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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
JUNGLE LAW.

Contributed by ROBERT HER
RICK to the National Security
Leagues campaign Of Patriotism
Through Education.)
Returning from Europe, cursed with
war, I was more convinced than Of
anything else In life that what is be-
ing slowly settled In that grim trench
land over there DOES mean some
thing to 4s-more, oh, - much more,
than money or legal rights or sym
pathy for bleeding humanity. Not
that am especially apprehensive Of a
raid on these United States, the crum-
bling Of our skyscrapers, with the ex-
action Of colossal indemnities. That,
too. Of course, might happen II Ger
man arms were triumphant, II the
pax Germanlca were imposed upon
beaten world.
But that Is not to mo the worst. To
me the German peril does not lie 30
much in her big guns, her submarines,
her "Prussianised war machine" It
lies in herself, In her image of the
world. II Germany could win even
partial victory under her monstrous
creed Of applied materialism, illuminat-
ed as 1t has been by every sort of Gym.
1cal crime, with its reasoned defiance
Of contract. its principle Of 'indispensa-
BILE seventies" it, military logic, ETC.,
THAT must become the moral law OF
all the world-the Jungle lawl In or
der to survive we must all accept this
law Of the Jungle. And Of all the
PROSTATE peoples Of the world forced
to accept the victor's new version Of
the ancient commandments proud
America would be the first. We can
not resist the fascination Of success.
So the German ideal. the German
tyranny over the individual, the Ger
man morality-one rule for you and
me as individuals and another utterly
rule when we get togeth-
er as a state-would be Initiated by
10 more than the German thorough
ness in civil and military organization.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
FORM STATE. BODY OF RETAIL
MERCHANTS.

With view of forming a State
body of Retail Merchants, a general
call has been issued fer meeting of
at Alexandria, La. on Tuesday, Aug.
9Th, at which time it is proposed 70
effect an organization looking to the
IN. crest and welfare of the retail
dealer
The Importance of such a move
ment has long been recognized By
retail dealers throughout the state.
1t is pointed out that states havin,
similar organizations, as the one pro-
posed, have accomplished great
deal in matters of legislation favor
able to the retailer as well as pro-
tecting his interest
Hon. John NJ. Parker has endorsed
the movement and in his letter states
that the Food Administration has
from the first, urged all interests
to organize and harmonic. Service
rendered by organized bodies has
proven most effective and satisfac-
tory and the food administration has
benefited most by organized cooper
alton. Unity of action, says Mr.
Parker, appears especially valuable
and desira BILE among the retail deal
We are so sure that organiza ion
among them will be of great help to
the food administration and to the
nation, to the dealers themselves a.
we'll as to the consumers that we
have no hesitation in urging organ-
zation and cooperation for their own
and the public's good.
The objects of the proposed or
ganiza ion is declared to be to fur
Their support our government and
more especially the Food Admins
tration, and which can best be &C
complished through organization.
To safeguard the interest of al.
affiliated retail merchants of tbs
State of Louisiana.
To correct the evils attending the
credit system and to provide an in
Interchangeable system through the
various local associations through
out the State. To abate' trade abus-
es, injurious and unbusiness like
practices, to secure the cooperation
of all manufacturers and wholesaler
in producing more healthy condi-
ton among the retail trade. To Sc
cure state and to agitate National
legislation favorable to the retailer
and to oppose such legislation as
would prove detrimental to their
welfare, also, to protect the public
against the sale of impure foods,
wares, short weights and
To disseminate trade r.
ness methods and generally TO ad-
vance the interest of the retailer,
likewise TO produce through organi-
zatlon a more friendly cooperative
among all dealers. who ..e-
sire to advance their mutual interest
and welfare.
To secure utilization with the Ma
ii onas association of Retail Gro:ar
and Merchants in order to Obtain,
natIOral recognition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
SELECTION OF SEED CORN.
(Con tinued from sage l.

