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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22
PATTER.

While I was in big department
store in Amite lady came in AMI
said to the head foorwalker, have
you corsets He said, lady | dom:
like to brao about myself, but this is
my own shape. Another lady came
in and said, l want muslin. The
man said, we'll, you need muzzling.
Another lady entered the store and
said, where can l get felt-I want
the light color for a hat. Then a
newly married couple walked in AMI
said they would like to get some long
kids. The hoorwalker told them
they didn't keep long kids. They
said, all right, we'll get them in thu
store further on. The fioorWalker
said, l don't think you can for the
people that run that store have only
been married for three months.
While | was in the store talking to
Bennie a lady must have taken 4lla
for one of the cleTks.9 She walked
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22
SCHOOL BOARD.

Covington, La, Nov. IA. 1919
The st. Tammany Parish School
Board met in regular session in the
office of the superintendent on the
above date with President n. H. FItz-
Simons in the chair and the follow
ing members present: I. j. O'keefe
second ward; N. H. FitzSimons, third
ward; H. H. Levy, fourth ward; ".
". Talley, fifth ward; Dave Evans:
sixth ward; Geo. F. Baocks. eighth
ward; William Oswald, tenth ward.
Absent: Geo. r. Dutsch, first Wa1d;
and a vacancy in the membership
from the seventh and ninth wards.
A quorum was present.
On motion of Mr.. Ta.ley, second
ed by Mr.. Oswald, the minutes of the
two preceding meetings were ap-
proved as printed in the official
journal.
The following resolution was IN
troduced by Mr.. Evans, seconded by
MIR. O'Keefe, and unanimously carrl,
ed, to-wit:
Be it resolved, That the st. Tam
many Parish School Board of st.
Tammany parish, Louisiana, now
proceed to open the ballot boxes used
at the special election held in Schooi
District No. of the parish of st.
Tammany, on November 18th, 1919,
examine and count the votes cast at
said election contained in said bal
lot boxes, both in number and
amount; examine and canvass the re-
turns made by the commissioners
and clerks serving at said election as
shown by the tally sheet, poll list
and compiled statements of the
votes made by said commissioners
and clerks presiding at said election;
all in accordance with a resolution
of this board ordering said election
of date of October 8, 1919.
The School Board then proceeded
in the presence of three competent
witnesses to count the ballots con-
tanned in the boxes used at said e1ee-
tion and examined the same as 20
numbers and amounts, inspected the
statement of voters made by the
commissioners and clerks presiding
at said election, and after said in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

doing. Caught in this vicious net,
the victim, exhausting all legitimate
means of raising money TO quench
the gambling fever in his veins, too
often on some sorry day resorts to
crime. He steals. He loses. He
steals again. Again he loses. He
grows careless. His thievery is de-
tected, and he is ruined.
Inefficiency is the handmaiden OF
the hand book. No man may play
the races and properly serve his en-
ployer. A large percentage of his
time Is required to study the dope.
How often you can note this. The
boy who shines your shoes discusses
the chances of a horse in the third
race, pausing in his work to do so.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22
A ST. TAMMANY FARM in The
MOVIES.

Mr.. S. J. Newman has receiver
the following telegram from the
Goldwyn Distributing Corporation:
New Orleans, Nov. Is, 1919.
Mr.. 8. ]. Newman, Covington, La.
We have received a letter from
the Ford Motor Company in REFER
ence to taking an education picture
at your plantation. The Ford Com
pany has asked us to ascertain from
you the time of year your 1arm
makes the best showing and when
the scenery is at its best.
IL you will give us the desired in
formation we will greatly appreciate
same.
Yours truly,
GOLDWYN DIST. CORP,
BY John H. Gibson,
This would be quite an ad. for
St. Tammany parish.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

