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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-09-14
POLICE JURY
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81. So. 80. 81. 81, SO. -, ss' ~
81. So. SO. 100. 1ol, lo2, w.
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113, IA, lis. 116, III. 1as'
119, 1870. 121, 1872. 1913. ia, l2o,
1875, 1877. 1913, 100. 131, ~
1913. 1874. 1875, 1876, 1877, 13S, 1879,
l4O. l41, l42, l43, IA, las. LAG.
LAT. 149, $50, 151, 1872. 1853,
l54. 155, 1856 and 157 being OF the
denomination Of One Thousand Dol
airs each, and Nos. 3, Is. 20. "a. 81,
~, At, SO, 50, 50, 80, 1O4, 112. 12e,
las and 1853 being of the denomina-
ton of Five Hundred Dollars each,
aggregating One Hundred and Fifty
Thousand ($150,00O) Dollars, each
Of said bonds being dated October l,
1918, and bearing interest at the rate
Of five 90 per centum per annum
from date until paid, said interest
being payable semi-annually on the
first days OF April and October OF eacn
year. and having attached thereto
semi-annual interest bearing coupons
to represent said interest.
Be it further ordained that these
bonds shall be paid at.
or ............, at the option OF
the holder.
That the form of said bonds is to
be in substance as follows:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State Of Louisiana.
e,....... @........
Public Improvement Bond
Road District No.
Parish Of st. Tammany
Road District No. l Of the Parish
of St. Tammany. State Of Louisiana
for value received hereby promtsea
to pay bearer on October LIST. -. :.
the sum OF ..............O ollals
($..........). In gold coin of thu
United States, of the present stand
ard of coinage, with interest thereon
at the rate of i've 90 per centun
Der annum from the first day o.
October, 1918, payable semi-annual
.U on the first days Of April and DC
tober Of each and every year, upoI
the presentation and surrender o
the coupons hereto attached as tn
same shall mature. The principa
and interest on this bond is mad
payable at O.
-. ........, at the optlol
of the holder at ..............
This bond is one Of a series o
one hundred and fifty-eight (15S
bonds, numbered from one % t
one hundred and fifty-eight l5S)
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Secretary.
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President.

President.
Be it further ordained. That these
bonds shall be executed by the Presi-
dent and Secretary Of the Police Jury
Of the Parish of St. Tammany, on
behalf Of said Road District No. 1,
and that the coupon shall bear the
fac-simile signatures of the Presi-
dent and Secretary Of the Police
Jury Of the Parish of st. Tammany,
Louisiana.
Be it further ordained, That these
bonds shall bear the official endorse
ment:
This bond secured by . tax.
Registered on this ...... day OF
............, 49,.
Secretary Of State.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
The Women To The Rescue

For the benefit of those who
may not know, we have been ask
ed to state that we are in the
Tenth Liberty Loan District,
which includes the following
counties: Seward, Meade, Clark,
Kiowa, Cammanche, Pratt, and
Barber, and that the amount of
the Third Liberty Loan this
county IS expected to raise is
S79,7OO.
In this third loan drive the
women have organized and are
assisting the men to get the sum
asked for from Kansas.
The officers are:
State Chairman Mrs. Henry
Ware Allen, Wichita
District Chairman Miss Mar
garet Kane, GreenSburg
County Chairman Mrs. ]. 1.
Stamper, Meade.
Township Chairmen:
Meade Center, Mrs. F w Curl
Fowler, Mrs. Geo. Hall
Logan, Mrs. Ross Drinnen
Sand Greek, Mrs. H. L. Wood.
ruff
Crooked Greek, Mrs. Charles
Shogrin
Odee, Mrs. Fred Ross
Mertilla Miss Mary Patton
West Plains, Mrs. G. A. Nc
Phee
Cimarron Mrs. Henry Trout
man.
The ladies are meeting with
success IN selling the bonds.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11

Mr.. c. ]. Angel, of near this
city, and Mrs. Vesta Cheesman,
of Warrensburg, Missouri, were
married by the Probate Judge at
WarrensDurg last week. Mr..
and Mrs. Angel arrived home
Saturday and haye been receiv-
ing the congratulations of the
groom's many friends in this
section. The bride is a we'll
known and highly esteemed
young women of Warrensburg.
and all of us know the groom TO
be thrifty and hard working
farmer who lives on his farm not
far from Plains, being a son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Angel of
Plains. The couple will reside
on their farm, Congratulations
Of The Journal and many friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. Angell.-Plains
Journal.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
Married

