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- 9 ST. TAMMA T PAARMRER
On Sale Every Saturday at is the sbscription price
RUSTIC and WATKINS' DRUG of he Farmer. Yo'll
STORE, Covington. gt more than the worth
IDEAL PHARMACY, Mison- of your money by being a
C y..amman armer e2:AR
ville. Five Cnt Per Copy. subscrer. elp boost the parish.
D. I. M. soN, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1919. VOL. 46 No. 3
FOR PURPOSE OF
DEVELOPMENT
ST. TAMMANY
PARISH
Matters of Importance To
Be Taken up at Meeting
in Covington Tuesday
PROMINENT CITIZENS
WILL BE PRESENT
Citizens of This and Adjoin
ing Parishes Will be
Interested
Prom'nent citizens of St. Tam
many parish have been c-nsidering
the advisability of organizing an aa
sociation for the development of the
lands in St. Tammany and adjoining
parishes. The lands are considered
valuable, the cost of clearing being
an item of expense that it is believed
can be turned into profit if properly
handled. Also it is believed that a
publicity plan could be carried out
that would make known the value
and productivity of these lands and
their great adaptability to stock
breeding, an industry that is looking
more than ever to economic produc
tion of beef and dairy products..
One meeting has already been hell
in Slidell, and Tuesday, Dec. 9th, at
10:30 a. m., at the courthouse, in
Covington, there will be a meeting
to discus.; the matter publicly. The
great importance of such actio.
should interest the people of this
parish and should draw out every
man who is or desires to be active
in the development of the parish
Those who own land and those who
do not own a foot of it, if they live
in the parish, and every property
owner in this and adjacent parishes,
should be interested in the success
of this meeting. It is understood
that Mr. Sullivan and other promi
nent people of Washington parish
will attend, as well as the Houltons
and o'hers, of Tangipahoa parish.
We have wonderful advantages in
St. Tammany parish that have never
been pu.hed for its development. If
we sit idly by, the time is codlihg
when strangers will come in and buy
for a song lands that would have
brought high prices had we but ex
erted ourselves for their develop
ment.
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Doings Association
of Commerce.
The Covington Association of Com
merce has instituted the St. Tam
many Farmers' Exchange, for the
purpose of helping the producer to
get a market at home and the buyer
to find what he wants locally.
Anycne wanting to buy or sell any
produce or live stock may list same
by mailing same to the Farmer's
Exchange, P. O. Box 666, Covington,
La., or leaving a copy of it at the
office of the ,Covington Association
of Commerce, Room 1, Frederick
Building, Boston street. This infor
mation should reach this office not
later than Wednesdays of each week.
The sheet will be issued weekly.
Five cents in stamps should ac
company list of wants or offerings to
to hell pay expenses of distributin:1
throughout the parish. This ex
change now has for sale:
Eggs for hatching from prize win
ning S. C. Rhode Island 'Reds; 3 Du
roc Jersey pigs, 2 months old, sub
ject to registration, brood sow, reg
istered, 2 years old; a three-quarter
O. I. C. brood sow, one Duroc Jersey
male, subject to registration; S. C
White Leghorn and S. C. Rhode Is
land 'Red eggs; a few White Leg
horn cicks for sale. The Fair Asso
ciation offers the remainder of its
first 5,000 issue of stock for sale at
$1.50 per share. ,Book value $2.00.
Everyone interested in the parish
should own at least a few shares.
The stock is increasing in value.
See Karl Treen, secretary, Covin':
ton. S. C. White Leghorn cockerel,
squabs; rust proof wheat seed; cul
tivator apd harrow; Keeller and
White Wyandotte, prize winning
stock; African, White China and
Mammoth To'ulouse geese eggs.
sweet potatoes; White Rock eggs for
hatching; White Leghorn eggs, prize
winners; about 1500 gallons syrup,
made from D-74 cane; 14 India.s
Runner ducks; registered big bone
Poland China male, or will trade for
sow or two gilts same type; 300 lbs.
large size soft shell pecans, sold as
one lot only.
Wanted To Buy.
Country butter; yellow yam sweet
pota'oes; half bushel quince; 10'
pounds pecan:; 1500 bushels Nancy
Hall, Porto Rican or Dooly sweet
potatoes, at $1.75 per hundred lbi.