than seed ears taken from proven
yielding rows. Seed ears. from the
best producing stalks found in q
general field produced more than
seed ears taken without considering
the productiveness of the parent
stalks.
Lastly, the proper keeping of well
matured ears, free from excessive
heat, moisture or insect injury, will
insure even higher yields on our
sandy soils.
Make seed corn gathering a special
task. At corn-ripening time drop
other farm work for day and select
an abundance of seed corn. The
process is too important to be con-
Quoted incidentally while husking
Get the very best that is to be had
and preserve it we'll, and your in
creased yields will return you more
profit than any other work you can
do on your farm. The only proper
way to select seed corn is from the
stalks standing where they grew, as
soon as ripe and before the total crop
is harvested and stored in the crib.
As soon as corn ripens, go through
the field with bags or sacks and husk
produced the most corn without any
special advantages, such as space,
moisture and fertility. Avoid the
large ears on stalks standing singly
with an unusual amount of space
around them. Preference should be
given the plants that have produced
most heavily in competition with a
full stand of less productive plants.
Late maturing plants with ears
which are heavy because of an ex-
cessive amount of sap should be dis
carded. Sappiness greatly increase
the weight and is likely to destroy
the quality Under our conditions
short, thick stalks are preferred
Short stalks are not so easily blown
down and permit thicker planting.
which is the abusive practice carried
on too intensively on our poor, sandy
soil. Thick stalks are not so easily
broken down and in general are more
productive than slender ones.
An ideal method of treating seed
ears is by stringing them Immediate
ly after they are gathered and shuck-
ed and put in dry place where
there is a free circulation of air, be-
ing placed in such manner that the
ears do not touch each other. If left
in the husk long after ripening it
may sprout or mildew during warm
wet weather or become infested with
weevils.
II at any time signs of weevils
show on the corn, it should be in
closed in alright room or bin, and
treated with carbon-bisulphide for
forty-eight hours. The bisulphide
should be placed In shallow dishes
or pans on top of the seed. One
half pint is sufficient for room or
bin holding 10 bushels or less.
After hanging In thl Med or lying
on racks for about sixty days the
seed ears should be dry and can then
be stored in barrels or boxes during
the winter, not exposed to dampness,
moisture, mice or insect injury.
This is very little trouble, and will
save money next spring about getting
seed corn. Remember, increased
yield is increased food production,
and increased yield on that same acre
next year will mean a few weeks
more corn for carrying the stock that !
much longer and closer to the COM !
Ing crop.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
PRESIDENTS WIDOW
IN war WORK
Mrs. Thos. J. Preston, Jr. (For.
merly Mrs.. Grover Cleveland
Active Secretary Of Security.
League Committee.

Mra Thomas J. Preston, IT. (for.
nerly Mrs. Grover Cleveland), who
was recently elected q member of the
Executive Committee Of the National
Security League, the first woman to
be 20 honored, has Joined the execu-
tive stan Of the league as secretary
Of the Committee on Patriotism
Through Education, through which the
league Is promoting a campaign
throughout the country to awaken the
people to q realization Of the true
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03

meanings Of the war and the necessity
for its efficient and aggressive prosecu-
ton.
Mrs. Preston 10 1t her desk In the
new ohdces Of the Security League, 10
West Forty-fourth street, New York
city. daily, conducting the voluminous
correspondence connected with the
work OF her committee, which now ex-
tends into every state in the Union.
In accepting the secretaryship, Mrs.
Preston wrote DR.. Robert n McElroy /:
II am happy In accepting this oppor-
tunity to work with the league. I can
think OF no way In which could more
surely contribute my share to the pres
emit needs Of our country than by join
ing In the very important work which
your bureau has undertaken"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
TO CHECK FLOOD OF POPULA.
TION INTO CITIES.