A wedding of interest to our
people was solmnized at Fowler,
Sunday afternoon, April 7th, the
contracting parties being Mr..
]. w. McCampbell, of Fowler,
and Miss Margaret Cordes, of
Meade, Rev. Jones, pastor of the
Fowler Christian church officiat-
ing Mr.. Theodore McCamp
bell, brother of the groom, and
Miss Clara Cordes, sister of the
bride, witnessed the ceremony.
Both these young people are
we'll and favorably known in both
Meade and Fowler.
The bride is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. H. Cordes, who re-
side south of Meade. She at
tended the Meade High school
and made large circle OF friends
during her stay here.
The groom is a son of D. P.
McCampbell of Fowler, and is
mum bered among Meadecounty's
most successful young nisn.4:s
Mr.. and Mrs. McCampbell are
now at home to their friends on
the McCampbell ranch, south
east of Meade.
The News extends congratu-
lations and wishes these young
people a long, and happy mar
ried life.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
The Golden Egg

A goose egg, donated to the
Red Cross by Harold Brock, was
sold for $l2.5O A small pig sold
three times and yet the property
of the Red Cross, has netted for
the three sales, $44e.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
Get all the official news of the
county in The News for $l.0O a
year Subscribe now.

Have that family group made
by Backe at Meade, before Uncle
Sam calls for the boys.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11

Only about one fourth o. the
population of Meade City attend
our Sunday Schools. Do you
think this ought to be?
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
Wanted

Men who have had some ex.
perience with gas engines. Call
at The News Office. l5tf
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
Births

To Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Wasson
April 7, a boy.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11

Let US call and show you sam
pies of wall paper-M. & NJ.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11

For fruit trees etc. see w. ].
Woodard, at Meade. I2-4
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20

ting it out. 1t takes less than a min
ute for the fabric to burn off the wings
and then the machine drops like an
arrow, leaving a trail of smoke like
comet.
As their tracer bullets came closer
and closer to me I realized that my
chances of escape We're nil. Their very
next shot, / felt, must hit me.
Once, some days before. when was
fight above me. German machine
was set on fire, and dived down
| through our formation in flames on it's
way to the ground. The Hun was div
ing at such sharp angle that both
his wings came off, and as he passed
within a few hundred feet of me / saw
the look of horror on his face.
Now, when | expected any moment
to suffer similar fate, I could not
| help thinking of that poor Huns last
look of agony.
I realized that my only chance lay
in making an Immelman turn. This
maneuver was invented by German
one of the greatest who ever flew and
| who was killed ia action some time be-
fore. This turn, which made success
] fully, brought one of their machines
right in front of me, and as he sailed
along barely ten yards away, I "had
the drop" on him, and he knew it.
His white face and startled eyes /
can still see. He knew beyond ques-
ton that his last moment had come,
because his position prevented his talk
| ing aim at me, while my gun pointed
straight at him. My first tracer bullet
passed within a yard OF his head the
second looked as if it hit his shoulder,
the third struck him in the neck, and
then [ let him have the whole works,
and he went down in spinning nose
dive
All this time the three other Hun
machines were shooting away at me.
I could hear the bullets striking my
machine one after another. I hadn't
the slightest idea that / could ever
beat off those three Huns, but there
was nothing for me to do but fight, and
my hands We're full.
In fighting, your machine is drop
ping, dropping all the time. I glanced
at my Instruments, and my altitude
was between 5000 and 5000 feet.
While I was still looking at the in
struments, the whole blamed works
! disappeared. A burst of bullets went
into the instrument board and blew
1t to smithereens, another bullet went
through my upper lip, cane out of the
roof of my mouth and lodged in my
throat, and the next thing l knew was
when / came to in a German hospital
the following morning at five O'Clock,
German time.
was a prisoner of war.
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20