Potatoes to~lbe put in crates when
dug and and delivered in Covington:
Barred Plymouth Rock hens and
rooster; 10 pounds pecans: good Du
roc Jersey male, about 80 pounds;
two or three Duroc Jer-ey sow pig"
fresh country butter; Light Brahma
chickens and eggs; Porto Rican pe
tatoes; a farm of about 30 acres,
with dwelling.
The president of the Covington
Association of Commerce has a3
pointed the following bureau and
committee chairmen:
Bureau Chairmen: Industrial, W
H. Kentzel; Agriculture, Karl Treen:
Publicity, D. H. Mason: Traffic, ra!'.
water and highways. M. C. Huckaby;
Civic. H. A. Maack'e; Merchants, C
H. Sheffield.
Committee Chairmen: Finance,
E. G. Davis; Executive, J. H. War
naer; Entertainment, H. E. Ellis;
BLOOD HOUNDS
TRAIL THIEF TO
DOOR HOME IN
COVINGTON
Robbery of Addison's Store
Follows Similar Rob
beries Last Week.
NEGRO CAPTURED
DENIES HE'S GUILTY
Stolen Goods Not Found but
Further Investigations
Being Made.
There have been several robberie.
lately, all of a similar nature, but no
trace of the thief could be obtained.
Punch boards, cash and cigars seem
ed to be the favorite swag of this
mysterious thief, and entrance was
usually gained from the rear of the
premises.
Tuesday night the store of D. 1.
Addison was burglarized in a similar
manner. The thief enfered at the
back window and stole a punch board
and equipment, half a box of cigars
two automatic pistols, and $10.90 in
cash.
'Mr. Addison determined he would
not sit idly by and be robbed with
out any effort to discover the thief
No one was allowed around the win
dow through which the thief enter
ed and tracks there were undisturb
ed. Mr. Addison then got into com
munication with Mr. Cant of Crystal
Springs, Miss., who owns blood
hounds celebrated for accuracy in
following trails of this kind. Th;
dogs arrived in charge of Mr. Gant,
on the evening train, Wednesday,
and were -immediately put on the
'trail. When taken to the back of
the store, both dogs, which were in
harness, jumped through the window
without hesitation, after their noses
had been put to the tracks. They
led the attendants straight behind
the counter to where the punch board
had been, then to various parts of
the store the thief had visited, then
out the side door, across the ditch
on the trail across lots and in by
paths to a negro houes, througn
which the hounds nosed from roo-',
to room, out the door again direct
to the home of the negro they were
in quest of. The negro saw the dogs
coming and got to the gate and clos
ed it. The dogs howled and threw
themselves againts the gate until the
keeper opened it and took the negro
in charge. Then the dogs lay down
peacefully until the negro was
brought out, when they arose and
were ready to jump for him, but
were kept in control by the keeper.
Frank Harris, the negro, denied;
all knowledge of what he was want
ed for and was surprised and indig
nont that he should be suspected
While no trace of the things stolen
could be found, it is believed there
is little chance of a mistake. These
dogs have never failed in capturing
the man they were after, if the trail
was taken up within twenty-four
hours afterwards. In this case the
trail was about eighteen hours old,
but conditions seemed very favorable
for there was no hesitancy whatever
from the start to the finish. The
negro has been placed in jail and
further investigation will be mada
to recover the goods.
Membership, R. H. White; House, E
R. Moses.
The Association has taken up the
matter of getting the river dredge]
so that freight traffic may be re
sumed. The U. S. District Engineer
in New Orleans in charge of this
work in Louisiana has informed the
secretary that he will come to Cov
ington on December 11th, and wants
to go down the river in a launch to
see just what is needed to be done
This done will not only lower th.
transportation charges on the great
quantities of merchandise the boa's
and barges can carry to and from
Covington, and therefore affect every
consumer, but this better waterway
will be a big step in the direction of
industrial development for Coving
ton.
The Association is hard after a
brick yard and a box, veneer and fur
niture factory for Covington. It has
some other projects under way which
it hopes to announce in the near
future.
Attractive advertising is being sent
over the country inviting home-seen
ers, farmers and industries to Cov
ington and St. Tammany parish.
Many inquiries are being received.
The results will begin to show so3.l
in a big way, while some good re
sults have already been secured.
