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Di0. M. ASON, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1921. VOL.47 No. 20
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ALL LOUISIANA
HEALTH WEEK
FOR NEGROES'
APRIL. 3 TO 9
Promoted In Louisiana By
Commission of Inter
Racial Co-operation
THURSDAY WILL BE
TUBERCULOSIS DAY
SAppeal To All Negroes For
i: Co-operation To Insure
One Big Success.
PROGRAM.
Sunday, April 3-Sermon and Lee
Sture day.
SI Mondiy-Hygiene Day, Persorial
1: and Social, at Doughty A. M. E.
SChirch.
Tuesday-Children's Health Day,
at Martin M. E. Church.
SWednesday-"Swat the Fly Day.'
i Thurday-Tubercu:osis Day, at
XMt. M Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Friday-Church Sanitation Day,
at First Baptist Church.
K Saturday--General Clean-Dp ,Day.
S(By W. W. Hadnott, Secretary)
April 3 to 9 is Health Week for
Snegroes all over the South,
. A special health program is to be
carried on for a full week through
out the Southern States is not only
desirable, but necessary. We, of the
colored race, must wake up and un
derstand that our progress is not de
pendent on just how much money
we make. We must conisder our
health, and how we are first obliged
to have it, if we are to be prosper
aus and happy.
We must change many -of the con
.itions under which we live.
We must keep better homes, clean
er surroundings, better fed and bet
t:er clothed children. *
We have got to remember that we
owe it to ourselves to make our
hpomes free from sickness and dis
WR WE HAVE GOT TO FIGHT TU
BERCULOSIS,
So a "Health Week" is being ar
ranged. All the organizations in the
State having to do with health,
cleaner holmes and cleaner peop~T
are being asked to take part in thIs
Health Week. The State Board of
Health, Health Officers, Red cross,
State and Parish Anti-Tuberculosis
..Leagues, Women's Clubs-all are be
-ing asked to take part. These are
miainly organizations of white peo
le. But this is a Health Week for
colored people. If the white people
- are going to help, thenzit stands to
|reason every colored citizen in this
Itate should take a hand in the job
"-and do everything he or she possibly
can to make these seven days the
!biggest seven days ever given over
t:to health work among the colored
epeople of Louisiana.
SA week is a very short time to
give to this matter of health. But
:this week is only to get people starl
Sed-started to doing something as
well as thinking something. It is
not intended that a few people are
going to get together in a few places
Sand do what they can in seven days
and then go back to the old careless
Sways It is intended to make this
^.week a means of stirring up every
body so that each one can learn
s BomethiAg he or she can do--child
;ren as well as grown-ups, and keep
i:on doing it, and so prevent disease
,:and improve our surroundings and
our health.
(Continued on page 5)
THE CHINQUAPIN BLUEJAY
(Edited by Wildwood)
Our Motto: "There's always room for. a Bluejay."
Chinquapin-by-tle-BIayou, lia, April, 1921.
KEEiP YO U1 EYES OPEN.
"That LI1' 01' Blue Jay."
(Note-This art'cle, written iy
James Speed and publshed recentiy
in The Southern Agriculturist, is sent
to The Farmer with a request for
publication. by the editor of "The
SChinquapin Blue Jay. )
Our common old blue jay is a sad
Stease; a versatile mimic and a most
conceited fellow. But unlike the
conceited human being he is a mo';t
ardent lover and 'ater a most ex
emplary husband .and father. When
the spring sunshine bursts the buds
on the rough apple bough his love
knows no bounds. If his lady love
is not near he will go into ecstacies
Sover his wonderful blue and white
Ssuit and his own figure. At such
times I have seen him bob up and
Sdown as though he was practicing a
bow for his mate, and whisper to
himself, "Chee-da-'it! Chee-da-lit!
Jay-bird! Jay-bird!"
And as he rehearses this love scene
he occasionally preens a glossy featn
Ser and lifts and lower- his fine crest.
With all of his good looks and his
sprightly manners, our poor old jay
_ has a .bad reputation. Indeed, you
rarely hear any good of him at all.
