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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-05-19

To Whom It May Concern:
It affords me great pleasure
in highly commencing the great
work now being done by Hon.
A. l.. Chappuis, Of Rayne, La,
in the interest of the Society of
Mental Hygiene. This is truly
work of philanthrophy and al
truism as the care of for the or
phans Or other dependents.
My knowledge Of the KIND OF
work Mr. Chappuis is doing is
not 'hear-say," not second
hand" but personal and first
hand. I have carefully inyesti-
gated his campaign in public
education for the 'betterment of
the insane, and find that it is
just the work that has long been
needed in our great State.
Mr.. Chappuis' work, while in
the city of Bogalusa, was+-a tri-
umph Of success. By his indie
fatigalle zeal and tact he was
able to. interest many Of our
most prominent citizens in his
worthy caues, and his public
meeting held in the large y. NJ.
C. A. auditorium was a success.
After listening to Mr.. Chap
puis' carefully prepared address.
and viewing his pictures of the
Jackson Insane Asylum, the.
large audience arose, en- masse,
to commend his great work. If
he ever comes to the city of
Bogalusa, again, in the interest
of his work, he will. be accord
ed a most enthusiastic hearing.
(Signed)
A. INMAN TOWNSLEY,
Pastor ] st Mathnd'st Church
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-05-19
The Slidel Sun:

The S1idel Sun:
Mr.. Chappuis delivered 4 very
interesting lecture at the Clio
Theatre Monday night OIL the
subject of hygienic and mental
betterment of our insane. He
handled his subject in a master
ly manner, and had his audience
thinking all the time. The SAD
ject is one which every citizen OF
our state should familiarize
themselves with. The care OF
the insane in our state has been
sadly neglected and it. is time
for some one to awaken our
people and this. is Mr.. Caappu s
mission. He is very familiar
with the subject he handles and
it is to be hoped that MS work
will be crowned with success.
It is the duty of every legislator
to work for these poor nnfor-
Inmates relief, which has been
shamefully neglected. Cur-all
some of the useless Offices.
In connection with his lecture
Mr.. Chappuis showed some very
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-05-19

over the assemblage and elicite.l
an expression of public SENT
ment by rising vote of the au-
dience, showing it's sympathy
with the purpose Of Mr.. Chap
pu:s, who has been endea> orlns
to disseminate information re-
lating to the present conditions
affecting the insane ana the
need of system lettering their
mental and hyg:enic circum--
stances. The subject, as intro
duced, was intensely interesting
and, it is believed. tll@t When
Mr.. Chappuis again canes be
fore the public he will be cordi-
ally and enthusiastically re-
ceived.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-05-19
The Bogalusa American.

The BOgalusa American.
The two public meetings IN
behalf of sentiment fayoring
the lettering Of the hygienic.
condit on of the insane, were
we'll attended last Monday One
was held at The Magic City Tae-
aser where the scenes. r1pro-
duced 'ay moving picture CAM
eras, and the short address by
4. L. Oh p2uis, were Witnessed
by an audience largely compos-
ed Of school children and their
teachers; the other, at the y.
N. G. A., where Q full house was
entertained for about an aour.
Rev. A. !. Townsley presided
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-05-19

interesting motion pictures OF
the East Louisiana Hospital for
Insane.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-05-19
OUR CREDENTIALS.

The Rayne Tribune, our home
paper, says:
Mr.. A. L. Chappuis, life
time resident OF Rayne. and a
gentleman ably qualified for
the philanthropic work in which
he is engaged, will leave soon
for a tour of the State in the
interest of the proposed South
ern Mental Hygiene Association,
an organization having for its
purpose the betterment Of con-
ditions surrounding the unfor-
tunate inmates of the Insane
asylum. Mr.. Chappuis is an IN
teresting speaker, fluent Writ
err, and is the author of num-
Der of literary works bearing
on this subject, which he pro
poses to shortly publish in book
form. He has obtained strong
local support in his philan-
thropic undertaking, and his
we'll known ability, energy and
personality insures success IN
the commemorate venture.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-05-19

