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The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-20
Life among
Strangers

written by Meff Res, to his son)
Continued from last week.
Dutch Jake had served as lieu
tenant in the German army for
four years had lived in Californy
for four years where -Shust arnt
to shpeak de. English peter tan
te English temsefs". He had
gone back to Germany and reen-
listed and was at the battle OF
Liege in Belgium. He had an
ugly scar on his cheek. and point
ing to it said 81 get fish in Bel
GUM. / scust wash making luy
ter Bechian gel unit she runt her
inudder unit tat Pelchan bag hit
me in der face nit un schillet
unit I shust ran my payonet ira
her out to her tegs shust like J
used to- tout punkins to der hogs
Shust vent" Here Nor
ton of Scotch descent became an
cry and roundly abused the
Dutchman for his cruelty. Then
he plunged into his own past life
He had been born in India,
where his parents had gone as
missionaries and physicians to the
lepers of that unfortunate land.
His father had. died and there un-
der the shadows Of the great
mosque he had been burned on a
funeral pyre, and his mother, in
keeping Of the Hindoo faith, was
burned with him while yet alive
and they were going 10 burn
young Morton too but he out run
them and according to his own
admissions he made the price OF
mourning Sootgge hiGh in India,
He said, I kiIIc3 - ~ 7 C1o
Ito 'em, for ~ d
bama D1cn sci u. slkI1 -.
Morton knows nothing about bad
doin's. My father was a profess
or in college in Alabama. and was
sent as missionary to the Fiji Is
lands. He took mother, myself
and my two older brothers with
him and the canibals ate up my
father and mother at one feast
and had me and my two brothers
up fatening for another feast and
a Fla gal fell in love with my
Oldest brother and" Did
they cook 'um or eat 'um raw?'
asked Crippled Bill, in a solemn
voice and with a wise look as he
came from behind a tree where
he had gone to take a Whit from
his flask" "Oh cooked 'em OF
course" said Dick, a little peev-
ed at the interruption.
LAS / was saying, the gal Eel
In love with my broth and on q
} dark night she turned him out OF
the pen and married him." He
then related how he had escaped
by swimming to a haling ship,
bound for the Northern seas; how
ne had become a champion throw
er of the harpoon. and he said
And that's not all men, / have
six notches in the handle of m,
six shooter. You mustn't thinl
that because my brother joinet
the canabals. | am not a man. III
tell you men that just between
! US" Here it could be sect
! that a spirit of envy was brew
ing for all knew that they coult
) not hope to cope with Dick OF
tho high seas and the Swed,
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-20

If there is an X mark on yuR
paper or wrapper this week e
means your time is out and thst
your paper will be stopped until
you send liz a renewal, ~ thu
postal laws require that all ssb-
scriptions be paid in advance.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-20
Local and Personal


Subscribe for the News.
w. J. Drinnon of Morristown,
is a visitor at the Harrison Hotel.
John Stuhlefield was q visitor
in town, Tuesday.
James Baker has purchased a
Dodge car.
G.. M. Collirs is transactinz
business in Nashville, this week.
Atty. Geo. A. Williams OF
Pumpkin Ridge. was in town re-
Gently.
Clay Winstead arrived home
from lover sea" service, one day
this week.
Uncle Howard Maness is on
the sick list. and has been very
poorly but is reported better.
Several cases of sickness is re-
ported in different parts OF the
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-20
ABOUT GOOD FARMING

The Arkansas bog who won the
vbeat-growing prize grew 70 bushels
e wheat on bis acre at O cost OK
s1seo. HIS net profit vas soaso.
Veterinary Inspectors who Vested 8
carloads OF cattle received from Illinois
reeenuy by Tennessee purchasers
found 50 20 90 per cent q the animals
tuDercular.
B>sesr hve<tock campaigns are BE-
I4 spodnctsd IN evsry stsfs In he
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-20

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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05

