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Building a Home the Big Thing in Lite.
We are living in the greatest age in the world's history. More
gre "t discoveries in science asd invention have been brought to light
%witlin the past one hundred years than all down the centuries, as
far as we have any record.
People have watched acorns fall to the ground for ages, but it
took at Sir Isaac Newton in the sixteenth century to discover the
law of Gravitation, which not only accounts for the acorns falling,
but this same law keeps the galaxy of worlds and planets in their
Sespective orbits aild is the invisible chord that holds the whole
un.' ers etogether.
Electricity has been manifost in the world since the first thunder
storm in the Garden of Eden, but it took a Franklin, a Morse, a
hell and an Edison to discover the law governing electricity and
harness this gloat power and mak3 It Indi4pensible to modern
t,vlllzatlon.
The birds and fowls of the air have been flitting hither and
thitler for all time, yet it took the Wirght brothers to perfect a
machine to enable man to rival the birds in the air flights and to
haluve dominion over the limitless dome which swings in spate
above us.
Marconi comes along and discovers the law that makes wireless
teletaphy possible and so perfected this great achievement where
by a message can be flung into space and the same caught up by
all stations in tune with the sending sttalon. Thorugh the growth
of the telephone we can talk across the continent and Edison has
not oonly given the world the electric light and power but the talk.
lug machine whereby the human voice can be preserved and re
produced indelinitely.
But with all these marvelous inventions and discoveries which
have proven a blessing to the world, the building of a home is the
grehtest acldovement yet. There Is a great deal of difference be
tween a HOUSE mid a HOME. Yea, as much difference as there
is betweent a prosperous town and a "dead~" place in which people
exist. You can buy ai house but you cannot buy a home-there are
to many elements of character that go in the making of a real home.
No one desires to reside in a cemetery; no one wants to locate in
a place where the merchants are always in financial straits. It
takes all the people working in harmony for the growth of a town
to make it ALIVE. You can't rob a child of part of its nourish
ment and expect a robust youngster; you can't drain your com
munity of much of its cash by sending it away to foreign concerns
and expect a prosperous body of merchants, the life of any town.
Spend your cash at home for every thing possible to purchase at
onicme, and your merchants will prosper, your town will grow and
with the growth of the town your lands % ill enhance in value and
everylody will be prosperous.
Mamny of the great inventions at first were beyond the reach of
the acerage fellow, but alive now become household necessities.
Large mercantile establis.hments at one time were impossible in
the snit llhr toawns, but have beconme a fixture now by the increasel
patronage by the home people, for as the 'demands of the people
increawe the live merchant will expItnd to meet this demanmd. -n
this itay the public is belretitted bec.use with hte increased volume
., )Usiless naturally cones tihe smna.er profit, and you are not only
enabled to get V .hat y:ou want xhllie: you want it from your holn?
;act. anlit but at it price that is reasonable.
'IT'ie "liuy-at-Hcme P'olicy" is the 'vise policy.
Copyright-Cotton States Merchants Asºeiation
SH. ..'FIELD) (GIHOCElY Slti)P.
PALL J. LACHOIX.
FRANK P. MARSOLAN.
CONSUMERs' ECONOMY.
J. C. BURNS & CO., INC.
COVINGTON GROCERY & GRAI:t
COMPANY.
J. A. DOMERGUE.
ST. TAMMANY HAY AND GRAIN
WAREHOUSE.
C. E. SCHONBERO
BURNS FURNITURE COMPANY. r
FRANK PATECEK.
BULLOUHI S DRUG STORE,
H. J. SMITH'S SONS.
CITY CASH STORE.
COVINGTON BANK & TRUST CO.
MIACKIE PINE PRODUCTS CO.
HEBERT GROCERY COMPANY.
AIEXIUS BROS. & CO., INC.
SMITH HARDWARE CO., LTD.
D. I. ADDISON.
RICHARD & RIGGS.