Moved by Mr.. Levy. seconded by
Mr.. Millar, that the lumber purchas-
ed by Mr.. Murphy for the stable at
Progress school be paid for out OF
the fifth ward bond proceeds. Car
ried.
The following resolution was in
PRODUCED by Mr.. Kahl who moved its
adoption. 1t was seconded by MT.
Dutsch and unanimously carried.
Whereas, it appears that this board
will require certain funds to meet
teachers salaries due and to become
due between now and the early part
Of the coming session, and until
amounts due from the sources of our
SECULAR school funds can be realized
z pon, either by collection throughout
parish Or from the state appor-
nnSAts and. =
! according 70 section 81
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
NOTED SONG WRITER
 VISITS HIS FRIEND,
 DIR. GEORGE STUART
Reception at First Methodist Church Was JTnioue Affair and Over
 Two Hundred Attended

Dr. George R. Stuart, pastor of the First Methodist church: Rev. Carl C.. Gregory, assistant pastor and 200 members of the First Methodist church gave the famous song writer and publisher, Charles H. Gabriel, an in formal reception at the First Meth odist church upon his visit to Birming ham. MT. Gabriel is an old friend of pr. Stuart, and his coming to Birnling ham was in the nature of day oft" from the big Billy Sunday revival, now being held in Atlanta, which he has been attending as an onlooker, i'll view of the fact that his song book, Songs for Service," is being used i'll the revival.
 He sang several songs for the visi tors while at the church reception and the entertainment was altogether a most unique and enjoyable affair. MT. Gabriel is the composer of approXi mate1y 5000 songs, and his books arc used everywhere in religious work. He stated that possibly his most pop ular song now being used in Atlanta is Brighten the Corner Where You Are" but that at recent service there one earnest young convert blazsd away on the hymn, using these words, Fight in the Corner Where You Are In.''
 MT. Gabriel is 61 years of age and stated that he had been in meetings with Dr. Stuart as far back as 23 years ago, when he and sDr. Stuart were as sociated together in a meeting at To- ledo, O., and they have been intimate friends ever since.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
MATINEE AT LOEW'S
 1 FOR RED CROSS WILL BE WELL ATTENDED
Girl Scouts Selling Tickets-President of City Commission to Attend
 Matinee

Upon invitation of Manager Keene, Dr. N. A. Barrett. president of the clty commission, will attend the matinee morning and he also takes advantage in accepting the invitation of the or- portunity to congratulate Mir. keene upon the splendid work he is doing in Birmingham for the Red Cross and the great cause.
 The matinee will be at II o'clock and local girl scouts are combing the city for buyers of tickets to the perform ance tomorrow, and they are meeting with unlimited success. Several hun dred tickets have already been sold and the management fully expects to pack the house for this performance
 The same bill that opens at Loews today, the change for the last part of the week, with the master film, .'The Good for Nothing," will be shown, en- tirely the same performance as given at any other performance for the re- mainder of the week and the gross receipts Of the performance will be given to the Red Cross fund. Every attache of the theatre and every per- former will give his services free, making the receipts clear to the Red Cross.
 ToGay Birminghammers will also be asked to buy tickets of the pretty girls who compose the chorus of the headIiner on the new bill for the last half of the week, "An Heir for a Night" as these young women will canvass the city while they are not engaged in their duties at the theatre, and they will work tomorrow right up to the time for the performance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
At the Lyric

Elsie LaBergere and her company in a novelty and artistic posing act is the headline attraction on the new programme of Keith vaudeville to be presented today matinee This act is considered one of the biggest attrac- tions of the kind in vaudeville and has proven a great entertainment
 Gaylor and Lancton, two young ladies who entertain in Whiteface and also in blackface, are also on the pro gramme. They offer a varied pro- gramme of much amusement and are clever entertainers. The Three Tyres will furnish the musical and singing features of the bill and they have scored repeated successes on their tour of the southern vaudeville cir cult.
 They present what they term "tinll- ling tunes to tickle the taste of the tired thaatregoers."
 Josephine Davis is expected to prove one of the big hits of the programme She is versatile comedienne and possesses much charm and personality. She is one of the well known en- tertainers of vaudeville and is fa- vorite everywhere. The Wheeler Trio are acrobatic entertainers. The Mu- tual news pictures are always a pleas ing feature at the Lyric.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
.6OO,OOO CHRISTMAS
 PACKAGES SENT J. g.. SOLDIERS IN FRANCE
While Limit Was Placed at 20 Pounds Those Weigh ing 100 Were Not
 Refused

