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D . MAsoN, Editor COVI sMON, LA., SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1919 VOL. 45 No. 14
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GOVERNMENT IS
PLANNING TO
PROVIDE FOR
SOLDIERS
Tells How Valuable Home
May Be Acquired With
No Money In Hand.
WORK GIVEN TO
EARN FIRST PAYMENT
Farm Stocked and Crops
Clanted When Posses
sion Taken.
"Hey There! Do You Want a
Home On a Farm?"
This is the unique title of a little
booklet which the Secretary of the
Interior, with the active co-operation
of Lhe War and Navy Departments
is sending to the various camps oi
the army, navy, and marine corps
throughout the country to ascertain
the attitude of the men toward his
plan for providing them with work
and homes on reclaimed land.
The booklet is in the form of ques
tions and answers which give a comn
plete and concise description of the
plan, and also has attached to it a
post card questionnaire which the
men are asked to fill out and mail to
the Department. Each man inter
ested will be asked to state his name,
home address, age, occupation before
enlistment, whether he has ever
worked on a farm, whether he is in
terested in the plan, what kind of
farming he would like to follow,
whether general, live stock, truck, or
fruit, and whether he would be will'.
ing to take a job in his own State or
anywhere in the United States if a
job on one of these proposed pro
jects is offered to him.
A tabulation of the replies will be
pre ;ented to Congress in connection
with Secretary Lane's reques.t for an
initial appropriation of $100,000,000
to begin construction on meritorious
projects throughout the United
States.
The questions and answers in the
booklet are as follows:
Work And Homes For Our Fighting
Men.
Q. What do you mean, work and
homes?
A. Just this. There is a bill now
before Congress asking for an ap
propriation of $100,000,000, wrhich,
if passed, will enable the Interior
Department to begin work at once
developing co-operative farm settle
ments for soldiers and sailors in all
or nearly all of the States.
Q. Who will get the farms?
A. Those who create them by
working or draining, clearing, irri
gating, and improving the lands.
Q. Will all get farms?
A." That depends on the amount
of land reclaimed.
Q. Is this plan only for men who
have been across?
A. No. It is for all of the men
who have worn Uncle Sam's uniform
in the great war.
Q. Where is this land located?
A. In practically every State in
the Union there are large areas of
this land. There is dry land in the
West that needs water, which can
be provided 'by building dams and
canals. In the East are large areas
of cut-over or logged-off timber land,
from which it will be necessary to
blow the stum.ps and clear off the
underbrush. In the South is a large
amount of cut-over land and swamp
land which must 'be drained.
Q. Could I get a job near my old
home?
A. Probably you could. These
These proposed settlements are scat
tered all over the country, and it is
planned to have one in each State, if
Congress provides the money for the
construction.
Q. How about wages?
A. You would 'be paid fair wages
by the Government while doing this
work--just as good wages as you
would be able to get in outside work
of like character.
Q. Would I 'be enlisted?
A. No. The wolk is only for the
men who have ,been honorably dis
charged from the service.
Q. What kind of work is it?
A. The Government will have
work of all kinds in connection with
these settlements, from the highest
technical and clerical positions to
that of labor.
Q. Now, how about getting a
home out of this?
A. After you have helped build
the dams and canal'-, or cleared the
cut-over land of stumps. or built the
ditches to drain the swamp land;
after you have helped to erect houses
and barns, built fences, constructed
roads, and laid out town sites, ,built
creameries, canneries, warehouses,
schools, etc., after you have, in fact.
actually reclaimed the land, the Gov
ernment will allow you to spick out
one of these farms planted in crops.
Q. Does the Government give me
this farm for nothing? /
A. No. And you wouldn't want
the Government to do it. The plan
is to arrange for you to pay for your
farm home in small payments over a
long term of years. with interest
(Contlnued on page 6)
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SEILER-DUTIJON.
Mr. Jocab Sei!ler, :he popular pIost
mraster of Covington, and Miss
Bertha Dulion. daughter of Mr. P. .T.
Dulion, for many years an official of
the municipal government. were mar
ried at St. Peter's Catholic Church
Thukay .F.ebruary 20. 1919., the
ceremony .eing performed by Rev.
