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The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Fairview

Mrs. Jess Wilcox expects TO go to
California to spend a month visiting
her parents. She expects to spend
Christmas with them.
Miss Mary Boman arrived from
Texas short time ago. She will
stay with her mother. Mrs. d. A. Rine-
hart.
Jay Reeves goes to Lamar this week
to make final proof on his homestead.
VIII Reynolds and family left last
week for Emporia, Kansas, their old
home. where they go every winter to
get employment.
Charles Bethurum had bad luck dur
ing this last storm by losing calf
that strayed away from home.
Geo. Blizzard was out to his ranch
last week. took large bunch Of his
cattle to Lamar. where he could Sc
cure feed for them.
A very pleasant evening was spent
at the home of II. A. Rinehart's on
last Friday evening by a number of
friends and neighbors. Lots Of music,
singing, eating pop corn, after which
refreshments were served at ten-thirty
and all were ready to go home after
a general good time.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
AT THE STATE CAPITOL

Denver, Dec. 15.-The move adopt
ed by the democratic caucus of the
senate to prolong the extra session
for an indefinite period and thus dis
credit the administration, by naming
an investigating committee to go into
the affairs of the constabulary. which
committee was to report back to this
session, did not get far. 1t was
promptly ruled out of order as not
covered by the call by Speaker Cole
of the House and that body sustained
him in his ruling by vote of 3S to 10.
That this move on the part of the
democratic majority of the Senate
was wholly Political il evidenced by
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
COAL SITUATION IMPROVING
Production Increasing and Ii Is Ex-
pected That All Restriction viii
Soon be Removed.

The conservation order of December
s, 1919, restricting the use of heat,
light and power generated or produc-
ed from bituminous coal or coke, was
issued to make uniform in all parts
of the country the restrictions which
had been already adopted in many
parts of the country to save coal and
coke until production of bituminous
coal becomes normal. 1t is vitally
necessary that it be conserved in every
way possible and even after produc-
ton becomes normal it will be neces-
sary to continue to conserve coal be-
cause of the loss in production of be-
tween thirty and thirty-five million
tons during the coal strike, it is i'm
portant therefore that the public ex-
ercise the greatest caution in the con-
sumption of coal, it being the desire
to remove the restriction just as rap
idly as possible.
The conservation order of December
S,has been modified SO as to permit
resumption as conditions warrant of
the supplying Of heat, light and pow
er restricted by this order. Coal is be-
ing moved and will continue to be
moved from the east to the west in
as large quantities as the relative sit
uations in the two sections will per-
nit.
The first increase in production that
has resulted from the termination of
the strike Of the coal miners has been
in the east, where already the bulk
Of production was being obtained.
Conditions in the several regions dif-
fer and accordingly the order of Dec.
Sth will Re modified on recommenda-
ton Of the regional directors as their
respective situations will permit.
Regional directors have been in
structed today to restore all train
service removed or curtailed because
Of the strike situation as soon as the
general coal supply in their respective
regions-justifies in their judgment.
doing SO. Subject to such exception
as may be ordered by the railroad ad-
ministration in Washington.
ID. W. ORR.
The coal is coming in much more
rapidly now at Lamar than in the pre-
vious two weeks, but not SO rapidly
yet that the permit regulations can
be removed. 1t is believed however,
that the need Of these will soon be
over.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
CHARITY TAG DAY
Y. NJ. b. A. Raising Money to Make
Christmas Day of Rejoicing
in Lamar and Vicinity

On Saturday, December 20, num-
Der of young ladies will be on the
street with tags to receive your con-
tributions to the annual Y NJ. B. A.
Christmas charity fund. Remember
these young ladies are putting in a
hard days work with no other renum-
Grafton than the pleasure of making
others happy, so don't make their job
harder, but just hand over your dollars
with a smile that will make them glad
they enlisted. They are giving FAR
more than you to the cause, so be
Just as pleasant as they are about it
and you will have the double feeling
of cheer on Christmas Day that you
are helping to make the day a joy
full one to children that otherwise
would not have known what holiday
cheer is.
L. NJ. Markham, chairman of the
Yamba charity committee, who has
the drive in charge, assures us thas
he has had many cases brought to his
notice of families that will have no
Christmas unless they have help, and
it is the intention of the committee to
do as they have in the past, send
Christmas dinners and other help to
all cases they hear of, but in such =
quiet manner as to cause no publicity
to the recipients. They have raised
and spent hundreds of dollars each
year in this work and distributed cheer
to many families. This year the Elks
with their strong charity organization
are working in conjunction with the
Yambas and such a team should make
this the banner year in the history
Of the organization. Don't be a crouch,
Come through literally and it will
make a wonderful difference in the
taste of your own Christmas dinner.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Census Answers
over.

