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D. H. MASON, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1919. VOL. 45 No. 3
BOY SCOUTS IN
CAMP AND AS
AMUSERS OF
THE PUBLIC
A Season of Pleasure and
Discipline In Woods
and Water.
MINSTREL SHOW
A BIG SUCCESS
Scoutmaster Argus Writes
Letter Full of H'earty
A ppreciation.
The biack-face minstrel show
given by the Boy Scouts, Friday
evening of last week, was a most
amusing affair and fully up to the
expectations of the audience, not
withstanding the word had gone out
that theCre would be something do
ing in this line quite unusual for
amateur performers. The anec
dotes were good and the characteri
zation was good. The boys may feel
that every cent paid for admission
was invested in fun that drew good
interest for everybody who had an
eye to the humorous side of life. The
tickets were worth the money, not
simply as a loyal tribute to the Boy
Scouts but as an investment in
amusement.
"Over the River, Charlie," brought
more tai and laughter and some
very go)d impersonations. All en
joyed ti.he songs in the first part of
the entertainment.
Rev. Talmage w~as one bf the pleas
ed leaders of the Boy Scouts. The
smile he wore was an indication that
he was puffed up with what the Boy
Scouts could do in the entertaining
line.
The hcower of cakes after the per
form.an.e, also committed the ladies.
They thought the cakes were de
served.
Sulphur Springs has always been
an attractive place for the girls and
boys of Covington, for the bathing
is excellent, but we believe the
Scouts have made it even more
popular.
Scou:macter Argus is with Myyer
Isreal & Co., of New Orleans. He
is a very busy man, and most of his
vacations consist of business trips
East, when he goes to buy. But
when he came to Covington wish the
Scouts, we believe he really had a
vacatioi and enjoyed it. He had
plenty cf work to do as a commander
and a dijciplinarian, but he is so
wrapped in the welfare of the boys
that he forgot it was work. Then
he was delighted with Covington and
he found pleasure admiring nature
and breathing the fresh air. We
believe he has become a Covington
booster most valuable. 'He will al
ways .ind a welcome here.
The following letter, although
somewhat of a personal nature, we
believe will be appreciated by our
readers:
Editor Ft. Tammany Farmer:
After two very pleasant weeks
of camp life at your beautiful and
healtht'tl country, I have returned
home n ith my troop much benefited
in health and spirit. My :pleasant
short stay in your town will linger
in the nemnory of my ,Scout boys and r
myself. We appreciate the hospic
tality and the kindness of all the
Covington folks, and also their many t
praises for Jolly Black Face Min
strel Show.
All thooe who attended this show
told many of our boys that they are d
anxious ta see the show repeated,
and waen we return to Covington
again w.e will have many amusement
surprises in store for those who p- r
preciate Scout work.
We also desire to thank you and
The St. Tamminany Farmner for your
publicity, etc. The boys enjoyed the
delicious cakes that were presented a
to them by the housewives of the
town an:1 as each cake was cut, three c
rousing cheers were given by the
boys for tl;e delicious treat.
We :re also very thankful to Rev.
Talmage, the Scoutmaster of your a
town, for his interest in behalf of a
our boys in the camp, and when the h
boys left the camp grounds three :
rousing cihers and scout yells were g
given tn Rev. Talmage and Troop n
No. i, of ('ovington, La. n
(Contlinued on page 2t
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VI('TOR Ii. IFRDIERICK.
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DIERi---()n Thursday, August 14.
1919, at 6:i0t a. mi., Victor H. Fred
erick, bclcved husband of the late
Mattie L. c'ox. aged 51 years, a na- c
tive of Cr: ington, La. o
Mr. Ferderick was well known
throughout, the entire parish having 8
been in b-itiness a number of years
in Covington. tie is survived by s
two sons, C(arlyle and Cyril Fred
erick of Nec Orleans; three brotn- b
ers, Emile. Edward J. and Adolph
Frederick aiid three sisters, 'Mrs. -I.
T. G. Weatver. Mrs. Howard Burns h
and Mi.,s (crrie Frederick. b
Interm.iint in the Covington Ceme- tl
tery Friday morning from the resi- t
dence of Mt:. IE:diw. J.. Frederick.