Father John Burger. the pastor.
The wedd:n -g was private. only im
mediate relatives being present and
Mrs. John Domergue acting as mat
TEXT ARTICLES
OF THE WORLD
GOVERNMENT
LEAGUE
President Wilson Reads Re
port to Representa
tives of Nations.
ARMAMENTS ARE
TO BE CUT DOWN
Powers Defend Each Other
From Attack. Guaran
tee Self Government
Paris, France, Feb. 14.-The execu.
tive council of the proposed league of
nations, as outlined in the covenant
read by President Wilson today, will
consist of representatives of the United
ltat.s, Great Britain, France. Italy and
Japan, with representatives of four
other states. The covenant reads as
follows :
Covenant.
Preamble-In order to promote in
ternational co-operation and to secure
international peace and security by
the acceptance of obligations not to
resort to war, by the prescription of
open, just abd honorable relations be
tween nations, by the firm establish.
ment of the understandings of Inter
national law as the actual rule of
conduct among governments, and by
the maintenance of justice and a scru
pulous respect for all treaty obliga
tions in the dealings of organized
people with one another, the powers
signatory to this covenant adopt this
constitution of the league of nations:
Article I.
The action of the high contracting
hne action or the nign contracung
parties under the terms of this cove
nant shall be effected through the In
strumentality of a meeting of a body
of delegates representing the high con
tracting parties, of meetings at more
frequent intervals of an executive
council, and of a permanent interna
tional secretariat to be established at
the seat of the league.
Article II.
Meetings of the body of delegates
shall be held at stated intervals and
from time to time as occasion ,nay re
quire for the purpose of dealing with
matters wilthin the sphere of action of
the league. Meetings of the body of
delegates shall be held at the seat of
the league or at such other places as
may be found convenient, and shall
consist of representatives of the high
contracting parties. Each of the high
contracting parties shall have one vote,
but may have not more than three
representatives.
Article Ill.
The executive council shall (onsist
of representatives of the United States
of America, the British empire,
France, Italy and Japan. together
with representatives of four other
states, members of the league. The
selection of these four states shall be
made by the body of delegates on such
principles and in such manner as they
think fit. Pending the appointment of
these representatives of the other
states, representatives of (blank left
for names) shall be members of the
executive council.
Article IV.
All matters of procedure at meet
ings of the body of" delegates or the
exec'utive council, including the ap
pointient of committees to investi.
gate particular matters, shall be reg
ulated by the body of delegates or
the executive council and may be de
cided by a majority of the states rep
resented at the meeting.
The first meeting of the body of
delegates and the executive council
shall be summoned by the President f I
the, United States of America. 1
Article V.
The permanent secretariat of the
league shall be established at (blank)
which shall constitute the seat of the i
league. The secretariat shall com- I
prise such secretaries and staff as may
be required, under the general direc- I
tion and control of a secretary general
of the league, who shall be chosen by
the executive council tllhe stcretariat
shall be appointed by the secretary
general subject to confirmation by the
executive council.
The expenses of the secretariat shall
be borne by the states memners of
the league in accordance with the ap
portionment of the expenses of the in
ternational bureau of the' Universal
Postal unlon.
(Continued on page 3.)
ron of honor, yet while the affair was
kept secret and only known to in
timate friends, the surprise came as
a very pleasant incident and the
many friends of the happy couple
entertain the very best wishes for a
prosperous and joyous future for
them.
The bride was charming in a dark
tailored traveling suit with hat to
match, and the groom bore the cheer
ful attitude that has made him so
popular in his official life.
At the train, rice was showered
unon the brid6 and groom with good
wishes and a hearty relish of the
striving to avoid its downnour.
Mr. and Mrs. Seller will spend a
few days in New Orleans, after
-which they willreturn to Covinrton, I
where they w4ii he at home to their'
friends at their residence on 20th and
Jefferson avenue.
WHERE THE AMERICAN DELEGATES ARE RESIDING
'i'lhe handsome Hotel Crillon on the Place de la Concorde, Paris, where the American delegates to the peace congress
are housed.
