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D. H1. I.AsoN, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURDAY. JANUARY 14,1922.: VOL. 48No 9
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SCHOOL BOARD
PROCEEDINGS
MEETING OF
JAN. 6TH
Superintendent's Field Re
port and Financial
Statement
MISS LOIS CHAPIN
LATIN, MATHEMATICS
Schools of Parish In ;Gen
eral Reported To Be In
Good Condition
Covington, La.; Jan. 6, 1922.
The St. Tammany Parish Scho1o
Board met in the office of the Sup
erintendent on the above date with
President N. H., FitzSimons in the
chair and the following members
present: T. J. O'leete, ward .; ,.
H. FitzSimons, ward 3; H. H. Le~y,
ward 4; W. W. Talley, ward 5; Dave
Evans, ward 6; Geo. F. Bancks, war,
8; W. L. Elis, ward 9; W. Oswaid.
ward 10. Absent: Stanford e'hr
ens,. ward 1; 1. H. Keher, ward 7.
A quorum was present.
On motion by .Mr. Levy, seconded
by Mr. Talley, the minutes of the
preceding meeting were approved as
printed in The St. Tammany Farmer.
The Superintendent read the fol:
lowing report and financial state
ment:
Covington, La., Jan. 6, 1922.
Honorable President and Members of
St. Tammany Parish School Board,
Covington, Louisiana.
Gent'emen:-P-ease accept fol
lowing as my report as to the conai
tion of the public schools of this
parish at the present time.
Schools of the First Ward are in
good condition, A change in teach
ers in the second grade of the Madi
sonville school was caused .by the
sudden resignation of Miss Sauls. 1
have been successful, however, in Se
curing Mrs. Claude Adams to 4ill the
vacancy. You will remember Mrs.
Adams had this work last year and
is, therefore, familiar with condi
tions.
The Savannah Branch school has
been operated new for about two
months: Everything is going nicely,
but I am compelled to report a very
low -attendance. Where we used to
have an earQliment of 48 or 50, it
has now dropped to 35, and during
the month ending December 6 there
was an attendance of 31. Under
these donditions I doubt if they will
be ab.e to maintain the required av
erage of 30 during the rainy season.
The other schools of the Second
Ward have been running smoothly,
but I 'regret to report that the Pil
grim Rest school was broken into
one night during he month of Decem
ber and all of Lhe window shades in
onc room were stolen.
In the Covington school there has
been a change in the teaching force
'eused by the resignation of Miss
Bilford Gi,lis as *Latin and mathe
hiatics teacher. I was especially for
tunate in securing Miss .Lois Chapin
'of Tang!pahoa parish to succeed Miss
Gillis, and this work is now being.
done as well .as is possible under the
crowded conditions. I wish to im
press upon you the crowded condi
tion of the Covington High School,
and explain that it is absolutely im
possible for the teachers of this
school to do satisfactory work. The
eighth grade botany .class has 445
pupils, the eighth grade English 49,
the eighth grade Latin 48, the eighth
grade commercial arithmetic 34, the
ninth grade algebra 33. The eighth
grade English has been divided into
two divisions, and this should be
done with each of the classes listed
above. You are aware that the
maximum allowed by the Committee
on Accredited Southern Schools is 30
for each teacher, and here we have
as high as 55. We need in this
school one additional teacher to be
gin as soon as possible. The science
classes, such as physics, have in their
laboratory periods twice as many as
can work at one time. This necessi
tates the teacher alloWing part to
work by themselves without her sup
ervision, and also the reducing of the
number of periods of each week be
low What it should 'be. There is
grave danger if this condition was
appreciated by the State Department
Of their removing the school from
the approved list unless changes
were made. Were we to secure an
other teacher, it would necessitate
the using of the auditorium 'for a
class room, but I can see no other
Way or means of remedying the con
dition. There are between 20 and
80 more pupils in the high school de
Dartment this year than last.
The Mandeville High School ia do
ing perhaps the best work of any
sdhool in the parish when we con
sider the over-crowded condition of
many of them.
