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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22

roads, when have not heretofore
been built on account of the lack Of
provision in funds, now therefore
Be it resolved, That the following
road building program be adopted
for the year 1919-1920 for which
roads are to be constructed in addi-
ton to those which are now at pres
ent in use:
st. Tammany-Lacombe road,
Middle Road,
Completion of Turnpike Road,
Completion of Military Road,
Completion of McDougall Road,
Completion of Lee Road,
Bennett Bridge Road,
Road from Folsom to Bush,
Ben Williams Road,
Lacombe to Lake,
CoVington to Hammond-Tangipa-
hoa Line road,
St. Tammany-Abita Road
Hardsurfacing Pearl River road to
Slidell
Hardsurfacing road to Slidell via
Vaudeville.
Hardsurfacing Columbia road.
Hardsurfacing Talisheek to Co
lumbia road
Hardsurfacing Holmesville road
via Folsom to Parish Line.
Hardsurfacing Madisonville-Pon-
chatoula road.
Hardsurfacing Madisonville Gov
ington road.
Hardsurfacing Hammond Coving
ington-Slidell road.
Chinchuba to Houltonville.
Vaudeville to LeWisburg.
Lewisburg to Chinchuba-Houlton
vile road.
On motion Of J. M. Smith, second
ed by Hines Fendlason, the follow
ing resolution was introduced and
unanimously carried:
Whereas, the proposed road bond
issue, which has been this day sub
mitted to the people of St. Tammany
Parish, is matter of extreme i'm
portance to the public at large as
well as to this body; and,
Whereas, if the said bond issue is
carried, it will require the personal
attention of able business men who
can act as a Road Commission for
the purpose of securing the very best
results in the expenditures of the
proceeds from the said road bonds
and the construction of the said
roads; and,
Whereas, in order to obtain the
most efficient service in the>sbuild-
ing of the said roads the general
management of the project, the fina.
execution of the same and the dis
bursement of the funds, it is desir-
able that the said committee shall
be limited t as few in number as
possible; now therefore
Be it resolved, That J. d. Grant,
of Slidell; John PoiteVent, of Mande-
vile, and VIM. S. Oswald, of Abita
Springs, be, and they are hereby ap-
pointed as such roaa-commissioner
with full powers of administration
relative to the construction and COM
pletion of the new roads, Ich as sur
facing, remodeling, and all other in
cidental acts necessary to the carry
ing out of the above purposes, for
which the above bonds shall have
been voted.
And in the event of the failure
or inability of any one of the said
foregoing commissioners to act in
the premises,
Be it further resolved, That the
emaining commissioners shall have
he right to nominate a successor to
ae one SO incapacitated, which ap-
ointment shall be made by proper
solution of this Police Jury
Carried
]. B. HOWE.
President.
F. J. MARTINDALE,
Gn
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT.


No. 2 in square No. /, sal blot No. 2
is bounded on the north by lot 10,
in square No. !, on the east by lot
No. 1 in square No. l, on the south
by a road, and on the west by lot
No. 8, in square No. /. Said lot No.
2 measures 100 feet in width by a
depth of two hundred feet, between
parallel lines, according to plan
now on file in the courthouse in Gov
ington, La, of the Thomas H. Craw-
ford tract, maed gy Paul Gusman,
C. E. Said lot No. 2 was acquired
from Henry E. Fazende.
Terms of Sale-Cash, with benefit
of appraisement, to pay debts of the
succession
E. J. FREDERICK,
mr15-6t Administrator.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22