Mr. Fr.lerick had been ill for
some time and went to New Orleans
recently for medical advice. An op- o
eration tailed to give him relief. ti
\VILL, GIVE SILVER TES. g
The latdies of the Missionary 0o- I
clety of the Methodist Church will
give a 'ilver tea at the residence of
'Mrs. Wi. H. Yenni, in Claiborne,
Tuesday afternoon, from 4 to 6.
Members and friends of the society R
are coh.lially invited. -
I SKELETON MAN
FOUND IN WOOD
FOURTH WARD
IDENTIFIED
Daniel Purdy, a Pensioner
Missed From Home for
Some Time.
FOUL PLAY
NOT SUSPECTED
Bones Show No Signs Of
Violence, Says Cor
oner Bulloch.
Some three weeks ago, Daniel Pur
dy, an old Federal soldier. 82 years
of age, who had been living at Nott,
in the fourth ward, wandered away
from his little camp home. Search
ing parties failed to find any trace of
him and his neighbors decided that
he had been enticed away by some
one who knew that he received a
nice pension check ($105.00) every
quarter. Mr. Philip Smith, at Man
deville, was watching the mails
thinking that he might get a clue
as to the whereabout of the old man
in that way. Friday morning, Aug.
8th, word was brought to Mr. Smifh
that a body had been found in the
neighborhood. Coroner IH. D. Bul
loch was notified and investigated,
finding the scattg.(ed skeleton of a
man at a point about three-fourths
of a mile from the camp home, which
beyond a doubt was the remains of
this poor old man. The bones of
this skeleton showed no evidence of
foul play and the Coroner and his
jury are of the opinion that he got
lost and being very weak, exhausted
himself, lay down and slept and
could never get up; The old man
was very feeble and used a crutch.
He evidently had been dead some
two weeks "
1 KENYON BILL RECEIVES WII)E
SUPPORT.
An Important Step Toward Lower
Cost of Living.
The Kenyon Bill (S-2202) now be
fore Congress, has received the sup
port of the National Consumers'
League, the Farmers' National Corn
mittee on Packing Plants, the Fed
eral Trade Commission, and the
Southern Wholesale Grocers' Asso
ciation, as well as numerous wo
men's organizations. The Montana
House of Representatives in special
session, August 2, endorsed the Ken
yon Bill by a vote of 82 to 10. This
bill is being supported for the rea
son that it is deisgned to regulate
a great monopoly of meat products
and substitutes for meat. By re-
storing competition in food stuffs it
will make for lower prices.
The Southern Wholesale Grocers'
Association, J. H. McLaurin, presi
dent, has gone on record in favor of
the Kenyon Bill. The investiga
tions of the Bureau of Research and
Publicity of the Southern Associa
tion have proved that the big meat
packers are receiving special trans
portation privileges, by means of
which they are 'strengthening their
monopoly of food products. The
meat packers have their own private
refrigerator cars, which are given a
specially expedited service by the
railways, designed to facilitate the
transportation of fresh meat. The
packers have, however, been load
ing their refrigeratoL cars with large
quantities of grocery products which
do not require refrigeration, and in
this way are able tr best the grocers
.n competition.
The Kenyon Bill would have the
railways supply all necessary equip
ment, and would not put the packers'
private cars on a. common carrier
basis. This would increase the rail
way equipment available for the use
of the general public, and prevent
the waste of private refrigerator
cars which exists at present.
The Kenyon Bill provides for reg
ulation only. It does not look to
ward Government ownership and
operation. The bill is limited in its
application to the meat packers, who
have been proved by the Government
investigations to have a great and
growing monopoly. It has become
necessary either to: destroy this mo
nopoly or to regulate it. Under the
circumstainces, the conservative thing
to do is to regulate the monopoly.
In this way. such efficiency as at may
have will be retained, but it will be
assured that its pbwei will not be
used against the public interest.
The big meat puckers have been
conduct;ng a sweeping propaganda in
opposition to the :Kenyon Bill and
other proposed regulations. They
assert that the bill would create a
precedent for a general licensing
system. This assertion, however, is
not supported by anything in the
bill, as it is limited to the meet
packers' industries, and applies to
those industries ohly because they
have proved to be a monopoly. The
bill provides positive safeguards for
the rights of the packers by giving
them the right :o appeal to the
courts before their licenses can be
revok,ld.
Licenses are subject to revocation
only i'nen the packers commit ac
tions which are n4t in, accord with
the public welfare --Bureau of Re
search and Publicity o: the South
ern W|olesale Grocers Association,
Incorporated.