The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Ward
schools have maintained their aver
a-ge quality of work.
In the Eighth Ward a complaint
has come to me from the patrons of
the Robert school regarding the work
being done by their principal. I amr
expecting the trustees to appear b=
fore you today.
In the Ninth Ward repairs have'
been made upon the toilets of `the
Slidell High School. New furniture
installed .in the Bonfoueaor"Bayoue
.Liberty school, and new furniture
has also been placed in the Abita
Springs school in the Tenth Ward.
On December '13, Mr. Talley, Mr.
FitzSimons and myself opened the
bids for the construction of the Sun
negro school, and found them to be
as follows: Geo. Sticker $1504.80;
'"rnest C. Jones, $1850; S. R. Willi
nms, $2208.20. On motion by Mr.
TaileY, seconded by Mr. FitzSimons,
MADISON VILLE
LETTER TELLS
OF DOINGS
OF TOWN
"Pep" Features Meeting of
Town Council Tuesday
Evening, Jan. 10th
PLEASURE BAY
NEW SCHEDULE
Building Repairs, Accident,
News Notes, "Whispers"
and Personal Mention
By Staff Correspondent
Madisonville, Jan. 12-A lot o' pep
featured the meeting of the Town
Council, Tuesday evening, January
10th, when they held the regular
monthly session in the courthouse,
with enthusiasm wafting strong in all
the discussions-principally on gen
eral repairing of the streets and by
ways. It was decided to give all the
important highways a general over
hauling and repairing, re-shelling
wilire deemed necessary, and to shell
all other 'streets, work to begin in
earnest next week. Shelling has al
ready begun at the head of St. Ann
street, facing the Telephone Ex
change.
Work has been in progress for
two weeks and is nearing comple
tion at the crossing on the Coving
ton Highway. New ballusters and
rails have been added, the three
bridge3 constituting the crossing re
paired and the entire section re
sheded.
In keeping with the spirit of the
day, the big steamer, Pleasure Bay,
now under the management of W. 8.
Weil is emitting a few sparks of
energy, seeking a place on the pro
gram that is destined to out Hard
Luck, the old guy who is so insistent
when it comes to sticking around,
and give his friend Gloom a run for
(Continued on page 3.)
the eontract was awarded to Mr.
Sticker for the amount of his bid.
I attended the Superilitendents'
Conference held in New Orleans on
December 20, 21 and 22, and when I
listened to thu financial condition of
many of oqr parishes' in the state, to
the crowded condition of their school
houses, to the trouble that many of
them have had in the selling' of
school bonds, or the inability to se
cure satisfactory teachers, I feel that
we have been especially fortunate
thus far in these matters. Dr. Ernest
Horn, of the University of Ohio, was
present and gave two talks each day
upon vital school topics. I may say
that, in my opinion, he is the most
praetical educator whom I have had
th1 pleasure of hearing, and his rep
utation is a guarantee that all of
us were' well paid for attending.
You will rememniber some, two years
ago the. matter of selling timber on
oiir 16th section tp 8 s, r 12 east,
came before the board and a commit
tee consisting of Mr. Levy and Mr.
Keller was appointed to sell it. After
receiving bids you decided to have
the land surveyed. I was instpncted
to have this done, but have not yet
been able to find anyone who could
do it. The matter is now being
brought up fresh by the fact that
there are people anxious to :buy
either the timber or mineral rights,
and I trust that you are in a position
to vote intelligibly today.
In genreral, I may say that the
schools of the parish are in a satis
factory condition, and know of no
reason why we should not complete
a satisfactory year.
I regret to state that I believe it
will be necessary for you to adopt a
new schedule of salaries for another
year that will be somewhat less than
the present one. In order that you
may act intelligibly upon the mat
ter, I would recommend that you ap
point a committee to go into this
matter thoroughly, and report, not
later than the first Friday in April.
