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The St. Tammany Farmer 0. H MASON .- - - - Bditor and Proprietor Entered at the Covington poetooffice as Second-Clss Matter. EDITORIAL COMMENT BY D. H. MASON A PARISH FARMERS' ASSOCIATION. There can be a successful organization of any kind only when the pur poses of the organization are understood. There is a general feeling that a parish-wide organization would insure shipments in car load lots, there by securing quick transportation, minimum rates and prompt handling by responsible commission men. It is true that the preferable way to ship is in car load lots, but before anything is shipped it must be grown, and before it is grown the farmer. must have the seed, the fertilizer, the knowledge of how to grow and pack and the crates in which to pack or the kind of package to be used. Some farmers have all this, but there will be some who will have to be provided with these things or with the credit to obtain them. A parish organization would be stronger in the establishment of credit, but less certain as to the moral risk. We have made encouraging advancement in the organization of com munity associations. It is the first step toward parish organization. The community organization knows the moral, financial and business qualifications of each member. It knows the kind of soil, its drainage, adaptability to growing certain crops and the kind of roads that must be used in putting crops on the market. Each community, under these cir cumstances, must judge what is best to grow and when the crop should be planted to give earliest shipments or to make shipments at 4 required time in car load lots. Now as each community can ship in car load lots, the question arises, "What is to be gained, and what privileges must 'be sacrificed, by going into a pari.h organization?" It must be shown that the gain is greater than the sacrifice. We believe in a parish-wide organization for the simple reason that large combinations always have more power than small ones. We hope to see the organization so perfected as to take in every com munity organization in the 'parish. But we feel positive that an-inex perienced people can not.immediately take hold of and control and make contracts for all the community organizations on the spur of the moment and make a success of it. Human nature is the same the world over. Just as the states of. our Union are jealous of their personal rights, so the farm communities will be of theirs. Long time contracts are seldom advisable, and when' entered into should be positively proven to be ad vantageous It seems more cautions and gives more promise of future success for th'e parish organization to function as an advisory body rather than authoritatively. When it has shown by its advice and by its service -as we believe it ultimately will-that more can be accomplished by it than can be accomplished by separate community organizations, then its powers and control can be enlarged to meet the necessities of the case, and the obstacles caused by doubt and uncertainty will have vanished. There is much that a limited parish organization can do to butid up Lte agricultural interests of the parish. Information as to markets ant market quotations, freight and express rates, kind of packages, proear':; acreage of cilops and advice las to saipments, etc., are among t.e lein .n that can ire done to advantage and that would prove helpful to eter.e community organization, and if contracts should "be suggested and puo. in shape for consideration by each community organization, these organi zations m.ght enter into the contract through the parish organizatioi. if the parish organization is legally constituted to carry out and enforce contracts. But until such contracts can be legally enforced they are or little value. An organization of such importance to the parish should be legally constituted with the power to sue or be sued. It must have a domicile and officers and be conducted in a business way generally. As to shipping products, probably the Illinois Central will be used more largely than any other road. This means that there will have to be offices at both Slidell and Covington. As the farmers are the ones to decide what shipping point is the most convenient and economical, it will be for them to choose where they will ship from. We hope the organization will be adopted and confirmed at the meet ing in Co,ington, Monday, and that such changes will be made as to avoid all reeling of uncertainty as to how far community organizations will be affected in their individual rights. We are on the eve of a most important and progessive movement for