MONEY AVAILABLE IN
PARISHES FOR
PUBLIC WORK
Baton Rouge, Feb. 17.-In order
to stimulate public and private con
struction throughout Louisiana, also
to obtain accurate information as to
labor conditions in each parish, the
Louisiana State Council of Defense
has collected data on this subject
from forty parishes. Thirty parishes
have funds available for road con
struction and school buildings, while
the majority of the remaining par
ishes have the question of bonds or
taxes for road ,building under con
sideration. The following tabula
tion shows these forty parishes have
$7,332,500.00 available for public
construction, while private buildings
now under way show a total of
$2,735,000. Seventeen parishes re
port a shortage of lambor, especially
for agricultural purposes.
(Continued on tpae 27
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COMMLAiDANT OF THE AMERICAN
PRISONERS IN GERMAN PRIS
ON CAMPS TELL OF HIS
EXPEDIENCES.
Vichey, Feb. 17.-"It was nothing
more than slops. We wouldn't feed
it to the hogs at home." That is
what Sergeant Edgar M. H-aly'urton
says of the food the Germans gave
their American prisoners. Sergeant
Halyburton was the man chosen by
his 2400 fellow American prisoners
at Rasatt as "Commandant" of the
prison camp there where the cap
tured Yanks were finally congregat
ed. He was thirteen months in Ger
many as a, prisoner. When he was
sent to.Rastatj on August 14, 1918,
he found 550 Americans already
there as prisoners.
In an interview here Sergt. Haly
burton said that when he was first
captured on Nov. 3, 1917, the Ger
mans did not allow the Americans
to get in touch with the American
Red Cross representatives at Berne,
Switzerland. He adds that apparent
ly no mail was allowed to go out
from American prisoners. On Janu
ary 25th a wire came from the Red
Cross to the German commander de
manding the names and whereabouts
of all American prisoners captured
on Nov. 3, 1917. The sergeant was
then at what he calls "hell-hole
Tuchel," Germany. He at once sent
in the names of all the American
prisoners he knew of who were cap
tured with him on that date, and this
was allowed to go through.
"Within a month after that," said
Sergt. Halyburton, "Red Cross. boxes
began to arrive regularly about every
week. Apparently the Huns stole a
small percentage of each shipment
of the 'boxes each week, as there
were always several missing and each
time they were boxes of different
men."
While at Tuchel the sergeant wrote
the American Red Cross at Berne,
Switzerland, telling them the Ameri
can prisoners there understood Tu
chel was to 'be made an official Ameri
can prison camp. This was a Yanks
impression from the talk they heard.
At the suggestion of the Red Cross
representatives at Berne, the Ameri
can prisoners at Tuchel had organiz
ed. They then wrote the Red Cross
for a reserve supply of food and
clothing aside from the regular
weekly boxes. "One carload of such
a reserve suoply was shipped by the
(Continued on page 2)
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE IS ON.
The Institufe is on.
Five State agricultural leaders
were slated for Sun and Slidell yes
terday And for Folsom at 10 a. m.
this morning, and Covington this
afternoon Session at the courthouse
to last about two hours. It will be
of interest to business men and wo
men, as well as farmers.
Part of the issue of the day is to
get in some abetter sheep and cattle
blood, and to arrange for shipping a
car of hogs from this place next
Wednesday. Ft. Worth offers from
14 1-2 to 17 1-2 cents per pound live
weight for our class of hogs.
A special rice meeting will be held
i at Madisonville school, Saturday (to
day) at 10 a. m. The rice expert
will join in the program at the court
house in Covington in the afternoon.
AMERICAN-SYRIAN
RELIEF CAMPAIGN
Mr. P. A. Blanchard has been
made parish director of the Ameri
can-Syrian Relief Ca~ip'aign, which
will be conducted in this parish be
tween February 24 and March 1.
This is a deserving cause, and the
selection of Mr. IBlanchard for this
important work is a good one. While
being a very busy man, it seems that
the very busy men are the ones that
are selected for the accomplishment
of 6ig things.
