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D. . MASON, Editor COVARNGTON, ., ST, OCTOB , 19 .. 49
D. H. Masox, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 197. O (I N 9
EST. TAMMIANY PARISH FAIR BIGGS SUCCESS YET
0. . R~ a i 1 EC o II I I I o II I N. Ie D p o n IICg IoI 11 nEt
N. O. G.. N. Railroad Company To Build New Depot In Covington
CHRISTIAN SC'HUITZ.
A Covington boy who was one of
4the rst to answer the call of the
iountry for volunteers. He is now
See of the crew of the U. S. Patrol
bost No. 938. He Is the son of Mr.
ad -Mrs. Herman Schultz, Sr.
TWO MILLION
`-SEALS FOR RED
CROSS TO BE
SOLD.
I early two million Red Cross Xmas
ati.l, the twentieth century bullets
a-gsd in the war on tuberculosis,
been ordered by the Louisiana
sti-Tuberculosis League, for the
fy season campaign, according
ýa as announcement today by Dr. T.
. ell, the field secretary of the
hi . le Louisiana has been able to
d splendid work with incipient cas
at Camp Hygela, in St. Tammany
this only a$us the begin
of a great wo Being a pub
.61 enterprise, an . pendent upon
Sgenerosity of all the people of
for support, every effort
ehng made to give the widest pub
possible to every feature of
4 '0ght now being made against
Great White Plague.
' ~ Iancial support necessary
.r.aging war against this dreadful
y comes largely from the pro
derived from the sale of the
Cros Christmas Seals, which
p~~ rovided by the American Red
Society. While the selling
does not commence until No
nr, the men and women who are
Sthe Louisiasa light against
"white plague" are strong be
in preparedness and are al
laying campaign plans. It is
to perfect a selling organi
that will cover every city,
and country cross roads in
esanas. Commercial and civic
Italseations, doctors, ministers,
, postmastesr, school teachers,
1 children, women's clubs, fra
l, labor unions, and, in feeact,
tally every man, woman and
Al in Louisiana will be called up
to aid in the success of the camh
Sits estimated that at the present
there are two million sufferers
tuberculosis In the United States.
means practically one case In
ifty of our population; no
unity is free of tubercular
One of the 'best ways in
the reader can co-operate, is
helping in the sale of the Red
Seals. It is a great work and
w y of your best efforts. The
organization to be perfected
Covington and throughout the
of St. Tammany requires ~your
ce. The officers of the Lou
Anti-Tuberculosis League urge
yea write today, pledging your
ration, and furnishing the
of any friends that you think
be glad to give a part of their
at home. Letters should be ad&
eto the Field Secretary, La.
Tuberculosis League, New Or
Louisiana.
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rAHNCKE CO. IN
SSTALLS FIRE
FIGHTING
OUTFIT
te institution of fire protection
the Jahncke S~hipyards at Madi
i. a matter of considerable
Ce, and the success that met
!-out last Saturday gives c'n
of absolute protectton.
tmervoir nine feet deep waa
A the yard and connected with
main to the river, cau ing
w by gravitation, the res
being lower than the river
Fire plugs conne,-t with
ervolir and the water was
Into these plugs throuzh s:x
by high ipressuro e.mgines,
a supply of water that
the vesse:s or buildings !n- a
shower bath which na fire
l e. Each plug has two
for three-inch hose.
SOME OF THE BOATS OF SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB THAT WERE IN
RACE LAST YEAR AND WILL BE IN THIS, AT COVINGTON WHARF
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TRINKET FUND
A COMPLETE
SUCCESS
The Trinket Pund entertainment
at the school auditorium, last Fri
day, was at success. Mr. MorgAn
made a speech that was h:h!ly ap
preciated and very instructive and
interesting. It was a thoroughly
patriotic speech and perfhaps might
not have been relished* by Senator
Vardaman; but it was thoroughly in
accord with the sentiments of the
people here who heard it, and he
was warmly applauded.,
The gifte of old gold' an 1 silver
were numerous, there 'eing many
antiquities and heirlooms, some of
which would not have bean parted
with by the owners for their sympa
thy for the cause---their love of the
soldier boys who have given their
services to their country.
Mr. Whit 'Riggs acted as auntion
eer, and with the consent af the
donors some of the pieces were auc
tioned off.
The services of the Boy Scouts
and others who assisted is greatly
appreciated. .Eleven pounds of sil
ver, two and one-half pounds of gold
and $53 In money was donated.
