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D" II. MAsoN, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 192!. VOL. 47 No. 50
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REV. I. GILCRIST
CHARGED WITH
MAKING RACE
TROUBLE
He Is No Longer Desired
As Pastor of the Afri
can M. E. Church.
MEMBERS ASK
HIS REMOVAL
200 Negroes Endorse Reso
lutions Condemning
His Actions.
Last week anonymous letters
were sent out by some person threat
ening bodily violence to a citizen of
Covington, signed "K. K. K." and to
V. C. Thornton, principal of the
(, loretd school. The crude manner
i.i ,'hieh those letters were gotten
un siiihoed that they were written b_.
an irreslponsible party and no atteo
t;o . ouil d halve been paid them, ex
ccpt for the fact That Thornton hal
Ibeen paced in a serious situation
tlhrough reports circulated that hI
Wials building up racial feeling be
t,'een n.,groes and whites by his
tilkti in the school. Believing thee:'
reports, it was rumored that the
waiit pcople were about to take
T'hi riitoliil ill hand, with the result
that it meeting was held by the white
peolpe at which Thornton and thiose
Ii'groers who had accused him and
liid circulated the reports were w:li
lonid to be present. It developel
t.i:at 'Thorntoll 'was not only blamie
less but had used his endeavors to
in:erest his people in the fair, In
stead of creating bad feeling because
of the setting aside of a special day
for their aitendance. It also de
vhloit'ed that Rev. Gilchrist, pastor of
the IimroLihy African Methodist Epis
coipal Church. had untruthfully stat
edl that Thornton * * * "hell
public meelings in which he said the
colored people were being robbed
and deprived of their rights by tre
whi.'tes and were advised against at
tcldanlce" at the fair.
As a result of the exhonoration of
Thornton, the colored pleople ad
dlressed a letter to Rev. J. B. Bell
(,f New Orleans, asking the removal
of itev. Gilchrist. approved by ovel
200 negroes at a meeting held in
Covington, Tuesday, October 25th.
Also the following resolutions
were passed:
Whereas, there has been accusa
tiliis against Prof. V. C. Thornton
that he has held public meetin-s with
the colored citizens that were calcu
lated to produce friction and discord
between the white and colored races,
and incite feelings antagonistic t.
fi iend y racial relations,
hle it reso,lved, That in mass meet
ing as:sembnled, we denounce Rev. I.
(ilclivist, pastor of the' A. M. M .
Churc'i. Covington. La., as the circu
lator of th lese ireports or rumors
which are falsei, unjust, uniiniely and
prognllit with dire and fruitful re
sults;
ItRsolved. That we prote:st against
his usurped leadership, and deplore
his unlitnesc as to truthfulness,
wortlhi'ness in living and acts;
tie it further resolved, That we
commlllnd the white committee and
citizens for their good will, forbear
;ice and readiness to weigh facts
and deteriminrC actions accordingly;
lie it further resolved, That we
will co-operate in matters of right
and against lawlessness and racial
agitationis, and will do all In our
lpower to applrehlendl any guilty per
snl or persons.
The above resolutions were ap
iroved by over two huiindcred colored
peiolle ait the Peace anid Good Will
Hfall, Tuesday night, October 23th,
1921.
GRANVILLE MOORE,
Chairman.
E. P. JACKSON,
Acting Secretary.
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A very quiet but pretty wedding
wais that of Mliss Angele Aoncille, of
(Coviington, to Mr. V. T. Summners, of
1aiton Rouge, which was celebrated
Thursda y, Octcober 27, 1921, at five
thirs.y p. mi., at St. P'eter's Catholic
hurih. TIIhe bride was given into
lthe keepiling of the groonm by her
lither. Mr. .I. M. Aoueille. She was
ih iilnsomely drcess'ed ill a suit of blhii
tricotine an1d carried a shower bol
(liiit of liliie. of the valley and
orchid-l. I eLr onily attendant xwas
her sister. Miss lieloise Aoucille,
who ioukld love y in a dheiss of brown
c(Lnton (crelp with hat and slippers
to match. The groom had as his
List maniLL. Mr. -lHorace Carr. After
the cirermony an informal receptionl
was giiven at the homie of the brides
parliieils on .1 fferson Avenue.
M1'. aLiid Mrs. Sunmiers nimotored to
Sidell tol take the trlain for Memlphis,
''euIIn., and ('hicago. l'They will makef
thei"r homie in thaton Riouge.