The President has issued a Procla-
nation urging all persons to answer.
promptly, completely and accurately.
all inquiries addressed to them by the
cnumerators or other employees Of the
Census Bureau, and thereby contribute
their share toward making this great
and necessary public undertaking u
success.
Values and other items as TO farms
and other property. will be taken, but
all answers are strictly confidential
and will in no way be used to affect
taxation
1t is expected that enumerators will
begin work on January 2, 1920, and
complete same in two or three weeks.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
COMES UP SMILING
Old Mother Earth Still on The Job
With More Smiling Face
Than for Weeks.

Next time we have a real severe
winter started all that will be neces-
sary is to hire some fool astronomer
to predict the end of the world and
Old Mother Earth will blossom out
with a smiling face just like she did
today and warm US up with her most
cherry beams. OF course now that it
is over and nothing happened the
aforesaid F. A. announces that he
never made any such prediction. How
ever, he let it be published broadcast
as his work, and many weak-minded
people killed themselves through
fright If people would stop to figure
that the old earth has been here mil
lions and perhaps billions of years,
and any possible conjunction of plan
cts has occurred thousands of times be-
fore and the old girl rocked on her
accustomed way without being serious
ly disturbed, the big talk of the as
tronomers would lose its power to
scare. Worlds have been destroyed be-
fore and as Ma Pettingill's Chinaman
says IT "Can Happen" but there is no
need to borrow trouble until it does
happen-and then your troubles will
sosa b sv1.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Presbyterian Church
d. G. MacLennan, Minister

Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Every
member of the school urged to be pre-
sent at this session.
Morning worship IL a. m. Christ
mas service. Sermon subject, "The
Leadership Of Little Child"
Young Peoples Meeting, $3.50 p. m.
Subject, "The Christmas Spirit"
Evening Program, 7:30 p. m. The
Sunday school will give at this time
their Christmas program, Christmas
Land" This program has been pre-
pared by DIR. Finley, Red Cross Com
missioner to Palestine.
To all of these services the public
is cordially invited.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Christmas Concert

The choir Of the Presbyterian church
under the direction Of Mr.. Forrest W.
Cav, will give Christmas Concert in
the church Tuesday night, December
%, to which the public is cordially
invited.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17

The extra session will not be an ex-
pense to the taxpayers of Colorado.
Instead it will save them money.
Through the blunder of democratic
member who had in charge the APP
preparation bill for the Buena Vista
reformatory in the regular session.
that bill was lost and the institution
left without money. 1t had to be sus-
tanned and certificates of Indebtedness
have been issued. These bear interest.
The extra session will make the proper
appropriation thus cutting off this in
terest charge which in two years
would have equalled the cost of this
session.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17

the fact that the only administration
of the constabulary that actually de-
mands an investigation is that of a
democratic administration, and furth-
er the democrats of the Senate elect
ed three members to serve on the joint
committee of six, so that until these
three were ready to report there could
be no report The purpose was not
investigation but holding the special
session for months and at great cost
to the state. All to discredit Cover
nor Shoup's administration. The re-
publican house, however, stood in the
way. The resolution died at birth.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17

Colorado leads all states in the
Union in passing bill to curb the
activities of the |. w W. and allied
organizations. When Governor Shoup
included this question in his call he
removed the last objection to spec
ial session on the part of any one. 1t
was felt if an extra session did no
more than adopt rigid measure along
this line. it would be worth to Colo
RADIO thousands of times its cost.
The bill passed both houses with
but little objection. An attempt was
made to amend it in the House, the
amendments as they came to the read
ing clerks desk being quite in har-
mony with the purpose of the one
amending-they We're written in red.
However, they were promptly voted
down. The measure did not have a
republican vote in either branch
against it.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY
High School Class Will Put on One
of the Best Shows in History of
School on Friday Evening