the farmers of the whole parish. The towns should not be considered except incidentally. Calm, unbiased. deliberate consideration will carry the day. O Henry Ford says that every ex-service man in the country will have employment if he gets Muscle Shoals, and that there will be need of no Ibonus. This would be .encouraging if we had some assurance he was going to get it, but unfortunately Mr. Ford is not a politician. Just think what a relief this would be to the G. O. P. which is now sweating 'blood in fear of the pro and anti sentiment, the tax fever and President Harding's pi oximity to the tack on the seat. O Slidell, Abita Springs and Pearl River are sending in nominations for municipal officers and executive committees. In distinctively localizing these elections under the new law the towns will have all the preroga tives of the big cities. The wheels of political machinery may be rusty and squeaky to start with, but what poetry of motion there will be after it is 'broke in. THE PARISH FAIR. It is announced by Secretary Minckler that the preliminary catalog of the parish fair will be distributed April 1. Don't think of the date, there's nothing in it; but there is in the fact that early distribution means a Imore active campaign for a successful fair. We have won a reputa tion for the superiority of our poultry shows, and the statement that the cpoultry exhibit will be larger and finer than any we have had may be taken as notice that considerable interest has been excited. St. Tam many parich is becoming known as the finest section of the country for the raising of poultry, and experience in breeding is gradually bringing out birds that are unusually fine and that are being marked as prize winners at the best shows. Another encouraging thing is the interest being awakened among the farmers. Farming to-day is a different propisition from what it was a few years ago. Mr. Wilkinson has worked hard to bring this parish for ward, because he sees big opportunities for it in the future. Our farm and club agent work is beginning to show the effects of years of effort. Mr. Friedlander has given wide interest to the growing of the Satsuma orange, and while it can not be said that cattle dipping has been a suc cess, yet the effort has taught many useful things in stock raising, the grade of stock being much better. Also the dairymen have organized and ar preparing to carry .on the industry in a more sanitary, profitable and businesslike manner. We also call attention to the writings of M:, A. E. Briggs, who has done an immense amount of good work, giving the benefit of his investigations as to soils, drainage and crop-growing with unstinted pen. These are the things that had effect in improving farm operations in other sections, and they are having their effect here. The disappearing timber and milling operations have also made it necessary to turn to some other occupation for support. Cultivation of the land is the only resource, and as this is becoming recognized, business sense demands that those products having the greatest money value and the greatest adaptability to our soil should be chosen as preferable crops. Co-opera tive organization follows as a natural consequence, and it is only a ques t;ion of a few years when the farmer will be much better situated, with good roads on which to haul. This is why the farmer is 'becoming more interested in the parish fa'r. Mr. O. G. Price, our parish farm agent, is proving to be an exceleeet worker. He is an ardent believer in the parish fair and is doing all he can to help make it a success. We believe the agricultural exhibit wil! be the finest we have ever had, and will be more interesting than usua: because evw.y community will have lan exhibit of its own. The date of the State fair will prevent parish exhibits, as it will be held before most of these fairs, but there will 'be some good prizes offered that will pay home competition. The colored people also are preparing to exhibit. Ask Your Soldier Boy How "Cootits" Got Such a Hold. He'll tell you that the battlefronts of Europe were swarming with rats, which carried the dangerous vermin and caused our men misery. Don't let rats bring disease into your homr. When you see the first one get RAT SNAP. That will finish them quick. Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and ,guranteed by Smith Hardware Company and Schonberg's Pharmacy. WHERE TIE MISSiSSISSII FLOAS. . The folicwing idyl was illustrated and published in the Times-Picayune of New Orleans. Wetherell L. Bain is a Covington High School boy, who has developed a talent in the writing of verse that gives promise of future distinction and popularity.