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EIE,('TION OF Oh"ICRl('ltS 4)1F COY
IN(TON FIRE ASSOCIATION.
At a meeting of the Covingtoni
Fire Assiociation he'd October 19th.
the following oilecers were electcd.
lF. P. Marsolan, president; H. A.
M:,ckio. v'cr-president; V. E. Boas,
secretary: E. R. Moses, treasurer:
H. .1. Osteidorf chief; J.. D. Lanm
bert. first assista.it chief; Jo'. Hoff
masn. seconid assistant chief and
housekeeper; Aug. Vergez. chief mie
hanic; }ily. Levy and W. R. Thomp
son, assistant mechanics; N. Seller,
tankmnan; J. F. Bouquoi, physician.
'MASONS TO GIVE
BARBCUE AND
BANQUET AT
SLIDELL
Prominent Men From New
Orleans Will Deliver
Addresses.
B. Y. P. U. GIVES
RIDE TO MANDEVILLE
Planning for Community
Fair November 6th.
Personals, Etc.
(By Staff Correspondent)
Slidell, Oct. 28.-Thursday morn
ing about 4 o'clock, Mrs. Fred Gause
became insane. She went to the
room where her two daughters were
sleeping and with an ax struck the
elder daughter and fractured her
skull. The little girl awoke fright
ened so' she jumped underneath the
bed, but her mother dragged her
out and cut and fractured her skull
and face. Mrs. Gause ran .ut of
the house to a neighbor's,' elling
them sithe had ki.led her children
and was going to drown herself in
the bayou, but she was soon stopped.
When the doctors got to the house
and found the children they sent
them on the first train to New Or
leans. Very little hope is entertain
ad for the them. *
Barbecue and Banquet.
Saturday night, Oct. 29th, the
Masons will give a large barbecue
and banquet. Prominent men from
New Orleans will deliver addresses
and a big time is expected.
IL. V. i. U. Gives Hide to Mande
ville.
Last Thursday the B. Y. P. U. of
the Baptist Church gave a hay ride
to Mandeville. The weather wasI
quite chilly, but with the good "eats"
.empting them they couldn't be
stopped.
Community 1"air,
The people of Slidell are plapning
to have a Community Fair on Nov.
6th, in Slidell, which will hold the
interest of everyone, as farmers,
housewives, merchants and school
echildern have been asked to make
,t a success. Prizes will be award
ed to those making the best showing.
Local and Personal.
'Miss Myrl McMahon-a.
attending Soul'e's College, was a
week end visitor to her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. McMahon.
Miss Anna Morris left Monday for
Newport News, Va., where she will
spend the winter with her sister,
Mrs. Charles Oliver.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Carpenter and
baby are visitors to relative and
Lriends this week end.
Last Sutnday ,afternoon Misses Myrl
McMahon, Lydia MccCants, Stella
Crow, Messrs. Henry Badon, Emery n
Smith and brother, of Bogalusa,
motored to Mandeville and other t
points in the parish.
Miss Lela Hanson, of Pass Chris- I
tian, Miss., Miss Gertrudaevy, Rev. I
and Mrs. H. Giles, motored to Bog
lusa"Monday night to attend quarter
ly conference of the 'Methodist x
Church.
Miss Jessie Mayfield, who is tak- f
ing a business course at Soule's Col- t
lege, New Orleans,, was a recent Sli- c
deil visitor.
Mr. Clarence Bailey, of New Or- t
leans, spent last Sunday in Slidell. C
Master Tennie Miles was taken to i
a hospital in New Orleans and his 1
tather has been called from Hon
duras. The child is reported to be
in a very critical condition, but we .
hope to soon hear of its improve
ment ,and recovery. .I
S.A'4IEGUARI)ING AGAINST FIRE.
ieep Off Black Iist.-By Chlaning Off
I'ine Straw and Leaves From
Your Roof. t
In order to keep your name off the i
black list of the Covington Fire De
partment you will have to clean off '
the pine straw and leaves from the
roof. I
Accumulations of rubbish in your
yards and barn should be rembved or t
bnu.rned up, but not too near your t
house, fence or barn.. t
Have defective chimneys and flues t
ooked over and repaired and see t
that you have removed old paper and
rags from~ the chimneys which was I
,ut in for the summer. ,
All other conditions constituting i
a public nuisance should be careful.y t
noted aind remedied. !