The Junior class OF the hlgh school
on Friday night, December 10, will
present the high-class comedy, "The
Merchant of Venice Up-to-Date." The
class has made great ana careful pre-
parations for this performance and ii
promises to be a real treat. The cast
of characters and scenes are as fol-
lows:
Cast of Characters
Duke of Venice, Donald McMillin.
Antonio, Captain of Venice football
team, Glen Mclaughlin.
Bassanio. his friend and guitor to
Portia, Leo Smith.
Gratiano, another friend, George
McIlvaine.
Shylock, a wealthy gambler, Lewis
Markham.
Tubal, his friend and captain of Bel
mont team, Floyd Higbee.
Launcelot Gobbo, servant to Shy
lock, Howard Hall.
Professor, an ex-ray photographer,
John Wagner.
Policeman, Lester Skilllng.
Portia, rich heiress, Mildred Nc
Aztec.
Nerissa, her friend, Allene Shiflet.
Jessico. Shylock's Ward, Cora Dris-
kill.
Miss Threedice. teacher, Marguer-
ite Syp.
Polly, Portals maid. Antonio's mo-
ther. Eva Lee.
Mrs. Gobbo, Launcelot's mother, Lu-
cille Mitchell.
Football players, Junior boys.
Scenes
Act IA street in Venice.
Act II-Room in Portals home.
Act III-Shylock's Yard.
Act IV-Same as act ii.
Act V-Scene Il -Football field.
Scene 2. Court room.
Time-The present.
Costumes-Same as in time Of
Shakespeare's play with some modern
revisions.
Admission 35 cents and so cents.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17

The industrial commission which
during the preceding administration
came in for a large amount of con-
demnation has suddenly sprang into
favor with all classes of people. The
great board is composed Of men who
insist on administering the law under
which they are named without fear
or favor. They have settled large
number of industrial differences that
gave promise Of being serious. The
commission is responsible, for the set
tling of the threatened car strikes on
Denver and Pueblo. 1t is responsible
for the coal miners in Colorado going
back to work so that for month Colo
RADIO was supplying fuel almost for an
entire nation. The employees, the en-
ployers. and the public at large now
feel they have commission that will
settle differences without delay and
with fairness to all.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-05

to convince Mitchell he was worth the
stipend he asked. Since he rejoined
the club he has shown unlimited de.
termination to make good and has sue
ceeded.
There probably was not q pitcher on
the Cub staff who toiled with more as
siduity than Hendrix on the training
trip. He was dissatisfied with the
terms given him in his contract, but
on the journey through California, Ari.
iona, Texas and Oklahoma he did not
approach the president once. 1t was
his desire to let the boss judge for
himself. Mitchell evidently did not
think Hendrix was worth more than
he offered him and let him quit the,
club, but later on had a change of
mind and sent for the pitcher and
signed him, writes Oscar Reichow in
Chicago News.
Hendrix was away from the club
for nearly two weeks, but in that time
he did not loaf. He felt the club
would need him and eventually ask
him to report. He was not wrong and
when hA did join he was in fairly good
shape md it did not take much time
to get back in the condition he was in
when the club closed it's training trip
IN Kansas City. About one week was
gil Hendrix required. At the end of
that time he reported himself as fit to
take his turn on the slab. and since
then has twirled as effectively as any
man On the staff.
President Mitchell was not sure of
Hendrix and let him finish a few
games before he decided to start him.
tie relieved Douglas in one game and
Alexander in two. In all but the last
one he surprised the manager with his
work. Witness was his trouble in the
game he rescued Alexander but he
was so fast and revealed so sharp a
breaking spitball that the manager de-
sided he was sufficiently effective to
take his turn on the rubber.
, Since being used as q regular Hen.
arix has supplied brand of ball that
:anks him assone of the leading Fingers
on the Cub staff. 1t also explains why
he led the league last year in the num-
Der of games won and lost. His av-
erage for 1913 was .74l for having won
twenty and lost seven gaines If he
continues the form he has displayed il
the last two weeks be will probably
beat that record ard will 'assxe Grove
Alexander and J.1a &s;.snn hustle |
retain the honors OF being the stars
the siub.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-05
Ira Flagstead.