The Association realizec that the
agriculture of this section must De
advanced if the town or oalish emer
amounts to much, consequently it tI
not standing ready to co-operate with
the farmers, but is actively assisting
them in marketing of their produce.
The potato house and weekly ex
change sheet are examples of this.
The agricultural 'bureau is now try
ing to find sale for the syrup and
pecans produced in St. Tammany.
A few farmers have joined the As
sociation of Commerce, and all pro
gresaive men should do so.
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POLICE JURY.
There. will be a meeting of the
Folice Jury on Tuesday, Dec 9th.
F. J. MARTINDALE,
Secretary.
Edward Jasper Quare has bee'i
promoted in the ijnited States Navy
from Apprentice Seaman to Seaman
Second Class on board the U. S. :
Pueblo.
AOUND THE WO1LD 'WITH
AMNRICAN PRED CR0SS.
Home Service.
One of the finest constructive activities of the American Red Cross in
tle war was Home Service in the United States, the friendly connecting link
between the soldier far from home and his loved ones. This branch of the
twork which under the peace program of the Red Cross will be expanded to
benefit all who need the a Asistance it can provide, is directed by scientifically
trained social workers. E :nce instituted Home Service has assisted 800,000
soldiers' and sailors' families. This photograph shows one of the innumer
able Home Service information bureaus where" service men and their families
]could bring their problems for solution.
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THE RED CROSS
CHRISTMAS
SEAL
(By Mrs. J. C. Burns)
It might be interesting to know
that tuberculosis can be exterminat
ed; that this disease is unnecessary,
curable and preventable, but in spite
of all these favorable conditions
150,000 lives are sacrificed in thy
United States every year, and $500.
000,000 needlessly wasted.
To carry on a campaign to educate
the public in the prevention of this
disease, to build hospitals for those
already afflicted and save lives, a
Red Cross Christmas seal campaign
begins next Monday, December 8.
Miss Kate Gordon, state vice pres
ident, named committees in the sev
eral tcwns of St. Tammany parish,
with Mr. E. G. Davis as director and
Miss C. Sebastian, of Slidell, chair
man; Mrs. Burkenstock,.Abita; Mr:
Eads Poitevent, Mandeville; Mrs. P.
A. Blanchard, Madisonville; Mrs. E.
Spring, Folsom, Mrs. J. C. Burn:,
Covington.
We have not heard from any of
the towns as to just how the cam
paign will be conducted, but 1 have
visited the schools, and next Sun
day, Dec. 7th, the churches will
observe the day as Red Cioss Seal
Day. The Boy Scouts have put out
the posters and advertising and Mr.
Fuhrmann is putting on a slide every
night at the picture show. The press
is advertising in the weekly papers,
and all of our civic and religious
bodies will have a committee earn
day in a booth in front of the post
office, as follows: Beginning Mon
day, Dec. 8, Mrs. W. H. Kentzel and
a committee representing the Daugh
ters of Isabella; Tuesday, Mrs. 4.
Alexius and a committee of King's
Daughters; Wednesday, Miss Kate
Eastman and a committee of Red
Cross workers; Thursday, Mrs. N. H.
FitzSimons and a committee of East
ern Star members; Friday, Mrs. C. R.
Schultz and committee of M. C. B.
members; Saturday, Mrs. Chas. H.
Sheffield and committee of School
League members, school children
and Boy Scouts.
We ask the public to respond gen
erously to this cause.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Richard & Riggs to Eugene Arnett,
land between Covington ard Mandc
ville, $2653.10.
Richard & Riggs to Eugene Arneti
1669.38 acres, formerly birg tract,
$8346.90.
John Y. Baquie to Mrs. L. Gese,
Jr., lot and improvements in Mande
ville, $1700.
FP. H. Hansbrough to Peter Ross,
lot and improvements in Mandeville,
on Lake street, $2000.
P. H. Hansbrough to John Poite
vent, 5 lots and improvemepts in
Mandeville, $2500.
'Mrs. Rose Salmen to J. N. Miles,
lots 9, 10, square 8, Slidell, $1500.
Mrs. Louise 'Foulon to W. A. Grif
fin, 119 acres near Mandeville.
$5000.00.
A. Frederick to L. M. Bourgeois.
lot 8 square 6, Covington, $1650.
Dr. Geo. R. Tolson to Dr. W. J.