H. J. OSTENDORF, c
Chief of" Fire Department. r
-MISSIO)NARY SO(CETY WILL GIVE IT
BAZAAR. I
The Ladies' Missionary Society of 1
the Methodist Church will give a s
jazaar on November 26, to help pay r
for the new church building. All t
are asked to patronize the baztaar. s
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CARD OF THANKS. 1
We desire to tender thanks to the
merchantl of Abita Springs for their
services and use of trucks and cars
on School Day ftt the "Fair.
FACULTY AN'. PUPILS.
HA1IA.)WEEN PAR1T[ AT MANDE- T
VILLE. ~
There wil be a Halloween Party *,
at the Mandeville Public School, u j13
Monday, October 31st, at l:30 p. m., .
to which everyone ,insthi parish is b
invited. Fortune t lli halloween i
games, refreshments,_cing '25c a
ouple. No admission'ee. t
AMERICAN DELEGATES TO WORLD PEACE CONCLAVE
S . i , ,'1
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Specaiall posed photograph (from left to right) of E. u Root. Senator Under-ood Secretary of State
Hughes and Sen.tor Lodge. e
EXCEPTIONAL
UNDEVELOPED
RESOURCES
(By A. E. Briggs)
What are the natural resources of
this. parish? Oil? Gas? Gold?
Suppose some wildcatter struck oil
here today. It would create a little
excitement. Indeed the speculators
have not ignored St. Tammany par
ish. There is a lot of oil stock own
ed in this locality, and wells have
been dug here, and as long as-there
is loose money around which the
owner doesn't know how to spend
otherwise oil speculations will pros
per. But if a real gusher came in
today, it would produce less pros
perity than is derivable from the one
resource of this parish about which
there can be no quesqtion of doubt.
Whatever money is to be. made In
the oil business requires an. invest
ment of money, and taking into con
sideration both losses and gains and
balancing one against the other, the
ordinary investor is usually a loser.
and those who are expert and make
p haiues.nt it onrlinarily do not
prosper more than those who operate
other businesses.
The one natural resource of- this
parish in which the investor is sure
to make money is. farming under
:rainage. Farming is not a profit
able business without drainage.
With drainage farming is the surest
and most stable source of wealth
which any community can have.
But St. Tammiany parish has a
natural location favorable to farm
ng which is incomparable. A loca
ion only nicans opportunity for de
velopfent. Without enterprise and
nitiative natural advantages are of
little or no vaue to the possessor.
The man who wins is the man who
works, and that is as true of com
nunities as it is of men.
St. Tammany's natural resource
from which it is possible and feasible
;o procure millions of dollars of mer
handise annually is its land. When
ts lands are drained, it will be able
;o sell each yeaP .a greater amount
)f produce than it hlas derived from
its timber in all the years of the
umbering industry here. But with
ut drainage it is a perfectly safe
prediction that this parish will
teadily dec:ine in amount of value
)f production. Its great natural re
source is of little value until it is
mproved.
The great question before St.
Tammany people today is whether it
were better to emigrate to a de
veloped and prosperous oountry, or
:o stay right here and make this.
)arlsh the great agricultural com
nunity it can be made by a parish
vide drainage system. As a mattter
if fact, as we brought to attention
r few weeks ago, there has been for
long time past a constant emigre
ion from this parish of its educated
>oys and girls who are able, if given
he opportunity, to make this parish
he richest in the state. Drainage is
he key which will unlock the treas
ire vaults of this parish.
It is my privilege this week to
resent the testimony of a man of
education and w:de experience who
s ono of the thousands of boys whom
,he lack of development of his home
)lace sent" away to make for other
:ommuniti's with his labors which
night have been profitably expended
sere. I wish I had ut hand the
lames of men who like Mr. A. E.
3oome were born in this parish an l
"eceived an early education here and
rave since leaving risen to import
ince. I have no doubt there are
nany of them. Such men absolutely
isprove the slander which I hear
to frequently from home people to
;he effect that this country can be
mproved only by immigration from
mutside. The trouble is that by fail
(Continued on page 2)
HIUFFTARD--ATSOBROOK.
Mr." Fred HTuffard and Miss Katie
,'sobrook were quietly married
,Tednesday, October 19, 1921, r.t
i:30 o'clock, at the home of the
ride's father, Mr. J. N. Alsobrook.
