutting, burning
neaaenlng, carrying or floating away
mr. otherwise injuring or destroying
an, trees timber or wood growing or
..,n. uuuu the 'ands OF the under
.,y.eu. The re also prohibited
rom dshln Aunting or tripping
nm uox. or torch or troopao9'
ING II any .|Sy u AeAus o'0"eA"s
IL. p. ROBERT.
IA. H. MAYFlELD.
II. J. NAYrlELD.
Il. A. ORR.
JAS. PROVOST.
nO2l-tf tDO. n oAooD'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17
TREsPAss NOTICES.

The undersigned forbid all hunt
ing, trapping or trespassing ON their
lands. Anyone caught doing SO will
ha punished to the full extent OF the
'" OIIEEvJ e. CRESCENT CLUB.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17

g Many a happy home
in this city can trace its
prosperity to the want
ad page.
Out Of employment
q Want a better job2
q Miss Opportunity Is
one Of the most inter-
ested patrons Of the
want ads.
g She may be calling
you today through these
columns.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17

w. the undersigned. forbid al
mr. lands. Anyone caught 20 dolnl
uniting. trapping and trespassing %
riil be punished: to the full exts1t
u the law.
JAMES RARRUNABR.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
Proposition No. 2.

Proposition No. 2.
2. To incur debt and issue bonds
to the amount OF SIS, 100000 to run
not longer than fifteen years from
date and to bear interest not exceed
ing five per cent per annum payable
semi-annually for the purpose OF
constructing and furnishing public
school building at Vaudeville, La.
and purchasing a site. If necessary,
for the said school building within
said School District No. 4, title to
which shall vest in the public.
Section 2. That the secretary OF
this board be and he is hereby in
structed to have prepared for use at
said special election sufficient num-
Der Of ballots on each of which shall
be printed all of the propositions
mentioned in section one of this res
olutioA, arranged in such manner as
to enable the voters to vote on each
one separately and in the following
form:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
PARTITION SALE.

Mrs. Lille Gale Pelloat ct ais, VS..
Peter Pelloat ct ais.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17

Try our "for sale" column II you
have stock for sale.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17
l., A. PEiRyR EAND,
Secretary.

1t was moved by J.. E. Nilsson, sec
onded by H, A. Macl lie, that the FOL
lowing budget be adopted. Carrlea.
Budget. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17
Proposition No. 1.

IOYOSAAOA NOs u
To levy a special tax of
3 mills on the dollar on
all property in School Dis
trict No. 4, of the parish
of St. Tammany, La, sub
ject to state taxation, an
nually, for a period OF ten
years, for the purpose of
giving additional aid 20 the
public schools of the said
School District No. 4.
Proposition No. 2
To incur debt and issue
bonds to the amount of if
teen thousand dollars to
run not longer than Is
years from date and to bear
interest not exceeding five
per cent per annum pay
able semi-annually for the
purpose Of constructing
and furnishing a public
school building at Mande-
vile, La, and purchase q
site, If necessary, for the
said school building, with
in said School District No.
4, title to which shall vest
in the public.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17
OFFICIAL NOTICES.

l.. A PERREAND,
Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Pineland Realty Company vs.. Wal
ter A. Hurst.
No. 26O5.

Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court
st. Tammany Parish. State
of Louisiana.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17

Sheriff and Ell
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-17

The following ordinance was oner-
ed by H. A. Mackie, seconded Dy
D. I. Addison:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
POST.MORTEMS AND POST-HASTE

TWO Investigations are under way in the
l. English-speaking capitals of this planet
Why did Iaig let himself be taken by sur
prise in front of Cambria? Why did our
War Department get into a tangle over
machine-gun manufacture from April until
June?
These two inquiries will do no coed what
ever unless they subordinate the past to
the future. The question is not "Who was
to blame?" but Can this happen again."
We must watch the War Department
like hawks and we must watch the critics
of tho War Department like hawks. Let
US paraphrase that famous saying OF Mr.
hates a foreign country tmeaning England
more than he loves his own country docs
not love his country" Just so. And tho
man who hates Mr.. Baker more than he
loves his country does not love his country.
The Questions that must bo answered
first are these:
First. Is Mr.. Baker equipping the Amer
lean troops in France at this moment with
sufficient guns and ammunition
Second. Is the manufacture and ship
ment of war material proceeding as rapidly
as the dispatch of troops to France is pro-
ceeding?
When those two questions are answered
we shall have plenty OF time to find out
what happened last spring.
An ounce Of post.haste is better than q
pound of post-mortems.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
NOT AN ALARM, BUT A WARNING

