St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-09-02
Likes the Spirit of Promo
ton, Progress and Coop
Grafton Of the People.
ADMITS; THAT HE IS A
"SUFFRAGETTE" MAN
Hopes, If Possible, To Be
Succeeded On the School
Board by a Woman.
Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. 25, 1916.

Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. 25, 1916.
Editor st. Tammany Farmer:
As you have not written to me t
cease firing, shall now write an
other letter. l most sincerely hop
that you have lost no subscribers o.
account of my writings. III l could
however. write as rapidly as tn
movie actors do, l would be chain
llightning-and then some.
1t surely made me feel glad to &c
the good news that the good peopl
of Covington and the Third War.
had voted the tax for school work
When / remember that thousands o
dollars have been spent to educate
the children OF some citizens, agafns
school taxes, in some parts OF oul
parish, and know that thousands o
dollars have been paid to some of th'
children of the same citizens, because
the said children are teachers l won
der how some people can deliberate
ly place q premium upon ignorance.
1t may surprise q majority OF youl
readers to learn that ON the boarC
Of education of this great city, there
are three women and nine men
When my term Of Office expires upor
the parish school board, l hope. II
possible, to be succeeded by a wo
man. There are several women IL
Slidell who have the ability, and
would make excellent material fol
school board work. There are also
numbers of other good women work
ers for civic improvement in our
parish, six of whom are members Of
the hoard of directors of the st
Tammany Parish Fair Association
1t is needless to say that ! am
"suffragette" any way.
|. The more l see of this great city
the more i like it, and become more
impressed with the Pittsburgh spirit
that promotes prOgress--co-opera-
ton. Concentrated effort, looking
to substantial town improvement, is
needed at home, and if properly ap-
piled will surely bring good results
.tLet George do it, will never help
10. =
The tonnage Of this city is greater
than that of New York, London.
Hamburg and Marsailles (the strong
est maratime ports In the world
combined. 1t Is the strongest bank
ing city in the United States. and
also has two of the largest steel car
plants in the world, besides num-
erous other largest world industries.
The FitzSimons family are Pitts
burgers, so you can readily see some
Of the origin Of the spirit of progress
now in Covington.
read in one of the local papers
Q few days ago that the daily con-
sumption Of fruits and vegetables. in
season, amounts to $125, 900. One
firm alone handles twelve million
cantel0upes q season, and right now
is the season. This looks as IL the
high cost Of living Is not considered.
but as Mrs. Mcdaniel once said to
the writer, ''it is not so much the
high cost of living. as the cost of liv-
ing high" We all know that furs.
tobacco and other necessi-
ties OF life are advancing in price, but
there is some consolation in the fact
that Henry Fhvers cost less and wo-
mems dresses are to be longer-not
shorter.
In the country In which this city
is situated there are nearly one hum
dred cities and towns, and several
of the nearest have been taken into
this corporation. This brings 70 my
mind the hope that Slidell will an
mex the towns of Marcel Cousin, DR..
Farmer and Henry Schneider. We
need them in our business
Right here" has been my daily
answer ut roH~call since July 4th.
prefer to live the simple life. rath-
er than to be on the 60. Next week
may run into Michigan, for q few
lays, to visit some of my kin. folk.
May also stop at Detroit to say howdy
10 Fritz Ealmen and family, and also
ook in on the Slidell colony there
.wo Faciane boys. Peterson. Robert
Oliver. Rudolph MeuAeur and .'IIein-
lie,"- then Slidell.
C. N. LIDDLE.