New York. December 5.-Approxi- , mately GO0,00 Christmas packages have been dispatched to American sol- diers abroad as a result of the pub- lies response to the country wide campaign urging early mailing of gifts, it was reported tonight by tile railroads war board Military and postal authorities have been deluged with parcels of varying size for sev- eral weeks, each having to be opened, examined and rewrapped. Not a single parcel was rejected because of size and although the limit had been placed at 20 pounds, many weighed 1oo pounds.
 Elaborate arrangements have been made a the point of shipment to re- ceiVe the packages and scarcely g package remained longer than oEs day before t was placed on board ship.
 Great care was taken to safeguard the gifts from damage after beIns stored in the ship holds. After in srection and rewrapping the smaller packages were placed in large wood en cases A force of boxmakers was on hand to make new containers for parcels which arrived in damaged con- dition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
MERIDIAN ENGINEER
 DIES FROM INJURIES
Birmingham Man Among Those Hurt in A. & v. Wreck at Jackson,
 Miss, Early Wednesday

Jackson, Miss, December 5.-Four trainmen and woman passenger were injured when the Alabama and Vicks- burg railroad eastbound passenger train collided with a switch engine in the freight yards here early today. Both legs of Ed Walsh, engineer, were almost severed when he was pinned beneath his engine.
 Enigneer Walsh died of his injuries in hospital here several hours after the accident. His home was in Meridian.
 Information received in Birmingham last night was to the effect that Claudius B. Tyson of this city, Pullman conduc- tor between Birmingham and Shreve- port, was slightly injured in the Jack son accident. He was badly shaken up and bruised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
Important Schedule Changes
 Sunday, December 9th Southern Railway System

Birmingham Special S30 m,
 at m Anniston lo m arrive Atlanta 30 m Washington Returning 29 will leave Washington Atlanta instead of 4:15 .e Birmingham D. o m. f will leave instead of 50 m F-te m.
 will leave Birmingham $40 instead of 4o u Selma 10 No 2S will leave Selma instead of 52o Birmingham 1D;10 a. instead of 9:30 m,
 eNm Il instead of 1025 leave Birmingham Ill m4 arriving Orleans of $40 Meridian Fl Birmingham schedule will Akron 95o instead of 4:50 arrive Akron instead 40 III.
 Meridian will 95
  #d & n arriy I.
 Wilton win Annison 5:1c instead
 instead 05 connecting With 10 returning will leave Wilton S;lo lad arrive Anniston 055 instead 1915
 Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
NICHOLSON TO AID IN CHfCKASAW WORK
 AFTER JANUARY 1
Becomes Engineer in Roads and Buildings Department of Chick asaw Land Co. Under
 Superintendent Joy

Maury Nicholson, assistant city engi- neer of Birmingham, will leave his >pres- ent duties on January l to take up his new work with the Chickasaw Land com nany, one of the subsidiary companies In connection with the new shipbuilulng ue- velopments at Mobile.
 According to announcement made yes- terday from the executive offices of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com- pany, "Mr. Nicholson has been employed as engineer by the roads and buildings department of the Chickasaw Land com pany, for which ] .s experrence abund- antly qualities him and where he will work under the direction of MT. Joy, su- perintendent of the roads and buildings department in laying out the villages at Chickasaw"
 Mr Nicholson has been employed in various capacities in the city engineering department for the past r years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
EIGHT KILLED, TWO
 MISSING AND 25
 HURT IN EXPLOSION
''T. N. T." Plant of the Aetna Chemical Company, Pitts burg, Is Wrecked-The
 Cause Undetermined