Thanking you for your continuous
Co.odAration, I beg to remain,
Very truly yours,
EI-MER %. bYON,
Finaneial statement for the six
months ending December 31, 1921:
General Pand
Bal. on hand July 1... 14,203.13
Reed. during 6 months 84,70,9.44
Total bal. and receipts.` 98,912.57
Disbursed in 6 months 88,904.55
On hand Jan. 1, 1122 10,008.02
District No." One
Bai. on hand July 1 . . 1,811.64
Recd. during 6 months 914.86
Total bal. and receipts. 2,736.50
Disbursed in 6 months 667.31
On hand Jan. 1, 1922 2,059.19
Second Ward Special
Bal. on hand July 1 .. 2,508.50
Reed. during 6 months 920.36
Total bal. and receipts 3,428.85
Disbursed in 6 months 3;245.02
ni ;hand Jan. 1, 1922.. )183.84
. District N. Three
Bal: on han'd July 1 .. 2,593.51
Recd.. during:' months 1,420.541
Total' bat. and receipts -4,014.05
Disbursed in 6 months 2,468,21
On hand Jan. 1, 1922.. 1,545.81
District No. Pour
Bal. on hand July 1 .. 1,038.52
Reed. during 6 months 1, 90.43
Total bal. and receipts 2,228.95
Disbursed in 6 months 1,604.34
On hand Jan. 1, it. :. 624,61
UNCLE SAM'S RAILROAD NEARLY DONE
Uiiele Sanm's own railroad, 471 miles- in -length, which "he has beel
builditng iti Alaska for about eight years, is nearly completed.: It is a monu
'ineieil witk 'iti numbers of great bridges over torrents, long tunnels,
.leei "ills" atndmginy snowsheds. Above is a photograph of the interior
ift one long tiiowshed.. The pidictiis Qone of a large nhmber just obtained
from Alaska by "the "Scientific Ainericaii" aiid is printed herewith simultane
ously with" that journal, by special arrangeinnt:
MISS SALMEN
ENTERTAINED
ON EVE OF
WEDDING
By Staff Correspondent
Slidell, Jan. 12th.-On -Tuesday
evening Miss Salmen was charming
ly entertained at tea and cards in the
Community House. The House was
very beautifully decorated with green
foliage. Of the happenings greatlyr
enjoyed during the evening, was a
miniature vwedding. Miss Pomie
Dunham made a very charming bride
and Miss Doris Mae Barron" took the
role of bridegroom, with Miss Laura
Leonard officiating.
Smith---Liddle.
The marriage of Mics Lydia Odelle
Liddle and Mr, G. R. Smith was
quietly solemnized in the Presby
terian Church on Tuesday evening,
at 6:30 o'clock, Rev. R, 1. Long of
fieiating. The bride was dressed in
a becoming traveling-suit. Mr. Smitn
is well known here, having been in
the employ of Neuhauser Brothers.
After a reception givgn at the home
of the 'bride's grand-parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Liddle, the happy couple
'eft:;for:ttheir .honme in aoselan-d, La.:1
-Thursday; evening' MrS. SAifas .ea
tertained the Ladies' Missidnar:.'S-:
ciety of the Methodist -Churih. D.&
licious refreshments *were s6rved.
The ladies have great plans which
they hope to fulfill during the year.
BORN-To Prof. and Mrs. T. H.
McAfee, on Sunday, January 8, 1922,
a fine boy.
Miss Sallye Hailey went through
an 'operation on her tonsils to-day
and was reported as doing nicely.
iMrs. S. B: Swetman spent Sunday
in New Orleans as the guest of h'cc
daughter, MrS. C. A. Bailey.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Gardner were
New Orleans visitors Tuesday.
Mr George Swetman spent Sunday
in New Orleans:
18 POUND CABBAGE.
Mr. Emile Hoffman has raised some
fine Flat Dutch cabbage -on his place
near Abita Springs. One of them,
weighed 18 pounds and was crisp
and tender. Another evidence of
what St. Tammany can do in the
truck line.