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First Ward-Madisonvil La, the
regular polling booth located at the
Town Hall.
Second Ward, First Precinct
sandy Ford, the regular polling
booth provided by law.
Second Ward, Second Precinct
Folsom, the regular polling booth
provided by law.
Third Ward-Coyington, La, the
regular polling booth, towit: The
Parish Courthouse.
Fourth Ward-MandeVille, La, the
regular polling booth, towit: The
Town Hall.
Fifth Ward-Bush, La, the regu-
lar polling booth provided by law.
Sixth Ward-Near Violin, La, the
regular polling booth provided by
law.
Seventh Ward-Lacombe, La, the
regular polling booth provided by
law.
Eigth Ward-Pearl River, La, the
regular polling booth provided by
law.
Ninth Ward-Slidell La, the regu-
lar polling booth, to-wit: The Town
Hall. ~
Tenth Ward-Abita Springs, La,
the regular polling booth, to-wit:
The Town Hall.
And that the following persons, all
of whom are registered voters, shall
act as commissioners and clerk Of
Of said election, viz:
In Ward One-George Edwards,
A. B. Taylor, Emile Fuhrmann, as
commissioners, and George R. Dutsch
as clerk.
In Ward Two, First Precinct
Wallie Allison, Oppie Sharp, Hezzie
Fauntleroy, as commissioners, and
Sidney Burns as clerk.
In Ward Two, Second Precinct
]. D. McLain, D. C. Wallis, G. M.
Fendlason, as commissioners, and N.
E. Core as clerk.
In Ward Three-P. s. Barelli, s..
D. Anderson, Chas. H. Smith, as
commissioners, and S. r. Blossman
as celrk.
In Ward Four-A. E. Mauint,
Chas. David, L. Prieto, as commits
olOAC1o ., dAo Nuy SlA4tA SACA n
In Ward FiVe-L. A. Talley,
Vaughn Cewart, Warren Pierce, as
commissioners, and Louis Granthsm,
as clerk.
In Ward Six-Ellis Crawford, Lon
20 Crawford, Calvin Talley, as COM
missioners, and Randolph Parker as
clerk.
In Ward Seven-James Barringer,
c. j. Villars, Berry Todd, as COM
missioners, and C. H. Culbertson as
clerk.
In Ward Eight-Don Watts, ]. H.
Roberts, M. P. Schneider, as commits
sioners, and John Hagar as clerk.
In Ward Nine--T. ]. Eddins, F. A.
Bourgeois, Ionic Badon, as commits
sioners, and r. L. Smith as clerk.
In Ward Ten-Steve Abney, P.
Beaudean, John Stiee, as commits
sioners, and A. o. Pons as clerk.
And that the above mentioned Of
ficers of election shall seal up the
ballot boxes and deliver same to the
Police Jury within forty-eight hours
after the closing Of the polls, and
shall deliver within forty-eight hours
the other duplicate tally sheets and
the other duplicate compiled state
ments to the Clerk Of Court for the
Parish of ST. Tammany, La.
This ordinance having been put to
a vote and the roll called, the re-
suit was as follows: Affirmative
Fendlason, Domergue, Smith, Cow
art, Crawford, Davis, Abney and
Howe.
Against: None.
Resigned: koepp.
And the ordinance was declare
carried.
j. B. HOWE,
President.
F. J. MARTINDALE,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
THE HEN THAT LAYS

is the hen that pays. If she does
not lay, kill her, but before You kill
her give her B. A. Thompson Foul
try Remedy twice a day for a week,
and then you will not kill her for
she will be paying you proit. 1t
not only makes hens lay bur it is a
remedy for cholera, roup and gepes
We guarantee it to cure or we re-
fund your money. st. Tauma:ly
Hay & Grain Warehouse; D. l. AdJi-
son, Covington; Wells, Johnson &
Afford, Madisonyille.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
CatarrIl Cannot Be Cured

fgttn LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
fuenced by constitutional conditions, and
in order to cure it you must take an
internal remedy. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
posed of some of the best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination of
the ingredients in Halls Catarrh Med-
cine is what produces such wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J: CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, O.
All Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
Succession of Ada Williams Gordon
Twenty-SiXth Judicial District Court,
Parish of St Tammany,
Louisiana.

Notice is hereby given that by
virtue Of an order of sale issued out
OF the honorable aforesaid court, and
and to me directed as Administrator
OF the said succession, I will offer
for sale at the principal front door
OF the courthouse in Covington, La,
between legal sale hours, on
Saturday, April 10, 1910,
the following described property, to-
wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land
with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon situated in the village
of Pearl River, Parish of st. Tam
many, State of Louisiana, viz: Lot
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
F. ]. MARTINDALE,
SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF REGJSTR ALTON G
TAX DEED.