Misses Valentiaei and Ruth Olin le
have returned from a :visit to Nenw
Roads. Miri Valentino joined her
Roads.
IDEA OF SCARCITY OF RUBBER IN GERMANY
This interesting French official photograph, which was taken at Ol.q
Quesmy, gives a very good idea of the scarcity if rubber in Germany. The
bicycle wheel that the man in the picture is holding Is a German wheel lacking
rubber tires. In place of the rubber that is not put on, because of the rubber
being so scarce, springs have been out on it nstead.
PROCEEDINGS
POLICE JURY
AUGUST 12
Coington, La., Aug. 12, 1919.
The puo:ice jury met on the above
date wai the following members
presen : H. N. Fendlason, E. J.
D)onmerglie, J. M. Smith, S. H. Cowart.
Fletcher Crawford, W. H. Davis, J.
B. Howze, A. J. Bennett. Absent:
E. -. Robert and Theo. Dendinger.
Mr. C.ai)pell appeared before the
police jury and asked for an appro
priatio, of $230 to the Louisiana
Child iiiding and Home Society.
Inc.
It ,.as moved and seconded that
the appropriation be made payable
January 15, 1920. Carried.
Mrs. i. L. Smith appealed to the
police jury to lix the Lee Road.
Resolved, That the road outfit be
turned over to the Good Roads Com
mittee for their work and to main
tain the present roads of the parish
and wheji such work be done that
said expense be chqrged to the police
jury to be taken out of the road
fund.
It is requested that the road com
mittee give immediate attention to
the Lee Road and to haul shells from
the Claiborne hill to the Covington
bridge. The shells are donated by
Mr. \WlVer Jahncke. Carried.
Mr. 11. E.' Ellis appeared before
the body and presented a petition for
the but'ding of a road from Lee Road
to Milit'"ry Road. Same be referred1
to the good roads committee and in
vestigate the matter. Carried.
It was moved and seconded that
Mr. Parkins, state director of ex
tension work, be invited to attend
our next neeting to advise the police
jury acout a farm demonstration
agent. Carried.
The following report was read:
We, the Finance Committee, have
examined bills of dipping .vats,
$81.01, general fund, $110.67; crim
inal fund, $335; road fund, $764.64.
J. M. SMITH,
H. N. FENDLASON,
E. J. DOMEIRGUE,
Finance Committee.
The report of the Finance Com
mittee w.s accepted and bills order
ed paid.
Road Fund.
H. 4. Rousseau, 18 days work
with teams, $99.00.
Jim Hansborough, 18 (lays work
with teems. $63.00.
Tom McGowen, 17 1-2 days work
with tesms, $61.25.
Peter Prevost, 16 1-2 days work
with teams. $57.75.
J. B. -iowze, Jr., 12 1-2 days work
with teams, $43.75.
:Robt. Pow, 13 1-2 days work with
teams, $47.25.
Dan McOwen, 11 1-2 days work
with teams, $40.25.
J. Elddis, making wagon tongue,
Neudmauser Bros., axle grease, 90c.
W. D. Hill, repairing shell road,
Mande¢.lle road, $1.60.
Ernest Crawford, work on Floren
ville r.ad, $15.00.
Poitevent & Favre, lumber for the
Mande:ille road, $32.56.
A. i). Schwartz, process vebral,
road election, $5.00.
Slidell Grocery & Grain Co., feed
for mules, $27.74.
Smith Hardware Co., lumber for
Goodboe bridge, $4.48.
Zack Shlarp, hauling lumber Pon
chatalawa bridge, $10.00.
RicAilrd Smith, building concrete
culvert Lewisburg road, $2.75.
Josil Smith, moving cage, etc.,
$33.00.
E. l'rieto, work in fourth ward,
$32.40.
E. Esquinance, repairing Poncha
talawa bridge. $12.00.
John Stevens. repairing Stevens
bridge, $35.00.
L. W. Harper, lumber for Stevens
bridge. 4th ward, $81.36.
E. I)ubourg, repairing road, 4th
w.rd, .8.00.
Dipping Vat Fund.
Robt. Badon, hauling solution,
Covingt n, $6.75.
O. G. Duplantis, hauling solution
Madisonville. $1.00.