nNHE Philadelphia fuel administrator Is
L not an alarmlst and his statement,
printed on this page, is not an alarm to
panic. but an alarmingly timely warning to
face the facts and meet the conditions, ad-
mittedly grave here, with caution, con-
servation and cooperation.
Mr.. Lewis Is singularly frank In HIS
presentation OF the local situation, both as
to its immediate distress and its scant pros
pect Of alleviation. He has brushed aside
surmlses and theories, and, as he was asked
to do by this newspaper, tells the truth as
1t appears to him, out of his months OF
devoted public service and with the first
hand knowledge Of official experience. Ho
is singularly suggestive too, in q con.
structivo way as to what must be done TO
solve tho fuel problem. He gives among
the factors undermanned mines, enormous
Government requirements. insufficient rail.
road collers and stock in tho yards hero
depleted far below tho normal. Candidly,
no confesses his inability to form out of
these factors a solvable equation, the
answer to which will afford general satis-
faction.
Mr.. Lewis does point tho way to a Colu-
ton of measurable relief and It involves
tho same policy wo have become familiar
with in our determination to win the war.
This is cooperation. At tho bottom OF
American coffee cups after every meal Is
an aggregate wastage of tons OF sugar.
Already we have made immense savings by
putting just enough sugar in our cups and
stirring it to complete solution. The same
simple principle applies to fuel. Federal
authorities can regulate the large indus
trial users of coal. But householders them
selves must regulate the private use of
coal. They must have a conscience, n sense
Of sacrifice and cheerful acceptance Of
another war hardship. Each little leak
swells the flood of waste. Domestic waste.
the vast extent and heavy consequences OF
which we are just beginning to realize,
must be controlled in the homes. by scien-
tfc firing of furnaces, stan lardlzing the
temperature to the healthful maximum OF
6S degrees, riddling ashes, seasonable dress.
ing and other obvious devices for conserv-
ing coal.
Conservation and cooperation arc not
going to give each homo a hothouse atmos.
phere. but they will keep tho dwellers
sufficiently and efficiently warm, II tho
cheerful glow OF voluntary content is kim
died in The spirit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
KAISER KARL'S REBELS

CUBJECTS Of the Austro- Hungarian mon.
~ arch living in this country are not re.
ferred to as "alien enemies in the presi-
Dental proclamation. They are allowed to
do anything a citizen may lawfully do
and there is good reason for this leniency.
These Hungarians. Bohemians. Rumanians
Poles, Serbans, Czechs and Slovaks are no
more loyal to Kaiser Karl than sheep are
to a wolf in the fold. They would no moro
cross the ocean to fight for him than a
Philadelphia independent would cross the
street to vote for the city gang.
They have very strong sense Of nation
ality. but what they mean by nation" has
been yearly shown for generations by the
furious debates in the Parliaments at
Vienna and Budapest. Sim Feiners are
meek compared with these rabid racial
partisans 1t was an Austro-Hungarian-
II a man can be called such a name-who
killed the Archduke to the satisfaction Of
all hot-blooded Serbs everywhere. Bohs-
mian regiments have deserted en- masse
rather than fight for the Hapsburgs.
Mr.. Wilson's speech calling for war on
the Viennese vassals of Berlin is just what
three.fourths of the people of the dual
monarchy have been waiting for.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
Tom Days Column

GIVING THINGS Il. - %
All Christians rho correctly Hre
Kno,o 1t IS better far to oire ''.
Than to reccire
Aud that should be the greatest JOY
TO euery Christian girl and boy
on Christmas ere.
Tre bought some gifts to make folks glad
Aad so much joy hdue not had
Since I're been born
aud III rejoice to tcatch their cues
And see their pleasure and surprise
on Christmas morn.
OF course Pre told some folks Pee GOT
Some things for them but not just tchdt
And declare
II they in turn should fail to bring
or send to me a single thing '.'
acould not care.
Ma LSons Pre bought q oft for her
And tchen she asked tDhat I prefer
told her such
And such and such or u I got
Just one tcould do for I am not
Erpectin0 much.
IT'S uhat I'm, going to oive I said
WiH make me hdppy going to bed
on Christmas cue
Besides you knoi0 the Bible fert
BLESSED are they that don't expect
They shall receive"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
ONE STAR