A very large proportion Of the coun-
ties in the Southern States have adopt
ed the individual quota system for the
Victory Loan, and expect thereby to
distribute the investments in securi-
ties over wider ground. By this sys-
tenn, every citizen will be assigned a
definite quota which he is expected to
take, just as states and counties have
their quotas. This will be based on
his income and property, and will! be
subject to change by local appeals
committee if he feels his quota has
been fixed at too high a figure.
In previous campaigns, counties
which used the individual quota plan
went over the top quickly and by a
large margin, without placing the bur
den of heavy investments on compar-
atively few patriotic citizens. This
plan makes every man feel certain that
his neighbor also is carrying his share
of the obligation to his country.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05
SOLDIERS GIVEN PREFERENCE
IN RECONSTRUCTION WORK
DR.. W. B. Beauchamp, Director
General of Missionary Cente-
nary, Says Methodist Church
Will Use Soldiers In Rebuild
ing Program.

"Our first duty Is to give the rsturn-
Ing soldier Job" declared DR.. w.
3. Beauchamp, Director-General Of the
Centenary Campaign of the M. E..
Church, South, to group of newspa-
per representatives "The boys com
ing back will not be nearly so thrilled
over flag-waving and shouts from the
sidewalk as they will be to feel the
grasp Of friendly hand and the
words, We've got job waiting for
you, old fellow All over the country
men are using their best wits and en-
ergies to find places for the boys who
were willing to face death when the
need came.
"The Methodist Church can do It's
part in, giving work to the boys who
are coming back, and we are going to
do that part to the best of our ability.
From May Is to 25 we will conduct a
drive for $1i6ooO, 900, of which our
6wa church, the M. T. Church, South,
will be responsible for $35 ,Oo0, 900. The
success of this campaign will mean
tie immediate erection of churches
and schools and the opening of Jobs
Of all kinds.
"Many of the returning boys may
not be adjusted to the after-the-war
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05
THE VICTORY LOAN
MUST Be FLOATED-.-
WE'LL FINISH The JOB
Fathers And Mothers OF Boys Who
Risked All VII; See That The
Bills Are Paid

The Victory Loan, fifth and last Of
the national Liberty Loans, will be
put over in the campaign beginning
April q and continuing three weeks,
as enthusiastically and completely as
were the preceding loans. That Is GER
tain, as indicated by the responses
from the loyal workers who are ready
to give their services to their country
until the job is finished and the bills
all paid.
Whatever spirit of "let down" that
may have followed the signing Of the
armistice is rapidly disappearing, and
the whole country is awakening to the
realization that the war is not over and
will not be over until the last of the
American soldiers is safe at home
again and every dollar of the gigantic
war bill paid. The fathers and moth
ers of the boys who went overseas or
to camp, who srisked their lives for
their country-and many of them gave
life or limb-will not quit until the
Job is finished, any more than the sol
diers quit over there.
The Victory Loan campaign yiAl
soon be on The government has de-
cided upon a five billion dollar issue of
short term securities, to be repaid
within five years, and bearing attrac-
tive interest rates. Secretary Glass
believes this form of security will COM
mand a better market price after the
campaign than would bonds issued for
q longer term of years.
Every man in the country will be
asked soon to subscribe to the Victory
Loan. 1t is time to be getting ready
for it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05
BANDING TOGETHER TO SPREAD GOSPEL

Nashville, Tenn.-One hundred and
forty thousand Southern Methodists
have signified their determination to
pray for the success of the missionary
work of the NJ. Z. Church, South, and
for the spread of Christianity through,
out the world These people have not
only decided to do this, but have band
ed together in league known as the
Fellowship of Intercession, each sign
ing small card which it is thought
will make the cause for which they
pray more definite in the minds OF tia.
signers of the cards.
DIR. s. A. NeblerG, secrete ~ q j
Department of Interceas-4 ~ 'e de
nomination, stated to l reporter that
the way in which the prayer cards
were coming in was an inspiration
From two thousand to five thousand
Of these are opened In the mail every
morning, the number Of 100000 rep
resenting the complete total up to date.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05
30 |i||i|( 9||5E
,AYIjES Ei'fiGD-EN
HEADS CAMPAIGN
IN VICTORY LOAN
Wideiy-known Financial Editor Sue.
ceeds w. c. WardlaW, Who Be-
comes Associate Director