?he ceremony was conducted by Rev.
rarrel, of Slidell. Only the family
Ind a few friends were present. The
iappy couple left Saturday morning
n their car fcr their home in Mobile,
kla.. where they were received by
riends.
STATEMINT OF
THE N. 0. G. N.
RAILROAD
To Our Patrons:
The grand officers of the train
service organizations have ordered
the members of their organizations
to strike, beginning October 30,
'1921, agajinst the twelve per cent re
duction in wages whl lh was ordered
by the United States ailroad Labor
Board, effective July- , 1921.
The United States, ailroad Labor
Board was created b an Act of C_6n
gress for the purpose of settling dis
putes between the ra road and th'eir
employees in the matter of wages
and rules and work g conditions.
Therefore, this prop sed strike is
against the authority 'f the Congress
of the United State as expressed
through its agent--th United States
Rtairoad Labor Boar
The twelve per ce t reduction in
wages is not sufficie; to permit thi
New Orleans Great orthern Rail
i:oad Company to op ate its proper
ty and avoid a rece ership. A 12
per cent reduction in rages is a very
small per cent of the-increase which
'O :; "secuR4[-: =during, he
period of Federal control. In 1917.
the year- preceding Federal control,
this Company's pay roll amounted to
$560,247. In 1920 this compa-ny's
pay roll amounted to $1,432,752, or
an increase of one hundred and fifty
six per cent over 1917. This enorm
ous increase was the result of in
creased hourly rates and change in
rules and working conditions.
Prior to Federal control, as our
patrons know, one train crew operat
ed the two turn a-round passenger
runs on the Shore Line; the two turn
around -passenger trains on the
Bogure Chitto Branch; the turn
around passenger run between CJ
lumbia and New Orleans; and the
turn around passenger run between
Bogalusa and Jackson. During the
period of Federal control rules and
working conditions were so changed
that it- was necessary to put two pass
enger train crews on the Shore Line,
two on 'the Bogue Chitto Branch,
two between Columbia and New Or
leans, and two between Bogalusa anl
Jackson.
Each -passenger conductor on the
Shore Line Branch receives $210.20
per month; one is on duty only five
hours and five minutes out of each
tenty-four hours, and the other one
is on duty five hours and seventeen
minutes.
On the Bogue Chitto Branch the
conductors' monthly compensation is
the same. The time on duty in the
case of one conductor is five hours
and ten minutes, and the other one
five hours and fifteen minutes.
,In the case of trains three anl.
four, which operate between Colum
bia and New Orleans, the two con
ductors agreed between themselves
that they would work alternate
days; in other words, each conduc
tor is on duty every other day, a
total of nine houirs and fifty-five
minutes,- and each receives $210.00
a month.
The same arrangement is in effe-ct
between the conductors who operate
trains nine and ten between Boga
lusa and Jackson. Each conductor
is on duty eleven hours and thirty
minutes every other day, and each
receives $210.0 a month.
Our passenger engineers make
from $265.00 to $319.00 for twenty
to twenty-six days work a month.
All other employees in train ser
vice reieive proportionately as high
wages as conductors and engineers,
and are also governed by the same
unreasonable rules and working con
ditions.
The increase in compensation of
our station agents during the period
of Federal control, as compared with
'1917, ranges from seventy-one to
five hundred and seventy per cent.
F'ollowing are a few examples:
Dec. Dec.
1917 1920
Talisheek, Agent .. $84.31.$277.47
Warnerton, Agent . 83.35 265.81
Zona, Agent ...... 93.12 265.19
Morgantown, Agent 55.00 204.19
Abita Springs, As
sistant Agent ... 27.50 184.40
It is against a reduction of these
high wages that the labor leaders
have ordered their men to strike.
We want our patrons to understandi
that we- are not opposed .to good
wages arid reasonable riles and
working conditions. All we ask is
a day's work for a day's pay. We
THE CLEAN-UP
SQUAD HERE
NOV. 4 AND 5
The clean-up squads of the Vet
erans' Bureau operating in Alabama,
Louisiana and Mississippi are getting
results. La ge numbers of men are
reporting to the squads at every stop.