A business man, whom you come up
on suddenly in his office, is 'phoning
bet. The clerk in the store is
careless and impatient, knowing that
if he does not get rid Of you at once
he will lose the chance to place q
wager on what he fondly imagines
good thing" Young men whose
time should be devoted to acquiring
form sheet.
AS an adjunct to the handbook, n
many of the places where bets may
be made, may be found the game of
seven-anda-half. This serves to oc-
cupy the time of the amateur
gamester between races and holds
him after the program is run for the
day. If he wins at seven-and-a-half
he bets his winnings on a horse. II
he wins on horse, he plays the
money On a card. In the end ne
loses, either way he elects to go.
This is the daylight end of the pas
times of the Rue Royale.
After nightfall, the seven -anda
half proceeds, accompanied by stud
and draw. Here is where the hui
man vultures begin to appear. Some
of them are runners for the game
They are usually fairly we'll dressed,
plausible takers, companionable fe.-
lows. They know where a clandes-
tine drink is to be bought. The
stranger is their meat. They 20
forth into the Rue Royale, out to
Canal, or down to Bienville and Iber-
vile. The Terminal Station is the
limit of the excursions while "on
duty" Seldom do they stray far
from their beaten trail. Born coZen-
ers, wise, affable, all hail fellows well
met, the stranger who falls into their
clutches has small chance of escape.
A drink or two, probably a show,
or a lunch, and inevitably the fly is
led to the spiders net, usually dig.
nified as a CLUB with an attractive
name. He is introduced into what
he thinks is a charmed circle. He
has been admitted to the brother
hood Of Bohemia. Poor fool! He
is ready for plucking!
Here he meets number of men,
who look like business men or me1
engaged in some respectable 7occupa-
tIOu uClI OCCupdtlOu lS W 6yp d
man out his money at cards. No.
raw, open cheating. They use re-
fnement of this. Connected with
every gambling house in the city
there are a number of "house men ~
These men sit in the game and play
for the house, paying nothing for
their chips, and are apparently
chance players like the victim. ANY
one who has ever played, poker |
knows what chance any one man
may have against two or three house |
men In the same game.
At last the victim arises from the |
green table. His pockets are empty |
And then he gets scant courtesy, un-
less he looks as if he might be like
ly prospect who will return with
more. If he returns to "get even
he loses again. Winners in or pear
Royal street are the exception rather
than the rule. If this we're not so,
the same men could not, day after
day, month in and month out, make
livelihood out of the sport.
And still the vultures live and fat
ten, as do the evil birds Of Vera Cruz.
The question is: "Wha. are we
going to do about it?''-The Times
PicayuDe, Nov. 20.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22
ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE.

The association of Commerce has
secured the following change in the
schedule of the Baton Rouge, Ham
mond & Eastern, effective Nov. 2S.
Train No. 431 that now leaves
Covington at $3.50 a. m, will leave
at 6:35 a. M, connecting at Ham
mond with trains No. 5 and NO. 81
and also affording connection WIN
train No. 4, and arrive at Baton
Rouge at GAS a. m.
Train No. 442 will depart 1ro n
Baton Rouge the same as at present
and arrive at Covington at 11:l5 a:
M. making connection at Harmon j
with trains No. / and No. 4.
Train No. AL will leave CoVlngton
at 1890 .. m, and run on present
schedule to Baton Rouge, making
connection at Hammond with tram
No. s3 at 2 p. M, and making cor
nection at Baton, Rouge with 7. &
NJ v. train No. 12 and Gulf Coast
Line trains in each direction.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