F. G. C. AUTO SHOP.
COMMERCIAL BANK & TRUST CO.
We Are Selling
Out at Cost
Yo will not again have such an
opportunity of buying things at
prices unheard of at his time.
Come Early if
you want
BARGAINS
Eveything Going in Furniture
J.H. HEINTZ FURNITURE CO.
Columbia Street opposite Bulloch's Drug Store
________ I
Mr. J. R, Beaudoin has been .n
Oovington for the past several days
prepai:ng to start work in the old
Covington Laundry. He is repre
sentiig the Star Cleaners and Dyer
of Baton Rouge, who intend dolhg
their ,aundry work here. Mr. Beau
doin is well pleased with the pros
pects here for business.
NOTICE TO OORRESPONDIENTS.
It is very essential that you sign
your name to all correspondence sent
to this office for publication. If yao
do not wish your name published
just state that tact at the conclusion
of your oorrespondence.-Editor.
WHO ARNETT IS.
(Continued from page 1)
surance Co., of Kansas City, Mo,
the sum of $2.00.
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
E. C,. Davis, president of the Cov
ington Bank & Trust Company, and
W. E. Morriss, vice-president and
manager of the Commercial Bank &
Trust Company, being interested in
drainage themselves, thoroughly In
vestigated Mr. Arnett's responsibili
ty. i hey have stacks of letters from
bankers in various parts of the coun
try speaking in the very highest
terms of his character and ability.
Mr. Arnett is well able to finance his
G. E. SURGI
Covington, La.
At This Season We
Sell the Most,
LAST YEAR wehiad
that experience, and
,the year before, and so on
back. People are out-of
doors more-at their work,
'giving their autos exercise
and indulging in otherout4
door sport.
Common sense says that a
high priced delicate watch
had better be at home on
such occasions, and that
an Ingersoll should be on
active duty.
We're ready with a complete
line of Ingereolls from the $2.50
Yankee up to the 7-jewel Re
liance in a gold-filled case at
$11.50. Of course we have the
Radiolites that tell time in the
dark.
undertak!ngs himself, and while his
income tax for 1917 was one of the
largest paid by him, his resource:;
are ample.
When Mr. Arnett became interes:
ed in the Kansas City Life Insurance
Company, in 1907, it had less in
surance in force than has been issi
ed annually ~by the Arnett Agency iCr
the past three years. During thiA
time the Kansas City Life Insurance
Company has with four exceptions
wr'tten a larger new business than
any other life company domiciled
southwest of Philadelphia - and
there are several hundred good comn
panie3 in the territory. There is oc
file with the Covington Bank & Trust
Company a certified copy of Schedule
G (page 20) of the annual statemen'
C of the Kansas City Life Insuranc3
Company which shows "all salaries,
compensation and emoluments of
whatever amount received in the
year 1919 by officers and directors,
and when the same amounted tc,
more than $5000 by any person,
firm or coiporat:on." The total of
this amount paid to forty-five dif
ferent ind;.iduals is $1,542,283.60,
of which amount $426,269.05 was
paid to Eugene Arnett, or mubh
more than was paid any other in
dividual connected with the com
pany, and yet this institution had as
sociated with it at that time such
national characters as Fred W.
Fleming, of the War Savings Com
mittee; P. W. Goebel, president of
the American Bankers Association,
and R. A. Long, the greatest of all
lumber manufacturers. As the Gen
eral Agencies of the Kansas City
Life Insurance Company are all can
tracted wi*h on a standard basis.
this extract from the annual stat,
ment on file with the Insurance De
partment at Baton Rouge answers
the inquiry as to what constructive
influence built this great corpora
tion. And there is another line of
information procurable from Hen.