Continued from page ~
from experience, by means of mo-
ton pictures provided there is CO.
ting great audiences to see the pic
.ures and at the same time hear the
story told Of the need for more acre
age in crop and more crop per acre.
What we need now is public CO.
operation with the work which al
ready has been done quietly in get
ting our great regiment of news
papers and our regiment of movie
theatres enlisted for the more food
drive.
Let US not forget that the signs
with which Uncle Sam has plastered
public buildings from the Atlantic to
the Pacific Food will win the war
will have significance after the vic
torious conclusion OF the war. when
ever that may come. The world is
short of foodstuffs and it is to the
United States and Canada that the
hungry and starving nations must
continue to look for years and years.
1.-THE great campaign to show the
opportunities of States in the East,
West, North and South, to the mil
lions Of people who will be reached
by the Allied America Associations
regiments Of enlisted institutions will
serve as a means by which to arouse,
as they need to be aroused, the
communities in the United States to
genuine, wartime zeal in campaign
ing for more food as they have cam
.paigned for Liberty Bonds. Com
munities have been leaving the crop
problem too much to Uncle Sam.
Let it not be forgotten that the
newspapers of America are trying to
make their public realize that the
future Of those communities, for
growth or decline, depends upon
their response to the call to win the
war. They will be able, through our
plans, to swing the motion pictures
into the work Of compelling 100 per
cent devotion to all the calls of war
and particularly increasing crops and
acreage throughout the land.
Owners OF big tracts Of land, rail-
roads and other big interests can get
definite results now by joining in
this program of action OF the most
dynamic kind"
The states represented on the Adj
visory Board Of the Association
which has worked out this public
service program are Minnesota. Ne
braska. South Dakota, Kansas. Iowa.
Texasy North Carolina, Mississippi,
Alabama, Arizona. Georgia. Florida,
West Virginia, Arkansas, Utah, New
Oregon. South Carolina, Ne
vada, Wyoming, Missouri.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03

are 8Dle 10 JuuSe,
not alone of the
qualities Of which
their peoples We
composed, but al
so the measure Of
confidence which !,
should be placed
in their leaders. /,
It has been said
at Americans
d mt b a'v e to-
prove that they
are the greatest
people on earth"
for they admit it,,
and yet, when we
look back over
our history and
corSidop hnw wo
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
SOME GOOD ADVICE.

Don't think too much OF Won,
own methods. Watch other peoule's
ways and learn from them" Tint,
Is good advice. especially when bill
Gus or constipafed. You will find
many people who use Chamberlain
Tablets for these ailments with the
best results, and will do we'll to fol
low their example. Adv.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
LIEUT.. STANFORD RAYNE HOME
FROM THE BATTLE FRONT.

Lieut.. Stanford Rayne has just re-
turned from somewhere in France
He has been on the firing line and
has seen how the boches take the
tall timber when the Yanks line out.
He is the guest OF his father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Rayne,
on Military Road.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
President of Police Jury.

