St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-12-14
W,P,U,F FAVORS
THE NEW TAX
| FOR SCHOOL
Enthusiastic Meeting And
Resolutions Passed.
President Makes Spirited
Call for United Effort.
Asks for Better Attendance
and Greater Interest.
Question of Petitioning N O.
G. N. Taken Up.
Asks for Better Attendance
and Greater Interest.
Question of Petitioning N O.
G. N. Taken Up.

At an interesting meeting of the
Women's Progressive Union, Dec. To-
matters Of great importance were
discussed and acted upon.
Fair matters were brought to a
happy close by the reading of the
splendid report returned by Mrs. ]
B. Wortham, chairman of the refresh
ment committee at the Sd Annual
st. Tammany Parish Fair. The
Union has every reason to be proud
of the work done by Mrs. Wortham
and all the members OF all her COM
mittees who were in charge Of the
various booths. Their administra-
4 ton was wise and their efforts un-
firing. The aforesaid report showed
| S5?3.l2 as the net proceeds, the
amount turned over 10 the Park Com
missioners by the Women's Progress
sive Union.
The question of assisting the pc
irons of the N. o. G. N. r. r. to
obtain q better schedule and abate-
ment of delays, as meaning much to
the welfare and population of Gov
Unicn by Miss Lily Allain, who /:
in a position to know and to say
what a detrinent to Coyingtcn the
present conditions are. 1t was de
cided to take some measures to help
the patrons of the road now before
the Railroad Commission endeavor-
ing to secure better service.
Superintendent Elmer E. Lyon
came before the ladies at their inyi-
tation, to explain the proposed re
scinding Of the mill tax which the
people of Covington are now PAYNE
for building and sustaining a public
scnCcl-and are paying to no avail =
and the substituting of 3h mill
ward tax for same After Mr.. Lyon
finished MS convincing talk no one
could iail to see the advantage Of
such method as applied to the
school difficulties of our town. Self
interest and self protection alone
would urge the adoption OF this plan.
which can and will be made pa. 60;
/; legal tcfore asking for an election
to yete the new 3 y mill ward taa
pleposed.
then It stimulates our civic pri l..
to know that we can eventually have
a school house, an approved nigh
school. State assistance, ana full
school term without calling eaci
year upon the finances of the t-wn
fer money that then can be used foi
other ami niuch needed purposes
all by paying 5 !. or 4 .sii.s instead
of Z. If you don't believe it, 50 TEL
to Mr.. Lycn. AMI he will prove
to you as he Gil to the \. o. en's
.f.ogrez zs;sa ,nicn en- Monday sfsa4
a Z.
were vctea ups Il and adopted ~ IN.
Ucion:
" hereas, the fact that Covingson
has no suitable schCoi 5ufldlng
working an injury to the town IN 1t:
opportunity fer commercial advance
ment as we'll in its future prospects
as residential city, aside from chs
most important consideration OF til
education and advancement CT II
youth; and
Whereas we consider this ccndi
t.en unncIe3sary AMI lae laele Z
a lack Of initiative ana energetic &C
ten Gu tue part of the people ,asr
. .aek CT means to build scnoG!
lousS. NEW, INSEGIUlC. Ue IL
Resolved, That it is the sense
the Unicn that as the present tax ts
be used for school building is use
less to fulfill the object tor which
it was voted, it is hereby recommend
ed that the said tax be repealed; an
be it further
Resolved, That we endorse the
proposition CT a special tax Of three
and cne-half mills for school purposes
in the third ward, and we use our
best endeavors to stimulate and ad
vance the movement to build school
house and to maintain school ir
COvington that will bring credit to
the town and ward.
Mr.. Henry Ostendorf, chief of our
fire department, next claimed the
ladies attention in an appeal to hell.
him with some much needed improve
n.en's in this department NJ. Os
tendorf's plans for its bettermen. arc
;acst desirable, and the !na,,5 has
~ 1lEsd li.4 ey.1y assistance il
their powcr.
What IS more necessary to q 1cwn
than an eIcient fire deparemcnt?
Nothing, unless it be a gnoSs u.,h'is
school, and sewerage AMI drainage
v iJh these advantages any town If
Found TO flourish!
Next came the taking up Of the
sale of Christmas anti-tuberculosis
stamps. in behalf of the fight that
kho Ne tiOnal lApt{nTu.,nrculosioT oc p,ie