E. Prieto, work on vats, $65.74.
L. Pr'eto, hauling solution, $5.00.
P. .,. Spring, hauling solution,
$1.50.
General FumJ.
Covington Bank & Trust Co., safe
ty deposit box, 1 year, $5.00.
GOOD ROADS
COMMISSION
ON THE JOB
The work of the St. Tammany
Parish Good Roads Commission will
commeace with a temporary repair
of the roads, incident to the inspec
tion that is now being made by En
gineer M. C. Huckaby. The cost of
this repair work will be paid from
the regular Road Fund of the parish
with the consent, of the Police Jury
and has no connection with the ex
pense of road building under the
bond issue. 'Mr. Huckaby, as a road
enginee- of experience, will simply
be rendering a service to the parish
by taking the work from amateur
hands, and this was recognized by
the Police Jury.
Mr. Frank M. Comfort, secretary
of the Commission, is from Slidell.
He is considered an efficient man for
the work. He has returned from
the Army, in which he served dur
ing the war, with an experience that
will also be helpful. Citizens inter
ested in the road work will find Mr.
Comfort a splendid man to talk to
and always accommodating and in
terested. The work of the Commis
sion will not be neglected as long
as he is on the Job.
Engineer Huckaby is well known
here to many of our citizens, as he
made the survey in our first effort
at good roads. The experience he
then gained of our soil and the re
sult of the work accomplished will
be of aid in planning the construc
tion of our new roads.
Mr. Grant will be away for a
month, probably. He has suffered
some fram his knee that was injured
years ago, and it is said he will con
sult the Mayo Brothers, eminent
spceialists in surgery, before he re
turns.
Mr. Wm. Oswald and -Mr. Fatheree
are here and such matters as can be
accomplished immediately will re
ceive their attention.
Just what material will be used
in surfacing the roads can not be
stated at this time, as both adapt
ability and cost must be considered,
as well as transportation, 'but it may
be taken for granted that the best
material that can be obtained within
the means of the funds will be se
lected.
Offic's are in the Covington Bank
& Trust Company building.
Underwood Typewriter Co., rib
bons for machines, clerk's office, $9.
St. Tammany Ice & Mfg. Co., light
and water, $21.09.
St. Tammany Farmer, publishing
proceedings, etc., $34.10.
Cumberland Telephone Co., ser
vice for July, $6.75.
H. J. Willis, vital statistics, $3.25.
Mrs. Vivian Bennett, vital sta
tistics, $1.75.
Foote & Davis, index books, $7.28.
A. D. Crawford, express on assess
ment sheets, etc., $5.20.
E. J. Frederick, acknowledgments,
etc., $17.25.
Mrs. Elmer E. Lyon, assisting Geo.
Koepp, parish treasurer, making
semi-annual report to auditor.
Criminal FundI.
World Mfg. Co., disinfectant for
jail, $120.00.
Dr. C. F. 'Farmer, interdiction of
Ida Honeycutt, $25.00.
Dr. _.. B. Warren, interdiction of
Tucker Taylor, $25.00.
Dr. H. D. Bullock, interdiction of
Tucker Taylor and Ida Honeycutt,
$50.00.
J. R. Elliott, telegrams to Louis
ville, Kv., $3.05.
T. E. Brewster, sheriff, attending
court, "'25. Expenses to Louisville,
Ky.. for W. Cade. $360.00.
T. E. Brewster, feeding prison
ers, $40.00.
G. P. Molloy, auto, $22.00.
J. Vol Brock, convictions for June
and Ju.v, $200.00.
E. Quatreveaux, cleaning court
house .aru, $9.00.
The following notice was ordered
published:
NO'ICE TO THE PUBILC.
Noti:e is hereby given that the
Police Jury of this parish will meet
on the 9th day of September, 1919,
for the purpose of receiving protests
and hearing complaints on valuation
of property for assessment purposes
(Continued on page 4)
FOOD SALE OF
GOVERNMENT
SUPPLIES IN
COVINGTON
W. P. U. and Association
of Commerce Discuss
Matter Jointly.
TOWN AUTHORITIES
PURCHASING AGENTS
Sale Held In Conformity
With Regulations of
Government.
