St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-04-14

to be solicited shall be sacredly de-
voted and applied to the payment OF
the principal and interest as, the same
shall become due.
| This resolution was duly second
ed by Mr.. Todd and unanimously
carried.
President.
Secretary.
| The superintendent read the fol-
lowing report which was approved
as read upon motion of Mr.. Kahl,
seconded by Mr.. Robert:
Covington, La, April 4, 1917.
To the Honorable President and
Members of the st. Tammany Par
ish School Board:
Gentlemen: In making this re-
| port / am continuing the custom
superintendent, and today l shall dis
| cuss as briefly as possible the cOndi-
ton of the school throughout the
parish.
In the first ward the Edwards
school has closed for two weeks be
cause of measles at the home where
the teacher is boarding. A letter
from the teacher states that the
| school was closed by advice of the
doctor and consent of the trustees.
l am informed that the new school
house at Sand Hill has not been
started, and that the one who took
the contract does not intend to build
it. Your opinion on this matter will
be welcomed. Good progress has
| been made in Madisonville. The
wagon driver whose duty it is to
convey the children from the Ed
wards neighborhood has had a great
deal of trouble because of the ex-
tremely muddy roads. AS the trans
fer was not operated on several days
1 have fined him the sum of five dol
| lars for each day the transfer did
not operate This was according to
contract and l will ask you to con-
slider the matter of ordering me to
rebate this fine on the grounds that
the roads we're impossible, and hencr
not the drivers fault because the
transfer did not run.
The schools in the second ward
have all closed or will in very short
time, and 1 can say that they have
had very successful session.
want to remind you that the roof
| of the Folsom school must be repair
ed before the next term of school.
| The Ramsay school is about to
close it's seven months term. You
| will remember that two extra months
were given it from the proceeds OF
the third ward special tax voted last
summer.
The joyful news from the fourth
ward regarding the new special tax
| Just voted is sufficient guarantee that
| Vaudeville and the ward will soon
take their places among the progress
sive school communities of the state.
| In the fifth ward no trouble has
| been experienced with the exception
of the closing down of the Sun school
by the trustee for two weeks, be-
cause of a case of what was called
small pox. I have been informed
that the parish health officer did not
recommend this suspension of school,
but such panic seized the patrons
that the trustees thought it neces-
sary and telephoned me later what
they had done.
! In the sixth ward everything ap-
pears to be getting along nicely. At
Talisheek the trustees closed the
school for two weeks because of a
case of small pox. This / may say
was done with my consent and l feel
that we were very fortunate to not
have had more cases spring from that
one.
The seventh ward school at La
combe has been overcrowded during
the entire time it has been in SEES
sion and needed second teacher.
did not feel, however, that had a
right to place one there without your
SANCTION, considering that the last
request that came before you for an
| additional teacher was refused. AS
we had about thirty desks and some
fifty pupils on roll l did have ten
desks shipped to the Lacombe school
and they have been installed.
The Robert and Pearl River schools
have closed their term. The new
| Ridge school building has been COM
pleted and will be occupied just as
soon as it has been accepted and the
furniture installed l am to give
them a summer term and use one of
our regular teachers.
The schools of the ninth ward are
getting along nicely. The Bonfouca
school was closed by the parish
health officer for several weeks be-
cause of so many cases of whooping
cough. This will, however, not
cause any less school in the end. At
Slidell we have such badly crowd
ed condition that it will he absolute
ly necessary to secure three or four
rooms outside to be used another
year. Your member from that ward
will report on plan today and we
recommend it's adoption.
| In the tenth ward schools good
progress has been made but l de-
| sire to incorporate in this report the
following letter from the tax collect
or and ask you today to pass vote
authorizing me to transfer to the
eleventh district funds the proper
amount. l have carefully examined
the cash book of the sheriff and be-
lieve this statement to be correct.
Supt. Elmer E. Lyon
| Dear Sir:-From a careful exami-
nation of my cash book and tompar-
ing it with my monthly statements, I
am convinced that an error has been
made in the division of the tenth
ward special taxes collected. | find
that money belonging to the District
| No. II (Waldheim) has been given