R. H. Flower, Insurance Commis
sioner, which is of even more Ini
portance. The statement on file a.
the capitol proves that the Arnett
Agency wrote in Louisiana last ye'r
more than seven millions of new
busincss. While exact figures sre
not yet available this is approximate
ly one-fourth of the total amount
written by the thirty odd companie
licensed in the State. But of su
preme sginiflcance is the universl
satisfaction in service to policyhold
ers. Formerly it was of commou
occurrnce for hundreds of poilicy
holders out of every million dollars
worth of bus:ness placed on the
books of a life company to compla'n
of dissatisfaction with the agent
with whom they purchased. In
1917, 1918 and 1919 the Arnett
Agency wrote approximately fifty
millions of business in the two states
of Oklahoma and Louisiana. 1l
qUifiry of the Insurance Commissionor
of either state will reveal the great
ect iiiracle in the life insurance
ibusin'ss-not a single dissati'fi,'d
)olcyholder-not even one. T:is
o iE:uene Arnett, means more than
he fact that by '1917 he was wr'Aiug
:e largest new business ever wr't
' n by any life insurance agency
..nywcere at any time. Since then
the ilmitations placed on the bu-i
ne. s materially reduced the voluame
.nd brought about the organ'zation
I jf the United States Rural Loan &
I Savinl.s Association and eventua!ly
: became a contributing factor in cais
aing Eugene Arnett to make invest
- ments in this parish.
As the Arnett Agency produe,3
Sduring the first half of 19 L9
- pract cally all the business the in
Ssurance company was willing to ac
cept, Mr. Arnett organized the Unit
Sed States Rural Loan & Savings AM
VICE PRESIDENTIAL
DRY CANDIDATE
Leigh Calvin, Prohibition party's
vice presidential candidate, as'ne
eppeared at the notification cere
mony at the borne of Aaron Wat
kins, the Prohibitionist's candi
,late for president.
socia-lon during the first half of the
year. Probably no greater tribute
could be paid to Eugene Arnett that
the fact that an active officer of
practically every large bank in Kan
sas City took stock with him. Net
only bankers but prominent men in
other lines took stock in his organi
zation. We ibelieve inquiry of any
one of these men will disclose the
fact that the reason for doing so
was in each instance their coin
plete confidence in Eugene Arne:t.
However, after organization Mr. Ar
nett became convinced that regard
less of an unprecedented demand rcr
installment stock, conditions were
such as to make questionable the
permanent investment of funds Ft
the then high level of pric s.
He therefore recommended the liqui
dation of the organization. Exactly
how be treated his associates in the
organization is explained by the fol
lowing letter to President Davis of
the Covington Bank & Trust Com
pany from J. F. Holden, first vice
president of the Kansas C'ty South
ern Railway Company:
Kansas City, Mo., July 30, 1920.
Mr. E. G. D.avis, Presildent Covingt )n
liaAk & Trust Company, Coving
ton, Louisiana:
I)Dar Sir:-I note with pleasure
that Mr. Eugene Arnett is in your
district, and, as usual, is interested
in thuirgs which make for the bene-.
it of the community in which h.
lives.
I have known Mr. Arnett well, and
favoeably, for the past thirty years,
first getting acquainted with him ,n
Okla'ic ma, where he was engaged in
general merchandising and farming.
I have always found him a man of
high Integrity.
About a year ago he organized in
this section the U. S. Rural Loan &
Savings Association, and quite a few
Kansas City men, of whom I wais
one, joined him in such organiza
tion. Mr. Arnett spent a good dea'
of time and money developing his
proposition, but, after investigation,
found the time was not r:pe for the
scheme had in mind, and voluntarily
returned to the stockholders all of
their subscription, with interest at
6 per cent.
I r tgard Mr. Arnett as a high
grade business man, and worthy of
your confidence.
z Yours very Truly,
J. F. HOLDEN,
Vice-President.
POLITICAL RALLY AT SDIDELL.
(Continued from page 1)
ment of the lawyers at that time anl,
is proud of the fact that the endors'
ment of the bar is practically unani
mous. That in his trial of both civil
and criminal cases he had endeavoe:
ed to meet out even justice between
men and men. That he referrel
with pride to the percentage of re-i
versals in the many cases appealed
to hiher court.