His reputation is actually so bad it
Is conceded by many of the negroes
that every Friday quite regularly the
bird goes below to report to the
"01' Boy, hisself" to secure instru2
tions for the devilment the 'bird iq to
do the following week. Nearly every
one believes that he spends a large
Portion of his time in spring and
' summer robbing the nests of smaller
LEGUMES AND
DRAINAGE THE
SECRET OF
FARMING
Pineywoods Land Valuable
for-Agriculture With
Adequate Drainage
HIGH PRICES FOR
COWPEA SEED
Velvet Beans Unexcelled for
Grazing Crop in Fall
and Winter
(By A. E. Briggs)
To use legumes advantageously as
green manures it is necessary to have
good drainage in order that the vines
and roots will decay in the soil
quickly. Legumes for fertiliser (at
the same t me th-t they are used for
stock) and adequate drainage is the
whole secret of how to make piney
woods land valuable for agr:culture.
We are very fortunate in our loca
tion in the section where the three
best annual legumes (velvet begns,
cowpeas and soy beans) produce
most abundantly when properly cul
tivated..
U. S. Farmers' Bulletin No. 114S
thus compares these three legumes.
"The soy bean has about the same
climatic adaptations as corn, and
therefore its culture is much more
extended than that of either the cow
pea or velvet bean. The velvet bean
is especially adapted to the well
drained portions of the Atlautic and
Gulf Coastal Plain areas, while the
cowpea can be trown successfully
not only there, but throughout the
cotton belt and the lower half of the
corn belt. The velvet bean and cow
pea are quite sensitive to cold,
whereas the soy bean withstands
considerable frost in spring and fall.
Cowpeas and velvet beans both suc
ceed on poor soils better than the
soy bean. For soil improvement
velvet bean is, in general, superior
to either the cowpealor the soy bean,
although the cowpea succeeds under
a greater diversity of conditions.
The soy bean is to be preferred for
forage on account of its upright
growth. The cowpea. and velvet
beani are vi~i plants and tfFert6fi
more difficult to harvest and cure.
As a grazing crop for cattle and hogs
in fall and winter the velvet bean
cannot be excelled. However, the
cowpea and soy bean can be grown
over a more extended area, and some
of their numerous varieties furnish
earlier pasture. For the production
of seed, the soy ýbean has many ad
vantages over the cow.pea and vel
ret bean. The soy bean matures at
ne time and can easily be handled
)y machinery. The seeds of velvet
beans, cowpeas and soy beans are
ill excellent feed for cattle and
logs."
Here is a pertinent suggestion to
he farmer who is looking for a cash
;rop (a subject I will discuss more
.ully in a later article):
"The demand for seed of well
cnown varieties has kept the prices
n recent years so high as to make
:owpea seed production a profitable
ine of farming. Localities well sait
ýd to its production will find it high
y profitable to grow seed on a large
cale, especially if the best machin
ry for handling the crop is used."
VLuch of our soil, as indicated in
he next paragraph, can probably
itil'ze the cowpea very profitably as
seed crop, at 'the same time that
Sadds value to the land as fertilizer.
"The cowpea succeeds on practi
birds and eating their eggs and
young.
The jay's reputation has -been so
notorious that he was made the sub
ject of a series of searching investi
gations by the Department of Agri
culture at Washington to determine
how much damage he did for the
farmer. In summing up a detailed
account of the contents of 184 stom
achs examined Farmers' Bulletin No.
75, "Common Birds of Southeastern
United States in Relation to Agri
culture," says:,
S"While there may be possibilities
of the Southern jay becoming quite
troiblesome local:y, at- present he
cannot be considered'a serious men
ace to agriculture. His insectiver
ous diet during the spring, which
includes many destructive .species,
more than compensates for losses in
flicted upon corn fields later in -the
season or upon isolated orchards or
luit vated nuts."
Of course, every one who lives in
the country knows the jay by sight
but I wonder if ;nany people know
what an active brain he happens to
have and how tl bughly he enjoys
a bit of practical Jke, I have often
watched a sly fi sjay slip quietly
through the un drrush or a clump
of bushes until he "was close to a
number of small -biids which were
busy about their eVry-day affairs.