! "The Vultures Nest" is a name
that might we'll be applied to tina.
district centering about the famel
first stretch of Royal street lying be-
| tween Canal and Iberville. 1t has
| always been the Place Of Chance.
In the golden days of Old Regime,
| rich planters from up-river would
hazard q plantation on the fall OF
the die, slave girls and bags of gold
were won and lost On the turn of a
card. There was game, sporty,
clean strain in the gamblers of those
days. A square deap' was the mot
to of their clan. In the glittering
halls of those old places of chance,
amid shower of gold, many gool
man has gone down to destruction.
But he was victim of the Goddess
of Chance, not a sacrifice to the
cupidity of men.
Today the buzzards have usurpe1
the place of eagles, and they make
their nest in the same famed block,
known as well on the Bund at Hong
Kong, the Luneta at Manila, and the
beaches of far-flung South Sea Is
lands as in New Orleans.
Unlike the winged buzzards of the
air, who seek their rotting harvest in
the sun and sleep beneath the moon,
the human vultures Of the Rue
Royale flee the sight of day and
emerge from their lair as the night
falls. When the lights begin 70
twinkle they come forth to ply their
fr~oI doc, hn II ho
the intoxicated The stranger is
especially their prey.
Here, within a stones throw of the
great marble courthouse, rubbing ell
bows with the main business thor
oughfare of the city, but a brief
walk from the City Hall and the fed
eral building, but six blocks from
police headquarters, these human
vultures lay in wait. In the upper
stories, or on ground floors, openly,
with scant effort at concealment,
may be found the handbooker and
the gambler Seven-and-a-half, stul
or draw poker, and the ponies are
the chief features of the menu offer
ed to the incautious.
Of them all, the game of the
ponies" is the most evil.
Playing the races makes for crime
and inefficiency. Once man be-
comes fascinated by the figures AMI
symbols of the dope sheet it be-
comes his only literature. There
may be wars, revolutions, changes in
government, murders, rapine, arson,
great achievements, Wondrous dis
coveries spread on the first page of
the paper. He dismisses them Ill
with a glance and bur.es his poor,
befuddled head in the mazes of
form" and "past performances
seeking the ''pick a winner on the
morrow.
Yellow sheaves of telegram aut
ter into this block every day, cor
tanning alleged straight tips and
"stable information, received from
tracks where the ponies are running.
These slips of paper come from all
sorts and conditions of men, jock
eys, stable boys, clockers, bookmaN-
ers, touts, trainers and REGULARS
who follow the ponies from track to
track. The dupes who receive them,
led on by the will-o'-wisp Of easy
money, play them with a faith that
is pitiful. Rarely it is 10 their adj
vantage, but frequently to their un-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

Having but a short while to stay
in the parish, take this means 10
bid my many friends an affectionate
freawell, hoping some day to see
them again. | have spent many
pleasant months here and will always
remember and cherish them. | have
tried my best to amuse you through
the columns of The St. Tammany
Farmer, and to give to you such news
as came my way.
| will always maintain that st.
Tammany, and her citizenship as a
whole, through her shipyards, has
performed one of the country's mos.
patriotic works in the building of her
ships. 1t is with regret that l wit
ness the end of such great work.
The officials of the shipyard with
whom | have been connected, during
the period of the war, ore men that
are possessed of all the qualifications
that are absolutely necessary to
build up great industry. The
workmen in all departments of the
shipyards in the parish measured up
to the standard set by the off1cia Is
OF the different yards. | am exceed
ingly proud to have been associated
with such men, and the people Of st
Tammany should feel likewise. l
can only live in the hope that St.
Tammany will, in the near future,
profit by the wide advertisement that
was given her by tho shipbuilding
industry, and take her place in the
vanguard of industrial development,
to which she is justly entitled by eli
matte, healthful and geographical
conditions.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