That in criminal cases where they
have been tried before the court
without a jury I have carefully
listenad to the evidence and have in
all cases acted as I charged the jury
to act by giving the defendant the
benefit of any reasonable doubt that
might arise from the evidence, where
conviction was justifiable I have con
victed but in passing sentence I have
always tried to temper Justice wi.h
mercy and particularly in the cass
of young men for I believe in giving
boys a chance and in many instances
I have suspended sentence upon
young men in order to give them a
chance to make good.
I .,ntered upon the discharge of
my duties just before the breaking
out of the war and many hardt
hings that no other judge had to
contend with In this district were
brought before me for solution and
in some instances my decisions may
have seemed hard but the council
of defense, a tecognized branch of
our government at that time, was in
a pos!tion to say and the exigencies
of the times demanded harsh rem
edies.
The enforcement of the dipplfl
law was perhaps one of the hardest
problems with which I had been con
fronted me and I desire to call your
attonion now to the fact that not a
single bill of indictment for failure
to dip cattle has ever been returned
by a grand jury of your parish oi
Wash!ngton parish. That in every
case where parties were haled be
fore he court for a violation of that
law it was upon a bill of informatibn
filedi by the District Attorney at the
instance and under the direction ut
the Louis'ana Live Stock Sanitary
Board acting through their Inspect
ors. I am not criticising the Dis
trict Attorney for this as he only
did his duty and did what other Dia
trlct Attorneys had done but I refer
to it to show you that it forced the
D:strict Court to sit as a court o[
investigation as well as a trial court
and in each and every instance I
have done what I have conceived t,
be right and just in handling this
problem and for my actions in this
conn'ction I have no apologies to
makc: my conscience is clear.
It may be cla:med that one of the
judicial offices should go to*St. Tam
many parish. To that claim I hare
nothing to say to the contrary, b;ut
I call your attention to the fact that*
Illinois Central Proudly Calls Attention
To Its Record
There is a good deal of talk among uninformed people to the effect that the
railroads have not been functioning for some time, and are not functioning at the
present time.
If this talk were to the effect that the railroads are facing the task of at
tempting to move a greatly increased volume of traffic with an impaired and in
sufficient plant, or that the railroads had not kept pace with the growth of the
country, it would do no harm, because it would ;be true, but any statement to the
effect that the railroads have not been doing their utmost, and are not at the pres
ent time doing their utmost, with the facilities with which they have to work, must
not be permitted to go unchallenged.
Perhaps the best answer which I can make to this unjust criticism about the
railroads not functioning is simply to give here a statement of the gross ton miles
of freight handled by the Illinois Central system, per year, for the last ten years,
and the number of passengers carried one mile, per year, for the last ten year.,
which I do, as follows:
Gross Tons Miles of Freight. Passengers Carried One Mile.
1910 ............. 21,297,062,271 1910 ............... 745,818,345
1911 ............. 21,889,824,779 1911 ................ 811,282,510
1912 ............. 21,531,250,666 1912 ............... 807,969,807
1913 ............. 24,391,105,507 1913 ............... 815,812,320
1914 ............. 24,366,570,056 19'14 ... ............ 832,881,282
1915 ............. 24,893,278,841 1915 ............... 747,797,713
1916 ............. 27,704,768,863 1916 ............... 850,797,693
1917 ............. 31,302,858,783 1917 ............... 982,111,873
1918 ............. 34,227,609,231 1918 ............... 1,026,898,494
1919 ............. 28,740,018,000 '1919 ............... 1,142,044,011
1st 6 mos. 1920 .... 17;,568,332,000 1st 6 mos. 1920 ..... 568,884,894
GROSS TON MILES OF FREIGHT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 1920, WETREi
3,253,664,000, THE LARGEST FOR ANY ONE MONTH IN THE
HISTORY OF THE COM;'ANY, AND JUNE WAS A
CLOSE SECOND.