Then he would suddenly imitate per
fActly the high, shrill, lon-g-drawn
whistle of the red-tailed hawk.
With cries of jfs, and alarm the
small; birds vwould eek cover while
the mean practical joker wou'd
laugh his harsh "Jay-Jay and fly
ftwav
STAKE PAY FOR COTTON IN GERMAN GOODS
A
}Your American may be knockFd down-but if.he is a true American
he won't stay down. Cotton growers of Mississippi have shown them
selves to be true Americans and are leading the way for all American
agriculturists. Cotton growers of the Delta region in Mississippi have
organized and are shipping cotton to German mills at 20 cents a pound.
Not only that-they are taking their pay in German goods-then co
operating with German manufacturers in marketing the gopds to needful
central European nations. The cotton growers receive two-thirds of the
goods manufactured-the-German mills operating on the one-third mar
gin. 'Other American cotton growers in-Southern states are following
the Mississippi plan. Pictures show loading boat at New Orleans with
Mississippi cotton for export to Germany and thousands of bales of cot
ton in the South which will be better sold at 20 cents than laying in the
weather until it will be worth less than 5 cents a pound.
WILL RE-OPEN
TELEPHONE
RATE CASE
Baton Rouge, March 31.-Accord
ing to authentic reports the Louise
ana Railroad Commission will hand
down a decision to-morrow (April 1)
allowing the presentation of addi
tional evidence in the Cumberland
Telephone Company case, the ex
change rates for which were ad
vanced last month by the commis
sion for an average of 20 per cent.
When the original order was issu
ed by the commisson making the ad
vance the commission reserved juris
diction for the presentation of ad
ditional evidence.
This the commission is going to do
so it is understood and give ample
time for the presentation of any ad
ditional evidence phone users have to
Imake that the advance granted is
not justified by the company earn
ings,
i,*-0---
Among the ordinances introduced
in the Constitutional Convention this
week is that of Mr. Fred. J. Heintz,
"to authorize creation of a state
board of correction and charities."
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VOTERS OF PARISH ARE SLOW
IN REGISTERING.
Following is the number of regis
tered voters, men and women, for
the entire parish, up to arid includ
ing March 31, 1921:
Wo
SMen men Total
Ward 1 ........ 99 14 113
Ward 2: ....... 33 1 24
Ward 3 ........ 1188 99 287
Ward 4 ........ 128 41 169
Ward 5 ........ 31 0 31
Ward 6........ 33 1 34
Ward 7 ........ 7 0 7
Ward 8 ........ 79 28 107
Ward 9 ........ 306 162 468
Ward 10 ....... 8 3 11
902 349 1251
FOR RENT-Two rooms for light
housekeeping, convenient to town.
Address H. T. D., Box 656.
cally all types of soil. It does ap
parently quite as well on sandy soils
as on heavy clays, but will do better
than clover or alfalfa on, thin soils
or soils that are poor in lime. No
Iother legume can be grown so suc
cessfully and on such a variety of
i soils under adverse conditions as th'e
- cowpea. A very rich soil is not con
ducive to the best results with this
Scrop. On such a soil an abundant
Svine growth is produced, while the
Syield of grain is small. Poor soils
Iwill produce little growth of vine,
-but will generally yield a good pro
portion of seed.. Clay soils will not
i produce a heavy yield the first year,
but the crop will succeed much bet
ter the second season. It may be
said that the cowp'ea will do best on
good corn land, but will thrive on all
types of soil that are well drained,
proper.y inoculated, and moderately
rich."
"Soils which are naturally unpro
ductive, or are badly run down by
long years of cropping without ad3
'quate returns, cannot be expected all
'at once tcoive wonderful crops of
soy beans or cowpeas. However,
with proper attention to drainagi,.
liming if the soil is sour, and such
applications of phosphoric acid and
potash as' the soil may need; these
crops will do better than a'most any
ithing else on run-down land. Loam
and clay soils will usually be most
in need of phosphoric acid, while th |
r:sandy loams'are likely to need both
'.phosphoric acid and potash." Th:s
. statement taken from bulletin ,,f
:P urdue Unversity Agricultural Ex.