Haynes McFadden, Of Atlanta, pub
Usher of the Southern Banker, has
been appointed chairman of the ex.
ecutiye committee for the Sixth Fed
eral District in the Victory Loan cam
paign, it was announced this week by
Governor Joseph A. McCord, head Of
the district war loan organization. He
succeeds w. c. Wardlaw, chairman for
four successful campaigns, who has
been made associate director and as.
sistant to Governor McCord in the war
loan work. Mr.. McFadden has been
active in former campaigns, and was
7ice chairman in the fourth Liberty
Loan drive.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05
FOURTH-CLASSP POSTMASTER EN-
ANIMATION. rl

The u S. Civil Service Commission
held at Bogalusa, La, on April 26,
1919, as a result Of which it is ex-
pected to make certification to fill
a contemplated vacancy in the posi-
ton of fourth-class postmaster at
Talisheek, La, and ether vacancies
as they may occur at that office, un
less it shall be decided in the in
fterests of the service to fill any va
cancy by reinstatement. The com
pensation of the postmaster at this
Office was 1885 for the last fiscal
year. 49,,
Applicants must have reached their
twenty-frst birthday on the date of
the examination, with the exception
that in a State where women are de-
clared by statute to be of full age
for all purposes at. eighteen years,
women eighteen years of age on the
date of the examination will be adj
mitted.
Applicants must reside within the
territory supplied by the post office
for which the examination 10 an
nounced.
The examination is open to all
citizens Of the United States who can
comply with the requirements.
Application blanks, Form 1853,
and full information concerning the
requirements of the examination can
>be secured from the postmaster at
the place of vacancy or from the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion, Washingt D. c.
Applications should be properly
executed and filed with the Commits
sion at Washington, D. c., at the
earliest practicable date
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05
D2 X N
2.k

d is the cylinder bore in inches;
n the number OF cylinders.
The license fee shall be fifteen
cents for each horsepower, provided
that the minimum whole fee shall be
Two Dollars and Fifty Cents All
motor cars shall be subject to this
license. Motorcycles shall pay a fiat
license fee of One Dollar and Fifty
Cents. Motor trucks snail pay a
nat license fee of Six Dollars.
Persons, firms or corporations
dealing in motor vehicles shall pay
the license fee of one motor vehicle,
on the maximum horsepower of each
special make of motor vehicles han
died, provided that dealer handling
both new and secondhand motor We
hicles shall pay the license on new
makes only.
Section 6 Be it further ordained,
ETC., That the provisions Of this ordi-
nance shall not apply to motor We
h1cle owned by nonresident of the
Town of Coyington, La, provided
that the owner thereof shall have
complied with the provisions of the
law of the foreign country, State,
Territory or Federal District, Of his
residence, or of the. State of Louisi-
ana, relative to registration of motor
vehicles and the display OF registra-
ton numbers thereof, and shall con-
spicuously display his registration
number as required by law.
Section Be it fugther ordained,
etc., That the funds derived from the
collection of license fees as above
provided shall be used by the Town
Council Of the Town of Covington
La, in the maintenance, repair and
upkeep of the streets and thorough
fares Of said Town.
Section 8 Be it further ordained,
ETC., That any person failing to reg
lister his motor vehicle, or to pay
the license fee as herein provided,
within the time fixed by the provis-
ions of this ordinance, or any person
making wilful false statement in
relation to any matter or thing re-
CURED to be done under the pro
visions hereof, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon trial and
conviction thereof, shall be fined not
more than $25 or imprisoned in the
town Jail not more than 10 days, or
both, in the discretion of the Mayor
P. J. LACROIX,
Mayor.
L. A. PERREAND, =
Snnrotarv
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05
CHINA HAS A VERY
IMPORTANT ROLE
PRACTICALLY ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND COOLIES
SENT TO FRANCE.