District No. Five
Bal. on hand July 1.. 4,478.4:
Reed. during 6 months 213.3<7
Total bal. and receipts 4,691.83
Disbursed in 6 months 3,456.52
On hand Jan. 1, 1922.. 1,235.31
District t o ..61x
Ball on hand July"'V. .. 5,659.63
Recd. during 6 m ch-.a 4,234.12
Total bal. and recelits 9 9,893.73
Disbursed in 6 months 7,;170.00
On hand Jan. 1, 1922.. 2,723.75
District No. Eight
Bal. on hand July 1 .. 1,043.67
Reed. during 6 months 89.70
Total 'bal. and receipts 1,133.37
Disbursed in 6 months 1,125.44
On hand Jail 1, 1922.. 7.93
District No. Nine
Bal. on hand July 1 .. '1,056.51
Recd. during 6 months 1,168.61
Total -bal. and receipts 2,225.12
Disbursed in 6 months 1,447.37
On hand Jan. 1, 1922.. 777.75
District No. Ten
Bal. on hand July 1 .. 1,785.72
Recd, during 6 months 9 9 12
Total-bal. and receipts 1,880.8i
Disbursed in 6 months 22.68
On hand Jan. 1, 1922.. 1,858.16
District No. Eleven
al. on hand'July i .. 70.62
Reed. during 6 months. 259.40
Total bal. and receipts . 330.02
Disbursed in 6 months 120.75
On hand Jan. 1, 192.. 209.27
SELMER E, LYON.
Superintendent.
Moved by Mr. Evans, seconded by
Mr. Talley, that the School Directors
of the Fourth, Seventh -and Ninth
Wards -le appoihted a committee to
have in charge matters connected
with the voting of a special sctool
tax in the Seventh Ward. Carrie l.
The Superintendent reported that
Mr. A. E. Harding, of -the Ninth
-Ward, ; ad asked for a refund of one
poll tax beoause of the fact that ths
,-;. (ICntliueds~ 'bago.5
FOLSOM DOINGS
IN SOCIAL WAY
P"RSONAL
NOTES
BJy sftn correlslondent
Mrs. W. T. Wallis. entertained at
cards Tuesday. evening:
Mr. J. W. York was a business
visitor to New Orleans, Monday.
Mr. T. J. Hodge, of the Covington
Grocery & Grain Company, was in
town last week.
Mrs. McGowan and daughter, Miss
Barbara, left last Tuesday for Baton
Rouge where Mrs. McGowan will re
main indefinitely, Miss Barbara re
turning Sunday night:.
Mr. J. D. McLain tpent Friday in
Covington on business.
Mrs. A. J. Brown, isf New Orleans,
was the guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. T. Spring, Sunday.
Dr. F. R. Jones was a business
visitor to New Orleans last Wednes
day.
Mr. H. L. Mason, of the Richard
son Company, was visiting the Fol
som merchants last week.
Mr. and Mrs. -G, :Fendlason, ofa
Amite, spent several: ys herie 1,st
;week [visiting' relatives, and on their`
return home Were accompanied by
jys. Pend.ason's mother, Mrs. C. J.
Rodgers.
Mr. D. Carroll left Monday for
Bogalusa to be gone indefinitely.
Mrs. Mary Core has returned from
Baton Rouge where she- spent sev
eral weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
H. Rogers,
Mr. Paul Verger spent Monday in
Covington.
Mr. Willie Lee and, family have
moved to Independenqe where he has
purchased a strawberry' farm. /
Mr. B. T. Spring was in Covington
Monday attending court.
Mr. C. Sharp, of Baton Rouge, was.
visiting friends here last Sunday.
Mr. Bob Bernard add family- left:
Monday for 'Hammond, their future'
home. "
An unusually large congre'gatiot"
listened to an exceedingly interesting
sermon Sunday ii'ght by the Rev.
Evans, of the Baptist Church.
Mr. R: F. Bibby, engineer on -the
N. O.-G. N., returned Monday night
after spending two weeks at home
with his family'in Columbia, Miss..
Miss Grace Menetre and Mr. Sam
Parker were guests of the Spring's
last Sunday.
Miss Ruby Spring, of the CoViilg
ton Hi, and Miss Claire Gusman. of.
St. Scholastica's Acadeiny spent last
week end at- home here.