L periment Station, Indiana, is wholl
applicable to Louisiana excepting as
to potash .of which our soils havw
naturally a sufficient-sunpply for al
I most any crop.
r :'But drainage is a very important
S(nttinued on page 2) .
MASS MEETING
FOR CEMETERY
CALLED AGAIN
The meeting held at the school
auditorium last Tuesday to organize
and discuss an association, for the
up-keep of our cemetery was dis
appointing from the fact that so few
attended, but the few are determin
ed and full of energy, and it was de
cided to have a drive op house-to
house canvas for subscribers or mem
bers, at one dollar each.
The- drive will be -on Tuesday,
April 5th. Members of the Progres
sive Union will start, from the Com
munity House at -10 o'clock and
work through the day.
Mrs. J. C. Burns has been named
chairman of the drive,
The workers will notify all those
who join, and all in any way interest
ed to meet at the schogl auditorium
on Thursday, April 7, at 8 o'clock
p, m. to hear and discuss plans for
immediate work.
It is urged thlft the people attend
this important meeting-it is to take
care of our dead and beautify our
cemetery.
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G. RONDEAU URGES C(Y-OPERA
TION.
Alton, La., March 31, 1921.
Editor St. Tammany Farmer:
I think if we want to boost the
farming in this parish everybody
farmer and stock raiser-should
work hand in. hand. Nothing can be
accomplished if these parties are di
vided.
In the meeting at Slidell, March
26th, Mr. Henry Keller told us that
the lumber industry was running
short and that something would have
to be done if we want to keep up
living.
Mr. Harry D. Wilson, commission
er of agriculture, told us he was
sorry to learn the Police Jury had
discontinued the useful services of
our county agent,
To cut short, I am suggesting for
the best interest of our community
and the interest 6f the farmer and
stock-raiser alike, the following:
1. For the inteFest of the good
roads and to save excessive expenses
for the farmer, that a hog stock law
be passed by the Police Jury.
To the public who is not interested
in this matter I suggest them to take
a snap-shot of the damage done by
the hogs-on the' new Pearl River
Slidell road.
2. That only the cows be allow
ed free grazing, and a parish fund
established for the maintenance of
ten thoroughbred bulls, one for each
ward, for the imprqvement of the
-parish stock and the benefit of the
stockmen.
3. That our county agent be re
instated in his past position for the
care and advice lie can give to both
parties and for the best of their in
terest.
4. That the meat -cufing and
syrup proposition be pushed to -the
limit and a circular sent to every
farmer explaining the facts.
To conclude, I ask all my friends
-farmers and stock raisers-to pull
together for the best of all-farm
ing, stock raising, fruit growing,
banking, etc.
Very truly yours,
G. RONDEAU.
SCHOOI; IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE.
The School .Improvement League
will hold its regular meeting Monday,
April 4, at 3:15 p. m., at the school
auditorium. Members-and friends of
achool are urged to attend.
NOTICE.
The next regular meeting; of the
St. Tammany Parish School Board
wifl be held at Covington, La., in the
office of the Superintendent, onFri
day, April 8, 1921.
S, ELMER-E. LYON,
mr26-2t Secretary.
Woman refuses to
uncover ears
Dame Fashion has detreed un
covered ears for milady in predic
tions for 1921 spring and summer
hairdress. Still. her .American
highness, woman, has oLtlate years
found that fashion's dictate can be
ignored-and that is just what she
is doing this spring. This low,
snug coiffure, as worn by Con
stance Binney. lends itself most
beautifully' to the close-fitting
spring, turban, so it prevails
hmongst the big majority
RACES AT FAIR
GROUNDS
RACING PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY,
APRIL 3.
Third Class Race.
1--L. G. Gaines ..;...... Baby
2-Arthur Koepp ........ Frank
3-Ruben Meyers ....... C.levor
4---Fitzmorris ......... .........
No. Owner Horse
Second Class Race.