Pittsburg. December 5,-Eight men were killed two are missing and more than 25 were injured, many of them seriously, late today by an explosion that wrecked the TT. N IT. plant of the Aetna Chemical company at Hei delberg. a suburb. The explosion did damage estimated at $250,000 to the plant and shattered windows in fac tories and homes for radius of nearly two miles All of the dead and injured are employees of the company.
 The cause of the explosion has not been determined.
 Many of those injured owe their lives to prompt medical aid, which was summoned by Grace Lyons, telephone operator, who stayed at her switch board in the rear of the wrecked plant and telephoned hospitals and physicians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
NEW BANKS
 ARE BEING PLANNED
Among Inquiries Received by State Banking Department One Is
 From Birmingham

Montgomery, December 5.-(Special.) Requests for informa tion about the char terfng of new banks at Mobile, Bir- mingham, Clio, Opp and Phil Campbell have been received by the state depart ment of banking during the past few days Alex F. Walker. state superin- tendent of banks, did not make public the names of those behind the move ments and would not indicate how much money 1t is proposed to put back of them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
At Loew's Biiou

An entire change of bill will be made at Loew's Bijou today, the headlfner for the last half of the week being "An Heir for a Night" in which a Zeigfeld beauty chorus of nine girls will be seen. This attraction is one of the best staged in vaudeville and that it will please Birmingham thea- tregoers it goes without saying.
 There will be four other big Loew acts, with plenty of pep" to make the bill intensely interesting from start to finish. Carlyle Blackwell will be seen in "The Good for Nothing." q splendid film of romance and crucial scenes in which he is support 1F Muriel Ostriche and Evelyn Greedy. I4oew's weekly news and comedy fea ture film will also be new today. Prices include war tax
 The big Red Cross matinee tomor- row morning at Ii o'clock will in clude the same bill offered this aft ernooa and night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06

, Der of children will be reached. Suf- frage organizations and Red Cross units are sending orders for seals and the members of both organizations are large ly assisting in the sale of these seals. No other year in the history of the asso- citation has offered such encouragement in the rural sections of the state and
 the goal of Alabama has been placed
 at $30,000 clear. outside of Montgomery and Jefferson counties.
 Letters from President Wilson are be-
 ing mailed out by the local office and
 a,e eNertlns q useful influence in awak-
 ening of the people of Alabama
 All persons with symptoms of tuber- culosis will be examined free of charge this week at the associations dispensary
 and Dr. Eaves requests that all persons having any cause to believe that they are victims of the disease be examined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
$2O,OOO Nescessary to Fight
 White Plague SaysDr. EaUes
Organization Needs This Amount for Operating Expenses and
 Cannot Be Raised Through the Sale of Red Cross Seals

The nti-Tuberculosis association will have to raise s2oOO0 for operating ex- penses if the organization is to continue it's night on the white plague. accord ing to a statement made by Dr. George Eaves. secretary of the association.
 This money cannot be raised by the sale of Red Cross seals and must be secured by the sale of tin foil and other donations to the organization.
 An urgent appeal is made for members who will pay dues and this money can be used for operating expenses while the proceeds of the sale of seals can go to the home nursing system
 pr Eaves stated that the association expects to place at least 200 stamps in the hands of every teacher in the state of Alabama and in this way a large num-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
German Sympathizers
 Caused Fire in Big
 Kentucky Coal Plant
Investigation by Officials at Whites burg Indicates That Blaze Was Not Accidental-Guards
 Are Placed

Whtesburg, Ky, December 5.--Investi- gation of the fire which destroyed the conveyor, headhouse and other buildings Tt the plant of the Southeast Coal com pany, near here Saturday, has led to the conclusion that the blaze was the work of German sympathizers. The damage will cause delay in operations at the mines for several months. Armed guards are now patrolling all the property of the company in various sections of the coal field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
WARNING ISSUED BY
 POSTMASTER SMYER

Caution against placing Red Cross seals or other seals on the face of an envelope which is addressed to for eign country has been issued by Post master R. B. Smyer. There is nothing to hinder the seals being placed upon the back of the envelope, but to place them on the front, or address side, renders the article unmailable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
AMUSING FEATURES