-The Editor. (By Wetherell L. Bain) If you ever saw the rolling of the gentle plains so gay If you ever saw the smiling of the sun at break of day If you ever heard the hooting of the owl when in his flight And the uproar of the chickens when he's prowling round at night If you ever heard the howling of the dbogs upon the trail Have the possum try to fool you when you know he'll surely fail If you ever had the feeling that a Southern fellow has When you see them taking "Dixie" to convert it into jazz If you ever heard the mooing of the cattle in the street if you ever saw the benches where the ardent lovers meet It's the calling of the country where the milk and honey goes, It's the calling of the country where the Mississippi flows. If you ever saw a malision that is getting old and gray If you ever saw a negro superstitious go to pray If you ever heard the singing of the mocking-bird at night If you ever went to scratching on that itching " 'skeeter" bite if you ever saw the " 'gator" creeping out upon the shore If you've heard the banjo "tuapmin' " and you get upon the floor If you ever heard the wailing of the negro in his song And you hear his mighty voice go to rising full and strong If you ever see the creeping of the foxes through the marsh If you ever felt the grating of the jay-bird's tone so harsh, It's the calling of the country that everybody knows It's the calling of the country where the Mississippi flows. If you see the flowers blooming in the-early -part of spring If all nature shows its beauty till the bells of elfland ring If the roses on the bushes vie with roses on the face If the whip-poor-will's a singing and he fills you full of grace If the gray and mossy branches of the oak hang over you And you have that creepy feeling sweeping softly over you If the robins fill the cedars and their breasts are shining bright If the gentle dawn is beaming and your eyes are getting light - If you see in fields and forest hosts of meadowlarks and quail If you f'eel that something's calling, ever calling to the trail * It's the calling of the country where the Easter lily grows, It's the calling of the countryj'where the Mississippi flows. If you ";er saw the beauty of the blooming of the rose If you ever have the feeling that a Southern fellow knows If you ever saw the beauty of the passing of the days The wondrous beauty of the stars on the white and milky ways If you've had that dreamy feeling in the golden Southern sun If you'v' felt the cooling breezes when the happy day, is done If you've had insistent feelings come a creeping over you If you've ever felt the calling in the early morning dew If you're feeling sorta restless way down in your sighing soul If there is a tender meaning to the missing of your goal It's the calling of the country where the orange blossom blows, It's the calling of the country where the Mississippi flows. OFFICE CAT TRADE MARK BY JUNIUS COPYRIGHT 1921. BY EDGAR ALLAN MOSS. Starting Vividly. "Start where you begin," said the teacher of the story class. "Have a vivid beginning." So teacher's pet began his story In this way: "Oh, hell,' said the Duchess, who up to this time had taken no part in the conversation." Wanted, a Paint Remover. Backward, turn -backward, 0 Time. in thy flight Make again beautiful those who now are a sight. -"Jazz playing taught in 20 les sons." And it can be done, says the Kansas City Star. That's one thing, that is the matter with jazz. All Through. "No more garden?" "No more. I'm tired of buying seeds for the neighbors' chickens." Prelude To a Sputter. "My sister's feller kicked my dog yesterday," said Willie, "but I'll gat even with him all right. I'm goin' to mix quinine with my sister's talcum." You can't beat Chris Columbus as a prophet of the first water. Way For Quicker Pick-Up and More Power Standard Oil Company o Louisa tta 3 B back in 1492 he gazed America-ward and exclaimed, "I see dry land." We live but to learn-and earn to live. The difference between a living and an income these days is the dif ference between pants and trousers. "Well, Bloom," asked a young colleague who was just starting in, "how's your practice?" "In the mornings practically no one comes, and in the afternoon the rush falls off," he replied. Isaac: "You should pull the cur tains down ven you kiss your wife. I saw you last night." Able: "The joke's on you; 1 wasn't home last night." Skiddoo. The Office Cat Awoke and blinked Then stretched each leg a bit, She licked her fur An' tried to purr, Then shook her head an' quit. The editor was cussin' In a mood of fiendish glee, The cat leaped wildly thru the door She realized ye