and thence to Germany. He said whel
they put in at Gibraltar, after leaving
England, there We're two suspects
taken off the ship, men that he wal
sure We're neutral subjects, but much
to his relief his own passport and ere
dentials were examined and passed,
o. X.
The Hun spoke of his voyage from
America to England as being excep
,tionally pleasant, and said he had 9
fine time, because he associated with
the English passengers on board, bis
fluent English readily admitting. him
to several spirited arguments on the
subject of the war, which he keenly
enjoyed. One little incident he related
revealed the remarkable tact which
our enemy displayed in his associa.
tons at sea, which no doubt resulted
advantageously for him. AS he ex-
pressed it, he "made hit' one evening
when the crowd has assembled for
little music by suggesting that they
sing GOD Save the King" Thereafter
his popularity was assured and the de-
sired effect accomplished, for very
soon French officer came up to him
and said, 'It's too bad that England
and ourselves haven't men In our army
like YOU" 1t was too bad, he agreed.
in telling me about 1t, because he was
confident he could have done a whole
lot more for Germany if he had been
in the English army. In spite OF his
apparent loyalty, however, the man
didn't seem very enthusiastic over the
war and frankly admitted one day that
the old political battles waged In Cali
fornia We're much more to his liking
than the battles he had gone through
over here. On second thought he
laughed as though it were good joke.
but he evidently intended me to infer
that he had taken a keen interest In
politics in San Francisco.
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20
CHAPTER Ill.
Captured by the Huns.
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/ shall not easily forget the 18th of
August, 1917. / killed two Huns in
the double-seated machine in the
morning, another in the evening. and
then I was captured myself. l may
have spent more eventful days in my
life, but / can't recall any just now.
That morning, in crossing the line
on early morning patrol, I noticed
two German balloons. I decided that
as soon as my patrol was over [
would go off on my own hook and see
what a German balloon looked like
at close quarters.
These observation balloons are used
by both sides in conjunction with the
artillery. A man sits up in the bal
Don with wireless apparatus and di-
;ects the firing of the guns. From his
Joint of vantage he can follow the
work of his own artillery with re-
markable degree of accuracy and at
the same time he can observe the enc
ny's movements and report them.
The Germans are very good at this
york, and they use great number of
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20

smiled. at this time was just be
ginning to say few words, as my
wound had prevented me from talking,
but / said enough TO let him know
what I was doing there and how
happened to be there. He evidently
had heard my story from some of the
others, though, because he said it was
too bad / had not broken my neck
that he did not have much sympathy
with the flying corps anyway. He
asked me what part of America I came
from, and / told him california"
After few more questions he
learned that I hailed from San Fran
cisco, and then added to my distress
by saying, How would you like to
have a good. juicy steak right out Of
the Hofbrau?" Naturally 1 told him
it would "hit the spot" but / hardly
thought my mouth was in shape just
then to eat it. I Immediately asked,
of course, what he knew about the
Hofbrau, and he replied, 81 was con-
nected with the place good many
years, and / ought to know all about
it."
After that this German officer and
/ became rather chummy; that is, as
far as / could be chummy with an
enemy, and we whiled away q good
many long hours talking about the
days we had spent in San Francisco.
and frequently in the conversation one
of us would mention some prominent
Californian, or some little incident oc-
curing there, with which we were
both familiar.
He told me when war was declared
he was, of course, intensely patriotic
and thought the only thing for him to
do was to go back and aid in the de-
Tense of his country. He found that
he could not go. directly from San
Francisco, because the water was too
well guarded by the English, so he
boarded a boat for South America.
There he obtained forged passport
and in the guise of Montevidean took
passage for New York and from there
to England.
lie passed through England without
any difficulty on his forged passport.
but concluded not to risk going to Hol-
land for fear of exciting too much sus-
pieion, SO went down through the
Strait of Gibraltar to Italy, which was
neutral at that time, up to Austria,
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20