Mrs. Hardwick is now 'talking of
organizing a cluib to provide " kits"
for the soldiers. These kits will cost
but one dollar eachl to thosa who
wish to make them up and will con
tain many useful article. for the
soldiers. She has made arr.tnme
ments to get materials and artil-'s
that go with them very cheap. Each
kit that is sent will Ibe acknowledged
by the one receiving Alt, and the
boys would hold such gifts very dear
ly, in the thought that they were
remembered by the women at home.
POTATO ILN
TO BE OPEN
NOV. 5.
The sweet potato dry kiln has 'been
completed and ready for filling, and
I wi-hx to notify all who want to use
this house to read this notice closely.
A dry kit must be filled in not
more than a week's time--thin is a
very important point. It wculd be
'better to fill the kiln in three days
and start curing. This house holdq
3000 bushels, and ought to be ecsily
filled in three or,tfour days in good
weather. I am going to fix Monday,
November 5th, the first day for fill
ing the kiln and the balance of the
t week will be used, if necessary. If
you cannot bring your potatoes on
Monday bring them Tuesday. It
you cannot bring them Tuesday
bring them Wednepdqp or Thursday.
As stated above, ali.eek will be
used it necessary. - Do' not bring
iemall potatoes or o slr larg3 ones.
Ibut bring potatoes you wofld
- like to buy yourself wa e will have
no trouble. The p e uring will
not amount to much on~-need
3 old off from fear of-igh curing
- rate, It will be abo 0,to 1"a cents
per bushel, I think.
t Deo't forget M November
Sj 5th tP Saturday, 10th as
Sdays to come with. bos,
rarm Daeonstrator.
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PARISH FAIR IS
TRIUMPH OVER
ALL OTHERS
HELD HERE
Addresses by Mayor Behr
man, Senator Stafford
\. and F. J. Heintz.
MR. SCHWARTZ OPENS
THE FAIR FOR MAYOR.
Pres. Warner Announces
Promise of Better Fair
Has Been Kept.
The opeping of the St. Tammany
Parish Fair, Thursday, revealed
great progress in the art of malking a
fair representative of Its people.
The industries and resources of the
parish were more distinctly outlined,
more forcibly presented; not simply
by profunion of products, Ibut be
cause they were presented in a man
ner to associate them with success
fual business management, leaving
the impression that back of it all
there was energy and ability for sti:l
further accomplishment in the fu
ture. No one could go through the
fair without being impressed that
there It a big future for, St. Tam
many parish in agriculture and stock
raising. While the exhibition of
stock was not an improvement over
last year, when it it considered that
great demands have been made upon
stdck-raisers all over the country and
that much has been sold, and that
other fairs, as a rule have not im
proved on their stock exhibits, we
should feel that we are doing very
nicely. The chicken show, on the
other hand, was much larger than
last year, and the corn and grain
exhibits, notwithstanding the dry
summer, are the finest we have had,
while all agricultuPal exhibits are
Ane. Cane this year, just as it did
last year, shows that we are especi
ally ad pted to its growth.
In the way of amusements, there
is a great improvement, the Midway
presenting a lively scene of enjoy
ment, with tent show- and merry
go-round.
Aecommodations for exhibits and
the care of guests, the Rest Room,
the restaurant, the candy and other
booths are much more comfortably
proportioned and (better prepared to
serve the public. The Red Cross
nurses, working on articles for the
soldiers and dressed in their pretty,
ettractive uniforms, called to mind
the great comfort they must be in
their ministerings to the soldiers in
actual battle.
The E1ducational Building is the
greatest new addition to the fain
grounds. It is large, commodious
and well built, and represents an ex
Spense that was difficult to meet and
that took all the energies of the wo
Ien of the School League and school
sildren., _Nepsly every public school
Iag theg pear and St. Scholastics's,
Chinchuba and St. Paul's College had
separate booths full of school work,
both interesting and educational.
The parade started on schedule
time about 1:30 p. m., after Mayor
Behrman and party had been dined
at Gabe's Tavern. The line-up was
as follows:
DeDroit's Band; Herman Schults,
grand marshal; Boy Scouts, Red
Cross and auxiliaries in automobiles;
SEidell, Mandeville, , Madisonville,
Folsedn, Lacombe; Officers Progres
sive Union; Town Council; Mayor
Behrman and party; invited guests;
fair oficials.
