THE 1918 MAXWELL $745 f. o. b. Detroit, Mich., $807 Delivered in Covington See it on display in the new F. G C. Auto Shop which will be open for business next Monday. N. H. FitzSimons is special Maxwell Dealer for St. Tammany Pasish and demonstrations in any section of the parish will be cheerfully arranged. We have accommodations for storing a limited number of autos; will wash cars and give gen GARAGE SERVICE. Call and see us for your auto's sake. New quarters separate from our Complete Gro cery Deparment. FZSIMONS GROCERY COMPANY AUTO SHOP GASOLINE OILS TIRES St. Tanmmany Farmer D. B. Maos, e * Proprietor. BRING THE RED (~ROSS INTO EVERY HOME. Governor Pleasant has issued a proclamation calling attention to the greil dependence of'America and the allied powers upon the Red Cross for the relief of the armies and of suffering humanity. It is desired to strengthen this order and to add to its usefulness by giving it a member from every home. There are now 6,000,000 members in the three thou sand chapters in this country, and there is to be a Christmas drive to in crease the membership to 10,000,000. The Gulf District, which is our district, will try to make 'up 500,000 of this new membership. But it must be remembered that mere mermbership without work adds little to the strength of the order. The making of surgical dressings, the knitting of warm clothing and the provision of needed supplies of all kinds is what counts for the relief of our soldiers. There has been much done 'by the women of our parish, but a great deal more could 'be done if there was a worker in every home. There are a few women who are constantly working. But how many are there, if asked what they had done, who would 'be compelled to reply that they had done nothing? Read the Governor's proclamation on another page, remember the many appeals that have been made by President Wilson, ask your parish chairman how many, many more surgical dressings and knitted goods are needed. Then if you are not a member join and get to wort, and if you are and have been something of a slacker in this work, get busy and make up for it. Appeals are coming in strong for more and more sulplies. it may be your own boy that will suffer for lack of them. If not, some other boy will. Some boy who is fighting to save his country-to give you liberty and protection. Any woi n who thinks this over, if she has the heart of a mother, will feel that she cannot in justice to herself keep out of this work. Even the 'busiest may find time to do something for those who are risking life for their country. In the resignation of Mr. C. M. IAddle from the school board, the parish loses one of the most earnest and efficient members Mr. Liddle has always been a great friend of education and a conscientious wor'.er for advancement of the schools. His resignation is to be regretted. NEWS! NEWS! - NEWS! FOR SALE-Car load of good young mules. Cheap. Call and see them. H. J. SMITH'S SONS. FOR SALE-New six-room house, 13 lots, on one of main streets. dobt. Iange, Madisonville. BASH and DOORS at 1 )w prices, at Alexius Bros. & Co. dl-4t WANTED-25,000 men for the United States Navy. Wonderful op portunities for young men between the ages of 18 and 35 years. Men who registered June 5th are e4=9l0e ofr volunteering in the Navy, except those who have been notified by loca boards to report for examinaton. Firemen are especially needed. Age 21 to 35 years. This rate is the beginning of a mechanical ca reer in the Navy, and leads to ad vancement to all higher grades. Apprentice Seamen are also need-' ed. Age 18 to 30 years. This rate is the beginning of a career in the Navy and leads to advancement to all higher grades. FOR RENT-Two Lnfurnished rooms, screened, modern conveni snees. Phone 294. d8-2t LASH and DOORS at low prices, it Aleztu Bros. & Co. d1-4t FOR SALE. Two ox wagons, one Linsey and one Cliff-Williams, in thorough or der, for quick purchaser. $50 and $75 will take them. Ernest Prieto, Mandeville, La. oc27tf FERTILIZER-For oats and win ter vegetables. Famous 'Meridian Brand. Low -prices. Alexius Bros. & Co. dl-4t FERTILIZER-For oats and wan ter vegetables. Famous Meridian Brand. Low prices. Alexius Bros. & Co. dl-4t LA)ST, STRAYED OR STOLEN One cream colored young Jersey cow. No marks or brands. Short turned in horns. Reward offered. Notify Chas. J. Moultis, Slidell. n24-3t FOR S1AFI-Ten thousand onion plants. Red Bermuda. White 1ler muda and Red Creole; $ L.') per thousand. Apply to Dr. M. R. Fish er. Covington. La. dS-tf HOW TO PREVENT CROUP. In a child that is subject to at tacks of croup, the first indication of the disease is hoaresness. Give chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as the child becomes hoarse and the attack may be warded off and all danger and anxiety avoided. -Adv STRAYED OR STOLEdN-Four sows and one boar, Duroc Jerseys. Gone since Sunday week, November 25. Reward of $10.00 will be paid for their return to Paul Laborde, Jr., Covington, La. WANTED-Tar burners by con tract; $4.00 per ,barrel, with light wood and barrels furnished. Apply "SDP" care of this office. WANTED-To purchase cord wood 4 foot pine or hard woopd, in car lots. New Orleans Stock-Food Co., New Orleans, La. SUCCESSION NOTICE. Succession of William A Martin. No. 21, Succession Docket. Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, State of Louisiana. Whereas Ernest Prieto has pe titioned the court for letters of ad ministration on the estate of the late William A. Martin, deceased in testate: Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern, to show cause, with in seven days, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be grant ed and why the descriptio and valua tion of the said estate, on file in the office of the Clerk of this Court, should not 'be approved and homolo gated. By order of the Court. This 5th day of December, 1917. C. S. FREDTRICK, d8-3t Chief Deputy Clerk. A USEFUL PAIN. Covington. People Should Heed Its Warning. Have you a sharp pain or a dull ache across the small of your back? Do you realize that it's often a time ly sign of kidney weakness? Prompt treatment is a safeguard against more serious kidney troubles. Use Doan's Kidney Pills. Profit by this nearby resident's experience. Mrs. J. Key, 632 S. Salceda St., New Orleans, Ia., says: "My kid neys troubled me a great deal. when I got up in the morning, my back was sore and lame and I tired easily. My back ached and I had frequent headaches. My kidneys acted irregularly. Dean's Kidney Pills stregnthened my back and re lieved all symptoms of kidney trouble." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Dcan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Key had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. -Adv. SLIDELL LETTER fact, we are informed that the con tractor has advised that trree thou sand yards of shells will be delivered iere within tes days. and we knsuw the Mayor will be right on the Job in his new car. The Radcliffe Cliautauqua., which was successfully held here Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and 3, with a devotional ser vice and sermon by Dr. J. G. Corn well, a very forceful and logical speaker whom it was a pleasure to hear. While we understand a great financial success was not attained the educational value of the lecture and entertainments given at the sih performances were great and on dif ficulty was had in obtaining guaran tees for next year's Chautauqua, in fact, double the number of signa tures were had over those of this year. The School League met in regular session Tuesday, 'Dec. 4. After dis posing of routine business a very in teresting paper by Mrs. Chas. Gus man, entitled "Our School Twenty Years Ago," in which some very in. teresting facts were brought out. Mrs. Guzman was first president o1 the School League twenty years ago. The paper is as follows: Twenty years ago there was no public school in Slidell. The cause was this: in order to have a public school an enrollment of thirty pupils with average attendance of twenty two, was necessary. The teachers salary was '$25 a month with board free. The parish granted bu three months school a year. Therefore, either for insufficient enrollment or lack of fund's Slidell was without a public school. There was no public school build ing. For years the Pythian Hall and sometimes another building which was 'built for the use of various re ligious sects for their church ser vices, and called a club house, were used for the scohool.The school was fitted up with long wooden benches of common rough lumber. Desks were unheard of luxuries. The teacher used a small wooden table, rough and unlovely. These were the uncomfortable and unattractive fur nishings of our school. In looking back a few years before this time--about 22 years ago---I re member Miss Brown was teacher here, and before her Miss Ellen 01 sen--both very fine women and held in high esteem by the people of Sli dell. There was always a private school and a parochial school, these two schools made it hard to get a suffici ent enrollment to have a public school. Miss Lydia Neuhauser taught a private school during the three years that there was no pulblic school. We all loved her very much. She had 35 or 40 pupils. They were crowd ed in the club house, with none o0 the comforts of a modern school. Seventeen years ago Judge Jos. B. Lancaster was appointed Suwerin tendend of Education for St. Tam many parish. He was a fine man, and knew the value of education. He loved the children. "Love begets love"-so we all loved Judge Lan caster. Judge Lancaster ibegan to build up the Slidell school. He appointed two teachers, ,Miss Sarah Hughes and 'Mrs Mamie Gegartl. He increased the term from three months to six months. The old Pythian Hall was used, with a calico curtain stretched across to make two rooms. Many of the pupils were asked to bring their own benches. There were about 80 pupils enrolled. After this the population of SLidell grew so rapidly that at one time it was necessary to teach in three dif ferent buildings. On Jdne 23, 1904, some of the good ladies of the town proposed the building of a school house. They banded together and called them selves the 'cBhool .Society." The A PURE Vegetable Oil Bu. Sti FROM - Po Neura St. Tammany SoreThra Rheuma ' Pine Trees SkinD Recent discoveries of uses for Pe Oi brought out the fact that it is one of the greatest of healers in most all eruptions, has wonderful medicinal properties in the treatment