(when a man dies in service the blue star on his
flag should be changed to gold.)
Last evenin0 mother gathered Us around
her rocking chair,
Her hand, so soft and gentle, smoothing
sisters SUNNY hair,
And told the story that ice loce about the
golden star =,
That shOne on Baby Jesus and the Wise
Men from dtar.
And then, cause Fathers toith tho troops
protecting oil Of US
folded up the Serrtce Flag. 80 our stdr
qoouldn't niuss,
And crept to bed and fell asleep. and as
slept / dreamed
That acas holding Fathers hand, so'sls Up
above II seemed
The sky tcas tchtte, just purest toItte, but
filled tCIth stars of blue.
Then all at once some chanoed to gold;
first one. then ttoo BY tt1o.
And Fathers foce just seemed to shine. and
pdttin0 me he sd!d:
"Be Mothers man." And then Mound that
tuas home IN bed.
with Mother kneelsn0 there; and though
I'm not so very old.
She didn't have to tell me thot our Service
Star aoas gold. ANGUS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
The Modern Method

This sort of thing, liable TO break out
every year, got to be such a potential pro-
moter of nervous "presstration" that all the
publishers of the nation welcomed the Gov
ernment's suggestion of a plan that would
make everybody behave.
1t was just about twenty years ago that
arrangements were made with the two large
news agencies of the country to exact OF
each paper getting their service pledge not
to print the message until dispatch was re-
ceived from the agencv in Washington an
nouncing that the document had been pre-
sented to Congress All reputable journals
gave this pledge and none has ever broken IT,
So. for nearly quarter of a century this
(sometimes) interesting public document has
been distributed to the newspapers of the
country days before the opening of Congress.
This year was an exception. Tho President
burned much midnight oil over the prepara-
tion of the piece of real literature to which
the Congress was privileged to listen last
Monday a week, and it wasn't finished
until the very day of its presentation. II
came over the wires into the offices of the
afternoon newspapers just about the time
that the members of Congress were settling
back in their chairs TO listen to the reading
of 1t by the President himself,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14

CANFIELD calls attention to an sd in
wilmington paper for "bookksspsr. man
not subject to draft or woman" and asks
US to animadvert upon the curious phs-
nomenon. But others have counsslsd u 70
refrain from such trivial trumperY %
make your own meditations. plsass.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14

needed to chinafy Russia was to make the
nation debating society. We trust that
one condition Of any Russian German
peace will be the right Of the Bolshevih to
send missionaries throughout the length
and breadth Of the Central Powers to
preach the new religion of passvity. But
we rather imagine that German approval
Of tho Bolshoviki begins and ends at the
border
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14

1T PROBABLY never occurred to those
magnates assembled in New York that they
were celebrating a sixtieth anniversary.
But it's a fact. 1t was in 1857 that con.
vention was held In New York which put
organized baseball on the map. The Civil
War pushed it out Of the public eye for u
time, but 1t came strong when peace was
declared.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
What Do You Know?
Quiz

I. Who is General Oherbatchon:
g. Who wrote "The Autocrat of tho breakfast
Table?
3. What IL an epic?
A. Where and what is the smolny Institutee
8. What is the source Of the quotation. "a thing
o. Who was Georges Sand?
Z. What IL meant by adaEio?
8. What Chief Justice Of the Supreme Can't n,
the United States never actually Derfar M a.,
the duties Of his Office?
0. Where is Griesheim?
10. What is dew?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
The Prussians' peace terms for

The Prussians' peace terms Tor Rus
sia are only the annexation Of 100 900
square miles or SO of Russian territory.
II they want ten Bslgiums In the East
they Nill surely want IT least one in the
W>r< cur Dolshevtki NV note.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14

No man is extravagant who makes
some child happy Christmas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14

More Ice in the Park and less in the
highball glass has put skating where it
belongs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14

German abuse of Mr.. Wilson's mo.
tives is the final proof that his speech hi,
the mark.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14

Two more discontented policemen
have been fired. A few more dlscontented
citizens will fire the right man from the
Department Of Public Danger one Of these
days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
The New York Herald's Scoop