Durel, land and improvements on
Bogue Falaya river, $2750.
Otto Vinyard to T. J. Eddins, lots
8 and 9 square 3, Slidell, $1500.
Fred A. Earhart and Emile Burk
enstock to F. E. Gregory, the John
Mailhes home place, Abita, $3950.
T. J. Eddins to Mrs. Sumrall Mar
tin, lot 4 square 5 and improvements,
Slidell, $2000.
W. M. Boyle to Josie B. Doby, lots
21 and 22, Lewisburg, $200.
directors. The dinner was excellent
and very much enjoyed, but the fet
ture of the occasion was the felicita
tions on the wonderful showing that
is being made by both branches of
this prosperous and growing insti
tution.
Aside from the announcement of
President Domergue, giving some fig
ures and reciting circumstances in
suring rapid future growth, the:e
was no speaking, other than the ad
dress of Mr. Morgan, expressing the
sentiments of the Mandeville insti
tution, taking up the history of its
institution and accomplishment, and
also work of the bank as a whole.
TOWN COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
DECEMBER 4
Covington, La., Dec. 4, 1919.
The town council met in regular
session on the above date, with the i
following members present: 1Rob:.
W. Badon, mayor, Emile Frederick.
C. E. Schonberg, M. P. Planche, H I
A. Mackie, A. R. Smith, C. H. Shef l
field. Absent: None.
The minutes of the meeting of i
Nov. 4 were read. It was moved by
C. E. Schonberg, seconded by M. P.
Planche, that the minutes be adopted
as read. Carried.
The secretary stibmitted his report
for the month of November, as fol
lows:
Receipts:
Licenses ............ 82.5'
Taxes ............... 702.80
Cemetery lots ........ 9.50
Fines ................ 50.00
Lights .............. 25.00
Street tax ........... 4.03
Costs ............... 3.00
$874.80
Bal. on hand Octj 31 .. 33.0')
$907.8.)
Disbursements:
Nov. 8, check to V. Z
Young, treasurer ... 705.86
Nov. 28, same ....... 162.40
$868.26
Cash on hand Nov. 30.. 39.54
$907.83
L. A. PERREAND,
Secretary.
It was moved by A. R. Smith, sec
onded by M. P. Planche, that the
report be received and referred to
The Finance Committee.
There being no further business
the council adjourned.
ROBT. W. BADON,
Mayor.
L. A. PERREAND,
Secretary.
CAUGHT NODDING.
If you meet Mr. Julius H. Heint!,
do not ask him if he hat just re
turned from the war. The scars on
his face signify that he is a veteran,
all right, but not a war veteran. He
is a sleep veteran. His scars are the
only medals eh has, but his distinc
tion consists of the fact that while
alseep he can drive a Ford on the
Madisonville road, make the big
curve approaching the Tchefuncta
bridge, drive the 2x6 railing of the
bridge into the radiator and hold the
car thus suspended above the steep
embankment while himself and fami
ly perform the nose dive hitherto
only attained by the expert air men.
without any great damage to any
one, and wake up with the assur
ance that he can be safely patched
up with a few pieces of courtplaster,
and that the Ford would remain
there long enough for him to finish
his nap.
Mr. Heintz says he had eaten a
hearty meal, something that is very
unusual with him, and that between
nods he attempted to keep awake by
stretching himself and performing
other contortions of a violent nature.
That just before he struck the bridge
he had nodded into sudden oblivion
He dimly heard his wife's voice
warning him of the collision and
realized that his baby was tossedl
down the embankment and that h:s
wife was likewise rolling out of sight.
Miss Guillot, of New Orleans, was
likewise in the car, as was his
brother's children. No one was seri
ously hurt. His baby receivef only
a slight scratch. Mrs. Heiitz was
the least fortunate of the lot and is
.uffering from a bruised limb that is
painful and inconvenient. Dr. Bul
loch took a few stitches in Mr.
Heintz's nose and was going further
into the skull to fhnd out the cause
of the nodding exploit, when Mr
Heintz objected and he let it go at
that, putting the operation in hi.s
bill instead of Mr. Heintz's head,
This all happened ab-ut 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon.
St. Paul's College won the basket
ball game last Wednesday from Cor
ington High School. It was a hotly
contested game throughout.