The Illinois Central is but one railroad system out of many. I do not cla:mn
that its performances are any exception to the rule. No doubt many railroad sys
tems have done as well, and perhaps tome have lone better than the Ill'nois
Central.
The Illinois Central personnel is anxious to serve the public even ,better 'z
the future, and very earnest efforts are being put forth in that direction, but I
hope our ,atrons fully appreciate that it will take t.me to restore our equipm,~lt
and enlarge our facilities. I .promise them that no time will be wasted.
Constructive criticism and suggesetons are invited.
C. H. MARKHAM,
President, Illinois Central Iailroad Company.
none of my legal brethren aspired :o
the office of District Attorney and
for that I am not to blame. This
district was created in 1898 and St,
Tammany held the judgship from
that date until 1916, or eighteen
years, while Washington has neyer
had a judge except myself, and-'tI
have held the office only four years,
and I call your attention to the fur
ther fact that both Mr. Morgan and
Judg Lancaster served as distr ct
attorney under Judges from St. Tam
many parish.
And" now, my fellow citizens, I
have laid my record before you. 1
stand or fall with the record I have
made. If you think that I have
fairly and honestly performed tho
duties which were incumbent on mr
and that I am worthy of your suff
rage at the coming election, then I
earnestly and respectfully ask for
your support. I have no promises
that I can make you except that in
the future when I am re-elected, as
I confidently expect to be, that I will
serve you as honestly as I can and
with the experience of four years,
which is an asset to you and to me.
I feel that I will not fall into the
same errors that I have in the past.
Again thanking you for your sup
port, T will bid you good night.
Mr. L. C. Moise was the nelt and
last orator of the evening. As a
candidate likewise for District Judge
he stated that he had assisted '
great deal in the selection of Judge
Carter as Judge Lancaster's success
or. Also he had been urged to make
the race in 1916, but had refus3d
out of regard for Judge Carter.
However, he felt justified in mak
Ing the race this time and that he
had no intention of withdrawing
The only thing that could stop himt
would be the ballot -box. If he was
defeated he "would fall like a star
streaming splendor down the sky."
He was furthermore a property
holder in St. Tammany parish. Paid
taxes in this parish, whereas none
came from Washington at all.
It was said that the lawyers were
against me. I consulted with a
number of lawyers in Covington and
they said they were neutral. This
was easily understood, as no lawyer
likes to offend the judge before
whom he has to practice.
'He had heard it rumored that he
had iaade certa.n promises in Boga
lusa. This was a "base falsehood.'
He had not made and would mak3
no promises, other than to say that
if ele-ted, he would give justice and
would go on the, bench with enmity
towa i's none and with no reward to
fulfill.
That further, a man in SlidBll hid
told aim that he would not vote for
him as he came from Covington.
He then wondered it they wouldl
vote for Judge Carter, being fromn
Fran'klnton. He could not under
stand this as he had always ,been,
friend to Slidell, and made use of a
metaphor of the Savior on Calvary,
"Oh thou, progressive Slidell, wilt
thou forsake me?"
That the war had been mentioned
that night. He had suffered as
greaiiy as any one for he gave five
sons to that war. In speaking uf
the war Mr. Moise paid a tribute to
the American flag. He said it was
not .he flag of one nation, it was
the flag of the universe. Its blue
repreaenting the faith and patriotism
of the nation; its white, the purity
of its womanhood; its red, the blood
of its Ibrave American manhood
and heaven-kissed it still wore the
imprint of its stars.
He was a plain, blunt man, apt at
times to go into flowery speech, b it
that if elected he would do his beet
to se ve all alike.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Commercial Bank & Trust Compa-'y
vs. Jones & Picket, Ltd.
No. 3163.
Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Cour',
Parish of St.. Tammany,
Louisiana.
