St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-31
CITIZENSHIP.

One of the most difficult problems
that confronts the American people
today and one that affects the vital
interests of the individual citizen, is
the intelligent development of the
communities in which they live.
One of the most striking and CLAIR
ing defects is the abuse it reconciles
in the administration of municipal
affairs, and the woeful negligence of
the average citizen to comprehend
his civic duty, which fault is respon-
ible for the social evil, and the lack
of civic progress. This neglect has
stunted the growth of a very large
percentage of the smaller communi-
ties of this country.
That a people SO trained for self
reliance, so earnest for advancement
in so many ways and so ready to
champion the cause of popular lib
erty, should be SO 'unmindful Of their
own community seems Incompetent
sible, and were not these conditions
proven in medicines without num-
Der, it would not be so noticeable.
The chief danger in the small
community lies in the fact that as
individuals we look to Others to per
form that which only our own hands
should do. Citizenship and patriot
ism are more a matter of every day
loyalty to things at home than an
occasional fervor when the country
is assailed. The rise and fall of ma
tions depends on the standard of the
individuals, and so the progress of
s<u
cess, depends upon the individual
members. Patriotism, like charity,
begins at home, and man must have
reached the proper standard of ef-
ficient citizenship in his own commu-
nifty before he can aspire to high
er plane of national citizenship.
The advances that have been made
in the improvement of municipal gov
ernment, and in orderly civic and
commercial progress, are due to the
untiring and often unappreciated and
ldiscouraging attempts made by the
,, better type of citizen. Evolution
| airy rather than revolutionary meth
DDS are needed, and the reason why
SO many attempts at good govern
ment fail is due to the lack of an
intelligent grasp Of the difficulties tc
be solved rather than to any lack
of an honest desire on the part OF
the people to solve them.
Most men are constructive and de-
sire to see their community thrive
along all lines, but they fall short Of
their intentions, because OF a lack
of knowledge of the ways and means
Imost likely to bring about the con.
MRS. III. Q. PARKER.
At 3 p. M, March 20, 1917, the
soul of Laura O. Richardson, wife OF
H. @. Parker, took its fight to the
God who gave it. Although sudden
her death was not unexpected as she
had been in i'll health for severa
months, yet it came as severe SHOCK
to friends and relatives, to all Of
whom she was mother n time Of
Joy and sorrow Her life from he1
birth, Dec. 10, 1858, until her death
has been spent entirely in the sixth
ward, and it is needless to say how
her presence Will be missed.
AS faithful servant of Christ anf
member of the NJ. E. Church. she
leaves a husband, nine children
twenty-three grand children and twt
great-grandchildre beside host O.
other near relatives to mourn he
loss and strive to be reunited in til.
great beyond by following the ex
ample she has set before them, anf
by reconciling themselves to oul
Savior's words, ''Not my will, bu
thine be DONE"
Funeral services were conducted
in a very solemn manner by Rev
Embree, of Slidell, after which thu
remains were laid to rest in the fam
lily burying ground to await the res
IsurrectiOn morn.
MRS. E. K.