St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-07
THE BEE IN RECEIVERS HANDS

The New Orleans Bee, better known
through more than half cen fury a.
L'Abeille, wherein were chron:clet
doings Of the old Creole elemen
from time immemorial, has finally
gone into the hands of a pros.ac re
ceiver. Born in an age of chivalry
when coffee and pistols were popular
In the early dawn, nurtured on the
best traditions of the city before the
war and then struggling desperately
through period of horror and mea'
gerness after the war;, when the re.
turning soldiers we're slowly leaving
behind the manners Of the battle
fields for the quiet pursuits of peace,
the old newspaper finally entered its
period of old age honored, but yet
neglected. No longer did it hold up
the mirror Of It's times, but like some
old man that had served well his
time. but yet was too feeble to keep
abreast with the stream Of new ideas,
It had retired from the busy world
TO browse away it's days, neglected
by all but few and those rapidly
passing away. Written in French,
its readers we're rapidly passing be-
yond the ken OF knowledge, while
the once proud language had become
an alien tongue. and no new readers
came to lend helping hands to carry
it across the waste places Of life.
Aroun dthe old building chung the
memories Of beaux and belle that had
lent romance to the days of old. In
to it's very being had crept the high
spirit of the men who had edited It's
columns in the days when an editor
fought better than he wrote or else
gave UP his place to one more ready
with the pistol or the sword. But
even the fragrance Of its beautiful
old memories did not save It from
the fate of common, earthly things,
for yesterday, in words that summed
up the gulf between it's great days OF
romance and these days of unroman-
tic commercialism, an application
was made to the Civil District Court
to appoint receiver, because the
honorable old Bee. fallen on eyll
days, could not pay its debts. The
petitioner 10 Charles D. Foucher,
creditor for $128, mere plttance
to it in the days of It's prosperity,
xift to the office boy or contrlDu-
ton to some gay frolic.
And then, too, even one OF us
stockholders, the daughter of It's
once great editor, joined in the pc
aition to have an alien receiver ap-
pointed to take charge of It's AFFAIRS:
Mrs. Louise Dufour, widow OF BOYD
.. Goodrich, one of the bellies whose
Srtumphs helped to fill its columns
vas the one to join in the petition
that a receiver be appointed. Ana
then the proud old Bee itself came
into court and admitted that the al
LEGATIONS are true and that 1t were
far better that receiver take char5e
OF it's affairs, a. it could not aHoro
to be harassed by the importun'ties
Of creditors, whose cries 1t coulo no.
heed. And then the court appointeo
Maurice Lafargue receiver ana oroel.
cd him TO give q $1,000 bond. VI
course some day, the proud old pap
er may raise its head again and TAKE
it's place among the beautiful olo n
st!tutions OF this city and the ruoDsI-
neck wagon spieler point with pIlue
tn the mace where tradition was cher-
ished. history reversed and sdea 8
velcorned and the code duollo en-
forever in hearts that peat
nigh with honor and love CT Deau,l-
full women. o. P.cayune, OF req
ruary 3.