Notice is hereby given that by v r
tue of an order of seizure and salo
issued out of the honorable afore
said .curt, and to me directed, bear-J
ing date the 30th day of August,
1920, I have seized and will offer
for wale at the principal front door
of the courthouse in Covington, La.,
at public auction, between legal sale
hours on
Saturday, October 9, 1920,
the following described property, to
wit:
A certain lot or parcel of land sit
uated in tae Parish of St. Tammany,
Stats of Louisiana, and more fully
described as follows, to-wit:
1. The southwest quarter of see
tion 1 tp i. south, range 11 east,
containing 160 acres.
2. The south half of the south
east quartos of section 22 tp 5 south,
range -11 east, containing 80 acres.
3. The southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section 17 tp 6
south, range 12 east, containing 40
acres.
4. The southwest quarter of the
nortwest quarter, east half of the
northwest quarter, east- half of the
sout*seast quarter and the east half
of the southwest quarter, all of sec
tion 6 tp 6 south ,range 12 east, con
taining 220 acres, jmore or less.
Cotaining altogether 560 acres,
mor3 or loss.
Terms of Sale-Cash, without ap
praisement.
WALTER GALATAS,
s4-6t Sheriff.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Commercial Bank & Trust Company
- vs. Jones & Picket, Ltd.
No. 3163,
Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court,
Parish of St. Tammany,
Louisiana.
Notice is hereby given that by v'r
tue of an order of seizure and sale
issuel out of the honorable afo-s
said .ourt, and to me directed, bear
ing~late the 30th day of August,
1926, I have seized and will offs
for .4ale at the principal front door
of oe courthouse in Covington, La.,
at publc auction, between legal sae
Shourks, on
s4turday, October 9, 1920;
the following described property,'o
wit:
A certain piece or parcel of lan'l
situated in the town of Covington,
Parish of St. Tammany, State of Loui
isiana, and more fully described as
follows, to-wit:
Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 i an are
1702, in New Covington,, said Iota
having each a front of sixty (60T
feet on Seventeenth Avenue by a
depth of one hundred and forty feeu
'between parallel lines. Said square
No. ;702 being bounded by Monroe
and Madison streets and by Seven
teenthl and E'ghteenth Avenues.
B3:lg the same property acquirel
by Jones & Pickett, Ltd., from C. L
Rousehkolb, as per deed recorded 'n
Conveyance Book 57, folio 528, of
the )filcial records of St. Tammany
Parish, Louisiana.
Terms of Sale-Cash, without ap:
praisement.
WALTER GALATAS, qº
s4.6t Sheriff.
- For For
ORD CART
hock Absourb
SPollt ifsl IN.l
is REDUCED UPEKEP FIW
IN EXTRA MILEAGE FROM GASOUf.I
IN THE INCREASE RESALE VALUE OF
THE CAR.
OVER AND OVER AAIN IN THE COM.
FORT T GIVES YOU.
ENDORSED FOR THE FORD TOU*1Ib
ROADSTER OR COMMERCIL m
BY NEARLY A MILLION USERS.
An ECONOMIC COMMECIAL NICIE,
SSi1't FOR THE FORD TRUCE.
THE HASSLER GUARANTEE.
AISOUJE SATISFACTIOS
Ask Ford owners who have them
. on their cars. .
L. F. WERRL, :
Dealer
Covington, LoaIsiama
We are authorized to announce
L. C. MOISE
for the office of Distirct Judge of the
Twenty-Sixth Jud cial District, at tiM
election to be held in September.
We are authorized to announce
JUDGE P. B. CARTER
for re-election to the office of DitZLiet
Judge of the 26th Judicial L)!str,C,
at the election to be held in 800"
tember.
W. are authorized to announce
M. I. VARNADO
Ias a candidate for the office of DIP
trict Attorney for the Twenty-51 .
Judicial District of Louisiana, gsui,
ject to the election to be held in
September.
We are authorized to announeo
J. VOL BROCK
as a candidate for re-election to the
office of District Attorney for the
26th Judic'al District of Loulas
at the election to be held in I08
tember. . .. t rJl