La, adopted October, 3, 1919, as
aforesaid, isrearfied, as evidenced by
the compilation of the votes as here
inabove set forth, and having made
public proclamation of the above res
olution closed this process verbal OF
the compilation of the votes as here
inabove set forth, at the aforesaid
election, in number and amount,
which is made in triplicate, one copy
of which the secretary is ordered to
file with the Secretary .of the State
of Louisiana, another copy with the
Clerk of Court of the Parish OF st.
Tammany, La, and the third copy to
deposit in the archives of the office
of the St. Tammany Parish School
Board of the Parish of st. Tammany,
Louisiana.
In evidence whereof, we, the pres
ident of said board, and the mem
bers thereof, have signed this pro-
cess verbal on the 18th day of No
vcmber, 1919, now in regular ses-
sion held at the courthouse in the
town of Covington, La, St. Tam
many parish, La, in the presence OF
the aforesaid competent Witnesses,
who have signed and witnessed this
process verbal, together with tha
president and members of the said
board.
T. J. O'Keefe, ward 2; N H. Fitz-
Simons, ward 8; H. H. Levy, ward 4;
W. w. Tally, ward 5; Dave Eyars,
ward 7; Geo. F. Bancks, Ward 8;
VIM Oswald ward TO-
Witnesses: Mary H. Sugg, F. ].
Martindale, Gladys Soniat.
The following resolution was in
troduced by Mr.. Oswald, seconded
by Mr.. Bancks, and unanimously
carried, to-Wit:
Be it resolved, That the St. Tam
many Parish School Board of st.
Tammany parish, La, now proceed
to open the ballot boxes used at the
special election held in School Dis
trict No. l of st. Tammany parish,
La, on November 12, 1919, examine
and count the votes cast at said cleo
ton contained in said ballot boxes,
both in number and amount; eA-
anime and canvass the returns made
by the commissioners and clerks pre-
siding at said election as shown by
the tally sheet, poll list and COM
piled statements of the votes made
by said commissioners and clerks
presiding at said election of date Of
October 3, 1919.
The school board then proceeded
in the presence of three competent
witnesses to count the ballots cons
tanned in the boxes used at said elea-
ton and examinedS the same as 10
number and amount, inspected the
statement of voters made by the
commissioners and clerks presiding
at said election, and after said in
spections and examinations and can
vassings were made the following
resolution was introduced by Mr..
Levy duly seconded by Mr.. Evans,
and unanimously carried, to-wit:
Be 1t remembered, That we, t1e
school board of Ihe parish Of St,
Tammany, La, acting as board of
commissioners for the election held
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

in and for School District No. l of
the parish of St. Tammany, La, o1
November 12, 1919, met to-day in
open session at the office of the par
ish school board in the town Of Gov
ington, La, at the hour Of IL a. m..
for the purpose of counting the votes
at said election and examining the
same both as to number and amount,
and ispecting and examining and
compiling the returns sent in by the
commissioners and clerks presiding
at said election in said School Dts
trict No. / of the parish Of st. Tam
many, La. on the 18th day Of No
yember, 1919, for and against the
proposition submitted to the prop
erty taxayers qualified as electors
under the constitution and laws OF
the State or Louisiana, conformably
to a resolution adopted on the third
day of October, 1919, by the st.
Tammany parish school board of the
parish Of St. Tammany, La.
The meeting having been regular
ly called to order by N. Fl. FitzSir-
ons, president, and all members Of
said school board being present eS-
cept Geo. r. Dut8ch, Of the first
ward, did, in open session and in tae
presence of Mary H. Sugg, Gladys
Soniat and F. J. Martindale, three
Continued on page g
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22
FINE BLOODED STOCA.

Mr. s. J. Newman has bought .
head Of fine registered Holsteins
with big records, for his farm, They
arc nrize-winners with remarkab g
performance in their records. more
will he said of them at another time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22
VOL. 46 No. l
"PATTER" BY OUR MADISONVILLE
CORRESPONDENT
BY D. H. Vinet.