ed to stay there, to be ready for
emergency duty in the outfeld.
The, rest Is an old story. Shorten
injured his leg near the. end of the
training trip, got in the opening game
against Cleveland and then was forced
out Of the lineup when his leg again
gave him more trouble.
Flagstead got three hits in that sec
ond game against the Indians, has
played excellent ball in all depart
ments ever since and now is the clubs
regular right fielder. He has been
hitting more than 800 most of the
; time, much Of it in pinches. Shorten's
misfortune was his good fortune.
Many other ball Players with bat
ting marks almost as big as Flag
stead's have come from the minors
and failed in, the majors where they
found the pitching too good. Ira may
also fail for the same reason,
but there seems little chance. He
has faced the best pitching in the
league and hit far above the average;
In fact that is why he Is sticking in
right, after starting there as a SUBJ
stitute. Many minor league phenoms
have been curve-balled out of the
majors, but Flagstead has shown no
weakness against this kind of pitch
ing.
He is fast On his feet, covers
lot Of ground and has strong arm.
He has faced several trying situations
and his judgment at those times has
been good.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-05
BIG BALL GAME
IN CONVICTION
SUNDAY, 9TH

CoYington will play jacksonville at
MadisonVilel, Saturday. The battery
for COVington will be Ragan and
Clements; for jacksonville, bending
er and Cohen. "a
These teams will play in Covington.
Sunday. Battery for Covington is
Southerlin' and Clements; Madison-
vile, Smith and Cohen.
There is considerable rivalry be-
tween these two crack teams and it
is whispered that the betting will be
very heavy. In fact, if report is true,
there is now being financed a bet of
$1,000 on the game If this is so,
the hardest fought battle of this and
many seasons may be expected to-
morrow, Sunday. The CoVington
game will take place at st. Paul's
grounds.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-05
Married Men Put 1t All Over the
Single Men.

The much-ta1ked-of game. betweeg
the Married Men and Single Men
was also called off Sunday on &C
count of rain. Monday they hooked
up. Up to the ninth inning the
Single Men had the game cinched-
then they blew UP good and proper.
The Married Men came in for their
last half of the ninth and slammed
the ball all over the park, netting
the total amount of nine runs in
that inning. The consequences were
the Single Men had to pay for a
case of perfectly good cold beer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-05
PROMULGATION OF ELECyrrny
Continued from page u

blanche, H. A. Mackie. A. R sm;.,
Z. E. Schonberg The purnosa :.
said meeting being to compila .aa
taoulate and promulgate the elaotiaa
returns for the regualr biennjel oIsa
ton for municipal officers, held ~
the 18th of June, 1919.
In accordance with law, and a.
motion of H. A Mackie, secondaa
by A. R. Smith, and duly carrioS
that true compiled statement o.
shown by the face of the sworn
statement and returns of the COW
mlssioners of election in triplicata !,
the resuR of the regular bienn;sl
election called by this body to tale
place in the town of Covington on
June II, 1919, at the courthouse on
Boston street, for the purpose -
electing one Mayor, one Night Mar
shall, one Day Marshal and six Conn.
cilmen to serve from the LIST day az
July, 1919, for two years, be made
as follows:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-05
CLAUDE HENDRIX IS
WORTH MONEY ASKED
Confidence and Determination
Are important Factors.
Has Supplied Brand of Ball That
Ranks Him as One of Leading.
Fingers on Cub Staff-WiII
Make Others Hustle.

That confidence and determination
are two important factors in the sue
cess of a ball player is apparent in
the work of Pitcher Claude Hendrix
of the Cubs. Early this spring the big
right handler refused to sign his con-
tract because he thought he was under
paid. He demanded an increase and
was the only real holdout of President
Mitchell. He left the team In Kansas
City and did not rejoin it until after
the season began. He held out be-
cause he had confidence In his ability
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-05
BASC BALl
STORIES