5-Major Bennett ........ Britt
6-Ruben Bennett ... Ben Johnson
7-W. M. Poole ........... Ben
8-Ben Aoueille ......... Charlie
9-A. C. Laborde .......... Duke
10--John Myers ......... Ginger
First Class Race.
11-Major Bennett .........Clay
1.2-A. J. Planche ........... Pete
Baseball Game.
Covington vs, 'Hibernia Bank &
Trust Co., of New Orleans.
Results March 27.
Third Class Race.
--Ru-ben Meyers ......... Clever
2-Arthur Koepp ......... Frank
3---L. T. Heintz .......... May
Second Class Race.
1-W. M. Poole ............ Ben
2--Major Bennett ........ Brltt
3-Ruben Bennett ... .Ben Johnson
First Class Race.
1-A. J. Planche ;........... Pete
2--Major Bennett .......... Clay
Harness Race.
1-W. N. Patrrick .... Charlie Red
2-A. Sawaya ............. Roy
Btseball.
Crescent City, 5; Covington- 1.
OFFERS ADVICE TO FABRMERS.
Mr. Frank Giordano has a beauti
ful home on '9th Avenue, Coving
ton, situated in a large square of
ground that is cultivated in flowers
and vegetables. It is his hobby.
He was in. the business at one time
of growing vegetables for the Chi
cago market. He made money at it,
and the commission merchants of
Chicago are still seeking him out.
He will continue to ship what he
raises, but he is so delighted with
Covington that he wants to see the
business, built up. To this end he
offers his services free to any farmer
who wishes information as to grow
ing, packing and shipping vegetables.
He is a fine, genial fellow and any
farmer will ifind pleasure in discuss
ing the 'business with him. Just call
on him.
IMrn Giordano has recently receiv
ed the following letter from a big
Chicago wholesale produce commie
sion house. They probably have an
eye to .business in this section, but
the main point is the acknowledge
ment of the ability of Mr. Giordano
to grow the stuff:
Chicago, March -1'5, 1921..
Mr. Frank Giordano, Covington, -La. -
Dear Sir:-We acknowledge re
ceipt of your letter, and we are pleas
ed to hear the interest you have tak
en with the farmers in showing
them as to planting and packing
their vegetables.
Ip reply to this the wirter who has
been with Storch ,Bros. for several
years, and who is familiar with the
handling of your products from
Home Place, La., can say that we
found it a great pleasure in handling
your products. This was due to the
fine quality of same that you raised
as well as being well put up. We
found that it was always a .good
package to recommend to oui'--best
trade, and found: very little trouble
in disposing of it, and feel. satisfied
that if the growers follow out your
instructions it will prove beneficial
to them;:
Trusting we will be in line to
handle a good pbrtion of your ship
ments and assuring you of the very
best results, we are,
Yours truly,
T. E. POLK COMPONY.
Mr. Giordano may bte found at his
home on 19th Avenue, opposite the
Brewster home. He has requested
us to make the statement that it will
be a pleasure to tell you many things
about truck growing that will De
profitable to you.
CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHUROH.
First Sunday after Easter, April 3,
holy communion and sermon at 1.1
a. m. The Easter music will be re
peated. Evening service and sermon
at 7:30 p. m. -Tuesday, Guild meet
ing 'at 4 p. m. Wednesday, service
and address, 4 p. m. -Everyone in
vited to these services, -
S- . ORSON MILIaIR,
R.lector.
; ;(
WOULD LOCATE
PAINTFACTORY
HERE IF AID IS
RENDERED
Addresses Letter to Associa
tion of Commerce Ask
ing Assistance.
$25,000 CAPITAL
STOCK SUFFICIENT
Behrens Creamery Company
Offers to Buy All Milk -
On Local- Market
At the meeting of the Association
of Commerce last Monday a letter
was read from Mr. William Ficker,
who asked the assistance of the As
sociation in interesting citizens in a
proposed manufacturing company
for the productiou of iron rust-aronf
and black dfire-proof paints, writing
and marking inks and especially a
"non-eradicating" ink that has never
before been placed on. the market.