Mrs. Thos. Gusman spent Thur -
day with her mother n1 Mandeville.:
Mr. A. McLain, of Franklinton, is
stopping at the Spring Hotel.
Mrs. Mamie Nolan, who has -been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Lee, returned to her home u.
Norfolk, Va.: -
Mr. Felix Bachemin, agricultural.
agent of the N. O. G. N., was in Fol
som, Wednesday, buying sweet po-|
tatoes.
MANDFVILLE NOTES.
By Staff Corresponden ,
Capt. Johnson and Mr. and Mr.
Geo. Hewett were the guests of. M.
and Mrs. Becker, of New Orleans;
New Year's.
Mrs. S. A. Wilson gwent to New
Orleans to attend the Gypsy Smith,
meetings.
Dr. and Mrs: R. B. Paine had as
their guests for the holidays their
children, Dr. -and Mrs Ruffin Paine.
and little Bill, of Shreveport; Mr.!
-iid Mrs. -Clyde Paine and Clyde,-Jr.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Ewing Johnson,:
of New Orleans.
Mr. and Mrs. -Milton Vaught, of
New Orleans, were Christmas visit
ors with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. U. Vaught and family.
Mr. Herbert Smith, mother and&
sisters, have moved iito their new
bungalow on Monroe -street. It Is'
quite an attractive building and adds
much to one of our principal stleets
Mr..Randle Snow was a business
visitor to New Orleans last *eek.,
While there he attended the services
at the tabernacle on .lio street and
heard Gipsy Smith preach. " lHe, lke
every one that hears Mr. Smit.
speak, thinRs he is a wonderful pey
sonage.
Mrs. Harry Petdrson, of Slidell,
visited her sister, Mrs. Geo. Hewett
Monday week and took little Louitse
and John Hewtett home with her to
spend a few days before the openi.pg
of school.
SMesdames C -,S. Galbraith and C.
L. Bing were -p f ew Orleans Visitors
Wodnesda
PROCEEDINGSOF.
DISTRICT COURT
HELD THIS
WEEK
Judge Carter Springs Sen
sation in Sentence of
Bootleggers
Two: SENTENCED
$500, SI TY DA S
State and Civil Cases In
Which Judgment is
Rendered
Judge Ctrter sprung a sensa
tion i i the District Oourt this
week, awheir he ',srsled boot
iiggers' a fine of i5O0 and 60
days, and in dehiult' 10 months.
Judge Garter s.aY-'he has no
seympthy for the .wiii lightning
distier, who is niot only a law
vislater but a health wrecker
at' a6 e, .~ . looks like a
hard row to he'e for the man
who persists in violating the
Sprohibition -lw.
District Court opened Monday with
Judgae Carter on the bench and Dia
tract Attorney Brock prosecuting.
tbhr followingeases were disposed of:
O -A. V-oorhbies vs;. Benj. M. Milor
It al, Judgment in favor of plain
tiff austaifiiflg the exception aiid dia
misiangwd the demands ofplaintiff with
A; M, bookett & Co., vE. Joseph R.
Beaudoin et. a, Judgment in favor
of plainptiff in sum of -$193.8.9 and
costs. -
"T. J. Bartlett, trustee, vs. Mrs.
Mary E. .Bazajou. Judgment in
favor of plaintiff in the sum of $95.12
and costas.
Interstate Wholesale Grocers, Inc.,
vs.- Btanga"Mercantile Co., Inc., et al.
Judgment in favor of plaintiff in the
sum of-$354.73 -with an additional
$4.08 protest fee, and costs.
'Hartwig Mosa Insurance Agency vs.
Onville Lumber Co., Inc. Judgment
in favor of plaintiff in the sum of
$100 and.costs.-:
dwritid J; Relss vs. C.- S. A. uhr
mann. J.dgmelt. in favor of, plain
tiff in the i itli of $9;.84 .:ad costs.
dreaux. Judgment In'favor of plain
tiff granting a, divorce "a vinculo
matrimonit" between them, and judg
most in favor of defendant granting
her custody of minor child. .