Br. Blanchard has made the fol
lowing ap~pointments of ward man
agers, with the allotment each is
expected to got in his district:
Covington.
Local Director, Rev. F. C. Tal
mage; allotment, $425.00.
Slidell.
Local Director, W. E. Gause; al
lotment, $425.00.
Madisonville.
Local Director, E. F. Caddin, al
lotment, $42x.00.
Mandeville.
Local Director, Charles David; al
lotment, $151).00.
Abita Springs.
Local Director, J. P. Rausch; al
lotment, $100.00.
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WHIT AND THE DODGE CAR.
Richard & Riggs are now dealers
in the Dodge Oar. Everybody knows
Whit'Rggs. He is a weather prophet.
He is the weather man of Covington
(and this is not meant to take away
from him any notoriety gained as a
teller of fish stories). But we must
not ,get away from the subject. He
is now a booster of the Dodge car.
We have often heard that the Dodge
has a wonderful reputation for its.
accomplishments in mountain clim'b
ing and in plowing through the des
ert sands, but we never fully appre
ciated the wonders of this car until
we heard Mr. Riggs version of it.
The ears look very fine and tempt
ing lined up in the showroom of the
company on New Hampshire street.
The enameled bodies (and Mr. Riggs
is careful to explain that they are
ENAMELED, not painted-enamel
ed and burnt in) glisten in the few
rays of sunshine the good Lord has
given us in the past few weeks, and
the weather prophet looks anxiously
at the clouded sky at intervals, as he
tells visitors of the wonderful motor
and the qualities of the car, and ad
mits that as a 'Weather prophet he
has not made good. Mr. Richard
looks helplessly from Whit to the
clean 'wheels to the spotless cars
when somebody speaks about a dem
onstration and Whit desperately
throws open the hood and points out
the good qualities and mechanical
perfection of the engine, the carbu
reter, the generator and gas feed,
but he never says lets take her out
and show the natives something
they haven't seen yet in motor cars.
No; he only predicts fair weather
and cusses under his breath.
Well, Whit, don't worry. Good
weather and good roads are both
c ming, and when they do, we are
sing to give you a chance to show
what the Dodge can do without get
ting muddied up, 'but you can't make
us believe that it is dust proof and
nontaxable like Liberty Bonds nor
that the heavy fenders make it un
necessary to put on a bumper. We
believe you can carry passengers on
them or even a trunk, but we draw
the line when you say the govern
ment used these steel fenders to
make tank cars with when me'al
was short.
But Whit says you can't dodge a
Dodge. It's all there.
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POLICE JTIRY.
There will be a special meeting of
the Police Jury on Tuesday. Februarv
25th, 1919, to consider thb. question
of formal bids on the road 'bond issue
and to transact other 'business inci
dental to the question of these bonds.
F. J. MARTINDALE.
Secretary.
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NATIONAL "EEKa OF SONG.
Friday the school children, under
the auspices of the School League,
celebrated the "National Week of
Song" ,by singing the national airs.
The various church choirs particlpat
ed in this patriotte celebration.
IAUNCHING OF THE CAMPEIAlA).
(By F. F. Wiggihton)
Slidell, La., Feb. 20, 1919.
Special to The Farmer:
The S. S. Cantpello successfully
launched here to-day at 4 o'clock p.
m., and is the second steel ship to be
launched at the local yards tor the
U. S. Emergency Fleet Corporation,
who was represented by Mr. R. o.
Soule, of the U. S. Shipping Board,
construction having been under the
supervision of Mr. R. A. Pierpont,
resident manager.
Miss Sallye Halley was sponsor,
Miss Syoil Nehls maid of honor, and
Mrs. E. F. Hailey matron of honor.
The C'ampello is a Ferris type of
construction of southern yellow pine
over steel frame, is of 3300 'tons ca
pacity, 284 feet 6 inches long, beam
45 feet, depth of hold 24 feet 3
inches, and will draw 20 feet 10
inches loaded, and a light draft of
7 feet. The boat as launched is
85 per cent complete, and will rbe
fitted completely here and ready for
sea by March 15th.