UP and said, would like TO see some
Of the latest forms. l said, so would
l; you can't be arrested for that.
You know Louisiana is a prohibit
tion state now. No saloons A fel-
low told me if / wanted 4 drink all |
lad to do was to go into one Of the
places where they sold soft drinks
and call for soda and wink one eye
and | would get whisky. The first
soda fountain | saw | walked right
in and called for soda and Winked at
the fellow when | gave my order.
When he gave me the glass of soda
l said to him, didn't you see me
wink? He said, the eye doctor is in
the next room.
While waiting for my train in the
Hammond depot, ! notice a man that
was in mourning, that is, he was
wearing crepe around his hat. He
looked to be a man Of thirty years,
perhaps. He had a very sad face
which expressed deep sorrow. An
old man spoke to him and said, my
friend, you seem to be in very deep
trouble. The man in mourning said,
will tell you, my friend, when a
man reaches my age it's hard to lose
a wife The old gentleman said,
hard, you can't lose them.
A Jew rushed up to the ticket
window and said, what is the fare
for Sing Sing The agent said, |
suppose it's just as it always was
bread and water.
| just found out the other even
ing where all lovers go to do their
kissing since the police in the large
cities have stopped them from MAX
ing love in the parks. I went to the
L. & N. station in New Orleans. I
don't think l ever saw such a crowd
of young couples sitting around.
When the station caller came in and
hollered "a coast train is now ready;
first CALL" they all got up and kissed
and sat down again In a little
while he came in and made the last
call. They all got up and kissed
again. The train pulled out and left
them all standing there. Then they
went over to the next gate and kiss
ed out New York train. There was
an old maid standing there. She
commenced to holler, assistance, as
sistance, / desire assistance." AS it
was my only chance l went to her as
sistnce. Well, she said, after the
train pulled out, Il don't know who
you are; you are perfect stranger
to me, but I will meet the 9 o'clock
train tomorrow night"
Have you ever noticed when a man
does something great and becomes
famous, every state claims him.
They have been arguing over my
birth place for a long time. Texas
claims l was born in Oklahoma and
Oklahoma claims l was born in LOU
isiana. Louisiana defies Oklahoma
to prove it.
Care is like a bubble
/ It melts and floats away; .,,
But in this world of trouble,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22
he "Vultures of the Rue Royale" and the
Kind of Prey Upon Which They Feed
New Orleans, La.

To the Editor of The TmePc
Just uwra to
t along Royal and
those of
nhe AXE m
sawfmga t
N humanity, something ae (NW
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22
FAREWELL.

Fare the we'll, my lovely St. Tam.
many,
/ bid thee adieu, adieu;
| may emigrtae to Helena, Montana,
But some day I'll come back to
yOu,,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

The lives of great men all remind u
We can make our lives sublime,
And in departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

Mrs. T. V. Easton and children
nave returned from Baton Rouge
after several days spent there with
relatives.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22
Secretary.

Miss Margaret Douglas has re-
turned to her home in New Orleans
after spending several weeks here
as the guest of Miss Lucille Hamilton.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

FAMOUS SUM-MO COFFE, served
at the St. Tammany Parish Fair, -
I0r sale at the St. Tammany Hay q
Grain Warehouse, Covington, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

Care is like a bubble
It melts and floats away; '''
Rut in this world of trouble, :
o THERE'S. a laugh for every day.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

The new concrete garage building
OF Mr.. Wehrli is now going up rapid
~ 1t will be an up-to-date place.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

Messrs. J. E. Nilsson and IN. +.
Planche returned Friday from New
orieans where they went on business.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

Misses Leota and Esther Glenn. of
nanViHe, H., arrived Tuesday even
ing to spend several weeks at the
Ozonia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

SUM-MO COFFEE for sale at St.
aammany Hay & Grain Warehouse,
covington, La. n22
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

In loving memory of Nell Mae VIII
son, who passed this life November
Is, 1918:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22

Ma0 is the subscription price
OF The Farmer. You'll
eDL get more than the worth
u of your money by being a
subscriber. Help boost the parish.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-01-17
PLAN LEAGUE OF VETERANS
How Soldiers in Great War Hope to
Perfect an Organization of
All Arms.

A movement seeking to bring under
one great organization the rank and
file of the armies and navies of the
nations allied against the central pow
ers, has been started in Boston under
the name of the Legion of Allied Vet
Grams of the Great War. The organ
ization has a charter from the state
Of Massachusetts. and has established
headquarters in Boston, with Sergt H..
f. Pheeney, late of the Canadian ex-
peditionary forces, as legion COM
mander.
According to Sergeant Pheeney, the
object of the organization closely re-
sembles that of the Grand Army of the
Republic, which brought together the
veterans of the armies of the United
States at the close of the Civil war
and which still continues. 1t is tho
desire of the leaders of the legion to
promote good fellowship, fraternity
and mutual welfare, and TO assist
those veterans in need of aid. 1t is
declared that the legion is without pO-
litical aspirations or propaganda, and
that it has the Endorsement Of officers
of the army and navy of the United
States. Similar support is expected
to be received from officials of other
allied nations.