Ed was sore, And said that ain't no place foi me. The town vamp says: Of course our ancestosr were monkeys. Didn't a woman nmalr a monkey out of the first man? Perhaps after all a man isn't to blame if he thinks more of his stenographer than he does of his wife; he at least can dictate to her. Another Victim. This is the dope on Chancy McCann, Who went out to drive in his brand new sedan; Speed vwas his curse; he came ho'me in a hearse, A dead-to-rights' case of a joy riding fan. Save your peace dollars. They -may bring a premium during the next war. The Birmingham Age-Herald has found a real human interest want-ad. A DONALD, GO TO THE BOARD AND NOW 'PUT IT DOWN AS I HOME WORK THIS PROBLEM SO THAT TO YOU. IF A FAR THE CLASS MAY SEE. HAS FOUR D SWEET BUSHELS, EA WHEAT.' HOME EA.. V by S Boot! E AUTOCASTER AND SELLS THEM AT SIXTY CENTS A BUSHEL, WHAT WILL HE GET ? TCLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMEN ICLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Experienced Stenbgpher desires position. Best of r erences. Miss Thelma Kruegr, pholid 209, Military Road, Covington, La. - mr25 STRAYED--Small bad pony mare, had rope on neck\sca/' on inside of', right hind leg, forhto4 clipped, tail bobbed. Liberal reward for infor mation leading to rech;lery. Notify B. S. Shelton, Covington, Military Road. mr2 5 d STRAYJED--2 a14ck inares, 2 bay mares, 1 black clipped nule, 1 brown mule; all fat and in 1od condition. $5.00 reward will bi paid for infor o mation leading to -recovery. Notify Ed Brunet phone 235, or Joe Tennent phone 216, Covington. mr253 LOST-Tire and rim, 35x4 i Mich el'n fabric, between or in Covington and Mandeville. Liberal reward if g returned *to Ozonia Hotel, phone 46, , Covington.. mr2 5 e Y' YOUR OPPORTUNITY' at last to have your old furniture/ made new. Furniture repairing '.of; all descrip tion, packing and canping, etc. Send postal to A. E. Cressoh, Covington, Louisiana. {mr25 1 - - ESTRAY NOTICE-Came to my place last August, about 3 miles northwest of Folsom, La., one light brown bull about 2 years old, with out mark or brand. Owner can have same by proving property and pay ing costs. Adolph Warren. mr25-3 BARGAIN IN SQUARES. Five Squares for $650. I offer five squares of ground, all in a row, adjoining, good location in r Covington, for only $650 for quick sale. Title perfect. If interested see me at once. . J.. E. Glisson, 40' Gibson street, Covington, La. It says: "Come home, John, I've e sold the poodle." Husband and wife may argue as D to who is "boss" of the house for sa while, but not after the first child s comes. A Texas widow says the reason she broke her last engagement was because her fiance was named Rice, I and the doctor had warned her to cut out cereals. "Jack says he just loves to play with my hair." "Then why don't you let him tako it home sometime?" Our Complicated Language. She was from Boston, he from Oklahoma. "You have traveled a s great deal in the West, have you not, Miss Bacon?" "Oh, yes, indeed-in California and even in New Mexico." "And did you ever see the Chero ke~ strip?" There was a painful silence, but finally she looked over her glasses at him and said, "Sir, I deem your question exceedingly rude." It may be lack of calories or vita mines that ruins the health of child ren, but it is the lack of unselfish ness that ruins the health of matri mony. Who remembers the good little boy who would run errands for a penny? SUCCESSION NOTICE. Succession of Mrs. C. Frederica Carl. No. 212. Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana. Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern, that Aaron Todd has applied for letters of administration on the estate of Mrs. C. Frederica Carl, deceased, and that unless op position is made thereto within ten days from the first public.tion here of, said application will be granted. W. E. BLOSSMAN, .rn25~3t Clerk of Court. ?lash LikeGenuint ) i A * * Bend No Money ~n 3ilest Bargaln Ever ffrered Is newtintmesettlsgLdflJS' Thns of .ING. Bettitel Doaehet. Jt .ro. m $20. val a. a J et weth Gn s • ee vOamtso. OWerse Ws. t c .Home H o. W"L6 C STR·AYED-Came to my place 3 miles east of Talisheek, one black Poland Chine male hog, unmarked. Owner can have same .by proving ownership and paying costs. George Kennedy. mr25-2t FOR SA1E- ersey cows and calves, 1 mare, hod- for all round" purposes, 1 Fordfau'~p. Apply phone 227, or at 1610/Columbia st. nm25 FOR RENT-Furnished six-roomi hbuse on 23d Avenue, near Jefferson. Apply MVrs. Dan W. Davis, Madisco and 13th, Covington, La. mr25 STRAYED-One dark red cow, in fine condition, no'ayks or brands; both horns curl int.