What optimist q generation ago
would have thought that backward
China would have a hand In the settle
ment of world war? But China Ii
having very important role in the
great war that is just being brought
to close. Not as soldiers-fighting
men-but as laborers behind the front
line trenches. And just so many al.
lied troops have been released for
other duties. Practically one hundred
and fifty thousand Of these coolies
have been transported by way of the
Suez to France. This work has been
done under the direction Of the British
Government and Church Missionaries.
Among these missionaries are many Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
which Is just finishing the details OF
its campaign May 1925 to secure $685..
100000 to further work Of the kind that
is being done in France and other
places.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05
Ste|Ia-vitae
THE GUARANTEED TONIC
FOR WOMEN

Stella-Vitae has been in success
ful use in the treatment of those diseases
peculiar to women for more than a
third of century.
For nearly ten years it has been
sold under plain, positive guarantee
to benefit. Less than one bot
file out of every one thousand
sold has been refunded for, and every
claim for q refund has been satisfied.
Thousands of letters like this praising
Stella-Vitae and telling of benefit to
suffering women have been received.
r1rs. e. n. Russell, of Mill Springs,
NC, gratefully writes us as follows:
IT was in a most wretched condi-
ton; had palpitation of the heart
and would swell and bloat in a most
distressing way. When | began
using stelIa-Vitae I weighed 108
pounds. Now | weigh 135. | am
more thankful than | can ever tell
you for the great good this Won
derful medicine has done me-"
Mrs Russell was at that critical
period, the "change," and her sincere
gratitude for the blessed relief will be
understood and appreciated by every
woman who reads her letter.
StelIa-Vitae has proved boon to
ruffering NO:nanhood, to young girls
reproducing their first vital period, to
women approaching tn, anguish OF
Childbirth, to womeL approaching the
!!change of life." SteiIa-Vitae strength
chs the female organs and promotes
regularity in the monthly function.
No risk of loss is taken by any suf-
Fcring woman who tries SteEla-Vitae
Ga our guarantee of the first bottle.
All dealers sell StelEa=Vitae and will
return your money if it does not bene
fit Won. DON'T put off 4 trial.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05
ORDINANCE NO. 10.

An ordinance TO define motor We
hicles and to provide for then
registry and imposing license
therefor; providing penalties tol
any violation of this ordinance.
Section1 Be it ordained by the
Town Council Of the Town of Gov
ington, La, in special session, Tina
motor vehicle is hereby defined t.
be any vehicle operated by any power
other than muscular power, and de-
signed and intended for use on the
public highways, roads and stree S
Motor vehicles are classified into
three subdivisions. Any motor We
hicle used exclusively in commerce
for the carrying of transportation OF
merchandise on the public streets, is
classified as motor truck. ANY
motor vehicle. containing only two
running wheels arranged tandem, is
classified as a motorcycle. All other
motor vehicles are classified as motor
cars.
Section 2 Be it further ordained
etc., That every owner of motor
vehicle which shall be operated OF
driven upon the public streets, alleys
or thoroughfares of the Town of Gov
Ington, La, shall, except as other
wise provided, cause to be filed in
the office of the Secretary of SAID
Town, an application for registra-
ton on a blank to be furnished fol-
that purpose by said Secretary, con-
tanning a brief description of the
motor vehicle to be registered, in
Guiding the name of the manufacture
er and factory number Of such We
hicle, the character and amount oil
theemotiVe power, stated in figures
of horsepower, given where practical
in accordance with the rating estab-
lished by the Association of Licensed
Automobile Manufacturers; also the
name and address Of the owner OF
such motOT>~ehicle; provided that i
such motor vehicle is to be used sole
ly for commercial purposes, the ap,
plicant shall so certify.
Section Be it further ordained
etc., That upon the filing of such ap
plication and the payment of the
license hereinafter provided, the Sec
rotary of said Town shall assign tC
such motor vehicle distinctive mum
Der, and without further expense tt
the applicant issue and deliver to the
owner a certificate Of registration
and one number plate. Such plate:
shall be of distinctly different color
each year, and there shall be mark
ed contrast between the color of the
number plate and that OF the mum
erals or letters thereon.
Such number plates shall be o
metal, at least five inches long b!
four inches wide, on which there
shall be the Authorization to
gether with the distinctive numbe1
assigned such motor vehicle. II thu
vehicle be one registered by deale
there shall be on said plate, in ad
dition to the foregoing, the lette
en-" Such number plate must b.
attached to the front of all moto
vehicles so registered, in a conspicu
| Gus manner.
Section 4 Be it further ordained
etc. That all registrations must be
gin within thirty days after promul
CATION of this ordinance, and shall
| expire on December 81, 1919. 4
new registration must be had eacl
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05