This is a banner day in the history
of the Louisiana Shipbuilding Cor
poration, as they also succedede in
'delivering the S. S. Buchannon,
launched Nov. 10, 1918 and outfitted
here, and which left here on. Feb. 3,
1919, but was unable to get through
shallow water in Bayou Bonfouca un
til today.
As General Manager S. C. Jenk
ins was with the S. S. Buchannon,
Secretary-Treasurer "E. F. Halley was
master of ceremonies, with Supt. C.
H. Godard in active charge of the
launching. As stated, the Campello
is 85 per cent complete, with prac
tically all machinery installed under
the direction of General Foreman E.
Heebe.
Two other steel ships of like con
struction are under way and will be
launched within the next ninety days,
the Mankato aft Bethpage.
The construction of ships by the
Louisiana Shipbuilding Corporation
at Slidell is especially commended 'by
the U. S. Shipping 'Board who, we
are 'advised, state they are the best
steel ships constructed in the South.
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BAPTIST CAMPAIGN PROGR'ESS
ING FINE.
From every section of Louisiana
comes the encouraging news of large
contributions being made to the
$200,000 campaign for the IBaptist
Bible Institute of New Orleans. The
fashion of "over the top" and still
going has a contagion about it that
is becoming state-wide.
Many churches with large lappor
tionments have -already raised their
full quota and more. Big obusiness
men throughout the State are recog
nizing the merits of this institute
and large gifts ranging from $1000
upwards are being made.
The great mass of the Bible con
stituents of Louisiana, however, are
men and women of ordinary finan
cial standing. These are responding
in a sacrificial and large hearted way.
Thousands of dollars are being gath
ered in from the small contributor.
Many people are contributing
bonds of 'previous issue. These af
ford a fine opportunity for those who
have been patriotic to the Govern
ment in the stress of the recent war
and who are unable to contribute
cash in the present appeal.
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LIST OF DEAD LETFERS.
Following is the list of dead let
ters remaining in the Oovington post
office:
Mrs. A. A. Alphonso, Mrs. Prosily
Ard, Mrs. Lucy E. Brown, Mrs. Pink
Borchu, Courtney Booker, Miss Lou
ise Burks, J. B. Caslor, Miss Rose
Carlet, John Carmon, Miss Larmay
Conke 2, Addine Decker, Will Foun
tain, Edwin Gaspard, C. C. Hart,
Leander Hewitt, 'Mits Dollie John
son, Jim Johnson. Miss Velma Jones,
Leon Kinney, Mrs. M. E. Martin, Mrs.
L. Martin. Miss Louise Roberts, Mrs.
Margain Sharp, Willie Sharp.
JAO0 SEIEIJmR.
Postmaster.
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NOTICE.
Public notice is hereby given that
the next examination for teachers'
certificates will be held at the office
of the Superintendent on March 31
and April 1 and 2 for whites, and
April 3, 4, adl 5 for colored.
FLMER E. LYON,
Superintendent.
ITEMS OF INTEREST AT JAHNCKE
SHIPYARDS IN MADISONVILLE
Items of interest to the shipbuilders and public in general will be
published in this column each week, and those who have interesting
news and local notes can forward same to the Editorial Department
Jahneke Shipbuilding Corporation, and they will be handled by them.
Notes should be in so as to be mailed every Wednesday, otherwise they
will be held over until the next week. E. F. OADDIN,
Editor-In-Chief.
The Jahncke Shipbuilding Plant is
the Mecca for men of all trades liv
ing in St. Tammany and adjoining
parishes. The skilled workmanship,
and efficiency of its force of em
ployees, is reflected in the substantial
construction in every detail of three
splendid ships. This accomplishment
it strikes us should be an incentive
to the citizens and "town fathers"
to take some action in the matter
of improving their streets, so as to
prove to the strangers within their
gates, that they too are abreast of
the times, and have some of the spirit
that animated their fellows in the
construction of these fine ships. He
who hesitates is lost. Now com
mence at once to circulate street im
provement propaganda and every
person will assist you who is not a
slacker. We observed that during
the fire last Thursday, which de
stroyed two houses, two very neces
sary things are needed-a fire en
gine and good streets-and we had
neither.