He stated that a capital of of $25,000
would make a corporation large
enough to take care of the business
for some time and that the business
-could be starmed with a paid-in capi
tal of $110,000. He wished the As
sociation to get behind the sale of
stock and to recommend same.
As the Association has made it a
rule not to recommend stock of any
kind, no action was taken further
than to notify Mr. Ficker of this fact
and to assure him that the Associa
tion welcomed every legitimate en
terprise and would willingly give him
all the support it could as individu-.
als, but that it could take.no action
in the sale of stock a, a body.
Such a factory would no doubt be
a good thing 'or Covington, and the
people here would no doubt take ad
vantage of any proposition that
shows business possibilities and
profits.
Mr. R. W. Hagel, representing the
Behrens Creamery Company of New
Orleans, spoke to the members on
the plans of that company for the
buying of milk from St. Tammany
parish dairymen. He said that the
company would take all the milK
offeP 4er-sale at 50 cents-a gallon.
rhis company has an investment. of
$125,000 in New Orleans and will
handle milk and manufacture milk
products. He will probably meet
most_of the dairymen- here in person.
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HOW A TICKET AGENT'S "THANK
YOU" WON THE DAY FOR Y.
AND M. V. EMPLOYEES.
(Issued by the I. C. Railway)
At Baton Rouge, La., January 25,
1921, some friends gathered at the
hospitable and beautiful home of
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Doherty. The
conversation was gay and spirited.
It drifted from one topic to another
until, finally, the question of whether
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railway
employees practice courtesy in their
dealing with the public was brought
up.,, The entire party agreed that
the Y. & M. V. trains were always on
time and that the service *was ex
cellent and could scarcely be improv
ed upon, but one of the party took
the position that the employees were
not courteous to the public, and that
all the talk to the contrary was fic
tion purer and simple, and had no
foundation in fact. Another ex
pressed doubts. To those present it
lpoked as though the Y. & M. V.
employees might be in for a. drub
bing, when the hospitable and charm
'ihg hostess, Mrs. Doherty, came to
their rescue With ea concrete case to
back up -her convincing argument in
behalf of the employees.
"Why," said IMrs. Doherty, "only
a few dlays ago I was in New Or
leans and went to the ticket office of
the Y. & M. V. to buy a ticket to
Baton 'Rouge. The ticket agent was
most courteous, and when I paid him
for the ticket hl said 'Thank you'
as though he meant it.:i: That was
courtesy. It impressed me."
'Here is a valuable lesson, not only
for ticket agents, but for all the em
ployees of the Illitnis Central Sys
tem.r The railway and its employees
are servants of the public. (Efficient
service on the part of the employees,
accompanied by' courtesy, will win
increased patroifage for their em-:
ployer, the railway company, and es
teem and suppoit for them.
Mrs. Doherty is right. A large
per cent of the Y. & M. V. employees
are courteous. The same may be
said truthfully of the employees of
the- entire' Illinois Central System.
Why shouldn't they be? Courtesy
is preached and practiced-from Presi
dent \Markham dcwn. They consider
courtesy an outstanding word-the
practice of it byf employees as.ot
paramount importance to succesefulr
operation of the. ailway.
Out of the Illinois Central Sya
tern's organization, composed of ap
proximately 60,000 employees, there
may ,be a few scattering ones who do
not practice courtesy to the public,
but: tlhety Onstitute the exceptions
and not- th'e rule- Such employees
reflect discredit. upon themselves
their supervising officers and the
railway generally. It is the duty of
supervising officers of the railway to
locate those who compose that class
of employees, appeal to them, work
with them, and, endeavor in every
proper way to induce them to mend
their ways and ibecome courteous to
the public, thus being of more value
to the railway and, to themselves.
mployees who combian tblit e uill- be
ties of courteay and ability will be
NEWDEPOTOFN.
. G. N. OPENED
TO PUBLIC
FRIDAY
Not a Joke As Is Suggested
By Announcement of
Date of Opening.