year, and the license fee paid an
nually. Provided that the same shall
become delinquent if not paid be-
fore the first day of February, each
year, and for the year 1919 shall be-
come delinquent if not paid by the
18th of April.
Section 5 Be it further ordained,
ETC., That there shall be an annual
license fee which shall be divided in
to calssifications known as q whole
license fee and a half license fee.
The whole license fee shall apply to
all registrations made under the pro-
visions of this ordinance prior to the
first day of August, of each year;
and the half license fee shall apply
to all registrations under the pro
visions Of this act, made On or after
the first day of August OF each year.
All licenses, except as hereinafter
provided, shall be based on horse
power Of motor, and shall be comput-
ed according to the following stand
ard, to-Wit:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05

the citizens thereof, that the old
agreement be annulled, abrogated
and set aside, and that new agree
ment be entered into in regard to
said road, the following contract and
agreement is entered into by and be-
tween the parties hereto to take the
place of and in substitution of the
contract heretofore in existence, as
hereinabove set forth.
The contract and agreement here
tofore entered into and as herein
above set forth between the parties
hereto, is hereby annulled and set
aside.
The Party of the Second part is
to. Immediately return to the Party
of the First Part the public road
from Abita Springs, Louisiana, to st.
Tammany,, Louisiana, including all
bridges and improvements placed
thereon by the Party of the Second
Part, and the Party of the Second
Part, or the general public, is to have
no further rights or use Of or to said
public road, except as hereinafter
may be set forth.
The Party Of the First Part accepts
said REIMBURSEMENT of the Party of
the Second Part on the above de-
scribed road, and agrees that in the
event that it finds that it no longer
needs said road or road bed for the
carrying on of it's business, it will
place the road back in the condition
in which it is now receiving it and
advise the Party of the Second Part
to that effect, and the Party of the
Second Part shall then have the right
to takeA possession of said road and
maintain same as public road until
such further time as the Party Of the
First Part may again require the
use of said road and road bed, either
for itself or for another, and the
Party of the Second Part, upon notice
from the Party of the First Part to
that effect, agrees to Immediately re-
linquish all claims of whatsoever
nature to said road and road bed, in
Guiding all improvements thereon.
The Party of the First Part, how
ever, is to first pay to the Party of
the Second Part, the sum of Two
Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars, and
after payment of said sum by the
Party of the First Part to the Party
Of the Second Part, the Party of the
Second Part, or the general public,
shall have no further rights or in
terests in said road or the improve
ments thereon, but the same shall
belong solely and exclusively to the
Party of the First Part, or its as
signs.
Thus done and signed in dupli-
cate at Covington, Louisiana, on this
18th day of February, A. D., 1919,
/ in the presence of w. G. Hutchinson
and Karl J. Kohnke. competent wit
nesses.
POITEvENT & FAVRE LUMBER
COMPANY,
| Signed,
| BY John s. Poitevent,
Party OF the First Part.
IPARTSH OF ST. TAMMANY,
| STATE OF LOUISIANA.
| Signed,
BY e. ]. Domergue,
Joseph NJ. Smith,
Party of the Second Part.
Witnesses:
| w. G. HUTCHINSON.
Signed
KARL ]. KOHNKE.
Signed
JOS. M. SMITH,
e. ]. DOMERGUE.
Committee.
1t was moved by e. p. Robert
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05

conditions and therefore, will not, for
time, be able to get started in their
trades. We will keep in constant
touch with these conditions througk
our pastors and conference workers
and will conside. it privilege to see
to It that these men are given work.
We will need bricklayers, carpenters,
architects, business and PROFESSIONS
assistance, and, where q boy has
caught the vision Of larger service
missionaries-we will need all of this
help, and we will see to 1t that the sol
der is given the chance at the jot
first"