St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-04-14
Proceedings of Association
of Commerce ting
Held Monday.
CONTEMPLATED MEET
HAS BEEN CALLED OFF
Active Portion of the Home
Guard Has Nearly Full
Strength.
Covington, La, April 9, 1917.

Meeting was called to- order at
p. m. President Warner presided
and appointed Mr.. w. D. Molloy sec
retary pro tenn. The following mem
bers were present: f. j. Heintz,
Rev. F. C. Talmage, w. %. Molloy
H. A. Mackie, Chas. Hosmer, A. ].
Park, E. G. Davis. Jos. Delery, J. M
Simmons, II. D. Coco, J. L. Haller,
E. J. Domergue, Rev. FIR. Ade.bert,
D. III. Mason, Jacob Seller, Ed. Bar
ringer, H. ]. Ostendorf, Carl Bou-
gere, l.. Hammer, C. S. A. Fuhrmann.
G. C. Lewis.
F. J. Heintz made statement OF
what he expected to bring before the
Railroad Commission in the petition
for a new depot, and the following
members of the Association agreed
to go to Baton Rouge as witnesses:
H. J. Ostendorf, w. d. Molloy, John
Haller and Louis Hammer, who with
Mr.. Heintz and Mr.. Schwartz, COM
pose the committee.
1t was moved by Mr.. Mackie that
the matter OF compromise for a
wooden structure instead of brick
one be left to the discretion of the
committee. Seconded by Mr.. Mason.
Carried.
; Rev. FIR. sAdelbert made a report
that the athletic meets of so many of
the Northern colleges were called on
on account of war, and that in his
opinion the meet scheduled for Gov
ington during May would not likely
be success, due to the fact that a
great many of the athletics would be
in the army service. After gen
eral discussion of the subject, it was
moved by Mr.. Nielsen that the A. "A.
U. meet that was to have been held
under the auspices of this Associa-
ton be called off and that the pres
dent notify Mr.. Beneditto to that eff
feet. Seconded by Mr.. Mason.
Carried.
"A general discussion of the food
shortage was gone into, several men,
bers speaking on the subject. Mr..
Mackie moved that a committee OF
ten be appointed to take UP the mat
ter of enlisting the cooperation OF
land owners and residents of Gov
ington in order to get them to plant
foodstuffs of all kinds, thereby max
ing Covington as nearly self-sustain-
ing as possible, this committee to re-
quest that the authorities strictly en-
force the vagrancy laws, to force the
idle labor to work, the committee to
make a house-to-house canvass to
encourage the work; and that the
Women's Progressive Union be asked
to assist in this work by appointing
a committee to work along same
lines. Seconded by Mr.. Mason.
Carried.
The President appointed the fol-
lowing committee: NJ. Nielsen, John
Haller, C. S. A. Fuhrmann, G. c.
Lewis, Chas.> Hosmer, H. A. Mackie,
d. H. Mason, w. D. Molloy, E. G.
Davis, Jos. Delery.
Meeting then took up the matter
of the organization of home guard
After general discussion, Mr.. Delery
moved that committee of four be
appointed to take up the matter OF
the organization as outlined. Sec
onded by Mr.. Domergue.
Carried.
The president appointed as com
mittee: Jacob Seller, Joseph Del
cry, H. A. Mackie and Carl Bougere
with instructions to rush the matter
with all possible haste,
Mr.. Coco made very interesting
talk on the growing of sugar cane
for syrup making as money crop
for this section.
There being no further business
motion to adjourn, subject to. call
of the president, was made and car
ried.
]. H. WARMER.
President.
w. D. MOLLOY,
Secretary Pro Tenn.
Report of committee appointed by
the Association of Commerce April
9th, to devise ways and means fol
organizing a Home Guard for Gov
| ington:
CONTINUED on page 81
work of the government. There
would be none to haul foodstuffs tx
the South.
Mr.. Wilson asked that resolutions
be passed asking that the State re
peal the Dover act, which prevent!
the farmers of the State frcm tlk:ns
advantage of the Farm Loan Bank
That the Farm Loan Bonk was I
splendid thing, but we can't get th'
money under our laws. The resolu
ton was passed.