To Pierre Mushen:
You will please take notice that
on June 16, 1917, there was adjudi-
Gated to me for delinquent taxes for
the year 1916, at tax sale by T. E.
Brewster, sheriff and ex-officio state
tax collector for the parish of st.
Tammany, La, the following describ-
ed property, to-wit:
10 acres in section 10 tip range
10, and Improvements, situated in
Ward 1, st. Tammany Parish, La.
Notice is hereby given that I have
had said deed recorded in Convey
ance Book II, page 81, of the Of
fetal records of st. Tammany parish.
G. w. DAVIDSON,
mr15-3t jacksonville, La
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
The public Is hereby warned not
to trespass in any way on the prop
erty of the undersigned, located
along the line Of the N. o. G. N. and
the Y. & M. V. R. R. and the Penn
Mill public road, Immediately north
and northwest of Covington, La.
Trespassers will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law.
n1tf HARVEY E. ELLIS.
All persons are hereby warned and
prohibited from cutting burnins
deadening. carrying or floating away
or otherwise injuring or destroying
any trees, timber or wood growing or
lying upon the lands of the under
signed. The re also prohibit d
from fishin AuEting or trapping
With dog. or torch or trespass
Ing In any ray Oh lagd belongins
to the uD'ers' gEed.
z. P. ROBERT.
Fl, II. MAYFIELD.
4. j. MAYFIELD
r A. ORR
JAS PROVOST
.os1-sf ,4EO H. GATTaN
We, the undersigHed. forbid nj
tuntiag, trapping and trsspassing o.
ur lands. Anyone caught SO doini
will be punished to the full extsn
VI the law.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22

All persons are hereby warned and
prohibited from cutting, burning,
deadening, carrying or floating away
injuring or destroying any trees
timber or wood growing or lying up
ON the lands OF the undersigned, on
the lake front from Lewisburg to the
Tchefuncta river, formerly known as
Amand Marigny and McQuinn tract,
and are also prohibited from fishing
hunting or trapping with dog or torch
or trespassing in any way on lands
belonging to the undersigned. One
hundred dollars reward will be paid
for information and conviction OF
trespassers.
D. C. HEDDEN,
1923 Washington Ave,
1ulS-6mo New Orleans, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
NOTICE.

Public notice is hereby given that
the next examination for teachers
certificates will be held at the office
of the superintendent on March 81
and April 1 and 2 for whites, and
April 3, 4 and for colored.
ELMER E. LYON,
Superintendent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
AN ORDINANCE
Secretary.

An ordinance granting ferry fran
chise.
Whereas, due notice has been Civ
en- according to law for the sale of a
franchise for the operation of ferry
for carrying of freight and passeng-
ers for hire across the Tchefuncta
river between the towns of Houlton-
vile and jacksonville; and,
Whereas, the Ponchartrain Ferry
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that no
trespassing is allowed on my land
adjoining the land of Alfred Gitz.
otherwise trespassing on said land
will be prosecuted in full accordance
with the law.
f1tf T. e. BREWSTER.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
A Resolution.

Whereas, it is contemplated to sub
NIT the question Of $3.50, 100000
road bond issue to the vote OF the
people for the purpose Of hard sur
facing existing roads and highways
in the Parish of St. Tammany, La,
and,
Whereas, there are still certain
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
TRESPASs NOTICE.

All persons are prohibited from
trespassing upon the lands of C L.
Baker, known as the DIETRICH tract.
about one mile northwest of Slidell.
and from cutting any trees or tim
Der on said lands or hauling any
wood therefrom, or lacking or nail
ing any advertisements ~ notices on
any Of the trees. Ten dollars re
ward will be paid for information
and conviction of any one trespass-
ing on sad lands.
G. L. AER,
noV24-l8 Slidell, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22

The undersigned forbid all hunt
ing. trapping or trespassing on their
lands. Anyone caught doing so will
be punished to the full extent Of the
law.
QUEEN & CRESCENT CLUB.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
MASONIC LODGE NO. 1873.
F. 8 A. Nj.