The Women's Progressive Union
has taken aUiautage of Lue iOVer'n
ment's s4ai of loon sunsa to place
nthe witnin reach o0 tue people or
Covington. Acting in conjunction
with a committee or the AssociatLon
of Commerce the municipal govern
ment was requested to co-operate
under the provisions made oy the
Uovernment and by which the town
becomes responsible for the purchaes
of the goods. * A store will be select
ed in Covington tor the sale and dis
tributijn o0 the goods and notice of
the location wlh be posted in the
postoitce and otner places.
In. giiing the public the benefit of
this sale it was desired to remove as
£ar as possible any hurtful influence
on the retail trade of Covington, but
under the Government's rules cover
ing the sale no means could' be de
vised, :s the goods could not be put
on sale in the stores and there were
no immediate means of distinguish
ing lcgitimate from profiteering
trade.
The bill of goods was nsade out,
the purchase to be made through
rostmaster Seliler, who left for New
Orleans Thursday:
25 sacks rice at $6.74..... $168.50
50 cases No. 2 tomatoes at '
$2.16 .............. 108.00
50- cases No. 3 tomatoes at
$2.64 .............. 132.00
10 cases No. 2 green peas,
at $2.16 .......... 21.60
5 cases 1-2 cocoa, at $3.12 15.60
25 cases No. 2 corn at. $2.16 54.00
10 cases 12-pound bacon,
at $24.90 .......... 249.00
Total ................... 748.70
If the sale shows that the people
are anxious to take advantage of the
decreased prices probably more
goods will be bought 'by the town.
There will be added to the above
price .he freight charges and actual
expensna, which it is estimated will
be less than 3 per cent.
BASKET PICNIC.
A baiset picnic will be given at
Pineland Park, Friday, August '22. -
The steamer Josie will convey the
passen .rs from the schooner land
ing.
Tickets on sale for 25 cents at
P. E. imith's Jewelry Store.
5AT MADISONVILLE.
The h egula rmeeting of tthe Madf
s6nvilld Five Hundred Club will take
place thursday, August 21, on the
ground i next to the Ideal Pharmacy.
Prizes will be awarded as usual.
Playing Will begin at 8 p. m. Re
freshmbnts will be served.
On iaturday, August W, a Char
acter I.anco will be given at the Riv
erside Pavalion, Madisonville. There
will be good music by a New Orleans
band. Lots of good things to eat
and a licc, jolly crowd. Prizes will
be aw rded to the most comically
dredd 'ady and gentleman. Do not
neglect this opportunity to have a
good im,. Admission, gents, $1;
ladies,1 50c; children, 25c.
N4)TICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Noti e is hereby given that the as
sessm tts of the parish have been
review!d Jby the 'Board of State Af
fairs, laluations have been fixed on
all prperty in the parish by said
Board hind' the valuations thus fixed
are op n for inspection at the Asseas
or's o ee for a period of twenty (20)
days. jAny pefson desiring to know
what 4alue has been placed upon his
properjy Gy the Board of State Af
fairs it hereby notified to call at the
AssessOr's office and examine his as
sessment sheet. Any taxpayer so
desiri.r has a right to protest valua
tions ft xd by the Board'of State Af
fairs aF a ieeting of the Police Jury
to be allel for that purpose.
A. D. CRAWFORD,
Assessor.
BUSH NOTES.
Mrs. O. D. Crawford has return
ed froj Baton Rouge where lh e has
been siting her daughter.
Mr. Geo. Young, of Abita, spent
the nijht with home folks, Wednes
day.
Mr. Smiley and family have re
turned from Denham Springs where
they liave been spending the week.
Misil Lula Kahl and Miss Ruby
Willia ms are taking the short course
at Baton Rouge.
'Misi Viola Talley is spending the
week pvith relatives in Slidell.
We are sorry to learn Mr. Ellis
Grantham is on the sick list and hope
he will soon be out again.
Mr. Dolph and Miss Sabra Talley
made i trip to Covington this week.
Mesars. Ellis Crawford and Rusaw
Grantsi'm went to Covington Wed
nesday evening.
Mr. L. W. Crawford and son, Lee,
motored to' Pearl River, Sunday.
We are very much pleased to note
ITEMS OF INTEREST AT JAHNCKE
SHIPYARDS IN MADISONVILLE
By D. H. Vinet.
Mr. John Davis, for a long time
employed in the office of the Jahncke
Shipbuilding Co., left for New Or
leans very recently to accept a very
responsible commercial position. He
was a jolly good fellow and the boys
all miss him.