PARISH FAIR IS
PLANNING BIG
THINGS FOR
FUTURE
Washington, St. Helena and
Tangipahoa To Be In
vited To Come In.
SEPARATE DIVISIONS
FOR EXHIBITORS
Covington Has Ample Fa
cilities To Care For
Large Crowds.
(By Karl Treen)
The St. Tammany Parish Fair As
sociation invites the other four East
ern Florida Parishes-Washington,
St. Helena, Livingston and Tangi
pahoa-to exhibit here next year
Livingston and St. Helena have not
been baving fairs, and if they do or
do not in 1920, they could exhibit
here just before the State Fair. It
is hoped that Washington and Tan
gipahoa will hold their usual good
fairs and exhibit here afterward.
What We Offer.
All exhibits intended for the State
Fair could be loaded, each parish to
itself, in one large box car. The St.
Tammany Fair will send these ex
hibits to the State Fair and return
them free of charge to the other par
ishes.
Separate divisions in the exhibit
buildings will be provided, if desiredl,
by the different parishes for their
exhibits.
Judges will be mutually agreed
upon.
Very substantial premiums will be
offered the exhibitors from the other
parishes. Separate premiums will
be offered St. Tammany exhibitors.
The other several parishes are in
vited to appoint representatives to
confer with the directors of the St.
(Continued on page 6)
NOTICE TO VOTERS.
Notice is hereby given that I will
be at the following places on the
dates named for the purpose of reg
ibtering voters: -
Dec. 8, Town Hall, Madisonville.
Dec. 9, Folsom, La.
Dec. 10, Polling Booth, at Sandy
Ford.
Dec. 11, Postoffice, Bush, La.
Dec. 12, Wood's store, Talisheek.
Dec. 13, Polling Booth, 6th Ward.
Dec. 15, Town Hall, Pearl River.
Dec. 16. LacomDe.
Dec. 17 Town Hall, Mandeville.
Dec. 18, Town Hall, Slidell.
Dec. 19, Town Hall, Abita Springs.
E. J. FREDERICK,
Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Reg
istrar of Voters. oc18-6t
A Typical Danish
Farm.
(By Capt. G. E. Millar, on board S. S
Asabeth, Copenhagen, Nov. 7)
Starting out after lunch, we mo
tored out to the country, a bitter
east wind blowing, a wind that
searches out every unprotected part,
reddens the nose, sharpens the appe
tite. Dull, leaden skies apparently
laden to their capacity with snow,
hovered above as we passed through
small prosperous villages, over well
made and well kept reads. The
roads we passed over were mostly
built with granite blocks carefully
laid and cement poured over andl
then rolled with a steam roller be
fore the cement was set, fairly high
crowns, and at certain intervals road
metal laid ready for repairs; width
about thirty feet. There are no
fences, except around the houseq.
Land cultivated right up to the road;
any one could help themselves to
anything in the shape of crops, ca'.
bages, great heaps of beets, quau
titles of the latter stbred in long
hills five feet high and six feet wide,
ready for the winter.
The country we passed through
was flat, nearly all under cultivation,
acres and acres freshly plowed, many
acres of rye just coming up, show
ing a carpet of bright green that
brought out in strong relief the choc
olate color of the plowed land. Just
at the outskirts of the town we pass
ed several squares of small house
or shacks owned by working men liv
ing in the city; mostly one-room af
fairs all shapes and painted, with
curtains at the windows, Queen Ann
fronts and Mary Ann backs, Dutc'l,
Danish, all styles, each with a small
or large plot of cultTvated grouni
from 10x20 to 100x50, scihe of th.
more pretentious with a flower patch.
Cabbages, leeks and onions seeme.l
to be the prevailing crops. On Sun
days and holidays the workmen ride
out with their bikes, generally the
whole family, and they get to work
on their patch. Everybody owns s
bike in this country.
We took a roundabout way and so
passed a great number of small
farms, stacks of hay, straw, whea:,
such comfortable and substantial
buildings, well kept, mostly paint'tl
white with thatched roofs. Ameri
can farm tools on every farm.
Arriving at our destination we
were welcomed by the madame, the
master had driven to a nearby village
to bring his small daughter fror,
school. In the meantime the elder
son was brought in from his plow
ing and very proudly showed us th.
stock books, containing the pedigree
and life history of all the milk stock
(Continued an n.sga )
"PATTER" BY OUR MADISON VILLE
CORRESPONDENT
By D. H. Vinet.