On arrival at the fair grounds,
speakers, officials and mehntbers of
the spress were given seats on the
platform.
J. H. Warner, president of the
Fair Association, opened the fair
with the announcement that the
promise that the Elighth Annual Fair
should exceed its predecessors in
those things that go to make a par
ish fair representative of its pur
poses; that make it an educational
institution and valuable example and
upbuilder, had been made good.
The educational building had been
built by all the schools and educa
tional institutions of the parish, and
by the help of the saw mill people
in donations of lumber. He also
called attention to the additions to
the Main Building and other increas
ed facilities for conducting the fair.
Mr. Warner then introduced Mr.
Schwartz, as representative of Mayor
Lacroix, who was not able to be
present.
A. D. Schwartz.
My name does not appear on the
program. I was called up at a late
hour this morning by Mr. P. J. La
croix, Mayor of the town of Coving
ton. He requested that I account
for his absence. 'Mr. Lacrofx is suf
fering from a severe pain which he
sustained whilst on a hunting trip
yesterday. He did not send me a
copy of his prepared address. As I
have neither a sprained knee or a
prepared speech, I shall meet the
inevitable in the best way that I can.
I do not think that an address of
welcome is necessary. I think the
atmosphere is eloquent of every form
of hospitality that could be put 'into
words in behalf of the people of Cov
ington. Covlngton is proud of its
t. -Tammany Parish Fair. We are
all the more impressed of its success
this year as a permanent institution
by the quality of the guests we are
about to entertain. It is now my
privilege, ladies and gentlemen, to
introduCe Honorable Martin Behr
man, not necessarily of New Orleans,
but of Louisiana.
Mayor Martin Be.mnan.
Mayor Behrman said he was pleas
ed to see the people interested in its
fair. That the interests of Coving
ton had of New Orleans were the
same. He was glad to note the pro
gress being made in the growing of
live stock. The cities were consum
ers; the country producers. it was
the interest of the city to have the
best tO consume and of the producer
to produce the best that could be
produced, and production should be
as great and waste as little as poe
sible. We were battling with a na
tion of conservationists, whose ex
ample in this respect was a lesson
in eficiency.
The beautiful i8ag which you see
raised here for the .irst time boating
on foreign soil, there to defend what
America has always stood for, "de
moersh ao the pseple." It will not
(t .Mget - em a ) 2)
N. 0. G. N. WILL
CONSTRUCT A
NEWDEPOTIN
COVINGTON
Mr. Parris, Mr. McMahon
and Mr. Henley Visit
the Parish Fair.
WILL CO-OPERATE
WITH COVINGTON.
Interests of the Company
and the City are
Mutual.
Mr. F. J. Heints, attorney for, the
Association of Commerce In the mat
ter of taking before the Railroad
Commission an appeal for a. new de-.
pot for Covlngton, anounces that the
New Orleans Great Northern .bIl
road Company is willing to baild a
depot, and that the structure will be
a modern pressed brick front on the
plan of the depot at Blidell,4but that
the Company would like the time to
be eszended to six months hence.
This was eonceded to as a air prop
osition.
Mr. Farris, Mr. McMahon sad M]r.
Henley were. In Covi.gton Friday to
visit the pariah fair, and they an
nounced themselves as pleased with
it. In regard to the depot, these
gentlemen ezpresad themselves as
desiring to do what they could to
help build up Covington, but the
matter waq not a simple one and re
quired time and study. There must
also be co-operation of the eitizses
of oCvlngton. It I. only through
mutual and co-operative worh that
things can be accomplished... It is
felt that the people of Covington will
appreciate having a new depot and
will try to show that the building of
it will inure to the fbneft of the
road, and will increase the friendly,
feeling and interest 'in the sccess
of the road.
4.MINUTE GMEN
APPOINT THEIR
SPEAKERS.
Mr. AA. L Bear has been appointed
chairman of the local branch of
Four-Minute Men, and bas been
working on lines to bring the great
eut aid to the governmbnt in the ful
Allment of its dbecis.
The purposes of the Pour-Minute
Men is to assist the various depart
ments of the government in the work
of national defense durtin the.ot-*
tinuance of the war by the prgviston
of a national organiastion of volun
teer speakers to prsept to moving
pilture theatre euidimees foprian
Ste direct mesases on sublees or
Tal l importsace posatd
niderý sty and directiton t the
(Conatinsd o i~ s o.)
