St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-26

S4GSt@ Cdu RESULT HUQ Will 0Ob 9F@G
walk thirty feet from the road and
lower a window.
Since the building of the Polite
vent & Favre Lumber Co.'S saw mill
| near Lewisburg, the colored people
at that place have been paying the
expenses for having a public school
| for their children. A building own
| ed by the company has been used for
l,this purpose, and l desire to present
for your consideration the question
Of this board supplying these people
| with teacher for another year, with
| the understanding that we shall be
put to no further expense. While
some may present the objection tnat
| few, if any, of the patrons of this
school will be taxpayers, still it can
not be denied but what the Polte-
vent & Favre Lumber Co. are heavy
taxpayers and atsleast this little con-
sideration is due the colored people
in their employ.
I am pleased to report that the
Indian Village school house used for
the colored people of that neighbour
hood has been turned over to the
school board, and that We now have
clear title to the properly. For
this transfer we are indebted to Mr..
Albert Salmen and the energetic
spirit of Peter Foster, one of the
colored school patrons. AS soon AS
the title to this building was in the
name Of this board l placed insur-
ance upon the building to the
amount of $500. Two new teach
er's desks have recently been Or
dered for this school, and will be
paid for out of the balance due this
school from the 18th Section interest
money received during the past year.
Just as soon as possible | would rec
ommend that an additional room be
added to this building and modern
furniture be installed. 1t will also
be necessary for the lighting to be
changed so that We may have the
proper amount of light coming from
not more than two sides Of each class
room.
Every one familiar with the needs
of hioh school in which chemistry
is taught will readily understand
poisonous gases are made should
have a hood for the escape of these
gases out through the roof in order
to prevent being spread through the
building. In this connection l will
state that the COvington h gh school
has never had any such hood, and
would recommend that authority be
given your president and superin-
tendent to purchase such hood, and
have it installed in this school at
once | believe that such hood as
has been placed in the Slidell high
school is as good as can be secured
and would recommend one of that
style.
The fact that the saw mill at Ram
say, owned by the st. Tammany
Lumber Company has been closed,
and therefore large part of the
patrons and children of this school
having left that community, l am at
a loss to know whether this school
should be continued as a separate,
distinct school, or should we under
take to have the children brought to
the Covington high school. l shall
be pleased to have you discuss this
matter today and give me your ad-
vice on same.
There are certain minor repairs
upon the doors and windows Of the
Peace Grove school that are neces-
sary to be made, and with your con-
sent I shall see that it is attended to.
i wish to acknowledge the receipt
OF $180.17 from the patrons Of the
Hay Hollow colored school. This
money has been deposited with the
Covington Bank & Trust Company in
a separate account, and will be held
to the credit of that school. | I'M
derstand that this money is given
with a desire to have it added to
until there is sufficient amount to
build a school house in the Hay
Hollow neighborhood. When we
consider the interest taken in schools
by the colored people Of this parish
now and compare it with that shown
by them some few years ago, we
cannot but appreciate the improve
ment in school spirit. I believe
these colored people near Folsom
are mostly property owners and tax
payers, and deserve our assistance
much more than the transient, float |
ing population that comes and goes.
cannot but wish that the colored
people of Covington would as a
whole manifest as much good,
healthy interest in schools as do our
colored friends in other parts Of the
parish.
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER E. LYON,
Superintendent.
The following financial report for
the six months ending June 80, 1919,
was read by the secretary, and upon
motion by Mr.. Dutsch, seconded by
Mr.. Talley, it was received and re-
ferred to the Finance Committee:
Receipts during quarter:
Bal on hand Jan. L.. Is, 926.O1
State appropriation 17,530.6S
State appropriation, for
high schools" ...... 534.62
Police jury appropria-
ton, 4 IL mills 49,. 35,7l6.09
Municipal appropriate 4,S6O.3O
Poll taxes ......... 2,273.8I
Special school taxes E. 40, 413.55 |
Fines and forfeitures 328.o0
Int. on 18th sections. 2,O66.46
Int. on daily balances. 585.13
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