The Five Hundred entertainment
was held at the U. F. B. A. Hall,
August 7th, and proved to be the
most interesting event of the season:
The playing was animated at times
and the several contestants enjoyed
themselves immensely. The prize
winners were, -first, Miss Corinne
Rousseau; second Mrs. G. LeBour
geois; consolation, Mrs. M. Rous
seau. Gent's first prize to Mr. F. R.
Merritt; second, Mr. Walter Lopez;
consolation, Mr. Elmer Case.
Miss Denia Chatellier spent two
weeks in Roseland, La., as the guest
of Miss Bennie Martin. 'By the way,
Miss Denia returned home looking as
gay as the flowers in May. No
wonder, Miss Bennie possesses some
peculiar facination, which, like Ban
quo's ghost, will not down.
Last Saturday the Steamer Josie
passed Madisonville crowded with
picnice-s from Covington bound for
East Point, at *the mouth of the
Tchefuncta, on Lake Pontchartrain.
They could not have selected a better
place, fol it seems Nature anticipat
ing the longings of the hearts of the
lassies and lads, set aside East Point
for them when on pleaure bent.
PATTIER.
There is a girl named Gertie,
With the boys she is quite flirty.
She met a fellow named Champ,
Now he thinks she is a vamp.
She'll meet you at the lunch hour,
When you see her eat you'll look
sour.
If the cost of living keeps going
up It will only be a little while until
meat will be more valuable than
money. Instead of carrying money
around to buy things with we'll be
carrying meat. If we want to draw
a thousand dollars out of the bank
we wil go down and draw out a por
terhouse steak. If we want a hun
dred dollars we will draw out a pork
chop. I went down to the butcher
shop the other day and said to the
butcher, "How much is beef worth a
pound?" He said, "ten cents, but
we sell it for fifty." I said, "That
is dear meat." He said, "no it's
beef." I bought fifty cents worth of
sausage. When I started to eat
them I found that one end was saw
dust. I took them back to the
butcher and told him about it. He
said, "well, at the present high cost
of living you can't expect us to make
both ends meet." I said to the
butcher, "how is venison?" He said
"$1 a pound." I said, "I used to
buy venison for 30 cents a pound."
He said, "no sir, venison has always
been deer meat." I said, "Butcher,
have you got any brains?" He said,
"It I had brains I wouldn't be work
ing 'here."
Meat is going up so high there is
very little going down at our house.
Hi diddle, dee diddle,
The cat's in the fddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The beef trust surely laughed
when it saw such graft,
And pork will 'be there soon.
I said to the groceryman, what are
eggs worth a dozen? He said, $2
down, and a dollar and a half a
month until you get them paid for.
We used to get four rooms and a
bath for sixteen dollars. Now we get
three rooms and a bath for twenty.
If the piice of rooms keeps going up
it wont be very long before we wont
be able to get a bath for fifty dollars.
A man working for four dollars
a day pas s one dollar a day for 'house
rent, two dollars a day for groceries,
two dollars a day for clothes, and
twelve cents a day for car fare. At
the end of a day's hard work he is in
debt to himself for one dollar and
twelve cents.
In the good old times when our
ancestors wanted to get a meal they
used to take a gun and go out and
get it. Now, if a poor man wants
to get a good meal, he's got to take a
gun to get it.
This certainly is a funny world.
The snow comes down in the winter,
the ice goes up in the summer.
Anyone answering this one will re
ceive a round trip ticket to the cem
etery and back: A girl ten years old
married a man forty years old-that
makes him four times as old as she
is. After they have lived together
five years that makes him forty-five
and her fifteen, so that makes him
three times as old as she. When
they nave lived together twenty
years that makes him sixty and she
thirty, then he is twice as old as
she. Now, what I am trying to Afind
out is, how long will they have to
live together in order to be the same
age?
We understand that a certain party
who lived in Madisonville for a long
time, bhas gone to New Orleans to
open up a fruit stand. Judging
from the name, the party ought to
make a success.
The Lamp Shade sisters were out
to see the ball game last Sunday.
the local showers reducing the ex
treme temperature which has been
so annoying for the past few days.
Mr. und Mrs. E. R. Cowart have
returned from a visit to relatives at
Lima, 'Miss.
Mr. Carl Crawford has accepted
a poestion with the N. O. G. N.
Mr.. Herbert 'Magee has been dis
charged from the Navy and is at
When Madison put the Walk Overs'
light out they left.