Too much praise cannot be given
to Mr. Louis Stockfileth, plant guard
marshal at the Jahncke Shipyard,
for the masterly and very successful
manner in which he handled the fire
fighters on last Thursday when two
houses caught fire and burned down
in the north end of Madisonville,
known as "Skeeterville."
Mr. Malloy, general superintendent
of the ship yard, was equal to the
emergency, and when the alarm of
fire was sounded he knocked off the
yard and gave orders to .his entire
force to fight the fire to a finish.
These determined men only needed
a trained fireman to direct them and
such a man was found in the person
of Mr. Louis Stockfleth. He worked
with might and main, and it was
largely due to his efforts that the
fire did not spread, as on that day
there was a very high wind blowing.
Madisonville feels proud of Louis
and would like to adopt him as one
of her sons.
A number of the residents of Houl
tonville who are employees in the
ship yard, have stated that at present
the school is closed in Houltonville.
About twenty children for that rea
son cannot attend school. The par
ents would appreciate it if the Parish
School Board would look into this
matter and find out if a teacher can
not be obtained for Houltonville.
The Jahncke Recreation Club Is
growing rapidly and new members
are joining every day. All kinds of
games, music and writing paper are
available and .the employees of the
yard should take advantage of this
place to spend their evenings.
Friends and (patients of Dr. Grim
mer are glad to learn that he has
recovered from the fu and has re
sumed his practice here.
Tramp! Tramp! the 'boys were
marching, marching home at 2 a. m.
The night was cold, but not dark
nor stormy, and the moon shone
clearly but the boys soon became
weary as they marched along, Madi
sonville bound. Some were Hill
Billy's by birth, some by choice.
.Hark, ye Covington lassies, we like
thee well, and thy dance of the K. of
C. was of such splendor that we will
not soon forget, but the Hole E road
from Covington southlbound is not
conducive of that which is best with
in our gentle selves, for as we squad
ed right on one of the moon-lit cor
ners of the road of Hole E Mess one
of our number mentioned the fact
that we were passing a haunted
house, wherein once upon a time
there dwelled an ancient Indian Chief
who had committed suicide when he
irst beheld the Pine Knots and Hill
Billies, but before he died he called
upon his spirt to haunt his old place
of abode and to frighten all Pine
Knots and Hill iBilliel until their
teeth chattered and their knees
knocked. The mental state of the
marching Billies can be imagined.
One of the brave lads, Pons by name,
saw a window of the house close
without making any noise. Calecas,
a stalwa;t lad, observed that the
house seemed .to floait in mid air.
D)an Vinet, who seems to take great
pleasure in writing a'fiout others who
falter, said the chief was shooting
arrows at him from the roof of the
ouse. 'Poor Dan. he has never been
the same since. Now, for the big,
strong fire-eaters, Moses Chatellier
and Louis Stockfleth-what did they
do? "'OTHING! NOTHING!! but
heir teeth chattered and their knees
knocked until the sound resembled
hat of one of the "tin Lizzies" that
brave the road. Bye and bye they
met smiling Gilbert who was north
bound but he quickly became south
bound, much to the joy of the quiv
ering, quaking dancers who were
unable to hire an auto in Covington
that would be brave enough to pass
that haunted house at 2 a. m.
During the period of the war, and
at the present time, a great many
people compalin about the high cost
of living. They go so far as to ~ac
cuse Mr. .Hoover for it. Some accuse
the large interests, ,but who would
have ever thought that the ship yard
workers, both in the yard and in the
office, would enter into a conspiracy
to raise the cost of living? We fear
such is the case, for on last Monday
night, whfle it was pouring rain and
everything looked so gloomy outside,
I went to a certain room in a certain
hotel, thinking that I would find hap
piness there, but to my amazement
i found a conspiracy in the making.
Th. room was crowded with men,
some of the names that I heard being
Eddie Carlson, Louis Stockfleth, De
vanney, Pons, Morgan, Moreau, Ney
rey and SCALES.