Many amusing features were in- jected into the meeting. The goat pre- sented to the Kiwanis club by the 10 ! tarians was handsome billy wlth full grown whfskers, though se was only cardboard.
 The spelling match was staged TOT n s25 forfeit and the $50 was put mp, the winner taking all No sooner had the money been put up than the chair heard a motion to give the So0 to the Antf-TuherculoSis association, win or lose. and this motion prevailed.
 The meeting was a general get-to- rether affair for cementing closer the relationship of the two organizations in the work that is being done and that is to be done in the city. Presi- dent Val Nesbit of the Rotariaus pre- sided and very pointed talk was made by Mercer Barnett. president or the Kiwanis club Mir. Barnett stated that he was in favor of doing some thing for Birmineham while so much was being done for the nation, and that he wanted the two clubs to get together and map out some work along this line.
 There is something the natter with Rirmincham-when we go to work for Birmin ghar1 we don't null to%ether,' he said "We get together when we do things for the nation. SO why not get toeether when we start scSie- thing for Rirmingham That is what I want to see come of these meetings of our rival organizatieus.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
EVERETT SEEKS TO HAVE DEPARTMENT
 FAVOR BIRMINGHAM
General Manager of Chamber Goes to Washington for Reconstruc-
 tion Hospital

Blanks Everett, general manager of the Birmingham Chamber of Con- merce, will leave Sunday for Wash ington for a conference with the sur- geon general regarding the proposed location of a reconstruction hospital in Birmingham.
 The reports following an inspection of the proposed site and building have been sent in and Birmingham will adopt the plan of camping on the ground which has proven successful for so many other cities.
 MT. Everett will return the middle of next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
No Christmas Dinner
 for Travelling Men

The annual Christmas dinner to the traveling men of Birmingham, which is given by the Birmingham Cham Der of Commerce, will be suspended this year, it was decided at a meet ing of the general committee yester- day morning, after conferring with number of travelling men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06

To the Editor of The Herald: I see by the Ledger there are quite a few who would aspire to the honor of representing the good old county of Jeff fer son in the legislature Now, I have some ideas that I believe would be bene- fical if enacted into law and shall, if the voters of this good city and county elect me, try to the utmost put into eff feet and which later I shall state to them. Very respectfully.
 E. G. LAWLEY. Birmingham, December f. 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
SawmilI Burns

Sylacauga, December 5.--(Special) Tuesday night the large saw and plan- ing plant of R. l.. Rumsey was burned together with a large lot of dressed lumber in the blaming department. The loss of plant and lumber will amount to several thousand dollars with no insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Aird Not a Candidate

To the Editor of The Age-1erald:
 Your paper is in error in mentioning my name as a probable candidate for the leg islature from this county. I am not nor will be a candidate. I would thank you to publish this card that the public may understand that I entertain no such idea.
 J. B. AIRD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
Special Bargains by Merchants in
 Today's Age-Herald

Saks has message of interest to men and features Stetson hats in to- days advertisement
 Porter's, always alive to the wants of men, tell today of new arrival of the celebrated Knox hats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
Have a Heart"


 It Is of vital interest to local play goers to know just what they are going to see when Henry w. Savage's latest musical comedy success Have a Heart" Is presented at the Jefferson Wednesday, matinee and night This is not an untried attraction, but one of the sensational last winter hits in New York, where 1t was hailed at the Lib- erty theatre as something positively unique among music plays for it's radical departure from familiar stereotyped lines. Have a Heart" deals with the comic complications arising when a young couple, upon the eve of divorce, sought through foolish. groundless jeal- ousy decide to elope for second honey moon. Interwoven is a love story of dainty sentiment. Guy Bolton and r. G. Wodehouse furnish witty book and catchy lyrics, and the music is by Je- rome Kern. to whose wtching melodies all young America is energetically dancing.
 Have a Heart" is the forty-seventh stage production of Henry W. Savage, whose offerings run the gamut from 'The College Widow to "The Merry Widow" and from Excuse Me" to "Ev- erywoman." His name stands for the highest quality of entertainment.