AlIlec Pow Kennedy vs. Samuel
Kennedy; Judgment in favor of
plaintiff grantlhg a divorce " a ;in
culd- matrimonli" between them. -
IIr'ay Ai Talley vs. Walter Ga
latas,-sheriff. Judgment sustaining
the writ of haeas coripus and order
ing the said Leroy A. Talley finally
'dicharged.
Alfred Michael.vs. -Josephine Blun.
Judg~ent rejecting demands of tie
plaintif and dismissing suit as in
case of ion-suit.
Tutorship of Thomas Weber et a..
.JugC nt dilsiharging- tutor and re
ieasing him from all responsibiiity.
-Eairs State Bank of Bogalusa vs
arrie and- Leopold evy. Judgme-!
rendered ,revivifg judgment rende;
ed on Dee. 12, 1911, against defenu
gilaitian-im o £ $i000 less $Z61.6.0.o
-Su:ee~giO ..of Mary V. Galata.f
DaIvis: Judgment in favor of pe
titfaerd putting them in possession
oftproperty. left by decedent.
- Feli -Buchemin vs. R. D. Horri
gan. Jiudgment remanding the case
tthloP-wer court, costs of appeal to
be ~adiLby appellee.
State vs. Charlie Williams. Plead
giilty to violating Act 39 of 1921 by
having.. 1Ljor.0n his posbession.
.eatpsne of 4Court: That he pay a
fine o $500 and coRsts 'of prosecution
iaud thati he be limprisoned in the
parish jari for a. period of 80 days;
and in default of the payment of flfne
d costs, that he be- imprisoned in
the psazr ahil for a further perfod
t .I0inti~ h subject to working on
the public. rotd.s.
State vs. Henry Jackson. Plpd
gnfty. to violating Act 39 of 1921
by distilling.and.having liquor in his
.uOP.- Lamp sentee as above.
B·. .qt.:.ire Cale anthony. iPlead
gultto dsturbing- the peace. Ben
te!e4--.fP4:i b That he pay a fine
ot-$Ji p.n4~~ii Ests & imprisoned in
~tl~risi; . aU fer4..g~ period of 10
days; in aait fi t payment of: fine
and..costs to :.:le imprisoned for a
gtuthrpe~sod f 30 daty.
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Then oeingtdn 'Gymnastic-Club Will
" €a the cfack : All-Star from INew
Drleahs, Sunday, January 15, at the
Park[Pavlllon at 2:30 p. . A fast:
am rdiWenleet.d. Admission 15 di.
A5 cents.
IfEsodsDIST IIDIES PLANNING A
T Methodist ladies are planning
a series~ of lectures to be given by
Rev.; Join F.; Foster, and invite the
public -to_ come end enjoy the first
one. on ,Thursday, January 26th, at
7: t J m. The subject will be "A.
Horseback Ride in the Holy Laud,"
and has been delivered by Mr. Foster
more than one hundred times in. dif
femt p.rkts of the state and else
wheroe.. Mr. Foste.r traveled in the
land'made sacredby ,th+ prese tn* e of
the Savior of men and tells the story
i - an interesting, manner. Later
there may be other lectures on Egypt
Constantinople and - other parts of
St6peul Ogg rpose -o these lec
tures is to raise money for church
purposes and therefore a silver offer
iag will be taken at th. close., The
public I. tnitadto stted.
Aj uA-TIONOF
COA. KCEE HAS
HUNDRED AT
DINNER
Large Dining Room of the
Southern Hotel Scene
of Get-Together
ALL SPEAKERS
BOOST FOR WORK
New Orleans, Hammond,
Siidell, Madisonville,
Abita, Represented
For years a .few staunch be
lievers in the future of Coving
ton have 'gathered at regular
meetings of the Association of
Commerce and sought means for
furthering the interests of the
town. Membership dues pro
vided but a small sum to meet
.the expenses, office rent, etc.
.The secretary's salary had deo.
pended upon donations of a few
liberals and scratched together
dues or had gone unpaid. Every
time an effort was made to ac
complish something the money
problem interposed to. defeat it.