The purpose of this clean-up drive
is to fully advise all ex-service per
sons of their rights under the-War
.Risk Insurance Act and to assist
disabled ex-service persons in secur
ing compensation, vocational train
ing, medical treatment and hospital
care; to assist and inform all claim
ants regarding the procedure neces
sary in filing a claim for compensa
tion, vocational training and to ad
vise and instruct them relative to
their War Risk Insurance; to assist
those whose claims are pending in
securing final action where addi
tional evidence is necessary to con
nect their disability with the service
or other evidence required by the
Veterans' Burerau to provide for im
mediate physical examination when
necessary and to promptly furnish
hospitalization for urgent cases.
Every man is requested to bring
his discharge, his marriage certifi
cate, and if hey has children, the r
squad, otherwise it will delay prompt
action in his case. This is very im
portant and every ex-service man
should be advised accordingly.
The squad will be at the court
house in Covington November 4th
and 5th.
-"-.
BOX SUPPER AT BUSH.
There will bea box supper at the
Methodist Church at Bush, La., on
Saturday, Oct. 29 (to-night), for the
benefit of the church. Everybody
invited.
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FAIR NOTES.
The beautiful cake donated to the
fair by the David Bakery was raffled
and brought $20.00, the winner be
ing Miss Velma Dutsch, of Madison
ville, holding ticket No. 27. ,
The two ferns donated by Mr. H.
H Borey, of Mandeville, were bought
by Dr. A. G. Maylie for $21.10
In the Schcools
By request of Prof. McAfee, of
Slidell, we publish the following
summing up of the award of ribbons
in the high schools of Covington and
Slidell :
Covington--18 firsts, 20 seconds,
12 thirds.
Slidell-17 firsts, 12 seconds, 10
thirds.
Blue ribbon given to Covington
for winning cup for best booth.
LABORATORY BLOWS UP.
Dr. Bulloch says that Joe Romano
is getting along all right, after the
scalding he received a week ago
Thursday. It seems -that Joe had
gone into amateur chemistry, with
the result that his mixture explod
ed, cutting his head and scalding
him about the stomach. Just how
it happened is not, on record, but Dr.
Bulloch was called to mend him up.
know, and we believe that our pat
rons agree with us, that no man can
make a success of this life by work
ing only four or five ho'rs a day.
We are sure that our patrons will
aree with us that no business can liv~
and pay its men the wages we are
paying and not receive a full month's
work.
We believe that a majority of our
employees would be willing to sit
down with us and negotiate :a reason
able scale of wages and rules and
working conditions, if it were not
for the fact that they have been in
structed by the national officers of
their organizations not to accept any
reduction in any rates of pay or
change in rules and working condi
tions which they secured during the
period of Federal control, and by
9rder of the United States Railroad
Labor Board, July 20, 1920.
If the proposed strike takes place
we will use every means at our corn
nand to keep our trains running
in our effort to do this we earnestly
solicit the cooperation of our pat
rons.
NEW ORLEANS GREAT NORTH
ERN RAILROAD COMPANY.
S W. E. FAR'RIS,
Vice-Pres. and General Mgr.
A. C. GOODYEAR,
President.
FRED. KLEIN OF
MADISONVILLE
HOLDSUP CAR
RUSTLER
Uses Defunct .22 Rifle and
Bluffed It Through
With Success.
CAR STOLEN
FROM HAMMOND
School League, Auxiliary,
Local News and Per
sonal Mention.
(By Staff Correspondent)
Madisonville, Oct: 27.-Madison
ville these days is not without a real
hero, something we thought quite
passe as a drama in the form of a
nold-up enacted Saturday night at
the Madisonville Ferry Landilig
proved. The scene was, of course,
drafatic in every detail, yet not with
out a touch of human pathos and a
glint of humor, as was so vividly
depicted in tht enactment.- About
8:45 Hammond officials telephoned
the marshal here to be on the look
out for a .big blue Chandler machine
w.ich had been stolen from Mr. It,
u. Fellars at Hammond. At' 10:30
a big machine drove up to the River
side Tea Room requesting informa
tion regarding the schedule of the
ferry across the Tchefuncta river. A
young woman in close prximity gave
the car the once over and decided.it
was no other than the stray one, rec
ognizing it and its two male occu
pants from the description phoned
,n. rNo sooner said than done. Our
young hero- in question-Mr. Fred
Klein-grabbed a small .22 rifle
that had long since ceased to func
tion as a dangerous weapon, and
went through the necessary motions
of a real hold-up and kept both the
men under survhliance with the
empty rifle frof 10:30 till Mr.