The way some people talk about
saloons they make you think th.at
the saloonkeeper would get you into
his place of business and pour whis
ky down you rthroat. I wish some
saloonkeeper would try to pour whis
ky down my throat. Yes, I dare any
of them to try and do it.
Two Jews were riding on a traiu.
One of them said to the other, sup
pose the train would wreck, what
would you do? The other Jew said,
let it make a wreck, what do we
care, we don't own it. A few min
utes later we did have a wreck, tae
whole train roiling down a steep
bank, cars all smashed up, a lot of
passengers hurt, one fellow having
lost both feet. The conductor took
his name and asked if he was a mar
ried man. He said, no. this is the
worst fix I was ever in. Another
man was pinned underneath the car.
There didn't seem to be any hope for
him as the wreck had caught fire.
They asked him if he had anything
to say. He said, yes, tell my wife
to bring up the children to vote for
the wets.
Then a news agent came along. A
fellow said, have you any good cig
ars? He said, they are the best I
could pick up. Then the baggage
man came along and told an old lady
that a trunk had fallen on her pet
dog. She said, are you the baggage
man and did you see the trunk whe'
it fell? He said, yes. She said,
well, why didn't you check it?
My uncle used to be president of
a bank. When he took his vacation
and went to Canada, all he left was
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A FOLSOM BOY WHO GAVE
HIS LIFE TO THE CAUSE
Rubel Burns.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF RtUBEL
BURNS.
In loving memory of Rubel Burn3,
of Folsom, La., a Marine, who died
at Paris Island, Dec. 3, 1918:
A year has passed, dear Rubel,
Since you told us good-bye,
And answered the Fat'her's summons
To dwell with Him on high.
We miss you, O, so sadly,
And yet we know it's best,
For God in His great wisdom
Has given you eternal rest.
And though you were a soldier
One of the Marine band
We're thankful that we have your
grave
'In our own native land.
MOTHER, BROTHERS
and SISTERS.
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MANDEVILIAE BRANCH OF COM
MERCIAL BANK & TRUST
CO., GIVE DINNER.
The Mandeville Branch of the
Commercial Bank & Trust Company
gave a dinner to the directors at the
Commercial Hotel, in Mandeville,
Tuesday, as a return compliment for
the recent dinner given here by the
ROAD COMMISSION, NEWS.
Contractors Houlton-Johnson Co
begun work this week on the Turn
pike Road at Goodbee and plan t:
have a full force moved in on this
road not later than Monday of next
week.
The work on the Black Bayou
bridge in Bogue Chitto swamp has
begun and it is expected to have
that bridge completed soon as the
sawmill delivers the lumber there.
Lumber is now being hauled to the
Range Line road for the new bridges
to be built there.
It is expected that the Federal en
gineer, W. H. Rhodes, will be over
to look over the roads in St. Taam
many parish, preliminary to allotting
Federal aid to these roads, within
the next two weeks.
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ABITA SPRINGS NEWS.
Mr. A. Marques is moving into his
new store on Level avenue.
Mr. A. Kustenmacher will soon
open a store in the Koch building.
Mrs. C. J. Mott spent a day in
New Orleans recently.
Mr. L. L. Chambers made a bus'
ness trip to New Orleans this week.
On Thanksgiving Day, Mrs. Ed. E
Bazajou and family and Miss E'a
Strain were guests of the popular
Waldheim teachers, Misses Rachel
Keen and Lydia Strain, at a fine
turkey spread, which was enjoyed by
all.
Mr. Nick Wilson and Miss Har
riet Jenkins were married at the
office of Judge A. O. Pens on Novem
ber 22d.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reed and child
ren are with us for the winter.
We are glad to see Mr. G. S.
Strain once more at his place of
'business.
the sign on the front door-and that
was painted. When I was a boy
Uncle used to take me on his knee
and spank me, but I never could ssee
what he was getting at. When my
uncle was in the mercantile business
he had a big stock. Ten kids. Two
of the boys got fired-he called them
canned goods. Two sisters-he call
ed them dry goods. There were two
more sisters that were old maids
he called them remnants-they laid
on the shelf too long and they we"e
spoiled goods.