On motion of Geo. Koepp, second.
ed by ]. NJ. Smith, which was duly
carried, the following ordinance was
unanimously adopted:
AN ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained that the ordinance
passed ON the 18th day of June
1918, creating and esta blishing ROAD
District No. One of the Parish of st
Tammany, La, be and the same il
hereby repealed.
On motion Of George Koepp, sec.
onded by ]. NJ. Smith, the following
ordinance was introduced: u3
AN ORDINANCE
An Ordinance establishing Road Dis
trict No. One of the Parish of St
Tammany, Louisiana.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Tam
many, Louisiana, that it does hereby
create and there is hereby created
Road District No. One of the Parish
of st. Tammany, said Road District
No. One to consist of and be cock
tensive with the territory comprised
within Wards One, Three, Four and
Ten of the Parish of St. Tammany.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
That the said Road District No. One
as above created, shall have and ex-
ercise all the power and authority
conferred on Road Districts by the
Constitution and laws OF this State.
Section 8 Be it further ordained
That this Police Jury hereby accepts
the provisions Of law constituting II
the governing authority of the sale
Road District No. One, and it hereby
qualities as such
Section 4. Be it further ordained.
That Covington, Louisiana, the coun
ty seat of the Parish of St. Tammnay
is hereby designated as the domici.t
of the said Road District No. One
of the Parish of St. Tammany, La.
Section S. Be it further ordained
That this ordinance shall take effec
Immediately upon PRONUNCIATION
thereof.
This ordinance having been pu;
to a vote and the roll called the re
suit was as follows: Affirmative
Koepp, Fendlason, Domergue, Smith
Cowart, Crawford, Davis, Robert
Abney, Howe. Nays-None Ant
the ordinance was declared carried
On motion of E. P. Robert, sec
onded by Jos. Smith, it was duly NOV
ed that committee of three be ap-
pointed by the President of the
Police Jury for the purpose of having
what is known as the Hammond
road, which covers a dis
lance of about seven miles in St.
Tammany parish, located and sur
veyed; and to this end, to communi-
cate with the State Highway Depart
ment in order to secure their CO.
operation and financial assistance,
the committee to report back to the
Police Jury as soon as possible.
Whereupon the Chair appointed
Harvey E. Ellis, George Koepp and
E. ]. Domergue.
Covington, La, July Is. 1918.
The Police Jury of st. Tammany
Parish, sitting and acting as Road
District No. One of ST. Tammany
Parish, met this day. Present: Geo.
Koepp, H. N. Fendlason, f. J. Do
mergue, J. NJ. Smith. S. r. Cowart.
Fletcher Crawford. w. H. Davis. E.
P. Robert. Robert C. Abney and J. B
Howe. Present, ten members. Alb
sent, none.
AN ORDINANCE
An Ordinance calling a special cleo
ton in Road District No. One of
the Parish of St. Tammany. La
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
Of the Parish Of St. Tammany. La
Acting rs the governing authority of
Road District No. One of the Parish
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
NOTICE TO DIPPING VAT IN.
SPECTORS.
Coyington La July 30 I

Covington, La. July 80, 1918.
No bills will be paid by the Police
Jury for any kind of work on watts or
filing of same that are not sent in to
the Office of the Police Jury before
or up to the 9Th of each month,
otherwise they will be paid the fol-
lowing month.
F. j. MARTINDALE,
Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
METHODIST CHURCH.

There will be services at the Meth
odist Church, Covingt0n, Sunday, at
8:15 p. m. There will be a special
musical program.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03

FALSE GODS
By 8. sTANwoop MENkEN.
President Of the National Security
League.

Just as the test of the individual IL
best found under the stress Of great
trial or play of passion, so nations
prove themselves in time of war and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
PROCLAMATION OF ELECTION.

Pursuant to an ordinance passed
by the Police Jury of st. Tammany
Parish held on the 18th day of July,
the said Police Jury, hereby give
notice that, in compliance with said
ordinance, a special election will be
held in Road District No. One of the
Parish of St. Tammany, on the 9th
day of August, 1918, for the pur-
pose of submitting to the property
taxpayers qualified under the consti-
tuition and laws of Louisiana to vote
at said election, the following propo-
sition, to-wit:
Proposition.
To incur debt and issue bonds to
the amount of $150,00O.0O to run
not longer than twenty-seven years
from date of the bonds, and in a
lesser time, il the governing authori-
ty deems it to the best interest of
the Road District. and to bear inter-
est not to exceed five per cent per
annum payable semi-annually for the
purpose of constructing, improving
and maintaining the public roads in
said District.
For the purpose of said special
election the polling places will be as
follows:
Ward 1-Madisonville, at the
courthouse.
Ward 3-Covington, at the court
house.
Ward 4-Mandeville, at the Town
Hall.
Ward 10-Abita Springs, at the
Town Hall.
At said election the polls will open
at o'clock a. M, and close at
o'clock p. M, according to law.
Notice is also given that at 10
O'Clock a. M, on the 29th day of
August, 1918. said Police Jury, act
ing as Road District No. One of the
Parish of st. Tammany, will meet
at Covington, La, and in open ses-
sion proceed to open the ballot box
es. examine and count the b lots in
number and amount, examine and
canvass the returns and decalre the
results of said special election.
This 18th day of, July, 1918.
]. B. HOWE,
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-12-13
December 10, 1918.

allegations that Jewish pogroms
had been carried out there. In their
statement. Messrs. Mack and Mar
shall joined in the demand for such
an investigation of the reports of the
pogroms which they declared had
come to them from authoritative and
unprejudiced reports in Copen-
hagen, Amsterdam, London and the
Hague.
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62OO FOR A SOLDIERS FARM
IN PALESTINE.