Whattingny could be summoned to
take them in charge. He had them
locked, up till Sunday night when
Sheriff L. H. Bowden, of Tangip'ahoa
parish, came for them: They are
now in Amite City held for further
investigation.
School League To Give Entertain
ment Halloween Eve.
.:"The--members of :the 'chrool 'im
provement League, with a nifty pro
gram mapped out, have everything
in readiness to entertain at a Hallo
we'en party on Monday evening,
October 31, on the school campus.
The program is a series of season
able games for the kiddies, and many
interesting features for the grown
ups, and includes dancing in the
spacious auditorium as a special at
traction for the followers of the
rerpsichorean art. Refreshments of
all kinds' will be served and a good
time is expected.
Ladies' Auxiliary Meeting.
The Ladies' Auxiliary held their
monthly social meeting at the home
of Mrs. J. L. Smith on Wednesday,
O^tober 19th. Mrs. Smith, known
for her pleasing and debonair man
ner of entertaining, delighted her
gests with her ever-ready repertoire
of humorous witticisms and timely
topics. She was hostess at a very
pretty plate luncheon. Besides Mrs.
Smith those present were Miss Della
Parent, Mrs. G. H. Leffler, of Des
Moines, Iowa; Mrs. M. F. McBride,
of Houston; Mesdames Jno. Parent,
H B. Gollehon, R. Flasdick, Sr., Jno.
Koepp, Jos. LeBlanc, Stanley Behr
ens/ G. A. Pennington, Bertha Rous
seau and Earl Galatas. The Aux
iliary will be entertained at their
next meeting at the home of Mrs.
R. Flasdiek, Sr.
Locals and Personals.
Mayor and Mrs. O. J. Oulliber
spent a fortnight in Slidell a~. the
guests of Mr. and'Mrs. A. D. Canu
lette and family, returning home
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lambright, of
Brookhaven, Miss., have purchased
a pretty little cottage and will make
Madisonville th'eir home. Mrs. Lam
bright, who was formerly Miss
Eunice Cooper, a popular member of
the younger circle here, has a host
of friends who welcome her back.
Mrs. Christian Koepp, Sr., left
Sunday morning for New Orleans to
be gone indefipitely. While there
she will visit Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Clements and Miss Estelle Rous
seau.
Mr. John Hanley and sister, Miss
Mary Deichman, have returned to
their home in New Orleans after
smmering here at their cottage.
Captain E. J. Miller, who has been
stopping at the Koepp Kottage, left
Tuesday morning for Mobile to he
away several days on business.
BORN-To Capt. and Mrs. H. F.
Snider (nee Zettala Chatellier), on
Tuesday, October 11, 1921, a daught
er, Eunice Winnifred.
BORN-To Mr. and Mrs. Antone
Patecek nee (Delia Peters), on Sept.
22, 1921, a son, George August.
Mr. Christian Koopp, Jr., of New
3rleans, spent the week end here
with friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Vic. Blanchard and
Mr. Jerome Blanchard have return
ed to Madisonville after an absence
of several months and are occupying
their pretty home on the Poncht
toula Highway.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Jones and Mr.
and Mrs. Harx Hoffman, of Lacombe,
spent the week end here with
freinds.
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Mr. and Mrs. Francis Dale Kent
zel are the proud parents of a baby
girl, Mary Elizabeth, born October
22, 1921, in New Orleans, La.
CRAZED WOMAN
TRIES TO KILL 2
WITH AX AT
SLIDELL
Fanatical Obsession of Re
ligious Creed Unbal
ances Mind.
THREE DAYS SPENT
MEDITATING CRIME
Woman of 30 Years Dies.
Child of 9 Has Hopes
of Recovery.
Thursday morning Marshal Saxon
of Slidell brought Mrs. Louisa Gause
to Covington and-turned her over to
Sheriff Galatas. He reported that
she had murdered her two girls
about 2 o'clock that morning with
an ax,. the younger one, about P
years, of age, was gashed on top of
the head. The other, probably 16,
was cut on the neck and on the
head. He had noticed her as he ei
tered the house. Her leg protruded
from beneath the bed and he saw it
move. He got her out and she-seem
ed to be dying. Both were taken .to
New Orleans by. Drs. Griffith and:
Polk. News from the hospital, says
Deputy Quatreveaux, reports Addie,
the elder, as dying, and that probab-.
ly Florence, the adopted child, wrill,".:
live.