Uncle was a fine singer before he
went to jail. Now he is always be
hind a few bars and he can never
reach the keys. Uncle was well off
efore he got married and he didn't
have a pair of socks to his name.
An Irishman and a Jew died and
went to heaven. When St Peter let
them in he said, "You men are just
in the prime of life; couldn't you
have enjoyed yourself on earth fo:
a couple of years langer?" The
Irishman said "No, it takes too much
money to enjoy yourself on earta.
When the high cost of living came
along the price of everything went
up so high we thought we would be
better off up here." St. Peter said,
'Well, I'm going to send both of you
back to earth for ten years, and gire
you all the money you want." Al
dressing the Irishman he said, "Now,
how much money do you want?"
The Irishman said, "I think I can
get along with about two hundred
thousand dollars a year." Then he
said to the Jew, "How much do you
want?" The Jew said, "All I want
is the Irishman's name and address."
JEAAT BAPTIST MARANGE.
Died, at. his home near Abit.a
Springs, La., on Saturday, Novem
ber 29, 1919, at 1:25 p. m., Jean
Baptist Marange, Sr., aged 80 years,
6 months, 23 days, a native of Cham
pagne, France, and a resident of
this country for the past forty years.
Funeral took place from his resi
dence on Sunday, Nov. 30, interment
in Mandeville Cemetery. Besides
his wife he leaves four sons, Lu
dovlie, Jean Baptist, Jr., Cervais and
Nicola, and one daughter, Mrs. O. C.
Bridges, of Covington, and sixteen
grandchildren, to mourn his loss.
Although he had been in ill health
for the past few weeks, his death oc
curred very suddenly and unexpect
ed Saturday, and was a great shock
to his family and friends. Mr. Ma
range was widely known and highl'
respected all over the parish, being
an old settler here. He was very
actively engaged in cattle raising
and truck farming. He was a de
voted husband and father and his
greatest pleasure was his home and
family.
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PARISH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
TO MEET.
Notice is hereby giv.n that the
Parish Executive Committee will
meet at the courthouse in Coving
ton, La., on Monday, December 8th.
at 7:00 p. m.
GEO. R. DUTSCH,
Chairman.
"MUSIC-A WONDERFUL ART."
In the "Stepping Stone," for No
vember, a journal issued by the
Home Institute, New Orleans, is pub
lished an article by Miss Marie
Louise Rausch, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John P. Rausch, Abita Springs.
Miss Rausch will graduate in the
class of '21. The paper bears the
caption, "Music-A Wonderful Art."
The subject is handled with remark
able ability and indicates the thinker
as well as the writer and student.
The article is analytical as well as
highly appreciative of the art, as Is
shown by the following extract:
"Music is that of the fine arts
which appropriates the phenomena
of sound to the purposes of poetry.
The musician, then, is a poet, wheth
or we regard the term in its pri
mary sense of maker or not; is a
painter, revealing beauty of tone col
ors; is a scluptor, in hewing out
rhythms which reveal love or even
sensualism; is an actor, because
music speaks in tones of pleading or
determination; an architect, truly,
building up strength and massive
ness in composition and interpreta
tion."
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MEETING OF WV. P. U.
A regular meeting of the Women's
Progressive Union will be held on
Monday Dec. 8, at 3 o'clock.
MRS. F. N. BOUDOUSQUIE,
Corresponding Secretary.
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THE AMERICAN LEGION.
Mr. Lynn A. Burr, state executive
for the War Risk Insurance, address
ed the meeting of the Local Post of
the American Legion last Saturday
at the courthouse. Mr. Burr very
thoroughly explained the govern
ment's policy regarding the War
Risk Insurance system.
Mr. A. J. Finney, chairman of the
Covington Post, introduced the
speaker, and explained the objects
and purpose of the American Legion.
In order to reach all persons who
served in the military or naval sert
vice during the recent war, through
out St. Tammany parish, it is re
quested that such persons immedi
ately send in their name and address
to the local chapter of the Red Cross,
Covington, La. In this way a com
plete register of names shall be e?
tablished and then forwarded to the
state headquarters, which in turn
will mail data on the insurance sys
tem to every ex-service man.
All ex-service men of this paris.h
who desire to become a member of
the American Legion, are requested
to file their names and addresse.
with the local chairman, Covington.