St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
WON1EN'S PROGRESSIVE UNION.

The Women's Progressive Union
held its annual meeting and election
of officers on Monday, September 10
at the Southern Hotel. The meeting
was large and enthusiastic one, and
there was SO much business on hand
that some o. it hal to be laid over
for future consideration.
The officers of last year were gen.
erously congratulated on the good
work they had done, and as an evil
dence of appreciation they refused
any radical changes for the coming
year.
Mrs. B. B. Warren was heartily and
unanimously reelected to the presi-
Dental chair and Mrs. VIM. Bodeben-
der was again made secretary. Mrs
Albert Smith was made first vice
president and Mrs. Clifton Burns
second vice president. Mrs. Preston
Burns was elected treasurer, Mrs.
Wallace Poole resigning the office.
The Union have had a busy year
as was shown by the annual report
read by the secretary. 1t has
devoted much time to the buildin !,
up of the the fire department, has
made several money donations and
has helped the members of said de-
partment whenever called upon by
them. The Union has also helped to
acquire funds for park Improvement
AS the women of the Union realize
how necessary beauty is to the life
of town. They have done much
to encourage this park spirit, and the
love of cleaning and beautifying
yards, gardens and streets. The
Union also took up advertising "Our
Town" These level headed dwell
lers of Covington not only think that
this same Covington is good place
to live in-has advantages that other
places would give a fortune to possess,
has future before it. l say they
not only think this, but they KNOW
grow all by themselves but are made
by the people in them. They know
too that these people have to do
something besides, knock, knock,
knock, and when they have knocked
all harm they can into their town,
then run away where business is
better" Other things that they
know is that fields are green far
away" and that whose vision is so
affected, sometimes goes father and
fares worse" These women, women
though they are, know that we have
a country as beautiful as any south
Of dear old Mason and Dixon
and healthfulness surpassed
by none, vast timebr lands, good crop
soil, two railroads, mo-
tor line, river running at our door,
water as pure and health given as
though poured straight from the
Fountain of life, and last and best
of all they know that Covington will
come unto her own, will get all she
so richly deserves if her people will
only wake up and get it. So the
Union is advertising it's town. 1t put
winter resort. In doing this the
joined the Southern Congress and it
has just issued a folder telling forth
the advantages of Covington as a
winter resort In doing this the
Union is trying to tell the world
what the Union knows about Coving-
tons beauty, health and advantages.
When attention is turned this way,
when people from that outside world
do come here the Union wants them
to be we'll treated, to be taken care
of, and most of all it wants these
people to see a clean, pretty, wide
awake town, town with clean
streets, clean houses, clean yards
clean morals, clean politics, and
above, way above all, clean, clear,
healthy appreciation of what God has
done for us and what we can do for
our self. Therefore it spent $535.43
this past year to that end.
MATRONITA.