It is said that Mrs. Gause's .l.
had become weakened by "infatua
tion with a religious creed." She
is about 70 years of age. If she.had
needed financial aid it could have
easily been obtained. There is no
doubt of her demented condition.
The strongest impulse oT a human
being is parental responsibility.
Nothing exceeds the strength of a
mother's love for her child. A more
pitiable sight can hardly be conceiv
ed than the mirrored thoughts in-the
eyes of a demented woman whose
mother-l.ve has coaxed her to the
brutal slaughter of her sleeping
children. The horrible scene of
blood and suffering shadowed her
face and marked her brow while the
light in her eyes alternated with
wonder and fear, remorse and right
eous satisfaction, pity and humility
-a constant suffering and. uncertain
ty. Such is the plight of Mrs. Louisa' -
Gause, widow of Edw. V. Gause, who
murdered her daughter, 30 years of
age, and an adopted daughter 6
years, according to her own state
ment, because she had no money, no
food, no wood and no means. She
lived in a little home near the ship
yards, which she had purchased a
short time back for $500 cash. She
said the hogs slept under the house,
which was full of fleas; that she
tried to patch underclothing for her
children, had used all the rags she
could get together and had given up
in despair. iShe had talked the mat
ter over with the children but could
find no way out of the trouble and
had finally decided she would end it
all by putting them out of the world.
Three different nights she had tried
to commit the deed but her courage
failed. But Thursday morning about
2 o'clock she got the ax and killed
them in bed. She. had intended to
jump in the bayou and end her own
life afterward.
Mrs. Gause was visited in her cell
-by Coroner Bulloch, who has not
yet made public an official state
ment. When seen by a representa
tive of this paper she was lying on
a cot, covered from her half-naked
ness by a spread, and she told her
sfory as above. Shortly afterward
she lost control of herself entirely
and was obsessed with the fear that
she would be harmed or starved or
dealt with in some outrageous man
ner. When finally quieted she sat
on a swing cot and rocked to and fr3.
Some one was placed in the cell to
look after her.
IAST OF PRIZES AWARDED AT
THE FAIR.
(Continued from last week)
Livestock
Mare, 3 years or over, 1st, M. & J.
Edgar; draft horse, 1st, J. Louis
Smith;.2d, M. & J. Edgar. Stallion,
1st, J. Louis Smith; 2d, J. D. Mc
Lain, Folsom. Jack, 3 years or over,
1st, Joe Tennent. Bull, 3 years or
over, F. L. Dutsch & Son, Waldheim.
Junior Bull, 1st, Planche & Ayers,
Ramsay. Bull, 3 years or over,
dairy herd, 1st, 1I. J. Smith. Junior
heifer calf, 1st, II. A. Mackie. Ram,
2 years or over, 1st, L. T. Heintz.
Ram, 1 year and under 2, 1st, L. T.
Heintz. Ram, under 1 year, L. T.
Heintz. Ewe, 2 years or over; ewe,
1 year and under 2; ewe, under 1
year; champion ram; champion eWe;
champion flock, all awarded L. T.
Heintz. Goats, ram, 1 year and un
der 2, 1st, Planche & Ayers. Flock
Angora goats, 1st, Planche & Ayers.
Swine, Poland China boar, 1st, 1.
W. Brown, Chinchuba. Senior boar
pig, 1st, H. C. Anderson, Pearl
River. Poland China sow, 1st, B.
W. Brown, Chinchuba.
Horticulture.
Fluffy Ruffles Fern, 1st, Mrs. E.
H. Linton. Baby Breath Fern, 1st,
Mrs. E. H. Linton. Maidenhair
Fern, 1st, Mrs. Howard burns; 2d,
H. J. Smith. Australian Fern, 1st,
Adrian D. Schwartz. Ostrich Plume.
Fern, 1st, Mrs. Philip Burns; 2d,
Mrs. E. H. Linton. Boston Fern, 1st
.Mrs. J. H. Warner; 2d, Mrs. H. A.
Mackie. Asparagus Fern, 1st, Mrs.
W. J. Warren; 2d, Mrs. E. H. Lin
ton. Begonia, 1st, Mrs. J. C. Cap
.ContlnueC on paga 4)