Another story. very little less dramatic,
but having tho virtue of freedom from the
sordidness marking the first, concerns the
New York Herald. This, too. took place In
the middle seventies somewhere.
on the Sunday evening before the opening
of Congress il became uoscd abroad in New
York that the Herald in some way had Sc
cured an advance copy of the Presidents
message and proposed to print il in the next
days paper. Now. there had been much
of this sort of thing, year after year. that
the newspaper publishers had become
"jumpy." all the Herads esteemed con-
temporaries walked in upon that papers cdi-
tor and spoke their minds peevishly.
I'VE are informed" they said, that YOU
have secured a copy of the message and mean
10 print it before the opening of Congress"
Br'er Fox he didn't say muffin, but lay
low.
I'VE demand" they continued, that YOU
promise here and now TO do no such thing"
Br'er Fox he didn't say muffin, but lay low.
Whereupon the nervous Contemporarics
stormed out of his office uttering wild threats
Now. the editor of the Herald hadn't Sc
cured an advance copy of the message at
nll. but the jumpiness of his rivals put an
idea into his head, Those fellows" he said
TO himself when they had gone, "will move
heaven and earth-and points south--to get
that message into their Monday issues so I'll
have TO do that thing"
Thereupon he issued orders to the Compos-
ing room 10 clear the decks and have an
extra force Of compositors in readiness TO
take the message when it came over tho
wire shortly after midnieht. as was the
custom, and rush it into type and then on TO
the presses at once, instead of waiting until
Tuesday. The other papers feeling that the
Herald had long had the message In tyne
and would thus have them beaten from tho
start, made no effort to do more than give
the bare gist of the message. The Herald's
hand Compositors, working like beavers sue.
ceeded in getting the paper upon the streets
'at the time OF sparrow chirp" with the
Presidents words in full
Never, never again
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
Aid for Arabian Rebels

Now that General Allenby has once more
proyed himself good officer by winning
Jerusalem for the British and for Chris
tianity the question arises. How much real
Importance should be attached to his sue
cess? From purely sentimental point of
view the fall Of the shrine Of Christendom
looms big. Doubtless it has much political
value also I; even the German press admitted
this when the capture of the city was fore
cast some weeks ago. From purely mill
tary standpoint however, the capture seems
TO possess no great significance. Very likely
the conqueror will follow up his success by
striking eastward and cutting the railway
line that unites the Moslem holy cities of
Mecca and Medina with the main part Of the
Turkish Empire. BY doing this he will have
accomplished his main tasks. which were to
secure the Suez Canal against attack and to
give the Arabian rebels chance to set up
their own Government independent of the
Ottoman power.
In the minds of many persons Allenby's
drive into the Holy Land is associated more
or less directly with the progress of that
other British expedition up the valley Of the
Tigris beyond Bagdad. The prospect of
there being any cooperation between these
two forces is too remote to be considerea.
|, From Jerusalem to Bsgdad Is more than 400
miles as the crow flies. supposing that any
crow would have the temerty to cross the
syrian desert without carrying a commits
sariat. Should Alienby push further along
the coast II is barely possible that the Meso-
potamian expedition might endeavor TO strike
westward and form a junction with him.
Even as It is. the Turks. relieved Of the
fear of invasion through the Caucasus, may
vet decide to throw a far larger force into
syria and Palestine than they have hitherto
had there. To Turkish eyes Mecca and
Medina are prizes worth having and keeping
In that case Allenby may be called upon to
| fight harder than he has fought before to
retain his conquests But his British friends
| and admirers--multiplied many times In the
| last few days-will remain confident that
~ -
meet he will continue to prove himself sssd
oaicer. c.yl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
STEALING MESSAGE
OF THE PRESIDENT
Wild Days When Public Docu-
ment Was Battered to
Highest Bidder

nNCE upon a time, when there were bad
~ INSCRIPTIONS men in the newspaper busi-
ness-and worse ones on the outside ready to
trade with them--the Presidents message TO
Congress was an object of barter and upon
occasion represented a small kings ransom.
But nothing in this world was so well
ordered then as many things are now, and 1t
never can happen again. All bad newspaper
men have reformed. The honor system has
cured them. So. when you sit down to the
reading of the well-rounded periods which
flash from the White House now, as they sell
dom flashed before. you may rest assured
that tho paper in your hands hasn't scored
a beat upon any of its contemporaries
This thought may be comforting, but its
unromantic; and there's many tale of the
old days that should not be permitted 10 bo
utterly forgotten.