BOAT RACE OF1
THE SOUTHERN
YACHT CLUB
ON TO-DAY
Handsome Cup Is Given By I
Fair Association.
As Trophy.
CLUB WILL BE DINED: (i
BY FAIR COMMITTEE.
Boats Will Reach Coving- I
ton This Evening
Before Dark.
Mr. Schonberg, of the Fair Asso
eIation, who has been active In i~- (
ducing the Southern Yacht Club to I
put on a race during our parish fair,
has received notice .from the club .
that the race will take place today.
The start will be made from West 1
End, New Orleans, the auzliary
yachts startin at 1it m. and the
other boats at ,1 p. m. This will
insure their arrival at Cogyigton e.
fore dark, and t iS certain *et
quite a namber of boats with their
guests will come over. Arrange
ments have been made for their en
tertainment, and t is especsad to
make their stay in Covlngton glles
ant.
A member of the club wrrtinga
Mr. Scbotherg, swys: '"Prom pre
eat indicatiom we feel esasred that
we will start leet of jot bes tun
ten or twelve boats. Up to th ta.
eat time we have received the entry
of the allowlng boatrs: renda i,
Ouenaniche, BIMabet, -Wait, Violet,
Weand, pitre I.. NathiLe, ad.
Grive.Ja, and the auniMary ryea.s
Alga, Louise, Boomerang and Tomea
hawk, and hope that before start
ing time we may add to these."
This was writte on the nd.- lance
then the followin entries have been
announced: Cabin rulsers: Bren.
da N, Vice Commodore C. B. Pon
owner; Ouaanlche, Qapt. Albert
Schba.enburg and Dr. A. . Ma.tiar
mid, owners; Wait, ,Robt. C. Mc
Clure owner; Violet, Percy 6.s Baee
dict owder; ]isbeth, A. Mackle
owner; Nahale,. Dr. W. M. Miller
owner; IWandas C. W. Anderson
owner; Splire Ut; 3EgenPa Pierce
owner; Auxiliary Cruiser.: Laise,
(echooner) .. Poxley owner; Olp,g
(y.ew rigged sloop) P. J. Conrad
owner; Ton mhwk, (yawl rigged
sloop) Win. You.T owner; Boom
erang, (yawl rgged sloop) William
Vettery, owner. The last named
four eraft will ae both sails and
enilnes in 0 rac-e.
The race will end at Old Landing.
because the river is not roomy or
deep enough to coaltage the race to
Covi.lton, but the bo.ts will con
tine to OCrovngton t-good speed so
as to reach hero as soon as possible
before dark., ;t will be a pretty
sight to, see them Come up the river
and no doubt a large, crowd will
gather to no and welcome them
here.
SThe I Yat .Clap is adding a cup
for the y.Oetaeishing second ,and a
special cup ort the wlnner among the
suEllSary tas. This was done as
an extra Inducement, to get as many
eptrles as possible.
The cup gsrem by the ,air Asso.
ctitga is sterling sliver, and is very
liaomRe. rAll .eps .,of the Asso
clation are of sterling silver.
Captain Dudley H. Weaver M.
also been greatly interel In the
event.. He knows every; foot of the
river sad every leaue of e. water
over whloh the rae will Sake place,
Oceauned on page 5)
ODVING ON BANWK * SAWIT (ar .
During the peast week there was
n esia bition a the lobby of the
Co.ngston Dank & Trust Co. some
sple.did speclmens of corn grown by
the. t. Tammany Corn Club boys,
sad preserves end canned good, put
up by the Canning Club Grls. The
winners in the Corn Club Epzhibit
were: nrst,, Robert Williams, of
Bush; seconad, Chms. Dutach, Jr., of
Waldheim; third, Hubert Williams,
Bush. The winners in the Gannain
CO1b edsr t were: Fst, .Miss Al
ph Itmaga, Geodbe; -second, Miss
Ruby Williams, Bus, and Miss lise
Goodbee, of Goedbee; third, hiss
Ruot Martin, Covia onm.
Other splendid exhibits were made
by the blpowfti club members:
Olarm hauntleroy, Ros. Meadow,
Hasel Jones. fit m Martin, ot the
Canning Club; Nelson haerp, Henry
Ka.t r:ant WMadow, William Cook,
Wlli e vlna house, George Revere,
Freak Fauntleroy, Raussel Martin,
Ra~ Otratham., tPeson Stoas,
Arthur frrvs, Willis Galloway,
Charlae Menow, William Jenkins,
Mela `nQuae, Elvin Bush and Ed
wurd Reve..