Alaska will revive its twilight base
ball league.
The Salt Lake club has dropped the
veteran Ed Willett.
Claiming the pennant now is like
dancing around May pole in Deem
Der.
Truck Hannah, catcher of the Yam
KEGS, is a heavy hitter. He's also a
heavy runner.
Jack TAFT, the Canadian middle dis
lance amateur runner, is playing base
ball with the veteran nine of the To-
ronto Senior league.
The grand stand managers at
Bridgeport are panning Manager
Grimes for releasing Outfelder Nit
terling and Outfelder YIN.
Cuban Stars baseball team of -Ha-
vana will shortly begin a tour of
cities of the eastern part of this coun.
try, opening in New York city.
There is one thing about Fletcher
as shortstop. He plays grounders
so few Of them bound badly away
from him as they do with others.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-05

Many ball players have fads of one
kind and another. A brief list might
be- instructive.
Lena Blackburne, who has played
shortstOp on many teams, collects pen
nants from the various cities he
visits.
Joe Benz has an account of every
game he has ever pitched pasted away
in scrap book
Dutch Leonard has a passion for
talking machines, and spends much
OF his spare cash purchasing records.
Strong for Flowers.
i. Eddie Collins Is strong for flow
ers, and picks up a rose bush here
and a new kind Of plant there for his
garden back in a suburb of Phila-
delphia.
A large number of players keep
scrap books. Ed Walsh has a pile Of
them large enough to stock a small
library. Few players have had SO
many, features written about them as
Walsh has enjoyed, and many day
he filed from one to four pages in his
book.
Ed also picked up pictures of
himself in action, and has fixed up
a baseball den at his home in Meri-
den, Conn.,, which Is said to be
one Of the finest of it's kind in the
country.
Eddie Cfeotte is another who keeps
a scrap book. His fondest hope is
some day to place an account of his
no-hit game in. this volume. He has
nearly everything else.
: While on the coast this spring we
visited Jack Fourier, former Sox and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-05

I Yankee, at his home in a Los Angeles
hotel, writes Malcolm MacLean in De.
troit Free Press. Jack Is one Of the
coasts star players and seems GER
| tain. to be back in the majors agaia
before the year is out. y
His room was bare of ornaments
| unless a wardrobe and trunk could
be considered such-and the only OBJ.
jects in sight were two scrap books
on table beside the water pitcher.
Many of the clippings in his books
refer to him as the Frenchman, which
he collects with great delight. you
knoN@ he confided, 81 was born in
Michigan"
Had Great Time.
II had a great time when I played
with Montreal" he continued. ssThe
I French aims took me tos their hearts
I actually heard one of them tell an
other that I couldn't understand any
English except few words like ball,
STRIKE and others used in playing
the pastime.
"And l didn't have to buy many
dinners in Montreal, either. I had
one or more invitations every night
at one of the French homes, and
had one swell year of it. Many Of
them called me Jacques Flonyea, and
I could often hear them yelling that
at me when I was at bat"
Before closing we might state
that the Angels have a hitting trio
that compares favorably with many
Of those in the majors-Fournier
bats third, Sam Crawford, former IT.
ger, fourth, and then comes RUDE Ellis,
eX-Cardinal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-05
YOUNG HILDEBRAND USES
HEADWoRk IN GAMES.

Z Umpire George Hildebrand Of
: the American league has a
twelve-year-old son out in Cali
: fornia who already is exhibiting
the strategy-headwork it is
called for short-that indicates
he either will be a great ball
I player, millionaire railroad
magnate or a master safe blow
er. The umpire got a letter
from the precocious youngster
the other day In which the
twelye-year-old told of a game
of ball he had pitched. He wrote
Papa Hildebrand thusly:
ut was pretty good game
and we beat them 4 to 2. They
never scored on me till the fifth.
I didn't have anything on the
ball but my fingers. Out of the
lot was out, so every time l got
in a hole I just threw the ball
over easy, and over the fence it
was hit, ending the inning. I
was never In q hole except in
the fifth. Then used my head
work."
Well say he did.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-05
LOSE SERVICES OF HUNTER
Sailor Has Been Transferred From
~ San Pedro Submarine Base to
Atlantic Station.

San Francisco has lost the services
Of Herb Hunter probably for the sea-
son. He had been playing with the
Seals while on a Through from the
from the San Pedro submarine base
to an Atlantic coast station, and even
If he does get a layo1f frem Uncle
Sam now and then he can't hop back
to Frisco. The navy has put the lid
IN releases temporarily.