The.'e was a negro regiment "over
there," and after lying in a front
line trench for forty-eight hours they
got word to go over the top. There
was a big, lone, hungry, swamp nig
ger from Louisiana who jumped up,
took a look at his gun, changed it
over into his left hand, quietly slip
ping his right hand under his coat
he felt to see if his trusty "razzer"
was there. The captain shouted,
"all ready, let's go over!" The gent
from Louisiana crawled over the top
and got mixed up in the shuffle and
lost his gun. After ducking, dodg
ing and side-stepping Huns he pro
duced his trusty steel and from that
time on he sure did step some. He
made an awful slash at a big Hun.
The Hun ducked and began to laugh,
then said, "Ha, ha, Mr. Nigger, you
missed me that time." "The hell I
did, Mr. Hun; you all wait till you
shake your haid."
-Maris rushed into Cohen's store.
"Vell, Cohen, I see by the morning
paper your son Able got drafted."
"Yes, Marks, Able got drafted."
"Veil, Cohen, vat did he get, a com
mission?" "No, just a straight
salary."
There was an aristocratic lady pay
ing a visit to the Base Hospital. She
walked over to the cot on which a
little Irishman ,was lying, and said,
"Pardon me, sir, do you remember
of ever personally killing a Ger
man?" "Well, mam, I'll tell yes,
jist before I got this rap on me nut,
we were in a fierce engagement and
Hogan yelled to me, 'Hey, Dolin, pull
them two Germans off your bayo
nit' "
There was a big transport subbed
off the coast of Ireland and as she
,began to sink the soldiers jumped
from all sides of her. A big Irish
man from Dublin, who had succeed
ed in climbing into a life boat, notic
ed a fellow alongside struggling vio
lently. He reached out and grabbed
him by the hair of the head and drew
him safely aboard. After grabbing
about ten more in the same manner
and landing them safely, up came a
bald headed man, and he gave him a
shove and said, "Go down again and
come up right."
Conundrums.
W'hat makes the street cars in
New Orleans so crowded? Pas
sengers.
Why does a Sreman wear red ens
penders?. To hold up his pants, of
course. No, to keep them from com
ing down.
What is good for big feet? Big
shoes.
In some towns you couldn't get in
a saloon on Sunday. 'How's that?
That's because they were so crowded.
(What is a cannibal? Cannsoals
are people that live on other people.
We've got lots of them in this coun
try.
His bones are dust,
His good word rust,
His soul is with the saints, I trust.
P. S. -His creditors are bust.
Ohio boasts of having the oldest
woman in the United States. She is
one hundred and twenty4lve years
old. Her name is Ima Olde, and
take it from me, that's what she is.
Mother, may I go out to swim?
Yes, my darling daughter;
But be careful that the men see
Only what they oughter.
A high yaller nigger said to one
of his comrades, a black boy who was
so black he didn't shine, "Say, nig
ger, how is it they always put you
black niggers in de front line trench
es?" Tho black boy replied, "Well,
Mr. Yaller Nigger, I'll tell you, fast
black wont run."
She: Love is a great thing. It's
a game in which the man generally
wins waen holding the smallest hand.
He: Yes, but at the end lib finds
that no got stuck on the deal(er)
anyhow.
He: What's a liar?
She: Some golfers, most fisher
men, and all men.
Calecas: I bought a sausage from
the butcher this morning and I found
a piece of bark in it.
Pens: Did you take it back?
Caleca',: Yes, but the butcher
was so affected by the tale (tail) he
wouldn't listen to me.
He: Who shall we invite to our
wedding ?
She: We'll invite only those who
haven't talked about us during our
engagement.
He: Oh, no, sweetheart, we can't
do that; there wouldn't be anybody
there.
She: What a brave, noble face
your brother has. Did he ever do
any acts of bravery?
He: Sure; he just got married
last week.
He: I believe that the great body
of American people are gentlemen.
She: Well, I don't belreve it;
didn't the last census show that over
half of them were ladies?
home again. Mrs. Magee went to
New Orleans last Saturday to meet
him.
Mr. Louis Grantham made a trip
to Slidell, Saturday.
Judge Thomas made a trip to Bo
galusa, Sunday.
'Mr. Willard Rayiburn spent Sun
day with home folks, returning to
Bogalusa Sunday night.