MR. CARR AND FORCE
EARLY ON THE JOB
Old Toilets To Be Used Un
til Arrangement is Made
for Sewer Connections
_Superintendent Gould, of fhe N. O.
G. N. Railroad, notified Mayor Badon
that the new depot would be opened
Friday, April 1st-and this has noth
ing to do with the associations of
that day. Although it had a sound
that puts one in the position of the
man who has kicked a brick 'neath
an inviting stovepipe on a former
occasion when nature was alll smiles
and the fool beguiled to folley. But
we are glad to know that it has been
opened, even it had to be on All
Fools day. Mr. Carr and his force
were on the job early Friday morn
ing and trains were operating from
the new depot on schedule time.
The announcement that the old
toilets will be ured .until some ar
rangement is made for sewer con
nection, brings back to a considera
tion. of the day of opening. How
ever, if we can get the old depot re
moved there'll be a chance to get the
toilets in the new depot opened, even
if they have to be put in like the
other toilets in the town.
MRS.' HI. J. POOiL.
Mrs. Emma Warren Poole, widow
of the late H. J. Poole, died at her
home in Bogalusa, Tuesday, March
29, 1921, after an illness of about
ten days.
,Mrs. E. J. Domergue and,- Mrs.
Lorena Wortham, of New Orleans,
sisters of the deceased, and J. D.
Warren, of Laurel; W. L. Warren,
of Varnado, and Dr. B. B. Warren,
of Covington, all ibrothers, were ac
the 'bedside when the end came.
Mrs. Poole was a devout member
of the Methodist Church," and an
active worker in the Order of the.
Funeral services were conducted -
from the family residence Wednes
day morning, Rev. A. J. Gearhead
officiating.' Jessamine Chapter, Or
der of Eastern Star, assisted by the
same order from Covington, had
charge of the ceremony at the grave.
MRS. T. J. FITZGERALD.
Died on March 8, ,1921, Mrs. T. J.
Fitzgerald, aged 62 years, 1, month
and 8 days. Her remains were laid
to rest by the side of hbr husband
who preceded her to the grave seven
years ago. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Lee R. Sparks.
She was a member of the Meth
odist Church. She leaves six sons
two daighters and thirteen grand
children.
MRS. ADELINL COOPER.
Died March 24, 1921, Mrs. Ade
line Cooper; Wife of Calvin'Cooper,
aged 79 years. Mrs. Cooper has
been a resident of St. Tammany par
ish all her life and was well and
favorably known. Her death comes
as a great shock to her many friends.
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CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank our ,friends and -
relatives who stood faithfully by us
luring the illness and death' of our
beloved mother. Especially do we
thank ,Rev. Talmage, Drs. Heintz and
Young.
PAUL, DAISY AND VIRGINIA
COOPER.
S----o--
[Mr. Wm. P. Minckler, secretary of
.he Association of Commerce, who
eas a delegate to the telephone rate
:onvention at Alexandria, is out try'
ng to raise the $300 assessed to each
)arish by the convention. This will
;o towards making up the $15,000
leeded to audit the books of the
3umberland Telephone Company to
'et evidence before the Supreme
3ourt if the case is taken there, and
o employ experts and legal talent
o make the fight.
he railway s officers of the future.
How easy it is to do little acts of
:indness for others! It is the little
hings that favorably impress those
vith whom we are thrown in co',
act and that sw6eten our own lives,
'he ticket -agent, when appealed to
ly a patron to change a bill, can do
t .in a manner that will make a
riend out of that -patron for him
elf and the railway, or he can do it.
a a manner that will be offensive
,na will cause the patron to feel a
esitancy in asking another little
avor. It require no more effort to
e pleasant and it is by far more
atisfying. It is like casting bread
pon the waters-it will be returned
a many ways. The gateman can
Teet passengers with a smile and a
leasant word and make them feeL
leased that they are using the Illi
os Central System'instead of some
ther route. The' passenger conduc
or is in a fortunate position because
e has more opportunities to favor
bly impress patrons than any other
mployee. If he makes .his pass
agers feel that it is a pleasure to
iim to answer questions and give
ttle 'bita of information about.
cihedules, connections and the
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