\foreheiad. Re ward for information leading to her recovery., Notify;A. \Bremer, Box 633, Covington, La. m.r25* FOR SALE-D fer t kinds of beautiful eannas, 35 9nts per dozen. Lovely rooted roses cents each. Mrs. E. S. Hooper,/'Garkindale." "The Rats Around My Place Were Wise," 'Says John Tuthill. "Tried everything to kill them. Mixed poison with meal, meat, cheese etc. Wouldn't touch it. Tried RAT SNAP, inside of ten days got rid of all rats." You don't have to mix RAT-SNAP with food. Saves fuss irig, bother. Break a cake of RAT SNAP, lay it where rats scamper. You will see no more. Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaran teed by Schonberg's Pharmacy and Smith Hardware Co., Covington. FOR SALE-Two lots of ground in Division of St. John, Covington. Will sell separate or together. One lot faces on Rutland street and one on New Hampshire street. The lots are less than one square from the courthouse and Southern Hotel, and are 2. 1-2 squares from the depot. For particulars see Richard & Riggs, Covington, La. n12 CALOMEL USERS T.IKE AWFUL RISE Very Next Dose of Treacherous Drug May Start Terrible Salivation. The next dose of calomel you take may salivate you. It may shoclk your liver or start bone cerosis. Cal omel is dangerous. It is mercury, quicksilver. It crashes into sour bilo3 like dynamite, cramping and sicken ing you. Calomel.attacks the bones and should never be put into your sy stem. .If you feel bilious, headachy, con stipated and all knocked out, just go to your druggist and get a bottle. )f *Dodson's Liver Tone' for a few vents which is a harmless vegetable substitute for dangerous calomel. rake a spoonful and .if it doesn't straighten you right up better and luicker than nasty oalomel and with )ut making you sick, you just go )ack and get your money. Don't take calomel! It can riot )e trusted any more than a leopard r a wild-cat. Take Dodson's Liver rone which straightens you right up Ind makes you feel fine. No salts iecessary. Give it to the childreq because it is perfectly harmless and :an not salivate.-Advertisement. .G. C. USED CARS ARE GOOD VALUES. ASK FOR DEMONS TI ON Oakland Sensible Six Sedan, com plete with 5 wire wheels, 5 tires, mechanically o. k., and newly paint ed, for $650.00. This car, like the new cars we handle, has been reduc ed in price to rock bottom. Buick Six, five passenger touring car, all good tires, new paint, one of the best model Buicks ever builr, for $450.00. Chevrolet "490" 5-passenger tour F. G. C. AUTO SHOP FOR RENT-5-room hou ner of 26th and Monroe. Jacob Seller, postmaster. FOR SALE-10-acre fari ed and ready to plant, good splendid 7-room house with: essary out-houses, good b. wagon, farm implements, et miles from Covington, for$.4 House alone worth $2000. & Riggs, Covington, La. ROOM and BOARD-Mea served on premises or at your Creole cooking at cheap rate; ply Mrs. H. Buisson, at Madl~ 24th Avenue, or phone 252. FOR SALE-Stove wood pine. 200 fat pine post. Badon, 415 Lockwood street,. ingon. FOR SALE-One milk cow young calf; few springs, brin in' two or three weeks. Ape Aoueille Bakery. FOR SALE-A complete M Register in good case; 300 Very cheap. Apply to Frank cek, Covington, La. HATCHING EGGSLS. C.; Island Reds from prize winning Grand Champion Roosters, St many Parish Fair, $1.50 f£r Mrs. T. E. Brewster, phone 1 ington, La. FOR RENT-A modern fur apartment consisting of four r hall, bath, front and rear gal Apply Mrs. H: C. Momeyer, 11 ferson, St., Phone 192. FOR SALE-Cheap; asp family mare, work anywher fently sound. Apply St. Ta Hay & Grain Warehouse, C ton, La. mr FOR .SALE-5-passenger Re-built and newly painted. gain. Time paynments. C Garage, Rutland street. mr AT GLASER'S BRANH Just received two loads young farm males, mules and h from $25 up. Phone 216. t WIRE FENCING AND FR We have just received a high grade fertilizer and a.: wire fencing. Get our prices you buy. H. J. Smith's Sons. FOR SAILE-We have a co line of second-hand furnitur spi ings, dressers, washstands; armoirs, rockers, etc. BUR NITURE CO., Covington. Mr. R. C. King Tells a W' Story Aboiut Rats. Read "For months my place a with rats. Losing chickens, feed. Friend told me to try,, SNAP. I did. Somewhat d pointed at first not seeing many rats, butin a few days didn't live one. What were notkil not around my place. RA! sure does the trick." Thre 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and gi teed by Smith Hardware and Schonberg's Pharmacy. ing car, self starter, etc. A b gain, at $125.00. Dodge Brothers 'Roadster, cellent condition, $375. Chevrolet 490 Model, 192 4 strator; factory guarantee; `.1 tery etc., $400. 'Surely the above are thbes gains offered this spring., .