Finally it was decided useless
to attempt the continustion of
the Association unless the citi
zens oftCovington, the merch
ants and others who were bene
fitted by the work gave it sup
port. But it was decided to put
forth one more effort to make
them realize the necessity and
importance of the work. Mon
day evening a dinner was given
at the Southern Hotel to get
everybody together and discuss
the matter.
About one hundred people attend
ed the get-together dinner of the
Covington tssociation of Commerce
at-the Southern Hotel, Monday even
ing; The New Orleans Association
of Commerce sent Mr, Louis S.
Goldstein over to speak and to give
his experience in association work
and to urge the necessity of such
work in any con0ninuity that expect
ed tq acdomplish anything.
W W. H. Nalty; president of -the
Hammond: ±ha'bmlr of-: Commeree;
I}- A. Herring, secretary; 'M. L. B"ix
ier, manager of the Florida Parishes
Fair; H. E. Carroll, realtor, and E.
Spraker, land agent of the NatalFany
'Lumber Company, attended in a body
from Hammond, and all gave their
best efforts to impressing the im
portance of the work of chambers
of commerce. There *'ire ,delega
tions from Slidell, ,Madisonville, Abita
Springs and other places, and there
was present the most representative
body of Covington citizens that has
ever gathered on such an occasion.
The large dining room of the
Southern Hotel is an ideal place for
such gatherings and the dinner serv
ed by Mrs. ,Coltora was most tempt
"n.
Pre-'dent J. H. Warner presided
2nd Mayor Badon acted as master of
'eremonies. The speakers, without
xoXeption;-pleaded earnestly for co
operation of the merchants with the
Association. Rev. J. H. Foster of
the Methodist Church, who opened
and closed the meeting with prayer,
stepped, from his solemn church
duties into plain every-day citizen
ship in a short talk that was full of
encouragement for the work of the
Association, with a plea for co-opera
tion and the doing of things that
should 'be done for civic betterment
and progress. IirWtisl opening prayer
he asked a 'blesting for the meeting
and a fulfllment of its object.
Judge Prentiss B. Carter said that
we all knew more could be accom
plished by united effort than by in
dividual action. We know that the
markets of the world should be open
to our industries. Acquaintance
with these markets and their de
mands, the time and manner of ship
ments, package and customs of the
trade were matters that required
study and investigation. Associa
tions of Commerce were :the instru
ments through which much could be
accomplished.
Active Members and Stumps..
Will 'H. Nalty, president of the I
Hammond Chamber yf Commerce,
looking over the large assembly in 1
the dining room, said, "'Your Associa
tion is as well organized as any in !
the state." . He said there. were two J
kinds of members, active and stumps.
He recited some of the difioulties of .
the Hammond Chamber of Commerce
in its first stnuggles. There were
tight-wads in every community, just
as there were stumps; that Ham
ixond to-day was very progressive.
$ie association had 110 activemnem
bers, the businese being transacted
by 21 board directors who met once
a month. Any member missing
three- meetings is put off the board.
The association is incorporated. A
general meeting of all the'members
is called three times a year.
Mr. Nalty said interest. in public
affairs was a test of good -itizenship.
The man who, without any eftort M
his part, received, the benefit of the,
wbrk: of others, as r1dihg on the
train of progress without a, ticket.
That the 'Hammond, associatio9n had
become so strong that it got inearsy
everything it went after. That their
citizens considered it an honor ,o
belong to the Chamber of Commerce.
He said the way to develop communi
ty spirit is to show accomplishment.
That while the membership fee is
$25.00, some flrms take out from
ten to twenty membershiph.
=Mr. Nalty expressed great interest
in the success of the .Covington aseo
L. L. MORGAN TO
ADDRESS COV.
WOMEN AS TO
SUFFRAGE
Progressive Union Invites
Women of Covington to
be Present
COMMUNITY HOUSE
FRIDAY, AT 3 P. M.
