St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-09
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF -
- ST. TAMMANY PARISH
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Residence phone 243
A Few Pertinent Facts
Plainly Presented.

Amidst all the turmoil and strug
gle and strife of man for the better
ment OF his condition the ludricrous
will occasionally crop out; but
while it Is most humiliatlng for an
ambitious man TO realize his unfit
ness for cherished mark, still ii
is better to be farmer than an
unsuccessful newspaper man.
The assertion of the News that
we meant to slur it by calling it
"cheap paper' is misconception
of our meaning. We used the
word in the cleanest sense of the
English language. Not only Is the
work of the tyro evidenced in It's
outlines, but the eternal unftness
and lncapaclty of the sheet is glar-
inglY displayed in its utterances
and its unceasing attempts to undo
and belittle the efforts and accom-
plishments of the town.
In its desperation and despair the
News imagined that the FARMERS
prosperity eentered In its political
pull, and forthwith Matched a
scheme to get the School Board
printing by playing on the sus-
capabilities of a few misguided
economists, who have yet to learn
that everything is not cheap because
of little cost, and taking advantage
of bare quorum the deed was
done. We refused TO bid against
ourselves. The work will cost the
News more than it gets for the job.
The idea that the FARMER tcould
not get lawyer in the parish"
must be an 'emanatlon from a weak
brain; probably an hallucinatlon
born OF the ebulllent condition fol-
lowing the successful termination
of the desperate effort" Of last |
July.
AS an embryo lconoclast, the
News has consecrated its mlsdi- |
rected energies to the tearing down
of everything opposed to the ideas
of little coterie of followers with
political aspirations, who see things
through the lenses of glasses of
their own manufacture, which mag
Nifty their achievements in futuritY
and minimize the results of lorg
years of unceasing effort on the
part of our able and efficient town
and parish officials.
The News says:
LAS the parish was balled up pollti.
cally-the SO well known 'Covington
Ring'-we never made any desperate
effort to get any Of the political pull
until last July"
So the News did make desper
ate effort 10, get into the "Ring;"
and did 1t succeed? Pray tell US,
who is the "Rlng?"
Have we not a District Judge
who is making a record for him
self by the fairness of his decisions
and for his efforts. in subdu1ng
lawlessness and punlshing crime?
Have We not the most efficient
Sheriff who has ever held the Of
fee?
Has the District Attorney been
dereIict IN duty? Has the Clerk
of Court? Has the Assessor? Has
any officer? Does the boodIer
walk abroad and disorder run ram.
pant, indicative of a "Ring?" No;
we are poud of our town; of it's
progresslveness, its decorum, and
of the men who have fathered it.
Has the town of CoVlngton"ever
prospered as under the energetic I
and able administration of Mayor .
Williams and the present Board of |
Aldermen? Is 1t not sign of the
ability aud progressive spirit of '
these gentlemen that, notwith
standing the contention and diff. 8
cultles and obstacles to be
combatted at the present time,
there ia about to be erected school.
house that would be pride to any 6
community, the cost of WHICH will /
be s35, 900?
Have not the present Police
Jury built more bridges, made more G
improvements, In the public roads t
and otherwise, and pushed the par
lsh to the front to a degree never :
before attained?
And last, have not the people
repeatedly returned these officials