Meets every second and fourth
Tuesdays at 1850 D. m.
ROBT. BADON, w. M.
w. H. SMITH, Sec.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22

u. A. 0. ID.
Rogue Faiaya Grove No. Fl.
third Friday of each month. at 1880
p. m, in Masonic Hall. Covingtop
La.
F. J. FITZsIMONs, N. A
r. B. MARSOLAN. Sec.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-03-22
: Professional Cards
DOCTOR CHAs. e. VERpIER

Surgeon in Charge
Jahncke Shipbuilding Corporation.
announces that in his private prac-
ice ne will pay especial attention to
the Surgery and Disease of the
Genito-Urinary Organs.
office hours, 4 to 5 p. M, daily ex-
cept sunday. Sunday, by appoint-
ment only.
Telephone, jacksonville No. 90.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13
ODD PAIR VISITS
DIVORCE COURTS

Carlinyille. H., June l5.-An aged
couple appeared in the Circuit Court
here.
We want a divorce" they told the
cierk
whats the trouble" asked the
healer Of matrimonial woes.
.Nothin." was the answer. We
les don't git along"
But YOU got To have some cause,
admonished the court Ooes your
husband beat you? OF does your wife
beat YOU
No. there's nothing like that vo.
ciferated the pair in unison. We
rust want divorce that's all Our
childreu's all gone now and there's no
use us trying to get along any more.
We'll. We cant give You a divorce
without a reason reiterated the per
pIexed clerk. But I'll tell you what
Won can do. If your husband leaves
you and is gone for two years you can
get divorce on the grounds OF de
sertion."
Good" came the ready ejaculation
from the woman John she SAID.
You 20 way and leave me
Wait a minute" interposcd the
careful proyider, as he meditati'e!A
tugged at a piece of alfalfa on his
chin. III | leave her will | still have
to pay her bills?" he finally asked
Yes" was the answer
But. John. listen, volunteered me
erriug spouse. "You 90 way I'll he
careful and skimp all can. 1t won
cost much
John couldn't see It that way. Wa4-
ging his head. he and his wife many
left the clerks Office Down the street
a way they locked arms and in Two
minutes had forgotten all about theH
marital inconviyialities.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13
BEGAN GIRL Is
RECRUITER FOR ARMY

Dora Rodriguez, the Belgian gi'I
who recruited thousands of American
lighting men on a walk across ti'e
United States. will tell OF some OF her
interesting experiences today and to-
morrow at La Sale theater. Hes
talk will be illustrated by motion Pc
lures. She is arranging a Boy Scouts
parade for Saturday.
The distinction OF being the oul}
woman recruiting officer is hers. She
came to America shortly after a state
Of war was declared and offered her
services as yeoman Her brother.
Godfrey Rodriguez, an aviator in the
Roleian army. was in Aurora recently.
He received five war citations.
Her parents are now refugees IN
Melun. France. after having gone 10
England when their property in Bel
GUM was taken She was in Ouba At
the time war was declared. she
speaks four languages.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13

Four hundred years ago the Silks
Of Seville, then the most famous IN
the world, were exported to all coun-
tries, for SpaiG was the first nation
of western Europe to take up silk
culture. The climate of Spain Is ex-
cellent for this industry. and fine silk
worms, such as We're employed when
silk cultivation was at its height, are
available in the foothills Of the Sierra
Nevada, near Granada. This worm
has life of so days, and in the first
30 1t grows to thousands of times its
original weight
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13
swHr
Powerful New Explosive.

A new and very powerful explosive,
which may be used in mining and for
other purposes, is lead ABIDE, salt of
hydromitric acid. The acid forms a
great number of salts, as mercury
ABIDE, silver ABIDE and sodium abide.
Large crystals Of lead ABIDE and mer-
cnris abide have been round to be very
sensitive 70 mechanical shocks. the
sensitiveness increasing with the size
of the crystals. Even the breaking Of
a single large crystal is said to bring
Rbout explosion.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13
This Generation's Dutv

The breath is the life, and we cannot
know too much about breathing. If the
people of this generation will learn how
TO supply their lungs with pure oxygen
and leave their bodies free from COM
preston over the solar plexus life In
the next generation will be prolonged
many years and disease will be lessen.
ed to q great degree.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13
Famous Balkan Tribe.

The Mrdites are perhaps the most
interesting tribe in the Balkans. They
have remained Christians in spite of
oil the efforts of the Moslems. They
clain their language is the purest of
the peninsula-an Aryan tongue much
Of whose vocabulary Is said to re-
seinble classical Greek and Latin, and
to be allied with them rather than de
rived from them. They have always
been famed as the finest fighting men
in Albania a country in which most
men fight or have fought. and there
Is no race in the world more independ-
ent.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13
The ReaurrIs MemorY-

For generations bear crs tlouriEhcd In
the rivers of France till killed off for
their furs ana they are now known
only ON The Rhopc near Avignon.
where for three centuries there have
been no trees to cur down. The nni-
mails consequently buTrowcd in the
banks, but when transferred to .Po-
land at once resumed the tree-cutting
habits dropped by their ancestors 800
years before.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13
Reversing the Compliment.