lew, SUCH as lley were, ana TSdu-
lily observing that nothing could be
done with what was left, I made my
way back to infantry headquarters,
where was able to telephone in a
report.
A little later one of our automo-
biles came out after me and took me
back to our airdrome. Most of my
squadron thought / was lost beyond
doubt, and never expected to see me
again; but my friend, Paul Raney, had
held out that | was all right, and as
was afterwards told, said, "Don't
send for another pilot: that Irishman
will be back. If he has to walk" And
he knew that the only thing that kept
me from walking was the fact that our
own automobile had been sent out to
bring me home.
had lots to think about that day,
and 1 had learned many things; one
was not to have too much confidence
in my own ability. One of the men in
the squadron told me that | had bet
ter not take those chances; that it
was going to be a long war and ]
would have plenty of opportunities to
be killed without deliberately wishing
them on" myself. Later was to learn
the truth of his statement.
That night my "fiight''-each squad
ron is divided into three flights, con-
sisting of six men each-got ready to
go out again. AS I started to put on
my tunic I noticed that I was not
marked up for duty as usual.
asked the commanding officer, a
major, what the reason for that was
and he replied that he thought I had
done enough for one day. However.
[ knew that if did not go, someone
else from another flight would have
to take my place, and l insisted upon
going up with my patrol as usual, and
the major reluctantly consented. Had
he known what was in store for me, /
am sure he wouldn't have changed his
mind so readily.
As it was we had only five machines
for this patrol, anyway, because as we
crossed the lines one of them had to
drop out on account of motor trouble
Our patrol was up at s p. M, and up
to within ten minutes of that hour it
had been entirely uneventful.
At 1850 p. NJ, however, while we
were flying at height of $4,000 feet,
we observed three other English ma
chimes which were about 5000 feet
below us pick a fight with nine Hun
machines.
knew right then that we were in
sor it, because could see over toward
the ocean a whole flock of Hun ma
chimes which evidently had escaped
the attention of our scrappy country
men below us.
So we dove down on those nine
Huns.
AT first the fight was fairly even.
There We're eight of us to nine of them.
But soon the other machines which I
had seen in the distance, and which
We're flying even higher than we were,
arrived on the scene, and when they,
in turn, dove down on us, there was
Just twenty of them to our eight
-Four of them singled me out. was
diving, and they dived right down after
me, shooting as they came. Their
tracer bullets were coming closer to
me every moment. These tracer bull
let's are balls of fire which enable the
shooter to follow the course his bull
let's are taking and to correct his aim
accordingly. They do no more harm
to pilot if he is hit than an ordinary
bullet, but if they hit the petrol tank,
good night! When machine catches
fire in flight there is no way of put
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20
CHAPTER ~.
Clipped Wings.

The hospital ip which I found my
self on the morning after my capture
was private house made of brick,
very low and dirty, and not at all
adapted for use as a hospital. 1t had
evidently been used but a few days on
account of the big push that was TAX
ing place at that time of the year, and
in all probability would be abandoned
as soon as they had found a better
place.
In ALL the house contained four
rooms and a stable, which was by far
the largest of all. Although I never
looked into this wing" of the hospital,
I was told that it, too, was filed with
patients lying on beds of straw around
on the ground. do not know whether
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20

He Was Overcome and Captured by
the Huns.
these balloons. It was considered a
very important part of our work to
keep them out of the sky.
There are two ways of going after a
balloon in a machine. One of them is
to cross the lines at low altitude, fly
ing so near the ground that the man
with the antiaircraft gun can't bother
you You fly along until you get to the
level of the balloon and if, in the
meantime, they have not drawn TIE
balloon down, you open fire on it and
the bullets you use will set it on fire
If they land.
The other way is to fly ever where
yon know the balloons to be, put your
machine in a spin so that they can't
hit you, get above them, spin over the
balloon and then open fire. In going
back over the line you cross at few
hundred feet
This is one of the hardest jobs in
the service. There is less danger in
attacking an enemy's aircraft.
Nevertheless, I had made up nv
mind to either get those balloons or
make them descend, and I only hoped
that they would stay on the job until
had chance at them.
When our two hours duty was up,
therefore, l dropped out of the forma-
ton as we crossed the lines and turned
back again.
was at height of $4,000 feet, con-
siderably higher than the balloons.
Shutting my motor off, dropped down
through the clouds, thinking to find
the balloons at about five or six miles
behind the German lines.
Just as came out of the cloud
banks saw below me, about thou
sand feet, two-seater hostile ma
chine doing artillery observation and
directing the German guns. This was
ut point about four miles behind the
German lines.
Evidently the German artillery saw
me and put out ground signals to at
tract the Hun machines attention, for
| saw the observer quit his work and
grab his gun, while their pilot stuck
the nose of his machine straight
down.
put they were too late to escape me.
was diving toward them at a speed
VI probably two hundred miles an
nour' shooting all the time as fast as
possible. Their only chance lay in
lhe possibility that the force of my
urlYe might break my wings. / knew
ly danger in that direction, but as
soon as | came out of my dive the
nuns would have their chance to get
ne. and knew / had to get them first
ana take a chance on my. wings hold
Ing out.
fortunately some of my first bullets
iound their mark, and I was able to
eoine out of my dive at about four
thousand feet. They never came out
OF theirs!
But right then came the hottest a.
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20
CTo BE CONTINUED
Wives Evidently His Hobby.