of many disasesm and is unexcelled as a house hold remedy generally. Our 1918 Christmas Saving Club Now Ope On December 15, 1917, we will distiibute $4,800. among 381 members of our 1917 Christmas Saving Club Be one of our 198 Christmas Savings Club; you can start with a payment of: ONE CENT, or TWO CENTS, or FIVE CENTS, or TEN CENTS, or TWENTY-: FIVE CENTS, or ONE DOLLAR, and receive a check on December 15,' 1918, for your savings with 4 per cent interest added. Now is the time to plan for next CHRISTMAS. ST. TAMMANY BANK &TRUSTC COVINGTON. Branch at Mandeville. dues were '10 cents a month and they gave entertainments to raise money for the building of the school. The school was erected and ready for the October term. It was paid for in three years by tfis school Society. On July 4, 1904, the -first celebra tion on that holiday in Slidell, was given. It was a barbecue and given on the new school grounds. State Supt. of Education J. B. Aswell was present and addressed the people. A brass band from New Orleans and dancing made the day a Jolly one. Mrs. Carrie Crawford was the chairman of the ice cream commit tee. She and the others on her com mittee made and froze 60 gallons of Ice cream. This was every bit sold and the sum of $560 was made on that day. Of this amount $432 was clear profit. This went toward the building fund. The new school cost $2800, of which $900 was given by the school board, the balance was paid by the School Society. Mrs. Hattie Hughes was employed as the first principal of the new school. She had three assistants. The following year it was thought best to have a man principal. Prof. Fenton was employed. Many others in Slidell besides my self can look back over the past twenty-five years, and marvel at the rapid advancement in the education al system. Imagine having no pub lic school building--using make-shifts filled with uncomfortable, rough benches, and only a three months term, as compared with our school today. This advancement has convinced me that a woman's sphere is where she can do the most good for man kind, and is not confined to the hoe alone. Had it not been for the work of the public spirited women of Slidell, our school of today could not have attained its present efficiency. Just a ward for our school of to day. I appreciate deeply this fine building and its splendid equipment. I appreciate the good work of our Ward Director, Hon. C. M. Liddle, who has so unselfishly devoted his time and energy for the betterment of our schbol.' I am proud of our school today. I am proud of its ef flcient teachers headed by Prof. H. U. Baker, whose good work in the school will never- be forgotten in Slidell. Prof. H. U. IBaker, who had just returned from his trip North, gave a description of his journey, dwell ing rparticularly on school playground and discipline exercises in the dif ferent schools visited at Gary, Ind., Chicago, Ill., and Madison, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Leinhard, of New Orleans, and Miss Eloise Mar mion, of Pass Christian, Miss., were visitors to 'Mr. and 'Mrs. W. J. Se bastian, last Sunday. Mrs. F. Salmen, Miss Ellarose Sal men, Mrs. C. Cunningham, attended the wedding in New Orleans of Miss Mary Grassin to Lieut. Maunsel W. Wilkinson, son of the late Dr. J. B. Wilkinson. 'Miss Salmen was brides maid and the only attendant: Mr. C. M. Tilley left Monday on a business trip to Mobile and Laurel. Miss Edna Arnold is in receipt of a piece of German air plane gasbag from "somewhere in France," which makes us feel as though we are not so far away from the battlefields, though more than three thousand miles distant. The Southern Lailway is taking .on girl clerks wherever possible to replace men called to service. Alt. W. A. Parker now has two young ladfes, Miss Florence Gnssnm and Miss King, on his eleuical foro,'aaA New Odems Gregt North Railroad EXCURSION Every Saturday and Sunday to New Orleans From following stations at fazes named: Fare for Round Trip . POM Saturday Sunday FOLSOM ........... ....... ~85 1. ONVILL ................ s.5 1.25 BAMIA Y...5........... .. t 1.00 COVINGTON .............. tl 1.00 ABITA SPRINGS.......... 7 15 1.00 MA IVILL .......... 1. 1.00 IACOMU ................ 1.0 LeOO Tickets good going and returning on date of ol only. For further partieulars oall on Agent or write M. J. McMAHON, 905 Whitney Central Bldg., New Orleans, Louisiana. STANGA MERCANTILE C ABITA SPRINGS, LA. Are prepared to give yout 1. The best average prices in St Tammany parish. 'i 2. Sixteen ounces to the pound. 3. Complete satisfaction or money back. "We deliver the goods" we undertand is obtaining good serviee. Miss A. T. Bell spent the week-end here as guest a the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Halley. Mrs. W. A. Parker and two child ren returned Sunday from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Gillispie at Tusca loosa, Ala. Mrs. W .H. Thompson spent last Thursday with Mrs." B. P. Dunham. Mrs. J. B. Manley returned from Laurel after spending Thanksgiving with her mother. ,Miss Estelle Gillis spent Monday in New Orleans. The teachers and onlcers of the Baptist Sunday School are rehears ing the children of the primary de partment for their entertainment to be given