The writer was unable to determine
just what the men were doing and
judging from their line of talk he
does not think that they knew them
selves. Nevertheless the game-par
don me-I mean the conversation
kept on. The first words spoken
were, "let's use the Baby Lima
Beans," then some one said "let's
make them five cents each." The
night was dark and stormy, the rain
fell and so did the beans-but not in
Value-sometimes to the floor, some
times to the table. The faces of the
players-pardon me again-I mean
the men, wore an anxious look.
The words "four beans call,"
"three twos, out," "four beans call,"
rang out on the mid-night air. The:
writer thinking that some horrible
conspiracy was going on whereby the
price of beans would be raised to
five cents each and thus send up the
cots of living, left the room to retire
for the night only to dream of the
days of his childhood when beans
were a poor man's food and not the
luxury that these plotters would like
to make them.
Some one wants to know if Mr.
Scales weighed the beans after the
game was over.
She came down from Covington
last Sunday. She and several others
rode around in a machine past his
place of abode, but he was busily
occupied in studying his part for a
second production of the famous
drama, "Shake, Rattle and Roll."
Mr. ,E. F. Caddin, duariner of the
Tchefuncta, attempted tp cross over
from Houltonvillle with a skiff load
of lumber which was green oak. The
skiff was being towed by the sea
worthy Henpecko and encountered
high seas which swept her fore and
aft, and the skiff suddenly capsized
and the green oak sunk to the bot
tom. The old mariner was dazed
for a while, and when he came to
began to think that he was the vic
tim of some Hun conspiracy. He had
intended to use the green oak for
the making of life preservers.
Dan Vinet, who is the young lady
that said you reminded her of Bill?
Get busy boy, cjange youi name to
Bill.
Thursday, Feb. 13, 1919, at 8:10
p. m., Douglas Pons (Would Be
Wicked) bought a jar of Rosaline
nail polish, and he wanted to buy
something else but the whole gang
was there. Oh you lip sticks!
Gus Dietrich, for some reason dr
other, seems to take it for granted
that Listerine can be used for the
hair, curing of corns, and other ail
ments. Be careful Gus, we advise
you to consult a specialist.
We have just received word of a
great discovery. One of our smart
set has discovered that there is such
a person in existence as a Hill Billy
Vamp. She vamps in a manner dif
ferent from the Pine Knot Vamp in
that she only vamps the Covington
lads, that is, so far she has not tried
to 'bewilder any of our Hill Billy
lads.
Godfred Calecas, the world-re
nowned tight rope and slack wire
lvrformer, appeared in an exhibition
last Sunday night which ended his
career as a perforiner. He tried to
walk up a telephone pole but got a
bad start. He explained his failure
by saying it was his first attempt at
pole walking.
Every one wants to know who the
young man is that had his picture
taken last Sunday in a "tin Lizzlie"
with a young lady standing on the
running board looking at him as if
he were IT.
Who is the young lady that had
a day dream the night of the K. of C.
dance at Covington. Alice where art
thou?
Bill Sunday says give your enemy
a chance. I did once but got a belt
in the jaw.
Last Saturday's pavilion dance
greatly resembled a question and
answer department so many quee
tions were asked regarded the Pine
Knot Vamp. Am I the Vamp? Is
that she with the blue dress on? No,
she here tonight? and so on; No,
my dear young ladies, you are notg
she, because the Vamp did not at
year Saturday night. We suppose
that she contented herself with the
vamping in ,Covington and that she
forsook us for the time being.
Did you see the young man with
the St. Patrick's Day necktie? Tie
was very much in evidence at last
Saturday's dance. He had a rain
bow handkerchief which he said be
longed to a girl. We wonder if this
handkerchiew is one of the charms of
the Pine Knot Vamp or the Hill
Billy Vamp.
We have just received word that
all Vamps use highly perfumed hand
kerchlefs. It is possible that the
Greennecktie Kid did have some
Vamp charm.
Mose Chatellier went to New Or
leans to get an auto. When he re-.
turned he was asked the name of
it and replied. "I can't remember,
but it starts with an F." It.must be
a Ford. All others start with gaso
line.
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