Probably the modern worlds marry
ing record for men was created BY
George Witzoff, the bigamist, whose
marriages have variously been estimat-
ed at from 200 to 800. It was report
ed that in the space Of a single week
he went through marriage ceremonies
with ten women.
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20
Worse'n BoiIs. Too.

Old Job had his troubles, but nobody
raised the price OF Ice on him when he
was laying in his winters Coal ~
lanta Constitution.
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20

From his prison, o'Brien wit
nesses a thrilling air battle,
which results in the death of his
chum, who is shot down. by a
German flyer. Don't miss the
next instaiIment.
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20

IL. IT, y.
Although I was suffering Intense
agony, the doctor, who spoke perfect
English, insisted upon conversing with
me.
.sYou may be all right as a sports
man," he declared, 'sbut you are a
ID murderer just the same for be-
ing here. You Americans who got into
this thing before America came into
the war are no better than common
mnrderers and you ought to be treated
the same way ~
The wound in my mouth made it i'm
possible for me to answer him, and !
was suffering too much pain to be
hurt very much by anything he could
say.
He asked me if I would like an
applet l could just as easily have
eaten brick.
When he got no answers out of me,
he walked away disgustedly.
''You don't have to worry any more"
he declared, as a parting shot. sFor
you the war is over"
was given little broth later in
the day, and as I began to collect my
thoughts l wondered. what had hap
pened to my comrades in the battle
which had resulted so disastrously to
me. AS | began to realize my plight
| worried less about my physical con-
dition than the fact that, as the doc
tod had pointed out, for me the war
was practically over. I had been in it
but short time, and now / would be
a prisoner for the duration of the war;
The next day some German flying
officers visited me, and must say they
treated me with great consideration.
They told me of the man had brought
down. They said ne was a Bavarian
and fairly good pilot. They gave me
his hat as a souvenir and compliments
ed me on the fight had put up.
My helmet, which was of soft
leather, was split from front to back
by bullet from a machine gun, and
they examined it with great interest
When they brought me my uniform
found that the star of my rank which
had been on my right shoulder strap
IL l.
my left shoulder strap they asked me
for as a souvenir, as also my r. r. @.
badges, which l gave them. They al
lowed me to keep my wings" which
wore on my left breast, because they
We're aware that that is the proudest
possession of a British flying officer.
I think / am right in saying that the
only chivalry in this war on the Ger
man side of the trenches has been dis
played by the officers of the German
flying corps, which comprises the pick
of Germany. They pointed out to me
that l and my comrades were fighting
purely for the love of it, whereas they
We're fighting in defense of their coun-
try, but still, they said, they admired
us for our sportsmanship. ! had no
ton to ask them if dropping bombs on
London and killing SO many innocent
people was in defense of their country,
but | was in no position or condition
to pick a quarrel at that time.
That same day German officer was
brought into the hospital and put in
the bunk next to mine. OF course /
casually looked at him, but did not
pay particular attention to him at that
time. lie lay there for three or four
hours before did take a real good
lock at him. ! was positive that he
could not speak English, and naturally
did not say anything to him. Once
when / looked over in his direction his
eyes were on me, and to my surprise
he said, very sarcastically, what the
hi are you looking att and then
The Pulaskian., 1918-09-20
0BRlEN FINDS HIMSELF A PRISONER OF WAR AFTER !
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH

synopssPat oBren resident Momence Ill., after seeing
service in the American flying border in 1915
joins the British Royal Flying after brief train
period is sent to France He squadron active
the front He engages several hot fights with -
tyes from which he energies victorious ~