Report of School Improve
ment League for the
Year 1921
At the request of the Women's Pro
gressive. Union Mr. Lewis L. Morgan
will speak, to the women of Coving
ton in relation to their rights as vot
ers and citizens under the new law.
It is requested that all who are in
terested take advantage of this op
portunity. The speaking will take
place at the Community House at 3
p. m., Friday, January 20. All are
invited to attend.
REPORT OF WORK FOR 1921 BY
S0HOOL IMPROVEMENT
LEAGUE.
At a meeting of the School Im
provement League held January .3,
the yearly report was read, showing
a splendid year of activity.
The League has a membership of
eighty enrolled. Ten meetings were
held with an average attendance of
twelve members.
Curtains for the domestic science
department, were furnished, and
visits to this division of the school
were made several times. The moth
ers were invited to a luncheon, and
refreshments were served at one of
our meetings by the girls.
It was discovered that the school
vans had hard service seats, and be
lieving that this was neither com
fortable nor safe to the health of our
children, the drivers of same were
requested to remedy same.| This
was done.
A strong effort and an appeal was
sent to secure the Summer Normal
for Covington. We failed in this,
but succeeded in securing a promise
Tfor it'in '192 -- :.
.A largie picture was given sunder
the able chairmanship of Mrs. C. T.
Bradley, and a good sum was reat
ized.
During the entire school term the
League co-operated with the faculty
and pupils in raising funds for the
proposed gymnasium. We received,
$10 from the W. P1. U on,d $25 from
Mrs. J. H. Warner for this fund-
two donations worthy of mention.
We entertained the Sixth District
Federation of Louisiana Club Wo
men and assumed-.half the expense.
It was a most enjoyable. affairs,, as'
most of the splendid program was
zlong educational lines. Mrs. Chas.
Sheffield was honored by elction as
:econd vice-president, and Mrs. J. C.
'urns as chairman, of thrift. A
-aper .entit'ed "Thrift"' appeared in
`he Baton Rouge Enterprise, a paper
'dited- by women.
Four subscriptions to-the lldustrat
'd News were taken out by that mana
members. AKplan to encourage sing-
'ng, especially. patriotic singing, was
ably carried out by Mrs. E. G. Davis.
She secured the funds necessary to
purchase the books from our merch
ants of our town, and then the ser
vices of Mrs. Unglesby, a talented
pianist and singer, with the result
that our school children sing much
better.
School books were given to several
children who could not buy for them
selves.
Five dollars worth of poppies
were sold by the League for- the
French fatherless children. We par
ticipated in a splendid school rally
at ¶andeville and ,several of our
members acted as judges.
We sent a telegram to- the Fire
men's Convention inviting them to
hold same here next year.
We appeared before the Police
Jury protesting against the removal
of our farm demonstrator and home
demonstration agent.
We appeared before' the police jury
asking a sun. of money to help in the
purchase of an anti-tuberculosis h11a
pital for the state.
.We were active in working our
school up to the 100 per cent- mark
in Red Cross work.
We assitedb in 'the sale of Red
Gross seal., getting the pupils to sell
many for, us,.
'We Ipresented the graduates with
flowerS, as is usual each year, and
assisted in every way at graduati'n.
'We had the examination for eye,
ear, throat and nose by specialists
from New Orleans. This was. carried
out by our district nurse, Miss Jan
ella Lansing, with `expenses -borne by
the League.
- We prepared the Community House
for surgical cases, but due to some
unforieen- cause this was not carried
,,Many of the members of our
League were very active in securing
i the re-appoiitmeant of Mr.- Park as
s principal of our school. Our school
SWork. at the Fair is always one of the
I big thinggs of tihe' year: - We bought
'bunting, d.,Lecorations, etc., for our
r. biln pg. We purchased at a cost
of .$18 a large silver cup for the room
-making .the largest per cent in fair
- parade.
We requested our mayor, Mr. Robt.
u W. Radon, .to put 'll stirplus filling
a in the school yard. He had this
done. -Thanks to our Mayor. ""
t U tdeir the chairmanship of Mrs.
SPfelfer, who 'secured the funds -from
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