Mrs. Herbert Cohen has con-
tributed 92OO to the Jewish Ma
tional Fund to purchase land for a
farm in Palestine, which should be
settled by British Jew who has
been wounded or disabled in the
service of his country.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-12-13
A "HUT" FOR JEWISH LE-
GIONAIRES.

Major James Rothchi1d has given
10000 francs toward fund for the
erection in Jerusalem of a canteen
for visiting Jewish Legionaires. The
Zionist Commission has added
1850 francs to the fund.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-12-13
t3I THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
Pa

no peace. When he comes here,
and is placed in new en-
vironment, and different conditions
of life, he is changed The old peo-
pie, of course, cannot change so
quickly, sometimes, perhaps, do not
change at all, for they are fixed
in their manners and habits. But
the young change very rapidly, and
as far as the second generation is
concerned, who can tell the differ
ence between George, who is the son
of Isaac Rabinovitz, and George,
who is the son of Ole Olson?
If many Jews living in congested
foreign Jewish districts retain all
the aspects of their foreignism, be-
cause they continue to live in little
Russia or Poland even here, it is
not their fault, but again the fault
of conditions, the economic condi-
tions of the country, that make con-
gestion possible and even desirable.
That points the direction in which
AUGMENTATION committees, if they
are really in earnest, should bend
their efforts.
How foolish, therefore, to charac-
terize and classify the Jew, and say
he is this or that We go further
and say that it is foolish to classify
any human group in such a manner.
Let us take even an extreme case,
the Turks. Surely just now no
group is more thoro1y hated here,
and therefore reviled and held in
contempt, and condemned, than the
Turks. Yet, we know Turks, we have
seen them in their native land, and
we know that they, too,- are just hui
man. There are all kinds of Turks
Consider this one fact. When the
Jews were driven out of Christian
Spain and all other Christian coun-
tries, after having suffered all kinds
of torments there, they were re-
ceived kindly by the Turks, and
have ever since enjoyed fair treat
ment in Turkey. Can we say, then,
that the Turk is monster, different
from all other human groups?
Verify, "Hate distorts our judg-
ment." Let us first rid ourselves
of hatred and uncharitab1e feelings,
and we shall then discover that es-
sentially no human group is inferior
or superior to any other, that the en-
tire human family is one, even as
God, its creator, its one.
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FOR SERVICE IN PALESTINE.
Forty trades and professions are
represented in the first $50 applica-
tons received by the Zionist Organi-
cation of America from persons who
are prepared to leave for Palestine
at the earliest possible moment to
render whatever service may be nee
essary in the establishment there of
the Jewish homeland. A special de-
partment has been established by
the organization to collate the in
formation contained in these appli-
cations. Several subcommittee
have been attached to this depart
ment including one on investment,
and another, in charge of the Zion
ist Society of Engineers, to study
the physical aspects of the Jewish
resettlement of Palestine.
At the present moment, the de-
mand for Hebrew teachers is espe-
cial1y pressing. The whole school
system of Palestine is to undergo
reorganization, and men, and women
who are grounded in modern peda-
gogic methods are desired of Ameri-
ca.
In addition to gathering informa-
ton concerning those who are pre-
pared to go there, The Zionist Or
ganization of America will set up in
Palestine bureau to gather infor-
nation concerning the country's
needs and resources, and will short
ly dispatch commission for the
purpose of investigating the COM
mercial, economic and other condi-
tons prevailing there. At the same
time, a bureau will be established in
this country to disseminate the in
formation that will be thus obtained.
The Zionist Organization of A
merica deems it most desirable that
those who contemplate going to
Palestine within the next year
should make their intentions known
as speedily as possible.