A cashier Of somewhat pOrtly build
was frOWning over n statement Of ac-
counts just placed before him by his
pretty typlst, "As a young lady" he
said, 81 admire your type, but | can't
honestly say | admire your tipping"
How funny" she replied smartly
'We are SO different, for though you
are of course splendid at figures, no
one could say you have splendid
figure"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13
Mao - a batter,

Mad, in anc!o-SaNon, Is frequently
used rs a synonym for violent. furious,
angry or vcnonuus After, In old Eng
liSh, means adder or viper. Hence the
combination of the two words "mad"
ana the corrupted halter" merely
means 'as vonomous MS an adder"
And the provorhial saying has. there
fore, no reference 10 hatmaking at all.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13

VISITING with relatives in Utica for u
icW days
MIS- Walter BosSclman ana aoD
De.mar ana Mrs Ed Myers returned
10 their homes in Utica after visiting
witE relatives and friends in Clinton
Tor lhc past week.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Sealed bids will be received by the
undersigned until Monday, June O.
1919, at 1880 O'Clock p. IN, for the
sweeping of the paved streets durin5
the municipal year of 1919 and 1920
as per specifications on file in the
office Of the city clerk
w ". CURTIS,
City Clerk.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Sealed bids will be received by the
undersigned until Monday June %
1919, at 1850 O'Clock p IN, for the
furnishing and delivering at the JET
ferson street bridge. Ottawa. Illinois,
of approximately 300 feet of white
oak bridge flooring in the following
sizes:
inches by inches by Is feet or
3 inches by u inches by l6 feet
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
W. W. CURTIS,
City Clerk.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13

Carlinyille.-An innovation in teach
ing will be launched here July 10
when Blackburn college will start "a
summer school for girls at (which
farming will be taught. The course
will continue until Sept. ).
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13

Peoria.-AleXander G. Ting, one Of
the oldest and most widely known
men in the grain trade in this region,
is dead lie was credited with being
the inventor Of clipped oats and
years ago was known as the "oat
king through corncring the New
York and Chicago markets.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13

springfield. Mrs William S. Perry
objects to being the Indian princess
in a knife throwing stunt with her
husband as the hurIer, She says in Il
bill for divorce here On one occasion
she alleges, here husband struck at
her with knife BY careful dodging,
Mrs Perry was able to ward off the
blow and the knife blade jammed into
door panel.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13

Hillsboro. -Yeggs burgled the bank
at Waggoncr near here. Before being
frightened away they carried off
twenty dollars in pennies and sixty
dollars in postage stamps
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13
ILLINOIS BRIEFS.

Charles PhIanz narrowly
escaped death as a result Of taking
paris agreen by mistake for medicine.
Physicians say he viii recover,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13

Jacksonyille.--Manson Randle son
of a minister here. and member OF
the 33d Division, mas been personally
commended for bravery at Grossaire
wood by Major Gen. Bell Jrr 33rd Di-
vision commander In letter Gen.
Bell said: Your conduct on that oc-
casion has afforded me genuine graf
jaication and | have accordingly di-
rected that your name and action he
inscribed on the honor roll Of the
Prairie Division
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13

Try a Want Ad in the Free Trader
Journal Tor Quick Results
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-10-17
WORN CLOTHING DRIVE

During the week of October 1920.
a worn clothing drive will be held
throughout the United States for the
purpose of collecting clothing to protect
the destitute peoples of the Near East.
Reports coming from government au-
thorities i'm Armenia and Syria state
that the refugees, mostly children, are
mere human remnants unprotected
from the elements and rigOrs of winter
by even the dignity of rags. The most
favored of them have mere shredded
rags.
Outside clothing, undergarments,
miscellaneous wool garments and foot
wear, are wanted. Packages should be
expressed prepaid. or sent by parcel
post to Near East Warehouse, 135
West 18th ST., New York City. The
Near East Relief Committee pays all
charges for overseas shipment. The
United States Navy has provided a ship
that will sail November 18th.