The Coesagtea Dank and Trust
ql, asre so pi d with the resmls
iithis e[ast eshibit that tey have
[amueet their intention of mblag
ýk Q z* . fi f ý 'f ý
LDELL USOCIAL
AND GENERAL
NEWS IPAST
WEEK
Pricilla Club Will Furnish
Garments for Slidell
Boys Only.
QUESTION OF STAYING
IN LEAGUE -SETTLED.
Red Cross Auxiliary Has
Shipped Garments and
Surgical Bandages.
Slidell, Oct. M.-Tbhe Priscilla
Club met Monday afternoon with a
good representation of its member
ship, in the home of Mrs. Sam Sol.k
berger. Two members were takef
I--Mrs. Dunetan and Mrs. G. Sol
berger, Jr. The net meeting will
be with Mrs. Lewis T'lley.
Slace the cleb has resolved to fur..
nish garments to Slidell boys only
the question of remaatning in the
leage was settled and we shall be
known in the future as formerly
The Pisclla Olub.
The problem confrontiNg us now
is a means to Obtan sufeleont wool
for all. We hope to svo v thin troa
donations, some of Wehi we have
rec.sved from the League and from
lndirtuals. It takes shont aevat
dollars for each set and we have re
ceived about twelve dollars in eash
and sixteen sweater and mittens
from the League, so if any one who
is interested in these boys wish to'
help n this cause we wilN be ver
glad to hear trom them n. person
or through any member fAthelt.,b
The activities of the BSldell Anu
iWary of St. Tammany graiPh of the
American Red Cross are emaniest
by shipments of 31 garments and
eleven and one.hal dosen surgical
dressings. Owing to an accident to
the car which was to lave been
decorated to be In the parade and
represent 811dell Red Cross Auxli
ary, on opening day at the Pair,
much disappointment was felt by all
members on not befsg able to geot
.another sitable car in time and we
.eret very muIh our nlability to be
resent.
Those ladles who have registered
for service could aid a great deal by
devoting a couple of hours twice a
week to Ted Cross work at their
homes. T'es Sildell S Branch would
aºpreeSate such help from the large
tumber registered here, and just a
little help from each one would ao
complish wonders.
Liset. Cecil Neuhauser spent Sun
dar and Monday here with his gr
ants, Mr. and Mrs. U. 0. Neu.aser.
Lieut. Neubheser is now stationed at
Camp Beauregard, near Alexandria.
Mmes. B. P. Dunham, J. H. Man
ley. W. A. Parker and A. V. Hover
were in Covington, Wednesday, In
the interest of the 811dell School
Lesie.
Mr. and Mrs. rits Salmon and
daughter, Miss Ella, are home after
a three weeks stay in Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. F H. Lott was a New Or
leans visitor Saturday.
Mr. Paul Coranib attended the
football game in New Orleans last
Saturday.
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SOCIAL SERVICE
COMMITTEE OF
COUNCIL OF
DEFENSE
The Socdl BServree Comm!ttee of
the National Connell of Defense for
St. Tammany parish held a meeting
at the courthouse, last Saturday, and
it was deoded to send Christmas
package to the soldiers. Thee
packages are being made up through
out. the whole eountry, and the com
mnittee will see that the boys, of St.
Tammany parioh are not overlookeil.
" A piokage of msagaines were seat
to our boys In the Navy, and one
htndrd subscrtptlons to The St.
Tammany armer were taken by the
committee to be seat to the boys In
camp.
Mr. J. D. Grant, of Slidell, made
a donation of $25 for the committee
work, end Mr. N. G. Dav1i, of Cov
tagton, donated $10. It is request
ed that those who are willing to'
make donatlons to this eause send
themn i to Mr. Harvey j. Ellis,
hairman of the aommittee, or to
Miss Kse ]astman, treasurer.
Mr. Ellis as 'been ia correspond
enee with o.lals at Washington
relative to the seeuring of a pension
for Revens Thompson, a nephew of
Mr. eauntleror, who lost his toot
whie In miitary service, during the
andling of ears for tmaasportlng
trIops. SUr. PiWs hlass tea'plram
ed hat a geeson aot $38 petmoath
01 * e rrmaed, .*en the provies
po ftml.bistet!.